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S P O T L I G H TChloe, Renee ’92, JR ’98, Laura ’94, andMark YoungRod ’62, Roddy ’97, Clay ’98, and AliceMoorheadClass speaker Courtney Camp received theJoseph I. Cunningham Award.year most of you will graduate from college,the rate of change will challengeeven the most able thinker. To surviveyou’ll need:Taft is also a model of an experientialcommunity, dedicated to the educationof the whole human being. Learning herenever stops at 3 PM. And it’s the late-nightlessons which often demand the most.The lessons about honor, tolerance, justice.The lessons gleaned from conflict,managed dynamically as part of the educationalprocess.And Taft is a model of global community,offering both context andcontent to your understanding of rapidlychanging, increasingly complex worldand fragmented world.There’s a troubling transience and isolationin this world today. The value ofcommunity has diminished, and the communicationit once fostered—theone-on-one, person-to-person discourse—has fallen short, despite all of the promisedtechnological enhancements. The news isfull of glaring examples every day.• To be quick. The digital convergencehas revolutionized technology, creating10,000 times more bandwidth capacity.Warp speed sets the pace.• To be clear. The complexity of themodern world begs for order, clarity,sequence. Truth must be separatedfrom technology.• To get beyond your borders. As citizensof the world and future membersof transnational companies, fluencyacross cultures will be your greatest ally.• To be resilient. The acceleratingchange which is upon us demandsbounce and endurance.Addie Strumolo is given the Aurelian Award for outstanding scholarship and leadership.ValedictorianMatthew Gabriel AllessioSalutatorianMariya Khuzem Chhatriwala22 Summer 1998Cum Laude SocietyOctober Inductees: Matthew Allessio, Timothy Carter,Daniel Chak, Adrian Cheng, Mariya Chhatriwala,Anthony Guerrera, Johannes Haushofer, Byung Huh,Elizabeth Macaulay, Michelle O’Brien, Joseph Petrucelli,Stephen Sandvoss, Adaline Strumolo, James RobertYoung, and Jonathan Wood. June Inductees: GeorgieGrace, Wayne Lai, Jane Li, Katherine Penberthy, TaylorSmith, Warangkhana Songsungthong, Carolyn Starrett,Benjamin Steele, Prapun Suksompong, Chad Valerio,and Anna WilkensThe Sherman Cawley AwardExcellence in Englishscholarship.Stephen James SandvossThe David KenyonWebster ’40 PrizeExcellence in Writing.Georgie GraceThe Bourne Medal in HistoryIn honor of EdwardGaylord Bourne, roommateof Horace Dutton Taft atYale College in 1883.Matthew Gabriel AllessioElizabeth Rodger Macaulay
S P O T L I G H TDads and Grads: Alumni fathers and their soon-to-be graduates at the Friday dinnerFrom Left, Cliffe and David Killam ’70,Clay and Rod Moorhead ’62, Victoria andSpike Hasler ’59, Peter and Harry Scott’62, Ross and Bruce Gammill ’64, Chrisand Tom Castle ’70, Addie and TomStrumolo ’70, Laura and Eduardo Mestre’66, Paul and Paul Cowie ’66, Scott andJonathan Britell ’62, Christina and GregOneglia ’65, Katharine and Ted Sands’65, Jonathan and Rick Wood ’72. Notpictured are Taylor and CD Smith ’60.Steve Schieffelin presents the Sherman Cawley Award to Georgie Grace.Kip Kinkle, a child in the marginswhose anger exploded in the horrifyingmurder of family and friends. Obviously,he lost the ability to communicate. Ormaybe nobody was listening. India’s—and then Pakistan’s—stunning decisionto detonate nuclear bombs. Some punditspropose that India needed to beheard, needed to grab attention and toweigh in as a bold nation with a role inthe international conversation.Indonesia’s recent riots led primarily bystudents frustrated with an autocratic andarbitrary president, who for too longdidn’t listen to the people. And the disconnectionlast week of 40 millionAmericans from their satellite pagers,wreaking havoc on households, businesses,and hospitals.Listen to your friends and your parents—andalways listen to your enemies.Tell them what you think, and why youthink it. I believe that Carol Gilligan isright that all morality begins in attachment,that the most importantbenchmarks of your lives will be those thatmeasure your relationships with others.As you move into a world inextricablybound through technology butsurprisingly out of touch, the Taft communitywill serve as an alternativemodel—a model of compassion, justice,and hope for the future. Robert Bellahwrites in Habits of the Heart that “thevirtues of friendship” are not merely private;they are public, even political, fora civic order is above all a network offriends. Treasure this community. AsYeats said, “Think where man’s glorymost begins and ends, and say yourglory was you had such friends.”COMMITMENT is the second value—the second directional marker. Taft hasdemanded commitment and you’ve delivered.But commitment alone can bebleak. My hope for you all is not onlythat you commit yourself to things thatmatter but that you go for broke. Enthusiasmliterally means “to be inspired,to be possessed by a god.” And whenenthusiasm accelerates into PASSION itmimics the divine.The Daniel Higgins FentonClassics AwardElizabeth Rodger MacaulayThe John S. NoyesFrench PrizeKatharine Wiley SandsThe German PrizeTimothy Wild CarterThe Spanish PrizeLauren Elena MestreThe Chinese PrizeStephen James SandvossThe Japanese PrizeAdrian Chi Kong ChengThe Mathematics PrizeAnthony GuerreraComputer Science PrizeDaniel ChakThe Alvin I. ReiffBiology PrizeWarangkanaSongsungthongThe Chemistry PrizeAnthony GuerreraThe Physics PrizePrapun SuksompongTheater AwardDamon Paul CortesiThe Bill WaldronMemorial PrizeThe individual who hascontributed most to thetechnical aspects of drama.Scott Peter BritellTaft Bulletin 23
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