Annual Report 2018–2019
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From the Headmaster Dear Woodberry Community, The books are closed on our 130th year, and I’m pleased to report that Woodberry Forest is thriving. The class of 2019 led the school with enthusiasm and purpose, and the prefect board served with grace, passion, and conviction. The school’s faculty continues to make enormous contributions to the boys in the classrooms, on the athletic fields, in the arts, and on our dormitories. I appreciate the many ways we have evolved to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow while remaining fixed in our commitment to character first and the values that have made Woodberry special for 130 years. The alumni and parent communities showed again this year that Woodberry benefits from your extraordinary support each and every day. No words from me could come close to capturing the energy and vitality that we on the faculty draw from your incredible devotion to Woodberry’s mission to graduate young men who will serve as tomorrow’s leaders, learners, and citizens. As you’ll read in these pages, we closed the 2018–2019 year with a record number of donors to the Amici Fund, in large part due to a growing number of gifts by parents of alumni and another year of record alumni participation. No independent school or college in the country enjoys philanthropic support from such a high percentage of alumni. This spring we received an extraordinary $5 million gift from David Hayworth ’47 to support the ongoing revitalization of the Walker Building, a project that will be complete in less than twelve months. We’ve also received a number of wonderful capital gifts to advance other important school priorities, most notably tuition assistance and our faculty and staff. In order to address persistent questions about long-term affordability, funding tuition assistance completely through the power of the Woodberry endowment remains our greatest opportunity and greatest challenge. Whether you are an alumnus, parent, or a friend of the school, you will always will be a member of the Tiger community. The work of our faculty and staff with the four hundred boys here today would not be possible without your extraordinary philanthropy and your loyal generosity. We want our campus to be a home for each of you, and we hope you will soon pay a visit to us at Woodberry Forest. With enduring thanks for all that you do,
Byron Hulsey ’86 Headmaster
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Table of Contents 2 From the Headmaster 4 Philanthropic Support 5 From the Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs 6 Operating Budget 7 From the Chief Financial Officer: Understanding the Financial Model 8 Forwarding the Woodberry Experience 9 A Commitment to Fully Fund Tuition Assistance 10 The Power of the Endowment 12 Class of 1969 Fiftieth Reunion 13 The Noland Family: Sustaining the Woodberry Experience 14 The Walker Society: An Enduring Investment 14 Bill Hudgins ’68 and Wilda Dodson 15 Paul ’03 and Krista Toms 17 Honoring John Reimers and His Unique Style of Teaching 18 Our Physical Place 19 Walker Building Revitalization Enters Final Year 20 A Legacy for the Class of 2019 21 Tom Pendleton: Caring for Woodberry’s Physical Place 22 Why We Are Strong: Community & Volunteers 23 New Fund Helps Small-Town Carolina Boys 24 The Amici Fund 27 OneWoodberry 28 Our Volunteers
Philanthropic Support OTHER
$643,425
PLANT FUND
$5,820,768 GIFT DISTRIBUTION BY FUND
ENDOWMENT
$7,762,694
AMICI FUND
$3,740,497
CORPORATIONS
$69,068 ALUMNI
$4,613,736
SOURCES OF SUPPORT
FOUNDATIONS
$10,856,450
PARENTS (non-alumni)
$619,704 PAST PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS & OTHER FRIENDS
$1,808,424
TOTAL CASH FUNDS RAISED
(in millions of dollars)
2014 11.9 2015 16.3 2016 14.2 2017 14.2 2018 15.7 2019 17.9
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From the Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs Dear Woodberry Faithful, You will notice that we have made a significant change to the Woodberry Forest School Annual Report. This revised, condensed booklet spotlights powerful stories behind the incredible philanthropy this past year, which we hope will illustrate why Woodberry is strong. The lists of donors that we have typically included in the printed report have moved online and can be viewed at woodberryannualreport.org. Use the password gotigers to access the lists. Aside from lowering print costs, moving the lists online allows you to more readily search for your name or those of your friends and classmates. Though the format is new, the stories from this past year are similar to those of recent years. Woodberry benefits from an extraordinary community of alumni who are devoted to ensuring that the boys here today enjoy the same meaningful experiences that they enjoyed as students, whether that was five years ago or fifty years ago. We also benefit from a wonderful community of parents — both those whose boys are here now and those whose boys have graduated — who recognize what a profound impact Woodberry has had on their sons. As the mother of two Woodberry alumni, I’m reminded constantly of how much the school helped shape the young men they are today. We are a community bound by a culture of character and committed to the Woodberry experience. We thank you for your unceasing support of Woodberry Forest’s mission, vision, and values. Please know that all of us in the alumni and development office always stand ready to assist you in any way we can. With gratitude,
Catherine Wharton Assistant Headmaster for External Affairs
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Operating Budget
AMICI FUND
10%
TUITION
REVENUE
55%
ENDOWMENT TRANSFERS
29%
AUXILIARY, SUMMER PROGRAMS & OTHER
6%
OPERATIONS/PLANT
27% FACULTY
39% EXPENSES AUXILIARY & SUMMER PROGRAMS
6% EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TUITION ASSISTANCE/GRANTS
15%
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From the Chief Financial Officer: Understanding the Financial Model As treasurer, I have the pleasure of working closely with the headmaster and the board of trustees to ensure Woodberry’s financial and physical plant resources are carefully stewarded to support the school’s mission across generations of students. Woodberry’s financial condition has changed greatly over the years, in large part because of the generous philanthropy of the men and women who have supported the school in years past and continue to support the school. But, other things have not changed. Most importantly, we are committed to providing deeply personal educational experiences, rooted in caring relationships with faculty and staff. We remain committed to hiring the very best faculty and staff and supporting them with the resources they need. Here’s a brief snapshot of Woodberry’s funding sources, and how we spent those dollars during the 2018–2019 school year. Tuition paid by families provided about half of our income. The endowment is the second largest source of funding, providing one-third of our budget. The amount drawn from the endowment each year is based on a formula designed to support current operations and preserve the endowment’s value over time. Annual gifts, primarily to the Amici Fund, provided 10 percent of the budget. The remaining funds came from summer programs, the farm, the school store, and other ancillary sources. So once the money comes in the door, what do we spend it on? The biggest answer, by far, is that we spend money on the school’s most important asset — our people. Salaries and benefits for faculty and staff are more than 50 percent of our total budget. The next largest area of spending goes to support our various school programs, which includes everything from food in the dining hall to athletic equipment to classroom supplies to electricity. The rest of the budget supports capital repairs and replacements or summer and auxiliary programs. The money we commit every year from our operating budget and gifts in support of capital projects provide a steady supply of funds to handle the wide range of projects necessary to keep the school’s buildings and grounds in excellent shape. As you can see, philanthropy is key to sustaining Woodberry’s exceptional educational experience. Every student, along with every member of the faculty and staff, benefits from the gifts we received, both last year and in the past. We work hard to be exemplary stewards of these gifts, and we thank you for supporting Woodberry. I hope this brief overview is helpful, and please know that members of the board and I are always happy to share information about Woodberry’s financial model in greater detail.
Ace Ellis Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
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A Commitment to Fully Fund Tuition Assistance Woodberry’s current strategic plan, adopted by the board of trustees in 2016, calls on the school to “increase the endowment for tuition assistance in order to safeguard the school’s financial stability and, above all, its future excellence, ensuring an affordable Woodberry education for the most compelling candidates regardless of their families’ financial circumstances.” Last year 44 percent of the student body received tuition assistance, with grants ranging in size from $5,000 to $57,000 for a total of more than $6 million in assistance. All of Woodberry’s tuition assistance is based solely on a family’s financial need; the school does not offer merit scholarships. The school’s endowment currently holds almost $85 million in tuition assistance funds, providing slightly more than $4 million in grants each year. The Amici Fund provides the remaining tuition assistance. The business and admission offices estimate Woodberry would need to offer roughly $8 million per year in tuition assistance to remove financial considerations from the admission process. The board of trustees has set the goal of paying for all tuition assistance through the endowment and not relying on annual giving to fund long-term scholarship commitments. “As a school, the greatest long-term threat we face is affordability, and the single most important opportunity of this moment is to band together as one community of Tigers to fund the entire tuition assistance budget in perpetuity through the Woodberry endowment,” says Headmaster Byron Hulsey ’86. “Reaching for such an audacious goal would place Woodberry in a rarefied cohort of exceptional schools.”
2018–2019 TUITION: $57,250 AVERAGE AWARD: $34,275
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The Power of the Endowment Through decades of generous philanthropy, sound investment practices, and thoughtful long-term planning, Woodberry has built financial reserves that provide almost 30 percent of the annual operating budget. The school can spend 5 percent of the average value (over the past three years) of endowment funds. This spending rule ensures that the funds are preserved in perpetuity to benefit the school. Other reserve funds support the repair, renewal, and replacement of campus buildings.
The school’s managed funds support these five major areas: Program — These funds support everything from science lab equipment to athletic uniforms to food in Program the dining hall.
$15.5 million
Faculty/Staff
$100.0 million
Faculty/Staff — Includes faculty chairs, masterships, and professional development funds. The funds support salaries and benefits for faculty and staff, the school’s largest annual expense.
Capital Projects — The Reserve for Renewals and Replacement Fund, known as the Triple R Fund, is invested, but it is not technically part of Tuition the endowment. Assistance The Triple R — Provides Fund also Capital Projects Tuition Assistance about twoguarantees the thirds of the school’s longannual tuition term debts of assistance $51 million. funding. All The board’s General tuition assistance policy is to keep (Unrestricted) is need-based. enough money in the Triple R Fund to cover all outstanding debt, so the full value of these funds cannot be spent. In General (Unrestricted) — Can be recent years the Triple R Fund has used for any area of school life, from supported a wide range of projects, facility upgrades to program expenses including the Walker Building, Hanes Hall, to faculty and staff salaries. campus infrastructure, and faculty housing. *These are the top five areas of support. Totals There are also several smaller plant and do not equal $331 million because several maintenance funds in the endowment. smaller categories or funds are not listed.
$67.8 million
$84.4 million
$41.5 million
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Forwarding the Woodberry Experience
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NEW ENDOWMENT FUNDS Aldredge Family Scholarship Fund Anonymous Scholarship Fund Asherman Family Fund In Honor of Joseph G. Coleman ’79 Baker Family Scholarship Fund Ben C. Hale Scholarship Fund Bynum M. Hunter ’43 Scholarship Fund Byron and Jennifer Hulsey Family Scholarship Fund Damien R. Dwin ’93 Scholarship Fund Dick Spangler, Jr. ’50 Scholarship Fund Dowd Foundation Scholarship Fund
Grace Family Scholarship Hardison Scholarship Fund John C. Reimers, Jr. Fund for Faculty Support Joseph G. Coleman ’79 Scholarship Fund Lee Robinson Fund Pam and Frank Edmonds, Jr. ’87 Scholarship Fund Rod and Gun Club Endowment Simmons Family Fund for Wellness The Carolinas Scholarship Fund The Noland Family Scholarship Fund
Class of 1969 Reunion Gift Honors Classmates and Brings New Students to Woodberry Members of the class of 1969 learned all too soon about the pain of losing a Woodberry classmate when William Campbell Arnold, Jr. ’69, died in September 1971 while playing football at the University of North Carolina. As the class prepared to gather last spring for its fiftieth reunion, it made a decision to honor the fourteen members of the class who have passed away by expanding the Hamp Townsend Class of 1969 Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was established by members of the class after Hamp Townsend’s death in 2011. “We’ve lost an unusually large number of classmates too young, but Hamp was really a common denominator in a lot of our lives,” says 12 WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL Annual Report 2018–19
John Camp ’69, co-chair of the 1969 reunion committee. The class of 1969 has always been an incredibly loyal one to Woodberry, achieving 100 percent participation in the Amici Fund each of the past three years. Now members of the class are leaving a permanent legacy by funding the Hamp Townsend scholarship in honor of all of their deceased classmates. “Hamp was a guy who captured Woodberry’s special sauce,” John says. “He may not have been the best student, but the school took a chance on him, and he flourished. We want the scholarship to let the admission committee do with boys today what they did with Hamp more than fifty years ago.” Fiftieth Reunion
Sustaining the Woodberry Experience as a Family Bud Noland ’62 has worked for decades to expand and enhance the programs and facilities of Woodberry Forest School. The Noland Summer Fellowship Program, established in 1997, supports Woodberry boys as they pursue independent research projects that encourage growth in areas of personal interest. Bud also served on the Advisory Council and then for nine years on the board of trustees, including chairing the buildings and grounds committee. The school built the Manning Family Chris ’95, Bud ’62, Walker, and Ben ’01 Noland Science Building and Kenan Hall while Bud was chairing the committee. Chris ’95 and Ben ’01 — two of Bud’s four children with his wife, Hennie — have both been active contributors and challenge donors for OneWoodberry in the past two years. As the Nolands considered how they wanted to continue their support of Woodberry, access and affordability became a top priority. “Woodberry is such a formative time for boys as you’re learning from teachers and friends,” Chris says. “What’s consistent for any student who has a good experience is the high character of the people around you, especially your classmates.” To ensure that future Woodberry boys enjoy the same rich experience that each of them enjoyed, Bud, Ben, and Chris established the Noland Family Scholarship Fund. This fund will support families who are able to pay part but not all of Woodberry’s tuition. “It’s extremely important to make the Woodberry experience accessible to a wide range of people,” Bud says. Chris and Ben, who both served as prefects, credit Woodberry and their peers at the school with helping them develop the values that serve them so well today. “Your appreciation of the experience grows over time as you look back at it,” Ben says. “As you go through the world, you realize the importance of the honor and integrity that are instilled at Woodberry, and the relationships you formed with the guys who were there with you.” Sixty years after he first arrived as a new boy, Bud thinks promoting Woodberry’s mission is more important than ever. “A good secondary education is, in my mind, even more important than a good college education; your secondary education sets the foundation for all that comes after it,” Bud says. “Woodberry has such a positive focus on leadership and citizenship, with incredible learning opportunities both in and outside of the classroom. It’s very important for us to help sustain that.”
This year’s Noland Fellow Reed Taws ’20 spent his summer in Alaska training as a sea-plane and “off-airport” pilot.
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The Walker Society: An Enduring Investment Woodberry’s financial strength is built in large part on the estate gifts of alumni, parents, and friends. Most estate gifts establish funds in the school’s endowment, providing perpetual support to the boys, faculty, and staff. In 1992 the trustees of Woodberry Forest established the Joseph G. and Violet N. Walker Society to recognize the special generosity of alumni, parents, and friends who have included the school in their estate plans through a provision in their will or as a beneficiary of a retirement plan, life insurance policy, trust, or annuity. The society has more than 530 members, of whom more than 380 are still living.
NEW MEMBERS Mr. and Mrs. Everett R. Cook ’69 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Harker ’94 Mr. William B. Judkins ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Low ’55 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Nash ’72 Mr. Caswell C. Prewitt ’12 Mr. F. Marshall Rabil, Jr. ’00 Mr. Robert L. Stephens ’50 Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart White ’82
Bill Hudgins ’68 and Wilda Dodson When Bill Hudgins ’68 and Wilda Dodson were preparing their estate plans, both wanted to recognize Woodberry’s impact on Bill’s life. Bill came to Woodberry from the small, southside Virginia town of Victoria, entering as a fifth former. “I was really in need of a place where I could grow intellectually,” Bill says. “I had a lot of catching up to do and was literally learning to write in those years.” So as Bill and Wilda were planning, each decided to make a bequest and to join the Walker Society. Wilda’s gift will establish a tuition assistance fund named after Bill, while Bill’s gift will fund a scholarship named after his parents. “A lot of our property and assets are in our individual names, so making individual bequests lets the school receive a gift when one of us dies rather than after we both pass away,” Wilda says. The writing skills that Bill acquired as a Tiger certainly served him well. He went on to earn a degree at Columbia University before embarking on a career in journalism that continues to this day. After working at the Nashville Banner he edited several magazines, including one called Road King that was aimed at long-haul truckers and another, American Spirit, that is the magazine of the Daughters’ of the American Revolution. Bill remains a contributor to American Spirit and recently wrote a piece on The Residence for the magazine. 14 WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL Annual Report 2018–19
Throughout his life, Bill has leaned on values learned at Woodberry. “I really embraced the honor system,” he says. “It’s shaped my character and given me a basis to know if I was doing what was right and being fair to people.” Wilda, a graduate of Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee’s College of Law, practiced law for several years before a lengthy career as a financial advisor with Edward Jones. “I come from a family that believes in education,” Wilda says. “We’re so impressed with the campus and the people at Woodberry, and we also love the sense of continuity and want to help that continue.” The Walker Society
“The reason we give today and will give in the future through the Walker Society is to help kids go to Woodberry who couldn’t otherwise be at the school.”
Paul ’03 and Krista Toms For Krista and Paul Toms ’03, planned giving is an opportunity to make a lasting impact that goes beyond their immediate family. And as they thought about places that were important to them, Krista knew right away that Woodberry should be at the top of the list. “I met Paul when I was eighteen and he was twenty, and it was clear early on that Woodberry was special both to Paul and to his family,” she says. “It’s been cool over the past fifteen years to see Paul’s relationship with the school evolve.” Today Paul and Krista — who met when they were students at Boston University and who still live in Boston — serve on the Woodberry Advisory Council. They have two sons, ages five and three, and as they raise their own boys they’re proud of the way Woodberry helps older boys grow and mature. “Seeing how Woodberry develops the whole boy is really impactful to me,” Krista says. “It’s important to us to demonstrate that we’re invested in and believe in what Woodberry is doing.” Paul said Woodberry has long been at the top of his list of places to support each year with a gift. Joining the Walker Society was a way to take that commitment to the next level. He’s especially proud of the Mabel H. Toms Memorial Scholarship Fund, which is named for Paul’s grandmother and supported by many of the members of his family with Woodberry connections — his father, Paul An Enduring Investment
Toms ’72; brother, Nathan ’05; and cousins David Fulton ’04, Crawford Rizor ’02, and James Rizor ’05 all attended Woodberry. The work Woodberry is doing with tuition assistance is very interesting,” Paul says. “It’s important to have a diverse student body so that boys can learn from each other. . . . The reason we give today and will give in the future through the Walker Society is to help kids go to Woodberry who couldn’t otherwise be at the school.” woodberryannualreport.org WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL 15
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The Walker Society: An Enduring Investment
Honoring John Reimers and His Unique Style of Teaching Every era of Woodberry students has its list of legendary faculty members. The names change depending on the decade, but how alumni describe these faculty members is remarkably consistent. They remember tireless work ethic, deep interests in students, and a feeling of lifelong connections. For Ian MacLeod ’82, as for so many other students who attended Woodberry between 1972 and 2019, the faculty member who left a lasting mark was John Reimers. Ian entered Woodberry as a fourth former and attended summer school before starting his new boy year. That’s where he met John, who was assigned as his English teacher. “I just loved it,” Ian recalls. “He was the smartest, funniest, and most insightful teacher I’d ever had.” When Ian returned to campus in September, John became his faculty advisor. Since Ian hailed from LaJolla, California, far from Woodberry’s traditional recruiting grounds, the faculty member and student soon fell into a running debate about Ian’s home state, then led by Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown. “He loved to rip me about Jerry Brown, and it was just constant banter about California,” Ian says. “It probably didn’t help that I arrived on campus with the longest hair of any student in the school, which John frequently commented on.” Ian and his wife, Paige, have long been supporters of educational institutions because of the emphasis that Ian’s mother, Valerie Semmes MacLeod, a graduate of The Madeira School, placed on education. Mrs. MacLeod knew of Woodberry from her time living in Albemarle County, where she attended Grace Episcopal Church alongside several generations of the Shackelford family, including Corky Shackelford ’46 and his father, A. Colquitt Shackelford — longtime faculty members in Woodberry’s English and math departments, respectively.
“He was the smartest, funniest, and most insightful teacher I’d ever had.” Forwarding the Woodberry Experience
Ian ’82, Madison, Paige, and Stephen MacLeod
“Paige and I give to schools and universities, particularly in the form of scholarships, because of my mom and because of John,” Ian says. It was in this spirit that the MacLeods made a major gift earlier this year to the John C. Reimers Jr. Scholarship Fund. First established in 2005 by Laura and Blair Woodall, the fund has grown thanks to gifts from the MacLeods; Lynda and David Underwood; their son, David Underwood ’84; and others wishing to honor John’s many contributions to Woodberry. After graduating from Woodberry, Ian earned a degree in international relations from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He has held a wide range of roles in banking and today lives near San Francisco, where he is an operating partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a private equity firm that invests in healthcare and technology companies. Ian says John’s encouragement to be a better thinker and writer has served him well in his career. “Curiosity serves you well in business because you are always looking around the corner for what’s coming, what the next opportunity might be,” Ian says. “Good reading, writing, and speaking skills also serve you well. John always wanted to see you express yourself coherently, and he valued dialogue and debate. He challenged you to think rather than regurgitate.” Ian also says that John’s retirement this spring was a reminder of the unstinting service he gave to Woodberry and its students over the past fortyseven years. “His passion for teaching, his commitment to helping young men learn to think, and his dedication to Woodberry . . . I think there’s no more noble cause.” woodberryannualreport.org WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL 17
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Walker Building Revitalization Enters Final Year In August, students, faculty, and administrators began using the restored western wing of the Walker Building, as well as the remodeled lobby. The ground level remains the home of the post office and school store in their historic locations. Community Street now includes a student kitchen where boys can grab snacks or prepare meals, and the center of the building holds a game room that is partially complete and will be fully finished by next summer. The A Dorm level of the Baker Family Wing is the new home of the admission and college counseling offices; this year it is also hosting the headmaster’s temporary office. About seventy boys, as well as two faculty members, are living again on B and C Dorms. The renovation work created standardized room sizes, with a focus on double rooms and a small number of triple rooms. The new rooms also have air conditioning, a first for the Walker Building. Work on the eastern half of the building will finish in summer 2020, allowing the alumni and development office to return to the building and for the entire fourth form to once again live on B Dorm and C Dorm. Community Street will be home to an expanded Fir Tree snack bar and offices for members of the faculty who oversee student life. The Walker Building project has been a massive one, as students and critical school operations have continued to use the building even as it was restored. Next time you visit campus, stop by and see how familiar spaces have been preserved and restored for the next one hundred years!
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The 2019 Sixth-Form Parents’ and Grandparents’ Gift Committee with their sons
A Legacy for the Class of 2019 Parents of the class of 2019 knew that more than sixty members of the class would be the first boys to live in Hanes Hall in more than forty years. An immediate highlight of the dorm, which was completely renovated and repurposed after the William H. White, Jr. Library moved to the Walker Building, was the new commons room, located in the former reading room of the library. The renovated space featured a full-service kitchen, a massive video screen, and four smaller screens that can be used for both study and video game sessions. David and Elizabeth Perdue saw right away how much their son, Gus, loved living on the new dorm and spending time in the commons room. They also knew from their son Jack ’17 how much it means to boys to have places where they can gather and relax with friends. “It is a space unlike anything else on the Woodberry campus,” Elizabeth said. “The size, location, and configuration drew all of the sixthform boys there for a range of activities. The boys felt like it was theirs, and they had earned it. Countless stories of working, playing, watching sports, cooking, and spending time together came out of that room. By the end of the year, it was clear it was a great success.” Since their sons were the first to live in the new Hanes Hall, the class of 2019 parents and grandparents choose to name the stunning space the Class of 2019 Commons. “Dorm life and roommates played such a big part of both our sons’ lives at Woodberry,” David said. “The tradition of moving up through the various dormitories through the years marks the journey 20 WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL Annual Report 2018–19
through the Woodberry experience. Fourth-form year in Walker seems especially memorable for both our sons and their friends and families.” Rick de Alessandrini, co-chair of the Sixth-Form Parents’ and Grandparents’ Gift Committee, said when announcing the successful gift on Amici Night that Woodberry inspires boys to embrace the common values found in societies throughout the world, especially virtue, discipline, humor, and friendship. He said he’s seen those virtues play out in his son Giulio’s seven years as part of the Woodberry family, first as a sports camper and then as a student. “Woodberry Forest School takes young boys and, within the bounds of the honor system, shapes them into honorable young men. In speaking with parents, the overwhelming majority, if not all, feel their boys have grown into gentlemen they are proud of,” he said. Boys who spent so many hours in the Class of 2019 Commons during its first year will always look back on it fondly. “The Hanes Hall Commons brings us together in many ways,” said Ford Asherman, a member of the class of 2019 from Houston who lived on the dorm. “You can play ping-pong or watch games all together. And you can come together to study at night because there are great spaces to work as a group on projects.” Our Physical Place
Caring for Woodberry’s Physical Place When Tom Pendleton walks into an office, faculty home, or dorm to take care of whatever has gone wrong — maybe it’s something simple, like a leaking faucet, or something challenging, like repeated power outages — he conveys the impression that there’s nothing he’d rather be doing than solving that problem. His cheerful smile and easy laugh make everyone he comes in contact with happy that Tom was a part of their day. For the past fifteen years, Tom has kept campus pipes clear and school buildings humming. And though he’s maintained both of Woodberry’s swimming pools for years, he only took a swim once, and that dip was unintentional. “I was vacuuming and I stepped over the corner, but I missed,” he chuckles. A wet uniform was the only ill effect; Tom seems happy just to have a story to tell. Tom’s good humor and devotion to his work made him the 2019 recipient of the Frank S. Walker Award, given to the staff member who has best advanced the spirit of unselfishness exemplified by Frank S. Walker of the Class of 1903. Tom received the award a few weeks before his retirement from the school’s staff. Now a resident of Madison, Tom grew up in Orange and attended Orange County High School. He didn’t graduate, though, and in his forties found himself alongside teenagers in a GED course. “I just wanted to know I got it,” Tom says of his motivation to get a diploma. Before coming to Woodberry, Tom held various jobs, including making doors at a steel mill, maintaining machines at Rochester Corporation, and working in construction. Tom joined the staff at Woodberry in 2003. He left briefly in 2005 to start his own business; the failure of his tractor-trailer may have been unfortunate for Tom, but it was lucky for Woodberry. With support from the school, he completed a four-year apprenticeship and earned credentials in plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and carpentry work. A natural teacher, Tom became the “go-to guy when new guys started — he had a way of explaining things that anyone could understand,” said John Rose, maintenance manager. “He showed me the campus and how everything worked fourteen years ago when I started.” “His smile and laugh will be missed around the shop,” says Gene Lewis, director of facilities. “He’s a great worker with a do-all-you-can-for-Woodberry outlook.” Tom enjoyed his coworkers as much as they enjoyed him. Known as “Pops” around the shop, he says the time spent visiting with the crew in the shop was his favorite part of working at Woodberry. “Woodberry is a good place to work. Everybody gets along,” Tom says. In his retirement, Tom plans to travel, fish, and camp. He’ll get together often with his four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, all of whom have stayed in the area. His wife, Kathy, a Madison county school bus driver who previously worked for Woodberry’s housekeeping department, also has some ideas for putting Tom’s expertise and free time to use. Tom grins with his signature twinkle: “I have a honey-do list about six months long.”
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New Fund Helps SmallTown Carolina Boys Former roommates Ben Wall ’94 and Trey Dempsey ’94 were like so many Woodberry boys before and after them: young men from small towns in the South who were brought together by the school, became roommates, and formed a lifelong bond. They were both prefects and played together on the varsity football team. Ben also wrestled, while Trey played lacrosse.
Trey Dempsey ’94 and Ben Wall ’94
And in recent years the pair have become increasingly interested in ensuring that boys and families with backgrounds similar to their own are able to afford a Woodberry education. “Both of us are from small towns and appreciate what Woodberry did for us in terms of high-quality opportunities,” says Ben, a native of Conway, South Carolina. “We think it’s beneficial to Woodberry to have boys from small communities studying alongside boys from large cities, both in the United States and overseas.” Trey has a similar story. He came to Woodberry from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. “My dad was a dentist,” Trey says. “So we were doing fine as a family, but we weren’t rich. Even so, a Woodberry education was possible for me. Ben and I have worried that Woodberry’s price would be impractical for families from the school’s historic recruiting grounds, especially small towns,” he says. “One morning Ben and I were eating breakfast together and realized we could combine forces and contribute to a fund that would address this.” Today the two are active volunteers, supporting Woodberry in their cities and rallying classmates to support the school in a powerful way. This year they created the Carolinas Scholarship Fund. They and other members of the class of 1994 have committed roughly $500,000 and hope over time to grow the fund to $5 million, Trey says. Need-based tuition assistance grants from the fund will support students from rural areas of North Carolina and South Carolina. Ben and Trey share the school’s goal of fully endowing tuition assistance, and they’re eager to see more alumni join them. They’re also excited that classmates with similar stories have responded to their effort and are eager to see other North Carolina and South Carolina alumni of all ages join the cause. “A lot of really successful Woodberry graduates come from small towns and benefited tremendously from their education,” Trey said. “We want this to be a model for other regions.”
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The Amici Fund: A Year of Donor and Dollar Growth Each year the Amici Fund provides direct, immediate support to the students, faculty, and staff at Woodberry. Growing the fund is critical to expanding its impact — allowing more boys to receive tuition assistance, faculty to receive raises, and more school programs to be supported by philanthropy. A key to the Amici Fund’s growth in the past five years has been the increase in alumni participation thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer network and to the great love so many alumni have for their school. Parents and grandparents also played a crucial role in Amici’s record-setting year, with giving levels from grandparents and parents of alumni soaring compared to prior years. Amici is a success because a wide range of people give a wide range of gifts. Whether you were able to contribute $10 or $10,000, your gift is already serving and sustaining Woodberry.
Total Dollars Raised
Total Donors
$3,740,547 +$65,890
4,569 +196
over last year
over last year
A Five-Year Look at the Amici Fund
$3,462,188
$3,740,547 $3,595,805 $3,674,657
$3,235,289 93%
96% 92%
89%
85%
60%
65%
65.5%
2018
2019
62%
55%
2015 Total Raised
2016
2017
Current Parent Participation
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*Woodberry’s 65.5 percent alumni donation rate is number one in the country for independent schools.
Alumni Participation Why We Are Strong
Community & Volunteers
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Why We Are Strong
OneWoodberry Parents and grandparents joined OneWoodberry this year for the first time, leading to a truly monumental day. Along with the incredible work of volunteers around the country, hundreds of Tigers gathered for special OneWoodberry events in more than a dozen cities. Our community was led by sixty parent and alumni volunteers who issued a $500,000 challenge if the school received 3,000 gifts by midnight, March 20. We hit the goal by mid-afternoon. The enthusiasm on campus was infectious, with students and faculty gathering in Kenan Hall to connect with the volunteers who’d returned to campus to lead the effort. All members of the Woodberry community on campus agreed they were deeply humbled by the level of support. The day, and the growth of OneWoodberry over the past three years, shows the Woodberry family at its best.
Total Raised
$2,177,953 Total Participants
Volunteers on Campus
3,751
50
Events Held Nationally
13
OneWoodberry Class Rankings 2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1
2018 (73%)
2005 (92%)
1997 (80%)
1982 (79%)
1975 (71%)
1961 (83%)
1950 (67%)
1947 (82%)
1934 (100%)
2
2015 (71%)
2000 (90%)
1990 (75%)
1985 (69%)
1977 (56%)
1965 (74%)
1953 (67%)
1942 (75%)
3
2012 (63%)
2006 (81%)
1996 (74%)
1983 (61%)
1973 (52%)
1967 (66%)
1956 (63%)
1944 (75%)
4
2013 (62%)
2008 (74%)
1998 (73%)
1986 (59%)
1974 (46%)
1968 (56%)
1951 (59%)
1946 (68%)
5
2011 (53%)
2003 (73%)
1994 (63%)
1988 (55%)
1972 (42%)
1966 (56%)
1959 (57%)
1943 (67%)
6
2016 (52%)
2004 (72%)
1992 (62%)
1989 (54%)
1970 (35%)
1963 (54%)
1952 (50%)
1945 (67%)
7
2010 (50%)
2007 (71%)
1999 (62%)
1987 (47%)
1976 (34%)
1964 (46%)
1955 (47%)
1949 (61%)
8
2017 (49%)
2001 (65%)
1991 (56%)
1981 (38%)
1979 (33%)
1960 (45%)
1954 (44%)
1948 (50%)
9
2014 (33%)
2002 (56%)
1993 (51%)
1984 (37%)
1971 (32%)
1969 (42%)
1958 (39%)
1941 (33%)
2009 (52%)
1995 (34%)
1980 (33%)
1978 (25%)
1962 (39%)
1957 (34%)
10
biggest participation increase over OneWoodberry 2018
Community & Volunteers
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Our Volunteers We are thankful to all of our volunteers who give so much of their time. The number of volunteers has doubled in the past five years, and this growth is a key reason for the growth of the Amici Fund. 2018–19 Board of Trustees Sumner S. Finch ’75, Chair (P ’11) High Point, North Carolina Edward L. Baker ’96 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Patrick F. Bassett Gainesville, Virginia John R. Belk ’77 (P ’08) Charlotte, North Carolina
Damien R. Dwin ’93 New York, New York
Gary A. Mance ’74 Midlothian, Virginia
Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. ’87 Charlottesville, Virginia
Dorothy A. Matz (P ’15, ’18, ’21) Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Nelson O. Fitts ’93 Greenwich, Connecticut Ragan Folan (P ’10, ’13) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Geoffrey P. Sisk ’77 (P ’09) Richmond, Virginia Robert H. Spilman, Jr. ’74 (P ’10) Martinsville, Virginia
Hope H. Bryant (P ’12, ’14, ’17) Raleigh, North Carolina
E. Hooper Hardison, Jr. ’79 (P ’10, ’12) Charlotte, North Carolina
Giles Tucker ’85 (P ’13, ’19) Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
William K. Caler, Jr. ’63 West Palm Beach, Florida
William M. James ’80 (P ’15) New York, New York
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. ’85 Washington, District of Columbia
Thomas H. Claiborne ’83 (P ’14, ’16, ’20) Westcliff, South Africa
Robert E. Long ’75 Brookhaven, Georgia
Trustees Emeriti
Benjamin H. Davis ’89 Dallas, Texas
Frederick R. Lummis II ’71 Houston, Texas
Sion A. Boney ’74 (P ’16) Haynes G. Griffin ’65 (P ’87, ’92, ’98) C. Carter Walker, Jr. ’52
Cathy & Jim Mahan ’96 Cary, North Carolina
Krista & Paul Toms ’03 Boston, Massachusetts
Jill & John Moylan ’80 (P ’11) Columbia, South Carolina
Caroline & Bryan Vroon (P ’21) Atlanta, Georgia
Karen & Richard Rogers ’77 Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jaime & Ben Wall ’94 Spartanburg, South Carolina
April & Ryan Shores (P ’19) Arlington, Virginia
Kathy & Chris Walmsley (P ’17, ’19) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mary Leslie & Richard Spencer ’84 Atlanta, Georgia
Alston & Philip Watt (P ’19) Thomasville, Georgia
Jennifer & Boyd Steinhoff ’04 McLean, Virginia
Katharine & Ray Welder (P ’20) San Antonio, Texas
2018–19 Advisory Council Catherine & Frank Edwards ’88 Co-chairs (P ’20, ’22) Charlotte, North Carolina John Baker ’03 Jacksonville, Florida Frannie & Thomas Fitzgerald Chevy Chase, Maryland Barbara & Clark Fitz-Hugh ’86 (P ’20) New Orleans, Louisiana Kristy & Harley Garrison ’87 Greensboro, North Carolina Debbie & Matt Long (P ’18, ’21) Towson, Maryland
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Why We Are Strong
2018–19 Regional Association Volunteers Atlanta W. Bonneau Ansley III ‘95 Stuart F. Bondurant R. Lee Burrows, Jr. ‘78 Jan and Kip R. Caffey Ann and Wilbur N. Ellis Gardiner W. Garrard III ‘89 Elijah T. Green ‘94 Kerry M. Izard Henry M. T. Jones ‘90 W. Pierce Lancaster ‘02 C. Knox Massey III ‘81 L. Hunter Morhous ‘99 C. Talbot Nunnally III ‘76 William M. Ragland, Jr. ‘78 G. Kinsey Roper III ‘73 Richard P. Spencer II ‘84 William L. Spencer ‘80 W. Martin Stephenson ’99 Joseph G. Vicars, Jr. ‘05 Robert H. Wyatt ‘12 Austin Andrew R. Grabato ’01 George S. Hillhouse ’84 T. Frederick C. Kennedy ’85 Bryan B. Plater ’83 Jesse Y. Womack III ’96 Capitol Broderick C. Dunn ‘00 John B. Gogos ‘98 M. Anthony Gould ‘60 Malcolm Marshall III ‘92 Zachary A. Merriman ‘95 Jarrett M. Morrell ‘91 John C. Raffetto ‘02 Philip J. Rogers ‘10 Boyd R. Steinhoff ‘04
Board of Trustees
Community & Volunteers
James Harry M. Stephens ’07 C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. ‘85 Charleston, South Carolina Walter D. Blessing, Jr. ‘90 Bowen G. Chapman ‘04 Jesse S. Claypoole IV ‘94 J. Berkeley D’Alton ‘97 Charlton deSaussure III ‘04 Theodore M. Malinowski ‘09 C. Whitten Meares III ‘97 Isaac J. Morton ‘94 John G. Powell ‘97 Andrew R. Tew ‘05 Neil D. Thomson ‘93 Charlotte Isaac B. Grainger III ‘64 David B. Harker ‘94 Minor T. Hinson ‘80 Frederick E. Hopkins III ‘87 Joseph B. C. Kluttz ‘69 John B. Lipe ‘98 Kendrick W. Mattox III ‘89 Robert L. McMillan ‘84 William E. Mills ‘02 Marion W. Peebles IV ‘05 John S. Petrone ‘06 Robert W. Sappenfield, Jr. ‘85 James H. Smith III ‘06 J. William Thompson, Jr. ‘89 Clarence E. Williams III ‘77 Charlottesville Brooks D. Hathaway ‘91 Robert H. Jiranek, Jr. ‘81 Jonathan P. Kauffmann ‘95 O. Lanier Kimbrough V ‘91 Keven J. Lindemann ‘87
Thomas J. Ronayne III ‘97 D. French Slaughter IV ‘04 Edward R. Testerman III ‘02 John B. Updike ‘77 Katherine Walmsley Dallas W. Ware Smith III ’99 Houston Samuel T. Chambers ’77 Stuart H. Coleman ’04 D. Walters Hughes ’07 James Edward Maloney ’69 Lee H. Staley ’92 W. Perrin Van Allen ’06 New York City A. Christian Burke ‘72 Nelson O. Fitts ‘93 Gunnar G. Gregory ‘07 James P. Harper ‘98 J. Mitchell Hull ‘77 Edward E. Hull ‘08 F. Claiborne Johnston III ‘96 W. Fort Parker II ‘01 J. Mead Rust, Jr. ‘97 Todd G. Sears ‘94 R. Louis Smart IV ‘05 F. Stuart Swann ‘02 Triangle R. Marks Arnold ’69 Martin M. Boney ‘85 Martin W. Borden ‘83 Samuel T. Bratton ‘82 Carter M. Brenneman ‘99 Robert B. Brown ‘87 Issac A. Brown ‘08
Richard C. Bue ’86 Kim Collie Christopher M. Harris ‘91 Robert E. Long III ‘02 John B. Maddison ’97 John F. Nash, Jr. ‘08 John F. Nash ‘72 George B. Purrington ‘04 John V. Purrington ‘86 Elizabeth Roberts Jason M. Slade ‘90 John W. Taylor ‘02 Douglas A. Vaughn ‘87 Heather C. Warren Richmond Read M. Butler ‘91 Barbour T. Farinholt ‘80 Joseph L. Farmer ‘04 Tyler S. Finney ‘08 Muscoe R. H. Garnett III ‘94 Brantley D. Hathaway ‘80 W. Massie Meredith, Jr. ‘75 D. Reilly Monroe ‘02 J. Taylor Monroe ‘05 H. Frederick T. Moore W. Randolph Robins, Jr. ‘01 Richard H. Wright IV ‘96 Triad Julius E. Banzet IV ‘85 David P. Broughton ‘86 F. Lee Bryan IV ‘98 William T. Goodson ‘01 I. Bates Grainger IV ‘92 C. Christian Green ‘88 G. William Joyner III ‘88 James C. King ‘87 Richard H. Ramsey ‘97
Advisory Council
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2018–19 Class Agents 1940s Blair C. Gammon ‘44 A. Colquitt Shackelford, Jr. ’46 Frank A. Daniels, Jr. ‘49 James C. Eller ‘49 John L. S. Northrop ‘49 1950 Russell M. Robinson II 1951 Richard N. Taliaferro, Jr. 1952 Edwin B. Borden, Jr. Richard S. Reynolds III Theodore K. Woods, Jr. 1953 Herbert F. Kincey, Jr. 1954 John G. P. Boatwright Whitney C. O’Keeffe Robert K. Yowell 1955 Robert H. Borden Henry H. Brown William H. Luesing, Jr. 1956 Hugh L. Campbell Leon G. Campbell, Jr. George G. Phillips, Jr. 1957 David C. Bramlette III John P. Castleman, Jr. J. Carter Fox David A. Irvin Gregory S. Prince, Jr. 1958 Peter S. Gilchrist III J. Ward Purrington 1959 James L. Coker IV George W. Pepper Charles D. Ritter, Sr. William L. St. Clair G. McNeir Tilman 1960 Gardiner W. Garrard, Jr. William D. King Marion M. Wall Samuel M. Wellborn III 1961 John S. Curry Charles L. Dibble C. H. Randolph Lyon 1962 Robert J. Feller Douglas W. Kincaid, Jr. Charles B. Mayer Lloyd U. Noland III Travis J. Tysinger Thomas P. Warlow III 1963 William K. Caler, Jr.
Peter B. Lyon 1964 Parham R. Fox Isaac B. Grainger III Edmund W. Perrow Robert P. Roper, Jr. 1965 Edward H. Covington R. Michael Daniel Frederick B. Dent, Jr. Temple Grassi Douglas S. Holladay, Jr. John L. MacCorkle Robert B. Phelps 1966 John W. Barton, Jr. William B. DePass, Jr. Geoffrey W. Henson 1967 John S. Steele David G. Sutton O. Beechmond Watson III 1968 Francis C. Bagbey 1969 William B. Judkins Charles Lee Smith III C. Whitley Vick III 1970 Wilson M. Brown III Samuel B. Rankin B. Walter Taylor, Jr. 1971 Andrew C. M. Keenan, Jr. 1973 Robert C. Hudson D. French Slaughter III 1974 John K. Cohen Dean G. Norman John Zimmermann 1975 W. Massie Meredith, Jr. 1976 Blaine S. Merritt 1977 John R. Belk James E. Clement, Jr. Patrick F. Nash 1978 Diggs S. Bishop 1979 Theodore N. Barger E. Hooper Hardison, Jr. 1980 Alexander G. Campbell III Barbour T. Farinholt Brantley D. Hathaway Minor T. Hinson William M. James Douglas W. MacLay, Jr.
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William L. Spencer 1981 Charles W. Biggs II Thomas W. Jamison, Jr. Robert H. Jiranek, Jr. 1982 Samuel T. Bratton William R. Browning William B. Hardison Virginia and William R. Slicer Stafford M. Swearingen J. Stuart White III 1983 Martin W. Borden F. Huntley Bossong Robert B. Houck Catesby B. Jones Whitney H. Montgomery R. Brandt Swindell, Jr. Edward W. Valentine 1984 B. Manly Boyd III Edward M. Deal George S. Hillhouse Robert L. McMillan A. Nicholas Purrington Richard P. Spencer II 1985 John W. Black III J. Miles Boldrick William P. Bray T. Frederick C. Kennedy David R. Lawson Steele E. McGonegal John T. Slicer Kevin W. Tydings 1986 David P. Broughton Patrick A. Fischoeder Fanning M. Hearon III C. Andrew Tysinger J. Spencer Whitman 1987 Frederick E. Hopkins III 1988 Robert M. Daniel, Jr. Frank H. Edwards D. Matthew Middelthon Jonathan R. Montbach Arthur C. Roselle E. Craig Wall III 1989 Coburn R. Beck John D. Osteen J. William Thompson, Jr. 1990 Robert E. L. Barnhill III Walter D. Blessing, Jr. Walter E. Daniel IV Francis S. Gristina Henry M. T. Jones
Damon R. Mosley Alexander M. Neuman Jason M. Slade 1991 Mark B. Copen Gunby J. Garrard W. Scott Gillespie Brooks D. Hathaway John C. Matthews P. Anders Melton, Jr. Jarrett M. Morrell 1992 William K. Brawley III Charles P. Fulford III Malcolm Marshall III Telfair H. Parker, Jr. Lee H. Staley John W. Ward IV E. Barksdale Watkins 1993 Michael K. Dean T. Land Deleot, Jr. Joshua B. Heiskell J. Giles Ward William W. Watkins, Jr. 1994 T. Winfrey O. Bear Lawrence H. Dempsey III Jonathan V. Gould Elijah T. Green Carter M. Little R. Blake Lovelace J. Eric Miller Isaac J. Morton Todd G. Sears Benjamin R. Wall II 1996 Edward L. Baker II Pascal S. Boyd III F. Baily Dent III W. Brunson DePass III C. Herring Hancock F. Claiborne Johnston III Billy A. Mock III L. Tune Nunnelee IV M. Eugene Williams III Douglas B. Winslow Jesse Y. Womack III Richard H. Wright IV 1997 William D. King, Jr. C. Whitten Meares III Corbin P. Miller Porter H. Nolan John G. Powell Thomas S. Ragsdale IV H. Paul Ross, Jr. 1998 John W. Barton III Colin R. Brooks Benjamin C. Bruner Why We Are Strong
F. Lee Bryan IV Jonathan L. Drew Thomas B. W. Hall John L. Hallett II M. Camp Kilcollin, Jr. Gordon H. Kolb, Jr. John B. Lipe Harrison Stuart Matthew E. L. Tornabene Andrew S. Wright 1999 Carter M. Brenneman M. Brian Burchette Charles Collier III Paul H. Dent W. Clayton Ezell R. Sterling Kelly IV Hynson H. Marvel III Webb B. Milward L. Hunter Morhous T. Dyllan Rankin F. Bradford Swann, Jr. John E. Voissem 2000 Broderick C. Dunn Edward C. Frackelton Adam J. Geist James Taliaferro M. Oates F. Marshall Rabil, Jr. Richard R. Reutter W. Ansel Sanders C. McDonald Steele 2001 Caldwell M. B. Bailey George R. Bassett, Jr. Robert W. Chen K. Cameron Coley William T. Goodson Andrew R. Grabato Lloyd F. Moss III Frank D. Nelms III Benjamin K. Noland W. Randolph Robins, Jr. John H. Scott Philip D. Sterling F. Taylor Sutton V 2002 William C. Collier Emmett D. Nelms F. Stuart Swann Edward R. Testerman III 2003 Cameron A. Arnett John D. Baker III T. Dubose Bratton Andrew S. Ellison Conner G. Gentil F. Stafford Kelly Whidbee S. Perrin Gregory R. Schwartz Samuel A. Slater Community & Volunteers
Alexander R. Strange Philip W. Vann 2004 James S. Boswell Andrew C. Burns, Jr. Bowen G. Chapman Stuart H. Coleman Charlton deSaussure III Joseph L. Farmer Sydney D. F. Farrar II P. Howard Glenn Aubrey F. Hammond III J. J. Caylor Mark III William D. Mayer Trevor S. Slaven Boyd R. Steinhoff Robert L. Stephens III Frazier C. Stowers Andrew G. Woodin James K. Woolford, Jr. 2005 W. Thomas L. Avery Wilson M. Bonner W. Haynes David Paul Funkhouser Galen P. Green Christopher T. W. Gresham Peter A. S. Hansen Lawrence O. B. Kluttz W. Sterling Ruffin R. Louis Smart IV Andrew R. Tew W. Myles Wynn 2006 Alexander K. Butler Roddey Dowd III Bratton W. DuBose John R. Grey IV D. Ross Howard, Jr. Patrick S. Kelly Benjamin F. Matthews III John S. Petrone Peter B. Wilson 2007 John D. Ainsworth Joseph L. Arnold III Gordon R. Crenshaw Gunnar G. Gregory J. Harry M. Stephens John S. Whaley III Dane S. Wood 2008 J. Robert Belk, Jr. Issac A. Brown S. Andrew Dopp J. Thompson Ellington IV Tyler S. Finney J. Spencer Frantz III Camden P. Geiger Edward E. Hull William D. Lawson V
Paul F. Liles Samuel L. Mikell John F. Nash, Jr. Richardson G. Seabrook Colton D. Soref Alfred Williams V G. Coleman Wright 2009 Arthur H. Bryant III Barrett W. Deacon James F. Frazier Landon R. Wyatt IV 2010 Elliott L. Brewer B. Alexander Hagood Edward H. Hardison III W. Chase Spong Patrick M. Szyperski Clarence E. Williams IV 2011 Kevin W. Bennert William L. Borden, Jr. E. Ragland Coxe, Jr. J. Buckley Davis III W. Austin Finch Craig R. Fuller Cary D. D. Jones Matthew A. Laws John C. Moylan IV J. Brian Pecheles 2012 Charles B. Blaydes Edwin B. Borden II William B. Choate III H. Collier Connell H. Wilson Craig Marshall W. Deal Henry W. Dyke Mark E. Petrone Caswell C. Prewitt Charles L. D. Setzer 2013 Nicholas W. Cirillo Feixiang Han F. Trice Moore Erwin T. Williams James J. B. Willis L. Haynes Zaytoun 2014 Spencer A. Bibb Isaiah J. Brown Thomas H. Claiborne, Jr. T. Lester Coleman D. Maybank Hagood, Jr. George A. Ives IV J. Hines Liles William J. Osterman 2015 Eduardo Corona Andrew F. Harris Nathan J. Ingram
Christopher K. Nance William N. Peak T. Talfourd Wharton, Jr. 2016 Wyatt S. Beazley V Robert L. McMillan III John P. Pittman II J. Garnett Reid, Jr. Caleb T. Rogers 2017 B. Lee Caffey James Carrington III Scott D. Gullquist, Jr. Charles E. Hargrove Tilden Q. Winston Jeremiah R. Zaytoun
Parent Committees Class of 2019 Sixth-Form Parents’ Gift Committee Ellen and Rick de Alessandrini, chairs Paige and Steve Burgess Mary Elaine and Robert Jolly Elizabeth and David Perdue Kristy and Bill Thompson ’89 Kathy and Chris Walmsley Class of 2020 Stephanie and Howard Bissell, chairs Catherine and Frank Edwards ’88 Pam and Michael Gantt Fionuala and Charles Monsted Carrie and Michael O’Malley Elizabeth and Christian Schnabel ’87 Class of 2021 Martha and Clay Dunnagan, chairs Tessa and Gerrit Goss Heather and John Mills Holly and Marshall Phillips Catherine and Ed Stelter Diane and Joe Thomas ’81 Class of 2022 Sarah and Britt Lytle, chairs Sarah and Mike Innes Sylvia and Mitch Leverette Jennifer and Chase Monroe Juli and Alex Neuman ’90 Jane and Chris Oldham Karen and Brandon Perry Molly and Bryan Willis
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