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Annual Report Asheville School 2016 -2017 Annual Report 2016 - 2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Fall 2017) An Education for an Inspired Life Mr. Walter G. Cox Jr. 1972, Chairman P ‘06 Published for Alumni & Friends of Asheville School Ms. Ann Craver, Co-Vice Chair P ‘11 by the Advancement Department Mr. Robert T. Gamble 1971, Co-Vice Chair Asheville School 360 Asheville School Road Mr. Marshall T. Bassett 1972, Treasurer Asheville, North Carolina 28806 828.254.6345 Dr. Audrey Alleyne P ’18, ’19 www.ashevilleschool.org (ex officio Parents’ Association) Editor Mr. Haywood Cochrane Jr. P ’17 Bob Williams Mr. Thomas E. Cone 1972 Assistant Head of School for Advancement Dan Seiden Mr. Matthew S. Crawford 1984 Mr. D. Tadley DeBerry 1981 Writers Alex Hill Mr. James A. Fisher 1964 Travis Price Dr. José A. González 1985 P ’20 Proof Readers Tish Anderson Ms. Mary Robinson Hervig 2002 Travis Price Bob Williams Ms. Jean Graham Keller 1995 Printing Mr. Richard J. Kelly 1968 P ’20 Lane Press Mr. Nishant N. Mehta 1998 Photographers Blake Madden Mr. Archibald R. Montgomery IV Sheila Coppersmith Bob Williams (ex officio Head of School) Eric Frazier Dr. Gregory K. Morris 1972 Mr. J. Allen Nivens Jr. 1993 A special thanks to the 1923 Memorial (ex officio Alumni Association) Archives for providing the archival photographs in this edition. Ms. Lara Nolletti P ’19 Mr. Laurance D. Pless 1971 P ’09, P ’13 Mr. Oliver G. Prince Jr. 1971 P ’00 Asheville School Mission: To prepare Mr. Arthur H. Rogers III 1988 our students for college and for life and to provide an atmosphere in Mr. Walter A. Ruch III P ’08 which all members of a diverse, engaged, and purposefully small Mr. David M. Stover 1975 P ’11 school community appreciate and Mr. John W. Willingham 1965 strive for excellence – an atmosphere that nurtures character and fosters the development of mind, body, P - Parents of Alumni and Current Students and spirit. Asheville School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational or admission policies, scholarship and merit programs, or athletic and other school-related programs. 2016 - 2017 In Memoriam Table of Contents 26 Edmund A. Prentis IV 1967 27 Robert “Bob” Crawford, Jr. 1940 Features 28-29 In Memoriam 05 Letter from the Head of School 06 Class of 2017 08 Abernethy Tennis Pavilion Dedication Alumni Profile 11 Cultivating Lifelong Relationships: Burt Gordon 1986 10 Michael Holowesko 2014 12 Prince 1971 on 50th Year of Racial Integration 24 John James 1992 14 Chris Amoroso 2017 Granted Belk Scholarship 14 Elizabeth Thomas 2017 Awarded ROTC Scholarship Donor Report 30 Letter from Assistant Head for Advancement 31 Donor Report Summary Class Notes 33 Constancy 15 1977-1985 36 Honor Roll of Cody Fund Giving 16 1987-1996 38 Alumni Gifts by Class 18 1998-2002 43 Foundations & Corporations 20 2003-2007 45 Grandparents & Friends 22 2007-2016 46 Parent Gifts by Class 23 Alumni Weekend 2017 48 Faculty/Staff Donors 49 Former Faculty/Staff Donors 50 Memorial Gifts 51 Parents of Alumni 52 Endowed Funds 54 Wilbert Peck Society Annual Report • 16 - 17 3 Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2018 We hope to see you back in Asheville in April Amid These Rugged Mountains Alumni Weekend April 27 - April 29, 2018 Reunions: Classes of 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 For more information about the weekend, visit ashevilleschool.org/alumniweekend. 4 Annual Report • 16 - 17 Fall 2017 From the Head of School Dear alumni, parents, and friends of Asheville School: We began school this year with a marvelous all-school trip to Oconaluftee on August 21, 2017 to view the total eclipse of the sun. The outing was spectacular and a pleasant way to kick off the 2017-2018 academic year. And the year has started with a particularly encouraging forward momentum. We are enjoying the largest student body in school history — 293. Thanks to a wide variety of people, including most of you, we set a new Cody Annual Fund record. I am hugely grateful. I wonder if this is a result of a wave of loyalty to the Blues that seems to be washing over our campus. We have 19 legacies at the school; our alumni are sending us their children at unprecedented rates. Sixty-five of our current students are related to a total of 105 alumni, the oldest of whom is from the class of 1952! The success of the Cody Annual Fund and the enthusiasm for the school are due in significant measure to the work of Burt Gordon 1986 and Tom Marberger 1969; they both love their alma mater, and their passion is contagious. John Smith and his admission team are a big part of our success too. In terms of the year itself, we kicked off a year of speakers and events celebrating our 50th year of racial integration with a presentation by Oliver “Gil” Prince 1971, who was among the first three black students to matriculate at Asheville School. He sits on our board of trustees, and he has also served as the President of the Board. Gil’s presentation was exceptionally strong, and I urge you to watch it on YouTube. As this year unfolds, it is a privilege to recognize that much of our current success is a result of the hard, good work of loyal members of our community. For a quarter of a century, Glenn Mayes was the operational guru in making Asheville School a thriving, vibrant, stable and viable institution. His expertise, wisdom and diligence have been a gift to this community, and we are grateful. Glenn’s successor, Rob McArthur, is a strong addition to our school and is learning quickly all the complex operational details that Glenn has handled so competently for so long. Please give Rob your support, and know he is doing an excellent job. I hope you will drop by campus when next you are in Asheville. Go BLUES!! Sincerely, Archibald R. Montgomery IV Head of School Annual Report • 16 - 17 5 Congratulations to the Class of 2017! William Benjamin Adair Henry Robert Boyd Alexander Rogers Cochrane Southern Methodist University Furman University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cashiers, NC Black Mountain, NC Elon, NC Christopher Marc Amoroso Andrew Connor Watson Burns Joanna Drew Cromartie Davidson College Presbyterian College Colorado State University Charlotte, NC Montreat, NC Leesburg, GA William Anthony Arcara Elizabeth Curtis Campbell Maren Morgan Veronica Czura Emory University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sewanee: The University of the South Flat Rock, NC Mount Airy, NC Hilton Head Island, SC Richard Jiwoong Baek Brandon James Carswell Valentine Elyse da Costa University of Pennsylvania University of Houston Savannah College of Art and Design Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea Houston, TX Weaverville, NC Allyson Marie Barbier Christopher Doss Casey II Lauren Nicole Demchak University of South Carolina University of North Carolina at Wilmington Elon University Columbia, SC Austin, TX Arden, NC Caroline Nicole Bleick William Kane Casse Hudson Thomas Dickinson Eckerd College University of Southern California Eckerd College Horse Shoe, NC Asheville, NC Sarasota, FL Lauren Tyler Gabrielle Boudreaux Eleanor James Clifton Journey Marie Dreyer Northeastern University Furman University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Inglewood, CA Lexington, KY Asheville, NC 6 Annual Report • 16 - 17 Zoe Alexis Holowesko Dunkley Emmanuella DuBose Lane Mohan Peng Sewanee: The University of the South Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Davidson College Nassau, Bahamas Asheville, NC Beijing, China Harold Mitchell Frisch Jong Min Lee Robert Carter Pettus Duke University University of California, Los Angeles Sewanee: The University of the South Asheville, NC Seoul, Korea Corpus Christi, TX Cordelia Rose Gaupo Min Woo Lim Rosalie Christina Pyfrom Reed College New York University Centre College Dulles, VA Seongnam, Korea Abaco, Bahamas Azana Kacie Green Timothy Patrick Lynch William Taylor Rankin The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bucknell University Appalachian State University Arden, NC Village of Golf, FL Banner Elk, NC Jay Paul Groh William Kennedy Turner Lyon Eleanor Addison Reed The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Colorado at Boulder Elon University Fairview, NC Spartanburg, SC Staunton, VA Anabel Micheline Hall Jiexi Lyu Pattarapol Moss Rerkpattanapipat Franklin University, Switzerland Bentley University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nassau, Bahamas Beijing, China Hickory, NC Serenity Kathryn Harris Juan Andres Medina Kechelle Marsha Robinson Wellesley College Colorado School of Mines Newberry College Atlanta, GA Weston, FL Nassau, Bahamas Nicholas Alexander Hastings Carlos Federico Mendoza Mayoral Sophia Giselle Rodriguez The George Washington University The University of Arizona Pepperdine University Greenwood, SC Caracas, Venezuela Aspen, CO Joseph Henry Heck Max Ivy Milnor Gannon Brea Rutty Elon University Goucher College Elon University Asheville, NC DeRidder, LA Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Fisher Lee Howard Sarah Elizabeth Mims Charles Todd Stanier Texas Christian University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Northwestern University The Woodlands, TX Asheville, NC Asheville, NC Elise Olivia Huff Walker Leon Mims Elizabeth Carolyn Thomas Southern Methodist University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wofford College Asheville, NC Asheville, NC Asheville, NC Saif Mohammad Iqbal Nicole Gabrielle Montlick Héctor Ignacio Turuhpial Martin University of Houston University of Miami Universidad Francisco