St. Mark’s School of of School Mark’s St. THE Summer 2014 Volume 19, Issue 3 Te St. Mark’s School of Texas xas PRIDE Alumni Magazine Successful Passing of the Torch: David Dini sets his sights on a bright future Also in this issue: Alumni Weekend: Marksmen honor the Holtbergs Spotlight on Philanthropy: Legacies recognized on campus Save the Dates 2014 ALUMNI CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 6–9 East Coast Alumni Events October 17 Homecoming Kick-Off Party November 9–11 West Coast Alumni Events November 26 Young Alumni Holiday Party December 11 Alumni Holiday Luncheon December 18 College-Age Alumni Holiday Lunch January 3, 2015 Alumni Soccer & Basketball Games February 12–13 Austin & Houston Alumni Events April 23–25 Alumni Weekend 2015 May 22 Commencement and Senior-Alumni Luncheon See the full Calendar of Events at www.smtexas.org/AlumniEvents THE Contents PRIDE St. Mark’s School of Texas Alumni Magazine Volume 19, Issue 3 • Summer 2014 ON CAMPUS 12 2 | In Retrospect 3 | Letter From the Editor 4 | College Matriculation 6 | Student Art 8 | Sports News 12 | St. Mark’s Armed Forces Club 14 | 25 Years in the Wild 30 16 | Student Accolades 22 | Distinguished Speakers 26 | Holiday Traditions 30 | Baccalaureate and Commencement 36 | Retiring Faculty 38 | Retiring Trustees ALUMNI NEWS 48 40 | Alumni Board Report 44 | Alumni in the News 48 | Alumni Weekend SPOTLIGHT ON PHILANTHROPY 58 | Cementing New Legacies 58 FEATURES 60 | The Eighteenth Headmaster NOTES AND REMARKS 66 | Class Notes 77 | Faculty Notes 78 | In Memoriam 80 | Endnotes 60 ABOUT OUR COVER Newly appointed Eugene McDermott Headmaster David Dini and Headmaster Emeritus Arnie Holtberg walk through campus. St. Mark’s School of Texas Summer 2014 | Contents 1 On Campus in retrospect A Time for Fun The 1965 Marksmen yearbook contains this photo of boys and girls twisting and shouting at the 1964 Homecoming Dance. The caption below the photo reads “A Time For Fun.” If you can help identify or have a good story about this group of students, please let us know. Send information to Katy Rubarth, St. Mark’s School of Texas, 10600 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75230–4047 or email her at [email protected]. 2 On Campus | THE PRIDE St. Mark’s School of Texas Letters from the editor eginnings and endings, endings and abilities and modeling the ideals of servant- Bbeginnings. At this time last year we leadership, all with warmth, good nature, celebrated the successful conclusion of and infectious energy for his work. David is The Centennial Challenge, a Campaign that all that a Marksman represents and a perfect both honored the first 100 years of St. Mark’s role model for our boys. and sought to ensure that excellence continued for the next 100 years. Last year I know you join me in wishing David, Nancy, we also celebrated a different, bittersweet Caroline, Megan, Thomas, and Claudia the milestone: the end of Arnie Holtberg’s tenure very best as they move onto campus and as Headmaster of St. Mark’s. On campus further into the hearts of our community. and across the nation, hundreds of alumni and friends turned out to say thank you to Here’s to new beginnings, Arnie and Jan during their Farewell Tour. Katy B. Rubarth As the 2014–2015 school year begins, St. Mark’s Director of Communications now looks ahead to a new beginning with a new leader. The enthusiasm for David Dini’s appointment has been overwhelming, and the excitement generated by the implementation of new projects and programs, due to the success of the Campaign, is palpable. For me, David’s appointment is especially exciting; I have had the honor to get to know him as a parent, a team member, and a friend. For the past five years, I’ve collaborated with David on a wide array of School projects and watched him work tirelessly to ensure that St. Mark’s is able to sustain its mission. David brings out the best in those with whom he works, nurturing their St. Mark’s School of Texas Summer 2014 | On Campus 3 On Campus 2010–2014 college matriculation FOUR: Chapman University Clemson University Boston University Colby College Brown University College of William and Mary Northeastern University Colorado School of Mines Texas Tech University Colorado State University University of Michigan Franklin & Marshall College University of Texas at Austin—Plan II Franklin Olin College of Engineering Furman University THREE: George Washington University Gettysburg College Baylor University Hampshire College Colgate University Houston Baptist University Davidson College Howard University Emory University Johns Hopkins University Georgetown University Lehigh University Georgia Institute of Technology Marion Military Institute Pomona College Middlebury College Purdue University Oberlin Conservatory of Music St. Edward’s University Occidental College Trinity University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States Naval Academy Rhode Island School of Design University of Notre Dame Rollins College TEN OR MORE: University of Texas at Dallas Schreiner University Wake Forest University St. John’s University Dartmouth College Washington and Lee University St. Lawrence University Duke University Swarthmore College Harvard University TWO: Tulane University New York University United States Air Force Academy Princeton University Carnegie Mellon University United States Military Academy Rice University Cornell University University of Alabama Southern Methodist University Haverford College University of California—Berkeley Stanford University Hendrix College University of California—Santa Barbara Texas A&M University Indiana University University of Colorado at Boulder University of Pennsylvania Rhodes College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Southern California Trinity College University of Kansas University of Texas at Austin University of Georgia University of Minnesota Vanderbilt University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Oregon Washington University in St. Louis University of Oklahoma University of Pittsburgh University of Texas at Arlington University of Richmond FIVE TO NINE: University of Rochester ONE: University of South Carolina Columbia University University of Texas at San Antonio Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amherst College University of Wisconsin Northwestern University Arizona State University Villanova University Texas Christian University Auburn University Virginia Military Institute University of Chicago Bates College Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Miami Bowdoin College Williams College University of Missouri—Columbia Bowling Green State University University of Virginia Bucknell University Yale University California Institute of Technology 4 On Campus | THE PRIDE St. Mark’s School of Texas On Campus class of 2014 college matriculation Southern Methodist ....................... Anthony Garcia Vanderbilt University ..................... Conner Gregory University Paul Herz Clayton Roberts Michael Murphy John Webb William Nelson Washington University ................... Juan Chavez Joshua Perkins in St. Louis Bradley Mankoff Chase Squires Woo Jae Shin Brandon Sung St. Edward’s University ................... Jassiel Roman University of Texas at Austin ......... Ali Ahmed Israel Soto Cole Gerthoffer Texas A&M University .................... Victor Calvillo Kellam Hall Mac Labhart Daniel McNamara Texas Christian University ............ Matthew Brown Blake Robins Jack Mallick Aarohan Burma (Plan II) University of Chicago ..................... Tabish Dayani Kobi Naseck (Plan II) Charles Marshall Dartmouth College ......................... Yima Asom University of Pennsylvania ............ Halbert Bai Robert He Charles Golden Harrison Perkins University of Southern ................... Nicholas Brodsky Michael Perkins California Martin Tirmenstein Benjamin Wilson University of Virginia ..................... James Diamond Princeton University ...................... Thomas Addy Lucas Williams Dylan Altschuler Auburn University .......................... David Bentley Samuel Perkins Baylor University ............................ Mark Burton Vincent Shia Brown University ............................ Jacob Wilner Victor Zhou Northeastern University ................ Oliver Ness Duke University .............................. John Caldwell Pomona College .............................. Luke Munson Nikhil Jain St. Lawrence University ................. Alexander McKenna Carson Pate Trinity College ................................. Winston Brewer Jeffrey Wu Trinity University ............................ Daniel Solis Harvard University ......................... Dylan Clark United States Naval Academy ........ Cameron Baxley Aidan Dewar University of Georgia ..................... Ford Robinson Alexander Munoz University of Kansas ....................... Reid Stein Ryan O’Meara University of Miami ........................ Richard McCants Stanford University ........................ Creed Lowry University of Missouri— ................ Andrew Hatfield Matthew Mahowald Columbia Jack Pigott University of North Carolina ......... Riley Graham Maxwell Wolens at Chapel Hill New York University........................ Vincent Chen University of Notre Dame .............. Teddy Edwards Samuel Khoshbin University of Oklahoma ................. John Garnsey Johnathan Kim University of Oregon ...................... Andrew Balog Northwestern University ............... Malcolm Bowman Villanova University ....................... Dean Addy Nabeel Muscatwalla Wake Forest University .................. Richard