[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5487]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF
                           W. BREWSTER ELY IV

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 29, 2016

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I pay tribute to 
W. Brewster Ely IV on the occasion of his retirement as Headmaster of 
Town School for Boys in San Francisco, after more than a quarter of a 
century of inspiring and thoughtful educational leadership and service 
to the San Francisco community.
  I join generations of Town School students, families, educators and 
staff in expressing our deepest appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Ely 
for the indelible mark he has left on a treasured San Francisco 
institution and on the lives of all who passed through its halls.
  Brewster Ely arrived at Town School in 1989, carrying the strong 
personal values and traditions of his family--following in his father's 
footsteps as an educator, and as a headmaster himself for 24 years.
  During his 27 years as Headmaster, Ely helped countless students 
discover their strengths and talents, pursue their dreams, express 
their creativity and develop their unique character. Each and every 
morning, Headmaster Ely greeted his students with a handshake that 
conveyed his commitment to their education, his respect for their well-
being, and the promise of a bright future.
  With Ely's leadership, the campus has been dramatically transformed 
and the performing arts and athletic programs expanded. He has had a 
significant and lasting impact on every aspect of Town School life. 
When he retires, Ely will have served as Headmaster for more than a 
third of the Town School's nearly 80-year history.
  Headmaster Ely also worked to support the educational opportunities 
of those beyond the Town School. In 1990 Ely co-founded Project 
Discover, an educational summer camp serving low income children in the 
San Francisco Bay Area. He created the New Teacher Institute which 
trains new educators and administrators to carry on the academic 
excellence and values of Town School throughout the San Francisco Bay 
Area, and further.
  Brewster Ely has been deeply committed to our San Francisco 
community. He has served on the boards of the San Francisco Zoo, the 
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, KIPP Bay Area Schools, Carney 
Sandoe and Associates, Stevenson School and the International Boys' 
Schools Coalition, of which he was president.
  I join the Town School Community in thanking Brewster Ely's family, 
his wife Nancy and his children Jenny, Jamie and Katherine for sharing 
their magnificent husband and father with the San Francisco community. 
My husband Paul and our son Paul Jr., a Town School alumnus, join me in 
wishing Brewster Ely an enjoyable and rewarding future.

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