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Pingry Graduates 132 at 150th Commencement

Mountainside's Maxwell Ingrassia receives diploma from Martinsville school.

The Pingry School recently celebrated its 150th commencement on Sunday afternoon with 132 graduates from the Class of 2011 in a ceremony at the private school's campus in the Martinsville section of Bernards Township.

The ceremony was held in the school's Hauser auditorium.

The  is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary celebration. Founded by Dr. John Pingry in 1861 as a small boys school  in Elizabeth, the institution grew into a co-educational independent K-12 country day school with more than 1,000 students at campuses in Short Hills and Martinsville. Grades 6-12 are located in the Martinsville campus.

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The Graduates

Arvin Alaigh (Warren, NJ)
Adam Levitch Armstrong (Hillsborough, NJ)
William Allan Bartlett (Summit, NJ)
Jeffrey Steven Baum (Short Hills, NJ)
Matthew John Beattie (Whitehouse Station, NJ)
Avinash Sunil Bhavnani (Warren, NJ)
Elizabeth Schuyler Bianco (Far Hills, NJ)
Lindsey Sara Bissinger (Morristown, NJ)
Alexis Marie Bocian-Reperowitz (Short Hills, NJ)
William W. Burchenal (Summit, NJ)
Lindsay Arlene Burke (Summit, NJ)
Chloe Elizabeth Carver (Morristown, NJ)
Jared Seth Cohen (Bridgewater, NJ)
Emily Morgan Combias (Madison, NJ)
Susan Jane Contess (Bernardsville, NJ)
Emily Boyd Crooker (Chester, NJ)
Helen Anastasia Daifotis (Westfield, NJ)
Matthew R. Damstrom (Short Hills, NJ)
Lakshmi K. Davey (Warren, NJ)
Lindsey R. Devers (Maplewood, NJ)
Amanda Jane Devine (Lebanon, NJ)
Julia Serra Dowling (Summit, NJ)
Meghan Duarte-Silva Barry (Mendham, NJ)
Diana Alexandra Dzerovych (Randolph, NJ)
James Evans Elliott (Summit, NJ)
Matthew English (Watchung, NJ)
Alexander Robert Fagella (Warren, NJ)
Andrew R. Falk (Tewksbury Township, NJ)
Ashley Shuwen Feng (Watchung, NJ)
Nicolas Karl Fink (Morristown, NJ)
Brian Welling Fischer (Warren, NJ)
William Murphy Fischer (Warren, NJ)
Amanda Kathryn Flugstad-Clarke (Morristown, NJ)
Keri A. Forness (Chatham, NJ)
Danielle Nicole Fusaro (Chester, NJ)
Henry Charles Gadsden (Short Hills, NJ)
Anjana Ganti (Warren, NJ)
Noinin Ellis Gilbert (Far Hills, NJ)
Rebecca Megan Gluck (Chester, NJ)
James Brendan Goldberg (Chatham, NJ)
Tierney P. Griff (Summit, NJ)
Tyler Joseph Gump (Summit, NJ)
Shaan R. Gurnani (Warren, NJ)
Amanda L. Haltmaier (Short Hills, NJ)
Benjamin Logan Hamm Conard (Short Hills, NJ)
Stephanie Maria Hanchuk (Peapack, NJ)
Malvi K. Hemani (Watchung, NJ)
Garrett Clark Hiscano (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Lillian Page Holman (Morristown, NJ)
Wade Garrett Homer (Watchung, NJ)
Kira Masae Kee Horiuchi (Branchburg, NJ)
Michael Hoyt (Flemington, NJ) 
Victor Bor-Chang Hsue (Warren, NJ)
Shannon Locke Hughes (Summit, NJ)
Robert Hugin (Summit, NJ)
Maxwell A. Ingrassia (Mountainside, NJ)
Adam M. Jacob (Branchburg, NJ)
Kevin A. Jian (Milltown, NJ)
Lucas Andrew Johnston (Chatham, NJ)
Christopher P. Ju (Mendham, NJ)
Anna P. Kamen (Short Hills, NJ)
Ayana Mansadeen Abdul Kareem (North Plainfield, NJ)
Ethan Surmay Kenny (Chatham, NJ)
Ariana Alexandra King (Irvington, NJ)
Kathryn Ann Kolb (Bridgewater, NJ)
Daniel Kronthal (Short Hills, NJ)
Jeanee Lee (East Brunswick, NJ)
Timothy K. Lee (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Alex S. Lieberman (Livingston, NJ)
Alexandra Christine Logerfo (Bernardsville, NJ)
Stephen Charles Louria (Brookside, NJ)
Michael T. Lucciola (Chatham, NJ)
Carter F. Luckfield (Summit, NJ)
Robert Allen Luckfield (Summit, NJ)
Theodore Kenneth Macioce (Summit, NJ)
Pranav Maganti (Chatham, NJ)
Albert T. Magnell (New Vernon, NJ)
Ratish Malhotra (East Brunswick, NJ)
Kasra Manoocheri (Westfield, NJ)
Elizabeth Austen Manzo (New Vernon, NJ)
Victoria B. Martin (Madison, NJ)
Mary Katherine Martinson (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Victoria Leigh Meyer (New Vernon, NJ)
Dina M.F.S. Mohamed-Aly (Plainfield, NJ)
Anisha Diya Mohin (Warren, NJ)
Sarah Oakes Muirhead (Verona, NJ)
Victoria Margaret Munn (Neshanic Station, NJ)
Melissa K. Murphy (Mendham, NJ)
Victor Curtis Wora N'Diaye (South Orange, NJ)
Grant J. Negri (Warren, NJ)
Samantha Rose Neibart (Morristown, NJ)
Kaela Kathleen O'Connor (Essex Fells, NJ)
Katherine Stanley O'Connor (New Vernon, NJ)
Jasmine Oghaz (Califon, NJ)
Roxanne Oghaz (Califon, NJ)
Vitor F. Oliveira (Newark, NJ)
Otis H. Osman (Far Hills, NJ)
Steven Michael Palazzolo (Bernardsville, NJ)
Mark Joseph Parker-Magyar (Morristown, NJ)
Stephen J. Pike (Warren, NJ)
Alexandra A. Rajan (Short Hills, NJ)
Jason Ginsberg Reitman (Westfield, NJ)
Mackenzie Anna Roach (Warren, NJ) 
Colleen Savia Roberts (Bridgewater, NJ)
Benjamin J. Rogers (Lebanon, NJ)
Michael E. Sankovich (Short Hills, NJ)
Thomas Hector Schermerhorn (Summit, NJ)
Eric H. Schoenbach (Westfield, NJ)
Harlen Alec Shangold (Califon, NJ)
Matthias Sheeleigh IV (New Vernon, NJ)
Hayley Hart Shelby (Madison, NJ)
Taylor Anne Shepard (Westfield, NJ)
Taylor Nicole Smith (Mendham, NJ)
Chloé Jordan Sorvino (New Vernon, NJ)
Scott Thomas Sowinski (Warren, NJ)
Rebecca Drew Spicehandler (New Vernon, NJ)
Eric Raymond Stock (Bernardsville, NJ)
Matthew Tyler Stone (Branchburg, NJ)
Olivia Leigh Tarantino (Summit, NJ)
Kristen Giovanna Tripicchio (Clark, NJ)
Reed L. Tyson (Morristown, NJ)
John Charles Varvaro (Warren, NJ)
Matthew Paul Vitale (Mendham, NJ)
Lucas Walker Vreeland (Short Hills, NJ)
Victoria Wei (Bedminster, NJ)
Tanya Schill Welch (Summit, NJ)
Whitney Jane Weldon (New Vernon, NJ)
Danielle Paige Westerman (Warren, NJ)
Rachael Molly Williams (Morristown, NJ)
Andrew Young (Livingston, NJ)
Rebecca Catherine Youngdahl (Summit, NJ)
Harrison Jia-Min Yu (Watchung, NJ)

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