In 2003, upon the retirements of Randy McNaughton and John McAuliffe, Headmaster Walter C. Johnson announced the creation of a new faculty honor — Gargoylehood — to be bestowed henceforth on those faculty members who achieve tenure of at least 40 years at Hackley.
In 2005, the images of retired Hackley teachers Mr. Randy McNaughton, Mr. John McAuliffe, and Mr. Walter Schneller became part of Hackley's architecture.
Hackley has been able to work with local sculptor Bob Carpenter, who trained at the German State Woodsculpture School in Oberammergau, Germany, and at the Master School for Stone Sculpture, Cutting & Technology in Freiburg, Germany. He also has engineering degrees from Syracuse and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a Masters from Northwestern State University.