History

Honor Board

By the Numbers

Years of Growth

Active Members

Alumni

TIMELINE

1861 - The Founding of Pingry

Dr. John Francis Pingry founded the Pingry School as an all-boys school, dedicated to educating his students in both strong academics and morals. He acquired the school from a headmaster who had left his school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for the Civil War. As the first Headmaster of the Pingry School, Dr. Pingry came up with the school motto Maxima Reverentia Pueris Debutir: the maximum respect is due to the students.

1926 - Establishment of the Honor Code

Pingry students draft and adopt the Honor Code: a set of guidelines for appropriate and civil behavior at school and in society at large. Pingry students made it their mission to uphold the teachings of Dr. Pingry and conduct themselves in an honorable and upright manner as citizens of both the Pingry community and the world.

1949 - Academic Judicial Board

With the faculty’s adoption of the Honor Code, Pingry faculty set up the Academic Judicial Board (AJB): a disciplinary board set up to preside over cases involving Honor Code infractions. The AJB consists exclusively of faculty members.

1988 - Revision of the Honor Code

After 62 years, the Honor Code is revised to adapt to modern times. There is also a growing call to add students to the AJB, to get a student voice in disciplinary decisions.

1994 - The Founding of the Honor Board

After 45 years of faculty administration, disciplinary cases are handed over to the newly established Honor Board, a fully student-driven disciplinary board. Honor Board cases adopt a seven-person jury, with four students and three faculty to reflect the student-driven nature of both the Honor Code and Honor Board.

2021 - Honor Board Cultural Initiative

In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Honor Board launches the Cultural Initiative to recenter the community on its roots in the Honor Code, continuing the legacy of Dr. Pingry. 

ALUMNI

Class of 1994

Catherine Roberts

Class of 1995

Eli Weinberg

Class of 1996

Jennifer Lee, Chairperson

Ian McGuire

Frederique Schachter

Class of 1997

Erica Saypol, Chairperson

George Heller

Haley Joel

Jamie Shapiro

Sara Tindall

Class of 1998

Orianne Dutka, Chairperson

Christina Barba

Douglas Bookbinder

Jason Nadler

Richard Zevin

Class of 1999

Julian Scurci, Chairperson

Cheryl Fuhrman

Min-Kyu Kim

Adam Schayowitz

Class of 2000

Jesse Delia

Ershad Elahi

Daniel Gittes

Rebecca Mozo

Michael Renda

Austin Saypol

James Skiba

Donald Tansey

Class of 2001

Charles Barsamian

Hannah Bloom

Kira Gole

Erin Hearn

Jonathan Jacobs

Sonia Kothari

Brian McTernan

Megan O’Connor

Class of 2002

John Convery

David Lawrence

Jessica Magidson

Michelle Renda

Kathryn Roberts

Class of 2003

Margaret Oberrender, Chairperson

Eric Bergh

John Porges

Class of 2004

Sonam Sharma, Chairperson

Amit Kumar

Katherine Lawrence

Jonay Santoro

Class of 2005

Jonathan Roberts

Class of 2006

Juliette Jordan, Chairperson

Jonathan Bregman

Frances Callaghan

Katherine O’Connor

Rachel Van Wert

Class of 2007

Ishita Bali, Chairperson

Catherine Chong

Daniel Davidson

Jeff Zimering

Class of 2008

Abigail Machernis, Chairperson

Ana Duarte-Silva Barry

Trevor Topf

Jessica Westerman

Class of 2009

Elizabeth Roberts, Chairperson

Katherine Contess

Zara Mannan

Class of 2010

Maxwell DeChiara, Chairperson

Kathryn Bennett

Nahema Carty

Meghan Hager

Jacklyn Temares

Class of 2011

Kathryn Kolb, Chairperson

Alexis Bocian-Reperowitz

Anjana Ganti

Steven Palazzolo

Class of 2012

Andrew Hanna, Chairperson

Ashley Hough

Grace Putman

Class of 2013

Caroline Murphy, Chairperson

Michael Beck

Cameron Kirdzik

Stephen Rienzi

Class of 2014

Drew Topor, Chairperson

Class of 2015

Maxwell Leef, Chairperson

Robert Diaz

Taylor Dillon

Michael Rothpletz

Class of 2016

Madeline Temares, Chairperson

Ursula Dedekind

Nia Gooding

Robert Rigby

Class of 2017

Sean Wang, Chairperson

Sandeep Biswas

John Laurent

Lindsey Lubowitz

Emma Marvin

Gregory Naratil

Class of 2018

Alexandra Pyne, Chairperson

Alice Berndt

Alexis Enman

Chukwumaobim Nnaeto

Madeleine Parrish

Vineil Reddy

Class of 2019

Andrew Beckmen, Chairperson

Ketaki Tavan, Secretary

Avery Didden

Nathan Hefner

Varun Seetamraju

Class of 2020

Emily Sanchez, Chairperson

James Cummings

Natalie Ladino

Leah Mangold

Roger Matthews

Sydney Tindall

Class of 2021

Meghan Durkin, Chairperson

Josephine Alston

Rhea Kapur

Matthew Mandel

Grace Wang

Class of 2022

Olivia Telemaque, Chairperson

Emmet Houghton, Secretary

Jack Martin

Maureen Schwarz

Class of 2023

Stephanie Ticas, Chairperson

Diego Pasini, Secretary

Jacob Abdi

Camile Collins

Class of 2024

Divya Subramanian, Chairperson

Ally Smith, Secretary

Ethan Boroditsky

Kate Marine