Rollins College Rollins Scholarship Online Rollins Magazine Marketing and Communications Fall 2007 Rollins Alumni Record, Fall 2007 Rollins College Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Rollins College, "Rollins Alumni Record, Fall 2007" (2007). Rollins Magazine. Paper 5. http://scholarship.rollins.edu/magazine/5 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at Rollins Scholarship Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rollins Magazine by an authorized administrator of Rollins Scholarship Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 20351_backup:78791_Alumni Record 11/14/07 2:07 PM Page A FALL 2007 20351_backup:78791_Alumni Record 11/14/07 2:08 PM Page B AS SEEN IN THE SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 They’ll be the center of our world, too. Ranked #1 among Southern master’s-level universities —U.S. News & World Report MBA ranked 37th nationally and 1st in Florida —Forbes Magazine DISCOVER THE WORLD OF ROLLINS. ROLLINS COLLEGE FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WINTER PARK/ORLANDO, FLORIDA www.rollins.edu/info Educating for Global Citizenship and Responsible Leadership OR CALL 407.646.1573 20351_backup:78791_Alumni Record 11/14/07 2:08 PM Page 1 TRUSTEES OF ROLLINS COLLEGE Allan E. Keen ’70 ’71MBA, Chairman of the Board F. Duane Ackerman ’64 ’70MBA ’00H, Vice Chaiman of the Board Theodore B. (Ted) Alfond ’68 Francis H. (Frank) Barker ’52 ’06H OLLINSALUMNI RECORD William H. Bieberbach ’70 ’71MBA Jacqueline L. Bradley R FALL 2007 William K. Caler, Jr. ’67 Glenn C. Cook Meg Gilbert Crofton ’75 Andrew J. Czekaj, Sr. Lewis M. Duncan, Ph.D. Jon W. Fuller, Ph.D. Ronald G. Gelbman ’69 ’70MBA Alan H. Ginsburg Rick Goings About The COVER: Warren C. Hume ’39 ’70H The Hon. Toni Jennings Erin Thayer ’08, who interned with Thomas G. Kuntz ’78 Estee- Lauder’s public relations team as Gerald F. Ladner ’81 a participant in Rollins’ London David H. Lord ’69 ’71MBA Internship Program Michael Maher ’63 Photo by Judy Watson Tracy John C. (Jack) Myers III ’69 ’70MBA Michael G. Peterson ’74 Thomas J. Petters FEATURES Charles E. Rice ’64MBA ’98H Joanne Byrd Rogers ’50 ’05H Global Comfort Zone . 8 Phillip G. St. Louis, M.D. Rollins’ first resident faculty member and his Sandra Hill Smith ’73 ’74MBA family call both Ward Hall and the world home. R. Michael Strickland ’72 ’73MBA ’04H Christabel Kelly Vartanian ’68 By Robyn Allers Harold A. Ward III ’86H Winifred Martin Warden ’45 Big Decisions . 10 Victor A. Zollo, Jr. ’73 With competition to enroll so high—and SAT scores now optional—how does Rollins Honorary Trustees : Barbara Lawrence Alfond ’68 pick the right mix of students? Betty Duda ’93H By Leigh Brown Perkins The Hon. W. D. (Bill) Frederick, Jr. ’99H Joseph S. Guernsey Immersed . 16 Inspiring study-abroad experiences redefine OFFICERS & ADMINISTRATION the field trip for the new millennium Page 10 OF ROLLINS COLLEGE By Leigh Brown Perkins Lewis M. Duncan, Ph.D., President Roger N. Casey, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs DEPARTMENTS George H. Herbst, Vice President for Business and Finance and Treasurer Campus News . 2 Greg W. Marshall, Ph.D.,Vice President for Sports Scene . 6 Strategic Marketing Cynthia R. Wood, Vice President for Then & Now . 7 Institutional Advancement Alumni of Note . 29 Richard F. Trismen ’57, Secretary Connected for Life . 32 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD Class News . 33 OF DIRECTORS Barbara Doolittle Auger ’89, President Regional Events . 41 Kurt M. Wells ’95, Vice President Spotlight on Young Alumni . 42 Peter S. Bok ’92, Treasurer Elizabeth A. Ashwell ’99, Member at Large 2006-2007 Honor Roll of Donors . 43 Page 5 Robert B. Ourisman ’78, Member at Large David F. Berto ’56 James E. Chanin ’87 Robiaun Rogers Charles ’94 EDITOR: Mary Wetzel Wismar-Davis ’76 ’80MBA Kristin Marcin Conlan ’89 CLASS NEWS EDITOR: Laura J. Cole ’04 Brendan J. Contant ’89 CONTRIBUTORS: Robyn Allers, Reneé Anduze, Alice Smetheram Bass ’88, Stephen M. Combs ’66, Anne Crichton Crews ’75 Robert R. Cummins ’03MBA, Stephanie Duesing, Stephanie Ellenburg ’09, Maureen Harmon, Jeni Flynn Hatter, Ruth Jackson, Kimberly Stowers De Gennaro ’98 Elaine Worth Liles, Warren Miller ’90MBA, Daniel Paulling ’08, Leigh Brown Perkins, Kathryn Pichan, Jose I. Fernandez, Jr. ’92 Lorrie Kyle Ramey ’70, Heather Read, Russ J. Stacey ’05HH, Ann Marie Varga ’82, Jay Werba ’86, Nate Weyant Asunta D’Urso Fleming ’81 DESIGN: Design Studio Orlando, Inc. Charles R. Gallagher III ’95 MISSION STATEMENT: The Rollins Alumni Record serves to maintain and enhance the relationship between Rollins College and its alumni and other Gregory M. Goldman ’00 constituencies by building pride in the institution through effective communication of news of alumni and the College. It aims to keep readers of varying Cyrus W. Grandy ’69 ages and interests connected to current developments, programs, and achievements at Rollins, and to keep alumni connected to each other. The Tamara Watkins Green ’81 magazine is the College’s primary vehicle for communicating to alumni Rollins’ mission of commitment to educational excellence, educating Teresa Greenlees ’97 students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, innovation in pedagogy and student services, and maintaining the close community ties Edward F. Kelly ’78 that have always been a hallmark of the Rollins experience. Anthony J. Levecchio ’68 ’69MBA All ideas expressed in the Rollins Alumni Record are those of the authors or the editors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Alumni Bertram T. Martin III ’03 Association or the College. Letters to the editor are welcome and will be considered for publication in the magazine. The Rollins Alumni Record is William D. Murphy, Jr. ’74 published three times a year by Rollins College for alumni and friends of the College. Please send your comments or suggestions to: Rollins Alumni Linn Terry Spalding ’74 Record, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave. - 2747, Winter Park, FL 32789-4499, or e-mail the editor at [email protected]. Samuel A. Stark ’91 Member, Council for the Advance ment and Support of Education and Florida Magazine Association John F. Steele, Jr. ’75 Anthony L. Wilner ’82 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rollins College, 1000 Holt Avenue - 2747, Winter Park, FL 32789-4499. De Anne P. Wingate ’96 20351_backup:78791_Alumni Record 11/14/07 2:08 PM Page 2 CAMPUS NEWS MAKING THE GRADE FACULTY feats U.S. News & World PUBLISHED—Professor of Religion Yudit Greenberg published the new book Report ranks Rollins Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions (ABC-CLIO), a compre- first in South for third hensive resource on the subject year in a row of love in the teachings of the world’s major religions, cultures, AT ROLLINS COLLEGE, WE KNOW WE’RE and philosophies. Associate great. It appears the rest of the world Professor of English and Writer- understands that, too. in-Residence Philip Deaver published Scoring from For the third consecutive year, Second: Rollins garnered the number one spot Writers among 121 Southern master’s-level on Baseball (Bison Books), which universities in the annual rankings of features essays by accomplished “America’s Best Colleges,” released by writers celebrating the boys of sum- U.S. News & World Report this fall. mer. Included are Michael Chabon From best class size to best faculty to (“Jose Canseco, Hero”), Leslie best value in the South, the rankings Epstein (“The Roar of the Crowd”), may seem to speak for themselves. But and Jeffrey Hammond (“A Fan they don’t tell the whole story of what sets Rollins apart from its closest com- Letter to Lefty Gomez”). petitors…and even some of the most renowned universities in the country. • At 63 percent, Rollins College has a higher percentage of courses with an enrollment less than 20 than any school ranked among the top 10 in the ON DISPLAY—The latest South. Rollins also has a higher percentage of courses with an enrollment less artwork of Associate Professor than 20 than Rice (62 percent), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (61 of Art Rachel Simmons ’97 is percent), University of California - Berkeley (61 percent), Cornell University featured in Wonders, an (60 percent), and University of Notre Dame (55 percent). exhibition at the Cornell Fine • At 93 percent, Rollins has a higher percentage of full-time faculty than Arts Museum this fall. Harvard (92 percent), Columbia (91 percent), Dartmouth (91 percent), Inspired in part by her 2005 Yale (89 percent), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (89 percent). faculty-research trip to the At 10 to 1, our student/faculty ratio is the best among the top 10 schools in Galapagos Islands, Simmons’ works address the evolution the South. of Earth’s vast marine • No institution ranked among the South’s top 10 has more financial ecosystems. resources than Rollins. Plastic Fantastic, 2007 While the overall rankings are very close for the institutions in second to fifth place, Rollins is the clear frontrunner, beating out the number-two CHINA FOCUS—Linda G. Sprague has been named school by five points. Rollins was also ranked first in the South among Thomas J. Petters Distinguished Professor of International private colleges in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category, which relates Business. Sprague will play a leadership role in developing academic quality with the net cost of attendance for a student receiving the and supporting the Rollins China Center by engaging the average level of financial aid. global academic and local business communities in —Ann Marie Varga ’82 Chinese business. An international leader in operations management education, she previously served as professor of manufacturing and operations management at the China FAST FACTS... Europe International Business • Rollins’ endowment of more than $310 million places it in the top 10 percent of the more School (CEIBS) in Shanghai.