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It's always a point of pride when I see had served in Congress from 1998 to alumni making their marks. From music 2004, when he lost in a bid for a fourth to medicine to teaching to literature ­ term to Republican Mike Sodrel. The whatever the profession, members of the 2006 election marked their third close

Furman fa mily consistently help to better race - Hill had edged Sodrel in 2002 - the world. In doing so, they bring great and this time the Furman alumnus rode honor to alma mater. the wave of disenchantment with

In recent months, three alumni who Republican leadership back into office. are no strangers to readers of university Hill is part of the "Blue Dog publications have earned extensive Mike McConnell Mark Sanford Baron Hill Coalition," a group of conservative-to­ attention in the political arena. moderate Democrats who, according

The new year had barely begun before the Sanford, who was kind enough to invite the to their Web site, strive "to bridge the gap between announcement came that President Bush had named Furman Singers to perform at both of his inaugurations, ideological extremes." Perhaps he and his colleagues retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell '66 director of spent much of his first term battling with the state can help end the partisan bickering that has marred national intelligence. McConnell is a former head legislature over both the merits and the implemen­ Washington politics in recent years. of the National Security Agency and former senior tation of his agenda, which includes such issues as As this year progresses, I encourage you to watch intelligence officer for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during restructuring state government and education reforms. for news about the work of these gentlemen, all of the Gulf War, when he was often seen on television In a state where the legislature has long been more whom deserve credit for their willingness to step into briefing the nation. powerful than the governor, Sanford struggled to leadership roles during these critical times.

In recent years McConnell has been a vice convince his legislative colleagues of the wisdom of And I think it's safe to predict that, assuming president of Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy most of his ideas, and the result was more acrimony arrangements can be made in the midst of their busy and consulting firm based in Falls Church, Va. Furman than accomplishment. schedules, you'll see feature-length articles about each presented him its Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991 . But Sanford did seem to get along with the people of them in future issues of this magazine.

In making the appointment, President Bush of South Carolina. He was re-elected by a 10 percent praised McConnell's experience, intellect and character margin - a larger victory margin than in 2002. As CLOSING NOTE: I'd be remiss if I didn't include a brief and said, "He has decades of experience ensuring that he begins his second term, he and the legislature have, reminder about Homecoming 2007, scheduled Novem­ our military forces have the intelligence they need at least publicly, indicated a willingness to set aside past ber 2-4. Beginning with the Class of 1947, special to fight and win wars." differences and work together to find common ground, reunions are scheduled for classes ending in 2 and 7.

For his part, McConnell said, "Public service has although rumblings still can be heard from both sides. If you are interested in volunteering to be on your always been my passion. I look forward to serving this It will be interesting to see how things transpire for reunion committee or would like more information great nation as we continue to fight the global war Sanford, a notorious maverick who is not afraid to about Homecoming, please contact Tina Hayes Ballew on terrorism and to face the many new challenges stand his ground and challenge the powers that be. '78, associate director of the Alumni Association, at of the new century." While Sanford won re-election, Baron Hill '75 [email protected] or by calling 1-800-PURPLE3. The November elections brought additional was elected - again - to the U.S. House from the -TOM TRIPLITT '76 attention to two other Furman alumni. ninth district of Indiana.

Avoiding the pitfalls that many Republican Notice that I used the term "elected again." Th e author is director of the Alumni Association. candidates encountered in 2006, Mark Sanford '83 Hill, a Democrat who was a point guard for the was re-elected governor of South Carolina. Furman basketball team during the Joe Williams era,

34 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 CLASS NOTES, WINTER 2007 ......

College Bread Loaf School of English 49 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 59 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 71 NEXT REUNION IN 201 1 at Oxford University with a master's degree Rosalie Manly Burnett retired in October Marvin Lynch was awarded an honorary Terry and Tina Deaver live in Williams­ specializing in British literature. The Bread after 27 years as organist at Lutheran degree from Francis Marion University burg, Va., where Terry is president of JTD Loaf School is the country's oldest graduate Church of Our Savior in Greenville. She in Florence, S.C., during the school's fall Inc./Ace Peninsula Hardware. school for secondary teachers of English. is also a longtime educator, having served Commencement December 16. For 25

as a principal at four schools in Greenville years he was director of admissions and 73 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 79 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 County. She is a member of the Furman an instructor in business administration Daniel Cloer has joined RICOMM Systems Priscilla Waters Moench has become Alumni Association Board of Directors. at the school, which he continues to serve of Mount Laurel, N.J., as senior director of a credit risk manager with Florida Capital as a volunteer chaplain. He is a former business development. He was previously Bank Group in Jacksonville. 51 NEXT REUNION IN 201 1 teacher and coach at Ridge Spring-Monetta vice president of storage marketing BIRTH: John and Lila White, a daughter, On December 17, First Baptist Church and Pamplico high schools. His team at Silicon Image Corp. Sarah Grace Patricia, January 5, 2006, of Gaffney, S.C., proclaimed that won the boys' state title in basketball Ann Ralston Ferguson is governor of the Manakin Sabot, Va. Bobby Morrow would henceforth at Pamplico in 1961. Society of Mayflower Descendants in the have the title pastor emeritus. State of Alabama. She is 12th in descent 81 NEXT REUNION IN 2011 66 NEXT REUNION IN 201 1 from Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. Dan Holland lives on Hilton Head Island, 52 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Gray Geddie and Lewis Smoak of the She is a social work supervisor with the S C.. where he is president of CoastaiStates In a November 14 ceremony held at Ogletree Deakins law firm in Greenville Alabama Department of Human Resources. Bank, a commercial bank with assets in Thompson-Boling Arena at the University have been named to the 2007 edition excess of $250 million. The bank has been of Te nnessee, James A. Prince was of The Best Lawyers in America. Gray 76 NEXT REUNION IN 201 1 recognized by the South Carolina Chamber inducted into the Knoxville Interscholastic has also been inducted into The College David DeWitt has joined Actoras Partners, of Commerce as the sixth fastest growing League Boys Basketball Coaches Association of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Ltd ., of Hoffman Estates, Ill., as a senior company in the state. Hall of Fame. He coached at Powell High management consultant. Robert Shippey now serves as vice School from 1959-68, winning 178 games. 68 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 president for institutional advancement James (Buddy) Jennings of Spartanburg, 77 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! at Shorter College in Rome, Ga. He joined 58 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 S.C., has been appointed to the board BIRTH: Don and Suzanne Stilwell, the Shorter faculty in 2003 as director Harry Eskew of Macon, Ga., presented of the Boiling Springs Community Bank. a son, Tommy, July 3, Chickamauga, Ga. of the Hugh F. Davis Center for Ministry a paper titled "William Walker: Carolina He is retired from Spartanburg School Don is the publisher of the Wa lker County Education and associate professor of Contributor to American Music" at the District 2, where he was superintendent. Messenger, Ca toosa Co unty News and religion. He was also assistant to the conference of the Society for American John Thomas, who practices in the areas Fort Oglethorpe Press newspapers. president. He previously worked at Truett­ Music in Chicago. He presented "Georgia of tax law, trusts and estates, and employee McConnell College and at Southern Baptist Origins of 'The Sacred Harp' " at the Georgia benefits with the Thomas & Fisher firm in 78 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 Theological Seminary. Baptist Historical Society conference. Greenville, has been named to the 2007 Cynthia Huggins has been given an

A retrospective exhibit of the art work of edition of The Best Lawyers in America. ongoing appointment as president of the 82 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Jackque Truluck Cook Warren was held Donald Ubben is a member of the board University of Maine at Machias. A profes­ Elizabeth Parker Blansett teaches during the fa ll at Presbyterian College in of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts sor of English, she has served the school at Camdenton (Mo ) Middle School. Clinton, S.C. After retiring as executive in Amherst, a year-round residential retreat as interim president, acting vice president Georgia governor Sonny Perdue recently director of the YWCA of Oakland, Calif., for superior professional artists from for academic affairs, and co-chair of the appointed Martha Ellen McElyea of she opened a studio in Fountain Inn, S.C., around the world. arts and letters division. She is an execu­ Canton to the Superior Court of the Blue where she creates painted silk wearable tive board member for the Maine Higher Ridge Judicial Circuit. She had served art. She consults with congregations to 69 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 Education Council, an editorial advisory as a juvenile court judge since 2000 and help them develop programs to share their Patrick and Katharine Mabie Hickie live board member for the journal Bronte is a judicial advisory member of the State facilities and provide community service in Bristol, Tenn., where Kathy is a middle Studies and a member of the board Board of Juvenile Justice. to families, and she is the author of "Open school teacher. She recently earned a of the Sunrise County Economic Council. the Doors: A Guide for Serving Families doctorate in educational leadership and Emma Nowak Watson (M.A.), an English in Sacred Places," a publication distributed policy analysis from East Tennessee State teacher at Eastside High School in Green­ nationally by Partners for Sacred Places. University. ville, graduated from the Middlebury

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Choir. The Parish Choir is scheduled to Rob and Sandy Martinez Little,

2006-07 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS premier Memphis composer Stanley a daughter, Katherine Ann, October 15, Friedman's Moravian Cantata in March. Plantation, Fla. Harriet Arnold Wilburn '74, president; Randolph W. Blackwell '63, president The Motet Choir, David's professional/ David and Paula Edwards Wonders, elect; Clare Folio Morris '83, vice president; James H. Simkins, Jr. '78, auditioned adult choir, is preparing to a son, Kevin Richard, May 26, Clarkesville, past president; Rebecca Ann Armacost '89; Venita Tyus Billingslea '81; release a CD. Ga. John M. Block '63; Edna Wells Boyd '54; J. Chris Brown '89; Rosalie Manly Burnett '49; H. Furman Cantrell '61; Bobby E. Church '78; David S. Cobb '90; 86 NEXT REUNION IN 201 1 90 NEXT REUNION IN 2010

Allen Cothran '01; George L. Johnson '68; Vicki Bieksha Johnson '93; Tom Piper has been appointed senior vice Kelly Kirkpatrick McWhorter has been L. Yates Johnson, Jr. '59; William A. Lampley '4 1; Charles W. Linder '59; president and senior commercial lender of named executive director of the Green­ J. Cordell Maddox '54; Joseph C. Moon, Jr. '76; Ellison L. Smith '89; Independence National Bank in Greenville. wood (S.C.) Regional Tourism and Visitors Cynthia Black Sparks '80; Heyward M. Sullivan '59. Most recently he was a vice president and Bureau. commercial lending officer with SunTrust MARRIAGE: Greg Michell and Erica Ex-Officio and Other Members: David E. Shi '73, president; Bank. McKinney, July 1. They live in Atlanta. Donald J. Lineback, vice president for development; Tom Triplitt '76, BIRTHS: Thomas and Tara Bates, a son, director of Alumni Association; Jane Dungan, associate director of Alumni 87 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Grady Emerson, August 15, Suwanee, Ga. Association; Tina Hayes Ballew '78, associate director of Alumni Association; Kenneth and Lisa Lee Rust of Lumberton, Tom works in IBM iSeries/Storage Sales C. Todd Malo '95, president, Young Alumni Council; Ty ner Ray '07, president, N.C., own and operate six McDonald's with Canvas Systems. Student Alumni Council; Carrie Beth Wallace '07, president, Association restaurants in southeastern North Carolina. Kirk and Kate Stone (M.A. '00) Fisher, of Furman Students; Will Bryan '07, president, Senior Class. a daughter, Olivia Kate, September 7. 88 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 Kirk has opened Cox & Fisher law firm BIRTH: James and Keri Lawton, a daugh- in Greenville. ter, Madison Taylor, July 27, Orlando, Fla. Mike and Joan Ekins Martin, a son, Tate Alexander, May 23, Greenville. Joan 83 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 84 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 89 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 is corporate accounting manager with Soprano Karen Parks, a voice teacher at James May of Lilburn, Ga., is an in-house Marc Esper of NBC Universal in New York Michelin North America. Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Ga., lawyer with lNG Investments. His wife, City was recently promoted to the position recently performed in Milan and Helsinki. Debra Innes '87 May, a media specialist of vice president of search. 91 NEXT REUNION IN 2011 She will be featured on "Songs of the at Norcross Elementary School in Gwinnett After deployment to Iraq by the U.S. Army Jennifer Piehl Glittenberg and her Americas," a CD project commissioned County, Ga., earned her master's degree as comptroller of the 44th MEDCOM head­ husband, Joergen, teach at the Inter­ by Janet Reno. She is also forming her in instructional technology from the quarters and executive officer for the 28th national Community School in Addis own production company. University of Georgia. Combat Support Hospital, Bryan Langmuir Ababa, Ethiopia. They previously taught Martin Workman was named Law Kristofer Strasser of the Ogletree Deakins is now assigned to Fort Lewis, Wash., as in international schools in Argentina and Enforcement Officer of the Year by the firm in Greenville has been named to chief financial officer for Madigan Army Austria. Conway (S.C.) Kiwanis Club. Martin joined the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers Medical Center and the Western Regional Dawn Strickland, a lecturer in the the town's police department in 2003 in America. Medical Command. Department of Modern Languages and and serves as a school resource officer MARRIAGE: Ann Edmiston and Tom George Quarles, who was profiled in the Literatures at Furman, was awarded her at Conway High School. He is a volunteer Fitzgibbons, September 10, 2005. They Summer 2006 issue of Furman magazine, doctorate in French linguistics from Indiana tutor and mentor at the Cherry Hill live in Burlington, Ky. coached Maryville (Tenn.) High School to University in December. Community Center and participates its third consecutive Class 4A state football BIRTHS: Andrew and Joy Erwin '92 in the annual Law Enforcement Torch 85 NEXT REUNION IN 2010 championship in 2006. His teams have Coe, a daughter, Elizabeth Grace, July 31. Run to raise money for disabled children. In November, David Ouzts conducted won 45 games in a row and six state titles They live in South Boston, Va. BIRTH: Mark '84 and Debbie Sauer a program of English choral music for the in the last seven years. Chris and Jamie Whitley, a daughter, Hudson, a daughter, Miriam, October Memphis (Tenn.) Chapter of the American BIRTHS: Kevin and Diane Thompson Nicola Renee, March 21, Atlanta. Chris 2006. Guild of Organists. The performance Kingery, a son, Jonathan Thomas, is a real estate developer. featured his choir, The Parish Choir of September 12, Aiken, S.C. Church of the Holy Communion (Episcopal), and the St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

36 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 MARRIAGE: Julie Mabry and Mike works for the Stapleton development, Trey is a teacher, coach and athletic 92 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Dotson (M.S. '94), September 2. the largest urban redevelopment project director at Druid Hills High School. Keely Burrell of Greenville is an attorney They live in Greenville. in the country. Ken and Shellie Moses Shipley, a son, with Anderson and Herlong LLC. BIRTHS: Kevin and Leslie Clugston Kevin Liske and Lalah Manly, a son, Kylin Caiden Sterling, July 28. They live in Chuck Meyers was recently promoted Andres, a son, James Dominic, September Brin Manly Liske, February 15, 2006, Pine Sahuarita, Ariz. Ken is a pharmacist and to account supervisor by the William Mills 12, Macon, Ga. Lake, Ga. Lalah is a music therapist with Shellie, a teacher at the Arizona School Agency of Atlanta, the largest independent Keven and Lisha Bridges Burnett, a son, Clayton County (Ga.) Schools. for the Deaf, is pursuing post-graduate public relations firm serving the financial Jake Thomas, January 12, 2006. They live Alden and Stacy Milam, a son, Tate work toward a reading specialist degree, industry. in Denver, Colo. Lisha heads communi­ Anderson, September 5, Charlotte, N.C. focusing on the needs of deaf students. Carl Sullivan, who is news editor of cations and public relations for the U.S. Trey and Twyler Palmer, a son, Mason Newsweek.com, has been named a senior headquarters of Suncor Energy, and Keven William, March 20, 2006, Decatur, Ga. writer for Newsweek magazine as well.

McNEELY SERVES AS ROLE MODEL FOR FUTURE JOURNALISTS ......

As a child, Patricia Gantt McNeely would sit In 2001 she was named National Distinguished in a pecan tree in the front yard of her family's Educator of the Year by the Newspaper Division of farm in Greenville and dream of becoming a writer. the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass

She first attempted to break into the journalism Communication. She served for 14 years as national field while a freshman at Furman, when she coordinator of the Reader's Digest writing workshops, approached the regional manager of The Greenville and she is the author of two books on the media

News and requested her own paper route. He in South Carolina. responded that girls couldn't have paper routes, When she retired from USC at the end of the but offered to help her find another position. 2006 fall semester, colleagues and former students

That's how she became the News ' first female sent notes praising her supportive attitude, "tough copy " boy." As such, she worked 20 hours a week but tender" approach and encouraging nature. typing reporters' assignments, tracking down pictures Bob Bentley, a former newspaper editor, wrote and running errands for the city editor. that she is "the kind of journalism educator that

Then one day she was offered the opportunity editors love. That's because we know she co uld to write a review of "The Lady's Not for Burning," step into any newsroom in the nation and imme- a play at Furman that she was studying in an English diately improve the paper. She brings a special class. The paper published her article exactly as she credibility into the classroom that can be earned only wrote it, and when she went to work the next day, in the field." her name was on the assignment sheet. Pat's Furman pedigree is strong as well. Her twin

From that time forward she was a writer. She brothers, Bill and Dick Gantt, are 1959 graduates; her became a full-time reporter at the News after earning father, William A. Gantt, Sr., earned a master's degree her English degree in 1960. After Pat earned her master's degree in journalism from Furman in 1955; and her mother, Alice Woodson

Pat met her husband, AI '57, while working from the University of South Carolina, she was offered Gantt, was a 1952 graduate. The family established in Greenville, where he was a sports writer for the a part-time teaching position in the university's journal­ the Alice Woodson and William A. Gantt, Sr., afternoon paper. They married in 1961 and moved ism school in 1972. The job became full time in 1974. Scholarship in 1998. to Columbia. AI went on to a career in advertising, Her success as a reporter transferred to the class­ As for her "retirement" plans, one of her main and Pat became an award-winning reporter for both room, as she became the only woman in the 83-year goals is to complete two books, which she says she's

The Columbia Record and The State, covering city and history of the journalism school to be promoted to full "determined to finish in the next co uple of years." county government, health, education and welfare, professor. During more than 30 years on the faculty and women's news. They have two children: Allison, she served as the school's associate dean and chaired Adapted with permission from an article in the Fall a high school drama teacher and resident director the news editorial and the print and electronic 2006 issue of Intercom, a publication of the University at Town Theatre in Columbia, and Alan, a software sequences, and she is the only woman to hold of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass developer in Portland, Ore. an endowed professorship in the school. Communications.

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BIRTHS: David and Candice Ashburn, Bill and Shannon Wilkerson Wilson, MARRIAGES: Alisa Carter and Kevin 93 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 a son, David Allen Ill, August 4, Dexter, a daughter, Katherine Mae, October 20, Delashmutt, June 25. Lisa is dependency Lane and Tracy Doster Jones Jive in Mich. Greenville. case manager supervisor with Family Matthews, N.C. Lane recently started Chapin and Anne Marie Williamson Preservation Services, Inc., in Fort Pierce, Fla. Blakeney Real Estate, a residential and Frazee, a daughter, Copeland Maria, 94 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 Todd Colarusso and Tiffany Riehle, August commercial real estate company. September 1, Ta llahassee, Fla. Kelly Jackson Davis, owner of Davis Public 26. Todd is an attorney at Constangy MARRIAGES: Christopher Gaskill and John and Kristen Gunder Hogan, a son, Relations and Marketing, LLC, in Columbia, Brooks & Smith LLC in Atlanta, and Tiffany Doreen Murphy, October 2, 2005. They Carter Chase, July 8, Atlanta. S C., recently launched her company Web is a pediatrician. live in Glendale, Calif. Chris co-founded Chris and Lisa Knox, a son, Adam site, www.davispublicrelations.com. BIRTHS: Paul and Amy Kemp Comer, Art Works Hollywood Inc., a set design/ Christopher, August 25, Greenwood, S.C. Karen Martin-Wilkins of Spartanburg, a daughter, Abby, September 11, 2005, construction company that serves the film Mark and Anne Lofye, a son, Mark, Jr., S.C., received a master's degree in social Mount Pleasant, S.C. Amy is market and photo industry, and Doreen produces May 20, Atlanta. work from the University of South Carolina research manager with Blackbaud, Inc. television commercials. Allan and Stephanie Compton Turner, last May. She works at SAFE Homes-Rape Derek and Amy Sites '95 Roberts, Allison Richardson and Matthew Hilt, a daughter, Lydia Margaret, October 27, Crisis Coalition, a program for victims of a daughter, Caroline Elizabeth, September September 30. They Jive in Atlanta where 2005, Greenwood, S.C. domestic violence and sexual assault. 14, Hampstead, N.C. Allison is an attorney with The Weathington Will and Molly Waring, a son, William Firm. Hayne IV, August 5, Summerville, S.C.

WEBB STEPS DOWN AS ARMY'S DEPUTY SURGEON GENERAL......

A distinguished military career came to an end a residency in oral pathology at the Army Institute

November 9 when Maj. Gen. Joseph G. Webb formally of Dental Research and Armed Forces Institute

retired from active duty during ceremonies at Fort Sam of Pathology. He is an honor graduate of the Army

Houston military base in San Antonio, Texas. Command and General Staff College, where he

Webb, a 1967 Furman graduate, was the Army's was also class president.

Deputy Surgeon General, a position he assumed in July He went on to hold a host of command, teaching

2004. At the ceremonies, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, and research positions in the United States and abroad,

Army Surgeon General, described Webb as "fiercely including Chief of the Army Dental Corps. Among

dedicated to our Army Medical Department. As the his awards and commendations are the Defense

Deputy Surgeon General, he has been nothing short Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the

of brilliant." Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation

A resolution passed November 15 by Congress Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

praised Webb's "contributions to dental wellness" During the retirement ceremonies, Webb was

and "commitment to medical research." The resolu­ presented the Distinguished Service Medal. His wife,

tion cited his efforts to establish a program to improve Anne Compton, received the Commander's Award

"significant recruiting and retention compromises in for Public Service and Certificate of Appreciation. the Dental Corps of the Armed Forces that otherwise Webb told the crowd that he would miss military would have had a detrimental impact on the dental life but added, "I know the next couple of decades,

health of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines." at least, are in great hands because of soldiers like

The resolution also lauded Webb "as a soldier, you. I would love to stay on, but the reality is, I have clinician and commander" who displayed "the highest of thousands in the Army Medical Department for his done about ali i can do. I envy those who remain levels of leadership, professional competence, integrity, balanced, caring and inclusive leadership style. Our to face today's challenges and those that tomorrow and moral courage." Army and our nation owe him much, especially during will bring." Roger Foxhall '73, a retired Army colonel now this time of war. Our medics are doing heroic things living in San Antonio, worked for Webb while in the daily. He has done Furman proud." Adapted with permission from an article by military. Foxhall says, "Joe is a tremendously humble A native of Lake City, S.C., Webb graduated from Ch eryl Harrison in the November 76 iss ue of and quietly powerful leader who earned the respect the Medical University of South Carolina and completed the Fort Sam Houston News Leader.

38 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 Randy and Alice Fry Shepley, a daughter, 95 NEXT REUNION IN 2010 Elizabeth, August 25, Marietta, Ga. Robbie Flowers of Wilsonville, Ore., FURMAN ON THE WEB Allen and Laurie Blossom Tubbs, a son, completed his Ph.D. in forest entomology The Furman magazine Web site at www.furman.edu/fumag features selected Hunter, August 9, Atlanta. at Virginia Tech last May and works as (and expanded) stories from each quarterly issue, a "Special to the Web" a forest entomologist for the Oregon feature, links to other Furman Web pages, and a quick survey that offers 97 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Department of Forestry. an easy way for you to evaluate the magazine, make suggestions and shape Angela Cameron Cunningham, Tammy Gann is associate director of the future issues. Please take a moment to visit www.furman.edu/fumag. a cosmetic dentist in Johnson City, Te nn., Wesley Foundation at Georgia Southern received the "40 Under 40" award from University in Statesboro. the Business Journal of Tri-Cities Te nnessee Working with Associated Production Music, and southwest Virginia. composer Chris Rickwood was part of Brent Roberts and Lyd ia Pettigrew, Elizabeth Hodges and David Pollet, Kenneth '98 and Kelly Gal bert Fields a team that updated the Monday Night a daughter, Pera Rose Roberts, April 4, May 12. They live in Charlotte, N.C., where have been transferred to Clermont-Ferrand, Football theme, called "Heavy Action," Mauldin, S.C. Elizabeth is communications manager with France, by Michelin. Kenneth is an IS for ESPN. Chris, who lives in Dahlonega, Scott and Heather Summers, a son, Wachovia. project office analyst with the company. Ga., recently worked on projects for Gavin Scott, August 22, Greenville. ADOPTION: Jeff and Janice Sitterson MARRIAGES: Shelley Bridwell and Cartoon Network, Motorola, World Touch Jerry and Meredith To mlinson Williams, Looper (M.A.), a daughter, Faith Alejandra, Andrew Noble, March 25, 2006. They live Gaming and Cadillac Jack. Visit his Web a son, Lee Alexander, November 5, March 14, 2006. They live in Easley, S.C. in Atlanta where Shelley is employed in site, www.rickwoodmusic.com. Lillington, N.C. Meredith is an assistant BIRTHS: Paul '98 and Lisa Sexton Aiesi, marketing and sales with Pacific Southern MARRIAGES: Amy Justice and Hank professor of mathematics at Campbell a daughter, Margaret Estelle, September Wine Company. Perry, June 10. Amy teaches kindergarten University. 18. Paul is chief investment officer with Jonathan Hensley and Nadia Blakemore, at Savannah (Ga.) Christian Preparatory TIC Properties in Greenville. June 10. Jonathan is an attorney in School and Hank is an associate pastor 96 NEXT REUNION IN 2011 Tim and Catherine Hinkle Austin, a son, Memphis, Te nn. at Richmond Hill United Methodist Church. Matt Bird has joined First Savers Bank Thomas Andrew, July 17, Greenwood, S.C. BIRTHS: Troy Matthew Nunley and Lily Sandi Padgett and Charlie Riddle, August of Greenville as vice president of sales Tim is an ophthalmologist at Greenwood Chang, a daughter, Isabella Anne Chang­ 26. They live in Goose Creek, S.C. and business development. He previously Eye Clinic. Nunley, September 19, McAllen, Texas. ADOPTION: Steve and Heather Marie worked with the American General Grant '00 and Sara Davidson Beachy, Troy and Lily are lecturers at the University Vande Brake '96 Hunt, a daughter, Sylvia a son, Colin, May 8, Travelers Rest, S.C. Financial Group, BB&T and RBC Centura. of Texas-Pan American. Nelson Hunt, August 15, Englewood, Colo. Julie Prince Pare Mark and Deborah Drew Berry, a son, and her husband, Derek and Kimberly Nimmons, a son, BIRTHS: Mark and Karibeth Childress, Christopher (M.A. '97), completed the Jackson Drew, June 9. Deborah is a vice Justin Christopher, July 24. They live in a daughter, Watson McCain, February 28, president with Regions Bank in Charleston, MS 150 Breakaway to the Beach Bike Tour Laurel, Md. Derek is an IT specialist 2006, Suwanee, Ga. last September. They rode more than 150 S.C., and Mark is director of publications (Macintosh) with the Newspaper Jeff and Erin Welmaker Johnson, a son, at the College of Charleston. miles from Columbia to North Myrtle Beach, Association of America. Zachary Daniel, May 25. They live in Kings S.C., to benefit the National Multiple John and Amanda Roberts Mclean, Matt and Rolyn Quattlebaum Rollins, Mountain, N.C. Sclerosis Society. With Julie's father, the a daughter, Ella Catherine, February 22, a daughter, Celie Ann, June 8. Both Eric and Lauren Light, a son, Ryan Shae, Pares raised $5,175 in honor of Julie's sister, 2006, Columbia, S.C. parents work at First Baptist Church of September 19, Royal Palm Beach, Fla. who has MS. More than 2,000 riders Jonathan and Rebecca Nixon, a daughter, Greenville, Rolyn as a preschool teacher Eric is an associate attorney with Belson in the Carolinas took part. Katelyn, July 21, Atlanta. and Matt in the activities and recreation & Lewis, LLP. MARRIAGES: Robert Buntin and Nicole Sam and Joy Pistolis Rambo, a daughter, department. Jacinto and Andrea Sheppard Lomba, Judd '99, May 13. They live in Greenville Samantha Zoe, August 31, Greenville. Ryan and Maureen Cook Zeo, a daugh­ a daughter, Eva Lynn, January 27, 2006, where Nicole is an attorney with Gallivan David and Charity Roe, a daughter, ter, Lauryn Shayla, June 9, Acworth, Ga. Boston, Mass. White & Boyd. Emma-Grace Corrinne, December 15, Maureen is a cardiac educator with Cache and Mia Brasco Miller, a daughter, Sara Anna Centioni and Charles 2005, Atlanta. David is a board certified WeiiStar Health System. Penelope Rowan, May 19, Aiken, S.C. Mia Christopher Kanos, September 16. Sara pediatrician at Piedmont Pediatrics. is event director for the Aiken Steeplechase is a patent attorney with Nexsen Pruet, Jeff and Ashley Rusbridge, a son, Will, Association. LLC, in Greenville, and her husband is August 7, Canton, Ga. Jeff is an attorney Todd and Lisa Davis Rix, a son, Owen a neurosurgeon with the Greenville with Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C. Michael, May 6, North Charleston, S.C. Hospital System.

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Robert Dreslin is a resource teacher Bob and Christine Crutchfield, a daughter, 98 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 at the Gus A. Stavros Institute in Largo, Fla. Ansley Caroline, August 8, Atlanta. Bob Christyne Bourne Brennan has joined CAMPUS DIRECTORY Emily Newton Murphy has been named is a project manager with IBM. the Washington, D.C., office of the inter­ (a rea code 864) associate director of annual giving at Mark and Emily Turner Foster, a daugh­ national firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Furman. ter, Ella Madeline, September 14, 2005, LLP as a government contracts and Main University Number Jeffrey Dennis Turner earned his Ph.D. Durham, N.C. Emily completed a pediatric litigation attorney. 294-2000 from the University of South Carolina and residency last June and is in her first year Kerik Cox has been appointed tree fruit Academic Records (Registrar) is employed as an instructor of philosophy of a pediatric neurology fellowship at Duke and berry pathologist at Cornell Uni­ 294-3616 at the University of South Carolina­ University Medical Center. versity's New York State Agricultural Admissions Lancaster. Chris and Erin Paul Golden, a son, Tyler, Experiment Station. He heads a statewide 294-2034 Katja Wolski defended her Ph.D. thesis September 29, Nashville, Tenn. Erin and extension program addressing the causes Alumni Association on "The Sertoli cell-spermatid junctional Chris are both occupational therapists. and control of crop diseases. 1-800-PURPLE3 complex: A potential avenue for male Devin and Anne Elizabeth Grumann Kimberly Kirk received a master's degree Athletic Ticket Office contraception" in October. She earned her Gordon, a son, Jack Wesley, May 30, in business administration from Clemson 294-3097 degree from the University of South Florida Smyrna, Ga. University last May. She lives in Buford, and has accepted a postdoctoral position Matthew and Jennifer Holson, a daughter, Bookstore Ga., and is vice president/controller at at the Monash Institute of Medical Research 294-2164 Hamilton State Bank. Emily, August 12. Matt is an assistant in Melbourne, Australia. public defender in St. Cloud, Minn. MARRIAGE: Paige Henson and Phil Annual Giving MARRIAGES: Brad Fellers and Jessica P. J. and Kimberley Blanchfield Hollis, October 21. Paige is human 294-3475 Allison, May 13. They live in Winston­ Patterson, a son, Jackson Fields, August 7, resources coordinator with Infinity Parents Programs Salem, N.C. Jacksonville, Fla. Software. They live in Ta llahassee, Fla. 294-3463 Megan Foote and Paul Sidney Monsky, Mark and Kristi Hultstrand Reed, a son, BIRTHS: Reggie and Heather Shuping For contact information for June 24. Megan is a senior staff attorney Marshall Scott, May 23, West Hartford, '99 Corley, a son, Brandon Patrick, other offices, call the main in the U.S. Department of Justice. They Conn. September 20, Lexington, S.C. number. live in Alexandria, Va. Holly Harper Roberts, Clay and Jennie Connor Council!, a son, Jeff and a son, Brennan Holdt and Jimmy East, William Everett, August 21, Marietta, Ga. John Connor, November 8, Marietta, Ga. September 16. They live in Dallas, Texas, Jonathan and Amanda Mancke Sherer, Matt Rodeheffer and Valerie Horsley, where Brennan is the international a son, Eli Mancke Sherer, October 17, Nicole Pascoe Ream has been hired by a daughter, Avery Elizabeth Rodeheffer, marketing manager for Heelys. Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville as a June 15, New York City. Valerie is West Columbia, S.C. Katherine Roberts and Mike Goldberg, Sarah Nefzger Veith, residential sales associate. She previously a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller Pat and a son, September 17. They live in Waipahu, Ryan Patrick, April 12, Alexandria, Ky. was marketing manager for TiBA Solutions. University. Hawaii, and Kat works for General Sarah is an attorney with the Javitch Teodor Simeonov of Alpharetta, Ga., James and Melisa Brown McAbee, a son, Dynamics. Block Rathbone firm. has been promoted to regional director Connor James, August 4, Union, S.C. Kendall Strok and Stephen O'Halloran, of performance for Lafarge East Business Shelby and Christian Foree Ricketts, October 28. They live in Quincy, Mass. 00 NEXT REUNION IN 2010 Unit. a daughter, Caroline Darby, March 9, 2006, Natasha Youssef and Jared Milbury, June Charles Brian Crane earned a Ph.D. in lzetta Simmons recently headed to Dallas, Texas. Christy is director of market­ 3. Natasha is a designer with 1010 Studio mathematics from Emory University, with Ghana, where for the next two years she ing with Center Operating Company. in Atlanta and Jared is a bank consultant a concentration in graph theory. He is will be a health officer at the West Africa Jim and Melissa Toth, a son, Vance Eric, with Bank Financial Services. an assistant professor of mathematics regional mission based in Accra. November 6, Knightstown, Ind. BIRTHS: Newman '00 and Julie Mancini at Goshen (Ind.) College. Tracy Towle (M.A. '01) works for Bankston, a daughter, Emelia Kathryn, Daniel Hughes Shake-A-Leg Miami, a non-profit educa­ 99 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 has joined the Greenville 26. Newman is an attorney with tional and recreational organization that Caren Chancey of Gaithersburg, Md., April law firm of Love, Thornton, Arnold & Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis P.C. fosters independence and quality of life completed her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins Thomason. in Knoxville, Tenn. Kristyn Kincaid for children and adults with disabilities University Bloomberg School of Public of Dunwoody, Ga., Greg and Elizabeth Shortridge Childress, and other challenges. The Miami Herald Health last spring. She is an Oak Ridge recently earned an MBA degree from a daughter, Sloan Elizabeth, November 2, recently ran an article featuring Tracy and Institute for Science and Education Georgia State University. She is sales Charlotte, N.C. her dedication to nutrition and exercise. postdoctoral fellow with the Food and coordinator with Georgia Turf. Drug Administration in Bethesda, Md.

40 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 Brittany Williams is a major gifts officer the Hon. Karen Williams of the U.S. Court August 12. Bridgette recently earned Emily Clarke works at Erwin-Penland with United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from advertising agency in Greenville. She is She completed her MBA degree in market­ Mary Margaret Flannagan is associate Stanford University. active in several community organizations, ing at Georgia State University in August. pastor of First Presbyterian Church in James Neves and Lori Hill '03, October including the Metropolitan Arts Council MARRIAGES: lindsay Blankenship Dunedin, Fla. 21. James is a research assistant and and the advisory board for the Children's and Eric Miller, June 13. They live in Sherra Harrison received her J.D. degree fourth-year Ph.D. student in chemistry Museum of the Upstate. Washington, D.C., where Lindsay is from the University of South Carolina last at the University of Georgia. Susan Gregory earned a Master of manager of membership development with spring and is studying for an LL.M. degree James Wesley Page and Casey lauren Science degree in forest resources and the National Beer Wholesalers Association. in taxation at New York University. Blackwell '02 (M.A. '05), November 18. wildlife from the University of Arkansas­ Alison Kraigsley and Mark Saunders, Kristie McWilliams Oliver is completing They live in Greenville, where he is a Monticello and is a private lands biologist August 5. Alison is a research assistant a Master of Science degree in parks, communications specialist at BB&T and with the Arkansas Game and Fish at the University of Southern California recreation and tourism management from she teaches fifth grade at Blythe Academy. Commission. and is working toward a Ph.D. in molecular Clemson University. She is director of Amanda Pitts and lee Bennett '02, Felice Ferguson Knight is a candidate for biology. intramurals and an instructor at Spartan­ March 11, 2006. Lee is an attorney with a Ph.D. in history at Ohio State University. BIRTHS: James and Ashley Rayl '01 burg (S.C.) Methodist College and is also Fulcher Hagler LLP in Augusta, Ga., and She earned a master's degree last May Bright, a son, Caden Tyler, August 20, a site manager with the Spartanburg Amanda is director of public relations through a joint degree program at The Vero Beach, Fla. James is district manager County Parks and Recreation Department. with the American Red Cross. Citadel and the University of Charleston. in marketing and sales with the Kellogg MARRIAGES: Emily Coleman and Julia Spalding and Stephen Crigler, Rebecca Simonds McSwain was named Company. Wes Botts, September 16. They live August 20, 2005. They live in Birmingham, an "Outstanding Volunteer" in North­ Heath and Paula Banas Duncan, a son, in Birmingham, Ala., where Emily is an Ala., and Julia is strategic marketing western Mutual's national community Jacob Edward, August 6, Hilton Head account manager with Oakstone Publishing. manager with Lawler Ballard Van Durand. service award program for her exceptional Island, S.C. Annah Christine Daniel and Darion Darcy Walker and Jonathan Krause, contributions to Young Life of Manatee Kevin and Lisa Heins, a daughter, Ava Morgan, November 11. Christine is September 3. They live in Philadelphia, Pa. County, Fla. As a result, the company's Grace, October 11, New York City. Kevin marketing coordinator for Coldwell Darcy is a labor and employment associate foundation awarded the Young Life is vice president of the Wholesale Banker Caine in Greenville. at Littler Mendelson and Jonathan is an affiliate a $10,000 grant on her behalf. Acquisitions Group of JPMorgan Chase. Courtney Denning and David Ciommo, associate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Andrew and Piper Lanier '04 Moritz Mark and Elizabeth Head lamback, September 16. Courtney is a social worker Frost Armstrong Walker and Karis Dess live in Richmond, Va., where Andrew a daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, September with Genesis ElderCare in Annapolis, Md. Kennerly, October 21. They live in is in his first year as an orthopedic surgery 8, Marietta, Ga. Elizabeth is orchestra Courtney Harmon and David Kimball, Greenville. resident at Virginia Commonwealth director at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. July 15. David graduated magna cum laude BIRTHS: David and Rachel Bishop University. Piper works as a program Kevin and Amelia McCutcheon from the University of South Carolina Baxter, a daughter, Ellie, September 15, assistant for VCU's HIV/AIDS Center. McDougal, a son, John Fripp, December School of Law last May and is a clerk with Greenville. Dave is area director for Sarah Scopel is an associate with the 27, 2005, Augusta, Ga. the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church. law firm of Hunton & Williams, LLP, in Gil and Anna McSwain, a daughter, Courtney completed her Master of Fine Sean and Mary Tyson Davis Bradshaw, Washington, D.C. She received her degree Abigail Joy, November 14, 2005, Bradenton, Arts degree in painting at Radford a daughter, Mary Claire, August 5, from Northwestern Law School last May. Fla. Gil is an employee leasing consultant University. They live in Columbia, S.C. Aurora, Ill. Hilary Shank of Dickson, Tenn., is a special with Moore Employer Solutions. Kathryn Heard and Kevin Day, August 5. Jess and Katelyn Murphy lawrence, education preschool teacher. She gradu­ Andy and lesley Morgan '01 Peters, They live in Jacksonville, Fla. Katie recently a son, Aaron William, July 7, Athens, Ga. ated from Vanderbilt University last May a son, John Morgan Peters, October 8, received her Master of Divinity degree from with a master's degree in early childhood Atlanta. Lesley is a real estate agent with Columbia Theological Seminary and is 02 THIS YEAR IS REUNION! special education. Keller Williams Realty Peachtree Road, and associate pastor for youth and their families Rebekah Ballard graduated fourth in her Thomas Twilley graduated from the Andy is a sales supervisor with Quench USA. at Palms Presbyterian Church. class from Wake Forest University School Medical College of Georgia School of Jennifer Kemph and Bill Booth, of Law last May. She was a teaching Dentistry last May and is now in private 01 NEXT REUNION IN 2011 September 23. Jennifer is an accountant assistant for legal research and writing, practice in Toccoa, Ga. Carrie Fisher has joined the Greenville with Ernst & Yo ung LLP and Bill is an a staff member of the Law Review and MARRIAGES: David Block and law office of Turner, Padget, Graham & economic and valuation services manager a member of the Moot Court. She has Jennifer Noble, September 3. They live

Laney in the torts and insurance practice with KPMG LLP. They live in Atlanta. joined the Lexington, Ky., office of Frost in Simpsonville, S.C. David works for area. She previously served as a clerk to Bridgette Martin and Patrick Hard, Brown Todd LLC. Diversified Coatings Systems, Inc.,

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and Jennifer works for the Alpharetta, Clifford Schlecht and his wife, Corrin, live John Grady Powell and Sarah Lynn James Robert Holtzclaw and Tia Nicole Ga.-based MarketSource, Inc. in St. Louis, Mo., where Cliff is a graduate Dunson, September 9. Sarah Lynn is Stevens, May 21. They live in Chapel Hill, Bryan Boroughs and Adair Ford, assistant at Washington University. a nurse at the Children's Medical Center in N.C., where Tia is a research assistant October 7. They live in Menlo Park, Calif., Spurgeon Smith, formerly an admissions Greenville and John is an account executive at the University of North Carolina. where Adair attends law school at Stanford counselor at Furman, is a casting assistant at Erwin Penland advertising agency. Hagan Jordan and Dena Pope, June 16. University. with Central Casting in New York City. BIRTHS: Jonathan and Kelley Fitzgerald They live in Charlotte, N.C. Ashley Fletcher and Hal Frampton, June Betsy Buchanan Ta nner, who graduated Caskey, a daughter, Kiran Elizabeth, Elaine Kelly and Paul Wilder, July 15. 20. Hal is a law clerk for Judge Thomas from the University of Georgia School September 7. They live in South Asia. They live in Durham, N.C. Ambro in Wilmington, Del. of Law last May, is a law clerk with the Steven and Erin Schneider Hearnden, John Carold Marks and Anna Taylorson, Kate Gusmer and Russell Cole, August 19. Augusta (Ga.) Judicial Circuit. a son, Keegan Christopher, June 18, June 6. They live in Fort Mill, S.C. John They live in Redwood City, Calif. Kate, who MARRIAGES: Sarah Burnett and James Greenville. Erin works in marketing is a reporter with the Lake Wylie Pilot last May earned her J.D. degree (with Granberry '04, September 16. They live for Prudential Commercial Real Estate/ and Anna teaches at Fort Mill Elementary honors) and Master of Public Health degree in Nashville, Tenn., where she works at C. Dan Joyner Co. School. from the University of Michigan, is an Vanderbilt University as a speech pathol­ Rick Mcintyre and Marisa Krepfle '05, attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver ogist and he is in the commercial real estate 04 NEXT REUNION IN 2009 June 10. They live in Carbondale, Ill., & Hedges. Russ is an attorney at Latham business at Freeman Webb Companies. Christopher Foster received a master's where Marisa is a student at Southern & Watkins. Christine Chen and Christopher Zinner, degree in accounting from Kennesaw State Illinois University School of Law. Kristin Little and Matt Dawson, August September 9. Christine received her J.D. University last May and works as a staff Robert Hofler Milam and Debra 19. They live in Lexington, Ky. degree from the Georgia State University auditor with Ernst & Yo ung, LLP, in Atlanta. Granberry '05, July 15. They live in Rebecca Neal and Jonathan To mpkins, College of Law last May and is the 2006 MARRIAGES: Jennifer Avery and Winston-Salem, N.C. August 12. Rebecca earned a master's Esther Peterson Fellow for Consumer's Max lloff, September 1. They live in Joyce Monforte and Chris Hollins, June 17. degree in mass communications from the Union, the non-profit publisher of Sacramento, Calif., and Jennifer works as They live in Franklin, Tenn. Joyce is an University of South Carolina. Jonathan has Consumer Reports. She and her husband an administrator/executive assistant with administrative assistant in the music begun his first year of seminary at Candler live in Alexandria, Va. the DTL Corporation/Mori Seiki. ministries department of Brentwood United School of Theology at Emory University Kyra Cox and Bryan Zollman '07, Justin Russel Baldwin and Julie Mingus, Methodist Church and is pursuing a master's in Atlanta. December 2. Kyra works in computing May 27. Both are pursuing Master of degree in professional counseling at Middle Jessica Sumner and Will Barrett, August and information services at Furman. Divinity degrees at Asbury Theological Te nnessee State University. 19. They live in Winston-Salem, N.C. Matthew Dobbs and Taylor Stewart, Seminary in Kentucky in preparation to Amanda Parsons and Kevin Jones, July 22. BIRTHS: Joseph and Amanda Oksala September 30. Matt is a student at the become priests in the Communion of They live in Kingsport, Te nn. Giacometti, a son, Isaac Joseph, July 9, University of Alabama-Birmingham School Evangelical Episcopal Churches. Justin Reid Patrick and Todd Warren, June 20. New Fairfield, Conn. of Medicine. is also an officer in the U.S. Army Chaplain They live in Greenwood, S.C., where Reid Josh and Kelly Sass, a son, Luke William, Jamie Grove and Gary Cressend, October Candidacy Program. is on the biology faculty at Greenwood June 19, Bethlehem, Ga. 7. They live in Augusta, Ga., where she Erin Boehmke and Devon Accardi, High School. is a physical therapist and he is a golf October 14. They live in Johnson City, Tenn. Brandon Poole and Kimberly Shayne 03 NEXT REUNION IN 2008 professional. Cathleen Carlson and Ryan Pavelka, Loadholt, June 17. He is a lead recruiter Laura Bush graduated from the University James Johannes (M.A.) and Kelley September 2. Cathy is office manager for for MDI Medical and she is an attorney of Te nnessee College of Law last spring Nichols, August 26. Kelley works as a Faith Presbyterian Church in Minnetonka, with Oracle in Atlanta. and is an attorney with the Wilson County physical therapist and James is an exercise Minn. Lindsey Anne Warren and Thomas Jocks, (Tenn.) District Attorney's Office. physiologist in cardiac rehabilitation. They Heather McKenzie Carson and Trent December 27, 2005. They live in Oberlin, Allison Graves-Kretlow has received live in Indian Trail, N.C. Patterson, January 15, 2006. Heather Ohio, where she teaches voice in her home a fully funded fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. Jessica Miller and Matt Kelley, October owns a private voice studio in Orlando, Fla. and at Avon Lake School of Music. She is in special education at the University of 14. They live in Nashville, Te nn. Jessica Margaret Anne Dahm and Nathaniel also music director for Birmingham United North Carolina-Charlotte. She is doing recently completed her Master of Guernsey, July 23. They live in Centreville, Methodist Church. research on literacy and working on a Theological Studies degree at Vanderbilt Va., and Mandy is development coordinator federal grant promoting access to the University and works as a customer and for Reston Interfaith. 05 NEXT REUNION IN 2010 general curriculum for students with market development specialist with the Caroline Flowers and Richard Woodward, Ashley Jackson entered the University disabilities. United Methodist Publishing House. September 30. They live in Dallas, Texas. of Memphis (Tenn.) in August to pursue a master's degree in psychology.

42 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 Ashley Stewart is in her second year Tia Marie Vice of Travelers Rest, S.C., of study for a master's degree in mass works for the Greenville Literacy Associa­ CLASS NOTES POLICY communication at the University of South tion and is an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer. Carolina. Robert Wehagen of Arlington, Va., is Because of the large number of submissions and clippings Furman MARRIAGES: Bernadette Frances a staff assistant with the Committee on receives for the magazine's class notes section and the time needed Allegood and Josh Skodack, August 12. House Administration in the U S. House to review, compile and edit so much information, news items frequently They live in Ann Arbor, Mich. of Representatives. are not published until five or six months after they are submitted. Andrew Pendley and Tracey Nance '06, Elizabeth Weith has been selected to be Furman magazine does not publish dated items (anything more than June 17, Norcross, Ga. They live in Chicago. a leadership consultant for Kappa Kappa 18 months old at time of publication) or engagement announcements. Andrew is a second year medical student Gamma® Fraternity. Birth and marriage announcements for alumni couples who graduated at the University of Chicago, where Tracey Kelsey Worrell is a search consultant with in different years are included under the earliest graduation date (except is working toward a Ph.D. in sociology. Westport International in Greenville. if requested otherwise); they are not listed under both classes. When Kaaren Younts is pursuing a master's submitting items, please include your spouse's or child's name, whether 06 NEXT REUNION IN 2011 degree at the University of South Carolina. your spouse is a Furman graduate, and the date and city where the birth Amber Michelle Bender of Kaukauna, MARRIAGES: Travis Martin Cooper or marriage occurred. Wis., is a graduate student in forensic and Keithi Staton, June 24. They live in Send news to the Office of Marketing and Public Relations, science at Arcadia University. Simpsonville, S.C. Travis is employed in Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613, Michele Camp is a partner with Bridgeway programming at MetLife and Keithi works or e-mail to alumni@furman edu. Selected information submitted to the Capital Management in Houston, Texas. at Mauldin Elementary School. on-line alumni registry (http://alumni.furman.edu) is included in class notes. Dixie Lynn Clayton is pursuing a master's Ben Gaskins and Sarah Dorean Zipperer, degree in public health at the University July 30. They live in Ta llahassee, Fla. of Georgia. Jamie Jones and Michael Hedges, March 4. John Flynn has been hired by Ferebee/ They live in Easley, S.C. Lucas Lide Sparrow '32, September 25, Ruth Waldrop Sylvester '37, November Lane Brand Communications in Greenville Jessica Knight and Avery Miller, October Hartsville, S.C. He began work with Sonoco 18, Greenville. She was a captain in the as a copywriter. 14. They live in Baltimore, Md. Products in 1932 and remained there for U.S. Army and served in the Philippines Sarah Mary Horick of Ta llahassee, Fla., 42 years. He was a charter member of the during World War II. She was retired from is pursuing a Master of Music degree in DEATHS first board of directors of the Sonoco Civil Service Nursing. composition at Florida State University. James Dew, Sr. '32, October 12, North Credit Union and a lifelong member of the Mary Wigfall Cheatham Henline '38, Matt Jernigan of Charlotte, N.C., is an Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was a high school Sonoco Oldtimers Club. He also worked September 22, Greenville. She retired in assistant property manager with Childress teacher before entering the U S. Navy with the Big Brothers Program of Hartsville. 1974 after teaching for 36 years. She was Klein Properties. during World War II. After leaving the Elizabeth Gantt Randolph Holmes '34, a member of the Kappa Gamma honorary Melissa Jimenez has been hired by The Navy he was associated with D.M. Dew September 11, Greenville. teachers' society, was on the board of the Bounce Agency in Greenville as a graphic and Sons in Latta, S.C. then relocated to Marie McDavid Barrett '35, September YMCA and was a staff member of Camp artist. Ocean Drive Beach to be owner/manager 3, Durham, N.C. Burgiss Glen. Elizabeth Lynn Marler is studying dental of the family-owned Dew Company Inc., Guy Wilson Middleton '36, September 8, Robert Query, Jr. '38, March 3, 2006, medicine at the Medical University of South a hardware and appliance store. He was Easley, S.C. He was a high school principal Montgomery, Ala. He was a member of Carolina in Charleston. the first ACE Hardware dealer in South and coach and was also associated with Rotary and the Alabama Retailers Associa­ Charlotte Mcilroy is a publishing coach Carolina and a former director and McCall Brothers in Easley and Sangamo tion, and was an active community with BeiiSouth Advertising & Publishing president of the Hardware Association Electric Company in Pickens. volunteer. in Greenville. of the Carolinas. He served two terms on Ellis Marion Jamison, Sr. '37, September Julian Wright Smith, Jr. '39, October 18, Erin Christina Monahan is a volunteer the Furman board of trustees and also was 21, Easley, S.C. He was a U.S. Army veteran Taylors, S.C. He served in the U.S. Navy with the Peace Corps in Honduras. on the boards of a number of community and worked for the War Department in during World War II. He retired from Adam Regan works as a sports writer organizations. A member and past Oak Ridge, Te nn., during World War II. Shedd Bartush Food Corp. after 30 years for the Martinsville (Va.) Bulletin. president of the Ocean Drive Beach Lions He was founder and owner of Jamison and later was associated with Liberty Life Dawn Diane Sheppard is a marketing Club and a member of the South Carolina Furniture Company. The Rotary Founda­ Insurance Company for 18 years. specialist with Deloitte and Touche in Lions Hall of Fame, he was instrumental in tion named him a Paul Harris Fellow for Atlanta. the development of the Harry County Arts his many years of service as a member and Council. past president of the Easley Rotary Club.

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A SCHOLAR AND A GENTLEMAN: GEORGE TINDALL, 1921-2006 ......

George Brown Ti ndall '42, one of the nation's most

respected historians, died December 2 in Chapel Hill,

N.C. He was 85.

Renowned for his detailed scholarly work and stylish prose, Tindall, a Greenville native, wrote several acclaimed books on Southern history. He spent the majority of his academic career at the University of North Carolina, where he earned his graduate degrees and from which he retired in 1990 as Kenan

Professor of History.

Tributes to Tindall cited his status as an early advocate of racial equality and as one of the first white historians to look without blinders at the black experience in the South. He was also credited with

pioneering the discussion of Southern myths, which he said white Southerners developed after the Civil

War to explain how what they considered a just and noble cause could have been lost.

His signature work, which took him more than

11 years to write, was The Emergence of the New

South, 1973- 7945, winner of the Southern Historical

Association's Charles Sydnor Award in 1968 as the year's best book on Southern history. In 1994,

historian Charles B. Dew described Emergence as one of "the twin peaks of New South historiography," compilation published in 1989 by UNC Press. The a man of great dignity and dimension with a charming the other being C. Vann Woodward's Origins of the volume's co-editor, William Ferris, a former head of wit and lively curiosity. His prose was as lucid and

New South, 1877-1913. the National Endowment for the Humanities and senior as engaging as his conversation, and he loved to read,

Tindall's first book, adapted from his doctoral associate director of UNC's Center for the Study of to teach, to write, and to laugh." dissertation and published in 1952, was South Ca rolina the American South, called Tindall a "great teacher The Tindall name was indeed synonymous with

Negroes, 1877-1900. In tracing the fortunes of blacks and a great scholar, and his legacy as a Southern Southern gentility, and his influence lives on not only in the state from the end of Reconstruction to the start historian is outstanding. His scholarship was extra­ in his scholarly work, but in a host of former students of the Jim Crow era, the book was important because, ordinary, but his personal warmth and generosity also now teaching throughout the country. To recognize as retired Furman professor A.V. Huff, Jr., has said, were beyond measure." his contributions to their careers and to American it "focused on the black experience before it became In recent years Tindall received additional acclaim scholarship, many of them wrote essays for such a major topic with the civil rights movement, as co-author, with Furman president David Shi, of The Adaptable South, published in Tindall's honor and it influenced the subsequent interpretations America: A Narrative History. Publisher W.W. Norton in 1991 by Louisiana State University Press. of the period." & Company recently released the seventh edition of George Tindall is survived by his wife, Blossom

In a profile in the Summer 1990 Furman Magazine, the book, which has been lauded for its lively narrative McGarrity Tindall '42; a son, Bruce Tindall, and a

Tindall said, "I suppose if I've made any contribution and balance of political, social and cultural history. daughter, Blair Tindall; and a grandson. Memorials: to new insights, it's with South Ca rolina Negroes." According to Norton, America is used by more than The George B. Tindall Endowed Lectureship and

Among his other books were The Disruption a million students and is among the most successful Scholarship Fund, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett of the Solid South (1972), The Persistent Tra dition in history textbooks ever published. Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613.

New South Politics (1975) and Natives & Newcomers: Of his friend and colleague, Shi said, "I had the

Ethnic Southerners and Southern Ethnics (1995). great good fortune to know George for 20 years. He To read an excerpt from the 1990 Furman Magazine

Tindall was also an editor and contributor to was not only one of the nation's leading historians and article about Tin dall, visit www.furman.edu/fumag. the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, a 1656-page a beloved professor, he was a wise and patient mentor,

44 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 June Williams Collinson Gibson '40, Amy Sadler Connor '41, September 22, Jean Myers Smith '45, November 18, Charles Mclawhorn '47, October 6, October 14, Greenville. She worked in Mount Pleasant, S.C. She taught in Greer, S.C. She was the wife of the late Greenville. After a distinguished career the public relations and alumni offices elementary schools in New York, South Carolina state Sen. Verne Smith in education, he enjoyed a second career at Furman and later was active with the Richmond, Va., and Edisto Island, S.C. and was active in numerous religious as an actor in television and films. He Greenville Little Theatre, serving as its She was a founding member of the Edisto and charitable organizations. taught at a military school in Virginia for secretary and as a board member. She was Island Historical Preservation Society and Carl Edward Buck, Jr. '46, October 3, a number of years, then came to Greenville a past member of the board of the YWCA, was a member of the Lowcountry Open Bamberg, S.C. He was a World War II Army in 1967 and served as an administrator in a past member of the Guild of the Green­ Land Trust, the Charleston Preservation veteran and had retired as a mechanical the county school system, retiring from the ville Symphony board, and a longtime Society, the Nature Conservancy and the engineer with Dan River Mills. school district in 1987 as director of finance. volunteer in the Greenville Hospital System. Edisto Island Community Association. Sybil Burns Griffith '46, August 5, Fort He then went on to star in community She was also a member of the Daughters Mary Elizabeth Grace Stebbins '41, Lawn, S.C. She was retired from Lancaster theatre productions and eventually played of the American Revolution. September 18, Miami, Fla. She was an County School District. a variety of rotes in commercials, television Enoch Morgan '40, September 8, office worker at several businesses during William Francis Bagwell, Jr. '47, and films. His credits included the movie Asheville, N.C. He was a minister for World War II. She moved to Miami in 1951, September 21, Due West, S.C. He had "Big Fish," a number of made-for-TV Southern Baptist churches in the Carolinas, where she was active in civic work and a long and varied career as a writer, productions, and several episodes of Indiana and Maryland for 62 years. He was a hospital volunteer. educator and human rights advocate. the television series "Matlock." He was served as president of ministers' conferences Roy Lee Walters '41 , September 10, He was a public relations writer and editor a Navy veteran of World War II. in Clinton, S.C., and Boone, N.C.; president Greenville. He was a U.S. Marine Corps at a variety of stops, including Furman, and Mary Evelyn Murphy Livingston '48, of Interdenominational Pastors' Conference veteran of World War II, having served for three years served as non-governmental October 7, Ridge Spring, S.C. She retired in Piedmont, S.C.; and vice moderator as a member of the 1st Marine Division. representative for the Society of Friends after 28 years of service to the Aiken of Three Forks Association in Boone, N.C. He retired from the Corps as a lieutenant at the United Nations in New York City. County (S.C.) School District. He was the author of How the Deacon colonel after serving 29 years in the For nearly a decade he worked as a human Esther Greene Rogers '48, November 14, Can Help the Pastor, published by the Reserves. He was co-founder and presi­ rights advocate and mediator in many of Greenville. She was a retired choral Sunday School Board of the Southern dent of Monroe (N.C.) Oil Company and the South's critical racial situations under teacher from Parker High School and was Baptist Convention. His sermons were later founded Royal Oil Company and Royal the auspices of the Society of Friends. a church choir director for 52 years. She also published in the Charlotte (N.C.) Distributors. He was a member of the The author of several books, he worked was Miss South Carolina in 1948. News and in other newspapers. Masons, the Shriners and the Monroe with the United Nations Association, the James Edgar Brandon '49, October 30, Darrell Richardson '40, September 19, Jaycees, and was president of the Veterans Southern Regional Council, American Civil Lake Wales, Fla. He was a teacher and Memphis, Te nn. He was a pastor at of Foreign Wars. Liberties Union, National Association school principal until his retirement in 1977. a juvenile rehabilitation center and also Margaret Lanelle Penney Banks '42, of Human Rights Workers, Sigma Chi He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. at three churches in Kentucky. He was September 10, Spring, Texas. The wife journalism fraternity, NAACP, Fellowship Lloyd Norwood Dillard '49, October 8, on active duty as a U.S. Army chaplain of a career Army officer, she served with of Southern Churchmen and the Adult Easley, S.C. He was a builder of commer­ from 1953 to 1961, and later served as the American Red Cross during World War Education Association. He was a founder cial swimming pools throughout the editor of special materials for the Southern II. She went on to a career as a school and first president of the Greenville County Southeast, including the first pool built Baptist Brotherhood Commission. He was teacher and was a longtime member of the Human Relations Council. During World on Hilton Head Island, S.C. He also started a published author. American Association of University Women. War II he served three years as a medical the magazine The Piedmont Trading Post. Verona McCrary Thomas '40, November Ellen Drake Butler '42, August 19, corpsman in the U.S. Army. Frank Dill Drake '49, September 14, 7, West Columbia, S.C. She served for Greenville. She was a member of the Sarah Amelia Gault '47, November 5, Hendersonville, N.C. He was a U.S. Marine many years as a school and municipal Women's Reserve of the U.S. Marine Greenville. She began her career with Corps veteran, serving as a sharpshooter librarian and was an active volunteer Corps and served during World War II. Hales Jewelers in 1945 as a sales with the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific as a literacy tutor. From age 67 to 69, Edna Hanks Williams '43, September 11, representative and bridal consultant. Theater. He played semi-pro and profes­ she served as a librarian in St. Vincent with Norway, S.C. In 1963 she became a sales representative sional basketball from 1950 to 1952 before the Peace Corps and from age 74 to 75 John Schieffer '44, April 18, Merrick, N.Y. for Josten's Graduation Services, retiring returning to Hendersonville, where he was as an English teacher in Hungary. He was a retired sales manager with Zykes in 1986. self-employed in the solid waste business Lumber Company. for 50 years. He served on the Henderson Beverly Davidson Jamison '45, August County Solid Waste Commission for 15 30, Vinings, Ga. years, was an outdoors writer for the Asheville Citizen for 17 years and had an

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outdoors radio program for five years. He the Mount Zion Association. In addition Wilson Fellowship to study at the University Developmentally Disabled in Pinehurst, worked with the U.S. Forest Service, N.C. to his ministry, he wrote two books, of Virginia, where he was inducted into N.C., and was pastor of three Baptist Wildlife Commission and Henderson Expanding the Mind and the Heart Th rough Phi Beta Kappa and the Raven Society. churches in North Carolina.

County School System, promoting wildlife Prayer and Ideal Blend. He was a U.S. In 1965 he became an associate professor Claude Hamilton Howe, Jr. (M.A. '68), conservation. Navy veteran. at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro September 22, Laurens, S.C. He served Sethie Prue Hester '51, October 30, George Norval Knight '53, August 22, and in 1968 he was appointed dean at in the U.S. Navy in the Philippines in 1945 Greenville. He was pastor of Reedy River Wilmington, N.C. He served as pastor of Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts in and in the U.S. Army during the Korean Baptist Church for 36 years and was pastor several Baptist churches in the Carolinas. Chickasha. He joined the faculty of Conflict, with a tour of duty in Germany. emeritus at the time of his death. He held Robert Lee Snead '54 (M.A. '61), Clemson University in 1971 and remained He was a career educator, serving as interim pastorates for 22 different churches September 30, Hodges, S.C. He was a U.S. there as a professor of political science for a teacher, coach, athletic director, high in Greenville County. He served on many Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. After 21 years before retiring. In 1992 the South school principal and headmaster in denominational committees and was 36 years in education, he retired in 1992 Carolina House of Representatives passed a number of schools in South Carolina. a former moderator of the South Carolina as principal of Belton-Honea Path High a resolution to commend him for his He also served as vice president of the Baptist Convention. School. dedicated service. He authored the text South Carolina Coaches Association Earline Cooper Brett '52, November 3, Jack Gregory '55, October 5, Madison, Principles of Politics and Government. and was honorary coach for the 2003 Kernersville, N.C. She retired from the Miss. He was a Baptist minister for 51 Philip Carlton Robinson '63, October 22, Shrine Bowl. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School years, pastoring congregations in the Greenville. He was a U.S. Army veteran James Douglas Zeller '69, September 29, System as a financial secretary. She was Carolinas before accepting a pastorate with and was retired from Brandon Sales. Charlotte, N.C. He was organist and the first secretary to the first president West Heights Baptist Church in Pontotoc, Gail DiGiacomo Bennett '64, October 21, associate choirmaster at several churches of Southeastern Baptist Theological Miss. He went on to serve several churches White Plains, N.Y. She served as acting in Charlotte, most recently at the Church Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and was in Mississippi and Tennessee before retiring director and assistant commissioner of of the Holy Comforter from 1980 to 2005. secretary of the Department of Pastoral in 1999. the Westchester County Department of He taught music appreciation and applied Care at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Wayne Smith Mann '56, October 21, Probation in White Plains, and retired in music at Central Piedmont Community Petesy White Edwards '52, October 23, Greenville. She was a talented gardener 1999 after more than 35 years with the College from 1974 until his death. Fountain Inn, S.C. She was a reading and active in a variety of civic programs. County of Westchester. She was vice Edgar Burton Alexander, Jr. '70, April 3, specialist in the Greenville County schools Margery Mayfield Bennett '57, October regent of the Mohegan Chapter of the Conway, Ark. Active in his community, he and was a member of the Alpha Delta 2, Cheraw, S.C. She taught in South Daughters of the American Revolution and had served as commissioner of the Conway Kappa Iota Chapter, Teachers Sorority. Carolina schools for 25 years. a member of the Ossining Historical Society. Planning Commission and on numerous Wade Godfrey, Jr. '52, September 3, Lamar Hellams '60, September 12, Charles Wearn Connelly, Jr. '65, public committees. He was associated with Ninety Six, S.C. He was pastor of a number Summerville, S.C. He was a professor September 20, Greenwich, Conn. Novartis Pharmaceuticals for 35 years. of Baptist churches in South Carolina. at Shorter College in Rome, Ga. He practiced law in Charlotte, N.C., David Hiott IV '81, November 10, New Jane Grimison Riggin '52, November 3, JoAnn Meredith Moorhead '61, for a number of years. In recent years Castle, Del. An authority on the rigging Newberry, S.C. She was a retired first June 16, Anderson, S.C. She was a teacher, he was engaged in commercial real estate. and sailing of traditional ships, he was grade teacher with Newberry Academy. educator and psychologist in Anderson He was a member of the North Carolina master of the Kalmar Nyckel, Delaware's She was active in numerous local organi­ School District 5 for 14 years and in nearby and Mecklenburg Bar associations and Tall Ship, a position he held since the ship's zations, serving as volunteer coordinator Abbeville County for 17 years. a former member of the South Carolina launch in 1997. The ship was a replica for the Newberry Opera House and Martha Allen Elkins '62, November 4, and District of Columbia Bar associations. of the vessel that brought Delaware its as president of the Newberry College Columbus, Ga. She was the office manager William Wayne Hyatt '67, September 11, first permanent European settlers. He Faculty Women's Club. in her husband's law firm. Asheville, N.C. He retired from the South was active in the redevelopment of the Winfred Terry Cockman '53, August 7, William Nelson Emery '62, December 24, Carolina Department of Corrections in Wilmington (Del.) waterfront and just Elan, N.C. He was pastor of City Lake 2005, Black Mountain, N.C. He retired 1997 after 16 years as senior chaplain at before his death received the Lifetime Baptist Church of Burlington, N.C., at the from Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center Perry Correctional Institution. He was also Achievement Award from the American time of his death and had previously served in 1992 as business section supervisor after chaplain at the Greenville County Detention Sail Training Association. churches in Elan and Morehead City, N.C. 26 years of service. He previously worked Center and the S.C. State Hospital in Carol Lynn Prawl Calmes '95, September He was the former minister of education for Burlington Industries. Columbia. He served as executive director 9, Mount Pleasant, S.C. She had been at First Baptist Church of Charlotte, former Edwin Martin Coulter '63, September of the Moore County Center for the a special education teacher in California associate minister of First Baptist Church 23, Santee, S.C. Upon graduation from and most recently was a marketing research of Laurens, S.C., and adult team leader of Furman, he was awarded a Woodrow analyst for Cryovac North America.

46 FURMAN I WINTER 2007 BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTRE BENEFITS FROM FURMAN CONNECTION ......

"Please keep the need for anti-snake venom on your prayer list," pharmacist Jane medical school in the States. He completed his residency at Floyd Medical Center

Paysinger reminds the gathering of volunteer physicians, nurses and career mission­ in Rome, Ga., and in 1987 he and his wife, Elisabeth, returned to Nalerigu, where aries at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana, West Africa. "There are less they have raised their three sons. than 20 vials of the anti-snake venom serum left, and we don't know when any George's work covers everything from surgery to pediatrics, oncology, orthope­ more will arrive." dics, obstetrics, skin grafts, dermatology and tropical medicine (malaria). Elisabeth,

Anti-snake venom serum is just one aspect of everyday life at the Baptist a nurse, directs the outpatient division.

Medical Centre. Spitting cobras and carpet vipers pose a constant threat to the Through the years the hospital has made dramatic contributions to the country children and farmers in Nalerigu and vicinity, as during the past two years the BMC it serves, and since its founding 40 churches have been planted through ministries has averaged 475 admissions because of snakebites. Fortunately, few victims have associated with the BMC. died because medical personnel are always prepared to administer the serum. In the late 1980s the hospital responded to a measles epidemic by helping to

Of late, a number of these medical personnel have had Furman connections. immunize the local population. It opened a Department of Public Health to further

In March of 2006, two Furman parents, Paul and Joan Brock of Rome, Ga., took support the region's needs and has created missionary opportunities for engaging a team to the BMC. Paul, a surgeon, unreached individuals and villages. performed more than 30 operations, In the late '90s the BMC's response and Joan, a physical therapist, worked to a widespread meningitis epidemic in the outpatient clinic. The Brocks earned it the national Medal of Honor. are parents of Emily and Bennett Brock, Today patients come to the Baptist a junior and a freshman, respectively, Medical Centre from as far as 500 miles at Furman. away. In 2005 alone the hospital treated

Last June, my brother Freeman more than 72,000 individuals and per­

Brook '91 joined me, my husband, formed more than 3,500 surgeries.

Jimmy, and our sons, Samuel, James Hundreds of people come for treatment and William, on a mission trip to the each day, and no one is turned away.

BMC. In 1997 three graduates of the

Jimmy is a family physician and Floyd Medical Center's fa mily practice obstetrician, and Freeman is a medical program - Paul and Cindy Shumpert student at Mercer University Medical and Willie Ree Howell - volunteered

School. At the BMC they practiced all at the BMC. After seeing the vital kinds of medicine, delivered babies and George Fa ile '72 tends to a tiny patient at the hospital his parents fo unded. role the hospital plays in the area, treated unfamiliar diseases. For Freeman, they established the George Faile the experience added an entirely new dimension to his medical school experience. Foundation to provide supplemental financial support for the facility.

While Jimmy and Freeman provided medical care, my sons and I worked with Currently the foundation is supporting a $250,000 renovation of the BMC the village children. Our days consisted of jumping rope, dancing, singing, basket­ under the leadership of Bob Claytor, founder of Carpenters for Christ. Each year ball, soccer, painting fingernails, reading books, sack races, juggling and magic tricks. the foundation also funds one-month internships for 10 medical school residents.

What prompted us to become so interested in this West African facility? Studies have shown that up to 80 percent of medical students who take part

George Faile Ill, a 1972 Furman graduate who is the hospital's medical director in missions work eventually return to a developing country. and one of its three career missionary physicians. The Baptist Medical Centre is in need of skilled volunteers and welcomes

The Faile family was instrumental in establishing the BMC, which is affiliated the help of practicing physicians who are interested in medical missions work. with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. George Will you be the next Furman connection?

Faile, Jr., a 1947 Furman graduate (now deceased), and his wife, Alice Johnston - LAURIE BROOK DOUGLAS '84

Faile '47, were the first missionaries to Nalerigu.

George Jr. surveyed the area, helped choose the location and oversaw the For more about the BMC and the Faile Foundation, visit www. fa ilefoundation.org construction of the hospital. At first the BMC offered only outpatient services, and www.baptistmedicalcenter.org. The author lives in Rome, Ga., and is a member but by the mid-1960s it included inpatient facilities, two surgical units and of the fo undation's board. a residential tuberculosis program. For another perspective on medical missions, visit www. furman.edu/fumag

Having been raised at the centre, George Ill went on to attend college and and click on the "Special to the We b" tab.

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