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INSIDE
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.
Teammates
for Life
JBS breaks
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Tuition
aid
Stage
presence
Chiquet ’81 named
Outstanding Alum
New
principals
Dance Marathon
supports a JBS in
Cambodia
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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
4 | BuRRougHS REPoRTER
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.
TuITIoN AID
May 2012 | 5
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.
TuITIoN AID
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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.
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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.
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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
May 2012 | 15
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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