纪念比尔·希尔

Beloved former faculty member, coach, and dorm parent Bill Seal, who retired last spring from McDonogh after years of dedicated service, died on Mon一天, March 26, from an 明显心脏病发作. A memorial service was held in Tagart Memorial Chapel on Satur一天, March 31. 比尔将被解雇 the McDonogh columbarium during a private ceremony at a 以后.

During his 39-year career at McDonogh, Bill taught lower school science, upper school psychology and history, offered guidance as a dean and dorm parent, and coached JV and varsity boys' soccer, JV and fresh/soph boys' lacrosse, girls' winter soccer, JV softball, and varsity wrestling. 他是 inducted into the McDonogh Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the 校友 Association's Distinguished Service 2007年奖项.

During a retirement tribute last spring, Headmaster Charlie Britton summed up McDonogh's love for Bill with the 下面的语句.

作为院长, 一个老师, 一个教练, and a dorm parent – as a school person – he has touched the lives of too many to count. 我们会想念 his sense of humor and his laugh, his sweater vests, the occasional bow tie, and even the needlepoint glasses case, but most of all we will miss the school person he has always 被.

During the 2007 Spirit Brunch, Robin Coblentz, McDonogh employee from 1962 to 1985, praised Bill for his devotion to McDonogh before presenting him with the DSA. 这里有 excerpts from her remarks:

Bill was no stranger to McDonogh as he was growing up in Owings Mills and graduating from Franklin High School, where he lettered in three sports, but I doubt that he ever imagined that this school would become as much a part of his 一如既往的生活. 他是 an honors graduate of the University of Baltimore, where he received his BA with a major in history and psychology. He had actually enrolled in law school when he accepted a position as a science and woodshop teacher in McDonogh's 较低的学校 when Mose 马哈默是它的首领. 他是 hired specifically to establish a physical education program in the 较低的学校. Bill spent 14 years in the 较低的学校 and during this time I got a perfect taste of the great Seal sense of humor.

In 1986 he became Associate Dean of 学生 where one of his jobs was to oversee the residential program. 在这 time he and his wife Cheryl became houseparents in South (now Keelty) Hall and nursed the fledgling girls' boarding program into the success it is to一天. 这里我应该说 that Cheryl is also heavily invested in the McDonogh family (her father is Dick Working, for many years 中学 math teacher and varsity football coach) she has 被 the reading specialist in the 较低的学校 for many years.

Bill's move to the 上学校 also included teaching three sections of psychology, which he continues to this 一天. His job as dean moved him in the counseling direction, and after taking courses nights, weekends, and summers, he received his MA in counseling from Loyola in 1992. 直到 last year Bill was the senior class dean. 今年他 added one class of world history to his busy schedule.

Well, so much for the academic side of Bill's career. bet356体育投注 . . . well, I could just say that in 1999, he was inducted into the McDonogh Athletic Hall of Fame, which says it all but here are a few details. 在把他的 time at 较低的学校 athletics, he coached jv soccer, fresh/soph lacrosse, girls' winter soccer, and varsity wrestling, but it was from 1976 until 1996, twenty years, that the words Seal and soccer were synonymous. 在这 years he and his varsity teams recorded 210 wins, and became 9th in the state in championships won. 在所有这些中 acclaim, however, Bill's proudest moment, he told me, was when he and his son Jon were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at the same time eight years ago.

According to the family's wishes, memorial contributions may be made to the McDonogh School 奖学金 Program.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Cheryl, Jon '88, and the entire Seal family.

Read a wonderful tribute to Bill in 巴尔的摩太阳报.