Spring 2018 Achievement Asheville School Alumni Magazine School Breaks Ground On Multi-Purpose Athletic Field With Lights Achievement • Spring 2018 1 Achievement Spring 2018 BOARD OF TRUSTEES An Education For An Inspired Life Published for Alumni & Mr. Walter G. Cox Jr. 1972, Chairman P ‘06 Friends of Asheville School Ms. Ann Craver, Co-Vice Chair P ‘11 by the Advancement Department Asheville School Mr. Robert T. Gamble 1971, Co-Vice Chair 360 Asheville School Road Asheville, North Carolina 28806 Mr. Marshall T. Bassett 1972, Treasurer 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 Writers Mr. D. Tadley DeBerry 1981 Alex Hill Tom Marberger 1969 Mr. James A. Fisher 1964 Travis Price Bob Williams Dr. José A. González 1985 P ’20 Proof Readers Ms. Mary Robinson Hervig 2002 Tish Anderson Bob Williams Ms. Jean Graham Keller 1995 Travis Price Mr. Richard J. Kelly 1968 P ’20 Printing Mr. Nishant N. Mehta 1998 Lane Press Mr. Archibald R. Montgomery IV Photographers Blake Madden (Ex officio Head of School) Sheila Coppersmith Eric Frazier Dr. Gregory K. Morris 1972 Bob Williams Mr. J. Allen Nivens Jr. 1993 A special thanks to the 1923 Memorial Archives for providing many of the archival photographs (Ex officio Alumni Association) in this edition. Ms. Lara Nolletti P ’19 Mr. Laurance D. Pless 1971 P ’09, P ’13 Asheville School Mission: To prepare our students for college and for life Mr. Oliver G. Prince Jr. 1971 P ’00 and to provide an atmosphere in which all members of a diverse, Mr. Arthur H. Rogers III 1988 engaged, and purposefully small school community appreciate and Mr. Walter A. Ruch III P ’08 strive for excellence – an atmosphere Mr. David M. Stover 1975 P ’11 that nurtures character and fosters the development of mind, body, Mr. John W. Willingham 1965 and spirit. P - Parents of current and former students Asheville School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, sex, or ethnic background in its admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, educational policies, and athletic and other school administered programs. Spring 2018 Table of Contents Features 06 School Breaks Ground on Athletic Complex In Memoriam 09 Renderings for the Arts Center 51 Remembering John L. “Jack” Tyrer 10 Lynn Gilliland Welcomes Her Work With Parents 54 Nicholas Jordan 1959 11 Crosses and Tears by Tom Marberger 1969 54 Robert Walter 1966 15 Architectural Digest Features Asheville School 55 Allan C. Mayer 1940 16 Immersive Experiences in the Amazon Rainforest 56 In Memoriam 19 Head of School Search Update 20 Asheville School History: Vive la Difference Profiles 47 Commemorating 50 Years of Racial Integration 12 Morgann Lyles First Year Reflection 14 Alumni Profile: Samuel Goldstein 2016 Departments 41 Alumni Profile: Grace Raynor 2011 05 From the Head of School 43 Alumni Profile: Schill 2016 and Morrison 2016 Campus News Class Notes 32 Raising Expectations on Carter Court 34 1950-1975 45 Inspiration from Leading Courses at Klingenstein 36 1979-2005 50 Lou Bissette Receives Award of Merit 38 2006-2016 40 Blues Events from 2017-2018 Achievement • Spring 2018 3 Learn To Code Apps In One Week App Development Summer Camp 2018 Asheville School is offering a unique app camp experience for teens across the U.S. and abroad who are interested in learning how to make apps for the iPhone, iPad, and even Apple TV. Attendees will spend the week learning Apple’s Swift programming language and discovering what it takes to produce native iOS apps and games for the App Store. Ages 13-18 ashevilleschool.org/appdevcamp Asheville • North Carolina Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate [email protected] Register today at AshevilleSchool.org/appdevcamp Week 1: July 8 - 13 | Week 2: July 15 - 20 (Overnight & Day options available) Spring 2018 From the Head of School Dear Members of the Asheville School Family: The 2017-2018 academic year has been a good one. All the usual health indices for a sound school are met: balanced budget, full enrollment, stable and engaged faculty and staff, strong college admissions, and a vibrant student body. Less obvious are the accomplishments and events that are not quantifiable. Since you are receiving this edition of Achievement, you have probably been touched in one way or another by the folks in Bement House. Lynn Gilliland (parent of Matthew ’13) has improved our parent communication dramatically, and Burt Gordon ’86 has done the same for our alumni. Innes Boland has done a marvelous job of keeping us focused and on track. These people are, with their Be- ment teammates, making both the Cody Annual Fund and the capital efforts successful. They are discovering how proud our constitu- ents are of Asheville School, and it certainly does not hurt that Architectural Digest listed Asheville School as the most beautiful private high school in North Carolina! Our parents and alumni have never been more engaged with the school. Two contrasting speakers visited our campus and spoke to our community. Civil Rights icon, Congressman John Lewis, and Congress- man Mark Meadows, leader of the Freedom Caucus, offered divergent thoughts on current civic issues. It is important in this day and age of acutely felt political perspectives that our students are exposed to different ideas and approaches to our national challenges. Our Learn To Code Apps In One Week young people are going through an interesting period of activism, reminiscent in some ways of the activism in the late 1960s and 1970s. Certainly issues of the environment, sexual harassment, and second amendment rights have captured the imagination of our youth. We are trying to help them use evidence-based thinking to approach complicated matters, and our students are encouragingly open to App Development Summer Camp 2018 thinking hard and acting thoughtfully. A summer project will usher in a new era of Friday night lights at Asheville School. A multi-purpose artificial turf field, with a new track and a handsome grandstand and press box will be undertaken, starting in May. We intend for the surface to be playable in time for our first games in the fall. We believe that this new facility will encourage students to enjoy food, music, and competition under the lights on Friday night. Our field had become infamous for being “lesser” than those of our competitors, and this is not only a deficien- cy cured but is also an opportunity gained to cultivate school spirit and a sense of community. More news is on the way with regard to other pending projects; think fine arts - both visual and performing - and technology! Morale has been high among teachers and students this year as evidenced by yet another year of student retention above 90%. Both the Southern Association of Independent Schools Visiting Accreditation Team and the leaders of Freedom from Clinical Dependency have commented on the positive environment, seriousness of academic purpose, and sense of community that define this beautiful little school. Here comes the 2018-2019 academic year! We will be full yet again and are poised to welcome another terrific group of new students. Sincerely, Archibald R. Montgomery IV Week 1: July 8 - 13 | Week 2: July 15 - 20 (Overnight & Day options available) Head of School Achievement • Spring 2018 5 School Breaks Ground on New $3 Million Multi-Purpose Athletic Complex With Lights By Bob Williams Boland, who graduated from Asheville Friday night lights that just draws people Editor School in 1999 as a standout three-sport in and makes it more of a pleasant experi- athlete, knows exactly how rewarding this ence. In lacrosse, having an artificial turf When Asheville School begins its 119th new facility will be for student athletes, field will make it more fast paced, which school year, students, teachers, parents and coaches, parents and alumni. will be a huge improvement. alumni will gather together to celebrate one giant leap forward for the school’s ath- “As an alumnus, I have a mixed set of “The news of this new facility really re- letic program — a new $3 million multi- emotions,” he says. “I have great memories flects the growth of our athletic program,” purpose athletic complex with lights. of playing on our current field when I was Ferenbach adds. “Our strength and con- a student, but these improvements are so ditioning program has improved, and this As Asheville School Athletic Director Carl long overdue. This upgrade feels exactly new facility adds a big piece to our athletic Boland sees it, gathering for a variety of right. The current facility is so outdated profile.” athletic contests under lights will certainly that it is only fitting and deserving that we usher in a new era for Blues athletics. would take this step and build a quality S’khaja Charles, a sophomore from Char- facility like this. The idea of being able to lotte, North Carolina, who competes in “This facility is going to rival the athletic play a game in the evening and have the track and field, says she is looking forward facilities of our peer schools,” Boland says. whole school there is very exciting.” to a new track and throwing area as well as “To see a state-of-the-art, brand-new facil- the addition of lights. ity that can be played and practiced on in Student athletes at Asheville School are all weather and under all conditions will thrilled to hear about the new athletic “It will be so incredible, and it will draw now be a major highlight for our athletic facility, says Oliver Ferenbach, a junior more people to our games,” she says.