Recent Administrators and Notable Teachers
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More recent administrators at Uni’s helm have included:
• Royer, who became Assistant Director in 1984 until his retirement in 1986.
• Dr. Anthony Peressini, who became Acting Director for one year in 1984.
• Dr. Joel Crames, who had served as Assistant Principal from 1981 to 1985 and became Assistant Director in 1986, a post he held until he resigned in 1996.
• Dr. Russell Ames, who was named Director of the school in 1985. He took a one-year leave of absence in 1990 and his resignation was effective in May 1992.
• Dr. Steven Epperson, who was named Acting Director of the school in 1991.
• Dr. Henry Meares, who followed Epperson and held the title of Principal.
• Barbara Wysocki, head of Uni’s Social Studies Department, who served as Acting Principal in 1994 after Meares left following a two-year tenure.
• Dr. Shelley Roberts, who was hired as Principal in July 1994 and made Director/Principal in 1995. She resigned in 1998.
• Linda Morford, who was hired as Assistant Director on a temporary basis in 1996 and received a permanent appointment in 1997. She resigned in 2002.
• Dr. John Hedeman, who was hired as Director/Principal in 1998 and resigned effective August 2003.
• Dr. Susan Kovacs, who was hired as Acting Assistant Director in 2002 and received a permanent appointment in 2003.
• Ms. Kathleen Patton, who was hired as Director/Principal in 2003.
The 1996-97 school year brought the resignation due to health reasons of the Uni teacher with the most years of service since it opened: Carol Unzicker Bond retired after 35 years as a French teacher and Foreign Language Department Head.
Other teachers who helped shape the lives of more than two decades of students include the late Pauline Chagnon, who also taught French and who was at the school from 1932 to 1966; Dr. Connie Curtin, who taught Russian from 1966 to 1989; and Dr. Ella Leppert, who taught economics and history and headed up the Social Studies Department from 1954 to 1975.