Alumni News: March 2026
Hello friends –
Each year in May we welcome alumni on campus for Alumni Weekend. This year, we will be celebrating classes ending in 1 & 6. As part of Alumni Weekend, we honor members of the Friends School community who have distinguished themselves with outstanding professional and personal achievements and those who have loyally dedicated their time and service to the School. I am excited to share those names with you today!
We present three awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Outstanding Alumni Service Award, and an Honorary Alumni Award.
- The Distinguished Alumni Award was established to recognize and honor alumni whose professional or volunteer achievements have brought distinction within a particular field or vocational endeavor, locally or on a national level.
- The Outstanding Alumni Service Award was established to honor an alum who has generously and loyally donated time and energy to enrich Friends and its future.
- The Honorary Alumni Award was established to honor a Friends School community member who exemplifies the Quaker philosophy and spirit, and who gives themselves to further the growth of Friends School and its community.
This year’s Award recipients are:
Barbara Entwisle ’71 – Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Lisa Corinne Davis ’76 – Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Dahira Lievano-Binford ’81 – Outstanding Alumni Service Award Recipient
Thomas Binford – Honorary Alumni Award Recipient
Below you can read about each recipient and their achievements. We are thrilled to present these four individuals with our Alumni Awards!
Additionally, we will also induct several alumni into the Friends School Athletic Hall of Fame which recognizes outstanding individual athletes, teams and coaches who have exemplified the School’s tradition of extraordinary sportsmanship and meritorious service to the athletic program.
The 2026 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are:
Christopher Preston ’86
Allison White ’01
Patrick Sissman ’06
Jonathan Schmidt ’11
Jessica Van Dyke ’11
Anna Dorsey ’16
Marli Caplan ’16
2016 Varsity Golf Team
I welcome you to join us in honoring this year’s award recipients and inductees on Saturday, May 2, at 11:00 a.m. during the Athletic Hall of Fame & Alumni Award ceremony. Click here to register for the ceremony and other Alumni Weekend activities.
As always, if you need anything or have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. I hope to see many of you on campus in May for Alumni Weekend!
Sophia Springer '13
Director of Alumni Giving & Engagement
2026 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
 Barbara Entwisle ’71
Barbara is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Fellow of the Carolina Population Center, with additional adjunct and affiliate faculty positions in Geography and the Environment, Energy, and Ecology program. Her current research examines migration processes across the life course, focusing on how household dynamics and community contexts shape patterns of mobility and immobility in different regions of the world. She also studies population health by linking electronic health records with U.S. Census Bureau data to better understand the social determinants of health. Barbara previously served as Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC Chapel Hill from 2010 to 2016, overseeing a campus-wide research program with nearly $1 billion in annual expenditures and supervising numerous research centers and support offices. Earlier, she directed the Carolina Population Center from 2002 to 2010. Since returning to full-time faculty in 2016, Barbara has published influential work on topics such as climate change and migration, energy poverty and mobility in Southern Africa, life-course determinants of migration, and health inequalities. Her contributions to sociology and demography have been recognized through leadership roles and honors, including serving as President of the Sociological Research Association and the Population Association of America, and being elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A dedicated mentor, she has supervised numerous doctoral and postdoctoral scholars and received multiple awards for mentoring and teaching.
Click here to learn more about Barbara, her work and publications.
 Lisa Corinne Davis ’76
Lisa is a Brooklyn-based painter best known for paintings and works on paper that resemble multilayered maps with encoded narratives. She says her practice explores the complex relationship between “race, culture and history” and, with it, ideas about classification and contingency, the rational and irrational, and chaos and order. Lisa received her BFA from Pratt Institute and her MFA from Hunter College. Her paintings have been exhibited across the United States and in Europe and have been received positively by the press including The Telegraph, Art News, Art in America, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hopkins Review, The New York Times and The Brooklyn Rail. Lisa is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and three Artist Fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2017, she was inducted as a National Academician at the National Academy Museum & School. Lisa is a renowned professor, having taught at the Yale University School of Art, and currently as Professor of Art, and Co-Director of the MFA, at Hunter College. She has lectured widely on her work and other art-related subjects, and her essays on art and culture have been published in several magazines.
Click here to learn more about Lisa, her work and upcoming exhibits.
Outstanding Alumni Service Award Recipient
 Dahira Lievano-Binford ’81
Dahira’s enduring commitment to Friends School reflects a deep belief in the power of community and lifelong connection. For 18 years she has served as Alumni Class Secretary for the Class of 1981, fostering meaningful engagement among classmates and strengthening ties between alumni and the School. Her eight years of service on the Alumni Association Board further demonstrate her commitment to advancing Friends’ mission through alumni volunteerism. In addition to these roles, Dahira has contributed her time and energy to numerous Phonathons, reunion planning, and alumni giving initiatives, helping to cultivate a culture of generosity and sustained involvement. Her service extends beyond alumni engagement, having also served on the Friends School Parents Association Board. Through nearly two decades of consistent volunteerism, Dahira has played an instrumental role in building relationships, encouraging participation, and reinforcing the strong bonds that define Friends School.
Honorary Alumni Award Recipient
 Thomas Binford
Tom, or as many people around campus know him, Señor Binford, has been a cornerstone of the Friends School community for the past 37 years. He started teaching at Friends back in 1988, then met his wife Dahira (who also happens to be a Friends School alum), sent his children to Friends, and even after retirement can still be found at a local alumni event. One might think that Señor Binford is already an alum given the circumstances! Tom taught at Friends for 36 years and touched the lives of many in the community with his expertise and passion for lifelong learning. His dedication to the Spanish program, leadership in cultural immersion trips (he was a part of 17!), and guidance to clubs like UNICEF and Hunger Committee have inspired generations of students. Additionally, Tom has made it a point to stay involved with Friends alumni and has always been willing to attend receptions and events, whether in New York, Boston, or here in Baltimore. (If you’re lucky, you might catch him and Mr. Buck at an alumni outing to the O’s game still!) Always willing to go the extra mile, Tom has been an exceptional educator, colleague, and friend, and we are incredibly honored to welcome him (officially) into the alumni community.
Alumni Weekend | May 1 & 2, 2026
Registration for Alumni Weekend is open! Call your friends from Friends and enjoy Alumni Weekend festivities together. While the weekend is focused on Reunion Classes ending in 1 and 6, we welcome all Friends alumni and families to celebrate with us. Don’t wait to sign up for activities. Be sure to register by Wednesday, April 22!
Information about Class Parties and activities can be found on the Alumni Weekend webpage: friendsbalt.org/alumni/alumni-weekend.
- Register and view the Alumni Weekend schedule here.
- Update your information with the Alumni Office here.
Advancement Office Happenings and News
San Francisco, March 31: A special evening with Friends School of Baltimore
We invite you to join us for an evening to reconnect with alumni and friends, and hear the latest campus updates directly from Head of School Christian Donovan. A reception will be hosted on Tuesday, March 31 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Merkado located at 130 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. Also in attendance will be Chief Advancement Officer Ashley Principe and Major Gifts Officer Lydia Dibos. If you are able to join us, kindly RSVP by March 23, to rsvp@friendsbalt.org. We hope to see you there!
Make an Impact with a Gift to The Fund for Friends
As alumni, you know firsthand the impact our school has on students’ lives. Your support of The Fund for Friends helps support our exceptional teachers, innovative programs, financial aid, and the experiences that make our community so special.
This year, we’re focused on increasing alumni participation — because every gift truly makes a difference. No matter the size, your donation is a powerful vote of confidence in our mission and our students.
Celebrating a reunion year? There’s no better time to honor your class and show your school pride. Make a gift of $250 or more to The Fund for Friends for an opportunity to have an engraved brick in the patio at the ZAC; click here for more information: https://alumni.friendsbalt.org/AlumniBrick. Help us make this a milestone year for alumni giving!
Click here to make your gift today: https://alumni.friendsbalt.org/giving.
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