While we weren’t able to gather to honor our deserving MICDS faculty in person, the community celebrated their outstanding accomplishments virtually in the spring. Congratulations to all our award-winners!
(Full information on these awards and their recipients can be found here.)
Merit Awards
Josh Baumgartner: Mary Institute Class of 1940 Distinguished Faculty Award
Becky Long: Dorothy Wray Roberts 1917 Faculty Merit Award
Sue Orlando: Sears Foundation Faculty Merit Award
Nicole Trueman: Sears Foundation Faculty Merit Award
Pat Woessner: Country Day School Class of 1958 “Extra Effort” Award
Dana Self: Country Day School Class of 1958 “Extra Effort” Award
Lev Guter: Country Day School Class of 1958 “Extra Effort” Award
Chairs of Distinguished Teaching
Branson Lawrence: Sander H. Coovert Chair of Distinguished Teaching
Chris Rappleye: Eleanor Church Johnson ’27 Chair of Distinguished Teaching in English
Andy Cox: John Allan Love Chair of Distinguished Teaching in History
Kelly Anderson: Country Day School Class of 1959 Walter J. McCreery Chair of Distinguished Teaching in Memory of George P. Braun ’59
Emily Coppersmith: Country Day School Class of 1959 Walter J. McCreery Chair of Distinguished Teaching in Memory of George P. Braun ’59
Maggie Kraushaar: J. Evan Philips Chair of Distinguished Teaching In History
Denise Douglas: Marjorie Weisenburger ’32 Chair of Distinguished Teaching in Fine Arts
Al Begrowicz: Donald H. Webb Chair of Distinguished Teaching
Summer Beasley: Gilbert-Werremeyer Chair of Distinguished Teaching
Bridget Wallace: Ronald S. Beasley Chair of Distinguished Teaching and Learning
Summer Sabbaticals and Fellowships
Jim Lohr, Greg Foster, and Paul Zahller: Mary Institute Class of 1957 Endowed Fund for Faculty Continuing Education
Steven Crumb: Edward M. Rivinus Memorial Summer Sabbatical
Missy Heinemann: Wilma and Roswell Messing, Jr. ’34 Summer Sabbatical
Kelly Hummel and Ghada Ead: Wilma and Roswell Messing, Jr. ’34 Summer Sabbatical
Chris Militello: Thomas Family Fellowship
Barb Spieler: Thomas Family Fellowship
Courtney Check: Polk Family Summer Sabbatical Fellowship for the Teaching of English
Sarah Elliott: Polk Family Summer Sabbatical Fellowship for the Teaching of English
Krystal White: Carol B. & Jerome T. Loeb Fund for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
Sesquicentennial Awards
Lower School Recipient: Greg Stevens
Middle School Recipient: Pat Woessner
Upper School Recipient: Janet Purdy
