Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni

In Honor of Outstanding Service

Honor

Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni

Named in honor of the School's founder, The Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni Award honors Severn graduates who have demonstrated outstanding service to humanity, service to community, professional achievement, and/or service to Severn School. Jointly sponsored by the Board of Trustees and the Severn School Alumni Association, this is the highest honor the school can bestow.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 ROLLAND M. TEEL DISTINGUISHED ALUM: MR. JOHN R. QUINN '87

Mr. Quinn attended Severn School for 5 years, where he lettered nine times in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, was the recipient of several awards for accomplishments in science and math, and was the valedictorian of the Class of 1987. In 1999, he was inducted into Severn’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Upon graduating from Severn, he matriculated to the United States Naval Academy, where he continued his athletic success as an all-American midfielder and, in his senior year, earned the rank of First Regimental commander, a position which put him in command of more than half the Academy’s 4,500-member brigade of midshipmen.

After graduating from the Naval Academy with a Mechanical Engineering degree, he fulfilled his military service by becoming a Nuclear Submariner, and after his 5-years of service, he went on to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In his most recent corporate role, Mr. Quinn was Managing Partner in the Lucas Military Transition Division, where he connected client companies to the US Military’s elite performers. Prior to joining Lucas Group, he served in several planning, finance, marketing, and corporate development roles, including Vice President of Client Development for Raptor Networks and Finance Business Manager for the Walt Disney Company.

Mr. Quinn currently serves as both President and Managing Director of Fountain 33, a foundation whose mission is to empower individuals and their families to effectively identify and treat mental health issues. He and his wife Amy, the Executive Director of Fountain 33, currently live in Naples, Florida with their 3 young children.

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Past Years

2024
Mr. John R. Quinn '87
2023
Dr. Katherine Graw Lamond '96
2022
Ms. Randi Silverman Stern '83
2021
Ms. Kate Orff '89
2019
Mr. Jay Manickam '92
2018
Mr. Kent L. Holtgrewe '73 †
2017
Ms. Catherine Herrick '86
2016
Mr. Michael K. DeStefano '84
2015
Mr. Leroy M. Sparks '71
2014
Ms. Wendy E. Jones ’83
2013
All Severn School Veterans
2012
Mr. Steven R. Schuh ’78
2011
Ms. Catherine Merrill ’87
2010
MajGen Joseph D. Stewart, USMC (Ret.) ’60
2009
RADM Edward K. Walker Jr, USN (Ret.) ’50
2008
MajGen Kenneth W. Weir, USMCR (Ret.) ’48
2007
Ms. Anne ‘Sandy’ Barbour ’77
2006
Mr. Gary W. Koch ’71
2005
Mr. J. Caleb Deschanel ’62
2004
Mr. Bruce A. Hawtin ’54
2003
The Honorable Richard D. Bennett ’65
2002
Mr. Nicholas Goldsborough ’52
2001
LtGen W. H. Sterling Wright ’26 †
Mr. Alester G. Furman III ’35 †
2000
Mr. Charles F. Lynch ’44 †
1999
Mr. Frederick Drum Hunt ’30 †
1998
Mr. John K. Hopkins ’63
1997
CAPT Slade D. Cutter, USN ’31 †
Ambassador William H. G. FitzGerald ’27 †
1996
CDR Edwin Malloy Jr., USN ’36 †
1995
ADM James R. Hogg, USN (Ret.) ’52
1994
CDR Robert B. Pirie Jr, USN (Ret.) ’50
1992
Dr. Bruce Scott Old ’30 †
1991
Mr. Stephens F. Millard ’51
1990
Mr. Thomas J. Peters ’60
1989
CDR Lance E. Massey, USN ’26 †
RADM Richard R. Pratt, USN ’32 †
1988
Mr. John Drew Betz ’37 †
1987
Mr. Charles R. Zimmerman ’25 †
Mr. Paul Hobbs Massey ’67 †
1986
Mr. Roger S. Ahlbrandt ’30 †
Lt Gen Henry W. Buse Jr, USMC ’30 †
1985
RADM Herbert E. Schonland, USN ’20 †
RADM Bruce McCandless, USN ’28 †

† indicates honorees who are deceased