b'teachers, administrators, parents and students than the theater could hold. Whether judging the appropriateness of attire of the Male Homecoming Court, a quaint custom of the 1980s and 90s, or presiding over the Discipline Committee, which in those days was also the Honor Court, Bob brought an empathy and understanding which defined his career.In the fall of 1971 it seems the school newspaper had conducted a faculty interview on the subject of the efficacy of corporal punishment, and, while one staff member actually said only as a last resort, Bob Satterfield dismissed the possibility of such a notion with that quick warmth of his and disabused others of a practice which surely seems unthinkable today. The anecdote is retold in Lo, Hearts Behold, a history of the schools first 25 years. It ends with these words:The caring and nurturing approach of this strong geometry teacher is remembered by all who have reflected on the early days of the school. It is indeed the thread that runs through the career of the one person who has served GDS continuously since the Bob was there that first day, September 14,day it opened. If there is an essence 1970, at Temple Emanuel, 713 N. Greeneto the place, you will find it in Bob St. He remembered walking what wouldSatterfields classroom and office, become the school property with Tedin his positive way of working with Welles, the first headmaster, hearing himyoung people.describe the kind of school that would arise from those cornfields. As an institution and as the individuals who comprise it, we cherish those In 1972, following Headmaster Patmemories and values of Bob Satterfield, Boardmans heart attack, Bob and twothat essence, and we are charged with other teachers actually served as thetaking care that they are honored and schools chief administrative officerstheobserved into the future.nTriumvirate, they were calledand, of course, Bob continued to teach five classes.Much has changed since those days: theBob Demaree served split-rail fences are gone, Bob cut off histhe Greensboro Day mustache. What remained was the steadySchool from 1985 to and constant influence he had in the2001. He is the author development of our school. of Lo, Hearts Behold and four collections of Over the years, Bob provided wise counselpoems.to six heads of school, and to many more To read more about Bob Satterfield, visit https://greensboroday50.org/2020/06/23/bob-satterfield-in-memoriam/74 | Summer 2020'