D E C e m b e r 2 0 0 5 A n e w E r a Nathan O. Hatch Thirteenth President of Wake Forest University Samuel Wait William Hooper John Brown White Washington Manly Wingate 1834–1845 1847–1848 1849–1853 1856–1879 Thomas Henderson Charles Elisha Taylor William Louis Poteat Francis Pendleton Gaines Pritchard 1884–1905 1905–1927 1927–1930 1879–1882 The Quarterly Magazine of Wake Forest University Thurman Delna Kitchin Harold Wayland Tribble James Ralph Scales Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. 1930–1950 1950–1967 1967–1983 1983–2005 F EA TURES EDITOR Cherin C.Poovey (P ’08), [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kerry M.King (’85), [email protected] DESIGN / ART DIRECTION Jessica R. Koman, [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHER Ken Bennett, [email protected] CLASSNOTES EDITOR Janet Williamson (P ’00, P ’03), [email protected] SENIOR WRITER David Fyten, [email protected] 12 A New Era PRINTING By Kerry M. King (’85) The Lane Press, Inc. Pledging his commitment to a community Wake Forest Magazine (USPS 664-520 ISSN of learning, Nathan O. Hatch is installed as 0279-3946) is published four times a year in September,December, March, and June by the Wake Forest’s thirteenth president. Office of Creative Services, Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205. It is sent to alumni, donors, and friends of the 2 A ROUND THE Q UA D University.Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27109, and additional mailing offices. 34 C LASS N OTES POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wake Forest Magazine Alumni Records P.O. Box 7227 Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227. Volume 53, Number 2 December 2005 Copyright 2005 WWW.WFU . EDU 24 The Other Athletes By David Fyten Club sports may be off the radar screen for most fans, but for students who participate, they help define the college experience. 2 Pro Humanitate By Kerry M. King (’85) 51 Honor Roll of Donors In the spirit of its motto, Wake Forest recognizes those Wake Forest opens its doors who made contributions to to students displaced by the University during the Hurricane Katrina. 2004-05 fiscal year. O N THE C OV ER : Nathan and Julie Hatch acknowledge applause at his installation ceremony. Photo by Ken Bennett 2_11.qxd 12/5/05 10:09 AM Page 2 Pro Humanitate In the spirit of its motto, Wake Forest welcomes Tulane students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. By Kerry M. King (’85) reshmen Courtney Kligman Fand Shana Bellin immediately hit it off when they met last sum- mer and were looking forward to rooming together during their first year in college. But hours after moving into Sharp Hall at Tulane University in late August, they were forced to flee New Orleans in Courtney Kligman and Shana Bellin advance of Hurricane Katrina. As welcoming as Wake Forest What they thought was going to students and faculty were, it was be only a brief delay to the start of still a disappointing start to their their freshman year turned into a college experience. Classes had been frenzied rush to find a new college underway for nearly two weeks by when it became clear that they the time they arrived at Wake Forest. wouldn’t be returning to the flood- “We’re never going to have the ravaged city any time soon. They normal four-year college experience eventually ended up at Wake Forest, of being at one college,” said Bellin, along with eleven other Tulane who is from Austin, Texas. “When undergraduates, mostly freshmen, we go back, the freshman class is and a junior from the University of probably going to be so close just New Orleans, who were admitted as because of everything we’ve been visiting students for the fall semester. through.” Seven law students from Tulane and Molly Martinson of Princeton, Loyola enrolled in the Wake Forest New Jersey, was another one of the School of Law for the semester. Tulane freshmen forced to change “It was out of the goodness of her plans abruptly. “You dedicate the hearts of Wake Forest people your senior year (of high school) that we’re here,” said Kligman, who planning where you’re going to go is from Atlanta. “Everyone we’ve to college, and I was so psyched. met has been so accepting ‘Oh, You’ve been planning it for months you’re from Tulane? If you need and then you’re there for two hours anything let me know.’ The teachers and then you have to leave. But I’m have been amazing.” really happy that I found this place.” 2WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE 2_11.qxd 12/5/05 10:09 AM Page 3 D A U Q E graduate admissions office reviewed about half a block from her H thirty applications and accepted fif- ground-floor apartment. T teen students (fourteen enrolled); “It was really unsettling to see D residence life and housing found New Orleans in such a state,”she N housing for them; the dean’s office said when she returned to Wake U and registrar’s office scoured class Forest to finish the semester. “It O R rosters, looking for open spots or really looked like a war zone, A calling faculty members to ask if because there were downed trees, they’d add seats to already full signs, and debris everywhere, not classes; and information systems to mention the (Army) Hummers readied laptop computers, printers, that would pass by every few min- Molly Martinson and e-mail accounts. utes. In the uptown area, close to “We had never done anything campus, every house was pretty While the Tulane students were like this before,”said Paul N. Orser much gutted—all the furniture, frantically considering their options (’69), associate dean of the College pictures, beds, lamps, everything, that last week in August, adminis- and dean of freshmen. “We hoped taken out and just set by the curb.” trators at Wake Forest were respond- and expected that everything would Even though she’s missing part ing to President Nathan O. Hatch’s fall into place, and it did. Everybody of her senior year at Tulane and her directive to find space for some of rose to the occasion with very little boyfriend and other friends are the displaced students while New notice.The response from the faculty hundreds of miles away at different Orleans, and the city’s colleges, was overwhelming and positive.” colleges, Douglas has kept a positive recovered from Hurricane Katrina. The students are expected to attitude. “I’ve had a great opportu- It was eventually decided that return to Tulane next month when nity here. I’m okay, my friends are enough classes and housing could the campus reopens. Tulane wasn’t okay, my family is okay,”said be found for up to fifteen under- heavily flooded or damaged, but Douglas, who is from Houston, graduates. Like most other schools four hundred workers with a disas- Texas. “My dad likes to call every- that accepted displaced students, ter-recovery firm have spent the thing a learning experience. Now I Wake Forest didn’t charge tuition. last three months removing downed know that I can do this. If anything The University also offered on- trees and other debris, repairing else crazy happens all of a sudden, campus housing at no charge and a damaged buildings, and salvaging I know that I can pick up and move laptop computer and printer; the documents from the flooded base- somewhere else and make a new College Bookstore offered free text- ment of the library. Students were home for awhile. It’s not the end of books. allowed back on campus briefly last “The phones began ringing on month to retrieve belong- the Tuesday after Katrina hit,”said ings left behind in dorm Assistant Director of Admissions rooms.Tulane senior Arron Marlowe-Rogers (’95, JD ’02). Kristen Douglas—who “We had a short application, one relocated to Wake Forest very similar to that we use for all of at the prodding of her our visiting students. They had to younger sister, Megan, a sign our honor statement, which was Wake Forest sophomore— very important because few were returned to New Orleans able to provide us with transcripts in October and was or any official information regarding relieved to find that the their previous education experience.” flood waters stopped In a matter of days—and with Wake Forest sophomore Megan much of the work taking place over Douglas (left) and her sister, the Labor Day weekend—the under- Tulane senior Kristen Douglas. www.wfu.edu/wowf DECEMBER 2005 3 2_11.qxd 12/5/05 10:09 AM Page 4 D A U Q E H back home with of staying in a hotel and waiting it T their parents. out. Nobody thought it was going D Orientation was to completely devastate the city the N expected to way it did.” U resume in a cou- Douglas had just moved into a O ple of days. new apartment and wasn’t in a hurry R “It was chaotic, to leave either, even taking the time A no one really to go to dinner with friends before knew what was heading home to Houston. “We’ve going on,” said been evacuated three or four times Martinson, who since I’ve been at Tulane,”she said. packed an “We were acting pretty casual about Wake Forest senior David Coons of Metairie, Louisiana (at left), overnight bag, it. I had just unpacked, so I thought with Tulane freshmen Rick Spivey and Justin Franklin. but left most of I’m not taking everything out of here her clothes and and then just have to put it back in the world.