The Honor Code Setting the Course for Life
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PINTHE PIGNGRY REVIEW RY The HONor COdE Setting the Course for Life How Bob PopperShort ’61 Found Hills Dr. Kitchen Pingry’s Garden Resting Place| Graduation | iPads enhance 2010 |Kindergarten Renovated andClock Second-Grade Tower Classrooms GuatemalanFaculty Summer exchange Fellowships Students at | Pingry Pingry | ChineseMuseum Program of Art Joins | Alumni Prestigious Reflect National on Gap Network Years Nic Fink ’11 AimsSummer for the OlympicsService Trips | Olympian | 2010 Dan Letter-in-Life Kellner ’94 Gives Award Back to Brooklyn Newest Honor for Mike Webster SuMMeR 2011 Pingry.org THANK YOU! Thank you to all of our alumni, faculty/staff, friends, grandparents, parents, students, and trustees who contributed to the 2010-2011 Pingry Fund. Because of your generous support year after year, we can ensure that Pingry’s 150 years of excellence and honor will continue for generations. Office of Alumni and Development 908-647-7058 pingry_2011 thank you ad.indd 1 6/22/11 3:53:38 PM PINTHE PIGNGRY REVIEW RY School News – page 28 The honor code: 4 How I Found John F. Pingry After reading The Beginning of Wisdom, the story of Pingry’s first 100 years, Bob Popper ’61 Setting wanted to find Dr. Pingry’s resting place. In this article, Mr. Popper shares his investigative story. the Course 27 Prestigious Chinese Network Welcomes Pingry as a Member for Life Pingry will benefit from the resources of the Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classrooms 12 Network, which helps develop and support high-quality Chinese language education. The Honor System and 28 Touch and Go: early Access to Interactive Technology Honor Code are in their sixth Kindergarten and second-grade students are using iPads to supplement what they learn in the classroom. These revolutionary devices are making a big difference in the learning process. decade of simultaneous 31 Record-Setting Pingry Swimmer is One Step Closer to Olympics existence. This issue’s cover Nic Fink ’11 has qualified for two events at the 2012 United States Olympic Swimming Trials. story explains the roots of Read about the accolades and attitude that have helped him reach this milestone. 37 Alumni Portal Opens a New Door to Information each and describes new A new feature on Pingry’s web site, the password-protected alumni portal provides access to traditions at both campuses helpful and important information, including an online form to submit class notes. intended to keep the spirit of 38 en Garde! Fencers Learn from Olympian Dan Kellner ’94 Mr. Kellner, an Olympic fencer, is using his new club to give back to the community and the Honor Code alive every day. help train the next generation of fencers. 3 From the Headmaster 46 Ask the Archivist On the cover: 4 Sesquicentennial 47 Class Notes Pingry’s Honor Code serves as a moral compass 10 Scene Around Campus 62 In Memoriam throughout the lives of all members of the community. 27 School News 64 Dictum Ultimum 35 Alumni News 65 Alumni Calendar PINTHE PINGRYG REVIEWRY The Pingry Review is the official magazine of The Pingry School, with the primary purpose of disseminating alumni, school, faculty, and staff news and information. The editor tries to ensure the timeliness of each issue. Due to printing and production deadlines, this edition contains major events that happened by May 13, 2011. Occurrences after that date would be included in the following issue. 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Kimber, Jr. ’52, P ’76, ’79 Chip Korn ’89 Honorary Directors facebook.com/pingryalumni Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. ’44 Treasurer John Geddes ’62, P ’95 twitter.com/pingryalumni F. Helmut Weymar ’54 Norbert Weldon ’91 Robert C. Hall ’54, P ’79 linkedin.com/groups?gid=927037 John C. Whitehead P ’73 Secretary Henry G. Kreh ’44 A Letter from the heAdmAster nothing is more central to the ethos or success of the school than the Honor System and Honor Code. Born 85 years ago, these principles have formed the foundation for the educations and lives of thousands of Pingry alumni and, through their impact on the Pingry community, thousands of families. Although I cannot back up this assertion with hard data, it is my very clear impression that the Pingry Honor Code has had a more profound impact on those who have been associated with Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11, his wife Brenda Hamm P ’09, ’11, and their it than most honor code institutions can claim. daughter Rebecca Hamm Conard ’09 shared a proud moment on Commence- ment Day 2011 when Ben Hamm Conard ’11 was among the graduates. Both I believe that this is a direct result of the way in Mr. Conard and Ben sported identical commemorative Sesquicentennial ties.