Furman Magazine Volume 46 Article 23 Issue 4 Winter 2004 1-1-2004 Furman Alumni News Furman University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furman-magazine Recommended Citation University, Furman (2004) "Furman Alumni News," Furman Magazine: Vol. 46 : Iss. 4 , Article 23. Available at: https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furman-magazine/vol46/iss4/23 This Regular Feature is made available online by Journals, part of the Furman University Scholar Exchange (FUSE). It has been accepted for inclusion in Furman Magazine by an authorized FUSE administrator. For terms of use, please refer to the FUSE Institutional Repository Guidelines. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Furmanalumni news ALUMNI ACTIVITIES Reunions spark Web page features new look special moments Check out www.furman.edu/alumni/index.htm, where you'll discover our revamped Alumni Asso­ ciation Web page! We thinkyou 'll find it easier Since joining the staff of the Alumni to read and to navigate. Office eight months ago, I have been Along with the new look are several new features, truly impressed by the genuine love including a "Spotlight" section. If you have any photos and commitment Furman alumni of special personal events - weddings, babies, anni­ have for their alma mater. versaries - send them along and we'll post them on After working on my first the site for all the world to view! Homecoming, I am excited about the opportunity to help plan reunion You can e-mail digital photos to Melanie Krone events for Homecoming 2004, '94, associate director of the Alumni Association, November 5-7. This year, alumni at [email protected]. in classes ending in 4 and 9 will celebrate special reunions. Furman Clubs on the move (as usual) Class reunions are a great way he found Wayne's former high school Congratulations to the 2003 Furman Club award to maintain or rekindle ties with coach working at the shop! Not only winners: old friends and to remember how that, but the Class of '78 reunion Furman Club of the Ye ar: Capital Area Furman has made a difference in chairs, Ed and Tricia Toole Boehmke, Club (District of Columbia), led by president Lindsay your life and the lives of your class­ were two of Wayne's good friends. Blankenship '00 and co-president Elizabeth Holt '97. mates. Because Homecoming So Jennie's desire to help a future Furman Club President of the Ye ar: David Cobb represents the largest gathering in-law quickly became a group effort. '90 of the Charleston (S.C.) Club. of the Furman faithful in one place In the end, no one was more Speaking of Charleston, the annual Christmas each year, it is a wonderful occasion surprised (or touched) than Wayne Holiday Gala at The Governor's House Inn (owned for reuniting and reminiscing. when Ed Boehmke presented him by Karen Spell Shaw '80) had a record number of Heartwarming stories often a new Athlete of the Year Award at alumni, parents and Furman staffmembers in attend­ emerge during reunions. For his reunion dinner. It was an easy ance. Other special winter events included a January example, at Homecoming 2003 thing to do, but it was just one trip to Miami by John Barker, director of careerservices, James McKittrick of Simpsonville, example of how the Furman family S.C., and M.O. Owens of Gastonia, looks after its own. for a career networking happy hour. N.C., returned to share memories The Alumni Office can help make The Atlanta Club got together for dinner and about their senior year as roommates your class reunion a memorable one a good cause, as members sorted items donated to -70 years ago! as well, but we need your help. That's St. Vincent De Paul, an outreach organization for The Class of 1978 also had why we invite volunteers from each the impoverished. The Dallas Furman Club welcomed a special reunion story - which class to plan their Homecoming President David Shi to a dinner in February, and actually began with Jennie Brown activities. Reunion committee the Seattle Club also got together for dinner. from the Class of '94. On a trip to members work closely with the The Charleston and Charlotte clubs both turned meet members of her boyfriend's Alumni Office to contact classmates, out in force to cheer on the men's basketball team family, she learned that his uncle, share ideas and make arrangements. when the Paladins came to their areas forgames against Wayne Coley, was a 1978 Furman And if you're not sure what to The Citadel and Davidson, respectively. graduate. Wayne, who now lives in do, don't worry! Training will be Some Furman club events to watch for this spring: Te xas, ran cross country and track provided in March for those inter­ • The Atlanta Furman Club will join with Georgia at Furman and won the Athlete of the ested in serving on a committee. State University for a career networking happy hour. Year Award as a senior. The Alumni Office handles all • The Capital Area Club will enjoy a tour of the A few years ago Wayne lost the mailings, printing and details National Gallery of Art. his award, along with many other for each event - we just need your • The Charlotte Furman Club will join forces personal effects, in a house fire. ideas. So help us plan the best with the Paladin Club for a golf tournament. Insurance covered most items, but reunions ever at Homecoming 2004! • not the award. So Jennie contacted - Jane Dungan While Furman students enjoy May Day Play alumni director Tom Tripi itt '76 to ask Associate Director, Alumni Programs Day on campus, Furman Clubs across the country will about getting a replacement. participate on May 1 in volunteer projects as well. After Jennie sent an old news­ To volunteer to work on your reunion For an up-to-date listing of Furman Club events, paper article about Wayne's award, committee, call Jane Dungan please visit the Alumni Association Web page. To To m visited a local trophy shop to at 1-800-787-7533 or e-mail learnmore about what Furman Clubs have to offer, have it re-created. When he arrived, [email protected]. e-mail Melanie Krone or call her at 1-800-PURPLE3. 34 CLASS NOTES WINTER 2004 History but continues as director of Columbia, S.C., is president 54 of the Honors Program for the 73 of the state chapter of the This year is reunion! school's College of Liberal Arts. Next reunion in 2008 American Academy of Robert E. Cashion, who retired Gale Kimball Garner is director Pediatrics. after 45 years in Greenville 60 of Christian education at Grace County Schools, was formally Next reunion in 2005 Covenant Presbyterian Church 75 honored December 18 when Helen Fincher is president of the in Mauldin, S.C. • Frances Next reunion in 2005 Robert E. Cashion Elementary Gainesville-Hall Convention & Smith Ligler, senior scientist at Linda Wilson Hindman School was dedicated. The new Visitors Bureau in Gainesville, the Naval Research Laboratory (B.G.S. '99) is assistant business school in southern Greenville Ga. She was formerly executive in the Center for Bio/Molecular manager for Christ Church County replaces East Gantt director of tourism bureaus in Science and Engineering in Episcopal School in Greenville. Elementary, which Cashion the Georgia counties of Augusta- Washington, D.C., received the • Joe Watson, a former Circuit served for many years as its only Richmond and Helen-White. 2003 Homeland Security Award Court judge and former solicitor principal. • Donny Wilder, from the Christopher Columbus for the 13th Circuit of South former publisher-editor of the Fellowship Foundation, a federal Carolina, recently became Clinton (S.C.) Chronicle and 61 agency that supports ground- Next reunion in 2006 counsel with Price, Paschal a past member of the South breaking research. Ligler, & Ashmore PA in Greenville. Having retired from the Corp- Carolina General Assembly, a member of the Furman board • BIRTH: Audrey and John oration for Public Broadcasting, received an honorary degree of trustees, was cited for her BeUger (M.B.A.), a son, Marcus James McElveen is now teach- from Presbyterian College at the work on ultrasensitive detectors Matthias, October 8. ing eighth-grade English at school's opening convocation for biological threats. • Kilmer Middle School in September 9. Katherine Wells has become Vienna, Va. staff attorney with the South 76 Next reunion in 2006 Carolina Senate Judiciary 56 Van White of Orlando, Fla., has Next reunion in 2006 62 Committee in Columbia. Next reunion in 2007 been promoted to executive vice Ron Hyatt has relinquished his president by SunTrust Bank. Charles Hughes has joined longtime role of faculty marshal 74 He is senior credit officer for Arthur State Bankas vice presi- at the University of North This year is reunion! the 11-county Central Florida dent and manager of the Augusta Carolina but remains on the Phillip and Susan Traylor Cooley Region. Road branch in Greenville. faculty of the Department of live in Salisbury, N.C., where Exercise and Sports Science. Susan is a clinical social worker He is also a retired colonel in at the Ve terans Medical Center. 77 66 Next reunion in 2007 the North Carolina National Next reunion in 2006 Phillip owns and operates Keith Aarseth of Aurora, Ill., is Guard. • Kay McGee Phillips Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., Homewatch Caregivers Home an options trader at the Chicago retired December 1 after 19 a shareholder in the Columbia, Health Agency in Charlotte. • Board of Trade. years of service to the residents S.C., law firm of Richardson, Karen Herring Harmon, choral and staffof Salemtowne, the Plowden, Carpenter & director at Irmo (S.C.) High Moravian Retirement Commu- Robinson, P.