Durham Academy’s 43rd Spring Alumni Reception in April will honor two remarkable members of the DA community. Brendan Bradley ’01, a trailblazing actor and creative innovator, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. And Robert Wilson, the beloved Middle School math teacher and dean of students who retired in 2025, will be recognized with the Faculty and Staff Legacy Award. This celebration highlights their extraordinary contributions to the arts, academics and the DA community.

We caught up with a trio of alums from three of this year’s reunion classes who all share an inclination for helping — and whose spirit of generosity springs unmistakably from Ridge and Academy roads.

Catch up with alumni living moral, happy, productive lives.

There’s something for the whole family at Homecoming 2025! Get your green and white gear ready and join other DA families, friends, teachers and alumni as we celebrate. 

Over the last 15 or so years, Jordan Adair, who retired from DA in 2024 after 29 years of teaching Upper School English and art history, has met up with dozens of former students over lunch or coffee. It’s a chance for them to catch up and reminisce — and later, via Adair’s beloved Facebook posts, to connect alumni with one another.

Among those celebrating: Rachel Mauchline, Emma Myers, Amanda Kim Bangera, Annie Giarla Carr, Emma Kaplan Peterson, Ryan Peterson and Katherine Spruill.

The Durham Academy Athletic Hall of Fame inducted its sixth class of honorees — representing alumni student-athletes, coaches and administrators — on Dec. 13, 2024. A celebration at halftime of the varsity boys basketball game in Kirby Gym was followed by a ceremony and reception in Smith Hall.

At the 2025 Spring Alumni Reception, the Durham Academy Alumni Board honored a trio of individuals who have helped shape the future for multitudes.

The Alumni Board remains committed to fostering connections across generations, creating meaningful engagement opportunities and ensuring every alum feels a lasting sense of belonging to our DA family.

Brooke Hartley Moy ’07, the CEO and co-founder of an AI platform for businesses and developers, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which has been given every year since 1983. Steve and Teresa Engebretsen will receive the Faculty and Staff Legacy Award — which has been granted annually since 2012 — for their combined 88 years of service to DA as a longtime director of athletics and longtime Middle School French teacher, respectively.

These eight Cavaliers — representing alumni student-athletes, coaches and administrators — were inducted into the DA Athletic Hall of Fame on Dec. 13, 2024, in Kirby Gym.

We caught up with four alumni from three of this year’s reunion classes to learn about their moral, happy and productive lives — all of which have unmistakable roots at DA.

A look at the summer adventures of William Brown '24, Ben Hodges '24 and Julia Phu '20. 

Among those celebrating: JacQuetta Foushee ’03, Spencer Woody ’17, Andrew Lovett, Michael Kontos ’12, Jeanne Jung ’18, Thomas Owens ’18, Luke Hoffman, Matt Earp ’97, Elizabeth McLeod, Evelyn Soletro and Elizabeth South-Miller.

Alumni spanning the generations are making their mark in moral, happy, productive ways.