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Muriell “Mimi” Royce Orme
Educator, Rancher, Philanthropist
A Life Remembered July 15, 1923 – April 19, 2009
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is PublisheD by the orme school
anD summer camP, orme, arizona 86333
president: paul orme ’70, j.d.
head of school: alyce brownridge, m.s.
editor: stuart rosebrook, Ph.D.
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the orme 2009-10 boarD of trustees
Marian Huntington Craver ’69
Chairman of the Board
Pacific Palisades, CA
Seth Lang Atwood ’68
Boulder City, NV
Pamela Hilton Cerchie ’77, m.s
Mesa, AZ
Thomas W. Chauncey ’66, j.d.
Phoenix, AZ
William C. Cordasco ’80
Flagstaff, AZ
Merle A. Frost, III ’57
Newport Beach, CA
Robert H. Green ’75
Carlsbad, CA
Barbara G. Hennessy
Paradise Valley, AZ
Sally Schriber Humphrey ’64
Sewickley, PA
Galen Justice ’63
San Diego, CA
Kathleen Doyle Kirchner ’75
Phoenix, AZ
Peter Lorber, ph.d.
Santa Barbara, CA
J. Holmes Morrison
Charleston, WV
Gail K. Mynard, m.d.
Sacramento, CA
W. Taylor Payson ’65
Tucson, AZ
Peter J. Rathwell, j.d.
Phoenix, AZ
Frank A. Roberts
Phoenix, AZ
Elizabeth Smith ’71
Tucson, AZ
Leigh Hagge Tuckey ’65
Crowheart, WY
Charles Wilcox
Austin, TX
J. King Woolf, III ’75
Baton Rouge, LA
Paul Orme ’70, j.d.
Orme, Az
alyce brownridge, m.s.
Orme, Az
the orme 2009-10 alumni boarD
Pam Cerchie ’77 - Chair
Mary Beth Bloom ’79
Britta Bloomberg ’73
Elizabeth Blackstock Burnett ’88
Adam Falkenberg ’89
Jennifer Michaels Frient ’85
Scott McCann ’82
Anne Cordasco McClure ’81
Laurie Oltmans Newberry ’85
Scott Roberts ’95
Michael Simms ’81
Betsy Trott Smith ’77
Cathy Beaumont Smith ’88
John Sperber ’89
Contents
Table of Contents 1
A Message from President Paul Orme 2
Life without Charlie & Mimi at Orme?
A Message from Chairman Marian Huntington Craver ’69 3
Orme Looks Forward to Fulfill Charlie Orme’s
Mission and Values
A Message from Head of School Alyce Brownridge 4
Orme Launches New Sustainability Program
Influenced by 80 Years of Orme Educational Values
Sandra Day O’Connor Speaks to 2009 Graduates 6
College Matriculation 2009 7
Academic and Special Awards 2008-09 7
Muriell “Mimi” Royce Orme 8
Educator, Rancher, Philanthropist, Co-Founder
of The Orme School and Summer Camp
Transformational Giving...Transformational Orme 10
2008-2009 Annual Giving 11
Alumni Board Leadership Takes Action 16
There is Always Time for Something Good at Orme 16
Alumni News & Notes 17
Reflections 36
Coach James Casey - A Coach and Teacher for Life
In Memoriam 37
Orme Reunion 2010: June 4-6 39
Reunion 2009 – The Campfires Burned Brighter Than Ever! 40
1

Life without
Charlie & Mimi
at Orme?
Often alumni and old friends of the School make this
those times. Now, thanks to
inquiry of me. Of course, this question has several layers
the financial support of an
for me, the first being the personal loss of my parents, and the
engaged group of Trustees
grandparents of my children. We all experience these losses,
and wonderful alumni, I
so my feelings of a nagging emptiness and occasional
believe we are emerging from
loneliness are not unique. For nearly twenty-five years, I
another difficult era, mostly
have lived within fifty yards of my parents, and they were
attributable to a devastating
always there for a quick (or extended) visit with a warm
world economy, but also
welcome and wise counsel on many topics. I still find my-
due to some well meaning,
self having to resist the urge to head to their house for a
but ineffective, operational
late afternoon cocktail and chat.
and management decisions
Shawn and I had the privilege to look after Charlie and
of the past.
Mimi in their declining years (along with their wonderful
Our current Head of
caregiver, Zulema Zabalza). Many of these moments were
School, Alyce Brownridge,
extraordinarily stressful as serious falls and hospital visits
and her highly effective
became all too common. But the opportunity to recipro-
Deans, Emily Kipp and
cate the loving care I received as a child was a blessing for
Ricardo Olivares, have
which I am forever grateful, and it brought me much closer
restored our operational
to both of them.
credibility and effectiveness.
Of course the question posed at the beginning of this
Our new Chairman of the
article has mostly been asked in the context of how is the
Board of Trustees, Marian
Orme School managing without the guiding hands of
Huntington Craver ’69, has
Charlie and Mimi. My response to this question
brought new energy and
is much more a source of pride than pain. I feel
leadership that has been
the School continues to be guided by the basic philosophy
instrumental in guiding
of the Orme Family to provide students with a quality
our financial management,
college preparatory education in a community-based,
nurturing environment. The School continues to offer
top: Mimi and Charlie, Spring 1968.
above: President Paul Orme and his
wife, Shawn.
marketing, and fundraising
efforts. My grandparents
abundant opportunities for young people to develop
and parents would be proud
character and responsibility, and to find something to of this group, and encouraged that they are protecting and
connect with, such as other students, faculty mentors, the nurturing the Orme Family legacy.
outdoors, animals, sports, drama, music...the list goes on. Finally, I want to express the same thanks to all of you that
Testimonials from alumni of the eras in which Charlie I did to everyone who attended my mother’s memorial service.
and Mimi were prominent have brought me clarity on what Thank you for allowing my parents to live a meaningful and
Orme School has historically done well. Testimonials of purposeful life. As much as they gave to you, as expressed by so
recent and current students, and those of their parents, further many of you, you gave much more back to them.
underscores my belief that the School continues to do these With your continued support, we will carry on the legacy of
same things well.
The School has endured many difficult times over the years,
as is revealed in my parents’ correspondence that I am now read-
Charlie and Mimi Orme. Shawn and I wish you all the best.
Paul R. Orme
ing as I seek to settle their estate. Many of you helped us through
Paul R. Orme / President
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By Paul Orme / President of the Orme School

As Orme celebrates its 81 st year, I wish to extend my thanks
and gratitude on behalf of the Board of Trustees to each and
every one of you – alumni, parents, grandparents, friends,
faculty, and staff – all members of the Orme family. Since taking
the Chairman position last January, I have had the wonderful
opportunity to meet with many different representatives of this
dedicated and loyal group, and there is one common theme
amongst all of them – Orme is indeed a very special place. And
now, our signature publication is in your hands. The Bulletin is
our best way to tell you all of our news as well as an opportunity
for you to catch up on classmates, and for us recognize our
generous donors. A special thank you to our dedicated staff that
spent many hours getting this to press!
Orme has had a busy year! We have faced head on some
By Marian Huntington Craver ’69 / Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Orme Looks Forward to Fulfill
Charlie Orme’s Mission and Values
significant financial challenges, and we have become a stronger
school as a result. Our renewed focus of Sustainability applies
not only to the environment at Orme but also the economic
sustainability of the school as well. This Bulletin is another way
of maintaining our relationship with all of the constituents of
Orme because they are the ones who will “sustain” Orme in the
future. Thank you all!
When I first arrived at Orme, I had certain expectations:
I would make new friends, experience different food from
home, and face new academic challenges. I was correct on all
counts, but I had no idea of the breadth and depth of the new
experiences that lay in front of me. Forty years later the Bulletin
brings us all back together again and delivers welcome news from
home. Enjoy!
left: Burpee’s
“money garden”
Seeds provided
our Greenhouse
plants.
bottom left:
Students love
the Commons
Renovations!
bottom right:
Dorm
Renovations,
curtains and
new paint
really help!
3

Orme Launches New
Sustainability Program
Influenced by 80 Years of Orme Educational Values
As I walk our beautiful campus, I see students interacting
happily with friends and teachers, often outside in one of
our green open spaces, in the shade of a tall sycamore or
cottonwood. They are laughing, sharing, and sometimes
arguing, but always accepting each other with the community
spirit this intimate environment nourishes.
Last spring we were accredited by North Central Association
AdvanceEd, a major national institution that certifies K-12
college preparatory programs. They strolled the campus and met
with students, faculty, staff, and parents. Their report reminds
me of what makes Orme a special place:
“…the Orme School is commended for their close knit, caring, learning community that
is connected, diverse, and unique with a strong sense of tradition... [and] for the consistency of
mission and philosophy over time…Students seem to love it at Orme…They feel they are learning
and are cared about…There is a place and activity for every student…Over the past 80 years,
in a rural western setting, many resources have come and gone. However, the ones of value to
the[School’s] mission and purpose have endured the test of time.”
Also last spring, the consulting firm of Connor
Associates assessed our strengths and challenges and made
recommendations for improvement. Their report distilled the
insights of campus visits and interviews with hundreds of current
and past members of the greater Orme community. We are
taking their recommendations seriously, have created a timetable
to address them, and have acted on many already. For example,
we hired a part-time professional guidance counselor, increased
our weekend activities, and renovated the Student Commons
and dorms (with generous help from the Parents Association,
Board of Trustees, and friends).
A key recommendation was to make broader use of our
unique location, including the Ranch, the freedom of our wide
open spaces, and the beautiful lands of the American Southwest.
In April, the Board of Trustees voted to expand our teaching
of environmental sustainability so that all Orme students may
understand these critical issues of our time. We believe this new
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By Alyce Brownridge / Head of School
focus is in keeping with Charlie Orme’s vision of the School, a
half-century ago, as a place where students grow up close to the
land in a small, self-sufficient community, learning the value
of hard work, appreciating their environment, and making a
difference in their world.
The faculty is taking on this vision with vigor. As David
Hutchens, our new Director of Sustainability, puts it, we are
“integrating sustainability as a thread through our curriculum.”
The senior Humanities seminar has been reborn as the
Sustainability and Southwest Studies senior seminar. Its first semester
was devoted to sustainability in the context of the School,
Ranch, and our surrounding region.
Students took frequent field trips to
see real-world examples: neighboring
ranches, Native American sites, Ash
Creek, and a new farm on the Ranch
where organic produce is grown and
sold to the public. In the second
semester, students will devise their
own research projects on scientific,
social, or political topics that relate to sustainability.
We are collaborating with Northern Arizona University’s
Landsward group and now have two NAU interns working with
Orme students on “Orme Arboretum” projects such as growing
edible plants in the Science Building greenhouse and identifying
and mapping the historic campus trees to create a walking tour.
The most critical sustainability issue is energy, so we are
increasing our energy monitoring and seeking more ways to
conserve. Campus energy use has dropped substantially over
the past year. This project will soon involve students in electrical
metering and analysis, thanks to the donation of multi-function
“Kill-a-watt” meters by Bob Marshall. We are developing a
customized teaching unit that traces the School’s energy from
source to end, analyzes alternatives, and compares Orme’s
consumption per person with that of the rest of the nation and
the home countries of our international students. This winter
we expect NAU to install a 30 meter tall meteorological tower

on campus. It will gather continuous data on wind and other
climate factors that Orme students will be able to download and
analyze. This is part of a national program to map wind energy
in detail.
Our students are hearing renowned, influential speakers in
our new Sustainability Lecture Series. In October, Bill Otwell,
a leading Arizona architect (and husband of alumna Janet
Markham ’69 and father of alumni Fletcher ’02 and Max ’06)
gave an illustrated presentation on sustainable architecture in
Arizona and around the world. Check our website’s Sustainability
tab for other lectures in the series and descriptions of all our
sustainability initiatives. For example, we now have full-campus
recycling of glass, plastic, and paper, and students have instituted
a system for deposits and pickup.
We have also expanded our outdoor programs to give students
more exposure to the wonderful country of our region and to
offer more challenging and educational adventures. We have a
core of very enthusiastic and dedicated students participating in
these afternoon and weekend activities. This fall, they scrambled
into parts of the Grand Canyon few humans have ever seen,
waded through cold pools in a local slot canyon, camped in a
torrential rainstorm, hiked and bushwhacked on their own all
over the creeks and hogbacks and arroyos that surround us for
miles in every direction, rock climbed on local cliffs, jumared up
tall campus sycamores, and found their own way across rugged
volcanic land on a moonless night by headlamp and compass.
While having all this fun, they have learned firsthand about our
marvelous environment: the plants, wildlife, geology, climate,
history, Native Americans, and the evolution of the uniquely
American attitudes toward the land. Check our website’s
Outdoor Programs and Events tabs for the latest photos, video
clips, and descriptions of these adventures.
And so at Orme we are using these globally challenging times
to improve, assess our true strengths, and continue our heritage,
growing young people in this beautiful corner of the American
Southwest. Thank you for helping us make a difference!
Top left: NAU
Intern Marie
Snyder gathers
samples for
mapping Orme’s
Arboretum
project.
above:
Girls Hiking
during caravan.
left: alumni/
student Work
Day volunteers
get the job
done!
left middle:
Orme students
experienced
a day
at the NASA
Desert Rats
Arizona facility.
bottom:
outdoor
adventure
students find
their way
using compass
and maps.
5

Supreme Court Justice Challenges Seniors to Do Their
Best and Serve Their Communities
On May 23, 2009, The Orme Community welcomed
The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor as its commencement
speaker. Justice O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a United
States Supreme Court Justice, was raised on a ranch in eastern
Arizona and has been a friend of the Orme Family for many
years. School President Paul R. Orme was humbled to have
Justice O’Connor as Orme’s Commencement Speaker: “Justice
O’Connor is one of Arizona and America’s great citizen leaders.
She represents the values of leadership and integrity in public
service that we believe is part of our educational mission at Orme
and which were such important values to my late parents, Charlie
and Mimi Orme.”
Mrs. O’Connor spoke at Orme’s commencement for the first
time in 1981, less than two months prior to her nomination to the
Supreme Court. Only one other national leader of prominence
has addressed Orme’s graduates more than once, and that was
Arizona’s United State Senator, Barry Goldwater. The Orme
School has also had many other prominent commencement
speakers including Governor Ronald Reagan, Justice William
Rehnquist, Representative John Rhodes, Senator John McCain,
Senator Paul J. Fannin, Representative John Shadegg, Governor
Jack Williams, Governor Bruce Babbitt, Attorney General
Herbert Brownell, Jimmy Stewart, and William F. Buckley, Jr.
O’Connor, who introduced herself to the audience of
parents, teachers, graduates and guests as “an unemployed
cowgirl,” talked about the changes in opportunities and challenges
for women during the past two generations. “It took 191 years
for a woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court,” she said
in reference to her appointment in 1981. “It opened the door
for women everywhere in the United States and in the world.”
After an early morning rain shower and then brilliant sunshine
just before the start of Commencement, retired U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor told Orme School
graduates that combining a family and a career still is not easy,
but it is certainly worth it. “The tide is running in your favor and
the wind is at your back,” O’Connor said to the 31 graduating
seniors. Graduates should expect to start at the bottom, she
said, and offered encouragement to do the best they can and to
contribute to their communities as the Orme family has for over
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By Sharon Barton and Stuart Rosebrook
The Honorable
Sandra Day O’Connor
Speaks to 2009 Graduates
Diplomas
in hand,
the graduates
are ready
to leave Orme!
and now...
Justice O’Connor
addresses
the Class of 2009.
Darren Su
& Maryah Harris
receive
awards
from Alyce
Brownridge.
a century in Arizona.
One of the graduates was Mallory Orme, granddaughter
of Charlie and Mimi Orme, who wiped away tears at the
mention of her grandparents. Mallory is studying politics and
communications now at American University in Washington,
D.C. In a tradition started by Founding Headmaster Charlie
Orme, Head of School Alyce Brownridge, spoke personally
about each student as they received their diploma from her.
Valedictorian Yuan Feng, from China, said she appreciated the
“family life atmosphere” of the school. “It eliminated the feelings
of strangeness and loneliness when I arrived,” she said. Feng is
currently studying engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Additional Source: Sue Tone, Prescott Daily Courier

College Matriculation 2009
The Orme School, May 23, 2009
Student College
Alexander Bahr Catholic University of America
Emmanuel Bustamante Yavapai College
Cheng Chung Chen Mesa Community College
Michael Chin University of California, Santa Barbara
Kia Louise Coddington William Woods University
Megan Marie Connors Northern Arizona University
Yuan Feng Johns Hopkins University
Leigha Galbraith Yavapai College
Min Hee Ha University of Washington
Maryah Mechelle Harris Florida A&M University
Crystal Highley Pima Community College
Steven R. Jeckel Arizona State University
Hannah Gabriella Kellogg Yavapai College
Jong Ho Lee Indiana University
Madison Lee Undecided
WenJun Li University of California, Davis
Esmee Annette Maclaren Northern Arizona University
Jason Paul Mineo Northern Arizona University
Kylee Elizabeth Morain Northern Arizona University
Kristine Evelyn Murphy William Woods University
Mary Nix United States Marine Corps
Mallory Royce Orme American University
Young Hoon Park Pratt Institute
Julia Phelps St. John’s University
Jesus Quinn University of Arizona
Austin T. Roberts Jackson Community College
John Sanderson Boston University
MinJi Shin Johnson & Wales University
Min Woo Shin Undecided
Heng-Hui Su Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Yu Sun University of Kentucky
Tsz Chung Wong San Joaquin Delta College
Dave Robertson ‘62 and 2008-09 Robertson Award Recipients.
Academic and
Special Awards 2008-09
The Orme School, May 22, 2009
Special Awards
Department Chairs’ Award (Highest YTD GPA) Zoe Schroeder
F. Stephen Nash Award for Chemistry Laura Loomer
F. Stephen Nash Award for Physics Ephraim Park
John Hartzmark Manager’s Award Laura Loomer
Outstanding Senior – English John Sanderson
Outstanding Senior – Mathematics Wenjun Li
Outstanding Senior – Science Yuan Feng
Outstanding Senior – History Maryah Harris
Outstanding Senior – Language Emmanuel Bustamante
Outstanding Senior – Fine Arts Young Hoon Park
Commencement Awards
Trustees Award (most improved senior) Jong Ho Lee
Salutatory Award Min Hee Ha
Valedictory Award Yuan Feng
Head of School Award (outstanding senior) Maryah Harris &
Heng-Hui Su
Founders Award (highest senior award) Mallory Orme &
Jong Ho Lee
Robertson Award
Michael Chin
Yuan Feng
Maryah Harris
Stephen Jeckel
Jong Ho Lee
Kylee Morain
Mallory Orme
Julia Phelps
Heng-Hui Su
Cum Laude Society
Michael Chin
Yuan Feng
Jong Ho Lee
National Honors Society
Alexander Bahr
Yuan Feng
Min Hee Ha
Maryah Harris
Hannah Kellogg
Jong Ho Lee
Mallory Orme
Austin Roberts
Heng-Hui Su
2009 Diplomas
with Distinction
English
Rachel Hooper
Mallory Orme
John Sanderson
Fine Arts
Young Hoon Park
History
Alexander Bahr
Michael Chin
Yuan Feng
Leigha Galbraith
Maryah Harris
Rachel Hooper
Esmée Maclaren
Mallory Orme
Austin Roberts
John Sanderson
Language
Mallory Orme
Mathematics
Michael Chin
Yuan Feng
Wenjun Li
Min Ji Shin
Min Woo Shin
Science
Cheng-Chung Chen
Michael Chin
Yuan Feng
Min Hee Ha
Young Hoon Park
7

Muriell “Mimi” Royce Orme
– Educator, Rancher, Philanthropist,Co-Founder of
The Orme School and Summer Camp
Muriell “Mimi” Royce Orme of The Orme Ranch outside of Mayer, Ariz., passed
away peacefully at 10:30 a.m. on April 19, 2009 at Samaritan Village Rehabilitation
Center in Prescott where she was recuperating after nearly three weeks in the hospital.
B
orn in Cleveland, Ohio, to Paul Royce and Marjorie
Stranahan Royce on July 15, 1923, Mimi grew
up and attended public schools in San Marino
and South Pasadena, Calif. She was a graduate
of Sawyers Business College in Pasadena.
Mimi, as she was affectionately known by
all, helped found and build The Orme School
with her husband Charlie in the years following
World War II. In early 1945, Mimi met Charles Orme, Jr. when
she came to Orme to work as Charlie’s secretary. Later that year
they would marry and soon thereafter, Charlie assumed the
position of Headmaster. Together, he and Mimi built one of
the most prominent boarding schools and summer camps in the
American West.
Mimi held numerous roles in building the School,
including her first years as school secretary and bookkeeper. In
the lower school, Mimi taught reading, writing and arithmetic.
In the high school, she taught music appreciation, modeling,
typing, shorthand, and directed the sextet. Mimi began The
Orme School’s alumni Bulletin which is still published annually
as a means to stay in touch with the School’s alumni. For many
years, Mimi co-sponsored the senior class with Charlie, and also
served as Dean of Girls. She brought grace and elegance to the
western lifestyle students experienced living and learning at the
Orme School and Ranch.
After retiring in 1987, and until recently, Mimi remained
active as an ambassador and hostess of the School. In her role as
the wife of the Headmaster, she traveled extensively with Charlie
to maintain strong alumni relations and admissions for both the
School and Camp. A city girl by birth, and cowgirl by marriage,
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A Life Remembered July 15, 1923 – April 19, 2009
Mimi was a member of the Orme Ranch Board of
Directors where she served as its Treasurer for 45 years.
Mimi was also a long-term member of the Phoenix
Junior League, the Phoenix Country Club, and St. Luke’s
Board of Visitors.
Honored by the School in 2004 as a “Distinguished Alumna,”
Mimi commented in her acceptance speech, “I have had an
interesting life. I am most content to be retired and just watch
the world go by and watch our grandchildren develop. It has
been a good life.”
Mimi is survived by her son Charles “Chip” H. Orme III of
New York and his children Charles and Alexandra; son Paul R.
Orme and daughter-in-law Shawn of Mayer, Arizona and their
daughters Kathryn, Lauren, and Mallory.
A memorial service was held for Mimi at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Phoenix on July 18, 2009 in Phoenix. Presided over
by Bishop-in-Residence, the Rt. Rev. William G, Burrill, Mimi’s
service was a beautiful combination of scripture readings, hymns,
and personal testimonials. All of her grandchildren spoke at
the service and Shawn Orme read passages from letters sent to
the family in honor of Mimi. Beautiful and personal eulogies
were given in honor of their mother by Chip and Paul Orme. A
wonderful homily was given by the Bishop who spoke about the
legacy of Mimi’s lifetime of service. That evening the family spread
both Charlie and Mimi’s ashes over the Ranch property, from the
Mesas to Buzzards’ Peak, in a wonderful light rain and breeze.
The family asks that donations be made in honor of Mimi Orme to
The Charles H. Orme and Mimi Royce Orme Scholarship Fund,
The Orme School, HC 63 Box 3040, Orme, AZ 86333.

TOP LEFT: Mimi Orme,
October 1978.
Top RIGHT: Orme Family 1958.
FAR LEFT: Orme Family
Christmas Day 1952.
LEFT: Mimi and Charlie
January 1947.
ABOVE: Mimi and Katie Orme
Ladies Tea May 1986.
BOTTOM Left: Mimi and Charlie
July 4, 1948.
Below: Charlie, Mimi and Chip
while building cattle scales
above Horsecollar in Spring
1950.
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Winter in the desert is fast approaching with its crisp, cool
mornings and evenings, in great contrast to the heat of summer.
It’s a joy to experience the cold and have a good excuse to invite
friends over and huddle around the warmth of a fire in Uncle
Chick and Aunt Minna’s enormous fireplace.
I find myself remembering another winter in Pennsylvania
some years ago, a two-foot blizzard that snowed us and our
neighbors in for days. An amazing thing happens in times of
adversity. People come together in ways they didn’t before.
We saw that during the snow storm, as neighbors checked on
each other and provided for those who needed assistance, and
shoveled snow from front steps, sidewalks, the street, and each
others’ cars. There was one common goal and we all had a stake
in reaching that goal. We have seen a similar “coming together”
of the Orme community during
the continuing global economic
challenges. Your support has
been amazing and we can’t thank
you enough.
Like the blizzard scenario,
I ponder how we collectively
keep our “neighborhood”, our
community energized, even
when the immediate goal is
attained. The Orme community
is increasingly involved and
engaged with each other. We
want, and yes need this incredible
sense of family to continue, even
after the storm. Thank you for
your unique contribution to this
Orme “family” by being who you
are. Thank you for giving back to
Orme, as we hear so many of you
describe what Orme gave to you.
I want you to know what
your support, now and always,
means for Orme students. When
you make your Annual Fund
donation, your gift transforms
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By Sharon Barton / Director of Development
Transformational Giving…
Transformational Orme
students’ lives…experiencing the Grand Canyon for the first
time through the educational lens of environmental science
faculty Andrew Martin and Dr. Dennis Brownridge…applying
physics knowledge during a “hands on” field trip to the Materials
Characterization Laboratories at Arizona State University
with Dr. Bill Hamilton…understanding ceramics as a global
catalyst and interdisciplinary study by visiting ASU’s Ceramics
Research Center with Fine Arts Chair Karen Good…being
able to take a 560 mile, 12 hour roundtrip to participate in the
Division A-1 football playoffs with Coach Olivares…playing ping
pong in Commons with a classmate from across the globe…and
the list of transformational Orme experiences goes on.
Thank you for keeping the Orme sense of community, and
the fire, alive.
LEFT: Orme Students at ASU
Materials Lab.
above: advancing to the state
playoffs.
bottom LEFT: Grand Canyon
environmental science trip.
bottom middle: ping pong in
commons.
below: visit to asu ceramics
research center.

2008-2009
Annual Giving
Orme has made every effort to accurately recognize all donors from June 1, 2008 through May 31, 2009. We apologize
for any inadvertent omissions or misspellings. Please advise the Development Office of any corrections.
2008-2009
ORME ANNuAL FuND
ALuMNI CLASS GIVING
CLASSES OF 1951 AND
EARLIER
Marybelle Vrang Russell ’34
Stanley Knowlton ’37
Jenifer Rawson Grant ’50
Walton H. Marshall III ’50
CLASS OF ’52
CLASS OF ’53
Jeb J. Rosebrook
CLASS OF ’54
Dave R. Griffith
Michael C. Hanna
Whipple H. Manning
CLASS OF ’55
Jene Paul Harper, Jr.
John B. Merrill, Jr.
John C. Morrison, Jr.
Moira Thompson Nalls
CLASS OF ’56
Carol Topping Baum
Charles P. Dickinson, Jr.
R. K. Dunbar
Albert J. Griffiths
Mark W. Moore
Henry H. Schwake
Ann B. Brownell Sloane
CLASS OF ’57
Marjorie de Garmo
Winifred Koch Fernandez
Merle A. Frost III
CLASS OF ’58
Patricia Force
Roger Threlkeld
CLASS OF ’59
Babetta Castle-Walsh
Duncan L. Howard
A. Kent Kuster
Rick C. Lavis
Leda C. Pettit Lawrence
Roy E. Licklider
Robert C. Rowe
CLASS OF ’60
William H. Brown III
Marianna Osborne Hof
Joanne Nigh Zschokke
CLASS OF ’61
Elizabeth G. Atterbury
Cynthia Harwood
Lucy Burch Steers
Edith Fenton Tuckerman
CLASS OF ’62
F. Stephen Nash
Charles H. Padelford
David A. Robertson, Jr.
Pamela Beach Sawyer
CLASS OF ’63
Lyman H. Casey
Robert L. Crary
Margaret Onan Denning
Patricia J. Hale
Galen Justice
Ellen Holmes MacNeale
Ellen Kearsey Mayne
CLASS OF ’64
Benjamin G. Barton
Ruth Lucking Col
Charles E. Erickson, Jr.
Carol Holland Fountain
Barbara G. Dunn Hoefer
Sally Schriber Humphrey
Thea Jensen-Engesser
Wendy Coffelt Kazanjian
Mark R. Mayne
Sarah C. Michael
Carol J. Ingold Rudolph
Alison Justice Sweeten
CLASS OF ’65
Phillip R. Holland
Shana Johnstone
Shannon S. McNeely
William T. Payson
Fred R. Salter
Paula M. Sperling
George M. Thomas
Leigh Hagge Tuckey
CLASS OF ’66
Thomas W. Chauncey II
Louis P. Niggeman
Jane A. Phillips
Ruth-Ann Rohman
James C. Thomas
K.C. Thompson
Julie A. Wrigley
CLASS OF ’67
Linda Hughes
Wendy C. Pfeil Newcomer
CLASS OF ’68
S. Lang Atwood
Laird M. Proctor
CLASS OF ’69
George C. Ball, Jr.
Marian Huntington Craver
Marilyn H. Harris Hite
Eli W. Knight
Jonathan Kramer
JoNan Fleury LeRoy
Janet B. Markham
Nance F. McManus
Thomas H. Sousa
Harry S. Tamulinas, D.V.M.
Paul D. Wade
CLASS OF ’70
Gretchen Broering Hatfield
Frost
Paule B. Greening Johnston
Madeline Katz
Paul R. Orme
Benjamin W. Powers
William K. Seltzer, Ph.D.
Helen Hudson Weaver
CLASS OF ’71
Timothy R. Congdon
Elizabeth Ellard
William B. Heath
Elizabeth B. Smith
Diana L. Casey Trent
CLASS OF ’72
Marilee Port Harkinson
Elizabeth Skinner Reuss
Eric B. Sandberg
Miles H. Wood
CLASS OF ’73
Britta L. Bloomberg
Diane P. Atwood Reilly
John C. Rensenhouse
CLASS OF ’74
Curtis R. Franzen
Lucy Enos Gilmour
Marilyn A. Markham Petrich
Joanne Sauve Polansky
Cheryl Banack Roseland
Clark D. Saxton
Peter B. Sundlun
Sandra Thorell
CLASS OF ’75
Barbara Childs Off
Robert H. Green
Jeffrey G. Jones
Kathleen Doyle Kirchner
John K. Woolf III
CLASS OF ’76
Julia S. Marshall
David R. Walker
Susan T. Walton
Kelly M. Wright
CLASS OF ’77
Laura McDougal Baker
Monet E. Bossert
Pamela Hilton Cerchie
Bruce D. Foster
Charles M. Humphrey
Elizabeth T. Trott Smith
Kymberly A. Wilson
CLASS OF ’78
CLASS OF ’79
Richard L. Berry
Emily A. Sykes Pellissier
James A. Phillips IV
Gigi D. Schneppat
CLASS OF ’80
William C. Cordasco
Renee Oppenheim Peacock
Michelle Fry Puailoa
Matthew F. Strelecki
CLASS OF ’81
Devonna M. Christopher
Robert D. Wilmeth, Jr.
CLASS OF ’82
Henry N. Kuechler IV
Wyatt H. Williams
CLASS OF ’83
CLASS OF ’84
CLASS OF ’85
Jennifer Michaels Frient
CLASS OF ’86
John R. Hege
Megan B. Larson Wescott
Thomas P. Wilcox, Ph.D.
CLASS OF ’87
CLASS OF ’88
Catherine Beaumont Smith
Joy L. Little Biedermann
Elizabeth K. Blackstock Burnett
Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr.
Andrea G. Hof
Denison D. Kitchel
Bryan R. Lewis
Joan E. Johnston Marticorena
Fred C. Meyer III
Susanne Stadelman-Thompson
Stephen D. Wilson
CLASS OF ’89
Christopher L. Murray
John M. Sperber
CLASS OF ’90
Alexis C. Myers Baker
Jennifer Morgan Cyr
Gabrielle A. Johnson Porkolab
CLASS OF ’91
Tonya D. Adams Wertman
CLASS OF ’92
Emily Carbonel Sandhu
CLASS OF ’93
CLASS OF ’94
Ekene Okobi
CLASS OF ’95
Anne G. Mynard
Peter Mynard
Scott A. Roberts
Founders: Charlie and Mimi, Aunt
Minna and Uncle Chick, 1958
CLASS OF ’96
CLASS OF ’97
CLASS OF ’98
Andrew S. Tayler
CLASS OF ’99
Lucy Barton
CLASS OF ’00
CLASS OF ’01
Jordan S. Atwood
CLASS OF ’02
Alexis J. Goldstone
CLASS OF ’03
Adam Buttgenbach
CLASS OF ’04
Brooks McCormick
CLASS OF ’05
Ayla Haig
CLASS OF ’06
CLASS OF ’07
CLASS OF ’08
Megan A. Lee
Zachary Underhill
CLASS OF ’09
Alex Bahr
Emmanuel Bustamante
Cheng-Chung (Hank) Chen
Michael Chin
Megan M. Connors
Yuan Feng
Leigha M. Galbraith
Min Hee Ha
Maryah M. Harris
Crystal M. Highley
Stephen Jeckel
Hannah G. Kellogg
Jong Ho (Jade) Lee
Madison A. Lee
Wenjun Li
Esmee A. S. M. Maclaren
Jason P. Mineo
Kylee E. Morain
Kristine E. Murphy
Mary F. Nix
Mallory R. Orme
Young Hoon (Andy) Park
Julia Phelps
Jesus J. Quinn
Austin T. Roberts
John L. Sanderson, Jr.
Min Woo Shin
MinJi Shin
Heng-Hui (Darren) Su
Yu Sun
Tsz Chung (Eric) Wong
11

2008-2009
Total Giving
Club Categories
SILVER SPuR
(GIFTS OF $10,000 AND ABOVE)
THE SILVER SPuR IS A SYMBOL
OF ExCELLENCE IN THE wEST.
OVER 60 YEARS AGO, CHARLIE
ORME BEGAN A TRADITION
OF AwARDING THE TOP HAND
OF SuMMER, BOY AND GIRL,
THE SILVER SPuRS AwARD
IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR
ExCELLENT CHARACTER,
wESTERN SPIRIT AND
LEADERSHIP. THE SILVER SPuR
CLuB ACkNOwLEDGES SCHOOL
AND CAMP ALuMNI, PARENTS,
GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS
wHO GAVE $10,000 OR MORE TO
ORME IN 2008-09.
Atwood Foundation
S. Lang ’68 & Connie Atwood
George C. Ball, Jr. ’69
Barbara Jo Brewster Living Trust
Burns Family Foundation
Theodore & Marian Huntington
Craver ’69
Edison International
Curtis R. Franzen ’74
Edwin H. & Frances Franzen
William H. & Mattie Wattis
Harris Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
Watts & Sally Schriber
Humphrey ’64
Shana Johnstone ’65
A. Kent ’59 & Stephanie Kuster
Walton H. ’50 & Ruth Marshall III
J. Holmes & Antoinette
Morrison
Samuel B. & Margaret C.
Mosher Foundation
Orme Primavera Schools
Foundation
Steven & Michelle Fry Puailoa ’80
Paul & Diane P. Atwood Reilly ’73
Carol J. Ingold Rudolph ’64
Shenandoah Foundation
Elizabeth B. Smith ’71
Ralph L. Smith Foundation
Swanson & Shevlin Charitable
Foundation
Robert O. Swanson & Cynthia
J. Shevlin
Bertram & Leigh Hagge Tuckey ’65
Charles W. & Cynthia Wilcox
Julie A. Wrigley ’66
12 the orme school bulletin
TOP HAND
(GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999)
“TOP HAND” IS A RANCH
ExPRESSION FOR A HIGHLY
kNOwLEDGEABLE AND
RESPECTED COwBOY. THE ONLY
MORE SENIOR LEVEL IS “RANGE
BOSS.” THIS TERM IS ALSO
uSED BY THE ORME SuMMER
CAMP FOR THOSE CAMPERS
wHO GAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF
RANCH AND HORSEMANSHIP
SkILL IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES.
THE TOP HAND CLuB
ACkNOwLEDGES ALuMNI,
PARENTS,GRANDPARENTS, AND
FRIENDS wHO GAVE BETwEEN
$5,000 AND $9,999 TO ORME IN
2008-09.
Thomas ’66 & Kathy Chauncey II
Adlore & Margaret Onan
Denning ’63
ExxonMobil Foundation
Laurence & Barbara Green
Robert H. Green ’75
James & Barbara Hennessy
Russell & Carlotta Keely
Gail K. Mynard M.D.
Onan Family Foundation
Joan T. Purnell
Peter & Ann Rathwell
Fred ’65 & Wendy Salter
STRAw BOSS
(GIFTS OF $2,500-$4,999)
“STRAw BOSS” IS A TERM
INITIATED BY CHARLIE ORME
TO TEST THE PRIMARY LEVEL
OF HORSEMANSHIP. THE TEST
INVOLVES kNOwLEDGE OF
ALL PARTS OF THE HORSE,
SADDLE AND TACk, AS wELL
AS MARkINGS OF THE HORSE
FOR IDENTIFICATION. THIS
TEST ALSO REquIRES THE
RIDER TO BE ABLE TO CATCH,
GROOM, SADDLE AND MOuNT
HIS HORSE, AS wELL AS TAkE
CARE OF THE BRIDLE AND
SADDLE. THEN THE RIDER MuST
BE ABLE TO TAkE HIS HORSE
THROuGH ALL THE GATES;
wALk, TROT, AND CANTER. THIS
TEST IS NECESSARY FOR A RIDER
TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
wHILE AROuND THE HORSES
AND TO MOVE FORwARD IN
ACquIRED HORSEMANSHIP
kNOwLEDGE. THE STRAw BOSS
CLuB ACkNOwLEDGES ALuMNI
OF THE SCHOOL AND CAMP,
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND
FRIENDS OF ORME wHO GAVE
BETwEEN $2,500 AND $4,999 TO
ORME IN 2008-09.
Elizabeth G. Atterbury ’61
Dino & Pamela Hilton Cerchie ’77
Elizabeth Ellard ’71
Galen Justice ’63
Stanley ’37 & Margaret
Knowlton
Jonathan ’69 & Laura Kramer
Peter & Janice Lorber
Les & Susan Mann III
L. Peter ’66 & Kathy Niggeman
W. Taylor ’65 & Susan Payson
Frank A. & Suzanne Roberts
Susan T. Walton ’76
OLD ADOBE
(GIFTS OF $1,000-$2,499)
THE OLD ADOBE SCHOOLHOuSE
wAS BuILT IN 1937, EIGHT
YEARS AFTER THE ORME
SCHOOL BEGAN. IN 1929–30,
THE FIRST CLASSES MET IN
THE SOuTHwEST CORNER
OF THE OLD ALuMNI HOuSE.
FOR THE NExT SIx YEARS
THE CLASSROOM wAS THE
wEST ROOM OF THE COwBOY
BuNkHOuSE (CONNERVILLE).
wHEN MORE SPACE wAS
REquIRED FOR SCHOOL
DESkS AND A BuNk HOuSE
FOR SuMMER CAMPERS, THE
OLD ADOBE SCHOOLHOuSE
wAS BuILT. THE ADOBE BRICkS
wERE MADE AT THE SITE FROM
MuD AND STRAw AND THE
ADOBE MAkERS TRAMPED THE
MIxTuRE TOGETHER wITH
THEIR BARE FEET. THE HINGES
ON THE LARGE, ROuGH PINE
DOOR wERE HAND-CRAFTED
BY AN OLD PHOENIx FRIEND
OF uNCLE CHICk AND AuNT
MINNA, A BLACkSMITH kNOwN
AS “SLIM.” THE OLD ADOBE
CLuB ACkNOwLEDGES ALuMNI,
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND
FRIENDS wHO GAVE BETwEEN
$1,000 AND $2,499 TO ORME IN
2008-09.
Arizona Community Foundation
Dave & Holly Backman, Sr.
Stephen & Sharon Barton
Robert E. & Joy Little
Biedermann ’88
Dennis & Alyce Brownridge
Nancy Bruns
William C. ’80 & Fon Cordasco
DeMund Foundation
Charles DeMund
Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
of Santa Clara County, Inc.
Stephen & Bev Docter
Charles E. ’64 & Portia
Erickson, Jr.
Beatrice B. Foster
Fremont Police Association
Merle A. ’57 & Gretchen ’70 Frost III
Michael C. ’54 & Hazel Hanna
Fred & Gayle Hansen
Hilby Wilson, Inc.
Bruce & Paula Hilby
Charles M. Humphrey ’77
Tony & Thea Jensen-Engesser ’64
Kirk & Linda Johnson
Paule B. Greening Johnston ’70
David & Kathleen Doyle
Kirchner ’75
wARRIOR
(GIFTS OF $500-$999)
THIS DONOR CLuB TAkES ITS
NAME FROM THE ORME SCHOOL
MASCOT, THE wARRIOR. wHEN
CHARLIE ORME STARTED THE
TACkLE FOOTBALL PROGRAM
IN 1953, THE SCHOOL NEEDED
A MASCOT AND COLORS. IT wAS
NATuRAL THAT CHARLIE SELECT
HIS ALMA MATER, STANFORD
uNIVERSITY, TO PROVIDE THE
MODEL. THE wARRIOR CLuB
ACkNOwLEDGES ALuMNI,
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND
FRIENDS wHO GAVE BETwEEN
$500 AND $999 TO ORME IN
2008-09.
H.J. & Carol Topping Baum ’56
Siobhan Brennan ’14
Charles & Sam Crary
Dana & Susan Fisher, Jr.
Foundation for Montessori
Education
Phillip & Mollie Freeman
Jeffrey & Jennifer Michaels
Frient ’85
James P. Geiss, DDS
Michael & Karen Gemma
H. J. Hagge Foundation, Inc.
Patricia J. Hale ’63
John R. Hege ’86
Bradford A. Hill
Edgar & Peg Huffman
Irrigation and Electrical Districts
Association
Ernest & Janet Jones, Sr.
Iris Jones
Don & Andrea Kaiser
John & Mary Lu Koenig
Robert & JoNan Fleury LeRoy ’69
C. David & Elizabeth MacVean
Edwin & Joan Johnston
Marticorena ’88
Brooks McCormick ’04
Michael & Margaret McCormick
Sarah C. Michael ’64
San Francisco Police Officers
Association
Robert & Ann Brownell Sloane ’56
George & Lucy Burch Steers ’61
Jeffrey & Diana Casey Trent ’71
John & Helen Hudson Weaver ’70
Gary & Helen Williams
Bil & Varisa Zeleny
CARAVAN
(GIFTS OF $250-$499)
IN 1932, AN OLD CATTLE TRuCk
AND TwO DODGE STATION
wAGONS LEFT THE ORME
SCHOOL BARNYARD wITH THE
ORME FAMILY, 12 STuDENTS,
AND ALL OF THEIR GEAR AND
FOOD FOR AN ExTENDED
JOuRNEY THROuGH THE GREAT
SOuTHwEST. THE ROADS wERE
DIRT, IN SOME PLACES MARkED
ONLY BY ROCk CAIRNS. YEARS
AFTER THAT JOuRNEY, THE
TRADITION CONTINuES IN
wHAT HAS BECOME ONE OF
THE MOST MEMORABLE ORME
ExPERIENCES—THE ANNuAL
SPRING CARAVAN. wITH
THAT TRADITION IN MIND,
CARAVAN CLuB MEMBERSHIP IS
AwARDED TO ALuMNI, PARENTS,
GRANDPARENTS, AND FRIENDS
wHO GAVE BETwEEN $250 AND
$499 TO ORME IN 2008-09.
Don & Elizabeth Adkinson
Jordan S. Atwood ’01
Roderick & Candice Back
John & Kathryn Bamberl
Becky Baumert
Roy & Catherine Beaumont
Smith ’88
Boeing Company
Richard W. Boyles
Lyman H. ’63 & Carol Casey
Anne D. Arnold Castle
Richard & Babetta Castle-Walsh’59
Henry & Ellen Chin
Susan E. Deavila Lambuth
Gaile P. Dixon
Margaret H. Dornish
Kristina Edlund
John & Elizabeth S. Ellard
Peter & Martha Ellis, Jr.
David & Susan French
Mary Helen Hall
Nancy D. Hall
Jene Paul ’55 & Julie Harper, Jr.
Todd & Jane Horn
Linda Hughes ’67
Victor Hiklowicz
Madeline Katz ’70
Vicki King
Kirkwood, Stair & Millwork
Henry & Ardagh Marie Kistler
Jeni Kittleson
Henry N. Kuechler IV ’82
Edward Kvetko
Dianne Lawson
Denise LeClair-Robbins
Paulette J. Macgregor
Neil & Ellen Holmes MacNeale III ’63
Mark R. ’64 & Miley Mayne
Kathleen McGinty
James & Victoria Merchant
Robert & Doris Miller
Paula J. Morris
Peter Myette
Peter Mynard ’95
Lisa Nissenbaum
Emily Sykes Pellissier ’79
Nicholas & Wendy K. Pitha
Benjamin ’70 & Joan Powers
Robert & Janice Raney
Peter & Ann Rathwell
Cynthia J. Richman
Robert C. ’59 & Vita Rowe
Susan Salter
Mark Schneider
Carlin C. Selby
Cathy Selig
Paula M. Sperling ’65
K. C. Thompson ’66
James & Jan Wessman
Wyatt H. ’82 & Sandra Williams
Charles & Jac Wood
Debra J. Yuhas

FOuNDERS
(GIFTS OF $100-$249)
A “FOuNDER” IS A PERSON wHO
ESTABLISHES SOMETHING
ENDuRING. THE ORME SCHOOL
wAS FOuNDED IN 1929 BY uNCLE
CHICk AND AuNT MINNA. AS
THE OLD MAIN HOuSE BECAME
INADEquATE AS A DINING
FACILITY, PLANS wERE BEGuN
(AS EARLY AS 1963) FOR A NEw
DINING HALL. FuNDS wERE
NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE
PROJECT uNTIL AFTER THE
DEATH OF uNCLE CHICk IN
FEBRuARY 1968, wHEN A VERY
SuCCESSFuL FuND DRIVE IN
HIS MEMORY wAS ESTABLISHED.
CONSTRuCTION wAS STARTED
IN LATE 1968 AND COMPLETED
IN MAY OF 1969. THE FOuNDERS
CLuB ACkNOwLEDGES SCHOOL
AND CAMP ALuMNI, PARENTS,
GRANDPARENTS, AND FRIENDS
wHO GAVE BETwEEN $100 AND
$249 TO ORME IN 2008-09.
Mary J. Amonette
Anonymous
Richard & Alexis Myers Baker ’90
Elizabeth A. Baker
Russell & Laura Baker
McDougal ’77
Benjamin G. Barton ’64
Bashas’ Family of Stores
John J. Becchetti M.D.
Steven & Robin Black
James & Martha Blaney
Britta L. Bloomberg ’73
William H. ’60 & Cathie Brown III
Brown & Brown Law Offices, P.C.
Donald & Jane Buffmire
Larry & DeEtta Burgess
Jeff & Elizabeth Blackstock
Burnett ’88
Lee & Ruth Caldwell
William & Anne Carnegie
Phyllis Carson
Chevron Texaco
Samuel & Barbara Childs Off ’75
Devonna M. Christopher ’81
James & Mary Ciletti, Sr.
Mark G. Clark
Nathan & Laurie Coddington-
McCoy
Christopher J. Courtney
Maureen Cronin
David & Jennifer Morgan Cyr ’90
Harry & Ebba Davison, Jr.
Charles ’56 & Christina
Dickinson, Jr.
Clark & Jane Dwinell
Tony & Jan Eager
Richard Eaton
eScrip
Edison & Staci Lea Eskeets
Robert S. Everts
Alexander & Susan Adams
Farrand ’59
Patricia Force ’58
Bruce D. Foster ’77
Mitch & Lucy Enos Gilmour ’74
Jenifer Rawson Grant ’50
Albert ’56 & Judy Griffiths
John A. Grossman & Katharine
H. Olmsted
Isaac, Ana & Sabra Guzman
Michael & Susan Hahn
Susan Hapak
Gary & Marilee Port Harkinson ’72
Cynthia Harwood ’61
Lori M. Haskin
John S. & Tamra Hege
Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr. ’88
James C. Hermann & Nancy L.
Chaney
Jamie P. & Kathleen Keely
Herring
Bruce & Paula Hilby
Marianna Osborne Hof ’60
Phillip R. ’65 & Judy Holland
The Home Depot USA
Duncan L. ’59 & Madeline
Howard
Jerry & Vicki Howell
Susan M. Iverson
Marjorie Jacobs
Barbara J. Johnson
Jeffrey G. Jones ’75 & Lisa M.
Duran
Emily Kipp
Denison D. Kitchel ’88
Eli W. Knight ’69
Lake Merritt Business
Association
Rick C. ’59 & Marti Lavis
Scott & Kathryn Law
Ledbetter Law Firm, P.L.C.
Judith A. Lee
Roy E. ’59 & Patricia Licklider
Theodore & Gabrielle Liese
Edward & Patsy Lowry
Stephen M. Ma
Whipple H. ’54 & Jacqueline
Manning
William Otwell & Janet Markham ’69
Arthur & Sandra Markham
Julia S. Marshall ’76
Robert & Mary Marshall
Robert W. Matthies
Joseph & Angela Melczer III
John B. ’55 & Kathleen Merrill, Jr.
Fred C. Meyer III ’88
Gary & Toni Miller
DeeDee Mittelstaedt
Mark W. ’56 & Pamela Moore
Craig & Linda Murdock
Christopher L. ’89 & Kristin
Murray
F. Stephen Nash ’62 & Dell
Fortune
Barbara Nelson
Frederick & Wendy Pfeil
Newcomer ’67
Charles H. Padelford ’62
Jan & Renee Oppenheim
Peacock ’80
Arthur & Dee Pearce II
Deeann J. Pearce
Alfred & Marilyn Markham
Petrich ’74
Evie Phillips
Neil & Joanne Sauve Polansky ’74
Dwayne Prifogle
Laird M. ’68 & Wynne Proctor
Kenneth & Pamela Reade, Jr.
William Reed
Luis Reguero, Jr.
John C. Rensenhouse ’73
Frank & Elizabeth Skinner
Reuss ’72
Ilcen Reyes
Rebecca Roessner
Ruth-Ann Rohman ’66
Jeb S. & Julie Rosebrook
Nicholas & Cheryl Banack
Roseland ’74
Paul G. & Shannon Rosenblatt
Patrick C. Russell
Eric B. ’72 & Christine
Sandberg
James R. & Lynn Saunders
Joseph & Arden Sauve
Joseph & Kathryn Schepps
Bruce W. Grant & Gigi D.
Schneppat ’79
Henry H. Schwake ’56 &
Suzanne Simon-Schwake
William K. Seltzer, Ph.D. ’70
Alden & Kristen Senior
John M. ’89 & Sarah Sperber
Dann & Susanne Stadelman-
Thompson ’88
Fred Steffen
Gary & Linda Stellern
Tun-Jen Su & Hsiu-Ming Tsou
Peter B. ’74 & Karen Sundlun
Harry S. ’69 & Charmille
Tamulinas
James C. ’66 & Beatrice Thomas
Sandra Thorell ’74
Terry Touhey
William & Cynthia Turner
J. Peter Vajk
Richard & Caroline Van Pelt
Colleen N. Vetter
Paul D. Wade ’69
David R. ’76 & Jody Walker
Frederick & Susan Weiss
Jeffrey & Megan Larson Wescott ’86
James & Barbara Willey, Jr.
Robert D. ’81 & Dottie Wilmeth, Jr.
Kymberly A. Wilson ’77
Stephen D. Wilson ’88
Miles H. Wood ’72
John K. ’75 & Christine Woolf III
Kelly M. Wright ’76
Bruce & Nancy Wrisley
Loralee Wuertz
Phillip & Joanne Nigh Zschokke ’60
ASH CREEk
(GIFTS uP TO $99)
THE wATER COuRSE THAT RuNS
BY THE SCHOOL IS ASH CREEk.
OVER THE YEARS, DEPOSITS
FROM ASH CREEk FORMED THE
LAND THAT THE ORME SCHOOL,
THE ORME RANCH, AND THE
NEARBY FARMLANDS NOw
OCCuPY. THE ORIGINAL RANCH
BuILDINGS wERE LOCATED
ON THE ASH CREEk FLOOD
PLAIN—IN THOSE FAR-OFF
TIMES NOBODY HAD HEARD OF
ZONING REGuLATIONS! DONORS
wHO GAVE uP TO $99 TO ORME
IN 2008-09 ARE RECOGNIZED
wITH MEMBERSHIP IN THE
ASH CREEk CLuB.
Albertson’s
Peter & Jennifer Alford
Berta Antrim
Alex Bahr ’09
David & Meta Bare
Lucy Barton ’99
Bellany J. Beaumont
Richard L. Berry ’79 &
Barb Fries
David & Ann Blasius
Charles Beith & Monet E.
Bossert ’77
Emmanuel Bustamante ’09
Adam Buttgenbach ’03
Robert & Regina Canepa
Marshall & Mary Carpenter
Barbara Caruso
Cheng-Chung Chen ’09
Michael Chin ’09
Cherri L. Church
Ruth Lucking Col ’64
Jean S. Coleman
Timothy R. Congdon ’71
Megan M. Connors ’09
Robert & Betty Copple
Sarah Crane
Edward Purcell
Robert L. Crary ’63
Billie & Alberta Davis
Warren Diefendorf
R. Kirk Dunbar ’56
Margaret B. Feld
Yuan Feng ’09
Pelayo & Winifred Koch
Fernandez ’57
Otis & Carol Holland Fountain ’64
David Frazer
Kenneth & Cheryl Freye
Leigha M. Galbraith ’09
Paul & Helen Gerken
J. P. & Ute Goggins
Alexis J. Goldstone ’02
Dave R. ’54 & Janice Griffith
Min Hee Ha ’09
Lua Hadar & Hamilton Everts
Ayla Haig ’05
Maryah M. Harris ’09
John U. & Mary Hays
William B. ’71 & Kathy Heath
Margaret G. Hewett
Crystal M. Highley ’09
John & Barbara Dunn Hoefer ’64
Andrea G. Hof ’88
Richard S. Holland
Stephen Jeckel ’09
Sharon Kaprielian
Phillip & Wendy Coffelt
Kazanjian ’64
Hannah G. Kellogg ’09
Jack & Pamela Frazer Kelly
Dorothy J. Killion
Constance Kroeck
Barbara G. Landen
John & Patricia Larson
George & Leda Pettit Lawrence ’59
Jong Ho Lee ’09
Madison A. Lee ’09
Megan A. Lee ’08
Wenjun Li ’09
Janice B. Mac Nichols
Esmee A. S. M. Maclaren ’09
Ellen Kearsey Mayne ’63
Shirley McCallum
David & Mary Ann McDonald
Jean McGrath
Charles H. Parker & Shannon
McNeely ’65
Jason P. Mineo ’09
Pauline Mingram
George & Marilyn Monardo
Robert & Jean Moorhead
2008–2009 Annual Giving
Kylee E. Morain ’09
John C. ’55 & Betty Morrison, Jr.
Frank Luedtke & Lin M. Mullins
Kristine E. Murphy ’09
Anne G. Mynard ’95
Walter & Moira Thompson
Nalls ’55
Mary F. Nix ’09
Ekene Okobi ’94
Mallory R. Orme ’09
Young Hoon Park ’09
Charles & Anna Parker
Julia Phelps ’09
James A. ’79 & Clarissa Phillips IV
Jane K. Pinkus Foxen
Karoly & Gabrielle Johnson
Porkolab ’90
Richard H. & Ann Powell, Sr.
Jesus J. Quinn ’09
Howard R. Reenberg
Neil Renow
Austin T. Roberts ’09
Dave & Cheryl Robinson
Jeb J. ’53 & Dorothy Rosebrook
William & Rosita Rothschild, Jr.
Marybelle Vrang Russell ’34
John L. Sanderson, Jr. ’09
Aroop & Emily Carbonel
Sandhu ’92
Pamela Beach Sawyer ’62
Clark D. ’74 & Stacy Saxton
George & Cressey Sayre
SCC Park Rangers Assoc. Inc.
Sherman & Louise Seltzer
Victoria Shepherd
Min Woo Shin ’09
MinJi Shin ’09
Elizabeth Trott Smith ’77
Judy Snow
Thomas H. Sousa ’69 & Andrea
Reed
Matthew F. Strelecki ’80
Heng-Hui Su ’09
Yu Sun ’09
Alison Justice Sweeten ’64
Target Corporation
Andrew S. Tayler
Anne-Marie Tayler
George M. ’65 & Patricia
Thomas
Roger ’58 & Sandra Threlkeld
Edith Fenton Tuckerman ’61
Zachary Underhill ’08
Tsz Chung Wong ’09
L.V. & Edith Yates
13

CAMPERS, CAMP
Ann Williams Rathwell
COuNSELORS &
Kenneth & Pamela Reade, Jr.
CAMP PARENTS
Howard R. Reenberg
Peter & Jennifer Alford
Elizabeth G. Atterbury ’61
Elizabeth Hughes Baker
Barbara Brewster
Britta L. Bloomberg ’73
William H. Brown III ’60
Larry & DeEtta Burgess
William A. Carnegie
Anne Arnold Castle
Babetta Castle-Walsh ’59
Dino & Pamela Hilton Cerchie ’77
Devonna M. Christopher ’81
Theodore & Marian Huntington
Craver ’69
Marjorie de Garmo ’57
Charles ’56 & Christina
Dickinson, Jr.
Stephen & Bev Docter
R. Kirk Dunbar ’56
Frank A. Roberts
Scott Allen Roberts ’95
David A. Robertson, Jr. ’62
Jeb J. ’53 & Dorothy Rosebrook
J. Stuart & Julie Rosebrook
Carol Ingold Rudolph ’64
Fred ’65 & Wendy Salter
George & Cressey Wallace Sayre
Henry H. Schwake ’56
Alden L. Senior
Lucy Burch Steers ’61
Gary G. Stellern
K. C. Thompson ’66
Terry Walsdorf Touhey
Diana Casey Trent ’71
William C. Turner
Richard Van Pelt
Wyatt H. Williams ’82
L. V. & Edith Yates
Tony Eager
Charles ’64 & Portia Erickson, Jr.
GIFTS-IN-kIND
Edison Eskeets
S. Lang ’68 & Connie Atwood
Alexander K. Farrand
Arizona StRUT
Dana & Susan Fisher, Jr. Stephen & Sharon Barton
Edwin & Frances Franzen Richard W. Boyles
Jeffrey & Jennifer Michaels Dennis & Alyce Brownridge
Frient ’85
Marshall & Mary Carpenter
Merle ’57 & Gretchen ’70 Frost III Dino & Pamela Hilton Cerchie ’77
James P. Geiss
James & Mary Ciletti, Sr.
Alexis J. Goldstone ’02
Linda Cooke
Jenifer Rawson Grant ’50 Cindy Courtright
Robert H. Green ’75
Theodore & Marian Huntington
John A. Grossman
Craver ’69
Patricia J. Hale ’63
Marjorie de Garmo ’57
Cynthia Harwood ’61
Charles E. ’64 & Portia
James C. Hermann
Erickson, Jr.
Lynlie Orme Jessup Hermann Edison & Staci Eskeets
Jamie P. & Kathleen Herring Curtis R. Franzen ’74
Bruce & Paula Hilby
Merle ’57 & Gretchen Frost ’70
Bradford A. Hill
Laurence & Barbara Green
Todd & Jane Horn
Robert H. Green ’75
Jerry & Gail Howell
Kristina Gustafson
Barbara J. Johnson
Kimberly A. Hayenga
Kirk & Linda Johnson
Jennifer Hays
Paule Greening Johnston ’70 Donald R. Heller
Galen Justice ’63
James & Barbara Hennessy
Donald J. Kaiser
Lynlie Orme Jessup Hermann
Russell & Carlotta Keely Douglas E. Hoskins, Jr.
Pamela Frazer Kelly
itLogistixs Group, LLC
Jonathan ’69 & Laura Kramer Susan M. Iverson
Peter T. La Prade
Alice Johnson
Rick ’59 & Marti Lavis
Louis H. Kell
Dianne Lawson
David & Kathleen Doyle
JoNan Fleury LeRoy ’69 Kirchner ’75
Roy E. Licklider ’59
Brian & Amy Lesher
Peter Lorber
Wayne B. Light
Edward F. Lowry
Timothy & Susan Magill
Timothy & Susan Magill Dan & Tricia Males
Whipple H. Manning ’54 Anthony Marino & Mary
Gary W. Miller
Mancini
J. Holmes Morrison
Nance F. McManus ’69
Anne G. Mynard ’95
Chanelle Mineo
Peter Mynard ’95
Paula J. Morris
Moira Thompson Nalls ’55 Gail K. Mynard M.D.
Lisa Nissenbaum
Bruce & Elizabeth Quinn, Sr.
Paul ’70 & Shawn Orme Jim Ransom
W. Taylor ’65 and Susan Payson Raymond & Dawn Roberts
Jane K. Pinkus Foxen
Scott Allen Roberts ’95
Nicholas & Wendy Pitha Jeb J. ’53 & Dorothy Rosebrook
Benjamin ’70 & Joan Powers Jeb S. & Julie Rosebrook
Dwayne Prifogle
Mark Schneider
Steven & Michelle Fry Puailoa ’80
Robert M. Raney
14 the orme school bulletin
Loralee Wuertz
MEMORIAL & HONORARY
GIFTS
IN HONOR OF MICHAEL &
kATHRYN ADAMS
Tonya Adams Wertman ’91
IN HONOR OF
THE EVERTS FAMILY
Lua Hadar & Hamilton Everts
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN R. HEGE ’86
Anonymous
Roderick & Candice Back
John J. Becchetti
Steven & Robin Black
David & Ann Blasius
Sarah Crane & Edward Purcell
Deputy Sheriffs’ Association of
Santa Clara County, Inc.
Fremont Police Association
Paul & Helen Gerken
Isaac, Ana & Sabra Guzman
Galen Justice ’63
Lake Merritt Business Association
Scott & Kathryn Law
Stephen M. Ma
David & Mary Ann McDonald
Pauline Mingram
Robert & Jean Moorhead
Luis Reguero, Jr.
Neil Renow
Dave & Cheryl Robinson
William & Rosita Rothschild, Jr.
San Francisco Police Officers
Association
James & Lynn Saunders
SCC Park Rangers Assoc. Inc.
Victoria Shepherd
J. Peter Vajk
Colleen N. Vetter
IN MEMORY OF LYNLIE
ORME JESSuP HERMANN
Mary J. Amonette
David & Meta Bare
Robert & Regina Canepa
James & Mary Ciletti, Sr.
Jean S. Coleman
Robert & Betty Copple
Robert S. Everts
Margaret B. Feld
James P. Geiss
J.Pat & Ute Goggins
Lua Hadar & Hamilton Everts
Margaret G. Hewett
Bruce & Paula Hilby
Galen Justice ’63
Sharon Kaprielian
Dorothy J. Killion
Kirkwood, Stair & Millwork
Constance Kroeck
John & Patricia Larson
Janice B. Mac Nichols
Shirley McCallum
Gary & Toni Miller
George & Marilyn Monardo
Rebecca Roessner
Bruce M. Wrisley
IN MEMORY OF
CHARLES H. ORME, JR.
Chevron Texaco
William H. & Mattie Harris
Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
Shana Johnstone ’65
Carol J. Rudolph ’64
Shenandoah Foundation
IN MEMORY OF
MuRIEL “MIMI” ROYCE
ORME
Berta Antrim
Bashas’ Family of Stores
Brown & Brown Law Offices, P.C.
Donald & Jane Buffmire
Burns Family Foundation
Phyllis Carson
Charles & Sam Crary
Billie & Alberta Davis
Charles P. ’56 & Christina
Dickinson, Jr.
Richard Eaton
David Frazer
Senator John U. & Mary Hays
James Hermann & Nancy
Chaney
Irrigation and Electrical Districts
Association
John & Mary Lu Koenig
The Ledbetter Law Firm, P.L.C.
Theodore & Gabrielle Liese
Joseph & Angela Melczer III
J. Holmes & Antoinette
Morrison
Craig & Linda Murdock
Charles & Anna Parker
Arthur & Dee Pearce II
Deeann J. Pearce
Evie Phillips
Peter & Ann Rathwell
Rebecca Roessner
Sacco Dining Services, Inc.
Andrew S. Tayler ’98
Anne-Marie Tayler
William & Cynthia Turner
Julie Wrigley ’66
IN MEMORY OF
ORA D. ORME
Phillip & Mollie Freeman
IN MEMORY OF
ARTHuR G. PETTIT
Phillip R. ’65 & Judy Holland
IN HONOR OF NATE
ROBISON & ALEx SPENCE
Dianne Lawson
IN MEMORY OF
RALPH L. SMITH
Galen Justice ’63
Mimi Orme
loved
photo
booth
pictures,
1962.
ENDOwMENT
CHARLES H. ORME, JR.
ENDOwMENT
Chevron Texaco
William H. & Mattie Wattis
Harris Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
Shana Johnstone ’65
Shenandoah Foundation
DREAM CATCHER
SCHOLARSHIP
ENDOwMENT
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
FINE ARTS ENDOwMENT
William H. & Mattie Wattis
Harris Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
HORSEMANSHIP
ENDOwMENT
William H. & Mattie Wattis
Harris Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69
NATIVE AMERICAN
SCHOLARSHIP
ENDOwMENT
William H. & Mattie Wattis
Harris Foundation
Marilyn Harris Hite ’69

CHARLES H. ORME, JR.
SOCIETY MEMBERS
THE CHARLES H. ORME, JR.
SOCIETY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
TO RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE
THOSE ALuMNI AND FRIENDS
wHO HAVE MADE A PROVISION
FOR ORME IN THEIR ESTATE
PLANS.
Don & Elizabeth Adkinson
S. Lang ’68 & Connie Atwood
Theodore & Sharee Stillman
Brookhart ’59
Samuel & Barbara Childs Off ’75
Ruth Lucking Col ’64
Dean & Bernadette DeAngelis
Merle ’57 & Gretchen ’70 Frost III
Ludlow Gaines
Alfred A. Grant IV ’64
Karen Guth
Donald & Andrea Kaiser
Robert L. Domagalski & Karen
W. Kearns ’66
Russell & Carlotta Keely
John & Mary Lu Koenig
Jacob & Lisa Koestner Mortell ’91
Robert & Elizabeth Hamilton
Lowe ’60
Harold J. Maloney
Mark ’64 & Miley Mayne
Florence McCutcheon ’67
Diane McDonald
Pam Meyer
Stephen S. Mick ’61
J. Holmes & Antoinette
Morrison
Michael & Ann Kennedy
Mulchay
F. Stephen Nash ’62 & Dell
Fortune
Barbara Nelson
Ernest ’50 & Francisca
Neumann II
Paul ’70 & Shawn Orme
Frank & Suzanne Roberts
David ’62 & Diana Robertson, Jr.
Jeb J. ’53 & Dorothy Rosebrook
John Rubel
Henry ’56 & Suzanne Simon
Schwake
Susan Shields
Paula M. Sperling ’65
William & Mary Stark ’59
K. C. Thompson ’66
Richard H. Walker
John & Helen Hudson Weaver ’70
Burnet F. & Ann Wohlford
orme primavera
SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
ORME PRIMAVERA
SCHOOLS FOuNDATION
2008 CALENDAR YEAR
GIVING
YOuR DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR
ARIZONA TAx CREDITED
CONTRIBuTION TO THE ORME
PRIMAVERA SCHOOLS FOuNDATION
PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
DESERVING ARIZONA BOYS AND
GIRLS TO ATTEND PRIMAVERA
SCHOOL AND THE ORME
SCHOOL. YOuR DECISION
TO INVEST IN OuR FOuNDATION
HAS LED TO OVER 600 SCHOLAR-
SHIP AwARDS FOR DESERVING
ARIZONA STuDENTS SINCE 1999.
David & Marilyn Aden
Paul & Joan Akers
Abdelouahab & Jean Arzani
Mark Baker
John & Kathryn Bamberl
Richard & Susan Barnes
Ronald & Betsy Barnes
Earl & JoAnn Bartlett
Stephen & Sharon Barton
David B. Benedict & Linda
Nystuen
Wayne A. Bennett
Thomas & Barbara Benson
Brian & Jana Betcher
Steve & Susan Binkley
Karla L. Birkholz
Jim & Beverly Black
Curt & Sarah Blik
Mary Beth Winheim Bloom ’79
Scott & Leslie Bloom
Boeing Company
Monica Bohlman
Gordon & Jeanne Bowers
Hal & Sarah Bowers
Richard W. Boyles
Susan Brees
Theodore & Sharee Stillman
Brookhart ’59
William & Phyllis Brooks
Cy R. Brown
William ’60 & Cathie Brown III
E. P. & Norma Browning
Dennis & Alyce Brownridge
Warrren Burdine
Frank & Mary Cappelli
Robert & Jennifer Sullivan
Carney ’73
Marshall & Mary Carpenter
Lyle Steffe & Frances J. Case ’64
Dino & Pamela Hilton Cerchie ’77
Elaine Chambers
David L. Charles
Thomas ’66 & Kathy Chauncey II
Devonna M. Christopher ’81
Charles & Marianne Clinch
Barry & Altha Cline
David & Cynthia Combs
Mark Congleton
Jane A. S. Cook
Howard ’66 & Valerie Crail, Jr.
Mary F. Danakas
Jack & Harriet Davis
Merle & Kay Davis
Nancy L. Davis
Wes & Kathy De Cou, Jr.
Charles ’56 & Christina
Dickinson, Jr.
De Rhoads Dolan
Catherine L. Donau ’72
Nellie Dows
Larry & Martha Dozier
Charles ’64 & Portia Erickson, Jr.
Eloise B. Esser
Rick & Kimberly Fee
Robin & Linda Forbes
Patricia G. Fox
Jerry & Elizabeth Sykes Gable ’83
William & Marion Gary
Michael & Karen Gemma
Thomas H. Gewecke
Brian Glauser
Karen L. Good
Oscar Gray III & Karen Kyzer-
Gray
Antonio Grijalva & Francisca
Tamayo
Jeremiah Hakundy
Allen & Nancy Hall
Sandra Halldorson
William & Stephanie Hamilton
James & Helen Harold
James & Vickie Hartdegen
Robert & Christine Harter
Hermann & Janis Donau
Hastreiter ’66
Kim & Melynna Henagar
James & Barbara Hennessy
Taylor & Marsha Hicks, Jr.
Janet L. Hilton
Louis & Dava Hoffman
J.D. Howe
Lydia Hoyt
Susan M. Iverson
Richard & Rae Jirsa
Barbara J. Johnson
Christopher & Margaret Jones
Emerson & Joan Jones
Thomas & Margaret Kane
Bertrand & Beth Ann Kaper
Cliff Stansbery & Madeline
Katz ’70
Louis & Dee Kell
Robin J. Kelly
Donald & Ruthe Knittle
John & Mary Lu Koenig
Gary & Susan Korsgaard
Steven Kurzweil & Susan
Wilkinson
Douglas Laney & Judy D. Ratliff
Howard & Lynda Lang, Jr.
Eva Lin ’98
Garry & Alison Rogers Lingel ’73
Jeffrey B. Loomer
Andrew & Lauren Lowe
Edward & Patsy Lowry
Amy & David Lund
James & Christine Painter Lytle ’71
Harry T. Magill
Timothy & Susan Magill
Whipple ’54 & Jacqueline
Manning
Arthur & Sandra Markham
Fred ’69 & Mary Ann Markham
William B. Otwell & Janet
Markham ’69
Jonne Markham
Julie Marsland
Alexander ’54 & Janet Martin
Clay & Patricia Maupin
Jack & Bebe May
Lee & Jean McCann
Edgar & Deborah McCullough, Jr.
Florence McCutcheon ’67
Mark & Paula McGinnis
Robert A. Minick
J. D. Morris & Anita Laucher
Morris
Paula J. Morris
Timothy & Doreen Mulder
Maria Mullei
Frank Luedtke & Lin Mullins
Craig & Linda Murdock
Paul R. Murphy
Robert & Valerie Myrick
Andrew & Elizabeth Newton
Louis & Stella Newton
Robert & Kendra Noone
Michael & Barbara Normandin
Michael & Kathleen O’Connor-
Masse
David & Elizabeth Ogilvy
Kenneth & Marilyn Olsen
Muriell R. Royce Orme
Paul ’70 and Shawn Orme
Keith Kresge & Susan Parker
W. Taylor ’65 & Susan Payson
Charles & Patricia Perkins
Alfred & Marilyn Markham
Petrich ’74
Verline Rader
Peter & Ann Rathwell
Gabriel A. Reti
Frank & Suzanne Roberts
Raymond & Dawn Roberts
Scott Alfred Roberts
Alberto & Graciela Robinson
Rebecca Roessner
Jerry & Sandra Rogers
Jeb J. ’53 & Dorothy Rosebrook
J. Stuart & Julie Rosebrook
John & Donnie Ross
Paul G. Rowe ’65
Robert ’59 & Vita Rowe
Evans & Roberta Rust
Allan & Gerda Samuels
John & Leslie Sanderson
Aroop & Emily Carbonel
Sandhu ’92
2008–2009 Annual Giving
Jeff & Amy Sawyer
Douglas & Jeri Smith
Stanley & Jennifer Smith
Alexander & Mary Spence
Michael & Beth Steil
Morris & Catherine Stein
Mary G. Stephenson
Richard & Karen Stewart
Roger & Jacquelyn Stewart
George Tanner & Barbara Sweet
Daniel & Wendy Tajc
Houston & Bertie Tally
Robert & Linda Talton
Robert Taylor & Teri Thomson-
Taylor
April D. Thalman
Daniel W. Thelander
George & Norma Thomson
David & Judith Thornburg
Richard & Catherine Townsend
John & Patti Trahern
Robert & Diane Schober Travis ’86
Jeffrey & Diana Casey Trent ’71
Gerhard & Margaret Umbreit
Laura L. Vandegrift
Steven & Rhoda VanErstvelde
Andrea Vasile
John & Roxanne Vitt
Joseph P. Voorhees
Joseph Walsh
Grant & Judy Ward
William & Jackie Warren
Sally R. Washington
Daniel Wasserman & Carol
Russell
Robert & Penny Watson
John & Marylou Weishel
John & Stephanie Weldon, Jr.
Roberta F. Williams
Nancy S. Wolin
John & Sandra Wright
Mark & Mary Lou Wright
Karen L. Yates
Derek A. Young
Howard & Elaine Young
Richard & Lori Ziegler
Guy Demers & Eva Zuschke
Students come from around the world
to compete on Orme’s award winning
Rodeo Team.
15

Dear Alumni,
As another year comes to an end and we look forward to the
holidays, I am so grateful for all of your support. It’s been a challenging
time for all, yet so many of you have kept Orme in your
hearts through generous contributions – I send a sincere “Thank
you” to everyone!
Reunion Weekend ’09 had the largest attendance I can remember.
In fact, we were close to running out of beds – a trend
I hope we continue. Mark the weekend of June 4 - 6 on your
calendar and make your travel plans now.
If any of you have “fond” memories of serving ‘hours’ (as I do;
but for what reason remains hazy) we will be hosting Alumni/
Student/Faculty/Staff work projects periodically during the year.
Our first project was held the day after a very successful Homecoming
(go Warriors) as a team of loyal fans/AB members,
students and faculty remained to begin clean-up of the old Private
Horsemanship (PH) corrals, which will be part of the Center for
16 the orme school bulletin
By Pam Hilton Cerchie ’77 / Chair Orme Alumni Association
Alumni Board Leadership
Takes Action!
Orme is timeless; good times, fast times, happy times and sad
times... these are all a part of Orme. This year has seen the ‘end
of the Charlie and Mimi Orme era’, along with many alumni
(young and old), former faculty, and friends. They have all at
some time enjoyed the common thread of ‘spending time’ at
Orme. It has been a fabulous year for Warrior football, volleyball
and cross country all making the State playoffs, plus our fantastic
Orme Math-aletes, newly discovered student artists, expanding
Choir, Chinese Club, the Survival-Revival, and now the Sustainability
program, bringing us all back to our ‘roots’ of Orme.
When visiting Orme, your first reaction may be that it has not
changed much over time. You would be correct at first glance:
except for the students, much of the faculty, the cell-phone tower,
wireless computer access, and the plumbing which has had
to change over the last 81 years! Looking deeper, Orme is still
unique for all students that pass through Barnyard, even as we
approach our next decade of graduates, the Class of 2010. But
Sustainability. Stay tuned for future opportunities to spend a day
reminiscing in the fresh air and sunshine.
We welcome five new Alumni Board members this year: Scott
McCann ’82, Laurie Oltmans Newberry ’85, Beth Blackstock
Burnett ’88, Adam Falkenberg ’89 and John Sperber ’89. Adam
and John are currently serving as First and Second Vice Chairs,
respectively. Recently resigning from the Board, we also thank
Florence McCutcheon ’67, Devonna Christopher ’81 and Bruce
Schacher ’79 for their years of service and dedication.
May 2010 find you healthy, happy, and back to visit the
Quarter-Circle-V-Bar often!
All the best,
Pam Hilton Cerchie ’77
Chair Orme Alumni Association
By Sue Iverson / Director of Alumni Relations
There is Always Time for
Something Good at Orme
the amazing views, sunsets, clouds, blue-blue skies and dark,
starry nights will never change at Orme. Even that bumpy, dusty
three-mile dirt road can be a welcome sight after too many years
away!
To the 1,223 friends including Camp and School alumni, former
faculty, students and parents who have joined our “Orme
Arizona” Facebook page; thank you. It has been an amazing tool
for us in finding so many lost alumni who then ‘reawaken’ and
come back to Orme. I am confident in saying, this past June 09
Reunion was just the beginning of more reconnections to come,
with legacy families spending their time at Orme.
Thank you, and take some time to enjoy your Alumni News!
Note: Due to limited space in Class Notes, you’ll find your family photos in our
Orme Bulletin 09 Photo Album on Facebook. We’ll also include selected photos on
Orme’s website (ormeschool.org/alumni).

Alumni Notes
By Sue Iverson / Director of Alumni Relations
Classes of 1951 and Earlier
Half-Century Luncheon &
Fifties Reunion – June 4-6
Mr. Richard N. Jessup ’40
LynDickJ@aol.com
It was so good to hear from Lyn and
Dick Jessup, who are getting along fine while
splitting their summers between Mill Valley
and Shasta, Calif.: “The best news is that Dick
is making good progress after his open heart
surgery in January. We thank everyone for
their letters of encouragement. Dick was not
able to go to his grandson Trevor Hermann’s
wedding in North Carolina in May, which was
well attended by Orme friends. It was a
beautiful garden ceremony with fun, North
Carolina hospitality. Dick was able to go to
grandson Merrick’s wedding at the Orme
Ranch in June. It was a cowboy formal affair
in the Morton Vrang Orme Memorial Chapel
which meant a lot to us, as we were married
there and so was our daughter Lynlie to Bill
Hermann. Both the boys have moved to
Ashville, N.C., and love it there. Both are
employed! It is where Dot Lewis came from
and we are thrilled they are close together. We
were absolutely thrilled by the beautiful tribute
to Lynlie in the Orme Bulletin and thank Stuart
Rosebrook and everyone who worked on it.
We also want to thank Dick’s old Orme school
mate Stanley knowlton ’37 for the wonderful
job he did on Aunt Minna’s garden. It
looked great when we were there for Merrick’s
wedding. Much love, Lyn and Dick.” Barbara
Meigs Taylor ’44 enjoyed the drive back to
Orme, coming in from Santa Ana, Calif.,
to attend our Half-Century Club luncheon
during the June Reunion. She celebrated her
65 th Reunion, and then spent a few days with
her daughter Linda Rogers ’73 in Sedona.
Congratulations, Barbara!
Class of 1952
Half-Century Luncheon &
Fifties Reunion – June 4-6
Needs a Class Rep! In interim please send news to Alumni
Director Sue Iverson at siverson@ormeschool.org.
Charlie and Mimi at Senior Night at The Flame, April 1958.
1950s
The Fabulous Thirties, Forties and Fifties Reunion
June, 4-6, 2010
It’s coming soon… the Fabulous Thirties, Forties and Fifties Reunion
June 4-6, 2010! Put it on your calendar today and begin planning with
your classmates and camp-mates to create the largest reunion of our
earliest classes: Grammar School, High School and Summer Campers
during Orme’s early days!
This 50’s Reunion in June would be a great
time for this first graduating class to reconnect
at Orme. We would love to hear from Orme’s
first graduates David “Dave” Brewer, Richard
“Monte” Montgomery and John wiester,
along with classmates Carol Culver, James
Duque, Dixon Fagerberg and Adrienne Ver
Brugghen. We hope to hear from you and
miss you on the Ranch!
Class of 1953
Half-Century Luncheon &
Fifties Reunion – June 4-6
Nancy Carter, 208-687-8645, PO Box 1416,
Rathdrum, ID 83858
kenyon Jones enjoyed reading our
Warrior Nation updates this fall, and is looking
forward to our recent Bulletins being available
on our website. This is a great way for all
those needing magnifying glasses to read our
small print… making it much larger online!
Trustee Emeritus Jeb Rosebrook’s story,
“Uncle Chick, Me, and the Christmas Tree,”
was published in the Nov/Dec. 2009 issue of
True West Magazine, with great photo illustrations
of the early years at the Ranch School. He
and Dorothy are doing fine and attended the
Half-Century Club luncheon this past June.
Their local grandkids (Jeb and Kristina) love
coming to Orme’s Summer Camp, and young
Jeb is also very involved with his dad, Stuart,
in the Boy Scouts, hoping to become an Eagle
Scout someday. Nancy Carter is doing well,
and would like to see one “Decade Class Rep”
for this ’50s decade, instead of one or two for
each class. How about you? Both Ken and Jeb
are on Facebook, which gives them the highest
percentage of any 50s graduating Class with
classmates on Facebook – nearly 50%! Will
they be the first with 100%?
Class of 1954
Half-Century Luncheon &
Fifties Reunion – June 4-6
Flicka McKenna Kuen, 970-963-9489, 214
Prince Drive, Carbondale, CO 81623
Here’s a name from the past… Roger
Brenner! In October, Roger and his wife
Jolene came for their first visit back to campus
in many decades. He attended Orme in 1948
& ’49 for his 7th and 8th grade years. Roger
remembers everyone from that time in his
life, and told us great stories from his days with
the “very strong” uncle Chick and “motherly”
Aunt Minna, Charlie and Mimi, Mort
and Lyn Orme, Jeb Rosebrook ’53, classmate
Mike Marsten and Ranch manager Bruce
McDonald. While walking around the campus,
Roger remembered many events, places
and people, including Lou & Jack Alfred,
Buck Hart, and Frank Dandrea. His memories
of hauling sand to help build the campus
with Jeb and Mike are still quite vivid. He
is retired from his career as the Quincy Municipal
Airport Manager. Their son Talmadge
(Tad) is an attorney in Quincy and remembers
his camper days in 1972. Roger and Jolene also
have one daughter (Jolie), six grandchildren
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and live in Quincy, Ill. Jolene enjoys staying
in touch on the computer, so you can contact
them at Joleneg@adams.net. Al Martin is
setting the pace for this class as its first member
on Facebook! Very sadly, Trustee Emeritus
whip Manning passed away unexpectedly
on November 5 (see Memorial section). Paul
Orme and Stuart Rosebrook had just visited
with whip and Jackie Manning in Tucson in
June, which included a meal with the Mannings
and Taylor ’65 and Suzi Payson, catching
up on Orme. Whip was a friend to so many
and will be greatly missed.
Class of 1955
>> 55 th Reunion, June 4-6

Class of 1957
Half-Century Luncheon –
June 4-6
Mary R. Johnson-Rogers, 1145 Klondike
Road, Buffalo, WY 82834
Merle Frost continues to serve as Vice-
Chair of the Board of Trustees and helps keep
35 years of Los Vaqueros de Farmacia connected
through email. He is also on Facebook! We
invite the Class of 1957 to join us next June for
the Fabulous Fifties Reunion and receive your
Half-Century honors and celebrate the great
fifties decade with your classmates.
Class of 1958
Half-Century Luncheon –
June 4-6
Joan De Garmo Caird bcaird@optonline.net
We invite the Class of 1958 to join us
next June for the Fabulous Fifties Reunion
and receive your Half-Century honors and
celebrate the great fifties decade with your
classmates. Roger Threlkeld sent his best to
the Class of 1959 and regrets he could not be
there with them last June.
Class of 1959
Half-Century Luncheon –
June 4-6
Nancy Arbuthnot Herrington, P.O. Box
1856, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Kent Kuster kkuster@markelcorp.com
This was a very big year for your class,
celebrating your 50 th Class Reunion this
past June! We enjoyed having you back on
campus, almost as much as you enjoyed being
back together again. It has become even more
meaningful, since the very recent passing
(September 2009) of classmate and very good
friend to all who knew him, Robert Rowe. On
June 5, Robert and his wife, Vita, joined the
large gathering in Scottsdale at the Hermosa
Inn, and then Robert traveled to Orme for
the Half-Century Club Induction ceremonies
and lunch during our regular reunion.
Those memories and photos will now be very
precious to all those who participated in this
event. Robert truly enjoyed his days at Orme
and in making life-long friends. Please see
our obituary for Bob in the Memorial section
of the Bulletin. A very special THANK YOU
from all of us at Orme goes to kent kuster,
Rick Lavis and Sharee Stillman Brookhart.
right:
Ormes on
Christmas
Morning 1963.
below:
Orme Family
Vacation in
Spring 1962.
You all did a fantastic job in finding emails,
addresses, and phone numbers to track down
so many classmates to join you in Scottsdale.
In addition to Stefi and kent kuster, and
Rick and Marti Lavis, those attending this
gathering and then traveling to Orme for
the Half Century Club Induction Ceremony
were: Alex and Susan Adams Farrand, Ted
and Sharee Stillman Brookhart, Duncan
Howard, Leda Pettit Lawrence, Roy
Licklider, Tom Muir, Alice Harris Regan,
and Robert and Vita Rowe. Nancy Arbuthnot
Herrington, Babetta Castle-walsh, Marilyn
Harris LeProvost, Tony Sultan, and John
Ziel sent their regrets, but were there in spirit!
We truly appreciate everyone coming back to
Orme for this reunion. Camp Counselors,
Alex Farrand and wes DeCou, Jr., who
also spent the reunion weekend at Orme were
inducted with this class into the Half-Century
Club. Wes attended with grandson Nathan
Brown (4/1/2) and had a grand time! We truly
appreciate everyone coming back to Orme for
this great Half-Century Reunion!
Class of 1960
>> 50 th Reunion, June 4-6

of this year, after 10 1/2 years at this position.
I am cutting my time back to 9 months and
will continue on with teaching for another 4-
5 years at least. I’ll be in Rome and Paris this
fall, giving lectures. My life-partner, Karen
Kline, and I have a lovely home out in the
country west of Richmond. If you should ever
find yourself in the fine state of Virginia, don’t
hesitate to come and visit. We have a horse,
four cats, two dogs, five chickens, and a lot
of animals that roam around. That’s about
it from Mick land. I think about our years at
Orme, and treasure them as much as ever.”
Phil Reed writes: “Jill and I have made Boise,
Idaho our home for the last 17 years - we really
love the city, mountains, rivers, and lakes...
and the people. We initially moved here to buy
a kit aircraft company (thanks Dot Lewis for
teaching me the joy of flight!). In 2000, we
sold the company and I became a partner in
Highway 12 Ventures, a venture capital firm in
Boise. We invest in exciting early-stage startup
tech stuff in Mont., Idaho, Utah, and
Colo., - a dream job for me. Jill and I just
celebrated our 30th anniversary. We stay close
to daughter Amanda (former camper) and
her husband Craig and grandchildren Jane (3)
and Tuck (1), living in the Bay Area. We also
stay close to our son Phil IV (former camper)
who is living in Seattle and loves it there. I’m
still passionate about flying and try to get in the
air at least a couple of times a month for a few
loops and rolls. On occasion I buzz my sister
Mimi’s (Reed Plumb ’63) home - she and her
husband Jodie moved from Boston to Boise in
1992 to partner in the airplane business with
us. I often reflect on my Orme experience and
the very positive difference the School and the
people have had on my life. I hope to see many
of you at our 50th reunion in 2011.” Louise
Hagemann Smith still lives in Nashville,
Tenn. She now has four grandchildren, ages 5,
3, 2 and 10 months. She visited with Phil Reed
and wife Jill while in Idaho at the Sun Valley
airport, and then an additional, more lengthy
visit with his sister Mimi in Boise. Louise has
recently taken up golf. Julie Scott Jerome still
lives in Palo Alto, Calif. Her husband, John,
retired four years ago, and Julie herself is a very
active volunteer, including serving as board
member and ex-President of a community
child care program, is involved in a women’s
club, and participates in the local Rotary Club.
She has one grandchild (nearly 2). Julie had
the opportunity to visit Orme a few years ago,
where she was able to visit with both Mimi
and Charlie. Linda Tolman Martell has
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lived in Ojai, California the past
32 years. She is now widowed, but
has three daughters, aged 45, 43
and 40, and for the past 20 years
has been with a man she describes
as her life mate. Facing some health
issues which limit her mobility,
Linda has made the best of her
situation by becoming a voracious
reader. Lucy Burch Steers
experienced a pretty rigorous bike
trip in Crete last September, plus a
week on a farm in the countryside
north of Rome. She’s finally retired
from her public affairs consulting
business. Retired lawyer husband
(George) has become a farmer,
coaxing out of our not-very-fertile
city lot huge amounts of fruits and
vegetables. They spend the winters
in their home in Borrego Springs,
Calif. Lucy’s two sons, now 36 and
40, are busy, involved and selfsupporting,
but have yet to supply
them with grandchildren, alas. She
has become a Sudoku addict, and is
still involved in the local Municipal
League. Thanks again, Lucy and
Cindy. We’ll see you all in June
2011!
Class of 1962
Karen Van Dyke Douglass, P.O. Box 990,
Wickenburg, AZ 85358
Charlie H. Padelford Chapapa@cox.net
karen Van Dyke Douglass, Midge
Onan Denning ’63, Judith whitehead,
Debbie Tyson Zinkl, and Jo Elliot will be
meeting for their annual “Convention”, as
Judith puts it, at Ann Harrington’s B&B in
Chino Valley this fall. Since Brinley Leise
Thomas couldn’t make it, they’ll meet up
for a Winter Convention, too. Karen had
an art show in Orange, Calif., this summer.
She then traveled to China in early October.
These ladies sure know how to keep busy!
Buzzie Selfridge retired in January 2009,
and is now spending most of her time in Italy,
living in her version of ‘Under the Tuscan
Sun’. She says “It’s a dream come true!” Buzzie
has posted her own blog with photo albums
of life in Orvieto. Take a mini-vacation and
go to www.cbsinitaly.blogspot.com to see her
life in Italy! Jo Elliot and partner Greg stayed
in Buzzie’s apartment in Orvieto a couple of
years ago and loved it. Dave Robertson and
Mimi and son Chip, Fall 1961.
Stephen Nash continue to sponsor student
awards, for which we are very grateful! Both the
Robertson Award and the Nash Awards have
become Orme institutions. The F. Stephen
Nash Awards, one for Chemistry and one for
Physics, recognize students who demonstrate
a love and passion for these subjects, even
if they don’t have the highest grade. Steve’s
own love of learning chemistry and physics
inspired this recognition for students. Dave
sponsors the Robertson Award (with custom
made ring), which is presented monthly to
an Orme student who positively impacts the
Orme community by their presence, words
and actions. Dave met last year’s recipients at
Orme’s graduation in May. Dave and Steve,
thank you both for caring so deeply about
today’s Orme students! Dave also traveled to
Italy this October, and has posted many photos
with comments on Facebook for all to see.
Class of 1963
Midge Onan Denning
monandenning@yahoo.com
Galen Justice Galenjustice2@hotmail.com
Contact Midge or Galen with your news!
Midge Onan Denning has six grandchildren

ages 2 thru 16. All are involved in activities
and she attends as many as she can. Her
husband, Ad, is dealing with health issues and
is basically homebound, but Midge wouldn’t
miss the ‘ladies weekend/convention’ with
fellow classmates (see ’62 notes) in October
for their yearly gathering at Ann Harrington’s
’62 for lots of laughter, eats and chatting. They
have done this for several years and try to meet
for a lunch once more during the year. Midge
also attended Mimi’s Memorial Service this
past July and says, “The service was very nice
and the Orme grandchildren are certainly class
acts.” Galen Justice has stayed quite busy as a
realtor this year, but also as an Orme Trustee,
and helping out our Development Office with
scholarship projects this fall. Galen and her
daughter, Morgan Justice-Black (former
camper), also took a road trip to the Grand
Canyon this past June, just after attending
Orme’s commencement ceremonies.
Class of 1964
Ruth Lucking Col RLCTeach@aol.com
Mark Mayne mrmayne1@cs.com
Barney Barton barney@truenorthevents.com
New Class Rep!
Thanks to Barney Barton joining up
with Ruth Lucking Col and Mark Mayne,
you now have three Class Reps! Expect to hear
from one or all of these classmates sometime
this year. Ruth and Barney, along with Scott
Hauser, all met in June for your 45 th Class
Reunion! Barney and Ruth are looking for
a way to contact Carol Ingold Rudolph.
Hopefully you can all reconnect soon. Carol
Holland Fountain moved to Sedona, Ariz.,
right around reunion time, but we haven’t
seen her on campus yet! Chas Erickson
came up to Orme for a day during our June
reunion, and we see him regularly on campus.
His wife, Portia, is Orme’s Parents Association
President, while their son, Chas ’10 is
completing his senior year at Orme. They are
both very involved at Orme and hosted the
Orme Holiday Party on December 5, so thanks
Chas and Portia! Sally Schriber Humphrey,
a Trustee for well over a decade, has taken
the helm of the Institutional Advancement
Committee, and works very closely with Board
Chairman Marian Huntington Craver ’69
on annual fundraising goals for Orme.
Class of 1965
>> 45 th Reunion, June 4-6

on Facebook. We would love to include more
updates for your class. Florence McCutcheon,
who lives in Phoenix, comes back to campus,
has been on the Alumni Board, and always
joins in the reunions or Summer Camp
barbecues, and we’re sure she’d love some
company. Thanks for your support, Florence!
Class of 1968
Needs a Class Rep! In interim please send news to Alumni
Director Sue Iverson at siverson@ormeschool.org.
We’ve enjoyed seeing Doug Hart recently,
first in March at Vaqueros Saturday Night
Campfire with his father Buck, both helping
lead the campfire in all the classics. Doug was
back on campus again in June for Reunion and
helped lead the Reunion Campfire with Buck,
with support from Ben Powers ’70 and Brian
whitney ’74. Doug has a great voice and loves
to sing, just like his Dad, and he and his wife
Kathy love to go out and karaoke! Lang Atwood
continues to be a very supportive member of
the Board of Trustees. Lang, Connie and the
entire family were on campus regularly and
kept us up to date on their sons Phil, Fine Arts
Festival artist (Illinois), Jordan ’01 (Hawaii)
and Alex ’04 (New Zealand). Alex interned
in the Orme Development/Alumni Office last
year and we are waiting to hear if he has a good
visit with warren Dickinson ’67 who lives in
New Zealand and other Orme alumni along
his travels in the Southwestern Pacific.
Class of 1969
JoNan Fleury LeRoy jonan.leroy@gmail.com
Janet Markham jbmarkham@usa.com
The Class of 1969 40 th Class Reunion
had a great group return for a fun-filled
weekend: Marian Huntington Craver, whit
knight, Jonathan and Laura kramer,
Nance McManus, Janet Markham and Bill
Otwell, Fred and Mary Ann Markham,
Rayner “Bill” Dean III, Mina Judd Rippetoe
and T. Hank Sousa enjoyed catching up,
sharing stories of the big snow of their junior
year, the opening of Founders Hall just before
graduation, chores, Charlie and Mimi,
Caravans and Fall Outings at Dandrea, and
their classmates. They have pledged to get a
bigger group back in 2014 and begin planning
their 50 th ! wilhelm “wim” uding of Holland
has written to Class Rep Janet Markham. He
says fate has taken several turns in his life: He
now has a third wife, Jeanne, including 3 boys
(ranging from 17 to 31)! The last 20 years or so
I worked as an account executive for a company
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that sells and implements software
for specific departments in hospitals
(and healthcare in general). I married
Jeanne, and since about 2 years ago
we are living in an architecturally
renovated quarter of the central city of
Apeldoorn (see www.hetmonument.
eu), originally built in the 1910’s.
Together we run a small enterprise in
our spare time (see www.dawndesign.
nl) which gives us a lot of fun together.
So far we have given workshops
(making jewelry with dichroic glass
and silver clay) in Holland, Austria,
Germany and Belgium. You can email
me at wim@dawndesign.nl.” Marian
Huntington Craver, Orme’s new
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, has
been very busy since taking the helm in
January, travelling the country meeting
with classmates, alumni and alumni
parents to give them a personal update
on the School and seek their support of
Orme. She and classmate George Ball
had a great visit last spring at his home
in Pennsylvania. George, who donated two
faculty homes and a boy’s dormitory a decade
ago, was Orme’s commencement speaker in
2008 and has remained a steadfast supporter
of the School. Marian has also visited and
spoken with classmate Marilyn Hite who lives
most of the year in Northern California. In
addition to supporting scholarships for Native
American students for over fifteen years,
Marilyn loves to raise and train horses. Janet
Markham and her husband Bill Otwell, a
regular Vaquero, also remain very involved
with Orme. Janet serves as a board member
on the Orme Primavera Schools Foundation,
the Arizona State Tax Credit Organization that
provides scholarships for Arizona students to
attend Orme. Jonathan kramer’s son Ben
attended camp for the third summer in a row.
Jon joined Ben at camp for part of the summer,
living in his motor home and donating his
time to needed projects on campus!
Class of 1970
>>40 th Reunion, June 4-6

Class of 1971
Liz Ellard lizellard@mac.com
Elizabeth Smith Casamimosa@msn.com
Trustee Elizabeth Smith was back
on campus this past September for Orme
Trustee meetings. She’s still caring for her
mother in Santa Monica, and is staying quite
busy there. She’s been a great asset to Orme
on her Facebook page, and is always looking
for ways to increase alumni participation in
donations and involvement at Orme. Thank
you, Elizabeth! Our sympathies go out to
Diana Casey Trent and family after the recent
passing of her father, Coach Jim Casey, who
is so well-remembered for his years teaching
and coaching football at Orme. (Please see the
Memorial Section for an article remembering
Coach Casey.) Susan “Sunny” Hammond
Beasley and Diane Henderson Carpenter
are on Facebook and are reconnecting with lots
of their classmates.
Class of 1972
Miles H. Wood, 949-646-1960, 1776 ½
Anaheim Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Graduate and five-year Camp Counselor,
Mike Stevens, tragically lost his wife Jean
last May to pancreatic cancer. Mike decided
to make a trip out West to visit family and
friends. He came back to the Phoenix area and
Orme this fall from his home in Herndon,
Virginia to spend some time “visiting the nest
after several years hiatus.” He enjoyed walking
around the campus, then dropping in on the
Alumni Board meeting in Tempe, where he is
a former President of this Board. His humor,
ideas and enthusiasm for alumni projects were
contagious to all those attending! He sees Peter
Sundlun ’74 on a semi-regular basis, since he’s
now a busy husband, father and pilot. Mike is
still working in his architecture business in
Fairfax, but we hope to see him back at Orme
more often. Dang Permpanich of Thailand
made the trip to Orme last June to reconnect
with Brough Stewart ’73, and made many
more friends during that reunion weekend.
Dang entertained us by singing and playing
the piano and guitar at the Barton home, sang
along at the campfire, and thoroughly enjoyed
being back at Orme. He also got the “farthest
distance travelled’ award, hands down! The
Class of ’72 is growing on Facebook, with Duke
Ford, Fulton Haight, Ed Millar, Cha Cha
Donau, and Douglas whitehouse sharing
photos and memories. Duke and his family live
in his home state of Kentucky and Ed has been
raising his family in beautiful Eastern Oregon.
Fulton, who returned to Orme in 2007 for his
35 th reunion, is very busy in L.A. and Cha Cha
is living in Amado, Ariz., and still very active in
the Tucson community. Glad to see you all online
and hope to see you back sooner than your
40 th reunion in 2012! Artist extraordinaire
Jonathan Hertzel is on Facebook, too, and
you can see his award winning artwork on-line
or at his website, hertzelsculpture.com. It was
great to hear from Trish Steele, who has been
living in Makawao, Hawaii for the last 20 years.
She’s enjoying sailing, supporting the arts, and
raising alpacas. Thank you for your support of
Native American Orme student scholarships,
Trish! We were sorry to hear of the passing
of kate Foster Carroll and Bruce Foster’s
’77 mother Beatrice Foster. Beatrice and her
late husband Leland were good friends of the
Ormes and strong supporters of the School.
Her granddaughter Margaret Carroll ’12
(father is Jim Carroll ’73) is a sophomore at
Orme.
Class of 1973
Britta Bloomberg
blbloomberg@earthlink.net
Steven Richards, 8 Winding Creek Trail,
Garland, TX 75043
We’ve lost touch with Steven Richards,
so anyone knowing his email address, please
send it along to our alumni office. Thanks! If
you’re looking for a vacation in the Phoenix
area, Bill Spence of central Phoenix is your
man! He runs his own business and website
called BillMyConcierge.com. Now you have
no excuse not to come back to Orme, and
stay awhile in Arizona! It was great seeing Ray
Roberts at our June Reunion. He painted a
few Orme scenes that he sold to alumni and
profits went towards the Orme Annual Fund.
Thank you, Ray! If you want to contact Ray
or see his incredible portfolio of Plein Aire
or Studio paintings, go to krollroberts.com.
You’ll definitely want to buy one after you see
his and his wife Peggi Kroll-Robert’s artwork.
We love his framed ‘Big Red’ painting in our
Development office. If you’d like a print of this
beautiful, historic memory of Orme, please
let us know. Another former Alumni Board
President, Brough Stewart, also joined us at
Reunion 2009, with his good friend, Panya
‘Dang’ Permpanich ’72.You can stay in touch
with Dang and Brough on Facebook. Brough
and his wife, Cynthia and daughter Emily,
have moved into their new home in Phoenix
this year, which has kept him very busy along
with his job at Calvary Addiction Recovery
Center. We also had a recent campus visit by
kevin Coleman who lives in Cornville, Ariz.,
and works as a detention officer at the Camp
Verde Jail.
Alison Lingel and Dana Dahlstrom
Talkington are also on Facebook and
reconnecting with many of their classmates
and friends from the early 1970s. Also
connecting with the ‘virtual 70s’ through
Facebook are Brian Chilcott, from Missouri,
and Robert B. Haspel, Jr. Robert is working
for Sustainable Communities, a not for
profit doing economic development work
around natural systems. Robert has been
instrumental in securing internationally
known environmental entrepenaur, Gunter
Pauli, as an Orme Sustainability Lecture Series
speaker.
Class of 1974
Peter Sundlun sundlun@worldnet.att.net
Dr. Mark Force, D.C.
mforcedc@earthlink.net
Those joining us last June for your 35 th
Reunion were: Curt Franzen, Chris Murray,
Marilyn Markham Petrich, Liz Yantis
Schafer, and Brian whitney. They had a
great time hiking and golfing Up Creek, trail
riding, leading Yoga (Marilyn) and singing
(Brian) at the campfire, so thanks for coming!
Peter Sundlun and Sandy Thorell had also
planned on attending, but unfortunately
couldn’t make it. Dr. Mark Force was the
‘enforcer’ for gathering his class notes, as Peter
was having ‘home improvement issues’ this
fall. Mark posted his own website (markforce.
com) in order to get more photos and notes
directly to him. Great job, Mark! Life is good
with his wife, Kathie, and their three amazing
daughters: Hannah (26), Aisling (24), and
Tenaya (22). Hannah works in his office, is
married and had his first grandson, Declan, a
year ago. Mark loves his work as a Chiropractic
physician. He honestly feels if not for finding
this career, he would probably have been a
climbing and ski bum! The website for his
clinic is theelementsofhealth.com. Mark and
Kathie plan to move up to Ashland, Ore., in
the next couple of years to pursue their interests
in rafting, climbing, skiing, sea kayaking,
hiking, and backpacking. We’re also gathering
results from your class questionnaire, sent out
by Mark and Peter. Once we receive everyone’s
forms in the Alumni Office, we’ll send you all a
nice booklet of your own classmates’ memories,
stories and updates. Thomasina white (aka
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T.J.) is living in Mt. Carmel, Ill., still building
her ‘dream home’ while caring for her stepfather.
She sent her form back with great
stories and memories, so keep them coming!
Sandy Thorell started an Equine Therapy and
Rehab Center in Whitesboro, Texas in 2002.
Check out her website at selwayequinetherapy.
com. Sandy still enjoys photography and
attends workshops in Santa Fe, New Mex.
She’s also having a great time with her 3 yearold
gelding, and hopes to get back to the show
ring from time to time. Motorcycle touring
is another passion of Sandy’s, with her most
recent trip to Canada, riding 5300 miles!
She and sister Linda T. Hills ’65, still own
the ranch in Granby, Colo., so she stops there
often. Sandy keeps in touch with Oatsy Von
Gontard and stayed with her in Jackson Hole,
Wyo. recently. Oatsy traveled often to show
her dog in agility classes, before wintering in
Florida. Sandy is sorry to have missed your 35 th
reunion… “next time!” Robert Braswell IV
and his wife Trisha, living in Lorena, Texas, are
now distributors of MonaVie, an all-natural
energy drink from Brazil. Their two children,
Cinco (19, attending Trinity University, San
Antonio) and Richelle (14), are doing well
and all are feeling great! Liz Yantis Schafer is
retired, and husband Thom will also retire in
January 2011. She missed seeing Mark Force
at our June reunion, but took her sister (Peg
Purdue) and had a great time. Liz encourages
her classmates to get on Facebook, as it was a
big factor in getting a good turnout. She saw
that Lesle Thomas went kayaking in Vietnam
earlier this year. “She is such a globetrotter!”
says Liz. Brian whitney and his wife, Sherri,
took their oldest daughter Hannah (18) to ASU
for her first year of college this Fall. Jessica
(15) is a sophomore in Phoenix and came to
our June reunion with her dad. Brian is still
working in commercial real estate (20+ years)
and Sherri is a residential real estate agent
in Phoenix, and also teaches acting and oncamera
media techniques through a series of
workshops she holds across the country. Brian
also generously donated a “Lynlie” painting
to the Development Office. Thank you Brian
and Sherri! Elsa Johnson of Dickinson,
Texas, has been caring for both her step-mom
and dad this past year. Her step-mother (Leny
Johnson, see Memorial section) passed away in
March, and her dad moved in with her while
recovering from heart surgery. Her home was
then struck by a large oak tree which blew down
in Hurricane Ike. She says “The resulting hole
in the roof allowed mosquitoes to move in! The
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Curt Franzen ’74 Says “Get ‘er Done!”
An Orme Alumnus Honorable Mention goes out to Curt Franzen for
his passionate support of Orme! Curt’s love of his alma mater can been
seen across campus in the many practical “hands on” projects he’s
found to help us with. From new flooring and a ping pong table for the
renovation of Commons to a new concrete slab for Mechanic Alberto
Robinson to work on (and many more projects), Curt understands how
important the alumni role is in maintaining the “Orme experience” for
today’s students. He has also donated a Cyclone rake XL leaf vacuum, a
road grader and cement, 288 tons of road base a Dewalt 4 pack battery
operated tool kit, a digital camera, two horse shade structures, classroom
equipment for the Science Department, new tiles in Founders Hall
bathrooms, and more. Chairman Marian Craver ’69 can tell you about
the creative conversations she and Curt have had, matching Curt’s
interests with Orme’s needs. Curt, thank you for being a collaborative
partner in supporting Orme!
roof is now repaired but still not windstorm
certified.” Elsa is working at Verizon as a
Network Engineer for the Gulf Region.
Teresa ‘Jacira’ Castro is also on Facebook.
Her daughter Avelina ’99 is married and
pregnant with Jacira’s 2nd grandchild, due in
early 2010! Her first grandchild, Breck, is 17
months and son Pablo is now 20. She received
her masters in Information Technology in
2001, is doing web design and teaching Salsa
dancing. Her websites are SalsaPower.com and
jacira.com. Jacira also won 2nd place in an
International Prose contest in Italy 3 years ago
for her short story, The Story of the Grizzly Bear’s Eyelash
(on her website). If anyone travels through the
Ft. Lauderdale area, be sure to get in touch
with Jacira…“Take care and abrazos to all!” Jeff
Miller is living in Lawrence, Kan., and wrote
to Mark saying he’s missed his classmates often
and still loves Orme. He never felt closure from
Orme, since he skipped his last year due to his
insatiable desire to find adventure. He was
in touch with Terri Friedman Gelfenbaum
and a girl from Tucson, whose sister went to
Orme. “No matter how far you go, Orme shall
never leave us.” Cheryl Banack Roseland’s
oldest daughter (Lizzie, 24) is a graduate of
University of Florida (Go Gators), like her
mom. Her youngest daughter (Schuyler, 16)
is a junior and has spent two summers at Orme
Camp, which she really enjoyed. Her husband
Nick is an architect who loves his work! Cheryl
works for the family agriculture business -
citrus and palm trees in Florida, peaches
and pecans in Georgia. They are hoping to
grow some vegetables hydroponically this
season. “We also have a retail citrus grove stand
in Vero Beach and sell gift fruit through our
catalog and on-line at countrysidecitrus.com.”
Cheryl visited and enjoyed reconnecting with
Doug Suma ’73 this summer at his beautiful
home in Sonoma, Calif., after not seeing him
since he graduated in 1973. Cheryl has also
become Facebook friends with other Ormites
recently and it is fun to see what everyone is
up to. She sees Joanne Sauve Polansky every
once in a while. We are also excited to see
Carole Riordan on Facebook. She lives in Las
Vegas and has reconnected with many of her
classmates from the early 70s.
Class of 1975
>> 35 th Reunion, June 4-6

Dave also wanted a copy of his ’72 yearbook he
had lost years ago, so was thrilled to receive it.
Denise kirk Sherman went to Orme during
her 9 th and 10 th grades (1971-73). She lives in
Abernathy, Texas, and has a handsome 18 year
old son who will be going into the Marines this
year. Denise says, “If you’re out this way, look us
up!” Joining Robb at the June 2009 Reunion:
Biz Bunn Boynton, John Sexton and fellow
Trustees kathy Doyle kirchner and king
woolf. They kept the fires burning, golf balls
flying and stories flowing all weekend long.
Robb’s hot air balloon made it across campus
again, which is always a beautiful sight to see.
Rodney Gloss had planned on attending, but
we didn’t see him anywhere! Bill Hargrave,
Greg Scott Rodman and Christa Luke are
also regulars on Facebook and they are helping
keep in touch up with many of their classmates
through this incredible social network.
Through Facebook, Greg organized a mini-
Orme Reunion at Flaming Gorge in Utah last
June, with Jan Hilton, Brian Brockert ’82
and Curt Franzen ’74 joining in the fun!
Class of 1976
David R. Walker Dwalkerowl2@aol.com
Your class rep David walker, of Las
Vegas, was back for our recent June reunion.
He enjoyed it all and had a great turnout
of classmates including Bruce and kelly
Chilcott, Laura Dutton, Steve Esser and
P.k. Fields, who had not been back to Orme
for many years. Dave and many other class
reps attended our leadership brunch, which
was very informative on Orme today. We look
forward to more classmates joining you in 2011
for your 35 th class reunion! If you would like to
help Dave get your classmates together, please
shoot him an email, find him on Facebook, or
notify us in the Alumni Office. Thanks! P.K.
is very active as a Marine Mom in supporting
our troops overseas. Her son, Zach, is in the
United States Marine Corps, 2 nd Battalion/
Eighth Marine Regiment, currently serving
overseas in Afghanistan. Keep him and our
men and women in uniform at home and
overseas in your prayers!
Class of 1977
Betsy Trott Smith Bsmith1160@aol.com
Lizanne Luke enjoyed Reunion 2009,
and enjoys her new job. She’s working
for Coyote Distributors in Phoenix and
volunteering at her son’s school, Saints Simon
and Jude. She also keeps in touch with ’70s
classmates by email. Lizanne’s new email is
bluedog59@cox.net. Alumni Board member
Betsy Trott Smith tore her Achilles tendon
just before coming to Reunion 2009. She’s
since spent the summer living with her Mom,
trying to recuperate, before her mom passed
away this September (Katherine Berdan, see
In Memorium). She can now walk without
crutches and is improving daily. Her youngest
child turned 21 on Thanksgiving Day. She’s
happily single and living in Fort Collins,
Colo., and loves visitors. Betsy managed to
get to Fort Walton Beach, Fla. to spend a
week visiting her wonderful friend and host,
Mark Christy ’79. They had great fun! Small
world among Orme classmates, as Mimi Mace
Poppenwimer also lives in Fort Collins, Colo.,
where she and husband Mike own and operate
two restaurants. They have two children, Alec,
11, and Ashley, 18. Mimi would love to hear
from any Orme alumni, either on Facebook
or by email at mpoppenwimer@earthlink.
net. Laura Baker-McDougal lives in Juneau,
Alaska. She keeps in touch with many of us on
Facebook and is looking forward to our next
Bulletin. Jennifer Gordon McClain is living
in Warren, Utah, and is hoping to reconnect
with classmates on Facebook. Also attending
reunion with Lizanne and Betsy were Alumni
Board President, Pam Hilton Cerchie and
her husband Dino, Al ‘Sonny’ wartman,
and newly married Heddi Jacobs Ets Hokin
Gambale. Congratulations Heddi! Jeff
Schatz didn’t make it this year, but hopefully
will soon.
Class of 1978
Martha Humphreys Collins, 207-236-4511,
PO Box 1207, Rockport, ME 04856
McGehee Woolf mcgehee@bww.com
New Class Rep!
Former Class Rep Beth Jurkiewicz
wilson asked to step down saying: “I worked
really hard for about 15 years to keep my class
up and connected. I just don’t have the time for
the commitment any longer. I wasn’t even able
to make it to the 30-year reunion in 2008.”
Thanks for those many years of commitment
and support to your classmates and Orme,
Beth. We always need good Class Reps, so Beth
highly recommended McGehee woolf to take
it on as a Co-Rep with Martha Humphreys
Collins. It was wonderful seeing McGehee
at Orme during the June reunion. He’s
very enthusiastic about staying connected to
classmates and Orme on Facebook. McGehee
is doing a great job connecting the Football
Captains Club. Send him your email today to
get on his list for the latest on Orme football.
His Trustee brother, king woolf ’75, can
certainly give him some pointers in supporting
Orme today. Ooneen Harold McGettigan
and her son, Connor (10), are becoming quite
regular attendees at our June reunions! They
love the trail rides, kids crafts and now science
projects during reunion. Maybe someday
Connor will become a Summer Camper and
never leave Orme until the Camp Barbecue in
July!
Class of 1979
charlie and mimi, 1976.
Erich Barmann, 3600 Osuna NE, Suite
202, Albuquerque, NM 87109
Kim Davis Barmann, PO Box 92680
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Elizabeth Griffin Sloan
sloan_beth@yahoo.com
Those attending your 30 th class reunion
were: Alumni Board member, now Science
teacher and Kids Crafts Extraordinaire Mary
Beth Bloom, with her daughter Ashley and
grandchildren Ephram and Kaylee, Mark
Christy, Desiree Christopher Moffitt,
Emily Sykes Pellissier, Jim Phillips, Gigi
Schneppat, and recent Alumni Board
member Bruce Schacher with his two
children, Samantha and Matthew. It was great
having all of you back on campus, and I’m sure
you’ll have plenty of memories until your next
reunion! If you couldn’t make reunion this
past year, plan on June 2010 and come back
and join the Class of 1980 and celebrate your
30 th together!
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Class of 1980
>> 30 th Reunion, June 4-6

Education teacher. Daughter Ashley is going
to ASU, majoring in Life Science. Jazmyn,
her youngest, is a senior in high school and
can hardly wait to get out! Neeve is thinking
about going back to school, but still deciding
on her course options. Sounds like you’re all
enjoying Arizona again, and we look forward
to seeing you back on Orme’s campus! Old
Orme roping buddies Peter Vlassis and
Todd Gunn are also posting on FB along with
horse woman extraordinaire Poppy Phillips
Melhaff.
Class of 1983
Jean Ettinger jettgold@msn.com
Merodie Hancock, Ph.D.
merodieh@gmail.com
Grant Bailey with his wife Lesley, son
Connor (15) and daughter Brooke (12) took
an exciting trip to Tanzania in the Summer of
2008. Look for his photos on Facebook. Grant
is the President of an Employee Benefits Plan
Advisors Group in Cincinnati, Ohio. You can
also contact Grant at gbailey@baileyandco.
com. Jean is the owner of Jett Ranch in
Sacramento where she breeds, raises and shows
Paint and Quarter Horses, Golden Retrievers
and Pugs. Check out her website jettranch.
com to view her beautiful, prize-winning show
horses and dogs. Merodie is quite busy as the
vice-president and executive director of the
Faculty Resource Center and Off-Campus
Programs, a division of the Provost’s Office
at Central Michigan University. Phoenix-area
law partners and classmates Chris Trautman
and Christopher Dupont have both recently
joined the Facebook communications
revolution, so send them a message and catch
up! Allen Edwards, who recently came back to
Orme’s Summer BBQ with his mother Marge
Edwards and daughter Corinne, had fun
catching up with lots of old friends, including
Orme childhood friend Louis Myers and his
mom, Laurel Jensen Myers ’55. Allen is
married, lives in Phoenix and works for AV
Concepts at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Class of 1984
Kim Von Dran FoxHollow3@aol.com
Allen Miller amiller@ctsaz.com
We sadly reported the passing of your
classmate, Dr. Scott Ressallat, this past July.
Please see his notice in our Memorial section
of this Bulletin. Many of you, including
D. Michelle Jeffrey Renick, Teal Manley
Harris, Chris Englert and Joni Flynn
Martin, wrote to us with your notes of
sympathy, which were forwarded to his family
in Ohio, with their gratitude. Chris Englert
came back for her 25 th class reunion in June
with her partner Steve and daughter Kelly
Millikan. They thoroughly enjoyed their time
with Orme friends and all the activities and
trail rides. She was joined by classmates Jordan
Marcus and Ted Lueck and his daughter
Melanie. Chris posted some great reunion
photos on her Facebook page. Former faculty
members Coach Bob and Doris Miller also
attended the reunion, but have decided to
spend their fall season with their two very
athletic grandchildren and former campers,
Andrew and Cassie Miller. Andrew’s
high school football career is keeping these
grandparents, and parents kim Von Dran and
Allen Miller, very busy on Friday nights, while
Cassie’s soccer career on Saturday mornings
has already gone national and international!
With parents and grandparents like this, is
anyone surprised? We still remember Andrew
and Cassie running the sidelines at Warrior
games with water bottles, footballs, and extra
towels. Heather kramer recently visited
campus and got a tour with alumni director
Sue Iverson. Heather lives in Brigham City,
Utah. Classmate Craig Atkins is also active
on-line and like Mike, posts many great
photos to keep his classmates up-to-date on
family and adventures! Craig, who continues
to be a leader in the real estate market in
Southern California, has recently ventured
into documentary film making, acting as
Charlie and
Mimi at their
home, fall
1979.
executive producer of the high adventure film,
“Swift. Silent. Deep.: The Story of the Jackson
Hole Air Force,” which documents the highly
adventurous, rebel ski bum culture of North
America.
Class of 1985
>> 25 th Reunion, June 4-6

Army and stationed in Honolulu. Rhonda
Schlagater McCraw is living in Riyadh with
her husband and 3 children and is teaching
school. She is excited for our 25th reunion
and is planning to attend. Leslie Futral and
her husband recently had their second child,
a little girl names Gabriella. Their older
daughter Lauren is 4. We (the Frients) are
still in Chicago and spending a lot of time in
Arizona. This summer while in Arizona, I
had the pleasure of seeing our newest Alumni
Board member, Laurie Oltmans Newberry,
and her kids Katie and Tyler. We had a great
day of swimming. I also spent a weekend with
Laurie Marenstein Morgan and her daughter
Veronica (3). We went to Orme’s Summer
BBQ and Parents Day, where I was the parent
of both an Orme Camper and an Orme
Counselor, as Tyler was a first-year counselor.
He had a great time co-managing the Survival
Program and Amanda was a camper for the
last time, as she is now too old. Camille and
Grayson will attend Orme Camp next summer
for the first time. If any of you are looking for
a great Western camp, you should consider
Orme’s for your children. I am playing a lot
of tennis and volunteering at my kids’ school.
We are a busy family with sports, travel and life.
Tyler is a sophomore at Wake Forest University
and a member of the DKE fraternity. Amanda
is beginning her college search and is currently
a high school junior. Camille and Grayson are
busy second graders. Grayson is playing travel
soccer and tennis, while Camille is playing
soccer, tennis and performing in Beauty and
the Beast. I’m looking forward to seeing all
of you at Reunion in June. I have had a great
time reconnecting with so many old friends
on FaceBook. If you are not on it you might
want to consider joining - it has been such an
easy way to keep in touch.” Michael McBride
III was recently elected to a three year term as
a member of the national Board of Directors
for the Federal Bar Association. This follows
his service for the past year as General Counsel
to the Board of Directors. His son Michael
IV, who started the seventh grade as an honor
student at a magnet school recently, and his
wife Ping, traveled to China this summer
where they visited Shanghai and the Himalaya
mountains. Mike chairs the Indian Law &
Gaming Practice Group for Crowe & Dunlevy,
Oklahoma’s oldest and largest law firm. He is
also a part time Justice for the Supreme Court
of the Pawnee Nation. When not doing legal
stuff, he runs, bikes, goes to concerts and
spends too much time on “Facebook”.
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1980s
John Raymond Hege ’86: An American Hero
On March 21, 2009, John Raymond Hege ’86 lost his life doing what he
loved, being an Oakland Police Officer. His sudden and tragic death in the
line of duty was a heartbreaking blow to all those who knew and loved John.
Our deepest sympathy and prayers are extended to his parents Dr. John S.
Hege and Tamra C. Hege, his two sisters Anne Hege and Martha Goodall,
family, friends, classmates, and fellow officers of the Oakland Police Force.
John, a ten year veteran of the Oakland Police Department, was an
honors student at The Orme School. Hege attended Orme for two years,
his junior and senior years, participating in numerous activities and sports,
including lettering in football and wrestling. He was also an active member
in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. John’s life was an embodiment of the
philosophy of the School’s founder, Charlie Orme, serving his community
first above self. John will be greatly missed by the Orme community.
John was an Eagle Scout, lived in Concord, Calif., was a graduate of St.
Mary’s College, and had been a high school teacher of physical education
in Hayward, Calif., before entering the police force, his true calling in life.
Known as a good neighbor, he lived with his dog and worked as a high school
baseball umpire in his off-duty hours.
According to the Oakland Police Department, Officer John Hege and
Sergeant Mark Dunakin were shot and killed during a traffic stop at 74th
Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. During the stop, the driver opened fire,
killing Sergeant Dunakin and mortally wounding Officer Hege.
True to who he was, Officer John Hege saved four lives by having his
organs donated, and his tissue donation will enhance the lives of as many as 50
other people, according to the California Transplant Donor Network.
John and the other officers killed were memorialized on March 27 at
Oakland’s Oracle Arena with 21,000 people in attendance, including several
Orme alumni. During Reunion 2009,
John was remembered during the
June 7 Memorial Service. John’s Aunt
and Uncle, Dr. David and Sallie Bates,
represented the family with their
attendance.
Dr. and Mrs. Hege have indicated
that it was John’s desire to leave a lasting
gift to Orme, however his will was not
finalized at the time of his death. Dr.
and Mrs. Hege have stated their
intention to carry out his wishes
through a generous donation to the
Horsecollar Theater renovation in
John’s memory. The Theater and John’s
memorial dedication is anticipated
for Spring 2010.
By Sharon Barton and Stuart Rosebrook.
john hege

Orme Rocks Facebook: If you attended,
graduated, taught or went to Orme in
any generation, you will most likely find
an Orme classmate, student, camper or
faculty member on Facebook you know and
remember well. Every Orme generation has
adopted Facebook as the best social media
network to reconnect to classmates, friends
and family, with the 80s and 90s leading
the way, with the 00s and 70s right behind
them. The 60s and 50s are also gaining
new members regularly, too. The Orme
Alumni Office wants to thank keith woods
’82 for leading the alumni charge on-line at
Facebook and helping create some of the key
Facebook group pages. Through Facebook
the Alumni Office has reconnected with over
a thousand alumni of the School and Camp,
and looking forward to more Orme Alumni
–School, Camp, and Faculty reconnecting
on this safe way to re-tie the binds forged so
many years ago at The Orme School.
Class of 1986
Thomas Wilcox Tpwilcox@mac.com
A true hero from this class is John Hege.
As an Oakland, Calif. police motorcycle
officer, the story of his tragic death in the
line of duty was heard throughout the nation.
John attended his 20 th class reunion at Orme
in 2006 and reconnected with many of you
at that time. He was also getting in touch with
friends on Facebook, just before his death.
He will always be remembered and sadly
missed by everyone who knew him. Diane
Schober Travis of Prescott spent time with
friends at Orme on Saturday during Reunion
2009 this year. She also remembered seeing
John at that 20th reunion and has so many
wonderful memories of him. Close friends
Tracen Gardner of Austin, Texas and Dr.
kenny Prince of San Jose, Calif., both
attended his private funeral services with his
family. Tracen is also very interested in helping
Orme through his environmental, sustainable
construction business, Reclaimed Space. It
sure sounds like his business is right along
the same lines with Orme today! Please see
his website at reclaimedspace.com. Elizabeth
Boyd wiley of Newport Beach, Calif. and
her three kids, Reid (9) and twins Claire and
Elsa (4), all enjoyed trail rides at this year’s
June Reunion. The girls had a great time
riding ponies by Commons, while mom and
Reid had the longer rides. They really enjoy
coming back to Orme every year. Liz may
also be attending our Fine Arts Festival as an
‘alumni intern’ for the first time. We hope this
becomes more available in the future, but Liz
will be our first intern on a trial basis… thanks
Liz! Birgitta Lundstrom of Sweden is hoping
to come to Orme for your 25 th class reunion
in June 2011. She would love to reconnect with
Orme classmates at bilu04@handelsbanken.se
before then!
Class of 1987
Ted McCann elprofemac@comcast.net
Marnie weiskittel wohl, Annette
Simonich Gould and Alexa Freeburg
McMan, all attended this June’s reunion
on Friday night. Julie Bohlander Holmes
brought three friends and enjoyed the entire
reunion weekend with classmates from the late
’80s. Remember to reconnect with everyone
on Facebook, Linked-In, or Plaxo through
Orme!
Class of 1988
Catherine Beaumont Smith
cbeaugo@cox.net
Stephen Wilson stephen567@gmail.com
Cathy Beaumont Smith worked her
magic again and invited her classmates to
come back to Orme for our June 2009
Reunion! Those joining Cathy included:
Beth Blackstock Burnett of Tempe and her
husband, Jeff; Jeff Civale of Tucson and his
sister, Cindy Civale Sanchez ’90; and Joanie
Johnston Marticorena of Pacific Grove, Calif.
She also encouraged many ’89 classmates to
attend. They made the trip to Willits Gym and
admired those new curtains covering the walls,
which was your Class Reunion Gift at Reunion
2008. Thanks again Cathy and the entire Class
of 1988! Beth B. Burnett is also Orme’s newest
member of the Alumni Board and joins Cathy
B. Smith on this very involved and important
Board for Orme.
Class of 1989
Katy Cameron-Oliver
cowtownoliver@sbcglobal.net
Wade Gray Davis, III
wadegraydavis@yahoo.com
We are happy to welcome two of your
classmates to our Alumni Board: John
“Sperb” Sperber and Adam Falkenberg!
Sperb is also our First Vice-Chair and Adam
is our Second Vice-Chair. They have ‘stepped
up’ and will alternate representing all alumni
in our Trustee meetings, along with Pam
Hilton Cerchie ’77 as our AB President.
Your voice will be heard! Congratulations
and thank you, John and Adam! They also
held a ‘pre-reunion gathering’ in Phoenix
before attending our Reunion 2009, along
with a great turnout of classmates and their
families including: wendy Meade Aspland
and her husband Brett; Jon Brackett and
his wife Laura; Francine ‘Star’ Carnick
with daughter Jillyann (4½); kevin Cole
and his wife Maria; Co-Reps wade ‘Gray’
Davis and katy Cameron Oliver; Adam’s
daughter Mia Jules (7) and Sperb’s daughter
Emma (9); Holly Harris; Erik Honaker and
Glenda O’Halloran and their two children
Hailee (10) and Aspen (9); Rachel McGann
Lumberg and her son Remy (2) and friend
Carissa Green; Sherrod ‘webster’ Merrill;
Chris Murray and his wife Kristin with their
two girls Reagan (4) and Finley (20 months);
Hal Rosenberg; kort Steinman; and Sydney
Thomas. That’s a great turnout!! Chad
Elliott and his wife Michelle had planned on
attending, but canceled at the last minute.
Katy and Gray also attended our Leadership
Brunch on Sunday of reunion and learned
more about Orme’s ‘sustainability’ direction,
admission and financial needs in today’s
economy from President Paul Orme ’70,
Head of School Alyce Brownridge, Pam
Cerchie ’77 and the Development Office.
Thanks for supporting our reunion efforts,
reconnecting with classmates and with Orme.
We look forward to great things to come from
this very involved class!
Class of 1990
>> 20 th Reunion, June 4-6

his name. If you would like more information
on this program, or learn how you can help,
please contact Alexis, or our Development
office. The Class of 1990 has a huge presence
on Facebook so you might find Alexis and
your classmates on-line first! Those classmates
attending our June 2009 Reunion were:
Jennifer Morgan Cyr, Bobby Pinnamaneni,
John Falkenberg, Glenda O’Halloran and
Cynthia Civale Sanchez. Jennifer’s girls
Phoebe (13) and Shelby (11), John’s kids
Alexander (14) and Syria (10), and Glenda’s
girls Hailee (10) and Aspen (9) joined forces
and found all the food, fun and games, trail
rides, and campfire songs and s’mores to be
had at an Orme Reunion! Sounds like the
makings for a great Summer Camp crew to
us! Desilave Georgiev Eick is living in Köln,
Germany and has been married for 11 years.
She has two beautiful daughters, Gloria (8)
and Saskia (2). After having her own fashion
business for about ten years, she decided to
finish her studies with a M.A degree. She is
now an Art Historian, specializing in Mass
Media and Japan. Once her younger daughter
goes to school, she is hoping to start working
in this new career! Dessy would love to show
Orme to her children in the near future, and
maybe we’ll see her and many others here in
June 2010 for your 20 th class reunion! Three
other class members we see on Facebook
and we hope to see at reunion next year are:
P.J. koll, Andy Cockrell, and Rivka Berg.
P.J. and his family live in San Francisco and
he is enjoying the excitement of his career
in advertising with Goodby, Silverstein and
Associates. Andy and his family are in Kansas,
where Andy can be found out in the oil patch,
building his latest enterprise in oil and natural
gas. Rivka, who loves her motorcycle, has
one of the most interesting businesses, The
Wild Pear, a company she owns and operates
that focuses on fine handmade jams, jellies
and marmalades. Check her out at www.
thewildpear.com and on Facebook!
Class of 1991
Tonya Adams Wertman
smaadaynot@yahoo.com
Tara Radovan rontarafarms@frontiernet.net
Tonya Adams wertman and husband
Todd had their first baby, Lucas Michael
wertman, on June 6, weighing in at 7 lbs.
9 oz. They are all doing well, and you’ll find
plenty of photos with Lucas, Todd and Tonya
on Facebook. kendra (Stine) Johnson ’92
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attended her baby shower last April. Tara
Radovan and her son Chet (12) drove to Orme
on their way back home to Wisconsin after
visiting family in California this past June.
Tara had many stories to tell from School and
Camp days at Orme. She is part-owner of a
large cattle ranch, but her business is also
suffering from the economy. She stays in touch
with the Millers, Barricks, Alyce Brownridge
and many classmates. Casey Smoot is also on
Facebook and writes: “I have relocated to Dallas
last December from Washington D.C. as part
of former President Bush’s security detail.
After a few quiet months following President
Bush’s departure from office, I am traveling
almost weekly. Dallas is a great change from
the traffic in Washington D.C., and I don’t
miss the cold Washington winters. Last March
my wife Jo Anne, son Joseph, and I welcomed
our daughter Elizabeth into the world. We’re
looking forward to visiting Orme for my
reunion in 2011! Congratulations go to Carlos
Corniel and Valeria Nater, who were married
this past summer in Washington. Carlos stays
in touch with classmates on Facebook, so we
hope to see you back at Orme sometime soon!
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Terrence Morgan
has also reconnected with classmates on
Facebook. Terrance has established himself as
one of the top Property Masters and Armorer’s
in television and film production, including
the top-rated series “C.S.I.” Terrence states
on his Facebook page: “I teach Actors how to
handle firearms and ensure no one gets hurt
when there is gunfire on set. Weapons are just
a small part of my responsibility. Anything an
actor handles in the scene is my responsibility.
It’s a creative outlet and usually a pretty great
job. I consider myself lucky to do what I do.”
Congrats Terrence and keep us posted on your
exciting career!
Class of 1992
Shane Doherty doretti1@yahoo.com
Aimee Rose Dokes
Livinforthecross@gmail.com
Kristin Rice Johnson Johnson.
kristin@hotmail.com
Sara Barr attended Amy Jaure’s wedding
to Martin O’Leary in Jackson Hole, Wyo.,
in August. She also sees Carrie Mickelson
Bethurum ’90 and Jennifer Blake ’93 often,
and wishes her best to all - always! Sara sent
us great photos, but due to space limitations,
we can’t include them here. Find our photo
albums on Facebook and Orme’s Alumni page
for these and other photos. Shane Doherty
and Co-Rep kristin Rice Johnson have
been gathering your class notes this fall: Shane
and his wife Shawnee, welcomed their 2 nd
boy on February 26 th of this year, C. Hollis
Richard Doherty. He and his older brother
Rhett (2 ½ ) are doing great. Shane recently
made a change in the workplace. In May he
was hired as VP Business Development for
VGM Club, a Waterloo, Iowa based Group
Purchasing Organization for the golf club,
resorts & gaming industry, but they are still
living in central Phoenix. Craig Mynard ’93,
Matthew Silverberg and Shane had dinner
in Bellevue, Wash., in July. Matt and his wife
Christine are living in Bellevue, Wash. with a
handful of pooches. Matt is currently working
with Bausch & Lomb, as well as REI. kenny
Johnson is currently teaching English to
5 th graders at a charter school and living in
Surprise, Ariz. Andrew Caldwell is living in
Nashville, Tenn., with his wife Mary Beth and
their two daughters, Emma Kate and Cora
Belle. Marc Hurfeld was recently married on
June 13, 2009 to Jin Kim. The wedding took
place in Brussels, Belgium. Marc and his wife
live in Seoul, South Korea, where he is the
National Director of Capital Markets at Jones
Lang LaSalle. Congratulations go to kristin
Rice Johnson and husband Greg, who
welcomed their second boy, Noah Lachlan
Johnson, on August 10, 2009. It seems big
brother Connor (3) can’t wait for Noah to
get bigger so they can play together. Kristin
thinks the age difference is great and Connor
is a big help. Tonya Adams wertman ’91 and
baby Lucas were in the Bay Area in September
and came by Kristin’s house for a “playdate.”
kate Stein is now married to Craig Franzen
and is expecting a little girl in early November.
Congratulations on both events, Kate!
Class of 1993
Julia Tierney Barnosky Barnosky@gmail.com
Christina Interpreter
Interpreter64@yahoo.com
Craig Mynard graduated from the Divers
Institute of Technology this year in Seattle,
Wash., and has since moved back to Baltimore,
Md., where he is currently employed and
enjoying spending time with his little boy,
James Machias Mynard. Todd Simons lives
in Houston, Texas, and is working in outside
sales for Mitsubishi Materials. He’s married
to Jennifer, and they have a son, Hunter. You
can find Todd and many other’s on Facebook!

Class of 1994
Tara Evans Bell Rarabell415@yahoo.com
Ekene Okobi ekeneokobi@gmail.com (New
Class Rep!)
A huge Thank You goes to Ekene Okobi,
who has gathered these notes and volunteered
to take over as your Co-Class Rep! Since Ian
Stine has been very busy these past years,
becoming Dr. Stine, Ekene was more than
happy to take on this role. According to
his dad, Ian is now married with children,
has bought his first home and joined an
orthopedic group in Danville, Calif., just
east of San Francisco. Tara Evans Bell is still
in Hampton, Virginia. She’s living with her
boyfriend, Carey, and her three daughters
Jada, Danielle and Tamari, who are about to
hit 16, 13 and 9, respectively. Tara still works
from home for Gold’s Gym, but is hoping to
finish and publish a novel sometime in the
next year or two, but progress has been slow.
Good luck to you, Tara, and thanks! Heather
Crummer now goes by the name “Guywolf
Threepwood”, as seen on Facebook, and
writes: “As far as med school apps go, that
has been extended. A program found me
that thought I might be capable of doing an
M.D./PhD program, so currently I am taking
classes to prepare for that and working in a
microbiology lab at CSULA. On a personal
note, I was in Michigan last month and stopped
by and visited Brandi Hood ’95 - she seems
to be doing really well. We had an enormous
amount of fun and I wished that I had set aside
more than a few hours to see her.” Rachel
Medoff Harrison now has three sons. Her
youngest, Tucker, was just born in August and
joins his big brothers Cooper (7) and Hudson
(4). Congratulations, Rachel and Bobby!
Class of 1995
>> 15 th Reunion, June 4-6

Avelina Rodriguez-Harper Myers
cswim@yahoo.com
Heather Morrison King
pastorheatherk@gmail.com
Congratulations go to Emileigh Lanson
and Chad Vincent on their recent October
30 wedding! They worked together at REI
Sports over two years ago, and are now very
happily married. Matt Driscoll is doing great
and living in Phoenix. We looked for him at
Homecoming, but he couldn’t make it. He’s
also busy fixing up his first home! He’s still
supporting our Warriors, saying “It’s good to
see the program is back on the rise.” Thanks,
Matt! Co-Rep Avelina Rodriguez-Harper
Myers returned to campus for your 10 th
reunion, from Florida! Her husband Travis
and son Breck (17 mos.) enjoyed all Orme had
to offer. She is now expecting her 2nd child,
due sometime this Winter 2010. This class
had a GREAT group return to Orme for your
10 th class reunion! Joining Avelina were Co-
Reps Emileigh Lanson, kate Manning and
Heather Morrison king. Heather is living
in Corinth, Texas, with her husband Matt
and their 3 youngsters Noah (6), Joshua (4)
and Hope (3), and her in-laws/grandparents
Donna and Gaylon King. That’s quite a large
family, Heather! Also joining this ’99 gang
were Lucy Barton (of Boston, Mass.), Jessica
Beam (Bethpage, N.Y.), D. Ross Edwards
(Albuquerque, N.M.), Charles Orme IV
(Richmond, Vt.), Rachael Pope (Phoenix),
Prescott residents Roberta ‘Suedy’ Hoffman
’01, Peter Frola ’00, Tristin Oldani ’00,
Madelline Robinson ’98, and Ash williams
’01 (Oakland, Calif.). There may have been
more ‘drop-ins’, but we couldn’t keep track
of everyone! It was wonderful seeing so many
young alumni back on campus. Thanks for
attending, from all of us at Orme!
Class of 2000
>> 10 th Reunion, June 4-6

Roberta ‘Suedy’ Hoffman (NAU/Flagstaff),
Eli Smith (Flagstaff), and a few others. Carlos
is hoping to get his gang together and make it
back to a Warrior football or basketball game
someday soon, but absolutely for his 10 year
Reunion in June 2011. Jordan Atwood entered
the MBA program at beautiful Chaminade
University, Honolulu, Hawaii this year. He’s
enjoying his studies and life in Honolulu!
Dartmouth graduate Julia Asplund is living
back in Prescott temporarily, and hoping to
get into law school. She’s focusing largely on
Chicago schools and a few in Florida, so will
let us know where she ends up. Best of luck,
Julia! Nancy Roberts recommended Orme
to a friend for her daughter, and her friend’s
daughter is now an Orme student. This is
exactly what all alumni can do for Orme.
Thank you, Nancy!
Class of 2002
Katie Elizardi tinycajun@gmail.com
Maria Guerrero Hammack
estherguerrero21@hotmail.com
Karla Leal Suzette2002@hotmail.com
Maria Guerrero Hammack is
continuing her education this fall. She left
the University of Arizona in 2004, but is
resuming her studies at the University of East
Carolina in Greenville, N.C. She will continue
working as a deputy with the County’s Register
of Deeds, which handles births, deaths and
marriages. We know you’ll make it all work out
and finish your degree. Go for it, Maria!
Class of 2003
Bess Baird Bennett
Elisabeth.bennett@nau.edu
Molly Hernandez mollyh7@yahoo.com
katie Orme is living in Washington,
D.C. where she works on Capitol Hill as the
Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Congressman
John Shadegg of Phoenix. She misses home
often (especially in the winter), but is happy to
have her sister Mallory in D.C. Both of them
are busy thinking of ways to bring their sister,
Lauren, out to join them. Adam Buttgenbach,
who graduated from Cal-Poly San Luis
Obispo, is engaged and getting his Ph.D. at
Texas A&M. Classmates Jenna Otto and Adam
Price were married in March 2009, before
Adam was deployed to Iraq. He is serving in
the U.S. Army and hopes to come home soon
to Jenna and attend Colorado State University.
He says things are going well in Iraq, but it was
hot and dusty in that never ending summer, in
October! We wish you a safe tour and return
trip home, Adam. Jenna’s sister, Cheyenne
’12, is a student at Orme. Thanks for keeping
Orme in the family, Jenna!
Class of 2004
Alison Eddy ajeddy@gmail.com
Jenna Harlow jennalynn_04@hotmail.com
Claudenny Obas cobas@bates.edu
Alex Atwood is now working on his
Masters degree at the University of Canterbury,
in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been
living on this beautiful island nation in the
southern hemisphere about a year now, and
loves the variety of the countryside. Best of
luck to you, Alex! Adi Jarovic is living in
Prescott and graduates in May from Embry
Riddle University. He then plans on going to
Sarajevo for six months or so to relax, where he
may find Mia Pavlovic Yang, of Croatia. Adi
also attended our Homecoming football game
and was glad to see those Warriors win! Mia has
stayed in touch with us and many classmates
through Facebook… what a small world this
has become! John Hartzmark graduated from
Hiram College this spring and has started
graduate studies in secondary education at
Bradley University.
Class of 2005
>> 5 th Reunion, June 4-6

in equestrian events, and not surprisingly, is
majoring in Equestrian Science!
Class of 2008
Megan Lee Crazychica_777@hotmail.com
Megan Lee wouldn’t miss an Orme
Homecoming, so was also on the field at
halftime with our alumni in attendance. She’s
doing well at NAU in Flagstaff and had a great
summer in Hawaii. Remember to keep in
touch and send her your class notes! LaShawn
Bain, who is studying and a defensive lineman
at Mt. Union College, is on Facebook and
staying well connected with Orme alumni
worldwide, like Alex Buttgenbach who is
studying Ag Business at Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo. Alex went to Egypt this summer, as
well as Jordan, Morocco, Israel and Ireland.
Check him out on his Facebook. He has some
great pictures from his journey.
Class of 2009
welcome to our most recent
graduates!
Kylee Morain Kemorain90@msn.com
Austin Roberts Auzztin09@yahoo.com
A special thanks to Austin Roberts and
John Sanderson for their hard work with
the Development office this June during
our Alumni Reunion. They now have a feel
for what it’s like to be there, and are looking
forward to their own class reunion in five years
(without working it!). Another big thanks to
kylee Morain and Austin Roberts, your
Class Reps, who have updated us on your latest
news for all college-bound graduates! kylee
is now at NAU in Flagstaff. She may major
in Psychology, then on to medical school to
become a psychiatrist. Austin is now at Jackson
Community College in Michigan where he
will begin his undergraduate studies, then
transfer to Michigan State University where
he plans to major in criminal justice. He’s also
working his way through college, currently as a
cook. John Sanderson is at Boston University
majoring in Film and Television. Julia Phelps
is attending St. John’s University in New York
where she will major in Advertising. Leigha
Galbraith attends Yavapai College in Prescott
when she will receive her teaching degree
to become a 3rd grade teacher. Eric wong
is attending San Joaquin Delta College in
Stockton, Calif., where he plans to major in
Business. Congratulations to Stephen Jeckel,
who recently received his First Degree Brown
Belt in the martial-art of Aikido. He’s working
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for his mother’s company EchoMe Optical in
Glendale, Ariz., and is now part owner. He
also attends Arizona State University where
he will major in Criminal Justice and minor
in Asian History. Stephen also enjoys coming
back for our Orme Vespers Programs and
introducing masters from different forms
of Martial Arts to the student body. Former
Student Body President, Mallory Orme, is a
busy girl! While attending American University
in Washington, D.C., she’s studying political
science and broadcast journalism, involved
in a Freshman Community Service program,
a reporter for the campus news station, the
president of her residence hall council, playing
on a recreational soccer team, rushing a law
fraternity in the spring, and recently received
an Outstanding Leadership award for being
so involved as a freshman. She loves living in
the District of Columbia. Megan Connors is
attending NAU and is majoring in Theatre.
Yu Sun is currently majoring in Computer
Science at the University of Kentucky. Crystal
Highley came back for Homecoming and is
going to school at Pima Community College
in Tucson, studying to be a medical assistant.
Esmee Maclaren is attending NAU and is
majoring in Anthropology. Valedictorian
Yuan Feng is at Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore, Md., studying Computer
Engineering. Darren Su is attending Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, Va., and is also studying
Engineering. Hannah kellogg is working
part-time and is a full-time student at Yavapai
Community College in Prescott, working on
her prerequisites for the Nursing program.
She will begin her formal nursing education
classes in the Fall of 2010, hoping to graduate
in 2012.
Camp Alumni News
>> School and Camp Reunion,
June 4-6 & Summer Barbecue
July 10, 2010!

Canton, all the way from Singapore! Thanks
also to Tyler Frient for getting so many
campers from the last decade connected on
the Orme Camp Facebook sites! L.V. Yates,
famed Arizona owner of Yates Surplus and
Sporting Goods and friend of Orme, has had
quite a year. He celebrated his 90 th birthday
with about 100 close friends this spring in
Phoenix, then sadly his wife Edith passed away
in September (see Memorials section) and in
October he broke his hip. He’s a very strongwilled,
tough cowboy, and we wish him a
speedy recovery. Jeb and Dorothy Rosebrook
had a wonderful visit with Drs. John and Mary
Alice Stellern this summer in Laramie, Wyo.
John and Mary Alice are both professors at
the University of Wyoming and Jeb keeps up
with John and his brother Gary Stellern,
who still lives in their hometown of Pasadena,
Calif. Gary and John both went to Camp
at Orme in the 40s and worked at Orme in
the summers. A fun-filled lunch was held in
May at the Stockyard’s in Phoenix, organized
by Chuck and Lori Biederman, who are
wintering in Cottonwood and summering in
McMinnville, when not traveling to visit their
growing family. At the mini-camp reunion
was Buck Hart, Doug ’68 and Cathy Hart,
Jan Hilton, Ben Powers ’70, Ann williams
Rathwell, Frank and Suzanne Roberts,
Stuart and Julie Rosebrook, Robin wieters
Sprague, and Sherri and Brian whitney ’74.
Joel and Linda Harrison Biederman have a
3 year old son named Axel and a one year old
daughter, Lucie. Joel still teaches and coaches
at Suffield Academy and Linda is a stay-athome
mom with the two little ones. kobe
and Charissa Biederman have an 8 month
old daughter named Ivy. Kobe still works at
the Environmental Education Center in N.H.
Chris Godsick and Jeff Godsick both made
visits to Arizona recently, visiting with Jon
Braase, Stuart Rosebrook and their families.
Chris and Jon came to an event in honor of
Steve McQueen and Jeb Rosebrook, and
Jeff came over to help publicize the world
premier of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Jon
Braase, Stuart Rosebrook, Stuart’s son Jeb
and a friend went to the big premier with Jeff.
Both Jeff and Chris live in the L.A. area with
their families, and have had long, successful
careers in Hollywood. Chris is currently an
independent producer and Jeff is the Executive
Vice President of Marketing for 20 th Century
Fox. A great group of 70s/80s counselors have
reconnected on Facebook, so go online today
and reconnect!
Former Faculty, Parents and
Friends News
Our Half-Century Club faculty/
administration/staff inductees this June
included Buck Hart, Janet Hilton, Bruce
McDonald and Eileen Zaput. Alex Farrand,
a Camp Counselor, and a faculty member
(twice) was inducted into the Half-Century
Club. Buck and his son Doug, with help
from Ben Powers and Brian whitney, put on
an Alumni Campfire at Reunion that will be
remembered for many years! Thank you all.
Congratulations and thank you for your many
years of service to Orme! Additional former
faculty attending Reunion were: Coach
Bob and Doris Miller (1977-2007), karl
Siegfried (’90s –2007), Brian Brockert ’82
(1999 – 2008), and Michael kriz (1987-
88). Our alumni loved having so many former
faculty here during the reunion to reconnect
and relive those Orme days. Former English
teacher kurt Caswell’s new book, In the Sun’s
House: My Year Teaching on the Navajo Reservation, is now
available at http://tupress.trinity.edu/. Kurt
has another book, An Inside Passage, for which
he won the River Teeth Nonfiction Literary
Prize. Kurt spoke at Orme in November as
part of the Sustainability Lecture Series. He
read from In the Sun’s House and spoke about
the Natural History and Humanities degree
program he teaches at Texas Tech University.
Congratulations to you, Kurt, and thank
you for supporting Orme’s Sustainability
Program. Barbara Monroe, “Marmo”, really
enjoys Orme’s Facebook page. She remembers
Orme as being a tough two years from 1983-
’85 as a new teacher, while raising her two
children. She loved the students and learned
more here than just being a teacher. She went
on to various careers over the years, but kept up
with a few former students and remembers the
crazy times she had at Orme. If it weren’t for
those two short years, she would not have had
the opportunity to see how she affected those
lives and how they affected hers. For that she
is grateful and is planning on attending our
June 2010 reunion. Michael kriz enjoyed
catching up with his former students this past
June. He has been teaching at Rice University
and is living in Houston, Texas. We love seeing
former faculty on Facebook, so get reconnected
today! Paul Orme and Stuart Rosebrook hit
the road last May and June and visited with
past parents and trustee emeriti, Roger and
Emily McCann, in San Antonio (parents of
Stan ’80, Tor ’82, Randy ’84, and Ted ’87) and
grandparent Dr. Fred Hansen (Lauren Locke
’04) in Austin. While in Austin they also had a
great time visiting with trustee emeriti Charlie
wilcox and his wife Cynthia. On an earlier trip
to Tucson, Paul and Stuart also visited with past
parents and trustee emeriti Bud and Sam Crary.
Bud and Sam are doing well, with Sam still
gardening every day around their desert home.
Armando and Marlene Christopher (dad
and step-mom of Desiree Chrisopher Moffit
’79, Devonna Christopher ’81, and David
Christopher ’82) came by campus in early
October. Armando directed our food services
in Founders Hall during from 1973-79, while
Marlene was the Asst. Librarian under Jan Hart
from 1978-79. Desiree, Devonna and David
also attended Camp during this time. Fine Arts
Founder and artist Dot Lewis had a wonderful
visit/Orme reunion at her home in Idyllwild,
with her son Chig and ’66 classmates and friends
Lita Sieler Oppegard and Judy Jensen Nadeau.
Peg Dornish (former English teacher) was also
there, where they all had an amazing time! Dr.
Donald Sargent (faculty 1980-83) met with
Director of Development Sharon Barton when
he arrived at Orme in late October. He taught
numerous art courses, Desert Survival, and
counseled students while at Orme. Don is now
a psychiatrist with the Veteran’s Administration
in New York, counseling war veterans. He
plans on coming back for Reunion 2010, after
seeing our sustainability projects and hearing
about Dennis Brownridge’s survival program
revival. Dr. Sargent will also encourage those
he knows in the East to consider Orme for
their children. He left us a vintage Orme
Survival t-shirt from the early 80s, and we
gave him one of our 1981 yearbooks, so he’ll
now remember all his former students at this
upcoming reunion!
Many parents arrived in early October for
Parents Days and spoke very highly of the smooth
organization of class visits, faculty/parent
meetings, Parents Association meeting, and
Parents Luncheon with President Paul Orme
’70, Head of School Alyce Brownridge, and
Parent Association President Portia Erickson
(married to Chas Sr. ’64; son Chas Jr. ’10).
Parent Tiffney Johnson (kaleb ’13) wins the
prize for traveling the farthest to be at Parents
Days – from Sydney, Australia! Homecoming
2009 coincided with Parents Days, which
provided a wonderful opportunity for current
students, parents, alumni and faculty to be
together. “Everybody do the Warrior Rumble!”
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Reflections
Coach James Casey – A Coach and Teacher for Life
The primary legacy any educator can leave behind is the
positive influence on the students with whom they come in
contact during the course of their career. These influences can
often be the most pronounced when they come from the young
person’s first coach. In my case that coach was Jim Casey, who
passed away on September 28, 2009.
Jim and Charlotte Casey arrived at Orme School in 1961
and stayed six years. During that time Jim taught History,
Government and Geography. Charlotte taught English and
wrote the lyrics to the School’s alma mater, which we still sing today.
I never had Jim Casey as a teacher so my story is the impact
he had on my life as a coach. He compiled a stellar 35 wins and
9 losses record during his six year stint as head coach, while my
father was beginning to phase out his coaching duties. This
included two undefeated seasons in 1961 and 1962.
Coach Casey set the standard for continuing the winning
football tradition my dad began in the 1950’s, which has
continued through the Longton/Christine/Hart/Brockert/
Burgess and Miller/Barrick eras, and which is still alive today
under Ricardo Olivares.
I idolized Coach Casey from the minute he stepped
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By Paul Orme
on campus in 1961. He was always friendly, but was a firm
disciplinarian. One of my enduring memories was as a ten year
old (in 1962) sneaking off to the “Purple Glass Fort” to smoke
a cigarette. While never caught in the act, the word somehow
got to Coach Casey who strongly advised me that any hopes I
might have of a quality athletic future would be derailed if this
experimentation continued. That was all I needed to hear. I was
never again tempted to become a smoker. A positive influence
for sure.
I served two seasons as equipment manager under
Coach Casey in 1964 and 1965 and then played my first year
of organized football for him in 1966. I was a third string
quarterback and defensive back. I only remember playing
one set of offensive downs in a varsity game that year. My real
lessons came on the practice field in scrimmages against the
first string. Invariably the varsity running backs would break
through the second string (JV) defensive line and I would be
Coach Jim Casey
and Coach
Charlie Orme
instruct the
1963-64 football
team.
Coach Jim Casey’s 1966-67 Warrior Football team.
Coach Casey kneels with his team, second row, far left,
and Paul Orme sits in the front row, third from right.
faced with having to make the tackle on
players that were 50 – 60 pounds heavier,
and much faster. Coach Casey helped me
develop the fortitude to make every effort
to confront these runners.
I believe he taught me the fundamental
skills of finding the courage and
determination to deal with adversity. This
is the meaning of a great teacher and coach.
At the time of his death I had not seen
Coach Casey in more than 40 years, but my
memories of him, and gratitude to him,
endure.
I know many alumni from the 1960’s
and all of us here at Orme express our
condolences to Charlotte and their
children, Dee Casey Trent, Jim and John
Casey. We thank them for the 6 years that
they gave to all of us who were lucky enough
to be touched by Coach Casey.

In Memoriam
we extend our deepest sympathy to the families of the alumni and friends of Orme,
whose deaths we record here with sorrow.
Orme School and Camp Alumni
Robert H. Bentley ’40, Feb. 5, 2009. Robert, a camper and student, was
age 86, and lived in Canandaigua, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Virginia H.
Bentley; former campers, daughter Barbara (Warren) Hall and son Robert
H. Bentley, Jr.; one brother and one sister; many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren,
stepchildren, step-grandchildren, step great-grandchildren,
nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife, Patricia L. Bentley, in
1982, and a sister. Interment was at Arlington National Cemetery. Robert was
a faithful supporter of Orme and throughout his life kept in close contact with
the Orme Family, especially Charlie and Mimi, whom he visited whenever he
could return to campus. The Orme School is extremely grateful to Robert for
providing for Orme in his estate plans, leaving Orme a charitable remainder
trust to permanently support Orme’s endowment in honor of Charlie Orme.
Charles Stelle Brown III ’80, April 1, 2003. Charlie died after a long fight
with leukemia. A 1985 graduate of Lewis and Clark College, he coached their
rowing team for many years. The Lake Oswego Rowing Club Foundation
renamed their sports center on the Willamette River in his honor and is
known as the Charlie S. Brown Water Sports Center. With Charlie’s passing,
the world lost a loving husband, a loyal friend, a gifted teacher and mentor, a
champion oarsman, a brilliant rowing coach, and a steward to all he touched.
He is survived by wife Brenda, mother Barbara Bogardus, and brother Steve
Woestemeyer. When asked what legacy he’d like to leave, Charlie wished us to
honor ourselves, honor each other, and to live joyously. Memorial services
were held in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel on the campus of Lewis and Clark
College. We thank Sharon Moore ’81 for bringing Charlie’s story to us and are glad to be able to share
his incredible life story with you.
John Hege ’86, March 22, 2009. Please see special memorial in class notes
on page 28.
Rev. Chester “Chet” Howe, Feb. 1, 2005. Chester was a former camp
counselor and an Episcopalian Priest who served as Rector of St. Matthias’s
in Whittier, Calif., from 1973-1996. He was a very influential leader in his
community and was well known for starting a soup kitchen, the Whittier Soup
Hour, at St. Matthias in 1984.
Eric whitmer LaPrade, Dec. 27, 2006. Eric was a summer camper and the
son of the late A.T. and Trustee Emeritus Rachel LaPrade. He was preceded
in death by his parents, and is survived by his wife, Shannon LaPrade,
daughters Justice, Amanda and Destiny, all of Eagle, Idaho, and his brother
Peter LaPrade of Scottsdale.
whipple “whip” Manning ’54, Nov. 4, 2009. Trustee Emeritus Whipple
(Whip) Hall Manning, 73, died unexpectedly in his sleep at his home in
Tucson, Ariz. Born in Oakland to John and Anne Manning, he graduated in
Orme’s third high school class. He was also a summer camper. He attended
Stanford University and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1961,
where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He met his wife,
Jacqueline Long, in San Francisco where they were married in 1963. They
resided in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., for 30 years before moving to
Tucson in 1999. He worked in commercial lending in the banking industry in
California for 46 years. Whip will be remembered fondly by friends and family
for his kindness, generosity, intelligence and wit. He was an avid University
of Arizona Wildcat fan, loved the West and Western art, and enjoyed reading,
fishing, bird hunting, listening to music and most of all, being with friends
and family. He will be dearly missed by his two children and their families: Dr.
Thomas and Julie Ann Manning of Boise, Idaho and Elizabeth Anne Manning
and John Maunsel Pearce of Anchorage, Alaska, and 5 grandchildren, Claire,
Owen and Henry Manning, and Bennett and Eliot Pearce. A memorial service
was held Nov. 9 in Tucson. Donations in Whip’s honor may be sent to The
Orme School or the University of Arizona Foundation.
Thomas k. May, May 5, 2009. An early 1970s summer camper, he was living
in Reston, Va., and is survived by his wife Diane May, parents Ernest N. Jr. and
Elizabeth A. May, and a brother, Ernest N. May III.
David J. Mohns ’78, Aug. 19, 2009. David was killed in a single car automobile
accident while driving his restored/modified Chevelle south of his home in
Buffalo, Wyo. He went to Orme for three years but left his senior year. He is
survived by his mother Barbara Mohns, brother Steven, sister Lesley Mohns
Armstrong, and many nieces and nephews. Thanks to Steven Randolph Hinck ’78 for
sending us this news.
Sean william Nagy, Dec. 17, 2008. Camper in 1986. At the time of his
death, at 37, he was living in Phoenix. He is survived by his parents Douglas
and Sharon Nagy.
Lynn Pettit, Jan. 5, 2009. Camp Counselor, wife of Arthur Pettit, Ph.D.
’56 and sister-in-law of Leda Pettit Lawrence ’59. Lynn met her husband,
Art, at Orme working as a camp counselor. She and Art lived at Orme from
1962-65, before moving to Colorado Springs in 1968. With family members
and friends, she helped start The Orme School’s Arthur G. Pettit Memorial
Library Fund in 1979 after Art’s passing. Lynn will be remembered as an
inspiration to most she met. While unable to beat a disease like M.S., she
endured it with determination and poise, a positive attitude and a smile. She is
survived by daughter Tina Pettit, son Tom Pettit, and brother Thomas Schrock.
Dr. Scott Ahmad Ressallat ’84, July 22, 2009. Scott, age 43, died unexpectedly
in Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. As a student, he lettered in football
and basketball. He attended Taylor University where he was a member of the
varsity football team and graduated from The Ohio State University where
he was on the OSU Ski Team and a member of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity.
Scott graduated from LIFE University of Chiropractic Medicine in Atlanta in
1997 where he was a member of the Halstead Technique Society. Dr. Scott was
honored to be a member of the First Medical Responder Team at the 1996
U.S. Olympic Games in Atlanta. He then practiced Chiropractic Medicine in
Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee. He is survived by his parents, Judith Ressallat
of Columbus and his father, Dr. Mehdi Ressallat of Galion, brother Derek,
sister Roshan, and numerous family members. Donations in Scott’s honor
may be sent to The Dr. Scott Ressallat Memorial Fund at The Orme School.
Robert C. Rowe ’59, Sept. 22, 2009. Known as “Bob” to his Orme classmates,
he died at his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., after a brief illness. Journalist,
publisher, and entrepreneur, Robert built a mini-empire of magazines and
books that brought an unprecedented level of professionalism to the coverage
of popular hobbies for collectors: plates and figurines; miniatures; dolls and
teddy bears. Born in Santa Monica, Calif., and educated in Arizona at Orme
and the University of Arizona, Robert moved to New York after college to
make a career as a writer. In 1967 he wrote a book on a political scandal of that
decade, The Bobby Baker Story, and worked as a reporter for Fairchild Publications.
In 1972 he stumbled into the burgeoning world of collectibles via a colleague’s
assignment from Esquire to write about a flamboyant dealer selling porcelain
birds in Atlantic City, N.J. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia
O’Brien Rowe, and is survived by his wife, Vita Rowe, 3 children, including
Alida L. Rowe ’95 of New York, 3 stepchildren and several grandchildren.
His sharp intellect, quick wit, vibrant personality and visionary leadership will
be missed by friends, classmates, and colleagues. Robert was instrumental in
helping get Charlie’s history of Orme published, along with classmate Rick
Lavis ’59.
Parents, Grandparents, Family
Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood, July 12, 2008. Aunt of Seth L. Atwood ’68, Diane
Atwood Reilly ’73, and great aunt of Phil, Fine Arts artist, Jordan ’01, and
Alex ’04.
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Jeremiah S. Bass, May 5, 2009. Father of Diana Bass Corona ’77.
katherine Berdan, Sept. 6, 2009. Mother of Betsy Trott Smith ’77.
Phyllis Hoving Brooks, Oct. 9, 2008. Fine Arts Artist and wife of Camp
Counselor and original member of Los Vaqueros de Farmacia, william “Bill”
Brooks.
Larry Burke, Nov. 20, 2004. Camp Parent.
Beverley Lucille Carpenter, May 23, 2009. Mother of Orme’s Director
of Facilities, Rick Ziegler, mother-in-law of Lori, and grandmother of
Chad ’08.
Eda Belle Crawford, Feb. 2009. Grandmother of Matt Crawford ’94 and
kelly Crawford ’99.
Alfred S. “Al” Donau, Jr., April 7, 2009. Trustee Emeritus and Father of
Trustee Emeritus Alfred S. “Skip” Donau III ’65, Peter M Donau ’70, Jan
Donau Hastreiter ’66 and Catherine L. “Cha-Cha” Donau ’72. He is
survived by his wife of 62 years, “Frankie” Donau, of Tubac.
Francis Edenfield and Thomas k. Edenfield. Dates Unknown.
Grandparents of David Ross Edwards ’99.
Leland D. Foster, May 18, 2008 and Beatrice Burnett Foster, Sept. 7, 2009.
Parents of Catherine Foster Carroll ’72 and Bruce Foster ’77, parents-inlaw
of James Carroll ’73, and grandparents of Margarett Carroll ’11.
Leny Johnson, March 2009. Stepmother of Elsa Johnson ’74.
Ruth Johnson, Jan. 4, 2007. Mother of Elsa Johnson ’74.
George Thomas “Tom” Judd, April 24, 2004. Father of wilhelmina Judd
Rippetoe ’69.
Shirley koppelman, Sept. 26, 2009. Grandmother of campers David and
Richard Blank and great-grandmother of campers Samantha and Jacob
Blank.
Jack R. Lowry, March 22, 2007. Father of Roma welshans ’80.
Roger L. Mohns, July 19, 2008. Father of the late David Mohns ’78. Survived
by his wife Barbara Mohns.
Patricia “Rocky” O’Hare Palmer, July 27, 2009. Mother of Fine Arts Artist
Patsy Palmer Lowry and mother-in-law of Ed Lowry, trustee emeritus, camp
counselor and faculty member.
Nora “Bea” Orr, Nov. 14, 2009. Mother of the late Gary Orr ’63 and former
ranch employees James and Pat Orr, and mother-in-law to Stella Orr.
Helen Sieger, Oct. 18, 2009. Mother of Ruth Lucking Col ’64.
Sean Frederick Steffan, June 17, 2009. Son of Fred (a member of Los
Vaqueros de Farmacia) Steffan, mother Dee, and stepmother Sara.
Jean Sewall Gaylord Stevens, May 23, 2009. Wife of Michael Stevens ’72
and mother to William Nathaniel Gaylord (from her first marriage to William
Beckwith Gaylord).
Sidney N. Swartz. March 2, 2009. Father of Nancy “Toni” E. Swartz ’82.
Edna Vivian Cordes warren, Aug. 27, 2009. Sister of the late Henry E.
Cordes, aunt of former school registrar Patsy Cordes McDonald, and great
aunt of school librarian Becky Roessner.
Ching-Long Yao, Sept. 21, 2009. Father of Jerry Yao ’12. He is survived by
his wife Hsiu-Hsiang Chen and son, of Taiwan.
Former Faculty, Administration and Staff
Celine H. Berliet, April 5, 2009. Celine passed away after a lengthy illness.
She graduated magna cum laude in Classics from Columbia University in 2000.
Celine taught Latin, Greek, and French at Orme and the Bullis School of
Maryland. A natural teacher, Celine tutored in New Canaan well into her
illness. She is survived by her parents, Jean-Pierre and Martine Berliet, and
her siblings Melanie and Damien Berliet.
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James “Jim” Casey, Sept. 22, 2009. Former U.S History, Government and
Geography teacher and football, basketball and baseball coach (1961-67).
Jim, 78, was retired in Payson, Ariz. His football teams enjoyed great success
including two undefeated championship seasons. He is survived by his beloved
wife of 57 years, Charlotte, and their three children, daughter Dee (Trent) and
sons Jim and John, 4 grandchildren, 1 great-grandson, and a sister. He was
known for his courage and dry sense of humor. He was a coach, teacher, role
model and awesome Christian man. Please see Reflections on Jim Casey’s days
as a teacher and coach at Orme by Paul Orme on page 36.
Andrew “Andy” Phillip Longton, March 21, 2009. Former Math, Geology,
and Physics teacher, track and football coach from 1965 to 1968, including
the 1967-68 AIAA statewide independent school football championship. He
was 74 and died from leukemia. Andy was a 1957 graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy. Preceded in death by his son Robert, he is survived by former wife
Toni Harlan, son william Longton, daughters Shannon Longton Fennie
and Anne Longton Spacone, and 12 grandchildren.
Muriell “Mimi” Royce Orme, April 19, 2009. Please see Memorial on pages
8-9.
John Osborn, Aug. 29, 2009. Former Marriott-Sodexo Food Service
Manager and honorary member of Los Vaqueros de Farmacia, he was
preceded in death by his wife “Loretta” and survived by his sons Lawrence,
Matthew, Benjamin, and daughter Alexandra, 4 sisters, 6 granddaughters,
and 2 great-grandsons.
Susan H. Peterson, March 26, 2009. A world class ceramicist, she helped
start the ceramics program at Orme with Dot Lewis. She is survived by two
sons, a daughter Jan Peterson, and 7 grandchildren, including campers
Annah and Augustus Gerletti.
Friends
Philip “Phil” Albins, Oct. 26, 2009. He is survived by his wife of 63 years,
Jeane, son Dave Albins, 3 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter.
Marvin S. Cohen, June 12, 2009. Husband of Fine Arts Dance Workshop
Founder Frances Smith Cohen, he is survived by his wife, Frances, sons Sam
and Jeff, daughter Rachel, 2 brothers and 3 grandchildren.
Dorothy L. (Dandrea) Crane, March 29, 2009. She was the younger sister
of the Orme Ranch’s late Assistant Ranch Manager Franklin Dandrea, aunt
to her niece Nadine and late nephew Charlie, and survived by 3 children, 6
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Nellie Dows, Jan. 29, 2009. She was a supporter of Orme Primavera Schools
Foundation.
Marianne Dexter LaPrade Pierce, July 11, 2009. She is survived by her
husband Franklin Wadsworth Pierce, her children, Paul W. LaPrade, Jr., M.D.
Martin D. LaPrade , Anne LaPrade McPherson, Alice G. LaPrade and Candice
D. LaPrade; 3 step-children, 12 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, and 1
great-grandchild.
John O’Conner III, Nov. 11, 2009. Husband of retired Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, he died of complications arising from
Alzheimer’s disease. The O’Connors met as students at Stanford University’s
law school, where another student at the time was the future chief justice and
Orme Commencement Speaker, william Rehnquist. They were married at
the Lazy B Ranch in southeastern Arizona, her childhood home. He is survived
by his wife, sons Scott, Brian and Jay, and 6 grandchildren.
Sam wasserman, May, 5, 2009. He was a supporter of the Orme Primavera
Schools Foundation.
Edith (Edie) J. Yates, Sept. 4, 2009. She was the wife of longtime Orme
friend L.V. Yates, who with L.V., operated Yates Army-Navy Surplus and
Yates Sporting Goods. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, three
children, Jenny Yates, Sally Yates and Steve Yates; 2 granddaughters, and a
great-grandson. She was preceded in death by grandson Nathan Daniel Yates
on May 9, 2009.

Rock Around the Clock...and the Campfire!
Orme Reunion Fab-Fifties Reunion
Half-Century Club
June 4-6, 2010
Special Anniversary Years:
1935 • 1940 • 1945 • 1950 • 1955 • 1960 • 1965 • 1970 • 1975 • 1980 • 1985 • 1990 • 1995 • 2000 • 2005
Fabulous Fifties Reunion...Is Back!
It’s been 10 years since our last ‘shindig at Orme’
so all classes ’59 and under are invited to join in
our very special events just for you.
Off-campus hotel rooms will be reserved in your
name, with limousine service provided (aka Orme
buses) to and from Orme on Saturday night.
The Half Century Club welcomes
the Class of 1960!
Induction Ceremony
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Reception: 11:30 a.m. ~ Lou Alfred Room, Orme
Lunch: Noon
Message from the President: Noon
Induction Ceremony: 12:30 p.m.
For more information on Reunion 2010,
contact Sue Iverson:
928-632-1625, siverson@ormeschool.org.
Save the date and reserve your spot when you
receive our email, mail or find our Event on
Facebook! Throughout the weekend, you, your
family and classmates will enjoy horseback
riding, hikes up creek, Orme barbecue, family
fun & games, alumni projects, class photos,
swimming, tennis, a Memorial Service, an Orme
leadership session and much more!
we hope to see you and Buck Hart ‘back on the
Ranch’ leading us in those campfire songs you
remember so well…
“Each campfire lights anew, the flame of friendship true.
The joys we’ve had in knowing you, will last our whole lives through.
And as the embers die away, we wish that we might ever stay,
But since we cannot have our way, we’ll meet again some other day.”
Orme Reunion June 4 – 6, 2010
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Reunion 2009 – The
Campfires Burned Brighter
Than Ever!
Reunion 2009 (June 5 – 7) was in a word… “amazing”.
Orme’s high desert weather remained ‘spring-like’ all weekend,
which gave us cool morning trail rides, warm afternoon hikes
up to Big Mesa, tennis, swimming, hayrides, kids crafts and
campus tours galore. With 209 attendees, that’s a record
turnout! Congratulations go to the Classes of 1959 and 1989,
who were the best-represented classes with 10 and 16 classmates
and their families coming back to campus this year. There was
also an amazing showing from the classes of 1969 and 1999 with
9 classmates each (plus family members and friends from those
classes before and after) to help celebrate their reunions. The
mid-range classes of ’64, ’74, ’79, ’84 and ’94 were also wellattended
and enjoyed ‘mixing it up’ with many classmates before
and after their graduation years. Our special thanks go to those
Class Representatives (especially Kent Kuster ’59 and Rick Lavis
’59), who made the phone calls, wrote letters, set-up Facebook
Reunion groups (thank you ’89s and ’99s) and wouldn’t take
“no” for an answer in getting so many classmates back to Orme
this year. We appreciate all your hard work and hope to see you
here again soon!
Other highlights included the 7 th Annual Half-Century
Luncheon, honoring the entire Class of 1959, ’50s Camp
Counselors Wes DeCou, Alex Farrand and Ted Brookhart,
and Barbara Meigs Taylor ’44 at her 65 th reunion! Special
recognition was also given to former administrative, faculty
and staff members Buck Hart, Bruce McDonald, Jan Hilton
and Eileen Zaput for their 50 th anniversary year of service and
dedication to Orme… amazing!
Panya “Dang” Permpanich ’72 earned his ‘furthest traveled’
reunion award, coming in from Bangkok, Thailand! The
Reunion Memorial Service on Sunday morning in the Mort
Orme Chapel was again very intimate, personal and meaningful
for all of us in remembering our family members and closest
friends including Mimi, Lynlie, John, and 40 more alumni
and friends of Orme who have passed away this past year. Happy
memories of better days were shared by all those attending this
service.
It was awesome and amazing having you back in Barnyard
and around the campfire with Buck and his son Doug Hart ’68,
Ben Powers ‘70 and Brian Whitney ’74. We cannot make this
happen without our alumni; stronger and more connected than
ever! Thank you all for coming, we look forward to seeing you
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Orme Reunion 2009
back again, and hope you’ll encourage your classmates to join
in the fun at Reunion 2010 where we’ll welcome the Class of
1960 into the Half-Century Club, and have a special surprise
for the return of our Fab Fifties Alumni gathering throughout
the weekend of June 4 – 6! — Sue Iverson
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1. Thanks to Kent Kuster & Rick Lavis, the Class of ’59 spent their
weekend together. 2. Four Tough Hombres - Jeb, Buck, Frank and
Bruce. 3. Class of ’69 “come together” (Excused absences: Marian
Craver & Fred Markham). 4. ’70s Decade classes reunite! 5. ’89s
Celebrate with classmates and families 6. ’99 families and classmates
party on! 7. Hayride in Barnyard was a big hit with all ages!
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The Charles H. Orme, Jr. Society
To build a school requires many hands;
the hands of teachers, the hands of students,
the skilled hands of craftsmen, and the willing hands
of friends. To build a school also requires many dedicated
and enthusiastic hearts and minds.
— Charles H. Orme, Jr., Founding Headmaster, 1963
Coming home from Stanford at the beginning
of World War II, young Charles H. Orme, Jr., had a dream
of building a school on his ranch like Leland Stanford had
built a university on his farm. Working side by side with
his parents, and his young wife Mimi, Charlie attracted
dynamic teachers, students, craftsmen, and friends to his
ranch school, where together, they worked for over fifty years
together to build Orme into the internationally renowned
institution it is today.
The Charles H. Orme, Jr. Society, formerly the Heritage
Society, recognizes alumni and friends who support The
Orme School with deferred gifts. Through their generosity
and foresight, Society donors help to secure the future of
Orme through a variety of estate planning tools.
We invite you to become a Society member in honor of Charlie and
Mimi. For more information on how you can become a member of the
Charles H. Orme, Jr. Society, please contact Director of Development
Sharon Barton at The Orme School, HC 63 Box 3040, Orme, AZ
86333, 928-632-1721, or email her at sbarton@Ormeschool.org.

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orme, AZ 86333
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Class of 1960 to be Honored by Half-Century Club
The Orme Half-Century Club was founded in 2003 to honor Orme School and
Camp alumni who attended Orme 50 or more years ago. The annual luncheon
is held during reunion and this year will honor the Class of 1960. Mark your
calendars for Saturday, June 5. All classes up through 1965 are invited to help
toast their 1960 School and Camp mates during this event.
left: valedictorian Beth Hamilton Lowe speaks
at the Class of 1960 graduation.
above: Bill Brown ’60 leads the grand entry with
the Arizona flag.
bottom right: The late Richard Philippi was a
popular member of the class of 1960 and a four-year
letterman of the football team.
above: The Class of 1960 poses for their freshmen class picture in 1956.
This issue of The Orme Bulletin is dedicated to Mimi Orme, the Class of 1960, and to the alumni of
The Orme School and Summer Camp that Mimi dedicated her life to as an educator, mentor, teacher,
role model, and first alumni director.
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