THE MAGAZINE OF MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL | WINTER 2014 Hedging Bets on African Ecotourism Marketing the Great Outdoors with Upgrades Translating Memphis Beat Into Words Mr. Russell Bids Farewell FISH TALE Paul Moinester ’04 Embarks on North American Angling Odyssey In 2002 Paul Tudor Jones II ’72 established a 99-year lease with the Tanzanian government to protect the 350,000-acre Grumeti Reserves, part of the Serengeti Mara ecosystem. In association with the conservation-conscious, luxury hospitality company Singita, the project has generated high-end, low-impact ecotourism that is helping to preserve native habitats and wildlife, create jobs, and develop sustainable programs for local communities. Read about Jones’ Africa efforts on page 14. MUS TODAY contents Memphis University School Founded 1893 FEATURES Writing in Tune with the Memphis Beat MISSION STATEMENT 6 Memphis University School is a college- A Journey of a Thousand Fishes preparatory school dedicated to academic 10 excellence, cultivation of service and leadership, and the development of The Promise and Payoff of African Ecotourism well-rounded young men of strong moral 14 character, consistent with the school’s Boyle Celebrates 80 Years Christian tradition. 18 HEADMASTER Great Outdoors Gets Upscale Makeover Ellis L. Haguewood 20 Living Expatriate Life in Hong Kong BOARD OF TRUSTEES 23 Samuel N. Graham II ’80, Chairman Gary K. Wunderlich, Jr. ’88, Expanding the Art of Gunsmithing Vice Chairman 24 D. Stephen Morrow ’71, Treasurer Banker Finds His Cadence W. Thomas Hutton ’61, Secretary 26 R. Louis Adams ’70 James F. Burnett ’83 Duncan-Williams’ Friendly Rivals Suki S. Carson 27 Glenn A. Crosby II ’77 Robert M. Fockler ’77 DEPARTMENTS P. Trowbridge Gillespie, Jr. ’65 J. Brett Grinder ’91 Headmaster’s Message 4 Mark J. Halperin ’67 From the Archives 5 Joseph R. Hyde III ’61 E. Carl Krausnick, Jr. ’79 U-Plate Special 28 Robert E. Loeb ’73 Andrew R. McCarroll ’86 Covers 29 Johnny B. Moore, Jr. Graduation Highlights 32 Richard C. Moore, Jr. ’63 Joseph M. Morrison ’78 Student Lauds 38 Wiley T. Robinson ’75 Chris R. Sanders Faculty News 41 Frederick C. Schaeffer, Jr. ’88 Alumni Executive Board Honors 48 Charles F. Smith, Jr. ’66 Owen B. Tabor, Jr. ’85 Board of Trustees Changes 49 William E. Troutt Gifts in Memory and Honor 50 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Class News 55 EXECUTIVE BOARD Mr. John B. Barton, Jr. ’95, President We Saw U 69 Mr. Harry E. Sayle IV ’92, Vice President The Last Word 74 Mr. Albert M. Alexander, Jr. ’84 Mr. G. S. Clark Burrow ’95 ON THE COVER: Paul Moinester ’04 spent six months exploring North American waters Mr. Albert B. Carruthers II ’78 Classic European Horror Cinema in Contemporary American Culture to assess environmental effects on fisheries. Here he holds “the biggest rainbow trout Mr. John T. Crews, Jr. ’84 of my trip” on the Lower Sacramento River in Redding, CA. Read his story on page 10. Mr. Edward J. Dobbs ’89 IAN OLNEY Photo: T.O. Smith, Trout Unlimited Mr. Jason J. Fair ’89 Mr. David J. Frazier ’01 Mr. Andrew E. Garrett ’03 Director of Advancement Director of Alumni and Editor Managing Editor Mr. Paul T. Gillespie III ’01 Parent Programs Mr. J. Walker Hays IV ’84 Mr. Patrick F. Hopper ’89 Perry Dement Ann Laughlin Andrew Payne Liz Copeland Mr. Joel M. Kaye ’84 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Albert E. Laughlin III ’94 Mr. Andrew A. McArtor, Sr. ’86 Graphic Designer – Michael Guthrie Public Relations and Social Media – Rebecca Greer Mr. R. Allen McCool, Jr. ’77 Mr. Daniel H. McEwan ’88 Mr. Gregory H. Meyer ’79 Contributors Mr. J. Worth Morgan ’05 Christopher Blank, news director at WKNO-FM in Memphis Andrew Millen ’08, freelance writer based in Memphis Mr. Edward F. Nenon, Jr. ’03 and freelance arts journalist Paul Moinester ’04, creator of “An Upstream Journey” project Mr. James A. Robinson, Jr. ’68 Flip Eikner ’77, Academic Dean Lance Murphey, freelance photographer based in Memphis Mr. Matthew J. Saenger ’98 Ralph Ellis, freelance writer based in Decatur, GA Gaye Swan, freelance writer based in Memphis Mr. Scott S. Sherman ’89 Dr. John E. Harkins, Archivist and Historian Norman Thompson, Instructor in English Mr. Cleo W. Stevenson, Jr. ’68 Aimee C. McMillan, freelance writer based in Memphis Mr. John D. Stewart ’78 Mr. Charles W. Summers III ’94 Mr. John M. Summers ’05 Mr. Jonathan A. Van Hoozer ’88 musowls.org/media Mr. Brandon L. Westbrook ’92 Mr. Craig H. Witt ’85 © 2014 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 disguise of our cotton-canvas fortress. All tents would collapse My life as a Tenderfoot Scout simultaneously, and no one would be the wiser. What we had not considered was how suspicious it would was like being an extra on the look to the older boys that only one tent was left standing and appeared to be shaking with laughter, or how easy it would be to set of The Dirty Dozen XII: track us down by following a single clanking and meandering tent The Middle School Mission, pole whose slip-knot had tightened around the base fast enough to a film that never made it to the big screen but replays often drag it across the entire campsite and lead the amped-up trackers though the DVR in my mind. like rabid greyhounds chasing a mechanical rabbit right into a When I moved from Cub Scouts to the varsity ranks, I was criminal lair of voice-cracking villains. a little green in the ways of scouting with boys who shaved on We brought them all to us. We brought it all upon ourselves. occasion and had their learner’s permits, much in the way Pvt. I will spare you the atomic details of the events that followed Pyle was a little unprepared for the rigors of life in the barracks and let you know only that we slept out under the stars for the with Sgt. Carter. rest of the Jamboree. It was cold. It was beautiful. And those few The den mothers back in Cub Scouts taught us how to run an nights spent under Orion, hashing it all out with my brothers in honest Pinewood Derby – I’ll grant them that much. Five ounces arms as we stared at our ceiling, watching falling stars outrun the was the limit. One too many bullet weights sunk into the back, ambling jet airliners, stirred something inside one young trooper and your General Lee was tossed in the kindling box. However, for which he is eternally grateful – a deep and profound love for they failed to prepare us for this abrupt social transition – going the big sky at night, for the outdoors. from hanging out with friends who still somewhat bought into This issue of MUS Today has a nature, wilderness, and the myth that the New Kids on the Block had come up from the great outdoors theme – minus the juvenile pranks. This theme streets, to now mixing with boys who only purchased the cassette is unintentional, the result of pure coincidence, but a fortuitous tapes that were marked with the Parental Advisory labels. Troop one. We are proud to present the breathtaking images and the 206 had a council-wide reputation as being the destination for compelling narratives about how MUS alumni are embracing, castaways, a platoon of renegades. And we wide-eyed newbies protecting, and building thriving businesses around our natural had all heard the rumors of midnight raids and sleeping bags world and its wonders. We hope you will be inspired by their loaded with rattlesnakes or snapping turtles or both. We didn’t get stories to follow in their paths – or forge new ones – like Paul a lot of sleep during campouts that first year. But, we adjusted. Moinester ’04 did on his fly-fishing journey of personal and We adapted. professional discovery across the United States and into Canada Noogies and snipe-hunting expeditions were taken in stride (page 10). Perhaps you will be inclined to take an outdoor as we earned our stripes and merit badges. We were beginning vacation on properties such as those Andy Cates ’89 is turning to understand the ways of the world. As such, we knew to earn into RVC Outdoor Destinations throughout the country (page the respect of our so-called superiors, we had to show them we 20). If you are looking for an epic adventure, you might book weren’t afraid to mix it up every now and again. A plan passage to the Singita Grumeti Reserves in Tanzania, made was devised. possible by Paul Tudor Jones II ’72 through a 99-year lease with Late in our rookie season, a band of khaki-shorted rebels the government (page 14). There you will find a luxury safari conspired to pull a stunt that would serve as a statement to all that adventure, an enterprise dedicated to conservation, and incredible it was now “our time.” accommodations named No. 1 in Travel + Leisure magazine’s On the third night of the Spring Jamboree, long after the Top 100 Hotels list for 2011 and 2012. fires had died out, we crept around the camp, attaching lengths of We present these and many other stories, photographs, class binder’s twine to the base of every aluminum tent pole on site.