OMEN AT RHODE_ 75 Years Counting From The

Rhodes (ISSN #1075-3036) is Commitment published four times a year in winter, spring, summer and fall by Rhodes College, This issue of Rhodes takes a look at some current students 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. who are making their mark on the history of the college. Also It is published as a service to all alumni, students, featured are some alumni who have made history at Rhodes parents, faculty, staff and friends of the college. and in the world beyond. Their achievements are the result of Fall 1996—Volume 3, Number 4. their unflagging commitment to the tasks they've found at Periodicals paid at Memphis, hand. Tennessee, and additional mailing offices. The student profiles (page 26) reveal what Rhodes students EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Helen Watkins Norman are like these days. The stories of four students—ranging from EDITOR: Martha Hunter Shepard '66 the first through the senior year—tell of their commitment to ART DIRECTOR: Kevin Barre the college and their thoughts and aspirations beyond the CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Susan McLain Gothic village. Sullivan The Honor Code is a familiar topic to Rhodes alumni, and PRODUCTION ASSITANT: Kevin Olsen the signing of the code by this year's incoming students (page DESIGN CONSULTANT: Eddie Tucker 15) gave the ceremony itself a new dimension that calls for sincere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: commitment. Rhodes, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN Students of long ago—and not so long 38112-1690. ago—are featured, too. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Please mail the completed Margaret Trahern Patch '21 was the form below and label from this issue of Rhodes first woman to graduate from Rhodes, to: Alumni Office, Rhodes College, 2000 North and this year marks the 75th anniversary Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. of that momentous occasion. One of the five women who first enrolled at the college in 1917, she was committed to Name graduating and earning her M.A. afterward. An account of the life and Street times of the woman who shattered the

City State Zip glass ceiling is on page 17. Breaking records—not "glass"—is John Margaret Trahern Patch '21, Rhodes' Home Phone Business Phone Bryan '58, chairman of Sara Lee Corp. (page 7). A former Rhodes trustee, Bryan first woman graduate

Employer is an international businessman and philanthropist who, with his family, has given much to Rhodes

Title over the years. Their commitment to the college is most visible CLASS NOTES: Please send all Class Notes in the Bryan Campus Life Center. news including marriages, births and obituaries Rhodes' "torch has touched their hearts with flame," as the to: Alumni Office, Rhodes College, 2000 Alma Mater says—the flame of commitment. N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. Phone: (901)726-3845 Fax: (901)726-3474. —Martha Hunter Shepard, Editor E-mail Sally Jones, director of alumni: [email protected]

LETTERS To THE EDITOR: Please address postal correspondence to: Martha H. Shepard, Editor, Rhodes Magazine, Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (901)726-3875 Fax: (901)726-3553. ,Q,Qntents

FEATURES 7 17 The Women at Bryan Rhodes-75 Success Years and Story Counting

What Rhodes Students 15 26 are Like Today. Are New Rhodes Students Trustworthy? Honest!

DEPARTMENTS 2 CAMPUS NEWS 24IN PRINT News of Rhodes events, faculty, students and friends New books by faculty and alumni A-1 ALUMNI NEWS 31 ATHLETICS Features, Class Notes, For the Record 32 CALENDAR 22 CAMPUS VOICES Roger Kennedy, director of the U.S. National Park Service, speaks about the state of the parks

COVER—The 1919 Southwestern Presbyterian Rhodes magazine is printed with soya ink University women's basketball team on recyclable paper. Campus News

New Beginnings Entering students found an action- packed orientation waiting for them at Rhodes. Just some of the activities included: moving in, meeting other stu- dents and faculty advisers, attending small and large group sessions, signing the Honor Council pledge, adjusting to refectory food and finally, crashing at night.

Parents, new students and their faculty advisers meet at noon over box lunches. Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97

Sophomore Kate Roommates Ben Bail '99 of Columbia, O'Leary of Tenn., (left) and Jeff Millings '99 of Joplin, Mo., gets Charleston, S.C., help move new students a rinse after a into the residence halls. muddy, hard- Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97 fought tug-of- war. Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97

At day's end, Renee Montminy of New faculty for the 1996.97 academic year and their departments Tewksbury, Mass., bids Mom goodbye are FRONT ROW, left to right: Faan Tone Liu, mathematics and before heading toward an evening computer science; Gigi Ray, chemistry; Anita Davis, psychology; riverboat ride on the mighty Carey Walsh, religious studies; Patricia Calvert, psychology; Anne Mississippi. Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97 Bromley, English; Carol Stewart, art. SECOND ROW: Tod Marshall, English; Patrick Shade, philosophy; Marshall Boswell, English; John Kaltner, religious studies; Brent Hoffmeister, physics; Russell Wigginton, history; Will Coleman, religious studies; Robert Bartlett, political science. Not pictured: William Townsend, psychology. Photo by Russell Hays

Rhodes Fall 1996 Campus News

Dean Mark McMahon To Return To Teaching

hodes Chancellor David Harlow decide about the selection and nam- McMahon is regarded as one of Rannounced earlier this fall that ing of a permanent dean. Rhodes' most gifted teachers. He Mark McMahon, dean of acade- Prior to becoming dean of aca- was selected in 1982 as one of the mic affairs since demic affairs, McMa- college's first recipients of the 1994, has decided to hon served as associate Clarence Day Award for Outstand- return to the class- ing Teaching. In 1972 McMahon room. arrived at Rhodes as assistant pro- "Dean McMahon fessor of economics. He became a has decided to take a full professor in 1983. During the well-earned period late '70s and '80s he served 10 years of leave this acade- as chair of the department of eco- mic year and then nomics and business administration. resume teaching next In his capacity as acting dean of fall as professor of Mark McMahon academic affairs, Planchon will be economics," said responsible for supervising the Chancellor Harlow. Associate Dean dean of John Planchon work of all academic departments John Planchon agreed to assume the academic affairs from August as well as the supporting offices duties of acting dean of academic 1991 until spring 1993 when he including the registrar's office, affairs effective Sept. 16, 1996, was named acting dean of acade- library, computer center and according to Harlow. mic affairs. His appointment as Music Academy. The chancellor said the college dean of academic affairs came in would wait until next spring to March 1994.

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Fall 1996 Rhodes 3 Campus News

Chuck Orvis Presented Diehl Society Award

harles C. "Chuck" Orvis, asso- Orvis serves as the campus transportation, Orvis has been a Cciate professor and former ROTC coordinator. His career in member of numerous profes- chair of the department of eco- the U.S. Army Reserve spanned sional organizations, including a nomics and business administra- more than 36 years, beginning with charter member of the Mid-South tion department at Association of Business Rhodes, received Economists and the the Charles E. Diehl Southern Economic Society Award for Association, has served Faculty Service at as an expert witness in the college's anti-trust and has con- Founders Convoca- sulted in economic value tion in early fall. of life cases. He currently The award, which is a member of the carries a $3,000 hon- National Association of orarium, is endowed Forensic Economists. by an anonymous Orvis received his Rhodes trustee and Ph.D. in economics in recognizes excep- 1975 from the University tional service to the of Minnesota, where he college. The convo- served as assistant direc- cation formally Dunbar Abston (left), Prof. Orvis and President James H. tor of the Center for Eco- opened the 148th aca- Daughdrill Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97 nomic Education, and as a demic year of the college. his enlistment in 1954 to his retire- research fellow. Orvis, who joined the Rhodes ment as a colonel in May 1991. The faculty as an assistant professor last five years of his military career, in 1973, is known for his interac- he served as Plans and Programs A Good Buy tion with and support of students officer at the Pentagon and as the nce again Rhodes was named during college and beyond as area coordinator for the U.S. Mili- Oby U.S. News and World Report well as his service to the Rhodes tary Academy, West Point. magazine as one of the Best Val- community. He regularly advises When he was departmental ues among America's leading 40 or more students each semes- chair at Rhodes, Orvis held the liberal arts colleges. ter, twice the average number. post of the Federal Express Pro- For the title U.S. News consid- He was a key member of the fessor of Economics. ers only the top 80 of the nation's committee that recently over- An expert in evaluating the 160 finest national liberal arts hauled Rhodes' entire registra- national, state and municipal colleges. Then it lists in rank tion process, and he has headed a impacts of federally funded pro- order the 40 institutions with the multitude of other committees grams and policies, particularly highest quality-to-price ratio. and projects at Rhodes. in the area of public housing and Rhodes was tied for 23rd place with Williams College. Trustee Edward Jappe Dies ollege trustee Edward Jappe of Council and as a solicitor in the Board of Trade and the Memphis CU Memphis, president of Mari- Greater Memphis Campaign. Speech and Hearing Center. anna Sales Co., died July 28, Jappe had been chairman of He leaves his wife, Iris "Bunny" 1996. the board of LeBonheur Chil- J. Beck Jappe; three daughters, Born in Antwerp, Belgium, and dren's Medical Center and Anne J. Bjorklund '60, Alyce J. educated in Europe, he had served Lausanne Collegiate School as Burr '64 and Ruth J. Dando '68 on the college's Business Advisory well as president of the Memphis and six grandchildren. 4 Rhodes Fall 1996 Campus News

Schriber's ORB Web Page Circles The Globe By Susan McLain Sullivan And there are treasures to be medieval course," Schriber parolyn Schriber, associate pro- found: an encylopedia of original explained. But, apparently, many Ufessor of history, is getting essays; teaching resources includ- people other than professors are worldwide notice for her World ing a sourcebook and syllabi; a using ORB. Soon after being Wide Web Page. Her ORB web library connection with links to named Site of the Day, the web- site was chosen as "Site of the full texts on other servers; and a site had more than 500 hits. Day" last spring by Academe reference shelf full of bibliogra- ORB's library initially pro- Today, an on-line service pro- phies, graphics and software. vided links to more than 700 vided to subscribers "We started putting works, including Chaucer's Can- of the Chronicle for it together last Janu- terbury Tales, several Arthurian Higher Education. ary," said Schriber, legends and 29 of Aristotle's Schriber serves as who explained that metaphysical commentaries. But editor of ORB—On- the site itself is run off the day after ORB was named Line Reference Book the University of Site of the Day, Schriber received for Medieval Stud- Kansas computers. a call from a collector who ies—the brainchild She said some 65 peo- offered 9,000 manuscripts and of a group of ple, including repre- documents on medieval and medieval scholars sentatives from five Renaissance liturgy. The data from around the different countries, base was accepted and has country who decided contribute to the site. boosted ORB's offerings to more last year to establish an online "What we have in mind is a than 9,700 works. The ORB textbook source for medieval series of essays that will allow address is: studies on the World Wide Web. professors to construct their own http:/ /orb.rhodes.edu/ Tennessee Williams Festival Enjoys Successful Run hodes' first annual Tennessee The festival included a full- RWilliams Theater Festival length play, two one-acts, an spanned three weeks in July, opera in concert and a salute to drawing rave reviews and Williams' first play which was theatergoers from near and far. staged in Memphis 61 years ago.

Edwin Howard '50 (left) receives Rhodes' first annual Tennessee Williams Award pre- sented by Tony Lee Gar- ner '65, Rhodes theater and music department chair and the festival's executive director, on Three Hannahs. Betty Ruffin (cen- the set of Night of the ter), Rhodes professor emerita of Iguana. Howard, a vet- theater and media arts, congratu- eran newspaperman, lates Christina Wellford Scott '73 first proposed such a (right) for her performance as festival for Memphis 31 Hannah Jelkes in Night of the years ago. Howard now Iguana. Memphis television pro- lives in Washington, ducer and actress Susie Howe D.C., though he contin- (left) and Ruffin have also por- ues to write for the trayed Hannah in past produc- locally-based Memphis tions at other Memphis theaters. Photo by Steve Jones Business Journal. Photo by Steve Jones

Fall 1996 5 Campus News

Moss Series Presents Artist Janine Antoni ew York artist Janine Antoni, used the lard leftovers as the base carried over to Lick and Lather, her Nknown for her biting parodies for 300 tubes of red lipstick. work at the 1993 Venice Bienale, of feminine icons and her incisive Antoni arranged the hearts and in which she cast 7 classical self- and highly personal techniques lipstick in a glittering boutique portrait busts in chocolate, and 7 of achieving them, spoke about in soap. She licked the chocolate her work as the season's first ones and lathered the busts of lecturer of the Lillian and Mor- soap until she had obliterated rie Moss Endowment for the the features on all. Visual Arts series. She has also painted entire Antoni, who was born in the gallery floors with her hair in her Bahamas and studied at the Loving Care work at galleries in Rhode Island School of Design, London and Barcelona, and says she is influenced by femi- blinked her heavily-mascaraed nist artists of the 1970s. eyelashes on paper in Butterfly She drew critical acclaim at Kisses for a show last spring at the 1993 Whitney Biennial with Detail of Antoni's Lick and Lather, soap Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. her work Gnaw. The installation, and chocolate, 1993 By using her body rather than which Art News said mimicked display, while the giant lumps of traditional paintbrushes and sculp- compulsive female behavior, fea- chocolate and melting lard were tor's tools Antoni creates "hidden tured two 600-pound cubes—one displayed on marble pedestals. performances" in her work. A of chocolate, the other, lard— Some critics viewed the work as a Swedish critic said that "Antoni which the artist had partially representation of bulimia—a seems both materially and spiritu- chewed. Antoni had reshaped the metaphor for a neurotic, insatiable ally present in the room. And yet chewed chocolate portion into consumer society. she doesn't. Who she really is, is heart-shaped candy trays. She Antoni's gustatory technique not revealed." Rhodes' Meeman Center On Line And On Time hodes MeemanCenter for Life- selected productions at local the- genres of prose, fiction, epic poetry, Rlong Learning is now on-line at: aters. It was led by a group of drama and film with classic works http://www.meeman.rhodes.edu/ directors who discussed their and their modern adaptations. What's more, the center for the individual approaches to staging "Understanding Opera: A Pre- first time offered fall courses for the plays at several Memphis view of Opera Memphis' Fall learners of all ages, from fourth- venues, including Rhodes' Season" focused on Verdi's La graders on up. McCoy Theatre. Traviata and Massenet's Werther. The Rhodes Writing Academy "Music as Language: How "Our whole purpose is to pro- held a Creative Writing for Sacred Music Speaks from the vide intellectually stimulating Adults class through the Mee- Renaissance to the 20th Century" courses that meet the criteria of man Center. For younger writers took a close look at two great lifelong learning," said Stephanie grades 4 through 11, four writing works from seemingly diverse Turnbull, Meeman Center's workshops were offered, includ- periods that were performed in administrator of educational pro- ing a workshop held at Lausanne the Rhodes Choral Music Series grams who helped develop the Collegiate School, a local private this fall—Johann Sebastian Bach's new music and theater series. "If high school. St. John Passion and Ralph the new courses prove to be suc- Two new courses for adults Vaughan Williams' Hodie. cessful, we probably will offer served as a bridge between litera- The always-popular "Lore of them in the spring in conjunction ture and drama, and literature Literature" course took a new with other productions." and music: theme with "Something Old, For complete information, call "In Between Acts: A Taste of Something New, Something Bor- the Meeman Center at (901) 726- Memphis Theater" highlighted rowed, Something Blue," mixing 3965. 6 Rhodes Fall 1996 From Hot Dogs to Hosiery To a Hub for Campus Life

The Bryan Success Story Leaves Its Mark at Rhodes

BY HELEN WATKINS NORMAN

Above, Sara Lee CEO John Bryan '58 in his

Chicago office. Photo by Mitch Friedman. Below, the Bryan Campus Life Center takes

shape. Photo by Susan McLain Sullivan.

ARCHITECTS Hastings & Chivetta Architects, Inc. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL Office of & PLUMBING ENGINEERS Griffith C. Burr, Inc.

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL Burr & Cole Consultii ENGINEERS Engineers, Inc. Allen Ohara, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Fall 1996 Rhodes 7 hen it comes to the important events of his Wlife, John H. Bryan '58 has nearly perfect recall. He remembers the day his freshman year at Rhodes when he first cast eyes on his future wife Neville Frierson '58. He can cite the date he showed up in Chicago for his new job as chief operations officer for Consolidated Foods, the prede- cessor of Sara Lee Corporation. It was April Fool's Day 1974, and Bryan was but 37 years old. He can likewise pinpoint the 24-hour period—Abraham Lincoln's birthday 1975—when he became the corporation's CEO. It's no surprise, therefore, that Then... Bryan can recount, with amazing Neville and detail, the moment he decided to John Bryan attend Rhodes. He was seated in strike a pose the rear of a bus in France, sight- for the April Fool Court their seeing with his parents. It was junior year at the summer of 1954, a few short Rhodes. months before he was to enter college. reached over, shook hands with Rhodes dedicates the Bryan Bryan, a native of West Point, mother and said, 'Okay, I'll go Campus Life Center. The lead Miss., two hours south of (to Rhodes). But only for six gift for that facility—a center for Memphis, was still debating months. One year at most'." athletics, recreation and extracur- whether to attend Ole Miss or Four years later, in 1958, on a ricular life—came from the Bryan Mississippi State that coming fall. rainy afternoon in Fisher Garden, family. The facility, which incor- In the mid-'50s matriculation at John and his fiancee Neville porates the renovated Mallory one or the other was almost a rite received their diplomas from and Hyde gymnasia as well as of passage for college-bound Rhodes. two newly constructed buildings, Mississippians. What's more, the is the largest ever built at Sigma Chi fraternity boys at Ole espite the passage of Rhodes. Miss had their eye on Bryan as a nearly four decades, the "This is a college that's been future pledge. D Bryans, who married the very meaningful to our family," But the brothers of Sigma Chi, August after graduating, have said John Bryan in 1993 when who had been surreptitiously remained close to Rhodes. John's Rhodes announced the Bryan gift courting Bryan for membership, sister, the late "Kitty" Bryan Dill and the plans to build the long- were no match for John's mother. '64, attended Rhodes, and his awaited center. "Our association Catherine Wilkerson Bryan niece Catherine Harrell '82 is a with Rhodes is deeply rooted." wanted her eldest son to attend graduate. Two of John and For Neville, the relationship Rhodes. Neville's four children— John III with Rhodes grew out of a visit "Mother had been cajoling me '83 and Margaret '85—are also by Rhodes economics professor for I don't know how long to go graduates as is Margaret's hus- Ralph Hon to the Friersons' to Rhodes," says Bryan, who is band, Lee French '84 Jonesboro, Ark. home. "My now chairman, as well as CEO, of Neville re-joined Rhodes' mother wanted me to go to Sara Lee, the company he has board of trustees this fall. Both Arkansas State College. But Dr. transformed from an unfocused she and John are former Rhodes Hon (who was also from conglomerate to a highly prof- board members. And John holds Jonesboro) came and talked to itable consumer products empire. an honorary doctorate from the my parents," she says. Whether it "We were sitting in the back of college. was Dr. Hon's power of persua- this bus," Bryan remembered. "I Furthermore, in January sion or the fact that the college

8 Rhodes Fall 1996 was close enough to Jonesboro to The Bryans attend a party for the premier of the Degas Now... exhibit at Chicago's Art Institute. Photo by Mitch Friedman. suit Neville's mom, she enrolled the following fall. Chicago headquarters of Sara New York and Washington and For John, the Rhodes connec- Lee—offices that he helped less frequent but regular excur- tion pre-dates his enrollment. In design—Bryan runs a diversified sions to Asia and Central America. 1927 the Mississippi River global consumer brands company This past summer found him in flooded its banks, breaking a with $18.6 billion in sales, opera- Atlanta where Sara Lee was a key levee near the Mississippi delta tions in more than 40 countries Olympic Games sponsor. home of John's mother Catherine and products that are household His current focus, he says, is Wilkerson. The Wilkerson family names. on moving Sara Lee into less sought sanctuary in Memphis, About half of the company's developed parts of the world and moving in with a cousin, sales and profits come from food building market positions glob- Katherine Ireys Diehl. Mrs. Diehl items like Hillshire Farms, Ball ally in brands the company has and her husband Charles lived at Park and Jimmy Dean meat nurtured. Rhodes (then called products, or Sara Lee and "For the last 15 years my goal Southwestern) where he was Wolferman's baked goods. The has been to build the business as president. For two months the other half come from a wide- a means of creating additional Wilkersons were the Diehls' ranging group of personal prod- value for our shareholders," says houseguests in Neely Hall, a por- ucts, body care and household Bryan. tion of the college refectory. It goods like L'eggs, Donna Karan Though he speaks of his goals was long enough for Catherine and Hanes hosiery; Playtex and and accomplishments with sur- Wilkerson to fall in love with the Bali undergarments and that mir- prising reserve, there's nothing small college. acle of technology known as the restrained about Bryan's track Wonderbra; Coach bags; Kiwi record over the past 20 years. The hese days no floods con- shoe polish; and Champion and business press and those in the front John and Neville Hanes knit products. know credit him with turning the TBryan, only a tidal wave of A third of the time, Bryan is on corporation around when he took business, civic and personal com- the road, visiting Sara Lee's many over in the mid-'70s. He sold off mitments. U.S. and foreign operations. He unprofitable operations, reorga- From the sleek, art-filled averages a trip a month to Europe, nized the board by bringing in

Fall 1996 Rhodes 9 Clockwise from top left: Sharing conversa- tion and a handshake with President Clinton, summer 1996; with Margaret Thatcher in 1991; with George and Barbara Bush; with South African leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1986.

10 Rhodes Fall 1996 more outside directors, tightened 50 company was pretty evident member of the dorm board and fiscal operations and proceeded even back then," says Mike the honor council, and queen of full throttle at expanding Sara Lupfer '59, a longtime friend and the April Fool Court. Lee into a network of quality con- fellow student who is now a psy- Getting some important lead- sumer brands. chology professor at University ership assignments while he was The result? Total return to of Memphis. at Rhodes was an important part shareholders over the last 20 Lupfer remembers Bryan sit- of his education, Bryan believes. years has averaged 23% a year. In ting in his college dorm room, "If I had gone to a large school, I the 1980s Sara Lee had the high- devising winning strategies for likely would have been lost in the est annual growth rate (31.7%) student elections. Bryan served as crowd, or gone home on the among Fortune magazine's list of president of Kappa Alpha frater- weekends," Bryan muses. Being the 100 largest U.S. industrial nity, Robb Hall and the senior at Rhodes, he says, gave him the companies. In the recently ended class. He was also a member of chance to tackle serious leader- fiscal year 1996, the company ship positions. "That had to posted a 22% return on have given me some confi- equity. dence, and some experience What's more, Bryan has with managing people." shaped Sara Lee into a model After graduating from of corporate philanthropy. Rhodes with a degree in eco- Not only does the corporation nomics, John went off to give back to the community 2 graduate school in business at to 3 % of its earnings (two or the University of Virginia. three times the standard), it His career there was short- also insists that its employees lived, however. be involved in community life. John's father didn't understand why he was ryan's climb up the cor- going to graduate business porate ladder actually school when there was began the day he was already a perfectly good job born, 60 years ago in West waiting for him at Bryan Point, Miss. It was the day his Foods, says his son. "He was father, John Sr., and uncle eager for me to come back launched Bryan Foods by and commence work." At age producing the company's first 22 Bryan moved back to West hot dog. The brothers opened Point and into his father's their meat-processing factory Speaking engagements are frequent for office at Bryan Foods. The next door to John's home. The Bryan, shown here behind the podium at an next year his father named event of the Chicago Council on Foreign plant would serve as a "play- Relations. Bryan has served as chairman of him chief executive. ground" when he was a the council's board of directors. Bryan continued to run youngster and a training the family meat packaging ground for the business world the student council and an business until 1968 when the fam- when he was a teen, Bryan inductee of Omicron Delta Kappa, ily decided to sell the business to explains. the honorary leadership fraternity. Consolidated Foods for $16 mil- "My parents didn't like me sit- "Johnny would say, 'we need lion. Bryan remained in West ting around all summer when the to get this job done.' Then he Point as a divisional president. In plant was right next door," says would get on the phone and get 1973 Bryan was offered but Bryan. So they put him to work. things organized," says Lupfer, a declined the post of chief financial By the time he entered Rhodes, fellow member of KA fraternity officer of Consolidated Foods. A he had tackled just about every and later a groomsman in Bryan's year later he was offered—and job in the plant. wedding. this time accepted— the job of Even so, Bryan didn't waste Neville Bryan was likewise chief of operations at much college time contemplating plugged into extracurricular life Consolidated Foods' corporate his future with Bryan Foods. He at Rhodes. A music major and headquarters in Chicago. was too involved in campus life talented pianist, she was presi- hen he's not traveling, for that. dent of Chi Omega sorority, sec- Bryan wakes at 5 a.m. "The leadership Johnny has retary-treasurer of her Wand by 6 a.m. is out the parlayed into running a Fortune sophomore and senior classes, a door of the beautifully restored

Fall 1996 Rhodes 11 1926 home he shares with Neville Top, this corridor in the the Bryan near the town of Lake Forest, an Campus Life Center will house the hour north of Chicago. Because James Haygood Athletic Hall of Fame. Photo by Steve Jones. he has a driver to transport him Right, workers position stone back and forth from the city, he's finials atop the tower of the Bryan able to work en route. Center. Photo by Susan McLain Sullivan "If I'm in town, I'll be here (at the office) by seven o'clock," he It helps that he has a facility says. "I have a secretary who for numbers and is meticulously comes in at 6:30 and the office organized. In an office that opens at 8:30, so I can get a good houses original pieces by Matisse bit of work done before others and Picasso, Bryan points to his arrive." He has breakfast at his uncluttered desk: "This is as dis- desk: orange juice, coffee and a organized as it gets. bagel—Sara Lee, of course. "I've got my yellow pad and I (Eating is a fairly perfunctory know what I'm supposed to do activity for Bryan despite being today and what I'm supposed to in the food business. He once do tomorrow," he says. "I don't go confessed to a friend that he eats home and worry about any of it." simply for fuel.) Truth is, his schedule doesn't Around 7:30 a.m. the first always permit his return home. at 5:30. With 15 minutes to round of meetings begins. "The Case in point: on a Thursday change into formal attire, a sur- day is usually one meeting after afternoon in late September prisingly composed Neville and another. Scheduling is a big job," Bryan finished his last of back-to- John Bryan arrived on schedule Bryan admits. "I have four secre- back meetings around 5:15 p.m. at the Art Institute of Chicago. taries and various assistants. So I —not especially late, unless one The occasion was a party for can get a lot done." is expected at a black-tie function those who had Degas pieces on

12 Rhodes Fall 1996 loan for the Institute's Degas: ber of women on major corporate his and Neville's support of Beyond Impressionism exhibit boards and distributing that school de-segregation, they were opening in several days. information nationally. "We like among the few white families liv- The exhibit, which made its to say, what gets measured gets ing in West Point, Miss., in the debut at London's National done," says Bryan, underscoring late '60s to keep their children in Gallery, borrowed two Degas that Sara Lee has two women on the public schools. paintings from Sara Lee's impres- its board and its executive man- Despite their civic and cultural sive collection of sculpture and agement group includes a female activism, however, the Bryans do paintings. Bryan is credited with CFO and general counsel. carve out time for a personal life. establishing Sara Lee's corporate Additionally, Bryan serves on And that life is very much cen- art collection with the decision to the boards of Amoco, General tered around their home. purchase art from the founder of Motors and the Grocery In 1984 the Bryans acquired Consolidated Foods, Nathan Manufacturers of America as well Crab Tree Farm, 150 acres of Cummings. Today the collection as a number of national business prime property on Lake includes pieces by the likes of councils and roundtables. He's a Michigan which they now share Pissarro, Monet, Braque and member of the President's with ten sheep, 20 head of cattle, Renoir. Committee on the Arts and the scores of chickens and occa- The Art Institute is at the top Humanities and a member of the sional geese. Formerly a dairy of what Bryan calls his "extracur- board of the White House farm, the property includes the ricular assignments." He's vice Endowment Fund. And he's on the farm's original five concrete and chairman of the board and a Trustees' Council of the National steel buildings and a pair of longtime supporter. Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. silos which were constructed in But there are many other orga- He also co-chaired Chicago's the early 1900s. nizations, in Chicago and else- bid to host both the Democratic David Adler, a prominent where, that have benefitted from and Republican Presidential Chicago architect in the 1920s Bryan's leadership. Conventions during the summer and '30s, designed the He was responsible for raising of 1996. farm's indoor tennis court as well $100 million for as the main the Chicago house, a ram- Symphony and bling New the Lyric Opera, England style a feat which home of hand- prompted the split shingles, city to name a roughcast stone portion of a and exquisite downtown street architectural in Bryan's detail. honor. Bryan It took a says he likes year of restora- raising money tion work for deserving before the causes. "I think Bryans could it's a high call- move into the ing. I'm called home. Once on to do it a lot. it complete it He's also became a show- helped advance Monet's "Jean Monet on a Mechanical Horse" (1872) serves as the case for the women's causes, backdrop for this photograph of the Bryans at Sara Lee headquarters Bryans' collec- in part through in Chicago. The company has an important collection of art including tion of 17th and pieces by Pissarro, Picasso, Degas, Matisse, Renoir and Braque. his recent past Photo by Mitch Friedman. early 18th cen- chairmanship of tury English Catalyst, a national organization he Bryans have supported furniture and artifacts. that works to effect change for and worked for a variety of In addition to running the women in the workplace. Tpublic causes over the household and entertaining a Catalyst, with funding from Sara years. Civil rights was among the continuous stream of guests, Lee, was the first organization to first big issues for which Bryan Neville devotes her leisure time begin keeping track of the num- lobbied publicly. A testament to to gardening, her grandchildren

Fall 1996 Rhodes 13 At a family get-together at their farm are Neville and John Bryan (near the center) with their children and grandchildren: (from left) daughter Margaret Bryan French '85, who is pregnant with Anna Lee and holding her son Charles Martin; Margaret's husband, Lee French '84; the Bryans' oldest son John Bryan 111 '83 next to their youngest son Charles Bryan; the Bryans' grandsons William French (in front of Neville) and Samuel French (in front of John); the Bryans' third child, daughter Elizabeth Bryan Seebeck, who is holding her son Lyle and standing with her husband John Seebeck. Photo by Mitch Froedrnan. (of which there are six, four of furniture maker and a founding "There is no place in the world them in town) and frequent father of the Arts and Crafts where brands aren't far and away games of tennis. movement. Stickley furniture— the most prominent way of dis- She has a large cutting gar- which he describes as "rectilin- tributing goods," Bryan noted in den on the farm which she per- ear, simple, restrained...and not a Sky magazine article in 1992. sonally tends and an adjacent what you call pretty and "We trust brands. They work, greenhouse where she can give sweet"—fills assorted buildings give satisfaction, build businesses her plants a head-start on the on the farm. and do it in the least expensive area's short growing season. The Ellis House is a building way." She's also found the secret for on the farm that Bryan designed Trust is also the cornerstone of raising more summer vegeta- and had built after discovering, Bryan's brand of corporate and bles than family or friends can in an old architectural magazine, civic leadership. And that's an possibly eat—even hard-to-find house plans by an Arts and area that Rhodes helped shape, Southern favorites like limas Crafts designer named Harvey says the cerebral CEO. and okra. Ellis. It took five years to build Being a leader simply means John, a self-described and furnish. earning the trust of others, "museum freak," finds his cre- Bryan's scrupulous attention according to Bryan. There is no ative outlet in collecting to historical accuracy is reflected special formula. "If people don't American Arts and Crafts and in everything from the vintage trust you, they won't let you lead restoring the turn-of-the-century clothing he has hung in the clos- them. buildings that dot the pastoral ets to the period curtains. "If you were in a dark alley, grounds. His piece de resistance is you'd want someone you trust a craft village which includes a ith five years to go to lead you through it," Bryan pottery, sawmill and woodwork- before his anticipated reasons. "My guess is that some ing and metalworking shops. Wretirement from Sara of the values I learned at He's one of the country's Lee, Bryan will no doubt continue Rhodes made it a little easier major collectors of furniture by to preach the gospel of brand for me to gain others' trust over Gustav Stickley, a Syracuse, N.Y., name recognition for Sara Lee. the years."

14 Rhodes Fall 1996 Are New Rhodes Students Trustworthy? Honest! By John Beifuss

Honor Council member Alok Madan '99 (left) looks on as first•year students sign Honor Code pledge

Photos by Steve Jones

o cheating? No lying? say that's just the atmosphere 613 University near the college. No stealing? No way. that exists at the liberal arts cam- Almost all of the school's 402 That's the attitude pus in midtown Memphis, where new students attended—many most people would new students are required to sign wearing ties (men), dresses expressN when asked whether a a pledge of honor as a symbol (women) and earrings (both)—and community of about 1,700 people of integrity. signed a document that states: "I could live and work together in The school's elaborate, candlelit will not lie, cheat (or) steal as a mutual trust and respect. Honor Code signing ceremony member of the Rhodes commu- But students, professors and took place during orientation at nity, and...I will report any such administrators at Rhodes College Evergreen Presbyterian Church at violation that I may witness."

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Fall 1996 Rhodes 15 continued from page 15 1925. Violations of the Honor ing for me, doing research work," he honor concept is Code—and of a similar Social said Dee Birnbaum, associate not just academic at Regulations Code requiring professor of economics and busi- Rhodes, where fall students to respect "my fellow ness, who has taught at Rhodes T classes resumed in students, faculty, staff and their for six years. "They have com- late August. property"—are dealt with by plete access to my office any time "I was very surprised," said student councils. they want and they have access 19-year-old sophomore Kate "Students are probably harder to my computer. They don't have O'Leary of Joplin, Mo. "I had a on themselves than administra- to have any special code or any- two-hour take-home final exam, tors are," said Rob Robinson, 21, thing to look up any exams on and the professor just trusted of Maryville, Tenn., president of my computer. They could go us to do it in two hours and the Social Regulations Council. into my file cabinet and look up not cheat. And I could take it exams." Yet, Birnbaum said, no anywhere I wanted, even student ever has seemed to bene- the library." fit from this. "I was surprised that people "I've worked in schools that will just leave their bookbags were completely different, where lying around," said sophomore you had to lock up your purses, Britt Rogers, 19, of Tupelo, Miss. and we had a lot of cheating," "In high school you would never she said. "I caught several of my do that." students cheating at other places, The Rhodes system, which and it's a very, very unpleasant may be unique in its ritual, has thing to have happen, and it attracted national attention. The creates a big gulf between the Washington Post published a professor and the student. It section-front story on the Honor turns the professor into a gate- Code in 1994 with the headline keeper, instead of a coach, coun- "Honor System Working at Small selor and friend." Memphis College." Earlier this Rob Robinson, president of the Rhodes freshmen at the sign- year, National Public Radio aired Social Regulations Council, ing ceremony agreed that the a report on the code that began: addresses students. school puts a strong emphasis "Imagine a college campus where on its Honor Code. They said it it is assumed you will not cheat, has helped to make them aware steal or lie, where tests are The Honor Council deals that college is the time to start unmonitored and students leave with about 30 violations a year. acting adult and to take responsi- their backpacks unattended. This The Social Regulations Council bility for one's behavior and is Rhodes College...." handles about 20 cases a year, one's future. Most schools, including involving drunken driving on "In high school, you cheated Christian Brothers University, campus, fighting and other viola- whenever you could," said LeMoyne-Owen College and the tions. The councils can expel or freshman Jeff Sholtz, 18, of University of Memphis, deal suspend violators, or put them Collierville, Tenn. "It was consid- with the issues of cheating and on probation. Five students have ered time management, almost. integrity in their student hand- been expelled from Rhodes for Here, they let you know (cheat- books. Although administrators Honor Code violations in the ing) is something very serious hope students conduct them- past 6 1 / 2 years. and you don't take it lightly." selves properly, it's not a given "I would say that 95 percent Freshman Brandon Friedman, that they will. of the time, it really works. It cre- 18, of Shreveport, La., agreed. At Rhodes, however, the ates a sense of community," said "High school's like practice, students not only are expected Robinson, who spoke at the sign- nobody takes it seriously, at least to conform to the code, they ing ceremony. The ceremony was where I come from," he said. police themselves. initiated three years ago to help "Here, they really do emphasize At most schools, administra- students appreciate the unique- honesty. And in college, you're tive bodies deal with accusations ness of the school's Honor Code, only hurting yourself if you don't of cheating and misconduct. But which students also pledge to follow the rules." In Rhodes president Dr. Charles E. adhere to when they fill out their Diehl created the school's college application forms. © 1996, The Commercial Appeal, student-run honor system in "I have several students work- Memphis, Tenn. Used by permission.

16 Rhodes Fall 1996 r--1 r---1 AlitiilniL Jones Receives. Weems Wins• Writer. Award

President's Award Author Ann Barr Weems '56 Craig Jones '85, tennis pro at of St. Louis has received the Houndslake Country Club in Distinguished Writer Award Aiken, S.C., is the recipient of from the Presbyterian Writers the President's Award presented Guild. She was the featured by the president of the South speaker at the Writers Guild Carolina Tennis Association to luncheon held during this year's the person who has contributed meeting of the General Assem- the most to tennis in the state bly of the Presbyterian Church each year. (U.S.A.) in Albuquerque. Jones, who was named state Pro of the Year in 1989, recently spoke at the 1996 USTA national Ann Barr Weems Teacher's Conference along with former pros Stan Smith and Bil- lie Jean King during the U.S. one of five finalists for the Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Open in New York. NationsBank Excellence in Teach- Counseling, a national ing Award, given to one Univer- professional group that was sity of North Carolina at recently named an affiliate of the Barret Nominated Charlotte faculty every American Counseling September. Association. He is also active For Top Honor In addition to his professorial nationally as a trainer of psychol- duties, Barret serves as co-chair ogists who work with persons Bob Barret '61 has been named of the Association for Gay, with HIV disease. Architects Design New Convention Center Williamson Haizlip & Memphis Symphony Orches- Pounders Inc., the Memphis tra. Completion date is architectural firm of Jim spring 1999. Williamson '68 and Louis The firm is also working Pounders '68, is one of three on the new Ballet Memphis firms selected to design the headquarters building and new $60 million Cook has been selected to design Convention Center expansion the proposed Gibson Guitar project in downtown manufacturing facility on Memphis. In addition to exhi- Beale Street and Memphis' bition space and meeting Louis Pounders Jim Williamson spring '97 Wonders series rooms, the 300,000-square-foot seat performing arts theater featuring artifacts from the building will include a 2,500- which will be home to the Titanic.

Fall 1996 Rhodes A- l Alumni Martha Crenshaw Poet Has Banner Alumna Assures Honored Year Safe Slopes Dr. Martha House Crenshaw It's been a banner year for Delma Klotz Robinson '62 of '74 of Stone Mountain, Ga., has New York poet Patricia Spears Beavercreek, Ohio, was selected been selected by her peers for Jones '73. In addition to being Outstanding National Ski inclusion in The Best Doctors in the Robert Frost Fellow at the Patroller for 1995-96. Last spring America: Southeast Region 1996- 71st Bread Loaf Writers Confer- she received the national leader- 97. Also chosen by Atlanta ence in Vermont, she received a ship commendation appointment magazine as one of the 130 fellowship to the Virginia Center from the National Ski Patrol sys- "Top Doctors in Atlanta," she for Creative Arts and was invit- tem. It is a lifetime appointment received the DeKalb Co. (Ga.) ed to read from her book The and one of the two highest Medical Society's 1995 Julius Weather That Kills at University awards the system bestows. McCurdy Citizenship Award. of Kansas, Lawrence. The honor recognizes her years She also has a new job with of service to Atlanta's Central the New York City Schools Vol- Welch Named Presbyterian Church Homeless unteer Program, developing new Shelter, where she has directed literary and interdisciplinary handy Chaplain a foot and medical clinic for projects. homeless men. Gay House Welch '70 has been named university chaplain and director of religious affairs at Alumni, Students Garner Vanderbilt University. She served as United Methodist chap- Theater Awards lain for the campus from 1979-83 and was associate university Three Rhodes alumni and and best costumes for Medea chaplain from 1992-96. five students took top honors at and She Stoops To Conquer. She has been a member of the the Memphis Theatre Awards Greg Krosnes '89 won best faculties of Vanderbilt, St. Luke's presentation ceremony earlier lead actor, drama for his role in School of Theology at the Universi- this year. She Stoops To Conquer. ty of the South and Scarritt College. Christina WeIlford Scott '73 Student actors sharing the was named best lead actress for limelight were Amanda Sisk '98, her role in The Rose Tattoo at Belinda Belk '97 and Pete Snow Germantown Community The- '98 for supporting actress/actor Phillips Chronicles atre last season. in McCoy's Romeo and Juliet and David Jilg '79, assistant pro- Sean Little '99 in Medea. Exhibition fessor of theater at Rhodes, won Alli Robbins '97 won for best awards for best set for McCoy costumes for McCoy's The Stephen Phillips '86, assistant Theatre's She Stoops To Conquer Pirates of Penzance. curator of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., researched and wrote "Chronology of The Migration Series" for the exhibi- tion catalogue of a Jacob Lawrence show, recently held at Memphis' Dixon Gallery. Phillips' article "The Symbolic Alliance of Duncan Phillips and Alfred Stieglitz" ran in the November 1995 issue of The Mag- azine of Antiques.

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Alumni Kenney Named Greasy Joan Featured Poetry Semifinalist Greasy Joan & Co., a Chicago a "collective of theatre artists The National Library of Poet- acting troupe founded by Brad interested in forging a style of ry named Lynn Martin Kenney Shelton '90, was featured in The- performing that merges the clas- '89 a semifinalist in the 1996 ater Week magazine earlier this sical theatre with what is North American Open Poetry year. Amy Matheny '92 is also a happening in our world as we Contest. This fall, her poem member of the group, which approach a new millennium." "Weeds" is scheduled to be takes its name from Greasy Joan, Shelton is a graduate of Har- published in a hardbound a character in Shakespeare's vard's American Repertory The- anthology, Of Sunshine and Day- Love's Labour's Lost. atre Institute for Advanced dreams. Her children's book The The group describes itself as Theatre Training. Birthday Story was recently published as well. From Durham To Durban Tsega Gebreyes '90 now lives in Durham, N.C., where she works as a consultant with New Africa Advisers, a division of a financial manage- ment firm concerned with establishing funds to provide investment capital to South Africa. Thiemann Balances Brad Shelton Amy Matheny Work And Play Evans Receives On The Lookout Third-year N.Y.U. law Hughes Fellowship Hillary Gottemoeller '95 was student Robyn Thiemann '94 featured in Memphis' Commercial was elected senior note and Tara Evans '95 has received Appeal earlier this year for her comment editor of the Law one of 80 Howard Hughes Med- work as a Shelby County historic Review. Her article "Encourag- ical Institute postdoctoral fellow- surveyor. Beginning in early 1995 ing Efficiency: An Economic ships in biological sciences. she's been on the lookout for Perspective on Consequential Evans, who studies at University structures in Shelby County built Damages Due to of Wisconsin, Madison, will before 1945 that might qualify for Electromagnetic Fields" is receive support from the fellow- the National Register of Historic included in the November issue ship for up to five years while Places. The project is funded by of the review. pursuing her Ph.D. The program Memphis Heritage Inc., Shelby In addition, the terrace of her currently supports 356 predoctor- County Department of Housing New York apartment was the al students at an annual cost of and Tennessee Historical subject of a six-page feature in more than $10 million. Commission. the April/May 1996 edition of Hacking her way through Garden Design magazine. thick brush with a machete to get to some of the sites, Gottemoeller says that while some 70% of the structures are still intact, few are

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eligible for the National Register because they've been too drasti- Parker's Company Takes New cally altered. minnoptinni uugiun Smith & with Parker Computing Nephew has serving as presi- bought the dent. He will Paradise fracture-splinting remain in Char- business and lotte. Alan Spies '88 and his family assets of 1970 Smith & live in Bermuda, where he works grad Bruce Park- Nephew has for Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., er's Parker Med- distributed specializing in property catastro- ical Associates in Parker's Ortho- phe reinsurance. Spies, who Charlotte, N.C. Glass product holds his Ph.D. in experimental Smith & Nephew, in Europe for high energy physics from Johns the health care more than a Hopkins, works in Renaissance's manufacturing year. Parker modeling group where, he says, company with its Medical will "we apply an impressive amount North American retain its athlet- of computing power to evaluate offices based in Bruce Parker ic division, the effect of 40,000 years of hurri- Memphis, will create a new which makes soccer shin cane, earthquake, windstorm, division from the purchase, guards. flood and freeze losses all over the world." In addition, he says he rides a Florence, Italy, exactly 20 years does not look 'computerized,' scooter to work every day, and after he and his wife Pamela and is quite versatile," he says. during the summer months, actu- were students at the center. His next project is to drum up ally wears Bermuda shorts to the "My greatest challenge was to support for an expanded human- office. apply a modern urban studies ities curriculum. approach to a city I had always viewed as a Renaissance Vaughan Receives museum," he says. "The teaching From Russia, With experience led me to a new Faculty Award research project on Florence in Love the Fascist era." Jerry Vaughan '64, a Killinger is a professor of his- Carole Glover Kuriatnikov professor of ecology and evolu- tory at Valencia Community Col- '86 lives in Nizhny Novgorod, tionary biology at University of lege in Orlando. Russia with her husband Alex- Tennessee, Knoxville, recently ei, manager of the Gorky Auto- received a Scholars-in-the- mobile Factory, and their son Schools Faculty Award from the Computers In The Andy, born Aug. 20, 1996. university. The award honors The couple first married in a faculty who have volunteered Classroom Russian ceremony, but due to a in Knoxville schools. Vaughan paperwork snafu, did it again worked with students and Andrew Kelley '69, head of "for the record." They also had teachers at West Haven Elemen- the English and foreign a church wedding in Eatonton, tary School. languages departments at Ga., and again due to legal Jackson (Tennessee) State needs, her father, a Presbyterian Community College for the last minister, married them one Teaching Abroad six years and now a full-time more time. "After four sets of 'I instructor, has established a com- do' we feel really, really Charles Killinger '64 recently puter integrated English married," she says. taught modern Italian history for classroom at the college. "All Between vows, she's working a semester at the Florida State hardware is mounted beneath on her Ph.D. in cultural anthro- University Study Center in Plexiglas-top desks so the room pology. A-4 Rhodes Fall 1996 Rhodes Alumni

happy hour at the Rivershack Margaret Adams Brewer '91, Sut- Club News Tavern. The party was hosted by ton Charles '91, Shelley Tucker WASHINGTON—Young David '90 and Suzanne Gonce '91, Dani Boyce '93 and Clyde alumni celebrated the beginning Perlis '90, Craig '91 and Mary Henderson '95. of summer at the newly opened Capitol City Brewery. Alumni hosting the event were Jeff Lane Alumni Gatherings '81, Karen Loss '82, Janee Amy Lounsbury '96 and Lambert Bonner '86, Steven '90 Jordan Schnipper '98 and Adrienne McMillan Burns greeted new students at a combination alumni '88, Michael Langan '91 and and Rhodes send-cff Katie Braden '93. party. MEMPHIS—Memphis young alumni confirmed that the best jukebox in town is at Earnestine and Hazel's. Members of the classes 1985-96 gathered at the juke joint in the South Main His- toric District. The event was hosted by Scott Thomas '86, Ali- son Abernathy '87, Samantha Shane Beeson '92 and Briden '87, Jamie '89 and Susan Allie Manzke '92 enjoy Walker Augustine '89, Demetri Tex-Mex happy hour. '92 and Lane Patton Patikas '92, Tim Ballard '95 and Loretta Lam- bert '96. BIRMINGHAM— Birmingham alumni greeted new Rhodes students and their parents at a picnic supper hosted by Cathy and Tom Adams and their son Jeff '98. Alumni enjoyed answering questions asked by the Class of 2000. DALLAS—A Tex-Mex menu enticed area alumni to a happy hour at a local Dallas restaurant. Alumni hosting the event includ- ed Kirby Smith '81, Lynn Clement '83, Lawrence Henry

'94, Catherine Cuellar '96 and Hosts Jamie '89 and Susan Walker Mandy Griffith '96. Augustine '89 kept the jukebox OXFORD, MISS.—Lynx going at Earnestine and Hazel's. alumni who are also SEC season ticket holders gathered in the grove for a tailgate party before the Ole Miss-Auburn game. The party was hosted by Doug '64 and Margaret Rowe Fancher '64, Tom Marshall '71, Gray Tollison '86, Les Johnson '93 and Kelly

Petro Bridgforth '94. Partying hearty were NEW ORLEANS—Members Meg Rue '95, Jason of the classes 1985-96 from New Rauls '95, Mary Kent Orleans and Baton Rouge met for Harrison '96 and Helen Sweitzer '96. Fall 1996 Rhodes A-5 ClassNotes

By Stephen Maloy Deusner '96 LESLIE THOMPSON, HAM SMYTHE, PRESIDENT and PRESIDENT NEXT REUNION: Henry Murphy '98 49 Nocr. REUNION: FALL 1999 52 OCT. 17-18, 1997 Nancy Davis Lyle of The Rev. Ben Shawhan Rhodes International Jasper, Ala., recently has returned to Houston's Alumni Association accompanied her husband Sam Episcopal Church of the Holy Executive Officers 1996-97 on a Native American Spirit as a part-time pastoral archaeological dig. assistant. He was recently asked President Dick and Barbara Burnett by the bishop of the Diocese of Jim O'Donnell '74, Atlanta Musset '48 organize and partici- Texas to serve as chaplain to President-Elect pate in watercolor workshops in retired clergy and clergy widows Doug Fancher '64, Oxford, Miss. Europe for an artist from their in the greater Houston area. and Sausalito, Calif. hometown of Richardson, Texas. Vice President Dick, who plans to enter JO TAYLOR THRELKELD, Sally Cross Coleman '61, graduate school in the near PRESIDENT Memphis future, enjoys his weekly lunch 54 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 group, ROMEO (Retired Old Wade McHenry Hunter PAUL TUDOR JONES, Men Eating Out). of Austin, Texas, retired from the PRESIDENT Bob Utter served as chairman U.S. Department of Education 32 NEXT REUNION: of the annual Caravan of Magic earlier this year. OCT. 17-18, 1997 in Fort Worth, Texas, and has Vi Deavours Powers and her Dan Ross, Rhodes professor been selected as head of public husband Jim both retired this year, emeritus of English, participated relations for the 50th Convention and are enjoying their 15 grandchil- in a dramatic reading of his book of the Texas Association of Magi- dren. All live in Cincinnati. The Leaning Tree in his hometown cians in 1997. of Clarksville, Tenn. His wife TIM TURNER, PRESIDENT Dorothy designed the cover of JANE MCATEE PATERSON, NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 the book. TIM WILLIAMSON, 56 Cora Davis McDonnell SO CO-PRESIDENTS and her husband Jerry of RUSSELL PERRY, PRESIDENT NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 Red Hook, N.Y., plan to spend NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 Richard Dixon, professor emeri- several years cruising on their 33 Carroll Johnson of tus of history at the University of new 35-ft. cutter sailboat, Coriolis. Winona, Miss., was Arkansas at Little Rock, recently Jane Walters, the Tennessee featured in an article in addressed the Literary Guild of commissioner of education, earli- Memphis' Commercial Appeal the Woman's City Club on "The er this year spoke to the 1996 about his regular bicycle exercise. Career of the Rev. Billy Graham: graduating class of Cleveland Weather permitting, he rides Trumpet in Zion." (Term.) State Community College. some 9 miles per day. "They had a thing for senior citizens at Ole CHRISTY MORGAN, JIM AND MARGARET FAGAN Miss a couple of years ago, and I PRESIDENT EIKNER, CO-PRESIDENTS was riding against boys 60 and 70 51 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 57 NEXT REUNION: and 75 years old, and I just beat Bill Brazelton of Fort Ocr. 17-18, 1997 the socks off them," he said in the Smith, Ark., enjoys competing in Eric Mount was awarded the article. Senior Olympics track and field. He first Nelson D. and Mary is the current 65-69 year age group McDowell Rodes Professorship in JOHN COLLIER, PRESIDENT champion and record holder. Religion at Centre College in NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 The Rev. Christy and Frances Danville, Ky. An ordained minis- Betty Webb Utter was Nix Morgan live in Corinth, Miss., ter of the Presbyterian Church 46 recently honored at the where he is organizing minister of (U.S.A.) as well as teacher, he has 30th Anniversary Concert of the the La Grange (Tenn.) Presbyterian also served as college chaplain Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Church and hospice chaplain for and vice president. Worth, which she founded. Magnolia Regional Health Center. Diana Warren Risher Frances serves as president of the received her master's degree in Magnolia Regional Health Center biblical studies from the auxiliary. Reformed Theological Seminary A-6 Rhodes Fall 1996 Class Notes

in Jackson, Miss., earlier this year TERRY DUNCAN, phis was recently appointed a Jane Crutcher Williamson is MARILY DAVIS HUGHES, lead teacher in the junior kinder- the 1996 president-elect of 61 CO-PRESIDENTS garten program at Grace-St. Arkansas Foreign Language NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 Luke's Episcopal School. Teachers and the newly elected Janice Chapin Buchanan, a president of Delta Kappa Gamma. professor of fine arts-humanities LYDE ELLA CONNER LANCE, During the summer, she served as at St. Petersburg Junior College, PRESIDENT head teacher for a group of 37 is taking a leave of absence to 63 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 students who traveled to London, serve as the college's director of David and Susan Paris and Rome. development for 1996-97 Hunter Suggs moved from At- The Rev. Sandra Lee Winter lanta to Oak Ridge, Tenn., during BETTY CHALMERS PEYTON, recently received her doctor of the summer PRESIDENT ministry degree from San 58 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 Francisco Theological Seminary LINDA JACKSON TAYLOR, Claire Tansey Coleman and an award for outstanding PRESIDENT has joined the Rhodes staff as an work on her dissertation titled 64 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 adminstrative assistant in the Of- "Unsung Lament: The Suffering Marilyn Meyers recently fice of Student Affairs. She and of Korean Women Taken for Mil- joined the World Health Organiza- husband Mark are the parents of itary Sexual Slavery During tion as assistant director of the Pub- Bob Coleman '89. World War II." lic Health Research Center in Kobe, The Rev Denton McLellan Japan. She was formerly at the U. S. contributed a chapter titled "Ser- NEXT REUNION: Embassy in Rangoon, Burma. mons and Stories in Songs" to OCT, 17-18, 1997 The Bob Walkup Storybook, a book 62 Diana Reil Beatty of Lou ELLYN HINDMAN about the life and ministry of Dr Wheat Ridge, Colo., is GRIFFIN, PRESIDENT Walkup, who served a number of currently painting, writing and NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 churches in the Southeast. producing videos. "Now I have 65 Two poems by and an in- space to pursue these interests terview with Harvey Goldner of SARA JEAN JACKSON, full-time," she says. Seattle were published in the 1995- PRESIDENT Tom and Bette Stephens 96 Duckabush Journal, an annual lit- 59 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 Cloar '63 have moved to Biloxi, erary magazine in Washington Beverly Dotson Owen Miss., since his retirement as an State. In addition, two of his poems teaches English at Northwest associate professor of psychology were published in the May and June Mississippi Community College at Rhodes. 1996 issues of The Sun, a Chapel in Senatobia and is a Latin and Bob Gay recently accepted the Hill, N.C., literary magazine, and English tutor position of environmental coordi- one in Exquisite Corpse, a journal of A realtor with French & Co., nator with the Portland, Ore., De- Illinois State University. Mary Farish Sharp is a member velopment Commission. Dale Kasab is currently work- of the Memphis Area Association Susan Huffman of Houston ing toward her master of health of Realtors' Multi Million Dollar retired this year after teaching science degree in health policy at Club. German for 34 years. Johns Hopkins University School Sarah Richards LaMarche is a of Hygiene and Public Health. KIM BAXTER HENLEY, CPA and budget director for Lake During the summer, Memphi- PRESIDENT County, Fla., where she recently an Steve Lightman, president of 59 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 received national attention for the Malco Theatres, shot 4-under-par Glenda Taylor Adding- county's budget document. She 67 at the Golf Club of Tennessee ton teaches Spanish and English also serves on the board of near Nashville to qualify for the as a Second Language at Connis- directors of the Community Con- United States Senior Open held at ton Middle School in West Palm certs Association and as a fund- Canterbury Golf Club in Beach, Fla. Earlier this year, she raiser for the local arts association. Cleveland, Ohio. and a colleague made a presenta- Sandra Clayton Scoville is a Mary McQueen Porter tion at the TESOL convention in student in the master's program currently serves as interim minis- Chicago. in music at the University of ter at University Presbyterian Memphis. Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Myrna Adams Whitt of Mem- Greer Richardson was

Fall 1996 Rhodes A-7 Class Notes inducted into the American 12th grade AP English. In and she teaches students with Orthopedic Association earlier addition, she is a presenter/con- learning disabilities. Ron was re- this year. In addition, students at sultant for the College Board's cently named both Distinguished the University of Tennessee, Southwest Region. Teacher and Distinguished Schol- Memphis bestowed on him the Emily Thomason Freeman is ar at the university. Golden Apple Award for assistant director of admissions at outstanding teaching. the Episcopal School of Baton ALICE COCKROFT OATES, Rouge, La. NANCY LENOX, SAMMY ANN PRIMM Kris Pruitt McColgan was CO-PRESIDENTS MARSHALL, PRESIDENT elected to a three-year term on 71 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 66 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 the executive council of the Mil- John and Amy Bailey Shirley Haney Clark is ton Society of America at the Evans '73 recently moved from a lab manager at the University Modern Language Association's Highlands Ranch, Colo., to of Texas Medical Branch in annual meeting in Chicago. Colorado Springs. He is chief radi- Galveston's Sealy Center for Ferd Moyse has been elected ologist at Evans Army Command Structural Biology. She still owns chairman of the board of the Hospital at Fort Carson, and she is her tae kwon do school in Texas King's Daughters Hospital in president of the Rocky Mountain City where 21 students, including Greenville, Miss. In the spring he Weaver's Guild. husband David, have received attended a mandolin master class black belts from her. in Nashville taught by Sam Bush BETTE DALE GARNER, Judy Ries Dale of Louisville, and Butch Baldassari. ANN GOTSCHALL SHARP, Ky., is district coordinator for the 72 CO-PRESIDENTS Great Lakes District of the Univer- JANE BISHOP BRYSON, RON NEXT REUNION: sal Fellowship of Metropolitan GIBSON, CO-PRESIDENTS Ocr. 17-18, 1997 Community Churches. 68 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 The Rev. Gary "Gabe" Janice Johnston Elliot is di- Jane Bishop Bryson re- Goodman recently celebrated 20 rector of volunteer services at Self cently joined the Memphis adver- years as a minister in the Presby- Memorial Hospital in tising agency Chandler, Ehrlich & terian Church (U.S.A.). He has Greenwood, S.C. Company as vice president. been pastor of the Neptune Beach, Isobel Hibbs Gotschall Fla., Community Presbyterian works as a psychiatric nurse in TRISH COOPER HAYLEY, Church for the past 12 years. Richmond, Texas. Her two SUSAN GLADDEN STITT, Carol MacCurdy and her hus- daughters are both lawyers— 69 CO-PRESIDENTS band Tom Nuckols live in San Luis Summer in Boston, and Sarah NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 Obispo, Calif., where she is a pro- '91, in Atlanta. John and Shirley fessor of English at California Poly- Dixie DeMoville Johnson McClanahan Zachry live in technic State University and he is was named World Book Educa- Cheverly, Md. In 1995 John co-owner of Voler Team Apparel. tional Products' North Ameri- received his doctor of ministry can Division manager of the degree from Lancaster Theologi- LARRY ANDERSON, year for 1995, the company's cal Seminary in Pennsylvania. He PRESIDENT top national award. She was re- is minister at Landover Christian NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 cently promoted to territorial Church. 74 Jackson, Miss., attorney manager and is in charge of Memphis dentist Steve Zitek James Grenfell was recently West Memphis, Ark., all of received a technological advance- certified as a member of The Mil- West Tennessee, Western Ken- ment prize at the Thomas P. Hin- lion Dollar Advocates Club, an tucky and Southern Illinois. man Dental Meeting in Atlanta organization that recognizes out- earlier this year. standing trial lawyers who have JIM WHITTINGTON, achieved verdicts or settlements PRESIDENT RUTH ANN SADLER HANEY, in the amount of one million dol- 67 NEXT REUNION: PRESIDENT lars or more. OCT. 17-18, 1997 70 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 Tandy Goodlett Cobb is Ron and Lillian CATHERINE DAILEY BERGER, chair of the English department Aivazian Eades '71 live in PRESIDENT at Little Rock Central High Louisville where he teaches law 75 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 School, where she also teaches at the University of Louisville Frank Fourmy, owner of A-8 Rhodes Fall 1996 Class Notes

Fourmy Productions in Memphis, working at WMC-TV. ter of fine arts degree in painting recently produced a video for the Phil Mulkey of Birmingham from the University of Memphis college titled "Welcome to placed fourth the U.S. National In- this year. Rhodes." SEE MARRIAGES door Masters Pentathlon Champi- Dave and Susan Deeser Vol- Last year Harry Moore, a fam- onships (ages 40-44) in gas '81 live in San Antonio, ily physician in Atmore, Ala., and Greeneville, N.C., earlier this year. where he works as a pediatric or- two of his daughters, Alison and Mike Pearigen recently thopedist. He was recently select- Lauren, spent two weeks in became a partner of the Nashville ed to work at the Institute for Moscow serving and caring for law firm of Waller Lansden Surgical Research at Brook Army orphans. He returned later in the Dortch & Davis, where he special- Medical Clinic. year for two additional weeks izes in environmental law. He with his son Owen and his served as deputy attorney general LAWRENCE HIGGINBOTHAM, daughter Sarah. for environment with the PRESIDENT Tennessee attorney general's office 79 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 VICKERS DEMETRIO JOHN- before joining the firm in 1992. Davis Barnett of Glen SON, PRESIDENT Ellyn, Ill., has a private 76 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 CHARLES RICHARDSON, adolescent psychiatry practice, Nancy Ferrell and her PRESIDENT with offices in Oakbrook and husband Jeff Graef live in Lincoln, 78 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 Napierville, Ill. SEE BIRTHS Neb., where she has a new job Bruce Annis received his Mark and Elaine Toulon Car- with the Nebraska Department of M.B.A. from Southwest Missouri roll live in College Park, Ga., Health as a data manager and sta- State University earlier this year. where she is dean of students at tistical analyst. They are restoring Cal Moore and his wife Janet Woodward Academy. Mark a turn-of-the-century house in live in Houston, where he is a recently accepted a basketball downtown Lincoln. special education teacher and is coaching position at Clayton Tom Flexner of New York, pursuing his M.Ed. degree. SEE State College in Morrow, Ga. senior managing director of MARRIAGES LiLi Chung is director of con- investment banking at Bear Jim Singleton graduated sumer business for Compaq Sterns, was recently named a with a Th.D. from Boston Univer- Computers' Asian Pacific office trustee of Helen Keller sity School of Theology earlier in Singapore. International. this year. His dissertation topic Robert England has been Leslie Doster Jones is was, "A History of Evangelism in awarded tenure and named asso- currently working as a neuropsy- the Southern Presbyterian ciate professor of computer science chologist at the Tennessee Christ- Church: 1861-1961." at Northern Kentucky University. ian Medical Center near Mark Taylor and wife Bruce Stevens has been Nashville. Pamela Portwood '80 live in appointed director of finance for Anne Phillips of Memphis has Tucson, Ariz., where he works as the Memphis/Jackson, Miss., been appointed a first-grade manager of information services area of Powertel Inc., a personal teacher at Grace-St. Luke's Epis- for Access Tucson. She writes a communications services firm. copal School. She previously weekly art column for The Deborah Strock - Kuss and served as a teacher in the school's Arizona Daily Star, and recently husband Randy live in early childhood program for nine won an Arizona Commission on Indianapolis, where she is region- years. the Arts Project fellowship to al minister for young adult min- Jim Ramsey recently formed write a book of poetry. istries in the Indiana Region of the Nashville law firm of Falls, Jane Terry received her bache- the Disciples of Christ Church, Ramsey & Veach, which special- lor's degree in nursing from Union and he is associate minister for izes in commercial litigation and University in Jackson, Tenn., this young adult ministries with the employment law. year and was inducted into Sigma denomination's Division of Theta Tau Honor Society. She is Homeland Ministries. JOELLYN FORRESTER currently working in the neurolo- SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT gy unit at Jackson Madison Coun- DEBORAH LEGG SULLIVAN, 77 NEXT REUNION: ty General Hospital. GLORIA WHITE, Ocr. 17-18, 1997 Mari Trevelyan teaches art at 80 CO-PRESIDENTS Deborah Caldwell has moved Havenview Junior High School in NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 back to Memphis and is now Memphis. She received her mas- Earlier this year, Maj. Lori

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Barlett was assigned to the Mary Kay Loss Carlson and Claris Corp. in Houston. SEE Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in her husband Aubrey have moved BIRTHS Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. to Beijing, where they both work Missy Coleman Savage and She was the only U. S. military in the U.S. Embassy. her family recently moved back attorney deployed to the ARRC An exhibition of the work of to Connecticut from London, as part of Operation Joint jewelry maker and sculptor Mar- England, where husband Robert Endeavor. garet Couch Cogswell of Fayet- was executive director in foreign Robert Bush of Houston teville, N.C., is scheduled this fall exchange for Goldman, Sachs. recently joined LKC Consulting at the Fayetteville Museum of Art. SEE BIRTHS Services as a senior associate. He Shawn Love Factor and her formerly worked for Houston's family have moved to Charlotte, NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 Metropolitan Transit Authority N.C. She recently retired from Nancy Graham Barker for 15 years. USAir. 83 of Marietta, Ga., has been Lucie Wallace Cammack Paul Mackin lives with his promoted to regional works as a car broker for The wife Deb Harrington-Mackin in manager of Cerner Corp. Motorcar Company in Nashville. Eagle Bridge, N.Y. He teaches Carol Beck, a free-lance Greg Fitzgerald now lives in French, German and Latin at a film/video line producer in Singapore where he is the global Bennington, Vt., high school. Atlanta, worked on a one-hour head of trading at Standard Char- pre-Olympic documentary special tered Bank. NEXT REUNION: for NHK in Japan and a commer- Andy Fletcher and his family OCT. 17-18,1997 cial for Coca-Cola Olympic City. recently moved to Minneapolis 82 Robert and Demaris Perry Dement recently was where he works as an agent for Bailey Ford '84 have named director of development Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- moved from Harrisburg, Ark., to at Memphis University School. ance Co. and is the director of Jonesboro, where he practices He formerly was director of new agent development for the emergency room medicine in sev- annual giving at Rhodes. Gene Storms Agency. eral area hospitals. He also works Ted deVillafranca, director Mike Julius of Charlotte, as a physician for the of college counseling at the Ped- N.C., has been appointed senior NutriSystem Weight Loss Clinic. die School in Hightstown, N.J., manager of the Arthur Andersen Mary Bryan Fortin of has been elected to Cum Laude evaluation services group. Memphis was recently promoted and appointed to the President's Beth Bruce Martin, an in- to controller of International Pa- Advisory Board at University of house attorney for Boatmen's per's North American liquid Southern California and the Trust Co. in St. Louis for seven packaging division. Chancellor's Commission at years, was recently appointed vice Lisa Jones completed her Washington University. president and senior risk manage- master's degree in art history at ment officer for investments. the University of Memphis earlier AMY DOVILLE, TRACY this year. She currently teaches in- VEZINA PATTERSON, STACY ABERNETHY, troductory art courses at U of M 84 CO-PRESIDENTS KATHLEEN WILLS while pursuing her Ph. D. with a Neff REUNION: FALL 1999 81 CHANDLER, CO-PRESIDENTS concentration in modern and con- Nikki Buxton lives in the Falkland NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 temporary Latin American Art. Islands where she has started her Cynthia Brittain of Charlotte, David Landrum of Stone own business, Synergy Information N.C., works as executive vice Mountain, Ga., works as one of Systems Ltd. It involves president of Art Stone Theatrical, two national audit managers at information technology, scientific a manufacturer of dance recital Borg-Wagner Security Corp. and natural resources consultancy costumes, dance shoes and Skip and Kelly Summitt Prid- and social demographics. She for- Halloween costumes which are gen '83 have moved to Jackson, merly worked as a data analyst for sold nationwide under the names Tenn., where he has joined Jackson the Falkland Islands Government of Art Stone and La Mendola. Surgical Associates. He recently Fisheries Dept. The company also operates dance finished a two-year term as Jonathan Coggins of competitions, called DanceAmeri- department head of surgery at the Hernando, Miss., is head of ca, and dance workshops, known Naval Hospital in Asan, Guam. NASDAQ agency trading at Mor- as Dance Olympus, in the U.S. Marshel Reed works as a gan Keegan & Co. in Memphis. and Canada. business account manager for Debbie Efird works as a locum

A-10 Rhodes Fall 1996 NIB Class NateA lenens pediatrician in Denver, fill- Church and is working on his mas- and Paul Foster's historic home ing in for pediatricians who are ter's of divinity at Covenant Theo- in the Annesdale-Snowden away from their practices. Recent- logical Seminary. SEE BIRTHS neighborhood was featured in ly, she spent four months travel- Tim Bullard received his M.A. the Spring 1996 Neighborhood ing through Thailand, Vietnam, in journalism from the University Home Tour. Nepal, India, Greece and Turkey. of Memphis earlier this year. Janet Comperry Lowdermilk Stephen Estock is a minister SUZY CARPENTER, teaches at Lees College in at Covenant Presbyterian Church PRESIDENT Jackson, Ky. She received her in Montgomery, Ala. SEE BIRTHS 88 NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 master's degree in English from Raymond Fields of Baton Suzy Carpenter was re- Vanderbilt University last spring. Rouge, La., is general cently named director of Deirdre Teaford is director of manager/vice president of the development for the Memphis the children's cancer support pro- Town & Country Ford auto deal- Concert Ballet. gram at Bowman Gray School of ership. SEE BIRTHS Bryan Ford has been promoted Medicine, in Winston-Salem, Denise Joseph Nakos and from assistant vice president to N.C. She holds her Ph.D. in coun- her family recently moved from vice president of corporate lending seling psychology from Universi- Richmond to Atlanta, where she at Sun Trust Bank in Memphis. ty of North Carolina. SEE practices pediatrics, and her hus- David Porter has transferred MARRIAGES band George teaches at a local from Memphis to Salt Lake City, college. SEE BIRTHS where he works as area market KAREN LARSON, BEVERLY John Telford and his family manager for Schering-Plough THOMAS WILLIAMS, have moved to Paris, where he HealthCare. 85 CO-PRESIDENTS works as Directeur Anne Harvey Whipple of NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 Developpment, Services Prague, Czech Republic, is Chong-Ket Chuah of Northamp- Financiers for Thomas Cook marketing director for Open Me- ton, Mass., works for Kollmorgen Bankers France S.A. dia Research Institute, a non- Corp. as a computer engineer. profit analysis and publishing Sherard Edington recently ac- ALICE MCCARTHY FINN, organization concerned with cepted a call to be minister at DAVID LUSK, Central and Eastern Europe and First Presbyterian church in Old 07 CO-PRESIDENTS the former Soviet Union. SEE Hickory, Tenn. SEE MARRIAGES NEXT REUNION: MARRIAGES Jim Golden recently moved to Om 17-18. 1997 Bo Young of Clearwater, Fla., Madison, Wis., where he works Jean Ann Conley Beckley and is director of marketing for for Genesys Technologies, her family have moved to Checkers Drive-In Restaurants. designing instruments and robots Lafayette, Colo. SEE BIRTHS for DNA research. He holds a Tim Chu of Irvine, Calif., is a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering senior analyst in the corporate BOB COLEMAN, from Vanderbilt University. planning and development EILEEN RUFFIN WOOD, Adele Little-Caemmerer of department of Ingram Micro. 89 CO-PRESIDENTS Seattle, Wash., works as a spiritu- Nancye DiPaolo of NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 al director, retreat leader and art Alexandria, Va., recently Kim Blasingame Brantley and instructor. SEE BIRTHS purchased a chain of 10 Party her husband Doug recently pur- Karen Moore was recently ap- Stores. She and her husband chased Mayo Heating and Air pointed assistant administrator in Jonathan Walker own a house in Conditioning in Jackson, Tenn. charge of health information the historic Old Town district of Doug handles the service, management and information Alexandria, Va. SEE MARRIAGES bidding and general operations systems at Blount Memorial Hos- Paige Beavers Markman of of the company, while she man- pital in Maryville, Tenn. Little Rock is co-owner of ages the accounting. She is also Builders' Showcase, a publishing an accountant for Brashar's For- AMY DONAHO HOWELL, company that puts out two mag- mal Wear. PRESIDENT azines about new construction. Jenifer Cushman recently be- 06 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 Nate Tipton recently entered gan her Peace Corps service Will Albritton of St. Louis graduate school at the University teaching at a university in West- is a pastoral staff member at the of Memphis, concentrating on ern Russia. She holds a Ph.D. in Kirk of the Hill Presbyterian English literature and theatre. His German literature from Ohio

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State University. the top 100 fastest growing small received his J.D. degree from the Anne Marie Basarrate Fitz businesses in the U.S. University of Memphis. of Edgewood, Ky., finished her Mary Laura Salmon teaches Cris McMann of Henderson, pediatric residency. Earlier this history at Ursuline Academy in Nev., teaches second grade in year she joined Pediatric Care of Dallas. SEE MARRIAGES nearby Las Vegas. Northern Kentucky. SEE Dapne Turner is an account Air Force Capt. Cliff Rich is MARRIAGES representative in the national currently stationed at Ft. Rucker, Ken Kieklak is now an associ- telemessaging division of A+ Ala., where he is involved in heli- ate with the Fayetteville, Ark., Network in Nashville. SEE MAR- copter training. law firm of Martin, Trumbo & RIAGES Sterling. He recently completed ANNIE B. WILLIAMS, his judicial clerkship for the Hon. MARJORIE THIGPEN PRESIDENT Mary Spencer McGowan in Little CARTER, PRESIDENT NEXT REUNION: NEXT REUNION: FALL 92 OCT. Rock. 2001 17-18,1997 Jennifer Burrow Paine 91 Kevin Bacon of lives in Melissa Avery recently began her Carpentersville, Ill., recently Memphis, where he is earning his medical residency at Erlanger began a new job at Baxter Health- M.F.A. in English from the Medical Center in Chattanooga. Care researching blood University of Memphis. His inter- She received her M.D. degree from substitutes. view with author Peter Corey University of Tennessee, Memphis. John Tibbetts received his was published in the Fall 1995 is- Liz Awsumb joined the facul- J.D. degree from the Nashville sue of Glimmer Train. ty of Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School of Law. Randal and Kristen Pryor School in Memphis this fall as Brown live in Nashville where she lead teacher in a junior IOHANNA VANDEGRIFT is pursuing her master's degree in kindergarten class. LEHFELDT, PRESIDENT neonatal/infancy nursing at Van- Greg and Allison Boynton NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 derbilt University. Randal recently Bateman '92 live in Arlington, 90 Mary Claire Chevrenak attended the Armor Officer Va., where he works as a sales ex- received her Ph.D. from Duke Advanced Course at Fort Knox, ecutive for Oracle Corp., a University last year. Ky., and has begun graduate stud- computer software company, and Don and Jennifer Gray ies in education leadership/admin- she is a French teacher at Browne Chickering finished their Ph.D.s istration at Vanderbilt. Academy in Alexandria. SEE at Brown University and have Kathy Coe recently accepted MARRIAGES moved to Austin, Texas, where a teaching/coaching position at John Copeland is a pathology they both are researching vascu- St. John's School in Houston. resident at Barnes Hospital in St. lar implants at CarboMedics, a Tom Dilworth is currently Louis. He received his M.D. from medical biotechnology company. working as director of operations the University of Tennessee, SEE BIRTHS for Berman & Co., a Washington, Memphis. Lynley Scott Churchwell D.C.-based government relations Chris Emanuel is currently a works part-time for Pro-Fleet Inc. and human resources consulting pediatrics resident at the Medical in Memphis. SEE BIRTHS firm. He holds a master's degree University of South Carolina. He Paula Claverie, volunteer ser- in international affairs from received his M.D. degree from vices manager at Le Bonheur George Washington University. University of Alabama, Birming- Children's Medical Center, has Jennifer Dunn graduated ham earlier this year. been named president of the from the University of Ken- Anne Finney is doing her resi- board of directors of Hands On tucky's Patterson School with a dency in obstetrics and gynecolo- Memphis, a nonprofit community master's degree in international gy at Vanderbilt Medical School, organization. development and economics. where she earned her M.D. Tim Kutas recently began his Sherry Hawkins of degree in the spring. own dental practice in Memphis. Providence, R.I., works at Fleet Tonya Floyd holds her law Wells Richards is the co- Financial Group. She received an degree from University of founder of SIMOD Corp., a Rich- M.B.A. in finance and accounting Arkansas. land, Miss.-based telecom- from Vanderbilt in 1995. Brian Grant has completed his munications equipment company Attorney Matt Johnson has master of architecture degree and that was featured in moved from Memphis to is now interning for Smith Lineber- Entrepreneur magazine as one of Greenville, S.C. He recently ry Architecture of Raleigh, N. C. A-12 Rhodes Fall 1996 Class Notes

Brad and Paige Williams School of Law earlier this year. from Stanford earlier this year. Jenkins '93 recently moved Debbie Reed ran the Houston During the summer, she worked from Little Rock to Memphis. He Tenneco marathon this year. as a marketing intern at Yale Uni- holds his M.D. from the Universi- Andrew Shipman is an associ- versity Press. ty of Arkansas School for Medical ate equity analyst at Morgan Kee- Ashley Hamilton works in Sciences and is doing his residen- gan in Memphis. He holds his communications at AutoZone's cy in family medicine at St. Fran- M.B.A. from the University of corporate headquarters in cis Hospital. Paige is an Memphis. Memphis. experienced senior tax accountant Taylor Tagg is a bank analyst Shelby Hester works as a with Arthur Andersen. for AutoZone Inc. and an physical therapy technician at Stacey Starr Pace is doing assistant basketball coach at Campbell Clinic in Memphis. her residency at Memorial Med- Rhodes. Katherine Bedeian ical Center, Savannah, Ga. She Kingsmill manages bank graduated this year from the NANCY TURNER, PRESIDENT community relations in the mar- James H. Quillen College of Med- NEXT REUNION: FALL 1999 keting department of Hancock icine at East Tennessee State Uni- Liz Boucher has been Bank in Baton Rouge, La. A versity where she was one of four 94 elected president of member of the Advertising Fed- students who received the Phar- Harvard Divinity School's Student eration of Greater Baton Rouge, macia & Upjohn Achievement Advisory Executive Council, the ex- she also serves on the media ad- Award for high academic ecutive body of the student council. visory board of the Louisiana achievement. Also, she was the Army Lt. Michael Bowen is Children's Trust Fund, a child sole recipient of the Janet M. attending the Midwestern abuse prevention awareness Glasgow Memorial Award. University Medical School in agency. SEE MARRIAGES Kathryn Woods Zeuthen, Phoenix. Chad McGee is management who recently received her Kelly Petro Bridgforth information systems director master's degree in special educa- recently earned her master's de- for Champion Awards Inc. in tion from Georgia State Universi- gree in French from the Universi- Memphis. ty, now teaches at Schenk School ty of Mississippi where she was a Amy Oberhelman of in Atlanta. SEE MARRIAGES member of the French honor soci- Nashville is an associate ety. SEE MARRIAGES researcher for the Tennessee Of- LYNN CRABB, PRESIDENT Dana Chamblee, a law fice of Research and Education NEXT REUNION: FALL 1998 student at the University of Mis- Accountability. Cheri Grosvenor has souri, has been selected editor-in- Jason Watkins is a political 93 joined the Atlanta office of chief of the Missouri Journal of consultant in Jackson, Miss. the Holland & Knight law firm as Dispute Resolution for the 1996-97 Carol Whitlow recently began an associate. She graduated with year. The student representative working as an orientation coun- honors from the University of Geor- for the law school's honor code selor for the Little Rock Job gia School of Law earlier this year. committee, she also serves as Corps. Vickie Hardy received her clerk of Phi Delta Phi, a national J.D. degree from the University of legal fraternity, and as fund-rais- SCOTT BROWN, PRESIDENT Memphis Law School. Her father ing chair for the Women's Law NEXT REUNION: FALL 2001 Preston graduated at the same Association. 96 Dan Alpe works as a se- time with a B.A. in history. Holly Jackson is a program curites salesman for Vin- Sean Nighbert recently assistant for the Children's ing-Sparks in Chicago. entered the M.F.A. program at Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. Kemp Conrad of Memphis is Southwest Texas State University. Caroline Lenac lives in Cor- working in facility investments at He completed his M.A. in English dova, Tenn., and works as an in- National Bank of Commerce's at Morehead State University. ternational account manager for USI Affiance. SEE BIRTHS Shannon Lumber International. Susan Mathis is a first-grade Art Record has joined the Navy teacher at Snowden Elementary Judge Advocate General's Corps CLYDE HENDERSON, School in Memphis. and recently reported to Officer's PRESIDENT Ginny Neal is currently study- Indoctrination School in Newport, 95 NEXT REUNION: FALL 2000 ing Spanish in Spain. She plans to R.I. He graduated with highest Wesley Hall received begin law school at the Universi- honors from Mississippi College her master's in English literature ty of Florida in December. Fall 1996 Rhodes A-13 For The Record

Walter Anderson, May 15, 1996. '81 Tracey and Bryn Marriages 26, 1996, Dunwoody, Ga. '92 Shannon Emer- Wood Bagwell, a '64 Judy Crow to Bill '88 Madera Ann son to Jimmy Myatt daughter, Andie McDon- McColgan, June 1995. Dickerson to Steve '93, May 25, 1996, Los ald, April 24, 1996. '71 Barbara Deuser Beckham, May 4, 1996, Angeles. '81 Bo and Caroline to Tom Morgan, June Memphis. '92 Mary Virgina Stockton Butler '84, a 22, 1995. '88 Anne Harvey to Slay to John Bryant daughter, Sarah Spencer, '73 Katherine Ram- Tim Whipple, August 25, Sweeney, June 22, 1996, May 17, 1996. age to Richard Spohn, 1995, Alexandria, Va. Birmingham. '81 Holmes and Sept. 30, 1995, San '88 Gretchen '92 Catherine Mary Marchman, a Francisco. Helmke to Edward Ellis Thomas to Carl Vest, son, Thomas Baker, '75 Carol Elizabeth '89, March 30, 1996. Feb. 17, 1996, Little Rock. April 20, 1996. Myhr to Frank Fourmy, '88 Jennifer Wood to '92 Kathryn Woods to '81 Kurt and Chris- July 20, 1996, Memphis. Allen Blackwood, May Tom Zeuthen, Oct. 28, 1995. tiane Wyckoff, a daugh- '78 Janet Phillips to 26, 1996. '93 Elizabeth Jones ter, Virginia Joyce, April Cal Moore, Nov. 11, 1995. '89 Anne Marie to John Douglas, April 3, 1996. '79 Sheila Lynch to Basarrate to Robert M. 20, 1996, Austin, Texas. '82 Marshel and Ce- Michael Champlin, Feb. Fitz, May 18, 1996. '93 Sherry Vacek to cilia Reed, a daughter, 14, 1996. '89 Mary Cotten to Allen Bell, April 20, Rachel Cecilia, August '84 Fawn Marie Har- Jonathan Calvert, May 4, 1996, Austin, Texas. 21, 1994. rison to David Haynes, 1996, Pensacola, Fla. '94 Holly Tess Hall '82 Robert and Missy June 29, 1996, Memphis. '89 Charlotte to Donald L. Price '93, Coleman Savage, a son, '84 Kathryn Kuo to McCrary to Burton E. July 6, 1996, Memphis. Edward Cooper Chris Matthews, Oct. 7, "Chip" Stacy, March 16, '94 Kelly Petro to Townsend, April 27, 1996. 1995, Bucks County, Pa. 1996. Barry Bridgforth, March '82 Tom and Melin- '84 Deirdre Teaford '89 Cary Tynes to 9, 1996, New Orleans. da Kindle Simms, a to Stephen Mantz, June William B. Wahlheim, '95 Katherine daughter, Caroline Eliza- 10, 1995, Chapel Hill, N.C. Jr., May 4, 1996. Bedeian to George beth, July 14, 1995. '84 Karen '89 Lucie Peach to Kingsmill, March 29, 1996. '83 Douglas and Thompson to Matt Danny Logan, Jan. 27, '95 Naomi Lynn Anne O'Shields Alexan- Monroe, April 20, 1996, 1996. Hertz to Edgard der, a son, Wilson Henry, '85 Courtney Hollins '90 Beth Batson to Cabanillas '94, March April 22, 1996. to Sherard Edington, Gavin Murrey, Dec. 16, 31, 1996. '83 Rick and Robin May 25, 1996, Nashville. 1995. Haynie Hanna, a '85 Emily Brooks '90 Ellen Ashley daughter, Molly Thomas to Jim Hunter, Martinto Web Webster, Births Margaret, May 15, 1996. May 25, 1996, June 29, 1996, Memphis. '77 Dewey and '83 John and Susan Birmingham. '90 Mary Laura Becky Cowart Logan Huffman, a '87 Nancy DiPaolo Salmon to Scott Hammond, a daughter, daughter, Caldwell Eliz- to Jonathan Walker, May Openshaw, June 8, 1996, Virginia Lee, March 19, abeth, May 26, 1996. 4, 1996, Bethesda, Md. Seaside, Fla. 1996. '83 John and Diane '87 Gretchen Lile to '90 Daphne Turner to '77 Mitch Wilds and Mount Nisbet, a daugh- David Bachman, Nov. Christopher Glaser, April Ferne Winborne, a son, ter, Sarah Truly Nisbet, 18, 1995. 27, 1996, Burns, Tenn. Alex Wilds, August 1995. April 29, 1996. '87 Lorna Lyell to '91 Jennifer Brown to '78 John and Carol '83 David and Mary Tom Chain, May 25, George Popov, June 28, Johnson Jackson, a Beck Moore Tait, a 1996, Jackson, Miss. 1996, Baton Rouge, La. daughter, Emma Grace, son, Charles William, '88 Elizabeth Buehler '91 Marjorie June 24, 1994. Sept. 19, 1995. to Hunter Ivy, March 16, Thigpen to Rick Carter, '79 Davis Barnett '83 Brian and Julie 1996, Durham, N.C. May 25, 1996. and Lynn Schiek, a Mortimer Watkins, a '88 Catherine '92 Allison Boynton daughter, Cara Lorraine daughter, Emily Burke to John to Greg Bateman, Oct. Barnett, Feb. 21, 1996. Caroline, Feb. 23, 1996. Alexander Foreman, 28, 1995, Baltimore. '80 Bill and Gayle '84 Parker and Dot- June 8, 1996, Nashville. '92 Ashley Ellis to Posey, a son, Stephen tie Dodson Harness '88 Cheryl Cochran to Brian Tierney '93, June Caleb, March 15, 1996. '82, a daughter, Elizabeth

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Ann, Dec. 2, 1995. Clifton, March 7, 1996. a sister, Mary Jane Scott, of '85 Bernard and Holly '88 Vernon and Obituaries Florence. Bauereis Cogliati, a son, Kristin Dwelle Hurst, a '29 Lillian Polasky '37 Craig M. Gaetan Allen, May 7, 1996. son, Tillman, May 10, 1996. Scharff of Memphis, Crenshaw of McLean, '85 Brian and Pam '88 Bo and Anna May 19, 1996. A member Va., March 22, 1996. A Schumacher Kelley, a Young, a son, Donald Chan- of Temple Israel, she was physicist who in 1974 re- daughter, Sabrina Marie, dler IV, March 25, 1996. co-owner of Advertiser's tired as chief scientist for March 14, 1996. '89 Todd and Lisa Novelty Co. for more the Army Materiel Com- '85 Bob and Lisa Lawrence Daniel '90, a than 60 years. The widow mand, he began work in Lawhon, a son, Matthew daughter, Katelyn Eliza- of I. G. Scharff, she leaves 1942 as a civilian Riley, Jan. 30, 1996. beth, June 7, 1996. a nephew who cared for physicist with the Army '85 Mike and Adele '89 Jerome and her, Stuart LaVene of Signal Corps at Fort Little Caemmerer, a D'Andrea Franklin, a Germantown, Tenn. Monmouth, N.J. Active daughter, Chloe Grace, daughter, Alexis Rome, '31 George D. in issues on aging and Oct. 27, 1994. Nov. 23, 1995. Hightower Jr. of Grena- Alzheimer's Disease, he '86 Will and Avery '89 Rich and Susan da, Miss., May 11, 1996. founded the Family Albritton, a daughter, Badelt Rocco '90, a He was a retired farmer, Respite Center, a daytime Kathleen Patton, March son, Andrew Steven, businessman and pharma- senior care facility at 21, 1996. Feb. 20, 1996. cist who owned and oper- Chesterbrook Presbyter- '86 John and Kristin '89 Kirk and Sharon ated Webb Drug Co. He ian Church, where he Bright, a son, John Stone, a son, Jason leaves his wife, Louise was an elder. An avid Robert, May 10, 1996. Matthew, April 30, 1996. Barbee Hightower '34. bird hunter and chess '86 Stephen and Su- '90 Don and Jennifer '36 John Arch player, he was the san Estock, a son, Bran- Gray Chickering, a son, Jordan Jr. of Franklin, widower of Florence don, May 17, 1995. Henry Gray, April 17, 1996. Tenn., Feb 8, 1994. Wade Crenshaw. He '86 Raymond and Julie '90 Dennis and Lyn- '36 Frances Smith leaves three sons, Craig Fields, a daughter, Madi- ley Scott Churchwell, Murff of Memphis, April M. Crenshaw Jr. of son Elise, Jan. 4, 1996. a son, Dennis "Von" Jr., 22, 1996. A member of Arlington, Va., David S. '86 Skip and Helen June 12, 1995. St. John's Episcopal Crenshaw of McLean, Gronauer, a daughter, Mar- '90 Daren and Jessi- Church, she was active Va., and William C. go Kayser, March 5, 1996. ca Lux Guillory, a in the Tuesday Study Crenshaw of Vienna, Va.; '86 Jim and Amy Don. daughter, Rachel Club, Le Bonheur Club a daughter, Florence Eliz- aho Howell, a son, Bryan Charline, June 12, 1996. and the Women's abeth Farrell of Mountain Murry, June 22, 1996. '90 Mitchell and Jill Exchange. The wife of View, Calif.; a brother, '86 George and Parker Wells, a daugh- J.T. "Tolly" Murff, she John S. Crenshaw of Denise Joseph Nakos, ter, Delaney Grace, June leaves a daughter, Carol Shreveport, La.; a sister, a daughter, Krissa, April 21, 1996. Murff Oates, and a son, Anna Crenshaw Lopez of 18, 1996. '91 Mike and Kelly J.T. Murff Jr., both of Potomac, Va.; and eight '86 Dee and Kathryn Horst Whitlatch, a Memphis; nine grandchildren. Hughes Pinckney, a daughter, Megan Eliza- grandchildren and four '40 John C. Patton son, Francis de Sales III. beth, April 18, 1996. great-grandchildren. of Memphis, May 25, '86 John and Tam- '93 Mark and Genna '36 Martha Shaeffer of 1996. A World War II my Golden Schmidt Dattel, a daughter, Florence, Ala., Apri116, Army captain and a Sun- '88, a daughter, Lee Sim- Sorelle, May 19, 1996. 1996. A former society edi- day school teacher at mons, June 21, 1996. '93 Sean and Amy tor and foreign features ed- Second Presbyterian '87 Cary and Wendy Hathcock Nighbert, a itor for The Commercial Church, he was head of Tallent Rotter, a daughter, Kendall Appeal in Memphis, she institutional sales for M. daughter, Rachel Jane, Michelle, Jan. 20, 1996. was also a staff writer, as- Palazola Produce Co. He April 24, 1996. '94 Tom and Jane sistant women's editor and had been retired from '87 Tim and Christie Anne Alwood Cole, a pictures editor for The Caradine Co. Wholesale Hoffman Ruppel, a son, Thomas "River," Chicago Sun, a foreign cor- Grocery, where he had daughter, Emily Sharon, Feb. 6, 1996. respondent during World worked for more than 40 April 11, 1996. War II, and had established years. The widower of '88 Felix and Tracy a public relations firm in Nancy C. Patton '40, he Bryan, a son, Travis New York City. She leaves leaves three daughters,

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Nancy P. Langdon '68 of two step-children; and nine Nashville, Flo Patton, grandchildren. "The new students who are today being and Lynne P. Withering- '49 Gerald C. Sweatt welcomed into the college community, as well as ton, both of Memphis; a of Memphis, June 12, 1996. the older students and alumni, should realize that brother, Wesley E. Patton A World War H Navy vet- their alma mater has an honorable heritage, which Jr. of Florence, Ala.; and eran, he was a retired asso- it is their privilege and duty to foster and three grandchildren. ciate director of customer maintain." '43 William C. Dewey relations for Schering- —Charles E. Diehl of Memphis, May 10, Plough-HealthCare. He President of Rhodes 191749 1996. A veteran of World was a member of the War H and the Korean board of directors of Uristin Fox volunteers conflict, he opened Mem- Brooks Art Gallery from nmuch of her time as a phis' first Volkswagen 1972-1982, and a coordinator for Rhodes' dealership, Dewey Motor woodworker and sculptor. Kinney Program. The Inc., with his brother Ed- The husband of Betty Cage junior from Union City, ward on the corner of Sweatt '51, he also leaves a Tenn., oversees many Cooper and Central Ave. daughter, Clare Elizabeth different efforts aimed In the late 1970s he Gerald of Memphis. at assisting the less for- became active in real '49 Joseph Q. Tribo tunate—from serving in estate, working with Duff of Memphis, July 12, 1996. the student-run Souper Gaither Co. and later with A retired automobile exec- Contact soup kitchen at Ray Dickey Realtors. The utive, he was a longtime nearby St. John's United husband of Ann Dewey, supporter and general Methodist Church to he also leaves his brother chairman of the annual Kristin Fox '98 volunteering at area Photo by John Rose Edward Dewey of Mem- FedEx St. Jude Classic golf schools. phis; two daughters, Ann tournament. A communi- Attracted to Rhodes' small size as well as its Wallace "Wally" Smith of cant of St. Louis Catholic metropolitan location, Kristin entered college with Memphis and Stephanie Church, he leaves his hopes of finding a spot in which to make a differ- Dewey Hoffman of wife, Gertrude Bates Tribo ence. Today, working with Chaplain Billy Collierville, Tenn.; and '47; three daughters, Janet Newton, Kristin helps lead the Kinney Program, three grandchildren. Cupo and Lisa Goodwin, now in its 39th year. '44 Janet Kelso Gager both of Memphis, and Ju- of Sweet Briar, Va., July 18, dith Wombwell of "The Kinney Program at Rhodes has provided 1996. Retired director of Andover, Mass.; a son, outstanding opportunities to serve the community public relations at Sweet Guy Tribo, of Memphis; and to apply my education beyond the Briar College, she held a 12 grandchildren; and a classroom." master's degree in English great-grandchild. —Kristin Fox '98 from the University of '51 William C. Sparks Chicago and served as cu- of Sheffield, Ala., and Fair Your gift to the 1996-97 Annual Fund provides rator of the university's Oaks Ranch, Texas, 1995. the means to attract and retain outstanding Modern Poetry Library. '72 James L. Hagan students like Kristin Fox. She later taught English at of Florida, May 1996. It ensures that all Rhodes students can grow Chicago State University, '72 James L. Nolan of and interact in an environment that challenges the was an editor at the Petaluma, Calif., May 12, mind and strengthens the spirit. University of Chicago 1996. Senior editor of World Please do your part to continue the tradition of Press and director of publi- Trade Press, an international educational excellence at Rhodes. If you have not cations for the University business journal, he leaves done so, please support Rhodes students with an of Chicago Graduate a daughter and a son. Annual Fund gift today. School of Business. Her fa- '98 Merribeth England ther was Rhodes philoso- of Brentwood, Tenn., June 149Th RHODES ANNUAL FUND phy professor A.P. Kelso. 25, 1996, of an automobile 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112-1690 She leaves her sister, Edith accident. She leaves her Telephone: Grayson Blair 800-264-5969, Kelso of Memphis; a parents, Joe and Connie 901-726-3859, e-mail: [email protected] daughter, Anne Lowrey England, and grandmoth- Bailey of Alexandria, Va.; er, Avis England. A-16 Rhodes Fall 1996 Wo\ Iv RHOD

By Martha Hunter Shepard

eventy-five years ago, Margaret Trahern of Clarksville, Tenn., became the first woman graduate of the college. Since that gradu- ation day in 1921, women have attended Rhodes in droves, even S outnumbering men on campus from time to time. The 1919 women's basketball team. Front row, left to right: Louise Perkins, Ursula Smith, Mildred Smith. Back row: Mildred Taylor, Margaret Trahern, Eleanor Caroland, Katherine York

Fall 1996 Rhodes 17 no longer curiosities, but com- There was one notable exception, monplace. And in that bold age though—only 10 women would of inventiveness, the glass ceiling be admitted for every 100 men. that historically had kept Dr. Charles E. Diehl became American women from higher president in 1917, and things education was beginning to changed—fast. With World War I crack. in full swing, the board of At Rhodes, J.R. Dobyns, the trustees voted any president of the college (then to allow women to be admitted— Rhodes women have followed in called Southwestern Presbyterian with no quotas—and even made Margaret Trahern's footsteps, University) recommended in them eligible for scholarships on excelling at a variety of "firsts" 1915 that women be admitted as the same terms as men. over the years. For example: full-time students. In the fall of 1917 five women •Pauline Hord '29 of It was World War I and the from Clarksville—including a Memphis, who founded the adult male population was leaving the young woman named Margaret literacy program at Mississippi's college to fight in the trenches of Trahern—enrolled as first-year Parchman Prison. Europe. Also, the citizens of students. Trahern stuck it out • Nell Sanders Aspero '33, Clarksville had recently given the and four years later, the glass Memphis' first woman lawyer. college $25,000 to build "a sani- ceiling shattered when she • Ruth Bryant '45, St. Louis, tary kitchen and dining hall" on stepped up to the podium at first woman vice president in the campus. commencement 1921 and became Federal Reserve System. President Dobyns, no doubt the first woman in the college's •Jane Walters '56, Nashville, mindful of the fact that the col- history to receive a diploma. Tennessee's first female commis- lege was forced to shut down What's more, she returned the sioner of education. during the Civil War when the following year to earn an M.A. in • Vicki Roman '75, Atlanta, all-male student population left history. first female treasurer of Coca- to fight, felt that the admission of Trahern played on the wom- Cola Enterprises and Coke's first women to the college would be a en's basketball team and was a female corporate vice president. politically and financially astute member of Chi Omega sorority, Margaret Trahern '21 estab- move. established on lished a rich tradition at Rhodes. The faculty and campus in She graduated 73 years after the trustees balked 1922 when she college was founded. This year at the idea of was a graduate we celebrate 75 years of her his- admitting student. tory-making "first." women stu- However, dents, but Dobyns women weren't held firm. When the elected to cam- board again refused pus leadership his proposal in 1916, he resigned. Shortly Graduation day. Margaret Trahern, Rhodes' he way it was afterward, the board first woman graduate, at her From Rhodes' founding reconsidered its deci- 1921 commencement inT 1848 in Clarksville, Tenn, into sion and decided to the 1880s, the college was strictly admit women an all-male institution. A few on the females were allowed to darken same the doors in the late 19th and terms early 20th centuries—the daugh- as ters of chancellors and faculty men. members who were permitted to attend classes. But that's as far as it went—they couldn't recite in class, take exams or receive diplomas. But the 20th century brought rapid changes. By 1915 the auto- mobile, radio and movies were

18 positions until World War II when, again, most male students were involved in the war effort. The college had moved to Memphis by then and was called Southwestern At Memphis. As in Clarksville, the local newspapers covered college events, and it was big news in Memphis when Mary Ann Frazier '45 was elected the first woman presi- dent of the student government and Anne Howard Bailey '45 became the first female year- book editor. tkerleirot Tikurvdtswisi_ ormr. • ai • riends Robb Hall, built in 1879, mainly housed male theology students Margaret Trahern and her lifelong friend Mildred Smith '21 Memphis in 1925, Mildred Smith In 1925 Smith's friend were born a month apart in 1899. followed. A good friend of Erma Margaret Trahern married Both grew up in Clarksville and Reese, Dr. Diehl's secretary in William G. Patch '20 who was in entered Southwestern both Clarksville and Memphis, the tobacco business in Presbyterian University together Smith worked in the college Clarksville. They had a son, in 1917. Trahern died in 1991. library before marrying W.R. Elwyn, and two daughters, Smith, who finished at Peabody Glenn in 1926. Eighteen months Margaret and Billie. College in Nashville, is now 97 after their daughter Evelyn was Trahern's father-in-law and lives in a nursing home in born, she and the baby moved Benjamin Patch served on the Clarksville. back to Clarksville for good. college's board of trustees for Smith kept a diary ( see page many years and was instrumen- 20') that covered events of her tal in moving the college from and Trahern's first year of col- Clarksville to Memphis. His posi- lege. In it, she writes not only of tion utterly astonished the citi- college events but of knitting for ack at home, she first zens of Clarksville, who couldn't the Red Cross, sending candy worked as a schoolteacher for 17 bear the thought of losing their and packages to the American years, then for the Army engi- college of 77 years. They fought a soldiers and cooking for the ones neers who built nearby Fort good fight, though—all the way who were camped nearby. In one Campbell. She kept the books for to the state Supreme Court— entry she writes of doing delicate the B.F. Goodrich plant, Petri where it was decided that needlework; in another, she Cigar Co. and Orgain Building Memphis would be the college's describes how she changes flat Supply Co., where she worked new home. tires and grinds the valves on the for 25 years before retiring at age When Margaret Trahern was a family's two cars—a Paige and a 72. The only reason she quit was first-year student in the fall of Dodge. she that didn't want to fool with 1917, one of her professors, When the college moved to the new computers. Margaret Huxtable Townsend,

Fall 1996 Rhodes 19 was also starting her career as Rhodes' first woman professor. Sept. 13, 1917 Townsend became the college's Well! I started to school this first dean of women and the first morning. [Southwestern sociology professor of either gen- Presbyterian University] opened der at Rhodes. She held her bach- Rhodes College is founded with its 43rd session this morning elor's and master's degrees from in Clarksville, Tenn. That with Dr. Diehl as its new president. McGill University and had done same year, Elizabeth Cady graduate work at Cornell. Stanton formally launches There are not so very many boys Having begun one tradition, the women's rights move- and we didn't get a good look at Margaret Trahern continued it, ment in America, declaring them but I think there are one or sending one of her daughters, that "all men and women are two nice looking boys besides the Billie, to Rhodes. created equal." home boys. There are five co-eds "There was never any pressure that are going to take the regular on us to go to Rhodes," says course. Corinne Williams, Margaret Billie, who attended the college Harned, Mary Atkinson, Margaret from 1956-58. Yet Billie became 1917 Trahern and Mildred Smith. This part of the Clarksville-Memphis The college admits women morning at the exercises one of the connection. as full-time students. new professors—Chas. Wm. When she was a first-year stu- Townsend—was very amusing. I dent the old Memphis Press- Scimitar newspaper ran a story don't see how we are going to keep about her and her mother. "Like 1920 from laughing in class. He is Mother, Like Daughter Keeps a The 19th Amendment is rati- exceedingly near-sighted, and when Southwestern Tradition Alive," fied, giving women the right he went to make his little talk he read the headline. The story also to vote. looked up not once. I feel sorry for listed faculty and friends who him, but he is most smart. had taught both at Clarksville Resolved: I am going to study and Memphis. hard. At the top of the list was then- president emeritus Dr. Diehl. His Margaret1 921 Trahern of eyesight failing in his later years, Clarksville is the first woman Sept. 14, 1917 Dr. Diehl asked various people to to graduate from the college. Margaret and I took the three read to him. Billie was his boys to school and then on our way Sunday afternoon reader. The cir- to college picked up Pat Cross, cle was complete. "Oolie" Wilson and Lynn. We were the first co-eds to arrive so we sat out in the car till the others came. [In chapel] we girls sat on one side of the house and the boys on the other. Dr. Diehl made some announcements, and said for us to come back in the morning. After chapel the boys rah'ed the coeds. Sept. 15, 1917 Think of going to school on Saturday! That is what I did to-day, & will do every Saturday for quite awhile. Margaret and I went down in the Dodge this morning. As we drove up we saw Pat & Patten putting an S.A.E. pledge pin on Garnett Ladd and then they shook Stewart Hall, erected in 1879, was the main science building.

Rhodes Fall 1996 hands with him. Pat introduced us. more to us if we would. They didn't start something that the other col- In chapel we moved over a little think we'd do it but we showed leges will follow. nearer the boys side. them. We scattered out amongst the faculty. I got between Dr. Edwards Nov. 19, 1917 Sept. 17, 1917 and Mr. Snader. Dr. Townsend had a girl on each side & looked very Dad got my report today & that After chapel there was a meet- much embarrassed. nice Dr. Diehl had written "A good ing of the "Boosters" which was the report for a fine girl. We think a student body. Patten was elected great deal of her" on it. chairman. Finally it was time to Nov. 5, 1917 elect the secretary and that terrible This afternoon I sewed on the Nov. 22, 1917 Pat Cross nominated me. He did it little orphan girl's bloomers until for nothing on earth but meanness. time to go to the missionary meet- This morning Ed. wasn't at Then everybody called "Speech." ing. After that we went down chapel so I got up to play. They I didn't intend to say any- town. The S.A.E.s were initiat- keys would not play & later I thing, but the darling ing some of the boys. [They learned the boys had stuffed the chairman looked at me had] Pud Patch on Dixon's piano with books. so funny I just rose a corner fishing. Oolie little and said, "Thank Wilson was selling Nov. 23, 1917 you all so much." I papers. Siebert & Garnett certainly was embar- were pushing peanuts up We went to school in Margie's rassed. & down the side walk. I buggy this morning. I had to play again & on the first song every thing got balled up, but I did a little better on the next one. Had a meet- ing of the Boosters Club & appointed a committee to ask the faculty for 3 days holiday Thanksgiving. Also decided to send EXCERPTS FROM THE Mrs. Diehl some flowers. She has pneumonia in both lungs. Em. asked me to go to the basket ball DIARY OF game to-night, but I had already promised Marg. & Libba. Four of us little coeds got together & evermore MILDRED SMITH cheered S.P.U. S.P.U. played splen- didly. They won 26 to 14 or some- GLENN thing like that. September 1917-April 1918. Clarksville, Tenn. April 6, 1918 I went to the [baseball] game Sept. 26, 1917 think hurting initiations are the this aft. with Billy & Marit. Illinois meanest things that ever were. I beat S.P.U. 11 to 0. When I got This morning the upper class- can't see what good it can do a boy home I found a box of candy with a men (Sanhedrin) initiated the to hurt another one. card on which was written freshies as they came to chapel. At University of Illinois Baseball Team. one time there were four boys Nov. 6, 1917 turned across a plank to be spanked. The dormitory boys were I went to a committee meeting April 27, 1918 worked on last night. All they did to discuss what we students could Monday we had a holiday on to us co-eds was to make us sit on do to help our nation. I didn't open account of winning a baseball game. the platform with the faculty—at my mouth but was elected secre- least they said they would do no tary. Mr. MacQueen thinks we'll

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The National Parks: Reminders, Not Remainders By Roger Kennedy Somewhat higher fees will help, Washington Monument syn- Director of the National Park if the Congress lets us keep those drome and the Yellowstone syn- Service fees in the parks, where they drome. But anyone who thinks Roger Kennedy, director of the belong. Somewhat more revenue that the decayed mortar joints in National Park Service, spoke at this derived from the concessionaires, the Washington Monument or fall's Frank M. Gilliland Symposium those who do business in the the problems of tending the on the budget problems and other parks, will help. More money campgrounds at Yellowstone are issues confronting our national park donated through our cooperating new, or that we haven't been system. The following are excerpts associations and the revitalized telling the public about them— from his talk. National Park Foundation will hasn't been listening lately. A Yale graduate with a J.D. from help. But there's no escaping the Let's deal with widely-dissem- University of Minnesota, Kennedy truth: if you want parks, you inated, false myth. has served as director of the have to pay for them. With tax Some people say Smithsonian National Museum of dollars. that the reason that American History; vice president For too long people in the there are con- and financial officer of the Ford National Park Service were told strained budgets in Foundation; a member of presidential that they should keep their the "real" parks— commissions for Presidents Nixon, knowledge of the decay of the by which they gen- Carter and Bush; and special assis- parks quiet and "do more with erally mean the tant to the U.S. Attorney General, less." After many years of denial, ones with water- the Secretary of Health, Education the truth is out, apparent in falls, at safe dis- and Welfare and the Secretary of decayed historic buildings, erod- tances from large Labor. ed hillsides, obsolete sewage sys- cities—is that we Kennedy has also been a White tems, unusable water systems, have added a host House correspondent and producer toxic waste, accumulated rot of expensive places for NBC. He hosted the Discovery borne silently by good soldiers to the park system, Channel series "Roger Kennedy's told to "get it out someplace largely historic and Rediscovering America" and is the else." Well, we are out of some- Eastern. The empha- author of nine books of history and place to get "it" out of. architectural history. There are uses of science in The Gilliland Symposium was detection of subtle degradation. established in memory of Memphis We haven't had enough sus- attorney Frank M. Gilliland by his tained science—and too much Roger Kennedy, director of the family. sustained silence. Silence has per- National Park mitted decay to accumulate Service, speaks to 996 is the 80th anniversary year undetected and therefore, students in an infor- of the National Park Service. unremedied. We will be silent no mal session preced- 1 ing his public talk. Eighty years of conserving more. As good stewards of peo- Photo by Ennque Espinosa '97 scenery and historic objects and ple as well as places, we have no wildlife. choice. We will not let undis- sis is on "expensive," as if recent- Along the way, each genera- closed perils expose our visitors, ly added parks had no value and tion has added to the system. or our own people, to unsafe con- produced only cost. Well, bud- Forty-nine states have national ditions. We will not imperil their gets are constrained. But a good parks-369 units serving 276 mil- health, or your health. We will look at the books tells us that the lion visitors annually, many from close trails and campgrounds. We problem has little to do with new overseas. will shutter historic buildings, we parks. The total budget of the The National Park System is will cordon off portions of parks National Park Service is $1.365 suffering from years of neglect, before we will imperil health and billion annually. The total bud- from years of needing, and in safety. The howls will go up— gets of the last 13 parks or monu- need of taxpayer support. there will be talk of the ments added is $3.658 million. A

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calculator shows that is one-third real balance sheet. Further, the parks, like all of one percent of the total. Second, no distinction has business, have taken on addition- Maintaining the National Park been made in computing the dif- al costs as well as additional ser- Service costs a lot, and it will cost ference between nominal budgets vices. Properly, we have added a lot. There is no way to sustain a and real budgets—budgets in costs for access for handicapped trust on the cheap. Right now, purchasing power terms— people, for insurance, for decent the entire system costs each tax- between service cost inflation and retirement. In recent years we payer $10 a year. Ten bucks. The the generalized inflation in goods have provided some casualty calculator gets that result by and service. For the Park Service, insurance to those who used to dividing the total park budget by that accounting difference is go out on rescue missions unin- the number of taxpayers, which important, because two-thirds of sured. We have provided some is smaller, of course, than the its budget goes to pay persons. retirement benefits to people like total population. Ten bucks. A Anyone who has run a university that wonderful man with five children who worked for years at the Lincoln Memorial and died without a pension—that woke us up to our obligations. We have spent every dime the Congress has given us for training to help us serve the public better. What is the state of the parks? Are our best places in the best shape? They are not. They are battered. They have depreciated. We have not been good enough stewards. We all know that. We can do better. We ask our fellow citizens to permit us to do our work better, to help us pay for it by user fees and entrance fees, by tax dollars and through personal, foundation and corporate donations. What can you do to help? You can willingly pay modest increas- es in user and entry fees. You can donate your time and your money, as thousands already do, and as you probably already do. You can help us brush away the couple of good movie tickets— or a service business knows that alibis and cobwebs. You can wel- without the popcorn. in recent decades the cost of ser- come candor. You can vote. You Since I worked many years as vice has increased much more can tell those in the Congress and a businessman, let me tell you rapidly than the cost of goods. in the White House what you two things that may shock some In the 1930s, in the teeth of the think. of you business people. First, Depression, the parks got twice- The national parks are impor- there has been no depreciation twice—what they now receive tant in themselves. Beyond them- account kept by the National from the Congress and taxpayers selves, they provide a call to pre- Park System. That's the way gov- in dollars of constant purchasing serve America at its best. They ernment accounting is done. power per visitor to the national are where we can be our best There's no capital account. No parks. selves.

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The results show that while God's Struggler: Lexical Change & region was the most important factor in differentiating dialects Religion in the Writings of Variation in the in the '30s, it is the least impor- Nikos Kazantzakis tant element today. In the '90s, Southeastern age, education and race all show Edited by Darren J.N. Middleton, about the same influence on the Instructor of Religious Studies, United States use of vocabulary. Rhodes, and Peter Bien, professor of English and comparative literature, 1930-90 Dartmouth College. 236 pp. Macon, J. William Ga.: Mercer University Press. By Ellen Johnson '80. 318 pp. $32.95. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Fulbright And ppod'sod's Struggler, a collection of Press. $19.95. by an array of interna- In Lexical Changes Dr. Ellen His Time tional scholars, explores the reli- ( Johnson, assistant professor of gious elements in the writings of English at Western Kentucky By Lee Riley Powell '77. 562 pp. the Greek novelist Nikos University, discusses words used Memphis: Guild Bindery Press. Kazantzakis (The Last Temptation in the Southeast and how they $27.95. of Christ, Zorba the Greek) and have changed during the 20th By James C. Lanier argues for their significance for century. She also describes how Associate Professor of History theological discourse. the lexicon varies according to . William Fulbright and his Time It is often assumed that the speaker's age, race, educa- Jis solid proof of the enduring Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) reli- tion, sex and place of residence legacy of one of this century's gious views were unorthodox (urban vs. most important and heretical, and therefore rural; coastal United States sena- unworthy of a place in the histo- vs. Piedmont tors. For 30 years, ry of Christian thought. The book vs. mountain). from 1944-74, Bill is a carefully planned attempt to Johnson Fulbright represent- argue that while Kazantzakis compares data ed Arkansas and occupied the so-called border- collected in the shaped American lands between opinion on foreign belief and unbe- affairs. Combining lief throughout those two roles was much of his life, not always easy, but he nonetheless Fulbright managed possessed an them both with an intense aware- unusual degree of ness of the intelligence and dig- sacred. While nity that earned him his spiritual the respect of admir- roots ran deep, ers and adversaries. he wrestled 1930s as part of Lee Powell '77, the author of with God seek- the Linguistic this new biography, is a lawyer ing to bring new Atlas of the who now works on the staff of life to timeworn Middle and federal Judge Bill Wilson in religious South Atlantic Arkansas. Beginning with a notions. States project senior paper he wrote on The essays with data collect- Fulbright at Rhodes, Powell analyze in detail ed in 1990 from researched the career of the sen- Kazantzakis's lifelong struggle to similar speakers in the same ator for 17 years in preparation give understanding of God. communities. for this full-scale biography. 24 Rhodes Fall 1996 In Print

Powell also brings a personal The Arkansan also worked to those who disagreed with him. political association with elevate the cultural life of the Powell does not try to con- Fulbright to the book. His nation's capitol, using his con- vince us that Fulbright made all father, James 0. Powell, was for tacts in the elite social circles of the right choices, but reading many years an editor of the Washington and his influence in his biography will enhance the Arkansas Gazette and an astute Congress to provide money for reader's appreciation for those observer the Kennedy who bring intellect and vision to of Center for the the dilemmas of public life. Southern Performing politics. J. WILLIAM FU LBRICHT Arts. A N I) I l l s 1- I M I. Lee has Fulbright's Shakespeare's benefitted struggle to from his have influence Landlord father's for the public close rela- good, improve By Charlaine Harris '73. 218 pp. tionship the economy New York: St. Martin's Press. with and the educa- $20.95. Fulbright tional system 'Mystery writer Charlaine and the of his home nilHarris has a new heroine, many state, use Lily Bard, and she's tough as interviews American nails that he power in realis- Lily, a loner who has taken up and his tic ways for residence in the small town of father con- idealistic ends Shakespeare, Ark., cleans houses ducted is a challenging for a living and takes karate with the FOREWORD BY PRESIDE NT BILL CLINTON model for classes at night. senator. today's world. Keeping a horrible past inci- Readers have much to learn The personal dilemmas he dent in her life locked up inside from J. William Fulbright and faced in try- her, she is fiercely His Time. The senator was not ing to accom- protective of her without courage and influence. plish his independence, and He was an early supporter of goals in the pays little atten- the United Nations. His spon- Senate have tion to the town soring of legislation for study a relevance around her. But abroad, the Fulbrights, has for all of us. when her landlord broadened the horizons and Fulbright is murdered, she experience of many young hesitated to looks like the scholars. He was never intimi- oppose supe- prime suspect. dated by Joseph McCarthy of riors with Realizing that Wisconsin and led others in the whom he uncovering the Senate to censure McCarthy disagreed SHAKESP EARE'S real killer may be (for that Joe liked to call him because he the only way to "halfbright"). He modified his hated to lose 1 \NDL ORD prove her inno- stance on civil rights late in his any chance cence, Lily focuses career and courageously to influence t..11ARIAIN I I RR1S on the other resi- opposed Nixon's attempt to them; he dents of tiny place the white Southerner agonized Shakespeare. Harold Carswell on the over compromising some of his Her job gives her easy access Supreme Court (having earlier principles in order to advance to people's private lives—and supported Johnson's nomina- others; he wanted to be true to the skeletons in their closets. It tion of the first black to the what he believed was right, yet also exposes her to the unwanted court in Thurgood Marshall). wanted to remain popular with attentions of a murderer. Fall 1996 Rhodes 25 liAT ith the 1990s footsteps to Rhodes after winding down visiting other colleges. Elise and the year 2000 Eidemiller '95 earned her around the cor- degree in international ner, many people want to What Are studies and is an Eastern know what Rhodes students Europe trade specialist with today are like. What do they the Idaho Department of do? Where are they going? Commerce. What are their goals, their Lara Eidemiller, who dreams? In short, what Rhodes hasn't yet named a major, is makes them tick? serious about academics and Rhodes asked these sports. An outstanding high questions of four current school student who gradu- students. While all lead very Students ated at the top of her 86- different lives, there is one member senior class in the thing they have in common— rural community where she they are totally engaged in Like Today was raised, she was also an the life of the Rhodes com- outstanding athlete. In addi- munity. And along with their tion to being selected as a education, they will carry Photos by Steve Jones First-Team All Conference with them always invaluable Volleyball player her junior skills and experiences gained offered a good liberal arts educa- and senior years of high school, from their college commitments. tion, the opportunity to play she also ran track and played competitive volleyball and a basketball. Lara Eidemiller '00 place with a sense of community. Balancing academics and ath- She said she also wanted to letics is a challenge even for this Like many first-year students, have the experience of living in high energy student. She plays Lara Eidemiller is getting her first another part of the country, fur- right side option hitter for the taste of the smorgasbord of col- ther nurturing a "travel bug" Rhodes volleyball team, which lege life at Rhodes and finding it introduced by her parents. takes a hefty bite of her day: very much to her liking. "I am having the best time. daily practice runs from 6 p.m. The Idaho native was looking I love it here," said Eidemiller, to 9 p.m. for a Presbyterian college that who followed in her sister's "It's a pretty big time commit-

Rhodes Fall 1996 ment. But it's something I really with the United Dairy Industry place is endless. We are so want to do," she says, adding Association. She has seen much young, in contrast." that the athletic commitment also of the Midwest and East Coast, —Susan McLain Sullivan doubles as a social life. "I really some of California, and Alberta love all the girls I'm playing and British Columbia in Canada. Adele Hines '99 with. There is a lot of talent on "We were exposed to all dif- the team." ferent kinds of lifestyles we "I feel I have to get involved in Another part of Eidemiller's wouldn't have had access to in everything," says Rhodes sopho- busy social life is her involve- Idaho. It really opened our eyes," more Adele Hines, echoing a ment with Rhodes' Fellowship of she says, including those of her philosophy she's had ever since Christian Athletes, whose meet- older brother Seth, who is plan- she was a little girl following in ings she usually attends after vol- ning a semester abroad next year the footsteps of an admired older leyball practice. She also attends in Argentina. brother. She has always looked Wednesday night meetings of the Last summer her desire to for ways to excel in her own right Rhodes Christian Fellowship. travel and a casual interest in since coming to Rhodes, intend- On Thursday afternoons, archaeology landed Eidemiller in ing to make the most of her col- Eidemiller, a Bonner Scholar, a kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee. lege experience. As she closes in coaches sixth-grade girls in vol- As she recalls her experience, her on the first semester of her leyball at Idlewild Elementary eyes widen and her voice sophomore year, she can already School in Memphis. Two other becomes excited. She says her look back on an impressive teammates coach sixth-graders at mother saw a newspaper story record of involvement. Snowden Elementary. about a group from a "We're teaching them about nearby college planning volleyball and how to become an excavation trip to the confident with themselves," she Bethsaida site in Israel. says. "They are very energetic "My parents and I and enthusiastic and a lot of fun decided it would be really to work with." Her only other good for me to go, and I teaching experience was a found myself in a group Sunday school class of preschool- of 10 other people headed ers at Homedale Presbyterian to L.A. to Tel Aviv," she Church in her hometown. said, revealing a trace of An avid hiker and novice rock incredulousness in having climber, Eidemiller loves the out- made the trip. The group doors, and says she is beginning of college students, a pro- to appreciate things about her- fessor and three amateur self—including her love of open archaeologists joined spaces, desire to travel and other volunteers who upbringing in a close-knit farm- spent three weeks sifting ing community—as she experi- through the Bethsaida site ences life away from her family hunting for shards of pot- who live about 30 minutes from tery, bone and other Boise. Her father is a dairy items. On her last day at farmer and her mother, an ele- the site, she reports hap- mentary school teacher. pily, she uncovered a "My parents wanted travel to grinding stone. The last week of A native Memphian, Hines be a priority with us—to have the the expedition was spent visiting attended Whitehaven High School historical experiences that travel sites in Jerusalem, the Dead Sea where her brother Jeffrey had can bring and to interact with a and Bethlehem. been a student leader. Initially variety of people," explains "It was amazing," Eidemiller known as "Jeffrey's little sister," Eidemiller, ticking off names of says, sharing a scene at a 5,000- she worked hard at—and suc- cities and states she has visited year-old olive tree that the mem- ceeded in—establishing her own from Maine to Florida. She says bers of the group encircled with identity through involvement in her family traveled during the stretched arms and hands. "To be student activities. During her summer to various parts of the in the heart of the Holy Land senior year she was featured in country as her father met with where it all happened is mind- Ebony magazine as one of the top other dairy farmers affiliated boggling! The history in that high school seniors in the country.

Fall 1996 Rhodes 27 When she started planning national poetry, essay and play American Student Visitation for college, 20 universities out competitions. Weekend, a program she worked of 21 accepted her, including At the end of her first year, on her first year at Rhodes. The Princeton, Duke and Williams, Hines had a 3.3 grade point aver- event provides panel discussions but Rhodes was her choice. "I age, an impressive achievement, and other activities of interest to knew I could get the same educa- though lower than she wanted. African-American high school tion or better here," she says. She "But I make a trade-off," she students who are making their decided to live on campus rather says. "I could aim for a 4.0 and college selections. than commute because she do nothing or accept a 3.3 and do Hines spent last summer "wanted to get more out of the everything. I know people with a working at an internship with the college experience." And once at 4.0, but they aren't happy. They KPMG Peat Marwick accounting Rhodes, she didn't waste any study all the time. College should firm. She has declared her major time. "I wanted to see what was be more than that." as business administration with here and what I could be As a sophomore, Hines is an emphasis on accounting and is involved in." putting her extracurricular activi- making plans to return to Rhodes With the blessing of faculty ties in perspective and has even after graduation for an M.S. in adviser Prof. Sue Legge, Hines eliminated some. "I'm trying to accounting. She wants to take the signed up for a class overload focus on moving into upper level CPA exam and eventually go to and signed on for nine extracur- leadership roles," she says, not- law school "My mother started ricular activities. ing that last year she was corre- law school but didn't finish. She Through the Bonner program, sponding secretary for the Black may be going back and this has AmeriCorps and a math tutoring Student Association. This year inspired me," she says. program, she spent a great deal she is second vice president. "If Even with all her activities, of time at nearby Snowden Ele- I'm in a group, I want to have Hines confesses sometimes she mentary School. There she tutored responsibilities. I don't want to feels like "I am sitting back doing and mentored students both in be just a member." nothing." She is eager to have left and out of the classroom. She One of her new responsibilities her mark at Rhodes. "I'd like to also joined an "adopt a friend" is that of a peer assistant for first- leave knowing that I was respon- program that connected her with year students. "I had 10 guys in sible for bringing some new a Snowden student whom she my group," she explains. "I was organizations onto campus." could tutor and spend time with one of the few who had all males Wherever life takes her, Hines on a one-to-one basis. This mutu- and I thought I was going to have will always try to make the most ally beneficial arrangement gave a problem, but I didn't. Some of of every moment. them each a sympathetic ear. It the guys still call me for advice —John H. Rone also gave the Snowden student and come to me with questions an academic boost. about all sorts of things." Damon Norcross '98 Hines was criticized by some She continues her involvement of her peers for her eagerness to with some off-campus organiza- There's no pretension about take on so many extra responsi- tions in which she became in- Damon Norcross. A young man bilities, including Rhodes' spring volved last year. Every Saturday who knows himself and moves break service trip last year to she works at the National Civil with ease among his peers, Reynosa, Mexico. Rights Museum as a tour guide, Norcross grew up in a working- "A lot of people said I wouldn't storyteller and greeter. The class area of Atlanta attending make it because I don't like to get curator there now wants her to public school and going to the dirty and I don't like to be cold. develop some workshops. She Boys and Girls Club after classes But there I was, dirty and cold, also works off-campus with the every day. using a power saw and mixing NAACP and has been a student The Rhodes Student Govern- cement." liaison for ACT-SO (the national ment vice president and Bonner In addition to her hands-on Afro-Academic Cultural Tech- Scholar still goes to the Boys and style, Hines has a reflective side. nological Scientific Olympics). Girls Club—at Memphis' Dixie Last year she submitted poetry to Through ACT-SO Hines had the Homes public housing project The Southwestern Review. "I keep a opportunity in high school to during the academic year, and at journal and since the 10th grade hear South African president his hometown club in the summer. have written poetry," she says. Nelson Mandela and meet and An outstanding high school Ten of her poems have been pub- speak with American civil rights student, Norcross was also a lished in national poetry antholo- icon Rosa Parks. leader in the Keystone Club, a gies and she has placed in Another interest is the African- community service arm of the

28 Rhodes Fall 1996 Boys and Girls Club which he is riences, but Norcross had one of But the person Norcross currently helping to establish at his own five years before the credits most in his development Dixie Homes. games came to town. is his mother Hannah and his "We would visit retirement Cross Keys High, his alma extended family. homes, provide mentoring in mater through tenth grade, is "My mother is really why I'm housing projects, hold car washes where Norcross started out. The here now," he says. She's a very to go to national conferences Darlington School in Rome, Ga., accepting person and open to a and conduct recycling drives," a private boarding school an lot of things. When I was grow- Norcross says of his Atlanta days. hour away from Atlanta, is where ing up she didn't sit me down He was twice and lecture—every- selected Youth of the thing she is is seen Year by the Boys and through her actions. Girls Club of She's a single Metropolitan Atlanta, mother and sacri- and was a member of ficed a lot of things Georgia's Dream for me to be here." Team, an Olympics- His grand- sponsored select group mother, aunt, three of students who lob- uncles and cousin bied International "are just as influen- Olympic Committee tial as my mother," members before he says. All have Atlanta got the nod in shaped his view of an effort to show that community. "For the youth of Atlanta instance, in hard supported the Olympics. He even he finished. He won a full schol- times, we pick each other up. got to go to Tokyo in 1992 for the arship to Darlington in his junior We'll live together from time to announcement that Atlanta and senior years and with it, a time. We're there for each other, would indeed host the '96 sum- bridge to Rhodes. no matter what. That has shaped mer games. "If it weren't for Darlington, I everything about me. It's the "Last summer the Boys and wouldn't be at Rhodes," Norcross essence of what I am." Girls Club received a lot of tickets says. A major influence on his Career plans for Norcross for the games, so I was able to decision was his faculty adviser, include working for a couple of take the kids daily. We saw George Awsumb '61, chairman of years after graduation, preferably everything, including the wom- the school's fine arts department. not in the South, just to "open en's basketball team win the "Coming from an inner-city myself up," then getting his gold," says Norcross. What's school of 1,600 students to M.B.A. After that, he wants to more, the international teams Darlington—with 450 students— run a non-profit organization, treated them like royalty every- was a real transition, but it helped like a Boys and Girls Club. where they went. "The Swiss me decide what kind of college I —Martha Hunter Shepard handball team gave us team pins wanted to go to. I wanted the and scarves; the Cuban baseball same kind of small community team, baseballs; and everyone that I had at Darlington," he says. Bryant "Bear" gave us autographs." A political science major with a Benson '97 Norcross, who never tired of business minor, Norcross gives He's called Bryant "Bear" the international crowds in his Rhodes professors high Benson, and answers to any or all downtown Atlanta during the marks. He particularly admires of those names. The Kingsport, Olympics, had been in political science professor Steve Tenn., native with a major in bio- Centennial Park the night the Wirls' enthusiasm in the class- chemistry and minor in psychol- bomb went off, but left an hour room "talking about things he ogy plans to enter medical school and a half before it exploded. deeply cares about." And eco- next fall. He thinks he'll special- "The greatest thing was when the nomics professor Dee Birnbaum ize either in psychiatry or pedi- park reopened. The place was can "explain management like atrics, but that's down the road. packed. To me, it was the tri- nobody else." The interdiscipli- For now, he's committed to his umph of the human spirit." nary "Life" course "has helped studies that will get him there The Olympics gave Norcross me a lot spiritually," says and to some campus organiza- and the boys unforgettable expe- Norcross. tions that also provide a variety

Fall 1996 Rhodes 29 of skills he can use all his life. There were plenty to be made full complement of Rhodes vol- President of the Honor when he returned to the States, unteers, plus a hefty waiting list. Council, on which he has served especially in coping with how he The hands-on organizational for four years, Benson is also one and his childhood friends had skills that serve Benson in of three codirectors of the spring grown and changed. It was déjà Reynosa also serve him well on break service trip to the Mexican vu when last summer he campus. As chairman of the border as well as chairman of attended British Studies at SafeRides volunteer group, he's SafeRides, the student-run week- Oxford. "You become such a dif- organized some 60 students into end van service that shepherds ferent person living in another teams that are on call during students who request it safely country," he says. weekends. Last year, he helped back to campus after work out how an evening out. expenses were to be He doesn't own shared with the Red a computer, relying Cross, which pro- instead on the ones vides the van. The in the Computer solution: all student Center and Chem- drivers are now istry Department. trained in first aid "If I had one, I'd be and CPR, and playing video SafeRides pays for games all the time," the gas. he jokes. Student account- Benson wears the ability in any mantle of leadership endeavor stems in easily, and always large part from with ready humor Benson's experience and understand- as a member, and ing—traits learned now president, of early at his parents' home in Benson's world view has the Honor Council. He says he's East Tennessee. served him well at Rhodes. For seen the council change during To his mother Terry, a high the last three years he has spent the years. school English teacher, and father spring break not on the beach, "A year and a half ago, a law Jim, director of sales for Eastman but in Reynosa, Mexico, with firm that specializes in academic Chemical, mealtimes were a fam- other Rhodes students building judicial boards reviewed the ily affair. "We were all required playgrounds and houses for the council's constitution and to be at every meal and to sit impoverished residents along the changed some of the wording. down and talk," says Bryant. The Texas-Mexican border. Benson It's much more formal and spe- children were also expected to do supervised the construction of cific now," says Benson, who well in school because "you can't two playgrounds his freshman believes the Honor Council is a get away with anything if your and sophomore years, and last more vital and respected organi- mother teaches in your school." year, a playground and concrete zation than it was when he was a But mastering table manners houses that the families them- first-year student. and making good grades weren't selves helped build. He was also pleased with the the only skills Benson learned at "The people are Mexican citi- Honor Code signing ceremony an early age. When he was in zens who have been stopped at for incoming students this fall eighth grade, his father's business the border and have claimed (see page 15). To Benson, it was took the family to Switzerland to squatters' rights," Benson an educational experience as live for three years. The Bensons explains. "The colonias where much as a solemn ceremony, and traveled everywhere, learned to they live are built around one he hopes will make a long- ski, and Bryant and his siblings garbage dumps." Far from term impact on students and attended a small school where repelling him, the squalid living college alike. their teachers hailed from all over conditions have brought him When you ask him about his Europe. back every year to lend a hand. commitment to these campus "It was the most influential This spring will mark Benson's organizations, the future doctor time of my life," says Benson. fourth year to participate in the simply replies, "They provide a "The main thing it taught me was popular alternative spring break service that's needed." how to handle transitions." program which always includes a —Martha Hunter Shepard 111

30 Rhodes Fall 1996 Athletics

Kinoshita, Tarver FOOTBALL Campus Life After a tough loss at home to Take South Rolex ranked Washington University 44- Center Alumni 0 to start the season, the Lynx went Doubles on the road for three games losing Memberships he women's tennis team had a to Millsaps 28-22 in overtime, beat- Tsuccessful weekend at the ing Austin College 35-0 and losing Now Available South Rolex Tournament held in to power Carnegie Mellon 17-0. Memberships for the Bryan Atlanta in early October. The At midseason, sophomore run- in Campus Life Center are now doubles team of Nao Kinoshita ning back Darrell Brown led the available to Rhodes alumni. '97 of Tokyo and Taylor Tarver team in rushing with 365 yards. For out-of-town alumni who '98 of Huntsville, Ala., captured Seniors Jimmie Glorioso and Don use the Byran Campus Life its third straight title with a 6-0, Purvis were the Lynx passing tan- Center, there is a $5 daily fee. No 6-3 win over Emory University. dem. Glorioso had 337 yards pass- sponsorship is required. Kinoshita lost the singles final ing and Purvis, 18 catches for 291 Annual and summer-only for the first time in three years to yards. Junior linebacker Fred Wix membership rates have been Ailena Toppla from Finland. led the team in tackles with 41. established for individuals, cou- ples and families, with special rates for Fall Sports the classes of 1994 and '95. Members of Roundup the latest graduating class can use the VOLLEYBALL facility for free. The Rhodes vol- Locker rental is leyball team had a available, and free 14-14 record at mid- towel service is pro- season. The Lynx vided. faced eight of the top For membership 20 volleyball teams in information, contact the nation at the Matt Dean, director Skyline Chili Classic of the Bryan in Cincinnati. Freshman Jason Pierce of Germantown, Tenn., scores against Campus Life Center, Washington University. (901) 726-3954; fax: Photo by Enrique Espinosa '97 CROSS COUNTRY (901) 726-3749; email: The cross country teams ran to [email protected]. defend their SCAC champi- SOCCER onships this season. At midsea- At midseason the men's soccer son the teams had competed in team had a 7-2 overall record, 1-0 Correction meets at University of Memphis, in the SCAC. The Lynx won 5 in a he summer issue of Rhodes Vanderbilt Invitational and the row after starting the season 2-2. Tincorrectly stated on the back prestigious SUNY-Courtland Senior Neil Brunetz led the team cover that the 1896 football team Meet in New York state. The and the conference in scoring. played only one game that year men's highest finish was fourth The women had a 6-3 overall against Vanderbilt, the 36-0 win- place at Vanderbilt and the record, 1-0 in the SCAC at midesa- ner. In fact, the team also played women's, fourth place at son. The Lynx played a tough non- the University of Nashville, the Memphis. conference schedule in the early Nashville Athletic Club and Bethel season, with all three of their losses College. Rhodes beat Bethel 6-0 by coming from top Division III com- default, however lost to University petition: Wilmington-Ohio, Calvin- of Nashville 26-0 and Nashville Michigan, and Washington-Missouri. Athletic Club, 18-0. Fall 1996 Rhodes 31 Calendar

Gallery, Tuesday-Satur- Memphis Symphony Choir, Rhodes Brass day from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Orchestra and Hodie Quartet. St. Mary's (Closed during spring Festival Chorus con- Episcopal Cathedral, 700 break March 8-16) FREE ducted by Tony Lee Poplar Ave. 7:30 p.m.

NOV 1 - 30 Memphis in Garner. Evergreen Pres- Tickets: $6 adults, $4 Postcards exhibit featur- byterian Church, 613 students and seniors. ing views of Memphis University, 4 p.m. Tick- For information, call the from approximately ets: $16 adults, $8 stu- McCoy Theatre Box 1880-1950 from the dents and seniors. For Office (901) 726-3839. collection of Patrick information, call the McCarver; Burrow NOV 14 Evergreen McCoy Theatre Box DEC 11 Rhodes Singers Library, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Concert Series featuring Office (901) 726-3839. Campus Christmas Monday through Friday, organist David Ramsey, Concert, Hardie Audito- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Satur- Rhodes associate rium, 6 p.m. FREE days, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. professor of music. Sundays. (Closed Evergreen Presbyter- JAN 19 Faculty Thanksgiving weekend, ian Church, 613 Uni- Recital to benefit Nov. 27-Dec. 1) FREE versity, 8 p.m. FREE the Music Academy Scholarship Fund; NOV 9-DEC 14 Sculp- Shirley M. Payne ture by Rhodes art Recital Hall, Has- professor Carol Stew- sell Hall, 3 p.m. art; opening reception, (Admission free but Nov. 8, 5-7 p.m. donations to the Clough-Hanson Music Academy Gallery, Tuesday-Satur- Scholarship Fund day from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. accepted at door.) (Closed during Thanks- giving holidays, Nov. JAN 28 Faculty 27-Dec. 1) FREE Concert featuring Diane Clark, sopra-

JAN 18- FEB 14 no, and David Bronze work by James Ramsey, piano; Cooper, oil on plaster Shirley M. Payne and mixed media by DEC 10 The Rhodes Recital Hall, Hassell Don Estes, paper work Choral Music Series Hall, 8 p.m. FREE by Anita Jones; opening presents Christmas at reception Jan. 17, 5-7 NOV 18 Rhodes College St. Mary's featuring the FEB 3 Ceruti Spring p.m. Clough-Hanson Community Orchestra Rhodes College Singers, Quartet, University of Gallery, Tuesday-Satur- Concert conducted by Rhodes Music Academy Memphis Quartet in day from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Charles Clark. Hardie Children's Chorus, residence, featuring FREE Auditorium, 8 p.m FREE Rhodes Music Academy University of Memphis Young Singers, German- faculty members Susan

FEB 22 - MAR 22 Instal- DEC 8 The Rhodes town United Methodist Waterbury, violin, lations by Alonzo Davis Choral Music Series Church Matins Handbell Lenny Schranze, viola, and Greely Myatt; open- presents Hodie (This Choir, Evergreen Pres- Peter Spurbeck, cello, ing reception Feb. 21, 5-7 Day) by Ralph Vaughan byterian Church Jubilate and Rhodes faculty p.m. Clough-Hanson Williams featuring the Bell Choir, Recorder member Kathleen

32 Rhodes Fall 1996 Powell, violin; Shirley MAR 18 McCoy Visiting NOV 7-9; 16.17; 21-22 McCoy Theatre box M. Payne Recital Hall, Artist Series featuring Michael Cristofer's The office, (901) 726-3839. Hassell Hall, 8 p.m. the Jubal Trio; Hardie Shadow Box directed by FREE Auditorium, 8 p.m. For Brian Mott '87; in reper- APR 10-12, 17-20 ticket information call tory with Pippin. 2 p.m. Ernest in Love, book and FEB 23 The Rhodes the Rhodes Music matinee Nov. 17, all lyrics by Anne Croswell, Choral Music Series Department, (901) 726- other performances at 8 music by Lee Pockriss, presents St. Matthew 3775. p.m. Tickets: $8 adults, directed by Barry Fuller. Passion by Johann $4 students. For 2 p.m. matinee April 20, Sebastian Bach featuring information, call all other performances the Memphis Symphony the McCoy Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets: $12 Chamber Orchestra and box office, (901) adults, $6 students. For the Rhodes 726-3839. information, call the Mastersingers Chorale, McCoy Theatre box conducted by Tony Lee FEB 13-15; 21.23 office, (901) 726-3839. Garner; also performing, Our Country's Good the Music Academy by Timberlake Children's Chorus, Wertenbaker, Susan Van Dyke, direc- directed by tor; Evergreen Presby- Thomas Cadwaled- terian Church, 613 University St. 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $16 adults, $8 students and seniors. For information, call the McCoy Theatre Box Office (901) 726-3839.

MAR 3 Recital of Czech Music featuring the Rhodes music faculty; Shirley M. Payne Recital THEATRE Hall, Hassell Hall, 8 OCT 31-NOV 2; NOV p.m. FREE 14.15; 23-24 Pippin, book by Roger 0. Hir- MAR 7.8 Flute Festival shon, music and lyrics Mid South 1997 featur- by Stephen Schwartz, ing guest artists Dr. directed by assistant Mary Karen Clardy professor of theater from the University of Cookie Ewing; in reper- North Texas and the tory with The Shadow Dallas Symphony and Box. 2 p.m. matinee Nov. er Jones, Rhodes associ- Jan Gippo of the St. 24, all other performances ate professor of theater. Louis Symphony. For at 8 p.m. Tickets: $12 2 p.m. matinee Feb. 23, information call the adults, $6 students. For all other performances Rhodes Music Depart- information, call the at 8 p.m. Tickets: $8 ment (901) 726-3775. McCoy Theatre box adults, $4 students. For office, (901) 726-3839. information, call the Rhodes College 2000 North Parkway Memphis, Tennessee 38112-1690

eading to class on an autumn day, Marty Newcomb '98 (left), Dave Harrison '97 (center) and Bryan Smith '98 make their way through Hthe arch between Robinson and Williford Halls. Photo by Trey Clark