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MERCEA Publication for Alumni and Friends of Mercer University RIANFall 2002 • Volume 12, Number 2

Hatcher Leaves Footprints of Leadership By Judith Lunsford

obert F. Hatcher, BB&T Georgia chairman, is all about School of Banking of the South. development districts. Each council At First National (renamed Trust has 30 to 40 people from the region leadership. He talks it, he walks it, and, fortunately, he Co. Bank and now known as who come together to discuss their SunTrust), Hatcher steadily moved up various business needs. generously provides it as a volunteer. the corporate ladder. In 1988, he was “The role of the Georgia Chamber senior vice president and senior credit is to represent the needs of business in During 2002, the Macon bank executive has filled three top officer at Trust Co. Bank of Middle the legislative session,” explained Georgia when First Liberty Financial Hatcher. “At these regional council Rleadership positions as chairman of Mercer University’s Board of Trustees, Corp. named him presi- meetings, the local mem- dent of Liberty Saving ‘Nothing seems bers are letting us know Macon’s Community Foundation and The Making of a Banker Georgia (UGA). He worked that sum- Bank’s Middle Georgia what they want the state impossible to Bob. the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Born in Kewanee, Ill., he spent his mer in the mailroom of First National Division. Chamber to work on. It has While Hatcher admits holding several formative years there, where his father Bank (owned by Trust Company Bank) A year later, Hatcher He has a realistic been a very beneficial com- major leadership positions at the same owned a Coca-Cola bottling company. in Macon, returning the next two sum- became president and side to him, but munication tool.” time can be challenging, he CEO of First Liberty he is always Charlotte McMullen, wears the responsibilities Financial Corp. & First Macon’s Chamber chair, comfortably. Liberty Bank. In 2000, pushing the sees the regional councils Sitting in his executive Liberty merged with envelope. His as an extension of Hatcher’s office on the first floor of BB&T, the 14th largest chairmanship will style of leadership. “Bob is the BB&T building in down- bank in the country, a very participatory kind of be remembered town Macon, he punctuates and today, Hatcher serves person,” she explained. his sentences with an easy as Georgia chairman for that.’ “He listens very well. He smile. His conversation of BB&T. has the ability to say, ‘What moves effortlessly from if we did this …’ and start a conversa- banking trends to the leg- A Natural Fit tion to bring everyone on board. islative needs of businesses Hatcher sees his involvement with “He understands that we will statewide to the need for the community as being a natural fit accomplish so much more if we are vision and values in busi- for him. “When you’re building a all working together,” said McMullen. ness today. It all reveals why bank, you tend to build a community “The regional councils give people others call upon the Macon at the same time. They work together,” outside of Atlanta an opportunity to get banker for direction and Family plays an important role in Bob Hatcher’s life. He always makes time for his wife, Georgia, left, his he said in a Macon Telegraph article involved in the state Chamber and son, Robbo, right, his daughter-in-law, Betsy, and his grandchildren, Felton, second from left, and Janie. leadership. earlier this year. that’s important for the economic “It is most important for After he graduated from high school, mers as a teller. He has carried his partnership phi- development of the whole state.” companies, particularly CEOs, to have his family moved to his parents’ home- After graduating from UGA in 1964, losophy forward during his year as a vision, to have values, and to live town of Macon. with majors in finance and marketing, Georgia Chamber president. This year His Time as Mercer’s Chairman them and articulate them,” said He discovered his career path he had several offers from banks. But the state Chamber, at Hatcher’s behest, With his current term on Mercer’s Hatcher, who has been chairman of while looking for a summer job after he chose to return to First National, established a regional council in each Board of Trustees coming to an end in Leadership Georgia, Leadership his freshman year at the University of and in 1975, graduated from the of the organization’s 12 economic — Continued on page 9 Macon and Leadership USA. “When they have these qualities, suddenly you don’t have ethics issues anymore University Honors Presented to Kay, Setzer, Withers By Lance Wallace because they are living the kind of values that really make a difference. Kay encourages graduates sessed as children as they set out to of life with refreshing imagination. ever stood before you in a classroom, It’s part of leadership, and it’s part build successful careers. That, more than a degree, will make a that it is perfectly acceptable to to rediscover childhood of success.” “I do not want to talk about who graduate successful, Kay said. reclaim your four-year-old mind, the It would be easy to believe that imagination. you will be, but who you have been,” “As you accept your documents of mind that dazzled you with its power Hatcher comes by his business Kay said. “I want to take you back to a diploma today — signifying success in of exploration, the mind that made acumen naturally as the grandson of ward-winning Georgia nov- time most of you will not remember your fields of study — I can tell you each moment inconceivably vibrant,” Eugene W. Stetson, one of the elist and screenwriter Terry clearly, but was, perhaps, the most on behalf of every person who has — Continued on page 9 country’s legendary business pioneers A Kay told graduates of Mercer important year of your life — back to From left, Terry Kay, Sarah Brown Withers, and one of Mercer’s most noted University’s four undergraduate that time when you were four years Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey and Rev. Bob Setzer alumni. After all, Stetson is credited schools in Macon to not let their edu- old. And I do this not from the with saving Illinois Central Railroad cation stand in the way of their imagi- reference of studies conducted from bankruptcy during the nation and ultimate success during by sociologists, but from my Depression, arranging the merger of commencement ceremonies in May. own observations as a Guaranty Trust Company of New More than 1,500 graduates of the parent of four children York with J.P. Morgan & Co, resulting College of Liberal Arts, Stetson School and four grandchil- in the formation of The Morgan of Business and Economics, School of dren.” Guaranty Trust Co., and brokering Engineering and Tift College of At four years the purchase of the Coca-Cola Education participated in the cere- old, Kay contended, Company from the Candlers by the monies held at the Macon Coliseum. the mind is not hin- Woodruff family. Kay, the author of such notable works dered by rigidity or Yet, Hatcher has blazed his own as To Dance With the White Dog, societal convention. trail that has earned him the trust and Shadow Song, The Runaway and It is the four-year-old respect of both business and commu- Taking Lottie Home, challenged the mind that sees and nity leaders throughout Georgia. graduates to retain the spark they pos- expresses the intricacies THE MERCERIAN CAMPUS TALK Fall 2002 • Vol. 12, No. 2 President R. Kirby Godsey university Executive Vice President Horace W. Fleming Senior Vice President for University Advancement and University Admissions Emily P. Myers By Lance Wallace Senior Vice President for Finance Fleming Named Executive V.P. and Administration Thomas G. Estes Jr. Provost ercer University wel- percent. He managed a university budg- Fleming said. “It is Dr. Horace W. Fleming, Peggy DuBose comed back Dr. Horace et of $240 million and initiated the first, a great time to be former president of Editor University of Southern Judith T. Lunsford W. Fleming Jr. as execu- comprehensive University fund-raising associated with Mississippi and former Production Editor M Richard L. Cameron tive vice president in July after five years. campaign. He led the university to Mercer University.” D.C.-based educational Managing Editor Reporting directly to the president, implement four new doctoral degree While serving consultant, is now chief Lance Wallace Fleming now serves as the senior offi- programs, seven new master’s degree as executive vice operating officer of Assistant Editor Mercer University. Lindsay M. Moss cer of the University and as the programs and eight new undergraduate president and Design Editor University’s chief operating officer. He degree programs while completing a provost at Mercer, Steve Mosley oversees all academic and administra- university-wide comprehensive technol- he was responsible for overseeing Writers Roban S. Johnson, Elizabeth Flader, tive programs of the University as well ogy reorganization and upgrade. the University’s annual budget Sonal Patel, Claude Smith as coordinating all the University’s He also led a $150 million building process and played key roles Photographers Jerry Bass, Tiffany Brown, Rod Reilly planning, program develop- program, which was in the establishment of Tift Dean, College of Liberal Arts ment and budget develop- funded and 50 percent College of Education and Richard C. Fallis ‘I am in awe of ment processes. He will complete as of last fall. McAfee School of Theology. Dean, School of Engineering M. Dayne Aldridge also assist the president what the He also initiated a reor- Prior to coming to Mercer in Dean, Eugene W. Stetson School with the University’s execu- ganization of tutorial and 1992, Fleming was executive vice of Business and Economics University has W. Carl Joiner tive responsibilities. accomplished.... counseling services for president of the University of the Pacific staff director of the Office of President Dean, Tift College of Education Fleming was most student athletes, which in Stockton, Calif., from 1990 to 1992. Pro Tem of the Senate, Senator Strom Richard T. Sietsema It is a great time Executive Associate Vice President for recently an educational con- resulted in increased Fleming began his teaching career Thurmond of South Carolina. University Advancement sultant based in Washington, to be associated grade-point averages and in 1971 as a member of the faculty at A native of Elbert County, Georgia, Kenny Daugherty, CLA ’80, EDU ’82 Senior Associate Vice President for D.C. He served as president with Mercer improved graduation rate Clemson University. During his 19-year Dr. Fleming earned his bachelor’s and University Advancement of the University of Southern of student athletes “on- tenure at Clemson, he served as presi- master’s degrees from the University of Gloria O. Marshall, CLA ’86 University.’ Associate Vice President for University Mississippi from 1997 to time” to second overall dent of the faculty senate, and was Georgia. He received his doctorate in Advancement and University Admissions Jay T. Stroman, SSBE ’91 2001, after serving Mercer among Conference USA chosen Alumni Master Teacher in political science from Vanderbilt Director of Development/ for five years as executive vice president institutions. The university also com- 1979 by the Clemson student body. He University. A U.S. Army veteran, he College of Liberal Arts Richard Spivey, CLA ’94 and provost. pleted construction of a new athletic was also the founding director of the served as a captain from 1969 to 1971 Senior Associate Vice President “After conducting a national center, women’s softball stadium, field Strom Thurmond Institute of in Vietnam, earning the Bronze Star for Alumni Services/ University Special Events search, the Trustees and the adminis- house for baseball and stadiums for Government and Public Affairs. and Regimental Cross of Gallantry. T. Raleigh Mann, CLA ’65 tration agreed that Dr. Fleming is both soccer and tennis, during his tenure. Fleming took leave from Clemson Fleming and his wife, Steve, Alumni Services Staff Erin Lones, CLA ’00 an outstanding leader and extraordi- “After five years away, I am in awe from 1980 to 1982 to serve as chief have two children — Susan, a Jennifer Chapman Joyner, CLA ’95 Sharon Lim, SSBE ’86, ’90 nary educator,” said President Godsey. of what the University has accom- economist for the Judiciary Committee practicing accountant, and Patrick, Jennifer Zawacki Thompson, CLA ’98, “The University was well-served during plished in this brief period of time,” of the United States Senate. He also was a college student. SSBE ’01 Mercer University Alumni his first tenure of service and will Association President again greatly benefit from his vision F. Rhett Paul, BSPHM ’65 ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS and leadership.” College of Liberal Arts While he served as the institution’s Call for Artifacts O. Harris Doss, Jr., AB ’66 & JD ’69, Blue Ridge, President president, the University of Southern Do you have any pieces of the Mercer history that you would like to loan or give to the University for the new Stella J. Patterson, BA ’83, Mississippi’s enrollment increased 13 Heritage Hall in the University Center? We are looking for momentos, rat caps, letterman sweaters, china Macon, President-Elect Eli Morgan, BA ’83, Duluth, Secretary percent, growing to 15,059 students. from the dining hall, photos from life at Mercer or other items that you think would be of interest. So, check your Holly McCorkle, BA ’88 & JD ’91, attic or closets. If you have items, please contact Alice Knierim, our Heritage Hall curator, at (478) 301-2715 or by Jacksonville, Fla., Immediate Freshman enrollment jumped by 15 Past President e-mail at [email protected]. percent with the freshman-to-sopho- College of Arts and Sciences Alice Knierim Debbie Baldwin, BS ’87, more retention rate increasing by 20 Lilburn, President Bill Myers, BA ’85, Grayson, President-Elect Cheryl Ann Kasper, BA ’87, Norcross, Secretary Steven M. Pace, BM ’81, Jesup, Mercerians’ Unselfish Acts Enhance Lives of Others By Roban Johnson Immediate Past President Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics common bond exists Organ Donors said. “She’s always looking out for Danielle Carey, BBA ’98, Mark Stich, left, Atlanta, President between two Mercerians everyone else. This time it was our G. Faye Dumke, MBA ’92, and Eola Hodges Duluth, President-Elect whose selfless acts have turn to look out for her.” Allison Webb, BS ’99, Tucker, A given relatives new leases on life. Eola There was one potential set-back Vice President–Macon D. Kevin Wyckoff, MBA ’88, Atlanta, Hodges and Mark Stich are organ hospital in for Stich when they realized you have to Vice President–Atlanta Jennifer Richardson, BBA ’93, Atlanta, donors. Both have been able to Richmond, Va., be 21 to undergo the procedure. “Since Immediate Past President resume their normal activities while was performing he wanted to donate so badly, the head School of Engineering Socrates (Sam) Martinez, BSE ’97, witnessing their loved ones’ inspira- liver transplants of the liver transplant program said if Macon, President Tyler Simmons, BSE ’96, tional recoveries. using live he’s old enough to give his life for his Lawrenceville, President-Elect Kamlesh (Kenny) Desai, BSE ’91, It was seven years ago that Hodges’ donors. When country, he’s old enough to do this for Macon, Secretary Jody R. Massey, BSE ’95, niece faced years of undergoing dialysis he heard this, his grandmother,” said Atkins. Macon, Immediate Past President if she did not receive a kidney trans- Stich knew he The surgery went so well that Stich Tift College of Education Clayton Jolley, BME ’94, plant. Hodges, who serves as host at “Each time she goes back to the doc- wanted to be the donor, but had to was able to join Mercer’s entering Hampton, President Richard B. Thomas, BA ’89, Mercer’s two alumni houses in Macon, tor, everything checks out fine.” undergo tests to be sure he was a class in fall 2001, just four weeks after Macon, President-Elect April Aldridge, BA ’96, decided she would donate a kidney to Mercer sophomore Mark Stich’s match. “There were four of us who surgery. His liver has already grown Birmingham, Ala., Secretary her niece if she were a good match. gift was to his grandmother. Lucia had initial blood tests to determine if back to its original size, and the por- The Mercerian is published twice a year for alumni and friends of Mercer “I went to the hospital for blood Atkins had contracted viral hepatitis any of us were matches — my older tion he gave to his grandmother has University. Comments or questions should be addressed to: tests and they called me back to say I during her 23-year career at a nursing brother, aunt, uncle and me,” he said. also grown to a normal size. Mercer University, Office of University was a match,” said Hodges. In fact, home. She was fine until 1998 when “All four of us had the same blood Like Hodges’ niece, Atkins is also Advancement, 1400 Coleman Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31207 she was a perfect match, and so far she began experiencing extreme type.” Further testing proved Stich to doing well. “I woke up from the oper- (478)301-2715 or (800)837-2911 www.mercer.edu her niece has not experienced any fatigue. In March 2001, her doctor told be an excellent match. ation feeling the best I had felt in Mercer University admits qualified students additional health problems due to the her she would need a liver transplant. “My grandmother didn’t want any years, even though I was cut from one without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age or disability. transplant. “You would never know Stich’s parents began to investigate of us to go through surgery for her, end to the other,” said Atkins. “It’s just she had been so sick,” said Hodges. liver transplants and learned that a but we told her that was selfish,” Stich — Continued on page 12

2 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 community news

UNIVERSITY N EWS BRIEFS

ATS Accredits McAfee position of interim dean of the Walter F. Acceptance Program put these six students’ of Mercer Trustees Chair Robert F. Hatcher for its reputation for excellence in nursing for Initial 5-Year Period George School of Law in Macon, effective minds at ease. and his wife, Georgia. Among those speaking education, GBCN has tailored its graduate July 1, 2002. Sabbath, who joined the Law “Mercer’s early acceptance program is at the Macon event were charter class mem- program to meet two critical needs in health The Association of Theological Schools School faculty in 1978, has served as asso- perfect for college freshmen who have ber Jean Sumner, M.D. ’86, of Sandersville; care today: nursing education and (ATS) accredited Mercer University’s McAfee ciate dean for the past five years. already decided on pharmacy careers,” said Charles H. Jones, founding chair of the acute/critical care nursing of the adult. School of Theology for five years, the President Godsey expects to select a Jim Bartling, Pharm.D., associate dean for School’s Board of Governors, who, with his “Graduates of our program will help longest period of time ATS will give for initial new Law School dean by July 1, 2003. student affairs and admissions. “It really wife, Ves, is co-chairing the 20th Anniversary ease current and future shortages in both accreditation. University Trustee James A. Bishop of Sea gives students peace of mind to know they Celebration, and President Godsey. areas,” said Dr. Susan S. Gunby, dean of the “This is a tribute to the leadership of Island, JD ’67, is chairing the search com- are guaranteed a slot when they finish their “This School of Medicine was not the College. “By earning the master’s degree, Dean Alan Culpepper and the faculty of the mittee. Other committee members include: undergraduate requirements.” doing of any one person,” said President students will also expand their career School of Theology,” said Mercer University Suzanne Cassidy, director of the Law library; Before they are guaranteed placement, Godsey during the Macon event. “This School opportunities.” President R. Kirby Godsey. “We congratulate David Hudson, an Augusta attorney and students must fulfill specific requirements of is a tribute to everyone here and many who The nursing education track will prepare them on this achievement, which was at member of the Mercer Board of Trustees; the program. They must make satisfactory are not with us tonight whose dedication and graduate students for careers as nurse edu- least one year earlier than the traditional Stephen Johnson, associate dean and Law progress in the two-year pre-pharmacy cur- determination led to the opening and ulti- cators, whether in an academic environ- accreditation schedule would have School professor; Patrick Longan, Law riculum and maintain an overall GPA of 3.0. mate success of this School.” ment, the corporate world or a traditional indicated.” School professor; Emily Myers, senior vice Falling below 3.0 automatically cancels a Other spring receptions were held on St. health care agency. Students will be paired Culpepper officially received the accred- president for University Advancement and student’s early acceptance status. Simons Island and in Stockbridge. with experienced faculty members and will itation, and McAfee was granted full mem- Admissions; and Richard “Doc” Schneider, EAP students also participate in academ- “These celebrations allow us to recog- become involved in classroom and clinical bership into ATS at the recent biennial JD ’81, an Atlanta attorney and member of ic advising and career seminar programs nize alumni, friends, preceptors and com- responsibilities in their area of interest. meeting in Pittsburgh. the Law School Board of Visitors. provided jointly by Dr. Bartling and the CLA munity leaders whose contributions and The track for acute/critical care nursing ATS accredits more than 240 theological R. Lawrence Dessem, who has served pre-pharmacy adviser, and must keep in commitments to the School have helped to of the adult will prepare students to move schools, seminaries and divinity schools as dean of Mercer’s Law School, accepted touch with the Pharmacy School’s Office of improve health care in Georgia,” said Dr. into leadership roles in their nursing representing all of the major Christian a position at the University of Missouri Student Affairs and Admissions as specified Ann C. Jobe, dean of the Medical School. careers. The program involves clinical expe- denominations. ATS is the theological School of Law. in the EAP requirements and procedures. Some 600 students have graduated riences that encompass all areas of adult education accrediting body for the United For information about the Early from Mercer Medical School. More than 50 health. Classroom instruction and work in States and Canada. Pharmacy’s Undergrads Acceptance Program, call the Pharmacy percent of Mercer’s graduates are treating the on-campus learning lab, where critical In February, ATS sent a three-member Ensured of Enrollment School’s Office of Student Affairs and patients who live in federally-designated care environments are simulated through accreditation team to McAfee. The team Admissions at (678) 547-6232. Health Professional Shortage Areas. More state-of-the-art technology, will supplement returned a recommendation for full, five- While most of the Southern School of than 1.3 million Georgia residents are treat- the off-site learning experience. year accreditation. The ATS Commission on Pharmacy Class of 2006 waited anxiously School of Medicine ed annually by physicians who graduated This 42 semester hour program is avail- Accreditation met at the end of May, and for their acceptance letters this year, six of Celebrates 20 Years from Mercer School of Medicine. able to students on a part-time or full-time notified McAfee of their decision to accredit them knew their fate as early as their fresh- basis, with full-time students completing the in early June. man year as Mercer undergraduates. That’s The School of Medicine is commemo- College of Nursing degree requirements in four semesters. because they had received early accept- rating two decades of teaching, serving and Offers MSN Degree The College also offers a bachelor of Sabbath Named Law ance to the Pharmacy School as part of healing with a series of celebrations science in nursing degree and the R.N. to School Interim Dean Mercer’s early acceptance program through throughout Georgia this year. With the demand for nurses continuing B.S.N. track. For more information contact the College of Liberal Arts. More than 130 alumni and friends to rise, Georgia Baptist College of Nursing the Office of Admissions at (678) 547- Mercer University President R. Kirby With 1,029 applicants vying for 130 helped kick off the Medical School’s 20th (GBCN) has added a master of science in 6700, or e-mail [email protected], or Godsey named Michael Sabbath to the slots this year, the Pharmacy School’s Early Anniversary Celebration in April at the home nursing (MSN) degree to its offerings. Known visit www.mercer.edu.

FROM THE OFFICE OF CHARITABLE ESTATE PLANNING — Harrisons Use Charitable Remainder Year End a Good Time to Assess Goals Unitrust to Benefit Mercer By Claude Smith

By Claude Smith, Advancement Office financial matters. gift. Your positive response is critical. When grow- Harrison, a Also, do you realize that reducing These gifts, no matter how small, allow ing up in a small retired estate s the calendar year comes to or eliminating your credit card debt us to make up the shortfall in the south Georgia planning attorney a close, it is a good time to will lead you to question three? With amount of tuition paid. It allows us to town, John in Decatur, well A take a personal inventory of no more 14 to 18 percent interest on heat and cool the buildings, and pro- Harrison learned understands the our financial goals. Some key ques- debt, you can begin to save for a time vide equipment for the classrooms. the value of help- mutual benefits of tions to ask are: when you can enjoy a life of financial Another way to give is to establish ing others. His a charitable 1. Have I made provisions for my independence. You also gain the endowed scholarships. This allows us parents involved remainder trust. family in case of my death or disability? power to help others succeed by con- to attract the best and brightest stu- him in church “In this situa- 2. What steps can I take to lower or tributing to the charity of your choice. dents to Mercer. Some scholarships are and made sure tion, Loretta and eliminate all that credit card debt? Take Mercer, for example. The based solely on academic perform- he understood I, as well as John and Loretta Harrison 3. Have I started a steady and con- major focus of our mission at Mercer ance, while others are based on finan- that Biblical Mercer, benefit,” sistent retirement plan? cial need. Many of you teachings guided his life. he said. “Since we receive an 4. How can I best sup- ‘As we move swiftly toward the end of the year, do not believe as we do that “I never dreamed that I would income for life from the trust, we port the charity or educa- forget the power you have — the power to help no qualified student be able to attend college, much could make a larger gift now which tional institution of my students at Mercer succeed.’ should ever miss the less earn a law degree,” Harrison will endow a larger scholarship choice? opportunity to attend said. later. We also receive a nice tax At least 50 percent of adults in this is to educate young men and women Mercer because of financial need. A 1955 graduate of the Walter F. deduction for our gift, which country do not have a will at death. This in a Christian environment. However, Other donors choose to support George School of Law, Harrison doesn’t hurt.” means that the state and federal govern- without your help, it cannot happen. our infrastructure by giving to building and his wife, Loretta, an Emory “However,” he added, “our ment decide how your estate is divided Tuition only covers part of a student’s projects. These types of gifts allow graduate, recently established the main interest is helping some and who will administer that estate. total cost. The other part comes from excellent naming opportunities. John and Loretta Harrison deserving young student afford to Plus, if you have children under you, alumni and friends. It might be As we move swiftly toward the end Charitable Remainder Unitrust. attend law school.” 18, the state determines their beneficial to illustrate a few examples of the year, do not forget the power During their lifetimes, they will The Harrisons are enjoying guardian. By simply executing a will or of how your gifts help. you have — the power to help stu- receive an income from the trust. their retirement in Grayson. living trust, you decide how your estate Most gifts to Mercer are made dents at Mercer succeed. Without you, After their deaths, the remaining Knowing that their gifts to Mercer is divided. If you become disabled, annually through The Mercer Fund. we could not have achieved the promi- proceeds will benefit the John and will help future generations of having an existing power of attorney or Each of you have been called at one nence we now hold among our peers. Loretta Harrison Endowed Mercerians makes life just a little living trust allows your loved ones to time or another by a Mercer student Mercer is only as great as those who Scholarship in the law school. bit sweeter. adequately care for you and your through the Phone-a-thon asking for a have come before.

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 3 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS college of

Mercer Army ROTC Focuses on Leadership By Lindsay Moss

hanks to such popular movies as Platoon, officer leadership of the U.S. Army, as Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down, the well as motivate young people to be better citizens. common perception of Army ROTC is of basic “ROTC provides opportunities for training, demanding drill sergeants, young men and women to develop Tcamouflage uniforms, weapons and combat. their leadership, planning and profes- sional skills before beginning their The reality, however, is quite differ- sergeant to be waiting for them, and service in the Army,” said cadet Kelley ent from that perception. Over the past they expect to be treated harshly, but Nalley, a senior from Stockbridge dou- two years, Mercer’s 55-year-old Army the Army does not encourage that. ble majoring in international business ROTC program has focused less on That’s not how it is. We are here to and Spanish. “Also, the program specific military skills and more on mentor, teach, train and motivate.” allows the Army to observe the per- leadership training. While cadets formance of Army ROTC students learn teamwork along with climbing skills during repelling exercises. “The entire understanding of the do get some each cadet with- Army is shaped by Hollywood,” said minimal combat in the program. Basically, ROTC is important for the majoring in computer science. Maj. Mark D. Fox, assistant professor training, the ulti- It allows them to development and evaluation for Many typically think Army ROTC is of military science. “Hollywood depic- mate mission of see who’s weak upcoming officers.” only for males. Last year, however, tions tend to focus on an injustice, the Mercer’s Army or strong, who’s Currently, 90 percent of Mercer’s Mercer’s Army ROTC program has action of warfare, movie heroism, etc. ROTC program active in the ROTC cadets are commissioned as twice as many females than males in

Students are surprised when they get is to commis- Mercer Army ROTC cadets must learn survival program and second lieutenants into the U.S. Army, its junior class. here. They are expecting some drill sion the future skills such as swimming with full gear. who’s not. Army National Guard or U.S. Army “We look for qualified candidates Reserve. to be potential officers,” said Fox, “The Army could not function adding that the average grade point Commons Funds Service Overseas By Lance Wallace without the officers average (GPA) for a produced from ROTC,” cadet at Mercer is above ‘We look for the hen Mercer senior Nikki Fox said. “ROTC pro- a 3.0. “We look for the Carroll Hardeman first duces approximately 60 best and brightest. best and brightest. We W arrived at Shishubhavan percent of the officer We look for the look for the scholar-ath- Children’s Home in Kolkata (formerly needs of the Army. scholar-athlete who lete who has leadership Calcutta), India, fall semester 2001, she Because the Army is abilities and who will was overwhelmed by the enormity of such a people-oriented has leadership demonstrate excel- the needs of the children she met. organization, leaders are abilities and who lence.” By the time she left four months needed to motivate, will demonstrate Established in 1947, later to return to Mercer’s Macon mentor, counsel and Mercer’s Army ROTC excellence.’ campus, she was overwhelmed by the lead individual units so program is thriving with enormity of the love and affection she those units reach their 54 cadets. While it may received from the children. optimal potential. At the sharp edge of seem that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks At the Children’s Home, which was the Army, the combat arms, the need have increased ROTC enrollment, Fox founded by Mother Teresa, Hardeman Nikki Carroll Hardeman spent last fall semester with the children of Shishubhavan Children's for young people of exceptional says that’s not the case. Home in Kolkata, India. The home was founded by Mother Teresa. served as teacher and assistant as part leadership has not changed since “The attacks on Sept. 11 have had of a Mercer Service Learning study was a four-year-old girl named Dona.” vival, adapting and joy. As much as I conflicts began.” zero impact on the growth of our pro- abroad course. Funded by University Dona was blind and had significant gave to that relationship, I took away Along with the Hollywood percep- gram, because so far the U.S. response Commons, Hardeman’s service learn- hearing loss. She was not able to walk that much more.” tions of the Army, there are other mis- has mostly been with special opera- ing experience was the first of its kind or move on her own. She was with- Hardeman learned a lot about other conceptions tions,” Fox said. offered at Mercer. drawn and rarely made a sound. religions during her time in India. surrounding “It’s the quality She cried during her first day on “I’ll never forget when I came in “I was submerged in a Hindu cul- Army ROTC of cadets that is the job at “Shishu,” as she and the the room, Dona was lying in the floor ture,” said Hardeman, who stayed with programs. the reason for other six Americans work- a Hindu family. “I saw how Students mis- the increase. By ing with her called it. She Funded by University Commons, Hardeman’s their religion influenced their takenly think their own exam- was convinced that she had service learning experience was the first daily life. I also experienced taking ROTC ple, they are little to offer the nearly 70 other religions and what it is classes will breaking the children who were all of its kind offered at Mercer. like to be in the religious automatically stereotypes and under age 4 and had a minority.” enlist them in selling them- range of disabilities. in the fetal position,” Hardeman said. Hardeman also took away from the the Army, or selves.” “The first two weeks were absolute Bit by bit, Hardeman was able to experience the idea that service isn’t they will With the chaos,” said Hardeman, a Christianity coax Dona out of her shell and teach just charity done for the less fortunate. automatically numbers of and Service Learning double major her to play rudimentary “patty cake” Service is a relationship that someone go into combat cadets increasing who graduated from Mercer last May. games. Hardeman had to learn new enters into with people, showing them after completing ROTC cadets work together to complete an every semester, obstacle course during training exercises. “There is an order to the place, but ways to communicate in order to get attention and respect. an ROTC the future for you don’t see it until you’re immersed through to Dona. She held her hands, “Service is about participating in program. Mercer’s Army ROTC program looks in it for a little while.” made noises and gestures and used relationships,” she said. “We have to According to Fox, there is no obli- prosperous. Her supervisors reassured her that repetition to teach her basic functions. learn to give of ourselves.” gation to the Army unless the student “Young people today appear to be she was there to give individual atten- By the time Hardeman’s stay ended, Hardeman is now a first-year stu- is on a scholarship or the student searching for organizations that fulfill tion to the children, especially the Dona was scooting around the room, dent at Mercer’s McAfee School of becomes a commissioned officer. their desire to be a part of something ones who were quiet and withdrawn sitting up to eat and signaling to get Theology, and she and husband, 2002 “When you do receive a scholar- greater than themselves,” Fox said. and needed a lot of love. more attention when she needed help. Mercer graduate Daniel Hardeman, ship, then you must serve four years “Military officership meets that crite- “They told us our job was to show “We developed a special relation- now live in Atlanta. The Hardeman’s active duty in the Army or eight years ria, and Mercer University is a place the kids love,’ Hardeman said. “There ship,” Hardeman said. “She had an both took mission trips while under- in the U.S. Army Reserves,” said cadet that fosters those types of thoughts, as were two or three kids I tried to focus infectious smile that really touched graduates and plan to continue their Curtis Armstrong, a senior from well as encourages each student to on, but the one I bonded with the most me. Dona taught me a lot about sur- commitment to international missions. Waycross, who is on scholarship and give something in service to others.”

4 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 liberal arts news

Mercer Singers Make Musica Magnifica By Elizabeth Flader

oci belle! (Beautiful voic- accompaniment, for one hour and 10 sweet. “The students had worked so es!) No doubt, the Mercer minutes. The program included classi- hard to prepare over the entire aca- V Singers heard that many cal sacred works, as well as several demic year,” said Roberts. “For those times over the course of their two- American spiritual pieces. “Europeans who had just graduated prior to our week tour of Italy. Under the direction love American hymns and spirituals. departure, it was also their final per- of Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, CLA ’84, They enjoy the rhythmic nature of our formance as Mercer Singers.” associate professor of music at Mercer music and can identify with its spiritu- While Venice may have marked the University, the group of 39 students al earthiness,” said Roberts. ending of one journey, it was also a performed seven concerts between The group included time for sight new beginning for recent graduate May 16-May 22, 2002, in the Italian seeing as well. “We went to the Lindsay Judy, BA ’02, and her cities of Rome, Florence, boyfriend, Jason Castelfiorentino, Ravenna ‘This is such a wonderful learning experience that goes Kruse, who were and Venice. engaged in Venice. beyond the classroom — a mutual sharing of gifts, Although Dr. Roberts Similarly inspired were worked with a company talents and dedication.’ alumni Ben T. Bridges, who coordinated the BME ’97, and Sylvia events, he was required to submit an Coliseum and the Pantheon,” said Shadinger, BS ’00, who had rejoined audio sampling of the Mercer Singers’ Lindsey Owings, a senior in the Eugene the Mercer Singers for this tour. They work for consideration. Apparently, W. Stetson School of Business and were also engaged in Venice while the CD was well received, as their first Economics. “When we stopped at the riding a traghetti (traditional concert was held at the Basilica of St. Pantheon, they allowed us to sing gondola). Peter in Rome. “It was an extreme inside!” They also visited the Uffizi Dr. Roberts would like for this type honor to perform at the Vatican. The Gallery in Florence, one of the oldest of tour abroad to become a biennial Basilica, with its immense structure museums in the world. tradition. If feasible, the plan for 2004 and impressive history was amazing. In both Castelfiorentino and would include concerts in Prague, Seeing Michelangelo’s Pietà on our Ravenna the Mercer Singers had the Czech Republic, as well as in the right as we entered was a strong indi- unique opportunity to perform several Austrian cities of Vienna and Salzburg. Mercer Singers at St. Peter’s Basilica cator to me that this would be one of pieces together with each town’s com- “This is such a wonderful learning those once-in-a-lifetime experiences.” munity choral group. experience that goes beyond the class- At each concert, the students per- Their final concert in Venice at room — a mutual sharing of gifts, formed à cappella, without instrument Santa Maria dei Miracoli was bitter- talents and dedication.”

Mercer Arts Calendar November 2002–February 2003

November World Notes 9 Opera Guild: La Bohème, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $35 The Mercer Wind and Jazz Ensembles, along with the Faculty Jazztet, have come together to 10 Mercer Theatre: Playfest, 2:00 p.m., Backdoor Theatre, $4 produce an amazing collection of music from composers around the world. The CD is available for $15 12-16 Mercer Theatre: Playfest, 7:30 p.m., Backdoor Theatre, $4 through the Department of Music. For more information, contact Dr. Doug Hill at (478) 301-2752 or 13-14 Broadway: Swing, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $35/$30 [email protected]. 16 Macon Symphony Orchestra, 8:00 p.m., Grand Opera House, $30 19 Mercer Wind Ensemble, 8:00 p.m., Grand Opera House, FREE 23 Mercer Singers & Macon Sinfonia Performing Haydn’s Mass in D Minor (Lord Nelson Mass), 8:00 p.m., Grand Opera House, $10 December 4-5 Broadway: Fosse, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $35/$30 Political Science Studies Abroad By Lance Wallace 5 Mercer/Macon Symphony Youth Orchestra, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, FREE 6-7 Mercer Singers: Lessons & Carols, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, $5/FREE Mercer ID ercer’s Department of The trip was led by Domin and community,” Domin said. “I think the 8 Mercer Singers: Lessons & Carols, 3:00 p.m., Recital Hall, $5/FREE Mercer ID Political Science brought Political Science faculty members Dr. trip taught them tolerance for other 11-15 Nutcracker of Middle Georgia, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $20/$10 stdt. the classroom alive for 11 Eimad Houry and Dr. Jessica Perez- cultures, while at the same time 14-15 Nutcracker of Middle Georgia, 2:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $20/$10 stdt. M students last summer through its first- Monforti. Each member of the faculty giving them an appreciation for 17 John Berry, country artist, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $26 ever study abroad program. lectured on the area of their expertise, where they live.” January The two weeks of travel took the allowing the trip to cross several The group visited such sites as 9 Kiwanis Travelogue: Bali, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $6 students and three faculty members Political Science disciplines. The Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul’s 14 New Shanghai Circus, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $10/$5 stdt. from London, England, to Edinburgh, study abroad experience covered Cathedral in London, parliament 14 Mercer Music: Robert Parris, organ, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, FREE 27 Mercer Chamber Players, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, FREE Scotland, to Cardiff, Wales, buildings in Scotland and 29-30 Macon Civic Club Musical Revue, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $15 to Brussels, Belgium. The ‘I think the trip taught them tolerance for other Wales and the European 31 Macon Civic Club Musical Revue Gala, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $25 students toured government Union headquarters in cultures while at the same time giving them an February buildings and historical sites Brussels. 1 Macon Civic Club Musical Revue Gala, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $25 while spending time in lec- appreciation for where they live.’ “We are connected and 8 Macon Symphony Orchestra, 8:00 p.m., Grand Opera House, $30 tures from faculty members need to understand how 10 Mercer Music: Larry Gerber, tenor, & Roy Delp, bass, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, $5 at Redding University in London, the and applied material from national the other six billion inhabitants of the 13 The Acting Company Performing Shakespeare’s As You Like It, 7:30 p.m., University of Paisley in Scotland and security, political theory, interna- world live,” Domin said. Grand Opera House, $10 14-15 Mercer Theatre: Antigone in New York, 7:30 p.m., Backdoor Theatre, the University of Swansea in Wales. tional relations, modern political The trip was funded by a grant $7/$5 Mercer ID “The world is changing every day, thought and American govern- from University Commons, reducing 16 Mercer Theatre: Antigone in New York, 2:00 p.m., Backdoor Theatre, and our world changed forever on ment classes. the costs to the students. Political $7/$5 Mercer ID Sept. 11, 2001,” said Dr. Greg Domin, The five-week experience began Science hopes to make study abroad 18-23 Mercer Theatre: Antigone in New York, 7:30 p.m., Backdoor Theatre, chair of the Political Science with three weeks of lecture and read- an annual part of its summer offerings. $7/$5 Mercer ID Department. “I felt the time was right ings at Mercer before spending two Domin said tentative plans are being 20 Kiwanis Travelogue: Australia, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $6 23 Broadway: Cinderella, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $35/$30 to enhance our students’ College of weeks abroad. made for a 2003 trip to Central 24 Broadway: Cinderella, 7:30 p.m., Grand Opera House, $35/$30 Liberal Arts experience by exposing “It opened their eyes to the fact America, including stops in Mexico, 28 Mercer Jazz Ensemble, 8:00 p.m., Recital Hall, FREE them to other cultures.” that the United States is part of a global Costa Rica and Honduras.

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 5 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING school of

TCO Celebrates Decade of Achievement By Sonal Patel

ercer University’s Technical Communica- While the current job market has mark the anniversary, the Department “We look forward to strong tion Department gears up for its 10th become much more difficult than is coordinating a campus celebration growth and continuing improve- when the TCO Department first this spring for alumni and friends. A ment in the quality of the programs anniversary this year, celebrating a introduced its degree, Davis believes it new Web page, commemorative gifts in technical communication. We commitment to education and growth is only a temporary setback. Mercer and funding for a new scholarship are want to be recognized as the premier students are finding good jobs after also being proposed. teaching institution in the region, Min student involvement. graduation, and though the field grows “I am extreme- and our TCO Department wants to Over its 10 years, the TCO program dents to now almost 50 undergraduate increasingly competitive, student ly proud of all lead the way towards this vision of has achieved success by ensuring that majors and minors, with almost 25 interest in technical our students, fac- excellence.” its students are well prepared for the graduate students participating through communication has ulty and alumni,” careers they intend to pursue. distance learning. The program has remained strong. said Davis. Required mathematics, science and evolved from an emphasis in technical Over the next few engineering classes have writing to web design, years, the TCO helped give students a ‘Our department is online information man- Department hopes strong theoretical back- now able to offer a agement and other multi- to continue its ground, while projects media projects. progress. To and internships also pro- broad range of “Our department is vide students with courses with now able to offer a broad impressive portfolios. confidence that we range of courses with “We receive excellent confidence that we are are maintaining ratings from employers maintaining our cutting who hire our graduates,” our cutting edge.’ edge,” said Davis. said Marjorie Davis, pro- “Students have changed a fessor and chair of the TCO great deal in preparedness. Though not Department. “They always express sur- many high school students are aware of prise at the breadth of the students’ technical communication as a possible capabilities and the strength of our career field, they come to us with students’ technical skills.” sophisticated computer skills and a From left, TCO professors Dr. Helen Grady, Dr. George Hayhoe, The Department’s strong reputation strong interest in the high-tech aspects Dr. Susan Codone and Department Chair Dr. Marj Davis has led to growth from only a few stu- of communication.”

Senior Design Project Becomes Technology Showcase for TSI By Lance Wallace

or their senior design project, useful item they were more likely production. The device also had to Mercer engineering students to keep. run at variable speeds, allowing disks F Monterey Elkins, Adam “We stumbled onto the idea of the to be turned into coasters faster Wofford and Brian Anderson doing leather coasters,” Elkins said. or slower. accomplished the unthinkable — “That brought the project to a whole The remaining challenge was to they designed and built a fully- new level. Leather has a lot of vari- build it so that it was portable. When automated manufacturing leather ables to account for.” Mercer engineering faculty members coaster press that is both practical Elkins and his fellow team mem- questioned the students about the and cool to watch. bers had to find out which device in the Critical Tackling a project for TSI Solutions companies supplied Design Review, one of Stone Mountain, a company that leather, what of the most impor- specializes in the sale and distribution impacts climate tant concerns was of automated pneumatic components, could have on the whether or not the meant the student team had not only product, inconsis- machine would to design a machine that would make tencies in the tip over. a product, but do it in a way that From left, design project participants Brian Anderson, Monterey Elkins, Adam Wofford surface of the With a few and TSI Vice President and General Manager Charles Post would demonstrate the pneumatic material and even minor modifica- technology the company sells. technology. The students put their mechanical, which part of the tions, the team “This is a show machine,” said “It is quite literally a production electrical and computer engineering cow the leather assured their pro- recent engineering graduate Monterey machine,” said Charles Post, vice pres- knowledge to the test to build the came from. fessors that it Elkins of Decatur. “This is something ident and general manager of TSI automatic coaster press. The device “The deeper wouldn’t tip over. TSI wouldn’t have been able to do if Solutions. “Most people don’t get to required that they build a robotic arm we got into it, the Detail of the hydro-pneumatic “What we have we hadn’t taken this on for them.” see machines like this in their daily to move the coasters into position for more complicated it coaster maker accomplished is far Pneumatics and the pneumatic got,” said senior Brian beyond what I would the closely related ‘Most people don’t get to see machines like this in their daily press to stamp Anderson of Warner Robins. have believed we were capable of field of hydraulics lives.... This allows us to take technology out of the factory and to an image into The team was also required to cus- when we started,” said Wofford, a sen- involve using a gas the leather. The tom build 43 parts on the device, put- ior from Calhoun. “It turned out better or a liquid to our customers to showcase what our products can do.’ whole operation ting their limited machining training to than we imagined, too.” create pressure had to be fully good use. And because the machine “I’ve got to think this has been an and ultimately force. Many devices lives. The machines are typically hid- automated and show observers how was going to be used in sales calls and excellent education for the students,” utilizing pneumatic or hydraulic den away in factories. This allows us to pneumatics can be used in industry. trade shows, it had to look like a fin- Post said. “Monterey had been an technology are used for tasks that take the technology out of the factory Initially, the students wanted to ished product. intern for us, and he was a known require a great deal of force in a small and to our customers to showcase build a machine that would stamp out The team built an aluminum frame quantity in terms of his capabilities. amount of space. The device Mercer what our products can do. People at aluminum coins or tokens, but with a Lexan covering that had to We had a need and he and his team students were challenged to build used trade shows would stand there and instead shifted to leather drink incorporate safety shutoffs in case the were able to do something we couldn’t pneumatic and hydro-pneumatic watch for a while.” coasters as a way to give people a protective case was opened during do for ourselves.”

6 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 engineering news

Mercer Engineers Assist NASA with Research By Roban Johnson

to make it work. That is the subject of nauts and those “I ended up with a stick figure As Summer Fellows, faculty From left, Engineering faculty members Dr. further study.” in training. Her wrapped in contours that represented members contribute to space Behnam Kamali, Dr. Loren Sumner, and Kamali presented his findings to Dr. Renee Rogge assisted with NASA research. job was to figure body surfaces,” said Rogge. “It was an research at NASA facilities the JPL coding group at NASA before out a way to exciting process because I began with returning to Macon. His report has merge the data a cloud of data that didn’t resemble throughout the country. been peer-reviewed and recently from the stick anything. Piece by piece, it came approved for publication as a figure model together on my computer screen. I or three faculty members in NASA/JPL document. with data from could see that the data from the two the School of Engineering, this the body scans programs were colliding and that our F past summer provided them Microgravity Fluid so the original stick figure now had a body.” with unique opportunities to further Physics Problem anthropometric their research activities while assisting Sumner spent his summer at data could Combining Teaching the National Aeronautics and Space NASA’s Glenn Research Center in continue to with Research Administration (NASA). Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked on be used. All three faculty members agree Dr. Behnam Kamali, Dr. Loren the theoretical analysis of nonwetting “It was fasci- that research enhances teaching, and Sumner and Dr. Renee Rogge spent 10 droplets. Although he had not con- nating work,” that the summer faculty fellowships weeks as summer faculty fellows of the ducted research in this particular area, said Rogge. are excellent ways to combine the two. American Society of Engineering he developed a proposal for a project “This type of Sumner was influential in getting a Education and NASA. Each worked on that he thought would contribute to biomechanics, human performance data is used to make sure astronauts student involved in one of NASA’s special projects related to their indi- the field of microgravity fluid physics. and ergonomics. can fit through hatches and get into summer research programs, and vidual areas of expertise. In earlier studies, researchers had “For years, NASA has had body various positions so they can work on Rogge hopes to take a student with her found that a liquid droplet coating a measurements on all of the astronauts equipment or projects in space. It’s not when she returns for the second year Controlling Errors in flat, solid surface would remain sepa- and candidates in the space program. only about size and space limitations, of her fellowship. Digital Transmissions rate while supporting a load from an Based on that data, they had created a but also where restraints should be “It’s wonderful to show students For Kamali, a professor of opposing solid boundary. His goal was three-dimensional model that is used placed so excessive pressure or force that there is more to their studies than electrical and computer engineering, it to help explain that phenomenon. when designing space hardware. is not felt on the body.” the theoretical aspects of engineering,” was his second summer as a faculty Using an asymptotic analysis, Although the model is three dimen- During her 10 weeks at NASA, said Rogge. “By taking part in the fel- fellow. When he arrived at NASA’s Jet Sumner predicted the shape of the sional, it is a stick figure that doesn’t Rogge tested various software to see lowship, I can share with students the Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the droplet and then went to work to show body surfaces at all,” said Rogge. what would best merge the two sets of practical aspects of our work, and California Institute of Technology this explain the necessary physics Over the past few years, complete data. One of the programs she wrote encourage them to follow in our foot- year, he was offered a project involving contributing to this shape. “I already body scans were taken of all the astro- was successful. steps and pursue their own research.” Reed-Solomon codes. This class of knew that a lubricating layer prevented codes is widely used to correct errors it from touching,” said Sumner. in digital data transmission and The big question was, Can the Student Graduates from NASA Academy By Elizabeth Flader storage systems — from deformed droplet shape compact disc players and be a purely viscous hile most students spent courses to pre- Tahoe, Monterey, Santa Cruz, all in high-definition television, ‘It’s wonderful to effect? their summer recover- pare them for Calif., and Washington, D.C. to satellite and wireless show students that He was surprised to W ing from the rigors of writing big “My father would ask, ‘Where are communications. there is more to find that the shape of the classes, senior biomedical engineering documents and you calling from this time?’ because “For years, NASA has droplet was caused by student, Wendy Krauser, spent 10 organizing we traveled so often and to so many their studies than used a particular Reed- inertia. “That was not weeks at the NASA Astrobiology large teams places.” Additionally, the “academites,” Solomon code in its the theoretical expected because you Academy working on the research except for me,” as they called themselves, experienced spacecraft, including the aspects of normally don’t associate project, “Cellular Effects of Hyper-grav- she said. Wendy Krauser behind-the-scene research and facili- Hubbell Telescope and engineering.’ inertia with lubrication ity and Mechanical Substrate Deformat- Breaking the ties at NASA and its affiliate facilities. space probes, such as theory,” said Sumner. ion on Bone Osteoblast Cultures.” trend of doing something scientific for “We saw the Mars 2003 rover, huge Voyager II and Path- Understanding the Krauser was one of 13 students their group project, they instead decid- telescopes, stealth fighters and more.” finder,” said Kamali. “Because some physics inside this layer may enable nation wide, and the only one from a ed to produce a document identifying Krauser also worked on an inde- of these spacecraft are now millions of NASA scientists to use nonwetting school in the state of reasons for the necessity pendent research project that ended miles away, the signals received at droplets more effectively in space. “It Georgia, to be chosen for ‘It was not just of a human mission successfully. “The Automated earth stations are getting weaker.” can certainly support small loads asso- this highly selective about research. We to Mars. Centrifuge Fixation Unit I worked on To improve the quality of pictures ciated with microgravity,” said Sumner, opportunity. were introduced to “The United States has performed wonderfully and the scien- and sounds being transmitted back to an assistant professor of mechanical “I first heard about been suffering from a tific impact it will have in the field of Earth, Kamali’s job was to develop a engineering. “It also has potential the NASA Academy dur- all aspects of NASA, decrease in students gravitational molecular biology is quite new decoding algorithm for Reed- applications for such things as heat ing my sophomore year including studying engineering and large,” she said. The results from this Solomon codes. “If successful, this pipes and fuel cells used on Earth.” from Mercer professor, management, science since the Apollo device may help to predict what causes would not only improve transmissions, Sumner presented his findings at Dr. Phillip Olivier, who is era,” said Krauser. “If astronaut bone loss in space. projects, facilities, but could also prolong the usefulness the annual meeting of the American a member of the Georgia something is not done to When she receives her bachelor of of these coding schemes,” said Kamali. Physical Society, Division of Fluid NASA Space Grant and leaders of the toggle the decrease, then science degree in May 2003, Krauser What Kamali discovered was that a Dynamics, on Nov. 25. Consortium,” she organizations.’ other countries will plans to enter graduate school and decoding algorithm traditionally used explained. “Unlike other surpass the U.S. in “definitely continue to work for for another class of codes, known as Biomechanics in Space internships, it was not just about technology.” Their final document NASA.” While she has settled back into low density parity check (LDPC) Rogge, an assistant professor of research. We were introduced to all establishes political and technical life at Mercer, the program has left a codes, may be the key to the problem. biomedical engineering, was based at aspects of NASA, including the man- benefits of such a mission, including lasting impression. “This decoding technique has been the Anthropometry and Biomechanics agement, projects, facilities, and lead- stimulating interest in these fields. It “Working with students from other applied to LDPC codes, but no one Facility (ABF) at Johnson Space Center ers of the organization.” has been sent to members of Congress states and countries was a great learn- had applied it to Reed-Solomon in Houston, Texas, for her fellowship. The management and technical across the country. ing experience,” indicated Krauser. codes,” said Kamali. “Because Reed- As part of NASA’s Space Human Factors courses Krauser completed at Mercer While much of their research “The contacts and friends I made this Solomon code is word-oriented and Branch, the ABF group researches and proved helpful, as she was the manag- occurred at the Ames Research Center, summer have impacted my graduate LDPC is bit-oriented, changes need to evaluates flight equipment, procedures er/co-leader of the group project. “No at Moffett Field, Calif., their work also school decisions and the way I be made on the decoding procedure and systems from the perspective of one else at the academy had taken took them to locations such as Lake approach life.”

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 7 STETSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS s.s.

Crossfire Duo Reunites at Executive Forum By Judith Lunsford

fter a spectacular speaker series last year, The Executive Forum is once again off to a fantastic start with the most sought-after speakers coming to Mercer for the 2002- 2003A speaker series, including a special presentation of CNN’s Crossfire in October.

After economist Todd Buchholz, a Carlson, current co-host of former award-winning economics pro- Crossfire, CNN’s popular and lively fessor at Harvard and co-founder and political debate program, and Press, Former Crossfire opponents Tucker Carlson, left, and Bill Press, right, debated a broad range of issues when they were featured speakers at the Oct. 29 Executive Forum. managing director of ENSO Capital former co-host of Crossfire and now Management, kicked off the series in co-host of MSNBC’s Buchanan and with Pete Babcock, vice president and brought in former Senator Bob 1979, is a membership-based speaker September with a presentation titled Press, covered a broad range of general manager of the Atlanta Hawks. Dole, who was the 1996 Republican series designed to link the business “Is the Economy Headed Up or Off a issues, including the mid-term elec- He gave a breakfast presentation at presidential candidate; Soledad community to Mercer’s Eugene W. Cliff?,” Mercer welcomed former tions, potential war with Iraq, the war 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the O’Brien, co-anchor of NBC’s “Week- Stetson School of Business and Crossfire opponents Tucker Carlson on terrorism and the Bush presidency. Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon end Today;” Roger Dow, senior vice Economics. The Executive Forum and Bill Press in October. The fall series concluded Nov. 19 and a lunch presentation on the president of Marriott International; serves as a resource for working pro- Atlanta campus. fessionals in Macon and The spring series will The Forum serves as a resource for professionals ... Atlanta and provides an Professor Publishes First Book By Lance Wallace include Porsche Cars North and provides an opportunity for executives to hear opportunity for execu- Dr. Harold course he describes as his “first class America Inc. President and tives to hear from some from some of the country’s best speakers. Jones, assistant in moral theology.” He said that Chief Executive Officer Fred of the country’s best professor of everything he learned from his Schwab on Tuesday, March speakers, while inter- management in seminary classes on ethics and from 18; AGL Resources Chairman, Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of acting with other business leaders. A Mercer Univer- his experience as an Army chaplain, a President and Chief Executive Officer the Georgia Lottery Corp.; Phillip total of six speakers are heard through- sity’s Eugene W. pastor and financial planner squared Paula Rosput, Tuesday, April 29; and Humann, president and CEO of out the year, with three in the fall series Stetson School with what he had learned as a Southern Company Chairman, SunTrust Banks Inc.; and Pat Mitchell, and three in the spring series. Dr. Harold Jones of Business and sophomore at the University of Omaha. 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James When Jones left the full-time for Mercer University. Each piece is cast using marble Kennedy of the Coral ministry to go into and porcelain powder mixed with resin and is hand Ridge Presbyterian financial planning, he painted under careful quality and artistic standards. B Church writes, “This is began to systematically These limited edition productions are available only C straight talk about the study the relationship while supplies last. D essentiality of between personal Sizes: A. Mercer Administration Building: 7 1/4” x 5 Christianity in the religious convictions 1/2” x 8”; B. Jesse Mercer Plaza: 6” diameter x 3 1/2”; E motivation of achieve- and practical success. C. Mercer Christmas Ornament: 4” diameter; D. Tift ment in America’s He soon came to the College Arch: 7 3/4” x 3 1/4” x 4”; E. Mercer Law history and in its conclusion that the School: 11” x 7 1/2” x 6”. future.” Jones’ mes- economic fate of both sage, he says, is one individuals and that “demands our attention.” societies is the direct result of the Mercer University Miniatures Through Alumni Services Judge Griffin B. Bell, who served as values they hold. Name ______U. S. Attorney General during the Carter When he returned to school for his Address ______administration, is equally enthusiastic. Ph.D. in 1992, he hoped he could use City/State/Zip ______“Professor Jones has made a powerful his doctoral studies to examine the Daytime phone ( ______)______E-mail ______case for saving the values of an America historical and psychological evidence built on self-reliance and self-achieve- for the truth or falsehood of this Please indicate your selections (costs include all sales tax and insured shipping and handling): ment from the ever-present danger of conviction. His dissertation chairman, ❑ A. Mercer Administration Building — $55 No. of items ______@ $55 = ______the elitists, who abound in the though, wanted him to do something ❑ B. Jesse Mercer Plaza — $28 No. of items ______@ $28 = ______Congress, in academia and in the non- more conventional. ❑ C. Mercer Christmas Ornament — $12 No. of items ______@ $12 = ______profit think tanks,” he said. “These elit- “Arguing with your dissertation ❑ D. Tift College Arch — $28 No. of items ______@ $28 = ______ists would govern us with sumptuary chairman is less effective even than ❑ E. Mercer School of Law — $55 No. of items ______@ $55 = ______laws and processes, which will gradual- arguing with the IRS,” Jones said, “so I TOTAL ______ly devour the seed corn of our country. did as I was told. I submitted my Please make checks payable to Mercer University and send to Mercer University, Office of Alumni Services, 1400 Coleman We must be on guard to maintain a dissertation on March 28, 1997, and Avenue, Macon, GA 31207. If paying using credit card, please complete and mail to us the following information: value system based on the individual on March 29, I began the preliminary ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ American Express Card # ______right to achieve and to be left alone.” work for Personal Character and Jones said his ideas for the book National Destiny. This is the Expiration date ______Signature ______began with Economics 101 — a dissertation I really wanted to write.”

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Footprints of The Stetson School of Business ships and respect. four bronze medals. “I can get away Trustees. The organizations and insti- In addition to his work with the One of the ways he has found bal- from the business world faster and tutions he has led have benefited from Leadership entire University, Hatcher has a special ance is snow skiing. His love for “fly- more completely up in the his vision and leadership. While he — Continued from page 1 interest in the School of Business, ing” over the snow developed 35 years mountains.” would easily characterize his terms of which bears his grandfather’s name. ago, just after his son, Robbo, was As 2002 draws to a close, Hatcher leadership as being just a member of December, Hatcher reflects on his time He and his family have financially sup- born. Snow skiing is now a family will step down from some of his vol- the team, he has left definite footsteps as chairman as being one of support. ported the School, funding much of affair, including his two grandchildren, unteer responsibilities, including the of service across Mercer University, “When Kirby Felton, almost 5, and Janie, 3, to chairmanship of Mercer’s Board of Macon and the state. [Godsey] asked whom he brought miniature skis, me to be chair- poles and snow suits to the hospi- man, I told him I tal only hours after each was born. wanted to be the “You know when you’re on most supportive vacation how you still have busi- chairman he ever ness going through your mind,” had,” said he explained. “Well, if you go out Hatcher. “When West and strap two boards on anyone calls up your feet and jump off the side of and says, ‘We a mountain, it is really hard to need you to do For the past two years, Bob Hatcher has hosted a reception at BB&T for worry about the bank. the new Mercer business freshmen. He enjoys having the oppportunity to something,’ then “It is a physical exercise, but it stay connected with Mercer students. I say, ‘Put me in is one that you have to pay coach. Let me see what I can do.’ the renovation of Stetson Hall, and attention to what you are doing,” said That doesn’t leave footprints in the building the School’s endowment. Hatcher, who competes in races down Bob Hatcher, left, and his son, Robbo, have a father-son retreat each year at their home sand, but that’s all about being part of But, Dr. Carl Joiner, dean of Stetson the mountains of Colorado, last year nestled in the mountains of Colorado. Robbo shares his father’s interest at Mercer and serves the team.” School of Business, sees Hatcher’s winning two gold, eleven silver and on Mercer’s Executive Forum steering committee and the Grand Opera House board. However, according to Mercer impact on the School to be much more President R. Kirby Godsey, Hatcher has than financial support. “He deserves University Honors The ceremonies were also high- left many footprints on Mercer’s cam- significant credit for the mission that lighted by the presentations of the puses. “He wants the University to be we have as well as for our efforts to Presented University’s most prestigious all that it can be,” said Godsey. seek further accreditation by AACSB — Continued from page 1 honorary degrees and student and “Nothing seems impossible to Bob. He (American Association of Colleges and faculty awards. has a realistic side to him, but he is Schools of Business),” said the dean. Kay said. “Poetically, that is what your The University presented Kay with always pushing the envelope. His Hatcher also stays connected to the degree declares — a permission to be the honorary Doctor of Literature chairmanship will be remembered students. The past two years, the bank as extraordinary as you used to be, degree; Dr. Robert Setzer, First Baptist for that.” executive invited all new freshmen of before we began to educate you.” Church of Macon pastor, with the hon- Hatcher has been one of the pri- the School of Business to a reception Kay related orary Doctor of mary voices behind the campus and dinner at BB&T. that in his writ- Divinity degree; improvements the University has “The students loved it,” said Joiner. ing career he and Sarah Brown undergone in recent years. During his “They know the stature that he has does not set out Withers, 1952 Sonal Patel, left, and Ken Taft received chairmanship, the University’s physical and the titles he has; yet, he stood to tell stories, Mercer graduate, highest honors for scholastic achievement appearance has continued to be trans- there talking with them and patting he attempts in retired teacher and community involvement. formed on the Macon and Atlanta them on the back. writing to dis- and state Baptist exemplifying excellence in character, campuses with the addition of new “But that’s what makes Bob cover one. He lay leader, with leadership, service to the community buildings and the groundbreaking of Hatcher who he is,” he continued. called it a “sim- the honorary and commitment to spiritual values. A the University Center. “Bob is genuinely interested in people. ple matter of Doctor of double major in communications and “Bob looks at what will build the He really cares about people.” letting imagina- Humanities theater arts and art history, Patel organization, what will contribute to tion chase after Guest speaker Terry Kay degree. served as president of Chi Omega the profitability of the company, what On the Slopes questions of Ken Taft of sorority, a Mercer cheerleader, and will ensure the endeavor long term,” While Hatcher takes on many ‘What if?’” ‘It is perfectly acceptable to Manor received member of Panhellenic Council, the said Godsey. “Having the longer vision responsibilities, he makes sure he bal- “To simplify reclaim your four-year-old the Louie D. Student Government Association and is a characteristic of a significant ances his personal and professional it, consider the mind, the mind that dazzled Newton General the Up ’til Dawn philanthropic organi- leader, and Bob Hatcher is a very sig- life. Family and friends are very impor- child’s exercise Excellence Medal zation benefiting the St. Jude’s nificant leader, not only for Mercer, but tant. Business success never preempts of connecting you with its power of for his scholastic Research Hospital. She was also a vol- for BB&T, for Macon and for Georgia.” personal and professional relation- the dots,” Kay exploration ... that made each achievement, unteer at numerous Macon-area non- said. “Imagi- moment inconceivably vibrant. personal integrity profit organizations, including the nation places and character, American Red Cross, the Georgia Poetically, that is what your the dots where service to the Children’s Home and the Macon they are, think- degree declares — a permis- campus commu- Children’s Hospital. ing connects sion to be as extraordinary as nity and commit- Faculty honors went to business them. I believe you used to be.’ ment to spiritual professor Dr. Harold Jones as the the same is true values. A double recipient of the Vulcan Award for in every enabling pursuit that any of us major in economics and political Teaching Excellence, Dr. Scott Nash as may elect to follow, from science to science, Taft was frequently named to the recipient of the Spencer B. King Jr. art, from civil service to spiritual the Dean’s and President’s lists; was Distinguished Professor Award in the search, and all the in betweens.” inducted into such honor societies as College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Allen Lynch In closing, Kay shared with the Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma as the recipient of the Distinguished capacity crowd at the Coliseum an and Pi Sigma Alpha; and served as an Faculty Award in the School of Busi- original poem he wrote just for orientation assistant, Student ness, Dr. Kevin Barnett as the recipient the occasion — Government Association parlia- of the School of Engineering Teacher of Atlanta Commencement Ceremony — “From books and lectures I have learned, mentarian and chief justice of the the Year Award and Dr. Billy Slaton as Stetson School of Business and Economics Dean Carl Joiner presents the Aprile M. Holland There’s lots and lots to be discerned. student judicial system. the recipient of the Excellence in Outstanding Student Award to David Croft of Atlanta. Croft also received the top award for marketing at the commencement ceremony in May, which featured Peter Yensel, vice president And, yet, my soul has found its wings Sonal Patel of Rome received the Teaching Award in the Tift College and regional director for Davis Advisors, as the speaker. In lofty flights of imaginings.” Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award for of Education.

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 9 MERCER SPECIAL E VENTS A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Man of the Century Judge William A. Bootle Celebrates 100th Birthday

Judge William Augustus “Gus” Bootle, AB ’24, LLB ’25, LLD ’85, whose distinguished career of landmark decisions led to the naming of the federal courthouse in Macon in his honor, was the recipient of a 100th birthday celebration June 28 at the historic Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta. The event was sponsored by the Mercer University President’s Club, whose members gather annually for a weekend event. Judge Griffin B. Bell, LLB ’48, LLD ’67, senior partner with King & Spalding in Atlanta and chairman of the Mercer Advancing the Vision capital campaign, introduced Judge Bootle. Judge Bell said that even though he is 83 years old himself, Judge Bootle still calls him “son.” Judge Bell, in his introduction, said, “I’m not going to say much, because introducing Judge Bootle would almost be a violation of a protocol. They say, if you introduce the President of the United States, you are just supposed to say, ‘Ladies and From left, Judge Griffin B. Bell, Judge Bootle, President gentlemen, the President of the Godsey and Robert L. Steed (not pictured) were presented the first United States.’ Judge Bootle is almost replicas of the Mercer Law School building. in that same category.” Judge Bell called Judge Bootle “a wise man, a wise judge and a great American.” When Judge Bootle was introduced, he made his way to a platform chair, and with assistance was seated and wired for sound. But, he then promptly stood and walked to the podium. As he hooked his cane on the side of the podium and began to speak, those Family members, from left, Gus Bootle Jr., his wife Brenda, Ann Hall and her husband, in attendance gave him a standing ovation. Ellsworth (Buzz) Hall III, stand outside the Fox Theatre in Atlanta with Judge Bootle, Referring to his 1960 ruling that desegregated the center, prior to the celebration. University of Georgia (UGA), Judge Bootle said, “It wasn’t hard to do. It’s never hard to do what’s right.” His ruling led to the admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter on the UGA campus in 1961. “In my office, I have a plaque that says I was a ‘barrier Judge Bootle with a portrait of him in front of the federal courthouse named in his honor. breaker.’ Race should be no barrier to admission to a university. We’ve had a whole century of change. Barriers must be broken and removed,” he said. Judge Bootle addresses the overflow crowd from the Fox Theatre podium. Distinguished Alumnus In June 1998, the federal courthouse in Macon was officially named the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse. The Mercer University Board of Trustees voted to endow a teaching chair, focused on professionalism and ethics in the practice of law, after Judge Bootle. Judge Bootle’s many contributions to the University include serving as a law school professor and then dean from 1933-37. He is a lifetime Mercer Trustee, after serving five terms on the Board. He played a leading role in the decision to locate the Mercer Law School to the building that resembles Independence Hall atop Coleman Hill in Macon.

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher, standing left, and Federal Judge Anthony Alaimo give Judge Bootle best wishes for his birthday.

10 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 MERCER SPECIAL E VENTS MERCER REMEMBERS

One Year Anniversary of September 11, 2001 By Dr. R. Kirby Godsey

ou and I are not defined by the passing of days, lodged deep within us. And while we of the “holy war syndrome” will not justice and the gifts of grace. Justice have now engaged and are likely to bring us hope. We will have to look and grace seem frail words in the face of hours or minutes, or even months or years. remain engaged for years to come in elsewhere if we are to find hope for of crumbling towers and fallen heroes. The truth is that our lives can never quite be this war against terrorism, we should our civilization. But let us learn this lesson — a lesson summed up by the days we live. Moments turn not ourselves fall prey to regarding Let us learn this hard lesson: more to live than to speak. The such actions as our own holy war. The Hatred cannot drive out hatred. courage to pursue justice and the outY to be more important than minutes. In each of our war against terrorism is not a holy Intolerance and prejudice cannot courage to embody grace will give us histories, it is the moments that count — not the minutes. war. The acts of Al-Qaeda light that will never come do not constitute a holy ‘The courage to pursue justice and the courage to from the blazing light of There are moments that are unique mens or the rhetoric of homeland war. A war against Iraq embody grace will give us light that will never come bombs and bullets. The and defining for each of us, some security. I yet remember a sense of would not be a holy war. from the blazing light of bombs and bullets. The relentless pursuit of experience, some encounter, some feeling vulnerable during the Cold War These wars may represent justice and learning to relentless pursuit of justice and learning to live with event that makes an indelible differ- in the 1960s. People were building the best that we can do, live with grace will be the ence. There are moments in your life bomb shelters in their homes. After the best we can muster as grace will be the lamps of light that bring us hope.’ lamps of light that bring which no other individual shares and September 11, there seems no place to a nation. But we would be us hope. which alter forever the contours of run, no safe shelter. mistaken to believe that our ultimate overcome ignorance and hostility. So, Our life together must reach for a your life. Think about it. When certain, In the aftermath and the bewilder- victory will be wrought by our military our day of remembrance will itself wider embrace. Let us remember. God specific events occur, we are never ment of watching towers crumble and might. Wars, at best, represent our become defiled if we use our mourn- is not a Christian. God is not a Muslim. quite the same. These efforts to protect the ing to whip up the fires of national And God is not a Jew. God is above all special moments in your ‘September 11, or 9/11 as we have come to call it, has modest advancements of hostility and revenge. our little gods. God is with us all. God life are sometimes public. become a watermark for America, imprinted indelibly, civilization, but they will Let our day of remembrance be is in us all. God is for us all. The Often they are private. An rarely, if ever, become marked more by silence than by tragedy of human evil is that in our though not always visibly, upon everything that we do. encounter, a marriage, a themselves instruments scorching rhetoric. fear, our human insecurity, we cannot divorce, an automobile This startling moment, this moment in which we for advancing the In truth, the pathway of light and find a way to be present in the world accident, an illness, a all fell silent, has changed our nation forever.’ progress of civilization. the way that breeds human hope is for one another. It will take great fire, an angry word, a Our human hope will close to where you live and near the courage to pursue justice and to broken relationship, an enduring a tragedy that caused us all to weep, lie in other directions. In the final heart of what you study and teach embody grace, ultimately far more friendship without conditions. we recovered among us a sense of analysis, becoming more closed, here. Military power may hold off the courage than to bear weapons. But I There perhaps have been or cer- healthy patriotism, rescuing for a time securing our boundaries will not defeat of civilization’s gains, but mili- believe that it is the only way to tainly there will be moments that that great tradition, wrenching it away bring us hope. At most, these steps tary power alone can never yield civi- become a civilized people. Pursue define your professional lives, a choice from the crazies, the self-appointed can only deter tragedy. Intolerance lization’s promise. justice. Live with grace. It is the only between duty and devotion, a choice militia living in the wilderness, and the and prejudice against other true Human hope will have a chance way to become the people of God and between money and integrity, a choice unbridled right-wingers who were believers who are themselves victims when we hold high the canons of a holy nation. between doing the right thing and what stealing and defiling the notion of will get you by. The people you meet, being a patriot. the cases you argue, the decisions you As we remember this dreadful, make will make their mark on you. defining moment, we should learn that They will alter the steps you take as a we will be tempted to take away the professional. wrong lessons from September 11. But, beyond moments that define This day bears searing, unforgettable our personal lives and our profession- testimony that we have not yet become Mercer President R. Kirby Godsey delivers al lives, there are moments that define fully civilized. At best we are some- his speech on the steps of the Walter F. George School of Law our lives together, our corporate lives, where along the way of becoming civil our lives as citizens of a nation, our people, perhaps only in the infancy of lives as citizens of the world. that long journey. This anguishing We have drawn aside today, event and its twisted wreckage expose September 11, 2002, because we the deep divides and the profound sus- cannot escape the presence of picions that haunt us along our way of September 11, 2001. This day on the trying to become more human. We are calendar will not be the same. This stunned by the hatred and bitterness morning at 8:46, the bells on the main that yields such destructive passion. campus of the University peeled as we Whenever people act hatefully and observed a moment of silence on our cruelly in the name of God or in the campuses joining hands with people name of Allah, it is usually because around our nation. they are acting in inhuman ways. Fear September 11, or 9/11 as we have drives us toward hatred and we claim come to call it, has become a the approval of God in order to damp- watermark for America, imprinted en the guilt that floods in from our indelibly, though not always visibly, own conscience. upon everything that we do. This Coping with our own raw sense of startling moment, this moment in vulnerability, we are tempted to which we all fell silent, has changed become focused on some combination our nation forever. We are unlikely to of “buttoning-up” and revenge. We are ever cross the threshold of this day on naturally inclined to strengthen barri- our calendar without being distracted ers, to build walls, and to secure from the ordinary. boundaries. We find ourselves becom- Clearly, we have become a nation ing a more closed society. Our reac- far more aware of our vulnerability. tions, mine and yours, are born of Before September 11, we would not grief and dismay, born of fear and have been preoccupied with the regi- moral indignation, all of which are

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 11 TIFT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION tift colleg

Fleming Calls on Educators for Leadership By Lindsay Moss

ddressing more than 300 graduates at the Tift campus, Fleming emphasized the “As you teach important role teachers will have in your young College of Education Atlanta Commencement this wake of terror. people the skills Ceremony May 9, former education consult- “You as teachers, must help the they will need to ant and recently-named Executive Vice family and the church to reinforce our earn a living, core values as a nation and to put our you must also PresidentA for Mercer, Horace W. Fleming, called for leadership history in the perspective of the threat nurture in them in the classroom in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. we now face,” said Fleming. “We need a renewed con- to be especially attentive to the pres- fidence about “You must take a leading role in our society, according to every public sures our young people feel now, in the their future, so our response,” said Fleming. “We look opinion survey that has ever been con- aftermath of Sept. 11. If it is hard for that they will More than 300 students received their degrees at Tift College of to you, as teachers, to reaffirm our ducted on the subject of public trust. us, as adults, to adjust, imagine what it live their lives Education’s Atlanta commencement. basic values, in the same way we look To a large extent, how you respond will must be like for our young people. We fully and pro- to reaffirm our faith and the promise of shape how the rest of us will respond. need to speak encouragingly to them ductively in a world that has forever in Middle Grades Education. Scott- our salvation. You are society’s ‘moral We will look to you for leadership.” about their future and about the capac- been changed by the tragedy of Sept. Simmons, a resident of Fayetteville, exemplars.’ Teachers, along with the With standing room only at the ity we still have as a nation to afford 11. We are counting on you.” graduated with a Master of Education clergy, are the most trusted persons in Sheffield Center on Mercer’s Atlanta them a life of ful- Following the degree and is currently a teacher at fillment and a commencement Peeples Elementary in Fayette County. future free of address, Tift Henry, a resident of Lawrenceville, also Mercer University Hosts Atlanta unnatural fear.” College of graduated with a Master of Education Metro Educators’ Conference By Lindsay Moss In his conclu- Education Dean degree. He currently teaches at the sion, Fleming Richard Sietse- Gwinnett Intervention Education Center, The Tift College of Education hosted Joseph Bogozan and Rita Harris, stressed teaching ma awarded an alternative school for at-risk stu- the Metro Atlanta Educator’s Confer- both 2002 graduates of Mercer’s Intec understanding Wynetta Scott- dents in Gwinnett County. ence titled “Sharing Best Classroom class, talked about integrating power- and compassion Simmons with “I’m really honored to have Horace Fleming told the graduates to teach Technology Practices” on Mercer’s point into the classroom. In their pres- for all human understanding and compassion. the Outstanding received this award,” Henry said. “I Atlanta campus. The conference entation, Bogozan explained how his conditions. Student in Early was among so many talented and intel- focused on integrating technology in second graders at Sweet Water “We need your leadership,” Fleming Childhood Education Award and Walt ligent people, that it really is a true classroom activities, procedures and Elementary used Powerpoint to learn told the graduates in his conclusion. W. Henry with the Outstanding Student honor to have been selected.” techniques, and provided teachers the about matter. opportunity to come together and share “It’s important that we get technol- their “best practices” with one another. ogy into the schools because it’s every- Mother, Daughter Share Experience By Lindsay Moss “Things in education are changing where else in the world,” Bogozan and very rapidly,” said Tift College of said. “Powerpoint is an easy program n May 9, Kathy W. Fincher ter’s elementary school, Brooks He graduated from the pharmacy Education Dean Richard Sietsema in for students to use. It’s a way to help and her oldest daughter, Elementary in Fayette County. Wayne school in 1950 and was instrumental in his welcome address. “We have to accumulate their thinking and put it OMichelle A. Williams, Stone, who is now on staff with the beginning phases of the merging of bring technology into the mix.” into a slide show. It makes it fun for shared one of their most meaningful Mercer, was the principal at the time. Mercer and the Southern College of Among the day’s agenda included them because they can see the differ- mother-daughter experiences. Both of “By the end of my first year working Pharmacy. His involvement made classes titled “Technology & Teaching: ent aspects of a computer such as the them graduated from Mercer’s Tift at Brooks, Dr. Stone was trying to con- Mercer the top choice. How does Technology Fit into my font and colors.” College of Education with a bachelor vince me to return to school,” Fincher With their days as students over, Curriculum,” “Powerpoint Slides — According to Bruce Sliger, associate of science in education degree. While said. “I tried every excuse possible — both are excited about teach- How to put the zing and pow without professor in the Tift College of Educa- many parents look forward ing.Williams is a fourth the sugar and fat and hours of prep tion, the main goal of the conference to the occasional call home grade teacher at Willis Road time into Powerpoint shows,” was to provide a forum so that class- from their children in Elementary, a brand new “Curricular Web Pages for Teachers” room teachers can come together and college, Fincher was able to school in Sharpsburg. and “The Trials and Tribulations of share their best classroom practices. be a part of her daughter’s Fincher will be teaching Integrating Technology,” to name a few. “If these teachers can walk away college experience. first grade at Sara Harp “I’m learning that it’s not as diffi- with one or two ideas that they can use “The best thing about Minter in Fayette County. cult as I thought to create technology in their classroom, then this confer- going to school with my “I knew I wanted fourth practices for the classroom,” said ence has been a success because tech- daughter was being able to grade because I feel that it Sunny Williams, who teaches at nology will be more effective and help share this time in her life,” is the perfect age group,” Merdock Elementary in Cobb County. children learn,” Sliger said. Fincher said. “We studied Williams said. “The children Both mother, Kathy W. Fincher, left, and daughter Michelle A. together and pulled each Williams, feel going to college together was a wonderful experience. are still ‘children,’ but are Mercerians’ organ or tissue donation. other through the hard gaining more and more A program initiated by the times. You just can’t replace time telling him I was nearly 40 and would independence.” Unselfish Acts Department of Community Medicine, spent with your children.” be 44 by the time I graduated. His reply Even as Williams and Fincher begin — Continued from page 2 Mercer School of Medicine, is concen- For Williams, going to school with was ‘You will be 44 anyway, so why not their teaching profession, they will trating on ways to promote organ dona- her mother was a wonderful and have your own classroom.’” remember their shared experience as a wonderful experience, and I firmly tion in Georgia. Funded by the Carlos memorable experience. For Fincher and Williams the deci- students at Mercer, and especially believe that prayer and faith in God and Marguerite Mason Trust, the pro- “I really liked going to school with sion to choose Mercer was an easy remember the night they graduated brought us all through.” gram helps physicians discuss organ my mom — it is something not many one. Not only was the Griffin Center a together. The United Network for Organ donation with their patients, advising people can say they did,” Williams convenient location for the Fayette “Graduating with my daughter was Sharing reports that more than 80,000 them of the need for organ donations, said. “The best part was carpooling County residents, but both women were great,” Fincher said. “She was my Americans are on the national waiting and how they can reduce the chances together. We are both so busy that the encouraged to go to Mercer by people moral support. She kept me going list for organ transplants. of needing a transplant in the future. car rides were our times to catch up they worked with. Fincher also had a when I just wanted to quit.” While the majority of transplants For Hodges and Stich, there are on things.” close family connection. Her uncle, Williams added, “If I had the use cadaver organs, living donors can no regrets. “I feel that I saved her While Williams started college right William W. Brewer, attended Southern chance to do it all over again, I would. provide blood, bone marrow, kidney, life,” said Hodges. Stich concurs, “I out of high school, the decision for College of Pharmacy before it joined I enjoyed going to school with my liver, lung and pancreas. There is no think it’s a great thing to do for Fincher to go back to school occurred with Mercer University and became the mom. It was an experience we were cost to the donor’s family or estate for another person.” while working at her youngest daugh- Southern School of Pharmacy in 1959. able to share together.”

12 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 e of education news

‘Holistic’ Program Focuses on Classroom Diversity By Sonal Patel

Mercer introduces a new maximize their teaching skills by classrooms as teachers. classrooms are dissected, and even studying diverse groups of students. “Class structures are changing, and children with different personal teacher education program “This program is the first truly more classrooms now hold diverse backgrounds are considered,” designed to prepare educators integrated program of its kind in the groups,” said student Kristina Sapp of Lockhart said. “We will produce to better meet the diverse state,” said Associate Professor Cochran. “It is, therefore, important to teachers that can deal with today’s Margaret Morris. “Most teachers in be able to include children that children in every imaginable venue.” needs found in today’s regular education classrooms don’t struggle with English.” As the program evolves, The classrooms. have the skills to handle children with Students in Mercer’s program even Holistic Child professors aim to special needs, such as behavioral have the option to take summer continue a focus on how to teach the rospective teachers at Mercer disorders, learning disabilities and classes and receive an endorsement various types of children entering University can now learn how mental or physical disabilities. We are on their certification that enables them mainstream classrooms. Each course P to understand the various offering a program of Early Childhood to instruct children who use English as involves a small group of students types of children they will encounter in Education and Interrelated Special a second language. The English to and works well because of peer today’s classrooms. With the Tift Education to enable teachers to reach Speakers of Other Languages program support and the program’s unique Associate Professor Margaret Morris College of Education’s newest every type of child.” heads the Holistic Child program at Mercer. provides strategies for teachers to vision and process. program, The Holistic Child, future Mercer students enter the new effectively work with non-native “I like that I will be able to meet educators have the opportunity to program as freshmen and follow a four-year track of classes and field speakers of English in the regular all of my students’ needs and give each experiences. Every class is team-taught classroom. one my personalized attention,” said by Morris, for student Jessica Early Childhood ‘Most teachers in regular education classrooms don’t have the Harrell of Education, and skills to handle children with special needs.... We are offering a Thomasville. Assistant Pro- program ... to enable teachers to reach every type of child.’ “With this fessor Calandra program, I know Lockhart, for Special Education. “With The Holistic Child, the whole that I will be ready to give more to This approach provides a unique child is looked at, inclusive each child in my classroom.” combination of instruction that allows students to become certified in two fields. “Having a program with dual- certification is definitely appealing,” said Julie Gerbert of Warner Robins, Students in the new program receive instruction in Early Childhood Education from Associate one of the 12 students in The Holistic Professor Margaret Morris, standing. Child program. “By knowing more about special education, we will be more marketable as teachers.” Coweta Schools and Mercer Other types of special needs of children are also addressed in Develop Partnership By Lindsay Moss program courses. Spanish classes are required of students in order to assist oweta County high school juniors and seniors who are interested with some of the language barriers Assistant Professor Calandra Lockhart, far right, and Holistic Child students discuss the role students interested in in becoming teachers and meet specif- they may later encounter in their of Special Education in mainstream classrooms. C becoming teachers can gain ic requirements, spend the first period a head start on their college course of their school day at a local elemen- Seniors Continue Lifelong Learning at Mercer By Lindsay Moss requirements, thanks to a new part- tary school. Under the mentoring of a nership agreement between the teacher, a student assists in the class- Mercer University turns students “Dusty” Miller, a retired naval officer homework and most of the classes do Coweta County Public School System room and interacts with the young into lifelong learners. At Mercer’s and lawyer from Atlanta who became a not use textbooks. and Mercer University. pupils throughout the academic year. Senior University on the Atlanta member of Senior University in 1990. “We have had some great classes On May 2, public school and uni- “Education students who attend campus, seniors and retirees can Miller’s wife, Jane, CLA ’45, joined the such as French History, the History of versity officials signed an agreement Mercer will certainly benefit from this, tackle such subjects as Personal program shortly after it was founded in French Art, Political Philosophy, Native that Mercer will waive the required as will Mercer, because of the high Money Management, 1979, and caused her American Culture and Geography,” education course Fieldwork I for stu- quality of students who will be drawn Colorful Georgia ‘It is a great husband, also a said Miller, who has also taught dents who successfully complete the to our program,” said Penny Smith, Political Figures, Art former Mercer stu- classes at Senior University on Foreign organization and it is Introduction to Teaching/Teachers’ Ph.D., associate professor and site and Thought of the dent, to join when he and Military Policy. “We get a great Apprenticeship Program in one of chair of Extended Teacher Education Middle Ages, Chinese directed towards a retired in 1990. “It is a deal of social interaction. There’s a Coweta County’s three high schools. for Mercer’s School of Education. Life and Astronomy. more intellectual and great organization and great deal of diversity in political ideas Through the program, high school “However, what is most important is With a variety of education level than it is directed towards a and religious ideas which contributes the University’s courses to choose more intellectual and to great discussions.” commitment this from, Senior University many senior educational level Senior University, which has more agreement repre- keeps its students up- programs.’ than many senior than 300 members, meets quarterly on sents to the local to-date with world programs.” Wednesday and Friday mornings from school system. affairs, as well as teaching them new A large curriculum committee, 9:30 a.m. to noon. During the summer Developing collab- and wonderful things. Other classes which is chosen by peers, meets session, classes meet only one day a orative programs offered include Genealogy, U.S. Foreign frequently to decide on the courses week. Tuition is $125 for a single and such as this one Policy, Selected Plays of Shakespeare offered. Professors for the Senior $200 for married couples. For more strengthens both and Classical and Theatrical Music, as University classes are all volunteers. information on how to become a educational institu- well as a variety of history, religion and Some are Mercer alumni, as well as member of Senior University or if you On hand at the partnership signing were, standing left to right, Dr. tions and enables philosophy classes. professors from several of Mercer’s are a retired educator who would like Penny L. Smith, Susan Mullins and Andrea Chavez; seated them to enhance “Senior University provides intellec- departments. The classes are non- to volunteer to teach a course, call the left to right, Carolyn Garvin, Tift College of Education Dean Richard Sietsema and Dr. Peggy Connell, Coweta County offerings to their tual stimulation that is not really avail- credit courses and are designed to community programs office at (678) School Superintendent. students.” able for senior adults,” said William create discussion. They do not require 986-6109.

THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 13 FROM MERCER UNIVERSITY PRESS

‘Gone With the Wind’ Books Among Top 20 By Lindsay Moss

ith Mercer University Press (MUP) intrigued. It’s a picture book and easy The book, published in 1999, is a true the Southeastern United States, from to look at, and I think people were story of Anjette Lyles, a glamorous, Virginia to Kentucky. located in the heart of the South, it’s intrigued to learn things charismatic restaurant owner in 1950s “I think, for many readers, the no surprise two books about the about the movie, like it Macon who was book answers old questions and was filmed in California, indicted for murder- brings closure to long-standing family Southern classic, Gone With The even though the movie ing two husbands, a and regional disputes over origins,” Wind,W made it on the MUP’s top 20 all-time best seller list. was set in the South. mother-in-law and her Kennedy said. “Most of us want to Many people don’t nine-year-old daughter know who we are and from where we Herb Bridges’ books, The Filming because it had all the elements that know that.” over a six-year period. came. It’s a basic human need, and in of Gone With the Wind and Gone made a great story at that time: a The Filming of “The popularity of 19th-century America, our ethnicity With The Wind: The Three-day beautiful love story, a war, reconstruc- Gone With the Wind the book is mainly due was, in effect, mandated for us. That Premiere in Atlanta, are number tion, death, a love triangle and a mur- was first published in to people in Middle was a great human tragedy and a loss, seven and number 13, respectively, all- der. He added he has been able to 1984 and is a photo- Georgia because it I think, for our country. One can be a time best sellers for the Press. capitalize off the name. graphic essay complete touched a chord for a patriotic Turkish-American or African- Bridges credits Gone With the “People are so fascinated by the with nearly 1,000 black-and-white lot of people, and they remember the American just as easily as one can be a Wind for the popularity of his books, film, Gone With The Wind,” Bridges photographs covering day-to-day activ- time and that case,” White said. “It patriotic Irish-American. A number of saying everyone read Gone With the said. “So, when I did the book about ities of the classic film’s making. Gone was a notorious case, readers have told me that they felt Wind when it came out in 1936 the filming of the movie, people were With the Wind: The Three Day and parents used more American after Premiere in Atlanta is also a photo- Anjette Lyles instead of reading the book, Mercer University Press Top 20 Best-Sellers graphic essay that reveals the three-day the boogie man to get which is gratifying.” 1979-2002 event from every perspective, including their kids to behave.” Kennedy was sur- who attended the event and what they White hopes read- prised by the success of 1. Mercer Dictionary of the Bible ...... 28,580 wore. It was published in 1999. ers walk away with a his book, which came Watson E. Mills, General Editor “The premiere book is fun because piece of history after behind the all-time best 2. The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People ...... 21,470 sometimes you find someone who reading her book. seller, Mercer By N. Brent Kennedy really attended the premiere,” Bridges “Aside from giving Dictionary of the

3. The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama ...... 9,884 said. “A lot of people claim their them an accurate Bible, which has sold By Margaret Anne Barnes mothers or grandmothers attended the story, I hope the book 28,580 copies. premiere, and sometimes someone is is able to reveal the town of Macon as “I never expected the book to do 4. Biblical Ethics ...... 9,390 By T.B. Maston able to find their relative’s it was in the 1950s.” so well, but timing is everything, and I name on the list that is Also offering read- suspect that the world is more open to 5. Money, Power, and Sex: A Self-Help Guide for All Ages ...... 9,241 in the book and then ers a bit of history is discussion of race and ethnicity and By Robert L. Steed they can see what they the number two all- human kinship than it was, say, 30 6. Lucid Intervals ...... 8,510 wore. It’s intriguing time best seller, The years ago,” Kennedy said. “Of course, By Robert L. Steed and fun.” Melungeons: The I’m grateful that MUP took a chance 7. The Filming of Gone With the Wind ...... 6,089 Another all-time Resurrection of a on a first-time author with a contro- By Herb Bridges MUP bestseller set in Proud People, by N. versial story to tell. But I believe the 8. Mercer Commentary on the Bible ...... 5,646 the South is Jaclyn Brent Kennedy. In the Mercer editors also saw the relevance Watson E. Mills and Richard F. Wilson, Editors White’s Whisper to the book, published in of the Melungeon odyssey to so many 9. Whisper to the Black Candle: Black Candle: 1994, Kennedy offers a of the issues our society is dealing with Voodoo, Murder, & the Case of Anjette Lyles ...... 4,763 Voodoo, Murder, and look into the origins today. For that, I am deeply grateful.” By Jaclyn Weldon White the Case of Anjette Lyles. In fact, and identity of the Melungeon people, For more information about these 10. Biblical Ethics ...... 4,513 Whisper to the Black Candle is set in a small and hitherto obscure group of books or any books on the top 20 best By T.B. Maston the Press’s hometown of Macon and is swarthy white Protestants living on the seller list, visit www.mupress.org or

11. Ante Pacem: Archaeological Evidence the number nine all-time best seller. Cumberland Plateau in remote parts of call (478)301-2880. of Church Life Before Constantine ...... 4,012 By Graydon F. Snyder By Sonal Patel 12. The Color of God: The Concept of God Brown Honored at Authors Luncheon In Afro-American Thought ...... 3,579 By Major J. Jones he Watson-Brown ing MUP a competitive front-runner in ing it the success that it is today.”

13. Gone With the Wind: The Three-Day Premiere in Atlanta ...... 3,542 Foundation, along with its academic publishing. “He has led, and In 2000, The Watson-Brown By Herb Bridges T chairman Tom Watson has been the strength of, the Press Foundation, at the recommendation of Brown, was hon- Brown, made a gift of $2 million to 14. Introducing the Holy Land ...... 3,448 By Max Miller ored for its sus- MUP for its endowment, which com- taining support of pleted the Press’ capital campaign goal. 15. Fat, Dumb, and Happy Down in Georgia ...... 3,384 Mercer University The Atlanta event, which benefits By Bill Boyd Press (MUP) at its MUP, opened with a reception and 16. Introduction to Sahidic Coptic ...... 3,384 13th annual book signings by 14 national and By Thomas O. Lambdin Authors Luncheon regional authors, including best selling 17. The Stem of Jesse: on Nov. 16. With writers Carol Higgins Clark and James The Costs of Community at a 1960s Southern School ...... 3,068 more than 300 in Grippando. Authors Jeanne Braselton, By Will Campbell attendance, Mercer Arnold M. Ludwig and Frank T. Hollon 18. Zell: The Governor Who Gave Georgia HOPE ...... 3,064 unveiled a portrait joined Clark and Grippando as fea- By Richard Hyatt of Brown, commis- tured speakers. Other authors signing 19. Carl Sanders: Spokesman of the New South ...... 2,929 sioned by the In honor of his support of Mercer University Press, Tom Watson- books at the event included Ann Uhry Brown was presented with a portrait at the Nov. 16 Author’s Luncheon. By James F. Cook University, to com- Abrams, Judy Allison, Amelia James, 20. The Crucifixion of the Jews: The Failure of Christians memorate the occasion. Board,” said Mercer President R. R. Alan Culpepper, Milton M. Ferrell to Understand the Jewish Experience ...... 2,877 As chairman of the Mercer Kirby Godsey. “We appreciate his Jr., Tammy H. Galloway, William C. By Franklin H. Littell University Press Board of Directors, financial commitment to the Press, Harris Jr., Kathryn W. Kemp and Brown has greatly contributed to mak- and his distinctive leadership in mak- Jaclyn W. White.

14 THE M ERCERIAN / FALL 2002 MERCER ATHLETICS UPDATE

Mitchell’s Hoop Dreams Shift to Coaching By Lindsay Moss

Mercer’s all-time leading scorer ends a successful While his days in the NBA have camp, Mitchell playing career to join the coaching ranks. given Mitchell great friends, a success- made the team. ful career and a greater quality of life, The only NBA Mitchell, who has homes in Peachtree player to come out am Mitchell is living beyond his wildest dreams. City and Minneapolis, Minn., will never of Mercer, Mitchell forget the hard work it took still holds several Even when he became Mercer’s all-time leading to get there. basketball records, scorer in 1985, a record he still holds today, Out of college, the including all time 6’7” forward was leading scorer with Mitchell could not have imagined a long and selected in the third 1,986 points and round of the 1985 NBA most points scored Ssuccessful career with the Minnesota Timberwolves in draft by the Houston Rockets in a season with National Basketball Association (NBA). His dreams have been but was the last man cut before 774 points. While the season opened. Mitchell then at Mercer, Mitchell fulfilled by a 13-year NBA career and now an opportunity to played in the Continental led the Bears to serve as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks. Basketball Association for two two TAAC champi- years, leading the Rapid City onships and two “Sam has a great respect for the and many career highlights, Thrillers to a CBA title in 1987. NCAA tournament game and what it’s about,” said there is one game that stands Later that year, Mitchell headed to appearances. In Milwaukee head coach George Karl. out in Mitchell’s mind — France for two years, where he 1985 he was “His team-first mentality and his peo- a double overtime win played in a French league and named to the All- ple skills make him an asset not only against Philadelphia in emerged as the third leading TAAC basketball Before going on to play pro ball, Sam Mitchell became Mercer’s all-time leading scorer — a record he still holds. to our players, but to the entire organ- which he had a steal to scorer in the league. team and received ization. I think everyone will benefit by clinch the victory. It Never losing the TAAC Most having Sam around, and I look for- was the first home win sight of his Valuable Player Award. “Of course Mercer is special to ward to working with him.” for the Timberwolves. ultimate Mitchell laughs about one of me,” Mitchell said. “Just the idea of Mitchell, the most successful ath- “I had been out with the many reasons he chose knowing I met my wife there makes it lete to come out of Mercer, attributes an injury for two Mercer University – something special. Mercer is a close knit school. luck, hard work and his wife, Anita, weeks,” Mitchell said. called “Wonderful Wednesdays.” I not only met my mate for the rest of for his longevity in the NBA. Luck, he “I was put in the “Mercer had what they called my life, but I met some of my best says, of avoiding injuries and staying game the last few ‘Wonderful Wednesdays’ where there friends there.” healthy, and the hard work of keeping minutes and had a goal, Mitchell says he were no classes on And while the les- in shape. He credits his wife, who he couple of steals. applied the lessons he that day,” Mitchell sons from Coach Bill met in a first-aid class at Mercer, for The fact that I learned while at Mercer said. “When you start Bibb guided him ‘Everyone gets giving him continuous support and was injured and to get to the NBA. college, you don’t through his career, encouragement. had not “Coach Bibb used realize that it is seri- knocked down, but Mitchell says the things “I am lucky to have a wife who has been play- to tell us, ‘Life’s not fair, ous business and very the question is do you he learned as a student, allowed me to follow my dream and ing but you’ve got to work hard demanding, so I get up? You only fail helped him in life. encouraged me to try,” Mitchell said. was able to to make your dreams thought no classes on “You have to learn “If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have go in and come true,’” Mitchell Wednesday sounded when you stop trying. what is important and made it. She basically kicked me out make a said. “He would tell us, great. Little I did As long as you’re make choices,” and made me go. She just laid down ‘Everyone gets knocked know — they were trying, you’re Mitchell said. “Mercer the law. She believed I could do it and down, but the question is not as wonderful as I helps you do that.” always winning.’ didn’t want people to talk about the do you get up? You only fail thought they would The future will ‘what could’ve been of Sam Mitchell.’ when you stop trying. As long as be. They should have undoubtedly hold Because she believed in me, I began to you’re trying, you’re always win- named them ‘Work many decisions for believe in myself.” ning.’ I live by those words.” Wednesdays’ because that’s the day Mitchell to make, but for now, he is His NBA career began in 1989 In 1989, Mitchell finally got the call you caught up on all your school still living his dream. with the Minnesota Timberwolves. he had always dreamed of. Bill work. The school work at Mercer was “I’m looking forward to taking on He was traded in 1992 to Musselman, for whom Mitchell had very demanding.” the challenge of a new career,” Indiana, but re-signed with played in Rapid City, was named the For Mitchell, Mercer will always Mitchell said. “In this position, I Minnesota in 1995. He has head coach of the newly franchised hold a special place in his heart. After couldn’t ask for anything more than a appeared in 56 career NBA Playoff Minnesota Timberwolves. Musselman all, it is where he met his wife. He and chance to work with a great organiza- games, averaging 4.6 points per game difference asked Mitchell to try out. After enduring Anita have four daughters – Morganne, tion and learn from one of the league’s and 2.3 rebounds per game. He with a steal is two free-agent camps and a veterans’ Mia and twins Regan and Raina. most successful coaches.” played his 900th career game against memorable. It’s the little things like Miami in March 2001, following his that, that make a difference.” 1,000th assist in January of that same Most of all, though, what comes to Mercer Athletes, Excellent Students By Richard Cameron year. In February 2000, he scored his mind when Mitchell is thinking about 8,000th career point against the his time in the NBA, are the friend- tudent-athletes at Mercer not Lowrie and Andrea Shipley, women’s Paschke, cheerleader. Denver Nuggets. He recorded his ships he has made. Some of his closest only compete at a top level on volleyball; Elizabeth Bolton, women’s During their playing seasons for 200th career blocked shot against the friends include Reggie Miller and Dale S the playing field but also suc- tennis; Christy Cantrell, Samantha the spring semester, 42 of Mercer’s Dallas Mavericks in December 1995 Davis of the Indiana Pacers, and Todd cessfully compete in the classroom. Daniel, Kristin Levesque, Karolina athletes were All-Academic. The cumu- and scored a career-high 37 points Murphy of the Timberwolves. Mercer’s student-athletes finished Revay, women’s soccer; Angela lative grade-point-average for athletes against the Philadelphia 76ers in “When you are with guys seven to runner-up to top-ranked Belmont for Coleman, Leanna Dailey, Amanda for spring semester was 3.057 and — February 1991, averaging a career eight months out of the year and you the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Whatley, women’s cross country; for the entire academic year — best 14.6 points per game during that are all working hard to achieve the Trophy for the 2001-02 academic year. Will Emerson, men’s basketball; was 3.047. 1990-91 season. same goal, you do become friends For spring semester 2002, 18 stu- Michael Beatie, men’s cross country; Mercer has twice previously — Looking back over his career, with them,” Mitchell said. “They all dent-athletes posted a 4.0 grade-point- Oskar Modin, Jonathan Riley, Neil in 1992-93 and 1993-94 — won the which includes thousands of games have a place in my mind and heart.” average. They included: Bethany Zarac, men’s soccer; and Carla conference All Academic trophy.

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MERCER ALUMNI N EWS

1942 A scholarship fund has been estab- lished in the DeKalb County School By-Gone Days — System in honor of Wilma Sowell This photograph, submitted by Mercer Cravey, AB, who had served as the Trustee Dr. James H. Hall III, was taken first library supervisor. She resides in at Mercer sometime during the time of Atlanta. James H. “Red” Hall II, who is the first student on the right on the front row. Now 1945 deceased, Red Hall graduated from the Henry A. Buchanan, AB, has College of Liberal Arts in 1929. His son published 17 books, on matters such found the photograph and would like your as Southern humor, theology, love and assistance in helping to identify the group marriage. and the occasion. If you have information about this photograph, contact Raleigh 1948 Mann in the Mercer Alumni Office at Augustus M. Parker, AB, M.Ed., (478) 301-2715. was installed as president of the National Exchange Club at the 84th National Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. He resides in Macon.

1954 1957 1960 1962 zine named him one of the top spe- Lamar Willis, AB, commemorated Charles C. Poteet Jr., AB, has John J. Hurt III, AB, published Dr. Charles D. Williams, AB, of cialists in breast cancer in the country 50 years in the music ministry in May. retired as a State Farm Insurance Louis XIV and the Parlements: the Tallahassee, Fla., has recently been in the October 2001 issue. He and his wife of 45 years, Twila Company agent after 42 years of serv- Assertion of Royal Authority and named to the Board of Chancellors for Fleming, have four children and seven ice. He resides in Norcross. teaches history at the University of the American College of Radiology and 1963 grandchildren and reside in Athens. Delaware. chairman of the Commission on Betty J. Phillips, AB, has had a 1959 Human Resources for the College. A scholarship established in her honor 1956 Nancy Stone Little, AB, has 1961 dinner was held in the spring in his with an anonymous $15,000 endow- Rev. Stephen Krysalka, AB, and retired from the Fairfax County Public Bob L. Gordy, AB, works as a honor in Birmingham, Ala., by the ment to the Georgia Association of his wife, Juanita, celebrated their 60th Library, Va. She now resides in journalist and writes short stories. He American Society of Radiologic Professional Educators. Phillips works wedding anniversary on July 12. Lancaster, Ky. resides in Louisville. Technology. He was also given the for the Bibb County Board of Krysalka is the pastor of Smyrna Gold Medal from the Florida Education in Macon. Baptist Church in Deepstep. Radiological Society. Redbook maga-

M ARRIAGES & B IRTHS

1952 1984 1989 birth of their daughter, Annaliese in Brunswick. Anne Mintz Garner married Anne Marie Ernst Stack, BS, Kathryn O’Briant Roper, BA, Elizabeth, on June 18. The family Julie Carney Hall, BA, and her Dr. William B. Trimble, ’51, on and her husband, Donald, have and her husband, Tracy, announce resides in Warner Robins where husband, Andy, announce the birth of April 11. The couple resides in adopted two daughters from the birth of their fourth child, Jaynie Jackson is a Spanish teacher for their son, Patrick Thomas, on March Rockmart. Guatemala, Caralynn Graciela Claire, on Feb. 22. The family resides Northside High School. 28. Hall is a speech-language pathol- (Carrie) and Anna Katerine (Anna in Meridian, Miss. Jeanne Hanley Matey, BA, and ogist for Chatham County Schools. 1975 Kate). They join brothers, Corey and her husband, Steve, announce the The family resides in Apex, N.C. Bradford R. Pierce, BA, mar- Caleb. The family resides in 1990 birth of their first child, Elissa Marie, Daundria S. Phillips, BA, mar- ried Laura Lark Ledbetter on May 25. Savannah. S. Dean Asher, BA, announces on April 16. The family lives in ried Thomas Arthur Phillips Jr. on Feb. The couple resides in Albany where the birth of his child, Reese Lee, on Alpharetta. 23. The couple resides in Lawrence- Pierce is an assistant district attorney. 1987 Feb. 11. The family resides in Katherine Brown McDonald, ville where Phillips is a teacher. John W. Geiger, BBA, and his Orlando, Fla. BA, and her husband, Raymond A. Jennifer Anneke Sherwood, 1976 wife, Mia Brown Geiger, BA ’89, Charles W. Davis, BBA, McDonald, BSE ’92, announce the BS, married Steve Bragg in August. O. Frank Whiten Jr., BA, and announce the adoption of their announces the birth of his daughter, birth of their son, Walker Alexander, Sherwood earned her degree from his wife, Carrie, announce the birth daughter, Madeline, in February. Alexis Nicole, on Jan. 29, 2001. on Dec. 22, 2001. He joins a brother, the Medial College of Georgia in of their daughter, Macie Nicole, on The family resides in Perry, where Sonia Butts Vick, BBA, and her Barrett Gray. The family resides in 1997 and now works as a dentist in May 17. She joins sisters, Erica and John is an attorney with Geiger and husband, Kevin, announce the birth Savannah. Cumming. The couple live in Atlanta. Callie. The family resides in Geiger, PC. of their daughters, Anna Elizabeth Dr. Ricardo Vargas, BS, and his Kingwood, Texas. Marylynn Landers Reynolds, and Mollie Catherine, on Nov. 8, wife, Julie, announce the birth of 1994 BA, and her husband, Jeffrey, 2001. The family resides in their second daughter, Elena Vargas, Susan Lawton Copeland, BBA, 1977 announce the birth of their son, Thomasville. on March 23. Vargas was voted married Allen Hodges on May 11. Mitchell Beene, BA, married Joshua Glenn, on Feb. 12, 2001. Physician of the Year at Montgomery The couple resides in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Robyn Gray, BA ’80. The couple Marian L. Savige, BA, married 1991 Memorial Hospital where he works Sharon Flagg Dailey, BA, and resides in Chattanooga, Tenn., where Glenn Shrum on May 16. The couple Ralph Gehrig Austin Jr., BSE, as a family physician. The family her husband, Charlie, announce the Mitchell is an agency owner with resides in Baltimore, Md., where she and his wife, Rosemary, announce the resides in West End, N.C. birth of their son, Preston Brady Allstate Insurance, as well as a regis- is an arts administrator at the birth of their son, Harley James, on Dailey, on April 12. Preston joins his tered representative with Allstate Maryland Institute College of Art. Nov. 10, 2001. He joins a sister, 1993 brothers John-Scott and Will. The Financial Services, LLC. Robyn is a Kathryn Rose. The family resides in Jennifer High Barfield, BA, and family resides in Tallahassee, Fla. flight attendant with Delta Airlines. 1988 Wilmington, N.C., where Austin is the her husband, Ron, announce the Will Higginson, BBA, and his Lisa Shadburn Lemon, BA, and senior mechanical engineer for birth of their son, Carter Reid, on wife, Delisa Allen Higginson, BA 1979 her husband, Ron, announce the Carolina Power and Light. June 16. Barfield works in University ’96, announce the birth of their Joan Wilson, BS, married birth of their daughter, Sarah Advancement for Mercer University daughter, Sarah Anne, on June 20, Morton Silberman on June 14. The Elizabeth, on Feb. 16. She joins a 1992 and the family resides in Perry. 2001. She joins a sister, Hannah couple resides in Erie, Colo. brother, Matthew. The family resides Renet Lucas Jackson, BA, and Dana Payne Fairman, BA, Elizabeth. The family resides in in Macon. her husband, Dan, announce the and her husband, Michael, reside Waycross.

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Bench by Governor Barnes. She as director of external affairs. He and resides in Dalton. his wife, Melanie, have two children Jones’ ‘Grand’ Mercer Connections Continues to Grow and live in Lawrenceville. For ’52 Mercer graduates The Rev. Grover Jones and his wife, Ethelene, Mercer University is not only a place 1982 where they had many fond memories, but it is also where their family is making memories. This past May, the Jones’ Jeffrey Ray Martin, BBA, is cur- 1988 granddaughter, Elizabeth Berenguer, already a ’99 Mercer graduate, earned her law degree from Mercer. This year, rently attending Asbury Theological Barbara Williams Boyer, BA, is their granddaughter, Christina Marie Berenguer, is in her second year at Mercer’s School of Medicine. Meanwhile, Seminary, enrolled in the master of the head librarian at Nansemond- granddaughter Paula Berenguer is in her sophomore year in Mercer’s School of Engineering.“We appreciate the divinity program. He and his family Suffolk Academy, as well as an adjunct contribution Mercer University continues to make in the education of our family members,” Ethelene Jones said. reside in Lawrenceville. professor at Old Dominion University. Grover is retired from the ministry, and Ethelene is retired from teaching. They now live in Epworth. She also serves as library chair for the If you have a family member currently enrolled at Mercer, let us know about your “legacies.” Call or e-mail Jennifer 1985 Virginia Association of Independent Thompson in the Office of Alumni Services at (478) 301-2189, [email protected], and add your name to the Jennifer Thomas Lindsay, BA, Schools. She and her husband, “Chip Off the Old Block” list. has been promoted to supervisor of Timothy, reside in Hampton, Va., with the foster care unit of Marshall County their two children. Department of Human Resources in Frederick B. Gates, BBA, com- 1964 variety of posts at Flagler, holding sev- sored by Laxdale, Ltd., a drug company Guntersville, Ala. She and her hus- pleted his Ph.D. in history at the Judy Bass Hollow, AB, was elect- eral positions concurrently. He was in Scotland, to be done in partnership band, Shelby, have two children, University of Georgia in August 2001. ed to a second term as finance direc- initially hired in 1971 as director of with Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Patrick and Katie. He is an assistant professor at tor of Delta Delta Delta Fraternity at admissions. He later served as director Jones is the director of Emory Univer- Southwestern Oklahoma State the 50th Biennial Convention. She of admissions and college relations, sity’s Center of Excellence for treatment 1986 University in Weatherford, Okla. resides in Knoxville, Tenn. director of admissions and enrollment and research for Huntington’s Disease. Paul M. Midkiff, BA, has been J. Marco Hunsberger, AB, serves planning and dean of admissions and She is in private practice in Atlanta. named high school principal of Mount 1989 as the campus minister at Lycoming assistant to the president, among other de Sales Academy in Macon. Debby Goodner Farias, BA, College in Williamsport, Pa. In April, titles before being named vice presi- 1975 Joseph B. Testa, MBA, passed the earned a master’s degree in varying he received the Makisu Award, given dent for academic affairs in 1989. Kathleen Hartman, BA, is the Louisiana Notary Exam and works as exceptionalities from the University of by the student body to the faculty or assistant dean for admissions and the vice president/manager of examin- South Florida in May. She is an ESE staff member who exhibits extraordi- 1966 financial aid at Vermont Law School. ers for Hibernia National Bank in New Specialist for Pinellas County Schools nary service to students. Amelia Adams, AB, is finishing She and her husband, Lew Hartman, Orleans, La. He is also the Tae Kwon and resides in Largo, Fla. her 30th year teaching English at BA ’75, reside in Randolph, Vt., where Do state champion in form, sparring 1965 Monroe Area High School. he is a free-lance artist. and weapons. 1990 William T. Abare, BS, M.Ed. ’80, Timothy D. Phillips, BS, received has been named president of Flagler 1974 1980 1987 his M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education College, a private college in St. Randi Whitsel Jones, BA, Cindy Morris, BA, JD ’84, has Joe Allen, BA, (CAS) has joined from Mercer University in the spring Augustine, Fla. Abare has served in a announces a new drug study spon- been appointed to the Superior Court the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce of 2000.

M ARRIAGES & B IRTHS

Mandy Horne, BA, married J. Laura Sowers Dufford, BA, and birth of their son, Brayden Thomas, works as a physical therapist, and the 2001. The couple resides in Kendall Eley on June 9, 2001. The her husband, Wayne, announce the on April 17. The family resides in family resides in Pooler. Tampa, Fla. couple resides in Milledgeville, where birth of their second son, Troy Augusta. she teaches kindergarten at John Samuel, on June 19. He joins a Kimberly Marshall Emener, 1998 2000 Milledge Academy. brother, Ethan Grant. The family BBA, and her husband, Scott David H. Abney II, BA, married Samuel H. Haskins IV, BS, Karen Williams Minnick, MBA, resides in Covington where Dufford William Emener, BA, announce Susan C. Coblin on May 10, 2001. married Jessica Lynn Stevens on May and her husband, James, announce works as a medicaid specialist. the birth of their son, Austin The couple resides in Lexington, Ky. 26, 2001. Haskins serves as a second the birth of their daughter, Lauren, Jenna Kiser, BA, married Wes Marshall, on June 1. The family Karen Kelly Brenneman, MBA, lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the on April 12, 2001. Minnick is a prin- Thurmond on May 19, 2001. The resides in Macon. married Brian Brenneman in couple resides in Senatobia, Miss. cipal and chief financial officer of couple resides in Clearwater, Fla. Angela Scott Girdley, BA, and February 2001. The couple resides in Kelly Franks Hohenstern, BA, eVestment Alliance in Marietta. Tina Marie Blassingame her husband, John, announce the Clearwater, Fla., where she is the and her husband, Christopher, Amanda Stone-King, BBA, and Wilson, BBA, announces the birth of birth of their daughter, Hannah regional customer relationship man- announce the birth of their daughter, her husband, Lee, announce the birth her son, Christopher Lee Wilson Jr. Louise, on April 27. The family ager for Allstate Insurance. Shelby Nicole, on Sept. 16, 2001. The of their first child, Lee Austin King Jr. on April 25. Wilson is a financial sys- resides in Parma, Mo. Nina Kimberley Kosakoski, family resides in Warner Robins. on Oct. 31, 2001. The family resides tems analyst for E/M Coatings. The Zachary T. Lewis, BS, MD ’01, BBA, married Robert Kosakoski on TaReesa King Saunders, BA, in Thomasville. family resides in Fayetteville. married Ashley T. Peery on June 8. Oct. 20, 2001, in Atlanta. and her husband, Ray, have a daugh- Matthew C. Yeager, BSE, and He is a pathology resident at Wake Tyson Douglas Long, BS, mar- ter, Brianne TaRae, and the family 1995 his wife, Angela, announce the birth Forest University Baptist Hospital in ried April Lewandowski on March 9. resides in Ft. Bragg, N.C. Samantha Cufr Baumgardner, of their daughter, Tera Ann, on June Winston-Salem, N.C. He is a project engineer for BA, and her husband, Bryan, 8. The family resides in Cortland, Rebecca Porter, BA, married Underwriter’s Laboratory. The couple 2001 announce the birth of their daughter, Ohio. Peter Bronnum on April 1, 2000. She resides in Morrisville, N.C. Kimberly Moss Hayes, BS, was Hannah Noel, on Feb. 17. The family works as a teacher at Collins Hill married on Sept. 8, 2001. She is the resides in Clermont. 1996 High School in Atlanta and has 1999 council registrar for the Girl Scouts Ben R. Buckelew, BA, married Matt Akins, BS, and his wife, recently completed her master’s Dorothy E. Harris, BSE, mar- of Pine Valley Council Inc. in Griffin. Brooke Elrod, BS, on Dec. 1, 2001. Kimberly, were married on Sept. 8, degree in education. ried Adam Jaffe on May 17, and grad- Joey McGraw McCord, MBA, The couple resides in Covington, 2001. The couple resides in Stephanie Sullens, BA, married uated from Vermont Law School on married David Alan Tabor on June where he is the executive director of Thomaston. Nathan Long on Aug. 31. She gradu- May 18. She is an associate attorney 10, 2000. The couple resides in Rockdale/Newton Counties for Boy Carey Martin, BS, and his wife, ated from Appalachian State for an environmental law firm in Marietta. Scouts of America. She is a flight Claire, announce the birth of their University with a master of arts Phoenix, Ariz. attendant with Delta Air Lines, Inc. son, David Bradley, on June 5. The degree in marriage and family thera- Terri Newham, BA, married 2002 LeAnna Rensi Casey, BA, and family resides in Panama City, Fla. py. The couple resides in Macon Jeremy Seth Massey, class of 2003, Shirjuanga Miller Gates, BSSS, her husband, Scott, announce the Kate Bosma Welch, BA, and her on May 18. The couple resides in was married on Sept. 7. The couple birth of their son, Aiden Ramsey, on 1997 husband, Jeffrey Welch, BBA ’96, Macon. resides in Ellenwood. May 9. The family resides in David Curley, BBA, and his wife, announce the birth of their first child, Ryan McWaters, BA, married Cumming. Lisa Curley, BBA, announce the Samuel Jeffrey, on Dec. 21, 2001. She Shannon Tolin, BS ’98, in April

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Class of ’60 Alumnae Alumni Needed to Assist with Maintain Close Connection Student Career Counseling An annual round-robin letter among Dear Alumni — Mercerians Ila Kidd Tribble, Tempie Do you remember when you were at Mercer and trying to determine Hill Oliver, Kay Hatcher Norton, Ruth what you wanted to do in life? What profession or career path you should Kilpatrick Pearce, Betty Ann Echols, take? Do you remember how difficult it was to plan your educational jour- Martha Clark Almand, Emmalyn ney when you really didn’t know what you wanted to do? Phillips Wilson, Mary Phail Boyd and Our students still wrestle with the same problem. A few arrive at Mercer Beverly Bloodworth Presley has knowing exactly what they want to do but have little understanding of the helped maintained friendships for more workplace. Some wait until their last year before they are able to identify than 40 years. their calling in life. Some do not know what they will be doing the day after All graduated from Mercer in 1960, graduation. This wastes time and money and causes much parental grief. and began circulating the letter not long We now have an answer. after graduation. Now, the friends-for-life Several years ago we began to discuss how we as alumni, parents, have a reunion each year. This year, they friends of Mercer and as one-time pilgrims along this same route, could met at the home of Pearce, who lives in somehow help today’s students find their niche. After a lot of hard work, Oconee County. our Office of Career Services developed a program to encourage alumni Tribble now calls Anderson, S.C., home and parents to join with them in an Internet mentor program for students and Oliver lives in Jonesboro. Norton lives in and graduates. This program is called the Alumni and Parent Career St. Petersburg, Fla.; Echols in Jacksonville, Fla.; Almand in Macon; Wilson in Lake Jackson, Texas; Boyd in Copperas Network. Cove, Texas; and Presley in Statesboro. Only Presley was unable to be at the September reunion in Oconee County. The process is quick and easy to access and tailored to specific profes- sions or career paths. It is manageable without creating the need for addi- tional internal resources. It is affordable, and it will be an enjoyable aid in Joel L. Tolbert, BSE, is pursuing 1996 Reginald D. Lewis, BS, has been helping our students. a master of divinity degree through Rallie D. Cogburn received his named Mr. Nubian Gentleman America What is involved? We are glad you asked. The program is NOT a job- Columbia Theological Seminary in bachelor of science degree in physi- 2002. He is a business analyst with seeking, résumé-sharing process. It is an advisory and experience-sharing Decatur, where he lives with his wife, cian assistant studies from the Medical Atlanta Life Insurance Company and process where alumni and parents share their experiences, the problems Jill, and their three sons, Adam, Daniel College of Georgia in 2000. He works also an adjunct instructor at the Art they encountered in preparing for and getting started in a career, the reali- and Michael. in internal medicine with a Veteran’s Institute of Atlanta. ties of the workplace and those things students should be thinking about as Administration outpatient clinic in Andrea Claire Miller, BBA, is the they pursue their educational goals. 1991 Macon. human resources manager for HCA How does it work? The alumni/parent user goes to the Mercer Web James S. Skesavage Jr., MBA, is Jon E. Coriell, MBA, is the vice Shared Services in Nashville, Tenn. She page, www.mercer.edu, and clicks onto Departments and Services, then the vice president/director of market- president of finance with C.A. Murren resides in Antioch, Tenn. Students, then Career Services. The alumni user then completes the regis- ing for Atlanta Capital Management and Sons Co. in Grayson. tration process following simple instructions. You can specify how fre- Company, LLC. Shannon Dianne Dunn, BA, was 1998 quently you wish to be contacted by a student whose goals match your pro- named “Teacher of the Year” at Brandy C. Bragg, BS, graduated fession. This can be as infrequent as once a month. 1992 Brewer Elementary in Columbus. She from the University of Georgia’s College You define the frequency of contact, which is usually by telephone or e- Drew Tomlin, MBA, is the senior was also honored by Columbus State of Veterinary Medicine on May 4. She mail. The goal is to make available to a student someone they can trust, commercial lender with First Bank of University as Outstanding Ed.S. student is a practicing veterinarian in Rincon. someone they can ask honest questions of and someone they can learn Gwinnett and has been selected as a in early childhood education. Kim Lyn Day, BA, graduated with from. Won’t you consider joining us as we promote this very valuable pro- member of this year’s “Leadership Karen Christian Mizell, BS, is a master of arts degree in college stu- gram? You will be glad you did. Gwinnett” class. He and his wife, Lisa, the 2002 Georgia Middle School dent development from Appalachian Questions? Contact Steve Brown or Gene Wells in the Office of Career and their four sons reside in Suwanee. Science Teacher of the Year for District State University in May. She is the Services at (800) 837-2911, ext 2863, or (478) 301-2863. Eddie Wilson, MBA, was elected V. She resides in Griffin. director of student activities and lead- president and chief executive officer of ership development at Spartanburg Sincerely, SunTrust Bank, Northwest Georgia in 1997 Methodist College in Spartanburg, S.C. Mike Crook, CLA ’69 Sam Martinez, ENG ’97 June. He resides in Rome. Matthew Crouch, EMBA, is the Sharon Renee Edwards, BA, was Stella Patterson, CLA ’83 Danielle Carey, BUS ’98 chief executive officer of Peachford promoted to academic advisor/coordi- Clayton Jolley, EDU ’94 Hospital in Atlanta. nator of student services for the

Alumni... YES, I want to participate in this unique opportunity! Commemorate your time at Mercer Your Name ______Class Year ______Mercer University is in the process of Address ______Phone ______designing and building a brick-lined plaza City/State/Zip ______that will serve as the campus entryway to the new University Center. Alumni, Please print your name as you would like it to appear on the brick. One character (including letters, spaces, punctuation marks, etc. students, parents and friends of — Greek letters may be used) per block and a maximum of 14 characters per line. Mercer now have the unique ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ opportunity to capture and preserve Line 1 their memories by purchasing a brick ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ that will help line this pathway. Line 2 Your $100, tax deductible gift Line 3 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ secures a personalized brick that can include your name, year of graduation, Abbreviations for Colleges & Schools and even your primary student CLA College of Liberal Arts MD School of Medicine organization, such as a fraternity, sorority, BUS Stetson School of Business and Economics PHA Southern School of Pharmacy BSU or SGA — up to three lines on the EDU Tift College of Education THEO McAfee School of Theology face of the brick. As part of this offer, Mercer ENG School of Engineering TIFT Tift College University will send a written acknowledgment of LAW Walter F. George School of Law your gift, including the wording as it will appear Please return this form with your check, payable to Mercer University, to The Office of Alumni Services, 1400 Coleman Ave., Macon, GA on the brick. 31207. Questions? Please call Jennifer Thompson at (800) 837-2911 or (478) 301-2189.

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School of Technology at Kent State Miss., in April. He currently serves as University. She resides in Akron, Ohio. a second lieutenant and has been Alumni Student Recruitment Referral Form Erin “Michelle” Hitt, BA, is the assigned to the 317th Airlift Squadron If you know an outstanding prospective student, please complete and mail this form to Mercer’s Office of communications director for the Saxby at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., University Admissions, 1400 Coleman Ave., Macon, GA 31207. You may also call in your submission at (800) 840- Chambliss Senate campaign and now where he will fly the C-17 Globemaster 8577 or e-mail us at [email protected]. resides in Atlanta. III cargo aircraft. Alum Name ______Eli Denard Oates, BA, BBA, Student Name ______earned his JD degree from Wake Forest 2000 Hometown ______University School of Law in 2001, and Susan Dawkins Patton, BS, High School ______is now an associate for Adams graduated with a master of science Year of graduation ______SAT/ACT ______GPA ______Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, degree in community counseling in Activities ______Home telephone number ______PLLC. He resides in Greensboro, N.C. May. She also received the Most Address ______Jacqueline Marie Smith, BSE, is Outstanding C.C. Award from ______an environmental engineer for Columbus State University. Patton E-mail address ______Milliken and Company in Greenville, resides in Zebulon. S.C. She is pursuing a master of sci- Meredith Stallings, BA, will ence degree from Clemson University. graduate with dual master’s degrees in Jeannie R. Sumner, BS, is a resides in Valdosta. 2001 Kevin B. Suckman, BS, graduated family and marriage therapy and sales representative for Ortho-McNeil Liz Valliyil, BA, earned her mas- Devin Maxey-Billings, BSEE, from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot school counseling from Stetson Pharmaceuticals. She manages a ter of science in broadcast journalism works in the modular power supply Training at Columbus Air Force Base, University in DeLand, Fla., on Dec. 14. large area in south Georgia and from Northwestern University's Medill industry at Vicor Corporation in School of Journalism in 2001 and Boston, Mass. received a grant from the Lilly Memory of ’67 Grad Lives On through Dedication of School Building Foundation to spend the summer 2002 learning to cover religion. She now Mandi Sheree Walton, BA, The Cobb County School System is taking steps to recognize the legacy of a Mercer alumnus with the dedication of a works as a free-lance newswriter at received the University of Alabama building on the Wheeler High School campus to his memory. Everett Coker, a 1967 Mercer graduate, was a math WGN-TV in Chicago. Graduate Council Fellowship for the teacher for more than 20 years at Wheeler High School. A former state Teacher of the Year, Coker died suddenly of Peter Wilson, BBA, is a senior 2002-03 academic year. The most heart disease in December 1997. Yet, his commitment to excellence in teaching is remembered. software engineer with Motient prestigious and competitive graduate “The positive characteristics that defined Mr. Coker are too many to describe, but if I could only choose one, it Corporation. He resides in Reston, Va. fellowships at the university, the would be dedication,” said Gregg Farmer, magnet coordinator at Wheeler High School. “Dedication to this profession, Matthew W. Younce, BS, was Graduate Council Fellowships go to 60 Cobb County, Wheeler High School, family and students.” named a Graduate Fellow by the graduate students each year. Walton is His wife, Beatice Middleton Coker, also a 1967 Mercer graduate, lives in Marietta. His son, Preston Lee Coker, National Science Foundation and the pursuing her master of arts degree teaches English at Etowah High School in Cherokee County, and his daughter, recently graduated from college. University of Southern Mississippi. He in English. resides in Hattiesburg, Miss.

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1925 1935 1945 1957 1977 Lewis W. Petteway, died Feb. Gerald McQuaig, died Feb. E. Anne Horton, AB, died May 17. Geraldine Garrett Jordan, Jerry A. Ray, BA, died May 3. 23, 1999. 2001. Anne Dumas Rankin, died M.Ed., died March 20, in Macon. June 26. 1981 1926 1936 1963 Elder William Greene Jr., BA, Rev. King Israel Evans, AB, died Dr. Asa D. Duggan, AB, died 1948 Dr. Richard M. Fix, AB, died died June 21. July 4, in Macon. July 19. Clara Frances Johnston, AB, Feb. 10. died Dec. 2, 2001. 1983 1928 1937 James S. Roberts, AB, died 1967 William L. Copeland Jr., BBA, Joseph L. Houston, died Sept. Jordan Massee Jr., AB, died March 26, 2001. James M. Hammick, BS, died in died June 1. 30, 2001. March 21. February. 1949 1987 1929 1940 Dr. Norman H. McCrummen, 1969 Susan L. Finley, MBA, died J. Alfred Curry, AB, died Dec. 8, Frederick Reynolds Ford, AB, AB, died March 6. Lt. Col. Robert M. Brambila, March 9, in Tucker. She had 2001. died April 18. Dr. Samuel W. Popejoy Jr. died M.Ed., died May 25, in Macon. served on the Mercer Alumni March 21. He was professor of military sci- Executive Committee. 1930 1941 ence and later treasurer of Rev. George Hugh Dozier, AB, George C. Martin, AB, died Sept. 1951 Mercer University following his 1988 died May 5. 9, 2001. Col. Joseph A. Donnan, AB, died retirement from the Army. Dianne Harris Land, BS, died June 2. Harry F. Moore, BA, died May 29, March 12. 1931 1942 J. Val Sheridan, AB, died Sept. in Augusta. Wellborn “Bill” Chaudoin Walter Glenn Ashmore, died 15, in Macon. 1989 Carlton Jr., AB, died Feb. 3. Aug. 29. 1972 Annie Archer Waldrop, BA, died G. Clyde Dekle Jr. died March Helen Klinefelter McKenna, AB, 1954 John McKenzie Truesdel, BA, on May 25, 2001. 2000. died March 10, in Macon. She J. Walter Cowart, AB, died Sept. died May 25. Houser Bacon Gilbert, BSC, had been a former professor at 11, 2001. 1990 died May 6, in Perry. Mercer University. 1973 Shirley Reynolds Cray, M.Ed., 1955 Patricia R. Carmichael, BA, died died August 28, in Lizella. 1933 1943 Mildred Watson Hull, M.Ed., June 20, 2000. Donald Hooper II, BA, died Joseph Ransom Clisby, AB, Robert G. Matson Jr. died Dec. died August 10, in Macon. Patrick Hubert Kelly, BA, died March 14. died April 1. 6, 2001. Rev. William M. Moore Jr., AB, July 9. Vivian L. Exum, AB, died Nov. died June 5. 1996 27, 2001. 1944 1974 Paula Worley, M.Ed., died Oct. Margaret Elizabeth Smith, AB, John S. Carpenter, BA, died 19, 2001. died March 13. June 26, 2001.

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