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Carlos Watson ’87 2016-17 Report of Giving Inside Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28 FALL 2017 RansomEverglades LOG aspire Carlos Watson ’87 2016-17 Report of Giving inside Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28 The following classes will be honored for their milestone reunions: Class of 1968 Everglades 50-Year Reunion Class of 1968 Ransom 50-Year Reunion Class of 1978 40-Year Reunion Class of 1988 30-Year Reunion Class of 1993 25-Year Reunion Class of 1998 20-Year Reunion Weekend activities include our signature spring cocktail party, athletic and family activities, tours of the Ransom and Everglades campuses, the presentation of our distinguished Alumni Awards, the individual reunion receptions, and time with current and former faculty members. For more information visit: www.ransomeverglades.org/REunions If you are interested in serving on your reunion committee or have any questions, please contact the office of Alumni Relations: Vicki Carbonell Williamson ’88 | 305 460 8826 | [email protected] Danielle Phillips Retchless | 305 460 8859 | [email protected] Table of Contents Ransom Everglades Log Fall 2017 Link to the photo galleries: https://ransomevergladesschool.smugmug.com FEATURES A Lens into Humanity 6 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’70 uses his camera to peer inside souls. 6 Building Beauty 12 Rachel Feinstein ’89 brings fantasy to life in her sculptures. A Thrilling Ride 16 From his days at RE, Carlos Watson ’87 has aspired to seize opportunity. It All Adds Up 22 22 Jean Duty, Ann Goesel and Ginny Onorati bring 122 years of teaching excellence in mathematics. A Visionary Board 30 Rudy Prio Touzet ’76 and his fellow trustees stand on the threshold of an exciting future. 30 2016-17 Report of Giving 54 Your generous gifts broke all-time records while bolstering RE’s tradition of academic excellence. DEPARTMENTS From the Pagoda 2 Alumni Weekend/Events 46 From the Archives 35 New Talent 52 40 Student News 36 Class Notes 56 On Campus 40 Faculty News/In Memoriam 71 Sports 44 The Ransom Everglades Log Executive Editor: Amy Shipley Contact Us: Associate Editor / Photography Director: Ransom Everglades School aims to connect, inform and Suzanne Kores Office of Communications engage readers in the life of Art & Design: Kim Foster 3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133 Contributing Editors: Vicki Carbonell T: 305 460 8212 Ransom Everglades School. Williamson ’88 E: [email protected] It is published by the Contributing Writers: Penny Townsend, John A. King, Jr., Greg Pollard, To send a letter to the editor, change your Ransom Everglades Violet Handforth ’18, Stephen Kaiser ’18, address or remove yourself from our mailing list, Office of Communications. Andrew Lorenzen ’18, Noa Richard ’18, please send an email to Megan Zou ’18, Gabrielle Jadotte ’18 [email protected]. Photographers: Juan Cabrera, Lee Clower, W: www.ransomeverglades.org/page/Publications- Carl Kafka, Suzanne Kores, Joshua Prezant, Archives Jason Smith FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 1 From the Pagoda A time to aspire We chose “aspire” as the theme of the fall issue of the RE Log magazine because aspiration is what precedes success. It is the beginning of achievement. Our greatest accomplishments can be traced back to those singular moments that motivate, encourage and drive us. We are in such a moment at Ransom Everglades, as we aspire to renew our Upper School campus by integrating the La Brisa property and beginning construction on a Multidisciplinary + STEM Center. As I left my office in the Pagoda this morning and walked out to the Quad, past our 300-year-old cannon and through the arches of the breezeway, I found myself imagining a future with more greenspace, more places for students to gather and explore, and enhanced or new facilities that truly match the excellence of our faculty, students and educational experience. The vision of that not-too-distant future leaves me, without a hint of exaggeration, exhilarated. In this issue of our magazine, we highlight three alumni in the visual or media arts who are testaments to the power of aspiration – and full of personality, too. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’70 has used the lens of his camera to follow in the footsteps of his mother, Ruth Greenfield, Head of School Penny Townsend enjoys the solar eclipse with students on August 21, 2017. considered one of Miami’s most important civil rights pioneers; he has won acclaim for films and portraits that shed light on the plight of the marginalized. In her youth, Rachel Feinstein ’89 pushed boundaries with her art at every turn – giving frequent headaches to former Head of School Frank J. Hogan III. Today, she’s one of America’s most recognizable sculptors, and she carries a sense of gratitude for the structure RE provided. Carlos Watson ’87 worked part-time jobs and endured long daily rides on public buses during his years at Ransom Everglades; he learned from his educator parents the power of dreaming big and persevering. Carlos has since conquered Harvard and Stanford and careers in television and education; he most recently founded his own multimedia company, OZY Media. We also highlight a trio of faculty in math who have helped decades of Ransom Everglades students aspire to success in the classroom and beyond. We feature Jean Duty, Ann Goesel and Ginny Onorati, whose combined service at Ransom Everglades School totals 122 years. These remarkable educators emerged at a time when female math professors were rare; all have shared their passion for math, helping thousands of grateful RE students navigate a challenging subject and develop their own love of knowledge. 2 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2017 Our teachers rouse and shape our students’ aspirations, and guide them as they follow their dreams, but the fuel that propels the journey comes from a different source: You. Find in our 2016-17 Report of Giving how your record-setting generosity once again allowed our students to thrive in the classroom and beyond, while providing financial aid for underserved students, professional development for faculty, and improvements in technology and Aspiration is what precedes facilities. I agree with our Director of Advancement, Greg Pollard, who wrote in his opening letter on page 55, “together, we are achieving new heights and securing a bright future for this special success. It is the beginning school.” of achievement. Our greatest Indeed, we all play a part. One who has played a huge part is my friend and colleague Rudy accomplishments can be Prio Touzet ’76, chair of RE’s board of trustees. I am grateful that he and our board have aspired to an even better future at Ransom Everglades, showing foresight, courage and visionary thinking traced back to those singular as they have shepherded our school. Rudy’s leadership has been rooted in his experiences as a student at Ransom Everglades. You will learn in this issue that Rudy arrived to the Ransom School with moments that motivate, a sense of wonder and awe that he never quite lost. As a student, he valued those elements of a Ransom Everglades education that encourage and drive us. remain fundamental and important today. Various teachers made learning and striving a joy. He chased his passions and stretched himself, enlarging his goals as he made his way to graduation. As I enter my fourth year at Ransom Everglades, I am excited that we continue to enlarge our goals. As we eagerly anticipate the soon- to-come transformation of our Upper School campus, starting with the building of the Multidisciplinary + STEM Center, it is perhaps appropriate that I call on a governing scientific principle to close this letter. Sir Isaac Newton noted in his first law of motion that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion. I am proud to say that Ransom Everglades resides firmly in the second category. As we aspire to bring further excellence to the student experience, we are a school community in motion. We are on our way to an amazing future. Penny Townsend Head of School FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 3 ‘Stand for Something’ 4 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2017 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’70 exhorts the Class of 2017 during his commencement address on May 19, 2017 (page 40), urging graduates to devote themselves to causes bigger than themselves. In the coming pages, we offer profiles of a trio of alumni in the visual or media arts – Greenfield-Sanders ’70, Rachel Feinstein ‘Stand for Something’ ’89 and Carlos Watson ’87 – whose aspirational thinking drove their ascendance from Ransom Everglades. FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 5 A Lens into Humanity Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’70 uses his camera to peer inside souls 6 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2017 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’70 spent his earliest Saturday mornings learning to paint and play the clarinet alongside talented African-American children in the first integrated art school in the South – the Fine Arts Conservatory. His mother, Ruth Greenfield, founded the conservatory in the basement of a funeral parlor in Liberty City in 1951. Young Timothy would not have known there was anything unusual about those weekly classes if he hadn’t seen how his parents were treated outside the conservatory doors. Now lauded as a civil rights pioneer, Ruth Greenfield at that time experienced resentment, disdain and worse. Neighbors sued the Greenfields for shuttling African-American kids and musicians to their Palm Island home for conservatory fundraisers (the court ruled in favor of the Greenfields). Several parents at the Cushman School objected to the family’s “radical” views and demanded that Timothy and his three siblings be removed from the campus (Mrs. Cushman stood by the Greenfield family, not an easy decision in the McCarthy era). That vibrant and sometimes turbulent upbringing has stayed with Greenfield- Sanders throughout his life, driving decisions at the Ransom School and beyond.
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