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the old Behrend Pool. Today’s students marvel at to college where I am now studying history and
his hijinks with a certain reverence. “Those are the historical research methods.”
types of pranks you see on TV. We would for sure
get in trouble for those if we did them today,” THE G AP
Hillary Moatz ’08 said. These days, thinking about the many years he
Other students also have been taken under spent away from St. George’s after graduation, Doll
Doll’s wing. is wistful. His parents had forced him to come
This past year, Westley Resendes ’08 spent a here, he says. He grew up in Pawtucket and was a
semester actually taking a class from Doll, a special talented swimmer, though a notorious rascal. They
project in which Doll grilled Resendes on the wanted more for him.
entire history of the school, complete with a final Asked what made him reassert his loyalty to a
exam overseen by the head of school. school he once rebelled against seems a wonder-
“Jack Doll has shown me what it is like for ment, even to him.
someone truly to commit to his craft of preserving “As a graduate, the school does get into you,”
and sharing the people, actions and events that he says of St. George’s. The comment brings Doll
have shaped the path of this precious school to his other, more sentimental self.
through the years,” Resendes wrote after the class. “Whether you liked it or not,” he says, “it leaves
“He has inspired my passion for the understanding an impression.”
of how the school has gotten to where it is today.” Known for his bawdy sense of humor and tell-
Two years ago, Sarah Coffin ’06 got to know it-like-it-is ravings, Doll also has a soft side.
Jack so well, she understudied him on a number Glimpse him in the audience at Resendes’
of chapel tours. But what she remembers most chapel talk this spring and you’ll see the tears
was his friendship and mentoring. “The welling up in his eyes.
[archives] was an escape from the stresses of You can see he loves his wife, Dottie, a little bit
school life and into the world of the past that more every day.
On Prize Day,
Head of School Eric
always came with a friendly face and a ‘Hiya, Here at St. George’s he’ll be remembered for
Peterson presents
kiddo,’” she said. “Jack always had something opening our eyes to the value of the past.
Doll with an award new and different to show me about SG that I “He’s incredibly invested in preserving the
honoring his service had never known before. He sparked a love of history of the school,” said Gould. “He’s made an
to the school.
history in me that followed me from St. George’s indelible mark on St. George’s.”
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