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Spring 2002

FEATU RES

DEFINING MOMENTS 2 Any institution that survives more than 175 years has its share of peaks and valleys. Here's a look at Furman's journey so far. by A.V. Huff, Jr.

THE TOOLS OF DIPLOMACY 11 A former Secretary of State addresses the nation's key foreign policy issues in the post-September 11 era. by

GLOBAL CHALLENGES 14 Rich;:aw. Riley Given the volatile times in which we live, what role can and should INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT, POLITICS the play in world affairs? AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP by Jim Stewart AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY

OF FAITH AND LEARNING 16 Furman's president examines the complex question of the role religion m should play in higher education. by David E. Shi

A MATTER OF TOLERANCE 20 A frank discussion of religious harassment on campus may open the door to increased understanding and acceptance. by Hal Frampton

FURMAN REPORTS 22

CAMPAIGN 32

ATHLETICS 34

ALUMNI NEWS 36

THE LAST WORD 48

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ON THE COVER: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to a packed house in McAlister Auditorium. Photo by Charlie Register Richard Furman (1755-1825) James C. Furman, son of Richard becomes a leading Baptist minister Furman, is the dominant figure in and envisions an academy that, in university history from 1844 to 1879 time, will "grow into a fully organized and becomes the institution's first college should wise and liberal president in 1859. measures be pursued."

Reflections on the people and events that have forged Furman's identity through the university's 175-year history.

By A.V. Huff, Jr.

2 Furman closes during the Civil War, although the female college remains open.

ROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF 175 YEARS OF FURMAN'S HISTORY, TWO CONCLUSIONS EASILY COME

TO MIND.

THE PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF THE PAST IS THE MOST COMMON AT CELEBRATORY MOMENTS LIKE

THIS. LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME, WE MIGHT SAY, FROM THAT LITTLE ACADEMY IN EDGEFIELD. AREN'T

WE - AND OUR FOREBEARS - GREAT TO HAVE MADE SO MUCH OUT OF SO LITTLE?

THE OTHER CONCLUSION IS A MORE TRAGIC, DETERMINIST VIEW: WE ARE VICTIMS OF OUR HISTORY,

NO MORE THAN PAWNS OF FORCES WE CANNOT CONTROL. IF FURMAN HAD NOT BEEN THREATENED BY

SLAVERY, OR CIVIL WAR, OR A HUNDRED YEARS OF ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, JUST THINK WHERE WE

MIGHT BE TODAY.

HOW EASY IT IS TO JUDGE OUR POOR, BENIGHTED FOREBEARS. IF ONLY THEY HAD OUR INSIGHT

AND JUDGMENT. BUT OUR RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT AS AN INSTITUTION WARNS US AGAINST UNTRUTH

ON THE ONE HAND, AND PRIDE ON THE OTHER.

THERE IS YET ANOTHER WAY OF VIEWING OUR HISTORY, ONE SUGGESTED BY REINHOLD NIEBUHR,

ARGUABLY THE BEST-KNOWN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIAN OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN A BOOK TITLED THE

IRONY OF AMERICAN HISTORY, PUBLISHED IN 1951, NIEBUHR SUGGESTED THAT THE HISTORY OF THE

UNITED STATES IS NEITHER A STORY OF UNENDING PROGRESS NOR A STORY OF VICTIMIZATION. As

CREATURES OF HISTORY WE ARE BOUND BY OUR TIME AND PLACE, TO BE SURE, BUT WE ARE ALSO

RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY.

3 Mary Judson becomes lady Andrew P. Montague (president principal of the Greenville Baptist 1897 -1902) and his successor, Female College, three years before Edwin McNeill Poteat (1903-18), Charles Manly (1881-97) is named raise standards and develop Furman's second president. Both mission statements describing are energetic, visionary leaders. Furman as broadly Christian, not sectarian in its teaching.

sing Niebuhr's notion of irony, then, let us look at the principles of Christian liberality [i.e., the liberal arts], and in defining moments of Furman's history, beginning with favor of the rights of private judgment." the era of the academies and Oliver Hart, our earliest Furman's view combined the best of the Western humanist forebear. A native of Bucks County, Pa., Hart became pastor tradition with the cherished Baptist principle of private judgment. of the Baptist congregation in Charleston in 1749, at the "In time," he wrote, the academy might "grow up into a fully beginning of an economic golden age in colonial South organized college should wise and liberal measures be Carolina. He and his congregation were Regular , pursued." To support such an academy, Furman created a much more akin to the New England Puritans from whence statewide convention of Baptist churches. they sprang than to the revivalist Baptists that emerged from But Richard Furman died in 1825 and left it to his younger the First Great Awakening. colleagues, led by , to establish in Committed to a deeply rational and thoughtful religious December 1826 the Furman Academy and Theological experience and to an educated ministry to help interpret that Institution, named in Dr. Furman's memory. The school opened experience, Hart urged the Charleston Association to create January 15, 1827, in the village of Edgefield, 80 miles south an education fund for the schooling of young ministers. Some of Greenville. The site near the Savannah River was chosen read theology with experienced clergy; others went off to study to attract students from Georgia, but they did not come - for at Rhode Island College (now Brown University), the first at least another century! The principal was an English minister Baptist college in America. who had migrated to Pennsylvania, Joseph Andrews Warne. Hart's vision expanded with the dream of Richard Furman, Tuition at the academy was $8 per quarter, including the use his successor in Charleston, whose ancestors had sailed to of the library, and the rules of conduct banned "lying, cursing, Massachusetts Bay with John Winthrop on the Arbella in swearing, drunkenness, fighting, dueling, dice, card and billiard 1630. Furman championed the patriot cause during the playing, betting, theft and fornication." American Revolution, fought for the separation of church and Yet the best-laid plans did not ensure success. Eight state, and early in the 19th century was one of the architects dollars in tuition was expensive in an agricultural economy of the Baptist denomination in the new nation. where cash was hard to come by, and the school opened and While his colleagues planned a college in the nation's closed several times. It moved frequently, first to the High capital that became George Washington University, Furman Hills of the Santee, near Sumter, in 1829, and then to dreamed of creating a regional preparatory academy for young Winnsboro, north of Columbia, in 1836. In Winnsboro students men, as well as a theological institution to train ministers. He were sent into the fields to grow their food and support the envisioned a school in which, as he put it, "the course of school. But manual labor did not attract students in great education and government will be conducted with a sacred numbers - then or since. Throughout its history the Furman regard to the interests of morality and religion, according to Academy was a struggling enterprise at best. the conscientious sentiments of the founders; yet on the More successful were the efforts of residents in Greenville

4 William J. McGlothlin's presidency By including Furman in the inden­ (1919-33) is marked by efforts to ture for The Duke Endowment, strengthen Furman's reputation and James B. Duke helps to secure establish it as one of the leading the university's financial future. institutions in the Southeast.

to establish schools. The Greenville Female Academy, the once again, this time to Greenville, a bustling town in the earliest antecedent of Furman University's education for upcountry. Dr. Furman quickly dubbed it "the promised land." women, opened in January 1823 under the leadership of the The state legislature granted a charter to The Furman same William Bullein Johnson who was instrumental in the University in 1851 , and the trustees purchased land overlooking creation of the Furman Academy. the falls of the Reedy River from local entrepreneur Vardry Johnson devoted most of his life to the twin passions of McBee. A two-room college building was constructed for education and creating a denominational structure for Baptists. classes. (The building, which we now call "Old College," is He succeeded Richard Furman as president of the Triennial preserved on the Furman campus today, near the Bell Tower.) Convention and served as first president of the Southern An impressive, Italian renaissance-style main building with a Baptist Convention. Johnson's views of education for the bell tower soon began to rise on University Ridge. The chair "daughters of the Republic" were progressive. He taught of the building committee was George F. Townes, son-in-law his students the same subjects as men, including English, of William Bullein Johnson and forebear of Nobel laureate chemistry, mathematics, Latin and Greek. Eventually, he Charles To wnes '35. Then, as now, Furman formed a small, added modern languages and needlework. Johnson had interrelated community. Between 50 and 60 students enrolled, a reputation as a strong taskmaster at the Greenville and the new university was declared an immediate success. Female Academy. During the 1850s church leaders in became increasingly concerned about higher education for women. n the decade prior to the Civil War the academies were In 1854 the state Baptist convention voted to open a female transformed into institutions of higher learning. In 1801 college in Greenville under the control of the Furman trustees. the state legislature had established the South Carolina The land and buildings of the Greenville academies became College in Columbia, and Baptists, Presbyterians and the new campus. The Greenville Baptist Female College Methodists took turns at leading the institution. The first opened in February 1855 with a curriculum embracing "all president was a Baptist minister from Rhode Island, Jonathan those branches of a liberal education that are pursued in our Maxcy, who had been recommended by Richard Furman. By colleges for young men." the 1840s, however, the deistic views of President Thomas However, the brave dreams for the university and the Cooper proved suspect to Southern evangelical Protestants, college alike were nearly wrecked by the successive storms and the rising economy enabled them to focus on higher created by the Civil War and Reconstruction. Nor were the education. leaders of Furman mere bystanders in the increasing In 1850 the senior professor of the struggling Furman maelstrom. A generation before, Richard Furman, like many Institution, as it was then called, was James Clement Furman, of his contemporaries in the South, had changed his views the son of the founder. Envisioning a university on the plan of slavery from "undoubtedly a great evil" to a positive good of the University of Virginia, he led the relocation of the school supported by Biblical warrant. James Clement Furman,

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A progressive thinker admired by students, Bennette E. Geer clashes with trustees over finances and academic freedom during his presidency (1933-38). His successor, John L. Plyler (1 939-64), leads the move to the new campus.

president of the university and a major slaveholder in Greenville, support of her brother and, later, President Alexander S. was a leader in transforming the Greenville District from a Townes, Miss Judson brought innovations to the curriculum unionist stronghold into a supporter of secession. When a (such as the teaching of calisthenics), established a literary graduating student challenged the president's views, James society, and founded the college library. Later the alumnae C. Furman presented him a diploma but refused to sign it. unsuccessfully petitioned the trustees to change the name of the institution to Mary Judson College. he war was a disaster for the university. Furman closed, Meanwhile, Furman began to raise academic standards although the female college remained open. Women under Andrew P. Montague (1897-1902), the institution's first students, with little money at hand, paid part of their lay president and the first to hold the new German-based bills in flour and lard. In 1865, when the university resumed Ph.D. degree. In addition, Furman alumni of this era began classes, there was not enough money to print a catalogue. to gain international recognition, most notably John Matthews Dr. Furman's friends urged him to abandon the institution. Manly '83, a Chaucer scholar, and John Broadus Watson '99, Always resolute, no matter what the cause, he replied: "I the founder of behavioral psychology. have nailed my colors to the mast and if the vessel goes Montague organized students into the now familiar down, I will go down with it." The trustees began to sell off four classes - freshman, sophomore, junior and senior­ parcels of the female college campus to keep it open. constructed new buildings, and established intercollegiate Charles H. Judson, treasurer of Furman and president athletics. He and his successor, Edwin McNeill Poteat, crafted of the female college, may have performed his greatest service carefully worded mission statements that described the to education in 187 4 by urging his sister, Mary, to come to university as broadly Christian, not sectarian in its teaching. Greenville to teach. A native of Connecticut, she was educated This position would set Furman at odds with many of its at a private school, though as a woman she was barred from constituents over the next century. enrolling at Yale. Like others of her generation, she was As time passed, the growing strength of conservative allowed to pursue the college curriculum independently by religion, regionally and nationally, led to challenges to faculty reading in the library. She moved South with her parents in members by some strident students, trustees and church 1857 and became lady principal at William Bullein Johnson's leaders. Questions about the religious orthodoxy of Gordon Female University in Anderson. After moving to Greenville B. Moore, John B. Watson's favorite professor, led to Moore's at her brother's behest, she became lady principal of the dismissal by the trustees, and perhaps hastened the resignation female college in 1878 and remained at her post until 1912. of President Montague. A feminist and a supporterof women's suffrage in a region More numerous cases occurred in the 1930s, when unfriendly to both viewpoints, Mary Judson was forthright in charges against five professors were heard by the trustees her belief that a woman "had, not only a soul, but a brain, and and dropped, but two religion professors, Herbert Gezork and that its development was her God-given right." With the Wesner Fallaw, were dismissed. The trauma of these events

6 From 1965-1 976, Gordon W. In December 1973, the Furman Blackwell pushes Furman toward chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is "greatness by national standards." installed during a ceremony His arrival as president coincides presided over by John Hope with admission of the university's Franklin, president of the United first African-American student, Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. Joe Vaughn.

led President John L. Plyler and the board of trustees to adopt economic injustices of the times. President McGlothlin was the 1940 Statement on Academic Freedom and Te nure by a leader in the national anti-lynching movement, and he invited the American Association of University Professors. Te nsions George Washington Carver to speak on the Furman campus. remained, but the specter of faculty dismissals for controversial President Geer inaugurated a five-year program in 1936 teaching in the classroom ended once and for all. funded by the General Education Board, a Rockefeller Efforts to improve the facilities of both institutions were philanthropy, to involve Furman faculty and students in a hampered by the economic depression that haunted the South collaborative program with Columbia University for social and during the early 20th century. The precarious state of the educational improvement in the community. woman's college led to coordination with the men's institution, If the Civil War and its aftermath nearly wrecked the and between 1932 and 1938 Greenville Woman's College university, World War II provided an economic impetus to the gradually became the Woman's College of Furman University. region by which the modern university that we know and love came into existence. To be sure, during the war years the he single most important event in securing Furman's men's campus became a training facility for army pilots, and financial future came in December 1924, when James men students dwindled to a handful. But the influx of veterans Buchanan Duke, the North Carolina tobacco and electric after 1945 led to a dramatic increase in students, who were power tycoon, announced the creation of The Duke Endowment bused between the men's and women's campuses. The and named Furman University as one of the four educational growth of the student body accelerated the search for a solu­ institutions to share in his beneficence. Bennette E. Geer, a tion to the divided campus and its rapidly aging physical plant. former trustee and later president of Furman, had continually In 194 7 a discussion among President Plyler and trustees called Furman to Duke's attention. The story has it that when Alester G. Furman, Jr., and J. Dean Crain led to the vision of Duke was completing the indenture creating the endowment, a united campus away from downtown Greenville, in the he momentarily forgot the name of the university. "What's the shade of Paris Mountain. In October 1953 a groundbreaking name of that school in Greenville that Ben Geer is such a fool ceremony at the new site on Poinsett Highway led to a frenzy about?" he asked his attorney. The name was quickly supplied, of construction and landscaping which gave rise to the beautiful and the Duke gift has subsequently proven to be transforming campus we know today. (See page 9.) for the university. The continuing recruitment of a strong faculty com­ With greater resources, President William J. McGlothlin mitted to excellence in undergraduate education led to recruited faculty from many of the nation's best graduate the transformation of the curriculum under the leadership schools. Professors such as Alfred Taylor Odell and Meta of Dean Francis W. Bonner and provided Gordon W. Blackwell, Gilpatrick in English and Delbert Gilpatrick in history became who became president in 1965, the impetus to inaugurate his legendary for their influence on students. vision of "greatness by national standards." The university's Nor did Furman remain insensitive to the racial and voluntary decision to integrate the student body, despite

7 Inaugurated in April 1977 and Current president David E. Shi has serving until 1994, President John raised the university's national E. Johns directs substantial growth profile while promoting the value in endowment and facilities and of engaged learning and overseeing shepherds the settlement of the an ambitious construction program. issue of the university's governance.

protests by many of its constituents, made Furman's The immediate economic threat to the university was the commitment to racial equality unequivocal, and the installation loss of more than $1 million annually in operating funds. In of a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on December 5, 1973, by the summer of 1992 President Johns learned that Furman John Hope Franklin, distinguished African-American historian was the major beneficiary of the estate of Mrs. Charles E. and John Matthews Manly Professor at the University of Daniel, who with her late husband had been a supporter of Chicago, was a signal to the academic world that Furman Furman for many years. The Daniel bequest, which would University had come of age. eventually exceed $20 million, and the increasing generosity of alumni and the community insured that Furman would not ut a resurgence of militant religious fundamentalism suffer. in the 1980s threatened Furman's growing recognition The election of David E. Shi to the presidency in 1994 as a national liberal arts college. Although the signaled that Furman's quest for excellence would accelerate relationship between the university and the South Carolina into the 21st century. His leadership of the Forever Furman Baptist Convention had not been smooth in the decades after campaign, which has dramatically exceeded its initial goals, World War II, disputes over such issues as fraternities, dancing and his concern for building the academic program, streng­ on campus, and acceptance of federal funds did not strike at thening the quality of student life and further cementing the heart of liberal education. In fact, convention funding had Furman's relationship with the broader community have continued to grow. led to increasing expectations for the future. The new fundamentalist juggernaut within the Southern Early in the 20th century President Poteat designed the Baptist Convention, however, promoted ideological control of university seal with a motto incorporating the dream of the boards and institutions, and by 1990 it was clear to President founders: Christo et doctrinae, "For Christ and learning." John E. Johns, the leadership of the Furman board of trustees, Alongside the university motto, we need to revive the motto the faculty and many alumni that fundamentalist control would of the Greenville Woman's College devised by Mary Judson, unalterably change the mission of the university. With that which disappeared at the time of coordination with Furman. threat in mind, a team of alumni attorneys began to design In keeping with the theme of irony, it typifies the spirit of the legal steps that Furman needed to take to make the board Furman for more than 175 years: Palma non sine pulvere, of trustees self-perpetuating. "Rewards come not without effort." On October 15, 1990, at a called meeting of the board, For good, and sometimes for ill, but always with great chair Minor H. Mickel took up the fateful motion to amend the effort, Furman University has survived and prospered. charter to permit the board to elect its own trustees. It passed 18-5. After two years of negotiations and threats of lawsuits, A. V. Huff, Jr. , who joined the history fa culty in 1968, has the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted on May 15, 1992, served as vice president for academic affairs and dean to sever its legal and financial ties to Furman. at Furman since 1995.

8 Timeline design and execution by Jermaine Johnson '02. A more expansive version can be viewed on-line at www.furman.edu/175.

furman's decision to move to a new campus full board eventually voted to pursue a new served as the catalyst for the university's site. In October 1949, the trustees decided ongoing transformation from a primarily to request $3.5 million from the South regional college to one of national repute. Carolina Baptist Convention over the next But the decision is said to have emerged from 10 years, raise an extra $3 million elsewhere, an almost whimsical observation made by and use the $6.5 million to buy land and build a member of the board of trustees. a plant that could accommodate both cam­ By the end of World War II, both the puses. The convention approved the request. men's and the women's campuses in down­ After first considering five sites, the town Greenville were suffering from overuse board narrowed its choice to two. One area and disrepair. An influx of new students after was off Grove Road south of town, near the the war included many veterans, who were current site of Greenville Memorial Hospital; not hesitant to express their disenchantment the other was west of Duncan Chapel Road A/ester G. Fu rman, great-grandson of Richard with the crowded, rundown facilities. And in northern Greenville County. The Duncan Furman, turns the first spade of earth with the competition was coming to Greenville: Bob Chapel site offered the most promise, with help of his son, A/ester G. Fu rman, Jr. (left), Jones University was about to open. its excellent views and ample room for expan­ and President John L. Plyler. Recognizing that the university faced sion, and the board decided to purchase 938 new challenges, President John L. Plyler acres on July 27, 1950- almost exactly new campus should remain empty until there and the board revived plans for campus I 00 years after the move to Greenville. were enough buildings to accommodate the improvements, beautification and expansion. Despite an economic slump in 1951 and entire men's student body. The board had discussed changes for years, 1952, the board pursued its plans and finally, Construction continued, and by the but financial concerns or other factors had on October 6, 1953, ground was broken at summer of 1958 four residence halls, the prevented any action. the new site. After grading was completed dining hall, library, James C. Furman Hall In 1947, in the midst of a committee and sewers installed, construction on a resi­ and the A lester G. Furman, Jr., Administration meeting to discuss campus improvements dence hall and classroom building began in Building, plus assorted recreational facilities, and possible expansion, board member the fall of 1954. The lake was completed were ready. The men and the senior women, J. Dean Crain made the suggestion- "appar­ before the year was out. who would live in Manly Hall (and be dubbed ently as a sudden inspiration," he later told The first two buildings were fi nished by Furman's Manly girls), took the plunge. his biographer- "that Furman move to a the end of the summer of 1955, and that fall Furman would continue to operate two new campus site that would allow room for I 02 men moved in with six senior counselors campuses until 1961, when the women's necessary expansion." The idea quickly and dorm managers. Despite their isolation, residence hall complex was completed and caught on, and the board began to consider they were an adaptable lot, as they were the Woman's College moved in its entirety. it as one of three alternatives for the university. forced to divide their class time between When the 1961-62 year began, all Furman (The others were to consolidate on one of campuses. The classroom building had no students were finally together on one site. the current campuses or continue as two heat, so professors and students wore campuses.) overcoats and hats to class in the winter. Adapted fro m Furman University: To ward Crain's idea gained momentum, and the When the year ended, it was decided that the a New Identity, by Alfred S. Reid.

9 RichC::aw. Riley INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP

AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY

he first national conference sponsored by the Richard W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics and Public Leadership, held March 20-21, could T hardly have attracted a more auspicious keynote speaker. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was the star attraction of the two-day program on "National Security in a New Age." Albright's opening­ night speech, which played to a packed house in McAlister Auditorium, was followed the next evening by a panel discussion featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Hoagland, Georgetown University professor G. John Ikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador Phil Lader and Los Angeles Times correspondent Robin Wright. Albright, who served in the Clinton Cabinet with Richard Riley, is the first woman to be Secretary of State and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. Before being named to the post in 1995, she was the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of the President's Cabinet and National Security Council. Founder of The Albright Group, LLC, a global strategy firm, she is the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and the first Distinguished Scholar of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business School. She also chairs The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The panel discussion March 21 featured experts on the national and Before the March 21 international issues and concerns facing the United States today. panel discussion, Hoagland is associate editor and chief foreign correspondent for The an attentive crowd attended a related Washington Post. He has received two Pulitzers, one in 1970 for international program in Burgiss reportingand the other in 1991 for commentary on the events leading up to the Theater; trustee Gulf War and the political turmoil within the Soviet Union. Max Heller chats with Ikenberry is the Peter F. Krogh Professor of Geopolitics and Global Secretary Albright. Justice at Georgetown, where he teaches in both the School of Foreign Service and the Government Department. He is the author of After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars and Reasons of State: Oil Politics and the Capacities of American Government. Lader, who moderated the discussion, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Clinton administration. He also served as administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration and was White House Deputy Chief of Staff under Clinton. A former president of , he is founder of Renaissance Weekends, the family retreats for innovative leaders in diverse fields. He lives in Charleston, S.C., is a partner in the law firm of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, and serves as chair of WPP Group, a worldwide advertising and communications firm. Wright, chief diplomatic correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, has reported from more than 130 countries on six continents for CBS News, The Sunday Times of London, and The Christian Science Monitor. She received a National Magazine Award for her reportage from Iran in The New Yorker and an Overseas Press Club Award for her coverage of African wars. In 2001 , she received the Weintal Prize for "the most distinguished diplomatic reporting." The Riley Institute js named for the 1954 Furman graduate who, in the words of The Greenville News, "personifies statesmanship and served his state well as governor and his country well as Secretary of Education." Riley was Photos by Charlie Register on hand to introduce each evening's program. On the following pages are the text of Secretary Albright's speech, highlights from the question-and-answer session that followed, and a summary of the panel discussion. 10 T H E T 0 0 L S o FDiplomacy

By Madeleine Albright WE MUST EMPLOY EVERY MEANS AVAILABLE TO RALLY THE WORLD AND DEFEAT ' THE DEV IL S MARRIAGE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND TERROR.

t is such an honor to participate in this government is beset by a sea of troubles. government to create national institutions conference and to be associated with Cabinet ministers are fighting, warlords that are strong enough and effectiveenough I the Richard W. Riley Institute of are clashing, the Taliban is regrouping, to make Afghanistan a permanent terrorist­ Government, Politics and Public Leader­ Osama bin Laden is still missing, and free zone. ship. It has a very bright future and I know the international peacekeeping force is In other words, we have to stay and it is a great asset for Furman, for South woefully inadequate. finish the job. Carolina and for the country. This creates a fundamental diplomatic Secretary of State Powell has made it One purpose of the institute is to challenge. We must persuade Afghanistan's clear he supports this, but others ridicule encourage public discussion of issues that neighbors - including Iran - to cooperate the task by calling it nation-building. They affectour security, prosperity and freedom. in holding the country together instead of say that American troops have more And today, no issue affects us more than squabbling and ripping the country apart. important things to do, and that helping the war on terror. We must persuade the international Afghans build a secure future is something When I joined the State Department, community to support an interim security our allies should take care of for us. I said that I had all my partisan instincts force that is big enough and well-equipped Having won a few battles, these voices surgically removed. I have to admit that enough to make the warlords go out and seem to suggest that winning the peace is a few months after I leftoffice, I could feel get real jobs. the international equivalent of women's those instincts starting to grow back. On We must insist that, when the future work - which is, I would reply, precisely September 12, I returned to the surgeon. of Afghanistan is debated, Afghan women why it is so important. Because Americans must be united. should not just be clearing the dishes off We cannot convince the world that We were attacked as one country on that the table. They must be at the table, with Afghanistan matters if we treat Afghanistan wretched morninghalf a year ago. And as a substantive role in making the decisions as a short-term crisis and not a long-term one country, we must respond. that will shape their lives and affect the commitment. In all we do, in and outside The ten·mists' goal is to make America security of us all in years to come. This Afghanistan, we must stay focused, and retreat from the world, abandon our allies, may be the only way to get those with keep the world's focus, on responding to forget our commitments and cease to lead. power in Afghanistan to focus on education, the most dangerous threats. But the terrorists are learningthat the nation jobs and health, instead of power, guns and Right now, the most dangerous threat whose patriots proclaimed, "Give Me drugs. remains the terrorists that have targeted Liberty or Give Me Death," and whose Finally, we must work with the interim America. In confronting them, we must soldiers plunged into Hell on Omaha Beach, will not be intimidated. And a people whose firefighters and police faced death to save others will never be shut down. The Bush administration deserves our support, and that of law-abiding people everywhere, in opposing al-Qaida and other groups that willfully murder innocent people in pursuit of political goals. It deserves our support in defeating the Taliban, who ran a sort of bed and breakfast for terrorists and brutally repressed their own people. And it deserves credit for acknowledg­ ing that we are only at the beginning of what will be a long and perhaps permanent struggle against the forces of destruction. In the months ahead, we must employ every means available, every tool of politics and policy, to rally the world and defeat the devil's marriage between technology and terror. The front line remains in Afghanistan, where fighting continues and the interim back diplomacy with force, and force with must pay "whatever it costs to defend our When I was a child, Nazi troops diplomacy. We must do the hard work country." In this year's budget, he has marched into my hometown of Prague. required to ensure that our alliances in proposed a dramatic increase in military My family fled to London when that city Europe and Asia are united in policy and spending. He has also recently shifted was being bombed nearly every night. purpose. That's what it means to use course and expressed support for more After the war, we returnedhome to a diplomatic tools. assistance to less developed nations. country that was soon to be taken over by We must strive with friends and schol­ I agree that we must move ahead on Communists. ars on every continent to isolate and defeat all fronts. Adversaries will be less likely I learnedearly in life that there is great the apostles of hate. This means reforming to threaten us if they know we are prepared evil in this world. But I also learned early education in places such as Pakistan and to respond effectively and with undaunted about a country across the sea where Saudi Arabia so that children are no longer courage. And our enemies will find less freedom was cherished and freedom's allies brainwashed into becoming suicide bomb­ sympathy abroad if America is known for were helped and defended. ers, and terrorists are denied the ideological its commitment to improving education At the age of 11, I sailed like millions swamplands in which they breed. and fighting poverty and disease. before me past the Statue of Liberty into We must also be vigilant at home. Today, we rank dead last among New York Harbor, with no other desire Like most Americans, I was startled industrialized countries in the percentage in my heart than to grow up to be an to learnrecently that the Immigration and of our wealth that we devote to helping American. Naturalization Service had issued student poor nations succeed and grow. In these Since then, more than half a century visas to two of the pilots who murdered perilous times, we cannot afford to allow has passed. But over the years, I have Americans on September II. It is hard the wrong perceptions to take hold. We never forgotten the fundamental lesson to believe that this kind of miscommuni­ have to do a better job of telling our story. taught to me by my parents. And that is cation could occur in the United States And we have the best possible story to honor and value freedom, and never to in the 21st century. to tell. take for granted the blessings that come with living in the United States. In that time, I have seen this message reinforced not only in the lives of immi­ grants and refugees, but also those of millions abroad who have been liberated by American soldiers, uplifted by American assistance and inspired by American ideals. On September 11, our nation was dealt a terrible blow. We will never forget those who were lost. We are still unsettled and on edge. But we draw strength from the knowl­ edge of what terror can and cannot do. Terror can turn life to death, and laughter to tears, and shared hopes to There is a lesson in this that we must During World War II and the Cold War, sorrowful memories. It can crash a plane heed. Information, properly used, can great American presidents, with bipartisan and bring down towers that scraped the protect and empower us. Information that support from Congress, outlined bold sky. But it cannot alter the essential does not get to the right place at the right initiatives to complement our security goals. goodness of the American people, diminish time can kill us. We must be bold in developing and our loyalty to one another, or shake our When I was at the State Department, financing a new generation of initiatives respect for the importance and dignity of we worked hard to promote the sharing of that will help deliver on the promise of every individual. information between other governments democracy and win the battle of ideas. There is evil in this world and we have and our own, and within the various After the events of the past six months, no choice but to acknowledge that. But branches of the U.S. government. we should all understand the danger of we can choose never to lose sight of the This is actually a lot harder than you defining our interests too narrowly. good. might think. Agencies protect their own Notwithstanding the current bestseller, We face the possibility of further turf. And foreign countries have their own we don't live in the world of John Adams attacks. But if we are united, there is no interests to protect. and Thomas Jefferson anymore. The two chance we will ever give in, give up or But after September 11, there can be oceans neither protect us nor confine us. back down. no higher priority than ensuring that we America in the 21st century has an The American journey is an upward obtain as much information as we can interest in all of Europe - and in Asia, journey. Together, our nation defeated through every means we can devise, and Latin America and Africa. Hitler, outlasted Stalin and helped make that all the relevant data we have are And today, I am convinced our people the democratic tide a rising tide on every centrally processed to apprehend terrorists will support a foreign policy that is clearer continent. and prevent terrorist attacks. than clear, not only about what we are Today we look forward, not with The question of information is against, but also about what we are for. trepidation but with determination, to important in another sense, because the We are for working with others to build a see that our adversaries fail in their pur­ battle against terror is, at bottom, a struggle freer, more humane and more broadly pose of destruction- and that we prevail of ideas, a conflict we cannot win simply prosperous world, in which terrorists will in our purpose of building a freer, more by smashing caves and splitting rocks. cease to attract followers and there will be just and peaceful future for us and for President Bush has pledged that we no havens for hate. all people. 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fter her talk, Madeleine To a question about the role of foreign aid in nation-building Albright took questions from and winning the peace: AFurman students. Among her comments: "I wish I could banish the words foreign aid. Because 'foreign' and 'aid' is like trying to sell some terrible disease. Everybody thinks that the money is completely misused and that there's endless In response to a query about corruption. whether the United States "We should call it national security assistance. Whenever you has lost support among its say national security it kind of raises the level of interest. European allies by focusing on "The shocking part is that basically out of every federal dollar, terrorism beyond Afghanistan only one penny is spent in national security assistance. The new (for example, in Iraq): Bush proposals, which do not come into effect until 2004, might actually make it a penny and a quarter. It obviously depends on "I meet regularly with former colleagues and former ministers as the size of the federal budget as we get to 2004. they come through Washington, and they are concerned. They do "This kind of assistance provides educational possibilities not share the same views about some of the problems that Saddam and helps in terms of building small businesses and providing Hussein has posed. Vice President Cheney had a very difficult trip infrastructure. At the same time it helps psychologically by indicating [to the Middle East] and was not able to get the support of the Arab to the people of a country that we are interested in their social and countries around Iraq, which is very necessary if we are going to economic lives, in their intrinsic value. That then changes the view carry out any campaign against Saddam. they might have about the United States. "While I actually do believe that Saddam Hussein is a serious "I have been involved in a survey where at the end of the year problem and needs to be dealt with, I think it is essential at this people around the world would be asked what they thought about point to keep our eye on the ball and to do the job in Afghanistan. the U.S. The results were that they do like American culture and While I do think that Iraq is evil, I do not think that the framing of American technology. What they don't like is that we don't share the issue as the Axis of Evil has been particularly helpful. it, that we're selfish, and that the gap between the rich and the poor "Iran is a neighbor of Afghanistan and is important to us in is growing." dealing with Afghanistan. Besides, it's not totally monolithic. There are different trends within Iran and by putting it in this Axis of Evil I think it complicates the problem. The Clinton administration always In regard to how to raise Americans' understanding of the thought North Korea was dangerous, which is why we had a policy importance of foreign policy beyond terrorism: review to deal with North Korea. Former Defense Secretary Perry offered a fork in the road - they could either have confrontation "How do we all learn our news? I find it shocking that news programs with us or go down a road to where they would negotiate to get rid are being taken off and substituted for late-night humor. News of their missile technology. And I went there and had fairly decent about foreign countries is not entertainment. It is serious; it affects talks, and I think we were moving toward a verifiable agreement. people's lives. You can't expect people to understand what's going But that has all now been jettisoned by this Axis of Evil." on if they don't see it. "What I found at the UN was that CNN is the 16th member of the Security Council. When CNN put something on the news, In regard to balancing tactical and strategic approaches in the people were aware of it and suddenly had to do something about Middle East: it. But the war in Sudan was never on the news. There was fighting in various parts of the world that never made it. "Our administration spent more time working for peace in the Middle "Our media have a responsibility to have longer news programs. East than any other single issue. I made it a huge point to try to I got pretty good at sound bites, but they don't get you anywhere get to know the Palestinian delegation very closely and also to and don't really allow you to explain things. Whenever you get a understand the legitimate needs of the Palestinian people. chance to be on television and get out three sentences before you're "I think the saddest partfor all of us in the administration is that interrupted, it's a big deal. we were not able to bring peace at Camp David [in the summer of "In addition, we must make sure that our immigration policies 2000]. I also think that it is absolutely essential in a long-term view stay supple and open. This is a country of immigrants, and students to understand that there is no way to achieve peace in the Middle at universities will be poorer if we decide we will not have foreign East unless the United States is involved in it. students coming in. We have to be careful about what we're doing "This administration stayed out of it too long. I'm very glad with immigration laws and tightening immigration systems. [special envoy Anthony] Zinni and Vice President Cheney were "I don't think anyone should be on a student visa who isn't a forced into seeing the connection between what is going on and student, but we should allow foreign students in. If not, American the anger of the Arab countries and their disappointment that the students will be the poorer for it. We must understand that the U.S. Palestinian issue has not been considered in a consistent way. can only be secure in a world where we understand the problems The tragedies going on there are an abomination to everybody." in other countries."

13 GLoBAL Challenges

By Jim Stewart EXPERTS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HOLD FORTH ON THE OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING THE U NITED STATES - AND THE WORLD.

merica's role in the international support for its efforts to confront the first occur until the Arabs and Israelis search order. The Axis of Evil. The mount­ "ism" that isn't attached directly to another for new leadership and Sharon and Arafat A ing tensions in the Middle East. great power (as opposed to Nazism or are gone. "They are part of the problem," The topics covered the world for Communism, for example). "Most major he said. an all-star panel consisting of journalists countries are united with us in this cause," Wright, an award-winning Los Angeles Jim Hoagland and Robin Wright and he said. Ti mes correspondent, contrasted the Georgetown University professor John Furthennore, Ikenberry suggested that approaches of the Bush and Clinton Ikenberry. And they proved that they were the world order established since World administrations to the Middle East. She up to the task of following former Secretary War II has led to more physical security described Clinton and his first Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the headline and prosperity for more people than at any of State, ,as almost too opening act of the Richard W. Riley other time in history - something, he said;. deeply engaged, to the point that American Institute's two-day conference on "National we do not always appreciate. This new, clout was actually diminished because Security in a New Age." transformed internationalorder, he argued, the administration would respond too The March 21 program in McAlister is relatively stable and somewhat institu­ expectantly to every overture. Once Auditorium engaged the audience as tionalized, and it features elements of Albright became Secretary of State, Wright effectively as did Albright's lecture the interdependence, integration and collective said, the United States was not so available. night before. Deftly guided through a range decision-making. "It provides a foundation Bush, on the other hand, was more of issues by moderator Phil Lader, the upon which to construct foreign policy," distant initially, and made a mistake in former United States ambassador to the he said. suggesting that there should be "no linkage" United Kingdom, the three experts offered But how do we continue to build a between settlement of the Arab-Israeli a forthright and provocative analysis of cooperative foreign policy when, as Wright conflict and possible U.S. military action international affairs. said, the United States is not good at seeing against Iraq. Wright, who has written A number of themes emerged during the bigger picture? She asserted that books on militant Islam and on the the evening: America tends to act forcefully "when it Khomeini era in Iran, said that Muslims, • The United States must play a role comes to committing money and troops and most of the world, "see a direct linkage, in brokering a ceasefire in the Middle East. and dealing with such issues as al-Qaida, and Muslims would not support U.S. action Without an American presence in Middle the Taliban and Saddam Hussein." Where against Iraq unless the U.S. had done East negotiations, the United States cannot the U.S. falters, she said, is in dealing with something to ease the Arab-Israeli expect support from the Muslim world the larger questions of "how to make the situation." should it decide to pursue military action peace, how to build coalitions and how to All seemed to agree that American against Iraq. transform societies." involvement was essential to establishing • President Bush's Axis of Evil This seems especially true in the a framework for peace in the region. As comments could have both positive and Middle East, where the Bush administration Ikenberry noted, "It's a trouble spot where negative consequences. initially appeared to respond slowly to the a solution would unleash opportunities to • Even after the events of September crisis. Hoagland, however, pointed out focus our energies elsewhere. Using the 11, the world may not be in as bad a shape that the Middle East is such a quagmire full might of the U.S. to find a settlement as people might think. that it is difficult to develop a viable plan would go much further toward creating Ikenberry, author of two books on that includes an "American presence." security in the U.S. than the focus on Iraq." international relations, voiced this last view "That's such a vague term," he said. The panel split on the impact of Bush's early in the program, pointing out that dire "What does it mean? A military presence? Axis of Evil speech, in which he put Iraq, post-September II predictions of violence, A diplomatic one?" Iran and North Korea on notice because social decay and backlash against American Hoagland, a Wa shington Post of their development of weapons of mass power have not happened. As he said, columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize destruction - and the potential for those "The world hasn't fallen apart." recipient, went on to say that, in his opinion, weapons to fall into the hands of terrorists. Instead, there is still a base of order in significant movement toward sincere Wright said that Bush's use of the Axis the world, and the United States has rallied negotiations in the Middle East would not . of Evil phrase raised concernsamong a

14 Phil Lader Jim Hoagland John Ikenberry Robin Wright

number of countries who feared that the president's comments would be counter­ productive. She pointed particularly to Iran, where many took part in candlelight vigils after September 11 and expressed their sympathies to the victims. Since the Bush comments, she said, the mood in Iran "has shifted dramatically. It's a different environment now. Iranians are wonied about the U.S., where they were previously interested in reconciling." Ikenberry, who throughout the evening emphasized how America's status as the world's superpower afforded it an oppor­ tunity to build coalitions and "make power less provocative," was also concernedthat the Axis of Evil concept would alienate different groups: "This kind of rhetoric sets us back." Hoagland, however, found the presi­ dent's comments less disconcerting. For one thing, he said, the speech helped Bush The Richard W. Riley Institute is planning to convene another national conference "settle the debate within his own admini­ during the 2002-2003 academic year, this one on the topic of "Women in Politics. " stration that Saddam Hussein would be removed from power on this watch. rich countries are getting older and their • Develop an energy policy to That view is now accepted within the populations are shrinking, while the poor dramatically reduce reliance on Persian administration, and planning along those countries are getting bigger and younger. Gulf oil; lines is proceeding. He also laid down There's something deeply destabilizing • Develop an alliance with India to very clear warningsnot only to Iraq, Iran about this, and it will be interesting to see counterbalance China; and North Korea, but to any other state, how these inequalities are manifested." • Reconcile with Iran, which could not to provide tenorists with support or Wright agreed that the economic divide lead to a solution for Iraq; harbor, and certainly not with weapons of could fuel extremism. She encouraged the • And, echoing Albright's remarks mass destruction." administration to focus on "winning the from the previous evening, make educa­ After the panelists sorted through other peace," and particularly on "the aftetmath tion and educational diplomacy part of subjects- nuclear deterrence, the Japanese of where we venture militarily, which will American foreign policy, "and name Dick economy, the legacy of Clinton's foreign be our legacy of involvement in these Riley to head that initiative so those of us policy - moderator Lader asked each of regions." She urged the governmentto in Washington will have the pleasure of them what advice they would offer the develop policies designed to help rebuild having him back in D.C." Bush administration. and transform societies- physically, Hoagland's final comment brought Ikenberry said that the president should socially and economically. In doing so, down the house while bringing the evening be aware of long-term structural shifts in she said, we will "do much to insure our - and the conference - to a most the world economy. "Eighty-five percent own peace down the road." appropriate conclusion. of the world's wealth is concentrated in The last word was left to Hoagland, the democratic industrial world," which, whose suggestions included: he said, creates a dangerous level of international economic inequality. "The

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How does a college with a deeply embedded religious tradition honor its heritage without succumbing to dogmatism?

hat role should religion play to take courses in religion and to Since the turbulent 1960s, an w in higher education? This attend daily chapel services. accelerating commitment to aca- complex and often volatile question Colleges were viewed as demic freedom and institutional has shaped American college life wholesome bastions of reverent competitiveness has led many for over three centuries. virtue. Campus social life was colleges to abandon religious Most of the academies and col- strictly regulated; curfews and dress restrictions on the hiring of faculty leges founded before the Civil War codes for women helped keep pas- and staff and to highlight their non- were narrowly sectarian in purpose sions in check. Church-related sectarian emphasis in the recruiting and outlook. They were created colleges often required faculty and of students. Financial challenges primarily to train young men for the staff members to be professing facing churches as well as col- ministry and to instill piety and virtue Christians and members of the leges have required institutions in others. supportingdenomination. Trustees to broaden their base of support Many of the denominational occasionally ordered dissenting pro- beyond the parent denomination. colleges were so aggressively fessors fired and closely monitored The growing pluralism of American orthodox that they openly re- the curriculum; controversial sub- society and dramatic changes in stricted intellectual inquiry. Indiana jects such as Darwinism were cultural mores have led many col- Methodists, for example, declared prohibited on many campuses. leges to relax or abandon traditional in 1832 that their colleges would Many of these attributes of church- social regulations. Likewise, "exclude all doctrines which we related colleges survived well increased understanding and deem dangerous." That same year, into the 20th century and are still appreciation of world religions have the Congregationalist minister prevalent on some campuses. led many denominational colleges who founded Oberlin College to broaden their curricular empha- announced that the new school oday, however, the landscape ses beyond Christianity. would combat "Romanists, atheists, of higher education is greatly By the last decade of the 20th Deists, Universalists, and all classes changed.T The 800 colleges and century, it had become increasingly of God's enemies." universities that began with church difficult for liberal arts colleges of Several early denominational support now represent a wide spec- national stature to maintain their colleges, however, refused to be trum of practice and belief and serve traditional commitment to faith and narrowly sectarian. Davidson quite different constituencies. On to learning. Persistent tensions College, for instance, announced one end of the spectrum are the between the demands of denomi- its intention in 1837 "to educate fundamentalist "Bible colleges" such national control and the desire for youth of all classes without any as Liberty University, Oral Roberts institutional independence erupted regard to the distinction of religious University and Bob Jones Univer- in periodic controversies that eroded denominations." Furman was sity. On the other end of the con- the formal bonds between church equally ecumenical. It welcomed tinuum are the Ivy League colleges and college. "any youth ...without regard to and universities that were founded Much of academe has come to sect or denomination" and promised by churchmen but have abandoned look with disdain upon the paro- an educational experience based any explicit religious commitments. chialism of religious orthodoxy on "principles of Christian liberality, Harvard, for example, started in and denominational affiliations. and in favor of the rights of private 1636 by Puritans and named for a Colleges that try to sustain historical judgment." popular minister, changed its motto religious ties have often fought a Such explicit religious commit- in the early 19th century from In losing battle against the forces of ment has been manifested in many Christi gloriam ("For the Glory of secular rationalism. Many profes- ways at church-related colleges. Christ") to Ve ritas ("Truth"). sors want to divorce Jerusalem from During the 19th century, most col- Most church-related and Athens, the judgment of reason lege presidents and trustees were church-founded colleges fall from the stirrings of the spirit. ministers. Students were required between these two perspectives. At the same time, some 17 Many college students feel directionless and are groping for a moral compass.

advocates of traditional church­ denominations and religions. Says Still another opportunity for relatedness argue that many of the Rev. lan Oliver, chaplain at shared discussion and reflection the schools claiming a spiritual com­ Bucknell University, "larger and about spiritual issues is the What mitment are living a lie. "Not only larger numbers of students are com­ Really Matters lecture series, which are schools not Christian," says ing to traditional religious services invites faculty, staff and alumni to Notre Dame professor George on campus." share their core beliefs with the Marsden, "but it's difficult to get Such renewed religious activ­ community. In addition, the newly the Christian point of view into the ism does have a dark side. Col­ established Center for Theological classroom." To be sure, secular leges across the nation report that Exploration of Vocation, funded by values have triumphed on many some evangelical student groups the Lilly Endowment, provides op­ campuses, but this does not mean are so intent on converting their portunities for students, faculty, that colleges with explicit religious peers that they are engaging in alumni and the greater community commitments cannot flourish. harassing activities and displaying to reflect on the intersection of per­ At colleges such as Davidson, an ugly intolerance toward those sonal theological assumptions and Duke, Johnson C. Smith and who spurn their proselytizing efforts. vocational choices. The center's Furman, religious activity and spiri­ (See page 20.) programs encourage dialogue tual reflection are vibrantly alive So how does a college with a among differing disciplines and and more pluralistic than ever. In deeply embedded religious tradition religious perspectives and seek to this regard, our campuses reflect honor its heritage without succumb­ stimulate and inform social action. larger social trends. We live in ing to dogmatism? How can liberal In its essence, faith is a journey a postmodern age skeptical of learning coexist with strong convic­ that involves the continuous making truth and gorged on the trivial, yet tions? This is the rub. and remaking of meaning. Such a still hungry for meaning and moor­ strenuous quest for truth and insight ings. A majority of Americans ­ or its part, Furman continues is best fostered not by doctrinal particularly young Americans ­ to bear insistent witness to its decree or pious posturing but by are searching for spiritual insight Judea-ChristianF heritage by encour­ the living example of transformed in this new century. A recent aging students, faculty and staff human beings, reflective people Newsweek poll reveals that 76 to grow in faith as they grow in who recognize that they do not percent of Americans believe that knowledge. Nineteen religious have all the answers. the United States is "in a steep organizations serve the diverse "Faith leads us beyond our­ moral and spiritual decline." Many interests of student seekers. The selves," said Pope John Paul II. college students feel directionless university's Religion-in-Life lecture He recognized that the essence and are groping for a moral series helps participants engage of God-likeness is mission, and compass. the moral and religious aspects of Furman has long encouraged its Yet there are signs of spiritual contemporary issues. Speakers in students, faculty and staff to enact renewal in the younger generation. the series address a diverse array their faith through a keen sense of Many students want a holistic edu­ of spiritual and moral topics and social concern and a vital spirit of cational experience; they recognize open the floor to discussion and voluntarism. Students enact their that there is more to life than earn­ debate afterward. Every Sunday convictions by working as volun­ ing a livelihood. Religious activities the Daniel Memorial Chapel hosts teers in one of 90 social service are increasing across the country, two worship services. The morning agencies in Greenville. and college students are eager to service is distinctly ecumenical, and These types of programs participate in faith communities. in the evening the Roman Catholic are not unique to Furman. Other Bible-study and prayer groups are community celebrates Mass. Stu­ church-founded liberal arts colleges flourishing, as are student religious dents play a major role in producing offer similar opportunities for ex- organizations representing all and conducting these services. . changing ideas and professing

18 In its essence, faith is a journey that involves the continuous making and remaking of meaning.

beliefs in a spirit of communion religious essays to make life more Perhaps the most important and humility. difficult for people - to dispel the lesson of liberal learning in a spiri­ Such free and open engage­ delusion that a life of faith is easy. tual context is the realization that ment with a God who transcends Likewise, we want our students religion in its essence is not a flight church and creed can be transform­ to wrestle with what it means to from reality or reason but a quite ing, but is not always painless. embrace or reject a faith, and to human effort to understand our­ The Danish theologian Soren express through their words and selves and our world. In the words Kierkegaard once said that he wrote actions what they believe and value. of Te ilhard de Chardin, the visionary French Jesuit, "Faith is not a call to escape the world, but to embrace 'w / uu as it." � yh ..· �\.· , t·'� p_ro,ph . , , e.t . · . '\ . '"._ ·.:f.je/ r� 0.. ·11ege -...... We are often sustained by beliefs that we do not fully fathom Furman 's 1987 Report of the Institutional Self-Study includes a section titled yet cannot do without. Such "Christian Ideals and Character, " which attempts to define the appropriate engagement with the mystery of relationship between church and college. While the following excerpt from the unseen, however imperfect, the report was written when Furman was still affiliated with the South Carolina however fitfully realized, gives sub­ Baptist Convention, it remains a th ought-provoking assessment of how church and college can work together as "p artners in the search for truth. " Authorship stance and ballast to a learning is credited to Robert W Crapps, now professor emeritus of re ligion. community. And it fulfills our shared mission to nurture students who The model of prophet is helpful in defining connections between Christianity are quick of mind and generous and liberal learning, the church and the school. Ancient Israel maintained of soul. priest and king as protectors of the religious establishment, but also the prophet, What role should religion whose obligation was to no religio-political structures. The prophet functioned play in liberal learning? It should to maintain self-criticism, and his role was protected from the whims of those encourage and enliven our passion who conserved. When the prophet changed his function to suit priest or king, for service, our pursuit to truth, our he thwarted the role of prophet. attentive caring for young people, At its best, the Christian college serves the prophetic function. Its master and our commitment to academic is no set definition of truth, even Christian affirmations about truth, but the excellence. It should also extend unhindered pursuit of rightness even at the risk of undermining the establishment. the reach of our concerns beyond Further, the church with great risks encourages criticism of its most cherished the Christian community to the structures, institutional or creedal, and supports such a college without obligating it to the tradition. The community of faith has a right to receive healthy teaching whole of society. All of these noble unrestricted by dogma; the liberal arts college has the responsibility to teach initiatives are expressions of our without dogmatically or iconoclastically destroying the tradition. humble but earnest commitment to Both Christianity and liberal learning presuppose that given creeds, love and serve God and humanity religious or academic, are at best heuristic statements about God and truth. with all our heart and soul, mind Each, therefore, approaches its distinctive task with modesty and graceful and strength. understanding of the other. In this sense they are partners in the search for

truth, affirmers of talent, and encouragers of pilgrims who move toward This article is reprinted with permis­ confident, free and courageous lives with reverence for the God of creation. sion from Issues, a publication of In sum, the relationship between the "Christian" church and the "Christian" The Duke Endowment. David E. college respects each the most when the connection is philosophical and Shi, president of Furman, is the theological, not creedal and programmatic. Church supports college to affirm author ofThe Bell To wer and that God is larger than answers already in and thereby keeps itself open to Beyond: Reflections on Learning change; college pursues humanistic learning with faithfulness, vigor and openness to affirm that the discovery of true humanity is in fact divine revelation. and Living, published this spring by the University of South Carolina Press. (See page 41.) 19 A MAT TER OF To lerance A series of programs opens the door to conversation about the need for greater understanding and acceptance of diverse beliefs at Furman.

By Hal Frampton

ith a title like "Going to Hell at to open the door to serious discussion Furman," it had to draw a crowd. of the issue of tolerance so that people WAnd draw a crowd it did. wouldn't be afraid to talk about it openly." Students, faculty and staff packed In addition to "Going to Hell at McEachern Lecture Room on a cool Furman," the week included an appear­ evening last October, lining the aisles ance by Omar Shaeed, Imam of the Majid and crowding around the doorways a as Salaam mosque in Columbia, S.C., solid half-hour before the 8 o'clock starting who spoke on "Islam and To lerance." time. He told of growing up in a Christian The program, the banner event of household, coming to Islam through the Religious Council's Beyond To lerance Nation of Islam, and eventually converting Week, featured a panel of five students, to mainstream Islam and becoming a all of different religious faiths and com­ cleric. He also spoke on a basic level mitments, who talked openly and candidly about what the Islamic faith really is and about their experiences with intolerance debunked a number of common myths on Furman's campus. And while the regarding what Muslims do and do not provocative title helped spur audience believe. interest and made it the week's premier Another program featured Rabbi Hal Frampton '02, an urban studies/political attraction, it was just one of several Marc Wilson of Congregation Beth Israel science major and past president of Religious thought-provoking programs designed to Council, served as vice president of opera­ in Greenville, who spoke at an open increase awareness and dialogue on tions for the Association of Furman Students forum about how difficult tolerance is and campus. in 2001-2002. A Truman Scholar, he is encouraged students to engage in true Although planned well before the one of 12 students nationwide to receive dialogue about their feelings on the issue. school year started, BeyondTo lerance a George J. Mitchell Scholarship for 2002- Menzer says that she was impressed Week took on added poignancy and 2003. The award provides for a year of with the candor of the conversation that interest, coming as it did just a month postgraduate study at universities in Ireland ensued. ''Talking openly about one's faith and Northern Ireland. Frampton will pursue after the events of September 11. Its is very stressful for many people," she a master 's degree in geography at the says. "But doing so allowed us to have impact seems apparent in the subsequent National University of Ireland in Maynooth. establishment of new campus groups a very good, albeit painful, conversation." whose goal is to promote the kind of In addition, Jeff Rogers, former productive dialogue and exchange of people would know that it is an issue," associate academic dean at Furman who ideas that emerged from the programs. she says. is now senior minister of First Baptist The week was especially geared Church in Greenville, returned to campus eyond Tolerance Week began last toward freshmen, Menzer says, because to speak on "Baptists and To lerance." spring as the brainchild of English much of the harassment at Furman occurs Rogers addressed the Baptist faith's professorB Melinda Menzer and Carmela on freshman halls. "A lot of the stories historical tradition of religious tolerance Epright, a philosophy professor. They from freshman halls were well-known and its tenet of the sovereignty of the took their ideas to Religious Council, and on the level of campus myths," she individual believer. which agreed to fund and help coordinate says, "and we wanted the Beyond But the week's centerpiece was the events. To lerance events to bring the discussion clearly "Going to Hell at Furman." With Menzer says that her motivation about intolerance up to an intellectual Menzer as moderator, five students -a emerged from conversations with level." Catholic, an agnostic, a Jew, a Muslim

students of many faiths. "I wanted to Junior Erin Scheider, president of · and a Protestant - told their stories and raise the issue [of intolerance] so that Religious Council, agrees: "We wanted responded to questions. 20 Illustration by Ron Boozer

II of the panelists discussed the Senior Peter Lord talked about for weeks afterwards to talk about the intolerance they had experienced intolerance within the Protestant com­ issues raised in the forum." Aas fresh men. Senior Cody Groeber said munity at Furman. He said that he Senior Adair Ford, who attended that he was troubled by fellow students became involved with a number of the event, says she was particularly who simply could not accept his belief in Protestant groups on campus that belittled impressed with the panelists. "It attested Catholic doctrine and refused to leave his faith because he didn't proselytize in to the strength of the students that they him alone on the subject. "Often," he the highly aggressive manner that they were willing to be on the panel in front of said, "the person would counter every­ advocated. These groups, he said, recruit a potentially antagonistic audience," she thing I said with, 'But don't you think this a large number of freshmen each year says. "Their stories were poignant and or that,' and no matter how many times and shame them into proselytizing their often heart-wrenching, and provided I just said, 'No, I don't think that,' they way. He also said that many of these heightened awareness of the pain caused wouldn't accept it." groups try to convince freshmen that by callous evangelism." Junior Zac Raby, who describes unless their version of Christianity aligns Since Beyond To lerance Week, other himself as agnostic, said that members perfectly with that of the group, they are Furman groups have sponsored on­ of the housing staff on his freshman hall not truly Christian. campus events with a similar theme. The would bang on his door and wake him After all the panelists spoke, the floor Mere Christianity Forum, formed after the up every Sunday morning to ask if he was opened to questions. They included October programs were held, brought would go to church with them, even after queries about Furman's policy toward Boston College philosopher Peter Kreeft he had asked them to stop. These same religious harassment, its supportsystem to Furman in March. He spoke to a people, he said, made a habit of leaving for students who believe they are being packed house for more than two and a Bible verses and other religious material harassed, and why the students on the half hours about the intersection of reason - usually about the damnation of non­ panel chose to remain at Furman instead and faith. believers - on his door. Raby said that of transferring. Another new organization, the he considered transferring because of But the seminal question, according Interfaith Dialogue Group, launched its the harassment. to Menzer, came from a student who efforts in March by bringing to campus Similar thoughts occurred to senior asked how he should look at tolerance Carl Evans, chair of the religious studies Lindsay Dodson. A Jew, Dodson said given that he feels it is his duty as a department at the University of South that when some of her hallmates learned Christian to try to bring people of other Carolina, to introduce the concept of that she had a Christian father, they asked faiths to Christianity. "That is the big interfaith dialogue. He and five panelists her over and over again how he could question for many Furman students,'' -a Christian, a Muslim, a Baha'i, a deal with knowing that his daughter was Menzer said, "and I don't think we can Buddhist and a Hindu - demonstrated going to hell. get anywhere on the tolerance issue how they think interfaith dialogue should The questioning became so intense, without addressing it." work. Dodson said, that she finally placed a Ahmad's response was that she was Tracy Wells, a junior and founder of call to her father and sobbingly asked if not offended by the call to spread the the Interfaith Dialogue Group, says that he thought she was going to hell. He faith, and that she understood it. But, she was inspired by the Beyond Tolerance was outraged that anyone would suggest she added, when she explicitly says that Week and hopes that her group will build such a thing, she said, and encouraged she has heard all that she wants to hear, on the discussions that emerged from her to leave Furman, which she almost she expects people to respect her right the week's programs. did. Despite her parents' pleas to find a to be left alone, just as she respects their "Learning to really listen to someone new school, however, she said she chose right to approach her. "People have to with a different religious experience than to stay because she didn't want to be realize that no means no,'' she said. your own, and to practice empathy toward scared away. that person, is a difficult and touchy Ayesha Ahmad, a junior, described aving had some time to reflect on subject at times, but it is so important for dealing with a student who relentlessly the program, all of the panelists any foundation of mutual respect or tried to convince her that her religion, Hdescribe it as a good starting point for perhaps even appreciation," she says. Islam, was wrong and that she must real dialogue at Furman. "One is much less likely to discount become a Christian to avoid going to hell. "I thought that it really started people someone if they hear them speak as a She said that whenever she tried to turn thinking and talking about tolerance on person with very real experiences than the conversation into a real dialogue Furman's campus," Raby says. "Months if they hear them speak as a talking head about the differences and similarities later, people are still coming up to me of theological language." between Christians and Muslims, the and talking about the things I said on the student simply told her that she was panel." Lord agrees: "I had students wrong and that he could not respect and professors stopping me in the hall her wish not to be harassed because he loved her so much. 21 Furmanre ports

Three alumni among major honorees during Founders Week

The Student Alumni Council planned a Founders Week program April 14-18 that was a worthy complement to the university's yearlong commemoration of its !75th birthday. From a birthday cake and purple and white M&M's to a "Centiseptuageniquinquennial Carnival" complete with rides and games, Furman celebrated its heritage in high style. Among the week's more academic pursuits were theatre arts professor Doug Cummins' re-enactment of a sermon by the university's founder, Richard Furman; a program on the history of the Bell Tower, featuring Carl Clawson, former director of physical planning and construction, and Thomas Goldsmith '3 1, professor emeritus of physics; a lecture on Furman's Baptist heritage (and subsequent break with the denomination) by Jeff Rogers, minister at Greenville's First Baptist Church and former associate academic dean at Furman; and an evening of chamber music featuring the work of music professor Mark Ki lstofte. A.V. Huff, vice president for academic Award winners gather after the Founders Week convocation, from left: Nancy Cooper, affairs and dean, headlined the annual Chiles-HarrillAward winner; Betsy McDavid Campbell, honorary Doctor of Humanities degree recipient; Lige Hicks, Bell To wer Award winner; and Lillian Brock Flemming, who Founders convocation April 16 with a talk was presented the Richard Furman Baptist Heritage Award. on Furman's history. (See page 2.) During the convocation, the university presented four major awards. Hicks holds a Ph.D. from Princeton organizations and is a faithful member of Betsy McDavid Campbell '38 received University, where his graduate research led Mountain View Baptist Church, which has an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree to the development of the drug family presented her its service award. She was in recognition of her tireless advocacy for known today as cortisones. He later recognized for her leadership and "dedica­ disadvantaged children. Through her enjoyed a long career as an executive with tion to the ideal of free and faithful service assistance, many young people have the DuPont Company, from which he to all of God's people." overcome the challenges of poverty, retired in 1981. A role model for students Nancy Miller Cooper, University emotional distress, illiteracy and abuse. and faculty in Furman's chemistry program, Center coordinator and advisor to the May She and her husband, Robert S. he is a past chair of the university's Day Play Day committee, was presented Campbell, Jr., created the Campbell Young Advisory Council. He has served as head the Chiles-Harrill Award, which recognizes Leaders program, through which students agent for the Class of '41 since the class a member of the faculty or staff who has from Funnan and assist agent program began, and through his made substantial contributions to the lives hundreds of at-risk children to achieve their leadership his class became the first to of students. potential, working with them in the Upstate reach I 00 percent participation in annual Cooper was cited for her compassion, and at Camp Kanuga in North Carolina. giving to Furman. good cheer and devotion to students' best The Campbells are also longtime university Lillian Brock Flemming '71 received interests. As a colleague wrote in a suppo11ers and are members of the Richard the Richard Furman Baptist Heritage nominating letter, "The students are her Furman Society and the Furman Heritage Award, which goes to a Furman graduate first priority. She works diligently to make Society. who reflects Baptist ideals by thinking sure that their needs come first, and she is Elija M. Hicks '41, a past recipient of critically, living compassionately and always willing to give of her personal time an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and making life-changing commitments. to assist students." The Chiles-Harrill the Alumni Service Award from Furman, One of the first two African-American Award is named for Marguerite Chiles and was honored with the Bell Tower Award, women to graduate from Furman, she is a Ernest E. Harrill, former student services presented by the board of trustees for member of the Greenville City Council and administrators at Furman. exceptional achievement and meritorious is the city's mayor pro tem. A Furman service to the university. trustee, she is active in civic and community Disciplinary action Fund boosts Furman 's commitment to the humanities

'The first thing I shall do, as soon as I receive the money, political science and French professor David Morgan. They teamed is to buy Greek authors; after that, I shall buy clothes. " for a class titled "Rival Meanings of Freedom in the Western Tradition," - Desiderus Erasmus which focused on the political philosophy that undergirds democratic thought. This spring, Richard Letteri (communication studies) and Erasmus' famous comment from 1500 characterizes the financial Anne Leen (classics) taught "Reading the Rhetorical in Classical straits that have plagued scholars for centuries, but especially Antiquity," a course that, according to Leen, examined "the theory scholars in what we commonly call the "humanities," a group of and practice of rhetoric as a means of shaping and communicating disciplines derived from the old notions of a liberal arts education. cultural values and ideologies through the art and literature of ancient These disciplines include classical and modern languages, literature, Greece and Rome." history and philosophy. In addition, the three-course Humanities sequence, Because economic resources tend to focus on which surveys Western Civilization from ancient Egypt science and technology - and are increasingly to the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been revised diminishing for academia in general - locating and updated. Some of these changes have involved the funding for projects and research in the humanities use of multimedia technology to enhance the classroom has become correspondingly difficult. The Humanities experience, but different subject matter relating to the Development Fund (formerly the National Endowment FURMAN specifics of the original grant have also been incorporated for the Humanities Challenge Grant) is trying to - such as a new view of the book as an object of change that for professors and students at Furman. technology. --..-·­ ... -..---·-·"'0. '­ In December of 1997, Furman received a .. ---- Since the NEH's formal participation in the grant -----.. ·-·-...­ _,.. __ ... __ challenge grant from the NEH. The original intent ·-- ended in 2001 , the committee overseeing the Humanities of the grant, titled "The Humanities and the Digital Development Fund, which I chair and serve on with """'"'-­ ... ..-, .. - Age," was to study ways in which the computer ·-- William Allen (French), Ronald Granieri (history), Richard ..-... --·­ revolution would affect traditional teaching and .....�- Prior (classics), Letteri and Stulting, has expanded the learning in the humanities. Volume 12 May 2001 abilities of the fund. For the first time, applications for During the lifetime of the grant, humanities a variety of projects other than course development have faculty members developed new courses and been solicited, limited only by the imagination and adapted their classroom approaches to incorporate a greater use enthusiasm of the faculty. of digital technology. Three new courses were created under the Providing funding for speakers or sponsoring special symposia rubric of Humanities 21 , providing upper-level students with a unique are only two of many areas the fund could support. In addition, the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary study. HDF will provide financial compensation and support for the editorship English professor Melinda Menzer and religion professor Claude of the Fu rman Humanities Review, one of the few academic journals Stulting developed a course titled "The Joy of Te xts: The Pursuit devoted exclusively to undergraduate research in the humanities. of Meaning in Sacred, Secular, and Cyber Space," which they have As Granieri says, "The existence of this fund offers an exciting taught twice. The course contextualizes the computer revolution opportunity to find creative new ways to introduce students to the as one technological development among many, including the book. humanities." Menzer recalls how one student was amazed to discover that, The Humanities Development Fund can solve part of Erasmus' through the vagaries of text ownership and publication, multiple problems. While it won't help with those clothing bills, it will help versions of Shakespeare's Hamlet exist - a fact almost inconceivable further Furman's commitment to providing a strong liberal arts in a modern world of copyright and editorial control. education for its students. The NEH grant also supported the work of Aristide Te ssitore of - Margaret Oakes Assistant Professor of English

Back on track New company steps in to develop retirement community

One year after Furman and The Kendal But the relationship was dissolved a short community would still be located near the Corporation agreed to suspend plans for time later and the project was temporarily Furman Golf Course, where the residents building a continuing care reti rement postponed. would be close enough to the campus to community near the campus, the university's "We continued to believe that having take full advantage of the university's board of trustees voted at its February a retirement community near the Furman academic, cultural and recreational offer­ meeting to begin discussions with a new campus was a great opportunity for ings. The community would feature 250 company that would assume the role of everybody involved," says Wendy Libby, independent living residences, including developer and manager of the project. Furman's vice president for business affairs. villas, apartments, and assisted living and The university has entered into "We started preliminary discussions with skilled nursing care facilities. negotiations with Asbury Services, Inc., Asbury last spring and were impressed with Working with Furman and Asbury of Gaithersburg, Md., a not-for-profit cor­ what they have done in the area of con­ Services in the development of the poration that supports the needs of tinuing care." retirement community will be Cochran, organizations that provide housing and Libby says that a marketing study of Stephenson & Donkervoet Architects of health-care services for older adults. the Greenville area, completed in late 2001 , Baltimore, Md., Craig, Gaulden & Davis The company oversees continuing care has proven to be "encouraging." Asbury's of Greenville, and Spectrum Marketing of retirement communities in Maryland, next step, she says, will be to garner Gastonia, N.C. Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. financial support for the project. If every1hing For more information or to be placed Furman had announced in June of 2000 progresses smoothly, Asbury could be taking on the retirement community's mailing list, that it would work with The Kendal deposits for the retirement community by contact Evelyn Onofrio at (864) 294-2140 Corporation of Kennett Square, Pa., to build the fall of this year, and construction could or by e-mail at [email protected]. a retirement community on 40 acres of begin by late 2004 or early 2005. Asbury's Web site is accessible at university property near the golf course. Libby says that the proposed retirement www.asbury.org. 23 Furmanre ports

The natural way Furman powerlifters make mark on national and world scenes

During the early 1990s, Furman health and Caterisano says he "scraped together" a exercise science professor To ny Caterisano, team that consisted of Crain and students math professor Lisa Markus and athletic Jeff Noblin '98, Tyron Berrian '99 and Rico grounds supervisor Danny Crain decided Perkins '00. They captured the team title. to take their hobby to a new level. Impressed by the way the tournament The threesome, who enjoyed lifting was run and by its strict stand on drugs, weights, decided to begin competing in Caterisano soon formed a powerlifting club meets sponsored by the U.S. Powerlifting at Furman and began entering more meets. Federation. But although they had some Since then Furman has hosted several initial success, they were not impressed WNPF meets, including the world cham­ with the meets or their fellow competitors. pionships last October and a national meet Caterisano says that the tournaments in March, and become a force in "natural" were poorly run and that the judges seemed powerlifting circles. The club captured the to favor hometown participants. He also 2002 WNPF National Te am Championship, Preparing for a workout, members of Furman's believed that many of the competitors were which is determined by a squad's per­ standout 200 1-2002 powerlifting team include, using performance-enhancing drugs. formance in all lifts. ·. standing from left, Jason Pagan '02; Sgt. Michael "We were losing to people simply Along the way, health and exercise Moore of military science; Kristy Palmer '03; because they were willing to juice up on science graduate student Beau Greer (who Tony Caterisano of health and exercise science; drugs and we were not. They weren't competes at 148 pounds) and psychology graduate student Beau Greer; Justin Jones '05; training any harder and they weren't major Jason Pagan '02 (180 pounds) have and grounds supervisor Danny Crain. Seated: naturally any stronger," he says. set world WNPF records for their weight Kevin Blackmon '05. After a few meets the Furman trio divisions. Pagan was even featured in the stopped entering competitions. Markus "Faces in the Crowd" section of Sports in the sporton campus. This year the group soon moved away, and for a time interest Illustrated in December for his world record has 16 members, including staff, faculty lagged. Then, in 1997, Caterisano received bench press of 457.5 pounds. Caterisano, and students. a flyer promoting a meet to be held in Crain, HES professor Tim Patrick '85, Kristy "Part of the reason we are so popular Greenville by the World Natural Powerlifting Palmer '03, and Kevin Blackmon '05 and is the sport's flexibility," says Caterisano. Federation. Justin Jones '05 have set state and "The athletes can set workouts around their Founded in 1992, the Atlanta, Ga.-based American records in their divisions. schedules. I just guide them and make group had established itself as one of the The world meet, held at the Physical sure that their workouts are sound." fastest growing powerlifting organizations Activities Center in October, attracted And Furman's reputation in powerlifting in the country by appealing to drug-free hundreds of spectators and over 200 circles is reaching prospective students. competitors. (Unlike other powerlifting powerlifters representing seven countries. Caterisano has fielded inquiries from several associations, the WNPF tests nearly all Caterisano, who organized and competed high school lifters who want to continue contestants for drugs.) The group was in the tournament, says Furman proved a competing in college. popular with weight trainers in Florida, popular site because of its ample warm-up As for the next big meet, the team plans the Northeast and Midwest but relatively space, spacious locker rooms, good parking to participate in the WNPF Bench Press unknown in South Carolina. and spectator-friendly seating. and Deadlift World Championship, which Anxious to re-enter competitive weight Furman's emergence on the power­ will be held in Lancaster, Pa., in August. lifting and curious about the WNPF, lifting scene has also helped to spur interest -John Roberts

Horticultural symposium to be held June 14-15 furman will bring six of the nation's leading Public Radio personality, who will speak World Resort in Florida, "Jump, Smell, horticulturalists to campus when the on "Smart Gardening and the Global To uch: The Unique Character of Children's university hosts its first horticultural Climate." Gardens"; and PlantAmerica founder symposium June 14-15. Other speakers and their topics: Kurt Richard C. Webel, managing partner of Titled "Landscapes for Living and Bluemel, one of the world's leading experts Innocenti & Webel Landscape Architecture, Learning," the symposium will feature on ornamental grasses, "Designing Mazes which designed the landscaping for the presentations by some of the biggest With Ornamental Grasses"; Rosalind Furman campus, "Emerging Communities names in gardening and landscape design. Creasy, author of The Complete Book of of Shared Knowledge: Using Technology Among the featured speakers are Southern Edible Landscaping, "Edible Theme in Gardening." Living editor John Floyd, who will address Gardens: A New Look at Vegetable For more information on the horticul­ the topic "Southern Gardeners Today," and Gardening"; Katy Moss Warner, former tural symposium, visit www.furman.edu/ Marc Cathey, president emeritus of the director of the Disney Horticultural hortsym or call (864) 294-2186. American Horticultural Society and National Environmental Initiative at the Walt Disney From left, Emily, David, Shunta, Matt and Laura Beth, live and in person. Mike (without the cap!), apparently busy with a journalentry, forgot the photo shoot but stopped by later.

This is the true story of six strangers: as both honor and opportunity. They become somewhat famous. Shunta struck

• Picked to attend Futman; appreciate the freedomFUiman gives them up a correspondence with one prospective

• Go to classes; and use it responsibly, and their takes on student who contacted her because she

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• Record their lives; that a canned university publication can't eventually visited Shunta for a weekend

• And inform prospective students hope to match. and wound up being fe atured on-line. about what happens when people stop being While most of the entries highlight the (She's coming to Furman.) high schoolers and start being collegians. fun stuff - social outings, special events, Shortly after Emily wrote about Yes, it's "Real World," Furman style, road trips - they also reflect the thomy spraining her ankle, a parent visiting only without the excessive self-absorption, side of college life. Like studying. And campus for Parents Weekend introduced silly squabbles and juxtaposed editing you tests. And illness. And parking tickets. himself and inquired how she was feeling. see on the MTV show. "I want to be honest," says Emily, who And then there was the conversation she Where can you find it? Just go to is from Cincinnati. "It's not just an ad for had with another freshman who described engagefurman.com, the Admissions We b Furman. If I don't agree with something, the following exchange with his father: site launched this year with the help of I'll say so; I won 't lie." Mike, a resident Student: "Dad, 1 got a 3.0 fi rst term." Stamats Communications of Cedar Rapids, of Cary, N.C., agrees and says, "I don't Dad: "Why didn't you do better?" Iowa. Click on the First-Year Joumals link want to make it all appear to be cookies Student: "Dad, it's Furman. It's hard. and you 'II meet the six students chosen and milk. It's OK to gripe about workload. A 3.0 is good." from 40 applicants to be Furman's initial It's important to keep it up to date, because Dad: "I read Emily's journal. She got class of on-line "journalists." that's part of the commitment, but it's also a 3.9." Their task: to describe what life is like vital to be honest and open, because you Clearly, prospective students aren't the for a new Paladin. Their tools: a digital absolutely don't want to be a 'tool' for the only people checking in on a regular basis. camera and a keyboard. Their reward: the university." The joumalists say they hear from friends, camera, plus free books for a year. Adds Shunta, who lives near Atlanta, relatives and even former teachers back There's Emily M., who seems to find Ga., "I think it's fun to let prospectives see home. As Mike points out, "My family adventure at every tum; Laura Beth G., what typical Furman students are doing. enjoys keeping tabs on me and seeing the upbeat hometown girl; Shunta H. It's not packaged. People would question what's going on. They'll miss it when the (pronounced Shun-TAY), ever bubbly and us if all we talked about was how wonderful year ends, especially the photographs." enthusiastic; David F., the international everything is. It's OK to discuss tests or Indeed, the time has come for our on­ student (from Jamaica); Matt G., the workload, because that's all part of the line diarists to say goodbye to their fa ithful track/athletic representative; and Mike 0., experience." readers and move on to the sophomore diligent recorder of campus events who's The students' efforts have helped to phase of their Furman lives. They'll still almost never seen without his cap. make engagefurman.com the most popular be around, though, to advise the new, yet­ Every week or three, depending on section of the Furman Web. During to-be-determined crop of six freshmen who their schedules and/or inclination, they the last week in March, for example, will assume on-line duties in the fall. offerunabridged and unedited perspectives engagefUiman.com received 7,200 visitors, Shunta says, ''I'm looking forward to seeing on life at Furman (which explains the and the on-line journals were the most what those who are chosen for next year occasional typo), posting their entries visited area of the site. From September can do with the site." directly to the Web without any adminis­ I, 2001, when it debuted, to March I, They'll have a hard act to follow. trative oversight. engagefurman.com handled 151,425 user -Jim Stewart No oversight, you say? No controls? sessions, an average of over 25,000 a Well, Furman could always kick their month. Approximately 30 percent of those Each journalist 's entries fo r the 2001-2002 entry off after it's posted - and end the visitors stopped by more than once a week year are archived on the First-Year free books - if someone decides to be Not surprisingly, given their promi­ Journals section of engagefu rman.com. naughty. But the students see their job nence on the We b, the journalists have 25 Furmanre ports

University community loses three longtime professors

furman was shaken this winter by the deaths of three professors who served as principal cellist in the Greenville, Colorado Springs, Austin had combined to serve the university for more than 90 years. and San Antonio symphonies. A member of the South Carolina Music Roy E. Lindahl (1932-2002), professor emeritus of classical Educators Hall of Fame, he introduced Suzuki Ta lent Education to South languages, died February 3. Holder of a doctorate from Tulane University, Carolina. he taught at Furman from 1968 to 1995. He was an ordained Presbyterian Wil liam E. Leverette, Jr. (1925-2002), professor emeritus of history, minister, a member of the Greenville Chorale and the Westminster died March 11. He earneda Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and taught Presbyterian Church choir, and an active community volunteer. at Furman from 1960 unti1 1988, focusing on U.S. intellectual history Richard R. Maag (1934-2002), professor of music since 1964, died and the study of science and nature in the American experience. After February 26. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Te xas and had he retired he published a novel, Shooting the Limit.

Roy E. Lindahl The Bridges students might have been surprised to learn that "Mr. Preacher Man" did hold a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Roy Lindahl may have officially retired from Furman in 1995 after 27 Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Tulane. A native of Owosso, years as a professor of classical languages, but even after his departure Mich., he taught everything from beginning Greek to advanced Latin from full-time teaching, he remained active in the life of the university. and Byzantine civilization, and from 1973-78 served as chair of the . Until his sudden death in February, Roy spent many hours sharing classical studies department. his passion for classical studies as an instructor in the Furman University Roy also had a special interest in archaeology. After spending Learning in Retirement (FULIR) program, part of Furman's Division of several summers studying and working at archaeological sites in Greece Continuing Education. He offered courses in Greek drama, the dialogues and Israel, he created a popular course in Greek archaeology. of Plato, and Greek art and architecture, and was planning to offer a full He was active in the Classical Association of the Middle West year of Latin in an upcoming session. and South, an organization of university, college, secondary and Roy was also a major force in another Furman initiative, Bridges elementary teachers of Latin, Greek and all other studies which focus to a Brighter Future, an academic enrichment program for outstanding on the world of classical antiquity. He served the group as secretary­ Greenville County high school students from families with financial need. treasurer from 1981-90, and he had served as CAMWS state vice He participated in the recruitment and interview process for the Bridges president from 1971 -81 . In 1990 the organization awarded him an program's summer counselors, helped plan worship services and ovatio for his contributions. For 16 years he served as a trustee of accompanied the group on field trips. He also was the founding bene­ Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics honor society, and advised the Beta Beta factor for "Chrysalis," a program for eighth-grade girls and academic chapter at Furman. mentors that serves as a preliminary step to the Bridges program. Roy was a dedicated volunteer for a variety of programs in the Judith Babb Chandler '66, director of Bridges to a Brighter Future, Greenville community and was a leading presence in his church, says, "I think Roy's family recognized his love for the program in their Westminster Presbyterian, where in addition to singing in the choir and choice of Bridges as a beneficiary of gifts in his memory. The program serving as assistant pastor he wrote frequent and often controversial was enriched by his presence, and we are grateful that we could bring columns for the church bulletin that drew as much on his classical so much joy into his life." training as his deep faith. J. Stephen Freeman '77, a Greek student of The children and counselors in the program knew Roy as "Mr. Roy's, once commented that to Roy, ''faith and knowledge seemed easy Preacher Man." Says Chandler, "What was especially wonderful about companions." his relationship with Bridges was that the kids loved him for who he was. He is survived by a daughter, two sons, a sister and six grandchildren. They probably had no idea that he was a scholar and master teacher. -Anne Leen They just knew that he loved them, encouraged them and supported Professor and Chair of Classics them in every way he could. They didn't know that he was a classics professor, and they really didn't care what his 'work' was. They just Memorials: Bridges to a Brighter Future Program at Furman, 3300 knew that he was one of the people in their lives who could be counted Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613, or Westminster Presbyterian on to accept them as they are and support them in their dreams." Church Library, 23 10 Augusta Street, Greenville, S. C. 29605.

Richard R. Maag what seemed to be only a short time, we realized our driving had taken a backseat to our dialogue. We had missed the Anderson exit and were The following is excerpted from remarks delivered March 4 during a crossing Lake Hartwell into Georgia. Time could stand still when you memorial service at Furman. were with Dick. One quality that really drew people to Dick was his honesty about I had the pleasure of knowing Dick Maag for nearly 26 years, and what himself. How many of us have the courage to admit our faults and I admired most in him was his honesty. Whether critiquing a performance, weaknessesthe way he did? Because he was so honest about himself, assessing a student's talent or offering his opinion of the latest political it revealed a humanity that made us believe he accepted all of our faults topic, Dick was candid and to the point. Yet at the same time he framed and weaknesses. his opinions in such a way that he never smothered opposing ideas. Dick was a master teacher, in large part because he was mindful That's why you could talk endlessly with him - about anything. of all the nuances that influence a student's education. While most of I'll never forget once when the two of us were wrapped in conversation us in the department concentrate on teaching students to play the right while sharing a ride to a performance in Anderson, just down 1-85. After notes at the right time, Dick was more interested in knowing how we From left, Roy Lindahl, Dick Maag and Bill Leverette combined to provide many years of inspiration to Furman students.

learn to make music - and in the larger question of music's role in life. Anna Barbrey Joiner '79, instructor of viola and chamber music at I remember one of his "honest moments" in a music faculty meeting, Furman, said she was "awakened to the truth" when she was a student when he put us in our places by saying that "we couldn't call ourselves and Dick suggested that she play the viola because, in his words, "she music educators unless we knew that Aerosmith was a rock band and had a viola personality." Anna said, "It took me four years to discover not an airplane mechanic." that for myself, but he planted the seed that eventually flowered into But my words alone are not enough to encapsulate this remarkable the professional career I enjoy today." person's influence. During his illness, Dick received a number of special Dick Maag understood the glories of making music and the long­ messages from friends, colleagues and former students. lasting influence a good teacher can have. But more than that, he A.V. Huff, vice president for academic affairs and dean, wrote to understood the value of life outside one's profession. He truly loved Dick: "As a teacher, no one has meant more to his students than you. and valued his friends, and he never failed to acknowledge how If I had to pick out someone who best exemplified the kind of teaching meaningful your friendship was to him. that we all aspire to, you would be the model of that teacher.... You We will be forever blessed by the lessons about life and love that have always given of your best, not only in your playing but also in your serve as his legacy to each of us. continuing search for knowledge." - John Beckford Dick's former teacher at the University of Te xas, Phyllis Yo ung, Professor of Music stressed his contributions as a mentor: "Through his attitude and actions, he reminded us what life is all about." And indeed, in The Courage to Memorials: The Richard R. Maag Endowed Scholarship at Furman, Te ach, Parker Palmer writes, "The power of our mentors is not necessarily 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C. 296 13; Fi rst Church of Christ in the models of good teaching they gave us ....Their powers are in Scientist, 45 Southland Avenue, Greenville, S.C. 2960 1; or Music Fund, their capacity to awaken a truth within us, a truth we can reclaim years Fi rst Presbyterian Church, 200 West Washington Street, Greenville, later by recalling the impact on our lives." S.C. 2960 1.

William E. Leverette, Jr. I had no idea at the time, but given Bill's strong preference for simplicity over unnecessary complexity and for things natural over those These remarks were delivered March 15 during a memorial service artificial, I had said just the right thing. It was entirely appropriate that at Furman: our friendship began in a conversation that started on an academic topic and concluded with a chat about a symbol of our shared love of Of all my fond memories of Bill Leverette, my thoughts go back to my the outdoors. first one-on-one conversation with him. To day, what makes that episode meaningful is the way Bill so It was a deceptively mundane episode in the winter term of 1980. naturally turned our conversation from the academic and intellectual to I believe Bill was in his first term back after his heart attack, teaching the personal and practical. That transition was an instinctive part of "U.S. History 1890 to 1941 ," a course that I have inherited from him. Bill's teaching and his personality. He always sought to connect with I was, at the time, a sophomore English major, before Leverette had his students on some common ground so that he could pull us onto the drawn me into his circle and into the history department. (I now, like unfamiliar and sometimes threatening, but always rewarding, turf of many of his students, mark my life in terms of "pre-Leverette" and "post­ ideas and the intellect. Leverette.") In this regard, Bill, though a complicated man, was an integrated I was in my second or third history class at Furman, a fairly bright man. There was a close connection between what he did for a living but unfocused and somewhat uninspired student. A week or so into the and who he was, between what he taught and wrote about and how he term, I approached Professor Leverette to discuss a book that we were lived. His study of history, especially ideas in history, profoundly shaped reading - a book long since forgotten, which is telling since I remember how he acted in the world. And he revealed to us, his students, how everything else about the encounter. the study of history could be, and should be, a tool in shaping who we As we talked about the book, Bill pulled a string of small, hard candy were and who we would become. from his vest pocket, then produced a Swiss army knife from his pants I have absorbed some of Bill's teaching style and much of his pocket, cut the string, and ate a piece of candy. As the discussion about outlook on nature and the relationship of the individual to institutions the book waned, Bill offered me a piece of candy, I think expecting me and society. But more than that, I aspire to match his dedication to the -a linebacker on the football team - to manfully break the string. art of teaching, to the power of ideas, and to the importance of individual Instead, I pulled from my pocket a small, single-blade pocketknife with relationships in the academic enterprise. a bone handle, cut the string, and ate my candy. As a teacher and as a person, I am at my best when I am inspired When the history lesson ended, Bill took an interest in my knife and by Bill Leverette's example. we shifted seamlessly to a discussion of pocketknives and the virtues -Steve O'Neill '82 of his Swiss-army style versus my basic single-blade. He pointed out Associate Professor of History the advantages of multiple blades and tools. I countered with the notion that a single blade was enough for most uses, and that such an elemental Memorials: The William E. Leverette Endowment Fund at Furman, tool ought to have a natural handle rather than the synthetic red plastic 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613; or the Sierra Club. of a Swiss army knife.

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New books highlight contributions of Brewer, Turner

Two recently published books recognize Janie Earle Fmman Award for Meritorious the exceptional teaching career of Furman Teaching in 1969. He served as chair of psychology professor Charles Brewer and the psychology department from 1972 until the pulpit talent and insight of religion 1984, and he has received the American professor Helen Lee Turner. Psychological Foundation's Distinguished \ Teaching in Psychology Award ( 1989) and The Te aching of Psychology: Essays I. in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie and the American Psychological Association's Charles L. Brewer has been published (APA) Distinguished Career Contributions ·_ _ �, � by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., to Education and Training Award (1995). Brewer Turner of Mahwah, N.J., to recognize the two Brewer is the author of numerous professors' considerable contributions to publications and has been instrumental in the teaching of psychology. The editors establishing Te aching of Psychology as a thought and discussion and a sense of being describe Brewer and McKeachie as premier academic journal within the field. there with young adults who were just "pioneers" who have "emerged as He has been president of the Council of beginning to realize that their generation undeniable champions of the teaching of Undergraduate Psychology Departments might pay the ultimate price as world events psychology." Brewer has taught at Furman and chair of the APA's Committee on unfold." since 1967. McKeachie teaches at the Undergraduate Education. William H. Willimon of Duke Uni­ University of Michigan. The Sunday After Tu esday: College versity is the editor. Some of the nation's most respected Pulpits Respond to 911 1, published by Turner, professor of rei igion at Furman college and university psychology teachers Abingdon Press, looks at how the nation's since 1981, is the author of numerous are among the 39 contributors. college chaplains and ministers responded articles, mostly on issues in recent Southern The book includes a chapter about to that tragic day. It includes Helen Lee Baptist history. She is currently working Brewer written by Furman colleagues Gil Turner's "A Day ofTetTor: Is There a Balm on a book on children's worship and on Einstein and John Batson '75, and an essay in Gilead?" among its 27 homilies and several articles for the forthcoming South by Brewer titled "Reflections on an sermons written by chaplains, ministers, Carolina Encyclopedia. Her courses at Academic Career: From Which Side of pastors and priests at schools throughout Furman include Introduction to Religion, the Looking Glass?" In his essay, Brewer the country. Turner delivered the sermon Introduction to Judaism, and Religion in writes that "teaching is the most exciting, in Furman's Charles Ezra Daniel Chapel America. challenging, rewarding and difficult thing on September 23, 2001. Turner also serves as minister for I have ever done; I cannot imagine doing The publisher says that the book's children's worship at First Baptist Church anything else." purpose is to relate the events of September of Greenville. She is a member of the Brewer, the William R. Kenan, Jr., 11 "to the 18- to 22-year-olds who wor­ American Academy of Religion, the Professor of Psychology, was the first shiped in college communities shortly American Society of Church History and recipient of the Alester G. Furman, Jr., and afterward." The book provides "food for the Baptist Historical Society.

Campus car talk New regulations designed to limit traffic, improve safety

The campus car culture is likely to change lots from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the week. accustomed to biking and walking. "This when classes resume in the fall. Beginning in September, this restriction definitely represents a change in student New traffic regulations will be in effect will apply to all resident students. Parking culture and mindset," he says. "But you to reduce the number of cars in the central in other areas of the campus, such as the can walk across campus in 15 minutes, area of campus, boost the number of dining hall road beside the lake, will also and biking takes even less time than driving students walking and bicycling to class, be limited. because you have to factor in time for and ultimately lead to a safer and more The revised parking rules will primarily parking." environmentally friendly Furman. affect the approximately 600 students living To encourage alternative modes of The addition of the North Village in the most distant units of North Village, transportation,the university is expanding apartments, and the subsequent increase near the back (Roe Ford Road) gate of the its bicycle fleet. The bikes, which are in on-campus residency to 95 percent of campus. Most of these students previously painted green, are available for use by the student body, has resulted in more cars had "commuter" status and would drive to anyone - staff, faculty and students - to being part of the university's traffic flow, class each day. get from one point to another. When riders especially during the early morning hours. The changes were adopted upon the arrive at their destination, they simply leave Following several minor accidents and a recommendation of a focus group of faculty, the bike unlocked for someone else to use. few too many close calls, it became clear staff and students. During the summer, a game room in that new rules were needed to ease traffic Harry Shucker '66, vice president the student center will be renovated to and improve safety. for student services and chair of the focus house a small bicycle repair shop. Currently, most resident students are group, says he anticipates some resistance required to leave their cars in designated from students until they become more Burnett named Math professor earns Fulbright award for 2002·03 to Women's Hall of Fame Mark Woodard, professor of mathematics at Furman since 1989, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of the West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados, for the 2002-03 academic year. Jessie Stokely Burnett, who Woodard's classroom duties will include teaching abstract algebra and linear algebra, taught in the history depart­ as well as helping guide the university's math department toward more computer­ ment of the Woman's College integrated instruction. His research will involve the creation of interactive, Web-enabled of Furman University from software that will allow students to simulate exam situations, thereby enhancing preparation 1935 to 1947, was inducted for and reducing the anxiety of test taking. into the Greenville County Woodard, who holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington, has worked Woodard Women's Hall of Fame in at Furman to develop and implement an integrated calculus/pre-calculus course as well as a new course March. called "Ideas in Mathematics." He is the author of one of the first mathematically oriented Web sites, the Born in Te nnessee in 1882, Mathematical Quotations Server, which is accessible at math.furman.edu/-mwoodard/mquot.html. He also Burnett received a degree from developed the Furman University Electronic Journal of Undergraduate Research, which allows mathematics Virginia Institute (now Virginia students to publish the results of their senior projects and summer research experiences (math.furman.edu/ Intermont College) and studied at Yale University where, -mwoodard/ fejum/welcome.html). although having completed The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange. all the requirements for a mas­ The Fulbright Scholar Program sends BOO scholars and professionals each year to more than 140 countries, ter's degree, she was awarded where they lecture or conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. a "certificate" because she was a woman. She received an M.A. degree from Smith Col­ lege in 1908 and also studied Earth Month at Furman at the University of California. She taught at Virginia Inter­ mont, Smith College and Miss April was Earth Month at Furman, and the Head's School in Berkeley, university sponsored a series of lectures, Calif., before coming to the readings, hikes and clean-up programs to Woman's College, which was increase awareness about the environment coordinated with Furman in both on campus and in the Greenville community. 1933. The centerpiece of the event was the April 20 While a graduate student Earthfest on the Mall, cosponsored by Furman's at the University of California, Center for Habitat Earth and the Sierra Club, Burnett became interested in which promoted the concept of "sustainable the women's suffrage move­ living" and provided hints on how to meet living ment. After marrying and needs without compromising the environment. moving to Greenville, she Attractions included displays with environmental organized a group of suffra­ themes, special presentations by vendors, and gettes and helped to establish examples of Hybrid (gas/electric) vehicles and the Council on Human Rela­ organically grown plants. tions and Greenville Branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, now the American Association of University NT S Women. Burnett was elected the first state president. She chaired committees on International Relations and the Status of Women, served on the board of the YWCA, and was a member of the League of Women Voters. In 1958 she received Furman's Mary Mildred Sullivan Award for "high aspirations and noble humanitarian qualities of character." She later estab­ lished the William Montgomery Burnett Chair in History at Furman (currently held by Marian E. Strobel) in memory of her husband. She died in 1979. 29 Furmanre ports

Reflections on Dr. King Frady 's latest examines civil rights leader's life, legacy

Marshall Frady '63 is the author of Moses of the civil rights crusade as a saint. acclaimed biographies of Billy Graham, Like so many prophets who preceded him, Jesse Jackson and George Wa llace. His King was a deeply flawed individual. Frady latest work, Martin Luther King, Jr. (Viking details King's frequent plagiarism, his Penguin, 2002), is part of the Penguin Lives enjoyment of smoking, drinking and off­ series, which the publisher describes as color jokes, and his womanizing tendencies, "great writers on great figures. " Marian both before and after his marriage to Coretta E. Strobel, Wi lliam Montgomery Burnett Scott, who gave up her dreams of a career Professor of History and department chair, as a classical concert soloist to become the offe rs this re view: wife of a Baptist preacher. But the civil rights movement is Frady's The Martin Luther King, Jr., who emerges primary focus, and here the author is at his in this biography is a tortured soul and a best. Himself a reporter in the South during man of many contradictions. What Frady those turbulent years, Frady provides accomplishes in his brief volume is not so firsthand insights into King's activities ­ much a detailed biography of King as a and does so with sensitivity, balanced meditation on the man and the South which judgment and passion. produced him. One of Frady's themes is King's mission As portrayed by Frady, King is an to redeem the soul of America and to make individual striving for autonomy both for the nation understand the evil nature of its himself and for his race. Raised in a ways. To Frady, King in a sense pitted privileged household as the son of the himself against the prevailing norms of his eminent pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church age by fighting segregation, racial bigotry, in Atlanta, King early on developed a the poverty of the ghetto masses, and the Frady shows that King fully understood seriousness and moodiness that Frady growing conflagration in Vietnam. In doing the motives of those who disliked him and, attributes to his fears of his father's high so, he witnessed both successes and failures. as a consequence, constantly feared for his expectations for him. Frady points out that, While the Montgomery bus boycott of life. The author also suggests that, at the from a young age, King exhibited "an 1955-56 set the stage for King's rise to fame, time of his death, King was moving out of inordinate compulsion to take on himself he suffered failures in Albany, Ga., in 1961 the mainstream and was assassinated at the great cargoes of guilt." In addition, King and in St. Augustine, Fla., a few years later. point where he was becoming marginalized rejected the idea of "belonging in any way King aimed to bring racial tensions to the from American life. to white Southerners' minstrel caricature surface, which he did in Birmingham (1963) Frady leaves the reader with a question: of blacks as loud, slovenly, childishly and Selma (1965). But he faced constant Would King have become irrelevant in light emotional, witless of discipline and dignity." challenges: from conservative whites who of the momentous changes occurring in King became determined to avoid negative suspected his actions were motivated solely the United States in the late 1960s? Such racial stereotypes and to emphasize his own by self-interest, from the NAACP which a query seems an exaggeration, but it dignity and self-worth. saw him as competition, and from young nevertheless reminds readers that King's At first rejecting the emotionalism of black members of the Student Non-Violent reputation was not always as stellar as it his father's religion, King eventually Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who would become after his death. surprised his family by electing to train for became disaffected from his pacifiststances. This work is informed by a historical the ministry, by pursuing graduate study in Even John and Robert Kennedy, perspective which could not be included in theology at Boston University, and by according to Frady, did not fu lly appreciate biographies written closer to the time of accepting the pastorate of Dexter Avenue King, and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover King's death or in such magisterial works Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. Such tried to paint him with "red" stripes because as David Garrow's Bearing the Cross or a path laid the groundwork for his work in of his friendship with Stanley Levinson, an Taylor Branch's multi-volume biography. civil rights, which Frady follows closely in alleged Communist sympathizer. Hoover's Relying on the research of those who chapters with such biblical sounding titles FBI made numerous attempts to blackmail preceded him, Frady makes few attempts as "Out of Egypt," "The WildernessTime," King and his Southern Christian Leadership to incorporate path-breaking primary "Apotheosis," and "The Far Country." Conference (SCLC) and to undermine the research into his biography. Instead, like However, Frady refuses to paint the widespread support both enjoyed. the other volumes in the "Penguin Lives" series, he provides interpretation and high­ lights of his subject's life in a readable, accessible format, and his writing is finely crafted and visually evocative. In Frady's mind, King was first and foremost a flawedhuman being who reached for greatness and translated his own ideas, and. those of others, into lasting social and political change. As King stated early in his career, "I can't stop now.... Hi story has thrust something upon me from which I cannot turn away." Societies is the "literacy with an 5, Oufkir is taken to the royal RECOMMENDED FROM ALUMNI attitude" that Fi nn endorses for palace to be a companion to America's working class children. Princess Lalla-Mina. Palace life David Snowdon, Aging With Robert Harris '76, Nerds Among People throughout history is full of luxury but also of Grace: Wh at the Nun Study Us (5:09 Press, 2002). The have been beaten, hanged, brutality, particularly toward Te aches Us About Leading Longer, author's first novel is a humorous burned, even sprayed with the women. After her father's coup Healthier, and More Meaningfu l tale of intrigue that takes its hero, ubiquitous fire hose for wanting attempt against the king fa ils and Lives (Bantam Books, 2001). This Jake Bravado, on a "dangerous access to this powerful tool. Few he is executed, Oufkir, her fa mily is a story about 678 retired nuns journey" to discover where all will read Fi nn without seeing the and two friends are sent to the who participate in the author's the nerds have gone. In the obvious parallel between the perils infamous desert gaols, where they longitudinal research examining publisher's words, Jake steps of attaining literacy in 18th­ spend the next 15 years under the effects of aging on mental "into the world of digital watches, century England and in the severe conditions. What saves ability. The nuns agree to be pocket protectors, and ill-fitti ng southern United States during them is their will to survive and tested on a regular basis and, at polyester clothing" and sub­ the 19th and 20th centuries. the power of their imagination. death, to donate their brains to sequently embarks on a quest to - Tom Cloer, Education The book recounts their scientific examination. Snowdon's "save the world from nerdiness." remarkable escape, their fo ur years research approach is to relate their Harris' tongue-in-cheek approach Alan Bullock, Hitler and Stalin: of house arrest, and fi nally their mental abilities while they are is not surprising, considering that Parallel Lives (Vintage Books exile in France. Recent Moroccan alive to the condition of their his previous book was the reprint, 1993). I kept putting off history, human rights, and lighthearted Fun With Phone brains at death. reading this book because it was women's lives under a totalitarian This book offers an interest­ Solicitors: 50 Ways to Get Even! so long (980 pages of text), but regime are just some of the book's ing glimpse into the research when I finally picked it up, I read themes. Judith Robertson Asti '74, A methodology of an epidemiologist, it in a week. If anything, it's - Sofia Kearns, Sp anish Sp iritual Journey Th rough Breast and at the same time is a warm even better than Bullock's classic and personal look at the spirit Cancer: Strength for To day, Hope Hitler: A Study in Ty ranny because Beryl Markham, We st With the and commitment of some rather for To morrow (Moody Press, 2002). including Sta lin provides a com­ Night (North Point Press, 1983). The author, an associate editor of amazing people. Responding pelling binocular fo cus. How are In 1906, 4-year-old Beryl Markham Th e Paladin during her days at to the charm of his "subjects," we to understa nd these two cruel and her father left England for Furman, takes the reader through Snowdon violates one of the car­ giants of the 20th century? Kenya, where he was soon to begin her battle against breast cancer, dinal rules of science: emotional Bullock offers no overarching cattle ra nching in Nairobi. This detachment. As the subtitle with which she was diagnosed in generalizations that explain dramatic move marked the begin­ July 1998. In particular, she suggests, the book offers valuable everything, but he suggests that ning of a lifelong adventure for insight into how to age gracefully describes how her faith helped both men were outsiders - loners Markham that included hunting her cope with the diagnosis, and successfully. who felt a sense of betrayal and with tribal elders, raising race Psychology aggressive chemotherapy and -Gil Einstein, of destiny. They were crazed but horses, piloting bush planes, radiation treatments, and a blessed with powerful memories, and finally completing a solo P.J. Fi nn, Literacy With An mastectomy and reconstruction always underestimated by their transatlantic flight. Here, in her Attitude: Educating Wo rking surgery. The publisher says the opponents, and ruthless. The one powerful autobiography, she offers Class Children in Th eir Own Self­ book is a "compelling story" that thing that separated Stalin from a compelling account of a girl's Interest offers a message of hope and (State University of New Hitler - and ulti mately gave him coming of age against the York Press, 1999). This is a support to anyone touched by the victory over Hitler - was his backdrop of a developing Africa. disease. A published short story provocative book, although the ability to learn from his mistakes, Indeed, in her lifeti me she author is not the first to realize writer and essayist and an award­ especially at the crucial Battle of watched Nairobi grow from a that working-class children winning copywriter, Asti is now a Stali ngrad. handful of haphazardly arranged, freelance writer living in West frequently get the short end of - David Spear, History ti n-roofed buildings to a city of Bloomfield, Mich. the stick. There's this theoretical 30,000 people. Her sensitive construct of the "haves" versus Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi, portrayals of the Masai Murani, the "have-nots" that some of us Stolen Lives: Twenty Ye ars in a with whom she hunted wild game in the concrete have encountered Desert Jail (Talk Mira max Books; from a young age, are rich with as opposed to the abstract. Many originally published in 1999 as La commentary about the tribe's of us "have-nots" could have Prisonniere) . This autobiographical religious beliefs, social and moral benefited from Finn's explanation account by Oufkir, daughter of the values, bravery and sense of of how the Corresponding Societies closest aid to Hassan II, king of humor, and her vivid descriptions of 19th-century England concluded Morocco during the sixties and of the rift va lley, with its heat, that being poor and powerless seventies, is a tale of extremes: insects, tall grass and thorn was not necessarily the will of extravagant luxury and total bushes, are without equal. God or the natural order of things. depravation, vengeful cruelty and - Joe Ashley, Te chnical Services This literacy of the Corresponding amazing courage. At the age of

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Scholarship recognizes couple's impact, legacy of love

To say that Frank Shaw '61 appreciates As Frank and Susan went on to pro­ his Funnan education is an understatement. fessional success - Frank as the owner He unloaded boxcars for a wholesale grocer and president of Shaw Executive Services every day to help pay his tuition money, in Atlanta, Ga., and Susan as corporate and he even sold his car during freshman secretary of The Coca-Cola Company - year to pay his education bills! they looked for ways to help others and to Shaw, who earned a degree in sociol­ honor those who had a profound impact ogy from FUiman, went on to attend South­ on their lives. Their love for Susan's par­ eastern Baptist Theological Seminary and ents and their belief in the value of educa­ later began a successful career in long­ tion led them to contact Furman about teim health care management. But he never establishing a scholarship for hard-working forgot his years at Furman or what it was students with financial need. like to work for his education at a dollar Thus, the Ernesteen B. and W. Victor an hour. Etheridge Scholarship was born. This $1 Because of his work ethic and million endowed scholarship will provide appreciation for the opportunities his ·annual support for students who demon­ education has provided, Frank and his wife, strate financial need, exemplify high moral Susan, have established a scholarship at character and show academic promise. Furman to help other young people with Susan and Frank Sha w The first Etheridge Scholars will be named financial need. In doing so, they have in the 2002-2003 academic year. honored Susan's parents, Ernesteen and Frank Shaw has come a long way from Vic Etheridge, who had such a strong my life. He confided in me. We were the the days when he unloaded boxcars for influence on both their lives. best of friends, and l dearly loved him. He tuition money, but he has never forgotten According to Frank, the best decision was an honest, hard-working Christian who the lessons learned during that time. he ever made was to marry Susan included me when a decision needed to be Through the Ernesteen B. and W. Victor Etheridge. Not only did he find his lifelong made by the family, and his love, acceptance Etheridge Scholarship, Susan and Frank companion, but he became a member of and depth of caring knew no boundary. He Shaw will help future students enjoy the what he describes as a "special family." was a very wise man." long-lasting benefits of a Furman educa­ Frank's father and mother died when Of Ernesteen, who is still living, he tion, while honoring the legacy of a loving he was young, but in Ernesteen and Vic says, "She is one of those rare people who and caring couple. Etheridge he found two people who wel­ has never said an unkind word about - Susan Day Gray '78 comed him into their home and lives. In anyone. A wonderful homemaker and a Director of Stewardship talking about his late father-in-law, Frank gifted cook, she also reared five children says, "Vic was one of the few heroes in and loved me as though I were her own."

Frances White Smith bequest features gifts from the heart

How do you value a diamond? Some of the gifts - furnishings, silver, china, table linens ­ It's priceless if it's a gift from the heart, and a gift from the heart will add to the elegance of Cherrydale, Furman's Alumni House, is exactly what Furman received from Frances White Smith '26, while Furman library patrons are already the beneficiaries of a who died November 29 in Greenville. beautiful book about Leonardo da Vinci. Frances allowed all other In addition to a percentage of her estate, Frances bequeathed items to be sold and the money used to endow a scholarship fund to Furman all of her personal effects, such as her engagement ring named for her. and other jewelry, antique furniture and sterling silver. Her bequest A diamond may last forever, but an endowed scholarship does also included objects originally belonging to her sister, Elizabeth that and more. Frances Smith knew that her "gift in kind" would White Bailey '20. endure and grow in influence over the decades. Frances and Elizabeth were born and reared in Greenville, Bequests to Furman may be made in the form of personal and after graduating from Greenville Womans College both taught property, real estate, cash or securities. For more information, school before they married. Although they were supportive of contact the Office of Planned Giving at (864) 294-3491 or e-mail community organizations, they never wanted any recognition for [email protected] to learn how you can leave a legacy their generosity. Their great passion was travel, especially to Europe, for all time. and Frances included a number of items from these trips in her - Betsy Moseley '74 bequest to the university. Director of Planned Giving Groundbreaking held for library's Charlie Peace Wing The Heart & Mind campaign, launched in January, is gaining tremendous support from Furman friends, alumni and students. Since the beginning of the Forever Furman The initiative will help complete funding of campaign, the renovation and refurbishing the James B. Duke Library expansion and of the James B. Duke Library has been the will restore and maintain the Bell To wer and top priority. Burnside Carillon to their original working On May 16, Furman officiallylaunched order. the building phase of the $25 million project As of April 30, alumni and friends had when it broke ground for the 48,000-square­ committed a total of $275,995 toward the foot Charlie Peace Wing. To be constructed goal of $1 million for the restoration of the Bell Tower and Burnside Carillon, which will on the library 's west (lake) side, the new take place in 2003. Additional funds will wing is named for a longtime executive go toward programs and cutting-edge with The Greenville Ne ws and provided by technology in the library. his daughter, former Furman trustee Mary "The enthusiastic response to the Heart Peace Sterling. It will feature collaborative & Mind campaign is due in large measure study rooms, reading and research areas, to the nostalgia people feel for the Bell space for the library's growing collection, To wer and the library," says Neel Hipp '73, This path willbe the "Anniversary Wa lk. " and a cyber-study area. chair of the Heart & Mind Committee. In addition to the original gift for "Some think of this as their 'capstone' gift students are also working to generate the new wing, Mrs. Sterling is donating for the Forever Furman campaign, which support for Heart & Mind. The 30-member an additional $100 toward the library for is in its final months." Hipp is assisted by Yo ung Alumni Council and the Student every alum who makes a gift to Furman Matt Miller '99, chair of the Yo ung Alumni Alumni Council have both weighed in at in the 200 1 -2002 academic year. The Council's Heart & Mind Task Force, and a 1 00 percent, and fraternities and sororities initiative, called "Charlie's Challenge," dozen other volunteers. on campus are volunteering for phonathons had generated $802,900 in challenge funds Another reason for the surge of support to their respective alumni groups. Each as of April 30. for this project is the opportunity to name participating fraternity or sorority that When the new wing is completed, it a brick in the "Anniversary Walk," the reaches 100 percent among its current will house the library 's essential services pathway that leads from the mainland to members will be recognized in the while the original building undergoes its the Bell To wer. Donors of $250 per year Anniversary Walk or on the Bell To wer redesign. The ground floor will provide for four years (or $125 a year over four plaque. space for the largest computing area on years for alumni and students in the Class If you would like to name a brick in the of 1 987 and after) may have their own or Anniversary Walk and contribute to this campus, including a help desk. The main a loved one's name engraved on a brick. effort, please call Craig Waldon, associate floor will be reconfigured to offer expanded Donors of $5,000 or more will be recognized director of major gifts, at (864) 294-2157, public services and collaborative study on plaques in the library or on the Bell or e-mail him at [email protected]. space, and the top floor will be renovated Tower. - Don Lineback to enlarge Special Collections and the Aside from alumni and friends, current Vice President for Development building's archives. All construction on the library is expected to be completed during the 2004- 2005 academic year. The project, which was launched in $500,000 grant boosts programs for teachers 1999 with the help of a $9.5 million pledge from The Duke Endowment, is the most ambitious in the history of Furman. Beyond Furman has received a $500,000 federal The $500,000 grant will support the the $25 million cost for renovations and grant that will bolster an existing education university's Adventure of the American Mind refurbishing, another $6 million is being program on campus and support the (AAM) program, a Library of Congress­ sought to provide enhanced technology and school's new Center for Te aching and sponsored initiative that trains teachers of to endow programs. Te chnology. kindergarten through 12th grade how to Janis Bandelin, director of the library, Republican congressmen Jim DeMint use the library's vast on-line resources. says, "Furman's commitment to engaged and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Furman joined the program, which began learningoppor tunities beyond the classroom in western North Carolina in 2000, in Charles Ta ylor of North Carolina presented is intricately tied to the library 's responsi­ the grant to Furman April 4 on behalf of the January 2001. Last year it brought 40 bility for fostering lifelong learning. If Education and Research Consortium of the Upstate teachers to campus for training, we are to involve students in their own Western Carolinas (ERC), a non-profit and an additional 40 teachers are enrolled education, we must offer them enhanced organization Ta ylor founded in 1 997 to help in this year's program. opportunities for intellectual discovery and bring educational and technological The AAM program at Furman was orig­ a physical and intellectual environment innovation to the area. inally funded by a $250,000 grant from the The ERG's board is composed of the Library of Congress. The new $500,000 that contributes to both self-directed and presidents of Brevard College, Mars Hill grant will also support Furman's Center for collaborative investigation and writing." College, Montreat College and Western Te aching and Technology, which will serve The new-look library will also boast Carolina University. Furman is affiliated as the home for the Upstate AAM program. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environ­ with the consortium and serves as the The center will be housed in Furman's mental Design) certification, which is group's point of contact in Upstate South newest academic building, Herman N. Hipp awarded to buildings that meet strict Carolina. Hall, which will open this fall. environmental standards. Furmanath letics

Ties that bind Scholarship fund helps Purple Pounders reconnect

It is often said that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. "pounded" regularly. The name In the case of a group of former Furman football players from came from former Furman great the late 1950s, what they survived as a team has created a bond Vince Perone '54, who helped that has proven to be stronger than anything that might have been coach the teams during that time. forged in success. "The name originally referred Those football alumni, who call themselves the Purple Pounders, to the scout team players," Behlke have one thing in common. They played during the years 1955 says, "but it came to refer to any­ through 1957, which produced a not-so-memorable 6-24 record. body who played during the More specifically, they played during the three-year coaching tenure Hobbs years." of Homer Hobbs, a demanding taskmaster whose national aspirations After years of mostly informal for the Furman football program did not mesh with the realities of contacts, the players began a small liberal arts college. holding reunions about five years Members of the '57 squad. The schedule, for instance, was brutal. During those three ago, and soon they decided to seasons Furman traveled to Army, South Carolina, Auburn, Florida do something to make sure the Furman fans didn't forget them. So State, West Virginia and Clemson. Even after Hobbs' departure, they created the Purple Pounders Scholarship Fund, which, fittingly, his scheduling left the 1958 team with games against Florida State, provides aid to the Paladin football player that the coaches deem Alabama and Penn State, in addition to the yearly contests against to have been the outstanding scout team player of the previous Clemson and South Carolina. Furman was overmatched at almost season. The first award, given in January, went to running back every turn, and the combination of losing and of Hobbs' frustration Brandon Mayes of Arden, N.C., who will be a redshirt freshman with the team left the players feeling miserable. this fall. It was, according to Marvin Behlke '61 , the "forgotten" era of While supporting current and future players, the scholarship Furman football, coming as it did a few seasons after coach Bill fund has served as a catalyst for some former Pounders, such as Yo ung's success of the early 1950s and a few years before Bob To m Avery '59 of Dana Point, Calif., to reconnect with the university. King would revitalize the program in the early 1960s - and nearly And as the group has re-established contact in recent years, they two decades before Furman football began the resurgence it still have been reminded of their special bond that extends beyond the enjoys today. playing field. They were not only the last group of football players "We didn't win a lot of games. We didn't win national champi­ to spend their entire career on the old campus, but also the last to onships," says Behlke, who transferred to Furman from the University live as a team in infamous McGee Hall. of Florida and played guard and tackle for the team, then known as "Living in McGee was a blast," Howes says. "It was a little bit the Purple Hurricanes. "But those of us who didn't quit and stuck like Animal House." Behlke disagrees: "It was a lot like Animal with the team developed a special bond." House." Bill Howes '59, a Purple Pounder who would go on to become The Purple Pounders are due to meet again during Homecoming a member of the Furman board of trustees, agrees. 2002, and Behlke says the party list is growing all the time. There "It's kind of like war," Howes says, laughing . "When you've are now about 40 players who meet regularly and have contributed been in the trenches with people who went through the same things, to the scholarship fund, which has surpassed $50,000 in gifts and you develop a certain camaraderie. Those of us who survived those pledges. years have a lot of respect for one another." "It's been really good for all of us to get back together," Behlke Purple Pounders was the name given to players like Behlke says. "We didn't want to be forgotten." and Howes who made up the scout team early in their careers. At That's certainly not likely to happen anytime soon. Not as long practice, their job was to run the offense and defense of that week's as there is a scholarship reserved for "Pounder of the Year." opponent against the first team. Needless to say, they were - Vince Moore

Furman football set to open vs. Vanderbilt 2002 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Bobby Lamb's first game as Furman's head Holiday Inn Select near the stadium. Make SEPTEMBER football coach is set for September 7 in hotel reservations by calling 1-800-633- 7 at Va nderbilt Nashville, Te nn., against the Va nderbilt 4427; the code for the Furman block of 14 ELON Commodores and Lamb's immediate rooms is FUN. 21 at Richmond predecessor, Bobby Johnson. For Furman fans in the Greenville area, 28 at Virginia Military Game time is tentatively set for 6 p.m., plans are in the works to offer a package OCTOBER and the athletic department and Alumni deal that will include transportation by bus, 5 WESTERN CAROLINA Office want Furman fans to attend. Saturday night hotel stay, game ticket and 12 at Appalachian State Furman will have a block of tickets, pre-game barbecue. While final details are 19 (Homecoming) at $22 apiece, available through the Athletic still being completed, the total cost for the 26 at East Te nnessee Events office later this summer. In addition, trip is expected to be approximately $170 Paladin fans will be able to attend a pre­ per person. NOVEMBER game barbecue and pep rally beginning at As plans are finalized, details will be 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4 p.m. at Centennial Park Pavilion across posted on the Furman Athletics Web site 16 at Wofford from Vanderbilt Stadium. Cost of the (furmanpaladins.com) and the Alumni site 23 UT-CHATIANOOGA barbecue is to be determined. at furman.edu/admin/alumni. Keep check­ The university has secured an $84 rate ing the Web for details, or call Furman Home games ALL CAPS. (including breakfast and parking) with the Athletic Events at 1-800-PURPLES. Times to be announced. Dixon named women's basketball coach

Sam Dixon, who spent the last three years was an assistant coach for a year at the as associate head coach of the women's University of Arizona, which finished 18-12 basketball team at Clemson University, was and played in the NCAA To urnament. named head women's coach at Furman During Dixon's term as Jim Davis' top aide April 16. at Clemson, the Lady Tigers compiled a He succeeds Sherry Carter, who record of 57-34 (28-20 in the Atlantic Coast resigned following 20 years at the helm Conference) and earned three consecutive of the Lady Paladin program. NCAA To urnament appearances. Dixon, who earned his undergraduate "Coaching for me is a passion," Dixon degree and played basketball at the College says, "and if I could describe the ideal place of Wooster, holds a master's degree from for Sam Dixon, it would be Furman Uni­ Eastern Michigan University and a doctorate versity, with its emphasis on the liberal arts, Dixon is Furman's eighth women's basketball coach. in physical education from the University of beautiful campus and outstanding athletic New Mexico. He has been an assistant department that is committed to success in be proud of, and the players will be proud men's basketball coach at three Division I every sport. to be a part of." institutions and from 1987-91 was head "I am really excited about the opportu­ Furman finished 2001-2002 with a men's coach at Denison University. nity to develop a program that Furman can 17-12 record and was third in the Southern Before going to Clemson in 1999, he be proud of, the Greenville community can Conference with an 11-7 mark.

Sports briefs

Brownlee, Dunigan reach milestones; Gordon, Ivorynumber s retired

Kaye Brownlee '02 has become the first such international superstars as Jimmy woman athlete from Furman to receive an Floyd Hasselbaink (Holland) and Gianfranco NCAA postgraduate scholarship. Zola (Italy); toured stadiums in Manchester A health and exercise science major and Chelsea; and watched two Premier from Kennesaw, Ga., and a four-year soccer League matches with 67,000 other rabid standout, Brownlee is the 1Oth Furman soccer fans. athlete - and first non-football player ­ For more on the trip, plus a firsthand to win the award. account from players Scott Hoch and Shaun NCAA scholarships, worth $5,000, Stone, go to the men's soccer site at Brownlee Dunigan are awarded to student-athletes who excel furmanpaladins.com and click on the "Press academically and athletically and who Releases" link. To read about the women's are in their final year of intercollegiate trip, visit the women's soccer site at Gordon, who averaged 22.6 points per competition. Nominees have a minimum furmanpaladins.com, click on "Previous game during his Furman career after grade-point average of 3.2 (based on a 4.0 Seasons," then click "2001 Season" and transferring from Wingate Junior College, scale) and intend to continue their academic follow the "Press Releases" link. helped lead the team to records of 18-6 work as a part-time or full-time graduate and 21-6 in 1951-52 and 1952-53, student. • Megan Dunigan '02 became the respectively. After serving for a time as an Brownlee has the distinction of being all-time winningest singles player in Furman assistant coach at Furman, he enjoyed named a first-team All-American (by the women's tennis history March 22 when she successful terms first as basketball coach National Soccer Coaches Athletic defeated Wofford's Wendy Rohr for her 70th at Newberry College, then as head coach Association in 1999) and a first-team career victory. With the win, Dunigan passed and athletic director at Winthrop. Academic All-American. A four-time all­ Janey Strause McKenna '87 and Karen He is a charter member of Furman's Southern Conference selection, she was Kelly '89, who had been tied at 69. Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the South named the Furman and conference Female A mathematics/computer science major Carolina, Wingate and NAIA Halls of Fame. Athlete of the Year for 1999-2000. from Oak Ridge, Te nn., Dunigan was named His is the fifth basketball jersey to be retired Southern Conference player of the year for at Furman, along with those of Frank Selvy • Elsewhere on the soccer front, an unprecedented fourth straight year in '54, Darrell Floyd '56, Clyde Mayes '75 and the Furman men's team spent its spring leading the Lady Paladins to their fifth Jonathan Moore '80. break in England at the invitation of the consecutive league title and a berth in the Ivory, two-time conference offensive International Academy. In doing so, the NCAA tournament. She finished the con­ player of the year and 2000 winner of the Paladins matched the women's team, which ference tournament with a 24-0 record for Walter Payton Award as the top offensive last August spent 11 days in Belgium, the season. player in NCAA 1-AA football, is the third England and the Netherlands. player in Furman's 96-year football history NCAA rules allow teams to take an • Two Furman athletes' jerseys were to have his jersey retired, joining Stanford international trip once every four years. retired this winter. Jennings '84 (No. 27) and Jeff Blankenship The men won their only match, 6-1 over Nield Gordon '53, a star basketball '89 (No. 50). Ivory led the league with 1 ,492 Salford University of Manchester. While player in the early 1950s, had his No. 27 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2001 after enjoying the sights and sounds of the United retired prior to the Paladins' game against running for a conference record 2,079 yards Kingdom, the team had the chance to train Wofford February 16, and the football and 16 scores in 2000. He finished his with the coaching staff of Manchester United, program has retired the No. 34 of standout career as Furman's a!l-time leading rusher the most famous club in world soccer; met tailback Louis Ivory '02. (5,871 yards) and scorer (330 points). 35 Furmanalumni news

ALUMNI ACTIVITIES A fond farewell

To every thing th ere is a season, and a Still time to attend Wellness U time to everypur pose under heaven. From June 20-23, Furman offers alumni and - Ecclesiastes 3: 1 friends the chance to explore the many facets of wellness through Alumni College, our second Every alum should be required to visit annual "educational vacation." Furman in the spring. Remember the magic You'll learn from Furman professors and of the campus in late March or early April, guest lecturers about such topics as stress when overnight the entire landscape turns management, diet, exercise, the effects of aging, from the woody brown and gray of winter and much more. to a vibrant spring green, bursting forth Here are a few quick facts on We llness U: from every budding tree, flowering bed or alumni parties. Shortly after my move to Where will it be held? On campus. Atten­ grassy lawn? I could never decide who the Alumni Office, a prominent administrator dees stay in the North Village apartments. deserved more credit for this transformation, nicknamed me the "Furman party girl." I Who is invited? Alumni, parents and the good Lord or the Furman grounds crew! spent the next six years trying to prove that friends. I am just glad to be the beneficiary of such there is much more to alumni work than What is the cost? $475 per person, covering creative design, and I have appreciated reunions, Furman Club events and housing, meals, materials, use of campus facili­ every moment of my 12 springs at Furman. Homecoming block parties! ties, and special events. Commuter cost: $375. And just like the campus in the spring, No one was really convinced, and my How can I register? Visit the Web at life holds great potential, growth and change favorite Furman memories do stem from www.furman.edu/alumnicollege, or call the for me right now. With excitement and alumni-laden events: late nights patrolling Alumni Office at l-800-PURPLE3. bittersweet emotions, I retired April 30 as the mall at Homecoming, watching students Reunion planning in full swing director of the Alumni Association. In the labor over their floats; one very chilly March Homecoming 2002, October 18-20, is just around words of a good friend, I am moving on to morning at Stone Manufacturing, launching the corner. And that means reunion time for "smaller and better things." Bill and I are Cherrydale on her four-mile journey "home" classes ending in 2 and 7! expecting our first child at the end of the to Furman; a sunny October afternoon If you're interested in helping to plan your summer, and I have decided to embark on when over 1 ,000 people attended dedi­ reunion, please contact the Alumni Office, which what I believe is my true calling: full-time cation ceremonies and ate "Lunch on will put you in touch with the appropriate reunion motherhood. the Lawn" at our new Alumni House, then chair: It is difficult, though, to envision life proceeded to stroll through the front doors 1952: James R. Stewart, Jr. without a daily connection to Furman. This for a tour (don't tell the fire marshal). 1957: James B. Watts university has played an enormous role in Now, I have a lifetime of memories to 1962: Janet Southern Huskey my spiritual, mental, emotional, physical anticipate. I can't wait for the day that 1967: Murray and Bene Dozier Brockman and professional development, a gracious someone surprises me with a new Furman 1972: Nancy Gianoukos Draffi n role that I will never be able to measure or "did you know" story - and I really didn't 1977: Pamela Brannon Simmons repay. already know the news. I look forward to 1982: Marshall Bettendorf, Sandy Morgan The seasons of my life at Furman have attending a class reunion or Furman Club 1987: Si and Wanda Justus Pearman taken on various colors and patterns, each event without having planned the whole 1992: Paige Herrin Stowell one distinctly different yet equally transform­ thing, and I am most excited about one day 1997: Cari Williams Hicks, Jonathan Lewis ing. As a young, excited and unbearably moving my young, excited and unbearably Furman Clubs enjoy busy spring nervousfresh man, I moved into Unit 6, now nervous teen-ager into the Furman From the Carolinas to sunny California, Furman named Chiles Hall in honor of Marguerite residence halls (no matter what my Clubs were in high gear this spring. Chiles, one of my truest heroes. I began Davidson-alumnus husband says)! The always popular Spring Coaches Tour an academic journey that challenged and God has blessed me with rich days at gave members of the athletic department a chance stretched my mind and an emotional journey Furman, and I am forever indebted to the to meet with alumni and friends in Charlotte and that introduced me to my closest lifelong professors, administrators, staff members, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North friends. students and volunteers who have had an Carolina, while the Furman Symphonic Band After making a graduation appearance impact on my life. I will miss my daily trek traveled to York County (S.C.) and the South in the library fountains, I was fortunate to campus, and I will REALLY miss my Carolina Midlands to perform for Furman groups. to be invited back as a member of the glorious office in Cherrydale, but I will have The Southern California, Delaware Va lley (Pa.) admissions staff. Thus began my second forever my Furman memories and relation­ and Chicago clubs planned service projects for season at Furman, a period of great ships. early May, and the Bay Area (Calif.) Club planned professional maturing that offered me the Thank you, Furman, for such a blessed an outing to a San Francisco Giants game with chance to see the inner workings of this season of learning, loving and living. friends from the . institution. - Shannon Wilkerson Wilson '93 Visit www.furman.edu/admin/alumni/ Admissions work was exciting, but FurmanClubMap.htm for the latest information what I really wanted was to plan all those on Furman Club events. CLASS NOTES SPRING 2002

member of the Southern Baptist by Langston Baptist Church 31 57 Convention's Nominating in Conway, S.C., as the 2,700- Samuel Thaddeus Strom, Sr. , This year is reunion! Committee. He has also been member congregation celebrated is a retired educator and Joe Cooper, who recently retired vice president of the state his 25 years as their pastor. Jones businessman living in Union, as executive vice president of convention and a member of the currently serves as president of S.C. After serving as a principal Greenville Te chnical College, board of advisors of Gardner- the South Carolina Baptist of high schools in the South has joined the staff of Taylors We bb University. He wrote the Convention. • Chris Lemley Carolina towns of Gray Court (S.C.) First Baptist Church as Bible studies for the March-May of Atlanta, Ga., is on the and Woodruff, he went on to part-time financial administrator. issues of the Baptist Courier. marketing faculty of Georgia own and operate a We sternAuto State University and is also store in Union from 1945 until 58 63 an associate professor at the his retirement in 1975. He has Next reunion in 2003 Next reunion in 2003 Caucasus School of Business also been active in civic and Harry Eskew, who recently Marthabelle Brunson Rabon in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. church life. With his wife, retired after 36 years on the of Easley, S.C., is a learning Martha, he is author of Th e faculty at New Orleans Baptist disabilities teacher in the Stroms of S. C. 1765-1983 and 72 Theological Seminary, served Greenville County schools. Th is year is reunion! Certain Allied Families. as a clinician during Furman's JoAnn Thomason Weathers is annual Church Music Confer- 64 HR-recruiting manager with 41 ence in January. He coordinated Next reunion in 2004 TMG Solutions, Inc., in Dallas, John Fowler, a retired educator a program on sacred harp singing Te xas. Jackie Cooper and his wife, from Mullins, S.C., and Christine and presented two lectures. Arlene, retired from the Inter- Benfield '40 Covington of near- national Mission Board at the by Bennettsville have played 73 end of 200 1 after 24 years of Next reunion in 2003 tennis as partners for over 50 59 Next reunion in 2004 service in Panama. They are John Monferdini, a State of years. They have won 16 state Wallace Hughes has retired as now on a three-year assignment Georgia High School Counselor doubles championships and three director of missions for the to work with the Hispanic popu- of the Ye ar, is head counselor at South Carolina Senior Cup Abbeville (S.C.) Baptist lation in the Abbeville (S.C.) DeKalb Alternative School in championship tournaments, Association, a position he has Baptist Association. Jackie is DeKalb County, Ga. • Furman which features players from held since 1983. • C. Dan also an adjunct professor at president David Shi is among nine southern states. Joyner is among 25 individuals North Greenville College, 25 individuals recently recog- recently recognized by The teaching Spanish. nized by The Greenville News 48 Greenville News as the commu- as the community's Top Leaders. Edward Wilbanks of Panama nity's Top Leaders. They were 65 They were selected by other City, Fla., is the president of selected by other Greenville Next reunion in 2005 Greenville community leaders Capstone House, Inc., a not-for- community leaders on the basis on the basis of their influence Robert Miller has retired after profit educational and scientific of their influence on matters of on matters of public interest, 19 years as pastor of Woodfields institution. public interest, including issues including issues ranging from Baptist Church in Greenwood, ranging from politics, business politics, business and govern- S.C. He also pastored churches and government to education, ment to education, religion and 49 in Florida and upstate South religion and the arts. the arts. In recognition of her many years Carolina during his 40-year of dedication and civic contri- ministerial career. He has served butions to the city of Folly 60 on the Executive Board of the 74 Beach, S.C., Betty Jo Sloan Next reunion in 2005 South Carolina Baptist Conven- Next reunion in 2004 Fersner was selected by the Joel Jenkins is serving as interim tion and as a trustee of North Eric Berg was among the forensic town's mayor to be grand pastor at the First Baptist Church Greenville College. pathologists who performed marshal of the 200 I Folly of Cherryville, N.C. He and his autopsies and assisted in Beach Christmas parade. wife, Joyce, have served with 66 identifying body parts following the International Mission Board Next reunion in 2006 the September 11 act of terrorism for 14 years and he has pastored at the Pentagon in Washington, 50 Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., was churches in six European D.C. • Janis Little, an honors Virginia Short Uldrick is among invited to serve as a faculty countries. English teacher at Brentwood 25 individuals recently recog- member on a recent program High School in Nashville, Tenn., nized by The Greenville News of the Pacific Northwest Judicial has finished her Plus 30 as the community's Top Leaders. 62 Conference for members of the (specialist's degree). She also They were selected by other Th is year is reunion! Supreme Courts of Montana, sponsors the school's newspaper Greenville community leaders Troy Gregg, who retired in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and yearbook. • The Palmetto on the basis of their influence November as pastor of First Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. on matters of public interest, Baptist Church of Chesnee, S.C., Bank has named Tina deBondt including issues ranging from is interim pastor of First Baptist a vice president for Travelers politics, business and govern- 68 Rest, S.C. • Bill Wilson of Church, Cowpens, S.C. He is Next reunion in 2003 ment to education, religion and a fo rmer chair of the South Belmont, Mass., is director of Randall Jones and his wife, the arts. Carolina Baptist Convention's strategic development for Juanita, were honored last fall Executive Board and a past Systems Engineering, Inc. 37 Furmanalumni news

CLASS NOTES SPRING 02, cont. M.A.I. designation, the highest cations coordinator for Shakopee professional designation a Mdewakanton Sioux Commu­ commercial real estate appraiser nity. • David Smith has joined can obtain. He is an independent First Citizens Bank in Greenville appraiser and contractor with as vice president of its profes­ Wilkins Norwood Appraisal sional banking group. He is a Associates. • James Kuntz is member of the Institute of 75 79 an attorney with Brown & Bain Certified Bankers. • BIRTH: Next reunion in 2004 Next reunion in 2005 in Scottsdale, Ariz. • Jeffrey David We bb and Amy Mears, a Jane Jordan Jeffrey Evans, formerly a senior has been promoted Nelson is assigned to the U.S. daughter, Emmie Cecelia Mears planner with the city of Boca to deputy general counsel and Army Operations Center Crisis Webb, June 1, 2001, Evans, Ga. Raton, Fla., has joined the law chief health counsel at Emory Action Te am at the Pentagon in Amy is a hospital chaplain. University, representing the firm of Broad and Cassel as a Washington, D.C. Woodruff Health Sciences certified planner in the environ­ Center and Emory Healthcare. mental and land use practice 85 Next reunion in 2005 • Chuck Magill of Duluth, Ga., group . • BIRTH: Su-Min and 83 Mark Brannon is general manager of Vo pak Lara Oon, a son, Joshua Yi-An, Next reunion in 2003 has relocated to Mark Bowling, Norcross, Ga., where he is a USA. • Bill McClintock has January 25, Gainesville, Fla. a senior audit consulting property and casualty joined First Citizens Bank in Su-Min is an assistant professor manager with Fluor Daniel in actuary for Merlinos & Asso­ Greenville as vice president in anesthesiology and pain Greenville, has received his ciates. • Jeff Darling, a former and commercial relationship management at the University Master of Science degree in manager. • BIRTH: John L. of Florida, and Lara is a dentist management from Southern senior systems administrator • (M.B.A.) and Audrey Bettger, a for the Florida Department of Wesleyan University. with Osprey Systems, Inc., is son, John Leon IV, February 12, Children and Family Services Christopher G. Samellas and now working as a technical Susan Cobb Singleton • Greer, S.C. District 3. have consultant for the company. formed Singleton & Samellas, W. Kyle Dillard has joined the LLC, in Greenville. The firm flllll of Gallivan, White & Boyd, 76 80 concentrates in the areas of PA , in Greenville as an associate Next reunion in 2006 Next reunion in 2005 probate and elder law, including attorney. He practices in the Frank Holleman, Deputy Teresa Ring Fritts lives in litigation, guardian/conservator­ areas of design and construction Secretary of Education in the West Hills, Calif., and works ship, estate administration and insurance coverage and health Clinton administration, has been as a paralegal. document preparation, while care benefits. • Ellen Tu cker appointed to the U.S. Comp­ also providing mediation and Iwasaki works in Tokyo, Japan, troller General 's Advisory Board 81 arbitration services. • Having as a senior editor, translator, for the General Accounting Next reunion in 2006 taught mathematics on the high writer and researcher. She Office (GAO). He also serves After 17 years at Rehoboth school and college levels for a translates and edits the annual as a member of the GAO's Baptist Church in Piedmont, number of years, Barry Shealy reports and financial statements Education Advisory Panel. S.C., Niki Ballew began duties is now assistant headmaster of most of the major banks in He is a member of the Wyche, December 30 as pastor of Locust at First Presbyterian Day School Japan, as well as the corporate Burgess, Freeman & Parham, Hill Baptist Church in Travelers in Macon, Ga. • Tony brochures and other publications P. A., law firm in Greenville. Rest, S.C. • Murray Chapple of Sorrentino was recently pro­ of many major Japanese com­ Charlotte, N.C., is principal moted to director of merchan­ panies. She is also company 77 visual technician with Critical dising by ScanSource of representative for the National This year is reunion! Aesthetics, Inc. • Stephen Greenville. Investor Relations Institute. Donald Tu rner, pastor of Round Clyborne has joined Earle Street Hill Baptist Church in Lexing­ Baptist Church in Greenville as 84 86 ton, S.C., received the 2001 associate pastor in education. Next reunion in 2004 Next reunion in 2006 Harold Von Nessen Distin­ He has served on the staffs of Robyn Hood Black is the part­ David Gantt has begun a guished Service Award from several other Baptist churches time director of Happy Horse Greenville law practice in the associate chaplains of in Greenville County. Farm, a nonprofit therapeutic partnership with Scott Pfeiffer Lexington Medical Center. horsemanship program in '88. • Robin Freeman Gore He was recognized for his 82 Gainesville, Ga. • John Cothran and her husband, Bobby, of service to the medical center This year is reunion! of Belton, S.C., is an instructor Piedmont, S.C., are single adult and to its associate chaplain During the January 12 Stand in high school computer classes ministers at their home church program. He is a member and Up for Life March and Rally in with the Anderson (S.C.) and have also opened their own past president of the executive Columbia, S.C., Chip Campsen, Districts 1 and 2 Career and retail business, a ceramic tile board of associate chaplains. a member of the South Carolina Technology Center. • Linda showroom. • Dudley Boren House of Representatives, was Howard Hickman is the North Selinger lives in Nashville, 78 recognized by the South Caro­ America PMO manager for Tenn., where she does volunteer Next reunion in 2003 lina Citizens for Life as the Computer Associates in work and is a photographer for Ingrid Blackwelder Erwin has Legislator of the Ye ar. • Steve Greenville. • Charles Hunter the Junior League. • joined the Greenville law firm Cox, who teaches Advanced is northern Ohio's new leader MARRIAGE: Greg Gardner of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Placement classes in European of the criminal division of the and Ellie Martel, May 26, 200I. Pollard LLC to practice in the and world history at Dutch Fork Internal Revenue Service. He Greg has his own business, areas of labor and employment High School in lrmo, S.C., is special agent in charge of the Gardner Group Resources, law and litigation. attained National Te acher Cleveland Field Office of the and Ellie works in executive Certification last fall. • David IRS-Criminal Investigation. • recruiting with Heidrick & R. Graydon, Jr. (M.B.A.) of Te rri Lehto lives in Montgomery, Struggles. They live in Dana Taylors, S.C., has received the Minn., and serves as communi- Point, Calif. 38 87 This year is reunion! Danna S. Brown has become manager of corporate finance with JPS Industries, Inc., in Greenville. • Deirdre Jenkins Hunt and her husband, Bryant, live in Mission Viejo, Calif., where she teaches band at Kraemer Middle School in the Placentia Unified School District. • Joanne Davidson Ibsen lives in Ostervraa, Denmark, and is marketing manager at TARGIT, a business intelligence software vendor. • BIRTHS: Tony and Betsy Bedini, a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, January 5, Raleigh, N.C. • Austin and Kelly Woods Fleming, a son, William, April 9, 2001, Boca Raton, Fla. • Craig and Charlotte Thomas Floyd, a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, January 9, Beaufort, S.C. • Bryan C. and Andrea Moody, a daughter, Caroline Grace, August 29. Both Bryan and Andrea are attorneys in Scottsdale, Ariz. • Peter and Sandra Sorge, a son, Cameron Peter, September 27, Jupiter, Fla. Peter is an executive chef at Jettys Waterfront Restaurant in Jupiter and is part owner of a restaurant in West Palm Beach, Fla., called Bimini Tw ist. 88 Next reunion in 2003 Brian Black is an assistant professor in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Uni­ versity of California-San Francisco. His lab works on the molecular genetics of cardiac and skeletal muscle specification and differentiation during embryonic development. • Brian Brooks lives in Chula Vista, Calif., and works in private protective services. • Paul C. Lam, a market represen­ tation manager for Ford Motor Company, was transferred to Dallas, Te xas, last summer. He handles buying and selling of Ford Division car dealerships in Texas as well as Oklahoma. • Kevin Moore is director of marketing for the Arizona Theatre Company in Phoenix. • Michael Suttles of Florence, S.C., is a probation officer with the U.S. Department of Pro­ bation. • John Watts has been elected a member of the law firm Furmanalumni news

CLASS NOTES SPRING 02, cont. Mark Bakker has become a media writer at Georgia State partner with the law fim1 of University. • Daryl Hartley, Wyche Burgess Freeman & formerly a research assistant Parham, P. A., of Greenville. His professor at the University of wife, Ta ra Daniel '92 Bakker, is Tennessee, has accepted a an occupational therapist with tenure-track faculty position at of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & St. Francis Hospital. • Greg the U.S. Naval Academy. • Pollard, LLC, in Greenville. 90 Edens of Liberty, S.C., is a Patty Velado Hermanson is an He concentrates his practice in Next reunion in 2005 family physician with Family oral pathologist and associate the areas of taxation, mergers To mmy Hill of Greer, S.C., is Practice Associates in Pickens, professor in the University of and acquisitions, estate planning, a self-employed pilot. He fl ies S.C. • Doug Harper lives Iowa College of Dentistry. • commercial real estate and for several companies on a outside Tallahassee, Fla., and Michael Overcash was business planning. • BIRTHS: contract basis and is also a flight is an attorney specializing in scheduled to graduate from the Jeffrey and Tracey Bridges instructor. • Holly Harris Misirly family law, probate, trusts and Medical University of South Atwater, a daughter, Katherine has been promoted to director estates . • MARRIAGE: Carolina in May with a Physi­ Margaret, October 28, Atlanta, of finance and inf01mation Thomas K. Bates and Tara cian Assistant degree. • Ga. • Bernard and Evelyn Mantz systems with the Atlanta (Ga.) Nicole White, January 19. They Michelle Pope is scheduled to Wedge, a son, Ethan Bernard, Opera and is also studying for live in Atlanta, Ga. • BIRTHS: complete her Master of Library Alpharetta, Ga. her M.B.A. degree in finance. Henry and Jeannine Pregler and Information Science degree • MattPittman, a certified public Chewning, a son, Hayden through the University of South accountant, has joined First 89 Campbell Chewning, December Carolina this summer. She National Bank of Spa1tanburg, Next reunion in 2004 15, Glen Allen, Va . • Wayne teaches history at Landrum S.C., as vice president and Rebecca Armacost is assistant and Jennifer Sherrill Davis, a (S.C.) High School. • Christy controller. • lisa Stevens has vice president for diversity son, Bryant Ziegler Davis, Reed has been promoted to been named a partner in the and workplace ethics with the November 22, Willow Spring, coordinator of enrichment Weston Benshoof Rochefort Georgia Power unit of Southern N.C. Jennifer is an instructional services and technology at the Rubalcava MacCuish, LLP, law Company in Atlanta, Ga. • Paul support specialist in the Johnston Atlanta (Ga.) Speech School. • Constantine is one of three peo­ firm in Los Angeles, Calif. • County School System. · Curtis and Kimberly Rice '93 Angela Smith Williford of Tabor ple recently promoted to vice Robert and Natalie Huberdeau Rush live in Clinton, S.C., where City, N.C., is risk manager, in­ president of merchandising with Doerr, a daughter, Anna, October he is city executive for Wachovia house counsel and corporate ScanSource of Greenville in the 16, LaGrange, Ga. • Dan and compliance officer with Conway company's newly created com­ Elizabeth Henss Girouard, a Hospital, Inc . • BIRTHS: Sean puter telephony integration busi­ daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, : ··- . " -� ,, ...,.r-a r;r-� '92 and Ta mmy Toole Harvey, a ness unit. • Shannon Duval, January 31,2001, Round Rock, I daughter, Rachel Yv onne, assistant professor ofphilosophy Te xas. • Keith and Emily � -�tU M� �s;baAtioti�� at Mount Mary College in Wis­ December 11, Yero Beach, Fla. Johnson '93 Hynds, a son, George E. Linney, Jr. '65, president; Tammy is a bookkeeper for consin, received the school's Joshua, December 8, Birrning­ Pamela Underwood Thomason '76, Treasure Coast Builders, Inc., 2001-2002 Excellence in Te ach­ han1,Ala. • Julian '93 and Mary president-elect; James H. Simkins, Jr. '78, and Sean is a team supervisor ing Award. Her selection for the Elizabeth Fox Kaufman, a son, vice president; Norma Karlen Bagwell '45; for ROC Associates, LLC. • Rebecca Hood Becherer '89; Randolph award was based on nominations Porter Jackson Kaufman, Sep­ Williams Blackwell '63; John R. Cassady by students and recent alumnae. Matthew and Emily Radford Hill, tember 5, Signal Mountain, '62; Brei Alan Clark '88; Diane Maroney • lisa Yeomans Landreth is a son, Ryan, December 31. Te nn. • Jeffrey E. and Patricia Estridge '66; Brian H. Fenn '91 ; Joe E. Emily is an adve1tising account lead budget analyst in the Green­ Lynch McDaniel, a daughter, Gentry '53; Julia Meeks Glenn '63; Hal E. supervisor in Dallas, Te xas. • ville Hospital System. • Bryan Lauren Elise, December 13, Henderson '92; Catherine Hunter Christopher and Carol Roper, Langmuir is chief financial Atlanta, Ga. Hightower '55; Elizabeth Jean Howard officer and comptroller at a son, Nathaniel Joseph, July 12, '81 ; Rebecca Pullin Kay '86; Donald H. Lindsey '54; J. David Nelson '61 ; Paul B. Blanchfield Army Community Monroeville, Pa. • Michael and Nix, Jr. '77; Robert E. Poerschke '41 ; Jack Wendy Eilers Timms, a daughter, 92 Hospital at Fort Campbell, E. Powers '56; Jenna C. Robinson '74; Emma Grace, November 12, Th is year is reunion! Ky. • Kelly Cole Spratling of Ginger Malone Sauls '75; David M. Schilli William "Tripp" Amos, vice Atlanta, Ga., is a computer pro­ Dacula, Ga. We ndy is a senior '85; Catherine Rakestraw Smith '92; president of field force develop­ grammer with the U.S. Army. • personnel analyst with Georgia Steven B. Smith '83; Mickey ArthurWalker ment with AFLAC in Columbus, D'anne Dorris Weaver is assis­ Merit System of Personnel '55; Ronald L. Walker '84; Harriet Arnold Ga., has been recognized as Wilburn '74. tant administrator at Faith Chris­ Administration. • David and Alison Miller Tu rner, twins, a one of Georgia's brightest tian Academy in Greenville. • Ex-Officio: David E. Shi '73, president; young stars in GeorgiaTrend David and Emilie McDona ld daughter, Anna, and a son, Donald J. Lineback, vice president for magazine's "40 under 40" Woody live in Charlotte, N.C., Caleb, April 17, 200 I, Mount development; Donald E. Fowler, director listing. • Christi Goss Bilbrey where he is minister of youth at Pleasant, S.C. Both David and of development; Shannon Wilkerson is director of volunteer ministries Wilson '93, director of Alumni Association; Providence Baptist Church and Alison work at the Medical and facilities support for First Melanie Krone '94, associate director of she is a history teacher and soft­ University of South Carolina. Farragut United Methodist Alumni Association; Jason Curtin, ball coach at Butler High School. associate director of Alumni Association; Church in Knoxville, Tenn. • BIRTHS: Troy and Susan Phil Howard, director of Furman Fund; 91 • Barry Culp has been hired Schaible '91 Fowler, a son, Next reunion in 2006 William J. Lavery, faculty liaison; David G. as a project hydrogeologist Ellison '72, trustee liaison; Katie Clerkin Vance Robinson Fowler, January Page Anderson of Decatur, Ga., with RMT, Inc., a full-service Benston '92, president, Yo ung Alumni 3, Slippery Rock, Pa. • Ray '90 is an assistant professor in the Council; David Hicklin '02, president, Beth Lopez Jarvis, engineering and environmental and a psychology department at Senior Class; Beau Seagraves '02, management consulting fim1 in daughter, Emily Catherine, Georgia State University, president, Association of Furman Students; Greenville. • Beth Flowers January 26, 200 I. Ray is an working in the clinical psy­ Megan Theiling '02, president, Student Flannigan of Atlanta, Ga., is a Alumni Council. OB/GYN with the Harbin Clinic chology doctoral program. • in Rome, Ga. Bank and she teaches in the Clinton First Baptist Church preschool. • Last fall Chris Strainer, owner of Cross­ CuJTents, a fly fishing and outdoor store in Helena, Mont., opened his second fly shop on the banks of the Missouri River in Craig, Mont. • Bert Wa llace is an assistant professor of theatre at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. • MARRIAGE: Allison Davis and Stewart Cooner, January 26. She is marketing director for Kathwood Place and he is the human resources analyst for Artistic vision Ron Boozer's sketches adorn Shi's new book Palmetto Health, both in Columbia, S.C . • BIRTHS: To mmy and Katie Clerkin When Ron Boozer '72 travels, he almost always to ask his friend to Benston, a son, Lewis Carpenter takes his sketchpad with him. provide the illustra­ Benston, November 27, Charles­ During layovers in airport terminals, he tions. Boozer visited ton, S.C. (This corrects an entry sketches his fellow passengers. If there's a busy the campus numerous in the winter issue.) • John and city plaza near his hotel, he tries to find time to times and completed Nicole Campbell, a son, Alastair, do a quick drawing of the surroundings. 75 works, from which February 16, 200 I, Lancaster, And no matter how hectic his schedule gets, the publisher chose S.C. • Manning Ill and the Charlotte, N.C., architect devotes two hours 26. Jacqueline Connors, a daughter, each Monday evening to sketching at a studio "I hope the Kathleen Eleanor, February I, near his office. drawings come across Greensboro, N.C. • Will and But does putting artist's pen to paper help as more than depic­ Debbie Ertel, a daughter, him unwind after a long day at work? Is it tions of students or Elizabeth Brooke, December 8, therapeutic? buildings," says Charlotte, N.C. • Kurt and Lillie Well, not always. Boozer. "I hope they "I have such high expectations for a product evoke some feeling and communicate as clearly Leckey McPherson, a son, and have a vision for what it should look like," and simply as David's writing." Ph illip John, November 9, says Boozer, a native of Union, S.C., who has Although Boozer's work has appeared in Ta mpa, Fla. Lillie is a counselor been sketching since he was in elementary school. architectural manuals, The Bell Tower and Beyond with Pinellas County (Fla.) "If it does not meet those expectations, it can be represents the first time his drawings have • Anne bet Schools. Tom and frustrating. Whatever the outcome, it's always a appeared in a publication designed for a general McEiiece Pettit, a son, Thomas learning experience." audience. He is happy with the collaboration Robert, December 27. They Boozer is a principal and team leader with between author and artist and likes the idea of recently relocated to Fairfield, Odell Associates, an architectural and engineering pursuing similar opportunities in the future. Conn. • Chris and Amy Walton firm. An art major at Furman and a three-year But he's not ready to quit his day job. "I've Reeves, a daughter, Anna Grace, starter at defensive tackle on the football team, always had a great interest in architecture and November 11. Chris is a fam ily he went on to earn a master's degree in archi­ art, and I made my choice [to pursue architecture physician in private practice in tecture, health care planning and design from as a career]," he says. "But I managed to hold Macon, Ga. • Christopher and Clemson University. He has contributed to on to the other. Sketching helps me share my Char Rhoads, a son, Clayton award-winning designs for Shriners Hospitals artisticvoice, and it hones my senses for Thomas, September 6, in Sacramento, Houston and Boston, and he architecture." Owensboro, Ky. • Rick and lists his work on The Johns Hopkins Hospital -John Roberts Sandy Mack Scott, a daughter, Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore Samantha, September 24, as his most challenging and rewarding Another Boozer sketch is on page 20. Taylors, S.C. • Derik '93 and project. While his job responsibilities and Erin Joye Snyder Shelor, a son, family life leave little room for hobbies, Jonathan Quinn, July 7, Lexing­ he was able to carve out enough time ton, Ky. Derik is a book editor recently to complete a set of ink for the University Press of sketches and a watercolor of the Bell Kentucky and Erin is pursuing Tower for Furman president David Shi's a doctorate in British history. • new book, The Bell Tower and Beyond: Laura Satterlee Shannon and Reflections on Learning and Living. The Ward, a son, Noah James, University of South Carolina Press pub­ January 24, 200 I, Cumming, Ga. lished the collection of Shi's newspaper columns, speeches and essays in April. 93 Boozer's drawings of campus scenes, Next reunion in 2003 students and buildings appear through­ out the 217-page book. After working for a textile Boozer and Shi were teammates company in Mexico for a on the Furman football team and had Carl Burgdorf number of years, stayed in touch through the years, is now a credit and collections so it was logical for the president Furmanalumni news

CLASS NOTES SPRING 02, cont. pathologist with Easter Seals of • Robbie Higdon, a seventh North Carolina. • Richard Alan grade science teacher at League and Tiffany Martin, a daughter, Academy in Greenville, has Jenna Elizabeth, March 25, achieved National Board 200 I, Easley, S.C. • Greg '95 Certification in early and Susan Howard Righter, adolescence/science. • Kerry analyst with Pfizer Credit research director with CA Child twins, a son, Samuel Wynnfield, Harike Joedecke of Decatur, Department, Capsugel Division, Care Resource and Referral and a daughter, Madeline Grace, Ga., is an associate with Rogers in Greenwood, S.C. • Patrick Network in San Francisco, Calif. June 21, 200 I , Marietta, Ga. & Hardin, LLP. • Kristi Adair Giles of Charleston, S.C., is • MARRIAGES: Hilary Eaton Nixon is a senior scientist with working toward his Ph.D. in cell and Brett Esry, June 2001. Lumidigm, Inc., in Albuquerque, biology at the Medical Univer­ Hilary is an assistant scientist 94 N.M. • Wayne Pendle is sity of South Carolina. • Laren and safety officer at a particle Next reunion in 2004 director of sales with Eon, Harmon of Parker, Colo., is a accelerator lab associated with Mark ru1d Jenny Howell Baldwin a communications company regional sales manager with Kansas State University, where have moved to Charlotte, N.C., in Atlanta, Ga. • While Michelin, N.A. • James Higbe Brett is a professor of physics. where Mark is the operating completing his Ph.D. at Tulane of Jacksonville, Fla., is president • Lisa A. Sherrill and Brian partner of Frank Manzetti 's University, Mark Souther also of Connexsys, a wireless internet Halstead, November 10. Lisa is Restaurant. • New jobs have teaches American urban history and network services company. a neonatal nurse practitioner at taken Andy and Lydia Kapp '95 at Loyola University in New • Anna Maria Maxwell is an Carolina Medical Center and Cooper to Aiken, S.C. Andy is Orleans and is working on an attorney with Womble Carlyle Brian is the business manager the head chaplain at Tre nton article for the Journalof Urban Sandridge & Rice in Greenville. for D.L. Williams Electric, both Correctional Institution and History. He recently presented She practices in the area of in Charlotte, N.C. . BIRTHS: Lydia teaches third grade in the his research at a national urban commercial transactions, includ­ William and Kirstin Quinn Clark, Aiken County School System. planning history conference in ing corporate banking, finance a son, William Quinn, February Lydia was scheduled to receive Philadelphia, Pa., and again at and property. • Susan Christ 27, 2001. • Bruce and Julie her M.Ed. degree in divergent the Organization of American McDiarmid and her husband, Steinfield Clary, a daughter, learning from Columbia (S .C.) Historians Conference in Jay, have graduated from Bethany Raye, October 5. Julie College in May. • Gary Washington, D.C. • Emily physical therapy school and is a phrumacy manager with Bi­ Eichelberger, Jr., has joined Thayer of Alpharetta, Ga., is accepted jobs in Fairbanks, Lo Pharmacy in Spartanburg, the Charleston (S.C.) office of a revenue assurance manager Alaska. Susan has been working S.C. • Chad and Leah Jackson, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scar­ with Cingular Wireless. • as a physical therapist with a son, David Lee, June 26, 2001, borough, L.L.P., to practice in MARRIAGE: Carolyn Ann HealthSouth in St. Augustine, Houston, Te xas. • Noel and business litigation, health care, Yates and Charles Michael Fla. • Randi Tu mlin is a Stephanie McGowan Kirila, a and labor and employment law. Koehler, November, Nashville, consultant with SAP America son, Colin McGowan Kirila, • Leigh Gauthier recently Te nn. • BIRTHS: Brian and and is based in Atlanta, Ga. • December 9, Kannapolis, N.C. became managing editor of GSA Lori Green, a son, Christian Shelley Waters-Boots is a Stephanie is a speech language Business Journal in Greenville. Allen, December 8. Brian is 200 l, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • approximately 40 private piano Washington University and a resident physician in the Bryan and Lynn Adams students, she teaches general works plll1 time for the Academy Department of Radiology at Mcintosh, a daughter, Ann music full time at a local for Educational Development the University of Missouri­ Grace, March 23, 200 I, Louis­ Catholic school. • Karen Esterl in Washington, D.C. • Jennifer Columbia. • To dd 'l))and ville, Ky. • Brian and Tracee is an administrative assistant at Atkinson is in graduate school Suzanne Cioffi Malo, a sun, Minnix Wade, a daughter, the Candler School of Theology at the University of Georgia, Jack Christopher, August 14, Andersen, September 6, at Emory University in Atlanta, studying for her M.Ed. degree Greenville. Greenville. Brian is a sales Ga. • Emily Slayton Fritz of in school health education. • associate with Datastream Herndon,Va ., is a ministry Arch Bell has moved to Austin, 95 Systems, lnc. partner services representative Texas, to work as a sales Next reunion in 2005 with Prison Fellowship Minis­ engineer with Insync Internet tries. She and her husband, Services/Reliant Energy. • Emmet Austin of Greer, S.C., 96 Scott, also operate a business Grace Dayrit of Charlotte, N.C., is a chemist with Cryovac/Sealed Next reunion in 2006 of their own. • John Scott Gray has been promoted to quality Air Corporation. • Sarah Sherry Crowe of Saranac Lake, teaches philosophy and political assurance coordinator with Richardson Bentzler is a N.Y., received her Ph.D. in science at Rend Lake College Pinkerton Services Group. • psychologist at the Develop­ microbiology and immunology in Ina, Ill. • Travis Kleckley is Chuck Dillard is musical director mental Evaluation Center in from the Medical University of completing course work for a of Opera Carolina in Greenville. Wilmington, N.C. • Duane South Carol ina last summer and concurrent master's degree in This education and outreach Biasi is a trader with Avery is now a postdoctoral fe llow at health administration and health program is made up of a small Partners, LP, in New York City. the Trudeau Institute. • Andrew information systems at the group of young artists who tour • Harry Foster is completing Humphries of Mauldin, S.C., is Medical University of South the Carolinas and perform about law school at Georgia State a computer consultant with the Carolina. He is also a data l 0 times per week. • Audrey University. While in school he McCraw Corporation. • Brian manager with the Clinical Dodson has joined the sales staff has worked with the U.S. Senate, Nutter is a judge advocate in the Innovations Group. • Bradley of The Phoenix, Greenville's lnn. U.S. Attorney's office, U.S. U.S. Marine Corps, stationed at Majette has become a project She will foc us on the social, Marshals and the Fulton County Parris Island in Beaufort, S.C. manager with Earth link, Inc., in military, university, re ligious and Sheriff's office. • Clayton • Angie Avard Turner has been Atlanta, Ga. • Brian and Jenny fraternal markets. • Jamie and Jennings has joined the Green­ admitted to the Georgia Bar. Pittman Viscusi live in Warring­ Chrissy Williams Duncan live ville law firm of Gallivan, White She and her husband, Steven, ton, Pa. Brian, an actuarial in Raleigh, N.C., where Jamie & Boyd, PA , as an associate have moved from Michigan to specialist at GE Financial attends Southeastern Baptist attorney practicing in the area Pelham, Ga. • MARRIAGES: Assurance, was named an asso­ Theological Seminary and of commercial litigation, Shawn Pierce and Michael ciate of the Casualty Actuarial Chrissy teaches kindergarten. • corporate and business planning, Barfield '97, December 30. Society (CAS) after successfully Chris Flynn works for the and real estate law. • After They live in Charleston, S.C., completing a series of examina­ American Red Cross in receiving his LL.M. degree from where Shawn is an attorney tions. He also completed the Charlotte, N.C., and is attending the University of Miami last with Richter & Hailer, LLC. required CAS course on Gordon-Conwell Theological summer, Eric Light has become • Jeff Rusbridge and Ashley professionalism. Jenny is Seminary, working toward a an associate attorney with the Culpepper, September 22. scheduled to graduate from master's degree in counseling. estate planning firm of Cox & He is an attorney with Rubert the Pennsylvania College of • Mark Kemp is minister of Nici in Naples, Fla. • Hunt M. Dyer & Associates, P. C. Optometry this summer. • music at the First Baptist Church Rounsavall is an attorney with They live in Canton, Ga. • MARRIAGES: Lori Cole of Lexington, N.C. • Kiana Goldberg & Simpson, PSC, in Daniel Ray Sprouse and Angela and Matt Waters, December 15. Matthews is a user interface Louisville, Ky. His specialty Marie Flowe, November 17, They live in Ashburn, Va. • designer in the education and is construction law. He also Greenville. • Graham Looper Sonny Jones and Sarah productivity division of Te xas works in the securities area. • Wood and Richard Bruce Robinett, June 2, 200 I. She Instruments in Dallas, Te xas. • MARRIAGES: James Duncan Sizemore, November 10. They is in nursing school at the Marie Swann, who is scheduled and Wendy Gibson '00. Novem­ work in Greenville, she with the University of South Carolina to graduate from Virginia ber 17. James is a vice president Pepsi Cola Bottling Company and he is in medical school. • Theological Seminary in and asset manager with JPl Mid­ and he with the City of Green­ BIRTHS: Ryan and Cyndee Alexandria and be ordained Atlantic Development and ville . • BIRTHS: David and lee Bonacci, a daughter, to the Episcopal priesthood this Wendy is a consultant for Price laura Carriere Axelson, a Shea Lee-Anne, October I, summer, will move to Shelby, WaterhouseCoopers. They live daughter, Mary Laura, Lawrenceville, Ga. Cyndee is N.C., to become assistant rector in Bethesda, Md. • Cameron November 8, Atlanta, Ga. • program director at the Family at the Episcopal Church of the Nuessle and Dawn Marie Derrick and Melanie Brannon LiFe Center at Second Ponce de Redeemer. • MARRIAGES: Fischer, April 28, 200 l,Augusta, Derringer, a son, Derrick Leon Baptist Church. • Michael Amanda Hoffman and Gavin Ga. • lynne Sykora and Samuel Andrew, January 24, lrmo, S.C. and Lynne Andrews Brons, a son, Desnoyers, January 12. They Unglo, December 29. They live Edn1L111d David, January 12. live in Cumming, Ga., and she in Atlanta, Ga. Lynne is public 97 They live in Annapolis, Md., is a software developer with relations director at the Arthritis This year is reunion! where Michael is the assistant MATRA Systems, Inc. They Foundation National Office and Kasey Allee is a professor of to the superintendent of the U.S. will move to Slovakia this fall Sam is a financial planner at the costume design at San Jacinto Naval Academy. as missionaries, to begin a high Ayeo Company. • BIRTHS: Col lege in Houston, Te xas. • adventure camp for high school Nathan and Sara Genez, a son, Dawnelle Diedrich is a doctoral students. • Amy Hutchison and Henry Victor, November 12. 98 student and research assistant at Andy McKee, July 2001. Amy Nathan is a platinum consultant Next reunion in 2003 the University of Maryland. • has begun work toward her with SAP America in Houston, Carrie Ackerman has started Meghan Smith Dykes and her Master of Arts degree in teaching lexas. • James and Carole Raitt work toward her master's degree husband, Scott, live in Louis­ at the University of South Caro­ Hargis, a son, Alex Joseph, J unc in public health at George ville, Ky. In addition to teaching lina, and Andy is in law school. 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• BIRTH: James and Julie master's degree in industrial and Hudson Clark, a daughter, Sally organizational psychology from Emma, January 8, Greer, S.C. the University of Te nnessee­ Chattanooga and is employed as 99 an HR systems and services Next reunion in 2004 coordinator with Medical Management Professionals, Inc. Rick Addy lives in Irmo, S.C., She lives in Hixson, Te nn. • and works for Edward D. Jones Lindsey Osborne Stinnett was & Company as an investment scheduled to receive a master's representative. • DUling her first degree in public administration year of graduate work toward a from the University of Te nnessee master's degree in architecture this spring. She works as a grant at Clemson University, Michelle writer for Child & Family Bellon has studied in Charleston, Te nnessee, a social services S.C., and in Genoa, Italy. • organization in Knoxville. • Christa Brunow is an indepen­ After finishing her master's dent communications consultant degree in history at the Univer­ and leads a junior high school sity of South Carolina last fall youth group at a church in and teaching a class at Columbia Charlotte, N.C. • David Coe, College, Courtney To llison is who is finishing law school at completing her doctoral classes. Harvard University, has accepted • Jeff Wadley of Orlando, Fla., a job in Washington, D.C., is an inside sales representative beginning in September. • with Sprint Communications technician at the Carolinas Mandy Collinger is publicity Corporation. • MARRIAGES: Medical Center in Charlotte, manager for Essential Records, 00 Daniel DeBra and Sharon Hazan, Next reunion in 2005 N.C. • To mmy John Ill has a Christian record label in August 18. She has received her Daniel Alvarez was selected by signed to pitch for the Nashville, Tenn., whose artist master's degree in biology from the Colorado Rapids in the third Schaumburg (Ill.) Flyers of roster includes Jars of Clay, the University of South Carolina. round of the Major League the independent Northern Third Day and Caedmon's Call. Daniel is pursuing a career as Soccer draft in mid-February. League. • Jennifer Lichtenberg • Bob Crutchfield is an infor­ a professional golfer. • • Liz Atwater completed her has moved to New York where mation technology specialist Daniel Griesbeck and Althea master's degree in December she works in her family business, with IBM in Atlanta, Ga. • VanGorden, November 10. and returned to Vancouver, S. Lichtenberg & Co., Inc. • Christine Dawkins was sched­ Daniel is information/Web Wash., to work as a human Robert Staton is studying for a uled to receive her master's developer for Pro Edit, Inc. factors engineer with Hewlett­ master's and Ph.D. in medical degree in social work from the They live in Roswell, Ga. • Packard, where she had been physics at the University of University of South Carolina in Stacey Allison Hoffert and Jason an intern last summer. • Chris Florida. • Dana Steffan of Long May. • Jeff and Mary Moore Daniel Gilbert '00, December Churchman lives in Irving, Valley, N.J., is an elementary Deloach live in Athens, Ga., 28. They live in Birmingham, Texas, and develops all forms school teacher in the Washington where she is a sales specialist Ala., where Stacey is a coOI·din­ of Web applications for his To wnship School System. • with Flowers Inc. Balloons and ator of health education for the company, Churchman & Asso­ Tracy Towle completed her he is a law student at the Univer­ University of Alabama-Birming­ ciates, Inc. • Brad Crenshaw is master's degree at Furman sity of Georgia. • Ta ra ham and he is a cardiovascular a graduate student and teaching in December and is now an Fogleman teaches science technician for the Kirklin Clinic assistant in the Department of assistant for the Hun·icanes Club at the Savannah (Ga.) Arts ' also at UAB. • Amber Mann Geology and Geological at the University of Miami (Fla.). Academy. • Megan Foote and Michael Martin, September Engineering at the Colorado • Deborah Wells attends law of South Royalton, Vt., is 22. She is a fifth grade teacher School of Mines. • Michael school at Wake Forest Univer­ scheduled to sit for the South at Riverview Elementary School Feldhaus and John Skinner are sity. • Alicia Williams graduated Carolina Bar examination in July in the Fort Mill (S.C.) School both employed by Fifth Third from the University of North after graduation from Ve rmont District. • Misty Lee Outlaw and Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carolina-Greensboro last Law School. • Renae Norris Kyle Harris, July 14, 2001. Lee Michael as an investment December with a master's is a fourth grade teacher at received her master's degree in research analyst and John in degree in cross categorical Dacusville Elementary School elementary education from brokerage operations. Michael special education, with an add­ in Pickens County, S.C. • Mary Winthrop University last fall is pursuing an M.B.A. degree at on license in leruning disabilities. Mitchell Richerson of Louis­ and teaches kindergarten at Xavier University. • Elizabeth She lives in Cary, N.C., and ville, Ky., is an elementary Orchard Park Elementruy School Head was scheduled to complete teaches cross categorical special teacher in the Shelby County in Fort Mill, S.C. • Robin her M.M.Ed. at Florida State education for grades 3-5 at Public School System. • Meg Watson and Jason Moser, University in Tallahassee this Farmington Wo ods Elementary Slowikowski has received her School. . MARRIAGES: December 29, Peachtree Center, spring. • After completing her· Ga. They live in Laurel, Md., master's degree in exercise Ellen Barbare Culbertson and and Robin is employed by the science, Shelby Huie is a Donald James Abramo, Jr., U.S. government. cardiovascular diagnostic January 19. He is employed by 44 Merck and Company and she by Prize. He was invited to lecture active in several education with her husband in his music Anderson County (S.C.) School at the Library of Congress upon organizations, and with her career. District One. • Brooke Allison the 700th anniversary of Dante 's husband ran a general store and James Wesley O'Dell '40, Bell and Mathew Glen Bair, birth, and was awarded by the served as a precinct committee December 18, Jacksonville, Fla. November 10. They live in President of Italy the title chairman. He was co-owner and operator Anderson, Ind., where he teaches Cavaliere in the Order of Merit lucille Bolt West '35, December of Raymond Peninsular Ware­ at North Side Middle School. of the Republic of Italy. He 13, Greenville. She had retired house Public Storage and She is a software analyst with received an honorary Doctor of from Harper Brothers after 35 Transp011ation Company, which Healthx. Humanities degree fromFurman years as a secretary. She was was founded by his father in in 1996. a member of Administrative 1912. He was a U.S. Army 01 John Rogers Orr '28, January Management Association, veteran of Wo rld War II, having Next reunion in 2006 15, Seneca, S.C. He was a Magnolia Garden Club and served in the European Theatre, Rei co Barber is studying for a teacher, principal and super­ Greenville Woman's Club. and was a member of the degree in adolescent counseling intendent in the South Carolina She was listed in Who 's Wh o American Legion and the at the Medical University of public school system. of American Wo men and Who 's Ve terans of Foreign Wars. South Carolina. He works as a Who in Industry and Finance. clinical residential counselor and Willie Cox Ray '28, January 22, William Govan King '4 1, a court-appointed parole officer. Whitmire, S.C. She taught pri­ Camilla Foreman Smith '36, December 7, Clinton, S.C. A • Melanie Goode Callahan is mary grades for 27 years in January 23, Greenville. She was member of the U.S. Army Air self-employed and lives in schools in Clinton and Joanna, a homemaker and active in First Corps during World War II, he Greenville. • Wes Culberson S.C. Presbyterian Church. and his father began W.G. King is in his first year of graduate and Sons Construction Com­ Mary Sizemore Bishop '3 1, Elizabeth Nelson Burkette '37, school at the University of pany, which he ran until last January I 6, Greenville. She September 28. Wisconsin, studying medical summer. Having maintained retired from teaching after 30 physics. • Christine Daniel of Robert lee Howard '37, his military status as a reserve years at Parker High School. Mauldin, S.C., has joined the December 3, Greenville. He officer, he was called back to She was a past president of the staff of the Girl Scouts of the was co-owner and operator of active duty during the Cuban Cosmetology Te achers' Guild. Old 96 Council Inc. as director Howard Brothers Gulf Station. missile crisis. He also served as of communications. • Corrine Sam Brissie '3 1, January 20, base commander of Dobbins Air C. LeGrande Moody, Jr. '37, O'Neill is an Americorps Lyman, S.C. November 16, Florence, S.C. volunteer in Juneau, Alaska, Grace Emma lancaster Tate '32, working with AWARE, a shelter S.l. Watson, Jr. '37, December January. that aids women in abuse and 22, Lakeland, Fla. A founding rape emergencies. • Patricia Emma McGregor Webb '33, member ofthe Florida Obstetrics Southard joined the staff of January I, Clemson, S.C. She and Gynecologic Society, he About George Washington University served as organist, director of established a prenatal clinic in March as circulation adult and youth choirs, pianist, for indigent patients in Lakeland class notes supervisor/library assistant choir member and member of and chaired a supp011 group for in the school's Gelman Library. the Music Committee of First Military Families-American Red • MARRIAGE: Chu Pak and Baptist Church of Clemson. Cross-Korean War. He was an Because of the large number of Mark Smith, October 6. They attending staff member, a mem­ submissions Furman receives for live in Simpsonville, S.C. Roy Dendy Hogg '34, December ber of the executive medical staff the magazine's class notes section 7, Lyman, S.C. He played and chair of OB/GYN Service and the amount of time it takes to DEATHS basketball and baseball at at Lakeland General Hospital. review, compile and edit so much Furman and was retired from His professional memberships information, news items frequently Marian Norris James '27, M. Lowenstein and Sons. included the Florida and Ameri­ are not published until five or six December 15, Greer, S.C. Susan Roe Keeler can medical associations, Polk She was a teacher in Greenville '34, February months alter they are submitted. County (Fla.) Medical Society County, a former chair of the 7, Travelers Rest, S.C. She Furman magazine does not and the American College of Easter Seal Society and a taught school in Spartanburg publish dated items (anything more OB/GYN ACOG. He was a volunteer in the Greenville (S.C.) County and worked in the than 18 months old at time of diplomate of the American Hospital System. music departments at both the publication) or engagement University of Texas and at Board of OB/GYN. announcements. Birthand marriage Joseph Chesley Mathews '27, Furman, where she was for announcements for alumni couples Henry A. Bridges '38, November December 9, Santa Barbara, many years the department who graduated in different years 25, Bainbridge, Ga. A graduate Calif. A noted teacher and secretary. are included under the earliest of the Medical College of literary scholar, he held a Ph.D. graduation date (except if requested Emma Grace Lathem Kellett '35, Georgia, he had practiced medi­ degree from the University of otherwise); they are not listed under December 20, Belton, S.C. An cine in Bainbridge until his California-Berkeley. His teach­ both classes. We ask that you educator in Greenville County retirement in 1998. ing career spanned almost 40 include your spouse's or child's schools for 35 years, she taught years, the last 30 of which were Vivian Wickliffe Childers '38, name and the date and city where first grade for many years and spent at the University of January 22, Greenville. the birth or marriage occurred. later served as principal of two California-Santa Barbara. A Send alumni news to the Office elementary schools. At her Frances Olivet Kendrick Dante scholar, he authored many of Marketing and Public Relations, retirement she was a reading Wardlow '38, November 8. publications exploring the Furman University, 3300 Poinsett specialist for Greenville County. influence of Dante on American Catherine Brockman Sanders Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613, authors and was a recipient of She was a charter member of '39, January 5, Spa11anburg, S.C. or e-mail to [email protected]. Snow Campaign Daughters of the Harvard University Dante She taught school and worked FAX: (864) 294·3023. the American Revolution, was Furmanalumni news

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Force Base in Atlanta, Ga., and Charles M. Harbin, Jr. '46, which time he was a member J. Bernard Shumate '5.'i, was deputy wing commander of January I 5, Greenville. He was of the Million Dollar Sales Club October 29, Highlands, N.C. the 3rd Air Force, a military air a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran for I 5 years and was awarded a Jimmy Preston Greene '56, transport unit. of Wo rld War II and retired as a Bronze Plaque. December 17, Raleigh, N.C. He supervisor for the Laurens Road Nathaniel Carrie Kirkland '43, Martin Vanburen Moss, Jr. '49, served as a Baptist minister and Post Office in Greenville. He December 26, Kilmarnock, Ya . December 25, Greenville. A a teacher at Reinhardt College was a member of the Greenville A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, U.S. Air Force veteran, he was in Wa leska, Ga., was a campus Lions Club and the American he also worked in the business an accountant for McBride minister with the Georgia Baptist Legion. world before entering Union Office Supply and was a 50-year State Convention, and pastored Theological Seminary. He Harold A. Collins '47, December member of American Legion churches in Florida and North served churches in Conway, 28, Americus, Ga. He served in Post 3, which he served as Carol ina. S.C., Albemarle, N.C., and the U.S. Air Force during World athletic director. Marlowe Tilmon Durham '57, Richmond and Sharps, Ya ., War II as a communication M.A. "Mac" Ivester '."50. January 13, Lake City, S.C. He be fore his retirement. specialist. After his release from February I 0, Inman, S.C. He was a retired Baptist minister service, he eamed both college Frank Mims '43, February 5, was a retired chiropractor with who served churches in the and seminary degrees. He went Charlotte, N.C. He was a U.S. Dove Chiropractic. A U.S. Navy Upstate of South Carol ina, in on to pastor churches in Te nnes­ Army Air Corps veteran of veteran of Wo rld War II, he was Lake City, S.C., and in We st see and Georgia and retired as Wo rld War 11 and had retired a Mason and a Shriner. Virginia. He was a past presi­ pastor emeritus of Beecher Hills after many years as a truck dent of the Williamsburg Baptist Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga. Dorothy Kendrick Conn�r '."i 1, salesman. Association. Sarah Martin Pittman January 27, Greer, S.C. Shaylor 0. Walters '43, Nancy MacNees Conway '58, Stombaugh '48, November 25. Claude Arnold Hightower '."i1, November II, Columbia, S.C. February 3, Travelers Rest, S.C. Greenville. She was a former January 30, Piedmont, S.C. He entered the ministry at age She was a volunteer with the teacher and a past president of During his more than 60 years 16 and joined the staff of the Greenville Literacy Association Greenville Kennel Club. of ministry, he served churches South Carol ina Baptist Conven­ and the Humane Society's Pet in South Carolina, North tion after graduating from Charles M. White, Jr. '48, Therapy Program, and she Carolina and Virginia. seminary. He became an asso­ January 26, Greenville. After served on the Northwest Area ciate in the Training Union serving in the U.S. Air Force Nellie Josephine Belcher '52, District 17 Library Board of department and served as its Medical Corps, he operated a December I 3, Greenville. She Trustees. director until his retirement in private medical practice in was retired from the Baptist Addie Lee Ballard Hunt, M.A. 1987. Greenville from J 957 to 1968. Foreign Mission Board. '60, January 9, Columbia, S.C. He was on the teaching staff of Gwendolyn Floyd Johnson '45, She was a former teacher and Greenville General and Marshall Otis Walter Brady, Jr. '52, February 13, Hilton Head Island, guidance counselor in Easley, Pickens hospitals, chairing the January I 5, Landrum, S.C. S.C. She was a public school S.C., and held memberships in psychiatry departments of both. He was a Southern Baptist teacher in South Carolina for 32 ADK, Easley Women's Club and He was a member of the Ameri­ missionary who entered the years and was a nationally the Daughters of the A rnerican can Board of Psychiatry and mission field in the Bahamas. recognized trailblazer in reading Revolution. Neurology, was a clinical He went on to serve in Guyana, instruction for students with Mexico and Belize, and as a associate in the Department Ted McMeekin '63, January 14, special needs. She was Te acher church planting consultant for of Psychiatry and Behavioral Abbeville, S.C. of the Ye ar in Lexington County Sciences at the Medical the Caribbean. He pastorcd School District Two in 1978 and University of South Carolina and churches in North Carolina and Dorothy Yolanda Hill Harris '72, was the runner-up as state was chief of staff and clinical South Carolina and was a U.S. November 26, Greenville. One Te acher of the Ye ar in 1979. director of adolescent psychiatry Air Force veteran. of the first African-American She served on the executive at Brierwood Hospital. He women to enroll at Furman, board of the South Carol ina Donald E. Cook '53, November received awards from the she went on to work for Gates/ Association of Classroom 25, Wake Forest, N.C. He was American Medical Association, Arrow, Inc., and was a former Te achers and on the Policy a former professor at Gardner­ American Psychiatric Associates business manager of Dazzlers, Planning Commission of the We bb University. and American Academy and Inc. She was a volunteer for the South Carolina Education served as advisor and consultant Eugene F. Hayes '55, December American Red Cross and was a Association. She was a member for a wide variety of local 23, Woodruff, S.C. He was Cub Scout leader. of the American Association of agencies, departments and retired from Wh itten Center in University Women and of the Fara Denna Babridge '89. institutions. Clinton, S.C. Alpha Delta Kappa and Delta January 26, Greenville. She was Kappa Gamma sororities. James Perry Aiken '49, January Bessie Ann Allison Holden '55, employed as a fam ily caregiver. I 5, Greenville. He was re tired January 13, Landrum, S.C. John Wayne Levan '45, January from Allstate Insurance Com­ 29, Boiling Springs, S.C. He pany after 35 years, during was a retired minister.

46 Music, power and joy

A 9/ 13 concert brings out the best in a young conductor, an acclaimed cellist and an inspired orchestra

One day last August I picked up the ringing telephone in our home. The voice on the other end was that of the general manager of the Phoenix Symphony, where I am associate conductor. "Bob, [music director] Maestro Hermann Michael is ill and not going to be able to conduct our opening gala on September 13," she said. "We'd like you to conduct in his place." Yo ung conductors dream about calls like this. Not only would I be stepping in to conduct our highly publicized opening gala, but the guest artist would be none other than Yo Yo Ma, the renowned cellist. I spent nine years in my hometown of Greenville studying cello with Furman professor Richard Maag, who helped crystallize my Yo Yo Ma (left) reviews notations for a Haydn concerto with Blythe Tretick, assistant love for the cello and my admiration for principal cellist for the Phoenix Symphony, and Robert Moody. artists like Yo Yo Ma. So I threw myself completely into score study and preparation for the first rehearsal, which was scheduled speaking with music students who had been chords faded away, no one in the room for Tuesday morning, September 11. invited to the rehearsal. could breathe. I woke at 6 o'clock on the 11th (9 a.m. As an opening memorial, I decided to And then the concert went forward. Eastern time) and turned on the television add Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings to We realized we weren't there just to mourn en route to making coffee. I never got to our program. This poignant work is per­ loss, but also to celebrate life. The fire and the kitchen. Watching the second plane hit formed often in times of crisis or tragedy energy of Yo Yo Ma's performances of the the World Trade Center is a memory I can and has become a national hymn of Haydn Cello Concerto in C-major and the never erase, as is the case for so many of memorial and remembrance. Tc haikovsky "Rococo" Variations were us. Te n minutes before the concert was to matched by the orchestra's rendering of the When the orchestra gathered later that begin, there was a knock at my dressing Tc haikovsky Second Symphony. In those morning at Symphony Hall for rehearsal, room door. It was Yo Yo Ma. "I wonder if two hours there was no despair. There was the musicians were silent, dumbfounded it might be all right with you," he began, "if only music, power and joy. and unsure even of why we were there. I could sit in with the cello section for the Yo Yo Ma took the stage at the end of I asked for a minute of silence, and then Barber." I found myself chuckling inside at the program and, unaccompanied, played we played Tc haikovsky, Weber and Haydn. this question, while being moved that this a selection from Bach. Nothing could have Music has a healing quality, and it was artist, perhaps the greatest of our time, also served as a more appropriate "Amen" for certainly in effect that morning. But it could possessed such deep humility. "Yes, it will the evening. Yet the audience called for not completely relieve our anxiety and be more than all right," I finally answered. more. So the orchestra played "God Bless sadness. And so Yo Yo Ma sat in the cello section America." The audience was in full voice Later that afternoon, we discussed and waited for the concert to begin. once again, almost intoxicated now from whether or not to proceed with the gala on If there had been any concern that the hearing the world's greatest cellist lend his Thursday night. Sporting events, Broadway audience might stay away, it was allayed artistry to the evening, and from hearing touring shows and rock concerts were being as I stepped to the stage. All 2,500 seats our great Phoenix Symphony reach such a cancelled. We came very close to joining in the hall were full, and the 14 portal-door musical peak. them. entries were also jammed with people. And where was Yo Yo Ma during this Then we heard from Yo Yo Ma. He The first sounds were that of the last piece? was in Denver, and although flights were National Anthem, which everyone sang with In the cello section, playing and singing grounded, he said that if we were going overwhelming fervor. along with all of us. ahead with the gala, he would make the Then came the Barber. No string player - Robert Moody '89 16-hour drive to be with us. has ever given more than our musicians That settled it. The concert was on. did that night - including Yo Yo Ma. He The author is scheduled to conduct the final He made the drive overnight, arriving wasn't a superstar at that moment. Instead, concert of Spoleto Festival USA June 9 at in Phoenix just 90 minutes before his he was one of our string ·�eam" that created Middleton Place in Charleston, S.C. He rehearsal with us. Yet he played with the most unified and powerful rendition of dedicates this article "to the memory of my unflagging energy and artistry, and even the work that I will ever experience. For cello teacher, Dr. Richard Maag. " stayed around for an hour afterwards, what seemed an eternity after the final

47 The Last Word

It isn't too often that you get to spend a weekend with the very same people that you went on the trip of a lifetime with 20 years ago. Thanks to the efforts of a few veterans of the Furman Fall Term in England trip of 1981, 15 out of an original normally a drive of a couple of hours from

group of close to 50 got together in early · Stratford to London into a seven-hour November. endurance test - and also delayed our Originally planned as a sentimental return to our respective homes. It made journeyback to old haunts in London, the for a disorienting homecoming. reunion instead evolved into an English­ Not so this gathering. For most of us, themed weekend in Atlanta, Ga. Housed there weren't enough hours in each day. in an English-style bed and breakfast, we We stayed up late and got up early, eager hung out at a local pub and attended an to share our memories and accounts of our Oglethorpe University performance of recent lives. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Although I hadn't seen many of the I was the first to arrive, leaving Erie, group in 20 years, we slipped easily back Pa., on Friday at a time - 6 a.m. - when into the grooves of well-worn friendships, just about everyone else wasn't even awake extending those relationships to the many yet. After landing in Atlanta, I took the spouses that tagged along. cheap route, catching the MARTA On Saturday afternoon, a group of us downtown to find the Ansley Inn, our broke away for a visit to the High Museum weekend hideaway. of Art. As we companionably strolled Throughout the afternoon, I ventured through a Monet exhibit, I was reminded into the inn's parlor, only to retreat in of the pleasure I took in visiting so many frustration after seeing not one person from art galleries in England, and of how long the trip. After the eighth or ninth trip out it had been since I had actually visited one. of my room, I finally found Renee Corbin Plans are already in the works for a Morrell '83, one of the organizers of the 25-year reunion, this time actually in reunion. Renee was the first of many in London. We hope to spend a week together the group that I immediately recognized. with our families, reacquainting ourselves In fact, one of my most vivid impres­ with London - and with each other. sions from the weekend is of how little -Amy Buttell Crane '83 everyone had changed. Charged with bringing memorabilia from the trip, The author, a fo rmer editor of The Paladin, many of us stuffed our luggage with is a freelance writer who lives in Erie, Pa., photo albums, journalsand souvenirs from with her husband and two children. She Top photo, from left, Laura Lewis Owens '82, is the mutual fu nd columnist fo r Better Amy Butte// Crane, Mike Harley '82 and Renee London, Stratford and Brussels. The faces magazine and is at work on her Corbin Morrell share memories, as do (bottom) in the photos weren't that different from Investing Chet Rabon '84, Kay Thomas Packett '82 and the faces surrounding me in the inn's parlor, first book. David Layne '82. (Photos courtesy Chet Rabon) dining room, and on the streets of Atlanta. Beautiful weather providt?d a fitting framework for our get-together and was quite a contrast to the snowstorm that we experienced 20 years ago on leaving England. That blizzard turned what is

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