Update your e-mail address / towerhill.org / Go to Login and My Profile Stay Connected Fall 2010 Class Volume 47.Number Notes 1 2010 Tower Hill Bulletin Fall 2010 1 Aerial view of the Tower Hill School campus in May 2010 after the completion of the renovations of Walter S. Carpenter Field House in the upper left-hand corner. Headmaster Christopher D. Wheeler, Ph.D. in this issue... 2010-2011 Board of Trustees 2...............Headmaster letter David P. Roselle, Board Chair ..............Exceptional Alumni During Extraordinary Times Ellen J. Kullman ’74, Board Vice Chair 3 William H. Daiger, Jr., Board Treasurer 4..............Adrienne Arsht ’60: A Lifetime of Leadership Linda R. Boyden, Board Secretary in Business and Philanthropy Michael A. Acierno Theodore H. Ashford III Dr. Earl J. Ball III 8..............Mike Castle ’57 and Chris Coons ’81: A Delaware Election Robert W. Crowe, Jr. ’90 with National Consequences is a Green-White Contest Ben du Pont ’82 Charles M. Elson W. Whitfield Gardner ’81 10............Morgan Hendry ’01: NASA’s 21st Century Breed of Rocket Scientist Marc L. Greenberg ’81 Thomas D. Harvey 12............Casey Owens ’01: A New Generation Pierre duP. Hayward ’66 Michael P. Kelly ’75 of Americans with a Global Perspective Michelle Shepherd Matthew T. Twyman III ’88 14............Ron “Pathfinder” Strickland ’61: Lance L. Weaver Trail Developer, Dennis Zeleny Chief Advancement Officer Conservationist Julie R. Topkis-Scanlan and Author Editor, Communications Director Nancy B. Schuckert 16............Allison Barlow ’82: Associate Director of Advancement Cultivating a Future for Kim A. Murphy Native American Youth Director of Alumni Programs & Development Office Special Events Kathryn R. Warner 18............Class of 2010: By the Numbers Alumni Relations Brad du Pont, Jr. ’82 20............Graduation 2010 Database Manager Jane F. Bazydlo 26...........Tower Hill School News Development/Alumni Office Manager Luba Berbeza 28...........Athletics update Photography Joe Smolko 30...........Bob DeGroat: Inducted in the Nancy B. Schuckert Delaware Sports Hall of Fame Valeri Stanton Penny Ashford 32............New Administrators Layout/Design Kedash Design 33...........Tower at early morning Submissions to the Bulletin, suggestions for articles, photographs or letters are 34...........Around Tower Hill welcome. Mail information to the Development Office, Tower Hill School, 2813 West 17th Street, 36...........Over the Years Wilmington, DE, 19806 or email [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit 38...........Alumni Events submissions for space and content. Tower Hill School welcomes students 39...........Homecoming and of any race, religion, color or nationality. The school does not discriminate in Reunion 2009 its administrative policies or in the administration of its program. 40...........Homecoming 2010 If you would like to submit Class Notes, check our updated sport scores or read about the latest events sponsored 42............Class Notes 2010 by the Alumni Council, please visit our web site at www.towerhill.org. 48...........In Memoriam: Cover: Adrienne Arsht ’60 John Pierson August 2010 As I write this letter, we prepare to open our doors for Tower Hill School’s 92nd year. This summer I have enjoyed thinking back on this past exhilarating year, filled as it was with wonderful achievements in academics, the arts and athletics. Still fresh in my memory is the beautiful graduation ceremony last June, where the Class of 2010—whom we nurtured as scholars, artists, athletes and volunteers—received their Tower Hill School diplomas. We are proud of this class and their accomplishments, and we wish them success in their next stage of development. We know that they will go out into the world and do great things. But now it is time for us at Tower Hill to look forward...and there is much to be excited about! Our enrollment is strong. We anticipate opening the 2010-11 school year with more than 750 students, a level that may top our all-time high. I believe our commitment to the principles of our founders is largely responsible for our success. Since 1919 Tower Hill faculty, staff and students have been driven by our motto, Multa Bene Facta. This is not just a slogan on a banner. Everyday our community is challenged to do many things well. This means bringing the best of ourselves to all that we do. Our teachers are passionate about academics, the arts, athletics and serving others. How extraordinary that our school should nurture, embrace and celebrate such a rich variety of talents over such a diverse range of disciplines! When prospective families visit the school they can’t help but feel the energy—and the joy—of Many Things Done Well. In this issue of the Bulletin we write about seven exceptional alumni who have taken our school’s motto and put it to work. Their lives reflect the rich variety of human experience and the many ways of working and interacting with others during these extraordinary times. You will read about Adrienne Arsht ’60, one of the most extraordinary business leaders and philanthropists of our times. Mike Castle ’57 and Chris Coons ’81 will make history this fall by running against each other for Delaware’s U.S. Senate seat. Two alums from the Class of 2001, Morgan Hendry and Casey Owens, are making global impacts—Morgan as NASA’s next generation of rocket scientists and Casey in the Treasury Department focused on U.S.-Chinese economic relations. Author, conservationist and founder of the Pacific Northwest Trail, Ron Strickland ’61 is spearheading the 7,7000-mile Sea-to-Sea Route. Finally, Allison Barlow ’82 leads one of the largest development program in the nation for Native American youth and has involved Tower Hill students for the past three years. You will also enjoy reading about Tower Hill’s legendary coach Bob DeGroat’s induction into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame this past spring. And don’t miss the article about the stunning success of three of our spring sports teams, Girls’ Tennis, Boys’ Lacrosse and Girls’ Soccer, which each captured state titles in truly dramatic fashion. In this issue we also remember John Pierson ’59, who passed away last November, for his incredible years of service to Tower Hill. This issue of the Bulletin is the first that has been prepared since his passing; we miss the personal touch he brought to this publication as editor of the alumni class notes. Since our last issue, significant changes have been made to our physical plant. In May we re-opened the Walter S. Carpenter Field House, bringing a close to the building renovations of our entire athletic and physical education facilities. We have also completed the renovations on the Hayward House, the four-acre property adjacent to our campus, which was purchased in 2009. As planned, the Hayward House has become the headmaster’s residence and will be used to host a number of school and alumni events throughout the school year. We invite you to join us on October 22-23 for Homecoming 2010. There will be special dedication ceremonies for John Pierson ’59, and Jim Straub Sr. and Jim Straub Jr., a graphic art display by Heather McEvilly ’93, an encore performance by our Upper School Comedy Combat drama team and numerous athletic events. You’ll not want to miss tours of the renovated Field House and the new headmaster’s residence, the Hayward House. A complete schedule of events can be found on page 40. I look forward to welcoming you back to your school! Yours for Tower Hill, Chris Wheeler, Ph.D. , Headmaster 2 Fall 2010 Tower Hill Bulletin A closer look at exceptional Tower Hill alumni who—in their own way—are making significant and enduring contributions to the world Tower Hill Bulletin Fall 2010 3 Spotlight on Alumni One can’t help but think of Tower Hill’s motto “Many Things Done Well” when considering Adrienne Arsht’s accomplishments over the last 50 years. There can be no doubt that she has lived life fully and well, and that her international-level impact on the arts, education and medicine will reverberate for years to come. In her extraordinary life Adrienne has always seemed to be a step ahead, challenging conventional thinking, blazing new trails, yet leading with the aid of an ethical compass that is steadfast and true. 4 Fall 2010 Tower Hill Bulletin Spotlight on Alumni Adrienne Arsht ’60: A Lifetime of Leadership in Business and Philanthropy By Headmaster Chris Wheeler hen Adrienne Arsht, the years to come. Undaunted, Adrienne Tower Hill class of 1960, enrolled at Villanova Law School and chose to forego her senior after graduating became the 11th woman year at Tower Hill School admitted to the Delaware bar, 25 years Wto attend Mount Holyoke College, her after her mother. She went to work in decision was criticized by the Tower Hill her father’s law firm but after a few years faculty and administration. “One faculty decided that the only way to become her member even told me that I would own person was to go out on her own. probably fail and have to return to join She moved to New York City and my sister Alison’s class,” Adrienne told worked for Trans World Airlines, first me over the phone recently. “That ended in their legal department, which was any real relationship with the school. I the only department that would hire think I fell off the school’s radar.” While women. When the federal government Adrienne may have fallen off Tower required that the airlines hire women Hill’s radar for a time, she has been and minorities throughout the company, highly visible on the global business and Adrienne moved out of the legal philanthropic scenes for decades.