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The Gunnery community gathered together in the Dining Hall to watch the swearing in of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. While most of the students and faculty saw history being made via a screen and projector, a select few witnessed it in person. Four members of the history department, Craig Badger, Jen Badger, Jarrod Sisk, and Ari Baum '03 bid successfully for the inauguration trip at The Gunnery Parent Council Auction in October. The trip donated by trustee and parent Peter Slone '73 also included a spot for Haley Slone '11. Jessica L'Heureux '10 attended a five day Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference (PYIC) which included a viewing spot on the mall for the Presidential Inauguration.
How many people risk a career change from a long-established successful profession? William Smyth '57 kept all his options open and took them, not really knowing if they would pan out. After twenty-five years of working in education, he took a job with Master Chimney Sweepers (MCS) where he still works in sales and operations.
As has become an annual tradition, Susan and Jim Graham opened their home to the international students and some faculty members to celebrate the Chinese New Year. One special guest, Michelle Wong '04, returned with her fiancé to join the festivities. Karoline Theobald, faculty advisor to the Gunnery's International Club, said "This event originated because the Chinese students were homesick, and the New Year is very important in their culture. We go to Conroy House and have a nice meal. While it is not home per se, it is the next best thing." All members of this club who include students from Europe and Korea attended to support the Chinese students. Shannon Baudo and Jed Stuart '02, two members of the Admissions Office, also attended to support and celebrate with their student recruits. Other faculty members in attendance included: Sandrine Baker, Rod Theobald, Peg Addicks, Bett Alter, and former physics teacher, Ray Reich. 
We knew the 2008-2009 Gunn Scholar, Ross Anderson's, topic "The Abolitionist Thought of Frederick Gunn" was exciting, but we had little reason to expect it to have such a large impact on The Gunnery's archives. In response to Ross's questions during a research trip to the Yale archives, Cyrus Miller, brother of history faculty Chapin Miller and great-grandson of Frederick Gunn, has donated a veritable treasure trove of Gunn correspondence which illuminates the topic and enlarges our view of the School's founder. 
W.H. Gibson, Class of 1866, is dressed as a horse and rider to raise money for the town library. The Gunnery students carried the field stones, Dallas Wyant, Class of 1901, did the construction, and Ehrick Rossiter was the architect for Washington's library. The first town library opened in 1908.
