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Peggy Palombi is Transylvania’s latest Kentucky Professor of the Year

JEFFERSON/YOUNG SCHOLARS ■ RETIREMENT CAREERS ■ MARY RANKIN ’74 ALUMNI WEEKEND 2006 April 28-30 How to register

Induction of new members into the Pioneer Hall of Fame FRIDAY, 6 P.M.

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An invitation with a detailed schedule and registration form is being mailed to alumni. You can also register on-line through a secure site using your Visa or MasterCard. Go to www.transy.edu, choose For Alumni, News & Events, then Reunions/Alumni Weekend. An invitation with a detailed schedule and registration Andrew N. Hopkins ’49 form is being mailed to alumni. You can also register Alpha Jo Scott Luallen ’60 on-line through a secure site using your Visa or Rodes S. “Shack” Parrish ’70 MasterCard. Go to www.transy.edu, choose For Alumni, Amber N. Smith ’93 News & Events, then Reunions/Alumni Weekend. Leslie E. “Sonny” Voyles Jr. ’63 Luncheon speaker Andrew N. Hopkins ’49 SATURDAY, 11:30 A.M. AlpJhoah nJ oN .S Wciolltiatm Lsu a’7ll4en, d’6ea0n of the University Roodfe Ns oSr.t h“S Chaarcokli”n Paa arrti sChh a’7p0el Hill School of AmDbeenrt iNs.t Srym aitnhd ’a9 3professor in the dental Leesclioe loEg. y“S doenpnayr”t mVoeynlets Jr. ’63

John N. Williams ’74, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry and a professor in the dental ecology department An invitation with a detailed schedule and registration form is being mailed to alumni. You can also register on-line through a secure site using your Visa or MasterCard. Go to www.transy.edu, choose For Alumni, News & Events, then Reunions/Alumni Weekend. Andrew N. Hopkins ’49 Alpha Jo Scott Luallen ’60 Rodes S. “Shack” Parrish ’70 Amber N. Smith ’93 Leslie E. “Sonny” Voyles Jr. ’63

John N. Williams ’74, dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry and a professor in the dental ecology department TransylvaniaUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SPRING/2006

Features

12 A SPRINGBOARD FOR SUCCESS Merit-based scholarship program strengthens Transylvania while inspiring students

16 THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH Biology professor Peggy Palombi is named Carnegie/CASE Kentucky Professor of the Year

18 TAKING ENERGY AROUND THE WORLD Mary Rankin ’74 helps GE license and transfer energy technology in the global marketplace

20 A FRESH START Retirement careers find alumni heading off in new and rewarding directions page 16

Around Campus 2 Shannon historical marker placed on campus 4 Art history, music technology majors created 6 Scholarship honors Joyce Swango Holmes ’55 8 Trustee challenge energizes Annual Fund

Alumni News and Notes 23 Class Notes 26 Alumnus Profile: Charles P. Taylor ’65 28 Alumna profile: Jeannie Simpson ’94 29 Marriages, Births, Obituaries

On the cover Biology professor Peggy Palombi, the 2005 Carnegie/CASE Kentucky Professor of the Year, is surrounded by former Director of Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons ■ Director of Publications: winners, from left, biology professor Martha S. Baker ■ Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden ■ Publica- James Wagner (2001), economics profes- tions Assistant: Katherine C. Pearl ■ Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell sor emeritus Larry Lynch (1996), philoso- phy professor Jack Furlong (2002), and Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume 23, No. 2, Spring 2006. political science professor Don Dugi Produced by the Office of Publications, Transylvania University, Lexington, (2003). See story on page 16. KY 40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news to Alumni Office, Photo by Joseph Rey Au Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797, fax to (859) 233-8797, or e-mail to [email protected]. Around Campus

NASA scientist Les Johnson ’84 returns to Transy for Science Day

National Aeronautics and cuss career opportunities in the eration of robotic, deep-space Space Administration scientist science, mathematics, and com- spacecraft,” he says. “We will ■ Transylvania students Les Johnson ’84 believes his puter fields. soon see the first flight of a Andrea Fitzpatrick and undergraduate liberal arts edu- Johnson, a double major in solar sail and the frequent use Annalee Riegger talk cation at Transylvania plays just physics and chemistry at Transy, of ion propulsion for missions with visiting high school as important a role in his is manager, in-space propulsion to the outer solar system.” students about growing achievements as his graduate technologies for NASA’s Mar- and identifying microorganisms. training in physics at Vanderbilt shall Space Flight Center in University. Huntsville, Ala. His work “Without the broad-based involves solar sails and education I received at Transyl- advanced ion and plasma vania, I do not believe I would propulsion. be nearly as successful at Johnson was the principal NASA,” he says. “A good physi- investigator for the Propulsive cist does much more than just Small Expendable Deployer Sys- good science. Writing technical tem mission, is a two-time papers, making presentations, recipient of NASA’s Exceptional knowing your audience, and Achievement Medal, and holds being an effective manager are two patents. He was also a examples of areas that benefit technical consultant for the from my liberal arts education.” movie Lost in Space. That’s why Johnson was During Science Day, Johnson happy to return to his alma gave students an overview of mater in November as the fea- the NASA program he manages tured speaker at Transylvania’s and stressed how his liberal arts Science Day. The program education helps him do his job. attracts high school students “I also discussed the new from around the state to take propulsion technologies NASA

part in presentations and dis- is developing for the next gen- Katherine C. Pearl

Shannon historical marker placed on Transy campus

A new Kentucky state historical marker the Pacific Ocean. has been placed on the Transylvania campus “We are pleased to have on our campus to honor George Shannon, at 18 the this permanent honor to an early Transyl- youngest member of the Lewis & Clark vanian who played such an important role Expedition and a student at the University in the westward expansion of the nation,” upon his return from the 1803-06 trek to said President Charles L. Shearer. the American Northwest. The marker is a joint project of the muse- The marker was unveiled during an um and Transylvania, with support from the evening program at the Lexington History Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Museum in November that featured a talk Department of Highways, Kentucky Lewis & on Shannon by James Holmberg, curator of Clark Bicentennial Commission, National special collections at the Filson Historical Park Service, and the Ohio River Chapter- Society in Louisville. Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. Shannon was enrolled at Transylvania “As a Transylvania alum, I take special from 1808-10, practiced law in Lexington, pride in this recognition of George Shannon served in the Kentucky legislature, was a cir- and the University,” said Stephen Amato ’87, cuit judge, and eventually moved to Mis- vice chairman of the museum. souri, where he died in 1836. He was well The Shannon marker, placed at the cor- thought of by William Clark, who described ner of Third and Upper streets, joins four him as “one of the most active and useful other historical markers on the Transy cam- men we had” during the historic journey to pus that commemorate the University’s his- tory and prominent alumni, its charter from the Virginia Legislature, Col. Robert Patter- ■ The George Shannon historical marker is son and the Patterson Cabin, and Kentucky located on the corner of Third and Upper architects Matthias and Gideon Shryock.

Tim Meko ’06 streets on the Transylvania campus.

2 TRANSYLVANIA Student’s return to the Philippines results in art exhibit, book Senior art and English major Sarah Walker to make art instead of relying on traditional ■ Senior Sarah Walker, standing, Becky spent six weeks of her 2005 summer in the materials, which are expensive on the Ford ’05, kneeling on left, and Marni Philippines facilitating art projects for children island, and communicated important les- Rakes ’04, front row, pose with chil- and adults. In addition to building the confi- sons about proper garbage disposal. dren they met through the May term dence of her pupils, Walker’s efforts resulted The book can be purchased at 2004 travel course Service Learning in the Philippines. Below, art works in an art exhibition at Transylvania and a www.lulu.com. Proceeds from the book and from the Mactan, Pangan-an, Olango, book titled A Brilliant Idea, which features sales from the art exhibit are being used to and Me exhibit, which Walker organ- illustrations by some of her students. support art and community development ized after she’d spent six weeks of A native of Owensboro, Ky., Walker first programs in the Philippines. her 2005 summer in the Philippines. traveled to the Philippines as part of the May term 2004 course Service Learning in the Philippines. Funding from a Kenan Grant allowed her to return in the summer and conduct projects that specifically related to her academic interests. “When I went with Transy’s May term group, we mostly did work involving con- struction and public health,” she said. “As I’m not studying to be a construction or health worker, I wondered how my art skills could be used to benefit an economically impoverished community. I thought that going back to Mactan could help me to explore that question and that going alone would force me to really contemplate what I want to do with my life.” In collaboration with Window on the World, Inc., and Island Ventures, Walker led art workshops at two elementary schools, mentored members of the Young Women’s Outreach Corps, organized a multi-island disposable camera project, and sponsored a public art show at the Island Ventures train- ing center in Lapu-Lapu City. “Many people were excited to get to work with the American visitor, to be sin- gled out for their artistic talents, or to dis- cover talents they didn’t know they had,” Walker said. “When I worked with the Young Women’s Outreach Corps, many of the women said that our workshop and public art show made them feel more confi- dent. Island Ventures hopes to integrate art into some of their future community devel- opment projects.” The exhibit Mactan, Pangan-an, Olango, and Me, which was featured in the Susan P. Shearer Student Gallery from November 14- December 2, showcased art by Walker’s stu- dents as well as photographs she took dur- ing her visit. Walker wrote A Brilliant Idea for her stu- dents at Buagsong Elementary School, who created collages made of trash to illustrate the book. The story follows a young litter- bug named Ian whose interaction with a talkative bird inspires him to have fun while cleaning up his neighborhood. The project Katherine C. Pearl showed children ways to use local resources

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Majors created in art history and music technology Transylvania has enhanced its curriculum Music technology is a growing aca- history and theory along with computer sci- with the creation of majors in art history demic field in which Transylvania has the ence subjects. The curriculum will prepare and music technology, bringing the total opportunity to take a leadership role, says students for graduate study in music tech- number of majors offered to 27. music professor Scott Phillips, who oversaw nology and career paths in areas such as Art history will bring a new intellectual creation of the major. studio engineering, software development, slant to the Transy program, says art profes- “There is an increasing demand in the teaching, and performing. sor Nancy Wolsk, who directed creation of academic and professional music worlds for Even if a student’s career is focused on the major and whose academic specialty is liberally educated people who are not only the technical side of music, his or her musi- Renaissance art. fine musicians, but who also know how to cianship will be important, says Phillips. “The contemporary approach to studying manipulate music in digital form with either “The best studio engineers are phenome- art history looks at how artists are shaped computers or electronic instruments,” says nal musicians because you’ve got to be able by their culture, which has to do with his- Phillips, whose master’s and doctoral pro- to hear and know how the music should torical, political, social, and intellectual con- grams included courses in music technology. sound, how you want it to sound,” he says. ditions,” she says. “The artist is not sepa- Phillips stresses that the major will have a “Being a musician is critical to being suc- rate from that, but is a part of it. So it’s a liberal arts context, since the student must cessful in this field.” great interdisciplinary area. Art history also first be a musician and fulfill requirements teaches students to think analytically in a all music majors complete, such as ensem- visual way.” ble work, lessons, composition, and recitals. In addition to art history courses that Besides courses like Introduction to Music cover areas such as ancient, gothic, Renais- Technology and Audio Recording Technolo- sance, modern, and non-Western art, the gy, students in the major will study music major may encompass courses from anthro- pology (archaeology), history (photography), or philosophy (aesthetics). Wolsk said that study abroad programs and May term travel courses have helped to stimulate student interest in art history. “I credit study abroad with creating a demand for art history,” she says. “Students would go abroad and study Renaissance art in Florence and come back to Transy and want to know more about the context of that art.” The major will prepare students for grad- uate studies in the discipline as well as career options such as museum curator, arts administrator, teacher, publisher, interior designer, or gallery manager or owner. Tim Meko ’06

■ Above, music professor Scott Phillips and senior Diana Vetter explore some features of the music technology laboratory in Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Left, Transylvania students toured the Louvre in Paris during a May term trip several years ago. Interest in the new art history major was stimulated by students' exposure to significant artworks from the past during many study abroad and May term travel courses.

4 TRANSYLVANIA Turner was winningest coach in women’s basketball history Mark Turner ’77 got involved in cans in Marcia Webb ’99, named to the women’s basketball at Transylvania NAIA first team, and Tari Young ’03, a when the program was still on the third-team honoree. Young has great comeback trail after nearly four memories of the run to the NAIA tour- decades without a team. When he nament her senior year, fueled by Turn- stepped down in November after 18 er’s coaching expertise. years as head coach, he had the satis- “Coach Turner collaborated with faction of having played a key role in Coach (Jill) Meiring and Coach (Henry) the program’s modern-day renaissance. Ray to come up with a scatter-press “I was very pleased to see the stu- defense that led us through that sea- dent-athletes become more competitive son,” Young says. “We didn’t have a lot each year, to witness the tremendous of height, so we used that hurry-up improvement in the game overall, and defense to create turnovers.” to enjoy a steady increase in the respect Besides Turner’s skills as a coach, that fans gave our teams and their Young recalls his supportive attitude appreciation of women’s sports in gen- toward the players and the program eral,” says Turner. Denny Bridges overall. ■ The 312 wins under Turner were the Former Transylvania head women's “Coach Turner recognized that, although basketball coach Mark Turner '77 we were athletes, we also had our personal most of any Transy head women’s basket- congratulates Beth Ralston '04 ball coach. He compiled a Transy career during the 2002-03 season. lives,” she says. “He tried his best to record of 312-175 that included winning accommodate that while still keeping Tran- records in 16 of his 18 seasons and 20 or NAIA national championship. The 2002-03 sylvania basketball competitive. He didn’t more wins in four seasons. team posted a 23-5 record (highest ever make the game your life where it wouldn’t Turner joined the team in 1982 as assis- winning percentage at .821) after starting be fun. He always kept it entertaining.” tant coach under Pat Deacon, whom he the season with a 13-game win streak, Turner said the decision to step down credits as being a great role model, then another school record. Those Pioneers was a difficult one. “Transylvania is a special became head coach in 1987. Deacon had defeated heavily favored Auburn University place, and I’ll always treasure the people taken over the team in 1971 and was Montgomery in the first round of the NAIA here whose lives I’ve touched,” he says. responsible for resurrecting the program tournament before losing to Vanguard Uni- President Charles L. Shearer noted that after its demise, which began about 1930. versity. Turner was twice named NAIA Turner’s contributions to Transylvania came “Mark and I worked very well together,” regional coach of the year. not only from his role as head coach for recalls Deacon. “I was always impressed Turner successfully guided the Pioneers in women’s basketball, golf, and cross country, with his demeanor and the fact that he their transition from a scholarship NAIA pro- but also as a physical education instructor, expected good work habits from the play- gram to the non-scholarship NCAA Division director of men’s intramurals, and an active ers. He knew the game very well, and I was III and participation in the Heartland Colle- alumnus. very supportive of his taking over the head giate Athletic Conference. He was named “I want to express the appreciation of the coaching position from me.” HCAC coach of the year in 2003 after Tran- University for everything Mark has done to Turner’s 1996-97 team set the record for sy won the regular season conference advance his alma mater,” said Shearer. most wins (27) in the program’s history crown with a 12-2 record. “Mark’s teams always represented Transylva- while advancing to the first round of the Turner coached two national All-Ameri- nia in an exemplary fashion.”

Kearns Goodwin returns to Transy to discuss Lincoln

Nearly 10 years to the day of her first lecture Herald-Leader and Joseph-Beth Booksellers. at Transylvania, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kearns Goodwin shared some of her favorite Doris Kearns Goodwin returned to discuss her book passages and reflections on her research latest book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius and answered questions from the audience. of Abraham Lincoln, on November 13, 2005. The visit occurred as Team of Rivals was enjoy- Kearns Goodwin originally spoke at Transylva- ing extensive critical praise from nationally- nia in 1995 through the University’s Kenan Lec- known publications, including the New York ture Series. Her most recent appearance in Hag- Times, Boston Globe, L.A. Times, and Wall Street gin Auditorium was part of the Herald Readers Journal. It has since become a bestseller. Book Club Series, sponsored by the Lexington Kearns Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in his- tory for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. She ■ Doris Kearns Goodwin signed copies of her lat- is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next est book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyn-

Joseph Rey Au of Abraham Lincoln, following her lecture. don Johnson and the American Dream.

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Scholarship honors ApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplause Transy athletes recognized for service energetic volunteer The Transylvania athletics program received the National Association Joyce Swango Holmes ’55 of Division III Athletic Administrators/Jostens Community Service Award From her days as a Carroll in December. The honor was accompanied by a trophy and a $1,000 County High School student and contribution to the college’s general scholarship fund. Transylvania was through her years at Transylvania, recognized for its ongoing participation in the College for Living pro- Joyce Swango Holmes ’55 stayed gram, which serves cognitively delayed adults. Student-athletes have busy. At Transy, she served as Phi taught classes in basketball, field hockey, kick ball, parachute, and Mu secretary and Panhellenic relays. president, traveled with the choir, and was a member of the Stu- Accounting students honored dent Council and Student Christ- Seniors Trista Johnson, Becky Reiling, and Julie Potter received the ian Association, among other Kentucky Society of CPA’s Education Foundation Scholarship in the fall. groups. After graduation, Holmes The award is given for high academic performance and a commitment Joyce Swango continued to be involved with the to the principles of the accounting profession. Potter also received the Holmes ’55 community where she resided, Kentucky Government Finance Officers Association Scholarship, an serving countless organizations in award given to students preparing for a career in state and federal the Greater Cincinnati area until her death in November government finance. 2003. Now, thanks to gifts from Holmes’s husband, Harold Miller edits African Arts journal “Bud” Holmes ’55, and her sons, Steve Holmes ’79 and John Holmes, high-achieving, well-rounded Transylvania Art and women’s studies professor Kim Miller edited the journal students may become the beneficiaries of the Joyce African Arts, Volume XXXVIII, Number 3, on the topic of “Trauma and Swango Holmes Scholarship. Representation in Africa.” The issue included an article written by “Joyce always had close ties with her Kentucky roots,” Miller titled “Trauma, Testimony, and Truth: Contemporary South said Bud Holmes, a member of Transylvania’s Board of African Artists Speak.” Trustees. “The three of us thought it would be great for her to have this kind of recognition within her home Publications staff wins awards state, especially in a way that supports education.” “Celebrating 225 Years,” a publication honoring To be considered for the scholarship, students must Transylvania’s quasquibicentennial, won a Grand have a demonstrated financial need and at least a 3.0 Award and Transylvania magazine received an grade point average. Candidates should also be multi- Award of Merit in a competition sponsored by dimensional students, ones who are actively involved in the Kentucky chapter of the Council for the extracurricular activities. The scholarship is intended to be Advancement and Support of Education. The a three-year award based upon the student remaining in Transylvania publications staff consists of Direc- good standing with the University and continually meet- tor Martha Baker, Publications Writer/Editor Bill ing the established criteria. Bowden, Graphic Designer Barbara Grinnell, Committed to making the community in which she and Publications Assistant Katherine Pearl. lived a better place, Holmes volunteered for a wide variety Applause of causes, frequently assuming leadership roles. She was Martin selected as Derby Princess past president of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Association board, CSO Women’s Committee, May Festi- Senior accounting major val, and the Cincinnati Opera Guild. She also was a for- Amelia Martin was named a mer chairwoman of the Cincinnati Antiques Festival and 2006 Kentucky Derby Festi- the WCET Action Auction. She helped found the Classical val Princess in January. Crite-

ApplauseApplause Music Hall of Fame and oversaw the rejuvenation of the ria for selection included historic Betts House, the oldest surviving building in the poise, intelligence, personal- city’s lower West End. ity, campus and community In recognition of her efforts, Holmes was named involvement, and a 3.0 GPA. woman of the year by both the Cincinnati Post and the Martin will act as an ambas- Enquirer, received the Post-Corbett Award, and was des- sador for the Derby Festival, ignated a Kentucky Colonel. Transylvania presented her attending nearly 70 events with the Morrison Medallion for outstanding service to over a two-week period, vis- Amelia Martin, center, a junior from the University in 1991. iting local schools to discuss Richmond, Ky., poses with the other 2006 For information on supporting the scholarship, contact volunteerism, and appearing Derby Princesses. One of the women will be crowned the Derby Festival Queen by a the development office at (800) 487-2679 or (859) 281- on NBC’s Today Show. She spin-of-the-wheel at the annual Fillies’ 3692. will also receive a $1,000 Derby Ball on April 21. scholarship.

6 TRANSYLVANIA Commemorate your Transy years with reunion gift

Class reunions offer a unique opportunity for alumni to reflect on their time at Transyl- vania and reconnect with their classmates and their alma mater. Each reunion class also commemorates its milestone by raising funds to support Transy’s programs. “It’s critical that alumni give to the Tran- sylvania Annual Fund every year, but it’s especially important during your reunion year,” said Chris Arnett ’91, chairman of the Alumni Executive Board and co-chair of his class reunion gift committee. “Classes like mine, whose reunion coincides with Transylvania’s 225th anniversary campaign, have an even greater opportunity because we can not only maintain our gifts to the annual fund but also kick it up a notch and make an additional pledge to the capital campaign. That’s what I’m doing.” Reunion giving sets the tone for overall

giving, according to Natasa Pajic ’96, direc- Joseph Rey Au tor of alumni programs. “A class reunion often inspires alumni to the 225th anniversary campaign, we’ll be ■ Members of the class of 1955 had a 100 surpass their regular levels of annual sup- able to see the results of our support in very percent participation rate in reunion giv- ing for 2005. Shown at the Barr Society port,” she said. “Planned gifts such as tangible ways through the renovation of the Brown Science Center labs and construction breakfast during Alumni Weekend 2005 annuities, life insurance policies, and trusts are, front row, from left, Grace Spradling also count toward the class reunion gift.” of the new residence halls and tennis com- Mitchell, Margaret Hicks Milburn, LoAnn Arnett pointed out that the class of plex, along with the recently completed Fields Blankenship, Jane Crabb Evans, 1991’s reunion gift participation rate and Haupt Plaza and Glenn Building.” Jane Cocanougher Harmon, Betty Reneau; second row, Norman Parks, fund-raising goals are significantly higher Arnett also encouraged members of the reunion classes to make plans to join the Joyce Walters DuMars, Mary Ackall than five years ago. Khayat, Carol Marling Wright, Joyce “We’ve had 15 years to become estab- fun at Alumni Weekend 2006, set for April Yandell Allen, Kathy Williams Boone, Pat lished in our careers, so now is the time to 28-30. Each reunion class will be recognized McCutcheon Cloar, Autumn Stanley, June Loveland Kachtik; back row, Cy Rowell, get serious about our relationship with Tran- for the total dollars raised and class partici- pation at the Alumni Celebration Luncheon. James Sparks, Stan Smith, Bill Walton, sy and what that’s going to include, be it Dinsmore Nisbet, Bill Cuzner. volunteering, providing financial support, For additional information about reunion or—hopefully—both,” said Arnett, who is class giving, call the development office at franchise service director for Choice Hotels (800) 487-2679. You may also give on-line in Orlando. “We know about the programs or see the progress your class has made and scholarships that Transy is able to pro- toward its gift by visiting www.transy.edu vide every year because of our support. With and clicking on Giving to Transy, then on Reunion Giving.

Blasts from the Past

■ Left, Liz Meitzler shows Lisa Taylor her “jaws” at Alpha Omicron Pi’s annual Dance of the Decades, which had a 1970s theme this year. Proceeds from the dance benefit the Markey Cancer Center and AOII's Adrienne Dantin Memorial Fund.

■ Right, the Pioneer Voices sing “When I’m 64” for the annual Evening at the Cabaret in Carrick Theater. Titled “The Beatles in Review,” the program had members of Transylvania’s choirs per- forming “Revolution,” “Hey Jude,” and “Let it Be,” among other Beatles’ hits. David Haney ’06 Mollie Eblen

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Alumni Annual Fund gifts can increase dramatically through trustee challenge

Alumni have the opportunity rate, so every gift is vital.” Valentine sees many benefits to see their gifts to this year’s Chairman of the Board to the trustee challenge. “It can Transylvania Annual Fund William T. Young Jr. encourages generate a significant increase “Almost every stu- increased substantially, thanks to alumni to take advantage of this of dollars for the annual fund, a $100,000 challenge gift trustee challenge. create new donors, bring back dent attending Transy pledge from the University’s “Alumni participation in the past donors, and celebrate Board of Trustees. annual fund is critical to our suc- those who are increasing their receives some sort of New and increased gifts from cess in attracting outside grants gifts,” he said. alumni will be matched dollar- and the attention of founda- The annual fund also can be assistance…most of for-dollar, resulting in a 100 per- tions,” said Young. “These viewed as the “silent scholarship cent gain, while gifts from first- organizations are very much fund,” said Valentine. “Almost them know they are time donors will be doubled, influenced by the support of a every student attending Transy yielding a 200 percent bonus, up school’s alumni as continuing receives some sort of assistance. the beneficiaries of to the $100,000 pledge limit. contributors. Transylvania is one The annual fund brings visibility “This challenge gift has the of the top universities in the to the current student body alumni support.” potential to have a major impact country in terms of its alumni about the importance of giving on our annual fund,” said Vice giving rate, which is currently 53 back to the University, since President for Development percent. We need to maintain most of them know they are the Richard Valentine. “Our overall that position, and that’s one rea- beneficiaries of alumni support. goal is $1.2 million, with a 53 son the trustees have offered This sets an example for them as percent alumni participation this challenge.” future donors.” Valentine added a special thanks from the University to the trustees for creating this gener- ous challenge pledge. “Transylva- nia’s trustees are simply the best, and we are grateful for this latest show of their deep commitment to the University’s interests.” For more information on the annual fund or other forms of support, contact the develop- ment office at (800) 487-2679.

■ Donations to the Transylvania Annual Fund have a direct impact on the quality of education students receive. Economics professor Allen Bartley ’93 is shown with one

Forrest Payne Forrest of his classes.

PHONATHON IS IMPORTANT START TO PARENTS FUND Judith Goldie says her daughter, Transyl- $32,000 in pledges for the Parents Fund, Parents who fulfilled their pledges by vania junior and anthropology major Mary which provides library resources such as December 31, 2005, were entered in a Goldie, uses the library regularly to do books, software, and periodicals. At press prize drawing. Steven and Vicky Ridder won research. time, contributions to the Parents Fund a $50 bookstore certificate for their daugh- “It’s a top-notch facility, and I’m sure stu- totaled $72,850 toward the goal of ter, Rachel Ridder ’08; Theresa Raidy won a dents appreciate it,” she said. “That’s one $92,000, according to Lori Burlingham, $25 bookstore certificate for her daughter, reason I called during the Parents Fund assistant director of development. Carmen Raidy ’08; and Stephen and Onna phonathon. It’s a chance to be a part of Goldie called fellow parents and grand- Owens won a class ring for their daughter, campus in a special way, and it gives me a parents all three days of the phonathon. Angela Owens ’04. sense of satisfaction to know that I’m help- Prizes for collecting the most pledges dur- To make a pledge or request additional ing my daughter and other current stu- ing the event went to Connie Bramblet, information about the Parents Fund, call the dents, and also future Transylvania stu- mother of Andrew Bramblet ’09; Carla development office at (800) 487-2679 or dents.” Repass, mother of Greg Repass ’06; and visit www.transy.edu and click on Giving to During the October phonathon, Goldie John Karaffa, father of Nicholas Karaffa ’06 Transy, then on Family and Friends. and 25 other parent volunteers helped raise and Matthew Karaffa ’08.

8 TRANSYLVANIA Sports

Women’s soccer makes finals of HCAC tourney

The women’s soccer team Farris tied for team best with 10 advanced to the finals of the goals for the season, and had a Heartland Collegiate Athletic total of 21 points. She was Conference tournament for the named the HCAC Freshman of second year in a row, losing 2-0 the Year as well as a conference to regular season champion Player of the Week. Sophomore College of Mount St. Joseph in forward Brittany MacGregor a battle for the conference’s also had 10 goals, along with automatic bid to the NCAA Divi- 22 points. sion III championships. They were joined on the All- The Pioneers posted an over- HCAC first team by sophomore all record of 10-8-2 during an defender/midfielder Toni Can- up-and-down season that non, third leading scorer for the included four wins in mid-sea- team with 12 points, and soph- son to stay in the hunt for the omore goalkeeper Ally Tucker, league title. Transy finished 4-2- who had 80 saves and a goals- 1 in HCAC play, good for third against average of 1.13. place, then defeated Manches- ter College 1-0 in the tourna- ment semifinals. “We’ve been right in the mix the last two years, and with our ■ Sophomore goalkeeper Ally younger players gaining experi- Tucker sends a free kick on its ence, we should contend for way during a match last sea- son. Tucker was one of four the league championship again Pioneers named to the All- next season,” said head coach Heartland Conference first Michael Fulton. team. First-year forward Brittany Denny Bridges

FIELD HOCKEY GETS MOST WINS IN SIX SEASONS

A veteran field hockey team NCAA Division III tournament in that included 15 returning letter the near future,” said head winners posted a 6-14 record coach Jill Meiring. “Playing the that marked the program’s most best Division III teams in our victories in six seasons. region and winning will get us With the exception of Bel- there.” larmine University, an NCAA Transy’s balanced offense fea- Division II power, the Pioneers tured six players who scored competed against only Division two or more goals, led by soph- III schools for the first time in omore forward Brittany Amos school history. Included in the with nine goals and three victory total were two wins over assists and senior Kay Kay Speer Earlham College and wins over with five goals and four assists. Ohio Wesleyan University, Sweet Senior goalkeeper Taylor Briar College, Randolph Macon McGinnis played every minute Woman’s College, and Sewanee in goal during her four years at – The University of the South. Transy, posting 171 saves this “We want to be in a position past season. to get an at-large bid to the

■ Senior forward Kay Kay Speer advances the ball during a match last season. The team’s six victories were its most in six seasons. Joseph Rey Au

SPRING 2006 9 Sports

Cross country shows improvement The men’s and women’s cross utes, 41.35 seconds over the country teams showed improve- 8,000-meter course at the ment from the previous season, HCAC championships. highlighted by the men’s squad The women had top three moving up two places to finish finishes in both the Asbury and sixth in the Heartland Collegiate Bluffton meets and were led by Athletic Conference champi- first-year student Mallory Har- onships while the women’s low in the HCAC champi- team placed eighth. Both teams onships with a time of 26:51.35 are coached by Toby Carrigan. over the 5,000-meter course, The men finished second at good for 33rd place. both the Asbury and Bluffton invitationals. Sophomore Adam ■ Graham was the Pioneers’ top Sophomore Adam Graham was the top runner for the runner for the season, taking men’s cross country team 42nd place in a time of 29 min- last season. Denny Bridges ■ Sophomore middle/outside hitter Morgan White goes for a kill in a match at the Beck Center last season.

VOLLEYBALL STARTS HOT, FINISHES WITH 12 WINS The volleyball team made sig- man will join the HCAC next ■ nificant progress this season season. Sophomore Rhea Badgett was an all-Heartland Conference player with a 12-17 record, posting The Pioneers were led by jun- for the women’s golf team. more wins than in the pro- ior outside hitter Stephanie Joseph Rey Au gram’s previous three years Journeay, who posted a school- combined. The Pioneers were 1- best 327 kills on .212 hitting Women’s golf ties for third in HCAC 7 in Heartland Collegiate Athlet- and was named HCAC Player of ic Conference play, good for the Week. Sophomore middle The women’s golf team ral- when the Pioneers captured seventh place. and outside hitter Morgan lied on the second day of com- second place in the eight-team “We made great strides,” White was a dual threat, leading petition to tie Anderson Univer- Centre Invitational. Transy said head coach Cindy Jacobelli. Transy and the HCAC in hitting sity for third place in the Heart- trailed winner Oglethorpe Uni- “We learned how to win and percentage at .357 while also land Collegiate Athletic Confer- versity by just nine strokes and how to finish off matches. Even posting a team-best 83 blocks. ence championship. finished ahead of Kentucky in our losses, we were competi- Junior setter Allyson Fisher led The Pioneers were led by a Wesleyan College and Bel- tive and fought to the end.” the team in assists with 629, fol- pair of sophomores, Rhea Bad- larmine University, a pair of Transy started the season on lowed by first-year setter Andrea gett and Sydney Maddox, who NCAA Division II schools, as well a hot streak, winning 10 of its Herbstreit with 423. posted top-eight finishes and as Division III teams Centre Col- first 17 matches, including vic- Defensively, junior outside hit- were named to the All-HCAC lege and Sewanee – The Univer- tories over Wilmington College, ter/libero Ashley Koch led the team. Badgett tied for fifth sity of the South. Badgett paced Kentucky State University (a team with 555 digs and first- overall at 182 while Maddox Transy with an 84 and first-year Division II school), Rose-Hulman year outside hitter Christine shot 186 to finish eighth. player Brittany Daulton added Institute of Technology, and Luerman was the team’s sec- Transy’s top performance dur- an 86. Manchester College. Rose-Hul- ond-leading blocker with 56. ing the regular season came

10 TRANSYLVANIA Men’s soccer dominates HCAC

The men’s soccer team once Five Pioneers were named to again dominated the Heartland the All-HCAC first team, led by Collegiate Athletic Conference, junior forward Brad McLean, winning the regular season and Transy’s top scorer on the sea- tournament titles to earn their son with eight goals and four second straight NCAA Division assists for 20 points. He was III Championship appearance. joined by sophomore midfielder In fact, the Pioneers’ recent Matt Karaffa, second leading seasons have been the most scorer with 16 points; junior for- successful in school history. ward Matt Burton, third with 10 Transy has now won three points; junior midfielder Jordan HCAC tournaments in a row Skeeters; and sophomore and four of the last five, along defender Matt Vogel. with three of the last five regu- Karaffa and Vogel were also lar season titles. named to the National Soccer “Every year, we set goals of Coaches Association of Ameri- winning the conference and the ca/adidas All-Great Lakes Region tournament and getting into team. the NCAA Championships,” First-year back Ryan Wood said head coach Brandon Bow- and sophomore back Ryan Dale man, who was named HCAC keyed a strong Transy defense Coach of the Year for the sec- that allowed just 12 goals on ond straight season. “Our play- the year while scoring 43. ers have bought into that and Junior goalkeeper Marc Frank worked hard to reach those had a 0.39 goals-against aver- goals.” age and all Transy keepers com- Transy finished 12-3-4 for the bined for 12 shutouts and a past season, including 6-0-1 in 0.57 goals-against average. ■ Junior forward Brad McLean advances the ball HCAC play. It was the fourth Conference opponents scored against Baldwin-Wallace College. McLean was time in five years that the Pio- just three goals against the Pio- Transy’s top scorer and was named to the neers were unbeaten against neers for the season, including All-Heartland Conference first team.

league foes. the playoffs. Denny Bridges

Women’s tennis is sixth in HCAC

The women’s tennis team capped the season with a sixth place finish in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Con- ference championships at the West Indy Racquet Club in Indianapolis. Under head coach Chuck Brown, the Pioneers got strong performances from junior Jessica Hanson in No. 2 singles, senior Mayme Boehmann in No. 3 singles, and the No. 3 doubles team of junior Carrie Shewmaker and first-year player Denise Sachtler. Hanson won fourth place, as did Shewmaker and Sachtler, while Boehmann was fifth. Sophomore Erin Milliken finished seventh in No. 1 sin- gles and joined with junior Ashley Lowe to take fifth in No. 1 doubles. Milliken was named to the All-HCAC team. The Pioneers fashioned a modest 2-6 regular season record, with the wins coming over conference rivals Bluffton College and College of Mount St. Joseph.

■ Sophomore Erin Milliken was an All-Heartland Conference performer for the women’s tennis team. Joseph Rey Au

SPRING 2006 11 A Springboard for Success Merit-based scholarship program strengthens college, inspires students

BY KATHERINE C. PEARL, MARTHA S. BAKER, AND WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

n the beginning, there were only 10—a handful of tucky’s best students in the state. Today, nearly every col- Iincoming students chosen for their academic excellence lege and university in the Commonwealth has some type and demonstrated leadership to receive full of merit-based program.” scholarships from Transylvania’s merit-based After the original 10 Jefferson Scholars arrived in 1982, scholarship program, the first of its kind in Transylvania increased the number of annual scholarships Kentucky and an anomaly throughout the to 25 and recruited transfer students to expand the first nation. class. In 1987, the Transylvania Board of Trustees rechris- “Being part of the first group was unique tened the program in honor of Young. in a few ways as there was no precedent,” The William T. Young Scholarships, which now cover said Vince Tanamachi ’86, a graduate of the full tuition and fees, are currently worth about $84,000 University of Louisville medical school and over four years. a physician with Norton Healthcare in The following profiles show how receiving the schol- Louisville. “We were scrutinized a little more arship and spending four years by other students who were trying to figure at Transy shaped the lives of eight “Being a (Thomas Jefferson us out, and professors also were perhaps alumni—a small sampling of the Scholar) enhanced my expecting more from our group, which was hundreds who’ve used the schol- experience at Transy. First natural. Regardless, being a (Thomas Jef- arship program as a springboard of all, I wouldn’t have been ferson Scholar) was an advantage in many for exciting, meaningful careers. at Transy without the schol- ways, and any pressure or scrutiny were cer- arship. Secondly, in order to keep my scholarship, I tainly worth the experience.” had to maintain certain This year marks the 20th anniversary of If you’ve reached for a prod- standards, and that pres- the graduation of Tanamachi and the other uct to alleviate a headache, mus- sure motivated me. I also scholars from the initial group, who though cle pain, or a cold, there’s a good think I worked hard to small in number, had a noticeable impact on chance you’ve encountered a show that I was worthy of campus. brand that Angela J. Vann ’94 the scholarship.” “Students who had come to Transylvania has managed. Vince Tanamachi ’86 before the scholarship program began, who Since completing her MBA Physician just missed it, wanted to prove that they were at Duke University, Vann has Norton Healthcare as good as or better than the recipients,” worked at Bayer Healthcare in Louisville recalls history professor emeritus Paul Fuller. Morristown, N.J., managing “I found that created a friendly competition brands such as One-A-Day vita- that was good for one’s classes. It encouraged everyone mins, Aleve, Bactine, Flintstone to do a better job—the students first and most impor- Vitamins, and Alka Seltzer Plus. tantly, but also the professors.” About two years ago, she became The late William T. Young introduced the idea of a global brand leader, Aspirin. completely merit-based scholarship program, as compared “I’m now responsible for the with programs that factor in financial need, early in his strategy for Aspirin all around 23-year tenure as chairman of Transylvania’s Board of the world. I help guide the dif- Trustees. ferent countries as to where we “He thought that bringing these exceptional students want Aspirin to go in the future, Angela J. Vann ’94 stands with to Transy would invigorate the campus and promote an what kind of new products we’re some samples of the brands she even higher standard of academic performance,” said Pres- working on, how we communi- has managed in the last several years. She is now global brand ident Charles L. Shearer. “He also hoped the merit-based cate the product to consumers, leader, Aspirin. scholarship concept would spread, helping to keep Ken- and what the brand stands for.”

12 TRANSYLVANIA A double major in economics and finance at Transy, and under his leadership, the division shipped Vann spent two years following graduation as a financial three releases of RealPlayer, plus the RealOne analyst for a brokerage firm in Florida before deciding Platform and RealOne Player, and sub- to take her career in a different direction. She began to stantially grew the company’s user base from pursue her MBA at Duke, where she learned about brand 30 million to 285 million. management, a line of work that sounded appealing and Banfield held executive roles at Sony Pic- familiar. tures Digital Networks and Sony Connect “It reminded me a lot of when I was membership before accepting his current position with director for Phi Mu at Transy, working and coordinat- Sony Media Software. The division pro- ing with many different people. I was responsible for duces applications that allow professional recruiting new members, but I wasn’t an expert at mak- and amateur users to edit and create music ing signs, choreographing routines, writing skits, and on PCs. Among the award-winning titles “I learned how to motivate creating posters. I worked with people in the sorority are Vegas, ACID Pro, and Sound Forge. people as skilled and who were good at those things, and together we creat- Revenues for the division have been accomplished as I was, to ed a unified program to help sell ourselves to new stu- growing at about 30 percent a year and are motivate them in a way dents. projected to make a 40 percent jump this that encouraged them and “As a brand manager, you’re responsible for devel- year. That success has led to partnerships engaged them. I learned oping advertising, producing the product, handling the with other parts of Sony. For example, the what it meant to get the budget, managing public relations, and working with millions of Sony Ericsson Walkman mobile best out of people.” Steve Banfield ’90 sales people. You may not be the expert in any of those phones have software that Banfield’s team Senior Vice President and elements, but you work strategically and pull all the pieces built. The division also created an applica- General Manager together in order to do well.” tion that makes it easier for PlayStation Sony Media Software Portables (PSP) users to transfer photos, Los Angeles videos, and audio files from their PCs. When Steve Banfield ’90 went through the gru- Banfield traces his leadership skills back eling eight-hour interview process at Microsoft in 1992, to his time at Transylvania. he had an ace up his sleeve. “I learned how to motivate people as skilled and accom- “At the opening of every meeting, they said, ‘Tell me plished as I was, to motivate them in a way that encour- about Transylvania University,’ ” he recalls. “I’d explain aged them and engaged them,” he said. “I learned a lot what the name meant and tell them how it was the old- about what it meant to get the best out of people.” est school west of the Alleghenies. I was able to break the ice and establish a rapport with people, which opened all kinds of doors for me.” For Jeana K. Foley ’90, a full scholarship to Tran- Those doors have since led Banfield to success with sy meant freedom. RealNetworks and to his current position as senior vice “I could enjoy myself more,” she said. “I didn’t feel president and general manager, Sony Media Software, like I was there for anyone else, for my parents, or to get in Los Angeles. a job to pay them back or cover student loans. There was Banfield came to Transylvania from Ashland, Ky., nothing external motivating me other than my own inter- proud to have received a full scholarship and determined ests and passions. It was a pure educational experience to live up to its promise. that allowed me to follow what I excelled in.” “There was a lot expected, both from the faculty and Foley majored in English and took a minor in studio the other students,” he said. “You were seen as some- art, incorporating many art history courses into her cur- one who had achieved something. It was a really posi- riculum. After graduating from Transy, she took more tive thing because it positioned you to step up to that art history classes at the University of Kentucky and then responsibility.” earned a master’s degree in art history from the Univer- Banfield landed his first job with a major technology sity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. company while still completing his computer science An internship with the National Portrait Gallery in major at Transy. He worked part-time at IBM in Lex- Washington, D.C., became a full-time job when the proj- ington writing mainframe computer programs. ect on which Foley was working received funding for an From IBM, Banfield went to NCR in Atlanta and then exhibition. She helped produce a photography show fea- to Microsoft, where he worked in developer relations turing Civil War photographer Matthew Brady and had and later as program manager for multi-media systems an essay included in the Smithsonian publication Math- for Windows 95. ew Brady and the Image of History. “You see those credit screens as the software loads—my From the National Portrait Gallery, Foley went to the name appears there in every copy of Microsoft Windows Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art as an 95,” he said. “I’ve had my named embedded in well over exhibition researcher. Among other endeavors, she worked 200 million computers.” on the pan-Smithsonian photography project, which Banfield earned an MBA from Harvard University, yielded the book At First Sight: Photography and the then joined RealNetworks in 1998 as group program Smithsonian. The Smithsonian holds more than 13 mil- manager for the company’s RealPlayer. In 1999, he was lion images spanning over 150 years, and the book promoted to general manager of consumer products, includes a selection of these, featuring photos of Amelia

SPRING 2006 13 Earhart, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Greta too much for her family. She’d already sent her letter of Garbo, Babe Ruth, and P.T. Barnum, among others. regret, but the Transy director of admissions delayed fil- Throughout her professional life, Foley found her Tran- ing the document, knowing that Bowen was at the top of sylvania education served her well. the wait list for a full scholarship. “In the museum world, you encounter a lot of people During the physics exam, Bowen was summoned to with name brand degrees, Ivy League degrees, and I always the counselor’s office and told she’d been awarded the felt comfortable working with them,” she said. “I’m glad scholarship. that I went to a smaller school. The contact that I had “Basically the dream had come true,” she said. with my professors really made a big difference in what I At Transylvania, Bowen found the academic commu- took away from it.” nity she’d been craving. Two years ago, Foley decided to take her life in a dif- “In high school, I was considered one of the geeks, ferent direction and became a full-time mother to her son, which was lonely in a way,” she said. “They teased me Oliver. because I set the curve. At Transy, that was not a prob- lem. Everyone appreciated and understood my passions for learning and exploring.” Kyle Monhollen ’95 didn’t experience the full ben- Bowen graduated with a degree in history and spent efit of his William T. Young Scholarship until after grad- eight months helping a family friend start a business in uating from Transy. With his college tuition paid, her hometown before accepting an internship with U.S. Monhollen was able to use the money his parents had Senator Mitch McConnell’s office. The three-month saved for his education to attend graduate school. He internship turned into an eight-year career as a legislative spent a year in Boston expanding his portfolio, and then assistant, during which time she earned her law degree began work on an MFA in painting and sculpture at the from American University. San Francisco Art Institute. “It was a great experience. Literally I could learn some- A career in art wasn’t what Monhollen, a Union Coun- thing in class one night, and apply it the next day at work.” ty, Ky., native, had envisioned when he first came to Tran- After leaving McConnell’s office, Bowen worked as a sylvania’s campus. Although he’d taken many art classes lobbyist for the American Insurance Association and clerked in high school, he’d planned to become a doctor or per- for the Honorable Eugene Siler of the U.S. Court of Appeals haps an architect, but with support from art professors for the Sixth Circuit in London, Ky. She then returned to Jack Girard and Dan Selter, his viewpoint began to change. Washington and joined the law firm of McDermott Will “That’s one of the wonderful things about a liberal & Emery LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Alcohol Bev- arts education,” Monhollen said. “You’re exposed to all erages and Products Practice Group, focusing on trade these other subjects that you might have had some inter- practices, labeling, advertising, formulation, and taxation est in. I realized art could be more than just an activity. of alcohol beverages as well as federal regulation of non- It could be a career.” beverage alcohol. Monhollen completed his MFA and worked as a gallery Bowen says the opportunity the Young Scholarship preparatory before landing a three-year gave her not only affected her life, but that of her family. appointment as sculpture resident/lecturer Her younger relatives, seeing her success, have set high- at the University of California–Davis. He’s er goals for themselves. now a staff research associate at UC Davis, “It’s still amazing to them that the kid who used to managing the budgets, materials, safety, and run up and down Brushy Fork in Taylor County now other aspects of the university’s sculpture works in Washington,” she said. “That confidence went labs, and a part-time instructor at Sierra Col- from me through my family. They said ‘if she can do it, lege in Rocklin, Calif. we can do it.’ That ripple effect is not something obvious The insights concerning art that Mon- when you’re presenting the scholarship, but it’s what I’ve hollen gained at Transylvania now benefit come to appreciate most.” his students. “I was being supported academically and “My experiences at Transyl- financially to make that decision, to realize Chris Sauer ’95 majored in economics at Transyl- vania taught me discipline artists were an important part of our socie- vania, but the liberal arts curriculum allowed him to make and confidence—the disci- ty, as much as people who would be doctors, connections outside of his subject area, particularly with pline to really apply yourself lawyers, or economists,” he said. “I’m able philosophy professor Jack Furlong. when faced with the unknown and the confi- to tell my students this is a valid part of our “To me he exemplifies what makes Transylvania spe- dence to know that if you culture and it should be supported any way cial,” Sauer said. “He is a world-class intellectual, but ded- keep working, you’ll get you can.” icated to being a good teacher. He probably had more there. I picked those up in influence on teaching me how to think and how to my first semester and they approach problems critically than just about anyone.” pretty much held through.” Robin J. Bowen ’90 says her “Robert Sauer has put those analytical thinking skills to good Robin J. Bowen ’90 Frost” moment came in the middle of a high use, earning advanced degrees from the University of Attorney school physics test. The Taylor County, Ky., Michigan and Columbia University, working in the White McDermott Will & Emery LLP native had given up on attending Transylva- House, and navigating the financial markets in New York Washington, D.C. nia, believing the financial burden would be City.

14 TRANSYLVANIA ing Vanderbilt medical school and completing a three- year residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He stayed an additional year at Cincinnati as chief resident, then returned to Vanderbilt for a research fellowship and earned his master’s in public health, focusing on pro- gram and policy research. Cooper has worked on a number of projects, some of which have led to changes in how health programs are run in Tennessee and across the country. “Early in my career, I did a series of studies on the effects of early newborn discharge,” he said. “We found that when you waited two weeks to see babies after early discharge, many of them got sick. As a result of those studies, the time between discharge and follow-ups was shortened.” Receiving the full scholarship from Transylvania gave Chris Sauer ’95 works at Groton Partners in New York City. Cooper a boost of confidence that stayed with him through college and beyond. “Having this opportunity, knowing that Transylvania A native of Owensboro, Ky., Sauer had planned to believed in me enough to make this kind of investment, attend Notre Dame before the William T. Young Schol- encouraged me to shoot higher than I might have oth- arship convinced him to stay in his home state. Almost erwise,” he said. “As I began to prepare for medical school 10 years after its introduction, Transy’s merit-based schol- and facing those challenges, I drew on that confidence.” arship program hadn’t lost any of its luster when he arrived on campus. “It definitely meant recognition,” he said. “People As a high school senior in Portland, Mich., Patricia knew it was a unique award. To receive this from a top Fedewa Kreke ’88 was set to study engineering at Michi- quality school was a big statement of confidence in you.” gan Technological University. Then, a visit to Transy’s After graduating from Transy, Sauer earned a mas- campus and the offer of a full scholarship ter’s degree in public policy from the University of Michi- altered her college plans and ultimately the gan and spent two years working in the Office of course of her entire life. Management and Budget at the White House during the “Receiving that scholarship really Clinton administration. As the analyst in charge of Social changed the direction I was moving,” said Security reform, Sauer ran financial models to show the Kreke, who’s now an associate professor of consequences of potential changes, such as raising the chemistry and chair of the Science Depart- retirement age. ment at Mount St. Mary’s University in “It was a very exciting time,” he said. “Social Securi- Maryland. “The environment at Transy was ty was one of the president’s central issues. If I had been wonderful. I fell in love with it. It’s what working on another issue, it might have been interest- inspired me to want to teach at a small lib- ing, but it wouldn’t have been nearly as exciting and I eral arts college.” wouldn’t have had as much exposure to cabinet level After graduating from Transylvania, “Receiving that scholarship people.” Kreke earned her Ph.D. from the Univer- really changed the direction Sauer left Washington and earned his MBA from sity of Tennessee at Knoxville, and she com- I was moving. The environ- Columbia University Business School. He worked for pleted post-doctoral research at UT, working ment at Transy was won- four years at Lehman Brothers in New York City, con- at the Oak Ridge National Labs. She then derful. I fell in love with it. centrating on natural resources and then consumer retail. came to Mount St. Mary’s, where she’s It’s what inspired me to Last year he began doing general corporate advisory work taught for the last 10 years. want to teach at a small for a smaller merchant bank, Groton Partners, in New Kreke has made strides to attract more liberal arts college.” York. women to science, obtaining a grant to pro- Patricia F. Kreke ’88 vide scholarships for women interested in Associate Professor of the subject at Mount St. Mary’s. She received Chemistry , Chair of the Bill Cooper ’87, an associate professor of pediatrics a faculty award for working with the col- Science Department Mount St. Mary’s University and director of the Center for Child and Adolescent lege’s Women in Science Organization, Maryland Health Research at Vanderbilt University, discovered his which she created. With her students, Kreke love of pediatrics in medical school, but his interest in draws on what she learned at Transylvania. research started at Transylvania. “What I brought here from Transy is a real love of “I had an independent study research program in faculty-student interaction, the idea that the faculty mem- chemistry working with professor Gerald Seebach,” he ber is there to mentor the student and work with the stu- recalls. “Asking and answering those questions was just dent,” she said. “I also gained a love of learning, of fascinating, and I really enjoyed it.” teaching yourself as well as interacting with other peo- Cooper continued to conduct research while attend- ple as you learn.” ■

SPRING 2006 15 The Scientific Approach Biology professor Peggy Palombi wins Kentucky Professor of the Year Award

BY WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

iology professor Peggy Palombi finds ment of Teaching and the Council for academic career. After earning her under- Bthat her students have a better learn- Advancement and Support of Education graduate degree from Oberlin College ing experience when she asks them to take (CASE). with a double major in mathematics and a slightly unorthodox slant toward the “Peggy Palombi has found innovative East Asian studies, she worked as an insur- material. ways to make biological science relevant ance actuary before returning to school In her Animal Physiology class, for exam- to non-majors, while also challenging our to study neurobiology and pharmacolo- ple, she first divides students into small students who go on to pursue careers in gy. She earned a master’s degree from groups and has them engage in basic dis- research, teaching, and medicine,” said Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from cussions about the characteristics of certain President Charles L. Shearer. “In addition the Southern Illinois University School of muscles that are uniquely suited to perform to her classroom and lab work, she is a car- Medicine. specific functions in different animals. ing, thoughtful adviser who guides stu- Palombi joined the Transylvania facul- Then comes the twist when she has dents through their college careers. We’re ty in 1997 when she received a Bingham them speculate on what would happen if so thrilled that her dedication has been Start-Up Grant, a one-time award given that same muscle were asked to perform recognized with this top award.” to promising new faculty members. Her another function. They might imagine, This marked the fourth time in the past outstanding abilities in the classroom have for instance, an insect’s flight muscle being five years—and the fifth time since 1996— since been recognized with a Bingham asked to produce the contraction in a that a Transylvania professor has won this Award for Excellence in Teaching and a human heart. honor. In fact, more Transy faculty mem- Monroe Moosnick Professorship in the “That seems very strange to them at bers have won this award than have fac- Natural Sciences. first,” says Palombi. “Why would I use a ulty members from any other Kentucky Palombi’s approach to teaching com- flight muscle to create a heartbeat? The college or university. bines the hard science requirements of her point is not that you ever would, but that The U.S. Professors of the Year pro- discipline with a liberal arts focus on devel- by taking something out of its normal con- gram, co-sponsored by Carnegie and oping the whole student. text, it helps them discover its fundamen- CASE, honors the most outstanding “I think the primary goal of a liberal tal properties. It’s the same with the undergraduate professors in the nation— arts education is to help students become students—if you step them out of their those who excel as classroom teachers and thinkers—to become intellectually engaged normal situation, they’re less likely to influence the lives and careers of their stu- both in the classroom and out,” she said. memorize information and more likely to dents. The honor is considered one of the “Students who switch from being passive think in depth about it.” most prestigious awards given to univer- learners of material to having an active That kind of creative approach to teach- sity faculty. curiosity about themselves and the world ing helped Palombi win the 2005 Ken- around them will lead rich lives in what- tucky Professor of the Year Award from Her own unique path ever career they choose.” the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance- Palombi took an unusual route to her She has even used final exams to put

16 TRANSYLVANIA “Professor Palombi never teaches the same class in the same way. Scientists are experimentalists in their essence, and her students know that they and she are part of that experiment—in the laboratory and in the classroom.”

William F. Pollard Vice President and Dean of the College Lee Thomas this principle into action, as when she Kentucky Biomedical Research Infra- Sometimes her advising helps students asked students in an Animal Physiology structure Network (KBRIN), which spon- find a path of study outside of biology or class to use their imagination as a frame- sored an eight-week summer research even the natural sciences. In those cases, work for the factual information she was workshop at Transy, funded by the Nation- she may use her own non-linear career looking for. al Institutes of Health, that Palombi coor- path as an example of following your true “Professor Palombi had us design an dinated. interests. animal to fit a specific niche in a specific The KBRIN workshop was an example Sandy Everett ’04 came to Transylva- habitat and describe a few physiologic adap- of Palombi’s commitment to giving Tran- nia with the intention of majoring in biol- tations that would help it survive, such as sy students exposure to research opportu- ogy and pursuing a career as a veterinarian. gathering food, circulating nutrients, and nities. It was structured for students The drama opportunities at Transy secreting wastes,” recalls Shelly Ferrell ’01, interested in possible careers in bio-med- brought out her interest in the fine arts, a physician and graduate of the Universi- ical research and included visits to poten- and she eventually switched her major pat- ty of Louisville School of Medicine. “When tial graduate school destinations such as tern to drama. we discussed our answers after the exam Emory University and the University of “Dr. Palombi encouraged me to explore was over, we had all come up with unique- North Carolina-Chapel Hill. my options in the theater program, but I ly creative animals. This kind of question In addition to involving students in her was hesitant for fear of disappointing my allows a student to show what he or she own research into age-related changes in family,” recalls Everett. “She taught me knows and how to apply it.” the central auditory system, Palombi has to make the most of every decision because collaborated with her colleagues in Tran- I was the one who would be affected. Her Staying involved sy’s biology program to introduce more concern for her students’ success in life Palombi has been an active faculty research possibilities in the various courses. sets her apart.” member, serving on several committees “Independent and student/faculty Although the Carnegie/CASE award within the college and becoming involved research projects are very valuable, but is an individual honor, Palombi credits with outside organizations dedicated to you can also teach the ideas of research in Transylvania and the biology program in improving science teaching in colleges and the classroom through more open-ended particular for giving her the proper con- universities. projects, as opposed to using only the text for success. She is a member of Faculty Institutes ‘cookbook’ approach where the outcome “I feel very strongly that I’m repre- for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST is already known,” she says. senting other people on our faculty who II), a group sponsored by the National Advising is another area where Palom- do just as well or better than I do,” she says. Science Foundation, and of Project Kalei- bi has excelled, helping students find their “I’m very pleased the school asked me to doscope, an initiative to promote leader- way through the myriad possibilities that stand up and represent them. The dialogue ship in science and mathematics education. biology offers, from careers in laboratory that we maintain as faculty members helps She is also Transylvania’s liaison to the research to medicine and teaching. us all become better teachers.” ■

SPRING 2006 17 Taking energy AROUND T Mary Rankin ’74 helps GE license and transfer technology in the global market

BY KATHERINE C. PEARL

A further testament to her diverse Tran- sy experience, Rankin’s two favorite fac- ulty members taught neither English nor business. The late Ben Burns ’41, former dean of Morrison Chapel and humanities pro- fessor emeritus, helped her through a fam- ily tragedy her first year at Transylvania, and she got to know history professor emeritus Paul Fuller by working as a sec- have many different experiences and learn retary in the history department. She was about buying companies, joint ventures, a member of the group of students who different cultures, and legal principles. It’s toured Europe with Burns and Fuller one a constant learning job.” summer. Rankin’s liberal arts education at Tran- “We visited Spain, France, Italy, Ger- sylvania could be regarded as a progeni- many, England,” she recalls. “It was a great tor of her current position, where experience because it was all Transy stu- When athletes and spectators gathered practically every aspect of business inter- dents and professors.” for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Tori- sects. She majored in two diverse subjects, Rankin had a job waiting for her in the no, Italy, GE Energy provided the power, English and business administration, had marketing department at Armstrong Cork heat, and lighting for all competitive and an active social life through her sorority, in Pennsylvania when she graduated. Her non-competitive venues throughout the Delta Delta Delta, and satisfied her love next career move brought her back to Ken- city and the surrounding Italian Alps. GE of music by performing with the band and tucky, where she eventually came to work Energy’s partnership with the Olympic orchestra. for the Belden Corporation in her home- Games, which continues through 2012, “I knew I wasn’t going to major in town. is part of an overall global expansion the music, but I really enjoyed playing,” she Rankin worked in quality control and business has realized in recent years. As said. “That was something extra that Tran- production control before becoming plant president, GE Infrastructure Technology sy offered me, and it was very enriching.” controller. During that time, she began to International, Inc., Mary Rankin ’74 has A native of Monticello, Ky., Rankin pursue her MBA through Vanderbilt Uni- played a pivotal role in the business’s trans- chose Transylvania because she wanted to versity’s executive program. formation, overseeing the licensing of attend a small liberal arts college in her “For two years, all I did was work and technology to other gas/steam turbine home state. She planned to major in Eng- study, and that was about it,” she said. manufacturers outside the U.S. and the lish from the start, thinking she’d later “But I made some great contacts there transfer of that technology. attend law school, but when that option and met some really smart, well-rounded “It’s the best job I can imagine,” she became less appealing, she decided to add people.” said. “You get to interact with several dif- a business administration major. After seven years with Belden, Rankin ferent functions. You’re not just in finance, “It offered basic skills that could be took a job as a customer service manager not just in engineering, not just in man- applied to almost anything you want to with General Electric in Hendersonville, ufacturing. You interact with all of those, do,” she said. “You learn about finance, Tenn. She worked for GE in Fort Wayne, plus legal and commercial. It’s like a micro- how organizations work, and legal con- Ind., and Owensboro, Ky., before joining cosm of the entire business, so I get to cepts.” GE Energy in Greenville, S.C.

18 TRANSYLVANIA THE WORLD

With 2004 revenues exceeding $17 tion in 1997, GE Energy has experienced billion, GE Energy is one of the world’s some dramatic changes. leading suppliers to the energy industry, “We’ve gone from primarily supply- providing a comprehensive range of solu- ing gas turbines, steam turbines, and gen- tions across the energy value chain from erators accompanied by a small parts and supply and conversion to delivery, uti- service business to becoming a full-line lization, and services. The business focus- energy company providing products and es on developing technologies for enterprise services from well-head to consumer,” she and asset management, producing automa- said. “GE Energy acquired multiple busi- tion and information management tools, nesses worldwide and globalized its and delivering large-scale services to employees to participate in a world mar- ■ As president, GE Infrastructure Technology design, deploy, and maintain these prod- ket, including China, the world’s fastest International, Inc., Mary Rankin ’74 has trav- eled to China, India, Russia, South Korea, ucts for utilities worldwide. From its first growing economy.” Australia, and much of Europe. At top, Rankin steam turbine in 1901, GE’s installed base Travel is a frequent component of poses on the Great Wall of China. Above, of steam and heavy-duty gas turbines has Rankin’s job. She’s visited China, India, Rankin meets with wives of the managers at grown to over 10,000 units, representing Russia, South Korea, Australia, and much Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ltd., in Hyderabad, India. The women run a school for children of over a million megawatts of installed capac- of Europe, and hopes to soon travel to BHEL employees, including special needs chil- ity in more than 120 countries. Africa. One of her best experiences occurred dren. Below, Rankin visits the Taj Mahal. Rankin handles the licensing and trans- in St. Petersburg, where the client arranged fer of GE Energy technology to other a tour of the city. gas/steam turbine manufacturers outside “The guide turned out to be a profes- the U.S. sor of Russian literature at one of the uni- “It’s a niche job, a mixture of legal, versities there, so she had a passion and business, and technical knowledge,” she knowledge about St. Petersburg that gave said. “I’m not an expert in any of those, me a completely different perspective on so I work with the lawyers, engineers, and it than my other team members,” she said. commercial people. We have very good “As a consequence, I loved St. Petersburg teams that we’ve put together.” and they hated it.” A typical day will find her answering When she’s not globetrotting, Rankin questions about the transfer of technolo- resides in Greenville, S.C., with her hus- gy, taking into account government rules band, Norman Dam, and her two sons, and regulations, such as export goals and Rankin Price, 14, and John Proctor, 12. whether the technology is strategic. She credits Transylvania for giving her “Just about every day, I have phone a good foundation for success in her future calls with other parts of the world, where endeavors. we’re deciding how to do licensing and “It made me a broader thinker, and negotiating contracts,” she said. “That gave me familiarity with many subjects,” entails a lot of off-hours calls because the she said. “We had to take a humanities time zones are so different. I also get calls course, for example, and in that we learned from internal people, wanting to know about art, architecture, and philosophy. about ways to do things. We’re constant- When you’re working with different cul- ly working on systems to improve the con- tures, it’s good to have that kind of knowl- trol of technology transfer.” edge. It can help you build relationships Since Rankin accepted her current posi- with people to get things done.” ■

SPRING 2006 19 Retirement careers find alumni heading off in newA directions FRESH RETIREMENT CAREERS FIND ALUMNI HEADING OFF IN or some Transylvania alumni, retirement ushers in a birthdays, and other subjects to her patrons. Fnew, easy-going lifestyle consisting of travel, leisure Barnes’ preparation for her new job actually began decades earlier when she earned a master’s degree activities, and more time spent with family and friends. For in library science from the University of Kentucky others, retirement opens the door to a new world of work in 1980. Her experience and increasing interest in technology also gave her a good foundation for deal- in areas different from, or complementary to, their primary ing with those aspects of modern libraries that use computer technology for a variety of purposes, from careers. Whether it’s being a library director, tour guide, or cataloguing and lending to photography manipula- tion and Web site marketing. artist, these workplace adventures are enjoyable and ful- In spite of all her duties, Barnes contends that filling in ways often quite different from the rewards of the job—at least so far—is less stressful than teach- ing. “That’s because I don’t have someone’s edu- earlier careers. cation dependent upon me,” she says. “The world isn’t going to stop if I don’t get the budget done at two o’clock today.” Barnes says one of the big differences between Retirement by the book her classroom days and now can be summed up in Pat Barnes ’73 taught her students how to use one word—freedom. “When you have a roomful of the library during a 28-year career teaching 4th- students, you are really tied down,” she says. “There 6th grades in Kentucky’s Boone and Pendleton is much more freedom in this job, to go to lunch at counties, but now she is the library, in a manner of different places, or just go outside for some fresh speaking. Barnes became director of the Cynthiana- air.” Harrison County Public Library in Cynthiana, Ky., There’s another sense of freedom that comes from last October and is thoroughly enjoying the change having a retirement benefit from your primary career, of pace from her classroom days. says Barnes. “When I retired, I didn’t want to quit working “I can enjoy this job because my whole life is not completely,” she says. “I hesitated before taking the dependent on it. It’s much different from when you director’s job, because I had worked part time and were 30 years old and you wondered how you were this was going to be an all-day job, Monday through going to pay all the bills.” Friday. It’s new and different. It’s like I’ve started a brand new Living on candle power career at 54. I’ve been very Skip Redmond ’69 personifies his philosophy blessed that I could do this.” that “you’ll never grow old if you don’t slow down.” Barnes supervises five full- Since retiring from a 30-year career with the Inter- time and four part-time staff nal Revenue Service in 2003, Redmond has been members and has overall busier than ever as a partner in DeLori Candle, a responsibility for the library’s Mount Sterling, Ky., based company that produces operations, including staff handmade scented candles. scheduling, budgeting, acqui- “I loved my job as a criminal fraud specialist,” sitions, building maintenance, says the Lexington resident. “But I saw this oppor- fund-raising, and public rela- tunity and thought I would do something totally tions. different.” That last item is one of her Redmond grew up in Mount Sterling, has rental most important responsibilities, property there, and is a volunteer firefighter. says Barnes. “The library board “The fellow who started the candle company is wants me to be out in the pub- a full-time paramedic,” says Redmond. “One night lic eye so that everyone knows we have a library,” after a fire I saw his light on and went in to talk to Pat Barnes ’73 traded the classroom for the says Barnes. him. He let me watch him make some candles, and library after 28 years That involves getting the word out about new I saw how much fun he was having.” teaching 4th-6th grades. offerings, such as the large photo collection the At that time, DeLori Candle was a one-man oper- She is director of the Cynthiana-Harrison library recently received from an estate. Barnes plans ation with a great product that nobody knew about. County Public Library to acquire a negative scanner and offer the historic The candles are made of soy wax instead of petro- in Cynthiana, Ky. prints of Harrison County buildings, weddings, leum-based paraffin, which means they produce no

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soot when burned. They also are strongly scented librarian, and adult education throughout, unlike many candles which have fra- director in the Bardstown city grance oils only in the core. schools system and from a 12- “Every third day, my partner worked a 24-hour year stint doing sales and cus- shift with the fire department, and he was making tomer relations work for an oil candles at midnight in his girlfriend’s kitchen,” says company. He also writes movie Redmond. “I was eligible for retirement, so I could and play reviews for the local take time to develop a marketing plan.” newspaper, the tri-weekly The He became a partner in June 2003 and retired Kentucky Standard. from the IRS the following October. Allen got his introduction to Redmond’s marketing plan has brought tremen- tourism and Heaven Hill through his three sons, Skip Redmond ’69 dous expansion for DeLori Candle, which now makes one of whom, Paul Allen, the youngest, is a 1988 poses with a display of DeLori candles at 30,000 candles a year—five times more than when Transy graduate. The Berry Best in he became involved. They have hired a full-time “All three of our sons had driven a tourmobile Lexington, one of 75 employee to make candles, the operation moved for Heaven Hill while they were in college,” says retail locations that from the kitchen to a storefront, and their candles Allen. “It would hold about 48 people and they carry the handmade, fragrant candles. are available in 75 retail locations in six states and would drive them around Bardstown to see the tourist After retiring from on-line at www.deloricandle.com. sites, then wind up at Heaven Hill for a distillery the Internal Revenue Redmond spends about 15 hours a week taking tour. I was a substitute driver for them.” Service, Redmond developed a marketing orders, purchasing supplies, making deliveries, han- Because of that connection with the distillery, plan that helped dling customer service, marketing to new retail out- Allen was asked to be a tour guide when Heaven DeLori Candle expand lets, and occasionally making candles. In addition, Hill opened its Bourbon Heritage Center in 2004. to an annual produc- he does consulting work with several tax attorneys The center, which has won awards for its design, tion of 30,000 candles— fives times more than and CPAs and is chairman of the finance commit- gives visitors a virtual tour of the industry that lasts when he invested in tee at Crestwood Christian Church, Lexington. a little over an hour and includes a bourbon tasting the company in 2003. Redmond anticipates steady growth over the next in a room shaped like the barrels used to age whiskey five years, while keeping DeLori Candles a hands- and transform it into bourbon. on company. “People tell us that we should be in “We want our visitors to have a good time, we the Atlanta and Chicago gift markets, but we don’t want to educate them about what bourbon is, and want to compromise product quality by overex- if they’re going to be a drinker, encourage them to tending ourselves and losing our attention to qual- think about buying our products,” says Allen. ity and detail,” Redmond says. Allen works two or three days The major difference between working for the a week during the high season federal government and running a small business is for tourism in Bardstown, gen- the lack of bureaucracy, according to Redmond. “I erally March through Christ- now have the opportunity to make mistakes quick- mas, and sometimes works four er and learn from those mistakes quicker. I have the days during the summer. flexibility to do the work when it suits me, and it’s Allen was an English major a lot of fun.” at Transy, with minors in French and music, and he uses his Almost heaven French occasionally with inter- Fred Allen ’57 always tells people at the end of national visitors. His teaching his guided tour of the Bourbon Heritage Center at background undoubtedly Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., “I’m not helped him win an award really a very smart person—it took me 70 years to recently for giving the best edu- find a job that would pay me to drink bourbon.” cational tour at Heaven Hill Lest anyone get the wrong idea, Allen is talking among the dozen or so tour about responsible drinking, and his actual intake guides. Fred Allen ’57, a former during a day’s work consists of a few sips of Heav- teacher, explains en Hill’s finest that is offered to visitors of age. It’s South of the border distilling to a visitor at part of their tour and orientation to the time-hon- After nearly four decades working in city and state Heaven Hill’s Bourbon ored art and science of distilling fine bourbon. government, the non-profit sector, and private enter- Heritage Center. He works as a tour guide Allen became a guide at Heaven Hill in 2004 after prise, Sue McDevitt ’66 has moved to Mexico to at the Bardstown, Ky., retiring in 1991 from his 28-year career as a teacher, begin her life over as an artist. distillery.

SPRING 2006 21 “I’ve had very rewarding McDevitt is especially looking forward to doing careers, but they all had a lot of landscapes of the area she’s now living in. “I’m feel- stress involved with them,” says ing absolutely wonderful about my new life,” she McDevitt. “I’m hoping the big says. change will be the alleviation of stress and doing what really has A matter of control been my heart’s desire all my Michael Jeffrey ’68 enjoyed his 31-year career life, to be an artist and just live as a probation/parole officer for Virginia’s Depart- that out in my new life. I’m very ment of Corrections, but his new career in the pri- excited about it.” vate sector as a licensed counselor and marriage and Sue McDevitt ’66, McDevitt retired in January from her position as family therapist offers one big advantage that no shown in her home project manager for the City of San Diego. She man- studio in Bajamar, government bureaucracy can hope to match. retired from a job with aged streetscape improvement projects in older busi- “I’m no longer dependent on a governor or a the City of San Diego ness districts that needed revitalization. Before that, general assembly to tell me how much I’m worth,” to move to Mexico and she worked for the State of California in its fair says Jeffrey. “I love being in control, handling my take up a second career as an artist. employment and housing program, as an adminis- own money decisions, and determining for myself Watercolor is her trator for non-profit community health organiza- my value to clients.” primary medium, tions, and as a wholesaler and retailer in the nursery Jeffrey is one of five counselors and therapists and landscapes and business. employed at the Family Institute of Virginia, locat- flowers her favorite subjects. All along, there was an artist in McDevitt strain- ed in Richmond. He works with a variety of clients, ing to break loose. from young people trying to figure out what to do “I started taking art classes in 1992, at the with their lives to married couples searching for ways Athenaeum School of the Arts in La Jolla, which is to communicate and heal their marriages. an art school for adults,” she says. “In 1999 I began A separate part of his practice is sentence miti- working on my master’s degree in expressive arts gation, in which he works with people found guilty therapy with the European Graduate School. I did of various crimes to help explain their situation to this through their local affiliate, the Expressive Arts the judge who will pass sentence. Institute of San Diego, and also spent three sum- “I visit with the person in jail, maybe do a drug mers at the EGS in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.” and alcohol assessment or mental health assessment, Watercolor is McDevitt’s primary medium, with come up with a treatment plan, and go to court to landscapes and flowers her explain the plan to the judge,” he says. The crimi- favorite subjects. She also does nals he represents range from drug offenders to mur- collage and multi-media works. derers and those guilty of malicious wounding or She has been on art forays with alcohol-related homicide. master teachers to France and Drug problems are a specialty for Jeffrey. While India. Her expressive arts stud- a sociology student at Transylvania, he visited the ies have included music, dance, federal narcotics hospital in Lexington (now a drama, visual arts, and creative women’s correctional facility) and also met with writing. “I also play the dul- members of the Kentucky Parole Board. When hero- cimer, sing, and play some in addiction became a prevalent problem in the late piano, which I learned at Tran- 1960s, he became an expert in the field during his sylvania,” she adds. years as a probation/parole officer. McDevitt has pulled up Long before his retirement from state govern- roots and resettled in Bajamar, ment in 2000, Jeffrey prepared for a second career which is about an hour south by earning a master’s degree in criminal justice and of San Diego on Mexico’s Pacif- an advanced counseling certificate, both from Vir- ic coast. “I’m a guest resident ginia Commonwealth University. in Mexico,” she says. Michael Jeffrey ’68 One type of client Jeffrey now works with is aim- retired from After setting up a studio in her new home, McDe- ing to do just what Jeffrey did—find a satisfying corrections work vitt plans to develop a Web site and sell her art main- career after retirement from a primary career. in Virginia to ly on the Internet. She is also looking for social “Many people don’t know how to make the become a counselor and therapist. Part services agencies in Ensenada, the nearest town of change,” he says. “If you understand what your abil- of his work involves any size, where she could use expressive arts thera- ities are and what you like doing, you can make that sentence mitigation. peutically to help those in need. move.” ■

22 TRANSYLVANIA Transylvania would like to publish your photos of alumni events and personal milestones. For consideration, please send photos to Transylvania Magazine, NEWS & NOTES Transylvania University, Alumni 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797.

■ Students from art professor emeritus Florence Thorne’s winter term 1993 class in visual arts gave a five-minute live art performance on Haupt Plaza in April. They dressed in 19th-century garb and covered themselves in potter’s clay to bring to life a portion of Renoir’s 1876 painting Le Moulin de la Galette. Pictured from left are Heather McIntosh ’95, Regan Ladenburger ’92, Todd Porter ’95, Chris McClellan ’94, and Bart Hanna ’96.

John C. Chenault III and Mary fessional Property Management, Inc., in West John P. “Jay” Hunter is retired and ’35 Elizabeth Crouch Chenault ’43, Des Moines and moved to Waukee, Ia. ’64 lives in Fayetteville, Pa. He and his Frankfort, Ky., celebrated their 66th wed- wife, Dorothy, enjoy travel, golf, and fami- Ann Quisenberry Hancock, Wilmore, ding anniversary in September. They have ly gatherings. Ky., is the proud grandmother of two two great-grandsons, Brandon Alan Lucas, ’59 grandsons, Harrison and Hunter Hancock. born September 2004, and John Cabell Linda Wheeler Floethe and her husband, Ron, have moved to Big Chenault VI, born March 2005. Dorothy Couch Watson, Tullahoma, ’65 Canoe, Ga., located in north Georgia at the Tenn., received the PAL (Partnership Joan Ardery Chase loves living in ’62 foot of the Appalachian Mountains. Lin, an and Leadership) award in September from Whidbey Island, Wash., where her attorney, practices from her home office. ’40 the Tennessee Public Health Association for two daughters also reside. She visited her her service at a free health clinic. daughter and son-in-law in Austria in June, John S. Conklin, Glouster, Ohio, has been inducted into the Trimble High and she has welcomed her first great-grand- Jean Morse Wallace, Henry, Ill., ’66 School Athletic Hall of Fame for his long- child. retired from teaching last spring. In ’63 time contributions as statistician and score- her last years of teaching, she received the Mildred Nisbet “Emma” Gould, keeper. Heissler Award from Illinois State Univer- Chambersburg, Pa., and her husband, ’52 sity for achievement in English and the Life- Glen, have two sons and five grandchildren. Susan Kiger Mossman, Boyne City, time Membership Award from the Illinois Emma is looking forward to visiting Transy. ’67Mich., headed a soup kitchen in Octo- Association of Teachers of English. ber in Charlevoix, Mich., preparing culinary Betty Van Meter Nutt has retired from Pro- delights based on the offerings at the old

SPRING 2006 23 Transy Den, a college hangout once locat- ed adjacent to campus on Fourth Street.

V. Willoughby Newton, Napa, Calif., ’68 is enjoying the northern California climate while earning her California teach- ing credentials to work with students who have mild and moderate disabilities. She is grateful for the friends she made at Transy.

Marsha Hart Jones, Dover, Ky., has ’71 owned an antiques shop in Old Wash- ington, part of the historic district of Maysville, for almost seven years. Her Web page is www.keepsaketreasures.biz.

Susan Griffin Smith, Frankfort, Ky., was recently certified as an American Red Cross instructor as part of her volunteer work and her human resources consulting.

Roper among Smithsonian’s ‘35 Who Made a Difference’

What does Clyde Roper ’59 have in common with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, astronaut Sally Ride, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, poet Maya Angelou, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis? They all are listed among the “35 Who Made a Difference” in the November 2005 issue of Smithsonian magazine. Roper, who majored in biology at Transy and received master’s and Ph.D. degrees in marine biology from the University of Miami, is recognized as the world’s leading expert on the giant squid. He has been a zoologist at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., since 1966 and has led two major expeditions to search for the elusive squid and to study the deep sea ecosystem. He is frequently seen on The Discovery Channel and National Geographic Explorer. According to the Smithsonian article, “Roper even turns up, thinly disguised, as ‘Her- bert Talley, doctor of malacology,’ in Peter Benchley’s 1991 novel, Beast, about a sea monster that terrorizes a Bermuda community.” The magazine notes that Roper has spent his professional life deep in the ocean, pursuing an elusive monster that has never been captured alive. “At least Captain Ahab had seen Moby-Dick,” it says. “Like that famously obsessive captain, the men and women we celebrate here have set out on bold missions of their own, forging ahead in the face of conventional wisdom—and often the advice of friends or colleagues—to pursue the work they love.”

John H. Voss and Joy Cunningham Voss ’72, director of the Cynthiana-Harrison Coun- Lexington, have retired from teaching. They ty Public Library. Alumni identify have one grandchild, Jack James, 2. mystery students Theresa Johnson Cartell, Alachua, Fla., has Paul L. Wertheimer, Los Angeles, was inter- been awarded a master’s degree in library Transylvania readers identified the viewed by the National Geographic Chan- and information science from the Universi- students in the above photograph from nel for the program “Swarms,” Fox Cable ty of South Florida and is the library media the 1939 Crimson, which ran in the fall News: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan con- specialist at St. Francis Catholic High School issue. They are Geraldine Morgan cerning crowd control in New Orleans in in Gainesville, Fla. Breckenridge ’42, left, and Mary Katrina’s aftermath, and Animal Planet: The Frances Orme Allison ’42. Most Extreme for the program “Hissy Fits,” Jane Chancellor Moore and Larry W. Moore Many thanks to the alumni who all of which aired in 2005. He has also been ’74, Frankfort, Ky., own a publishing com- helped in the identification process. We interviewed by The Discovery Channel for pany, Broadstone Books, which issued The heard from Wayne Bell ’40, Ann Horton “Disaster Detectives,” a program concern- Furrbawl Poems by Steven R. Cope in 2005. Burns ’42, Martha Montgomery ing the 2003 E2 nightclub and station fire In addition, they are managing an art gallery Howard ’41, Keith T. Hutchings ’42, disasters, which will premiere in 2006. at the Kentucky Employees Credit Union in Ann Moore Medaris ’42, Clifford J. Frankfort. They have exhibited the work of Webster ’42, and Anne Orme Windley Patricia L. Barnes, Berry, Ky., who one Transy grad, Jennifer Caroland-Shaw ’65. ’73 retired from teaching in the Pendle- ’96, and hope to show more in the future. ton County Public Schools, has been named

24 TRANSYLVANIA Mary Catherine Welding, Louisville, ’74 has co-authored a book titled Teach Me to Read: A Practical Plan to Teach Early Reading Skills with Sammie S. Brian, M.Ed.

Kenneth R. Fenster, Stone Mountain, ’75Ga., published “Earl Mann, Nat Peeples, and the Failed Attempt of Integra- tion in the Southern Association” in the spring 2004 issue of Nine: A Journal of Base- ball History and Culture. The article won the 2005 McFarland-SABR prize for best writing on baseball history. Ken has also been promoted to professor of history at Geor- gia Perimeter College.

Gwen Mayes, Louisville, is director of reimbursement and government ’78 ■ Transy alumni, from left, Joan Wadsworth White ’50, Jane Alderson White ‘47, Laura relations with ABIOMED, Inc., a cardiac Silvey ‘04, Richard (Dick) White ‘50, and Jeffrey D. White ‘63 gathered with other fam- assist device company based in Danvers, ily members for a Thanksgiving 2004 reunion in Asheville, N.C. Mass. She has been commuting to Wash- ington, D.C., with plans to relocate and open Kimberly Reynolds Crum Ryan S. Nunnelley, Lexington, is the com- a Washington office in 2006. , Tampa, has ’85 been named director of human pliance officer for Merrick Management, a David R. Gillham lives in Amherst, resources for the city of Tampa. physician practice management and profes- Mass., with his wife, Ludmilla, and sional services organization. ’79 Deborah Jackson Cornish-Vermaire their son, Alexander Pavlova Gillham, 2. , ’86 Spokane, Wash., and her husband, Ana-Claudia Everton has returned to Amy Black Cross, Hilton Head Island, Alec, adopted twin boys from Haiti in April ’92 the U.S. after living in Schweinfurt, ’81 S.C., has joined the Charleston law 2005. Peter and Quentin turned two years Germany, for five years working as a con- firm of Buist Byars Pearce & Taylor as con- old on October 12. tract dentist for the U.S. Army. She now lives troller. on Long Island and works at the New York Sean B. Tipton, Takoma Park, Md., has been University Dental School. W. Preston Martin, Saint Cloud, Fla., is a real elected president of the Coalition for the estate professional and developer in Central Advancement of Medical Research, the Evelyn Freer Gee and her husband, Shawn, Florida. Some of his work can be seen on- nation’s leading advocacy organization for moved to the Atlanta area in June 2004. Shawn line at CabanaKey.com. Preston would enjoy stem cell research. Sean is also the director is a chaplain with the 53rd Transportation Bat- hearing from classmates through e-mail at of public affairs for the American Society for talion at Ft. McPherson, and their daughter, [email protected]. Reproductive Medicine. Madeline, was born in July 2005.

John E. Oberst lives in Monmouth, Ore., Andrew T. Elliott, Fancy Farm, Ky., Joanna Gwinn-Estill lives in Danville, Ky., with his wife, Sharon, and two children, ’88 vice president of customer services with her husband, Robert, and their two Carla, 11, and Ian, 8. Monmouth was the for Computer Services, Inc., in Paducah, has children, Morgan, 8, and newborn Grace last dry town on the West coast until Novem- been elected president of the Association for Katherine, and would love to hear from old ber 2 when John led a ballot initiative that Financial Technology, a group of 57 com- friends. legalized the sale of beer and wine. He cur- panies that promotes high standards of pro- David H. Windley, Brentwood, Tenn., man- rently serves his community as chair of the fessionalism in the planning, development, aging director in healthcare equity research planning and zoning commission. implementation, and application of tech- nology for the financial services industry. for Jefferies & Co., was recognized by the Julie Munz Baumgardner, Chat- Wall Street Journal Best on the Street 2005 ’83 tanooga, Tenn., is the executive direc- Douglas C. Abbott, Atlanta, has been Analysis Survey as the top analyst in the phar- tor of First Things First, a research and advo- ’89 appointed vice president of sales for maceutical category. cacy organization dedicated to strengthening the Americas region of Carlson Hotels Ellen Cohn Bloomfield, Lexington, is families through education, collaboration, Worldwide. working on her master’s degree in and mobilization. Her article “Lessons My ’93 J. Todd Greer leadership at Eastern Kentucky University. Brother Taught Me About Life” was fea- , East Bernstadt, Ky., is She teaches and serves as assistant athletics tured in the Fall 2004 issue of HealthScope. ’90 chief operating officer and general director at Henry Clay High School. Her In October 2005, she was invited to speak counsel at Elmo Greer & Sons, LLC. He husband and two daughters, Isabell and at the White House Conference on Help- and his wife, Elizabeth, have three daugh- Riette, enjoy spending time on their family ing America’s Youth, convened by First Lady ters, Lila, 8, Eleanor, 7, and Ava Caroline, 2. farm. Laura Bush. Leenata G. Maddiwar and her hus- Dale Amburgey, Port Orange, Fla., Carol Spears, Lexington, is in her 23rd year ’91 band, Chris Adley, live in Northern has been promoted to director of of teaching at Scott County High School in Kentucky with their two daughters. They ’94 operations for undergraduate admissions at Georgetown. She is department head and are both enjoying parenthood and their work Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in teaches AP biology, Honors Biology, and as pediatricians. Daytona Beach. Biology I. SPRING 2006 25 CHARLES P. TAYLOR ’65 Hitting his stride in music and development

Coming out with your debut CD for Florida with wife, Susan, and while in your 50s might not be the three-year-old daughter, Simone typical path to musical accomplish- (their son, Trevor, was born in 1983), ment, but it seems to fit a comfort- to work for the American Cancer able pattern for Charlie Taylor. Society. “I had a beard and hair “The best things have always hap- down my back when I left L.A.,” pened to me later in life, when I recalls Taylor. Following a stay in could appreciate them,” says Taylor. Atlanta to work for the American That pattern includes moving to Cancer Society and the American Nashville, not far from his western Heart Association, the Taylors arrived Kentucky roots, in 1985 and, just six in Nashville in 1985. years ago, joining the Vanderbilt Uni- After stints with the AHA and versity development office, where he Arthritis Foundation, Taylor was lured is now director, regional develop- to Vanderbilt through some contacts ment. He recorded and released his he had at the school. His work at cul- CD, Once Upon A Time, in 2003 and tivating major gifts finds him on the was gratified to see it listed in that road as much as 70 percent of the year’s Grammy Awards Guide. time, especially during a current Taylor’s development work and $1.25 billion campaign. musical aspirations have been the “A lot of people think Vanderbilt parallel tracks of his life. “I’ve been has all the money in the world blessed to acquire the skills for devel- because we have a $2.35 billion opment work and at the same time endowment, but Emory’s is $4 bil- ■ Charlie Taylor, pictured in a recording studio, released pursue my hobby as a songwriter his debut CD, Once Upon A Time, in 2003 and received lion, Princeton’s is $10 billion, and and performer,” he says. “In a way, favorable reviews, including a listing in that year’s Harvard’s is $23 billion, so we’re my development work supports my Grammy Awards Guide. competing heads-up with schools musical interests.” that, in some cases, have 10 times Taylor comes by his fund-raising talents naturally. His late father, our endowment,” says Taylor. Charles P. Taylor Sr. ’39, had a 35-year career with the American Because of its prominence in the recording industry, Nashville Cancer Society. He helped shape the growth of the then-fledgling has provided fertile ground for Taylor’s musical interests. Once organization and became one of the most respected and influen- Upon A Time is the culmination of a near-lifetime of songwriting tial executives in the society’s New York City headquarters. A for- and performing, mainly in rhythm and blues, blues, and rock. mer member of the Transylvania Board of Trustees, he also assisted The 13-song album is notable for its supporting cast, which the University in fund-raising activities. includes soul legends Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn, Jimmy Grif- “My father gave me several opportunities in life, including the fin of the group Bread, and other A-list players. chance to attend Transylvania and an introduction to the non-prof- Scotty Moore, one of rock’s seminal guitarists, is featured on it health field,” says Taylor. “Please Dear.” Moore was in the tiny Sun Studios recording room Taylor’s fund-raising and musical odyssey has taken him from his with Elvis Presley in 1954 when Presley began to merge various formative years growing up in Mayfield, Ky., to Westport, Conn., musical strands into what became rock and roll. Moore played where he graduated from high school, to Texas, California, Florida, lead guitar on such quintessential Presley hits as “Heartbreak Georgia, and now Tennessee. Along the way, he has held positions Hotel,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and many more. of increasing responsibility with the American Cancer Society, Among its outstanding reviews, Once Upon A Time received an American Heart Association, Arthritis Foundation, and Vanderbilt. excellent write-up from Stereophile magazine, which included the He has often felt the back-and-forth tug of the business-like album in its list of “Records to Die For” as a top-80 selection for world of his development career and the far less structured realm 2003. of musical creativity and performance. This was especially the case That’s a long way from Taylor’s Transy days, when he teamed when Taylor spent much of the 1970s in Los Angeles, immersing with classmates Jerry Morse ’66, Keith Windley ’67, Bill Scott ’67, himself in the musical culture of the area, before moving to Flori- Al Edwards ’68, John Gaitskill ’68, and Kelley Moseley ’68 to form da, where he plunged back into fund-raising. the band Little Hilton and the Artesians and play at sock hops and “I had gone to L.A. to get into acting, but began hanging out a Mt. Sterling radio station. with musicians and songwriters at the Whiskey A Go-Go and the Transylvania gave Taylor both a taste of the music business and an Troubadour on the Sunset Strip, doing some performing and also undergraduate degree (history major), providing the basis for both taking a songwriting course at UCLA,” says Taylor. “I met musi- his avocation and his primary career. “A liberal arts education is like cians who had played for the Byrds and the Animals and Gram having a Swiss Army Knife—you can use it in so many ways,” says Parsons.” Taylor. “I revere the opportunities I had at Transylvania.” After almost seven years of living in the Malibu region of L.A. —WILLIAM A. BOWDEN and doing odd jobs while pursuing his musical interests, Taylor left Amy Souder Bolar, Flemingsburg, Ky., a gender and race shape familial responses to Sean C. McNichol, Lexington, has been pro- music educator for the Fleming County pub- child sexual abuse. moted to captain in the U. S. Army and was lic school system, presented units at four deployed to Iraq in September. national conventions in Phoenix, Atlanta, Elaine M. Russell is assistant women’s bas- Philadelphia, and San Antonio. She received ketball coach at Saint Joseph’s College in Jill Halter Adelson and her husband, National Board Certification in 2003 and Rennselaer, Ind. ’01 Jonathan A. Adelson, live in Storrs, Conn. Jill received her master’s degree in was a finalist for Ashland’s Teacher of the Matthew P. Simpson, Nashville, has been Year Award. gifted education from the College of William appointed assistant vice president at and Mary in August 2005. Stephen P. Mann, Dry Ridge, Ky., has joined PrimeTrust Bank in Brentwood, Tenn. Cirris Barnes Hatfield, Murray, Ky., has been the accounting firm of Rohrkemper Ossege Shawn P. Wheatley and Georganna Speer & Combs in Cincinnati. admitted to the practice of law in Kentucky Wheatley live in Louisville with their two and is a state public defender. Cleveland S. “Landy” Townsend and Allison sons, Ballard, 2, and newborn Kyle. Shawn Sheckels Townsend ’96 have moved back to is the principal at Highlands Latin School. T. Wilson Dickinson and his wife, Carly Louisville. Landy is a district sales manager ’02 Hampton Dickinson ’03, live in Syra- Heather Long Blandford completed cuse, N.Y. Carly is pursuing her master’s for Salix Pharmaceuticals. Their home e-mail ’99 her master’s degree in education as address is [email protected]. degree in social work and Wilson is pursing a reading/writing specialist at Eastern Ken- a Ph.D. in religion at Syracuse University. T. Clay Stinnett, Louisville, has been tucky University in 2004. She is currently Wilson received his M.Div. from Vanderbilt ’95 promoted to chief strategic officer of pursuing a master’s and Rank I in school and was ordained in July 2005. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company. counseling. Heather teaches first grade in Nicholasville. She and her husband, Joey, Katherine R. Lobe has moved to Lilburn, Ga., Whitney Cassity-Caywood, Lexing- live in Lexington. and taken a job at Atlanta Magazine as a ’97 ton, completed her Ph.D. in social sales representative. work from the University of Louisville in Anupa S. Arya, Lawrenceburg, Ky., May 2005. ’00 has been promoted to executive pol- Nicholas T. Whitehouse, Brooklyn, has icy adviser to the commissioners of the Ken- received his master’s degree in urban affairs Mary Ann Miranda, Nashville, is an attorney tucky Public Service Commission. and public policy with a concentration in with the firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, community development and non-profit Caldwell & Berkowitz. Anna H. Curwood, Cincinnati, is a visitor leadership. Nick is currently working as an services floor team leader assistant at the interfaith community organizer at the Part- Alexia Schempp Couch, Columbia, Cincinnati Art Museum. nership for the Homeless in New York City. ’98 Md., is a staff development teacher in Montgomery County and is currently Vitesh “Victor” Enaker, Mount Sterling, Ky., Shannon A. Board, Cincinnati, is working on her administrator’s certificate. has received a Commonwealth Incentive ’03 pursuing an MBA and master of arts She just earned her National Board of Pro- Award scholarship for his graduate studies in arts administration through a joint degree fessional Teaching Standards certification in at the University of Kentucky. Victor is a program at the University of Cincinnati Col- early adolescence mathematics. doctoral student in the UK College of Edu- lege-Conservatory of Music. cation Department of Kinesiology and Benjamin A. Marrs, Lexington, and his wife, Health Promotion. Colmon Elridge, Cynthiana, has been named Missy, have purchased Thompson & Riley, vice president for public policy for the Ken- an auction and real estate company estab- Caleb A. Hodson, Hamden, Conn., success- tucky Association of Regional Programs. lished in Lexington in 1963. fully completed his Ph.D. from the Univer- sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Rachael E. McCartney, Brooklyn, received C. Shawn McGuffey, Jamaica Plain, Mass., has begun a post-doctoral research fellow- her master’s degree in social work in May is an assistant professor of sociology at Boston ship at Yale University. He married Gabrielle 2005 from Columbia University and is a College and is conducting research on how Hokanson in August. New York State licensed master of social

■ Transylvania hosted an alumni author book sign- ing November 21 in the new Glenn Building book- store. Pictured, from left, back row, are Billy Reed ’66, Kirby Gann ’90, Larry McGehee ’58, and Rob Hill ’95; front row, Virginia Marsh Bell ’44 and Tonya Tincher Cox ’95. Reed is the author of Golden Boy, My Favorite Derby Stories, Hello Everybody, This is Cawood Ledford, Louisville Cardinal Football, and The Final Four. Hill wrote Savannah Squares and What No One Ever Tells You about Investing in Real Estate, McGehee penned Southern Seen: Meditations Past & Future, and Gann wrote The Barbarian Parade and Our Napoleon in Rags. Cox and Bell are co-authors of The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer’s Activities. Bell is also the author of A Dignified Life, The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care and Building a Culture of Care in Alzheimer’s Programs.

SPRING 2006 27 JEANNIE SIMPSON ’94 Transylvania connections aren’t lost in translation

As a student at Transylvania, and Transy alumna Robyn Brookshire Jeannie Simpson ’94 knew she didn’t ’95 played hosts during one of the want to be a lawyer. visits. Traveling abroad with students “I was dead set against it,” she wasn’t part of the job description for said. “I didn’t think it suited me. I JET teachers, but Simpson noticed took an intro to legal systems course that many of her colleagues were and that confirmed that I wasn’t at embracing the idea. She collected all interested in law.” what she’d learned from her experi- But after four years of teaching ences and those of her colleagues and learning in Japan, Simpson real- into a book, which was published ized law school could open up a through JET. number of career options, from gov- Simpson also acted as an inter- ernment, to policy making, to pri- preter/travel assistant for the basket- vate practice. She began taking the ball team from Lexington’s Tates necessary steps to apply, which was Creek High School, which had trav- not very easy in a foreign country. eled to Akita, Japan, to play top “I was in Tokyo without access to Japanese high school teams and the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) Chinese national high school team in preparation materials,” she recalls. competition. She stayed in touch with “I e-mailed political science professor a couple of the Chinese players, one Don Dugi for general advice on how of whom recently reminded her how to prepare, and the next week a small the world can be. courier arrived with a huge stack of “Last fall I got an e-mail from one practice tests from him. of the players saying that he’d joined “This scenario epitomizes what Morrison & Foerster,” she said. “He’d ■ Jeannie Simpson ’94 and her two-year-old daughter, makes Transy remarkable. It’s not just Sophia, recently moved from Japan to Palo Alto, Calif. become a lawyer in our Beijing office. the small class sizes or the well- Simpson spent several years in Japan, first as a teacher That was such a surprise.” rounded education you get from a and later as an attorney. Simpson spent three years in Ikawa liberal arts environment. It’s the pro- with the JET program, then moved to fessors. . .professors who stay in Tokyo and formally studied Japanese touch with students in college and after college, who support stu- for two years. In addition to Japan, Simpson has visited New dents on traditional education paths as well as students on more Zealand, Thailand, Korea, China, and Inner Mongolia, where she winding paths.” took a rugged horseback riding trip with a company called I Will Simpson’s path took her to Stanford University Law School (she Not Complain. was accepted both there and at Harvard University Law School), After graduating from Stanford and joining Morrison & Foerster, then back to Japan to work in the Tokyo office of Morrison & Simpson became involved with the firm’s newly established real Foerster LLP. She recently returned to the U.S. to join Morrison & estate practice in Tokyo. She moved back to the U.S. earlier this Foerster’s Palo Alto, Calif., office, bringing with her the knowledge year so she and her two-year-old daughter, Sophia, could be closer gained from years of intercultural experiences. to family and to firm up her credentials in real estate acquisition When Simpson learned about the Japan Exchange and Teaching and development work. (JET) program while completing her political science major at Tran- “I wanted to make sure there were no moth holes in my experi- sylvania, she never imagined the impact it would have on her life. ence,” she said. “In Japan, I was doing real estate finance work, as A William T. Young Scholar and Fulbright Award finalist, Simpson well as coordinating translations and working with the Japanese was eager to live abroad after graduation and considered several attorneys. Since the acquisition and development documents are opportunities. The Sturgis, Ky., native settled on JET, a program covered by Japanese laws and regulations, they were handled by that allows college graduates to teach in junior and senior high the Japanese attorneys. I wanted to return to a U.S. office to get schools and serve in local government organizations, because it sufficient experience in the acquisition and development areas of offered the best infrastructure and opportunities for immersion. real estate practice.” As the only foreigner in Ikawa, the town where she was assigned Through all her travels and experiences, Transylvania has to teach, Simpson could thoroughly absorb the Japanese language remained a source of strength for Simpson. and culture. “At the end of the day, it’s nice to know there are people who “The people were very kind and welcomed me,” Simpson said. support your decisions, people who can act as sounding boards. “Looking back now, I think ‘Wow, I was really alone,’ but at the Transylvania is a constant, the North Star that I can position myself time it didn’t bother me. I loved teaching and planning programs by. I knew I could contact Dr. Dugi if I had questions or ask Jack for my students.” Furlong for advice. They were always super supportive as I would In addition to her regular classroom duties, Simpson organized begin taking the next step. Dugi didn’t remind me how I’d said I’d trips to the U.S. for two groups of her students, taking them to never go to law school. He just sent me the practice tests.” Washington state and Kentucky. Philosophy professor Jack Furlong -KATHERINE C. PEARL work. She is a recreational therapist at Urban Lucille Odorizzi, July 16, 2005 ber 1, 2005 Pathways in New York City. While in her William Craig Miller ’00 and Amy Lyn Kelsch, Dianne L. Davis ’86 and Christopher Brann, master’s program, Rachael worked on an June 25, 2005 a daughter, Elke Ingrid Brann, June 24, independent folk recording. Rhianna Mize ’00 and Gregory Scott Davis, 2005 May 15, 2005 Carie Tur Kimbrough ’88 and Scott Kim- Alexander M. Roig, Lexington, is a partner Tara Lynne Nicholas ’00 and Hanns-Georg brough, a daughter, Michaela Ann Kim- in the firm of Family Financial Partners, Reck, September 4, 2005 brough, June 28, 2005 which specializes in financial and investment Julie Jefferson Rambo ’00 and Scott Alexan- Margaret Duff Lindsey ’88 and R. Bruce Lind- solutions for families. der Vinton, June 18, 2005 sey, a son, Robert Bruce “Robby” Lind- J. Roy Coyle, Lexington, is a financial Cirris Elizabeth Barnes ’01 and Matthew Stu- sey IV, March 12, 2005 ’05 consultant at Wealth Planning Group, art Hatfield, August 27, 2005 Jo Beth Henson Jones ’89 and Ricky G. Jones, Inc. He can be contacted through e-mail at Jill Lynn Halter ’01 and Jonathan A. Adelson a son, Jesse Duke Jones, April 28, 2005 [email protected]. ’01, July 10, 2005 Elizabeth Cawood Overman ’91 and Bill Elizabeth Ann Harell ’01 and John Robert Overman, a daughter, Caroline Cawood J. Austin McCubbin, Frankfort, Ky., is RoBards, June 3, 2005 Overman, July 7, 2005 employed by the Kentucky governor’s Office Amanda Carol Lester ’01 and Jeffrey K. Hill, Joanna Gwinn-Estill ’92 and Robert Estill, a of Advance, which handles the coordination May 14, 2004 daughter, Grace Katherine Estill, October of the governor’s public appearance events. Traci Lynne Wilde ’01 and Brian Dundas, May 3, 2005 7, 2005 Jennifer Maxwell Payne ’92 and Charles Tamara Jane Bentley ’02 and David Caudill, Payne, a daughter, Abigail Rae Payne, MARRIAGES April 29, 2005 November 21, 2005 Kathryn Claire Martin ’79 and Robert T. Wilson Dickinson ’02 and Carly Marie Jessica Hockensmith Blair ’93 and Matt Blair, Thompson, December 19, 2004 Hampton ’03, May 28, 2005 a son, Jackson Tate Blair, July 21, 2004 Leslie Carol Riley ’80 and Stephen Theodore Jessica Leigh Lowry ’02 and John Gregory J. Scott Kreutzer ’93 and Jeanne T. Kreutzer, Nyx, April 9, 2005 McNamara, August 6, 2005 a daughter, Louisa Scott Kreutzer, Sep- Susan Beth Marine ’92 and Karen Anne Harp- Abigail Candare Angkaw ’03 and Joshua Tay- tember 28, 2005 er, September 24, 2005 lor Goldsmith ’03, November 26, 2005 Elizabeth Wilkinson Marlette ’93 and Marc Heather Marie Ireland ’95 and Brett Holz, Keith David Cecil ’03 and Kara Ann Guiliani L. Marlette ’93, a son, Matthew Hunter October 8, 2005 ’03, July 30, 2005 Marlette, October 11, 2004 Timothy Joseph Bernardi ’99 and Cassandre Alexander Matthew Roig ’03 and Jamie Sat- Johanna Fister Norvell ’93 and Ann Kingsland, June 18, 2005 terly, January 7, 2006 Robert B. Norvell, a son, Levi David Lloyd Greenburg ’99 and Rebecca Susan Elizabeth Wells ’04 and Charles Wil- James Norvell, December 20, Ward, May 25, 2005 son Mitchell, July 30, 2005 2005 Tracy Leigh Pervine ’99 and Phillip Shumake, Matthew Ryan Robbins ’05 and Leah Cather- December 17, 2004 ine Simpson, June 4, 2005 Jennifer Miller Arnold ’94 and Sam W. Arnold Richard Hampton Scurlock III ’99 and Misty IV ’95, a daughter, Campbell Anne Arnold, Marie Ball, September 17, 2005 BIRTHS September 24, 2005 Mary Elizabeth Corcoran ’00 and Alexander Carmen Hall Caldera-Brzoska ’94 and Wayne Barnett Griffin, February 26, 2005 W. Preston Martin ’81 and Laura Beth Mar- Brzoska, a daughter, Cayla Rose Brzoska, Daniel Ryan McDowell ’00 and Kathryn tin, a son, Jacob Alexander Martin, Novem- September 13, 2005 Mary Little Buzard ’94 and Chris Buzard, a daughter, Leah Katherine Buzard, Novem- ber 2, 2005 Benjamin L. Mackey ’94 and Andrea Jones Mackey ’96, a daughter, Hazel Violet Mackey, October 31, 2005 Erwin Roberts ’94 and Pheli Roberts, a daugh- ter, Cecelia Marie Roberts, and a son, Jon Carver Mills Roberts, September 22, 2005 Fonda Shaye Carter ’95 and Terry L. Carter, twins, Alexa Rose Carter and Jackson Reece Carter, June 9, 2005 Deanna Osborne Lee ’95 and Craig Lee, a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Lee, Septem- ber 12, 2005 Loren McBride Stinnett ’95 and T. Clay Stin- nett ’95, a daughter, Ellen Clay Stinnett, July 26, 2005 Kristina Davis Christensen ’96 and John Christensen, a son, John Kenneth “Jack” ■ Julie Jefferson Rambo ’00 and Scott Alexander Vinton married on June 18, 2005, in Lexington. Transylvania alumni in attendance included, front row, from left, Sandy Christensen, June 27, 2005 Ayre ’01, Suzanne Segebarth Spencer ’01, and Andrea Bailey ’01. Back row, from left, Kimberly McLean Cron ’96 and Jeremy J. Mary Ellen Meurer Ford ’00, Lisa Prevette Ward ’01, Raina Stortz Beckett ’01, Julie Cron, a son, James Merritt Cron, August Rambo Vinton ’00, Jenny Grow Greenwell ’00, Tara Crabtree ’00, and Brooke Burhans 27, 2005 ’01. SPRING 2006 29 ALUMNI BULLETIN BOARD

Alumni on-line community to debut Get your Transy license plate The Transy alumni office is working with the Internet and help support scholarships Association Corporation to build an on-line community for Although 490 Transylvania alumni and friends living in alumni. This will be a secure, password protected site that Kentucky purchased or renewed their Transy license plates alumni will be able to access from www.transy.edu. Ser- in 2004, the number fell short of that needed to reclaim vices will include an on-line alumni directory, class notes, the top spot among Kentucky’s independent colleges. events calendar and registration, photo album, and more. With 551 license plates, Centre College held on to the Through this community, alumni will also be able to sign number one position, according to the Association of Inde- up for a lifetime e-mail address. For more information, pendent Kentucky Colleges and Universities. Rounding out watch your e-mail and check the alumni section of the the top five were Georgetown College (408), Berea Col- Transylvania Web site, or contact Natasa Pajic ’96, director lege (171), and Kentucky Wesleyan College (152). The Ken- of alumni programs, at [email protected]. tucky Department of Transportation will release results of 2005 sales this fall. Though most Kentucky residents renew vehicle registra- Plan to Explore Alaska or enjoy tion during their birth month, you can get a Transy tag the Shades of Ireland any time of the year. Take your registration and proof of The Transylvania Alumni Association, in partnership with insurance, plus payment for vehicle taxes and the Transy Collette Vacations, is offering alumni and friends two license plate, to your county clerk’s office; call first to exciting travel destinations during 2006—Alaska and Ire- ensure Transy plates are in stock. Transy plates cost $50 land. Both tours include round-trip air travel from Lexing- the first year and $25 in subsequent years, compared with ton, Louisville, or Cincinnati. $15 to renew a standard license plate. The $10 comes The Explore Alaska seven-night cruise features The His- back to Transy in the form of a grant from the Kentucky tory Channel’s Steve Thomas, host of Save Our History. It Independent College Fund. takes place August 10-18 and includes 20 meals. Highlights Transy led all Kentucky independent colleges and univer- are Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, and the sities in license plate sales with 177 in 2002, the first year of Inside Passage. Cost per person for double occupancy is the program, but slipped to second place in 2003 (418 $2,699. plates). The Shades of Ireland tour is September 19-28 and includes 13 meals. Highlights are medieval castle banquet, Cliffs of Moher, Galway, farm visit, Killarney, jaunting car Transy vs. Centre ride, Ring of Kerry, Blarney Castle, Waterford Crystal, Baseball Challenge is May 3 Kilkenny Castle stay, and Dublin. Cost is $2,999 per person The second annual Transy for double occupancy. vs. Centre Baseball Challenge For more information, contact Natasa Pajic ’96, director is set for Wednesday, May 3, of alumni programs, at (800) 487-2679, [email protected]. at 7 p.m. at Applebee’s Park, home of the Lexington Legends minor league team. The game will take place just Transy Golf Classic set for May 15 three days after Alumni Weekend 2006 Join Transy’s athletics department and the alumni office (April 28-30). In the inaugural event, for the 2006 Transylvania Golf Classic, a four-player scram- Transy defeated Centre 3-0. ble set for Monday, May 15, at Marriott’s Griffin Gate The Bluegrass Alumni Chapter will host Resort in Lexington. Lunch will be at 11:30 a.m., followed a family dinner for alumni and friends at by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Sponsorship opportunities are the park prior to the game. For ticket available. prices, contact the athletics office at For more information on the tournament or sponsor- (859) 233-8548 or the alumni office at ships, contact Cindy Jacobelli, associate director of athlet- (859) 233-8213. Watch your mailbox ics, at (859) 233-8663, [email protected], or Mark and e-mail for more information. Blankenship ’81, director of development, at (859) 233- 8402, [email protected].

To contact the Alumni Office: Natasa Pajic ’96, director of alumni programs, [email protected] Tracy Stephens Dunn ’90, assistant director of alumni programs, [email protected] Elaine Valentine, administrative assistant, [email protected] Phone: (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8275 ■ Fax: (859) 281-3548 Mail: 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508 ■ Web: www.transy.edu

30 TRANSYLVANIA Terry Gesele Dinkins ’96 and Albert B. Dink- ins IV, a daughter, Mikaila Marie Dinkins, TRUSTEE AND RESIDENCE CENTER BENEFACTOR February 25, 2005 W. Justin McDonald ’96 DON K. POOLE DIES and Andrea D. McDon- ald, a son, Nolan Case McDonald, September 26, 2005 Elizabeth Woodford ’96 and J. E. B. Pinney, a son, Woodford Brooks Pinney, August 29, 2005 Whitney Cassity-Caywood ’97 and John B. Caywood Jr. ’97, a daughter, Fiona Rose Caywood, October 19, 2005 Courtney Taylor Grumley ’97 and J. Bryan Grumley ’97, a daughter, Avery Lynn Grumley, November 6, 2005 Rebecca Bianchi Gulock ’97 and Scott Gulock, a son, Grayson Patrick Gulock, October 30, 2005 Mary Ann Miranda ’97 and Kristian Klaene, From left, the late William T. Young, then chairman of the Transylvania Board of a daughter, Elsa Miranda Klaene, June 8, Trustees, Don K. Poole, Doris Poole, and President Charles L. Shearer pose in front of 2005 the Poole Residence Center at the building's dedication ceremony in 1990. Stephanie Griffin Mitchell ’97 and Brett J. Mitchell ’99, a daughter, Lauren Grace Don K. Poole, a Transylvania Board of Trustees member who gave the lead gift for Mitchell, December 8, 2005 construction of the Poole Residence Center, died December 21, 2005. He was 80. Alexia Schempp Couch ’98 and Ron Couch, A Lexington real estate developer, owner, and investor, Poole was known for his a son, Gavin Benjamin Couch, October generosity. His business ventures began in 1944 when he opened Poole Motors on 24, 2005 Main Street. He entered the realm of real estate during the housing shortage that fol- Catherine Nunn lowed World War II and eventually built more than 1,000 houses in parts of Zandale, Edelen ’98 and Brookhaven, Southview, Cove Lake, Firebrook, Cane Wood, and Headley Green subdi- Adam Edelen, visions. His other Lexington projects included Hanover Towers Condominiums on twins, Hamilton South Hanover Avenue and the Downtowner Motel on East Main Street that was Clay Edelen and demolished in 1989. Wade Hayes Ede- In the 1970s and 1980s, Poole developed and operated 104 Long John Silver’s len, September 15, Seafood Shoppes in six states, plus Holiday Inns and Howard Johnson Motor Lodges in 2005 Ohio, West Virginia, and Florida. His other business endeavors included owning a horse farm, investing in Spendthrift Farm, being a major property owner in downtown Lexington, and acquiring major shareholder postions in banking operations. Poole and his wife, Doris Wallace Poole, pledged $1 million to build Transylvania’s Poole Residence Center, which opened in 1990. The 19,000-square-foot residence Shelley Rightmyer Gover ’98 and Bart Gover, center, located at the end of Kenilworth Court, houses 54 students. a daughter, Ella Grace Gover, August 30, “The Poole Residence Center was an excellent and much-needed addition,” said 2005 President Charles L. Shearer. “The suite-style accommodations offer students an invit- Theresa Zawacki Senninger ’98 and Benjamin ing alternative to the traditional dormitory-style living arrangements, improving the R. Senninger ’98, a son, Noah Tobbe Sen- overall quality of life on campus. We’re so grateful the Pooles supported this impor- ninger, August 29, 2005 tant project.” Matthew P. Simpson ’98 and Jennifer Simp- The University awarded Poole the Transylvania Medal in 1995 in recognition of his son, a son, Jacob “Jake” Harlan Simpson, outstanding service to the college. August 29, 2005 Georganna Speer Wheatley ’98 and Shawn P. Wheatley ’98, a son, Ballard Speer Wheat- OBITUARIES was a member of the a cappella choir and ley, January 27, 2004, and a son, Kyle the quartet. She was a member of the Cen- McKay Wheatley, June 25, 2005 Only alumni survivors are listed. tral Christian Church choir for over 50 Sarah Puckett Cavanah ’99 and D. Duncan years, sang at Temple Adath Isreal for Yom Cavanah ’99, a daughter, Rachel Anne Raymond Ellis Kays ’44, Lexington, died Kippur and Rosh Hashanah services for Cavanah, November 8, 2005 December 17, 2005. A graduate of Lex- 25 years, and taught private piano lessons Molly Gluth Lang ’99 and Jarred Lang, a ington Theological Seminary, he served for over 15 years. She enjoyed sports, play- daughter, Kathryn Claire Lang, July 13, Disciples of Christ churches in Mississip- ing softball, basketball, and golf. Survivors 2005 pi, Tennessee, Indiana, and Kentucky. include her husband, Clyde C. Arnold ’50, Rebekah Williams McNichol ’00 and Sean C. Margaret Adams Wilson ’46, Annandale, Va., son Richard L. Arnold ’79, and brother, McNichol ’01, a daughter, Jennifer Lyn died December 4, 2004. John Paul Witte ’56. McNichol, March 3, 2005 Claralee Witte Arnold ’48, Corbin, Ky., died Ella Jean Kromer Perkinson ’48, Atlantis, Fla., December 5, 2005. At Transylvania, she died November 4, 2005. At Transylvania,

SPRING 2006 31 she was a member of the a cappella choir, Penelope Hebberd Hands ’65, Maryville, the Playmakers, and Phi Mu. She was a Tenn., died December 8, 2005. At Tran- board member at Madison Avenue Chris- sylvania, she was a member of Delta Delta tian Church in Latonia, Ky., a member and Delta. She worked for Pretty Please, Inc., past matron of the Eastern Star, a mem- a children’s clothing company in New York ber and former secretary of the Salvation City, where she rose to the position of exec- Army Auxiliary and the Booth Hospital utive vice president. She was a member of Auxiliary, a member of the Cincinnati the Episcopal Church. Survivors include Opera Guild and the Cincinnati Sympho- her husband, James A. Hands Jr. ’64. ny guild, and a Kentucky Colonel. An Thomas Hays Speed ’74, Charlotte, N.C., accomplished porcelain artist, she was a died October 2, 2005. Survivors include member of the Dixie Porcelain Club in his wife, Elizabeth Bishop Speed ’74. Northern Kentucky and the Gold Coast Mary Katherine Gilchrist Maxwell ’79, Lex- Porcelain Club in Florida. She received the ington, died October 20, 2005. Distinguished Service Award and the Mor- E. Steven Chappell ’81, Lexington, died rison Medallion from Transylvania for her March 24, 2004. support of the University. Nelson Prewitt ’48 Frank Rose ’42 and Tommye Rose cut , Midway, Ky., died Sep- the cake celebrating Transy’s 175th tember 18, 2005. He was a farmer, a anniversary in 1955. teacher, an estimator at Kawneer in Cyn- thiana, Ky., and most recently, a property controller for the Kentucky Department FORMER TRANSYLVANIA of Parks. He was a member of Kappa Alpha FIRST LADY fraternity, Transylvania’s Robert Barr Soci- TOMMYE STEWART ROSE ety, Midway Presbyterian Church, and the DIES Midway Lions Club. Survivors include his sons, David H. Prewitt II ’76 and N. Lewis Tommye Stewart Rose, widow of Prewitt ’78. Donna Ellis 1952-2006 Frank A. Rose ’42, former president of Rosalyn Eilenberg Rozen ’50, Richmond, Ky., Transylvania University and the Univer- died October 13, 2005. She served as a Donna Jane Flanery Ellis, who served sity of Alabama, died December 28, WAVE during World War II, rising to be Transylvania for over 30 years, died Feb- 2005. She was 84. one of the youngest chief petty officers in ruary 8, 2006. Ellis joined the Transy The Roses joined the Transylvania the U.S. Navy. She earned a master’s degree staff in 1973 and during her long tenure community in 1951 when Frank Rose, in counseling from Eastern Kentucky Uni- worked as secretary to the office of finan- at age 30, became one of the youngest versity and served on the Richmond Parks cial aid, the education program, and the men ever elected as a college president. Board and the Transylvania Alumni Board. computing center. She also served as the During his tenure at Transylvania, the She was a past president of the Richmond computer operations manager. In 1981 college launched its first major capital Women’s Club and the current president she was named secretary to the Division campaign of $1.5 million in honor of its of the Richmond Garden Club. She was a of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 175th anniversary, hosted President member of the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Gar- and held that position until late 2003. Dwight D. Eisenhower at the 1954 ded- den Club, the Red Hat Society, Richmond A resident of Winchester, Ky., she was ication of Frances Carrick Thomas Homemakers, and Richmond area arts a member of Broadway Baptist Church Library, and experienced an overall reju- club. Survivors include her daughter, Aly- of Lexington. venation that continued long after his cia I. Rozen ’76. departure in 1957. Arthur E. Hearron Jr. ’57, Kalamazoo, Mich., Tommye Rose attended Asbury Col- died April 2, 2005. At Transylvania, he was lege and graduated from the University active in both vocal and instrumental musi- Correction of Kentucky. Active in civic affairs in cal groups and was a member of Delta M. Ray Schultz ’50 Lexington and Tuscaloosa, Ala., she Sigma Phi. He served four years in the U.S. The obituary for that devoted time to the Transylvania Air Force. He received a business admin- appeared in the Fall 2005 Transylvania mag- Woman’s Club, Central Kentucky istration degree from Washburn Univer- azine incorrectly listed his home state. Schultz Women’s Club, International Book Pro- sity of Topeka in 1961, along with The had resided in Cantonsville, Maryland, prior ject, PEO Sisterhood: Chapter F, Holiday Wall Street Journal Award, and worked for to his death. Transylvania regrets the error. Market, Junior League, Meals on the Kansas State Health Department as a Wheels, and various garden clubs. She statistician for several years. He then earned ■ was a member of the Central Christian an M.P.H. in biostatistics from the Uni- Obituaries in Transylvania are based on information available in alumni office files Church in Lexington and the United versity of Michigan and worked for the and from newspaper obituaries. Please Methodist churches in Tuscaloosa and Michigan State Health Department before send information concerning alumni Wilmore. joining the UpJohn Company, where he deaths to the attention of Elaine The University presented Tommye designed and analyzed drug trials. He and Valentine in the Transylvania Alumni Rose the Irvin E. Lunger Award in 1992 his wife supported many endowments for Office, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, in recognition of her special service to the arts at universities including the Uni- KY 40508-1797. Newspaper obituaries with complete listings of survivors are the college. versity of Michigan, Western Michigan preferred. University, and Transylvania.

32 TRANSYLVANIA “The effective rate on a charitable gift annuity is

“I established a charitable gift almost double that of many commercial investments.” annuity seven or eight years ago, James E. Miller and I’m glad I did. It’s as secure an Professor of mathematics and computer science investment as you can get today, it provides tax advantages, and it gives you a good lifetime income. If you use real estate or appreciated stock to set up the annuity, you can come out quite well. At the same time, it helps Transylvania—an organization that I think a whole lot of.

“The more you learn about this kind of investment, the more you’ll agree that it’s a good thing.”

CD rates down? Check into a gift annuity

With current rates of return on certificates of deposit in the three per- cent range, you can earn a higher income—and help Transylvania—by establish- ing a charitable gift annuity.

It’s simple. Just transfer a minimum of $5,000 to Transylvania, and in return, you’ll receive a one-time income tax deduction for a portion of the gift, plus quarterly payments at the guaranteed income rate for your lifetime. When you pass away, the remaining principal goes to Transylvania.

Sample rates AGE OF DONOR RATE 60 5.7% 65 6.0% 70 6.5% 75 7.1% 80 8.0% 85 9.5% 90 11.3%

For more information, contact the development office at (800) 487-2679 or visit www.transy.edu and click on Giving to Transy. DR. JAMES E. MILLER Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Lexington, KY Permit No. 122 300 NORTH BROADWAY LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40508- 1797

How sweet it is

Transylvania players and fans celebrate the Pioneers’ thrilling 91-88 victory on March 4 over The College of Wooster in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship, hosted by Transy in a packed Beck Center. Transy defeated Mississippi College 76-64 in sectional play at Wittenberg University the next weekend, then fell 74-61 to Wittenberg, a previous national cham- pion, in the Elite Eight, ending the season with a 27-5 record and just one game shy of going to the Final Four. This was the first time a Pioneer basketball team had reached that national level in post-season play. Photo by Denny Bridges