JUNE 2007

Back inTOWN

The Quarterly Magazine of F EATURES

EDITOR Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08), [email protected]

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kerry M. King (’85), [email protected]

DESIGN / ART DIRECTION Urena Design, [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHER Ken Bennett, [email protected]

CLASSNOTES EDITOR Janet Williamson (P ’00, ’03), [email protected]

COPY EDITOR Kim McGrath, [email protected]

SENIOR WRITER David Fyten, [email protected] 26 Back in Town PRINTING By Kerry M. King (’85) The Lane Press, Inc. Burlington, More and more alumni are discovering that Winston-Salem is more than Wake Forest’s home; Wake Forest Magazine (USPS 664-520 ISSN it’s also a pretty good place to make their home. 0279-3946) is published four times a year in September, December, March, and June by the Office of Creative Services, 36 Growing up Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7205, By Kim Underwood Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205.

It is sent to alumni, donors, and friends of the Doughnuts aren’t the only thing that Winston-Salem University. Periodicals postage paid at has going for it today. Winston-Salem, NC 27109, and additional mailing offices.

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WWW.WFU.EDU 38 Leveling the Field By Karilon L. Rogers

The Heritage Scholarship opens the door to Wake Forest for students from the University’s historic con- stituency, but the visionary behind it remains a mystery.

18 Fond Farewells

Their life’s work in Wake Forest’s classrooms influenced generations of students; remembering this year’s class of the finest.

E SSAY

16 The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair P ROFILE S PORTS By David Coates

A noted expert on British politics reflects on the promising start to the Prime Minster’s tenure— and its inglorious end.

C ONSTANT & TRUE 42 Modest Man 44 Hall of Famer By Kerry M. King (’85) By Leo Derrick (’50) 76 A Soldier’s Fortune

Porter Byrum (JD ’42) Alan White (’62) Major General (retired) had rather be out built an athletic Richard Beale (’64) on hunting than sitting program with Class, professor Bob Helm, in the courtroom. with a capital ‘C.’ Pro Humanitate, and his greatest lesson learned at Wake Forest. Farewell, Class of 2007

‘Success is something that happens through us,’ columnist Brooks tells graduates.

mother, Carole, brothers, and thirty other assorted cousins, aunts and uncles and grandpar- ents, ranging in age from 3 to 84, from six states. Family members had bottles of water with special- ly printed labels with trivia ques- tions about Stephanie or Wake Forest. “She’s loved it here,”said Richard and Carole Minton, parents of Minton of his daughter’s experi- graduate Stephanie Minton, and her ences. Stephanie Minton, a busi- brothers. ness major, plans to work for a HE MINTON FAMILY from consulting firm in , D.C. TConnecticut knows how to She was among approximately do graduations.Two hours before nine hundred undergraduates the 9 a.m. start of Wake Forest’s and more than six hundred grad- 2007 Commencement on May 21, uate and professional school stu- the family members of soon-to- dents to receive diplomas on a be-graduate Stephanie Minton picture-perfect day under cloud- had already claimed four rows free skies. “It’s a very sentimental of seats—marked off by black- and-gold, triangle-shaped signs with her name on them—near the stage in front of Wait Chapel. “This is our (family’s) fifteenth graduation since University of in 1983, but the first time here and the most southerly school we’ve been to,” said her father, Richard Minton, leading a group that included Stephanie’s

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thing that happens through us,” Baccalaureate address on May 20; said Brooks, a former foreign cor- former U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers respondent for The Wall Street of , who delivered the Journal who has written his twice- address at the School of Law’s weekly column for The hooding ceremony; Wolfgang Times since 2003. Schutz, president of the Medical He encouraged graduates to University of Vienna, who deliv- President Nathan O. Hatch remember the examples set by ered the remarks at the School of great leaders, their parents, and Medicine’s hooding ceremony; moment,” said Kunal Gupta, an others who have come before Harold L. Martin Sr., senior vice economics major from Hagers- them as they navigate the river of town, . “The four years knowledge. “They will remind went by very quickly. It’s sad that you of your place in the hidden I may never see some of these river of wisdom. They’ll serve as students again. But it’s time to models. They’ll give you an hon- move on to greater things.” est perspective on how you’re Commencement speaker doing. They’ll remind you that David Brooks, a columnist for The your blessings don’t come from New York Times, told graduates in you but from those who came his address, “The Hidden River of before you.” Knowledge,” that success is not Honorary degrees were something that they will achieve awarded to Brooks; The Rev. J. individually. “Success is not Bryan Hehir, a noted Catholic New York Times columnist David Brooks something that we do or that priest and a professor at Harvard happens to us. Success is some- University, who delivered the

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president for academic affairs at “It is a siren song that lures you “new” campus since Wake Forest the University of ; to believe that a person’s worth moved to Winston-Salem in 1956, and Anne Firor Scott, a pioneer- is based strictly on your achieve- although Commencement wasn’t ing scholar of women’s history ment, that success is the measure held on the Quad for the first and professor emerita at Duke of all. I trust that your education time until 1966. University. at Wake Forest reinforced a dif- Nichole Burnap, a finance Retiring faculty members ferent message…that your value major from Mesa City, , from the Reynolda Campus and and meaning in life is worth infi- said she was sad to see her under- the Bowman Gray Campus also nitely more than whatever creden- graduate experience come to an were recognized (see page 18).In tials, promotions, and bonuses end. “It’s been amazing, I wish his remarks, President Nathan O. come your way.” I had another four more years,” Hatch encouraged graduates to Graduates and their families she said. “It’s so pretty here, why be wary of the allure of success. filled some 12,000 chairs—2,000 would you ever want to leave.” more than last year—that stretched Burnap will be back at Wake from the yellow- and white-striped Forest in the fall to complete her tent in front of Wait Chapel back master’s degree in accountancy toward Reynolda Hall at the other from the Calloway School and end of Hearn Plaza. It was the will be back in the same spot next fiftieth anniversary of the first May, picking up her second Wake Commencement held on the Forest degree.

— Kerry M. King (’85)

4WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE D A For more stories and photographs on U Commencement 2007, and the complete Q text of David Brooks’ address and

President Hatch’s remarks, please visit E www.wfu.edu/wowf/commencement H T D N U O R A

Among those receiving honorary degrees were noted Catholic priest the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir (above) and pioneering Southern historian Anne Firor Scott (with Harold W. Tribble Professor of Art Margaret S. Smith)

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E Walsh steps down as School of Law dean H T CHOOL OF LAW DEAN real leaders in American legal tion for its three-year compre- D SRobert K. Walsh is stepping education.” hensive professional education N down from the dean’s position During Walsh’s tenure, the program. In 2004, National Jurist U next month after a remarkable law school moved into the Wor- magazine named Wake Forest O

R tenure in which he not only trans- rell Professional Center for Law the “best private law school for

A formed the law school into one of and Management; opened the the money” in the United States, the leading schools in the country Legal Clinic for the Elderly; began based upon such factors as bar but also rose to become one of the Master of Laws degree pro- passage rates, placement rates, the top leaders in American legal gram for international lawyers; and student-faculty ratio. education. As announced last and started summer study pro- For fourteen of his eighteen summer, he will take a one-year grams in Vienna and Venice, years as dean, Walsh taught a sabbatical and then return to the where Wake Forest owns residen- course on federal courts. He is classroom. tial study centers. He also led the most proud of having hired one- Walsh had a varied background development and completion of half of the current tenure-track —as a practicing attorney, a law two long-range strategic plans faculty. “The collegiality of the faculty member at Villanova Uni- for the school and saw the school law faculty here is outstanding. versity, dean of the University of through two University-wide They are national scholars but Arkansas at Little Rock School of capital campaigns. Fundraising are still devoted to their teach- Law, and finally a litigation part- has increased student financial ing,” he said. “They are commit- ner with a law firm in Little Rock aid and supported the creation ted to educating students outside —that made him well-qualified of four faculty chairs and three of the classroom as well, always in 1989 to become dean. The endowed professorships. fact that he’s served for eighteen “He has tirelessly worked on years—more than triple the behalf of the law school and raised national average length of a law the profile of the school through deanship across the country— any number of activities,” said shows that Walsh and Wake Bill Davis (JD ’66), a partner with Forest were a good fit, says Jim Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston- White, who served for twenty-six Salem.“He’s expanded the school years as the chairman of the ABA’s and been able to attract excellent legal education section. faculty members. He’s spent a “Bob’s been a remarkable lot of time with alumni. He’s just giving of their time to meet with dean,”said White, a faculty mem- been an excellent dean.” students, to judge moot court ber at University. “It’s Under Walsh’s leadership, the competitions, and to attend stu- fair to say he made Wake Forest school won a number of awards dent events. a truly national law school. Before and honors, including member- “Wake Forest is built around he came, it was certainly a good ship in the prestigious Order of the idea of education that cares school, but it was regional. As I the Coif; the Emil Gumpert Award about each individual student. now talk to people around the for Excellence in Trial Advocacy There is a whole sense of com- country, it’s clear that Wake Forest from the American College of munity here that is very different is one of the leading law schools Trial Lawyers; and the E. Smythe from other national universities.” in America. There is no doubt Gambrell Professionalism Award that he’s considered one of the from the American Bar Associa- — Ellen Dockham

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Tiefenthaler named first female provost E H T ILL TIEFENTHALER, professor said. “They provide students with Jof economics and consultant to the opportunities of a research D the president at Colgate Univer- university and the intimacy and N sity, has been appointed provost, community of a liberal arts col- U O

the first female to hold that posi- lege. They ask faculty to be pro- R

tion in Wake Forest’s history. ductive scholars and committed A Since joining the faculty at Colgate teachers. But finding and main- in 1991, she also has served as taining the right balance requires chair of the economics department the care and attention of the Morant and associate dean of the faculty. administration.” “Wake Forest is a first-rate At Colgate, Tiefenthaler Morant appointed institution with a wealth of gained experience in strategic law school dean resources: a rich tradition, a planning, enrollment manage- beautiful campus, a warm com- ment, curriculum development, LAKE D. MORANT, an asso- munity, quality students, and, and faculty development and Bciate dean of the law school of course, a dedicated faculty,” scholarship. She also was active at Washington and Lee Univer- said Tiefenthaler, whose appoint- in various community groups in sity, has been named dean of the ment was announced in late Hamilton. She was a founding Wake Forest School of Law. April. As provost, she will be the director of the Upstate Institute, A native of Virginia, Morant University’s chief academic officer, created to bring together the earned his undergraduate and with responsibility for academic resources of Colgate with the law degrees from the University programs on the Reynolda Cam- needs of the region. In 1991 of Virginia. He attended Virginia pus. She will succeed William and 1992, she was a consultant on a U.S. Army R.O.T.C. scholar- C. Gordon (’68, MA ’70), who is to the World Bank and worked ship and was commissioned as stepping down on August 1 after on female labor force participa- a second lieutenant upon gradua- serving as provost since 2002. tion and earnings issues in Brazil. tion. He served several years as A native of , Tiefenthaler a captain in the U.S. Army Judge earned her bachelor’s degree Advocate General’s Corps before in economics in 1987 from Saint practicing law in Washington, Mary’s College in South Bend, D.C., first in private practice and Indiana, and her master’s and later with the Washington Metro- doctoral degrees in economics politan Transit Authority. from Duke University. She has Since beginning his academic spent her entire career at Colgate, career in 1988, he has taught at a nationally recognized liberal American University, the Univer- arts university in Hamilton, New sity of Toledo, the University of York. Her research interests have , and the University of focused on labor economics, eco- . He joined the faculty nomics of the family, and devel- at Washington and Lee in 1997 opment economics. and is currently associate dean for “Liberal arts universities, like academic affairs and the Roy L. Colgate and Wake Forest, have a Steinheimer, Jr. Professor of Law. special character,” Tiefenthaler Tiefenthaler

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U Students at a memorial service

Q on Hearn Plaza E H

T good, we mourn the recognition

D that each event of this magnitude N erodes our freedom in ways both U subtle and overt.” O

R Hatch offered to send coun-

A seling faculty and staff to Vir- ginia Tech, and three counseling professors—Sam Gladding (’67, University extends sympathy, MAEd ’71), Laura Veach (’79, support to MAEd ’82), and Donna Henderson —spent two days on the Virginia AKE FOREST JOINED colleagues as a gifted scientist. Tech campus, beginning April 23 WUNIVERSITIES across the His research focused on muscle when classes there resumed. country in offering sympathy and reflex response and , In the hours immediately after and support to Virginia Tech including control of lower back the shootings, Wake Forest offi- following the shootings there pain and computer simulation cials began reviewing campus April 16. Among the thirty-two of walking and running. His security measures. Wake Forest killed was a professor with ties department chair described him has a crisis management plan that to the School of Medicine through as one of the top five biomechan- is regularly updated. Through the the joint Virginia Tech-Wake Forest ics researchers in the country years, the University has taken University School of Biomedical working on movement dynamics various measures to enhance Engineering and Sciences. in cerebral palsy. Granata is sur- security, including the addition Kevin Granata, 45, a professor vived by his wife, Linda, and three of gates at the three entrances to in the Department of Engineer- young children. the Reynolda Campus; at night, ing Science and Mechanics at At a memorial service in one entrance is closed, while the Virginia Tech who taught in the Wait Chapel two nights after other two are staffed by security joint program, was among those the tragedy, President Nathan officers. killed in Norris Hall. The pro- O. Hatch said, “The author gram’s director, Wally Grant, a Joan Didion in her book Virginia Tech engineering profes- The Year of Magical Thinking sor, was among those injured. reminds us that ‘Life The joint program, which began changes in the instant. in 2003, has sixty-five students, The ordinary instant.’ It twenty-two of whom are based at is, perhaps, our familiarity Wake Forest. The students take with the ordinary day on classes on each campus and by a university campus that video conferencing, but no Wake makes this week’s tragedy Forest students were on the Vir- at Virginia Tech intensely ginia Tech campus the day of the personal for each of us… shootings. On a university campus, Granata, who came to Virginia where open doors and Tech in 2003 from the University open minds are honored of Virginia, was described by as powerful forces for

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Students receive Goldwater Scholarships T D

WO STUDENTS HAVE BEEN Jackson, who is majoring in Eng- N U AWARDED 2007 Barry M. lish with minors in neuroscience T O Chris Jackson and Patrick Nelli Goldwater Scholarships, the and chemistry, plans to pursue a R premier national scholarship for medical degree and a A students majoring in mathemat- in neuroscience. He has done can be used in drug therapy and ics, science, and engineering. extensive research with Susan disease detection. Junior Chris Jackson, from Fahrbach, Reynolds Professor of More than 1,100 students were Lebanon,Virginia, and sophomore Developmental Neuroscience, nominated for the scholarship Patrick Nelli, from Gastonia, and at a behavioral neuroscience this year. The scholarship covers North Carolina, were among 317 laboratory in Canberra, Australia. the cost of tuition, fees, books, students to earn the scholarship Nelli, who is majoring in and room and board up to a max- this year. Anne Fedders, a junior physics, plans to seek a doctorate imum of $7,500 per year for one from Beckley, , in biochemistry. His research year for recipients who are jun- received an honorable mention interests center on developing iors and for two years for sopho- in the scholarship competition. and discovering molecules that more recipients.

University applies Louis, which has hosted three and civic groups in Pittsburgh, to host another debates, are the only sites to have ; Wayne County, Presidential Debate hosted more than one debate. Indiana; and Portland, , All three of the sites which host- also submitted applications. ILL THE ROAD TO THE ed presidential debates in 2004— Sites submitting applications WWHITE HOUSE run Washington University, Arizona had to pay a $7,500 application through Wait Chapel again? After State, and the University of fee to the commission and must be hosting presidential debates in Miami—submitted applications prepared to pay about $1.4 million 1988 and 2000, Wake Forest has to host another debate, as did in production costs to host a debate; applied to host a debate in the Centre College in , Wake Forest has already begun fall of 2008. The Commission on which hosted a vice presidential lining up potential sponsors, Presidential Debates received debate in 2000. should the University be chosen. proposals from nineteen sites Other colleges and universi- The 1988 debate at Wake to host debates; typically, three ties submitting applications were Forest, between vice president sites are chosen for presidential Belmont University, Hofstra George Bush and debates and one site for a vice University, Indiana University, Governor Michael Dukakis, was presidential debate.The commis- State University, University the first sponsored by the Com- sion expects to select the sites of Central Arkansas, University mission on Presidential Debates. in October. of Cincinnati, University of The 2000 debate, between Vice Since the commission began , Washington State President Al Gore and sponsoring the presidential University, Wesleyan University, Governor George W. Bush, drew debates in 1988, Wake Forest and and a group of universities from more than 37 million television Washington University in St. New Orleans. The state of viewers worldwide.

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E Physics researcher wins prestigious NIH award H T O REWARD OUTSTANDING previously ranked in the top 10 Symptoms and related mal- D T RESEARCHERS and sustain percent by their review commit- adies include severe pain, stroke, N their work, the National Institutes tees and among the top 5 percent pulmonary hypertension, gastric U of Health occasionally award of current renewal applications. diseases, infection, and ischemic O

R what are termed MERIT (for Only 5 percent of all NIH grant repefusion injury—the reintro-

A Method to Extend Research in recipients receive one, and no duction of oxygen into oxygen- Time) grants. If an NIH commit- one, to the best of anyone’s recol- deprived tissues. tee reviewing a grant-extension lection, had received one on the Kim-Shapiro and his colleagues application Reynolda Campus. are probing the pathology of considers the But that changed this spring poor nitric oxide availability in project to be when Professor of Physics Daniel the blood of sickle-cell sufferers. exceptionally Kim-Shapiro was notified that he Nitric oxide acts as a relaxation productive had received a MERIT Award agent that promotes free blood and promis- from the National Heart, Lung, flow. In sickle-cell patients, red ing, and if the and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to blood cells tend to break open researcher’s continue his pioneering research and release their hemoglobin, track record on sickle-cell anemia. He is inves- which consumes the nitric oxide with his or her tigating, with collaborators that in the bloodstream. previous NIH include Bruce King of chemistry In something of a break- grants is stel- and Mark Gladwin, chief of the through, the group has found Kim-Shapiro lar, the com- NHLBI’s vascular branch and that nitrite—the salt used to mittee can, at among the world’s foremost preserve sausages, which can its discretion, extend the grant for authorities in the field, the effects become nitrosamines, a carcino- up to ten years—double the nor- of nitric oxide in sickle-cell blood. gen, when ingested in certain mal maximum time frame, worth Sickle-cell anemia, which quantities and conditions— an estimated $3.4 million. afflicts people of African descent is converted to nitric oxide in With the security of long-term disproportionately and is debil- the body. Its hypothesis, which funding, recipients can concen- itating and often fatal, is caused is controversial among some trate on achieving outcomes that by a mutation of the oxygen- sickle-cell researchers, is that might require more time without carrying molecules in blood, nitrite could be used to generate the distraction of reapplying for called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin nitric oxide and promote better an extension after three or four is carried through the blood- blood flow in sickle-cell anemia years as is ordinarily required. stream by red blood cells, which sufferers. Moreover, it’s a strong signal that must squeeze through vessels Having already filed a patent the NIH, one of the leading scien- smaller than they are to deliver for the use of nitrite for treating tific research funding agencies in oxygen to the body. In sickle-cell certain cardiovascular conditions, the world, has confidence that anemia, the red blood cells form the group seeks to understand one’s project is important and rods and become rigid, which more thoroughly how the nitrite- likely to yield solid results. prevents them from passing to-nitric-oxide conversion process Not surprisingly, MERIT through the apertures they must works and then to pursue possi- grants are seldom awarded. The get through. Blockages form and ble clinical applications of the salt requirements are rigorous and tissues are deprived of oxygen in sickle-cell anemia treatment. eligibility is restricted to projects and die. —David Fyten

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Try to remember computer screen a list of thirty R

words and are asked to study A Psychologist Janine Jennings them. Then they are shown a studies aging’s effect on memory. second list that contains some new words interspersed with OU MUST REMEMBER THIS: words on the initial list, and they Ymemory diminishes as time are asked to identify the new goes by. Janine Jennings has a Jennings words. Complicating the process remedy: play it again, man or is the fact that each of the new ma’am. And again. Forest, she collaborates with words is repeated, causing sub- Ever since Jennings, an associ- departmental colleague Dale jects to confuse them with words ate professor of psychology, was Dagenbach as well as her students. from the initial list. an undergraduate at the Univer- According to Jennings, memory At first, says Jennings, older sity of Toronto in her native Ontario, has two facets—familiarity and subjects have difficulty recalling Canada, she has been fascinated recollection. The distinction that a word is repeated, even by memory, the human capacity between them is best illustrated with only a few intervening items. to store and recall past informa- by an example. Suppose you are But by having them repeat a tion. Her work as a doctoral stu- walking down the street and spot sequence until they respond dent, a postdoctoral fellow, and, someone you think you’ve seen accurately, and then gradually since 1998, a faculty member at before; that’s familiarity.Then, you increasing the intervals between Wake Forest, has touched on vari- rack your brain trying to identify repetition of a new word, Jen- ous aspects of the field, such as the person and the context in nings’ group documented defi- false memory and the positive which you might have known nite improvement in the elderly and negative effects, respectively, him or her; that’s recollection. subjects’ recollective ability. of nicotine and anxiety on recol- Although scientists aren’t How long do the effects of lective ability. quite sure why, it is this latter the training last? Jennings’ group Her major focus, however, facility—recollection—that tends found that many subjects still is on aging’s effect on memory. to diminish as we age. She won- exhibited positive effects four With her research collaborators, dered: could it be strengthened months after they had the train- she has devised and tested a through repetition and exertion, ing. What remains unclear is the promising instrument for training much as exercise can build the extent to which the effects can older adults to strengthen their body’s muscles and cardiovascu- be retained long-term. She’s now powers of remembrance. In her lar function? applying her findings to individ- earliest studies, Jennings worked To test the hypothesis, she and uals with mild cognitive impair- with her doctoral studies mentor her colleagues devised the fol- ment, a precursor of Alzheimer’s at McMaster University, Larry lowing strategy. Elderly subjects, disease. Jacoby, who is now at Washington along with a control group of University in St. Louis. At Wake younger subjects, are shown on —David Fyten

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E Trustees approve

H new tuition, budget T

D HE BOARD OF TRUSTEES N has approved tuition rates

U T for 2007–08 and a $289 million O

R budget for the Reynolda Campus,

A an increase of 8.3 percent over the current budget. Tuition for undergraduates will rise 6.8 per- cent from $32,040 to $34,230. Tuition increases in the graduate Distinguished panel discusses globalization and professional schools will vary depending on the school and OUR TOP BUSINESS EXECU- featured panelists Charlie Ergen program. F TIVES—all graduates of the (MBA ’76), founder, chairman, The new budget provides Babcock Graduate School of and chief executive officer of a 10 percent increase in funds Management—discussed the EchoStar Communications/DISH available for undergraduate fac- challenges facing American busi- Network; John Medica (MBA ’83), ulty salaries, although actual nesses in today’s global market- former senior vice president of raises will vary. Staff salaries place during a panel discussion the consumer product group at were also increased by varying on campus in April. Dell Inc.; KenThompson (MBA ’76), amounts, with those on the lower Narrated by Emmy Award- president and CEO of Wachovia end of the pay scale receiving winning journalist Charlie Rose, Corporation; and Eric Wiseman larger increases. Deans in the the discussion,“Jumping the Sun: (’77, MBA ’88), president and graduate and professional Creating Competitive Advantage chief operating officer of VF schools set salaries for faculty in an Increasingly Flat World,” Corporation. and staff in their schools.

University sells Gettysburg painting

AKE FOREST HAS SOLD The cyclorama, at one time the Wthe Gettysburg cyclorama, largest oil painting in the world, the massive 1880s painting depict- has been in storage since it was ing the epic Civil War battle, to donated to the University eleven a group of private buyers. The years ago by now-deceased local buyers, who were not identified, artist Joe King, who had purchased hope to resell the painting to it in 1965. A second Gettysburg an institution that can properly cyclorama, by the same French display it to the public. The artist, Paul D. Philippoteaux, is University did not disclose the on display near the battlefield in purchase price. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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B RIEFS Q E

Art professor’s work Professor’s book traces H featured in magazine history of Virginia T D

AINTINGS BY Page Laughlin, ROFESSOR OF HISTORY N professor and chair of art, Anthony S. Parent, Jr., is one U P P O

were featured in the May issue of four authors to chronicle the R

of Traditional Home magazine. history of Virginia in a new book, A Laughlin’s large-scale oil paint- Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: ings are based on photos of room A History of Virginia, 1607–2007 interiors. One of her paintings, ( Press). “Mirror, Mirror 2000” is in the Parent, who wrote the first three permanent collection at the North chapters of the book, traces the Angelou Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. natural history of the region and provides an overview of some Angelou donates Magazine ranks of its earliest inhabitants. “For collection to Calloway highly decades, we have lacked a mod- ZSR Library ern account of Virginia’s rich, BUSINESSWEEK MAGAZINE tumultuous, and consequential INCE 2001, REYNOLDS has ranked the Calloway history,” said Nelson D. Lankford, SPROFESSOR of American School of Business and Accoun- editor of the Virginia Magazine of Studies Maya Angelou has donat- tancy 17th on its list of the top 50 History and Biography. “Now, we ed movie scripts, drafts of plays, undergraduate business schools have it.” and other materials related to her in the United States.To identify work in movies, television, and its top schools, BusinessWeek Concert Choir theatre to Wake Forest. Angelou, surveyed business students and performs abroad who joined the faculty in 1981, undergraduate recruiters, and was honored for her donations examined several areas, including HE WAKE FOREST CONCERT at a reception this spring. teaching quality, facilities and TChoir was scheduled to per- Altogether she has donated services, and job placement. form for the first time in Europe hundreds of thousands of pages late last month, with several con- in the last six years. Many of Debate team wins JV certs in Austria. About forty stu- the materials are handwritten National Championship dents—including recently gradu- on legal pads or in notebooks; ated seniors—under the direction printed documents often include WO MEMBERS of the debate of Associate Professor of Music handwritten margin notes or Tteam won the Junior Varsity Brian Gorelick, were expected to corrections. National Championship in March. make the trip. Among the highlights are Sophomore Lauren Sabino of materials related to the movie Canton, Ohio, and freshman Kurt “, Georgia”(1972); the Woolford of Wichita, , won Correction In the article television show “Sister, Sister” the tournament by defeating a “Rhodes Run” in the March issue (1982); and the movie “Down in team from Binghamton Univer- of Wake Forest Magazine, one the Delta”(1998). The materials sity in the final round. Freshman past winner of the Rhodes Scholarship are housed in the Z. Smith teammates Elise MacNamara of was omitted: Paul Edgar Hubbell, Reynolds Library and are avail- Miami, , and Hannah class of 1912. able to the public. Rothman of Bronx, New York, reached the top sixteen. www.wfu.edu/wowf JUNE 2007 13 D A U

Q University Advancement

E announces staff changes H T HE UNIVERSITY named director of WFU BMC adopts D TRELATIONS office alumni programs such single-CEO structure N has been reorganized as Homecoming and U to better serve the class reunions. HE GOVERNING BOARDS of O

R needs of alumni, Emily Neese (’81), TNorth Carolina Baptist Hos- A parents, and friends formerly director of pital and Wake Forest University of the University. Vice administration and Health Sciences have adopted a President James R. planning in the Univer- new, integrated organizational Bullock (’85, MBA ’95) Baker sity Advancement office, structure with one CEO who will announced the follow- has been named assis- oversee Wake Forest University ing staff changes tant vice president and Baptist Medical Center. this spring. director of constituent Baptist Hospital and Health Robert T. Baker, development. She will Sciences, which includes the Wake formerly assistant vice be responsible for over- Forest School of Medicine, will president and director seeing the development remain separate entities, and no of development, has programs for all the assets will change hands. Both been named associate Reynolda Campus pro- also will retain separate boards vice president and fessional schools and of directors; an existing Medical director of University McNally the Reynolda Campus Center board will be enlarged. development, with Annual Funds. The new CEO will report to the responsibility for over- Blake Absher (’84), enlarged Medical Center board, seeing major gifts, previously manager of which will develop a unified planned gifts, and database marketing at vision and strategy for the entire corporation and foun- Lorillard Tobacco Com- Medical Center. dation relations. pany, has joined the Also, a new organization will Minta Aycock office as director of be created for the group medical McNally (’74), former- the College Fund and practice, Wake Forest University ly assistant vice presi- annual support. Physicians, Inc., with its own dent and director of Neese The Office of Special president reporting directly to alumni activities and Events is moving from the Medical Center CEO. Both annual support, has University Advancement Richard Dean, the president of been named associate to the President’s Office. Wake Forest Health Sciences, vice president and Jennifer Richwine (’93), and Len Preslar, the president of director of parent and formerly director Baptist Hospital, will remain in donor relations. of special events, has place as the Medical Center Betsy Chapman been named director adopts the new structure. (’92, MA ’94), formerly of University events The move toward a single- director of alumni and and assistant to the CEO organizational model is parent programs, has Absher president. Brandi becoming more common at aca- been named director , formerly demic medical centers and is of alumni communications. Vada assistant director of special already in place at Johns Hopkins Lou Earle (’85), formerly travel events, has been named assistant University, New York University, and reunion director, has been director of University events. and the University of Chicago.

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Bob McCreary (’63) Q

gives $2.3 million to E

educational, scientific, and artistic athletic program H enterprises. The gift will also fund T

major prizes for entrepreneurial ORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER Bob D ventures each year. McCreary (’63) has committed N

F U “Wake Forest’s innovative $2.3 million to the athletic depart- O

approach to entrepreneurial edu- ment, including $2 million for Dea- R

cation is unique in that it extends con Tower, now under construction A Russ Hobbs (second from left) with beyond the traditional definition at Groves Stadium. The main plaza his wife, Barbara, and his parents. of entrepreneurship to encom- area around the tower will be pass scientific, intellectual, social, named the Bob McCreary Plaza. Russ Hobbs (’88) and artistic value creation as In addition, McCreary will donates $1 million well as economic,” Hobbs said. continue his membership in the for entrepreneurship “Combined with Wake Forest’s Moricle Society, the highest giving strong liberal arts education and level in the Deacon Club. He also USS HOBBS (’88), an entre- focus on its motto, Pro Humanitate, has committed for ten premium Rpreneur and founder of Blue I feel this program is leading the seats in Deacon Tower, pushing his Ocean Software, has donated way in educating a new genera- total commitment to $2.3 million. $1 million to the Office for Entre- tion of entrepreneurs for the “The scholarship that was pro- preneurship and the Liberal Arts, twenty-first century.” vided to me and the education I the first major endowment gift to After graduating from Wake received enabled me to excel in the office. Forest with a degree in philoso- business and life,” said McCreary, Hobbs, who lives in Tampa, phy, Hobbs began working in the owner of McCreary Modern Furni- Florida, established the Russell information technology depart- ture in Newton, North Carolina. D. and Elfriede Hobbs Fund for ment of a large company. In 1990, Construction on Deacon Tower Entrepreneurship and the Liberal he started Blue Ocean Software began in January and is expected to Arts in honor of his parents.The with $6,000, and within ten years, be completed in time for the start fund will provide seed grants, it had become a leading develop- of the 2008 football season. The internships, and other funds for er of help desk, PC inventory, and seven-story $40 million building undergraduates who want to full-featured systems manage- will include private boxes, premi- launch socially beneficial organi- ment solutions. Hobbs sold the um seating, media seating, and the zations, including charitable, company in 2002 to Intuit. President’s Box.

Scholarship honors Mark and Shirley Reece

HE FAMILY OF THE LATE Reece served Wake Forest for TDEAN OF STUDENTS Mark more than thirty years, the last Reece (’49) is matching gifts to a twenty-five as dean of men and memorial scholarship established dean of students, before he in honor of Reece and his late retired in 1988. He died in 1997; wife, Shirley Parker Reece (’50). Shirley Reece died last January. The Mark and Shirley Reece Gifts may be made to the Freshman Patrick Russell from Lockport, Scholarship Fund is a need-based Reece Scholarship Fund, Wake New York, and sophomore Christopher scholarship for undergraduates. Forest University, P.O. Box 7227, Langley from Suwanee, Georgia, received Winston-Salem, NC 27109. the Reece Scholarship this past year.

www.wfu.edu/wowf JUNE 2007 15 Y A S S E

The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair

By David Coates Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies

HE PRIME MINISTERSHIP ceed him, his finance minister huge parliamentary majority. T OF TONY BLAIR effectively Gordon Brown—remade the With two election victories of that ended in mid-May. His decision British Labor Party in Margaret scale, Tony Blair seemed set for to stand down in favor of a yet- Thatcher’s image. Out went the permanence in office and a spe- to-be-named successor closes a programs and symbols of old- cial place in the history books. story of meteoric rise and spec- style socialism and the close rela- Yet it was not to be. Human tacular decline. It is not a story tionship with the trade unions. frailty and policy mistakes inter- well known or understood here, In came the endorsement of vened. Blair the prime minister but it needs to be; for there are globalization, enthusiasm for pri- became increasingly Blair the American dimensions to it, and vate enterprise, and an aping of president. Self-confidence gave American lessons to be drawn all things American. Blair and way to hubris. Tensions between from the trajectory of so impor- Brown even called their American Brown and Blair intensified. The tant a political career. style welfare-to-work program move of Labor Government policy Tony Blair arrived in power their “New Deal.” You don’t get to the right continued unabated. as the British equivalent of Bill much more American than that. Abroad, in 2002 Tony Blair Clinton, full of self-confidence From the outset of his years became point man for George and promise. He leaves office as in power, Tony Blair positioned W. Bush in the demonization of the British equivalent of George the UK close to the US. The RAF Saddam Hussein. In 2003, brook- W. Bush, full of bluster and tar- policed the Iraqi no-fly zone ing no opposition, he took the nished by defeat. alongside American jets. UK UK into what quickly became an Like Clinton, Tony Blair broke bombs, not just US ones, drove unpopular war. At home, Blair the seemingly invincible grip on the Serbs out of Kosovo; and, pushed Thatcher-like, market- executive power exercised in the after 9/ll, Blair’s UK stood shoul- based reforms into publicly pro- 1980s by parties of the Center- der to shoulder with America as vided welfare services and turned Right: here by Reaganite Repub- both moved to defeat the Taliban. for party funding to many of his licans; in London, by Thatcherite The confidence with which millionaire friends. Such foreign Conservatives. Like Clinton, he Tony Blair pulled the Labor Party and domestic initiatives then made that unexpected break- away from old-style radicalism, divided his once united party and through by first stealing and then positioning it in the very center opened up an electoral space on softening conservative political of UK politics, brought unprece- Labor’s left. Blair’s credibility as clothes. dented initial electoral success. world statesman was an early With a self-confidence rare in In 1997, the British Conservative casualty of the continuing night- young and untested politicians, Party went down to its heaviest mare that is Iraq. Blair—in an uneasy partnership defeat since 1832. In 2001, it His popularity at home was an with the man most-likely to suc- entirely failed to dent Labor’s early casualty of his unremitting

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enthusiasm for welfare reform. her. The only route to power in He and his immediate circle were the UK for the Conservatives even caught up in a corruption under David Cameron is to out- scandal linked to party finance. Blair Blair himself. Yet that such David Coates, a native of All they lacked for total disaster a route is both credible and avail- England, has taught at Wake was a good sex scandal—and in able in 2007, as it was not in 2001, Forest since 2000. He is 2006 his deputy prime minister also points to deep flaws in Blair the author of a study of New even provided him with that. the man and Blair the project— Labor’s domestic program, Outflanked on his left even flaws of pride in the man and Prolonged Labour; the by David Cameron’s revamped flaws of conservatism in the Slow Birth of New Labour Conservatives, May 2007 then project—that may yet cost the Britain, and the co-author brought the final nail in the British Center-Left dear, and of Blair’s War, a study of Blairite coffin: Labor’s defeat from which the Democratic Party the UK’s involvement in Iraq. in local elections in Scotland. could well learn. His latest work, A Liberal Scotland—the land of Blair’s For if a David Cameron victory Tool Kit: Progressive birth and long the bedrock of in the next UK general election is Answers to Conservative Labor’s core constituency—is Tony Blair’s ultimate legacy to his Arguments, will be published now in the hands of a Scottish embattled Labor Party, and it by Praeger in August. National Party keen for inde- might very well be, then Margaret pendence. Whoever, in 1997, Thatcher’s revenge will have been could have anticipated that! sweet indeed: which is why there History will no doubt judge must be no long-term canoniza- Blair more kindly than currently tion of Tony Blair. For all his ini- do the majority of his contempo- tial success, progressive politics raries. In the 1990s he undoubt- on both sides of the Atlantic now edly pulled UK politics away needs more principled and less from the excesses of Thatcher- haughty leadership than he ulti- ism onto the more center ground mately provided. that the majority of UK voters prefer. Indeed, it is a measure of the strengths of the man and his project that the Conservative Party, which Margaret Thatcher once led, can now only regain power by distancing itself from

www.wfu.edu/wowf JUNE 2007 17 FondFarewells

Wake Forest bids farewell to four illustrious professors who spent their entire careers at the University influencing four generations of students.

18 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Michael Sinclair professor of history

full-time faculty member in accelerated his studies to graduate in the East Asian Studies pro- three years. He enrolled at Stanford gram and for many years the University on a Woodrow Wilson history department’s only Fellowship to study European history, specialist in China and Japan. but in his second year there, an oppor- As one who participated in tunity cropped up that would sharply faculty searches and worked alter the course of his career. with those who came, he was “To counteract over-specialization instrumental in cultivating [in academe] and encourage greater the increase in faculty and expertise in East Asia, the Ford interest in East Asia at the Foundation developed, with Stanford, University over the years. a double doctorate program in either Sinclair wanted to go to U.S. or European history, and Asian college after graduating from history—either Japan or China,” he Hendersonville High in 1958, says. “I chose China, as so much more but he didn’t have enough concentration, comparatively speaking, money. So he enlisted in the was being given to Japan. It was a Air Force. After attending wonderful opportunity, because the cryptology school, he was best history, as has been said, is com- assigned to the National parative history.” Security Agency and spent Sinclair, whose Stanford program HE ROUTE FROM THE MOUN- twenty-six months in the Philippines, included four years of formal study of TTAIN TOWN of Hendersonville in setting aside four dollars for discre- the exceedingly difficult Chinese lan- western North Carolina to Winston- tionary spending every payday and guage, completed his doctorate after Salem was serpentine in the late fifties, banking the rest. returning to Wake Forest in 1968. but it was a veritable crow’s flight “Needless to say, I spent a lot of Besides his teaching and scholarship, compared to the figurative route that my off-duty time in the [base] library, ” he did consulting and translating with Michael Sinclair (’63) took from there he says. “I also worked as an unpaid local businesses and worked with the to here. staff member at the local Armed Forces public school system in developing It seems fitting, then, that the pri- Radio and Television Service affiliate. East Asian programs. mary destination of the journeys of the I started as a disc jockey and worked Sinclair, who retired from teaching mind on which the history professor my way up to sports director, doing last year after being diagnosed with took so many students over the years the evening sports broadcast, a Satur- cardiac problems, recalls fondly the would be, for many Americans, the day special, and play-by-play of foot- many students in whose lives he made world’s most inscrutable and inaccessi- ball games.” While on duty, a major a difference over the years. He still ble: China. focus of his work was China. meets with students and continues his Sinclair, who has retired from Following his discharge in 1960, research, hoping to find the time to do teaching after spending nearly four Sinclair enrolled at Wake Forest, but a lot of the writing he put off due to decades on the faculty, was the first money was still in short supply, so he other commitments. —David Fyten

JUNE 2007 19 John Moorhouse professor of economics

HEN THE ECONOMICS depart- “In my opinion, his best teaching Wment posted a message on its was old-fashion lecturing, professor Web site in January asking former to student,” says Graham, who led the students of professor John Moorhouse tributes for Moorhouse at a retirement to share their memories of him for a dinner in February. “But others insist retirement tribute, accolades poured in that he was exceptional in using ques- from around the country. His life’s work tions to induce students to think in new in Wake Forest’s classrooms across four ways. Virtually every class would have decades elicited tributes from scores of several extended Socratic dialogues.” grateful former students—now attor- His tough questions stimulated neys, bankers, business executives, many a memorable classroom discus- and university professors—on the sion, but pity the poor student who difference he had made in their lives. showed up for class unprepared— “His influence on his students only probably for the last time—once they began in the classroom,” says John D. experienced his soft-spoken, but direct Graham (’78), now dean of the Pardee and often witty admonishment that RAND Graduate School of Policy perhaps it would behoove them to Analysis in Santa Monica, . study next time. “I remember him as “After each class there was usually a a wit, a raconteur, a scholar of deep crowd of students surrounding him, knowledge, and a teacher with a both outside the classroom and at his remarkable ability to make his knowl- office. And to every student that I edge accessible to students,” says Jacob knew, his door was always open to ask Lyles (’05), an investment-banking questions, raise issues, and continue analyst with Friedman Billings Ramsey being able to explain the complexities the dialogue.” in Arlington, Virginia. of the subject matter very directly,” Moorhouse retired last December as Students visiting his office on the says Jim Hogan (’71), senior vice the Archie Carroll Professor of Ethical eighth floor of the Z. Smith Reynolds president of Colonial BancGroup in Leadership after teaching at Wake Library, or, for the last fourteen years Orlando, Florida. “Even today, I often Forest for thirty-seven years. He con- on the second floor of the old law fall back on the basic theories that I tinues to live in Winston-Salem with school in Carswell Hall, could expect learned in his micro class.” his wife, Fran. For many of the students wise counsel and encouragement, Moorhouse had a wonderful rap- who “majored in Moorhouse and and some stern advice if the situation port with students, says Dave Felman minored in economics”—as one for- called for it. His classes in microeco- (’79), a corporate attorney in Tampa, mer student put it—he was the most nomic theory and monetary theory Florida, who helped raise donations to demanding professor and his classes provided a solid foundation for stu- establish a fund to support research the most challenging, and the most dents pursuing careers in banking, and lectures in the economics depart- valuable, they ever had. With his for- finance, or other areas. ment in Moorhouse’s name. “The mal style in dress and demeanor—he “He set a standard for clarity in remarkable thing about him was, stu- always referred to students as “Mr.” or classroom instruction that few dents who had him decades ago would “Ms.”—he was an imposing figure in matched during the remainder of my say he was the one who put them on the classroom. academic career; he had a knack for the right course, and students who had

20 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE in economics, co-authored a recent paper on gun control with him. “He was generous to include me in his work and in many ways made me feel as though I were a colleague collabo- rating on the project instead of simply a student,” he says. In 1976, Moorhouse and now retired mathematics professor John Baxley created the mathematical eco- nomics major, one of the first pro- grams of its kind in the country. About eight to twelve students graduate with the degree each year. Baxley, who co- taught a mathematical economics sem- inar with Moorhouse for years, says he “was one of the best classroom teach- ers I’ve ever seen. He had a conviction that teaching and research should go together; his research influenced what he did in the classroom and his teach- ing influenced his research.” As chair of the economics depart- ment from 1981 to 1985, Moorhouse ) 8 0 ’ (

led a restructuring of the economics S I L

E core curriculum that is still in place D A

L today. He created the Law and B A B Economics course and sent many a K C I

N student on to law school—which he had once considered himself—prompt- him more recently would say that as business, were shifted into the college. ing colleagues to gently chide him that well. A lot of people can do something Moorhouse received the University’s more of his students were pursing well for four or five years; he did that Excellence in Teaching Award in 1972. careers in law than economics. for thirty-seven years.” “He was legendary as a teaching One of his earliest students was A native of Pennsylvania, Moor- professor,” says Professor of Economics Dan Hammond (’72), who, after earn- house graduated from Wabash College Don Frey, who joined the faculty three ing his Ph.D., rejoined his professor in in Indiana, a small liberal arts college years after Moorhouse. “He was also the department as a colleague in 1978. for men—where he was a champion actively engaged in professional writ- “John’s monetary theory course was debater—and received his Ph.D. in eco- ing and research, which was not the the seed from which my entire schol- nomics from Northwestern University. norm in the department or at Wake arly career has developed,” says In 1969, he joined the Wake Forest Forest at the time. And he was stead- Hammond, now the Hultquist Family faculty as only the fourth professor at fast; he kept that up over the years.” Professor of Economics. “He expected the time to teach economics in the His research touched on a broad students to meet high demands. He Charles H. Babcock School of Business range of interests, from housing and had confidence that if students put Administration, which was beginning rent control, to insurance, electric their minds to it they could do it.” its transformation into a graduate utilities, and federal spending. Brent school; undergraduate courses in eco- Wanner (’03), a mathematical econom- —Kerry M. King (’85) nomics, as well as accountancy and ics major who plans to pursue a Ph.D.

JUNE 2007 21 Howell Smith OWELL SMITH GREW UP in the Hforties and early fifties in Farmers- professor of history ville, Texas, an onion-growing town of two thousand, thirty miles north of Dallas. Much of rural Texas, poor and lacking basic amenities, was captivated back then by the liberal agrarian popu- lism of politicians like Lyndon Baines Johnson. As a boy, young Howell pumped water, bathed in a No. 3 tub, trapped rabbits, did chores around the family farm, and attended a two-room schoolhouse. His father and mother— schoolteachers as well as farmers— taught him the ways of a small farm town while friends took him to Dallas Symphony Orchestra concerts. His small high school needed every one of its male students to play football, so Howell signed up. “You didn’t have to be good—just present,” he quips. In summers he worked in Farmersville’s onion sheds side by side with migrant workers and paid no attention to the fact that they were Mexicans. “I was brought up by parents,” he says, “who taught me to respect everybody.” Those who would assess Howell Smith’s forty-two-year tenure on the Wake Forest history faculty and the legacy he leaves behind him on the occasion of his retirement from full- time teaching might find clues in his upbringing. He will continue to teach two courses in the fall for the next few years. A proponent of racial harmony, he initiated—and, for twenty years, taught—the University’s first courses in African-American history. As a men- tor to student organizers, he champi-

oned symposia on the war in Vietnam, ) 9 0 ’ ( social change, and other contentious X A N topics in the late sixties and early sev- I L L enties. During his time as chair from U M

E 1987 to 1995, the department committed I H P O S

22 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE to diversification and a global perspec- compete with other events elsewhere from Smith; Sarah Watts, an economic tive in its curriculum and faculty, hir- on campus. Much of the faculty had historian whose research has delved ing women and an African-American, lived in Faculty Apartments. It was a into a host of political and cultural and experts in Latin-American, African- true community; a very cozy time.” topics; Simone Caron, a U.S. social American, Middle Eastern, and Asian Although progressive internal and historian who developed courses in history. Being raised by schoolteachers external factors soon dissipated that women’s history and medical history and attending classical music concerts sense of coziness, the country’s chang- and who has become the department’s helped him become a learner who val- ing cultural and political tenor resonated first female chair; and Bill Meyers, a ued erudition, culture, and the life of with Smith’s liberal instincts. In 1968, noted Latin-American historian. To the mind. he developed and started teaching enrich faculty morale and cohesive- Factor in his superior teaching courses in African-American history and ness, he took an office on the ground skills, his years of service as pre-law launched, with the late English profes- floor of Tribble Hall’s B Wing, thought advisor, and his accessible, avuncular sor Tom Gossett, January-term African- by some to be a less desirable location. demeanor and it is not surprising American study trips to Washington, Smith, who met his wife, Jeanette, that more than a few alumni list him D.C., and New York’s Harlem district. at Baylor and has two grown children among their favorite faculty members. He also backed the efforts of students with her, has served under four presi- After obtaining his bachelor’s and who sought to air the day’s most dents at the University and witnessed master’s degrees from Baylor and Tulane urgent issues in forums and symposia. a lot of change over the decades. “In universities, respectively, Smith enrolled Across the decades, Smith designed the past, our faculty were primarily as a doctoral student in twentieth- and taught a host of provocative cours- teachers,” he notes. “Now, our teacher- century American history at the Uni- es, among them, one he titled The scholar ideal compels us to ask our versity of -Madison in 1961. Last Decade of Optimism. “It covered faculty members to do more than they A Rockefeller Foundation-funded the mid-fifties to the mid-sixties, when would be asked to do elsewhere. Many program that subsidized the graduate Americans still thought they could fix of them could be outstanding at institu- studies of young scholars who agreed things,” says Smith, who helped estab- tions whose primary mission is research. to teach in the South for several years lish a Big Brothers/Big Sisters chapter Our challenge is to find people who paid for his expenses. Wake Forest in Forsyth County and served as state want to be at a place where minds qualified geographically, so in 1965, director of National History Day. “You grow and to make the balance we ask he accepted his first and only academic won’t find too many who think that for acceptable to them so they can feel job at the University. today. Forty-five or fifty years ago, comfortable here for the long term.” “When I joined the history depart- people thought the [economic] pie He sees a different challenge con- ment, it still had a large preponderance would get bigger, and could be shared fronting students. “A lot of them come of faculty members from the South and equitably and justly with others with- in all prepped and polished,” says who had come from the Old Campus,” out it costing you. That notion had Smith. “Many of them already have said the burly and bearded Smith in a pretty much died by the late sixties.” seats reserved for them on the other recent interview in his corner Tribble A good many history faculty mem- side of the door of opportunity. What Hall office that must be among Wake bers retired during Smith’s tenure as Wake Forest can do is help them know Forest’s—how to put this—most chair from 1987 to 1995, and in its and understand how to leverage that space- and tidiness-challenged. “The hiring the department held to its power for their own benefit and the curriculum was heavily weighted to commitment to diversify its gender common good. We want them to be Southern history. Almost all of the fac- and racial composition and expand proud of what they have done with the ulty belonged to Wake Forest Baptist its global coverage. His appointments power they hold twenty years out.” Church and college matters would included Anthony S. Parent Jr., the be hashed out over church suppers. department’s first tenured African- —David Fyten Departments were careful not to American professor who assumed the schedule events at times that would teaching of African-American history

JUNE 2007 23 John Collins professor of religion

SOPHIE MULLINAX (’09)

HEN PROFESSOR OF RELIGION “My function has been to make a time when we have increasingly WJohn Collins arrived on the the religion department more inclusive diversified the department in terms Wake Forest campus in 1970, he was and diverse. Thirty-seven years ago, I of gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, the only faculty member teaching a was the only person teaching anything and religious tradition. religious tradition other than Christi- other than Christianity. Today, Wake “He has mentored young faculty anity. Today, students benefit from the Forest is a global university, and that who have not always felt comfortable knowledge of faculty members who was my mission when I came here.” at Wake Forest, and therefore, he are experts in Buddhism, Hinduism, “John was the first scholar hired in has borne a great deal of responsibility Islam, and in Near East studies. Profes- our department who focused on East- for the kind of department we have sors with Australian, Asian, and Afri- ern religious traditions, so his hire become. It hasn’t always been easy, can ethnicity complement what Collins was a watershed for the department,” both inside the department and within deems a beautifully diverse department says Stephen Boyd, Easley Professor the University, for us to grow this way. —one that Collins himself is largely of Religion and chair of the religion We are very grateful for his contribu- responsible for fostering. department. “He’s been with us during tion,” says Boyd.

24 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE A native of Knoxville, , has ever done—giving us easy access Collins completed undergraduate and to information.” graduate school studies in physics at As the faculty, curriculum, and the . “I always access to information have changed, wanted to be a teacher but didn’t want the students have changed too. “The to teach physics,” Collins says of his students who came to Wake Forest in path from science to religion. “I grew the ’70s were liberal students—not up in a Southern Baptist home with liberal in terms of world understand- wonderful instruction in religion, so it ing, but liberal in terms of the Baptist was natural that I’d be drawn to religion. world. When I first arrived, my classes After enrolling in a philosophy class in on Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism Eastern traditions because it was the would fill up and I’d have to teach two only class in the whole school that had sections. Our culture today, however, anything to do with religion, I knew it is much more pragmatic and interested was exactly where I needed to be.” in the bottom line. One would expect Collins’ teaching style has focused on that students coming to Wake Forest meeting the needs of each individual would have global consciousness, but Retirees from the student and adapting his techniques to most don’t. They see themselves as Wake Forest the topic and individuals at hand. He’s Republican, conservative, liberal, University School enlightened hundreds of students not Baptist, or Catholic, but they don’t of Medicine by lecturing about ritual and commun- understand themselves as citizens of ion but by donning a Screamin’ Demons the world with a Pro Humanitate con- Walter J. Bo, Ph.D. t-shirt. “We have a community here at sciousness. Wake Forest is the perfect Professor of Neurobiology and Wake Forest and we should identify place for them to develop that broader Anatomy ourselves as a community and think of sense of who they are and what this Carolyn Ferree, M.D. how good we feel when we’re all yell- wonderful human existence is all about.” Professor of Radiation Oncology ing for the same thing. In addition to the Though Collins says he’s excited Eberhard Mueller-Heubach, t-shirt, I would project the University about his new adventure and looking M.D. seal on the screen and discuss its mean- forward to days without schedules Professor of Obstetrics and ing to make sure my students under- and definite plans, he has mixed emo- Gynecology, Maternal/Fetal stood what Wake Forest is all about.” tions about retiring. “I hit the lottery Medicine Over the years, computers, the when it came to a place to work and Ward A. Riley, Jr., Ph.D. Internet, e-mail, and blogs have brought grow,” he says, “and I’m going to miss (Deceased April 27, 2007) people and resources to Wake Forest Wake Forest.” Professor of Neurology from the other side of the world— — Kim McGrath Edward V. Staab, Jr., M.D. bringing to students and professors Professor of Radiologic Sciences, alike data and details that would have Radiology been onerous, if not impossible, to Robert L. Wykle, Ph.D. find when Collins first started teach- Professor of Biochemistry ing. “Research used to be difficult, but now you can find a group of peo- ple who are discussing your specific interest with no problem, and this is one of the best things Wake Forest

JUNE 2007 25 Back inTOWN

For many alumni, life is better back in Winston-Salem.

26 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE ITH THEIR DEGREES IN HAND, most members of WWake Forest’s Class of ’07 will head far from Winston-Salem to make their fame and fortune. Few newly minted alumni remain in the Twin City, and many of those that do attend graduate or professional school rather than start their careers here. But at some point, as the years pass, the old college town starts looking better TOWN and better, and many return. About twelve percent of Wake Forest’s under- graduate alumni—almost 6,100— live in Forsyth County. Alumni moving back from New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta in recent years have discovered that there’s no place like the “dash” (or alumni, life is better back in Winston-Salem. the “hyphen,” depending on which term you prefer), and nothing better By Kerry M. King (’85) than reconnecting with your alma mater. “Overall, it’s just great to be at the heart of Deaconland,” is how one describes making his home in the city Wake Forest has called home for fifty years.

JUNE 2007 27 OT LONG AFTER HE RETIRED and his wife, Susann, were contemplat- them in the right direction; after a to Winston-Salem from Atlanta, ing where they wanted to live after he class dinner at the home of her reli- NRoger Mayhew (’68) joined Pine retired. All three of their children are gion professor, Charles Kimball, she Brook Country Club hoping to find Wake Forest alumni and were still in recommended his neighborhood.) some other regulars for a round of golf. school or living nearby when they moved, A native of Lexington, North Caro- The golf pro suggested he might enjoy although each has since moved on: lina, Mayhew graduated from Wake playing with a group of other retirees Marc (’95, MD ’01), who is completing Forest with a degree in mathematics who played several times a week. his cardiology fellowship at the Univer- and worked in managerial positions in sity of Alabama-Birmingham; Robyn accounting, finance, and information Roger Mayhew (’68) Wallace (’99), a former middle school systems with Southern Bell /AT&T/ teacher who lives in BellSouth for thirty-one years, the last Columbia, Maryland; fifteen in Atlanta. “Winston-Salem has and Emily Groninger one of everything that Atlanta has— (’02), a financial except the Atlanta Braves,” he says. ‘It’s just the perfect size city.’

“It’s just the perfect size Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem city, a comfortable place 1 Wake Forest activities/friends to live, and plenty to do 2 Extended family nearby regardless of what your 3 Medical facilities interests are.” 4 Greenbrier Farm neighborhood 5 Light traffic Mayhew, who was president of the Atlanta- Favorite college hangout you miss the most area alumni club, was Mayhew (second from left) with professors Simos BBQ surprised to learn that Henry Stroupe, Richard Williams, and Favorite new hangout there wasn’t an alumni Jack Williams. Hoops Room at Joel Coliseum club in Winston-Salem, He was pleasantly surprised to find but now he understands. Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem that the group included several retired “So much goes on here 1 Active arts scene Wake Forest professors, among them analyst who lives in Alexandria, Vir- anyway,” he says. “If you’re going 2 Friendly people Henry Stroupe (’35, MA ’37) of history, ginia, with her husband, Greg (’02). to football games in the fall, bas- 3 Growth of downtown whom he remembered as the father of “While we liked Atlanta and had a ketball games during the winter, 4 Great lifestyle one of his teammates, David lot of friends there, we wanted a slower and baseball games in the 5 Minimal traffic Stroupe (’68); his former physics teacher, lifestyle,” says Mayhew, who has since spring, it’s a year-round thing. Biggest change in Winston-Salem Jack Williams; John Earle (’58) of soci- returned to work as controller for You don’t have to go out of Downtown has come back to life and people ology; Carlton Mitchell (’43) of religion; Charles D. Lowder Inc., a site-develop- your way to make the Wake are living there! and retired vice president and treasurer ment company in Winston-Salem. Forest connection Favorite college hangout you miss the most John Williard; along with Reynolds “Our kids and all of our immedi- on a regular basis. Professor of Physics Richard Williams ate family were in North Carolina, You can’t go far Simos, Rose & Thistle, and Sam's restaurants (’68), one of his classmates. It’s those so Winston-Salem was pretty in this town with- Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered kinds of Wake Forest connections that much a slam dunk. Every time out running into Village Tavern make Mayhew glad that he returned we came up to visit the kids, we someone with a to Winston-Salem in 2000. scouted out the housing scene to Wake Forest con- Favorite new hangout It was family connections to Wake see what was available.” (It was nection, and that’s Botta Bing, Burke Street Pizza, and Forest that brought him back when he Robyn who ultimately pointed a good thing.” Downtown Thai Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back

Celebrating my 25th college reunion with a 28 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE group of classmates at my house ARGARET HOBBS COLLINS Margaret Hobbs Collins (’78) (’78) has come full circle Msince graduating from Wake Forest and pursuing a career in arts management in Atlanta and New York City. What started out as a move to the suburbs of New York instead took an unexpected turn south four years ago that brought her back to the Twin City to promote the arts. “My husband had been wanting to leave New York for a long time, but I wasn’t willing to let it go,” she says. “I had a wonderful job and loved my career. But we had lived in New York for twenty years, and we decided as a family that we would have a better quality of life if we moved elsewhere.” A native of Shelby, North Carolina, Collins majored in music at Wake Forest and earned a master’s in per- forming arts and arts management at Collins, in the Stevens Center: From promoting the arts in the Big Apple to promoting the arts in the Twin City. American University. After working in fundraising for a chamber-music group and her husband, Ray Collins, a pro- old college town. “Winston-Salem and a theatre company in Atlanta, she fessional actor and director, moved to reemerged as a great place,” she says. New York City. “There are possibilities here, and peo- ‘We’re putting down roots here.’ She built a suc- ple are open to change. You feel you cessful career can make a difference.” managing performing artists and book- Collins remained with ICM for a ing music, dance, and theatrical pro- year after she moved back, working Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem ductions at concert venues on the East the phones from her new home, before Coast. She eventually landed a plum becoming development director for 1 Active arts scene the Winston-Salem Symphony. In 2 Friendly people position at one of the largest talent 3 Growth of downtown agencies in the world, International February, she joined the Piedmont 4 Great lifestyle Creative Management (ICM). Triad Partnership as director, Creative 5 Minimal traffic A decision to move closer to SUNY- Enterprise and the arts. She now Biggest change in Winston-Salem Purchase, where Ray was then teaching promotes the growth of the creative industries and the arts throughout Downtown has come back to life and people theatre, and to provide a better environ- are living there! ment for their then nine-year-old son, the twelve-county Triad region. Michael, led to some “soul-searching,” Ray Collins is an adjunct professor Favorite college hangout you miss the most she recalls, and they decided to make in Wake Forest’s theatre department Simos, Rose & Thistle, and Sam's restaurants a more drastic move—and lifestyle and a real-estate broker. Michael, now Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered change. By coincidence, or some would 13, is thriving in school and enjoying more opportunities for after-school Village Tavern say, providence, the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem sports. “We were surviving in New Favorite new hangout invited Ray to interview for a new York,” Margaret Collins says. “We’re Botta Bing, Burke Street Pizza, and position at about the same time. Marga- putting down roots here and really Downtown Thai ret Collins describes it as the moment enjoying the lifestyle.” Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back when she suddenly remembered her Celebrating my 25th college reunion with a JUNE 2007 29 group of classmates at my house ‘I never thought FTER LIVING IN CALIFORNIA for the I’d come back here to work.’ Abetter part of twenty-five years, Jocelyn Burton (’80) traded in a high- “I never thought I’d come Austin and moved to Sacramento, profile position in the United States back here to work,” admits California, where she worked for two Attorney’s Office in San Francisco for Burton, who moved back years as a program analyst for the state a decidedly lower-key one as a private to Winston-Salem a legislative budget committee. She attorney in Winston-Salem. She earned her law degree from the left behind a busy office in the University of Chicago and returned 1960s federal courthouse in San Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem to California to practice law, first in Francisco’s Tenderloin district— private practice and then with the which she generously describes 1 Welcoming and friendly people United States Attorney’s Office in San 2 Winston-Salem Symphony as a “challenging” area—for the Francisco. After eleven years there 3 Easy parking cozier confines of a stately 1912 4 Wake Forest sporting events as deputy chief and chief of the civil Tudor Revival mansion—once 5 No lines at the checkout counter at Costco division, “I had done everything I the home of industrialist P. Huber Biggest change in Winston-Salem could do there,” she says. “You get to Hanes and later a funeral home— the point where you have to decide along a tree-lined street in More big community events downtown ‘am I going to be a permanent gov- Winston-Salem’s West End area. Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered ernment lawyer or am I going to go Bell Brothers back to private practice?’” A member of the University’s Jocelyn Favorite new hangout Board of Trustees, Burton had fre- Burton (’80) The Filling Station downtown quently returned to Winston-Salem Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back for trustee meetings, but hadn’t con- sidered moving back until friend My house has become the official hangout spot for my Wake Forest friends when they Steve Berlin (’81, JD ’84), a partner are visiting. at Kilpatrick Stockton, encouraged her to consider joining the firm. It was a drastic lifestyle change, she year-and-a-half ago to practice admits, but she returned to a vastly employment law with Kilpatrick different Winston-Salem than the one Stockton LLP. “My plan was to she left in 1980. Scores of restaurants retire in North Carolina. For years, have opened downtown, and there’s a I had been telling my Wake Forest more vibrant social and cultural scene. friends that we needed to find And she’s traded in an hour-long some property here so we could commute from Oakland, and parking build our own assisted-living nightmares, for a twelve-minute drive facility and retire together,” she and her choice of parking spaces a few laughs. “I definitely didn’t want feet from her mansion office. “I really to retire in California; it’s too spend less time at home than I did in congested, too expensive.” San Francisco, which most people Burton grew up in Youngstown, wouldn’t believe,” she says. “Being in Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia. a smaller place, it’s much easier to get After graduating from Wake Forest to know people. I never go anywhere with a degree in history, she earned without running into someone I know, her master’s degree in public policy which is kind of weird after living in a from the University of Texas at large city.”

Burton left behind a hectic professional life for a slower lifestyle in Winston-Salem.

30 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE ‘There’s a tremendous sense of community here that’s enhanced by Wake Forest.’

Helvey traded in the skyscrap- University of Cologne for a year and ers of Wall Street for the guest- then earned a master’s degree in inter- house behind his new home. national affairs from Columbia Uni- versity. He joined J.P. Morgan in 1985, with his church, and the lived in Asia and Europe for seven “appeal of Southern culture” years—running the company’s deri- —which he describes as vative trading operation—and then everything from the friend- moved to New York, eventually rising liness of the people to the to vice chairman of the company’s risk beautiful weather to the management committee. But by 1999, proximity to the mountains he was pondering a change. and coast. “There’s a tremen- During a visit to Winston-Salem for dous sense of community a meeting of the University’s Board of here that’s enhanced by Trustees he decided the time was right. Wake Forest,” he adds. “I got a little Lexington barbeque, the A native of Lexington, ‘hot and now’ light was on at Krispy North Carolina (his mother, Kreme, it was ACC Tournament time, Jay Helvey (’81) Doris, is a 1952 graduate of Wake and the azaleas were blooming,” he Forest) and a political science and recalls. “I just knew there was more German double-major at Wake Forest, to life than leaving the house at 5:30 FTER A GLOBETROTTING Helvey met his future wife, Jane, while every morning to drive into lower CAREER in finance in New she was a student at Salem College. Manhattan and then coming back AYork, Tokyo, and Frankfurt, After graduating, he received a Ful- home at 8 o’clock at night.” Jay Helvey (’81) now works out bright Scholarship and studied at the He stayed with J.P. Morgan for of an office in the guesthouse another two years, running from behind his home off Stratford his home office a start-up online Road. “We had lived in big cities Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem derivatives-service company until the

and we had lived abroad, and 1 Quality of life dot-com bubble burst. In 2004, he we thought wouldn’t it be nice to 2 Access to mountains and coast mounted an unsuccessful campaign raise our family back in North 3 Demon Deacon sports in the Republican primary to succeed Carolina.” Helvey, his wife, Jane, 4 Christian community now-U.S. Senator Richard Burr (’78) and their sons, Cole, 17, Jed, 15, 5 BBQ, Krispy Kreme, and Twin Lakes Airport in the U.S. House of Representatives. and Walker, 13, moved from New Biggest change in Winston-Salem since you’ve been gone Since then he’s become a partner in a York to Winston-Salem in 1999. Downtown Winston-Salem small hedge fund, CMT Asset “The quality of life is tremen- Management, based in Chicago. Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered dous here,” he says. “Sure I gave Now, rather than rush to hit the up some professional opportuni- Groves Stadium Holland Tunnel by 6 a.m., he can have ties. But it comes down to what Favorite college hangout that you miss the most breakfast with his wife and take his are your priorities in life?” For sons to school before his three-minute Original Deke House Helvey, that means being able to commute down his driveway to his Favorite new hangout spend more time with his family, office. “I enjoy going back to New more opportunities to be involved The River Birch Lodge York,” he says, “but I’ve never once Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back regretted the decision to move.”

The Orange Bowl

JUNE 2007 31 HEN TODD (’85) AND “We could choose where we wanted major originally from Chicago—and KATHY BOURNE (’85) to go next and not let the job choose,” Kathy—a math major originally from WBORTON decided to leave says Todd, who works out of his home Kingsport, Tennessee—had remained Florida several years ago, they weren’t as an investment consultant; most of active with Wake Forest since their chasing a job. Unlike earlier in their his clients are in the Southeast. “We graduation and that led them to take marriage, when their careers took them considered where we really wanted to be a closer look at Winston-Salem. “We to Chicago, Atlanta, and finally Weston, to raise our family and to stay put,” says asked ourselves, ‘where do we have Florida, Todd Borton was in a position Kathy. The Bortons have two children, some known connections?’” Todd said. to work essentially anywhere he wanted Michael, now 14, and Chandler, 12. “That was Winston-Salem and Wake —and they chose to return to Winston- They set their sights on North Caro- Forest. There was a familiarity here. Salem. lina because of family in the area, the From the day we unpacked the boxes weather, and close proximity to the moun- we felt like this was a community we tains and coast. Todd—an accountancy belonged in.” Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem 1 Ease of living ‘I can’t think of another place 2 Proximity to Wake Forest 3 Public schools where we would be so happy 4 Proximity to beach, mountains, family, Lake Lure with the whole package.’ 5 Climate Favorite college hangout you miss the most Todd (’85) and Todd: Safari Room, Kathy: Samplers Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered Kathy Bourne (’85) Village Tavern Borton Favorite new hangout Much of their life revolves around Joel Coliseum (for basketball and concerts) Wake Forest sporting events, from Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back attending football, basketball, and field hockey games, to summer athletic Hosting 20th reunion class party camps for the children. “We didn’t foresee the impact of all the sports pro- grams,” says Todd, who played catcher on the Wake Forest baseball team in 1982. “Where else would you have that level of programs in your backyard.” They’ve been impressed with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools and like the flexibility of being able to choose their neighborhood school or other “themed” schools within a zone, as well as the various magnet and gift- ed programs offered. “I can’t think of another place where we would be so happy with the whole package,” Todd says. “The city and University fit so The Bortons in , where they have the thrill of watching their perfectly with our lives.” daughter play field hockey on the same field as the Wake Forest team.

32 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE McLain (’85, JD ’88) and Marybeth Sutton (’86) Wallace

hile some alumni move to Winston-Salem to get away Wfrom the “big city,” McLain (’85, JD ’88) and Marybeth Sutton (’86) Wallace made the opposite deci- sion, moving back from a small town in eastern North Carolina. “Because we had been students here and had such good memories and loved this campus and loved the city, it really was the only place we would consider pulling up roots and mov- ing,” Marybeth says. “The quality of life in Winston is pretty unbeatable. You get all the attributes of a larger metro- Top five things you like about living in Winston-Salem politan area.” 1 Being close to Wake Forest Marybeth—originally 2 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools For the Wallaces, in Reynolda Village, moving from Richmond, Kentucky— 3 N.C. Symphony, School of the Arts, to Winston-Salem felt like “coming home.” and McLain—originally Piedmont Opera, Little Theatre ACT for Youth from Buies Creek, North 4 Field hockey Carolina—had lived the 5 Village Tavern key lime pie ‘The quality of life is last sixteen years in Rocky Favorite college hangout you miss the most Mount, North Carolina, Our girls never got to see the double-decker bus pretty unbeatable.’ about three hours east of inside Darryl's. Winston-Salem. Marybeth don’t know of any other city where Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered wrote grant proposals and you can watch NCAA Championship taught freshman composition Reynolda Gardens field hockey and ten minutes later be at North Carolina Wesleyan Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back at the Stevens Center for La Boheme.” College. McLain was a part- McLain: Deacon football and haircuts by Lloyd The biggest change since they left ner with Battle, Winslow, (Howard, in the on-campus barber shop); Winston-Salem twenty years ago has Scott & Wiley, where he Marybeth: reconnecting with Ed Wilson (’43) been the revitalization of downtown, was general counsel for where they enjoy music festivals, art Nash Health Care Systems. galleries, and the many new restau- Two years ago, he was named general The move presented more educa- rants. They bought a home close counsel at North Carolina Baptist tional, athletic, and cultural opportuni- enough to campus that they can walk Hospital. “I very much liked repre- ties for their daughters, Catherine or bike to campus or Reynolda senting the hospital in Rocky Mount, Stuart, 14, and Elizabeth, 11, than they Gardens and Reynolda Village. so Baptist Hospital was one of the could have found in a smaller city. “There’s something very familiar to few hospitals I would have considered “The girls have had amazing teachers ride by and see Wait Chapel,” McLain joining in-house, largely because of and some unique opportunities in the says. “The first year I was here, I the Wake Forest connection,” McLain schools,” Marybeth says. “It’s stunning would be riding down the road and says. Marybeth has since renewed her to me the possibilities, just at Wake it would hit me, I’m not just here for own ties with Wake Forest and works Forest, from hearing Supreme Court a ballgame and have to drive back on special projects for President justices speak to a Chinese New Year to Rocky Mount. It’s now struck me Nathan Hatch. Celebration to the Irish Festival. I that this is where we live.”

JUNE 2007 33 Top five things you like about Winston-Salem

1 Great weather 2 Excellent school system 3 Cost of living 4 Access to Wake Forest sports David Valliere (’95) 5 Affordable, year-round golf choices Favorite college hangout you’ve rediscovered

Mountain Fried Chicken Favorite new hangout

The Loop Best Wake Forest connection since you’ve been back

Learning a freshman year suitemate, Brent Wooten ('95), worked in my group at Hanesbrands

After living all over the country, Valliere says there’s no place like Winston-Salem. ‘We’ve found everything that we’ve looked for here.’

AVID VALLIERE (’95) found Valliere has lived all over the coun- and then worked at Frito-Lay in Dallas Ann Arbor, Michigan, too cold try; his father was a salesman and his for several years. In 2004, he saw an Dand Dallas, Texas, too hot, but family moved frequently when he was opening for a position in marketing at he’s found Winston-Salem to be just growing up, from Michigan to the one of Winston-Salem’s most iconic the right place for his family, and not Midwest to Boston to Atlanta. “Having companies, Hanesbrands. “The move just because of the weather. “I can’t lived all over the country as a child was job-driven, but the location was imagine a better place to raise a family and as an adult and having experi- certainly a bonus,” he says. “The —great schools, lots of parks, and an enced different areas, I really appreci- downside (of moving from a larger amazing cost of living,” says Valliere, ate this area,” he says, “and know this city) may be if you’re looking for who lives just outside Winston-Salem, is where I want to be long-term.” something super specific and looking in Clemmons, with his wife, Sarah, A finance major at Wake Forest, for ten choices, but we’ve found every-

and sons, Alex, 3, and Ben, 11/2. “This Valliere worked in Charlotte for a few thing that we’ve looked for here.” is my fourth stop since graduating, and years before pursuing his MBA at the this is easily our favorite place to live.” University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

34 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE ‘Winston-Salem is starting to make a name for itself.’ John Champlin (’06)

OHN CHAMPLIN, NATHAN BYRD, AND ALEX REYES are Jbucking the norm; they’re all Class of ’06 graduates who didn’t leave Winston-Salem. All three live down- town in the eighteen-story Nissen Building, a 1920s office building reno- vated several years ago into luxury apartments. It’s but one example of the revitalization of downtown and, espe- cially, the boom in downtown housing. With its rooftop pool (with views of Wait Chapel in the distance) and ground floor bakery, sandwich shop, and restaurant with sidewalk seating, the building offers a hint of big-city living; George Clooney and Renée Zellweger filmed a movie scene in the building in late April. Champlin has a roof-top view of the revitalization of downtown. “I chose to stay in Winston-Salem because of my love for Wake Forest a good ‘starter’ city. It’s cheaper than know if she’ll stay in Winston-Salem and so that I could keep up with all other big cities and has lots of events after law school, but she is interning at the friendships I had made,” says that keep me busy.” a local law firm this summer. Champlin Champlin, who works in the human Like Champlin, Byrd can walk down says he’s had friends question why he’s resources office of Noble Management the street to his office at Wachovia. stayed in Winston-Salem rather than Group, which owns the Embassy Reyes, who just completed her first moving to one of the larger cities that Suites and Marriott hotels across the year in the Wake Forest School of Law, attract large numbers of recent gradu- street from his apartment. “I knew that says she thinks students don’t realize ates. “It’s not Washington, D.C., New the city itself was revitalizing and it what Winston-Salem truly offers until York City, Atlanta, or Charlotte, but it needed young people. It seemed like after they’ve graduated and moved does have many of the attributes that away. “As college students, we tend to make those cities great, just on a isolate ourselves. Just because Winston smaller scale,” says Champlin, the son isn’t a bustling metropolis doesn’t of Mike Champlin (’75) of Richmond, mean there aren’t a ton of things to Virginia. “I think if more graduates do here: plays at the Stevens Center, stayed in Winston-Salem it would be theater and film festivals, and Latin beneficial for everyone—the city, local dancing. I wish more students could business, other graduates, the Univer- experience that.” sity. Winston-Salem is starting to make Reyes, who is originally from a name for itself. Why wouldn’t you Tempe, Arizona, says it’s too early to want to be a part of that?” John Champlin, Nathan Byrd, and Alex Reyes JUNE 2007 35 p p u u

g g n n i i w w F YOUR IDEA OF A BIG NIGHT ON THE TOWN is and the day might come when it was time to put stopping by Krispy Kreme for a couple of fresh, up a billboard that read “Would the last person o o Winston- Iglazed doughnuts, well, Winston-Salem has leaving please turn out the lights?” Salem has been your kind of town all along. By 1985, Hanes had already been taken over r r If your idea of excitement requires something by a company known for its cheesecake. The big changed with a touch more exotic, say, dinner at a downtown blow, though, came after R.J. Reynolds Tobacco the times, Thai restaurant followed by taking in a band at a Co. supposedly took over Nabisco. The next thing G G but the bar housed in what was once an industrial garage, we knew, Nabisco executives had staged a coup, it’s true that things have looked pretty bleak in and F. Ross Johnson was using “bucolic” as if that doughnuts Winston-Salem at times. were a bad word as he moved the company out of are still And, some days, it has felt as if the local town in 1987. economy was wobbly in the knees like a boxer That same year, we watched USAir (now hot now! who had taken one too many blows to the head. USAirways) envelop Piedmont Airlines. Its execu- But not these days. We have most of the tives brandished the word “efficiency” in a way By Kim Underwood amenities of a big city without most of the nui- that made it clear that Piedmont’s reputation for sances, and the economy is sound. Southern hospitality was of only marginal interest When I moved back to Winston-Salem in to them. Next, we pinned our hopes on Wachovia 1985–after getting out of town as quickly as as we watched it become a major national bank– I could after graduating from high school in despite having a name that newcomers invariably 1971–it was as if I were traveling back in time. pronounce wrong–only to go through the ordeal Mundane treats such as fresh bagels that I took of a “merger” that was really a takeover and that for granted in San Francisco were maddeningly sent its headquarters to Charlotte. troublesome to come by here. When people across the country started lining up And, in the years that followed, it began to under the “Hot Doughnuts Now” signs, we thought, look as if home-grown businesses were cursed “Woo-hoo! This time it’s going to be different.”

36 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Poor Krispy Kreme, it no longer looked as if appalled to discover that there was not a single, it would be building its new headquarters on the solitary Chinese restaurant to be found in all of corner of Fourth and Broad streets–where people Winston-Salem. Now, with all the foreign-cuisine used to buy their Chevrolets–after the Securities and fine-dining restaurants, you would have to go and Exchange Commission start muttering about out of your way to find something to complain accounting irregularities in 2004. about. What? No Ethiopian restaurant? Coffee afi- There have been smaller losses, too. In a blow cionados can choose among such local coffee shops particularly devastating to Wake Forest students as Chelsee’s and Sin or go with a national chain. who believe that an ice-cold mug is essential to So many old buildings are being converted enjoying a beer, the man with the into lofts and apartments and so many new ones hatchet stopped chasing the pig are being built from scratch, including one at the after the owners of Simos Barbecue Modern Chevrolet site where Krispy Kreme had big called it quits. Thank goodness, J.S. plans, that you can’t help but wonder where all Pulliam Barbecue is still around. Thank goodness, Sears gave the the people to live in them are going to come from. But, lo and behold, positive wonderful Nativity that once stood The Research Park is quickly developments were taking place at on its roof to the Children’s Home so establishing itself as a center for pioneering the same time as these reversals. we can still enjoy it at the holidays. research and product development and has put For one, Wake Forest was growing During the Dark Ages of downtown on the world’s biotechnology map. And up. Its medical center established a national Downtown came some notable missteps, such as the definition of downtown has been extended to presence on its way to becoming one of Winston- the Trade Street pedestrian mall. But by the mid- include the western edge of downtown where a Salem’s major employers. And the University 1980s, distinctly encouraging signs were emerging. new baseball stadium is planned for the Warthogs. expanded its reach in other ways as it turned Artists and others in the Sixth and Trade neighbor- In other important respects, Winston-Salem Graylyn into a conference center and took hood were putting together the beginnings of an hasn’t changed at all. Those of us who have responsibility for Reynolda House Museum of arts district. Sure, you had to squint a little when come back now appreciate traits that either we American Art. walking by the derelict buildings in between the hadn’t noticed or didn’t care about when we were Other educational and medical institutions– studios so that your fantasy of a being in a younger. Here, you can buy a house for a price including N.C. School of the Arts, Salem College, bustling big city didn’t fall apart. But it was clear that, in some cities, would get you nothing more Winston-Salem State University, Forsyth Medical that something real was going on. Today, Trade than the box a refrigerator came in. And, when Center–also matured. Reynolds came back home. Street is fully developed, and people have moved I left, I had no idea that I would one day find Wachovia kept more of a presence here than we on to fixing up buildings on Liberty Street. acres of free parking so exciting. first thought, and enough other businesses thrived In the mid-1980s, the music scene didn’t What I have come to appreciate most is how to keep the local economy on its feet. extend far beyond Baity Street where you could warm people around here are. As for downtown Winston-Salem, gone forever find such places as Ziggy’s–little more than a Really, if it weren’t for the debilitating humidity is the world familiar to those who grew up here in small house with a deck out back then. These awaiting us later this summer, we would have it made. the 1950s and ‘60s, when Sears and other major days, downtown is home to department stores shared Fourth Street with movie places such as The Garage Kim Underwood has theaters, eateries, Dewey’s bakery, and such local where music can be heard on been writing for businesses as George’s Hobby Shop. any given night. Plus, during the Winston-Salem The owner of one restaurant pegged down- the warm months, a lively down- Journal–his hometown newspaper–for twenty- town’s demise to young people starting to have town music program provides two years. You can cars of their own. Certainly, the rise of shopping three nights of music a week. also find his work at centers had much to do with it. When Sears and And the dearth of big-city www.hisdogness.com other stores left downtown for Hanes Mall when amenities is no more. A friend it opened in 1975, that was pretty much that. who moved here in 1969 was

JUNE 2007 37 Leveling the Field

by Karilon L. Rogers

Heritage Scholarship targets Wake Forest’s historic constituency.

38 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE ARSON MOSELEY COMES from That is certainly the case for Moseley. the “City of Smiles,” Greenville, “I couldn’t have come to Wake Forest CAlabama. Population 7,728. without the Heritage Scholarship,” he He grew up playing football, basket- says. “It paved the way. In fact, when ng ball, and tennis and spending time I heard that I had received it, I was with his autistic younger brother ecstatic and made the final decision to before graduating at the top of the attend Wake Forest that same day.” largest class in his school’s history— Now a rising junior, Moseley a class of forty-nine students. already has spent a summer working Moseley didn’t have the benefit of in a rural hospital and has set his advanced-placement courses or other sights on medical school. He wants “big-city” resources, as he calls them, to both treat patients and work in when he threw his hat into the ring for biomedical research. His goal is to such esteemed scholarship programs as help find the cause—and a cure— the Coca-Cola National Scholars—or for autism. when he applied to Wake Forest. Like “My brother has shaped my life cream, however, he rose to the top. as much or more than anyone,” he He landed in the elite top fifty of more explains. “Being the older brother of than 108,000 applicants nationwide for someone with autism is tough some- the Coca-Cola competition and readily times but extremely rewarding. There qualified for admission to Wake Forest. is so much research being done on But he needed financial help to attend heart disease and cancer and diseases the private university of his choosing like that, which is wonderful and —more help than even the generous needed, but society needs to put more Coca-Cola award would provide. energy and money into research for For Moseley and a total of forty- overlooked diseases like autism. We nine other deserving students over the need to find the cause of it and a cure last six years, help arrived in the form for it. It is something I’m very passion- of the Heritage Scholarship, a presti- ate about.” gious award established in 2001 with Moseley is at once very much like a $4 million gift from an anonymous and very different from the other donor. The award targets students both Heritage Scholarship winners. Like within and beyond North Carolina him, all are fine young students who who meet the profile of Wake Forest’s ranked at or near the top of their high historic constituency—young scholars school classes, according to Gauthier. from small towns and rural areas, high They also are demonstrated leaders achievers from lower- and middle- and achievers, as well as individuals income families, and those who are the with a heart for serving others. As a first in their families to attend college. group, they tend to have lofty career “The Heritage Scholarship helps aspirations and action-driven hopes to level the playing field for bright, help make the world a better place. accomplished students that fit our Their hometowns span the globe historical constituency,” says Paul from Kijabe, Kenya, to Yarmouth, , Gauthier (’93), associate director of and from Shelby, North Carolina, Heritage Scholarship recipients merit-based scholarships. “Without to Plano, Texas. They study biology, (left to right) Jessie Yates, a rising this scholarship, I have no doubt that economics, sociology, communication, junior, Matt Fredericks (’07), and many of our current students would and history, as well as international Aaron Wolcott (’07) not be here.” studies, English, philosophy, and

JUNE 2007 39 Carson Moseley, a rising junior, is focused on attending medical school and helping find a cure for autism.

special talents in some aspect of the liberal arts.” With the donor’s approval, Univer- sity officials used those specifications to establish the Heritage Scholarship as a competitive, need-based program that provides assistance to extremely bright students who cannot afford the full cost of a private higher education and who come from backgrounds mirroring the University’s traditional student base. Bill Wells (’74), director of finan- cial aid, says this type of scholarship meets a critical need at Wake Forest. The University is one of only twenty- eight need-blind institutions in the political science. Some plan to serve The University was notified of the country sharing a more realistic in African war zones, in the Peace gift by a Wall Street investment man- approach to defining a family’s ability Corps, or through Teach for America; ager, and the gift was made through to pay for college. others hope to make their mark in a transfer of stock. The donor was “We are committed to helping journalism, in working to improve described only as “someone close to every student who wants to come to health care in developing countries, the Wake Forest family for the last Wake Forest, meets our criteria, and is or like Moseley, through discovering decade.” a good match,” he says. “We want to the cause of autism. According to Bob Mills (’71, MBA ’80), bring in the very best students, regard- Their greatest common denominator associate vice president for University less of their families’ ability to pay. is the opportunity provided to them by Advancement, it is not unusual for Creating the right mix of quality stu- the Heritage Scholarship, which made the University to work with benefactors dents provides a rich experience for all.” it possible for them to attend Wake who request anonymity. However, he The challenge is great, however. Forest and pursue their passions. has never encountered or heard of a Wells explained that Wake Forest’s “The day I was accepted to Wake situation in which a gift—particularly ability to meet prospective students’ Forest was probably the greatest day of one of this magnitude—has been made financial-aid requirements with gifts my life, but the financial aid package with absolutely no one at the Univer- is one of the lowest among the private was what made it real,” says junior sity knowing its source. schools with which the University Jessie Yates, an English major. In a statement to Wake Forest at competes for students. Thus, a signifi- the time of the gift, the donor speci- cant portion of need must be met with fied that it be used for scholarships loans; average debt at graduation is The case of the anonymous donor for students who have “a record of $24,000 for those who are required to hen the Heritage Scholarship outstanding academic achievement borrow to help finance their Wake Wprogram was endowed in 2001 or potential; a high degree of intellec- Forest education. with one of the largest individual gifts tual curiosity; the enthusiasm and Anticipated debt of this magnitude in the history of Wake Forest, the courage to take advantage of a college limits the number of students who donor’s identity was a total mystery. opportunity; a sense of service and can afford to select Wake Forest, Wells And so it remains today. social responsibility; and perhaps says, as well as the career options—

40 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE and dreams—of those who do. This is anthropology at Oxford and now is for him to attend Wake Forest. He particularly true for students who hope studying for a master of science in graduated in May with a double major to go on to graduate school or who global public health. When she leaves in history and philosophy and plans feel called to professions like teaching. England in mid-July, she will attend to serve in the Peace Corps or Teach Out-of-state students also are greatly medical school at Vanderbilt University. for America before furthering his edu- affected because very limited scholar- Cook is deeply interested in the cation. His ultimate goal is to become ship dollars are available for students HIV problem in Africa as well as in the a professor. living outside of North Carolina. health of war-affected populations. She Like so many other Heritage According to Mills, that is exactly plans to serve in the developing world. Scholarship recipients, Fredericks has what makes the Heritage Scholarship Aaron Wolcott (’07) is another Heri- been heavily involved in service both so valuable. tage recipient with dreams of helping on and off campus. He explained that “Programs like the Heritage Scholar- in Africa. The son of American mis- receiving a gift like the Heritage ships allow us to reduce or eliminate sionaries, Wolcott spent his youngest Scholarship “compels us to approach those loans for the most outstanding days in Zaire. At the age of twelve, he life differently.” need-based scholarship applicants,” experienced the terror of evacuating he says, “which often makes the differ- his home overnight as his family fled A mission-critical donation ence between a student coming here the violence of civil war. They eventu- and their going to a public university.” ally settled in Uganda. oseley has one message for the The Heritage Scholarship covers up “I definitely would not be at Wake Manonymous donor: “Thank you to 75 percent of all expenses, depend- Forest if it wasn’t for the Heritage for recognizing people who come from ing on a recipient’s level of need. More Scholarship,” he says. “I treasure the small towns and people who might than $900,000 has been granted since experience of Wake Forest.” have less advantageous backgrounds.” 2001. Nineteen students received the Although he was involved in many He acknowledges that his experience scholarship this year; most students campus groups, the highlight of Wol- at Wake Forest already has changed retain the scholarship throughout their cott’s experience came when he traveled his life and helped him grow—even four years at Wake Forest. home to Uganda on a Pro Humanitate as it has made him appreciate his To this day, there still are few clues grant. The economics major spent a roots and his small-town heritage. to the anonymous donor’s identity; he summer working to establish support The program has done the same for or she has chosen to remain in the back- groups for persons diagnosed with the University. ground, preferring the limelight to fall AIDS, as well as beginning to identify “The Heritage Scholarship, as its on the scholarship’s recipients instead. microfinance ventures to help them name implies, helps Wake Forest main- There is, however, absolutely no mys- pay for needed medications and other tain its historical interest in educating tery about the great value of the gift. expenses. He graduated in May with future leaders from small towns and plans to use his degree working in an first-generation families,” Gauthier African war-zone relief effort. says. “These students feel the squeeze Scholarship dollars at work Matthew Fredericks (’07) of Mon- of the rising cost of higher education. ebecca Cook (’05), who grew up in rovia, Maryland, came close to missing Wake Forest’s commitment to this RKijabe, Kenya, is adamant that she out on his Wake Forest dream. sort of student not only acknowledges could not have attended Wake Forest “The first financial aid offer I our history, but it is also mindful of without the Heritage Scholarship and received from Wake was something our future because we recognize how other assistance. She is equally con- that my family would not have been much these students enhance and vinced that attending Wake Forest was able to do,” he says. “My Dad and will continue to enrich our academic paramount to her selection as a 2005 I got in the car and drove fourteen community.” Rhodes Scholar and the opportunity to hours to Wake Forest to meet with study at Oxford University. the financial aid office, which granted Karilon Rogers is a freelance writer The biology major and international us a last-minute appointment.” and communication consultant based studies minor already has completed Fredericks said that, in the end, the in Clemmons, North Carolina. a master of science degree in medical Heritage Scholarship made it possible

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Modest man Porter Byrum (JD ’42) remains humble about his success.

By Kerry M. King (’85)

HEN PORTER BYRUM After opening his practice more the School of Law from 1950 until W(JD ’42) RECEIVED the than fifty years ago to take whatever 1970. Although he stopped practic- School of Law’s highest honor, cases came through the door, Byrum ing law five years ago, Byrum contin- the Carroll Weathers Award, at a spent much of his career working ues to manage the shopping center law-alumni banquet last fall, he with only two clients, who not coin- from a small, nondescript basement probably would have preferred to cidentally became lifelong friends. office, decorated with the mounted be out hunting or fishing instead He traveled around the world with heads of two nine-point bucks and of wearing a suit and sitting in a one, buying and reselling airplanes. the aforementioned Russian boar fancy country club. He’s not some- He helped the other develop one of that he killed on property he owns one who likes a lot of attention Charlotte’s first shopping centers, near Charlotte. or who puts on airs. He’d just as which he later bought. He’s quick to attribute his success soon talk about the three-hundred- Byrum, 86, is only the seventh to the example set by his father, pound Russian boar he killed twenty person to receive the Weathers a Baptist minister. In 1998, he fund- years ago as his career as a highly award since it was first awarded to ed the John Thomas Byrum Scholar- successful attorney and business- and named for Carroll W. Weathers ship in the law school in memory man in Charlotte. (’22, JD ’23), who served as dean of of his father, a 1908 graduate. The

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scholarship has supported twenty- come in and thank me for what I’ve clients, Jenks Caldwell, needed some L five students since it was established. done,” he says. “I get a feeling that help to close the purchase of a govern- I F

“I know that I didn’t pay my way I’ve done something good in the ment surplus C54 fuselage, Byrum O when I went to Wake Forest,” says world. I think back to the sermons thought it sounded like a pretty good R Byrum, who, along with three of his my daddy gave years ago about being deal and put up $500 of his own P brothers, received free tuition to a good steward of what you have.” money. That was the start of his fifty- Wake Forest because his father was a Since his father had gone to Wake year association with what became minister. “Given the circumstances, Forest, it was a given that he and Charlotte Aircraft Corporation and my daddy never would have been his brothers would, too. “Daddy had his travels around the world to bro- able to have gotten four boys through one ambition in life: to college edu- ker deals to buy and sell airplanes. Wake Forest, so somebody ought to cate his five boys,” Byrum says. “He Another client from the 1950s pay back the debt. And it makes me lived to see all five of us with college would also become a longtime feel good to do that.” degrees. When I walked out of the friend. When A.V. Blankenship Byrum’s oldest brother, Paul (’34, church there in old Wake Forest, he developed Park Road Shopping LLB ’42), was a teacher in Rowland, said ‘Son, I’ve carried you as far as Center in Charlotte, the first large North Carolina, before his death in I can carry you, you’re on your own.’ shopping center in the city when it 1978. Conwell “Cliff” (’37, MD ’41) I remember looking at the diploma was built in 1956, he hired Byrum was a doctor in Raleigh, North Caro- thinking how am I going to survive.” to help with the financing arrange- lina, who died last December. David After he graduated from Wake ments. When Blankenship decided (’47, JD ’51), 88, is a retired attorney Forest into a world at war, Byrum to sell the shopping center in 1967, in Charlotte. John was the only sought a commission as an officer in he encouraged Byrum to buy it brother not to attend Wake Forest— the Army and Navy, but was turned because no one knew the workings he graduated from N.C. State and down because he is colorblind. That of the business better than he did. was an engineer and salesman for didn’t keep him from being drafted The shopping center, with a General Electric; he died in May. into the Army, and he was soon sent Harris Teeter grocery store, Great Byrum was born in Forsyth to Europe. He served with distinc- Outdoors Provisions Company, County and grew up in Wilmington tion—once pinpointing the position Blackhawk Hardware, and sixty and Edenton, North Carolina. Grow- of a German artillery battery that was other stores, celebrated its fiftieth ing up during the Depression, his pouring fire on American troops so anniversary last November. But father never had much money, so he that it could be destroyed—and Byrum, in typical fashion, skipped and his brothers learned to love the eventually received a battlefield pro- the grand celebration—he was outdoors. The boy who loved hunt- motion to lieutenant. out hunting. ing and fishing grew into the man He later served in Korea before who began buying land in the 1950s moving to Charlotte, where he hung so he’d have a place to take his out his shingle, paying $10 a month dogs out on a Saturday and hunt for a small office in the law building all day. For the last fourteen years, in downtown Charlotte. “Everybody he’s leased about 250 acres outside who knew me thought I’d fail because Huntersville, North Carolina, to I vowed I’d never work for anybody the Carolina Renaissance Festival, else,” he says, with his characteristic a medieval fair held every fall that plainspoken candor. “I wasn’t going attracts tens of thousands of visitors. to be anybody’s lackey. If I didn’t In recent years, he’s donated land have but one client a year, at least it in Union County, North Carolina, would be mine.” Byrum, at right, gets “his first taste of home… an ice cold carton of milk” after returning to near Monroe, for a church and two He soon got his first client—for the United States from Europe aboard the Queen schools, Porter Ridge Elementary a divorce case—who paid him more Mary following the end of World War II; the and High School. “It makes me feel than his new suit cost, and he was photo ran with a National Dairy ad in TIME very humble when those little kids on his way. When one of his earliest magazine in 1946.

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R the Demon Deacons and in the O classroom, as a student and an P

S instructor, and still later as a col- lege administrator. Athletic talent, teaching and administrative capa- bilities, a genuine interest in young people, a confident but self-effacing bearing, and Class, with a capital “C,” made his selection a natural. Hall of Fame executive director Reese Edwards said, “Alan and the other inductees represent the finest fabric of North Carolina sports, and he is a prime example of what the Hall is all about.” White retired in May 2006 after twenty-seven years as director of athletics at Elon while jointly serving as professor of health, physical edu- cation, and leisure. He orchestrated tremendous strides in the athletic program, including planning and renovating two gyms and adding a state-of-the-art fitness center/office complex; renovating the baseball facility (Latham Park); and con- structing the first on-campus football stadium (Rhodes Stadium). The Alan and Norma White Athletic Field was built in 2002 and named in honor of the couple’s contributions to the Hall of Famer college and community. A bell tower in the center of the athletics complex Football standout Alan White (’62) scores the ultimate touchdown. also bears his name. His football playing days were cut T WAS A LONG WAY from the six- short when he sustained two broken by Leo Derrick (’50) Iman football team in Elm City to collarbones with the professional the North Carolina Sports Hall of Edmonton team in the Canadian Fame, but Alan White (’62) made League. He was lightly recruited at the Herculean—but not especially best while competing in six-man surprising—jump with his installa- competition in small Elm City, but tion to that exalted body of athletic he attracted the attention of Wake recognition in May. Forest assistant Elmer Barbour, who The Atlantic Coast Conference’s scouted his practices and several leading rusher in 1961 and recently games. He was offered a scholarship retired athletic director at Elon Uni- without ever visiting the school and versity excelled on the gridiron for played running back and occasionally

44 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE S T cornerback on defense. Before the profile within the R two-platoon system was introduced, community, his O P

he subbed on defense for future church, and civic S professional luminary Norm Snead affairs. He currently (’61). His senior performance gar- serves on the boards nered an invitation to the Blue-Gray of Alamance Regional game in Birmingham, Alabama, and Medical Center, Ala- All-ACC and Academic All-America mance YMCA, and White is the twenty-eighth athlete recognition. Alamance Parks and with a Wake Forest background Under his leadership, Elon won Recreation, and he has to enter the North Carolina National Association of Intercolle- been president of the giate Athletics (NAIA) championships NAIA Athletic Direc- Sports Hall of Fame. He joins: in football in 1980 and ’81, golf in ’82, tors Association, Alamance Rotary, Bob Bartholomew (’57), football* and men’s tennis in ’90, in addition to and the South Atlantic Conference. Jack Murdock (’57), basketball fifty-six conference championships. After graduating from Wake Forest, football Yet with all his success at the NAIA White earned a master’s degree from Billy Ray Barnes (’57), sports information* level, White’s idea of forward move- UNC-Chapel Hill in 1964 and a doc- Marvin “Skeeter” Francis (’42), ment never wavered when he felt the torate from Mississippi State in 1973. Vic Sorrell (’28), baseball* program should move up to Division He was a teacher and coach at West Tommy Byrne (’66), baseball II status and still later to Division I. Montgomery High School in Mt. Jim Clack (’69), football* He forsook personal accolades at the Gilead and later performed those Bill Dooley, football coach lower rung of competition for what same duties at Phillips Junior High Al Dowtin (JD ’27), basketball, golf* he perceived as increased attention and Chapel Hill High School before football for the university and its athletes his first association with Elon in Jim Duncan (’49), golf coach that come from competing at a much 1964 as assistant professor of physi- Jesse Haddock (’52), more difficult level. He was NAIA cal education and assistant football Dave Harris (’46), football District Administrator of the Year coach. While pursuing doctoral work, Dickie Hemric (’55), basketball four successive years and National he was assistant football coach and Gene Hooks (’50), baseball, athletic director Administrator of the Year in 1988– part-time PE instructor at Mississippi Bones McKinney (’56), basketball coach* 89. More recently, he was named State. He came back to Elon in 1974 John “Red” O’Quinn (’49, MAEd ’50), football NCAA Southeast Region Athletic as full professor and department basketball Director of the Year in 2004–05, chair in PE and recreation, then Billy Packer (’62), golf and he is in the NAIA Hall of Fame. became athletic director in 1979. Arnold Palmer (’51), Elon was never cited for a major White met and married Norma Pat Preston (’43), football, athletic director* rules violation under his supervision. McKinney (’62) of Reidsville while Jack Stallings (’55), baseball “I never worried that Alan wasn’t both were students at Wake Forest, Jim Staton (’51), football going to do the right thing when it and they have one son, Kyle Alan Jerry Steele (’61), basketball came to our institutional values or (’88, MAEd ’94), who also played Peahead Walker, football coach the welfare of our student-athletes,” football for the Deacs. Kyle, in com- athletic director said Elon President Leo M. Lambert. mercial real estate in Garner, and Jim Weaver, New Hanover High School With typical modesty, White said wife, Amy (’90), are parents to sons Leon Brogden (’32), the key to running a clean program Tyler and Bryson. football coach* is “hiring the right personnel…the Bill Eutsler (’40), football right coaches, and recruiting the Murray Greason (JD ’26), basketball coach* right student-athletes.” * deceased With all his involvement at Elon, Leo Derrick is a media consultant and he still maintained a distinguished writer living in Asheboro, North Carolina.

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Retiring Professor of History J. Howell Smith

W AKE F OREST A LUMNI A SSOCIATION S E

President’s Column T O N S S A L

HOPE YOU HAVE MARKED YOUR CALENDARS FOR HOMECOMING, C Iwhich will be held the weekend of September 14–15. Homecoming comes just after the start of what should be another exciting football season. The largest gathering of Wake Forest alumni ever converged on the Orange Bowl in January, so let’s strive for record attendance at Homecoming 2007 to support our ACC Championship football team! To be better stewards of University resources, Homecoming brochures will be mailed only to reunion classes and members of the Half Century Club, and sent by e-mail to all other classes. Homecoming information can also be found on pages 78–80 in this magazine and at www.wfu.edu/homecoming. There will be special events for reunion classes (those classes ending in 2s and 7s), so contact your friends and classmates and make your plans now. If you are not currently receiving e-mail from Wake Forest, please update your e-mail address at www.wfu.edu/alumni. As announced this spring, Minta McNally (’74), who has been director of alumni activities and annual support since 1997, has been promoted to associ- ate vice president and director of parent and donor relations and is moving to a newly created department that will focus on parent relations. I have worked with Minta through my role on the Alumni Council and want to thank her for the outstanding work she has done on behalf of the Alumni Association. Her vision and leadership have built a world-class alumni program. She is the ideal person to develop a similar program for Wake Forest parents. A national search is underway for the next director of alumni activities (see page 62 for details). If you or someone you know is interested in leading our exceptionally strong alumni programs—which include Homecoming and other alumni activities, merchandising, and communications—please visit the Wake Forest human resources Web site for more information. The end of this month is the end of Wake Forest’s fiscal year, and that means we are in the final push to meet the College and Calloway Fund goals. Last year, our alumni were ranked nineteenth in giving among national uni- versities, according to U.S. News and World Report. It takes only 368 gifts to move our giving rank up a single percentage point. Your gift to the College or Calloway Fund, no matter the amount, helps toward that goal. Please join me and make a gift before June 30 at www.wfu.edu/alumni/giving/. Finally, it is my pleasure to turn over the presidency of the Alumni Association to Rod Webb (’92) of Raleigh. I have worked with Rod on the Alumni Council and know that he will bring vision and energy to the Alumni Association. Thank you for the honor of serving you during this past year.

Ruffin Branham (’69) Alumni Association President

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2005 47 www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 47 If you have news you would like to share, please send it to CLASSNOTES editor, Wake Forest Magazine, P.O. Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205. CLASSNOTES can be e-mailed to [email protected] or entered in an online form at www.wfu.edu/magazine/classnotes. It is important that you include your class year(s) and degree(s) with each note. The person submitting information must provide a telephone number for verification and accepts responsibility for the accuracy of the information. The deadline for CLASSNOTES is the 15th day of the month two months prior to the issue date. For example, the deadline for the September issue is July 15.

HOGEWOOD (’61, JD ’63) WHITE (’62)

1920s John Brock (’54) recently published Richard N. Everett Sr. (’62) has a book, Southern Breezes Whistle Dixie, moved to Queen Creek, AZ. Leon Pharr Spencer Sr. (’27) is 102- a commentary on Southern culture, years-old and living in Raleigh, NC. He www.southernobserver.com. Alan White (’62) is the retired director is the father of Leon Pharr Spencer Jr. of athletics at . He has (’65) and Nancy Spencer. Hervy B. Kornegay Sr. (’54, MD ’57) been inducted into the North Carolina is a physician at the Mount Olive (NC) Sports Hall of Fame (see story, page 44). Family Medical Center. He received the 1930s Lion’s Club Outstanding Senior Citizen James T. Williams Jr. (’62, JD ’66) is Award for being one of Mount Olive’s a partner with Brooks Pierce McLendon Forrest Allen Glass (’38) is a retired top civic club volunteers. Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Greens- teacher and football/baseball coach from boro, NC. He has been named one of the Hopewell,VA. When he retired in 1976, Fred Hill (’55) cheered on the Deacons top 10 North Carolina “Super Lawyers” a baseball field was named in his honor. at the Citrus Bowl in 1979 and this year in business litigation. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have been went to Jacksonville and the Orange married 61 years, and he is 92-years-old. Bowl with his daughters and grandsons. Emily Herring Wilson (’62) and art They have four daughters and 11 grand- professor Margaret Supplee Smith had children and live in Richmond,VA. James H. Hayes (’57) retired from the their book, North Carolina Women Making U.S. Army in 1982 and retired as CEO History, released in paperback (UNC William Jeffress Senter Sr. (’38, of South Texas Organ Bank in 1997. He Press, February 2007). MD ’40) turned 89 and had a fun year. is chairman of the board of directors of Three grandchildren got married, three Applied Measurement Professionals Inc. David Wheeler Allred (’63, MA ’77) graduated from college and law school, of Olathe, KS. He and his wife live in and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Lambs- and two graduated from Wake Forest, San Antonio. burg,VA. He is a housing specialist with Drew (’02, JD ’06) and Katherine (’07). CenterPoint Human Services in Winston- Martin N. Erwin (’59) is with Smith Salem and a member of the commission Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. He is on the 10-year plan to end chronic home- 1940s listed as one of Chambers USA’s “America’s lessness. Leading Business Lawyers”in employ- Douglas Carmichael McIntyre (’47) ment law. James W. Smith (’63) is retired after has been elected president of the resi- 34 years with Schering Plough Corp. in dents council and to the board of trustees Kenilworth, NJ. of Wesley Pines Retirement Community 1960s in Lumberton, NC. He is also on the C. Ben Williamson (’63) is a retired board of trustees of United Methodist Ashley L. Hogewood Jr. (’61, JD ’63) professor and chair of the health, Retirement Homes. is with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein leisure and sports department at the LLP in Charlotte, NC. He was recognized University of West Florida, Pensacola. as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer”by He has an endowed scholarship named 1950s Law & Politics in real estate law. in his honor.

Robert C. Lewis (’51) published his Larry B. Sitton (’61, JD ’64) is with John J. Gaskill Jr. (’64) retired in 1998 first book, According to Sam (Publish Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. after 26 years as a special agent with the America). He has been named to Chambers USA’s FBI. He was ordained a deacon in the “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” Episcopal Church in 2006 and is working in litigation and named one of North with individuals with severe mental ill- Carolina’s “Super Lawyers”in business nesses, their families and caregivers. He litigation. and his wife, Donna, live in Beaufort, NC.

48 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Bill Brettschneider (’72) is with Orbital Sciences of Columbia, MD, working from his home. He and his wife, Tammie, live in Fleetwood, NC. His daughter, Leslie, is in college and children Olivia and Joshua are in ele- mentary school.

WILLIAMS (’62, JD ’66) MCGINN (’64, JD ’67) NORMAN (’66) HIBBERT (’70, JD ’72) William Davis Waters (MA ’72) retired after 34 years with the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. He received the N.C. Governor’s Order of M. Daniel McGinn (’64, JD ’67) M. Jay DeVaney (’69, JD ’71) prac- the Long Leaf Pine Award. is with Brooks Pierce McLendon Hum- tices commercial real estate law and phrey & Leonard LLP in Greensboro, land-use litigation with Nexsen Pruet Howard L. Williams (JD ’72) is with NC. He has been named one of North Adams Kleemeier PLLC in Greensboro, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Carolina’s “Super Lawyers”in employ- NC. He has been named one of North Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC. He ment and labor law. Carolina’s “Super Lawyers” by Law & has been named one of North Carolina’s Politics. “Super Lawyers”in business/corporate Brenda C. Blackwelder (MD ’65) law. retired from teaching in 2003 and pur- Gregg J. Smolenski (’69) is president sued her passion of ballroom dancing. emeritus of the Association of Investment Catharine B. Arrowood (’73, JD ’76) She competed in the first World Pro-Am Management Sales Executives. He lives is with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Championship in Buenos Aires, Argen- in Scottsdale, AZ. LLP in Raleigh, NC. She was recognized tina, and won second place with her as a Top 50 Female North Carolina instructor in the rhythm division for “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics in age 50 and over. 1970s business litigation and named one of the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers J. Donald Cowan Jr. (’65, JD ’68) is Stan Gryskiewicz (MA ’70) retired in America.” with Smith Moore LLP in Raleigh, NC. after 35 years from the Center for Business North Carolina’s Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. He is one of Lawrence N. “Chip” Holden (’73) “Legal Elite”in antitrust law and is listed The Positive Turbulence Fund was estab- is with Holden Mickey & Mickey Inc. as one of Chambers USA’s “America’s lished by the Center to honor and con- in Winston-Salem. He has been recog- Leading Business Lawyers”in litigation. tinue his legacy. Among his books and nized as a leader in production with He has also been named one of the top publications are Positive Turbulence (1999) MassMutual Financial Group. ten North Carolina “Super Lawyers” in and Making Creativity Practical (2003). business litigation. Stephen D. Poe (’73) is with Bell Davis Robert Hannah (JD ’70) is deputy & Pitt PA in Winston-Salem and an Gerard H. Davidson Jr. (’65, JD ’68) attorney general and chief counsel in adjunct professor at the Wake Forest is with Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro, Florida’s attorney general’s office in School of Law. He has been named to the NC. He has been named one of North Tallahassee. board of advisors for the UNC School of Carolina’s “Super Lawyers” in class Law Center for Banking and Finance. action and mass torts law. Carl W. Hibbert (’70, JD ’72) is with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Raleigh, NC. Edward “Ted” Waller (’73) and his Ross Griffith (’65) and Betty He was recognized as a North Carolina daughter, Susanna, reached the summit Turnage Griffith (’66) are proud “Super Lawyer” in estate planning and of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, at of their new grandbaby, Josephine probate law. 19,342 feet. Elizabeth Carter, born 1/20/07 in Los Angeles. John A. Hyatt (’70) is a research pro- Peggy Welch Williams (’73) retired fessor of chemistry at East Tennessee from the U.S. District Court after serving Thomas E. Norman (’66) was named State University in Johnson City. He 33 years with the federal government. Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser for retired as a research fellow from East- She is the development coordinator 2006 by the Charlotte Chapter of the man Chemical Co. at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Char- Association of Fundraising Professionals. lottesville,VA. Her husband, J. Page He is president of the Foundation for Mark Planting (’71) retired as a senior Williams (’73), is a partner and prac- Central Piedmont Community College. economist from the U.S. Bureau of Eco- tices real estate law at Feil Pettit & nomic Analysis in Washington. He and Williams PLLC. He is on the Virginia Ellen Bouldin Moore (’68) is man- his wife, Caroline, moved to Taos, NM. State Bar Council. aging director of Coldwell Banker Commercial Triad Realtors in Winston- Salem.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 49 WILLIAMS (JD ’72) ARROWOOD (’73, JD ’76) HOLDEN (’73) PERKINSON (JD ’74) COSPER (JD ’75) MALMO (’75, MBA ’79)

Robert C. Carpenter (MA ’74) is Thomas Hill Davis Jr. (JD ’76) is Joslin Davis (JD ’77) is one of Business principal at Forestview High School in on the board of directors for the Wake North Carolina’s “Legal Elite”and has Gastonia, NC. He presented a paper, County Bar Assoc. and the 10th Judicial been named a North Carolina “Super “The Augsburg Confession War: District Bar. He is a partner with Poyner Lawyer”in family law. She is a share- Lutheran Confessional Beliefs, Rev. & Spruill LLP in Raleigh, NC, and has holder of Davis & Harwell PA in David Henkel, and Creation of the been named a North Carolina “Super Winston-Salem. Tennessee Synod,”at the Lutheran Lawyer”by Law & Politics and Charlotte Historical Conference. magazines. Jack H. Derrick (JD ’77) has retired as senior counsel for Carolina Telephone Jane Warfford Handly (MA ’74) Jim Jenkins (’76) has been with and Telegraph Co., Central Telephone delivered the commencement address at Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. for 30 Co. and other Embarq Corporation Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, NC, years and serves as head of Corporate companies in North and . where she was a 1967 graduate. She has Alliance in Greensboro, NC. He is presi- He and his wife, Dagmar, live in Wake been a professional speaker on service dent of the Mid America Crop Life Forest, NC. quality and personal development for Assoc. He and his wife, Pamela, live in 25 years and is in the Speakers Hall of West Des Moines, IA. They have three David N. Farr (’77) is chairman, CEO Fame. She has authored two books, The children, Susan Hooks Jenkins (’03), and president of Emerson Electric Co. in Life Plus Program for Getting Unstuck James W. Jenkins III (’05) and John, St. Louis. He has been named the 2007 (Rawson & Assoc.) and Why Women a sophomore at . campaign chair of the United Way of Worry and How to Stop (Prentice Hall). Greater St. Louis. Denise Williams Koch (’76) lives in Ron Perkinson (JD ’74) has a practice, Williamsburg,VA, where she is chairing Sallie M.H. Kellems (JD ’77) enjoyed Perkinson Mediations, in Sanford, NC. the Williamsburg–James City County taking her granddaughter, Kaitlyn, to He has been named one of “The Best School Board. South America last year and is looking Lawyers in America”for alternative dis- forward to taking her grandson, Jack, pute resolution. Dan Taylor (JD ’76) is with Kilpatrick to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands Stockton LLP in Winston-Salem. He was this year. Harvey L. Cosper Jr. (JD ’75) is with recognized as a North Carolina “Super Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in Lawyer”in business litigation. Curtis Strange (’77) has been voted Charlotte, NC. He was recognized as a into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He North Carolina “Super Lawyer”by Law & A. Grant Whitney Jr. (’76, JD ’79) is won 17 PGA tournaments and the U.S. Politics for personal injury defense, medical. with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP Open in 1988 and 1989. in Charlotte, NC. He was recognized as a Deborah Malmo (’75, MBA ’79) is a North Carolina “Super Lawyer”by Law & John Nelms (’78) is in his 30th year broker with Prudential Carolinas Realty Politics for real estate law. with State Farm Insurance Co. As an in the Winston-Salem Oakwood office. agent for 26 years, he has qualified for Stephen R. Briggs (’77) was inaugu- his 24th Life Insurance Sales Achieve- Roland H. Bauer (’76) is president and rated as the eighth president of Berry ment Travel Award. He and his wife, CEO of The Cypress Companies Inc., College in Rome, GA. The keynote Debbie, will be going on a Mediter- which includes one distribution and five address was delivered by Debbie Best ranean cruise. manufacturing businesses. He was (’70, MA ’72), dean of the college and appointed to the board of trustees of The William L. Poteat professor of psychology Ruth Ellen Werner (MBA ’78) appre- University of Akron. He and his wife at Wake Forest. He and his wife, Brenda ciates support from fellow alumni in have three daughters and live in Silver Morgan Briggs (’78), have three returning to her career after recovering Lake, OH. daughters, Morgan, Meredith and from a temporary disability. She lives in Maddy. San Francisco.

50 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE TAYLOR (JD ’76) WHITNEY (’76, JD ’79) DAVIS (JD ’77) FARR (’77) NELMS (’78) BERLIN (’81, JD ’84)

Christine “Christy” L. Myatt (’79, John Capps (’81) is with Caromont David C. Smith (’81, JD ’84) is with JD ’82) practices bankruptcy, creditors’ Internal Medicine, a primary-care prac- Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Winston- rights and workouts with Nexsen Pruet tice with four other doctors in Gastonia, Salem. He was recognized as a North Adams Kleemeier PLLC in Greensboro, NC. He has two children, Samantha (16) Carolina “Super Lawyer”in business NC. She is one of North Carolina’s “Top and Stewart (13). He reports he has suc- litigation. 50 Female Super Lawyers” in Law & cessfully battled testicular cancer with Politics. surgery and chemotherapy. Andrew J. Sterge (’81) is CEO of A.J. Sterge LP, a hedge fund investing in Johnny L. Dawkins (’81) is president reinsurance risks. He was profiled in 1980s of the N.C. Assoc. of Health Under- How I Became a Quant (J.Wiley & Sons). writers. He is a partner/broker with Neal Brown III (’80) completed his Ebenconcepts Inc. in Fayetteville, NC. Robert L. Wilson Jr. (JD ’81) is with PhD in education administration at His wife, Donna Palmer Dawkins Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. Indiana State University. (’84), is pursuing her master’s in He has been named a North Carolina accounting at N.C. State University. “Super Lawyer”in health care law. Carole W. Bruce (JD ’80) is with They have two children, Jay and Jill. Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. Cynthia Collins Allner (JD ’82) is She has been named one of Business David A. Senter (’81, JD ’84) prac- a partner at Miles & Stockbridge PC in North Carolina’s “Legal Elite”in tax and tices construction and surety, commercial Baltimore, MD. She has been elected estate planning and one of North litigation and commercial collections chairwoman of the board of directors for Carolina’s “Super Lawyers”in tax law. with Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s PLLC in Greensboro, NC. He has been Baltimore office. Kimberley Coiner Hempen (’80) named one of North Carolina’s “Super teaches English literature at a private Lawyers” by Law & Politics. school in Marietta, GA. She and her husband, Ryan, have two sons, Jacob and Arthur. Jacob is a sophomore and one of the Deacon mascots. Fall Weekends 2007 Kevin Nelson (’80) is a partner with Huddleston Bolen LLP in Charleston, (and Thursday nights, too!) WV, practicing employment law and general litigation. He is coach of the Saturday, September 8 Wake Forest vs. football game Charleston Catholic High School girl’s President’s Weekend soccer team and was named the 2006 Saturday, September 15 Wake Forest vs. Army football game West Virginia Region III Girl’s Coach of Homecoming the Year. Saturday, September 22 Wake Forest vs. Maryland football game Linda Stowe Nelson (’80, MAEd ’91) has been appointed executive director Thursday, October 11 Wake Forest vs. Florida State football game for the N.C. Assoc. of Independent Schools. Saturday, October 27 Wake Forest vs. UNC football game Family Weekend Stephen R. Berlin (’81, JD ’84) is with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Winston- Saturday, November 17 Wake Forest vs. NC State football game Salem. He was recognized as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer”in environ- Details about Homecoming and President’s Weekend will be available on the Alumni Web mental law. site (www.wfu.edu/alumni) later in the summer; details about Family Weekend will be available on the Student Union Web site (http://su.wfu.edu/) later in the summer.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 51 SMITH (’81, JD ’84) ALLNER (JD ’82) JOYNER (JD ’82) WILSON (JD ’82) BRIDGES (’83) FOX (JD ’83)

Jennifer Early Calvert (’82) pub- the Oval Office for receiving the 2006-07 E. William “Bill” Kratt (’84, JD ’87) lished a book, BFFs: Best Friends Forever, National Distinguished Principal Award practices estate planning and probate a fictional novel following a group of from the Virginia Assoc. of Elementary law with Herring McBennett Mills & teenagers from middle school to adult- School Principals. Kratt PLLC in Raleigh, NC. He was elect- hood. She contributed “Memories of My ed a Fellow of the American College of Mother”and “How I Met My True Love” Margaret Shea Burnham (JD ’83) Trust and Estate Counsel. to two anthologies (Xulon Press). practices commercial real estate and litigation with Nexsen Pruet Adams Jennifer Mills (’84) left The Golf Tom Heavey (’82) has been named Kleemeier PLLC in Greensboro, NC. She Channel to freelance and spend more a managing partner of Grossman & is on the list of North Carolina’s “Top 50 time with her family. She teaches fourth- Heavey, specializing in litigation, in Female Super Lawyers” in Law & Politics. grade English and spelling part-time. Bricktown, NJ. She covered interviews at the Masters Sarah Wesley Fox (JD ’83) is with for Augusta National and NBC Sports Maria Henson (’82) received the Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Raleigh, NC. and is a spokesperson for The Cliffs Mary Morgan Hewitt Award for her She was recognized as a North Carolina Communities in the Carolinas. contributions to journalism and a “Super Lawyer”in employment and Jefferson Fellowship through the East- labor law. Ralph O. Mueller (’84) is a professor West Center in Honolulu. She will of educational research, public policy study globalization in China and India. Sharon Taylor Oliverio (’83) is and public administration at The George operations manager at Smith Optics. Washington University in Washington. Gary K. Joyner (JD ’82) is with She and her husband, Tom, and children, He has been named an American Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Raleigh, NC. Francesca (8) and Jack (5), live in Sun Council on Education Fellow for the He was recognized as a North Carolina Valley, ID. 2007-08 academic year. “Super Lawyer”in real estate law. Mickey L. Smith (’83, MBA ’91) is a Jim W. Phillips Jr. (JD ’84) is with Nancy Borders Paschall (’82, JD ’85) certified financial planner and an inde- Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & is a partner/attorney with Mullen pendent financial advisor with Securities Leonard LLP in Greensboro, NC. He Holland & Cooper PA in Gastonia, NC. America Advisors Inc. in Winston-Salem. has been named a North Carolina She received the 2006 ATHENA Award “Super Lawyer”in business litigation. from Citizens South Bank and The Laura Carlan Battle (JD ’84) is Gaston Chamber of Commerce. a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Judge Richard C. Price (MBA ’85) is senior Advocate General’s Corps. She is a staff vice president of finance for Fruit of the Doris Walters (MA ’82) published a judge advocate at Lackland AFB, TX, Loom. He and his wife, Pat, have two book, The Untold Story: Missionary Kids specializing in environmental and children, Lauren and Richard. They live Speak From the Ends of the Earth (Chapel criminal law. in Atlanta. Hill Press Inc., March 2007). Jennifer Dolby (’84, MD ’89) is a Christopher L. White (’85) is general Jill R. Wilson (JD ’82) is with Brooks pediatrician in a practice associated counsel, executive vice president and Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard with Children’s Hospital of San Diego. secretary of AdvaMed of Cambridge, LLP in Greensboro, NC. She has been MA. He was the first recipient of the named a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” Brian A. Gallagher (JD ’84) lives in PricewaterhouseCoopers Award for in education law. Camp Hill, PA. He had a chapter,“HIPAA Leadership in the Advancement of Ethics Privacy in the Pharmacy,”published in in the Medical Device Industry. Susan Hockstetler Bridges (’83) is the Pharmacy Law Desk Reference. principal of A.G. Richardson Elementary Randall D. Avram (JD ’86) is with School in Culpeper,VA. She was recog- Walter C. Holton Jr. (JD ’84) opened Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Raleigh, NC. nized by President George W. Bush in a law office in Winston-Salem, practicing He was recognized as a North Carolina personal injury, wrongful death and “Super Lawyer”in employment and worker’s compensation. His wife, Lynne, labor law. handles real-estate closings in his office.

52 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE BATTLE (JD ’84) KRATT (’84, JD ’87) PHILLIPS (JD ’84) WHITE (’85) AVRAM (JD ’86) PITKIN (JD ’86)

James D. “Bert” Concepcion (JD ’86) is with the U.S. Army stationed in Tikrit, Iraq. He is the command judge advocate for the 105th Engineer Group (Combat) National Guard unit from Winston-Salem.

Bobby Ray Gordon (JD ’86) is a humanitarian operations advisor at the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Honolulu. He completed the civil-military coordination staff course conducted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Switzerland.

Rob Pitkin (JD ’86) has been named chairman of the Heart of America Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. He practices construction law and commercial litigation with Levy & Craig in Kansas City, KS.

Kimberly H. Stogner (’86, JD ’94) has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates The Start of Something Big Counsel. She is with Vaughn Perkinson As graduates often hear, Ehlinger Moxley & Stogner in Winston- receiving a degree is a time to dream big. Salem and has been named one of the “Top 50 Female Lawyers”in North Over nearly 35 years, Wake Forest’s Babcock School has helped Carolina by Law & Politics. more than 6,000 graduates pursue their professional dreams, whether that has meant managing the sizable risks of an entrepreneurial start-up, tackling major projects for Mark Cundiff (’87) is area general a growing business or leading in a corporate environment. manager with Caraustar, a manufacturer and converter of recycled paper prod- Learn more about how our programs can help you realize ucts, in Austell, GA. He has been there 16 your career dreams at www.mba.wfu.edu. years. He lives in Douglasville, GA, with his wife and two sons, Elijah (6) and Ethan (4).

Martha Greene Eads (’87, MA ’93) is professor of English at Eastern Men- nonite University in Harrisonburg,VA. The Babcock School has been ranked among the top business schools in the world in each of the five major business school rankings - Allen Frommelt (’87) is director of Business Week, Forbes, Financial Times, population analysis and measurement U.S. News & World Report and The Wall Street Journal. for Cardium Health, a disease manage- ment organization, based in Farmington, CT.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 53 Master of Education Sylvia Rousseau (’68) is promoter of education in and out of the classroom.

By Scott Holter

OR FOUR DECADES, In 2000, after seven years as principal at Santa Ffrom East Coast Monica High School—where she raised academic to West Coast, in high expectations and reduced the dropout rate by 8 schools and colleges, as percent—she was appointed superintendent for teacher, principal, and Los Angeles Unified School District 7. There she superintendent, Sylvia watched over eight districts and 82,000 students Rousseau (’68) has in South Los Angeles. been an ardent advocate While her resume also has included stints for education. At a time at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA, when she could be retir- Rousseau derives her passion from the public ing, she instead has just school system. “The problem with public schools entered her second year is the attitude that people have about public Rousseau as a teacher in the University of Southern Cali- schools,” she says. “Public education is still the fornia’s esteemed Rossier School. pillar of a democratic society, and alternatives are Her lifetime passion for education was ignited the detriment of that society. If we don’t take care long ago. A native of Cincinnati, Rousseau was of public education, it hurts our future.” studying French at the University of Cincinnati At USC, she is having a large impact on others when she married a pastor and they soon moved who will serve as she has. “Faculty teaching faculty,” to North Carolina. Rousseau appreciated the inti- she calls it, classrooms made up of teachers, school mate environment she found at her new school— administrators, physicians, assistant deans, and Wake Forest. “I appreciated the smaller environ- community college instructors in pursuit of a doc- ment and that the professors were very engaged tor of education. “They’re all either seeking to go in making sure students had a rich experience,” to the next level or get better at what they do.” she recalls. “A few of them lived near campus, Her latest classroom is a great distance from and on Saturday nights we would go to their Winston-Salem and Kokomo and Cincinnati and homes for great conversations.” Washington, D.C. It’s poles apart from the posi- She became the first African-American woman tion of principal or superintendent or high-school to graduate—with a major in English and a minor English teacher. But like all of those jobs in all of in education—from Wake Forest. Her first stop those faraway places, it’s all in the name of educa- after graduation was in Kokomo, Indiana, where tion. And that’s what keeps her from even consid- she was a high-school English teacher at a school ering retiring. with one black student and one black teacher “I have such a passion that I ache over the (herself). Then came four years in Cincinnati neglect that some children experience in the where she was hired after the merger of an all- denial of their birthright to education,” she says. black high school and a mostly white high school. “Chiefly, I speak of children of color and those But being a pastor’s wife meant life was all from poor families. I want to help this nation con- about change. Just as she began to find her niche tinue to realize the treasures we have in public at one school, it seemed it was time to move to education and continue to demonstrate what can another. After Cincinnati, it was on to the nation’s be done. I feel like I have a debt to pay.” capital for four years, and finally to Los Angeles, where Rousseau has made her home since 1978. Scott Holter is a freelance writer based in Seattle.

54 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE STOGNER (’86, JD ’94) HAIR (’87) MALMO (MBA ’87) MCDOUGAL (JD ’87) WYATT (JD ’87) IOPPOLO (’88)

Beatrice Dombrowski Hair (’87) C. Douglas Maynard Jr. (JD ’88) is 1991 has franchised the Salisbury Tutoring with Maynard & Harris PLLC in Winston- Academy Ltd. specializing in one-on- Salem. He has been elected secretary to Carl Harnett King is a United one tutoring and teaching parents to the board of directors of the litigation Methodist pastor in Columbia, SC. help their children. She published a section of the N.C. Bar Assoc. and has book, ADHD in the Classroom: A Powerful, been reappointed to the education, leg- W. Curt LaFrance is the director of Practical Solution, and was a keynote islative and legal affairs committees of neuropsychiatry at Hospital speaker for the National Tutoring Assoc. the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers. and an assistant professor of neurology Convention. and psychiatry (research) at Brown Janice C. Telfer (’88) is an assistant Medical School in Providence, RI. He Gerald M. Malmo III (MBA ’87) is professor in the Department of Veterinary has been included in the 2007 editions with Holden Mickey & Mickey Inc. in & Animal Sciences at the University of of Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who Winston-Salem. He has been recognized Massachusetts Amherst. She received of Emerging Leaders. as a leader in production with Mass- two grants for work on gene regulation Mutual Financial Group. in bone-marrow stem cells and more Christopher Nichols (JD ’94) is the mature cells of the immune system. founding partner of Nichols Law Firm in Gregg E. McDougal (JD ’87) is with Raleigh, NC. He edited and co-authored Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Raleigh, NC. W. Neil Avent (’89) is in his second a book, North Carolina Personal Injury Liens He was recognized as a North Carolina year as a Major League Baseball scout Manual (LexisNexis). “Super Lawyer”in business litigation. for the Oakland A’s. He and his wife, Christy, live in Greensboro, NC. Mark Seifert received his PhD in Frank B. “Burk” Wyatt II (JD ’87) anthropology from Brandeis University is senior vice president, general counsel Carol D. Conrad (’89) is a vice presi- in Waltham, MA. and secretary of CommScope in Hickory, dent and benefits administration man- NC. He has been elected to the board ager with BB&T in Winston-Salem. Carolyn Repp Stikeleather and her of directors of the N.C. Technology husband, Jeff, live in Cary, NC. She is a Assoc. and named one of Business North Jay Solomon Daughtry (’89) is stay-at-home mom for their three children, Carolina’s “Legal Elite”in the corporate president of Retirement Relocation, Ryan (7), Matthew (5) and Nathan (3). counsel area. a consulting firm in Potomac Falls,VA.

Kelli Chase Clark (’88) and her hus- Anne Pollard Haywood (’89) is with 1992 band, Perry, purchased Allegra Print & National Geographic in Washington, D.C. Imaging, a commercial printing com- Frank S. Castor has been elected pany, in Winston-Salem. County Court Judge in the 15th judicial 1990 circuit in West Palm Beach, FL. He Greg Conforti (JD ’88) is the 2007–08 reports he is the youngest judge in Palm chair of the transportation practice group David Wayne Johnson Jr. (JD) is Beach County. for the American Law Firm Assoc. writing and producing a documentary about instrumental music education and Thomas C. Caves Jr. is special assis- Frank S. Ioppolo Jr. (’88) is a share- marching bands. He lives in Los Angeles. tant to the Secretary of the N.C. Depart- holder practicing corporate and securi- ment of Crime Control and Public Safety ties with Greenberg Traurig in Orlando. Daniel O. Kennedy (JD) is in-house in Raleigh. He is chairman of the board of directors general counsel for RLI Corp. in Peoria, of the Seminole County Regional IL. His wife, Cynthia Davis Kennedy Blaine Clotfelter is a consultant devel- Chamber of Commerce and the Semi- (JD ’91), is with Powell Goldstein Frazer oping the executive benefits practices nole Community College Foundation. & Mur in Atlanta and works from home. with Clarity Benefits Consulting in Atlanta.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 55 Daniel Geijer and his wife, Allison, Brian Rudel teaches fourth grade at Ken Sevensky (MS) and Kristin continue to work in humanitarian aid Julian Gibson Elementary School in Hatcher Sevensky (MS ’95) have and development in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Winston-Salem. He received his National their own business, Gum Ridge Mill and They are relocating to Thailand. Board Certification through the National Flying Pig Furniture, in Fleetwood, NC. Board of Professional Teaching Stan- They handcraft reclaimed wood from John T. “Jack” Gilbertson (JD) is dards. He and his wife, Sheri, have two the N.C. mountains into custom furni- with the life sciences and health care sons, Connor (6) and Mason (4). ture, floors, etc. They were featured in regulatory practice of Deloitte & Touche the March 2007 issue of Southern Living LLP in Los Angeles. Phyllis Stump (MALS) started a new magazine. career as a playwright, poet and per- Melissa Tuttle (MBA ’02) is director former after retiring from the Thomas- David M. Smith (MA) is executive of store projects and business process ville (NC) city schools. She has spent director of The Summit Counseling management at Lowe’s Home Improve- several years researching and writing Center in Alpharetta, GA. ment. She lives in Huntersville, NC. about the life of a legendary midwife in Virginia, Orlena Hawks Puckett (1839– Rachel Kuhn Stinehelfer is academic 1939), who delivered more than 1,000 personnel librarian at N.C. State Univer- 1993 babies, without losing a mother or child, sity Libraries, managing recruitment for in spite of having 24 pregnancies herself librarians and professional staff. Lisa Angel (JD) practices family law without a surviving child. She has per- at Rosen Law Firm in Raleigh, NC. She formed a monologue on Puckett more has been named one of Business North than 40 times, including performances 1995 Carolina’s “Legal Elite.” She is a member sponsored by the Friends of the Blue of the board of directors of the Wake Ridge Parkway and the National Park Africa D. Alston (JD ’98) is a lead con- County Bar Assoc. and the Council of Service. Recently she published her sultant, litigation support services, with the Family Law Section of the N.C. Bar second book of poetry: Walking the FirmLogic LLC in Winston-Salem. Assoc. Gunnysack Trail: A Mountain Journey, as an indirect tribute to Puckett. Duane A. Danner completed certifica- Kimberly Anderson Betz is in-house tion with the National Assoc. of Certified counsel with INVISTA S.a.r.l., a sub- Allison Overbay Van Laningham Valuation Analysts. He is CFO with sidiary of Koch Industries. She and her (JD ’96) is with Smith Moore LLP in Johnson’s Modern Electric Co. Inc. He husband, Pete, have a son, Alex (3), and Greensboro, NC. She has been named and his wife, Jennifer, live in Clemmons, are expecting a daughter. one of North Carolina’s Top 50 Women NC, with their daughter, Norah. “Super Lawyers”in civil litigation Eric H. Biesecker is a partner of defense law. Chad Davis is a real estate developer Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier PLLC and president of East Coast Capital Inc. in Greensboro, NC. He has been based in Winston-Salem. appointed counsel of the Triad Chapter 1994 of the American Subcontractors Assoc. Jenny Lynn Hinson is a stay-at-home of the Carolinas. Patricia Clinard Alfing teaches mom while in Cambridge, England, with an online course at Forsyth Technical her husband, Kevin Taylor (’94), who William E. Burton III (JD) is with Community College in Winston-Salem. is pursuing a PhD in theology. At home Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. She lives in Chesapeake,VA. in Albemarle, NC, she is an ER physician. He is one of Business North Carolina’s They have a son, Cameron (1). “Legal Elite”in environmental law. Shannon Zazworsky Collins is a stay-at-home mom. She and her hus- Nathan A. Jones (MBA ’06) is presi- Albert Cedric Calhoun has been band, Randy, have two children, Grace dent of Salem Benefits Group Inc., an named executive director of the Elizabeth (6) and Dominic (1 1/2). They employee benefits consulting firm, in Academy of Certified Hazardous live in San Francisco. Winston-Salem. Materials Managers, headquartered in Bethesda, MD. Hope Austin Laingen received the Jeanie Marklin Reynolds received Dorothy M. Flatley Award for outstand- her PhD in curriculum and instruction Heather Sager Fedeli is a partner of ing service to Navy families. with an emphasis on literacy and urban Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in its San education from UNC-Charlotte. She is Francisco employment law group. Ian Mayville has been with Ameriprise director of English education at UNC- Financial Services Inc. in Boca Raton, FL, Greensboro. for 10 years and is working on his CFA charter.

56 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Just grand! Elizabeth Holmes (MALS ’07) raises funds for piano at Casa Artom.

By Karilon L. Rogers

HERE IS MUSIC EVERYWHERE,” a Frenchman Tis reported to have said in the 1600s about Venice. “In every home, someone is playing a musical instrument or singing.” Once known as the Republic of Music and rec- ognized as the birthplace of opera, Venice today remains a magical city of music, as well as of art and architecture. It is just the type of place where Wake Forest students should go to immerse them- Elizabeth Holmes selves in history and culture—and they do. The and Professor of University has owned Casa Artom on Venice’s storied Music Peter Kairoff Grand Canal since 1971, and more than 1,100 students have studied in the stately 1820s palazzo After talking with the fundraising office at Wake that once was the American consulate. Forest, I started smiling and dialing. I called But something has been missing. “We thought people I knew had an interest in music and in it would be nice to have a grand piano,” said Pro- the University. I began raising the money in May, fessor of Music Peter Kairoff, who also is coordi- and it was in the bank by December.” nator of the Venice program and a noted concert Kairoff selected a grand piano and installed it pianist with an international reputation. “But our in Casa Artom in February 2006. “The piano cer- budget was stretched thin. It seemed like an extrav- tainly gives a splendid touch of elegance—a layer agance when we were trying to pay the bills.” of sophistication and culture—to a room that Enter Elizabeth Holmes (MALS ’07), who was looks out over the Grand Canal,” he said. “It gives born into a family of musicians. Holmes studied us the opportunity to have wonderful music in the with Kairoff at Casa Artom in the spring of 2005 city that is the home of so much wonderful music. and returned home with a piano plan in mind. For I’m so grateful to Elizabeth and to all people like her, beautiful music was a necessity, not a luxury. her for their ongoing support of the house. We “Casa Artom is a jewel in the University’s crown,” couldn’t do it without them.” she said. “It is an incredible building that is cen- The piano debuted at an informal surprise trally located—you can walk just about anywhere concert for Casa Artom students by a Venetian you want to go. Casa Artom is superb; Venice is opera singer. It continues to get much play for extraordinary. But something important was miss- pleasure, as well as being pressed into service for ing. Musical history goes back centuries in Venice. more formal concerts, such as one played by It is an important part of the culture. I thought Kairoff for President and Mrs. Nathan O. Hatch the house just cried out for a grand piano.” when they visited. When Holmes discovered, in talking with Holmes, who graduated in May, found great joy Kairoff, that the only thing standing between simply in following her passion—for Venice and Casa Artom and the music she cherished was the Casa Artom, as well as for Wake Forest and music. cost of a grand piano, she put a plan into action “Music has always played an important role in immediately upon her return to the States. my life,” she said. “I am delighted that Casa Artom “I told my husband that I was going to raise now has a piano, and it is my hope that in the $26,000 for a grand piano for Casa Artom,” Holmes coming years it will serve to enhance the visits of said, “and he said, ‘You’re going to do what?!’ Wake Forest faculty, students, alumni, and guests.”

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 57 Mindstorms Taylor Arnold (’94, JD ’05) follows his muse into N O the creative world of S R E K

independent inventors. R A P T T O

By Scott Holter C S Y B S O T O H P

N AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY WAREHOUSE IN Controlled Mindstorms does not help to foster IDurham, North Carolina, L. Taylor Arnold’s the ideas of inventors, choosing instead to get business markets and sells, among other items, a behind a product that is already in production. color-changing gel ball, a throwing toy that’s part “We do not serve the role of invention broker, but boomerang and part baseball, and a gadget that focus on what we know and how we can help on allows the user to play a multitude of games just the back end,” Arnold says. “The invention pro- off the tip of his nose. cess is a difficult one, because after the idea and Hawking products with names like the Yackle the patent, you have to sell it.” Ball, the DogGone Opener, and the AirZooka It’s no coincidence that the 34-year-old Arnold Keychain, Controlled Mindstorms Inc. comes created such a format to assist inventors. Nearly across as an online resource for pop culture toys a quarter of a century ago, as a fourth-grader, he and unique gifts. But Arnold (’94, JD ’05), its concocted a robot that walked around and enter- president, who earned history and law degrees tained his classmates and teacher. “I guess you from Wake Forest, says his product design and can say that I’ve always been cursed with finding development company is more about the inventor everything interesting,” he admits. “As a child I of the products than the products themselves. would spend my summer vacations holed up in “Our focus,” Arnold says, “is to shine a light my room just making things.” upon independent inventors—to give them credit Arnold grew up in Kansas, but relocated to for their hard work while giving the consumer Matthews, North Carolina, just before high some idea of what genius lurks behind (the inven- school. His ingenious and inventive wit peaked tors’) every day commodities.” in those high school years when he built a small

58 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE hovercraft out of vacuum cleaner motors, plywood, and a shower curtain. But he had other interests, including history, biology, and industrial design, when he went look- ing for a college. “I had already moved enough so I didn’t have the same urge to leave the state as others,” Arnold remembers. “I wanted something intimate, but with a reputation that preceded it. All it took was one loop around the Quad, and I was hooked.” By the time he left Winston-Salem with an undergraduate degree, Arnold recalls being “more interested in following my muse than thinking Taylor Arnold: shining a light on inventors of a practical application for it,” which led him straight into courses at N.C. State University in Raleigh. But two years chest of extraordinary and eccentric products, into that process, Arnold got the chance to lead a including the Yackleball, a soft, X-shaped throw- student team that specialized in toy design.“The ing toy that Arnold says is “easier to catch than a germ,” he says, “of where Controlled Mindstorms ball, but throws farther than a Frisbee,” and the began.” His company was incorporated in 1999. itoPad, which goes under a laptop, keeping heat Early on, the firm was used mostly as a launch- away from the lap and creating a more comfort- ing pad for Arnold’s own inventions, including one able working environment. —perhaps his most recognized creation to date— Every product has a story of the person behind that he owes to his own mother, who always stored it, but none quite like that of Seattle’s Patrick her greeting cards in an old shoebox. The Card Turner. Resting in his hammock one day, Turner Keeper, which holds up to eighteen cards and allows brainstormed an assortment of toys attached to viewing without removal, has been featured in a half- the end of a stem protruding from a pair of plastic dozen national publications and remains a big seller. eyeglasses. Nose Aerobics was born, allowing its And then there’s his Bubble Morph Squish Ball, user to play basketball, wind through mazes, and a novelty item that Arnold says proves the inven- solve puzzles simply by moving the head. “That’s tion doesn’t have to be revolutionary to create one that evokes contrarian reactions,” says a excitement. When squeezed, the baseball-sized chuckling Arnold. “It’s either, ‘Who would buy ball of gel—wrapped in a mesh netting—changes that?’ or ‘I gotta have that now.’” color, from green to blue to magenta. “It became Arnold employs two others full-time and adds so popular that the first production model I saw seasonal help when needed. He also relies on two at a trade show was actually a knock-off of mine,” unpaid “testers” for unbiased opinions of his recalls Arnold, who says some even use the ball own inventions: his two sons.“I have a lot of stuff as a therapeutic device. lying around the house that turns out is more Early on Arnold traveled the country, develop- valuable to play with than I thought,” he says. ing contacts with executives looking to add newer As for Controlled Mindstorms, Arnold envisions items and fresh blood into their product lines. But a future where other forms of creative endeavors, by the end of 2001, with the economy going sour, such as art, music, or books, are added to the line he decided to formulate a backup plan and went of products. But no matter what comes aboard, after the law degree. Four years later, with the he’ll always market it with the creator in mind. company still afloat, Arnold chose to focus not on “I want to continue building a network of suc- what he had developed, but on inventors in gen- cessful inventors and help them reach their goal eral. “I was looking for those who were very eager of marketing their creation and telling their and very enthusiastic,” he says. “Getting behind story,” he says. “I want them to be able to appre- their product was not only a gift to them, but a ciate that their product is not a static item but gift to the customer.” the manifestation of a dream.” A visit to Controlled Mindstorms’ online store (www.cmstorms.com) uncovers a virtual treasure Scott Holter is a freelance writer based in Seattle.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 59 BANCROFT (JD ’98) TAYLOR (’98, JD ’01) WILLIAMS (JD ’98) BUMGARNER (’99) FORBES (JD ’96) GINN (’96, MD ’00)

1996 McKenzie Coco is director of momen- George W. Sistrunk III (JD) is with tum development at Keating Magee Hamilton Gaskins Fay & Moon in Margaret Feinberg published a book, Momentum Marketing in New Orleans. Charlotte, NC. He has been named to The Organic God. She lives in Juneau, AK, Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” in with her husband, Leif. Drew Davis (JD ’00) has been named their “Young Guns”category. general counsel to the Winston-Salem/ W. Ross Forbes (JD) is a partner in Forsyth County Board of Education. Ronald Skufca (JD) is the managing the litigation section of Jackson Walker partner of Moretz & Skufca PLLC in LLP in Dallas. He has been named a Michael V. Lee (JD) is with Smith Charlotte, NC. 2006 “Rising Star”and is listed in the Moore LLP in Greensboro, NC. He is Texas Monthly magazine. one of Business North Carolina’s “Legal Craig A. Taylor (JD ’01) has been Elite”in real estate law. named a director of Carruthers & Roth T. Adam Ginn (MD ’00) is an ortho- PA in Greensboro, NC. He is a partici- paedic hand surgeon for RoMedical C. Aaron Mercer is senior director pant in Leadership Greensboro’s 2006–07 in Salisbury, NC. He lives in Winston- of licensing for Sony/ATV Music pub- class. Salem with his family. lishing in Nashville. He will oversee the placement of Sony/ATV’s pop and Kevin G. Williams (JD) is an attorney John Green is on the faculty as a country catalogs in commercials, films and director with Bell Davis & Pitt PA trauma and critical care surgeon at and television. in Winston-Salem. He has been named the Washington University School of one of the “40 Leaders Under 40” by Medicine in St. Louis. Jill Archbold Sausser is an attorney The Business Journal. for the Federal Aviation Administration. Christopher John Leonard (JD ’99) She lives in Peachtree City, GA. is COO and general counsel for Image 1999 Products Inc., a provider of rewards and incentive programs for banks and health 1998 Jennifer Bumgarner is a policy advisor insurance companies. He and his wife, in the office of the N.C. Governor. She Laura, and son, Jack, live in Wilmington, Nathan B. Atkinson is a senior attor- has been named to the state advisory NC. ney at Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC in panel of the Z. Smith Reynolds Founda- Charleston, WV. He practices labor and tion for a three-year term. employment law and commercial litigation. 1997 Jonathan W. Dion (JD) has been Zachary Bancroft (JD) has been named a partner in Parker Poe Adams Stephen Barnes received his MD from named a partner of Lowndes Drosdick & Bernstein LLP in Charlotte, NC. He St. George’s University Medical School Doster Kantor & Reed PA in Orlando, FL. practices commercial real estate and and has accepted a residency in anesthe- commercial lending. siology at SUNY Upstate Medical Uni- W. Kevin McLaughlin Jr. (JD) has versity in Syracuse, NY. He and his wife, been appointed general counsel of the Mary Graciano (MAEd) is pursuing Elizabeth McGill Barnes (’99),have N.C. Department of Administration her PhD in English and education at one daughter, Caroline Margaret (1-1/2). in Raleigh. the University of Michigan.

Mark D. Boynton (JD) has been Kim Schutsky is program director at Ben Harris (MBA) is president of named to Business North Carolina’s Ferry Beach Ecology School in Saco, ME. Harris Contractors Inc. The family- “Legal Elite” in construction law. He is She helped produce and publish an owned business was established in a partner with Pharr & Boynton PLLC innovative ecology curriculum guide, 1957 and is celebrating its 50th year. in Winston-Salem. The ABCs of Ecology: An Educator’s Guide to Learning Outside, (www.fbes.org/ David L. Holden is with Holden Mickey Store.html). & Mickey Inc. in Winston-Salem. He has been recognized as a leader in produc- tion with MassMutual Financial Group.

60 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE DION (JD ’99) HOLDEN (’99) PERSONS (MS ’00, PHD ’01) HOLMAN (JD ’02) WECHSLER (’02)

Mark Sampson (JD) is with Womble Danielle Whren received her master’s Scott S. Ward (JD) is general counsel Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC in in library science from the University of of the Republican State Leadership Greensboro, NC, in labor and employ- Maryland. She is a digital access librari- Committee and has been elected general ment law. an at the Loyola/Notre Dame Library in counsel and secretary of the District of Baltimore. Columbia Republican Party. Cynthia Cox Walsh is CEO of Cox Walsh & Assoc. in Charlotte, NC. She Robin Whitley is in the U.S. Navy. She has been elected vice president of the 2001 has been deployed to Afghanistan for a Charlotte Jaycees. She serves as treasurer year. for the Charlotte Chapter of the Assoc. Megan Anderson is a vice president in of Fundraising Professionals and is a the institutional equity sales division at Xinyi “Sunny” Wu (LLM, MSA ’04) member of the board of directors for Bank of America in Chicago. is a senior consultant in tax and business Teen Health Connection. advisory services for the Beijing branch Daniel Beavers received his master’s in of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CP Ltd. in biostatistics from UNC-Chapel Hill. He China. 2000 is pursuing a PhD in statistics at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Amelia Fulbright Howard received 2002 the Pile-Morgan Fellowship for post- Kelly M. Jones earned her MDiv from MDiv advanced studies from the Austin the Campbell University Divinity School. Sara Courtney Busch received her Seminary. She is director of admissions for the JD and MBA from the Case Western Campbell University Divinity School. Reserve School of Law and Weatherhead Mary Suzanne Miller (MD) completed School of Management. She has been her internship and residency in obstet- Josey Harris Kasper is assistant direc- admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and is rics and gynecology at the Wake Forest tor of alumnae affairs at Peace College in an associate in the corporate and securi- University Baptist Medical Center. She is Raleigh, NC. ties group of Reed Smith in Pittsburgh. a gynecologist with Greensboro (NC) Women’s Health Care. Hunt Mayo is a senior global market- Andy Gruel is an environmental engi- ing associate with Eli Lilly & Co. in neer at Ecology & Environment Inc. in Timothy M. Persons (MS, PhD ’01) Indianapolis. Boulder, CO. is the technical director and chief scien- tist for the Disruptive Technology Office April Beeman Metwalli (JD) is chief William Holman (JD) has joined at the Office of the Director of National of staff to congressman Christopher Michael A. DeMayo LLP in Charlotte, Intelligence in Washington. He received Carney, PA. She and her husband, Adam NC. His focus is on civil litigation, per- the Director of National Intelligence Metwalli (’96, MD ’00), have a daugh- sonal injury, wrongful death, workers’ Fellows Award. ter, Ellen (2). They live in Washington. compensation, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and Social Michael Sexauer (MBA) is director Kathryn Alston Robertson is busi- Security disability. of marketing and communications at ness manager in sales and marketing for Phipps Conservatory and Botanical the U.S., Canada and Mexico in the pas- Brandon Jones (MDiv) is a candidate Gardens in Pittsburgh. He and his wife, senger light truck replacement tire busi- for the Mississippi House of Represen- Diana, and their twin sons, Cameron ness unit of Continental Tire North tatives District 111. and Nathan, live in Mt. Lebanon. America Inc. in Charlotte, NC. Amy Chastain Moore (PhD) received Stephanie Fulton Terry received her Alexander Roth (LLM) is a prosecutor an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the office of the District Attorney in Fellowship. She will conduct research Katz School of Business. She is a pro- Coburg, Bavaria. on the molecular causes of acute myeloid gram development coordinator in global leukemia at Vanderbilt University. resourcing at Lowe’s corporate office in Mooresville, NC.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 61 University Advancement Career Opportunities

Alumni Director Major Gift Officers The Office of University Advancement seeks a strategic The Office of University Advancement is embarking on an and collaborative leader to serve as its next Assistant Vice ambitious initiative to increase charitable giving and is look- President and Director of Alumni Activities. The director ing for results-oriented, energetic and enthusiastic staff reports to the Vice President for University Advancement members to join the Office of University Development and and is responsible for directing and executing Wake Forest’s Major Gifts. Alumni Activities program, which serves a constituency of more than 57,000 alumni throughout the United States Major Gift officers will be asked to increase Wake Forest’s and worldwide. fundraising capacity through the successful cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of a pool of prospective donors The Alumni Director will be asked to maintain and enhance with the capacity to make gifts in the $50K to $1M range. the vital connections that alumni have to their friends and They will develop and execute prospect management plans, classmates and to Wake Forest. S/he will have overall including solicitation strategies, draft proposals, ongoing management responsibility for alumni programs such as cultivation and correspondence for prospects. Homecoming and reunions, the robust network of Wake Forest Clubs in the U.S. and abroad, merchandising and Ideal candidates must have exceptional interpersonal skills alumni communications. The director will work with the and a proven history of gaining the support and financial Alumni Council and other alumni volunteer boards to commitment of others. They must demonstrate a clear generate new programs and strengthen existing ones. understanding of Wake Forest University, its component The director’s goal will be to set the standard for best schools and programs and its strategic direction, and have practices in Alumni Activities among peer institutions and a passion for communicating the University’s needs and to identify and champion opportunities for increased alumni priorities. The ability to travel frequently is essential. involvement in and satisfaction with Wake Forest. For more information, visit the Human Resources Web site: The ideal candidate must have experience in leading volun- www.wfu.edu/hr/careers teer or constituent programs that are recognized for their strength and effectiveness. S/he will have skills in relation- ship building, stewardship, event-driven programming, communications and volunteer board management. The director will also need personal warmth, charisma and the confidence to serve as a key liaison between Wake Forest and its accomplished and highly diverse alumni population. The ability to travel frequently is essential.

Wake Forest University is an Equal Opportunity Employer Aaron Oyarce (LLM) is head of the Jennifer Needham has been accepted Courtney Suzanne Johnson graduat- corporate department and academic in the MBA program at George Wash- ed from the University of Florida Levin coordinator of the law school at San ington University’s business school. College of Law. She is with King & Martin University in Peru. He returned Spalding LLP in Atlanta. to the Wake Forest School of Law for Jill Sahajdack Rainwater is program a month as a visiting international manager of the continuing education and Brian Kulju graduated from the researcher on comparative corporate professional development department of University of Miami School of Law. He governance. a college in Grand Rapids, MI. She also was a member of the International and has a private practice as a psychothera- Comparative Law Review. Elizabeth Rumble is the public rela- pist, specializing in eating disorders and tions manager for SELF magazine. She personal growth. She and her husband, Young Jo Lim (LLM) is senior engi- lives in New York City. Ben (’02), founded Atlanta Growth & neer and in-house counsel in the intel- Wellness Inc. lectual property strategy office of Drew Senter is an associate with Isom Samsung Electronics Co. in Korea. & Stanko LLC in Anniston, AL. Carolyn “Kit” Wilkinson Thomson works for the Department of Defense Kyle Richard Olson earned a master’s Maria Toler is pursuing an MBA in in Washington. in global ethics from King’s College marketing and entrepreneurship at New London. York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. 2004 2005 Maribeth C. Wechsler received her JD Courtney Barksdale graduated from from Temple University. She practices the University of Texas School of Law Fusako Kirinuki (LLM) earned a sec- general corporate, real estate and busi- and is a law clerk to a chief judge for the ond LLM from WIPO/Turin University ness and finance at Obermayer Rebmann U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem. Law School and completed an internship Maxwell & Hippell LLP in Philadelphia. with Societa Italiana Brevetti in Florence, Mike Buddie is associate director of Italy. She returned to Blakemore & development for major gifts in the Wake Mitsuki in Tokyo. 2003 Forest athletic department. He and his wife, Traci Tucker Buddie (’95),have Christopher Daniel Lins (JD) is an Ann Curby received her JD from the two children, Zachary (6) and Zoe (3). associate practicing business litigation University of Queensland. She is with with MGLAW PLLC in Nashville, TN. Clayton Utz in Brisbane, Australia. She is Young-Soo Chang (LLM) is the man- the daughter of Jon and Vicki Morgan ager of the international service depart- Daniel Millares (LLM) is a legal ana- Curby (’68) . ment of the Korea Securities Depository. lyst in the Organization of American States’ Mission to Support the Peace Stephen M. Hawryluk received his Angel Carol Coldiron completed her Process in Colombia. master’s in public affairs from UNC- master’s in community counseling, spe- Greensboro. He is a budget analyst for cializing in child and youth counseling, Karen W. Neely (JD) is an associate in Gaston County in Gastonia, NC. from UNC-Greensboro. She is a family the labor and employment practice group counselor with Youth Villages Inc. in of Powell Goldstein LLP in Atlanta. Sarah Josephson graduated from Greensboro, NC. the University of Louisville School of Kazuya Shiki (LLM) is manager of the Medicine and will begin a residency in Charlotte Disher (MDiv) is youth legal office and manager of the internal dermatology at the Medical College of coordinator at Unity Moravian Church control office at Mitsui Mining and Georgia. in Lewisville, NC. Smelting Co. in Tokyo.

Pascal Kremp (LLM) is an associate Ashley Dutrow received her master’s working in labor and employment law in international relations from the Uni- 2006 with DLA Piper in Frankfurt, Germany. versity of Essex in Colchester, England. Katherine Royal Bosken (JD) and Taylor Materne co-wrote a novel, The Nikeya Green won the 800 meters at the her husband, Christopher W. Bosken Upper Class (HarperCollins, 2007). The 2007 USA Indoor National Champion- (JD), are with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP book explores the trials, tribulations ships in Boston. She lives in Reston,VA. in Winston-Salem. and temptations of behind-the-scene boarding school life. Sachiyo Nishie (LLM) is completing an internship at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC in Boston.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 63 Marriages Anne K. Pollard (’89) and Keene Jennifer Lynn Wheless (’93) and Haywood. 11/2006. They live in David Pearce Campbell Jr. 11/25/06 in Altha Smith Satterwhite (’45) and Washington. Richmond,VA, where they live. Harold Gallagher. 2/16/07 in , according to a story in the Times-News Carl Harnett King (’91) and Stacy Jeanie Marklin (’95) and Johnny in Hendersonville, NC. Lynn Wood. 5/28/06 in Columbia, SC. Reynolds. 11/10/06 in Blowing Rock, NC. Attending were Jamie Vacca Chambliss Elizabeth Hamrick (’82) and Al Alisha L. Hogue (’92) and Donovan S. (’94), Will Chambliss (’96), Jennifer Jones LeBrun. 12/28/06. They live in Hermosa Corneetz. 7/15/06 in Wait Chapel. The (’95), Will Marklin (’90) and Ashley Beach, CA. wedding party included Paula Goodwin Simmons Thurmond (’94). (’92) and Kwamine Simpson (’92). Pam Jennifer Dolby (’84, MD ’89) and Ward (’92) attended. Megan McLaughlin (’96) and Louis Randall Smith. 12/4/05 in Cabo San Beaubien. 10/21/06 in Halifax, Nova Lucas, Mexico. They live in Mission Laurie Levie (’93) and Cary Estes. Scotia. They live in Pawtucket, RI. Beach, CA. A reception was held in May 3/3/07 in Birmingham, AL. In attendance 2006 in San Diego. Attending were were Greg Brondos (’90, MAEd ’93), Xandra Timmermans (’97) and Tim Melanie Adams (MA ’85, MD ’89), Kristin DeHaven (’93), Chris Meta (’92, Moran. 12/12/06 in Costa Rica. They live Richard Cooper (MD ’89), Claudia Reyn- MA ’94), Rachel Godsoe Meta (’93), Tina outside Philadelphia. Katie High (’97) olds Harris (’84) and Phil Wenzell (’84). Hartsell Upshaw (’89) and Kim Walsh (’93). attended.

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64 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Ellen Stanley Cross (’98) and Daniel Amanda Jean Getman (’01) and John Snowden Manning (’02) and Michael Feeney. 10/8/06. The wedding Timothy Cribbs. 7/22/06. The wedding Victoria Nicole Huntley (’02). 9/9/06 party included Andrea Caro (JD ’01), party included Laura Hurd Bilton (’01), in Charlotte, NC. The groom’s mother Sheri Rights Marchiori (’98) and Kristin Michelle Brack (’01), Chrissina Getman was the late Carolina Hudnall Manning Muzina (’98). Attending were Jennifer Burns (’98) and Jessica Wolfing Morgan (MS ’80, PhD ’87). The bride’s father is Gentile (’98) and Chantal Dilzer Mahon (’02). Danny Edward Huntley (’73, MD ’77). (’98). The wedding party included Michael Dennis Healy (’01) and Jessica Ziady. Charles Bounds (’02), David Richardson Richard T. Galinski (’99) and Wendi 3/3/07 in Miami. They live in Norwood, Elliott (’76), John Poole Elliott (’73), Reid L. Garrett (’03). 10/28/06 in Winston- MA. The wedding party included Jared Harden Harris (’02), Mary Alice Mitchell Salem. The wedding party included Klose (’01), Bradshaw Lentz (’01) and (’97), Thomas Zimmerman Mitchell (’96), Chrissy Davis (’03), Alan R. Dickinson Brenton McConkey (’01). Attending were Chad Austin Pugh (’02), Laura Manning (’98), Amy Bradley Dunning (’03), Justin Madeleine Bayard (’01), David Feldser (’00), Riley (’93) and Justan Alan Treadway E. Dunning (’02), Rebecca L. Ellington Nathan Huff (’01), Betsy Breckheimer (’02). (MA ’02), Alicia Garrett McArthur (’98) Russell (’01), Lawrence Tyler Russell (’01) and Jordan D. Wong (’99). and Shayne Tongbua (’02). David McKenzie (’02) and Anna Chrietzberg (’03). 1/6/07 in Mary Graciano (MAEd ’99) and Anna Binford Lake (’01) and Bird Jacksonville, FL. The wedding party Daniel Mertsch. 8/06. They live in Daniel Blitch. 7/29/06 in Cashiers, NC. included Leslyn Cooper (’02), Bucky Germany. They live in Atlanta. The bride is the Dohn (’02), Jessica Doss (’03), Brandt daughter of Ralph Binford Lake (’67). The Goodwin (’03), Allen Hobbs (’02), Tripp John Mark Sampson (JD ’99) and wedding party included Emilie Katherine Lumpkin (’02), Jennifer Meeks (’03), Mary Suzanne Miller (MD ’00). Johnson (’01), Elizabeth Lake Lovett (’98) Bryson Powell (’02),Vanessa Vinsant (’03) 10/21/06 in Pinehurst, NC. They live in and John Watkins Lovett (’98). and Bo Walker (’02). Greensboro, NC. Katie Gayle Potts (’01, MAEd ’03) Andrew Gordon Pittard (’02) and Jennifer A. Cianelli (’00) and John R. and Geoffrey Scott Thompson. 12/16/06 Lauren Bea Richardson. 10/28/06 in Cooper Jr. (’01). 6/18/06 in Newport, in Greensboro, NC. The bride’s mother is Mount Pleasant, SC. They live in RI. They live in Charlotte, NC. The wed- Barbara H. Potts (’74). The wedding party Brentwood, TN. The wedding party ding party included Aaron Baer (’01), included Paige Hunt Gialanella (’01), included the groom’s father, William B. Michael Capizzani (’02), Jannella Dash Melissa Bryce Perkins (’02, MSA ’02), Pittard III (’68), brother and sister-in law, (’00), Derek DeGrass (’01), Stephen Mary Elizabeth Pierson (’00) and Kara William B. Pittard IV (’96) and Melanie Hawryluk (’03), Rebecca Jones (’00), Tyler Kam Hee Wallace (’01). Angiollilo Pittard (’96), Nick Dahm (’02), Middleton (’00), Anthony Nicastro (’01, Cary Hudgins (’03), T.J. Martin (’02), Ryan JD ’05), Zachary Palmer (’01) and Jill Alexander Roth (LLM ’01) and Britta. Newth (’02) and David Ryan (’01). “Spillane”Sutton (’00). 8/06. The live in Bamberg, Germany. Jennifer K. Ream (’02) and Andrew Daniel Beavers (’01) and Kristen William “Will” Barrett (’02, MBA ’06) Pellegrin. 12/30/06 in Boston. They live in Beam. 8/5/06 in Chapel Hill, NC. They and Jessica Sumner. 8/19/06 in Boone, Wichita Falls, TX. The wedding party live in Waco, TX. The wedding party NC. They live in Winston-Salem. The included Jamie Raudensky (’02), Ember included Philip J. Beavers (’71), Jennifer wedding party included Adam Foster (’04), Rigsby (’02) and Beth Wehrly (’02). Beavers Bland (’03), Scott Cislo (’98) and Dustin Knutson (’02), Brian Shaw (’03, Tamara Beavers Cislo (’99). MSA ’04) and Jon Spivey (’02, MSA ’03). Caroline Kirby Tyson (’02) and Bradley Ryan Cox (’03). 3/31/07 in Andrea Doyle Brooks (’01) and Craig Robert Brodersen (’02, MS ’03) Pinehurst, NC. They live in Richard Charles Fuquay. 6/24/06 in and Christine Marie Manuck (’03). Springs, CO. The wedding party included Dallas. They live in . The wedding 9/23/06 in Farmington, CT. They live in Mary Claire Hodges (’02), Evan Kistler party included Emily Chapin Lewis (’01), Burlington,VT. The wedding party (’04), Jess McKay (’03), Sean Simons (’03), Brooke Woods McCollum (’01) and included Jennifer Schneider Camp (’03), Bryan Watts (’02), Cristofer Wiley (’03, Matthew Drew Talley (’01). Andrea Lavin (’03), Tracy Manuck (’99, MAEd ’04) and graduate student Jason MD ’03), Jeffrey Margevich (’03) and John Tyson.Attending were Noelle Cutts (’02), Ellison Susanne Craig (’01) and Royall (’02, MSA ’03). Attending were Bill Davis (JD ’66), Rusty Duke (’70, Christopher Edward Laskowski. 10/28/06 Carolyn Conner (’03), Erin Lichtenstein JD ’74), Lia Erickson (’99, MD ’03), in Doylestown, PA.They live in Wash- (’03), Rebecca Lundin (’03) and Deborah Bonnie Fenton (’03, MSA ’04), Jonathan ington. The wedding party included Shelton (’03). Fenton (’03, MSA ’04), Hal Goff (MBA Amanda Jackson Goodwin (’01), Libby ’77), Mary Ellen Kistler (’04), Tracy Phelps Langsdale (’02) and Cameron McKay (’03), Erin Pearson (’02), Meagan Grant Smith (’01).

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 65 Seymour (’02), Anna Shaw (’06), Cynthia Ellen Szejner (’03) and Joseph Adell McGowen (’04) and Adrianne Thompson (’03), Hunter Jonathan Todd Gross. 10/14/06 in Ashley Paige Weston (’05). 8/13/05 Thompson (’03), law students Karl Nashville, TN, where they live. The wed- in Winston-Salem. The wedding party Amelchenko and Jeff Kuykendall and ding party included MBA student Emily included Margaret Bussmann (’06), medical student Ashley Barber. Blake Hinman (’03), Tricia Pribula (’03), George Fleeson (’04), Justin Kamlade Elizabeth Setterlin (’03) and Kristen Stutz (’04), Jayme Persons (’05) and Karen Stan Browning (JD ’03) and Agnes (’03). Attending were Jennifer Beavers Riddle (’05). Lepine. 2/16/07. They live in Atlanta. Bland (’03), Emily Dolim (’03, MAEd ’05), Christine Dorney (’04), Kate Farber (’04), Erin Elizabeth Wiseman (’04) and John Colavincenzo (’03) and Bethany Laura Hall (’04), Lauren Magnetti (’03), Jim White IV. 5/27/06 in Orlando, FL. Giles. 7/1/06 in Pittsburgh. They live in Nicole Murphey (’03) and Caroline They live in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Washington. The wedding party included Satterfield (’05). wedding party included Jocelyn Farmer Lucy Colavincenzo (’06), Chris Mauney (’04), Greer Raggio (’04) and Kiley Smith (’03), Travis Vesel (’03) and Danny Vichot Jennifer Leigh Watkins (’03) and (’04). Hillary Poole (’04) attended. (’03). Attending were Brian Bochow (’03), Josh Anspach Hanson. 12/30/06. The Carol Collier (’06), Jon Harkey (’03), wedding party included Elizabeth Condo Lindsay Butler (’05) and Jonathan Alexandra Hull (’06), John Kiss (’03, (’03), Anna Curnes (’03), Jessie Davis Oparowski (’05). 2/24/07 in Miami. The MSA ’04), Will Pittman (’00, JD/MBA ’05), (’03), Mary Craven Hines (’03), Kathleen wedding party included Emily Hedgpeth David Riedel (’03), Drew Ritting (’03, Stelling Hodgson (’03), Sarah Mastalir (’05), Kyle Kraner (’05), Paul Mayer (’05), MD ’07), Eric Rumberger (’03, MSA ’04), (’03), Carrington Rice (’03) and Sarah Chris Meulemans (’05), Sarah Ross (’05), Jessica Sams (’03) and junior Lisa Brett. Wilson (’03). and Lauren Roedersheimer (’06) .

Joan Fort Fraser (’03) and Seth Carolyn “Kit” Wilkinson (’03) and Hideyuki Kohata (LL.M ’05) and Rhodes Poston. 7/1/06 in Roswell, GA. Matt Neill Thomson Jr. 1/13/07 in Tomoe Yamaga. 9/18/06 in Hiroshima, They live in Nashville, TN. The wedding Nashville, TN. They live in Washington. Japan. party included Emily Blake Hinman (’03), The wedding party included Victoria Kate Hitzhusen (’05) and Melanie Thatcher Wilkinson (’06). Attending were Tara D. Watford (MBA ’05) and McMillan (’03). Amanda Winston Monschein (’02), Timothy D. LeBlanc (MBA ’05). 3/3/07 Jennifer Lynne Newman (’03, PA ’06), in Austin, TX. They live in Charlotte, David Willingham Lentz (’03) and David Safer (’03), Laura Anna Sandy NC. The wedding party included Kevin Kelsey Raine Scofield (’05). 4/14/07 (’03), Nandana Surendra Shenoy (’02), Cumbus (MBA ’05). Attending were Katie in Mt. Pleasant, NC. They live in Char- Hillary Claire Thompson (’02) and Emma Cumbus (JD ’06), Rodolfo Fernandez lotte, NC. The bride’s father is Robert J. Jane White (’02). (MBA ’05), Adam Harrington (MBA ’05), Scofield (’74), and her uncle is Douglas Chris Hughes (MBA ’05), John Macrini H. Scofield (’78). The wedding party Heather Aimee Altenbern (’04) and (MBA ’05), D.J. O’Brien (JD ’06), Meg included Justin Barius (’03), Jonas Blom- Kenneth Warren Poe Jr. (’04). 9/9/06 O’Brien (MBA ’05), Lori Englebert Street qvist (’03), Zach Collings (’05), Kristen in Charlotte, NC, where they live. The (’00, MBA ’05), Chris Victory (MBA ’05) Best Farrell (’05), Retta Franklin (’05), wedding party included Emily Brown and David Webb (MBA ’05). Dave Hanson (’05), Kenny Jacob (’02), (’04), Scott Cleveland (’04), Anna Groos Cassie Kirby-Smith (’05), Jessica Long (’04), Rachel Harris (’04), Katie Mills (’04), Christopher W. Bosken (JD ’06) and (’05), Scott Newbern (’03) and Carey Robbie Mills (’04), Grant Mitchell (’04), Katherine M. Royal (JD ’06). 8/19/06 Scheible (’04). Jenny Pinkard (’04), Katie Rigby (’04), in Winston-Salem. The wedding party Douglas Saunders (’04) and Phillip included Ann Arfken (JD ’06), Barbara Adam John Reilly (’03, MS ’05) and Simson (’04). Fitzgerald (JD ’06) and Amanda Zimmer Elizabeth Anne Perez (’03). 5/20/06 in (JD ’06). Attending were Mark Bentley Bethesda, MD. They live in Silver Spring, Carolynn R. Gebo (’04) and (JD ’06), Kelly Gidcumb (’00, JD ’06), Saad MD. Father Jude DeAngelo officiated. Kristopher H. Majak (’04). 10/7/06 Gul (JD ’06), Heather McKinney (JD ’06), The wedding party included Joseph in Wellesley Island, NY. They live in William Reavis (JD ’05) and Peter Zellmer Antrosio (’05), Jessica Fegan (’03), Brian Charlotte, NC. The wedding party includ- (JD ’06). Heaton (’03) and Kelli Karasiewicz (’03). ed Joseph Bennett (’04), Robert Brooks (’05), Nathalie Davis (’05), Adrianna Henson (’05) and Meredith Laughridge (’04). Attending were John Cross (’04), Robert James (’05), Beth Laughridge (’71) and Digit Laughridge (’69).

66 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Births/Adoptions Laurie Fischer Beck (’92) and Julian Merisue Huffman Donovant (’93, David Beck (’92), Atlanta: a son, Owen MBA ’01) and George David Donovant, Stephen Loftis (’82) and Lee Beasley Edward. 8/13/06 Winston-Salem: a daughter, Morgan Loftis, Marshall, NC: a son, Colin Reece. 1/1/07. She joins her sisters, Gregory. 3/20/07 Emily Carter Dunton (’92) and Briana (11) and Meagan (5). Stephen Dunton, Arlington,VA: a son, Stephen G. Teague (JD ’83) and Samuel Christian. 12/30/06. He joins his Heather Sager Fedeli (’93) and Tuyen Teague, Greensboro, NC: a son, brother, Harrison (3). Andrew Fedeli, Greenbrae, CA: a son, Jacob Andrew. 12/18/06 Nicholas Ray. 11/18/06 Jennifer Eanes Foster (’92) and Andrea Herring Morris (’87) and W. Greg Foster, Atlanta: a daughter, Jennifer Dework Katz (’93) and Joel Castlen Morris Jr. (’88), High Point, Eleanor “Ellie” Sarah. 6/7/06. She joins Katz, Newport Beach, CA: a son, Samuel NC: a daughter, Addison Elyse. 8/24/06. her brother, Jack (3). David. 9/8/06. He joins his brothers, Max She joins her sister, Maren (9). (4) and Nate (2). Daniel Geijer (’92) and Allison Geijer, Elisabeth Willis Paisley (’87) and Thailand: a son, Nathanael Corban. Laura Manning Riley (’93) and Sean Ted Paisley, Roanoke,VA: a son, Samuel 1/21/07. He joins his brother, Joseph (5), Riley, Charlotte, NC: a son, Jackson “Jack” Worth. 1/26/06. He joins his brother, and sister, Anna (3). Patrick. 12/12/06 Breece (8). Amy Goebel Henry (’92) and Travis Patricia Clinard Alfing (’94) and Peter S. Van Nort (’89, MBA ’94) and Hill Henry, Knoxville, TN: a daughter, Joshua Alfing, Chesapeake,VA: a daugh- Kelly Coll Van Nort (’92), Atlanta: a Katherine Diane. 2/5/06 ter, Roseanna Kay. 10/7/05 son, Peter “Edward.” 2/20/07. He joins his sisters, Alaina (8) and Chloe (5). Stefanie Rodwell Jones (’92) and K. Todd Barfield (’94) and Anna K. Justin Jones, Clemmons, NC: a son, Barfield, Oceanport, NJ: a son, Kevin David Dresser (’90) and Tracy Dresser, Elijah “Eli” Samuel. 2/1/07. He joins his Christopher. 6/26/06. He joins his Annandale,VA: a son, James “Sam” brother, Jon David. brother, Griffin. Patrick. 2/19/07. He joins his sisters, Molly (3) and Delia Ann (3). Catherine Wisner Taylor (’92) and Carolyn Armstrong Calkins (’94) E. Derek Taylor (’93), Richmond,VA: and Brian Calkins, Cincinnati: a daugh- Patrick Lemons (’90) and Allison a daughter, Annalee Ware. 10/3/06. She ter, Kayla Lynn. 9/23/06 Lemons, Charlotte, NC: a daughter, joins her sister, Abigail (5), and brother, Caroline Selby. 6/13/06 Sawyer (2). Joseph W. Dickson (’94) and Elizabeth Dickson, Chattanooga, TN: a daughter, Peter Nielsen (’90) and Susan Nielsen, Nancy Rodwell Tuohy (’92) and Molly Kate. 1/26/07. She joins her sisters, Summerville, SC: a son, Michael Paul. Chris Tuohy (MD ’01), Nashville, TN: Emily and Morgan, and brothers, Jake, 2/2/07. He joins his sisters, Kirsten (11), a son, William Gardner. 9/6/06. He joins Aidan and Alex. Megan (9) and Hannah (5). his brother, Patrick (3). Lisa Hedden Edler (’94) and Rob Paula Koutsogeorgas Duringer (’91) Courtney Woods Baum (’93) and Edler (’94), Lawrenceville, GA: a daugh- and Thomas A. Duringer, Charlotte, NC: David Baum, Atlanta: a son, William ter, Dana Mae. 1/22/07. She joins her sis- a son, Wyatt Christian. 3/16/07. He joins Connolly. 9/13/06. He joins his sister, ter, Elisabeth (6), and brother, Scott (4). his brother, Lucas (3). Cameron Grace. Hollis Singleton Marek (’94) and Amy House (’91) and Ralph Gillies, Steven William Braskamp (’93) and Joseph Marek (JD ’01), Matthews, Augusta, GA: a son, Owen Micah. 8/26/05 Caroline Gupton Braskamp (’97, NC: twin daughters, Julia and Effie. MAEd ’98), Allen, TX: a daughter, 9/13/06. They join their sister, Sadie (2). Wiley Reed (’91) and Diane Reed, Sophia Grace. 8/8/06 Denver: a son, Hannan. 5/31/06 Ian Mayville (’94) and Racheal Kevin Cryblskey (’93) and Lauren Mayville, Boca Raton, FL: a daughter, Rosalind Tedford (’91, MA ’94) and Cryblskey, Alpharetta, GA: a son, Owen Audrey. 2/11/06 Patrick Morton (MA ’97, MBA ’02), Bradford. 9/6/06. He joins his brother, Winston-Salem: a son, Sean Patrick. Jack Edward. Cherie Van Der Sluys Nagel (’94) 10/31/06. He joins his sister, Erin Nicole and Scott Nagel, Trumbull, CT: a daugh- (3). Deborah Stumpf Curtis (’93) and ter, Abigail Helen. 7/31/06. She joins her Jason T. Curtis, Clayton, NC: a son, brother, Nathan (2). Nicholas Austin. 5/17/06. He joins his sister, Bailey Lynn (5).

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 67 Will Nolan (’94) and Stephen Kaplan, Laura Whipple Dollyhigh (’96) and Bryan Chitwood (’97) and Jodi Bogota, NJ: adopted a son, Michael Samuel Dollyhigh, Detroit: a son, Jack Chitwood, Atlanta: a daughter, Allison Patrick. 9/21/06 Monroe. 1/16/06 Brooke. 2/5/07

Rachel Kuhn Stinehelfer (’94) John Green (’96) and Andrea Green, Meredith Razook Granese (’97) and and Danny Stinehelfer, Durham, NC: Chattanooga, TN: a daughter, Caroline. Steven Anthony Granese (’98), St. a daughter, Claudia Jane. 2/1/07. She 2/6/07 Petersburg, FL: a son, Carson Anthony. joins her brother, Henry (2). 1/24/07 Jessica Wadkins Griege (’96) and David Scott Chapman (’95) and Peggy Charles Griege, Dallas: a son, Cooper James Edward Kelley II (’97) and Chapman, Charlotte, NC: a son, Matthew Wadkins. 3/21/07. He joins his brother, Suzanne Anne Blakeney Kelley (’98), David. 2/2/07. He joins his sister, Lauren Charlie (5), and sister, Amelia Grace (3). Charleston, SC: a daughter, Blakeney (2). Elizabeth. 12/5/06. William A. “Tony” Hooker (’96) and Nathan A. Jones (’95, MBA ’06) and Melissa Hooker, Concord, NC: a daugh- Amy Christine Glotzbach Moll (’97) Monica Jones, Winston-Salem: a son, ter, Madelyn Youmei. 4/23/06, adopted and Charles Moll, Fenton, MO: a daugh- William Deacon. 3/13/07. He joins his 2/26/07. She joins her brothers, Logan ter, Brooke Leanne. 3/27/07. She joins her brothers, Ian (5) and Henry (2). (4), Nate (1) and Andrew (1). sister, Sarah (2).

Jeffrey A. Kramer (JD ’95) and Christopher John Leonard (’96, Matthew Shurts (’97) and Sarah Heather Kramer, Far Hill, NJ: a son, JD ’99) and Laura Curlee Leonard, Hovis Shurts (’97), Butler, NJ: a son, Timothy Joseph. 4/27/06. He joins his Wilmington, NC: a son, Christopher Nathaniel Thomas. 5/18/06 sister, Sophie Elizabeth (4). “Jack”John Jr. 10/27/06 Tricia White Sistrunk (JD ’97) and Amanda Lane Long (’95) and Andrew Charlotte Dillon Little (’96) and George W. Sistrunk (JD ’98), Long, Greenville, SC: a daughter, Stella Randy Little (’97), New York: a Charlotte, NC: a son, Luke Gordon. Elise. 1/1/07 daughter, Reagan Gwyn. 2/28/07 1/17/06. He joins his brother, Garrett (3).

Peter J. Mohler (’95) and Nancy Kelly Bumgarner Trenchard (’96, Kaci Starbuck (’97) and M.S.M. LeCroy Mohler (’94), Iowa City, IA: MSA ’97) and Matthew Trenchard Saifullah, Singapore: a son, Anas Ibn. a daughter, Caroline LeCroy. 8/28/06. (’98), Clemmons, NC: a son, Noah 1/13/07. He joins his brothers, Asadullah She joins her sister, Ella (2). Matthew. 9/18/06 (born in India) and Yusuf (born in the U.K.), and sister, Rumaysa (born in the Amanda Muelchi Price (’95) and Jay Norbert Woodruff Weldon (’96) and U.S.). Price, Raleigh, NC: a daughter, Sarah Mary Weldon, Summit, NJ: a daughter, Scarlett. 4/6/07. She joins her sister, Abigail Jane. 2/20/07. She joins her Kimberly Alexander Bogert (’98) Kaitlyn Marie (4). brother, Thomas (2). and Tim Bogert, Charlotte, NC: a son, Alexander “Xan.” 2/1/07 Toby Wells (MBA ’95) and Frances Helen Knapp West (’96) and Kevin Wells, Pinehurst, NC: a daughter, Lydia West, Norcross, GA: twin daughters, Alex Brown (’98) and Georgeann Louise. 1/19/07 Elizabeth Ruth and Allison Margaret. Brown, Cincinnati: a daughter, Annelise 10/12/06. They join their brothers, DeVries. 10/2/06 David W. Alexander (’96) and Ann Andrew (3) and Colin (2). Alexander, Mt. Pleasant, SC: a son, John Matthew Gilley (’98) and Jennifer William. 4/12/07. He joins his brother, Paul Becker (’97) and Kristen Greer Gilley (’98), Spartanburg, SC: a David “Mac”McKnitt (1 1/2). Gilbride Becker (’99), Hamburg, NY: son, Avery Garrison. 12/8/06. He joins his a son, Cameron Martin. 4/15/06 brother, Owen (3). Kelly Green Clay (JD ’96) and William Clay, Raleigh, NC: a son, William Frederick Way Booth III (’97) and David W. Joyner (’98, MSA ’99) and “Liam”Charles. 12/16/06. He joins his Kristin Booth, Hawthorne, NJ: a daugh- Caitlin Maier Joyner (’99), Nokomis, sisters, Rebekah and Rachel. ter, Kellen Farrell. 3/28/07. She joins her FL: a son, Austin David. 1/1/07 brother, Connor (2). Michael DeFrank (’96) and Jessica Keith A. Krut (’98) and Emilie Thompson DeFrank (’97), Raleigh, Owen C. Bouton (’97) and Merrie Lapeyre Krut (’98), Kensington, MD: NC: a daughter, Paloma Isabel. 12/26/06 Hatch Bouton (’97, MSA ’98), a son, Thomas Joseph. 12/1/06 Dunwoody, GA: a daughter, Hannah Blanche. 10/13/06. She joins her sister, Presley (3).

68 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE Mark George Makovec (’98, Steve Frasher (’99) and Lindy Pamela J. Simmons (JD ’00) and MAEd ’99) and Allison Makovec, Krzyzewski Frasher (’99), Durham, Jeremy Simmons, Jacksonville, FL: a Virginia Beach,VA: a son, Mark “Austin.” NC: a son, Spencer “Quin.” 7/26/06 daughter, Heidi Nicole. 11/8/06. She joins 1/2/07. He joins his brothers, Mason her sisters, Kate Elizabeth (4) and Lauren Garrett (4-1/2) and Morgan John (2). William Morrison Kennedy (’99) Emily (2). and Sarah Kennedy, Round Rock, TX: Andrew O. Mathews (’98) and a daughter, Sloane McGill. 12/19/06 Cheryl B. Smith (MBA) and Bryan Whitney Montague Mathews (’99), Smith, New Bern, NC: a daughter, Peyton Richmond,VA: a son, Andrew Beauford. Justin Lefevre (JD ’99) and Sloan. 3/15/07 3/6/07 Margaret Lunger Lefevre (JD ’00), Davidson, NC: a son, Ryan Charles. Marc Andrew Snyder (’00) and Mike Riley (’98, MAEd ’00) and 2/8/07. He joins his brother, Will (2). Ronda King Snyder (’00), Charlotte, Summer Shaw Riley (’01), Winston- NC: a son, Owen Patrick. 2/21/07. He Salem: a son, Andrew Michael. 12/25/06. Kelly Wolff Lyman (’99) and Dustin joins his brother, Caleb Andrew (2). He joins the twins, Connor (2) and Lyman (’99), Chicago: a daughter, Hannah (2). Olivia Elizabeth. 1/5/07 Stephen Arndt (’01) and Jamie Lemke Arndt (’01), Jacksonville, FL: Leslie Shively Robinson (’98, Leslie Rush Spurrier (’99) and Matt a son, Thomas Stephen. 2/24/07 MSA ’99) and Paul Robinson, Hanover, Spurrier, Lititz, PA: a son, Simeon Cole. NH: a daughter, Charlotte Rose. 2/9/07. 12/16/06 Jennifer Warren Barnett (’01) and She joins her sister, Rebecca Kate (2). Mark Barnett, Morrisville, NC: a son, Robert Yurkutat (’99) and Barbara Colin Charles. 7/19/06 Ronald A. Skufca (JD ’98) and Silvia Mathes Yurkutat (’99), Winston- Skufca, Charlotte, NC: a daughter, Lia Salem: twin daughters, Anna Grace Sandra McCullough Bowen (MA ’01) Summer. 3/8/07. She joins her brothers, and Caroline Joy. 8/3/06 and Jamie Bowen, Garner, NC: a son, Dane (6) and Alan (3). Drake Edward. 11/1/06 Karen Fort Bordas (’00, MSA ’01) Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt (’98) and Matthew Bordas, Houston: a son, Jay Hemphill (JD ’01) and Melinda and Ryan Smartt, Richmond,VA: a Ryan Matthew. 9/15/06. He joins his sis- Seamans Hemphill (JD ’02), daughter, Lyla Morgan. 2/19/07 ter, Anna Kristine (1 1/2). Pittsboro, NC: a son, Hayes Randolph. 6/17/06. The grandparents are Laura Douglas W. Thiessen (JD ’98) and Anne-Marie LeBlanc Davis (’00) and Thomson Hemphill (’71) and James Sarah Thiessen, West River, MD: a Aaron Davis, Portland, ME: a daughter, Lowell Hemphill (’69), and his aunt daughter, Charlotte Rose. 11/16/06. She Vivian Skye. 8/20/06. She joins her brother, Laura Turner Hemphill (’07). joins her sisters, Hannah (9) and Heidi Owen (3). (3), and brother, Taylor (7). Klemens Keferboeck (LLM ’01) Tiska Kennedy Farnham (’00) and and Anna Keferboeck,Vienna, Austria: Allyson Hilton Yanni (’98) and Jason Kevin Farnham, Raleigh, NC: a daughter, a daughter, Lili. 2/16/07 Yanni (’99), Charlotte, NC: a daughter, Kennedy Ann. 8/1/06 Caroline Marie. 2/15/07 Nicole True Cedarleaf (JD ’02) and Erin Elizabeth Foley (’00) and Karl Per Cedarleaf, Webster, NY: a son, Christine Calareso Bleecker (’99) Michael Lewis, Alexandria,VA: twin Gunnar Michael. 7/5/06 and David Bleecker, Laguna Niguel, CA: daughters, Blair Elizabeth and Kirin a son, Benjamin David. 2/11/07 Reese. 12/25/06. They join their sister, Nicolas Mutis (MBA ’02) and Silvia Madelyn Grace. Mutis, Richmond,VA: a daughter, Olivia. Jennifer Mermans Bruno (JD ’99) 2/9/07. She joins her sister, Sofia (2). and Barry Bruno (MBA ’99), Princeton, Jennifer McCarthy Kindy (’00) and NJ: a daughter, Aerin Elizabeth. 12/31/06. Jeremy D. Kindy (’01), Winston- Eric C. Trosch (JD ’02) and Elizabeth She joins her brother, Nicholas (2). Salem: a son, Timothy Aaron. 1/14/07. He Thornton Trosch (JD ’02), Charlotte, joins his brother, Daniel Alexander (3). NC: a son, Joseph Theodore. 4/1/07. He Benjamin Eckert (’99) and Andrea joins his brother, Alexander. Morrison Eckert (’99), Pennington, NJ: Jennifer Pollock Mueller (’00) and a son, Ethan Morrison. 2/27/07. He joins Matt Mueller, Timonium, MD: a daugh- Robyn Byrd Michalove (MDiv ’03) his brother, Eli (2). ter, Ann Stuart McEvoy. 5/31/06. She and Aaron Michalove, Fort Worth, TX: joins her sister, Hadley (1). a daughter, Allison Ellen. 3/22/07 Elise Murphy Forrest (’99) and John Forrest, Chevy Chase, MD: a daughter, Maren Elisabeth. 3/8/07

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 69 Deaths Ralph Copeland Harris (’42), March Following a tour of duty as a medical 29, 2007, Rockingham, NC. He worked officer at U.S. naval hospitals in Tennes- Bill Haywood Kinsey (’35), Feb. 23, for the Federal Crop Insurance Program see and Japan, he entered private prac- 2007, Washington, NC. He went to veteri- of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in Wash- tice in Greenville, SC. He joined Meck- nary school at Alabama Polytechnic ington. He established a Southern Life lenburg Radiology of Charlotte in 1956 Institute and received his DVM in 1941 Insurance Agency, taught adult educa- and was also a radiology and nuclear from Auburn University. tion classes and was dean of evening medicine specialist at Presbyterian programs at Richmond Community Hospital until retiring in 1985. He is Herman Moorman Abbitt Sr. (’36), College. He retired as RCC’s first Dean survived by his wife, Iris Willis (’44), April 9, 2007, Louisa,VA. He served in the Emeritus. and children, Dianne Sanchez (’70), U.S. Army during World War II, operated Mike Burnett, Beth McGinley and Tom Village Drug Store in Highland Springs, James Baxter Turner Jr. (’42), March Burnett Jr. (’81). VA, and worked at the Appomattox (VA) 20, 2007, Raleigh and Banner Elk, NC. He Rexall Drug Store. was a former member of the University’s Donald Floyd “Don” Bunn (’46),Feb. board of trustees and a past president of 3, 2007, Richmond,VA. He served in the Louis Ward Alexander (’37), Jan. 31, the Deacon Club. He was the owner and U.S. Navy and was a retired dentist. 2007, Raleigh, NC. He was director of president of Pender Mfg. & Supply Co. transportation for the North Carolina and the Turner companies in Raleigh and Frank Eugene Deese (’46), Jan. 29, Department of Education, retiring after Columbia, SC. He served in the Marine 2007, Black Mountain, NC. He was a chap- 42 years. Corps during World War II and Korea as lain and 29-year military veteran. He a carrier and land-based pilot of F4U received awards including the Legion James V. Dooney (’38), Feb. 4, 2007, Corsairs in the Black Sheep Squadron, of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Merito- Galloway Township, NJ. He served in the providing close air support to ground rious Service Medal with Oak Leaf U.S. Navy and retired as an inspector troops in the South Pacific, and received Cluster,Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with after 40 years with the Atlantic City the Distinguished Flying Cross in each Palm and Glider Badge. After retiring Police Department. After retiring, he conflict. He is survived by his wife, Ann, from the military, he had interim pas- returned to the department as a civilian and four children, James Baxter torates in Kentucky and North Carolina. employee in the property and evidence Turner III (’73); Ann Merrick Turner Memorials may be made to the Poteat unit. “Dida” Parrott (’74, MBA ’79) and Scholarships, Wake Forest University, husband Robert Johnson Parrott PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27109- Herbert Tallie Dupree (’39), Jan. 9, (MBA ’79); Frank Judson Turner 7227, the Frank Eugene Deese Scholar- 2007, Angier, NC. He served in the U.S. (’77) and wife Lee; and Ruth Dudley ship Fund, , Campus Marine Corps during World War II. He Turner Camp (’84) and husband Box 3071, Wingate, NC 28174 or the was assistant principal, coach and biolo- Robert; seven grandchildren and three Kiwanis Foundation, PO Box 491, Black gy teacher at Coats High School, retiring great-grandchildren. Mountain, NC 28711. after 33 years. He was owner of Dups Auto Parts in Angier for 59 years. He was Joseph Garrott Browder (’43),Feb. Dewitt Dewey Phillips Jr. (MD ’46), a member of the Educators Hall of Fame 12, 2007, Winston-Salem. He retired as Jan. 24, 2007, Charlotte, NC. He served in at East Carolina University. lieutenant commander of the Civil Engin- the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War eer Corps of the U.S. Navy Reserves after as base surgeon at Pope Air Force Base. Guerrant H. Ferguson Jr. (’39), Feb. 35 years. He was an assistant bridge He was a physican for 43 years, retiring 2, 2007, Penn Valley, PA. He was a retired engineer with Southern Railway System, in 1989. family practitioner. and superintendent, project manager, division chief engineer and site manager Winifred Hollowell Shope (’47), Jan. Frank Strong Parrott (’39, MD ’41), for McDevitt & Street Co., retiring in 24, 2007, Nashville, TN. She was a med- March 11, 2007, Salisbury, NC. He served 1992. He is survived by his wife, Carlotta; ical technologist and head of the clinical in the Army Medical Corps and complet- and four children, Donna B. Moyer lab at Central State Mental Health ed his surgical residency at Baltimore (’75), Becky B. Neustadt, Timothy M. Hospital. She later served as secretary City Hospital. He was a surgeon at Davis Browder (’78) and Kevin L. Browder and treasurer of Hart Hardware Co. She Hospital in Salisbury and had a private (’84); and five grandchildren. is survived by her children, Ruth Ann practice until his retirement in 1985. He Veach (’77) and Frank N. Shope, and enjoyed 50 years in the Salisbury Rotary Thomas J.M. Burnett (’45, MD ’46), five grandchildren, including freshman Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow. After Feb. 9, 2007, Charlotte, NC. He was a Brad Veach. retirement, he attended Rowan-Cabarrus retired radiologist and a generous donor Community College and developed his to Wake Forest, who established a uni- Sidney B. Schrum (’48), March 7, 2007, hobby of making furniture. trust to fund scholarships in the college, Goldsboro, NC. He served in the U.S. Air medical school and divinity school. Force during World War II and practiced optometry in Goldsboro since 1951.

70 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE OBITUARY Harry Lee Thomas (’48), March 20, 2007, Greenville, SC. He was a professor of Thomas M. Steele psychology at North Greenville College and served on the Home Mission Field in Pittsburgh. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and pastored Bap- tist churches in Kentucky and North and South Carolina.

Joann Elizabeth Morgan Wedel (’48), Feb. 16, 2007, Charlotte, NC. She was a medical secretary for 20 years. ROFESSOR OF LAW THOMAS M. PSTEELE, who led the law school’s George Horace Bass (’49), April 6, library into a new era with the 2007, Fayetteville, NC. He served in the opening of the Professional Center U.S. Air Force. He was a teacher in Library, died on March 27, 2007. Stedman until re-enlisting in the U.S. He was 58. Army, retiring as a command sergeant Steele began his career at Wake major after 30 years. He received the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Forest in 1985 as the director of law Commendation Medal and the Bronze library services and associate profes- Star. sor of law. He was named professor of law in 1991. He became director of the Professional Center Library in 1993 when the School of Law and Ernest Woodward Boyette Jr. (’49), Babcock Graduate School of Management moved to the Worrell Profes- Jan. 19, 2007, Raleigh, NC. He served in sional Center for Law and Management. He continued as its director the U.S. Navy during World War II and until 1999. was owner/operator of the former During his career at Wake Forest, he taught state and local government, Henderson Furniture Co. for 52 years. insurance law, equitable and legal remedies, legal research and writing, Ray Esmer Burns (’49), March 3, 2007, torts, and English legal history. He published a case book, Materials and Charlotte, NC. He served in the U.S. Cases on Law Practice Management, in 2004. He recently received the Navy during World War II. He worked law school’s 2006–07 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Student for Rosson & Richards for 20 years and Bar Association. owned Burns Pipeline Tools for over 25 A native of , Steele graduated from Oklahoma State Univer- years. sity and pursued a graduate degree in history at the University of Oregon,

Anna Waller Carr (’49), Sept. 30, 2006, planning to become a history professor. But he was drafted into the U.S. Rose Hill, NC. She was a retired elemen- Army during the Vietnam War and instead spent two years as a military tary school teacher and a member of the policeman at West Point, N.Y. After he was discharged, he earned his Duplin County Retired Teacher’s Assoc. master of library science degree from the University of Oregon and his law degree from the University of Texas in 1977. Clifford C. Mabry Jr. (’49), April 12, He began his 30-year career in legal education as acting law librarian 2007, Wilmington, NC. He served in the at Southern in Dallas. He also taught and was the 376th Heavy Bomber Group in Italy law librarian at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in and during World War II. He retired as a senior vice president from Wachovia at the University of Mississippi before joining the law faculty at Wake Bank in 1986. He was a volunteer at Forest in 1985. Ogden Elementary School and Cape Steele is survived by his wife, LeAnn Steele, the registrar of the Fear Hospital and for the Boy Scouts Wake Forest School of Law, and four sons. Memorials may be made to of America. the Thomas M. Steele Research Scholarship in History Fund, Oklahoma State University, OSU Foundation, 400 South Monroe, Stillwater, OK Paul Spurgeon Wilson (’49) , Jan. 28, 74074. 2007, Red Springs, NC.

Bonnie James “BJ” Moffitt (’50), Feb. 18, 2007, Raleigh, NC. He was a jazz trumpet player.

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 71 OBITUARY Warren T. Carr Emory Marvin Musselwhite (’50), Emmett O. Albright (’52), Jan. 9, 2007, March 24, 2007, Wingate, NC. He served Lawton, OK. He served in the U.S. Army in the U.S. Navy during World War II, during World War II, receiving the was a Merchant Marine and a member medals of American Defense, American of the Navy Block Island String Band. Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, He was a pastor, serving last at Prospect Good Conduct and WWII Victory. He was Baptist Church in Supply, NC. a records management officer for the civil service at Fort Sill, retiring after 45 Troy Carson Bennett (’51),Feb.2, years. 2007, Raleigh, NC. He served as a mis- sionary in East Pakistan, Lebanon, Joseph Walter McGuire Jr. (’52), Jan. Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa. He 4, 2007, Asheville, NC. He served in the HE REV. WARREN CARR, the cerebral pastored Baptist churches in Fayetteville, U.S. Air Force. He retired from the Tand often outspoken minister of Kinston and Winston-Salem, retiring in Asheville City Schools in 1984, having Wake Forest Baptist Church from 1964 1991. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, been principal at Ira B. Jones Elementary until 1985, died on Feb. 24, 2007. Carr, son, Stephen, daughters Rebecca Perry School. and Deborah Reynolds (’80) and five who was 89, was a Southern Baptist minis- grandchildren. William Joseph O’Brien (’52), Feb. 17, ter who once described himself as “a 2007, Kernersville, NC. He worked with denominational maverick” who enjoyed Gerald Lee Coates Sr. (’51), Feb. 15, Wachovia Bank as assistant vice presi- taking on religious fundamentalists. 2007, Greensboro, NC. He served in the dent in the Kernersville Branch, retiring Throughout his ministry, he spoke his U.S. Army. He began his career as a in 1985. He received the Man of the Year convictions firmly, often as a champion of teacher at Littleton High School and later Award from the Jaycees and the Melvin civil rights and an advocate for the poor moved to finance, retiring from Barclays Jones Fellow Award from Lions Club and disenfranchised. His tightly crafted, Bank in Greensboro. International. He served as president of the N.C. Eye and Human Tissue Bank eloquent commentaries made his congre- William Joseph Eaker (’51, JD ’52), and received the Kernersville Chamber gation—largely students and faculty— Jan. 17, 2007, Cornelius, NC. He served of Commerce Community Service think about religious issues, whether they in the U.S. Army during World War II Award. agreed with his strong opinions or not. and was an insurance claims adjuster A native of Lexington, Ky., Carr gradu- for the General Adjustment Bureau. John Vernon Blackwell Jr. (’53, ated from Transylvania College. He had He practiced law for over 35 years in JD ’55), Dec. 1, 2006, Fayetteville, NC. once wanted to be a lawyer, but went into Huntersville, NC, and was instrumental He joined his father and uncle at Black- in establishing the Legal Aid Society well & Blackwell and practiced law for the ministry to honor his mother’s wishes. of Mecklenburg County, serving as its more than 50 years. He was a former After graduating from Southern Baptist first director. After retiring from his law president of the Cumberland County Theological Seminary, he spent several practice, he worked for GAB Robbins as Bar Assoc., a former district attorney years at small churches in Virginia and a litigator. and a past member of the Campbell West Virginia before being called to Watts University School of Law Estate Planning Street Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., J.D. Fulmer (’51), Feb. 27, 2007, Committee. He also was involved with in 1946. During his 18 years there, he was Trussville, AL. He served in World War II the Wake Forest School of Law Continu- an outspoken supporter of civil-rights. in the Army Air Corps and was retired ing Education Program. He is survived from PEMCO. by his wife, Edna, and three children, He also led his congregation to ordain Cheryl, Steven and John Vance. the first woman minister in the Southern James “Jim” Garry (’51), March 4, Baptist denomination. 2007, McDonald, PA. He served in the Charles M. Smith (MD ’53), March 14, Carr received an honorary doctor U.S. Army during World War II. He 2007, Rockmart, GA. He served in the of divinity degree from Wake Forest in played football in the Gator Bowl while U.S. Army Air Corps and interned at 1965. After retiring from Wake Forest at Wake Forest. He taught drivers’ edu- Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. He Baptist Church in 1985, he served as cation and history at Fort Cherry High moved to Rockmart in 1955 and had a interim pastor of Unity Baptist Church in School and coached football there for 45 general medical practice, retiring in 1988. years, retiring in 2002. He was inducted Winston-Salem and First Baptist Church into the Pennsylvania Football Hall of of Elkin. Fame and the Tri-County Football Coach He is survived by four daughters, Hall of Fame and was Conference Coach Ellen Carr Boone, Meredith Carr McIntosh, of the Year several times. Martha Gail Carr and Deborah Carr Lemus, eight grandchildren and 10 great- grandchildren.

72 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE OBITUARY Carroll Wayland Weathers Jr. (’53, David A. Hills JD ’55), Feb. 20, 2007, Hickory, NC. He was a retired attorney who practiced in AVID HILLS, the gentle cli- North Carolina for more than 45 years Dnician with the wry sense and the son of longtime School of Law of humor whose whimsical Dean Carroll Weathers (’22, JD ’23). cartoons depicted his psychol- He is survived by his wife, Barbara; ogy students and life at Wake children William Charles Weathers, Harrison Blount Weathers and Grace Forest for three decades, died W. Saydlowski (‘94); and sisters Sue on March 22, 2007. He was 75. W. Kaloyannides (‘58), Katherine W. Hills joined the University’s Petree (‘72) and Jane B. Weathers new counseling center in 1960 (‘70). Memorials may be made to the and taught in the psychology Carroll Wayland Weathers Scholarship department until retiring in 1996. “His teaching was laced with the same Fund, Wake Forest University School of sense of humor as his cartoons,” said Professor of Psychology Bob Beck. Law, PO Box 7206, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. “His range of expertise was both broad and deep.” His humor—and cre- ativity—even extended to his tests: colleagues recall the statistics test with Kenneth Wells Gwynn (’54), Feb. 25, the question that students had to answer correctly so that they would know 2007, Charlotte, NC. He worked as a CPA what room in Winston Hall to turn in their paper. for 47 years. He loved reading and wood- His light-hearted cartoons—packing a wealth of information into a simple working. drawing of a character or two accompanied by a clever phrase—endeared him to colleagues and students. “He had a comic view of the world; he was James D. Bobbitt Jr. (BBA ’55),Feb. as good as any professional or editorial cartoonist,” said Beck, who had Hills 15, 2007, Wilson, NC. He was the retired owner of Bobbitt Appraisal & Realty Co. illustrate a book he wrote in the 1980s. “He had an uncanny ability to take He is survived by his wife, Barbara Jan a complex situation, reduce it to its essentials, twist it around in some Bell Bobbitt (’56). humorous way, and draw it.” For years, his cartoons enlivened Charles Thomas Preston (BBA ’55), brochures for Freshman Orientation, Jan. 26, 2007, Winston-Salem. He is sur- Parents’ Weekend and the course cata- Joy Taylor Preston vived by his wife, logue for the now defunct January term. (’55), two sons and two grandchildren. He would often sketch his students or Thomas Sherrill Wilson (’56), Jan. 26, guest lecturers as they presented their 2007, Charlotte, NC. He served in the research. Modest and self-effacing, he U.S. Army during the Korean War. He often included himself in his cartoons was a retired claims interviewer for the as the small, unassuming, bespectacled N.C. State Employment Security man in the corner. Commission and a retired master ser- Hills grew up in Kansas and received geant of the U.S. Army Reserves. his bachelor’s degree in English at the

Hubert Ellis Lanier (’57), Jan. 28, 2007, University of Kansas. After serving in Hampstead, NC. He was a Southern the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Baptist minister for 35 years. he earned his masters in experimental psychology and his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University Bynum Hargis Phillips Jr. (’58), April of Iowa. 7, 2007, Kannapolis, NC. He retired in At Wake Forest, he was assistant director and then director for the Center 1992 from the Kannapolis City Schools, of Psychological Services—originally part of the psychology department— teaching at Cannon Junior High School from 1960 until 1974 and coordinator of student services for the University and serving as principal at McKnight and Shadybrook Elementary Schools and from 1974 until 1981. He was one of the founding members of the section Kannapolis Middle School. on neuropsychology at the School of Medicine and was a consultant at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro. Bobby Ray Stuart (’58), March 17, Hills was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Behrens Hills, and is 2007, Greensboro, NC. He was retired survived by a son, Stuart, and two daughters, Karen and Kristin. from Lorillard Corporation as a senior purchasing manager after 36 years. — Kerry M. King (’85)

www.wfu.edu/alumni JUNE 2007 73 OBITUARY Charles E. Summers Sr. (’58),Feb.8, Hayden Russell Hensley (’75),Feb. Paul S. Robinson 2007, North Wilkesboro, NC. He worked 27, 2007, Brasstown, NC. He was a juve- for Lowe’s Companies, retiring after 30 nile court probation officer before com- years. pleting his JD at Samford University School of Law. He retired as a federal Billie Pickett Carr (’60), March 29, probation officer with the office of U.S. 2007, Winston-Salem. She was retired Courts in Bryson City, NC. from the Employment Security Commis- sion of North Carolina. Kent Alan Robertson (’75), Feb. 24, 2007, Saint Cloud, MN. He earned a PhD Rodney Lee Todd (’61), Feb. 19, 2007, in urban affairs and public policy from Tampa, FL. He served in the U.S. Air the University of and taught at Force. He was with International State University of New York-Purchase. Harvester Credit Corp for 16 years and He joined St. Cloud State University in then Verizon for 23 years. 1983 as professor and director of the Community Development Program. AUL S. ROBINSON, a retired longtime Eugene S. Tanner Jr. (JD ’62), Jan 24, professor of music and University P 2007, Greensboro, NC. He served in the Michele Donovan Wickham organist, died Feb. 15, 2007, in Winston- U.S. Army and practiced law with Warren (MAEd ’75), Jan. 1, 2007, Raleigh, NC. Salem. He was 99. Coble, which later became Coble Tanner She retired in 2006 as the executive A native of Pennsylvania, Robinson & Grigg, in Albemarle, NC. He was pres- director of the Prince William County graduated from Westminster College in ident of the Stanly County Bar Assoc. Public Schools Education Foundation. 1929 and studied music at Curtis Institute and secretary-treasurer of the 20th She received awards throughout her of Music in Philadelphia. After obtaining Judicial District Bar. career for her contributions to education and her community. a master’s degree from Union Theological Charles Marion Upchurch (MD ’63), Seminary (where he later also earned his Feb. 20, 2007, Huntsville, AL. He served Donald Meek Francis (’76), Jan. 2, doctorate) in New York City, he was hired in the U.S. Air Force as a pediatrician in 2007, Marion,VA. He was a dentist in as the organist for Centenary United Alabama and Japan. He practiced pedi- Marion for 20 years. Methodist Church in downtown Winston- atrics for 35 years with Huntsville (AL) Salem in 1938. During World War II, he Pediatric Associates. He served as chief Elizabeth “Betsy” Thornhill served three-and-a-half years with the U.S. of pediatrics and chief of the medical Gammon (’76), Nov. 3, 2006, Cedar Park, Army’s Third Armored Division as a chap- staff at Huntsville Hospital. TX. She is survived by her husband, Carl Wilson Gammon (MS ’79), a son, lain’s assistant and traveled throughout Susannah Taylor Wilds (’65), Jan. 23, Benjamin, and daughter, Emily. England, France and Germany, where he 2007, Blythewood, SC. She taught at the played a folding reed organ for services. University of South Carolina and was Henry “Hank” L. Hicks Jr. (’76), He joined the Wake Forest faculty as employed by Policy Management March 3, 2007, Winston-Salem. He was acting head of the music department in Systems before retiring. an assistant principal at North Forsyth 1952, the same year as his future wife, High School and a former assistant prin- Mary Frances McFeeters, professor of Cynthia Stafford Erickson (’66), cipal at Mount Tabor High School. A Romance languages. For years, he was April 13, 2007, Raleigh, NC. She was native of Erwin, NC, he was on the bas- owner of Application Systems Co. She is ketball team at Wake Forest and was a organist for University assemblies, such survived by her husband, Walter, two tri-captain in 1975-76. He earned his as commencement, convocations and the sons, Geoffrey and Robert, a daughter, master’s degree from A&T State once-compulsory chapel services, and he Kimberly E. Arnett (’94), and one University. was accompanist for the Mozart Club’s grandchild. annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah. Evander M. Britt III (’77, JD ’80), He retired from the faculty in 1977. He Paul Mitchell Coble (’69), Dec. 7, 2006, March 3, 2007, Lumberton, NC. He prac- also was the organist for Wake Forest Alexandria,VA. He served in Vietnam. ticed law in Lumberton from 1981 until He worked with the Federal Reserve 2007 and was senior partner of Britt & Baptist Church from 1956 until 1993. Board in Washington and was an Britt, practicing domestic, criminal/traffic In addition to his wife, he is survived instructor with IBM. and personal injury law. He was a direct by two daughters, Pauline McMahon and distributor with the Amway Corp. and an Ellen O’Connor. George Allan Ferre Jr. (’75), March independent owner with The Quixtar 25, 2007, Lutz, FL. He was a store manag- Corp. He is survived by his wife, Mary er of Drug Fair, regional vice president of Heaphy Britt (’83), and two children, Trak Auto Parts, and a store manager at Marilyn and Evander. Lowe’s in Naperville, IL.

74 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE David Nifong McDaniel (’77), April 2, Jeanette Joyner Humbert, April 3, J. Paul Sticht, March 27, 2007, 2007, Charlotte, NC. He completed his 2007, Winston-Salem. She was a longtime Winston-Salem. He was a former chair- DDS from the UNC-Chapel Hill School resident of the Faculty Drive neighbor- man of R.J. Reynolds and a board mem- of Dentistry and was a dentist in hood and daughter of law alumnus John ber and strong supporter of Wake Forest Charlotte. Council Joyner (’18, JD ’23), who University Baptist Medical Center. The endowed a College scholarship and law medical school’s Sticht Center on Aging Jeffrey David Jack (MS ’88), Jan. 1, library fund years ago. She is survived by was named in his honor in 1987. A native 2007, Goshen, KY. He was an associate her husband, Bill, two sons, William and of Pennsylvania, he graduated from professor of biology at the University of John, a daughter, Nancy Sweeney Grove City (PA) College. He was presi- Louisville and was named the Tom (MBA ’93), a brother, John Joyner dent of Campbell Soup Co. in the late Wallace Professor of Conservation (’55, JD ’59), and a sister. 1950s and vice president and president of Biology. He is survived by his wife, Federated Department Stores from 1960 Elaine, and daughters, Amanda and Carolyn Vann Irvin, April 14, 2007, until 1972. He was named president of Gracelynn. Williamsburg,VA. In 2006, at the age of Reynolds in 1973, the first outsider in the 101, she created a $300,000 annuity to company’s executive history, and became Scott Allan Pike (JD ’91), March 11, fund a need-based scholarship in honor chief executive in 1978 and chairman in 2007, Lisbon, OH. He was a project man- of the descendants of Alexander 1979. He retired in 1984 but remained as ager for McCoy Associates in Alliance Russia Vann (1847). chairman of Reynolds’s executive com- and an office manager in Warren. mittee. He later supported the leveraged Lynne Ellen Johnson, March 3, 2007, buyout of the company–which by then John Mark Bassir (MS ’99), Jan. 6, Winston-Salem. She was an assistant had become RJR Nabisco–by Kohlberg 2007, Portland, OR. He worked for 20 professor of art who specialized in Kravis Roberts & Co., and he served as years at Oregon Health & Science Renaissance art, particularly the Baroque interim chairman and chief executive in University and was a shop steward for period. She earned her undergraduate 1989. He is survived by his wife, Ferne, the American Federation of State, County and master’s degrees from the University and sons, David and Mark. and Municipal Employees Union. of Wisconsin in Madison and a second master’s and PhD from the University of Kathryn Ferraris Taylor (JD ’06), Maryland. She also studied at Paris April 7, 2007, Atlanta. She graduated Sorbonne and the University of Florence. from Clemson University in 1999. At She taught at Goucher College in Wake Forest she was a member of the Maryland for almost 20 years before join- Honor Council, worked with the Elder ing the faculty at Wake Forest in 2004. Law Clinic and studied in London and She is survived by her husband, Peter Vienna. She married Keith Taylor on Brunette, Reynolds Professor in Film 11/17/06. Studies and director of the film studies program. A travel fund for art history students has been established in her name; gifts may be sent to: The Lynne Friends, Johnson Memorial Fund, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, Faculty/Staff NC 27109, or may be made online at www.wfu.edu/alumni/giving.

Walter Wray Baker Jr., March 4, 2007, David Baker Olin, Feb. 2, 2007, High Point, NC. He was an attorney in Greensboro, NC. He was a physician High Point and an adjunct professor of with Carolina Kidney Assoc. and a gen- trial advocacy at the School of Law from erous donor to the medical school, 1998-2005. He received his undergradu- Deacon Club and WFDD. The Dave Olin ate and law degree from UNC-Chapel Bone Marrow Committee, although not Hill. He was president of the Western finding a match for Olin, did identify N.C. American Board of Trial Attorneys matches for several others with life- Chapter and a past president of the N.C. threatening diseases and received a Academy of Trial Lawyers and the High prestigious award from the National Point Bar Assoc. He is survived by his Marrow Bone Program for its efforts to wife, Jane; a son, Walter W. “Trip” increase the registry. He is survived by Baker III (JD ’03); and two daughters, his wife, Julie, and two sons, Matthew Susan and Valerie. (’93, MD ’98) and Jonathan.

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& A soldier’s fortune

T By Richard E. Beale, Jr. (’64) N A T S N O C

ROTC visionary Bob Helm (’39), front, with scholarship recipient Cameron Smith and, back row, left to right, MSG Frank Thomas, Dick Beale (’64), and LTC Keith Callahan

HIS PAST NOVEMBER my wife, The link between Dr. Bob Helm TWynne, and I attended Wake (’39) and ROTC dates to 1946. Forest’s annual Stewardship Break- Upon his return to the Wake Forest fast. I had the privilege of introduc- faculty following Army service in ing the first recipient of the Robert World War II, Dr. Helm worked M. Helm Leadership Endowment, diligently to bring ROTC to the Cadet Cameron L. Smith, a sopho- campus by 1951. His vision has more from Colorado Springs, Colo- given nearly 1,500 Wake Forest rado. Wynne and I established, with graduates the opportunity to make some help from others, the Helm a positive difference by serving Endowment to assist deserving their country. That is why we chose ROTC cadets. to honor Dr. Helm.

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and the Army are inextricably truth, and perhaps my greatest les- for thirty-two years (black, white, A linked as two of six major building son at Wake Forest. I routinely brown, yellow, and red) would say T S

blocks that shaped the person I was attended Sunday worship at Wait I was competent, fair, just, compas- N to become. The other four, you ask: Chapel. One Sunday I took a seat sionate, and left each unit a little O my parents, my faith, my teachers, in an empty row toward the back. better off when I departed. C and Wynne (my most loving critic). Just before the service began, Ed One of my most treasured pos- Wake Forest has been constant and Reynolds sat down next to me and sessions is a letter from the father true to me in two obvious ways— introduced himself. Outside I tried of one of my soldiers, which I first, in relationships built and to appear calm, but inside I was received shortly after relinquishing nurtured, and second, in my liberal most uncomfortable. I had never command of a brigade in Germany. arts education. thought of myself as racially preju- It read in part, “It was our son’s Many of my better traits were diced, but I couldn’t explain my good fortune that at a very critical borrowed from those with whom I feelings. Yet to this day, I thank time in his life he was able to find in associated at Wake Forest. The lib- God that Ed Reynolds sat next to your person a role model whom he eral arts curriculum was exactly the me one Sunday long ago. For it both admired and respected. For that right balance of knowledge for one was at that moment I was forced I am greatly in your debt.” who was to become a Jack-of-all- to admit to myself prejudices I To me the spirit of Pro Humani- trades Army officer. The third seg- had never acknowledged. I knew tate has always meant making a ment of my constant and true jour- I would never be the same. positive difference. That is why I ney focused on a single event and For one hour Ed Reynolds and chose to remain a soldier for thirty- one other person. But it changed I worshiped, praised, and prayed to two years. It is why some choose my life forever. God Almighty. If we were equal in to be teachers, doctors, lawyers, I was born in the nation’s capital the eyes of God, we had to be equal engineers, business executives, or and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. in the eyes of each other. I have one whatever their calling—to make That makes me a Yankee although regret—that I never thanked Ed a positive difference. two of my great-great grandfathers Reynolds until now. So Ed, if you fought in Lee’s Army of Northern read this, even though you probably Virginia. But at Wake Forest in 1960, don’t remember the circumstances, while geography made me a Yankee, thank you for helping me turn a society had not. The Washington, big corner early in my life. Is it not Richard E. Beale, Jr. (’64), graduated D.C., I knew growing up was a remarkable that the campaign to with a B.A. in economics. He was “Southern” city with segregated conquer racial prejudice in my commissioned in the Regular Army in facilities. By the time I was in high young life began at a nearly all- June 1964 and retired in 1996 at the school, Washington and Maryland white school in North Carolina? grade of Major General. He is now an schools were integrated, but out of Suffice it to say that Wake Forest active volunteer living in Mathews 2,200 students at my high school, has been constant and true to me, County, Virginia, on the shores of the only six were African American. I but what about my scorecard? Have Chesapeake Bay. only knew one by name. During I been constant and true to the Pro To make a gift to the Robert my time at Wake Forest, the only Humanitate spirit of Wake Forest? M. Helm Leadership Endowment black member of the Class of 1964 I believe my wife and our sons fund, contact Cameron Meador (’01, I can recall is our now-distinguished would say yes, but perhaps you MAEd ’02) at [email protected] alumnus, Ed Reynolds. should ask them. I hope that the or(336)758-4834.

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Events for Reunion Classes and Professional Schools Class of 1987 All reunion classes for undergraduate and professional schools will 8 - 11 p.m., Class Party at the home of Mari and Tom Valaoras, participate in the Pre-Game Tailgate and Post-Game Party at Groves 1853 Virginia Road Stadium on Saturday, September 15. See details under General Homecoming Events. Although many events are free, please register Class of 1992 so we can plan each activity for the proper number of guests. 8:30 p.m., Class Party at Diamondback Grill, 751 North Avalon Road

Class of 1957 Class of 1997 Half Century Club Events 9 p.m., Class Party, Shorty’s, Benson Center See details under Half Century Club in the General Homecoming events Class of 2002 6:30 p.m., Class Dinner, Old Town Club, $35 per person 9 p.m. , Five-Year Reunion Kick-Off Party, Reynolda Hall, Lu Leake Foyer (outside the Magnolia Room) Class of 1962 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Class Party at the home of Elms and Harriet Allen, Important Registration Information 513 Westover Avenue A limited number of tickets for paid events will be available for purchase at the door. We strongly encourage you to register now to guarantee Class of 1967 your place. 7 p.m., Class Party at the home of Anne Kennedy Brock, 4640 Cherryhill Lane All prepaid tickets to events (including the special “football and tailgate ticket” package) will be put in your registration packet; no tickets will Class of 1972 be mailed. General alumni registration packets will be available during 7:30 p.m., Class Party at the home of Keith and Lydia Vaughan, Registration on Friday and Saturday. 4440 Bent Tree Farm Road Campus Organizations Class of 1977 Many campus organizations are planning their own Homecoming activities. 7:30 p.m., Class Party at Jack Welker’s Catered Affairs, Visit www.wfu.edu/homecoming and/or contact any groups with which $15 per person you are affiliated (such as Greek organizations, service clubs, social organi- zations, religious groups, cultural groups, Women’s Studies, etc.) for details. Class of 1982 8 p.m., Class Party at the home of David and Lisa Rowell, Questions? 809 Arbor Road Contact the Office of Alumni Activities (800) 752-8568

Reunion Class Hotels Class of 1972 Class of 1992 General Alumni Hotels Ask for your Wake Forest Fairfield Inn and Suites Class of 1997 (Ask for the Wake Forest Block) Class Year/Professional 1680 Westbrook Plaza Drive Wingate Inn School block (336) 714-3000 125 South Main Street Brookstown Inn $72 kings & doubles/ $119 suite (336) 714-2800 200 Brookstown Avenue Half Century Club $89 (336) 725-1120 Class of 1957 Class of 1977 $89 Class of 1962 Residence Inn Babcock School Sundance Plaza Hotel and Suites 7835 North Point Blvd. Hawthorne Inn Hampton Inn

Homecoming 2007 Homecoming 3050 University Parkway (336) 759-0777 420 High Street 1900 Hampton Inn Court (336) 723-2911 $92 studio/ $139-2 bedroom (336) 777-3000 (336)760-1660 $89.99 $79.99 $89 Class of 1982 Class of 1967 Twin City Quarter Law School Hawthorne Inn Class of 2002 425 North Cherry Street Divinity School 420 High Street Courtyard by Marriott (336) 725-3500 Holiday Inn Select (336) 777-3000 (University Parkway) $119/ Marriott side 5790 University Parkway $79.99 3111 University Parkway (336) 767-9595 (336) 727-1277 Class of 1987 $79 Holiday Inn Select $99 Comfort Inn Cloverdale 5790 University Parkway 110 Miller Street (336) 767-9595 (336) 721-0220 $76.99 $80

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GENERAL HOMECOMING EVENTS Number Attending Price REUNION CLASSES AND Number Attending Price FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL EVENTS NOTE: Please sign up for the Pre-Game Half Century Club Gathering ______No charge Tailgate and Post-Game Party using the General Registration Form (at left)

Half Century Club Picture ION ($10 per picture) ______$______Class of 1957 Dinner ($35 per person) ______$______Class of 1962 Class Party ______No charge Half Century Club Luncheon Class of 1967 Class Party ______No charge ($15.00 per person; no charge Class of 1972 Class Party ______No charge for members of Class of 1957 Class of 1977 Class Party ($15 pp) ______$______or emeriti faculty) ______$______Class of 1982 Class Party ______No charge Class of 1987 Class Party ______No charge Alumni Admissions Forum or Alumni Class of 1992 Class Party ______No charge in Admissions Training Class of 1997 Class Party ______No charge (call 336-758-4930 to register) Class of 2002 Five-Year Reunion Kickoff Party ______No charge Return to the Classroom ______No charge SUBTOTAL $______STRAT General Alumni Hotels (Ask for the Wake Forest Block) Alumni Reception ______$______Registration fee (this fee is used so that we ($5 per person/cash bar) can continue to keep the costs for events as Brookstown Inn low as possible-or free-for alumni events 200 Brookstown Avenue SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 such as receptions, the Festival on the Quad, (336) 725-1120 and more.) $5.00 $89 Service of Remembrance ______No charge TOTAL $______EGI Hampton Inn Festival on the Quad ______No charge 1900 Hampton Inn Court Method of payment: Pre-Game Alumni Tailgate/Football _____ Check enclosed (make checks payable to Wake Forest University) (336)760-1660 R $89 ticket package “Football game and _____ Credit card (please complete the following information) Tailgate” ticket @ $40 per person ______$______Hawthorne Inn Tailgate ticket only @$15 per person ______$______Name (as on card) ______420 High Street MasterCard ______Visa ______AmEx ______(336) 777-3000 Wake Forest vs. Army $79.99 (call 888-758-DEAC for Card number ______football tickets only) Expiration date ______

Holiday Inn Select Signature ______5790 University Parkway Post-Game Party at (336) 767-9595 Groves Stadium ______No charge $76.99

Double Deacons

Alton L. Absher Jr. and Alton L. Absher III, father and son from Winston-Salem, started at Wake Forest School of Law three years ago and graduated together May 21. “It was Dad’s idea,” said the younger Absher, who said his father had always wanted to be an attorney and when he retired early from an information technology job, started thinking about it more. After a year, he called up his son and suggested the two of them start law school. Alton III will work in patent law, while his father plans to practice estate law.