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EDITOR Van JensenCONTRIBUTORS Marla Goncalves Amy MorrisDESIGN Heather WinkelPUBLISHER Nija Majmudar MeyerMs. Madelyn R. AdamsMr. Gerald R. BenjaminMr. Kenneth L. BlankMr. Ronald M. BrillMr. Mason L. Cardwell ’98Mr. Alfred J. Cole ’80Mr. Michael S. DruckerDr. Russell K. Gore ’93Mr. William H. Gray IVMr. Ryan T. GunnigleMr. Rodney Scott HarrisonMrs. Jo Cranford Hodges ’96Dr. Nancy Howard Jennings ’84Mr. Ben F. Johnson III ’61Mr. Ian Lloyd-JonesMs. Tamara R. Jones ’88Mr. Thomas L. Jones ’69Mr. Gregory S. Lewis ’92Mr. C. Brad Marsh ’77Ms. Mary S. Moore ’87Mrs. Belinda M.J. MorrisMrs. Vicki R. PalmerMrs. Beth H. Paradies Dr. Deepak RaghavanMr. Stephen E. Roberts ’65Mrs. LaKesha RobinsonMrs. Lauren Z. SchlossbergMr. Paul Shailendra ’97Mr. Ricardo L. SimonMr. James E. Sutherland Jr. ’86GOVERNING BOARDWoodward Academy is Atlanta at its very best. We intentionally bring together students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, creating a richer learning community and exceptional academic opportunities. Our students and graduates are caring and compassionate global citizens who are a microcosm of what the world should be. Excellence. Character. Opportunity.Woodward magazine is published twice a year by the Academy’s Marketing & Communications Oce. Contact us at magazine@woodward.edu.Mr. William W. AllisonDr. Thomas J. Busey Jr. ’49Mr. Clarence Davis ’74Mr. A. Adair Dickerson Jr. ’71Ms. Vicki EscarraDr. Daniel S. Ferguson ’68Mr. W. Philip Gramm ’61Dr. Phillip A. Griths ’56Mr. Waldo S. Kennedy ’57Dr. Thomas L. Lyons ’66Mr. Gene W. Milner Jr. ’71Mr. George S. Morgan Sr. ’69Mrs. Marie L. Nygren ’78Mr. Larry D. ThompsonMr. J. Russell WelchOUR MISSIONCHAIRMr. Robert E. Bowers ’74ADMINISTRATIONPRESIDENTF. Stuart GulleySENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AND STUDENT LIFEMarcia Prewitt SpillerVICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS AND AUXILIARY SERVICESLee ConnerVICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENTChris FreerVICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND CFOLouise MannVICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENTNija Majmudar MeyerASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCESChristy BrowneMEMBERSVICE CHAIRDr. Xavier A. Duralde ’76ADVISORY BOARD

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3FROM THE PRESIDENTThe story of Woodward Academy begins with a journey.On a spring morning 121 years ago, Col. John C. Woodward boarded a train in Newnan, Georgia, where he served as superintendent of schools. The train took him to College Park, where he would then walk to a meeting of leading local citizens. In that meeting, a vision was put forward of a new preparatory school—one that the locals recruited Woodward to lead.As Georgia Military Academy opened, more journeys began: The ﬁrst 30 students trekked to campus by train and horse and buggy. This was, after all, eight years before the ﬁrst Model T rolled o an assembly line and three years before the ﬁrst powered air ﬂight took place.Now, journey forward to today. Around us, so much has changed—not far from our campus is one of the world’s busiest airports. Just one transformation among so many in a world reshaped by social, cultural, and technological shifts.The Academy changed as well, in name and in many other ways. We’ve grown in students, campus, and faculty. We’ve grown in our curriculum. We’ve grown in our service. We’ve grown in our inclusivity.It is in understanding and embracing these changes that we recently updated the Woodward Academy mission. It now reads:“Woodward Academy is Atlanta at its very best. We intentionally bring together students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, creating a richer learning community and exceptional academic opportunities. Our students and graduates are caring and compassionate global citizens who are a microcosm of what the world should be.”We look out and see a world in need of engaged citizens, in need of responsibility and accountability and commitment to the hard work of making a dierence. The work we undertake, then, is fostering those qualities in our students so that they will take them forward after commencement, each on their own unique path.This issue of the magazine takes “journey” as its theme, exploring travels both literal and ﬁgurative. The paths of students discovering their strengths and goals. The travels of our alumni, making their mark in the world.This issue also examines the path of Woodward itself. We are on a journey as an institution, one paved, as any worthy journey is, with both challenges and opportunities. While we stand facing forward, toward the future, we embark on this journey while still ﬁrmly tethered to our past. After all, those values we hold as our motto—Excellence. Character. Opportunity.—are values that carry back through our history.They are values ingrained at the very beginning by our founder and namesake, who wrote of education’s need to develop “the whole child in body, mind, and heart” to enable them to “participate harmoniously in the world’s work.”Come, then. Join us.—F. Stuart Gulley, PresidentThe Journey We All Take TogetherKAYLINN GILSTRAP

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WOODWARD SUMMER 20214CONVERSATIONFollow Woodward news across social media channels.@WoodwardAcademy #woodwardwaySOCIALWhile the Woodward magazine comes out twice a year, the conversation among the Woodward community goes on year-round. Here’s a little of that conversation, both in letters sent to us and on posts from social media. It’s a beautiful day for full band! The Concert Band is getting ready to perform for Experience the Arts Day next week. #woodwardway #wabandtogether–@wa_bands We had an amazing afternoon with Bruce McEver visiting artists in residence, VEGA QUARTET and Tchaikovsky. Thanks for your wisdom!–@WAOrchestra I swear this is the best trip thus far. My baby got accepted to Woodward. #woodwardway–@mstyranicole So proud of our @woodwarddebate team on the tremendous success and Huge shoutout to @WoodwardAcademy Debate Coach @cmkcb on her inauguration into the Georgia Forensic Coaches Hall of Fame!!! #woodwardway –@wadeanoffun

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5 I received the Winter 2021 issue of the magazine yesterday. It was with surprise and slight amusement that I saw “From the Archives—Then and Now” on page 14. I was struck by the fact that it didn’t go back far enough for Then. Woodward Academy was a pioneer in the secondary school realm by introducing closed-circuit television in 1966! To my knowledge, it was the ﬁrst in the Southeast.Well before the 1970s, it began with Blonder Tongue, Vidicon tube, black and white (monochrome) turret-lens cameras. The VTR was an Ampex 1” helical scan, also black and white. Some pictures appear on page 29 of the 1967 Grenadier yearbook. I believe the Camera Op pictured with Mr. Farguson in the magazine article is Mark Schonbrun ’67. On page 31 of the 1968 Grenadier in the blazer is Claude Monroe “Scott” McQuarrie III ’68 and Everette Gene Lynch ’68, my roommate junior year. In the studio is (I believe) William Broadus “Bill” Monroe ’68 and Robert O (initial only—no period) Wells ’68, and in the control room, yours truly operating the r/r tape machine.There also was a write-up by Mary Fortson in the Atlanta Constitution, Saturday, January 28, 1967, in the “Lively Living” section. [See below.] I am proud to have been an inaugural crew member of “WATV” under the guidance and talents of Rich Roberts, who encouraged me to pursue broadcasting and also taught me history. With fond memories of my time there,GEORGE MONTIELClass of ’68LETTERS Wow! What a fantastic magazine came in my mail. I have enjoyed it cover to cover and was so pleased to see the quality of each and every part. I am sure it was an eort of many, and I congratulate all of you. ANNE SPRATLINRetired Faculty MemberCORRECTIONThe Winter issue of the magazine included an obituary for Bill Withers ’54. This was an error on our part. Mr. Withers' brother, Pete ’63 died, and there was a misunderstanding when that news was shared with us. Bill remains very much alive, we are glad to share. We very much regret this mistake.A 1967 newspaper highlighted Woodward's new ﬁlm studio.Have something to say?WRITE US A LETTERA comment on an article or a class note to share? Write to us at magazine@woodward.edu.14WOODWARD WINTER 202115 5 YEARS AGO2015Ben F. Johnson III ’61, retired as chairman of the Woodward Governing Board after 33 years. 10 YEARS AGO2010An inauguration was held for President Stuart Gulley on April 15, though he had begun work the previous fall. 25 YEARS AGO1995The 15,000-square foot Carlos Library opened on Woodward’s campus. 50 YEARS AGO1970Woodward added a shiny, new piece of technology: an NCR Century 100 computer, which was used to tabulate report cards, among other programming. 75 YEARS AGO1945As ﬁghting in World War II shifted fully to the Paciﬁc Theater, Georgia Military Academy experienced low enrollment. 100 YEARS AGO1920Colonel John C. Woodward began sending cadets to Hendersonville, N.C., for summer camp at Camp Highland Lake. 120 YEARS AGO 1900Col. Woodward and his wife, Lucile, moved to College Park to open Georgia Military Academy to its ﬁrst students.THROUGH THE YEARSTHEN AND NOW20201970sThe old technology might have gone out of style, but that shay hair cut never will. On the left, two unidentiﬁed students from the 1970s ﬁlm a project in Woodward’s old studio. On the right, students Grifﬁn Sorrow ’23 and Madison Woods ’22 ready for a broadcast.FROM THE ARCHIVES

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8WOODWARD SUMMER 2021they can communicate with those who do not speak.” Her students love it. “It is so powerful and sweet to watch young children following the signs,” Edmondson said. Several years ago, she took the Primary Singers to perform the national anthem at an Atlanta Hawks game, and a third grader who was partially hearing impaired signed along with the singing. “When I asked her about signing at the arena, she took it upon herself to learn and signed so beautifully that night. I still get emotional just thinking about her signing the national anthem.”So, how does signing aect the learning experience for students? “The students are paying better attention to learning the songs,” she said. “It supports their learning process when they sing and sign at the same time. It helps them to practice the ability to keep a steady beat, not to mention kinesthetic learning. It truly helps the students to own a deeper understanding of each song, and it develops understanding of others who are hearing impaired.” Learning to Love Music Through Sign LanguageAbove: Ann Edmondson with students pre-pandemic. Below: lyrics she taught the class.Ann Edmondson’s love for music and her students shines through in everything she does. She’s the force of nature behind the much beloved traditional Primary School holiday performances, which were very much missed this school year. She continues to teach WA’s youngest about music, and much more, by creatively adapting to the demands of our times. This year, she’s been leaning into a technique she has used many times in the past: teaching students to perform using sign language.During the pandemic, music teachers have worked to keep students safe by physical distancing and other techniques. Edmondson encourages students to sing softly facing forward. This year, she also has taught drumming to maintain and follow rhythms, clapping, and signing. “I direct the students to not sing at all but just do the signs with no accompaniment so they can experience the life of the hearing impaired,” she said. “I’ve been teaching several songs with signs since school started.”She selects a song and spends hours teaching herself to sign it, one word at a time, so she can then teach students. She’s been using sign language in her music classes as long as she’s been teaching. “I ﬁnd it very inspiring when the young singers are doing signs for several reasons,” she said. “For instance, I hope to teach my young singers to learn dierent ways to sing and also to appreciate and experience others who are hearing impaired. I teach them that sign language is an actual language such as Spanish and Korean, meaning ONE HEART LOVING/LOVE ANOTHER

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9Practical Leadership 1Leadership can be learned, and this course will provide students a means for ﬁrst understanding themselves before beginning to understand others and how to interact eectively in groups, organizations, and communities. Emphasis of study will center on several themes: (1) relationships as the foundation of leadership; (2) leadership in various capacities; (3) understanding change; (4) making a dierence while thriving personally and with others. Students will spend much of the time in this semester course learning from their own actual leadership experiences. Therefore, it is a requirement that each student hold a leadership position while enrolled in this class, preferably at Woodward. This course is speciﬁcally designed for students in SGA, Peer Leadership, Service Leadership Board, Chaplain’s Council, or who are elected leaders of an active school club or sports team. Syllabus SpotlightWoodward offers a curriculum brimming with challenging, innovative classes. Here’s one that caught our eye.Glenn Warren Jr. ’04, a principal gifts ofﬁcer, at the on-campus clinic.When Georgia opened up its COVID-19 vaccination access to teachers and sta in March, Woodward got some help from familiar faces.Dawn Sasine ’94 is the pharmacist at Tuxedo Pharmacy and Gifts in Atlanta, which her family has owned for 40 years. She had access to the vaccine and reached out to the Academy to oer to run a vaccination clinic.On March 9, faculty members and some sta were able to receive their ﬁrst dose of the Moderna vaccine, with second doses following in early April.“Tuxedo Pharmacy has been hosting clinics for several months now in long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, senior living highrises, and housing developments,” Sasine said. “Because of this experience, we have ﬁgured out the logistics required to run ecient clinics.”Sasine enlisted Mercer University and University of Georgia pharmacy students to assist with the clinics. And then the Woodward nursing sta monitored people post-vaccination to make sure no one had an adverse reaction.Meanwhile, at Woodward North, one family stepped in to help vaccinate faculty and sta.Dr. Shukri Makhlouf and his wife, Yasmine, helped to organize a vaccination clinic, with ﬁrst doses in March and second doses in April. The couple has two daughters at Woodward North, Laila and Natalia.Dr. Makhlouf had pushed to get access to the vaccine at his Sugarloaf Medical practice in order to make it available to the community.“We are thrilled we could help and get us one step closer to being out of the mess of a pandemic,” he said. “We are all here for the school anytime.”Sasine said that as soon as her pharmacy had access to the vaccine, it became her mission to get it out into the community as quickly as possible—meaning right after each shipment is delivered. She partnered with Fulton County in this work.“While the governor has opened access to everyone, there are still seniors and vulnerable populations that have barriers to access,” Sasine said. “We go into these communities and have had tremendous success. On any given week, we have 10 to 15 clinics throughout the county.”It was particularly important to her to partner with schools, she said, so that schools across Atlanta can stay safe and open. But it was a particular joy to come to Woodward, she said.“I am always stunned at how the campus continues to evolve and change,” she said. “The facilities are so impressive. The faculty and sta were incredibly appreciative.” WA Community Helps Faculty and Staﬀ Get Vaccinations

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11In the window of the WA Robotics lab on the third ﬂoor of the Center for Innovation is a sign that reads “Makkerspace.”It’s a play on “maker space,” a term for STEAM-centric places to design, build, and innovate, combined with the name of the Upper School robotics teacher, David Makkers (pronounced “mackers”).Makkers came over this year from the Middle School, and he’s led the club through a challenging pandemic year to experience unprecedented success. WA Robotics is nationally and globally ranked for the ﬁrst time, and after successfully completing two remote competitions, this spring it competed in the school’s ﬁrst-ever GA First Tech Challenge State Championship, with a trip to the national competition on the line.But even more than those achievements, Makkers said he is proudest of the hard work, camaraderie, and innovative spirit that students bring.“The mission of our Robotics club and STEAM initiative is to inspire our students to be STEAM leaders and innovators, by engaging them in mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills that will inspire innovative well-rounded life capabilities,” he said.That has meant months of behind-the-scenes work in the lab, with students collaborating on coding, designing, and manufacturing a variety of robots and drones. For the state championships, they had to build a robot that could shoot out pieces of metal and hit targets in a precisely timed sequence.With the challenges of physical distancing, this was all the harder.“During this time our team has overcome these challenges and found new ways to adapt to ﬁnd success,” Makkers said. “Our students have learned what it means to be dependable, trustworthy, dedicated, and an overall great member of our team, especially in the time of need.”One key priority has been expanding the membership of the club so that it reﬂects the diversity of the overall student body. As Makkers knows from personal experience, people have to be exposed to robotics to see both how fun it is and how much you can grow and learn. His interest in the ﬁeld started when he was young, watching movies like Robocop, Terminator 2, and Transformers.“Robotics to me growing up was like a dream,” he said. “As I transitioned from high school through college, I remained focused on engineering and technology with robotics on the forefront. Upon graduating, I developed a passion for helping our youth in STEAM education and became interested in teaching robotics.”That led him initially to the Lower School, and then to the Middle School and, now, Upper School. In his time at Woodward, Makkers has developed several At the Cutting EdgeCheck out the club on Instagram: @w.a.robotics6925 WA Robotics pushes students to be innovatorscompetitive robotics teams and increased student interest.This year, the club started a panel discussion across campus about diversity and inclusion in technology, a ﬁeld that often lacks diversity.“We want to bring awareness to the dierences that are often overlooked in the technology space,” Makkers said. “Many of our team members also have conducted outreach amongst some of our younger students here at Woodward in hopes of gaining their interest in robotics.”Fittingly, a club member had just completed some quantitative analysis. WA Robotics is now among the most diverse groups on campus. Just one more accomplishment in a year full of them. Above: Robotics teacher David Makkers. At left: Students in the Robotics club prepare for a competition.

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12WOODWARD SUMMER 2021Maddie Smith ’29Lauren Winslow ’25THE ARTS A glimpse at the creative work of students of all grade levels and disciplinesSentencesEach issue, we highlight a piece of exceptional writing from a Woodward student. This issue’s entry is an excerpt from the poem Master of Silence about the famed mime Marcel Marceau by Ella Shutze ’21, which took ﬁrst place in the Upper School’s Cleo Hudson Poetry Awards. (Will Buchanan ’21 took second and Zach Gardner ’22 took third place.)Master of SilenceHe always seemed to be stuck on the invisible tightrope,Hovering slightly above the crumbling earth.He thought mirrors to be selﬁsh, so he never looked into the deceptive glass.Whatever spotlight that shone on him created an even darker shadow behind.One ticket for the intimate spark of touch, another for the unseen dimension to existence.In every performance, silence ﬁlled the room with roars of agony.He waspleading,bleeding,screaming,to be watched, listened to, and analyzed until the audience fell under a trance of tranquility.Only, the audience always left before the third act began.Nicholas Mao ’26Nikhil Palakshappa ’25

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15 5 YEARS AGO2016Global Connections led a historic trip, taking a group of students to Cuba to experience the island’s culture and history. Other trips included Europe, Zambia, Ecuador, and Japan.THROUGH THE YEARS 10 YEARS AGO2011After a heavy January snow, Woodward canceled school for a week. Students—and more than likely a teacher or two—enjoyed time off to sled and have snowball ﬁghts. 25 YEARS AGO1996Per the yearbook, students had begun learning via CD-ROMs, which included “colorful graphics” and other technological wonders. 50 YEARS AGO1971Andrew M. Jackson held the Academy’s most “controversial” role: He was the on-staff barber for boarding students. Hair styles were strictly limited. 75 YEARS AGO1946Georgia Military Academy held an annual Christmas Vaudeville production. With no female students, boys played all roles—the costumes were quite something. 100 YEARS AGO1921Clad in leather helmets, the Georgia Military Academy football team claimed a State Prep championship. 120 YEARS AGO 1901In its second year of operating, now grown to 50 students, Georgia Military Academy had a vegetable garden, hog pen, and a large barn for cows and horses. Also: No running water.At left, a yearbook photo of Ellen Daugherty in the snow storm. Above, Ellen graduated this year.

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18WOODWARD SUMMER 2021Back when she was in Middle School, ninth grader Aneri Patel and her family watched the movie Dangal, an Indian ﬁlm based on the true story of two sisters who wrestled for the national team.Aneri had been active in gymnastics and track and ﬁeld, but she had wanted to try a contact sport. With the movie fresh in mind, the thought hit her: She could wrestle.She approached her civics teacher, Christopher Hardin, who also coached wrestling. He told her that while wrestling is a co-ed sport, Woodward had never had female wrestlers before. Aneri spoke to friends and gathered other interested girls. They started wrestling in eighth grade and then continued as freshmen in the Upper School this year. In February, Aneri was the only freshman to place in the top eight in her weight class at the All-Classiﬁcation Girls State Wrestling Championships. She and fellow freshmen Sophie Zents and Sophia Sangha were the ﬁrst girls from Woodward to ever wrestle in the state tournament. While Aneri worried initially that boys might not welcome the new team members, she said they were friendly and supportive. “Wrestling is a hard sport,” she said. “The team gets really close, supporting each other through intense practices.”Aneri Patel Blazes a New Trail in Girls Wrestling

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19War Eagle Watch talked with Aneri about what it’s like to be female in a male-dominated sport and what she sees ahead for her future.What do you like about wrestling?I enjoy the payo of working hard that comes with wrestling and winning. The coaches instill a sort of strength in us, that no matter what, we never give up. This can be applied everywhere. What accomplishments are you proud of in wrestling?I am proud that I was the ﬁrst female wrestler from Woodward to place at a tournament. In eighth grade, I placed third at a smaller tournament. I’m also proud of making it into the top eight at the girls state tournament and being the last freshman left. There also was another “girls state” under USA wrestling, at which I placed third. What is it like to be a female in a male-dominated sport and to be among the ﬁrst female wrestlers at WA?I think it is a little shocking to people when they ask what sport I compete in, especially since I am a small girl. But overall, it’s not much dierent. We practice with the guys, and have guys and girls tournaments. The only thing that might be dierent is that when there are girls-only tournaments, they are a little smaller because the program is still growing. What are your interests outside of wrestling?I am very interested in math and science. I currently take all honors classes including honors biology and geometry and algebra with transformations, which are my favorite classes. I’m also on the debate team. I have done debate since Middle School, and I placed fourth in the state as a speaker this year. What are your post-Woodward plans? I want to pursue a career in the medical ﬁeld, but I’m not really sure what speciﬁc type yet. Beyond college and medical school, I hope to become ﬂuent in Spanish and learn many other languages. I also want to set up homeless shelters in India to assist with the growing homeless population and try to give the children there somewhat of a similar educational opportunity to what we have been given here.

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22WOODWARD SUMMER 2021MAKING THEIR MARK page 24IN THE WORLDAs we explored last issue, the March 2020 Middle School trip to Europe was the last world travel before the pandemic struck. Now, with the spread of the virus slowing and mass vaccinations taking place, the Global Connections program is making plans to return to the world at large.Trip leaders recently proposed travel for the 2021-22 school year, and of those, seven trips were approved. There will be ﬁve Upper School trips and two Middle School trips. Details remain TBD.UPPER SCHOOL• Japan in March 2022, spring break• Vietnam for leadership and service projects• France to Woodward’s partner school• Costa Rica for the Tropical Environment course• Europe for the chorus performing groupMIDDLE SCHOOL• Costa Rica• England Director of International & Global Connections Stéphane Allagnon said international travel is essential to the Woodward experience because it gives students an opportunity to form a deep understanding of the people and culture of the places they visit.Allagnon quoted the travel writer Andrew Zimmern, who said, “Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what is right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.”Allagnon said, “In the world today, this is so true about our own local communities but also about the world. Our goal is to open the mind of the students and better their understanding of the communities around them.”While the program is resuming travel, the pandemic will leave some permanent changes. One of the biggest ways is in risk management. Being vaccinated for COVID-19 will be mandatory for international travel. Insurance policies also have changed signiﬁcantly.“Woodward was very fortunate because we encountered minimal ﬁnancial loss in 2020 for our trips,” Allagnon said. “We had to cancel travel for more than 200 people, but the International & Global Connections oce does an amazing job making sure that we always have the best coverage.”The lessening of travel restrictions also has a signiﬁcant impact on Woodward’s international students. Of the 24 currently enrolled international students, half were able to go back to their homes. The others have remained in the United States.Those who returned to their homes have been studying virtually for a year, taking synchronous classes. Which means that, in Asia, an 8:30 a.m. class Venturing Back Out Into the World

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23Growing up, Seeta Patel had considered becoming a teacher, then a doctor, then a veterinarian.Even as she struggled for a clear direction, she didn’t panic. Instead, she focused her energy into service work, eventually becoming a Service Leader.“I was always pushed to give every assignment—no matter how big or small—my full eort,” she said. “I realized that, although the path of my future lay in the unknown, I developed a strong work ethic and sense of community to know that wherever I ended up, I would ﬁnd myself successful.”Seeta graduated in 2019 and now majors in biology and minors in Spanish on a pre-dental track at the University of Georgia. “My goal is to spend part of my life in a Spanish-speaking country as a medical professional helping those who do not have access to adequate healthcare,” she saidGrowing up in Douglasville, Seeta said her weekends often were spent on service projects at her mom’s insistence. Then, after enrolling at Woodward in ﬁrst grade, she connected with the ethos of service that runs through the Academy.In Lower and Middle School, she took part in fundraisers for the Jesse Draper Boys & Girls Club, Canned Food Drive, and many others. Then, the summer before her junior year, an opportunity came up that changed her course forever.“I was able to travel to Terranova [Woodward’s sister school], where we spent a week building relationships with the students in Zambia,” Seeta said. “It was at that point when I realized that service was more than just the tangible items we brought with us. It was about the lasting relationships that we made as we spent our days playing soccer with the children, trying their favorite foods, and ultimately forming a bond that will last a lifetime.”Back home, Seeta took responsibility for fundraisers and other beneﬁts for Terranova, including selling carnations on Valentine’s Day, which meant hours in the greenhouse cutting ﬂower stems.Now, that path of service continues, as Seeta is director of networking at Serve UGA, working on projects with partners around campus. “Over the 12 years I spent at Woodward, I was always pushed to be an independent, conﬁdent, and disciplined leader,” Seeta said. “I stand tall in the decisions that I make, and reﬂect upon the individual that Woodward made me.” begins at 9:30 p.m. Those who have remained in the U.S. have continued living with host families while unable to return to their families in their home countries.“We are so grateful that our homestay families were able to accommodate our international students,” Allagnon said. “These students have not seen their families in almost two years, and right now we still do not know if they will be able to go home this summer.”Many U.S. embassies remain closed, leaving people—at Woodward and beyond—displaced, unable to return to their homes. Some universities have canceled study visas for students, meaning they will be unable to go to their planned college. “It is a true humanitarian crisis,” Allagnon said. “The immigration policies that are in place are really limiting travel and study for students. People in general do not understand that when a student decides to study abroad, it is a leap of faith. They become fully committed to that course of study and they understand that they will not be able to go back home—in most cases—to re-integrate their home study program midway through a school year.”Allagnon also noted that international students who are graduating likely will not be able to have their families present, creating another emotional hurdle.“Our international students are very strong and deserve great recognition for what they have achieved during this pandemic,” Allagnon said. A Calling to ServeSeeta Patel ’19GLOBAL CONNECTIONS Woodward’s global reach includes travel opportunities for students, study abroad, and hosting international students. Learn more at woodward.edu/global.

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24WOODWARD SUMMER 2021It was in her senior year at Woodward that Allison Gordon ’07 discovered her passion for adventure. She decided to take a full-ride scholarship to Vanderbilt, which included a stipend for international service work. Before long, she was traveling to Guatemala, working with local people on water issues in the shadow of a volcano. Then she went to Nepal, helping at a school for children with disabilities, while also getting in some climbing. Altogether, she’s visited 32 countries. She also ﬁt in a bicycle trip across the United States, from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine.After medical school, Gordon took a residency at a hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., working in the emergency department. She ﬁgured she could save lives and learn more Spanish in preparation for future trips to South America.Then came her second year of residency, which she knew would be demanding. She just didn’t know it would include a global pandemic that would ﬂood the hospital with sick patients and cut o any possible travel and socializing.“Going to work was a joy, because that’s where I could see people. But it was terrifying at ﬁrst, too,” Gordon said. “It was the ﬁrst time I realized how much risk I was putting myself into.”Soon, an inﬂux of COVID patients came and she was working 60-80 hour weeks in the ICU. Things got so busy that they had to convert closets into patient rooms.“I wore the same N95 for two months,” she said. “They couldn’t get my size in. It was so gross. People are still hoarding masks, because it was so hard to get them.”Every encounter with a patient meant a risk of infection. Several of A Life of Adventure Interrupted by a PandemicAllison Gordon ’07 spent the past year in New Mexico, treating COVID patientsMAKING THEIR MARK Woodward alumni working to improve the world

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25Photos from Allison Gordon's Instagram account, where she documents her far-ﬂung adventures.WHAT I LEARNEDWoodward young alumni in college look back at their time at the Academy and reﬂect on the skills they picked up that are helping them in their university studies.the residents contracted COVID, but Gordon did not. She said her hygiene “was insane.”They tried everything they could. Dierent treatments and approaches. Still, they lost a lot of patients, Gordon said, and the hardest part was families having to stay away, so that people were dying alone. “It’s just horrible.”Though she couldn’t travel, the natural environment of New Mexico allowed Gordon to keep up her active lifestyle. In what little spare time she had, Gordon took to rock climbing at night with a friend. She also would go mountain biking. (Gordon shares photos and videos of her adventure sports lifestyle on a popular Instagram account—@alli__g.)After she and her family all got vaccinations, Gordon returned to Atlanta for the ﬁrst time in 20 months. “We all cried so much when I got home,” she said.She’s hopeful about the future and looking forward to more traveling. She’s also just starting to decide where to go once her residency ends next year.While she wants to travel and practice medicine overseas, she wants to do so in a way that allows her to teach others. Instead of treating one patient, to teach a local doctor who then can treat hundreds.“Sustainable global health is something I care deeply about,” she said. “If I’m going to go to another place, it’s going to be to teach. Maybe I’ll start a clinic down the road, but I don’t know where that would be.”Wherever she goes, she’ll also ﬁnd a way to explore and be active, to live a life of both service and adventure—values she learned at Woodward.“You ﬁnd your passion and you give yourself fully into it, despite what might be thrown at you,” she said. “Because of initiatives like tutorial and the open communication channel that I always had with my teachers, I ﬁnd myself much more willing to approach and talk to my professors, mentors, and advisers than my college peers. This allows for conversations about grades and gives me the ability to build up my network and establish a personal connection with professors, mentors, and advisers.” Olivia Henderson ’19 Syracuse University“The work ethic required to master material in honors and Advanced Placement courses has directly translated to the necessary constant study and gradual learning process of advanced mathematics and theory at Georgia Tech. I’m grateful to Woodward for preparing us so well for rigorous courses.”Aaron Brown ’17 Georgia Tech“I was beyond grateful for taking astronomy my senior year. I ended up taking it as a freshman in college, and I brought my notes. All of my friends wanted to know how my notes were so far ahead. I was like, I’m good. I’ve already taken the class.”Jenna Benedict ’20 Baylor“I was much more prepared than I expected. Woodward really helped me be prepared. You learn how to prioritize your work and keep track of deadlines. And with clubs and sports, you really have to manage your time.”Samantha Humphrey ’19 Northwestern

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27When you ﬁrst come to Woodward Academy, whether as a student, parent, faculty, or sta, soon upon arriving you will hear it. A simple, three-word phrase.“The Woodward Way.”It is both innately known and ephemeral, a phrase that all members of the Woodward family implicitly understand. “Respecting ourselves, each other, our school, and our world is the Woodward Way.”In the following pages, you’ll see stories of Woodward students, alumni, faculty, and sta. Each of them unique, each with their own particular path to and through the Academy. And each of them with their own understanding of the Woodward Way.This is something lived day in and out on campus, an ethos that appears in actions big and small—and often outside the conﬁnes of the classroom or playing ﬁeld. You see it in quiet moments. An older student oering a younger student a moment of mentorship. A coach teaching an athlete the correct way to knot a necktie. Where does this come from? Why is it so deeply ingrained into the DNA of this place? It’s there in the name—Woodward—that harks back 121 years, to the Academy’s founding by Col. John C. Woodward. It was his vision to create a school that educated the whole child and prepared students not just to excel in school, but to be healthy, happy adults, engaged in the work of the world. He envisioned a place that formed good people who could go out and make a dierence in Atlanta and beyond.The Academy’s path has taken it through major transformations in the 12 decades since then. From Georgia Military Academy to Woodward. New buildings, new classes, new sports, a new campus. And, most notably, the integration of Black students and addition of female students.The Woodward of today is more diverse than ever, a full reﬂection of the best of Atlanta. It is a place of innovative learning and intense academic rigor. It is home to championship athletic teams and a nationally renowned arts program. It is a place full of unique—and uniquely talented—students, each of whom came from a unique background and will go on to a unique future. But everyone here shares something, too. We learn the most fulﬁlling way to go about life. We make a commitment to do our best and form a determination to make a dierence in the world.When our paths take us beyond the gate, we all go out and walk the Woodward Way. Entering its 121st year, Woodward Academy steps boldly into the future. We explore the journeys—literal and ﬁgurative—of Woodward students, alumni, and faculty, as well as the journey of the Academy itself.

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29Patrick Kim ’21 came to Woodward in the fourth grade but began riding the bus his sophomore year from the family’s home in Newnan. His very ﬁrst ride would be eventful, as it turned out.Patrick had previously gotten rides to school from his parents, and they had often followed behind Bus 29, which covers the Newnan route. But when work demands intensiﬁed for his parents, Patrick signed on to ride the bus.That day, there was a minor trac accident behind the bus, and the driver, Lynette Stanley, stopped while following safety protocols. Stanley was worried about her passengers, and particularly Patrick, knowing it was his ﬁrst day, so she made an eort to connect with him and reassure him.“Even though it was a somewhat tense experience, I appreciated Ms. Stanley’s sense of humor, because it would serve as a bridge for us to get to know each other better,” Patrick said.“He’s a good, humble young man,” Stanley said. “It’s really been a pleasure driving him on the bus every day.”Over the following three years of commuting together, the two have formed a friendship, talking daily along the route that travels south from the Academy along Interstate 85. Patrick said the 30-minute drive was the perfect length to ﬁnish assignments. Or, if he didn’t have school work, to take a quick nap. Patrick’s mother operates a bakery, and so he also often brought baked goods for Stanley, and he would tell her about learning to bake from his mother.“During the afternoon commute, Ms. Stanley and I would ask each other about our days and any interesting events that occurred,” he said. Stanley, who has been a Woodward driver for 10 years, said she would ask Patrick about playing cello. “He would always carry that big old thing with him on the bus.”This spring, Academy leaders planned a senior surprise to go across metro Atlanta and deliver goodies to all seniors. As they formed plans, everyone knew who needed to deliver Patrick’s gift.So it was Stanley who came to Patrick’s door, and the two shared a nice moment. Stanley called it “bittersweet,” because it meant that Patrick would be graduating soon. Though she’s excited for him to move on and pursue his passions.Patrick will be attending Georgia Tech in the fall and plans to study computer science. While he doesn’t know where his future will take him, he said he hopes to stay in touch with Stanley, to make sure she knows how much he appreciates their time together. A Friendship Made One Bus Trip at a TimeKAYLINN GILSTRAP

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30WOODWARD SUMMER 2021In the moments after Woodward’s varsity girls basketball team won the 2021 state championship, Coach Kim Lawrence ’00 gave a silent prayer of thanks, turned and hugged her brother, and then she looked into the stands.Smiling faces of teachers, sta, friends, and family members shone back at Lawrence, and she realized that many of them had been in the stands 22 years earlier, when Lawrence was a star player on the Woodward 1999 girls state championship team.It was a moment that brought together the strands of what she calls her blessed and lucky life. “It was crazy, as I looked in the stands behind me, it was pretty reminiscent of my junior year and made me realize how truly blessed I am,” Lawrence said.She is the ﬁrst Woodward girls basketball state championship team member to go on to coach a Woodward varsity girls team to the championship, so this year’s win was a historic moment. Lawrence gives credit to the girls on the team and their relationships on and o the court. The team, made up of two seniors, six juniors, and three sophomores, was a joy to coach, she said. “At the beginning of the season, they set a goal of being state champs, inspired by our boys team’s victory in 2020, and they all worked together daily to make it happen,” she said. “I believe the success of this team resulted from the way they interacted with each other o the court. These girls truly love and respect each other. When you can get that kind of chemistry and have them all striving for the same thing, what can be accomplished is limitless. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment we shared.”Joy and gratitude have been constants almost as long as Lawrence has been part of the Woodward community. “My Woodward story started, funny enough, with me not really wanting to be here,” she said. “I wanted to go to school with all my friends from middle and elementary school. My parents chose a dierent route for me, and it turned out to be a great decision. I came Full CircleKim Lawrence ’00 won a state title as a Woodward student, and now claims a second as a coachto Woodward as a freshman in 1996, and it has become like a second home to me. What I learned as a student-athlete has carried me through college, playing basketball overseas, and life in general.”As a student, she took history from Dr. Jonathan Merrill (now Upper School principal and former girls basketball head coach with Lawrence as assistant). Her English classes were taught by Lucy Klein, who, along with her husband, was a constant in the stands in 1999 and 2021. “I still remember a couple of the card tricks I learned in the Magic Club with Coach [David] Widener, and playing basketball for

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31Coach Jim Waller helped make me into the coach I am today,” Lawrence said Lawrence went on to play basketball and major in history at Furman University, then returned home to work for the Atlanta Hawks and the Fulton County District Attorney’s Oce before moving to Holland to play pro basketball for three years. “Throughout that time, I was constantly coming back to Woodward and training or coaching fall leagues.”After her time in Europe, Lawrence worked as a substitute teacher at Woodward until she was hired as a teacher’s assistant, working with her WA 2000 classmate and then third grade teacher Allyson Carroll. She was later Head Nurse Cheryl Minor’s assistant and is now a sta member in the Dean of Students’ oce. Through it all, she coached for the girls basketball program, becoming varsity head coach in 2011. Ten years on and with a state title in hand, Lawrence would love to see continued wins, but she says her primary focus is on being a good role model and graduating seniors with skills they can use to navigate the world and their lives. “I want to be someone who makes their four years of playing basketball fun while also teaching them about the work it takes to be successful in this game called life. I want them to learn how to communicate with others, lead others, and realize what they are capable of individually and collectively,” she said. “I want to be the kind of coach my players know they can always reach out to. I also want next year’s players to have a great season, whatever that looks like for them. I would love to put Woodward girls basketball on the map and give them national attention, but more than that, I want to ensure that each senior leaves knowing that they left a legacy they can be proud of.” Coach Kim Lawrence, in white, hoisting the State Championship trophy with her team.

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32WOODWARD SUMMER 2021Teachers’ Lifelong Friendship Began with Shared Experience of RacismDawn Axam and Jenny Gould met in 1971, in ﬁrst grade at Morris Brandon Elementary. A classmate, “Stacy” (not her real name), had invited them both to her birthday party. Dawn and Jenny had brought their gifts and waited with the other girls as Stacy’s mom arrived to pick them up in her car. After speaking with her mom, Stacy approached Dawn and Jenny and told them they couldn’t come to her party because, “I was a Jew, and Dawn was an N-word,” said Jenny. “She took our gifts and piled into her mom’s car with the other girls. We were left behind, not really understanding why.”Without saying a word, their teacher escorted them to the front oce to call their mothers. “Our moms had spoken to each other, and Dawn was to go home with me, where her mom would pick her up later,” Jenny said. “I remember hearing the tires of my mother’s bright yellow station wagon roll up to a hasty stop on the gravel driveway. First, she had to speak to the principal. ‘Get in the car girls, I’ll be right back,’ she said in a very serious tone. We got into the station wagon, sitting in the big back seat, with our little legs dangling over, not yet reaching the ﬂoor. Dawn and I had just begun our friendship, and we felt an instant kinship that we did not yet understand.”Fast forward to today, and they both teach dance at Woodward, Jenny in the Upper School and Dawn in the Lower School. During Week of Understanding, they shared with Lower School students the story of how their friendship began and how it became an important source of emotional support and artistic inspiration and validation for each of them. They each spent only one year at Morris Brandon, with Jenny moving on to the Galloway School and Dawn to Garden Hills Elementary. Five years later, they met again on the ﬁrst day of eighth grade at Sutton Middle School and then attended Northside High School of the Performing Arts together. They shared a love of dance and performed together in school productions. Learning More About Coach LawrenceWA IS A FAMILY AFFAIRHer father, Rev. Bob Lawrence, retired as Academy chaplain and continues to be part of campus life as a substitute teacher. Her brother, Robert Jr., graduated in 2003. AN ABUNDANCE OF ROLE MODELSTo name a few: Her dad for his outgoing nature and ability to make people feel at ease, her mom for her strong faith, and Dean Anthony Thomas ’98, fellow alum and boys basketball coach who led the boys team to the state championship in 2020. “Dean Thomas and I have pretty much been on the same path since high school, and I’m thankful to work with him. He’s an awesome sounding board and friend. Nurse Cheryl Minor has been like a second mom to me, and I love to watch the love she has for this school and the people here.” Outside of WA, Steve and Debbie Smith have been supporters since he was her elementary school principal. “I am so grateful for their words of wisdom throughout my life, their strong faith in God, and presence at my games.”ONCE A LADY WAR EAGLE, ALWAYS A LADY WAR EAGLE She’s part of a group chat with teammates and former players, which has been ﬂooded with support and congratulations. “I know I said it before but I am so grateful and truly blessed when I think about how many people I still talk to from high school and how we continue to try and support each other in all that we do.”Lawrence on the 1999 title team.

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33“In the winter of our senior year, we went on a college road trip together for auditions, together again in the back of Jen’s mother’s station wagon in the middle of a snowstorm,” Dawn said. Jenny studied at SUNY Purchase, and Dawn enrolled in the dance and theatre program at NYU. After college, they lived and worked in New York City until Dawn returned to Atlanta in 1991 to become director of dance and musical theatre at Tri-Cities Visual and Performing Arts Magnet High School, and Jenny moved to San Francisco in 1994 to join the cast of “Phantom of the Opera.” They remained connected, with Jenny visiting and leading workshops for Dawn’s students at Tri-Cities. In 2000, Jenny moved back to Atlanta and began working for Woodward two years later. Jenny invited Dawn to do workshops and choreograph at Woodward. In 2007, Dawn received her master’s degree in arts and education from Lesley University. A few years later, Dawn invited Jenny to teach with her at the Governor’s Honors Program, where Dawn is the director of dance. In 2010, Jenny also received her master’s from Lesley, and, in 2013, Dawn asked Jenny to be associate director of her company, Axam Dance Theater. The next year, Jenny recommended Dawn for the Lower School dance director position at Woodward. During their presentation to the Lower School, students asked Dawn and Jenny about the moment that brought them together and their feelings about Stacy and her mom. “We are not born prejudiced or racist. That is a taught behavior,” Dawn said. “You can teach hate, but we would rather teach love to everybody. Our parents did not teach us that way, and that is why it was so jarring for us when Stacy said we couldn’t go,” said Jenny.They went on to be high school classmates with Stacy and didn’t blame her.“Even in high school, we weren’t angry with her,” Dawn said. “The experience brought Jenny and I together.”In fact, they didn’t talk with each other about this story through high school, college, and early adulthood, until Dawn’s daughter asked how they met. “We both started to reminisce about it,” Dawn said. Dawn and Jenny said they confronted racism at other times in their lives, but they will not be defeated or divided.“We’ll be friends forever. She’s like a sister to me, and she’s like part of my family,” Jenny said. Dawn added, “As well as mine.” Top: Jenny Gould, left, and Dawn Axam as childhood friends. Below: Dawn and Jenny sharing a moment years later after a performance.

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34WOODWARD SUMMER 2021It was Bridget Silvert’s eighth birthday when the diagnosis came. She mostly was excited about getting to go out for Chick-ﬁl-A and didn't understand what it meant. For Bridget’s mother, Cindy, it was the moment their world changed. Cindy was a preschool teacher and had worked with Bridget on her reading. But it never seemed to help.Then, the diagnosis: Bridget had mild dyslexia, a learning disorder that causes diculty reading because of problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words.“Testing her was the greatest gift we’ve been given,” Cindy said. “At the same time, I was thinking, Will she ever be able to hold down a job? I didn’t know what that meant for her; I was ignorant.”Bridget started working with a tutor, and then , during the 2013-2014 school year, she moved into the Transition Learning Support Program for third grade. Transition classes at Woodward oer smaller student-to-teacher ratios, allowing teachers to cater education to the needs of each student and their learning challenges, while teaching the same college-preparatory curriculum. Eventually, all Transition students are “mainstreamed,” moving into non-Transition classes.Bridget didn’t understand it at ﬁrst. She felt like she was labeled as dierent, and hated that. She credits her closest friends, who were not in Transition but supported her through that time. Eventually, if ever teased for being in Transition, Bridget would just explain what dyslexia is and why Transition was so important to her, rather than becoming angry. Over time, she began to learn more eectively in her classes, and she came to better understand her diagnosis, and she warmed to it. “I really learned what works best for me,” Bridget said of her time in Transition. “I knew how to manage my time better than a lot of my friends.”Cindy had taken a job at Woodward as a ﬁrst grade teacher, but watching Bridget pushed her toward a change. She went back to school to study special needs education. The same year that Bridget went “mainstream,” her mom took a job as a third grade Transition teacher. Cindy now teaches ﬁfth grade Transition.“I love it. It’s my home,” Cindy said. “Knowing how much of a dierence Bridget’s teachers made, now I get to make that dierence for my students.”Bridget graduated in 2019 magna cum laude after taking Advanced Placement and Honors Prep classes. Cindy looks back at how remarkable that progress is, given her early challenge.Now, Bridget is studying psychology and history as an honors student at Mercer, where she also works as a research assistant and recently won the Valerie B. Edmonds Student Research Award. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology.Despite having an accommodation, she still has had to take aside professors who don’t understand dyslexia and educate them about it. She also speaks publicly about learning dierences, sharing her story so that others will see what they can accomplish.“That’s what Transition did, it taught her how to advocate for herself,” Cindy said. “She can go out and change people’s minds.”Above all, Transition teaches you “that it’s OK to be dierent,” Bridget said. “In Transition, you’re able to show the dierent ways that you are intelligent.”Cindy’s ﬁrst group of Transition third graders now are in the Upper School. From a point of struggle, the family has grown and worked to help other students. “We need to help these kids fulﬁll their amazing potential to make a dierence in the world,” Cindy said, “so that they say, ‘I am a good student, and I can do anything.’” ‘They’ve Found Their Place. They Belong.’Woodward’s Transition Learning Support Program helps students with learning differences ﬁnd their voice

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36WOODWARD SUMMER 2021While visiting Spain with his parents, Mateo Rubio Luengo—then 6 years old—ﬁrst watched a car race. Immediately, he was pulled in by the zooming vehicles, roaring engines, and cheering fans.He watched racing more and more, and ﬁnally his parents helped him join a kart racing team, where he worked together with a mechanic and started not just competing but winning.Racing karts have 23 horsepower and can run up to 8,500 RPM and hit a top speed of about 60 mph. That might sound terrifying, but it’s a thrill for Mateo.“The thing I enjoyed the most about racing was being able to be by yourself knowing that you control what you do, and knowing that if you do your best, you will get the result you are looking for,” he said.Fast forward to this year, and Mateo, an eighth-grader in the Middle School, competed in the 2020 Capri Tools U.S. Rotax Grand Nationals at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mateo won the Super Heat and came in second in the 16-lap main event, which earned him a spot on Team USA.That earned him a spot in the Rotax Grand Finals in Portugal in January of this year.“Taking part in nationals was one of the most exciting and nerve-racking moments of my life,” Mateo said. “I knew that those races could change my life in so many good ways. Nationals were such a great experience for me because I learned how to adapt to situations much quicker and anticipate things more.”At the moment, Mateo has decided to take a break from racing. He had a couple of accidents, and it made him realize that he might have been pushing too hard, taking too many risks.The silver lining is that this has allowed him to participate in more aspects of life at Woodward. He said he was initially drawn to the Academy by all of the friends he knew attending.“The experience at Woodward has been great,” Mateo said. “The classes are amazing, and all of the teachers are super fun and nice. The culture here at Woodward is just so dierent from other schools, because everyone is dierent from one another, so everyone has something to add.”But, rest assured, he’s still keeping up his speedy ways. Now, it’s just on the ﬁeld, where he joined the Middle School soccer team.“My favorite part about the soccer team is just being teammates with the rest of the players. We grow closer together, and we make jokes with one another, and that’s what makes the whole team thing great,” he said. The Fast LaneMiddle School student Mateo Rubio Luengo likes to move fast, whether on the racetrack or the soccer pitchMateo Rubio Luengo, left, after winning a race.

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39Interested in taking part or joining as a committee member or volunteer? Contact us at alumni@woodward.edu.ALUMNI BRIEFSLaunching WA ConnectWe are excited to launch WA Connect—your one-stop shop to leverage the vast Woodward network through mentorship, connection, and job opportunities. Visit woodward.edu/waconnect to access this exclusive platform!Despite Big Chill Cancelation, Fundraising ContinuesOver the past decade, the Big Chill has become a beloved February tradition for Woodward Academy—a time to celebrate and reconnect at some of our city’s great venues, like the Porsche Experience Center, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and SunTrust Park. Because of the uncertainty the pandemic created, we made the dicult decision to cancel our event for 2021. We missed being together, but the Big Chill has always been more than a party. Thanks to many alumni and past sponsors for contributing $25,000 (and counting) in support of need-based student ﬁnancial aid.CALENDARThe Alumni Oce hosts frequent virtual and, soon, in-person events for Woodward alumni. Upcoming events are listed, with signup available, at woodward.edu/alumni/events.Oct. 1-2Homecoming & Reunion WeekendNov. 11Veterans DayTBDAthletic Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyAbove and at left, photos from previous Homecoming events. The 2020 Homecoming festivities were canceled because of the pandemic.

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WOODWARD SUMMER 202140A Memory of a Map, A Van, and the Open RoadGMA MEMORIESIt was 1961 at Georgia Military Academy. Mrs. Pearl Todd taught ﬁfth grade social studies. I had never been in ﬁfth grade before, and I had never been in a social studies class before, so I had no idea what to expect. When she handed out a map of the United States with state border lines but no words and told us to learn the names of all the states—there were two new ones—and their capitals, I was on it: I knew many of them from a drive across America with my parents in 1959. Then she gave us a similar map of the world with lines and no words. So, I learned it, too.Fast forward 12 years. I had graduated and headed to college at the University of Georgia when I decided a break was needed, so I went to Europe.First stop, Italy, where I was a hippie in a Volkswagen camper. Then, on a lark, I took a ferry from Italy to Greece. I had no map, no dictionary, no visa. I followed signs to Athens, spent some time there, and then it was time to go back. I just didn’t know the way.But, then I remembered Mrs. Todd’s world map. North of Greece was... Bulgaria, capital Sophia. Iron curtain notwithstanding, I went on to Bulgaria. Then to Albania, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Liechtenstein. These were all places where no one else spoke English, and most of them had never seen a 6-foot, 4-inch American with long hair! I ordered food based on smell and slept wherever I parked. A half bottle of wine and a half loaf of bread for dinner meant the same for breakfast. What a trip.Each morning I would locate the sun, ﬁgure out the proper direction, and head that way. I spent six weeks navigating just by the sun—and the memories of Mrs. Todd’s map—before I returned to Germany, where I had access to a dictionary, a map, and a visa. Thank you to Mrs. Todd. Without her, who knows where I would’ve ended up? —John Longino ’69Have a GMA memory to share? Email us at magazine@woodward.edu.Longino and his then girlfriend during his 1973 European travels.Volunteer with the Alumni OﬃceOur alumni volunteers are the driving force behind getting alumni engaged and encouraging participation in The Woodward Alumni Fund. Reunion Volunteer—As a reunion volunteer you will play an important role in making Homecoming & Reunion Weekend fun and memorable for your class. We are looking to you to help encourage your classmates to return to Woodward, reconnect, and make Homecoming & Reunion Weekend a success. We are currently seeking volunteers for Classes ending in 0s, 1s, 5s, and 6s, i.e. 2006, 2005, and 2001.Class Delegate—You will serve as the link between the Alumni Association and members of your graduating class by providing updates on alumni news and events and rallying your classmates during 1 Day for WA. Speak to Students—Join us virtually to speak to a student club or class assembly to share your college and career experiences.If you are interested in volunteering with the Alumni Ofﬁce, please contact alumni@woodward.edu or 404.765.4042.PETER HOEY

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41SUPPORTING WALike Alok Deshpande ’94, many Woodward alumni stay in touch with classmates and friends throughout their lives, some of them almost daily.But life is busy and time ﬂies past, so WA makes it easier each spring with the 1 Day for WA campaign, when alumni volunteers take to text and social media to reconnect with friends and encourage them to give to The Woodward Alumni Fund. Deshpande, president of the Alumni Board, was one of them. “The beauty of 1 Day is that it’s a singular event we can all rally around,” Deshpande said. “People have so much going on in their lives. It’s just incredibly powerful to have that one day to rally around our school and contribute and reconnect.”Deshpande has always kept in regular touch with 15 to 20 Woodward friends and views them as important to his life and happiness. Along with the academic foundation WA provided, those relationships are among the reasons he continues to give back. “I went to Woodward, along with my sisters and cousins, and the school has played such a massive role in our success long term. Our son, Deven, is now a freshman in the Upper School.”After college at Emory University and grad school at Harvard Business School, Deshpande spent a decade in consulting with Bain and Co. before starting his own Atlanta-based company, SmartPath, which provides personal ﬁnance education and coaching. He and his wife, Nina, set up a monthly auto draft to give to The Woodward Alumni Fund. “It made it signiﬁcantly easier to give consistently. We want to be supportive of the school on an ongoing basis. One-time gifts are great, but having consistency in the giving can be such a huge advantage for the school,” he said. Whether one-time or recurring, every gift counts, he said.“I really believe that having alumni 1 Day for Alumni to Reconnect & Give Backparticipation and a reconnection into the school are what give the school the ability to innovate,” Deshpande said. “Having alumni participation speaks volumes to school administrators, leadership donors, students, and other alums. It really isn’t about how much you give at all. It’s simply being part of the community in a way that’s right for you.”For the Deshpandes, this year it felt right to designate their gift to Woodward’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. “Woodward is ahead of other schools in this area, but still there’s a lot of work to do. I think we can really stand out as a beacon for DEI in independent schools nationally. I’d like to see the Academy continue to build on this work.” 1 Day for WA Crushes It! Held March 24, 2021534alumni donors (surpassing 500 goal) $71,924raised for Woodward studentsClasses with highest participation: 1999(38 donors)2003(35 donors)2009(32 donors)2015(24 donors)2004(23 donors)Range of class years participating: 1964 to 2020Alumni can still join their classmates in rallying around The Woodward Alumni Fund by giving at woodward.edu/alumnifund.Alumni Board President Alok Deshpande ’94.

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WOODWARD SUMMER 202142You can contribute online to The Woodward Fund at woodward.edu/giving or by returning the enclosed reply card. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Naylene Felt, Director of Annual Giving, at naylene.felt@woodward.edu or 404.765.4036. This year, The Woodward Fund provided vital resources to keep our community safe and healthy and enhance technology for remote learners. As of press time, we were within reach of our $2 million fundraising goal, but it’s not too late to give if you haven’t already. A gift of any size will show the world that everyone in our community is “all in” for Woodward Academy.Michael and Laura Drucker are chairs of The Woodward Fund and parents to Sam (Class of 2018) and Evie (Class of 2022). “It’s important for everyone to participate because it shows our collective commitment to our students, faculty, and sta,” Mr. Drucker said. “Tuition does not cover everything that Woodward oers, so no matter the size of the gift, your support for The Woodward Fund enables us to oer our students the very best.”The Druckers have served as chairs of The Woodward Fund for the past several years. “We’re dedicated to Woodward Academy and believe that we have an obligation to give not only ﬁnancially but also through the time we volunteer to make The Woodward Fund successful,” Mr. Drucker said. “Woodward has an amazing group of committed professional sta and volunteers, and we are proud to serve alongside them.”We Couldn’t Have Done it Without You! THE WOODWARDGMAALUMNI ASSOCIATIONWe exist to serve and engage our alumni community by cultivating a mutually beneﬁcial relationship between the Academy and its alumni that reaches far beyond the student experience. Our oce is located in the Ann and Ben Johnson ’61 Center on Main Campus. Contact us at 404.765.4042 or alumni@woodward.edu. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORSEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENTAlok Deshpande ’94PRESIDENT-ELECTSuzanna Sanchez ’00SECRETARYJulie Davis Couch ’88TREASURERDanny Bernstein ’03PAST PRESIDENTJustin Alexander ’99DIRECTORSMatt Brill ’91Barrett Cornelius ’09Riah Greathouse ’03Virginia Serrato Johnston ’78Christy Morrison ’83Torrance Mosley ’94Ryn Pollard ’05Tiany Turner Reynolds ’98Jennifer Welch Rueter ’04Matt Wilson ’99YOUNG ALUMNI COUNCILErik Benjamin ’14Justin Berger ’17Leo Falkenstein ’09Tucker Grin ’12Kelly Guest ’13Alexandre Hurley ’18Nancy Hogan McFerrin ’11Dorrie Paradies ’10Christian Raver ’15Becky Clapes Sweet ’10Woodward Fund supporters can directly target personal areas of concern or passion: ¢ Arts ¢ Athletics ¢ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ¢ Faculty Support ¢ Financial Aid ¢ Health and Safety ¢ Student Experience ¢ Technology ¢ Transition Program ¢ Where Woodward Needs It Most

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43ANDREW THOMAS LEEWEDDINGS page 50 EAGLETS page 51 PASSAGES page 52CLASS NOTESWhen Ronald Hsu ’00 named his Atlanta restaurant “Lazy Betty,” it was a play on the name of his indefatigable mother, Betty Hsu, who ran the Hunan Village chain of restaurants. Betty died in May 2019, but her name lives on in the Candler Park eatery, which was named a ﬁnalist for a James Beard award. Ronald’s siblings, Howard ’95 and Anita Hsu Wilson ’98, are partners in the business and fellow Woodward alumni.You have a young child, right? How does that mesh with running a restaurant?I’m perpetually tired. I’ll sleep for 12 hours and wake up tired.What memories stand out from Woodward?It wasn’t the classes as much as the teachers. My third grade teacher, Wenda Collins, was the favorite teacher I ever had. My mom put all the money she made into our education. One winter we didn’t have money for a new coat. I got a write up at school. My French teacher asked me about it, and I told her the truth. She let me serve three hours of detention in 30 minutes. It made me feel cared for. They nurtured a culture of camaraderie. There were three or four Asian students in my class. I went to a public middle school, and the environment was very dierent. A lot of racism and segregation. I never felt that at Woodward.A Mother’s Legacy Lives on in Ronald Hsu’s Latest RestaurantYou had a lot of success in New York’s food scene. What brought you back?Part of the reason I chose to come back is I always wanted to push the boundaries and push the food scene forward. Atlanta made me who I am. My mom made her home here. It was a way to give back to the city. And the city has reciprocated that a lot. The success we’ve had is tremendous. It’s great to feel that community support.You describe Lazy Betty as “dining ﬁne,” rather than ﬁne dining.Atlanta values the relationships you build, the conversation, not just a business approach. I feel like, because the city values those attributes, it helps us push forward our dining. We don’t have white linen. We don’t have people in fancy suits. But we oer a very good experience. Very high quality food and wine. And our service is on point. We just take the pretentiousness out of it.You’ve always had a reputation for experimentation. Does Lazy Betty aord you space for creativity?Being able to do a tasting menu as opposed to an a la carte menu was a big thing. The decision our customers have to make is coming through the door. The rest is on the restaurant side. We give them a dierent experience—one they haven’t had. Information on Lazy Betty is at lazybettyatl.com You can follow Hsu on Instagram: @chefhsu You also can ﬁnd Hsu on the Netﬂix cooking series “The Final Table”

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44WOODWARD SUMMER 2021SHARE YOUR NEWSSubmit your big news at woodward.edu/alumni/connect or email alumni@woodward.edu.1972Amrey Harden was recently elected to the Board of Commissioners in Oconee County, Georgia. His last elected position was in 1976 when he served three terms as the mayor of Watkinsville, Ga. Carmen Garcia Leer retired as pharmacy director from Ascension St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville in February. Carmen has served the clinicians and co-workers there for the past 43 years.Baker Stearns retired from Delta Air Lines on Sept. 1, 2020, after more than 45 years in Flight Operations. Prior to retirement, he married Amy Williams in Great Falls, Virginia. The couple lives in Tyrone, Ga., and they both love to travel and meet often with family and friends.1983Col. Timothy Mallard, Ph.D., has been appointed the director of Ethical Leader Development and college chaplain at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. In 2020, he served as senior editor of A Persistent Fire: The Strategic Ethical Impact of World War I on the Global Profession of Arms, published by the National Defense University Press in Washington, D.C.1985Whitney Dugue Zion wrote that her business remains in South Carolina, and she splits time between there and Phoenix, where she and her husband recently sold their home but have a condo. The couple and their dog are happy with the new situation, she reported.1988Winnie Wilkins Thompson and her colleagues in North America Medical won the Inclusion & Diversity Champion award at the NAM Summit this spring. In May, in response to the George Floyd murder, Thompson wrote tailored statements addressing systemic racism and injustice internally and externally. She joined two existing task forces: Increasing Inclusion & Diversity in Clinical Trials and the Trusted Messengers Pilot Project in Atlanta, which is addressing the impact of COVID-19 in the African-American community. She has worked to establish a partnership with the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development at Clark Atlanta University. 1989Derek Grith, Ph.D., has been selected to lead the new Racial Justice Institute at Georgetown University. The Racial Justice Institute will serve as a hub where scholars, activists, and thought leaders work across the academic, policy, and advocacy spaces and serve as a place to seed and inspire the next generation of scholars and leaders addressing the vestiges of enslavement and well-being of Black, Indigenous, and people of color. 1990Katherine Smith, professor of art history at Agnes Scott College, has published The Accidental Possibilities of the City: Claes Oldenburg’s Urbanism in Postwar America with the University of California Press.1992LaTanya Tripp Simmons has been chosen as a recipient of the 2021 Risk and Insurance Magazine Power Broker Award representing Aon in the private client industry segment. She also is excited to join in the work of the Private Risk Management Association as a trustee, and she serves as the co-chair of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force. 2002Heather Ripley was elected partner at leading national and international law ﬁrm Alston & Bird. Based in New York, her practice focuses on federal and international tax. Heather also is a newly named board member of VOLS, a pro bono legal services organization serving New York City.2003Bette Ann (Schlossberg Fialkov) is the director of Inﬂuencer Marketing & Entertainment Events at Lyft. She leads all inﬂuencer campaigns, celebrity partnerships, and entertainment event partnerships. Prior to Lyft, she worked at Google for more than six years, ﬁrst managing all lifestyle/fashion partnerships on Google+ and then managing celebrity and inﬂuencer partnerships across hardware. She launched Google’s ﬁrst white glove concierge program, ﬁrst micro-inﬂuencer community for hardware, and patented Shoppable Hangouts on Google+. Bette Ann currently lives in Miami Beach with her husband and dog.

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45PARENTS OF ALUMNIIf this issue of the magazine is addressed to your child who no longer maintains a permanent address at your home, please get in touch to update their mailing address by emailing alumni@ woodward.edu or calling 404.765.4038.Riah Greathouse was honored as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star. In addition to this honor, Greathouse Trial Law, LLC, was recognized as 2020’s fastest growing small law ﬁrm in the nation, according to Law Firm 500.2005Lisa Miller has joined GROW Counseling, a private practice in Buckhead, where she focuses on bridging the gap between home and school as a child and family therapist. Lisa’s specialties include learning disabilities, play therapy, and trauma. 2008Kiran Bhat is a global citizen raised in Jonesboro, Ga., to parents from Karnataka, India. An avid traveller, Bhat has been to 135 countries, lived in 20 cities across the world, and speaks 12 languages. He is primarily known as the author of the novel we of the forsaken world… but he has written books in four other languages, and he is currently working on a streaming novel that will take place in 365 places all across the world—Girar. His writing has been published in esteemed literary journals like The Kenyon Review, PANK, and The Caravan. In his spare time, he curates digital events and panels, partnering with organizations based in the U.S., India, Australia, the United Kingdom, and China. Follow him on Instagram @riveroope_2321, and on Twitter @WeltgeistKiran.2009Leo Falkenstein and his team at Consume Media were ranked number 15 on the 2021 Bulldog 100, which recognizes the fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by University of Georgia alumni each year. Consume Media also was placed on the 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Pacesetters Awards List, which recognizes Atlanta’s fast-growing businesses.Marshall Mosher is a 2015 graduate of the University of Georgia, where he completed a triple major in biology, psychology, and economics along with a master’s in public health administration. After graduation, Marshall participated in a summer at NASA and Google at the Silicon Valley technology incubator Singularity University in their annual Global Startup Program. Marshall combined his passions for public health and action sports with the founding of Vestigo. With clients like CNN, Home Depot, and EY, Vestigo utilizes the mental performance-enhancing power of adventure sports to create real and virtual-reality-based experiences that train teams. Marshall is an avid action sport athlete.£ Nicholas Widener and his brother Andrew Widener ’04 co-authored their ﬁrst book. The book is a photo-genealogical exploration of their ancestral origins in the Black Belt region of Alabama. The dead mingle with the living in this fraternal odyssey from the past into the present. Andrew is a genealogist at Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in Washington, D.C., and Nicholas teaches ﬁlm studies at Woodward. Both Sides of the Old Road is available to pre-order at aint-bad.com.2010Jordan Johnson marked her ﬁve-year anniversary at the Houston Zoo—one of the top 10 zoos in the country. She was a marine biology major at Northeastern University, and in her last year completed a Three Seas program which took her to Cape Cod, Mass., the San Juan Islands in Washington state, and the east coast of Panama. She started as a bird keeper and transferred to the veterinary clinic, where she cares for sick animals, handles uncared for babies, and helps with animals that can’t handle the cold and have to be brought into the vet quarters for warmth and care—including baby goats from the petting zoo and

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46WOODWARD SUMMER 2021an elderly dog that hangs out with the elephants.Joe Ripley is a journalist at the NBC aliate 11Alive in Atlanta. Joe fell in love with broadcast journalism at the University of Georgia, where he engaged in a variety of student-produced newscasts, participated in the university’s sportscasting and radio programs, and graduated in 2014. Joe got his professional start as a digital content producer in 2015 at the CBS aliate in Columbus. In 2017, Joe moved to Greenville, S.C., and became weekend anchor and led breaking news coverage for the TODAY Show. In October 2020, Joe returned to his hometown of Atlanta. Joe recently married Hannah Ripley, whom he met at Georgia State University. 2011£ Mustafa Abubaker, originally from Queens, N.Y., ﬁrst explored ﬁction writing in 2007 with Cloud Var Stories. He wrote and published his ﬁrst book, The Surrogate, in 2009. It received critical acclaim and recognition from Deepak Chopra, NPR, Big Boi, Kid Cudi, Big Sean, Northside Neighbor, and others. He was then hired to write a series of 10 one-thousand-word stories called Letting Everything Go for Tyler, the Creator’s iOS app Golf Media from 2016 to 2017. Mustafa has contributed to Rolling Stone, Complex, Pigeons & Planes, Atlanta Magazine, ELEVATOR, Mass Appeal, ARTS ATL, Creative Loaﬁng, and more. His new book, We Are Also Home, is out now. He recently earned his master’s degree in professional writing from Kennesaw State University.2012Grace Mandl left her footwear design job to pursue her dream of painting full time as a working artist. She recently launched her ﬁrst collection, which can be seen at gracemandl.com. 2013Iman Ali received a master’s degree in public health from Boston University, concentrating in global health studies, and now is working on neuropsychiatric research in African populations at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute at MIT. Cali Callaway is a fourth-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. She attended the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow, studying biology with a concentration in neuroscience and artiﬁcial intelligence. She is passionate about research in traumatic brain injury, health equity, and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She is applying for residency in neurology with the aim of becoming a neuro-intensivist.Blake Johnson works for the Atlanta Hawks in the CSR department, and does community outreach with Boys & Girls Clubs around Atlanta. She serves as a public face of the Hawks kids basketball camps, which went virtual amid the pandemic. She created her own program called Lady Ballers, a girls-only basketball camp to encourage girls to participate in sports.Benjamin Russell is an assistant superintendent for H.J. Russell & Company. Benjamin is responsible for managing successful construction, project schedules, and budgets while sustaining client relationships. He is overseeing the City of Stockbridge’s $18 million amphitheater project. He is the co-chair of the Woodward Black Alumni Association networking committee and co-chairs the yearly Russell Rocks the Block community event, which supports the aordable housing community.James L. Walker III is an associate in the corporate group at Paul, Weiss, Riind, Wharton &Garrison’s New York oce. A native of Washington, D.C., he graduated cum laude from Howard University and graduated top of his class from Howard University School of Law. He also is president of J. Walker Realty, a role he inherited Tell us what you’re doing!SHARE YOUR NEWSMoved to a new city? Started a new job? Published a book? Submit a class note so that we can include your accomplishments in an upcoming issue of the Woodward magazine. Submit your big news at woodward.edu/alumni/connect or email alumni@woodward.edu.

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47from his father. J. Walker Realty provides o-campus housing to numerous university students, and will continue supporting the collegiate community. James Walker Enterprises has pledged to give at least 10 Howard students book scholarships every year, up to $1,500 each. Olivia Washington toured nationally as part of Paw Patrol Live from 2016-2018, and then moved back to New York City, where she began doing voiceover work, including on the SoFi TV campaign. She is now the voice of Dunkin’ Donuts, with her voice on every radio and TV ad. She also has worked with realtor.com, Arm & Hammer, Best Buy, GrubHub, Roscato Wine, Wrangler Jeans, a conﬁdential Nickelodeon project, and most recently Kohl’s. ¤ Collin Silliman was admitted to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine class of 2025. He was a 2020 graduate of Georgia College and State University, with a major in psychology and minors in biology and chemistry. Outside the classroom, Collin was a two time All-Conference runner, an All-Region selection in 2018, and GCSU’s ﬁrst male runner to qualify for the NCAA D-II National Championships. He holds the records in the 8K and 10K at Georgia College.Jessica Vass started a job as an associate photography producer at Publicis Groupe ad agency in Chicago, producing photo shoots for clients like Aldi, Knob Creek, and Barbie. Her best friend from Woodward, Soraya Kelly ’15, also lives and works in Chicago and works as an internal wholesaler for First Trust.2016Jakari Harris was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for her research as part of her Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech/Emory Medical School. 2017£ Morgan Brinson will begin a postgraduate program at Rice University in Houston after she graduates from American University to pursue a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. Despite American not having an engineering program, Brinson created her own degree combining biomedicine and physics. Outside of her classes, Morgan founded a company, AleXandria Technology, through the American business school’s entrepreneurship incubator. She is developing a new device that would aid in the recovery of ACL tear injuries. She also has worked in the Design and Build Lab as a creative and technical specialist, helping students, faculty, and sta with 3-D printers, lasers, and other technology. Her interest in the ﬁeld was kindled at an early age at Woodward, where she took part in the Odyssey of the Mind program. Morgan also is a key member of American’s soccer team.Makenli Forrest, a University of Louisville senior, captured the 2021 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw title on her ﬁnal attempt with a heave of 23.26 meters. The mark also is a school record. “I’ve always wanted to be national champion, but I never expected to see the day,” 2015Lindsey Johnson double majored at Chapman in corporate strategic communications and advertising. After a summer internship, she began a full time job with VaynerMedia and recently was promoted to senior media analyst. She works on the Lyft account and has been involved in research work to land new clients. She lives in Redondo Beach, a low-key beach community south of Los Angeles, and is learning how to surf.

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48WOODWARD SUMMER 2021Forrest said. Forrest, who earned her third straight All-America honor, posted a runner-up ﬁnish in the 2019 NCAA Championships, and was preparing to compete in the 2020 championships when the event was canceled because of the spread of COVID-19. £ Julia Giannesch, a member of the Duke University women’s fencing team, earned a silver medal in individual women’s foil at the 2021 ACC Fencing Championships. As co-captain, she also led Duke to its ﬁrst-ever ACC Championship. The team moved on to the NCAA Championships, where it came in third.Joy Howard graduated summa cum laude from Howard University.Jalen Polk, a fourth-year economics major in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, was one of ﬁve recipients of the 2021 President’s Fulﬁlling the Dream Award, which acknowledges students, faculty, sta, and Athens community members who honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jalen is president of the Black Male Leadership Society and has served as a member of the University of Georgia Presidential Task Force on Race, Ethnicity, and Community. As part of the Leadership Society, he led an initiative to mentor children at Clarke Middle School.2019Arik Duncan scored a goal in his debut in the Spanish soccer league, playing for Unión Deportiva Vall de Uxó, and delivered an assist in his second game. In his ﬁrst game, it took just four minutes for the 19-year-old to score his ﬁrst goal. In the fall of 2020, Arik was invited to attend the International Development Academy, based in Valencia, Spain, to pursue a six-month soccer training program. Arik speaks near-ﬂuent Spanish. He hopes to qualify as a medical doctor specializing in sports medicine.£ Jacob Willis received Top Gun, or best math student, in multivariable calculus at the United States Military Academy, where he has an intended major of physics and space science. Jacob has had exciting opportunities such as giving a tour of the West Point Observatory to the Space Force general.2020Eric Malever, of the University of Maryland, twice was named Big Ten Lacrosse Freshman of the Week in 2021. He recorded a career-high four points (one goal and three assists) in Maryland’s 19-12 win over then-ranked No. 4 Rutgers. He led the Terrapins with three assists and scored the ﬁrst goal of his career in the win. ¤£ Samantha Hasen founded Medsur Inc. as a sophomore at Georgia Tech and has been developing it while taking classes. Last year, she developed BCase, a ﬁrst-of-its-kind accessible, discreet, and secure birth control storage that attaches to the back of a phone. The invention earned her a spot in the ﬁnals of the InVenture Prize, held at Georgia Tech, and she launched a successful Kickstarter to support it.

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49After graduating from Woodward in 2004, Callie Dauler was dead set on a career in the music industry. She went to Belmont College so she could be in Nashville, and then her dreams came true with a big internship. And, “I hated every second of it,” Dauler said. Since then, she has returned to Atlanta and started up a thriving podcast, “The Upside,” with her husband, the former radio host Je Dauler. The couple welcomed a daughter, Elizabeth "Ellie" James in November 2020.How dierent is your life and career from what you expected? Never in a million years did I think I’d be in front of a mic instead of behind the scenes. It’s still a weird thing to me.Where did the podcast’s name come from? The upside is the positive aspect of a bad situation and that’s exactly what our show was. Three months after we suered a miscarriage, Je was ﬁred and it felt like our entire world was upside down. Three months after that, we launched our show the same week as our baby would have been born, completely by accident. The business we started is our Upside.What aspects of the podcast are you most pleased with?Our community of listeners is out of this world. When Je lost his job, we hoped some of his listeners would continue to follow his career, but we never expected in our wildest dreams that they would come together in the way that they have. We had zero clue that even after nearly two years of our daily Finding the ‘Upside’ in Life with Callie DaulerMORGAN HAYES PHOTOGRAPHYTune in to “The Upside with Callie and Jeff” at callieandjeff.com.Follow Callie on Twitter and Instagram: @calliedaulershow, tens of thousands of people would listen to us every day. In our ﬁrst year we charted on iTunes and were nominated for two People's Choice Podcast Awards. As of April we've been No. 1 on Podcast Magazine's Hot 50 chart for 10 consecutive months in a row. We wanted to ﬁnd the upside in our year of loss alongside the community of people around us and decided the way to do that was to be vulnerable. The result is that other people feel comfortable being vulnerable and that's what has built such an amazing community. The common thread between the two of us and all of our listeners is the desire to make our world and the world around us a little brighter and ourselves a little better one day at a time. We are all a work in progress. Sure, we all want to have perfectly happy, positive lives but that's intangible. What is tangible is imperfect positivity: wanting a more positive life, screwing up in the process and learning how to move forward in a positive direction despite our imperfections. What are your ambitions for the years ahead?Je has been mentoring two other podcasts for about a year with tremendous success. In December we launched a new branch of our company to help businesses with an existing audience develop podcasts. Our ﬁrst client is a global brand and we've turned their thoughts about starting a podcast into a reality. Their podcast launched in May and we've loved helping them craft this new component of their brand. Je has 27 years of experience as an on-air talent and executive producer in broadcasting, and I bring 15 years of managing talent to the table so we make a great team. I'm really looking forward to developing more shows under our brand.

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WOODWARD SUMMER 202150GETTING HITCHED? Send us a note and photo and we’ll include the happy news in the next issue of the Woodward magazine. EMAILalumni@woodward.eduONLINE woodward.edu/alumni/connectWEDDINGS1 24 51 Emily Oxford ’12 married Christopher Lemcke on Dec. 5, 2020, on the snowy shores of Lake Tahoe, California. The couple resides in the Bay Area, where Emily works as a nurse at Stanford Children’s Hospital. 2 Lauren Bernstein ’96 married Michael Raday on Oct. 3, 2020. They were planning on getting married in Atlanta, but because of the pandemic, they had an intimate backyard wedding in Chicago.3 Aliza Gray ’10 and Quinton Lucia ’10 married on Aug. 22, 2020, in Atlanta. In attendance were classmates Scott Mathew Greer, Ryan Benk, Carl Jackson Jr., and Charlie Murphy.4 Henley Kibler ’12 married the girl of his dreams, Samantha Taylor Gould, on Oct. 17, 2020. They were surrounded by their immediate family and dozens of virtual guests. The newlyweds live in Nashville in their ﬁrst home and welcome any guests who want to visit.5 Laura Davis Price ’10 and Lee Price were married in Highlands, N.C., on Sept. 19, 2020. Laura and Lee live and work in Atlanta. Laura is a Pediatric Cardiac ICU nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.3

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52WOODWARD SUMMER 20211942*Herbert Jacobs of Pepper Pike, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Dec. 16, 2020, at age 95. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian, and eldest son, Maurice Alan. He is survived by his current wife, Fran Jacobs, and several children, grandchildren, and additional relatives. After graduating from GMA, he went to the U.S. Army’s Infantry School in Fort Benning, Ga., and became a lieutenant in the 83rd Division, 329th regiment. By mid-1944, he had transferred to the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division in Italy and took part in the push from Anzio to Rome. After the Allies liberated Rome, Herb’s unit was assigned to guard a square outside the Vatican. A few months later, Herb was ordered into the heat of battle during the massive German attack on Allied lines in Belgium that later became known as the Battle of the Bulge, an epic turning point in the war. During the last few months of the war, Herb supervised the eorts of German and Austrian POWs cutting ﬁrewood. Herb was awarded four Bronze Stars. After the war, he returned to Cleveland and founded Sheeld Steel Products Co., which he ran for 50 years before retiring. An avid tennis player, Herb played almost every day until age 90. He also traveled extensively. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., with the full trappings of a military funeral, including a 21-gun salute.1943*Roy B. Culler, the former mayor of High Point, N.C., died peacefully on Oct. 16, 2020, at age 95. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and served in the Paciﬁc as part of a B-29 Squadron on Guam. Following discharge he married Dorothy Pegram of High Point on June 8, 1946, and they were happily married for 74 years. She survives him. They moved to Wake Forest, N.C., where Roy attended what was then Wake Forest College. He graduated in three years with a degree in business. Upon his return to High Point, he entered the furniture business with his father, and later with his brother, Bob. In 1959, following the death of his father, he assumed the role of president of the family businesses, which in 1972 were sold to Burlington Industries. Roy was elected to the High Point City Council in 1962. He served 21 years as a member of City Council and 11 years as mayor of High Point, leading several civic initiatives. The city’s senior center is now named in his honor. He also was involved in numerous other governmental and philanthropic eorts.1945*Harry Harding, 92, died Jan. 4, 2021. Harry earned degrees from Washington and Lee University and MIT. He and his wife, Jeanne, owned Industrial Distributors in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., for 45 years. Harry was an avid golfer and pilot.While we mourn those whom we have lost, we also remember and celebrate their lives, the people they were, and the work they did to leave a better world behind them.PASSAGES*denotes alumni of Georgia Military Academy1947*Glen E. Craig, 89, died in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 14, 2021. He graduated from the University of South Carolina. During the Korean War, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and was stationed in Texas, Wyoming, and Germany. Later, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He worked at a Columbia law ﬁrm engaged in general civil practice. Later, he was attorney and assistant to the vice president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, general counsel of the South Carolina Department of Insurance, and an assistant U.S. attorney, Department of Justice. He was a member and past president of the Columbia Golden K Kiwanis Club. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne.1948*Joseph “Joe” Augustine Sams Bond died on Dec. 15, 2020. After GMA, he earned degrees from Georgia Tech, where he was commander of the Pershing Riﬂes, president of Scabbard and Blade, and a lieutenant colonel in the ROTC. After serving as an ocer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean conﬂict, he returned to Atlanta, fulﬁlled his architectural apprenticeship, and began the practice of architecture in 1958. In 1965, he joined with other associates to form Tomberlin Associates Architects where he served as vice president and secretary until his retirement in 1996. He was a member of The American Institute of Architects,

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53The Construction Speciﬁcations Institute as a Certiﬁed Construction Speciﬁer, and a U.S. Government Fallout Shelter Analyst. Joe remained active throughout his life in cultural, historic, social, and community aairs, serving as president of the Bachelors Club of Atlanta and as a board member of The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. Joe’s interests included swimming, gardening, hiking, continuing education, energy conservation, home projects, travel, painting and drawing, and especially his family. He is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Margaret Ann Harrison Bond. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert E. Bond ’45.Bobby Sams Jackson passed away on Dec. 14, 2020. His mother, Gladys Sams Jackson, taught at GMA, and he handed a diploma to his daughter, Jennifer Jackson ’93, during her commencement. He attended Southern Tech and then served in the Army for two years stationed in Trieste, Italy. This sparked a lifelong passion for travel. After his service, he was recruited by Lockheed and spent his career as a senior design engineer until his retirement in 1990. While at Lockheed his work enabled him to live in Canada, England, and California. 1952*Stephen A. Glick of Lawton, Okla., died on Dec. 10, 2020. Steve attended the Virginia Military Institute for one year and earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Col. Glick spent his proud career in the Army as a ﬁeld artillery ocer and served his country for 29 years. His tours included Vietnam, South Korea, Europe, and in the United States. He earned an MBA from Mississippi State University. While stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he fearlessly went into a burning apartment building and saved a family. For this heroism, he was awarded the prestigious Soldier’s Medal. Over his career, Steve earned the Legion of Merit with Second Oak Leaf Cluster, the Soldier’s Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Second Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with Second Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with 5 Numeral Devices and V Device for valor, the Army Commendation Medal with V Device for valor, the Valorous Unit Award, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star, the Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab. Following his retirement from the military he began a second career as president of Stoeger Industries in Hackensack, N.J., for several years. He then became president of Mossberg’s Maverick Arms with a factory and headquarters in Eagle Pass, Texas. Steve was devoted to the Boys & Girls Club along with the Salvation Army in Lawton. Survivors include his loving wife, Carol.¡ Jim Haynes died Jan. 6, 2021, in Paris. He was renowned as a writer, theater director, and college instructor, among other things. After GMA, he attended LSU and Tulane, then joined the Air Force to see the world. He trained in languages and spent his evenings listening to Russian transmissions during the Cold War in Scotland, while during the day he attended Edinburgh University. After leaving the Air Force, he opened a paperback bookstore and then a theater, the Traverse, known for avant-garde productions. He later moved to London and worked in theater and the arts, working with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, David Bowie, and other luminaries. In the 1970s, he sold a “world passport,” which, in simpler times, people did use to travel the globe. In 1972, he moved to France to teach media studies and sexual politics, at the University of Paris and liked it so much he stayed on until forced retirement at age 65. In 1977, he started the Sunday evening dinner parties, known as the Salon Project, which continued until COVID-19. Over 42 years, one estimates there were more than 150,000 guests. Ronald Whelan Palmer, 86, of Lexington, S.C., passed away on Jan. 8, 2021. Ronald attended the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) and received his B.A. from Howard College. Ordained in 1954, he received an M.R.E. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville in 1960. After serving as vice president of his father’s business, the Rutland-Tatum Bakery, Ronald entered the active ministry. He served at several churches before becoming pastor of Cedar Hills Baptist Church in Jacksonville, where he served until 1981, when he took on a series of roles within the Baptist Convention. Ronald’s religious education and missionary activities

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54WOODWARD SUMMER 2021took him to the Middle East, Europe, South Korea, and Brazil. Survivors include his loving wife of 61 years, Sherry Ann Palmer. James Ira Philyaw died Feb. 4, 2021. After high school, he graduated from the University of Florida, served in the Air Force, and was honorably discharged at the rank of captain. He and his wife, Patsy, moved to Apalachicola, Fla., where he worked as a banker and insurance agent until retiring in 2000. Survivors include his wife.Louis A. Saladino passed away on Feb. 23, 2021. He worked for the Louisiana State Racing Commission, which allowed him to enjoy one of his greatest passions; horses and horse racing. Lovingly known by many as “Mister Louie,” he also was passionate about swing dancing. Bradford Hall Spring died after a long illness of Parkinson’s Disease on Nov. 9, 2020, in Gurnee, Ill. After GMA he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cornell. He went on to teach at Clarkson College and then received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He taught civil engineering at Valparaiso University and served in the Army Reserves. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Marilyn.1955*John Luther Robbins Jr. of New Albany, Miss., died Sept. 27, 2020. After GMA, he graduated from Mississippi State University and earned a degree in banking from Louisiana State University. John began his banking career in 1959 at National Bank of Commerce in Memphis, Tenn., and eventually became president and CEO of Helena National Bank in Helena, Ark. He also served on the board at Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Diane.1956*Paul H. Christian died recently. No other information was available.1958*Dr. John Robert Cooper passed away Jan. 27, 2021, in Cochran, Ga. He graduated from Mercer University and from medical school in Cleveland. He practiced medicine in Mableton and Powder Springs, Ga., until he sold his practice and retired to Allentown, Ga., in 2005. He was a volunteer ﬁreman and ﬁrst responder with the Allentown Fire Department, and also served on the Allentown City Council where he was elected mayor pro-tem. Bob played saxophone professionally in several bands and orchestras. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Betty Earl Goble Cooper.1959*John L. “Larry” Carter died Oct. 17, 2020, in Tallahassee, Fla. He attended Chipola Junior College and served in the U.S. Army Reserve. At a very young age, Larry began working for his father at Cities Transit. First cleaning and washing buses and then overhauling engine parts before becoming a driver. As his father had met his mother while driving a bus, Larry was fortunate to fall in love with his future wife, Margaret Lambert, while doing the same. As Cities Transit evolved into the city of Tallahassee’s Taltran, Larry served as its director. Larry was elected president of the Florida Transit Association, and in 1997, received a special commendation as the longest tenured Public Transit Director in the United States by the American Public Transportation Association.Robert Crawford Eason Jr. died on Jan. 30, 2021, in Dallas, where he and his wife, Maureen, have lived since 1969. He was a drum major at GMA, where he fell in love with the arts. He enlisted at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. There, he started a theater on the base where Maureen, an amateur actor, joined the theater group. Robert earned a bachelor of ﬁne arts at Trinity University. The young family moved to Dallas to take advantage of a scholarship that led to a master’s degree in ﬁne arts from Trinity through his work at the Dallas Theater Center. He started the Oak Lawn Community Theater in an abandoned church where he directed and acted in numerous plays. He became theater librarian at the Dallas Public Library—a role which included acquiring and arranging key collections for the library to share with the public and worked as a ﬁlm archivist at SMU’s Hamon Arts Library, where he was instrumental in preserving, organizing, and distributing ﬁlms, including rare movies written, produced, and directed by African-Americans that were otherwise in danger of being lost to history. 1960*Freeman Anderson “Bud” Lewis Jr. died Dec. 11, 2020. Bud acquired his pilot’s license at 18 and bought a Piper Cub. He attended The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., and ﬂew his new airplane to Charleston and back to North Myrtle Beach by following the coastline. He served in the Air Force in Vietnam and Korea. Following his father’s death, Bud became CEO of Lewis Truck Lines in Conway, S.C. By Bud’s retirement in 2010, he had grown the company to nearly a hundred trucks. 1961*Larry Joe Barﬁeld of Palmetto Bay, Fla., died Oct. 15, 2020, while biking. Larry attended the University of Alabama on a gymnastics scholarship then transferred to and graduated from

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55Georgia Tech with a degree in civil engineering. He became a Marine and later was honorably discharged and went to work for the Chastain and Tindall Engineering Company. Later, he worked for Boeing in Seattle, designing commercial airliners and converting planes for service in Vietnam. He then co-founded Professional Management Services, a search ﬁrm with oces in Miami, Orlando, and Atlanta, and owned two sporting goods stores in Miami and an accounting ﬁrm. He retired in 2018. Henry L. Knoepﬂe died Dec. 15, 2019. He was an electrical engineer with Raytheon and lived in Arizona.1962*George Rainey Giles Jr. died Jan. 21, 2021, of COVID-19 at Emory Decatur Hospital surrounded by his family. After GMA he attended the University of Georgia, and then he worked in the commercial door and hardware business for more than four decades. Survivors include his wife, Glenda, daughter Amy Hershberg ’93, and son George R. Giles III ’98.1963*George O. Luther Jr. died in March 2020. He was an automotive teacher in Carrollton, Ga. His wife died shortly after he did. He was preceded in death by his brother, William G. Luther ’65.Harvey Woodson Watt Jr. died Jan. 7, 2021, in his Atlanta home after a battle with cancer. He graduated from Marion Military Institute and ﬂight school from Fort Rucker. A combat veteran, Harvey served two tours ﬂying Cobra helicopters in the Can Tho province with the 235 Attack Helicopter Company. He became the ﬁrst pilot to successfully roll an A123 Bell helicopter. Harvey received numerous medals, including multiple Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Valor, and Air Medal with Valor. Harvey was honorably discharged in 1969 as a Chief Warrant Ocer 3. After the war, Harvey worked alongside his father at Harvey W. Watt & Co., providing professional pilot disability insurance. He was an avid hunter and sharpshooter who successfully recreated Billy Dixon’s 19th century black powder long range shot. Survivors include daughter Katie Watt Tinsley ’04.1967*Cecil Knox Daniel Jr. passed away at home in Savannah Dec. 14, 2020. He graduated from the University of Georgia. Cecil began his career in broadcast media with WKIG Radio in Glennville, Ga., while still in high school. After college, he worked for WSAV-Television. In the mid 1980s, he left the station and formed Daniel Video Productions, where he used his creative talent for a variety of clients across south Georgia. In his later years, he enjoyed being part of the crew for some of his close friends in the media business. He was passionate about saving the gopher tortoise and the longleaf pine. He was an avid boater, a self-taught musician, and drew, painted, and made art from found objects and glass. Survivors include his wife, Leslie Mays.1968Franklin B. Ward Jr. died Oct. 20, 2020. He graduated from Georgia Tech and the University of South Carolina, where he earned his MBA. Having worked in the banking industry for more than 30 years, he retired from Bank of America. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Harriett.1969Lynda Jordan Blount of Bethel, N.C., passed away on Feb. 25, 2021, after a ﬁght against brain cancer. She graduated from Salem College and married her former classmate, Ferrell Blount III, in 1972 and moved to Bethel, where they lived for 48 years. Lynda was a beloved mother, daughter, wife, grandmother, and friend. She was an active member in the community and especially enjoyed serving on the board of the North Carolina Museum of History as well as the board of the Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach, N.C. She served as political consultant to the late Congressman Walter B. Jones and most recently, Congressman Greg Murphy. Survivors include her husband.Dr. James H. Weihe died May 18, 2020, after a long struggle with illness. He was a psychiatrist and lived in Kailua, Hawaii. 1971Joellyn Kim Longnecker passed away in her Chicago home on May 24, 2020, from natural causes. Joellyn moved to Chicago in the 1970s. She enjoyed spending time with her family, collecting art, and spending time at the water. 1972Dudley Bryan “Burr” Bachler of Waleska, Ga., died on Jan. 28, 2021. After Woodward, he attended Georgia Southern University and competed on the gymnastics team. He published Grier’s Almanac with his wife, Leslie. 1973Robert Lawrence “Larry” Gardner of McDonough, Ga., died Feb. 23, 2021. Larry was a retired paramedic and captain with the

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56WOODWARD SUMMER 20212020Ryan Nicole Falconer was born May 11, 2002, in Atlanta and made her entrance to this world just 12 hours after a celebration marking the retirement of her paternal grandmother, Dr. Etta Zuber Falconer, who in 1969 became the 11th African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. Ryan began attending Woodward in Lower School,where she met some of her closest friends. She was a proud member of Woodward Academy’s Class of 2020. Ryan’s independent spirit led her to Howard University, where she began a major in human behavior. Ryan was extraordinarily self-conﬁdent and deeply proud of who she was. She was a loyal friend, a caring daughter, and a kind sister. Whether watching anime with friends or traveling the world, Ryan was the light of every room she entered. On Oct. 27, 2020, Ryan became one of the 1 in 4,500 children with epilepsy who pass away from seizure disorders per year. In her honor, a scholarship fund has been created to help other students go to college. Ryan is survived by her parents; Walter and Michelle; brothers, Hunter ’17 and Bryson (who attended Woodward); sister, Devin ’26; and cousins Trey ’16, Cameron, Jackson ’22, and Clarke ’24.DeKalb County Fire and Rescue with more than 25 years of service. After retirement, he enjoyed hunting, ﬁshing, and golf.Joni Bird Ellen House of Marietta died Dec. 10, 2020. She received her BA in modern studies from the University of Virginia, where she studied as an Echols Scholar and landed a prestigious residence “on the lawn” her senior year. She earned an MBA in ﬁnance from Georgia State University. Joni’s career began at Delta Air Lines. She then started her own consulting business, ultimately landing at Alexander Proudfoot as an executive vice president. In recent years, Joni began pursuing a degree in archaeology from the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland. She also worked tirelessly on environmental issues and enjoyed many happy years on St. Simon’s Island, Ga. 1976David Roy Serrato died Nov. 5, 2020. He earned a degree in geology from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s of science in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California. David loved nature, boating, and scuba diving. Following David’s wishes, his ashes will become part of a coral reef. Survivors include siblings Joseph ’69, Daniel ’73, Benjamin ’81, and Virginia Serrato Johnston ’78.1977Brian Albert Perry of Atlanta died Oct. 9, 2020, in Savannah, Ga. He earned a degree in accounting and business management from the Terry Business School at the University of Georgia. Brian worked as a certiﬁed tax professional, earning the distinction of CMI for his achievement in sales and use tax. He worked at several corporations including his own Perry Tax Service Inc., Georgia Paciﬁc, and later at Gulfstream Aerospace. He was an avid runner. 1982Stephanie Barrow Castellana of Sandy Springs, Ga., died Oct. 14, 2020. She was a real estate broker. Survivors include her husband, Robert, and sister, Kristy Hilburn ’88.1991Crawford Shaw Jr. died Oct. 22, 2020, in Denison, Texas. He attended Elon College in North Carolina. He was an entrepreneur and an art collector. He had a long battle with multiple sclerosis, though it never diminished his humor and compassion for others.PAST FACULTY & STAFFRoy Tip Sheeld, a former Woodward headmaster, died Nov. 4, 2020, in Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree in math education from Georgia Southern and his graduate degree in school administration from the University of Georgia. He held the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He retired from the position of president of The Donoho School. He held many positions as a private school administrator throughout the years. He loved to play golf and go ﬁshing. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Gail.

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