88 Graduate Brunswick School [VIDEO]

Eighty-eight young men graduated from the Brunswick School Wednesday during institution's 110th commencement ceremony.

With the threat of rain, the ceremony was inside the gymnasium of the all-boys King Street campus. It was standing room only as several hundred friends, family and teachers filled the facility.

In opening the ceremony, Headmaster Thomas Philip noted that among the faculty attending was Lt. Col. Robert Benjamin who returned Wednesday from a year-long tour of duty in Afghanistan in time for the graduation.

"Getting here (graduation) is no easy task," Philip said. Philip said the class of 2012 made numerous contributions to the school and he already experiencing separation anxiety. "There is so much fulfillment. I am thinking about tomorrow when they won't be here in our classrooms, on our athletic fields and on our stages."

Robert Fernandez, selected by his classmates to be the "Ivy" speaker, recalled the years the young men have spent together endeavoring through academics, athletics, class trips and community service even though at times there was unhappiness. He quoted HG Wells, "Knowledge is only gained through suffering." (Please see video of Fernandez' speech.)

During his invocation Rev. Thomas Nins, the school's assistant director of diversity, told the graduates "as young men who stand at the threshold of life, may God grant them the wisdom to succeed ... and may that be overshadowed only by faith, hope and love."

Receiving awards were:

Kulukundis Cup for highest academic standing for the year: Richard J. Salamé, the class valedictorian.

Brunswick Community Service Award for the most outstanding record of community service: Richard J. Salamé. 

BPA (Brunswick Parents’ Association) Prize to the senior who has attended Brunswick for at least three years and whose improvement in scholarship and development of fine character make him worthy of citation: William V. Murphy.

Jenkins Athletic Award to a senior who, true to the ideals of the School, has been judged by the coaches to have made an outstanding contribution to the School in athletics because of his ability, enthusiasm, determination and leadership: James (“Cooper”) Briggs.

Thomas A. Altman Prize to a senior who, in his years at Brunswick, has  maintained positive personal relationships in school, sports and community service: Luke F. Esposito.

Robert L. Cosby Award to seniors who, through their good nature, optimism, thoughtfulness and character, have done the most to uplift the spirits of those around them and have, over the course of their extended tenure at Brunswick School, come closest to the embodiment of those unique characteristics which serve to define the namesake of this award: Michael S. Chronert and David B. Fitzpatrick.

Faculty Citations given to those deserving seniors who have brought credit to the school or the community by their efforts: Addison W. Bennett; Reid G. Breck; Peter M. Geithner and Maxwell (“Mac”) Singer.

Headmaster’s Trophy to a senior who, because of his dependability, integrity and character, has made an outstanding contribution to his class and Brunswick School: Harold (“Carter”) Johnson.

The graduates are:

Alexander Sturges Baccile                    
John Steven Baker                      
Kevin Barnum                              
James Christopher Barry                   
Nicholas Harwood Bartlett                   
Joseph Mark Beninati                   
Addison William Bennett                   
Cameron Reid Biondi                   
Brendan Arasche Bozorgmir                   
Reid Gifford Breck                   
James Cooper Briggs                   
Andrew Chiswick Camel                   
Matthew Peter Cassoli                   
Charles Lyon Castine                   
Edward Chaplin                   
Michael Scott Chronert                   
Luis Eduardo Salazar Cobb                   
John Kiley Costello                    
Harrison Garner Croll                   
Edward W. DeDomenico II                   
Pierre Charles Olivier Jean Delcourt                   
James Alexander Drakos                   
Francis Kevin Duane                   
Marc Ameen Dudzik                   
Kevin Sperry Edwards                   
Luke Francesco Esposito                   
Robert Paul Fernandez                   
Patrick O'Connor Figgie                   
David Bellamy Fitzpatrick                   
Carter Alexander French                   
Peter Raymond Gatto                   
Peter Mara Geithner                   
Matias Rodrigo Gonzalez-Bunster                   
Jack Alexander Griffith                     
Andrew Paul Guerriero                   
Constantine J. Hadjipateras                   
Bradford Tucker Hanson                   
Gregory Adam Hascoe                   
Robert Bishop Hash                        
William Niedermaier Hayden                
Maxwell Sinclair Heiden                   
William Lewis Heidt                      
Mark Kispert Jackson                   
Harold Carter Johnson

Rex Rogers Johnson

Manuel Antonio Jurado Jr.  

John Steven Kelly

Teddy Lamont 

William Thomas Reeves MacFarlane

James Nathaniel Matthews 

Henry Bennett McGowan

Michael S. McQuiston

Devin Lars Mehra 

Charles David Miller 

Philip Graham Miller

Caleb Penniman Moran

William Voute Murphy

Brandon Tyler Muto

Richard Alexander Ng-Yow Jr. 

Thomas Daniel O'Malley

William Haegg Peisch

Michael Anderson Petrick 

Henry Charles Polak

Harry David Lloyd Quinton 

Nile Brandon Rabb

Donqutae Robinson

Robert Martin Rovelli

David Weston Russell

Craig Joseph Ruzika

Richard Joseph Salame

Matthew Richard Savitt

Ian Hutton Schaeffer 

John Robert Schneider 

Brian David Schutzman

Bradley Seaton 

Maxwell Brent Singer 

Garratt K. Stuart

Raymond Moran Tierney IV 

Curtis S. Townshend IV 

Dylan Michael Troy

Jack Voigt

John Charles Waddill

William Howard Ward

Arnold Sumner Welles

Mark Black Werner II

Christopher John Simon Williams

James Jeffrey Wong Jr.         

Benjamin Sexton Young