Westminster School recognizes those who have made planned gifts as members of the Thring Society. The Thring Society takes its name from the Reverend Edward Thring, Headmaster of the Uppingham School in England from 1853-1887. Thring’s view of education had an enormous influence in America, most certainly on William Lee Cushing, Westminster’s founder.

The radical ideas that Thring developed – the importance of individual attention, the need for structure and balance in school activities, the shared joy in learning and playing together, the value of discipline with freedom – became, through Cushing’s leadership, an integral part of Westminster and are still seen across the campus today.

Frequently Asked Questions:

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  • Who can join the Thring Society

    Anyone can make a planned gift at Westminster School and hundreds already have. Formalized in 1991, there are over 300 members of the Thring Society. You can see the publicly recognized members below. Westminster is aware of of planned gifts of every size from alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends of Westminster.

  • Why is it important to share what I’ve done for Westminster?

    If you share your gift with Westminster, in whatever detail you are comfortable with, we will be able to thank you and recognize you as a member of the The Thring Society. Working together to establish your legacy, we want to be sure your munificence will achieve the goals to which you aspire.  

    Most planned gifts support the endowment of Westminster. The endowment is a key piece to Westminster’s financial foundation, providing resources for faculty, students, and the campus. If you want your gift to support a specific area within the endowment, please share that with us as it is the School’s policy to apply all unknown planned gifts to the general endowment.

     

  • Who is in the Thring Society?

    There are over 300 Thring Society, including alumni, parents, and friends of Westminster. The Thring Society is listed here, in the Annual Report, and on a plaque in Cushing Hall.  

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    Robert M. Adams Jr. 1957*
    David F. Allen 1955*
    Douglas H. and Amy E. V. Allen
    Sissy and Peter Anlyan '69
    Elaine and Bill Anlyan '68
    Harold O. Anthony '55*
    John S. Armour '76
    John L. Atlee '59*
    Todd A. Atwood '72
    Beth Cuda Baker and Todd M. Baker P'09, '12, '15
    June C. Barker*
    Harry P. Barrand '40* and Helen S. Barrand* P'68, '74, '78
    Bill Bartholomay '71
    Robert C. Baydush '52
    Charles Beach ‘13*
    John Beinecke '65
    Benjamin D. Beyea '40*
    E. Tremain Bradley Jr. '55*
    Donna and C. Andrew Brickman '82
    Joel P. Brightman '53
    Marcia and Robert Bristow ’76
    Alan F. Brooks '55, P'89, '91, '96
    T. Coleman Brooks '95
    Virginia J. Brooks* P'55, '62, G'82, '89, '91, '96
    Daniel Burke III '87, P’21
    William Burlingham III '57*
    Christopher F. Burr '69
    Robert F. Bynum '69
    Michael S. Cady '73
    Peter Caley '76
    Christopher J. Campbell '91, P’24
    John C. Campbell '38*
    C. Howard Capito '64
    John M. Capito Jr. '60*
    Bill Carey '60, P'90
    Rachel England Castle '86
    Geoffrey L. Chentow '61*
    John T. Chew Jr. '64*
    David L. Childs '52*, P'80
    William P. Childs '54
    Forrester A. Clark Jr. '54
    Howard L. Clark Jr.* P'92
    Abram Claude Jr. '46*, P'71, '80, '84, G'02, '21
    Peter D. Coe '59*
    Carol and W. Graham Cole H'09
    Carlton Colyer '48*
    Marina Rust Connor '83, P’22
    Jeff Cook '66
    Mr. J. Nic Cooper '52
    Lillian Corbin P'98
    John A. Cosentino Jr. P'00, '18, '18
    Guy W. Cox II '57
    Glenn Craft ’66
    Nancy B. Crocker* P'95, '97, '04
    Richard R. Cuyler '54
    Alexander J. Daigle '00
    Jonathan I. Danforth '78, P'09
    Aileen Daversa '90
    Henry M. de Mauriac '42*
    Charles W. Deeds* P'51, G'82
    Willard A. S. Denham '49*
    John C. Devereux '65
    Alice and John D. Dibble '50*, P'84
    Mr. Charles D. Dilks '59*
    Deirdre Duffy Donohue '78
    Dorothy and Robert Doran P'84
    David A. Driscoll '47*
    Christine '00 and Matthew Droessler
    Susan H. Dubin P'00
    Robert J. Dunbar '66
    John Dunbar '69 
    Susan and John* Dwyer P'88, '90, GP'18, '22
    Robert W. Ebling Jr. '33*, P'66, '69
    Robert W. Ebling III '66
    R. Hilliard Ebling '69
    Walter E. Edge '35*
    William C. Egan III '64, P'92, '95, '00, '02
    Derek B. Fahey '66
    Michael B. Fales '69*
    James Martin Farr '57
    Jacob S. Fassett III '32*, P'57, '58, G'86
    Charles S. Fineman '65
    Michael Fiske ‘58, P’92
    Colin S. Flinn '82
    Michael R. Flynn '68*
    Gordon T. Ford '53*, P'80, '81, '87
    Heather E. Frahm '86
    W. Robert Friedman '61, P'93
    Mr. Eric A. Fris, Jr. 1960
    Richard Fuller '66
    Reginald H. Fullerton Jr. '52*
    Peter C. Fulweiler '66
    Robert T. Gabriel '40*
    Samuel M. Gawthrop '61
    Donald Geissler 1966
    Elizabeth N. Carstensen Genung '93, P’25
    Mary Anne Gerzanick-Liebowitz '81
    John T. Gibson '31*
    Douglas H. Gilbert '85
    Kathleen Gorman Gilbert '85
    Joseph L. Gitterman III '55, P'86, '86, '90, GP'24
    Marjorie Lewis* and Thomas P. Good '31*
    James H. Goodenough '44*
    Newell M. Grant Jr. '99
    Frederick Grave*
    Craig L. Grenier '02
    Charles E. Griffith Jr. '56*
    Jeannie and Charlie Griffith III, P '11, '14, '17, H '14
    David E. Griffith '72, P'06, '10
    N. Lee Griggs '47*
    Robert D. Hafner Jr.
    Jonathan D. Halsey '66, P'94
    Dorrance H. Hamilton* P'73, G'01
    Michael  Hanley ‘78
    Clarence Harper*
    Roberts* and Greta Harrison*
    Bruce O. Hawes '45*
    Jack W. Hawley '34*
    Warren K. Hay '50*
    George Borszcz* and Melinda J. Henderson '80
    Charles W. Henry '67
    John R. Henry II '63*
    William C. Henry II '78
    J. W. Kearny Hibbard '55*, P'94, '96
    Mrs. Ford Hibbard*
    Eastham Hockmeyer '50*
    Wick Hollingshead '56
    Melissa A. Horne '00
    David H. Hovey '78, P'09, '11, '14
    Sarah and David Hubby ‘54
    Huston Huffman Jr. '66*
    Catharine Montgomery Hunt*
    Pemberton Hutchinson '50
    Richard A. Hutchinson '49*
    Michael A. Innes ‘98
    Martin R. Irani ‘83
    Robert L. Ireland Jr. '85
    Anne and Gregory d. Islan '66
    Herrick Jackson '58*
    John T. P. Jackson '55*, P'78
    Orton P. Jackson Jr. '70
    Jennifer Glassman Jacobs '96
    Thomas A. Johnson Jr. '47*
    Leigh Johnstone '60*
    Gilbert E. Jones '70
    Peter M. Kellogg '59, P'86
    Madeleine Kelly*
    Jennifer B. Keyo
    Elizabeth R. Kipp
    Carol Kirsch P'11
    Wendy and J. Philip Kistler '56, P'87, GP'22
    Murray H. Klein '74
    Peter M. Kohn '75
    Benjamin S. Kuckel Jr. '59
    Victoria K. Gitterman Leonard '90
    Robert McA. Lloyd '44*
    Michael C. Lobdell '75, P'07
    Andrew W. H. Logan '88
    Pare M. Lorentz Jr. '55*
    Jane B. Lowry P’10, ’13
    Kenneth S. Mason P'11, '12, '16
    Alexis Van Der Mije McAndrew '98
    Brian H. D. McClelland '50
    Andrew D. McCullough, Jr. '87
    John J. McGrath Jr. '73, P'06
    Thomas C. McNichols '67
    Jodi Godlewski Melvin '78
    Richard C. Merrill '28*
    J. Sanford Miller P'00
    Jeremiah S. Miller
    Malcolm Miller '86, P'22
    Charles B. Milliken P'77
    T. Treadway Mink Jr. '77, P'11
    Townsend Mink ’46, P’77, GP ’11
    Archibald R. Montgomery '43*, P'71
    Roger W. Moore '35*
    Franklin L. Morton '73, P'05
    John S. Morton Jr.* P'73, G'05
    Stephanie and Gregory* Neal '54, P'83
    Sandra and Lawrence R. Noble '80, P'18, '20
    Kelsey O'Brien '11
    Brian O'Donnell ‘66
    Whitney Moran O’Donnell and Ryan A. O’Donnell ’98, P'28
    John O'Herron* G'08, '10, '12
    Lyn Oliva P'00, '03
    Ashley W. Olmsted*
    J. Pierce O'Neil '76, P'10, '12
    Peter M. Palin '57
    Charles F. Partridge '28*
    David Partridge '42*
    Sanborn Partridge '32*
    Robert F. Pearce '54
    John T. Perkin* P'91, '93, '99
    Albert L. Perry III*
    Virginia Perry
    Mary E. Peters* and W. Scott Peters* P'73
    Peter V. N. Philip* G'06, '09
    Jennifer and William V. N. Philip P'06, '09
    Marjorie E. Pinney P'01, '11
    David H. Pivirotto '83
    Eliot H. Porter II '43*, P'69, '74
    John A. Powers* P'85
    Elfie S. Raymond* P'89
    Dr. and Mrs. George A. Raymond P'85, '87, G'19, '20, '24, '24
    Caleb F. Reese '91
    Rosser Scott Reeves III '54*
    John H. Remer '43* and Frances Remer* P'69
    John H. Remer Jr. '69
    Maury Reyburn '32*, P'56
    Jaye and Spike* Richey '63, P'94, GP'22
    Deborah DuPont Riegel P'90, '95
    Critchell Rimington '25*
    Alberto M. Roldán '06
    Mary E. Ross P'84
    Charles G. Ryan '45*
    Andrew B. Sanford '83, P'16, '16
    Anni Dupré and Charles N. Santry '80, P'12
    Geofrey Sargent '68
    Mary and Joe* Sargent, P'74, '77, '79, '83, GP'07, '10, '17, '20
    Sarael and Tom Sargent ’77, P’10
    Richard Savitt* P'81
    Steve Scott '72, P'06, '09
    William M. Sebring Jr. '37*
    John Sherwin '57*, P'83, '89
    Tyler Sherwin '89
    Andrew D. Shiftan '86
    N. Louis Shipley 1981 & Amanda Clarke Shipley 1980
    Wistar C. Silver '59*
    James B. Slimmon Jr. '45*, P'76
    Robert D. Slimmon '42*
    Barbara Smith* and Henry L. Smith '47*
    Hunter W. Smith Sr. '68
    Timothy Smith 1949*
    Jamie Slimmon Somes 1976
    Paul A. Spagnoletti '90
    Courtney P. Stacks '94
    Dorothy and L. Caesar Stair III P'96, '99
    Jim Steers '71
    Campbell H. Steketee Jr. '56*
    P. Frederick Steketee, II 1964
    Harrison Stevens '32*
    Amy and Scott Stevens P'07, '09, '12
    Tim Stevens 1962*
    Mr. Timothy Stevens 1959
    C. Evan Stewart '70, P'11
    Dick Stewart '66
    John P. Stratton III '58
    Elaine* and Philip B. Stull '52*
    Phyllis S. Swayze* P'55, '59, G'86
    Stephen F. Taft Jr. '30*
    W. Bruce Taylor '49*
    Samuel Thorne Jr. '46, P'74, '76
    Margaret* and Alan V.* Tishman P'66
    John G. Tucker '68
    John V. Tunney '52*, P'80
    Thomas H. Turton '61, P'82, '83, '85, '88, GP'25, '27
    Howard Tuttle
    George F. Tyler III '59*
    Ruth M. Unfried* P'61, '64, G'96, '97
    Stephen M. Unfried '61, P'96
    C. Hiram Upson '50*, P'86
    Wendy McKinley Uvino '75, P'05, '14
    George (Jody) Vaill '66
    D.G. Van Clief, Jr. '66
    Connie* and Donald E. Walkwitz P'96, '99
    Mark K. Wallace '78
    Frank E. Walton, Jr. '76
    David P. Wardwell '49*
    Rennie Wilson Washburn '82
    John L. Way II* P'75, '80
    Kirsten Sichler Webb 1998
    Peter H. Wendell '61*, P'87, '90
    Greta and Donald Werner P'79, '82
    Sara L. Whiteley '91, P’29
    Rick Wilcox '89
    Peter R. Wilde* P'81, '85, '88, G'16, '18, '20
    David R. Wilkins '88
    Robert Wing '57, P'90
    Silas H. Witherbee '73
    Wendell W. Witter* P'56, G'87
    Thomas J. Wolff* P'70, '73
    Gregory S. Wolff '70
    David E. Wood '75
    Susan* and Thomas H. Young III P'83, '85
    G. Frederick Zeller Jr.*
    Charles F. Zimmer '59

    *deceased

     

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    • Trustees of Westminster School, Inc.
    • Westminster School Tax ID number: 06-0646960
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