Graduates attend 60 colleges, universities; earn over $2.5 million in scholarships: The Honorable Stephen D. Potts ’48 was the speaker for the Darlington’s 97th Commencement Exercises. For 10 years prior to August 2000 when he semi-retired, Potts served as the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). He was originally appointed by President George Bush in 1990 and then reappointed by President Bill Clinton for a second five-year term in 1995. He now serves as chairman of the Fellows Program of the Ethics Resource Center. As director of OGE, Potts led the executive branch ethics program through significant change. Under his leadership, OGE issued major regulations in the areas of standards of conduct, conflicting financial interests, public and confidential financial disclosure, and ethics training. Prior to his appointment, Potts was a partner for 29 years in the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge in Washington, D.C. He has served both as a corporate and civic board member for a number of organizations. After graduating as salutatorian and receiving the Faculty Medal for Overall Excellence at Darlington School, he graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt University with an A.B. degree in political science in 1952. In 1954, he received a L.L.B. from Vanderbilt Law School. Potts has also been an avid tennis player, having won five national and one international father/son tennis championships. He was also ranked #1 in the United States for father/son tennis, is a former Tennessee State singles champion and Mason-Dixon singles champion, was a finalist in the Irish National Tennis Championships, and qualified and played in the Wimbledon and U.S. Nationals. Following the commencement exercises, Potts and his wife flew to Budapest, Hungary to participate in an anticorruption conference.

Alumnus delivers commencement address Associate Headmaster and Dean of College Guidance Sam Moss ’63 reported that Darlington seniors plan to attend 60 different colleges. One hundred and eleven different public and private colleges and universities accepted students from Darlington’s class of 2002. “Fifty-one seniors, 49 percent of the class, distinguished themselves and brought honor to Darlington by the 85 academic, athletic, and special achievement scholarships that they have been offered – including one service academy appointment, ” Moss said. Monetary awards offered to this class have a total value of $2,523,224.

Tripp Alexander, Young Harris College; Andrew Alias, University of Mississippi; Rachel Anderson, Davidson College; Matt Arne, San Diego City College; Tom Arnold, University of Mississippi; Kit Asavasanti, Indiana University, Bloomington; Andrew Babcock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlotte Baker, Appalachian State University; Trip Barnes, University of the South; Kathryn Bell, Berry College; T.G. Bertoli, Vanderbilt University; Megan Bevill, Tulane University; Jenna Biuso, Mercer University; Allison Black, Auburn University; Sara Blanchett, Guilford College; Ashley Butler, University of Mississippi; Sergio Celasco, Eckerd College; Jason Chapman, Hampden-Sydney College; Sung Choi, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ronald Coleman, University of the South; Helen Davis, Southern Methodist University; Stephanie Doerner, Elon University; Hal Doss, Gainesville College; Ken Duffey, Auburn University; Sarah Dunn, University of Hartford; Jason Eberhard, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rebecca Edwards, University of Virginia; Diego Espinosa, Loyola University; Nasreen Fakhri, Northwestern University; Elizabeth Fine, Northwestern University; Katie Floyd, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Galloway, Mercer University; Alicia Gamble, Florida State University; Andy Gates, Gainesville College; Daniel Gay, Georgia State University; Michael Glanton, University of the South; Jonathan Glen, Guilford College; Jeff Green, Floyd College; Emily Griffin, University of Alabama; Dax Griggs, Furman University; Jordan Hammond, University of Mississippi; Susan Harbin, Tulane University; Georgia Harris, Loyola University; Frank Haslbauer, University of Alabama; Kim Henry, Rollins College; Mariah Hiller, University of the South; Bowen Hollis, University of Alabama; Cooper Holmes, Auburn University; Christine Hom, University of Georgia; Jeff Hortman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Sean Hughes, Clemson University; Lily Ingram, Southern Methodist University; Chris Jackson, University of Georgia; Adam Kijowski, Tulane University; Tara Kirkland, Loyola University; Matthew Kleist, Baldwin-Wallace College; Anne Krawiec, College of Wooster; Dusty Large, Mercer University; Porter Leslie, Columbia University; Missy Lovell, University of Mississippi; Sung Lu, University of Colorado-Boulder; Andrew Maffessanti, Mercer University; Ani Major, Eckerd College; Minaka Makita, Pine Manor College; Jeremy Martin, Murray State University; Lindsay Martin, Young Harris College; Ben McElrath, University of Alabama

Richard Mullen, Baylor University; Lauren Muller, University of Georgia; Alex Murray, University of the South; Inigo Osborne, College in Spain; Jason Paul, University of Texas, San Antonio; Tiffany Payne, University of Mississippi; Geoff Peacock, Florida State University; Dee Perry, Mercer University; Jessica Pesterfield, Truett-McConnell College; Erin Pridgen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katie Pritchett, Undecided; Sarah Rhodes, Wake Forest University; Henry Rodriguez, Pace University; Annie Rosen, Suffolk University; Page Ryan, Southern Methodist University; Lauren Sander, Undecided; Arne Sanne, Boston University; Rachel Sargent, LaGrange College; Jessica Shelley, Jacksonville State University; Sumira Smith, University of Georgia; Joanna Stankiewicz, George Mason University; Frank Stegall, Vanderbilt University; Reagin Stuckey, Emory University; Robert Sturdivant, University of Mississippi; Ben Summerall, Montana State University; Aaron Sumner, United States Merchant Marine Academy; Joyce Sweeney, Vanderbilt University; Stephen Taylor, Shorter College

Charles Thomas, University of North Florida; Sarah Tumlin, Washington & Lee University; Aam Tungsong, McGill University. Canada; Miles Wellesley, University of the South; Doug Whatley, Clark Atlanta University; Stephen Whatley, University of Mississippi; Seth White, Georgia Southern University; Jordano Williams, Vassar College; Tanya Williams, Northeastern University