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52 74 Thomas Stephenson has been George Singleton received the 2011 Joe Roberts, former assistant to the Bruce Kleinschmidt has begun named provost (chief academic of!cer) Hillsdale Award for Fiction from the president at Furman, was named the Slew formation for the Catholic priesthood of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Fellowship of Southern Writers during Hester Male Player of the Year by the from the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. effective July 1. Tom, the James H. the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Arts & Education United States Tennis Association Southern He will begin graduate studies in theology Hammons Professor of Chemistry, has Council’s Conference on Southern Region, which covers a nine-state area. Joe in January at the Sacred Heart School been on the faculty of the Department of Literature in April. George has published won a Division II national championship of Theology in Franklin, Wis., and upon Chemistry and Biochemistry at Swarthmore four collections of short stories, two novels and three Southern championships in 2010 ordination plans to serve as a priest in since 1985. and a book of writing advice. He teaches while competing in the 80s division. Fort Worth. at the South Carolina Governor’s School WE’RE NOT SAYING GOODBYE, JUST SO LONG FOR NOW ...... Jan Little received the Bonnie Hufford 79 for the Arts & Humanities in Greenville. 63 Award from the Tennessee Scholastic Michael Guest was nominated by Georgia state senator Cecil Staton, AT THE SPRING MEETING an alumni retreat sponsored by the Lilly Center Network (FAN), a volunteer group that works closely Ginger Kelley McKenzie, associate Press Association as the 2010-11 Media President Obama in February to serve a Macon resident, received the Georgia of the Alumni Association for Vocational Re$ection. with the university to locate and recruit strong pro- professor of education at Xavier University Adviser of the Year. Jan teaches AP English a four-year term on the National Security Hospital Association’s Legislator of the Board of Directors in early Rebecca has been on the Alumni Board since spective students. in Ohio, is a member of the American language and sponsors the newspaper Education Board. The NSEB oversees the Year Award in February for his efforts March, we said goodbye to 2006 and received the Alumni Service Award in I did !ve FAN interviews this spring and enjoyed Montessori Society Board of Directors. She and literary magazine at Brentwood High National Security Education Program, to improve trauma care in the state. our outgoing president of two 2005. She works for World Vision, a Christian relief, it immensely. I met some amazing young people and served on the Xavier Faculty Committee School in Nashville. She is a member of which administers grants and supports years, Clare Folio Morris ’83. development and advocacy organization that helps got to “sell” Furman to them. from 2007 to 2010 and was co-chair Sigma Delta Chi/Society of Professional efforts to encourage international studies. 82 Clare was elevated to children, families and communities overcome poverty during 2009-10. Journalists and The Atlanta Press Club. Michael is an independent consultant, Mel Daniel recently joined Homeowners the presidency in 2009, a year and injustice. She is preparing to move to Florida from REUNION UPDATES: It’s never too early to begin working in an advisory capacity to the Mortgage in Greenville as a mortgage early, after the unexpected southern California. We’re glad she’s coming back to planning for Homecoming 2011, scheduled for October 67 75 Council for Global Equality and to Deloitte consultant. Claude W. Hicks, Jr., has retired T. Bart Gary of Marietta, Ga., an attorney Consulting LLP. He was a Foreign Service death of Randy Blackwell ’63. She stepped in at this side of the Mississippi. 21–23. The opponent for the football game will be after 24 years as the !rst United States with Freeman Mathis & Gary, has been of!cer for 26 years before retiring in a dif!cult time and did an outstanding job. As part In addition, the board bid farewell to !ve Southern Conference foe Samford, a school that is 83 Magistrate Judge for the Middle District included in The Best Lawyers in America® December 2007. MARRIAGE: Vin Rampey and Jada of her work, she served on the presidential search members who completed their !ve-year terms: Yates quickly becoming a formidable rival. We will have of Georgia, which covers 70 of the state’s 2011 in the !eld of construction law. He Mark Weston, a colonel in the U.S. Air Rebekah Owen, March 7, 2010. Vin is committee and spoke on behalf of the Alumni Johnson ’59, Joe Moon ’76, Ellison Smith ’89, Cindy special reunion events for classes ending in 1 and 6, 159 counties. He lives in Macon. was also recently listed in Georgia Super Force Reserve, recently returned to the a !rst of!cer on the Delta Air Lines Association at President Smolla’s inauguration Black Sparks ’80 and Bill Turrentine ’64. They were and of course there’ll be plenty of fun for folks of all Lawyers®, published by Law & Politics and States from a nine-month deployment MD-88/90 aircraft. They live in Atlanta. last October. presented a gift in appreciation for their work on class years. 73 Atlanta Magazine. to Islamabad, Pakistan, where he worked Clare was already a member of the Alumni Board behalf of alma mater. While you’re here, take advantage of the Fran Ligler is completing a two-year term at the U.S. Embassy for the Of!ce of the 87 when I came to Furman in 2002. Her son, Roe, who We accept nominations for the Alumni Board wonders of downtown Greenville. If you haven’t as chair of the bioengineering section of 76 Defense Representative Pakistan. He is Scott Donald has moved to Austin, Texas, graduated from Furman this year, was in middle school throughout the year. If you know someone who would been to the area in a while, you won’t believe how the National Academy of Engineering. She THIS YEAR IS REUNION! currently working with the Reserve in the where he is on the piano faculty at Orpheus be a good board member, please send the name and downtown has evolved. And for cycling enthusiasts, when she joined the board. Furman is indebted to her is the Navy’s senior scientist for biosensors David LaVance of Raleigh, N.C., has Washington, D.C., area as an emergency Academy of Music. He made his debut for her loyalty and extended service. supporting information to [email protected]. Greenville is becoming quite the destination, so and biomaterials at the Naval Research been named to the board of directors of preparedness liaison of!cer for inter- at New York’s Carnegie Hall last October. Although we will miss Clare’s leadership, we call the Alumni Of!ce to learn about the city’s Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Integrated Environmental Technologies, agency coordination in support of the should not miss a beat as we welcome Chris Brown YOU MAY THINK that I work only with alumni, cycling routes. Former Furman president David Shi Ltd. He is chair of the board and CEO of Defense Support to Civil Authorities 89 ’89 as the new Alumni Association president. Chris but I’d like to give a shout-out to some of our best On a separate note, the 17th Furman Singers spent the spring as a Resident Associate Scivanta Medical Corporation, a medical mission. He has also returned to his Jeffrey Phillips of Wilmington, N.C., is a real estate attorney in Greenville and is well volunteers: Furman parents. We have amazing support Reunion is set for June 17–19 under the direction Fellow at the National Humanities Center device company. civilian job as a pilot for a major airline. won the 2010 Ockham President’s Award known on campus for his tireless work with the from parents and grandparents, a number of whom of Bing Vick and Hugh Floyd, the past and current in Research Triangle Park, N.C., where for outstanding service. He recently Sigma Chi fraternity. are, not surprisingly, alumni. In addition to their conductors. Rehearsals will begin Friday night, and he worked on a forthcoming book 78 80 became senior project manager for The board also elected two other members !nancial support for the university, they are especially the weekend will culminate in a Sunday morning about alienation in modern American David Branch, associate dean of the Sharon Crawley Bramlett, an attorney Ockham’s international operations, to its executive committee: Leslie Smith ’91 helpful in the admission process by hosting events and performance at Greenville’s First Baptist Church. culture. The National Humanities Center, Darden College of Education at Old with the McNair Law Firm in Columbia, with a primary focus on the company’s as president-elect and Rebecca Armacost ’89 being great ambassadors for Furman. Registrations are being accepted through which hosts 35 Fellows from around the Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., has S.C., has been reappointed chair of oncology research division. Ockham as vice president. We hope all alumni will consider themselves May 31. Visit http://alumni.furman.edu to learn more. world each year, is a private, non-pro!t been inducted into the York County (S.C.) the Council of Advisors on Consumer is a global contract research organization Leslie lives in Jacksonville, Fla., and works for ambassadors for Furman. We had an excellent — TOM TRIPLITT institution for advanced study in the Sports Hall of Fame. David was a track and Credit. The council provides advice to and functional service provider. RailAmerica, a short-line railroad company. She is applicant pool this year, but Furman could still use your humanities. cross country star at York High School and the administrator of the South Carolina originally from New Jersey and came to Furman to help. Take every chance you can to tell college-bound The author, a 1976 graduate, is director of the at Furman, where he is also a former health Department of Consumer Affairs and and exercise science professor. promotes compliance with the South play on the golf team. She reconnected with the students and their parents about the university, and Alumni Association. Carolina Consumer Protection Code. university a few years back when she attended consider becoming a part of the Furman Admission

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for Greenville and Pickens counties. She 96 98 Win and Stephanie McClelland has served on the United Way’s Young THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Reggie Corley, a shareholder in Rogers Walstad, twin daughters, Caroline Wilkes 2010–11 ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE MEASURE OF A MENTOR Philanthropist board, the board of Safe Edie Johnson presented the Posey Townsend & Thomas in Columbia, has and Katherine Sibley, June 19, 2010. They Clare Folio Morris ’83, president; J. Chris Brown ’89, president-elect; Harriet Harbor, the Youth Councils of Greenville and Jean Belcher Organ Recital at Furman been recognized as one of South Carolina’s live in Santa Barbara, Calif. I JUST WANTED TO THANK Arnold Wilburn ’74, past president; Rebecca Ann Armacost ’89; Lynn Neely and Greenwood, and the Greenville January 27. She is the organist and “Emerging Legal Leaders” by South you for including the article on Bailey ’78; N. Staten Bitting, Jr. ’75; Frank W. Blackwell ’90; Sidney R. Bland County Community Domestic Violence music associate at Church Street United Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The magazine 00 Lt. Gen. John Mulholland in the ’59; Mary Lou Walch Cagle ’69; Tricia Morgan Carswell ’82; Paul D. Goebel ’63; Council. Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., selected 10 attorneys based on their MARRIAGES: Emily Roberts and winter Furman magazine. John is Michael L. Guynn ’91; Shannon Scruby Henderson ’75; Gail Laible Hughes ’83; John Wilsey will join the faculty and is an adjunct faculty member at contributions to the legal profession and Jeff Wilson, May 22, 2010. They live most de!nitely a larger-than-life L. Yates Johnson, Jr. ’59; Gwinn Earle Kneeland ’89; C. Todd Malo ’95; at Southwestern Baptist Theological the University of Tennessee. to their communities. Reggie is operations in Washington, D.C. guy and a leader we all have to James N. Martin ’79; Herman A. Matherson, Jr. ’79; Andrew C. Medlyn ’97; Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas, Tony and Trina Rossman Smith have attorney for Rogers Townsend & Thomas’ Tracy Towle and Jeff Humphrey, Matthew A. Miller ’99; Joseph C. Moon, Jr. ’76; William P. Morrow, Jr. ’54; in August as assistant professor moved to Savannah, Ga., where he is default services department. He is a November 20. They live in Miami Beach, thank for our ongoing success Emmett L. Patrick ’56; Scott W. Raeber ’92; Gordon D. Seay ’61; Ellison L. of history and Christian apologetics. proprietor of Bone!sh Grill. Trina received member of the South Carolina Bar’s House Fla. against those who would do the Smith ’89; Leslie L. Smith ’91; Cynthia Black Sparks ’80; Connie Gartrell BIRTH: Jason and Angelica her Master of Library and Information of Delegates and past president of the BIRTHS: Mark and Carmela Batluck, world harm. Williams ’74. Underwood, a daughter, Gabriella, Studies degree in 2010 from the University Lexington County Bar Association. a daughter, Chloe Ailsa, November 12, I also wanted to comment February 1. They live in Fort Mill, S.C. of North Carolina-Greensboro and now BIRTH: David and Elizabeth Bell Boyd, Mohrsville, Pa. that, even though John says he Ex-Of!cio and Other Members: Rodney Smolla, president; Michael Gatchell ’91, works at South University. a daughter, Isabel Holland, March 28, Thomas and Amy Stout Cullen, a son, was a “square peg in a round vice president for development; Tom Triplitt ’76, director of Alumni Association; 93 BIRTHS: Kevin and Leslie Fisher Bley, 2010. Elizabeth is the head of Upper School Richard Gray, September 20. They live in hole” at Furman, he is de!nitely a “square peg in a square hole” in the Tina Hayes Ballew ’78, associate director of Alumni Association; Cal Hurst ’04, Lisa Camps O’Shields has been twin sons, Ethan George and Ezra Fisher, at Charleston Collegiate School on Johns Roanoke, Va., where Thomas is deputy Army — and we even used that term back then in Furman ROTC. I was president, Young Alumni Council; Kyle Volkmann ’11, president, Student promoted to director of tax with Cox October 20. They live in St. Louis, Mo., Island, S.C. criminal chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Of!ce. part of a small but lucky group of military cadets within John’s Ranger Alumni Council; Patrick Wallace ’11, president, Student Government Association; Enterprises in Atlanta, where she has where Leslie is a licensed professional Mark and Amanda Gomsak, a son, Battalion my freshman year (1977–78). We were amazed at his having Shannon Cantwell ’11, president, Senior Class. worked since 1998. counselor. 99 Jonas Conrad, July 30, Louisville, Ky. already completed Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger schools. Philip and Paula Baxter Johnson, David Ibsen of Charlotte, N.C., Michael ’95 and Christine Powell I didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back I believe I learned 94 a daughter, Sarah Jane, November 18, is a consultant for Patton McDowell & Kellett, a daughter, Marian Lyre, more from John that year about being a leader, being persistent, being BIRTH: Michael and Denise Ransom Birmingham, Ala. Associates, a !rm that offers philanthropic December 2. They live in Charlotte, N.C. committed, and doing the honorable thing than I have from any other Grabowski, a son, Michael Edward, Steven and Paige Sutton Smith, counsel and organizational strategy to 90 person or organization since. I am now a colonel in the U.S. Army Thomas Kelley III was deployed to Hunter Spotts has been named assistant March 31, 2010. They live in Savannah, a son, Gray Sutton Smith, December 28, non-pro!t organizations in the Southeast. 01 Reserve, and I still frequently think back to that year with gratitude and Afghanistan from March to September medical director of Patient First-Perry Hall Ga. Denise has established Symbioscity, Greenville. Scott ’97 and Jennifer Moseley THIS YEAR IS REUNION! appreciation. In fact, from that small group came one general and three of 2010 as the science and technology in Baltimore, Md. an urban planning !rm that focuses on Saunders have opened a Great Clips Alana Biggers was scheduled to graduate colonels, maybe more. Not a bad measure of a mentor. advisor to Combined Joint Task Force working with cities, neighborhoods, 97 hair salon franchise in Greenville. They from the University of Illinois-Chicago Furman has a strong history of great of!cers coming out of its Army Paladin. He returned to the States as 92 organizations and companies to implement Jeff Bollerman of New York City own two other Great Clips salons in College of Medicine in May with a Doctor ROTC program, and I hope the university continues to support it. There are director of external programs for the U.S. Garland Pierce, who has been associate a more sustainable future. She is also chair has joined the Second Advisory Group upstate South Carolina and are planning of Medicine degree. many ways to learn and serve, and the military continues to lead the way Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project general secretary of education and of the board of the Georgia chapter of the of Houlihan Lokey, an international to open three more. Richard Venton Bridges III of Fort Mill, with great examples like Lt. Gen. John Mulholland. Management Of!ce at Redstone Arsenal, leadership ministries for the National U.S. Green Building Council. investment bank. Jeff previously worked MARRIAGE: Shannon Farida Smoak S.C., recently earned a Master of Business — COL. CHRIS LAUCHNER ’81 Ala. If his request for voluntary retirement Council of Churches, recently joined the for SecondMarket, where he led the and Andrew Jacobs Dunn, February 19. Administration degree from Winthrop U.S. Army Reserve, Wrightstown, Pa. is approved, he plans to retire from the staff of the World Council of Churches 95 !rm’s private partnership business. His She is employed by the Richland County University. Army in December after 21 years. in Geneva, Switzerland, as senior assistant David Feild of NAI Earle Furman in article “Rumble in the Jungle,” about his (S.C.) Register of Deeds and he by David Koysza has been made a member to the general secretary. He is a Ph.D. Greenville was recognized by the Greater participation in the World Elephant Polo AllSouth Federal Credit Union. They of Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham law GOOD ISSUE 91 student at Claremont (Calif.) University. Greenville Association of Realtors as 2010 Championships, appeared in the spring live in Lexington. !rm in Greenville. He practices business I AM A 1984 FURMAN GRADUATE and just read the winter Furman THIS YEAR IS REUNION! Scott Raeber, a member of Furman’s Commercial Realtor of the Year. He heads 2009 edition of this magazine. BIRTHS: Greg and Virginie Gimenez, litigation and commercial bankruptcy. magazine cover to cover. Every article was so fascinating and informative. Greg Hill of Nashville, Tenn., who most Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Greater Greenville Association of Real- BIRTHS: Scott and Emily Slayton a son, Elijah, December 22, 2009. Greg Edward Waller is company commander I work at an elementary school and we are working on our magazine recently served as general manager and has joined the brokerage services team tors Steering Committee. Fritz, a son, Timothy Robert, October 20, received his law degree from the University of the 1221st Engineer Clearance Company now, so I know how much work goes into writing, proo!ng and !nishing partner of Greg Hill Management/Red of Thornton Oliver Keller Commercial Real Karen Stanley, a certi!ed public Blacksburg, Va. of Hawaii at Manoa in December 2010. currently deployed to Afghanistan in Light Management, has joined McGhee Estate in Boise, Idaho. He most recently accountant in Raleigh, N.C., has become Brian and Sharon Sikorski So"eld, Ben and Margaret Slowikowski Smith, support of Operation Enduring Freedom. a magazine. Entertainment as president. The company was project manager and director of sales a partner with the audit practice of a son, Lucas Aidan, December 7. They a son, Thadeaus Cleveland, November 15. BIRTHS: Heyward and Whitney Thank you for your outstanding work. The magazine makes me an manages a host of music industry with Brighton Corporation. Langdon & Company, LLP. Karen serves live in Mauldin, S.C. They live in Chattanooga, Tenn., where Goodwin Bouknight, a daughter, even prouder FU alum. performers. Greg received Furman’s Letitia Hamilton Verdin, a former on the Not-for-Pro!t Committee of the Ben is an emergency medicine physician. Ellsworth “Ellie” Julianne, December 9. — JULIE KRUG DILWORTH ’84 Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010. family court judge and prosecutor, has North Carolina Association of Certi!ed Heyward is an attorney at Robinson Nashville, Tenn. been elected to the Circuit Court bench Public Accountants. Bradshaw & Hinson in Charlotte, N.C.

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Andreas and Emily Wilson Lawrenz, Jeff and Joy Hansberger Clarke, Kyle and Amanda Royal Snipes, BIRTHS: Sean and Lindsey Atkinson, a son, Henry Gabriel, May 12, 2010, a daughter, Haley Victoria, March 2, 2010, a son, Hudson Campbell Snipes, twin daughters, Margaret Jane and Eloise Munich, Germany. St. Louis, Mo. Joy works part time as September 21, Greenville. Amanda Elizabeth, February 20. Sean completed Jason and Sarah Lyman Mobraten, grants manager at Mission St. Louis. is an occupational therapist with his Ph.D. in music theory from Florida a son, Silas James, July 11, Maiden, Mass. Beau and Hilary Eldred Seagraves, Stepping Stones Therapeutics, LLC. State University and is now an assistant Greg and Cameron Millsaps Patton, a daughter, Abbott Elizabeth, February 10, Tom ’01 and Leslie Duesenberg professor of music at the University of a daughter, Flannery Kate, January 25. Athens, Ga. Hilary is a nuclear pharmacist Wyatt, a son, Hayden Grice, February Texas-Arlington. They live in Travelers Rest, S.C. with Triad Isotopes, and Beau is assistant 25, Aiken, S.C. Hagan and Dana Pope Jordan, a son, Trey and Jennie Tootle Sharp, a daugh- director for student conduct at the Luke Preston, February 24, 2010. They live ter, Madeline Sophia, September 12. They University of Georgia. 04 in Suwanee, Ga., where Hagan is a territory live in Duluth, Ga. Trey is a computer pro- Eric Cain has become program director manager for EndoChoice, Inc. grammer, and Jennie teaches !rst grade 03 for the Lilly Center for Vocational at Parsons Elementary School. Monica Bell joined the staff of the Legal Re$ection at Furman. He has been a 05 Chad Bennett (second from left) with members of the Furman-L.A. network, from left: Elise Lineberger ’10, Briana DaMota ’10, Katy Wynn ’09, Andrea Holt ’09 and Reid Gormly ’04. Chandler and Sara Norman Todd, Aid Society of the District of Columbia last pastoral resident at Northside Drive Baptist Alice Martin Barbour of Charlotte, a son, Caleb Norman Todd, July 8, September as an Arthur Liman Fellow. The Church in Atlanta and has worked with N.C., recently earned a Master of Education BENNETT ESTABLISHES FURMAN-TO-L.A. PIPELINE ...... Greenwood, S.C. fellowship program supports graduates of the Lilly Center’s Summer Connections degree from Winthrop University. AFTER GRADUATING FROM FURMAN I got my job it made sense for me to see how we could She says she’d wanted to work in the Yale University Law School interested in program for entering freshmen. Kristi L. Engelman received her Ph.D. in 2003, Chad Bennett took his degree in establish an internship program at Reveille.” entertainment industry since high school, but she 02 spending a year working on public interest Eric and Kristen Mullins ’06 Devine in chemistry from the University of North communication studies, packed his car, left his Working primarily with Susan Zeiger, internship didn’t expect her plan to become a reality so quickly. Michael Green of Morgan Hill, Calif., legal issues. Monica is focusing on policy live in Brooklyn, N.Y. Eric is underwriting Carolina and is now a postdoctoral research hometown of Charleston, S.C., and drove across director at Furman, Bennett has helped place 10 “I came to L.A. to go to graduate school at the has accepted a position in !nance with advocacy and law reform. manager for the New York and Boston assistant at North Carolina State University the country to Los Angeles to enter one of the Furman students in internships with Reveille, including University of Southern California, but working at Apple Computers. Jennifer Self earned a Ph.D. in clinical regions of an environmental insurance in Raleigh. !ercest job markets in the world. He knew one three this summer. Three of the interns have gone on Reveille gave me the opportunity to live out my dreams Leslie Leung is associate manager psychology from Washington State !rm, and Kristen is a senior account Bernadette Allegood Skodack person in the City of Angels: his sister. to take full-time positions with the company. “Out of immediately,” she says. of program planning at Carnegie Hall University and is now completing a executive with a fashion company. graduated from Eastern Michigan in New York City. She was previously postdoctoral fellowship at the Veterans Leslie Harrell Tumlin was chosen the University in December with her second “I set out on that journey not knowing where the many interns that we have all year long,” Bennett Then there’s Katy Wynn ’09, who interned and artist manager at Schmidt Artists Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Va., 2010–11 Warren T. Jackson Elementary bachelor’s degree in music therapy. She it would lead me,” says Bennett. “But when you leave says, “the ones who have gotten hired are those then worked full time at Reveille before landing her International. She is pursuing a certi!cate specializing in the treatment of trauma- School Teacher of the Year and Elementary is a board-certi!ed music therapist and is Furman you have no doubt that you will get a great job from Furman.” current “dream job” as production coordinator for in arts administration from New York related disorders. Teacher of the Year for Atlanta Public establishing a music therapy program at the and be successful. I left with the con!dence that I was Which speaks well for Furman students, since Conan O’Brien’s talk show on TBS. “I’m so thankful University’s School of Continuing MARRIAGES: Matt Davidson ’04 Schools. A fourth-grade teacher, she is Eisenhower Center, a residential facility in armed to do anything.” the entertainment business is highly competitive. John for my time at Reveille,” she says. “It gave me a Professional Studies. and Natalie The, December 11. Matt pursuing a master’s degree in reading, Ann Arbor, Mich., for individuals who have As a student Bennett worked for two years Barker, director of career services, says, “There are foundational knowledge of the entertainment world MARRIAGES: Scott Blount and is a professional golfer competing on language arts and literature, with an ESOL suffered traumatic brain injury. in Furman’s career services of!ce, where he says he so many people that want to get into that !eld that and helped me build the skill set I needed to succeed Alexandra Witzenberger, May 29, 2010. the Nationwide Tour. Natalie recently endorsement, at Georgia State University. MARRIAGES: Brian Bratton and Ashley learned !rsthand the value of networking in landing employers know they can be selective and will use their in late night TV.” Scott works for Lancaster Pollard & Co., completed a doctoral degree in public MARRIAGES: Christina Barger Brooke Shockley, January 15. She is a job. So he applied the skills he’d acquired to his L.A. internship program to identify candidates for their full- For DaMota, Wynn and others from Furman, an investment and mortgage bank ser- health at the University of North Carolina. and Brian Hurst, August 7. They live in employed by Redemption World Outreach job search and soon was hired for a position with time, permanent positions.” these opportunities came about because Chad vicing the senior living and non-pro!t Justin Fincher and Maricruz Rahaman, Birmingham, Ala. Christina is assistant Center in Greenville. Brian is a wide receiver Reveille, a production and development company Furman has publicly recognized Bennett’s efforts. Bennett understood the value of on-the-job training hospital sector. They live in Austin, Texas. October 2. They live in Tallahassee, director of the genetic counseling training for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian responsible for such television shows as “The Of!ce,” During Homecoming last fall, the university presented for students and opened the door for them to Maria Croley and James Thomas Fla., where Justin is pursuing a Ph.D. in program at the University of Alabama- Football League. “The Biggest Loser” and “Ugly Betty.” him the Wayne and Rubye Reid Award for his contri- demonstrate their abilities. As he wrote in Furman Madden, Jr., December 18. They live computational biology at Florida State Birmingham, and Brian is an attorney. Erin McCormick and Jeremy D. Tindle, He has since risen steadily in the company butions to the career development of students. magazine in 2004, “You can trust the Furman network in Smyrna, Ga. Maria is scheduled to University. Stephanie Nielsen and Anthony January 15. They live in Fountain Inn, S.C. hierarchy. Today he is Reveille’s vice president of brand But as Bennett says, the students aren’t the only to help you pursue the career and life that you have graduate in July from Kennesaw State BIRTHS: Leo and Adelaide Duffey Dowell, October 9. Both earned Doctor of Jeremy works at C&S Wholesale and is a development, overseeing the merchandising, licensing ones who bene!t from the internships. “Internship always dreamed of.” University’s Master in Educational Fackler, a son, Davis, March 8, Greenville. Pharmacy degrees from Mercer University sergeant with the Army National Guard. and development for its reality shows. Among other programs offset a company’s workload and also groom — KATIE LEVANS Leadership program, with a concentration Chris ’04 and Casey Hanni"n Field, a and work as pharmacists for Walgreens. areas, he manages “The Biggest Loser’s” eight-!gure, people to become employees as the company grows. in technology. daughter, Marion Wright Field, December They live in Atlanta. 06 multi-platform health and lifestyle brand. The students get the experience, but it also bene!ts Adapted from an article in Volume 7, No. 1, of Engage BIRTHS: Tim ’01 and Lauren Killey 1, Knoxville, Tenn. Courtney Schinke and John Cashman, THIS YEAR IS REUNION! And he has used his in$uence to create a Furman- the company. It’s a win-win.” magazine, a publication of the Of!ce of Admission. Briles, a daughter, Emma Kate, February October 2. Courtney is an assistant editor MARRIAGES: Katherine Hutchinson Reveille pipeline. Take Briana DaMota ’10, who was offered a full- The author, a 2007 graduate, is studying for a master’s 11, Greenville. at Harvard Business Review Press. They live and Benjamin Ross McCollum, November “I wasn’t aware of a big Furman network out time job after interning at Reveille for just seven weeks. degree in human nutrition at Winthrop University. Read in Somerville, Mass. 13. They live in Columbia, S.C. in L.A., so I wanted to open up that industry for our She is currently executive assistant to the managing her blog, www.sweettaterblog.com. Walker Simmons and Katie Dellecker, director of domestic television and digital. April 10, 2010. They live in Dallas, Texas. community,” he says. “I knew Furman students would be hard-working, smart and professional, and when

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07 08 DEATHS Monica Handa graduated from the Erin Cain of New York City serves Lucius Delk ’31, December 18, in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war he returned to Charleston Water Works LOVEL EMBRACES CNN TRIATHLON CHALLENGE University of North Carolina School of Law as production assistant with Peacock Greenville. He was a manager in the textile and passed the Virginia Bar exam. She is Productions at NBC Universal, Inc. industry, and after retiring from textiles and remained there for 45 years, retiring an attorney, specializing in litigation, with Scott Shuford, who led the Fellowship was administrator at First Presbyterian as general manager and chief engineer. WHEN NINA BARNETT LOVEL ’74 decided Today she’s in the midst Patrick Henry LLP in Fairfax, Va. of Christian Athletes ministry at Furman Church in Danville, Va., for 16 years. He was national director of the American to apply for the CNN 2011 Fit Nation Triathlon of a six-month training regimen Helene Herbert completed a master’s since 2008, recently became the Greenville He served in the U.S. Army during World Water Works Association and president of Challenge, she wrote the program’s producers and that will culminate August 7 at degree in oboe performance from area coordinator for the organization. War II and retired from the Army Reserve its Southeastern section. The organization said, “I’m just a plain ol’ baby-boomer, circa 1952, the New York City Triathlon, the University of Cincinnati College- BIRTH: Tracey and Ryan Glenn (M.A.), as a lieutenant colonel. presented him its highest honors, the ‘raised-right,’ nurtured in the genteel South, loved where she and her fellow train- Conservatory of Music. She is currently a son, Jackson Ryan, August 19, William Burns Renfrow ’33, December Fuller Award and the Wiedeman Award. and educated by fabulous parents who taught ees will swim 1,500 meters in enrolled in a double master’s program Pickens, S.C. 12, Oberlin, Ohio. After earning his Ph.D. He was also director of the Water Pollution me to cross my legs at the ankles, chew with my the Hudson River, bike about at the university, working toward in organic chemistry from Duke University, Control Board and president of the state mouth closed, and keep my elbows off the table.” 25 miles along Manhattan’s a master’s degree in arts administration 09 he taught at Florida State for a short association. A member of the Salvation She followed that descriptive, light-hearted West Side Highway, and !nish and a Master of Business Administration In June, Christopher Becker will enter time before becoming a researcher at the Army Advisory Board of Charleston for 45 note with an audition video, in which she informed with a 10K run through degree. the Bank of America Global Commercial United Gas Improvement Company in years, he received the Paul Harris Award the world that “Fifty-eight is the new twenty-eight, Central Park. All recorded, Jessica Taylor of Arlington, Va., has been Banking Program in Atlanta as an analyst. Philadelphia, Pa. A year of postdoctoral from the Charleston Rotary Club. so we better get busy.” of course, for posterity. named editor of the National Journal’s Alexa Harrison received her master’s work in organic chemistry took him to Elizabeth Thomason Culbertson ’38, No doubt her sense of humor helped draw And she’s rarin’ to go. “House Race Hotline,” a comprehensive degree from Northwestern University’s the University of Minnesota in 1940, and February 18, Greenville. She was a teacher the attention of the folks at CNN, who called her “The goal is to set examples summary of news, polls and political data Medill School of Journalism last August. in 1941 he began teaching at Occidental in Greenville County schools for 35 years December 24 to say she was one of six people for viewers around the world on all 435 Congressional races. She also She most recently worked in Los Angeles College near Los Angeles. He joined and was a member of the Alpha Delta nationwide to be selected for the challenge. that normal, everyday people are capable writes a twice-monthly House-related for Variety, the entertainment industry the faculty at Oberlin College in 1944 Kappa teacher sorority. of adopting a healthy lifestyle, getting in shape occasional appearances on the network to discuss column for National Journal Daily. She was trade publication. and remained there until he retired in Sarah Frances Terry Waldrep ’38, and accomplishing goals,” she says. “I want their progress. They’ve also come together twice previously an assistant editor at POLITICO. Paige Marie Taylor received her 1978. He continued to do research and February 14, Laurens, S.C. to prove that my generation can get off the for !ve-day boot camps. Jessica returned to Furman in March to master’s degree in education from served several terms on the Committee Bertha Louise Smith Cain ’39, January couch, move around and feel better.” Lovel, who majored in biology at Furman, participate in a Riley Institute program on Vanderbilt University in December. on Professional Training of the American 12, Mount Pleasant, S.C. She taught at Lovel, who lives in Rome, Ga., coordinates is not entering the challenge off a sedimentary “Politics and Media: Politicking in the Age MARRIAGES: John William Chemical Society. He was also an avid Berkeley High School, where she and her research and information management at Georgia lifestyle. She is a longtime recreational swimmer of Instant News.” Castleberry and Emily Harby, tennis player. husband coached a state champion girls’ Rachel Whitten is a recruiting coordina- August 7. They live in Cumming, Ga. L. Berry Woods, Sr. ’34, January 12, basketball team. She also taught and was Northwestern Technical College. She’s also the and an avid kayaker, and last summer she ran her tor with A Christian Ministry, a Denver, Sarah McCord and Colin Andrew Fountain Inn, S.C. He owned and operated librarian at Moultrie High School and then senior member of the “Six-Pack,” as she and her !rst 5K race. She has since run four more. Colo.-based organization. She previously Murch ’08, December 18. Colin is a Berry Woods Ford from 1956 to 1981. at Wando High. She co-authored a history fellow triathletes have been dubbed. But she believes the Triathlon Challenge will was associated with Young Life, was a U.S. Army of!cer. Lucille Lancaster Branscom ’37, of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and was They will compete in New York alongside propel her to a new level of !tness. “I consider case manager with the Coalition for the January 24, Spartanburg, S.C. She was a the church’s librarian. A watercolorist, she Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent myself just plain lucky to be chosen,” she says. Homeless in the Denver area, and worked 10 retired registered nurse and was active in was a member of the Sea Gull Gallery. for CNN and host of “Medical News.” Lovel “I hope to set an example for others, gain self at Hope House, a residential facility Stephanie Smith is teaching and the Wildwood Garden Club and in service Virginia Roper Fomby ’39, December is also working with Frances Largeman-Roth, accomplishment, and be healthier than ever. for teenage moms. working for Joy to the World Ministries to cancer patients. 26, Orangeburg, S.C. She was a teacher a dietitian and senior nutrition editor “My children are very proud already. I have MARRIAGE: Stefani Coleman and in Dzuwa, Malawi, Africa, through Dorothy C. Kelly Collier ’37, December and was active in community organiza- for Health Magazine, and Laura Cozik, a two-year-old granddaughter, and I hope when Sequan Grif!n, September 9. They live in August. She chronicles her work at 29, Richmond, Ky. She was active in her tions, including the Orangeburg Assembly. athletic director of the Fit Nation she gets older, she will be proud of me too.” Bristol, Tenn., where Stefani works in asset http://stephaniesmith1168.blogspot.com. church and an avid bridge player. Wilborn Burriss Rucker ’39, November Triathlon Challenge. Visit www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/!t.nation management with Touchstone Wireless. John Randolph Bettis ’38, February 1, 14, Fayetteville, Ga. He was a World War II CNN provides each participant to keep up with Lovel’s progress. Sequan works at Exide Technologies and Orangeburg, S.C. He began his career with veteran in the Army Air Corps in England. with a six-month gym membership, is training to enlist in the Army. the Charleston (S.C.) Water Works before He was employed by the Federal Aviation bicycle, uniforms, wet suits, and expenses Adapted from an article provided by Georgia being called to active duty with the U.S. Administration for 39 years and retired during the New York event. While they Northwestern Technical College. Photos by Army during World War II. He was involved in 1980 as chief of the Airway Facilities train, they’re taping and blogging John Nowak/CNN. in the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach and Division of the Southern Region. about their efforts, and making

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Lorrayne Inabinet Burlington ’40, 1953, at which time he returned to active the Georgia Baptist Convention. He held 1948 to 1954. Afterward he was a resident Army during World War II and took part CAMPUS DIRECTORY November 30, Orangeburg, S.C. She duty as a $ight instructor in Florida and pastorates in South Carolina, Kentucky in internal medicine at the Veteran’s in the Battle of the Bulge. At the end of (area code 864): was an elementary school teacher and an operations of!cer in Korea. He then and Georgia. Hospital and was an assistant in medicine his military service he returned to Furman a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta returned to the States and was a photo Robert Sydney Cooper ’45, December at Tulane University’s Charity Hospital in to complete his degree. He then sold real intelligence of!cer in Texas and California. 31, Spartanburg, S.C. Active in ministry Main University Number teacher sorority. New Orleans. He established a private estate for the Furman Company for 14 John P. Mull, Jr. ’41, February 12, Other duty assignments took him to North for more than 70 years, he was pastor practice in internal medicine in Fort years and taught science at J.L. Mann High 294-2000 Phoenix, Ariz. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, and his last of churches in Kentucky, South Carolina Lauderdale, Fla., before accepting a School for 20 years. Ruth was a longtime in 1941 and by the end of World War II assignment was as a facility and missile and Washington, D.C. He was pastor of position as staff physician at the V.A. church nursery worker. Academic Records (Registrar) CHOICE McCOIN, was a captain and executive of!cer of systems of!cer with Titan II missiles at First Baptist Church of Laurens, S.C., for Medical Center in Dublin, Ga. He remained Martha Louise Smith ’47, February 19, LONGTIME EDITOR 294-2030 the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 27 years and was named pastor emeritus. there for more than 20 years and was chief Belhaven, N.C. After teaching elementary OF CLASS NOTES Troop Carrier Group. He remained in the He received many military honors, among After his retirement, he served several of the medical service from 1965 to 1983. school for !ve years, she became a mis- Admission Reserve until 1958. In 1946 he joined the them the Air Medal with four oak leaf churches as interim pastor and became He earned board certi!cation as a member sionary to India in 1952 and remained there WHEN CHOICE McCOIN ’57 died 294-2034 Federal Bureau of Investigation, rising !rst clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, World the chaplain at Martha Franks Baptist of the American Board of Internal Medicine for 25 years. She later worked in Durbin, February 15, longtime readers of Furman to head the Top 10 desk, then becoming War II Victory Medal, and National Defense Retirement Center in Laurens. and as a Fellow of the American College South Africa, before retiring in 1992. publications lost a valued friend. Alumni Association the strategic air commander of the Alaska Service Medal with one bronze star. After Nelson Lee Phillips ’45, February 18, of Physicians. Grace Clain Dougherty ’48, December For 30 years Choice oversaw the class notes section in both Furman 1-800-PURPLE3 of!ce. He worked with the FBI branch retiring in 1978 as a lieutenant colonel, Pelion, S.C. He spent four years in the Eleanor Owens Roper ’46, January 18, 11, Washington, Pa. She was a registered magazine and Furman Reports, a quarterly tabloid published for 25 in Phoenix from 1965 to 1969, when he became a woodcarver and artist, U.S. Marine Corps, then graduated from Easley, S.C. She taught in Easley/Pickens nurse at Hunterdon Developmental Center years. As we wrote in early 2000 when she decided to retire from her Annual Giving he retired. with many of his graphite drawings and John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta. County schools and was a PTA life member. in Clinton, N.J., retiring in 1992. She was Furman duties, “Many would view the position of class notes editor as 294-3475 Robert Ernst Poerschke ’41, December paintings appearing in gallery showings. After spending 20 years as a special agent Edward Sanders ’46 (M.A. ’50), a member of the Columbia Presbyterian more a chore than a job, considering the number of items that must be He was a member of the Antique Auto for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 3, Concord, N.C. A graduate of Southern December 26, Charlotte, N.C. He served Nursing Alumni Association. processed, reviewed and edited. But Choice’s sense of responsibility, Athletic Ticket Of"ce Baptist Theological Seminary and Union Club of Cape Canaveral and was a lifetime he retired and became head of the in the Army Air Corps during World Paul Clifton Greer, Jr. ’48, December 10, conscientious attention to detail and determination to get the facts 294-3097 Theological Seminary, he was a Navy member of Masonic Lodge #111 in Rock criminal justice department at Piedmont War II before returning to Furman to Brevard, N.C. He was a U.S. Navy veteran straight prove that she views class notes not as a laborious task, but chaplain attached to the U.S. Marine Corps Hill, S.C. Technical College in Greenwood, S.C. complete his undergraduate and graduate of World War II and was a retired certi!ed as a labor of love.” Bookstore during the occupation of China at the Genevieve Taylor Poe ’43, January 15, He was active in his community and degrees. A lifelong educator and advocate public accountant, having served Furman Upon her retirement, the Alumni Association recognized her years 294-2164 close of World War II. Afterward he spent Greenwood, S.C. She served on numerous was Worshipful Master of Sinclair Lodge for human rights, he began his career for 41 years. of service with a gift and luncheon. a year as director of religious activities at boards and committees in her church and 154 and Worthy Patron of the Order at Central High School in 1951. He taught Calvin S. Staggs ’48, January 12, In addition to her work with class notes, in the early 1970s Choice Parents Programs Furman and then served churches in North was a member of the Ivey Garden Club of the Eastern Star-New Brookland. history and served as athletic director Campobello, S.C. He was retired from !lled in for a time as editor of Furman Reports. She also established 294-3465 Carolina, Florida and Alabama. In 1966 he and the McKissick Study Club. He was a member of Masons, Shriners, before becoming the school’s principal, Springs Industries. the university’s Gilpatrick History Prize in honor of two legendary joined the faculty at Southeastern Baptist Betty Cline Devon ’44, January 10, the South Carolina Military History Club, and he was instrumental in the successful Bettijo Cox Bowe ’49, January 20, professors, Delbert and Meta Eppler Gilpatrick. The award goes Theological Seminary in North Carolina, Greenville. She worked for many years as and Sons of Confederate Veterans. desegregation of the school. He opened Lehigh Acres, Fla. She was a teacher For other administrative of!ces, where he was professor of Christian a laboratory technologist and supervisor Eleanor Sue Barton Allen ’46, March 1, Garinger High School in 1959 and served and served in the ministry for more than annually to a woman for outstanding work in history. call the main number. education until his retirement in 1990. at several Atlanta area hospitals. After Greenville. She was a community volunteer as its principal until 1971. In 1974 he played 50 years. Choice earned her Furman degree in history and held a master’s He and his wife, Katherine Kendrick Congress passed the Hill-Burton Act to and an active bridge player. a major part in the successful execution of June Norton Chavers ’49, December 5, degree from Emory University. She taught English and social studies ’45 Poerschke, established a fund at improve hospitals, she traveled around Anne McDowell Black ’46, December court-mandated busing requirements. He Savannah, Ga. She was an avid gardener at Hughes Junior High in Greenville and at Greenville Technical Southern Seminary in the 1970s in memory Georgia in the 1950s to help train 8, Luray, Va. After two years at Furman, went on to serve as area superintendent for and accomplished seamstress. Education Center. Edward B. Simpson ’39, December 11, of their parents. In 2001, in memory of personnel and establish labs in rural she enlisted in the Army and served in the the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system William R. Gaul ’49, February 9, Lyman, Known for her civic-mindedness, she was the !rst woman to head 2009, Hendersonville, N.C. He served with Katherine, Bob transferred the Kendrick- hospitals. In 1963 the Georgia Society Women’s Army Corps during World War II. and as superintendent of the Darlington S.C. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Greenville County Historical Association, serving twice as the group’s the Air Force in the Paci!c Theatre during Poerschke Memorial Fund to Furman to of Medical Technologists named her After completing military service she joined (S.C.) school system. World War II, then worked for Lowenstein president, and was the author of Greenville County: A Pictorial History, World War II and retired from Mobil Oil support the religion department. Medical Technologist of the Year. She the staff of Page Memorial Hospital, where Eloise Crenshaw Trammell ’46, January Corporation until his retirement in 1986. published in 1983. Active in Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, Corporation in 1977. Robert Edward Proctor ’42, February was an educational coordinator for she was head housekeeper for 25 years. 25, Greenville. She was a retired accountant Robert Wynn Putman ’49, January 29, she was also involved with the Little Theatre, Civic Ballet and the Thursday Geraldine Walden Bishop 14, Mount Pleasant, S.C. He joined the Scienti!c Products Corp., and in 1978 She went on to open Anne’s Treasure and had been a partner with her husband Houston, Texas. A U.S. Army veteran, he Study Club, and was the founder of the McCoin Book Club. Zimmerman ’39, January 21, Inman, S.C. U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, completed she founded NOVED, Inc., to provide Chest, a second-hand clothing store for in J.H. Trammell Real Estate Company. worked as a mechanical engineer and was Gracious, courteous and thoughtful, Choice was a true lady. She She was a !rst grade teacher at Inman $ight training and was commissioned medical technology seminars and confer- children. Clara Roselle Dill ’47, December 18, retired from Brown & Root. gave generously of her time, talent and resources to the university she Elementary School, retiring in 1980 after 25 a second lieutenant in 1943. He was ences in the Atlanta area. Charles Marvin Hendricks, Jr. ’46, Greenville. She was a retired librarian. Bruce Wilton Stroupe ’49, February loved, and she will be remembered for her good humor, professionalism years of teaching. She was active with the deployed to England from 1943 to late Coley Livingston Leopard ’44, January February 21, Alpharetta, Ga. He graduated Lawrence Clifton Dillard ’47, December 12, Spartanburg, S.C. He was a U.S. Navy and sincere concern for others. Inman Junior Women’s Club and the Inman 1944, $ying 201 combat hours and 52 11, Anderson, S.C. He was a retired Baptist from the Medical University of South 13, and Ruth Pettigrew Dillard ’47, veteran of World War II and was retired — JIM STEWART Better Homes and Garden Club, which she missions. Honorably discharged in 1945, minister as well as former administrator to Carolina in 1948 and was a member March 10, Easley, S.C. They were married from Milliken & Company as director of served as president. he remained in the Air Force Reserve until the Ministries of the Elderly, a division of of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from for 62 years. Lawrence was in the U.S. recruiting.

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Wilton Maurice Evans ’50, December Barbara Ann Langford Hayes ’53, Virginia Anne Rivers Wood ’55, William Thomas Fowler ’59, October a minister and missionary for 55 years. Rotary International for 20 years, serving as 31, Easley, S.C. He was a psychologist in February 17, Columbia, S.C. She taught December 23, Dawn, Mo. She was 10, Raleigh, N.C. He worked in security for He served churches in the Carolinas and president of the Monroe, N.C., chapter in BEHLKE WAS POUNDERS’ LEADER the U.S. Army, after which he was the school for 33 years, !rst at Hand Junior a former teacher. the North Carolina state government. in Ohio, where he also spent 12 years as 1998. In the early 1990s he was appointed ! general manager for several country clubs High School and then at Crayton Middle Sidney Broadus Cooper, Jr., M.A. ’57, Wylie Ronald Harbin ’60, March 11, a missionary and taught Bible classes at to the South Carolina Solid Waste Advisory AT HIS FUNERAL MARCH 21 IN GREENVILLE, Marvin Behlke ’61 in the Carolinas. School, where she was Teacher of the January 8, Columbia, S.C. He served in Greenville. He served in the South Carolina Boyce Bible School and in the Mans!eld Council, and he was active in the United was remembered as a wonderful family man, strong leader, caring role William Thurlow Gregory III ’50, Year twice. After retiring she volunteered the U.S. Navy during World War II before National Guard in the 1960s and worked Prison. He retired to Rutherford County, Way and other civic organizations. In 2004, model, and loyal supporter of Furman football. January 25, Manning, S.C. A real estate with a host of community, church and becoming a teacher, principal and district in sales in the electrical business. He was N.C., in 2000, and was interim pastor at the age of 65, he earned his doctorate Behlke, who died of cancer March 18, was also credited with being developer, he was president of Palmetto service groups. She was a member of administrator in Anderson County, S.C. also active with the Buddy Howard and of several churches and interim director from Erskine Theological Seminary. the primary force behind the establishment of the “Purple Pounders” Dunes Development, the original developer Delta Kappa Gamma (Alpha chapter) His career in education spanned 39 years, Rodney Howard racing teams and for of missions for the Sandy Run Baptist Helen Elizabeth Pearl Summerlin Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a Paladin football player of Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island, and the Eau Claire Music Club. 27 of which were with the State Depart- several years was the pace car driver Association. He served in the South Wilkins ’62, January 28, Biloxi, Miss. She chosen as the outstanding scout team player of the previous season. S.C. He also developed Re$ections William Robert Hudgens ’53, ment of Education. at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Carolina National Guard. worked at the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce The term “Purple Pounders” came from the 1955–57 teams Subdivision in Columbia, S.C., and December 5, Spartanburg. A U.S. Navy Eddy B. de Armas ’59, January 24, Frank D. Hunt, Jr. ’60, January 21, Gary A. Smoak ’61, December 31, and at Keesler Air Force Base. She wrote for coached by Homer Hobbs, a demanding taskmaster whose aspirations contracted with the owners to develop veteran, he graduated from the Medical Travelers Rest, S.C. He became a citizen Greenville. He was formerly with Jacobs Columbia, S.C. He was a pastor of many the Air Force Times and was a member of for the football program didn’t exactly mesh with the realities of a small Stoney Point Golf Course and Subdivision University of South Carolina in 1957, of the United States in 1969 and worked Engineering. Baptist churches in South Carolina. When the Arlington Ladies at Arlington National liberal arts college. During the Hobbs Era, Furman was 6-24 against a on Lake Greenwood. In 1992 he contracted then served his internship at the University for the U.S. Postal Service, from which Charles F. Cobb ’61, March 1, Spindale, not involved in full-time pastoral work, Cemetery. brutal schedule that included such teams as Army, Auburn, Florida State to develop Wyboo Plantation and Golf of Virginia and his residency at MUSC. he retired. N.C. He graduated from Southern he was a county administrator in several Course on Lake Marion. He was a pediatrician with Pediatric Baptist Theological Seminary and was counties in the Carolinas. He was active in and West Virginia, plus annual battles with Clemson and South Carolina. Nancy Worrell Hicks ’50, December Associates for 41 years. Despite — or because of — the team’s struggles, the players 26, Cary, N.C. She was an assistant vice Anne Price Blakely ’54, February 11, developed a close bond. “Purple Pounders” originally referred to the president of First Federal Savings and Loan Greenville. She taught French and history, scout team, whose job was to run the opposition’s schemes in practice ONE TEACHER’S INFLUENCE: DOROTHY RICHEY ...... Association and also worked in the legal most recently at Greer (S.C.) High School. each week and get “pounded” by the !rst team. Eventually, a Pounder and real estate !elds. She was an organist and an avid bridge A few issues back we asked for your stories about but she made sure those shortcomings Liberties Union and choosing plays to !t a became anyone who played at Furman under Hobbs. Clyde Talley Porter ’51, February 20, player and gardener. your favorite Furman teachers, mentors and “heroes.” were not due to lack of preparation. certain ideology, which was absurd and made In the late 1990s the Pounders began holding reunions, and soon Greenville. He taught in the Pickens County Charles Henry Rabon ’54, February This is the !rst of a series of articles we plan to run She re-taught me how to stand, her students very angry. Richey’s ideology they decided to do something to ensure they would not be forgotten. (S.C.) schools and was active in his church. 8, Kershaw, S.C. He was ordained into with this theme. If you have a similar story to share, to move, to speak, to think about was excellence. She quite rightfully ignored Thanks in large part to Behlke’s leadership, they raised funds to establish He served in the U.S. Army during World the ministry in 1954 and served Baptist please send it to [email protected]. what I was reciting. My career path the controversy, and I don’t know whether the scholarship. The endowment value has now surpassed $270,000. War II. churches in Indiana and the Carolinas. wasn’t going to be the theater — anything came of it. I do know that she held To recognize Behlke’s efforts, the university issued Mary Rector Crowder ’52, December In 1972 he joined the South Carolina SPEECH PROFESSOR DOROTHY RICHEY something about lack of talent and the only doctorate in the speech department a proclamation March 14 stating that, henceforth, 25, Millen, Ga. Baptist Convention as the !rst director was by far my most impressive in$uence at Furman commitment, as I recall — but she but was never its head during at least three “The Purple Pounders Endowed Scholarship will Sylvester James Hendrix ’52, December of the Pastoral Ministries Of!ce, a position in the 1950s. gave me a delightful lifelong hobby changes. Whether or not the job was ever be awarded in honor of Marvin R. Behlke, Sr.” 23, Pleasant Grove, Ala. He was a Flying he held until 1994. He also served the She was a smallish, rather intense woman with and an appreciation for what makes offered or refused I do not know. Several of Behlke’s teammates were on hand Tiger with the U.S. Air Force during denomination as president of the Pastors wire-frame glasses perched on her nose. She had good theater good and, infrequently, great. She retired sometime in the early 1960s, moved to present the citation to him. World War II, then was brie$y associated Conference, moderator for several state a patient, precise, rather formal speaking voice, with When I hear my director daughter patiently to Florida and wrote an autobiography, Twice Told Behlke, who was co-captain of the with the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball associations, and member of the General every word deliberately selected, and a half-pursed explaining to her students or adult actors some bit Tales. When I read it a few years ago, I was saddened 1960 squad, went on to a long career organization before entering Southern Board and Nominating Committee. mouth that always seemed on the verge of primly of stage technique, I hear Richey’s voice making that only about 10 dispassionate pages were devoted with the Social Security Administration. Baptist Theological Seminary in 1947. He was a trustee of Bethea Baptist Home, sti$ed laughter. A cruelly twisted hand had ended the same point. to her Furman years. After retiring in 1996, he worked He was a minister for 60 years and a member of the Advisory Council her professional acting career. We were not close friends. There were no chatty Dorothy Richey was one of the two or three as a realtor. was among the !rst Southern Baptist of North Greenville College, and a board As a !rst-semester freshman rat, I chose to avoid conversations over coffee or visits to her home. The non-family members in my life who gave me He is survived by his wife, ministers to desegregate his church. For member of the Alumni Association of the maximum amount of sophomore hazing at the traditional professor/student gap was more dif!cult to gifts that keep right on giving today and even into Mary Barr Cave Behlke ’59, his contributions to racial conciliation, he Gardner-Webb University. In his later years men’s campus by spending as much time as possible bridge in those days, and I think her intrinsic formality the next generation — gifts and lessons that have two children, six grandchildren, was awarded a key to the city of Fair!eld, he assisted Connie Maxwell Children’s Ala. At the time of his death he was pastor Home as ambassador and fundraiser. In across town at the Woman’s College, especially in the would have precluded it, anyway. But she wrote me been passed on to people she never knew, like my and a sister. Memorials: the emeritus of South Park Baptist Church. 1981 he received an honorary Doctor of evenings. Richey made this possible by casting me in warm notes and gave me occasional liberties, like director daughter. Purple Pounders Scholarship at Burke Alvah Lee ’52, January 22, Divinity degree from Charleston Southern the !rst play, giving me a juicy role with a comic drunk letting me nap on the faculty lounge sofa after I had — AL McNEELY Furman, or McCall Hospice House, Greenville. He served in the U.S. Army, after University, and in October 2009 he was scene. She was later to warily entrust me with famous been up all night producing The Hornet newspaper. 1836 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville, which he worked as an agent with State named to the Gallery of Distinguished roles in works by Shakespeare, Wilde, O’Neill and In my senior year, when I was no longer its The author, a 1957 graduate, is a retired advertising S.C. 29680. Farm Insurance for 55 years. Alumni of Gardner-Webb. Maxwell Anderson. editor, The Hornet ran an article essentially accusing executive living in Columbia, S.C. My competency for these parts came up short, her of being a member of (gasp) the American Civil

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SAFFELL’S SCENARIO HITS AIRWAVES ...... role of training coordinator, in which he Music Education Association, the South CLASS NOTES POLICY established liaisons with local and state law Carolina Band Directors Association, the REALITY TELEVISION SHOWS often highlight the Saffell, a communication studies major at Furman, often assume she is younger or less capable than she enforcement partners. He retired in 2004. Music Educators National Conference and the worst in human behavior, from screaming housewives also spent time before and during the trip advising the really is. But she says she faced few problems during her BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS and clippings Elizabeth Webster Frye, M.A. ’70, American School Band Directors Association. to scheming D-list celebrities. But at least one show producers of “What Would You Do?” on how her story Furman years. As manager for the men’s basketball team, Furman receives for the magazine’s class notes section and the time needed January 13, Whispering Pines, N.C. In Walter Cottingham Henry, M.B.A. ’77, aims to catch people at their best, doing what’s right should work. “They wanted a lot of speci!c input,” she she says she felt very much accepted, and recalls a time to review, compile and edit so much information, news items frequently are the early years of her career she taught November 8, Central, S.C. by standing up for others. says. “They were careful to handle the situation with as when the players were moving some equipment and not published until !ve or six months after they are submitted. English and history in public schools before Charles Marion Hanley ’78, October 12, ABC’s “What Would You Do?” features actors much respect as possible. It was gratifying to know the asked her to carry three basketballs. Needing two hands Furman magazine does not publish dated items (anything more than becoming a counselor. She was part of the Anderson, S.C. He had worked for Owens playing out awkward or immoral situations while issue was being taken seriously.” to wheel her chair, it was dif!cult, but she did it, and was 18 months old at time of publication) or engagement announcements. Moore County Interagency Council in the Corning Fiberglass. cameras record how unknowing glad that the players just assumed When sending news for class notes, please include your spouse’s or child’s 1970s and chaired the Parent Education Joan Pecorale Schauder, M.A. ’89, bystanders respond. Will they inter- she could. name, whether your spouse is a Furman graduate, and the date and city January 27, Taylors, S.C. She was a reading Committee. She was a longtime member vene and stand up for what is right? Many of the bystanders in the where the birth or marriage occurred. of Beta Tau chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa teacher at Camperdown Academy in Often they do. “What Would You Do?” segment When sent electronically, news about alumni couples who graduated education sorority and, as a member Greenville, a reading specialist at Blythe The program, hosted by John made the same assumption, in different years is included under the graduation date of the submitter. of the Scholarship Committee, was Academy, and a special education resource Quiñones, recently held a contest stepping in and telling the conde- In other cases it goes under the earliest graduation date. It is not listed instrumental in initiating and sustaining teacher at Greer Middle School. inviting viewers to submit their ideas scending woman to leave the with both classes. the Beta Tau Scholarship and in developing Daniel Paul Mimms ’93, December 24, for a scenario to be presented on the actress portraying Saffell alone. Send news to the Of!ce of Marketing and Public Relations, Furman mini-grants for members. She enjoyed a Seneca, S.C. He was president of Mimms show. Out of 12,000 entries, one of Responses to the show have University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C. 29613, or e-mail to long association with the Sandhills Tennis Realty and Development and a member the !ve submissions chosen was that been gratifying, Saffell says. People [email protected]. Selected information submitted to the on-line alumni Association, serving as president of the of the Tri-County Board of Realtors. He also of Amy Saffell ’04. with disabilities have contacted registry (http://alumni.furman.edu) is included in class notes. group and helping to organize the state served as president of Palmetto Partners her via Facebook, saying, “Thank Sandhills Junior Tournament. She was also and Palmetto Capital. Saffell, who was born with spina a member of the State Ranking Committee Angie Edwards Haver ’95, January 29, bi!da and has used a wheelchair her you. This is my story too.” Even the for 16-year-olds. Macon, Ga. A talented artist, she was the entire life, suggested a scenario in actress playing the harasser said she Clifford Guy Archibald, Jr. ’63, earning a degree in secondary education Melvin Edward Calvert ’71, December operations manager and interior designer which a young woman in a wheelchair learned a lot from the episode. January 16, Glendale, Ariz. After service in and a master’s in public administration, he 12, Inman, S.C. He was a Methodist at Market Square Shopping Center. is harassed in a grocery store by a Saffell hopes that the show the U.S. Army he moved to Arizona, where taught for 23 years in Spartanburg County. minister at churches throughout South Jimmy Carnes, March 5, Gainesville, Fla. well-meaning but condescending will help increase the public’s he was an electrical contractor and a Robert Cheatwood Fay ’68, October Carolina. Prior to his ministerial service, He coached track and !eld at Furman from fellow shopper. Such treatment is one understanding of how individuals member of the International Brotherhood 27, Marietta, Ga. He was a U.S. Army he worked as an industrial engineer and 1962 to 1964 and went on to become an of the many frustrations Saffell has with disabilities can be capable of Electrical Workers. He was an avid veteran of the Vietnam War and was served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army. Olympic coach and the !rst executive direc- encountered, but as a regular viewer Amy Saffell (left) and actress Shannon DeVido share ideas in preparation for the shoot. and independent. She’s a perfect golfer and played in senior tournaments. a recipient of the Bronze Star. After he John Paul Brown, Jr. ’72, February 3, tor of what is now the U.S. Track & Field and of the show she says that the only example: She lives alone, drives her David Otis Tomlinson ’64, January 10, returned to the States he began a teaching Greenville. Cross Country Coaches Association. In 1963 episode she’d seen dealing with wheelchair issues Saffell watched the !lming of her story from own car, and works in sales and marketing for EMI, Baltimore, Md. For 27 years he was career at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Robert H. Bell ’76, August 18, Mauldin, he led Furman to the Southern Conference was one about handicap parking. a back room as an actress in a wheelchair was greeted a Christian record label near Nashville, Tenn. a civilian professor of American literature in Atlanta, where he remained for 40 years. S.C. indoor and outdoor championships. Following “Not a week goes by when I don’t experience cheerfully by another actress playing a naïve and over- Saffell, who was Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2007, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. A talented gymnast during his Furman John Cell ’76, January 24, Columbia, his tenure at Furman, he coached at Florida someone thinking that I’m far less capable than I really zealous “Samaritan.” spends much of her free time volunteering with an days, he is credited with starting the HIES He was also an ordained deacon in the S.C. A U.S. Navy veteran, he performed from 1964 to 1976. He was an assistant am,” Saffell wrote in a piece for ABC.com. She thought “What is your name?” the woman asked brightly. organization for disabled youth, helping kids gain inde- Episcopal church. gymnastics team and helping to start the with the Atlantic Fleet Band and the coach on the men’s 1976 U.S. Olympic team viewers should see how people in wheelchairs want “How old are you?” Speaking as one would to a small pendence and self-con!dence. But she is also changing William B. Foster, Sr., M.A. ’65, school’s baseball program. He was also CinClantFlt Brass Quintet. He went on to and was named head coach of the 1980 — and do not want — to be treated, and thought a child, the woman patted the wheelchair-bound actress’ perceptions “just by getting out there,” she says. December 24, Spartanburg, S.C. An Air an accomplished magician. play trombone with many different groups team that boycotted the Moscow Olympics. feature bringing those issues to light would be a great head, gushed over her, and insisted on pushing her “Whether it’s advocacy work or going to the Force veteran, he was attached to the Robert Henry Patterson ’69, December in the Columbia area. He was also a math He served on the board for International !t for “What Would You Do?” wheelchair and carrying her groceries for her. grocery or out to dinner, it’s just showing people airborne paratrooper units during World 23, Chesapeake, Va. He was a Federal expert and Portuguese interpreter. Special Olympics and was inducted into the ABC agreed. After receiving Saffell’s submission “This is stuff you’ve really heard?” an incredulous you can do all the day-to-day things everyone else War II, participating in the D-Day invasion Bureau of Investigation special agent, James Robert Dunaway ’77, February USTFCCCA Hall of Fame in 1998 and the in November, they called her in early February and Quiñones asked Saffell. can do,” she says. and also the invasion of southern France. working undercover for the Violent Crimes 5, Green Sea, S.C. He was director of USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2008. invited her to New York for the taping of her segment, Yes, it is. One incident Saffell recalls was a woman Visit http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo Following the war he served as air base Squad while assigned to !eld of!ces bands at Woodruff (S.C.) High School from He was also a member of the Florida Sports which aired February 22. Saffell and her mother in an airport who insisted on pushing her to the rest- to see Saffell’s story. director of personnel and squadron in New Orleans, La., and Philadelphia, 1977 to 1987 and at Green Sea-Floyds Hall of Fame and the Georgia Hall of Fame. enjoyed !ve days in the Big Apple, taking in Times room, yelling all the way for people to move, and then — JESSICA MILLER KELLEY commander, among other duties. He Pa. While working in Norfolk, Va., he High School and Middle School from Since 2008 the USTFCCCA has presented the asking Saffell’s mother once they were near the stall, retired from the Air Force as a major was an investigator in the White Collar 1988 to 2011. At Green Sea-Floyds High Jimmy Carnes Distinguished Service Award Square, 5th Avenue, Tiffany’s, “LIVE! With Regis and in 1960 after 21 years of service. After Crimes Program before assuming the he was voted Teacher of the Year in 1997. to individuals who have given extraordinary Kelly,” and Driving Miss Daisy with Vanessa Redgrave “Aren’t you going to help her?” The author, a 2003 graduate, is a magazine and book He was a member of the South Carolina service to the association and the sport. and Morgan Freeman. Saffell, who’ll be 29 in June, says that people editor in Nashville. Photo by Lou Rocco/ABC News.

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