Celebrating Relationships.

Celebrating Relationships.
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This year we celebrate the retirements of faculty members who were not only wonderful teachers, but also
coaches, mentors, colleagues and friends. While we are saddened that these people are leaving the campus
that they called home for so many years, we are grateful for the valuable life lessons they taught us and the
relationships that will never be forgotten.
Charlie Sanders, jr.
Keeper of Kinkaid Traditions
The following remarks were delivered by Carol
Magee, Purchasing Director/School Store Manager,
at Charlie Sanders' retirement celebration
Bill Glick
Upper School, Music Teacher
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I came to Kinkaid in the fall of 1993. Some of
my first friends were Charlie Sanders, Burr Furlong,
and Dan Cassis. I frequently had lunch with one
or the other or all three. Now those of you who
know this trio of characters know full well just how
much they like to talk….. and they have plenty of
stories to share.
Charlie however outpaced the others, especially in
his knowledge of Kinkaid.
It led me to wonder just how could this great,
big, old teddy bear of a guy rattle off so much
stuff? I figured there must have been some
History of Kinkaid course which all staff had been
required to learn. He just happened to ace the
test. It was well over a year before I came to the
understanding that
No…… Charlie didn’t learn the history of
Kinkaid…….. Charlie has lived the history of
Kinkaid. And it wasn’t just Kinkaid stories he told.
Oh no. He also has a true love for Houston. He can
tell you story after story of the way things were.
He knows about the people and the places that
have shaped it and made Houston the great city it
is today. He loved telling those stories then just as
he loves today to take a person new to Kinkaid or
to Houston and share his vast knowledge and give
them a big Kinkaid welcome.
But I am here to tell you this is still not all
Charlie cares about or who he is. Although I have
enjoyed many Charlie Sanders’ Christmas parties
(and who can forget the great end of year get
togethers in his back yard?) it wasn’t until this fall
that I really had a chance to sit down and listen
to him at length. While Charlie was recuperating
from surgery in a dark and dreary place, with
unappetizing meal after meal being offered, and
with a TV that did not get reception on channels
he wanted to watch, I discovered a new Charlie.
There were times I would go visit him. I would
sit down and three hours would pass in a flash. I
might have said all of 10 words. But boy, did I
learn about this guy we all love. I already knew he
had this mild interest in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
but now he was sharing his passion for Texas, for
antique guns, for our country, the film industry,
traveling and a myriad of other topics. Charlie
would spin his stories for me, masterfully segueing
one into another. I had to listen very carefully
because this sharp mind of his would leave me in
the dust of some little mission or small East Texas
town or far away place if I didn’t keep up.
But you know, not even those many long weeks
of recovery could hold Charlie down. With the
help of his loving sister Elva, Charlie found and has
moved into a wonderful apartment surrounded
by his books, music, and collections. He can drive
himself about. He has made some new friends.
But what he holds most dear in his heart is this
place and us, his Kinkaid family.
Charlie, I close now by saying how very proud
I am of you, of your courage and strength, and of
your determination to not give up. May your story
and your stories live on and on and on into the
history of Kinkaid.
The following remarks were composed by
Headmaster Don North.
Kinkaid students who have performed on our
stage during his 37 years here.
Dr. Glick’s first contact with Kinkaid actually
came in 1957. He was a student at San Jacinto
School, and he was the accompanist for the
San Jacinto School choir in a concert the choir
performed for Kinkaid students in the then
brand-new Blaffer Auditorium.
In 2003 a number of alumni who participated
in music and theater during their years at Kinkaid
returned to school to celebrate the opening of the
Kinkaid Theatre. The performance honored Dr.
Glick and was appropriately named “What’s Up,
Doc?” It was a great show, and in conjunction with
this performance a Steinway piano was purchased
for the school’s use in the Brown Auditorium and
dedicated to Dr. Glick.
Dr. Glick’s many friends on the faculty and staff
at Kinkaid and hundreds of Kinkaid students and
alumni who have benefitted from his tutelage and
dedication will miss him very much.
Dr. Glick (“Doc” as he is known to many here)
will conclude 37 years of service to Kinkaid this
year. Kinkaid’s second headmaster, John Cooper,
hired Dr. Glick in 1974. In 1974 there was no
Kinkaid choir, and it was Dr. Glick’s job to start
an upper school choir, teach middle school vocal
music, and provide musical accompaniment
for concerts, musicals and class performances.
Kinkaid students first went to the ISAS Arts
Festival in 1978. Dr. Glick accompanied students
on this trip and the many ISAS Arts Festival that
Kinkaid has attended since then.
In the last 15 or so years, Dr. Glick’s
responsibilities at Kinkaid have been fully in the
accompanying arena. With Kinkaid musicals,
especially the middle school musical and the
Children’s Theater performances, Dr. Glick has
been an enormously gifted collaborator with
students and faculty in determining appropriate
pitch, timing, and range of students’ voices, and
often improvising the music to fit individual
students’ voices. It takes a great musician and
teacher to do that, and “Doc” is beloved by many
John Germann
Upper School Chair, History Department
The following remarks were delivered by
Headmaster Don North during John Germann's
retirement celebration.
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for
coming today to this retirement celebration
for John Germann, who has served the Kinkaid
School for 44 years. Retirement celebration—it’s
really an interesting term. I was speaking to a
fifth grader last week, and he asked me about my
weekend plans. I mentioned that I would attend
a retirement celebration for an upper school
teacher who had served the school for 44 years.
“He’s leaving and you’re celebrating,” the fifth
grader observed. “44 years…oh, I get it.. he’s
hung around that long and you are really glad
that he is finally leaving.”
Fifth graders can be quite literal.
John Germann was hired in 1967 by Kinkaid’s
second headmaster, John Cooper. He had just
finished his Master’s degree from the University
of Houston, and Kinkaid was looking for an upper
school history teacher. The offer came and was
accepted quickly. As they say, the rest is history;
no, really the rest was history.
During the past 44 years hundreds of students,
some of whom are here today, learned United
States history from Mr. Germann, benefitted
from his passion for the study of history, learned
to study primary source documents and think
critically about important issues, tolerated a truly
unusual sense of humor, grew to appreciate Mr.
Germann’s exquisite taste in ties, and will always
remember one of the central figures in the
signing of the United States Constitution—the
internationally known and greatly admired Rufus
King.
Many other students benefitted from his
coaching in soccer, softball, and baseball; his
leadership of Interim Term trips abroad; his
sponsorship of clubs like Prep Bowl and Model
United Nations; his wise counsel as an advisor
to the Student Council; his leadership of the
Weiner Fellowship program, which since its
inception has brought distinguished Fellows to
Kinkaid; and many others. As I wrote in my letter
to our community several weeks ago about John
Germann, in my 42 years in independent school
education I have had the privilege of serving four
schools as teacher, department chair, principal,
and headmaster, and John Germann would be in
the highest rank of exceptional teachers I have
observed and worked with.
Just recently Mr. Germann revealed to
the upper school student body and faculty a
previously hidden talent, demonstrating at the
same time both his enormous courage and the
wisdom of the career choice he made in 1967,
when he sang to the assembled students and
faculty his own (fortunately) rendition of Lefty
Frizzell’s famous country and western song, “The
Woman in the Long Black Veil.”
As you can see from the audience today—
comprised of colleagues and former colleagues,
current and former students, friends, and also
a few who had apparently heard that there was
going to be a Lefty Frizzell concert here today—
John Germann has had an extraordinary impact
on so many during his distinguished 44 year
career at Kinkaid.
When John Germann announced his retirement, many of his former students and colleagues wanted to honor his legacy by creating a fund in his honor.
Mr. Germann asked if the fund could be dedicated to a need-based scholarship endowment to annually support highly qualified students, who because
of financial circumstance would not have been able to attend Kinkaid. We thank the generous donors listed below who made gifts to the John Germann
Endowed Scholarship Fund. Donor list as of June 27, 2011:
Shadi Abedin
John and Cynthia Adkins
Kevin Alexander
Al and Jeanne Alsup
Joan Anderson
Jennifer Arnold
Bob and Bonnie Baldwin
Corrin Barnes
Marion Barren
Kay Bartle
Bill and Nancy Baycroft
Lan and Adele Bentsen
Haley Berkman
Dorothy Bing
Mark and Kelly Bing
Rosalie Bissett
Tom and Susan Brandt
A.J. and Katie Brass
Zachry Brown
Bo and Chris Butler
C.N. and Maria Papadopoulos
Charitable Foundation
Robert and Kaylan Caballero
Rick and Bettie Carrell
Craig and Pat Cavanagh
Martin Caylor
Peggy Chmielewski
Tom and Eliza Platts-Mills Chmielewski
Frost and Lisa Cochran
Mark and Caroline Dannenbaum
Al and Barbara Denson
Bob and Sharon Devlin
Brian and Liz Dinerstein
Anita Doyle
Patrick and Betsy Durning
Fran Elin
Fred and Clara Fischer
David Brown and Christa Forster
Ron and Lynn Fort
Perry Gagliardi
Edward Gautier-Winther
Becky and Greg Goodman
John Gorden
Mary Margaret Graham
Buddy and Betsy Haas
Carik Hillsley
Leon and Cindy Holubec
John and Sally Hopper
Jeff and Jessica Jacobe
Myron and Betty Janzen
Annette Johnson
Mark and Pat Johnson
Carol and Brian Kirshon
Clark and Anne Knickerbocker
Paul and Elizabeth Labanowski
Lawrence and Leslie Labanowski
Lee and Virginia Lahourcade
Justin and Yasmin Lake
Jo Anne Ray LeBlanc
Jack and Susan Lee
Andy and Jamie Lee
David Heaney and Ann Lents
Lise Liddell
Bessie Liedtke
Larry and Bonnie Likover
Scott Kohn and Leslie Lovett
James and Martha Madget
Carole Magee
Tad and Sheila Mayfield
Mike and Marie McAuley
Ralph McElvenny
Stephen and Marilyn Miles
Paul and Barbara Miller
Michael and Michelle Minns
Bill and Denise Monteleone
Tom and Jenny Moore
Jayaji More
Jivaji More
Brad and Lauren Morgan
Chad and Dee Muir
Sagar and Annu Naik
John and Barbara Neiswender
Marilyn Nixon
Don and Mary North
Obie O'Brien
Rufus and Kathleen Oliver
David and Gail Orr
Harris and Vicky Pappas
Mary Pappas
Diana Pardue
Mike and Shirley Pearson
Wynne and Ann Perryman
Bain and John Pitts
Christina Ponig
Bob and Anne Pullen
Bart and Ilene Putterman
Carter and Claudia Quayle
Bill and Lynn Rafferty
John and Peggy Rathmell
Sheldon and Margaret Roberdeau
Gary and Lee Rosenthal
Louise Sayuk
Al and Paula Schlesinger
Jessica Schreiber
Hank Segelke
Jack and Phyllis Selber
Harriett Semander
Steve and Sue Shaper
Franco Silva
Jay Simon
Louis Skidmore
Michael and Tiffany Smith
David and Lisa Stone
Andrew Terhune and Janice McMillen
Matt and Giggy Thanheiser
Schuyler and Beth Tilney
William and Connie Trevillion
Bill Turpin and Ann Leavesley-Turpin
David and Lynda Underwood
Sydney and Stephen Uthoff
Mary Kristen Valentine
Craig and Christine Van De Mark
Malcolm Waddell and Suzanne Bruce
Tim and Sally Wallace
David and Bonnie Weekley
Leon and Sandra Weiner
Jim and Beth Wiggins
Louise Wiggins
Robert and Suzanne Williams
Tom and Kathryn Wilson
Welcome and Anita Wilson
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