Peggy and Cecil Hengeveld '64 Earn the J. Tyler Griffin Award for Ambassadorship
We are pleased to announce that Peggy and Cecil Hengeveld '64 have been named the J. Tyler Griffin Award for Ambassadorship recipients for 2015. The award, named for longtime board member J. Tyler Griffin, is given out to those who serve as fantastic ambassadors for Church Farm School.
After attending Church Farm School, Cecil earned a degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He then spent 33 years in the aviation branch of the Army, reaching the rank of Brigadier General. His wife, Peggy, is also a retired PA Brigadier General. Together with Eric Weller '64, the Hengevelds started the Church Farm School Military Scholarship Fund.
The idea for the Fund sprang from the Hengevelds’ dual desire to recognize those who provide service to the United States and to further Church Farm School’s mission of sponsoring an education for those in need. “It’s not just the individual who serves in the military, it affects the entire family: the parents, the children, the siblings. Kids need a solid place to live when their parents are serving,” Cecil, says. “And we wanted to do something over and above the annual fund.”
Currently the sponsor of two students—Emmit Jefferies ’16 and Shane Carter ’17 (pictured above)—the Hengevelds clearly hold the Church Farm School mission dear to their hearts. “It means a lot to me that they are willing to take a chance on those who can’t afford a school like CFS,” Cecil says. “It’s a great tradition to keep going for those who need assistance, and children and grandchildren of veterans or those actively serving should have the opportunity to excel like any other child.”
The Hengevelds were acknowledged on May 13, 2015, during Chapel. To learn more about participating in the Military Scholarship Fund, go here.
Church Farm School | 1001 E. Lincoln Hwy. | Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
Phone: 610.363.7500 | Fax: 610.363.5367 | Admissions: [email protected]
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Phone: 610.363.7500 | Fax: 610.363.5367 | Admissions: [email protected]
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The Church Farm School is an independent boarding and day school for boys in grades 9-12 located in Exton, PA. Founded in 1918 to provide an excellent education to young men from limited means, Church Farm School now serves boys from a range of socio-economic circumstances who are seeking an extraordinary educational opportunity. The school offers a challenging college preparatory curriculum and an exceptional level of personal attention, with class sizes averaging between just 7 and 12 students.
