Welcome to Town School for Boys alumni page. We
invite you to visit often for the latest news on special events for
Town’s alumni and for other school fundraising events.
Please stay connected with Town School by updating your
information.
** You can also nominate fellow Town alumni to receive the Distinguished Alumni
Award** This information is confidential and will only be used by
Town School. Click here to update alumni information
Alumni Basketball Open Gym Night
Come play
some hoops every Tuesday night from 6-8pm.
(**Please note: Due to school scheduling
conflicts,
there will NOT be open gym night: April 8th, April 15th, May 13th
and June 10th)
Thank
you!**)
Please contact Scott Flaxman '86 with any questions. (scottflaxman@yahoo.com)
DATES TO REMEMBER
Alumni Speaker Series: Friday, March 14, 2008
Distinguished Alumnus Award: TBD (temporarily Friday, March 28, 2008)
Walter Douglas '69
Walter Douglas
is the Director of the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the Near Eastern
Affairs Bureau at the Department of State. In that position, Walter oversees
the bureau’s public affairs efforts in the Middle East. Prior to coming to that
position in September, 2007, Walter was the public affairs officer at the U.S.
Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Walter has also served as the public affairs
officer at American diplomatic missions in Turkey, Cyprus and Iceland. He has
also been posted to the United States Mission to the United Nations and to
American embassies in South Korea and Cote d’Ivoire.
Prior to joining the foreign service in 1986, Walter
worked for five years as an advertising executive in New York and for two years
as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill for a Member of the U.S. House of
Representatives.
Walter graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a
B.A. in history in 1977. He graduated from the Cate School in Carpinteria,
California in 1973.
Walter, his wife Nancy and his three daughters currently live
in Bethesda, Maryland.
Downtown Luncheon:
TBD
Annual Alumni Lacrosse Game: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Alumni Council
This group of eighteen alumni represent Town’s alumni in all matters
dealing with the School. The President of the Council also serves on the
Board of Trustees. Council meetings are open to alumni and are generally
held on the second Tuesday of every other month in the School at 7 PM.
Annual activities include a Downtown Luncheon, the Alumni Speaker Series,
the Alumni Lacrosse event, and the awarding of three medals including
the Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Spirit Award, and the Town School
Medal, the last one in conjunction with the Town School Board of Trustees.
2006-2007 Alumni Council
Standing left to right: Neils Levine '80, Jeff Leon '74, Peter Phlegher '76, Han
Dong '84, Brian Pettus '91, John Pickering '70, Matt Reilly '88, Jody Harris '88 and Brewster Ely,
Headmaster.
Members of the
2007-2008 Alumni Council are:
Jeffrey S. Leon
- President
‘74
William F. Bartlett
‘89
John “Clint” Callan
- Alumni Admission Liaison
‘70
David E. Dolby
‘91
Han Dong
‘84
W. Brewster Ely IV - Headmaster
Jody Harris
‘88
Michael
King - VP of Communications
'85
Joseph
S. Lerer
'60
Nils Levine - VP Events
'80
Chris Lilienthal
‘81
Will Noble
'85
Brian Pettus
‘91
Peter Phleger
‘76
John
Pickering
‘70
Matt Reilly
'88
Class Secretaries
This group of alumni volunteers compiles Class Notes for issues of The
Townsman with information provided by the School’s alumni,
which is compiled
by the Alumni Office staff. We are grateful to the Class Secretaries for
the outstanding service they provide to the School and to their former
classmates.
Calendar
This section of Town’s website will assist you to keep up-to-date
with alumni activities and scheduled activities for the School.
How to Volunteer
Assist us to implement alumni special events and reunions and at school
fundraisers such as the November Town
Crush and the Golf Tournament
and Tennis Classic. We are grateful to all our volunteers. For details
on ways to help or if you would like to be a Class Secretary, contact Abiah Folger.
Giving to Town
Town School relies on the generosity of all its community members, including
its alumni. For more information on “Ways to Give”, please
visit our About
Giving section.
Suggestions
We value your feedback. Please contact us at mitchell@townschool.com
or call Peggy Mitchell, Director of Alumni at (415)921-3747 x123.
