RECONNECT with your walden family

Graduates of Walden School find success in every industry to which they apply. Walden alumni are scientists and researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, corporate executives, medical experts, and leaders in education. Alumni who want to reconnect to Walden School and plug into the alumni network should update their contact information below and subscribe to our alumni newsletter, PostScript.

Update Your contact info

Want to sign up for the alumni newsletter? Or receive updates about class reunions, special alumni events, and other news about your fellow classmates? Fill out the form below to stay connected!

“The most rewarding thing that has happened in my life since Walden, would be our film, Overtime…[the film] went on to premiere at the Fright Night Film Festival here in Louisville, where it won 8 awards including: Best Film, Best Actor, and Kentucky Filmmaker of the year to name a few. That really was the pivotal moment where I said: “I did it.”

— MATT NIEHOFF, CLASS OF 2000

Support for Walden’s Future

THe 1975 Club Members

Brooks and Marilyn Bower - Lifetime Members

2025-2026
- Charles Bowles
- The Tyler Family
- Brooks Bower
- Jean Frazier
- The Willett Family
- The Eastes Family
- The Nickle Family
- Jim and Lizanne Hunter
- Marsha Willinger
- Guy and Elizabeth Montgomery

Alumni Golden Circle Members

2025-26
- Gina Perry - Class of 1977
- Lesile Broecker - Class of 1980
- Christy Sherman Llewellyn - Class of 1978
- Edward Vermillion Jr - Class of 1980
- Thomas Willett - Class of 2004

Walden Alumni Association Drum Award

The Walden Drum Award was created in 2010, by a committee of Walden Alumni, to publicly recognize and honor a person whose exceptional achievements have promoted Walden School and have served to inspire and challenge today’s students. The Drum Award’s name is based on Thoreau’s quote: “When a man does not keep pace with his companion, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer, let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” Ted Bressoud a graduate of 1979, an architect, artist, and a Walden volunteer and former Board of Trustee, designed and created the actual award you see on display at Walden’s campus.

Past Award Recipients

2010 - Charlie Sexton, 1981
2011 - Linda Van Houten
2012 - Jonathan Holloway, 1982
2013 - Marcy Tucker
2014 - Christy Sherman Llewellyn, 1978
2015 - Brooks Bower

2016 - Leslie Broecker, 1980
2017 - Carroll Frey
2018 - Doug Proffitt, 1982
2019 - Joe Steinhauer
2020 - Jim Hunter
2022 - Kim Sorise

Walden Alumni Map

FIND YOUR CLASSMATES

Over years of collecting alumni information, we've launched our Walden Alumni Map! Zoom into the map to discover which alumni are in your hometown or across the globe! Prepare to reconnect with your fellow classmates….click the top right corner of the map to view full screen.

Spotlight on Walden Lifers & The Giving Tree

WALDEN LIFERS

Students who attend Kindergarten-12th Grade at Walden are honored with a plaque on the Walden Lifer tree found in the High School lobby. Their names become part of the interwoven network of "roots" that aptly represent a growing foundation of alumni who participated in the full Walden educational experience. To date, we have 53 Walden Lifers and growing!

THE GIVING TREE

The Giving Tree is a commemorative wall sculpture honoring the individuals who supported Walden through generous donations from 2002-2013. We are grateful to the many families, alumni and friends whose generous contributions enabled the construction of invaluable facilities: Walden High School, Bower Athletic Field and the Walden Field House.

Connect with Us

We'd love to hear from you! We're happy to answer any inquiries about attending/planning alumni events, how to become involved with the Walden community or scheduling a class reunion. For more information about Walden School's alumni events and reunion programs, please email Sarah Smith, Director of Development, at ssmith@walden-school.org