![Jessica Golson]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701787872/germantownacademy/eh5zpgtvanrbkujl5bhl/LaureBiron.png","width":1829}])
我花了十年的时间让有风险的年轻人参与公共艺术项目, Laure Biron '03 realized she was more interested in the service aspects of her work than the actual painting.
校友使命奖
The 校友使命奖 is designed to recognize multiple graduates from the Academy who are living the GA mission: Independent in Thought, 表达自信, 精神上富有同情心, 行动协作, 行为高尚. 被提名者必须在毕业前10年或以上(2013届或以上).
The 校友使命奖 is bestowed on a bi-annual basis and will be awarded during GA/PC Day & 校友周末，2023年11月10日至11日.
提名期现已结束.
We will announce the honorees over the summer and look forward to celebrating them in November! .
如果您有任何问题，请发电子邮件 alumni@germantownacademy.org.
使命宣言
我们的核心使命由15个简单而深刻的词组成, 指导我们每一天和每一年的行动和活动的15个词.
思想独立
A leadership mindset begins with having the independence of thought necessary to seek and find the truth in all that he or she reads, sees, and hears.
表达自信
独立思考者成为自信的人. Teachers and staff members hear expressed time and time again how confidently GA students comport themselves. Alumni visits around the country remind us that the core of confidence built during GA years holds firm throughout adulthood.
精神上富有同情心
有效的领导还包括关心他人的能力, 要意识到我们遇到的每个人都能教给我们一些有价值的东西, in turn, 能从我们身上学到有价值的东西吗. 真正的同情:同理心，使独立思考, confident people to recognize that vulnerability is the connecting spirit within us all.
合作行动
Collaborative action moves a group forward whether a community, a team, a company, etc... 积极的“追随”在有意义的教育中起着重要的作用. Well-educated people have learned when and how to dedicate themselves to the support of the whole.
行为高尚
使命宣言承认，没有个人荣誉, curious, confident, compassionate people will not engender the trust needed to be effective leaders or followers. GA strives to teach students to hold themselves to the highest personal standards. To achieve this goal, adults in our community must be role models of trustworthy behavior.
2023年校友使命奖得主
![威廉·海德曼，1988年]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701788754/germantownacademy/o71usf3fky3cshlhlthc/BHyndman.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701788754/germantownacademy/o71usf3fky3cshlhlthc/BHyndman.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701788754/germantownacademy/o71usf3fky3cshlhlthc/BHyndman.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701788754/germantownacademy/o71usf3fky3cshlhlthc/BHyndman.png","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701788754/germantownacademy/o71usf3fky3cshlhlthc/BHyndman.png","width":1384}])
It is no surprise to anyone who knows him that perseverance is Bill Hyndman’s favorite core value. He believes that many of life’s challenges have helped build him into the person he is today.
![史蒂文·杰克逊04]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701788969/germantownacademy/uqlcltiae0mu6nuoegk3/SJackson.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701788969/germantownacademy/uqlcltiae0mu6nuoegk3/SJackson.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701788969/germantownacademy/uqlcltiae0mu6nuoegk3/SJackson.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701788969/germantownacademy/uqlcltiae0mu6nuoegk3/SJackson.png","width":870}])
In 2015, 史蒂文·杰克逊遇到了他未来的商业伙伴, Ricardo Calderon, 作为费城地区的社区组织者. Their work intersected in the areas of community building, social justice, and storytelling.
![德里克·皮茨，73年]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701789181/germantownacademy/rzw9jc5ygpdcambek8ah/DPitts.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701789181/germantownacademy/rzw9jc5ygpdcambek8ah/DPitts.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701789181/germantownacademy/rzw9jc5ygpdcambek8ah/DPitts.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701789181/germantownacademy/rzw9jc5ygpdcambek8ah/DPitts.png","width":1000}])
从无限到超越是形容德里克·皮茨的最佳方式, the Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He is not only the first African American to hold these dual titles at a major science institution in the United States, 但他也是第一个设定这一基准的美国人.
![Kurt Wetzel ’88]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1701789452/germantownacademy/adym521wciijte1t5ytk/KWetzel.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1701789452/germantownacademy/adym521wciijte1t5ytk/KWetzel.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1701789452/germantownacademy/adym521wciijte1t5ytk/KWetzel.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1701789452/germantownacademy/adym521wciijte1t5ytk/KWetzel.png","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1701789452/germantownacademy/adym521wciijte1t5ytk/KWetzel.png","width":1286}])
Kurt Wetzel在很多方面体现了GA的使命. As an alum, parent, teacher, coach, and mentor, he exemplifies compassion and collaboration daily.
2021年校友使命奖获得者
GA honored four Patriots with the 校友使命奖 during the Alumni Weekend in November 2021.
![洛里·安德雷斯，1988年]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633366012/germantownacademy/cvl4xdjavsbomd4hkiy0/LoriDoughertyAndress88.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633366012/germantownacademy/cvl4xdjavsbomd4hkiy0/LoriDoughertyAndress88.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633366012/germantownacademy/cvl4xdjavsbomd4hkiy0/LoriDoughertyAndress88.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633366012/germantownacademy/cvl4xdjavsbomd4hkiy0/LoriDoughertyAndress88.jpg","width":1080}])
一个真正伟大的护士的特点是拥有丰富的常识, unflappability, 临床知识的深度和广度以及深切的同情心. 这就是一个好护士和一个伟大护士的区别. 88年的洛里·安德斯(Lori Andress)充分具备了这些品质."
![Jessica Golson]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633366623/germantownacademy/ftpgrl3ey0cfntbiz6pg/JessicaGolson06.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633366623/germantownacademy/ftpgrl3ey0cfntbiz6pg/JessicaGolson06.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633366623/germantownacademy/ftpgrl3ey0cfntbiz6pg/JessicaGolson06.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633366623/germantownacademy/ftpgrl3ey0cfntbiz6pg/JessicaGolson06.jpg","width":1080}])
The year 2020 marked a turning point in alumni conversations about Diversity, Equity & vwin德赢娱乐的包容, 其中很多对话都是由杰西卡·戈尔森(Jessica Golson)发起的.
![斯蒂芬妮Lueckel]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633366828/germantownacademy/rzylcpxeemdzpyxb5uhg/StephanieLueckelMD96.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633366828/germantownacademy/rzylcpxeemdzpyxb5uhg/StephanieLueckelMD96.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633366828/germantownacademy/rzylcpxeemdzpyxb5uhg/StephanieLueckelMD96.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633366828/germantownacademy/rzylcpxeemdzpyxb5uhg/StephanieLueckelMD96.jpg","width":1080}])
不管她是在缝合刀伤还是从胃部取出子弹, 照顾COVID患者, 斯蒂芬妮·卢克尔，96届医学博士 puts everyone before herself and believes she is meant to save the patients with her knowledge, confidence, 和富有同情心的精神.
![Helen Piszek Nelson]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633367307/germantownacademy/iohyzwfe16uicdtpvdft/HelenPiszekNelson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633367307/germantownacademy/iohyzwfe16uicdtpvdft/HelenPiszekNelson.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633367307/germantownacademy/iohyzwfe16uicdtpvdft/HelenPiszekNelson.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633367307/germantownacademy/iohyzwfe16uicdtpvdft/HelenPiszekNelson.jpg","width":1080}])
Helen Piszek Nelson 70年 has lived a life committed to ensuring access to education, 促进国际文化交流, 培养持久的个人关系.
2019年校友使命奖获得者
GA honored five Patriots with the inaugural 校友使命奖 during the Alumni Weekend in November 2019.
![Jennifer Ehinger, 88年]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610638894/germantownacademy/ys0269larjezp18f7mfk/JenniferEhinger.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610638894/germantownacademy/ys0269larjezp18f7mfk/JenniferEhinger.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610638894/germantownacademy/ys0269larjezp18f7mfk/JenniferEhinger.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1610638894/germantownacademy/ys0269larjezp18f7mfk/JenniferEhinger.png","width":1080}])
Jennifer Ehinger, 88年 has worked tirelessly to improve the lives and the futures of poverty-stricken children of Uganda.
![尤金·戈尔森，76届]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610639376/germantownacademy/mavhl8o9q7dmrmmalqmt/EugeneGolson.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610639376/germantownacademy/mavhl8o9q7dmrmmalqmt/EugeneGolson.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610639376/germantownacademy/mavhl8o9q7dmrmmalqmt/EugeneGolson.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1610639376/germantownacademy/mavhl8o9q7dmrmmalqmt/EugeneGolson.png","width":1080}])
当了38年的教育和管理人员, 尤金·戈尔森，76届 brought about an unwavering commitment to excellence from both his students and his staff.
![Jay Talsania '82]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610640062/germantownacademy/ka0lmz9cxwdu8crr76of/JayTalsania_alumnimissionaward.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610640062/germantownacademy/ka0lmz9cxwdu8crr76of/JayTalsania_alumnimissionaward.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610640062/germantownacademy/ka0lmz9cxwdu8crr76of/JayTalsania_alumnimissionaward.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1610640062/germantownacademy/ka0lmz9cxwdu8crr76of/JayTalsania_alumnimissionaward.png","width":1080}])
在过去的15年里, Jay Talsania '82 has volunteered his time to operate on children in rural areas of Guatemala.
![Meghan McVeigh Maciolek '97]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610640011/germantownacademy/bu6wyuayeibtgcp1fmdi/MeghanMcVeighMaciolek2.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610640011/germantownacademy/bu6wyuayeibtgcp1fmdi/MeghanMcVeighMaciolek2.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610640011/germantownacademy/bu6wyuayeibtgcp1fmdi/MeghanMcVeighMaciolek2.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1610640011/germantownacademy/bu6wyuayeibtgcp1fmdi/MeghanMcVeighMaciolek2.png","width":1080}])
Meghan McVeigh Maciolek '97 created the GA Alumni 社区服务 Organization as a way for GA alumni to participate in community service opportunities and to mentor students, 都是为了纪念她已故的父亲, 彼得·麦克维1760年.
![卡拉·巴拉德·威廉姆斯，90年]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1610639730/germantownacademy/e8wvtfhhpbq2wigjlyo8/KarlaBallardWilliams.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1610639730/germantownacademy/e8wvtfhhpbq2wigjlyo8/KarlaBallardWilliams.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1610639730/germantownacademy/e8wvtfhhpbq2wigjlyo8/KarlaBallardWilliams.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1610639730/germantownacademy/e8wvtfhhpbq2wigjlyo8/KarlaBallardWilliams.png","width":1080}])
离开在银行业成功的职业生涯, 卡拉·巴拉德·威廉姆斯，90年 took a leap of faith and began service work by starting a chapter of the Urban League, an organization aimed at empowering people of color to achieve economic self-reliance, equality, power, 以及公民权利.