Spring 2019 100 1919 2019 Ridgewood Times A NEWSLETTER FOR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND ALUMNI OF RIDGEWOOD SCHOOL, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO An Amazing Centennial Weekend Kicks Off Our 100-Year Anniversary The Pavlatos Family Grand Hall of the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center Ridgewood School kicked off its 100-year anniversary cele- chronicling the construction and remodeling was shown, bration on October 19 & 20, 2018. The Centennial Alumni and Student Council members provided tours of the school Weekend opened with a welcoming of alumni at Mother for guests. Stewart’s Brewing Company in downtown Springfield, owned Immediately following the dedication, attendees moved to a by our 2016 Alumni of Distinction Award recipients, John ’86 luncheon at the Springfield Country Club, where a Ridgewood- and Kevin ’88 Loftis. style lunch was served. The intimate setting sparked nostalgic On Saturday morning, the new Jane P. B. and Peter memories that were shared and relived as if no time had passed. Hollenbeck Preschool dedication occurred in the Carpentieri Saturday evening, the Centennial Gala was held at the Clark Commons with 100 attending. Board President Mark Robertson State Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center in downtown ’67 spoke about the recent expansion and renovation of the Springfield. The celebration began with cocktails and hors school made possible by the extreme generosity of the late d’oeuvres being served in the Kaffenberger Grand Hall Atrium. Jane P. B. Hollenbeck ’29 who bequeathed the largest gift in Following the reception, guests entered the Pavlatos Family Grand the school’s history. Head of School Aliya Ranginwala talked Hall, transformed with gold chandeliers, elevated floral arrange- about what Ridgewood offers its students and the community ments, and gold-framed centerpieces of vintage photos and today. Mrs. Hollenbeck’s portrait framed with her Ridgewood fondest memories. Around the perimeter, a timeline spanning the School diploma was unveiled. President Robertson announced decades since our beginning in 1919 was highlighted with photo this would be displayed in the Pavlatos Family Atrium. A video continued » 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 1. 100-Year 3D banner, 2. Guests arriving, 3. Young Alums, 4. Country Club luncheon, 5. Nadia Syed ’10, Afshan Syed ’83, Shahana Ahmed, Lena Syed ’15, 6. Scott Thacker ’69, 7. Angelique Walker-Smith and Joyceann Dunlap, 8. Dan and Judy McGregor, 9. Gala attendees being welcomed by the MC, Ash Ahmed ’84 murals and kiosks displaying Ridgewood pictures and history. Campaign Leadership Gift Partners with personalized Centennial Guests were welcomed by former Board President Dr. Ashfaq crystal bowls. A video chronicling Ridgewood’s 100-year history Ahmed ’84. Eric Lindblade ’67 of Raleigh, North Carolina, son of excellence in education was premiered. The formal program of former Ridgewood Headmaster Eric Lindblade, offered an concluded with remarks by Eric Lindblade ’67. Fellowship con- invocation. Following the plated gourmet dinner, Scott Thacker tinued into the evening with photos, remembrances, and laughter. ’69 of San Francisco spoke about, “What Ridgewood Means to Attendees traveled great distances to participate in the cele- Me.” Mrs. Hollenbeck was posthumously honored with the 2018 bration weekend. California, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia Alumni of Distinction Award. A video highlighting her life and were just some of the states represented in the gathering. Most contributions to the community was shown. Tim Noonan ’66 notably, Elisabeth Cole Carpentieri ’51 traveled from Florence, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina presented Ridgewood history Italy and Andrea Gardner, Headmaster 1982-1995, came from and musings that will be included in the book he is authoring Utah. The crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to Mrs. Gardner, as about Ridgewood School. Past President Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed ‘84, it was her birthday. It was a weekend filled with Ridgewood Dan McGregor ’55, Centennial Campaign Co-Chair, and Bonita students, alumni, family and friends sharing fond memories and Heeg, Centennial Campaign Manager presented Centennial making new ones. Z 2 The Ridgewood Times | Spring 2019 Jane P.B. Hollenbeck ’29 Ridgewood in the News Ridgewood’s 2018 Distinguished We hope you read the articles published in the local press about Ridgewood Alumni Award Recipient this year. One covers our Centennial celebration and building expansion, the importance that education has in a another focuses on Head of School community, she contributed significantly Ms. Ranginwala, and the third reports to Wittenberg University and Clark on Mr. Metzger, teacher and Student State Community College. Clark State’s Council Advisor, and our students’ Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center recycling efforts. If you missed these is named in honor of her Hollenbeck and Bayley families. Wittenberg facilities great articles, you can find them on our built through the Hollenbecks’ generosity website under News and Events. Please include Bayley Science Auditorium and read and share these stories with your Hollenbeck Hall, home to Wittenberg’s families and friends. They reveal how humanities departments. Not forgetting special Ridgewood and the Ridgewood the significant role that Ridgewood Family are! Z played in her and Peter’s educations, she bequeathed a significant gift to Ridgewood in her estate. Thanks to her belief in the future of Ridgewood, in Jane P.B. Hollenbeck October 2018, Ridgewood dedicated its On Saturday evening October 20, 2018, new preschool, naming it the Jane P. B. and during Ridgewood’s Centennial Gala, Peter Hollenbeck Preschool and unveiled Jane P. B. Hollenbeck ’29 was posthu- her portrait and Ridgewood diploma that mously honored as Ridgewood’s 2018 now hang in the preschool’s atrium. Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. As an artist and philanthropist Mrs. In 1929, Jane Pratt Bayley Hollenbeck Hollenbeck firmly believed that a graduated from Ridgewood School. community must have strong cultural Raised on Woodlawn Avenue near the institutions that feed the hearts and souls gates of Wittenberg University, she was of its members, as well as have outstanding a member of the Bayley family, a family schools. To this end, Mrs. Hollenbeck was a of Springfield’s industrial pioneers and supporter and member of Christ Episcopal community leaders. Her parents, stepfather Church. She endowed the Springfield Lee Bayley and mother, Beatrice “Bee Symphony Orchestra’s conductor position Bee” Bayley, were both early trustees of and contributed annually to the orchestra’s Ridgewood School. Four generations of support. She supported the Springfield the Bayley family, including Jane and her Museum of Art and the Boy Scouts of son Peter ’54, would attend Ridgewood America. As one friend said when she in its first one hundred years. In 1938, Jane died in 2015, “Springfield would be an graduated from Wittenberg University enormously different place without her and went on to study fine arts in Boston. generosity.” An accomplished sculptress, in 1939 she Gala attendees included members married local businessman Dwight W. of the Ridgewood School community, Hollenbeck who would become CEO of the symphony, the art museum, Christ Credit Life Insurance Company. Jane and Episcopal Church, the Springfield Dwight had two sons, Peter and Dwight, Foundation, and other local charities and Jr. As a family they loved to spend summer organizations. Watching a Ridgewood- vacations on the coast of Maine. produced video featuring Mrs. At her death in 2015, Mrs. Hollenbeck Hollenbeck’s legacy, they gratefully was ninety-nine years old and left a remembered Mrs. Hollenbeck’s loving remarkable imprint on this community. support. Ridgewood is honored to have Always excited about the future of her such an exemplary alumna as Jane P.B. hometown, she was one of Springfield’s Hollenbeck ‘29. Z major philanthropists. Understanding The Ridgewood Times | Spring 2019 3 Save the Date Please! Centennial Campaign Continues Strong Hearts&Hands Auction Goes ‘Around the World’ The Centennial Campaign is going Dr. Moin and Zeeba Ranginwala & strong! We continue to receive Phase I Dr. Mujeeb and Aliya Ranginwala Leadership Gift contributions of $10,000 The Thacker Family RIDGEWOOD SCHOOL AUCTION and more that include exclusive three- Headmaster’s Circle ($15,000+) year payment option, distinctive naming Ms. Shahana Ahmed opportunities on campus and prominent In Memory of Robert G. Bayley name listing on the Centennial Cam- by Ruth Bayley paign Wall of Honor in the Pavlatos Bill & Deanna Brougher Family Atrium. These vital offerings are Security National Bank providing outstanding student and fiscal The Turner Foundation outcomes for Ridgewood School! Scholar’s Circle ($10,000+) Though we continue Phase I, we will Phillip, Teresa & Kristin ’10 Campbell soon be mailing Phase II brochures to Carleton F. & Ruth T. Davidson Trust everyone to encourage participation in Mr. Sunny & Dr. Seema Dhingra this historic event. Any amount will be In Memory of Sue Bayley Drais ’44 welcomed and very much appreciated! & All Bayley Ridgewood Graduates Those contributing the following The Lupfer Family amounts can utilize a two-year payment Ruth B. & Thomas F. Mackey Charitable Saturday, May 4, 2019 option, as well as having their name Trust Foundation & Dr. Barb Mackey appear on the Centennial Campaign The Neravetla Family The Hearts & Hands Auction committee Wall of Honor: Dr. Abdur and Farhana Rauf & is excited to announce that the theme of Creativity Advocates ($5,000) Nauman Rauf ’08 & Mahum Rauf ’18 this year’s auction is “Around the World!” Collaboration Advocates ($2,500) The Rizvi Family and promises a “world-class” evening for all attending. Enrichment Advocates ($1,500) Dr. Ajaz & Humera Umerani The auction’s dinner will be catered Discovery Advocates ($1,000) Amal ’15, Maleehah ’15 & Aadil ’17 George and Anila Varghese by Seasons Bistro and Grille founded and Those contributing to the Centennial operated by Ridgewood alumni, brother Creativity Advocates ($5,000+) Campaign as of February 15, 2019 are: and sister, Margaret Mattox and Doug Dr. Dennis & Margaret Roark Diamond Circle ($1 Million+) McGregor. There will be a 50/50 raffle, Collaboration Advocates ($2,500+) Jane P.