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Alumnus' Memory Continues through Lab Dedication
Jan 24, 2001 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
The Upper School chemistry lab was dedicated in memory of J. Bolling Sullivan, Jr. ’31 (1913-2000) Thursday, Jan. 18. President David Hicks welcomed the members of Sullivan’s family who were present. Rick Buice, who is the School’s technology coordinator and teaches AP Computer and Computer Science in the Upper School, recalled how different chemistry lab was when he joined Darlington in the late 60s and early 70s as chemistry teacher compared to now. Science Department Chair Mark Alber and juniors Sarah Rhodes and Frank Stegall, Jr. treated the guests to several explosive and visually exciting experiments.
But the highlight of the dedication was a tribute to their father by J. Bolling Sullivan III, Ph.D., and Peter W. Sullivan. They recalled with humor and love their father’s knowledge about many things and shared some of the feelings their father had expressed to them about Darlington, as well as noting the many awards and recognition he received throughout his life for his work as an engineer.
Sullivan entered Darlington in 1925 as a day student, graduating in 1931. He continued his education at Cornell University, earning a degree in chemistry in 1935 ahd a degree in chemical engineering in 1936. He retired as vice president of Rust Engineering Company in Birmingham, Ala.
In Darlington's 1931 yearbook, the "Jabberwokk," Sullivan is described as “the most under-rated senior, we would call Bolling. Business ability, a good student, a genuine scientist, polish and sincerity, raise him to a high place in our classroom. The future has much in store for him.”
But the highlight of the dedication was a tribute to their father by J. Bolling Sullivan III, Ph.D., and Peter W. Sullivan. They recalled with humor and love their father’s knowledge about many things and shared some of the feelings their father had expressed to them about Darlington, as well as noting the many awards and recognition he received throughout his life for his work as an engineer.
Sullivan entered Darlington in 1925 as a day student, graduating in 1931. He continued his education at Cornell University, earning a degree in chemistry in 1935 ahd a degree in chemical engineering in 1936. He retired as vice president of Rust Engineering Company in Birmingham, Ala.
In Darlington's 1931 yearbook, the "Jabberwokk," Sullivan is described as “the most under-rated senior, we would call Bolling. Business ability, a good student, a genuine scientist, polish and sincerity, raise him to a high place in our classroom. The future has much in store for him.”
