Wednesday, September 19, 2007

FV alumna raises $128 million for her school

A long-time FV'er - Nancy Starmer - has been the headmaster of the prestigious George School for many years. In today's Philadelphia Inquirer we learn that Nancy secured a donation of $128 million dollars for her school. You can read the whole story here. The photo above shows Nancy Starmer, at right, and the donor.

Nancy and Jack Starmer met at Frost Valley - yet another FV romance that led to a wonderful life-partnership - and I believe I'm right that Nancy was Nancy Oeschle, sister to Russ and Lee and Jane, all of whom were FV campers and staff. Jack Starmer, with John Giannotti, was the creator of Hirdstock. Jack's dad and brother Bill were very involved with Wawayanda in the early FV years. Bill went on to work for the Y and retired not long ago as a YMCA professional. As Jim Wilkes put it to me, "You can't overlook Bill Starmer. Why the west coast would sink into the ocean!"