SPRING 2011 S HARING THE IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPY AT M ERCERSBURG (continued on page 4) “MERCERSBURG IS LIKE FAMILY,” says Kevin Glah ’00. “I’d have a hard time walking away and not staying in touch.” For Glah, the relationships formed with faculty at Mercersburg is one of the reasons he continues to stay in touch and volunteer his time, talent, and treasure as a class agent and reunion volunteer. As many students experience during their time at Mercersburg, faculty—and faculty families—also become their family. Perhaps no other Mercersburg alumni understand these relationships more than “Fac Brats,” the sons and daughters of Mercersburg faculty, who often are also alumni. They see the relationships inside and out and benefit from their own powerful connections to faculty. “More than where I went to college, I identify as a Mercersburg grad,” says Ann Quinn ’84. “Mercersburg gave me such a great foundation for my life.” Like her father Jay, who is an emeritus faculty member and school archivist, Quinn has found meaningful ways to stay engaged with the school: she is a former class agent and is currently serving on the Alumni Council. “I was excited when I was asked to be part of the council,” notes Quinn. “It’s a great way for me to stay involved and help keep the Mercersburg community vibrant. I’m always working to find ways to use my work, my skills, my background to reach out to other alumni.” “Mercersburg is like family. I’d have a hard time walking away and not staying in touch.” —Kevin Glah ’00 “More than where I went to college, I identify as a Mercersburg grad.” —Ann Quinn ’84 The Power of Faculty Relationships & Alumni Engagement
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S P R I N G 2 0 1 1 S H A R I N G T H E I M P A C T O F P H I L A N T H R O P Y A T M E R C E R S B U R G
(continued on page 4)
“MERCERSBURG IS LIKE FAMILY,” says Kevin Glah ’00. “I’d have
a hard time walking away and not staying in touch.”
For Glah, the relationships formed with faculty at Mercersburg
is one of the reasons he continues to stay in touch and volunteer
his time, talent, and treasure as a class agent and reunion volunteer.
As many students experience during their time at Mercersburg,
faculty—and faculty families—also become their family.
Perhaps no other Mercersburg alumni understand these
relationships more than “Fac Brats,” the sons and daughters of
Mercersburg faculty, who often are also alumni. They see the
relationships inside and out and benefit from their own powerful
connections to faculty.
“More than where I went to college, I identify as a Mercersburg
grad,” says Ann Quinn ’84. “Mercersburg gave me such a great
foundation for my life.”
Like her father Jay, who is an emeritus faculty member and school
archivist, Quinn has found meaningful ways to stay engaged with the
school: she is a former class agent and is currently serving on the
Alumni Council.
“I was excited when I was asked to be part of the council,” notes
Quinn. “It’s a great way for me to stay involved and help keep the
Mercersburg community vibrant. I’m always working to find ways to
use my work, my skills, my background to reach out to other alumni.”
“Mercersburg is likefamily. I’d have a hardtime walking away andnot staying in touch.”
—Kevin Glah ’00
“More than where I went to college, I identify as aMercersburg grad.”
—Ann Quinn ’84
The Power of Faculty Relationships & Alumni Engagement
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THIS IS OUR FOURTH ISSUE OF MPACT.
I hope you are enjoying the stories of volunteers and contributors
who are having a real impact on the lives of Mercersburg students.
This new issue continues to tell the great stories of alumni,
parents, and friends.
Andrew Ammerman ’68 has made extraordinary opportunities
available for students with his gift for tickets to the Arena Stage in
Washington, D.C. Larry Ransom ’65 has honored his German
teacher, Earle Grover, with a gift that will provide field study in
Germany for today’s German students. Mel Stewart ’88 allows us
to share a portion of his blog that tells the story of Ruth Baxter and
honors her memory. Ruth and her husband George Baxter ’36
were exceptional Mercersburg benefactors and charter members
of the McDowell Society.
Every day Mercersburg alumni are in the world making an
impact and every day Mercersburg alumni are making an impact
on this campus too. How does that start? Is there something in the
water here? More likely, it is learned from the faculty and from the
culture of this unique community. “Hard work, fair play, clean
life.” Is it truly that simple? Learning in a boarding environment
can look so natural that you may think it is all-natural—or maybe
it is the opposite? Is it magical?
I know Debbie Rutherford, our associate head of school, has
wished for a “Sorting Hat” like the one in the popular Harry Potter
books, to help make dorm and roommate assignments—if only it
could be arranged so easily! In reality, a lot of careful thought and
attention is involved in Mercersburg’s residential program.
During the last two years, the faculty conducted a complete
review of the residential program. Faculty members visited peer
schools, studied new research on the adolescent brain, heard from
experts on learning, and read about workplace needs for the
21st century. All of these provided valuable information, and
combined with their own experience, the faculty are developing
a contemporary program to meet the needs of learning and living
in a boarding environment.
Students today are constantly connected to technology.
Information is available everywhere—not just from your teacher—
and learning has become much more experiential, active, hands-
on, and dynamic. It is less about receiving and more about doing.
The outcome of the faculty review of the residential program
will be students who gain mastery of 21st century skills,
understand and work comfortably with new technologies, develop
an authentic international perspective, and graduate with a greater
sense of responsibility for their own learning and the well-being of
our planet. Living and learning in a boarding environment has
never been more important.
Thank you for all the ways you love and support Mercersburg.
Mary K. Carrasco
Assistant Head of School for External Affairs
P.S. I would love to hear from you. If you have a special memory
about learning in a boarding environment, please share it with
HEAD OF SCHOOL’S CIRCLEAndrew Ammerman ’68Josephine Ammerman P ’68Helen Cochran &
Thomas Cochran Jr. (d) ’38 P ’68Lori-Ann Eckert & Bruce Eckert ’62Gabriel Hammond ’97Pamela Hoehn-Saric &
Christopher Hoehn-Saric P ’13Marilyn Kurtz & Robert Kurtz Jr. ’52Gail Reeder & Jeffrey Reeder P ’97, ’00Susan Reilly & Edward Reilly P ’08, ’10Jane Rice & Michael Rice P ’85Martha Rich & Brian Rich ’78John Rich Jr. ’71Judy Rich & John Rich P ’71, ’78Janice Stanton &
James Stanton ’70 P ’11, ’11Timothy Strickler P ’08, ’12
Gina Vecchiarelli & Daniel Vecchiarelli P ’13
Nancy Voorhees P ’12Deborah Weaver & Scott Weaver ’82Jean Witmer &
Richard Witmer Jr. ’70Judith Zern & Allen Zern ’61
BENEFACTORAnonymous DonorPaul Alexander ’50Wendy Barensfeld &
David Barensfeld ’69Jeffrey BiegelsenGwendolyn Bleakley(d) &
Jay Bleakley Jr. ’43Carroll Coyne ’50 P ’77James CreighClaude Davies &
Michael Davies ’85 P ’10Esther Flanagan & Thomas Flanagan
’38 P ’68, ’69, ’70, ’74, ’76, ’81, ’84
Joanne Frantz & David Frantz ’60Dwight Goldthorpe (d) ’37Yen Vo Hendrickson &
James Hendrickson ’67 P ’11Mary Imler &
Joseph Imler ’72 P ’05, ’09Jung Eun Kim &
Young Kyoon Jeong P ’11Richard Klopp ’39Martha McAllister &
Kenneth Kupke P ’11Barbara Lawrence &
John Lawrence ’58Aimee Lehrman &
Robert Lehrman ’69Margaret Lloyd &
Philip Lloyd ’62 P ’90, ’94David Millstein ’63David Moore ’74JoAnn Queenan &
Charles Queenan Jr. ’48Kathleen Lucas & Larry Ransom ’65Stacey Smith & Robert Smith P ’14Sandralee Thompson &
Rodion CantacuzeneKumok Chun & Jong Yoon Chun P ’12John Connolly Jr. ’54David Dupont ’80 P ’12Harry Esbenshade Jr. ’43Joan Ewing & John Ewing Jr. ’58Lynn Grove & Frederick Grove ’52Peggy Hale & Douglas HaleTorrence Harder ’61Elizabeth Hershey &
Thomas Hershey ’61 P ’85, ’88Gu In Jung & Sung Il Jun P ’11Barbara Kaplin & Richard Kaplin ’43Margery Masinter &
Edgar Masinter ’48Sandra McIntosh &
Charles McIntosh P ’12
RECOGNITION
(d)=deceased
2010-2011 WMIS CONTRIBUTORS (AS OF JANUARY 2011)
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EACH YEAR, A GROUP OF ALUMNI,
families, and friends of Mercersburg
contributes to the school’s mission of
preparing young men and women for
college and for life in a global community. These
supporters make leadership gifts as members of
the William Mann Irvine Society, named in honor
of the school’s first headmaster.
WMIS members are essential to the financial health
of Mercersburg, accounting for approximately 80
percent of total gifts to the school. Their giving of $1,893
or more symbolizes the school’s founding year and
helps ensure that an extraordinary Mercersburg
experience remains possible for our students.
For more information about the William Mann Irvine Society, please contact
Class of 1959 Foyer:Rebuilding andRededicationTo mark their 50th reunion and to show
their appreciation and love for Mercersburg,
the Class of 1959 contributed a naming
gift for the North Foyer in Nolde Gym.
The space was renamed the Class of 1959
Foyer when the gym’s renovation was
completed last fall.
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Lotta Mellott & Paul Mellott Jr. ’70Stella Miller & Hugh Miller ’48 P ’74Katherine Pryor & Stephen Pryor P ’12Fran Risser & Phares Risser III ’59Frank Skinner ’49Shirley SontheimerCarol Steigelman &
Keanneard Steigelman ’56Anne Stolz & Robert Stolz P ’13Liyan Wang & Shiwei Wang P ’12Elizabeth Shabb Warner ’76 P ’10, ’11Bettina Harrer-Zschocke &
Christian Zschocke P ’12
SPONSORDolores Brake & Harold Brake ’54Donna Duda & John Duda Jr. P ’10, ’14Susan Fox & John Fox ’55Elizabeth George &
Robert George P ’96, ’98, ’01Dolores GruppeJohanna Harris & William Harris ’44Claudia Bayona Hovenden ’84 &
Todd Hovenden ’84Hyun Gyu Kim & Dong-Hun Lee P ’12Marion MacMahon &
Paul MacMahon P ’11Janet Mayo & Ned Mayo ’54 P ’89Judith Moore & Charles Moore Jr. ’47
P ’67, ’74, ’77, ’94Dyane Hummel & Todd Price P ’04Richard RotzJung Hee Hong &
Sung-Bo Sim P ’09, ’11Susan Archer & Ming Siu ’83Miriam StaymanVirginia Tavss & John Tavss ’72 P ’08David Wagner ’81Kelley White & Duncan White ’82
MEMBERKimberly Alvarez & David Alvarez P ’13Gail Andreae & Mark Andreae ’64Joanne Banzhaf &
Michael Banzhaf ’64 P ’02Kay Mazzo & Albert Bellas ’60Virginia Berents &
Kenneth Berents ’67Melissa Blanchard &
Joseph Blanchard P ’11Elizabeth Steinhauser Bray ’86 &
Christopher BrayJerome Broder ’44 P ’68, ’71Margaret Bryan & Barry Bryan ’48Ann Bryan & Robert Bryan ’44 P ’70Margaret Buchanan &
Thomas Buchanan ’46Amy Burnett & George Burnett P ’13Patricia Carey & Jack Carey P ’89, ’91William Carey ’72Julianne Carl & Charles Carl ’53Mary Carrasco &
Philip Carrasco P ’06, ’11Lori Clark & Kenneth Clark P ’14Paige Cofrin ’70 P ’07Jocelyn CooperDouglas Corwin Jr. ’79Carol Crago & Andrew Crago ’67Tiffany Crevier & Andrew Crevier P ’14Virginia Crisman &
Benjamin Crisman Jr. ’66Robert Donehower ’37
Donna Duffy & Kent Duffy ’71Frances Ferguson &
Gary Ferguson ’72 P ’08Jane Freeland & John FreelandAndoria Garofalo &
James Garofalo ’72 P ’12Anne Genter & David Genter ’52Maralyn Gillespie &
George Gillespie Jr. ’46Wendy Gordon & Solvin Gordon ’72Susan Gridley &
William Gridley ’69 P ’04, ’06Barbara Harrison &
Barry Harrison Jr. ’50Holly Ross &
Timothy Hartung P ’05, ’09Thomas Heefner ’57Finley Hess (d) ’24Kyle Higley ’00Pamela Hjelle & Mark Hjelle ’88Mary Hoffman & Charles Hoffman ’48Akiko Ikenaga & Seisho Ikenaga P ’13Patricia Fiori & William Jackson P ’04Heejae Kim & Heungsoon Jang P ’11Eun Joo Kim & Chung Hyeun Jo P ’12Barbara Jones & Richard Jones P ’09Ruth Joslin & Robert Joslin ’39Nancy Josten & Bruce Josten ’69Jane Kart & Barry Kart ’61Christine Keeler &
Robert Keeler P ’91, ’94Hisu Kim & Byung Soo Kim P ’12Yun Jeong Song &
Sung Chun Kim P ’14Richard Kline Jr. ’52Ruthanne Koffman &
Burton Koffman ’43Lyn Lansdale & Page Lansdale ’76Jane Lebouitz & Stanton Lebouitz ’61Kyung Hee Lee & Ho Geun Lee P ’13Hyunah Lee and
Kwang-Myong Lee P ’14Hyun Ok Jeon & Sang Du Lee P ’12Hyun Joo Lee & Sang Jin Lee P ’13Ju Mi Kim & Sang Min Lee P ’11Soon Hee Yun & Sang Tae Lee P ’12Dal Bin Han & Seung Bo Lee P ’13Linda LeRoy & Blair LeRoy ’50Stoner Lichty Jr. ’62Mag Lin & David Lien P ’10Joan Linderman &
John Linderman ’55 P ’91Mike Lindsay ’77Ann Lockyer & Kenneth Lockyer ’75Elizabeth Gildea Logie ’81 &
Scott LogieSarah Lowry & John Lowry ’48Emily Grier Madan ’94 & Rajiv MadanChristopher Marston ’07Karen McDowell Marston ’79 &
Robert Marston ’79 P ’07Thomas Massey III ’43Paula McClure & James McClure ’69Webster McCormack ’44 P ’73Rita Mellott &
Brian Mellott ’75 P ’04, ’06, ’07Lyman Menard P ’65Min Ah Lee & Seong Jin Moon P ’12Betty Morefield &
Fred Morefield ’53 P ’74, ’88Kimberly Lloyd ’90 & Jonathan Nessel
Julie Noorbakhsh & BabakNoorbakhsh P ’13
Min Gu Hyun & Chang Woo Oh P ’13Jean Palmer & Richard Palmer Jr. ’64Carol Parsons & Emory Parsons Jr. ’59Kathleen Peterson &
Wickliffe Peterson ’65Jon Peterson ’57Anne ReedSally Rhoad & Dennis Rhoad P ’14Bruce Ricciuti ’83Barbara Robins & Frederick Robins ’58Blair Rohrer & Ivon Rohrer Jr. ’60Eun Sook Lee & Sangki Sa P ’11Kelly Schoenberger &
Kevin Schoenberger P ’13Phyllis Shearer & Joseph Shearer ’62Tucker Shields III ’68Andrew Shirk ’00Sheila Shorr & Richard Shorr P ’11Julia Smith & Edward Smith ’83Gregory Smith ’65 P ’95, ’99Tina Snyder & James Snyder ’69 P ’05Yvonne Stanier & Richard Stanier ’47Elizabeth Strode &
Joseph Strode Jr. ’47Kathleen Su & William Su ’88Kate Suggs & William Suggs Jr. ’84Diana Sydnor & Stanford Sydnor P ’12Kay Teach & Stuart Teach P ’97Cheryl Thomas &
Gregory Thomas P ’14Mehret Kidane &
Tunde Tijani P ’13, ’14Amy Titus P ’11Jane Walsh & Bruce Walsh ’55Carole Walter &
William Walter III P ’14Mary Ann Walton &
Robert Walton Sr. ’57 P ’82, ’86, ’89
Cynthia Watkins & Scott Watkins ’71 P ’01, ’06
Noele Wein & Alan Wein ’58Elisabeth Wiener & John Wiener P ’14Cynthia Wilde & Ross
Wilde P ’06, ’06Loong Yong P ’11Xiao Guang Zhang &
EVERY YEAR A CORE GROUP of Mercersburg students volunteer
to make phone calls to alumni as part of the True Blue annual
fundraising campaign. It’s a wonderful opportunity for students to
talk with alumni while developing their own philanthropic
tradition. Students also gain an understanding of the importance of alumni
gifts in creating and sustaining the Mercersburg experience.
Several times a year, students and staff gather in the library media room
over pizza or subs and start dialing. Sometimes, friendly competition arises
around who can reach the most alumni or secure the most participation.
This year’s volunteers have generously donated their time, their talent,
and their enthusiasm to this cause. They are great examples of what it
means to be True Blue!
2010-2011 phonathon helpers have included:
VOLUNTEERING
did you know?Small but PowerfulMore than half of all gifts to
True Blue: The Mercersburg
Annual Fund are $100 or less.
Rising SupportMembership in the William
Mann Irvine Society is up
32 percent compared to this
time last school year.
Storytelling
Check out the latest True Blue videos at
www.mercersburg.edu/trueblue.
$100OR LESS
32%UP
Student Volunteers Ask:
Are You True Blue?
U P D A T EOne of Mercersburg’s greateststrengths has always been the visionand generosity of our alumni, families,and friends. So far during the 2010-2011 school year, the collective effort ofnearly 1,600 donors has yielded $1.5million for True Blue: The MercersburgAnnual Fund.
Gifts to True Blue go to workimmediately in support of academics,athletics, the arts, financial aid, facultydevelopment, and everything thatmakes the Mercersburg experiencepossible for our students. Each gift has an impact on our mission toprepare young men and women forcollege and for life in a globalcommunity.
Please consider adding your support
and showing your True Blue colors.
Visit www.mercersburg.edu/trueblue
to learn more.
Student callers help make the annual True Blue
campaign a success.
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Georgia Baker ’11Jane Banta ’11Lulu Cao ’13Hayley Griffin ’12Ana Kelly ’11Kayleigh Kiser ’11
Phoebe Moore ’13Justin Reyes ’12Liza Rizzo ’11John San Filippo ’12Max Strauss ’12Nikki Wolny ’11Paige Wolny ’13
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VOLUNTEERING
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Profile: Reunion Volunteer Julia Clark MacInnis ’86
AT MERCERSBURG, I LEARNED THE VALUE
of hard work and discipline. That ethic guides my
work as a photographer and my many volunteer
activities.
My father, Don Morse Clark ’43, and my
grandfather, Henry Morse Clark ’15, were both
Mercersburg alums, so being involved with
Mercersburg is part of our family legacy. And
I really believe in the educational mission of the
school.
But the main reason I volunteer for Reunion
Anniversary Weekend is that I want to see my old
friends. I want to make sure people come back
and get to be part of the fun! I’m a relationship-
oriented person, and I’m not afraid to call
anybody and talk. So reaching out to other alums
to share about reunions is a natural fit.
I’m especially excited because this year is my
25th reunion, and I really believe this is going to
be our biggest yet. I’ve spoken to many classmates
who tell me they’ll be coming this year, many of
them for the first time since they graduated.
It’s a great team effort. Several classmates,
including Elizabeth Steinhauser Bray, Mary Curtis
Blair, Nancy Gallagher Jones, and Bruce Keizler,
are working as fellow reunion committee
volunteers and making calls to help get others
involved, too.
So whether it’s your 5th reunion or your
50th reunion, I look forward to seeing you at
Mercersburg for Reunion Anniversary Weekend,
June 10-12, 2011! To learn more about what to
expect, visit www.mercersburg.edu/raw.
Julia Clark MacInnis is a mother of two who
runs her own photography business in Fairfax,
Virginia, and takes time to volunteer for
Mercersburg. Her photography website is
www.juliamacinnisphotography.com.
Mercersburg’s Alumni Council
A Reunion by Alumni, for Alumni
AT THE HEART OF EVERY successful Reunion Anniversary Weekend is the
enthusiasm of alumni who contact fellow classmates and encourage them to
attend the weekend’s events. Alumni Council members encourage these
alumni volunteers to make calls or send emails.
At the upcoming Reunion Anniversary Weekend, June 10-12, class years ending in “1”
and “6” will be celebrating reunions. Relax with friends on Ford Patio, catch up with faculty,
enjoy a walk around campus, and stay in the dorms! Plans include a welcome luau, 5K run,
class photos and dinners, and Q&A with Head of School Douglas Hale about Mercersburg
and the future.
If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for June 10-12, 2011. We look forward to seeing
you at Reunion Anniversary Weekend!
Alumni Council Corner
Are you......A young alum? (Classes of 1992-2010)
...An alum celebrating a class reunion in June?(Class year ending in 1 or 6)
Then you can help Mercersburg secure $100,000! Visit www.mercersburg.edu/truebluechallenge.
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I’M A JEWISH MAN educated at Christian and Catholic schools
who went to work with the government of the Kingdom of Thailand
and ended up his 25 years overseas on a Hindu island in a Muslim
Republic. Mercersburg provided me the base of confidence from
which I was able to go out into the world.”
These are the words of Andrew Ammerman, a member of
Mercerburg’s Class of 1968. A teacher, businessman, and patron of the
arts, Ammerman believes Mercerburg’s influence runs through every
aspect of his life. “I think Mercersburg does a very good job of training
you to do what life may demand of you,” he says.
According to Ammerman, his years at Mercersburg helped him develop
an appreciation for the value of community and the importance of actively
contributing to society. Those values are at the heart of his many
philanthropic efforts on behalf of the school. He has been a member of
the Board of Regents, an Alumni Council member, and a phonathon
volunteer; and he is a member of the McDowell Society of donors.
Ammerman is passionate about broadening students’ horizons, and he
and his mother Josephine have funded many programs at the school that
help expose students to new perspectives and experiences.
In 1999, Andrew and his mother endowed the Ammerman Family
Lecture Series in memory of Andrew’s father, H. Max Ammerman, and
his brother, Stephen C. Ammerman. The series gives Mercersburg
students the opportunity to understand how issues of the day are relevant
to their lives by bringing nationally renowned speakers with unique
viewpoints to campus. The speaker this school year was poet and
MacArthur Fellow Edward Hirsch, who helped students see the power
of poetry as an art form.
Ammerman sponsors several trips each year for Mercersburg students,
faculty, and staff to attend performances at the Arena Stage in
Washington, D.C. “The arts have a civilizing effect on the individual,”
he explains. “It makes us feel a part of something larger than ourselves.”
In addition, Ammerman is the force behind Mercersburg’s
Distinguished Teaching Award for Religious & Interdisciplinary Studies.
This annual award recognizes Mercersburg educators who have
challenged students to address the spiritual, moral, ethical, and artistic
dimensions of their lives, or to bring recognition to special religion
scholars-in-residence.
Ammerman is also a patron of the Fund for the Future of Our Children,
an organization dedicated to promoting peace through the Abrahamic
faiths by nurturing future leaders. Last year, a Mercersburg student
claimed top prize in the fund’s annual essay contest co-hosted by
Georgetown University.
Andrew Ammerman is a shining example of the best of Mercersburg
Academy. His generous contributions of time, talent, and treasure are
helping to ensure that today’s students at the school are equipped to have
an impact on their world, just as he has.
Andrew Ammerman ’68, pictured here with his godsons Craig Collin (left)
and Sean Collin (right), provides opportunities for Mercersburg students to
experience the arts in major metropolitan areas.
Andrew Ammerman ’68 Shows His
Mercersburg
2011 UPCOMING EVENTSApr | 30 Regional Event
Home of Jorge Celaya ’84Baltimore, Maryland
May | TBA Regional EventWashington, D.C.
May | 27 BaccalaureateChapel
May | 28 COMMENCEMENT
Jun | 10-12 Reunion Anniversary Weekend for classes ending in 1 and 6 and the Loyalty ClubOn campus
Jun | 11 50th Birthday Bash for the Class of ’79On campus
Sep | 23-25 Family WeekendOn campus
Oct | 14-16 Fall Alumni WeekendOn campus
Learn more at www.mercersburg.edu/events
Love for VOLUNTEERING
“I think Mercersburg does a very good job of training you to do what life may demand of you.”
and friends of Mercersburg gathered for the annual
Christmas Candlelight Service and Reception in December.
Pictured above are multiple generations of founding
headmaster Dr. William Mann Irvine’s family, including his
grandson, William Mann Irvine Slade (standing, far right).
At right are Kayla Cherry ’11 with her parents, Kathy and Linear.
Marc Strauss ’78 P ’12 plays golf at a
regional event he and his wife, Rhonda,
hosted in Boca Raton, Florida.
Alumni Council
members Jim Zeger ’65,
Carol Furnary Casparian
’79, Nancy Gallagher
Jones ’86, Laura
Linderman Barker ’91,
and Ann Quinn ’84
took in a few holes at
Whitetail Golf Resort
during Fall Alumni
Weekend 2010.
Robert Walton ’57 of Quantico, Maryland, and his
grandson Connor, son of Paige Walton Diskin ’86,
walked in a 5K for Women Supporting Women for
Breast Cancer in Salisbury, Maryland.
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