GEN E R ATIONS
Christmas Gathering Honors Robert Renner ’58
During the 2018 Christmas Gathering, Saint David’s honored Robert Renner ’58 as Alumnus of the Year. As Assistant Director
of Development John C. Dearie ’95 noted before presenting the award, Bob, a member of the very first graduating class at
Saint David’s, has been an active alumnus for decades, a leader of his class, always to be counted on to corral and organize his
fellow ’58ers for a school event or project.
Bob expressed his strong connection to his former classmates (including Ben White ’58, who was in attendance) and his
appreciation for the education he received at Saint David’s.
Bob and his classmates posed for the cover of the summer 2018 issue of Saint David’s Magazine as the school neared
completion of the consolidation/expansion project. Back in 1953, Bob and a fellow classmate were the driving forces behind
the sledgehammer that broke through the wall separating Buildings 12 and 14, marking the school’s first expansion and move
east on 89th Street. “How apt that Bob be honored at the first Christmas Gathering in our newly expanded school, which now
stretches all the way to Madison Avenue,” said Headmaster O’Halloran.
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