FURMAN MAGAZINE Letter from the President

SPRING 2018

AROUND Q&A NOTES FROM THE COMEBACK THE LAKE John Plyler ’56 TINY HOUSES, THE FIELD Furman and the We go behind the shares his thoughts BIG DREAMS Allie Buchalski ’18 Greenville Drive scenes with Senior on Furman then and The embodiment of his passion for sustainability is Furman’s first celebrate a winning Groundskeeper now. pg. 10 and intelligent design, David Latimer’s tiny All-American partnership. pg. 42 Sheree Wright. pg. 4 homes make minimum feel maximum. pg. 30 runner. pg. 14 VOLUME 61 NUMBER 1 SPRING Table of Contents 2018

THE PARTNERS PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY PROVIDED ME WITH

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE MY GOALS, IT HAS

ALSO GIVEN ME MENTORS WHO SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE ME pg. 26 TO BE A BETTER LEADER AT FURMAN AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE Furman’s three institutes take a LARGER GREENVILLE COMMUNITY. — Jessica Norum, class of 2018 yearlong look at climate change. THE PARTNERS PROGRAM LETTER FROM Features NOTES FROM THE FIELD THE PRESIDENT Distance runner Allie GIVES JESSICA Elizabeth Davis on ensuring Buchalski ’18 laid the ground- The Furman Advantage STEEPLE SAVERS work for the Furman running delivers. pg. 3 by Ron Wagner ’93 program’s success. pgs. 14–16 THE ADVANTAGE Three Furman alumnae are working to save Trinity Episcopal Church, the centerpiece of downtown Abbeville. pgs. 20–25 Furman Institute of Running AROUND THE LAKE and Scientific Training works Sheree Wright is Furman’s senior with professional bike racing groundskeeper and unofficial A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER team. pgs. 18–19 swan whisperer. pgs. 4–5 by M. Linda Lee The Partners Program supports The Furman Furman’s yearlong exploration of climate change engaged Advantage by funding student scholarships Furman on Main opens in multiple disciplines in addressing the national and local impact of THE COMEBACK M. Judson Booksellers in climate change. pgs. 26–29 Furman and Greenville’s home and experiences. Investments through the downtown Greenville. pgs. 6–7 team celebrate a winning part- Partners Program enable our students to nership. pgs. 42–47 OLLI at Furman turns 25. engage, push and power transformation. TINY HOUSES, BIG DREAMS pgs. 8–9 by Ron Wagner ’93

David Latimer ’05 is making a name for his company, SHELF LIFE Ruby Morgan leaves a New Frontier Tiny Homes. pgs. 30–35 Works by Doug Campbell ’94, Steinway legacy for Furman’s Carolyn A. Day and Matt Olson. future musicians. pg. 12 Help ensure that every experience they have pgs. 50–51 TEAM PLAYER produces an advantage. Contact us about by Kelley Bruss

supporting a Furman student by calling Q&A From the field to the courtroom,Richard Cullen ’71 CLASS NOTES John Plyler ’56, son of 864.294.3436 or Furman.edu/Partners. fights for his own.pgs. 36–37 Where you have been, where Furman’s longest-serving you are going. What life is like president. pgs. 10–11 After the Aisle for twins Ali A REUNION ACROSS THE POND Gunn Napier ’03 and Jenny

by Willard Pate Gunn Littlejohn ’03. Getting THEN, NOW, NEXT President Davis joins Furman alumni, students and faculty to Up Close with Janet Kwami and Reflections on what was, celebrate study away in London. pgs. 38–41 John Crabtree. pgs. 56–63 is and will be important at Furman. pgs. 7, 9, 11

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FURMAN HAS PROMISED A HIGH- IN THE KITCHEN AT Furman magazine is published significant portion of the score that IMPACT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHITE OAKS for alumni and friends of the univer- determines our ranking, increase by a 2017 FALL TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT, I received my copy of Furman sity by University Communications, point. Anyone familiar with the U.S. Furman University, Greenville, South WHICH IS A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT yesterday and, even though I News rankings knows this is no small feat. Carolina 29613. Correspondence may THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED. am not an alumnus of Furman, I The best part, though, is that we’re be directed to [email protected]. found it to be of great interest. increasing awareness and reputation by WE NEED STRONG DATA TO MAKE A There is one item I feel should building on what we know and do well. CASE FOR THIS NEW APPROACH TO HIGHER EDUCATION. be clarified. As I read your INTERIM EDITOR In an authentic way, we’re changing the article on “In the Kitchen at Carol Anne Ward ’02 narrative about higher education – “how White Oaks” it seemed to me to do it right.” We’re showing how “Furman’s vision and ambition to pg. 20 CREATIVE DIRECTOR to give the impression that Dr. Elizabeth Geer combining the curricular, cocurricular provide a relationship-rich and work- 8 FURMAN | SPRING 2017 Plyler and Dr. Blackwell had Proving Our and extracurricular with reflection leads integrated learning experience for every resided in White Oaks. This is SHARE YOUR ART DIRECTORS to positive outcomes. We’re showing how single student – as a guarantee, not just an Katherine Irvin not the case. John and Martha THOUGHTS placing students at the center of every- option – is truly unprecedented,” he said at LETTERS TO Chris Turner Promise THE EDITOR Johns were the first couple Kaylee Welgraven thing we do and guiding them through the time. “Gallup has the great privilege of to reside there. I remember We welcome letters on any Furman-Gallup study will ensure this ultra-curricular path produces serving as Furman’s strategic evaluation John telling me how Furman subject covered in the maga- DESIGNER successful graduates. partner in this effort to conduct one of the The Furman Advantage delivers. A dramatic cover photo had to have exterminators to zine. Letters should be limited Cara Sanders Robb Again, it’s not enough to just say this, we most comprehensive and multifaceted graces this issue, and the article treat the house before assayers to 150 words, refer to a subject CONTRIBUTORS BY ELIZABETH DAVIS have to prove it. We have seen from Gallup studies ever done in higher ed. It will help on the campus eclipse experience would come in to evaluate its from the most recent issue and Jen Bobo that certain college experiences lead to guide improvements to their practice in is so well done. The sidebar contents. After this, the house include the writer’s name and Kelley Bruss greater engagement in life and careers. real-time and document elements of success on Guy Ottewell, a veritable was prepared for him to move city/state. They may be sent Elizabeth Davis We are going to measure our outcomes – – as well as struggles – over the long-term.” Javonia Davis ’21 polymath, fascinated me, and in. He was followed by the Shis, to [email protected]. Jeremy Fleming ’08 e made a promise and we including alumni engagement, satisfaction We’re not going to hide from the results. I am honored to have my poem Kohrts and now the Davises. Although we make every effort Erikah Haavie plan to keep it. By now, I and success – so we can show our value They might show us that we have a long beside his artwork. Since he is I may be mistaken, but I to include as many submis- Brian Hodes hope, you’ve heard about The and, as needed, make improvements to way to go, or that certain elements need also a poet, I hope he thought remember only four presidents sions as we can, letters may Mary Alice Kirkpatrick Furman Advantage. It is our what we’re doing. We will be reaching out tweaking. If we’re going to make the kind it was a worthy combination! (not five) as having resided in be edited for length or clarity. Blair Knobel ’03 promise to provide every student an in- to you soon to ask you about your experi- of difference we expect, we have to take the M. Linda Lee W That his son’s name is also White Oaks. Letters that address a topic Vince Moore tegrated four-year pathway, with engaged ence at Furman and beyond. Please take good with the bad and constantly work to the name of one of L. D. before the most recent issue of Lindsay Niedringhaus ’07 learning experiences, guided by a commu- the time to reflect and help us understand be better. Johnson’s sons seems a happy Sincerely, Furman will be published at Samir Osman nity of mentors, that will prepare graduates the impact of a Furman education. The pathway for students is four years Willard Pate and fortuitous coincidence. W. Eugene Bondurant the editor’s discretion. for lives of purpose and accelerated impact We knew when we launched The long when they’re here and a lifetime once Lauren Prunkl ’18 in their careers and communities. We Furman Advantage that we would need they leave. We have to examine the entire Leigh Savage The article on Fran and Ron Wagner ’93 believe this will demonstrate in concrete to continually assess and ask questions life cycle to assess how we’re delivering George Ligler clearly exempli- EDITOR'S NOTE Mike Wilson ’88 terms the value of a Furman education. to know what is working and what is not. on our promise. This first year of the fies the incredibly important As W. Eugene Bondurant points out in his letter above, Presidents Plyler Now we have to prove it. What mentoring tactics are particularly Furman-Gallup study will help us establish CLASS NOTES EDITOR accomplishments of some of and Blackwell did not reside at White Oaks, but five Furman presidents This past October, on the one-year successful? Are the internship opportu- a baseline so that in subsequent years we Jen Bobo Furman’s alumni. That WOW have lived there as stated in the Furman magazine fall issue. The fami- anniversary of launching The Furman nities sufficient? What is it that prompts can provide a comprehensive picture of factor surely ripples widely lies of Presidents Johns, Shi, Smolla and Interim President Kohrt called PRINTING Advantage, we announced a partnership students to take part in engaged learning what a Furman education looks like and among the scientifically initi- White Oaks home, and it is now home to the Davises. Sun Solutions with Gallup. Supported by a $2.5 million experiences like study away and under- the results that it produces. It will enable ated, as well as those who are grant from The Duke Endowment, this graduate research? us to identify gaps and turn up or down not. My nephew’s significant © Copyright Furman University 2018. Furman Univer- partnership will help us live up to our com- Furman has promised a high-impact elements to produce the best results. sity is committed to providing equal access to its educa- other is currently a graduate tional programs, activities and facilities to all otherwise mitment and hold ourselves accountable. educational experience to each and every We will share and compare this Furman’s qualified students without discrimination on the basis of student at NC State in the area race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, dis- We have already seen how The Furman student, which is a level of commitment knowledge with our peers to contribute to Dynamic Duo ability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity of biomedical engineering, INVENTORS, ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS, Advantage is raising our national profile in that has never been attempted. We need the national conversation around higher GEORGE ’71 AND FRAN ’73 LIGLER HAVE or any other category protected by applicable state or CONSTRUCTED HALL-OF-FAME CAREERS federal law. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and I fervently hope that she By Ron Wagner ’93 awareness and reputation. Fellow strong data to make a case for this new education and providing value. employer, Furman also affirms its commitment to non- will at some point in her discrimination in its employment policies and practices. presidents at many of the country’s best approach to higher education. In the end, we want to ensure that The George Ligler ’71? Meeting his match? The idea was pretty far out in 1970. For information about the university’s compliance with Forty-seven years later, though, the studies be exposed to Fran real glitch in the matrix may be that the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Educational universities are noticing. I know this In fact, when we announced our Furman Advantage is doing what we said it Fran Smith Ligler ’73 ever met hers. Yet, through some fortuitous kismet, two of the finest minds to ever walk the halls at Furman–or any other univer - Amendments of 1972 and the IRS Anti-Bias Regula- Ligler’s light and manifestly sity for that matter–happened to find themselves in C. Ray because they tell me at conferences and partnership with Gallup, the firm’s would do. Our students and alumni deserve Wylie’s hyperbolic geometry class one late summer day in 1969. George was the hotshot math whiz upperclassman from tion, please contact the director of human resources by Atlanta, while Fran was … enjoying college as an 18-year-old who found herself with juniors and seniors because she’d intelligent creativity. tested out of calculus. telephoning 864.294.3015, or by writing to Furman in emails. This also shows up in media executive director of education and nothing less. University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC Connie Ralston �70 29613. For information about Furman’s compliance with coverage and in various rankings. This workforce development, Brandon ALEX BOERNER ALEX Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 28 FURMAN | FALL 2017 FURMAN | FALL 2017 29 Americans with Disabilities Act, contact the disability year, for example, we saw our U.S. News Busteed, outlined the enormity of what services coordinator at 864.294.2320, or by writing to & World Report peer assessment, a we’re trying to accomplish. the address noted above. “The article on Fran and George Ligler clearly exemplifies the

incredibly important accomplishments of some of Furman’s alumni.” FLEMING JEREMY

2 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 3 Around the Lake Around the Lake | Briefs Dirty Job, Stunning Results Sheree Wright is hands on when it comes to caring for the campus BY M. LINDA LEE

rom a career in finance to full-time gardener, Senior Groundskeeper Sheree Wright is one of the people behind Furman University’s beau- Ftiful award-winning campus. Wright, who has devoted herself to Furman’s grounds for the past decade, has found her calling. “I’ve always loved plants,” she says. “As a child I was always playing in the dirt.” Now she plays in the dirt for a living, focusing on Furman’s Asia Garden and the Place of Peace. Certified by the American Rose Society as a master consulting rosarian, Wright also helps tend the university’s celebrated Rose Garden. WRIGHT AT HOME Caring for plants may keep her on the Like cherished pets, the Furman swans come to Wright when she calls their names. cutting edge of horticulture, but Wright’s domain encompasses a variety of critters as well – Furman’s black and white swans included. Besides keeping track of the swans, feeding them and taking them to the vet, Wright occasionally has to rescue a swan who has become tangled in discarded fishing line. Depending on the season, a typical day for Wright might include cutting flowers for campus events, fishing leaves out of the koi pond and designing new flower beds. Weeding, pruning and giving tours of the Asia Garden are all part of her job description. “I’m also the unofficial Furman snake catcher,” quips the South Carolina master gardener. The many facets of her job keep Wright on her toes. “There’s never a dull moment,” she happily admits. JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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THEN Reflection on the importance of Furman as it was

I come back here again and again. new additions and landscape To this spot, this patch of alterations change its form. ground, somewhere between But, thankfully, the lake remains the dining hall and the lake. As constant. When it comes into view a freshman, I’d sit with my bag at the turn-in from the Swamp lunch, partly overwhelmed by Rabbit Trail, I stop. After a long schoolwork, partly in desire of it, pause, I pedal over to the side near but mostly wishing I could forever the dining hall, dodging students lounge in this spot, feeding the lounging near the PalaDen and badgering squirrels and beautiful families picnicking under the oaks. ducks, a swan or two casually I wheel over to one of the cement A RETURN TO ITS ROOTS swimming into the mix. benches near the water, remove Alumni and community members attended the grand opening of Today, black swans join in, and my helmet, and sit. Usually this Furman on Main, located at 130 South Main St. inside M. Judson Booksellers. my bike rests against a bench. The turns to lying supine so that the sun bounces off the surface of the branches are now in my immediate lake, rippling in iridescent rhythm view, and the low afternoon sun as I squint into its glare. warms my body. legendary teacher and I am now old enough to Now, instead of studying early 200 people administrator at the Furman- have a measure of perspective for exams, I journal about my joined the grand Grand Opening of affiliated Greenville Woman’s on my alma mater, far enough life, brainstorm concepts for the removed to notice the difference publication I edit, and outline opening festivities College in the late 19th and and distance between current presentations I give to current Tuesday, Nov. 28, early 20th centuries. Furman on Main students and me. They are young, students here. I think about the for Furman on Main, the “We’re excited to establish I think, but also advanced. Mature. four important years at this N BY VINCE MOORE university’s new presence this new presence on Main Confident. I wasn’t as sure during university, and marvel at the fact in downtown Greenville at Street, just blocks from our my time at Furman, but then again that they were just the beginning, M. Judson Booksellers. original downtown campus,” our feelings are probably closer just the start of my personal M. Judson Booksellers, said President Davis. “We than they appear. With so much journey and my connection to which also shares space with part-history book, “In the Booksellers allows the are continuing to strengthen in flux – classwork, future path, this school that deepens like the the Chocolate Moose Bakery, Kitchen at White Oaks.” university to expand its our ties with our hometown Student and community members enjoyed hearing readings the shape of my social circle – my water – a place I come back to from Mindy Friddle ’86 (top) and others. is located at 130 South Main St. In addition to hosting select presence downtown and community, and this partner- anchor was the lake: walking its again and again. Furman President Eliza- lectures and other public further connect with its roots. ship is one more step in edges, sitting on its banks, hearing beth Davis, Greenville Mayor events, Furman on Main offers Furman was located in that direction.” the dong of the bell tower like a meditation. Being near this body ABOUT THE AUTHOR Knox White and M. Judson’s university items like clothing, downtown Greenville for The university has also of water soothed my mind, an co-owner June Wilcox spoke memorabilia, gifts and books more than 100 years before established partnerships in antidote to chaotic feelings. I went Blair Knobel ’03 is the editor- at the event, and Furman by Furman authors. moving to its present campus recent years with the Bon there again and again. in-chief of Town Magazine, a First Gentleman Charles Announced in early in the early 1960s. Mary Secours Wellness Arena, the Today, the campus continues monthly publication on the President Elizabeth Davis, Greenville Mayor Knox White and Davis was on hand to sign November, Furman’s new Camilla Judson, for whom Greenville Drive and the to evolve: renovations and culture of Greenville and beyond. M. Judson's co-owner June Wilcox welcome guests to Furman on Main. The copies of his new part-recipe, partnership with M. Judson the bookstore is named, was a Upcountry History Museum. new section features Furman memorabilia and books by Furman authors. JEREMY FLEMING | COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY | FLEMING JEREMY JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

6 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 7 Around the Lake | Briefs

NOW Reflection on Furman as it is now

OLLI member Nancy Story enjoys a class, Six Centuries of the Book, taught by Furman Special Collections Librarian Jeffrey Makala. At the start of my freshman assumed would fill a requirement. year at Furman, I had an idea of I enjoyed everything I learned; how my four years were going the information stuck with me, to play out. I am a member and I wanted to learn more. This of Furman’s Direct Entry triggered some internal conflict Program, which allows students because I felt I might be ruining to enter the University of South my plans. I was certain that Carolina School of Medicine without biology I had no chance Greenville following completion of staying on track for medical of undergraduate studies. Five school. I immediately scheduled a students were admitted into the meeting with both my academic program, and five were alternates. and pre-health advisers. Together This is the first year of the they assured me that I could OLLI course offerings include six separate hiking classes that take place on nearby trails. partnership, so I was ecstatic to be major in something I enjoyed one of the first five people chosen. and still meet all of my necessary Because the direct entry requirements. And as it turns out, OLLI students use the computer lab for courses like Beginning program has a set GPA and psychology is a great choice for tereotypical illustrations many opportunities for Computer for the Terrified, Safe Computing: Practical Security course requirements, I entered pre-med students. of retirement paint retirees to connect with the and Privacy, Enhancing Your Online Skills, Windows 10, and Adobe college with a strict plan in mind. Within a few months my pictures of gray-haired Anything but Furman and Greenville com- Lightroom, social media classes and more. I spent weeks over the summer plan changed for the better. I’m seniors who spend munities, allowing members a trying to find the “perfect” thankful that Furman gave me mornings completing cross- better understanding of local major for pre-med students, and the opportunity to accomplish S ‘Retirement’ I thought I knew which classes my goals while also ensuring that word puzzles and afternoons issues. One such program is with a course that guides about what the issues are and to take and in what order. Not I make the most of my time here. rocking on front porches. Senior Leaders Greenville. seniors on how they can where they can apply their OLLI at Furman, in its 25th year, surprisingly, things did not go My advisers have been supportive However, take two steps into celebrates a robust learning and social “We took the Leadership make a difference.” talents – a win-win for the as planned. and helpful, and I can’t wait to see the Herring Center, home program with myriad opportunities for Greenville model and looked Several graduates of community and the individu- I thought I would be a biology what surprises the future holds. to Furman’s Osher Lifelong at it through a senior lens,” Senior Leaders Greenville al,” says Clark. community involvement. major because I could complete Learning Institute (OLLI) explains Nancy Kennedy, have gone on to be elected Adds Kennedy, “The larger both my prerequisites and major on the Furman campus, and director of OLLI. “Members to South Carolina’s Silver message with OLLI is that requirements at the same time. ABOUT THE AUTHOR you’ll meet some folks who are BY LINDSAY NIEDRINGHAUS ’07 spend a year learning about Haired Legislature, an retirement doesn’t translate This idea quickly faded when I looking for more meaningful issues facing the senior advocacy group that works to stagnation. You should realized that college biology is Javonia “Jay” Davis ’21 is a psychology major, a Paladin never stop learning or being very different from high school experiences in their post- population. For example, we with the state legislature to cheerleader and one of the first career lives. look at health care for senior address a variety of issues an advocate for your peers, biology. The work was more intense, and the concepts went participants selected to the OLLI, now celebrating its morning spin classes and his- has grown to more than 2,100 adults and the fact that not facing South Carolina. and OLLI provides an outlet Furman University-University into far more detail. After just 25th year, trades cookie-eating, tory lessons about the origins members, with 115 courses enough geriatricians are being OLLI member Margaret for that voice and a means to of South Carolina School of a few weeks, I was certain that Medicine Direct Entry Program, coffee-sipping and domino- of Japanese culture. At its offered each term. trained . . . or we look at public Clark helped to launch Senior make a difference.” biology was not the major for me. which helps accepted Furman playing for class discussions founding in 1993, the program In addition to courses transportation and assess how Leaders Greenville. “This But during this time I developed a about the relationship between began with 62 members and spanning every subject that’s supporting the senior program provides a vehicle To learn more about OLLI, students chart a pathway to love for psychology, a class I just medical school. Irish literature and politics, seven courses. Today OLLI imaginable, OLLI also offers population. The program ends for retirees to learn more visit furman.edu/olli. COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY | FLEMING JEREMY

8 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 9 Around the Lake | Q&A

What were some of your father’s John Plyler ’56 finest qualities? : He knew everything was a BY JIM STEWART ’76 JP ohn Laney Plyler Jr. ’56, team effort . . . he was always NEXT son of John Laney Plyler, careful to give credit to others. Reflection on Furman going forward JFurman’s longest-serving He was extremely organized president (1939–64), enjoyed a and very good at bringing “Have you heard of The Furman experiences outside the classroom distinguished career in health people around to his way of Advantage?” So quipped President often prove as influential in and hospital administration, thinking. He could talk with Elizabeth Davis at Furman’s determining career trajectories. most of it in North Carolina. someone and when they were September 2017 Opening Simultaneously with the Mr. Plyler supports many finished, the person would Convocation. After the collective implementation of The Furman programs at Furman and think everything was their sighs, eye rolls and eventual laughter Advantage, Furman has serves as a donor to the Partners idea. He knew how to strike President Plyler with sons John (left) and Jim subsided, I was struck by a poignant undertaken a robust assessment on Father’s Day, 1938. Program to give students unique that fine balance between moment of self-reflection: For the plan both internally and externally opportunities. Now a resident keeping everyone happy and first time since I arrived at Furman through its Gallup partnership. seven years earlier, I was not An immediate challenge with of The Woodlands at Furman, doing what ought to be done, adjusting to new classes, learning instituting new programs – which wasn’t always easy. “I BELIEVE HE SAW FURMAN he is a recipient of the univer- the names of my students, nor whether inclusive pedagogy sity’s Alumni Service Award And he never compromised AS IT IS TODAY, AND HE’D BE sharing the academic calendar’s workshops, the Pathways initiative (2002) and Bell Tower Award his ideals. peculiar ebbs and flows as a or the Malone Center’s Paladin (2005). For an extended video QUITE PLEASED WITH THE teaching professor. Having assumed Career Treks – involves discerning interview with Mr. Plyler, visit Talk a little about your mother, my role as The Furman Advantage where we are succeeding and scholarexchange.furman.edu/ Beatrice Dennis Plyler. UNIVERSITY’S DIRECTION.” coordinator on July 1, I officially where we must make adjustments. oral-histories/32. had, as multiple faculty colleagues Indeed, the Quality Enhancement JP: She was just 28 years old teased, “gone over to the dark side” Plan, submitted as part of Furman’s You were just a child when when my father became (aka the administration). re-accreditation process, guarantees Cue the questions. What do I every student, sometime during his your father became Furman’s president. (He was 44.) Mother to none in beauty. And he especially knew the importance of a see in The Furman Advantage that or her four years, one high-impact, president. What stands out was always young at heart, and strong faculty, that the faculty makes the school. I believe he makes it more than just another engaged-learning experience, people just fell in love with her. about growing up on the down- saw Furman as it is today, and he’d be quite pleased with the vision statement? How have I been studying away, participating town campus? She had a real talent for design. university’s direction. Elizabeth Davis is a wonderful leader. persuaded to leave the classroom in undergraduate research or She was involved in the deco- She began her presidency listening to others, then evaluating space I relish for its dynamic completing an internship. JP: I was 5 and my brother Jim rating and furniture selections what could be done in a visionary way, very much like my father. interchange of ideas? What has Far more significant than was 3 when we moved to the for the new campus, and she convinced me to shift away from reaching this 100 percent campus. (Brother Keith was suggested having fountains. Speaking of Dr. Davis, how can alumni contribute to the success of daily interactions with energetic participation benchmark (and born a few years later.) Very After she mentioned it, the her signature program, The Furman Advantage, with its emphasis on undergraduates and to embrace an far more difficult, quite frankly) few children our age lived architects determined how transformative education and lifetime connections? entirely new position? is ensuring the quality of such nearby, so the campus became to tie them into the air-condi- The Furman Advantage experiences – the very quality is unified, coherent and that distinguishes a Furman liberal our playground and the tioning system. JP: A few years ago, I was talking with a graduate who told transformative. It not only builds arts and sciences education. students became our friends. me how she had continued to maintain a relationship with a upon Furman’s historic strengths Therein is the boldness of The They made us feel special. What would your father think professor. This professor was still mentoring the young lady – such as outstanding instruction Furman Advantage – its ambitious We liked to hang out with about Furman today? years after she graduated. I thought it was remarkable. So I and an abiding commitment audacity. Therein lies the promise the athletes. One in particular went to the professor and thanked her as an alumnus for having to engaged learning – but also of what is next. was Rhoten Shetley (class Now, Jim and I could get to tussling every now and then. One JP: He was a forward-thinking such a life-changing influence on students. facilitates students’ guided of 1940), who was a football day Rhoten told us that if we would go a week without tussling, man, and he knew what a top Alumni can fill the same kind of role, but we have to be discovery, exploration and pursuit star. He was apparently he’d arrange for us to sit on the bench with the players at the liberal arts college could be. willing to listen to students and understand what their goals of individualized pathways through ABOUT THE AUTHOR taking a child psychology next game. He said he’d check back on Friday. Well, we made it He also understood your goals are, what experiences they’ve had and where they’re coming both conversations with mentors is an course, and he needed to to Thursday, but when he asked we were honest and told him the change and evolve over time. from. We can use that knowledge to help guide them or suggest and their own self-reflection. The Mary Alice Kirkpatrick Furman Advantage approaches assistant professor in the Furman observe some children. He truth. So we didn’t get to go to the game. But I remember hearing He valued the sense of commu- new or different ways of thinking. It’s important for us to listen, Department of English and The chose Jim and me, and we the yells from the stadium through my window that night – nity that a smaller school has though, and not simply direct; it can’t be a one-way thing. If we education holistically, recognizing, for example, that leadership Furman Advantage coordinator. enjoyed the attention. Furman defeated Georgia, 20-0. and wanted a campus second do it right, Furman is going to be something else. JEREMY FLEMING | COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY | FLEMING JEREMY JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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TRIPtych Reflections from Study Away in Denmark BY LAUREN PRUNKL ’18

On the way to class one day in Copenhagen, I sat on a single-speed pedal brake cruiser in a bicycle traffic jam at a red light. Surrounded by other cyclists, I noted that one’s financial situation, job or age did not hinder people from cycling.

In my sustainability class, guest speaker Ole Kassow told how he founded the international organization Cycling Without Age. Cycling Without Age’s mission is to form intergenerational relationships by using trishaw bikes to uby Morgan has Building, making Furman an provide older adults “the right to the wind in their hair.” always sought a “pur- All-Steinway School for the Volunteers, called pilots, share stories with riders as they pose-driven life.” Keys to Success first time. pedal through an outdoor adventure. During her decades as a “The majority of the professor of piano at Furman, Ruby Morgan leaves a tangible legacy for future grand pianos in studios and As Ole spoke, I envisioned taking my friend Karly Johnson she has worked tirelessly to Furman musicians. classrooms date to 1975 (the and my adopted grandparents from The Woodlands make connections with her BY ERIKAH HAAVIE completion of Daniel Music Retirement Community biking down the Swamp Rabbit students and their music. Building) and some to the Trail to have lunch in Travelers Rest. Karly and I are a part Understanding and connect- Woman’s College campus of Furman’s Adopt-A-Grandparent program. ing with the composer, the decades earlier. The pianos musical composition, the in the practice rooms are also Excited, I met with Ole at the Copenhagen nursing home audience and the piano itself aging and inadequate for our where it all began to start my pilot training. Here I met also play key roles, she says. says she has gained not only a of an anthology of music for outstanding students, partic- Thorkild, who is 100 years old and the inspiration for It’s a gift that her current mentor, but also a friend. left hand alone, a repertoire ularly our piano performance creating Cycling Without Age. and former students treasure. “Ruby is a pianist, professor she has championed. Second, majors,” says Morgan. “Ruby has the gift of being and person of grace and grit,” she will continue her role on “Becoming an All-Steinway As I pedaled with Ole on Copenhagen’s streets, I had able to seamlessly integrate says Sarah Saba ’17, who the board of trustees of the School will allow Furman no idea that in seven months he would be pedaling Karly practical issues of technique earned her Bachelor of Music Brevard Music Center, which to join the ranks of many and me on the Swamp Rabbit Trail for the launch of with the more emotional degree in piano performance she attended as a student and esteemed music programs Greenville’s chapter of Cycling Without Age. With Karly’s issues of musicality,” says and is now a first-year med- later joined for eight summers in the country such as the focus on health science and my passion for alternative Emily Gertsch ’01, now on ical student at Wake Forest as a faculty member. Curtis Institute of Music, transportation through my Shi Center for Sustainability the music faculty at the Hugh University. “She brings out the Third, and most important, Yale School of Music and Fellowship, we engaged students from across depart- Hodgson School of Music at best in her students in a gra- she has found a new purpose Cleveland Institute of Music,” ments in the launch event. Greenville County Parks and the University of Georgia. cious, encouraging and yet de- that she believes will enhance says Gertsch, who teaches at Recreation embraced the idea of bringing the community, In 1997 Gertsch found manding manner that inspires the piano performance pro- an All-Steinway School. “More Furman students and Woodlands residents together to herself sitting between two and challenges excellence.” gram she’s worked so hard to importantly, the powerful, learn about the program. Steinways on the couch As her teaching career build and maintain. warm and rich sound of Stein- in Morgan’s office. From at Furman comes to a close Starting with seed money way pianos would enhance Learn more at cyclingwithoutage.com/greenville. their first conversation, she next summer, Morgan has no she will contribute, Morgan the musical experience for felt both comfortable and plans to slow down. First, she hopes to replace most of the Furman students, faculty and inspired. Since then, Gertsch is pursuing the publication pianos in the Daniel Music the community.” PATRICK COX PATRICK PHOTOS COURTESY

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ART CREDIT ’17, Allie Buchalski ’18, Jennifer Jennifer ’18, Buchalski ’17, Allie Grace Hurley ’20, Laura Miller Miller Laura ’20, Hurley Grace Furman cross-country distance distance Furman cross-country Stephenson ’20, Anna Hayden ’20, ’20, Hayden Anna ’20, Stephenson Emma ’20, Carnahan Savannah and Gabrielle Jennings ’20 Jennings Gabrielle and runners (L-R) Grace Dwyer ’20, ’20, Dwyer Grace (L-R) runners

JEREMY FLEMING I an 18-year-oldan freshman. onas campus arrived Buchalski which was a devastating blow. a devastating was which semester, her first of her during death father unexpected the despite improvement came this And Scotland. in competition national inter an in team Cross-Country National Junior Year,the U.S. the she represented and of ence Freshman Women’s Cross-Country Confer Southern named was she year, first end the of her By Buchalski. in had they what college.” in arunner as herself she simply reinvented and ever coached, Ihave competitors one greatest of the and athlete atrue is she “But Gary. Rita meets,” says national any for qualified she hadn’t and school, one nation’s of the best. program running distance Paladin the make to was plan their and field and program, track State Ohio the from 2012 in Furman come to had They program. women’s the with works who running coach assistant an Rita, wife, his and of Gary recruit program.” the of backbone “She’s the Gary. been Robert Coach Country Cross- Field and and Head Track Paladin says or Allie,” it is of Allie or because Allie either through of have been them most and journey. her own mirrored has years five last over the prominence national to rise program’s it’s the no coincidence that and year, every better get significantly would her. she But recruited Furman than harder Furman recruited have she may and runner, LIFE IN THE IN LIFE FAST LANE FAST It didn’t take long for the Garys to know know to long for Garys the It take didn’t high in times best the have didn’t “Allie first the was Buchalski runner, A distance here, alot of firsts accomplished “We’ve school high overly not heralded an was She the day 2013 in that Allie Furman University of the running program at f you want to chart the progress BY VINCE MOORE BY VINCE FURMAN | SPRING 2018 |SPRING FURMAN , start with with start

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“It was a very difficult The plan worked. The time,” Buchalski says. “But Furman women qualified all you can do is keep moving for their first NCAA Cross- forward and hope the next day Country championship this SPORTS BRIEFS is better than the last.” past fall, and Buchalski’s BY VINCE MOORE After being honored as the ninth-place, All-American conference’s Cross-Country performance led the Runner of the Year her soph- Paladins to a seventh-place omore year, she became the finish, ahead of such schools as first All-American runner in Michigan, Georgia, Penn State While the Paladin cross-country programs dominated their Southern Conference competition in 2017, they were not the only fall sports at Furman Furman women’s history over and Texas. to excel. The football team finished second in the conference and qualified for the NCAA FCS playoffs, while both the women’s soccer and volley- the next two seasons, with “I didn’t mind sitting out ball teams won their regular season conference crowns. All in all, the teams performed well enough that both the men and women led the league’s qualifying finishes in three last season because I knew all-sport races at the conclusion of the fall season. The Commissioner's and Germann cups are awarded at the end of the year to the schools fielding different NCAA championship how good the team could be the best all-around men's and women's programs, respectively. events – the 3,000 and 5,000 in cross-country this year,” meter runs, as well as cross- says Buchalski, a Dean’s List country. She also qualified student who has maintained FOOTBALL VOLLEYBALL for the 5,000 at the USA Track a 3.65 GPA in business and & Field championships this studio arts. “I felt like a top-10 Paladin fans couldn’t be blamed Head Coach Michelle Young was past summer. finish was possible, but for for not expecting much in 2017. named conference Coach of the Buchalski is only the fourth us to do that in our nation- First-year Head Coach Clay Year as she led the Paladins to a woman in the history of the al tournament debut was Hendrix and his staff inherited 21-10 record and the regular- conference to win three league phenomenal.” a team that had gone 3-8 the season league championship, individual titles and just the Because Buchalski also previous year and a program that the team’s second in the last sixth to be named All-SoCon redshirted during the out- hadn’t had a winning season since four years. The season included first team four times. She has door season her freshman 2013. But Furman surprised almost a 10-game winning streak in also earned six All-American year, it allowed her to spend everybody by winning seven of its conference play and nonconfer- citations, with still one more an additional year running at last eight regular season games, ence wins over Georgia Tech and outdoor season to run in the Furman. And while the Johns qualifying for the playoffs and Liberty. Junior and outside hitter spring of 2018. Creek, Georgia, native will defeating Elon on the road in the Jamila Johnson, who recorded a “Allie is probably the most graduate in May, her legacy tournament’s first round. The coachable athlete I’ve ever will remain on campus. Paladins’ season ended at Wofford been around, and she sur- The Paladin women were in round two with a loss to the As the first All-American runner in Furman women’s history, Allie Buchalski prised us all the time with ranked as high as second in has served as the foundation for a program that has joined the nation’s elite. Terriers. A total of 13 players were what she’s been able to ac- the Southeast during the named All-Southern Conference – SOCCER complish,” says Robert Gary. fall cross-country season, running back Antonio Wilcox, “There comes a point when and the top six runners who offensive guard Terrell Bush, center The women’s team not only won a share of the regular-season confer- you get so good that it’s hard finished behind Buchalski they were pledging $1 million run this race, or the last time Matthew Schmidt and tight end ence championship, it also had a record six players named to the All- to get better. But she has done at the NCAA championship to fund the construction of she’ll attend that event. Andy Schumpert were first-team Conference First Team – forward Molly Dwyer, midfielder Rachel Shah, it every year.” return for at least two more the “Blue Shoes Track House” She has meant that much to selections – and Schmidt received defensive midfielder Sanon Williams, defender Jordan Evens, defender While Buchalski’s personal seasons. The men’s team was at the Irwin Belk Complex for the program. the league’s Jacobs Blocking Award. Quinn Lombard and goalkeeper Kellsey Weaver. Head coach Andrew achievements have been the top-ranked program in Track and Field. The facility “Allie legitimized what Hendrix was also named Southern Burr was also voted league Coach of the Year. The Paladins fell to impressive, she’s also been the Southeast for much of the is expected to be completed we were doing as coaches, Conference Coach of the Year. Western Carolina in the semifinal round of the conference tournament, willing to set aside personal 2017 season and rose as high by the end of the school year. and she opened the door for finishing the season at 13-3-2 with an 8-0-1 record in league play. goals for team ones. She was as seventh nationally. Both In many ways, the 2017-18 some special runners to come On the men’s side, junior midfielder Laurence Wyke was named team-high 384 kills and was second healthy and in prime running programs have been Southern season for the Garys has been to Furman,” Rita Gary says. conference Player of the Year, the first Paladin to receive that in digs with 329, was named condition during the 2016 Conference champions for the the Allie Buchalski Farewell “She has always done her honor since Coleton Henning in 2011. Five other players were named First-Team All-Conference. Four cross-country season but sat last five years. Tour. They realize it’s her best, no matter the situation. All-SoCon, with senior defender Kevin Edelmann joining Wyke on the other Paladins were named to out so a group of promising There’s even more good last year, and they have found It’s only fitting that she’s first team. The Paladins posted a 12-5-3 record and finished third in the second team. Furman lost to freshmen could have a year news. In October, Furman themselves constantly telling become one of the most the league. Their season ended with a loss to UNC–Greensboro in the Wofford in the semifinals of the to mature and be ready to alum Chris Borch ’78 and one another that this will be decorated female athletes semifinal round of the conference tournament. conference tournament. compete in 2017. his wife, Andrea, announced the last time they’ll watch her in Furman history.” JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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19 Steeple Steeple Savers alumnae workalumnae to preserve historic Abbeville church Abbeville historic Family of Furman Family of Furman by

RON WAGNER ’93

JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY FLEMING FURMAN | SPRING 2018 |SPRING FURMAN uncertain future after after future uncertain downtown Abbeville, downtown Abbeville, since 1860, but 1860, one since of the most unique most of the Trinity Episcopal Episcopal Trinity the centerpiece of centerpiece the Church has been been has Church structures in the the in structures country faces an an faces country years of neglect. years South Carolina, Carolina, South

21 The family roots of Jean Robertson Hutchinson ’74, Ann Hutchinson Waigand ’76 and May Baskin Hutchinson ’43 run as long and deep in the history of Abbeville as the iconic church Look for the redwood, Ann they’re trying to save. Hutchinson Waigand ’76 says, and you’ll know you’ve arrived at her mother’s house in Abbeville. That’s a startling thing to hear, considering South Carolina is almost 3,000 miles from where you’d expect to find a redwood. More startling is discovering there is more than one. The ladies are seated around May’s dining- Abbeville’s Trinity room table, notes laid out, ready to advocate for Episcopal Church At least two other coastal redwoods rise their shared cause: the preservation of held its first service on Nov. 4, 1860. majestically along Abbeville’s North Main Abbeville’s Trinity Episcopal Church, which A little more than Street, looming dark and green over the scrub was built in 1860 and, thanks to a steeple five months later, pines. Why a 110-foot prehistoric tree native to donated by Marshall, happens to be the only the Civil War began. the Pacific Northwest stands sentinel outside thing in downtown taller than the tree in the the residence of May Baskin Hutchinson ’43 front yard. is a question with no obvious answer, though, making it precisely the kind the family specializes in answering. “In Abbeville, they refer to it as ‘our “Less than two months before he left for the church,’ even if they’re Baptists,” Mexican War, Captain Jehu Foster Marshall Jean says, which is significant since most every- signed the deed to purchase 12 acres in the one in Abbeville is Baptist. “‘You’ve got to come village of Abbeville Court House in upstate and see our church.’” South Carolina,” Waigand wrote in the Summer Listed on the National Register of Historic 2014 edition of Magnolia, a publication of the Places since 1971, Trinity is a stunning example Southern Garden History Society. “Little did of Gothic Revival architecture that remains he know that he would be starting a landscape as originally constructed, right down to some legacy that would unveil fascinating secrets five of the rarest stained-glass windows in the U.S. generations later.” – though nobody knew just how rare until re- As a historical researcher, Ann has been cently when Ann debunked another bit of local doing a lot of that unveiling in recent years, in folklore. It was always assumed the windows no small part because she is that fifth genera- had arrived from England and eluded Union tion and her family now owns some of those 12 blockades to reach Trinity, but evidence acres. While unable to find records to support shows they are the second largest collection of the legend that Marshall returned with the windows made by renowned glass painter redwood sapling in his saddlebag after fighting William Gibson, and Trinity is one of only in the Mexican-American War, Ann’s digging five places in the U.S. where William Gibson concludes that one way or another he is respon- windows have been found. sible for planting the tree that is now approxi- But the Civil War and decades of misman- mately 167 years old and has spawned at least agement since, starting with Marshall’s wife three other saplings. investing their money in Confederate bonds, But that isn't the only Abbeville legacy have been unkind. Trinity has been closed of Marshall’s that May, Ann and her older to the public for more than a year because of sister, Jean Robertson Hutchinson ’74, are instability in the 125-foot-high steeple, and if a fighting to protect. way can’t be found to raise the money required JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

22 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 23 The church’s windows are among its most striking and historic features. At left is the May is the church historian and an unrivaled chancel window, which is part of the original source of knowledge. Ann, who lives in Camden, construction and an Maine, is president of the church’s fundraising example of William body, Friends of Trinity, and Jean, who resides Gibson’s work. At right in Charleston, South Carolina, is writing, is a window made by designing and costuming a documentary short J&R Lamb Studios that dates from 1941. on Trinity’s Civil War history. They were in No matter the time of Abbeville together to see a presentation by day or your location students in the College of Charleston/Clemson in the church, the light master’s in historic preservation program’s always shines brightest Mitigation in Historic Preservation class through the face of the Christ child. offering ideas on how to save the structure. Unfortunately none addressed funding. Repair estimates are pushing $3 million. That’s a huge amount for a church with 28 mostly elderly members, and begs the question: Why take on such a daunting task? Understanding history, as is often the case, helps us understand the present, and shows that “daunting” is a relative term.

“(Virginia Thomas) conducted Flowers, Glen Howington and tion was. She was hospitalized five Members of the family have worshipped a course that every woman in the Jim Lawless has helped her times and doubted her daughters at Trinity from the day it opened. freshman class had to take, Educa- burgeoning second career as a would see her turn 40. Marshall was killed at the Battle of Second tion 11, and that molded my college, costume designer. Ann, meanwhile, “Ann getting sick was the worst Manassas, and his property was sold in a bank- I think. She was such a wonderful took advantage of Furman’s indi- thing that ever happened to us,” ruptcy proceeding in 1868. The purchaser, Sallie woman and so human, and that’s vidualized curriculum program May says, ignoring the fact that Martin, owned the property for about two years what I liked about Furman,” May to earn a diploma in history, she and Jean battled the disease until she was foreclosed on, at which time May’s says. “It was a place where you German and political science. And simultaneously. But, like Ann, great uncle bought the house and then sold it to could be yourself and be somebody.” she credits Bill Lavery’s ability they won. That’s a truly daunting May’s grandmother, Eugenia Miller Robertson. May also met her husband, to make history come alive with task. Saving a church? Not so May’s mother and aunt grew up in the house, Rufus Hutchinson ’38, at Fur- riveting stories for her lifelong much for these women. Not now. which was built in 1881 after the original man, and Hutchinson’s brother interest in the field. “I took a lot out of the pot when structure was destroyed by a fire. And though was also a Paladin. Her enthusi- Ann also met Fred Waigand ’75, I was sick 26 years ago, and I’ve May raised her children in Charleston she’s asm rubbed off, at least on Jean. a physics major, whom she been doing my best to put back slept in the bedroom where she was born since Ann was a bit more resistant, later married in the family’s in,” Ann says. “The people in this she retired 40 years ago. Jean and Ann were however, insisting she’d “go any- Abbeville house. church prayed for me when I had Because of baptized at Trinity and spent the summers place but Furman” and attended cancer, and that really meant a instability in the for those repairs the building will remain of their youth roaming the eclectic gardens The College of William & Mary. lot to me. And a lot of those same steeple, the church closed forever. Marshall planted. That lasted three whole semesters Abbeville and Furman people are struggling to keep this has been closed If it can reopen it will be the centerpiece “Daddy would go off on active duty – he was until she transferred to Furman. are two powerful bonds church alive.” to the public for for heritage tourism in Abbeville, which has in the Air Force – and we would come up here, They laugh at memories like “It’s important to do something,” more than a year. holding the three together, These ladders are the distinction or ignominy, depending on and we had the run of this huge yard. We would Jean having to overcome struggles but there’s yet another that could Jean adds, and that something right used for emergency, one’s perspective, of being both the birthplace get so dirty that my grandmother would squirt with PE in order to graduate with be the strongest of all: All three are now is helping a place they love. temporary repairs and deathbed of the Confederacy. A lot of rich us off with the hose before she would let us into an art degree, as well as Ann’s breast cancer survivors. Emphasis on right now. to mitigate water history comes with that. the house,” Jean remembers as the sisters show still-wounded pride at John “As Mama says, we did it back- “Mama and I made an agreement intrusion. “If the church building is lost, it affects off the now overgrown paths that still meander Crabtree’s stinging critique of wards: I was diagnosed stage 3 at when I turned 60 and she turned the whole economy here,” Ann says. “It’s a through some of the oldest crape myrtles and her early writing. the age of 37, (Jean) was diagnosed 90,” Jean says. “We shook hands, religious structure, and that’s important, but magnolias in the Southeast. “And we’d just have Jean went on to earn a master’s stage 2 at the age of 54, and she had a glass of wine, and said, ‘If you it’s also a historic structure, a community a wonderful time.” degree, but after years as a voca- (May) was diagnosed stage 1 at the make a hundred I’ll make 70.’ And structure, and an economic driver.” That was how May, who earned a history de- tional expert in court what she age of 85,” Ann says with a smile we’re almost halfway there.” gree, often describes her experience at Furman. learned from art professors Tom that masks how dire her own situa- JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

24 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 25 A CHANGE FURMAN’S THREE INSTITUTES TAKE A I N T H E YEARLONG LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE

olar glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme an annual assessment of Furman’s weather events are more frequent. These are but a few of campus greenhouse gas inventory the dire signs of climate change. as part of the American College WEATHER P and University Presidents’ Climate To highlight this critical issue, the inject that into the curriculum Commitment,” says Dripps. “Campus Riley Institute, the Shi Center for across all disciplines.” energy use and waste both factor Sustainability and the Institute for Gordon and Dripps presented the into that.” the Advancement of Community idea to Eli Hestermann, executive Furman’s Community Conserva- Health (IACH) have banded together director of IACH, who was quick to tion Corps (CCC) helps reduce energy BY M. LINDA LEE to present a yearlong exploration come on board. “Health is heavily consumption and greenhouse gas of climate change at Furman. The tied to climate change,” Hestermann emissions on a local level by providing initiative was spearheaded by Don acknowledges. “In fact, the American free home weatherization to Gordon, executive director of the Public Health Association pro- low-income families in the greater Riley Institute, in response to a claimed 2017 as the Year of Climate Greenville area. “The CCC helps request from President Elizabeth Change and Health.” us to be proactive in the regional Davis that Furman’s three institutes sense,” Dripps explains. “As part of collaborate on an issue relevant to all ' this, we consider how we can engage of them. Gordon contacted Weston SPOTLIGHT ON Duke Energy in broader discussions Dripps, his counterpart at the Shi SUSTAINABILITY about reducing the local effects of Center, and they agreed to zero in on fossil fuels, and what will be future climate change. As one of 13 U.S. hub institutions sources of energy in this rapidly “Climate change has that broad- for sustainability selected by the growing area.” Furman’s 6-acre based, cross-disciplinary impact that Association for the Advancement of solar farm further illustrates how allows folks from IACH to hone in on Sustainability in Higher Education, the university is actively pursuing health-related issues, while the Riley the Shi Center constantly addresses renewable energy. Institute looks at it from a public factors that contribute to climate As a nonpartisan organization policy angle,” says Dripps, executive change on a local and regional level. that strives to bring everybody in to director of the Shi Center. “At the “Most people in the community take a common-sense, data-based Shi Center we focus on the science don’t know that for the last seven look at the world, the Riley Insti- of climate change and how we can years, the Shi Center has performed tute takes a public-policy approach STOCK IMAGES STOCK

FURMAN | SPRING 2018 27 Charles F. Bolden Jr., former astronaut and head of NASA, delivered the keynote address Nov. 8 at the two-day conference that kicked off Furman’s yearlong exploration of climate change.

PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY INTO PRACTICE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL: NOW WHAT? The Shi Center for Sustainability is a hub for curricular development, student exploration, research, and partnerships in the A panel of experts discussed the impact of climate change on human life during Furman’s two-day national conference on climate change. community and around the world.

to the issue through its Center for there’s no time to waste in shining On the first night of the conference, man Bob Inglis delivered the closing ronment editor for The Wall Street well,” adds Gordon. “Large portions of Critical Issues. “We are trying to cut light on this issue. “The data on Major General Charles Bolden Jr., address. “We also created unique Journal, is currently studying how American bases around the world are through the ideological and move climate change is overwhelmingly former astronaut and administra- opportunities beyond the conference boosting solar energy can reduce car- in coastal areas or on islands. Those public thinking to the real world of clear now,” asserts Dripps. “We’re tor of NASA, took a global look at for these experts in the field to talk bon emissions globally. “The idea,” won’t be usable in 25 years, and that what is happening in terms of climate not going to debate whether climate climate change, while Dana Beach, with students in small groups,” according to Dripps, “is to pepper the diminishes the U.S. presence in those change,” Gordon says. change is happening. It is happening, founder of the South Carolina Coastal Fuson points out. year with events so climate change is parts of the world.” In the arena of public health, there so let’s focus the discussion on what Conservation League, presented “The consensus was that although an ongoing dialogue.” So where do we start? “The biggest are many ways that climate change to do next.” a regional focus. Other panelists the conference would be a capstone thing is getting people talking about impacts human health. People too included Allison Crimmins, an component, we wouldn’t want it to be climate change, even outside the often see certain things, such as the environmental scientist in the EPA’s a one-and-done event where people HOPE FOR CHANGE classroom, with their friends and increased incidence of flu and the TACKLING THE PROBLEM Office of Air and Radiation, Climate talk about it and then it’s over,” says family,” says Fuson. “Once our habits opioid crisis, as strictly health-care Change Division, and Tony Bartelme, Dripps. “In the process of planning The point they are trying to drive begin to change, we can begin to effect problems. “More and more in the Their initiative, “Climate Change is special projects reporter for The Post the conference,” Gordon adds, “we home is that climate change is having change in our own circles.” health-care industry, we see these Real: Now What?,” kicked off in early and Courier. realized we could run with it and a huge impact both on a national and “We constantly preach that to as community problems that take November with a national conference The second night examined the make it a yearlong exploration, local level. “Knowing students with really grasp a problem you have to be concerted efforts from all vectors at Furman’s Younts Conference effects of climate change on national connecting to students in a wide families in Houston who were affected able to see it from all sides, and this to address,” Hestermann says. “The Center. “We wanted to bring in the security with Sherri Goodman, variety of ways.” So programs by the recent hurricane has made it collaboration illustrates that con- impacts we see of climate change – best experts in various fields so people former deputy undersecretary of throughout the academic year will much more personal,” Dripps says. cept,” Hestermann says. mosquito-borne disease, the effects understand that climate change is defense and senior adviser at The include a four-part film series, a “Climate change should matter to you “We want this yearlong initiative of drought on agriculture, sea-level having a huge impact nationally and Center for Climate and Security. cross-disciplinary faculty climate because it is impacting you.” to seed a much broader conversation,” rise creating an increase in refugee locally,” Gordon explains. Jill Fuson, Weighing in on what coastal cities change panel next January and an “When you look at circumstances adds Dripps. “We want to infuse cli- populations, elderly people dying of director of the Riley Institute’s can do were South Miami Mayor alumni panel in March. in coastal cities like Beaufort and mate change into the curriculum so it heatstroke during unusually hot sum- Center for Critical Issues, was Phil Stoddard and Mayor of In March, the Riley Institute host- Charleston, you see an impact not has a longer-lasting impact. And we’re mers – are perfect examples of that.” in charge of putting together the Beaufort, South Carolina, Billy ed Jeffrey Ball as its Woodrow Wilson only on coastal businesses and running out of time, because climate All three directors agree that high-profile two-day event. Keyserling. Former U.S. Congress- Visiting Fellow. Ball, a former envi- populations, but on military bases as change is getting worse.” JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY DENISON BILL

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people a product they want to buy because of entrenched institutional hurdles. Tiny homes, which have wheels, are banned from many areas because of zoning restricting mobile homes, and even if there’s a place for one, banks often re- fuse to finance their purchase because they’re classified as chattel – personal property – or simply not valuable enough if they rest on a foundation. “People keep telling me you’ve created a great product, and that was the hardest part. I’m like, no, selling the product’s been the hardest part,” Latimer says. “I would have sold sixty to a hundred homes in the past six months if it weren’t for zoning. These things are changing. It’s a matter of when, not if.” Instead, he sold five in 2017 and turned his attention to finding other revenue streams. “How do I make them stan- dard and affordable?” Latimer says. “You start with the luxury market, sustain your business, pay for the growth and the expansion and the economies of scale with revenue until the market can catch up.” To that end, New Frontier has created a division offering custom spaces. Rhone, an online men’s fitness apparel company, uses one more time for Latimer to realize his ultimate as a mobile retail center, and Latimer is supplying dream of working with the city to create an two new designs for the artists’ retreat that affordable housing community out of tiny homes. renowned children’s book author Cornelia Funke “Starting a business is hard. Starting a new is building in California. business in which your product is illegal and unfinanceable? Yeah, I’ve had a few headaches,” he most ambitious project, however, is a Latimer says with a smile. “I’m terribly idealistic, T tiny house hotel the company will own in and a surefire way to bankrupt your business is Nashville and hopes to open by the summer of to only rely on your ideals to guide you. . . It helps 2018. The idea is to drive prices down without sac- that I’m stubborn and determined, and I believe rificing quality, generating more sales and buying in tiny homes.” SAMIR OSMAN SAMIR OSMAN SAMIR

34 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 35 After graduation he was offered a him as a very bright young man,” she says. coaching job at Samford University in “And I mean bright intellectually and in Birmingham, Alabama. The offer included his enthusiasm and energy.” an enticing scholarship to Cumberland And that’s the same man she still works Law School. But Cullen sensed it was time with today. to choose. “I needed to decide: Was I going Cullen has held appointed political posi- to be a football coach or was I going to be tions twice, serving about eight months as a lawyer?” Virginia’s attorney general and two years He made the call and enrolled at the as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of University of South Carolina School of Law. Virginia, until Democratic President Bill One year into the program, the dean Clinton took office and cleared the way brought Cullen into his office and observed for his own nominees. It’s a date Cullen that he could use some time to mature. won’t forget. “I was fired by Bill Clinton on The dean suggested he take a year off. But March 25, 1993,” he says, smiling. Cullen said he didn’t think he would. “And Except for those periods, he has spent TEAM the dean said, ‘I’m not really asking.’” his entire career with McGuireWoods. As Cullen went back to Staunton and his old his prominence has grown, so have the summer job as a stringer for the local paper, titles attached to his clients: mayor, gover- Richard Cullen, Superior Court Judge Reuben Young, Brandon Boykin ’12 and former North The News Leader. He’d said good-bye to nor, senator, and now, vice president. Carolina Governor Michael Easley at Boykin’s PLAYER football and, it seemed, to law as well. Last June, Cullen visited the White swearing-in ceremony for the position of assistant district attorney for Wake County. From the field to the courtroom, As a young reporter, he had nowhere to House three times for interviews before hide when a politician came to town, as the being retained by Pence to represent him Cullen fights for his own senior writers didn’t like to cover the visits. in the Russia probe. “You can’t pretend When he was sworn in as an assistant One day, Cullen took such an assignment that was normal,” he says. DA for Wake County in fall 2017, Cullen and met M. Caldwell Butler, a Republican Still, he’s doing the same job he always was there to introduce him to the court candidate for Congress. does: aggressively representing a client he and hold the Bible while he took the oath BY KELLEY BRUSS Two weeks later he was asked to serve believes in. “Fundamentally, it’s the same of office. as press secretary for the remainder of thing,” he says. the campaign. He stayed on after Butler’s The evangelist victory and was working for him when The mentor Cullen is an all-in kind of guy. “My dad has the congressman cast a key Republican For about a decade Cullen has helped what I would call healthy obsessions,” his impeachment vote against President provide a summer internship for a Furman son says. Richard Nixon. student at McGuireWoods Consulting, an Besides the law and his family – his The same things that almost made Richard Cullen ’71 Butler was instrumental in encouraging arm of the law firm. wife, Aggie, whom he married in 1973; four a football coach make him the lawyer he is today: team- lawyer, it’s been about relationships,” Cullen to go back to law school. “It felt like Brandon Boykin ’12 was studying children; and nine grandchildren, with No. he says. unfinished business,” Cullen says. “It was pre-law and political science, and playing 10 on the way – Furman takes a place of work, competition and people who need him. something I needed to do because of the football, when someone introduced him prominence among those obsessions. The student South Carolina experience.” to Cullen, who then invited Boykin to “He’s an evangelist for Furman,” the Cullen is a partner at McGuireWoods, work situation is playing out for one of his Law wasn’t always his passion. If any- He enrolled in the University of intern in Richmond. He also shared meals younger Cullen says. where he recently completed eleven years children. “He’s so good at relationships and thing could lay claim to that title, it might Richmond’s T. C. Williams School of Law with Cullen’s family and went to church That wasn’t always the case. “There was as chairman. A political observer calls caring about others,” says his son Richard be football. and graduated in 1977. with them. a period of time where it was more of a him “one of the most prominent lawyers Cullen ’07. Cullen grew up in Staunton, Virginia, After finishing law school in 2016, memory than an active part of who I am,” in the nation,” a statement confirmed by His father taught him by example that and was being recruited by the Virginia The lawyer Boykin spent a year at the Raleigh office of Cullen says. his client list, which includes Vice Presi- people and professional passions aren’t Military Institute during high school. But One of Cullen’s adjunct professors worked McGuireWoods. Then, on Cullen’s advice, Things changed when his older son, dent Mike Pence. mutually exclusive. “You can work hard when they suddenly lost interest, he was at McGuireWoods and encouraged him to he pursued a position in the district attor- Thomas, started looking at colleges. David Cullen, a member of Furman’s Board and have a successful career and also be a adrift. His coach made a call to a friend, interview with the firm when he finished ney’s office to gain trial experience. “He Shi, president of Furman at the time, of Trustees, is known for his commitment good dad and a good husband and a good who happened to be Bob King, the head school. Whittemore was a member of the was helping me grow, not only as a person had played football with Cullen. He met to personal engagement with everyone from son and a good brother,” the younger football coach at Furman. There were no hiring committee at the time. “I remember but as a lawyer,” Boykin says. the family when they came to campus family and friends to clients and colleagues. Cullen says. scholarships left, but Cullen was invited to for a visit. “He looked at my son and said, “Richard has a remarkable ability to Cullen still finds the work as invigorat- come on his own dime and play. ‘We’ve already got your bed picked out,’” stay connected with many people who ing as he first did 40 years ago. “I love solv- He studied political science. But the Cullen remembers. want to be connected with him, who seek ing problems,” he says. “I don’t stress out truth is, his Furman years were primarily Cullen possesses a powerful combination of skills in Thomas Cullen ’00 was sold. And a his advice and good judgment,” says Anne over taking people’s troubles and making about the team. “I was just a jock, basically,” few years later, his father was named to Marie Whittemore, one of his McGuire- them mine. I enjoy that.” says Cullen, a wide receiver who spent a both relationships and the law. He fuels them with a the board – one more team to join. “I fell Woods partners. But he also recognizes the role his ability fair amount of time warming the bench. work ethic that people can’t help but notice. in love with Furman the second time,” He’s also a father who takes a call in to connect has played in his career. “To “I thought I was better than the coaches Cullen says. the middle of an interview to hear how a the extent that I’ve been successful as a thought I was,” he says, laughing. COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY

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At approximately 8 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 7, 1969, an Air India plane carrying 28 Furman students touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport. These students were pioneers who blazed the trail not only for Fur- man’s first fall term program in the British Isles, but for Furman’s first credit-bearing program in what is now a long list of study away destinations. The program in the British Isles was the brainchild of former Vice President and Dean Francis Bonner, whose visionary leadership laid the foundation for Fur- man’s now global presence. Dean Bonner, Phil Elliott of the English department and Ed Jones of the history de- Sophie Harris ’19 and Campbell Sullivan ’19 partment wrote the letters, visited the sites and did the pose at Stonehenge during a group tour from Bath to London in September. footwork in the planning stages. So when the students, accompanied by Jones, left Heathrow that September morning to begin their travels, things went smoothly. The group started in Canterbury and went counter- Shakespeare Institute for four weeks before returning program format is the same – lectures from renowned choice most years has been to extend the stay on the clockwise through Thomas Hardy country, the Lake home on Dec. 10. Shakespearean scholars like Sir Stanley Wells and Emerald Isle. District, and back down the east coast before reaching Forty-eight years later, about 1,500 students and Robert Smallwood, visits to the Royal Shakespeare Whether it’s the theater, museums, glorious land- London. During their eight-week stay in London, they more than 30 members of the faculty have made this Theatre, and chats with actors both in the more formal scapes or something unique to the culture, the British lived at the Kenilworth Hotel in Bloomsbury and journey. Over the years much has changed, yet much classroom setting and in the Dirty Duck pub. Perhaps Isles have always drawn fall term participants back walked to their classes at Birkbeck College. In remains the same. The groups still tour and then settle the biggest change came when Furman adopted the across the Atlantic. Some enroll in graduate programs November, John Crabtree, then dean of students into the Bloomsbury district in London for lodging and semester system and thus made offering a fourth (The London School of Economics, Cambridge, Oxford, and professor of English, accompanied them to classes at Birkbeck College. In Stratford, classes are course imperative. Beginning in 1970, the tour usually The Shakespeare Institute), or find internships, like Stratford-upon-Avon, where they studied at the now held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, but the started with five to seven days in Ireland, so a logical Maddie DePree ’20, who landed an opportunity at the SOPHIE HARRIS SOPHIE

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1 The Quire at Canterbury Cathedral is the first Gothic building in England. 4 2 Furman alumni, students and faculty gathered for the alumni reception. 3 Furman Professor of English Willard Pate (left) and Adelyn Elliott ’78. 4 The Thames. 5 President Elizabeth Davis, Emily Matthews ’19 and Charles Davis at dinner before the group saw “Oslo,” a National Theatre play at the Harold Pinter Theatre. 6 Robin Reid Tidwell ’91 made the British Isles trip with her son Reid Tidwell ’19. 7 President Davis at the alumni reception. 8 Professor of Politics and International Affairs Don Aiesi (right) speaks to an alumnus who attended the London Reception, Oct. 27.

Shakespeare Centre in Stratford. Many, however, get the Engagement, sent out an invitation to alumni and par- abroad almost immediately after graduation. She lives palpable as they talked about retracing old steps and travel bug and return just for the pleasure of going to the ents to join the Davises and the students participating just outside of London, but maintains a flat in Covent exploring new venues: visits to the theater, a day trip to theater or walking the streets of London and Stratford in the 2017 program for their own travel experience Garden, where she stays when she pops into the city to Stratford-upon-Avon to pose in front of the guest house once again. and a London reception on Oct. 27. attend theatrical productions. where they had stayed 34 years ago, indulging in a “sin- This past autumn, several projects came into align- By the evening of that reception the Davises had Robin Reid Tidwell ’91, who participated in the ful” tea at Harrods, and riding the Tube to the Sunday ment and allowed Furman to sponsor a return trip. spent five days with the students, attending three plays program in 1989, has a full schedule as an attorney, but morning Columbia Road Flower Market, where Catherine, Mike Harley ’82, an alum of the trip, suggested that all (including the Tony award-winning “Oslo”), taking when Fackler’s message about an alumni trip to the now a master gardener, thought she was in heaven. alums from 1969–2016 be invited to a reunion in London. a coach trip to Canterbury, where Chaucer had his British Isles came, she knew she had to find time to As the British Isles program and study away at Second was President Elizabeth Davis’s enthusiasm for pilgrims “from every shires ende/of Englond . . . wende participate. She could not pass up the opportunity to Furman approach a 50th anniversary, participants sampling some of our many study away programs that [their way]/ The holy blissful Martir for to seke . . . ,” taking share the experience with her son Reid ’19, who would will come home with their own memories. And with can be counted among the rich offerings of The Furman in the Harry Potter and Magic exhibit at the British be there as a student. In the four days Robin was in the alumni office sponsoring more trips, Furman Advantage. In May, she and her husband, Charles, had Library, and touring backstage at the National Theatre. London, she and Reid visited sites such as the British alums will be able to reconnect with those memories as joined the slow-food Italy group in Rome for a few days; Approximately 60 people gathered to greet the Museum. Then on her final day, Robin joined the student Kaitlin Parham ’13 did. “Revisiting one of my favorite now she would visit a semester-long program for a week. Davises and to swap stories. Alumni ranged from 1950s group for a trip to Cambridge to visit the beautiful cities with fellow Furman alumni made for a trip of a Third was the Office of Alumni and Parent Engagement’s graduates to Kaitlin Parham ’13. Other attendees King’s College Chapel she had seen 28 years earlier. lifetime. It almost felt like I was studying abroad again!” desire to begin sponsoring travel programs. Because were Furman alumni who are now living in London Catherine Day ’84, Elizabeth Partridge ’84 and Associate Professor of History Jason Hansen led an the first two projects were already underway, London or the surrounding area. Beth Brougher ’86 fit both Julie Bledsoe Thomas ’85, friends on the trip in 1983, alumni and parent trip to Vietnam in March, and more was selected as the first destination. In late June,Leo categories. Falling in love with the British Isles while had stayed in touch since graduation and jumped at the Furman faculty-led travel experiences will be offered Fackler ’03, associate director of Alumni and Parent a student on the trip in ’84, she took up residence chance to have a mini-reunion. Their excitement was in 2019. COURTESY PHOTOS COURTESY

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one ofthefineststadiumsincountry. Paris Mountain risesonthehorizonbehindFluor Field attheWest End since theGreenville Drive becameupstateSouthCarolina’s onlyminor as thesunsetsindowntownGreenville. It hasofficiallybeen 10years league baseballteam,buttheFenway Park-replica isstillrecognized as FURMAN | SPRING 2018 |SPRING FURMAN

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COURTESY OF THE GREENVILLE DRIVE A Ballparks.com to name Fluor Field the Ballpark of the Year of the Fluor Ballpark Field the name to Ballparks.com broke –prompted ground after months 11 only played was game ago. over a decade designed fieldwas when the replicated Brown at Boston’s Fenway which expansion Park, asimilar mimicked Renovation and Ballpark for Best Digest Ballpark from award an earned The project upgrade. of a million $10 part as fieldwall left- 30-foot-high on the installed were seats ahundred after accomplished. Mission panoramically. itNovember spreads as late in resplendent green view, still into Westat the bursts End way Fluorthe outside. Field leading and St. Main 945 at offices team’s door of back the the opening before avisitor he tells this,” That bold idea and flawless execution – incredibly, the first first theincredibly, – execution flawless bold idea and That season last time enjoyed for first the fans view It’s same the alook at take out Come and mood. baseball the get in “Let’s FURMAN AND GREENVILLE’SFURMAN HOME TEAM CELEBRATEHOME TEAM A WINNING PARTNERSHIP Drive the past, he wants to show off the showpresent. off to he wants past, the delve into to ready is Brown Craig owner before But Greenville. downtown in decade second its entered has Drive the to believe, be itmay as s hard BY RON WAGNERBY RON ’93 WAY THE The Comeback The FURMAN | SPRING 2018 |SPRING FURMAN

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Every year, Furman plays in front of “IT STEMS FROM some of the largest college baseball OUR DESIRE . . . TO crowds in the country when it BRING AWARENESS takes on Clemson at Fluor Field. TO EVERYTHING THAT FURMAN HAS TO OFFER"

when it opened in 2006. The home of upstate South Carolina’s only minor league baseball franchise still looks brand new. That fits nicely with all the new development outside its gates. Another thing hard to miss from atop the wall are prominent Furman logos on the Furman on Deck Picnic Pavilion beyond the right- field foul line and the roof of the dugout the Paladins use when they play there. You can see one or the other from almost anywhere in the stadium, which meant that last year alone the Furman name was seen by Top: The Boston Red Sox more than 328,000 people in send their top prospects the ballpark. to Greenville to get the Both outcomes are exactly side to kind of be Furman’s and the Drive sponsored the experience they need to We have done everything from the university’s goal of be- become major leaguers. what Brown dreamt of when home away from home, and Furman baseball team’s fund- Bottom left: Fans enjoy the a mock trial to continuing coming a more visible part of he reluctantly moved the old it’s evolved into a full-scale raiser, the Upstate Diamond view from atop the single row education events there. Our Greenville. Capital City Bombers up I-26 partnership that’s covered Classic, for the 11th straight of seats recently installed atop graduation party is held there. “We’re not that far, right? after negotiations for a new both sponsorship, community year while allowing the Pala- the 30-foot-high left field wall We’ve celebrated Heller Ser- Seven miles from downtown stadium in Columbia failed. messaging, baseball, athletics, dins to host games there. But at Fluor Field. Bottom right: vice Corps’ 50th anniversary to here, but somehow that Drive owner Craig Brown David Shi ’73 was Furman’s academics and many of the many other less-visible events sought out a partnership with at the Drive.” Poinsett Corridor seems president at the time. community-based institutions are just as important. Furman soon after he moved Seman describes the Drive longer,” Seman says. “It stems “It was literally the first that Furman has.” “We’ve held several May X the team to Greenville from as one of Furman’s “keystone from our desire to reclaim partnership I sought out,” Latham Stadium, Fur- classes that have gone down Columbia, South Carolina. partnerships,” joining the Greenville since we are Brown says. “When you’re man’s home baseball stadium, to the Drive to learn about the Furman entrance at Bon Greenville’s university, to new to a community, from a features a video scoreboard history of baseball, the eco- Secours Wellness Arena, bring awareness to everything business sense, you’re trying donated by the Drive, and the nomics of a minor league team, the Upcountry History Muse- that Furman has to offer and to find the institutions and Paladins have played to crowds what it means to be a partner in um and the recently opened to provide opportunities for the people that are most of more than 6,000 at Fluor a community,” says Liz Seman, Furman on Main in the M. our faculty, staff and influential . . . (It started) Field. Fluor Field also hosted Furman’s chief of staff and liai- Judson Booksellers building. students to be engaged in out first from a baseball the Furman Football Fan Fest, son to the Board of Trustees. These partnerships further things outside of our gates.” COURTESY OF THE GREENVILLE DRIVE GREENVILLE THE OF COURTESY JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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The Paladins finished second in the 2017 Southern Conference Tournament, just missing a chance at the NCAA tournament. The SoCon tourney will be held at Fluor Field again in 2018, from May 22-27.

The hospitality area beyond the right-field foul line at Fluor Field has been rebranded as “Furman on Deck,” giving the university an even greater presence at the popular downtown Greenville baseball stadium. The redesign of the picnic pavilion that hosts up to 500 guests includes a prominent sign at the entrance as well as flags, banners and other signage with university logos.

Brown is a Michigan State “High school kids all come Brown had never been to you love baseball and every- and if you’re part of the fabric academic and professional ship is like any relationship. graduate, and his strong ties to college hoping to get a chance South Carolina when he and thing to do with sports, but of the community that really goals, only makes Brown more You always need to invest in to Lansing have turned MSU to play professional baseball,” his business partner made the fundamentally as a business defines who you should part- enthusiastic. it. You never should take it and Furman into frequent says Furman Athletics Director decision to purchase the team it’s a community engagement ner with . . . Furman was very “To have Furman hang for granted . . . I think we can opponents. He helped set up Mike Buddie, a one-time major after more than two decades platform, and there are so much at the top of that list.” their hat on that student really help make it come alive, the football clash between league pitcher. “And to get to working in advertising in New many things you can do that The Furman Advantage, experience while at a liberal not by talking about it but by Furman and MSU in 2016, as play in a replica of Fenway Park, York City. But now he’s as really can better the commu- Furman’s ambitious effort arts school, but differentiating showing the end product, the well as the annual First Pitch and to get to play South Carolina invested in Greenville and the nity and make the Upstate a to guarantee every incoming from the work experience in result of what comes from The Invitational at Fluor Field that and Clemson and Michigan Upstate as anyone. better place,” he says. “Our student an engaged learning the community, was a great Furman Advantage.” always features the Paladins, State in that ballpark are defi- “Each year you realize more strongest desire is to be part of experience that is tracked match with what we try to Spartans and two other teams. nitely recruiting advantages.” that, yes, this is baseball and the fabric of the community, and integrated with his or her stand for,” he says. “Partner- COURTESY PHOTOS | JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY | PHOTOS COURTESY

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hat does it mean to Furman board or council, Contact [email protected] Wbe a fan? From the word you are a part of the Furman “fanatical,” a fan is motivated Advantage Network. Being or visit plannedgiving.furman.edu by extreme enthusiasm a FAN of Furman now has and loyalty. We do not have The Furman new meaning. This network to explore our free planning resources. to look far to find fans of of ambassadors will help universities, teams or causes. Advantage Network us deliver on our guarantee At Furman University, our that all students receive a fans are part of the fabric of transformative education our institution. the strategic vision for the family. Regardless of your where every experience Being a fan goes university. Critical to the connection to Furman, you produces an advantage and beyond celebrating the success of this vision is the are a part of our network and every interaction allows an accomplishments of our support and loyalty of our help energize and strengthen opportunity for discovery. sports teams. At Furman a fan base. This is why we the Furman community. In the coming months fan is engaged and excited have created the Furman We all have a part in you will hear more about our about the many accolades Advantage Network, or FAN, delivering on the promises Furman Advantage Network the university receives to drive engagement within of The Furman Advantage. and the important role you and proud to celebrate our community. Students, For us, this means that can play as one of our most the accomplishments of alumni, parents, donors, we must provide valuable loyal fans. fellow alumni. A fan serves friends, OLLI students, connections to all of our as an ambassador in the Paladin Club members, fans. Whether you are community and takes pride Diversity Leadership an advocate for Furman in Furman University. A fan Initiative graduates, Women’s among prospective students, is loyal. Leadership Initiative provide an internship, Mike Wilson ’88 In 2016, we launched graduates and so many more mentor Furman students Executive Director, The Furman Advantage as are all a part of the Furman or alumni, or serve on a Alumni and Parent Engagement JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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DON’T BLINK Matt Olson, co-founder and LISTEN everything from U.S. history leader of the Unhinged Sextet and economics to AP calculus and professor of music at AND LEARN and other math classes. Furman Jazz, fashion and teaching teachers Unhinged Sextet, a jazz CONSUMPTIVE CHIC ensemble comprised of six BY JEN BOBO Carolyn A. Day, associate leading jazz educators from professor of history at Furman across the United States, is dedicated to recording the ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR Long before “heroin chic” made original compositions of its CLASSROOM SUCCESS: headlines, the emaciated figure members. They released their 365 WAYS TO BECOME A and feverish flush associated second recording, “Don’t BETTER EDUCATOR with tuberculosis victims were Blink,” in August 2017, on Doug Campbell ’94 admired as beautiful. As the OA2 Records, a Seattle record disease spread throughout label. Like their first recording, “Essential Tips for Classroom Europe in the late 18th and “Clarity,” “Don’t Blink” has Success: 365 Ways to Become early 19th centuries, it became received worldwide radio a Better Educator” is a book commonplace to regard airplay and numerous positive by an educator for educators. tuberculosis as a positive reviews in jazz publications After teaching in public affliction, one to be emulated like Cadence magazine and schools for over 20 years, in beauty practices and dress. All About Jazz. Matt Olson, Doug Campbell ’94 decided While medical writers believed co-founder and leader of he wanted to give back. This that the fashionable way of the Unhinged Sextet and a work is the result. It is a life of many women actually professor of music at Furman, thorough list of 365 tips for rendered them susceptible to has performed with a number teachers who want to become the disease, Carolyn A. Day of renowned artists, including better, covering everything investigates the deliberate Aretha Franklin, Natalie from discipline, relationships and widespread flouting of Cole, Lou Rawls, Johnny at school, wellness, mental admonitions against these Mathis, Wayne Newton, the health and general success in fashion practices in the pursuit Temptations, the Four Tops, an education career. He drew of beauty. Day, who joined children's entertainer Shari on what he learned from his the Furman faculty in 2012, Lewis, the Chicago Jazz experiences, successes and teaches courses in British and Ensemble and the Charlotte failures. Campbell hopes that European history as well as the Symphony Orchestra. educators are better off after history of medicine. reading this book. A high school educator, he has taught JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY

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1 5 5 Trustee Baxter Wynn and Mary Anne Anderson Lanier ’79. 6 Kurestin Miller ’18 and Megan Sullivan ’18, donors to the Class of 2018 Furman First gift A Nashville holiday gathering was generously hosted by Stephanie and John SCENE Ingram, parents of Martha ’20, on Dec 15. More than 100 Furman alumni, parents and friends attended the holiday celebration. 7 Marti Morris Judy ’06, Meredith Donahue ’15, Linsay Crow Ozier ’02, Emily Leahy Walker ’00. 8 Bill and Elizabeth Hawkins, Parents of Caroline ’16 with Laura and Richard AND Jones, Parents of Catherine ’16. 9 Stephanie Ingram, parent of Martha ’20, and Tricia Carswell ’82.

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4 9 1 Students, parents, alumni and friends attended the Atlanta Furman Business Breakfast in early February to hear how the Malone Career Center is collaborat- ing with alumni to expose students to various career 8 opportunities. Pictured (from left to right) Jim Ney ’64, Frances Robertson – parent, Paul Robertson ’82 – parent, Carol Ney ’67 and Jim Custer ’80. Nearly 700 people gathered at the 2018 Bell Tower Ball on February 24 to celebrate members of the Furman community. This year’s event honored several alumni, a corporate partner and friends of the university for their professional achievements, and generosity, service and leadership to the university and community. 2 Parents Council members Arti Pandya-Jairath and Sanjeev Jairath with their daughter, Meera Jairath ’18. 3 Christen Cullum Hairston ’01 and Steve Hairston. 4 Ed ’67 and Peggy Ellison Good ’67, Curt and Donna Graham Rone ’67, Sharon Hillhouse McCullough ’67 and Robert Balding PHOTOS COURTESY

52 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 53 Postings from the Interwebs Get an inside look at life at Furman with the new vlog and The Furman :40 video series. Engage with students, alumni, faculty and staff through the new community Instagram account where you can share your stories and photos with other Dins. New at FU And make sure to tour the new furman.edu. 

Future students, Furman University  will change your life and future.  FURMAN.EDU If you want to grow in all areas of your life, HAS A NEW LOOK! (My daughter) is happy, Furman is the place. @RockyCouch I was a student-athlete challenged, involved and on the softball team at Our new website highlights all things having a tremendous Furman. It shaped me #TheFurmanAdvantage and the university’s experience in all that Furman into the person I am  strategic vision. With more dynamic videos and has to offer. I am amazed today. I give to Furman photos and less text, you can quickly scan pages because I want current and find exactly what you’re looking for. at the opportunity ahead As so many, I remember the moment I of her with her study away drove through the Furman gates student-athletes to have the best this fall in New Mexico and as an incoming freshman as if it experience possible. Africa. were just yesterday. I was a little nervous and The Furman not entirely certain it was real! Those next –Jessie Homesley ’12 FURMAN VLOG Advantage is four years shaped the person I am today, and I wouldn't trade my experience for anything. simply a gem. To the class of 2021, welcome home, and “Hi everybody, my name is RJ Rogers. I’m a current sophomore I hope you will take advantage of all that Sandra Snow Snipes and I met communications and poli-sci major, and I want to invite you to check –Margaret Freeman Furman can do to shape your future. in Dr. Bates’ English class. We out the Furman University vlog. This season you’ll see everything from Parent of a student in –Mark B. Horner ’00 started dating about a year later application to graduation and all things in between. We’re showing you the class of 2019 and married after graduation what it’s like to be a Furman Paladin. Head over to our Vimeo channel at in 1969. Both of us worked at Vimeo.com/furman to view installments of the Furman vlog.” Furman, worked summer jobs, ANDREW ’93 AND CAROLYN and borrowed money to attend COOK ’92 WEEKS: Furman. I accepted a scholarship Parent of student in class of 2021 of $600 to play football, but @YOURFURMAN THE FURMAN :40 I believe in this institution tuition increased by $200 before and the newly developed I could enroll. We give because the needs will always exceed the Visit Furman’s new community Instagram account @yourfurman and share Want to stay in the loop with Furman? Check Furman Advantage. Both my scholarships. husband and I are alums, and your Furman experiences by tagging us @yourfurman and using #myfurman. out what’s been going on each week with The now our daughter Ashley is –Frank and Sandra Snow Snipes ’69 Furman :40, a 40-second video recap of going to be a member of the campus happenings posted weekly on all of class of 2021! our social media channels. #furmanlegacy Furman provided me with experiences and education that completely opened my world. I want to do the same for others. –Melinda Long ’82 COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY PHOTOS COURTESY

54 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 55 SPRING 2018 SPRING CLASS NOTES 2018 1963 Colonel Dave Barry (USA Ret.) ’63 was inducted as a CLASS NOTES Distinguished Member of the Regiment, U.S. Army Transportation Corps at Ft. Lee, Va. During his 28 years Still of active service, Col. Barry served overseas tours in Korea, Vietnam, Germany and England. He now divides his residency between Va., Colo. and Fla. 1967 Carole Coates ’67 has received the High Country Writers’ Book of the Year award for JANET KWAMI JOHN DEREK PARSONS JOHN CRABTREE NANCY VAN LUYN OGLESBY ’92 pg. 60 pg. 64 pg. 62 pg. 59 “Boyhood Daze and Other Stories: Growing Up Happy During the Great Depression,” a scholarly memoir of her Filmmaker Felicia Furman FUmerical Up Close father’s youth and young adulthood during the years speaks on campus of the Great Depression and World War II. Her blog, Felicia Furman visited the Furman campus Nov. 1 to discuss her film “Shared History: Families livingonthediagonal.com, Linked Through Slavery.” Furman, who is a descendant of Richard Furman, has researched her features her personal essays family’s history of slaveholding on both sides, and after a screening of her film, she discussed her and poetry. She also blogs for efforts to reconcile that past, drawing connections between her experiences and Furman’s current Mother Earth News magazine. effort to investigate its history and intersections with slavery. The lecture was part of a yearlong She is married to Ron Wynn ’67. series, Seeking Abraham: A Project on Slavery & Justice, organized by Furman’s Task Force on Slavery and Justice. The task force, which was established in the spring of 2017, will examine the university’s historical connections to slavery and create educational programming that can help FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT RONALD “DEE” VAUGHAN ’79 PROFILES CAROLE COATES ’67 1968 Furman better understand this part of its past. FURMAN pg. 59 pg. 60 pg. 57 Hugh Hughes ’68 attained the pg. 65 rank of Platinum Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League. He is in the made in recognition of their services to small and field placement university top one-half of 1 percent of outstanding contribution to mid-sized companies and supervisor for special After the Aisle masterpoint holders in the the management consulting nonprofit organizations. education preservice teachers ACBL. He has also become profession. Norman is at the internship and student the top masterpoint holder the first recipient of the teaching levels. for Furman alumni. Academic Fellow of CMC- 1974 Global in the United States. Pamela Weatherly Carter ’74 Norman founded his own recently graduated from the 1979 1970 consulting firm, Traction University of North Carolina Bren McClain ’79 published David Norman ’70 has been Matters/David Norman at Greensboro with a Ph.D. her first novel, “One Good initiated as one of the & Associates, in 1995 to in special education. She Mama Bone,” with Story 2017 Academic Fellows offer results-oriented is interested in the clinical River Books, the imprint REESE HANNON ’16 THOUGHTS AFTER BREN MCCLAIN FELICIA FURMAN of the International management consulting side of teacher education, Pat Conroy founded at pg. 59 THE WEDDING pg. 57 pg. 57 Council of Management and executive coaching particularly serving as a the University of South pg. 58 Institutes. This award is Carolina Press. COURTESY PHOTOS | JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY | PHOTOS COURTESY FLEMING JEREMY Continued on page 59

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Ronald “Dee” Vaughan ’79 has released a new book, 1993 2006 2008 “Seeing in the Dark: Biblical J. Benedict Hartman ’93 Daniel H. Ennis ’06 was Matt Kuhn ’08 is now deputy Meditations for People was recently recognized as elected to partnership of general counsel to Kentucky Dealing with Depression,” 2017 Legal Elite by Georgia Parker, Hudson, Rainer Governor Matt Bevin. Matt with Smyth and Helwys Trend. A statewide business & Dobbs LLP law firm in and his wife, Elizabeth Goss Publishers. Vaughan, publication, Georgia Trend Atlanta. Ennis is a member Kuhn ’08, live in Louisville, Ky. pastor of St. Andrews recently published its annual of the firm's Commercial like seeing your best friend Church, Columbia, wrote issue honoring Georgia’s Finance practice group. He isters Ali Gunn Napier and again,” Jenny says. Two years a devotional resource for leading attorneys for their represents banks, finance 2012 Jenny Gunn Littlejohn ’03 later, they were married. people dealing with the achievements in various companies and other lenders Helen Cave ’12 recently did not want to go to the For Ali and Billy, a sim- emotional and spiritual practice areas. in a variety of secured completed her Master of Ssame college. Like many twins, ilar story was playing out. darkness of depression. Based lending transactions, Economics degree from the they were eager to strike out Ali worked in marketing in on his study of Scripture, including negotiation and University of Leuven on their own. “We didn’t want Charleston, while Billy went his own experience with 1994 documentation of both single in Belgium. to be compared – who’s the to Clemson University to work depression and his work Raymond Neal ’94 is now lender and syndicated credit smartest? Who’s the pretti- as a graduate assistant, later with depression sufferers the continuing education facilities. est?” Jenny says. becoming offensive coordina- as a pastor, counselor and coordinator for NEFLIN 2014 Then they both fell in love tor and quarterbacks coach group leader, “Seeing in the (Northeast Florida Library Emily Jeske ’14 graduated with Furman. And, even more there through 2010. They Dark” offers the reader a daily Information Network) in 2007 cum laude from Wake Forest unexpectedly, within days of reconnected, and she moved insight into depression and Orange Park, Fla. Ian T. Duggan ’07 has joined University School of Law in arriving, they both met their upstate, working at Erwin the road to recovery. Each Callison Tighe as its newest May 2017. She is a member future spouses. Penland until they married. reading includes a prayer associate. Ian’s practice at of the Order of the Coif As high school seniors in After stints coaching at exercise based on the day’s 2000 Callison Tighe will focus on and received the National Gainesville, Georgia, most of Alabama and Colorado State, theme and ends with a truth Stephanie Gaston Poley ’00, a representing individuals, Association of Women their friends were heading to Billy was recently promoted to to affirm, a short statement partner based in the Raleigh organizations and businesses Lawyers’ Outstanding the University of Georgia, but Destined to Be associate head coach and of- of the reading’s main idea to office of CSH Law, has been in challenging litigation Student Award. In law school Ali and Jenny wanted some- The words “Furman family” have special fensive coordinator at Arizona help the reader remember reappointed to the position matters, both inside and Emily was an executive editor thing smaller and a little far- State. Ali and Billy have been and apply new insights. of chair of the DRI Retail outside the courtroom. Prior of the Wake Forest Journal of ther from home. They both felt meaning for twins Ali Gunn Napier and in Arizona for just six months and Hospitality Committee. to joining Callison Tighe, Law & Policy and a member right at home at Furman. Each Jenny Gunn Littlejohn. with their children, ages 5, 3 Stephanie began a one- Duggan served more than six of the Moot Court Board. She desperately tried to convince and 1. 1992 year term as chair of the years in the U.S. Air Force, begins her legal career at the other to go to any other col- By Leigh Savage Will and Jenny live in Nancy van Luyn Oglesby committee in Oct. 2016 and rising to the rank of major. He Smith Debnam Narron Drake lege, “but neither of us would Charleston, where Will is an ’92 was awarded the has been reappointed to the remains a member of the U.S. Saintsing & Myers, LLP, in budge,” says Ali, laughing. attorney at Holder, Padgett, Virginia Association of position for a second one-year Air Force Reserve. While on Raleigh, N.C., as an associate They arrived ready to forge flustered by my charm.” They quarterback, and their fates Littlejohn & Prickett. Jenny Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ term beginning Oct. 2017. active duty, Duggan served attorney in family law. different paths and requested were soon a couple. were sealed. is focused on raising their Distinguished Faculty Stephanie previously served as lead counsel in some different rooms, but both were Ali met Billy Napier ’03 As with most young rela- 4-year-old and 18-month-old Award (Aug. 2017). She is two terms as the committee’s of the armed forces’ most placed in Blackwell Hall, “so during orientation week, but tionships, it wasn’t always and is considering baby No. 3. currently Virginia’s Domestic vice-chair and also served as noteworthy criminal cases 2016 we ended up having the same it took another twist of fate smooth sailing. Jenny and Will Though they once craved and Sexual Violence the Women in the Law SLC on military installations Reese Hannon ’16 was friends,” Ali says. One of the for them to spark a relation- broke up on graduation day in separation, now the far-flung Resource Prosecutor and Liaison for the DRI Retail throughout the United inducted into Greer High first people they met –Will ship. Sophomore year, Ali was 2003 and went their separate sisters look forward to the also cofounder of Justice and Hospitality Committee. States, the Pacific, Europe School’s Athletic Hall of Littlejohn ’02 – would marry placed in Montague Village ways. Jenny moved to Charles- times they can get their grow- 3D, a national training She serves as the chair of the and the Middle East. A native Fame (Oct. 2017). Hannon one sister and play a key role housing, which was quite a ton, worked for an account- ing families together. “Our and consulting company CSH Law Retail, Restaurant of Virginia, Duggan came started from the third game in introducing the other to her trek from campus. She didn’t ing firm and then earned a kids love each other,” Jenny that works with allied & Hospitality Practice Group. to South Carolina as an of his freshman year at future husband. have a car, so Will introduced master’s degree in English at says. Though with five kids professionals across the undergraduate at Furman Furman, was a four-year Even before classes started, her to Joe Wilson, who lived University College of London. under 5, “it’s a lot louder when country to improve the University and graduated captain and set school Jenny met Will, who was on at Montague and could give Will earned a law degree at we get together now.” investigation and prosecution 2005 with a degree in history records for total yards the Furman orientation staff. her a ride to class. Charleston School of Law. All four still reconnect with of domestic violence, sexual Elliott Tapp ’05 was elected a in 2007. He earned a Juris (7,922) and passing yards “He was working at a carnival Wilson, who was an By 2009 they were both their college friends as often as assault and child abuse. partner at King & Spalding Doctor at the University of (7,750). Hannon is currently on the lawn outside Blackwell, offensive lineman on the in Charleston and decided to they can. “Those friendships LLP in Atlanta. South Carolina School of Law pursuing an MBA at Clemson and he spilled a strawberry Paladins football team, rein- meet at Poe’s Tavern on Sulli- – they last,” Ali says. “We hold in 2010. University while working for smoothie on me,” she says, troduced her to Billy Napier, van’s Island to catch up. “When onto those the best we can.” Furman’s Paladin Club. grinning. “I like to think he got the all-Southern Conference he fell back into my life, it was

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“The Ghana May X trip is eye-opening for my students Daniel Roberts ’11 and Stephanie Jean Wilson Andrea ’46, May John W. Wilson Jr. ’52, July 22, because they realize that, Field ’13, Oct. 28, 2017 25, 2017, Spartanburg, S.C. 2017, Greenville, S.C. unintentionally, they’ve bought into the narrative that’s been Greg Stribos ’09 and Elise Doris S. DeMers ’46, Nov. 22, Mart G. Baldwin ’53, Sept. 16, told to them. Sure, Ghana has its BIRTHS AND Barter, Nov. 17, 2017 2017, Highland Park, Il. 2017, Hendersonville, N.C. impoverished areas, but it has ADOPTIONS many developed areas as well, Peyton Durham Bryant Jane A. Martin ’46, July 17, Maurice Brown ’53, Aug. 15, and the students are always and Lyndey Ritz Zwing ’09, 2017, Lafayette, La. 2017, Greer, S.C. amazed to realize that they have April 28, 2018 been influenced by an unin- Anne M. Parks ’46, Nov. 22, Maynard W. Bland ’54, formed story.” 2017, Greenville, S.C. Sept. 22, 2017, Fountain Inn, S.C. But for Kwami, it goes beyond teaching her students Rev. Jesse Allen Smith ’46, Elinor Johnson Brown ’54, to be good communicators Sept. 15, 2017, Greenville, S.C. Sept. 24, 2017, Walhalla, S.C. and storytellers. More impor- Lindsay May Gracey ’07, a OBITUARIES tantly, she aims to teach them son, Oliver Michael Gracey, Ralph Z. Boroughs ’47, Sept. 15, James Dwight Johnson ’54, to be ethical; to be brave; to June 16, 2017 2017, Pickens, S.C. Aug. 11, 2017, Chapel Hill, N.C. Paige Flagge ’18, Ellie Erickson ’20, Janet Kwami, Yinglu Wang ’18, and Associate Professor of Communication Studies question; to push for the truth; Cynthia King show off stamps they made to print Adinkra cloth, a fabric made by the Ashanti people in Ghana. and then to communicate that Peter and Heather Wilson Robert. R. Chapman Jr. ’47, William C. Miller Jr. ’54, truth to an audience who may Morash ’05, a son, Luke Elliot Sept. 27, 2017, Mars Hill, N.C. Sept. 4, 2017, Fayetteville, N.C. not want to hear it. She chal- Morash, March 17, 2017 lenges them to be – in her own Ann Harding Bettis ’48, Harold N. Allen ’55, Nov. 26, words – “human.” Ryan and Grace Herlong Nov. 29, 2017, Greenville, S.C. 2017, Lancaster, S.C. “To be a good communi- Loveless ’01, a daughter, Ethel R. Wright ’37, Sept. 1, 2017, The Challenge to be Human cator, you must be open with Carson Loveless, May 2017 Greenwood, S.C. Betty B. Carter ’48, Aug. 26, Nancy Drew ’56, Aug. 16, 2017, yourself and open to others,” 2017, Lake City, S.C. Raleigh, N.C. Associate Professor of Communication Studies Janet Kwami teaches her students that moving she explains, citing how she’s and , Sept. 10, beyond the “easy narrative” isn’t always easy. Eric ’04 Kristen Richard C. Burts Jr. ’40 dealt with her current battle Mullins ’06 Devine, a son, 2017, Greenville, S.C. William C. Carter Jr. ’48, Hugh G. Eaker ’56, Aug. 20, s I answer a phone call then the United Kingdom, explains Kwami. “Storytelling with cancer. William Raymond Devine, Dec. 7, 2017, Lake City, S.C. 2017, Columbia, S.C. Afrom Janet Kwami I no- and finally at the University is an extremely effective tool. To be sure, her efforts hav- Sept. 11, 2017 Julia B. Hopkins ’40, Sept. 9, tice muffled conversations and of Oregon. With a background A single story can empower or en’t been lost on her students. 2017, Hartsville, S.C. Juanita Way Rhame ’48, Jan. 13, Lucille J. Kinard ’56, Sept. 7, noise in the background. in international communi- disempower an entire culture Says Emily Stokes, a 2017 2017, Holly Hill, S.C. 2017, Hampton, S.C. “Can you hear me OK?” asks cation, Kwami focuses much or people. I encourage my graduate and former student of John W. Fowler Jr. ’41, Aug. 21, Kwami. “I apologize. I’m just of her research and teaching students to listen, to collab- Kwami, “Dr. Kwami has been 2017, Mullins, S.C. Nell Gray Berg ’49, May 25, Jimmy R. LaBoon ’56, Aug. 4, sitting down for a treatment.” on communication systems orate and to really question very forthcoming with her 2017, Melbourne, Fla. 2017, Greer, S.C. I can’t help but be amazed globally and the use of digital to ensure they’re telling a students about her battle with MARRIAGES Mary Jolly McDavid ’41, July 17, at the irony of the situation. A technologies by marginal- multifaceted story.” cancer . . . she even hosts classes 2017, Greenville, S.C. Barnett O. Hiott ’49, July 16, Dayne S. Watkins ’56, Aug. 13, professor is taking a call from ized communities in Africa Kwami makes her point over video chat while getting 2017, Wilmington, N.C. 2017, Charlotte, N.C. me at the hectic post-Thanks- and China, for which she’s through the stereotypical her treatments and makes her- Martha B. Smith ’41, Aug. 26, giving break time. Also during received a multiyear National illustration of the African self available at all times – no 2017, Atlanta, Ga. Paul D. Gallant ’50, Sept. 5, Joe D. Ellenburg ’57, Oct. 9, a time when she’s receiving a Science Foundation research child: “How many times matter what else she is dealing 2017, Greenville, S.C. 2017, Easley, S.C. chemotherapy treatment. And grant. Kwami also leads a have you seen the image of with personally.” George P. Edwards ’43, Sept. 15, she’s the one apologizing. May X study away program the barefoot, dirty, naked “Life can be difficult, but 2017, Gaffney, S.C. Jennie Lou Long Johnson ’50, Robert Y. Halford ’57, Sept. 16, But such is the nature in Ghana, where students African child, belly protrud- we are all built very strong,” Oct. 9, 2017, Pelzer, S.C. 2017, Atlanta, Ga. of Kwami, who (I realize experience true “backpack ed? At least a dozen, says Kwami. “I continue to Betty A. Thompson ’43, Nov. 13, after only five minutes of journalism,” learning the I’m sure,” she says. “That’s teach through it all because my John Nelson ’10 and Kelly 2017, Asheville, N.C. James E. Toney ’50, Oct. 7, 2017, Furman B. Langley Jr. ’57, speaking with her) is the principles and ethics of mul- the easy narrative, the one students give me strength and Jones ’11, May 6, 2017 Spartanburg, S.C. Sept. 14, 2017, Holly Hill, S.C. epitome of strength, grace timedia storytelling. everyone is familiar with. energy . . . We are all learning to- June Kennedy Higgons ’45, Oct. and quiet confidence. “There’s a tendency by They treat the diverse gether – through our research, Austin Bradham ’12 and 5, 2017, Irvington, N.Y. Lawrence E. Gilchrist ’52, Martha C. Pfeifer ’57, Aug. 22, Originally from Ghana, many in the Western culture cultures of the continent of through what we study and Jennifer Dawson ’12, Oct. 13, 2017, Georgetown, S.C. 2017, Saint Petersburg, Fla. Kwami began teaching at to think they know best, and I Africa as ‘other’ and keep through life.” May 19, 2017 Furman in 2009 after study- want to encourage cultural them in that space because Alva Louise Jones ’52, Dec. 7, Charles D. Cox ’58, Oct. 10, ing and researching in Ghana, humility in my students,” it’s comfortable. – Lindsay Niedringhaus ’07 Brian Boyd ’06 and Kati Lake, 2017, Conyers, Ga. 2017, Spartanburg, S.C. COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY Aug. 12, 2017 Continued on page 63

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Horace B. Free ’58, Sept. 9, Robert Q. Glass III ’63, Aug. 17, Judith Gail Goodman Sasser ’71, Sandra Flewellen ’82, Dec. 3, 2017, Greenwood, S.C. 2017, Greenville, S.C. Oct. 25, 2017, Chesapeake, Va. 2017, Columbia, S.C.

Charles T. Galloway Jr. ’58, Daniel Mushegian ’63, July 19, Jon R. Williams ’71, Sept. 9, Jenkins S. Crayton Jr. ’84, July 24, 2017, Covington, Ga. 2017, Greenwich, Conn. 2017, North Augusta, Ga. Sept. 15, 2017, Greensboro, N.C.

Peggy L. Jones ’58, Sept. 14, Frances Summey Roper ’63, Robin T. Bohn ’72, Nov. 22, Arianna Wardlaw Gailey ’84, 2017, Henrico, Va. Sept. 3, 2017, Easley, S.C. 2017, Aiken, S.C. Sept. 16, 2017, Greenville, S.C.

Rev. Benjamin F. Rogers Jr. ’58, Rita Sutton ’63, Sept. 16, 2017, Elizabeth W. Croft ’73, Dec. 9, Margaret C. Davis ’86, July 24, Aug. 3, 2017, Easley, S.C. Rock Hill, S.C. 2017, Greenville, S.C. 2017, Hendersonville, N.C.

Alva Waddington ’58, Aug. 25, William P. Wylie ’63, Sept. 11, Kenneth G. Goode ’73, Nov. 28, Lance Jason Wilder ’88, May 17, 2017, Murphy, Texas 2017, Camden, S.C. 2017, Winnsboro, S.C. 2017, Athens, Ga.

Kay West ’58, Sept. 28, 2017, Roy L. Collier ’64, Sept. 10, William E. Thompson ’74, Ronald K. Beverly ’93, Sept. 1, Spartanburg, S.C. 2017, Toccoa, Ga. July 17, 2017, Taylors, S.C. 2017, Gainesville, Ga.

Richard H. Crook ’59, Sept. 26, Nancy Nelson Friar ’67, July 19, John H. Graham III ’77, Aug. 16, Woody C. Barfield ’94, Nov. 28, 2017, Greenville, S.C. 2017, Taylors, S.C. 2017, Green Cove Springs, Fla. 2017, Anderson, S.C.

Mary Anne Kell ’59, Sept. 23, Lawrence Lathrop Kapps ’67, James A. Merritt Jr. ’78, Jennifer L. Mangels ’95, 2017, Bowling Green, Ky. May 29, 2017, Mooresville, July 12, 2017, Raleigh, N.C. Sept. 16, 2017, Greenville, S.C. N.C. Joe H. Martin ’59, Sept. 22, John B. Brannan ’79, July 31, David B. Medlin ’00, Sept. 22, 2017, Greenwood, S.C. James R. Thigpen Jr. ’67, Aug. 2017, Saint Petersburg, Fla. 2017, Nashville, Tenn. 29, 2017, Columbia, S.C. Back to School Diane Henderson Horton ’60, Susan Elaine Waites ’81, Andrew John Swope ’07, Oct. 15, Sept. 19, 2017, Elizabethton, Tenn. Martha M. Woodruff ’67, July Sept. 16, 2017, Columbia, S.C. 2017, Athens, Ga. Sixty years of teaching leads John Crabtree to a new role – student. 18, 2017, Greenville, S.C. William H. Horton ’60, Dec. 2, n special days, he Crabtree Classroom, named courses. “When I retired and Bainbridge, a retired 2017, Simpsonville, S.C. Dianne G. Whitfield ’68, Nov. O takes dance classes in his honor. joined OLLI, I was pleased English professor who has 19, 2017, Anderson, S.C – hip-hop, jazz, ballroom, Crabtree served as chair to see that he was still going written 13 mill histories, Elaine J. Carver ’61, July 11, even Bollywood. of the English department, strong and loving to teach,” covering 1819 through the 2017, Greenville, S.C. Doris L. Burden ’69, Aug. 8, CLASS NOTES POLICY In 1957 John Crabtree academic dean and vice pres- she says. 1990s, and Crabtree enjoyed 2017, Anderson, S.C. arrived at Furman – still at ident for academic affairs, Crabtree moved into the learning about a time when Elizabeth S. Jack ’61, Aug. 1, We welcome your submissions to Class Notes. Due to the amount of material Furman receives for this section – and the time needed to edit its downtown location – to and taught many classes at Woodlands at Furman three he heard stories and contro- 2017, Spartanburg, S.C. Peggy J. Morgan ’69, Aug. 26, that material – items are often not published until six months after they teach English. Six decades the Osher Lifelong Learning years ago with his wife, Anne, versies about local mills but 2017, Greenville, S.C. are submitted. However, please be advised that we rarely publish items later, at age 92, he can still be Institute (OLLI). Founded who passed away in May 2017. didn’t know the details. “I was Barbara B. Ullman ’61, Sept. 12, more than 18 months old and no announcements of things that have not yet occurred. When sending news of births, please include the parent found in the classroom, this in 1993, OLLI was designed A longtime advocate for life- finishing my Ph.D. and teaching 2017, Columbia, S.C. Susan B. Morris ’69, July 21, name(s), child’s name, birthdate, and city of birth; for marriages, include time in the role of student. to help senior adults stay long learning, he then decided classes and had four children, 2017, Greensboro, N.C. the city and date of the event, the new spouse’s name, and his/her year “I enjoy being a student, intellectually and physically to become a student again. so I had too much to do,” he John B. Barton ’62, Dec. 10, of graduation if from Furman. News about couples who graduated from Furman in different years is listed under the earliest graduation date. It especially a student in a class active. From its founding Of the 106 OLLI classes says with a laugh. 2017, Greenville, S.C. Drennan Thompson ’69, Oct. 9, is not listed with both classes. Incomplete information for any of the taught by a gifted teacher,” through fall 2014, he taught offered that fall, he chose Bainbridge was a professor 2017, Charlotte, N.C. above may result in the submission remaining unpublished. The magazine Crabtree says. “And Dr. Shakespeare as well as Bainbridge’s course on mill when Crabtree was depart- Gary R. King ’62, Aug. 8, 2017, reserves the right to edit submissions. (Judith) Bainbridge is a American dramatists. villages. “I’ve always been ment chair and dean. She Greer, S.C. Barbara L. Downey ’70, Sept. 6, gifted teacher.” After decades Gladys Spiak, who grad- interested in the mill says she always admired his 2017, Meridian, Miss. of pacing at the front of class- uated from Furman in 1966, economy of the South, and teaching talent, “so it is really James E. Ballard Jr. ’63, Oct. 7, rooms, he became one of 140 enjoyed Crabtree’s classes as particularly South Carolina, flattering that he enrolled in 2017, Columbia, S.C. Walter Lee III ’70, July 28, students in a course on mill an undergraduate and then and the kinds of lives these the class.” 2017, Jacksonville, Fla. towns, which meets at again at OLLI, where she people lived in these compa- Edy Parker Bosworth ’63, Nov. the Herring Center in the took five of his Shakespeare ny-owned villages,” he says. – Leigh Savage 3, 2017, Queen Creek, Ariz. Wayne F. Smith ’70, Oct. 7, JEREMY FLEMING JEREMY 2017, Pelzer, S.C.

62 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 63 Still FUmerical Fun facts and figures about The Furman Advantage

Furman is improving access to and the quality of high-impact engaged learning experiences as part of The Furman Advantage.

In October 2017, the internships office and the alumni office 3 developed a new program, Engaged City, piloted in Greenville, NEW SPRING BREAK which connects sophomores to alumni. The students then PROGRAMS spend a day exploring their interest in an organization while learning and applying networking skills. This program will be repeated and expanded to more cities.

36 students HAVE PARTICIPATED AND IN THE CAREER TREK 26 19 The Malone Center for Career sophomores alumni/employers Engagement launched the PARTICIPATED IN ENGAGED CITY - GREENVILLE Paladin Career Trek Program in the 2017-18 academic year. The program provides students with the opportunity to travel to cities throughout the country to explore career paths, identify job opportunities and connect with Furman alumni and parents working at top companies.

Up to first-year students Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP named Furman senior John Derek Parsons’ woodblock prints were purchased by 5 Parsons the winner of the company’s third annual Furman University the firm and will become part of Smith Moore Juried Art Competition. From Dec. 15, 2017, to Jan. 11, 2018, Furman Leatherwood’s permanent art collection. ACCEPTED INTO THE DIRECT ENTRY art students displayed their work in the lobby of Smith Moore Leather- PROGRAM WITH THE USC SCHOOL OF wood's Greenville office. Winning honorable mention for his collection 33%increase of acrylic paintings was Furman senior MEDICINE GREENVILLE Jackson Goode. IN APPLICATIONS FOR STUDY AWAY MAY X PROGRAMS Top Left: “On the Trail” | Bottom Left: “Summertime on the Trail” Top Right: Tami McKnew, Smith Moore Leatherwood; John Derek Parsons ’18; and Art Department Chair Ross McClain

Bottom Right: Jackson Goode ’18 FLEMING JEREMY

64 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 FURMAN | SPRING 2018 65 The Home Depot and and Depot Home The Company, Coca-Cola The The Malone Center for for Center Malone The Chick-fil-A headquarters. Career Engagement hosted hosted Engagement Career connections at some of the ofthe some at connections making are Paladins February for students to visit to visit students for February alumni who work at the the at work who alumni Furman with and network a Career Trek in Atlanta in in Trek Atlanta in a Career nation’s biggest companies. Greenville, SouthCarolina 29613 3300 Poinsett Highway University Communications Furman University ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

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