LETTER FROMTHE ALUMNI DIRECTOR Are you receiving The Alumni Update Monthly e-Newsletter? It includes alumni news and announcements as well as event reminders. If you are not receiving the e-newsletter, email us at alumni@greensboroday. org with your name and preferred email address to ensure you receive the next update! Do you want to help strengthen the GDS Alumni Association? Do you want to help make important decisions that decide the direction our alumni association is going? Maybe you want to help plan alumni events or recruit alumni volunteers among other things? We are now accepting nominations for new Alumni Board Members. This board is open to all GDS alumni. Please email Michael Sumner ’04 at michaelsumner@ greensboroday.org with your name and interest in participating on the board. If you know someone who you believe would be an asset to our board, please email their name to us and tell us why you think they would be a good addition to our board. ALUMNI BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. ALUMNINEWS TOGETHER, WE CAN … WE WILL! At U2 concerts in the early 90’s, a regular part of the show featured criticism of George H.W. Bush. In fact, front man Bono used to call the White House in the middle of the concert to try to get a chance to speak to the 41st President. When George H.W. Bush’s son George W. Bush became President in 2000, Bono was also a critic of his. George W. Bush didn’t go to war with the critic of himself and his father. Instead he invited him to talk about something they had a common passion for, saving lives in Africa. They had lunch together in the White House Mess Hall, and then Bush took him to the Oval Office. For 40 minutes they discussed A.I.D.S., malaria, and debt relief. After the meeting, in 2003, Bush started a program in Africa known as PEPFAR, which 14 years later is credited with saving over 11 million lives. It is amazing what can be accomplished when people find common ground for the good of all. I did not share this story for political reasons. I share this story because I truly believe that together we have common ground, and we can come together to do good! As we look ahead to what is next, we will look back to those who came before us. As we do this, I hope that you will be in touch with us. Whether you bring criticism or praise, my door is open, and I want to continue to get to know our alumni better each day, so that Greensboro Day School can and will remain a point of pride in your life! I hope Greensboro Day School made a difference in your life and that you will help ensure that it makes a difference to those students who come next, as they will be the ones who go out and save our world! Two years from now, Greensboro Day School will celebrate its 50th year! During this time, much has changed in the world, but Greensboro Day School is still here, offering the most comprehensive and dynamic education environment in the Triad! We are doing this because of our past, our present and for our future! Together, we will continue the lasting legacy that has been created at Greensboro Day School. Once A Bengal, Always A Bengal! Michael Sumner ’04 Director of Alumni Programs 42 | Winter 2017