The 115 members of Gilman’s Class of 2018 marked their high school graduation on Sunday, June 10. Speakers included valedictorian Matthew Ziwen Mu, Board of Trustees President Scott Wieler, and Headmaster Henry P.A. Smyth. Before the graduates received their diplomas, several students won awards for scholarship, athletic performance, or community service. In what has become a tradition, Gilman’s a cappella group, the Traveling Men, sang “The Parting Song,” based on a 17th-century Scottish song. To conclude the ceremony, pairs of graduates left the stage with a special handshake, hug, or selfie. Congratulations to these new Gilman alumni:
Julian Grant Arrington
Nicholas Jeffrey Auen*
Roland Michael Beatty
Ryan Jacob Bernstein
James Piper Bond, Jr.*
Earl Thomas Booker IV*
Jack Spencer Bowmaster
Cole Stevens Brown
Bryce Alan Bush
Stuart Hudson Carroll
Ian Michael Chalk
Gregory Alexander Charlow
Spencer Anthony Churchill
Christian David Coherd*
Ethan Jonathan Coherd
Henry Scranton Conover*
Samuel Michael Cosimano
Maxwell Malik Costes
Patrick Ford Crain
Jeremy Edward Cranston
Barrett Thomas Crawford*
Serik Alexander Czarnecki
Frank Willard Davis
William Lawrason DeMuth
William Francis Dewire
Owen Butler Dunn
William Colton Edmunds
Charles Donoho Finnerty
Thomas Gaither Bailliere Finney Jr.
Michael Jacob Fisher
Joshua Caleb Fitzgerald
Jackson DeForest Freed
Mason Quinn Freeman
Andrew Jacobson Fried
Jairus Jerome Gaines
Eric Randall Gibson*
Douglas Munder Godine III
Dominic John Grasso
Gustav Allen Gulmert
Himanshu Jung Gurung
David Robert Gushue*
Cameron Daniel Haire*
Samuel Wyatt Hales
Jonathon Henry Hazlehurst
Purnell Bernard Hill
John Burnside Howard III
Bryan Huang*
Samuel Edgar Jeppi
Bowen Jiang*
Mekhi Onaje Jonathan Johnson*
Michael Bradford Johnson*
Mitchel Hosu Khim
Dennis Ryan Khranovich
Kyle Albert Kowalewski
Darien Lanis Lawson
Anh Sy Le*
Daniel Wei Loewenstein
Sawyer Crawford Lynch
Edward Passano Macfarlane
Brandon Trey Madison
William Constantine Mallas
Joseph Keith Melancon Jr.
Michael Thomas Melvin, Jr.
Hari Unni Menon
Peter Robert Roger Milch
Jack Robert Mills
Sean Thomas Mills
Connor James Mitchell
John Clyce Abraham Moore
Matthew Ziwen Mu*
William James Conkling Muhly
Wyatt Thomas Naylor
John Henry O’Donovan, Jr.
Griffin Post Oursler
Jules Cornelis Ouwerkerk*
Kendall Nathan Parker
Alexander Ellis Pickett
Maceo Alexei Pilla
Aayush Pokharel*
Daniel Jacob Polsky
Nicholas Gebo Polydefkis
Jaz Blake Quaranta
Fernando Joseph Quezado
Charles Janney Ratcliffe
Sami Raza*
William Denton Rende*
Anthony Michael Ricci
Talbot Wesley Robinson
Henry Allen Rosenberg*
Soren Jaigopal Saggi
Ciaran Gregory Sandy
Matthew Timothy Schaller
Maxwell Oscar Schnee
Alexander Ong Seibel*
Wyatt Reno Shafer
Charles Joseph Shapiro
Charles Steven Shapiro
Lee Taylor Sherline
Alexander Martin Slodzinski
Max Connor Sobkov
Max Ethan Stern*
James Douglas Swindell
Mason Williams Swindell
Derrick Jacob Thompson
Max Palmer Vondrasek
Connor Terry Walters
Bryson Alexander Webb
James McCormick Webster IV
Willem Jerard Westra
John Joseph Whalen IV
Henry Meritt Wiggin
Brandon Justin Willis
Michael Patrick Willis
Kevin Shuai Zhang*
Zachary Long Zhao*
*Cum Laude
Graduates will attend 71 institutions across the nation; 78% of the class is heading to a most or highly competitive college, according to Barron’s scale. Six of the eight Ivy League colleges will include Gilman graduates in their first-year classes, with Harvard welcoming three. Schools welcoming Gilman graduates this fall include:
American University
Babson College
Baylor University
Boston College
Bowdoin College
Bowie State University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Cornell University
Davidson College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Duke University
Elon University
Franklin & Marshall College
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Goucher College
Hamilton College (New York)
Hampton University
Harvard University
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Loyola University Maryland
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Morgan State University
New York University
Northwestern University
Occidental College
Pennsylvania State University
Rhodes College
San Diego State University
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Syracuse University
Texas A&M University
The College of Wooster
The George Washington University
The New School – Parsons
The University of Alabama
UNC, Chapel Hill
Towson University
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College (New York)
United States Naval Academy
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
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