PINTHE PIGNGRY REVIEW RY Financial Aid Unlocking Opportunity Retiring and Departing Faculty Members | Three Faculty Members Celebrate 25 Years at Pingry 2010 Stifel award | alumni help in haiti | Four Coaches are honored | Reunion Photo Gallery athletics hall of Fame inductees | architects Featured in alumni art exhibition SuMMeR 2010 the Pingry fund Because2010 of your contriBution to the Pingry fund we can continue to... Honor TradiTion, sTrengTHen our CommuniTy, and seCure our FuTure THANK YOU pingry_spring pingry fund mag ad.indd 1 5/24/10 2:48:43 PM PINTHE PIGNGRY REVIEW RY t. 1861 es Y PINGR 13 Enduring Generosity of norbert a. Weldon ’35 Financial aid: A new endowed fund for financial aid, named in honor of Mr. Weldon, is the most recent of unlocking the Weldon family’s numerous gifts to Pingry. 14 Saying Farewell to Faculty and Staff Members Opportunity Eleven members of Pingry’s faculty and staff retired or decided to pursue new opportunities at 8 the conclusion of the 2009-10 academic year. Pingry’s financial aid 22 Digital Display: Lower School Students Find new Ways to Create art The Short Hills Campus’ first student digital photography exhibition, representing the work program provides of fourth- and fifth-grade students, was on display this spring. educational opportunities 30 Reunion Photo Gallery for those who otherwise In May, alumni returned to Pingry for three days of activities, including the Fifty-Year Club could not afford to Luncheon, Clam Bake, and Class Parties. 42 Athletics hall of Fame inductees attend the school. The Thomas R. Ferry ’80, Jay Antonelli ’88, J. Owen Tully ’94, Coach William Ambrose*, Review explains how the and the 1994-95 Boys’ Swimming Team were inducted on May 14, 2010. (* posthumously) 44 Alumni Make Time to help in haiti program works and shares Dr. Sanjay Lalla ’85, P ’21, ’22, a plastic surgeon, and Marisa LaValette ’04, eager to testimonials from those perform large-scale humanitarian work, traveled separately to Haiti to help the victims of the January 2010 earthquake. who have benefited. 46 Career Progression on Display in “Young architects Show” For the first time, Pingry’s annual alumni art exhibition focused on architecture by displaying the works of four alumni who are in college or who are in the early stages of their careers. 3 From the Headmaster 48 Ask the Archivist On the cover: 4 Sesquicentennial Kick-Off 49 Class Notes Financial aid is the “key” that opens the door 6 Scene Around Campus 67 In Memoriam to knowledge for many Pingry students. 14 School News 68 Dictum Ultimum 27 Alumni News 69 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. Comments can be sent to the editor at The Pingry School, Martinsville Road, P.O. Box 366, Martinsville, NJ 08836 or [email protected]. Editorial Staff Jacqueline Sullivan Design and Layout Greg Waxberg ’96, Editor Director of Alumni Relations and Ruby Window Creative Group, Inc. Communications Writer Annual Giving www.rubywindow.com Melanie Hoffmann P ’20 Kristen Tinson Photography Director of Institutional Advancement Associate Director of Alumni Peter Chollick Relations and Annual Giving Mark J. Sullivan Bruce Morrison ’64 what’s new Director of Strategic Communications Maureen E. Maher Debbie Weisman on our web site and Marketing Communications Manager The pingry.org homepage provides links to new and expanded content. Board of Trustees, 2010-2011 Denise M. Brown-Allen P ’13 Terms Expiring in 2011 John B. Brescher, Jr. ’65, P ’99 Upper School Director Jake Angell ’90 Chair Philip S. Cox Todd Burrows ’90 news John W. Holman III ’79, P ’09, ’11, ’14 Middle School Director David Freinberg ’74, P ’12, ’15 Read about the clock tower renovation Allison Haltmaier ’80, P ’11, ’13 Vice Chair John W. Pratt and new roof project at the Martinsville Cathleen Lazor ’88 Chief Financial Officer Campus, and see how the building’s Edward S. Atwater IV ’63 H. David Rogers ’61 Treasurer visual appeal will improve during the Sara Boisvert Kevin Schmidt ’98 coming months. The architectural Ian S. Shrank ’71 Director of Global Programs Tracy Klingeman Stalzer ’84 drawings illustrate the tower’s new Secretary Allison C. Brunhouse ’00 Betsy Vreeland ’84, P ’11, ’12, ’15 appearance. Alice F. Rooke P ’02, ’04 Director of Admission and Financial Aid Amy Warner ’78 Assistant Secretary Lydia B. Geacintov P ’84, ’88 Susan Barba Welch ’77, P ’06, ’09, Calendar ’11, ’13, ’16 The 2010-2011 school calendar lists the Deborah J. Barker P ’12, ’16 Director of Studies Angela Burt-Murray P ’17, ’19 newest school events and activities, new Melanie P. Hoffmann P ’20 Terms Expiring in 2012 Kurt G. Conti P ’07, ’09, ’15 athletics events, dates for upcoming Director of Institutional Advancement Bradford Bonner ’93 Holly Hegener Cummings P ’14, ’16 alumni events, and parent activities. Gerry Vanasse P ’14 John Campbell III ’86 Jeffrey N. Edwards ’78, P ’12, ’14 All of the information can be easily Director of Athletics Rebecca Frost ’94 Miriam T. Esteve P ’09, ’11, ’19 downloaded to mobile devices. Quoc Vo Jane Hoffman ’94 Kathleen M. Hugin P ’11, ’13 Director of Information Technology Christian E. Hoffman ’94 Pingry’s Grandparents William D. Ju P ’09, ’11 Genesia Perlmutter Kamen ’79, P ’11, ’13 Stuart M. Lederman ’78 and Special Friends Conor Mullett ’84, P ’14, ’15 Steven M. Lipper ’79, P ’09, ’12, ’14 Office of Alumni Relations The Lower School hosted a fun-filled Samuel Partridge ’92 Conor T. Mullett ’84, P ’14, ’15 and Annual Giving day for the students’ grandparents and Peter Rosenbauer ’89 Donald C. Mullins, Jr. P ’15, ’20 Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97 special friends on May 7, 2010. The Mary Sarro-Waite ’01 Terence M. O’Toole P ’05, ’08 Special Assistant to the Headmaster Multimedia Gallery contains a slide William J. Silbey ’77 show of the grandparents and friends Dan C. Roberts P ’99, ’02, ’09 Jacqueline Sullivan Gordon Sulcer ’61, P ’95, ’01 spending a day at school with the Lower Park B. Smith ’50 Director of Alumni Relations and Katrina Welch ’06 School students. This is a special day for Henry G. Stifel III ’83 Annual Giving Norbert Weldon ’91 everyone, and the photographs capture Denise E. Vanech P ’09 Brooke Alper these priceless moments. Audrey M. Wilf P ’02, ’04, ’13 Associate Director of Alumni Relations Terms Expiring in 2013 Noreen C. Witte P ’13, ’16 and Annual Giving Mark Bigos ’79 alumni Barry L. Zubrow P ’10 Kristen Tinson Anthony Bowes ’96 Watch the slide show from Reunion Associate Director of Alumni Relations Kyle Coleman ’80 Weekend, which took place in May at Honorary Trustees and Annual Giving Nicole Daniele ’05 the Martinsville Campus. Events include David M. Baldwin ’47, P ’75, ’76, ’78, ’81 Thomas Diemar ’96 the Pen Pal Program, Fifty-Year Club TBD Fred Bartenstein, Jr. P ’68, ’70, ’72, ’75 Lisa Fraites-Dworkin ’81 Luncheon, Alumni Luncheon Theatre, Associate Director of The Parent Fund William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64 Jonathan Gibson ’88 Clam Bake, Athletics Hall of Fame Laura K. Stoffel John P. Bent, Jr. P ’80, ’82, ’84 Martha Graff ’84, P ’15, ’17 induction ceremony, Nelson L. Carr Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Victoria Brooks P ’02, ’04 E. Lori Halivopoulos ’78 Service Awards, and more. To purchase and Annual Giving William V. Engel ’67 Robert Hough ’77 any of the photos, click the “Peter Yolanda G. Carden John W. 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