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ATHLETICS AT FVS
The New Athletic Center A look inside!
Beyond the Classroom Elite faculty athletes
Taking the Reins
Riding Program Director Ann Hanna
Into the Unknown
Climbing pioneer Jamie Logan ’65
CLASS OF 2019
Where They Landed American University
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Northwestern University
Bard College Berlin
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Boise State University
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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Keio University, Fujisawa Lafayette College Lewis & Clark College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University Montana State University New York University
University of California, Santa Barbara University of Colorado University of Colorado, Colorado Springs University of Oregon
Savannah College of Art and Design
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School of Visual Arts
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Smith College
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Stanford University
Virginia Tech
The Culinary Institute of America
Wake Forest University
The New School The University of Alabama
Waseda University Wellesley College Whitman College Yale University
FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dear Friends, I learned life lessons in high school athletics, the toughest ones being the most memorable and powerful. I endured winless seasons yet remember with great fondness the bonds my teammates formed and our collective decision to not give in to discouragement, taking it one game at a time. In my senior year playing football, I blew out my knee, sidelining my plans to play college football and completely changing my trajectory. I had to work incredibly hard to recover and get strong for lacrosse season, learning patience, perseverance and commitment. Wins, of course, are exhilarating! As a player and a coach, I’ve had the privilege and honor of winning league and state championships in football and lacrosse. These teach their own lessons in sportsmanship and humility. I’ve taken great pleasure watching our young athletes grow through athletics: putting the needs of the team ahead of one’s own; exercising grit and follow-through; learning leadership and teamwork; working through disappointment, and experiencing the immense satisfaction of achievement through hard work and sacrifice. Each year, the impact of FVS athletics is beautifully illustrated at Reunion when a new class of Athletic Hall of Fame inductees accepts their awards and addresses the audience. The stories, emotions, laughter and tears bring to life the important role that sports played in their time at Fountain Valley, and in their lives. With this issue, we celebrate the new Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center by celebrating Dane athletics. For 90 years, the impact of Danes athletics on students’ lives at and beyond Fountain Valley is powerful. Enjoy the stories, and also discover that we have some impressive, elite athletes in our alumni and faculty ranks. The Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center has had a remarkable impact on life at Fountain Valley. Students and faculty are taking full advantage of the resources the facility provides. For example, three times a week, many students voluntarily wake up for 6:45 a.m. workouts. On weekends, the climbing wall, pool, spin room, and weight room are busy. The goal in building the facility was to create a social environment centered around health and well being, and the Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center wonderfully achieves this. Thank you again to all of our generous donors who made this possible. Your gift is put to use every day, and the entire community is grateful. GO DANES!
Fountain Valley School of Colorado Board of Trustees 2019-20 PRESIDENT Gregory L. Thatcher ’84, P ’17 Colorado Springs, Colo. VICE PRESIDENT Barry S. Brown ’69 Plano, Texas TREASURER Janet M. Refior Colorado Springs, Colo. SECRETARY Link Nicoll ’79 Alexandria, Virg. LEGAL COUNSEL Scott Browning
Benjamin Howe ’89 Ex Officio Alumni Association President New York, N.Y. Emilie A. Hoyt ’93 Pasadena, Calif. Juniper F. Hunter ’93, P ’15, ’16 Santa Fe, N.M. Dawn L. Judd ’82 San Francisco, Calif. Hope L. Kapsner P ’17, ’20 Gypsum, Colo. Jolene A. Lane ’79 Akron, Ohio
Life Trustees
Gregory J. Osborne ’81 Englewood, Colo.
W. Jerome Frautschi ’49 Madison, Wisc.
Douglas S. Patterson ’88, P ’21 Belvedere, Calif.
Robert E. Henderson ’44, P ’72 San Francisco, Calif.
Kevin N. Rask P ’16, ’19 Colorado Springs, Colo.
James M. Scott ’68, P ’95, ’99, ’05 Billings, Mont.
Christopher J. Sanchez ’90, P ’22 Denver, Colo.
Current Trustees Sarah K. Cannady P ’18, ’23 Colorado Springs, Colo. Janet A. Dulin ’77, P ’11 Edwards, Colo. Edward C. Eppler ’82, P ’10 New Canaan, Conn. Kelly Eustace P ’14,’17 Monument, Colo. Cori J. Galles ’92 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Theresa N. Sheh ’88 Belvedere, Calif. Dempsey J. Simonis ’11 St. Albans, N.Y. Davis M. Tutt ’11 Colorado Springs, Colo. Melinda M. Twomey P ’14, ’15 Austin, Texas Kunxiao “Parker” Wang P ’20 Yantai, China William V. Webb Ex Officio Head of School
Walter L. Harrison Wellfleet, Mass. Mark T. Hatch ’92 Rockford, Ill.
Best,
William V. Webb
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CONTENTS Contributors
Features
Sage Marshall ’14 Dr. Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 Kellyn Pattee ’21 Eric Waples P ’91, ’93 Caroline Blaylock P ’21 John Raushenbush P ’80
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Jeanne Olive P ’08 Editor Sage Marshall ’14 Guest Editor Matt Marine Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Margie Sherer P ’22 Director of Development James Mill Director of Marketing and Communications
Letters, comments and article submissions are welcome. Contact the FVS Communications Office: Email: bulletin@fvs.edu Phone: (719) 390-7035 Mail: 6155 Fountain Valley School Road Colorado Springs, CO 80911 Class notes, address changes and other alumni communications should be directed to the FVS Alumni Office at alumni@fvs.edu.
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Director of Athletics Caroline Blaylock P ’21 reveals the impact the Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center has had on the program and the community in just one year.
30 Taking the Reins
Maggie Hanna ’07 and Emy Hanna Koontz ’09 chronicle how their mother, Riding Director Ann Hanna, pioneered the FVS English equestrian program and in building it, won national titles and inspired the donation of the spectacular Hanna Family Riding Arena to the School.
36 Jamie Logan ’65: Into the Unknown
North American, world-class climbing pioneer Jamie Logan lives with the same fearlessness she has when clinging the sheer cliff face of El Capitan. History Faculty Dr. Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 met up with her and tells her intriguing story.
42 Beyond the Classroom
Kellyn Pattee ’21 chased down Fountain Valley faculty who are more than teachers, mentors, dorm parents and coaches—they’re world-class athletes.
48 Q & A with Competitive Cyclist Nic Jenkins ’17
Nic Jenkins is hands-down the best male competitor to have ridden for FVS since the School formed its mountain bike program in 2012. He’s taken his talents to UC Berkeley. Sage Marshall ’14 finds out what keeps his wheels turning.
50 The Backstroke
As he steps away as head coach of the girls swim team, science faculty Rob Gustke P ’16, ’18 remembers the stalwart athletes and building the mighty swim program.
56 On the Fly
Sage Marshall ’14 chronicles the career of world-champion fly-fishing angler Norm Maktima ’98 and how the sport has played into other areas of his life.
60 Living, Breathing FVS Soccer 1959-1977
Former faculty and trustee John Raushenbush P ’80 reminisces on his spirited glory seasons as coach to Danes’ boys varsity soccer—the wins, the challenges, the blizzards and the tarantulas.
66 On the Trail
Former Headmaster Eric Waples P ’91, ’93 had little mountaineering experience when he started FVS’s outdoor education program in the early ’70s. Like every student who has participated in the program since then, Waples learned the simple way—by getting outside.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 4 Commencement 12 Alumni Weekend 20 Theater Productions 22 FVS Sports 72 Class Notes 77 In Memoriam
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Report on Giving R1 Our Mission
R10 Great Danes
R27 Endowment Giving
R2 Board of Trustees
R12 Alumni Giving by Class
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Campus maintenance
R3 Budget
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Capital campaign
R4 Casa Serena Society
R19 Parent Giving by Class
R5 Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms Lifetime Giving Society
R21 Former Parent Giving
R30 Faculty professional development/ continuing education/awards
R22 Grandparent Giving
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R5 The Lewis Perry Jr. Society
R22 Faculty and Employee Giving
R30 Operations
R6 Annual Fund Leadership Levels
R30 Programs
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Scholarships and Financial Aid
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Student Recognition
R19 Young Alumni Casa Serena Society
Faculty support
R6 The Froelicher Circle
R23 Faculty and Employee Leadership Giving
R6 The Penrose Society
R23 Friends and Former Faculty
R6 Old 82 Society
R24 Corporations and Foundations
R6 The Hacienda Society
R24 Gifts in Kind
R33 Gardner Carney Leadership Institute Giving
R6 Dane Society
R7 1930 Society
R25 Elizabeth Sage Hare Society Members
R7 Red & Grey
R26 Current Use Gifts
R8 Peak
R26 Memorial Gifts
R8 Prairie
R26 Honor Gifts
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Class of 2019 Launches! Graduates entered the ranks of Fountain Valley School of Colorado alumni at the School’s 89th Commencement.
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Board President Gregg Thatcher ’84 P ’17, left, and Head of School Will Webb lead faculty and soon-to-be grads into the big white tent.
Mark Mondragon rings the chapel bell heralding in the senior class as they make their way to the Commencement ceremony. This will be his last year ringing the bell as he retires from 23 years of service to the School.
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Commencement speakers Bisi Williams and Bruce Mau— who were also celebrating the graduation of their daughter, Adeshola ’19—are giants in the international design world, as in change-the-world design. They encouraged the audience to engage in four goals: to inspire, to work on what you love, to compete with beauty, and to design the time of your life.
Senior speakers Eli Fricke and Sophie Potts managed to pay touching tribute to the School, their class and the Fountain Valley community, while also making hilarious, affectionate fun of classmates, faculty and Head of School Will Webb.
The Van Wagner legacy family includes graduate Riley, center, and her father Ellis ’80 to her left.
Head of School Will Webb donned a straw cowboy hat—a nod to Jake Emery ’71’s iconic style—to honor Emery with the J. Philo Nelson Award for teaching excellence. Emery is now retired from teaching after opening the minds of FVS students for 30 years. At his own Commencement 48 years ago, Emery received the School’s highest honor, the Froelicher Award.
Anna Lassiter was awarded her diploma a few days early because duty called— competing in the summer rodeo circuit.
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AWARDS Highest Honors Froelicher Award The School’s highest honor, the Froelicher Award, went to Owen Rask, a four-year day student from Colorado Springs. Rask soars as an academic risk-taker, a nuanced writer and a scholar who balances courage and humility. He is also a talented leader who was president of the Community Council and who, in the words of Dean of Students Dave Racine, “is everyone’s favorite uncle, flipping burgers and telling stupid dad jokes—he wants to create good experiences for everyone around him.”
Eleanor W. Emery Award The Eleanor W. Emery Award is given to the student whose contributions to the FVS community reflect the qualities Mrs. Emery admired most: educational commitment, integrity, sensitivity to the needs of others, warmth, good humor and enthusiasm. The 2019 recipient is Chenxu “Evelyn” Li from Quingdao, China. She dazzled faculty with her nimble intellect, skilled writing and analytical thinking—and doing it all in a second language. Her genuine caring and warmth radiated throughout the community, and she was selfless as a two-year residential assistant, helping girls in her charge with their homework before doing her own.
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Sidney S. Bunting Award Annie Clifford, a boarder from Louisville, Colo., won the Sidney S. Bunting Award, given to a student in recognition of those qualities Mr. Bunting most admired: scholarship, intellect and culture. As a scholar, athlete and artist, Clifford was an unflappable role model. The poise that she displayed as both R.A. and Community Council vice president—and the initiative she took in those roles— made a difference in the FVS community, and she did it all with maturity and balance, devoid of ego or drama.
Colgate Award The Colgate Award honors excellence in sportsmanship, loyalty and character. Four-year day student Jaques VanZyl is admired for his moral compass and dedication to academics, athletics and serving the Fountain Valley community. VanZyl is consistently praised by faculty for his warmth, work ethic, reliability and good humor.
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AWARDS Highest Scholastic Honors (GPA)
Highest Scholastic Honors: Ashby Mei-ling Baker
Honorable Mention Scholastic Honors: Samuel Phillip Volk
Department Awards (given at Commencement)
Langdon Mathematics Award: Samuel Phillip Volk
Languages Award: Juliet Athene Chi
Hunter Frost Theatre Arts Award: Sophie Michelle Erhardt Potts
F. Martin Brown Science Award: Junseo Jung
Penrose History Prize: Kelly Elizabeth Lynch
Henry L. Newman Award (athletics): Juho Teemu Johannes Veikkolainen
Campbell English Award: Adeline Kathleen Thames
Robinson Art Award: Madeline Marie Cornett
Awards Given at Baccalaureate John W. Emery Music Award: Muyao Thomas Teng Creative Writing Award: Ashby Mei-ling Baker Photography Award: Yuxin Jessica Zhou Musical Award: Kathryn Kimbell Potts Kitson Music Award: Dustin Nainoa Miller
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Breene Baggett Memorial Acting Award: Benjamin Polur Wrubel Rumbaugh Award (performing arts): Chase Clayton Call Riding Director’s Award: Grace Lane Everitt Top Horseman Award: Michaela Chang Edwards
Fisher Howe Exceptional Leadership Award: Anne Elisabeth Bendrick Clifford and Owen Raymond Rask Varsity Awards for Athletics: Eliza Miller Rhee and Aly-Solomone Rahemtullah Kassam Don Kardok Coach’s Award: Dr. Rob Gilbert (climbing)
The Anderson Award (outdoor ed): Junseo Jung
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GLOBAL SCHOLARS Katrin Jaclyn Baum
Fabián Luis Guerrero
Relighting The Flame: The Sustainability of the Olympic Games through the Lens of Athens and London
The Consequence of Citizenship: Evaluating and Reconstructing Contemporary Imperialism in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Marlee Teresa Brooks
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Warming the World’s Wildlife: Climate Change Affecting Mammals in the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, and the Himalayas
Kolbi Isaiah Lee
Juliet Athene Chi
Chenxu “Evelyn” Li
La Langue: The Effects of French Colonialism on Linguistic Variation in Quebec and Guadeloupe
Education or (Jiào yù): The Cause and Effect Behind the U.S. Education Industry Rising in China
Anne Elisabeth Bendrick Clifford
Kelly Elizabeth Lynch
Hong Kong’s Role in China as a Rising Power: What Does This Mean for the West?
Free Tibet: Buddhism and Tibet’s Relationship with China
Michaela Chang Edwards
Owen Raymond Rask
Online Shopping for Lives: Combating Internet Sex Trafficking on a Global Scale
Economic Inequality and Education: The Consolidation of the American Dream
Elias Jackson Fricke
Adeline Kathleen Thames
Free Lands: The Fleeting Importance of America’s Best Idea
A “Good” Deal: The Fashion Industry’s Effects on People and the Environment
Stephanie Marie Gerber
Jacques Nicolaas VanZyl
Meat Mania: The Environmental and Health Effects of the Emerging Western Diet in India
The Forgotten Patients: South Africa’s Healthcare Reform for Equality
Laila Mariam Ghamdi
Yinuo “Maria” Wei
A Manifestation of Aesthetics: Protest Art’s Societal and Cultural Ramifications in the 1980s
Confucianism as Culture: Ideological Influence on the Political Relationship Between China and Japan
Abolished and Thriving: Modern Slavery in the International Food Industry
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Alumni
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A huge, heartfelt thank you to the great
Class of 1969
for underwriting Alumni Weekend!
Alumni, hockey coaches and current students hit the ice for a fierce game. The Alumni Art Show is often the first Reunion event where alumni see each other, and the camaraderie is joyous. With the help of FVS climbing coaches, alumni and families scaled the walls in the spectacular new climbing facility.
Alumni linger in the age-old grapevine arbor in the Hacienda courtyard. Class of 1969
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Athletic Hall of Fame 2019 Inductees Barry Brown ’69 was inducted for his accomplishments in varsity football, basketball and baseball. He played basketball and baseball all four years and football for three. Brown was named baseball MVP as a senior and was the sports editor for the Dane newspaper as a junior and senior. His plaque is inscribed with the quote: “He is everything, does everything, leads in most everything, and accomplishes his challenges with great competence, skill and imagination.” Darrell Johnson ’79’s achievements in basketball, and track and field earned his place in the Class of 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame. He played varsity basketball from 1977-79 and was named MVP his senior year. He was AllDistrict in track in 1979. His plaque reads: “The mainstay of our basketball team all season long. He led the team in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots and hustle.” Mercer Borden ’87, brother of fellow inductee Arrol Borden ’89, “was the backbone to our offense. He has great skills, a real drive for excellence and fine leadership qualities.” He played three years of varsity hockey and lacrosse, racking up these accolades: AllAmerican in lacrosse; All-State in hockey and lacrosse junior and senior years; competed in lacrosse state finals 1986 and 1987; captain of both lacrosse and hockey teams. Arroll Borden ’89 “had amazing strength as a player, physical courage and consistent play.” His long list of athletic achievements and awards in hockey and lacrosse include the Doc Romnes MVP hockey award in 1985; varsity lacrosse MVP in 1989; Varsity Club award 1989; hockey team captain senior year; All-Star hockey team senior year; and Division II state lacrosse championship 1986. 14
Brittney Moore Stroh ’06 played field hockey, JV volleyball and competed in track and field. As a junior, she was MVP and captain of the field hockey team. In track, she was a four-year state qualifier. Her plaque is inscribed, “I have never worked with a more dedicated athlete. Brittney keeps the same spirit in all challenges she faces.”
Presenting the Class of 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees: Left to right, Darrell Johnson ’79, Mercer Borden ’87, Arroll Borden ’89, Barry Brown ’69 and Maggie Hanna ’06. Not pictured is Brittney Moore Stroh ’06 who was unable to attend.
Maggie Hanna ’06 was as talented running track as she was riding a horse, competing in track and field and English riding. In 2005, she was the state champion in the 300-meter hurdles and set the school record in the first leg of the 1,600-meter relay in 2006. As a sophomore, she captained the track team, which became the highest-placing track team in school history. In 2007, she rode strong at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association Championships where the English riding team took first place in nationals.
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While revelers reveled, a horse grazed. A standing ovation for beloved faculty Jake Emery ’71 who was surprised with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Emery retired this year after 30 years of teaching.
Kids lined up for a ride on the mechanical bull at the barbecue lunch down at the barn. Class of 1999
The dance floor was packed.
Class of 2014
All-School Alumni Awards
The Class of 2014 made a splash in the new pool.
Class of 1997
The playing fields were busy on Saturday with both soccer and lacrosse games.
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The Elizabeth Froelicher Smith Award honors exceptionally meritorious service to the School, and few people have given more to Fountain Valley School than Craig Larimer Jr. ’69, as evidenced by the long list of his roles at the School: student; parent to Hazel ’04, Robert ’07, Wiles ’09 and Matthew ’12; trustee; alumni association president; president of the board of trustees; interim director of admission and seventh headmaster. He is a 30-year and counting member of the Casa Serena Society for leadership giving and also supports several other FVS initiatives and endowments. In all of his roles, Larimer’s belief in the power of a Fountain Valley School education has impacted hundreds of Fountain Valley graduates. Trustee Melinda Twomey P ’14, ’15 has championed Fountain Valley School from the moment her daughters Margot ’14 and Laura ’15 entered Fountain Valley School. She was awarded the Distinguished Casa Serena Society Award recognizing her dedicated and significant leadership giving to the School, and for exemplifying the principles and values of our founding benefactors. She brings her Wall Street investment banking savvy and her master’s degree in international relations to the board room, leading the charge as chair of
the Advancement Committee. Twomey has been tireless and successful in guiding the School to meet annual fund and capital campaign goals. She has been a loyal and generous member of the Casa Serena Society, and a strong supporter of the capital campaign. Unable to attend Reunion weekend, Twomey’s daughter Margot accepted the award on her behalf.
Zoe Schmidt Phillips ’04’s talent and passion as a Fountain Valley Spanish teacher and volleyball coach earned her the 2019 Young Alumni Award that honors outstanding younger alumni who are leading the way in their communities and modeling the School’s core values. The recipients of this award have made remarkable achievements in their profession, career or vocation. Phillip’s FVS classroom was lively and engaging. In addition to language, she brought art, history, customs, food and fun, giving students the opportunity to take a deep dive into understanding the culture of Spanish-speaking nations. In 2014, students voted and honored her with the Excellence in Teaching Award, and her skilled and spirited volleyball coaching earned her the Don Kardok Coach’s Award in 2018.
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Very Good Reasons the Mountain Campus Is Now Named The Class of 1969 Mountain Campus
If it weren’t for the Class of ’69, four decades worth of students and teachers would not have enjoyed, discovered, kept fit and matured because of the splendid opportunities offered here,” said former faculty and trustee John Raushenbush P ’80 to the gathering of alumni at the Mountain Campus rededication on May 23 of Reunion Weekend. In recognition of their 50th reunion and their decades-long close ties to Fountain Valley’s treasured Mountain Campus, the Class of 1969 donated $500,000 to endow the property in perpetuity. In their honor, the property was renamed The Class of 1969 Mountain Campus. Raushenbush is known as the “father” of this Mountain Campus due to his vision of its possibilities. He helped find the land and then spearheaded the efforts to raise funds for the campus. Those donations largely came from the Class of 1969 with matching funds provided by the Robert Anderson family. Hoyt Bacon ’69 led the efforts to raise $500,000 for endowment. “A Mountain Campus endowment was the next logical step since the Class of 1969 was so instrumental in acquiring the 40-acre property in 1979 and building the original cabin,” he says. “The $500,000 was raised over five years culminating with our 50th class reunion celebration. This place is indeed an inspiration to all who are fortunate to have the opportunity to experience it.”
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Raushenbush told the Mountain Campus origin story at the rededication. Following are excerpts: “...The details [for the Mountain Campus] evolved from the deepening belief that it would be especially appropriate and meaningful for a Colorado independent boarding school to have a genuine Rocky Mountain identity.
About 60 alumni, spouses and friends traveled and joined together to celebrate the Class of 1969 Mountain Campus rededication.
“I spent my spare time during the next year searching for a site that met the essential criteria: it must be close enough to the main campus for travel time to be manageable; it should be accessible to water that would offer fishing, rafting and, if desired, opportunity for ecological study; there should be enough acreage to provide a degree of privacy for whatever activities might take place there; its boundaries needed to be protected by adjacent public land to avoid incursion from possible future development; and
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most of all, there must be Rocky Mountains where hiking, climbing, outdoor skills and a sense of well-being in nature could be honed. “While searching, I met a realtor from Salida with whom I viewed properties between Leadville and Poncha Springs. When, during the course of our search she began to grasp the concept of the ‘Mountain Campus,’ she took me to see a 40-acre parcel that she and her husband personally owned.
Hoyt Bacon ’69, left, and Head of School Will Webb, unveil the dedication plaque. Bacon led the effort to raise $500K in endowment for the campus, along with classmates Phelps Anderson, Barry Bown, Craig Larimer and Henry Morse.
“And there it was! A few miles south of the folksy Western town of Buena Vista, which also placed it near the state correctional institute if ever expedient. The property was minutes west of the Arkansas, one of Colorado’s great rivers; an hour north of the Monarch Pass ski area; and best of all, just beneath the towering peaks of Mount Princeton and the entire Collegiate Range. In addition, it was close enough to the School to be usable on weekends, if not occasionally for day-long excursions. “[Headmaster] Lew [Perry] and I took the proposal to the Board. Lo and behold, the board approved the project with the caveat that I provide a fundraising plan for their scrutiny. In
it I requested authorization to approach you, the Class of 1969. “I chose you for a number of reasons: having taught and coached many of you, I felt I knew you and believed you would respond to the idea. I also regarded you (and still do!) as one of the School’s best classes, certainly during my 18 years there. Finally, I hypothesized that by 1975, as well-educated college graduates ready to conquer the world, you would have already amassed fortune enough to be generous. I was not wrong. “Teachers, too many to list, were also important during the evolution of the Mountain Campus. In fact, two of the best members of the founding faculty—F. Martin Brown and C. Dwight Perry—each in his way, provided reassurance that the plan was in keeping with the School’s raison d’etre, even acknowledging that it might have been advantageous had it been implemented years ago. Before long, Lew Perry was also on board. “So in 1975, I approached the members of your class—you numbered, I think, about 60 graduates. And believe it or not, although not all
John Raushenbush P ’80, “the father” of the Class of 1969 Mountain Campus, told the campus’s origin story with plenty of funny anecdotes about his time as FVS faculty.
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of you chose to contribute (though many did), I received a reply from everyone. “The response was really wonderful, for not only was a substantial amount of support quickly pledged, but two special gifts made it clear that the Mountain Campus was going to be a reality. Phelps Anderson’s family offered to match what the class donated; and Hoyt Bacon’s family agreed to cover the cost of drilling for water, a task that required a number of attempts before ultimately successful. “Can you believe that in 1975 the $85,000 you contributed covered the cost of this entire project? “With the land in hand, the next step was to learn more about log construction. Inquiring around Buena Vista I was directed to a local resident who had recently built a few miles east on Highway 24 who provided helpful information. His name was Forest Woodland! “...It seemed like a small miracle, amid enthusiastic applause, to see the logs quickly put in place. At the time, I remember wishing you were here to watch it happen.
Freshmen enjoying their first visit to the Class of 1969 Mountain Campus during their class retreat. This is just one of many student outings throughout the year that utilizes the campus for learning, connecting and getting out in the great outdoors.
“In the months and years that followed, hosts of willing students and teachers have spent many hours inside and out installing roofing, windows, flooring, etc. Now 45 years later, the cabin has become palatial, at least in contrast to its original form. I look around and marvel at all the improvements and refinements.”
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he Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center is a transformational blueprint for greater community health and wellness, far exceeding parameters beyond the athletic program. Generous alumni support, cutting edge architectural design, programming and community purpose beautifully come together. The Athletic Center draws the entire Fountain Valley community, and it has also become a campus social hub where students choose to hang out in their free time to pursue fun and healthy activities.
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For the past 17 years, Ann Hanna has pioneered the FVS equestrian program down new trails. No one knows this as well as her daughters, Maggie and Emy, who took the time to reflect on all their mother has accomplished in the barn—and beyond.
BY:
Maggie Hanna ’07
Emy Hanna Koontz ’09
Riding Director Ann Hanna created the English riding program from the ground up beginning in 2003, putting Fountain Valley School on the English riding school map.
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hen the FVS campus was purchased in 1929, horses grazed where the Frautschi Campus Center currently sits, cattle grazed out in the prairie, and ranch hands lived alongside the School’s first students and faculty members. Since then, the School has offered 90 years of equestrian education, with students playing polo, competing in rodeo and gymkhana events, working cattle, taking pack trips and showing in the hunter/jumper arenas. Above all, students have learned and practiced horsemanship, responsibility, and teamwork—getting a good dose of Western life all the while. When our mom, Ann Hanna, arrived in the summer of 2003 to take the reins of the equestrian program, she got right to work, spending much of the summer out in the Old 82 Field riding and evaluating the School’s horses before the students arrived in August. She laughs remembering some of these early rides with Randy Lewis, then director of the Western program, and dealing with many inept horses bucking or falling down.
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Her attitude with horses, students, and even us, her own children, has always been marked by her patience and her commitment to the motto: “If you start it, you better finish it.”
The Hanna Family Riding Arena was a gift to the School by the Lovelace family (Kim Lovelace Murray ’06) in honor of Ann Hanna and her family. It is one of the largest indoor arenas in the state.
At the time, the program managed 23 horses and maintained the Old 82 Field and one arena. Slowly and steadily, she built up the program around horsemanship and hard work. Today, the riding facilities include three full-size outdoor arenas, including the Old 82 Field, a covered arena, two of the old polo barns, and the School’s first-ever indoor arena and barn. She was instrumental in the design and construction of the indoor arena, which was donated by one of her old students in her namesake. She has fostered a herd of horses for both English and Western riding styles that are the envy of most coaches in the state. She loves having had the chance to teach students and work with horses for five, and sometimes six or seven days a week. Her attitude with horses, students—and even us, her own
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children—has always been marked by her patience and her commitment to the motto: “If you start it, you better finish it.” When working with a young or troubled horse, she will stay for hours to address an issue—and the same holds true for her students. She shows up at the barn on Sundays and stays late after every practice. Former Head of School Craig Larimer ’69 reminded us recently of a lesson he overheard her teaching some students on a sunny afternoon at the barn. “Don’t walk by it,” she told her students. “If you see something askew, don’t walk by it. If you see a horse out of water, don’t walk by it. If you see tack left out, don’t walk by it.”
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Her attitude with horses, students—and even us, her own children—has always been marked by her patience and her commitment to the motto: “If you start it, you better finish it.”
The Accolades The Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) was founded to introduce students to equestrian sports without the prohibitory requirement of owning a horse. Our mom helped bring the IEA west of the Mississippi River in 2004. Ever since, she has taken FVS teams to national finals 11 times and brought back the gold twice. Hanna has encouraged generations of FVS athletic directors—at least six—to classify the equestrian program as a lettering sport. She has pushed her students and the broader FVS community to engage in the program, including having riders fly the FVS flag during soccer and lacrosse games, putting together a Halloween Parade around campus, promoting attendance at all barn events and competitions, featuring riding in freshman orientation, throwing together the occasional barn dance, and even hosting signature Alumni Weekend events down at the barn. In 2015, she was awarded the Elizabeth Froelicher Smith Distinguished Service Award for exceptionally meritorious service to the School. This year, her students created and presented her with the “Salt of the Earth” award, which is given to the most genuine, unpretentious and morally sound person on the team. One student noted, “We have come a long way, and I certainly wouldn’t be the horsewoman or even person I am today without her constant guidance.”
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In an extraordinary win, the Dane English Riding team captured the 2007 IEA National Championship title competing with schools across the country. Front, left to right, Maggie Hanna ’07, Emy Hanna Koontz ’09, Alix Hinnegan ’10, Dachin Frances ’07. Back, Sarah Witten ’10, Clare Ormesher Lambert ’07, Ann Hanna, Emily Maloof ’10. Hanna’s team took home the IEA National Championship again in 2010.
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We grew up knowing that there was no such thing as being entitled to a blue ribbon and that there is no way around the responsibility of cleaning our own stalls, tack and ponies—no matter how long it took.
The Mom/Coach Long before Hanna came to FVS, she managed a private business training horses and teaching hunter/jumper lessons. This meant that we, her children, also spent an inordinate amount of time at the barn, sometimes playing dress up or “restaurant,” sometimes playing in the mud,
and on occasion, actually riding. We grew up knowing that there was no such thing as being entitled to a blue ribbon and that there is no way around the responsibility of cleaning our own stalls, tack and ponies—no matter how long it took. One of her favorite rules was that there could be “No tears unless there is blood.” Another favorite of hers was that if a water tank was dirty, “Would you like to drink that?” This led us to the simple conclusion that the tank needed to be cleaned. As students at Fountain Valley, we both juggled riding with our other sports and commitments. I, Emy, had a horse at school during my four years, though I never formally took part in the riding program. I would go down to the barn to clean stalls and ride before school and/or after basketball practice. I went to IEA practices and even competed in a horse show hours before a post-season basketball game. I will say that mom, the calm and collected coach at the ring, turned into quite the raucous court-side basketball fan. A referee once scolded her for clanging a cowbell at one of my games. Today, I, Maggie, work with her to manage the Hanna Ranch. I credit our ability to work well together to the hours of tears, frustration, laughs, spills and struggles we had when I was growing up. She treated me like she did all of her students but with one exception. When sports would start, no matter the season, I could run down to
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the barn in the morning and on the front seat of her car or on her desk she left a chocolate chip cookie for me. Recently, we have trained a few “project horses” together, one being a wild BLM mustang and another being a project horse that eventually became a show horse. We have shared the experience of riding a portion of the Santa Fe Trail together, as well as winning a national title as a team. Just weeks ago after finishing the day’s grooming, we sat in the barn together, a place where we both feel a great deal of peace. Though I may not have enjoyed every single moment of becoming an “expert” stall cleaner, spending my birthdays in the truck on the way to a horseshow, or sweeping the aisle late at night, I am eternally grateful to have shared the joys of a good horse and a clean barn with her.
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I am eternally grateful to have shared the joys of a good horse and a clean barn with her.
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Jamie Logan ’65:
INTO THE UNKNOWN BY HISTORY FACULTY DR. ROB GILBERT P ’11, ’13
NORTH AMERICAN CLIMBING PIONEER JAMIE LOGAN LIVES WITH THE SAME FEARLESSNESS SHE HAS WHEN CLINGING THE SHEER CLIFF FACE OF EL CAPITAN.
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amie Logan ’65 ran away from home when she was 14. She’d been feeling lost and confused in Midland, Texas, particularly about her gender identity, so she booked it for a small West Texas town near the border of New Mexico where she found work in a machine shop rebuilding engines for Montgomery Ward. Initially, she’d told the manager she was 15. When he said she needed to be 17, she left, changed clothes, and returned looking different— and said she was 17. She got the job polishing crankshafts. The men in the shop tested her the first day by grinding the biggest ones they could find, knowing she, who weighed less than 100 pounds, would have to lift them to the polishing machine and hold them there. She did it all day without letting up, earning an invitation to share a beer with her coworkers that evening. This was not the first, nor the last time, Logan would just launch herself into the unknown. A few years later, she transferred from Midland High School to Fountain Valley School as a mid-year junior admit, where she convinced a Gary Zeigler to sponsor a climbing club, having spent her adolescent years climbing everything possible— trees, buildings, rocks.
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While on a family vacation in New Mexico, she once showed one of her younger brothers how to belay her—using a length of white clothesline! When she was 11, her parents even lined her up to go climbing with WWII veterans of the 10th Mountain Division who took her to the Davis Mountains. The vets let her lead using an old Goldline climbing rope and soft pitons left over from the war. When she got to the top, she yelled down: “What do I do now?” They shouted back: “Hammer in a piton,” which she did, then clipped in an old steel carabiner and lowered herself to the ground. It was her first lead. On the first day of the FVS climbing club, Zeigler took Logan and one other student out after classes ended for the day to the Garden of the Gods, where she led a climb dubbed Crack Parallel (5.8+). By the time she graduated in 1965, she considered herself a climber, one with enough skills to pursue the sport independently for the rest of her life. Moreover, while climbing she could focus entirely on leading the next pitch, affording her a chance to ignore the challenges she felt socially. “Climbing was just climbing.”
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Reading and being smart, she soon discovered, were “cool” and respected at Fountain Valley.
As a child, Logan had always been a voracious reader. At FVS, she took a literature class from English teacher John Raushenbush (whose essay on FVS soccer is also featured in this issue on page 60), where she embraced the rigor of reading and writing while studying dystopian novels. Reading and being smart, she soon discovered, were “cool” and respected at Fountain Valley. As a result of the academic rigor Raushenbush’s class called for, she learned to “think clearly” for the first time in her life. For as long as she can recall, Logan has always wanted to be a woman, even when she was attending an all-boys boarding school—FVS. At the time, she was too scared to admit she wanted to be a girl and didn’t even know that it was possible. She was particularly secretive about her desire to dress as a woman, which she worried would be viewed as “weird.” “I didn’t know how to interact,” she remembers now about the 17-year-old person who came to the prairie in January 1964. But going to FVS “meant that I had to deal with these boys as classmates, roommates and dormmates.” “We needed each other,” she recalls of her dormmates in Penrose. Sequestered in the dorm at the end of the day, the boys stayed up late playing bridge and smoking cigarettes. “For the first time in my life, I was part of a crew. I really liked that. It got me through high school.” Logan, who went on to become a pioneer in North American climbing and a noted sustainable construction architect, has lived most of her adult life hiding her true identity. In the last six or so years, with her children now grown adults, she committed to making an open gender transition, step by step, from a man to a woman in Boulder,
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Colo., where she’s lived since graduating from high school—another terrifying leap into the unknown, more difficult than any alpine climb she did with she was young. Would anyone ever want to climb with her again? And would anyone hire a transgender woman to design a home?
The Climb After graduating from FVS, Logan quickly flunked out of the University of Colorado because all she did was climb. As a climber, she achieved more in just over a decade than most athletes achieve in a lifetime. Her three most significant achievements include the first free ascent of the very physically demanding (and wide) Crack of Fear (5.10+) on Lumpy Ridge above Estes Park, Colo., in 1966; the first free ascent of the Diamond on Longs Peak in 1976; and the first ascent in 1978 of the Emperor Face of Mt. Robson in British Columbia. Her ascent of Mount Robson’s Emperor Face is the most impressive of the three accomplishments. At over 8,000 vertical feet, the route was a coveted mountaineering objective for at least 40 years before Logan’s ascent. Moreover, it was technically advanced for its day with almost no protection for the last 40 feet of the crux pitch, which took Logan six hours to lead in leather boots, old horizontalpoint crampons, a Chouinard bamboo ice ax in her left hand, and a shorter Forrest hammer in her right. Fortunate to have a very strong partner in Terry “Mugs” Stump, a rising alpine star of that generation, they had “decided to spend all summer if need be in an attempt.” Writing in the American Alpine Journal in 1979, Logan said that “the real key to climbing the Emperor Face was making a firm decision to try, regardless of the obstacles that nature and our
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imagination might place in our path.” Logan and Stump did just that—succeeding on a route that was so challenging it wasn’t repeated for 30 years afterward. From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, Logan made several other notable ascents. Along with Wayne Goss, her long-time climbing partner from Boulder, she made the 13th ascent of The Nose on the infamous El Capitan in Yosemite in 1968 in just three days. Additionally, she made the second American ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1972. In 1977, she attempted the Hummingbird Ridge on Mt. Logan, an endless ridge on Canada’s biggest peak, on which she recalls climbing “from dawn to last light every day for weeks” before ultimately descending because the snow had fallen off whole sections of the route. Finally, in 1978, she made an alpine-style attempt of Changabang, which was at the time a visionary approach to such a large Himalayan peak.
rock, to passive protection, which gets slotted by hand into cracks and is far less destructive to the rock. She made a “clean” ascent of Grand Giraffe (5.10a) in 1967 with Pat Ament and Royal Robbins, becoming one of the first climbers to use passive protection in Colorado, if not all of North America. Today, at 72-years-old, she still leads 5.12 sport climbs and trains using a regimen that focuses more on technique than strength. She still has her sights set high. In 2007, at age 61, she “redpointed” (led without falling) her first 5.13, dubbed Sonic Youth, in Clear Creek Canyon, Colo., which she had made the first ascent of in 1966 using aid (standing in slings clipped to iron pitons)!
“ The real key to climbing the Emperor Face was making a firm decision to try, regardless of the obstacles that nature and our imagination might place in our path.”
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In the next few years she climbed a number of other 5.13s—and she still thinks she will climb at least one more route in that grade shortly.
Going Solar After being drafted into the army in 1968 and serving in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, she returned to Colorado, married in 1971, and had twin boys in 1972. Then, in a crushing blow, she found herself divorced in 1975 with joint custody of the children. In frustration and anger, she went on a climbing binge for four years. But in 1978, after a harrowing bivouac on the summit ridge of Mt. Robson after finishing the Emperor Face, she gave up high-risk alpinism after realizing how much the then 5-yearolds needed her at home.
climbing very much at the time,” she now admits with a smile. Jamie went on to earn not only a bachelor’s degree but also a master’s degree before getting a job at a big Denver architecture firm. She soon found that she did not like the work she was doing and leapt at the chance to move with her family back to Boulder to do a remodel—from that moment forward, she went for broke as a “green architect,” deciding she would design only sustainable dwellings, something no one else was doing at the time. By the early 2000s, Logan had eight employees working for her architectural firm in Boulder. Meanwhile, photovoltaic technology had finally come of age, making carbon-neutral structures
While remarrying and having two more children, she worked as a carpenter but soon realized she was “terrible” at the job since she was no good at the paperwork and accounting. After a client asked her if she knew an architect who could draft a plan for an addition to his church, she decided that what she wanted to do was design buildings. Logan’s second wife, to whom she is still married, convinced her to sell their house and invest in undergraduate educations for both of them at CUDenver. At one point, Logan was taking 15 hours of classes, had 11 carpenters working for her, and was raising four children! “I was not rock
LEED Platinum house, net zero energy built in 2009
…from that moment forward, she went for broke as a “green architect,” deciding she would design only sustainable dwellings, something no one else was doing at the time.
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Movement Climbing and Fitness in Boulder, built in 2009, is an all electric building with a solar array on the roof.
Now, nearly at the end of her architectural career, Logan has become a volunteer expert on climate change for Joe Neguse (D), Colorado’s freshman representative for the Second Congressional District. She is researching refrigerants for heating and cooling, which are huge contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, to help Rep. Neguse draft legislation to combat climate change. possible. Her firm soon won a contest to design the greenest possible building for a non-profit that wanted to build a visitor center. The members of her firm had a great time figuring how innovative they could be, creating systems to recycle the building’s water and to produce more electricity than the structure consumed. However, when the nonprofit lost its financial support, J Logan Architects had nothing to show for its efforts. At the same time, the firm was designing the Shambhala Mountain Center near Red Feather Lakes, above Ft. Collins, Colo.. On a drive up there one day, Jamie made a momentous decision: henceforth her firm was going to design nothing but carbon-neutral structures. “What if I just say that’s what we’re going to do,” she recalls. “And maybe we’ll go out of business. Maybe nobody will hire us anymore. It was like we were going to go climb the Emperor Face.” Her firm’s business took off. By 2008, the waiting list was a year and a half long. And her work came full circle back to climbing with a design for Boulder’s premier climbing gym, Movement Climbing and Fitness, which in 2011 held a world cup sport climbing event on American soil for the first time in over 20 years. The building uses no natural gas, just solar power produced on the roof and certified wind electricity purchased from the grid.
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The Next Route Today, Logan seems serenely at ease with herself as a female, with her drive to climb and her desire to make a difference on climate change. She knows she will be busy learning about how to combat greenhouse gas emissions for the foreseeable future, even as she comes to the twilight of her architecture career. She still deploys the same research skills that she acquired in her FVS history classes! And her climbing remains just as important. She will continue to do what she has done since graduating from Fountain Valley: fearlessly climbing whenever and whatever she can—trees, rocks and 5.12 sport climbs.
The author Dr. Gilbert is an accomplished climber who has scaled both El Capitan and Half Dome, along with many other challenging climbs around the world. He is the Danes’ head climbing coach, leading FVS to several state climbing championships. He has taught history at Fountain Valley School since 1993.
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CLASSRO M FVS teachers are more than teachers. They’re mentors, dorm parents, friends, coaches—and world-class athletes themselves. By: Kellyn Pattee ’21
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reatness. I feel it the moment I open the doors to the new Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center Athletic. The squeak of my shoes reverberates off of the Hall of Champions glass encasings of everything from rusted hockey skates to the 2010 girls cross country regional champions plaque. But the
accomplishments of the FVS family extend far beyond the walls of this shrine. Some of the most accomplished athletes in the world are people I see every day—my teachers. I was taught the Pythagorean Theorem by a rugby gold medalist and was jarred by the elbows of an professional soccer player in a “friendly” scrimmage. Here’s what makes them tick.
DESPITE HER FIRST COACH TELLING HER THAT GIRLS COULDN’T PLAY SOCCER, MS. GRUBB BECAME A STANDOUT HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER AND WENT ON TO COMPETE AS A D-1 ATHLETE
From Team USA to the Fountain Valley Pitch: Director of Counseling Services Jennifer Grubb At a recent soccer scrimmage, I donned a yellow pinnie and grumbled as I saw Jennifer Grubb slip on an orange one. I prepared myself to take on a professional soccer player. Grubb began playing soccer at the age of five because she wanted to follow in her brother’s footsteps—just like I did—and pushed her way through numerous obstacles to reach the professional level. Despite her first coach telling her that girls couldn’t play soccer, Ms. Grubb became a standout high school player and went on to compete as a D-1 athlete for the University of Notre Dame, where she recorded 100 career starts and became the first-ever defender to be a four-time National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American. She competed for the United States Women’s National Team between 1995 and 1999. On top of that, she was a two-year captain of the Washington Freedom, a professional team that she led to winning the Founders’ Cup Championship in 2003. The highlight of her career was “wearing the United States jersey for the first time…and hitting the crossbar in that game.” When asked what advice she would give to aspiring athletes, Ms. Grubb says simply to “have fun. Otherwise, it’s not worth it. Decide to commit every time you step on the field, even when you’re just training. Otherwise, it’s not worth it.”
The Climbing Doctor: History Faculty Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 Observing from the track above the climbing gym, I watched Dr. Gilbert (who profiled climbing legend Jamie Logan ’65 on p. 36) directing students toward the best climbing moves as they cling to the wall 37 feet above the ground. I wondered if my birdseye view bore a resemblance to what the eagles soaring above the Yosemite Valley saw when Dr. Gilbert scaled El Capitan and Half Dome in 1979. Beyond these climbs, he has traveled to the Andean Mountains in Peru and Slesse Mountain in British Columbia, as well as various other mountains and cliffs across the U.S. Dr. Gilbert’s route to becoming such an accomplished climber began during his sophomore year in high school in 1972. Although he has faced many dangers and challenges along the way, Dr. Gilbert has always tried to complete every climbing attempt. “I literally never turned back on anything I started for most of the first decade of my climbing career. I always topped out, even if it was well after dark—or took an extra day!” His advice to aspiring athletes is to “Find a sport that you are passionate about, and one in which you don’t mind investing long hours of training. Don’t care if you are good or bad. As a late friend from Yosemite has famously said, ‘the best climber in the world is the one having the most fun!’”
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The Discipline of the Ascent: Science Faculty Rob Gustke P ’16, ’18 Rob Gustke is best known for being a science teacher and a longtime swim coach (he even wrote an article about it on p. 50), but he is also a bike racer, mountain climber and triathlete. He’s attempted six of the world’s 14 8,000-meter peaks and traveled to Peru, Pakistan, Nepal and Tibet to climb peaks the rest of us simply gawk at. His passion for the sport began in seventh grade after he read Americans on Everest by James Ramsey Ullman. He immediately became fascinated with mountaineering, saying “from that point on, I determined that I would climb one of the world’s 14 8,000-meter peaks.”
HIS PASSION FOR THE SPORT BEGAN IN SEVENTH GRADE AFTER HE READ AMERICANS ON EVEREST BY JAMES RAMSEY ULLMAN.
During Gustke’s 26-hour attempted ascent of the 28,169-foot Kanchenjunga in Nepal, he endured a bleeding ulcer and an oxygen cylinder that ran out halfway through the trip. He ultimately missed the summit of the Kanchenjunga, the world’s third-highest peak, by 200 feet. But other members of the expedition he was leading managed to make the first American ascent off the southwest face. Of the six attempts Mr. Gustke has made of 8,000-meter peaks, he has yet to complete a summit. But that doesn’t stop him from trying. He has powered through seven knee surgeries and, in addition to continuing mountain climbing, has completed three triathlons and placed 37th at the 1982 United States National Championships for cycling. He says that his coaches would describe him as “a climber/ bike racer/triathlete/swimmer of average ability and somewhat extraordinary motivation and discipline.”
“ YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE TALENT IN THE WORLD, BUT WITHOUT HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND DETERMINATION, YOU WILL ONLY BE HALF THE PLAYER.”
Soccer Pro in High School: Assistant Athletic Director Kevin Ray P ’22 FVS academics are rigorous, and it can often be difficult to balance academics with athletics—imagine playing professional soccer on top of the chaos of high school. That’s exactly what Kevin Ray did. “I started to play soccer at a competitive level when I was 8 years old. By the time I was 9, I was playing four age groups above mine. At 13 years old, I signed for a professional club, Fulham FC. At 16, I graduated high school and signed for Fulham FC full time.” He used his strong work ethic to continuously improve his game. As a central defender, Mr. Ray’s most memorable moment was when he was invited to
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represent his country by playing for the England Schoolboys Under-19 squad in 1995. In addition to that, he played for the Welling United Football Club, where he competed from 1994 to 1996. He ultimately moved to the United States and attended the University of Montevallo in Alabama where he was captain of the soccer team for two years. Eight years later, he coached the Alabama Spirit, a National Premier Soccer League team, which gave him coaching experience he still draws upon today. In his first year at Fountain Valley, Mr. Ray coached the varsity girls soccer team to the state semifinals. He offers this advice to up-and-coming players: “You can have all the talent in the world, but without hard work, commitment and determination, you will only be half the player.”
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Hit of the Game: Math Faculty Sam Harrison Taking a pause from explaining the properties of polygons, Sam Harrison showed our geometry class a clip of his 2017 gold medal moment when he and his rugby teammates captured the gold-medal for the United States in a fierce battle against South Africa. Prior to this 2017 victory, Mr. Harrison played rugby for Middlebury College in Vermont. His team defeated the University of Wisconsin for the Collegiate National Championship in 2009. To get fired up for matches, Mr. Harrison explains that he and his teammates “used to blast the Tsotsi movie soundtrack. We also performed our own haka (a ritualistic dance originating from the Mãori peoples) before competitions.” He was a fearless rugby player, so much so that his playing eventually inspired the creation of the “Sam Harrison ’11 Hit of the Day Award,” which went to the Middlebury player who had the biggest tackle in the game. Although he grew up in a competitive family and played football and tennis, Mr. Harrison only began playing rugby in college. Twelve years later, he still believes that “it is never too late to try something new.” In the last few years, Mr. Harrison started playing squash and recently became the 2019 Colorado State Squash Champion.
“ IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.”
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No Shortcuts: Math Faculty Scott Lebo P ’22 After a long day learning about algebraic equations and Shakespearean sonnets, I rode the bus home and saw Scott Lebo’s silhouette running through the twisting trails on the prairie as the sun set. For him, “daily commitment to training makes a major difference.” And his commitment has paid off. He was the 2017 Pikes Peak Marathon Masters Champion and the 2016 National Champion for the 30-kilometer trail race for his age group. Mr. Lebo, who has been running trail races for over 40 years, also competed in football, wrestling and basketball in high school. In his fifth marathon, Mr. Lebo broke the time of two hours and 37 minutes for the race, running each of the 26 miles in under six minutes. He also became a two-time Philadelphia Half Marathon Masters Champion. For someone who started running in elementary school, Mr. Lebo has learned the importance of putting time and effort into a sport, repeating the tried and true statement: “There are no shortcuts.”
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The Art of Lacrosse: Arts Department Chair Curtis Singmaster Twenty-one years ago, Curtis Singmaster had his own crowd of FVS fans cheering him on in a lacrosse game, and now, as the head coach of the FVS boys lacrosse team, the cheering is his own. Mr. Singmaster grew up in New England where lacrosse was extremely popular, and was “immediately drawn to the physicality and speed of the sport.” He dedicated himself to the sport, eventually playing throughout high school and into his college career at the University of Denver. In 1998, his team came to Colorado Springs to compete against the Air Force Academy, and his sister, a student at Fountain Valley, rallied a number of supporters to attend the event. Although they did not know Mr. Singmaster, the Dane crowd cheered him on, watching as he started in his first game as a freshman. The encouragement spurred him to score two goals and get two assists, sending the game to overtime.
MR. SINGMASTER GREW UP IN NEW ENGLAND, WHERE LACROSSE WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR, AND WAS “IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO THE PHYSICALITY AND SPEED OF THE SPORT.”
Queen of the Driving Range: Director of Athletics Caroline Blaylock P ’21 At FVS, it is an honorable feat to accumulate twelve varsity letters, one for each of the three seasons over the course of four years. For Athletic Director Caroline Blaylock, 17 is the number to beat, with varsity letters for golf, softball, basketball, track and tennis. Golf quickly became her favorite sport because her “mom was no longer able to return my serves in tennis, and I could play golf by myself.” Despite being recruited by 40 colleges to play basketball and only four to play golf, Mrs. Blaylock chose to play
golf at Furman University in South Carolina. She became a three-time winner of the National Golf Coaches Association Long Drive Championship and a threetime National Collegiate College Association Division I All-American selection. After 21 top-10 finishes and a third-place finish at the 1994 NCAA Championship, Mrs. Blaylock turned pro, leading the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour in driving distance with a 286.98yard average in 1998. During the five years she toured professionally, Mrs. Blaylock also managed her growing family and completed an Ironman Triathlon.
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Danes Athletic Hall of Fame—12 Years Strong! Each year at the Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony over Reunion Weekend, pride, nostalgia, camaraderie, laughter and tears are on display, making it one of the most anticipated and moving events. Congratulations to all of the mighty Dane athletes who proudly line the Hall of Fame wall of fame in the Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center.
Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees CLASS OF 2019 Barry Brown ’69, Baseball, Football, Hockey Darrell Johnson ’79, Basketball, Track Mercer Borden ’87, Hockey, Lacrosse Arroll Borden ’89, Hockey, Lacrosse Maggie Hanna ’07, English Riding, Track
CLASS OF 2018 Doug Patterson ’88, Soccer, Lacrosse Heather Hall ’98, Basketball Mark Sather ’88, Hockey 2007 State Finalist Boys Soccer Team
CLASS OF 2017 Wally and Nancy Goodwin, Coach and Dane Super-fan Brent Abel ’67, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Tennis
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CLASS OF 2013 1945 Football Team Peggy Thayer, Dane Super-Fan Norman Maktima ’98, Outdoor Education, Fly Fishing
Mark Faricy ’95, Lacrosse, Soccer, Basketball
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Morgan Smith ’56, Football, Gymkhana, Hockey, Skiing, Soccer Bill Fraser ’66, Basketball, Football, Skiing, Track Abdillahi Haji ’66, P ’09, Soccer, Track
CLASS OF 2012 Jeff Kreps ’82, Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer Brad Schwartz ’82, Hockey, Tennis Veronique Richardson ’02, Basketball, Track, Volleyball
Deck Cheney, Riding Director Tim Boddington ’68, Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer Tim Kardok ’75, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Track Bronwyn Platts ’82, Basketball The 1982-83 State Finalist Hockey Team
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Andy Handford P ’00, Former Faculty and Dane Super-fan Torney Smith ’65, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Track
Wayne MacVeagh ’53, Riding John Sheridan ’74, Hockey, Soccer J.J. Peterson ’91, Lacrosse, Hockey, Soccer Kelly Manning ’01, Basketball, Track
Don Kardok, Athletic Director Henry “Heb” Newman, Athletic Director Kizzy Bailey ’97, Track Stan Lovely ’85, Basketball Bill Murphy ’46, Football 1947 Undefeated Football Team
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CLASS OF 2014 Kathy Kardok ’77, Field Hockey, Basketball, Tennis Emy Hanna ’09, Basketball, English Riding, Track, Volleyball
CLASS OF 2010 Benjamin Brundred ’43, Football, Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Track Hal Clifford ’65, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Wrestling
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Nic Jenkins is hands-down the best male competitor to have ridden for FVS since the School formed its mountain bike program in 2012. Now, he’s taken his talents to UC Berkeley. Here’s what keeps his wheels turning—both physically and mentally.
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What is it about the sport of mountain bike racing that you enjoyed so much that it became your life-long passion? Growing up in Colorado Springs, I spent much of my time adventuring outdoors, and I became hooked on mountain biking right away. I loved exploring new places and competing. As I began maturing into a young adult, riding became my passion and escape. Now, I look forward to each ride, wherever I may find myself exploring.
What is the most difficult challenge you faced while on the FVS mountain bike team? What is one of your favorite memories? It was difficult stepping into a leadership role my senior year, because my focus shifted from my personal development as a cyclist to that of the younger team members. As the season continued, each member improved in his or her fitness and technique on the bike, and it really showed when we all took fourth as a team in the State Championship. That experience was the highlight of my time on the FVS mountain bike team—winning the Varsity State Championship with my younger brother only a few feet behind me.
Where your favorite place to go mountain biking? My favorite place to ride is in the North Cheyenne Cañon area and upwards in elevation from there. Situated at the base of Pikes Peak, I can head uphill on Gold Camp Road and connect to other dirt roads. I’ve made it up to 10,000-feet from home, but I want to go even higher. Especially in the summer, there isn’t any other place I’d rather ride.
What is it like to compete on UC Berkeley’s mountain bike team? Racing and riding while in college at UC Berkeley is an entirely new experience. To start, I’m able to fine-tune my schedule to allow for blocks of time when I can go ride. Still, I want to experience college properly, so I’m involved in other activities outside of class such as marching band and an “athletes in action” club. I’ve learned that balance is important—and that a quick spin can work wonders in stressful times.
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In 2016, Jenkins was the Colorado High School Mountain Bike varsity boys state champion
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What’s your typical pre-race meal?
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What do you love to eat after a hard ride?
My typical pre-race meal varies depending on the start time of the race and location. One nutrition plan that has remained unchanged is to not try anything new on race day. My body is accustomed to simple foods like pancakes, eggs, rice, avocados, bananas, and almond butter, so I do my best to stick to those ingredients. And, for early morning or afternoon races, I try to sleep as long as possible and not overload my body with food.
I enjoy a protein shake and lots of salty foods. Sometimes after long rides my brain just turns off, and I’ll eat or drink anything in my line of vision.
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THE
BACKSTROKE As he steps away from the program, revered swimming coach and beloved biology teacher Rob Gustke talks to the athletes who were crucial to establishing a tradition of success in the girls swimming team.
BY SCIENCE FACULTY AND SWIM COACH ROB GUSTKE P ’16, ’18
Once again, the swim team conquers the Alcatraz to San Francisco swim in 2018.
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ith the completion of the new Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center, which features a beautiful new pool, it is a perfect time to step back and reflect on the history of our swimming and diving program—one of the most successful athletic teams at FVS with upwards of 130 dual meet wins and high finishes in both the South Central League and the Tri Peaks League. Two of the program’s zeniths were tying for the Tri Peaks League Championship with perennial power Kent Denver in 2013 and earning a ninth-place finish at the CHSAA 4A state championship in 2012. Current coach and English Faculty Caroline Santinelli has the Dane swimmers and divers heading in a strong direction that will grow the legacy that hundreds of young women have worked so hard to build in the past 40-plus years. I assumed the head coaching title in the fall of 1999 and recently stepped aside in 2019 to put the program in the capable hands of Santinelli, Arts Faculty Addie Green ’06 and English Faculty Torey Davie. Before fully stepping away from the program, I reached out to a few of the great athletes I’ve coached over the years. The stories of these remarkable competitors demonstrate the very best qualities we want our FVS students to strive toward, both in sport and their adult lives afterward.
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THE STALWARTS When establishing a new program-wide culture, I looked for an athlete who could single-handedly carry the team competitively and whose work and compete-level would rub off on her peers. Sarah Haas ’04 proved to be just that. She was a ferocious competitor and a very talented sprinter who set high training standards for her teammates. Her journey in many ways typifies the philosophy of the program in that swimming is preparation for the rest of life that follows. Currently living off the grid in New Mexico and working as a writer, she reflected back on some of her swimming memories: “Swimming is one of those odd team sports, fueled as much by individual fire as it is by team spirit. I find my life shaped by a similar balance, one in which success requires both individual striving and camaraderie with one’s peers.”
Have the humility that you are a part of something bigger, a community or a team.”
Sarah’s advice for future Dane competitors is simple: “Have the humility that you are a part of something bigger, a community or a team.”
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Winning isn’t everything. It is the hard work and perseverance that you put into every practice and meet that helps you grow.”
Alanna Erickson ’12 was the most talented technical swimmer I have coached. She was also a fierce competitor in big moments, so much so that I often took her competitive drive for granted. During her junior year she was way faster than anyone in our league in the 50 and 100 free events, and she qualified first in both of those events for the finals. That year we had a great chance to win the league, and I was really excited about Erickson winning two events and anchoring our chances at a league title. But she came over to me a few minutes before the meet began and said:”Mr. Gustke, I don’t think that I can swim well today and win. I’m just not sure I want to swim today.” Here was my “life is coaching” moment (a motto I’ve always abided by). I realized I’d taken her competitiveness for granted and just assumed that she was excited to swim, compete and hopefully, win. I quickly realized she got scared just like the rest of us do in big moments. I wish I could’ve said something brilliant, but I looked at her and said something to the effect of “%$@#! Erickson! You are the best swimmer in this meet now shut up, turn your brain off, and go out and win the damn race!” It wasn’t my best coaching, but it worked. She won her races, and we tied for the title with Kent Denver.
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Erickson finished her career one of the finest all-around swimmers that Fountain Valley has ever seen. She was League Champion multiple times in the sprint freestyle events, recorded top-five finishes at 4A CHSAA state swim meets, and was also a two-time captain. What made Erickson unique was her excellence across all the strokes and her willingness to take on the other team’s best swimmers in events that were not her strongest; she was selfless and always put her team first. She rewrote much of the record board during her three years swimming for the Danes, but the two events that she most vividly recalls from her years of swimming was a team ski trip after the Salida meet and singing the national anthem before the league meet. Erickson embodies the team-first culture that permeated the program. Her impact can be felt in the words of advice to young women swimming for the Danes today: “Winning isn’t everything. It is the hard work and perseverance that you put into every practice and meet that helps you grow. Take those values into the real world and succeed. Always remember, you are part of a team by lifting each other up and supporting your teammates. This will make you stronger and also help others achieve their success.”
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F rom the moment I joined the team I had a sense of purpose and duty.”
Diving is a critical part of any swim team’s lineup; it is impossible to contend for league or state results without a top diver. Maia Presti ’13 is Fountain Valley’s most decorated diver of all time, boasting second-, third- and fourth-place finishes at the CHSAA state meet. Presti built upon her successful FVS diving years to earn a 10th place finish for Scripps College at the NCAA National Championships during her junior year. She earned a degree in environmental analysis and sustainable design and helped coach FVS divers in the 2018-19 season. As Presti reflected on her years of training and competing for FVS, she offered these words: “From the moment I joined the team I had a sense of purpose and duty. Most importantly, my teammates and coaches believed in and relied upon me. I learned to accept discomfort and to think of the bigger picture in order to balance my fears and ultimately just decide to go for it.”
Eliza Rhee ’19 swims for NCAA Division III Bowdoin College. She is shown here after the Danes’ team Alcatraz swim.
Photo credit: Joshua Moczygemba Maia Presti ’13 went on to dive for NCAA Division III Scripps College
Eliza Rhee ’19 was the heart and soul of our program for four years, and her strong shoulders have willingly borne this burden since her first meet as a ninth-grader. Rhee can compete for a win in almost any race in the lineup. No situation or challenge is too big for her. Rhee typifies the club swimmer who dominates high school swimming today, but she chose to step outside of that box and embrace the team-oriented camaraderie of high school swimming. Like most FVS swimmers, she is as strong academically as she is in the water, and is attending Middlebury College this year as a freshman. Before departing, Rhee proffered sage words of advice to younger athletes getting into the great sport of swimming and diving: “Always show up to practice with an engaged and positive mindset because practices become a lot more doable and effective when the entire team is supporting each other and putting in the work. For your lives going forward, there is no harm in taking opportunities as they come. Swimming opens a lot of doors and fosters important personal qualities such as perseverance and grit, and putting in the effort will only help create more opportunities.”
Swimming opens a lot of doors and fosters important personal qualities such as perseverance and grit, and putting in the effort will only help create more opportunities.”
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THE FINAL LAP As I reflect back on 30 years of coaching, I have come to realize that there should always be a bigger belief or purpose beyond the act of competing. Cassie Eppler ’10 was a great swimmer and a very large personality. I loved coaching her. She breathed some serious fun energy and talent into our program when she arrived in her sophomore year, and we quickly started carving out a great season with wins that kept piling up, including an upset win over St. Mary’s, our biggest rival. We went into our last meet up in Salida undefeated, and we wanted to finish that way—so much so that we forgot to focus on swimming well at the actual meet. Every swimmer reading the article will remember how weird it is when we go to Salida. The funky 25-meter pool is a part of a hot springs complex, and the hometown hosts always manage to invent a scoring system that somehow favors their chances. This time, we were not swimming well. Eppler’s 200 free relay with Olivia Wheeling ’10, Hannah Radner ’08 and Jeannie Folan ’08 got disqualified after they had seemingly won the event. Everything slowly went downhill from there. At the end of the meet, I was trying to tally the score the way I thought they had set it up. I had us losing by one point. The team shuffled right onto the bus without even changing, and many players were crying about our missed opportunity. Eppler was working her way through a whole box of chewy granola bars to take the sting out of the loss. I hopped on the bus after grabbing the score sheet, and as I was thinking about what to say to the team, I looked down at the sheet and saw that we had actually WON the meet by a point! Total mayhem
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The 2008 swim team
The journey was bigger than the swimming. We took it together every stroke of the way.” ensued. The girls blasted terrible dance music on Eppler’s boom box and sang at the top of their lungs for two solid hours on the drive back to school. I have never seen a happier group. But it was not the fact that we went undefeated in our dual meets that was memorable, it was that we grew closer with every step of the journey. By the end, we became so tight that none of us will ever forget the way that season and its dramatic ending unfolded. The journey was bigger than the swimming. We took it together every stroke of the way. Special thanks to former literature and art faculty Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 who coached boy’s swimming at FVS from 1971 to 1988 and his wife, Anne, for helping to provide much of the historical perspective of this article.
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ON THE FLY Norm Maktima ’98 is an elite competitor in an unexpected but burgeoning sport—competitive fly fishing. BY SAGE MARSHALL ’14
When Norm Maktima approaches a river with his fly-fishing rod in hand, he isn’t simply in search of relaxation. He’s there to fish—and fish well. In addition to working as a senior guide for High Desert Angler, a fly-fishing shop in Santa Fe, N.M., Maktima is one of the nation’s— and world’s—best competitive flyfishing anglers. “Fly fishing has really been thought of as a soul-regenerative type sport—a little bit Zen,” says Maktima, who notes that many people don’t consider competing and putting yourself against a clock as first nature when they go fishing. Even though he does compete, Maktima seems to have absorbed some of that Zen during the countless hours he’s spent on the water. He has a calm, cool manner of talking which belies his competitive edge.
The first competitive world fly fishing championship was held in 1981. Since then, competitive fly fishing has taken a global scale, with competitors of any gender competing in organized, high-pressure competitions. The World Fly Fishing Companionship competition format consists of six, three-hour-long rounds in a mixture of water-types and geographic locations. Each fish caught is measured for length and released back into the water. Anglers garner points for both the size and quantity of fish caught, and the scoring impacts both individual and team standings. Every fish matters. But what Maktima loves about competitive fly fishing extends beyond simply the fish.
“Fly fishing has really been thought of as a soul-regenerative type sport— a little bit Zen,”
“ My favorite part about outdoor ed was the general experience of backpacking with friends, trying to summit the 14ers in the Collegiate Range from Mountain Campus, and developing relationships with friends and classmates that have lasted for years since graduation.”
“When you travel to a world championship, you’re with all of these other like-minded individuals who are pushing and making strides in a sport in order to develop it more. So you’re on the leading edge. It has pushed my understanding of how to be productive when I’m on any river or lake.”
The Headwaters Maktima’s connection to fly fishing is deep. His dad gave him his first fly rod when he was 7, and he’s been fishing regularly ever since, even during his time at FVS. Maktima, who is a Native American, grew up in the small town of Pecos, N.M. He is a tribal member of the San Felipe Pueblo, which is where his mom is from,
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and he has Laguna and Hopi ancestry on his father’s side. He heard about Fountain Valley during the Native American Prep School summer program, and when he learned of its rigorous academics, he decided he was ready for the challenge. For him, being a Native American student at FVS was “eye-opening in the sense that I was able to get an education that looked back on the Native culture a little bit more.” Maktima was one of five or six indigenous students at the School. He especially appreciated a class he took that focused on Native American literature and art, which exposed him to work from contemporary Native authors he hadn’t previously known about.
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“But at the same time, going to FVS also allowed me as an individual to provide some knowledge and return in terms of educating my peers and teachers about coming from an immersed lifestyle in the Native realm,” continues Maktima. “That was actually a great opportunity for me to understand who I was more and to be able to articulate what it was like for me to be Native in a non-Native scenario.” Maktima found community, perhaps unsurprisingly, in FVS’s outdoor ed program, which he participated—and excelled in—during his entire time at FVS. Maktima was elected into the outdoor ed program’s high-achievement Trident Society and more recently, to the Athletic Hall of Fame. Though the awesome mountain adventures are first and foremost in Maktima’s mind when he remembers outdoor ed, he also recalls the daily trail runs and training sessions. “The Incline [in Manitou Springs] is always the beast that pops into my head. Anytime I travel through the area, I
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try to do it,” says Maktima. “But my favorite part about outdoor ed was the general experience of backpacking with friends, trying to summit the 14ers in the Collegiate Range from Mountain Campus, and developing relationships with friends and classmates that have lasted for years since graduation.” Back on campus, Maktima loved exploring the prairie— one of his favorite aspects of the School—as well as trying his luck at the pond on campus.
Fishing for Gold In his final year at FVS, Maktima began his competitive fly-fishing career. He had been working summers at High Desert Angler, where he still works, when his boss received an inquiry looking for candidates for the U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Team. She sent them a recommendation form to consider Maktima. Also included with his boss’s recommendation were notes from Maktima’s dad as well as Todd Warner, his advisor at FVS. Maktima then submitted a short
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“Everything we were taught about our culture is based on water as being the life essence of it. Having a lifestyle immersed in water tied me back to my roots and culture.”
bio and write-up about why he should be on the team. He was selected and in 1998, immediately following his graduation from FVS, he traveled with the team to Wales to compete in the first world youth championship, where he won first place in the individual category. It’s still one of the best memories he has in terms of competitive fly fishing and much of his success originated from the long hours he spent in outdoor ed, where he learned to train to build endurance and to stay focused in high-pressure situations. He still runs trails to keep up endurance and stamina he needs to keep a clear mind during competition. Additionally, he sets aside time to work on fishing techniques and pays attention to details like the ratio of how often he lands each fish that strikes his flies. For mental preparedness, he focuses on keeping his confidence and cool, no matter if he gets a lucky draw as to which fishing spot he’s assigned, or not. “I just leave it all out there as much as I can.” Since that first competition, Maktima has regularly competed nationally and globally. His highest finish in adult World Championship was sixth place in 2012 in Slovenia. In 2015, he competed in World Championship in Bosnia when the U.S. took second as a team, the first time the team had reached the podium while Maktima was on it. In 2016, the U.S. team took bronze at the World Championship in Vail. Last summer, Maktima won the U.S. national championship. After the win, Maktima decided to take a brief hiatus from competing in order to focus on other projects.
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But he’ll be back soon. He misses the competition. Underlying Maktima’s drive to compete, of course, is his deep passion for fly fishing. “Who wouldn’t like just being outside chilling at a river or a lake?” says Maktima of why he chose to become a fly-fishing guide. “But it stems from further back. When I was growing up learning my culture as an indigenous youth, everything we were taught about our culture is based on water as being the life essence of it. Having a lifestyle immersed in water tied me back to my roots and culture.” Maktima has helped FVS teachers lead several flyfishing Interims in addition to teaching fly fishing to local indigenous youth in New Mexico. His legacy at FVS also includes having started the Ha-Hatse Sachini Run, which brought students and faculty members together for an annual 5K trail run. When asked about his favorite FVS memory, Maktima cites one of the last ones—and it’s one that many alums can relate to. “My favorite memory was, I think, graduation,” says Maktima, remembering all of the pride he felt when his family came to campus to celebrate. “It’s not because everything came to an end, but because I was able to accomplish getting that part of my education while being a boarding student far away from my home in Pecos. I knew that I had the capability to adapt to become part of the FVS community, gain that education, and have all of those experiences.”
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SOCCER 1959-1977 Head coach John Raushenbush’s time at FVS is about the wins, yes, but more importantly, it’s not just about soccer.
by former faculty and trustee John Raushenbush P ’80
John Raushenbush P ’80 came to Fountain Valley School in 1958 as English faculty. In his 14 years at FVS, he held numerous positions, including chair of the English Department, dean of students and soccer coach. He was also a member of the board of trustees for nine years.
The undefeated boys soccer team hoists coach Raushenbush.
n the fall of 1959, I not only coached my first FVS boys soccer team but was introduced to my first Colorado winter… in the middle of September. We went on a four-car caravan for the opening game against Whiteman-Gaylord in Steamboat Springs. By the time we reached the school, blizzard conditions on Berthoud and Rabbit Ears Passes had caused two of the cars to turn back. When we arrived, there were six inches of new snow on the field, and we only had 10 players and our manager Ned Fetcher ’62 with us. Out of necessity, Fetcher donned a uniform and took the field for the first time. Slipping and sliding across the icy field, we eked out a tie.
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In spite of that mid-September draw, we went on to become the ACIS (Association of Colorado
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Independent Schools) champions that season, undefeated in league competition. But we suffered two losses to the Air Force Academy freshmen cadets—our rivals at the time and for years afterward. In the second half of a nail-biting, hard-fought struggle on our home turf, we were tied 1-1 with the Air Force with only eight minutes remaining, when the heat of battle became too much for one of the officers accompanying the Academy players. Called a “liaison officer,” this man, tall, meticulously groomed and dressed in a spiffy blue uniform, had been boisterous in support of his team, but within the limits of proper decorum. Suddenly he lost it, bellowing “C’mon you guys! Get these little (unabbreviated) SOBs!”
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Little did he know, one of our mid-fielders was the son of a high-ranking Air Force officer. The next thing we knew, the player’s father, noticeably slighter of stature, dressed in civilian attire, was literally standing on the tips of the liaison officer’s shiny black shoes, his nose inches from the other’s chin. I couldn’t hear what was being said, but a moment later the big guy backed off, snapped to attention, saluted, and clearly said, “Yes sir! Yes sir! Yes sir!” before slinking off, not to be heard from again.
UNDEFEATED
The success of the 1965 team ranks without question among the best in School history, being the only undefeated
The success of the 1965 team ranks without question among the best in school history, being the only undefeated boys soccer team in school history. Led by co-captains Scott Allen ’65 and Briggs Dalzell ’65, the team reclaimed ownership of the Headmaster’s Cup, the trophy that had been donated to the ACIS league by FVS Headmaster Lewis Perry Jr. in 1962 and awarded thereafter to the team that won the championship. In the course of compiling an 11-0 record, FVS became the first high school team to triumph over the Air Force Academy freshmen, winning 5-2 with two goals scored by Steve Naumburg ’65. The team outscored opponents 45-6, and Abdillahi Haji ’66, the most accomplished player I ever coached, led the team to its undefeated record. Haji was recently inducted into the FVS Athletic Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. The icing on the cake arrived with the news that the Colorado Soccer Coaches Association had named FVS the number one team in the state for the 1965 season.
boys soccer team in school history.
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1966 was the start of the strongest period of boys soccer of my time at FVS, which culminated with the excellent 1969 team This season was the start of the strongest period of boys soccer of my time at FVS, which culminated with the excellent 1969 team, led by co-captains Craig Larimer ’69 and Dick Simpson ’69. The team retired the Headmasters Cup by winning the fourth straight ACIS title. Though the big wins remain large in my memory, there were, of course, also the odd moments, which were perhaps most memorable of all. We were playing against a team of older college freshmen, when one of our inexperienced ninth graders nervously approached the ball, tripped over his own feet, and tumbled ignominiously onto the turf. The opposing bench hooted and howled mercilessly. Okay—but not when the derision, ruthlessly uttered by older players, continued for the next seven to eight minutes. At the next stoppageof-play, I called my players to the sidelines, told them to pack up their gear and follow me. “Where the **** are you going?” asked the rival coach. “To the bus,” I replied. “Okay, Okay, I get it,” he responded. “I’ll handle it.” So we returned to the field, heard no more mockery, and finished the game.
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ON THE ROAD In the mid-1970s, Interim Week was established at FVS. I started offering soccer players trips across the Southwestern U.S., which were billed as opportunities to camp out in a variety of climate zones, visit a number of the great natural spectacles of the region, and engage in friendly soccer games with several of the boarding schools along our route. In 1976, for example, 14 of us set off from Colorado Springs early one November morning in a shiny white rental van. By the time we reached our first stop in Bryce Canyon, Utah, a foot of snow had accumulated, and more snow was coming down hard. Although it was somewhat daunting, we were so proud in the morning to realize that, cocooned in our sleeping bags, we had courageously survived the threats and putative perils of the dark and stormy night—but it was only one of several unexpected adventures we’d face that trip. Reaching Barstow, Calif., after dark the next day, we went to a campground constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. It wasn’t much: a number of concrete slabs anchoring picnic tables with plastic sun canopies in the treeless desert. It had been down to 20 degrees the
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Six graduates, all prominent figures in FVS soccer history returned to the School, five as members of the faculty, and one as the seventh headmaster:
but when we woke in the morning, we confronted a battalion of grim interlopers—a huge, hairy, and (we wondered) hungry legion of tarantulas attracted by the warmth of the fire.
Jon Patten ’60, P ’85, ’87, ’89
Heading south, we camped that night on the Carpinteria State Beach and spent much of the next morning before our game with the Cate School enjoying the heady exhilaration of body-surfing the long rolling waves.
Flip Weed ’65 Brad Boyden ’69 Jake Emery ’71 George Jackson ’72 Headmaster Craig Larimer ’69, P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12
previous night in Bryce; here, less than 24 hours later, it was 80 degrees. So we spread our sleeping bags on the slabs and slept blissfully ignorant of a nearby sign that we read the next morning: Heavily infested rattlesnake area. Do not sleep on the ground. We soon arrived at the Midland School near Los Olivos, but not before we shared a moment that moved us all. A teammate from Denver had never traveled far from home. The instant we came over the farthest western ridge and paused to gaze out onto the endless view of the Pacific Ocean, a look of astonishment and emotion glowed on his face. With his eyes glistening, he exclaimed, “growing up in Colorado, I was aware how beautiful the natural world was, but until this moment I didn’t know how varied and far-reaching the beauty could be.” We played soccer to a 1-1 tie and socialized with students and teachers at this rustic school in the central California hills until late that night, before camping a quarter of a mile away around a campfire that the people from the Midland School were nice enough to build for us. We will never know whether the prank was committed accidentally or with mildly malicious intent,
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After our third and final game against a school in the Ojai Valley—having known the joys of victory, the anguish of defeat, and the vacuity of a draw—we started back east across Arizona. One moment, it seemed, we were wading in the warm surf of California beaches and the next, we were back in Colorado wading through the deep snow of Mesa Verde National Monument. As in Bryce Canyon a week earlier, we pulled into Mesa Verde in darkness, in a blizzard. As we settled into sleeping bags for the night, I offered one quick word of caution: “This area is closed until spring, so if a park ranger comes our way, please leave the explanations to me.” This advice proved too much for one of my stalwarts who responded reassuringly, “Mr. R, not to worry. If some old ranger sets foot on our turf, you can count on me to handle everything.” At that very moment, the boys facing him were staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at a figure who had emerged noiselessly from the darkness and was standing, shotgun across his chest, a few inches behind our little band. “Well, here I am, sonny,” the ranger intoned in a deep voice, at once mocking and friendly. The next day we booked it back to our FVS home on the prairie, the once-white rental van now crusted with dirt and sand from a variety of climate zones.
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The 1977 season’s 12 wins brought the overall 18-year record to 98 wins, 31 losses, and 10 ties...Yet, what characterizes my time at FVS most is the camaraderie, which is epitomized by my time not only coaching, but playing with students, faculty, and alums alike.
EXTRA TIME In 1977, my final season at FVS, we won 12 games, more than any other team during this 18-year period. It was a satisfying way to conclude my part in FVS’s soccer history. The season’s 12 wins brought the overall 18-year record to 98 wins, 31 losses, and 10 ties, not including the unknown results of four seasons, which I can’t remember clearly and aren’t recorded in any yearbooks. Yet, what characterizes my time at FVS most is the camaraderie, which is epitomized by my time not only coaching, but playing with students, faculty and alums alike. In the late ’60s and ’70s, we formed a team, dubbed at first the Cleats and later, the Pioneers, that competed in the Colorado Springs men’s league. Some
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of the other old-timers and I started the team. But thankfully, we were carried by the younger students and alums. Before long, we became the league’s team to beat. Waldo Johnston’s 1977 Alumni Bulletin article notes that one Sunday, while we were routing the Hustlers, a team of 20-year olds, one of the opponents came up to me and wheezed, “You guys are so old… and so fast!” And that’s just how the Pioneers—and the Danes—live on, all these years later, in the hearts of those who once took the field for FVS or cheered them on from the sidelines.
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Former Headmaster Eric Waples P ’91, ’93 had little mountaineering experience when he started FVS’s outdoor education program in the 70s. Like every student who has participated in the program since then, Waples learned the simple way—by getting outside. by Eric Waples
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id-October weather is always a crapshoot in the Rocky Mountains. We had summited Mount Democrat, a barren 14,154-foot peak in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado, under clear skies and were traversing a 14,000-foot ridge to summit Mount Cameron, when a few clouds appeared and a sprinkle of snow began to fall. Suddenly, lightning bolts jolted down around us, followed immediately by explosions of thunder. Fortunately, my lesson of the day for my outdoor ed students had been to eyeball and plan potential escape routes before ascending, since we did not want to bail off a steep ridge only to encounter an impassable 50-foot cliff. Unbeknownst to me, however, one of the students had sore feet and had recently (and unwisely) changed from hiking boots into tennis shoes.
I sent the rest of the group in a zig-zag pattern down a very steep, loose-rock talus slope, but I then had to wait on the ridge top as the student changed back into his boots. With each thunderclap, he yelled, “Oh my God! Oh my God!” At the same time, I was thinking, what in the world am I doing up here with this person? The answer to that question was that I had recently convinced Fountain Valley School to offer outdoor education as a fall athletic activity. We made it down to our base camp safely, but that night it snowed heavily, almost collapsing our tarps. I woke up the next morning worrying about whether the 24-passenger bus I had managed to drive up to our 12,000-ft. base camp might now be stuck there for the winter!
The Trailhead When I was an impressionable 14 year old from Iowa, I went on a guided climb of the Grand Teton, the highest mountain in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, with Barry Corbett and Jake Breitenbach, who would later become the lone fatality on the 1963 Everest Expedition. Barry and Jake had both attended Dartmouth, and I thought they were both very cool guys. During that adventure, I not only developed a life-long interest in the outdoors, but I also decided that I wanted to go to Dartmouth as well.
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I simply wanted to spend time in the mountains. Years later when I arrived at FVS in the fall of 1972, I was surprised at the lack of any mountaineering or formal outdoors program given the School’s prime location adjacent to the Rocky Mountains. After initially coaching JV basketball and JV soccer (common new faculty assignments!), I proposed to Headmaster Lew Perry that FVS begin a formal mountaineering and outdoor education program. I probably emphasized the “education” component to give my proposal a bit more gravitas, otherwise, it might have sounded like just having fun in the mountains—which, in fact, it was! I didn’t have any lofty goals in mind—I simply wanted to spend time in the mountains. The major problem with my proposal, which I did not dwell on with Lew, was that as the primary instructor of the program, I had limited mountaineering experience and no experience at all of teaching “outdoor education.” That is where Fountain Valley’s long-standing tradition of “learning by doing” (or sometimes just winging it) came into play. And I was in the right place at the right time. The late ’60s and early ’70s was the time of the publication of The Foxfire Book, The Last Whole Earth Catalog and a variety of other resources celebrating experiential, back-to-nature, and self-sufficiency movements. Outward Bound had only recently started its first United States program in Marble, Colo. in 1962, and the first successful American Everest expedition in 1963 had sparked a renewed interest in mountaineering. Consonant with these trends and events, Fountain Valley initiated Interim week, the outdoor education program, and the outdoor orientation program all during this time period.
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FVS also purchased land for what is now the Class of 1969 Mountain Campus. I vividly remember walking the boundaries of that land with John Raushenbush, Mike Cronk and Don Klingler before the property was purchased. The 40-acre plot of land was offered at a good price and had a prime location facing the cliffs beneath Mount Princeton. I suggested using pre-cut logs for the structure which, with some renovations along the way, eventually became the Mountain Campus of today. In order to acquire more mountaineering experience, I persuaded Outward Bound to let me take their instructor training course in the summer of 1973. That was invaluable not only for acquiring new skills but also for making many useful connections in the Colorado mountaineering and outdoor community. Additionally, I attended the first National Conference on Experiential Education in Estes Park in the Fall of 1973. Besides getting to hear the keynote from famed mountaineer Willi Unsoeld, who would die during the first ascent of the Everest West Ridge in 1963, the Estes Park Conference also provided access to many human and organizational resources from all over the country. A Native American I met there inspired both my interest in outdoor survival skills and the Primitive Survival Interim in Comb Wash, Utah, which was perhaps the most educational of any of the outdoor programs I did at Fountain Valley. During that Interim, we dug for water, used the primitive bow-drill method for making fires, made figure-four traps to catch pack rats, which taste like chicken, using prickly pear as bait beneath a large
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flat rock that flattened them, learned to flintknap to make knives and spearheads, made and learned to use an atlatl, and hefted stone axes. I had a hidden reason for wanting to acquire these kinds of outdoor survival techniques—I had a terrible sense of direction and in the pre-GPS days, that could be a problem—but not if the group and I could survive no matter where we were!
The Ascent With a limited budget, one of the first challenges I faced in starting the program was finding gear for students who didn’t have their own. Outward Bound gave us some free equipment, and Lester Guidry, who ran the Forward School of Mountaineering and taught winter survival skills at the Air Force Academy, helped procure more free equipment from Fort Carson. We also made trips to local army surplus outlets for wool clothing. Food was simple and low budget as well. I remember cooking a lot of Kraft macaroni and cheese and instant oatmeal over the propane burner, as well as scarfing down crackers with cheese, canned tuna fish and sardines. I also needed a place to store the newly acquired gear. The only room I could find for storage was the barbershop in Penrose. Haircuts were not very popular in the early ’70s. When I appealed to Lew Perry for use of the barbershop, I will never forget Lew’s passionate rejoinder to the admission director’s objection: “You know, the students finally persuaded
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4. K nife made from a piece of sharpened bone. 5. F igure-four trap used with a large flat rock to catch pack rats. Cordage is made from dogbane bark and bait was a piece of prickly pear cactus. 6. B ow-drill fire maker 7. Antler used for obsidian flintknapping. 8. O bsidian piece, a blank used to make arrow/spear heads which were then attached with sinew from deer legs.
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Summitting Mt. Democrat, the 14,155-ft. fourteener in the Mosquito Range
me to give up compulsory chapel, so as far as I am concerned, #&@! the barbershop!� During weekday afternoons, we focused on learning and practicing camp crafting, mountain rescue techniques, map and compass skills, first aid, the identification of edible plants, and survival skills. But sometimes we would get a bit restless—anxious to get away from the campus to go on adventures. Fortunately, after Scott MacGregor built the aerial ropes course in the trees northwest of Penrose, we were able to focus more on ropework and rescue skills.
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On our early weekend trips, Jane Ruchman and I focused mostly on backpacking and peak climbs. Later on, when Chuck Warren joined
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The Summit On another October day, much like the one when we were caught in a storm on a 14,000-ft. ridge, I awoke to the sound of shouts at 3:30 a.m. My nylon tarp was shredded and flapping in the wind. The poles of the students’ tents had snapped like matchsticks, collapsing the tents and waking everyone up. After quickly wolfing down some instant oatmeal, we packed up, left Jim’s Grove, and headed up the ridge toward the Boulder Field and the Keyhole below Longs Peak, a towering 14,259-foot mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. Upon cresting the ridge, an unrelenting blast of an icy wind knocked the wind out of our chests. The liquid dripping from my water bottle froze. I decided it was not a good day to summit, and, with minimal protests from the small but hardy group, we headed back down, concluding that our adventure was a good “learning experience.” Despite the unexpected hazards like this one, some the best experiences I had at Fountain Valley were on outdoor ed, Interim and orientation trips. Kurt Hahn, the founder of Outward Bound always preached, “learn from failure and persevere.” After making it down to our vans later that day, we decided to come back to complete the summit of Long’s Peak another time—and the next year, we did.
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Look at this crew from the Class of 1966 who gathered for lunch in Golden, Colo.: Left to right, Bill Anceney, Paul Fanshawe, Mac Buckingham, Peter Packard and Clarke Omdahl.
A serendipitous meetup! Renowned physicist Jonathan Ormes ’57 tells the tale: “I taught a class here [Erickson Community at Santa Fe] this fall on ice ages and climate that seemed to have been well received by my 30-plus students. The final event of the class was a tour of the National Ice Core Laboratory at the Federal Center in Denver. Who did we run into taking the same tour but a class of four FVS students and their teacher Jennifer Agin. What an unexpected and delightful surprise!”
60s EDRIS NEGRON ’61 gives an update: He attended Tulane University and graduated in mechanical engineering. He worked for Texaco in offshore operations and four years later, earned his master’s in petroleum and natural gas engineering at Penn State. Negron worked in his field in Venezuela until retirement in 2000. He has also consulted and taught in Africa, Nigeria, Algiers and Malaysia. Negron has settled in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and travels often to visit his five children.
BOB GRIFFITHS ’68 wrote in: “This fall we went to Prague, then a river cruise on the Danube to Budapest, where we spent several days. In early December we’ll be in Cabo. Also had a great visit and dinner with Bob Horner and his bride, who were in Chicago to see the play Hamilton.
70s Jay Kenney ’73, left sent in a small world meetup: “I ran into Dick Forman ’67, right, this past fall quite by happenstance and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m a commercial cider maker (clearforkcider. com) in Wheat Ridge, Colo., and am always on the lookout for apples in the neighborhood where I live, named Applewood, because there used to be large commercial orchards here. Riding along one day on my bicycle, I spied a loaded Dolgo Crab tree and stopped and rang the doorbell. The next day, I came back to pick the tree and discovered that Dick and I had both gone to FVS. He’s retired, playing a lot of golf and coaching youth hockey in Arvada. FVS alums, you’re always welcome at our tasting room in Wheat Ridge, where we make small batch cider from heirloom apples and trees.
MARK VAN WAGNER ’77 is happy to report that Marquee Projects, an art gallery that he and his wife opened in Bellport, N.Y., has completed a very successful third year. “In addition, my own body of artwork continues to grow, albeit slower since the gallery has opened. But I did manage the completion of a recent eightpainting commission for Brittany Ferries in the U.K.”
80s BONNIE BERTRAM ’82 has exciting news: “The nonprofit journalism organization where I work has a new primetime show! Retro Report on PBS launches Oct. 7 and runs Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the month on PBS at 9 p.m. ET. Our goal is to explore the history behind the headlines, and one of our signature stories about wild horses features FVS’s own DAVE PHILIPS ’96. Shout out to [former headmaster] ERIC WAPLES and [former history faculty] PETER THORP, whose excellent history classes are still an inspiration!”
Jim Thomas ’84 sent in this photo: “I wanted to share a great picture of an old dog (me) with a few younger pups Connor ’22, left, and Steuart Richardson ’21. I had the privilege to host the Richardsons at my home in La Jolla, Calif…solid pingpong, foosball and badminton amongst the orange trees and a warm spring night. The Richardsons are a great family with a love for all the good that is FVS.”
MARK C. CHILDS ’77 is interim dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.
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Mercer Borden ’87 sent this in: “Mercer and Steve Lemme ’87 recently started their tour across America for no other reason than to see if two guys on a motorcycle with a sidecar could ride across America. They will hopefully make it in one piece to their 35th Reunion in 2022 where they will end their courageous journey.”
90s EMILY MORRISON PAROO ’92 writes in: All is well with the Paroo 4 on Vancouver Island! Our newest addition, Noah, recently turned 2. Our older son, Kahlil, is an avid mountain biker and guitar wiz. Currently, I’m busy pursuing my PMP (Project Management Professional) designation. Most free time is spent visiting my elderly father in Colorado. All in all, things are going well.” Lieutenant Colonel Tegan Owen ’95, right, has served as an aircraft maintenance officer for 19 years. “I have accepted that home is where the Marine Corps sends us. In June, my husband, two teenage sons and I departed Hawaii for a fun road trip across the continent. Our first destination provided the opportunity to meet up with Sierra Gardner Laisy ’95 outside of Seattle, Wash. A month later, we settled into our new home in Morehead City, North Carolina. On July 12, I assumed command of the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training in Cherry Point, N.C. and Little Rock, Ark. The amazing Marines and Sailors under my command are responsible for qualifying the aviation mechanics/technicians who maintain all Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jets and KC-130J Hercules aircraft. Happy to share stories with fellow Danes whenever you are in the area! Be sure to look me up!” MARIANNA RITCHEY ’95 is a professor of music history at the University of Massachusetts. “My first book, a brutal critique of capitalist ideology as it manifests in American classical music, just came out this summer from University of Chicago Press. Despite the
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horrifying nature of what I research and think about all day, I am very happy and truly living the dream in New England, doing all kinds of New England things, such as making my own vinegar, considering getting a goat and wearing sensible clogs. I live with my husband, Andrew, and our hound dog in a little bungalow. Andrew works at a bookstore, goes birding, does sound design projects and facilitates our growing interest in playing incredibly complicated board games. We have fun together and are happy. I truly can’t believe it’s been 24 years since high school; I feel simultaneously as though 1,000 years have passed as well as no time at all.”
Congratulations to CLAIRE MCGREGOR ’06 who earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University. COLIN FANNING ’05 and KRISTIN OLES ’06 came for the defense.
00s KATY OWENS HUBLER ’03 and her family have been living in Park City, Utah. “I have a three-year-old and a six-year-old and we love our proximity to the mountains for mountain biking, hiking and skiing. We visit Moab frequently, which always brings back memories of a Fountain Valley mountain biking Interim there 17 years ago. I’m a consultant specializing in election administration policy and frequently travel to state capitol buildings to talk to legislators about elections. And in 2020, I’m running for the Utah State Senate. I’d love to hear from other alumni who have run for office—it’s been quite the adventure so far and I could use all the advice I can get! www.katyforutah.com
Wrendy Rayhill ’09 has news: “Over the summer, I moved to Seattle. I am still an Air Force captain, but for the next 10 months I will be working as a Military Fellow at Blue Origin, which is an aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos. Blue Origin’s long-term vision is to have people living and working in space. I am currently working on the New Glenn program, which is the development of reusable rocket engines and launch vehicles that will dramatically lower the cost of access to space and help fulfill this vision.”
On May 11th, 2019, The Modbo, a Colorado Springs art gallery founded 10 years ago by Lauren Ciborowski ’00, center, was honored with a show at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. Hundreds came out to celebrate the many successes of Modbo. Congratulations, Lauren!
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Ariel Allee-Jumbo ’07 married Casey Simpson, left photo, in 2018 and Danes in attendance were Hillary McCall ’07, Caleb Hurowitz ’16 and her brother Casey Allee-Jumbo ’16, right photo. After graduating from the University of Colorado in 2012, she earned a nursing degree at Colorado State University. She works as a labor and delivery nurse in Chinle, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, her birth place. Maggie Hanna ’07 was selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow for the Spring 2019 Cohort with the German Marshall Fund. The fellowship offered six months of distance learning and 24 days of first-hand experience to facilitate knowledge and network development for effective transatlantic engagement. Travels took her through Berlin, Germany, where she was able to connect with classmate Johannes Von Buren ’07. Von Buren recently joined the Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading adviser on business strategy. Clare Lambert ’07 and Kyle have had a wonderful two years back in Colorado. Clare teaches for the Air Force at CU Boulder and is pursuing further education in security studies at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. They welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Soren, to the family in August 2018.
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Emy Hanna ’09 and Jon Koontz tied the knot on June 16, 2018, with a big Fountain Valley crowd gathered to celebrate them. Left to right, former Dean of Faculty Jake Emery ’71 and his wife Lisa Davis, Jay Frost ’78, P ’05, ’12, Riding Director Ann Hanna P ’07, ’09, former Advancement Director Judi McPhail, bride Emy, former Director of Development Kate Faricy Maiurro ’00, Tyler Dulin ’09, Wrendy Rayhill ’09, Sage Hanner ’09, Maggie Hanna ’07, Lukas Langer ’09, Clarke Tatje Powell ’09, Sam Frost ’12 and Rett Rayhill ’08.
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Dan Stoot ’07 married Maggie McHenry in Denver on May 4, 2019. In attendance were: Camisha (Vigil) Lashbrook ’09, Robert Larimer ’07, Maggie Hanna ’07, Tom Roberts ’07, George Dillon ’11, Nathan Macintyre ’07, Chase Dyer ’07, Tyler Dulin ’09, Mark Brenneman ’07, Dan Stoot ’07, Hunter Dulin ’07.
Annabel Voorhees ’09 married Nate Revely on Nov. 17, 2019, and FVS was well represented! Left to right, Riding Coach Liz Bjorklund, History Faculty Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13, Kate Gilbert ’11, Annabel, the bride’s uncle Jamie Knowlton ’70, Barbara Corrigan P ’11, ’13, Sarah Witten ’10, Riding Director Ann Hanna P ’07, ’09 and the groom, Nate.
In October 2018, DAN STOOT ’07 and his father, FRED STOOT P ’07, ’11 opened High Definition Physical Therapy in Denver. HDPT is a comprehensive physical therapy clinic committed to enhancing the brain-body connection for patients suffering from concussion, vestibular and balance issues, or athletes who want to improve sport performance.
Hunter Dulin ’07 married Bailey Potter on June 22, 2019, and Fountain Valley represented! Left to right, Dan Stoot ’07, Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11, Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11, Maggie Hanna ’07, Rob Larimer ’07, Chase Dyer ’07, Nate Macintyre ’07, Tyler Dulin ’09, groom Hunter, bride Bailey, Mark Brenneman ’07, Tommy Roberts ’07, Baylee McIntyre ’11, former faculty Laura Maher P ’12, ’14, Callie Dulin ’11, former faculty David Maher P ’12, Paula and Will Verity ’77, P ’09, Emily Rey ’11, Ken Dulin ’80
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10s Congratulations to Ian Munsick ’11 who won song of the year at the Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards on Jan. 13, 2019 for his song “Horses Are Faster.” Munsick lives and works in Nashville. BEATRICE EVANS ’12 is pursuing her master of fine arts degree at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virg. She graduated magna cum laude from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2016. Her work has been exhibited 15 shows in New York, Virginia, Maine, Minnesota and Louisiana. Her work can be seen at www.ricecakesart.com Min Jae Kim ’08 sent in this photo of an alumni lunch get-together in Korea last summer. Left to right, it is Ji Wook Park ’10, Min Jae Kim ’08, Seung Kyun “Sean” Lee ’09, Ye Young “Kadence” Yoon ’09, Sung Mok “Scott” Jeong ’10, Hyunji “Sarah” Kim ’10, Hyo Jung “Bunny” Eom ’11, Yeon Ji Moon ’11, and Sojin Lee ’11.
EMMA WHITEHEAD ’12 began her studies in organizational and social psychology at the London School of Economics where she will earn her MSc. “It’s been wonderful so far! I’ve been reflecting a lot on all the amazing ways that my Fountain Valley education prepared me for this next step on my academic journey.”
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Proud mom Donnett Yahzid P ’15, ’16 shares news that Donari Yahzid ’15 was awarded a Fulbright to conduct research at the National University of Samoa for 2019-20 grant year. “I want to say a special thank you to FVS for the role it has played in preparing Donari for college and beyond which led to this great opportunity. FVS does incredible work in helping to shape the minds of fantastic students. I am happy that mine were exposed to this type of nurturing.” Over the summer, OLIVIA RASK ’16 worked as Humanitarian Assistance Analyst for the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) which provides command and control of the Department of Defense homeland efforts. She assisted in the development of USNORTHCOM humanitarian assistance projects focused on building Mexico and The Bahamas capacities in disaster preparedness.
A summer get-together a year after graduating from across the globe. Left to right, Ben Low ’18 (Malaysia), JT Winston ’18 (Texas), Jose Nardiz ’18 (Spain) and his brother Santiago Nardiz ’21.
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IN MEMORIAM DEBORAH FROELICHER HOWE ’38 Debby Howe was a dancer. Born in 1920 to Founding FVS Headmaster Francis Froelicher and Elizabeth Lowry, she was the youngest of three children. In 1930, her father moved from being the head of Oak Lane Country Day School outside of Philadelphia to start a boarding school then named Fountain Valley School for Boys. There, she reigned as the leading girl on an all-boy campus, riding her horse, Firefly, singing in Gilbert and Sullivan productions, hiking, memorizing whole chunks of Shakespeare, and, of course, being THE dance partner. Once, she was asked to a dance by a young airman who dropped the invitation from a plane buzzing the School’s polo field. Her interest in the arts led her to Bennington College where she studied modern dance with, among others, Martha Graham. She returned to the West to teach dance and movement at the University of Texas. While back at her father’s school, she met a young officer in the Office of Strategic Services (the OSS became the CIA) who was teaching at Fountain Valley while recovering from asthma. He was FVS lifetime trustee and former faculty Fisher Howe. After a courtship under the doting watch of her parents on the school campus, she married Fisher in the school’s Hacienda courtyard in 1945. They moved to Washington D.C. where he joined the State Department. In Washington, Howe taught modern dance at Mt. Vernon Junior College. Their daughter, Elizabeth, and son, Shippen, were born in 1951 and 1955. In the following 10 years abroad in the Foreign Service, Howe taught dance in Oslo and The Hague to local friends and diplomat women, all while tending to the social duties of the wife of the Charge d’Affaires. Back in Washington, D.C. in 1966, Howe resumed teaching dance in the basement studio of their house to an ardent following. As a volunteer, she taught modern dance to young children in schools. Howe swam regularly, and as a lefty, she was an oft-requested tennis partner. Howe rejoined the Tuesday Girls, a weekly reading group she had created in the
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1950’s. She remained a rapacious reader and poetry enthusiast all her life. To the end, she could break out in song, learned by heart, at the least prompting. At Ingleside, she was known for her unassuming elegance, always wearing oranges and reds and distinctive tights. Howe died peacefully in her sleep on May 29, 2019, at the age of 98. She is survived by her two children and five grandchildren. She leaves a devoted following of friends and family who cherished her warmth, candor, insights and disarming sense of humor. JAMES B. BOYLE JR. ’48 James Boyle ’48 died peacefully in his sleep on April 6, 2019. He was born on August 18, 1930, the son of James B. Boyle and Carmen W. Combs. He attended Huntington School, South Pasadena High School and Fountain Valley School before receiving his B.A. from Stanford University in 1952 and his law degree in 1954. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1957 and was stationed for a time in Germany. In 1957, he joined his father’s law firm, a partner in what would eventually become Boyle, Olson and Robinson, where he remained until his retirement in 2013. In 1963, Jim married Susan Hoffman. They bought a home in Pasadena and had three children, Peter J., Kathryn E. and John M. Boyle believed deeply in giving back to his community both professionally and civically. He served as president of the Pasadena Bar Association in 1977 and 1978. Boyle was a 61-year member of the Tournament of Roses which culminated in presiding over the 1985 Rose Parade. He was involved in many boards and causes. He is survived by his sons Peter J. Boyle and John M. Boyle; daughter Kathryn E. Boyle; and four grandchildren.
CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” H. FUNG ’56 Dr. Christopher H. Fung, age 79, passed away on Dec. 5, 2018. He was born on December 25, 1938, in Hong Kong. After graduating from Fountain Valley School, Fung attended Harvard University where he was a member of Leverett House and majored in biology, graduating with honors in 1960. In 1964, he received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Fung practiced as a pathologist at Mercy Hospital in Chicago for more than 30 years. He was an avid reader with a wide range of interests, most notably philosophy, religion and history. Fung was known for being a conscientious, intelligent and thoughtful man. He and his wife Elizabeth were active members of LaSalle Street Church and in International Student Ministries. PETER WALDO HARMON ’58 died on Dec. 17, 2018. WILLIAM “BILL” MACKENZIE ANDRES ’61 William McKenzie Andres ’61 died on June 24, 2019, in Portsmouth, N.H. He was born in Boston on Aug. 7, 1941, to Fredrick William Andres and Katherine Weeks Andres, joining two older sisters. His education led him into the field of education. After graduating from Fountain Valley School, he earned his B.A. at Boston University and his M.F.A. at Ohio University. He taught at a number of schools including Fountain Valley, University of Amherst and University of Georgia. Andres also worked in admissions for three independent schools. His last job from 2007-17 was working for the Independent School Chairpersons Association. He served as their executive director where he provided networking and educational opportunities to
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independent school board chairs throughout the U.S. Andres served on the FVS board of trustees 2014-16, which he said “was one of the greatest privileges and honors of my life.” He is survived by his wife Jo-Ann Andres; his son Timothy Andres; his daughters Sarah Gardner and Mary Katherine Cuthbertson; his sisters Katie Moore and Anita Rogerson; and six grandchildren. CARLISLE “BILL” GUY JR. ’61 Bill Guy ’61 passed away on July 15, 2019. He was born to Carlisle and Mary Guy on July 15, 1943. After graduating from Fountain Valley School, he attended the University of Arizona and worked at Gates Rubber Co. in Denver for many years. His passion for hockey included being involved with Littleton Hockey for more than 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Alfreda; children Christopher, Kimberly Pinello, Stephanie Hancock; stepchildren Marc and Greg Orr; siblings Eleanor Guy, David Guy and Peter Guy along with 14 grandchildren. PETER MICHAEL “MICK” RAMSEY ’61 Peter Michael (“Mick”) Ramsey, age 75, died on April 13, 2019 at his home in Sonoma, Calif. after a long illness. He was born in Norwalk, Conn., to John and Joy Ramsey, the third of four children. He graduated from Colorado College in 1966 and married Virginia “Gemie” Ziegler in Colorado Springs. In 1968, he earned an M.B.A. Northwestern University and went to work at the family business, Flexible Steel Lacing Company in Chicago. When he retired in 2001, he held the ranks of CEO and chairman of the board. The Ramseys raised their three children in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Upon retirement, they moved to Santa Fe where they devoted their energies to travel, the outdoors, genealogy, community service, philanthropy and their grandchildren. For nearly a decade, Ramsey was on the board of the Santa Fe Symphony, ultimately serving as its president. The Ramseys ran marathons on all seven
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continents. In 2011, they moved to Sonoma, Calif. He is survived by his wife, Genie; children, Brian, Stephen, and Jill; siblings, Linda, Marypat and Timothy; and six grandchildren.
landmarks of his beloved Maine. He married his soulmate Sharon A. Hosley on Aug. 2, 1986. Hosley is survived by his wife, Sharon; daughter Amy; brother, Charlie; sisters Cathy and Barbara; and five grandchildren.
DANIEL JAMES GRUENER ’63 Daniel Gruener of Northport, Wash., died surrounded by family on March 3, 2019. He was born on July 20, 1945, in Chardon, Ohio, to Elizabeth Posey (Bailey) Gruener and Theodore Gruener. He attended Boise State University and the University of California Berkeley. Gruener served as an Air Force mechanic during the Vietnam War, stationed in Illinois. He is survived by his daughters Joy Smith Dobson, Penny Fay Carothers and Elizabeth Posey Gruener; his son Saul Gruener; his stepson Jake Tempel; and five grandchildren. PROCTOR WALLACE NICHOLS JR. ’63 Proctor Nichols Jr. was born in Colorado Springs to Proctor Wallace Nichols and Florence Cremin Nichols on June 7, 1944 and died on Sept. 7, 2019. After graduating from Fountain Valley School he attended Mesa Junior College and Colorado State University. Nichols served in the Navy during the Vietnam War era as a sonar man aboard the destroyer escort, USS Garcia. Upon returning to Colorado, he worked as a landscape architect designing and completing residential and commercial landscape projects. Over the last decade, Nichols spent his time as an artist painting landscape and character subjects in oil and other media. He is survived by his wife, Meg, their three children and families and brother, Edward. HENRY EVERTON “HOZ” HOSLEY III ’64 Henry Hosley ’64 died on June 17, 2018, at age 72 after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born in Milton, Mass., on July 27, 1945, to Henry and Margaret Brown Hosley Jr. Hosley was an avid photographer with a keen eye for the beauty of nature and the
THOMAS JOHN CONDE ’67 Thomas John Conde was born November 3, 1949, and died June 22, 2019. His obituary reads: “He was a complex man born about 300 years too late for his tastes: a cowboy, a roughneck, a trucker, a craftsman, a re-enactor of the French and Indian War period and a textile artist. As a talented finger weaver, or “fancy braider” as he would say, his pieces are prized by the reenacting community and his replicas of Native pieces hang in museums. Tom loved the open road and was always looking forward to seeing what was over the next rise. He made it over the last one on his terms, as always.” Conde is survived by his children, Jennifer Craddock and Hunter Conde, four grandchildren, and sisters Ann Gillis and Mary Childs. WILLIAM C. “WILL” LUCKEY ’70 William C. ‘Will’ Luckey died on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, on Martha’s Vineyard. Classmate Sam Bissell wrote this about him: “Will was all smiles in our class of 1970. I honestly don’t remember him grumpy or depressed at any time...he was that connected to a source larger than the rest of us and, for the most part, it was most likely the muse of music who drove him along day to day. He was top notch from stem to stern and never let the vagaries of stardom turn him in the wrong direction. He will be greatly missed.” The Boulder Daily Camera published an article about him upon his death and following are excerpts: “Will Luckey’s life was filled with song. One of the founding members of Magic Music—dubbed Colorado’s first jam band—lost his life Saturday morning at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital due to complications from an aggressive form of cancer. Growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, Luckey’s musical
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ability shone from an early age. As a boy, he would craft songs in the vein of folk poet Bob Dylan—an ability that would eventually secure him regular gigs when he was just 14 at popular Martha’s Vineyard coffeehouses. After [Fountain Valley School], Luckey briefly attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs but ultimately escaped to Boulder to set out on a musical journey. Years later, in 1991, he majored in piano at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Luckey and fellow bandmates opened up for some of the top groups of the ’60s and ’70s, including Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens. He left Colorado in the ’80s to pursue a career in private instruction. At his successful and always-booked modest recording and teaching studio on the Vineyard, he taught piano, mandolin, guitar, bass, voice and composition to students young and old. He had some incredible students including Bill Murray the actor, and Carly Simon the famous singer and songwriter. Luckey, the third child of Marine Gen. Robert and Cary Walker Luckey, was born in 1951 in Bethesda, Md. He is survived by his wife Diane “Cub” Luckey, his sister Laura Luckey, his children Ben, Anna and Carey, and two grandchildren.” JOSEPH P. BICKNELL ’71 Joseph P. Bicknell ’71 passed away in Denver on Nov. 20, 2018, of natural causes. He graduated from William and Mary and was a financial advisor who sometimes took to the theater stage. He will be missed by those who knew him and appreciated his unique individuality and friendship. DICK CLIFTON WILLIAMS ’77 Dick Clifton Williams passed away on Feb. 18, 2019, in Plano, Texas, after a long illness. Born July 30, 1959, Williams was the third of five children to Odd and Jonell Williams. Raised in Lawrence, Kan., Williams embraced the assertive, competitive and tough persona that was every bit a part of his DNA. Though small in stature, he was large in personality, a good athlete and fast and fearless in all sports. After Williams graduated from Fountain Valley School, he set off to explore the world. Challenging friends
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to join him, he created life-long relationships through adventure. He settled down in Plano, married then divorced, and enjoyed a career in technology. More than anything, he loved his family and friends and was profoundly grateful to them through these last years of his life. FVS classmates Mark Van Wagner and Peter Thometz visited him in January, and Van Wagner said: “We knew he didn’t have much more time for this planet...We had some great laughs together as we recalled our FVS days and caught up on our lives...He was a good man and surely will be missed. On to the next plane, amigo!” Williams is survived by his sisters Lynn Williams, Kimberly Williams and Evan Williams; brother Russell Williams; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. ERIKA LUCKETT ’82 Erika Luckett ’82 passed away from ovarian cancer on Oct. 24, 2018. From her performance at the 20th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum to being honored as “One of the 100 Most Outstanding Women of the Year” (along with Oprah, Madonna and Queen Elizabeth) by both The Jewish Post and Modern Woman Today Magazine, Luckett showed how music can transform and unite people across the globe. An internationally acclaimed composer, musician, writer and speaker, she grew up in a fluid crosscurrent of cultures. Luckett graduated from Berklee College of Music magna cum laude with a degree in composition and film scoring. With more than 20 years experience composing and performing, her partnerships and recognition spanned the globe. As a composer for film and television, her efforts yielded an Academy Award nomination and two Emmy awards. Fountain Valley was fortunate to have her as a Commencement speaker in 2013. The Luckett connection runs deep at Fountain Valley with seven alumni in addition to Erika: Paco ’56 (deceased), Clinton ’60 (deceased), Marc ’78, Laura ’80, Paul ’86, Maxine ’10 and Ana Mai ’13. She is survived by the Luckett family and her partner, Lisa Ferraro.
LAURA WILLIAMS ’87, P ’22 Laura Williams died on Oct. 28, 2019, in a horse-riding accident. “I don’t think one can find a better example of a Fountain Valley School alumna so determined to make her dreams a reality, as well as make a significant change in the world,” said Head of School Will Webb in introducing Williams as Commencement speaker in 2015. She devoted her life to wildlife conservation. Williams earned her degree in International Environmental Policy from Cornell University and her master’s degree in Conservation Biology at Yale University and went on to work in the field of international environmental conservation, primarily in Russia. There, she met and married her husband, famed wilderness photographer Igor Shpileno. They had two sons, Andrei and Makar ’22. In 1993, Williams set up the first office of the World Wildlife Fund in Russia. Over the next four years, she helped raise more than $10 million during a time of economic crisis to create new protected areas and support Russia’s system of nature preserves. Williams moved on to the Bryansk Forest Nature Reserve in western Russia to run the environmental education program and work with local schoolchildren to protect the habitat of the endangered black stork. She wrote the memoir, “The Storks’ Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside,” on her life in her village home in the Bryansk Forest. She and her family moved in 2005 to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East to establish the World Wildlife Foundation’s Kamchatka/Bering Sea Program. There, she helped organize an anti-poaching brigade to combat illegal wild salmon fishing in the largest spawning area in Eurasia; she initiated and facilitated working groups of local management and scientific agencies to improve brown bear management practices and promote ecotourism; and she advocated for consideration of the environmental consequences of oil and gas development on the pristine western Kamchatka shelf. In 2009, Williams joined the Oregon-based Wild Salmon Center to help protect a network of rivers with thriving wild salmon runs in the Russian Far East and promote community-led
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conservation efforts. In 2015, she returned to her childhood passion for horses to set up a trail riding outfit that supports ecotourism in the nature reserve where she lived. Her goal was to help people connect with nature through horses in order that they tap into their creativity and intuition to live the lives they were meant to live. She held horse-inspired workshops and retreats in Chukhrai and locations around the world. Williams is survived by husband Igor Shpilenok, sons Andrei and Makar ’22, mother Andrea Williams, father John Williams, stepfather and former FVS trustee Charles Dewey, stepmother Pat Williams, and brothers Mark Williams and Eric Williams. COLIN MAX REIS ’02 Brendon Reis ’98 sent news to the School: “I am regretfully informing you that my brother Colin Max Reis ’02 passed away on July 17, 2018. He was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma in January 2017. He was surrounded by all of his loved ones and died with incredible courage. His entire community is mourning this loss greatly. There is an enormous void in all our lives where Colin stood. He is remembered for many things, but at the top of the list is his kind and peaceful nature. He brought laughter and joy to all those he touched. Colin is survived by everyone he loved but most importantly his wife Ali Reis and his daughter Lark Maple Reis.”
Former Faculty ANNE PEDERSON MARINER P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 Anne Pederson Mariner passed away Nov. 2 at age 82. Her husband, FVS former faculty Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16, and her daughter, Sarah ’83, were at her bedside. The daughter of Perley and Dorothy Pederson, Mariner was born on her parents’ farm near
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Idana, Kansas in March of 1937. She earned a B.S. degree from Kansas State University in 1959 and an M.S. from the University of Colorado in 1981. She married James Mariner in 1959 and began a teaching career at West Junior High School in Kansas City, Kan. In 1962, she and her husband joined the newly-formed Peace Corps and were taught biology at St. Augustine’s College in Ghana, West Africa. Returning home, she turned her attention to raising three children for the next 15 years. During that time, she enrolled in library science courses at Emporia State University while her husband completed his master’s degree. Arriving at the Fountain Valley School of Colorado in the fall of 1968, she joined the staff as an assistant in the School’s library while also teaching biology and chemistry. Mariner was a role model for women in science. Her patience, kindness and generosity were greatly appreciated, and many of her students adopted her as their away-from-home mom. The Mariners loved to travel. During their marriage of 60 years, they visited 17 countries and traveled over much of the United States often camping along the way. With a cousin, she became interested in genealogy. Together, they assembled a five-generation history of her mother’s ancestry, even traveling to Germany and Austria to seek out those roots.
impart his life experiences and knowledge in a well-crafted narrative. He was born Jan. 16, 1940, in Lakewood, Ohio, to Harriet Kittle Buswell and William George Buswell. His mother remarried Ralph Park Warden who was employed by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Liberia West Africa. In 1945, Warden and his mother joined his adoptive father in Liberia. He spent the next seven years in Africa before returning to the states to attend Cardigan Mountain School in New Hampshire. He pursued a B.S. in political science with a minor in education at Cambridge College, Boston University and later Suffolk University in Boston, Mass. He married Shirley A. Clark in 1961, his wife of 53 years. Warden found his calling in education, teaching geography and math at Chapel Hill School and later becoming the school’s librarian. He continued in library science at Saint Margaret’s School as the head librarian until 1972. He next moved west to Fountain Valley School of Colorado where he was head librarian for 13 years. He is survived by his son Benjamin R. Warden and Christopher C. Warren; three granddaughters, one grandson, two great-granddaughters and one great-grandson; brothers Paul J. Warden and Andrew M. Buswell; and stepmother Marianne Z. Buswell.
Mariner is survived by her husband, Jim Mariner; her three children Paul ’ 82, Sarah ’83 and Peter ’88; her brother, Jim Pederson; sister, Jane Pederson Moore;; and six grandchildren: Blaise, Emma Lia, Eliza, Hannah ’14 and Samantha ’16. RONALD W. WARDEN Former librarian Ronald William Warden, 78, passed away Feb. 23, 2018 in Colorado Springs. He will be remembered as an educator who was greatly committed to the success of students, challenging and helping them to do their very best and achieve their goals. Warden was an academic who sought opportunities to share information and engage in intellectual and stimulating conversations. He was a storyteller willing to
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2018-2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gavin C. Blunt P ’05, ’09 Northfield, Ill.
Mary Clare Matthews P ’21 Austin, Texas
Barry S. Brown ’69 Plano, Texas
Link Nicoll ’79 Alexandria, Va.
Sarah K. Cannady P ’18 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Gregory J. Osborne ’81 Englewood, Colo.
Janet A. Dulin ’77, P ’11 Edwards, Colo.
Douglas S. Patterson ’88, P ’21 Belvedere Tiburon, Calif.
Kelly Eustace P ’14, ’17 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kevin N. Rask P ’16, ’19 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Walter L. Harrison Wellfleet, Mass.
Christopher J. Sanchez ’90, P ’22 Denver, Colo.
Mark Hatch ’92 Rockford, Ill.
Theresa N. Sheh ’88 Belvedere Tiburon, Calif.
Benjamin R. Howe ’89 New York, N.Y.
Dempsey J. Simonis ’11 Saint Albans, N.Y.
Emilie A. Hoyt ’93 Pasadena, Calif.
Gregory L. Thatcher ’84, P ’17 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Juniper Hunter ’93, P ’15, ’16 Santa Fe, N.M.
Liza Townsend P ’20 Kansas City, Mo.
Dawn L. Judd ’82 San Francisco, Calif.
Davis M. Tutt ’11 Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hope L. Kapsner P ’17, ’20 Gypsum, Colo.
Melinda M. Twomey P ’14, ’15 Austin, Texas
Jolene A. Lane ’79 Akron, Ohio
Kunxiao Wang P ’20 Shanghai, China
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LIFE TRUSTEES W. Jerome Frautschi ’49 Middleton, Wisc. Robert E. Henderson ’44, P ’72 Hillsborough, Calif. James R. Scott ’68, P ’95, ’99, ’05 Billings, Mont.
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BUDGET 2018-2019 4% Other Income 14% Endowment Transfer 1% Auxiliary, Rentals and Others
71% Tuition and Fees
10% Annual Giving
Total Income $13,115,073
3% Reserve Account 7% Fundraising 65% Program Services 25% General and Admin
Total Expenses $13,115,073
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CASA SERENA SOCIETY Charles and Rolanda Aguilar P ’22 Neil ’71 and Kimberlee Albert Phelps ’69 and Ann Anderson Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Dan and Mary Armour P ’94, ’99 Chris Bacon ’75 Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Jeff Bain ’67 and Anat Moskawitz Norton Bain P ’66, ’67 Richard ’64 and Mary Lyn Ballantine Hugh ’67 and Joy Bancroft Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft Jonathan Bayer ’53 and Miranda Townsend Mary Beazley and John Street P ’15 Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Kerrigan ’83 and Mima Bennett Lenee and Don Bennett P ’16 Harry Bettis ’52, P ’94 Eric and Caroline Blaylock P ’21 Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Philip ’60 and Hilly Burling Sarah Cannady P ’18 Laurie and James Carney P ’92 Dan ’74 and Jan Cathcart Michele Chandler P ’88, ’95 Qingping Yu and Min Cheng P ’21 Dan ’69 and Van Ha Citron Hal ’65 and Cherry Clifford Steve Cochran ’60 Duke H. Colket ’52 Homer Coonly ’70 Jack Creeden and Carole Martin P ’03, ’06 Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Dawson Jr. Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Andrew Dudley ’01 Ken ’80 and Sally Dulin Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Ted ’69 and Ruth Edmonds Tony Edwards ’89 Holly and Buck Elliott ’69, P ’04 Alicia and Ed Eppler ’82, P ’10 Report on Giving 2018/2019
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Kelly and Bill Eustace P ’14, ’17 Eric and Sarah Filler P ’20 Jim ’69 and Allison Fleming Fred Ford ’69 Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Peter ’79 and Lorrie Frautschi Jerry ’49 and Pleasant Frautschi Kathleen and Ken Gamblin ’62, P ’91, ’93 John ’57 and Ute Gannett Barbara and Kevin Garrow P ’19 Don Keller and Nancy Glenn P ’20 Anne ’81 and Howard Green P ’04, ’06 Susie and Ian Griffis P ’13, ’14 Chris ’69 and Martha Griffith P ’03 Michael Harrah ’59 Dianne and Walt Harrison Houston ’70 and Anne Harte John and Kathryn Heminway P ’20 Peter ’67 and Jackie Holsten Frank Buck Honnold ’69 Mary Howe ’81 Sara and Robert Howsam P ’06, ’09 Emilie ’93 and Rob Hoyt Juniper Hunter ’93 and Jodi White ’92, P ’15, ’16 Will and Anna Hutchins P ’09 Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09 Zhongxun Liu and Weili Jiang P ’22 Shane Johnson ’89 Jim Johnson P ’19 Ronnie ’77 and Julie Jordan Dawn Judd ’82 and Mark Donaldson Jay Kenney ’73 and Emily Sinclair Kathy Kline ’87, P ’20 Jolene Lane ’79 and King Lewis Richard Lane ’67 Anita and Phil Lane P ’14, ’16 Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 Lain ’91 and Chris Leoniak Xuehua Liang P ’22 Ying Jin and Yumei Liu P ’22 Li Luo P ’22 Norton Lyman ’44 Edmund ’69 and Vivien MacDonald P ’08 Li Wang and Jianzhong Mao P ’21
William and Christine Marcum P ’99 Mary Clare and Jamie Matthews P ’21 Bisi Williams and Bruce Mau P ’19 Kila and Tim McCann P ’15 Marc Meachem ’82 Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Mike and Julie Mills P ’20 Tom Mitchell P ’21 Jennifer Hinman and Mike Moody ’76 Mike ’61 and Barbara Moore Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Sandy Mortensen P ’89, ’94, ’97 Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Jim Munoz ’57 Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18 Link Nicoll ’79 and Jesse Floyd Kyota and Yukie Ogino P ’20 Jon ’57 and Jan Ormes Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Robert Osborne P ’81 Nick ’60 and Joyce Pabst Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Joelle Patten ’85 and Chris Wood Doug ’88 and Jami Patterson P ’21 Katrina and Blair Presti P ’13, ’15 John ’75 and Thalia Pryor Bob ’54 and Nancy Rahm GP ’16, ’18 Jill Tiefenthaler and Kevin Rask P ’16, ’19 Janet Refior Holly and Allen Richardson P ’21, ’22 Wally ’49 and Carol Rowe Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Shelley ’80 and Cole Sawyer Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Theresa Sheh ’88 and Matthew Stephen-Hassard Christiane and Dale Shepherd P ’14 Owen Shepherd ’14 Xiaocang Shi P ’20 Bob ’69 and Saskia Stanley Carolyn ’81 and Harley Stimmel Bob ’57 and Pamela Street David ’61 and Betty Street Bill ’68 and Nancy Stroh Jiuli Wang and Limei Sun P ’20 R4
CASA SERENA SOCIETY CONTINUED Virginia and Duncan Tenney P ’11 Kathy and Rob Thames P ’19 Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 Dave ’84 and Michelle Thatcher Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Dan ’76 and Connie Thompson Jane and Tom Titus P ’99, ’03 Guy and Liza Townsend P ’20 Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15 Samuel and Stacia Vigneri P ’20 Kunxiao and Song Wang P ’20 Greg ’74 and Juliet Webb Will and Sarah Webb Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 Marilyn Wilmerding GP ’20 Velda Wyche P ’92, GP ’14 Rob Wyche ’92 Vivian Xu and Hugo Zhang P ’20 Minghua Zhang and Fang Yuan P ’20 Anonymous
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THE RUTH HANNA MCCORMICK SIMMS LIFETIME GIVING SOCIETY ($1,000,000+)
Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft Harry Bettis ’52, P ’94 El Pomar Foundation Foundation for Community Vitality Jerry ’49 and Pleasant Frautschi John ’57 and Ute Gannett Bob ’44 and Mary Henderson P ’72 Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93
Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18 Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Inc. Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 David ’61 and Betty Street The Figge Foundation Walter A. & Dorothy J. Frautschi Charitable Unitrust
THE LEWIS PERRY JR. SOCIETY ($20,000+ Yearly Giving)
Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft Harry Bettis ’52, P ’94 Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Chinese Alumni Association Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 El Pomar Foundation Elizabeth P. S. Hawkins Charitable Unitrust Jerry ’49 and Pleasant Frautschi John ’57 and Ute Gannett Susan and Ian Griffis P ’13, ’14 Hawthorn PNC Family Wealth Anita and Phil Lane P ’14, ’16 Norton Lyman ’44 Mary Clare and Jamie Matthews P ’21 Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18
Northern Trust Company Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Ronald and Carol Moore Family Foundation Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 David ’61 and Betty Street Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15 Walter A. & Dorothy J. Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Kunxiao and Song Wang P ’20 Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 Marilyn Wilmerding GP ’20 Anonymous
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ANNUAL FUND LEADERSHIP LEVELS All gifts to the Annual Fund enrich the Fountain Valley School experience for every student, every teacher, every day. Your support covers immediate needs that funding from other sources, including tuition revenue and endowment earnings, are not always sufficient to meet. Every gift matters every year. All gifts, regardless of size, play an important role in helping Fountain Valley deliver on the School’s promise of providing a transformative education.
THE FROELICHER CIRCLE Jerry ’49 and Pleasant Frautschi John ’57 and Ute Gannett Norton Lyman ’44 Northern Trust Company
Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Henry ’69 and Terry Morse National Philanthropic Trust Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Carolyn ’81 and Harley Stimmel The Anschutz Foundation
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El Pomar Foundation Elizabeth P. S. Hawkins Charitable Unitrust Mary Clare and Jamie Matthews P ’21 Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 David ’61 and Betty Street Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15 Walter A. & Dorothy J. Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Ronald and Carol Moore Family Foundation Kunxiao and Song Wang P ’20 Anonymous
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Neil ’71 and Kimberlee Albert Dan and Mary Armour P ’94, ’99 Jeff Bain ’67 and Anat Moskawitz Qingping Yu and Min Cheng P ’21 Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Xuehua Liang P ’22 Li Luo P ’22 Bisi Williams and Bruce Mau P ’19
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Richard ’64 and Mary Lyn Ballantine Jonathan Bayer ’53 and Miranda Townsend Lenee and Don Bennett P ’16 Eric and Caroline Blaylock P ’21 Philip ’60 and Hilly Burling Dan ’69 and Van Ha Citron Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Homer Coonly ’70 Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Dawson Jr. Douglas and Abby Brown Family Foundation Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Peter ’79 and Lorrie Frautschi Ken ’62 and Kathleen Gamblin P ’91, ’93 Barbara and Kevin Garrow P ’19 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Dianne and Walt Harrison John and Kathryn Heminway P ’20 Emilie ’93 and Rob Hoyt John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Inc. Mike and Julie Mills P ’20 Tom Mitchell P ’21
Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18 Nick ’60 and Joyce Pabst Doug ’88 and Jami Patterson P ’21 Holly and Allen Richardson P ’21, ’22 Bob ’57 and Pamela Street Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 The Hester and Edwin Giddings Foundation The Kathleen Koerber Hallett Irrevocable Trust Jane and Tom Titus P ’99, ’03 Guy and Liza Townsend P ’20 Samuel and Stacia Vigneri P ’20 Minghua Zhang and Fang Yuan P ’20 Hugo Zhang and Vivian Xu P ’20 Anonymous
DANE SOCIETY ($2,500.00 +)
Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft Hugh ’67 and Joy Bancroft Kerrigan ’83 and Mima Bennett Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Laurie and James Carney P ’92 Dan ’74 and Jan Cathcart Duke H. Colket ’52 Jack Creeden and Carole Martin P ’03, ’06 Andrew Dudley ’01 Ken ’80 and Sally Dulin Jim ’69 and Allison Fleming Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Don Keller and Nancy Glenn P ’20
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ANNUAL FUND LEADERSHIP LEVELS CONTINUED DANE SOCIETY continued Anne ’81 and Howard Green P ’04, ’06 Peter ’67 and Jackie Holsten Frank Buck Honnold ’69 Will and Anna Hutchins P ’09 Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09 Yumei Liu and Ying Jin P ’22 Emily Sinclair and Jay Kenney ’73 Kathy Kline ’87, P ’20 Richard Lane ’67 Lain ’91 and Chris Leoniak Weili Jiang and Zhongxun Liu P ’22 William and Christine Marcum P ’99 Kila and Tim McCann P ’15 Mike ’61 and Barbara Moore Jim Munoz ’57 Jon ’57 and Jan Ormes Katrina and Blair Presti P ’13, ’15 Jill Tiefenthaler and Kevin Rask P ’16, ’19 Shelley ’80 and Cole Sawyer Seven C” Foundation Theresa Sheh ’88 and Matthew Stephen-Hassard Bill ’68 and Nancy Stroh Dave ’84 and Michelle Thatcher The Ettinger Foundation, Inc. Dan ’76 and Connie Thompson Li Wang and Jianzhong Mao P ’21 Will and Sarah Webb Wells Fargo Foundation Rob Wyche ’92
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Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Hal ’65 and Cherry Clifford Steve Cochran ’60 Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
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Ted ’69 and Ruth Edmonds Tony Edwards ’89 Ed ’82 and Alicia Eppler P ’10 Kelly and Bill Eustace P ’14, ’17 Eric and Sarah Filler P ’20 Michael Harrah ’59 Houston ’70 and Anne Harte Mary Howe ’81 Juniper Hunter ’93 and Jodi White ’92, P ’15, ’16 Jim Johnson P ’19 Ronnie ’77 and Julie Jordan Dawn Judd ’82 and Mark Donaldson Jolene Lane ’79 and King Lewis Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 Jennifer Hinman and Mike Moody ’76 Sandy Mortensen P ’89, ’94, ’97 Kyota and Yukie Ogino P ’20 Robert Osborne P ’81 Joelle Patten ’85 and Chris Wood Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 John ’75 and Thalia Pryor Bob ’54 and Nancy Rahm GP ’16, ’18 Janet Refior Wally ’49 and Carol Rowe Owen Shepherd ’14 Christiane and Dale Shepherd P ’14 Xiaocang Shi P ’20 Jiuli Wang and Limei Sun P ’20 Virginia and Duncan Tenney P ’11 Kathy and Rob Thames P ’19 Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 Greg ’74 and Juliet Webb Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 Velda Wyche P ’92, GP ’14
RED & GREY ($1,000.00 +)
Rolanda and Charles Aguilar P ’22 Warren Anderson P ’08 Elizabeth Anschutz P ’21 and Jeffrey Allen Mary Beazley and John Street P ’15
Erik ’89 and Josephine Bedford Bonnie Bertram ’82 and Graham Messick Bob and Pamela Cadogan Mike ’71 and Kathleen Calder Jennifer Carroll Wilson ’86 and Marcel Wilson Tong Hu and Wen Chen P ’21 Millard Chiang Mary Crouter ’79 and David Weiser David and Sylvia Weisz Family Philanthropic Fund Dennis Dort ’67 and Nancy Pierson Arnaud ’87 and Lisa Dumont P ’22 Cynthia and John Everitt P ’16, ’19 Michael and Christine Flaherty P ’21 Bill ’66 and Beverly Fraser Henry Fricke and Erin Sokol P ’19, ’22 Geir Gabrielson ’99 Chris ’69 and Martha Griffith P ’03 Rick Gydesen ’77 Joy Hardeman ’02 Mark ’92 and Kristin Hatch Sara and Robert Howsam P ’06, ’09 Wen Chen and Tong Hu P ’21 Sean Hunt ’57 Chongyang Jiang P ’22 May Jing Shane Johnson ’89 Norman ’62 and Susan Jones P ’89, GP ’18, ’20 Mary Kipp ’85 and Kenneth Kaplan Sara Kishner ’85 and Ed Morgan Hanh Le and Khoi Dang P ’18 Debbie Lonergan P ’21 Ava and Kelvin Luo P ’19 Christopher Macdonald P ’21 Sheila Macdonald P ’21 Sam ’79 and Christine Marquis Qian Meng P ’22 Graham Messick and Bonnie Bertram ’82 Pepper ’84 and Mark Mumm Hal Naiman P ’19 Link Nicoll ’79 and Jesse Floyd
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Tomoaki and Mieko Ota P ’20 Michael Peel P ’14, ’15 Potts Family Foundation Tom ’61 and Gwendolyn Price Price Family Foundation John ’75 and Lynn Rowsey P ’00, ’02 Jidong Zhou and Xun Shen P ’19 Dempsey Simonis ’11 C. Morgan Smith ’56 Jeff and Lisa Stedman P ’20 The Pierson Foundation The Standard Insurance Company Mark ’77 and Tonja Van Wagner Fred von Stade ’42 Terri and Dinny Weber P ’03, ’07 Myra and Charlie Wrubel GP ’19 Xiaobin Zhang and Xiang Xu P ’22
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($500.00 +) Harry Aldrich ’71 and Kim Marriott Jeff Anderson ’66 and Betsy Scanlin Chen ChongXian and Bill Auyang ’88 Chris Bacon ’75 Marybeth and Doug Badger P ’17 Tom Baker P ’19 Matt Barton and Toni Olivieri-Barton P ’17 Grace Blea-Nuñez and Michael Nuñez P ’09, ’11, ’15, ’17 Erin ’94 and Brian Bright Wilson Gerry ’69 and Cathey Brown Wendy and JB Bush P ’22 Kirk ’84 and Ruth Cameron Stephanie ’85 and Michael Carter P ’13, ’16, ’19 Joe ’80 and Katherine Chan Michele Chandler P ’88, ’95 Liz and Dan Christian P ’02 Alison ’99 and Colin Christofferson Chris ’82 and Marilyn Colgan Colorado Gives Day - Community First Foundation
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Griff ’69 and Kimberly Davidson Rudy ’65 and Andie Davison Kathleen and Patrick Devanny P ’21 Jim ’59 and Mary Dooney Tamar Dorfman ’85 and Joe Kahne Buck ’69 and Holly Elliott P ’04 Jake Emery ’71 and Lisa Davis-Emery Roe ’67 and Bonnie Emery Sylvia and Paul Fanning P ’05 Henrique and Andreina Fernandez P ’21 Arthur Gallagher ’74 Cori Galles ’92 Guy Gaskill ’83 Wally and Nancy Goodwin GP ’08 Porter ’81 and Julia Gould Bill ’61 and Shari Griffiths Christian Hageseth P ’21 Dongyun He and Daxi Lu P ’21 Frazier ’67 and Jacqueline Hollingsworth Ben Howe ’89 Nic Jenkins ’17 Isabel and Samuel Jewell P ’90 Flora Jewell-Stern ’90 and Eric Stern Waldo and Candy Johnston Rocky Kimball ’67 and Mary Lou Skinner Chris Kozlik ’10 Kyle ’86 and Emme Kozloff Jean LeSourd ’83 and Chris Boardman Jampa Dothar and Phurbu Lhadon P ’17, ’22 Caiqin Sun and Xiang Li P ’22 Xinhong Li and Yanhong Liang P ’21 Jessica ’98 and Paul Lockwood Xiaodan Ma P ’22 Brooke ’97 and Chris Mallin Mark Maloney and Christiane Relph P ’19 Rick Moeser ’83 Kathy Moody ’79 and Tom Osgood Rafael Muciño and Amy Albright Doug Nathan ’95 Smokey Nelms ’65 Paul ’92 and Anne Nemschoff Peter Packard ’66
Matt and Molly Palis P ’19 Chris ’63 and Susan Pantaleoni Laura ’82 and Jeff Partridge Chris Peel ’14 Sarah Peel ’15 Pikes Peak Community Foundation Scot Potts and Beth Ehrhardt P ’19 Jennifer and Nils Rahm P ’18, ’20 Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Alex Rinker ’99 Jacqueline and Al Rogers ’76, P ’13 Julia Rogers ’13 Tao Shan and Jing Wu P ’20 Cris and Margie Sherer P ’22 Jo Ann and Sam Silverstein ’54 Kirk and Kristen Solo P ’20, 21 Mike Stone ’70 and Ann Daniel Jerry and Derek Strine P ’15 Blaise Treeson ’03 Mark ’81 and Karen Tucker Thayer ’73 and Melani Tutt P ’11 Moe Varela ’99 and Dan Schaar Alicia Vogel ven. Lhundub Jampa ’89 Paula and Matt Walter Michael ’69 and Linda Ward John ’62 and Abby Wardwell Mark ’68 and Tracey Watson Sam Webb Lara Witter ’88 and Curt Sigfstead Zhihui Zhu and Bonny Yu P ’20 Bingqing Xu and Yonggang Zhang P ’22
PRAIRIE ($250.00 +)
AmazonSmile Foundation Gabi ’79 and Robert Anderson Jamie ’75 and Chris Bachant Dawn and Christopher Baldwin Chad and Amanda Barnett P ’22 Jeff ’88 and Jackie Benton Sam Bermingham ’16 Pete Blatchford ’79
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ANNUAL FUND LEADERSHIP LEVELS CONTINUED PRAIRIE continued Hermann Bleibtreu ’52 and Kathy Wreden Mercer ’87 and Jennifer Borden Jeanine ’81 and Neil Boyle Joaquim Brito ’97 Amy and Dean Brooks P ’19, ’22 Sid ’76 and Alia Browning Ben Calder ’11 Sarah Cannady P ’18 Phil Icke ’65 and Katerina Chalova P ’15 Bob ’88 and Stephanie Chandler Ken Chow ’85 and Arlene Wong CNA Insurance Companies, Inc. David Cole ’86 and Susy Struble John ’65 and Candice Cox P ’95 Emily Crouch-Ponder and Greg Ponder Vin ’08 and Megan ’09 DeCenzo Diana Diaz-Guerrero and Jorge Guerrero Cruz P ’19 Sandy Duffy ’65 and Mary Ann DeAnda-Duffy Chase Dyer ’07 Daniel and Catherine Dyer P ’07 Nathan Eberhart and Drew Staples Peter ’70 and Jan Fairchild Susan and Greg Felt P ’12, ’15 Frank ’67 and Suzanne Felton Jeremy ’88 and Robyn Fishman Brad ’66 and Terrye Frisselle Jay Frost ’78, P ’05, ’12 Andrew and Dorian Goldstein P ’19 Emma Green ’04 Dionne ’88 and Wade Greif Lynn Handford P ’00 Cynthia and Ben Hannah P ’18, ’21 Phelps Hawkins ’66 and Sandra Earley Larry ’49 and Jane Hecox Gene ’87 and Sharon Hern Walt ’66 and Katherine Hieronymus Jamie ’90 and Kathryn Hill Traci ’82 and Richard Hoops Joe ’96 and Sara Hoverstock Darrell Johnson ’79
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Stephen and Christy Kaczmarek P ’21 Bill ’68 and Beverly Kellough Emily Kemp Tash Kiemnec ’06 JoAnne Kim ’95 Sandie Kim ’81 Richard Klingler ’79 Frank and Lara Knuettel P ’18, ’20 Peter ’68 and Marcia Krebs Pat Kule and Paul Malek Jack ’62 and Inge-Lise Lane Laurie ’59 and Annette Lasater Wendy and John Lawrence P ’16 John and Reagan Lenhart P ’21 Lolo ’79 and Richard Levy Samuel Li ’84 and Pauline Ung Jesse ’80 and Julie Low Janet and Per Lundstam Mike Maccini ’71 and Barbara Koenig Tony Mansur ’69 Justin ’91 and Vandy ’94 Mason Kristin Matta and Mark Pattee P ’17, ’21 Avery McGlenn Burton McLucas ’87 Steve Milstrey Brett ’92 and Jennifer Nathan Jim ’62 and Karen Neel Musharraf and Allison Nizami P ’20 Sophia Nuñez ’09 Daphne and Edwards O’Keefe P ’22 Clarke ’66 and Linda Omdahl Jim ’59 and Pat Orban Ben ’79 and Jennifer Paddock Joey Parr ’84 Girvin ’70 and Lesley Peters Tom Poor ’61 and Jessie Chai Wes Posvar ’68 Rhonda and Dan Proctor P ’21 David Racine Olivia Rask ’16 Chris Rebholz ’99 and Eva Heidl Taran ’90 and Phoebe Reese David ’50 and Nancy Ridings
The Ridings Foundation Inc. Tim ’82 and Janette Riley Karla Ross ’81, P ’21 Mitch ’79 and Christina Ross Mark Seelye ’70 Whitney ’46 and Clasina Shane Michael ’82 and Martha Shernick Silicon Valley Community Foundation Hannah ’09 and William ’10 Sippl Tim ’82 and Peggy Smith Clark ’63 and Jean Southworth Dan Spencer ’75 and Pat Burke Mary ’78 and Sam Stokes Jenny Storms ’90 Alice Street ’15 Pete ’69 and Jean Stroh Lisbet and Stuart Sunshine P ’22 Ben Sweeney ’99 Taylor Swinney ’05 Hal ’70 and Lynn Tearse The New York Community Trust Beth Thebaud ’82 and Jon Patterson Nicole and James Thomas P ’21 Travis Titus ’03 and Victoria Pane Sarah and David Treeson P ’03 O’Neal Turner and Anne Faricy Davis Tutt ’11 W.B. Tutt Derek Valdo ’93 Will ’77 and Paula Verity P ’09 Richard ’88 and Shelley Wallner John and Betty Wilson P ’96 Myra Young ’86 Matt ’00 and Barbara Zay Anonymous
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GREAT DANES Great Danes are those alumni, parents current and past, friends, faculty current and former who have supported Fountain Valley School for at least 10 consecutive years. Many have supported much longer than that, but this is an opportunity to say thank you to our stalwarts and the loyalists. Neil ’71 and Kimberlee Albert David ’78 and Anne Ammons Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Jamie ’75 and Chris Bachant Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Norton Bain P ’66, ’67 Keith Balinger ’65 Richard ’64 and Mary Lyn Ballantine Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft David Banks Jonathan Bayer ’53 and Miranda Townsend Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Kerrigan ’83 and Mima Bennett Jeff ’71 and Carol Berns Bonnie Bertram ’82 and Graham Messick Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Sam Bissell ’70 Carolyn Blinn P ’01 Cy ’49 and Janet Boutwell Bradley Boyden ’69 and Marie Del Toro Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Sid ’76 and Alia Browning Mac ’66 and Carol Buckingham Philip ’60 and Hilly Burling Bob and Pamela Cadogan Mike ’71 and Kathleen Calder Tim ’65 and Catherine Carnegie Laurie and James Carney P ’92 Jennifer Carroll Wilson ’86 and Marcel Wilson Dan ’74 and Jan Cathcart Michele Chandler P ’88, ’95 Bob ’88 and Stephanie Chandler Alison ’99 and Colin Christofferson Dan ’69 and Van Ha Citron Hal ’65 and Cherry Clifford Steve Cochran ’60
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Chris ’82 and Marilyn Colgan Duke H. Colket ’52 Mike ’56 and Carol Collins David ’88 and Stacy Colodny Tony ’58 and Martha Combs Barbara Corrigan and Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 Jack Creeden and Carole Martin P ’03, ’06 Patrick Creeden ’06 John Danaher ’71 David and Sylvia Weisz Family Philanthropic Fund Rudy ’65 and Andie Davison Bob deJong ’54 Jim ’59 and Mary Dooney Dennis Dort ’67 and Nancy Pierson Lydia and Paul Dudley P ’01 Hannah Duff ’06 Sandy Duffy ’65 and Mary Ann DeAnda-Duffy Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Arnaud ’87 and Lisa Dumont P ’22 Rob Durkin ’62 Veronica Serna-Eberhart and Doug Eberhart ’76, P ’13 El Pomar Foundation Buck ’69 and Holly Elliott P ’04 Jake Emery ’71 and Lisa Davis-Emery Ed ’82 and Alicia Eppler P ’10 Chris Erskine P ’75, GP ’02 Peter ’70 and Jan Fairchild Frank ’67 and Suzanne Felton Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Frances Fischer Jim ’69 and Allison Fleming Peter ’79 and Lorrie Frautschi Jerry ’49 and Pleasant Frautschi Susan Freeman P ’89
Juliana Frost ’83 Geir Gabrielson ’99 Arthur Gallagher ’74 Ken ’62 and Kathleen Gamblin P ’91, ’93 John ’57 and Ute Gannett Clay Garnett ’04 Guy Gaskill ’83 Dave ’96 and Pam Gilford Wally and Nancy Goodwin GP ’08 Addie Green ’06 Anne ’81 and Howard Green P ’04, ’06 Bob ’68 and Jan Griffiths Bill ’61 and Shari Griffiths Emily-Jane Kirwan and Jay Grimm ’85 Kristin Schoonveld and Rob Gustke P ’16, ’18 Rick Gydesen ’77 Maggie Hanna ’07 Michael Harrah ’59 Walt and Dianne Harrison Houston ’70 and Anne Harte Larry ’49 and Jane Hecox Charlie ’72 and Kela Henderson Andy ’58 and Jeanne Hero P ’91 Walt ’66 and Katherine Hieronymus Pete ’48 and Dot Hoffman Frazier ’67 and Jacqueline Hollingsworth Frank Buck Honnold ’69 Traci ’82 and Richard Hoops Richard ’68 and Peggy Horner Bob ’68 and Laurie Horner Mary Howe ’81 Sara and Robert Howsam P ’06, ’09 Sean Hunt ’57 Juniper Hunter ’93 and Jodi White ’92, P ’15, ’16 Will and Anna Hutchins P ’09 Phil Icke ’65 and Katerina Chalova P ’15 Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09
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GREAT DANES CONTINUED John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Inc. Shane Johnson ’89 Norman ’62 and Susan Jones P ’89, GP ’18, ’20 Jasmine Jones Hook ’98 and Clint Hook Dawn Judd ’82 and Mark Donaldson Emily Kemp Emily Sinclair and Jay Kenney ’73 Minjae Kim ’08 Stephanie and Michael Kimlicko P ’17, ’20 Sara Kishner ’85 and Ed Morgan Richard Klingler ’79 Jack ’62 and Inge-Lise Lane Jolene Lane ’79 and King Lewis Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 John Larkin P ’94 Jean LeSourd ’83 and Chris Boardman Shelly ’84 and Steve Lewis Samuel Li ’84 and Pauline Ung Annie ’87 and John Longley Ed Loo ’80 Dave ’65 and Candida Low Mike Maccini ’71 and Barbara Koenig Edmund ’69 and Vivien MacDonald P ’08 Tony Mansur ’69 Paul Mariner ’82 and Jean Miller-Mariner Sarah Mariner ’83 and Chuck Pratt P ’14, ’16 Jane and Howard Matz P ’98 Rob Maurer ’67 Marc Meachem ’82 Peter ’74 and Gina Milliken Mark Minthorn ’65 Kathy Moody ’79 and Tom Osgood Jennifer Hinman and Mike Moody ’76 Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Sandy Mortensen P ’89, ’94, ’97 Rafael Muciño and Amy Albright Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Pepper ’84 and Mark Mumm Jim Munoz ’57 Doug Nathan ’95 Jim ’62 and Karen Neel Smokey Nelms ’65 Bob Nesselhauf ’67
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Page ’82 and Susan Nicol Bill ’61 and Katherine Norman Jeanne Olive P ’08 Jon ’57 and Jan Ormes Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Tegan ’95 and Josh Owen Nick ’60 and Joyce Pabst Peter Packard ’66 Wint ’74 and Julia Palmer Chris ’63 and Susan Pantaleoni Terry Parr ’82 Joelle Patten ’85 and Chris Wood Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Mike and Brenna Payne Dave Peltier ’79 Girvin ’70 and Lesley Peters Pikes Peak Community Foundation Steve Pinckney ’68 and Deborah Ericson Tom Poor ’61 and Jessie Chai Deb and Chris Prantl P ’20, ’22 Katrina and Blair Presti P ’13, ’15 John ’75 and Thalia Pryor John and Marcia Raushenbush Janet Refior Kaja and David Reynolds P ’13, ’18 David ’50 and Nancy Ridings Tim ’82 and Janette Riley Alex Rinker ’99 Mitch ’79 and Christina Ross Angela Rousseau ’82 Wally ’49 and Carol Rowe Tony Sanchez ’80 Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Steve ’82 and Amelia Sanchez Mark ’88 and Cindi Sather Courtney Scott ’99 Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Mark Seelye ’70 Seven C” Foundation Whitney ’46 and Clasina Shane Michael ’82 and Martha Shernick Dick ’69 and Sharon Simpson C. Morgan Smith ’56 Tim ’82 and Peggy Smith
Clark ’63 and Jean Southworth Dan Spencer ’75 and Pat Burke Carolyn ’81 and Harley Stimmel Bob ’57 and Pamela Street David ’61 and Betty Street Bill ’68 and Nancy Stroh Virginia and Duncan Tenney P ’11 Pam Terry Power ’83 and David Power John Thackara ’75 Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Beth Thebaud ’82 and Jon Patterson Peggy Toal P ’03 Barbara ’79 and Ian Trask Dan Tyler ’51, P ’96, GP ’11, ’12 Ed ’64 and Eve Velie Richard ’88 and Shelley Wallner Walter A. & Dorothy J. Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Henrietta Gores and George Warrington ’72 Lew ’57 and Bonnie Watters Terri and Dinny Weber P ’03, ’07 Paul Wehrle ’72 Wells Fargo Foundation John and Betty Wilson P ’96 Tom ’61 and Holly Wilson Bob and Jan Winkler P ’04 Fred ’78 and Shelly Winston P ’18 Lara Witter ’88 and Curt Sigfstead Bob ’57 and Eileen Woodward Velda Wyche P ’92, GP ’14 Judy Wydick Darlene Wylie P ’02 Matt ’00 and Barbara Zay Anonymous
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ALUMNI GIVING BY CLASS Alumni giving by class includes all gifts to the Annual Fund made by alumni and non- graduates.
CLASS OF ’42
CLASS OF ’53
CLASS OF ’59
Lucius C. Thompson Frederick H. von Stade 50.00%
Jonathan L. Bayer 6.67%
James P. Dooney Michael W. Harrah Laurence M. Lasater James E. Orban 14.81%
CLASS OF ’46 William W. Shane 33.33%
CLASS OF ’48 Peter S. Hoffman 14.29%
CLASS OF ’49 Cyrus Boutwell Jr. Walter J. Frautschi Lawrence A. Hecox William C. Jackson Peter V. Platt Wallace H. Rowe 60.00%
CLASS OF ’50 David A. A. Ridings 10.00%
CLASS OF ’52 Hermann K. Bleibtreu Charles H. Colket Lawrence H. Fung Roger S. Loud 36.36%
CLASS OF ’54 Robert L. de Jong Robert A. Rahm Samuel C. Silverstein 15.79%
Daniel B. Thatcher 5.88%
Thomas S. Benedict Philip Burling Stephen T. Cochran Harald N. Pabst Jonathan T. Patten 17.86%
CLASS OF ’56
CLASS OF ’61
CLASS OF ’55
Michael H. Collins Morgan Smith Thomas C. Wood 13.04%
CLASS OF ’57 Clinton Cross John D. Gannett Sean H. Hunt William H. Mullin James L. Munoz Jonathan F. Ormes Bob A. Street Lewis L. Watters Robert L. Woodward 42.86%
CLASS OF ’58 Anthony M. Combs Andrew W. Hero 7.41%
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CLASS OF ’60
William H. Cogswell William H. Griffiths Edward L. Lorson Michael D. Moore Robert B. Nicholson William H. Norman John G. Poole Thomas M. Poor David H. Street Thomas G. Wilson 33.33%
CLASS OF ’62 Robert L. Durkin Kenneth R. Gamblin Norman M. Jones John R. Lane James A. Neel John T. Parker John G. Wardwell 19.44%
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ALUMNI GIVING BY CLASS CONTINUED CLASS OF ’63
CLASS OF ’67
Christopher A. Pantaleoni Mitchell F. Smith George C. Southworth 7.32%
Jeffrey Bain Hugh Bancroft P. G. Conover Dennis J. Dort Roe Emery Frank L. Felton Frazier C. Hollingsworth Peter M. Holsten Richard O. Kimball Richard H. Lane Robert T. Maurer Robert G. Nesselhauf John C. Peabody Timothy R. Ramsey 31.11%
CLASS OF ’64 Richard G. Ballantine Edward D. Velie 4.35%
CLASS OF ’65 Keith A. Balinger Thomas M. Carnegie Harold H. Clifford John G. Cox Robert P. Davison George Y. Duffy George W. Evans Philip C. Icke David T. Low Mark B. Minthorn Frank H. Nelms Peter O. Slothower Newell P. Weed 26.00%
CLASS OF ’66 William L. Anceney Jeffrey B. Anderson S. M. Buckingham Paul W. Fanshawe William J. Fraser Bradford P. Frisselle Phelps S. Hawkins Walter R. Hieronymus Clarke A. Omdahl Peter D. Packard 24.39%
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CLASS OF ’68 Richard W. Horner Robert B. Horner William C. Kellough Peter C. Krebs George F. Merck Stephen L. Pinckney Wesley W. Posvar James R. Scott Edwin R. Stroh Harold F. Wardwell Jules M. Watson 23.91%
CLASS OF ’69 Hoyt W. Bacon Christopher Bancroft Bradley H. Boyden Barry S. Brown Gerald S. Brown Daniel C. Citron John C. Culver John G. Davidson Ted L. Edmonds
William B. Elliott James W. Fleming Christopher J. Griffith Douglas G. Harvey Frank B. Honnold David W. Jewett Craig W. Larimer Hamilton W. Mansur Henry P. Morse Chase Morsey Thomas W. Southall Peter R. Stroh Michael S. Ward Russell B. White 46.94%
CLASS OF ’70 Samuel P. Bissell John H. Coonly Michael P. Currier Peter D. Fairchild Houston R. Harte James G. Peters Mark C. Seelye Michael C. Stone Harold H. Tearse 16.67%
CLASS OF ’71 Neil F. Albert Harry P. Aldrich Jeffrey P. Berns J. C. Calder John E. Danaher John W. Emery Michael J. Maccini Thomas R. McVeigh Peter H. Robinson 20.00%
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CLASS OF ’72
CLASS OF ’77
Charles S. Henderson Frederic P. Wehrle 3.57%
Robert A. Bean David H. Bradley Mahdi S. Chambers William L. Coleman Donald C. Cottrell Janet A. Dulin William R. Edwards Frederick P. Gydesen Talbott M. Houk William R. Jordan Kathleen D. Kardok Gordon G. Keith David H. Kenny Robin A. McGehee Richard P. Nash Stephen C. Ruckmick Peter D. Thometz Mark W. Van Wagner William W. Verity 28.36%
CLASS OF ’73 John P. Kenney Jonathan M. Thomas R.T. Tutt 5.45%
CLASS OF ’74 Daniel H. Cathcart Arthur C. Gallagher Peter C. Milliken William W. Palmer John G. Sheridan Gregory K. Webb 10.71%
CLASS OF ’75 James E. Bachant Christopher S. Bacon Alan Feffer John H. Pryor John F. Rowsey Daniel T. Spencer John I. Thackara John W. Warrington 13.56%
CLASS OF ’76 Albert S. Browning James G. Dulin Douglas P. Eberhart Michael J. Moody Albert M. Rogers Daniel R. Thompson 10.71%
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CLASS OF ’78 David H. Ammons Eve A. Edmonds A. J. Ely Jon W. Frost Belinda E. Platts Mary I. Stokes Peter G. Sturgis Tiger A. Whittemore Frederick H. Winston 12.33%
CLASS OF ’79 Gabriella S. Anderson Peter T. Blatchford Mary R. Crouter Ann Dietrich Valerie F. Durant Peter W. Frautschi Mary E. Hopkins
Darrell R. Johnson Megan M. King Richard D. Klingler Jolene A. Lane Lois H. Levy Samuel A. Marquis Kathryn A. Moody Link Nicoll Benjamin H. Paddock David C. Peltier Mitchell S. Ross Tracy A. Smith Barbara A. Trask Rose A. Walker John R. Welch 34.38%
CLASS OF ’80 Joseph M. Chan Robert K. Dulin Robert B. Kayser Edward Loo Peter J. Low Anthony S. Sanchez Christine R. Saudek Shelley S. Sawyer Mark H. Schneider R. E. Van Wagner 11.63%
CLASS OF ’81 Ronene E. Anderson Jeanine D. Boyle Burford L. Gould Anne Green Mary B. Howe Terence J. Howzell Sandra H. Kim Greg Osborne Karla Ross Carolyn M. Stimmel Mark D. Tucker 14.67% R14
ALUMNI GIVING BY CLASS CONTINUED CLASS OF ’82
CLASS OF ’84
CLASS OF ’86
Bonnie J. Bertram Christopher C. Colgan Edward C. Eppler Traci D. Hoops Sean M. Jenkinson Dawn L. Judd Claude M. Judd Ian S. Kovach Paul E. Mariner Anthony W. Mattivi Sherman M. Meachem Page T. Nicol Terence J. Parr Laura S. Partridge Timothy P. Riley Angela T. Rousseau Stephen R. Sanchez Michael G. Shernick Timothy D. Smith Elizabeth R. Thebaud Lincoln W. Wilson 25.93%
Kirk D. Cameron Marjorie A. Eiref Lawrence S. Galka Milo T. Gates Edward B. Jenny Michelle H. Lewis Samuel C. Li Carolyn D. Morrison Mark A. Morrison Crystal S. Mumm Kim B. Owen Josephine T. Parr Dave Thatcher Gregg Thatcher James M. Thomas Elizabeth A. Warson 20.00%
Benjamin W. Brewer Jennifer E. Carroll Wilson David M. Cole Kyle S. Kozloff Erik D. Randerson Mark A. Wong Myra L. Young 8.14%
CLASS OF ’83 Kerrigan R. Bennett Robert J. Borneman Kymberly Q. Chiapuzio Susan E. Enfield Juliana Frost Guy C. Gaskill Lisa J. Gates David B. Gould Adisa M. Harrington Jean D. LeSourd Sarah L. Mariner Richard M. Moeser Joseph T. Riley Donna L. Schou Pamela S. Terry Power Amy N. Walker Colin D. Wasteneys 24.64%
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CLASS OF ’85 M. H. Breaux Stephanie L. Carter Ken P. Chow Tamar S. Dorfman Renee A. Farrell Daniel Fishman Jay V. Grimm Megan E. Hauser Brandy L. Hoeve Mary E. Kipp Sara R. Kishner Lisa L. Maccagnan Kimberly D. Mallas Joelle K. Patten Wendy L. Rubin Danielle M. Walsh 24.62%
CLASS OF ’87 Lewis M. Borden Arnaud P. Dumont Caroline E. Haines Eric S. Hemingway Herbert E. Hern Heather V. Hume Katherine S. Kline Ann-Marie F. Longley Burton J. McLucas Kristine L. Pankow Jonathan D. Patten David M. Pogrebin Annabel L. Richmond Glenn E. Sugden Courtney R. Touw Anonymous 19.51%
CLASS OF ’88 Robin M. Arwood William C. Auyang Karen B. Barcklay Glenn D. Bedell Jeffrey R. Benton Robert D. Chandler Mark H. Chilson Alison W. Coffey David M. Colodny Jeremy Fishman Dionne M. Greif Darin A. Hart
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Kristin A. Lightner Shawna C. McGowan Douglas S. Patterson Susan E. Perkins Cheryl J. Rimas Mark D. Sather Theresa N. Sheh Melissa A. Stevens Richard N. Wallner Lara K. Witter 27.85%
CLASS OF ’89 Erik P. Bedford Christopher J. Bellios Gene A. Edwards John B. Harrison Benjamin R. Howe Shelli M. Ingram Shane A. Johnson Stephen P. Milstrey Christopher R. Milton Lindsay K. Minor Bradley S. Nicholson Catherine T. Pretlow Charles P. Ridgway Nikki M. Robbins Bobbi J. Sanchez Alicia H. Vogel ven. Lhundub Jampa 21.62%
CLASS OF ’90 Julia E. Dobbins Andrew J. Gress James M. Hill Kristen J. Humphrey Flora Jewell-Stern Neal I. Ramer Taran C. Reese Christopher J. Sanchez Jennifer L. Storms Andrew B. Urban 12.50%
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CLASS OF ’91
CLASS OF ’94
Michael G. Baswell Dean D. Dowson John F. Gallagher Lain Leoniak Justin I. Mason John J. Peterson Alexander L. Ridgway Mark R. Slusar Peter D. Wright 15.25%
Summer Alger-Schulz Erin Bright Wilson Daniel E. Candee Leah R. Fisch Amanda J. Hood Stephanie E. Ionita Travis N. Lane Jean S. Lewis Alice V. Mason Hillary L. Mortensen Cesar C. Rivera 15.94%
CLASS OF ’92 April R. Douchane Luke P. Faricy Cori J. Galles Geneve M. Hastings Mark T. Hatch Brett A. Nathan Paul R. Nemschoff Laura A. Reed Hannah W. Schwartz Shane L. Viccinelli Jodi White Robert A. Wyche 17.14%
CLASS OF ’93 Alyssa C. Burghardt Mary A. Dorn Whitney L. Eledge Withers Julie A. Ellett Alexandra R. Frank Christopher H. Guerry Carly E. Guthrie Emilie A. Hoyt Juniper Hunter Miranda E. Jefferson-Terry Derek C. Valdo 17.46%
CLASS OF ’95 JoAnne J. Kim Douglas A. Nathan 3.03%
CLASS OF ’96 James B. Fontenot Jason M. Friedes David G. Gilford Patrick J. Hollenbeck Jayson P. Hopmayer Joseph M. Hoverstock Laura E. Peterson David N. Philipps Alexandra L. Slater Melissa A. Wittwer 12.35%
CLASS OF ’97 Jose J. Brito Daniel O. Burciago Andrew P. Janco Wendi D. Litton Brooke E. Mallin Sharon R. Miyamoto Hunter I. Mortensen 12.96%
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ALUMNI GIVING BY CLASS CONTINUED CLASS OF ’98
CLASS OF ’02
CLASS OF ’05
Jennifer R. Dixon Alison B. French Jasmine F. Jones Hook Jessica L. Lockwood Alison B. Marlow 7.58%
Charlotte L. Black Preston P. Dickey Jeffrey L. Fugate Brandy M. Fugate Joy C. Hardeman Rebecca L. Kilibarda Samuel C. Knowlton Cameron L. Lilly Erin K. Meredith Claire M. Reitz Veronique Richardson Danielle N. Ross Samantha H. Thomas Monte A. Wylie 20.00%
Colin E. Fanning Nyein W. Garner Marisa I. Hamm-Malanowski Ramona Richards Hans R. Schweitzer Taylor C. Swinney 11.54%
CLASS OF ’99 Mary P. Armour Morgan T. Bowman Alison B. Christofferson Thea M. Cross Colin M. Day James P. Fitzgerald Geir J. Gabrielson Melissa A. Glassford Nuin-Tara Key Christian Rebholz Alexander K. Rinker Rebecca M. Smith Benjamin R. Sweeney Monique C. Varela 20.59%
CLASS OF ’00 Molly E. Ehlinger Samuel A. Gilford Kai Girard Jessica L. Meiris Lee R. Olney Matthew M. Zay 9.38%
CLASS OF ’01 Jay E. Christianson Andrew E. Dudley David M. Fruzynski Taylor D. Meyer Ariel N. Sugar Charles K. Thompson 10.53%
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CLASS OF ’03 Susannah L. Barr Evan J. Branigan Keith E. Clayton M. A. Gillett Zabrina Krishnamoorthy Kevi C. Mace Katharina E. Owens Hubler Haley A. Riordan Seunghan Song Travis S. Titus Aaron B. Treeson Colby B. Walker Kathryn T. Weber 19.12%
CLASS OF ’04 Clay A. Garnett Christen L. Girard Emma A. Green Melissa M. Komadina Hazel F. Larimer Maia K. Murphy Alexis Z. Phillips 9.21%
CLASS OF ’06 Patrick M. Creeden James R. des Cognets Hannah C. Duff Stephanie J. Gardner Addison H. Green Margot J. Jackson Natasha I. Kiemnec Claire E. McGregor Kristin M. Oles Paul E. Repenning Andrew R. Tonsing 13.41%
CLASS OF ’07 Nathaniel A. Budd Charles A. Dyer Margaret M. Hanna Sam I. Hilkey Kalen R. Keir Nathan P. Macintyre Breezie M. Mitchell Katherine A. Rowe Daniel H. Stoot 14.52%
CLASS OF ’08 Vincent P. DeCenzo Sung Yeop Jeong Iona M. Musgnung Gilbert E. Rayhill Michael A. Shoop 7.25%
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CLASS OF ’09
CLASS OF ’12
CLASS OF ’15
Soo Min Choi Megan M. DeCenzo Tyler S. Dulin Tyler J. Horvath Rebecca J. Howsam Eliot W. Jackson Emily A. Koontz Lukas J. Langer Wiles C. Larimer Sophia B. Nuñez Clarke C. Powell Hannah M. Sippl Steven J. Stoot Madison K. Stuart Alexander R. Tonsing Nalin Vahil 20.25%
Dariusz W. Baliczek Josephine A. Curci Pia C. Dinsmore Kimberly A. Donaldson Kestrel R. Felt Ryan R. Harrison Emma A. Whitehead 7.78%
Dominic D. Carrese Rowen W. Felt Graham S. Harper Tyler J. Martin Joseph B. Nuñez Matthew H. Presti Alice M. Street Laura M. Twomey 9.76%
CLASS OF ’10
CLASS OF ’14
Cyan T. Grandison Christabelle R. Kozlik Andrew K. No William D. Sippl 5.71%
CLASS OF ’11 Thomas M. Burch Benjamin C. Calder Cannon H. Grandison Nadia M. Juvera Baylee M. McIntyre Gavin A. Pyott Emily P. Rey Elizabeth L. Schaack Dempsey J. Simonis Trace R. Tomme Davis M. Tutt 13.92%
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CLASS OF ’13 Aiden P. Giuffre Emma L. Reynolds Julia M. Rogers John-David Slaugh Jackson T. Warley 7.25%
Jeffrey L. Brabec Allegra T. Dufresne Austin J. Krug Casey A. Lane Clayton R. McElvain Ji-Won Park Christopher M. Peel Alexandrea M. Ririe Owen C. Shepherd Jason A. Swain Margot H. Twomey Kiira E. Walsh Danforth M. Webster Tristan White 16.28%
CLASS OF ’16 Casey J. Allee Jumbo Samuel E. Bermingham Eli W. Harper Sydney M. Lane Addisen A. Loveless Dukehart H. MacMillan Olivia M. Rask 7.78%
CLASS OF ’17 Davis J. Badger Andrea E. Golden-Lasher Nicholas Jenkins Bryce T. Kapsner India G. Lovaas Benjamin B. Thatcher Zheye Wang 7.87%
CLASS OF ’18 Connor F. Carsten Ava E. Rahm Zane M. Reynolds John T. Winston 4.65%
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CLASS OF ’21
Celeste S. Carter Ingrid K. Ellis Laila M. Ghamdi Priscilla E. Palis Zehao Song Riley G. Van Wagner Jacques N. Vanzyl Yinuo Wei 10.00%
Nadia C. Ghamdi Bowen Gou Reilly S. Kaczmarek Paige Kaill Ezra W. Potts Teak M. Reynolds Lindsey Solo Morne Vanzyl Rongkun Zhang 13.64%
CLASS OF ’20 Bradyn P. Fortney Sarah E. Garcia Emma K. Nizami Lucia R. Vigneri 5.88%
CLASS OF ’22 Sofia Ghamdi Jun He Mingyu Jin Mia J. Sanchez Emmitt A. Sherer 10.20%
YOUNG ALUMNI CASA SERENA SOCIETY Donations of $250 or more within 10 years of graduating. Sam Bermingham ’16 Ben Calder ’11 Megan ’09 and Vin ’08 DeCenzo Nic Jenkins ’17 Chris Kozlik ’10 Sophia Nuñez ’09 Chris Peel ’14 Sarah Peel ’15 Olivia Rask ’16 Julia Rogers ’13 Owen Shepherd ’14 Dempsey Simonis ’11 Hannah ’09 and William ’10 Sippl Alice Street ’15 Davis Tutt ’11
PARENT GIVING BY CLASS CLASS OF 2019 Tom Baker P ’19 Hal Clifford and Mary Bendrick P ’19 Dean and Amy Brooks P ’19, ’22 Stephanie ’85 and Michael Carter P ’13, ’16, ’19 Annette and Martin Cornett P ’19 Duc Dang and Hanh Nghiem P ’19 Julie and Michael Dashiell P ’19 Diana Diaz-Guerrero and Jorge Guerrero Cruz P ’19 Mary Estrada P ’19 Cynthia and John Everitt P ’16, ’19 Henry Fricke and Erin Sokol P ’19, ’22 Barbara and Kevin Garrow P ’19 Andrew and Dorian Goldstein P ’19 Mohammed Ghamdi and Mary Grasmick P ’19, ’21, ’22
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GerriAnne Huey Graham P ’19 Jim Johnson P ’19 Ava and Kelvin Luo P ’19 Chris and Susan Lynch P ’19 Cassandra Malcolmson P ’19 Keith Malcolmson P ’19 Mark Maloney and Christiane Relph P ’19 Bisi Williams and Bruce Mau P ’19 Hal Naiman P ’19 Molly and Matt Palis P ’19 Scot Potts and Beth Ehrhardt P ’19 Jill Tiefenthaler and Kevin Rask P ’16, ’19 Taylor and Charmaine Reed P ’19 Dave and Lisa Schubert P ’19 Jidong Zhou and Xun Shen P ’19 Cheri Morgan and Tom Staples P ’19 E Carlyle Stem P ’19 Kathy and Rob Thames P ’19 Ellis ’80 and Heather Van Wagner P ’19
Marguerite Veber P ’19 Amy Wolf and Dean Volk P ’17, ’19 Anonymous 28.36%
CLASS OF 2020 Karen and Michael Adler P ’20 Rebecca Tucker and Scott Bauer P ’20 Nancy and Tom Bittner P ’20 Thomas and Suzanne Burkle P ’20 Keysha Cockrell P ’20 Eric and Sarah Filler P ’20 Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Josue and Laura Garciá P ’20 Don Keller and Nancy Glenn P ’20 Douglas and Katherine Haghighi P ’20, ’22 John and Kathryn Heminway P ’20 Sandra Johnson-Benning P ’20
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PARENT GIVING BY CLASS CONTINUED Stephanie and Michael Kimlicko P ’17, ’20 Kathy Kline ’87, P ’20 Frank and Lara Knuettel P ’18, ’20 Hanh Le and Khoi Dang P ’18, ’20 Patrick Lessard P ’20 Hayden and Kimberley Mellsop P ’20 Mike and Julie Mills P ’20 Musharraf and Allison Nizami P ’20 Kyota and Yukie Ogino P ’20 Tomoaki and Mieko Ota P ’20 Deb and Chris Prantl P ’20, ’22 Jennifer and Nils Rahm P ’18, ’20 Tao Shan and Jing Wu P ’20 Xiaocang Shi P ’20 Thomas and Pamela Sitton P ’20 Kirk and Kristen Solo P ’20, ’21 Colleen and Brian Sperber P ’20 Jeff and Lisa Stedman P ’20 Jiuli Wang and Limei Sun P ’20 John and Kaye Thomassen P ’20 Guy and Liza Townsend P ’20 Samuel and Stacia Vigneri P ’20 Kunxiao and Song Wang P ’20 Zhihui Zhu and Bonny Yu P ’20 Minghua Zhang and Fang Yuan P ’20 Hugo Zhang and Vivian Xu P ’20 39.62%
CLASS OF 2021 Khuong Thi Quynh Huong and Ta Anh Tuan P ’21 Elizabeth Anschutz P ’21 and Jeffrey Allen Eric and Caroline Blaylock P ’21 Roland Heinz and Martina Bohme P ’21 Malcolm Butters P ’21 Mary Anne Butters P ’21 Tong Hu and Wen Chen P ’21 Qingping Yu and Min Cheng P ’21 Eric and Cristl Clark P ’21 Jim Jackson and Birgitta De Pree P ’21 Brad Zaba & Ingrid Deklau P ’21 Kathleen and Patrick Devanny P ’21
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Susan Enfield ’83, P ’21 Henrique and Andreina Fernandez P ’21 Michael and Christine Flaherty P ’21 Mohammed Ghamdi and Mary Grasmick P ’19, ’21, ’22 Christian Hageseth P ’21 Brent Hamilton P ’21 Cynthia and Ben Hannah P ’18, ’21 Kaytie Harley P ’21 Dongyun He and Daxi Lu P ’21 Juan He and Li Zhang P ’21 K Huong P ’21 Stephen and Christy Kaczmarek P ’21 Ann and Dennis Kaill P ’21 John and Reagan Lenhart P ’21 Xinhong Li and Yanhong Liang P ’21 Jenna and Austin Lin P ’21, ’22 Debbie Lonergan P ’21 Lisa Maccagnan ’85, P ’21 Christopher Macdonald P ’21 Sheila Macdonald P ’21 Li Wang and Jianzhong Mao P ’21 Kristin Matta and Mark Pattee P ’17, ’21 Mary Clare and Jamie Matthews P ’21 Martha Miller and Fred Reynolds P ’18, ’21 Kristine and Chris Mitchell P ’21 Tom Mitchell P ’21 Kari Parsons P ’21 Bo Parsons P ’21 Doug ’88 and Jami Patterson P ’21 Rhonda and Dan Proctor P ’21 Holly and Allen Richardson P ’21, ’22 Karla Ross ’81, P ’21 Liz and Bob Ryan P ’21 Jenny and Christopher Schell P ’21 Christina Sellart and Victor Sevillano P ’21 Kirk and Kristen Solo P ’20, ’21 Nicole and James Thomas P ’21 J. T. Thomas ’73, P ’21 Terrie and John Walsh P ’21 Liyun Zhang and Wei Wang P ’21 44.44%
CLASS OF 2022 Charles and Rolanda Aguilar P ’22 Chad and Amanda Barnett P ’22 Angela Bird and Toby Brown P ’22 Dean and Amy Brooks P ’19, ’22 Sharon Brown P ’22 Rhianna Combs P ’22 Arnaud ’87 and Lisa Dumont P ’22 Henry Fricke and Erin Sokol P ’19, ’22 Mohammed Ghamdi and Mary Grasmick P ’19, ’21, ’22 Douglas and Katherine Haghighi P ’20, ’22 Kathryn Hamel P ’22 Chongyang Jiang P ’22 Zhongxun Liu and Weili Jiang P ’22 Yumei Liu and Ying Jin P ’22 OkHyang Ryu and KyeongSu Jung P ’17, ’22 Scott and Jennifer Lebo P ’22 Jampa Dothar and Phurbu Lhadon P ’17, ’22 Caiqin Sun and Xiang Li P ’22 Xuehua Liang P ’22 Jenna and Austin Lin P ’21, ’22 Wei Liu and Juan Wen P ’22 Li Luo P ’22 Xiaodan Ma P ’22 Qian Meng P ’22 Daphne and Edwards O’Keefe P ’22 Deb and Chris Prantl P ’20, ’22 Tinsley and Kevin Ray P ’22 Holly and Allen Richardson P ’21, ’22 KyeongSu Jung and OkHyang Ryu P ’17, 22 Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Cris and Margie Sherer P ’22 Lisbet and Stuart Sunshine P ’22 Alexandra and William Wagnon P ’22 Liping Xu and Yuejie He P ’ 22 Xiaobin Zhang and Xiang Xu P ’22 Bingqing Xu and Yonggang Zhang P ’22 50.00%
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FORMER PARENT GIVING Tucker and Dan Adams P ’79, ’81, GP ’04, ’06 Alejandra and Alfredo Alcantara P ’06, ’08 Julia Alling P ’18 Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Warren Anderson P ’08 Mary and Dan Armour P ’94, ’99 Liz Arnold P ’18 Marybeth and Doug Badger P ’17 Iris and Monty Baldwin P ’04 Mary Beazley and John Street P ’15 Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Lenee and Don Bennett P ’16 Chimene Longwater and Biff Bermingham P ’16 Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Grace Blea-Nuñez and Michael Nuñez P ’09, ’11, ’15, ’17 Carolyn Blinn P ’01 Eugenia Blume P ’87 Destinie and Joseph Bogda P ’21 David and Mary Boyer P ’04 Wendy and JB Bush P ’22 Sarah Cannady P ’18 Laurie and James Carney P ’92 Michele Chandler P ’88, ’95 Elisabeth Cheney and Peter Blood P ’14, ’16 Liz and Dan Christian P ’02 Vivian Cobb P ’06 Toni and John Corkran P ’81, ’83, ’85 Kim Coulter P ’06, ’09 John ’65 and Candice Cox P ’95 Carole Martin and Jack Creeden P ’03, ’06 Andy and Brian Davies P ’17 Amanda and John Dedrick P ’14, ’16, ’17 Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Lydia and Paul Dudley P ’01 Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Daniel and Catherine Dyer P ’07 Veronica Serna-Eberhart and Doug Eberhart ’76, P ’13 Daniel and Vivian Edelson P ’18 Buck ’69 and Holly Elliott P ’04
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Ed ’82 and Alicia Eppler P ’10 Chris Erskine P ’75, GP ’02 Kelly and Bill Eustace P ’14, ’17 Sylvia and Paul Fanning P ’05 Susan and Greg Felt P ’12, ’15 Susan Freeman P ’89 Jay Frost ’78, P ’05, ’12 Gary and Karen Gabrielson P ’96, ’99 John Gallagher ’91, P ’17 Ken ’62 and Kathleen Gamblin P ’91, ’93 Francine Garnett P ’04 Barbara Corrigan and Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 Anne ’81 and Howard Green P ’04, ’06 Chris ’69 and Martha Griffith P ’03 Kristin Schoonveld and Rob Gustke P ’16, ’18 Stephen and Danielle Hamill P ’18 Lynn Handford P ’00 Ann Hanna P ’07, ’09 John and Sandra Hatch P ’92 Ronald and Jan Henson P ’99 Maggi and Larry Hill P ’16 Adrienne and Ira Holtzman P ’11 Sara and Robert Howsam P ’06, ’09 Juniper Hunter ’93 and Jodi White ’92, P ’15, ’16 Will and Anna Hutchins P ’09 Phil Icke ’65 and Katerina Chalova P ’15 Isabel and Samuel Jewell P ’90 Norman ’62 and Susan Jones P ’89, GP ’18, ’20 Francis Kalusche P ’79 Hope and Matt Kapsner P ’17, ’20 Madeline and Timothy Kenealy P ’04 Ann Carson and Steve Kerchner P ’11 Paula and Wayne Lallier P ’90 Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 John Larkin P ’94 Karen and Flash Lasher P ’17 Wendy and John Lawrence P ’16 William and Christine Marcum P ’99 Anne and Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 Sarah Mariner ’83 and Chuck Pratt P ’14, ’16
Frances Mattivi P ’82 Jane and Howard Matz P ’98 Kila and Tim McCann P ’15 Nancy McComb P ’82, ’87, ’90, ’92 Gillian McCune P ’16 Sandy Mortensen P ’89, ’94, ’97 Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Trudy and David Munsick P ’05, ’06, ’11 Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18 Richard Neff and Lenore Platt P ’18 Jeanne Olive P ’08 Matt Barton and Toni Olivieri-Barton P ’17 Robert Osborne P ’81 Kristine Pyeatt and John Parker ’62, P ’88 Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Michael Peel P ’14, ’15 Blake Pelton P ’15, ’16 Jane and Orestes Pino P ’89 Katrina and Blair Presti P ’13, ’15 Susan Randerson P ’82, ’86 Thomas and Harriet Repenning P ’06 Kaja and David Reynolds P ’13, ’18 Jacqueline and Al Rogers ’76, P ’13 John ’75 and Lynn Rowsey P ’00, ’02 Ellen MacVeagh Rublee P ’74, ’91, GP ’17 Victoria and Mike Sandoval P ’06, ’11 Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Christopher and Wendy Seglem P ’00 Elisa Shackelton P ’08 Christiane and Dale Shepherd P ’14 Mary Sikes P ’16 Fran and Keith Smith P ’97 Kendall Smith P ’13 John Storb and Liz Biesiot P ’04 Dorothy Strehl P ’13 Marcia Strickland P ’79 Jerry and Derek Strine P ’15 Virginia and Duncan Tenney P ’11 Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 Peggy Toal P ’03 Sarah and David Treeson P ’03 Thayer ’73 and Melani Tutt P ’11 Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15
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FORMER PARENT GIVING CONTINUED Anette Ulmer Huber and Felix Huber P ’18 Mark and Janet van Hartesvelt P ’98, ’01 Will ’77 and Paula Verity P ’09 Danielle ’85 and Timothy Walsh P ’14, ’14 The Warley Family P ’13 Candace Wason P ’16
Terri and Dinny Weber P ’03, ’07 Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 Phillip Weidner P ’96 Jeffrey White P ’14 Douglas and Brigid Whitehead P ’12, ’13 John and Betty Wilson P ’96
Bob and Jan Winkler P ’04 Shelly and Fred Winston ’78, P ’18 Virginia Wofford P ’78, ’82 Velda Wyche P ’92, GP ’14 Darlene Wylie P ’02 Anonymous
GRANDPARENT GIVING Tucker and Dan Adams P ’79, ’81, GP ’04, ’06 Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Eileen Barton GP ’17 Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Richard and Karen Blair GP ’18 Chris Erskine P ’75, GP ’02 Lieselotte Eubank GP ’02, ’05
Wally and Nancy Goodwin GP ’08 Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09 Norman ’62 and Susan Jones P ’89, GP ’18, ’20 Phyllis Mann GP ’14 Anne and Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 Bob ’54 and Nancy Rahm GP ’16, ’18 Martha and Norman Rask GP ’16, ’19
Ellen MacVeagh Rublee P ’74, ’91, GP ’17 Barbara and Ted Seeley GP ’22 Richard Shepherd GP ’14 Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Marilyn Wilmerding GP ’20 Myra and Charlie Wrubel GP ’19
FACULTY AND EMPLOYEE GIVING – 100 PERCENT PARTICIPATION! Kaitlyn Achen Jennifer Agin Josh Alford Missie Alley and Francisco Nuñez Linda and Rik Arguello Marybeth and Doug Badger P ’17 Kat and Kelly Baker Dawn and Christopher Baldwin Iris and Monty Baldwin P ’04 Alice and Philip Barnett Anna Birnbaum Elizabeth Bjorklund David Brudzinski Emily Crouch-Ponder and Greg Ponder Kathleen Czop Torey Davie Amanda and John Dedrick P ’14, ’16, ’17 Amanda and Jerimiah Deerr Nathan Eberhart and Drew Staples Jake Emery ’71 and Lisa Davis-Emery Mario Flores
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Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Barbara Corrigan and Rob Gilbert P ’11, ’13 Maleah Gluck Addie Green ’06 Jennifer Grubb and Brittany Harrison Rob Gustke and Kristin Schoonveld P ’16, ’18 Ann Hanna P ’07, ’09 Sam Harrison Jed and Jennifer Haupt Lydia Herndon Virginia Herndon Chris and Julia Hutchinson Luana and Erick Jarvis Madeline and Timothy Kenealy P ’04 Stephanie and Michael Kimlicko P ’17, ’20 Jeff Lamson Scott and Jennifer Lebo P ’22 Amanda and Steven LeMarble Jenna and Austin Lin P ’21, ’22 John and Jen Litchenberg
Jess Lougeay-Benson Hollie and Matt Marine Kila and Tim McCann P ’15 Kathleen and David McCormick Avery McGlenn Zach and Erin Miller Rafael Muciño and Amy Albright Lee Nuckolls Jeanne Olive P ’08 Toni Olivieri-Barton and Matt Barton P ’17 Mike and Brenna Payne Blake Pelton P ’15, ’16 Zoe ’04 and Tyson Phillips Deb and Chris Prantl P ’20, ’22 David Racine Kevin and Tinsley Ray P ’22 Janet Refior Alex Ririe ’14 Kaja and David Reynolds P ’13, ’18 Brett and Carolyn Rubenstein Victoria and Mike Sandoval P ’06, ’11
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FACULTY AND EMPLOYEE GIVING CONTINUED Caroline Santinelli Cris and Margie Sherer P ’22 Curtis and Meg Singmaster Shauna Smith Paula Speicher Penny Steele
Dorothy Strehl P ’13 Xiaohong Teng and Larry Shepherd Lucas Trombetta Debbie Turner O’Neal Turner and Anne Faricy Simon and Michelle Waldbaum
Simon and Laurie Walker Will and Sarah Webb Bob White Tammy and Lucien Willocks Anonymous
FACULTY AND EMPLOYEE LEADERSHIP GIVING Marybeth and Doug Badger P ’17 Dawn and Christopher Baldwin Eric and Caroline Blaylock P ’21 Emily Crouch-Ponder and Greg Ponder Nathan Eberhart and Drew Staples Jake Emery ’71 and Lisa Davis-Emery
Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Rob Gustke and Kristin Schoonveld P ’16, ’18 Kila and Tim McCann P ’15 Avery McGlenn Rafael Muciño and Amy Albright
Toni Olivieri-Barton and Matt Barton P ’17 David Racine Janet Refior Cris and Margie Sherer P ’22 O’Neal Turner and Anne Faricy Will and Sarah Webb
FRIENDS AND FORMER FACULTY GIVING Julia Alling P ’18 Kim Arnn David Banks Kay Bard Gray Dee Bedee-Cromeens and Matthew Bedee Art and Char Berglund Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Christine Birnbaum Ines and Alex Blackburn Bradley Boyden ’69 and Marie Del Toro David and Abby Byerly Bob and Pamela Cadogan Olivia Cain Millard Chiang Alison ’99 and Colin Christofferson Susan Conde Toni and John Corkran P ’81, ’83, ’85 Barbara Corrigan P ’11, ’13 Carole Martin and Jack Creeden P ’03, ’06
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John Danaher ’71 Elizabeth Dwyer Shawn Ehrhardt Charles and Edie Emery Frances Fischer Lainey Fortney John Fuller and Peggy McCarroll Gary and Karen Gabrielson P ’96, ’99 Wally and Nancy Goodwin GP ’08 Lynn Handford P ’00 Lee Helmbrecht Ellen and Chuck Honnet Jonas Jeswald and Carolyn Campbell May Jing Waldo and Candy Johnston Randy and Marsha Jones Sarah Kaczmarek Kathy Kardok ’77 Emily Kemp Ann Carson and Steve Kerchner P ’11
Rocky Kimball ’67 and Mary Lou Skinner Fred and Robin Koval Pat Kule and Paul Malek Jeremy and Diana LaCasse Stacy Lamson Tim Lamson Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 Skip and Harlane Lindeman Janet and Per Lundstam Anne and Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 Tera J. McGuire Eloise Noland Gert Olivieri Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Jon and Joan Perry Jane and Orestes Pino P ’89 Jennifer Rodriguez Anna Sanchez Jennifer Severski
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FRIENDS AND FORMER FACULTY GIVING CONTINUED Tim ’82 and Peggy Smith Drew Staples Stockmens Bank Peter Thorp W.B. Tutt
Tami Vinson Richard A. Walsh Paula and Matt Walter Andy and Carol Watson Sam Webb
Josh Wolman Judy Wydick Anonymous
CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS AmazonSmile Foundation CNA Insurance Companies, Inc. Colorado First Tech Challenge Colorado Gives Day - Community First Foundation Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines David and Sylvia Weisz Family Philanthropic Fund Douglas and Abby Brown Family Foundation El Pomar Foundation Elizabeth P. S. Hawkins Charitable Unitrust Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Inc. Latzke Family Charitable Fund Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. National Philanthropic Trust Network For Good Northern Trust Company Pikes Peak Range Riders, Inc. Potts Family Foundation Price Family Foundation Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Ronald and Carol Moore Family Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Seven C” Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Anschutz Foundation
The Ettinger Foundation, Inc. The Hester and Edwin Giddings Foundation The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Kathleen Koerber Hallett Irrevocable Trust The New York Community Trust The Pierson Foundation The Ridings Foundation Inc. The Standard Insurance Company US Bancorp Foundation Walter A. & Dorothy J. Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Webb Family Fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Anonymous
GIFTS IN KIND Lisa Carlson Jacob Chi and Lin Chang P ’19 Mike ’56 and Carol Collins Veronica Serna-Eberhart and Doug Eberhart ’76, P ’13 Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Caroline Haines ’87 and Dan Patten ’87 Sean Hunt ’57 Nic Jenkins ’17 Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 Ireland Maechtle ’16
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Mike and Julie Mills P ’20 Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Peter Packard ’66 Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 John Snell Bill ’59 and Lynne Tinker Dan Tyler ’51, P ’96, GP ’11, ’12 Mark ’68 and Tracey Watson
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ELIZABETH SAGE HARE SOCIETY MEMBERS The Elizabeth Sage Hare Society honors individuals who have included Fountain Valley School in their estate plans. If you have included FVS in your estate plans, please let us know in order that the School can recognize your important commitment to securing the future of this wonderful school.
Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Jonathan Bayer ’53 and Miranda Townsend Kit and Peter Bedford P ’89, GP ’16 Alia and Sid Browning ’76 Bob and Pamela Cadogan Sarah Cannady P ’18, P ’23 Dan ’69 and Van Ha Citron Vivian Cobb P ’06 Alison Coffey ’88 Mike ’56 and Carol Collins Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Jake Emery ’71 and Lisa Davis-Emery Chuck ’56 and Elizabeth Farnsworth Jerry Frautschi ’49 and Pleasant Rowland Frautschi Bob Furman ’69 and Mary Hart-Furman Mame Gale P ’06 Ken ’62 and Kathleen Gamblin P ’91, ’93 John ’57 and Ute Gannett Bill ’61 and Shari Griffiths Rick Gydesen ’77 Dianne and Walt Harrison Mary Howe ’81 Sean Hunt ’57 Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09 Shane Johnson ’89 Peter Kaufman’ 46 and Sandra Brodie P ’70 Sara Kishner ’85 and Ed Morgan Jack ’62 and Inge-Lise Lane Antoni Laque Roca ’85 Sumner McKnight ’64 Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Peter ’74 and Gina Milliken Rick Moeser ’83 Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Mark ’51 and Deborah Nesbit
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Link Nicoll ’79 and Jesse Floyd Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Laura ’82 and Jeff Partridge Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Ted Perkins ’85 Patricia Pishny Wally ’49 and Carol Rowe Dorothy Schoonmaker P ’76 Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Bob ’69 and Saskia Stanley David ’61 and Betty Street Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 Paul Timolat ’65 Paul ’83 and Elizabeth Touw Thayer ’73 and Melani Tutt P ’11 Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15 Andy and Carol Watson Tom ’61 and Holly Wilson Chip Wood ’65 Deceased Morley Ballantine P ’64, ’68, GP ’05, ’05 Bryant Barnard ’54 Joe Bicknell ’71 Wiley Blair ’37 Lew Borden ’60, P ’87, ’89 Joe A. Broido ’48 Peter ’42 and Jean Brown Charlie ’41 and Ellen Brush Ed Bryant Alexander S. Campbell Pete Chappell ’41 Genevieve Coonly Chuck ’38 and Jane Emery Walter A. & Dorothy Frautschi Charitable Unitrust Jim Gerard ’34 Prentice Hapgood ’42
Nelson P. Hart ’49 Elizabeth Hawkins P ’66 Joseph B. Holloway ’70 Fisher and Debby Howe ’38 Thomas D. Howson ’36 Port Humes ’68 Winona B. Hunt Celine Karraker David Lavender Oliver LeCompte Robert Berwick Lennox ’39 Terry Lilly ’51 Norton Lyman ’44 Joseph A. Massie ’36 Robert McCune ’54 Will McWhinney ’47 Louise D. Morse P ’69 Bruce G. Murphy ’77 Stephen Naumburg Cruz ’65 Lewis Perry Mike Phelps ’42 Lucius M. Quinney ’59 Herbert C. Ryding Jr. ’39 Edwin Sherin ’48, P ’81 Barbara and Al Simms ’37, P ’70, GP ’99 Morgan ’35 and Esther Sinclaire Tamblin C. Smith ’45 Marka W. Stewart Peter ’49 and Anne Tidmarsh William Tinker Tom Weatherly ’59 Roger ’32 and Jeannette Willis Bixby Willis ’59
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CURRENT USE GIFTS Deirdre and David Aureden Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Norman and Ellen Christianson Colorado Academy
Walt and Dianne Harrison Heather Hume ’87 Pam and Steve Marsh P ’91, ’97 Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Link Nicoll ’79 and Jesse Floyd
Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Karla Ross ’81, P ’21 Phil ’81 and Gloria Sanchez The Denver Foundation Anonymous
MEMORIAL GIFTS In memory of Joseph P. Bicknell ’71 John Danaher ’71
In memory of Katherine A. Levin ’82 Dawn Judd ’82 and Mark Donaldson
In memory of Shirley Durden P ’79 Jolene Lane ’79 and King Lewis
In memory of Stuart W. MacVeagh ’53 Arthur Gallagher ’74
In memory of Hugo B. Fischer ’54 Frances Fischer
In memory of Lewis Perry Jr. Waldo and Candy Johnston
In memory of Bruce K. Kemp ’41 Emily Kemp
In memory of Annwin Sather P ’88 Mary and Dan Armour P ’94, ’99 Eugenia Blume P ’87 Millard Chiang Kay Bard Gray Eric ’87 and Tiffany Hemingway Eloise Noland El Pomar Foundation
In memory of Philip S. Kemp ’43 Emily Kemp In memory of Dale Lasater Jim Johnson P ’19
Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Pikes Peak Range Riders, Inc. Mark ’88 and Cindi Sather P ’23 Stockmens Bank Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Thayer ’73 and Melani Tutt P ’11 W.B. Tutt Richard A. Walsh Anonymous In memory of Joel A. H. Webb ’32 Webb Family Fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation In memory of John Zay Mickey P. Zay ’00
HONOR GIFTS In honor of Alison B. Christofferson ’99 William and Christine Marcum P ’99 In honor of Paul J. Douglas ’68 Skip and Harlane Lindeman In honor of Erin C. Duff ’08 Clara and Dave Duff P ’06, 08 In honor of Hannah C. Duff ’06 Clara and Dave Duff P ’06, 08 In honor of John W. Emery Jr. ’71 Tegan ’95 and Josh Owen In honor of Grace L. Everitt ’19 Julia Alling P ’18
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In honor of the Class of ’69 Rocky Kimball ’67 and Mary Lou Skinner John and Marcia Raushenbush Michael ’69 and Linda Ward In honor of Sarah E. García ’20 Sean Hunt ’57 Pat Kule and Paul Malek In honor of Jolene A. Lane ’79 Dempsey Simonis ’11 In honor of Scott W. Lebo P ’22 Minjae Kim ’08
In honor of John C. Raushenbush Waldo and Candy Johnston Rocky Kimball ’67 and Mary Lou Skinner In honor of Griffin D. Shelor ’14 Phyllis Mann GP ’14 In honor of Sarah S. Webb Eric and Caroline Blaylock P ’21 Dr. and Mrs. Harry E. Dawson Jr. In honor of William V. Webb Lenee and Don Bennett P ’16 Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89
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ENDOWMENT GIVING CAMPUS MAINTENANCE Class of 1969 Mountain Campus Endowment* In honor of the Class of 1969’s 50th reunion year, many lifelong friends and dedicated alumni from the class joined to endow one of the School’s most important assets, the Mountain Campus in Buena Vista. Through this gift, the School is able to ensure that this facility remains a keystone of its academic and extracurricular program. Harry Aldrich ’71 and Kim Marriott Phelps ’69 and Ann Anderson Chris Bacon ’75 Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft Bradley Boyden ’69 and Marie Del Toro Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Griff ’69 and Kimberly Davidson Buck ’69 and Holly Elliott P ’04 Jim ’69 and Allison Fleming Fred Ford ’69 Chris ’69 and Martha Griffith P ’03 Rocky Kimball ’67 and Mary Lou Skinner Edmund ’69 and Vivien MacDonald P ’08 Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Richard ’68 and Mari Robinson Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Sharon and Dick Simpson ’69 Bob ’69 and Saskia Stanley * The Bacon Family Endowment, The Cabot Fund and The William and Ethel Elliott Memorial Foundation Fund have been combined into the Class of 1969 Mountain Campus Endowment.
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The Edward E. Ford Foundation Endowment provides annual support of the Mountain Campus. The Frautschi Endowments were established by W. Jerome Frautschi ’49 to support annual maintenance of the Frautschi Campus Center and Howe Residence, as well as income for faculty salaries. The John Gale ’71 Memorial Endowment Fund for Campus Beautification was established in 2006 in memory of John Gale ’71 by his classmates, family and friends. Annual income supports campus preservation and beautification. Neil ’71 and Kimberlee Albert Jeff ’71 and Carol Berns Gale Family Foundation The Henderson Facilities Maintenance Endowment was established in 2001 by Robert E. Henderson ’44, father of Charles ’72, to support plant maintenance. The Plant Maintenance Trust supports campus maintenance. The Street Playground Endowment was established by David Street ’61 in 2000 to maintain the faculty children’s playground. The Timolat Endowment created by Paul S. Timolat ’65 provides funds to be used for maintenance of the physical plant.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Gifts to the capital campaign support Phase One of our Master Plan which includes the construction of the new Julie and Spencer Penrose Athletic Center, maintenance facility, additional faculty housing and infrastructure improvements. Thank you to all of our generous donors as of June 30, 2019. Campaign Donors 5Star Bank Tovah Adler ’98 and Frankie Block Charles and Rolanda Aguilar P ’22 Ronnie Anderson ’81, P ’10 Linda and Rik Arguello Molly Armour ’99 Kim Arnn Jamie and Chris Bachant ’75 Hoyt Bacon ’69 and Vern Joens Jerry and Joan Badger GP ’17 Sally Best Bailey and Alan Bailey P ’88, ’91, ’93, GP ’21 Tom Baker P ’19 Chris ’69 and Sue Bancroft David Banks Chad and Amanda Barnett P ’22 Bill Barrackman and Rita Van Antwerpen P ’12 Ed Bartlett ’68 Karen “KC” Baswell ’95 Jonathan Bayer ’53 and Miranda Townsend Mary Beazley and John Street P ’15 Dee Bedee-Cromeens and Matthew Bedee Chris Bellios ’89 Don and Lenee Bennett P ’16 Karla Grazier and Ward Berlin P ’15 Jeff Berns ’71 Harry Bettis ’52, P ’94 Joe Bicknell ’71 Ines and Alex Blackburn Carolyn Blinn P ’01
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Gavin and Julie Blunt P ’05, ’09 William ’68 and Catherine Boddington P ’03 Boeing Corporation Bradley Boyden ’69 and Marie Del Toro Barry ’69 and Barbara Brown Gerry ’69 and Cathey Brown Ed Bryant Mac ’66 and Carol Buckingham Jennifer Buckley Jim Campbell CNA Insurance Companies, Inc. Sarah Cannady P ’18 Tim ’65 and Catherine Carnegie Jim and Laurie Carney P ’91; gcLi Joe ’80 and Katherine Chan Bruce and Julie Chesley P ’11, ’12 Chinese Alumni Association Steve Cochran ’60 Mike ’56 and Carol Collins Sloan ’70 and Sandy Colt George ’68 and Leslie Conant Jack Creeden and Carole Martin P ’03, ’06 Patrick Creeden ’06 Ricardo Creel and Leticia Montemayor P ’10, ’12 John ’71, Mike ’72, and David ’79 Danaher Colin Day ’99 Alex de Haan ’88 and Bruno Nathansohn Vin ’08 and Megan ’09 DeCenzo The Deerr Family James des Cognets ’06 Mark Dillon and Susan Stevens P ’08, ’10, ’11 Dean ’91 and Mandy Dowson P ’17 Clara and Dave Duff P ’06, ’08 Janet Dulin ’77, P ’11 and Jim Dulin ’76, P ’07, ’09, ’11 Arnaud ’87 and Lisa Dumont P ’22 Valerie Flint Durant ’79 and Payson Durant El Pomar Foundation Chris Ellis ’06 Jud ’78 and Sheila Ely
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Chris Erskine P ’76, GP ’02 The Ettinger Foundation Kelly and Bill Eustace P ’14, ’17 Jim ’69 and Allison Fleming Marsha and Jesse Fortney P ’20 Jerry Frautschi ’49 and Pleasant Rowland Frautschi Ali French ’98 Erin Sokol and Henry Fricke P ’19, ’22 Juliana Frost ’83 Arthur Gallagher ’74 Ken ’62 and Kathleen Gamblin P ’91, ’93 John ’57 and Ute Gannett George ’52 and Jo Gibson Maleah Gluck Wally and Nancy Goodwin GP ’08 David ’83 and Beth Gould Dionne ’88 and Wade Greif Susan and Ian Griffis P ’13, ’14 Bill ’61 and Bob ’68 Griffiths The Hageman Family Foundation Heather Hall ’98 Dylan A. Hamel ’22 and Kate Bishop Hamel P ’22 Stephen and Danielle Hamill P ’18 Duncan Handford ’00 Walt and Dianne Harrison Darin ’88 and Barb Hart Larry ’49 and Jane Hecox John and Kathryn Heminway P ’20 Ronald and Jan Henson P ’99 Daniel Hiltbrand ’98 James Hines P ’85, GP ’18 Marilyn Hodges Wilmerding GP ’20 Ellen and Chuck Honnet Richard ’68 and Peggy Horner Ben Howe ’89 Debby ’38 and Fisher Howe Margot Howle ’06 Sara and Robert Howsam P ’06, ’09 Emilie ’93 and Rob Hoyt Manley Hudson ’49
Kris ’90 and Justin Humphrey Sean Hunt ’57 Juniper Hunter ’93 and Jodi White ’92, P ’15, ’16 Bruce and Sarah Ingersoll Buzz ’49 and Lainie Jackson GP ’09 Sharon, Chris, Nolan and Nic ’17 Jenkins Isabel and Samuel Jewell P ’90 Shane Johnson ’89 Jim Johnson P ’19 Sandra Johnson-Benning P ’20 Norm ’62 and Susan Jones P ’89, GP ’18, ’20 Wink ’68 and Joy Jordan Jen and A.J. Joseph Joseph A. Massie, Jr. and Teresa J. Massie Living Trust Dawn Judd ’82 and Mark Donaldson Hope and Matt Kapsner P ’17, ’20 Don Keller and Nancy Glenn P ’20 Bill ’68 and Beverly Kellough Catherine W. Kellough JoAnne J. Kim ’95 Minjae Kim ’08 Bill Kipp ’88 and Krista Klein Pete ’61 and Carol Kirn Kathy Kline ’87, P ’20 Jeffrey and Carmen Kobacker P ’12 Peter ’68 and Marcia Krebs Anita and Phil Lane P ’14, ’16 Jolene Lane ’79 and King Lewis Craig ’69 and Irene Larimer P ’04, ’07, ’09, ’12 Latzke Family ’94, ’97 Wendy and John Lawrence P ’16 Brian Leavell ’98 Pat ’78 and Dona Liston Marc ’78 and Whitney Luckett P ’10, ’13 Lillian Lungren ’16 Madison Community Foundation
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ENDOWMENT GIVING CONTINUED CAPITAL CAMPAIGN continued Phyllis Mann GP ’14 Michael and Andrea Manship Tony Mansur ’69 Li Wang and Jianzhong Mao P ’21 Anne and Jim Mariner P ’82, ’83, ’88, GP ’14, ’16 Pam and Steve Marsh P ’91, ’97 Mary Clare and Jamie Matthews P ’21 Jonathan Matz ’98 and Caroline Bacquet Paul and Pauline McCaffrey P ’00, ’02, ’10 The McComb Family ’82, ’87, ’90, ’92 Katy and David McCormick Gillian McCune P ’16 Judi and Steve McPhail Liz Meade ’98 Jon and Becky Medved P ’05, ’08 Laddy ’68 and Dede Merck Martha Miller P ’18, ’21 Mark Minthorn ’65 Kathy Moody ’79 and Tom Osgood Ted ’64 and Cynthia Morse Henry ’69 and Terry Morse Rafael Muciño and Amy Albright Bill ’57 and Mary Lou Mullin P ’93 Rick ’77 and Diana Nash P ’18 Link Nicoll ’79 and Jesse Floyd Andrew No ’10 Kyota and Yukie Ogino P ’20 Ashley ’97 and Bradley Oliphant Jeanne Olive P ’08 Greg ’81 and Madelaine Osborne Robert Osborne P ’81 Tegan Owen ’95 Peter Packard ’66 Randy Parella ’96 and Sarah Noel Julia Parkinson Joey Parr ’84 Jon T ’60 and Carol Patten P ’85, ’87, ’89 Doug ’88 and Jami Patterson P ’21 Michael Patterson ’75 and Susan Griggs P ’07
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Seth Patterson ’91 and Tricia Shriver Patterson Prescott Paulin ’03 Weston Pew ’98 Pikes Peak United Way Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Inc. Emily Crouch-Ponder and Greg Ponder Sue Porter ’81 Wes Posvar ’68 Katrina and Blair Presti P ’13, ’15 Maia Presti ’13 Matt Presti ’15 David Pyott P ’11 Julianna Pyott P ’11 Cole S. Quarles-Papasergia ’14 and Heather Quarles P ’14 The Rahm Family Mick ’61 and Genie Ramsey Jill Tiefenthaler and Kevin Rask P ’16, ’19 John and Marcia Raushenbush Andrew Ray ’88 Rett Rayhill ’08 Wrendy Rayhill ’09 Catherine and Thomas Reagan P ’13 Janet Refior Bren Reis ’98 Dave and Kaja Reynolds P ’13, ’18 Emma Reynolds ’13 Sage Reynolds ’18 Buck Ritchey ’98 RMC Corporation John H. Roberts GP ’05, ’09 Ronald and Carol Moore Family Foundation Wally ’49 and Carol Rowe Ellen MacVeagh Rublee P ’74, ’91, GP ’17 Chris ’90 and Christy Sanchez P ’22 Phil ’81 and Gloria Sanchez Mark ’88 and Cindi Sather Bugs Schou ’83 Betty Schultz P ’12
Jim ’68 and Chris Scott P ’95, ’99, ’05 Theresa Sheh ’88 and Matthew Stephen-Hassard Cris and Margie Sherer P ’22 Dick ’69 and Sharon Simpson Roger and Elizabeth Sippl P ’10 John-David Slaugh ’13 Andy ’78 and Julie Smith Mitch Smith ’63 and Daniel Jones Bob ’69 and Saskia Stanley David ’94 and Michele Steed Michael Stone ’70 Janette and Fredrick Stoot P ’07, ’09, ’11 Jenny Storms ’90 Alice Street ’15 David ’61 and Betty Street Bill ’68 and Nancy Stroh Lisbet and Stuart Sunshine P ’22 Virginia and Duncan Tenney P ’11 Jane Thames GP ’19 Darryl ’55 and Terry Thatcher P ’84, ’84, ’88, GP ’17 Gregg ’84 and Pam Thatcher P ’17 The Lightner Sams Foundation, Inc. Nathan ’21 and Carla Thomas P ’21 Sara and Bob Tonsing P ’06, ’09, ’11 Guy and Liza Townsend P ’20 O’Neal Turner and Anne Faricy Melinda and Barry Twomey P ’14, ’15 Dan Tyler ’51, P ’96, GP ’11, ’12 P. Scott Van Wagner ’75 Tami Vinson Simon, Laurie and Adele Walker Richard ’88 and Shelley Wallner Kunxiao and Song Wang P ’20 Chris ’82 and Teresa Warden Carol Warren George Warrington ’72 and Henrietta Gores Mark ’68 and Tracey Watson Piers Watson Barbara Webb
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Sam Webb Will, Sarah and Maggie Webb Webb Family Fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 Gilbert F. Weiskopf GP ’18 Wells Fargo Foundation Jennifer and Joseph Wheeling P ’10, ’13 Douglas and Brigid Whitehead P ’12, ’13 Mara Whitehead ’13 Bixby Willis ’59 Lucien and Tammy Willocks Blake ’78 and Kathleen Wilson P ’05, ’08 John and Betty Wilson P ’96 Virginia Wofford P ’78, ’82 John Wright ’68 The Wrubel Family Judy Wydick Darlene Wylie P ’02 Matt Zay ’00 Mickey Zay P ’00 Anonymous The Hunter and Lynn Frost Fund was established in their memory, dedicated to the building of a future performing arts center.
FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONTINUING EDUCATION/AWARDS The Ballantine Family Endowment created by Arthur and Morley Ballantine and continued by their sons Richard ’64 and William ’68, provides annual grants for faculty study and research. The Robert D. Cole Endowment for Faculty Development was established by the family of the late Robert D. Cole who was a trustee and parent of David Cole ’86. Through their funding of faculty travel, the
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Cole family seeks to enrich the experiences that faculty can bring to the classroom. The Gates/FVS Teacher Education Fund created by the Gates Family Foundation of Denver, provides annual funding of faculty research and independent study. The J. Philo Nelson Endowment was established by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bedford, parents of Erik ’89 and grandparents of Owen ’16, in honor of Mrs. Bedford’s father. Annual income is used to provide an award for outstanding teaching to a member of the FVS faculty as selected by the Head of School.
OPERATIONS The Faculty Fund supports the School’s operations. The General Trust supports the School’s operations.
PROGRAMS The Armour Family Fund was established by Mr. and Mrs. A. Watson Armour, parents of Jean ’94 and Molly ’99. Annual earnings support the School’s arts program.
The F. Martin Brown Fund for the Teaching of Science honors one of Fountain Valley School’s founding faculty members who served with distinction from 1930 through 1973. Income from the fund provides annual support of teaching salaries in the sciences. The fund was established in 1992 by a gift from Morgan Sinclaire ’35 and his wife, Esther.
The Gardner Lynch Gordon Carney Restricted Endowment Fund was established by Mr. and Mrs. James H. Carney II in memory of their son, Gardner ’92. The fund supports the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute at Fountain Valley School, which provides training, research and literature on the pedagogy of leadership. The Institute’s annual Leadership Lab takes place each summer at Fountain Valley School, and several FVS faculty have participated in this training.
The Lane Faculty Family Endowment was established by Nelson and Neecee Lane, parents of Phelps ’98 and Tennessee ’00, and supports the educational fund for children of Fountain Valley School faculty.
Brian Scott Chandler ’95 Memorial Fund was established by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Chandler ’65, and his brother, Bob Chandler ’88, to support the performing arts and other programs. Michele Chandler P ’88, ’95
The Lewis Perry Endowment was established by numerous friends of Fountain Valley’s third Headmaster. Annual income is used to support the humanities and endows a teaching chair for a member of the humanities faculty selected by the the Head of School.
The Creeden Endowment Fund for Experiential Learning honors Fountain Valley’s sixth headmaster Dr. Jack Creeden and his wife, Dr. Carole Martin. Income supports students who need assistance to take part in the Interim program. John Creeden and Carole Martin P ’03, ’06
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ENDOWMENT GIVING CONTINUED PROGRAMS continued The Deck Cheney Endowment was established in 2007 to sustain the excellence of the riding program in perpetuity. Named in tribute to the legendary riding master who served from 1944 to 1975, the fund’s income supports the riding program, facilities and equipment. The Dominique Dunne Memorial Fund supports Fountain Valley School’s film competition. It was established by family and friends of Dominique Dunne ’77. The John W. Emery ’44 Memorial Endowment Fund was established by Jean Jackson Emery in honor of her late husband and father of John W. (Jake) Emery Jr. ’71, in recognition of his lifelong appreciation of music. Annual income supports the promotion of creativity in the School’s music department and benefits one or more students in music. The Henry B. Poor Endowment Fund was created to honor the commitment of Mr. Poor in supporting students of diversity, spirituality and character in order that they have the opportunity to experience a unique, college preparatory education at Fountain Valley School. This endowment fund contributes to the financing of qualified students’ expenses incurred at FVS that are not covered by existing financial aid or the FVS Interim Scholarship Program. Bonnie and Lew Watters ’57
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The Charles Kurchinski Annual Music Competition Endowment Fund was established by Michael Dively to sponsor a student music competition that awards cash prizes to the top three musicians in the vocal and instrumental categories.
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The Lane Horse Program Endowment established by Nelson and Neecee Lane supports the School’s riding program.
Coach Kardok Scholarship Fund Donald “Coach” Kardok P ’73, ’75, ’77 arrived as a faculty member in the fall of 1969 and made Fountain Valley School his home. The Kardok Scholarship Fund was established in 2014 with an initial leadership gift from an alumnus/former trustee along with matched funds from the School’s endowment to ensure that FVS is within reach for bright and dedicated students who desire to expand their intellectual horizons.
The Nicholas McCumber ’71 Visiting Artist Program Endowment supports the artist-in-residence program. The Round Square Endowment was established in 2016 by former trustee Jim and Valerie Webster, parents of Danny ’14. The endowment supports the Round Square program at Fountain Valley School. Income from the fund underwrites the operating expenses of the program and supports the cost of educational exchanges at independent schools in many parts of the world. Valerie and Jim Webster P ’14 The Rumbough Music Fund was given by Stanley M. Rumbough Jr. in memory of his son, David ’68. It supports the general activities of the music department. The Frederick von Stade ’42 Music Endowment was created in 2007 by his four daughters in celebration of his 85th birthday. Income from the fund is used to provide support for the music department.
Bancroft Scholarship Endowment was funded by Christopher Bancroft ’69 and provides annual scholarship awards for deserving students.
Elizabeth Sage Hare Trustee Scholarship Endowment Established by current and former trustees, the Elizabeth Sage Hare Trustee Scholarship provides a Fountain Valley School education to a qualified and deserving student who demonstrates need. The intent is to transform the recipient’s life through the FVS experience. This scholarship honors the extraordinary vision of the School’s founder, Elizabeth Sage Hare, who was determined to establish a great, progressive school in the West. Terry and Henry Morse ’69 General Scholarships Endowment Terrence Lilly Irrevocable Trust
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The Learning Center Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by an FVS parent to support deserving students who benefit from the Learning Center at Fountain Valley School of Colorado. This scholarship provides opportunities for qualified students to receive study assistance, learning and academic assessment, individualized academic support, tutoring and educational skill development.
The Sinclaire Endowment was established by Reginald Sinclaire, father of Morgan ’35. The income from the fund is used to provide support for master teachers and for students of exceptional promise who require financial aid to attend FVS.
The Jane and Charles F. Emery ’38 Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by Jane and Chuck Emery. The purpose is to provide financial support to a student who could not otherwise attend Fountain Valley School. John Moore ’76 and Andrea Geyling-Moore
The Joseph B. Holloway ’70 Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by his friends from the proceeds of a 2000 benefit performance of George Gershwin’s “American Rhapsody” at the Triad Theatre in New York City.
The Scott Family Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by Mr. and Mrs. James R. Scott ’68, parents of James ’95, Courtney ’99 and Dana ’05, to provide scholarship opportunities for Native American students on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations in Montana, and Native American students who are residents of Montana or the Sheridan, Wyo. area. The goal of the scholarship is to strengthen ties between Fountain Valley School and the Native American communities whose children would benefit from the transformative education that Fountain Valley can provide.
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The Henderson Scholarship Endowment established by Robert E. Henderson ’44 provides annual scholarship income.
STUDENT RECOGNITION The Hunter Frost Theatre Award Fund was established in 1999 by former headmaster Lewis Perry Jr. and Hoyt Bacon ’69 in honor of Mr. Hunter Frost, Fountain Valley’s performing arts director from 19691982 (also faculty 1949-1952 and 19661982). The award is given each year to an outstanding senior actor or actress. The Barker Wardrop Memorial Fund was established through an anonymous gift in 1983 in memory of Barker ’72, to be awarded to an FVS tennis player who combines skill with good nature and persistence, qualities for which Barker’s classmates especially remember him.
The Pauline C. Li and Samuel C. Li ’84 Student Opportunity Fund was established by Samuel Li ’84 to provide additional help to students who receive financial aid. Samuel Li ’84 and Pauline Ung The Claire Emma McGregor ’06 Endowed Scholarship Fund was created in 2006 by Joan and Clyde McGregor in honor of their daughter. Annual earnings provide merit scholarship support for a student at Fountain Valley. The Theda Clark Smith Endowment was established in 1990 by Tamblin C. Smith ’45. Fund income provides scholarship assistance to students from Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley.
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GARDNER CARNEY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE GIVING David B. Ball John and Marilyn Beck Blair Bellis Bessemer National Gift Fund Benjamin L. Bolte Karen F. Buhl David Burnham Jean N. Calhoun James H. Carney Winston H. Carney Carney, Sandoe and Associates John R. Chandler Peter and Crissy Cherry Natalie F. Colmore Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Anne Cooney Heidi Cox Harden L. Crawford W. M. Dunwoody John Faubert Robert Fricker Prudence Gary Virginia J. Getz Gerald S. Hobb Ethna B. Hopper Nancy Hopwood Ellen D. Huettig Marcie Hunsaker Indian River Community Foundation Thomas C. Jenkins Kathleen Johnson Dohn L. Kalmbach Alastair C. Kennedy Albina Kuperman Jeremy LaCasse David Lacey Michael Loeb Sean and Beth McArdle
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CREDITS FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO Head of School William V. Webb Director of Advancement Jesse W. Fortney P ’20 Director of Development Margie Sherer P ’22 Contributors Janet Refior, Chief Operations and Financial Officer Tammy Willocks, Controller Linda Arguello, Donor Relations and Stewardship Manager James Mill, Director of Marketing and Communications
Every gift is important to Fountain Valley School. In a list of this magnitude, errors sometimes occur. If you do find an error, we would be grateful if you would please contact Director of Development Margie Sherer P ’22 at (719) 391-5315 or msherer@fvs.edu. Please note that this data has not been audited to date. The Fountain Valley School Report on Giving is published annually. To make a donation or for more information about the School, contact: FVS Advancement Office 6155 Fountain Valley School Road Colorado Springs, CO 80911 (719) 391-5315 www.fvs.edu/annualfund Please direct alumni inquiries to the FVS Alumni Office at alumni@fvs.edu.
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