SEEDING THE FUTURE

THE MAGAZINE OF MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL l WINTER 2017 THE MAGAZINE SCOTT LEDBETTER’S LONE OAKS FARM

MUS TODAY FULFILLS NEW PURPOSE The sun sets over the Mississippi River, framed by the 100-year-old Harahan Bridge. Residents from the Mid-South and visitors from around the world now have a new vantage point for enjoying sunsets and river views – the Big River Crossing pedestrian/bicycle bridge – which opened October 22. The new attraction has proven quite popular; by December more than 66,000 walkers and bikers had crossed. At nearly a mile in length, it is the longest public pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River. Read more about how alumni helped bring the project to fruition on page 5.

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5 Alumni Involvement Brings Big River Crossing to Life

12 Lone Oaks Farm Anchors Future Plans for UT

19 Covers: Oliver Luckett Examines Social Media in Debut Book

20 Teaching Sustainable Farming in Indonesia

22 From the Archives: Alumni Serve During Mexican Revolution

24 Jim Burnett Honored for 25 Years Coaching Owls

30 Newest Portrait Installation: Terry Shelton

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Memphis University School IN EVERY ISSUE ON THE COVER Founded 1893 28 Student Lauds After spending almost 20 years HEADMASTER creating a working cattle and Ellis L. Haguewood 30 Faculty News hay farm that also served as 35 Board News inspirational rustic retreat in BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hardeman County, Scott Ledbetter Samuel N. Graham II ’80, Chairman 38 Alumni News ’60 and his wife decided to sell their Glenn A. Crosby II ’77, Vice Chairman D. Stephen Morrow ’71, Treasurer 1,600-acre Lone Oaks Farm to the 42 Class News James F. Burnett ’83, Secretary University of Tennessee. Now under 50 Milestones R. Louis Adams ’70 the direction of Dr. Ben West and R. Earl Blankenship 55 We Saw You the UT Institute of Agriculture, Lone Suki S. Carson Oaks is poised to become a national model for agricultural Edward J. Dobbs ’89 Gifts in Memory and Honor William B. Dunavant III ’78 61 education with plans in development for a new 4-H and Robert M. Fockler ’77 66 The Last Word conference center facility. Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht P. Trowbridge Gillespie, Jr. ’65 J. Brett Grinder ’91 Mark J. Halperin ’67 Director of Advancement Managing Editor Joseph R. Hyde III ’61 E. Carl Krausnick, Jr. ’79 Perry Dement Marci Woodmansee Robert E. Loeb ’73 [email protected] [email protected] Johnny B. Moore, Jr. Richard C. Moore, Jr. ’63 Director of Alumni and Inside MUS Managing Editor Joseph M. Morrison ’78 Parent Programs Rebecca Greer William E. Orgel ’81 Ann Laughlin Wiley T. Robinson ’75 [email protected] Creative Director Chris R. Sanders Frederick C. Schaeffer, Jr. ’88 LeeAnn Christopherson Owen B. Tabor, Jr. ’85 Editor Philip S. Wunderlich ’90 Liz Copeland [email protected] 34 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD Harry E. Sayle IV ’92, President Jason J. Fair ’89, President-elect Derek M. Clenin ’03 Contributors John T. Crews, Jr. ’84 Donald D. Drinkard, Jr. ’98 Christopher Blank, News Director at WKNO-FM in Memphis and Freelance Arts Writer David J. Frazier ’01 Andrew E. Garrett ’03 Greg Cravens, Illustrator based in Memphis Paul T. Gillespie III ’01 J. Wesley Grace ’86 Brandon Dill, Freelance Photographer based in Memphis J. Walker Hays IV ’84 Karen Pulfer Focht, Freelance Photographer based in Memphis Albert E. Laughlin III ’94 Andrew A. McArtor, Sr. ’86 Dr. John E. Harkins, MUS Archivist and Historian R. Allen McCool, Jr. ’77 William M. McDonald, Jr. ’97 Norman Thompson, MUS Instructor in English Kelly L. McGuire ’70 J. Worth Morgan ’05 Malcolm Wood ’08, Director of Sustainability, Sumba Hospitality Foundation Michael N. Murphy, Jr. ’03 Robert B. Preston ’78 James A. Robinson, Jr. ’68 Matthew J. Saenger ’98 MISSION STATEMENT Scott S. Sherman ’89 Memphis University School is a college-preparatory school dedicated to academic excellence, cultivation Edward L. Simpson ’85 of service and leadership, and the development of well-rounded young men of strong moral character, Joseph L. Steffner, Jr. ’09 consistent with the school’s Christian tradition. John D. Stewart ’78 Charles W. Summers III ’94 © 2017 Memphis University School. All rights reserved. The name, seal, and logos of Memphis John M. Summers ’05 University School, as well as MUS Today, Inside MUS, The MUSe, The Owl’s Hoot, The Owl, and Beg Alexander W. Wellford III ’89 To Differ, are registered marks of Memphis University School and use in any manner is prohibited Brandon L. Westbrook ’92 unless prior written approval is obtained from Memphis University School. Henry Wetter III ’70 Andrew D. Wright ’86 FROM THE EDITOR

Connections in All Directions Walking the Big River Crossing on a high- More than 270 alumni recently joined together definition fall day, connections come to mind. The to honor their legendary football coach in a monu- 4,827-foot pedestrian pathway over the Mississippi mental way. Now Jake Rudolph, clipboard in hand, on the Harahan Bridge connects the bluffs guarding is memorialized in a bronze statue at Jacob Courtnay Memphis to the soybean fields fringing West Rudolph Plaza in front of Stokes Stadium (page 40). Memphis, AR. A broader project encompassing In 25 years as the volunteer Lower School infrastructure in both cities, the Main Street to Main football coach, Jim Burnett ’83 connected with about Street Multi-Modal Connector Project, drives home 1,000 boys, teaching them not only to play the game the point. And the Big River Strategic Initiative, a but also to live life with character and heart. Many collection of projects “to activate and celebrate the of his former athletes were present at the Football Mississippi River and its surrounding landscape,” Banquet in December as their coach, who recently aims to expand a levee trail system and create the retired from his gridiron duties, received an honorary Delta Regional River Park on the Arkansas side. varsity letter (page 24). The people bringing these plans to fruition A number of Faculty Emeritus Terry Shelton’s include many with connections to MUS. (See story former students attended the October unveiling of next page). their English teacher’s portrait for the Dining Hall Since the days when school co-founder (page 30). Shelton, who often connected with boys via J.W.S. Rhea wrote letters to graduates – including his red-penned remarks on their papers – received Sgt. Lee V. Harris 1916 on duty guarding the praise for holding his students to a lofty standard of U.S.-Mexican border (page 22) – individuals and excellence that remains with them to this day. families in the MUS community have been making Walking from the Memphis side of the Big River connections – and making a difference. Crossing, where Henry Turley’s ’59 South Junction Scott Ledbetter ’60 and his wife, Kathy, spent Apartments project has spurred interest in South nearly two decades collecting 27 parcels of land in End development, to the Arkansas side, where Bert Hardeman County to create their 1,600-acre cattle Robinson ’90 envisions outdoor concerts, festivals, operation and family retreat, Lone Oaks Farm. In picnics, and bike races on land now hosting soybean December 2015, motivated by their desire for more cultivation, connections – and lofty standards of Tennesseans to connect with their pastoral getaway, excellence – come to mind. they sold the property to the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture for a 4-H, youth education, and conference center (page 12). A connection Malcolm Wood ’08 made at his job

in Jackson Hole, WY, led him to the island of Sumba in LIZ COPELAND Indonesia, where he teaches organic farming tech- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS niques to students as part of the Sumba Hospitality [email protected] Foundation program (page 20).

Opposite page: From left, Doug Carpenter ’82, Paul Morris ’92, and Dow McVean ’92 played important roles in the opening of the Big River Crossing, the new pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the Mississippi River. A River Runs Through It BY MARCI WOODMANSEE

Photo by Brandon Dill Alumni play essential roles in bringing Big River Crossing to life

nion Pacific’s antique locomotive Charlie’s son, Dow McVean ’92, who for the creation of a regional river park. It’s No. 844 billowed steam across a carried the flag and served as the daily ar- all part of a grander plan for Mississippi cloudless blue sky as it crossed the ticulation of his father’s vision throughout River-area activation called the Big River Harahan Bridge and slowed to a the project, agrees with that description. Strategic Initiative. Ustop for the opening of the Big River Cross- “I’ve been caught up in that tornado for a In celebration of these Mid-South de- ing – a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge over few decades now!” he says. velopments, we highlight Owl contributions the Mississippi River – on October 22. Paul Morris ’92 was indispensible in to the cause. A large assembly of train buffs had the implementation of Charlie McVean’s gathered alongside local dignitaries, rail- vision, including helping secure a grant for PAUL MORRIS ’92 road executives, government officials, and Big River Crossing as the centerpiece for Paul Morris admits he was just lis- other excited Memphians to celebrate the the Main Street to Main Street Multi-Modal tening politely to Charlie McVean and a breathtaking new attraction. In the mid- Connector Project he directs. fellow visionary, attorney Charlie Newman, dle of it all was a contingent of elated Owl Developing a compelling brand identity explain their “crazy idea” of building a mile- alumni, whose involvement in the whole for promoting and publicizing the bridge long bike trail more than 100 feet above the undertaking was critical to its completion. boardwalk was handed to Doug Carpenter Mississippi River, right next to an active rail A similar celebration took place on opening ’82, founder and principal of the Memphis line. But when they suggested joining the day on the Arkansas side, where Owl sup- creative communications consulting concept with the Main Street improvement port also played a critical role. firm DCA. project Morris was working on as president Most everyone involved in the Big River What happens at each end of the bridge of the Downtown Memphis Commission, he Crossing credits one man in particular, was another concern on both sides of the quickly became interested. Memphis businessman and visionary, river. In Memphis developer Henry Turley Shortly thereafter, the Main Street to Charlie McVean, whose unflagging belief ’59 quickly set about tackling that issue by Main Street Multi-Modal Connector Project in the project catalyzed the effort. Arkan- creating an attractive, walkable, bike-friend- was born, and the team began pursuit of a sas State Senator Keith Ingram ’73, who ly neighborhood around the bridge en- federal Transportation Investment Gener- helped supporters pitch the idea to state trance where people would want to live, ating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to government officials early on, describes work, and play. Across the river, Arkansas fund the project. McVean as a force of nature. landowner Bert Robinson ’90 granted “Why did we pick that name?” Morris “He’s a hurricane wrapped up in a tor- easements to allow for the creation of new asks. “We learned that federal transporta- nado surrounded by a cyclone,” Ingram says. biking/hiking trails, and he is advocating tion officials love words like multi-modal

6 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 and connector, and in DC they love Main that, despite all their best efforts, there was garnering the state government’s support Street – they want to help Main Street no way they could make it happen. How- for pursuing the project. Ingram was also America. They love it so much, we put Main ever, the people who had the vision did not part of the group McVean gathered to fly to Street in there twice.” accept that answer. Omaha, NE, to pitch the project to Union With the invaluable advocacy of U.S. “It took the visionaries to keep it Pacific. Rep. Steve Cohen, the team won the $15 going,” he says. “[You need] that kind of “Within 20 minutes of McVean pitch- million federal grant, and real work on the visionary leader who can see past the day- ing the idea, the president of the railroad, project began. The aggressive deadlines set to-day drama and details.” Jim Young, raised his hand and said, ‘I get by the U.S. Department of Transportation, So Morris pushed through the chal- this, we’re going to do it. We’re going to along with the paperwork, imposed the dis- lenges and ultimately guided the project find a way.’ I was probably more stunned cipline to get the project done. But manag- to completion two weeks ahead of the than anyone in the room, other than the ing all the moving parts in a project that in- November 4 deadline and $1.5 million railroad execs who may have thought the volved the federal government, two states, under budget. president had lost his mind.” two counties, two cities, the Union-Pacific “My feeling is mostly of relief,” he says. Now that the project is complete, the Railroad, and private sector funders was a “And a little bit of disbelief, like, wow, that next steps on the Arkansas side involve complex task, to say the least. actually worked!” “Did we encounter problems we didn’t expect? Virtually every day!” Morris says. KEITH INGRAM ’73 “Managing the various funders, [all of Arkansas State Senator Keith Ingram Opposite page, left, Paul Morris spoke at the opening-day press conference in Memphis whom] felt ownership, and rightfully so, to recalls a certain amount of skepticism about his skepticism upon first hearing the make sure their expectations were being about the prospect of bringing Big River pitch for the Big River Crossing. “I thought that met, while [at the same time] dealing with Crossing to life. “When I first heard Charlie was crazy,” he said. “Think of it. Who does that? engineering challenges that presented [McVean] pitch this, I thought, “What a Memphis does that.” themselves in repurposing a 100-year old fabulous idea! The railroad will kill it im- bridge and a wagon-way built at the turn mediately,” Ingram says. Opposite page, right, about 70 percent of of the last century – it presented a lot of Then a member of the Arkansas House current visitors to the bridge are entering from the Memphis side. interesting challenges.” of Representatives, Ingram was helpful in Morris recalls one day in particular getting McVean and his team an audience Below, a fireworks show heralded the lighting when he started informing stakeholders with the Speaker of the House, a key to of the bridge on opening night.

Big River Crossing is a pedestrian/bicycle boardwalk on the northern side of the 100-year- old Harahan Bridge connecting Downtown Memphis, TN, to West Memphis, AR.

Opened October 22, 2016

Photos on page 6, 7, 8, and 11 courtesy Big River Crossing

7 connecting the crossing to a bike-trail sys- DOW MCVEAN ’92 has always been sort of a part of our family tem on the levees and the proposed park For Dow McVean, there are three small and something that’s been near and dear to and recreation area. Ingram sees tremen- “miracles” his father helped make happen dad’s heart.” dous potential for the region. in conceiving the crossing: taking the may- Charlie Newman, a well-known envi- “It’s a huge quality-of-life issue,” he or and “a couple of airplane loads of folks ronmental advocate because of his previ- says. “For years we’ve tried to figure out to Omaha” to convince Union Pacific to ous work with Overton Park and Shelby how to tap the beauty of the Mississip- consider the plan, working with Congress- Farms, is another individual Dow credits, pi River when it’s blocked by a levee. So man Cohen to get the federal grant to pay calling him an “invaluable Sherpa of the getting on top of [the levee] is certainly the for the bulk of the project, and convincing entire project” from the beginning. At most advantageous view of the river. It’s a the St. Francis Levee Board to allow the Charlie McVean’s request, Newman and fabulous opportunity to view the Memphis trail atop the levee from West Memphis to his firm found the original titles to the skyline and to be able to take in nature. It’s Marianna. In the overall five-year endeavor, roadbeds of the Harahan Bridge. “The fact rare that a major metropolitan city has un- he says, “Dad did most of the heavy lifting.” that the City of Memphis and Crittenden blemished, beautiful farmland just across He describes his own role as more behind County still owned those lean-tos certainly the river.” the scenes, “keeping things organized and helped our case convincing the railroad Ingram believes Arkansas Gov. Asa moving forward and raising a little money to allow us do this in the first place,” Dow Hutchinson’s support of cycling could also along the way.” says. “Charlie Newman is an outstanding prove advantageous. “Our governor is The reason the project has been im- Memphian … he’s been working hand-in- embracing the tourist and economic value portant to the McVeans has a lot to do with hand with us since the beginning.” bicycling can bring,” he says. “He would like their love of Memphis. Dow calls his father Now that the Crossing is complete, Arkansas to be known as the bicycling hub a diehard Memphian who wants the best Dow is excited about pressing forward on of the south.” for the city, which includes supporting the related projects, including the levee trails The state has a great start, including creation of jobs to fuel the economy. and river park in Arkansas. On this front he the 73-mile Big River Trail, running from “The main drive behind Big River has received assistance from alumnus Bert Marianna to West Memphis along the St. Crossing is as an international tourist at- Robinson, who helped secure easements Francis Levee and connecting with Big traction, and as a derivative of that, to drive for a trail system adjoining the Arkansas River Crossing. Trail work is also underway job growth locally,” Dow says. end of the bridge. north of New Orleans, Ingram says. “Also, my grandfather was in the Army “A 6.7-mile reclaimed asphalt-paved “I think [this project] really has the po- Corps of Engineers; he was very involved loop is currently under construction,” Dow tential to link St. Louis and New Orleans.” in the building of the Mississippi River says. “So in the spring, when people go levees after the war,” Dow adds. “The river across [from Memphis], they’ll be able to

8 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 go down along the riverbank between the Big River Crossing certainly fits into that Bureau. Big River Crossing poses a clear I-55 and I-40 bridges and loop back around. category, and Doug Carpenter is proud to reason to promote the city.” It will be a perfect destination for people be engaged professionally in the launch Carpenter says the Crossing has drawn [biking] from Downtown. The next thing and ongoing communications of this public over 66,000 visitors during the first six is how to put together the land to make asset. He classifies undertakings such as weeks of opening. Seventy percent ap- a regional river park a reality. It could be this as legacy projects. proached the bridge from Memphis, and upwards of 1,700 acres inside the levee “They have a long-lasting impres- thirty percent from West Memphis. More between the Big River Crossing and the sion and benefit to a community,” he says. meaningful assessments of traffic will be- [Hernando de Soto] bridge.” “We’re really proud to be able to contribute come available as the seasons pass. Hearing McVean describe the future to that.” “These are things that will be interest- possibilities for the area, it’s easy to see Carpenter’s firm, DCA, developed the ing to discover,” he says. “What is universal how important his enthusiasm and drive brand identity of Big River Crossing and is the appeal of it. People just love it; it’s a have been to the project’s success. its partnering regional developments – Big transformative experience to walk or bike “Until you go over there, you can’t River Trail and Delta Regional River Park across the Mississippi. This will be one of appreciate how amazing the views are of – all under the umbrella of the Big River the city’s most recognizable assets in the the river and both bridges and Downtown Strategic Initiative. DCA utilized a bold X to future.” Memphis. That’s what I’ll be working on,” reference a railroad crossing, which frames he says. diamond shapes to feature various trans- BERT ROBINSON ’90 “It’s not unrealistic to imagine in less portation modes in simple but recogniz- With little else besides farmland on than 10 years, say, an uninterrupted trail able iconography. The firm also implement- their side of the river, it was a natural ques- from Memphis to New Orleans, on top of ed a web and social presence and managed tion for the Arkansans considering the Big the levee, and ultimately on up to St. Louis.” public relations for the project’s construc- River Crossing project to ponder: Where tion and grand opening. Marketing efforts will it go? Bert Robinson was among them. DOUG CARPENTER ’82 continue today, Carpenter says. In the life of an advertising agency, “One week after opening, ESPN the bulk of the work that comes through requested film footage of the illuminated the door is generally related to promoting bridge for all Memphis sports broadcasts. Opposite page, numerous dignitaries were a service, product, or brand. Giant cultur- We will constantly promote the bridge as present to celebrate the opening of the Big River Crossing. al amenities, the kind of enhancements an asset for both Memphis and Arkansas that make a difference in a community through traditional channels and part- Below, Bert Robinson sees greater potential for for decades to come, are more rare. The ners including the Convention & Visitors the soybean farmland on the Arkansas side.

At 4,827 feet, it is the longest public pedestrian bridge spanning the Mississippi River.

Total cost: approx. $28M $ Total cost: approx. $ $28 million

9 “I remember talking with Dow and have open green space, campgrounds, an by Charlie McVean and Charlie Newman, Charlie McVean a long time ago, when amphitheater for outdoor shows, festivals, and says his own work in the South End [this] was just a concept, about what the food trucks, bike races – there are just area was prompted by the realization that next step would be,” Robinson says. His lots of options. We haven’t quite put it all there was little development along the family owns land near the Arkansas together yet, but we’re working on it.” route for those biking from the north to entrance to the bridge. Average farmland, Robinson describes the park concept the bridge. “I told Congressman Cohen he says, that has bigger potential. as a long-term project that would benefit that if, indeed, they got [the grant], I would “We started thinking outside the box, residents on both sides of the river. “It do something along the route. We wanted that this would make a great park and rec- would be another amenity for Downtown there to be activity along that line. That was reation area,” Robinson says. “It’s basically Memphis,” he says. “There are so many 20- a real factor in deciding to do it. We just a big blank canvas, with tremendous river and 30-somethings living Downtown who didn’t want people to come to Memphis views and views of Downtown Memphis, want to get out and about, this gives them and think we closed in 1942.” now accessible via the Big River Crossing. an opportunity. But I think it also means a His work building neighborhoods We think there’s a higher and better use for lot for Crittenden County, West Memphis, and supporting the entire Main-to-Main that property.” and Marion. Those Arkansas residents will project includes aesthetic infrastructure As a good-faith start, Robinson and an- enjoy and benefit from this, as well.” improvements to streetscapes and railroad other landowner granted easements for a underpasses and overpasses in the area of trail system, now in construction, and they HENRY TURLEY ’59 Tennessee, Florida, and Carolina streets. are brainstorming ways to garner support Near the bridge entrance on the “You’ll see they’re much more open, clean, to create a park. It is farmland that floods, Memphis side, a vibrant, eminently livable safe, lit, pretty,” he says. “We like that kind but Robinson says attractions could be new neighborhood was recently estab- of stuff.” engineered to account for cyclical flooding. lished, thanks to pioneering Downtown Turley’s gift in revitalizing communi- He pictures a park along the lines of developer Henry Turley. Turley is credited ties has encouraged other alumni entrepre- Shelby Farms. with sparking interest in the South End neurs in their ventures in the area, includ- “Our vision is for a public/private area through his South Junction Apart- ing the redevelopment of the Tennessee partnership with the state of Arkansas, ments at Carolina and Florida streets. Now Brewery by Billy Orgel ’81, and the trans- Crittenden County, and possibly several his attention is on redevelopment of nearby formation of the nearby Hotel Chisca by corporate partners and nonprofits,” he Central Station, with apartments, a hotel, Chance Carlisle ’01 and Chase Carlisle says. “We envision wetland restorations, and a theater in the works. ’03. There’s also the popular new dining/ bottomland hardwood reforestation, and Turley describes the completion of the recreation area Loflin Yard, opened by an agricultural demonstration areas. We could Big River Crossing as “a real tour de force,” ownership group including Carpenter

Adjoins Big River Trail system on the levee to Marianna, AR

Open from sunrise until 10 p.m.

46 cameras and 100K LED lights

10 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 and Michael Tauer ’95, who recognized or the lunacy to pursue something like is distinctive.” the tremendous community synergy in this, because there wouldn’t be anybody He echoes Turley’s sentiments in this developing area. to enjoy it.” describing how well this new amenity has Morris describes Turley’s continued Turley hasn’t paused to reflect too been received. “The diversity of people who support of Downtown as invaluable. “The much on progress to date. He just keeps love it is impressive to me,” he says. “The neighborhood around the [Big River] proj- looking further down the road. Memphians, the Arkansans – it’s bringing ect, he built pretty much from the ground “I would like to see the riverfront from people together in a way that I’d not really up,” Morris says. “We didn’t want to build the [Crossing] north along Riverside, and contemplated or understood. It doesn’t the bridge in the middle of nowhere. He even on Island Drive on Mud Island, devel- cost money to enjoy, and you can take your made that somewhere. That’s now one of op into a rather spectacular biking trail on family. I see people who don’t know each the hottest places to be.” the river,” he says. “I think we’d get a lot of other, smiling and having conversations Carpenter makes the point that the leverage by incorporating the whole of our [on the bridge], amazed by what they’re success of a project such as the Big River dramatic riverfront into the experience. seeing. You need things like that in a com- Crossing would have been far less likely “On a decent day, there’s a significant munity to bring people together.” without Turley, whose vision for Down- crowd … you can just feel sort of a good town began so many years ago, or Auto- vibe, from the little knots of walkers and Zone founder Pitt Hyde ’61, who located then all together,” he adds. “It’s a pretty his business and his family foundation happy place.” there and committed early on to Down- Opposite page, left, Arkansas State Senator town amenities such as the National Civil Keith Ingram recognized those involved in the Rights Museum. The constant growth in Morris, now president of Jack Mor- Big River Crossing at opening-day ceremonies the numbers of people Downtown, through ris Auto Glass in addition to serving as in West Memphis. residential and business development as director of the Main-to-Main project, sees Opposite page, right, Henry Turley’s development well as tourism, made the difference. the Big River Crossing continuing a positive work Downtown, from Harbor Town to the South “[Without] continued investment momentum for Memphis, becoming more End, has created livable communities that have projects in Downtown, which are pay- than an amenity for current residents, but activated and revitalized the area. ing good returns, this bridge wouldn’t also a selling point for recruiting employers have been possible,” Carpenter says. “We and new residents going forward. “It’s not Below, left, visitor traffic on the bridge to date has wouldn’t have qualified for the TIGER grant the single thing, but it’s part of the package been 85 percent pedestrians, 15 percent cyclists. were Downtown not so activated. And we that we can offer to convince people … to Below, right, antique locomotive No. 844 made wouldn’t have had the vision or the wisdom live here,” he says. “The Big River Crossing an appearance at the Big River Crossing opening.

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13 Scott Ledbetter’s Lone Oaks Farm will yield educational bounty for years to come

bout an hour’s drive east Center, expected to serve as a national the project, he took Ledbetter for a tour, of MUS, a beautiful farm model for agricultural education. As and Kathy went along for the ride. tucked in Hardeman UT Extension professor and Lone Oaks “We pulled up about 5 p.m., and the A County has become Director Dr. Ben West says, acquiring sun was coming through the trees from the newest jewel in the Lone Oaks Farm was “the first big behind, and cows were grazing down University of Tennessee Institute of milestone in a world-class endeavor below,” Ledbetter says. “This place was Agriculture’s holdings. The property, that will impact Tennessee for genera- ethereally beautiful. I felt Kathy kicking known as Lone Oaks Farm, is the tions to come.” me under the seat, and I knew what that work of Memphis businessman Scott Ledbetter couldn’t be happier. “This meant: ‘Let’s buy it ourselves.’” Ledbetter ’60 and his wife, Kathy. The is an unbelievable next step. ...We’ve put So they did. They later moved a couple spent 18 years assembling 27 almost 20 years of our life into [this], house across the street from Lone Oaks parcels of land into a 1,600-acre cattle and seeing it perpetuate itself … that’s onto that hillside for guests who wanted operation and hay farm that served as something that makes you very proud.” to stay on the property. The welcoming, welcome respite from the daily con- cozy house is named Rooster Cottage; cerns of Ledbetter’s real estate business THE FIELD AT ROOSTER COTTAGE its porch offers a great view of the and as inspirational family getaway near surrounding landscape. The kitchen Kathy’s hometown of Grand Junction. Lone Oaks Farm may never have features an arched window Ledbetter Intent on showcasing the beauty come to pass had Ledbetter overlooked salvaged from his childhood home at of the property in a lasting way, the a call from a broker acquaintance who Central and Goodlett before it was torn Ledbetters consulted with regionally wanted him to come look at a piece of down during the expansion of Second respected architects to connect the property – located in what is now the Presbyterian Church. “This is one of our fields and creeks and rolling hills by southwest corner of Lone Oaks – that favorite spots,” he says. adding roads and fencing and unique he was interested in developing. The Ledbetters continued acquiring residences that would draw friends and Hoping to gain an equity partner in parcels to create Lone Oaks and began family to the property. to work on a landscape plan, contract- At its peak business operation, ing with Nashville landscape architect the farm had over 500 registered Black Ben Page (who recently completed a Angus cattle, and it was one of the landscape master plan for MUS). Page largest Bermuda grass hay producers in saw sublime beauty in the sweeping southwest Tennessee. Ledbetter used it prairie landscape of Lone Oaks – its regularly for business gatherings, while diverse mixture of pasture, woodlands, welcoming friends and family members and water – and knew exactly how to to come enjoy it as well. showcase its aesthetic anchors. In recent years, however, the Equally committed to implement- couple had begun to consider ways the ing top-notch cattle and hay operations, property they had developed and cared the Ledbetters depended upon the for might be enjoyed by more people. help and expertise of eight dedicated “We did what we wanted to do, but employees to manage these businesses. it grew too big for two people to take “Kathy and I attended cattle advantage of … it just wasn’t being used auctions all over the country on like it should be,” Ledbetter says. weekends in the spring and fall, acquir- That realization led to Ledbetter’s ing cattle; we thoroughly enjoyed that sale of the property to UT, completed process,” Ledbetter says. “And of course in December 2015. In coming years our kids and grandkids spent time here. the farm will be home to West Bird House Trail is one of many paths visitors I wouldn’t trade any of that time on the Tennessee’s new 4-H and Conference can wander at Lone Oaks Farm. farm with growing family.”

14 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 (Ledbetter’s children are son, Pierce Ledbetter ’85, and daughters, Baylor Stovall and Margaret Ledbetter. What’s Next for UT He and Kathy have five grandchildren, including Scott Ledbetter ’22, a current alk to Dr. Ben West, Director of Lone Oaks Farm, about the seventh-grader at MUS.) future, and you quickly get a sense of the value this property adds to the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture – and CREATING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL the potential it holds for programs benefiting youth. Over the years the Ledbetters made T“What’s most exciting is to be able to do something here educa- improvements to the property to develop tionally for K-12 – not just in Hardeman County but in the region – that the business operations as well as ameni- will become a national model as a way to use the outdoors to teach kids ties for family and friends, always setting science, math, engineering, and technology,” West says. the bar as high as possible. One of UT’s partners is the Hardeman County School District, which “If we could not build a building to will fund a UT faculty position at Lone Oaks. where it was going to be terrific, we just “We want a real thought leader in STEM education, someone who didn’t do it,” Ledbetter says. can meet a group of fourth graders at the farm one day and demonstrate Early additions included the Sale Barn best teaching practices, and the next day talk to the CEO of FedEx and and embryo transfer facility necessary for paint the vision for what we’re doing here,” West says. the cattle operation, the stables for eleven Before the state legislature approved the purchase of the farm, West horses, and the maintenance shop, where says nearly 1,500 people toured the property to grasp the scope of what it the grandchildren liked to play. Along might offer. The State of Tennessee spent $16 million on the purchase of the way the Ledbetters also acquired a Lone Oaks, and the fundraising for further development is just beginning. collection of some 3,500 antique American West’s current challenge is to cultivate donors while overseeing the tools – the largest displayed collection in master planning project and the ongoing farming and hospitality the world. Dating from the 1600s to 1800s, operations. Cattle and hay operations continue for sale purposes, while the hand tools are mounted on 51 vertical, vegetable farming and fishing operations help supply the culinary needs 8-foot panels that line the walls of the of the event and leisure-travel side. Sale Barn, with larger foot-operated tools Ten residences on the farm accommodate guests for overnight or displayed on the second floor, giving Lone weekend stays. Small school groups, Scout troops, and 4-H clubs can also Oaks’ largest meeting space a museum- stay for camping trips or educational outings. The university recently worthy exhibit for visitors to explore. The selected Virginia-based landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz to Sale Barn also features a large professional complete a master plan for the property, which will outline locations for kitchen where UT’s newest hire, Executive construction of the 4-H center, a shooting range, and hospitality facilities, Chef Allen Cain, prepares meals with including an inn and restaurant. The farm-fresh ingredients for visiting school new educational facilities will make it and 4-H groups, guests enjoying a weekend possible for hundreds of campers to stay, and other corporate retreat and event stay overnight for multiday trips in attendees. the future. The Ledbetters built or moved and “What’s important to us is that we renovated 13 guest residences at Lone arrange things so we can have multiple Oaks, 10 of which are currently available activities going on at the same time,” for rental through UT via the website, West says. “The master plan will help loneoaksfarm.com. An airy, second-floor determine how much more we need. apartment at the stable looks out over the [We believe] $15 million would get us property. Above the shop a cozy apartment operational, with cabins for kids and outfitted with a modern kitchen and hospitality facilities. We have raised wet bar (featuring a striking bronze sink over $8 million in gifts, pledges, and by Cecil Humphreys ’73) doubles as a in-kind support, but we still have a small meeting space. Visitors can also lot of fundraising work to do in order stay in an 1832 log cabin, a ranch-style to achieve our dreams at Lone five-bedroom five-bath lodge, or an actual Oaks Farm. South African tent (a type of dwelling the “It will take years to realize our Dr. Ben West, director of Lone Oaks Ledbetters admired when they got married vision,” he says. “It’s a big project, Farm, left, has worked closely with in Zimbabwe). and we’re just getting started, but the former owner Scott Ledbetter during The farm offers sites for camping and potential is really tremendous.” the transition of the property to UT.

15 16 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 picnicking, 16 lakes for boating and “Kathy and I are pinching ourselves fishing, conversation spots for reflecting at how lucky we are – that what we and relaxing, and 15 miles of trails started from scratch will have a life and woods for hiking and exploring. forever.” Ledbetter says the night sounds outside While he watches Lone Oaks the residences are unbelievable, and so evolve, Ledbetter is helping to encour- are the stars. He is enthusiastic about age further economic development in

the opportunities for city kids to explore Focht Pulfer Karen by Photo Hardeman County, serving as chairman nature at Lone Oaks, as is UT’s West. of the Bolivar Downtown Development “Last fall I walked outside the Sale Corporation. Over the past 10 years Barn next to a sixth-grade girl who’d he and Kathy have purchased seven really never been outside of Shelby 100+-year-old historic buildings in the County,” West recalls, “and she looked courthouse square area of downtown up and said, ‘I’ve never seen stars like Bolivar. They have renovated most of this.’ That’s a big deal.” them and are now seeking restaurant operators and retail establishments. LOOKING AHEAD “We intend to take advantage of all the Ledbetter is retired, for the most visitors coming to the region to visit part. His son, Pierce, runs his business Lone Oaks,” Ledbetter says. now as CEO of LEDIC Management Ledbetter is also focused on Group – “way better than I did,” he says. helping promote and preserve the Ledbetter still spends at least one day nearby Hatchie River, the last major every week or so in Memphis. “I have my unchannelized tributary of the Lower real estate investments so I stay up with Mississippi River Basin, which the that, and it seems like I’m always busy Nature Conservancy included in its list doing something civic- or business-re- of the “75 Last Great Places on Earth” lated. I still work eight hours a day, but to save. This is the type of project he the difference in life is that I don’t have understands well from his work on the to adhere to a schedule. So I’m able to Wolf River (see next page). “I see every do things I love, and Lone Oaks is one Scott and Kathy Ledbetter held onto several bit as much potential on the Hatchie,” of them.” hundred acres at Lone Oaks to create their Ledbetter says. Ledbetter held onto 400 acres of new HopeCote Farm. One of his favorite weekend the Lone Oaks property for himself pastimes now is bicycling with Kathy to and Kathy (subsequently acquiring their favorite breakfast place – some 15 about 250 acres more). On land they Dance is a friend of Lone Oaks, whom miles there and back. And the couple have named HopeCote Farm, they Ledbetter expects will participate in took their longest-ever vacation this are building a new house and eagerly educational and sporting activities. And fall, to Bali, New Zealand, and Bora anticipating the changes that UT has he is excited about the opportunities Bora. The trip included a stay at New planned for Lone Oaks going forward. for increased tourism through the Zealand’s luxury Otahuna Lodge resort The best new addition so far, Ledbetter possible addition of a high-quality inn co-owned by Hall Cannon ’95. says, is the executive chef. “I like to eat; and restaurant, which will allow greater In addition to advocating for UT’s I wish I’d had [a chef] all along.” numbers of people to enjoy Lone Oaks. work at Lone Oaks and encouraging He is enthusiastic about planned Most important of all, though, are the economic development in Hardeman additions, including a shooting range, educational prospects. County, Ledbetter will undoubtedly which has been made possible through “I am so convinced this will be the stay busy developing and caring for a grant from the Tennessee Wildlife best 4-H camp in the nation,” Ledbetter HopeCote Farm, which he and Kathy Resources Agency. “It’s being designed says. “It’s UT’s goal. Obviously, our now call home. by Marty Fischer, who is regarded as one desire is for it to be as successful an “There are few things I’ve enjoyed of the finest sports shooting consultants operation for the university as it can more than clearing paths with a in the country, and he has convinced us possibly be. We take great pride in what chainsaw,” Ledbetter says with a smile. it’ll be one of the best sporting clay and we did to the land and want to help It’s a safe bet that, retired or no, skeet facilities in the southeastern U.S.,” them in any way we can. We’re especial- Ledbetter is not done blazing trails for Ledbetter says. ly interested in what it will do for youth others to follow. Fisherman and television host Bill and young adults.

17 Scott Ledbetter – Change Agent

ears before beginning the half years we met every Wednesday morn- the largest fund drive for a conservation creation of Lone Oaks Farm, ing at 8 a.m. in my office to work on this and environmental project in West Ledbetter had already project.” Ledbetter says the committee Tennessee’s history. One of Ledbetter’s established a name for himself had concluded that a commercial retail biggest cultural gifts to Memphis involved asY a respected commercial real estate chain was the only way to go when he got his leadership of the Memphis Zoo’s first professional and civic leader. a call from Henry Turley ’59 suggesting capital fund drive, which raised over $110 After earning his undergraduate and they consider pursuing Cabela’s as a million and led to the transformation MBA degrees at Cornell University, his possible suitor. He met with Jack Belz, of the zoo into one of the city’s greatest corporate real estate career began in 1969 chairman and CEO of Belz Enterprises, to assets. His belief in the importance of when he founded the real estate division ask about putting one of his factory outlet aiming for excellence is characteristic of of Cook Industries, Inc., Cook Investment malls in the Pyramid. “When he turned his approach on other projects. Properties. us down, I asked him what he thought of “When we were doing the Memphis In 1979 he founded LEDIC Cabela’s, and he said a far better choice Zoo, it was terrible, no question about it, Management Group and was chairman would be Bass Pro, which had a store in one of the worst in the country,” Ledbetter until 2014. His son, Pierce Ledbetter ’85, his Orlando shopping center.” says. “We [changed that] with one is now CEO of the company, which has So Belz made a call, the committee philosophy: Hire the best zoo architect over 1,100 employees managing more got Bass Pro founder Johnny Morris and you can find, which in this case was Ace than 40,000 apartment units – 11,000 his friend, TV fishing host Bill Dance, Torre out of New Orleans. We graded of which are company-owned – across to come visit, and the rest is history. every exhibit at our zoo from A to F, and the U.S. Ledbetter is also founder and “Bass Pro was a home-run choice for the there were no A’s; it was mostly C’s, D’s, chairman of CB Richard Ellis Memphis - Pyramid,” Ledbetter says. “It brought us and F’s. So we made a decision: We would Multifamily (formerly SPL Corporation). aquariums, an entertainment center, not rebuild a single exhibit unless it would destination retail, a restaurant and be the No. 1 exhibit of its type in the U.S. tourists, and even a hotel, which was a Our first was Lion Country, and it would bonus. It was the ideal use for the space.” have been easy to do a good exhibit, but Helping bring Bass Pro to the our instruction to the architect was that Pyramid is just one of many accomplish- it had to be recognized as the BEST lion ments Ledbetter can claim. The positive exhibit at that time. If I take credit for influence he has had on the community anything, it would be saying that to our is evident in the long list of civic, cultural, board and architect – that we will only do and charitable organizations he has it if it’s going to be the best in the U.S. supported. He has served as chairman “I’ve heard UT, from Ben West all the of numerous boards and spent years way to President DiPietro, say the same helping organizations such as the thing about Lone Oaks.” Memphis Museum of Natural and Cultural Ledbetter is a founder (along with History (now the Pink Palace Family of Turley) of the Memphis Society of Museums), the Memphis Arts Council Entrepreneurs. He has been honored with On the second floor of the Sale Barn, (now ArtsMemphis), and the Memphis an Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Scott Ledbetter shows off some of the Zoo, among many others. Award, the Land Conservationist of antique foot-operated tools he’s collected A fundraiser extraordinaire, he the Year Award, and the Downtown in a museum-worthy exhibit at Lone Oaks. credits his success to the “good causes” Memphis Leadership Award, among he’s been fortunate to assist. He played a other accolades. In 2006 he received a Even if you don’t know about his pivotal role in leading the Campaign for a lifetime achievement award from the business career or Lone Oaks Farm, New Century for MIFA, an effort that was Memphis chapter of Lambda Alpha chances are you have heard of his work slated to be chaired by fellow alumnus International, the principal professional chairing the city-county Pyramid Reuse Jimmy Thomas ’58, who passed away real estate society for the Mid-South. He Committee, which brought Bass Pro unexpectedly before the campaign began. currently chairs the Bolivar Downtown Shops’ newest signature store to down- That five-year effort raised $26 million. He Development Corporation, sharing his town Memphis. helped save the Wolf River by serving as drive for excellence with his neighbors in “That was the hardest thing I ever chairman of the Wolf River Conservancy’s Hardeman County. worked on,” Ledbetter says. “For two and a capital fund drive, raising $6 million,

18 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 COVERS Survival of the Clickiest: Darwinism in Social Media

BY CHRISTOPHER BLANK

t’s coincidental, but not in- came from being here, in a far more Luckett consequential, that we reach humanistic society,” Luckett says. “This worries about I Oliver Luckett ’92 a few days is a small, environmentally harsh island. the tendency of after the presidential elec- If people don’t stick together, they don’t negative memes tion. His debut book The Social Organism: survive. Americans love to throw grenades – much like A Radical Understanding of Social Media to into their system.” cancerous genes Transform Your Business and Life (Hachette Luckett’s book proposes a social media – to metasta- Books), co-authored by journalist Michael theory that began taking shape in Alice size. Facebook, J. Casey, just made him the go-to savant for Franceschetti’s AP biology class at MUS. he says, is the technology reporters scrambling to figure It came to fruition years later when, as a perfect platform out how political pollsters went so awry so-called “digital maverick,” he was asked to for contagious with their predictions. Did social media diagram the future of social media. ideas. The same play a bigger role in the election’s outcome “I started drawing switches and rout- algorithm that than anyone anticipated? ers and servers, but could never find the feeds users the content they enjoy also right level of complexity to explain how inundates them with content that rein- things floated around through the goo of forces and inflames their prejudices – a the internet,” he says. perpetual echo chamber. After an election He realized that the complex networks in which fictional scandal-memes spread created to share information have taken on like wildfire across social media, Luckett’s characteristics of textbook Darwinism. The book predicted the backlash that followed.

Photo by Gunnar Steinn by Photo machine is evolving. Facebook and Google recently committed “The state of technology will inevitably to removing fake news stories from their look like biology,” Luckett says. platforms. As one example, he compares genes The Social Organism speaks to both the – the method by which organisms pass savvy marketer looking to hone a message information from one generation to the and the consumer of social media gaining next – to “memes” – those viral ideas new insight on how these systems influ- like “Grumpy Cat” and hashtags such as ence the way people think, behave, and, #BlackLivesMatter – that make up the bub- yes, even vote. bling alphabet soup of social media. “I hope this book encourages smart Both genes and memes go through people to make and transmit content that evolutionary processes. Genes that matters,” Luckett says. “We need more Oliver Luckett at Bruarfoss Waterfall outside of contribute to a species’ survival endure memetic diversity in the world. It’s easy to Reykjavik, Iceland through natural selection, while memes be homophobic if that’s all you know. Then that resonate on a cultural level are shared you realize you have a gay cousin, and it’s and repurposed. Sometimes they become not so easy anymore. What’s important is “First of all, I made really big bets that embedded in the collective unconscious. that people get access to information that Trump was going to win,” Luckett says. Lest What makes a powerful, viral meme? can guide them on a humanistic level.” the reader infer that this social media guru Luckett says that biology plays a role in Visit thesocialorganism.com to and former CEO of theAudience was eager that, as well. Certain memes activate purchase the book. for a Trump presidency, Luckett considers neurotransmitter chemicals in the brain, his recent move to Iceland with husband, such as dopamine, endorphins, serotonin, Christopher Blank is a freelance writer Scott Guinn ’07, as dodging a bullet. and adrenaline, making them far more based in Memphis. “A lot of the inspiration for this book likely to stick, or be passed along.

19 Sowing Seeds Abroad Malcolm Wood helps educate Sumbanese hospitality students in sustainable farming

Malcolm Wood ’08 wanted to “see new places, meet new people, and try new things personally and professionally.” This quest led him to Sumba, Indonesia, and a job as director of sustainability for the Sumba Hospitality Foundation. The foundation offers vocational education to young Sumbanese students. Through its Sumba Hotel School, which opened in July, the goal is to develop sustainable tourism that would employ the local people and protect the natural beauty of the island. In October the foundation opened a restaurant and hotel featuring five guest pavilions constructed of bamboo. The income of the restaurant, hotel, and organic farm is expected to make the organization self-sufficient in the future. Sumba is a fairly large island (about 4,300 square miles) in eastern Indonesia. “Generally eastern Indonesia is less developed than much of the country, and Sumba is no exception,” Wood says. He corresponded via email to share his impressions of Sumba and to describe his work on the island.

How did you and permaculture techniques to the find out about surrounding community. Additionally, I am the position with able to help ensure the foundation moves Q Sumba Hospitality forward in a way that is sustainable, both Foundation, and environmentally and economically. &A what is your job? After studying Describe a typical day. business and What I am doing changes a lot from one Spanish at the University of Alabama (Roll day to the next. Some days I teach for the Tide!), I moved to Jackson Hole, WY, and whole day, which is great. My students are began working at a hotel. My good friend, awesome, and I get to teach them in groups and now boss, Lauren Bruggeman, worked of 10, which is a great class size. Right now at the same hotel and asked me to join this we are beginning a gardening competition project when she signed on as executive between classes, so about half of the class director. I work at the Sumba Hotel School, is spent outside on the farm. After class I where we are educating 40 underprivileged finish up any other work I have for the day, Sumbanese students in hospitality, English, relax for a little while, and have dinner on environmental awareness, organic farming, campus with students and staff. All of our and life skills. Our school also has five guest students live on campus, so we spend most Malcolm Wood shares a laugh with students while sorting trash for recycling at the Sumba rooms that offer visitors a chance to stay on of our meals together. Ideally I end my day Hotel School. our campus and allow students to practice having [drinks] with friends. their hospitality skills. What has surprised you most about here are amazing, and some of my closest As the director of sustainability, I teach the culture? friends are Sumbanese. Most of the island the environmental awareness and organic The culture on Sumba is absolutely is Christian, but many people still practice farming class and also manage our farm fascinating. I still do not fully understand animism [the belief that natural objects while working to spread organic farming it, and I probably never will. The people such as rivers and rocks possess a soul

20 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 A beautiful Sumbanese sunset at Mananga Aba Beach, just a five-minute drive from the Sumba Hotel School

or spirit], and local traditions very much are made from bamboo, as it is arguably the wanting to travel in Southeast Asia. reflect that. In Sumba there is still a lot most sustainable building material in the I have been to Singapore a couple of times, of animal sacrifice, at everything from world. Our school is about 15 minutes from but only for very short periods of time. building dedications to funerals. There the nearest city, but since Sumba is not very I want to visit Australia, New Zealand, is also a yearly festival in which men ride developed, anything on the island is very Thailand, and about a dozen other places horses toward each other and throw spears different from the typical American city. in Indonesia. I am not sure if I will be able with the intention of drawing blood and to visit everywhere I want, but luckily I am working out differences between tribes. What do you like most about the close to many interesting places. (They no longer use sharp spears, but it country? is still a little crazy to see.) Traditions like I would have to say the people, followed How long will you stay, and what’s these have been a bit surprising to me by the beautiful sites, both natural and next for you? as I adjust to living in a place completely man-made. Indonesia has some of the I am planning on staying for two years, and different from where I grew up. most beautiful beaches in the world, and in I have absolutely no idea what I am going Sumba there is usually no one else on them. to do next. If it involves another job away Have you made other American or from home, I will need to spend some time international friends? Where have you traveled so far, and in Memphis first because no matter how Meeting new people, whether they are from what places do you plan to visit while much I love it here, I will always miss home. Iran or Wisconsin, has been a highlight you are there? of my travels. We have several volunteers I moved to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, last How can we get more information about who work at the school for a few months January to study Indonesian and stayed the Sumba Hospitality Foundation? at a time, and although it is difficult when there for two months. Before moving to Visit sumbahospitalityfoundation.org. people leave, it is always nice to have fresh Sumba, I lived in Bali for two months We are a nonprofit, and if anyone wants faces join the project. studying permaculture, which is essentially to donate to the foundation they can a branch of organic farming. I have already email me at malcolm@sumbahospitality Can you describe where you live? gone back to both places for vacation and foundation.org. I live on campus, and all of our buildings would recommend them both to anyone

21 FROM THE ARCHIVES

MUS Alumni Patrolled the Mexican Border 100 Years Ago BY JOHN E. HARKINS, PH.D., SCHOOL ARCHIVIST AND HISTORIAN

urrent debate regarding the at least – that the all-around man is the warships were sent to protect American protection of the nation’s only one that makes any headway.” lives and property. With negotiations at southern border brought to Harris regretted having had to stay at a standstill, President Wilson secured C mind struggles between Camp Ord over Christmas – “it has been Congressional authorization for American Mexico and the U.S. a full a sacrifice, though but a small one, for the forces to occupy Mexico’s primary east- century ago – and the role some alumni good of the whole country. And in addition coast city of Veracruz. This provoked wide- played in border patrol. it has proved the necessity for a better sys- spread but disorganized resistance, with President Woodrow Wilson’s famous tem of national defense.” His experiences hundreds of American Marines and sailors and winning 1916 presidential campaign caused him to advocate giving young men involved and casualties on both sides. By slogan, “He kept us out of war,” may well universal military training. (See pp. 50-52 in May 71 American warships were operating have applied as much to our diplomatic the MUS Century Book). in Mexican waters, and the U.S. Army’s 5th relations with Mexico as to those with The Mexican Revolution (c. 1910-1920) Brigade under Gen. Frederick Funston took Germany. Before America’s 1917 entry into was a time of particular unrest in that over the occupied city of Veracruz. World War I, the U.S. very nearly went to country. In addition, a series of incidents In January 1916 Francisco “Pancho” war with Mexico. One may argue that inci- brought the U.S. and Mexico into armed Villa, the boldest of the Mexican Revolu- dents of undeclared warfare between the conflict during this period and led to the tion’s bandit chieftains, ordered an attack two nations did take place between 1914 necessity of border patrols. on a train near Santa Isabel in Northern and 1918. In April 1914 Mexican soldiers de- Mexico as a protest against Wilson’s President Woodrow Wilson activat- tained American sailors at the Mexican support for a political rival; 16 American ed several state militia units to address east-coast city of Tampico. Although the passengers were executed. In March Villa’s Americans’ growing problems along the sailors were quickly released, questions forces conducted a raid across the border Mexican border. These included the First of sovereignty were involved. Several U.S. into Columbus, NM. Villa’s men burned the Tennessee National Guard unit, which contained a number of MUS alumni. One of these, Sgt. Lee V. Harris 1916, wrote to school co-founder J.W.S. Rhea on February 1, 1917, to thank him for sending news of the school to him at Camp Ord in Eagle Pass, TX, and to share a bit of military news about MUS “old boys” with his former mentor. “Your little card [was] received last night on our return from border patrol duty at Windmill Ranch, 46 miles from here. … You cannot imagine how eagerly we old M.U.S. fellows have sought news of the old school. We have gloried in her victories and have been sad at her defeats in athletics, but Rozier, Davant, Donelson*, and all the rest have ventured the opinion that in many other ways M.U.S. leads all the rest. And, believe me, sir, it is being proved every day in the service that those schools with purely athletic victories to their credit are not sending as many men to the fore as the more conservative institutions. Every day is Memphians Harold Morrison, Hugh Heiskell, Frank Donelson, and Joe R.T. Ransom on guard duty proving more and more – here in the Army at the Mexican border. (MUS Century Book, page 52)

22 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 FROM THE ARCHIVES

A Call for Stories from World War II

Herb Davis ’70 has written a series of articles about his father’s experi- ences in the Marines during World War II that were published in his son’s blog (bit.ly/warstoriesMUS). After receiving positive responses from classmates, many of whom sent their memories, he decided to make this an MUS project.

“Many of the people involved [in MUS] were veterans of the war, including former headmaster Colonel Ross M. Lynn,” Davis says. Camp Ord on the Mexican border near Eagle Pass, TX. Lt. Col. William Terry of Memphis was “How did the experiences of those second in command. (MUS Century Book, page 52) men and perhaps some women (my mother was one) influence town and murdered 17 or 18 people. Presi- Wilson had it published in early March of their philosophies and attitudes? dent Wilson sent Gen. John J. Pershing into 1917, and the U.S. entered on the side of the What were the lessons they passed Mexico to capture Villa dead or alive, but Allies on April 6. Mexico stayed techni- down to their MUS sons? the Americans were unable to capture him. cally neutral but maintained a somewhat The U.S. eventually devoted some 10,000 pro-German posture throughout WWI. “I am asking any alumni whose troops and support personnel in their Most Mexicans greatly resented Amer- mothers or fathers served in the efforts, but to no avail. Despite his enemies ican violations of their sovereignty during U.S. military during WWII to send employing machine guns, automobiles, and this era. Wilson withdrew American troops me any stories of that parent’s airplanes, Villa stayed free until his assassi- in March of 1917, shortly before America’s experiences. I’m also interested in nation in 1923. declaration of war against Germany early stories from any former MUS fac- Ultimately, the First World War ob- the following month. ulty or administrators who served. scured American problems with Mexico. * From the context, the men Harris My email address is hdavis52@ Curiously, the Zimmermann Telegram indicates would seem to be MUS alumni. We outlook.com. Photographs would played an important role in America’s entry located the following names in our database also be nice. My intention is to put into the European war. British intelligence but cannot be sure the first names or gradu- these stories and photos into book intercepted and decoded a note from ation years are correct: Jules Brady Rozier form. I truly believe that MUS has German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmer- 1905, Joseph Allison Davant 1908, and mann purposing a scheme to bring Mexico Jackson Donelson 1909. We welcome input some important stories to share.” into the First World War on Germany’s side. to clarify or add to our record.

23 Work, Play, Love Seventh-grade and Red Team Head Coach Jim Burnett retires after 25 years on the gridiron

BY LIZ COPELAND

fter 25 seasons coaching 1,000 Lower School football players, Jim Burnett ’83 has collected a few stories. ALike the one about the dad who got so excited during the very first game, he pro- vided his own halftime speech to the players. Or the mom who explained to Burnett how to use an EpiPen in the event her son’s heart stopped. (Thankfully, trainers were on hand.) Or the kid who didn’t play a lot but had the greatest attitude. “Before a championship game, he came up with a huge grin and said ‘Coach Burnett, if you need to put the team on my shoulders, I’m ready.’ He recovered an onside kick, and we won that game.” To Burnett, who hung up his whistle in 2015, the wins were always great, but that kind of spirit was even more valuable. What kept him coming back year after year, he says, was “love of the boys, love of the school, and love of the sport, in that order.” Those who watched Burnett since he and a couple of classmates started the seventh-grade team have no doubt about his motivation – or his influence. “This guy has meant so much to our players, our coaches, and our school,” Director of Athletics and Head Football Known for his kind, good-natured personality, Jim Burnett recently retired from coaching football but is learning how to cheer on the Owls from the stands.

24 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 After the 2016 Football Banquet, Coach Burnett, center, adjourned to Hull-Dobbs Athletic Field for a photo with many of his former players and assistant coaches.

Coach Bobby Alston says. “For 25 years in life that follow.” he helped our boys become better football Burnett, who played center and defen- players, but more important, he helped Seventh-Grade Football sive end during his MUS days, walked on them become better young men of strong Coaches through the Years to the Ole Miss football team his freshman moral character. The impact he has had is Drew Harris ’83 year. “I quickly realized my services were immeasurable.” Craig Christenbury ’83 better used on the intramural field,” he Alston presented Burnett with a Rankin Fowlkes says. framed, honorary U letter at the 2016 Foot- Scott Williams ’85 He earned a bachelor’s degree in ball Banquet, and he accepted the honor Mark Pera ’99 business administration from Ole Miss to thunderous applause from a crowd that Andrew Gardella ’10 and a graduate degree from Louisiana included many of his former players and The following coaches State University School of Banking. After their parents. played under Jim Burnett working in banking for 13 years, he joined Connecting with his young athletes as seventh graders: Morgan Keegan (now Raymond James was always a ministry, he says. “My goal Richard Moore ’98 Financial Services) in 2000 and now serves was not to stand at a podium and preach Trevor Knight ’02 as a managing director and vice president but just to let them see my beliefs through Derek Clenin ’03 of investments. my actions. Hopefully, I didn’t botch that Jay Edwards ’07 In 1990 Coach Bobby Alston ap- too badly. Hopefully, the boys got some- Russell Nenon ’06 proached Burnett and Drew Harris ’83 thing out of it.” Buck Towner ’07 with the idea of starting a seventh-grade It seems his efforts were not lost Bryan Crenshaw ’10 football program. A year later Craig Chris- on Don Drinkard ’98. “Coach Burnett Drew Karban ’10 tenbury ’83 joined the coaching team. instilled in all of us – through his actions Burnett shares credit for launching and words – the true value of teamwork, the program with his two classmates. something extremely difficult to do with Christenbury had played wide receiver and 12-year-old boys.” for the University of Mississippi, says the defensive back at MUS, and Harris had Fletcher Maynard ’97 remembers coach pushed the players hard on the field played quarterback. “We tried to have a his coach’s kind disposition. “There was while making sure everyone understood balance of field experience on the coaching a certain gentle, stable peace about him. the game. “Coach Burnett gave [us] a staff,” Burnett says. He mentions a string of He obviously really cared about us to have well-rounded foundation not only to work men who served as coaches with him. (See done that so well for so long.” as hard as we could in athletics, but also to sidebar at left.) Rob Park ’05, who went on to play be prepared for all of the important things His wife, Dee, whom he married in

25 1993, provided balance at home. “Dee “It was a rich reward to be on likes to joke that [coaching] came with the sidelines with my boys while they the marriage,” he says. “She sees the played,” Burnett says. He adds that they value and what it means to me. That knew being related to the coach would has made it easy. There have been some not buy them favor. They had to earn involved days and hours. I could not have their place on the field. As for Gracey, done what I did without her support.” “She was always a trouper, going to In addition to coaching he serves games and asking me how the team did, on the MUS Board of Trustees (currently even if she didn’t fully understand the as secretary), and he has served on the game. She was just always there for Dad,” Headmaster Search Committee, Par- he says. ents’ Association Board, and as a class Burnett – who coached the sev- representative. In addition he serves enth-grade team and, from 2013 to 2015, on the Executive Board for Young Life the Red Team of combined seventh Ministries. and eighth graders – tried to teach his Seventh-grade football coaches Rankin Fowlkes, He is a busy dad, as well. James ’13 young players that athletics is “more a Jim Burnett, Craig Christenbury, and Drew Harris was the first of the couple’s three chil- marathon than a sprint.” As some of his proudly display their 2001 Shelby County dren to be coached by his father. Scott seventh graders had not hit puberty, he Championship trophy after defeating archrival Collierville in a memorable, hard-fought battle ’19 and Drew ’21 followed. Daughter, did not want them to be discouraged that included scoring a two-point conversion Gracey, who graduated from Hutchison facing bigger boys on the field. “I did my in the final moments of the game. in 2015, was often in the stands, cheering best to give them a good experience so them on. they would be interested in continuing if

Good Times with a Great Coach

Richard Moore ’98 contacted coaches and players to in the financial industry so I really tried to glean every- collect anecdotes about Coach Jim Burnett ’83. Follow- thing I could from him and his successful practice. He ing are a few excerpts: asked me to coach with him in the fall of 2005. Over the next five seasons, I had an absolute blast with him, I remember one of our games in seventh grade was out Drew [Harris ’83], Scott [Williams ’85], Rankin at FACS with no lights in the pouring rain. Parents point- Fowlkes, and Craig [Christenbury ’83], coaching the ed their car headlights toward the field to light it up for kids that were representing my alma mater. We didn’t the last quarter. Yes, that really happened. take ourselves (or the scorelines) too seriously as we – Richard Moore ’98 truly attempted to make the kids’ experience enjoyable, I believe we were undefeated or maybe lost one game by fulfilling, and educational. I’d like to think we one touchdown, but Jim made sure that every practice accomplished those tasks while winning a lot of and every game was both fun and tough at the same football games. – Mark Pera ’99 time. He did an awesome job as our coach. I have a lot of One of the best memories I have was when we were great memories playing for Jim. We all still tell stories to doing some drills one practice. Charlie Erb ’06 and this day and enjoyed every minute of having him as our Matt Farmer ’06 were in the back – Erb still had his head coach. – Rob Park ’05 polo shirt on under his pads – just talking and paying I first got to know Jim when I started work at Morgan no attention to the drills. Coach Burnett yells out, “ERB! Keegan after college, and he became a professional men- FARMER! WHAT THE HECK ARE Y’ALL DOING?!?!?” Erb tor. Jim is one of the most honest, caring, and genuine and Farmer just looked at Coach speechless. Coach then people you could ever meet. He is somewhat of an oddity yells, “Take a lap!!!” Classic. – Chad Hazlehurst ’06

26 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 the physicality caught up. I wanted to MUS. … However much I give back to give them a good introduction to MUS the school, I could never repay them. and the traditions, and expectations, I wouldn’t have the position I have in and pride that come with that.” life. It’s not an overstatement to say Burnett believes strongly in those that MUS helped get me to where I traditions and expectations and the a m .” effect they have on boys. He remem- This past season, his first away bers shaking hands postgame with an from coaching, Burnett says it was opposing coach, who said, “I don’t like a little tough watching seventh- and to lose, but I have so much respect for eighth-grade football games. (Drew MUS that it seems OK.” played on the eighth-grade team.) “I One of the most valuable lessons absolutely missed coaching. I felt my- Burnett learned as a coach, he says, is self cringing when something would go that the players are still boys, and they wrong and so excited when something are going to make mistakes. “Often would go right.” times, they are just looking for some- Two of his former players who one to say, ‘I’m proud of you.’ … I think went on to play in college, Richard people always remember their good Moore ’98 (University of North Car- coaches or teachers and their bad olina) and Derek Clenin ’03 (Uni- coaches or teachers. One of my goals versity of Memphis), have taken over was to be one of the good coaches.” seventh-grade coaching duties. Both He remembers experiences with served as assistant coaches under good coaches when he came to MUS Burnett. as a ninth grader knowing few people “Those guys are doing it for the at the school. “My family was probably right reasons, and they are fabulous financially stretched for me to go there. coaches,” Burnett says. I was nervous about being around guys Moore says Burnett kept the teams who were a lot wealthier than me or a competitive, but he also had higher lot smarter than me, but I was wel- goals in mind. “Jim would always end comed. Coach [Jake] Rudolph, Coach practice or games with a few thoughts [Bobby] Alston, Coach [Barry] Ray, and helpful tips for success, not just at and Coach [Jerry] Peters were some of football, but more importantly, success the most instrumental people for me.” at MUS and in life. He has been such a Burnett says the support of Alston champion for MUS, and we owe him a and Headmaster Ellis Haguewood great debt of gratitude.” over the years made it a pleasure to Clenin learned important lessons serve. Alston took on scheduling tasks about coaching boys from Burnett. “He and dealt with issues that arise when impressed upon me to coach every kid parents, students, and other schools with the same amount of intensity and are involved. Burnett also adds Clay passion no matter their skill level and Smythe ’85 to the support list. to treat them like they were your own,” “As head of the Lower School, he Clenin says. “I wish my own kids could ran a lot of interference for us. Clay have played for him.” loves the boys, and he wants them to It was time for some young blood be involved. When you have a guy like among the coaching ranks, Burnett Clay helping out 8 to 3, it makes the says. He is learning to appreciate the Lower School coaches’ job consistent view from the stands – where he can and easier from 5 to 7. “sit back and relax.” And he enjoys the “I couldn’t have been surrounded frequent reminders of his 25 years by better guys to help me try to do the coaching 12-year-old boys. mission we started 25 years ago.” “It makes you feel warm at heart In his 25 years working with Lower School football Because of his experience as a for a guy with children to come up and players, Jim Burnett enjoyed getting to coach each student, parent, and coach, Burnett say, ‘Hey Coach.’” of his sons, from the top, James ’13, Scott ’19, and says he will be “forever indebted to Drew ’21.

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Owls First Again in National Math Team Scramble

athletes test their computational skills against schools across the country every fall in the Team Scramble M math competition. Earning the first perfect 100 in competition history in 2015, the Owls once again proved themselves formidable competitors in 2016. The team scored 98, which put them in first place out of 116 schools in the National Assessment & Testing competition. An academy in the northeast placed second with an 84. The 100-question exam encompassed math problems ranging from simple subtraction to basic calculus, all of which had to be completed within 30 minutes. MUS fielded nearly 100 participants from seventh to 12th grade. To solve problems and proofread answers, students used an organizational system devised last year largely by Advanced Topics in Mathematics student Patrick Murphy ’16. Dr. Steve Gadbois, instructor in mathematics, was extremely pleased with the results. “In the past 14 years, there has been only one 100 (MUS in 2015), and a 99 and 98 by a science and From left, Cullen Lonergan ‘21 and Max Shackelford ‘21 double- technology school in New Jersey in 2007 and 2008.” check their answers in the Team Scramble competition.

Math Students Earn State Honors

hree math students re- Department of Mathematics Chair ceived top honors in the Nancy Gates was not surprised by 60th annual Statewide their accomplishments. T High School Mathematics “The consistent high performance Contest sponsored by of these three students in particular the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers’ is really impressive; they always seem Association. to be at the top,” Gates said. “We look Jackson Moody ’18 placed first forward to seeing what they achieve in the state on the precalculus exam, next.” Chang Yu ’18 placed third in the state The students were recognized at Chang Yu, Jackson Moody, and Arjun Puri achieved on the calculus and advanced topics a banquet at Middle Tennessee State exceptional scores in the Statewide High School exam, and Arjun Puri ’20 placed third University in September. Mathematics Contest. in the state on the geometry exam.

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National Merit Recognizes Scholars

he National Merit Scholarship Program named 11 Owls as National Merit Semifinalists this T fall. These members of the Class of 2017 are Philip Deaton, Andrew Douglass, Brooks Eikner, Ammaar Kazi, Rahul Mehra, Ogonna Oraedu, Ohm Patel, Callaway Rogers, Alex Salazar, McLean Todd, and Ray Zhou. This is the highest number of semifinalists for any independent school in the Mid-South. Since 1955 the NMSP annually has recognized high achievement on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. If this year’s semifinalists become finalists, they will compete this spring for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million. The NMSP also honored the following Class of 2017 Owls as National Merit Commended Students: Kian Ghodoussi, Charlie Gilliland, Front row, from left, Walker Crosby ’19 and Mason Rudolph ’17; middle row, Philip Grady Hecht, Alex Hyde, Josh Karchmer, Wunderlich ’19, Goodman Rudolph ’17, Frederick Danielson ’17; back row, Jake Meskin ’17, Ravi Lipman, Ramiz Somjee, Jacob Suppiah, Trent Scull ’17, Henry Wells ’19, Wyatt Berry ’18, and Jack Crosby ’17 Henry Trammell, Tom Wells, and Alex Wolf. They are among 34,000 U.S. students honored for their outstanding academic promise. These 11 National Merit Commended 7th State Title for Golf Owls seniors together with the 11 Semifinalists represent 21 percent of the senior class. he 2016 varsity golf team won the TSSAA Division II-AA state championship held at Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester, TN, this fall, defeating runners-up MBA and Baylor by 23 strokes to T secure their third state title in the last four years. State competitors Wyatt Berry ’18, Jack Crosby ’17, Goodman Rudolph ’17, Trent Scull ’17, and Walker Crosby ’19 played superbly, shooting a 284 in the first round and a 292 in the second. Rudolph won the individual title with a two-day total of 141. The title capped off what had already been a winning season. MUS took the regional championship earlier in the year, defeating Briarcrest, Christian Brothers, and St. Benedict. Rudolph, Scull, and Berry made the all-region team. In addition to the regional and state tournaments, the Owls were victorious at the Baylor Preview to start the season, besting 10 of the state’s upper-echelon teams. They also won the Ronnie Wenzler Memorial Tournament, launched by the school five years ago in National Merit Semifinalists, front row, from left, seniors memory of former MUS golf coach Ronnie Wenzler. Ohm Patel, Ammaar Kazi, Rahul Mehra, Ogonna Oraedu; This is the seventh state title for the Owls, who are led by Head Coach Cliff back rows, Andrew Douglass, Brooks Eikner, Ray Zhou, Frisby, a 36-year member of the Professional Golf Association and director of the Philip Deaton, Callaway Rogers, Alex Salazar, and US Junior Golf Tour since 2001. McLean Todd

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Red Letter Day

seventh- and eighth-grade vocabulary, and At the unveiling reception Headmaster Portrait Enshrines eighth-grade English. He held the A. Robert Ellis Haguewood spoke of Shelton’s Boelte, Jr. Chair of Excellence in Teaching omnipresent red grading pen. “Or as the Man with the and received other awards during his one student put it, ‘red pen in morning, tenure, including the Presidential Scholars student take warning,’ or as Macbeth put Crimson Pen Distinguished Teaching Award in 1997 and it, ‘the multitudinous seas incarnadine.’ He the MUS Distinguished Teaching Award in always assigned many papers, read them he Alumni Executive Board 2006. thoroughly, and returned them quickly; his honored Faculty Emeritus Shelton is perhaps best known as markings were distinguished by comments T Terry Shelton, revered the co-creator – along with fellow Faculty showing the students how to improve,” English instructor for 38 Emeritus Jim Russell – of The Owl Haguewood said. “His standards were high, years, with a portrait that now English Handbook, an essential reference and he was effective in helping his students adorns the school’s Dining Hall alongside for students and faculty since 1985. He attain those standards.” the portraits of 11 other distinguished was involved with numerous endeavors Shelton’s former student Andy faculty members. related to the craft of writing, including McCarroll ’86 thanked his English mentor Students, alumni, faculty, and friends advising the MUS Lower School newspaper, on behalf of all the students who were gathered on campus October 13 to cele- coaching entrants in the National Council prepared for future careers by Shelton’s brate Shelton and his legacy at an unveiling of Teachers of English Writing Awards meticulous, unwavering instruction. reception. Shelton taught a variety of competition, and serving as a writing (Read McCarroll’s tribute below.) classes, including AP English, Twentieth judge for the University of Memphis Elizabeth Crosby, chair of the Century Literature, Junior English Review, Wordsmith contest. English Department, described Shelton as

Student Thanks Teacher for Grammar that Helped Shape Men BY ANDY MCCARROLL ’86

t is my privilege, on my own and then assumed he spent 24 hours a matter-of-factly, but with no anger or frus- behalf and that of hundreds day seven days a week sitting in his chair tration that we weren’t getting it: “That’s a of MUS students over four marking papers, it amounts to two straight dependent clause functioning as a direct I decades, to say “thank you” years. object, 10c ... subject-verb agreement, 6a to Terry Shelton. There is no Not only did Terry take the time to ... a comma, non-restrictive appositive, way in two or three minutes to honor and do the job well himself, he taught us to do 12d ... future perfect progressive tense, thank a man who spent countless hours the same. Each day in class, word by word, 7b.” Hundreds of sentences, over and over, giving his students thoughtful, individual, phrase by phrase, he, and we, patiently reviewing them for potential issues. His incisive guidance. This guidance came broke down parts of speech and word patience in instruction and endurance of with a slashing red pen; it came with functions: time consuming, methodical mind let us know that he would stick with challenging wit and a pinch of irony; but training necessary to prepare us for future us, if we could stick with him. most important, it came with his willing- success. No detail was too small, no misplaced ness to take the time to do the job well. Thirty-five years ago when I was in comma too immaterial. Each must be With the help of [English Department eighth grade, before he wrote The Owl addressed with care and correctness. To Chair] Elizabeth Crosby, I tried to English Handbook with Jim Russell, Mr. this day, every time I pause and reach for estimate the number of hours Mr. Shelton Shelton accompanied each correction the dictionary or thesaurus, I am reminded spent outside the classroom just grading with a reference to chapters and sections of Terry, who would often stop in the papers – not including office hours with of the Harbrace Handbook. I can see him middle of class, reach for the dictionary, students and class-preparation time. Using now, pacing up and down the rows and in make us watch him turn the pages to get conservative assumptions, if you totaled front of the class with a military cadence, to the word and wait for the result. He the number of hours Terry spent grading stating corrections and references sharply, made it clear that there are no shortcuts in

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“wickedly intelligent,” calling him “a friend of our minds” and also a “dear friend of our hearts.” “All of us fortunate enough to call him friend have experienced his devotion and ready faithfulness, his presence for life’s moments of joy. Uncle Terry is well known to our children as the giver of silly and mysteri- ous gifts such as a stuffed buffalo, flashlights, feathers, and messages that need decoding.

MUS Faculty Emeritus Terry Shelton, an English instructor at the school from 1978-2015, poses next to his portrait, the 12th installment in the school’s Faculty Portrait Series. The Faculty Portrait Series subjects are selected annually by the school’s Alumni Executive Board to honor faculty members who have given much of their lives in service to the school.

the pursuit of excellence. If necessary, one And he shaped them to be capable of is one of the most caring people I have ever must take several minutes to find just the engaging complex topics, analyzing them, known. His caring did not always feel good, right word. breaking them down, and then presenting to us or to our parents, but his patience His graded papers are legendary. I them in a coherent manner. In our rapidly and perseverance was invaluable in helping had no idea until I tried it for two years changing world, this skill is essential for all us to realize our potential – initially in the myself, how difficult it is to establish a of us, whether we are writers or not. details of grammar and the challenges mind meld with an eighth grader while If you were lucky, as I was, you might of writing. But that same discipline to trying to decipher his handwriting! Terry have gotten Mr. Shelton again in Upper seek the right word, to think clearly and somehow mastered this. He discerned School, where we honed our thinking and carefully through complex facts, now pays where meandering prose was trying to go, writing skills further as we opened our off when meticulous surgeons, computer and with a startling lightning bolt, captured minds to engage authors and poets in the programmers, investment analysts, it in a few words. While it took time, over historical, personal, creative contexts that lawyers, and the like practice their crafts time, we began to see. We began to learn inspired them to write. No class I had as an with excellence and confidence. the habits of writing with clarity, concision, English major at Vanderbilt comes close As the sun sets on this evening in and directness. to those I had with Mr. Shelton, or the rest October, I think of Octobers of days gone Equally as important, and a prerequi- of the English department at MUS for that by, when boys were not yet men and they site to clear writing, is clear thinking. Terry matter. wondered if they were up to the challenges engaged our eighth-grade minds as our Milton Mayeroff, in his book On Caring of the day. Our love of MUS and our love of neural pathways were still being formed. I [William Morrow, 1990], one of the most Terry Shelton come from our appreciation can only imagine the faces he might make personally impactful books I have ever that he and others challenged us – shaped as he sought to figure out where a paper read, states in the introduction: “To care us – to be the men we are today. was trying to go, but he persevered, and for another person, in the most significant Thank you, Terry Shelton, and thank showed us the way. To say that he shaped sense, is to help him grow and actualize you, MUS. our minds is not a metaphor; it’s a reality. himself.” In this crucial sense, Terry Shelton

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“Terry is also a steady presence when we are hurting, such as when he finds one of our children in a hospital or one of us in a hospital – or one of us simply at Pete Sanders Named home, needing the support of a friend. Terry quickly and easily offers a loaf of his favorite farmers’ market bread, a ready ear, and a sympathetic heart.” Next Headmaster Shelton accepted the honor with requisite dry wit. “I want to begin by thanking the previous speakers for their kind words and to agree emphatically with them. I am a wonderful person. “Mr. Haguewood was just a peon when I began at MUS. But since his elevation to headmaster, he has, for 20 years now, never fired me, a sign of his kindness and his indulgence – or, depending upon one’s point of view, his incompetence. “Mrs. Crosby and I shared an office for some years. She took over my AP classes. But perhaps most important, she got me to the hospital for my third heart attack and stayed there with me all day waiting for me to die. I did not.

Peter D. “Pete” Sanders will join MUS as headmaster this summer.

The Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Peter D. “Pete” Sanders as the school’s next headmaster on October 3. Following a highly selective and comprehen- sive process, the Board’s Search Committee Past and present instructors from the Department of English gathered to celebrate unanimously agreed on his recommendation Faculty Emeritus Terry Shelton at his portrait unveiling. From left are Jim Russell, Dax Torrey to the Board of Trustees, which fully support- ’94, Elizabeth Crosby, Tim Greer, Eric Dalle ’93, Sally Askew, Brian K. Smith, Shelton, ed his selection. Lin Askew, Michelle Crews, Barbara Crippen, Flip Eikner ’77, Norman Thompson, A seasoned educator and administrator Anne McWaters, and Headmaster Ellis Haguewood. with 32 years of experience at independent schools, Sanders will join MUS for the 2017-18 “I taught eighth-grade English, Junior English Review, and AP English to Mr. school year upon the retirement of Ellis McCarroll. When he finished college, he came back … and taught eighth-grade Haguewood, who has served with distinction English in the same classroom in which I had taught that course to him. Then he as headmaster for 22 years and as a member went off lawyering for a while but came back to serve as a board member, essential- of the faculty since 1969. Sanders is currently ly taking the spot his father, John, had served so long. And his younger sister and the director of the upper school and a history brother currently serve on our faculty. teacher at Christ Church Episcopal School “I was at MUS long enough to see this pattern of renewal closely. Col. Lynn in Greenville, SC. Since joining the school in called it tradition with change,” Shelton said, naming a number of students who 2007, he has been instrumental in increasing have returned to serve the school. enrollment by 33 percent, expanding the “For the past 15 years or so, I’ve enjoyed teaching the sons of former students college counseling office, and instituting a and have been amazed at how much better my former students are as dads than faculty-evaluation system focused on profes- they were as students, the sons routinely outshining their fathers. sional development. “So I think our journey is worth it: Students become teachers and board “I am tremendously honored to be chosen members, and parents, and MUS stays strong thereby.” as the school’s next headmaster,” Sanders Shelton thanked the Alumni Executive Board and President Harry Sayle said. “I have been an admirer of Memphis ’92 for the honor and Phoenix-based artist Chris Saper for her work – “though I University School for over 25 years. The MUS understand that the beauty of the model can be inspiring.” He also expressed his commitment to academic excellence and to gratitude for colleagues, friends, and especially for his former students. affording boys opportunities to grow into “Many years hence, I hope to espy from wherever I am, a pair of new well-rounded young men resonates deeply seventh-graders sitting over there in the corner, where I understand my portrait with me on a personal level. I am looking will hang, and having one look up at my portrait, then turn to his pal and say: forward to working with a talented faculty, ‘Who do you figure that old guy was?’” administrative team, and Board of Trustees to

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build upon a great foundation toward an Competition (AMC) events. Gadbois was NM, where he will serve again next even brighter future.” one of only 34 teachers across the country summer as the director of conservation. As Board of Trustees Chairman Sam to receive this honor. the Boy Scouts of America’s largest national Graham ’80 introduced Sanders to the “I am lucky to teach at MUS, which is high-adventure base, Philmont provides MUS faculty, staff, and student body during consistently supportive of math activities unforgettable experiences for some 22,000 a visit to campus October 3. Sanders also outside the math classroom, and where scouts every year. The ranch hires hundreds visited in December to begin meeting there is a critical mass of students who are of college students annually to help lead with administration and faculty members mathematically talented,” said Gadbois. the youth as they learn about trail building, one-on-one. “I earned this award only because I get stream restoration, reinvesting in the When asked how he would follow to teach, coach, and learn from those land, and other aspects of environmental Haguewood, Sanders said that such a students.” conservation. leader cannot be replaced. “One can only About a year after his arrival at MUS in Fudge, an Eagle Scout, was recognized strive to carry forward and build upon the 2007, Gadbois took over the management with a Distinguished Service Award good work,” he said. “I want to reaffirm the of a majority of the mathematics contests by the Boy Scouts in 2012. Because of many great attributes of MUS and then in which students regularly participate, his expertise in guiding college-age begin working with the faculty and admin- including the AMC contests. According to leaders and working with youth, Fudge was istrative team to execute a thoughtful plan Department of Mathematics Chair Nancy recently invited to participate in a national on how we can continue to improve.” Gates, who helped nominate Gadbois for task force for the Boy Scouts to develop the award, MUS students are quite compet- training for adult leaders. The program’s itive in local AMC competitions, thanks to objective is to provide training for adults Math Instructor his leadership. advising the high school and college-age “His enthusiasm and expertise have leaders who typically run local summer Steve Gadbois Wins made a real difference in our department,” camps and other scouting events. Fudge Gates said. delivered a presentation at the Developing Distinguished Yunhua Zhao ’15 also nominated Youth Leaders Conference in November Gadbois for the award. “My favorite aspect in Lake Tahoe, CA, and participated in a Teaching Award of his teaching was his unwillingness to national planning meeting in December in be limited by a set curriculum,” Zhao said. Dallas, TX. He will participate in another “He would teach everything required, but instructor training conference in January he always went beyond just that, including in Chapel Hill, NC, and expects to assist in interesting asides and teaching many rolling out weekend training courses in the tangentially related topics.” Southeast later in the year. “I’ve always been especially interested in project-based and service-based Fudge Trains Future learning,” Fudge says. “I participated in a trail crew program as a college freshman Scout Leaders and thought it was one of the best outside- of-class experiences I had ever had. Later Dr. Gadbois enjoys a laugh with Zuhair Somjee they asked me to work out there, and I ‘19 after this year’s Team Scramble, one of never really left.” several math competitions he helps administer For Fudge, working with the Boy for students during the year. Scouts is a natural extension of his work at MUS. Instructor in Mathematics Steve “Building show sets here is not unlike Gadbois was recently honored by the going out to build trails,” he says. “These are Mathematical Association of America boy-led projects, where we are giving them (MAA) with the Edyth May Sliffe Award for the knowledge they need to run something Distinguished Mathematics Teaching in Robert Fudge, standing at left, and a Philmont themselves. [In both cases] these may Middle School and High School. This award Scout Ranch trail crew take a break after a be the first times kids have used tools or is given annually to middle and high school day of breaking trail. organized a group. It’s an opportunity for mathematics teachers who have done young men to be in charge of something, to outstanding work motivating students Technical Director of Theater Robert lead and learn from doing something.” in mathematics through participation Fudge has spent the last 12 summers work- in one of MAA’s American Mathematics ing at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron,

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Memphis College of Art Stages IN MEMORY Peter Bowman Exhibit

In January Memphis College of Art presented “Beloved, Quirky, and Covered in Paint: Peter Bowman, 1942-2015,” an exhibit of works by the late Peter Bowman, who attended the school (then the Memphis Academy of the Arts) from 1964 until his graduation in 1967, and taught there much later as part of the school’s community education program. Bowman was also an instructor in fine arts at MUS from 1979-2008. According to Remy Miller, longtime professor and dean of faculty at MCA, Bowman had a very childlike, sweet nature that called to mind a sort of “ab- Answering an information request in a pre-technology library (The Owl 1974) sentminded professor.” Yet he remained a dedicated, serious painter with a very Pink Rose, 48” x 65” recognizable style. Pallie B. Hamilton Brown “He painted (1919-2016) with unabashed enthusiasm, and from 2009-2013, shortly after retiring Pallie B. Hamilton Brown, faculty the paint was from MUS. Cecilia Palazola, director of emerita and head librarian from 1970- heavily applied,” community education at MCA, echoed 1990, died September 21 after a brief Miller says. “He Haguewood’s sentiments. illness. was always “He was a sweetheart, and his Brown was born on December 19, covered in paint, affection for MCA was boundless,” 1919, in McCrory, AR, and was preceded in but it wasn’t the Palazola said. “He was very friendly and death by her husband of 58 years, Hadley sort of ‘show always had a story of the good ole days … Hamilton, in 1999. In 2002 she married off ’ thing you in short, a delightful person.” Dr. William Brown, who predeceased her sometimes The Bowman exhibit, January 4-26, in May of 2014. She leaves her sons, Fred Young Peter Bowman see in artists was curated by Melissa Farris, MCA H. Hamilton (Jan), of Collierville, TN, and who are trying gallery director, and gallery owner John J. Hamilton (Margaret), of Taos, NM; too hard. Peter wasn’t capable of being David Lusk, who represented Bowman. her daughter, Jane Whitby (Marshall) of false. He was as genuine a painter and as A reception was held at MCA on Olive Branch, MS; and five living grand- genuine a person as you would ever want January 20. children, including Chris Sullivan ’85 to meet.” Laura Hine, vice president of and Hadley Hamilton ’88. One grandson Bowman was equally beloved at advancement, said the college was predeceased her. MUS, where he was as well known for pleased to be able to showcase his work. She was a member of Union Avenue his artwork as for his unique persona. “We were honored to exhibit selected Baptist Church for 68 years. After raising Headmaster Ellis Haguewood describes pieces from Peter’s large collection and her three children she returned to college him as a memorable figure in the life of share his contribution to the arts and to and received her Bachelor of Arts degree the school for 29 years. “We loved him this community. Proceeds of ​the ​sale ​of (summa cum laude) and Master of Arts because he loved us,” Haguewood said. his work will ​benefit MCA​’s​ scholarship degree in education from then-Memphis “He cared profoundly about MUS and his fund, something we think Peter would be State University. After completing her friends on the faculty and staff, and we pleased by​ ​– ​the cultivation and support education she accepted a position as the are a better school because he was here.” of future artists. ​We are very grateful librarian at Memphis University School in Bowman taught drawing in the to his wife​,​ ​Beth, f​or ​her generosity 1970, where she served until her retire- community education program at MCA and support.” ment in April 1990.

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Board Bids Farewell to Three Distinguished Trustees

Hutchison School (vice chair), Goodwill curriculum, endowed faculty chairs, key Inc. Excel Center, and Church Health partnerships to enhance student learning, Center. a move from scholarships to fellowships, After graduating from Vanderbilt and a nationally recognized student work University with a bachelor’s degree in program. In 2005 Troutt secured the English, he earned his master’s in religious largest gift in college history, $35 million, studies from the University of Chicago and to build the Paul Barret, Jr. Library, the his law degree from Vanderbilt University. heart of a campus master plan. He led From 1990-92 he came back to MUS to the founding of the Memphis Center at teach history and English. Rhodes to focus on the human experience “Truth is this school has made me of Memphis and the Mid-South and the guy I am, and I will always love it,” oversaw a $314 million capital campaign, McCarroll said. completed in 2015. Active in the greater From left, Andy McCarroll and He is married to Anne Hamer academic community, he served as chair Gary Wunderlich McCarroll, and they have two daughters of the American Council on Education and at Hutchison, fourth grader Izzie and the National Association of Independent seventh grader Josie. Colleges and Universities. Andrew R. McCarroll ’86 Troutt and his wife, Carole Pearson Since joining the Board of Trustees William E. Troutt Troutt, have two grown children, Jack in 2005, Andy McCarroll has served in a President of Rhodes College Bill Troutt and Carole Ann Schmidt. number of key positions, contributing his Troutt was named to the Board of Trustees wisdom and dedication to excellence. in 2009. His expertise as the head of the Gary K. Wunderlich, Jr. ’88 “Talk about having a friend who respected Memphis liberal arts college Named to the Board of Trustees will push you to get better,” Chairman brought an important perspective to in 2008, Gary Wunderlich has under- Sam Graham ’80 said at the May Board the Board. taken a host of vital responsibilities, meeting. “Andy has been that person since “Dr. Troutt including serving as vice chair under I’ve known him, even more so since we’ve has been a very Graham. been trustees here. He has done anything close confidante “Gary represents a long lineage of de- he was asked to do, and he has done it and friend. voted service and leadership to MUS and better than one could imagine.” It has been a has been a valued friend to many in our Graham cited McCarroll’s leadership significant benefit community for a long time. As a trustee on the Board Executive Committee, the to our board and he has contributed in numerous ways Risk Management Committee, and the headmaster to and served on just about every committee Strategic Planning Committee. “Wherever William E. Troutt know we had during his tenure on the board,” Graham you go, people want to follow you,” he said. access to someone said. “Gary has been an exemplary trustee In addition McCarroll was Board of his stature and experience and wisdom,” and consistently generous to the school secretary from 2014-16, and he served Graham said. “He has been invaluable with his broad range of skills and wisdom.” as chair of the Strategic Plan 2012 to this Board and has been particularly His roles included service on the Organization and Structure Committee encouraging during this time of transition. Executive Committee, Governance/ and as Major Gifts Committee team cap- His insights have been uniquely helpful.” Trustee Development Committee, tain for the Doors to New Opportunities He served on the Academics Strategic Planning Committee, Special Campaign. He is a member of the Lynn Committee, the Strategic Planning Gifts Committee of the Doors to New Society and the Crest & Cornerstone Committee, and the Strategic Plan 2012 Opportunities Campaign, Admissions/ Society. Committee, and he is a member of the Enrollment Subcommittee for the Vice president and general counsel Thorn Society. Strategic Plan 2004-2005, and Headmaster at Southeastern Asset Management, Retiring from Rhodes at the end Search Committee. He is a member of the McCarroll is active in the community, of this school year, Troutt is credited Lynn Society and the Crest & Cornerstone serving on a number of boards, including with helping to establish a new college Society.

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Chief executive officer and founder of Wunderlich Securities, he is a member of the 2017 Board of Directors for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and a member of the SIFMA Advisory Council and Regional Firms Committee. He is also a founding board member of the American Securities Association. He was inducted into the Society of Entrepreneurs in 2014 and elected as a board member in 2016. Named the University of Memphis Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009, Wunderlich serves on the board of ArtsMemphis and the advisory board of Memphis Botanic Garden. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of The 2016-17 Board of Trustees, front row, from left, Bob Loeb ’73, Collie Krausnick ’79, Fred Memphis. He is married to Libby Ware Schaeffer ’88, Chris Sanders, Steve Morrow ’71, Brett Grinder ’91, Rick Moore ’63, Johnny Moore; second row, Bill Dunavant ’78, Trow Gillespie ’65, Earl Blankenship, Billy Orgel ’81, Sam Graham ’80, Wunderlich and has two children, Gary ’14 Jim Burnett ’83, Mark Halperin ’67, Philip Wunderlich ’90, Edward Dobbs ’89; back row, Owen Tabor and Madison, Hutchison Class of 2016. ’85, Lou Adams ’70, Glenn Crosby ’77, Pitt Hyde ’61, Wiley Robinson ’75, Bob Fockler ’77, As he accepted his engraved chair Suki Carson, and Joe Morrison ’78 from the Board, Wunderlich said, “It has been a true honor to serve on this Board. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for served as Lynn Society President since Edward J. Dobbs ’89 this great school.” 2014. Edward Dobbs brings a dedication to Blankenship, who has 40 years of MUS that began in his school years, when experience in the commercial real estate he played football, ran track, and earned New Trustees industry, is chairman and CEO of Mercury National Merit Commended status. Since Investment Management, a Memphis- those days Dobbs has continued to support based real estate fund management and his alma mater, serving on the Alumni Bring a Wealth advisory firm. He recently was named Executive Board and as Thorn Society president of Sun Capital, a Los Angeles- president. He was a generous donor to the of Experience based private equity investment firm Doors to New Opportunities Campaign and specializing in commercial real estate the Multi-Sports Stadium Campaign, and R. Earl Blankenship development. he is a member of the Lynn Society. In 2008 Headmaster Ellis Haguewood He earned a bachelor’s degree in Dobbs is president of Dobbs recognized Earl Blankenship’s dedication business administration from Texas A&M Management Service, a family-run, private and service to MUS by naming him an University. A member of Lambda Alpha equity firm that assists the John Hull Dobbs honorary alumnus. A Thorn Society International and the Memphis Chamber Family in business investing activities. Founding member, Blankenship served as of Commerce, he also serves as an elder at He also serves as president of Premier president from 2006-2008, and he initiated Second Presbyterian Church. He is married Distributing Company, an Anheuser-Busch the Emerging Leaders group of the society. to Kimberly Wales Blankenship, and he distributorship in Albuquerque, NM. He lent his expertise to the Doors to New is the father of two Owls, Brent ’01 and A graduate of the University of Virginia Opportunities Capital Campaign Steering Preston ’03, and a daughter, Elizabeth, a with a bachelor’s degree in English, Dobbs Committee and the Multi-Sports Stadium 2008 graduate of Hutchison School. In serves on the board of the school’s Jefferson Steering Committee, and he donated the his free time he enjoys fitness activities Scholars Foundation. He is also on the naming gift for Blankenship Field. He has and sports.

36 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 boards of the Church Health Center, Hutchison School, MIFA, and Memphis Tomorrow, and on the Baptist Hospital Advisory Board. He is married to Cindy Parnell Dobbs. They have two daughters at Hutchison, Lila in first grade and Ella in fifth; their son, Andrew, is in sixth grade at Presbyterian Day School. In addition to spending time with family, Dobbs enjoys golf, skiing, and hunting.

Philip S. Wunderlich ’90 Since serving as president of both the Civic Service Organization and his senior class, Philip Wunderlich has con- tributed greatly to the MUS community. He played varsity baseball, basketball, football, and golf and received the James R. Haygood III Best All-Around Athlete Where Tradition Surrounds U Award while also earning membership in For more than 100 years, Memphis University School the Cum Laude Society, the Latin Honor Society, and the Red and Blue Society. has educated young men to become the future leaders A class representative since 2003, of our community, our nation, and the world. Our legacy Wunderlich has been a member of the of scholarship and leadership is perpetuated by caring Alumni Executive Board, the Parents’ Association Board, the Doors to New their estate plans. Opportunities Campaign Major Gifts individuals who name the school as a beneficiary in Committee, and the Rudolph Plaza Campaign Committee. He is a member There are generations of students yet to enroll, of the Thorn Society and a longtime all deserving the best education possible in order Phonathon volunteer. to become future leaders. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he is managing member of Wunderlich Leave your legacy of scholarship and leadership. Capital Management and chief investment strategist for Wunderlich For more information and estate planning tools, Securities. He serves on the boards of visit plannedgiving.musowls.org. Gulf States Insurance Holdings and the Peer Power Foundation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Julie Aaron Wunderlich, have three children, Philip ’19 and two daughters at St. Agnes, Libby, a freshman, and Kate, a sixth grader. Like their father, the kids play sports – and one of his favorite pastimes is watching them compete. He also enjoys golf and hunting.

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Benitone and Smith Receive Alumni Awards

until his retirement in the spring of 2015. Upon returning to Memphis he immedi- ately reconnected with his alma mater on a number of fronts. He is one of the Lower School football coaches, he volunteers in the Mock Interview program for juniors, and he makes calls during Phonathon. As a class representative, he has helped increase Class of 1991 giving significantly, generating strong momentum as his classmates pre- pared for their 25th reunion in September. He also proved instrumental in the Jacob Courtnay Rudolph Plaza campaign, serving as fundraising captain for ’90s alumni and encouraging numerous fellow football Owls to support this player-initiated effort. Benitone now works in business devel- opment at Adams Keegan Inc. He thanked Alumni award honorees Chuck Smith and Trevor Benitone his wife, Carrie, and his boss, Jay Keegan ’88, for supporting his service efforts. “To have a work environment and a very year the Alumni Execu- As a student at MUS, Trevor Benitone home environment where you are encour- tive Board honors two alumni ’91 manifested drive and leadership ability aged to get involved is really nice,” he said. E for their outstanding service early, participating in organizations such “When I look at serving at MUS, it’s a pretty to the school and the com- as the National Honor Society, the news- easy decision. MUS taught me the value of munity. This year the board named Trevor paper staff, the Honor Council, and the service when I was kid and really set me up Benitone ’91 its Volunteer of the Year and Civic Service Organization. He was also a for success when I served in the military for Chuck Smith ’66 its Alumnus of the Year. dedicated athlete, competing at the district 20 years.” At the annual luncheon September and/or state level in wrestling, baseball, Benitone believes there is a consider- 29 at the Racquet Club, Alumni Executive and football. able return on investment for contributing Board President Harry Sayle ’92 presented In introducing Benitone, Sayle relayed to MUS. “The school produces leaders, the honorees with their awards. a story about his final football game from so when you contribute time, and money, “Memphis University School remains Coach Bobby Alston. and effort to MUS, what you do is produce a strong institution, in part, because of the “Coach Alston said, ‘The memory I 100 leaders every year who go out and do strength and leadership of our alumni,” have of Trevor that showed me the kind of things, like Shea Flinn ’91 fighting blight in Sayle said. “We hold these two gentlemen man he would become came at the end of Memphis, or like FedEx [founded by Fred in high regard, and we want to extend our our quest for a state championship his se- Smith ’62] creating countless jobs. So the thanks for their support, service, and love nior year. Victory was no longer in sight as return on investment is pretty tremendous. of the school.” the clock ticked down, and Marion County I’d like to thank everybody from Mr. Ellis was trying to punch in one more score, but Haguewood down for all they do for the VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Trevor almost single-handedly refused to school, and for asking me to contribute.” The Volunteer of the Year Award is give in. Watching Trevor play so hard at the Benitone and his wife have three presented to an MUS alumnus who serves end is still one of the great memories I have children: Banks ’21, James, and Ella. Memphis University School in a significant of any MUS football action.’ ” and needed way throughout the year, seeking After MUS Benitone enrolled in the opportunities to promote the interests United States Air Force Academy, gradu- of the school. ating in 1995 and remaining in the service

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ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR ety, whose members have included MUS in The Alumnus of the Year Award is Alumni Board Changes their estate plans. He is a longtime Phona- presented to an MUS alumnus who exem- thon volunteer, a class representative, and Alumni Executive Board plifies community leadership and personal a regular participant in the school’s Mock members serve three-year terms, integrity, personifying the school’s guiding Interview program for juniors. and this year four members principle of developing well-rounded men of He has served the Memphis communi- rotated off of the board: Robert strong moral character. ty on the boards of the Children’s Museum Freeman ’04, Joel Kaye ’84, In introducing Chuck Smith as the of Memphis, Ducks Unlimited, and Pres- Edward Nenon ’03, and Craig 2016 Alumnus of the Year, Harry Sayle byterian Day School. He is a supporting Witt ’85. teased him about his commitment to member of The 100 Club of Memphis and Harry Sayle ’92, Alumni socializing during his student days, telling Dixon Gallery and Gardens. Executive Board president, alumni about a photo of a poster that Smith is the chairman of National thanked the alumni for their appeared in The Owl 1966 – “Open House at Guard Products and is a member and past dedication to the school. “We Chuck’s – tonight, tomorrow night, and just president of Door Hardware Institute. appreciate the time, leadership, about every night. Walk on in. ” Married to Susan Stevens Smith, he is the and support you have given MUS Smith garnered additional laughs as he father of Foster ’98, Lewie ’00, Rhett, whenever called upon,” Sayle said. relayed his early memories of MUS, such as Austin ’09, and Katie, and stepfather to Sayle also welcomed four riding to school every day with then-new Anna Lane. new members to the board: Coach Jerry Peters. “My mom paid him An avid tennis player, Smith thanked Derek Clenin ’03, Don Drinkard $1 a week to drive me to school. I think his good friend and former tennis partner ’98, Wesley Grace ’86, and Ted we spoke about five words that semester. Billy Dunavant, an equally devoted MUS Simpson ’85. We’ve shared many laughs [since] about benefactor who was in attendance at the “The events we sponsor and why he would never speak to me.” luncheon. Smith also reminisced about fellow alumni we serve will benefit Smith also told the story of an unex- attending past football banquets with his from your loyalty, and we look pected chat he had with Col. Ross M. Lynn. son, Austin, who was No. 15 on the team, forward to the ideas and insight “MUS was great for me,” Smith said. “I and Mr. Haguewood’s ability to introduce you will offer,” he said. was making friends, enjoying fellowship each player at these events, whether by with some Hutchison students I’d just met, name or number, with no notes. until one day I’m walking down the hallway impressive. He joined the Board of Trustees “To this day, as Austin sends in his and I hear over the speakers, ‘Chuck Smith, in 1994 and served for 20 years. He was a campaign contribution and receives a please report to the Headmaster’s Office.’ I member of the development/advancement letter back from the Development Office, go in, and Col. Lynn is sitting down behind subcommittee for the 2004-05 Strategic handwritten on every note is, ‘No. 15, thank his big desk. There are lots of chairs in Plan, played a significant role in school you so much for your gift,’ signed Ellis his office, but he does not invite me to sit fundraising campaigns, and is a founding Haguewood,” Smith said. “That’s very spe- down. I look down and harpooned onto his member and past president of the Ross cial to me and to him, and speaks a great pen set was a note that read, ‘Chuck Smith, M. Lynn Society. His fundraising efforts deal to the school we love and the contri- three deficiency reports.’ I was only taking benefitted the recently built Field House butions the faculty and staff make every four subjects, and the fourth was typing. and the Multi-Sports Complex (now Stokes day on our behalf. He proceeded to tell me that he felt I’d been Stadium), where the south gate is named “Thanks again for this honor. I love neglecting my academic performance and I for his gift. MUS and all of you … I’m extremely pleased needed to straighten up. It had a profound He has been a major donor to the to be a small part of this great school.” impact on me. I am still very touched by Doors to New Opportunities campaign (the To watch the full video of Benitone and that particular event.” Alumni Terrace bears a plaque in recogni- Smith receiving their awards at the annual While Smith’s social skills were clearly tion of his gift), and the Sue H. Hyde Sports Alumni Executive Board luncheon, visit prodigious, his philanthropy and selfless and Physical Education Center. He is also a musowls.org/NetCommunity/alumni/ service to the school have proven equally member of the Crest & Cornerstone Soci- awards.

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Jacob Courtnay Rudolph Plaza Dedicated at Stokes Stadium

amily members, friends, and fans turned out en masse for the unveiling of a statue F honoring legendary MUS coach Jake Rudolph and the dedication of a plaza in his honor. Held before the Homecoming football game on September 30, the ceremony featured former Owl football players Owen Tabor ’85, Parker Phillips ’85, and Rudolph’s youngest son, David Rudolph ’81, along with Headmaster Ellis Haguewood. As the sun was beginning to set on the bright fall afternoon, Tabor described the man who had been his coach. “He was tough, he was scrappy, he was demanding, encouraging, conservative, and innovative; and most of all, he was classy. He didn’t tolerate showmanship. You didn’t taunt or belittle your opponent. You didn’t give up when things weren’t going your way.” Rudolph is legendary to thousands of alumni as much for his coaching on Hull- Dobbs Athletic Field as for his teaching about life. The idea to honor him in a permanent way was conceived by Phillips and supported by many alumni who played for him during his 39 years as head football coach and athletic director. Leaders of the fundraising campaign included Tabor as chairman along with the following co-chairs who encouraged fellow Owls to support the effort: Trow Gillespie ’65 and Kent Wunderlich ’66, 1960s Committee; Ben Adams ’74 and Chip Grayson ’78, 1970s Committee; Jim Burnett ’83 and Andy McCarroll ’86, Headmaster Ellis Haguewood and David Rudolph unveiled the statue of Coach Jake Rudolph. 1980s Committee; and Trevor Benitone ’91 and Will Thompson ’95, 1990s we talked to looked back on their youth demonstrate anything other than the Committee. and acknowledged who made them the utmost respect for all opponents, win or More than 270 alumni from 1960 people they are today, they thought of Jake lose. He didn’t run up scores, and nothing through 2010 contributed to the campaign Rudolph. got him more fired up than his own players’ for the statue and accompanying landscap- The quality that most inspired Phillips unsportsmanlike behavior, on or off the ing work in front of Stokes Stadium. was the way Rudolph represented MUS fi e l d .” “Usually raising money is difficult. to the outside world. “I never saw Coach Haguewood spoke of Coach This was not,” Tabor said. “When the men Rudolph publicly bemoan officials or Rudolph’s legacy and the importance of

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Coach Rudolph’s Winning Career Jake Rudolph came to MUS in 1959, and during his 39 years at the school, his football teams went 295-119-4. Winning 10 district titles, six regional titles, two state runner-up titles, and the 1985 state AA championship, his teams always displayed teamwork and perseverance. He was honored over the years with many awards, including Tennessee Coach of the Year, the Rex Dockery Award, the Lawrenceburg Touchdown Club Coach of the Year, and the Mem- phis Quarterback Club Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame, the Tennes- see Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.

Jake Rudolph’s wife, Carolyn, was on hand to celebrate at the plaza dedication, along with their sons, from left, Courtnay ’77, David ’81, and Steve ’74.

In his tribute Phillips described how remembering men like him not only for helped bring the project to fruition, other teams’ pregame rituals, “to whoop their contributions, but also because their including Page Duke Landscape Architects, and holler and generally carry on,” were lives inspire us. “Alumni who played under Rusty Bloodworth ’63, Justin Grinder ’97 the absolute antithesis of what Rudolph his tutelage inculcated the values he taught and Brett Grinder ’91, Christie Cut Stone, expected of his team. through the game of football – courage, and Fred Smith ’62 (for a timely assist “MUS conducted its pregame drills in perseverance, teamwork, discipline, on the shipping of the black granite slab virtual silence because [Coach Rudolph] consistency, excellence, and individual supporting the statue). considered all the whooping and hollering responsibility,” said Haguewood. “Over Haguewood and David Rudolph to be a waste of energy,” Phillips said. “We the years, he became an MUS icon, like unveiled the statue, which was sculpted were expected to act like we’d been there Col. Lynn and Gene Thorn. Jake Rudolph by internationally acclaimed artist Zenos before, whether we had or hadn’t. All these made an incalculable contribution to the Frudakis of Philadelphia. Then Haguewood years later, this practice of letting one’s moral development of generations of MUS led the crowd in 15 Snappy Rahs in Coach actions speak for themselves – minus the men, and thus he has had a profound Rudolph’s honor. dignity-sapping rituals of bragging and influence on many great leaders in the city David Rudolph expressed his family’s browbeating – seems quaint, perhaps even of Memphis and elsewhere. All of us who gratitude, talked about his father’s famous strange and unfamiliar, but maybe not to knew him held him in high esteem.” clipboard, and shared some excerpts those of us gathered here today to honor Like Tabor and Phillips, Haguewood from his father’s last preseason speech to this fine man.” also paid tribute to Jake’s wife, Carolyn, a parents in 1997. He also recognized his “steady presence [who] provided constant mother, whom his father always called his Watch the full Jacob Courtnay Rudolph support.” He thanked major alumni donors “one greatest fan.” Plaza Dedication video on our YouTube to the campaign and recognized other “This is a proud day for the Rudolph channel, youtube.com/user/MUSOwlsTube/ entities and individuals whose expertise family,” he said. videos.

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In October Hurricane Matthew Since dipping his bicycle in the the game, Barbara and Pitt 1915 ousted Lucile and John Atlantic Ocean in Portland, ME, Hyde entertained us at their Bondurant from their condo after riding from Portland, OR, beautiful home. In attendance on Hilton Head, and prevented our other Smith apparently has were Jody Brown, Pepper their visit with Kay and George not climbed on a bike again. Allen, Hammond Cole, Lyle Owen, who live in nearby Instead C.D. Smith continues Adams, Bill Oxley, John Bell, Beaufort, SC. With downed to perform surgery on newborn Jim Barton, and many of our trees blocking their street and children at the Medical significant others. Headmaster driveway, the Owens settled in University of South Carolina Ellis Haguewood and his wife, with their eight cats for a week in Charleston. Peggy, even dropped by. The without power and four days conversation was great, just like Teresa and Phillip Patterson without water. Kay performs in we were visiting in the Senior have eight grandchildren, four every local theater production, Commons Room in the spring of whom spent a week at the while George has continued his of 1961, plotting another prank. Nashville Chess Club’s summer appraisal work for paychecks camp. Phillip practices the John Bell and his woodworking and Tammy and and Lisa piano some each day at his Jody Brown guitar playing without pay. and toured the office, and four of his grandchil- State of Maine for two weeks Over the summer they visited dren take piano lessons. in June. John reports that they Meredith and Carlisle Page A new book on Richard at their home in Durango, CO. visited with the “greats and Halliburton, titled American The Pages have provided a near greats” on their yachts and Daredevil: The Extraordinary ’61 permanent home for Spring their estates, but he is tired of Life of Richard Halliburton, the Creek Horse Rescue, which lobster. World’s First Celebrity Travel Scott May reports: Well, it is celebrates its 40th anniversary Writer, by Cathryn J. Prince, was hard to believe that we just Snow and Henry Morgan and on its new 35-acre property and released this summer (Chicago celebrated our 55th reunion. Carol and Jim Barton spent focuses on rehoming and rehab Review Press, 2016). MUS went all out for us with the better part of last summer for horses. three reserved tables in the at their Montana mountain Fall brought a major celebra- Dining Hall and meals and a homes. skybox for the football game. ’60 tion to Sandra and Ned Smith, Your class rep spent two weeks Maybe that’s because we courtesy of the Chicago Cubs. this past summer in Monteagle Jimmy Allen reports that he again had 100-percent partic- Ned has been a Cubs fan since with my three granddaughters enjoys his work and travels in ipation – our third time – no acquiring that affliction years and their parents. I also had an his job at Supply Technology, other class has done it once, or ago while teaching math at eight-day stay in New York over where he meets with a number because we contributed about Messick. Thanksgiving. President-elect of customers he has developed $35,000, which was a record Trump did not offer me a over the years. for a 55th reunion class. After

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Cabinet position, but his staff Gail and Scott King took a said that they could use me as 36-day cross-country trip with a guide around Manhattan for Sally and Hal Rhea, who is his visitors. Duck and deer fully retired. The trip covered seasons are upon us, and those 7,000 miles in their matching of us who still have the blood Airstreams. lust are hard after their prey. After traveling the globe as a teacher and administrator, Fred ’62 Niell and his wife have returned to the United States and have Bob Manker shares that he settled in Tampa where he is has been married for 23 years. the full-time “manny” for his He has five children and 11 grandson, Grey. grandchildren. The Alumni Executive Board named Chuck Smith its Friends of the late Butch Petree ’66 raised funds to create a patio and Alumnus of the Year. See seating area in his memory. After their 50th Reunion luncheon at Home- ’66 story on page 38. coming, members of the Class of 1966 joined with the Petree family to Bruce Bullwinkel has given up remember Butch at the seating area, which features three benches surgery but is still practicing ’67 and overlooks Hull-Dobbs Athletic Field. From left, Dwight Drinkard, Fred medicine in New Albany, MS. Niell, Brig Klyce, Henry Doggrell, Robert Sayle, Kent Wunderlich, Johnny Adams, Hank Hill, Bert Johnston, Bruce Smith, and Ferd Heckle Brenda and Sid Caradine Mike Harris is on the board of have two antebellum homes Families Matter, a faith-based that back up to each other in nonprofit organization in Columbus, MS. They live in one Memphis that addresses and run a bed and breakfast in family-related issues of crime, John Pettey was recently a hospital there. His second son, the other. When this doesn’t poverty, and education through appointed to the board of Hampton, is a pediatric resident keep him busy, Sid enjoys several channels, including United Way of the Mid-South in Charleston, SC. finding time to do some schools and churches. and serves as chairman of its fly fishing. Tocqueville Society of contribu- tors who give more than $10,000 ’68 per year. Curb Market will open an James Seale is a professor in expansive second location in the Department of Food and Crosstown Concourse next year, Resource Economics at the owner Peter Schutt announced University of Florida. He is in September. It is expected doing international work that to be four times the size of the includes travel to China and current location on Cooper. Vietnam. Minor Vernon reports that his oldest son, Stewart, has founded Remember to America’s Swimming Pool submit photos Company, which sells franchises whenever possible for pool cleaning. They are with your Class in 20 states and 250 cities, The dedication of the Jacob Courtnay Rudolph Plaza was held during and approaching 100 total News items! Email Homecoming. Many alumni attended, including, from left, Pepper Allen, owners. His daughter, Claire, ann.laughlin@ Jody Brown, John Bell, Scott May, Lyle Adams, and Hammond Cole, all is headed with her husband to musowls.org. from the Class of 1961. Read more about the dedication on page 40. Masindi, Uganda, to help build

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Bobby Whittemore is retired on Kindle. He has also written architectural firm. and living in Collierville. His a series of articles about his Barlow Mann is a new grand- ’74 son, John, will attend the father’s experiences in the U.S. parent. His son, Barlow, Jr. ’03, University of Miami next fall. Marines during World War II, and his wife, Alex, just had a Chip Barton reports that his which were published on his daughter, Abigail. wife, who had a terrible fall son’s blog. Due to the enthusias- and accident, is up and around ’69 tic response, he is seeking more Harrell Schaeffer took a trip to and back at work in her card stories from alumni and former Maine to enjoy the fall foliage. shop, part time to be sure, but First Third Books released Big faculty whose parents served, Malcolm Wood and Ed it is a MAJOR miracle that she Star - Isolated in the Light, a or who served themselves. Garrett are enjoying being recovered to the extent that limited-edition monograph He asks any alumni with grandparents together as she has. She was at Shepherd featuring hundreds of black- stories to share to email him a result of the marriage of Center in Atlanta for two and-white and color images, at [email protected]. months, and they had to teach many rare and previously their children Ruth and Andy Garrett ’03. her how to walk again. Chip unseen, of the band Big Star, wants to thank all the Owls whose members included ’71 who prayed, sent CaringBridge Chris Bell and Andy Hummel. notes, and generally helped his The publication coincides David Bull is living outside of ’73 wife and family in their most with the 50th anniversary of Chicago and has a construction Reb Haizlip was involved in dire hour. Truly, miracles occur Ardent Studios, the Memphis company. setting up the Aydelott Travel every day. Just gotta be on the independent label and A classmate spoke with George Award fellowship, funded lookout for them. recording studio founded Dameron in November and by the late architect Alfred by the late John Fry ’62 that Brett Bonner is building the learned that his father passed Aydelott who felt that design became ground zero for all of “super garage’’ complete with away last year and that his in the South never got its due. the band’s recordings. The book lifts! He’s been traveling the mother has since moved closer The award provides funding pays tribute to Fry, the band’s world for Kroger, paving the to him in Vermont. for travel and research for producer and mentor. way for the grocery store of our architectural students at four Bruce Edenton attended future. southeastern U.S. schools. the Rolling Stones and Paul Chuck Day remarked that he ’70 McCartney Coachella concert Buck Lewis is the new is sad to see Ellis Haguewood in Palm Springs, CA. chairman of the American leave, and that his 60s aren’t Herb Davis recently published Bar Association Standing Kirk Frederick is living in San what they’re cracked up to be. his first book, Seeking Diana, Committee on Pro Bono and Francisco and working with an He got a new knee, lost some Public Service. The committee’s weight, found some weight, mission is to ensure access to grew a beard, and, for the most justice for the underserved part, became a teetotaler. He through legal professionals. still likes a glass of pinot noir now and then, but found that wearing a lampshade and topsiders is a look best reserved for someone 40 years younger than he is. He sings in his Methodist church choir, first tenor, and can hit the high G. Tony Bennett has nothing on him! Got another award – at For the second year in a row, a least a nomination in the food In September, Jimmy Ogle ’70 (front right) became the sixth Duckmaster photo by David Sloas has been of the Peabody Hotel. Ogle visited campus as a guest chapel speaker in service industry – as top selected for the cover of the business executive of the year the fall and also led the school’s History Club on a tour of the Peabody Tennessee Wildlife Federation and downtown Memphis. from US Business Executive calendar.

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magazine. It’s an honor but only directing his son, Brooks ’17, business people read it. Maybe ’75 on the stage of Hyde Chapel 20,000 a month. That and $3.50 (the first occurred when Brooks will get you a venti cup of coffee Ramsay Clark is now working made a brief appearance in at Starbucks. But he says he has in development with Memphis Pippin at around age 6). a gift card … so it’s free. Leadership Foundation. The Community Foundation Mack Ray is doing well. His Maine architect William of Greater Memphis, led by youngest daughter, Suzanne, ’76 Winkelman was featured on president Bob Fockler, has is getting married shortly the Tiny Home Tour website in given $1 billion to Memphis and his oldest, Kathleen, lives David Dunavant recently 2016 for his transformation of a area projects, a milestone it in San Antonio, where her launched GiveGood, a benefit vintage, 1959 Chevrolet Viking reached this past summer. In husband is an engineer and corporation that will give young bus into a super-cool hotel on 2015 alone, it granted $143.4 is able to CRUSH a golf ball. adults on the autism spectrum wheels. million to 1,848 nonprofits. Mack crushes them, just not an invaluable employment sure where they end up. His opportunity that provides them wife, Pam Brady Ray, is with a ’77 ’78 “a place and purpose.” The radiology firm in Memphis and company will sell toffee made Flip Eikner will direct Man trying to see why her husband Jess Ossorio’s son, Alec ’13, specifically for GiveGood by of La Mancha this spring at loves to kill things: ducks, deer, is a senior at Ole Miss and is Dinstuhl’s. To order online visit MUS. Eikner performed in this coyotes, and doves. Sort of looking forward to graduation. givegoodco.com. production as a student 40 the Ted Nugent of Arkansas. years ago. It is the second time They have renovated the family he has directed the musical homestead in Crawfordsville, at MUS and his second time AR. Now all they need is rain.

’71 Brothers Bill Fri and Stan Fri (pictured) were recently spotted following ancient dinosaur footprints, but we are all getting older.

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Canoe & Kayak Race on the Memphis Business Journal in ’79 Mississippi River. ’85 October. Pearce Hammond reports Will James is back in Memphis that his daughter’s volleyball and working with Veraction as tournament caused him to miss their CFO. the reunion weekend. He is still Ken Jones was named secre- at Simmons (an investment tary and legal counsel for the bank focused on the energy board at MIFA. sector in Houston) and talks to Wellford Tabor from time Bill McKelvy reports that his to time. He has two daughters, daughter, Jane, is a first-year Carolyn, 16, and Margaret, 12. Best of Enemies by Robert student at Emory and his son, Both are doing very well and Philip Freeburg and Jeff Gordon aired on PBS in Hugh, is in ninth grade. He keeping him busy with all of Harris enjoyed their annual October. The acclaimed sends his condolences to all their activities. He would like trip to historic Churchill documentary examines the classmates turning 50. to get back home for some 1968 televised debates between Downs. Philip Cox’s wife David Selberg was named a Memphis barbecue. intellectuals Gore Vidal and would not let him attend finalist in the Memphis Business William F. Buckley. Gordon, left, this year. Journal’s CFO of the Year with Lower School Principal Awards. Selberg is CFO of ’87 Clay Smythe ’85, visited Poag Shopping Centers. campus in August as a chapel ’82 Donald Smith now lives in

guest speaker and discussed his Muscle Shoals, AL, and is the Scott Crosby and business work and the characteristics rector of Grace Episcopal partner Seamus Loftus have ’86 that make Memphis special. Church in Sheffield, AL. Both expanded their downtown pub, daughters attend Loyola The Brass Door, and plan to Wesley Grace joined SEACAP University in New Orleans. hold the biggest St. Patrick’s Financial as managing ’81 partner and was profiled in the Day party Memphis has ever Thad Carlile has been seen this March. hobnobbing with the stars as part of the production crew of season one of the Million Dollar ’83 Quartet, a CMT series chron- icling the birth of rock ’n’ roll. After retiring in 2001, Cole He also worked on the Hunger Inman is a man of leisure. Games, Quarry, Veep, and Holiday Deli owner Trey Losers Take All, to name a few Jordan opened his new other projects. Thad served as a restaurant concept, Pimento’s background extra on numerous Kitchen + Market, in October. films and series including Great Balls of Fire, Walk the Line, Finding Graceland, and ’84 Million Dollar Quartet. Look for Thad on the next Hollywood Charles Yukon is practicing blockbuster! his 21st year of independent pediatric medicine in Boyd Wade and his team won Germantown, TN. Dr. Sparky Reardon, dean emeritus at the University of Mississippi, spoke first place in their division for with MUS seniors in October. Afterward, he joined a few Ole Miss alumni the fourth year in a row at the for lunch. Pictured, from left, are Dan McEwan ’88, Jim Burnett ’83, 35th annual Outdoors Inc. Reardon, Johnny Crews ’84, and Gwin “Scotty” Scott ’83.

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’88 Finally, the plinth is put to good use: Jason Peters enriches the minds of his AP Government students.

MIFA named Brett Grinder for the inaugural Memphis ’89 to its board of directors. ’93 Food and Wine Festival in October. Tom Hutton reminisces about Andy Cates, founder of luxury his career as a punter at the Jack Irvine is a trial attorney Cavett Ostner’s daughter, campground company RVC University of Tennessee in a in Memphis with the law firm Savannah, signed a letter of Outdoor Destinations, was video interview featured on of Shea Moskovitz & McGhee. intent to ride for the Auburn featured on the cover of the the Volquest.com website. Jonathan Magallanes is one of University equestrian team. 10th anniversary issue of Inside several local chefs who teamed Savannah is a senior at St. Memphis Business (August/ up with top chefs in the country Mary’s, and she competes in September 2016). ’92 the Western reining category. Billy Frank has been named president of First Tennessee’s Major Wright, head football Mid-Atlantic region, which coach for the Raleigh-Egypt includes Greenville, Winston- Pharaohs, was featured on ABC Salem, Charlotte, and Raleigh, 24’s Local Hero segment in NC; Richmond, VA; Charleston, November in recognition of his SC; and Jacksonville, FL. accomplishments at Raleigh- Egypt. He led the team to a 10-2 season, which he says is the ’91 first 10-win season in school history. He was also selected to

The Alumni Executive Board be the head coach for the West From Andy McArtor ’86: Impromptu golf outing at Quail Hollow in early named Trevor Benitone its in the Toyota East vs. West November. We wanted to test out the site of the next PGA Championship! Volunteer of the Year. (See story Tennessee All-Star Classic All I know is that I lost a lot of money on the last day due to something on page 38.) game held in December at called the “Piggammon clause.” From left are ’86 classmates John Dulin, Tennessee Tech. McArtor, Ted Miller, Ricky Heros, and Wellford Tabor.

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Malcolm Saxon is currently associate that will allow more The reception was hosted serving as middle school time for travel and spending by Bentley Long ’79, Allen head at Christ Covenant in time with the family in their Graber ’87, Reed Deupree ’94, Ridgeland, MS. He is one new home. He is working for John Winford ’00, and Lowell semester in after serving at Tax Advisors Group in the Hays ’09. Jackson Preparatory School for Dallas-Fort Worth area and the previous 11 years. loving it. ’98

’94 ’95 Regent Holding Co., the family-owned business of Instructor in History and Social Richard Bloom has just David Bradford, senior brothers Eugene Wang ’96 and Studies Whit Tenent was cast returned from shooting Planet principal at Smith Seckman Lee Wang, was included in the as Julius Caesar in the MUS fall of the Apes in Vancouver. Reid, has joined the manage- Memphis Business Journal list production of Julius Caesar. ment committee of Urban Land of Memphis’ fastest-growing Assistant Director of Theater Sasi Duggirala and his family Institute Memphis. companies in 2016. Ted Fockler ’10 helped direct. are living in Atlanta where he is an anesthetist at Emory Chuck Gilliland, an University Hospital. interventional radiologist at ’99 ’01 Emory University School of Duncan Herrington is an Medicine, recently received the Following the success of his investment banker with Credit Vanity Fair’s December 2016 school’s Junior Faculty Clinical restaurant South of Beale, Ed Suisse in New York City. issue featured an article on the Excellence Award. improbable success of Atlantis Cabigao and his wife, Brittany, Hunt Taylor joined Virtue Books, the dream bookstore took another leap when they Capital Management as an founded on the Greek island opened Zaka Bowl. This vegan asset manager and income ’96 of Santorini in 2004 by Craig build-your-own-bowl concept

planning consultant. Walzer and his business – in a city that’s obsessed Wilson Moore is on the board partners. with barbecued pork and of Families Matter, a faith- fried chicken – shows how Ed based nonprofit organization Josh Winters is a commercial continues to take chances and in Memphis that addresses account executive with Oseman invest in Memphis. family-related issues of crime, Insurance Agency in Memphis. poverty, and education through McKee Humphreys has taken several channels, including on a new role at PDS as director schools and churches. ’00 of development.

Rob Ratton, an employment From Omar Malik: Got Paul McClure has published a and labor lawyer for Fisher married to the beautiful Cheryl new paper, “Faith and Facebook Phillips, has written several (Hurley) Malik in 2014. And on in a Pluralistic Age: The Effects guest columns on legal matters September 23, 2015, we were of Social Networking Sites on the Religious Beliefs of Jason Whitmore and his for the Memphis Business lucky to welcome a happy and Emerging Adults,” in the journal wife, Aundrea, have started a Journal. healthy boy to the world, Leo Sociological Perspectives. business, Aundrea’s Attic, where Thomas Malik. I’m still working they repurpose, refurbish, and as an assistant district attorney ’97 here in Memphis and am going upcycle furniture, including the on my sixth year there. Never a ’02 mobile bar pictured here. Robert Sayle enjoyed seeing dull day fighting crime at 201 Mr. Haguewood at the alumni Trevor Knight recently Zac Zaricor shares that after Poplar Ave – I’m still loving it. event held in Atlanta in July. purchased Memphis Millwork five years of moving around I’ve prosecuted everything from He and nearly 50 other alumni (memphismillwork.com). He and working third shift and the meat-in-the-pants thefts to and their guests gathered at the was promoted to Lieutenant weekends, he and his family the gang-related, first-degree Capital City Club Brookhaven Commander in the Navy have found work/life balance. murder cases. He started a new job as a tax to network and catch up. Reserve.

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Pay By Group announced that son, Colt) the 2016 Hall of in the automobile industry at co-founder and CRO Frank Fame award at the MUS-CBHS Robinson Toyota, the family ’05 Langston was selected as a football game in October. business in Jackson, TN. He will Phocuswright Young Leader Derek gives back to MUS as begin studying the mechanics Clint Cowan has recently for 2016. The highly selective one of the head coaches for the of the auto dealer industry graduated from the University Young Leaders Summit gathers seventh-grade football team at the National Automobile of Virginia School of Law and 35 rising stars under the age and as a past president of the Dealers Association convention started as an associate in the of 35 in travel, tourism, and Emerging Leaders division and in January. litigation group of Butler Snow hospitality at the Phocuswright current member of the Alumni Robert Rogers, once in Memphis. He and his wife, Conference, the preeminent Executive Board. focused on making fine art, Lizzie Willson Cowan, have two travel technology confab. “I has redirected his talents to children: Mac, 3 years old and am honored to represent Pay concentrate on the creative side future MUS Class of 2031, and By Group among such an of advertising after taking some Allison, 16 months. accomplished group of Young courses in media management Leaders who are shaping the and attending graduate school. world of travel technology,” IN MEMORY Langston said. Kyle Slatery is in his fifth year teaching religion, philosophy, David Ratton joined the and ethics and coaching the Memphis office of Wyatt boys’ varsity lacrosse team Tarrant & Combs. He con- at St. George’s Independent centrates his law practice in School. He recently completed general corporate, compliance, the New Memphis Institute’s mergers and acquisitions, ’04 Embark Program. and commercial real estate transactions. Gordon Conaway and Scott Tashie plans to open a Fowler F. Cooper II ’59 Winfield Clifford continue to second location of his I Love October 20, 2016 Trevor Weichmann reports: work in the commercial real Juice Bar in the Crosstown After completing all necessary estate industry for Cushman & Concourse development. application build and testing Wakefield; Gordon in Nashville, for my ASAP Team (Emergency Edward Taylor is still living in and Winfield in New York. Room software for Epic the Big Apple and working at Systems), I have switched teams In November Hays Mabry Scopia Capital. His wife, Mary, to help focus on the ClinDoc joined Centennial Resource gave birth to their daughter, and Stork Teams (Nursing and Development Inc. as Director Mae Taylor, on September 3, OBGYN software, respectively). of Investor Relations; he is in 2016. They are thrilled to be Blake Nicholas In addition to working, I have Houston, TX. starting a family, but Edward Caummisar ’11 used my placement to travel says he is losing his hair at a August 22, 2016 Lyle Muller was recently the world. I started a travel very competitive rate. featured in an article titled blog (ctscanstheworld.com) to “Researchers Discover Rotating Additionally, this past summer, document some of my adven- Brainwaves Help Memory Dorothy and John Collier tures. So far, I have been able to Storage During Sleep,” which welcomed John Stuart “Johnny” visit 28 new countries. was published on SciCast.com. Collier IV on June 14, 2016. Lyle is a post-doctoral fellow at Johnny’s doing great; there ’03 the Salk Institute for Biological are no updates on his father’s Studies in La Jolla, CA. hair, lack thereof, or retention therein. Wesley Alexander Members of the United States Joseph Robinson recently Hamilton Crump ’12 Marine Corps, in partnership moved back to Memphis Kyle Vogel would like to tell October 22, 2016 with the Great American after living in Dallas. He everyone, “Hello.” Rivalry Series, presented has departed the banking Derek Clenin (pictured with industry to pursue his future

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MARRIAGES born November 22, 2016 Charley Foster ’00 to Whitney Tealy and Taylor Hewgley Baer on October 8, 2016 ’94, a daughter, Frances Alex Guyton is a vice presi- the First United Methodist dent with Bailey Southwell & Church of Searcy, AR. The Brent Blankenship ’01 to Cecile “Francie,” born October Co., an investment banking wedding party included Alyssa Rosalind Mae Clarke 27, 2016 firm in Nashville. classmates Bill Steele, Jesse on October 1, 2016 Diana and Stephen Brown’00, Zellner, Patrick Kimberlin, John Hammons was MILESTONES John Harkess ’03 to Hallie a son, Henry, born August 2016 Oliver Green, and Collier recently named associate Jamison on April 2, 2016 Calandruccio. David and Cheryl and Omar Malik ’00, vice president at Wells Fargo Whitney live in Midtown Scott Tashie ’04 to Rebekah a son, Leo Thomas, born Advisors. Memphis. Hill on June 4, 2016 September 23, 2015 Warner Russell just cele- Phillip DeBardeleben is Michael Haas ’05 to Shelley Lea and Ben Adams ’01, a brated his first anniversary as now a tax manager with Ploch on June 25, 2016 son, Benjamin Chinn, born manager of business develop- Dixon Hughes Goodman. August 23, 2016 ment for Jernigan Capital, a J.D. Lawhorn ’05 to Kelli Reiff real estate investment trust Reid Wesson earned his on July 18, 2015 Allison and Bond Hopkins’01, a daughter, Hadley Elizabeth, that provides debt and equity CFA charter in August. Hunter Adams ’06 to Carly capital to private developers, born May 9, 2016 Dex Witte graduated from Taylor on July 23, 2016 owners, and operators of UT Health Science Center last Ashley and Scott Adams ’02, a self-storage facilities. Other Garrott McClintock ’06 May. He is currently halfway daughter, Kyser McBride, born alums with Jernigan Capital to Margaret Watford on through his intern year and September 8, 2016 are President/COO John July 9, 2016 will start his residency in Good ’76, General Counsel Elizabeth and Chase Carlisle radiology at Baptist Memorial Logan Welch ’06 to Rachel Bill Mathieu ’76, and Senior ’03, a daughter, Tully Rye, born Hospital in July. Lunati on May 17, 2016 November 22, 2015 Investment Analyst Will Aldridge ’07. John Catmur ’07 to Sarah Sarah and Jeff Grimm ’03, a Schiavoni on April 9, 2016 son, Jeff William, born March Hunter Swain has been se- ’07 lected for the 2017 Colorado Ferrell Varner ’07 to Brannen 31, 2016 Super Lawyers Rising Stars Will Aldridge joined Jernigan Vick on May 29, 2016 Alex and Barlow Mann ’03, list in labor and employment Capital in Memphis as senior William Ware ’07 to Tara a daughter, Abigail Jamieson, law. It’s pretty neat to be investment analyst. Hallie Tighe on June 18, 2016 born September 16, 2016 included because no more Preston Battle earned his JD than 2.5 percent of lawyers in George Coors ’09 to Taylor Lauren and Brad Spicer ’04, in May from the University of the state can be selected. Dunaway on August 6, 2016 a daughter, Claire Joy, born Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys November 18, 2016 School of Law, where he Walt Wepfer ’09 to Betsy served as president of the Buxton on December 19, 2015 Mary and Edward Taylor ’04, ’06 Student Bar Association.

a daughter, Mae, born He is an associate in the Ryan Turner ’10 to Catherine Beau Creson was selected September 3, 2016 Memphis office of Baker Clubb-Brown on September as a 2016 Rising Star in Donelson. 3, 2016 Lizzie and Clint Cowan ’05, Mid-South Super Lawyers for a daughter, Allison, born Business Litigation, and is Miles DeBardeleben was Mitchell Marino ’12 to Olivia July 14, 2015 Hughes on October 7, 2016 currently working at Butler elected president of his Josie and John Hammons ’05, Snow in Nashville. class at the University of Mississippi Medical Center BIRTHS a daughter, Elizabeth Meri- David Deaderick is a CFA in Jackson. Kate Metcalf and Brian wether, born June 24, 2016 charter holder after complet- Sullivan ’83, a daughter, Elizabeth and Donnie Malmo ing a course that consisted of Jeffrey Wright is the exec- Margaret Grey, born ’06, a daughter, Rivers, born three tests over three years. utive producer of The Geoff October 4, 2016 October 26, 2016 He has been a fixed income Calkins Show from 9-11 a.m. analyst at Raymond James weekdays on 92.9 FM ESPN. Adrienne and Malcolm Saxon since 2010. In June 2015 he He is a contributor to the 929 ’93, a daughter, Mae Louise, married Whitney Moffitt at Line at 929espn.com as well

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as a talk host on the station. investment management firm He is responsible for putting with approximately $5.5 billion together a quality broadcast in assets under management. every weekday while also contributing to other aspects of the station and its website. ’09

William Anthony was voted ’08 into the Economic Club of Memphis recently. The organi- Tucker Carr accepted a zation’s membership includes position with Merrill Lynch in pillars within the Memphis the Austin office. community and provides an opportunity for individuals to Mazen Istanbouli is getting network and discuss economics his master’s in biology with a and finance. focus in neurology from the Robert Threlkeld is now a Second Lieutenant in the United States University of Memphis. Michael Folk is working for Marine Corps after successfully completing Officer Candidates School. Kibo, a family-owned real estate From left, Joseph Threlkeld ’17, Robert Threlkeld ’09, Thomas Threlkeld Owen Mercer is an associate in investment and management ’12, and Rob Threlkeld ’78. the Memphis office of Cushman firm based in Nashville. He will & Wakefield/Commercial assist in both the acquisition Advisors. Kimbrough Taylor has joined and management of commer- Wunderman Memphis as a Michael Wills has moved to cial properties. ’10 project manager/content mar- Atlanta where he is regional Turner Morehead is currently keting strategist. Wunderman is Ian Stockstill is an automotive director of internal sales for training with the Atlantic a global agency specializing in business development lead Angel Oak Capital Advisors, an Theater Company in New York. digital media optimization. for International Quality &

Photo courtesy of The Commercial Appeal

’07 Kimani Shotwell, center, head basketball coach for British Columbia Christian Academy, brought his team to Memphis for a game against the Owls in November. His story was featured in The Commercial Appeal.

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Productivity Center as the No. 3 punter in the in New York. country. Parker Wilson is a regional Britt Colcolough is working Where intermodal fleet manager for for Pareto Technologies, a tech J. B. Hunt Transport Inc. in startup in Austin, TX. Memphis. is B.K. Jake Greenstein is a private equity analyst with Brown ’11 Brothers Harriman in Today? New York City. Cale Carson is an English Patrick Holt recently teacher in Santiago, Chile, with graduated from the University BridgeEnglish, an international of Tennessee with a degree in leader in corporate language business and is now working training. for NexAir. Joseph Morrison is partici- ’12 pating in the master’s degree program in accounting at Obaid Anwar is in his first year Rhodes College. at UT medical school. Ashish Nathani will Toby Baker was a semifinalist begin medical school at East for the Burlsworth Trophy, Tennessee State University in which is presented to college the fall of 2017. football’s best player who began his career as a walk-on. Baker, a senior, was one of 10 ’13 semifinalists for the award. In other news, Pro Football Focus Tiger Adams and his rated the Hogs fifth-year senior band, China Gate, played at

Director of College Counseling Brian K. Smith enjoys visiting Owl alumni on the college tours he leads for current students. In the left column above from the top down, Smith is with Nathan Dinh ’16, University of Richmond; Philip Aiken ’13, Washington and Lee University; and Tucker Colerick ’16, University of Virginia; right column from the top, Trey Moore ’14, University of Richmond; David Dabov ’16, Washington and Lee; and Witt Hawkins ’14 and Hayden Witt Hawkins ’14, a global politics major and mass communications Combs ’14, Washington minor at Washington and Lee University, received a William Jefferson and Lee. Clinton Scholarship to attend the American University in Dubai during the winter term of 2017.

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Award presented by the Orange Bowl. ’15

Carlton Orange is an Academic All-American at the University of Arkansas. Connor Truitt is attending the University of Arkansas where he is a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. From left, Class of 2014 alumni Harrison Williams, Josh Douglass, and Andy Sorensen ’16 stop by for a visit. Class of 2015 Owls, now sophomores at the University of Arkansas, enjoyed an easy win against Texas State this fall in Fayetteville. From left, Pierce Jones, Grant Stevenson, Dub Sorrells, Connor Truitt, and Butch Matthews

Birmingham’s Secret Stages Systems, which engineers and Festival in August. They were services technology solutions well received. Their next step: for a diverse mix of clients recording at Ardent Studios. across a wide spectrum of Read a great review of their industries. Tim Hart, left, and Thomas festival show in this article from Pickens, pictured here with Wil Rainer is a lacrosse player the Bitter Southerner: bit.ly/ Instructor in Science Analice at Sewanee with teammates alumnirock. Instructor in Science Garrett Sowell, were frequent support- Selby Austin, Patrick DiMento Smithson and Nick Schwartz ers at Owls games this fall. Philip Aiken, a student at and Hayden Hunt ’15. He show off their manly beards Both play for the University Washington and Lee University, spent a semester abroad in during a campus visit. of Memphis. has returned from a six-month New Zealand and the summer trip to South America, where on St. Catherine’s Island doing he spent one semester in research for Sewanee. Argentina and six weeks traveling through Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. ’14

James Burnett is a senior at Drew Flaherty is a junior at the University of Mississippi Rhodes College. and is currently working as a student assistant for football William Lamb is doing well at operations and recruiting. Pomona College in California and last year was named Austin Pretsch is in his senior Freshman Physics Student year at Furman University of the Year. where he is president of the Student Government Ole Miss junior Gary Association. This past summer Wunderlich was one of 20 he interned as an associate semifinalists for the 2016 Lou A kicking tradition: At Meet the Rebels Day 2016, from left, ecommerce strategist for Gant Groza Collegiate Placekicker Will Crosby ’22, Gary Wunderlich ’14, and Matthew Crosby ’89

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Send news to your class representative listed below Class Reps or to Ann Laughlin at [email protected]. ’58 Claude Crawford...... [email protected] ‘96 Robert Dow...... [email protected] ‘59 John Lawo...... [email protected] ‘96 Rusty Shappley...... [email protected] ‘60 Metcalf Crump...... [email protected] ‘97 Justin Grinder...... [email protected] ‘60 Alex Wellford...... [email protected] ‘97 Trey Jones...... [email protected] ‘61 Scott May...... [email protected] ‘97 Michael Thompson...... [email protected] ‘62 Jerry Bradfield...... [email protected] ‘98 Erick Clifford...... [email protected] ‘63 Doug Ferris...... [email protected] ‘98 Don Drinkard...... [email protected] ‘64 Bill Quinlen...... [email protected] ‘98 Justin Lohman...... [email protected] ‘65 Bob Heller...... [email protected] ‘99 Richard Burt...... [email protected] ‘65 Rick Miller...... [email protected] ‘99 Chip Campbell...... [email protected] ‘66 Chuck Smith...... [email protected] ‘99 Norfleet Thompson...... 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[email protected] ‘74 Mark Ruleman...... [email protected] ‘03 Jamie Drinan...... [email protected] ‘74 Walker Sims...... [email protected] ‘03 Edward Nenon...... [email protected] ‘75 Lee Marshall...... [email protected] ‘03 Henry Talbot ...... [email protected] ‘76 Gib Wilson...... [email protected] ’04 Kyle Slatery ...... [email protected] ‘77 Bruce Moore...... [email protected] ‘04 Brad Spicer...... [email protected] ‘78 George Sousoulas...... [email protected] ‘05 Kane Alber...... [email protected] ‘79 Arthur Fulmer...... [email protected] ’05 Warner Russell...... [email protected] ‘79 Greg Meyer...... [email protected] ‘05 Sam Sawyer...... [email protected] ‘80 Mel Payne...... [email protected] ‘06 Hunter Adams...... [email protected] ‘80 George Skouteris...... [email protected] ‘06 Chad Hazlehurst...... [email protected] ‘81 Kelly Truitt...... [email protected] ’06 Reid Wesson...... [email protected] ‘81 Boyd Wade ...... [email protected] ’07 Neely Mallory...... [email protected] ‘82 John Dunavant...... [email protected] ’07 Buck Towner...... [email protected] ‘83 Craig Christenbury ...... [email protected] ‘08 Michael Cross...... [email protected] ‘83 Jimmy Harwood...... [email protected] ‘08 Connell Hall...... [email protected] ‘83 Trey Jordan...... [email protected] ‘09 Rhobb Hunter...... [email protected] ‘84 Bob McEwan...... [email protected] ‘09 Jim Moore...... [email protected] ‘85 Ted Simpson...... [email protected] ‘10 Stephond Allmond...... [email protected] ‘85 Owen Tabor ...... [email protected] ‘10 Hank Hill...... [email protected] ‘86 Brad Conder...... [email protected] ‘10 Jake Rudolph...... [email protected] ‘86 Andy McArtor...... [email protected] ‘11 Blake Hennessy...... [email protected] ‘86 Ted Miller...... [email protected] ‘11 Chase Schoelkopf...... [email protected] ‘87 Jonny Ballinger...... [email protected] ‘11 Scooter Taylor ...... [email protected] ‘87 Bo Brooksbank...... [email protected] ‘12 Edward Francis...... [email protected] ‘88 Max Painter...... [email protected] ‘12 Anthony Hodges...... [email protected] ‘88 Fred Schaeffer.... [email protected] ‘12 Lee Marshall...... [email protected] ‘89 Scott Sherman...... [email protected] ‘13 Derrick Baber...... [email protected] ‘90 Brian Eason...... [email protected] ‘13 Matt Bolton...... [email protected] ’90 Hootan Hidaji...... [email protected] ‘13 Jarrett Jackson...... [email protected] ‘90 Philip Wunderlich...... [email protected] ‘13 James Rantzow...... [email protected] ‘91 Trevor Benitone...... [email protected] ‘14 Hayden Combs...... [email protected] ‘91 Darrell Cobbins...... [email protected] ‘14 Cal Edge...... [email protected] ‘92 Chuck Hamlett...... [email protected] ‘14 Chris Galvin...... [email protected] ‘92 Brandon Westbrook...... [email protected] ‘14 Anthony Walton ...... [email protected] ‘93 Thomas Quinlen...... [email protected] ‘15 Tom Garrott...... [email protected] ‘93 Gil Uhlhorn...... [email protected] ‘15 Kamar Mack ...... [email protected] ‘94 Ben Clanton...... [email protected] ‘15 Joseph Preston...... [email protected] ‘94 Kirby May...... [email protected] ‘15 Connor Wright...... [email protected] ‘95 David Bradford...... [email protected] ‘16 Nathan Dinh...... [email protected] ‘95 Gideon Scoggin...... [email protected] ‘16 Tim Hart...... [email protected] ‘95 Will Thompson...... [email protected] ‘16 Mac McArtor...... [email protected] ‘96 Nelson Cannon...... [email protected] ‘16 Trammel Robinson...... [email protected]

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Homecoming 2016 WE SAW Alumni enjoyed visiting during all of the Homecoming festivities on campus September 30 and October 1.

Class of 2011 alumni Russell Scott, Mason Soun, Jianyin Roachell, Class of 1966 alumni Fred Niell and Frank Jemison Scooter Taylor, and Richard Twardzik

Class of 2006 alumni Devin Owens Sporting his vintage letter jacket, Class of 1996 alumni Stephen Shannon, Worth Jones, and Max Prokell Jody Brown ’61, and wife, Lisa Wilson Moore, and Chris Carr Jacob Courtnay Rudolph Plaza Dedication

David Rudolph ’81, center, had lots of Owl support at the dedication of the plaza in his Chip Wood ’79, Bobby Eason ’79, Greg Meyer ’79, and father’s name, including, from left, Class of 1981 alumni Bud Thrasher, Rick Thornton, John Peeples ’76 Ray Moore, Andy Meyer, Win Bonner, and Ted Angelakis.

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Homecoming ’ 2016 66 50th Reunion: Catching up and sharing stories topped the list of activities for the Class of 1966 during Homecoming weekend. They played golf, reminisced at their Friday night class party, and enjoyed a great meal with one another and Headmaster Ellis Haguewood at their 50th Reunion luncheon. They also remembered classmate Butch Petree, joining with his family members to dedicate three benches in his name near Hull-Dobbs Athletic Field (see photo page 43). Jeanne and Frank Jemison ’66 hosted the party for the Class of 1966, which included, from left, Robert Sayle, Stephen Crump, Jemison, Bob Lee, John Carrier, Bert Johnston, Brig Klyce, Johnny Adams, Ferd Heckle, Hank Hill, Henry Doggrell, and Fred Niell.

’61 ’71 Celebrating their 55th reunion, the Class of 1961 gathered at the home of The Class of 1971 celebrated their reunion at Boscos. Barbara and Pitt Hyde ’61.

The Class of 1976 celebrated their 40th reunion at the home of Kim and Johnny Pitts ’76. Alumni enjoyed seeing Bill Mathieu’s new car, a 1974 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, which had been delivered to him the day before the reunion. “Since several in our class had 1974 Firebirds during our time at school, I thought it would be fun to bring another ’74 to the reunion,” Mathieu said. “The car has a dark blue body and a red interior – MUS colors.” Interestingly enough, the car’s original owner was Barlow Mann ’71, who bought it new from Foster Pontiac in Memphis. “It is a very small world,” Mann said. ’76

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’ ’81 86 Members of the Class of 1986 enjoyed the chance to catch Cathy and Jeff Harris ’81 hosted the reunion party for members of the Class of 1981. up with Coach Barry Ray, second from left; Coach Bobby Alston, center; and Coach John Cady ’69, third from right, at their 30th reunion party at East.

’91 ’96 Megan and Brett Grinder ’91 hosted the reunion party for members Members of the Class of 1996 enjoyed their 20th reunion Downtown at of the Class of 1991. Loflin Yard, an outdoor dining and gathering space recently opened by Doug Carpenter ’82, Michael Tauer ’95, and others.

’01 ’06 Courtney and McKee Humphreys ’01 hosted the party for the The Class of 2006 gathered at Loflin Yard for their 10-year reunion. Class of 2001.

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Golf Scramble Alumni hit The Links at Galloway for a morning round of golf and camaraderie to kick off the Class of 1986 alumni Wesley Grace, Andy McArtor, Andy Wright, and John T. Pitts took Homecoming festivities. home the Best Class Team award.

Class of 1981 alumni Andy Meyer, Rick Thornton, Ray Moore, and David Zarfoss ’86, Cullen Morgan ’96, and Brad Conder ’86 Bud Thrasher

Buck Towner ’07, Haynes Vaughn ’07, Collin Fountain ’08, and Jay Class of 1966 alumni Johnny Adams, Dwight Drinkard, Henry Doggrell, Edwards ’07 Kent Wunderlich, and Hank Hill

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We Got Game WE SAW The Invasion (B League) and the Big Dawgs (C League) were winners in the finals of the 2016 Alumni Basketball League championship. The ABL was founded some 35 years ago by cousins Judd Peters ’81 and Tommy Peters ’73.

The Big Dawgs, standing from left, Dan Shumake ’89, Bill Dowdle, The Invasion, Class of 2016 alumni, standing from left, Philip Freeburg, John Sharp ’81, Gene Hamilton ’86, Josh Hammond, Jon Van Hoozer ’88; Connor Whitson, Matt Kruczek, Owen Galvin, and Reid Smith; front row, front row, Greg Rhodes ’89, Clint Dowdle; not pictured, Jason Fair ’89, Dylan Jones Miles Fortas ’89, and Peter Monaghan ’89

Emerging Leaders Host Memphis Mayor Mayor Jim Strickland shared his goals for Memphis with young alumni at the Emerging Leaders luncheon this fall.

Hugh Francis ’06 and Reid Wesson ’06 Chase Carlisle ’03 shares a laugh with Mayor Jim Strickland.

Hunter Adams ’06, center, is current president of the Emerging Leaders; Neely Mallory ’07, Robert Cartwright ’10, and Paul Stephens ’10 Elliot Embry ’04, left, and Derek Clenin ’03 are past presidents.

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Young Alumni Holiday Brunch College-age alumni stopped by campus in December to visit with faculty and former classmates during a holiday brunch in their honor. Class of 2015 alumni Connor Truitt, Dub Sorrells, David Scharff, Pierce Jones, and Max Simpson

Class of 2013 alumni Jarrett Jackson, Andrew Raves, Brothers Baker Ball ’15 and Warren Ball ’13 and Farhan Kathawala

Andy Sorensen ’14, Richard Ouyang ’15, and Stephen Tsiu ’14 Class of 2016 alumni Patton Orr, Danny Harris, and Murray Morrison

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Your gifts in memory of loved ones or in honor of special friends directly enable young men at MUS to receive the best education available. Memorials to Memphis University School support the Annual Fund program. Families of those whose memories are honored will be notified by an appropriate card with an acknowledgment to the donor. We gratefully acknowledge the following gifts to the school:

In Memory Of B. LANE CARRICK, JR. ’13 LILLIAN D. DUNAVANT Mr. and Mrs. W. Vinton Lawson III ’77 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Askew III WYATT B. AIKEN Mr. and Mrs. W. Price Morrison, Jr. ’75 Mr. Hayden P. Combs ’14 BLAKE N. CAUMMISAR ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Combs Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood G. GOODLOE EARLY, JR. ’59 Mr. Perry D. Dement Mr. Jonathan M. Large Mr. and Mrs. W. Frederick Bailey ’59 Mrs. Claire K. Farmer Mr. and Mrs. J. Courtnay Rudolph III ’77 WILLIAM HUNT FISHER II Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Mr. Jacob C. Rudolph IV ’10 Mr. and Mrs. M. Jess Ossorio ’78 Dr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Robinson ’75 Dr. Robert H. Winfrey, Jr. EDWARD FOLEY, SR. MARGARET E. ALEXANDER KAY ALLENBERG COHEN Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lonergan III Mr. Perry D. Dement Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Klawinski and Family CECIL A. GODMAN, JR. J. BARRY BLUMBERG BARTON, SR. ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Robinson ’75 Mr. Perry D. Dement Mr. and Mrs. T. William Hoehn III ’68 FOWLER F. COOPER II ’59 Mrs. Claire K. Farmer HARRY I. BASS Mr. and Mrs. W. Frederick Bailey ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Taylor II Mr. and Mrs. Pearce W. MYRON ASHNER HALLE, SR. Hammond, Jr. ’86 JASON L. CRABB ’91 Mr. J. Alexander Crabb ’93 Mr. Robert M. Halle ’76 THOMAS M. BATCHELOR WILLIAM DAY HANEY Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Batchelor ’72 PATRICK M. CRUMP Dr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Patterson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Haney BUBBA BLAND BETTY MAYS HARBISON Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Ringger ’66 WESLEY ALEXANDER HAMILTON CRUMP ’12 Ms. Virginia D. Cochran Dr. and Mrs. S. Gregory Portera JUDY BOUCEK Mrs. Claire K. Farmer BILLY HARKINS Mr. Ronald L. Boucek Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Dr. and Mrs. John E. Harkins Ms. Kimberly F. McAmis PETER M. BOWMAN Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Sklar ’85, WILLIAM R. HATCHETT Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Deaderick Mr. Benjamin M. Sklar ’20, and Mr. and Mrs. Nat B. Ellis ’62 Mr. Andrew L. Sklar E. DENBY BRANDON, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Norman S. Thompson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John E. Harkins HART G. DILLARD ’70 JOHN F. HILTONSMITH Mr. and Mrs. George J. Whitlock ’70 MATTHEW R. BRESCIA ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Deaderick Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gotten ’60 Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Michta MARGARET T. DRINKARD Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Liverance ’00 Mr. Perry D. Dement MARY CONKLIN BRONSTEIN Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood MR. AND MRS. JACK JOE Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Saenger ’98 Mr. Christopher M. Joe ’87 PALLIE HAMILTON BROWN Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Smith, Jr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Deaderick Mrs. Nancy Welsh Smith MARY GORDON KEEGAN Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Mr. and Mrs. William L. Askew III WAYNE E. DUFF Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. White, Jr. ’92

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EVY HALLE LEVY MR. AND MRS. HENRY K. QUON, SR. Mrs. Ginger G. Owings Mr. and Mrs. P. Trowbridge Mr. Christopher M. Joe ’87 Mr. and Mrs. G. Ruffner Page, Jr. ’77 Gillespie, Jr. ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Pettit SCOTT M. REMBERT ’70 Mrs. Meredith G. Pritchartt ROBERT P. LONERGAN, JR. Mr. and Mrs. W. Frederick Bailey ’59 Mr. and Mrs. William L. Quinlen III ’64 Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lonergan III Mr. and Mrs. George J. Whitlock ’70 Raymond James & Associates Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Rembert III ’60 JERRY B. MARTIN, SR. MARY WILBOURN ROBINSON Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Richmond, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Ogilby ’88 Mr. and Mrs. William P. Abbay ’94 Mr. Gilbert A. Robinson III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Adams III ’73 Dr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Robinson ’75 TONY MARTIN Mr. and Mrs. George Armistead Ms. Diane Rudner Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Mr. and Mrs. Stewart G. Austin, Sr. ’62 Mrs. Frederick C. Schaeffer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Clark M. Barousse FREDDIE MCEWAN Ms. Mary Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Bell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Deaderick Mr. and Mrs. C. Foster Smith III ’98 Dr. and Mrs. Blake T. Billups Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Smith, Jr. ’66 Mr. Pat Bonds, Mr. Bill Clarke, DR. AND MRS. LEE W. MILFORD, JR. Ms. Ellen Smith and Mr. Herb Hyman Mr. Richard L. Milford ’76 Mrs. Nancy Welsh Smith Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bonds Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stokes, Jr. JAN MOORE Mr. and Mrs. J. Waldrup Brown ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Justin D. Towner IV Mr. Samuel R. Humphreys ’69 Mr. John D. Canale III ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wade, Sr. ’84, Mr. Duke B. Clement, Jr. ’76 Mr. Robert B. Wade, Jr. ’18, and SAM MOORE Mr. and Mrs. John J. Colcolough III Miss Caroline Wade Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Faber Dr. Sam J. Cox III Mr. and Mrs. Spence L. Wilson, Jr. Ms. Katharine C. Creech CARTER LEE MURRAY ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm B. Wood ’71 Mrs. Minetry Apperson Crowley Mrs. Coralu D. Buddenbohm Mr. and Mrs. Gary K. Wunderlich, Jr. ’88 Mrs. Carita A. Crump Dr. Duncan M. Chesney ’92 Delbrocco & Associates PLLC Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gentry, Jr. PETER H. ROOSA Mr. and Mrs. D. Dwight Drinkard ’66 Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirby May ’94 Mr. Perry D. Dement Mr. and Mrs. William B. Dunavant III ’78 Mr. and Mrs. W. Seldon Murray III Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Mr. and Mrs. G. Douglas Edwards, Jr. Ms. Kimberly F. McAmis ISHVARLAL PATEL Mr. and Mrs. L. Edwin Eleazer, Jr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Saenger ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Jitendra I. Patel Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Ellis III Dr. Daniel F. Fisher, Jr. ’68 JACOB C. RUDOLPH SCOTT D. PATTERSON ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey E. Folk III Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Schlosberg ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Brett Patterson Ms. Lynn Gardner Mr. Alan Gates WALTER SCOTT III ’87 JOHN E. PETREE ’66 Dr. and Mrs. Emmel B. Golden, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Moore, Jr. ’93 Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Brakebill ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Tal K. Goldsby MONTGOMERY B. SERNEL ’90 Mr. W. Brigham Klyce, Jr. ’66 Mrs. Emily W. Haizlip Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Wilson ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hussey, Jr. EDWARD L. POWELL, SR. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. William C. Jones Mrs. Marilyn C. Powell Mr. and Mrs. E. Carl Krausnick, Jr. ’79 JOSEPH S. SIMS MATTHEW A. PRESLEY Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lee, Jr. Anonymous Mr. Perry D. Dement Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Lewis II ’98 Mrs. Claire K. Farmer Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Loeb ’73 ROBERT FORREST SPENCE Dr. and Mrs. John E. Harkins Ms. Ashley Manning Dr. and Mrs. David D. Spence ’97 Ms. Kimberly F. McAmis Mr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Moore FRANK R. STUBBLEFIELD ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. Morgan, Jr. ’60 Mr. and Mrs. D. Stephen Morrow ’71 Ms. Lisa Hopkins PRINCE Mr. John H. Morrow Mr. P. Layton Sanders, Jr. ’71 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. W. Lytle Nichol IV Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson Orr III

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PALMER J. TEXADA J. WILSON BAIRD, JR. ’99 CLASS OF ’77 Mr. Perry D. Dement Ms. Elizabeth J. Baird Mr. and Mrs. W. Vinton Lawson III ‘77 Mrs. Elizabeth C. Dickinson Mrs. Claire K. Farmer J. WILSON BAIRD III ’22 CLASS OF ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood Ms. Elizabeth J. Baird Mr. and Mrs. Dylan C. Black ’86 Ms. Kimberly F. McAmis MATTHEW D. BAKKE ERIC G. DALLE ’93 Dr. and Mrs. S. Gregory Portera Mrs. Deborah Dunklin Tipton Mr. J. Alexander Crabb ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Saunders III ERIC C. BEATY ’01 G. WEBB DANIEL ’22 ROBERT E. TIPTON, JR. ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Gideon L. Scoggin ’95 Mrs. Kay Norfleet Daniel Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood VINCENT W. BECK MR. AND MRS. SKIP DANIEL Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Scott, Jr. Ms. Lucie May Thompson WILLIAM NUGENT TREADWELL ’68 Mr. and Mrs. W. Frederick Bailey ’59 TREVOR B. BENITONE ’91 B. FREDERICK DANIELSON, JR. ’17 Mr. and Mrs. T. William Hoehn III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Graham II ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ehrlicher

STEPHANIE A. VARNER CHRISTIAN M. BERRY ’17 PERRY D. DEMENT Mr. and Mrs. D. Hamilton Eggers ’94 Dr. and Mrs. Michael P. Berry Mrs. Peggy W. Seessel Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood MICHAEL C. BETHELL, JR. ’18 JOHN H. DOBBS, JR. ’85 CHRISTA G. WARNER Dr. Jean L. Johnson Mr. Craig H. Witt ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. White, Jr. ’92 PHILIPPE M. BLAIS ’06 REEVES E. EDDINS ’17 JANICE SMITH WESTBROOK Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Antonelli Mr. and Mrs. Joel F. Reeves, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon L. Westbrook ’92 BRENT H. W. BLANKENSHIP ’01 JEFFREY D. ENGELBERG ’94 FREDERICK H. WOLF Mr. and Mrs. R. Earl Blankenship Carol B. Hinchin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Haguewood PRESTON T. W. BLANKENSHIP ’03 MICHAEL B. FABER ’96 ALVIN W. WUNDERLICH, JR. Mr. and Mrs. R. Earl Blankenship Carol B. Hinchin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Adams ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Felsenthal JOYCE BRADY ROBERT A. FABER ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Morgan, Sr. ’61 Dr. Donald W. Brady ’82 Carol B. Hinchin Fund Mrs. Nancy Welsh Smith SAMUEL R. BUCKNER ’04 CLAIRE K. FARMER CORDRA YORK, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Buckner Mr. Kenneth S. Farmer, Jr. ’03 Mrs. Nancy Welsh Smith R. HOWARD CANNON ’80 KENNETH S. FARMER, JR. ’03 Mrs. Kathryn G. Cannon Mrs. Claire K. Farmer In Honor Of T. HALL CANNON ’95 JONATHAN M. FOGARTY ’19 BOBBY A. ALSTON Mrs. Kathryn G. Cannon Mr. and Mrs. John H. Fogarty Mrs. Deborah Dunklin Tipton DUNCAN M. CHESNEY ’92 MATTHEW L. FOGELMAN ’18 NICHOLAS D. ANTONELLI ’13 Dr. Carolyn M. Chesney and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Antonelli Dr. Thomas M. Chesney NANCY N. GATES GRAHAM A. ARKLE ’20 CLASS OF ’70 Dr. Atossa Ghodoussi and Mrs. Kathleen D. Norfleet Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul McDonald ’70 Dr. David Ghodoussi

WILLIAM L. ASKEW III CLASS OF ’76 HART D. GOWEN ’21 Mr. Trammel M. Robinson ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Valentine ’76 Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins

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CHARLES A. GILBERT ’20 Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter JOHN E. MARCOM, JR. ’75 Ms. Patricia A. Gilbert Humphreys, Sr. ’70 Mrs. Mary Lee Marcom Ms. Gina G. Webb DAVID M. GRABER II ’17 JOHN P. McBRIDE ’18 Ms. Margaret Newton MARK H. HAMER ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. McBride Mrs. Hilda C. Mullen SAMUEL N. GRAHAM II ’80 ORLANDO R. McKAY Mr. and Mrs. John C. Carson, Jr. JACKSON P. HARDING ’22 Mrs. Deborah Dunklin Tipton Mr. and Mrs. P. Christopher Harding TIMOTHY S. GREER DANIEL J. MESKIN ’20 Mr. W. Fort Robinson ’13 DANNY H. HARRIS III ’16 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold E. Perl Mr. and Mrs. L. Charbonnier Miller P. MILLER GRISSINGER ’18 JACOB L. MESKIN ’17 Dr. and Mrs. Richard Colditz HOMAS D. HARVELL ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold E. Perl Mr. and Mrs. David M. Harvell MARCUS A. GRONAUER ’17 LATTIMORE M. MICHAEL III ’20 Ms. Bettye J. Gronauer G. GENTRY HARWOOD ’19 Dr. and Mrs. R. Kent Farris Mrs. James E. Harwood III ELLIS L. HAGUEWOOD RICHARD A. MILLER, JR. ’65 Mr. Mark T. Adams ’80 H. ROBERT HELLER III ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Austin ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Breck S. Bolton, Sr. ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Austin ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Cates ’89 JAMES B. MITCHUM ’14 Dr. Robert J. Davis ’82 JONAS HOLDEMAN Dr. and Mrs. James R. Mitchum ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey L. Dr. Atossa Ghodoussi and JOHN W. MONAGHAN ’22 Denton IV ’83 Dr. David Ghodoussi Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Monaghan Mr. John R. Estes ’14 D. WALKER HORN ’17 Mrs. Andree Glenn and Mrs. Ann E. Horn THOMAS M. MONAGHAN ’20 Dr. Steven C. Gadbois Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Monaghan Dr. Charles M. Gordon, Jr. ’03 ALEXANDER M. HUMPHREYS ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Hickman ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Coleman B. Connell RICHARD C. MOORE, JR. ’63 Dr. Karen L. Lakin and The Honorable and Mr. Jeffrey H. Jones BAXTER D. JONES ’21 Mrs. Robert D. McCallum, Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Kaplan ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Jones Mercy for Memphis Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Kyle ’75 Mr. Francis B. Langston ’02 R. MCKNIGHT JOHNSTON III ’21 DAVIS D. MOSER ’69 Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Jennings Mr. and Mrs. D. Zachariah Zaricor ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Lazarov WARREN A. JOHNSTON ’21 R. WAYNE MULLINS Mrs. Gerlene S. Lifer Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Jennings Mr. Frank C. Baker, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Landon B. Pendergrass Professor and Mrs. William A. M. CHRISTIAN KAUFFMAN ’10 MICAH M. MURDOCK ’17 Ruleman III ’75 Mrs. Frances C. Kauffman Ms. Nancy Murdock Mr. Eric M. Schofield ’89 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Scott ’89 NICOLAS KYLE LAM ’16 LOYAL W. MURPHY IV ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Scott S. Sherman ’89 Mrs. Vivian Yin and Mr. K. C. Lam Mrs. Kathryn S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. White, Jr. ’92 MARTIN W. LIFER III ’79 MUS BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS MR. AND MRS. ELLIS L. HAGUEWOOD Mrs. Gerlene S. Lifer Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Harrison Dr. Michele H. Alston and Mr. Andrew L. Alston ’07 JAMES B. LONG ’10 MUS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Mr. and Mrs. Eric Christopherson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Long Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. White, Jr. ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Hayes ’83 EMERSON T. MANLEY ’19 MUS DEVELOPMENT TEAM Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Manley Mr. and Mrs. Skip Daniel

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MUS STUDENTS AND TEAMS FREDERICK C. SCHAEFFER III ’22 NORMAN S. THOMPSON, JR. Dr. Robert H. Winfrey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Covington Mr. William L. Jamieson Mrs. Frederick C. Schaeffer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Saenger ’98 CLAYTON E. NEARN ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Nearn, Jr. ’59 WILLIAM R. SCHNEIDER ’17 S. ALEXANDER THOMPSON III Mrs. Hilda C. Mullen Peggy and William Adler R. EVERARD MEADE NICHOL III ’19 Dr. and Mrs. David R. Dantzker SIDNEY D. SELVIDGE IV ’19 DAX A. TORREY ’94 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Doole Mr. and Mrs. Norman S. Thompson, Jr. MR. AND MRS. JAMES E. O’BANNON, JR. Anonymous H. CLAY SHELTON ’97 CASON S. TRIPLETT ’21 Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Shelton III ’68 Ms. Elizabeth J. Baird HOUSTON N. PATE ’19 Ms. Barbara Huntzicker TERRY N. SHELTON WILLIAM R. TURLEY ’19 Mr. William L. Jamieson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. J. HOLDEN PATE ’21 Farnsworth, Jr. Ms. Barbara Huntzicker W. WESLEY SHELTON ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Shelton III ’68 JOSEPH S. TYLER H. JERRY PETERS Mrs. Deborah Dunklin Tipton Mr. and Mrs. Breck S. Bolton, Sr. ’79 WILLIAM S. SHEPHERD ’20 Dr. and Mrs. Jerald Duncan JONATHAN A. VAN HOOZER, JR. ’21 MR. AND MRS. GEORGE A. C. PETTEY ’98 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Van Hoozer Anonymous EDWARD L. SIMPSON ’85 Mr. Craig H. Witt ’85 T. WHITMIRE WAGGONER ’17 EDWIN L. RAWSON, JR. ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Leighton L. LeBoeuf Mrs. Mary C. Rawson J. WALKER TODD SIMS ’14 Anonymous J. HENRY WEEKS ’22 W. CHARLES RHODES ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. McCormack Colonel and Mrs. R. Charles Plunkett CHARLES F. SMITH, JR. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel N. Graham II ’80 JONAH N. WEXLER ’20 BRANDAN J. ROACHELL ’19 Mr. and Mrs. James Jalenak Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Roachell JACKSON S. SOLBERG ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Solberg MARCI D. WOODMANSEE JIANYIN ROACHELL ’11 Mrs. Peggy W. Seessel Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Roachell R. TATE SOLBERG ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Solberg WILLIAM D. WOODMANSEE ’20 BETTY ROBINSON Mrs. Judy Deshaies Dr. and Mrs. Kelly K. Koeller ’74 HAYDEN A. STARK ’18 Dr. Susan L. Stark and GRANT L. YOUNG ’19 COLLINS B. ROBINSON ’20 Mr. Sherwood Stark Ms. Nancy C. Cofield Mr. Gilbert A. Robinson III ’68 Mr. and Mrs. George Depée CHARLIE J. STREET ’20 Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott Young R. McCADDEN ROBINSON ’18 Mr. and Mrs. Zachary H. Street, Sr. Mr. Gilbert A. Robinson III ’68 ZACHARY H. STREET ’18 GLENN E. ROGERS, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Zachary H. Street, Sr. Mrs. Deborah Dunklin Tipton CARRIGAN C. SULCER ’21 JAMES D. RUSSELL Dr. and Mrs. Richard Colditz Mr. William L. Jamieson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woodmansee

ANDREW F. SAUNDERS III WILLIAM S. TAYLOR Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Rembert IV ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Lawhead

65 THE LAST WORD Illustration by Greg Cravens

Midsummer Day’s Dreaming by Norman Thompson

As I entered the last grade me. The nostalgia was born of the memory school was very different from today’s of summers spent in the company of young version. Then, summer classes comprised for the last student of the people with their whole lives before students from other schools, public and them. Their innocence and naiveté were a private, boys and girls, most of whom school year of 2015-16, constant source of entertainment for me. had failed the class for which they were logging off and closing my Though I had informed Headmaster Ellis enrolled at MUS. These students would file Haguewood months before that personal into the old Clack Dining Hall to register computer, a wave of relief obligations necessitated my surrendering for the class that would darken their sunny my summer school class and directorship, summer of hoped-for freedom for the commingled with nostalgia the reality of this change in the predictable next two months. Mayhem reigned. Long washed over me. pace of my life only then began to seep lines formed to buy books from the tiny into my consciousness. Confident because bookstore adjacent to the Clack. They then he relief was due to the my duties would be placed in the capable sought window-air-conditioned rooms, realization that for the first time hands of Mr. Spencer Reese ’94 (after all, poorly cooled, through steamy, un-air-con- in a very long time I could look he had learned at the feet of the master), I ditioned hothouse hallways, where they forward to a summer without the sank into a reverie, reflecting on summers surmised that they would languish until Ttaunting specter of a summer school class long ago. nearly time for the fall semester of “regular” of remedial English thumbing its nose at Thirty-five years ago MUS summer school to begin.

66 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 Because classes were three-and-a-half school. After an hour or so of a 3 hour and told her so. I told her that she did have to hours long and ran for two summer 40 minute class, we would take a break; read the book, but that if she didn’t, the low months, a student could get credit for a students were allowed to bring snacks to grade would not fail her but would signifi- class that he had failed; he could also get consume during breaks. One young man in cantly lower her final average. I challenged credit for a previously untaken course that the class, a likable kid from the hinterlands her to show me anything in the reading that he would not then have to take in the fall. of suburban Munford or some such place, she found offensive. She agreed but said We offered almost all math courses that wielding a Southern accent so pronounced that she could not take the book home. were offered in the fall, as well as American that he made the crackers in Deliverance She read for an hour after class for several history and some English electives. sound like the denizens of “Jersey Shore,” days, leaving her copy of the novel in the Enrollment often exceeded 150. routinely brought a baggie of what looked classroom. She never called my attention In its present-day incarnation, summer like bits of beef jerky. One day during snack to anything that offended her. school admits only MUS students; offers no time a classmate asked him to share his Still later, summer school was moved academic credit; is designed for students snack. The Munford kid told him, “OK, but to the Lower School, where it remained who would benefit from some tutelage in they’s spicy” (put a very long i in that last for many years. It was here that several math, English, and Latin; and is only one word). The beseeching classmate’s hunger, times I taught a few students two years month long. or maybe it was his curiosity, mounted consecutively. Reading the same short The summer school director during a coup d’etat on his better judgment. He stories two summers in a row sometimes my first years was Mr. Gene Thorn. He plunged his hand into the proffered sack, did not improve their scores. One young was in the fullness of time succeeded by a grabbed a morsel sight unseen and began man appeared to be on the point of making pantheon of distinguished teachers, among to munch eagerly on what appeared to an astute observation about the reading them Mike Deaderick, Bob Boelte, and be a bit of crisp bacon. Suddenly, his eyes assignment, but it never came to anything. Mr. Haguewood. As summer school was bulged, his mouth gaped, and his tongue Once as I was putting grammar rules on devoid of sports, clubs, or proms, it was a flapped over his lower lip. Incapable of the board, I turned to witness a very large predictable and pedestrian affair. Usually. speech, he remained immobile for a few young man with a brand new pair of size Most summer classes were unre- seconds then bolted for the door. He could 14 football cleats on his desk that were the markable. The mélange of students from be seen through the window of the door apple of his eye. When I reminded him that far-flung places were unknown to one running down the hallway, first one way, his remaining at MUS was contingent on another. There was little time to form then the other in a frantic search for a his passing summer school, he said that he lasting classroom friendships. Morose, water fountain. The snack that he had so had tried to resist, but that he just couldn’t sometimes petulant, students were eager cavalierly popped into his mouth turned wait to inspect his new “kicks.” One Lower only to pass the course and get on to the out to be a species of weaponized chili School summer we had to designate an next grade to be with their peers. So, pepper. Watching the distraught youngster outdoor place for sunflower-seed addicts usually not much happened that was fly by the window a second time, the to spit during breaks. remarkable (except for the transformation Munford kid shrugged and said, “I tol’ ‘im All my summer classes have been in of malleable young minds). they’s spicy.” my room, 103, since the opening of the Occasionally, as the years unfolded, Later, my summer school classes met new Upper School. Recent classes have a teacher would experience something in a language lab (where the Upper School been fulfilling for me and I hope beneficial unusual or entertaining enough to computer lab is today). Sweating a bit for a to my students, but, alas, they have been distinguish it as a summer to remember. day or two, I discovered that the language uneventful. It was Chaucer who first wrote Mr. Haguewood, for example, recalls a time teacher usually occupying that room had what has become a platitude, “All good long ago when in the middle of one of his used cellophane tape to close the A/C things must come to an end,” but the axiom lectures, a young female student closed vents. Apparently this teacher could not expresses my sentiments accurately. I shall her eyes and slowly slid underneath the tolerate cool drafts. It was here that for me miss my summers in the classroom. surface of her desk like melting taffy or a a disquieting incident occurred. A morose And so, as I stared at my computer, jellied eel. Initially thinking that his lecture young lady from one of our more religiously closed finally on a long chapter of my life, was perhaps exerting a greater-than-usual fundamentalist schools, who had sat the words of a hauntingly nostalgic ballad soporific effect on the young lady, he was sullenly for more than a week, raised her of the ‘50s by The Four Lads, titled Moments soon galvanized into action. An ambulance hand. Encouraged that at last she was To Remember, rose like the evening mist was called, and the semi-comatose student trying to become involved in the class, I on the horizon of my memory: “Though was restored to health. It seems that she called on her. Her question was “Do I have summer turns to winter/And the present had forgotten that morning to follow her to read this trash?” as she held up her disappears/The laughter we were glad to regimen to combat diabetes. copy of Truman Capote’s The Grass Harp. share/Will echo through the years.” Though much is just so much flotsam I cringed like a salted snail and asked her and jetsam left stranded by the tide on whether she had read the novelette. She Norman Thompson has been an MUS the beach of my memory, I vividly recall replied, “Of course not. I don’t read trash.” instructor in English since 1972, and he an incident that occurred in my first I asked her how then did she know that it holds the L. Edwin Eleazer III Chair of summer school location, Room 8 in the old was trash. She replied that her mother had Excellence in Teaching.

67 68 l MUS TODAY WINTER 2017 Scott Ledbetter ’60 considers Lost Pond one of his favorite spots to relax and enjoy nature at Lone Oaks Farm. A local swimming hole in its former life, the pretty, two-acre pond features a number of enhancements that Ledbetter introduced in creating Lone Oaks, including a long diving “rock,” a large sand beach, a “floating” sunning rock, and two sets of winding stone steps to make getting in and out of the pond easier. It also boasts bream beds for good fishing, five islands, 20 swamp cypress trees, and an encircling stone trail that is set among about 5,000 native wildflowers. Now owned by the University of Tennessee, Lone Oaks is set to become a world-class site for agricultural and STEM education, and Lost Pond will continue to serve as an inspirational spot for outdoor gatherings and recreation. Read more about how Ledbetter created Lone Oaks and what UT is planning for its future on page 12.

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