January 2013 - John Burroughs School

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JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL
R EPORTER
J a n u a r y 2 013
Our 90th Year!
INSIDE
With a backdrop of major construction on campus, school life
continues much as it has since the school’s founding. Students
remain focused and achieve at high levels.
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Fall
Athletics
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National Merit
and Math Honors
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The Burroughs community had much to cheer about as the varsity football team advanced to the State championship game.
The fall semester included great moments in academics,
arts, athletics and community service.
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In academics
In athletics
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The football Bombers made their third consecutive
appearance at the Edward Jones Dome, where they
placed second in State.
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The swim team entered previously uncharted waters at
State by claiming the school’s first number-one finish
in an event and taking fourth overall as a team.
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The Class of 2013 claimed more National Merit
semifinalists (25) and more Achievement semifinalists
(6) than any other school — of any size — in Missouri.
Almost one-third of the state’s 21 Achievement
semifinalists came from Burroughs.
JBS math students took every first-place finish — both
individually by grade and as grade-level teams — in the
Excellence in Mathematics competition.
The Burroughs robotics team claimed the Inspire
Award, the highest honor awarded at the regional level
in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology Technical Challenge competition, and
qualified for the world competition in April.
In communit y service
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The Montgomery Plan boosted donations to the Holiday
Food Drive by organizing a canned food sculpture
contest. The effort resulted in a record year.
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Student Congress jump-started giving to 100 Neediest
Cases by tracking grade-level contributions on candy
canes crafted from PVC pipe and displayed prominently
around campus. The collection shattered previous
records and topped the $15,000 mark.
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A junior organized a mega food-packaging event that
sent almost a quarter million meals to hungry children
in Tanzania.
In Arts
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The JBS Players’ presentation of the thought-provoking
play, Playing for Time, was a complimentary gift to the
community.
Standing-room-only audiences attended fall concerts.
The annual holiday program featured almost 250
students in the orchestra and choirs.
For more about what made the fall of 2012, see inside.
Published by John Burroughs School for Alumni, Parents and Fr iends
Robotics Team
Advances to World
Competition
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World Food
Day
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Year of
Sustainability
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Our 90th Year:
So Similar in
Many Different
Ways
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Alumni
Weekend
Athletics
Bomber Spotlight
Individual Honors
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In cross country:
Kirk Smith ’13 placed 10th at
State. Annalise Wagner ’14
earned her third trip to State in
three years.
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In boys’ swimming:
The 200 free relay team (Daniel
Diemer ’14, Tyler Waterman ’15,
Robert Beckles ’13 and Kevin
Steinhouse ’14) took first in State
and set a school record.
The 200 medley relay team
(Steinhouse, Brad Riew ’13,
Beckles and Diemer) placed
second and set a school record.
In the 50 free, Steinhouse placed
second, and Diemer placed
seventh. Steinhouse set a school
record in the prelims.
In the 100 breaststroke, Riew tied
for fifth and set a school record.
The 400 free relay team
(Waterman, Adam Hotaling ’13,
Beckles and Steinhouse) placed
sixth and set a school record. In
that race, Waterman broke the
school record for the 100 free
as the lead-off swimmer in the
relay. (The previous record had
been set during prelims the day
before, when Steinhouse led off
the relay.)
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In girls’ golf:
Drew Bolster ’16 and Logan Otter
’15 advanced to State, where Otter
placed sixth (the best finish ever
for a Lady Bomber) and Bolster
placed 14th.
More for the Record Books
A little school makes a big splash at the State swim meet, and a fairy
tale football season culminates with a second-place finish at State.
The football Bombers capped a remarkable season by claiming a third consecutive second-place finish at State. One of the team’s own, senior Zeke Elliott (with
ball) was named to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Zeke is one of 90 high school players nationwide so honored. The game was played at the Alamo Dome
on January 5 and televised on NBC. Zeke will play football at Ohio State next fall.
A memor able football season
In every contest leading up to the Class 3 Missouri State
Championship football game, Burroughs dominated, defeating its opponents by 36 points on average. The team claimed
the District Title and the ABC Title, and advanced to the
Edward Jones Dome for the third consecutive year.
In the State championship game, the Bombers faced mighty
Maryville from the other side of the state. Maryville brought
a punishing running attack, rushing a record 69 times for
436 yards (the third most yardage in State history). Despite
a strong Bomber rally in the fourth quarter, Maryville came
out on top (35-22).
Lit tle Fish in a Big Pond
This year’s team built on a strong 2011 season by winning
the Show Me Conference Invitational for the third consecutive year, and, with a 133-36 win over Kennedy, securing
its first undefeated season. Eight swimmers qualified to
compete at State.
Other Team Highlights
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For the first time since it moved to Class 3, the cross
country team earned the opportunity to compete as a
team at State. It placed ninth in a field of 16 teams.
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The boys’ soccer Bombers claimed the Class 1 District 3
Championship.
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The field hockey team advanced to the quarterfinals of
the Midwest Field Hockey Tournament.
The Burroughs swimming Bombers recorded the school’s
first number-one finish in an event at State, took fourth
place overall as a team and
broke 13 school records
in the process — all after
compiling an undefeated
record in the regular
season. Coach Leslie Kehr
was named the Missouri
Interscholastic Swim
Coaches Association’s
Coach of the Year.
Cross country runner Kirk Smith ’13 placed 10th
at State. Above, Kirk (in foreground) and Robbie
Wunderlich ’14 compete in a meet during the
regular season.
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Burroughs (with 400
students in grades 9
through 12) has always
been one of the smaller
programs competing at
the State level. Instead of
competing with schools
of comparable size as
for every other sport,
swimming has no class
divisions. So Burroughs
competes against schools
five times its size.
The JBS swim team took fourth place at State and recorded its first undefeated regular season. From left (seated) are
Tejasvi Subramanian ’13 (manager) and Aleena Malik ’13 (manager); (standing, row 1) Robert Beckles ’13, Samuel Oh
’16, Jack Blethroad ’14, Coach Leslie Kehr, Daniel Diemer ’14 and Kevin Steinhouse ’14; and (standing, row 2) Adam
Hotaling ’13, Tyler Waterman ’15, Brad Riew ’13 and Jay Prapaisilp ’13.
Academics
Tops in National Merit Honors
Class of 2013 claims 25 National Merit semifinalists and six
Achievement semifinalists.
Burroughs has more National Merit semifinalists (25) and
more Achievement semifinalists (6) than any other school
— of any size — in Missouri. With about 30 percent of the
senior class being recognized, Burroughs claims one of the
highest percentages of semifinalist honors in the nation.
Particularly notable is the number of Achievement
semifinalists (the top 1 percent of black students who took
the PSAT). Six of the state’s 21 Achievement semifinalists
come from Burroughs. Burroughs is one of only 17 high
schools in the country to claim six or more Achievement
semifinalists.
The school congratulates its 25 National Merit Scholarship
semifinalists: Abby Balfour, Seve Beaver, Xavier Bledsoe,
Emily Brown, Jimmy Carney, Sarah Cohen, Ginna Doyle,
Kelly Hatfield, David Hua, J.R. Latta, Alicia Liu, Vicky Liu,
Corina Minden-Birkenmaier, Brad Riew, Liz Rill, Joe Roddy,
Peter Schnuck, Kirk Smith, Teresa-Anne Tatom-Naecker,
Katherine Taylor, Charlie Van Doren, Sam Wexler, Matthew
Wong, Alice Woods and Melissa Zhang.
And congratulations are also extended to the six seniors who
were named semifinalists in the Achievement Scholarship
competition: Robert Beckles, Xavier Bledsoe (also an NMS
semifinalist), Solo Ceesay, A.D. Marshall, Foye Oluokun and
Collean Trotter.
Also deserving of congratulations are the 16 seniors who
received National Merit letters of commendation: Meghan
Bach, Robert Beckles (also an Achievement semifinalist),
Mackenzie Brandt, Frankie Caiazzo, Andrew Creighton,
Siddharth Das, Kevin Eapen, Jake Fruchter, Emily Goodloe,
Sally Lemkemeier, Katie Link, A.D. Marshall (also an
Achievement semifinalist), Danny Nightingale, Zac Norton,
Jordan Shaheen and Will Shao.
Engineering as Sport
Student roboticists take Lil Bomber to regional event, where it earns
the top award and an invitation to the world competition.
At the FIRST* Technical
Challenge regional
competition, the
Burroughs robotics team
claimed the Inspire Award,
given to the best all-around
team and robot, and earned
an invitation to compete at
the world championship to
be held at the Edward Jones
Dome in St. Louis in April.
Excellence in
Mathematics
JBS mathematicians took every
first-place finish — both individually
and as teams — that was to be had
in the Excellence in Mathematics
competition held at St. Louis
Community College at Forest Park
in November. Congratulations to
Chris Wong ’16, Amanda Cao ’15,
Will Nickerson ’14 and Joe Roddy ’13,
who took first place at their respective
grade levels, and to the grade-level
teams, which also took first-place
honors.
• Grade 9 team: Chris Wong,
Olivia Long, Kate Yee and
Jessie Li
• Grade 10 team: Amanda Cao,
William Meng, Emily Zhao and
Will Wolfe
• Grade 11 team: Will Nickerson,
Adam Wang, Miranda Reid and
Hanna Kime
• Grade 12 team: Joe Roddy,
Vicky Liu, Jake Fruchter and
Matt Wong
As the highest-scoring senior, Joe also
won the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb
Scholarship of $1,000. Also delivering
strong individual scores were Nick
Bach ’16, who placed 9th, and Sachit
Bhat ’15, who placed 10th.
Please Keep Us Informed
In preparation for its
appearance at the regional
competition — held at
Mountain Home Junior
High School in Mountain
Members of the robotics team to compete in Arkansas were from left (kneeling) Alan Chung ’15 and Alex Yuan ’16
Home, Arkansas, in
and (in back) Gabe Maayan ’16, Max Ptasiewicz ’18, Abdullah Brown-El ’18, Spencer Hess ’15, Charles Sansone ’15,
Ben Stegeman ’17, Eddie Ko ’18, John Stegeman ’15, Adam Banga ’18, Jon Ince ’17 and William Meng ’15. Not shown
December — student
are Joanne Hsueh ’14 and William Howlett ’18.
roboticists designed, built
and programmed a robot,
three-team alliance that claimed the best of three matches
Lil Bomber, to compete in the Ring It Up game. Played
in the finals. Lil Bomber was one of only two robots to score
on a 12-foot x 12-foot, diamond-shaped field, the game
in the autonomous mode. It achieved the four highest scores
requires that robots retrieve a plastic ring from a dispenser
of the day (all in the semifinals and finals), and it outscored
on the field’s perimeter and then load the ring onto pegs
the nearest robot 2 to 1. Lil Bomber also was nominated for
on a center tic-tac-toe rack. Teams are challenged to detect
engineering awards and was a finalist in the Rockwell Collin
weighted rings to earn a special multiplier bonus and to lift
Innovate Award (for the most industrial and unique design)
their alliance partner during the End Game.
and the Think Award (for the best engineering notebook
Through a long day of peg-loading amidst a field of 18
documenting the design).
robots, Burroughs emerged as the recipient of the coveted
The school extends its congratulations to team members.
Inspire Award, which is given to the team that best
With them every step of the way were parent volunteers
embodies all aspects of the FIRST Technical Challenge.
Ted Stegeman, an electrical engineer who leads the
As the Inspire recipient, the team received an automatic
Burroughs FIRST robotics team, and his wife, Sheila
invitation to the FIRST Robotics World Championship
Stegeman; and faculty sponsor Katie Taylor ’04 (Math),
competition. Judges selected the winner based not only
who holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Dan
on how well the robot performed in competition, but how
Barton (Industrial Technology) teaches robotics classes at
the team performed. Only 128 teams (out of 2,500 teams
Burroughs.
worldwide) advance to the World Championship.
In addition to being named the Inspire Award recipient, the
Bombers won the Winning Alliance trophy as part of the
Academics
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John Burroughs School publishes the
Reporter for distribution to alumni,
current and past parents and grandparents, faculty, staff and friends
of the school.
Editor: Lynn Hoppe Phelps
Photographer: Andrew Newman ’87
Director of Communications
and Community Relations:
Ellen Leschen Bremner ’67
Please keep us posted on job changes,
degrees, honors, marriages, births,
deaths — any news you may have.
We rely on your updates to compile
Alumni News and Notes (see page
8) and maintain our database,
which we often access to identify
alumni for Reporter features. Please
contact Nancy Cusanelli at ncusan@
jburroughs.org or 314/993-4040,
ext. 264.
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
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Ca mpus News
On Giving
Jon Hamm and
Wayne Salomon
Burroughs Hosts World Food Day
Junior Donald Soffer organizes a mega marathon food-packaging
event to help feed hungry children in Tanzania.
Actor Jon Hamm ’89, a Golden Globe
winner and five-time Emmy Award
nominee for his role as Don Draper
in the AMC drama series Mad Men,
returned to St. Louis last fall to help
with The Campaign for Burroughs.
Jon and Broadway producer Terry
Schnuck ’71 are co-chairing the
alumni component of the campaign,
which is a $45 million project to
build a new Haertter Hall and a
new athletic center, renovate the
Commons, enlarge the Quadrangle
and build the school’s endowment.
While on campus, Jon visited with
several of his former teachers,
including Jim Lemen (Athletics/
History, retired) and Wayne Solomon
(Theatre; Speech). He said, “I stay
connected to this community because
I feel rooted in it. ... I am continually
inspired by this place, this incredible
hotbed of achievement and support.”
Jon is leading the charge to name the
black box theatre in the new Haertter
Hall in honor of Wayne, a 25-year
JBS veteran who in 2011 was named
the Outstanding Arts Educator of the
Year by the Arts & Education Council
of St. Louis.
For more information about the campaign or to see campaign videos, live
webcams and construction photos,
visit www.jburroughs.org.
Actor Jon Hamm ’89 (on left) and Wayne Salomon (Theatre; Speech)
Donald Soffer ’14 (center) stepped up to keep St. Louis World Food Day alive. Among the many Burroughs volunteers were (from left) Brynne Baizer ’13, Sloan
Long ’14 and Peter Munger ’14.
Since 2010, St. Louisans have commemorated
World Food Day by packaging meal packets
for hungry people in Africa. The St. Louis
event is part of an effort sponsored by the
United Nations to raise awareness and
promote action to alleviate poverty and
hunger. Similar events take place across the
country and around the globe throughout
October.
In 2010 and 2011, Donald Soffer ’14 and
other Burroughs students participated in the
event. In 2012, Donald, with the help of his
parents — Allen and Mary Beth Soffer — kept
it alive by pulling together the massive meal
packaging assembly line in just three months.
Schnucks provided financial support; Solae,
the St. Louis-based soy products company,
donated textured soy protein; and Burroughs
provided its 28,000-square-foot field house.
The meal packets, designed to reverse
the starvation process and restore health,
contained Missouri rice and textured soy
protein. Each packet cost about 25 cents for
ingredients, packaging and international
shipping. Outreach Program, Inc., an
experienced, Charity Navigator “Four Star”
organization that has delivered 200 million
meals worldwide, worked with St. Louis World
Food Day to deliver the meals to a school
lunch program in Tanzania.
Some
facts
about St. Louis
World Food
Day 2012
1,500
Volunteers from
the larger St. Louis
community
worked in onehour shifts
249,912
In addition to the international relief, St. Louis
World Food Day addressed local needs by
partnering with the Harvey Kornblum Jewish
Food Pantry. Collection barrels were on-site,
and volunteers donated nonperishable food
to be distributed throughout the St. Louis
community.
In the end, St. Louis World Food Day exceeded
expectations. Throughout the day, more than
1,500 members of the St. Louis community
streamed into the field house. There, corporate
CEOs packaged alongside their employees,
high school principals worked next to second
graders, and friends worked with strangers.
St. Louis Blues player Chris Pronger and
mascot Louie lent star power to the event, as
did former Rams/Cardinals player Aeneas
Williams and goodwill ambassador for
Tanzania Doug Pitt (Brad’s brother). Later
that evening, students from 20 high schools
attended the high school rally, working until
11 pm to package an additional 70,000 meals
and blow past the goal of 200,000 meals.
Meals for hungry
school children in
Tanzania were
packaged
The new Haertter Hall will provide fixed seating for all students and most faculty. All seats will have a better view
of and closer connection to the stage. Stadium seating on the lower level will accommodate 500 seats, with an
additional 200 seats in the balcony. The rounded area in front of the auditorium can be used as an extension of the
stage or converted to an orchestra pit when needed.
Eric Knispel (Science), who formerly taught at International
School of Tanganyika/Tanzania, seals a package.
Ca mpus News
The Year of Sustainability
In declaring 2012-13 the “Year of Sustainability,” Burroughs digs a
little deeper — to the core of a value expressed by its founders.
Long before an environmental conscience was something
people cared much about, Burroughs’ founders named the
new school for a poet naturalist who lived in a wilderness
cabin. In so doing, they imbued a reverence for nature into
the very fabric of Burroughs. That core value, preserved
through the decades, permeates a Burroughs education —
from what students experience in their classes and at Drey
Land to how the Plant Operations Department maintains the
grounds to how architects design new buildings.
So when the Faculty Sustainability Committee formed
several years ago, its purpose was to expand upon and
coordinate a more cohesive and intentional cross-curricular,
campuswide approach to environmental issues. The
committee has sought to raise community awareness
about issues related to population growth, land and water
use, global energy supply and demand, food production,
biodiversity, climate change and global warming. In
declaring 2012-13 the “Year of Sustainability,” the committee
sought to further increase awareness through regularly
scheduled assembly presentations, films, book groups,
speakers and field trips.
Curt Ellis — filmmaker, FoodCorps co-founder and advocate
for sustainable agriculture and healthful food — kicked
off the sustainability theme in August with an evening
program and morning assembly. Since then programming
has included Christopher Hinshaw’s (History) assembly
overview of the environmental challenges/opportunities
that face us; a viewing of the film, A Crude Awakening; a
discussion of the book, Why the World Is About to Get a
Whole Lot Smaller; and Mark Nicholas (History) and Jamie
Wagner’s (History) assembly program on energy and
the economy.
Meanwhile, inside classrooms, four classes specifically
address the state of the planet and the challenges it faces.
The Science Department offers an Advanced Placement
Environmental Science class, and the History Department
offers three courses: Geography and Global Issues,
Sustainability and Globalization, and Urban Studies. In
addition, the school began a gardening course last year.
Outside the classroom, relatively recent additions enhance
what the school had already been doing. For example:
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All new buildings will be LEED-certified, and energy
efficiency will continue to be a priority when existing
mechanicals are updated. On a sunny day, new solar
panels on the field house generate about 25 kilowatts
of power.
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Landscaping will continue to incorporate native plants,
and after construction is completed, several land areas
on campus will be
returned to a natural
prairie state.
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Two new bioretention
basins (JBS already
has one) will filter
water run-off from the
campus.
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The school’s
greenhouse has been
repaired and is being
developed by the
gardening class.
On Schedule
Fair Weather
Friend
Blue skies throughout last summer
and fall were good for construction.
The projected dates for completion
of the athletic center (summer 2013)
and the new Haertter Hall (fall 2013)
remain on target. The athletic center
is now completely under roof, which
means that weather will no longer be
a factor in the construction schedule
for that building. Work on the
Quadrangle and the Commons will
begin summer 2013.
A new elective class introduces principles of gardening — sowing, maintaining and harvesting crops. Above, Christopher Hanrahan ’13 fills one of nine
raised garden beds built for the class by eighth grade industrial technology
students. The school’s greenhouse has been repaired for use by the class.
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The kitchen is composting all food waste. It has been
flavoring with herbs from its on-campus garden for
several years; and it is working to find sources of locally
produced products and meat.
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The school no longer provides bottled water and will
soon transfer to using only utensils, cups and plates (for
outdoor functions) that are compostable or recyclable.
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The Science Department supplies biodiesel fuel, which
is used to power school tractors as well as the studentdesigned and -produced high-mileage vehicle, one of
only a few vehicles powered by biodiesel fuel to compete
at the statewide competition.
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Honey is produced by the school’s bees and used in the
kitchen.
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Through the school’s service learning program, the
Montgomery Plan, student volunteers weatherstrip lowincome residences, clean up the Mississippi riverfront
and work in inner-city gardens.
At press time, the masons had almost reached
the top of the fly space in the new Haertter
Hall and had begun to put up the walls of the
black box theatre. Photo taken on December
14, 2012.
Mr. Hinshaw, coordinator of the Year of Sustainability,
would like to hear from members of the Burroughs
community who are working in sustainability-related fields.
If you would like to learn more about the school’s initiatives
or get involved, please contact Mr. Hinshaw at chinshaw@
The athletic center is completely under roof and
the stucco has been applied. Photo taken on
December 20, 2012.
In addition to LEED-certified construction (assembly hall on left, athletic center on right), the Plant Operations
Department has taken a number of steps to reduce the campus’s carbon footprint. The Scharff family recently donated
solar panels for the field house that generate about 25 kilowatts of power. Photo taken on November 14, 2012.
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Our 90TH year
Our Leaders
“School is not only a
preparation for life, it is life.
School life, therefore, should be
interesting and full of color
and variety.”
Wilford M. Aikin
Director, 1923 to 1935
Wilford M. Aikin,
an acknowledged
leader in progressive
secondary education,
was the first director
(headmaster). It was
his charge to build
a campus, attract a faculty, develop
a curriculum and pursue financial
stability. During his tenure he was
able to translate the progressive
ideology into a working reality.
Enrollment increased fourfold, while
tuition remained a steady $500.
“The first requisite of a great
school is great teachers.”
Leonard D. Haertter
Headmaster, 1935 to 1964
Leonard D. Haertter
joined the JBS faculty
in 1926 as chairman
of the Mathematics
Department and fast
became an asset in the
Athletic Department.
He is remembered for his direct,
earnest involvement with students,
his ability to identify and attract an
outstanding faculty, his passionate
commitment to the Burroughs
community and his work with trustees
to facilitate the school’s growth.
So Similar in Many Different Ways
The visionaries who founded Burroughs in 1923 wanted a better
education for their children. Their ideas, preserved through the years,
still resonate in the school’s 90th year.
There is much I love about Burroughs, but the thing that
first drew me to this place was the philosophy expressed by
the school’s founders and faithfully preserved by the five
heads of school before me.
The group of parents who founded the school wanted a
different education for their children. They wanted it to be
coeducational, nonsectarian and college preparatory. They
believed in simplicity and informality, service, democratic
ideals, diversity, concern for nature, and the highest
academic standards balanced by involvement in arts,
athletics and activities.
SIMPLICITY AND INFORMALITY
Our founders believed that young people learn best in an
environment in which they feel comfortable. While our
students and campus appear strikingly different than they
did in 1923, that underlying tenet remains at the heart
of how we do things. The campus, though beautiful, is
not ostentatious. Buildings are simply designed, solid,
functional and well-used. Students thrive in a relaxed
environment where they can be themselves, where they
respect and appreciate each other’s abilities and differences,
where they can interact in the most genuine and open way,
and where they are supported by a circle of adults who know
them well.
SERVICE
Along with the idea of simplicity goes a rejection of
entitlement and materialism. From the beginning, the
school expected students to serve each other, the school and
the larger community. Students continue to take on jobs to
support their school community — from bussing tables at
lunch to acting as office assistants. All students participate
in grade-level service projects in the larger St. Louis
community, and many of them are involved in voluntary
community service through the Montgomery Plan and other
clubs on campus.
Democr atic Ideals
“Today, change is rapid —
particularly in education.
We cannot stand still and be
satisfied with what we have.”
William G. Craig
From the beginning, the school was set up to be an
environment in which everyone has a voice. Student
government and student court provide that opportunity,
but nowhere is the spirit of democracy more evident than
in morning assembly, where students give editorials on
virtually any issue.
DIVERSITY
Dr. William G. Craig
put a premium on
faculty professional
development and
led the effort to
integrate the student
body. He oversaw
the growth of the school to a campus
with the addition of a library and a
science building. Upon his decision to
accept a position in President Lyndon
Johnson’s administration, the trustees
asked Stanley Sprague, a member of
the Modern Languages Department,
to serve as interim headmaster for
one year.
Our founders were Christian and Jewish parents who
wanted boys and girls to go to school together and make
friends with one another. That philosophy of inclusiveness
has expanded over the years to include students from a
broad range of backgrounds. Twenty-nine percent of our
students identify as students of color; 12 percent of our kids
identify as African American. We want students to bring
their identities with them to school; we want all of our
students to have a voice; and we believe that all students
benefit from a diverse student body.
CONCERN FOR NATURE
The founders expressed a respect for nature that permeated
the Burroughs experience from the start. We cherish the
green spaces on our now 47-acre campus, and we tend to
them responsibly. We built an outdoor classroom at the edge
of the living pond ecosystem; we invested in bioretension
basins to filter water runoff; and we committed to LEED
certification in new construction. Our teachers model
environmental
stewardship
by tending to
bee colonies
on campus, by
converting used
kitchen oil into
biodiesel fuel, by
working alongside
students in
environmental
projects and by
addressing issues
of sustainability in
their classes and
in assembly. And
students share
the concern. They
build a super-high
mileage vehicle; they collect recycling waste on campus; they
participate in trailblazing and river cleanup activities; they
choose classes that address the state of the planet; and they
thoroughly embrace the school’s programs at its wilderness
camp, Drey Land.
HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDARDS
The curriculum remains rigorous. In this regard, I think we
measure favorably with any other school in the country. We
teach our students a great deal of material, but we also make
it a goal to teach them how to think, how to use their minds
and how to express their ideas. We want our students to be
active in the classroom. It starts with an outstanding faculty.
Finding and supporting great teachers is the highest priority
of the head of school at Burroughs, and it always has been.
Balance
All students are involved in academics, arts, athletics and
activities. They learn about sportsmanship and experience
the fun and camaraderie that come from being part of a
team. They are involved in the arts for their entire time
at the school, and they have instruction in painting and
drawing, sculpture, ceramics, music, speech, theatre,
industrial technology and home economics. They serve
others in the school community and beyond. And they are
encouraged to lead, to participate and to work together in
any of the four dozen clubs on campus.
All of this was illustrated so beautifully at an assembly last
month. That morning, two eighth graders talked about
the significance of Pearl Harbor. A member of the plant
operations staff talked about the importance of Christmas
to him. Senior leaders talked about the drive for 100
Neediest Cases. KUTO (Kids Under Twenty One) leadership
talked about relaxation day. And another senior sang Billy
Joel’s “Piano Man” while accompanying himself on piano
and playing a harmonica! Watching the kids respond so
appropriately to each portion of that assembly felt great.
Our founders envisioned moments like that 90 years ago.
They were truly ahead of their time, their philosophy has
stood the test of time, and it remains as powerful today as it
was in 1923.
Head of School, 2009 to present
OUR 90TH YEAR
Building on Our Legacy
Our Leaders
Ninety years of milestones brought JBS to where it is today.
“In our caring for students, we
show them that stretching the
mind is part of growing up.
What we try not to do is forget
that, in addition to a mind, the
heart is just as important.”
Edward W. Cissel
By appearances, Burroughs was a different place when this photo was taken in the 1930s. Beneath the surface, however, the things that matter remain the same.
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1928
1929
1931
1936
1941
1947
1958
1964
1965
1966
1974
First formation meeting
Land purchased (17.5 acres)
1976
1986
Main building and Little Gym dedicated
Opening Day (October 2),
grades 7 through 10
1987
First issue of The Review
Main building addition completed
First issue of The World
Slabsides (first theatre) completed
Fathers Council organized
Mothers Council organized
First yearbook (formerly part of
The Review)
North wing addition completed
Memorial Gym dedicated
Haertter Hall dedicated
Yearbook named The Governor
Montgomery Plan to promote community service established
Fine arts building dedicated
Cissel Center and Olin Field
House dedicated
First delegation sent to The Hague International Model United Nations
Enrollment
1923
337 students
1963
Bonsack Gallery opened
403 students
Stamper Library and
Gaylord Science Building
dedicated
1983
550 students
1991 1993 Aim High launched
First Newman Prize, which gives
a junior the opportunity to meet
with a prominent American,
awarded
1994 Schnuck Wing and Tower
1995 dedicated
Lee Family Tennis Courts
completed
Renovation of main building
completed.
2000 Lemen Press Box/Stands
2003
594 students
2013
1967
1969
1971
First August Days camp
First Potpourri Sale
Drey Land dedicated
600 students
“Finding great teachers,
engaging them, visiting their
classes — this has been my
greatest joy on the job. My
job was to support them
intellectually, institutionally,
financially, sometimes
emotionally, and with the best
possible facilities. Then I just
got out of their way.”
Keith E. Shahan ’62
75 students
1943
Edward W. Cissel
put an emphasis
on attracting and
retaining good
teachers. He
strengthened the
financial position
of the school with an enhanced
annual giving program and a
strong endowment campaign. He
gave students more responsibility
for self-government; he bolstered
environmental education with
the acquisition of Drey Land; and
he increased community service
opportunities. The campus expanded
with the construction of a fine arts
building and a sports and performing
arts center.
2005
dedicated
Leland Field and Keefer Track
dedicated
2006 Clayton Road entrance completed
2007 Hockey field dedicated
2008 Kuehner Gallery opened
2010 Beckman Field dedicated
2012 Construction on performing arts
Under Dr. Keith
E. Shahan ’62,
Burroughs
assumed a greater
global awareness
and increased
emphasis on the
four As — academics, arts, athletics
and activities. He strengthened
the faculty, fortified academic and
counseling support for students,
bolstered community-wide dedication
to diversity and multiculturalism,
increased tuition aid and
strengthened the school’s financial
security. He oversaw the renovation
of the main classroom building, the
construction of the Schnuck Wing,
the addition of 23 acres to the campus,
the new entrance on Clayton Road
and the creation of a campus master
plan.
center and athletic center begun
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alumni news and notes
Alumni News and Notes
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1940s
Audrey Frank Smith ’40 moved to the Gatesworth at
One McKnight Place in St. Louis. She writes, “I am
enjoying all the pampering!”
The St. Louis chapter of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals recently named Jim Schiele ’47 as the
Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer. He was recognized
for his work for Washington University in St. Louis,
the Missouri History Museum and Burroughs. At
Burroughs, he served as a member of the Alumni Board
for 11 years, as a class agent for 20 years and as an
organizer of five class reunions.
Anne Scholz Allen Hacker ’54 traveled from Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, through the Panama Canal across
the Pacific to Australia last spring. She splits her time
between Key West, Florida, and Australia.
Sue Morrison Rapp ’54 writes, “Kip and I just went on a
paddleboat trip on the Mississippi River from St. Louis
to St. Paul, Minnesota. Great fun! Lots of Mark Twain
history and memories of JBS English classes.”
Abigail Eades Peck ’50 writes, “I am a widow as of
February of 2012. The goodness of God has spilled over
me through friends and family. I enjoy good health, my
church and my community of Friendship Village in
Chesterfield.”
Richard Mesker ’51 reports that he and his wife, Rhoda,
now divide their year between Thailand and Bath,
England.
Washington University in St. Louis recently recognized
Elizabeth Gentry Sayad ’51 as a Chevalier (knight) of
L’Ordre des Palmes Académiques for her contributions
to French culture and education, both in France and
throughout the rest of the world. Elizabeth is chair
emeritus of Les Amis, a French Colonial Heritage
preservationist group she founded in 1994. The
organization supports the entire “Creole Corridor” on
both sides of the Mississippi — a region currently in
the nomination process for designation as a UNESCO
World Heritage site.
Al Goldman ’52 writes, “We summer at the Chautauqua
Institute in New York. It is like JBS on steroids for
adults.”
During halftime at the varsity football game against
Clayton on October 13, 2012, athletic director Peter
Tasker (on left) presented devoted Bombers fan
John Esserman ’54 with a letter jacket and bleacher
cushion. “We honored John because he has become
known as ‘Superfan,’” says Tasker. “He has earned this
distinction because he has been an amazing supporter
of the athletic program and a beloved member of the
community.”
1960s
Stuart Johnson ’60 reports that he has another
grandchild. “That makes five so far — three boys and
two girls.”
Peter Wood ’60 delivered the annual Mellon Lecture
at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and
spoke at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in
Washington, D.C., for the opening of its new exhibition,
“The Civil War and American Art.”
John Allen Franciscus ’49 writes, “We spend three
summer months (July, August and September) and two
winter months (January and February) in lovely Harbor
Springs, Michigan, where many old friends from St.
Louis also come.”
1950s
Quinta Dunn Scott ’59
recently published a coffeetable book, The Mississippi: A
Visual Biography.
Alums from the Class of 1954 gathered in Haertter
Hall to welcome classmate Hewes Agnew as he and
his wife, Susan, made a St. Louis stop on a bicycle trip
that took them from the United States’ northern border
to its southern border, mostly via Route 66. From
left are John Esserman, Bill Longstreet, Sonny Wotka
Helmkampf, Perry Bascom, Sue Morrison Rapp, Ron
Hoffman, Glenn Johnson Sheffield and Hewes.
Glenn Johnson Sheffield ’54, a two-term mayor of
Webster Groves and former Webster Groves Citizen of
the Year, was honored at the Ageless-Remarkable St.
Louisans gala, hosted by the St. Andrew’s Resources
for Seniors System, in October 2012. Glenn, a former
JBS trustee and Outstanding Alumna, is the current
chair of the board of directors of the Arts & Education
Council and president of the Advisory Board of Smith
College and the National Council of Social Work at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Betty Albrecht Vaughn ’55 was recently widowed and
has made a move from gracious country living to
suburban Chesterfield County, south of Richmond,
Virginia, to be closer to her children. She reports that
she had a delightful summer visit from classmate Sally
Freund Saltzstein.
Ben Senturia ’61 and his wife, Bronwen, spent five days
with former JBS exchange student Per Jennische ’61
and his wife, Margareta, in their hometown (Uppsala)
in Sweden. “Per lived with my family during my
senior year at JBS,” writes Ben. “Per was a professor of
chemistry at the University of Uppsala and now is doing
special projects for the president of the university. He is
about to retire.”
Members of the Burroughs community collaborated
on the production of a “sizzle reel” (aimed at attracting
interest from Hollywood investors and talent) for a
new TV series, City of Blues, set in 1950s St. Louis.
Participants included co-writers Peter Mayer ’63
and English teacher John Pierson; Joe Edwards ’64
(producer/financial backer), Joe Leonard ’98 (director),
Pepper Dee ’11 (actor) and Lanie Haynes ’14 (actor).
Joe Edwards’ ’64 Blueberry Hill recently celebrated its
40th anniversary. The St. Louis landmark restaurant
and music club started the rebirth of The Delmar Loop
with its opening on September 8, 1972.
Baird McDonald Hill ’65 writes, “I am enjoying
retirement after 20 years in the classroom and 20 years
in administration in various educational settings. I am
a part-time educational consultant and am organizing a
special needs ministry for my church in Indiana.”
Terrence Lee Croft ’58 reports that he is still mediating
and arbitrating for JAMS, The Resolution Experts, the
world’s largest private provider of alternative dispute
resolution services. He reports being thankful for
his “wonderful, long-suffering wife, Merry; six
successful kids; and nine thriving grandchildren.”
Nancy Leyhe Allen ’66 writes, “Chris and I celebrated
the births of two grandchildren in 2012. Our first
grandson, Carter Allen Rogers, was born in Houston,
and our fourth granddaughter, Pauline Belmont Allen,
was born in Boston. I enjoy serving on the JBS Alumni
Board.”
Barbara Stroud-Borth ’58 writes, “In retirement, I have
been enjoying my younger grandchildren (ages 1 and
2). I also serve on the board of the Mt. Pulaski (Illinois)
Courthouse Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing
visitors and raising funds to renovate the building, one
of only two courthouses where Abraham Lincoln argued
cases.”
Bud Carlson ’66 reports that he and his wife, Julie,
recently moved from Maine to Pennsylvania. He
writes, “Our first five years with our lovely daughter,
Phoebe, have been great fun in Maine, but we know
we need to move her near family. As an adopted child
to ’mature’ parents, she needs to get involved with the
only family we can offer.” Julie has taken a job in major
gift development at The Baldwin School for girls, and
Phoebe is in kindergarten there.
Judith Lorenz Tisdale ’58 writes, “I retired again from
teaching at Community School, this time ‘for real!’ I
wound up teaching there for 38 years. Now I am taking
classes through OASIS and the Y and helping take care
of seven-year-old granddaughter, Maggie.”
John Belz ’59 is senior director of development for
Ducks Unlimited.
Heidi Frey Currier ’66 retired from JBS last June. She
is teaching yoga, plans to travel and looks forward to
spending more time with her grandchildren.
Kay Holekamp ’69 was recently elected as an
Association for the Advancement of Science fellow.
1970s
friends, the music and art. We invite any alumni to
come visit.”
Dena Rosenbloom ’80 writes, “My son just headed off
to college, and I am relieved to have many more years
with my 10-year-old before she launches! I am still
enjoying my private practice as a clinical psychologist,
and my book, Life after Trauma, has come out in a
second edition.”
Among those to attend a gathering in October 2012 for
the 1970s classes were (from left) Laura Denvir Stith
’71, Rob Bearman ’71, Lisa Greenman Kraner ’71 and
Richard Kraner.
Elizabeth Gordon ’72, who works at Columbia Business
School, recently learned that fellow JBS alum Laura
Bartels ’94 works there, too!
Kevin Kerwin ’72 is engineering manager with Eastern
Shipbuilding in Panama City, Florida. “Trying to adapt
to life on the ‘Redneck Riviera’ building 300-foot supply
boats ... not quite the same as the yachts were!” he
writes.
Joe Dreyer ’73 provided music, lyrics and recorded
accompaniment for an original 20-minute musical, that
was presented at The Fox Theatre in St. Louis in August.
The show, called “A Show Is Born,” was presented in
two performances on the first-floor mezzanine, prior to
the featured family musical, “The Lion King.” Joe has
also composed five shows for the Imaginary Theatre
Company (touring arm of the Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis) and two for Eckert’s Orchards.
Ed Schmid ’74 is a vice president in commercial lending
at Frontenac Bank in St. Louis.
Norm Champ ’81, a former general counsel for Chilton
Investment Company, a large hedge fund based in
New York, was recently named director of investment
management for the Securities and Exchange
Commission. In his new role, Norm will oversee the
regulation of mutual funds, hedge funds and other
money management businesses.
Cindy Manchester Engel ’75 writes, “Ray and I are
about to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary and are
expecting our first grandchild in March! Really excited!”
Carol Fleming Marks ’79 remembers that her first
gallery show after graduating from Earlham College
in 1983 was in the Burroughs Bonsack Gallery. She
recently returned to the gallery to show her large
acorns, eggs and columns. Check out her website at
carolfleming.com.
Eric Porterfield ’79 has been nominated for a National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences best director
Emmy for “The Joe We Know, We Are the Legacy,” a
documentary film about former Penn State football
coach Joe Paterno.
1980s
Holly Gore Groh ’80 writes, “I’d like to share that our
family has finally moved back to New Orleans full time.
It has been a gift for us to be back among family and
Greg Moody ’93 recently made a career change. He now
works in admissions for Northfield Mount Herman in
central Massachusetts. Greg is engaged to be married on
June 29, 2013.
Josh (Vandervelde) Jacobs-Velde ’94 has two sons (ages
4 and 1).
Jeff Monson ’81 transferred from Hyatt Regency Long
Island to Hyatt Harborside in Boston as director of
rooms. “Enjoying Beantown. Let me know if you come
visit.”
Jane Lowell Montgomery ’82 reports having a great time
at her class’s 30th reunion in October 2012.
Amy Morgan ’86 recently moved to Asheville, North
Carolina, where she is a clinical social worker working
with children and families in a private practice. She
writes, “I have two fun-loving sons — Dino (age 5)
and Jake (age 3) — and a wonderful husband, who is a
special education teacher. We are enjoying our move
from Chicago to the amazing mountains!”
Louisa Carl ’87 is a client support center trainer for
athenahealth. She has two children — Rio (age 8) and
Max (age 6) — who love to make art and create new
games. Her partner, Glenn, is a professional musician,
who has a recording studio in their home.
JBS photography teacher Andrew Newman ’87
presented workshops at the Model United Nations and
Film Leadership Conference in Qatar. The conference
was sponsored by Georgetown University’s School
of Foreign Service in Qatar, Northwestern University
in Qatar and The Hague International Model United
Nations (THIMUN) Qatar. Andrew’s workshops focused
on developing photography skills and organizing
a student press team. He has led the press team at
THIMUN for 16 years.
James Grove ’88 reports that after eight years in St.
Louis, he and his wife, Lisa, and their three children
have moved to Savannah, Georgia, where Lisa is
director of the Telfair Museums, the city’s main art
museum.
When Kate Grace Thome ’74 visited St. Louis from her
home in Singapore, several classmates organized an
impromptu mini-reunion. From left are Jeanne Rader
Nowicke, Betsy Lewis Panke, Linda Salisbury Mercer,
Ginny Huette Rohan, Bonnie Baine Tollefson and Kate.
Emily Hickey ’92, CEO of Lolly Wolly Doodle, helped
launch the children’s clothing company on Facebook.
The company was recently featured on CBS This Morning.
1990s
Nina Choudhuri ’90
writes, “Well, per usual,
never know when and
where you’ll run into a
JBS alum. Ran into Jon
Hamm ’89 at The US
Open in New York. So
fun seeing someone
from ’home.’”
Patricia Kao Theodos ’90
is an assistant professor
of medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School and will
be practicing nephrology at Norfolk General Hospital.
Her husband is an interventional cardiologist at
Portsmouth Naval Hospital. They have five sons.
Saskia Dresler ’91 is principal of Arts & Technology
High School in Wilsonville, Oregon,.
Lisa Kindleberger Hagan ’91 reports that she is an
associate professor of psychology at Metropolitan State
University of Denver. She has two children (ages 4 and 5).
More than 200 alumni, parents, students and faculty/
staff kicked off Blue and Gold Weekend’s athletic
contests with a 2.5 fun run/walk from Burroughs to
MICDS. Above are Brian Swift ’95, Todd Kaye ’95 and
Meridith Thorpe ’95.
Mike Stolze ’95 writes, “We moved to Englewood,
Colorado, because I took a new job as assistant vice
president with SFC Energy Partners, a private equity firm
focused on the onshore North America oil and gas sector.”
Drummer Charles Burst ’96 recently went on tour as
a member of Paul Banks’ band. The band appeared on
the David Letterman Show in October 2012, and, after
completing its North American tour, will appear in
Europe (including Istanbul, Prague and Athens) in early
2013.
Artie Kerchhoff ’97 joined CBRE, Commercial Real
Estate in March 2012.
2000s
Adam Riedel ’00 writes, “I left my position as associate
director at the Columbia Law School Center for Climate
Change Law and am now practicing environmental law
at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP in Washington, D.C.”
Beau Roberts ’00 lives in London and works as a
designer of software for the movie and special effects
industry.
Since finishing graduate school at Princeton, Sarah
Bush ’01 has moved to Philadelphia, where she is
an assistant professor of political science at Temple
University. Sarah reports that JBS classmates Joanna
Dee Das, Jamie Yoon and Elizabeth Gutting and JBS
teachers Susan Dee (Academic Support) and Jeff Dee
(English; Academic Support) attended her New Year’s
Eve 2011 wedding.
Jen Leving ’01 and Ben Kline ’03 are engaged, planning
a November 2013 wedding. Jen works for her family
business in St. Louis and Chicago, and Ben is working
on an MBA at Washington University in St. Louis.
Corey Eisenstein ’02, a cinematographer based in
New York, recently spent a month in Turkey and
Bangladesh filming a documentary for UNICEF on
the high incidence of childhood drownings. Corey
shoots commercials, music videos and movies. His jobs
in the past couple of years have taken him to several
states within the U.S. as well as South Africa, Vietnam,
Mexico and Italy.
Rebecca Munson ’02 reports that she married Claude
Willan in Oxford, England, where they met five years
ago while doing graduate work in English literature.
Classmates who attended the wedding were Colleen
Smith Church, Anita Devineni, Bianca Chen and
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Alumni Weekend 2012 : Alumni reunion activities spanned four
days, October 11 through 14. Gatherings included a reception for alumni
authors and their fans on Thursday evening; a cocktail party nested
between two gallery exhibits, featuring photographs by Quinta Dunn Scott
’59 in the Kuehner Gallery and recent additions to the Burroughs fine
arts collection in the Bonsack Gallery, on Friday evening; a family picnic
sandwiched between varsity games in field hockey, soccer and football
on Saturday; and a little friendly competition among alumni athletes on
the hockey, soccer and baseball fields and basketball court on Sunday
afternoon.
1. Jason Torrey ’00 and friends performed at the Alumni Picnic, which was
moved to the field house because of weather.
2. Avery, daughter of Tiffany Frimel Hilton ’92, sported Cardinals art on
her cheek. In addition to a face painter, the Saturday picnic included a
photo booth, a balloon sculptor and an ice cream truck.
3. From left, Caitlain Morgan ’02 and Jeff Morgan ’70 visited with retired
history teacher Peter Schandorff.
4. Head of School Andy Abbott led interested guests on a construction site
tour of the new athletic center and performing arts center.
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Catherine Whyte, who was a bridesmaid. The couple
are back in California, where both are completing
doctorates (she at Berkeley, he at Stanford).
Matt Elitt ’05 is enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program at
Case Western Reserve University’s Medical Scientist
Training Program.
founding the Arch City Theater Troupe, a nonprofit
organization that raises funds to benefit the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation.
Brittany Packnett ’02 recently returned to St. Louis
to take a job as the executive director of Teach for
America-St. Louis.
Brian Powers ’06 is a first-year student at Harvard
Medical School.
Tiffani Ferrell ’11 and Nathaniel Shelton ’11 were recently
honored as scholarship recipients at the Howard
University Alumni Club of St. Louis Scholarship
Fundraiser.
Yvonne Angieri ’03 is the graduate assistant for the
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at St.
Louis University.
Katie Powers ’03 is in the third year of a doctoral
program in psychology/cognitive neuroscience at
Dartmouth.
Ted Schnuck ’03 has moved to Philadelphia, where he is
enrolled as a full-time student in the MBA program at
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Teddy Felker ’04 works for GCG Financial, Inc. in
Chicago.
Scott Nelson ’04 still works for ExxonMobil. The
company moved him to League City, Texas, where he
has taken a development position with the company’s
research and engineering company (EMRE). Scott will
be there for three years.
Cory Rothschild ’04 reports that he recently left his
position as a principal at The Parthenon Group, a
management consulting firm based in Boston, and is
working toward an MBA at Harvard Business School.
Among JBS alumni to attend Tyson Wepprich’s ’04 May
19, 2012, wedding in Asheville, North Carolina, were
Rob Kerth ’04, Jack Macdonald ’04, Cory Rothschild ’04,
Zach Seeskin ’04, Anton Troianovski ’04, Jocelyn Tsai
’04, and Lauren Wepprich ’08. Tyson and his wife, Anna,
both attend graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Erinn Westbrook ’06 is part of the ensemble cast
of a syndicated TV show, Mr. Box Office, which she
describes as a modern-day, Welcome Back, Kotter.
Ben Woods ’06 is a journalist working in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia.
Cady Macon ’07 is a strategist/analyst for Digitas in
Boston.
2010s
Tanvi Subramanian ’11, who participated in the summer
2009 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists
program, was listed as a co-author on a paper published
in the Journal of Chemical Engineering Data (July 12,
2012).
Maddi Hicks ’12 plays varsity field hockey for the
Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) Continentals.
Georgia Macon ’12 graduated in December with a
degree in pastry arts from Cordon Bleu in Paris.
Helen Rapp ’10 recently received the Rossman School
Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition for
Getting Sentimental About Haertter Hall!
Fifty-five years of concerts, plays, guest speakers, soundoffs, skits and pep rallies in
the original Haertter Hall are coming to a close. We’d love to hear about the occasions
that stand out in your memory. Please share them with Ellen Bremner (ebremner@
jburroughs.org).
Marriages
Jerry Piontek and Victoria Spann Sheehan ’71 on March
18, 2011
Claude Willan and Rebecca Munson ’02 on August 18,
2012
Everett Ledet and Emily Horner ’97 on September 15,
2012
Nima Bahraini and Stacey Watkins ’03 on September 2,
2012
Matthew Brinkmeier and Jennifer Veraldi ’98 on May
27, 2012
Gordon Forsyth ’04 and Jeanne Whitehead on October
27, 2012
Robert Van Bergen and Rebecca Kousky ’00 on August
4, 2012
Jarod Waite and Lindsey Maritz ’04 on October 19, 2012
Rush James and Meghan Sheehan ’00 on September 17,
2011
Jonathan Douglass and Brigid Hannon ’06
David Cormode and Sarah Bush ’01 on December 31,
2011
Nathan Keller ’02 and Megan Jane Stephens on June 9,
2012
Sloan Stuart ’04 and Lauren Asher on October 21, 2012
Tyson Wepprich ’04 and Anna Hinshaw on May 19, 2012
Jonathan Douglass and Brigid Hannon ’06 on June 23,
2012
Bennett Meier ’06 and Amanda Springer ’06 on
October 13, 2012
Births and Adoptions
John Green ’85 and Anthony LaBate, twins, Francesca
Rose and Anthony John Green, on October 9, 2012
Bobby ’94 and Mary Corley Dunn ’94, a daughter,
Agnes Sayer Dunn, on June 23, 2012
Jeff and Amanda Hirshberg Mullen ’97, a daughter,
Mollie Jane Mullen, on August 30, 2012
Ben Beinfield ’89 and Alison Coburn ’89, twin
daughters, Olivia Rosalind and Eliza Mabel Beinfeld, on
July 3, 2012
Rob and Emily Sitrin Mason ’94, a daughter, Evelyn
“Eve” Juliet Mason, on August 15, 2012
Michael Shipley and Lia Dowd ’98, a son, Griffin Dowd
Shipley, on November 27, 2011
Brian Dalton and Mary Wiltenburg ’94, a daughter,
Lucy Britt Dalton, on September 13, 2012
Billy and Michelle Leontsinis Reisner ’98, a son, William
“Wells” Howell Reisner Jr., on September 21, 2011
David and Erin Walsh Shetler ’95, a daughter, Amy Ruth
Shetler, on November 9, 2012
Andrew ’98 and Pam Morris Schlichter, a son,
Benjamin Miles Schlichter, on June 3, 2012
David and Amy Jost Starmer ’95, a daughter, Katherine
Margaret Starmer, on May 6, 2012
Rob and Alicia Clermont Hays ’99, a son, Patrick
Anselm Hays, on April 16, 2012
Daniel and Amy-Elizabeth Kulczycki Zanotti ’95, a
daughter, Nina Grace Zanotti, on July 17, 2012
Adam ’00 and Ali Gerchen, a daughter, Ava Blake
Gerchen, on May 14, 2012
Barry ’96 and Jacqueline Albrecht, a son, Oliver Fugatti
Albrecht, on July 24, 2012
Adam ’00 and Hannah Riedel, twin daughters, Sabrina
Cate and Penelope Jane Riedel, on September 12, 2012
James and Heather Hawk Lalumondiere ’96, a son,
James Woodrow Lalumondiere, on April 6, 2012
Brian and Anna Henderson McLaughlin ’01, a daughter,
Cora Lynn McLaughlin, on January 3, 2012
Jeff ’96 and Carrie Rogers Burgess ’99, a daughter,
Juliette Rogers Burgess, on September 28, 2012
LeRoy ’01 and Allison Stromberg, a son, Alexander
George Stromberg, on May 30, 2012
Charles ’96 and Nikki Burst, a daughter, Anika Burst,
on December 19, 2011
T.J. ’02 and Anne Corrigan, a daughter, Ellie
Corrigan, on October 16, 2012
David and Liza Grote Weiss ’96, a son, Robert Meyar
Weiss, on April 22, 2012
Paul Salomon ’02 and Teresa Feathers, a daughter, Nora
Salomon Feathers, on November 14, 2012
Patrick ’97 and Shelley Carleton, a son, Andrew Max
Carleton, on April 17, 2012
Garrett and Adrienne Lange Baker ’06, a daughter,
Violet Baker, on July 26, 2012
Thomas ’90 and Ashley Gissendanner, a daughter,
Piper Elizabeth Gissendanner, on August 30, 2012
Gus and Patricia Kao Theodos ’90, a son, Lucas Masao
Theodos, on January 19, 2012
Matt ’91 and Jessica Kelly, a son, Angus “Gus” Wayne
Kelly, on August 6, 2012
Bill and Molly Ott Ambler ’92, a daughter, Sarah
Franklin Ambler, on February 8, 2012
Harsha Thirumurthy and Emily Bobrow ’92, a son,
Reuben Bobrow Thirumurthy, on August 11, 2012
Derek and Amy Ryan Dowsett ’92, a son, Henry
William Dowsett, on September 24, 2012
Sean Mahoney and Emily Hickey ’92, a daughter,
Caroline James Mahoney, on November 15, 2012
Brock and Jennifer Fisher Nealon ’92, a daughter, Shea
Elizabeth Nealon, on December 5, 2012
Cris and Kara Fulton Douglass ’93, a son, Oliver Philip
Douglass, on September 13, 2012
Jason ’93 and Diana Benton Schechter, a daughter,
Norah Benton Schechter, on November 19, 2012
Eliza (left) and Olivia, daughters of Ben Beinfeld ’89 and Alison
Coburn ’89
Danny and Julie Langsdorf Jacobson ’97, a daughter,
Lucy Harris Jacobson, on October 19, 2012
Andrew, son of Patrick ’97 and Shelley Carleton
Juliette, daughter of Jeff ’96 and Carrie Rogers Burgess ’99
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Condolences
The school offers condolences to:
Lois Carp Marshall ’47 on the death of her brother, Larry
Carp, on August 22, 2012
Leonard Furlow ’48 on the death of his daughter,
Elizabeth Walton Furlow, on May 5, 2012
Joan Weir Stradal ’48, Dave Stradal ’75, Steve Stradal ’75
and Penny Stradal Lanphier ’78 on the death of their
husband and father, Walter J. Stradal Jr., on September
17, 2012
Carolyn Hirth MacLea ’53, Marcia Hirth Murphy ’60
and Carl Hirth ’63 on the death of their mother, Nadean
Hollman Hirth, on October 29, 2012
Betty Albrecht Vaughn ’55 on the death of her husband,
Harold Vaughn, on April 7, 2012
Clark Deem ’60, Richard Deem ’62 and Barbara Deem
Anderson ’63 on the death of their mother, Nancy
Deem, on June 30, 2012
Kit Mill ’62, Meredith Mill ’67 and Clifford Schmid ’49
on the death of their mother and sister, Edwine Mill, on
December 8, 2012
Ellen Walz Svenson ’63, Catherine Walz Rundle ’66,
Alice Walz Galt ’70 and Kimberly Svenson Weas ’93 on
the death of their mother and grandmother, Eleanor
Johanning Walz, on September 12, 2012
Cindy Young Spencer ’74 on the death of her mother,
Marjorie Young, on November 10, 2012
Thomas Hardy ’65, Owen Hardy ’67 and Larry Hardy
’70 on the death of their mother, Eleanor Hardy, on
September 12, 2012
Steve Wolff ’75 and Jonathan Wolff ’04 on the death of
their stepfather and stepgrandfather, William Eiseman
Jr., on July 27, 2012
Heidi Frey Currier ’66 on the death of her mother,
Frances Frey, on November 4, 2012 The school thanks the
family for suggesting that memorials be made to Burroughs.
Jim Davidson ’76 on the death of his mother, Aline
“Bebe” Davidson, on September 16, 2012
J. Michael Cummings ’67 on the death of his father, Ray
Wallace Cummings, on October 19, 2012
Alise Liberman O’Brien ’67, Celia Liberman Hosler ’75,
David Ries ’93, Michael O’Brien ’00, Jeanne Hosler ’05,
Ben Hosler ’08 and Jessen O’Brien ’08 on the death of
their father and grandfather, Lee Liberman, on August
31, 2012
Marguerite Perkins Garrick ’69 on the death of her
mother, Carol Perkins, on October 20, 2012
Beth Browde ’70 on the death of her father, Anatole
Browde, on November 13, 2012
Susan Knowlton Luedde ’70 on the death of her father,
Norman P. Knowlton, on March 17, 2012
Pat Patterson ’71 on the death of her father, Donald
Patterson, on July 23, 2012
Tal Simmons ’80 on the death of her mother, Natalie
Simmons, on December 1, 2012
Jane Hardin Mohme ’83 on the death of her husband,
Robert “Dizzy” Mohme, on September 3, 2012
Sue Kim Oldham ’86 and Sueryun Kim Bates ’88 on the
death of their father, David Kim, on August 3, 2012
Katrinka Vander Linden Riordan ’90, on the death of
her father, Bob Vander Linden, on November 20, 2012
Phaedra Reese ’92 on the death of her father, Roland
Reese, on November 23, 2012
David Jimenez ’96 on the death of his father, Hector
Jimenez, on April 13, 2012
Woody Cheuk ’98 on the death of his father, Shu Sum
Cheuk, on September 14, 2012
Obituaries
The Reporter includes death notices for alumni and former faculty/staff and trustees as soon as possible after notification
has been received. Though we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of obituaries, we sometimes must rely on outdated
school records. Survivors and friends of the deceased can help by sending information to Nancy Cusanelli, John Burroughs
School, 755 South Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 or to ncusan@jburroughs.org.
1920s
of his beliefs, he declined an invitation to work on the
atomic bomb Manhattan Project during World War II,
taking the position that scientists and engineers have
personal responsibility for the foreseeable results of
their technical work and should use their training for
the good of humanity rather than its destruction. After
the war, he was a co-founder of the International Society
for Social Responsibility in Science. As president of
that group, he met with fellow-member Albert Einstein
just a few weeks before Einstein’s death in 1955. He
counted several other Nobel Prize winners as friends
and colleagues.
Mary Jane Painter Purcell ’34 died in North Palm Beach,
Florida, on February 2, 2011.
The school offers condolences to Dr. Miller’s family,
including a son. He was preceded in death by his wife; a
brother, Henry Miller ’29; and a sister, Katherine Miller
Webb ’30.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Purcell’s family,
including a son, three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
Dr. Miller earned his bachelor’s degree from
Swarthmore College and his doctorate from the
University of Chicago. He taught physics and astronomy
at Rutgers University from 1937 to 1948 and at Kenyon
College from 1948 until his retirement in 1981.
1930s
Rosalie Randolph Dickson ’38 died on December 3,
2012.
Christine Broderick “Jill” Johansen ’33 died on August
14, 2012.
Dr. Miller wrote College Physics (1959), widely used in
six editions, and was senior co-author of the high school
text, Concepts in Physics. In 1963 he produced a series of
short physics demonstration films. He received the 1970
Millikan Award of the American Association of Physics
Teachers for creative teaching of physics.
Mrs. Johansen attended the University of Arizona. She
was an avid golfer and bridge player, and she served as
treasurer of her investment club for nearly 50 years.
Mrs. Dickson graduated from Pine Manor Junior College. She had a career in modeling and was active in the
Junior League and the Garden Club. Mrs. Dickson was
an avid rider and tennis player, and she met her second
husband, Edgar V. Dickson, on the tennis court.
Nancy Leigh Haeger ’29 died in Santa Barbara,
California, on November 12, 2011.
Mrs. Haeger attended Smith College. She was a
homemaker, home gardener, avid reader, hostess,
collector of arts and volunteer for many organizations,
including the Santa Barbara chapter of Recording for
the Blind, Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara)
and Smith College alumni groups.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Haeger’s family,
including one son.
Mrs. Purcell attended Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio, where she met her husband, Henry Purcell. Mr.
Purcell died in 1997 after 60 years of marriage.
Mrs. Purcell was a member of the Lost Tree Club, the
Everglades Club in Palm Beach and the Hound Ears
Club in Boon, North Carolina. She was a supporter of
numerous charities in Palm Beach County, including
the Hanley Center, Goodwill, the Salvation Army and
the Lost Tree Foundation.
Franklin Miller Jr. ’29 died on October 4, 2012.
Dr. Miller was active in community affairs and a
member of the Granville, Ohio, Monthly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Because
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Johansen’s family,
including one son, two daughters, five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by her husband and two brothers, Philip Broderick
’30 and Jack Broderick ’33.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Dickson’s family,
including two daughters and two stepdaughters. Her
husband and a sister, Katherine Randolph Stovell ’36,
preceded her in death.
John T. Farrar ’38, a pioneer in applying technology to
the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, died on June
26, 2012, in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Dr. Farrar was a graduate of Princeton University and
Washington University School of Medicine. He served
in the Army Medical Corps.
In the 1950s, Dr. Farrar was co-inventor of an FM
radio transmitter designed to travel through the
digestive tract and broadcast changes of pressure in
the stomach and intestines. He was a former chairman
of the Medical College of Virginia’s Gastroenterology
Department and a former chief of staff at McGuire
Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
After his academic career, he focused on involvement
with medical groups and advocated for funding for his
specialty before Congress. He was a former president of
the American Gastrointestinal Association, president of
the Digestive Diseases National Coalition and a member
of the board of the American Liver Foundation. He
served as deputy and then acting undersecretary for
health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in
Washington, D.C. In 1995, he was one of 100 doctors
to receive the Julius Friedenwald Medal, the most
prestigious award of the American Gastroenterological
Association.
The school offers condolences to Dr. Farrar’s family,
including his wife, Rowena Farrar; a son; two
daughters; and nine grandchildren. He was preceded
in death by a daughter; a granddaughter; a brother, Bill
Farrar ’36; and a sister, Nancy Farrar Painter ’44.
Rachel Lee Anderson Roberts ’41 died on October 5,
2012.
In her younger years, Mrs. Roberts worked as a
professional model and purchaser of clothes for a
department store. She enjoyed lay reading and singing
in the choir at The Church of St. Michael and St.
George.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Roberts’ family,
including a son and a daughter. Mrs. Roberts’ husband,
Elzey Roberts Jr. ’38, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Koschnick earned a bachelor’s degree from the
University of New Mexico. She later attended the
University of Chicago, where she received a master’s
degree in social work and met Robert Koschnick, whom
she married in 1950.
Mrs. Koschnick worked as a social worker and
ran a private family counseling practice. She was
instrumental in developing the first Jefferson County
Mental Health Clinic.
After her husband died in 1976, Mrs. Koschnick served
as a board member with Assured Home Health and
Hospice Care and Twin County Credit Union, as well as
continuing family counseling. She also played golf twice
weekly, gardened and spent time with family across the
country.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Koschnick’s
family, including two sons and four grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters,
Roberta Steger Wilbur ’36 and Carla Steger Spangler ’39.
Elizabeth Phelan Roth ’42 died on July 11, 2012, in
Oakland, California.
Mrs. Roth graduated with a degree in English history
from Radcliffe College. For 20 years, she owned and
operated a shop, Ferrario, in the Central West End and
Ladue. Her buying trips for the store took her annually
to Chicago, New York and Europe. After retiring, she
traveled the world with friends and family.
Mrs. Roth enjoyed cooking, crossword and anagram
puzzles, bridge, tennis, entertaining and canoe float
trips. She strengthened the alto section of the Trinity
Episcopal Church choir for many years and was a
member of the August Opera Festival chorus.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Roth’s two
sons, Peter Mullen ’67 and Steve Roth ’76; two
daughters, Sidney Mullen ’63 and Janet Roth ’74; seven
grandchildren; and sister, Mary Phelan Bowles ’45. Her
husband, Ben Roth ’34, preceded her in death.
Mr. Beisman was a veteran of World War II. Following
the war, he worked for his father at the Municipal Opera
Theater Association of St. Louis. He then worked as
a reporter for the St. Louis Star Times and eventually
was a founding member of Fleishman Hillard Public
Relations, where he worked for more than 50 years.
He enjoyed fishing, travel and theater, and was an avid
photographer.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Beisman’s family,
including his wife, Judy Hayward Beisman, two
daughters, a grandson and a brother, James Beisman
’51. His first wife, Joan F. Beisman, and brother, Paul
Beisman II ’43, preceded him in death.
After graduating from Burroughs, Mr. Jenkins joined
the Navy, serving as a radio operator on the USS Drew,
a transport ship involved in the Okinawa operations that
landed assault troops on April 16, 1945.
Mr. Jenkins graduated from Washington University in
St. Louis in 1950. He was president of his fraternity,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In 1949, he married Jane
Elizabeth John.
Mr. Jenkins worked in his family’s coal mining business
in Herrin, Illinois, until the company was sold. He
and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
was an executive for Reliance Electric Company. He
moved to St. Louis as a vice president for Emerson
Electric Company. In 1970, he moved to Aspen, where
he was a developer of Spris Village and the owner’s
representative in the renovation of the Hotel Jerome.
Since that time, he developed commercial properties in
Basalt and Grand Junction, Colorado.
Mr. Jenkins enjoyed flying his Cessna SkyLane 182,
which he flew until six months before his death. He was
a member of Elks Number 224 and Aspen Chapel.
Donald B. Williams ’43 died on October 22, 2012.
Mr. Williams was a graduate of Washington University
in St. Louis and a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. His
distinguished career in advertising, communications
and education included 25 years with Foote, Cone &
Belding in Chicago; 15 years with Howard Monk &
Associates in Rockford, Illinois; and 22 years with Radio
America in Evanston, Illinois. He also taught advanced
television advertising at Roosevelt University’s evening
school. In the course of his long career, Mr. Williams
created many enduring and celebrated ad campaigns.
Mr. Williams enjoyed boating on the “Tilda,” a 35foot cabin cruiser, on Lake Geneva; serving gourmet
dinners; and playing golf. In his early years in St. Louis,
he held a pilot’s license and enjoyed flying as a hobby.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Williams’ family,
including his wife, Mathilda Williams; a daughter; a
son; two grandchildren; and a brother.
Elizabeth Bennett Burroughs ’44 died on November 25,
2012.
Julian Kieffer Beisman ’41 died on December 6, 2012.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Burroughs’ family,
including four daughters, a son, 11 grandchildren and a
brother, Richard W. Bennett ’47. She was preceded in
death by her first husband and second husband.
James “Jim” Morton Jenkins ’44 died on August 21,
2012.
1940s
Valerie Steger Koschnick ’40 died in Port Townsend,
Washington, on July 16, 2012.
dedicated rug hooker. She was a long-time member
of the First Congregational Church in Essex Junction,
serving for years as a deacon. Mrs. Burroughs married
Thomas Sachs ’43 in 1988.
Mr. Jenkins is survived by his wife, four children, seven
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his brother, William Jenkins ’40.
Nancy Kotsrean Daane ’45 died on October 17, 2012.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Daane’s family,
including a son, two daughters, grandchildren and a
sister, Elizabeth Kotsrean Richards ’49.
Anne Taylor Holmes ’45 died on October 10, 2012.
Mrs. Holmes held a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley
College. She was a life member of the Wednesday
Club of St. Louis and former president of the Wellesley
College Club of St. Louis. She was a world traveler and
avid bridge player.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Holmes’ family,
including two daughters. She was preceded in death
by her husband, William Holmes, and a brother,
John Taylor ’43.
Mrs. Burroughs was a 1948 graduate of Vassar College,
where she majored in mathematics. She married Dr.
Ralph Burnaby Burroughs in 1951.
The couple lived in Birmingham, Alabama, for 12 years,
where their five children were born. The family moved to
Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1964. Mrs. Burroughs and the
children moved to Essex Junction, Vermont, in 1966.
Mrs. Burroughs worked part time at the UVM
bookstore and then as a substitute teacher. She served
as a Girl Scout leader and Cub Scout den mother. From
1974 to 1989, she taught math at the Laraway School
in Johnson, a school for children in challenging family
or academic circumstances. Mrs. Burroughs was an
accomplished knitter, an avid bridge player and a
Fredric Freund ’48 died on July 9, 2012.
Mr. Freund graduated from Brown University with a
degree in English literature. Shortly after serving as a
radio operator in the Army, he moved to San Francisco
and began a career in commercial real estate. A past
two-term president of the San Francisco Association of
Realtors, Mr. Freund was named an honorary member
for life of the California Association of Realtors in 2011.
He was active in a number of other business, civic and
charitable organizations. Mr. Freund enjoyed traveling
and sailing and rowing in the Bay.
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The school offers condolences to Mr. Freund’s family,
including two daughters, two grandchildren and
two sisters, Peggy Freund Ross ’51 and Sally Freund
Saltzstein ’55.
James Albert Yocum ’48 died on October 14, 2012.
Mr. Yocum was a graduate of Culver Military Academy
and Washington University in St. Louis. He was
involved in various organizations such as Hospice of
West Alabama and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Yocum’s family,
including his wife, Elizabeth Yocum; a daughter; two
sons; two granddaughters; and a sister, Patty Yocum
Pollock ’44.
R. Reinhold Hoffman ’54 died on October 29, 2012.
Dr. Hoffman attended Brown University and was a 1962
graduate of Washington University School of Dental
Medicine. He served as a dentist in the U.S. Navy from
1962 to 1964 and had a dental practice in Richmond
Heights from 1964 to 2006. He was a member of
Marshland Game Preserve, Forest Hills Country Club
and the St. Louis Synergy Synchronized Skating Club’s
Dads’ Club.
The school offers condolences to Dr. Hoffman’s family
including his wife, Merle Sue Hoffman; a daughter; a
son; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and
a sister, Barbara Hoffman Upshaw ’52.
1960s
Toni Ladenburg Delacorte ’63 died in Stillwater,
Minnesota, on October 5, 2012.
Robert E. Meyer Jr. ’49 died on August 4, 2012, in
Laguna Niguel, California.
Mr. Meyer earned a bachelor’s degree from Colgate
University in 1954. He served as an officer in the U.S.
Navy, and he went on to become a stockbroker and real
estate investor in California.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Meyer’s family,
including his brother.
1950s
Ms. Delacorte earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell
University and a master’s degree from Columbia
University. She had a long career in public relations,
first in San Francisco, where she served as press
secretary for Tom Hayden’s campaign for U.S. Senate
and as public relations director for the 1972 McGovern
for President campaign. She later moved to Washington,
D.C., where she worked for several health organizations
and most recently moved to Stillwater, retiring as vice
president from North American Precis Syndicate, Inc.
Ms. Delacorte was a volunteer with Alcoholics
Anonymous and a golden retriever rescuer for more
than 20 years.
Judith Gillis Godfrey ’50 died in Mesa, Arizona, on
March 23, 2012.
The school offers condolences to Ms. Delacorte’s family
including her brother, Nils Ladenburg ’66.
Mrs. Godfrey and her husband, Frank, owned and
operated a toy store for nine years. She worked as a gift
shop manager for several hotels and was a switchboard
operator for Banner Baywood Hospital for 14 years.
She supported many veterans groups, especially Pearl
Harbor Survivors Association, and many animal
charities. She enjoyed reading and crafts.
1970s
The school offers condolences to her family, including a
son, a daughter and a grandson.
Ernest Gruenfeld ’50 died on March 25, 2012.
Orphaned shortly after birth, Mr. Gruenfeld’s closest
relatives brought the little boy to live with them, their
daughter and his grandfather in Berlin. As the situation
for Jewish families worsened in Germany, his German
family pursued numerous avenues of escape, but the
young Gruenfeld, who had been born in France, was
the only member of the family allowed to leave. His
grandfather arranged for him to live with St. Louis
relatives, Dr. Gerhard and Julia Gruenfeld, and Mr.
Gruenfeld left Germany alone in 1940, one of the last
Jews allowed to leave the country. His German family
did not survive the Holocaust.
Thom R. Eames ’70 died on March 26, 2012.
Mr. Eames earned a bachelor’s degree in economics
from Hobart and William Smith College. After some
time with Brown Shoe Company, Mr. Eames spent
the majority of his career in commercial real estate
with large firms in Denver and Chicago. He eventually
started his own consulting practice in Chicago.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Eames’ two sons
and his brother, Scott Eames ’72.
Peter Sauer ’95 died while playing pickup basketball in
White Plains, New York, on July 9, 2012.
Mr. Sauer left Burroughs in the fall of his freshman
year when his family moved to Pittsburgh. He played
basketball at Shady Side Academy and graduated as the
school’s all-time career leading scorer. One of the most
recruited high school players in western Pennsylvania,
Mr. Sauer elected to attend Stanford University. There,
as captain of the basketball team during his junior and
senior seasons, he helped lead the Cardinals to a Final
Four appearance and the school’s first-ever Pac-10 title.
After graduating from Stanford in 1999 with a degree
in economics, Mr. Sauer played professional basketball
in Europe for two years. In 2001, he began a career in
finance with Zurich-based Credit Suisse AG (CSGN)
in New York. He joined Bank of America in 2007 and
was a director in equity research sales. Mr. Sauer had
recently left the firm to pursue new ventures.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Sauer’s family
including his wife, Amanda; three young daughters,
Cate, Charlotte and Cassie; his brother, Alex Sauer ’97;
and his parents, Mark and Georgia Sauer.
2000s
Carlisle Brigham Champalimaud ’01 died from injuries
suffered in a fall in New York City on August 27, 2012.
Mrs. Champalimaud studied art and art history at the
University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg,
Virginia. Her work as an exhibitions preparator endures
at the American Museum of Natural History in New
York and the Field Museum in Chicago. Most recently
she worked in visual merchandising for Ralph Lauren
and Anthropologie. She was a singer, pianist and
guitarist, and avid rafter. She also enjoyed participating
in dinosaur digs.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Champalimaud’s
family, including her husband, Anthony
Champalimaud; her parents, James and Holland
Brigham; her brother, Hal Brigham ’05; and her
grandparents. The school thanks the family for suggesting
that memorial donations be made to John Burroughs
School.
Former Trustee
Barbara Winberg Gaebe died on September 15, 2012.
Peter Litzow ’70 died on September 20, 2012.
Dr. Litzow was a graduate of Washington University in
St. Louis and St. Louis University School of Medicine.
He was an avid basketball fan.
The school offers condolences to his mother, Marion
Litzow, and brother. His sister, Antoinette Litzow
Montgomery ’66, preceded him in death.
After graduating from Burroughs, Mr. Gruenfeld
attended Harvard for a year and then graduated from
Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in
business administration and law. He served two years
in the Army and then went to work with the Internal
Revenue Service.
1980s
The school offers condolences to Mr. Gruenfeld’s family,
including his wife, Ilene Gruenfeld; a son; a daughter;
and three grandchildren.
Mr. Changar was an avid rugby player in St. Louis and
Tampa, Florida, for the Pelican and Rambler teams. His
love of sports included offshore diving, football and St.
Louis Blues hockey. He was also a gourmet cook.
Daniel Changar ’84 died on October 11, 2012.
The school offers condolences to Mr. Changar’s family,
including his wife, Connie Cowan; his parents, Earl
Changar and Ilene Edelman; a brother; and two sisters.
1990s
Mrs. Gaebe attended Wells College and served in the
WAVES during World War II. She worked at Time-Life
in New York City and later worked in Boston.
Mrs. Gaebe served as president of the Burroughs
Mothers Council and as a member of the Board of
Trustees. She also taught French at Community School.
She was a docent at the St. Louis Art Museum and an
active member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, where
she served on the vestry and was a founder of The
Haven of Grace.
The school offers condolences to Mrs. Gaebe’s five
children — Chris Gaebe ’68, Cindy Gaebe Potter ’70,
Jonathan Gaebe ’73, Melissa Gaebe Baldwin ’75 and
Lindsay Gaebe Keller ’76; 12 grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Harold Gaebe Jr.
memor ial and tr ibute gif ts
Memorial and Tribute Gifts
Sincere thanks to the members of the Burroughs community who have honored friends and loved
ones through memorial and tribute gifts. The following gifts were received between June 30, 2012,
and November 30, 2012.
In Honor of
In Memory of
In Memory of
David Karsh
Janet Long Salisbury ’48
Roslyn Schulte ’02
In Memory of
Julie & Steve Mathes ’74
Debi & Peter Miller ’75
In Honor of
Toni Ladenburg Delacorte ’63
Barry Albrecht ’96
In Memory of
Judy Chasnoff Smith ’63
Kerry S. Kuehner ’68
Anonymous
In Honor of
Jane Tucker Vasiliou ’68
In Honor of
Ellen & Henry Dubinsky ’59
Donya Allison
In Honor of
Jim Lemen
In Memory of
Dave & Nancy Luehrman
Sauerhoff ’77
Bob & Susie Littmann Schulte ’69
Jefferies M. Arrick ’45
In Honor of
To the Howard Stamper Library
Anonymous
Donya Allison & Matthew Standish
Betsy Bowen Boles ’48
Ray Bolin, Jr. ’48
Dr. John Allen Cooper
Nancy S. Cusanelli
Lucy Costen Daley ’60
Dave & Carol Daniel
Bud & Carol Princell Drennan ’51
Jeff Dreyer ’71
Debbie Drummond
Carol Kimball
Bill & Nancy Rubenstein
Betty Salisbury
Jim ’47 & Joan Singer Schiele ’52
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Scott III
Hugh & Judy Price Scott ’48
Jay & Sally Wallace Shinkle ’79
Deanna Snowden
Peggy L. Stockton
Joan Weir Stradal ’48
Ted & Etta Lubke Taylor ’51
Bonnie Baine Tollefson ’74
Charlie ’47 & Barbara Fritze
Wulfing ’55
To the Roz Schulte Spirit Fund.
Continued
John S. Penney Jr. ’37
Charles & Marian Rice
Rebecca Rice ’04
Andrew & Andrea Rowley
Paul & Tina Shapleigh Schmid
Lisa & Chris Schoenecker ’90
Pat & Lorraine Spector
John H. Stevenson III
Katherine Kreusser Young
In Memory of
John A. Acker Jr.
Scott Deken
To the Jack Acker Faculty Fund
Melanie & Bill Bascom ’58
Anonymous
Ann & John Brightman
In Memory of
Laura Bartels ’94
Todd Epsten
In Memory of
Julie & Lee Bearman ’76
Roy Beal
In Honor of
To the Jim Lemen Scholarship
Bill & Mila Banton
Charlie Felker ’02
Jeff & Prue Gershman
Lil & Gary Giessow ’57
Mike & Susan Maddux
Peter McArdle
Gordon ’53 & Susie Berger Philpott ’53
Kelly & Susie Sullivan
To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial
Scholarship
Robert & Stacey Graves
George & Mary Vournas
Nora Feathers
In Memory of
In Memory of
Anonymous
Chris & Nancy Leyhe Allen ’66
Edna M. Baer
Donald & Dorothy Boekemeier
Ellen Leschen Bremner ’67
Jeff & Debby Horner
Dieffenbach ’67
Jim Dille & Laura Placio
Eve & Dick Horner ’32
Janet M. Johnston
Ralph W. Kalish Jr. & Eleanor
Lyons Withers
Karen L. King
Mrs. William Knowles
Tom ’66 & Barbara
Bohren MacLeod ’66
Julia Mayer
Fred McConnell ’66
Mrs. Robert O’Connell
Mrs. Virginia Sanden
Crystal & Nelson Spencer ’62
Don & Doris Svoboda
Joan Weir Stradal ’48
Tyler S. Dunaway ’91
In Honor of
Connie Lohr
Lenore Bartels
In Memory of
Ray Beckman
To the Ray Beckman Soccer Field Fund
In Memory of
Carlisle Vose Brigham ’01
David Aronson ’67
Sally E. Barker
Don & Jeanie Bassman
Barbara Brigham
James R. Brigham
Victor & Rosa Davila
Cameron Docter
Ellen & Henry Dubinsky ’59
Tyler ’91 & Amy Greenwood
Dunaway ’92
Jerry & Jane Garbutt
Jeff & Prue Gershman
Jerry & Catherine Spitzer Gidlow ’65
Jack ’66 & Carol Wolf heim
Goralnick ’70
Sarah Greenwood ’89
Ed & Karen Hempstead
Bob & Jann Henningsen
David & Debbie Hutkin
Allison Phillipe Martindale ’90
Abby M. Mendillo
Jackie Mendillo ’01
Allison Dieffenbach Neuner ’00
Sarah Brigham Partlow
Jack & Tricia Phillipe
Arthur Scharff
Sally & Terry Schnuck ’71
Hugh & Judy Price Scott ’48
Bob Sears & Erica Leisenring
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Smith
Robert Striegel
Bill Thomas & Kathy Standley
Charles & Nancy Van Dyke
Gary Wasserman & Sheila
Greenbaum
Bud & Susie Wilson
In Honor of
Ed ’46 & Jane Cissel ’46
To the Edward W. Cissel Jr. Memorial
Scholarship
Bob & Mary Jo Sortland
Mary W. Cissel Suttell ’70
Anonymous
In Memory of
Mrs. Gordon Frey
In Honor of
Danielle & Damon Goode ’91
Connie Lohr
In Memory of
Nancy Leigh Haeger ’29
Lee M. Liberman
Jeff & Sima Baker
Bill & Patty Brasher
Phyllis Cherrick
Joe & Anne Tolan
In Memory of
Jason K. Lohr ’91
Scholarship
Anonymous
Ronald K. Lohr
Bud & Susie Wilson
In Memory of
Sylvia Lucas
Britt & Tonya Booker
In Memory of
David B. McDonald ’55
Bonney McDonald Hill ’65
Thomas Howes & Beverly Black
Keith-Howes ’42
In Honor of
J. Scott McDonald ’59
Baird McDonald Hill ’65
Bonney McDonald Hill ’65
Keith-Howes ’42
In Honor of
Boyd S. McDonnell ’91
In Memory of
Scholarship
Connie Lohr
John J. Hamilton Jr.
In Memory of
To the John J. Hamilton Jr. Scholarship
Carrie Hamilton Matt ’78
Mary Anna Meyers ’46
John Haeger
In Honor of
To the Mary Anna Meyers Scholarship
Kathleen Bohlman Horgan ’65
Eric Hanson
In Memory of
Liza Grote Weiss ’96
J. Thomas O’Keefe
In Honor of
Anonymous
Georgeann Kepchar
Baird McDonald Hill ’65
Keith-Howes ’42
In Memory of
In Memory of
To the Jack Orchard Fund
Marion Black
Lisa Iglauer
Jeffrey & Christy Singer
Henry & Suzanne Stolar
Julie Zander ’82
Elmer F. Hirth
In Memory of
Nadean H. Hirth
Marjorie Myles Ivey ’63
In Memory of
Robert H. Orchard
In Honor of
Donald Patterson
Dr. R. Reinhold Hoffman ’54
Jeff Dreyer ’71
Kip & Sue Morrison Rapp ’54
In Memory of
In Memory of
William J. Peniston ’52
In Honor of
Al Hoppe
Mickey Peniston
Carolyn Clarke
Anonymous
In Memory of
Connie Lohr
In Memory of
Aline Perkins
In Honor of
Christine B. Johansen ’33
The Class of 1952
Gary & Cindy Albright
Mrs. Eleanor Foster
Rosalyn & Charles A. Lowenhaupt ’65
Thomas & Suzanne Meirink
Wendell & Elizabeth Noe
H. William & Barbara H. Reisner
Anne & Rolla Wetzel ’52
Frank & Didi Weyforth
David & Helen Wisland
Donald & Marit Withrow
Don Shelby Pruett ’52
In Memory of
Fran Cohen
Sima & Jeff Baker
In Memory of
Miss Joanna Collins ’47
Thirza Sayers ’95
In Memory of
W. Tom Costen ’81
To the Lt. W. Tom Costen USN
Memorial Scholarship
J. Clark Costen ’76 & Sarah Forbes
Orwig ’75
Mary Ellen Campbell
Kenneth A. Miesner
In Memory of
Alexander B. Permutt ’01
Haliday Douglas ’01
In Memory of
Mr. Thomas T. Peyton
Mr. Osama Ettouney
In Memory of
Margaret Spiegel Reich
Anonymous
Debbie Drummond
In Honor of
Wayne Salomon
Carol Kimball
In Memory of
Peter Sauer ’95
Cynthia Heath
Crystal & Nelson Spencer ’62
In Memory of
Christine Schermerhorn
Anonymous
In Honor of
Sam Schnabel ’12
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Shultz
In Memory of
William W. Schoening ’61
Liz & John Morrison ’61
In Memory of
To the Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte
Memorial Scholarship
Lara Altman ’02
Emily Baron Bernstein ’02
Chris Bremner ’02
Elisabeth Fulling ’02
Tom Gershman ’01 & Jessie
Simoncelli ’02
Samantha Greenwald ’02
Gretchen Haughey ’02
Jonathon Jensen ’02
Nikki Johnson ’02
Nathan Keller ’02
Carrie Kemper ’02
Katherine Bumb Ledden ’02
Caitlin Morgan ’02
Captain Jonathan S. Pollock ’02
Kate Sauerhoff ’02
Tom Schnuck ’02
Jenny Buck Shaffer ’02
In Memory of
To the Roz Schulte Spirit Fund
David Aronson ’67
Todd & Julie Mitchell Baur ’90
Curran Clark ’02
John Dubuque ’02
August Felker ’99
Charlie Felker ’02
Susan & Steve Felker ’70
Janie Mackey Foster ’02
Alyssa Gaston Galvin ’90
Allison Laycob ’02
Lee & Suzan Laycob
Marc Littmann
Ronald Littmann
Alexander & Alexandra Mackey
Ann Mackey
Jan Mackey
John Mackey ’99
Allison Phillipe Martindale ’90
Suzanne Mason
Meredith Horner McCall ’01
Steve & Jane Mitchell
Kate Murphy ’05
Michael & Susan Murphy
In Honor of
Keith ’62 & Marcia
Williamson Shahan ’62
To the Marcia W. and Keith E. Shahan
Scholarship
In Memory of
Christy Shields ’68
Jane Tucker Vasiliou ’68
In Memory of
Martha Shipe
Jason Tang
In Memory of
Geoffrey Moore Smith ’63
Carter Smith ’66 & Heidi Frey
Currier ’66
In Memory of
Helen R. Sproull
Cynthia Heath
In Memory of
Dora Tickner
Anonymous
Georgeann Kepchar
In Memory of
Gloria Tillman
Anonymous
In Honor of
Danette Tocco
Anonymous
In Honor of
Steven L. Trulaske ’75
David & Carol Cooksey
In Honor of
Mary Frances Van Dyke ’05
Sheila Greenbaum & Gary M.
Wasserman
In Honor of
Nancy B. Van Dyke ’01
Sheila Greenbaum & Gary M.
Wasserman
In Honor of
William & Patricia P. Vibert
In Honor of
Marian Walsh
Connie Lohr
In Memory of
Mrs. H. Frederick Walz
Mrs. Catherine Bishop
Michelle & Scott Harris ’70
Tom ’66 & Barbara Bohren
MacLeod ’66
In Honor of
Justin & Mary Williamson
Peggy & Jack Engler ’63
In Honor of
Justin & Mary Williamson
To the Jason K. Lohr Memorial Scholarship
Connie Lohr
In Honor of
Andy Wilson ’91
Connie Lohr
In Memory of
John R. Woods ’58
In Memory of
Chloe C. Woods-Ward ’55
Thomas Hill Ward Foundation
In Honor of
F. Lee Zingale ’50
Cynthia Allen
January 2013 | 15
755 South Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124
CHANGE SERVICE R EQUESTED
Please Join Us
Student Performances
Dance Show
8 pm, Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26, in
Haertter Hall
Musical — Godspell
8 pm, Thursday, February 28, through Saturday, March 2,
in Haertter Hall
Senior Orchestra, Jazz I & Jazz II Concert
8 pm, Monday, April 29, in Haertter Hall
Chorale, JBS Voices & Men’s a capella Concert
8 pm, Tuesday, April 30, in Haertter Hall
Spring Play — The Madwoman of Chaillot
8 pm, Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, in Haertter Hall
Grades 7 & 8 Play — to be determined
8 pm, Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, in Haertter Hall
Grades 7 & 8 Instrumental Concert
7:30 pm, Monday, May 20, in Haertter Hall
Practical Arts Festival
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
ST. LOUIS, MO
PERMIT NO. 672
DATED M AT TER
3 to 6:30 pm, Tuesday, May 21, in Commons/Haertter Hall
Grades 7 & 8 Choral Concert
7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 22, in Haertter Hall
Parents Council Events
Back to School Night
7 pm, Wednesday, February 6, in the Brauer Building
(Registration information will be sent by e-mail.)
Potpourri
7:30 am to 1 pm, Saturday, April 27, in the Commons/Field
House
j o h n b u r r o u ghs s c h o o l
Our 90th Year:
Some things have changed.
Some things never will.
January 2013

January 2013 - John Burroughs School

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