welcome to the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS CEREMONY Friday, April 16, 2021
HOSTED BY The Kinkaid School Alumni Association ORDER of EVENTS
WELCOME Jonathan Eades Head of School
AWARDS PRESENTATION Michel Miller Mullett ‘00 Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee Chair
DISTINGUISHED HONORARY ALUMNUS Berdon Lawrence Maritime Industry Leader, Community Advocate, and Wildlife Conservationist
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS Darrell Bock ‘71 Executive Director of Cultural Engagement and Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies
DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA Michelle Cho ‘98 Social Entrepreneur
OUTSTANDING ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD Jane Hoffert Moore ‘46 Alumni Board Member Emeritus and Loyal Class Notes Correspondent
EDWARD M. TRUSTY JR. CORE VALUES AWARD Tom Wey Longtime Kinkaid Faculty Member and Coach
CLOSING REMARKS Jonathan Eades Head of School BERDON LAWRENCE DISTINGUISHED HONORARY ALUMNUS
Berdon Lawrence was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Tulane University in 1964 with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and in 1965 with a Master’s in Business Administration. He is currently Chairman of L3 Partners, LLC, a family business office that manages investments and real estate. He served as Chairman of the Board of Kirby Corporation from 1999-2010. He was founder and President of Hollywood Marine, a privately owned barge company that operated tank barges and towboats. In 1999, Hollywood Marine merged with Kirby Corporation.
Berdon is involved in several community organizations including Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees, M.D. Anderson Board of Visitors, The Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, and The South Texans’ Property Rights Association. He served on The Kinkaid School's Board of Trustees for 11 years from 2009 until 2020.
He is Chairman Emeritus of the Waterways Council and has served as past Chairman of the Inland Waterways Users Board. He also served on the Board of Trustees at Tulane University and The National Osteoporosis Foundation Board.
Berdon and wife Rolanette established the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program in 2004, which is now a collaboration of M.D. Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center. Through their donations they have advanced the development of bone disease research at these three facilities in the Houston Medical Center.
The Lawrences are an avid outdoors family, dedicated to wildlife conservation. Their ranch, the Laborcitas Creek Ranch, near Falfurrias, Texas, has been the recipient of various awards through the years, including the 2018 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas. Berdon also received the Texas Wildlife Foundation Association’s Outdoorsman of the Year award in 2010 and the 2016 Harvey Weil Conservationist of the Year Award.
Berdon has been married to Rolanette for 46 years, and they have three children, a daughter, Heather, and two sons, Mark and Charles '96, and seven grandchildren, John Berdon Mitchell '14, Elizabeth Mitchell '17, Collin Lawrence '18, Eliza Lawrence '20, Harrison Lawrence '23, William Mitchell '26, and Berdon Lawrence '31. DARRELL BOCK ‘71 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
Darrell L. Bock ‘71 is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas, as well as Executive Director of Cultural Engagement for the Hendricks Center there. Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author of over 40 books, including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts, studies of the historical Jesus, and works in cultural engagement as host of the seminary’s The Table podcast, which has been online since 2012.
His mentors included internationally well- known New Testament scholars Harold Hoehner at Dallas, Howard Marshall in Aberdeen, Martin Hengel, and Otto Betz at Tübingen. His work on the last week of Jesus’ life appears in an international series. He co-chaired the Institute for Biblical Research’s Historical Jesus group and edited an internationally known 900 page technical monograph on Jesus entitled Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus.
He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) for 2000–2001, was a consulting editor for Christianity Today for several decades, and serves on the boards of Wheaton College, Chosen People Ministries, The Institute for Global Engagement and Christians in Public Service. His articles appear in leading publications.
Dr. Bock has been engaged on issues of race and diversity in his work at the Seminary and in the Dallas community. His newest books deal with culture (Cultural Intelligence) and a co-authored work on the role of technology in the church (Virtual Reality Church). He is often an expert for the media on New Testament issues. Dr. Bock has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction Breaking( the DaVinci Code) and serves as elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas.
Married for over 45 years to Sally, he is a proud father of two daughters and a son, and is also a grandfather to five.
Darrell enrolled in Kinkaid in the second grade and graduated with the Class of 1971. He did photography for the yearbook during his time in high school, played on the championship basketball team his senior year, and ran cross country. He regards his time at Kinkaid as foundational to his career. His siblings, John Bock ‘64, Darcy Bock Forman ‘68, and Joady Bock Rubin ‘73 (fs), also attended Kinkaid. MICHELLE CHO ‘98 DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA
Michelle Cho ‘98 is an award-winning social entrepreneur and CEO and Co-Founder of Gladeo, an inclusive, online career navigation platform for the future of work. Michelle is a 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, a 2018 National League of Cities Local Hero Award recipient, a 2018 Gratitude Award recipient, a 2018 Ashoka/ American Express Emerging Innovator, and a 2017 Award Winner at Social Venture Partner LA’s Social Innovation Fast Pitch. She graduated from Stanford University in three years, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
After graduation, Michelle lived in Madrid, Spain for a year and worked in business development for a motion graphics company. When she got back to the States, she landed in San Francisco and worked in business development at Arup, an engineering firm. She soon realized her real passion was storytelling, so she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood. She started off at Paramount Pictures, and years later, she became an independent producer, co-producing the film “Au Revoir Taipei” which won the NetPac Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Like many creatives and entrepreneurs, she had a side hustle that enabled her to take risks and pursue her work, an operations job in commercial and residential real estate development. Currently, she also develops high-end short-term rental properties in Joshua Tree, California.
Since 2005, when she wasn’t working, you could find Michelle volunteering her time conducting college planning seminars for schools and community- based non-profits. While she was volunteering, she saw a huge gap between school and career, especially for students who lived in low-income neighborhoods or who were the first in their family to go to college. She started Gladeo to bridge that gap, and since then, Gladeo’s online platform has helped hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and counselors learn about the diverse array of careers and industries through their videos, interactive website, infographics, and e-courses. Through Gladeo, Michelle is addressing the problem that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called “the danger of the single story” by sharing and spreading the success stories of diverse individuals thriving in their varied careers.
Michelle entered Kinkaid in the first grade. She played Varsity Basketball and Softball and was captain of the Varsity Volleyball team. She graduated Cum Laude. Michelle’s three sisters, Christina Cho ‘96, Grace Cho ‘01 and Alicia Cho ‘02, are also alumnae.
Michelle resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Zachary Wood. JANE HOFFERT MOORE ‘46 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
Jane Hoffert Moore ‘46 has been a member of the Kinkaid family for 87 years. It’s a distinction she claims with pride. Her family moved from Shreveport, Louisiana to Houston when she was a young child. Her father immediately began to research the schools in the neighborhood and determined that Kinkaid was the best school in the city. She entered first grade on the Richmond Campus and graduated as a “Lifer” in 1946.
Jane speaks fondly of Mrs. Kinkaid, saying she was brilliant and far ahead of her time in recognizing the importance of educating the whole child, not just in the basics but in a variety of extracurricular experiences. Jane had a wonderful rapport with her. Mrs. Kinkaid would ask her how she felt about things, always wanting to know the student’s view. She took a personal interest in each boy and girl.
Jane went on to Baylor University where she was a Pi Beta Phi and PreMed major with an interest in plastic surgery. Her family and doctor discouraged her from this pursuit, so upon graduation Jane went to work in the Shell Research Lab. It was during this time that she joined the College Women’s Club and was asked by the President to start a new area of study for recent college graduates. This was the beginning of many years of community service as she became an active member of the Downtown Club, the Professional Women’s Club, the Heritage Society, and Bluebirds to name just a few.
Along with her husband, Jane raised their three daughters, Susan, Alicia, and Sally, in the Memorial area. In 1967, a friend told her about five acres behind the blue farm house on the corner of Taylorcrest and Piney Point that she might be able to purchase. Jane went to visit the acreage and knew immediately that she wanted to develop it. She was able to purchase the tract, and in 1969 began the process. Jane was ahead of her time and insisted on the utilities being laid underground. She didn’t want to damage the trees. With her thorough and persuasive argument, she was able to convince the City of Piney Point to do just that, making it the first subdivision in the area with underground utilities. White Pillars Lane is the name of the street.
Jane first served on the Kinkaid Alumni Board from 1996 - 1999, and then was asked to serve two more terms from 2011 - 2017. In the spring of 2017, the Board decided to make an amendment to the bylaws and created an emeritus position for her. She still attends meetings as often as possible and remains a valued member of the Board.
During her first term on the Alumni Board, Jane’s granddaughter would attend meetings with her from time-to-time. Often she would ask, “Would you like to attend Grandmother’s school?” That dream actually came true in 2008 when Jane’s granddaughter, Rachel Alice Ishmael ‘12 (fs), entered the Upper School as a freshman.
For over 10 years, Jane served as the class correspondent for the Classes of 1928 - 1949. Alumni from those years say they know immediately who is calling when they hear that first “hello” in her distinct “cultured” Southern accent – it’s a voice you never forget! TOM WEY EDWARD M. TRUSTY JR. CORE VALUES AWARD
Anyone who graduated from Kinkaid over the past 40 years knows that Tom Wey is an exemplary model of Kinkaid’s core values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and kindness. Tom retired in the Fall of 2020 after 44 years of service as a longtime faculty member, coach, and mentor.
He came to Kinkaid in 1976 as a math teacher and coach of JV Football, as well as Varsity Baseball and Varsity Track. Over the years, he undertook many resonsibilities, among them Director of Interim Term, Head of Upper School Scheduling, Dean of Boys, Varsity Football Coach, and Upper School Testing Center Coordinator.
One of Tom’s special interests is in China and its people and art. He led Kinkaid Interim Term trips to China nine times. He even studied Mandarin at Rice University for a semester.
He enjoys spending time in nature, be it the woods or the water, and hunting and fishing. PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Honorary ALUMNI 1991 Laura Lee Scurlock Blanton ’46 1991 John C. Cooper 1992 David M. Underwood ’54 1992 William S. Kilroy 1993 Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson ’40 1993 Arthur E. Goddard 1994 Damon Wells Jr. ’54 1994 Paul F. Barnhart Sr. 1995 Emily Attwell Crosswell ’59 1995 G’Ann Boyd & O. Holcombe Crosswell ’58 1996 Max R. Lents 1996 William P. Hobby Jr. ’49 1997 J. Barry Moss 1997 A.J. Carothers ’50 1998 Randall Meyer 1998 Wilhelmina (Beth) Robertson ’64 1999 Celina Kilpatrick 1999 Mary Nell Jeffers Lovett ’63 2001 Jack H. Mayfield 2000 Katharine Parker Belton ’30 2002 Phyllis H. Selber Betty Ann Dionne Brannon ’27 2003 John J. Germann George Anna Lucas Burke ’28 2004 J.B. “Bubba” Coskey Rosalie Sherman Cartwright ’27 2005 David M. Weekley Mary Frances Bowles Couper ’28 2006 President & Mrs. George H.W. Bush Julia Vinson Dabney ’28 2007 Barbara Cooney Lida Arnold Edmundson ’28 2008 Gene Festa Carolyn Grant Fay ’29 2009 Nancy Stallworth Thomas Burdine Clayton Johnson ’26 2010 Caro Ann Germann Flora Streetman Lawhon ’21 2011 Fred Fischer Alice Baker Jones Meyers ’31 2012 Stewart “Chip” Cureton Jr. Jane Blaffer Owen ’30 2013 David Velselka Alice Evans Pratt ’30 2013 Don North Mary Jane Hale Rommel ’31 2014 Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D. Lucile Meachum Rutledge ’32 2015 Gene Werlin Ann Ray Watkin Strange ’30 2016 Glenn A. Ballard Virginia Dunn Whitley ’30 2017 Harriett Semander Ellen Hamilton Wilkerson ’22 2018 Jeanne Alsup 2001 Thomas D. Barrow ’41 2019 Tom Peden 2002 Daniel C. Arnold ’47 2020 Don Sanders 2003 Marc J. Shapiro ’65 2004 Frances Hopper Jeter ’74 2005 Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer ’49 Charles B. Sanders Jr. ’54 Susan Hillebrandt Santangelo ’55 2007 Scott L. Sears ‘62 2008 Margaret McNeese ‘63 2009 Marie Fay Evnochides ‘59 2010 Roy Flukinger ‘65 2011 Katherine Susman Howe ’64 2012 Dr. William Blattner ’62 2013 Robert Moreland ’83 2014 Adam Ereli ’79 2015 Ann Lents ’67 2016 William A. Faubion, MD ’84 2017 Erika Green Swafford ’90 2018 Edwin H. Frank III ’68 2019 Marshall Merrifield ’78 2020 Jatin “Jay” Vyas ’85, MD, PhD PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED OUTSTANDING Young ALUMNI ALUMNI Service 1991 Jeff Martin ’78 2017 Dunbar N. Chambers, Jr. ’53 1992 Clark Kent Ervin ’77 2018 Jane Heyck Gaucher Montgomery ’53 1993 Kelly Sweeney McShane ’83 2019 Pat Kidson Fogle Cavanagh ’66 1994 Thomas G. Dunlap ’80 2020 Malcolm Waddell ’70 1995 Robert T. Baldwin ’77 1996 Vernon L. Scott ’79 1997 Vianei Lopez Braun ’85 1998 Lisa Brannon-Peppas ’80 VALUES 1999 Philip Stephenson ’83 CORE 2001 Brian Van De Mark ’78 2002 Johnny K. Sutton ’79 2003 Temple W. Williams III ’83 Ambassador 2004 C. Park Shaper ’86 2019 Enrique Ambrosio 2005 Charles L. Scofield ’88 2007 Philip D. Floyd ‘86 2008 Marc Sumerlin ‘88 2009 Grady Lee ‘89 2010 Cullen Geiselman ‘93 2011 Sherri Sandifer, MD ’91 2012 Eric Ladin ’97 2013 Grover Geiselman ’91 2014 Charlie Escher ’98 2015 David Hornsby ’94 2016 Katherine "Kate" Howe ’95 2017 Casey Kaplan ’94 2018 Sujit Raman ’96 2019 John Harvin ’99, MD, MS, FACS 2020 Lisa Kaplan Rosenzweig ’00 PAST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Senior STUDENT AWARDS 1992 Ashley Gayle & Jay Kafoglis 2007 Georgiana Smyser & Christopher Brown 1993 Christina Ponig & Ryan Gordon 2008 Jane Baños & Kevin Clegg 1994 Bernie Gallagher & David Hornsby 2009 Lilian Nwora & Peter Spradling 1995 Carvana Hicks & Uche Amaeche 2010 Megan Blaney & Aly Bandali 1996 Mary Kristen Plumhoff & Taylor Wynn 2011 Jesse Steinmetz & Marshall Woodward 1997 Elizabeth Arnold & David Anders 2012 Sheridan Schulte & Sam Rogers 1998 Meredith Hopson & Ben Eloy 2013 Emily Robinson & Jimmy Greenwood 1999 Mary John Frank & Josh Nichols 2014 Eva Nip & Rohan Naik 2000 Sarah Zeller & Christian Luening 2015 Ashley Davis & Will Gaus 2001 Elizabeth Reed & Brett Simchowitz 2016 Natalie Thurman & Brendan Martin 2002 Paige Garrison & Zachry Brown 2017 Kaylie Mings & Ford Young 2003 Lizzie Heaney & George Khachatryan 2018 Lauren Rice & Hayden Rome 2004 Lawson Mischer & David Leonard 2019 Olivia Stuart Ison & Jake Adamson 2005 Julia Coskey & Charles Herder 2020 Eliza Moldawer & Andrew Linhart 2006 Mary Barbour & Joel Sandler THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Doug George ‘94, PRESIDENT Lisa Crosswell Stone ‘83, VICE PRESIDENT Alicia Lee ‘98, SECRETARY Brian Dinerstein ‘95, EX-OFFICIO
Kent Altsuler ‘89 Bruce Bilger ‘01 Ben Brown ‘01* Rod Crowl ‘66 Courtney Domercq Daily ‘94 Marie Fay Evnochides ‘59 (Emeritus) Eleni Antonellos Fuller ‘76* Nicole Nathan Gibson ‘88* Matt Gordon ‘99 Laura Byrd Herring ‘76 Leslie Ballard Hull ‘93 Melissa Lyon Johnson ‘74 Palmer Letzerich ‘90 Scott Locher ‘84* Ryan McCleary ‘91* Kenny Meyer ‘69* Jane Hoffert Moore ‘46 (Emeritus) Michel Miller Mullett ‘00* Elizabeth Oxford Pagan ‘89 Kathy McAnelly Schwartz ‘79 Sandy Selber Sturm ‘91 Ben Whitman ‘92
*Distinguished Alumni Awards Committee Member
Ashley Morgan Hanna ‘93, TRUSTEE LIAISON Michael Vischak, FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
Skyler Swanson ‘21, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE Hunt Tower ‘21, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE Tom Moore, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Lisa Wood, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Carly Gray Lukefahr ‘12, ALUMNI ACTIVITIES MANAGER
Rochelle Barnes Laurie Bieber Journey Bova Gina Lamme Alexa Leach ‘09 Tracy McCleary ‘92 (fs) Natalie Mercer Rita Morico Georgia Piazza Andrea Reyna