report of the president: 2012
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THE ARMAND HAMMER UWC OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Report of the President: 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
On the cover: Class of 2012 graduates celebrate
after the ceremony
Photo credits: Malak Abureehan ’12, Timothy J.
Dougherty, Hannah Freedman ’12, Valentin Herrgesell ’13, Austria,
Titus Kabega ’13, Uganda, Milton Riess, Kate Russell, Arjan Stockhausen ’11
DEAr FriENDS,As you read this, we will have just marked the
school’s 30th anniversary with a very special cel‑
ebration. Hundreds gathered for the festivities,
and I was especially honored to share the stage
with former President Phil Geier; Shelby Davis,
the extraordinary philanthropist whose gen‑
erosity has transformed so many lives; and a
group of very special alumni who are taking the
mantle of leadership in supporting UWC‑USA.
As we’ve observed our anniversary, we’ve taken
time to reflect on the good work that’s been
done by so many, as well as to look forward
to tasks and goals that lie ahead. The past year
was particularly poignant as we saw nine fac‑
ulty and staff “graduate” into retirement and
new projects. From the classes they led, the
relationships they formed, and the countless
initiatives in which they were involved, these
good friends made significant contributions to
the formation and growth of UWC‑USA.
Last year also saw many achievements. We ac‑
celerated our work as an integral partner in
restoring the Old Town Mission in Las Vegas,
N.M., a site that is now an invaluable resource
for local youth and community programs.
Our students continued to see individual suc‑
cess. One of them—Josh Leon ’12—received
the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholar‑
ship, which will support his studies all the way
through graduate school. And hiring new fac‑
ulty and staff was wonderfully successful: This
fall, we’ve welcomed an exciting group of tal‑
ented individuals who bring new perspectives
to campus. We’re already feeling their energy
and witnessing their commitment to the im‑
portant work of the UWC mission.
Beyond our campus, I’ve had opportunities to
meet alumni at points around the globe, from
London to New York, Seattle to Hong Kong. I
was very fortunate to participate in the first
“unReunion” organized entirely by our alumni
from the “early years,” 1984, 1985, and 1986.
This three‑day event attracted nearly 100 alum‑
ni from around the world, and it was simply a
joy to attend.
As we move toward 2013, I am invigorated by the
work ahead. We spent last year crafting a new
strategic direction, which was accepted by the
Board of Trustees in May. Implementation steps
recommit UWC‑USA to supporting the impact
of our mission through our students, staff,
alumni, and program participants; strengthen‑
ing the quality of our distinctive experiential
academic and co‑curricular programs; and mak‑
ing manifest our commitment to financial, en‑
vironmental, and social sustainability.
All these initiatives—not to mention the cru‑
cial work of day‑to‑day school—wouldn’t
be possible without your generous support.
Alumni, parents, trustees, distinguished trust‑
ees, friends, faculty, staff, and even current
students understand the absolute value of
UWC‑USA, and they have expressed that sup‑
port through financial gifts, volunteer efforts,
and countless other ways that help spread the
word out about this treasure of a school. I truly
thank you for all you have done and continue
to do.
With gratitude,
Lisa A. H. Darling
President, UWC‑USA
Letter from the President 1
Report from the Board of Trustees 2
Board of Trustees and Distinguished Trustees 3
Report of Financial Activities 4
Annual Fund Report 6
National Committees 7
Philanthropic Support by Giving Level 9
The Mountbatten Society (page 9)
The Castle Club (page 10)
Other Supporters (page 13)
Education Through Experience 19
Philanthropic Support by Class 21
A Laboratory in the Woods 23
Service Learning 26
Oh, the Places They Go! 29
In-Kind, in Honor of, in Memory of 30
Onward 32
Planned Gifts and Ways to Give 33
Letter from the President
THE ARMAND HAMMER UWC OF THE AMERICAN WESTR E P O R T O F T H E P R E S I D E N T : 2 0 1 2 1
Board of Trustees and Distinguished Trustees
Report from the Board of Trustees
technological progress in advanced economies,
including the link between age and creativity
and the role of collaboration in innovation. A
Rhodes Scholar, Ben has served in the U.S.
Department of the Treasury and as the senior
economist for macroeconomics for the White
House Council of Economic Advisers.
Mark Alexander is from Santa Fe, N.M., where
he owns Peyote Bird Designs, a global com‑
pany that produces artisanal wholesale jew‑
elry. Mark started the company in 1973—his
website includes a photo of him and his trusty
Volkswagen Beetle which he once used to
travel the country selling Southwestern jew‑
elry. Since then, he’s grown the business to
include operations in Hong Kong, with addi‑
tional partnerships in Thailand, Bali, China,
and the Philippines.
As we’ve welcomed these three new board
members, we’ve also bid farewell to one. Ka‑
menna Lee ’89 left the board this year after
three years of service. We are very thankful for
her efforts on the school’s behalf.
Tom Dickerson AC ’68
Chairman
This past year, the Board of Trustees has been
involved in critical work through the strate‑
gic planning process, management of school
finances, and ongoing efforts to advance
UWC‑USA’s philanthropic goals. Our board
members—who serve as volunteers—bring a
depth of personal and professional experience
to each of these areas.
Three new trustees joined the board this year,
including two UWC alumni. Kuo‑Chuan (KC)
Kung ’87 is a partner and co‑founder of MBK
Partners, the first major local and independent
buyout fund dedicated to North Asia. KC heads
the Greater China operation. KC received a
bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College
and a master’s degree from Harvard Business
School. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife
and two children.
Ben Jones AC ’91 is a professor at the Kel‑
logg School of Management at Northwestern
University. His research considers obstacles
to growth in developing countries, including
subjects such as national leadership, higher
education, and climate change. He also studies
Mark Alexander
Amin Badr-El-Din
Rachel P. Belash
Marc P. Blum
Lisa A. H. Darling
Sebastien de Halleux ’96
Steven F. Dichter
Janet Smith Dickerson
Ray R. Irani
Ben Jones AC ’91
Kuo-Chuan (KC) Kung ’87
James Leonard
Charlotte Ilfeld Rubin
Peter Ruggiero
Jonathan L. Schneider
Monique B. Seefried
Michael C. Taylor ’91
Tyler C. Tingley
Rosemary Tomich
Nancy Anixter
William Anixter
Celeste Bartos
Alvin Chereskin
Kathryn Davis
Shelby M. C. Davis
Virginia Dwan
Phyllis Rothschild Farley
Amy Yeager Geier
Philip O. Geier III,
President Emeritus
Dorothy Goodman
Martha Ann Healy
William H. Moore III
Ronald W. Rubinow
Frederick Rudolph
Louisa Stude Sarofim
Michael Stern ’89
James B. Taylor,
Chairman Emeritus
Sarah W. Taylor
Litsa D. Tsitsera
rEpOrT FrOm ThE BOArD OF TruSTEES
BOArD OF TruSTEES
DiSTiNguiShED TruSTEES
ChAir
Thomas P. Dickerson AC ’68
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UWC‑USA ended its fiscal year with a modest
surplus. Careful cost containment as well as ap‑
propriate revenue forecasting from the Business
Office allowed the school administration to ac‑
curately plan educational programming for the
year, as well as to project years into the future.
Financial planning at UWC‑USA is unique
compared to other secondary schools, just as
our educational mission is unique.
Payments from the respective national commit‑
tees that select our international students only
account for 17 percent of the school’s annual
budgeted revenue. Voluntary contributions to
the Annual Fund—from friends who believe in
our mission, including community members,
parents, and alumni—make up the next 15
percent. Mission‑oriented summer programs,
such as International Baccalaureate teacher‑
training and short courses for global youth,
made up 4 percent of our revenue last year.
For the past decade, the biggest source of
annual school revenue has come from the
UWC‑USA endowment, which last year com‑
prised 43 percent of our annual budget. This
extraordinary achievement is a testament to
the commitment of a great number of people.
Philanthropist Shelby Davis contributed the
largest part of our endowment, but numer‑
ous other friends have contributed as well,
strengthening our mission for future genera‑
tions of students.
Alumni gifts to the Annual Fund are almost
five times what they were five years ago, and
participation rates have more than tripled. Not
only that, but in the past five years our gradu‑
ates have given extraordinary gifts, in several
cases as large as $250,000. We’re doing what
we can to continue to provide opportunities for
promising young people regardless of country
of origin or ability to pay.
Now, for the challenging news. We are in the
final year of full support from the Armand
Hammer Trust, which last year contributed 21
percent of our budget. We’ve known for nearly
a decade that the 2013‑2014 school year will
represent a financial watershed, when a big
portion of our budget will have to be made up
somewhere else.
The administration of UWC‑USA, in coop‑
eration with the school’s faculty and staff, has
worked diligently to contain costs in anticipa‑
tion of next year. They’ve renegotiated large
contractual costs such as insurance and food
service, seeking savings wherever possible.
One place the Board of Trustees does not want
to cut, however, is the quality of teaching.
When more than 50 percent of your school’s
expenses come from salaries, there are a lim‑
ited number of savings opportunities available
without hurting the quality of the school’s ed‑
ucational mission. We do not believe we can
“cost cut” our way to either financial or educa‑
tional excellence.
We plan to address the budget shortfall in the
2013‑2014 year and beyond through an “all of
the above” approach: We have redoubled our
fundraising efforts, we are increasing payments
from UWC national committees where pos‑
sible, we are initiating mission‑oriented ancil‑
lary programs, and we are engaging the entire
campus community in cost‑saving measures.
2011 2012Philanthropic Contributions to Annual Operations $1,548,039 $1,527,124Armand Hammer Trust * 2,250,000 2,250,000Endowment Income 4,913,508 4,488,928National Committee Contributions 1,434,700 1,818,200Summer Programs/Auxiliary Income 470,344 455,947
TOTAL rEVENuES $10,616,591 $10,540,199
*Income from the Armand Hammer Trust will cease in 2013.
As the chair of the Finance Committee and a
graduate of UWC‑USA, I am optimistic about
the school’s financial future, despite the ex‑
haustion of the Armand Hammer Trust.
UWC‑USA has been fortunate in its first 30
years to benefit from the extraordinary gen‑
erosity of two world‑class philanthropists, Ar‑
mand Hammer and Shelby Davis. In my mind,
Hammer and Davis are legendary philosopher
kings, really, of international educational phi‑
lanthropy. They built this place. Hammer locat‑
ed the campus around the stunningly beautiful
but neglected Montezuma Castle, halfway up
a hill. Davis built the school’s endowment and
enabled us to lovingly restore the Castle and
make it our school’s vital center.
Philosopher Kings also built the Angkor Wat
temple in Cambodia, the pyramids in Egypt,
Versailles in France, and Chichen Itza in Mexico.
But what’s different now from those times is
that we no longer live in an era that waits for
a single great man to build something beauti‑
ful for posterity. So we must ask: In the coming
decade, who is going to build the next Mont‑
ezuma Castle?
It’s going to be us. The friends, families, and
alumni who believe in the mission of UWC‑USA
will play a crucial role in ensuring the values we
believe in—of making education a force to unite
people, of giving students experiences and tools
to have real and lasting impact, of creating a
sustainable and peaceful future—will continue
on in perpetuity. And that’s the way it should be.
Michael C. Taylor, UWC‑USA ’91
Chair, Finance Committee
of the Board of Trustees
Report of Financial Activities
Summer Programs/Auxiliary Income
National Committee Contributions
Endowment Income
Armand Hammer Trust *
Philanthropic Contributions to
Annual Operations
SOURCES OF FUNDING FY12
Invested in Endowment
Endowed Scholarships for U.S. Davis
Scholars studying at other UWCs
Facilities
General Administration
Educational Programming**
USES OF FUNDING FY12
2011 2012Educational Programming** $6,942,689 $7,157,331General Administration 902,816 1,119,055Facilities 1,019,930 1,151,368Endowed Scholarships for U.S. Davis Scholars studying at other UWCs 1,026,424 1,016,987Invested in Endowment 724,732 95,458
TOTAL EXpENSES AND TrANSFErS $10,616,591 $10,540,199
** Includes funds used for carrying out academic and co-curricular programs, including compensation and support for employees who facilitate these programs.
rEpOrT OF FiNANCiAL ACTiViTiES
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National CommitteesAnnual Fund Report
Volunteer UWC national committees in 140
countries select more than 1,000 promising
candidates through national competitions.
They nominate those students for places and
scholarships to the 12 UWC schools and col‑
leges. This unique system enables students to
be selected from within their own communities
and cultures.
All U.S. citizens and permanent residents ap‑
ply to UWCs through the Davis Scholar com‑
petition, which is run by the U.S. selection
committee. Accepted students (about 50 each
year) are awarded full merit scholarships cov‑
ering school fees, room, and board to attend
one of the UWCs for the full two‑year program.
UWC‑USA helps to coordinate and support
the U.S. selection committee and its wider
group of volunteers, who read hundreds of ap‑
plications and travel throughout the nation in‑
terviewing prospective candidates to select the
newest cohort of Davis Scholars.
We are deeply grateful to the volunteers
throughout the world who enable UWC selec‑
tion to happen.
AC=UWC of the Atlantic, Wales; MC=Mahindra UWC, India; WK=Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa, Swaziland.
NATiONAL COmmiTTEES
u.S. SELECTiON COmmiTTEE
Mary Beth Byrne AC ’76, Co-Chair
Bill Kolb, Co-Chair
Amy Garrou
Martha Lyman
Shaun Mabry MC ’01
Andrew Mahlstedt
Xochitl Torres Small WK ’04
Tim Smith
ANNuAL FuND rEpOrT
ANNuAL FuND VOLuNTEErS 2012
CO-ChAirSSam Opitz ’91
Michael C. Taylor ’91
Melanie Weston ’86
ALumNi VOLuNTEErSDereck A.S. Alleyne ’11
Ruben E. Ayala ’92
Souleymane Ba ’99
Mustu Barma ’98
Brian A. Bava ’91
James Bowen ’96
Luke C.P. Brennan ’09
Edward Burns ’84
Inviolata S. Chami ’12
Natalie Chan ’11
Nelson F. Chiwara ’07
Jason Coady ’93
Michael D’Agostino ’01
Gert Danielsen ’96
Mauricio de Arruda ’88
Benjamin Dryden ’02
Shannon Duncan ’98
Ashley Dunlop ’02
Helen M. Durham ’85
Manolo Espinosa ’87
Andrés Franco-Vasco ’84
Lullit Getachew ’88
Stephan F. Grabner ’09
Zipporah Guerin ’10
Anna I. Harvey ’05
Kirsten Healey ’88
Kate (Saldin) Hunter ’00
Adani Illo ’01
Meghan Jennings ’05
Aly Kassam-Remtulla ’94
Lea J. Kliem ’10
Clio Knowles ’95
Lisa Krassner ’91
Mauri E. Lahti ’12
Joel Larson ’02
Stephen S. Lavallo Jr. ’09
Brian Lax ’92
Colleen Lewis von Eckartsberg ’86
Ariel Maddocks ’98
Ciara N. McCartney ’07
Dylan Elek McFarlane ’04
Cecile Menard ’91
Charlotte Meyer ’03
Lais Miachon Silva ’08
Theotonio Monteiro de Barros ’85
Adriana Nordin Manan ’03
Melkizedeck S. Okudo ’99
Rabin Patmanathan ’11
Morgante Orion Pell ’12
Maria Auxilliadora Perez Ruiz ’08
Zohar Perla ’07
Eugenio Ruggiero ’84
Jose Pablo Salas Rojas ’06
Clay Samford ’92
Bassirou Sarr ’05
Kathryn (Holmgaard) Shaffner ’95
Kain Sebaztian Smith ’12
Jeremiah Stevens ’94
Elena Tonc ’09
Julie Trolle ’12
Mudit Tyagi ’88
Iris van der Heijden ’11
Raechel Waters ’90
Kristofer Wilson ’04 (E)
Kenneth Kwokmung Yeung ’84
Pui Shen Yoong ’08
Risana Zitha ’95
Firend Zora ’99
For the past three years, it has been my pleasure
to co‑chair the Annual Fund. This year, I shared
the role with Sam Opitz ’91 and Michael Taylor
’91. Together, with a team of 68 other alumni
volunteers, we rallied classmates, parents, and
UWC‑USA friends to raise more than $1 mil‑
lion for the Annual Fund.
The Annual Fund runs from June 1 to May 31
every year. Contributions support UWC‑USA’s
operating budget and are directed to areas such
as student scholarships, community service
and the Wilderness Program, employee sala‑
ries, classroom and library materials, weekend
and after‑school activities, and the mainte‑
nance and operation of facilities. In short, the
Annual Fund has an impact on every person
and program on campus.
Michael, Sam and I would like to extend thanks
to everyone who helped sustain the Montezuma
magic and ensured that new generations of UW‑
Cers have the same life‑changing experience
that previous generations continue to cherish.
Melanie Weston ’86
Annual Fund Co‑Chair
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This list reflects gifts received between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. Every effort is made to present a complete and
accurate list of donors. For any oversights or errors, we apologize and invite corrections to be sent to the Advancement Office.
In the list above, (P) identifies UWC parents. Asterisks denote donors who have given consecutively for the last five or more
years.
BY GIVING LEVEL
Philanthropic Support by Giving Level
ThE mOuNTBATTEN SOCiETy
Recognizing donors of $25,000 or more during the 2012 fiscal year, the Mountbatten Society is
named for Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the first president of UWC
International. Mountbatten was a British admiral and statesman and the uncle of Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh. He was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire (1947) and the first
governor‑general of independent India (1947‑1948).
Lord Mountbatten supported UWC and encouraged heads of state, politicians, and prominent in‑
dividuals throughout the world to share his interest. Under Mountbatten’s presidency and personal
involvement, the UWC of South East Asia was established in Singapore in 1971, followed by the
UWC of the Pacific (now known as Pearson College) in Victoria, Canada, in 1974. In 1978, Mount‑
batten passed the presidency of UWC to his great‑nephew, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
mOuNTBATTEN SOCiETy DONOrSgifts of $25,000 or more
The Abdul Madjid Zabuli Renaissance Foundation *
Bruce & Martha Atwater and the Prospect Creek Foundation *
Marc P. & Leonor T. Blum *
William Gardner & Solange Brown *
Shelby & Gale Davis *
Virginia Dwan
Judith McBean Foundation *
Paul & Yaffa Maritz (P)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore III *
The Multinational Education Charitable Trust 1909 *
Jim & Sarah Taylor (P) *
phiLANThrOpiC SuppOrT OF uWC-uSA By giViNg LEVEL
BY GIVING LEVEL
The Mountbatten Society (page 9)
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Timothy J. & Katharine M.
Dougherty (P) (E)
Renata Dwan ’88
Phyllis Farley
Miguel Fidalgo ’98 *
Edward Fischer & Mareike Sattler (P)
Sai Wai Fong & Regina Dalipe (P)
Izumi Fothergill AC ’76
Andrés Franco-Vasco ’84
Charles & Judith Friedlaender *
Jürgen Frietsch ’91 *
Xavier Furtado ’92
Susanne E. Geier
Jerry & Sharon Geist
Rashna Ginwalla ’95 *
Joseph & Trinidad Goldzieher *
Google Matching Gift Program
Jim & Mary Dale Gordon *
Frederick John & Juliann
Gunningham (P)
Raj K. Gupta ’89
The Harry Frank Guggenheim
Foundation
Irfan Hasan ’85
Jens & Britt Helligsoe (P)
Alan Hewat & Emily Joselson (P)
Julian Ho ’90
Susanne Holste ’84
Tim & Laurie Howland (P)
Hamilton M. Hoyler & Katherine
McMillan (P)
A. C. & Penny Hubbard *
Robert Huber & Christine Solso (P)
Michael Jenkins & Christi Hogin (P)
Larry Johns & Nina Marquez Johns (E)
Gregory & Jacquelyn Jones (P)
Yale & Barbara Jones
Aditya C. Joshi ’91 *
Basim Kahleifeh ’84 *
Alex Kalangis & Svenja Soldovieri (E)
James Kavanaugh & Selena
Sermeño (E)
David Kay AC ’72 & Mary Milne (P)
Nam & Wonsook Kim (P)
Clio Knowles ’95 *
Michihiro & Mizue Kotani (P)
Kuo-Chang Kung ’87
Charles & Naomi Lambert (P)
Richard Lamson & Joan Freedman (P)
Burt & Jennifer Lauderdale (P)
Charmaine Lee ’88 *
Day & Nancy Lee *
Kamenna (Rindova) Lee ’89 *
Colleen Lewis von Eckartsberg ’86
Anders & Inger Liland (P)
Ray & Joyce Litherland
Rebecca Lloyd ’86 *
Theodore & Lucille Lockwood *
John & Margaret Loehr *
LyondellBasell
Declan & Anne MacFadden (P)
Laura Machado de Wright AC ’94
Ariel Maddocks ’98
Edward Malley (P)
Vuk Mandic ’94 & Pinar Karaca ’94
Marcelo Marchesin ’86 *
Joan McDougall
Lance Meister ’90 & Gabriela
Motyckova AC ’93 *
Benjamin ’98 & Alexandra (Muñoz
Smith) Melkman ’99
Tracy Melton & Pamela Krulitz (P)
Danesch & Kathryn Missaghian (P)
Scott & Kelli Mitchell (P)
Alice Mok ’95
Carlos Montano & Claudia Mejia (P)
Chris Morejohn & Rachel Platt (P)
Andrea Morgante (P)
Matthew J. Morse ’93
Zafer Mudar ’84
Werner & Helen Muller *
Candice (Weaver) Murphy ’92
Ramaiah & Gowri Narla (P)
John & Beth Neidel (P)
Wai Hong Ng & Ling Lo (P)
Philip ’95 & Jasmina Nikolov *
John Ochterbeck
Brian & Jill O’Dwyer (P)
Christian ’91 & Camila
(Silva Leão d’Araujo) Olsen ’91
Sam Opitz ’91 *
Ravi Parashar (E) *
Rebecca Pearson ’90 *
S. Peter Poullada & Nancy A.
Sheppard
Abigail (Crampton) Pribbenow ’86
Mia S. Prieskorn *
Elad Rachevsky ’99
Sebastien Ramseyer ’87
Andres Resendez ’85 & Jaana
Remes ’84
David & Julie Rifkin (P)
Jennifer (Lovitt) Riggs ’90
Peter Ruggiero
CASTLE CLuB DONOrSgifts of $10,000 to $25,000
Eric & Sophie Archambeau (P)
The Bernard Lee Schwartz
Foundation *
Common Counsel Foundation,
the Kindle Project
Lisa A. H. Darling (E) *
Sebastien de Halleux ’96
Thomas Dickerson AC ’68 &
Claire Dickerson *
Frank & Dolores Hines Family
Fund of the Albuquerque
Community Foundation *
Philip O. Geier III & Amy Yeager
Geier (P) *
Astrid Nellemann ’93
Paul & Laura Ricks (P)
Ross Smith & Lynsey Newman (P)
Southwest Capital Bank
gifts of $5,000 to $10,000
Gregor Andrade ’88
Amin Badr-El-Din
Berger Briggs Real Estate &
Insurance Inc.
Michael & Elizabeth Foose (P)
Luigi Gentile ’98
Diane & Guilford Glazer
Goldman Sachs Matching
Gifts Program
Aziz & Farahnaz Hashim (P)
Ulrich Kratz ’92
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Amit Mital ’87
The New York Community Trust
HRH Prince Pavlos ’86
Charlotte Ilfeld Rubin *
Dorothy & Frederick Rudolph *
Jon & Claire Schneider (P)
Monique Seefried
Steele Family Foundation
Subitha Subramaniam ’88
Hans P. Utsch
Xiaofang Xia & Zhonghong Mao (P)
gifts of $1,000 to $5,000
Anonymous (2)
Rick & Kathy Abeles and
The Abeles Foundation *
Khamis Abu-Hasaballah ’86
David & Pamela Albin *
Zulfiqar Ali ’90 *
Andrew Allen Charitable
Foundation
Mijail Apkarian & Alicia
Ramos Valdenegro (P)
Ruben E. Ayala ’92
Souleymane Ba ’99
Balboa Peaks Software LLC
Adam Bartos & Mahnaz Ispahani
Bartos and the Pannonia
Foundation
The Baupost Group LLC
Yvette V. Baxter-Drayton ’87 *
Rachel Belash *
Ignatius & Laura Bezzam (P)
Charles Bibilos ’96
Chris Bickley ’86 *
Paolo Bigagli & Cristiana Vallini (P)
Paulo J. Bilezikjian ’87
Pamela (Parsa) Bond ’94 *
Oru & Patricia Bose (P)
The Boston Foundation Inc.
Ted & Shirley Boucher
William Brandenburg *
Amir Brown ’95
Stuart Brown & Sandra DeJong (P)
Michael Buckley ’89
Edward Burns ’84 *
Marcelo Calliari ’84
Paul Campbell & Carol Genetti (P)
Joan & Gary Capen *
Karl & Susan Case *
Amporn Chaimaitri ’92
Ali Chandani ’91
Cliff Chapman & Pattye
Henderson Chapman (P)
Mars Chapman ’08
Alvin Chereskin
Chi Wai Chow & Yui Chuen Cheung (P)
Matthew Christ & Sophia
Goodman AC ’82 (P)
Janine Chupa ’84 *
Sierra Burnett Clark AD ’98
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Gert Danielsen ’96
Rebecca (Cadwell) Day ’92
Mauricio de Arruda ’88
Josser Delgado ’96 *
Amadou Deme & Siga Diop (P)
Steven Dichter & Kate Buckley
Ed Doe ’96
Wojciech Domanski ’98
ThE CASTLE CLuB
Recognizing donors of $1,000 to $25,000 during the 2012 fiscal year, with special giving levels
for young alumni and current students, the Castle Club is named for the Montezuma Castle, the
most prominent building on the UWC‑USA campus. The castle was built in 1886 and lovingly
restored in 2000. It now houses dormitories, classrooms, the dining hall, the student center,
meeting rooms, and administrative offices.
BY GIVING LEVELBY GIVING LEVEL
| * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees | | * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees |
The Castle Club (page 10)
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BY GIVING LEVEL
Clay Samford ’92
Robert Saulters (P)
Johannes J.C. Schiet
Kristian Segerstråle ’96
Mike Sennett & Jackie
Baker-Sennett (P)
Eyad Shabaneh & Intesar Shukhi (P) (E)
Kathryn (Holmgaard) Shaffner ’95 *
Dawningstar W. Sikorski ’97 *
Caroline Sim ’85
Nok Siriphonlai ’95 *
Charles & Ann Smith *
Tim Smith & Molly Lanzarotta (P)
Tim Smith & Teodora Atanasova (E)
Stephan & Karen Spitzer *
Carl St. Remy ’88 *
Robert J. Stamm & Mary Herring
Stamm Designated Fund
of the Albuquerque
Community Foundation *
Michael Stern ’89 & Pamela Paul *
Lawrence Sutter & Patricia Lins (P)
Douglas & Selene Swanson (P)
Robert E. & Barbara J. Swanson
Zoltan Szilassi ’91
Taos Community Foundation
Michael C. Taylor ’91 *
Ajay Totlani ’92
Erik Trolle & Yenan Chen (P)
Amjad Tuffaha ’98
Tumbling River Ranch Partnership
United Way of Central New Mexico
Hendrik G. van Oss WK ’72 *
Rajesh Vedanthan ’91 & Sujatha
Srinivasan
James Waldroop & Valerie Zimber (P)
Kenneth & Paulanne Ward (P)
Zachary Weisfeld ’88
Martin ’86 & Anja Weiss AC ’87
Paul & Powel Welliver (P)
Melanie Weston ’86 *
Charles Chau-Chi Wong ’84
Kenneth Kwokmung Yeung ’84
Samuel Zell
Ricardo J. Zemella ’84
young Alumni and Current Students($1,000 or more donors are listed above)
Seamus Abshere ’02 & Maria
Bettina Miguez De Mori ’02
Naa Aku Addo ’00
Sheila Agiti ’07
Michael A. Aleman ’10
Brandon Anderson ’00
Renu Badiani ’97 *
Arod Balissa ’07
Shanthakumar Bannirchelvam ’07
Murat Bilgel ’07
Dimitar A. Bounov ’05
Luke C. P. Brennan ’09
Ashton Brown ’07
Anna Carmon ’09
Benjamin Carlson ’03
Mei Fong Chan ’98
Natalie Chan ’11
Bradley D. Chisholm ’97
Nelson F. Chiwara ’07
Deidre Ciliento ’01
Michael D’Agostino ’01
Ishmail S. Daoh ’07
Emma D. Diouf ’07
Aida Dominguez Ortiz ’07
Ashley Dunlop ’02 *
Sara El-Bohy ’09
Pete H. Fitton ’09
Mathew R. Freimuth ’09
Sebastien T. Galperti ’07
Mark A. Garner ’09
Anand Gopalan ’02
Stephan F. Grabner ’09
Zipporah Guerin ’10
Josh Hall ’01
Emily Hogin ’06 *
Adani Illo ’01 & Jimena Vivas ’02
Arzika Illo ’03
Eileen Jackson Ugueto ’97
Jennifer S. Kim ’10
Tamas Kolos-Lakatos ’07
Harry William Lambert ’12
Joel Larson ’02
Jon Vegard Larssen ’97 & Beatriz
Diaz Acosta ’97 *
Stephen S. Lavallo Jr. ’09
Chike C. Leigh ’08
Chao Lu ’04
Thembumenzi Shisizwe Lukhele ’04
Lubomir Malo ’07 *
Elian Maritz ’02
Thema Modisi ’98
Jennifer Modrich ’00
Gilbert Mudenda ’12
Len E. Necefer ’07
Brendan O’Connor ’04
Nicole Paulet Piedra ’09
James Pautz ’02
Robin Pedroza Weschle ’07
Morgante Orion Pell ’12
Zohar Perla ’07
Shaina M. Pomerantz Kasper ’09
Tara Kane Prendergast ’08
Maria A. Rodas ’97
Thea Rømmen ’09
Carlos G. Sabatino Gonzalez ’07 *
Emma Smith ’12
Annie Sorich ’01
Kathryn J. Steinweiss ’08
Tara (Watkins) Stevenson ’98
Anthony Szozda ’03
Daniel Tan Ooi Peng ’03
Jenny Thapa ’08
Elena Tonc ’09
BY GIVING LEVEL
© Ben Gillock
gifts of $500 to $1,000
Ronald & Teresa Airey (P)
Mauricio A. Albrizzio ’92
Ivan Alves ’87
David & Robyn Ball (P)
Bank of America, N.A.
Ian & Angela Bartlett (P)
Roberto F. Bel ’91 *
Ibrahim & Nazan Bilgel (P)
Bjorn Bjerke ’85
Boeing
BP Foundation Inc.
Andy & Audry Carter (P)
Michael Cope ’96 & Catherine Cronin ’96
Caitlin (Garland) Curtis ’91
Michael Dewson & Ann Atkey
Jason Dinger ’93 *
Keith & Kristen Dobyns (P)
Gerald Doyle & Christina Gomez (P)
Margaret I. Drent ’86 *
Roma J. Earles (P)
Winifred Edwards
Henry Everts ’90
Cindy Ewing
Haidar S. Farah & Maha N. Al Twal (P)
Matthew & Heide Felton
Tomas Fernandez & Victoria Mora (P)
Henry & Mary Flynt *
Norton Francis ’88
Franken Companies Inc.
Lullit Getachew ’88
Frederico Gil Sander ’94 *
Oscar & Sandra Gonzalez (P)
Saruhan Hatipoglu ’91
Julia Broehl Hesse ’91 *
Eva R. Hoffmann ’94
David ’87 & Hiroko (Morita) James ’90
Maria F. Jaramillo ’92
Trent M. Jones ’92
Aly Kassam-Remtulla ’94 *
Mike & Pat Koldyke
Gary Kowalski & Dori Jones (P)
Wing-Pin (Winnie) Kwan ’93
Jim & Story Leonard
Leng Leroy Lim ’84
Nadia Marinova ’93
Wally & Terry Melendres *
Theotonio Monteiro de Barros ’85
Sophie Joy Mosko ’90
W.H. Muir
Shiru Mwangi ’84
David Neidel ’87 *
Don & Evelyn Neil
Valerie Oke ’85 *
Karen O’Leary ’87
Matthew Hecht & Mary Olson (P)
Charlie PC ’77 & Faye O’Neil
Diego R. Pérez-Salicrup ’86
Karen Petroski ’86
Rebecca Pitman ’92
Christopher A. Price ’85
Neil Pyper ’93
Eugenio Ruggiero ’84
Manuel Salazar Diez Canseco ’86
Hoda Salem ’84
Robert & Deborah Saylor (P)
Erin Scales ’91
Nour Scandar ’92
James L. & Carol A. Smith *
Didier Stainier AC ’81 & Megan Grether (P)
Bob & Carol Stegeman *
Daniel W. Stuckart ’84
Nina Mary Stupples ’85
Eckehard A. E. Stuth AC ’77 & Janellen L.
Becker-Stuth (P) *
Douglas Swartz & Karen Spencer (P)
David Tagge ’94 *
Sandra Thomas ’84
Lori Thorlakson ’92
Maria Jose Tort Canto ’85
Emma Tucker ’85
Mudit Tyagi ’88 *
Hirotsugu Uchida ’91 *
Henry Webb ’91 *
Mark & Amy Wiebke (P)
Alex Wisch ’91
OThEr SuppOrTErS
We are grateful to the many who supported UWC‑USA during our 2012 fiscal year. This support
has enabled us to offer extensive scholarships; engage an outstanding faculty and staff; conduct
programs on global issues, conflict resolution, and the arts; offer wilderness expeditions and
community services; and maintain and improve our facilities.
Other Supporters (page 13)
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James Wisener ’95
Emily Wylde ’94
gifts of $250 to $500
Anonymous (2)
Bob & Pat Amai *
Elizabeth Ashby & Tim DeMoss (E)
Craig C. & Kristine E. Axtell (P) *
Carmen Balber ’95 *
Jorida Banda ’96
Arlita Bascome-McCook ’94
Loes Becu ’94 *
Kimiyo Bonnie Bennett ’85
Teresa Bernheimer ’96
Matthew & Carmel Bowman (P)
Dana M. Brandon ’86
Charlotte Brenner Zeile ’85
Ron Brockman & Ellen Feldman (P)
Harold & Norma Brown *
Cameron C. Burch ’00
Flannery Burke ’91 *
Dietrich & Brigitte Busch
Odd-Even Bustnes ’89
Fiona Caldwell ’85
Mr. & Mrs. Francesco Caputo (P)
Bill & Georgia Carson *
Alan & Lavender Chan (P)
Yutthichai Chanikornpradit ’89
Angeline Chupa ’90 *
David S. Collison ’90 & Sandra
Gastañaduy-Collison ’90 *
Mikkel Conradi AD ’94
Frank & Louise Cordova (P)
Anthony DeGange & Emily
Davies (P) *
Bongani Dlamini ’94
Julia (Lee) Drouart ’95
David & Alice Elliott
John A. & Lena J. Elzufon *
Francisco H.G. Ferreira ’86 *
Andreas Fidjeland ’98 *
Janet M. (Roberts) Florez ’86
Alan & Kathy Franken (P)
Ivor Frischknecht ’86
Michael Fuchs ’92
Keith & Christine Garbutt (P)
John Geffroy & Margaret
Vazquez-Geffroy (E)
Cristina Gomez Jimenez ’01
Dorothy B. Goodman *
Elisabeth Grabner (P)
Trevor Z. Hallstein ’91
Kristine Hauge Storholt ’92
Koichi Hiramoto ’85
Hilde Hustoft (P)
Sandhya Jithoo ’98
Mike & Agnes Jones (P)
Jennifer Keith ’85
Susan Keppelman ’01
Torodd Kummen AC ’77 &
Linda Vahat (P) *
Mark Larrimore ’84
Eileen Lau ’92
Brian Lax ’92 & Tarra Hassin ’91 *
James & Patricia Leo
Nuno Limao ’92
Andrew & Rebecca Loehrer (P)
Timothy Long ’86 *
Javier López Arangüena ’00
Kaisu Luiro ’95
Nat & Dottie Mann *
Surbhi Sharma Martin ’96
Samir Mastaki ’01
James McNeil ’89
Rona J. McNeil ’85
Hideki & Keiko Miyazaki (P)
Gabrielle Moore ’95 *
Jason Patrick Morgan ’91 *
John Morris ’85
Harold Nevins & Andrea Shaw (P)
Soren Nielsen ’95 *
Carl & Saori Nishimura (P)
Hakon ’95 & Ana (Fonseca)
Nordang ’95
Melkizedeck S. Okudo ’99
Anna Francis Olsson ’91
Chiara Osbat ’89
Shelley Pasco-Verdi ’86
Maria Carolina Perez Alvarado ’85
Nicole Piche ’85
Annukka Piironen ’89 *
PPG Industries Foundation
Daniel Pringle ’93 *
Narisara Pungrasmi ’85
João Quinta da Fonseca ’94
Dorota I. Ratusinska ’84 *
James Redmon ’95 *
Sergio Ripamonti ’86
Miguel N. Rivera ’92
Rebecca Rogers ’92
Ronald W. Rubinow
Gian Paolo Ruggiero ’86
Preeta Samarasan ’94 *
Bill & Kris Sammons *
Charlene G. Sanders (P) *
Emiliano Schmidt Fiori ’91
Peter Richard Schuurman ’86
Robert J. & Monique Schweich
Fiona Siu ’86
Talal Soghaier ’85
Bernd & Birgit Stelzer (P)
Michael Sugar ’91
Peter M. Tart
Karen Ann Taylor de Caballero ’87 *
Sue A. Thompson (P)
Tyler C. Tingley
Andrea S. Tisi ’84 *
Enrique Torres ’96
Guillermo Trejo ’86 & Anne
Bax ’86
Harald Tuckermann ’92 &
Bertha R. Camacho ’93
Walter & Jantina Tuthill (P)
Akihiro & Kuniko Uchida (P) *
Kimberly A. Vickers ’84 *
Angela Vignoli ’01
Ding Wei ’96 *
Nadia Williams ’98 *
Victor Williams ’89
Kristofer Wilson ’04 (E) & Elgita
Eglite-Wilson ’05 (E)
Mark Yeager & Maia Fischler (P)
Laura J. Young ’98
Agnieszka Ziemba-Ahman ’88
Risana Zitha ’95
Firend Zora ’99
William & Georgia Zwartjes (P)
gifts of $100 to $250
Anonymous *
Inga Aalia ’98
Michael B. Aaron ’87*
Tamer Abdelgawad ’85 *
Ann Aceves *
Anthony Agadzi ’95 *
Kevin & Margi Ahearn (P)
Sanna Ahvenharju ’90
Lamiae Aidi ’96
Ursel Albers
Michael Alcock ’98 *
Carmen Alexander ’04
Jorge A. Alvarez Garcia-Tunon ’06
Felix K. Amankona-Diawuo ’04
Kirsten L. Ambach ’93 *
Mohan Ambikaipaker ’91
Mohamed A. Amer ’85
Ruben & Marjorie Andressen (P)
Diego Angemi ’94
Meher Antia ’90
Anjali Arondekar ’87
Eran ’91 & Daniela (Beran)
Bar-Am ’91
Mustu Barma ’98 *
Carla (Castellanos) Bass ’87 *
Brian A. Bava ’91 *
Yunus Emre Bayrak ’95
Jacqueline A. Bell ’85
Robert & Mary Benishek (P)
Adam & Sonya Berg *
Johann Bergholz Villafane ’02
Magnus & Karin Bergmar (P)
Karla Bjelanovic ’98
Yngvild N. Blaker ’00
Gita Bodner ’86
Richard & Virginia Bodner (P)
Lyle Boelens ’84
Elizabeth Bohlke
James Bowen ’96 *
Bill Boyd & Vicky Hemmes
Jonathan & Valerie Brelje (P)
James N. & Shirley Ann Brooke (P)
Carrie (Mollatt) Brooke-Sumner ’97
Dorrie Brooks ’85
Mahdi Bseiso ’00
Melanie Bush ’93
Cherie Butler ’92
James Byrne ’03
Derlis Caballero Ruiz & Carmen
Ciciolli Arce (P)
Cristina S. Campbell ’85
Eddy & Geraldette Campos (P)
Ana B. Campos Mora ’87
Michael Carlson & Holly
Mackenzie Carlson (P)
Gareth Carter ’01
Cesar Castillo ’89
Leonte Castillo ’94
Soumya Chakravarti & Katya
Fairbanks (P)
Sovanna Chhim & Kinneang
Chan (P)
Marie Juhola Chilman (P) *
John P. Christodouleas ’94
Clark Construction Group
Jason Coady ’93
Ashley Crossland ’91
Gisele Cuglievan ’94
Joep W.H. Damen ’99
Kisito & Adama Daoh (P)
Glen & Shirlee Davidson *
Tyler Blake Davis ’97
Ivan Davtchev ’98
Tala V. de los Santos ’93 *
Heather Deutsch ’92 *
Maria M. Diaz Fernandez ’94
Ovidio Diaz Marin ’03
Janet Smith Dickerson
Gavin Dock ’86
Martin Doe ’98
Heather Lee (Bruce) Douglas ’94
James & Julie Drennan *
Louise Drlik *
Nick Droege
Benjamin Dryden ’02
George A. & Arlaen J. DuBois
Katerina Klimsova Dvorakova ’92
Agneta Eikelenboom ’84 *
Tore ’92 & Riina (Kallio-Koski)
Eikenes ’92
Elderhostel Inc. *
Patricia Enzi ’02
Ryan Erickson ’02
Laro Escalada Navamuel ’04
Fausto Espinosa ’85
Manolo Espinosa ’87
Alicia Estrella Santos ’95
Akinsola Fafunso ’99 *
Alioune Fall ’86
Curt Fiedler (P)
Jeffrey & Beth Finney (P)
Philip C. Fisher
Thomas G. Fitton (P)
Niamh Fleming-Farrell ’02
Jennifer Foerster ’98
Emily Foraker ’05
Felix Forster ’05
Petra Fousková ’96
Steven R. Franken
Jackie Gakunga ’92
Felicity Gallagher ’85
Santiago Garcia-Verdu ’94
Elisa & Ted Geier
Rodney P. & Vallie C. Geier
Janet Gerard (E) *
Valerie J. Gerber ’99
Atang Gilika ’06
Dorothy Gillespie
Aleyda González McKiernan (P) (E)
Kathy Gould & Alexandra Walter
Mary Alice Grant ’97
C.B. & Eleanor Hall
Bashar Abdullah Hamdan ’96 *
Sandra Hamilton (P)
N. Mollar (Nkiwane) Hanselman ’94
Erika Harding ’85
William G. Harley &
Deborah F. Block (P)
Brett (Van Veldhuizen)
Hendrickson ’94
Nella Hengstler ’93 *
Mohammed Herzallah ’03
Dafna Herzberg ’02
Brittany Hesbrook ’06 *
Aashild (Erikkson) Hettervik ’86
John & Carolyn Hilden (P)
Peter Hiller & Celeste Williams
David Hite & Terra Louise ’96 *
Melville & Elizabeth Hodder
David H. Hogue ’03
Rasha S. Hosni ’05
Neil Hunter AC ’72 & Anita Carlson
Oskari Jaaskelainen ’85
Rebecca Jeffs (P)
Catherine Jheon ’90 *
Maria Tatiana Jimenez Liebana ’94 *
Josée Johnston ’91
Emily Jones ’96 *
Jonathan Jones ’00
Max Jones ’91
A. Shafee Jones-Wilson ’98 *
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Valentina Kachanovskaya ’02 *
Sashe Kanapathi ’94
Khadidjatou Kane ’96
Robin Aura Kanegis ’92
Justin W. Karfo ’05
Keith J. Kasper & Francine S.
Pomerantz (P)
Yohei Kawabata ’92
Mary Keller
Daniel T. Kelly Jr. *
Michelle (Aitken) Kent ’98
Richard & Judith Keppelman (P)
Robert Killion
Eugene & Linda King *
Doreen Kirabo-Kasimbazi ’98
Adam Kirk ’90 *
Lisa Krassner ’91 *
Ilyanna Kreske ’91 *
The Kress-Miller Family (P)
Patricia Kuhlhoff
Brittany Ladd ’96
Smriti Lakhey ’99
Johan Lammers (E)
Richard & Jo-Ann Lanzillo (P)
Wing Wah Margaret Lau ’98
Tsvetelina Lazarova ’86
Michael Leach ’95
Shari Leach *
Chor Jye Lee ’88
Jason James Lees ’94
Homer & Mildred LeMar
Wing Chiu Erik Leung ’96 *
Steve & Peggy Leuzinger (P)
David Alexander Lindsay ’84
Anna Links ’96
Hedvig Ljungerud ’94 *
Olivia E. Llamas ’93
Liane Asta Lohde ’94
Diego Lopez ’89
Michal Lord-Blegen ’86
Nicola Mai ’97
Mara Malakoff (P)
Sanjay Manandhar ’85
James Mark & Jean Roseman (P)
Ashindi Maxton ’93
Tamar Mayer (P)
Stanley & Zelda Meer McCrossen *
Judi McDonald ’84
Eileen McKiernan González ’88
Ruth C. Mead
Mejia-Botero Family (P)
Winston Meyer ’91 *
Matthew Miller (E)
Pierre V. Monteux ’98
Sophie Moochhala ’86
Morgan Stanley Annual
Appeal Campaign
Arnold & Patricia Morse (P)
Simbai Mudzamba ’93
Ivan F. Mustain & Marisa Isabel
Leon ’87
Nicholas Mwai ’02
Emma Manda Mwanza ’86
Sanval Nasim ’04
Lana Nasser ’96
Edward J. Necefer (P)
Dejan Nenov ’86
William & Louisa Newlin
Corrine Ng ’96
Anju Nohria ’86
Jehanzeb Noor ’00
Adriana Nordin Manan ’03
Andrew V. Nowak
Occidental Petroleum
Charitable Foundation
Tom & Rebecca Oden (P) (E)
Teresa Ordorika ’86
| * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees. || * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees. |
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© Kate Russell
Jorge I. Oria ’91
Tal Oron Cohen ’90
Ruth Padilla-Ruiz ’98
Theresa Page
Kevin Park ’96
Nuria Pastor-Soler ’86
Swati Patankar ’86
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Paulina Pineda Garza ’85
John F. & Rosaline C. Pintek
Michael Polenz ’88
Nicholas M. Poon ’05
Bruce Poster *
Erin Quintana (E)
Nabina Rajbhandari ’86
Aurelio Ramos ’91
Trudy Rebert ’02
Ryan Richards ’02
Helle Ringgaard ’85
Michael & Janet Rogers (P) *
Mario Roman ’86
Nicole P. Römer ’90
Katie Romich ’94
Jan Arild & Astrid Rømmen (P)
Ben Rose & Lori Fisher (P)
Tom & Carol Rose
Guillaume Rougale ’96
Rudolph Charitable Match Program
Samuel Rugunda ’05
Duncan RyanMann (P)
Pawel Rybacki ’93
Karl D. Sanchez (E)
Donald Schaeffer ’85
Andy M. Schatz AC ’69 &
Barbara F. Wolf *
Jay Schlechte ’91
Thomas Schwingeler ’86
Likeleli G. Seitlheko ’05
Ed & Dianne Shinholser *
Dinesh Lal Shrestha ’90
JoAnne Sickeri ’93
Leah Simmons-Davis ’97 *
Vera Siregar ’87
Saovanee Somchit ’05
Chris & Sally Sonne
Annelise Sprenger ’94 *
Vinay H. Srihari ’89
Janice Lee Stanfield (P)
Orit Stein-Reisner ’85
Jeremiah Stevens ’94 *
Daniel T. Stuber ’05
Kurt J. Stuermer ’90
Megan B. Sullivan ’97
William & Sandra Sullivan (P)
Filip Sulma ’99
Pawel Swieboda ’91
Anneke Swinehart ’91
Jody Taggart ’84
Yoshiko Tanabe ’86
Rafael Tarud ’90
Gunhan Tatman ’86
Havovi (Framji ) Tavadia ’90
Carolina P. Tello Alvarado ’97
Texas Instruments Foundation
Dana Thordarson ’87
Jacynth H. Tibbetts ’03
Dean & Bonita Tooley *
Thomas K. Trigg IV & Mary S.
Schipper *
Isabelle Trop ’87
Jacek & Kristine Troska (P)
Alan Tsang ’95
Joyceline (See) Tully ’93
Steve & Mary Turkus (P)
David Turner & Kirsten
Baumgart Turner AC ’79
Sven van den Hazel ’85
Ajla (Merdanovic) van Heel ’96
Cecelia Vandewart
Carlos Varela ’95 & Veronica
Trujillo LPC ’00
Fredalyn M. Vargas ’92
György Vereb ’85
Susanna Vervoordeldonk ’85
Daniele Vidoni ’97
Moritz Vogel ’90
Katherine D. Waite ’96
Don & Hilda Wales
Gary Walker & Nesha Kovalick (P)
Greg Walsh *
Stephanie Walton ’90
Amadou Wane ’84
Zhihe Wang & Mejun Fan (P)
Chanin Warakulnukroh ’86
Chuck Warpehoski ’97
Carolina Waters ’85
Raechel Waters ’90
Pilar Maria Weiss ’94 *
Marina Wes ’88
Allison West ’04
Alan Wicks & Elizabeth Morse (E)
Brendan Wild ’85
Gerald O. Wilson ’98
Jessica (Kosfiszer) Wilson ’92
Birgitte Wøhlk ’86
Kori Woodard ’92
Erin (Kennedy) Woods ’89 *
John & Linda Woods
Shea Writer ’91
Joseph Xavier Jr. ’91
Aya Yamoto ’97
Mei Yan (Rachel) Yeung ’98
Pinar Yurekli-Aycan ’02
Ray & Barbara Zimmer *
Renate Ziverte ’03
gifts up to $100
Anonymous (2)
Alfredo N. Achecar ’99
Kamil M. Adamczewski ’07
Murisa Ahmetasevic ’12
Rayah H.S. Al Farah ’10
Kareem Al Husaini ’10
Zahra’a Al-Janabi ’09
Audrey (Kollitz) Allen ’96
Victoria Alleyne ’06
Abuubakar R. Ally ’12
Brian J. Almadi ’07
Damian Almiron Bonnin ’05
Maria Almond ’96 *
Daniel Alpert
Kristin D. Alveng ’07
Iryna Ambroz ’09
Vikram Anand ’04
Yasmine (Benlamlih) Anaya ’97
Elizabeth Anderson ’01 *
Francesca Annicchiarico ’12
Leonor Añó ’06
Charlotte Antoine ’09
Anjali S. Appadurai ’09
Pekka Arikoski ’86
Joanne S. Armstrong (P)
Shona L. Armstrong ’88 *
Janice J. Arrott *
Paula Asbun ’90 *
Antinea Ascione ’08
Orit Ashkenazi ’86
Anastasia Asmoro ’11
Sarah Atwood
Erin Axtell ’03
Anga’aefonu Bain-Vete ’03
Mary Jean Baldridge Los ’91
Lorenzo Bartolucci ’07 *
Brown Bear *
Charlotte Benishek ’11
Nina M. Bergmar ‘07
Vishal Bharam ’10
Vladimir Bilcik ’93 *
Rasmus H. Bjorn ’08
C. River Black ’07
Kristina Blazanovic ’08
Hanna Bobyk ’07
Basiel Bogaerts ’08
Luis E. Bonilla Rivera ’07
Aaron Bos-Lun ’07
Simona Stanislavova
Boyadzhiyska ’12
Sara Breslow ’91 *
Kenneth & Hulda Bridgeman (P)
Stina S. Bridgeman ’91 *
Chinyere A.M. Brown ’12
Jerome Axle Brown ’05
Michael Brown ’90 *
Barbara (Barbie) Burger ’88
Alba O. Cabral ’96
Sofia Victoria Calderon Miller ’94
Gerylaine E. Campos ’12
Alessandro Carini Gutierrez ’03
Tracey L. Carter ’91
Carla Castañeda ’92
Andrea Cavina ’91 *
Inviolata S. Chami ’12
The Charitable Giving Card
Program of The Community
Foundation of Middle
Tennessee
Chevron Humankind Matching
Gift Program
Nicol D. Chinchilla Cordero ’12
Kimberley K. M. Chong ’09
Tsz Loi Gloria Chow ’11
PJ Christeleit ’03
Paul O. Cichocki ’12
Simone (Hickey) Clark ’98
Maria A. Coca Ramos ’07
Thomas Compier ’07
Curtis J. Cook ’12
John L. & Linda S. Cope (P)
Rodrigo P. Coronel Erazo ’12
Corrales Historical Society
George Costow ’00 *
Sela Cowger ’08
Andrea Cruz Quiroz ’10
Yassine Daoud ’95
Brien Darby ’04
Miles Davenport & Helen
Durham ‘85 (P) *
Hannah Davies ’91
Chimi Dema ’10
Diana Denham ’00
Åke Densert ’87 *
Morgan ’86 & April (Ethier-
O’Neill) Dewees ’87
Adriana Di Graziano ’12
Sidy M. Diakhate ’06
Carlos Diaz ’93
Gema Diaz Balboa Matthias ’91
Bethany J.R. Dixon ’10
Kripa Dongol ’12
Alvaro Donoso ’07
Christina Dragon ’05
Bard Drange ’11
Louise Drieghe ’12
Shannon Duncan ’98
Sara Dunleavy Berge ’09
Eric K. Eileraas ’85
Mohammed El-Mahdy ’03
Daniela Emmerich Lopez ’00
Ece Erdagoz ’10
Roger & Juanita Esquibel (E)
David K. Evans ’94
Artur Fass ’11
Amie Ferris-Rotman ’98
Ethan Fields ’12
Robert Finney ’11
Benjamin D. Fishman ’88
Kelsey L. Forbes ’10
Daniel Franz ’06
Hannah Rose Freedman ’12
Duane & Nancy Freeman
Jon Gajo ’12
Roman Gautam ’06
Sulav Giri ’94 *
Adrian Gonzales (E)
Ernie & Pat Gonzalez (P)
Kathleen Gonzales (E)
Adilson E. Gonzalez Morales ’12
Juan Camilo Gonzalez Pelaez ’01
Gayatri Gopinath ’86
Francisco Eduardo Granizo
Torres ’07
Sergey Grechukhin ’04
Ido Grosman ’08
Henriette Gulbrandsen ’85
Karianne Gundersen ’08
Paulo Gusmao ’03
Andres Guzman Garza ’06
Donald W. Hagen *
Ragnhild S. Halvag ’11
Cordell & Patricia Halverson *
Greta E. Hanson ’85
Nora Hanson ’03
Muhammad Hardiansyah ’08
Mariela Hardy AD ’02
Nono Harhoff ’02
Carol B. Hart Ttee *
Noor Titan Putri Hartono ’12
Lisa Hartrich ’88 *
Thayer Hastings ’07
Ingerid V. Hatlegjerde ’07
Carson Evan Hauck ’10
John & Ruth Hazelton
Kirsten Healey ’88
Arianna Heiderer ’07
Raustin Daine Hernandez ’10
Joana C. Hiew de Sousa
Magalhaes ’11
Minette Hillyer ’91
Robyn Hooper ’07
Nahoko Hoshino ’02
Alexis Howland ’04
Elizabeth Hoyler ’12
Jane E. Huber ’12
Ellen Jules Hubrecht ’91 *
Grace I. Humphries ’08
Carolyn Hunt ’96
Kate (Saldin) Hunter ’00 *
Lisa (Strassner) Hutchcraft ’98
To Nhu Huynh ’08
Jasmin Imran Alsous ’07
Anas Iqtait ’06
David T. C. Ishmael ’10
Kevin Francisco Jackson
Ugueto ’06
Yumna J. Jawa ’98
Meghan Jennings ’05
Anne Marie Jensen ’07
Anne (Jurkowski) Johnson ’01
Larry & Monelle Johnson (P)
Lea Johnson ’92
Vickie A. Johnson ’94
Kalene K. M. Jones ’12
Milos Jovanovic ’03
Agnieszka Kajrukszto ’94
Daniel Kampel ’85
Meriom Kastner
Mbumbijazo U. Katjivena ’08
Jeremy Kazanjian-Amory ’08
Thomas & Berthe Keith (P) *
Natalie M. Kennelley ’09
Sarah (Stamp) Kenningham ’90
Emmanuel S. Kirunda ’00
Stephan J. Klasen ’85
Adam Kleinberger ’92
Bart Klem ’97
John C. Knox ’91 *
Sara B. Koplik ’89
Judit Koppány ’02
Travis S. Kotecco ’10
Sarah Krasny ’04
Saul & Ronni Krasny (P)
Martin S. Krastev ’08
Louis A. Lagoutte ’12
Martin Laird ’94
Laurie J. Laker ’07
Gnagna Lam ’08
Olivia Lau ’10
Yu Mei Lay He ’10
James Lazarus & Susan
Gershenhorn
Guojun Lee ’10
Jae-Min Lee ’12
Justin Lee ’95 *
Mihret B. Lemma ’08
Jonatan Eliu Lemus Avila ’08
Kasia Leon-Lubowicz ’95
Natacha M.D.C. Letort
Gonzalez ’08
Maggi Leung ’90
Trevor Leuzinger ’11
Yun-Yun Susan Li ’12
Daniel (Hamburger) Lidar ’86 &
Jennifer (Gould) Lidar ’84
Dustin J. Lipson ’95 *
Celene Lizzio ’02 *
Ninya Loeppky ’02
Andrew Louw ’06
Thomas Lu ’12
Rodrigo Luna Queirolo ’12
Michael & Beverly Lupa
Angela N. Lytton ’98 *
Kimberly Ma
Gadi Maayan ’02
Justine MacWilliam ’02
Riccardo Maggi ’85
Susan Malley (P)
John Manton ’91 *
Danielle D. Maoz ’12
Rachel Markowitz ’04
Jonathan Shields Mason ’01
Sarah (Sellers) Mayle ’95
Aminata N. Mbodj ’12
Ciara N. McCartney ’07
Holly McDonald ’10
Tom McDonald
Joe & Katie McDonough
| * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees || * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees |
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EDuCATiON ThROuGh ExPERiENCE
Many students arrive at
UWC‑USA having never
slept in a tent. They’ve never
hiked up a mountain with a
backpack, used a camp stove,
or purified their own water.
All that changes six weeks after
school begins, when these same
students find themselves standing
on the rim of the Grand Canyon
in Arizona, ready to embark on a
wilderness adventure of a lifetime.
They don’t know it yet, but at the
end of the trip, they will have gained
self‑confidence, basic camp skills,
and friendships that last a lifetime.
“At the beginning I felt stressed
with every step I took, but later I
became confident, and even if the
obstacle was hard, I didn’t care
too much,” says second‑year stu‑
dent Ula Snigurska ’13, Poland.
Inspired by UWC founder Kurt
Hahn, the Wilderness Program is
a core component at UWC‑USA.
Every student must participate in
two expeditions a year, as well as
training in first aid, CPR, map and
compass skills, and camp skills.
Last year, students had 14 expedi‑
tions to choose from in places as
wide ranging as the Grand Can‑
yon, the Pecos Wilderness, Wheel‑
er Peak, and Ghost Ranch.
During the 2011‑12 school year,
an unprecedented 56 students
participated in the annual Grand
Canyon wilderness expedition,
hiking seven different trails with
the assistance of 16 professional
wilderness guides. Among the
multitude of experiences available
at UWC‑USA, the Grand Canyon
trips rank among the most gratify‑
ing and memorable. And as with
all school wilderness experiences,
these trips support the UWC mis‑
sion in uniting youth from vastly
different cultures through shared
experience and personal challenge.
Through hands‑on outdoor expe‑
rience and adventure, students
develop leadership, teamwork,
communication skills, interper‑
sonal awareness, and self‑reli‑
ance. At the same time, they gain
a deep appreciation for nature as
well as for their responsibility as
environmental stewards.
“My best moment is when I felt en‑
closed by the Grand Canyon,” says
Faten Al Mukhtar ’13, Bahrain. “It
was surrounding me in all direc‑
tions. I felt a part of it.”
—by Emily Withnall MC ’01
BY GIVING LEVEL
Dylan Elek McFarlane ’04
R. Charles & Linda McFate (P)
John McKiernan ’86
Hans O. Melberg ’90
Edward D. Melillo ’93
Cecile Menard ’91
Jay A. Merchant ’07
Charlotte Meyer ’03
Jason Meyer
Lais Miachon Silva ’08
Robert E. Mishler
Rose Alal Miyonga ’12
Evelyn Moats (E)
Ahtziri E. Molina Roldan ’91
Pedro M. Monque Lopez ’12
Harry & Christine Morris
Anne Ulstrup Mortensen ’06
Tseliso Mosiuoa ’89
Maysa Mourad ’07 *
Halimatou Hima Moussa
Dioula ’06
Jessica M. Mowles ’03 *
John J. & Roseanne T. Mucchetti (P)
Brighton Mudzingwa ’05
Merisa Muharemovic ’11
Carol Ann Mullaney
Anasol Munoz ’90
Pilar Murillo ’86
Colette H. Murphy ’03
Peter Musaeus ’90 *
Veera Mustonen ’91
Martha Nabukeera ’11
Claudia Nagel ’09
Emil Nagengast & Kati Csoman (P)
Mariko Nakayama ’07 *
Andrew Nalani ’12
Amrita Narayanan ’94
Ken Neal-Boyd ’85
Iris K. Nevins ’10
New York Life Foundation
Eng Han Ng ’06 *
Nghia Nguyen ’93
Lukasz W. Niparko ’09
Line N. Nyborg ’12
Terence ’98 & Sabrina (Das)
O’Dwyer ’99
Ukachi Okoronkwo ’02
Larry & Camille Owens (P)
Hüseyin Özhan ’99
Selen Ozturk ’12
Kayton B. Parekh ’06
Livingston & Joan Parsons
Rabin Patmanathan ’11
Alastair Paulin ’86
Tine N. Paulsen ’10
David & Nancy Paxton
Bob & Carrol Pearson (P)
Sonam Pelden ’07
Maria Auxilliadora Perez Ruiz ’08
Israel Perla & Marieke Furnee (P)
Antoine Picard ’93
Maria C. Pineda Zorilla ’86
Carlo Pizzinelli ’08
Toby Pocock (P)
Inna Poliakova ’00
Soracha Prathanrasnikorn
Magdalena Preciado-Lopez ’00
Rhys Prinzing ’97
Marlies Gabriele Prinzl ’98
Tony Purvis ’94 *
Anna Z. Qi ’06
Diana Quilarque ’85
Courtney Quinn ’11
Daniela P. Raga Legarraga ’12
Taavi Raidma ’04
Muriel L. Rambeloarison ’07
Rawiporn Rangponsumrit ’12
Emma-Sara M. Raunio ’08
Vanesh Reddy ’90
Hilde Eliassen Restad ’98
Mirjam (Mueller) Reuland ’92
Ashlee S. Reynolds ’11
Heidi Rhoderick ’91 *
Ryan M. Rifkin ’08
Hailee R. Robinson ’12
Anna Rogers ’03
Jamie Ronson ’04
Jennifer Rowland (E)
Jose Pablo Salas Rojas ’06
Maida Salkanovic ’09
Andrej Salner ’95
Andrea C. Sanchez Nanez ’12
Afua Sanders Kim ’97 *
Luis Fernando Sandoval
Jimenez ’10
Marie C. Sappez ’12
Patrick L. K. Saylor ’12
Trish (Schofield) Scott-
Cumming ’98
Niki Sebastian
Sara Sebti ’12
Sophia M. Sennett ’12
Samuel Y. Setsoafia ’12
Kalpa Shah ’93
Lalida Shank ’91
David M. Shelton ’91 *
Alison (Gilman) Shepherd ’98
Mzwakithi M. Shongwe ’12
Dristy Shrestha ’07 *
Hugo Silverio Correia ’12
Vipapat Sinpeng ’01
Fernando Skerl ’86
Kain Sebaztian Smith ’12
Nick Smith ’05
Peter Smith ’10
Hillel Soifer ’91 *
Giovanni Sorda ’02
Ana Spadijer ’88
Anthony Spearman-Leach ’86
Nils J. Sprenger ’12
Arjan F. I. Stockhausen ’11
Amy Sullivan ’86
Rita Suri ’10
Lena Sutter ’12
Matthew Svoboda ’88 *
Chandra W. Swanson ’11
Naomi Swinton ’89 (E)
Nicole Szlezak ’92
Hokchhay Tann ’10
Madiha Tariq ’00
Jill (Baty) Taura ’85
Ramon Taylor ’06
Carla Tennenbaum ’97
Mildred Terr
Emma Tilquin ’02
Shana Tinkle ’07
Tjizembua Tjikuzu ’12
Consuelo Tolosa ’90
K. Gretchen Trethewey
Julie Trolle ’12
Monica A. Trujillo ’91 *
Anais Tuepker ’92
Justin Turkus ’04 *
Iris van der Heijden ’11
Nanette van der Laan ’86
Alexander Van Wyhe ’11
Jacqueline Vargas Arellanes ’86
Daysi Milagros Vargas Gonzalez ’07
Aneta Vargova ’12
Onno Veerman & Patricia
Vriens (P)
Taran J. A. Veerman ’11
Erline Vendredi ’07
Sonia Verjovsky ’90 *
Ardjan J. Vermue ’08
Del Walker *
Kolo Wamba ’93
Ngawang R. Wangchuk ’12
Cheyenne G. L. Ward ’12
Gina Webster ’86
Wells Fargo
Michael West ’86
Katherine Wiebke ’10
Amber Wiekamp ’02
Daniel & Jennifer Willms (E)
Althea Wilson ’00
Stephen Wilson ’85
Danielle Wollner (E)
Tom Woodside ’08
Helen Wright
Jin Yan ’07
Daniel K. Yeboah-Kordieh ’10
Pui Shen Yoong ’08
Long Cheung Yu ’08
Tomasz Zajaczkowski ’02
Isabelle Zaugg
Arianne Zwartjes ’97 (E) *
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Philanthropic Support by Class
This list reflects gifts received between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012. Every effort is made to present a complete and
accurate list of donors. For any oversights or errors, we apologize and invite corrections to be sent to the Advancement Office.
In the following lists, asterisks denote donors who have given consecutively for the last five or more years and
names in purple indicate Castle Club members.
BY CLASS
phiLANThrOpiC SuppOrT OF uWC-uSA By CLASSWe are enormously grateful to our graduates and current students who gave back to UWC‑USA
during our 2012 fiscal year. Their support allows us to continue to offer our transformational pro‑
grams. We also thank the many alumni who assist the school, especially our Annual Fund volun‑
teers, selection volunteers, wilderness volunteers, event organizers and hosts, campus speakers,
and many others who give of their time and expertise to enrich UWC‑USA.
CLASS OF 1984$22,199 raised; 29% participation
Anonymous
Lyle Boelens
Edward Burns *
Marcelo Calliari
Janine Chupa *
Agneta Eikelenboom *
Andrés Franco-Vasco
Susanne Holste
Basim Kahleifeh *
Mark Larrimore
Jennifer (Gould) Lidar
Leng Leroy Lim
David Alexander Lindsay
Judi McDonald
Zafer Mudar
Shiru Mwangi
Dorota I. Ratusinska *
Jaana Remes
Eugenio Ruggiero
Hoda Salem
Daniel W. Stuckart
Jody Taggart
Sandra Thomas
Andrea S. Tisi *
Kimberly A. Vickers *
Amadou Wane
Charles Chau-Chi Wong
Kenneth Kwokmung Yeung
Ricardo J. Zemella
CLASS OF 1985$15,493 raised; 53% participation
Tamer Abdelgawad *
Mohamed A. Amer
Jacqueline A. Bell
Kimiyo Bonnie Bennett
Bjorn Bjerke
Charlotte Brenner Zeile
Dorrie Brooks
Fiona Caldwell
Cristina S. Campbell
Eric K. Eileraas
Fausto Espinosa
Felicity Gallagher
Henriette Gulbrandsen
Greta E. Hanson
Erika Harding
Irfan Hasan
Koichi Hiramoto
Oskari Jaaskelainen
Daniel Kampel
Jennifer Keith
Stephan J. Klasen
Riccardo Maggi
Sanjay Manandhar
Rona J. McNeil
Theotonio Monteiro de Barros
John Morris
Ken Neal-Boyd
Valerie Oke *
Maria Carolina Perez Alvarado
Nicole Piche
Paulina Pineda Garza
Christopher A. Price
Narisara Pungrasmi
Diana Quilarque
Andres Resendez
Helle Ringgaard
Donald Schaeffer
Caroline Sim
BY CLASS
20 2120
Talal Soghaier
Orit Stein-Reisner
Nina Mary Stupples
Jill (Baty) Taura
Maria Jose Tort Canto
Emma Tucker
Sven van den Hazel
György Vereb
Susanna Vervoordeldonk
Carolina Waters
Brendan Wild
Stephen Wilson
CLASS OF 1986$22,615 raised; 60% participation
Anonymous
Khamis Abu-Hasaballah
Audrey (Kollitz) Allen
Pekka Arikoski
Orit Ashkenazi
Anne Bax
Chris Bickley *
Gita Bodner
Dana M. Brandon
Morgan Dewees
Gavin Dock
Margaret I. Drent *
Alioune Fall
Francisco H. G. Ferreira *
Janet M. (Roberts) Florez
Ivor Frischknecht
Gayatri Gopinath
Aashild (Erikkson) Hettervik
Tsvetelina Lazarova
Colleen Lewis von Eckartsberg
Daniel (Hamburger) Lidar
Rebecca Lloyd *
Timothy Long *
Michal Lord-Blegen
Marcelo Marchesin *
John McKiernan
Sophie Moochhala
Pilar Murillo
Emma Manda Mwanza
Dejan Nenov
Anju Nohria
Teresa Ordorika
Shelley Pasco-Verdi
Nuria Pastor-Soler
Swati Patankar
Alastair Paulin
HRH Prince Pavlos
Diego R. Pérez-Salicrup
Karen Petroski
Maria C. Pineda Zorilla
Abigail (Crampton) Pribbenow
Nabina Rajbhandari
Sergio Ripamonti
Mario Roman
Gian Paolo Ruggiero
Manuel Salazar Diez Canseco
Peter Richard Schuurman
Thomas Schwingeler
Fiona Siu
Fernando Skerl
Anthony Spearman-Leach
Amy Sullivan
Yoshiko Tanabe
Gunhan Tatman
Guillermo Trejo
Nanette van der Laan
Jacqueline Vargas Arellanes
Chanin Warakulnukroh
Gina Webster
Martin Weiss
Michael West
Melanie Weston *
Birgitte Wøhlk
CLASS OF 1987$15,806 raised; 23% participation
Anonymous *
Michael B. Aaron *
Ivan Alves
Anjali Arondekar
Carla (Castellanos) Bass *
Yvette V. Baxter-Drayton *
Paulo J. Bilezikjian
Ana B. Campos Mora
Åke Densert *
April (Ethier-O’Neill) Dewees
Manolo Espinosa
David James
Kuo-Chang Kung
Maria I. Leon Gomez
Amit Mital
David Neidel *
Karen O’Leary
Sebastien Ramseyer
Vera Siregar
Karen Ann Taylor de Caballero *
Dana Thordarson
Isabelle Trop
CLASS OF 1988$18,744 raised; 21% participation
Anonymous
Gregor Andrade
Shona L. Armstrong *
Barbara (Barbie) Burger
Mauricio de Arruda
Renata Dwan
Benjamin D. Fishman
Norton Francis
Lullit Getachew
Lisa Hartrich *
Kirsten Healey
Charmaine Lee *
Chor Jye Lee
Eileen McKiernan González
Michael Polenz
Ana Spadijer
Carl St. Remy *
Subitha Subramaniam
Matthew Svoboda *
Mudit Tyagi *
Zachary Weisfeld
Marina Wes
Agnieszka Ziemba-Ahman
CLASS OF 1989$8,177 raised; 17% participation
Odd-Even Bustnes
Michael Buckley
Cesar Castillo
Yutthichai Chanikornpradit
Raj K. Gupta
Sara B. Koplik *
Kamenna (Rindova) Lee *
Diego Lopez
James McNeil
Tseliso Mosiuoa
Chiara Osbat
Annukka Piironen *
Vinay H. Srihari
Michael Stern *
Naomi Swinton (E)
Victor Williams
Erin (Kennedy) Woods *
CLASS OF 1990$13,030 raised; 31% participation
Sanna Ahvenharju
Zulfiqar Ali *
Meher Antia
Paula Asbun *
Michael Brown *
Angeline Chupa *
David S. Collison *
Henry Everts
Sandra Gisella
Gastañaduy-Collison *
Julian Ho
Hiroko (Morita) James
Catherine Jheon *
Sarah (Stamp) Kenningham
Adam Kirk *
Maggi Leung
Lance Meister *
Hans O. Melberg
Sophie Joy Mosko
Anasol Munoz
Peter Musaeus *
BY CLASS
| * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees |
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A LABORATORy iN ThE WOODS
The slender Gallinas River
that threads its way past the
UWC‑USA campus pro‑
vides water to local farmers
and residents. It also serves
as the perfect laboratory for
science classes.
On warm days, students in wad‑
ers stand in the middle of the
river capturing samples to test
water quality and the effects of
hot springs drainage. When a
bird in the distance sings a minor
descending key, Environmental
Systems and Societies instructor
Ben Gillock asks students to lis‑
ten. “Do you hear that?” he says.
“It’s a Canyon Wren.”
Environmental Systems and Soci‑
eties, better known as E‑Systems
around campus, is one of five
International Baccalaureate (IB)
sciences offered at UWC‑USA.
Taking advantage of the beau‑
tiful and varied environments
of northern New Mexico, Ben’s
classes travel around the state
to apply what they’ve learned in
the classroom to real‑life observa‑
tions and data collection.
Among other projects, E‑Systems
students have analyzed soil mois‑
ture at the Montezuma Hot
Springs, observed reserve design
and management at the Las Vegas
National Wildlife Refuge, and cal‑
culated the impact of storm run‑
off and treated wastewater on the
water quality of the Gallinas Riv‑
er. In an effort to raise awareness
about conscientious stewardship
of the local land, E‑Systems stu‑
dents also helped organize the
first annual Watershed Olympics
on campus—a highly successful
educational event.
Typical of other IB courses, the
holistic Environmental Systems
syllabus teaches students to con‑
nect their personal relationships
with the environment to the sig‑
nificance of the choices they make
in their own lives.
“Environmental Systems has
deepened my relationship to the
natural wonder of New Mexico
during out‑of‑doors class time
while providing me with a base
of knowledge useful in analyzing
the various approaches to our cli‑
mate problem,” says Sam Kessler
’13, USA‑N.Y.
—by Emily Withnall MC ’01
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Martin Laird
Jason James Lees
Hedvig Ljungerud *
Liane Asta Lohde
Pinar (Karaca) Mandic
Vuk Mandic
Amrita Narayanan
Tony Purvis *
João Quinta da Fonseca
Katie Romich
Preeta Samarasan *
Annelise Sprenger *
Jeremiah Stevens *
David Tagge *
Pilar Maria Weiss *
Emily Wylde
CLASS OF 1995$12,863 raised; 29% participation
Anthony Agadzi *
Carmen Balber *
Yunus Emre Bayrak
Amir Brown
Yassine Daoud
Julia (Lee) Drouart
Alicia Estrella Santos
Rashna Ginwalla *
Clio Knowles *
Michael Leach
Justin Lee *
Kasia Leon-Lubowicz
Dustin J. Lipson *
Kaisu Luiro
Sarah (Sellers) Mayle
Alice Mok
Gabrielle Moore *
Soren Nielsen *
Philip Nikolov *
Ana (Fonseca) Nordang
Hakon Nordang
James Redmon *
Andrej Salner
Kathryn (Holmgaard) Shaffner *
Nok Siriphonlai *
Alan Tsang
Carlos Varela
James Wisener
Risana Zitha
CLASS OF 1996$26,584 raised; 31% participation
Lamiae Aidi
Maria Almond *
Jorida Banda
Teresa Bernheimer
Charles Bibilos
James Bowen *
Alba O. Cabral
Michael Cope
Catherine Cronin
Gert Danielsen
Sebastien de Halleux
Josser Delgado *
Ed Doe
Petra Fousková
Bashar Abdullah Hamdan *
Terra Louise Hite *
Carolyn Hunt
Emily Jones *
Khadidjatou Kane
Brittany Ladd
Wing Chiu Erik Leung *
Anna Links
Surbhi Sharma Martin
Lana Nasser
Corrine Ng
Kevin Park
Guillaume Rougale
Kristian Segerstråle
Enrique Torres
Ajla (Merdanovic) van Heel
Katherine D. Waite
Ding Wei *
CLASS OF 1997$6,003 raised; 23% participation
Yasmine (Benlamlih) Anaya
Renu Badiani *
Carrie (Mollatt) Brooke-Sumner
Bradley D. Chisholm
Tyler Blake Davis
Beatriz Diaz Acosta
Mary Alice Grant
Eileen Jackson Ugueto
Bart Klem
Jon Vegard Larssen
Nicola Mai
Rhys Prinzing
Maria A. Rodas
Afua Sanders Kim *
Dawningstar W. Sikorski *
Leah Simmons-Davis *
Megan B. Sullivan
Carolina P. Tello Alvarado
Carla Tennenbaum
Daniele Vidoni
Chuck Warpehoski
Aya Yamoto
Arianne Zwartjes (E) *
CLASS OF 1998$18,100 raised; 39% participation
Inga Aalia
Michael Alcock *
Mustu Barma *
Karla Bjelanovic
Mei Fong Chan
Simone (Hickey) Clark
Ivan Davtchev
Martin Doe
Wojciech Domanski
Shannon Duncan
Amie Ferris-Rotman
Miguel Fidalgo *
Andreas Fidjeland *
Jennifer Foerster
Luigi Gentile
Lisa (Strassner) Hutchcraft
Yumna J. Jawa
Sandhya Jithoo
A. Shafee Jones-Wilson *
Michelle (Aitken) Kent
Doreen Kirabo-Kasimbazi
Wing Wah Margaret Lau
Angela N. Lytton *
Ariel Maddocks
Benjamin Melkman
Thema Modisi
Pierre V. Monteux
Terence O’Dwyer
Ruth Padilla-Ruiz
Marlies Gabriele Prinzl
Hilde Eliassen Restad
Trish (Schofield)
Scott-Cumming
Alison (Gilman) Shepherd
Tara (Watkins) Stevenson
Amjad Tuffaha
Nadia Williams *
Gerald O. Wilson
Mei Yan (Rachel) Yeung
Laura J. Young
CLASS OF 1999$7,383 raised; 13% participation
Alfredo N. Achecar
Souleymane Ba
Joep W. H. Damen
Akinsola Fafunso *
Valerie J. Gerber
Smriti Lakhey
Alexandra (Muñoz Smith)
Melkman
Sabrina (Das) O’Dwyer
Melkizedeck S. Okudo
Hüseyin Özhan
Elad Rachevsky
Filip Sulma
Firend Zora
CLASS OF 2000$3,231 raised; 20% participation
Anonymous
Naa Aku Addo
Brandon Anderson
Yngvild N. Blaker
Mahdi Bseiso
Cameron C. Burch
BY CLASS
| * denotes donors who have given consecutively for five or more years | (P) identifies UWC parents | (E) identifies UWC employees |
Tal Oron Cohen
Rebecca Pearson *
Vanesh Reddy
Jennifer (Lovitt) Riggs
Nicole P. Römer
Dinesh Lal Shrestha
Kurt J. Stuermer
Rafael Tarud
Havovi (Framji) Tavadia
Consuelo Tolosa
Sonia Verjovsky *
Moritz Vogel
Stephanie Walton
Raechel Waters
CLASS OF 1991$20,239 raised; 61% participation
Mohan Ambikaipaker
Mary Jean Baldridge Los
Daniela (Beran) Bar-Am
Eran Bar-Am
Brian A. Bava *
Roberto F. Bel *
Sara Breslow *
Stina S. Bridgeman *
Flannery Burke *
Tracey L. Carter
Andrea Cavina *
Ali Chandani
Ashley Crossland
Caitlin (Garland) Curtis
Hannah Davies
Gema Diaz Balboa Matthias
Jürgen Frietsch *
Trevor Z. Hallstein
Tarra Hassin *
Saruhan Hatipoglu
Julia Broehl Hesse *
Minette Hillyer
Ellen Jules Hubrecht *
Josée Johnston
Max Jones
Aditya C. Joshi *
John C. Knox *
Lisa Krassner *
Ilyanna Kreske *
John Manton *
Cecile Menard
Winston Meyer *
Ahtziri E. Molina Roldan
Jason Patrick Morgan *
Veera Mustonen
Christian Olsen
Camila (Silva Leão
d’Araujo) Olsen
Anna Francis Olsson
Sam Opitz *
Jorge I. Oria
Aurelio Ramos
Heidi Rhoderick *
Erin Scales
Jay Schlechte
Emiliano Schmidt Fiori
Lalida Shank
David M. Shelton *
Hillel Soifer *
Michael Sugar
Pawel Swieboda
Anneke Swinehart
Zoltan Szilassi
Michael C. Taylor *
Monica A. Trujillo *
Hirotsugu Uchida *
Rajesh Vedanthan
Henry Webb *
Alex Wisch
Shea Writer
Joseph Xavier Jr.
CLASS OF 1992$21,307 raised; 37% participation
Mauricio A. Albrizzio
Ruben E. Ayala
Cherie Butler
Carla Castañeda
Amporn Chaimaitri
Rebecca (Cadwell) Day
Heather Deutsch *
Katerina (Klimsova) Dvorakova
Tore Eikenes
Riina (Kallio-Koski) Ikenes
Michael Fuchs
Xavier Furtado
Jackie Gakunga
Kristine Hauge Storholt
Maria F. Jaramillo
Lea Johnson
Trent M. Jones
Robin Aura Kanegis
Yohei Kawabata
Adam Kleinberger
Ulrich Kratz
Eileen Lau
Brian Lax *
Nuno Limao
Candice (Weaver) Murphy
Rebecca Pitman
Mirjam (Mueller) Reuland
Miguel N. Rivera
Rebecca Rogers
Clay Samford
Nour Scandar
Nicole Szlezak
Lori Thorlakson
Ajay Totlani
Harald Tuckermann
Anais Tuepker
Fredalyn M. Vargas
Jessica (Kosfiszer) Wilson
Kori Woodard
CLASS OF 1993$15,847 raised; 26% participation
Kirsten L. Ambach *
Vladimir Bilcik *
Melanie Bush
Bertha R. Camacho
Jason Coady
Tala V. de los Santos *
Carlos Diaz
Jason Dinger *
Nella Hengstler *
Wing-Pin (Winnie) Kwan
Olivia E. Llamas
Nadia Marinova
Ashindi Maxton
Edward D. Melillo
Matthew J. Morse
Simbai Mudzamba
Astrid Nellemann
Nghia Nguyen
Antoine Picard
Daniel Pringle *
Neil Pyper
Pawel Rybacki
Kalpa Shah
JoAnne Sickeri
Joyceline (See) Tully
Kolo Wamba
CLASS OF 1994$9,075 raised; 38% participation
Diego Angemi
Arlita Bascome-McCook
Loes Becu *
Pamela (Parsa) Bond *
Sofia Victoria Calderon Miller
Leonte Castillo
John P. Christodouleas
Gisele Cuglievan
Maria M. Diaz Fernandez
Bongani Dlamini
Heather Lee (Bruce) Douglas
David K. Evans
Santiago Garcia-Verdu
Frederico Gil Sander *
Sulav Giri *
N. Mollar (Nkiwane) Hanselman
Brett (Van Veldhuizen)
Hendrickson
Eva R. Hoffmann
Maria Tatiana Jimenez Liebana *
Vickie A. Johnson
Agnieszka Kajrukszto
Sashe Kanapathi
Aly Kassam-Remtulla *
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SERviCE LEARNiNG
On several Saturdays last
year, UWC‑USA students
could be found wearing or‑
ange hard hats and respira‑
tor masks while industri‑
ously smoothing the interior
walls of the Old Town Mis‑
sion Church. In May, they
joined teens from around
the area to celebrate its near
completion with a concert
and an art show.
Partnering with the First Unit‑
ed Presbyterian Church of Las
Vegas, N.M., UWC‑USA has
worked for 12 years to renovate
the church and transform it into
a community center. Hundreds of
students have cleaned, plastered,
and painted. They’ve made adobe
bricks and removed walls, ceil‑
ings, and floors. Truly, UWC‑USA
students have put hours of sweat
equity into this project.
Now with two rooms fully re‑
stored and two rooms near com‑
pletion, the Old Town Mission
Community Center opens this fall
to a host of community events and
programs. Citizens of all ages can
participate in Spanish‑language
groups, academic tutoring, and
peer mediation training—among
many other programs.
“It’s wonderful to see all this hard
work bearing fruit,” says Sharon
Seto, dean of co‑curricular pro‑
grams. “UWC‑USA is delighted to
have a base in town and to have a
more direct link to the community.”
The church renovation is just
one of more than 30 community
services students have been able
to participate in during their two
years at UWC‑USA. Last year, stu‑
dents put in 18,769 hours of com‑
munity service—a typical number
in any given year.
It is through service that the UWC
experience produces tangible and
gratifying results. “Community
service is an essential aspect of
the UWC mission,” says Marisol
Fernandez y Mora ’13, USA‑N.M.
“It teaches us more about our‑
selves and brings us to the under‑
standing that any type of ‘force’ is
fueled not by an individual but by
a community.”
—by Emily Withnall MC ’01
George Costow *
Diana Denham
Daniela Emmerich Lopez
Kate (Saldin) Hunter *
Jonathan Jones
Emmanuel S. Kirunda
Javier López Arangüena
Jennifer Modrich
Jehanzeb Noor
Inna Poliakova
Magdalena Preciado-Lopez
Madiha Tariq
Althea Wilson
CLASS OF 2001$4,115 raised; 15% participation
Elizabeth Anderson *
Gareth Carter
Deidre Ciliento
Michael D’Agostino
Cristina Gomez Jimenez
Juan Camilo Gonzalez Pelaez
Josh Hall
Adani Illo
Anne (Jurkowski) Johnson
Susan Keppelman
Jonathan Shields Mason
Samir Mastaki
Vipapat Sinpeng
Annie Sorich
Angela Vignoli
CLASS OF 2002$3,415 raised; 33% participation
Seamus Abshere
Johann Bergholz Villafane
Benjamin Dryden
Ashley Dunlop *
Patricia Enzi
Ryan Erickson
Niamh Fleming-Farrell
Anand Gopalan
Nono Harhoff
Dafna Herzberg
Nahoko Hoshino
Valentina Kachanovskaya *
Judit Koppány
Joel Larson
Celene Lizzio *
Ninya Loeppky
Gadi Maayan
Justine MacWilliam
Elian Maritz *
Maria Bettina Miguez De Mori
Nicholas Mwai
Ukachi Okoronkwo
James Pautz
Trudy Rebert
Ryan Richards
Giovanni Sorda
Emma Tilquin
Jimena Vivas
Amber Wiekamp
Pinar Yurekli-Aycan
Tomasz Zajaczkowski
CLASS OF 2003$2,303 raised; 27% participation
Erin Axtell
Anga’aefonu Bain-Vete
James Byrne
Alessandro Carini Gutierrez
Benjamin Carlson
PJ Christeleit
Ovidio Diaz Marin
Mohammed El-Mahdy
Paulo Gusmao
Nora Hanson
Mohammed Herzallah
David H. Hogue
Arzika Illo
Milos Jovanovic
Charlotte Meyer
Jessica M. Mowles *
Colette H. Murphy
Adriana Nordin Manan
Anna Rogers
Anthony Szozda
Daniel Tan Ooi Peng
Jacynth H. Tibbetts
Renate Ziverte
CLASS OF 2004$2,086 raised; 18% participation
Carmen Alexander
Felix K. Amankona-Diawuo
Vikram Anand
Brien Darby
Miles Davenport & Helen M.
Durham ’85 (P) *
Laro Escalada Navamuel
Sergey Grechukhin
Alexis Howland
Sarah Krasny
Chao Lu
Thembumenzi Shisizwe Lukhele
Rachel Markowitz
Dylan Elek McFarlane
Sanval Nasim
Brendan O’Connor
Taavi Raidma
Jamie Ronson
Justin Turkus *
Allison West
Kristofer Wilson (E)
CLASS OF 2005$2,072 raised; 18% participation
Damian Almiron Bonnin
Dimitar A. Bounov
Jerome Axle Brown
Christina Dragon
Elgita Eglite-Wilson (E)
Emily Foraker
Felix Forster
Rasha S. Hosni
Meghan Jennings
Justin W. Karfo
Brighton Mudzingwa
Nicholas M. Poon
Samuel Rugunda
Likeleli G. Seitlheko
Nick Smith
Saovanee Somchit
Daniel T. Stuber
CLASS OF 2006$1,350 raised; 20% participation
Victoria Alleyne
Jorge A. Alvarez Garcia-Tunon
Leonor Añó
Sidy M. Diakhate
Daniel Franz
Roman Gautam
Atang Gilika
Andres Guzman Garza
Brittany Hesbrook *
Emily Hogin *
Anas Iqtait
Kevin Francisco Jackson Ugueto
Andrew Louw
Anne Ulstrup Mortensen
Halimatou Hima Moussa Dioula
Eng Han Ng *
Kayton B. Parekh
Anna Z. Qi
Jose Pablo Salas Rojas
Ramon Taylor
CLASS OF 2007$3,815 raised; 48% participation
Anonymous
Kamil M. Adamczewski
Sheila Agiti
Brian J. Almadi
Kristin D. Alveng
Arod Balissa
Shanthakumar Bannirchelvam
Lorenzo Bartolucci *
Nina M. Bergmar
Murat Bilgel
C. River Black *
Hanna Bobyk
BY CLASS
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Brown University
Bucknell University
College of Idaho
College of Notre Dame
Colorado College
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Earlham College
George Washington University
Harvard University
IE University
Imperial College
Jacobs University
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Macalester College
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
McGill University
Michigan Technological University
Middlebury College
Millsaps College
New York University
NYU Abu Dhabi
Princeton University
Reed College
Roosevelt Academy Utrecht
St. Lawrence University
St. Olaf College
Texas Tech University
Tufts University
University College London
University College Utrecht
University of British Columbia
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Edinburgh
University of Florida
University of Michigan
University of Iowa
University of Oklahoma
University of Richmond
University of Wyoming
Vassar College
Wellesley University
Worcester Polytechnic University
Luis E. Bonilla Rivera
Aaron Bos-Lun
Ashton Brown
Nelson F. Chiwara
Maria A. Coca Ramos
Thomas Compier
Ishmail S. Daoh
Emma D. Diouf
Aida Dominguez Ortiz
Alvaro Donoso
Sebastien T. Galperti
Francisco Eduardo Granizo
Torres
Thayer Hastings
Ingerid V. Hatlegjerde
Arianna Heiderer
Robyn Hooper
Jasmin Imran Alsous
Anne Marie Jensen
Tamas Kolos-Lakatos
Laurie J. Laker
Lubomir Malo *
Ciara N. McCartney
Jay A. Merchant
Maysa Mourad *
Mariko Nakayama *
Len Necefer
Robin Pedroza Weschle
Sonam Pelden
Zohar Perla *
Muriel L. Rambeloarison
Carlos G. Sabatino Gonzalez *
Dristy Shrestha *
Shana Tinkle
Daysi Milagros Vargas Gonzalez
Erline Vendredi
Jin Yan
CLASS OF 2008$2,005 raised; 30% participation
Antinea Ascione
Rasmus H. Bjorn
Kristina Blazanovic
Basiel Bogaerts
Mars Chapman
Sela Cowger
Ido Grosman
Karianne Gundersen
Muhammad Hardiansyah
Grace I. Humphries
To Nhu Huynh
Mbumbijazo U. Katjivena
Jeremy Kazanjian-Amory
Martin S. Krastev
Gnagna Lam
Chike C. Leigh
Mihret B. Lemma
Jonatan Eliu Lemus Avila
Natacha M. D. C. Letort
Gonzalez
Lais Miachon Silva
Maria Auxilliadora Perez Ruiz
Carlo Pizzinelli
Tara Kane Prendergast
Emma-Sara M. Raunio
Ryan M. Rifkin
Kathryn J. Steinweiss
Jenny Thapa
Ardjan J. Vermue
Tom Woodside
Pui Shen Yoong
Long Cheung Yu
CLASS OF 2009$1,970 raised; 22% participation
Zahra’a Al-Janabi
Iryna Ambroz
Charlotte Antoine
Anjali S. Appadurai
Luke C. P. Brennan
Anna Carmon
Kimberley K. M. Chong
Sara Dunleavy Berge
Sara El-Bohy
Pete H. Fitton
Mathew R. Freimuth
Mark A. Garner
Stephan F. Grabner
Natalie M. Kennelley
Stephen S. Lavallo Jr.
Claudia Nagel
Lukasz W. Niparko
Nicole Paulet Piedra
Shaina M. Pomerantz Kasper
Thea Rømmen
Maida Salkanovic
Elena Tonc
CLASS OF 2010$1,070 raised; 27% participation
Rayah H. S. Al Farah
Kareem Al Husaini
Michael A. Aleman
Mr. Vishal Bharam
Andrea Cruz Quiroz
Chimi Dema
Bethany J. R. Dixon
Ece Erdagoz
Kelsey L. Forbes
Zipporah Guerin
Carson Evan Hauck
Raustin Daine Hernandez
David T. C. Ishmael
Jennifer S. Kim
Travis S. Kotecco
Olivia Lau
Yu Mei Lay He
Guojun Lee
Holly McDonald
Iris K. Nevins
Tine N. Paulsen
Luis Fernando Sandoval Jimenez
Peter Smith
Rita Suri
Hokchhay Tann
Katherine Wiebke
Daniel K. Yeboah-Kordieh
CLASS OF 2011$445 raised; 19% participation
Anastasia Asmoro
Charlotte Benishek
Natalie Chan
Tsz Loi Gloria Chow
Bard Drange
Artur Fass
Robert Finney
Ragnhild S. Halvag
Joana C. Hiew de Sousa
Magalhaes
Trevor Leuzinger
Merisa Muharemovic
Martha Nabukeera
Rabin Patmanathan
Courtney Quinn
Ashlee S. Reynolds
Arjan F. I. Stockhausen
Chandra W. Swanson
Iris van der Heijden
Alexander Van Wyhe
Taran J. A. Veerman
CLASS OF 2012$1,878 raised; 54% participation
Murisa Ahmetasevic
Abuubakar R. Ally
Francesca Annicchiarico
Simona Stanislavova
Boyadzhiyska
Chinyere A. M. Brown
Gerylaine E. Campos
Inviolata S. Chami
Nicol D. Chinchilla Cordero
Paul O. Cichocki
Curtis J. Cook
Rodrigo P. Coronel Erazo
Adriana Di Graziano
Kripa Dongol
Louise Drieghe
Ethan Fields
Hannah Rose Freedman
Jon Gajo
Adilson E. Gonzalez Morales
Noor Titan Putri Hartono
Elizabeth Hoyler
Jane E. Huber
Kalene K. M. Jones
Louis A. Lagoutte
Harry William Lambert
Jae-Min Lee
Yun-Yun Susan Li
Thomas Lu
Rodrigo Luna Queirolo
Danielle D. Maoz
Aminata N. Mbodj
Rose Alal Miyonga
Pedro M. Monque Lopez
Gilbert Mudenda
Andrew Nalani
Line N. Nyborg
Selen Ozturk
Morgante Orion Pell
Daniela P. Raga Legarraga
Rawiporn Rangponsumrit
Hailee R. Robinson
Andrea C. Sanchez Nanez
Marie C. Sappez
Patrick L. K. Saylor
Sara Sebti
Sophia M. Sennett
Samuel Y. Setsoafia
Mzwakithi M. Shongwe
Hugo Silverio Correia
Emma Smith
Kain Sebaztian Smith
Nils J. Sprenger
Lena Sutter
Tjizembua Tjikuzu
Julie Trolle
Aneta Vargova
Ngawang R. Wangchuk
Cheyenne G. L. Ward
Oh, ThE PLACES ThEy GO!
Below is a list of colleges and universities that graduates from UWC‑USA’s Class of 2012 will attend. A few
students chose to take gap years before beginning their postsecondary education, and some are required to
do national service before attending university.
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in-Kind, in honor of, in Memory of
iN-KiND DONOrS
Anjali Arondekar ’87
JC’s New York Pizza Department
Dorothy Jefferson
James Kane & Nancy
O’Brien-Kane (P)
Robin Aura Kanegis ’92
Michael & Tami Lang
Colin & Shirleen Lanham (P) (E)
David M. Shelton ’91
Nancy Tucker
iN hONOr OF . . .
muSTu BArmA ’98 & SArAh BArmA
Kimberly Ma
BriAN BAVA ’91
Jason Patrick Morgan ’91
ChArLOTTE BENiShEK ’11 & mADELEiNE BENiShEK rCNuWC ’09
Robert & Mary Benishek (P)
BiLL BrANDENBurg
Harald Tuckermann ’92 &
Bertha R. Camacho ’93
STEphANiE BrOCKmAN AC ’04
Ron Brockman & Ellen
Feldman (P)
JOSE CABALLErO CiCiOLLi ’11
Derlis Caballero Ruiz & Carmen
Ciciolli Arce (P)
TOm CALLANAN
Leng Leroy Lim ’84
KiTTi ChAimAiTri
Amporn Chaimaitri ’92
WyATT CLOSS & rOShiN mAThEW ’00
Anonymous Donors to JustGive
TOm & LiNDA CurTiS
Tarra Hassin ’91
Cecile Menard ’91
gErT DANiELSEN ’96
Anna Links ’96
hizir CEm ErEz ’08
Martin S. Krastev ’08
miguEL FiDALgO ’98
Ariel Maddocks ’98
gLOriA FiEDLEr
Curt Fiedler (P)
JOhN gEFFrOy
Lukasz W. Niparko ’09
phiLip O. gEiEr iii & Amy yEAgEr gEiEr
Henry & Mary Flynt
Elisa and Ted Geier
BEN giLLOCK
Peter Smith ’10
SOFiA gOmEz-DOyLE WK ’12
Gerald Doyle & Christina
Gomez (P)
grEAT uWC TEAChErS
Daniela Emmerich Lopez ’00
ghuLAm hANiFF
Jehanzeb Noor ’00
miChAEL hATLEE
Chike C. Leigh ’08
KirSTEN hEALEy ’88
Theresa Page
DAViD hiLDEN ’03
John & Carolyn Hilden (P)
JESSiCA hOrN ’97
Mary Alice Grant ’97
JENNiFEr KEiTh ’85
Thomas & Berthe Keith (P)
KEruNNE KETLOgETSWE ’97
Mary Alice Grant ’97
iLyANNA KrESKE ’91
Eileen Lau ’92
KiLLiAN & KELSEy LADD
Brittany Ladd ’96
TOm LAmBErTh
Andrea Cruz Quiroz ’10
Michael Dewson & Ann Atkey
Maria Tatiana Jimenez Liebana ’94
Nicole Paulet Piedra ’09
JoAnne Sickeri ’93
Katherine D. Waite ’96
James Wisener ’95
JuDy LAND
Nicole Paulet Piedra ’09
Luis Fernando Sandoval
Jimenez ’10
Erline Vendredi ’07
ShirLEEN LANhAm
Erline Vendredi ’07
COLiN E LAX
Brian Lax ’92
rON mALTAiS
Nicole Paulet Piedra ’09
Daniel Tan Ooi Peng ’03
ALEyDA mCKiErNAN
Andrea Cruz Quiroz ’10
Erline Vendredi ’07
ChriSTiNE mOrriS
Harry Morris
phiLipp mOSimANN
Mikkel Conradi AD ’94
iVAN muSTAiN
Margaret I. Drent ’86
LANA NASSEr ’96
Mary Alice Grant ’97
NANDiThA Ni guSTi Ayu ’10
Michael A. Aleman ’10
LArA NOrgAArD ’13
Ron Brockman & Ellen Feldman (P)
rOBiN NOrriS
Cecile Menard ’91
Muriel L. Rambeloarison ’07
SAm OpiTz ’91
Shea Writer ’91
rAViNDrA pArAShAr
Basiel Bogaerts ’08
Julia (Lee) Drouart ’95
Akinsola Fafunso ’99
Mbumbijazo U. Katjivena ’08
Chao Lu ’04
Nicole Paulet Piedra ’09
Maria Auxilliadora Perez Ruiz ’08
Jenny Thapa ’08
rETiriNg uWC-uSA FACuLTy & STAFF
Bob & Pat Amai
giANLuCA & CATEriNA ripAmONTi
Sergio Ripamonti ’86
mAiDA SALKANOViC ’09
Merisa Muharemovic ’11
SAmuEL
Teresa Bernheimer ’96
JOE SAViNO & JErry FrEEDmAN
Richard Lamson & Joan
Freedman (P)
KAThryN (hOLmgAArD) ShAFFNEr ’95
Janice Lee Stanfield (P)
NANCy SuLLiVAN
Erline Vendredi ’07
LENA LiNS SuTTEr ’12
Lawrence Sutter & Patricia Lins (P)
JAmES & SArAh TAyLOr
Donald W. Hagen
Peter Hiller & Celeste Williams
hANNAh TySON
Stephen S. Lavallo Jr. ’09
Lana Nasser ’96
JoAnne Sickeri ’93
Monica A. Trujillo ’91
uWC iNDiA NATiONAL COm-miTTEE
Ajay Totlani ’92
uWC-uSA CLASS OF 2011
Courtney Quinn ’11
Alexander Van Wyhe ’11
uWC-uSA CLASS OF 2012
Hannah Rose Freedman ’12
uWC-uSA LgBT STuDENTS
Meghan Jennings ’05
uWC-uSA SECuriTy DEpArTmENT
Ursel Albers
ELizABETh WELLiVEr pC ’12
Paul & Powel Welliver (P)
KAThEriNE WiEBKE ’10
Mark & Amy Wiebke (P)
EriN KENNEDy WOODS ’89
L. James & Gail Kennedy (P)
iN mEmOry OF . . .
AArON ANDErSON ’00
Anonymous
Brandon Anderson ’00
Yngvild N. Blaker ’00
Kate (Saldin) Hunter ’00
Emmanuel S. Kirunda ’00
Magdalena Preciado-Lopez ’00
FErDiNAND BiLCiK
Vladimir Bilcik ’93
AmADOu CiSSE ’97
Gert Danielsen ’96
Khadidjatou Kane ’96
Amjad Tuffaha ’98
imOgEN CurNEW ’04
Christina Dragon ’05
Emily Foraker ’05
EmEKA DiLLiBE ’93
Eva R. Hoffmann ’94
Simbai Mudzamba ’93
mAriJA DOKmANOViC- ChOuiNArD ’95
Anonymous
Eva R. Hoffmann ’94
Surbhi Sharma Martin ’96
KyLE FAAS ’95
Carmen Balber ’95
Brett (Van Veldhuizen)
Hendrickson ’94
Carolyn Hunt ’96
Aly Kassam-Remtulla ’94
Martin Laird ’94
Anna Links ’96
Sarah (Sellers) Mayle ’95
Hakon ’95 & Ana (Fonseca)
Nordang ’95
Preeta Samarasan ’94
Pilar Maria Weiss ’94
miLLE grANT
Mary Alice Grant ’97
JAmES griTTEr ’88
Benjamin D. Fishman ’88
FrANK hiNES
Kamil M. Adamczewski ’07
Tomasz Zajaczkowski ’02
rOgEr KENNA ’85
Bjorn Bjerke ’85
Dorrie Brooks ’85
Christopher A. Price ’85
Kathryn (Holmgaard) Shaffner ’95
JOhN KruLiTz
Tracy Melton & Pamela Krulitz (P)
FAWAz LuKmAN ’11
Michael A. Aleman ’10
Tsz Loi Gloria Chow ’11
Joana C. Hiew de Sousa
Magalhaes ’11
Holly McDonald ’10
Iris van der Heijden ’11
pir mALEKi
Anonymous
Saruhan Hatipoglu ’91
LizA mALKOuN ’91
Tracey L. Carter ’91
Anneke Swinehart ’91
JErEmy mCgAFFEy ’01 (rAhuLA TODAy)
Milos Jovanovic ’03
Ukachi Okoronkwo ’02
pEDrO mEDiNA
Anne Marie Jensen ’07
Olivia E. Llamas ’93
Stephan & Karen Spitzer
Annelise Sprenger ’94
Sonia Verjovsky ’90
NOrmAN & DOrOThy mErEDiTh
Olivia E. Llamas ’93
Jorge I. Oria ’91
grANDpArENTS OF SArA miSSAghiAN-SChirAzi ’13
Danesch & Kathryn Missaghian (P)
ChriS pANCOAST ’95
Eva R. Hoffmann ’94
KAuShALyA “mummy” pArAShAr
Alfredo N. Achecar ’99
Naa Aku Addo ’00
Joanne S. Armstrong (P)
Jorida Banda ’96
Arlita Bascome-McCook ’94 &
Michael McCook
Kristina Blazanovic ’08
Elizabeth Bohlke
Dimitar A. Bounov ’05
Jerome Axle Brown ’05
James Byrne ’03
Gareth Carter ’01
Maria A. Coca Ramos ’07
Julia (Lee) Drouart ’95
David & Alice Elliott
Laro Escalada Navamuel ’04
Atang Gilika ’06
Kathy Gould & Alexandra Walter
Karianne Gundersen ’08
Paulo Gusmao ’03
Dafna Herzberg ’02
David H. Hogue ’03
A. Shafee Jones-Wilson ’98
Sarah Krasny ’04
Smriti Lakhey ’99
Javier López Arangüena ’00
Michael & Beverly Lupa
Ravi Parashar (E)
Robin Pedroza Weschle ’07
Kathryn (Holmgaard) Shaffner ’95
Nick Smith ’05
Emma Tilquin ’02
K. Gretchen Trethewey
Jacqueline Vargas Arellanes ’86
Pui Shen Yoong ’08
KriShAN pArAShAr
Ravi Parashar (E)
rEmEDiOS pErAL
Nuria Pastor-Soler ’86
Luigi pizziNELLi
Carlo Pizzinelli ’08
rON priESKOrN
Dorothy Gillespie
JOrgE riCCi ’84
Dorota I. Ratusinska ’84
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Robert & Deborah Saylor (P)
hELmuT SChmiDT
Ursel Albers
ANN SChrOEDEr-AryEh ’86
Mohamed A. Amer ’85
John McKiernan ’86
Teresa Ordorika ’86
Swati Patankar ’86
Sebastien Ramseyer ’87
Manuel Salazar Diez Canseco ’86
Fernando Skerl ’86
Nanette van der Laan ’86
CArL D. ShEppArD
S. Peter Poullada & Nancy A.
Sheppard
CESAr SimOSA ’97
Simone (Hickey) Clark ’98
mArThA TErrAzAS
Oscar & Sandra Gonzalez (P)
DAN TySON
Michael Cope ’96 & Catherine
Cronin ’96
Anthony Spearman-Leach ’86
JANiCE VOSS
Emily Foraker ’05
phiLLipE WAmBA ’89
Ivan F. Mustain & Marisa Isabel
Leon ’87
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Planned Gifts and Ways to
Give
WAyS TO giVEYour gifts to UWC‑USA help students from around the world obtain a unique education that prepares them to become leaders for positive change—in the world and in their own communities. UWC‑USA offers many opportunities to support the school:
CREDIT CARD: (including automatically recur‑ring monthly gifts): Use your American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa to make an online gift at www.uwc‑usa.org/give or phone in your gift by calling (505) 454‑4265.
CHECK: Make your check payable to the United World College‑USA and mail it to the following address:
UWC‑USA Advancement Office Post Office Box 248 Montezuma, NM 87731‑0248 USA
GIFT OF STOCK: You can contribute the fair market value of appreciated securities and avoid cap‑ital gains tax on the appreciated value of the stock.
See www.uwc‑usa.org/waystogive for our broker information.
GRANT: You can designate UWC‑USA as a recipi‑ent of a grant from a family foundation, charitable gift, or donor‑advised gift fund.
MATCHING GIFT: Many organizations match chari‑table gifts of employees, spouses, directors, or retirees. Please request a matching gift form from your per‑sonnel office and send it with your gift to UWC‑USA. To see whether your employer has a matching gift program, use our search tool on the upper right of the online‑giving page, www.uwc‑usa.org/give.
FOR DONORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE: Gifts may be sent via bank transfer to the UWC International Office in London. See www.uwc‑usa.org/waystogive for details for the pound, euro, and U.S. dollar accounts, as well as in‑formation on how to register for Gift Aid (a scheme for U.K. taxpayers, allowing donations to be worth 28 percent more at no additional cost).
The conclusion of the 2012 school year saw the bit‑
tersweet departure of some of UWC‑USA’s most se‑
nior community members as they retired to follow
new paths. Many had been on campus almost since
the day the doors opened and had shared fond—and
often funny—memories of those early days when
the school had its own small stable of horses and the
Internet was just a gleam in an inventor’s eye.
Linda and Tom Curtis, dean of students and Span‑
ish teacher, respectively, raised their family at
UWC‑USA. They also brought up several genera‑
tions of extended family through their warm rela‑
tionships with students. In addition to teaching,
Tom touched the lives of hundreds of Las Vegas kids
through his leadership of the Children’s Chorus.
Tom and Linda spent 25 years at UWC‑USA.
Social and cultural anthropologist John Geffroy prid‑
ed himself on being a teacher and a learner. “My stu‑
dents, as much as any theory book, have given me
the understanding that cultures change,” he once
said. “I have learned the importance of understand‑
ing various cultural perspectives and how to listen
well.” John’s UWC‑USA career covered 24 years.
Tom Lamberth first taught basic first aid for the
UWC‑USA Wilderness Program; he retired serv‑
ing as the program director. During his 21 years on
campus, Tom changed his perspective from seeing
nature as a place of recreation and escape to being
a place of profound growth. He took special pride in
“seeing students wake up to the wilderness, by hav‑
ing students discover their homes.”
Aleyda McKiernan served as a Spanish teacher for
24 years. An avid reader, Aleyda found joy in guid‑
ing students toward a passion for language, reading,
and communication. She loved her students and the
school: “This is a paradise for teachers,” she once said.
Like all UWC‑USA faculty members, French teacher
Robin Norris wore many hats during his 24‑year
tenure. Being involved in so many activities allowed
him to “interact with students in a different set‑
ting”—something he truly relished. Originally from
Barbados, Robin provided a second home for Carib‑
bean students and French speakers.
Ted Reineke’s UWC‑USA career lasted nearly three
decades and included everything from lab technician
to audio‑visual go‑to guy. He booked flights, drove
buses, and taught a stagecraft class. It wasn’t exactly
what he expected when he first arrived on campus
with a science degree, but he quickly adapted and
took on whatever needed to be done.
Compared to their retiring colleagues, Nina Mar‑
quez‑Johns and Carl Sanchez were relative newcom‑
ers. Each had been at UWC‑USA for a little more
than a decade, but in those 10 years, they still made
a significant mark. Nina’s last role was as registrar,
and she became an expert at juggling demands of
200 students every year. Carl worked for the security
department, and his friendly greetings were always
welcomed and appreciated.
We wish our retirees much joy as they discover new
paths and tackle new projects!
ONWARDNine longtime faculty and staff head off for new adventures
pLANNED giFTS Planned gifts create opportunities for our support‑ers and UWC‑USA. There are many ways to make a planned gift. The best one will balance what you wish to accomplish for yourself, your family, and your charitable interests in your overall estate and financial plans.
BEQUESTS. The simplest way to make a planned gift is to name UWC‑USA in your will. You can make a bequest of a certain dollar amount, a par‑ticular piece of property, a percentage of your estate, or a “residual” (what is left after making specific provisions for loved ones).
GIFTS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS. Retirement funds are often taxable—whether to you or your heirs—when withdrawn. If you make a gift directly from your retirement fund to UWC‑USA, you can
often avoid these taxes by taking an offsetting deduction for your charitable gift.
GIFTS THAT RETURN FINANCIAL BENEFITS. Gifts that pay income are often favored by donors with appreciated assets such as a business, stocks, or real estate. These gifts can be structured to provide you and/or others with income, tax savings, and other benefits while leaving a lasting legacy for UWC‑USA.
To learn more about tax benefits related to planned giving, please speak to your financial advisor. If you would like to have a confidential dialogue about supporting UWC‑USA with a planned gift, please contact Vice President for Advancement Tim Dougherty at (505) 750‑1227 or tim.dougherty@UWC‑USA.org.
UWC‑USA is a 501(c)(3) organization. Our legal name is The Armand Hammer United World College of the American West.
For more information on how you can support UWC‑USA, please contact Vice President for Advancement Tim Dougherty at (505) 750‑1227 or tim.dougherty@uwc‑usa.org.
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nations, and cultures for peace and a
sustainable future.
rEpOrT OF ThE prESiDENT: 2012
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