Phoenix

ON THE COVER
The original watercolor postcards are from Benjamin D. Hitz’ collection of World War I memorabilia, loaned to the Park Tudor
Legacy Initiative by Evie Hitz Rhodehamel ’42. Hitz, a friend of J.K. Lilly, set up the 32 nd Hospital in France during WWI.
The background photo is of 1st Lt. Neal T. Cobb’s WWII flight crew, 15 th Air Force. See article on page 19.
Park Tudor School Mission
ark Tudor School helps average to high-ability children of good character
develop and achieve their fullest potential in a cumulative preschool through
P
grade 12 program, preparing them for an increasingly complex and diverse
world. We do this by providing the highest quality, well-rounded college preparatory
education within an atmosphere that is responsive to the needs of the child and parents.
From the Archives…
Members of the Park School Lower School baseball team and their fathers posed for this photo on the
Park School campus on Cold Spring Road in the spring of 1925.
Seated, left to right: Dudley Sutphin, Richard Vonnegut ’32, David Chambers Jr. ’30, Quincy Myers
Whitaker ’30, John Modrall ’30, Sheldon Sommers ’33.
Middle row, l to r: Frederic Ayres Jr. ’29, Robert Geddes Jr. ’33, Bob Sherwood ’30, Richard Fairbanks
’30, John Lasher ’31, unidentified, Evan Noyes ’32, Nicholas Noyes Jr. ’32, John Rookwood.
Back row, l to r: unknown; fathers Frederic Ayres, Hartley Sherwood, John Lasher, Henry Danner, Nicholas
Noyes, William Rookwood, Henry Adams.
PARK TUDOR SCHOOL
Head of School
Douglas S. Jennings
Editor
Lisa A. Hendrickson ’77
Class Notes Editor/Writer
Tina Rice
Assistant Head of School for
Development and Alumni Relations
Suzanne T. Maxwell
Alumni Coordinator/
Planned Giving Officer
Gretchen Hueni
Alumni Board President
Holly Hapak Betz ’83
Vice President
Heather Reilly Murphy ’90
Treasurer
Jeff Kimbell ’82
Park Tudor School archives
Secretary
Carolyn Edwards ’00
Corrections
• In the Spring 2007 issue of The Park Tudor Phoenix, Alex Skelton ’10 was incorrectly
identified as Max Berman in the photo of the state champion boys’ tennis team on page 14.
• In the 2005-2006 Annual Report on Giving, Nancy and John Balaguer were listed in the
Silver Category, gifts of $2,500 - $4,999, and should have been listed in the Gold Category,
gifts of $5,000 - $9,999.
Directors
Becky Means Barnes ’91
Debbie Stuart Everett ’69
Candy Smith Gardner ’70
Megan Jones Kight ’91
Kelly Lamm ’87
GB Landrigan ’81
Elizabeth Townsend Laughlin ’95
Kay King ’66
Betsy Moses ’65
Brandon Phillips ’96
Wendy Wright Ponader ’78
Amy Kleymeyer Stevens ’97
Jake Sturman ’98
Rob Brown ’79 ex officio