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THE MAGAZINE OF MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL | SPRING 2015 Harvesting Fun and Games at Shelby Farms Celebrating 150 Years of Toof Printing Breaking the Record for Downhill Biking Coaching and Ministering on the Gridiron FLIGHT SURGEON Charles Frankum ’86 Pilots Mile-High Medical Practice Bridge to Somewhere Cross the 200-foot, steel-truss bridge from the Wolf River Greenway and enter the many habitats of Shelby Farms Park – forests and water features, paved and primitive trails, an expansive dog park and fanciful children’s playground, even a buffalo herd. The Heart of the Park Enhancement, expected to be complete in 2016, is creating a new centerpiece for the 4,500-acre Mid-South treasure. Read about the improvements and how alumni have contributed to the vision, financing, and construction of one of the largest urban parks in the country on page 8. MUS TODAY contents Memphis University School Founded 1893 FEATURES Surgeon Commutes to Patients via Plane MISSION STATEMENT 4 Memphis University School is a college- Shelby Farms Supporters Create Park for the Ages preparatory school dedicated to academic 8 excellence, cultivation of service and leadership, and the development of Alumni Reflect on 150 Years of Toof Printing well-rounded young men of strong moral 14 character, consistent with the school’s Air Force Commandant Takes on New Role Christian tradition. 18 HEADMASTER Downhill Biker Sets U.S. Record at Age 67 Ellis L. Haguewood 20 Earth to Echo Writer Speaks with Film Students BOARD OF TRUSTEES 22 Samuel N. Graham II ’80, Chairman Gary K. Wunderlich, Jr. ’88, Faith-Based Group Offers Legal Counsel with Heart Vice Chairman 24 D. Stephen Morrow ’71, Treasurer Memphis Gridiron Ministries Teaches Life Lessons Andrew R. McCarroll ’86, Secretary 26 R. Louis Adams ’70 James F. Burnett ’83 Living Proof That Memphians Care Suki S. Carson 30 Glenn A. Crosby II ’77 Supporters Dedicate Field House William B. Dunavant III ’78 36 Robert M. Fockler ’77 P. Trowbridge Gillespie, Jr. ’65 DEPARTMENTS J. Brett Grinder ’91 Mark J. Halperin ’67 U-Plate Special 32 Joseph R. Hyde III ’61 E. Carl Krausnick, Jr. ’79 Covers 34 Robert E. Loeb ’73 Class News 37 Johnny B. Moore, Jr. Richard C. Moore, Jr. ’63 Faculty News 54 Joseph M. Morrison ’78 William E. Orgel ’81 Alumni Executive Board Awards 58 Wiley T. Robinson ’75 Board of Trustees Changes 60 Chris R. Sanders Frederick C. Schaeffer, Jr. ’88 Remembering Fallen Friends 62 Owen B. Tabor, Jr. ’85 William E. Troutt Gifts in Memory and Honor 68 We Saw U 74 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD From the Archives 77 John B. Barton, Jr. ’95, President Harry E. Sayle IV ’92, Vice President The Last Word 78 Albert M. Alexander, Jr. ’84 G. S. Clark Burrow ’95 Albert B. Carruthers II ’78 ON THE COVER: Dr. Charles Frankum ’86 flies his Cirrus SR22 from Denver to nine John T. Crews, Jr. ’84 small-town medical centers in Colorado and Kansas to perform surgery. Read Jason J. Fair ’89 about his commuter practice on page 4. Photo: Lance Murphey David J. Frazier ’01 Andrew E. Garrett ’03 Paul T. Gillespie III ’01 J. Walker Hays IV ’84 Director of Advancement Director of Alumni and Editor Managing Editor Patrick F. Hopper ’89 Parent Programs Joel M. Kaye ’84 Albert E. Laughlin III ’94 Perry Dement Ann Laughlin Andrew Payne Liz Copeland Andrew A. McArtor, Sr. ’86 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] R. Allen McCool, Jr. ’77 Daniel H. McEwan ’88 Graphic Designer – LeeAnn Christopherson Public Relations and Social Media – Rebecca Greer J. Worth Morgan ’05 Michael N. Murphy, Jr. ’03 Edward F. Nenon, Jr. ’03 Contributors James A. Robinson, Jr. ’68 Christopher Blank, News Director at WKNO-FM in Memphis Lance Murphey, Freelance Photographer based in Memphis Matthew J. Saenger ’98 and Freelance Arts Writer Megan Phillips, MUS Communications Intern Scott S. Sherman ’89 Lisa Buser, Freelance Photographer based in Memphis Gaye Swan, Freelance Writer based in Memphis Joseph L. Steffner, Jr. ’09 Dr. John E. Harkins, MUS Archivist and Historian Tom Swick, Freelance Writer based in Fort Lauderdale, FL John D. Stewart ’78 Aimee C. McMillen, Freelance Writer based in Memphis Norman Thompson, MUS Instructor in English Charles W. Summers III ’94 Andrew Millen ’08, Freelance Writer based in Memphis John M. Summers ’05 Alexander W. Wellford III ’89 Brandon L. Westbrook ’92 Craig H. Witt ’85 musowls.org/media Andrew D. Wright ’86 © 2015 Memphis University School. All rights reserved. The name, seal, and logos of Memphis University School, as well as MUS Today, Inside MUS, The MUSe, The Owl’s Hoot, The Owl, and Beg To Differ, are registered marks of Memphis University School and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior written approval is obtained from Memphis University School. FROM THE EDITOR Andrew Payne An impression was made on your unassuming I don’t remember the specifics. correspondent. It was my first real impression of MUS, I recall the guest speaker made and nothing I saw or heard in the following three years did much to change it. I knew then I was in a special some provocative statements place. I was in a room full of outliers, if you’ll excuse the about the rise of labor unions in post-WWII America. oxymoron and the shameless plug for a book I would love That’s about it. But I do call to mind one thing for certain: to write that answers the question of how it is that MUS It was my first real impression of Memphis University students not only perpetually succeed but excel. Though School. almost a thousand pages long, A Room Full of Outliers I was hired to be the director of communications about would have only three chapters, entitled “Tradition,” three years ago. This Alabama native and longtime Atlanta “Culture,” and “Leadership.” resident had never set foot on even one of the historic 94 An MUS diploma isn’t a hall pass to the corner office acres until my interview with Mr. Perry Dement and the of a Fortune 100 company. It doesn’t allow you to skip the subsequent follow-up with Mr. Ellis Haguewood. bar exam. It will not counsel you from the wall of your And there I was, standing in the back of the room, on a study on how to navigate your personal hurdles or to solve cold February morning during my first Wednesday chapel. a complex problem in your own home, your community, At the question-and-answer portion of the presentation, state, or country. It’s a piece of paper. Nothing more. But, I saw dozens of hands in the air before the speaker could so is a hundred dollar bill. And I suppose that both can be even finish her invitation. I thought, “Well … I’ll be. used to make and effect change. That’s something. Not only are they paying attention, As you will find in the pages of your magazine, much they’re eager to engage.” like all the other issues of MUS Today that have preceded She called on one student in the senior section – not this one, you are the ones who began and continue the that I knew it was “the senior section” at the time. The traditions of MUS. You have benefitted from and sup- details of his query escape me. But I can see him in my ported the school’s unique culture. And your leadership is mind’s eye and hear how deferential he was in asking paving the ways for generations of young men of strong a pointed, insightful, and disarming question of the moral character to follow. presenter, like he was a guest host on Firing Line. You set the table for that gentleman-senior’s chapel Then it happened. challenge and the heartening outward support of his Once the boy finished his question, and before the classmates that followed. I thank you for making such speaker was able to answer, the entire chapel was filled an indelible impression upon me. I am grateful to you all with rolling, non-confrontational applause – the kind of for inviting me in and welcoming me for these three restrained ovation you’d hear on a late-Friday round in years, and I am honored to have served you in a few April at Augusta National when Larry Mize saves par at humble ways. Fire Thorn. I was instinctively comforted by the sound of the Thank you, chapel golf-clap in response to the logical and academic Andrew Payne merits of a question well posed – though I had no prior, similar experience with which to compare. The only times my assembled high school classmates ever clapped were Editor’s Note: We commend Andrew on his service to during pep rallies and whenever somebody dropped a tray MUS, and we wish him well in his endeavors at Payne in the cafeteria. Advertising. MUS TODAY – SPRING 2015 3 Photo: Lance Murphey 4 MUS TODAY – SPRING 2015 Sky-High Surgeon Dr. Charles Frankum ’86 Flies Across the Plains to Meet his Patients by Tom Swick MUS TODAY – SPRING 2015 5 our days a week Charles When his residency ended, Frankum ’86 leaves his Frankum was looking for a change. “I home in Denver and flies his just felt like I needed to be somewhere Cirrus SR22 to a hospital different,” he said. And he was drawn on the Plains, one of nine to the West. “What I love about it now small-town medical centers is the general air of openness.