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W ES T ERN K EN T UCKY UNI VERSITY ALUM N I MAGAZ IN E FALL 1990

3 9 2 "Dancing On Walls" Turn Your Radio On Editorial Govemor's Scholars Program WKYU-FM Celebrates 10 Years Turn your lights down low ... and listen to 6 4 Western's public radio service, WKY U­ From the Hill An Anniversary Gift FM, as they celebrate their 10th anniver­ The Raymolld Prestoll Health & sary with a gala concert, fea turing Gary 18 Activities Cellter Morris. Alumni Profil es Mr. and Mrs. Ra ymond Preston celebrate their 50th anniversMY with a gift to 10 24 Western. Competitive Ed ge Class otes Miss KelltllckylMiss Western 6 26 The 1990 Alumni Annual Alumni Club Student Phonathon 11 Exc itement! Presidents Strellgth ill NUll/bers 1990 HOlll ecollllllillg " E.,ch and every gift strengthens Western 27 Kentucky University by helping to provide Alumni Cl ub fimlndal aid, improve classrooms and 22 Notes equipment, ilnd support new academic Mammoth Cave is a Cool Spot progrilllls." in a Hot Summe r Stl/(iellts Go Ul/{iergroll l1 d 31 8 In Memoriam A Sturdy Individualist An intcrnational group of C

AllOUTTI-l ECOVFR In hOllo, at Ihl'i, SOlh u't-J· dj"g OIIUlIVl'"TSary, M,. "nd Mrs. RDymvnd B. Prl'stOI! hnt't! mndt II possrble [or WKU to btgjl! colls/,ucho" of jts 510 mlllrou hmllh aud aclil'i/i.'$ ctllter by IIUlking a sigllificOIrrt ftllallcial COlllri­ bl/tiOlr to IIII' Ullk'fTSi/y's rol,i/a/ (mllIJlllglI. COI't" l1/w/o of M,. I',es/orr by Tarlg·RicJUlrdsOIr CamillI"· ciall'llO/ogmlllly, [OOIlSI,il/I', Im/ialla. Governor's W elcome to ALUMNI, Western's new Recogni,£(xi as a leading producer of nation­ _~I.",~" F.I~ I~ Governor's Scholars Program quarterly magazine. LuCln..Lo Ando.~",. !'.J,h .. SchoLua: What ally circulated magazincs, R. R. Donnelley was Boh>oL,pp<>r. A_I'll !'.J,In<" If you've been receiving Western's tabloid very eager to present Western with a propos.11 Higher Lenmillg fo r Higll School Students they thlnk about over the last several years, you'll notice quite a for printing our quarterly publication. Western l"",M~m,Art[)o""lor""""" .... Westemand ib -"""la £i>on.Conlnrul"'l\ \\'l'Ih" campus change in our new fo rmal. Any university Kentucky University will P.1y Donnelley for f.J,lh r.,~ .... Ty,.."..~I,ng must cling to wh.'~ ~ l f~ mlily prrlty. bul tion. But progress has always been a part of tion of cash payments and schol.1Tships for r'lr P"ul Cook.J,m l"l\, T he Kentucky Governor's Scholars Pro­ Ci;ll opportunities ll1I ,dr,· .." the P;lSt. Studcnts pick;l "major," ranging Donnellcy cmployces and their families. Don­ gram was held this summer at two Kentucky /lmr ~ In Jhrlpt today with the premier issue of ALUMNI is a nel1ey will forgo their normal charges making L... ,n.b~ campuses, Centre College in Danville and from fine arts to Russian to biology to mathe­ 1Io.-.b!>lJ~.Dr LuI ...... H~... V.mrss.r AmaiJ contemporary magazine that will keep up-IO­ this arrangement possible;lt;l considerable Dr fny.. :" RHlall. A~ r ...... Westcrn Kentucky University. matics_ They attend classes of onc teacher to Iffttn-r 011", date with Western, with Wh.lt it is becoming, sx­ Ilotlf' 1M tAl" things In conversations with alumni and fr iends alumni of the n&.-d for ongOing support of the IIr IhtTt· $ atwajP ik»fIt­ "magazine," For the p.1St scver.ll months. the through the Alumni Annual Fund makes this <;0.". :.ALlin". hKullw'io.,,,"" ~, WKU Alumni staff has been meeting with R. R. ;lnd other programs possible." tN- IIo.ord 01 !)If'''''',," thinlllfl'WthDt you • AlumnIA..-;.Hon didn't MIter brfOrr Donncllcy and Sons Company, locatro in Bo.ord of Ili..-", Kristy ArnuIJ Glasgow, Kentucky, to discuss the concept of ""U"",,," :7. Pn-.iolo.n. WE CAN ' DANCE ON WALL S' I'~ .....h. "...u",-~, Meln," COlmtv printing an alumni magazine. W e're calling this publication venture !<,on (Amool """-.1\. ·'1. TO CHANGE STATUS QUO our new ',(.-ducation/industry partnership," l~pnl-u....:~ ll1ut..~hl ...... ", I blow in the lilm.ry and feci vcry fortunate to have this opportu­ i;t'ntu.:h This year's Governor's Scholars Program is upon ,he 8111 or 91h Or J,m 1'1>11\;1'" ''>I. ,''''''''''' ..,. encour.lging us to "dilllce on wall!>," to im­ Inannounci ng this new direction, Presi­ nity. As Jim BresheaT, Donnelley's Hum;m Re­ "01" l'n-..,od('nl. N. h"I~', floor lhe I'k'fl'" Iw~ t dent Thom;lS Meredith recognizes the quality sources Milnilger, stated in il leiter to Alumni r"",,,_,, prove our world by changing the ~ t ;ltu~ quo. 1114gnificn1t l "~ rr­ ''''''g Alo-"",,,I.-•. ,1. l.t'""~!<,,, Chanst' ha~ recently swept the world like a of the publication .. nd the support and coop­ Director Jim Rich.uds, "It's greilt when every­ kn'",h flll" IUWI I ""IIy liJ:" eration which Donnelley is providing: "The in­ one Ciln win." (I,ft _'"",·11, rn.po.'-l. ~trong and startling gust of wind. the (»Iff,.,.$ II"",- ...... l"'~' Sarrier.r-phy'>ic.ll, social and cconomic­ J. 11urrp!lOtl ternational reputation of R. R. Donnellcy and And the excitement between the newly­ l)r l ...... l,J FM. ·70. ("'_"" MmdI' eountv their creative appro.1ch to our need make this a formed ALUMNI magazine st;llf and the ex­ M'n,,,,L\ have tumbled with an amaZing swiftness. As significant advancc in our communications perts at Donnel1eys is absolutely overwhelm­ JuJg~T"'" lrnbt>rt.", '<,ft. scholars at esp, we have been encour.lged, [J.-.loo. K, On the We~tern Kentucky campu<; of GSl', My lip don·1 /IothtT too. .."II •. Ko-n, ...Lv we have focu.';(.-d on Changes through a se­ lilt" lImO, bul / still gd of the students-Western's future alumni. L.mdl S I lam> -11(1, too. "'Ik ries of films and ,>peakers. Film ... '>uch as "Do 0111 oJ( I>mllh Today, the ALUMNI must reflect the ex­ KfttIuch .... ,.. " "t..khowl Lay ..... n, Marc"" Wi'",,, p.-.ndcd mission of the University. II must the Right TIling," "A Dry Whit(> ~il<;on," ~,.nklin, j;m,,,,.. " and "Inherit the Wind" have demon'>trated Whtrlu-nXhl draw upon Western's diversity to communi­ ...... '/n, I~".I,"I: aged us to "m,l~<" waves" and challeng(' the and thc programs that make WKU special, ex­ en .. ", K'-"'tucLy citing, nnd worthy of your in terest. And so we inequities in ollr society_ ..._ ... ,..c-.pt",,,,,,,, "-"" Two SOCi,ll pc;ychologists from the USSR, change, But only in keeping with the tradition .,." .... ," .. ,.... " .. ,,~'" ..,>01~ ~ .... t_'(Jpp,... Dr. Marinil Ab.ll;lkina and Dr. Vl;ldimir Ag­ of serving our readers and Wt.'Stern Kentucky _ ... A_.. Aro"..... pIo,... , Uni\'ersity. 'MlJ,~" ... """."..,...... i- eyev, .. poke with us about th<.' rilpid changes "" '~-""I'.-""'-'--,-.~-- in the $()\-il·t Union and the effect tlMt these ""'''-''''''''''' ;~ changC'o will have on their li\'t.'S, ;lnd on each week before curfew. Lucinda AI/dersol/ "'-~""' ...... ,,-, .... ~ .. ,-~..,.. OUT'>. Edi/or ""L ., ... ~ ...... - ""_h_ Time and again wc, .1~ IIltc11igent and moh­ '" t, _. """".... 1'""8'-.. Fmm the very first week of the program, V.lted t('("nagers, have bt.'Cn told by OllT pil r­ "''',,'' N«'> ..... -... " ....". 1_ , ..... "t,... "',· ..,,... __ ,,, ... ·_ ,>cholars hnv(' organi%cd groups dcsign('(\ to ('Ilts .md tCilchers th.lt the burden of turning .::,~;:~~~~:::....7::;.. '~ create chilnge or ju<;t make a ~tatel\lent. An our world right-side-up , we have ~_"""""l,u..;..., .. ,..., .. ""--.I- 110 ....." ...... c.-",l;'",'' ___ ...... __ 10. scholars to rt.'Cycl<.' their .lluminllm c.ms and proven ourselves read\! to as!>U1ne th.lt but­ to come to me.lls equipped with their own den. Whilt i.. more important is that we look __ ...... " ... '... l~_,\"'''''"' {.. ~R""""L.., .... _I.,.._ cups in ordl'r to rt.'liuce paper wa<;h~. ," 11••• " .. b,1""...... 0<1 W",_ at the "burden" .1S .In exciting challenge, not ".~_",OC:!O:ll'11 .~ _ Schol;lT'> h .. vc ;llso organi/l-d other groups ;l chorc. Jndeed, we are to express concern'> have Sabril1l1 8illill~~ {._". ft ...... Rc..... t_ __ oI""" ..... ).~C·rW requested and receh-ed a curfew extension semor III rti;:nb""rlml'l1 ffiK" Scilool ...... T, ...... h...-.....n .... t. and the opportunity for m.ak'S and fcmall's Litem/lire mlljl.Jr ~...... -{~. (_".... t._"" to vi,>it each othcrs rooms scyeral hours GOl't'mo,'~ Scholllrs Progrtlm. ,,-,...... or_ ...... ~"" -t;'~~w= .., l .. llr.W

2 I WESTF.Rr- ~~' NTllC"Y ll"jV[M ~ ITY AL U MNI M ACA 71r-~' FALL I~~O I 3 cation of utilities and one-half of the first year's debt service, whi ch WKU is required to pay prior to the awarding of construction funds from the state. Kentucky's General Assembly ap­ proved construction of the faCility in 1988, and the center is designed to provide a modern, comprehensive health and recreation environment for Western students, facul ty and staff.

Prt"Stml, fOlmder ami [IIi4 e.li"(lIliw officer of PB & 5 Clu:lIJical COIIII)(lIlY, acblOrl'irdS"i/ IIrr IIImrks of Wl"Slerll Prrgill this fall. ill a psychology class here Meredith said construction of the fa ­ cility. which will be located on Regents Al/I/lJlli celebrate their 50th nllI1iversanj with a gift to Western (at Westem ) 52 years ago. Avenue near the south lawn of the Downing Uni ve rsi ty Center, will begin THE RAYMOND B. P RESTON this fall. Two years later we 1Vere Preston graduated from Western with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. Health & Activities Center married. We cO llld think of PB&S C hemical Co. is the 11 th largest chemical distributing company in the 1I 0thillg better Ihan to retllm U.s. Raymond Prt'S/OIr and his He and his w ife, the former Hattie f/'I;t, I falllf, al tllt'/uly AYMOND B. PRESTON its new building the Raymond B. Paff of Henderson, an alumna of WKU, 2711r W'tl':'; ccm[rrCller held sOlllethillg to Westem on 0111' a/ WI':'ltfrll to allrlOlmer til,' of Henderson met his wife, Preston J-Ienlth and Activities Cent er have four dattghters, Viki Brigham of lilt, wl/l,lI-·s IJlJHil'i'rsary Hattie, in a psychology class after the 1940 gmduate of WK U. Peachtree City, Ga., Connie Walaskay gIft 10 lire UI!i!Ji'r~ily. at Western Kentucky Uni­ "At the donor's request, the amount 50th weddillg alllliversary. of Henderson, Charlotte Kaye Critser Rversity more than 50 years ago. of the gift to Western will not be re­ of Signal Mountain, Tenn. and Leigh In honor of their 50th wedding anni­ leased," WKU President Thomas C. The thillgs we lea rned here Anne Preston of Alexa ndria, Va. and a versary, the Prestons made it possible Meredith said, adding: ") can truly son, Kent, who will be

FAll 1990 / 5 ne importilnt aspect of the dri\·c is the he Phonothon began eleven years ago di rection that gifts may take · restricted with a small group of student volun­ Strength in Numbers O and unrcc;trictcd. Accord~ng to WKU T teers. It has now grown to an annual Development Di rector Ilil l Jeffcoat, "There are e"ent including the efforts o f more than 400 Ti,e 1990 A luI1t11i A,muol F""d-Stlufe"t P/, OlUl tiloll unmet needs at Western lhat d efinitely could be students. These same students will be on the needs your participation supported by alumni and friends, funds fro m other end of the phone line after gradu"tion. restricted and unrestricted gifts to the Univer­ And Cheri Beth I{q (Wi nch'15ter senior) lInd sity, and when yOll look at last yeM's success Dwight Adkins (Ashl.lIld senior) believe that to story, [ believe people will continue milking ~ the "Clbsolute be~ t rClIson to get campus such gifts." groups involved in the phonothon now so Decades "RestrictL'CI gifts address basic needs in specific they'll appreciate their efforts even more after 1930s Brad Mutchle r departments such as the need for equipmffit or grildulltion," Rose said . funds for s pt..'Ci :.1 projects." Jeffcoat said. "Unre­ Manpower co-chairpersons Rose and Adkins 1940s Corne lia Willey Graham stricted gifts provide the financial flex ibility to - last year's co-ch"irpersons, too! - were instru­ John Old ham meet the uni\'ersity'l> most immediate Cl nd most ment"l in designing competition among Greek 19505 Jean Am os Kennedy pressing needs on a yt.lilr-by-year b:.s.i s. We orgllnizations. First and S('Cond place winners To m Emberton h

r. Luther Hughes, head of the Agricul­ ture Department, emphasized the ulti­ D mate rC;lson for the Student Phonothon wi th this comment: "Each and every gi ft strcnsthens Western Kentucky University by Departments helping to provide fi nancial aid, improve class­ he 1990 Alumni Annual Fund-Student rooms and equipment, and support new aca­ Phonolhon plans to surp.1SS last yeM's Accou nting - Dr. Rich Ald ridge demic programs." T contributions with the announcement of Agriculture - Or. Luther l lughcs The Al umni Annual Fu nd / Student Phonot­ this year's S0.11 of SI ~. OOJ.OO - and iI's being Allied Health - Dr. Ru by Meador hon hilS your number - answer "nd give· an taken vcry 5('ri ollsly. investment in W,,'Stem is an investment in qual­ COllege of Business -Dr. Robert Westem's alumni and friends made 1989's Stu­ ityeducation. dent Phonothon a record-breaking yea r as they Pulsinelli I I gave more than $125,000.00 to the university. Communication a nd Broadcasting- Severa l factors added to the success of last year's event: student volunteers made more than one Dr. R

6 / WESTEIl'l K~NTUCI" UNIV@IlSIT~ A~!'M" I \IACA7INf FA~l 1990 / 7 n,e Virgil/in Wood Dn vis WKYU-FM Celebrates 10 Years Journalism Endowment Tum your rariio 011 alJri hear WKYU-FM's gain cOllcert--or plflll to attelld

Described as a V rginia Wood Davis began a 42-year love af­ posals. The foundation is expected to consider L ight the C

8 / W lST E KN K~ N T UC K Y U~IVEM~ I TY A l U M NI M ACA/ l Nf J'A~L 1 99Q / 9 Miss Kentucky/Miss Western Nancy Cox (HId AmI Drew ry got a co mpetitive edge at lYKU

W estern Kentucky Universily gave Iwo Drewry s.lid she had been in the Miss America young women the incentive to achieve in the prcliminark'S before-in the Miss pro­ Miss America pageant system . gr.1m twice before, and was second runner-up in Nancy Jane Cox, Miss Bowling Green and a 1988. summa cum laude (..oducation graduate of West­ "My mind had Ix...... n un school all yea r," she ern, was crowned Miss Kentucky July 14. Betsy said. "l3ut when I heard about the Miss Wes tern Ann Drewry, Miss Western Kentucky University pageant, I thought since I already had my and a communications graduate ~tudcnt, was clothes, I could usc the money for school. Also, named first runner-up. this will be my last pageant." "Western gave me the personal attention I The Murfreesboro, Tenn., resident is 26, thc fi ­ needoo to feel special," Cox Sol id . "I had several nal year that women can compete in the Miss professors who look a personal interest in me and Nancy Jane Cox America pageant system. made me feel like I could made 11 difference in Miss Kelltllcky Drewry learned about the Miss Western P.lg­ educa tion," ea nt while on a break from a night d.1SS. "I like Western a lot- I'm not just s,lying that "Westcm gave me "I W.15 reading 11 bulletin bodrd .1nd SolW an ad­ bcc.,USC I'm Miss Western. Everyone has been so the persollal attell­ vertisement fur it," she said. friendly there!" Drewry said. The pageants arc great for self-improvement, For both women, thc path to the top was not tiOIl f /l eeded to fed she Solid. easy. This was Cox's fourth year at the Miss Ken­ special, I had sev­ "In trying to prepare for them, I've changed tucky p<,scant. The 23-year-old Campbellsville eral professors who my attitude to that if I do my oc'St, I c.ln win," resident was a top 10 finalist in the p.lgeant in she Solid. "In preparing for them, I' ve learned to 1987 and 1988 and was fourth runner-up in \989. ... made me fcel like set a g0.11 and break that down into the tactics I'll "Ueing Miss Kentucky was something I' ve al­ 1 could made a dif­ need to meet that go.ll." ways wanted to do," shc said . "I don't ever re­ ferellce ill edllca­ member not wanting to be Miss Kentucky." tiall." "Each year in the p..l geants Ilearncd new things I wanted to work on- things to do to improve my C ox and Drewry competed before the Miss potential," she said. Kentucky pageant. Iklth were contestants in the For Cox, improving her potential mcant training Miss Western pageant, where Cox was first run­ almost full time before the Miss Kentucky pag­ ner-up. eant. "I remember telling Na ncy that we were repre­ "I ran about eight miles a day, and worked out senting Wes tern well (a fte r the Miss Ke ntucky with weights and rode a stationary bike. I also pageant)," Drewry s.lid. had to kL-cp up on currcnt events. Si nce my back­ Drewry plans to finish her master's degree ground is education, I worked to form opinions studies, then hopes to become involved in the on the education reform act. I also worked on my music industry. talent prcscntation-I sang 'Somewhere Over the Cox Solid she hasn' t decided where she will fin­ Rainbow' and I was taking lessons in Lexington. I ish her master's studies. Most of her plans are on guess it was worth thc drive," shc laughed. hold until the completion of the Miss America Even though she was satisfied with her per­ pageant in September. formance in the preliminilTy cOIllp.:!tilions, Cox She will leave for Atlantic City Aug. 27. said she had no idea she'd win. "I'm very excited," she said . "It's an over­ "The competition this yea r was the tought'St I've Betsy Ann Drewry whelming honor 10 be among the 51 girls chosen ever faced," she s.aid. Miss WI'st !!", for the p..lgeant, especially when you think how Drewry said she was nervous the fi rs t p..lrt of Ke/ltllcky lI/1iV/'rs ity it began earli er this year with thousands of gi rls the week before the pageant. "I remember going across the country." into the interviews and watChing the judges for "f've leamed to "I don't feel any pressure to go there and win, non-verb,ll clues-I kept thinking 'Do you like sel a gool a"d or even be in the top 10," she Solid. "I jus t want to me?' or '00 you hate me?' the whole time." break tllat dowII go there and represent Kentucky to the best of " I was really surprised when I won first runner­ my ability." up lx.'causc I honestly didn't think I'd even be in i"to the tactics I'll the top 10," she said. "I felt I wasn't picking up Heed to meel Illal Rebecca Morris good signals from the judges." goal." 1990 grailuate

1 0 / WF5T~KN KE"- T U(")"Y UNIVER~JTY ALU MNI MACAZIN~ October 2·7 'KU-GLAS,GO'NBARBECUE Saturday , 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Homecoming Tuesday, October 2, 6:00 p.m. Department of Journalism Reunion, Journalism Activities and Homecoming Barbecue-Glasgow Campus. Vari­ tent - Festival Area. Departments ous activities and entertainment including the an­ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SAFETY nouncement of the WKUlGlasgow Homecoming­ Saturday, 12:00 noon Queen candidate. Call 5021651-6399 for further Alumni Luncheon - Downing University Center - information and reservations. Room 226. Call 502/745·4797 for additional infor· " W" CLUB mation and reservations. Saturday, October 6, 11:00 a.m. RESIDENCE LIFE Brunch - Diddle Arena Lobby. Make reservations Saturday , 11 :00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. through the Office of Athletics at 5021745-3542. All residence hall lobbies will have receptions wel­ WOMEN 'S VOLLEYBALL coming alumni who previously lived in a residence Saturday, 10:00 a. m hall. Refreshments will be served and prizes will Volleyball alumni vs. WKU Volleyball te am. be given for Umost mature returning resident" and Diddle Arena. uresident who traveled the farthesC Call 5021745- CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT 2037 for further information. Saturday, 12:00 noon Chemistry Alumni Luncheon. Downing University CURRENT EXHtBITS Center ' $7.00 per person. Reservations - call Saturday, 9:30 a.m.· 4:00 p.m. 5021745-3457. (Sunday, October 7,1:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) ~The Ken tucky Building: Continuing the Dream" - COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND the 50th Anniversary Exhibit WKU STUDENT CHAPTER OF ACM n Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m. "Main Street: A Mirror of Change Brunch, TCCW 116. Brief presentations by "Growing Up Victorian" alumni. Alumni interested in making a presenta­ "Kentucky Music Makers· tion should contact John Crenshaw - 5021745- "Sh-Boom: An Explosion of Fifties Fashion" 4642. The Kentucky Museum \ DEPARTMENT OF ALLIED HEALTH Saturday , 9:00 a.m .• 5:30 p.m. Saturday , 8:30 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m. (Sunday, 1:00 p.m.· midnight) Continuing Education Course - TBA. Room 217 • ·Student life at Western: From the Beginning" Academic Comple)( Photographs of students from 1911 - present · an absolute "must" for the homecoming weekend. Saturday , 11 :30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The Archives Gallery· Margie Helm Library. Allied Health Alumni Brunch. Second floor lobby - Academic Complex - call 5021745-2427 for res­ KENTUCKY MUSEUM ervations. UPCOMING EVENTS November 15, 1990 - November 14, 1991 DEPARTMENT OF NURSING "A Change of Style: Furniture from the Kentucky Saturday , 10:30 a.m. Museum" Funded by Bowling Green Bank and Second Annual Reunion Brunch, Downing Uni· Trust and HCA Greenview Hospital. versity Center - Au)(iliary Dining Room. 1970 and 1980 A. D. and B. S. graduates Will be recog­ October 20, 1990 nized. Tour of Nursing Department to follow "Octoberfest" brunch. Contact the Nursing Department for fur­ Kentucky Museum Associates' fund raiser for the ther information and reservations - 5021745-3391. museum. Call Adele Kupchella at 502/745·5084 for funher information and reservations· don't DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM miss it! Saturday, 11 :30 a.m. Heights Herald Brunch, Garrett Confer­ HOME ECONOMICS AND Ballroom. Call 502/745-2653 for fur- FAMI LY LI VING DEPARTMENT l'm,al;(lO and reservations. Saturday , 12:00 noon -1 :30 p.m. Buffet Luncheon. $5.00 per person. Academic , 1:30 p.m. Complex Dining Room . Make advance reserva­ will gather at the Journalism tent tions with pre-payment directly to the department. on the lawn of Downing University Cen- Call 502/745-4352.

12 / \\f~ lf M~ I<.l'lTt:LK Y ITY ALUM"I MACA/INt who was a member of WKU's lighted that Li vingston Alex­ exander had served as acting tions to journalism. pared to last spring's record funds arc raised.. faculty from 1977-1988, is the ander has agra>d 10 return to associate vice president for " I think of mysclf as an ordi­ C amp u s 13,333 shldents, accord ing to jeffco..1t Solid contributions high£'St ranking black admin­ WKU. He is an outstanding academic affairs, and prior to nary person, and it pleases me Registrar Freida Eggleton. continue to be made to the istrator at the university. professional and will be a ma­ that was assistant to the vice a lot to see an ordind jou rnal ism and analyzes comp-Mable h

P~U . 1990 / 15 14 / W£ST~MN Kt;NTU(KY UNI\FR~TTY AI.UMt-.;1 MAGA7IN~ of Ed ucation, he had served will continue the leadership newly earned rt.'Cognitions. ture photography and Omar selected by a vote of the fac· as program director of the role it has already estab­ tudents Western's chapter of the Na· Tatum of Louisville, best ulty reprcscntatives from each Carl R. Martray Named Joncs-Jaggers L,lboratory lished," Martray s..lid. "An· S tional Honorary Biological So-­ sports photography. of the league's eight institu· School and Center for Child other top agenda item will be ciety received first·place hon· Winners will advance to tions. All nomin...... 'S main· Deall, College of Edltcatioll alld tilined a minimum 3.0 (on a 4.0 Learning and Study as well to continue Western's state Eqlles trifm Tenm ors for chapter activities docu· compete against top finishers Belravioral Sciellces as coordinator of graduate and national visibility in 1 mented by Historian Philip from the other 10 SPJ regions sca le) grade-point average for studies in the College of Edu· te,)Cher education as well as 10 Nntiolltll Cllamps David johnson in the for national hOllors. the 1989-90 academic year. Dr. Carl R. Martray, assis· Connellsville, Pa., h,lS been a cation and Behavioral Sci­ maintain the high level of org,lniz.1tion's scrapbook. National winners will be an· Western led the Conference Some of the top collegiate lant dean for administration member of Western's faculty ences. quality instmction of ,1 dedi· johnson, a graduating senior 110unced and honored at the with four student·athletes on I equestrian riders in the coun· and graduate studies in the since 1971. His appointment "One of our major go.lls cated faculty." biology major from Glasgow, SPj nation,ll convention to be the AlI·Academic Team, fol· try arc students at Western College of Education and Be­ became effective July 1. Martray and his wife, also attended the annual con· held in Louisville in October. lowed by South Florida with will be to rt.'Slxmd to the chal· Kentucky University. havioral Sciences, has been Dr. Martray is a tenured lenges of t." banquet in New York gr'lphs most of the major pro­ Sus..1 n Pfansticl and Holley 1:------, City. She rcccivt.-d this honor ductions at WKU. Warren of Lexington, Ky., The College Heights Ilerilld, in recognition of her efforts in The creative process in· Sus..ln FJanigin and Tom WKU's student newspaper, FOllr Named to 51HZ IGOBIG developing the academic volved in choreographing a Zoretic of Bowling Green, Ky., has been selected as the best Belt AI/-Academic principles, artistic ideals and production still remains a and Desiree Wil son of lIVing· 1101l·daily studel1tllcwsp..1per Team IRED! interest of thc DEA members mystery to Veenker. "Chore­ ton, Ky. in region five of the Society of I and the dance profession as a ography is like art," she said. Their co.1ch is Charles An· Professiono11 Journalists. Four Weslern Kentucky , I lkt",rly Vecllker, riglll, assislilul profl:SS()r of rilllIC/! 1111/1 dITl"Clor 01 lill'dllllCC whole. "When I listen to music, r derson of WKU's Department The Herilld, WKU's sllldent University athletes have been I COl11pmly lit Wesle"" feeieved 1111 OlllSllllldillg IIward from Dlmcc Ellurotors think dance. I don't know of Agriculture. journalism professional chap­ named to the annual Sun Belt Veenker, who joined the of Amaiea ill /lily III DEA's IIlIIuml bamilld ill N"WYUfk. Till' rnmrd f,-cos ­ WKU faculty in 1960, has where the movements come Pfall!>tiel was awarded a tro­ ter of The Society of Profes· conference A1I·Academic I II1US Vt'!'/rkl."'$ efforts ill d~"OClopi'I,'{ Iii,' "clIIl,w"c pri/lc/pll'S, IIrl/slic 1,lmls sional Journa lists and five oc'Cn a mcmber of DENs 1I11d mlrresl of IiiI' DEA members lIud Ihe dlillce projt.'SSiOIl 11511 1I'lrole. from. I don't think any of us phy 5ilddle and was named Tea m for the 1989·90 school I Teachers Training School fac· really understands the creiltive National Champion Stock journalism students al West· year. I Hilltopper ulty for 15 years, and has Kirkland, Ann Miller and things that they didn't believe process. I think we spend a Scat Rider. ern were honort.'

16 I Wli STli NN ~~NTUC/{Y U"IV~KSITY ALUMNI MAGA1IN~ FALL 19~O I 17 The fr.lmcd photograph hangs in the doctor's founded the L. Y. L.1.ncaster Memorial lecture­ DR JERRY reception area and is entitled "Sunset on the Hill­ ship Society," continued Martin. His looks betray the enthusiasm behind his sue from a breast reduction was used for the skin top" capturing the silhouette of W(>Slcrn's high­ Each year the Society invites a distinguished work. AI Tompkins, senior special projects re­ AL grafts. It worked infinitely well. MARTIN est point-the dome of Cherry 1-\;111. ledurer to speak on Western's campus and the porter for WSM-TV, N(lshville, sits with his feet "I started following Stephani, and I probably And when one takes a closer look, the signdicine in Academy of General Practice and the Kentucky cause of the kinds of stories in which he has ix.>c n the national Livingston and Inlernational Moni­ /101 have beetl alive '1 Bowling Green where his small office is abso­ Medical Association. involved, especialty in the last three years. tor awards. Tompkins left Western in 1980, three hours Now imagine 5.1ndy and jerry Tucker, a Men­ Lectures/lip Society lutely packed full of trophies for his photogra­ Drafted from active practice in 1966, he was as­ we Ilnd,,'t beell phy, plaques for memberships in mcclic.ll socie­ signed to the 18th Surgical Hospital MASH unil short of a college degree in, journalism to produce nonite couple in Liberty, Ky., who h.we 67 chil­ the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts at WPSO in dren in their home as part of their Galilean Min­ .. Dr. L Y. Lnllms­ ties and awards for active p..1Tlicip.ltion in con­ al Fort Gordon, Georgia and assisted in the reor­ Ihere, " tinuing medical education. ganizatioll of the hospital into a functional com­ Paducah, Ky. isteries. ler taught zoology Even though he is dedic,lted to the field of b.lt unit for seryice in Vietnam. After deploy­ He finished the college degree, and nine years The children are from five foreign countries medicine and his photography hobby, Martin's ment to Pleika, South Victnam, he served with later Tompkins is still producing; only now he's and eight 5t.ltes, and, Tompkins Solid, "e\'ery one and comparative face lights up at the mention of the L. Y. L.1.ncas­ the 18th Surgical Hospital from 1966 to 1967. Af­ telling stories which have an enormous imp.lct on of them is handicappt'd, physically, ment.llly or ter Memorial Lectureship Society where he ter returning to the U. S., Martin was director of large numbers of people. sexually abused or ab.1.ndoned. Everyone is a Illlatomy while I was servt.'S as the Chairman of the Board of DirC<"tors. Outp..1.tient Clinic at the U.s. Army Hospital at Imagine a garbage dump in Guatemala where speci,11 nt.'eds child." "Dr. L. Y. L.lncaster taught zoology and com­ Fort Campbell. After receiving an honorable dis­ Tompkins is t'lping one of a series of stori es fo­ The Tuckers ha\'e adopted more than half of at Wes/erll, Ilnd, af­ parative ana tomy while I was at Western, and, charge in DC<"embcr 1%7, he returned to private cusing on poverty and the lack of medical care for the children, and Tompkins s,1.id 5..1ndy Tucker after his death, I wanted to do something to practice in Bowling Green. children in this Third World country. told him they did it ":;0 Ihey will never leave." fer his death, I honor his memory," Martin said. "Two other Martin considers himself a serious amateur The dump is home to many of the chi ldren and The series, PreciOlls in His Sight, produced by physicians who were at Western at the S<1me photographer and his photographs have won also is their source of food. Tompkins and photojournalist Pat Slattery, pro­ w(lIIted fa do some­ times as I was-Dr. John Logan from Henderson many awards and have been displayed at nu­ "This series started when a friend, Alan Palmer vides a detailed look inside the Tuckers farm and Dr. jim King from Lexington-we got to­ merous local and regional exhibits. (former W\3KO-TV news director in Bowling complex east of Lexington. tiling 10 hOllor !tis gether, dC<"ided what we wanted to achieve and His portriat of George V. Page, former head of Green) told me to meet this unusual lady at the "The land, the Lo rd the Physics Department at Western, won a Blue Nashville airport," Tompkins s,1.id. and the children. memory" Ribbon at the 1988 Kentucky State Fair. "I had a "Alan s,lid she would have two children with These ,1Te the posses­ group down at 5..1I1y'S Rock one day ... Hugh her that she had brought from Guatemala for sions of the f.lithful," Pucket, Willson Wood, Kelly Thompson and medical treatment in the United States," he s,1id. Tompkins said as he Oero Downing. I happened to take a picture of Tompkins was there, and the meeting becamc described the Tuck­ Dr. Page, a casual, candid photograph, he didn't his introduction to Judy Schwank, the wife of a ers'Mennonite know that I was making it and I entered it and Bowling Gret!n physician who was making regu­ lik'Style. won first place at the Sta te Fair in 1988:' Martin lar trips to Guatemala as the head of Ileal the Bulthe story s,1.id. A copy was rt.'ccntly presented to Western children, an organization arranging surgical and turns serious and now hangs in the Physics Department. mcclical trea tment fo r children from some of the when Tompkins Dr. jerry Martin, loyal supporter of his alma most impoverished areas of the world. and Slattery ac­ mater, talented photographer, dedicated family "She (Schwank) told me 1 needed to go to un­ comp..1.ny Sandy phYSician and the 1990 Kentucky Doctor of the derstand the story, and I pitched the idea" to sta­ b.1.ck to Port-au- yea r-

18 I WHSTtiKN KEr>.TUCKY UNIVII~SITY ALUMNI MACAllNti F A IL 199Q / 19 Prince, Haiti, with a young Ilaitian girl who spent with stun guns-and the series became an im­ Ru gby Club allowed C ra nley to make friends and TIr r Virginia WOOll5 /ollnra/ism [Ilt/ofllmr'rt. three and a half ye.lrs al the Tucker farm . portant p.lrt of the na ti onal movement to get bl'COme more involved in campus activities. cou/mllt'lf from pa~ 8 "What we found there was worse conditions the death penalty fo r guys who kill prison The Engli sh L-duca lional system is structured SO reporter. than we fou nd in Guatemala," he said. "The guards," he s.lid. that a college-agt.' student focu ses almost com­ In late 1956 she joined the staff of the whole country is in total d esperation. There is a The WSM reporter s.lid Guatemala, the Tuck­ pletely on one particula r subjecl area, whereas in Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser during the eX 4 gross lack of medical ca re, despite some valiant ers and the prison guard series arc the reasons the American college system, the student studies citement of the Dr. Martin Luther King civil efforts by people who arc working there." why he would rather not work fo r a network a variety of general education subjects, as well as rights movement. Tompkins and Slattery follow Sandy and a television news organi zation. his mivcd at Eton Collt.'ge in to Harry [or the and voodoo is pervasive. Windsor Berks, England, was not important, he his many fundamental rcse.lTch contributions OOM "It hap~n s FO/II/dation at travelled 10 New York to work and visit Dr. Bill and distinguished services to chemistry over the "How can that happen?" he askt.-d. vigor, life, and 111/ 4 because no one knows wh"t is going on. You Ploumis, a WKU alumnus, and his son, with last 25 years. Westcm The solid gold Priestley Med

20 / W.:ST£ RN KE NTUC lty U NrVEM S r TY A L U \1Nr \1 AGA zrr-.. E r ALL 19 9 11 / 21 Students Go Underground "It's been worth- while to liS espe­ They come from as dose as Kentucky and as . "They took me to places with streams lEnder· fM away as Australia, all to study underground. ground and waterfalls and I could play in the cially beca usc it Thei r b.lckgrounds arc varied-from the seri­ wa ter and get wei," I lea?lit s.lid. " I just thought forces 11 5 to reth illk ous ~tudent to the hobbyist gone haywire. The it wa'> really neat and.l lot of fun. I could climb one thing they have in common is a 100'e of around and J could roll around in the mud and cav<.'S. nobody cared. OIlrideas alld illter- "Tt's sort of all ad- For the cave enthusi.lst, the place to be this "[t's kind of an excu<:.e to act like a kid." summer was Mammoth Cave National Park, par­ For Brad Stephen'>On, a graduate student from act with people veil/lire, every ticipa ting in the Karst Field Studi<.'S. The pro-­ Chalt.lnooga, Tenn., pursuing a master's d egree gram is sponsored by the Center for Cave and in geology with an emphaSiS on karst hydrology who brillg fresll place 0 11 ti,e Sllr- Karst Studies at Western Kentucky University was a natural COU f!>e. and Mammoth Cilve National Park. "[ was thrL'C wL'Ck~ old when Illy pa rents car­ eyeballs to tile riL-d me into a cave," h ... said, "so I've lx'Cn cav­ face of ti,e eartll The progr.1m offers a series of one-week look courses combining lectu re supposed to be doing." - Art Pil lmer cave survey and cartography and kar:.t hydrol­ Not all of the students were there for credit. classroom. They pile into three cars, loaded with works his way through one of the cave's below the sllrface." ogy. Larry Clau-.er of Birdsboro, Penn., s.lid h(' took helmets, lamps and the other gear that will be branchl..'S, sketching in a notebook as he goes. course in~tmc tor, For many of the p.1rticipants, the courses offer the cour:;€' "more for personal enrichment and to needed when they descend into the cave. "We"ve'run through thrL-'C or four vertical lev­ karst geology - Tom Gr,lnt a chance to formally study what \tas become a understand thing'> bt>tter." Along the way, the group stops at a small ds of the cave and we're trying to put together church cemetery to vi .. it the gra\'e of Aoyd the sequence of how the cave was formed­ construction engineer fascination. The course ,11<;() ga\"e him a chance to see some "My brother took me caving about 14 years ago of the more significant caves. Collins, the c,we explorer trapped and killed in which came first and which way the wa ter was N('w York City in West Virginia and [just fell in love with it," "Pennsylvania has a lot of caves, but they art' Crystal Cave in 1925, his body recently moved flowing," he 5olid. " In each case we're looking 50lid Bill Howcroft of Adams, Mass. kl kept on mostly insignificmlt,'" Clauser said. ''\'11 do a lot from the Cilve to the cemetery. at the shapes of the pass.'lges themselves .1S ca \'ing and dccided to study it and make.1 Cilr(!('r of my caving in Virginia and WC!.t Virginia and "I think he was pretty ha ppy down there in the well as features within the passages that will of i!." occ,lsionally get down this way (to Mammoth C,1\'C, actually:' Art Palmer, cour.;.e instructor, help us underst.lnd the sequence of e\'ents that Howcroft, a WKU graduate student studying 50lid as thc students take pictu rL'S of the grave he1]X>d formed the cave as we see it now." ka rst hydrology, said this was the fi rst time he and headstone. The ultimate goo], according to P.llmer, is to had ta ken a summer course li ke the one in karst Palmer, a professor of hydrology, geochemis­ tic the evolution of the cave and the surface to-­ geology. try and geophysics at Stale University of New gether, how they interact. "You can see things " [t's a reillly good course," he sa id. ''I'm leilrn­ York at Oneonta, l (of with his wife, Peg. face, clues as to the history of the area." • how caves were for med) but I didn't know the "[ was asked to teach this course by Nick The real measure of the success of the pro­ ddaib." Crawford at Western, so [ really didn" t have g ram b the number of students returning to Some students have plans to apply wlli1t they much choice," Palmer said. The P,llmeTS have take other cour!>(.'S. arc lea rning. bt.'Cn studying the Mammoth Cave system for One of those students is Scott Melton, an as­ Tammie Heazlit, a WKU student from Clark­ about 30 yeilrs ""so it was possible to hav(' some­ sistant cRodil inspection manager from Sydncy, ston, Mich., majoring ill hydrogeology and ci ty one teach a course in cave and karst geology Australia. This was his third summer trip to and regional planning, is trying to nwp the 52- who also knew the Cilve system intimately so we Mammoth Cave. mile long Fisher Ridge cave system. can take people underground and not get last "I went along on olle of the geology trips two "Knowing how caves are developed and things and still have something to S

22 I W6ST~~N t.:£r.l'UCl;Y UNIV~MSITY Al..I)Mr-;r MAGAlrNf FA~L . L~90 I 2 3 PRE- Edna (Goff) Nunn Mary Elizabeth Word Willard E. Winkenhofer Thurman Newell ('48) American Association Monroe County i30.1rd Drive, Dallas, TX (,29), Barren County OS), 2310 Faulkner Sr. ('40), 2138 Cemetery and Omegene (Powers) of Retired Persons. of Education. Her hus- 752.u, is il self em- Health Care Center, 300 Drive, I [opkinsvil1c, Road, Bowling Green, Powell ('SO), Box 263, band is Thomas Brat- ployed investor. Westwood St., KY 42240, is a rclirC't.i KY 421 03, is an agent Dixon, KY 42409. [-Ie is Alice J. Harpring ('SO), ton Pinckley ('49). Clilsgow, KY 42141, is a county extension and district manager a retired soil conserva- 211 Fernwood, Daven- Elsie Pitcock ('58), retired teacher. "gent. She worked in wi th Equitable Ufe As- tionis!. She is a retired port, IA 52803, is il self Glen Ray ('55) and 707 N. Main St., the Warren County sura nee Society of New elementary school li - employed medic.11 doc- Nel lesa Grhlestaff (56), Tompkinsville, KY Erlccn J. Rogers ('35), nrca. York. brarian. tor. 2148 Fountain Run 42167, is.1 retired ele- bOs 207 Iknncttstown St., ROild, Gamaliel, KY mentary school Laverne (Craig) I'inck- Ilcrndon, KY 42236, is Adele (Ellis) Crilig William H. Horrell (, 43), Filith E. Rives ('49), 911 42140. lie is a self em- teacher. She tilught ley ("52'54'69), 1114 Co- retin.>d. She was secon­ (,40),412 W. Legion 3064 Domar, Memphis, N. MainS\. , ployed farmer. She is a wi th the Monroe lumbia Ave., Tomp- dary supervisor of in­ Bl vd ., Owensboro, KY TN 3811 8, is retired fro m Hopkinsville, KY 42240, retired teacheT. County Board of kinsville, KY 42167, is struction at Christiilll 42301, is retired. the Hartford Insurance is retired ilnd belongs Education for 31 1/2 iln instructional super- County I hgh SchooL Group. to both the local and Joseph W. Manley ye.1fS. visor K-12 with the ('55),9204 LocilTtlo OAR Fn1l1958, Vnll MeIer Arulilorilllli national chapters of the

THE PatridOl (Cobb) Strader Louisville, KY 40223, Jo.mne (LOIwson) Lurene GibSon ("63), Eye Care in Glasgow GE Plant. Figgie Properties. Fig- ('60'66'77),1569\ E. has bLocll 1I(lllled direc­ Sneed ('62'67),107 Ayr 2725 Smallhousc Road, has pesented a lecture Suzann Rae Ca lhoun gie Properties is the Ca~pian Circle, #208, tor of commercial Parkway, Madisonvillc, Bowling Gr(.ocn, KY on lasers to the Interna- ('68),105 Logsdon real estate development Aurora, CO s0013, is a properties manage­ KY 4243 [, is a first 42104, is retired. tional Congress of Oph- Court, Louisville, KY subSidiary of Figgie substitute mC'dia s lX"­ ment for NTS Corp. grade teacher with the thamology in Sin- Intern(ltional. Ronald L. G lomski 40243, is assistant di- cialist with Cherry Hopkins County Board gapore. The meeting rector of student serv- Creek Schools and Au­ Robert Dunaway of EdUCiltion. ('63),5654 Vicksburg was iltlended by 8,000 Barbara (Watson) (,62'73'76),600 Spruce Drive, Baton Rouge, LA ices with the Jefferson Touby ("68), Box 804, rora Public Schools. She delegates representing County Board of Edu- bOs retired from Muhlen­ Llne, Eli zabethtown, Robert L. Baker (,63), 70817, is a chemist wi th SJ rilnac L,l ke, NY 80 cou ntries. cation. berg County Kentucky KY 42701, is assist(lnt 102 SI. Francis Court, Dow Chemical Co. t2983, is a part time principal (It Parkway #15, Louisville, KY Gayle Bowles ('65), 106 Charles S. Mitchell nurse at Uihlein Mercy in June of 1989. Dailey Austin McPeak Element(lry School in 40205, is territory man· Liberty Church Ro.ld, ('68),4420 Sherwin Center ilnd a part time ('64),1507 Bravo Blvd., Stephen Crider ('62) I [(lrdin County. ager for Frick-Gal- Madisonville, KY 42431, actress with Glasgow, KY 42141, of Ro.ld, Willoughby, 01-1 216 131uc I~id gc Ro..ld, 1.1ehen Manufacturing is a senior methods en- 44094, has bccn ap- Pendragon. the McPeak Center for Company. gincer at Madisonville's pointed president of cOlllirmed 011 pas" 28 Oommlory sc" Ilt",, 1962

THE N. Clifton ('70) and Hav.ud Jordan Jr. ('70), Thomas G. Walsh sion for Lincoln Serv- Larry D. Miller ('72), Pat Withrow ('72), nomics Control to cre- Joan Emily (Hi;.:son) 2329 Pa rk Place Drive, ('71),159 Academy ice Corporation in 205-4 Honeysuckle 2260 Rock Cr(.'Ck ate a heart surgery Howard ('67'70), 147 Gulfport, MS 39507, is a 51., South Orange, NJ Owensboro. He has Lane, Bardstown, KY Circle, Paducah, KY unit on wheels. The Northwood Road, chief administrative of­ 07079. Dr. Walsh is been designated as.1 40004, is a senior as- 42001, is a cardiolo- unit is the first of its Frankfort, KY 40601. ficer for the ci ty of executive dir(.'Ctor of Certified Mortgage sistant with Roses gist

THE Michael Ray ('80) .m d Canaver.ll, FL 32920, is KY 4270l, is an aCil - Louisville, KY 40220, is tions of fX'diatric den- field representative, Di- Thomas L. Jr. ('81) and Lane, Spring, TX 77373, officer. He is active 10- E. Lynne (Nave) Cosby a data analyst specialist demic record s clerk an accounting clerk with tistry in America. vision of Conservation, Patricia (Coatney) is the senior account cally in the Emmaus ('76),7623S.E. with Grumman Techni- with the U.s. Depart- SunbcJt Marketing S.E. for the Commonwealth Montgomery ('79), 831 representati ve in the Orlando Denice Community. Woodward, Portland, cal Services, In c. ment of Army (civilian). Inc. of Kentucky Cabinet of Covington Ave., Bowl- Houston District Office (Gillum) Hennemanll OR 97206. I Ie is an asso- Natural Resources. ing Green, KY 4210 I. for The David J. Joseph Susan (West ray) Bra- Michael E. Murphy Joy (Molden) Adams Susan E. Buhay ('81'82), ('81),5817 Robinwood ciate professor in the He is manager of Co. mer ('82), 8500 Hous- ('80),9900 Adleta ('81),407 College St., 6937-L Roswell Ro.ld, [~o.ld , #4, Louisville, d epartment of religion Jeff T. Jackson ('81), Gold en Farley. She is ton Lane, Pewee Val- #1811, Dallas, TX 75243, Somerset, KY 42501, is a Atlanta, GA 30328, is KY 40218, is an artist 1'.0. Box 8431, Atlanta, at Warner Pacific Col- manager and interior Rufus Kimbell Baker ley, KY 40056, is a reg- 80s is territory manager for third grade teacher with employed as a dental with Baach Creative GA 30306, is (l corporate Jr. ('82'84), 31 1 Alvey isten.-d nurse with lege. She is a self em- designer for B..lrbara Lennox Industries, [n co Services. ployed full time wife the Pulaski County hygienist. She recently health s.l les represcnta- Stew(lrt Interiors. Drive, Madisonville, Humana I-I ospitill Board of Education. traveled to the Soviet ti ve with Tanner Medi- and mother. Maria Zaboron.lk ('80), Debra L. Hinton ('81), KY 42431, has joined Audubon and private Union on.1 professional cal Center in Carrollton, Michael Ned videk thc staff of Farmers physician's office. 647 Westport Ro.ld, Pamela T. Amon ('81), 108 Lisa Ave., #1, Dan- I{onal d David Farago dental exchange where Georgia. ('St), 25523 Milll~ond B(lnk and Trust Co. in #105, Elizilbethtown, 2815 Woodwilrd Drive, ville, KY 40422, is il ('80), POB 143, Cape she made slide present(l- Mildisonville as (l loan ClmlilllU'l/ QII /!(Ig,· 28

24 I WFsrE ~ " K EN T UC K Y UN I VERSlry ALU .'I NI M "'(;ALII\[ FAl.l. 1 990 I 25 ALUMNI CLUB MEETINGS

A cross Ihl' Umll'd SIMes, AI.:abanu. K.lnStp in 2206 Lynng..te Dri"e o\·~.,-I"nd r.rk, Kdn..a5 lackson, ~lississippi 39206 O,rmmSMm, AL1rorna 66211 Affairs; Eddie Diddle, JT. and Alumni Director, touch u'ith tach othtr /Iud MOHrot COUHty Ihe Utrh'l.'rsily. Tire {oIICt«'- 35216 Kentucky Missouri Jim Richards. Special thanks to Wayne Pedigo for Sam Clark ('65, '67) org.lnizing the e\'ent. IIIK rs II liM of cool,tl" p,esi- .v.,rtlt AI.. b .. ", .. H...... "Cmmty 110 C ...... n Acres Edr..,,,,,Iey{'69) diuts IlIrd rufdresses. F«I Joe ('61) and Kathy ('60) Bob Baysinger {'72) Tompl inwiUe, Kentucky 405 Morutor Way Alumni in the North Florida-South G(.'orgia 63303 fret 10 colltact you, arM Thom.>. 114 \tagnoloa 42167 St. Charles, Mi550tlri area gathered for a pre-game (WKU \'s. Jackson­ Cool'le' l"esiJl'IIt if JIlIU 'II 916 Chattel'SOn Rood. S.E. C]asgow, Kentocly 42141 New J ersey ville) "Alumni Bash" at the home of Beverly Sells like /0 get lIIl'Vlwd 0' rf JIlIu Huntsv,IIe, ALlroma 35602 Muhl~"/H< "8 Co~"/y Hr~cbHridsdCraysoH Patrkid Bryant ('83) Pdt Owen ('67, 73) on January 6. TIlallks Beverly for rolling out the oow allY quesllOns abotlt Dis l ricl of C olumbiol Cmlllti~s Highway 70 85 Wooten Court "Big Red" carpet to everyone! Charlie Blancett (73) WesteTII. n...... "hmo lll, Kentllcky 4Z323 Ea.t Onrns"'id, \i.. w Jersey The Southwest Florida are.l held their "First­ I\'~ s ',i"sto". D.C. P.O. Om 4()9 Betty J:lrock ('59) Hardinsburg. K.. nlucky Evcr" Alumni meeting at the Sheralon Harbor 15424 I>lJ"OT 110U5C TraC<' NI"O'f'~ Kr~t"r"y """New York 40143 Bill Lamb ('72) Place in Fl. Myers, Florida on January 7. WKU Rockville, M,'ryl~nd IIr£ckrnrisis,ICr.'ysoll \lox ~ 765 Thorn"s McCormick ('61) Alumni hCilrd news ilbout their alma mater from Counties Ale\andria, Kentucky 41 001 She,lI'wn Lehman Ilutlon Eddie Diddlc, Jr., Lee Robertson, fonner Director, """Flor idol Darrelillarrdl ('72) New Yor K, New Yorl10119 Alumni Affairs, and Alumni Director, Jim P.o.. \lox 245 01110 COllnty Ct'IItr~1 norida North Carol in a Ri chards. llats off to Elizabeth EVilns for il job Leitchfield, Kenh'c ~ y Rita Schrood ..r (76, '85) \\'''Y'''' PL'f,'yl'lle St., U 600(70) and janl'Y (70) well done! 59 11~rnhil1 Dri"e Outtermore Cr"lr,,1 Kr "lu( iy !K·..... r Dam, Kentucky 42320 The "Big Red Express" went to the SoulhwL'St Orlando, ~lori d a 31808 2100 Be,wly Dri .... A /l1II-filled tmlt' Il ViS hnd by all III tlrl' 4t1r Armrllll Day III till' Races at EII'5 1'1Ir~ m Don McCoire ('Sol) Florida WKU Alumni Club meeting at the Sea­ Oldha,,, Cou"ly Ch;rriotte, North Cuolin. I "'"ill'~tr, K"lItr,ciy, Oil July 28. WKli Altm",; from [mIlSl'rli<', OiI'l:II~I)()/'Q /ll/d Ilell­ /a(1soltvillr 1911 I'dTkcr's Mill Ro.ld Blake 11 ~.,.,1ton ('70, 78) food Gardens Reslilurilnl in Bay Harbor Islands, II''TWII alti'lIlkilt/IIS 11(11'"111' t'l'f'ut. Bcn... ly Sells ('66) Le~mgton. Kentucky Florida on January 8. Special thanks to Joseph D. l305 Via De Ur Reina ]06Suru.el Dri,'" I'en nsylv.:ania J.-c:ksonv,n,>, FIonda 12217 Lo(;rang", K""tucky 40001 - Sydnor for organizing the e\'enl! """Cloristi .... CO'lIIty Chris ... {~''''' (70) May - "Oh, the sun shines bright .. , ". Wher­ Chip M iles (70) 300 B. Timbcrgk'n Dri,.., February - J. c. and Ellen Lyons rolled out the s.,wlh~Ast floridA Slmp_ Cp.mty ever WKU Alumni Clubs hold Derby parties! The 107 Jam.. '", On.... , "Big Red " carpet al their home for the Charlolle Slwwn Kenoey leon ]'age (BU '43) Impcnal, Penos)·lvani.l Hilltopper Hopldnsvillt., Kentocly following alumni d ubs spent the first Saturday in 16325 SWim Court 505 Souttl College Strrec 15126 area alumni meeting prior 10 the WKU 'IS UNCC .,,,,, F.ankhn, Kentucky 42134 May sipping mint juleps and picking a winncr. Huddles '90 ~l iami, Florida DI57 South Carolina b.lsketb.ll1 ga me on February 17. TIlere was also a C"mWrla"d Cpuly post-game reception at the Carowinds Iioliday Middle Tenncsscc - Dan Anderson St~"I'e Carrico (77) s.,,,lhrut florid" joeSk'pworth (FR) S,tnlur C"'~H/y Texas - D,ln and Beverly Brooks If 1II'1'I,'mwillg /0 139 RIpley Station Rood Inn hosted by Gerald and Trena Beckham and Y'''' joe Sydroor (73) ]'.0. \lo~ 220 I.m Huggtnll ('64) Georgia - Dan and Jean (Clark) Houghton Ir,m'l h'lIl1l/ tof Ih,' 15081 I'eat .... !'lito .... Way Burkesvillt., Kentuc:ky 1'0.. Bo~637 Co lum"'~ , South Carolina Stc\'e ilnd Judy Carrico. Thanks to the Lyons, the The Warren County Alumni Club held Iheir llinl." Url/t(;,'J.'N' Nolroll D.wie, ~lorid a 3ml 42171 Taylorsvtlle, Kentucky 40071 29210 Beckhrr.' II~'" i., "'1111 10 H""c(I(k May 8. WKU Tom Mered ith spoke to the group Eh 1... bl'1h Evans (OU) (H ..ndcnoon) Ch"It~"ooS" The Te JoyC<' Twyman ('62) It R. MM15 ('5 1) Atlanta, Ccpt(>mbcr 8 Ind i,lIIol Eh~... bcthtow", K l~"l.I(' l y on May 26. A "Big Red" thanks to Linda Schult,!; 42701 M;,ldlt Trn"ttlSN and Dian Graham - a fantastic day to share with WKU \'<; C"Ht,,,/ huli"",, TriK.'; COU"/y o..n AndCrNm ('52) AI Still." ('67) Hop~i"sCow"ty LindSmbcr 22 B,lI Jones (77) i",,), Smith ('65) Alumni from Evansville, Owensboro and 1len ­ 834 Royal A, .. nue 123 o..ll"I~~",' Circle 11 75 Robm",ood Drive 51 4 Oriar Knoll Contact the Office of Admissions (502) derson attended this popular event. WKU guesls WKUvs. \1lSU - Ev~nsville , Indiana 4771 5 Russellv,l le, KcntlO('ky P,lducah, Kentucky 42001 Houston. TexM 17m S:OO p.m_ C. D. T. 42276 745-2551 for additional information. included President Tom MNcdith and his wife Susan; Alumni Director Jim Richards; Associate Alumni DirL'Ctor Ron &.'Ck and the Alumni Asso­ ciat ion Bo.lrd of Directors.

26 I WES1HIIN KENTUCI;Y LNtVEM51TY ALUMNt MA<.;AZt:>a fA. t t991.) I 27 Class Notl'S, Clmtumed THE grade teacher with the with Liberty Mutuill ScChaz Sportswear tor of marketing for Jeffrey R. Heile ('83), 2858, Beaver Dilm, Mark C. ('84) and Brenda Calvert ('85), from fUgt 25 Metcalfe County Insurance. and Promotions, Inc. Comd il ta . She is il n in­ 621 Mehring Way KY 42320, is a staff Laura-Lynn (Moss) Route 4, Box 258A, 13o..1rd of Education. terior designer with registered nurse with Malhis ('85), 1316 B Falmouth, KY 41Q.10, is J- Alvin Hardy ('76), Judy (Watson) Tracy #2402, Cincinnilti, OH She is.l speci.l1 ed uca­ Tarkington. 45202, is area manager the Ohio County Clilra nette Court, a chapter I reading tion te.lcher with the . 608 N. Central, (,79), The Orlando 5t.'n­ Ilospit.l l. Owensboro, KY 42.301. teacher with Pendle­ D.wid Orne ('82), for Nashua Corp. Hart County I3o..lrd of Campbellsville, KY tinel, P. 0. Box 2833, r. He is a sports colum­ ton County Schools. Education. 42718, is vice president Orlando, FL 32802, has 1234 Reynolds Ro.ld, Patricia (Brewer) Hel­ Betty Y. Moore ('83), nist with the Messt'll­ 1t242, l..l kelilnd, FL for development at been employed with ton ('83), 318 Wa lker 451 1 MilTSe Plilce, ger- il/qllirer. She is ilrt Karen Sue (Himes) bOs Richard Murrey (73), Ca mpbellsville Col­ The Ori(lIldo Se"U"e/ for 33801, is a regional St., Prattville, AL Lou isville, KY 40299, Christensen ('85), CONTINUED director for Phoenix, 5111 Westwind Drive, lege. lie will supervise ten years. She was a planner for Centrill 36067, is office man­ is iln executive secre­ Inc. 9216 Lansburgh Orlimdo, FL 32804, is alumni ilffil irs ilnd fi­ photogrilpher fo r The Florid il Regional Plan­ ager fo r Hilrris ilnd tary to CEO at Main Circle, lnd iil napolis, I'atricia A. (C rowley) crea ti ve director of nancial development. "era'd while .1t WKU. ning Counci l. Harris, P.e. St reet Reillty. lee Angela Philup IN 46234, is art direc­ Donahoo ('69), Route Richard Sibley Associ­ ('84),244 Reed Ave., tor for the National 2, Box 29, 216 E. Main il les, In c. in Orlando. John I{ . Oldham ('76), Stephen J. ('79) and Susan Kay Bradley Richard L. Murphy Jr. George Nichols ('83), Mildisonville, KY Pri nting Plilte, In c. EklX Diana G. Wall (,80), ('83), 1402 Hig hland St., Scbrt.'e, KY 42455, His res ponsibil ities in­ P.O. 1312, Bowling ('83), 1120 Wildflower, 115 Beechwood Ave., 42431 , is il plant ac­ Ave. #7, Knoxville, TN is a home L'Conomics clude advertisi ng con­ Gf('('n, KY 42102, is di­ 1720 Sioux Plilce, S!. Charles, MO 63303, Shelbyville, KY countilnt ill Speed LauraJ. Franklin ('85), Owensboro, KY 42301. 379 16, gr.lduated from 547 Brooksboro Ter­ teacher for the Webster cept, I"yout, design rector of ildvt!rtising is a process engineer / 40065, is director of Queen in Madison­ the Universi ty of Ten­ County 130md of Edu­ and illustration. '-Ie as and marketing with He is a design engin(.'('r fu ture planning coor­ Central State Hospi­ ville. She is illso il rilce, Nashville, TN nessee Knoxvi ll e Col­ cation. won several "dvcrtis­ Midsouth Manage­ with Hendrick Screen diniltor with General tal. He is also vice member of Leadership 37217, is il senior cus­ lege of L1W in May, ing ilwilrds, including ment Group, Inc. Compilny. She is a sub­ Motors Buick Oldsmo­ cllilir of his church's Greater Mildisonville, tomer service repre­ J. Thomas Mandrell stitute teacher al 1990. She will take her trustee boilTd, and is sent.lti"e with Milrt llil Addys. He is an expe­ Itoxan" Correll (,n), bile Cildi ll ac Group il SundilY School ('69), 139 S. Hall Road, Weslyan College in bil r eXil m in July of Wentzville Facility. ilctive in vilriolis While FCn tative with Colo­ side Drive, KY 42066, is a home­ ment for Madison"i\Ie Army 1st U . John T. nial Garden Centers, Newburgh, IN 47630. maker. Community College. Shipp ('85), P.O. Box He is an engineer with 80s Inc. 22, Ilodgenville, KY Peill:xxly Co--ll Co. She Rev. Craig T_ Combs CONTINUED Andy ('84) and Phy[lis Washington 42748, received his air­ is il teilcher at SI. John ('78), Route 3, Gillett, Marsha (logsdon) ('83'87),570 Rolling borne wings in Sep­ '70s Ciltholic School. KY 46295, is senior Wagoner ('89), 890 Debra Hawes ('82), tember 1989 at Fort pastor il t First Il.lptist Acres, Madisonville, CONTINU ED 1490Sul\ivan Loop, F.li rview Ave., A-207, Gordon in Augusta, C.W. "Winkie" Guess Chu rch of Bentley KY 4243 1, is iln assis­ Owensboro, KY 42303, Bowling Grccn, KY Ga. (74),2112 Bl air Blvd., Creek. tililt controller with Karen Lynn Hudson is community relillions 4210 1. /-I e is an ildmis­ H8, Nashville, TN the Kentucky Ililnk La Cinda Ann ('73),9200 Ashlee coord inator for the sions counselor at 372 12, has openL'{1 a William S. Davis (78), ,1Ild Trust Company. (S iddens) Bush ('86), Llne #4, Tampa, FL Green Ri ver Regional WKU. She is a sa les medical office in %2 Tulip Drive, Peru, 1588 Memphis Junc­ 33617, was recently Mentill Health/ Mentill Brent ('84) ilild Jean­ reprcscntiltive with Nashville specializing IN 46970, is an aircraft tion Road, H-I3, Bowl­ promoted to English Ret ilrdation Bo.lrd, Inc. ette (Crawford) Tra vel Professionil ls in cardiothorilcic sur­ commander with the ingGrt.'('n, KY 42JOI, Department Ileild at Uni h,od Stiltes Air She is also a member Askins ('83), 1000 International, In c. gery. Dr. Gut.'Ss is i~ il ta x ilccoun ta nt Tomlin Junior High of the Owensboro North Court, oo.lrd certified in gen­ Force. Donnil (lindsey) with Fruit of the School where she Ch"mbcr of Com­ Quitman, GA 31643, eral surgery and oo.1Td Woods ('84), 8206 Ve r­ Loom, Inc. - Corporate teaches eighth and Jan M. Mueller ('78), merce Young Profes­ were married August eligible in ca rdiothora­ Don't be afraid to dura St., Navarre, FL Office. ninth grade honors 3707 Plymouth Ro.ld, sionals and the Ohio 5, 1989. He is in the English. She is also dc surgery. Louisville, KY 40207, is TOOT YOUR HORN! 32566, is a second Valley Man.lgement finill stagt.'S of his grade teilcher ill 5.1nta Dennis W. Cecil ('86), the gi rls' assistant office manilger for It's the only way to let your classmiltes Annette Rader (74), Club. doctorill dissertation Ros.l County l3o..1Td of 358 Rosenberger, Apt. b.lsketb.ll1 co.1Ch at 4898 Je.lnnelle Road, Cardnallndustrialln­ and friends know whilt you' re up to. at the University of E, Ev.lnsville, IN Martha K. Magers Education. Tomlin. She received Hilliard, 0 11 43026, is sulati on. Whether you've made an addition to Kentucky. lie is on 4n12, is il [o.ln officer a masters degree in ('82), Route 2, Norris your filmil y, gotten a promotion, John Michael ('85) manilger for NA PA Zoe Ellen Stanley the facu lt y of the with Farmers B.lnk guidance and coun­ City, IL 62869, is chil nged occupations, startL'brec, KY 42455, is a tionill Education Dc­ Brown ('87), 37t95 versi ty of South Flor­ U.5.DA Filrmers know. Justin Lee Did (,86), pany). teacher wi th the Web­ p.lrtment at Valdosta Cn.'('kside Terrace, ida in May of 1989. Home Administration. Include your class ye.1T, where you live State Coll ege. She is Fremont, CA 9-1536. 162 Edgew

28 / W~:ST&WN ~tiNTUt.KY UNI~ ~ HSITY ALUMNI MA{;ALINl rA i l. lq~o / 29 IN MEMORIAM

L. Jane Huebschman len SL, Owensboro, KY agent in Campbell Andrews, Betty)o ('51) ('86),979 B Paradrome 42301, is a medical County. She will serve Ba ker, Clarence "Stumpy" ('60) MRS. BElTY STEEN, 60, o f 1300nevi11e, THE 51., Ci ncinnati, 0 1-1 technologist with the 4-H d ubs in FI. Tho- Bolton, Joseph Edward ('85) Miss., died Aug. 2 after a lengthy illness. 45202, is a graduate as- Owensboro-Daviess m.1S, Bellevue and Bradshaw, Delzy Drymon ('39) Mrs. Steen, wife of Charles Steen, is the sistant in the spt:."'eC h County Hospital. Dayton. Broderick, Carroll ('33) mother of Western Kentucky University's communication de- Fi rst Lldy, SlIS

30 / WF. ST fR N K ENrU C K Y UNIVE R SITY IILU '-1 N l ~1 AGIIZ 1 N[ FALL 1 990 / 3 1 From a Friday cvcning picnic to a 5.1turday cvcning dinncr-dancc, alurruu and friends of thc Bowling Cl't.~n Business University reminisced and got re.lcquainte

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32 I WJ:~rIKN ~~NTU<:I(Y U"IV ~ KSIT\ AlU\lN I \IAGAZI~E Basketball Coaches Dinner Western Kentucky University vs" University of Kentucky Ralph Willard and Rick Pilino Dinm."r co-sponsored by Basketball Game The Hilltopper Athletic Foundation and The WKU Alumni As~iation Thursday, December 20, 1990 Galt I louse, Louisville, KY $50.00 per pcrson/8 people per table Tables may be reserved Friday, December 21,1990 Proceeds will benefit Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY the WKU Mens Bilskctball Program Contact the IlilItopper Athletic Foundfltion Information regarding ticket sales to be for tickets and table reservations announced (502) 745-5321