Jeetu Nanda, President Letter From The President Dear Alumni and Friends of KIS, It is that time of the year again where I have an opportunity to engage you all with updates on KFI and KIS, sharing information and soliciting your help in embarking on projects to help Kodaikanal International School and Kodaikanal community. This year saw the sad demise of Gene Hennig the founder president of KFI. Any amount of praise for the way Gene lived his life is inadequate. His obituary is a fine testament to a remarkable man (http://www.startribune.com/gene-hennig-no-bucket-list-needed-after-a-life-of-adventure-and- caring/324021491/). KFI is honored to have been associated with Gene and I would like to express my personal gratitude for Gene and all his efforts. Another transition happened this year when after six years of service Jerry Nichol retired as Executive Director, and after a selection process, handed over the reins to his daughter Julie Nichol Stengele in July. We have a dynamic KFI Board with the addition of Mary Coleman Lowry taking over the Treasurer responsibilities, along with newly elected members Akshay Birla and Stan Kuruvilla adding finance and legal expertise to the mix. Akshay is a graduate of Woodstock and this will help re-ignite collaboration with our sister school. With the transition, we continue to embark on the journey to enhance interaction and engagement of KFI with all our alumni. We have voted to have KFI board meetings in different areas of the country where alumni chapters would be able to arrange a chapter meeting/ gathering and have an opportunity to meet Board members and promote their ideas and interests in Kodaikanal. In the spirit of transparency, included in this newsletter is the audited financial statement of KFI. Please let us know if you have any suggestions and/or comments regarding the financial statement. As a member of the KIS Council, I’m delighted to report the school is doing well under the leadership of Corey Stixrud. We received certification by the Council of International Schools moving KIS to the elite group of schools in the world to work collaboratively to shape international education while inspiring development of global citizens by connecting ideas, cultures and educators from around the globe. We also joined the Green Alliance of Schools and continue to move towards promoting stewardship of our natural resources in our community. The number of enrolled students has slipped, but plans are in place to improve this. The Ganga Campus is up and operational and middle school students reside in the new dorms in Westover. There are now nine alumni on the KIS Council, which I believe, is the most we have ever had. I would be happy to elaborate on any of these exciting advances. Please join the Kodaikanal Friends International page on Facebook to get additional information, or feel free to contact me directly. I conclude by wishing you and your family a very blessed holiday season and encourage you to join KFI in promoting and preserving the KIS experience for upcoming generations. Kodai Friends International Sincerely, Jeetu Nanda ‘83 President KFI 2014-15 Annual Report 5 Kodai Friends International www.kfi-us.org $5,000 and up Keith† & Marcine† DeJong Estate ‘46 | FS, P, GP Robert & Louise Dudley ‘43 Norman & Anna Thoms ’51 | P $2,500 - $4,999 None $1,000 - $2,499 Audrey Michalk & Alan Abel ‘65 James & Evelyn Estes CoD & FS | P Gene† & Kristie Hennig ‘65, CoD, KFI & FS | P Nelson Hoffman ‘66 Ronald Koepke & Marilyn ‘66 David Lyman ‘54 John MacKay ‘52, KFI Miriam Naumann McCreary ‘51 Sanjeev Pandey ‘82 Martha Thompson Wilcox & John ‘61 $500 - $999 Michael Aung-Thwin ‘65 Jacquelyn Brooks FS Vivian Shaw Childs & Glenn ‘68 Louise Cummings FS Meleanor Deming wife of Don† ‘42 Freeport-McMoRan Foundation The Gibson Family The Granner Family Johnson Isaac & Liza ‘85 Lynden & Naomi Krause ’66 | FS, P The Muyskens Family Endowment Gerald & Roxanna Nichol KFI | FS, P, GP Donald† & Elizabeth Oberdorfer ‘53 | FS David Otten & Laurie ‘69 | P John Rittmann & Lorraine ‘54 Garth Schmidt & Tamara ‘61 Sandra Schoeninger FS, KFI Edwin & Margaret Carman Tegenfeldt ‘56 & ‘55 | FS, P, GP Robert Trautmann & Debra ‘72 $250 - $499 Len Betz ‘71 Nancy Thoms Block & Russell ‘48 Feler Bose ‘91 John B Carman & Ann ‘47 Mary Carruthers ‘57 David Cooper & Heather ‘64 Raoul Daruwala ‘87 Shehan Dissanayake ‘85 Frank Emerson & Mary ‘56 Michael Gass & Carol ‘50 Rob Granner ‘82 Terry & Alice Hallaran | FS Sheriar Jamshedji ‘86 Jeffrey Jokl & Kathleen ‘77 Kunal Kapoor & Monica ‘93 Mary Coleman Lowry & David ‘64 Eleanor Carman Macfarlane MacDonald ‘53, KFI Vijay Master & Margaret ‘84 John & Dorothy Yoder Nyce | FS, P Sarah Nichol Reindel & Andrew ‘86 | P Joseph & Martha Grubbs Rittmann ‘66, FS & ‘69 | P August Schmitthenner & Alice ‘43 Antionette Stephanek Shaller & Douglas ‘66 Neal & Annette Stixrud | FS, P, GP David Swan ‘55 Mark Tegenfeldt & Kathrin ‘90 $100 - $249 Maureen Aung-Thwin ‘66 Wayne & Kathy Beckwith | FS, P Eugene Betts ‘60 Elizabeth & Robert Boyce F Kenneth Brannon & Rachel ‘86 Mark Bullard & Karen Gremminger ‘80 Beth Gesler Caldwell & David ‘56 David & Margaret Camp | FS Jon Closson ‘54 Fred & Ann Clothey ‘53 & FS | P Jane Gibbs Cummings ‘57, FS, P, CoD Emily Sora Dargie ‘82 Mary DeJong & Rebecca Wilkinson, wife and daughter of Ed Theodore Essebaggers & Maja ‘59 Donald Fletcher ‘68 Charles Franklin & Rossy ‘66 John Gault ‘48 Warren & Barbara Geissinger | FS, P Charles Gosselink & Charlotte ‘53 Margaret E Greene ‘79 Susan MacNeill Grover ‘65 Tim, Jonathan & Chris Harris and families F Mark Hennig F Stephen Holler & Margaret ‘74 Peter Jenks FS, P, KFI Emily Grumm Jeske & Marvin ‘63 Alfred Johnson ‘43 Barbara Jones ‘77 John King & Jean ‘53 Muriel Nichols King ‘53 Stan King & Bonnie ‘57 | P Elizabeth Grumm Kroger ‘64 April Dennis Lyon ‘63 Basil Manns ‘63 Mario Manta & Kimberley ‘79 Edwin Martin & Katherine ‘59 Joyce Martin, wife of Eugene William McClelland & Betty ‘40 Sharon Pittman Means ‘66 Nolawi Mengesha ‘86 Gail Nichol Moyer & Thomas ‘83, FS Kathryn Johnson Narney & Steve ‘71 Betty Lou Wood Nelson & John ‘48 Elinor Potee Nichols ‘44 Eunice† Naumann Nissen ‘51 Ronald Nunn ‘76 Ruth Prange Oatman & Lynn ‘58 Rebecca Oesterling & David Sharp ‘70 Wendy Oesterling & James Greene ‘67 Leslie Chacko Papali ’86 Richard Patton & Joanna ‘57 Michael & Janice Nabert Peery |‘69 Samuel & Florence Pickens P Robert Rushton ‘67 Steven Scruggs & Tammy ‘80 John Scudder ‘85 Alice Graham Silver ‘55 Carl Skold ‘64 Elizabeth Hagen Smith & Wade ‘54 | P Anne Douglas Stanek & Edward ‘69 Donald & Julie Nichol Stengele | ‘80, FS, P Stephen Thomas ‘86 George Thompson ‘52 Rebecca Trautmann ‘68 Kathleen Finley Vandiver & Kim ‘67 Robert Welles & Wanda ‘54 David & Lorma Wiebe ‘56 & FS | P Richard Wierenga ‘41 Leslie Servid Williams ‘64 David Yardy & Elizabeth ‘64 Paul Zorn & Janet Petri ‘68 Under $100 Sharon Austin, wife of Ross† ‘58 Barbara Barwick F Mario Bellido ‘70 Russell Brown & Dorris ‘50 Elmer Burrall & Anne Bowes FS, P Margaret Caldwell Ott & Derek ‘75 John Camp & Lillian ‘41 Daniel Carlson FS, P Robert & Lucile Carman ‘48, CoD & FS | P, GP Warren Cartmel ‘69 Janet Chandler FS, P Margaret Heineman Cihocki ‘65 Patricia Cobey F Shanta Coleman-Derr ‘68 Lawrence Collins & Mureen ‘65 Stephen & Candace Collins P Elisheba Cornelius FS Clayton Cowles F Susan Seger Crummett ‘78 Amy Dissanayake F James Donaldson & Pamela ‘74 Barbara Ruzicka Doody & Alan ‘53 Richard Dudley & Anna Carol ‘47 John & Martha Easter | FS, P Robert Edwards ‘69 Edwin Erickson ‘53 Linda Ford ‘69 Theodore† Fritz & Celia ‘48 Franca & Michael George P Wilbert Gesler & Margaret ‘58 John Gipson & Carolyn West- Gipson ‘73 Christopher Granner ‘75, KFI Janice Green & Paul Patton FS Ernest Hahn ‘74 Kathleen Landucci Harvey ‘69 June & Roger Hedlund CoD | P Jeffrey Hewitt & Pam ‘63 Peter & Lisa Lindell Hoh FS & ‘81 Michael Jackets & Anne ‘51 Pauline Yardy Johnson ‘69 Grace Jones ‘76 Birgitta Jonsson ‘69 Premalatha Junius FS David Kincaid & Margo ‘48 Sara Gesler Klemmer ‘63 Shirley Wood Kocher & Robert ‘49 Michael Kolumban & Evelyn ‘78 Hope Darnauer Kurtz & Neal ‘81 Carol Zigler Kusserow & Ralph ‘55 Susan Gray Leslie ‘74 Marian Korteling Levai ‘42 Merrick & Sara Ann Emerson Lockwood ‘59 & ‘61, FS | P Sheila Seamands Lovell ‘63 Zahid Mahimwalla ‘03 Rani Maloney & Jeff Maegerlein ‘86 Nancy Michalk & Robert Barth ‘64 Roland & Mary Helen Miller CoD | P David Morris ‘65, P Henry Moyer ‘42 Clara Rittmann Mueller & Orval ‘57 John Naumann & Faye ‘58 Stanley Panickaveetil P Beverly Peck ‘66 William Penner ‘74 Micheline Poulin ‘76 Wenona Rai ‘11 Timothy Ramer ‘79 Peter Reble ‘73 John & Ruth Ruggiero | FS Constance Dudley Rumely ‘42 Nina Sartori FS Christine Schmitthenner ‘72 Peter Schmitthenner & Pamela Forsyth ‘74 & FS | P Paul Seaton & Kathleen ‘69 Robert & Katherine Knight Shaughnessy FS & ‘74, FS Gail Schroeder Smith & Jonathan FS Sarah Weddington Smith & Jack ‘72 Lark Steinmetz ‘76 Teresa Teves ‘76 Claudia Trautmann & Theodore Christner ‘70 Renee-Claude Tremblay ‘74 Stanley & Darlene Vander Aarde CoD | P Lydia Rittmann Volz ’50 May Korteling Votaw ‘48 Barbara Donaldson Walker & George ‘68 Andrew Wilch ‘47 Donald Wilder & Allison ‘49 Anne Hennig Wunderlich & James ‘69 Gail Whitaker Wynne & John ‘57 Rafiq Yacub ‘79 Gifts in Memory of: Margaret Aung-Thwin FS 59-67, P Michael Aung-Thwin ‘65 David Cooper & Heather ‘64 Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Wil Gesler & Margaret ‘58 Susan MacNeill Grover ‘65 Gene† & Kristie Hennig ‘65, CoD, KFI & FS | P Emily Grumm Jeske & Mickey Rothstein ‘63 Beth Grumm Kroger ‘64 Mary Coleman Lowry & David ‘64 Basil Manns ‘63 Carl Skold ‘64 Leslie Servid Williams ‘64 David Yardy & Elizabeth ‘64 Ross E Austin ‘58 Sharon Austin wife David Barss ‘69 Paul Seaton & Kathleen ‘69 Diane Carlson FS 78-81, P Allen Carlson ‘90 Brian Carlson ‘87 Daniel Carlson FS David Carlson ‘84 Dr & Mrs John S Carman P & CoD | P, GP, GGP John Carman & Ann ‘47 Dorothy Conlon P Roland & Mary Helen Miller CoD | P Garrett [Ed] DeJong ‘54 Mary DeJong & Rebecca Wilkinson wife and daughter Keith DeJong ‘46, FS 57-93, P, GP Ted Essebaggers & Maja ‘59 Keith & Marcine DeJong ‘46, FS 57-93 | P, GP C Keith DeJong Estate Donald Deming ‘42 Meleanor Deming wife Sarah Dennison FS 52-57, 66-84 Janet Chandler FS, P Pete Jenks FS, P Jerry & Rocky Nichol FS, CoD & FS | P, GP Russell De Valois ‘43 Bob Dudley & Louise ‘43 Marian Korteling Levai ‘42 James Duncan FS, P Patricia Cobey wife William & Erika Foege P, GP, GGP The Foege siblings and spouses Eric Gass ‘52, CoD, P Mike Gass & Carol ‘50 Tracy & Marjorie Gipson | P, GP The Gipson family Nelson M & Marjorie M Hoffman | FS, P Nelson Hoffman ‘66 Rev & Mrs R Theodore Koepke missionary parents Ron Koepke & Marilyn ‘66 Evelyn & Donald MacNeill P Susan MacNeill Grover ‘65 G Eugene Martin ‘60 Joyce Martin wife Rev John C & Eva G Martin missionary parents Joyce Martin daughter-in-law Dalton F McClelland, Sr P Bill McClelland & Betty ‘40 Theodore Michalk FS, P Nancy Michalk & Robert Barth ’64 The Muyskens Family The Muyskens Family Endowment Alison Newbiggin ‘58 Mary Carruthers ‘57 Donald Oberdorfer ‘53, FS 02-05 Barbara Barwick F Elizabeth & Robert Boyce F Bob & Lu Carman ‘48, CoD & FS | P, GP Friends of Don Nicki Nichols King ‘53 Ellie Carman Macfarlane MacDonald ‘53 Jeevan Paul ‘86 Ken Brannon & Rachel ‘86 Raoul Daruwala ‘87 Amy Dissanayake F Shehan Dissanayake ‘85 Jim & Evie Estes CoD & FS | P Johnson Isaac & Liza ‘85 Sunny Jamshedji ‘86 Vijay Master & Margaret ‘84 Nolawi Mengesha ‘86 John & Dorothy Yoder Nyce | FS, P Stephen Thomas ‘86 Dr K Gale Potee ‘42 Elinor Potee Nichols ‘44 Eric Reble FS 60-65, P Michael Aung-Thwin ‘65 David Cooper & Heather ‘64 Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Wil Gesler & Margaret ‘58 Susan MacNeill Grover ‘65 Gene† & Kristie Hennig ‘65, CoD, KFI & FS | P Emily Grumm Jeske & Mickey Rothstein ‘63 Beth Grumm Korger ‘64 Mary Coleman Lowry & David ‘64 Basil Manns ‘63 Carl Skold ‘64 Leslie Servid Williams ‘64 David Yardy & Elizabeth ‘64 Marilyn Scudder ‘56 Jane Gibbs Cummings ‘57, FS, P, CoD Alice Graham Silver ‘55 Edwin & Margaret Carman Tegenfeldt ‘56 & ‘55 | FS, P, GP John T Seamands ‘34, P Sheila Seamands Lovell ‘63 Judy Gass Shearer ‘57, FS 62-64 Mary Carruthers ‘57 Laird Stengele FS 61-66, 70-85, P, GP Donn & Julie Nichol Stengele | ‘80, FS, P Alan Swan ‘50 David Swan ‘55 The Thoms, Scudder & Dickason Families | students, FS, P, GP Nancy Thoms Block & Russell ‘48 Gifts in Honor of: Beth Gesler Caldwell & David ‘56 Sara Gesler Klemmer ‘63 Sonia L George ‘00 Franca & Michael George | P Faye Ruth Voss Harris ‘55 Tim, Jonathan & Chris Harris sons and their wives and children Gene† Hennig 65, CoD, KFI Past President, P Mark Hennig F Rebecca Trautmann ‘68 Gerhard & Virginia Johnson | FS 75-84, P Kathy Johnson Narney & Steve ‘71 Sara Gesler Klemmer ‘63 Beth Gesler Caldwell & David ‘56 Bertha Lange FS 59-70 Peg Caldwell Ott & Derek ‘75 The Muyskens Family The Muyskens Family Endowment Gerald & Roxanna Nichol KFI | FS 72-98, 00-01, P, GP Sally Nichol Reindel & Drew ‘86 | P Donn & Julie Nichol Stengele | ‘80, FS, P The Nichol Family David & Margaret Camp | FS Mary Oesterling FS, P Wendy Oesterling & James Greene ‘67 Rebecca Oesterling Sharp & David ‘70 Nell Kincaid Semel & Dan ‘54 David Kincaid & Margo ‘48 Deborah Ann Smith ‘86 Muriel & Wade Smith ‘54 | P Muriel Elizabeth Smith ‘54, P Wade Smith, husband Mary Ann Stengele FS 64-66, 70-85, P, GP Donn & Julie Nichol Stengele | ‘80, FS, P Donald Wilder ‘49 Clayton Cowles grandson Key: FS - Former Staff P - Parent GP - Grandparent GGP - Great Grandparent CoD - Council/Board of Directors KFI - Kodai Friends International F - Friend † - Deceased KFI Donors, 2014-2015 In This Annual Report . . . From the President .............................1 From the Executive Directors ..............2 Financial Statements ..........................4 Board of Directors ..............................4 KFI Donors List ..................................5 Printed on recycled paper Kodai Friends International 353 KINGS HIGHWAY, NEW DURHAM, NH 03855 Photo by Barb Block