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Spring 2014 FOUNDATION for the FUTURE INSIDE Construction News 13 Alumni Spotlight 33 Alumni Weekend Schedule 41 UpcomingEVENTS2014 March 15–April 2 April 26–27 March 8—24 May 2 JuneMay 3112 Spring Break—Students have the Upper School Spring Play Spring Break Grandparents Day MiddleBaccalaureate School Graduation opportunity for service travel (produced by students) Senior/Parent Dinner Dance to Haiti, Mexico, and Kentucky; April 3 and 7 May 8—10 June 16 baseball and golf athletic teams April 28 June 1 Revisit Days for Prospective Middle School Spring Play 19th Annual Golf Classic at are traveling to Florida; exchange Spring Concert Commencement Upper School Families The Bedens Brook Club programs continue with trips May 16—17 May 3 June 6 Aprilto the 4 U.K. and to France; and Alumni Weekend Grandparents Day SeptemberMiddle School 6 Graduation Revisitthere are Day faculty-led for Prospective trips to Italy, Groundbreaking Ceremony for Convocation Austria, and Spain. Middle School Families KennethMay Kai 9–11 Tai Yen Humanities Building Dr.June Hawkey’s 10 Installation April 4 & 8 Middle School Play Golf Classic at Bedens Brook April 24—26 June 6 October 11 Revisit Days for Prospective Upper School Spring Play BaccalaureateMay 18 HomecomingSeptember 8 Day Students Senior/ParentAlumni Day Dinner Convocation April 27 April 12–22 175th Anniversary Celebration Spring Concert June 7 October 12 175th Anniversary Celebrations UpperMay School 22 Commencement Homecoming in Asia Music Students’ Recital Please make sure you save the date for our upcoming New York City Alumni Reception to be held on April 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Location and further details will be forthcoming soon! Pennington students find a way to enjoy the chilly winter temperatures this season as they skate on Lowellden Pond. ii Pennington Magazine Spring 2014 Spring 2014 Volume 55, No. 1 Head of School Stephanie G. Townsend FEATURES Editors 11 Foundation for the Lori G. Lipsky Dr. William S. Hawkey Director of Communications and Marketing Future [email protected] will succeed Penny Townsend (609) 737-6156 as head of school and build on Pennington’s strong A. Melissa Kiser Director of Special Projects strategic plan as the physical [email protected] transformation of the campus (609) 737-6116 begins. Interim Director of Development Charles D. Brown 24 Building Bridges Contributing Writers Emily Paragamian ’12 journeys Jack Anderson, John Biddiscombe ’63, Matt Curry ’97, Don Dolan, Dolores Eaton, Marc to Jordan and discovers the Epstein, Caroline Hall, David Hauser, Lisa path to a new vocation. Houston, Lissa Kiser, Ann Koloski, Len Leib, Lori Lipsky, Andrew Lloyd, Rob McClellan, Sarah Mertz, Patrick Murphy ’80, Emily Paragamian ’12, Scott Peeler, Sara Sachs ’14, 27 Getting Creative on Henry Sheeran ’14, Penny Townsend the iPad Technology even finds its way into classrooms Contributing Photographers where computers have never Jack Anderson, Ira Casel, Don Dolan, gone before. Dolores Eaton, Caroline Hall, David Hauser, also Inside Mike Hunter, Jim Inverso, David Kassel, Lissa Kiser, Len Leib, Keri Marino, Rob McClellan, 3 Welcome Note Jamie Moore ’03, Susie Paige, Emily 30 Faculty Spotlight Learn more about institutional Paragamian ’12, Allan Rosenberg ’66, Tim 4 Convocation Scott/Spencer Studios, Cie Stroud, Penny technology at Pennington, Townsend, Susan Wirsig 7 Homecoming about our new Forum assemblies, what an AP U.S. Design and Layout 8 New Faculty History teacher likes to do in Lisa Aliprando, LOA Graphics, LLC his spare time, and how much Printing 14 Middle School News a Stanton grant adds to the Prism Color Corporation academic experience at The 16 Athletics News The Pennington School Pennington School. 112 West Delaware Avenue Pennington, NJ 08534 20 Service News (609) 737-1838 www.pennington.org 33 Alumni Spotlight 22 Performing Arts News about Bob Beckett ’52, GP ’14, who received All materials copyright © 2014 by The 28 Visual Arts Pennington School unless otherwise noted. an honorary degree from The cupola device, circular logo, and split P Worcester Polytechnic Institute are registered trademarks of The Pennington 32 Parents Association School. Opinions expressed in Pennington Magazine are those of the authors, not 34 Class Notes necessarily those of The Pennington School. Cover photograph by Tim Scott/Spencer Studios, West Chester, PA www.pennington.org 1 Trustee News Pennington Welcomes Six New Members to the Board of Trustees John Biddiscombe ’63 is the Amylin Pharmaceuticals. He also of its insurance subsidiaries. He operations outside the United former director of athletics and served as senior vice president also serves as a member of Starr States. Throughout his career, chair of the Physical Education of human resources, public Companies commercial real he has also served in a number Department at Wesleyan affairs, and philanthropy. Mr. estate team. Before joining Starr, of governance and industry University. An active member Celentano earned his bachelor’s Mr. Matthews spent fourteen association roles. Mr. Oldsey in NCAA governance, Mr. degree from the University of years at AIG Investments, where was graduated from Penn State Biddiscombe served as chair of Delaware and an M.B.A. degree he held posts as a managing University with a Bachelor of the Division III Management from Drexel University. He and director, head of commercial Arts degree in English, and in Council and was a member of his wife, Jane, live in Newtown, real estate capital markets, and 2009 the university honored the NCAA Executive Committee PA, and have three children: one a securitized products portfolio him with its prestigious Alumni from 2000 to 2002. The Eastern Pennington graduate and two manager. He also served as a Fellow Award, recognizing College Athletic Conference current students at the School. member of AIG Global Real extraordinary professional (ECAC) presented him its James Estate’s investment committee achievement and exceptional Lynah Award for Distinguished David Long ’86, along with for more than ten years. Earlier service to Penn State. In 2013 Achievement in 2013. He other members of the Long in his career he was a portfolio he was elected to the board of served as Pennington’s athletic family, owns and operates analyst with Hyperion Capital trustees at Penn State. He and director, head football coach, the Long Motor Company, a Management and held positions his wife, Julie, are residents of and wrestling coach for three multi-franchised automobile with the Centeq Companies; Basking Ridge, NJ; their son is a years, 1968 to 1971. He is a 1967 dealership throughout New Prudential Realty Group; Pennington junior. graduate of Springfield College, Jersey. He has worked in this Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; where he lettered in football, and family business for more than and Chase Manhattan Bank. Lori Plimpton is a self- received his M.S. degree from twenty-five years, supervising He is a CFA charterholder and employed academic consultant Slippery Rock State College. A day-to-day operations, a member of the CFA Institute who works with students and loyal and engaged Pennington marketing, and product and and the New York Society their families on academic alumnus, he was awarded the business development, as well of Security Analysts. He is a plans and skills. Her focus Order of the Tower, the School’s as all financial responsibilities. graduate of Middlebury College is on learning differences, highest honor, in May 2013. Mr. Long has been selected and Columbia Business School. organizational and executive He is president of the Alumni for many advisory boards and He and his wife, Anne Elise, functioning skills, writing, Association Board. He and his committees in the automotive live in Princeton with their and various subject areas. wife, Gail, live in Durham, CT. field and is currently serving his three children, one of whom is a Ms. Plimpton also works with second term as an active member freshman at Pennington. medical professionals and John Celentano is senior of the New Jersey Coalition of school districts in developing advisor to Ernst & Young’s Automotive Retailers. He is also William Oldsey has spent and implementing an academic global life sciences practice and a member of Volvo Cars of North his entire professional career plan for students. Earlier strategic advisor to YourEncore, America’s product development in the educational publishing in her career, Ms. Plimpton Inc. Mr. Celentano has held committee and serves as a state arena, both in the United worked at Princeton Academy leadership positions in the life representative on the Volvo Cars States and internationally. He of the Sacred Heart and The sciences industry for over thirty Retailer Operating Team. He is is a leading strategic advisor Cambridge School. She holds years. He served as president a graduate of Regis University. to various companies and a bachelor’s degree with a of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Mr. Long and his wife, Jane, institutions in the areas of double major in marketing and Healthcare Group and has led live in Skillman, NJ, with their educational technology, media, management from Kutztown international pharmaceutical four children, three of whom are and digital learning. He is the University and recently businesses in BRICT/Asia current Pennington students. former executive vice president completed her master’s degree Pacific, Latin America/Canada, of McGraw-Hill Education, in English with a specialty in and the UK/Northern Europe. Gregory Matthews has had a where