best-translated Lausanne's themes into a real-world proposal. The final design was partly the contribution of the Lausanne graduating-class of 2024. Groundbreaking happened in early summer 2015, and was finished by that August. Featuring replicas of Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, and the Taj Mahal, the International Outdoor Discovery Center (IODC) has 14 different structures representing international locales laid out on a surface designed after a Rand McNally world map. Lausanne told the Memphis Business Journal that "the playground structures provide 61 individual play events with 95 themed custom elements, 70 of which are unique to the site at Lausanne". Director of operations at Lausanne, Stewart Crais, praised the IODC after its opening, expecting the space to last at least 20 years. The playground replaced by the IODC was reinstalled at Promise Academy. Xiamen, Fujian After an "extensive search across the U.S." for schools using the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP), Fujian's Xiamen #1 School approached Lausanne in September 2014 about partnering to open another IBDP school in Xiamen, China. The partnership was facilitated by Lausanne's relationship with the Confucius Institute. According to Lausanne headmaster Stuart McCathie, #1 School] were looking for a school that had an international population, an enviable college placement record, the IB program and that was located in the U.S. And through that metric they found us". Facing a maximized enrollment, and looking for additional revenue streams, Lausanne agreed to the partnership. Announced by Lausanne chairwoman Noma Anderson in 2016, the new "Xiamen #1 Lausanne International School" had a construction budget of US$50million (equivalent to about $M in ), was scheduled to open in August 2017, and is expected to eventually support 1200 students. Once open, the new international school would offer teacher and student exchange programs between the Memphis and Fujian institutions, as well as five- and seven-day boarding. Legacy Commencement speakers 1992: Notable alumni Miscellaneous Several scenes of 1993's The Firm were filmed at Lausanne, which stood in for the private school at which character Abby McDeere teaches. Production crews fenced-off the school's playground prior to Christmas 1992, and semi-trailer trucks began arriving at West Massey Road on January 5. Actors Jeanne Tripplehorn and Gene Hackman were on-campus for shooting. Headmaster Elder asked for filming to take place during the academic year to allow for a school assembly with cast and crew; the film's producer agreed to meet with students and bring a cast member with