As an open space specialist with Durham County Engineering and Environmental Services, Bradley is doing his part to solve the planet’s biodiversity crisis — and he’s had some help from hardworking DA 11th-graders.
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As an open space specialist with Durham County Engineering and Environmental Services, Bradley is doing his part to solve the planet’s biodiversity crisis — and he’s had some help from hardworking DA 11th-graders.
We held in-person reunions and inducted another fabulous class of alumni at our Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony in December. At April’s Spring Alumni Reception, we honored Kathleen Myers Gibson ’82 with the Distinguished Alumni Award, retired French teacher Wanda Moore with the Faculty & Staff Legacy Award, and Chris White ’92 with the Alumni Service Award. Having alumni and friends back on campus made these events even more special.
Oldham, who has done humanitarian work for three decades, is now helping to lead efforts in the heart of Ukraine conflict.
The Durham Academy Athletic Hall of Fame inducted its fifth class of honorees on Friday.
Durham Academy alumni will gather on April 21 to honor Kathleen Myers Gibson ’82, Chris White ’92 and retired faculty member Wanda Moore. The Spring Alumni Reception will be held at 6 p.m. at the Middle School’s Arts & World Languages Center.
Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic put Durham Academy's Homecoming celebration on pause in 2020 and 2021. But with the impact of COVID-19 subsiding, a big DA Homecoming celebration with an alumni barbecue on Friday afternoon, campus tours on Saturday and alumni reunion parties on Saturday night is set for this weekend.
In the eight years since graduating from Durham Academy, Tara Nagar ’14 has discovered a passion for computer science and engineering, made multiple cross-country moves and is now helping to reimagine the landscape of temporary labor.
Rosati’s message to make the world a better place is being lived daily at the Rosati Leadership Academy.
They are three Durham Academy alumni with graduation dates 20 years apart, spread across the country and living far from Durham — yet all three are committed to giving back to DA. While Tom Beischer ’87, Andy Crawford ’97 and Margie Gudaitis Hess ’07 are more than 14 years removed from their time on campus, staying connected to DA is a priority for each of them.
Lee Patterson ’00, who attended Durham Academy beginning in pre-kindergarten through graduation, is serving as DA Alumni Board president.
Kathleen Clement Johnson doesn’t know how she came to integrate Durham Academy in 1964. She never asked her parents, civic and professional leaders William A. Clement and Josephine Dobbs Clement, about that. But she thinks she knows why.
Collin Suggs ’08 is a young man who sets goals for himself and pursues them with almost relentless determination
Samantha Lanevi ’14 has an international background — her father is Swedish, her mother was born in Cuba, she was adopted from China when she was 6 months old and lived in Switzerland until she was 2-and-a-half — and she’s taking an international approach to pursuing a master’s degree in American history.
Torsie Judkins has more than 20 years of experience working in independent school education, and the Durham Academy Class of 1991 graduate says he owes his career to a chance pairing thanks to his passion for golf.