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Head of School's Award for Distinguished Service to the School

The Head of School’s Award recognizes alumni whose commitment and service to the school serves as an inspiration to all alumni. Recipients must have demonstrated commitment to the school’s mission by fostering a sense of “community, personal integrity and values,” and following Paul C. Ransom’s belief that people are “in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it.” Through their leadership, honor, attitude and dedication, they have made an irreplaceable mark on Ransom Everglades School and its future.

2024 - Rudy Prio Touzet ’76
2023 - David Arnold ’86 and Jourdan Moore Houston ’69
2022 - Steve Sawitz ’75
2021 - Susan Matson Lampen '71
2020 - Andrew Ansin '81 and Vanessa Chartouni-de la Serna '90
2019 - Lili Krech Neale '69
2018 - Henry H. Anderson, Jr. '38
2017 - Elana Oberstein-Harris '93 
2016 - Greg Glass '82
2015 - Ben Quevedo '98
2014 - Melissa Krinzman '86
2013 - Daniel Lafuente '05 and Wifredo Fernandez '05
2012 - John K. Shubin '79
2011 - Alice Jacobson Lash '78
2010 - Henry Stavisky '85
2009 - Debby Bussel '79
2008 - Matthew Greer '96
2007 - Ray Zemon '66
2006 - Debi Braman Wechsler '78
2005 - William Holly '86
2004 - Eric Buermann '69
2003 - Hal Kendall '54
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.