RE LOG Fall 2017

36 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2017 Fellows Bowden From the desk of John A. King, Jr., Associate Head of School: I am very grateful to be working with our inaugural class of Dan Leslie Bowden Fellows in the Humanities, who describe their projects in their own words in the coming pages. It has been a pleasure for me personally to offer guidance to the fellows as they shaped their projects last semester, and to offer what I hope was constructive input and feedback as the projects developed over the course of the summer. After a demanding application process and careful review, last spring a committee of faculty members, including Mr. Bowden and chaired by me, recommended to Head of School Penny Townsend that six rising seniors – Violet Handforth ’18, Gabrielle Jadotte ’18, Stephen Kaiser ’18, Andrew Lorenzen ’18, Noa Richard ’18, Megan Zou ’18 – be named as the first class of Bowden Fellows. I know that I speak for my colleagues on the committee when I say that we were impressed by the thoughtfulness, creativity and curiosity exhibited in the proposals we read. The spirit of inquiry, passion and interest in the human condition that we saw in the fellows’ proposals has carried the Bowden Fellows through their work this summer. They can all be proud of the impressive work that they produced and the intellectual growth they experienced. From making films to doing international historical research to exploring more carefully the uniqueness of the human body itself, all of the fellows in their own way explored what it means to be human. They examined the potential inherent in human beings, the depths of human emotion, and the joy of the human spirit. While all of the Bowden Fellows spent their summers creating original work, their activities and ideas did not emerge without the input and inspiration of others. I am extremely thankful to Jeffrey Miller ’79 , whose generous endowment gift to the school has created opportunities for our students that, in the words of one fellow, Summer studies in the humanities Inaugural Dan Leslie Bowden Fellows share their stories To contribute to the Dan Leslie Bowden Endowment in the Humanities, contact Director of Advancement Greg Pollard at gpollard@ransomeverglades.org . From making films to doing international historical research to exploring more carefully the uniqueness of the human body itself, all of the fellows in their own way explored what it means to be human. – John A. King, Jr. Column continues, page 82 Seated L to R: Noa Richard ’18 , Dan Leslie Bowden, Gabrielle Jadotte ’18 . Standing L to R: Violet Handforth ’18, Megan Zou ’18, Jeffrey Miller ’79, Stephen Kaiser ’18, Andrew Lorenzen ’18 , John A. King, Jr.