VOLUME 47 | ISSUE 1 | FALL 2014 WOFFORD TODAY MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT Fall 2014 Volume 47 | Issue 1 The energy on the wofford.edu/woffordtoday campus is infectious.

EDITOR We welcomed 487 new Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 Terriers to campus this DESIGNER fall, the largest class in the college’s 160-year history. Michelle Griggs The Class of 2018 hails CONTRIBUTING WRITERS from 28 states and seven Doyle Boggs ’70 countries, as far away as Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 Chengdu, China, and as Laura Hendrix Corbin close as a few blocks from campus. The average high Phillip Stone ’94 school grade point average PHOTOGRAPHER of our entering class was over 4.0, 45 percent ranked in the Mark Olencki ’75 top 10 percent of their class, and one of every 20 of these students was valedictorian or salutatorian. I am humbled that COORDINATOR OF WEB CONTENT these amazing students, as well as our returning students Craig Sudduth ’09 and transfers, have chosen Wofford as the place to prepare them for meaningful lives as citizens, leaders and scholars. We are excited to welcome them to Wofford! Printed by Martin Printing, Easley, S.C. Proving dogs and cats truly are friends, the campus was covered with Panthers this summer when the college enjoyed its 20th year as the Summer Training Camp home of the NFL’s . A record number of visitors – nearly 50,000 people – visited the Upstate and Wofford to watch the Panthers up-close. We appreciated the opportunity to welcome so many fans to see our campus and learn more about this special place.

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Dean of Students for Student Involvement, 864.597.4048. » Orientation Summit Adventure at Camp Greystone UNLEASHED THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM RAN INTO QUARTERBACK ON THE LAST DAY OF THE CAROLINA PANTHERS TRAINING CAMP.

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JAMES FUND RETURNS TO HAITI TO CHECK ON INVESTMENTS WILES REPRESENT WOFFORD ON IRWINS MAKE GIFT IN HONOR OF Microloans work. After a trip to Haiti this 24 KILIMANJARO ASCENT CHARLIE GRAY ’72 past May, that was the conclusion reached by Ed ’73 and Vickey Wile climbed Mount Kili- Pinckney ’68 and Susan Hodge Irwin of Dr. Philip Swicegood and a team of Wofford manjaro this summer (all 19,341 feet)! They Spartanburg enjoyed sharing stories about students in the James Fund. They reviewed wore their SAM hats to show their support of local history and culture during a recent outcomes from about 100 “seed money” loans Wofford and the college’s 11th president. luncheon with President Nayef Samhat, of $300 each and met the people benefiting Phillip Stone ’92, Charlie Gray ’72 and from the program. Read the full story at Doyle Boggs ’70. The Irwins made a gift wofford.edu/woffordtoday » of family memorabilia and historical books to the Sandor Teszler Library in honor of Gray. Read the full story at wofford. SHARED WORLDS BRINGS CREATIVE edu/woffordtoday » YOUTH TO CAMPUS FOR WRITING, 30 6 ART AND GAME DESIGN Jeff VanderMeer. Will Hindmarch. Carrie Vaughn. Kelly Barnhill. James Owen. Steven BACK TO SCHOOL Barnes. Will Alexander. Nathan Ballingrud. 6 The Class of 2018 is Wofford’s largest and most diverse class. Mur Lafferty. That’s a Who’s Who list of Learn more about them and their orientation to college. many of the leading writers who came to GARCIA MENTORS YOUNG AFRICAN- Wofford this summer for the Shared Worlds AMERICAN MEN creative writing experience. From July DASILVA INTERNS WITH WELLS FARGO 14 WHY DO STUDENT-ATHLETES MAKE THE Wofford Bonner Scholar Jacolvy Garcia ’15 13-26, they visited Wofford and interacted CORPORATE BANKING DIVISION BEST EMPLOYEES? (seated) volunteered this summer with the with 57 rising 8th through 12th graders in As a summer financial analyst, Victoria Classroom and on-field experiences give student-athletes an Urban League of the Upstate. He worked with the seventh annual residential camp. The DaSilva ’15, a member of the James Fund advantage in the workplace and in post-graduate studies. Spartanburg barber/stylist and entrepreneur students, representing 13 states and the who went to Haiti this summer, learned about Rufus Watson to hold a workshop for a group relationship management, financial statement , designed fantasy worlds THE VALUE OF INTERNSHIPS of young African-American men that featured and shared those worlds through fiction, art analysis, industry and borrower risk analysis, 20 tips on grooming and important life lessons. and game design. loan structuring and financial projecting. As Dean of The Space Scott Cochran ’88 weighs in on the Read the full story at wofford.edu/ part of the experience, she attended a training importance of internship experience. woffordtoday » conference in San Francisco and participated in corporate community service initiatives. TWO STATES. ONE TEAM. 24 Wofford celebrates 20 years of the Carolina Panthers on campus.

THE POWER OF THE GIFT 30 The Shiflets magnify the impact of gifts to the college.

WHY WOFFORD? BENTLEY PARTICIPATES IN PIT VIPER 33 CONFERENCE Dr. Laura Barbas Rhoden shares the intangibles that make a Wofford education so important. Since he was 5 years old, Alex Bentley STARTALK ENJOYS SECOND ’17 has been considering a career in SUCCESSFUL SUMMER WOFFORD FOOTBALL TAKES herpetology. This summer, Wofford Completing a second successful summer RANKINGS ADVANTAGE OF HUB CYCLE sponsored him as a participant in on the campus in 2014, STARTALK@ WOFFORD PI KAPPA PHI REPRESENTED 34 PROGRAM the second Biology of the Pit Vipers Wofford is a tuition-free program ON “JOURNEY OF HOPE” STRATEGIC VISION UPDATE Wofford football players rented bikes from Conference (BOPV2) in Tulsa, Okla., dedicated to increasing the number of Matthew Menard ’13 participated with Pi 36 the Partners for Active Living (PAL) Hub where he met Harry Greene (pictured young Americans learning and speaking Kappa Phi fraternity’s “Journey of Hope” Cycle Program this summer. According above with Bentley), a famous Chinese. From June 7-20, 33 middle and bicycle trek this summer, raising funds 37 NEW TRUSTEES to Rebecca Raulerson Parrish ’99, PAL’s herpetologist and professor at Cornell high school students from Upstate South for the PUSH America philanthrophy. He healthy kids coordinator, it’s become a yearly University. Dr. Chuck Smith, assistant Carolina joined in an intensive residential cycled with a team that departed from San INTRIGUE, PURPOSE, CHALLENGE tradition. PAL also has received used bike professor of biology at Wofford, made this language and culture studies experience Francisco, Calif., on May 27, and arrived in 38 Independent Colleges Student of the Year Chad Sauvola ’15 donations from Wofford faculty and staff, exciting academic opportunity possible. and went on to master eight online the Washington, D.C., area at the end of July. finds himself in the lab. including a recent donation from offensive Read the full story at wofford.edu/ modules. The director of the program Menard began study for a master’s degree in line coach Eric Nash ’02. woffordtoday » again this year was Dr. Yongfang Zhang. physics at this fall. CLASS NOTES 40 Alumni updates, Terriers in the News, Treasures from the Archives, In Memoriam. 4 5 The Class of 2018 is Along with 487 new We’re also celebrating Wofford’s biggest and and accomplished the 13th year of The most diverse class to first-year students, Novel Experience with date — but they are Wofford also Night Talk, written not the only new faces welcomes a new by Wofford’s own on campus. dean of the library. Elizabeth Cox.

6 7 First-year students rank highly; have varied interests, accomplishments by Laura Hendrix Corbin

What do a goat farmer, a pig farmer, members of the class were student a sea turtle enthusiast and a female body presidents in high school, and boxer have in common? They’re one in 20 was valedictorian or sa- members of the Wofford College lutatorian. Twenty-five earned the Class of 2018. rank of Gold Award or Eagle Scout, 23 were editors of their high school The college welcomed 487 first-year yearbooks or newspapers, and 176 students and nine transfer students were captains of high school athletics as classes began Sept. 1. teams. “We also have 74 first-gener- “We’re very excited to welcome an- ation college students in this class,” other outstanding class of students he adds. to Wofford,” says Brand Stille, vice Stille notes that the Class of 2018 president for enrollment. “It’s the includes: largest and most diverse in Wofford history. New students come from 28 • A boxer who is the only female states and seven foreign countries, member of her team and 23 percent are students of color.” • A triathlete • A black belt in Okinawan The class includes 11 international martial arts and another in judo students – hailing from Afghanistan, Mexico, Nigeria, Vietnam, South • A certified sea turtle enthusiast Korea, Belgium and China. “They • A two-time state swimming come from as far away as Chengdu, champion China, and as close as Springdale • Two sets of twins Drive, right here in Spartanburg,” • A six-time soccer state Stille says. champion “Wofford’s reputation as a nation- • A state tennis player of the year al liberal arts college continues • The S.C. Independent Schools to grow beyond our traditional student of the year bounds,” Stille says. “Our inclusion • An All-American soccer player in national publications, such as the who also is an Academic All- recent Forbes listing as the top-rated American college in , is helping • A goat farmer who breeds and to grow Wofford’s visibility. We saw raises goats for his company, an increase in applications for admis- “Good Guy Goats” sion this past year, and to date, cam- pus visits for the fall of 2015 are up • A student who raises award- 10 percent from this time last year.” winning pigs • The best left-handed, red- Stille says the incoming class rep- headed ukulele player in the Pee resents the high quality of students Dee region of South Carolina Wofford seeks. Their average high • A student who has addressed school GPA is higher than 4.0, he Parliament points out, and 45 percent of the class was in the top 10 percent of • A student who performed at their high school classes. Fifteen Carnegie Hall

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8 9 New dean of the library appointed After a nationwide search, J. Kevin Reynolds joins the library staff. by Doyle Boggs ’70

After a nationwide search through A graduate of Western Kentucky the summer months, Wofford has University with a in anthro- announced the appointment of a new pology and religious studies, he com- dean of the library. pleted graduate studies in Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt University and J. Kevin Reynolds (pictured on the earned a master of science in infor- right) had been the associate univer- mation science at the University of sity librarian at the Jesse Ball Du- Tennessee. Pont Library at Sewanee: the Uni- versity of the South. Reynolds has held a number of leadership positions in the At Sewanee, Reynolds coordinated American Library Association day-to-day operations of the library (ALA), including service on the and archives, supervised a staff of presidential advisory committee. 18 operating out of two different He will lead the planning for new buildings, worked to plan and suc- library facilities in the context of cessfully manage the library budget Wofford’s new strategic vision. and served in a liaison role with the heads of social science departments.

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Four appointed to named professorships Four faculty members have been appointed to named professorships in honor of their leadership and service to the college and its students. by Laura Hendrix Corbin

Dr. G.R. Davis was named the Dr. John R. McArthur, who came to college’s second Dr. and Mrs. Larry Wofford from Claremont-McKenna Hearn McCalla Professor of Biology. College in 1990 and is the long- He also is noted for his avocation as standing chair of the Department of a photographer who has published Economics, was named the Reeves several books of his work. In 2008 Family Professor of Economics. A Davis received an Excellence in member of the American Economics Teaching award sponsored by South Association, he has published numerous Carolina Independent Colleges articles and has presented his work at and Universities Inc. He spent his professional conferences. He also has sabbatical leave teaching at Africa held several teaching fellowships. University in Zimbabwe. Davis also has served as an interviewer for Dr. Anne B. Rodrick was named the Rwandan Presidential Scholars. Reeves Family Associate Professor of History. In addition to her teaching Dr. Li Qing Kinnison, the founding duties in the Department of History, and principal architect of Wofford’s Rodrick is the coordinator of the major and minor in Chinese, was named Humanities Program as well as of the the Peacock Associate Professor of 19th Century Studies Program, and Chinese. Under Kinnison’s leadership, she is active in the Gender Studies Wofford’s Chinese language and culture Program. Rodrick is a member of program has grown tremendously Wofford’s American Association of since its inception in 2004, and its Colleges and Universities “Bringing students have excelled in the annual Theory to Practice” team focusing on Palmetto Chinese Star Language service and civic engagement in local competition. Rachel Marie Woodlee communities. In 2006, she received ’13, Wofford’s current Rhodes Scholar, Wofford’s Philip Covington Award majored in Chinese and business for Excellence in the Teaching of economics. Humanities and Social Sciences.

10 11 The Novel Experience Cox’s ‘Night Talk’ selected as The Novel Experience book for 2014. by Laura Hendrix Corbin

In her novel Night Talk, author Eliz- receive an essay prompt for the nov- abeth Cox tells a moving story of el. During the first week of college, two girls who, though they grew up the classes come together for fun in the same house, reflect on the al- and games in Leonard Auditori- ternate realities of white and black um as they select a local restaurant society. They are influenced by both where they will go for dinner and the massive social changes sweeping discussion of the book. The best es- the country during the Civil Rights says are compiled into a booklet for era and by the extraordinary human The Novel Experience Convocation, capacities for fear, hate and love. In where the author speaks. the end, the world they share under cover of darkness, through their can- This year, the restaurant selection did nighttime conversations, proves night was Sept. 2, and Cox ad- to be the strongest force of all. dressed the students and members of the public in Leonard Auditorium The book centers on important is- on Sept. 23 for the convocation. She sues that college students all over also was the guest of the first ses- the country have explored in var- sion of this year’s Writers Series on ious ways for decades. Wofford’s the evening of Sept. 22, which also Class of 2018 focused on them as was open to the public. they read “Night Talk” over the summer as this year’s selection for This is the 13th year of The Novel Wofford’s The Novel Experience Experience. first-year student reading program. Previous books and authors in the The Novel Experience is a pro- series are: gram that connects the members of • Middle Passage, Charles Johnson the incoming class with each other • Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card through a shared experience and a • Waiting, Ha Jin shared meal. • Year of Wonders, Geraldine “Many colleges offer their incoming Brooks students a common reading experi- • Paco’s Story, Larry Heineman ence,” says Dr. Sally A. Hitchmough, • Rich in Love, Josephine associate professor of English and Humphries one of The Novel Experience coordi- • A Gracious Plenty, Sheri nators. “We want students to arrive Reynolds expecting to read, write and discuss • One Foot in Eden, Ron Rash ideas, because that’s what college is about. The town-and-gown experi- • When the Emperor Was Divine, ence is special. It helps the students Julie Otsuka get acquainted with Spartanburg, • Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur and it shows that learning isn’t sep- Golden arate from having fun.” • Old School, Tobias Wolff On the first day of their Humanities • One Amazing Thing, Chitra 101 class, all first-year students Divakaruni

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For more photos from the first few weeks of the academic year, visit the college’s Flickr page at flickr.com/wofford_college »

12 13 » by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 Mike McCrimon ’14 joined the Enterprise team just after graduation. 14 15 tim, vice president of talent acquisition for En- terprise. “We see the skills that student-athletes CURRENT TRUSTEES WHO WERE gain from their experience and know the value they can bring to our business.” WOFFORD STUDENT-ATHLETES: Mike McCrimon ’14, a former linebacker for the Terriers, was watching the NCAA basketball tournament in March and saw the Enterprise commercials targeted toward student-athletes. He applied online for a job and a month later was hired. “Working for Enterprise is a lot like playing foot- ball,” says McCrimon. “On the Wofford football team, I had individual goals, but those had to contribute to making our team the best it could be. It’s like that at Enterprise, too. At the end of HAROLD CHANDLER ’71, FOOTBALL the day, you want to help your branch be the best branch in the group.” McCrimon says that they work long hours at En- terprise and must be prepared to communicate effectively with customers. He feels that his expe- rience as a Wofford student-athlete prepared him The discipline, mental toughness and work ethic he experience,” says Stovall. “The discipline that they have for that type of work environment. learned as a student-athlete on the college’s football team, mastered on the playing field or court translates well to “I definitely enjoy working with Enterprise,” says prepared him for that day and the many other grueling working in financial services.” McCrimon. “There’s something different every days that followed as he moved up the corporate ladder Stovall says that student-athletes are coachable. That’s day — like in athletics — you can’t go through with Extended Stay America, then, along with two part- one reason that Northwestern hires them as interns as the motions. It’s competitive. They throw you in ners, established OTO Development, a hotel development often as possible. Because they value the traits that stu- the fire and tell you to have at it. I went from a and property management firm. dent-athletes bring to the job, they are even willing to competitive sport to a competitive career, and I WENDI NIX ’96, GOLF “Understanding what it means to compete is one of the work around their practice, lab and classroom schedules love it.” most important traits to make internships do- Brent Williamson, Wofford’s associate athletics you can have in business,” able for student-athletes director for sports information, says hiring stu- says Oakes. “Every day with busy schedules. dent-athletes is a hot topic right now with Co- someone is trying to take “We’ve known for a long SIDA, College Sports Information Directors of a share of your business, time that student-ath- America, running an article online in August, and you have to work aw- letes make the best in- “Why Your Next Employee Should Be A For- fully hard to keep it.” terns and employees, but mer Student-Athlete.” The article says that stu- According to Oakes, the Northwestern formal- dent-athletes are: achievement oriented, resilient, majority of the OTO lead- ized a program with the strong communicators, team oriented and effec- ership team played high NCAA about three years tive time managers. school or college athletics. ago to specifically recruit None of this surprises Oakes. CORRY OAKES ’89, FOOTBALL A coincidence? No. and train them,” she says. “We talk about these traits every day in our According to Oakes, “The reality is that very business,” he says. “All work is honorable, and some traits that make few student-athletes will when you work with a team, there are so many student-athletes great go pro after college. We opportunities to feel like you’re part of some- employees include: time want them to know that thing bigger than yourself. In our business the management, discipline, there’s life after athletics, general manager and the director of sales get the the ability to multitask, and Northwestern is a major attention, but if the housekeeper drops the teamwork, optimism and good fit.” ball, we’re dead. Everyone has an important role perseverance. “Persever- Enterprise, through its » to play on a team, and student-athletes under- ance in life is a critical partnership with Career McCrimon on the field as a Terrier linebacker stand that.” skill that we don’t al- Athletes and the NCAA, ways teach as parents or is another company that STANLEY PORTER ’89, FENCING & SOCCER in schools,” says Oakes. “In athletics you can’t help but recruits student-athletes for careers right out of college. • learn it.” “Our commitment to college recruitment has made us Kelley Stovall, chief recruitment officer for Northwestern the number one recruiter of college graduates and many Mutual in Greenville, S.C., agrees. former student-athletes have realized their potential and NOT PICTURED: JUSTIN CONVERSE ’96 (GOLF), developed successful careers with us,” says Marie Ar- JIM JOHNSON ’71 (FOOTBALL), DANNY MORRISON ’75 (BASKETBALL), “More than 90 percent of our current team has athletic JERRY RICHARDSON ’59 (FOOTBALL), ED WILE ’73 (FOOTBALL)

16 17 Maggie Bosley’s first day of medical school went well. “I don’t think I would be able to be half the physician After a long day of classes, she had the white coat, a big I hope to be without my four years at Wofford, on and smile and the knowledge that the three post-graduate off the field,” she says. “Being a student-athlete is a huge scholarships she received at the end of her senior year at advantage when going into the medical field. Medicine Wofford were helping pay for her education. isn’t a solo practice. You’re part of a team of nurses, doc- tors and hospital staff Bosley ’14 was se- providing complete lected to receive a patient care. Being a Carolina Panthers part of a team helps Graduate Scholarship, you know what to do a $10,000 one-time in that environment. award given annually We also had to really to one female and one manage our time well male collegiate stu- to handle athletics and dent-athlete from the academics. Teamwork Carolinas. She also and time management

earned an NCAA Post » are both skills that Graduate Scholarship, Paul Inclan ’14 transition well to what a one-time $7,500 we’re getting into in award given to 28 stu- med school and later dent-athletes through- as physicians.” out the country, and received highly competitive Carolina Panthers and South- and is eager for more, thanks to the foundation he built the Coleman Lew Bosley is particularly ern Conference post-graduate scholarships. at Wofford. & Associates Schol- interested in the med- arship, a one-time ical field because she “I was thrilled to receive both the Dave Hart Graduate “Wofford prepared me for medical school by helping

$2,000 grant awarded » spent time in the hos- Scholarship through the Southern Conference and the develop me as a complete man. … Wofford allowed me to through the Southern Maggie Bosley ’14 pital during her senior Carolina Panthers Graduate Scholarship,” says Inclan. develop as a member of society, able to contribute, lead, Conference. year. “Wofford was my home for four years, but my Wofford impact and improve whatever community I eventually education began at birth. My father (Roberto Inclan ’73) reside in,” says Inclan. “That is, ultimately, why we pur- Bosley believes that she’s a good investment and that “My experiences as a patient changed my perspective,” brought me to Wofford games even before Gibbs Stadi- sue a liberal arts education. That is, ultimately, what I the four years in the classroom as a Wofford biology and she says. “There was a student panel on our first day of um was built.” hope to accomplish through my career in medicine. Sim- chemistry major and the four years on the field for the med school, and someone explained that there are two ply, I expected to have an enjoyable college experience women’s soccer team equipped her to succeed. worlds in medicine — the people suffering with the ill- When Wade Lang ’83, Wofford’s offensive coordinator, playing football. Ultimately, I received a world-class ness and those focused on studying and healing. I’ve been called to tell Inclan that the Terriers wanted him to play “The first day wasn’t too bad … a little review. Wofford education, a family of teammates and the ability to im- on both sides.” football, Inclan couldn’t have been happier. has really prepared us well,” she says speaking not only of pact my surroundings, all while obtaining life-changing herself but also of the 10 other Wofford graduates attend- Bosley represented Wofford at scholarship award events. “I will never be able to replace the feeling of stepping off experiences.” ing the Medical University of South Carolina in Charles- At the Southern Conference awards dinner in Hilton Head the field, hugging my father and reflecting on the fulfill- ton as first-year students. According to Bosley, Wofford and at the Carolina Panthers pre-season football game ment of my childhood dream,” says Inclan. has the highest percentage of graduates in the entering awards presentation, she wasn’t alone. Paul Inclan ’14, a • class of any other college or university. first-year student at Wake Forest School of Medicine, also Inclan has completed his first weeks of medical school

18 19 n late August, I traveled the short distance from Wofford to the northside area of Spar- » Kalen Alverson ’16, intern, tanburg to meet with Marcos and Marcos Gomez, founder Gomez, owner of Dellfrio, a and CEO of Dellfrio commercial refrigeration com- pany. Rebecca Parker ’11, who manages the student internship program for The Space, accom- ou would expect a that are not that much fun but none- the internship, her role at Dellfrio, panied me. statement like that theless have to be completed for the and her takeaways from the experi- to thrill an intern sake of the organization. ence: “I expected to learn more about Marcos’ company is tucked away in a and it should. In the accounting process, and I did,” Inondescript building on a lightly traf- fact, the results of a At Wofford we are fortunate to have she said. “What I didn’t expect was ficked street. At first glance you would recent Forbes sur- a strong network of faculty and staff how much I would learn about how be hard pressed to believe that Dellfrio vey revealed that 51 that, in addition to The Space, create successful business is conducted. And conducts business in Germany, Ma- percent of student robust internship opportunities for I didn’t expect to learn about the sup- laysia and Chile, but Dellfrio supplies interns list an oppor- our students. The biology, computer ply chain, including things like how equipment to foodservice, beverage and tunity for full-time science, art history, finance, account- to create a bill of lading and how to ice cream companies around the globe. employment as the most desired out- ing and business departments, just track inventory as it moves across the It also provides logistics services to come of their internship. The National to name a few, have developed strong globe. But the most valuable things I companies looking to streamline busi- YAssociation of Colleges and Employers relationships with individuals and or- learned had to do with how to com- ness processes and offers warehousing (NACE) goes further and reports that ganizations that lead to high-impact municate with co-workers, custom- and asset tracking programs to cus- in 2013, 40 percent of new graduate internship experiences for Wofford ers and vendors both verbally and in tomers. hires came from the employers’ own students. The Office of Internation- writing. It’s given me confidence and al Programs works with our study Marcos operates a complex supply internship programs. a skill set that will make me a more abroad partners to create internship attractive candidate for my next in- chain, and he wanted an intern who But internships are about more than opportunities for students in global ternship experience as well as for my could handle basic accounting duties. just getting that first job. They are environments. All of us working to- first job out of college… whatever He reached out to Wofford last spring about further learning. Learning » gether create hundreds of internship that might be.” and after interviewing the pool of stu- about yourself and how the world dent candidates Rebecca sent him, Scott Cochran ’88, dean of opportunities for students each year. The Space in the Mungo Center works. Learning about relationships Kalen’s overview of her time at Dell- chose Kalen Alverson ’16, an account- and dealing with success and failure. It Pair that with generous support from frio is exactly what students should ing major hoping to gain business and sounds a lot like the classroom doesn’t people who help create opportuni- seek in an internship regardless of accounting experience. it? It should, because internships are a ties that might otherwise not exist the industry: hands-on, practical ex- We were meeting that day because natural extension of a college learning and you have a winning combination. perience applying classroom learn- Kalen was wrapping up her summer in- process, and they are critical for stu- Mike Brown ’76, a long-time Wofford ing in a functioning organization, ternship, and Marcos wanted to thank dent growth and development, both supporter, funds 20 internship schol- communication experience, and les- Rebecca for her help and allow Kalen THE VALUE OF professional and personal. arships that enable students to take sons on how to handle new, unex- to summarize her role at Dellfrio. Be- internships across the globe without pected happenings in real time. From a practical viewpoint, intern- concern for living and travel expens- tween the lobby and the short walk to ships are incredibly valuable because A great internship experience is the conference room, Marcos looked es. Support like this is invaluable and they enable students to apply class- a big reason many of our students a learning extension that leads to at Rebecca and said, “Kalen has been room learning in a real world environ- opportunity. And when you give amazing. She ended up doing so much are able to participate in unique and ment and to test drive a job. Students life-changing experiences. Wofford students opportunities, more than just accounting. I’d hire her INTERNSHIPS also learn the importance of hustle, they rarely disappoint. right now if she didn’t have to go back organizational culture, contributing to Back in the Dellfrio conference room, to college.” by Scott Cochran ’88, dean of The Space a team, and, quite frankly, doing tasks Kalen walked us through her goals for •

20 21 Donovan Hicks ’16 Casey Geiger ’16, Samantha Jay Wolfe ’16 Mariya Alex Pollock ’16 Jonathan Franklin ’16 Annie Currin ’15 Caroline Winn ’16 Upendo Makali ’14 Hemleben ’15 Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Mohammed ’15 Conservation Trust for The Bonner Foundation, office, Washington, D.C. Michelle Green ’15 National Building North Carolina Princeton, N.J. Robotics Department, University of Texas Project Transformation, Gaining insight into Health Science Center, Joe Nelson ’16 Museum, Pollock conducted Dallas, Texas Franklin conducted Oregon State the legislative process Washington, D.C. University San Antonio Manipal Technologies, India fieldwork on land Affiliated with research on how the and opening his eyes to Mohammed completed an Winn worked with management and AmeriCorps, Project Bonner Network, Hemleben’s work has a variety of careers in In addition to gaining internship in biomedical the marketing and conservation land along Transformation gave national organizations entailed creating a government, Wolfe’s work work experience, the research. She tested communications team the coast to restore areas Wofford students the and the federal model of an air hockey included researching group learned to expect the effects of a novel on press previews, ad of state-granted land that opportunity to learn while government play a puck as it is tethered memos, taking constituents the unexpected and anti-progestin on the campaigns and social has weathered and fallen working with low-income role in the issue of and launched by a on Capitol tours and communicate more proliferation of breast media outreach. into poor condition. children and youth. college access. robot. handling constituent effectively while living in and communications. cancer cells. enjoying the culture of India.

TERRIERS I N T E R N GLOBALLY

Sara Futch ’16 Emily Bacher ’15 Ferdinand Connell Anderson ’15 Jie Min ’15 Haiwen Zhang ’16 Harerimana ’15 Flora Yazigi ’15 Bria Johnson ’15 Citigroup, Hong Kong Mary Katherine Medical University of Georgia State’s Language Dr. Marvin Miller’s Research Center & Zoo research group, Undergraduate Research, Nationwide Children’s Maggie Stroud ’15 A summer analyst in the Citi Keiser ’15 South Carolina, Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Charleston, S.C. Atlanta’s Primate Department University of Geoscience & Engineering, The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colo. Treasury and Trade Solutions Laura Levy ’14 Notre Dame Stanford University Yazigi explored different department, Min worked Working with a mentor, Futch spent her internship Working with some of the on the cash management facets of a pathology High Museum of Art, Zhang conducted research in hands-on research with A Rwandan Presidential world’s most influential people, team and with the product Bacher conducted laboratory and speciality, chimpanzees, monkeys, Scholar, Harerimana including Madeline Albright development process. He Atlanta, Ga. on the effective therapeutic research on the synthesis including working siRNA delivery to human lemurs, guenons, tamarins wrote computer codes to and Tony Blair, Wofford Aspen helped launch a corporate Keiser and Levy served as and even sloths (the only of different molecules as alongside physicians oral cancer cells. Dental develop ground motion interns gained perspective banking platform that will curatorial interns learning non-primates) and in the lab potential antibiotics in during their diagnosis clinic shadowing also has intensity measures in order as global citizens and young be implemented across the what it takes to become a setting up and conducting fighting diseases such as of cases and attending allowed Zhang to gain to understand structural professionals. The internships globe. (The film Transformers museum curator. experiments. The combination tuberculosis, cancer and educational lectures. insights into a career in malaria. responses to earthquake are made possible by Wofford featured the office building in helped her experience both ground motions. Trustee Mike Brown ’76. which he worked.) dentistry. sides of primate research.

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24 25 Then Now This summer, Wofford and hundreds of news media outlets also descend the Carolina Panthers on the campus to cover the team – all report- celebrated the 20th year of ing “from Wofford College.” a summer training camp Peter King, a long-time, revered Sports Il- partnership that is one of the lustrated writer, and now editor and lead longest in professional sports writer for his Monday Morning Quar- terback website, made his annual trip to and one that has brought Wofford this summer and continued his increased visibility and traditional accolades for the camp. He told exposure to the college. Spartanburg Herald-Journal sports writ- er Eric Boynton, “It’s a bad training camp season when I can’t come to Spartanburg From the opening “Back to Football” party because I just think this is the perfect place at Gibbs Stadium on July 26 through the for training camp.” final practice on Aug. 12, nearly 50,000 visitors attended training camp this year, King, who previously has said the Pan- a record number and an increase of 11 per- thers camp is one of his top five among cent over 2013. NFL training camps for fan friendliness, went on to say: “The reason why Wofford’s “We were very happy with training camp training camp is fantastic is that (team this year,” says Director of Athletics Rich- owner) Jerry Richardson and the Panthers ard Johnson. “The college and the Spar- have basically kept in mind that they want tanburg community are blessed to contin- training camp to be about the fans being ue to be the summer home for the Panthers, able to reach out and touch the players.” He and the organization has worked hard to described watching Panthers quarterback engage its fans here and to make this one Cam Newton “hugging babies, signing of the most fan-friendly experiences in the autographs and doing all that stuff for 20 NFL. It’s a real pleasure to have the team minutes after a hot day at practice.” on our campus, and to be able to showcase ourselves to the community and the visi- Of Wofford, King told the newspaper, tors who flock here.” “This campus has been really modernized and coming to Wofford now is like coming To celebrate, local businesses and institu- to an upper-class suburb of a nice city. It’s tions welcomed the Panthers with signs, just beautiful. The buildings are all new, banners and flags. Also, earlier this year, everything’s modern, the practice fields Wofford dedicated a sculpture of Panthers look like putting greens at Augusta. And owner and founder Jerry Richardson ’59, they’ve figured it isn’t only a campus scene who is a member of the college’s board of that’s important, but the comfort of play- trustees, recognizing Richardson’s con- ers and the viewing experience and every- tribution to the college. The sculpture thing for the fans is very good.” overlooks Gibbs Stadium from the veran- dah of the Richardson Physical Activities Panthers President Danny Morrison ’75 Building, headquarters for the NFL team says bringing training camp to Wofford during the summer. when he was athletics director had a rip- ple effect as the college was transitioning “The impact Jerry Richardson and the Car- from NAIA to NCAA Division II and Di- olina Panthers have had on Wofford and vision I a few years later. Because of the the Spartanburg community as a whole Wofford / Panthers partnership, the col- has been tremendous,” President Nayef lege entered the Southern Conference with H. Samhat says. “This is a long-standing NFL-caliber facilities — a great benefit partnership that has brought national rec- for recruitment. Morrison says getting the ognition to campus and Spartanburg and Panthers to campus was critical to Wof- has provided family entertainment to res- ford’s current athletics success and profile. idents and visitors alike. Wofford is lucky to have such a generous family in the Rich- “It’s really been wonderful for Wofford and ardsons, and we are proud to serve as the the Panthers,” Morrison says. “To play our summer home for the Panthers.” games in North Carolina (Charlotte) and then have training camp in South Carolina Every summer since 1995, football fans from fits the overall philosophy of the Panthers.” all over the country, and even international visitors, have come to campus to watch the • team prepare for its season. Every summer, 1995 2014 26 27 X

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28 29 Development - Shiflets The POWER of the GIFT

Measuring the impact of an endowed professorship at Wofford requires much more than a calculator, or even a computational science module.

Just ask Drs. Angela and George Shiflet.

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

30 31 Angela is the Larry Hearn McCalla global warming, the cane toad inva- Professor of Mathematics and Com- sion or cancer research. puter Science. George is the Dr. and “It’s great in the classroom to be able to Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Profes- use the real world examples. It makes sor of Biology. it much more relevant to the students,” Although their salaries didn’t change says George. “Teaching should mean when they were honored with named continuous learning, and funding professorships a decade ago, the col- from the college (through endowed lege, and more importantly Wofford professorships, CIL grants, a Milliken students, continue to reap the benefits. teaching award) has allowed for that continuous learning.” “The endowed chair allowed us to hire another faculty member to our de- “We hope that we have transferred partment, something we desperately our learning and connections to needed at the time,” says George. other people,” says George. “It’s our intent to amplify the gifts we have re- Support from the endowed profes- ceived. We want to extend the ben- sorships also gave the Shiflets the efits of these gifts to as many people opportunity to wave the Wofford as possible.” flag in Oxford, England, and Mel- bourne, Australia, during a year long The Shiflets believe in the power of WHY WOFFORD? working sabbatical. They conducted the gift so much that they have estab- research on colon cancer, presented lished an endowed fund at the college An Essay from the Classroom on the workshops for graduate students and to support computational science re- value of a liberal arts education created new computational science search, internships, conferences and modules. From the experience they writing. Their family and friends secured internships for Wofford stu- have added to the fund. dents, and a Fulbright Specialist as- “We understand what these types of signment in Brazil for themselves. experiences mean to the students “Gifts to the college have changed our and where they will lead,” says An- by Dr. Laura Barbas Rhoden Take the BRICS Interim — focused on of art through partnerships with local lives, and the lives of our students,” gela. “When you change one life, you associate professor of modern the world-changing growth of Brazil, organizations. change many, many lives.” languages, literatures and cultures Russia, India, China and South Af- says Angela. “Meeting faculty and re- Why Wofford? Because it’s a place searchers from around the world has rica — in which I participated as an At the end of the academic year, the “Impressive!” The teacher leaned for- instructor alongside staff from The where, at our best, our whole campus been of immeasurable value. While Shiflets will retire from their full- ward across the table in the crowded Space. “I used to see Charleston as takes teaching and learning seriously, working with them I’ll think, aaah, I time teaching positions at Wofford, Olin Theater during the closing forum. a single point in space,” wrote a stu- but ourselves … not so much. Where could write about that or teach about but they plan to remain active in the “The professionalism of the students dent after our visit to the port, to rice we’ll load a group of faculty and staff that; our students need to learn about world of computational science edu- was amazing. It makes me proud to and tea plantations and sites of slave into a crowded taxi in Brazil as part that, or I’ve got the perfect student be a Wofford graduate.” The teach- resistance. “Now I see it as part of a of the Milliken Faculty Development cation and research. Their editor at er attended our Curriculum Fellows for your internship.” Princeton University Press has ap- dynamic global landscape, past and Seminar, and out of the shared laugh- Summit, the culmination of a year ter and conversation, a new student proached them about doing another present.” Lessons learned in classes In addition to the endowed chairs, of shared work by area high school experience will emerge as the BRICS textbook, and they continue to write on western civilization, economics, the Shiflets have received support teachers, Wofford students and fac- and Chinese came together for our Interim. from the college’s Center for Innova- and update learning modules used in ulty that produced engaging, class- students. Jennifer Dillenger ’07 deft- room-ready curriculum materials for Wofford matters because we’re a tion and Learning (CIL) to develop classrooms across the globe. In addi- ly turned their sights toward their schools. Fellows around her echoed place for individualized learning, materials for a new science course tion, they will continue to pursue Ful- professional futures; I nudged them the sentiment of pride. where average and extraordinary bright Specialist opportunities. They along with knotty assignments. and a new textbook for such a course. people alike embrace their strengths also have several promising opportu- Why Wofford? Because inspiring, Why Wofford? Because what’s be- and hone them in a caring communi- “Computational science is now a part nities on the horizon to work with sci- thoughtful learning from childhood

» yond our gates — in Spartanburg, ty. We have high aspirations; we invite of every field of science,” says George. entists in Italy, Russia, England and through college, and throughout life, Dr. Angela Shiflet and Dr. George Shiflet Charleston and across the globe — is each other to seek excellence daily. “Students still have to do science at Australia. is key for a shared, global future fit retire from full-time teaching at the end of as significant as what’s inside, and And we understand that all of us here the bench and in the field, but there for human communities. For me, as this academic year, but they plan to stay what’s inside is vitally important. are works-in-progress, that we can all active in the world of computational science “I don’t have time to learn another part of the faculty, that Curriculum are things that can be done computa- Cherished. Beloved. And enormously research and writing. language before we work abroad, but Fellows work was living proof we’re learn from one another. tionally that can’t be done quickly or rewarding … My colleagues’ work on fortunately, English is the language doing that kind of education here and easily otherwise. Scientists right now healthy eating, aligned with local ini- Why Wofford? Because Wofford of science,” says George. “Planning partnering with others working in are swamped with data. That’s where tiatives to halt the obesity epidemic; is a place where deep disciplinary pursuit of it beyond our gates. computational science comes in.” these types of experiences makes on aging, where students apply the expertise meets wild, open spac- me look forward to retirement more. We’re doing education collaborative- science of memory to challenges at es for developing new ideas; where Because the Shiflets are involved in We will continue to reach as many ly on campus, too, with staff mem- hand, working with the elderly to cap- the walls and gates dissolve and we cutting-edge research, the modules people as we can with the power of bers and professors often teaming ture stories their families hold dear; in build what’s next together. As a fac- that they are developing and teach- computational science and the power up to design great learning expe- the arts practicum, where students ulty member, I’m part of that, and so ing are based on current problems — of the gift.” riences for students and ourselves. learn about the beauty and business are you, reader. What shall we build?

32 33 COLLEGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, public or private (Forbes “America’s Top Colleges” 2014 & The New York Times 2014) Wofford hits high note with New York Times and Forbes Highest ranked South Carolina college or university on both lists

by Laura Hendrix Corbin OF STUDENTS Wofford is among the “most economically diverse top “This year it comes down to small, student-centric, liberal #7 IN THE RECEIVE FINANCIAL colleges,” according to The New York Times’ recent arts colleges vs. large, brainy, research-oriented universities % ASSISTANCE ranking of the top 99 colleges and universities based on closely associated with science, technology, engineering NATION 91 (scholarships, efforts to provide low-income students accessibility to a and math,” writes Caroline Howard. The ranking “reveals for study abroad participation need-based grants, college education. Wofford was the top South Carolina higher education in flux, ongoing debate between the value (Open Doors Report 2013) work-study) institution on the list, ranked number 43, just ahead of Yale of liberal arts vs. STEM degrees and a winning formula University at 44 and Davidson College at 47. of high student satisfaction and graduation rates, alumni career success and low student debt.” In his “The Upshot” blog, writer David Leonhardt focused on how economic diversity has changed at top colleges and Forbes selected the 650 institutions it ranked based on universities, using data on first-time, full-time students five general categories: student satisfaction, post-graduate with Pell grants from 2008 to the present. success, student debt, graduation rate and academic OF THE CLASS OF 2013 ARE EMPLOYED OR success (measured based on prestigious scholarships and % Wofford scores above the overall average on the list and (within 6 months of graduating) fellowships, such as Rhodes, National Science Foundation 95 IN GRAD SCHOOL is one of only six institutions that posted a double-digit and Fulbrights, as well as students who go on to earn increase in the percentage of Pell-eligible students. Ph.D.s). “On the key issues that most concern families when it In addition, Wofford recently was featured in Princeton comes to higher education – access, diversity, quality Review’s “Best 379 Colleges.” Only about 15 percent of and completion – our place among the most prestigious all colleges and universities in the country are profiled universities and colleges in the country is evident,” Wofford in the book. The Princeton Review’s two-page profile President Nayef H. Samhat says. “Wofford’s extraordinary of Wofford notes that students surveyed said the college and transformational educational experience is accessible, has an “excellent reputation with graduate programs” socio-economically diverse and we graduate superior and its “challenging” classes have established it as “a students in four years.” liberal arts college that provides an excellent education Wofford also recently was ranked 85th among Forbes’ and opportunities to expand your horizons.” The “America’s Top Colleges,” the highest-ranking South guide also cites Wofford’s professors, classroom and Carolina college among 2,500 four-year campuses – public, lab facilities, career services and athletics facilities as private, large and small – around the country. Wofford strengths of the college. also was 12th among Best Colleges in the South and 71st Read press releases for all of our 2014 rankings at among Best Private Colleges. The overall ranking was an wofford.edu/newsroom » improvement over last year’s ranking of 119.

34 35 Three elected to Board of Trustees by Laura Hendrix Corbin

Three new members have been elected to the Wofford Re-elected to new four-year terms were: H. Neel Hipp Board of Trustees while five others have been re-elected of Greenville, S.C.; Douglas H. Joyce ’79 of Nashville, to four-year terms. The appointments were made at the Tenn.; Betty J. Montgomery of Spartanburg; Stanley E. Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of Porter ’89 of Chevy Chase, Md.; and Edward B. Wile South Carolina held in Florence, S.C., June 1-4. ’73 of Atlanta. The new trustees, elected to four-year terms, are Ashley At the May meeting of the Board of Trustees, these Richardson Allen of Charlotte, N.C.; Christopher A.P. officers were elected for the 2014-15 year: J. Harold Carpenter ’90 of Atlanta, Ga.; and Wendi M. Nix ’96 Chandler ’71 of Hammonton, N.J., and Kiawah Island, of New York, N.Y. They replace three trustees whose S.C., chair; James M. Johnson ’71 of Birmingham, Ala., terms expired in June, Paula B. Baker of Spartanburg, vice chair; C. Michael Smith ’75 of Greenville, vice chair S.C.; Hugh C. Lane Jr. of Charleston, S.C.; and Joella F. and secretary; and John B. White Jr. ’72 of Spartanburg, Utley of Spartanburg. vice chair.

Ashley Richardson Allen, a community volunteer and minority owner of the Carolina Panthers, is the daughter of Wofford alumnus Jerry Richardson ’59. For 20 years, she has represented the Richardson family in working with Wofford to administer the Richardson Family Endowed Scholarship, the largest and most prestigious scholarship at the college.

An attorney and consultant who has worked in politics, government and public affairs in Washington, D.C., and throughout the South, Christopher Carpenter is a partner with the Garrett McNatt Hennessey Carpenter 360 law firm in Atlanta, Ga. Campaigns and Elections Since last spring, hundreds of members of the Wofford highlighting the key areas of academic quality, magazine recently recognized him as one of the leading “Georgia Influencers,” naming him community have been on a journey to prepare the the student experience, enrollment, the Wofford one of the “Top 10” political insiders in the state. college for the future. Although the visioning process is community and the physical campus. The goals in nearing its completion, the journey has only just begun. the vision are supported by the need to execute a comprehensive funding campaign with emphasis Wofford’s strategic vision is of a premier, innovative on endowed scholarships as well as implement a Wendi Nix joined ESPN in August 2006 as a reporter and host covering college and pro football and and distinctive national liberal arts college defined comprehensive marketing and communication golf. Nix hosts “NFL Live” and “” and contributes to “SportsCenter,” “College by excellence, engagement and transformation in campaign for the college. GameDay” and “Sunday NFL Countdown.” Since 2010, Nix has been host of ESPN2’s pre-, halftime its commitment to prepare superior students for and post-game segments on college football Saturdays. She covered the U.S. Open golf tournament meaningful lives as citizens, leaders and scholars. The strategic vision will be submitted to the Board from 2007 through 2010, as well as the Masters and British Open tournaments in 2010. The vision is punctuated by five recommendations of Trustees in October.

36 37 Every time Chad Sauvola ’15 con- Wofford, he is working toward an NGO worker, and is a delightful ducts research in a biology lab, art history major as well. young man to work and interact he feels like he’s privy to a secret. “I like to be as broadly knowl- with,” says Hettes. “I respect him “The lab is the place where re- edgeable as possible,” he says. at the level of a colleague and fel- search that no one else knows “Art history is difficult for me be- low scholar.” about is going on,” says Sauvola, cause of the subjectivity. There’s Sauvola also plays piano and is South Carolina Independent Col- no completely right answer, so I an active member of Beta Beta leges and Universities (SCICU) have to think differently. … When Beta Biological Honor Society. 2014 J. Lacy McLean Award win- I’m with the art historians I feel ner. “Working at the interface of “For me, college has been incred- like an art historian, to the same ibly important, and it wouldn’t knowledge is an absolutely ad- extent that I feel like a biologist dictive thing.” have been possible without when around other biologists. scholarships and financial aid In addition to spending three Wearing multiple hats has been from sources such as the South years in biology labs at Wofford a growing experience, and I feel Carolina Tuition Grant,” says Sau- College, Sauvola just returned privileged to have been able to vola. “I’m very thankful that I’ve from a summer internship in a do it. It’s been one of the most gotten the opportunity to be in molecular neuroscience lab at significant defining characteris- this type of environment where MIT. The research was designed tics of my Wofford education.” I’m challenged and pushed to to help develop a critical tool Dr. Karen Goodchild, associate learn as much as I can.” that’s “missing from the molec- professor and chair of the De- ular science tool box.” Sauvola Sauvola, the son of Amy and partment of Art and Art History Mark Sauvola of Greer, S.C., spent the summer before that in at Wofford, calls Sauvola a “rare a similar lab at the University of missed the SCICU board meet- bird,” who excels equally in the ing and awards luncheon, which North Carolina Chapel Hill. Now humanities and sciences. he is in Denmark for a semes- was held on Wofford’s campus ter abroad, where, because of a “Chad is among the most intel- on Sept. 24. Instead he was do- contact he made at MIT, he will lectually curious students I have ing what he loves best: studying be conducting research in yet ever had, and his careful ques- the environmental science of the another lab at the University of tions are unforgettable additions Arctic and continuing to delve Copenhagen. to any course. He challenges me into the secrets of micro biology to be a better professor,” writes in the lab in Copenhagen. “This is what I want to do,” says Goodchild in her SCICU recom- According to Sauvola, there’s no- Sauvola, who plans to enroll in a mendation for Sauvola’s award. Ph.D. program in molecular bi- where else he’d rather be. ology after he graduates from Dr. Stacey Hettes, vice chair of The J. Lacy McLean Award is Wofford. His first choice is MIT, the program in neuroscience and presented each year to the but he’s also considering Har- associate professor of biology, Independent Colleges Student vard, Yale and Princeton. agrees. of the Year in memory of J. Lacy Sauvola enjoys a challenge. In “He has the wisdom of a seasoned McLean, the first executive addition to majoring in biology at scientist, the compassion of an secretary of SCICU.

38 39 1988 ’88Lane Glaze, class chair David Atchley has accepted the position of interim CLASS NOTES executive director for Greer Middle College Have a life update to share? Submit your news to be considered for the next issue of Wofford Today. Submit updates Charter High School for the 2014-15 academic year. He will provide general oversight while working electronically by visiting wofford.edu/alumni and clicking “Share Your Story.” You also can call the Alumni Office at on the capital campaign for a new building. 864.597.4185 or write to us at Wofford Today, 429 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, S.C. 29303. Big Brothers Big Sisters has hired Pam Clusterman Hilsman to serve as the outreach coordinator in Polk County, N.C. Hilsman will recruit volunteers and assist with event planning and fund development. 1951 1972 Living in Winston-Salem, N.C., Cal Ratcliff has Ron Vereen and Arthur Milne were married Aug. 50-Year Club Chair - Harry Williams ’42 Dr. Tom Ballard and his partners at Family Medicine joined Bank of North Carolina as senior vice 8, 2014 in Chicago, Ill. Jan Brabham officiated the ’51 ’72Mountain View in Greer, S.C., recently celebrated president - chief compliance officer. He will be The Sun News featured Windell McCrackin in the story based in the bank’s executive office in High Point. ceremony. “Attorney proud of life lived, law practiced,” which ran the 35th anniversary of their practice. The Greer in the Aug. 10, 2014, edition. At the age of 85, McCrackin Citizen’s July 9 issue featured the doctors. The Georgetown (S.C.) Chamber of Commerce is the senior practicing attorney in Horry County, S.C. has named Beth Saffold Stedman as its director 1989 of communications and programs. She lives in 1973 Murrells Inlet, S.C. ’89Mike Sullivan, class chair 1952 Jack Griffeth, an attorney with Collins & Lacy, has Dr. Ron Mattison is a surgeon with the Mroz- ’73been recognized for his mediation experience Baier Breast Care Clinic. He and his wife, Julia, Dr. George Fields was the guest speaker at the 2014 1983 live in Germantown, Tenn. They have two children, ’52Cherokee County Memorial Day service. Fields by the National Academy of Distinguished Elizabeth and Emily. serves as director of the military heritage program Neutrals (NADN). The NADN is an invitation- Scott Gantt, class chair only organization of professional mediators and ’83 of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation. On Sept. 18, Hospice and Community Care in Rock arbitrators who are well established as trusted Hill, S.C., recognized Tamra Nivens West by naming 1990 neutrals within their state of practice. a room at the Wayne Patrick Hospice House in her 1954 memory. West died in October 2013 after a brief ’90Scott Cashion, class chair In February, William L. “Bill” Kinney Jr. was elected 1974 illness. At the time of her death, West had just taken on Lori Eubanks Jolly is an associate attorney with ’54president of the South Carolina Historical Society. responsibilities as interim director of the Carolinas Devlin & Parkinson. She and her husband, Benjamin Jerry Calvert, class chair Kinney became editor and publisher emeritus Center for Hospice and End of Life Care. She was the Jolly, live in Greenville, S.C. WE BOUGHT AN INN… ’74 voice of hospice in the state, guiding many hospice of the Marlboro Herald-Advocate in May. His Marc White married Frances H. Westmoreland on Kevin Martin lives in Gilmanton, N.H., and is the organizations from infancy to maturity. Lesesnes to open Anchorage 1770 in Beaufort, S.C. daughter, Elisabeth K. McNiel, is now publisher, July 19. He also reports that he became a grandfather owner of KUMU Marketing Solutions. He consults and her husband, Dan, serves as editor. with the birth of McRae Elizabeth White on June 17. for wineries and distillers. by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 1984 Living in Marion, N.C., Sonya Covil Robinson is an Some people have called them crazy. Frank ’89 and Amy Barwick Lesesne 1958 1979 Ken Kirkpatrick, class chair elementary school teacher in McDowell County. She and her husband, Lt. Col. Scott Alan Robinson ’92, ’89 haven’t just admitted it, they’ve embraced their nickname as the “insane Bonner Thomason, a retired urologist who lives Wade Ballard, class chair ’84 Ned Nicholson has enjoyed reconnecting with have three children, Toby, Shelby and Nicholas. Lesesnes,” even starting a blog called “Lowcountry Inn-Sanity.” After all, who in ’58in Charleston, S.C., continues to enjoy hunting. He ’79 Wofford through his son, Ben ’17. Nicholson is As executive director of the Rowan Cabarrus Richard Shealy is a freelance copyeditor. He works their right mind leaves a successful career, good friends and decades of school recently collected a “nice” mule deer in Montana Community College Foundation, Marty Richards a partner with the McNair Law Firm. He and his primarily in the genres of fantasy and science fiction and community ties in Atlanta to renovate, convert and open a bed and breakfast and ruffed grouse in Michigan. manages and leads all development efforts for the family live in Columbia, S.C. for both major and minor publishing houses as well college. He lives in Kannapolis, N.C. in Beaufort, S.C.? as for independent authors. He lives in Kearny, N.J. 1965 Dr. Randy Wilson is a pediatrician with Pediatric 1985 “I’m from Miami and have always wanted to get back to the coast,” says Amy, “but Associates, Powdersville. He lives in Greenville, Joint Quantum Institute fellow Dr. Paul Julienne has we really did some soul searching after we attend the funeral of Scott Stowe ’90 in Tim Madden, class chair 1991 ’65retired from the National Institute of Standards and S.C., with his wife, Dr. Carol Brasington Wilson ’85 Beaufort. He was one of Frank’s Sigma Nu fraternity brothers.” Technology, but he continues to perform high-level the- ’81, professor of English and coordinator of The Aug. 10 issue of The State newspaper Leslee Houck Page, class chair oretical research on ultracold matter, a subject he helped academic advising at Wofford. Their son, John, featured a column written by Gray Culbreath ’91 The Lesesnes picked Beaufort because of the healthy tourism industry, and they began college in the fall. and William Calloway. Culbreath, chairman of the Paul Christopher Clark is vice president of sales for create. In honor of his 70th birthday, JQI held a meeting Ortho Pediatrics Corp. in Charlotte, N.C. He and his picked Anchorage 1770, also known as the “Queen of the Bay” or the William called “Frontiers of Cold Matter” on May 29-30, 2014. South Carolina State Museum Commission, and Calloway, the museum’s executive director, wrote wife, Karen, have two children, Hayden and Carson. Elliott House, because they fell in love at first sight. 1981 about the grand reopening of the museum after On Aug. 10, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal “Our real estate agent tried to get us to consider purchasing an already 1970 Patrick Watson, class chair a $23 million renovation program. Culbreath lives featured Alan Christopher DeCredico and his ’81 in Columbia, S.C., where he is an attorney and Broad Street garden in the Garden Cameos column. established bed and breakfast in Beaufort,” says Frank, “but when we toured the John Mauldin has been elected chairman of the board Steve Kent joined The Clearing House as a senior shareholder with Gallivan, White & Boyd. DeCredico, owner of Alan Christopher Antiques in Anchorage, we knew this was the one.” ’70of directors of the National Legal Aid and Defender vice president in August. He and his family live in the Library Commons in downtown Spartanburg, Association, Washington, D.C. Mauldin, a practicing Winterville, Ga. Gervais Hollowell, owner of Little River Roasting Co. in created an 18 x 26-foot garden below his second- According to the Lesesnes, Anchorage 1770 is probably the oldest tabby structure attorney in Upstate South Carolina for more than 40 Spartanburg, was featured in the Spartanburg Herald- floor walk up apartment and antique shop. years, currently serves as the chief public defender Journal’s Entrepreneur’s Corner on Aug. 24, 2014. in the country. Tabby is concrete made from lime, sand and oyster shells. for the 13th Judicial Circuit encompassing Greenville 1982 Hollowell opened the Coffee Bar at 188 West Main St. Anchorage 1770 has been a home, Civil War hospital, club, restaurant and now an in downtown Spartanburg in 2010. and Pickens counties. NLADA is America’s oldest and Madison Dye, class chair 1992 inn. Keeping the integrity and beauty of the building, on the National Register of largest non-profit association devoted to excellence ’82 Historic Places, while renovating it to accommodate an elevator and 13 suites, all in the delivery of legal services to those who cannot Lauren Goley Hammond has been promoted to Nikki Palmieri Chunn, class chair senior managing consultant for The Wink-ler 1986 ’92 with private bathrooms, has been a challenge. Progress is slow, but the Lesesnes afford to hire private council. Billy Keels is in his 19th year of teaching and Group in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Previously she led hope to open the inn to guests in January. Brand Stille, class chair coaching, the past 14 at Lewisville High School in capital campaigns for Midland College in Texas ’86 Richburg, S.C. He won his 300th game as a high and for Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Florida. The Summerville Journal Scene recently welcomed For updates on the project as well as photos of the inn’s renovation, “like” them 1971 school baseball coach in the spring, and during the back veteran reporter Jim Tatum to the staff. on Facebook at facebook.com/anchorage1770» Allen Guignard, class chair Veteran journalist Steve McDaniel has joined the Tatum, who has worked in community journalism past six seasons, four of his teams played for the ’71 The Berkeley Independent (Moncks Corner, S.C.) throughout South Carolina since 1996, also works Upper State Championship. The 2010 team won the The Rev. Richard Allen has retired and is living in as a news and crime reporter. state championship. You also can read their blog at Anchorage1770.com» Hilton Head Island, S.C. as a guitarist and freelance writer. 40 41 Living in Charlotte, N.C. with her husband, Sam 1999 Christina Kocisko married Michael Paul Estes 2006 Pelton, Peggy McIntyre is a senior manager with Zach Atkinson, class chair on May 24, 2014. Christina is a corporate trainer Hadley Green Inabinet, class chair The Lash Group. ’99 for SmileMakers. ’06 Anthony Leigh made “The List,” a who’s who Spartanburg-based Carolina Alliance Bank of young leaders published by Montgomery Barton Keith Ledford and Stephanie Joann recently announced the promotion of Nichole 1994 RSVP. The vice president of college and alumni Burke were married on May 31, 2014. Buchanan to banking officer and lender in its Alicia Nunamaker Truesdail, class chair relations at Huntingdon College in Alabama, Spartanburg office. Buchanan, who has been ’94 Leigh is active in the community, including Jason C. Lynch and his wife, Bonnie Allen Lynch with Carolina Alliance since its organization Frank W. Golson III has joined the Columbia- service as vice chairman of the Baptist East ’05, announce the birth of Edward Bennett Lynch, in 2006, graduated from the South Carolina TREASURES FROM THE based business GMK Associates as company- Medical Center advisory board. He is also born June 24, 2014. They live in Greenville, S.C. Bankers School in July. She is a member of the wide controller. Golson served most recently as famous in the area for his collection of more United Way of the Piedmont’s Board of Directors ARCHIVES controller for Diversified Medical Services in An attorney with McAngus Goudelock & Courie than 100 bow ties. and Young Leaders Society, the Junior League The Walter E. Hudgins Papers West Columbia, S.C. in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Happel Scurry practices of Spartanburg, Hope Center for Children’s in the areas of general litigation and construction. Executive Guild and Habitat for Humanity This summer, the archives opened the 2000 He holds a law degree and a master’s in earth and 1995 Women Build. Walter E. Hudgins Papers for research. Anthony Hoefer, class chair environmental resource management from the Cassie Connelly lives in White Plains, N.Y., Donated last year by Linda Hudgins, Brandie Yancey Lorenz, class chair ’00 University of South Carolina. ’95 Dr. Grady Adkins III married Karla Kephart where she is a registered nurse in the Pediatric the papers include correspondence, Christie Brockman Johnson was elected to the on April 26, 2014. Grady is a family physician A law clerk to the Hon. Stephanie Pendarvis Intensive Care Unit at New York Presbyterian speeches, sermons and other writings Spartanburg School District 6 board of trustees. with Georgetown Health Group, and Karla Hospital. Johnson has served as an instructor of English McDonald, South Carolina Court of Appeals by Hudgins, who taught philosophy is a physician liaison with Georgetown and in Charleston, S.C., Sarah Elizabeth Woodard at Wofford from 1972-1986. Hudgins at Wofford. Waccamaw Hospitals. They live in Pawleys Dr. Miriam Hahn is serving as an assistant and Mitchell Bryan Thornton were married on Island, S.C. professor and resident dramaturge in Kennesaw was also a prolific writer of plays, and Oct. 19, 2013. The bridal party included Wofford State University’s Department of Theatre and the collection includes the scripts, 1996 Blair Goodrich Baumgardner and her husband, friends Mary Kate Dula Skinner, Martha Clark Performance Studies. She completed her Ph.D. in production notes, scores and even Neil, of Falls Church, Va., announce the birth of 2014 at Bowling Green State University. Curt L. Nichols, class chair Hendrix ’04 and Frances Reaves Pinson ’04. The recordings of more than a dozen of MAYNARD RECEIVES ’96 John “Jack” Allen Baumgardner, June 11, 2014. couple lives in Charleston, S.C. Dr. David S. Cross has been promoted to associate NATIONAL USTA AWARD his plays. A much-beloved professor, professor at Charleston Southern University, United Way of Central Carolinas has named 2007 Hudgins had a great influence on his where he teaches Spanish and Arabic. Sarah Porter as Cabarrus community director. Photo courtesy of USTA South Carolina 2004 She will oversee county operations and provide Hunter Miller, class chair students and colleagues, and his papers Fred Byers, class chair ’07 and writings reflect his broad interests. The Tennis Association campaign and fund allocation leadership. Christopher Samuel Atkinson and Charlotte 1997 ’04 Covington Knight were married on July 12, Read a description of the full collection has announced that Rex Maynard ’69 Blair Baker Hamilton and Benjamin Carl Beth Mangham Guerrero, class chair 2014. They live in Charlotte, N.C., where she is of Belton, S.C., has been selected as the Dawkins were married on July 26, 2014. Blair is at wofford.edu/woffordtoday » ’97 2001 employed by Global Endowment Management. Leah Robertson Maybry was featured in the recipient of the 2014 USTA Eve F. Kraft Jenna Sheheen Bridgers, class chair employed by Spartanburg County School District He is employed with Family Dollar Inc. Community Service Award. Maynard Women in Business section of The Business ’01 6 at the Dorman Freshman Campus. Journal, published in Charlotte, N.C. Maybry, will be honored during the annual USTA Rachael Mahaffey Crews has been listed Cameron Corbin and Travis Harris were married a senior tax manager with Elliott Davis, runs among Florida Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers Patrick Kay is the executive director of the on June 7, 2014. They live in Spartanburg, where Tennis Development Workshop (TDW) the firm’s personal financial-services group. In are considered the top attorneys in the state Manistee Main Street Downtown Development Cameron is an occupational therapist with held Nov. 6-9 at the Sheraton Atlanta. 2012, Maybry introduced the “Women, Wisdom with a high degree of peer recognition and Authority in Manistee, Mich. He oversees Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Travis and Wealth” luncheon series in Charlotte to professional achievement. Crews works out of economic and community development. works with AT&T in Greenville. The USTA awards the Eve F. Kraft start a conversation about women and financial the GrayRobinson Orlando office in the field of Community Service Award to the confidence. eminent domain. Living in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Edward individual/s who best exemplify Kraft’s 2005 Nathaniel Hanley III married Elizabeth Marie Espiritu McGill and her husband, Robert, of Jeffrey Walker Plotner and Courtney Leigh Alexander Harkness on June 7, 2014. Hanley, who selfless mission to bring the sport of Melrose, Mass., announce the birth of Elise Anne Parades ’04 were married on May 31, 2014. Jeff Ryan Waller, class chair served in the United States Marines, now works tennis to everyone who wants to play. McGill, April 26, 2014. is the co-founder of Brackish Bow Ties, and ’05 as a branch manager with Ferguson Enterprises Ansel Claiborne Bunch Jr. and Sarah McKenzie Former Nexsen Pruet partner Rick Reames has Courtney works as the director of programs in Charleston, S.C. His wife is an investment Motley were married on June 28, 2014. Bunch is Maynard runs multiple tennis programs been appointed acting director of the South for the Association for the Blind and Visually accountant with Greystar. HUNTER RECOGNIZED focused on the youth in Belton. These Carolina Department of Revenue. He has been Impaired. She also owns FiniEvent Planning. a commercial real estate broker with CBRE. His A brokerage associate with Colliers International, programs impact the lives of more than serving as chief of staff at the Department of They live in Charleston, S.C. wife is a CPA with Grant Thornton LLP. IN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR Revenue since January 2014. Philip Vann assists business professionals 600 juniors, and in 2014 will impact Employment attorney Janet Rhodes has joined in the acquisition, disposition and leasing LEADERSHIP some collegiate varsity players as well. Callison Tighe & Robinson LLC of Columbia, of commercial office properties. He lives in 2002 Lamar Hunter ’13 was awarded From 10 and Under Tennis to the upper S.C., as an associate. She recently was elected Columbia, S.C. 1998 Yorke Gerrald, class chair the Jerry E. Dempsey Leadership ends of junior competition – and now chair of the EEO Committee of the South Casey Moore, class chair ’02A registered nurse and teacher, Terrance Ware is the owner and principal agent Award from the University of South Erin Pruitt collegiate – Maynard embraces tennis ’98 Carolina Bar’s Employment and Labor Law of Nationwide Insurance in Lenoir City, Tenn. Dr. Gene Hughes is an instructor, chair of the Drennon teaches in the School District of Carolina School of Medicine Greenville players of all abilities. That includes Section. Department of French and head of the World Oconee County. She and her husband live in In July LaRone Washington was named assistant (USCSOMG). The award recognizes special populations, with the annual Seneca with their two children, Addison Kate (6) Language Division for Phillips Academy in Living in Atlanta, Ga., Meg Corbett Richardson attorney general in the South Carolina Attorney two rising second-year students who Special Populations Unified Doubles Andover, Mass. He finished his Ph.D. in 2014 at and Jackson Briggs (3). is an environmental review historian with the General’s office. He lives in Columbia, S.C. exemplify leadership and compassion. (SPUD) event – a USTA Southern the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Georgia Historic Preservation Division. The award is especially meaningful A sports attorney, Lee Long owns Palmetto Section event with approximately 50 2003 Dorothy Elizabeth “Dotty” Strobel and Sports Management Group and Brokers Holding 2008 because its recipients are chosen by special athletes competing in teams Matthew Ladd Bell were married on May 31, Group, an insurance brokerage firm. He lives Dr. Jenna Margaret Kesty and Dr. Paul Wesley Nathan Madigan, class chair fellow USCSOMG students. The award with unified partners. 2014. Dotty is the digital success strategist for in Lexington, S.C., with his wife, Amy, and their ’03Benson were married on May 24, 2014. Benson ’08 was presented by Senior Associate Dean BoomTown, and Matthew is a digital account Matthew McClaren Bond and Anna Frances children, Bowers (4) and Hank (9 months). completed a residency in internal medicine and for Academic Affairs and Diversity, Dr. Maynard’s daughter, Louise Maynard executive with . They live Bishop ’13 were married on May 24, 2014. They Aubrey Senn Sowell and her husband, Jason, of fellowship in gastroenterology at Wake Forest Spence M. Taylor (above right). Todd ’96, was a standout on the on Johns Island, S.C. have made their home in Charleston, W.Va., Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Margaret Baptist Hospital. His wife began ophthalmology Wofford Tennis team during her four where he is an attorney. She is enrolled in the Lyles Sowell, July 22, 2013. residency in July, also at Wake Forest. Photo: Greenville Health System/USC School of years on campus. University of Charleston School of Nursing. Medicine Greenville

42 43 Plotner (left) and Ross Bill Murray sports a Brackish bow tie » at the Oscars

Dr. Daniel Sullivan Henderson just completed Dr. Ben G. Dunlap is an associate dentist with » his hospital dentistry residency at the Aspen Dental in Spartanburg. He lives in University of Alabama Birmingham. He is now Simpsonsville. an associate dentist with Dr. Mary Metropol in A licensed therapist with Integrative Pain Columbia, S.C. Management in Greer, S.C., Christina Marie Living in Spartanburg, Amanda Wilson Jackson married Phillip Gardner Buchheit on Kilbourne and Jonathan Craig “Jack” Richardson May 31, 2014. Phillip is employed by Buchheit were married on June 14, 2014. She is the donor News Management and The Greer Citizen. They relations manager for the Nature Conservancy in live in Spartanburg. Greenville, S.C. He is a CPA with Swaim Brown in Spartanburg. First Citizens announced that Othniel Laffitte has been promoted to relationship manager of Dayvia Ann Laws and Adam Russell were married COFFEY NAMED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE MENNINGER CLINIC the company’s Augusta Road office in Greenville, June 28, 2014. They live in Charleston, S.C. Dr. C. Edward Coffey ’74 has been named president and CEO of The Menninger Clinic, a S.C. He is a member of the board of trustees of national psychiatric hospital in Houston, Texas, affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, Sarah McClure and Robert Lynn Hall Jr. were the Greenville Literacy Association, a member of married on May 4, 2014. She is the chef at and a member of Texas Health Resources. Coffey, a neuropsychiatrist, most recently served as the United Way of Greenville County’s “UP20s” Southside Smokehouse in Landrum, S.C., where the vice president of Henry Ford Behavioral Health Services and chair of the Department of group and a member of PULSE (Professionals they now live. Her husband is employed with United for Leadership and Social Enrichment). Psychiatry for the Henry Ford Medical Group. First Fleet Inc. The wedding was held at Songhill Among his many professional accomplishments, Coffey led the development and Reserve, owned by John Dunn ’95, and Austin Dr. Trey Robinson III recently received his implementation of Henry Ford Health System’s “Perfect Depression Care” initiative, which Baker ’08 took the couple’s engagement photos. M.D. from Wake Forest School of Medicine. He is a resident physician working in the field of set a goal of “zero suicides” and ultimately lowered the system’s suicide rate to unprecedented Both graduates of the Medical University of South emergency medicine at Akron General Medical levels. The initiative has been benchmarked by other organizations across the world and has Carolina, Sarah Christine Wilkes and Dr. James Center in Akron, Ohio. received honors from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American College Thompson McClain were married on April 26, of Mental Health Administrators, The Joint Commission and the American Psychiatric 2014. She is an outpatient pediatric occupational therapist with Greenville Health System. He is Association. 2011 completing his residency in internal medicine at Coffey, Wofford’s fifth Rhodes Scholar, was awarded an honorary degree from the college Greenville Health System. ’11Nam Pham, class chair TIE ONE ON during Commencement 2014. Monier Abusaft had his first article published in the Washington Times, “Left Jab at Affirmative Brackish brings something new to the world of fashion 2009 Action,” published on March 5, 2014. He by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 Peyton Hray, class chair graduated from Vanderbilt Law School in May. ’09 Brackish bow ties are all the rage, just ask Bill Murray, Jack Nicholson and Jimmy The Sun News featured chiropractor Alex Rogers Carolina Bank announced the promotion of Fallon’s band on “The Tonight Show.” in its Aug. 21, 2014, “working 4 a living” column. Lauten Crow to commercial banking officer in He recently celebrated the first anniversary of his its Greensboro branch. Crow joined the bank in Charleston-based bow tie producers and company owners Jeff Plotner ’01 and Ben business, The Practice, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. 2011 as a commercial financial analyst. Ross ’01 have discovered a niche in developing an accessory collection with the Now living in Elloree, S.C., Laura Anne Amber Green Long and Philip Long announce distinctive taste of South Carolina’s outdoors. Ross created the first turkey feather Roquemore and Hugh Chumbley McLaurin IV the birth of Lois Carolyn Long, born April 18, bow ties by hand as personal gifts for the groomsmen at his wedding. Today, were married on June 7, 2014. Laura is employed 2014. Brackish bow ties are handmade by a small team of local artisans. at Super Sod. Andrew J. McCumber has joined the Charleston- “We started at a kitchen table and have progressed to a 2,000-square-foot shop Dr. Jacqueline Savage graduated in May from based Slotchiver & Slotchiver LLP as a litigation the Medical University of South Carolina in associate. McCumber is a 2013 graduate of the in Charleston, where every aspect of production is done,” says Plotner, who Charleston. She is now a physician intern at Yale Charleston School of Law. recently married Courtney Parades ’04. “We welcome customers into a warm and New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. nature-oriented showroom complete with split hemlock tables, old trunks and received his master of health care Ryan McNair cypress knees … our space reflects one of the core values of Brackish: respectfully FROM WOFFORD TO IRELAND TO RWANDA Living in Chicago, Ill., Brent Troxell is a administration degree from the University of management analyst for Village of Glenview. South Carolina. He majored in health services repurposing the beauty of nature.” Brittenham studies sustainability challenges across the globe policy and management. “We have created something completely unique and risked everything to make by Doyle Boggs ’70 2010 A second-year medical student at the University it work,” says Ross. “It’s hard to find something that nobody else has ever done of South Carolina School of Medicine, Jim Allen Looking back from the vantage point of August 2014, Rachel Brittenham ’13 says that the Kari Harris, class chair these days.” Brackish bow ties were featured in Garden & Gun, Martha Stewart experiences of the past year have been some of the most incredible of her life: A move to Dublin, ’10 Shuman and Kaitlyn Rose Bradshaw ’12 were Weddings and Hollywood Reporter. In addition to online sales, Brackish is sold married June 14, 2014. Kaitlyn is a fourth-grade Ireland, where she’s in the developmental practice program at Trinity College, a commitment Matt Abee, a sixth-generation attorney, was in more than 100 retailers all over the world. They also recently announced a sworn in as a member of the North Carolina teacher at Wood Elementary School. They live in to play semi-pro basketball with DCU Mercy, and most recently the opportunity to do research Bar in May. Abee practices in Columbia, S.C., Columbia, S.C. partnership with Orvis. in Rwanda. Brittenham’s master’s program, which was created in the image of the U.N.’s with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. He is To find out more,visit brackishbowties.com » Millennium Development Goals to address sustainability challenges and discover ways to planning to expand his work into North Carolina, improve quality of life, required a summer of grassroots research in the field. where the firm also has offices. 2012 Hallie Willm, class chair Having known exchange students from Rwanda at Wofford, she chose to work with the A recent graduate of the Medical University ’12 university there. She studied and made recommendations in several areas, including the of South Carolina, Dr. Andrew Bellebaum is A Spanish teacher at Dorman High School, Casey culture of honeybees, which produce a valuable money crop as well as enhance agricultural a lieutenant in the United States Navy Dental Michelle Calvert and Daniel Joseph Seaman were cross-pollination. “Rwanda, ‘the land of 1,000 hills,’ is absolutely the most unique, friendly Corps. He and his wife, Anna, live in Norfolk, Va. married Aug. 1, 2014. They live in Spartanburg. and beautiful place I have been,” says Brittenham. A biology and environmental studies major Formerly employed by the South Carolina Senate Maggie Elizabeth Raines married James Saye at Wofford, Brittenham set a career record for assists as a student-athlete on the women’s Finance Committee, Sarah Louise Bettis married Chappell on May 3, 2014. They live in Columbia, basketball team. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Blake Terence Williams on May 31, 2014. They live S.C. To read the text of the entire interview at wofford.edu/woffordtoday » in Florence, S.C.

44 45 Brodie Hart lives in San Diego, Calif., and works Leawood, Kan. Kirsten just completed the M.A. in as the assignment editor for FOX-5 News, San management from Wake Forest University. GOLD & BLACK Diego. Matthew Ryan Moore and Holly Gambrell Moore A 2014 graduate of the University of Georgia with were married Jan. 11, 2014. They live in Belton, S.C. Homecoming 2014 Gatherings a M.A. in journalism and mass communications, is attending the South Visit wofford.edu/alumni for more Sarah Moore is now a public relations associate Amy Simpkins Robinson information. with Complete Public Relations in Greenville, Carolina College of Pharmacy, USC Campus, and S.C. She specializes in social media management her husband, Brandon Robinson ’12, just took a October 3-5 for a variety of clients. position with Cherry Bekaert in Greenville, S.C. Family Weekend They live in Newberry. A LU M N I AWA R DS Now a school counselor at James F. Byrnes High In August joined Signature October 18 School in Duncan, S.C., Amanda Phillips received Joann Shytle Wofford vs. Samford Pregame her human development and psychological Consulting as a technical recruiter. She lives in Charlotte, N.C., and just completed her first October 20-28 counseling degree in 2014 from Appalachian The Wofford College National Alumni Association will present alumni service awards State University. half-marathon, placing 11th among all women Adriatic Cruise participants. She is training for a full marathon (sponsored by the Alumni Executive Council) on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m. in the Papadopoulos Room. Following the awards, President Nayef Samhat, Wofford’s 11th October 24-25 Anthony Rowland has joined Avison Young as for 2015 and writes that she misses Wofford and an associate in the firm’s Greenville, S.C., office. her “Spartanburg mommy, Beth Clardy.” president, will host a Town Hall conversation with a question and answer session. Homecoming Weekend In his new position, Rowland will identify and manage commercial opportunities in Living in Greenville, S.C., Caroline Southerland October 24 is a marketing coordinator with Fluor Corp. Terrier Ball representing landlords, tenants and investors. He holds a master of real estate development Caroline Tracy is the staffing coordinator for November 1-4 from Clemson University. Recruiting Solutions in Columbia, S.C. She lives Long Weekend in Las Vegas in Cayce. Living in New York City, Courtney Marie Walls November 3 is pursuing a master’s degree in art business Upstate Invitational from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. She expects to 2014 Golf Tournament graduate in 2015. Ted Fort is attending University of Richmond November 4 Law’14 School. He received the school’s first John Winston-Salem Alumni Event 2013 Marshall Scholarship, which will fully fund his November 7 Morgan Amick, class chair legal education. Wofford vs. Chattanooga Bus Trip ’13 David Dowden is an analyst with Dickinson Now living in Liberty, S.C., James Marion Lawson November 13 Williams & Co. in Richmond, Va. and Tara Danielle Underwood were married on Beaufort Alumni Event June 21, 2014. Lawson serves as student pastor Molly Brady is the principal coordinator for at Secona Baptist Church in Pickens. His wife December 4-6 Capital One in Washington, D.C. is a nurse at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Wofford Bookstore Sale Spartanburg has a new trash and recycling System. pickup company — Waste Matters — launched December 4 Hobbs Maker is a brewery representative with YOUNG ALUMNUS DISTINGUISHED DISTINGUISHED by Will Conner ’08, Kate Conner ’12 and Joseph Boston Beer Co.. He lives in Asheville, N.C. OF THE YEAR CITIZEN AWARD SERVICE AWARD Augusta Alumni Event McMillin ’13. The company is a spinoff of McMillin’s Junk Matters, a recycling business Thomas Edward Woods II ’00 Joella F. Utley, M.D. Van D. Hipp Jr. ’82 he opened as a Wofford student. For more • information visit wastemattersllc.com. After graduating from Wofford Utley is a native of Clinton, Hipp is chairman of the Living in Boiling Springs, S.C., Brittany with a degree in computer Okla., and a graduate of American Defense International, science, Woods joined QS/1 Oklahoma City University and Inc. (ADI), a Washington, Eberhart works as a coordinator for BabyNet, a Data Systems, a division of JM Washington University School D.C.-based consulting firm service of the office of First Steps. BabyNet is a Smith Corp., as a computer of Medicine in St. Louis. Prior specializing in government developmental program that helps infants and specialist. He currently is to her retirement, she was affairs, business development toddlers with special needs move toward their the senior web developer for engaged in the private practice and public relations. He is also full potential. Upward Sports. He lives in of medicine in Spartanburg. well known to international Will Ford is a youth leader at State Street To submit a Class Notes update: Spartanburg with his wife, Well-read, widely traveled television audiences as an United Methodist Church in Bristol, Va. He also Nancy, and their three children. and forever curious, she and expert commentator on defense is a student in the Family/Marital Counseling Woods spearheaded a fund- her late husband were true matters. Hipp established 1. Visit and raising effort to develop the Renaissance people with a the Hipp Lecture Series on program at Asbury Theological Seminary. wofford.edu/alumni click “Share Your Story,” or Richardson Summer Scholars multitude of interests ranging International Affairs and Parker Freels is a medical student at the Fund, which provides support from maintaining their roots National Security at Wofford. Have you always wanted to go University of South Carolina School of Medicine for a paid summer internship with the land to a love of music. He was instrumental in to Vegas? Are you looking for a in Columbia, S.C. 2. Call the Alumni Office at for a rising junior or senior at A gifted pianist, Utley earned bringing the GOP Presidential Wofford. It honors trustee Jerry a master’s degree in music at Candidates Debate to the reason to go back? Second Lt. Jessica Ann Harner is a platoon leader 864.597.4185, or Richardson ’59 and his family for . She is a Wofford campus in November Join Wofford alumni and friends for a in the United States Army. She is stationed at all that they have done for the trustee of the National Music 2011 and astronaut Buzz Aldrin Fort Campbell in Clarksville, Tenn. 3. Write to us at: participants in their endowed Museum, which houses the to campus this past spring. He LONG WEEKEND IN scholarship program. Woods world’s premier collection of has served a three-year term on Living in Charleston, S.C., Ted Malinowski is a Wofford Today also has been a leader in Black historical instruments. She just the Alumni Executive Council LAS VEGAS credit analyst with Wells Fargo Bank. Boys of Distinction, devoted to rotated off the Wofford College and is currently a sideline color Office of Marketing & positively influencing young Board of Trustees after 12 years commentator for Terrier November 1-4, 2014 Katie Milton is a scientist with Alere Toxicology African-American men. of service. football games. Caesar’s Palace in Clearwater, Fla. She lives in St. Petersburg. Communications wofford.edu/alumni/LasVegas2014 Kirsten Rebecca Hulon and Charles Moore 429 North Church Street Jr. were married on May 31, 2014. They live in Spartanburg, SC 29303

46 47 1963 work as electrical superintendent for the Jerry A. Burns, May 27, 2014, Inman, Gaffney Board of Public Works. S.C. Retired as CEO of JPS Automotive IN MEMORIAM and a well-known textile executive, 1988 Burns was an avid golfer who won many Michael Ray Schaffer, Aug. 7, 2014, tournaments and club championships. 1939 1949 1956 Greer, S.C. Schaffer was an employee of Dr. Charles H. Andrews Jr., July 19, Dr. Robert Duren Johnson Sr., July 15, Thomas L. Bonday Sr., June 12, 2014, Rock Tenn. 2014, Sumter, S.C. A World War II 2014, Clinton, S.C. Johnson served as a Williamsburg, Va. Bonday was the owner 1967 Army veteran, Andrews served with dentist in the U.S. Army Reserves for 32 of Book ’n Card and Hampton Roads William Russell “Russ” Hughes III, 1997 the France Belgium Medical Corps and years. He retired as a . News Co. before his retirement in 2004. Aug. 7, 2014, Hopkins, S.C. Hughes Laurie Lomax Patton, March 3, the Austria Army of Occupation. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army, 2014, Travelers Rest, S.C. Patton was a achieving Ranger designation and the was a founding member of the Santee Keith F. Robinson, June 17, 2014, 1957 seventh-grade resource teacher at Berea Summer Ministry and the Sumter/ rank of captain. Following military Jonesville, S.C. Robinson retired in 1987 Philip Owen Garland, July 23, 2014, Middle School. Clarendon Medical Association. service in Germany, he earned his HOMECOMING as a vice president with S.C. National Danville, Ky. Garland taught elementary Andrews was a governor-appointed Ph.D. in experimental psychology and Bank. He then joined the staff of the S. school in Florida and Kentucky for 37 2001 WOFFORD STYLE state constable and a member of the dedicated his career to promoting the R. Holcombe Funeral Home. years, retiring in 1996. Sumter Sports Hall of Fame, having dignity of the mentally ill, including Kylie Montgomery Gable, June 27, Schedule of Events served 23 years as the football team serving with the South Carolina 2014, Spartanburg, S.C. Gable had been Thursday, Oct. 23 1950 1959 Department of Mental Health. employed by Fatz Café, Ruby Tuesdays physician of Edmunds and Sumter Wofford Black Alumni Jack Midford Becker, June 10, 2014, and Amazon. high schools. Frederick Roger Inman, July 18, 2014, Summit ◆ Invitations Mailed Chester, Va. An avid sportsman, Becker Statesboro, Ga. A veteran of the U.S. 1971 retired from ICI as a chemist after more 1944 Army during the Korean War, Inman The Rev. Dr. Eugene Cavis McDowell, Friends of the College than 20 years of service. He also retired William Gamewell “Bill” Major worked with Crown Central Petroleum Aug. 12, 2014, Nantucket, Mass. William Bennett “Bill” Drake, July Friday, Oct. 24 from the Army Reserves with the rank of in Atlanta. He particularly loved driving McDowell earned advanced degrees 11, 2014, Spartanburg. “In Spartanburg, Jr., July 20, 2014, Camden, S.C. As lieutenant colonel. 8:30a.m. – 5p.m. ◆ Ticket Pick-Up/ a lieutenant in the Air Force, Major a school bus in Gwinnett County and from Yale and Boston University. After Bill was Ripon College’s most notable Purchase participated in both atomic bomb drops serving as a youth baseball umpire and serving as a professor of religious studies alumnus, not Harrison Ford. Because Paul Andrew Wilson, July 26, 2014, football coach. at Brevard College, McDowell served as of the changing medium, there will 12:30 – 4p.m. ◆ Alumni Executive during World War II. He was awarded Council Meeting two Purple Hearts for his service. After Spartanburg. A retired textile executive, an Episcopal priest for 28 years. never be another radio personality the war he was promoted to captain Wilson worked for Draper Corp. and Morris Benjamin Sinkoe, July 1, 2014, like him. He was the last great one of 3:30 – 5p.m. ◆ Classes without Quizzes his breed,” said Richard Johnson after and stationed in Okinawa in the Army Rockwell International. He volunteered Asheville, N.C. Sinkoe was president David Edgar Scarborough III, May 5 - 6p.m. ◆ Kappa Sig Reunion Drake’s death. Drake hosted the popular of Occupation. Major then worked in as a probation officer working with the of the Charlotte Hebrew Cemetery 26, 2014, North, S.C. Scarborough (Classes of 1955-1964) Spartanburg morning show, “Awake with banking for 38 years before serving as Juvenile First Offenders program and Association, president of the Epilepsy was a commodity broker, boat builder, Drake,” since 1976. He was named South 6p.m. ◆ 50-Year Club Reception and a school crossing guard for 20 years was a past district governor of Rotary Association of North Carolina and writer, actor and best friend to his Carolina Radio Personality of the Year Dinner for Classes of 1964 and earlier following retirement. International. served on the board of NPR radio of beloved dog, Belle. Charlotte and the Jewish Federation. three times and in 2004 was awarded 7 – 11p.m. ◆ Class Reunions The Order of the Palmetto, the state’s for Classes ending in 4 & 9 1945 1951 He and his brother founded Famous Mart, Sinkoe Brothers Realty Holding 1980 highest honor. He was the long-time (at the Terrier Ball) Milford Smith, Aug. 8, 2014, Clinton, Harold Paul “Hal” Hamrick, Aug. Henry Carroll “Hank” Bonner III, public address announcer for Wofford Co. and Chicora Realty and Apartment 7 – 11p.m. ◆ Terrier Ball Auction & Gala S.C. A U.S. Army veteran of World War 1, 2014, Bostic, N.C. After serving in June 28, 2014, Spartanburg. Bonner football and basketball. of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Tailgate Southern Style) II, Smith retired from the South Carolina the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, was associated with the family business, National Guard as a captain. Hamrick was employed by General Bonner Plaster and Tile Co. Electric and The Timken Co. He 1960 C. Russell Farmer Jr., July 16, 2014, also taught at Asheville-Buncombe Spartanburg. Farmer spent his career at Saturday, Oct. 25 1947 Allen Samuel Way, June 5, 2014, Technical Community College and Blue Orangeburg, S.C. A retired general 1982 various comptrollership positions with 10 – 11:30p.m. ◆ Alumni Service Awards The Rev. Francis Louis Barth, Aug. Ridge Community College. contractor, Way was a founding member The Rev. Robert Kevin Childs, July Monsanto Co. He retired in 1985. Farmer and Town Hall Conversation with 15, 2014, Mechanicsburg, Pa. For 45 of St. Andrews United Methodist Church 10, 2014, Conway, S.C. Childs served was an active supporter of scholarships President Nayef Samhat years, Barth served pastorates in the for student-athletes through the Terrier Col. Jack G. Whitted, June 7, 2014, of Orangeburg and a member of St. Johns as pastor of The Rock, a church that 10:30a.m. – noon ◆ Department Drop-ins Central Pennsylvania Conference. He Club. He has asked that memorials be Panama City, Fla. Whitted served Congaree Episcopal Church of Hopkins. he started in 2004. He also served as served as the superintendent of the New made to the Terrier Club. 11a.m. ◆ Adopt a Boston Terrier in the U. S. Army for more than 30 chaplain for the Conway High School Cumberland district. years. He served tours in Korea and football team and was a football coach at 11a.m. – 1p.m. ◆ Lunch on the Lawn 1961 Conway Middle School. Vietnam. Among his awards were three Marjorie Russell Holliday, June 11:30a.m. – 1p.m. ◆ Association of Dr. Calvin Dendy Garrett, July William Peter Gerry, July 7, 7, 2014, Gallivants Ferry, S.C. Mrs. Purple Hearts. After retiring from 2014, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. A Multicultural Students Tailgate 16, 2014, Sioux City, Iowa. A United the military, he served as a general Gary Kenneth Rayfield Jr., July 7, Holliday and her husband, John Monroe Methodist pastor, Garrett saw duty as programmer and software engineer Holliday, established an endowed 1:30p.m. ◆ Kick-off: Wofford vs. VMI contractor, worked for the Bay County who worked on aerospace guidance 2014, Ocala, Fla. a Naval line officer during World War Property Appraiser’s Office and became scholarship at Wofford in memory of 6 – 10p.m. ◆ Downtown Street Party II and as a Navy chaplain during the systems, Gerry was a surfer, youth their son. The George J. Holliday III a “gentleman farmer.” 1983 7p.m. ◆ Volleyball vs. Western Carolina Korean War. Active in the community, soccer coach, equestrian, cyclist and Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund Garrett organized the Iowa Highway avid tennis player. Edward Courtenay Sloan, June 12, was established in 1969. George was a 7p.m. ◆ Men’s Soccer vs. UNCG 1955 Patrol chaplain program and led 2014, James Island, S.C. Sloan attended member of the class of 1968 and captain Thomas Jackson “Jack” Herbert Jr., 1962 Wofford before earning his B.S. from of the Wofford golf team when he was traveling seminars in the United States For details or to register June 15, 2014, Flat Rock, N.C. A U.S. Georgia Institute of Technology. killed in a car accident. Awards go to and throughout the Middle East and William Marvin “Bill” Blackwell visit homecoming.wofford.edu Army veteran, Herbert was a chemist student-athletes on the golf team. Europe. Jr., Aug. 3, 2014, Union, S.C. He was a or call 864-597-4185. patent examiner with the U.S. Patent veteran of the U.S. Air Force. John Calvin Williams II, June 22, Office for 35 years. 2014, Pacolet, S.C. Williams enjoyed his • 48 49 Postmaster: Send PS 3579 429 N. Church Street to Wofford College Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 429 N. Church Street 864.597.4000 • wofford.edu Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663