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By President William E. Troutt

At the Board of Trustees meeting in January, I reminisced about my first conversation with the search committee. They asked me a lot of good The questions, and two remain fresh in my mind: • How do you make a very good liberal arts college truly distinctive? RHODES • How do you take a very strong college to the next level of excellence? I told them that we would need to work together to Vision answer such ambitious questions, and that is what we hodes College aspires to graduate students with have done for the past two years in a planning effort that R a life long passion for learning, a compassion involved all segments of the college community. The for others and the ability to translate academic result is the Rhodes Vision. This document will be the study and personal concern into effective leadership touchstone for future decision making. It will guide us in: and action in their communities and the world. How we set priorities We will achieve our aspiration through four How we build budgets strategic imperatives: How we recruit and retain students, faculty and staff How we hold one another accountable 1. To attract and retain a talented, diverse student What is most important is that it will guide us in body and engage these students in a challenging, how we structure the student experience. As we focus inclusive and culturally-broadening college experience. our energies on enhancing student access, student learning, student engagement and student inspiration, 2. To ensure our faculty and staff have the talent, the I am confident that the coming years will fly by as time and the resources to inspire and involve our quickly as the first four have done. students in meaningful study, research and service. Yes, Rhodes feels like home to me now, yet I can still recall how I struggled with the decision to come here. 3. To enhance student opportunities for learning in Memphis. Carole and I drove to Clarksville and stood on the steps of First Presbyterian Church, where I know Charles 4. To provide a residential place of learning Diehl stood many times. It was there that my passion that inspires integrity and high achievement for what I had seen at Rhodes steeled itself into a through its beauty, its emphasis on values, its steadfast belief that I could help continue the fine work Presbyterian history and its heritage as a leader in the liberal arts and sciences. that he began, the work of providing a life-changing liberal arts education to every worthy student. Adopted by the Rhodes Board of Trustees, If Dr. Diehl were here today I believe he would January 17, 2003 be proud to see the faculty, students, trustees, administrators, staff, alumni and friends so solidly united behind his goal. My conviction is as strong today as it was four years ago. Armed with a common vision, a clear outline and the highest aspirations, we will not fail! ?A

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RI 101)S The Ted Rust statue of Charles E. Diehl that stands at the end of the Rollow Avenue of the Oaks may soon begin to see a different view of Rhodes as the campus community implements the new Rhodes Vision and its four strategic imperatives approved by the Board of Trustees at its January meeting. According to Rhodes president William E. Troutt, the Rhodes Vision is the culmination of three years of work by faculty, students, alumni, staff and Trustees who were aimed at carving out a plan to move Dr. Diehl's long-term vision closer to reality. That vision and its four strategic imperatives appear on page 1. What will the changes mean to those who attended Rhodes at a different time and loved it as it was? Dean Robert Llewellyn says, "A strategic plan for the college is one way in which we acknowledge the fact of change and ensure that we maintain a vitality in the midst of change. This does not mean that everything is transient. There are values to which we must adhere in order to be assured that what we do is a responsible way to address change. These values also establish our integrity and inspire us with a higher purpose. Our benefactor, Robert Priddy, found this at Rhodes—a college formerly unknown to him—when he acknowledged that Rhodes stands for a 'values-based liberal arts education.' He is right; it is what makes possible a Rhodes community and it is what Rhodes has always stood for; and it shapes the future that we imagine." President Troutt says the emphasis on values was part of what attracted him to Rhodes. "You don't make a change from one institution to another lightly, especially when you have presided over a college for an extended period of time," he says. "I thought about it long and hard before I came here." In fact, he did more than that. He journeyed to Clarksville, TN, site of the original college, and stood on the steps of First Presbyterian Church where he was sure Charles Diehl had often stood. "I had a sense that perhaps I could contribute to what he had started," he recalls. Troutt is aware that his style is quite different from that of Dr. Diehl, who was known to be quite a hands-on manager— "very strict but quite wonderful," as Kitty Nelson '47 describes him. Troutt, in his characteristic hands-off, inclusive style, introduced 10 initiatives in his inaugural address and challenged the college community to devise a plan to bring them to fruition. On the next two pages is a description of projected improvements each imperative will bring.

RHODES SPRING 2003 3 The Student Access Imperative: To attract and Increasing the endowment to achieve that goal will retain a talented, diverse student body and engage have a sweeping impact on every aspect of campus life. these students in a challenging, inclusive and Students' cultural and educational experiences will culturally-broadening college experience. broaden and deepen because tuition dollars currently "There are occasions each year when a highly recruited devoted to financial aid will be reassigned to provide prospective student chooses a rival institution over more stimulating educational opportunities, such as study Rhodes," says Dave Wottle, dean of admissions. "Those abroad, to all Rhodes students. "The college will leap losses are difficult, though possible, to sustain. It is much ahead of its competition as it removes the obstacles to harder to accept the fact that many academically talented student access," Wottle believes. students from middle- and low-income families who wish The Student Learning Imperative: To ensure to come to Rhodes are forced to settle for schools with our faculty and staff have the talent, the time and more attractive financial aid packages. The absence of the resources to inspire and involve our students in students from a variety of backgrounds is an impediment meaningful study, research and service. to the college's achieving its rightful place among the top Rhodes alumni constantly affirm that the quality tier of liberal arts institutions." of their college experience and the value they continue The college community is united in its desire to make to derive from it are rooted in their relationships with a Rhodes education available to all worthy students. faculty both in and outside the classroom. Rhodes Scholar John Churchill '71, for example, reports that he attended only one conventional class in his senior year. He spent the remainder of his studies in faculty-guided research projects and directed inquiries. "Rhodes aspires to be a college where such experiences are not exceptional, but the norm for its students," says Dean Robert Llewellyn, "and the college intends to support and reward the faculty members who make these mentoring relationships successful." The college has always taken pride in the fact that its faculty focuses entirely on undergraduate education. As it strives to enhance its standing among the nation's best liberal arts colleges, Rhodes will now seek to diminish the divide between the formal education of the classroom and more informal learning experiences. Students will have opportunities to absorb information in ways most suited to their individual learning styles that will reinforce the lessons learned through a variety of experiences. "Enhanced mentoring will unquestionably increase student retention," says Dean of Students Bette Ackerman, "and it will advance the college's ability to graduate students with a passion for learning and the ability to translate academic study into effective leadership and action." The Student Engagement Imperative: To enhance opportunities for learning in Memphis. The Rhodes campus provides a sanctuary where students can take risks and learn lessons in a safe, unthreatening environment. At the same time, they are expected to emerge after four years ready for the "real world," prepared to support themselves. Rhodes expects even more— compassion for others, personal concern about the world around them, leadership and action. Favazza r of re "Every student should have a dies, teachi meaningful Memphis experience, but r the atch community service and internship programs must have deep academic roots," says Dean Llewellyn. "Those roots will spring from the new Rhodes Center for Academic Research and Education through Service. Rhodes CARES will be an academic program ensuring that students enjoy more opportunities to reinforce classroom learning through research, internships and community service. This approach will prepare students to live fuller, more effective lives of service to their communities and the world, and Rhodes can lead American liberal arts institutions in this pursuit." The Student Inspiration Imperative: To provide a residential place of learning that inspires integrity and high achievement through its beauty, its emphasis on values, its Presbyterian history and its heritage as a leader in the liberal arts and sciences. "A values-based approach to education is the college's quintessential quality," says President Troutt, "and it is communicated through the curriculum as well as the architecture." This strategic imperative will assure that all students find the inspiration that leads to excellence in living and learning. The new Paul Barret Jr. Library will be the vanguard of this effort, and the rest of the college's facilities and programs will be brought up to its standard of excellence. "The curriculum and co-curricular activities will be aligned to ensure that The Association of American Colleges and Universities student experiences throughout the college years reflect recently published Greater Expectations, A New Vision the core beliefs upon which this institution was founded," for Learning as a Nation Goes to College, the result of a says Dean Llewellyn. "The result will be improved student comprehensive study of higher education as it exists today retention and loyal, engaged alumni who will join with and where it needs improvement. One of the report's key us to help Rhodes ascend to the next level of recognized recommendations is that the liberal arts become more excellence." practical: "One of the things that has always struck me about "Liberal education...has the Rhodes is that through the years, however different the strongest impact when studies reach times, the college has had a cadre of devoted alumni, beyond the classroom to the larger faculty, staff, trustees and friends who were willing community, asking students to apply to do whatever was necessary to move the institution their developing analytical skills and farther down the path of excellence," Troutt says. "I ethical judgment to concrete problems am tremendously excited about our collective vision in the world around them, and to for the future and the enthusiasm of the entire Rhodes connect theory with the insights gained community to contribute to its success." 744

from practice." — Greater Expectations, p. 27

RHODES SPRING 2003 5 The Vision Thing President Diehl's statue is etched into the minds of many alumni as the symbol of their college experience, yet there are whole generations of Rhodes graduates for whom it is simply a work of art. Indeed, the campus comes alive in different ways for alumni of succeeding decades. Dr. Diehl was there in the flesh for students in the 1940s. Life then centered around the war effort, recalls Kitty Nelson '47, and the campus was dominated by skirt-clad females who knitted scarves in class for the "boys" overseas. After the war, Voorhies Hall, the first on-campus residence hall for women, was completed and "the shacks," surplus military buildings, were constructed. The decade ended with the retirement of President Diehl and the inauguration of Peyton Rhodes. In the 1950s, recalls Professor Jack Streete '60, the student body was still quite small by today's standards. Most of the approximately 600 students lived on campus and there were few cars or parking lots. Burrow Library was completed in 1953, followed by Ellett, the most modern dorm on campus, in 1956, the same year the Chi Omega house caught on fire. All science classes and labs met in Kennedy Hall, while psychology, sociology and art met in the "shacks." Seniors were required to take a Bible class, and all graduates had to have credits in math, Latin or Greek as well as an additional language. Weekly chapel attendance was mandatory. President Rhodes delighted some, scandalized others by entering—and winning—a hula hoop contest at a Rotary picnic. The turbulent '60s, according to an alumni panel that gathered recently to commemorate Martin Luther King's birthday, brought the Cuban missile crisis, the Memphis sanitation workers' strike which many supported in the Rhodes community, the assassination of Dr. King and the military occupation that followed it, and an integrated student body. The college, still known as Southwestern At Memphis, experienced a building boom, with Townsend and Bellingrath completed in 1961, Halliburton Tower the following year, Briggs in 1966, Glassell and Frazier Jelke in 1968. Williford Hall, then called New Dorm, was completed in 1969 just in time for the abolishment of dorm curfews. The Black Student Association was established that same year. President Rhodes retired in 1965, and David Alexander '54 presided over the remainder of the decade. Activism continued into the 1970s, recall John Rone '71 and Bill Short '71, with peace marches and rallies commonplace. Housekeeping service was provided in dorm rooms, but students still used a communal hall telephone and personal televisions were rare. Student protests led to the examination and abolishment of many of the "old ways" such as compulsory chapel, dressing for dinner and Saturda\ classes. The Kinney Program and the student-run Dilemma forum continued to draw wide participation. Exams were moved from January to December, and James H. Daughdrill succeeded William L. Bowden '58 as president in 1973. The British Studies program was introduced, Clough Hall, the Alburty swimming pool and the Hyde Gymnasium were completed, and soccer and volleyball became varsity sports. Perhaps the most memorable event of the decade occurred in 1976 when some monkeys escaped from the zoo and invaded the campus. Charlotte Patton Parks '83 recalls that in the 1980s, "We were seen as apathetic to national issues in comparison to the classes from the Vietnam years. - Still, the student body staged a sit-in one year in favor of the third term. Dilemma was still strong and the Renaissance Festival was initiated, yet hazing was still popular with the Greek organizations and athletics were primarily for men. Major events of the decade included the college's name change and the reopening of The Peabody hotel in downtown Memphis. The legal drinking age was 18, which had a large impact on social life, including weekly beer busts, a pub in the student center and open dances in the amphitheater. The building boom continued with the completion of Hassell in 1984, Robinson in 1985, Blount in 1986 and Spann in 1987. The decade also included two acquisitions—the former Zeta Tau Alpha house became McCoy Theater and the former Pi Kappa Alpha national headquarters became King Hall. The bronze Lynx statue took up residence on the roof of Frazier Jelke, and "Stonehenge" blossomed on the back 40. Activism became more pronounced again in the 1990s, recalls Stephanie Miller Chockley '95. "We were all trying to figure out what we stood for, so we just stood up for everything." The 1992 election was hotly contested on campus, with frenetic activity by the student groups of both parties, culminating by a visit to Little Rock to meet the newly elected president. "There was a big Campus Green surge," recalls Chris Chastain '96. And the growth continued with the completion of Buckman in 1992 and the Bryan Campus Life Center in 1997, the same year softball was established as a varsity sport. With such diverse experiences, is there a common bond among Rhodes alumni? Those interviewed for this story believe the answer is affirmative. As John Rone put it, "At my commencement ceremony, President Bowden told us that we would always belong to the college and I believe that's true. It becomes part of your sense of who you are." • ampus News Your Name Here Rhodes' revamped Web site makes it easy to keep in touch

It happens every year at Home- click. Check out the new commu- and much more. This directory will coming. A group of college friends nity features for Rhodes Alumni be on a secure server that can only gets together and rediscovers the old at www.rhodes.edu/alumni or by be accessed by alumni with a valid bond. It's as though the years never clicking the Alumni & Friends tab. password, which means that no out- passed. They swear they will stay in Coming soon will be the largest side parties will be able to view your touch. They really mean it. But in component of this community—an information. If you don't want other the rush of everyday living, well... online directory that includes infor- alumni to see certain details, simply Staying in touch just got a whole mation such as address and phone log on and hide anything you want lot easier. Maintaining your connec- number, place of business, number to keep private. If you find incorrect tions is now as simple as a mouse of children, postgraduate degrees data in your directory entry, simply fill out a handy online update form • lhoks: Home or contact us electronically with 0 * 13 your new information. The records will be updated often. You can also share news with your former classmates as often as you like through online class notes. Don't just post news about the new addition to your family—include a picture of your little one. Announce your engagement and include a snapshot of your fiancé or fiancée. Explore Rhodes gorgeous campus, exciting student life, excellent academic programs and Show off pictures of your grandchil- Commitment to SC POCC dren and special times during your

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Post job openings or browse through resumes that have been added to the Web site by Rhodes alumni. Locate alums in a city to which you're mov- Berlin Sing-Akademie ing or even visiting. There will also be an opportunity for alumni to contact Symposium Planned other alumni who are willing to serve as mentors. All it takes is a simple The Rhodes Department of identified the Sing-Akademie's database search. Music will host a Symposium on archive in Kiev. Many students have lamented the the Composers and Compositions Founded by Carl Friedrich Christian fact that they lose their @rhodes.edu of the Berlin Sing-Akademie, Nov. Fasch, the Berlin Sing-Akademie was e-mail address at graduation. 6-8,2003. Founded in 1791, the responsible for the introduction to the Another new alumni community Berlin Sing-Akademie was one of Berlin public of such new works as feature will offer Rhodes graduates a Germany's first bourgeoisie musical Mozart's Requiem and Mendelssohn's free permanent e-mail address that institutions. In 1999 its archive was St. Paul. It was also important in the is affiliated with your alma mater. rediscovered after more than half development of a renewed interest in Addresses ending in @rhodes- a century in Kiev, the music of Johann alumni.net will be available to all Ukraine, where it Sebastian Bach. In had been deposited 1829, with Felix alumni through this service. after its removal Mendelssohn con- Notable features of the new site's from Berlin by the ducting, the Sing- overall design for alums include: invading Soviet Akademie gave the • Improved look that shows off army in 1945. first performance our lovely campus The Rhodes since Bach's death • Improved organization of symposium will of his St. Matthew commonly sought-after infor- feature papers and Passion. mation, like how to order performances by The sympo- transcripts. All information noted musicolo- sium will feature and resources for alumni gists and musicians, a performance scholarly papers and roundtables are now gathered under one of J.S. Bach's Magnificat and C.P.E. on composers associated with the "roof" in the Alumni section. Bach's Magnificat by the Rhodes Sing-Akademie—including, but not • Centralized college-wide Singers, Rhodes MasterSingers, limited to C.F.C. Fasch, members soloists and members of the Mem- of the Bach family, Carl Friedrich calendars to help you stay phis Symphony Orchestra. The Zelter, Felix Mendelssohn and informed about upcoming highlight of the symposium will Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel—and events be the 2003 Springfield Lecture in compositions related to the Sing- • A handy method for increasing Music by Christoph Wolff, Adams Akademie, as well as performances the text size on any page University Professor at Harvard of compositions by these and other • An equally handy system for University, the musicologist who composers. printing any page's content • A convenient drop-down L menu linking to all of the the city, region and world Check it out at college's major departments • A feedback mechanism down www.Rhodes.edu/alumni. and programs from anywhere in the lower right-hand corner else on the site. of every page so you can let • A new Memphis Connec- us know what you think and tions section highlighting the how we can continue to make college's many connections to Rhodes.edu more useful to you

RHODES SPRING 2003 9 tampus News Welcome to Camp Meeman June 8-12, 2003 Camp Meeman, Rhodes' adult Rome." Culminates in a tour of Hury '71 will host an evening film summer camp, is back for its second Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. discussion. Fun, but minimal, crafts season June 8-12. Offered through • Mark Muesse, Rhodes associate will be offered to interested campers. the college's Meeman Center for professor of religious studies, "Great • Early Bird Specials include yoga Lifelong Learning, the camp was Religions of the East: Hinduism, and meditation, an "Old Forest" extremely popular last year. Camp- Buddhism, Islam." Explore the fun- tour with Overton Park guide Don ers called it "stimulating," "fun," damental teachings and practices Richardson, tennis, swimming or "a scholarly reminder of purpose," of these traditions, their similarities running, or just coffee and conver- even "a mini-vacation." Participants, and differences, and consider their sation in the Lodge of East Village. many of whom will return this sum- significance for the global commu- Besides morning coffee, break- mer, can take the residential route, nity and personal spirituality. fast, lunch and dinner in Burrow living in an apartment in East Vil- • David Hildebrand, lecturer, Refectory are included in the resi- lage, Rhodes' newest residence hall, Christian Brothers University, Uni- dential package, along with siesta or choose to be day campers. versity of Memphis, "Animal Rights, and happy hour. Tuition is $475 for Faculty and courses include: Animal Wrongs: The Morality, Poli- residential campers; $435 for day • Daniel Cullen, Rhodes associ- tics and Aesthetics of Meat." Taught campers; or $185 for one class. ate professor of political science, by an ambivalent meat eater, the For further information, contact "Political Isms." Find out where you course will tackle the ethical issues a "camp counselor" at the Meeman really stand in the world of politics. surrounding the eating of meat. Center for Lifelong Learning, 901- • Victor Coonin, Rhodes associ- • Artist Carol DeForest '71 will 843-3965. ate professor of art, "Renaissance lead art workshops throughout the Painting: Venice, Florence and week, and teacher/critic Hadley

Prof. Lewis Amis Remembered

Lewis Neal Amis, associate professor of the University of Arkansas master's of economics and business administra- degree program in operations manage- tion at Rhodes during the 1960s and ment at the Millington (TN) Air Base, and '70s, died Feb. 13, 2003, in Memphis. was director of planning, research and He was 75. evaluation for the University of Tennes- A graduate of George Peabody Col- see Regional Medical Program. A partner lege and the University of Arkansas, in A&W Research Associates, he was a Prof. Amis was a World War II Navy past president of the Ozark Economics veteran. He worked in private industry Association. after the war, and in the early 1950s Prof. Amis, a native of Pulaski, TN, taught at Arkansas State College and the was a member of Trinity United Method- University of Arkansas before joining the ist Church. He leaves his wife, Elaine G. Lewis Amis Rhodes faculty. Amis, four daughters, a sister, a brother A member of several professional and a grandson. organizations, he was a retired director

10 SPRING 2003 RI 101)H Fare Forward to Three Faculty

By Martha Hunter Shepard '66 Photography by David Nester

hree longtime faculty are retiring from Rhodes. Their

ombined years of teaching at the college total 87, and their dis- ciplines are as varied as the Rhodes curriculum. In fact, a year of study with these three alone would be a college education in itself.

One thing they decidedly have in common is with him. He went to Alaska in 1963; Florida, 1970; their love of teaching. Here are some glimpses into Kenya, 1973; and India in 1980 and 1983. He's also the careers and future plans of John (Jack) Streete made coronal observations of an eclipse at Hawaii's '60, professor of physics; Michael McLain, professor Mauna Loa Solar Observatory and another from a of religious studies; and Carolyn Schriber, associate C-130 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, flying out of professor of history. Streete and Schriber will take Panama. While four students went with him to earned sabbaticals next year and officially retire in Kenya, one to Hawaii and one accompanied him May 2004. aboard the aircraft, others stayed on campus to work on the projects, before and after. Streete has enjoyed several sabbaticals at the High Jack Streete Altitude Observatory and National Center for Atmo- Jack Streete graduated from Rhodes in 1960, fol- spheric Research in Boulder, CO, with which Rhodes lowing in the footsteps of his father, who graduated has had a strong connection for 43 years. from Southwestern at Memphis in 1932 with a de- "I worked longer hours in some cases on sabbatical gree in chemistry. Streete went on to earn his M.S. than I do at Rhodes," he laughs, "but it was a totally and Ph.D. in physics at the University of Florida. He different kind of work, involving solar physics, opti- began his tenure at Rhodes in 1966. cal system design and total eclipse projects." With optical and environmental physics as his ar- Rhodes students have been well represented—and eas of expertise, Streete has traveled the globe study- have done exceedingly well—at HAO and NCAR ing and photographing eclipses, often taking students summer internship programs in Boulder.

RHODES SPRING 2003 II published by the Uni- versity Corporation for Atmospheric Research, HAO's and NCAR's par- ent organization. He's considering writing a similar book on sus- tainable energy when he retires. On teaching, Streete says: "One thing that makes teaching in Rhodes' liberal arts environment so enjoy- able is that you are pretty much your own boss. Not that there's not a department chair, which I was for 11 years; not that there's not a dean and others to whom you're ac- countable, but by and large, once the courses are assigned, you decide their contents and how you're going to teach them. You have total freedom in that sense." About to experience the freedom "retire- ment" brings, Streete has as many plans for his new status as there are rays of the sun. His first project is to build a sundial on the south wall of Rhodes Tower, Carolyn Schriber, Jack Streete '60 and Michael McLain the physics building. "Working with students is right at the top," Trout fishing is next Streete says. on the list, followed by spending more time with the He knows his audience, too. In the early 1990s, grandchildren and expanding his knowledge of digi-

Streete wrote a college textbook, The Sun - Earth tal photography. He and his wife, religious studies System, part of a series of texts for non-science majors professor Gail Streete, plan to travel more extensively

12 SPRING 2003 RHODES than their sched- Foundation designed to introduce students and the ules have permitted general public to the economic, ethical, historical and in the past. political dimensions of producing and distributing "My biggest food in today's world. pipe dream is to In 1994, McLain, associate professor of anthro- buy a boat—a very pology Peter Ekstrom and chaplain Billy Newton used cabin cruiser, '74 for the first time led a group of students on a a 26-footer or so five-week service learning trip to a demonstration that would sleep farm in Honduras. The trip, now an annual op- four people—fix portunity, is planned in conjunction with Heifer it up, put in here Project International. at McKellar Lake McLain's course, "Hunger, Justice and Plenty," and head down the has often given students a humbling, sometimes

Jack Streete '60 Mississippi to New life-changing experience. The semester begins with Orleans, then east a study of philosophical issues related to hunger, on the Intercoastal then moves to the causes of international and do- Waterway to the Florida Keys. My brother and some mestic hunger. Ten percent of the students' grade friends have expressed great interest." depends on their involvement in community ser- vice activities. Nationally recognized as an expert on hunger Michael McLain and moral obligation, McLain has represented Michael McLain joined the Rhodes faculty in the Heifer Project at international conferences 1967. He came with a B.A. from DePauw University, on nutrition and B.D. from Yale University and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt hunger and was University, though he wrote his dissertation at Keble instrumental in College, Oxford. He had worked for two years as founding Souper co-director of Inner City Work for the Indianapolis Contact, Rhodes' Presbytery. student-run soup A professor of religious studies at Rhodes, kitchen. He has McLain has also served as an adjunct professor received a fellow- in philosophy. The best part of his 36 years at ship and two sum- Rhodes has been, he says, "interacting with the mer grants from students. When they tell me that I've made them the National En- think or helped them understand something, then dowment for the I'm on cloud nine." Humanities. McLain, who has a reputation for getting students Michael and involved in their coursework, received the Day Award Charlotte McLain, for Outstanding Teaching in 1989. In the 1970s, he former Rhodes

taught a philosophy class whose members not only music instructor Michael McLain read Henry David Thoreau's Walden, they lived it and librarian, have for six weeks at a no-frills farm in a secluded area in a home in Colora- Shelby County. do, on the western side of the Rocky Mountains by In the mid-1980s, McLain and former Rhodes the Frying Pan River between Aspen and Basalt. international studies professor Grant Hammond "The river is a world-famous trout stream," says teamed up to co-direct Food for Thought, a three- McLain. "I love to fish. It was a big draw to be near year interdisciplinary program funded by the Kellogg this stream. Before we built our house, we'd been

RI-ODES SPRING 2003 13 going to Colorado for almost 20 years in the sum- about 400 a year. mers. The Aspen Music Festival is there, and of It offers cancer course, music is Charlotte's passion. She is involved in treatment, eye re- the festival and has made good friends there. That's placement, cataract one of the reasons we moved there, because we fig- removal and treat- ured that people would come to visit. We didn't real- ment for babies ize how popular we were!" with crossed eyes and catastrophic injuries. The doc- Carolyn Schriber tors at Methodist Carolyn Poling Schriber joined the Rhodes faculty in Hospital do the 1989. She holds the Ph.D. from the University of Colo- work, but we raise rado, Boulder, M.A. from the University of Colorado at the money to fi- Colorado Springs and B.S. from Kent State University. nance it. We also Carolyn Schriber A medievalist whose published work has dealt with pay for exams and Arnulf of Lisieux, a 12th-century Anglo-Norman bish- glasses and hear- op who was intimately involved in church and political ing aids for people affairs, Schriber says she is now "moving away from the who need them." medieval, curiously enough to the American Civil War." Schriber admits she truly became involved in her new In her mother's attic she found eight letters from her avocation "when I fell in love with the puppies who are mother's great-uncle, a Union soldier whose Pennsylva- training to become leader dogs. Leader Dogs is a Lions- nia regiment claimed descent from Cromwell's soldiers sponsored organization in Rochester, MI, that provides in the English Civil War. The parallels were simply too dogs for the blind. Lions take puppies who are destined much for an English historian to resist. She's done her to be leader dogs and raise them for their first year, research in Pennsylvania and Charleston, SC, where the socializing them by taking them to restaurants, movie soldier died in his first battle. All she needs now is time theaters and on buses to get them used to that sort of to write it, a precious commodity she hasn't had while thing before they're given their final training. I haven't teaching and may not have for a little while longer. convinced my husband that we should be raising pup- Schriber's husband, Floyd, is the newly-elected pies. I'm pushing, but he's still saying no." district governor for the Lions Clubs International When Schriber came to Rhodes, she intended to service organization in West Tennessee. He officially stay 10 years, then retire. takes office in July and will continue to serve the "This is my 14th year, and I've enjoyed so many organization for several years. The Lions wrote the things," she says, especially the three times she's book on providing vision and hearing services to peo- taught in Rhodes' British Studies at Oxford summer ple in need, and the Schribers will travel the 52-club program. district and the country on behalf of those efforts. "It's an extraordinary opportunity to live closely "It's really exciting. A lot of travel is involved, but with the students, take them places where they have we'll be doing the things that we believe in and feel never been and watch that realization of 'this is some- strongly about," says Schriber. "I figured there was no thing we studied in class, but, wow, this is where way I could help him and teach full time, so we fi- it happened!' It's an opportunity most people who nally decided that this was the time for me to retire." teach at a college don't have, and it's something very "One of the major initiatives we're involved in special to Rhodes." is Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service, Now ready to take on the Lions, Schriber says, which is located in Memphis and serves a four- "It's something we couldn't turn down—the oppor- state area. It provides free treatment for sight and tunity to work together on a project for several years hearing problems to people who can't afford it, and have lots of fun on the way."

14 SPRING 2003 RHODES Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement

, . or its Martin Luther King Day celebration this year,

odes welcomed five alumni of the 1960s and '70s to

i . participate in a panel discussion of their experiences with t...9the civil rights movement.

Returning to campus were: Gibson "Nibs" Stroupe ported it in words, or participated in actions or stood '68, minister of the multiracial Oakhurst Presbyte- on the sidelines, whatever we chose to do in those rian Church in Decatur, GA; Gloria Brown Melton difficult times, those choices had long and lasting con- '69, associate dean of student affairs at Michigan sequences for us. Those moments and those decisions Technological University, Houghton, MI; Bruce did much to define the persons that we became. Lindsey '70, former senior adviser to President Bill Under mounting pressures, the Board of Trustees Clinton, now of counsel to the Wright, Lindsey and decided to admit students without regard to race in Jennings law firm and consultant for the William J. the fall of 1964, and two African-American males Clinton Presidential Foundation; Deborah Sale '70, were carefully selected and enrolled. executive vice president for external affairs at New The process of integrating the college was directed York City's Hospital for Special Surgery; and Her- after 1965 by a young progressive president, David man Morris '73, president and CEO of Memphis Alexander, and the academic dean and informal in- Light, Gas & Water. tellectual leader of the faculty, Jameson Jones. They James C. Lanier, associate professor of history, succeeded in sustaining the institution through the served as moderator. tumultuous upheavals of the late '60s. We did not ex- The following are excerpts from their remarks. perience the disruptions and occasional violence that occurred in other places, but we should not ignore LANIER: For most Americans in the 1960s, the the opposition that they faced or the incompleteness civil rights movement was a defining event. Those of of their efforts. We should remember the courage us who lived through it, both blacks and whites, had that they demonstrated in maintaining the college's to ask hard questions about ourselves, our families, our commitment to openness, fairness and national stan- country. Whether one opposed the movement, or sup- dards of academic excellence.

RHODES SPRING 2003 15 STROUPE: I have been mis- for any nonviolent campaign to interpreting Martin Luther King do anything in the United States. Jr. most of my life. That shouldn't Ever since then I've been in a be surprising because I am a conversation with Dr. King about white man who grew up in the who he is and who I am and what South. For centuries, we have had his movement was about. the audacity to believe that we could interpret the life of black MELTON: When I was grow- men without reference to their ing up, the idea that it was time understanding of themselves. But to move to a better America, to the vision and the power of Dr. desegregate, to integrate—this King was such that he invited was not an easy discussion some- people like me in and so I give times. There was real danger in thanks for that. discussing, there was danger in In 1963 I watched King's "I becoming part of a movement Have a Dream" speech on televi- Nibs Stroupe in 1968 toward active desegregation. sion the summer before my senior I hadn't heard much about year in high school. I had been Rhodes other than remembering told all of my life and I had believed, because I had that it was across the street from the zoo and it was a been told by wonderful white people, that Dr. King beautiful campus and it had ivy growing on the walls. was a communist, that he was a terrible person. I So it was a challenge to think about coming here couldn't help but notice his eloquence and power in and if I would be accepted and who else was coming. that great speech, and I couldn't help also notice the When I found out that I was accepted, we tried to figure out if there would be enough money to go. It wasn't $20,000 back then, but $500 was still a lot of

'' ... we didn't have some of the money for someone in our position. But we decided hard decisions that other to give it a try, and it was probably one of the better decisions that I made at the time. It got me into a situ- campuses around the country ation that I've found myself in all the time since 1965. were having in the late '60s. I'm I've been typically a minority, so called, in a majority setting. I came out of Memphis, where in our com- not sure that's something that munity blacks are in high number, to attend South- we should be proud of." western, which was a little island to itself, but luckily I was still in the community where my family was. To —Bruce Lindsey '70 attend here and then to go to northern Illinois, an- other setting where there were few blacks, then to the Northwest where there were fewer, and now to live in 250,000 people there. I wondered if all those people Houghton, MI, I realize that all of this was prepara- were being fooled like I was because I was told that tion for something that I'm into now, which is trying Dr. King was fooling everyone. to learn more about other people. By the time 1968 rolled around, I had gone the other way. I believed that Dr. King was largely ir- LINDSEY: My first involvement here at Rhodes relevant at that point, that his philosophy of non- was that I pledged a fraternity as a freshman. Back violence and love was over and done with, that the then, as I assume it probably does now, the way that resistance was so great that it would not be possible people join fraternities and sororities was by a black-

16 SPRING 2003 RHODES ball system. Any one person could publicly in 1957, and certainly, I blackball a member. assumed any college would be in- I came to know my freshman tegrated. Frankly, as Gloria did, I year another student named Larry came here because of the ivy walls Woodard', who was African- and because this looked like a col- American. He became my friend lege to me. and the friend of several others So we arrived in the fall of in my fraternity, and we decided 1966, and in a very short period we wanted to pledge him and of time, there was an incident have him in our fraternity with here, not on campus, that in- us. So, it wasn't a big deal for us; volved Rhodes students. After a it wasn't trying to make a state- football practice, the team was ment. It was simply being friends running late and missed the with a person whom we enjoyed refectory schedule. Some of the being with, and we wanted him members of the team went to to be a part of our organization. Deborah Sale in 1970 Gibbons Restaurant, which was a A small group of us went around steakhouse down the street, and to all the members of the frater- they started to go in. Lorenzo nity, and we found one person who said that he was Childress3 was told that he couldn't be served there. going to blackball Larry. This person was a senior, His teammates, frankly, were a little shocked. He we were sophomores. We persuaded him to withdraw was probably not as shocked, to be honest, because from the fraternity so that we could pledge Larry. We thought our persuasion was subtle; he thought it was a little over-the-top, and he went to the national "... it was one thing to live in fraternity and said that we had put undue pres- a small town and hold a certain sure on him to resign. The national fraternity came down, held a series of meetings, forced us to readmit set of values, but it was a this person, forced us to hold an additional vote, totally different thing to be and Larry was blackballed. At that point, one of the people involved was Dale Worsley 2 , who was on the friends with people who are newspaper. So we decided that despite all the secrecy treated differently from you for requirements of the fraternity, we would tell this story in the newspaper, in The Sou'wester. It caused no reason whatsoever except quite a stir on the campus back then. If any organiza- the color of their skin." tion was found to discriminate, and of course every- —Deborah Sale '70 body knew that all fraternities and sororities did, but if they actively did it in a way that other people could see, that could throw into question the federal money for the school, so the school kicked the fraternity off he grew up here, but I think that he didn't think at campus. Most of us in the fraternity resigned, but not the time that it would be a problem. So, they came much else changed, unfortunately. back to the college, and we began to picket Gibbons Restaurant. SALE: I came to Rhodes sort of clueless because We continued to picket. Bo Scarborough 4 and a I assumed that Rhodes would be integrated. The few people called Mike Cody 5 and asked him what schools in Arkansas started to be integrated very they should do about this because we couldn't keep

RHODES SPRING 2003 17 picketing forever. Actu- Rhodes College, then ally, one of the things Southwestern. that happens when col- My introduction to civ- lege kids start things il rights probably occurred is that sometimes they when I was about 10 years don't finish them. The old. Ms. Darnell, who was school year ends, they go a local school teacher, got away, that's the end of it. her son and myself and But Bo and Mike and a another couple of young few others started a legal men, and we got on the proceeding. Ultimately, 3 Summer bus to ride Gibbons closed rather downtown. She went to than serve black people the back of the bus, which in Memphis. was what you did, but she I learned a lot then, told us to stay up front but I essentially learned and we did. If you study that these things mat- the movement, you'll tered, that these were recognize that tactic, as people I knew and cared many times women and about. This wasn't ab- often children were given

stract; it was one thing Herman Morris in 1973 the mission as targets who to live in a small town were less subject to abuse and hold a certain set of to make the statement. values, but it was a to- We were on this occasion. tally different thing to be friends with people who are I recall that a fairly elderly white woman chastised treated differently from you for no reason whatsoever and cursed us and shouted at us to get to the back of except the color of their skin. the bus where we belonged. The biggest and meanest white man that I had ever seen at the tender age of MORRIS: I am the son of not an affluent and 10 stepped on my foot and basically rode it there the frankly not a lettered or educated set of parents. entire time. I didn't move my foot, and he didn't move My mother, I believe, graduated from high school; his. Although it was painful, and he intended it to be, my father dropped out. My mother was a cook at I didn't cry out or ask for help. That was kind of my introduction to the movement. It was not necessar- "There was real danger in ily intentional, but I was stubborn enough not to give any sign of complaint or weakness, and I was obedient becoming part of a movement to stay where Miss Darnell told me to stay. We were toward active desegragation." making a statement. I participated in the first King march in 1968, the —Gloria Brown Melton '69 one that got cut short. I was the child of a divorced home; my father lived in Binghampton, where I grew up, and my mother moved across town. I would ride Sears and Roebuck; my father was an elevator op- the bus back and forth to visit them. It gave me a lot erator at Sears and Roebuck. I grew up in a small of freedom, as I could go from parent to parent and community here in the heart of Memphis called neither one ever knew exactly where I was. It led to my Binghampton. It is somewhat in the shadow of involvement in the first march. My parents would not

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have approved, had I told them STROUPE: I was work- what I was going to do. ing in the library and Coby There were marshals; they Smith6 came and got me and had armbands. One of them was said, "They've killed Dr. King." Isaac Hayes; I remember seeing I think that we were both him, I knew him. He was not shocked on a level that I am as famous then as now, but he ashamed of at this point. was notable locally. We marched We were much more afraid, up Beale Street and had just not of the black students or about made it to Main Street black people of Memphis, but of when, literally, all hell broke the white students and the white loose. There were two forces police and the National Guard that were well-prepared for this and the Army, who were going event. One was this group of up and down the street in tanks. young men who precipitated the We were probably safer on cam- confusion, and the other was the Gloria Brown Melton '69 in 1966 pus because we really had no Memphis Police Department. relevance in the city. My most poignant memory of that march is being somewhere on Main in front of MORRIS: I was traveling by bus after my high Goldsmith's and being in absolute terror because there school track practice from the neighborhood where my was tear gas in the air and you couldn't see a thing. father lived to where my mother lived. I didn't know To this day, I am not sure I recall how I got out of that Dr. King had been assassinated. We discovered it, that situation. I never told my parents, either of them, those of us who were on the bus—there were two or about the experience. three—in a rather curious manner. There were very few cars, and then there were jeeps with soldiers in them. In MELTON: When Dr. King was shot I was on front of Central High School, the bus driver announced campus. I was a commuter, and I was here for an that he was being called in. It was just about dark and organization meeting. The phone rang during this we had to get off the bus. Another young man and I, meeting, which was rather unusual. Our adviser an- both African-American, had to make our way from swered it and said, "We'd all better head home now Central High School all the way to McLemore and because it seems like the city is closing down and Dr. Walker on foot. In the process, we felt it was important King has been killed." to avoid any encounters with any of the folks who were We were shocked because the night before we had been to hear the mountaintop speech. It was amazing "...the vision and the power that you could have such an exhilarating experience one night and then the next night, find out that he of Dr. King was such that he had been killed. It was tremendously shocking, and as invited people like me in..." I drove home, I remember the sirens. I lived in Orange Mound, and there was a Loeb's Barbecue one block —Nibs Stroupe '68 down from my house. Looking out the back window, I could see it going up in smoke. I don't remember driving around in jeeps and with guns. I was very afraid about class the next day because I was just looking out and I remember that we tried to flag down several ve- the window at the flames. The whole city being shut hicles, some of the few that were not military that were down is probably more of a memory for me. on the street, to give us a ride because we were afraid.

RHODES SPRING 2003 19 "We marched up Beale Street change that has taken place since then, beginning with and had just about made it to the sanitation workers' strike and perhaps even until this time when we see a completely changed space, in terms Main Street when, literally, all of the power structure of our community. Perhaps we'll hell broke loose." see some success and advancement and improvement in terms of the economic power structure in our com- —Herman Morris '73 munity. Hopefully, we'll see more African-American students and faculty, even here in the cloistered halls of We didn't know what was happening, but we knew that Rhodes College. & there was something dangerous going on and that we didn't need to get caught or picked up. Find the full story at www.rhodes.edu I'm not sure that in the history of the campus since then, that there haven't been occasions when an Afri- 'Pianist Larry Woodard '70 lives and works in New York. can-American student here or there has experienced at 2Dale Worsley '70 is a New York writer. 3Physician Lorenzo Childress lives in Virginia Beach, VA. some unguarded moment the hard edge of racism, even 4Bo Scarborough '67 is senior minister at First Presbyterian at Rhodes College. I'm not sure that the time is yet here Church, Memphis. when we can think that the legacy of Dr. King and the 5Mike Cody '58 is a partner in the Memphis law firm of Burch significance of his life culminated with his death in this Porter & Johnson. community or on this campus. I think it is a catalyst for 6Coby Smith '68 is a Memphis advertising executive.

Panelists. from right to left: Nibs Stroupe '68. Gloria Brown Melton '69. Bruce Lindsey '70. Deborah Sale '70 and Herman Morris '73

20 SPRING 2003 RHODES Art by Lewis Kalmbach '83 Photography by Justin Fox Burks

Judith Haas sor of English y field of study is medieval literature, and my only regret in pursuing this area is that almost none of the works that I study and teach lend themselves to reading while reclining, whether in bed, on the couch, or on the beach. These works either require too much apparatus, like a dictionary of Old French or Middle English, or the books themselves

RHODES SPRING 2003 21 are literally too heavy (try propping up a Riverside Chaucer on your chest and you'll quickly see what I mean. My husband, who teaches 19th-century British literature, does not have this problem. Ev- erything comes in a neat little paperback). Occa- sionally I turn to historical novels set in the Middle Ages for my leisure reading, but often I find that these present too stereotyped a view of the Middle Ages for me to stand (any use of the word "wench" and I'm done). However, the novel Leo Africanus by Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf is one that defi- nitely does not fall into that category. The novel describes the journey and adventures of the title character, a Muslim from Moorish Spain, who leaves Granada with his family in 1492, travels through the Middle East and eventually ends up in Rome at the height of the Renaissance, where he becomes a favorite of the Medici pope, and is an eyewitness to the Protestant sack of Rome. This book is a great read, offering a very different view of medieval and Renaissance Europe, by looking at Judith Haas it from a Mediterranean perspective. This perspective also informs Maria Rosa Menocal's The Ornament of the World: How Margaret Atwood, bell hooks, Joyce Carol Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Oates and Fay Weldon, to name a few. The Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, essays, ranging from funny to sad to grim, re- which was a fortuitous recent find at Burke's late the writers' invariably ambivalent feelings Bookstore. Menocal's book offers a really read- about fairy tales. As Bernheimer writes, ". . . able and compelling series of stories about the subversive, lovely and frequently perverse, fairy syncretic culture of medieval Spain. The stories tales—and particularly those popular tales that begin in 711 when Spain was incorporated into foreground women and girls—can dramatically the Muslim world, and go up to 1492, the year influence women's perceptions of themselves." that Ferdinand and Isabella expelled the Jews Not far from this theme of women's relations from Spain. The book offers a fascinating look to fairy tales, and writing, is Dodie Smith's I at the influence that Islam and Arab culture had Capture the Castle, which one of my clos- on medieval Europe. Menocal is a scholar of est friends just sent me for my birthday. I was medieval Spanish and Arabic literature; however skeptical when I saw that Dodie Smith is best her book is written for a popular audience. known for writing The Hundred and One Dal- On a different note, Mirror, Mirror on mations. However, I gave it a try and couldn't the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their put it down. First published in 1948, this novel Favorite Fairy Tales (edited by Kate Bern- has recently returned to print after many years, heimer) is a book I like to pick up when I don't though apparently it has had a consistent and have time to start a novel. The book offers just ardent fan base. Set in the English countryside what is says it does—women writers reflect- in the 1930s, the novel tells the story through ing upon the way fairy tales influenced them the journal entries of 17-year-old would-be as readers and writers. The anthology includes writer Cassandra Mortmain. The Mortmain

22 SPRING 2003 RHODES family is living in poverty in a crumbling me- in air conditioning, I tend to gravitate toward dieval castle leased by Cassandra's eccentric, reading that addresses my feeling of imprison- and possibly crazy, father. As Cassandra trains ment. I picked up Iris Murdoch's Under the herself in the craft of writing, she tells the story Net for this reason, attracted by the restriction of, among other things, her sister's decision to suggested by the title. While the sense of being marry herself (and her family) out of poverty. trapped by webs of one's own making fuels part Fully conscious of the conventions, and absur- of this novel, I fell in love with it because it is dities, of the marriage plot, Cassandra tells the hilarious. This novel details the adventures of a story unfolding before her with wit and sympa- charming self-described literary hack after the thy and an endearing self-awareness of her own woman who has been keeping him has kicked blind spots. him out of her apartment. It's a very sweetly and Since summer in Memphis, for me, means absurdly funny story and is, as far as I know, the spending most of the daylight hours cooped up only comic novel that Murdoch wrote.

Timothy W. Sharp that the way sound is organized into scales de- Professor of Music termines everything else that follows. Names Conductor, The Rhodes Singers, like Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart or Phillip Glass Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale and would be meaningless if it were not for Py- Rhodes Orchestra thagoras: mean-tone temperament, just-tone Summer reading conjures images of pages temperament and equal temperament. filled with intrigue, secrets, jealousy, failure, Temperament is the method behind the triumph and musicology. Back up. Musi- formation of modes and scales, and scales are cology? In the case of my favorite summer the starting point for melody and harmony. read, Temperament: The Idea That Solved In Temperament, Isacoff tells the story of how Music's Greatest Riddle, indeed, musicol- both musical orthodoxy and innovation faced ogy is at the core of the story. Stuart Isacoff's off throughout history, resulting in monumen- exploration of what pianist Van Cliburn calls tal breakthroughs of musical advancement. the "invisible architecture" that holds music These battles were engaged far more widely together offers insight into music's universal than just among musicians; they brought in appeal. such figures as Newton, Kepler, Descartes and While remaining entertaining throughout, other philosophers, theologians and scientists. this book is also illuminating and stimulat- This exciting musical tour reads like a ing. In the same way that Thomas Cahill's thriller and leads to a climax that anyone who wonderful books illuminate history (How the has ever had or witnessed music lessons will Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the relate to. It occurs with the development of Jews), Isacoff's Temperament achieves the same the piano. With the piano came "equal tem- thing for the development of music through- perament" which has provided the environ- out the ages without becoming the dreaded ment for most music makers since the 18th "textbook." century. And in revealing the secret of equal Isacoff tells the story of music through the temperament, Isacoff provides a cliffhanger development of tuning systems. That could for the reader. sound like the kiss of death for an introduc- Isacoff is a pianist, composer and the cre- tion to a book, unless you consider the notion ator and editor of this century's largest circu-

RHODES SPRING 2003 23 reading about Bunelleschi's dome, and no trip to Florence can ever be as meaningful after reading this story. Slave Spirituals and the Jubilee Singers by Michael L. Cooper, my third choice for summer reading, is actually a children's book that proves to be as interesting to parent as it is to child. There is hardly a person who does not love the African-American song form called the "spiritual." However, do most people know how we all came to know about spirituals? After the Civil War, Americans of European descent barely knew of the song traditions of slaves in the United States. Some African- Americans knew of this song tradition, but many were eager to move past it and put those songs we now call spirituals behind them. Tim Sharp The African-American colleges begun dur- ing Reconstruction launched the universal in- lating piano magazine, Piano Today. His other terest in the African-American spiritual. writings have appeared in The New Grove Dic- While many colleges jumped on the spiri- tionary of American Music and The New York tual song bandwagon, the subsequent interest Times. was due to the success of one school in particu- To go back a bit earlier in history, if you have lar, Tennessee's Fisk University. As a result of been to Florence, Italy, or plan to go or want to the African-American spiritual literature the read a great book based in fact about an architec- Fisk Jubilee Singers performed in their historic tural wonder, Ross King's Brunelleschi's Dome United States concert tours of 1871, the sing- is both a fun and fascinating story. In the amount ers raised the money to build Jubilee Hall on of time it would take you to climb the steps to their Nashville campus. Their European tour the actual dome in Florence, you will be hooked in 1873 led to the worldwide popularization of by this exciting tale. the African-American spiritual as well as the It took Filippo Brunelleschi 25 years to build more formal concert spiritual as arranged and the feature that has defined the city of Florence sung by most choirs today. for the last 600 years. Through wars, floods and This wonderfully illustrated and document- the changing Italian governments, the dome that ed book reveals many interesting facts about crowns Santa Maria del Fiore has been there as the birth of this choral song form. Included a witness. Furthermore, the spirit that built the are the background to the original spiritual dome is that of Renaissance Florence. arrangements, the personnel of the original At first, the dome was seen as an impossible Fisk Jubilee Singers, important connections to dream. Even today, its existence must be consid- Memphis and the singers' ongoing legacy. ered nothing short of amazing in that at 143 feet If you are a choral music lover, spirituals are in diameter, it is still the largest dome in the world. going to be part of your musical life forever. This is the story of how a Florentine clock- This book, which is suitable for children and maker becomes the hero of Florence, and the adolescents, will inform you of the background reinventor of architecture. It will be hard to see of what is perhaps the United States' greatest any building with a dome the same way after contribution to world music.

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Christopher G. Mouron Altus, AR, to its present location in Conway. Assistant Professor of Mathematics During the last century, Hendrix experienced "Why do mathematicians do what they do?" similar periods of growth and problems as is a question answered in The Mathematical those of other small liberal arts colleges. There Experience by Phillip J. Davis and Reuben was a time when the Methodist Church was Hersh. This book looks into the philosophy contemplating converting Hendrix to a 2-year and community, beauty and pedagogy of math- school. There were concerns over a liberal ematics in a way that is both interesting to an arts versus a vocational curriculum (especially expert and accessible to a layperson. The authors postwar with students on the GI Bill) and the successfully describe what a proof is and why continuation of football as a varsity sport (it mathematicians are so preoccupied with proving was dropped in 1960). The author also writes theorems. They also explain that mathematics about some of the more delicate issues such is much more than numbers and equations; it as the Ku Klux Klan as a student group (with is the study of pattern and symmetry, geometry picture in the yearbook) on campus in 1923, and sets. Mathematics is both the language of not allowing African-American students science and an art. The Mathematical Experience until 1964 and the donation of funds from examines the differences between pure and ap- scandalous congressman Wilbur Mills. Also plied mathematics and how they have shaped the history mentions the construction of the the nature and concerns of modern mathemat- underground O.C. Bailey Library which often leaked with heavy rains (sound familiar?). The book ends by describing the period of great prosperity and academic excellence from the 1970s to mid-'80s which was, of course, augmented by the appointment of Rhodes graduate John Churchill '71 to Hendrix dean. After growing up in the hills of Ooltewah, TN, I can definitely relate to and appreciate the earthy stories in I Fish: Therefore, I Am by Pat- rick S. McManus. This book is full of somewhat exaggerated tales of the author's experiences and follies (mostly) in the outdoors. McManus makes Christopher Mouron several important points about the outdoors and life in general: The only enjoyable camping trips are the ones full of hardship and misery; ics. I first read this during my sophomore year in there is a national conspiracy against fishermen college and soon after I changed my major from by cows; there is nothing more intelligent and engineering to mathematics. interesting to a young teenager than an old man Anyone who is interested in the history who "gambles, drinks, lies, cusses, chews 'n' spits of Rhodes College should read Hendrix and hates to shave and take baths," and every kid College: A Centennial History by James should have one. I learned that the greatest threats E. Lester Jr. Hendrix's history parallels that to a fisherman are not "bears, bulls, rattlesnakes, of Rhodes in many ways. The college was rapids, quicksand, etc.," but instead, "cigars, log- founded in 1876 as Central Collegiate Insti- ging trucks and know-it-alls." Finally, McManus tute by Methodist minister Isham Burrows. makes me feel better about my potential for schol- In 1890 the school, now renamed Hendrix arly thought since "bad fishermen make the best College, moved from its original location in philosophers."

RHODES SPRING 2003 25 Natalie Person read this book. It's about the unraveling of six Associate Professor of Psychology self-absorbed classics students who accidentally I found the task of providing a summer read- commit a murder while reenacting an ancient ing list difficult. After all, my suggestions say Greek bacchanal. Their egos and obsessions drive something about me, and let's face it, this kind of them to commit a second murder, one of their self-disclosure can have serious consequences. I own who threatens to reveal their secret. I can't wasn't sure if I should recommend my favorite wait to read Tartt's latest, The Little Friend. books of all time (which make me appear mentally Larry Brown has been called the "king of twisted and fond of very bad endings), or the kinds white trash" and is unquestionably at the top of books that I like to read of my favorite author on airplanes and beaches list right now. Brown is (which make me appear unmatched in his raw, shallow and sensitive to New graphic depictions of the York Times bestsellers), or underbelly of the worst the kind of books that sit on Mississippi has to offer. my bedside table (that make My three favorites are me look pseudo-literary, Father and Son, Joe and jaded and in need of more Fay. It's only a matter of contact with the outside time before Brown's despi- world), or recent books that cable characters are weak- have changed the way we ened on the silver screen. think about cognitive psy- This is the point in this chology and artificial intelli- piece where you should gence (which make me look start to worry. Here are like the egghead I really am). books that are currently I have settled on a set of sitting on my bedside books that provides glimpses table: The Bell Jar by into the Natalie psyche but, Natalie Person Sylvia Plath, The Jour- I hope, will not compromise nals of Sylvia Plath, The my job, friendships or gov- Collected Poems and ernment security clearance. Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Parker. I've been a fan of both writers since Toole continues to hold a spot in my top five my undergraduate years. Of course, it's hard favorite books. The book centers around Ignatius to doze right off after reading Plath, so I try to J. Reilly, a fat, flatulent, over-educated, unem- regroup with the razor-sharp, devilishly funny ployed, philosophic hypochondriac who mentally poetry of Dorothy Parker. torments everyone he encounters. Some of the And finally, as a native Mississippian, best parts of the book are the letters to and from it would be blasphemous to omit William his hypersexual ex-girfriend, Myrna Minkoff, and Faulkner. Two of my favorites are As I Lay his contemptuous denunciations of the modern Dying and Sanctuary. As I Lay Dying is a world which he records in Big Chief tablets. This dark comedy about a rural family who hauls book is laugh-out-loud funny and makes for an the corpse of the matriarch, Addie Bundren, acceptable, airplane, beach or bedtime read. to her hometown to be buried among her I also loved The Secret History by Donna people. The trials and tribulations of the Tartt, and I'm recommending it because frankly, journey of the Bundren family are captured I don't want to hang out with anyone who hasn't in internal monologues of the characters

26 SPRING 2003 RHODES that are just yummy. Sanctuary is about an tuary in, where else, a brothel. If you think Alabama debutante, Temple Drake, who is you're not a Faulkner fan, try again, and sexually assaulted and ultimately finds sanc- read these two first.

James Lanier Associate Professor of History It is not often that I could recommend a specialized work in my own field for summer reading, but this year Louis Menand won the Pulitzer Prize for The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America. Menand is best known for his insightful essays of cultural criti- cism in The New Yorker. The Metaphysical Club describes the evolution of pragmatism, the only school of philosophy that originated in the Unit- ed States, through the lives of key figures: Oliver Wendell Holmes, William James, Charles Pierce and John Dewey. His biographical sketches bring these people alive in all of their eccentric genius and connects their central purpose—de- signing a system of ethics in a world where there was no common agreement on ways of arriving at truth—to their experience of the Civil War when they were young men. Along the way one learns a lot about the history of science and math, and comes to appreciate their commit- ment to freedom of expression and democracy. Probably the best book I have read in re- cent years on contemporary American culture is Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. While focusing on the economic changes brought James Lamer about by our hurried pace of life and our eat- ing habits, he manages to explore numerous And speaking of novels, just to let you aspects of our cultural values. know that I occasionally read outside my For those interested in questions of South- field, I would highly recommend Atonement ern identity, I would recommend a short work by Ian McEwan. Tracing the consequences by Fred Hobson, professor of humanities at of a young girl's destructive jealousy and lies the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, through a variety of voices, McEwan main- titled But Now I See: The White Southern tains a high level of suspense while probing Racial Conversion Narrative. Hobson con- deeply into the human dilemmas of guilt and siders a variety of white Southerners who reject- forgiveness. A section dealing with the British ed segregation, from Lillian Smith in the 1940s retreat through France to Dunkirk powerfully down to the present. His book can lead you to depicts the agonies and horrors of war. 74 a number of wonderful memoirs and novels.

RHODES SPRING 2003 27 Nollan Plays Rachmaninoff

By Valerie Zarin Nollan Associate Professor of Russian

For its series on faculty identities and activities, RH alerie Nollan to contribute the

rofessional lives sometimes develop d ways, and mine in recent years sup- aim. While my research to date has on 20th-century Russian literature, Soviet an cinema, Russian religious philosophy, and iterary theory, my next project will be a book on the relationship between the legendary composer/ conductor/pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff and Russian poetry: The composer set 86 19th- and early 20th- century Russian poems to music. This corpus of songs remains in the vocal repertoire to this day. The story of my association with the piano and Rachmaninoffs music starts in Russia in the early 20th century, crosses two continents and involves several languages and cultures.

A Journey Through Time I am haunted by Rachmaninoff's music. For as long as I can remember, his extraordinarily beautiful melodies have been a part of my life. In my child- Rachmaninoff in his 20s. taken in the late 1890s hood in Russian emigration on the East Coast, in New York and Delaware, I heard his music played often. But the roots go back even further: my ma- ternal grandmother, Maria Kovalenko, was a concert tours of southern Russia in the early 1900s, before accompanist and piano teacher in Kiev, Ukraine, in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. the 1920s and 1930s. It is very likely that she saw During the early years of World War II, my moth- Rachmaninoff in concert in that city on one of his er was taken to Germany as a forced laborer when

28 SPRING 2003 RHODES the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941; my Petersburg. His musical talent was discovered early. father, who was a pilot in the Red Army, also found He studied first privately and then in the St. Peters- himself a prisoner of war when his plane was shot burg Conservatory, directed at that time by Anton down over German territory. My parents met in Rubinstein. He transferred to the Moscow Conser- Germany in the large community of displaced Rus- vatory, eventually graduating from it both with full sians, Poles and Ukrainians whose aim was to survive honors and the rare gold medal of honor in com- the war and escape forced repatriation to the Soviet posing and piano performance. The story of Tchai- Union, since, according to Stalin's draconian wartime kovsky's placing five stars beside Rachmaninoff's policies, anyone who had experienced foreign, "alien," graduation examination in composing (the student ways would immediately be imprisoned or exiled to had composed an opera for the examination) is well Siberia—a fate leading to an almost certain death. known. Rachmaninoff rose quickly to the top of the The Russian community in exile was small and musical establishment in Moscow under the influence close-knit enough for individuals to be able to learn and protection of Tchaikovsky; for several years in of one another's whereabouts and activities in Europe the early 1900s he dominated the Moscow world of and later in the U.S. To learn of the fate of relatives music, being the conductor of the Bol'shoi Opera as and friends in the Soviet Union was more difficult. well as performing regularly as a successful composer I was born in Hamburg, West Germany, and spent and pianist. His triple, brilliant career as composer- the first few years of my life in a Displaced Persons conductor-pianist is unparalleled in 20-century mu- camp, part of the system of such camps organized by sic history. the United Nations Relief and Resettlement Agency In 1917, in the cataclysmic aftermath of the Revo- after the war. During these years my parents met lution and World War I, and understanding that as good people and bad people of many nationalities, an aristocrat he and his family (he was married and emerging from the Russian holocaust with personal had two children) were in danger, Rachmaninoff perspectives that were not bitter or destructive. That sought permission to take his family with him on a bitterness they saved for Stalinist Russia. concert tour of the Scandinavian countries. His was My mother grew up playing the piano, and in one of the last families to be allowed to leave Russia Germany studied the accordion at a music school together; the day after their departure, all Russian in Hamburg. She is an accomplished accordionist. passports were impounded by the new government My father never played any musical instruments, but and, if a person wanted to travel abroad, he or she deeply loved classical music. He was active in writ- had to leave at least one family member behind. ing for the émigré Russian press; in this capacity he Rachmaninoff never saw his relatives or Russia again, was able to keep up with noteworthy developments in and this devastating event in his life prevented him international Russian culture, including music. He, from being able to compose for nine years, from as others in the émigré community, loved to listen to 1917-1926. Rachmaninoff's art songs (the same genre as German As the means for supporting his family he chose Lieder, called "romansy" in Russian). My family ac- the career of a virtuoso pianist: He quickly became tually had a direct connection with Rachmaninoff's an international pianistic idol, making his home in extended family during the war years: My parents Europe and touring both there and in the U.S. He were well acquainted with the father of Prince Pe- loved the U.S. as much as he could love any country ter Volkonsky, who married Rachmaninoff's eldest that was not Russia, but he felt deeper cultural roots daughter, Irina. in Europe. He spoke four languages fluently—Rus- My parents' and Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff's sian, German, French and English (the last being the life stories have similar tragic features. Born in 1873 most difficult for him to learn), and was well-edu- into an aristocratic family in Czarist Russia, Rach- cated in the humanities. All told, he gave more than maninoff spent his early years in Novgorod and St. 1,500 recitals and wrote 145 compositions (some of

RHODES SPRING 2003 29 them gigantic in proportion) in a variety of genres. His conducting and piano repertoires were enormous, stemming from his excellent memory and his capacity for hard work. He was also very interested in the scientific dis- coveries taking place at the turn of the century that were connected with the reproduction of sound. Fortunately for us, his contempo- raries convinced him that he should allow the Edison Company and RCA Victor to make recordings of him playing some of his most important compositions. My reasons for choosing Rachmaninoff's music for my next scholarly project are multi- faceted: A number of major features of my life converge in Rachmaninoff's identity, including his music, his formal and abiding connection with Russian literature (he read Russian po- etry regularly and founded his own publishing house in Paris, which is associated with many literary figures in Russian exile, among them Vladimir Nabokov) and the agony of his exile, which I witnessed in the community in which I grew up and experienced myself to a more limited extent. But aside from these reasons, which are compelling enough in and of them- Rachmaninoff correcting proofs of his famous third piano concerto in 1910 at selves, I continue to be startled by the unusual Ivanovka, his family's estate in Tambov Province, to the south of Moscow and intricate beauty of the music I have not yet completely discovered. Rachmaninoff was known as a humble and re- a level of intensity equivalent to that of Dostoevsky served man who made his statements in musical in his novels. It is his direct and passionate musical rather than verbal form, but he once described his at- style, coupled with his own unsentimental and ana- titude toward creating music as follows: lytical approach to and performance of his composi- "Even with the disaster of living through what has tions, that I find utterly fascinating. Moreover, it is befallen Russia, where I spent my happiest years, I refreshing for me to be able to study a creative artist always feel that my own music and my reactions to who was not only supremely talented, but also a fine all music remained spiritually the same, unendingly human being in all respects. This is relatively rare obedient in trying to create beauty." in the world of art. The numerous benefit concerts In his "obedience to beauty" (obedience to a Rachmaninoff performed for the Russian army dur- higher creative force was a cornerstone of his Russian ing World War I, the large amounts of his money Orthodox ethos), Rachmaninoff is acknowledged that he targeted for medical supplies and relief for as having been able to reproduce, perhaps more dis- widows and orphans in both world wars, and his tinctly than any other composer, a wide range of rec- singlehanded financing of a tank for the Soviet army ognizable emotions in musical form. Rachmaninoff and Allied forces all establish him as a humanitarian plumbs the depths of human emotion in his music to who transformed compassion into action. PA

30 SPRING 2003 RHODES The Marriage of Music and Poetry

Nollan is a published poet, having studied and writ- Pianistic architect, ten poetry all her life. Her paternal grandfather was a you taught me your language: Ukrainian poet, and hence both music and poetry are images of a birch forest, in her genes. One of her poems was performed publicly saintly figures on an icon, when Diane McCullough Clark '62, associate professor persons remembered of music, selected it as one of five poems she would and loved, set to music for her sabbatical project several years or paintings of death ago. It was a thrilling moment for Nollan when she sat revealed themselves in the audience in Payne Recital Hall as the composer in musical tones and patterns. of a song and experienced its premier performance by a senior voice major. The experience also enabled her I carried you with me to gain insights into what Rachmaninoff must have felt through six years of illness each time a new work of his was performed for the when arthritis claimed my hands. first time. In summer 2002 in St. Petersburg, Russia, The doctors, nurses, and orderlies Nollan wrote a long narrative poem about her life in at the hospitals where I healed Russian emigration and relationship to Rachmaninoff's called me the Rachmaninoff patient. identity, titled "In Search of Rachmaninoff." The poem was accepted by the academic journal of the Interna- In the face of horror— tional Rachmaninoff Society, which will publish it later pneumonia sufferers gasping for breath, this year as a chapbook. The following is an excerpt car accident victims whose bandages from that poem: blanketed them like snow, operation survivors dragging I.V. poles along green hallways— in the face of all this you reminded me of beauty.

Nollan has been working on a new poetic cycle titled Your voice told me secrets of Russia, "The Sunflower and the Sorcerer: Poems for Rach- you warned of both pleasure and pain: maninoff." She has completed 20 poems thus far. She the price of my music is high, you said. describes the relationship of the second cycle to the first I walk the plank willingly, as follows: plunge into waves of your melodies. "In the first cycle I search for Rachmaninoff, my muse and companion; in the second cycle I find him—and he Life has taken its toll, finds me. Our relationship is deepened." This is a formerly but each night I rejoice as I study the notes, unpublished poem from that cycle: tiny blackbirds resting on dark wires.

Your soul was moving Now you are real, in the shadows of my mind, and you stroke my hair tenderly, hidden just out of sight. a partial reward for devotion. In the silence of the night The medal of honor— you found me. your kiss in the morning- 1 can earn only slowly. I knew it was you by your song, as the nightingale hears In the silence of the night the call of her mate in the distance. you found me. In the silence of my long night ...

RHODES SPRING 2003 31 Valerie Z. Nollan Nollan does her creative writing under the name informal piano recital of two of Rachmaninoff's Valeria Z. Nollan, the first name being her real preludes at Rollins College in Orlando, FL, as part Russian name, providing yet another connection with of the first North American conference of the Rach- her complex, but joyfully reclaimed Russian past. maninoff Society. British representatives of the so- Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and ciety invited her to repeat the reading/recital at the Literatures, she teaches courses at Rhodes in Russian society's annual meeting in Wolverhampton, Eng- language and literature, in the Search interdisciplinary land, in April 2003. During that week in England, program and the Film Studies program. She is cur- she also performed at a benefit concert in Coventry rently developing a new interdisciplinary course for for the International Cancer Society, the proceeds of the Rhodes curriculum, which will be titled "Giants of which were donated for cancer research in memory Russia's Silver Age: Soloviev, Blok and Rachmaninoff." of Rachmaninoff, who died of cancer. In March Her first book was a translation of literary essays by she gave a poetry reading/performance at Emory Vladimir Soloukhin, A Time to Gather Stones. A sec- University as part of an all-Rachmaninoff program ond book coming out in June 2003, Bakhtin: that included professional musicians from Russia, Ethics and Mechanics, engages the early philosophi- and in May had a recital/poetry reading at Rhodes. cal writings of the renowned literary theorist Mikhail Another is scheduled at a Rachmaninoff Society Bakhtin. A third book, a translation of a philosophi- conference on May 26 in New York. cal essay by Vladimir Soloviev titled The Philosophical Principles of Integral Knowledge, will be published in 2004. For her book project on Rachmaninoff she has been awarded a Faculty Development Grant for research on his songs at the Moscow Conserva- tory this summer. Nollan has studied and played music since her childhood. She studied piano for 10 years in Dela- ware, the last year with the concert pianist Maria Moore. In recent years, she resumed formal study of the piano repertoire at the Rhodes Music Acad- emy, first with Brooke Dezio, and subsequently, with Kate Stimson for the past two years. She has another teacher as well: she listens almost exclu- sively to recordings of Rachmaninoff playing his own works, so that she can better understand the extraordinary musicality and color that character- ize his performances. On her playing of Rach- maninoff's music, she reflects, "I would consider it a great honor to be called a Rachmaninoff pianist." Her goal involves the study of Rach- maninoff's solo piano compositions for the purpose of performing his works. She has en- joyed some success in this endeavor in the last few months, in large part due to her association with the International Rachmaninoff Society. Valerie Nollan and her muse, composer/conductor/pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943. Portrait painted in 1929 by Boris Chaliapin, son of Russian opera In October 2002, she gave a poetry reading and singer Fyodor Chaliapin

32 SPRING 2003 RHODES By James C. White II Lester Crain Professor of Physics

t was not supposed to be so chilly in Hong mers leading a small group of about a dozen Ameri- g that time of year, but I lay there pulling a cans, had given lectures to members of the Hong astic tablecloth closer around me as laughter, cheers Kong Astronomical Society. We had discussed the and occasional song came from the 150 other people accelerating, expanding universe and the possibil- huddled on the rooftop. In near darkness on this ity of life elsewhere in the cosmos. Many questions small island named Cheung Chau, situated away followed our talks, giving us opportunity to share from Victoria Harbor's pulsing glow, I could see all with the others there our love of the heavens. Now faces turned toward the sky and one of the century's all of us—Americans, Chinese and a slightly odd best shows—the annual Leonid meteor shower. Englishman—pulled jackets and blankets around Earlier in the night my friend and I, two astrono- us as nature put on a spectacular show.

Understanding the interactions of science and society is important to Professor Jay White (center) and physics students (l-r) Michael Siler '06, Stacy Sidle '04, Beth Wennerstrom '04, and Jeff France '06

so Like science, travel is something I live for—to ex- ing brightness and life into a night dark as any in perience new cultures, provide aid or education in a the universe. With other students we laughed over foreign land or simply to lose myself in a place where sodas and noodles, listened to sometimes painful English is not the primary tongue. These things com- music and just talked with vocabularies counted on pel me to keep my travel pack ready to go and my two hands. passport filled with extra pages. My numerous trips have broken into three broad categories: trips purely The trips that are mostly business surround my for pleasure, others blended for business and pleasure work for the International Astronomical Union and those exclusively for business. Yet can any trip (IAU). A bit like the United Nations for astronomy, not have at least some elements of pleasure? the IAU is a professional organization that facilitates interaction among scientists around the globe. I am assistant director for the IAU group responsible for Agent of Change helping improve science education (such as assisting The audience was silent as I walked from behind a Moroccan university establish a master's program) the podium and approached them, an action rare in and improve or establish the infrastructure for sci- a country where teachers typically stand and recite. ence research in developing countries (for example, All dressed in white shirts and khaki trousers or providing funding and expertise for the construction skirts and seated around a great U-shaped table, of a Costa Rican observatory). At the IAU's triennial the 50 students gathered here were the best science General Assembly to be held this year in Australia, students of Vietnam's National University. I will be installed as the program's director. This Following my stilted Vietnamese greeting to the means for me more travel and greater responsibility students, I spoke through an interpreter for 30 min- for IAU assistance programs in countries from El utes on current, "hot" topics in astrophysics. Even Salvador to the Philippines. after two weeks in Hanoi, my body was not used to The nature of the work is similar in each of these the high humidity, and sweat literally drained from countries, and is determined by the perceived needs every pore. Distant thunder rumbled through the of a country's scientists, educators and politicians. room's paneless windows, shutters opened wide, and Quite often my group will provide funding for stu- raindrops from the biblical deluge outside slapped dents from these countries to travel and study abroad, the white plaster walls and dusty concrete floor. or for us to offer scientific or educational expertise to Some students smiled, but most seemed un- improve or enrich science education programs, or to sure of how to take this melting man who hopped purchase instruments to equip or even build research around the room to explain cosmic collisions and programs. Sometimes we assist in all three ways in a water deposits on Mars. I offered to answer ques- given country. Governments occasionally impede our tions, and after a full half minute, one student progress, but because we are always there at their or asked me, very softly and sans interpreter, about the their scientists' request, our IAU group is generally af- (( curve of the Universe." forded considerable assistance. How to explain manifolds, cosmic energy density As an example, I have worked with a group of and universal acceleration so that my interpreter roughly two dozen educators, scientists and policy could translate the concepts? The student looked makers in Vietnam for five years. Our group wrote up at me, his face pushed forward for my reply, and a new astronomy textbook in Vietnamese for use at with a folded sheet of paper, a few equations and colleges and universities—the first textbook in Viet- lots of gesticulating, we got to the answer. Then nam with color illustrations—and in August 2003 others asked questions, and for more than three we will conduct another science and education meet- hours we all talked science. ing in the country. The university professors utilize That night I rode on the back of a student's mo- the skills, techniques and knowledge derived from torbike, rain still falling, the lights of Hanoi peek- these meetings in their classrooms, which are filled

34 SPRING 2003 RHODES A lesson in laughter from Vietnamese children

with Vietnam's future schoolteachers. swarming about us in search of an evening meal. An exciting change for this year's trip to Vietnam And then the children came, from farms is that two Rhodes students will accompany me. Un- around our eclipse-viewing spot north of the der the auspices of the IAU and the Vietnamese Na- capital city, Lusaka. Young, sweet and amazed tional University, the students will help me conduct by the cameras and tripods and telescopes all the meeting, demonstrate hands-on science activities pointed to the sun. We shared our eclipse glasses useful in bringing science alive for students and assist with them before totality, and then, as the cool university astronomers with a new telescope donated darkness of the moon's shadow touched us, we to the the university by the Japanese government. all looked at the sky filled with a darkened sun, planets, stars and swirling bats. As the shadow passed us and daylight returned Up Close and Personal three minutes later, the children and adults laughed, The sky was completely clear, made of a blue cried and waved crazily to the sun, back, back, back fabric only Africa can manufacture, and the mid- in the sky. day sun was low in the north. Plumes from small fires rose in the distance, and our group—a couple A few years ago I found I could blend business and of hundred people from North America, Europe, pleasure when I was asked to be the science leader on Australia and Asia—watched the tendrils of those an eclipse trip to Europe. Nestled away on a cruise ship smokes join and move to the east, pushed along by with another astronomer and, of all people, Edwin winds high over this Zambian plain. There were "Buzz" Aldrin, I was thrilled by the eclipse and enjoyed only minutes until the moon's shadow came sweep- the close interaction with the Apollo astronaut. ing over us, dropping us into the daytime "night" I discovered, however, that the best part of the trip of a total solar eclipse. was the seemingly continuous conversations I had As ambient light dimmed, crickets in the cleared with other travelers. With backgrounds ranging from field around us began to chirp, and hundreds of bats construction to medicine to the clergy, the people on fell from limbs of nearby trees and confusedly began that cruise sought out the scientists to talk or simply

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answer questions they had always wanted answered. expect, improve conditions there for its citizens. On Since that first trip I've led or been co-leader my so-called discovery-based trips, the fundamental on several others. The personal experiences have element is that the participants are compelled to expe- been similar (in spite of landscapes as varied as rience the local culture and interact directly with the Icelandic glaciers and mystical Malaysian lakes), native people. These experiences can then lead to un- and I have thoroughly enjoyed talking with people expected, yet marvelous consequences. about science, life and any number of things in a During a southern African trip in 2001, members personal, intimate manner. In turn, I learn much of our group established contact with schools and from them, who generally are well educated and orphanages in Lusaka, Zambia. Since then, we have well traveled. opened a conduit for clothes and other aid from the On a wintry trip last year to observe the northern United States directly into the orphanages of that lights and geology "in action" in Iceland (which a nation. By leaving one's hotel and venturing beyond photographer-friend from southern California and the tourist districts, one discovers that travel can I led), our group of 45 was composed of people become far more than collecting souvenirs: One can from 21 to 85 years of age (the two youngest were come to learn another culture, experience others' Rhodes students), all with fascinating histories and ways of living and perhaps understand humans' mu- careers—a Harvard psychologist, a Belgian pho- tual connections. tographer, a technical writer for Compaq, a great- My journeys make my teaching at Rhodes much grandmother who simply wanted to (and did!) ride richer. I can draw students into the emotion of the Icelandic horses. winter solstice celebration on Bolivia's altiplano or help them understand the feelings of intellectual exu- berance in Johannes Kepler as he fathomed the mo- Enriching Experiences tions of the planets 400 years ago while wandering Although the motivations for the different types Prague's stone streets. of trips vary, the results do not. In our IAU work, my Isn't this what teaching and learning are about? students and I provide assistance to a country, and, we Bringing alive in students—be they an 18-year-old or an 85-year-old great- grandmother—the pas- sion to know the world and the drive to improve it? I do not know how successful I am in all this, yet I must continue to try. It's too much fun to stop. We're all thrown into the world with a pur- pose. I believe discover- ing that world is one way to help us identify that purpose. PA

Following the llamas to market in northern Chile

36 SPRING 2003 RHODES Dr. Jay White, the Lester Crain Professor of Physics at Rhodes, is also chairperson of the Depart- ment of Physics. A fellow of the International Astronom- ical Union (IAU) and Great Britain's Royal Astronomical Society, he was previously the executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the world's largest general astronomy organization, headquartered in San Francisco. Before being named the society's executive director, White was editor of Mercury magazine for three years. Prior to his appointment there, he was author for four years of a syndicated newspaper column called "Tennes- see Skies," and for five years authored the regular column, "Accidental Astrophysics," for Mercury. In addition to his duties at Rhodes, White is the as- sistant director of the IAU's program for science educa- tion in developing countries, and he is the new chair of the American Astronomical Society's national Working Group on collaboration between professional and ama- teur astronomers. White frequently leads astronomy and science- related trips throughout the world and is a popular astronomy and science lecturer in venues from Hanoi to Reykjavik. He contributes his expertise in astronomy and international science to publications as diverse as Near the borders of Bolivia and Peru, White on a journey into Chile's the New York Times, Scientific American, Sky and Tele- Atacama Desert to spot Chilean flamingoes at Lake Chungara and the scope and WIRED magazine. geoglyphic "Atacama Giant" farther south

Getting Out and Into the World In 2003-2004, Prof. White will lead three tours for For more information, contact Prof. Jay White at: SITA World Travel (www.sitatours.com), a company [email protected] or 901.843.3915. headquartered in Encino, CA. SITA asked White to help design a suite of discovery-based trips. More than "Australian Aborigines & the Stories of Creation" sightseeing, they involve immersion in local culture, July 25-Aug. 9, 2003 ritual and belief systems. Rhodes alumni are especially welcome. "Pyramids, Sand and the Nile: Following the Egyptian The first trip is a two-week survey of Australia in late Path from Earth to Heaven" July and early August 2003. Later this year there will Dec. 6-18, 2003 be a trip to Egypt, and in April 2004 a group will travel to China. These trips will be composed of small groups "Weaving Chinese History" and will include lectures by White and local experts on April 2004 common and peculiar aspects of the regions visited.

RHODES SPRING 2003 37 of Gardenin g

By Marci Deshaies Woodmansee '90

ring is a season when thoughts naturally

urn to gardening. As tree branches start budding,

grass greens up and flowers begin to bloom, even

those who aren't natural green thumbs often find

themselves overcome with enthusiastic plans—I

will figure out the difference between annuals and

perennials this year! I can learn which areas of my

yard are shady or sunny and plant accordingly!

Of course, there are gardeners, and then there are master gardeners, whose love of dig- ging in the dirt is a year-round affair. Just ask any of the following Rhodes alumnae who have participated in master gardening courses around the region, and they will tell you that creating something beautiful from bare ground is hard work but immensely rewarding. In the dictionary, a gardener is defined as a person who works in or tends a garden for pleasure or profit. For a master gardener, that definition might be amended to read—"for pleasure and for the community." The master gardening program is an intensive, 40-hour course offered by state agri- cultural extension offices in counties across the country. In Shelby County, TN, some 100 residents take the course every year. Master gardening students are asked to complete the course and give 40 hours of service back to the community in order to receive their certificate and be considered a master gardener. Most of these graduates stay involved in their state or county's master gardening association and give 40 hours and more back to the community every year. "One of the great things about the program is that the only limit is your imagination,"

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Juli Scobey '89, above and right, who is enrolled in the master gar- dener course in Memphis.

says Juli Scobey '89, who will complete the Shelby County master gardening course this summer. "You can learn a lot by volunteering with established organizations like Lichterman Nature Center or the Memphis Botanic Garden, but you can also design your own projects, like creating a garden at a school, inner-city park or senior center." In fact, there are countless ways in which master gardeners can complete their com- munity service hours. The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service has a Shelby County Extension Office home page with links to a master gardener page that lists a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. Locally, master gardeners volunteer at plant sales at the Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis Zoo, Lichterman Nature Center and Dixon Gallery and Gardens. They help prune trees at Elmwood Cemetery, volunteer at Agricenter International's lawn and garden shows, speak to the public about the pro- gram and do various other tasks for the county extension office. And as Scobey describes, master gardeners may also get their hours by initiating gardening and landscaping proj- ects for schools, libraries, neighborhood associations or other non-profit organizations. Pat Black Allen '68, who completed the master gardener course in Brookhaven, MS, says master gardeners there have used their time to do landscaping work at the local hos- pital and at the children's entrance to the library, among many other projects. "I have loved it and learned so much!" Allen says. "I never really realized how much I enjoyed gardening until my children were grown and I had the time and the opportunity to learn more about it. One of our group's current big projects involves landscaping the courtyard of the Mississippi School of the Arts—a performing arts high school that is being built on what was formerly the Whitworth College campus. The master gardeners here have done all kinds of neat things. It's a great program." For Beth Ward Matthews '82 of Shreveport, LA, the most rewarding community project in which she has participated was building the greenspace at her children's grade school when they were living in Clarksville, TN. "I took the master gardener course in Montgomery County, TN, in 1996 and was

RHODES SPRING 2003 39 Beth Ward Matthews '82 with C.J. and son, Max Grabenstein

president of the local master gardeners group in 1998," says Matthews. "My proudest ac- complishment was organizing and building that greenspace at Matthews' daughter, C.J. Grabenstein, inspects crocuses Barksdale Elementary School. We took a concrete rectangle courtyard that wasn't being utilized—with only a drain hole in the center—and transformed it. We built raised cedar beds and planted shrubs like blue angel holly and Chinese pizazz plant. And we constructed a huge arbor with picnic tables underneath that created a wonderful place for children and parents and teachers to dine, read or just sit. "After it was all done, we organized a day for every child to plant a bulb in the greenspace—the kindergarteners started with crocuses and the fifth graders finished it with irises. Some of the kids had never even touched a bulb before, and it was an amaz- ing sight in the spring when all the bulbs started blooming. "We have since moved to Louisiana, and I haven't been able to take the master gar- dener course here yet, so I've been a frustrated master gardener for the past few years," Matthews adds. "But one of the teachers at the Clarksville school in Tennessee took the master gardener course after I left, so I believe she's continuing the tradition at the school. I cherish the memories of that wonderful group." Community service has always been a major focus at Rhodes, so giving hours back to local organizations in need of help is nothing new for Rhodes graduates involved in master gardening. The college is noted for its student community service program which forges and sustains long-lasting service partnerships and encourages students to develop their own strategies and initiatives to address unmet needs in the community. This bi- fold mission is reflected in the work of many master gardeners, who not only volunteer

40 SPRING 2003 RHODES Master gardener Betsy Moore Ayrer '64

144 Children fill hypertufa pots they made themselves at the Sunflower School and assist established organizations, but also initiate and develop new gardening projects wherever they see a need. For Memphis master gardener Betsy Moore Ayrer '64, community service hours have ranged from selling concessions at the 4-H Club booth during the Mid-South Fair, to helping with the county extension's hypertufa workshops, to designing and creating a garden for her own church. "I've done some things I never thought I'd do!" Ayrer says with a smile. "The Shelby County master gardeners organization meets every other month and you can get on the agenda if you have a project you need help with. There's a lot of laughter and camarade- rie at these meetings—it's a fun group." Ayrer's project for the LaGrange Presbyterian Church is one that she has particularly enjoyed. "Our church started a Montessori preschool—The Sunflower School—that will expand to grade six next year," she explains. "We designed and created a garden that serves both the school and church. There are sunflowers, of course, a sand pile, wide walkways edged by bricks and a moss garden with a boulder that our minister brought back from a conference in New Mexico. One section that has poor drainage became our jungle garden, with elephant ears and cannas and so forth. Next year we will add a small vegetable garden. We're trying to make it very hands-on and low-maintenance, so that the children can enjoy it and play freely there. They've made stepping stones and painted rocks—it's really kind of a folk art garden." Despite the knowledge and wisdom that a title like "master gardener" conveys, participants in the program insist that you don't have to be an expert to be accepted into the course. "I didn't have a lot of years of gardening experience," says Beth Matthews. "You do have to have a love of gardening. The nice thing about it is the course is filled with so

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many different people with differing levels of knowledge—but who all love having dirt un- derneath their fingernails." Ayrer agrees. "You don't have to be an expert in gardening to do this—that's what the course is there for, to teach you," she says. "But you do have to be dedicated to serving the community. There's frequently a waiting list to get into this program now." "There are more women than men, but the group is pretty diverse," adds Juli Scobey. "I don't have much gardening experience, but luckily, the course starts out with the basics. We have a huge three-ring binder of course materials, and we cover a vast array of topics, such as landscape design, botany and more." Different speakers cover the various topics of study each week—some of them master garden- ers who have become experts in a certain area, some of them Ph.D.s from extension offices across the state and some of them local garden- ing professionals, such as Donna Little, the hor- ticulturist at Elmwood Cemetery. "Donna is terrific," Ayrer says. "Many of us have spent volunteer hours pruning crape myrtles with her at Elmwood. I knew the ba- sics but she taught us the right way to shape

In the Sunflower School's jungle garden them. You see crape myrtles all the time that are sheared right across the top, which is actu- ally incorrect. We master gardeners call that crape murder!" Ayrer laughs. "Getting to learn things like this and pursue your gardening interests is really the whole point of the program," she adds. "You meet lots of interesting people, and it's also a wonderful entrée to places that you wouldn't otherwise get to see. For example, there are gardens, nurseries and greenhouses that aren't open to the public but are open to master gardeners." By these accounts, master gardening appears to be as enjoyable to those who partici- pate as it is beneficial to the community. The course gives its students a chance to look at the needs of the broader community and translate their understanding of those needs into action. It's also a chance to form new friendships with lots of opportunities for con- tinued teamwork and interaction. "Best of all, by working in the community this way, you meet a variety of people who share a common interest with you whom you might not have met otherwise," Scobey says. Equally as important, these master gardeners are making a visible difference in the com- munity by creating something lasting, of beauty, that can be enjoyed for years to come. M

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Athletic Runner Strengthens Lynx Consistency

By Bill Sorrell

n the Andes gage by spreading his body over it. up road blocks of boulders and ere clouds "After a couple of bumps, we burning tires along various trails. top mountains looked back to make sure he "They were not upset with like ice cream on wasn't on the road along with our us. They were trying to make a chocolate cake, bags," said Marie. point," said Marie. "Being hardy the rocky road was almost unbear- Last June, the Brandewiedes troupers, we got out at the road able for a motorized vehicle. traveled from their St. Louis home block, strapped on our backpacks Rhodes junior Marie Brandew- to hike 45 miles in Peru as part of and walked through the burning iede, her parents, Bob and Linda, a 12-day adventure. At one point, tires and boulders." The trip took Marie's breath away, literally. In the high altitude, she found she could get winded by just walking. "One of the guides had a tradi- tion. Every time he got to the top of a mountain, he ran the last 50 feet. Fifty feet doesn't sound like much, but at 14,000 feet it's a good little distance," she said. As she looked above, she saw the snow-capped Andes surround- ing her, some 20,000 feet high. As she looked below, she saw a majes- tic valley as the clouds parted and the sun rose. Marie Brandewiede '04 "I can't imagine a more beauti- ful spot on earth, or being closer to heaven." and her sister, Julie, loaded their they were 14,000 feet high at Marie Brandeweide's trip came bags in the back of a borrowed truck Dead Woman's Pass. "A very omi- less than a month after she became as they embarked on a 10-mile nous name," according to Marie. Rhodes' first All-American (man or stretch of trail that Marie called the Ominous could describe the woman) middle distance runner. bumpiest she had ever been on. countryside near Cusco as villag- She finished fourth at the 2002 One of their guides became ers, protesting the government's Division 3 national championships human duct tape as he held onto lug- decision to privatize utilities, put at Macalester College at St. Paul,

RHODES SPRING 2003 43 MN, in the 1,500 meters. She ran it from Moultrie, GA, and Elizabeth bad race, you can't give up." in 4 minutes, 38 seconds. Her per- Wester, a senior from Tallahassee, Teammates encouraged her dur- sonal best 1,500 was 4:37 last year FL, are national-level runners said ing a recent personal crisis. While at Butler University in Indianapolis. Shankman. at a track meet, she learned that her At Rhodes, she's set school "We have always been success- grandfather, Ralph Birkenmeyer, records in the 800 meters, the dis- ful at the conference level. Now had died in St. Louis. tance medley relay, 4x800 meter we have been consistent at the "I was really upset. But I was relay and 1,600 meter relay. She national level," he said. with 45 of my closest friends. It ran the 800 meters at Vanderbilt Rhodes' women's cross country was hard to find out about my last April in a time of 2:14, topping team has won six of the last eight grandfather at a track meet, but I her previous best by five seconds. SCAC championships, and the couldn't have been around a better The distance medley relay team women's track team has won three group of people." ran a school-record time of of the last six conference titles. While others may be standing 12:07.66 at St. Olaf in Northfield, Shankman, who has coached at still at the starting line, Brande- MN, this past winter, provisionally Rhodes since 1990, has been SCAC weide is in constant motion. At qualifying for the NCAA meet. coach of the year in cross coun- a Wisconsin track meet, Gloria At last year's national cham- try and men's and women's track Gaynor's song, "I Will Survive," pionship, Rhodes was the only 22 times. He was the conference was blaring over loudspeakers. Division 3 school that had two women's track coach of the year in Brandeweide began to dance. women, Brandeweide and Amy 2002 and the regional cross coun- "She loves '80s music," said Lau- Paine, advance to the finals of the try coach of the year in 2002. ren Glas, a senior from Kenmore, 1,500 meters. Brandeweide has helped fuel WA, who runs the 3,000 meter Paine entered the race ranked the success. steeplechase and the 5,000 meters. second in the nation with a time of "Marie is unique because she Brandeweide's "mental tough- 4:37.01, while Marie was ranked has all the qualities that any coach ness" pushes her to go "hard from third with a time of 4:37.21. could possibly hope for," said the start" and endure grueling As Rhodes won the Southern Shankman, praising her "tremen- middle laps, said Tribuno. Collegiate Athletic Conference in dous character," work ethic and Despite a tough schedule, women's track last year, Brande- "respect for the process. ), Brandeweide has a 3.61 grade weide was conference champion In Marie's room, she has her point average. She is majoring in in the 1,500 meters, 800 meters goal for the 1,500 meters plastered international studies. She received and 4x400 meter relay team. She on her wall: "4:30.02." a Mertie W. Buckman Student also won the 1,500 meters in the "No one doubts she will get Fellowship to study in Germany 2001 SCAC meet with a time of it," said Morgan Tribuno, a junior this summer. 4:44, her best time as a first-year from Portland, ME, who runs Brandeweide, named SCAC student. She was All- SCAC in cross country and the men's 1,500 All-Academic, is president of 2001 in the 1,500 meters and 800 meters and 800 meters. Rhodes' Student Athletic Advisory meters. She was second at the con- The mile is another of Brande- Committee, which works as a ference meet in the 800 meters. weide's strengths. In high school, bridge between students and stu- "Athletically, she has helped put she averaged a mile in 5:25. Now dent athletes. She plays the piano, the Rhodes middle distance and her time hovers around 5:00. from classical to religious, is a fan distance running on the map," Running has helped her of Star Trek and collects heads-up, said track and cross country coach become more self-confident she "lucky" pennies. Robert Shankman '80. said. "You have to persevere "She doesn't see tails-down Brandeweide, Paine, a senior through injuries and if you have a pennies," said Tribuno. m

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Groves (MO) Presbyterian Church, but is still the substitute organist. Class Notes She directs a group of women sing- ers, the Pitch Pipers, and a group of By Jordan Badgett '03 four bell-ringers who each play two 43 bells. They are invited to give many Rhodes Alumni 60th Reunion concerts. Gene and a friend also give Association President HOMECOMING: OCT. IO-II,2003 two-piano concerts. Jamie Augustine '89 Allen Hilzheim, Lewis Wellford In January, Homer and I had Memphis and Elizabeth Hinckley Lansing lunch with Morison Buck (Homer's are planning the reunion for the class cousin) in Orlando. Morison, a re- of 1943. tired judge, is writing life histories of 38 Walt Cole, a retired professor the other retired judges in his area of HOMECOMING: OCT. IO-I I, 2003 at Appalachian State University in Florida for the state Bar Association. REPORTER: MCKAY BOSWELL Boone, NC, volunteers at the local Anita Hyde Hutchings, the first 4649 CHICKASAW RD. hospital, is active in church activities woman bank officer in Selma, AL, is MEMPHIS, TN 38117 and enjoys frequent trips to Europe. a retired controller and vice president 901-683-83150 His daughter, Ginger, works as a den- of Peoples BancTrust. She stays busy tal assistant. Her sister, Melanie, is with her church work and as a board a sculptor and teaches at the Rhode member of the West Central Ala- 39 Island School of Design. bama Easter Seal Rehabilitation Cen- Bruce Crill of Memphis, a retired ter, of which she is a past chairman. United Methodist minister, is active at St. Paul United Methodist Church 45 at Davies Plantation. He is also a REPORTER: BETTY WILKINSON ISBELL 48 55112 Reunion speaker and participant in the local 1912 WESTWOOD DR. HOMECOMING: OCT. IO II, 2003 Emmaus Walks for spiritual renewal. MARYVILLE, TN 37803 Billy and Gene Dickson Symes are staying busy with their musical 50 41 engagements. Billy was ill with West REPORTERS: ANN DEWAR BLECKEN REPORTER: ANN BELL Nile virus and in the hospital for a 355 CARAWAY CV. 1763 EASTMORELAND AVE. month. He is doing fine now, playing MEMPHIS, TN 38117 MEMPHIS, TN 38104 tennis and singing again. Gene is re- 901-683-4737 901-274-5617 tired as minister of music at Webster JIM WILLIAMSON 733 UNIVERSITY ST. MEMPHIS, TN 38107 901-276-3989 Maxwell Steps Down Martha Ellen Davidson Maxwell '51, executive director of the Mem- phis Symphony Orchestra for the last decade, will step down at the end 51 of the season. She was a music major at Rhodes and later assistant REPORTER: FRANCES CROUCH PERKINS dean of women for a time. P.O. Box 66 SENATOBIA, MS 38668 She served twice as president of the Memphis Symphony League, a 662-562-6441 fund-raising body, from 1965-67. For five years in the 1970s, she was Denby '50 and Helen Deupree vice president of the Memphis Orchestral Society, and in 1975, she be- Brandon enjoyed a January trip to came the first female president of that organization. An original board Grand Cayman. member of the Memphis in May International Festival Society, which Woody and Mary Ann Morriss every year honors a different country, she established the Sunset Sym- of Staunton, VA, celebrated their phony, the closing event of Memphis in May, in 1977. 50th wedding anniversary last June. In the 1980s, Maxwell was executive director of Memphis in May, Earlier that month, they had a visit Arts in the Park Festival, Memphis/Shelby County Film, Tape and Music from Gemma and John D. Reese Commission and Memphis Arts Festival. of Dothan, AL. The Reeses have 12 grandchildren, all of whom, together Last fall, she was elected president of the board of directors of Ten- with their parents, visited John D. nesseans for the Arts, a statewide alliance headquartered in Nashville and Gemma at Christmas. that aims to strengthen funding and support for the arts. In February, Blake '52 and Bar- bara Bassett Atchley of Hunts-

RHODES SPRING 2003 45 ville, AL, moved to Carlton Cove, reporter, at any of the above addresses. a new retirement community. In 58 addition to celebrating their golden 45th Reunion anniversary last year, they took an ex- 55 HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 tended motor trip in May throughout Every year, Mary Rodriguez War- REPORTER: LORRAINE RAYBURN the West, and an October bus trip to drop attends a language institute in ABERNATHY the Northeast. Spa, Belgium, to study French. She 30 WILLWAY AVE. Bob and Pat Cooper Richard- writes, "This provides a radically RICHMOND, VA 23226 son of Nashville will remember 2002 different activity from the numerous 804-353-4202 as a great travel year, including a trip rounds of golf played in Pinehurst, Folks, I took on this reporter job in to Montreal and Quebec City in June, NC" (her home). Mary is a retired case there is news to report from our and a September Elderhostel study professor of mathematics from Cen- class, so you need to send some along! trip to Paris and Vienna. tral Michigan University. News includes retirement plans, mov- ing, surgery, children/grandchildren, hobbies/interests, travel recommenda- 52 56 tions. REPORTER: SARA JANE BRYANT Loyd Templeton was elected vice Daughter Melissa and I went to GREENLEE president of the executive committee Greece in the fall. It's glorious, but 355 BLUFF RIDGE CV. of Theatre Memphis. the entire country is on a 45-degree CORDOVA, TN 38018 Lolly Spier Witten writes: "Jim angle! Be warned and get into Cody or Freddie and Mary Woods Epp are and I finally have a third generation Dortch shape for all of the climbing. back home at Marion Junction, AL. under way: Katherine (2), Lauren (1) The Presbyterian Outlook reported and Anna Leigh (born fall 2002). Oh in February that Louis Zbinden joy!" will retire June 1 from his 32-year 53 50th Reunion pastorate at First Presbyterian Church HOMECOMING: OCT. IO-I I, 2003 in San Antonio, TX. The church's REPORTER: ALLEN COOKE 57 foundation donated $1.2 million to 2124 CARPENTERS GRADE RD. REPORTER: EMMETT BUFORD endow the Louis H. and Katherine S. MARYVILLE, TN 37803 409 E. ERWIN DR. Zbinden Chair of Pastoral Ministry [email protected] MEMPHIS, TN 38117 and Leadership at Austin Seminary. Presbyterian minister Bob Crumby Guess who will be the first holder? is retiring again, this time from The Lou! Congratulations to both Lou Center for Clinical Ethics at Summitt and Kip. Medical Center in Nashville, where Congratulations also go to John he was director and clinical ethicist. Quinn, Arlington, VA., who is a re- He plans to write his first book. cent appointee to the Union Theolog- Make your plans now to come to our ical Seminary/ Presbyterian School of 50th reunion this fall. And send your Christian Education board of trustees. news to me, Allen Cooke, your class We hope to get together on one of his board trips to Richmond. Mark your 2003 calendars for our 45th Reunion Oct. 10-11. The re- Walters Plans To Open School union committee is working hard, as Legendary Memphis educator Jane Walters '56 has proposed estab- always. lishing a school in downtown Memphis for 15-year-old students at risk of dropping out. The Memphis Grizzlies pro basketball team has com- mitted to backing a major portion of the school's costs. Memphis City 59 Schools would pick up the rest. Initial enrollment would be 40 students, After more than 40 years in the or- growing to a maximum of 150. dained ministry, Ed Stock retired Not a charter school, but a "break-the-mold" school, the institution Dec. 31, 2002, from First Presbyte- would come under an obscure 1992 Tennessee state law that allows for rian Church in Raleigh, NC, where nontraditional forms of education. Downtown is the ideal location, Wal- he served for 14 1/2 years. He recently took a three-month sabbatical, which ters said, because all city buses go there. allowed him and his wife, Martha Walters, who was state commissioner of education from 1995-99, Dale, to travel to Scotland, England, was principal of Memphis' Craigmont High School for 21 years. France and Switzerland. They also trekked across the western United States, spending two weeks on a

46 SPRING 2003 RHODES Montana ranch. Currently, Ed is sewing projects." working part time in church relations Dal Covington retired from be- 61 with Union Theological Seminary/ ing an economist in 1995 and with REPORTER: SAM DRASH Presbyterian School of Christian his wife, Pam, entered the residential 4541 SOLOMON SEAL TR. Education in Richmond. real estate field in the Buckhead sec- CHATTANOOGA, TN 37415 tion of Atlanta. "We are associated 423-875-3580 with Harry Norman Realtors and [email protected] 60 are really enjoying this second career Mary Arno McColgan Baldwin re- REPORTER: KIM BAXTER HENLEY in a section of Atlanta we have lived tired from Rhodes in October as the 427 COLONIAL RD. in for some 35 years," he says. "Our administrative assistant of the British MEMPHIS, TN 38117 oldest son graduated from the U.S. and European Studies programs. She 901-761-1443 Naval Academy and is serving his last served in that capacity for 15 years. [email protected] year in the Navy. He is married and Bob Barret has been named Anna Vance Cobb Anderson is an lives in Virginia Beach, VA, where the graduate program coordinator interior designer in Memphis. In the he is completing a graduate degree in in counseling at the University of last year, homes she designed were financial management. Our middle North Carolina at Charlotte. His featured in two issues of At Home in son graduated from the Tallulah youngest daughter, Laura, and her Memphis magazine. This year, she is Falls School and has a degree from family, including four—soon to be the interior design chair for the Build the Full Sail School in video/sound five—daughters, recently moved to for the Cure Idea House which bene- production. He is with a TV station Charleston, SC. Bob is really enjoy- fits the Susan G. Komen Foundation. in Tallahassee, FL. Our youngest ing being a more present grandpaw. The house will be open to the public son graduated from Furman and is His second daughter, Mandy, who during November 2003. fulfilling a dream by living in New lives in Jackson Hole, WY, is expect- Pat Black has retired from IBM Zealand for a year. Pam and I travel ing her third child next fall. Ashley, after 29 years as a systems engineer every chance we get and have enjoyed his oldest daughter, is a professor of and project manager, and has now visiting the major gardens of the the musical instrument, the oboe, at embarked on a second career with world. We will be going to Australia UNC Greensboro. the City of Memphis as the assistant and New Zealand in November. One Cynthia and Edwina Bringle treasurer. His wife, Linda, has retired of the best trips was last summer are having a busy year so far. In from an education profession, and when we took the family to Knight February, Cynthia taught a three- both of them are kept busy enjoying Inlet, British Columbia. You fly in day workshop at The Finch Pottery their seven grandchildren. by floatplane, watch both black and in Bailey, NC, and was also the Arthur and Corinne Ridolphi brown bears and salmon fishing, keynote speaker at The Alabama Adams Nienhuis were recently mar- follow the whales, visit abandoned Clay Conference in Birmingham, ried. Arthur is director of St. Jude Indian villages and eat gourmet food! which more than 300 people at- Children's Research Hospital, and Pam and I are elders at First Presby- tended. The December 2002 issue Corinne is a lay pastor at Idlewild terian Church and have rotated off of Studio Potter Magazine contains Presbyterian Church in Memphis. teaching in the elementary depart- an in-depth 16-page interview with John and Neva Kyser Carmi- ment and the care council. Every Cynthia along with a number of chael moved to a new house in chance we get, we go to our cabin at pictures of her work. See it online at Birmingham after 28 years in the Lake Burton in north Georgia." www.studiopotter.org. From March old one. "I am trying to do some Mary Russell Johnston Christie 7 to April 7, Cynthia had a one-per- gardening now that I don't have an in Fort Walton, FL, says that her hus- son show at the Manchester Crafts- all-shade yard," Neva says. "Have band died in June 2002; and since then man Guild in Pittsburgh. During been attempting to get about 70 roses she has traveled, given her house a "face the last week of the show, she held going, along with daylilies and an lift" and been involved in her church workshops, mainly for high school assortment of other things, all with work. Says that this is her second time students. She also held a one-day varying success, but it's fun to try. around as a deacon and being chairman workshop for area teachers. To keep Am busy at South Highland Presby- of the fellowship committee, "a no- herself busy in May, Cynthia has or- terian Church as a deacon and choir slouch job." She and a friend left recently ganized a conference at the Penland member. My daughter, Lesley, is for a cruise through the Panama Canal School from May 8-11. Participants married to Bart Lloyd, an attorney in by way of Jamaica and Costa Rica. On will be able to choose from working Birmingham, and she is now direc- the way back, they stopped briefly in with hot glass to felt-making or eight tor of Senior Adult Ministries at our Aruba. Her younger son is in Panama other activities. Edwina was the as- church. The main news in our lives City, FL, so she visits often with him. sistant instructor in a basketry class is that Bart and Lesley are expecting Her older son is a dentist in Indiana, at the John C. Campbell Folk School their first baby in late July, our first where she spent Christmas. in Brasstown, NC, during Janu- grandchild, so I am involved in many ary. She had mixed media stitched

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and painted pieces on display at the husband are excited over the birth of Anne '60, is the CEO of Wall Tech- Southeast Fiber Invitational Exhibi- their third grandchild and first grand- nology Systems, which is the corpo- tion at the Blue Spiral I Gallery in son, Paul Haigler Davis Jr., born ration for WallPerfect, the shelving Asheville, NC, from Feb. 27 through on Feb. 2, 2003, to their son, Paul system. Hopefully, we will see it in April 19. She also had handwoven Haigler Davis, and his wife, Dahlia. hardware stores soon. textiles on display at the Penland Gal- They live in Daphne, AL, just a few Jim Nutter, who spent his junior lery from March 11 through April 27. miles away from Margaret and her year at Southwestern, is now a po- This summer, Edwina will teach an husband in Fairhope. Margaret is litical science professor at Iowa State intensive two-week session dealing pleased to announce that their grand- University. He looks forward to "the with handwoven pieces at the Pen- son was delivered at the hospital and descending" on Iowa of the multitude land School of Crafts, Penland, NC. not by his grandmother! of presidential candidates and media Since Edwina is the vice president of Jerry Duncan is planning to types this year in advance of the the Southern Highland Craft Guild's go to England this summer to par- January 19, 2004, Iowa precinct cau- board of directors in Asheville, NC, ticipate in Rhodes' British Studies at cuses. In 2000, C-Span TV covered she keeps busy with their meetings Oxford. He will study "Shakespeare live for three-plus hours the Ames and various activities. as a Political Thinker" with Rhodes caucus, which Jim led as precinct John Curlin and his wife, Leeba, political science professor Daniel chairman, wearing a tuxedo. Why have seven grown children, six of Cullen. He was so excited about the a tuxedo? "I didn't want America whom are married. Their 14th grand- course offerings that he contacted his to think all Iowans dressed like the child was born in March. Can anyone friend, Morris Reagan, of the class of pitchfork-holding farmer in Grant beat that number? Jack and Emma 1959, to tell him about the program. Wood's 'American Gothic' portrait," Young Thompson have 13 grand- Morris has also registered for a course Jim said. Jim has a duplicate bridge- children. John and Leeba's oldest titled "The Life and Times of Win- playing friend who today lives in the child is a chaplain in the Army and ston Churchill." He is also talking house that was the background for their fifth child is an Army physi- to other Rhodes graduates about the that famous painting. cian. Needless to say, with the world possibility of their attending the pro- The Rev. Dr. Michael Macey situation as it is today, these parents gram. Jerry's stepdaughter, Courtney, has stepped up to the plate to help are rather anxious. John will fully and her husband, James Shepherd, in these difficult times in the world. retire from his practice of gynecology were blessed with their second child, A friend of Michael's, the chaplain within two years. At the present time, a girl, in December. James is a builder at Good Shepherd Medical Center, he has sharply curtailed his practice of fairly large projects in Memphis Longview, TX, has been called to to surgical consultation and tubal and Destin, FL. active duty. Dr. Macey has stepped anastomosis. John had a heart attack Periodically, Harvey Heidelberg in to help fulfill the necessary duty, and bypass surgery nine years ago will drive to West Memphis to the covering the 400-room hospital dur- and is currently in excellent health. dog track, not to bet, of course, but ing the time the chaplain is away. He He is very thankful for all that God to admire the beauty of the grey- will work the hospital's critical needs has provided him through his life. hound dogs. On Jan. 1, while admir- for at least half of each week until the Bette Baumgarten Daniels ing the dogs, he and a friend decided chaplain returns. moved to Honolulu last fall after ap- they might as well bet a few times George McCormick, a forensic proximately 15 years in San Francisco. since they were there at the track, pathologist, and his assistants were Her home overlooks Diamond Head. the result being that they split more involved for a number of days in Feb- What a tough life! Lela Garner than $12,000 in winnings! I owe ruary in his lab helping with NASA's Noble celebrated her retirement from Harvey and his family an apology for recovery of suspected human remains San Jose State University by visit- a mistake I made in the Winter 2003 from the Columbia shuttle disaster. ing Bette during November. Bette's edition of RHODES magazine. I said Our prayers are certainly with each youngest son is in the Navy in San Harvey's son-in-law, Jon, works at of the families of the seven astronauts. Diego, teaching SEALS how to jump the Memphis Zoo. That is not the One of George's former students who out of airplanes. Her oldest son, a case. He constructs houses. Jon's wed- went into forensic pathology did a lawyer in San Francisco, and his wife ding to Ashlee Heidelberg in October great deal of work on the Challenger spent three weeks visiting this winter. took place at the Memphis Zoo. disaster in 1986. George Millsaps What a great time to visit Hawaii! Mary Lyllian Ford Herron lives McCormick IV was born in October Bette is putting together a therapy in Gulf Breeze, FL, and is the office to Jennifer and George McCormick practice this spring, including a Web manager at her husband, Warren's, III in Houston. George IV (Mills) is site and some workshops and semi- ophthalmology office. She is also the fourth grandchild (and fourth nars. She has also started painting working with their son to bring to grandson) for George and his wife. again and is writing a series of short market a shelving system he designed George's stepdaughter, Jamie, married stories about members of her family. and patented. Jerry Robinson '60, in February, and his youngest son, Margaret Haigler Davis and her the husband of Mary Lyllian's sister, Ben '91, will marry in May.

48 SPRING 2003 RHODES Joanne Morris Owens and her dards of practice for those programs. and Jack Thompson. From the husband celebrated their 39th wed- Most recently, Jerry was appointed to class of 1962 were Bill Burge, Jack ding anniversary March 7. They are attend the Second National Summit Herbert, Dick Brown and Mark again taking ballroom dancing les- conducted by the National Center on Hartzog. Others who attended were sons, which they did almost 20 years Sex Offender Management in Wash- Dick Crais '58, J.L. Jerden '59 ago. The couple has three healthy ington, DC. She now works as a na- and John Nixon '60. Many of the children and five grandchildren. tional consultant and trainer and has couples stayed at the Maison Dupuy Ralph Parks retired last June specialized in the development of of- Hotel in the French Quarter. For after teaching science for 33 years fense-specific programs, risk manage- three days and nights, the couples in high schools and junior highs on ment and program evaluation. What went together to different restaurants, Long Island. Last fall, Ralph pur- a tremendous service Jerry provides! danced and toured the sights in New chased a condo two blocks from the Barbara White Tuggle retired Orleans. Some of the guys said the beach in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He says from the Memphis City Schools in sights were "rather interesting." he can't imagine being any happier June 2000. Three weeks later, she than he is now. He keeps busy with became the proud grandmother so many activities while being retired, of Katherine Ann Tuggle. Barbara 62 he can't understand how he had time received certification from the Shel- REPORTER: BARBARA BELL LAWRENCE to work full time. It has been so ton-White School of Floral Design in 3182 LYNCHBURG ST. long since he has seen anyone from the summer of 1999 and has enjoyed MEMPHIS, TN 38134 Rhodes that he would love to get arranging flowers for pleasure and for [email protected] together with any former classmates friends during her retirement. Forty years! Hard to believe. Our who might vacation in the Ft. Lau- Judith Carson Vestal is an asso- reunion was great! No new news, but derdale area. ciate professor at L.S.U. and has been I couldn't help but be impressed as David Ramsey, accompanist and on the faculty since 1987. During the I looked through the questionnaires associate conductor of the Rhodes past two years, she has been the di- at how many of our classmates have Singers, completed a midwinter tour rector for the Occupational Therapy matched our reunion years in wed- with the group to Little Rock, Dallas, Program at the L.S.U. Health Science ding anniversaries: Brenda Brittan San Antonio and Monroe, LA. One Center. The department coordinates and Roll Adams '64 (44 years!), of the expected treats of every tour with a number of clinical facilities in Stella Bradshaw and Wes Busbee is getting to see college supporters the area that provide students with '61, Marilyn Stewart and John and alums from many years. David clinical instruction as part of the Daniel '60, Mary Lou '64 and Jim played theater organ March 4 for a curriculum. Judith helped to prepare Finley, Martha Ann Gooch and Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale per- her department for its re-certification Charles Hogrefe (41 years!), June formance of the Russian composer this spring. Judith's husband retired Johnston and John Hungerland Sergei Prokofiev's cantata, Alexander from the State Department of Educa- '61, Anne Moore and George Mc- Nevsky. Sergei Eisenstein's silent film tion last year and is now studying for Gana, Gwen Bell and Donald Riley classic of the same name was shown the priesthood with the Reformed (42 years!), Delma Klotz and Bill simultaneously. Episcopal Church. Robinson '61, Jane Cook and Bill Jerry Davidson Thomas is a In February, Sandy Winter was Shipp, Trisha Hall and Bill Webb national expert in the field of youth the narrator in the play, The Vagina (42 years!). Congratulations to all sexual aggression. For the past 30 Monologues, at the University of Ala- and to any who were missed. Quite years, she has been active at local, bama. The proceeds of the play went an accomplishment! state and national levels as an advo- toward ending violence against wom- BM Nankin, physicist and senior cate for sexually abused and abusive en. There was a cast of 22, including scientist at the National Center for youth. She is a founding member two professors, one minister (Sandy), Atmospheric Research in Boulder, and board president of the Memphis several members of the community CO, took early retirement in January Child Sexual Abuse Council and and a number of students. The play after 33 years with the organization. Memphis Child Advocacy Center, for is hilarious at times, and then very His wife, Mary Beth, is studying for which she currently serves on the ad- serious as it deals with the violence her M.Div. at Central Baptist Theo- visory board. Jerry was appointed to many women face. logical Seminary in Kansas City, KS, The National Task Force on Juvenile Danny Logan '59 and Jim where Bill is a board member. Sexual Offending in 1986. She par- Petersen '60 organized a wonder- ticipated in writing the group's 1987 ful get-together in New Orleans report, and helped write the 1994 in March for a number of their revision. She is a founding member Sigma Nu buddies and their spouses. of the National Task Force on Of- Those who attended from our class fense Specific Residential Programs included Sam Drash, Ed Hender- and has helped develop national stan- son, Buddy Nix, Mark Schaap

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mates who made the reunion such a Hettinger Heads Eye Bank success. Knox Phillips arranged for us to have the Friday night party at Association the Rock 'n' Soul Museum. It was Mike Hettinger '68 of the Kansas City Eye Clinic has been elected great fun with 1960s' music, great to a two-year term as chair of the board of directors of the Eye Bank food from The Rendezvous, and all of Association of America. He served as treasurer for eight years and US. Kris Pruitt gave a lovely tribute chair-elect for two. to her roommate, Harriet Henry, He plans for EBAA to continue to support corneal research. that night. Harriet died of a sudden heart attack while vacationing in Bra- "Waiting for an acceptable cornea took up to two years approximately zil in July. The two Edna St. Vincent 30 years ago," he said. "Today, it is rare to wait more than one month." Millay poems Kris read were well- Hettinger earned his M.D. at University of Tennessee Medical School suited to Harriet's spirit and Kris's and had a corneal fellowship at Harvard. His daughter, Rachel, is a love for her college roomie. rising sophomore at Rhodes. The Saturday night party was held near the campus with another great spread of food and tall tales. Will Edington was a good sport for spring 2001, 3,800 youth were relo- a never-ending story of his summer cated to the U.S.; 365 of them to the 63 40th Reunion escapades with Chip Hatzenbuehler greater Seattle area," says Vivienne. HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 on Martha's Vineyard in the summer "It's hard for them to work, go to of who knows when. The laughter school and take care of their everyday went on and on... needs. It's our plan to help them with 65 The surprise guest of the weekend REPORTER: TERI TIDWELL HORNBERGER school expenses. The church held a was Jim Hayes, who drove a motor- dinner and silent auction at an Ethio- 1723 42ND AVE. SW cycle all the way from the Hamptons pian restaurant in February." WATERTOWN, SD 57201 on Long Island. There must be some [email protected] kind of award for that. Leave it to Patty Starck George recently com- Jim to be living in the Hamptons, pleted 30 years of a teaching ministry 66 dabbling in real estate. with the Lutheran Church, 25 of Lynn Morrow Ward is now the li- And, yes, His Excellency Jimmy them serving the Asian community brarian for St. Joseph Catholic School Whittington is still the mayor of Sel- in Memphis. in San Francisco. She is looking for- mer, TN. ward to retiring in two years to Sa- K.E. Field Boyd hosted five of lem, OR, where her two children and her buddies for the 35th reunion. two grandchildren reside. 67 The sleepover included Connie "Poet populist" Harvey Goldner, REPORTER: JEANNE HOPE JACOBS Schorr Finch, Jeanne Hope BUCKNER as he was billed, gave a poetry read- Jacobs Buckner, Annie Aitken ing celebrating the blues March 2, 9903 WOODLAKE CV. Trauernicht, Linda Robinson 2003, at Seattle's Frye Art Museum. AUSTIN, TX 78733 Overly and Ketti McDonald Tyree. [email protected] The event was sponsored by Poets- Would you believe they got up on O.K., classmates. I've been coerced West. Saturday morning after the party into writing this news brief on us for Lou Ellyn Hindman Griffin went the night before and did the Race the coming year and I need your help. on a mission trip to Turkey last year for the Cure? You've got to hand it Please e-mail me with interesting tid- to learn how God works in a Muslim to these women! The big learning of bits about your life. Don't leave it to country. the weekend (aside from catching up me to make things up about you. Teri Tidwell Hornberger is an on each other's lives) is that a dol- artist Our 35th reunion in October was in Watertown, SD. She teaches lar bill cleans eyeglasses better than great! The campus is more beauti- art to children and adults "8 to 80," anything on the market. There are ful than ever, the football team won and displays her work at the Signa- pictures to prove it. ture Art Gallery. 56-0 and our own Rosie Gladney Annie Aitken Trauernicht re- received the Distinguished Alumni Howard and Vivienne Guest us with tales of her life. is award. I don't think many of us galed She Strickler are involved with their still working at a government job in knew just how much she has done for church in Seattle, Mt. Baker Park Nashville and has a vending machine women and for gay rights. She sued Presbyterian. "Our current effort is business that spices things up. One the University of Alabama system raising money for the six Sudanese machine is in a strip joint. She also and won. How cool is that? refugee young men sponsored by our spends as much time as possible A big thank you to all of our class- little congregation (150 members). In at her house in Colorado. It is in a

50 SPRING 2003 RHODES small town 9,240 feet above sea level. There is little air but lots of fun. She 69 73 30th Reunion rides four-wheelers, or snowmobiles, Sarah Cowan Coviello of Chevy HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 into the mountains with great pa- Chase, MD, has been president of Levi Frazier's play, When It Rains, nache, and her latest project is the Coviello and Associates for 13 years. the winner of an original play con- purchase of a commercial embroidery The firm provides management and test sponsored by the Chattanooga machine which she is learning how development consulting services to Theatre Centre, Allied Arts and the to use. Seems some of us just haven't the not-for-profit community. She re- Tennessee Arts Commission, was pro- changed a bit. cently stepped down from a two-year duced last year at the Chattanooga Linda Robinson Overly lives term as president of the board of the Theatre Centre. It deals with survival in Knoxville and has worked for the DC Rape Crisis Center. in the Memphis black community in school department in Oak Ridge as a Patricia Gray was elected to a 1959. speech pathologist for 31 years. In her three-year term on the board of The- Bob Tigert, founder of Tigert spare time she takes ballroom danc- atre Memphis. Communications in Nashville, won ing lessons and hits the dance floor as Chet Heard recently retired as a the 2002 Gold Medallion for Best often as possible. Her son, Jonathan, pilot from United Parcel Service. He Christian Video for Jesus among Oth- is still doing well with a 15-year kid- lives in Orange Park, FL. er Gods, with Ravi Zacharias. They ney transplant. Linda is an example Dave Owen retired from Bell shot footage in 14 countries across for all of us in how to grow older South, where he was vice president of Southeast Asia, India, the Middle with grace. government relations, Aug. 1, 2002. East, Europe and the Caribbean, with Bo Scarborough, senior minister He lives in Atlanta. documentary footage from exotic of First Presbyterian Church, Mem- festivals and important religious sites. phis, was elected moderator of the Last fall, he returned in time from a Presbytery of Memphis for 2003. He 71 documentary shoot in Russia to join succeeds Linda Lampley Scholl '69, REPORTER: BETHA HUBBARD GILL his wife, Lori, and younger son, Jona- a member of First Church, who was 1365 YORKSHIRE DR. than (13), for the Rhodes Homecom- 2002 moderator. MEMPHIS, TN 38119 ing game and watch his son, Hunter 901-685-6712 Tigert '05, kick extra points for the [email protected] Lynx. 68 35th Reunion HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 REPORTER: JANE BISHOP BRYSON 72 74 3366 HIGHLAND PARK PLACE Claude and Margaret Wilson- Rick and Gennie Bruce Bostock MEMPHIS, TN 38111 Stayton '74 are co-pastors of the live with their son, Greg (15), in Da- [email protected] Presbyterian Church of Seffner, FL. vis, CA, where Rick is chair of the Jane Bishop Bryson's company, department of plant pathology at the Signature Advertising, designed and University of California, Davis. He produced the national print media is also director of the Western Center campaign for FedEx. Named "The Voice of the Customer," the cam- paign consists of nine full-page ads in several national publications Friend of the Rep including Time, Newsweek and the Charlie Kinslow '71, vice president of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. in Wall Street Journal. Little Rock, is president of Friends of the Rep, a fund-raising auxiliary George Conroy, who has re- turned to Memphis after 30 years in of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. A theater major at Rhodes, he did Baltimore, Raleigh, NC, and Cherry postgraduate work in film at the University of Texas and received a Hill, NJ, is the founder and editor of master's degree from the University of Arkansas, where he acted in a new magazine, The Jewish Journal. several productions of the Boar's Head Players. When he moved to The journal includes Memphis fea- Little Rock, he taught film courses at the University of Arkansas at Lit- ture stories and photo essays as well tle Rock. Five years ago, the governor appointed him to the Arkansas as news about Israel. Humanities Council, which he now serves as treasurer. Robert Rutherford practices law The Rep "is an arts organization that has a very unique history in with Rutherford, DeMarco & White downtown Little Rock," he told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "We're in Nashville. In his spare time, he open for business 270 nights a year, and we're the only professional writes music for his church choir at Trinity Presbyterian. theater company in Arkansas."

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Lisa and Deck Reeks announce On the Road Again the birth of their son, Julian Daniel, Nov. 4, 2002. Big sister Chloe was as Writers/photographers Earle and Pattie Bell Layser '71 traveled delighted as mom and dad. during much of 2002. According to Pattie, "We played 'Lewis & Clark,' canoeing a 120-mile stretch of the Upper Missouri." They also toured Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona, 80 Nevada's Valley of Fire and Havasu Canyon, a southwestern branch Singer-songwriter Lis McGeachy of Arizona's Grand Canyon, accessible only by foot or horseback. The and husband Tim Marema have been canyon, says Pattie, is "home to four supernal waterfalls and 450 Indi- performing folk tunes together for ans still speaking their native tongue." more than 15 years. The duo com- "We also covered Ecuador's Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station bines mountain-style harmonies for and explored the headwaters of the Amazon." traditional and contemporary songs. While in Ecuador, the couple also visited the Galapagos Islands. They have been guests at the Master Musicians Festival, Mennofolk and "Unseen, Galapagos is unfathomable," says Pattie. "Because man Seedtime on the Cumberland. Weav- doesn't prey upon his environment there, we were nose-to-nose with ing Heaven and Earth, their most all the animals. Cactuses submitted to our touch, allowing us to stroke recent endeavor, is their fourth re- their silky spines! In Galapagos we found true harmony." cording. Billy Posey is managing director for Greystone in Memphis. Deborah Legg Sullivan and Bob for Plant Disease and Pest Surveil- Harrison, in February 2002. Craddock married June 27, 2002. lance and Detection, which addresses Charlotte Brown Hill works for issues related to crop bioterrorism. IBM in Winter Park, FL. Rekindling his love for jazz, he is Woozy Elliott Hilts currently now playing guitar with the Davis works as the intervention team 81 Elizabeth Patton Allen stays busy Jazz Combo. coordinator for at-risk students at home schooling her special-needs Worthington Kilbourne High School child and working in the community. in Columbus, OH. Her husband is senior pastor of First Peggy Ayre Williams works as 75 Presbyterian Church in Greer, SC. Honored for his community service, an IT management development con- Cindy Brittain recently joined Vincent Astor was grand marshal of sultant and communications special- Boise Office Solutions, a division of the 2002 Memphis Pride Parade. ist at the Insurance Corporation of Boise Cascade, as a business develop- Theresa Cloys Carl has been British Columbia. She lives with her ment manager for national accounts. named director of development for two sons, ages 15 and 16. Jeff Lane and Mary Beth Buck- the Frist Center for the Visual Arts holz welcome their daughter, Julianne in Nashville. Lane, born May 15, 2002. John McMillin is a member of 25th Reunion 78 Martinus Albert Hup and Char- the Planning Commission of Wheat HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 lotte Thompson married last year. Ridge, CO. Carol Lee Collins Royer, a certi- On Jan. 7, 2002, they welcomed their Judy Rich Sligo.' and her family fied financial planner at Waddell & son, Peter William Hup. The family moved to Kentucky in 2001. She is Associates in Memphis, is one of six lives in The Netherlands. now a special education teacher in money coaches for the RISE (Respon- Elizabethtown, and an assistant Cub sibility, Initiative, Solutions and Em- Scout den leader. powerment) Foundation's Save-Up Program that teaches public housing 82 Cheryl Fong Hayden is the DB2 residents to manage and save money. database administrator for EDS in David White is a registered nurse 76 Colorado Springs, CO. REPORTER: VICKERS DEMETRIO JOHNSON at Harborview Medical Center in Se- Hunter Hodge has been appoint- 7117 WESTFORD DR. attle. ed director of creative services for KNOXVILLE, TN 37919 Seigenthaler Public Relations Inc. in 865-691-6944 Nashville. He was formerly proprietor 79 of Hootzenputer, a Nashville-based Taylor Phillips has completed his marketing company that provided first novel, Beating the Gods on Their 77 production, writing and creative Bill Miller and Alice Stevens De- Home Court. He is currently looking services to a variety of businesses, Pass announce the birth of their son, for a publisher. including Capitol Records, Gaylord

52 SPRING 2003 RHODES Entertainment and Dreamworks. for the YMCA of Memphis and the Lisa Jones married John Trygve 85 Mid-South. Has-Ellison May 27, 2002, at Cal- Frank Baker and Dana Gilmer were International finance attorney vary Episcopal Church in Memphis. married at the Episcopal Church of Jerry Kennon is a major in the Ten- She writes, "Wow! Life is wild! the Epiphany in Tunica, MS, in an nessee Air National Guard and has Within and around my 40th birthday, evening wedding on Aug. 31, 2002. flown his C-130 Hercules on numer- I finished my M.A. in art history Frank says that the Rhodes crowd ous missions in support of Operations and taught that subject for four years that attended were Neil Kirshner, Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle. at Memphis College of Art and the Julie and Mike Matthews '84, Last summer, Jerry played 46 games University of Memphis; met and Robyn and Livingston Brien and of minor league baseball. He recently married my husband, a fellow gradu- Dean Emeritus Ray '44 and Julia ran the Dublin, Ireland, Marathon, ate student working on his Ph.D. in Wellford Allen '47. Frank and Dana winning both his weight and height German history; and lived in Munich live in midtown Memphis and are class and raising money for the Ar- for one year where my husband was active at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal thritis Foundation. He lives with his awarded a Fulbright Scholarship! Church. He teaches high school wife, Julie, and their three children in Now we are back in Memphis for an science, and she is an elementary Nashville. indefinite period of time and who school guidance counselor. Joe MacCurdy and wife Theresa knows what can happen next?" Richard Banks was named welcomed their fourth child, Bennett Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Nelson is editorial director of SPC Custom Warner, May 6, 2002. head of aviation enlisted assignments Publishing, a division of Southern in Millington, TN. Progress Corp. in Birmingham. He Gail Meier Rodriguez is district joined Southern Progress in 2000 87 manager at BMS-MI in Lenexa, KS. as an online director for Southern REPORTER: BRIAN MOTT Hunter Shannonhouse is execu- Living Magazine. As editorial 3727 FAXON AVE. tive coach and professional develop- director, he will oversee the editorial MEMPHIS, TN 38122 ment manager for Hewsons Australia. aspects of custom publications for 985-458-1338 He lives in Mosman with his wife, corporate customers and will work [email protected] Michele, and son, Bailey, born Jan. 2, with Southern Progress Corporate As I write this, Memphis streets are 2001. Marketing in pursuit of new business. covered in snow and the skies are A subsidiary of Time Inc., Southern gray. But when you read this, I hope Progress Corp. also publishes that everyone is enjoying blooming 83 20th Reunion Southern Accents, Coastal Living, azaleas and beautiful springtime skies. HOMECOMING: OCT. 10-11, 2003 Cooking Light, Health, Progressive (That may be more than Harriet Richard Bird is senior banking con- Farmer and Sunset magazines. Smalley Monnig can hope for, since sultant for Kraft CPAs in Nashville. Michael Blair is manager she lives in the Great White North of After 18 years, Lewis Kalmbach of consulting services for CWH Alaska!) has sold his advertising agency in San Management Solutions in Centennial, Here's some professional news Francisco. He will continue to serve CO. from our classmates: as creative consultant after he and his Leslie Thome Alley writes to say, partner, Gregory Ott, return from a "I'm still working for the City of New four-month trip around the world in 86 Orleans but accepted a new position May. Also an artist, Lewis plans to Will Albritton is director of outreach right after Christmas as the planning spend more time painting and teach- ing. Ted Ting is general manager for JotunSoft in Shenzhen, China. Top 40 under 40 Rick Neal '87, Conrad Lehfeldt '90 and Andy Cates '98 made the Memphis Business Journal's "Top 40 under 40" list. Neal is a senior vice president at First Tennessee Bank; Lehfeldt, REPORTER: TRACY VEZINA PATTERSON associate executive director of programs, Metropolitan Inter-Faith 2680 MCVAY RD. Association; and Cates, an associate broker at Colliers Wilkinson & MEMPHIS, TN 38119 Snowden Inc. real estate. All are heavily involved in community service. 901-624-6681 Fantasy jobs—Neal: "Running a large foundation focused on com- [email protected] munity development, or bass player for Parliament—whichever comes Richard and Anne Gaudet Beard first." Lehfeldt: "Writer for Sports Illustrated." Cates: "Bullpen catcher announce the birth of their son, Ramsey Richardson, May 2, 2002. for the St. Louis Cardinals (best seat in the house)." "Life is good!" she says.

RHODES SPRING 2003 53 administrator for the City Planning comed Julia Ainsley (7 lbs., 5 oz.) Commission." June 24, 2002. Chris Caldwell recently moved John Alsobrook reports that REPORTER: ROBIN MEREDITH KELLY from Daytona Beach to Louisville, he and his wife, Cheri, have two 127 WHIPPORWILL DR. where he is serving as the pastor of little boys. Henry is 21/2 and Will OAK RIDGE, TN 37830 Broadway Baptist Church, a congre- is 3 months old. They now live in 865-483-2019 gation unaffiliated with the Southern Mandeville, LA, and love it. [email protected] Baptist Convention. Robbie and Melissa Hayes Heather and Brian Balyeat were Knox Gunn is a technology spe- Baker '84 are pleased and proud to blessed with the birth of their daugh- cialkt t or the University of Louisville. announce the birth of their first child, ter, Kaylin Elizabeth, Aug. 9, 2002. Jonathan Huffman writes, "Life Eleanor Elizabeth, Sept. 10, 2002. Brian is an assistant professor of is also good here in Atlanta, though Eleanor weighed in at 6 lbs., 1 ounce. finance at Texas A&M University in truth be told I've been a bit short on And here's a bit of happy news: College Station, TX. free time for some time now. The Alice McCarthy Finn (a/k/a Nancy Arthur and Ivy Lee Chang company I co-founded in 2001, Signal Drew) has tracked down Annie proudly announce the birth of their Mountain Networks (www.signalm Boagni! Annie is teaching English son, Caden Lee, Sept. 5, 2002. ountain.com), is doing well and the and French at a Catholic girls' school Sage Lambert Graham is a lec- stories one hears about how satisfying outside of Philadelphia. She has a 4- turer at the University of Tennessee and demanding it can be to run one's year-old little boy and another on the in Knoxville. own show are all too true. Nearly every way. Andrea McMillan and Robert Southerner asks about the company Your faithful class reporter has Hicks married June 9, 2001, in name—it is based on the town of Sig- been as busy as ever in the theatre Knoxville, TN. On Aug. 22, 2002, nal Mountain, TN, so named because world here in Memphis. I recently they welcomed their son, Gordon Native Americans (perhaps my Chero- directed An Evening with David Ives Stone. Bob is an OB/GYN in Victoria, kee ancestors!) and Civil War troops and appeared in Three Days of Rain, TX. Andrea holds a master's degree used signal fires from the promontory both at Theatre Memphis. I also in social work. to communicate with people in the helped organize a reading of Lysistra- Hoyte and Ann Dixon Pyle wel- valley below. As Signal Mountain the ta as part of a worldwide theatrical comed a son, Heath Dixon, Feb. 17, company is all about satellite networks, event for peace. 2003. Big sister Lauren is 5. it seemed fitting to give it a name with I'm still hoping to hear from Jim and Melissa Riser and their a lineage of communications." more people. Surely, a class as excep- sons recently moved to Michigan, Rob Hunter is president of Alli- tional as ours has tons of fascinating where Jim now serves as senior pastor ance Communications Management goodies to report?!? I'll keep calling at Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian in Mobile. you out by name until I get some Church. Laura McKinney is an attorney response. Liz Conway Philipson? Jeff and Sarah Hopkins Schnitz with Lewis and Roca in Phoenix. Julie Rold Zhou? Bubba McGee? welcomed their first child, Hannah Laura Richens has a new job Marshall? Crabmeat? Colette? Jane, Sept. 29, 2002. They live in San too, as curator of the Carroll Gallery Mindy? C'mon you guys, send in the Francisco where Sarah is director of in the Newcomb Art Department of good news! human resources at Allin Consulting. Tulane University. Her artwork will Reporting live, be included in the "Southern Dis- Brian comfort" exhibition at Loyola Univer- 90 sity of New Orleans in the summer. P.J. and Jacqueline Schaffhauser I'm always happy to report family 88 15th Reunion Brady '96 recently moved to Dallas, news, too... HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 where Jacqueline is practicing general Shawn and Tracie Abel wel- dentistry and P.J. works as director of acquisitions for the Holt Companies. Graham Butler graduated form the U.S. Army Basic Infantry Prosser To Head SC State Parks School at Ft. Benning, GA, and the Mark Sanford, South Carolina's new governor, has appointed Chad Army's Special Operations School Prosser '89 director of the state Department of Parks, Recreation and (JFK School of Special Warfare) at Ft. Bragg, NC. He is assigned to the Tourism. Prosser, who lives in Murrells Inlet, has served on the Horry 422 CA BN US Army Reserve and County Council since 1995 and as chairman since 1999. lives in Durham. He works for Duke Prosser is managing partner of Wachesaw Plantation East Golf Club University, where he received a mas- and a director of SunBancshares Inc. ter of theological studies degree after Rhodes.

54 SPRING 2003 RHODES Reid Harbin is a partner in the Trail law firm in Murfreesboro. Sturgeon, Harbin & Bowen law firm Steve and Melissa Martin-An- 93 10th Reunion in Atlanta. He and his wife, Tammy, derson's daughter, Robyn Danielle, HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 celebrated their seventh anniversary was born Jan. 13, 2001. Big brother REPORTERS: CHANDLEE BRYAN in October. They have two daughters, Zachary is five. CHANDLEE [email protected] Ashton and Olivia. Susan Butcher and Robert Bar- YVES ROUGELOT CLARK Laurie Holcomb completed her nett married Oct. 26 in Memphis. John and Chrissie Burr Bingaman postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral Andrew Wang and Carol DuBard announce the birth of their daugh- medicine at Dartmouth Medical welcomed son Shaw Alexander Wang ter, Reagan Ashley, June 15, 2002. School in August. She moved to Wa- May 18, 2002. John and Chrissie live in Little Rock, terville, ME, where she is a licensed Daniela and Jason Howell wel- where John has his own graphic de- psychologist with Health Psych comed their son, Andrew Todd, April sign business and Chrissie manages Maine. 27, 2002. the design of sales compensation pro- Marvin Spears completed his Kristina Kloss works as a free- grams with ALLTEL. M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins University lance assistant lighting designer for Cheri Grosvenor is an associate last summer. He is district manager American Ballet Theatre in New York on the business litigation team at with the Powers RX Division of City. King & Spalding in Atlanta. When Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Baltimore. Marty and Chesney Falk away from the office, you can usu- McAfee announce the birth of their ally find her playing an ALTA tennis first child, Rachel Ann, July 12, match or taking her new horse, Mad- 91 2002. ison, to hunter/jumper horse shows. Keith Arnold was ordained as a Michael McPherson received his Sarah Henry is married to Evan minister of music at Jefferson Unitar- Ph.D. in physics from the University Cope '98. They live in Murfreesboro, ian Church in Golden, CO. of Mississippi. TN. Veronica Lawson Gunn com- Allison Foster Rosenberger is Jennifer Cobb Pyron and hus- pleted her term as chief resident at a contract compliance manager for band, Charles, welcomed Emily Ed- Johns Hopkins University Hospital Regional HealthPlus in Spartanburg, wards, Jan. 31, 2003. and is now with the department of Sc. Drew Robison lives in Simpson- pediatrics at Vanderbilt University in Brad Todd has established a new ville, SC, where he manages Winslett Nashville. company, Todd & Castellanos Cre- Construction Group. He and his Shlipa Reddy is a federal lobbyist ative Group, which makes television wife, Colyer, have a daughter, Allie, for the National Education Associa- commercials for political campaigns in kindergarten this year, and a son, tion in Washington, DC. around the country. The group is Andrew, who turned 3 in January. Chris and Laura Steele an- a spinoff of his previous employer, Andy '91 and Nick' Souli Nix nounce the birth of their second National Media Inc. In the last two are the proud parents of twins born child, Walker Jameson, Oct. 8, 2002. years, his clients won statewide elec- Oct. 11, 2002: Mary Gara Willard Walker has a proud big sister, Emer- tions in Pennsylvania, Mississippi and a son, Graham Anderson Soule. son. Chris is executive vice president and Texas and congressional elections Godparents include Becki Miller. and general manager of Adair-Greene in Texas, Colorado, Nebraska and Rice and David Rice and Paula Advertising in Atlanta. Virginia. He recently earned two Claverie Sappington '90. Al and Allison Ponder Ward "Pollies," the national award for politi- Jara Hill Ahrabi received her welcomed the birth of twin sons, Jo- cal advertising, for the best TV ad in M.B.A. in finance from Louisiana seph Albert and Samuel Reade, Jan. a Republican congressional campaign State University in May 2002. Last 4, 2003. They join big brother Jeremy and the best radio campaign at any summer, she spent_a month in Italy (4). level. studying the language. Nigel and Lauren Anderson Zack Woodworth has been pro- James and Shannon Emerson Waterton announce the birth of moted to major in the U.S. Marine Myatt '92 welcome their second son, their second child, Ethan Dow, Sept. Corps. He returned from a six-month Jackson Cole, born July 28, 2002. 1, 2002. In August, Lauren formed deployment in support of Opera- Older brother, Austin, is 2. The fam- a new company, UrbanPlan inc., an tion Enduring Freedom in August ily lives in Houston, where Shannon urban planning consulting firm. to celebrate his fifth anniversary and is an account manager for Reuters the second birthday of his daughter, America. Margaret Ella. Paula Porter Snyder now lives 92 Shannon Brown Work finished in Knoxville, TN, where she works as REPORTER: LANE SOUTHERN WHITEHEAD her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal director of reimbursement services for [email protected] medicine and has joined a practice at Omni Healthcare. Kelly Agee moved back to Tennes- Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women Chris Waddell is an attorney with see in January to join the Trail and and Children in Orlando, FL. Balch & Bingham in Gulfport, MS.

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Tobias and Tanya Gant Ward's 94 son, Tobias Andrew II ("Tate"), was 95 REPORTER: JUDY BROWN born Jan. 26, 2002. Tanya is now a REPORTER: SARAH SEARS EGELI 703-683-2021 foreign service officer with the State 703-971-9417 [email protected] Department. [email protected] Jeff and Jennifer Carlton announce Scott Wells was recently appoint- It may have been a long, snowy, cold the birth of their first child, Hadley ed principal architect for Vignette winter, but that has not slowed down Laine, Aug. 30. 2002. Jeff received Corp., the Austin, TX-based enter- the class of '95, which is busier than his M.B.A. from Dallas Baptist Uni- prise software provider. Greg Peters ever! versity in December. '82 is Vignette CEO. Amy Asbury works as a book Jane-Anne Alwood Cole On Sept. 28, 2002, Martin Le- agent at ICM, a talent and literary teaches first grade at Cloud Springs roy married Lauren Jill Katz at the agency in Beverly Hills, CA. She rep- Elementary in Rossville, GA. Four Seasons in Austin, TX. They resents authors and journalists who Tim Hamilton completed his honeymooned in Kauai and recently want to sell film or television rights Ph.D. in astronomy at the University purchased a home. Martin works as a for their material. of Pittsburgh and is now an NRC financial analyst for Intel in the wire- Kyle and Amy Gibson Baldwin's postdoctoral fellow at NASA's God- less communications and computing second child, William Kyle, was born dard Space Flight Center. group. Nov. 11, 2001. Amy teaches English Adam and Jennifer Parr married Gretchen King Hall and her hus- at Pulaski Technical College in Little Nov. 17, 2001. They live in Memphis, band, Geoff, welcome the arrival of Rock, where she is also a coordinator where he is director of e-business at Alex Hall, born Jan. 6, 2003, weigh- of distance learning. John Roebuck & Associates, a com- ing 7 lbs. 11 1/2 oz. and measuring 20 Brian Coldren and wife, Brenda, mercial real estate and investment inches long. have moved to Terre Haute, IN, from firm. In addition, he is editor-in- Jeff White married Brandi Omaha, NE. Brenda is now the chief of www.starwarsfan.org and an Wilson Aug. 10, 2002. They live in head softball coach at Indiana State administrator for www.dvdsewer.com . Knoxville, TN. University and Brian is an academic He is working to develop Jason Hutchison married Melis- adviser there. Their son, Owen, cel- IndyWatch.net to cover the develop- sa Reed in Memphis, Aug. 24, 2002. ebrated his first birthday Oct. 12, ment of the fourth film collaboration Dr. and Mrs. Hutchison are moving 2002. of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg to Chattanooga, where Jason will Tiffany Ford is program coordi- and Harrison Ford. He also runs a practice medicine. nator for Community HIV Programs music website called The Boot Fac- Melissa Moticheck has moved in Memphis. She is a 2001 graduate tory and follows Widespread Panic from Atlanta, where she worked for of the University of Tennessee Col- on tour in his spare time. CNN International, to Washington, lege of Social Work. Travis and Allison McVoy Paul DC. Melissa started work at NASA Wesley Hall was promoted from welcomed their son, Emory Ross, headquarters in January. associate producer to producer at Nov. 7, 2002. Big sister Carolyn is LeapFrog and is now leading the de- 2t/z. sign on her first interactive book—a Bill and Kristin Horton Ritter Bob the Builder title for 3 to 5-year- welcomed their third child, Lelia olds for My First LeapPad. Stokes, born Oct. 9, 2002. Libby Houk is in Boston where she is a full-time student at the Har- vard Graduate School of Education. Conrad To Head Local GOP She is completing her Ed.M. with concentrations in psychology and By a vote of 338 to 72, the Shelby County Republican Party elected school administration. She's had fun Kemp Conrad '96 chairman for the 2003-2005 term. being a full-time student again, but Conrad's campaign theme was "Reconnecting and Reaching Out," looks forward to graduating in June aimed at party activists and reaching out to the African-American and and returning to the warmer climes Hispanic communities. Conrad is currently co-chairman of the GOP of Atlanta to work at the Wesleyan Outreach Committee. School as a dean of ninth grade girls. Vice president of Corporate Advisory Services for Trammell Crow Mike '97 and Julie Keltner Co., Conrad received his M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate School of Hughes welcomed their daughter, Business at Vanderbilt University. In 2001 he was included in the Isabella Catherine, born Aug. 26, Memphis Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" list, and is a founding 2002. Adin Lam has joined the Nash- member of MPACT Memphis. ville law firm of Miller & Martin. His practice is in corporate law with

56 SPRING 2003 RI-IODES an emphasis on mergers and acquisi- tions and securities law. On the Wild Side Stanton and Lane Clements Chris Baker '97, reptile team leader at the Memphis Zoo, co-hosts McLean married May 11, 2002, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the the zoo's local cable television program, On the Wild Side. Baker, a phi- Divine in New York. Lane is a visual losophy major at Rhodes, has worked at the zoo for four years. presentation manager in the interna- tional division of Polo Ralph Lauren. Stanton works on debt structuring coordinator of the annual Earth Day Chad and Lindsay Cross are in for the securities subsidiary of J.P. at Overton Park. Montgomery, AL, and they, too, wel- Morgan Chase in New York. comed their first child, Mary Collins, Arlyn Mick is a graduate assistant who was born Aug. 29, 2002. at Florida State University. He lives in 97 Don and Leah Mercer Purvis Sarasota. REPORTER: LESLIE BECK NORMAN married Aug. 10, 2002, in Little Josh Morris is manager for Ernst 321 S. WATKINS Rock. They live in Memphis, where & Young in Atlanta. MEMPHIS, TN 38104 she is a senior analyst for MortgageR- Ausbon Hamilton Rougeou was [email protected] amp. an appropriate Thanksgiving gift for Seth and Amy Paratt Donald, Ginnie Roberts is a teacher for Stiles and Ashley Hamilton Rou- who now live n Alexandria, LA, Delta County Joint School District geou. Born Nov. 23, 2002. The little recently welcomed their first child, 50 in Austin, CO. "chatterbox and munchmaster" as her Mary Brooks, Feb. 6, 2003. After serving as a law clerk for mother calls her, is keeping her par- Lee Donald is now regional con- the Hon. William F. Stone Jr., U.S. ents busy, but happily so. troller for Comfort Systems USA in bankruptcy judge for the Western Houston. District of Virginia, Harrison Willis Tip Tucker Kendall recently has joined the law firm of Taylor & 96 began working as a fund-raising and Smith in Birmingham. He is admit- Stephen Espy and Leigh Shepherd marketing coordinator for Habitat for ted to practice in Virginia and in married May 3, 2002, in Amalfi, Humanity in Lexington, KY, while Alabama. Italy. Stephen is the systems architect her husband, Seth, finishes his Ph.D. Jason Lea Woods received his at Accuship.com in Memphis, TN. at the University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in physics last April from Amy Chine' has completed her Michael Long married Annette Washington University in St. Louis. master's degree in Latin from the Christina Gray April 20, 2002. He His dissertation research was directed University of Georgia at Athens. She received his Ph.D. in neuroscience at hyperpolarized He-3 and Xe-129. is in her seventh year of teaching from Brown University last fall. He is now working as a postdoctoral Latin at Daviess County (KY) High Chris Nunn lives in Memphis fellow in the same group at Washing- School. with his wife, Kim, and works as ton University. Brandi Barnes Kellis graduated chief financial officer for Security cum laude from the University of Bancorp of Tennessee Inc. in Mem- Georgia School of Law in May 2002. phis. 98 5th Reunion She and her husband, Zack, recently Daren Phillips and Rachel Hasty HOMECOMING: OCT. 2003 moved to Decatur. She is an associ- married in Nashville in September. REPORTER: AMANDA TAMBURRINO ate at Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, a They moved to Memphis where he is 1430 CARR AVE. litigation firm in downtown Atlanta. a tax consultant for Deloitte & MEMPHIS, TN 38104 Nolan and Jennifer Warren Touche. After his graduation from 901-526-4616 Rhem are pleased to announce the Rhodes, Daren received his M.B.A. [email protected] birth of their first child, Thomas in finance from Lipscomb University Has it already been five years? The "Jackson" Rhem, Sept. 27, 2002. The and a master of accountancy from the Class of 1998 Reunion Committee family resides in San Francisco. University of Knoxville. is gearing up to plan an amazing 5th Astrid Smith, a lead teacher Jennifer Price is a financial ana- year reunion party for Homecoming at Lamplighter Montessori School lyst for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta. weekend. Anyone interested in serv- in Memphis, is attending graduate Terry Ursin has been promoted ing as a committee member or help- school and writing children's book from head defensive coordinator to ing during the event, please contact reviews. Also, she founded and per- interim head coach of the Kirby High Kimberly Pillsbury at (901) 309-9597 forms with The Rhythm Realm, an School football team in Memphis. or email [email protected] . African drum troupe, and teaches Aaron and Rachel Day White Bryan Alexander has completed African drum lessons to children announce the birth of their daugh- his master's degree in physics from aged 4 to 12. Astrid is on the board ter, Katelyn Kenimer, June 17, 2002. the University of New Orleans. of directors of the Sierra Club and They live in Nashville. Emily Bodine is a writer for The

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Franklin Report in New York City. Vail Valley in Colorado. in Fairfax, VA. Matt is a counterter- Dan Brown completed a master's Vanessa Lanceley received her rorism research analyst for ANSER, a degree in physics (acoustics) from the J.D. from South Texas College of think tank in Arlington, VA. University of Mississippi last Decem- Law and will remain in Houston. Will Johnson is a staff ber. Rachel Morris recently joined accountant for Flieller, Kruger and Edson Erkulwater is an intern Greenwood King Properties in Hous- Skelton, LLP in Austin. at Maimonides Medical Center in ton as a realtor. Holly Kroll was married in Brooklyn, NY. Alison Nathan is a marketing coor- June and works as a marketing Brett Norman owns a landscape dinator for WRS Group in Waco, TX. and communications manager at design and maintenance company in After a year of culinary school in Novaforge in Arlington, VA. Memphis called The Central Garden- Europe, Jane Nigra is happy to be Jennifer Stefan Lindsley is er. Brett also enjoys volunteering at settling down in Philadelphia for a a project coordinator for Quintiles the Memphis Botanical Garden and while, working as a pastry assistant Transnational in Smyrna, GA. working on an old Midtown house. at Brasserie Perrier. While in Europe, Abby Nipper works as a medical Lara Harkins Pickerel has been she studied at Apicius in Florence, sales representative at Mid-South promoted to manager at Accenture. then moved to Paris to Le Cordon Medical in Little Rock. She and her husband, Jake, live in Bleu. Karen Peterson is now program Marietta, GA. Cori Smith works as the director coordinator for the Muscular Dystro- Sara Stainback graduated from of special projects for the U.S. House phy Association in Houston. Georgetown Law School and School of Representatives. Brooke Pollock is positioning of Foreign Service last year. She is Melissa Stampley is the Travel manager for Fortune magazine in now an associate attorney with Cleary, Editor at Citysearch.com , based in New York City. Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New Los Angeles. Bambi Roberts continues to pur- York, specializing in international se- Jason Stuart completed his sue her Ph.D. in robotics at Carnegie curities and derivatives. M.S.C.E. in Civil Engineering at Mellon. Her husband, Jeremy Brew- Louisiana State University. er, is working on his Ph.D. in physics Rob Thompson leads at the University of Pittsburgh. 99 development and communications for Ben '99 and Jessica Maki REPORTER: ROB THOMPSON STREETS, an urban youth ministry Teague are both in seminary at ROBO ROBTHOMPSON.NET in Memphis Gordon Conwell in Hamilton, MA. Stewart Alford is an attorney with Kevin Willoughby recently joined Ben is pursuing his master's in Alston & Bird in Atlanta. the Men's Color Forecast Commit- divinity, and Jessica is pursuing her Nora Boone has been named tee of the Color Association of the M.A. in counselling. marketing director of the Memphis United States in New York City. The Stephanie White has begun law Botanic Garden. organization standardizes color speci- school at Chase College of Law. She Drew Butler and his wife have fications for the American fashion is also working at Lawyer's Title in moved to Columbia, SC, where he industry. Last fall, he went on holiday Cincinnati. works as an attorney with Richardson, to Hong Kong and Shanghai. Casey Williams is a teacher at Plowden, Carpenter, and Robinson, Craigmont High School in Memphis. P.A. Brian Willis is a graduate student David and Adrienne Bellew El- oo at the University of Minnesota. der have relocated from Cambridge, REPORTER: RICHARD Lum Christian and Nellie Nolen MA, to Arlington, VA. David is with P.O. Box 21560 Weld married in June 2001. They the Akin, Gump law firm in Wash- WASHINGTON, DC 20009 now live in New Orleans where she ington, DC, and Adrienne has begun RICHARD [email protected] is an area sales manager for Wright graduate school at George Washing- After receiving her M.P.A., Maggie Medical Technology and he is a ton University. Granger is pursuing a master's medical student at Louisiana State Rhoberta Giambelluca gradu- in secondary education from University. ated from the University of Tennessee Jacksonville State University. College of Law and is now working Nick Grojean is a law student at for Justice Janice Holder of the Ten- the University of Illinois. 01 nessee Supreme Court. Sonja Johnson and Matt REPORTER: AMANDA FLAIM Jason Grundorf has graduated Wohlfarth live in the Washington, [email protected] from Florida State University law school DC, area. After graduating from Now living in Boston, Emily Bays and is practicing law with Langston, American University last May, she is coordinates organ and tissue donation Hess & Bolton in Orlando, FL. now the marketing coordinator for for transplantation at New England Nicole Keisay is a case worker Claims Resolution Management Corp., Organ Bank. with Child Protection Services for the an electronic claims resolution firm Emily Blaschke recently moved

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to San Francisco, where she works as ence lab and tutoring research group. Sally Ridgely is a legislative assistant controller at The John Stew- Matthew and Dawnanna Davis consultant for Sen. Richard Shelby in art Company. She lives with Katie Kreeger married Sept. 4, 2002, in St. Washington, DC. Cumbus and Dayna Dwyer. Andrews, Scotland. She is currently a Rob and Emily Cassidy Sustar Jennifer Bohn and Wesley Autry postgraduate student in museum and married Oct. 19, 2002, in Burlington, married Oct. 12, 2002. Wesley is a gallery studies and Matthew is a sec- CT. GPS specialist with Jackson (TN) ond-year Ph.D. student in theoretical Energy Authority. Jennifer returned computer science at the University of to school in January for a master's St. Andrews. 02 degree in counseling. Sarah Lanneau works as a REPORTER: JOHN RAMSEY Emily Burch led the entire Union private banker in the international [email protected] Planters Corp. for sales in September department of Whitney National Shannon Clan has begun a one- 2002 and was recently promoted to Bank in New Orleans. year service as an Americorps*VISTA an officer of the bank. A cash man- The Downtown Partnership, the at a federal credit union in New agement sales consultant for UP, She primary non-profit organization Orleans. Her project helps low-income lives in Memphis. charged with the redevelopment and families save up to purchase homes Sarah Butcher is now an promotion of the downtown area of through Habitat for Humanity. associate at Baker Botts, a law firm in Little Rock, recently appointed Ryan Alison Clarkson is a group event Baton Rouge. Lasiter to its Development Com- planner tor the Chicago Bulls. John and Becky Harper Dickey mittee, which oversees both existing Jamie Graham is a tennis pro at married Oct. 5, 2002, in The Wood- buildings and future commercial real the Ritz Carlton in Key Biscayne, FL. lands, TX. They now live in Mem- estate projects in the city's downtown. Vinay Madan is a first-year medi- phis, where she is an internal control In addition, Ryan was appointed to cal student at the University of Ala- specialist for Guardsmark Inc. the Business & Technology Com- bama at Birmingham. Amy Dundas and Cameron mittee of the Little Rock Regional Kate Skvarla is a marketing as- Matheson married July 27, 2002, in Chamber of Commerce. sociate for Sotheby's in New York. Toronto, Canada, and honeymooned in Leigh-Taylor Manasco is a veri- Scott Williamson works for the British Isles. Several Rhodes friends fication representative for First Hori- Dieste, Harmel & Partners in Dallas. attended. The wedding party included zon Merchant Services in Denver. He is the account/production manag- Leslie Horne, Julia Garret and Erin Mann Markel was featured er for five Fortune 500 accounts that Cobble Phillips Llewellyn. Amy and in the Nov. 3, 2002, issue of The do business in the U.S. and Mexico. Cameron live in Toronto, where she Greenville News for her new position Jo Winfrey is a teacher for Teach works as a sales manager in the interior as staff accountant in the tax for America in Washington, DC. design/architecture industry. department of Elliot Davis CPA, a Michael Garibaldi is the current Greenville, SC, accounting firm. She manager in charge of operations at received her M.A. in accounting from 03 Garibaldi's Pizza in Memphis. Clemson University in 2002. Jordan Badgett, a December gradu- As a political officer at the Bulgarian Erin Massey completed her ate and former RHODES intern, works Embassy, Nik Granger focuses on second year of law school at the SMU in the marketing department at human rights and rule of law. He Dedman School of Law in Dallas. Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Memphis, completed his master's in international Sara Miles is marketing coordina- handling promotions, author signings relations and politics at the University tor for the Nashville Sports Council. and events and publisher relations. of Aberdeen in July 2002. Ana Perez is living in Ithaca, NY, Tanner Jackson is finishing his where she works as a rehousing case master's thesis at the University of manager for the homeless services Memphis, where he is research direc- program at the American Red Cross tor for the university's cognitive sci- of Tomkins County. In Memoriam

'23 Holland 0. Felts, April 1987, federal employee, she was a longtime churches and choral groups in the in Greenville, MS. He was a retired member of First Baptist Church in Knoxville and Memphis areas. She attorney. Knoxville, TN. Also a founding leaves a daughter, two grandchildren '29 Nell Holloway Ogle, Nov. member of the Knoxville Choral and a great-grandchild. 5, 2002, in Roanoke, VA. A retired Society, she was a soloist for various '31 Helen Gill McCaa, Oct. 21,

RHODES SPRING 2003 59 2002. Katherine McCaa Baldwin '93 ownership dispute of Island 40 in the Kremer, September 24, 2002, in is her granddaughter. Mississippi River. He served as a ra- Lexington, KY. A poet and profes- '36 Katherine Motley Troth, dar specialist in the Philippines dur- sor in the English department and Oct. 20, 2002, in Johnson City, TN. ing World War II. He leaves his wife, honors program at the University of A retired legal secretary from Mem- Nancy Gallagher Davis, a son, Carter Kentucky for 36 years, she lectured phis, she was also executive director Davis, two stepsons and a step-grand- widely and served on several universi- of the Memphis & Shelby County daughter. ty committees. In the community, she Bar Association and the Memphis '43 Eleanor "Polly" Arnie was a mentor in the Fayette County Trial Lawyers Association. Vice Spear, Jan. 22, 2003, in Charlottes- Schools Writing Program, held vari- president of the Tennessee Legal Sec- ville, VA. The designer and trainer of ous offices in the Kentucky Chapter retaries Association, she was named the first volunteer corps for Charity of the National Society of Arts and Legal Secretary of the Year. A past Hospital in New Orleans, she later Letters and served on the board of president of Zonta and Johnson City served as director of Christian educa- the Actors Guild of Lexington. She Symphony Guild, she was a member tion and was a vestry member at St. had been a deacon in the Episcopal of the St. John's Episcopal Churches Paul's Memorial Church in Charlot- Church, and most recently was a in Memphis and Johnson City and tesville. A founder and director of the communicant at the Newman Center was an altar guild and choir member Virginia Association for Transactional at the university. She leaves a son, at both. She leaves two daughters, Analysis, she enjoyed traveling, the Harold Reed, and a sister. including Suzanne Troth Donaldson theater, cooking and her garden. The '61 Calvin Hurst, June 28, 1987. '68 of Johnson City, TN, a grandson widow of Dr. Albert Spaar Jr., she He created and managed the Envi- and a granddaughter. leaves a son; two daughters; a brother, ronmental Section of the Los Angeles '36 Margaret Clay Mack Faul- Robert Amis '48; a sister, Jeanne Harbor Department from 1972 until haber Porteous, Sept. 24, 2002, Jernigan '48; and seven grandchil- his death. He attended the Univer- in Richmond, VA. A civic volunteer, dren. sity of California at Los Angeles and she worked with the American Red '48 Hazel Martin, July 2002, in University of Southern California as a Cross to help organize the Web of Memphis. A retired teacher at Presby- doctoral candidate in molecular biol- Hope in her retirement community. terian Day School, she was a member ogy. He leaves his wife, Wanda, and The widow of Joseph G. Mack and of Second Presbyterian Church and two sons. T. Clark Porteous '34, she leaves two a former member of First Baptist '61 Walter Leslie Smith, Nov. daughters, a son, five grandchildren Church. She was also president of 21, 2002, in Conyers, GA. He leaves and seven great-grandchildren. Coterie, member of Dixon Gallery his wife of 37 years, Connie, and '39 Lillie Walker Carpenter, Associates, Brooks Gallery League three children, Elizabeth, Leslie and July 26, 2002, in Memphis. A past and the Woman's Exchange, and was Bill. Elizabeth and her husband had president of Belvedere Garden Club a tutor at the Neighborhood Chris- Les and Connie's first grandchild, and Exchange Club of Memphis, tian Center. The widow of Raymond Carolyn Elizabeth, in February. At she was a charter member of Christ Martin, she leaves two daughters, a the time of his death, Les and his United Methodist Church, where she son, a brother and two grandchildren. whole family were working diligently also sang in the choir, She leaves her '53 Christine Austin Edwards, to open a restaurant in Covington, husband of 52 years, Ben M. Carpen- Oct. 31, 2002, in Forrest City, AR. GA, 20 miles east of Atlanta. ter, two sons and four grandchildren. She was a 40-year member of First '66 Mary Carolyn Hasselle, July '40 Annie Few Work Buehl, Baptist Church, Wayside Garden 25, 2002, in Memphis. A member Aug. 4, 2002, on her birthday in Club, Musical Coterie and P.E.O. of Second Presbyterian Church, she California. Sisterhood. She leaves her husband of leaves a brother. '40 Jamie Margueritte McNabb 50 years, Oral Edwards; a daughter; a '68 David E. Adcock, Feb. 21, Self, Sept. 28, 2002, in Memphis. son; and seven grandchildren. 2001. A member of the Communica- A member of Second Presbyterian '56 Leigh Windsor MacQueen, tions Arts company in Jackson, MS, Church, Memphis Rose Society and March 2003, in Eads, TN. Associ- he was also creator and host of a Terrace Garden Club, she leaves her ate headmaster, academic dean and popular Sunday radio program. He husband of 61 years, Levon Self '39, retired teacher at Memphis University leaves a son. two daughters, a son, six grandchil- School for 36 years, he was also the '77 J. Michael Graham, Oct. 5, dren, three great-grandchildren and founder of the advanced placement 2002, in Memphis. A systems analyst a sister. and theater programs at MUS. The for Shamrock Systems, he leaves his '43 H.C. Tanner Davis, Jan. husband of Geraldine Dozier Mac- mother, three sisters and a brother. 10, 2003, in Memphis. A longtime Queen '56 for 45 years, he leaves a '78 Robin Adona Marvel, Oct. member of Independent Presbyte- daughter, a son, two grandchildren 21, 2002, in Memphis. A graphic rian Church, he was a partner in the and a brother, Robert M. MacQueen designer for Shades of Gray in Mem- law firm of Davis and Davis, and '60 phis, she leaves her parents and a recorded the landmark case over the '59 Anna Pemberton "Pam" sister.

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"Rhodes College Inspired Me. Now I Want to Inspire Others."

When Norma Holmes '52 enrolled in "Man and the Light of History and Religion" at Southwestern, she carefully preserved her detailed class notes. Decades later, as she and her husband Albert planned a trip to the Holy Land; she unpacked her notes from that long-ago class. They turned out to be invaluable not only for organizing their journey, but for bringing the history and spirit of the area to life. A member of the class of 1952, Norma believes she received an education for living at Rhodes College. Here, she gained knowledge of art, history and philosophy that inspires her to this day. As secretary of her sophomore class, she learned to accept leadership roles at a young age. Now an eager traveler and reader, as well as an active tennis player, Norma r , feels Rhodes did much to shape the richness of her life. Norma and Albert Holmes .44 While she earned 1 degrees from two other universities, she feels that Rhodes was the one that nurtured her. As Rhodes inspired her, now Norma wishes to inspire others. She and Albert recently established •_,....• di, a charitable remainder trust to benefit Rhodes, gle...... knowing their gift will help others reap the life-long rewards of an outstanding education. Through a charitable remainder trust, charitable gift annuity or bequest for Rhodes, you, like Norma and Albert, will preserve the atmosphere of learning that has enriched their lives and thrives at the college today.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PLANNED GIVING opportunities, please contact Roberta Bartow Matthews, J.D., Office of Planned Giving, at (901)843-3919 or 1(800) 264-5969 or e-mail: [email protected] RHODES Norma Keisling Holmes circa 1950

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A Diehl Family Portrait International studies major Charles E. "Chad" Purple (center) graduates from Rhodes May 17, a special day for the great-grandson of Dr. Charles Edward Diehl (portrait at right), president of Rhodes from 1917-1949; grandson of Charles Treys Diehl '31 (portrait at left), professor of English and dean of men at the college from 1947-1976; and son of Katherine Treys Diehl '68.