Blake Haselton, HS principal/mentor

I have never had the opportunity to work with, and become a friend of, another person like Jennifer. I spent a lot of time as Principal with her reviewing her Newspaper Editor decisions, discussed with her parents the Indiana vs. Yale decision making process, and visited her at Yale for a tour (I still have and wear that Yale sweatshirt). She was an exceptional individual and I will mourn her loss, yet I will be comforted by many positive memories of her, Mark, Ethan and family updates as well as her annual Thanksgiving Friday morning coffee visits while she was visiting her parents in Sutherland. I’m confident her legacy will be not only on her colleagues and her students, from high school to SLU, that she impacted. More significant, the positive impact all those people will have on others who never knew her. I feel blessed to have had Jen in my life and our relationship was a highlight in her allowing me to follow her progress.