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Alumni Office Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees

The Alumni Office is happy to announce the 2014 Ranney School Hall of Fame Inductees. In conjunction with the Panther Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions, two new awards will be added this year to honor past students and teachers: The Distinguished Alumni Award and the Distinguished Faculty Award. “Whether you are part of the first graduating class of 1965 who marched with just 11 students to receive the school’s first diplomas, or you graduated this past June as Ranney’s 50th graduating class, all of our alums share a special bond and will always be a part of the Ranney community,” said Director of Alumni Relations Tom Moriau. “I am very excited to be able to recognize our outstanding graduates and their teachers for their contributions to Ranney School and beyond.”

“We are so delighted with the expansion of the Hall of Fame at Ranney School, which will now recognize outstanding achievements not only among our athletes but also among our distinguished alumni and current and former faculty and staff,” said Head of School Dr. John W. Griffith, who was instrumental in the creation of the awards. “The first group of inductees to the Alumni Hall of Fame includes outstanding achievements in a range of fields, from law, to broadcasting, to the military. We are proud of the way in which they have represented their alma mater and are pleased to honor them in our first class of distinguished alumni. We are equally proud of the outstanding educators who helped to build and shape Ranney School and influenced the lives of countless students and alumni. Among their ranks are some of our teachers, administrators and coaches.”

Inductions ceremonies for the Hall of Fame will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at Ranney School in RSPA Panther Hall as part of the annual Fall Festival and Alumni Reunion. All alumni and their families are welcome to attend. Please RSVP here.

Distinguished Alumni Awards

Preetinder “Preet” Bharara
Preet graduated from Ranney School in 1986 as the class valedictorian. After Ranney, he attended Harvard College where he received an A.B. in Government and went on to graduate from Columbia Law School with a J.D. in 1993. Preet currently serves as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Catherine (Jones) Kang
Catherine graduated as class valedictorian in 1985 and went on to attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. She has served as Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, Military Aid to former Vice President Dick Cheney and as Intelligence Officer for the Office of Law Enforcement.

Steve Gorsuch
Steve graduated from Ranney School in 1967 and went on to attend American University to pursue his passion for communications, journalism and broadcasting. He currently works as the Director of Broadcast Operations for the U.S. Open Tennis Championship and the Director of Golf Operations for CBS Sports.

Ranney Panther Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Richard DiBiase (posthumously)
Richard graduated from Ranney School in 1984, where he dedicated himself to swimming for four years on the Ranney swim team as well as part of the Central Jersey Aquatics Club. Richard served as a police officer for the Ocean Township Police Department and as Chief of the Oakhurst Fire Department.

Andrea Rosen
Andrea was a two-sport star who graduated from Ranney School in 1990. She excelled in both tennis and softball as a Panther before matriculating to Gettysburg College. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President of the Special Markets & Speakers Bureau for HarperCollins Publishers.

McKenna (Gledhill) Kingdon
McKenna was a three-sport athlete who graduated from Ranney in 1990. She excelled in soccer, basketball and softball. McKenna attended Rhode Island University and then received her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School. She is now the Director of Law for Howell Township.

Molly Wilgucki
Molly graduated from Ranney School in 2009, where she was a three-sport athlete. Molly was a State Champion in the long jump and a two-time Patriot Conference Champion. Molly went on to attend Bucknell University and currently is working toward her master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in neuroscience at Rowan-SOM (formally UMDNJ-SOM).

Distinguished Faculty Award

Margaret Mahon
Mrs. Margaret Mahon was an integral part of the Ranney School community from 1966-1993. She became a very valuable part of Mr. Russell G. Ranney’s team serving as a faculty member, Lower School Principal and Assistant Head of School. Mrs. Mahon became Ranney’s second Head of School after Mr. Ranney’s passing in 1987 and led the school until her retirement in 1993.

Dr. C. Stanley Searle (posthumously)
Dr. C. Stanley Searle was an instrumental part of the Ranney staff from 1965 to 1988. He served the school as a history teacher, Dean of Students and then as Head Librarian. To this day, our Lower School library bears his name and legacy, The Searle Library.

Serge Orminati
Mr. Serge Orminati began his teaching career at Ranney School in 1978 and continued until 2000 in the Upper School Science Department. Mr. Orminati is considered to be a master teacher by his many students.

Jan Le Baron
Mrs. Jan LeBaron came to Ranney School in 1985 and continued her career in the Lower School until her retirement in 2005. Mrs. LeBaron was well loved by all of her students and families she came in contact with over the years.

Dr. Noel Delgado
Dr. Noel Delgado was appointed to Ranney School in 2002 as an Upper School history teacher, a department he returned to this fall as a faculty member and chair after serving as the Upper School Dean of Students. Dr. Delgado has greatly impacted the lives of hundreds of students as a passionate history teacher, a Cross Country and Track coach, and a leader of various activities, clubs and class trips.
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