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Westminster Celebrates 120th Commencement
The 2008 Commencement ceremony featured a keynote address by James F. Jones Jr., president of Trinity College who spoke about the importance of knowing the difference between wisdom and knowledge. Other speakers included graduating senior Sarah Marco, who gave the outstanding scholar address, and Head Prefect Emily Cranshaw, who gave the salutatory address. Headmaster Graham Cole and Chairman of the Westminster Board of Trustees John Armour ’76 presented diplomas to the graduates.
Following the commencement ceremony, members of the Class of 2008 participated in the Westminster tradition of passing their diplomas. They formed a circle on the Senior Lawn and passed the diplomas they receive randomly during the commencement ceremony until they received their own diplomas. They then stepped out of the circle signifying their graduation.
The members of the Westminster School Class of 2008 include:
Reid Alexander Acton, Khadija Ahmed, Dukes Theodore Aspland, Diane Baker, Framroz Adil Bankwalla, Nina Cox Bartram, Emma Nye Beck, Jonathan Benoualid, Sarah Elizabeth Bingham, Jordan Thomas Bohinc, Sean Alfred Bonanni, Julien Boutet, Leah Grace Brewer, Dorothy Harrison Brown, Ellanor Shelby Brown, Lisa Ann Cavazuti, Kelly H. Cheng, Renzie David Chipman, Andrew Carson Christman, Jarrod Michael Connolly, Emily Austin Cranshaw, Alison Beth Crone, Thomas Reginald Cross, Jordan David Dewey, Bethany Ann Dymarczyk, James Oliver Einstein, Robert Patrick Fitzgerald III, Kevin Garcia-Ramirez, Jesus Salvador Gutiérrez, Natalie Marie Hatchette, Andrew French Heinemann, Jason Bradley Hesketh, Caitlin Elizabeth Hodson, Anne Ford Hoyt, Samuel Powers Jackson, Cameron Girard Keady, Alison Aimee Kearney, Paulina Dean Ketcham, Courtney Anne Kirsch, B. Oliver Koo, Brian Mathew Kullas, Harry H. Kutner III, Luke Jacob Lamothe, Amy Haimi Lee, Hee Seung Lee, Charles Frederick Lent, Kayla Anne Lessard, Allie Hogan Liberator, Robyn Laurie MacDougall, Victoria Kate Manganiello, Sarah Anne Marco, Maxwell Fitzgerald Marzouk, Ryan Thomas McErlean, Conor Ward McGovern, Charles Blair McGwire, Ryan Reynolds McLaughlin, Joshua James McWilliams, Scott Gardiner Morell, Helena Jean Morris, Andrew William Nitkin, Daley Elizabeth O’Herron, Jordan Leigh Ohanesian, Chinazo Ngozi Okpalanma, Emma Therese Overton, Nicole KateLynn Palazzo, George Mitchell Payne, William Childs Phifer, Eric Schaefer Phillips, Elizabeth Raymond Pike, Andrew James Polio, Joseph Henry Putko, Sara Margo Reid, James Brevoort Renwick Jr., Joo-Kyung Rhee, Michele Lynn Ribaudo, Helen Cunningham Rogers, Louisa Jane Sanford, Thomas Andrew Scanlon, Abigail Chandler Seymour, Sarah Murr Shanfield, Hannah McKeever Sharaf, Brian Jonathan Smith, Jordan Michael So, Michael Vincent Sorrenti, Bailey Ford Spalding, Marianne F. Specker, Courtney Ellen Stafford, Corey Michael Starbuck, Christopher Matthew Suchy, Kathleen Alice Sullivan, Lindsey MacNaughton Thomson, Ryan John Robert Tocci, Zachary Loreto Visco, William Morrison Waggaman Jr., Zachary Brown Wigmore, Hejae Michelle Yoon, Minjea Yoon and Lyndsey Ann Zavisza.
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Following the commencement ceremony, members of the Class of 2008 participated in the Westminster tradition of passing their diplomas. They formed a circle on the Senior Lawn and passed the diplomas they receive randomly during the commencement ceremony until they received their own diplomas. They then stepped out of the circle signifying their graduation.
The members of the Westminster School Class of 2008 include:
Reid Alexander Acton, Khadija Ahmed, Dukes Theodore Aspland, Diane Baker, Framroz Adil Bankwalla, Nina Cox Bartram, Emma Nye Beck, Jonathan Benoualid, Sarah Elizabeth Bingham, Jordan Thomas Bohinc, Sean Alfred Bonanni, Julien Boutet, Leah Grace Brewer, Dorothy Harrison Brown, Ellanor Shelby Brown, Lisa Ann Cavazuti, Kelly H. Cheng, Renzie David Chipman, Andrew Carson Christman, Jarrod Michael Connolly, Emily Austin Cranshaw, Alison Beth Crone, Thomas Reginald Cross, Jordan David Dewey, Bethany Ann Dymarczyk, James Oliver Einstein, Robert Patrick Fitzgerald III, Kevin Garcia-Ramirez, Jesus Salvador Gutiérrez, Natalie Marie Hatchette, Andrew French Heinemann, Jason Bradley Hesketh, Caitlin Elizabeth Hodson, Anne Ford Hoyt, Samuel Powers Jackson, Cameron Girard Keady, Alison Aimee Kearney, Paulina Dean Ketcham, Courtney Anne Kirsch, B. Oliver Koo, Brian Mathew Kullas, Harry H. Kutner III, Luke Jacob Lamothe, Amy Haimi Lee, Hee Seung Lee, Charles Frederick Lent, Kayla Anne Lessard, Allie Hogan Liberator, Robyn Laurie MacDougall, Victoria Kate Manganiello, Sarah Anne Marco, Maxwell Fitzgerald Marzouk, Ryan Thomas McErlean, Conor Ward McGovern, Charles Blair McGwire, Ryan Reynolds McLaughlin, Joshua James McWilliams, Scott Gardiner Morell, Helena Jean Morris, Andrew William Nitkin, Daley Elizabeth O’Herron, Jordan Leigh Ohanesian, Chinazo Ngozi Okpalanma, Emma Therese Overton, Nicole KateLynn Palazzo, George Mitchell Payne, William Childs Phifer, Eric Schaefer Phillips, Elizabeth Raymond Pike, Andrew James Polio, Joseph Henry Putko, Sara Margo Reid, James Brevoort Renwick Jr., Joo-Kyung Rhee, Michele Lynn Ribaudo, Helen Cunningham Rogers, Louisa Jane Sanford, Thomas Andrew Scanlon, Abigail Chandler Seymour, Sarah Murr Shanfield, Hannah McKeever Sharaf, Brian Jonathan Smith, Jordan Michael So, Michael Vincent Sorrenti, Bailey Ford Spalding, Marianne F. Specker, Courtney Ellen Stafford, Corey Michael Starbuck, Christopher Matthew Suchy, Kathleen Alice Sullivan, Lindsey MacNaughton Thomson, Ryan John Robert Tocci, Zachary Loreto Visco, William Morrison Waggaman Jr., Zachary Brown Wigmore, Hejae Michelle Yoon, Minjea Yoon and Lyndsey Ann Zavisza.
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