Alumni Impact

List of 46 frequently asked questions.

• 2023: Anne W. Vlahos Zachara '82

  It is with great pleasure that we present the Kiski School Distinguished Alumna Award to Anne Vlahos Zachara, a remarkable individual who has achieved outstanding success in her career and made significant contributions to her community and to our school.

   

  Annie, you graduated from Kiski in 1982 as the Salutatorian of your class, demonstrating a strong academic ability and a passion for learning. You continued to build on this foundation at college and throughout your career. Throughout your academic career, you distinguished yourself as a driven and committed student, always seeking to expand your knowledge and skills.

   

  Following your graduation in 1986 from Bucknell University, where you earned a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies and International Relations and were elected Phi Beta Kappa, you embarked on a successful career in finance, working for a number of prominent firms in the industry, and rising to the Head of Asia Pacific Equity Sales for Credit Suisse. In this role, you have been instrumental in driving growth and success for the company as well as consistently providing valuable insights and strategic leadership to your team.

   

  In addition to your professional accomplishments, you have also demonstrated a genuine commitment to giving back to your company and your community as well as regularly supporting a number of philanthropic causes.

   

  Annie Vlahos Zachara, your dedication to excellence, passion for learning, and commitment to making a positive impact on the world are truly inspiring. As such, we are delighted to honor you with the 2023 Kiski Distinguished Alumna Award in recognition of your outstanding achievements. 

  June 3, 2023

• 2022: Kyle Webb '86

  Kyle Webb, your dedication and support of Kiski and the School’s mission are remarkable and greatly appreciated. 

   

  At Kiski, you were known for your determination, perseverance, and good cheer. These characteristics would serve you well in later life, as would the leadership skills you demonstrated as a student and a prefect.

   

  After graduating from Catholic University, you earned a degree in architecture from North Carolina State University, and your professional career was launched. In a relatively short time, you founded your own architecture firm in 1999 known as K.H. Webb Architects in Vail, Colorado. You and your award-winning firm are now known and respected throughout the country and the world. All along, you have generously served your community with distinction and grace, never compromising the principles and ideals you learned on this campus. For this, you have received many awards, honors, and notes of distinction.

   

  For many years now, you have been engaged in Kiski’s growth and progress as an active alumnus, a class captain, a member of our Board of Visitors, and, during the last six years, as a trustee. Throughout this time, you have always had a positive impact on Kiski and you truly embody all the best qualities we want our students to learn and practice. Your influence on our School will most certainly be felt by many generations of future Kiski Boys.

   

  For your tremendous loyalty, generous sponsorship, and unwavering support of Kiski, a grateful School is honored to present you with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.      

  
  June 4, 2022

• 2021: John Jacob Sr. '89

  John Jacob, your dedication to Kiski is unmatched. 

   

  At Kiski, you were known for your determination and perseverance, which you exhibited in every undertaking.  These characteristics would serve you well in later life, as would the leadership skills you demonstrated as a prefect.

   

  After graduating from Catholic University, you returned home to help turn Highland Tank and Manufacturing into the very successful business it is today.  You have served your community with distinction, never compromising the principles and ideals you learned on this campus.

   

  You have been engaged in Kiski’s growth and progress as a trustee for over a decade.  As our current Board Chairman, you have led the school into a new era with high standards, a great sense of fairness, and most admirably, a caring and charitable heart.  You truly embody all the best qualities we want our students to practice and learn.  The positive impact you continue to have on our school will most certainly be felt by many generations of future Kiski Boys. 

   

  For your tremendous loyalty, generous sponsorship, and unwavering support, a grateful school is honored to present you with this Distinguished Service Award.

   

   

  June 5, 2021

• 2019: Chad McCutcheon '00

  Chad McCutcheon’s strong personal convictions and commitment to the pursuit of excellence led him to accomplish great things during his lifetime.  As a loyal alumnus of Kiski, he showed – through word and deed – how much he cherished this School. 

   

  Chad arrived at Kiski as a freshman in 1996 and, soon after, his intellectual curiosity took hold and grew.  He is remembered fondly and with respect by his teachers and classmates as a tenacious learner and a faithful friend.  Chad was especially proud to be a member of the Varsity Swimming Team.  He celebrated with his teammates when his team was inducted into the Kiski Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016. 

   

  After graduating from Kiski in 2000, Chad remained true to the ideals and principles he learned here.  He graduated from Penn State University in 2004 and later earned a master’s degree in communications from American University.  With his schooling complete, he joined his family’s business, McCutcheon Enterprises, where he served as their communications professional. 

   

  Chad was a very generous person and applied that talent humbly within his community.  In addition to being a member of Kiski’s Board of Visitors, he served on numerous other boards, including the Armstrong Center for Community Learning, the local chapter of the United Way, the Moraine Trails Council, and Board Chairman for Leadership Alle-Kiski Valley.  Chad was also a Church Elder, an Eagle Scout, and a Master Mason of the Kiskiminetas Lodge.

   

  Adroit in the political realm, Chad was always ready for a friendly debate or to lend his assistance with a campaign.  He also had a great love of dirt car racing, but nothing held a more prominent place his heart than family.  Chad had a lot to be proud of, but he beamed brightest in the role of uncle.

   

  For all he accomplished, for his uncompromising moral standards, and for his service to and unwavering love for Kiski, we are proud to honor Chad Alan McCutcheon today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

   

  June 1, 2019

• 2018: Thomas Sturges '63

  Tom Sturges, your unrelenting drive, unique vision, and inspirational leadership have led you to accomplish great things in the world of business and community leadership.  Through word and deed, you have shown how much you value Kiski and its educational mission.  This citation makes official our deep admiration for the example you have set as a leader and a devoted Kiski alumnus. 

   

  After Kiski, you attended and graduated from Bucknell University and followed your passion for engineering to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia where you took an active part in the structural and nuclear design departments for this shipbuilding company. 

   

  Upon the conclusion of your work in Virginia, you moved back to Pennsylvania to take over as the Chief Engineer for Pennsylvania Drilling Company in Imperial, Pennsylvania.  Over the years, your career flourished.  Your second position at Pennsylvania Drilling was a Vice President, and a few years later, you were elected to be the President and Chairman of the Board, a position you continue to hold to this day. 

   

  Along the way, you have found the time to be involved as a trustee for the Pittsburgh Geological Society and the Early Learning Institute of Pittsburgh.  You have also been a director of Conservation Consultants, Inc., and the National Drilling Association Insurance Company as well as a member of the West Virginia Division of the Environmental Protection Board focused on the monitoring of Well design and construction.   

   

  Throughout your life you have been a thinker, a leader, and a generous philanthropist.  You and your wife, Barbara, have been gracious and longtime benefactors of both Bucknell and Kiski.  You have been a dedicated father to your daughter Melissa, and to your son Caleb, who is also a Kiski alumnus, Class of 1993.

   

  Tom Sturges, for your many achievements in life and for the thoughtful and loyal generosity you continue to dedicate to help to advance Kiski’s greater good, we are very proud to honor you today with our Distinguished Alumnus Award.   

• 2017: Walter McPhail '51

  Walter McPhail, your unrelenting drive, unique vision, and inspiring leadership have led you to accomplish great things in the world of business and entrepreneurship.  Through word and deed, you have shown how much you value Kiski and its educational mission.  This citation makes official our deep admiration for the example you have set as a leader and a devoted Kiski alumnus. 

   

  After Kiski, you graduated from Denison University and followed your passion for business as you embarked on a career as the founder of Lectron Products, a manufacturer of electro-mechanical products for the automotive industry.  When you sold Lectron, you pushed forward once again by starting the McPhail Corporation. 

   

  Along the way, you founded several other companies.  Most recently, because you are not one to embrace the idea of retirement, you put your creative energy to new use by starting Rotortech Services in West Palm Beach, Florida.  As company president, you not only oversee helicopter repair operations, but you also continue to perform as a highly-skilled pilot. 

   

  Throughout your life you have been a thinker, a leader, and a philanthropist.  You have been a longtime benefactor of both Kiski and Denison. In addition, with your wife, Mary Anne, you have loyally supported Michigan State University and major equestrian events in Florida. 

   

  In 1995, with your guidance and financial backing, Kiski installed a fiber-optic infrastructure to address campus-wide technology needs, which allowed us to be one of the first schools in the nation to launch a student laptop program.  We will be forever grateful for the transformational impact your vision and sponsorship have had on our School.

   

  Walter McPhail, for your many achievements in life and for the generosity you continue to supply to help advance Kiski’s purpose, we are very proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

   

  June 3, 2017

• 2016: Roger Kishman '62

  Roger Kishman, your unrelenting drive and propensity for leadership have led you to prodigious accomplishments in the world of business and management. You have applied those same talents towards your exemplary and transformational work as a Kiski ambassador.  This citation makes official our deep admiration for the example you have set as a Kiski alumnus.

   

  After your graduation from Oberlin School of Commerce, you embarked on a successful accounting and financial operations career. You were drawn to leadership roles and quickly ascended to become a Chapter President, Regional Chapter Liaison Representative, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Hospital Financial Management Association. As a Rotarian, you served as a Treasurer and President, and were recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow.

   

  You have volunteered those same talents to Kiski in ways that have strengthened and sustained our important Class Captain Program, our institutional advancement operation, and our School. As a Class Captain, you have established and cultivated connections between Kiski and The Class of 1962 – a class that can be counted among the most engaged with Kiski by multiple measures. As our first “General” of the Kiski Class Captains, you have been a steadfast motivator and mentor for scores of Class Captains from all eras.

   

  Your enthusiasm and love for Kiski have made you an ideal member of our Board of Visitors. Your opinion is sought routinely and trusted unequivocally. What is best for Kiski is always at the forefront of your mind, and our best has been propelled by your influence. During a remarkable era of growth and revival for Kiski, you have been a powerful catalyst.

   

  Roger Kishman, for your many achievements in life, and for the thoughtfulness and generosity you have supplied to Kiski through the lending of your talents of leadership and mentoring to advance the School’s mission, we are proud to honor you today with our Distinguished Alumnus Award.

• 2015: D. Thompson Jones '79

  Tom Jones, your strong personal convictions and commitment to the pursuit of excellence have led you to accomplish many great things in your lifetime.  As a loyal alumnus and supporter of Kiski, you have repeatedly shown how much you cherish this School and its educational mission.  Today, it is our turn to let you know how much we value you.

   

  You arrived at Kiski in 1975 as an eager and energetic young man, and your intellectual curiosity quickly took hold and grew.  You are remembered fondly and with respect by your classmates and teachers as an inquisitive student, a talented athlete, a faithful friend, and a gentleman with a healthy sense of humor. 

   

  After Kiski, you attended and graduated from the College of Wooster.  Now, as the co-founder and Managing Director at Draper Triangle, your enthusiasm, strategic thinking, and personal drive have allowed you to become a highly successful venture capitalist who has helped dozens of early-stage technology companies grow and succeed.  And, over the years, you have steadfastly remained a devoted and caring son, husband, and father. 

   

  As you continue to serve as a valuable member of Kiski’s Board of Trustees, your dedication to our School is sincerely treasured by our Board, our administration, our faculty, and our students.   

   

  Tom Jones, for all you have accomplished, for your uncompromising standards, and for your service to and unwavering love for Kiski, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

                                                                                                                         

  May 29, 2015

• 2014: Robert Jamison Jr. '64

  Robert Jamison, your strong personal convictions and commitment to the pursuit of excellence have led you to accomplish many great things in your lifetime.  As a loyal alumnus and supporter of Kiski, you have repeatedly shown how much you cherish this School and its educational mission. 

   

  You arrived at Kiski in 1961 as an eager young man, and your intellectual curiosity quickly took hold and grew.  You are remembered fondly and with respect by your classmates as an inquisitive learner, a solid athlete, a faithful friend, and a true gentleman – gifted with a wonderful sense of humor. 

   

  After Kiski, you attended the University of Pittsburgh and majored in history before embarking on a rewarding career in business.   As the Chief Executive Officer of Marshall Elevator Company, your enthusiasm, strategic thinking, and personal drive allowed you to become a truly successful leader. 

   

  In addition, your genuine altruistic nature inspired you to share your time and talents as a community leader with many charitable causes including your service as a trustee of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and as a director of Family Guidance, a youth mentoring program.  And, over the years, you have steadfastly remained a dedicated and caring husband, father, and grandfather. 

   

  As you continue to serve as a loyal and committed member of Kiski’s Board of Trustees, your dedication to our School is sincerely treasured by our Board, our administration, our faculty, and our students.   

   

  Bob Jamison, for all you have accomplished, for your uncompromising standards, and for your service to and unwavering love for Kiski, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

                                                                                                                         

  May 30, 2014

• 2013: Thomas Kozub '65

  An essential factor in maintaining Kiski’s distinct philosophy has been the service of graduates who have made teaching their vocation, who have known and loved their alma mater, and who, over time, have helped to shape the school through their leadership. 
  
  

  Thomas Kozub, you embody all of these honorable characteristics.

  As a Kiski student, you were recognized for your strong work ethic, your tireless resolve, and your exceptional talents as an athlete.  You graduated from Kiski in 1965 and returned a few years later as a member of the faculty.  You spent the next three decades of your life serving Kiski as a teacher, coach, dorm master, and administrator. 
  
  

  As Kiski’s Athletic Director, you held our players to the highest standards and helped them to appreciate the value of good sportsmanship and fair play.  As the Dean of Students, you were known for your uncompromising principles, always remaining true to the ideals that matter most: honor, courage and integrity.

  In all of the roles you filled at Kiski, you executed your duties faithfully and well, always winning the admiration and affection of your colleagues and your students.  With your wife Barbara by your side, you touched the lives of well over a thousand Kiski Boys, all of them better people for the guidance and care you supplied at every turn. 
  
  

  In recognition of your exceptional level of service to Kiski and your lifelong accomplishments in the field of education, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award. 

• 2012: Christopher Hassler '73

  Christopher Hassler, as a Kiski student and athlete you were known for your determination, intelligence and leadership.  These characteristics together with your commitment to the ideals you learned at Kiski have helped you accomplish great things in your life.  It is with great pride that we count you as a Kiski alumnus and trustee. 

   

  After graduating from the United States Naval Academy you served honorably as a U.S. Naval Officer specializing in engineering and tactical operations.  In addition, you were a Surface Warfare Officer and a department head.  You retired as a Commander, USNR, while serving with the Joint Forces Command and NATO Joint Striking Fleet Atlantic.  Your ability to strategically think and lead others continued to be worthy assets as you founded and now continue to grow your consulting company Syndetics, Inc. Under your guidance the company has flourished and is recognized today as one of the most successful businesses of its kind in the United States.

   

  Your service outside the business world is equally impressive.  You have committed yourself to charitable causes in your community and around the country.  Most notably, as a generous and devoted member of The Kiski School’s Board of Trustees, you have supported your school and its educational mission through your wise counsel, your generous sponsorship and your steadfast leadership.  As a proud and loyal alumnus of Kiski, you have repeatedly shown, through word and deed, how much you cherish your school.

   

  In recognition of your notable accomplishments and your ongoing dedication to Kiski, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

• 2011: Robert Gleason Jr. '57

  Robert Gleason, as a Kiski student you were known for your determination and leadership.  These characteristics together with your abiding commitment to the ideals and principles you learned on this campus have helped you accomplish great things.  It is with great pride that we count you as a Kiski alumnus. 

   

  After graduating from The University of Pennsylvania, you served as a captain in the United States Air Force.  Your ability to lead continued to be a notable asset as you began your career with the Gleason Corporation, taking the helm as CEO and Chairman in 1994, a position you continue to hold today.  Under your guidance the company has flourished and is recognized as one of the largest and most successful businesses of its kind in the United States.

   

  Your skills as an organizer and motivator have garnered success outside of the business world as well.  Fulfilling the caption beneath your Kiski yearbook photo that stated you would shape the political world of our nation, you have held many important political and governmental posts at the county, state, and national levels, including your tenure as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as Chairman of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, a position you have held since 2006 due to your remarkable work ethic and clear vision.

   

  You have committed yourself to many charitable causes in your community, sharing your time and expertise with organizations devoted to education, health care, and religion.  Most notably, as a devoted member of Kiski School’s Board of Trustees, you have supported your School through your wise counsel, your generous sponsorship, and your solid leadership.

   

  In recognition of your notable accomplishments, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

• 2010: Marc Robertshaw '72

  Marc Robertshaw, as a faithful alumnus, you have consistently demonstrated your steadfast devotion to Kiski.  Now it is our turn to let you know how proud we are to count you as a son of this School. 

   

  After graduating from Kiski in 1972, you remained true to the ideals and principles you learned here.  At Georgetown University you graduated with distinction and later earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Boston University.   You have led a diverse and accomplished professional life including your work as the Chief Executive Officer of the Vendors Purchasing Council as well as your decades of committed leadership to the Robertshaw Management Company.  

   

  Your selfless and enduring dedication to charitable organizations has been equally impressive. You have served on numerous boards, including Seton Hill University, Seton Hill Child Care, The Valley School of Ligonier, and the Diocese of Greensburg.  As Chairman of the Board of Adelphi USA you have lead by example, inspiring thousands of others to engage in good works and compassionate deeds. 

   

  As a loyal member of Kiski’s Board of Trustees, you have supported our School by means of your counsel, your sponsorship, and your quiet but certain leadership style.  As the co-chairman of our most recent capital campaign, you have repeatedly proven, through word and deed, how much you cherish our School and support its important educational mission. 

   

  For all of your accomplishments as a regional business leader, for your high standards of character and integrity, and most of all, for your service to and steadfast love of Kiski, we are very proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.                                                                                                          

  May 28, 2010

• 2009: M. Dean Mosites '72

  Dean Mosites, your steadfast devotion to our School has not gone unnoticed. As a loyal alumnus of Kiski, you demonstrate through your words and deeds how much our School means to you. Today, it is our turn to show you how much your efforts are appreciated.
  
  You have stayed a loyal friend of our School since you graduated in 1972. While a student here you were respected for your determination to succeed and also for your toughness on the wrestling mat.
  
  These qualities served you well as you went on to graduate from The University of Pittsburgh and later to become the President of the Building Division of Mosites Construction Company.
  
  As a valued member of Kiski's Board of Trustees, you have worked tirelessly on various projects and helped maintain the forward momentum that Kiski now enjoys. You continue to give back, many times over, all that you gained while you were a student here. Without your support and conviction, the Heath Hall project would not have come to pass. Your yeomanlike work on behalf of the Swank Student Center gave the project "legs" and allowed it to leap from the architect's drawing board to reality for Kiski.
  
  Your matter-of-fact, pleasant and unpretentious manner along with your "let's get it done" attitude leads others to respect and want to follow you.
  
  It is with great pride and affection that we honor you today for your achievements, for your service to and abiding love for your school. It is our privilege to present you with Kiski's Distinguished Alumnus Award.
  

• 2008: William Bower '73

  William Bower, you arrive at Kiski as a student in 1970, and for all but seven of the years thereafter, you have learned, taught, coaches and lived on this campus. During your career, you have touched the lives of well over a thousand Kiski Boys - all of them better people for the guidance and care you provided.
  
  As a Kiski student, you were recognized for your strong aptitude in math and science and, most especially, for you extraordinary talents as a swimmer. You earned All-American status three times, won the Prep School National Championship twice, and broke the national breast stroke record as a senior.
  
  As a Division-I athlete at Tulane, you were a seven-time national finalist and participated in the Olympic trials in 1976. After earning your undergraduate degree, you returned to Kiski and spent the next decade of your life as a teacher, coach and dorm master.
  
  In 1986, you left Kiski for four years to return to your native New Orleans, where you earned your Master's degree in Mathematics Education at Loyola University. During that period, you coached two State Championship teams and were voted Swimming Coach of the Year in Louisiana. 
  
  You returned to campus in 1990 to teach and coach again and, later, to serve the School as Mathematics Department Chairman and Director of Studies. You embraced new methods of teaching and welcomed graphing calculator technology into your classroom. You quickly became a leader in this field and a sought-after speaker at math workshops and conferences. You have authored and co-authored a number of graphing calculator workbooks that are still used today in the United States and other countries.
  
  For all your accomplishments, for your unwavering commitment to the principles you learned on this campus, and for your service to and steadfast love of Kiski, we are proud to honor you with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

• 2008: Joseph Handrahan Jr. '65

  Joseph W. Handrahan Jr., your abiding love for this School is remarkable. In the past, you have let us know how much Kiski means to you. Now it is Kiski's turn to let you know how much you mean to it.
  
  As a Kiski student, your athletic accomplishments in football, basketball and track are famous. You were well-known for your hard work and tenacity, which you exhibited in every task. This resolve would serve you well later in life, as would the strong leadership skills you displayed at Kiski as a junior and senior prefect and as the Head Prefect of the Class of 1965.
  
  After earning your undergraduate degree from Muskingum College and working for a short while for your father, an All-American football player at Dartmouth College, you returned to Kiski as a teacher, coach and dorm master. During your time as a faculty member, you touched the lives of Kiski Boys and your colleagues as you led our Fine Arts program and supervised the day-to-day operations of our maintenance department. Your former students remember your classes as creative and engaging; on the football field, you held your players to high standards and helped them to appreciate the importance of sportsmanship and teamwork.
  
  You left Kiski in 1974 to begin a successful career in the business world. Starting with U.S. Steel Corporation you have been Kiski's Man of Steel since 1975. After U.S. Steel you worked for smaller steel companies in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Tulsa, Dallas and once again, Pittsburgh. In 2001 you founded Penn State Special Metals and in 2003 Summerill Tube Corporation. Most recently, as President and CEO of Summerill Tube Corporation, you have grown the company into the thriving business it is today.
  
  As a devoted member of Kiski's Board of Trustees, you have helped lead our School into a new era, supporting our mission at every turn through wise counsel and generous sponsorship.
  
  For all your accomplishments, for your service to and steadfast love for Kiski and for your indomitable personality, we are very proud to honor you with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.

• 2007: Glenn Ballard '51

  Glenn Ballard, it is with great pride that we count you as a Son of Kiski. Your accomplishments in the field of education are remarkable; your dedication to this School has been constant and true.
  
  At Kiski, you grew and flourished as a student and athlete. Your skills as a young mathematician were undeniable. In addition to your scholarly pursuits, you earned letters in four varsity sports during your senior year. You represented your classmates admirably as a speaker at Kiski's Commencement Exercises in 1951.
  
  After earning your undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh, you returned to Kiski as a teacher, coach, dorm master, and later, as Mathematics Department Chairman and Director of Studies. With your beloved Ann at your side, you touched the lives of hundreds and hundreds of Kiski Boys. In the classroom, you were demanding by fair; on the field, you held your players to the highest standards and helped them to appreciate the value of good sportsmanship and fair play.
  
  You left Kiski in 1965 to begin a long and distinguished career as a headmaster. For more than three decades, you provided steady guidance, solid leadership and outstanding vision for some of the finest and most respected independent schools in the country. During your impressive tenure, you remained faithful to the ideals that matter most: honor, courage, and integrity.
  
  For all your accomplishments, for your unwavering commitment to the principles you learned on this campus, and for your service to and steadfast love for Kiski, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award. 
  
  May 25, 2007

• 2006: Norman Ream Jr. '64

  Norman Ream Jr., you arrived at Kiski as a freshman in 1960 and, soon after, your intellectual curiosity took hold and grew. You were a solid athlete, making sound contributions on two varsity teams - football and swimming. You are remembered fondly and with respect by your classmates as a tenacious learner and a faithful friend.
  
  After graduating from Kiski in 1964, you remained true to the ideals and principles you learned here. At Lycoming College you graduated with distinction and later earned a doctorate from the Southern California School of Theology in Claremont, California. After working as a counselor and administrator for the Federal Prison System in Alderson, West Virginia, you founded Reams Interests and served as the company's president. Your great success as a businessman and your altruistic nature as a person informed your generosity to Kiski, where you served as a trustee for many decades. Your commitment to this School and its mission were unmatched.
  
  Your charitable work in the non-profit world was inspiring. You served on numerous boards, including the Greenbrier Valley Theater and as President of the United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia.
  
  For all you have accomplished, for your uncompromising moral standards, and for your service to and unwavering love for Kiski , we are proud to honor you with this Distinguished Alumnus Award. 

• 2005: James Moore Jr. '71

  James Moore, your personal integrity and pursuit of excellence have led you to accomplish great things. As a devoted alumnus and faithful friend, you have let us know how much you value this place, and not it is our turn to let you know how proud we are to count you as a son of this School.
  
  At Kiski, your political interests took hold; you served as moderator for the Political Forum and co-founded the St. Andrew Society, Kiski's largest club at the time. As a Senior Prefect, you practiced the strong leadership skills that would serve you so well in later life.
  
  After graduating in 1971, you remained true to the ideals and principles you learned here. At Rutgers University, you graduated with highest distinction and later earned a Masters Degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. You have led a diverse and accomplished professional life in government, business, academia and now, as a celebrated author. Your notable accomplishments are too many to cite, but among them are your service under President Ronald Regan as Assistant Secretary of Commerce, your professorship at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business, and your role in providing expert political commentary to national publications and media outlets.
  
  Your service in the non-profit world has been equally impressive. You have served on numerous boards, including a term as the youngest Board Chairman of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian. As a Kiski Trustee for more than two decades, your commitment to your School and its mission has been unsurpassed.
  
  For all your accomplishments, for your unwavering ethical standards, and for your service to and steadfast love for Kiski, we are proud to honor you today with this Distinguished Alumnus Award.
  
  May 27, 2005

• 2004: Walter Bortz III '62

  Walter Bortz, your entire career has been devoted to accomplishments in the field of education. Your personal integrity and pursuit of excellence have led you to your current position of esteem as President of Hampden-Sydney College.
  
  Ever since your graduation in 1962, you have lived the values you demonstrated as an outstanding Kiski student. You were the quintessential Kiski Boy: leading by example, testing your limits and achieving your goals in the classroom, in the athletic contest, in the Glee Club, and in all areas of school life.
  
  Later, as a devoted member of Kiski School's Board of Trustee's, you supported your school by means of your counsel, sponsorship, and quiet leadership style.
  
  For all you have accomplished in the field of education, for your high standards of character, and for your service to and abiding love for your school, Kiski salutes you. It is an honor to number you among our graduates.
  
  May 28, 2004

• 2003: Russell Swank III '67

  Russ Swank, your abiding love of this school is unsurpassed. As the son of one of our most beloved alumni, and the proud father of two Kiski boys, you have let us know how much you cherish this place, and it is now our turn to let you know how much we value you.
  
  At Kiski, you were known for your determination and perseverance, which you exhibited in every undertaking, but especially in football, wrestling and track. This tenacity would serve you well in later life, as would the strong leadership skills you exhibited as a Kiski prefect for two years.
  
  After college, you served your country as a naval officer, then returned home to help turn Swank Associated Companies into the very successful business it is today. As a close neighbor of Kiski, your family members have been steadfast supporters, cheering Kiski boys on in athletic contests, and attending our most important events. As our current Board Chairman, you have led the school into a new era with unwavering commitment, a great sense of fairness, and most admirably, a caring and charitable heart. You truly exemplify those qualities we desire for all Kiski boys.
  
  We are a very grateful school, and honor you today for your accomplishments, for the work you do each day for Kiski, but most of all, for your love for, and faithfulness to, all that is great about our school.
  
  May 24, 2003

• 2002: Thomas Sherrard III '62

  Thomas Sherrard, your career is and always has been the prototype of the ideal Kiski Boy.
  
  Here, as an undergraduate, you distinguished yourself in so many ways. You were one of the finest students of your decade, graduating here as salutatorian of your class. You were one of the finest athletes of the decade, earning varsity letters in three sports. Your participation in extracurricular activities has seldom been equaled and you finished up as one of the truly great head prefects in Kiski's history.
  
  It truly, as we have mentioned, can be said that your career serves as a role model for all Kiski Boys.
  
  Today, you honor Kiski by returning to receive one of its most revered awards, The Outstanding Kiski Alumnus Award of the year 2002.
  
  May 25, 2002

• 2001: Maynard Murch IV '63

  Maynard Murch, your life has been intertwined with Kiski since the fall of 1961 when you enrolled here.
  
  Your career has been marked by an unbroken series of successes as an athlete and as a highly respected prefect, diligent student and participating member of the student body.
  
  In latter years you have served your school as a trustee, and your services and devotion have been vital to its success. As a concerned and involved trustee your caring watchfulness and involvement have done much to insure Kiski's future.
  
  For all of your contributions your grateful school honors you today, but most of all it honors you because of your lifelong performance as a true Kiski Boy.
  
  May 30, 2001

• 2000: David Conrad '85

  David Crawford Conrad II, since your first days at Kiski in 1982 your accomplishments have reflected credit on your school.
  
  Here you were known and highly respected as an outstanding student, a superior athlete and a junior and senior prefect.
  
  You continued your successful career at Brown University.
  
  Since graduating from that venerable institution you trained for a career in acting and earned a worldwide reputation as a performer on the stage, television, and motion pictures.
  
  As great as that fame was, you never forgot your roots at Kiski. Despite that fame and your extremely busy schedule, you have always found time to return to the campus and contribute to the education of Kiski Boys by participating in their drama classes.
  
  For all of your accomplishments, your proud school honors you today, but most of all it honors you because you are the quintessential Kiski boy.
  
  May 31, 2000

• 1998: Lee Crawford '66

  Lee Crawford, a large segment of your life has been spent in dedicated service to Kiski School.
  
  Since your days as a student you have represented the Kiski ideal. Here, where you were in your youth one of the outstanding athletes of your time, you earned a reputation for hard work, dedication and most of all forthrightness.
  
  In later years, when you returned to your school as teacher, athletic coach, director of admissions, and finally assistant headmaster, your service and dedication to Kiski continued.
  
  As head of the English department, you have molded the nucleus of a powerful organization. As head baseball coach, you have achieved by far the best record in Kiski's history. As assistant headmaster, you have organized and directed this school's operations with skill and vision, without ever sacrificing or losing your most outstanding quality - forthrightness.
  
  Now you choose to relinquish your administrative duties to return to your first love - the classroom. For all of your virtues and contributions your grateful school proudly honors you today.
  
  May 27, 1998

• 1996: Robert Johnston '51

  Robert Johnston, your long service at Kiski has always been held in high regard by those of us at your school.
  
  Your education career began here where you served as a teacher and later as Assistant to the Headmaster.
  
  Since that time you have served as Headmaster of four of America's finest schools and to each you have brought your own dedication to and insight into students.
  
  Today your grateful school honors you for your accomplishments but particularly it honors you for the fact that you have brought the Kiski message and the Kiski idea to so many other schools.
  
  May 29, 1996

• 1996: Gerald Yukevich '64

  Gerald Yukevich, your career at Kiski foreshadowed that of your later years.
  
  A hallmark of your Kiski days was a breadth of interest and ability. As Head Prefect, newspaper Editor, President of the Glee Club, Captain of the football team, Cum Laude member and recipient of the Kiski Award, you made a contribution perhaps unmatched by any other Kiski boy of the 1960s.
  
  Since your graduation your career has continued to follow equally diverse directions. As physician, playwright, poet, and novelist you have continued to earn the honor and respect you earned here.
  
  For all of your accomplishments your grateful school honors you today, but even more it honors you because you came closer perhaps than anyone else to personifying its ideal -- The Kiski Boy.
  
  May 29, 1996

• 1994: James Cavalier '40

  James Cavalier, your life work is actually reflected in the physical existence of your school.
  
  In the days when Kiski was struggling to maintain its existence, and when its very future could not be foreseen for more than a few weeks at a time, you were instrumental in changing that fact and insuring the continuation of your school.
  
  Indeed, seven of the magnificent structures that now dominate Kiski's campus were built not only by your company but also by means of your generosity and your unwillingness to profit from the venture.
  
  You more than most Kiski alumni can be assured that your legacy will always be one which will contribute to the welfare of your school's most important asset - Kiski Boys.
  
  June 1, 1994

• 1993: Carl Kalnow '68

  Your early career at Kiski gave ample promise of your future success and contribution to your school.
  
  Here you were highly honored and recognized by your school and by your peers. As captain of two varsity teams, prefect and officer of several organizations you displayed the leadership and diligence for which you have always been remembered at Kiski.
  
  Indeed your name is still mentioned as a benchmark for all Kiski baseball players and leaders who have followed you.
  
  As a Trustee your diligence, loyalty and guidance have benefitted all Kiski boys who have followed in your footsteps. 
  
  Today, for your loyalty to Kiski and for your loyalty to Kiski boys whom this institution cherishes, your grateful school honors you. 
  
  June 2, 1993

• 1992: Timothy Lewis '72

  Timothy Lewis, your entire life has been marked by cycles of achievement accompanied by greater promise for the future.
  
  As an entering freshman at Kiski you showed this promise and each year you lived up to it with ever growing achievements. As a student you grew and progressed, climbing from one level of excellence to another, graduating finally as an honor student. This same pattern held true of your athletic career which was marked by constant improvement and promise, climaxing in the earning of ten Varsity letters.
  
  The promise you showed Kiski resulted in ever greater subsequent achievements, marked by an illustrious career at Tufts University, a successful career at Duquesne Law School, and then a superb performance as an Assistant United States Attorney.
  
  Now, once more that promise has resulted in your being named by the President of the United States as the youngest member of this nation's Federal Judiciary.
  
  For all of your accomplishments, academic, athletic and professional, your proud and grateful school honors you today. But most of all it honors you because once more your great promise gives us strong reason to suspect that your future holds even greater success for you and, through you, for Kiski.
  
  May 27, 1992

• 1992: E. William Turley '64

  William Turley, almost your entire life has been associated with and dedicated to the Kiski School.
  
  Here, where you began your career as a freshman, you earned a record as a student leader who led through example. Indeed your academic accomplishments stand even today as a goal and benchmark for Kiski Boys who have followed you.
  
  Since your return to your school from Yale and the Vietnam War as a classroom instructor and the school's Director of Studies, you have been unsurpassed in your dedication to Kiski students and unrivaled in your ability to transmit both subject knowledge and the most admirable personal standards of social responsibility.
  
  Kiski is proud to call you its own, and grateful for the opportunity to honor you today because you are, above all, that which it most admires and aspires to - a magnificent teacher of Kiski Boys.
  
  May 27, 1992

• 1991: Marshall Goldberg '64

  Marshall Goldberg, your undergraduate years at Kiski accurately foreshadowed your future career.
  
  Here you were admired and respected for your diversity and pursuit of excellence, as one of the leading scholars of your time, as one of the finest athletes of the 1960's, as an incredible contributor to a myriad of extracurricular activities, and as a Prefect for two years.
  
  Your later career at Harvard and then at Stanford Law School continued to reflect this pattern.
  
  After graduation you distinguished yourself in law and in politics and then did what few men have the courage to do.
  
  You changed professions and immediately became one of America's most successful and respected writers for television and cinema. Your work received nationwide praise.
  
  For all of your accomplishments we at your grateful school honor you today, but most of all we honor you for your courage, diversity and breadth of interest, qualities we desire for all Kiski boys.
  
  May 29, 1991

• 1990: Jack Fuellhart '62

  Jack Fuellhart, your years as a student here were an accurate predictor of your future career.
  
  Here, you were known as the hardest working student in the school. You earned great recognition as an outstanding athlete - a superior performer in track, and the finest wrestler of your generation if not of all Kiski's history.
  
  Since graduation your great success as one of America's foremost developers of cable television has been due to the same traits you exhibited here at Kiski.
  
  As a generous Alumnus and dedicated Trustee you have done much to assure that the benefit of the Kiski Experience will be passed on to other young men.
  
  For your many successes your grateful school honors you today, but above all it honors you for the strength of character and refusal to give up that we like to think developed here.
  
  May 30, 1990

• 1988: Alan Andreini '64

  Alan Andreini, your undergraduate years at Kiski were an accurate prediction of your future successes. 
  
  Here, you were known as highly respected for your competitive drive in all areas of student life. As an honor student, prefect, and captain of three varsity teams you stood out for your accomplishments and will to win.
  
  As the greatest distance and middle-distance runner in Kiski's history, you began here a track career which continued on through your Princeton years where you earned a place among the world's top mile runners.
  
  You post-graduate career has been marked by similar success in the nation's and the world's financial markets, and has enabled you as a devoted trustee to continue your life-long contributions to Kiski.
  
  For all of these accomplishments, your grateful school honors you today, but most of all it honors you because you personify its most cherished principle - that man was born to succeed and that he can do so through unflagging and undying perseverance. 
  
  May 27, 1988
  (accepted 1989)

• 1988: A. Richard Kneedler '61

  Richard Kneedler, your career as an undergraduate at Kiski is one which has seldom been equaled in the twenty-seven years since your graduation. Your record here as a prefect, as one of the finest editors of the Kiski News has ever had and as a respected leader was superb.
  
  Your academic record has, since your graduation, served as a bench mark for all superior Kiski students.
  
  This record accurately foreshadowed the excellence you have achieved in your post-graduate career, a career which has culminated in your election as president of one of America's most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
  
  Today, Richard Kneedler, your proud and grateful school honors you for all of your accomplishments, but most of all it honors you because you are the living personification of that oft-used, but difficult to define ideal - the Kiski boy.
  
  October 12, 1988

• 1987: John "Jungle Jack" Hanna '65

  Jack Hanna, your career as a Kiski boy gave many indications of the success you would achieve later in life.
  
  Here, where you were known as a successful athlete, team captain, respected prefect and one of the most dedicated students of your era, you were even better known for your overwhelming interest in the care and training of animals.
  
  Your career since graduation has brought international renown to you, and through you, to Kiski.
  
  As a loyal alumnus, a dedicated trustee, the most respected zoo curator in America, and more recently media celebrity, you have always furthered and added to the name and fame of Kiski.
  
  For all of these actions your proud and grateful school honors you today, but most of all, it honors you because your life is living proof of Kiski's oft-stated conviction that young men should be encouraged to follow their dreams wherever they may lead.
  
  June 3, 1987

• 1986: Carroll "Beano" Cook '49

  Carroll H. Cook, your reputation for reportorial honesty and candor began in your student days at Kiski when you gained early recognition as a sports commentator that always spoke the truth regardless of consequence.
  
  Your subsequent career in which you have gained national fame as a writer, a commentator and most of all as one of America's most quoted humorists, has always been marked by a degree of success which reflects great honor on your school.
  
  Today that school honors you for these accomplishments but even more it honors you because your honestly and candor are qualities which it values highly and hopes to instill in all of its graduates.
  
  May 28, 1986

• 1985: Allen Glick '60

  Allen Robert Glick, your career at Kiski was an accurate predictor of your later life.
  
  Your deep involvement as a concerned leader of school organizations and your outstanding leadership as captain of the football team foreshadowed the life of service to others which you have led since your graduation.
  
  This life has included election as the man of the year of a large metropolis and citations for your leadership in such organizations as the United Way, the American Boy Scouts, the United Jewish Appeal, and Bonds for Israel.
  
  Today, the twenty-fifth anniversary of your graduation, your grateful school honors you because your life has typified the ideals of altruism and unselfish contribution that it hopes to impart to all of its students.
  
  May 29, 1985

• 1984: D. Allison McDowell '48

  Allison McDowell, your school honors you and takes pride in your life.
  
  Your loyalty as an alumnus has always been marked by a generosity of spirit and a dedication of purpose.
  
  Kiski has followed with pride your career which has taken advantage of your talent to make you into one of Pennsylvania's best known and admired media reporters.
  
  Despite its pride in your career, however, Kiski honors you today gratefully to acknowledge your consistent generosity in your willingness always to contribute your great talent to furthering the school's pursuit of its highest aims. 
  
  May 30, 1984

• 1982: Samuel Jack '47

  Samuel Jack, your school has many reasons to take pride in you.
  
  Your business career, marked by an almost unparalleled success, has been equally marked by a concern for employees, unsurpassed in today's world of impersonal business relationships.
  
  Your school, however, takes an even greater pride in the least known facet of your career, your concern for young people. Because of your modesty few are aware of the number of youngsters whose lives have been changed or whose careers have been enhanced by your virtually anonymous generosity.
  
  Today, Samuel W. Jack, your grateful school honors you for all of your accomplishments, but most of all it honors you because, better than most men, you typify Kiski's most cherished aim - to enrich the lives and advance the careers of our country's youth.
  
  June 2, 1982

• 1980: Alex Schoenbaum '35

  Alex Schoenbaum, your entire life and career service since your graduation from Kiski have been dominated by the fact that more than most men you have a strong feeling of obligation and responsibility to your fellow man and to the institutions which serve him.
  
  Your Kiski undergraduate career was distinguished by your outstanding leadership and character and by the fact that you developed here into one of the truly great athletes of this nation.
  
  Your subsequent career as one of the pioneers of your industry in which you have risen to national prominence has continued o be characterized by this same concern for the welfare of others.
  
  Your fellow Kiski Alumni and fellow Kiski Trustees take great pride in your famed willingness to give of yourself and your possessions to the many charitable organizations which serve this nation and its people.
  
  Your contributions to your school as a dedicated alumnus and concerned trustee has been of inestimable value.
  
  Kiski is proud of its ability to instill in its students a sense of community responsibility. To you, Alex Schoenbaum, it points with pride as the finest example of that ability.
  
  May 28, 1980

• 1980: W. Logan Dickerson '45

  Logan Dickerson, your service to Kiski has been equaled by few of your fellow alumni and surpassed, perhaps, by none.
  
  Your undergraduate career was distinguished not only by athletic success but also by intellectual powers so strong that you were able to graduate earlier than your class in order to begin your studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
  
  Your service to Kiski, first as a loyal Alumnus, then as an Alumni Trustee and then as a Permanent Trustee, has covered several decades, and each year has seen your involvement and contributions grow.
  
  Institutions like Kiski benefit from many kinds of support, financial and moral and you have supported your school in each of those areas.
  
  But institutions survive and flourish only when there are men who are willing to give of their time and themselves in those areas of support which receive few plaudits and bring no tangible reward.
  
  In this area, Logan Dickerson, you have served Kiski as few others have. Your quiet dedication is measured in the untold hours you have given, unrewarded and unthanked. Hours of inestimable value, known to but a very few.
  
  For all of your accomplishments, but most of all for your unswerving loyalty and wisdom, your grateful school honors you.
  
  Kiski School
  May 28, 1980
  
  
  Kiski Medal of Excellence
  
  Logan Dickerson, your entire life has been devoted to Kiski. Here, you were an outstanding student, a loyal and devoted alumnus who gave years and years of service to his school, and finally several decades as a Trustee whose leadership and advice were invaluable.
  
  We believe that it can truly be said that no man at anytime has ever made more of a contribution to the welfare and continuation of Kiski, and it is with great pride and honor that we confer on you today the first Kiski Medal of Excellence.
  
  May 25, 2002

• 1979: Reno DiOrio '59

  Reno DiOrio, your entire career has been one which has served your school. From your days as a student when as the best athlete of the decade nd the most respected leader of your time you became a legend in the minds of Kiski boys, to your days as a faculty member, your contributions to Kiski have been unsurpassed.
  
  As a teacher and dormitory master you earned the respect of your pupils.
  
  As perhaps the most successful athletic coach of your time you have built teams which have reflected your own standards of sportsmanship and respect for excellence. 
  
  As an administrator you have unselfishly given of your leadership and intelligence to your school for fourteen years.
  
  For all these contributions your place at Kiski is secure forever.
  
  But valuable as theses are, they pale in comparison to the simple example you have set for all of us, teachers and students, as a man of honesty and integrity.
  
  For this most of all your grateful school honors you.
  
  May 30, 1979

• 1979: Russell Swank Jr. '42

  Russell Swank, all of your associations with Kiski have typified your rare qualities of loyalty, devotion and good humor.
  
  From your undergraduate days as an extremely popular student leader and outstanding athlete to the present these qualities have worked to the benefit of your school.
  
  Your services as a class agent have been such as to maintain the loyalty or many alumni of your generation.
  
  Your own loyalty to Kiski and to Kiski boys has been little publicized but greatly appreciated especially by those young Kiski students and Kiski graduates who were helped by a kind word or a summer job or a call to a college admissions office to help them.
  
  Your service as a trustee of Kiski since 1969 has been unsurpassed.
  
  At no time have you been too busy to give your time, knowledge and energy to help and to advise.
  
  It can honestly be said that had it not been for you and your help and guidance much of the new Kiski would not have been built.
  
  For your loyalty and dedication, but most of all for your unfailing kind good humor which has been a source of strength to us all, your grateful school honors you.
  
  Kiski School
  May 30, 1979

• 1978: Edwin Chinlund '23

  Ediwn Christian Chinlund, your service to your school has extended over fifty-five years from the time of your matriculation.
  
  Your distinguished record as a Kiski boy was a contribution significant not only in itself but also in what it augured for the future.
  
  Your successful record at Dartmouth was a further contribution to your school in the credit it reflected upon it.
  
  Your brilliant career since graduation has been marked by an ever growing concern for an involvement in the affairs of Kiski.
  
  In your steady climb to the peak of your profession you were never too busy to contribute your widely acknowledged financial genius to the welfare of your school.
  
  All who have witnessed your performance as an Alumnus and later as a Trustee have held in awe the unselfishness with which you, one of the most highly respected members of your profession have contributed your expertise. 
  
  Indeed, it might well be said that had it not been for you there would be no Kiski today.
  
  Your grateful school is proud of your accomplishments.
  
  May 31, 1978

• 1978: Michael Yukevich Jr. '60

  Michael Yukevich, your record as a Kiski boy, as a concerned Alumnus, and valuable Trustee represents the highest aspirations of your school.
  
  While an undergraduate you contributed greatly to Kiski as a superior scholar, and outstanding leader, and one of the strongest prefects of your time.
  
  Your record at Princeton and later at the University of Pennsylvania Law School continued the same pursuit of excellence which has always characterized your efforts.
  
  As an Alumnus, and later as a Trustee, your contribution to Kiski has been unique in the dedication and unselfish willingness to give yourself.
  
  No problem of the school nor any of its students nor of its faculty members has ever been too trivial or two demanding to receive your full attention and effort.
  
  Through your eminence as an outstanding practitioner of law you have provided guidance and wisdom in the affairs of your school and its teachers, and help and advice to its graduates.
  
  As the first President of the Kiski Alumni Council you have brought your talents to bear in creating a group which for the first time has channeled the energy of Kiski's Alumni body.
  
  For all of these things your grateful school is privileged to honor you.
  
  May 31, 1978
  
  Distinguished Service Award
  
  Michael Yukevich, your dedication to this School and its mission is unmatched.
  
  As a student, you set high standards for yourself. Your scholarly ambitions and scholastic achievements earned you the admiration of your peers and the respect of your teachers. As a prefect, you led by example, always maintaining standards that are true to Kiski's purpose.
  
  At Princeton and, later, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, you followed a path to success - one that you began to chart as a Kiski student. As the senior partner in the law firm you founded, you have served the greater Pittsburgh community as a skilled attorney, never compromising the principles and ideals you learned on this campus.
  
  You have ben engaged in Kiski's growth and progress as a trustee for nearly three decades and as a Board Chairman for 19 years. Your voluntary service and valuable counsel are without equal. The positive impact you have had on this School will most certainly be felt by many generations of future Kiski Boys.
  
  For your undying loyalty, dedicated efforts and unwavering support, a grateful School is honored to present you with this Distinguished Service Award.
  
  May 25, 2007