![The old and new Peddie seal]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573591875/peddie/fn8nhcc3ll8um18bjtrp/brandthumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573591875/peddie/fn8nhcc3ll8um18bjtrp/brandthumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573591875/peddie/fn8nhcc3ll8um18bjtrp/brandthumb.jpg","width":800}])
Peddie's new brand is rich in history.
Features
![Kimberley and Christopher Nixon '00]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573494051/peddie/tsso0ugossywc64djxaj/NixonLoveStories.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573494051/peddie/tsso0ugossywc64djxaj/NixonLoveStories.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573494051/peddie/tsso0ugossywc64djxaj/NixonLoveStories.jpg","width":800}])
For these six alumni couples, Peddie had a hand in true love.
More stories
![SeaStraws black compostable straw]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573681988/peddie/lfpz47nc0twnvnhnz7ok/seastraws.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573681988/peddie/lfpz47nc0twnvnhnz7ok/seastraws.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573681988/peddie/lfpz47nc0twnvnhnz7ok/seastraws.jpg","width":800}])
SeaStraws Chief Sustainability Officer Sophie Kennedy '15 has made it her mission to educate others about the dangers of plastics.
![Gold and bronze medal winner Tiff Zachos '88]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573741761/peddie/cgbooihkygr1zrtvrew7/Tiff-Zachos.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573741761/peddie/cgbooihkygr1zrtvrew7/Tiff-Zachos.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573741761/peddie/cgbooihkygr1zrtvrew7/Tiff-Zachos.jpg","width":800}])
Tiff Zachos '88, M.D., Ph,D., D.V.M. stepped up in a big way this summer, and her actions earned her champion status.
![Justin Barnett '02]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573682703/peddie/ypi2c58byrhj8fakikcn/TK-HEADSHOT-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573682703/peddie/ypi2c58byrhj8fakikcn/TK-HEADSHOT-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573682703/peddie/ypi2c58byrhj8fakikcn/TK-HEADSHOT-2.jpg","width":800}])
Justin Barnett '02 (TK MAC) was a physics and chemistry major at Cornell until he accepted a fellow student's offer to learn how to DJ.
![John Schafer '37]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573677086/peddie/lqal58kenq81zec9kkke/johnschafer37.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573677086/peddie/lqal58kenq81zec9kkke/johnschafer37.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573677086/peddie/lqal58kenq81zec9kkke/johnschafer37.jpg","width":800}])
One of Peddie's oldest living alumni turns 100 in December. We recently found his original Peddie application.
![Bill Volckening '84]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573675853/peddie/h05sma9mcibquvw1nbbe/Volckening.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573675853/peddie/h05sma9mcibquvw1nbbe/Volckening.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573675853/peddie/h05sma9mcibquvw1nbbe/Volckening.jpg","width":800}])
Self-professed quilt magnet Bill Volckening '84 has an uncanny ability to find great quilts, but he did not set out to be a quilt collector.
![Regan Cook '19, Michael Armellino '57 GP'19 and Dan Funderbirk '19]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573670193/peddie/vxgquzdgr1w8vyx9jcsi/armellinoscholars.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573670193/peddie/vxgquzdgr1w8vyx9jcsi/armellinoscholars.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573670193/peddie/vxgquzdgr1w8vyx9jcsi/armellinoscholars.jpg","width":800}])
When Peddie's first Armellino Scholars graduated, it was an exclamation point at the end of a profound four-year journey.
![Science teacher Katy Lambson in Israel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573668711/peddie/v4uip9m4mfu8sp5btsql/katylambson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573668711/peddie/v4uip9m4mfu8sp5btsql/katylambson.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573668711/peddie/v4uip9m4mfu8sp5btsql/katylambson.jpg","width":800}])
Before her Israeli excavating adventure, Katy Lambson's only archeology experience was watching Indiana Jones.
![Peddie art teacher Joyce Chen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573666547/peddie/xrdtsealzplxvq3h572y/JoyceChen.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573666547/peddie/xrdtsealzplxvq3h572y/JoyceChen.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573666547/peddie/xrdtsealzplxvq3h572y/JoyceChen.jpg","width":800}])
Art teacher Joyce Chen took time to focus on her art at the Vermont Studio Center.
![The Wolves cast members]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573660392/peddie/yepytv20e2le9pdv7un8/thewolvesthumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573660392/peddie/yepytv20e2le9pdv7un8/thewolvesthumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573660392/peddie/yepytv20e2le9pdv7un8/thewolvesthumb.jpg","width":800}])
The student cast and crew entertained audiences for three shows in October.
About the Chronicle
CASE GOLD WINNER
The Peddie Chronicle is a 2018 Gold Winner
in the field of independent school publishing.
BRILLIANCE AWARD WINNER
The Peddie Chronicle is a 2018 Gold Winner
for magazine feature article writing.
Fall/Winter 2019
Vol. 148, No. 1
Editor: Carrie Harrington
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications:
Wendi Patella P'17 '20
Contributors:
Beth Dial P'22
Allison Meyer
Patricia O'Neill P'13 '15 '17 '20 '22
Marisa Procopio '87
Megan Sweeney
Art Director: Brandon Detherage
Photographer: Andrew Marvin
Illustration: Jonathan Bartlett
Printing: J.S. McCarthy Printers
The award-winning Peddie Chronicle is published twice a year by the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communication for alumni, families and friends of the school.
We welcome your input: editor@peddie.org
