The Lawrenceville School Alumni Weekend 2021 Alumni Association

The Lawrenceville School

Alumni Weekend 2021

Alumni Association Ceremonies

May 8, 2021

The Lawrenceville School Alumni Weekend Ceremonies

May 8, 2021

Greeting Charles C. Keller ’95, President The Alumni Association of The Lawrenceville School ~ Welcome Stephen S. Murray H’54 ’55 ’65 ’16 P’16 ’21 The Shelby Cullom Davis ’26 Head of School ~ Alumni Association Announcements Charles C. Keller ’95, President The Alumni Association of The Lawrenceville School ~ Honorary Class Members 1971 Virginia Chambers H’54 ’58 ’59 ’60 ’61 ’62 ’66 ’71’73 ’80 ’89 P’77

1976 James C. Waugh H’67 ’68 ’74 ’76 ’85 ’88 P’70 ’72 ’74 ’76 GP’12 ’14 ’16 John M. Doggett Jr. H’67 ’68 ’74 ’76 ’85 ’88 P’70 ’72 ’74 ’76 GP’12 ’14 ’16

1981 James C. Waugh H’67 ’68 ’74 ’81 ’85 ’88 P’70 ’72 ’74 ’76 GP’12 ’14 ’16

1986 W. Graham Cole Jr. H’86 ’89 ’91 ’93 ’94 P’07 ’09 ’11

1996 William P. Tredway H’81 ’88 ’96 ’10 GP’21

2001 Etienne Bilodeau ’01 Max A. Maxwell H’74 ’79 ’80 ’81 ’91 ’00 ’01 Sandra B. Rabin H’01 ’08 P’00

Big Red Awards

~ Trustee Selectors 2021

Kevin Huang ’05 Donna Rizzo ’04 ~ Harkness Awards 2021

Sahoko Okabayashi H’95 P’92 ’95 Sandra Rabin H’01 ’08 P’00 ~ Alumni Trustee 2021

Porter Braswell ’07 ~ Admirable Achievement-Arthur Hailand, Jr. H’34 P’69 ’70 GP’91 GGP’23 ’25 Award 2021

Danielle Bentsen, M.D. P’17 ’20 ’21 ~ Distinguished Alumni Award 2021

William F. Hofmann, III ’61 ~ Big Red Awards

Presented annually by the Alumni Association of the Lawrenceville School on behalf of the Lawrenceville School community, this award acknowledges and recognizes extraordinary volunteerism and/or service to the Lawrenceville Community. Candidates may be alumni, honorary class members, faculty and family, parents or school employees and family. This award may be recommended by the Nominating Committee of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association and voted upon by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of The Lawrenceville School.

Dr. Ajay Choudhri P’22 ’24 Dr. Deepika Choudhri P’22 ’24 Mark R. Cleary '71 P’08 William A. Jump III ’73 Nancy King P’20 ’22 ’24 Madison E. Ochs ‘14 Robin H. Ottaway '91 P’24 John J. Preefer '66 P'07 Soleil C. Saint-Cyr ’21 ~ Honorary Class Members 1971 Virginia Chambers H’54 ’58 ’59 ’60 ’61 ’62 ’66 ’71’73 ’80 ’89 P’77

1981 James C. Waugh H’67 ’68 ’74 ’81 ’85 ’88 P’70 ’72 ’74 ’76 GP’12 ’14 ’16

1986 W. Graham Cole Jr. H’86 ’89 ’91 ’93 ’94 P’07 ’09 ’11

1996 William P. Tredway H’81 ’88 ’96 ’10 GP’21

2001 Etienne Bilodeau ’01 Max A. Maxwell H’74 ’79 ’80 ’81 ’91 ’00 ’01 Sandra B. Rabin H’01 ’08 P’00

Alumni Selectors

Alumni Selectors fulfill an important and unique role at Lawrenceville. Each year in the spring, the Alumni Selectors meet and choose a Lawrentian to join the Board of Trustees for a four-year term as Alumni Trustee.

Two Selectors are elected each year by vote of all alumni to serve a three-year term. The ballot for this year was available online through the School’s website. The results of the election are announced at Alumni Weekend.

Elected 2021, Term Expires 2024 Kevin Huang ’05 and Donna Rizzo ’04

Kevin Huang ’05 Donna Rizzo ’04

Kevin came to Lawrenceville as a Second Form Day Donna came to Lawrenceville from Jamaica, NY as student from Kendall Park, NJ. He lived in a Second Former. She lived in Cromwell and Kirby Davidson, Griswold and Upper. While at Houses, played volleyball and was active with the Lawrenceville, Kevin had many accomplishments: Alliance of Black Cultures and the Gospel Choir. he played four years of varsity tennis; was editor-in- Donna earned a B.A. in Communications Studies chief of the Olla Podrida; president of Model United from Vanderbilt University. She has worked for Nations; and business editor of The Lawrence. He Madison Square Garden, Major League Baseball- went on to Princeton, worked at Goldman Sachs and Commissioner’s Office and the National Basketball is now a trader for DRW Holdings in New York. Association. Donna now works in Customer Kevin is a former member of the Alumni Association Retention Marketing for Sirius XM + Pandora and Executive Committee and is a class agent and lives in New York City. She is a former president of reunion chair for his class. He lives in New York City The Lawrenceville Black Alumni Association and is with his wife, Ling. very active with her class.

Harkness Award 2021

This award gratefully acknowledges the recipient’s distinguished classroom teaching and many contributions to The Lawrenceville School. The Harkness Award shall be presented to teachers who, upon retirement or leaving the School, have served for a substantial period of time and whose service to so many Lawrentians is worthy of special praise.

Sahoko Okabayashi H’95 P’92 ’95 Term of service: 1995-2012 Sahoko joined The Lawrenceville School in 1995 to build the Japanese Language program. She taught four levels of Japanese language for 17 years. During this time, Sahoko founded a student exchange program with Doshisha International High School in Kyoto and the Keio High School in Tokyo; of the 150 students that participated in the program, more than 80 were Lawrentians. Sahoko also dedicated her summers to chaperoning School trips to Japan, and during the school year she advised the Japan Club, Anime Club, and served as head coach of senior golf. Sahoko also contributed to the Faculty Art Exhibit during her tenure. In 1967, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Sahoko and her husband, Michio, live in Princeton, NJ. Their sons, Yusuke ’92 and Saisuke ’95, are Lawrentians. Sahoko retired in 2012.

Harkness Award 2021

Sandra Rabin H’01 ’08 P’00 Term of service: 1995-2012 Sandra came to Lawrenceville in 1995 and taught English and founded the Literary Journalism senior elective. She also chaperoned student trips to Saudi Arabia and to notable media outlets in New York, including Newsweek and the New York Times. Sandra also organized the annual Licht Lecture series during School Meeting and served as advisor to The Lawrence and Prize Papers, an annual publication of select English works by Fourth Formers. Students have described her passion for English as “incredibly contagious,” and her utilization of the Harkness teaching method helped her students listen to new ideas and opinions with open minds. Sandra earned a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree from Columbia University. Prior to Lawrenceville, she worked in the US Department of Agriculture’s press office, followed by a career as a producer and writer at the San Diego- based publishing firm Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich. Sandra is married to Michael and the couple’s daughter, Ashley ’00, is a Lawrentian. Sandra retired in 2012 to pursue her writing and to continue her education.

Alumni Trustee 2021- 2025

A list of distinguished Alumni is nominated each year for review by the Selectors who pick one to be proposed as Alumni Trustee to serve a four-year term on The Lawrenceville School Board of Trustees. This individual demonstrates extensive service to the School through its various alumni programs.

Porter Braswell ’07

Porter came to Lawrenceville from Scotch Plains NJ as a Third Former. He lived in Griswold and was a prefect there during his Fifth Form year. Porter was active with Harlem Renaissance and was a standout athlete, playing basketball and baseball. After Lawrenceville he went on to Yale, where he was a four- year starter on their basketball team and earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government.

Porter is co-founder and CEO of Jopwell, an HR tech platform that helps diverse students and professionals unlock opportunities for career advancement. Under Porter’s leadership, Jopwell has formed partnerships with more than 250 of America’s leading companies and has facilitated tens of thousands of connections between the Jopwell community and its clients. Porter's professional awards and recognitions include LinkedIn's 2015 “Next Wave, Top Professionals Under 35”, Inc. Magazine's 2016 “30 under 30”, Fast Company's 2017 Crain's 2018 “40 Under 40”, Vanity Fair's 2018 “Future Innovators Index”, Adweek's 2018 “Young Influentials”, and most recently Ernst & Young's “2020 Entrepreneur of the Year New York Winner." In early 2019, Porter released his book entitled “Let Them See You-The Guide for Leveraging Your Diversity at Work” published by Penguin Random House. He has recently launched a podcast for Harvard Business School – “Race at Work”, and serves on AARP’s Innovators Council.

As an alumnus, he is a member of the Lawrenceville Black Alumni Association and the Alumni Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. He currently is in his third year as a member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee. Porter recently was the featured speaker for an alumni event titled “Talking about Race at Work”. Porter lives in New York with his wife, Juliana, and daughter, Mia, who just turned one-year old.

Admirable Achievement-Arthur Hailand, Jr. H’34 P’69 ’70 GP’91 GGP’23 ’25 Award 2021

Inspired by the 40+ years of exceptional service, achievement, and demonstrated affection of Lawrenceville provided by Arthur Hailand, Jr. H’34 P’69 ’70 GP’91, this award is presented by the Alumni Association to a non-alumnus. In addition to being a trustee and goodwill ambassador for Lawrenceville, Mr. Hailand’s exceptional service over several decades directly resulted in establishing teaching programs and campus buildings. A candidate for this award must not have matriculated at the school, has a long term dedication to the school, and has substantial history of significant volunteer efforts over many years. This award may be recommended by the Nominating Committee of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association and voted upon by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association of the Lawrenceville School.

Danielle Bentsen, M.D. P’17 ’20 ’21

Danielle Bentsen’s involvement with the School has been extraordinary. She served as the Co-Chair of The Lawrenceville Parents Fund for six years; serves on the Board of Trustees Campaign Committee; as an eight- year volunteer on the Parents Fund Committee, and served as an admission volunteer and a House Parent in Dawes.

Danielle graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Biology and received her M.D. from Rutgers Medical School. She is a Pediatric Radiologist who trained at Yale Medical School in Diagnostic Radiology and at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pediatric Radiology and is currently practicing with the University Radiology Group and Rutgers Medical School. Danielle serves as the Chairwoman of the Board of the Princeton Nursery School and this year she will be joining the Board of Trustees of the Watershed Institute. Her husband, Shawn Sieler, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and partner at Affiliated Orthopedic Specialists in North Brunswick, New Jersey. She lives in Skillman, New Jersey and is the mother of three Lawrentians, Emily ’17, Olivia ’20, and Abby Sieler ’21.

Distinguished Alumni Award

This award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who has devoted long hours and hard work to promote the interests of The Lawrenceville School over an extended period of time.

William F. Hofmann III ’61

Bill came to Lawrenceville in 1958 from Belmont, MA. He was affiliated with Woodhull House and Kinnan House, and played soccer and football. Bill also participated in Chapel Board, Olla Podrida, and The Lawrence. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University and an MBA from Suffolk University. As an alumnus, Bill is a member of the John Cleve Green Society. He was chair of his 55th Reunion Committee and a member of his 45th Reunion Committee. He has also served as Planned Giving class chair, a class agent, class secretary, Alumni Admission Interviewer, and a Bicentennial National Campaign Committee volunteer. Bill has held several executive positions in the insurance industry, most recently as executive vice president and treasurer of Provider Insurance Group. In 2000, he was elected president and chair of the executive committee at the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), the largest independent insurance agent trade association. Bill has been a member of the executive committee since 1995, and chaired IIAA’s education committee for four years. He has received numerous industry awards, including a 1994 presidential citation. In 2002, Bill was selected as the Insurance Library’s Insurance Professional of the Year, and in 2006 he received the Sidney O. Smith Award for his work in promoting the legislative goals of IIAA and its political arm, InsurPac. Bill is married to Marylyn Brainard Hofmann, who graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1964. The couple has two daughters. Bill’s father, William Hofmann, Jr. ’35, was also a Lawrentian. Bill has been an avid volunteer for organizations in his community. He and Marylyn live in Belmont, MA.

~ Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients ~

The Executive Committee annually selects an alumnus/ae for this, the Alumni Association’s most prestigious award. It is presented to the Lawrentian “who, through selfless devotion to the interests of The Lawrenceville School and to the activities of the Alumni Association, has contributed significantly to the welfare of Lawrenceville, and who has exemplified the highest standards of the School.”

1988 Linton F. Murdock ’39 2004 Mortimer B. Fuller III ’60 P’89 ’01 1989 Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. ’43 2005 Artemis A.W. Joukowsky ’50 P’80 1990 John F. Kelsey, Jr. ’42 P’65 ’73 2006 William C. Crooks ’66 P’04 ’05 1991 Francis H. Dyckman, Jr. ’44 P’81 2007 William H. Taft, Jr. ’48 GP’17 ’20 2008 Stephen H. Ackerman ’53 1992 Walter N. Plaut ’37 P’66 GP’96 ’00 2009 John A. Pirovano ’59 P’93 1993 Howard L. Hill ’29 2010 Richard D. Braverman ’45 P’73 1994 Joseph T. Breneman II ’49 2011 John C. Wellemeyer ’55 P’18 1995 Donald E. Charles ’43 2012 Timothy R. Cutting ’47 1996 David A. Bardes ’47 P’81 2013 Brooke N. Williams ’63 P’90 ’93 ’95 1997 K. Philip Dresdner ’45 P’72 ’73 ’76 2014 John “Jack” P. Belli ’44 P’70 ’71 ’74 GP’04 GP’06 1998 Harold B. Erdman ’42 GP’00 ’13 2015 Peter A. Dow ’50 1999 Paul B. Mott, Jr. ’47 P’76 ’85 GP’18 ’20 2016 Loyal W. Wilson ’66 P’05 ’12 2000 Stanley C. Roskind ’56 2017 William G. Bardel ’57 P’93 2001 Henry C. Woods, Jr. ’40 H’59 ’62 2018 Dod A. Fraser ’68 P’98 ’01 2002 Jansen Noyes III ’65 2019 Ralph C. Smith ’59 2003 Dunbar Abston, Jr. ’49 P’79 2020 Bert A. Getz ’55 H’56 P’85 GP’18 ’20 2021 William F. Hofmann, III ’61

The Lawrenceville Fund Prizes

2020

Class of 1925 Award To the class giving the most dollars to The Lawrenceville Fund: The Class of 1986, with $308,273 in gifts to The Lawrenceville Fund

Class of 1940 Cup To the class having the highest number of contributions to The Lawrenceville Fund: The Class of 1964 with 51 donors

The Fred A. Eichelberger Award To the class with 15 or more, but fewer than 100 members, having the highest percentage of participation in The Lawrenceville Fund: The Class of 1955 with 90% participation

The Bruce and Mary Elizabeth McClellan Award To the class with 100 or more members having the highest percentage of participation in The Lawrenceville Fund: The Class of 1966

Class of 1965 Award To the class that most significantly furthered enthusiasm for and support of the School: The Class of 1955

The Alumni Association of The Lawrenceville School

Officers Charles C. Keller ’95, President Heather Elliot Hoover, ’91 P’20 ’23 ’24 First Vice President Greg C. Melconian ’87 P’25 Second Vice President

Executive Committee: George Arnett III ’79 P’16 Porter Braswell ’07 Matt Dominy ’65 Emily Wilson Elipas ’05 Charles Hughes III ’68 Morgan Morris ’06 Ralph Spooner ’75 Elizabeth Greenberg Wilkinson ’02

Faculty Liaison: Emilie Kosoff H’88 ’96 ’00 ’18 P’19

Current Alumni Selectors

Elected 2018, Term Expires 2021 James A. Rowan, Jr. ’66 Emily Wilson ’05

Elected 2019, Term Expires 2022 Rocky Barber ’69 P’08 Nina Kumar ’02

Elected 2020, Term Expires 2023 Maine Huang Park ’88 P’23 ’24 Emily B. Starkey ’03

Board of Trustees

Michael S. Chae ’86, President Whitney Hailand Brown ’91 P’23 ’25, Vice President Stephen S. Murray H’54 ’55 ’65 ’16 P’16 ’21, Head of School Hyman J. Brody ’75 P’07 ’08 ’11 Arthur H. Bunn ’74 P’04 ’06 ’08 Vincent J. Cahill ’68 P’09* Jean Fang ’90 Joseph B. Frumkin ’76 P’11 Goodwin Gaw ’87 P’21 Bert A. Getz, Jr. ’85 P’18 ’20 Benjamin H. Griswold ’99 Lawrence D. Howell II ’71 P’11 ’13 Jefferson W. Kirby ’80 P’11 ’12 ’15 ’18 Mark M. Larsen ’72 P’01 ’04 ’06* Marcus B. Mabry ’85 Jeremy K. Mario ’88 P’16 ’20 Heather Woods Rodbell ’91* Corrente Shankler ’98 Jennifer Ridley Staikos ’91* Daniel M. Tapiero ’86 P’20 ’22 Lisa M. Skeete Tatum P’19 ’21 Joseph C. Tsai ’82 Meera S. Viswanathan Ph.D. Kevin G. Volpp ’85 P’24 Alexandra Buckley Voris ’96 John E. Waldron ’87 Jonathan G. Weiss ’75 * Alumni Trustees

Lawrenceville Regional Clubs

New England Chapter Mountain Chapter Gregory Williamson ’78 P’09 (Boston, MA) Jason W. Arias ’05 (Park City, UT) Zack Williamson ’09 (Boston, MA) Bayless Sword ’05 (Jackson, WY) Jonah Robinson ’11 (Boston, MA) Wes Brooks ’71 H’09 P’03 ’05 (Denver, CO) Donald M. Missey ’73 (Denver, CO) Tri-State Chapter Heather Ehret Faircloth P’11 ’13 ’20 Maine Huang Park ’88 (Greenwich, CT) (Denver, CO) Dara Williams Miles ’90 P’18 ’21 (Greenwich, CT) Susie Oliver Kerridge ’95 (New Canaan, CT) Pacific Chapter John C. Walsh ’99 (NJ) Hugh Campbell ’92 (Seattle, WA) Elizabeth Greenberg Wilkinson ’02 (NYC) Jason Litten ’92 (Seattle, WA) Samuel W. Gogolak ’03 (NYC) Henry M. Kaiser ’62 P’89 (Portland, OR) Samantha L. Brody ’07 (NYC) Lucretia C. Lyons ’88 (Portland, OR) Tyler W. Harden ’04 (North Jersey) Mauricio Sanchez de la Paz ’05 (Portland, OR) Theodore Golfinopoulos ’84 (Lawrenceville) Nelson Lam ’78 (Lake Oswego, OR) Meghan Hall Donaldson ’90 P’24 (Lawrenceville) James “Tal” T. Turner IV ’91 (NoCal) Alexander L. Iannaccone ’04 (NoCal) Mid-Atlantic Chapter David A. Cohen ’81 (SoCal) Gregory S. Scott ’83 (Philadelphia, PA) Lara Hourie Shortz ’95 (SoCal) Peter Rubincam ’88 (Philadelphia, PA) Colleen A. Smith ’90 (Philadelphia, PA) Gulf Chapter AJ Ernst ’05 (Philadelphia, PA) Stephen P. Carson ’73 (Dallas/TX) Courtney Thompson Friel ’99 (Baltimore, MD) Michael S. Waldron ’88 P’19 (Dallas, TX) Charles C. Keller ’95 (Washington, DC) Michael Chiusano ’99 (Dallas, TX) Tyler F.Wean ’96 (Washington, DC) Meredith J. McCord ’92 (Houston, TX) John L. Walker ’05 (Washington, DC) Charles C. LeBourgeois, Jr. ’88 (New Orleans, LA)

Southeast Chapter Central Chapter Christopher Loutit ’96 (Raleigh, NC) Jane Lynch Crain ’99 (Nashville, TN) John Cervantes ’91 (Charlotte, NC) Ali Fox ’91 (Charleston, SC) International Chapter Bruce A. Williamson ’83 (Atlanta, GA) Leigh W. Lockwood ’65 P’97 ’02 (Mexico) Heather Woods Rodbell ’91 (Atlanta, GA) Frederick H. Noble ’72 (Mexico) Whitney Farnum Garner ’98 (Boynton Beach, Florida) Lauren M. McDermott ’02 (London, UK) Ali Frost Osiecki ’96 (W. Palm Beach, Florida) Molly Walther ’02 (London, UK) George “Tres” Arnett III ’79 P’16 (Miami, Florida) Matt Miller ’08 (London, UK) R. Lee Underwood III ’86 (Miami, Florida) Michael J. Paci ’90 (Germany) Pablo Jimenez ’11 (Miami, Florida) Sarah Antor ’94 (Germany) Jennie Robles ’97 (Florida) Elyse Michaels Berger ’91 (Europe) Jean Fang ’90 (Hong Kong) Midwest Chapter Steven K. Wong ’01 (Hong Kong) William “Harrison” Wagenseil ’02 (Minneapolis, MN) John H.C. Yu ’82 P’14 ’15 (Taiwan) Riley O’Neil ’92 (Chicago, IL) Samuel S. Yu ’89 (Korea) Brayton B. Alley ’93 (Chicago, IL)

Triumphant Lawrence

Triumphant Lawrence! Raise a song, Unfurl thy banners wide! A mighty host, at duty’s call, Glad thy commands abide.

Triumphant Lawrence! Years may come, And years may swiftly go, But scions of a noble house, Allegiance constant owe!

Triumphant Lawrence! Hail to thee And all thy glorious past! May noble thought, and word and deed, Defend thee to the last!

Refrain: Let warriors strong the strife prolong. Let foes thy bastions try! They’re garrisoned with loyal hearts, Forever and for aye.

Words and music by Edward C. Douglas ’96