Fall/Winter 2010 - Pingry School

Pingry Announces Plans for 150th Anniversary
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the pingry review
To formally recognize the school’s 150th anniversary
and its extraordinary transformation
from a small school for boys to one of the
nation’s premier co-educational independent
day schools, Pingry will host a Sesquicentennial
Celebration from May 2011 to May 2012.
Headmaster Nat Conard P ’09, ’11 has appointed Special
Assistant to the Headmaster Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90,
’97, GP ’20 to serve as Chair of the Sesquicentennial
Celebration to oversee this effort and help outline plans to
commemorate the anniversary. The committee has begun
organizing events that will celebrate the school’s intellectual
rigor and development of student character. “I’m proud
to play a leadership role during this significant milestone
in Pingry’s history,” Mr. Bugliari says.
The committee—consisting of alumni, current and past
parents, and grandparents, as well as representatives from
Communications, Alumni and Development, the library,
the faculty and staff at the Lower School in Short Hills
and the Middle and Upper Schools at the Martinsville
Campus—has offered many creative ideas, while also
welcoming suggestions from all constituents of the greater
school community.
Major events planned for the Sesquicentennial include
an Alumni Kick-Off Celebration scheduled for May 13,
2011, which will feature the premiere of an anniversary
film; a Sesquicentennial Speakers Series featuring notable
speakers, such as prominent leaders in their respective
fields; the unveiling of historical items from the archives;
an outdoor gala during Reunion in May 2012 for graduates
of Pingry and Short Hills Country Day School; and a
series of student-focused events and activities. In addition,
a historical coffee table book and beautifully-illustrated
children’s book will be published.
Mr. Conard is looking forward to the 150th anniversary
and the opportunity it affords Pingry to celebrate its history
and its service to Bernards Township and the wider community.
“Our sesquicentennial celebration will give us the
Honorary Trustee William S. Beinecke ’31, P ’61, ’64, a member of the Sesquicentennial
Honorary Committee, and Special Assistant to the Headmaster
Miller Bugliari ‘52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, Chair of the Sesquicentennial
Celebration.
opportunity to reflect on how Pingry has evolved over the
decades, to celebrate a shared experience, and rededicate
ourselves to the educational vision that has sustained
Pingry since its founding in 1861,” he says.
Suggestions for the Sesquicentennial are encouraged
from all of Pingry’s constituents and can be directed to
Mr. Bugliari or 150th Anniversary Coordinator Lynne
Brum at lbrum@pingry.org. More information about the
Sesquicentennial is available at www.pingry.org.
Former Headmaster John Hanly, a member of the Sesquicentennial Honorary
Committee, with Sueanne Korn P ’89, ’94 and Jubb Corbet ’50, P ’77, ’78,
members of the Sesquicentennial Steering Committee.