The prestigious Hull Maynard Presidential Award was given to Thomas Southworth, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, The Loomis Chaffee School (CT), during the awards luncheon held on Friday, October 2. Hull Maynard was the Director of Admission at Loomis School in the 1950s; he was one of the founding fathers and fi rst Executive Secretary of the fl edgling SSATB. Southworth is only the fourth person to receive the award in twelve years.

Long an active and vocal SSATB member and supporter, Tom Southworth has served on SSATB’s Board of Directors since 1998.

An Ohio farm boy educated in the local public schools, Tom had virtually no awareness of the world of private education. But by his senior year at Kenyon College, he knew he wanted to teach, and had become convinced that the boarding school world was the place to be. In his fi rst job at Moravian Academy, he taught middle school math, coached at that level, and lived in a girl’s dorm on the upper school campus. He remained in the middle school at several different schools until he offered the chance to explore admission at Williston Northampton in Easthampton, MA, followed by nine years as Choate Rosemary Hall’s (CT) Director of Financial Aid. Southworth then became the Director of Admission at Loomis Chaffee, a position he held for 24 years.

The presentation of the Hull Maynard Award to Thomas Southworth is a testament to his dedication to the admission profession and his tireless service to SSATB and his colleagues. As the Chair of the Test Development Committee, Tom was instrumental in shifting the SSAT to a “power” test and developing the writing sample. He continues to lead SSAT into new opportunities with his support of the elementary and English language tests now in development.