JBS Reporter Spring 2012

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J O H N B U R R O U G H S S C H O O L

REPORTER

PUBLISHED By JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL fOR ALUmNI, PARENTS AND fR IENDS

A Transformation BeginsConstruction on the largest project in the school’s 88-year history will begin this spring and should be completed by the end of 2013.

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At its April 9 meeting, the Board of Trustees voted to

proceed with construction of a 60,000-square-foot athletic

center, a 53,000-square-foot performing arts/assembly

center, a renovated Commons and an enlarged Quadrangle.

Though the Board had originally planned to complete the

project in phases, fund-raising progress, favorable

interest rates and manageable construction costs prompted

the Board to move forward with the full project immediately.

At the groundbreaking ceremony on April 12, Steve Maritz,

the capital campaign chair, reported that the school has

made great progress toward its $45 million goal ($35 million

for construction and $10 million for endowment). “We still

have a way to go,” said Maritz, “but we’re confident that the

Burroughs community will rise to the challenge, as it has

in previous campaigns.”

The plan will enhance almost 40 percent of the buildings on

campus. The new performing arts/assembly center, with its

700-seat auditorium, will provide teaching, practice and

performance space for the music, dance and theatre

Amidst flying confetti, school leaders representing students, faculty, parents and alumni broke ground on the full campus plan on April 12. From left are Liz Philpott (vice president of the Parents Council), Donya Allison (chair of the Faculty Executive Committee), former Head of School Keith Shahan ’62, Mary Beth Soffer (president of the Board of Trustees), Head of School Andy Abbott, Steve Maritz ’76 (chair of the capital campaign), Vince Vance ’12 (president of the student body) and Kathy Rainey Bussmann ’75 (president of the Alumni Association).

programs. It will retain the name Haertter Hall. The athletic

center will include a multilevel, 600-seat gymnasium, a

fitness center, locker rooms and athletic offices. The current

Quadrangle in the heart of campus will be expanded three-

fold, and the Commons will be renovated as a main street

of student life, connecting the Quadrangle, the new athletic

center and performing arts/assembly center.

ConstruCtion timetable

The current Haertter Hall will remain standing during

construction of the new performing arts/assembly center

and athletic center. Next spring (2013), after graduation, the

original Haertter Hall will come down, and the renovation

of the Commons and the expansion of the Quadrangle will

take place. The entire project is expected to be completed

by the end of 2013.

For photos from the groundbreaking ceremony and news about

the coincident release of the school’s athletic history —

Teammates for Life — see pages 2 and 3.

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ATHLETICS

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88 Years of Athletic Historygroundbreaking festivities celebrated plans for the future and honored a rich athletic past with the release of a new book.

Long before Title IX ushered in the era of equality between men’s and women’s athletics, girls’ sports at Burroughs played a central role. An early standout was a four-year undefeated streak for the varsity field hockey team in the late 1920s. The 1929 field hockey team (above) compiled a 4-0 record, devastating its opponents 35 goals to one.

The Next ChapterTeammates for Life was already at press

when swimmer Madison Qualy ’12

and wrestler Cory Lester ’12 wrote the

final chapters of their JBS swimming

and wrestling careers, respectively.

In the State prelims of the 100 breast

stroke, Madison placed fifth and broke

the school record by two seconds. In

the finals, she moved up to a number-

two finish, the highest Burroughs

swimming finish ever. Her time was

3/100 of a second off the time of the

top swimmer and shattered her own

record in the event. Madison plans

to swim for the university of Miami

(Florida) next year.

Cory concluded his JBS wrestling

career by claiming the Missouri

record for career wins (196), a second-

place finish in State and Metro League

wrestler of the year honors. Cory is

the school’s only four-time State med-

alist — third as a freshman, first as a

sophomore and second as a junior and

a senior. He plans to wrestle for the

university of Michigan next year.

Madison Qualy ’12 took second in the 100 breast stroke at State.

Cory Lester ’12 took second at the State wrestling meet.

Burroughs had a writing dream team in former coach and

athletic director Jim Lemen and Jud Calkins ’59, co-authors

of the school’s athletic history, Teammates for Life, which was

released at the groundbreaking ceremony on April 12.

Lemen, who had been involved in Burroughs athletics for

half the life of the school, brought an encyclopedic knowl-

edge of the school’s athletic past. Calkins — a four-sport

JBS athlete, lawyer and former writer for the St. Louis Post-

Dispatch — brought masterful research skills and a knack

for telling a story.

The result of their collaboration is a 266-page, full-color,

hardcover book that spans the decades, bringing to life the

high points (along with some low points, the bizarre, the

laughable and the remarkable), while also explaining

athletics done the right way. It conveys an abiding sense of

community and how generations of athletes have learned

from coaches who epitomized the values that sports

engender. As Lemen says, “Teammates is more than a story

of wins and losses over the decades. It is a story about all the

values that one hopes young athletes will gain from sports.”

Consider these morsels from the pages of the book:

• If the results from a 1935 name-the-team contest had

swung differently, Burroughs teams might have been

known as the Hill-billies, the Killers or the goons. A

week after announcing the contest, The World declared

that a winner had been selected. Varsity teams would

henceforth be known as the Bombers.

• Prior to 1949, the cheerleading squad was ad hoc,

loosely organized and strictly a male domain. After the

student body voted to admit girls, a tryout assembly was

convened and a lunchtime vote followed.

• The defeat of the famed Puxico Indians in 1953 to claim

the school’s first and only State basketball champion-

ship capped a remarkable five-year JBS run.

• on Halloween, 1958, the Bombers spooked the

powerful Jefferson City Jays 13-0 in the state capital,

marking the last loss by the Jays before a 71-game win-

ning streak over 71/2 years. The Jays barely squeaked

by JBS in the 1959 return match at Leland Field. Jeff

City announced they were bringing their big-league

marching band. Not to be outdone, Burroughs fielded a

rag-tag ensemble led by high-stepping george Simmons

’62. The performance was largely improv, with a few

formations inserted for flair as they marched downfield.

Everybody was doubled over with laughter — even the

Jefferson City crowd.

• A tradition of tennis dominance includes the current

nine-year chain of women’s State singles champion-

ships won by Susan Sullivan ’06, Alex Lehman ’09

and Sydney Lehman ’12. Their predecessors in starring

roles include Butch Bucholz ’59, who as a professional

achieved a top-five world ranking, and Carol Hanks

Aucamp ’61, who competed four times at Wimbledon,

including a mixed-doubles partnership with Arthur

Ashe.

• The football Bombers of 1961 scored 400 points to

average a point a minute, the fifth highest scoring team

(by average) in Missouri history.

• The seeds of JBS dominance in field hockey were

started in the 1980s, when the 1983 and 1984 teams

compiled a remarkable cumulative record of 39-1,

winning the Midwest Field Hockey tournament title

in 1983 and placing second in a heart-rending loss in

1984. Teams of the 1990s added seven championships,

with two others added in 2000 and 2010 to make a

total of 11. Meridith Thorpe ’95, a member of three JBS

championship teams and a standout at the university

of Virginia, returned to Burroughs to coach and led the

team that claimed the 2010 championship.

• The 2001 football team achieved one of the great come-

backs of all time in the televised semifinal game against

Monroe City at Burroughs. Trailing Monroe City 19-0

at halftime, the Bombers staged a second-half surge

to win the game 33-19. The team went on to claim the

school’s eighth State championship.

• In a surprising fact from the book, Winston Boldt ’11,

although the goalie of the 2010 soccer team, led the

team in scoring by converting a number of free kicks.

Get Your CopY

Teammates for Life has been made possible by the JBS

Alumni Association. Stop by the school to get your compli-

mentary copy or contact Amy greenwood Dunaway ’92 at

314/993-4045, ext. 315, or [email protected].

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THE CAMPuS

groundbreaking Celebration!More than 600 friends of the school gathered to break ground on the performing arts/assembly center, the athletic center, the renovated Commons and the enlarged Quadrangle.

1. Campaign chair Steve Maritz’s ’76 announcement that the campaign had made great progress toward its $45 million goal generated an enthusiastic round of applause.

2. Head of School Andy Abbott highlighted features of the plan and announced that construction on the full project would begin this spring.

3. From left are Don ’52 and Myra Pruett and Ann Leschen Cornwell ’60.

4. Board member Susan Sherman, along with Beth Adams Louis ’72, helped plan the event. From left are Sherman, former Head of School Keith Shahan ’62, Board president Mary Beth Soffer and Head of School Andy Abbott.

5. From left are faculty members, past and present, John Snodgrass (History, retired), Mark Smith (History), Alice Snodgrass (Math, retired), Bob Sortland (History; College Counseling, retired), Bob Henningsen (English; College Counseling) and Tom Yager (Math, retired).

6. Jon Hamm ’89 was one of 10 alumni in the performing arts who expressed warm feelings about JBS in a video shown at the gathering. other alumni featured were Broadway producer Terry Schnuck ’71, conductor Leon Burke ’72, Broadway music producer Kurt Deutsch ’84, writer and filmmaker Stephanie Sanditz ’95, actor Ellie Kemper ’98, television and film editor Joe Leonard ’98, musician Jason Torrey ’00, writer Carrie Kemper ’02 and Broadway producer Mike Bosner ’04.

7. A construction-themed motif in a tent on the site of the future athletic center lent a festive atmosphere to the venue.

8. Board member John Van Doren (on left) and immediate past Board president Todd Schnuck ’77, both parents of current students and alumni, lean on a display table that showcased memorabilia from the JBS theatre program.

9. Jim and Carole Lemen were named honorary alumni, and Jud Calkins ’59 (on right) received the Distinguished Service Award. The release of Teammates for Life, a history of athletics at Burroughs written by Jim and Jud, was a high point of the evening.

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TuITIoN AID


Need-Blind AdmissionsTuition aid benefits the students who receive aid and enables the Admissions Committee to build balanced classes with students of different socioeconomic backgrounds and perspectives.

“We never want to accept or deny a student based on the

family’s ability to pay tuition,” says Caroline gaskin LaVigne

’92, director of admissions and tuition aid.

Burroughs abides by a long-held principle that a family’s

request for aid should have no bearing on a child’s applica-

tion. “The model is increasingly atypical in independent

schools,” says Head of School Andy Abbott. “As budgets

have gotten tighter, many schools use tuition aid as a

marketing tool to fill vacant seats.”

“Burroughs could easily fill the school without any tuition

aid,” Abbott points out. “In stark contrast, we use tuition aid

to bring in students with

need because we believe

that a socioeconomically

diverse student body ben-

efits all students, both those

who receive the aid and

those who don’t.”

Good for all

“We are looking for capable

students with different

abilities, but we also want

students who bring varied

backgrounds,” says

LaVigne. “In the admis-

sions process we consider

not only what potential

the child may be able to

develop, but also what he or

she will bring to the com-

munity. We’re looking for

students who are kind and

curious and open to taking

advantage of the opportuni-

ties the school offers. We

can fill in some gaps in

math or reading, but these

personal qualities are more

difficult to mold.”

The balance that comes

from a socioeconomically diverse student body enriches

the Burroughs experience for everybody. “As adolescents

develop, they learn from their peers,” says LaVigne. “I firmly

believe that the peer group we offer our students is one of

our greatest strengths. What students learn from each other

often makes a greater impression than what they hear from

adults. A child who lives in an apartment will interpret A

Raisin in the Sun very differently than a child who grows up

in suburban Chesterfield. We need different types of

students with different interests and abilities so they can

learn from one another as well as the faculty.”

touGh deCisions

Achieving this balance sometimes means that the school

must deny admission to some wonderfully qualified

applicants. It requires some tough decisions on the part of

the committee, but Abbott believes the sacrifices are neces-

sary. In fact, studies have shown that groups representative

of a range of backgrounds and perspectives are not only

more aware of how other people see things, but also are

more effective problem solvers. He points to the work of

university of Michigan professor and author Scott Page, who

found that when two groups are given a problem to solve,

CLOSER LOOK

the more diverse group — the more random group with the

broader range of perspectives — will do a better job.

aid based on need

“We offer aid to students we already plan to admit,” LaVigne

says. In fact, the mere suggestion that Burroughs offers

scholarships to athletes or brainiacs or leaders or whomever

makes LaVigne’s hackles rise.

“It would not make sense for us to distribute tuition aid

funds to students based on merit,” she says. “Every stu-

dent is invited to come to the school because of his or her

potential. If merit were the criterion, we would have to say

they are all wonderful and

deserving of scholarships.”

To eliminate bias in the

amount of a scholarship

award, a committee of

administrators decides who

will be accepted. A second

committee of mostly Board

members — the Tuition

Aid Committee —

determines the tuition aid

package. LaVigne makes

sure the two committees

have access to very different

information.

“We love to get outstand-

ing students, musicians

and athletes, and we accept

them based on who they

are and what they will

bring to the class.” But

when a child’s request for

aid is brought before the

Tuition Aid Committee

of the Board of Trustees,

committee members are

not privy to that child’s per-

sonal information. Tuition

Aid Committee members

have no idea whether the child is an athlete or an actor or

the smartest kid in the applicant pool. LaVigne assigns a

number to each applicant to keep the process nameless. The

Tuition Aid Committee only sees information that pertains

to the family’s financial circumstances.

Reconciling the needs of the families within the constraints

of the budget is an onerous task. “It’s challenging to articu-

late the criteria when determining the award, but the Tuition

Aid Committee strives to be aware and supportive of a

child’s circumstances,” says LaVigne. “Every family’s finan-

cial picture is different. We look at each family individually.

Will the cost of gas for the commute to school present a

burden? Are they caring for an elderly parent? A special

needs child? We do our best to meet the needs of our

families with the money we have.”

The Tuition Aid Committee awards aid in the form of loans,

grants or a package of loans and grants. The amount of the

award is intended to help the family with the cost of a

Burroughs education, but the family is expected to do its

part. “Tuition aid is not a free ride,” says LaVigne. “We

expect families to make sacrifices as well.”

Need-blind admissions and the tuition aid to support it enables the Admissions Committee to build balanced classes, according to Caroline gaskin LaVigne ’92, director of admissions and tuition aid. “I firmly believe that the peer group we offer our students is one of our greatest strengths.”

Please Keep us InformedWhether you’ve moved or want to

provide an update of your activities,

please mail or e-mail your news and

address changes. Send your news

to Alumni office, John Burroughs

School, 755 South Price Road,

St. Louis, Mo 63124 or alum.ofc@

jburroughs.org. or to reach us by

phone, call 314/993-4040, ext. 264.

John Burroughs School publishes the

Reporter for distribution to alumni,

current and past parents, grand-

parents, faculty, staff and friends

of the school.

Editor: Lynn Hoppe Phelps

Photographer: Andrew Newman ’87

Director of Communications

and Community Relations:

Ellen Leschen Bremner ’67

The Class of 2018As with every class at Burroughs, next

year’s incoming seventh graders rep-

resent diverse backgrounds, cultures

and perspectives. At this writing, 92

students have committed to joining

the Class of 2018. They are all indi-

viduals with great stories.

• 45 are boys and 47 are girls.

• 27 percent of them identify as

being students of color.

• They come from 27 zip codes.

• 23 students come from 9 public

schools.

• 5 students come from 5 parochial

schools.

• 64 students come from 9

independent schools.

• 10 students are children of alumni.

• 38 students are siblings of JBS

students.

• 42 students are new to the JBS

community.

• 20 received tuition aid support.

• 10 students have one or both

parents who were born in another

country.

• 6 are children of JBS faculty and

staff.

Retiree ScrapbooksIf you would like to have a note

included in a retiree’s scrapbook

(Bob Henningsen, Marian Walsh,

Heidi Frey Currier ’66 or Karen

McCray), please send it to Ellen

Bremner, 755 South Price Road, St.

Louis, Mo 63124 or ebremner@

jburroughs.org.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

53 Endowed ScholarshipsFriends of the school have chosen

to honor loved ones by establishing

scholarships for qualified students.

May they be

remembered through

the accomplishments

of those who have been

assisted in their name.

50th Anniversary

110% Anonymous (2)

Anonymous (3)

Alumni Reunion

oscar E. Buder Memorial

Edward W. Cissel Jr. Memorial

Henrietta Jackes Cornwell Memorial

Lt. W. Tom Costen, uSN Memorial

Crancer Family Fund

C. Peyton Daniel Memorial

Rowland W. Dodson Jr. Memorial

Benton Roblee Duhme Memorial

Charles R. Edison Memorial

grant Fraser Memorial

(in memory of Mrs. Alex Fraser)

Edward C. garvey Memorial

Antonio V. glassberg Memorial

Mr. & Mrs. Leo grace Memorial

John J. Hamilton Jr. Memorial

Margaret Chamberlain Hamilton

Memorial

Deborah garner Hamm Memorial

J. Chris Jacobsen Memorial

Kemper Family Fund

Elizabeth Conant Kendall Memorial

Mary Ann Lee Fund

Jim Lemen Fund

John D. Levy Memorial

Jason K. Lohr Memorial

John Sykes Martin Memorial

Eugene Ross McCarthy and Louise

Roblee McCarthy Memorial

Thomas M. McConnell Memorial

Mary Anna Meyers Memorial

Marie Ney Memorial

Clement W. Pollock Memorial

B. Franklin Rassieur Jr. Fund

Reader’s Digest Fund

Marjorie McCarthy Robins Memorial

Joseph H. and Florence Roblee

Memorial

Saligman Family Fund

Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte Memorial

Marcia W. and Keith E. Shahan Fund

Dorothy Bradford Shapleigh

Memorial

Christy Shields Memorial

Buzz and Barbara Taylor Fund

John W. and Matthew C. Thayer Fund

Beverly Bowen von Weise Fund

John Wesley Memorial

Joyce Williams Memorial

Timothy Richard Wnuk Memorial

Wayne B. and Janie Mason Wright

Memorial

Suzanne Feld Zalk Trust

The gift of a JBS EducationA Burroughs education and friendships are life-long experiences —gifts really — that start on your first day and never end. The school frequently hears from alumni who

express their appreciation to the scholarship

donors who made their Burroughs educations

possible. As Amy george Rush ’92 wrote,

“This community is always with you, and you

are always with it. Thank you for giving me

these gifts of education and friendship, of true

community. Please know that your contribu-

tions — your efforts and intentions — matter.

They matter, greatly, profoundly, in ways you

may never know.”

Burroughs is fortunate to have a Board,

parents and alumni who support the school’s

commitment to need-blind admissions.

During the 2011-12 school year, endowed

scholarships and other forms of tuition aid

provided $1,956,000 to Burroughs students.

Next school year, tuition aid will top the

$2 million mark.

More than 20 percent of the JBS student body

— about 120 of the school’s 600 students —

receive tuition aid. Some students receive a

portion of tuition, a few get full tuition and

fewer still receive full tuition plus expenses.

unrestricted endowment and designated gifts

and endowed scholarships make the school’s

generous tuition aid program possible.

Endowed scholarships, which support tuition

aid in perpetuity, provide the underpinning

that supports the school’s commitment to

need-blind admissions and socioeconomic

diversity.

“The amount required to establish a named

scholarship fluctuates each year as tuition

costs change,” says Jim Kemp, director of

advancement. Currently, a gift of $110,500

establishes an endowed scholarship that will

provide approximately $5,525 per year for one

student, one-quarter of the cost of annual

tuition. A gift of $486,200, referred to as a

110 percent scholarship, provides full tuition

plus books and expenses for one student each

year. (These amounts are based on a tuition of

$22,100 for the 2011-12 school year.)

The school currently has 53 endowed schol-

arships (see list at right). The largest single

scholarship was given by an anonymous donor

in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary in

1973. The 50th Anniversary Scholarship covers

full tuition for 12 students — a boy and a girl

from each class — each school year. Since its

inception, the scholarship has covered nearly

full tuition for 82 students to attend all six

years at the school.

Few gifts have such a lasting impact on so

many individuals. As a current student wrote

in a letter to her scholarship donors: “I want to

thank you from the bottom of my heart for

being someone who was good and kind

enough to help me up a hill I never could have

climbed by myself. Through your generous

support, I am able to attend the best possible

school for me. Your help up this hill has set

me on a course to see and do things I never

could have imagined.”

Tuition Aid

at JBS

20%Percentage of

JBS students who receive tuition aid

$15,500Average

tuition award

Based on a tuition of $22,100 during 2011-12.

Three Scholarships AddedEach endowed scholarship has a story behind it.

Alumni and parents have shown their support of the

$10 million endowment component of the Campaign for

Burroughs by establishing three new endowed scholarships

to cover full tuition for four students with financial need.

Barbara olin Taylor, Ph.D ’50 established the Buzz and

Barbara Taylor Scholarship Fund, which will provide full

tuition to two students — a boy and a girl — each year.

Dr. Taylor has devoted much of her career to strengthening

public school education on a national level and is particu-

larly interested in supporting students who come from

public schools. She believes that her late husband, F. Morgan

“Buzz” Taylor Jr., would be pleased that she has decided to

honor him in this way.

Dr. Taylor explains that Buzz was the son of a teacher.

Buzz’s father was a talented actor in college, won medals

in three olympics, and later became a teacher and coach at

the secondary level. Buzz, one of several children, received

a scholarship to Western Military Academy, where he

competed in athletics against Burroughs. He later received a

scholarship to Princeton, where he paid part of his tuition by

waiting tables in the dining hall. Since Buzz’s siblings did

not receive scholarship support, Buzz’s father quit his teach-

ing job, which he loved, to get a higher-paying job to pay for

his children’s college educations. He always said, “I wish I

could afford to be a teacher.”

Another new scholarship, the Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte

Memorial Scholarship, honors a Burroughs alumna from

the class of 2002. Anonymous donors were so inspired by

Schulte, who died from wounds suffered from an impro-

vised explosive device near Kabul, Afghanistan, in May

2009, that they wanted to honor her with a full scholarship

that will cover tuition for one student each year.

The third full scholarship, the Kemper Family Scholarship,

has been established by the William T Kemper Foundation,

Commerce Bank, Trustee. David and Dotty Kemper sent

all four of their children to Burroughs. As president of the

Board of Trustees in the mid-1990s, Mr. Kemper was a

staunch proponent of taking steps to secure the financial

security of the school and to broaden access to a Burroughs

education to more students with financial need.

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Kellie Hynes ’89 Raised Cattle to Help Pay Tuition“Once Burroughs showed me a bigger, better world, there was no going back.”

Kellie Hynes ’89

1930 Class President Remembers BurroughsBurroughs has had a strong tuition aid program from the start. Marjorie Capen Sheldon ’30, an early scholarship recipient, still cherishes her years as a student at Burroughs.

Marjorie Capen Sheldon ’30

Marjorie Capen Sheldon ’30, who attended the

school on a partial scholarship in the 1920s,

appreciates how others helped her. “I’d like

to pay back what I owe,” she says. “I loved all

those six years.”

Mrs. Sheldon attended Burroughs because

her parents thought coeducation was a good

idea. She remembers taking a test to get in

but points out that the school was looking for

students back then. Her class would be one of

the very first to complete all six years at the new

school.

She remembers her classmates well, all 45 of

them at the time of graduation, and talks about

each one of them individually. ... He was the

son of the headmaster. His parents founded the

school. She was very smart. She was one of my

good friends, and so was she. ... “I had fun with

these people,” she says.

As a senior, Marjorie was elected class presi-

dent. “Two boys fought over the job, so my

classmates decided to give it to me,” she says.

“I think the school was shocked. They didn’t

pick girls to do that kind of thing back then.”

After graduating from Burroughs, Mrs.

Sheldon was more interested in seeing the

world than going to college. She and her best

friend, classmate Jane Bond, studied at

Bellevue School in

Tours, France,

where

Marjorie

earned her

teaching

certifica-

tion. Since

that first

trans-Atlantic

adventure, she

has logged hun-

dreds of thousands

of miles traveling to more

than 50 countries and domestic locations.

Throughout her adult life, Mrs. Sheldon was

active in the St. Louis community, volunteering

with Children’s Hospital, the Service Bureau,

the Junior League and Edgewood Children’s

Center. She married Torrey Foster in 1933, and

the couple had two sons and two daughters.

After Mr. Foster’s death in 1973, she married

Frank Sheldon, who died in 1982. She has 14

grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Sheldon turned 100 in January. Her

daughter, Marian Foster Clifford, attributes her

mother’s long life to her connection to people.

“She has lost so many friends, but she keeps

making new ones,” Mrs. Clifford says. “My

mother loves people, and they love her.”

When Kellie entered Burroughs as a ninth

grader at age 13, she didn’t know where her

education would take her. She was astounded

to see art in the hallways of the school and hear

students debating with their teachers. “I didn’t

know what I was getting into, but I knew my

life was changed forever.”

Kellie lived an hour and a half from Burroughs,

in a small farming community in Illinois. Even

though both of her parents worked, tuition was

a hurdle for the family. “I raised cattle and sold

them to help pay for school,” Kellie explains.

“And if there was a scholarship or grant, big or

small, I went for it. Every little bit of aid made a

difference.”

What Kellie remembers most, though, were the

teachers who helped along the way. “My schol-

arships opened the door, but it was the teachers

who pulled me through it. I think I received

extra tutoring in every subject except English

and pottery. I took a lot of pottery.”

“Those years were not easy, but they were

worth it,” Kellie says. “There just wasn’t

enough time in the day to commute and do

all of my homework. The silver lining is that I

learned how to prioritize responsibilities and

let things go if they couldn’t get done. It made

me incredibly efficient.”

After she graduated from Burroughs, Kellie

earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from

Indiana university and an MBA from Wash-

ington university. “If my Burroughs teachers

hadn’t taught me how to study, and how to ask

for help when I needed it, I never would have

had the courage to take the hard classes. After

Western Civilization with Mr. Alverson, not

even statistics was scary.”

Kellie, who ran track and cross country at

Burroughs, recently completed her second

half-marathon. “Almost 25 years later, I still

hear Coach (Beth) Kinsella’s voice on every

run, telling me to drop my arms and relax

my shoulders.”

A few years ago, Kellie and her husband, Bob

guller, calculated the net present value of all

the aid Kellie had received and donated that

amount to the scholarship program. “As much

as I wanted to pay Burroughs back, this was

more about paying it forward. My life changed

dramatically because of the people I met and

the education I received. I’m incredibly grate-

ful that I can help someone else change their

life, too.”

Kellie is a freelance writer. She, Bob, and their

three children live in St. Louis’ Central West End.

Her children commute two blocks to school.

THE ARTS

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1. The traditional Holiday Program featured 227 students, who participated as singers, instrumentalists, readers, technical support and members of the tableau. Emma PeConga ’12 sang “Mary’s Lullaby.” Ellen Swicord ’12 and Turner Rapp ’12 were readers.

2. The 2012 tableau, designed by Margaret Min ’14, featured from left, Tre Moore ’15, Julianna Nikodym ’15, Madeleine uelk ’12, Davey Holmes ’12 and Veda Kamra ’15.

3. The Dance Concert featured 48 dancers, performing to packed houses in January. From left, Martha Reis ’12, Annie Altman ’12, Talia Bennett ’15, Caroline Adams ’15, Lucy Weilbacher ’14 and Shirley Hwang ’15 perform a lyrical dance choreographed by Martha Reis ’12.

4. From left, Katie Link ’13, Brittany Washington ’12 and Talia Bennet ’15 dance to a piece choreographed by Carlyn Vachow ’12 and Vince Vance ’12.

5. Clockwise from back are Maddi Hicks ’12, Rebecca Mogil ’12, Sofie Kodner ’12, Brittany Washington ’12, Elizabeth Fox ’12, Sylvie Sherman ’12 and Emily Brown ’13 performing a modern dance choreographed by Sofie Kodner.

6. ginna Doyle ’13 as Billie and Ian Fletcher ’12 as Val led the ensemble cast of 31 in Babes in Arms, presented in February.

7. Tappers Lanie Haynes ’14 and Elijah Brown ’13 performed “Light on Their Feet” in the musical, Babes in Arms.

8. The Rosettes present Lee Calhoun’s Follies in the musical. From left are Erin Vidlak ’13, Rainey Horwitz ’14, Carlyn Vachow ’12, Brittany Washington ’12, Sally Lemkemeier ’13, Corina Minden-Birkenmaier ’13, Sydney Brown ’12 and Sylvie Sherman ’12.

9. Members of the Babes in Arms cast gather around Flambeau, a French pilot who crashed his plane in Seaport, Rhode Island, later to become Laguardia Airport.

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CAMPuS NEWS

Dance Proceeds to Build a SchoolStudents raised almost $23,000 to build John Burroughs School in Cambodia.

Chiquet named outstanding AlumMaureen Popkin Chiquet ’81, global

CEo of CHANEL and the 2012

outstanding Alum, spoke at

morning assembly on April 5.

Chiquet is one of only a few female

chiefs at major international corpora-

tions. Selected as one of Forbes maga-

zine’s 100 most powerful women in

2007 and as one of The Wall Street

Journal’s 50 Women to Watch in

2006, Chiquet says her success stems

from a little luck, a lot of determina-

tion and loads of passion. She credited

some “truly phenomenal mentors,”

including three of her JBS teachers —

former theatre chair John Faust, for-

mer JBS history teacher Ellen Moceri

and former French teacher Kathleen

Standley. To read Chiquet’s comments

at assembly, visit the News and Events

page on the Burroughs website

(www.jburroughs.org).

HONORS New Principals NamedScott Deken (Science) will take over as the principal of grades 9 and 10; Chris Front (History) will be the new principal of grades 11 and 12.

Dr. Scott Deken (Science)

and Chris Front (History)

will join the administrative

team in July. Deken will be

the principal of grades 9

and 10. Front takes over as

the principal of grades 11

and 12.

Deken, who joined the

faculty in 2005, currently

teaches AP Environmental

Science, Biology Achieve-

ment and Advanced Biology

and coaches JV baseball. He

is a faculty sponsor of the

Environmental Awareness

Club. Deken holds a bach-

elor’s degree in biology and chemistry from College of the

ozarks and a doctorate in neurobiology from the university

of Alabama-Birmingham.

History teacher Chris Front (on left) and biology teacher Scott Deken

Honors for Port and PiersonEllen Port (PE/Athletics) and John

Pierson (English; Theatre) recently

received high praise.

Port, who has claimed four united

States golf Association titles and

numerous local and national titles,

was inducted into the Missouri Sports

Hall of Fame in January as part of a

class that included Cardinals

outfielder Jim Edwards, Kansas City

Chiefs defensive player Emmitt

Thomas and current JBS parent Rick

Lehman. Port claimed the Women’s

Trans National title (1994), competed

in two Curtis Cups (1994 and 1996),

qualified for the u.S. Women’s

Amateur 10 times and the u.S.

Women’s open three times.

Pierson was nominated for a Kevin

Kline Award for best lead actor in a

play for his performance in St. Louis

Actors’ Studio’s 2011 production of

Closer. In 2009, Pierson claimed a

Kevin Kline Award for best

supporting actor in a play for his ap-

pearance in The Late Henry Moss.

Front, who joined the Bur-

roughs faculty in 2002,

currently teaches u.S.

History, American govern-

ment and u.S. History

Since 1945. He also serves

as a college counselor.

Front holds a bachelor’s

degree in history, a mas-

ter’s in u.S. history from

Columbia university and

an “All But Dissertation”

degree in u.S. history from

Northwestern university.

Current principals Elaine

Childress (grades 9 and

10) and Dr. Scott Heinzel

(grades 11 and 12), both biology teachers, announced in

August 2011 that the 2011-12 school year would be their last

in the principals’ offices. After a one-year sabbatical, Chil-

dress will return to full-time teaching. Heinzel will teach

and continue in his role as a college counselor.

The Dance Marathon on February 3 shattered its $13,000

goal, raising more than $23,000 to build a school and

support school-age children in Cambodia.

Faculty sponsor Andrew Newman ’87 (Fine Arts) explains

that Student Congress voted to support education in

Cambodia after hearing about English teacher Rick

Sandler’s work with Teachers Across Borders. During

his first visit to the country in 2010, Dr. Sandler met Dr.

Samnang Heng (a former prisoner of the Khmer Rouge

and current professor at Royal Cambodian university), who

is committed to strengthening the country’s schools. Dr.

Sandler supported Dr. Heng’s work by collecting 90 boxes

(2,400 pounds) of books during the 2010-11 school year for

Cambodian school libraries. He has continued the effort this

year through Cocoa for Cambodia — before-school sales of

hot cocoa and chocolate bars in his classroom to sponsor the

education of one student in Siem Reap. Some of the money

raised through the Dance Marathon ($3,000) will support

Dr. Heng’s work through Teachers Across Borders.

Student Congress voted to send $19,000 to American

Assistance for Cambodia’s Rural Schools Project, which

builds primary and secondary schools in rural Cambodia. A

donation of $13,000 will build the school, to be called John

Burroughs School of Cambodia. The additional $6,000

will be used for staffing, computers, a well, books and other

needs. The remainder will be put into a fund for future pro-

grams that will support John Burroughs School of

Cambodia.

Some 500 students jammed into the field house for the noon-’til-midnight Dance Marathon, held on a scheduled day off of school. Student Congress — led by seniors Sam Hefler, Isabelle Stillman and Vince Vance and junior Abby Balfour — kept the evening interesting with creative diversions such as limbo, basketball knock-out, pie-eating contests, potato sack races and student performances.

The 2012 outstanding Alum, Maureen Popkin Chiquet ’81, told students that Burroughs had taught her how to work hard and persevere.

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STuDENT TRAVEL

From international politicking to playing base-

ball, from cleaning up after tornado devastation

to performing in Austria, recent travel oppor-

tunities extended student learning beyond the

traditional classroom.

1. The first trip, at the end of January, took 30

juniors and seniors to The Hague International

Model united Nations (THIMuN) in the Neth-

erlands. Burroughs is one of fewer than 10 u.S.

schools invited to participate in this prestigious

assembly at which students from more than

300 schools from 90 countries debate and vote

on resolutions as ambassadors for assigned

countries. This year’s THIMuN delegates

represented Spain and the nongovernmental

organization of the World Bank. one student

served as registrar of the International Court

of Justice; one student served on the advisory

panel addressing the question of the Mediter-

ranean Sea; and five students worked on the

daily conference newspaper. Shown (from left)

are seniors Michael Epsten, Turner Rapp and

Alex Francis.

2. The Classics Department took 29 students

of Latin and greek on its biennial spring break

trip to Rome and the area around the bay of

Naples. The group visited archeological sites and

museums, the umbrian hill town of orvieto,

Mount Vesuvius and a mozzarella farm in

southern Italy. They also attended an intimate

performance of baroque music in the historic

Borromini Sacristy in Rome and a basket-

ball game in Monte di Procida near the Villa

Vergiliana, where they stayed. Shown here in

front of a sculpture of a river god at the Capi-

toline Museum in Rome is half of the group:

(from left) Joanne Hsueh ’14, Miranda Reid

’14, Katherine Taylor ’13, Mylan Henderson

’14, Sam Mulcahy ’14, Adam Wang ’14, Neal

Shulman ’14, Ryan Keeney ’14, Ros Shinkle ’14,

Catherine Von Holt ’14, Jordan Leonard ’14 and

Kevin Steinhouse ’14 (reclining).

3. The annual spring break service trip,

sponsored by the Montgomery Plan, took 26

students in grades 9 through 12 to Joplin, Mis-

souri, where they worked alongside more than

200 volunteers from Kansas, oklahoma and

Alabama to clear debris from last spring’s dev-

astating tornado. Seventh graders sponsored

a bake sale in advance of the trip to purchase

equipment needed for the group’s work, and

the school’s Jack orchard Fund underwrote

some of the cost of the trip. Shown (from left)

are Brad Riew ’13, Scott Burns ’13, Mariel Van

Landingham ’12, Raveena John ’14, Nick guo

’13 and Corina Minden-Birkenmaier ’13 as they

clear a large tree trunk from the location of a

demolished Elks lodge in the center of town.

4. Twenty-eight baseball players and 14 track

athletes participated in a week of physical and

mental preparation for the 2012 season during

spring training. Baseball players traveled to

Port St. Lucie, Florida, where they competed in

games against schools from New Jersey, Bos-

ton, Florida and Philadelphia. Track athletes

competed in Clermont, Florida, where they

rubbed shoulders with some of the world’s best

athletes, who were preparing for the London

olympics. Shown below is Spencer

Beyersdorfer ’12 winding up for a pitch with

first baseman Nick Beulick ’12 in background

during a pre-season baseball game.

5. Eight students spent three weeks in

germany, where they attended classes at

Burroughs’ sister school in Stuttgart and stayed

with the families of their host partners. Their

itinerary accommodated sightseeing in and

around Stuttgart, Prague, Berlin and Munich.

From left are Claire Pfeifer ’12, olga Russell

(Modern Languages), Spencer Hesse ’15, Haley

Botteron ’14, Caroline Adams ’15, Lucas

Schlaefli ’15, Andrew Efimov ’15, Natalie

Probstein ’15 and Jharnae Love ’15 in front of

Brandenburg gate in Berlin. Next year

Burroughs will host a group of students from

Stuttgart.

6. Nine orchestra members and 19 singers

performed before large and appreciative

audiences in four historically significant ven-

ues in Austria — at Minoritenkirche (a large

gothic cathedral) in Vienna for an audience of

about 200, at the Mirabelle Palace in Salzburg,

at Abbey at Melk (a Benedictine monastery)

overlooking the Danube and at the Mozarthaus

(shown here) in St. gilgen.

A Mixed Bag Around the WorldStudent travel near and far provided opportunities to serve, perform, experience a new culture, hone a language, practice diplomacy and play ball.

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Alumni News and NotesThe notes, marriages, births and condolences on these alumni pages were received before April 12, 2012. If you don’t see your note, please check the next issue.

1930s Leo Drey ’34 received a standing ovation at morning

assembly on April 4. Mr. Drey was a member of the

audience for the showing of a video documenting 40

years of Drey Land history. Thirty students and Dan

Barton (Industrial Technology) produced the video.

Mr. Drey is shown below with his wife, Kay.

David Horner ’38 writes: “I am still alive; I appreciate

the very good education I received at Burroughs those

many years ago; I admire the progress of the school; and

I have four children and seven adult grandchildren.”

1940sAudrey Frank Smith ’40 writes, “I am the proud great-

grandmother of Douglass McCall and Audrey McCall,

born to Meredith Horner McCall ’01 and her husband,

Dr. Ryan McCall.”

Francis MacNutt ’42 reports that his wife, Judith, has

written a book, Angels Are Real (Chosen Books), which

is available at Walmart.

Patricia O’Neil Fender ’46 writes, “No drama to report!

Slow moving (on a walker) — and slow thinking! Lucky

to be in a beautiful house with lots of kind help.”

Sharlee Staten Guster ’49 reports that another grand-

child graduated from college. Sharlee continues to

volunteer for World golf Championships in Akron and

to play as much golf as she can.

Carolyn Crossen McMillan ’49 writes, “At coming up

on 63 years since graduation, I find great pleasure in

still being in touch with Barbie O’Neil Ross ’49, Franny Liepold Singer ’49 and Sally Bixby Defty ’49. Who knew

friendships could last so long! or that we would!”

1950sCordelia Wilson Holmes ’51 reports that she visited

with Dorcas Taylor Amos ’51, Carol Metcalfe Spann ’51,

Joanne Gravely Curlee ’48 and George Hamilton ’51 dur-

ing a recent visit to Florida. “Wonderful visits with all.”

Elizabeth Gentry Sayad ’51 is leading several projects

planned for the 250th anniversary of St. Louis in 2014.

one is “The History of St. Louis Through the History

of Its Music.”

Susan Levy Uchitelle ’52 writes, “The most important

thing I have learned over these many years is to get

engaged in something you truly believe in. It takes you

Cinda Mefferd ’71 writes, “It was wonderful to see

some classmates in California. I am sorry I missed the

reunion.”

Artist Jan Schwab Huling ’72 had a show of her work

titled “Coming Home” on display at the Duane Reed

gallery in St. Louis’ Central West End and a small

display of her work at JBS in April. The Hunterdon

Museum in Clinton, New Jersey, will have a solo show

of her work in the fall. Jan also has work featured in

two books — Humor in Craft (released in March) and

Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry (to be released in August).

John Keydel ’72 is the interim priest at St. Barnabas

Episcopal Church in Cincinnati, ohio.

Callie Rice Craumer ’73 writes,

“My new book, The Art of

Giving Flowers, is a simple guide

intended to help anyone become

a better-educated consumer. It’s

a quick and portable reference

that provides the basic tools

you need to understand the

language of giving flowers.”

Jane Maune Geisse ’75 reports that she is living in

Dallas ... again.

Jinni Clarkson Shafer ’75 and her husband, Roland,

are missionaries with New Tribes Missions of Canada.

They have committed to a three-year term and are

hoping to go to Indonesia after that. Roland is the

information technology/telecommunications person

at headquarters, and Jenni teaches drama, biology and

world history to the student and staff children.

Ted Holmes ’76 writes, “For the past seven years I have

been director of admissions at The Meridian School,

a small independent K-5 school located just north of

downtown Seattle. I find myself at a unique moment in

time when we have the children of three

Burroughs alumni and one MICDS alumna enrolled

here at our school. Just two years ago, another

Burroughs alumnus, Nick Stiriz ’97, was a teacher at

our school. By moving to Seattle, I thought I would

get away from St. Louis!” Shown are (front row) owen

Richmond, Haydn gleason and Sydney gleason; (row

two) Julie Johnson Richmond ’82 (who attended JBS

for a few weeks in 1976 before her family moved), Eve

Smith, Mea Smith and Flora Mellana-Edison; and (row

three) Ted Holmes, Missy Stern gleason (MICDS ’87), Amy Robison Smith ’87 and Suzanne Edison ’73.

away from yourself and into the realm of caring about

others. This has helped me to remain optimistic and

involved in those issues that make a difference to our

fragile world.”

Elizabeth Brandon O’Herin ’53 retired from Needlepoint

Etc., Inc. “Running a small business was fun, but 28

years was enough,” she says. “Now, I have more time to

visit my kids — John Studt ’79, his wife (Lenore), and

his three fabulous daughters. and Mary Studt ’84, who

owns a business, Richmond Conservators of Works

on Paper.”

Alex Weissenborn ’53 writes, “2011, a year of cancer, but

now cancer free. Prayer works!”

Vicki Liebson Goldberg ’54

has authored six books, the

most recent of which is The

White House: The President’s

Home in Photographs and

History. The book includes

250 photographs from the

1840s to 2010 of the house,

the presidents, their wives,

children, staffs, guests,

pets, kitchens and bathrooms.

Kitty Greve Darst ’56 writes, “on December 30, 2011,

my husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding

anniversary. To mark the occasion, he and I will join

the Mississippi Queen for her ‘Mark Twain’ sailing from

September 15 to 22, 2012. We will reread Twain’s Life on

the Mississippi for the first time in many years.”

Terrance Croft ’58 — a mediator with JAMS, The

Resolution Experts — was named one of the leading

commercial mediators in the world by the International

Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in 2011.

1960sPeter Wood ’60 will be moving to Boulder, Colorado,

near older brother Bill Wood ’55. Peter’s wife, historian

Lil Fenn, has accepted a chair in early western history at

the university of Colorado.

Nancy Leyhe Allen ’66 writes, “So wonderful seeing

everyone at our 45th reunion in September. What a fun

weekend!”

Scott Johnson ’65 writes, “Recently became a board

member of the Campbell House Museum in St. Louis.

Come down and visit!”

Terry Karl ’66 writes, “Thanks to Craig Schnuck ’66

and Andy Taylor ’66 for hosting a wonderful reunion.”

1970sLou Hoerr ’71 is in the middle of building a new home

in Frankfort, Michigan, between Lake Michigan and

Crystal Lake. “What a wild experience it’s been!”


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Joe Simpson, MD, PhD ’87, is the editor of the book,

Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry: From the Clinic to

the Courtroom, published by Wiley-Blackwell in April.

1990sChris Hinrichs ’90 is assistant clinical investigator at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Candice Merriweather Chacon ’92 reports that 9-month-old Antonio is walking everywhere. “He keeps me busy just chasing after him.”

Leon Pridgen ’92 writes, “All is well here in sunny

south Florida. My son, Ian, is now 7, and my daughter,

Liliana, is now 2. My wife, gillian, is director/publisher/

editor of Macaroni Kid of northern and central Broward

County.” Leon deployed to Afghanistan as an Army

civilian in mid-February. “I am hoping that I will be

able to attend the 20th reunion.”

Emily Armstrong Oberto ’93 writes, “My two children

and I still live in the beautiful northwest corner of

Connecticut, and they keep me on my toes! I am also in

my second year of graduate school, studying food

studies at New York university-Steinhardt.”

John Carleton ’94, who recently completed his first

tour as a financial management officer with the u.S.

Department of State at Embassy Dushanbe, received a

Meritorious Honor Award in recognition of his support

of the u.S. military throughout Tajikistan. John will

travel with his family this summer before assuming

his next assignment as financial management officer in

Suva, Fiji.

Katherine Brucker ’78 writes, “Am back in Washington

(D.C.) after three years in Leipzig, germany. My assign-

ment is at the National Defense university as a graduate

student! It is a busy and interesting program, 10 months

for a master’s degree.”

Scott H. Johnson ’78 writes, “Suzanne, the kids (Sam

and Connor) and I moved to Memphis last summer

(2011).” Scott started in a new position with Methodist

Le Bonheur Healthcare.

1980sLisa Oakley ’84 writes, “I am still working as a radiolo-

gist at Missouri Baptist in St. Louis, going on 14 years.

I recently moved to Ladue and am single again, raising

my adorable 5-year-old son, Nathan.”

Deborah Lum’s ’86 debut feature-length documentary,

Seeking Asian Female, had its world premiere at the

SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, in March. The

Documentary Feature Competition at this festival

included eight films out of 845 submissions. Seeking

Asian Female was one of those eight!

Amy DuBois Barnett ’87 is editor-in-chief of Ebony

magazine.

Among Jamie Linsin’s ’87 JBS friends to attend his

october 8, 2011, wedding were classmates Kevin Bauer, Kevin Brotherton, Matt McDonald, Stephanie Sortland Pericich, Scott Thomas and Paul Wright.

Elizabeth Flora Ross ’87 is creator of The Mom Pledge, a

campaign to bring awareness to and work to end cyber-

bullying among moms (http:themompledge.com).

Kirsten Charnond Ravage ’94 writes, “We have been liv-

ing in Chicago for the past five years and would love to

connect with any other alums in the area.”

Beau Willimon ’95, george

Clooney and grant Heslov were

nominated for an Academy

Award for Best Adapted Screen-

play for The Ides of March, which

is based on Beau’s play, Farragut

North. The play was also nomi-

nated for a golden globe for Best

Screenplay.

Dan Kantrovitz ’97 has been named director of amateur

scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals. Dan was hired in

2004 as the organization’s director of college scouting.

He was the oakland A’s coordinator of baseball opera-

tions and international operations when he got the call

from the Cardinals.

2000sBhi Bhiman ’00 released his first

major album, Bhiman, in January. A

review in The Washington Post said,

“Wry and subversive, the writing and

performances here are first-rate, folk-

based and undeniably unique.”

Jason Carter-Solomon ’00 is a commercial real estate

analyst. He is completing coursework toward a master’s

degree in real estate.

online boutique entrepreneur Rebecca Kousky ’00 has

moved to New York City. Her company, Nest, provides

alumni sk ate break: 1. The Alumni Skate Break, held at Shaw Park on January 29, drew about 150 skaters, alumni from the classes of the 1990s and their families. 2. Tony and Ann Wedemeyer Balsamo ’91 and their son, Wesley, were among the Sunday afternoon skaters. 3. From left, Bill Lochmoeller ’90, Steve Williamson ’90 and Tyler Dunaway ’91 brought their sons — Charlie Dunaway, Luke Lochmoeller, Connor Williamson, Teddy Dunaway and Tyler Williamson — to the first Skate Break.

net workinG reCeption at runG boutique: on February 9, alumni from the 1990s gathered for a reception at Rung Boutique in Rock Hill, Missouri. 1. Rung, owned by Ali Kindle ’99 (left), is an upscale resale shop that offers professional attire at affordable prices. All of Rung’s profits go to support the Women’s Foundation of greater St. Louis. Robust, which is owned by Stanley and Arlene Maminta Browne ’88 (right), catered the event. 2. From left, Barry Albrecht ’96, Zach Fay ’96 and Andy Murphy ’98 were among the alumni at the gathering. 3. Representatives from the Class of 1997 included Jud Dieffenbach and Clayton McDonnell.

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MarriagesPeter Challman and Joan Levis ’77 on october 1, 2011.

Jamie Linsin ’87 and Leslee Zillmer on october 8, 2011.

Harsha Thirumurthy and Emily Bobrow ’92 on

September 3, 2011.

Zach Borowiak and Ellen Nangle ’97 on March 17, 2012.

David Flanders and Kathy Morrison ’97 on April 21,

2012.

Robb Bennett and Jerusha Schvey ’99 on November 5,

2011.

Mark Sucher and Lauren Walsh ’04 on october 8, 2011.

Mathew Kell and Kacey Higginbotham ’07 on June 4,

2011.Emily Bobrow ’92 and Harsha Thirumurthy

Births and AdoptionsTo Kris ’96 and Whitney Margherio, a daughter,

Charlotte Lynn Margherio, on october 7, 2011.

To Andy and Lauren Ackerman Gaglione ’97, a

daughter, Layla Harper gaglione, on March 28, 2012.

To Ryan and Meredith Horner McCall ’01, a daughter,

Audrey gibson McCall, on November 6, 2011.

To Brian and Anna Henderson McLaughlin ’01, a

daughter, Cora Lynn McLaughlin, on January 3, 2012.

To Chris ’90 and Mary Jane Hinrichs, a son, Nathanial

Sutter Hinrichs, on June 20, 2011.

To Nathon and Candice Merriweather Chacon ’92, a son,

Antonio obiwan Chacon, on April 26, 2011.

To Adam ’92 and Elizabeth Ward, a daughter, Sydney

gabryelle Ward, on May 31, 2011.

To Bill and Cindy Teasdale McGowan ’94, a son, Walter

Ross Mcgowan, on March 13, 2012.

To Zac and Kirsten Charnond Ravage ’94, a daughter,

Nina Kathryn Ravage, on November 2, 2011.

Audrey gibson McCall, daughter of Ryan and Meredith Horner McCall ’01. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Williams Cotta ’00.

winterlude: Recent graduates, their parents and faculty gathered in the library between performances of the holiday program on December 15, 2011. From left are 1. Kristen Ingram ’11, Christina Malzahn ’11 and Rebecca Malzahn ’10; 2. Jonathon Jensen ’02, Hazel Jensen (Science, retired), Krista Young, Ryan Jensen ’98 and Mark Jensen; and 3. Megan Wright ’08, Lana Wright, Phoebe Smith and Jeanne Maritz.

micro-credit loans to women in developing nations to

help them start art- or craft-based businesses. Nest

recently became the charitable partner of a luxury

fashion line, which tripled the company’s budget.

Rebecca is planning an August wedding.

Emily Scott ’00 moved to the East Bay (San Francisco) to

open the Walnut Creek Neiman Marcus store.

Stacey Watkins ’03 is engaged to Dr. Nima Bahraini.

The couple plan a September 2 wedding in Chicago.

Matt Brown ’04 moved to Chicago to accept a job as an

integrated producer-associate at a downtown ad agency.

Matt previously worked for DreamWorks Animation.

Two of the projects on which he worked — Kung Fu

Panda 2 and Puss in Boots — received oscar nomina-

tions for Best Animated Feature.

Lindsey Maritz ’04 is engaged to Jarod Waite, whom she

met while attending graduate school at Teton Science

School in Kelly, Wyoming, and the university of

Wyoming in Laramie. She will earn her master’s in

natural science education in May. The couple plan to

marry in october.

Lauren Walsh Sucher ’04 lives in California where her

husband, Mark, is a resident in orthopedic surgery.

Julia Bullock ’05 received praise for her February 10

debut at Carnegie Hall. Steve Smith of The New York

Times wrote: “Julia Bullock, a striking soprano, gave a

ravishingly visceral account of Maurice Delage’s seduc-

tive ‘Poémes Hindous.’”

Andrea Woods ’05 earned her master’s degree in

education from Arizona State university last May.

After finishing her two-year commitment with Teach

for America in Phoenix, she moved back to St. Louis

where she teaches fifth-grade reading at KIPP: Inspire

Academy.

Bennett Meier ’06 and Amanda Springer ’06 became

engaged on December 23, 2011.

Erinn Westbrook ’06 appeared in the January 31 episode

of the ABC Family series, “Switched at Birth.”

Genevieve Guyol ’07 graduated from Middlebury

College in May and teaches first-, second- and third-

grade special education on the south side of Chicago.

Kacey Higginbotham ’07 is a first-year law student at

Washington university School of Law.

Alex Kinsella ’07 is teaching English in Paris before

starting law school at the university of Colorado in the

fall.

Jeremy Weltmer ’09, a junior at Yale, spent last

summer in St. Petersburg, Russia, studying the

language while staying with a non-English-speaking

host family. He plans to work for a hedge fund

corporation in New Haven, Connecticut, this summer.

Edirin Okoloko ’10 holds a global Health Fellowship at

Yale university.

Ben Westfall ’10, a sophomore at Indiana university,

was selected by the Department of Near Eastern

Languages and Culture as outstanding undergraduate

Student for 2011-12.

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CondolencesCondolences are offered to:

Jere Meisel Grimm ’51 on the death of her husband, Raymond Max Grimm, on January 22, 2012.

Lynn Giessow Stauffer ’52 on the death of her husband, Donald G. Stauffer, on January 30, 2012.

Gloria Mills Messey ’64 on the death of her mother,

gloria Mills, on october 16, 2011.

Luciana Ross Natkiel ’64, Helen Ross ’64 and John Ross

’75 on the death of their mother, Lucianna gladney

Ross, on January 24, 2012.

Candy Conrad Fuller ’65 and Connie Conrad ’67 on the

death of their mother, Evelyn Hufford Conrad, on

January 28, 2012.

Charlie Kohl ’68, Dave Kohl ’70 and Rob Kohl ’73 on the

death of their mother, Mary Kohl, on November 7, 2011.

Kay Holekamp ’69, Julie Holekamp ’71, Peter Holekamp ’74, Nick Holekamp ’78 and Jack Holekamp

’17 on the death of their father and grandfather, Carl

“Bud” Holekamp Jr., on December 2, 2011.

Ginna Gaddy Pasewark ’70 and Helen Gaddy Turner ’71

on the death of their mother, Martha Dunbar gaddy, on

December 23, 2011.

Beth Domke Worthington ’70 and Henry Francis Domke ’70 on the death of their mother, Joan Marie

Domke, on January 11, 2012.

Ed MacDonald ’72 on the death of his mother, Barbara

M. Reinhard, on February 7, 2012.

Jackie Maher ’72 and Peggy Maher Doherty ’77 on

the death of their father, Clement “Clem” Maher, on

February 29, 2012.

Cid Scallet ’72 on the death of his father, Edward A.

Scallet, on December 21, 2011.

Penny Wang Baitz ’73, Tim Wang ’75, Randy Wang

’76, Laura Wang ’06 and Alice Wang ’11 on the death of

their father and grandfather, Emile Shih-Jien Wang, on

December 13, 2011.

Paul Caciolo ’73 on the death of his father, Carlo Caciolo,

on December 4, 2011.

Rick Kallaus ’74, Mark Kallaus ’76, Kurt Kallaus ’78 and

Adam Kallaus ’10 on the death of their father and grand-

father, Richard “Dick” Kallaus, on November 22, 2011.

Kirby Soffer ’75 on the death of his mother, Joan Soffer,

on March 14, 2012.

Phil Horwitz ’78, Emily Sky ’10 and Katie Sky ’13 on the

death of their father and grandfather, Irvin C. Horwitz,

on December 2, 2011.

Stephanie Banton Watson-Bruto ’80 on the death of her

father, Thomas Banton, on December 25, 2011.

Gregory Stevens ’83 on the death of his father, William

John Stevens, on December 8, 2011.

David Frank ’84 on the death of his father, Bernard N.

Frank, on March 1, 2012.

Paul Wright ’87 and Scott Wright ’91 on the death of

their father, Paul Beverly Wright Sr., on January 20,

2012.

Chris Brod ’93 on the death of his mother, grace Brod,

on March 10, 2012.

Sarah Puro ’95 on the death of her mother, Marsha

Puro, on March 12, 2012.

obituariesThe Reporter includes death notices for alumni and former faculty as soon as possible after notification has been received.

Survivors and friends of the deceased can help by sending information to Alumni Office, John Burroughs School, 755 South

Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 or to [email protected].

1930sAnn Russe Prewitt ’31 died on March 9, 2012.

As a student at Burroughs, Mrs. Prewitt was a star athlete, winning state and regional competitions in fencing. She graduated first in her class from Bradford College, studied at Smith College and later completed a degree at York University.

Mrs. Prewitt was an expert canoeist and canoe-tripper, skills she learned as a young camper at Camp Northway, the oldest continuously operating girls’ camp in North America. She bought the camp, located in Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada), in 1951 and served as its direc-tor for 26 years.

Mrs. Prewitt was active in the Democratic Party. She was editor and publisher of Canadian Camping Maga-zine and an honorary life member of the Ontario Camping Association. She was a member of Colonial Dames in Maryland and the Conservancy, the Shaw Guild, the Newcomers Club and the Garden Club in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ontario, Canada). Mrs. Prewitt derived great pleasure from playing bridge until well into her nineties.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Prewitt’s family including three children, two of whom are Elizabeth Prewitt Yates ’59 and H. Brookes Prewitt ’65; 11 grand-children, one of whom is Staar Prewitt Drake ’87; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons, one of whom was Frederick R. Prewitt ’60, and four siblings, two of whom were Elizabeth Russe Fordyce ’30 and William Russe ’35.

Nancy Russell Primm ’37 died on March 5, 2012.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Primm’s family including a son, two daughters and two grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, A. Timon Primm III, and her brother, Edwin G. “Bert” Russell ’36.

Raymond E. Hahn ’38 died on January 7, 2012.

Mr. Hahn studied piano and composition, leading to state and city prizes as a youth and selection for Stars

of Tomorrow radio program. As a Boy Scout, he reached Eagle rank and was elected state president of the Junior American Academy of Sciences. After graduating from Burroughs at the age of 16, Mr. Hahn attended Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology where he earned bach-elor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering. As a student, he worked through a cooperative program on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge and Tonawanda. Subsequent assignments with Union Carbide in West Virginia led to a promotion with Union Carbide world headquarters in New York.

After 35 years, Mr. Hahn retired to resume his musical interests. He studied harmony at Columbia University and orchestral and musical composition. He composed operas, oratorios, anthems, inspirational songs and vocal arrangements.

Mr. Hahn was a Freemason for 51 years and a 50-year member of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution. He served as treasurer of the Larchmont, New York, Historical Society.

Mr. Hahn is survived by his sister, Theora Pierce Hahn ’44. The school thanks the family for suggesting that memorial donations be made to John Burroughs School.



1940sJohn G. hilmer ’40 died on December 28, 2011.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Hilmer’s family

including four children — mary hilmer ’67, louise

hilmer sanderson ’69, abby hilmer oliver ’72 and

nicky hilmer Cook ’76 — and five grandchildren.

John Colby ney ’41 died on April 15, 2011.

Mr. Ney attended the university of California at

Berkeley. In 1949 he moved to Italy where he worked for

David o. Selznick as a script writer and dialogue coach.

He subsequently lived in England, Spain, Scotland,

Jamaica and greece. He produced numerous novels,

nonfiction books, plays, movie scripts and texts. In the

1960s, he moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where he

wrote Palm Beach: The Place, the People, Its Pleasures and

Palaces. He also authored the young adult series OX:

The Story of a Kid at the Top. Later in the 1960s, Mr. Ney

moved to Switzerland and then Austria and greece.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Ney’s three

children, four grandchildren, partner and brother,

edward ney ’42. His wife, marian wallace ney ’41,

preceded him in death.

august william “bill” hager ’42 died on January 17,

2012.

Mr. Hager graduated from the university of Missouri-

Columbia. As crew chief in the Air Transport

Command during World War II, he ferried aircraft to

Europe and North Africa.

Mr. Hager began his career at Hager Hinge Company in

1947, representing the fourth generation of leadership.

During his tenure, he moved manufacturing operations

to the South, leaving the executive offices in St. Louis.

He was chairman emeritus since 1999.

Mr. Hager served on the following boards throughout

his career: Cardinal Ritter Institute, Villa Duchesne/

oak Hill School, American Bank, Chatillon DeMenil

House Foundation, Boatmen’s Trust Company, The

Municipal opera and Laclede Steel Company.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Hager’s family

including his wife of 65 years, Edna Hager; six children;

25 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. His

sister, dorothy hager delf ’38, preceded him in death.

walter l. siegerist ’42 died on December 3, 2011.

Mr. Siegerist attended Culver Summer Naval School,

graduating in 1941. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and

was placed on reserve status while he attended

Washington university and Kansas university, from

which he graduated with a degree in mechanical engi-

neering. He served in the Shore Patrol at

guantanamo Bay and then was executive officer of an

auxiliary minesweeper.

Mr. Siegerist worked for Medart Company, Sunnen

Corporation and Cupples Aluminum, where he was

charged with devising new uses for aluminum. Mr.

Siegerist was awarded 30 patents in the course of his

engineering career. He developed aluminum bridge and

highway guard rail and one of the earliest hanging grid

ceilings. In 1957, he founded Meeco, which manufac-

tures steel-handling equipment. In the 1990s, Meeco

was the world’s pre-eminent company in straighteners.

Mr. Siegerist was active in scouting and received the

Silver Beaver and Lutheran Cross and Lamb in 1988 in

recognition of his 40 years of service.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Siegerist’s family

including his wife, Emily; a son, michael siegerist ’65;

two daughters; five grandchildren; a brother, alan

siegerist ’48; and numerous great-grandchildren.

louis stockstrom ii ’43 died on January 24, 2012.

Mr. Stockstrom graduated from Duke university and

was a u.S. Army veteran, having served in Korea and

Japan. He enjoyed boating, water skiing and golf.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Stockstrom’s

family including a son, three granddaughters and a

sister, betsy stockstrom Van dyke ’40. His wife and

siblings, arthur stockstrom Jr. ’43 and margaret

stockstrom skinner ’38, preceded him in death.

alicia kircher lydon ’45 died on February 1, 2012.

Mrs. Lydon graduated from Mills College in oakland,

California. She lived in Havana, Rome and London

before settling in Chicago with her family. In Rome,

she cofounded an American women’s club that provided

resources and community for Americans abroad, and

she was a driving force behind the expansion of the

overseas School of Rome.

Mrs. Lydon was a long-standing board member of the

Community Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago

and of the International Club. A master gardener, she

was a member of the Ladue garden Club and a 20-year

volunteer at the Chicago Botanic garden. She was an

accomplished painter, was active in writing and arts

circles and was an active parishioner at the Church of

the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest.

The school offers condolences to Mrs. Lydon’s family

including two sons, four grandchildren, one great-

grandchild and a brother, Jerome kircher Jr. ’41.

The school has received word that G. lewis petring ’49

died on october 11, 2011. No further details are available.

1950sleigh s. strassner ’53 died on February 5, 2012.

Mr. Strassner was a member of Burroughs’ State cham-

pionship basketball team in 1952-53. He graduated from

Colgate university in 1957 and captained the Colgate

tennis team. He was married to and later divorced from

Carolyn Sachs. During the Berlin Wall crisis, he served

with the 131st Missouri Air National guard in germany.

Mr. Strassner was a ranking national tennis player and

was active in both the Missouri Valley Tennis Associa-

tion and the united States Tennis Association, where

he focused on junior tennis development. He was the

founder and president of Strassner Company as well as

Strassner Tennis Court Builders.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Strassner’s chil-

dren — John strassner ’89; blair strassner fraser ’90,

Carolyn strassner nortnik ’91 and mary ellen strassner

’93; six grandchildren; and brother, dick strassner ’49.

The school thanks the family for suggesting that memorial

donations be made to John Burroughs School.

James Joslyn ’59 died on March 15, 2012.

Before retiring to Belize, Mr. Joslyn was a longtime

employee of Mister guy Clothiers. While living in

Belize, Mr. Joslyn became a board member of Peninsula

Citizens for Sustainable Development and a dedicated

supporter of the Placencia Humane Society.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Joslyn’s family

including two daughters, his former wife, two grand-

children and his partner.

1960sdavid “rusty” hensley Jr. ’61 died on August 20, 2011.

Mr. Hensley earned his undergraduate degree from

Lawrence university and worked for many years as an

ink chemist developing inks for food packaging.

He taught SCuBA diving and underwater photography

and spent many hours investigating shipwrecks in

the great Lakes. He also was an avid cyclist, both road

and mountain, and participated in several triathlons,

including a half-ironman. He also loved skiing of any

kind — cross country, back country and telemark — and

enjoyed camping and hiking.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Hensley’s family

including his wife and son.

1970sthomas r. eames ’70 died on March 26, 2012.

Mr. Eames graduated from Hobart College in 1974. He

worked at Brown Shoe Company and then as a director

at Maritz, where he travelled internationally setting up

employee motivational seminars. He returned to Brown

Shoe as regional territory manager for Buster Brown

based in Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Eames later started a career in the real estate

brokerage and development business with Frederick-

Ross Co. in Denver, Colorado. He became a partner

with Bramalea Ltd. in Chicago and was vice president

and general manager of Royal LePage Chicago and later

grubb & Ellis Chicago. Mr. Eames most recently was

associated with Thomas Eames Advisory group.

The school offers condolences to Mr. Eames’ two sons,

former wife and brother, scott eames ’72.

Jane lyon utiger ’73 died on January 5, 2011.

Ms. utiger attended Ithaca College and graduated from

Colorado State university. She was a registered nurse,

graduating in 2004 from the nursing program at Front

Range Community College. She later took more than 60

hours of courses from the American Red Cross Centen-

nial Chapter. Ms. utiger worked in various divisions of

the Red Cross, most notably in Disaster Health Services

and in Family Services providing emergency assistance.

Ms. utiger was an All-American swimming candidate

while at Burroughs. In her adult life, she was an accom-

plished bicyclist, completing the Ride the Rockies Race

several times.

She is survived by her son; sister; brother; mother, Sally

utiger; and former husband.

MEMoRIAL AND TRIBuTE gIFTS

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Memorial and Tribute giftsWe are grateful to members of the Burroughs community who honored friends and loved ones through memorial and tribute gifts from December 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012.

In MeMory of

philip andreAnonymous

In MeMory of

mary fuller bearman ’43Morton Bearman

To the Ray Beckman Soccer FieldIn MeMory of

ray beckman Rosemary Watts-Dreyer and Joe Dreyer ’73James E. Lewis III ’69

In Honor of

kim bouldin-Jones Anonymous

In MeMory of

sharen brownAnonymous

In MeMory of

margaret burgess gil and Judy grand

In MeMory of

william k. Childress Anonymous

In Honor of

maureen C. Chiquet ’81Mrs. Milton Fischmann

To the Edward Cissel Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund In MeMory of

eddie Cissel ’74Cindy Manchester Engel ’75 D. Bruce Merrifield Jr. ’68Heather Perry o’Keefe ’75

In Honor of

Class of 1961 Cooky and Bob Flynn ’61 Jane o’Brien ’61

To the Lt. W. Tom Costen USN Memorial Scholarship Fund In MeMory of

tom Costen ’81Kris Margherio ’96 Tom Schwartz, DVM ’81

To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial Scholarship Fund In MeMory of

James w. doran (skip alverson)Connie Lohr

In Honor of

stephen C. felker ’70Bob and Susie Littmann Schulte ’69

In Honor of

peggy fiala Connie LohrPatti Kiesel Sutherlin ’85

In MeMory of

antonio Glassberg ’96Matt Crystal ’96

In MeMory of

a. william hager ’42Linda and Bob McKittrick Jones ’51

To the John J. Hamilton Jr. ScholarshipIn MeMory of

John J. hamilton Jr. Carrie Hamilton Matt ’78

In MeMory of

Jeffrey l. hammonds ’74Curtis and Lauren Hammonds Brown ’81

To the Ebet Rogers Hayes Faculty Study FundIn MeMory of

elizabeth rogers hayes ’59D. Bruce Merrifield Jr. ’68

In MeMory of

Judith simril burnett

haynes ’67Nan Simril Spencer ’66

In MeMory of

meiling hazelton ’91Ms. Saskia Dresler ’91

In MeMory of

John G. hilmer ’40Nicky Hilmer Cook ’76

In MeMory of

louis a. hoerr ii ’36Lou Hoerr III ’71

In MeMory of

Carl h. holekamp Jr. Julie and Steve Mathes ’74

In MeMory of

michael l. israel ’66Nan Simril Spencer ’66

In Honor of

Jennifer Jones Anonymous

To the Jonathan Kayes Memorial Library FundIn MeMory of

Jonathan m. kayes ’75Barry Mendle Kayes ’49Matthew M. Kayes ’77

In MeMory of

mrs. Carl a. kohl David and Dilon EllisJohn Robert Kohl ’73

In MeMory of

John krettek ’99Daniel J. Burke Jr. ’99

In MeMory of

ann depew laird ’59Carolyn and Joseph Miles

To the Jim Lemen Scholarship Fund In Honor of

Jim lemen D. Bruce Merrifield Jr. ’68

To the Stephen McKee Lewis Memorial Library FundIn MeMory of

stephen mckee lewis ’76James E. Lewis III ’69

To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial Scholarship Fund In MeMory of

Jason k. lohr ’91Jason goode ’93

In Honor of

James V. lowe Kris Margherio ’96

To the Thomas M. McConnell Mem0rial Scholarship Fund In MeMory of

thomas m. mcConnell Christopher A. Mill ’62

In MeMory of

bonnie mckee mcCrary ’61Ann Etherton Legg ’61

In Honor of

pamela a. miles Patti Kiesel Sutherlin ’85

In MeMory of

Charles d. mill ’32Christopher A. Mill ’62

In MeMory of

matthew nealMichael Klenov ’01

In MeMory of

betty and david forbes orwig ’35David F. and Elizabeth B. orwig Fund

In MeMory of

alexander b. permutt ’01Ted Albrecht ’01 Sally E. BarkerSarah Bush ’01Raphael Nemes ’01

In MeMory of

G. lewis petring ’49Elaine and Ben Bishop ’49

In MeMory of

mr. thomas t. peyton Mr. osama EttouneyMorrow FoundationBill and Pat Vibert

In MeMory of

James o. phelps Jr. ’30gail Steiner Trigg ’55

In MeMory of

stephen q. phelps ’36gail Steiner Trigg ’55 In MeMory of

ann russe prewitt ’31Mrs. Frederick H. Semple

In MeMory of

barbara mcelroy rezny ’54Joseph A. Rezny

In Honor of

rebecca a. richardson Patti Kiesel Sutherlin ’85

In Honor of

John ’56 and Jody Jackes

ross ’56Kevin Morrin Jr. ’56

In MeMory of

william w. schoening ’61Ann Etherton Legg ’61

To the Roz Schulte Spirit Fund In MeMory of

roslyn schulte ’02Barbara BallingerJoanna and Lucy BuchholzLynda ClarizioMark FoulonDwight gibbsChris Lange ’02Carol L. Littman ’36 D. Bruce Merrifield Jr. ’68Harold and Shirley MosingerTuan Nguyen Bob and Susie Littman Schulte ’69

In Honor of

marjorie Capen sheldon ’30Mrs. John o. Dozier

In MeMory of

lt.(jg) walter l. siegerist,

usnr ’42Thomas Howes and Beverly Black Keith-Howes ’42 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Vollmar ’42

In MeMory of

Virna C. simril-taylor Nan Simril Spencer ’66

In Honor of

dr. harold b. sitrin John R. Monterubio

In MeMory of

andre smithAnonymous

In MeMory of

millie smith Julie and Steve Mathes ’74 Mary and Jim Moog ’66 Dan and Susan Schettler

In Honor of

robert a. sortland D. Bruce Merrifield Jr. ’68

In MeMory of

Virginia phelps steiner ’34gail Steiner Trigg ’55

In MeMory of

ernest w. stix Jr. ’34David W. Stix ’66

In Honor of

denise stookesberry Anonymous

To the Leigh Strassner Memorial FundIn MeMory of

leigh s. strassner ’53Sally Cissel greenwood and C. Perry Bascom ’54 Melanie and Bill Bascom ’58Ben ’49 and Elaine Rowland Bishop ’53george C. Bitting ’53grace BrodThe Construction Specifications InstituteJohn E. Curby Jr.Joanne gravely Curlee ’48Abigail Daniels and Debra TumminsDavid R. Drebes ’89 Bud and Carol Princell Drennan ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Clark M. DriemeyerBob Dubinsky ’53B.W. and Cynthia C. DurhamEdward Durhamgretta ForresterRoxanne H. FrankAndy and Nancee glaserAnne and Robert HetlageCordelia Wilson Holmes ’51Elizabeth and Richard Johnson Linda and Bob McKittrick Jones ’51 Eugene KornblumLocal TV, LLCTom and Stephanie Wotka McDonald ’59 Bo and Lois MeyerClay and Kitty MollmanBill and Liz Brandon o’Herin ’53 gordon ’53 and Susie Berger Philpott ’53 Judy and Paul Putzel ’57 Kip and Sue Morrison Rapp ’54 John and Susan Roudebush Rava ’57 Darryl and Lauren Flegel Sagel ’90 Bill and Caroline Meyer Sant ’53 Andrea SchafferJim ’47 and Joan Singer Schiele ’52 Daniel E. SingerSteve and Linda Dubinsky Skrainka ’57 Anne L. Strassner ’73Dick ’49 and Molly Stark Strassner ’51Mary Ann Strassner ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. StreettKen StreettTed and Etta Lubke Taylor ’51 Bill Thomas and Kathy StandleyCharles ’47 and Barbara Fritze Wulfing ’55 uSTA Missouri Valley

In Honor of

michael strauss Anonymous

In Honor of

nancy Vogt Anonymous

In MeMory of

Chloe C. woods-ward ’55 James H. Woods Foundation

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