Severn’s 2024 Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni: Mr. John R. Quinn ‘87

11/14/2024

Mr. John R. Quinn was awarded the 2024 Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni Award.

The Severn School Alumni Association created the Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni Award to distinguish those Severn graduates who make significant and meaningful contributions to society. Jointly sponsored by the Board of Trustees and the Severn School Alumni Association, this is the highest honor the School can bestow. It recognizes those alumni who have demonstrated outstanding service to humanity, service to community, professional achievement, and/or service to Severn School. This year the Distinguished Alumni Award is given to an accomplished alumnus - Mr. John Quinn, from the Class of 1987.

Mr. Quinn attended Severn School for 5 years, where he lettered nine times in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, received 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. This position 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. After five 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. Before 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 identify and treat mental health issues effectively. He and his wife, Amy, the Executive Director of Fountain 33, live in Naples, Florida, with their three young children.

Mr. Quinn's record of service and leadership personify the hope that Severn's founder Mr. Teel had for every student: “Whatever a graduate undertakes in life must be worth something to others to be worthwhile to the graduate.” It is for this reason that Severn School is honored to award John R. Quinn '87 the 2024 Rolland M. Teel Distinguished Alumni Award.

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