RE Log Fall 2018

42 Ransom Everglades LOG )$// 8SSHU 6FKRRO VWXGHQWV FHOHEUDWHG WKH JHQ erosity of RE’s Ansin family during an April 11 rededication of the Ansin Aquatic Center. The highlight of the event was an unveiling of a new bronze Raider statue replacing the one that mysteriously disappeared during the 2013-14 school year. The Ansins commis- sioned the statue for its former perch between the Pagoda and pool deck. “The Ansin family is very excited to restore the Ransom Raider at the plaza,” Andy Ansin ’81 said. During a spirited mid-morning ceremony, Ansin, a two-time water polo state champion who became the chair of RE’s board in June, DGGUHVVHG VRPH ɸɱɱ 8SSHU 6FKRRO VWXGHQWV IDFXOW\ DQG VWDɣ +H VKDUHG WKH FRORUIXO KLV tory of the mascot as he stood alongside the life-size statue, eliciting cheers and applause while taking several good-natured jabs at a nearby school that also claims a raider as its mascot. Ansin was joined at the event by his wife Tatsiana Ansin, his mother Toby Lerner Ansin and Toby’s partner Sandy Sanford Evans. Brother James Ansin ’84 and sister Stephanie Ansin ’90 also attended RE, and the Ansin’s eldest daughter Sophie Ansin ’25 joined the RE Class of 2025 in the fall. Ansin patriarch Edmund N. Ansin founded the Ansin Foundation, through which the IDPLO\ KDV RɣHUHG JHQHURXV VXSSRUW WR 5( “This is about a family who loves your school, and a family that cares deeply about your experience at this school,” Townsend told the students, presenting Andy Ansin with an RE water polo robe and cap with his old No. 6. Ansin explained that, back in the 1960s, students at the then all-boys Ransom School sought a team name as they began engag- ing in competitions with other schools. The boys, who competed on campus as “greens” and “whites,” voted to be called the Ransom Raiders, appreciating the allitera- tion and sense of power and might the name exhibited. $QVLQ IDPLOy KRQRUHG GXULQJ GHGLFDWLRQ FHUHPRQy O n Campus