wakeforest magazine

June 2009

Fond Farewell Robert Beck J. Edwin Hendricks Fredric T. Howard Peter Weigl Steve Ewing Don Robin David Shores

Farewell to retiring faculty members who have dedicated their careers to Wake Forest and its students. Editor Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08), [email protected]

Associate Editor Kerry M. King (’85), [email protected]

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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 2Around the Quad Wake Forest Magazine Alumni Records P.O. Box 7227 Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227. Commencement Faculty Q & A 12 Volume 56, Number 4 A New Beginning June 2009 Professor of Political Science Copyright 2009 Peter Siavelis on Barack Obama's new approach to WWW.WFU.EDU Cuba and Latin America. 24People of Two Kinds 14 By David Fyten For some students with idiosyncratic interests Class of the Finest and ambitions, one academic major isn't enough.

Farewell to esteemed faculty members who have dedicated their careers to Wake Forest and its students.

constant and true

33Classnotes 47Staying the Course By Nathan O. Hatch

“At a time when everyone must adjust to new economic realities, we believe that careful analysis, open discussion, and clear communication offer the best path to keeping Wake Forest strong and resourceful.” the quad around around

An estimated 12,000 people fill Hearn Plaza for Commencement on May 18.

‘History yours to bend,’ Biden tells graduates

ake Forest’s class of 2009 Brett Starr, who graduated with a degree in Wgraduated May 18 on a history- biology, was among those who weren’t ready to making, cool, windy day on Hearn leave Wake Forest-he’s hoping to attend the Wake Plaza, with a send-off by Vice President Joe Forest School of Medicine in the fall. “I’ve had Biden—marking the first time a sitting vice presi- great professors here, who will be lifelong men- dent has ever given Wake Forest’s Commencement tors,” said Starr, who is from Hickory, North Car- address. olina. “It’s been beyond anything that I could ever For former basketball star Tyrone “Muggsy” have imagined.” Bogues (’87), Commencement meant that he’s An audience estimated at nearly 12,000 people now a Wake Forest parent, in addition to an filled Hearn Plaza from Wait Chapel to Reynolda alumnus. Bogues’ daughter, Brittney, was one of Hall for the three-hour ceremony. Parents and about 1,600 students—including 1,000 under- guests waited in long lines to pass through metal Father of the grad: Tyrone 'Muggsy' Bogues ('87) graduates—who received their degrees. detectors because of the tight security required for Brittney Bogues, a sociology major and com- Vice President Biden’s visit. Bottles of water and munication minor, has a job lined up with a pub- small packages of sunscreen were at each seat, but lic relations firm in Washington, D.C. “I’m so blankets and coats were more in demand as the proud of her,” said Muggsy Bogues, who returned day started off cold and then turned blustery. to Wake Forest to earn his degree in 1999 after Biden, who was on campus last October for a his NBA career ended. “I can’t believe this day is campaign speech in front of Reynolda Hall, shook happening. I never imagined time would go by so hands with graduates as he walked in the faculty fast, and now she’s walking across the same stage processional from Reynolda Hall to the stage un- that I did.” der the traditional yellow-and-white-striped tent

2 wake forest magazine For video and the full text of Vice President Biden’s remarks and a photo gallery of Commencement 2009, see www.wfu.edu/commencement

Vice President Joe Biden exhorts graduates to seize the opportunity to change history.

graduate into a point in history where everything He also mentioned Fred Hastings, who received is going to change no matter what you do, but his bachelor’s degree three days before his 77th you can affect the change.” birthday. Hastings was an ROTC student in his Noting the global recession, the wars in Iraq final semester in 1956 when he was commis- and Afghanistan, and “a planet in peril and a sioned by the U.S. Army and left college one world in flux,” he said, “Throughout the span of course short of earning his degree. Last year, he history, only a handful of us have been alive at completed the remaining accounting course he times when we can truly shape history. Without needed at a college near his home in Florida and question, this is one of those times, for there’s not transferred the credit, so he could finally earn a single solitary decision confronting your gen- his degree. His son, Victor, graduated in 1982. eration now that doesn’t yield a change from Like Hastings, Kimberly Cruz also returned non-action as well as action.” to finish her degree, seventeen years after leav- This generation will have to revive the econ- ing Wake Forest because of financial and medi- cal reasons. She said she wanted to show her omy, revamp America’s education system, change our energy policy, and reverse climate change. “Folks, we’re either going to fundamen- tally change the course of in front of Wait Chapel. Later in his remarks, history, or fail the generations referring to the Presidential election, he said, that come after us, because “It was a long trip from that end of your mall to change will occur.” this end.” It’s within their power to Biden received an honorary doctor of laws shape history, to bend it in the degree following his address. He also offered right direction, he told the grad- words of praise for NBC News journalist Tim Russert, who was awarded a posthumous honor- uates. “Imagine a country that ary doctor of humane letters degree: Russert invests in every child in America had been scheduled to be this year’s Commence- … Imagine a country where ment speaker until he died unexpectedly last health care is affordable … June. His wife, writer Maureen Orth, accepted Imagine a country brought the award from trustee Al Hunt (’65). together by powerful ideas, not torn apart eight-year-old daughter that you finish what In his thirty-minute address, “Yours to Bend,” by petty ideologies … Imagine a country that you start. Biden told the graduates that history was now leads the world by the power of our example, “When I first came here, it was to learn theirs to bend and shape by seizing the opportu- and not by the example of our power.” about things, to become an educated person,” nities before them, not to “restore anything, but Biden said he was optimistic about the future said Cruz, who received her degree in anthro- to make anew.” because of the students sitting before him, and he pology. “It’s the same now. I already have a job “Your generation’s opportunities are greater singled out several of them, including Nadine (at Reynolds Tobacco in Tobaccoville, North than any generation in modern history—not Minani, who escaped the genocide in Rwanda Carolina). I wanted to get the degree as an ex- because you’re about to graduate into a nation of when she was only eight-years-old, and Aaron ample for my daughter.” ease and luxury, but because you’re about to Curry, the fourth pick in this spring’s NFL draft. —Kerry M. King (’85)

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Honorary degrees

ight honorary degrees were Clockwise from left: Baccalaureate speaker the Rev. awarded during Commence- E Barbara K. Lundblad receives an honorary degree ment on May 18, including one to hood from Jill Crainshaw (’84), academic dean and the late NBC News journalist associate professor of ministry studies at the School Tim Russert, who was awarded of Divinity; a proud father shares a moment with his a posthumous Doctor of Humane new graduate; the ROTC commissioning ceremony; Friends pose for a college memory. Letters degree. Honorary degrees also were awarded to: Vice President Joe Biden, Doctor of Laws degree. Frank Brown Holding (’52), executive vice chairman and director of First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. of South Carolina, Doctor of Laws degree. Allen Joines, mayor of Winston-Salem, Doctor of Laws degree. Dr. Richard David Krugman, vice chan- cellor for health affairs, dean, and professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Doctor of Science degree. He delivered the address at the School of Medicine’s hooding ceremony. The Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, Joe R. Engle Professor of Preaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Doctor of Divinity degree. She delivered the Baccalaureate address. John Willard Marriott Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Marriott Interna- tional, Doctor of Laws degree. He delivered the address at the hooding ceremony for the Graduate Schools of Business. Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, U.S. Army surgeon general, Doctor of Science degree. He delivered the address at the hooding ceremony for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

4 wake forest magazine Clockwise from left: Provost Jill Tiefenthaler (right) presents an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to Frank Brown Holding (’52), executive vice chair- man and director of First Citizens Bank; President Nathan Hatch congratulates a graduate; retiring Professor of Biology Peter Weigl (right) greets a new alumna; a graduate sings during the Commencement ceremony.

Retirees From the Bowman Gray Campus

Retiring faculty members were recognized at Commencement: Richard H. Dean, M.D., Professor of Surgical Sciences, General Surgery From the Reynolda Campus John W. Hammon, Jr., M.D., Professor of Surgical Sciences, Cardiothoracic Surgery Robert C. Beck, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology Susan M. Hutson, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry Stephen Ewing, Ph.D., Professor of Business Frederick W. Kremkau, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Ultrasound J. Edwin Hendricks, Ph.D., Professor of History Ronald J. Prineas, M.B. B.S., Ph.D., Professor of Public Health Fredric T. Howard, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics Sciences, Epidemiology Donald P. Robin, D.B.A., J. Tylee Wilson Professor of Business Ethics Walter M. Roufail, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, David F. Shores, J.D., Professor of Law Gastroenterology Peter D. Weigl, Ph.D., Professor of Biology Richard W. St. Clair, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Lipid Sciences Jack W. Strandhoy, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Philos Reidar Wallin, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

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Rethinking admissions: Wake Forest is the catalyst for a national discussion

dmissions directors and social A scientists from leading colleges and universities, as well as top research- ers throughout the country, gathered at Wake Forest April 15-17 for a national conference on the future of the college admissions process. Provost Jill Tiefenthaler, who organized the confer- ence, “Rethinking Admissions,” sees growing interest Daniel Golden delivers the keynote address. in reducing the emphasis on standard- ized tests, a move Wake Forest made last year by making the SAT optional and evaluating standardized testing. Robert Morse, for applicants. director of data research for U.S. News & World Report, “This represents the first step on spoke on “College Rankings: The Good, the Bad, and a higher road in higher education, the Ugly.” (Video and podcasts at www.wfu.edu/provost/ beginning with more equitable admis- rethinkingadmissions/watch.php) sions processes,” Tiefenthaler said. Pulitzer-Prize winning author and journalist Daniel “In his address to Congress, President Golden skewered the nation’s elite universities in his Obama cited an urgent need to expand keynote address, “Slumdog Ivy Leaguer,” by suggesting the promise of education by making that there are numerous ways those institutions use higher education more affordable, special preferences and backdoor methods to admit and he set a goal for America to again the children of alumni, corporate tycoons, Hollywood Tiefenthaler have the highest portion of college celebrities, influential politicians, and athletes—all in graduates in the world by 2020. To reach that goal, the pursuit of philanthropic dollars needed to support colleges must re-examine their selection methods to the enterprise of higher education. Golden believes ensure they are providing opportunities to deserving that elite colleges should find other ways to maintain students from all socioeconomic backgrounds.” the loyalty of their alumni, beyond rewarding their Conference panelists represented universities commitment with preferential including Berkeley, Duke, Harvard, Ohio State, treatment in admissions. Princeton, Texas, Virginia, and Yale and spoke on Admissions officers and others at the conference ex- topics such as how to predict engaged and successful pressed varying opinions on the value of the SAT, but students, the academic and social goals of admissions, most agreed that standardized test scores should not

6 wake forest magazine Panelists (from left) Sally Donahue, director of financial aid and senior admissions officer at Harvard University, Christoph Guttentag, admissions director at Duke University, and Arlene Cash, vice president for enrollment management at Spelman College, discuss "Crafting a Class: The Academic and Social Goals of Admissions." overshadow other vital information needed to provide over last year. About 8,000 of those applicants were equitable access to all qualified applicants. interviewed by admissions counselors in-person, via Addressing these challenges requires different ap- webcam, or through a written, online interview. proaches at different institutions, as the wide range of “We anticipated growth in the applicant pool, but conference presentations illustrated. Some with large remained committed to using personal interviews to endowments, such as ensure that we retained Harvard, are focusing on our high standards,” said For the conference blog, video, increasing financial aid to Martha Allman (’82, low-income students. podcasts, speaker bios and national MBA ’92), director of Public universities, media coverage, visit www.wfu.edu/ undergraduate admis- facing political con- provost/rethinkingadmissions sions. “We found that siderations, are taking the interviews truly a variety of steps. The helped us differentiate University of Virginia has eliminated its early deci- among applicants. We began to wonder how we chose sion option. The University of Texas reports 10 years a class without interviews.” of success with its “top 10 percent solution,” which Said Tiefenthaler, “We wanted to be a catalyst for guarantees admission to every in-state student in the this national discussion. When you make a bold deci- top 10 percent of their high school class to any school sion, such as Wake Forest has done in its admissions in the University of Texas system. The University of process, you must be ready to defend your posi- California system has been wrangling over the use of tion. You must also be open to criticism and flexible standardized tests for forty years and will implement a enough to adapt and new policy in the fall of 2011, which drops the SAT II learn throughout the subject tests but retains the SAT I. process. I applaud Wake Forest has begun emphasizing interviews to the open discussion get a better sense of personal qualities that numeri- we have shared at cal assessments cannot quantify. “College admissions this conference, and practices need to reflect the values of the institution,” we look forward to Tiefenthaler said. “At Wake Forest, our process sharing the results of reflects the value of educating the whole person.” our first class crafted Wake Forest received 10,535 applications for on an SAT-optional the incoming freshman class, a 16 percent increase model.” Director of Admissions Martha Allman (’82, MBA ’92)

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Students named to USA Today academic team

around e n i o r Pa t r i c k Ne l l i w a s o n e o f St w e n t y s t u d e n t s n a m e d t o t h e f i r s t t e a m o f USA To d a y ’s 2009 Al l -USA Co l l e g e Ac a d e m i c Te a m . Se n i o r Ya n Law school team wins record Zh a o w a s n a m e d t o t h e t h i r d t e a m . fifth Moot Court competition The recognition honors students for h e Sc h o o l o f La w h a s w o n t h e Ga b r i e l l i outstanding intellectual achievement and T Na t i o n a l Fa m i l y La w Mo o t Co u r t Co m p e t i t i o n leadership. Both Nelli and Zhao were featured for a record fifth time. The team of second-year students Missy in the April 29 issue of USA Today. The Patrick Nelli Hanna, Rich McPherson, and Caroline Payseur defeated teams teams were selected by a panel of judges from from twenty-one other law schools at the competition, held in hundreds of students nominated by colleges and universities across the Albany, New York. United States. For their final argument, they appeared before the Nelli, a physics major from Gastonia, North Carolina, was recognized for his Honorable George Bundy Smith, who served on New York’s research on ultrasound devices used to break up highest Court of Appeals for fourteen years. Since the blood clots in stroke and heart attack victims. In competition began in 1989, Wake Forest has won the Gabrielli 2007, he was named a Barry S. Goldwater Scholar. competition five times, the most of any school in the country. After graduating last month, he joined McColl Partners, an investment bank based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Zhao, a biology major from Nashville, Tennessee, was recognized for organizing a benefit concert on campus to raise funds for victims of last summer’s earthquake in his native China. He will attend Wake Forest University School of WF debaters conclude historic career Medicine in the fall. Yan Zhao

e b a t e t e a m m e m b e r s Se t h Ga n n o n a n d Al e x DLa m b a l l e c o n c l u d e d a h i s t o r y -m a k i n g d e b a t e Senior wins Carnegie fellowship c a r e e r in Ap r i l when they finished second at the e n i o r Be n n St a n c i l w a s o n e o f o n l y t e n s t u d e n t s n a t i o n w i d e National Debate Tournament, a year after wining the t o b e n a m e d a Ca r n e g i e Ju n i o r Fe l l o w by the Carnegie Endowment national championship. S for International Peace. The Carnegie Endowment is a global think tank in Gannon, an English major from Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, D.C., that conducts research and sponsors programs in international was the fourth-place individual speaker, and Lamballe, affairs and U.S. foreign a political science major from Nashville, Tennessee, was policy; Stancil will work the eighth-place individual speaker among 156 debaters in the economics area. in the tournament. “A Wake Forest In three years debating together, Gannon and Lamballe education opens up a wide are tied for sixth place among the winningest teams in NDT range of possibilities, and history. They were the first Wake Forest team to reach the the Carnegie Fellowship national finals twice, and one of only five teams to have will allow me to spend done so in the sixty-three-year history of the tournament. a year meeting people Both Gannon and Lamballe graduated in May. Gannon in the field in which I’m will be working at the Center for Strategic and International interested in working,” Studies in Washington, D.C., for at least a year, before says Stancil, who spent entering graduate school. Lamballe will be coaching debate last summer in China at Harvard University. studying the Shanghai Benn Stancil is joining the Carnegie Endowment stock exchange through for International Peace, a global think tank in Wake Forest’s Richter Washington, D.C. Scholarship program. A native of Belmont, North Carolina, Stancil graduated in May with a double major in mathematics and economics. His parents, Heather Hayes Stancil (MA ’78) and Jim Stancil (’74, JD ’78), and a brother, Will (’07), are Wake Forest alumni.

8 wake forest magazine Calloway students ace CPA exam—again

o r t h e f o u r t h c o n s e c u t i v e F y e a r , g r a d u a t e s o f t h e Ben Comer and Brett Apter competed in the 10th Ca l l o w a y Sc h o o l o f Bu s i n e ss a n d annual Wake Forest Elevator Competition in the Ac c o u n t a n c y h a v e a c h i e v e d t h e Wachovia building in downtown Winston-Salem. h i g h e s t p a ss i n g r a t e s in the nation on During a two-minute elevator ride, they pitched the Certified Public Accountant exam. their entrepreneurial Web site, mySavu.com, to According to results compiled by the venture capitalists. National Association of State Boards Student entrepreneurs have a big idea, get big results of Accountancy for the 2007 exam, the most recent scores available, Wake Forest o p h o m o r e Be n Co m e r a n d j u n i o r Br e t t Ap t e r h a v e l a u n c h e d t h e i r o w n In t e r n e t graduates led all first-time candidates S b u s i n e ss that is beginning to yield big results. Their Web site, mySavu.com, connects local by achieving a passing rate of 82.86 businesses that cater to college students. The site lists restaurants, service stations, gift shops, and percent. By comparison, among all other businesses that are convenient to campus. Businesses receive a free basic listing but can also candidates taking the 2007 exam, just 9.4 purchase ad space on the site. percent passed all four sections on their “The concept has, because of the economic slowdown, been well-timed,” says Comer. “When first try. I paid a call on a nearby restaurant, the owner said he was thinking about hiring someone to help Since the Calloway School began find ways to bring students to his business, but with mySavu.com he’s able to reach his specific offering a master’s degree in accounting in audience more economically.” 1997, its graduates have achieved the top Comer is from Medford, New Jersey, and Apter is from Treasure Island, Florida. “We’re very national ranking seven times and placed fortunate to have an entrepreneurial program that combines entrepreneurship with a student’s second in the nation three times for other interests and pursuits,” says Comer. “Wake Forest offers the kind of help and support for candidates passing all four sections of the entrepreneurial students that you might expect to see at a school three or four times larger.” test on their first attempt. Bren Varner (’99), program director for the University Center for Entrepreneurship, had been meeting with Comer and Apter separately for almost a year when he suggested they get together Women’s golf wins ACC title and brainstorm ideas. “Our office and several entrepreneurs-in-residence helped them analyze opportunities, conduct research, and refine their business model. Based on their consumer e v e r a l m e m b e r s o f t h e w o m e n ’s research, a financial feasibility analysis, and their own personal interest, they landed on the S g o l f t e a m a n d c o a c h Di a n n e current mySavu.com model which they continue to tweak and refine.” Da i l e y w e r e h o n o r e d t h i s s p r i n g —Kim McGrath after Wake Forest won the ACC Women’s Golf Championship for the first time in Costume designs earn fourteen years. recognition for theatre major Sophomore Natalie Sheary was named ACC Co-Player of the Year, along with e n i o r t h e a t r e m a j o r La u r e n Ga s t o n Duke’s Amanda Blumenherst. Sheary S w o n t h e t o p p r i z e f o r c o s t u m e d e s i g n defeated Blumenherst, the three-time in a competition sponsored by the Southeastern defending ACC champion, for the Theatre Conference. individual title at the ACC Championship. A Presidential Scholar in costume design, Sheary and senior Nannette Hill were she was recognized for her work on the Wake named to the All-ACC team. Forest Theatre production of Arthur Miller’s Dailey, in her 21st season as head coach, “All My Sons,” which ran in the Mainstage was named ACC Coach of the Year for the Theatre last fall. It’s a distinctive honor that’s third time. She also earned the award in especially significant since Gaston is the 1994 and 1995, the last two times Wake first student to design costumes for a major Lauren Gaston with a rendering of one of her award-winning costume designs. Forest won the ACC Tournament Title. Mainstage production. For the men’s golf team, senior Dustin “I wanted to be involved in all stages the 1940s and 1950s, she spent hours each Groves was named to the All-ACC Men’s of the costume design process for ‘All My week shopping for fabrics and clothing and Golf team for the first time in his career. Sons’ because of my love for design, art, and overseeing costume construction and fittings. The men’s team finished tied for fourth at collaboration,” says Gaston. “The theatre After graduating last month, Gaston the ACC Men’s Golf Championship. department’s dedicated faculty-along with my headed to Italy to join a traveling opera mentor, Lisa Weller, the costume shop manager company, La Lirica Musica, for the -helped my ideas become reality.” summer. She hopes to eventually secure an In addition to extensive research into the apprenticeship in costume construction. culture and dress of the play’s time period, —Kim McGrath

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i l l J. Le o n a r d , t h e Ba p t i s t h i s t o r i a n , The school is one of only five divinity schools B p r o f e ss o r , a n d minis ter w h o d e v e l - in the country with no formal denominational o p e d Wa k e Fo r e s t ’s e c u m e n i c a l d i v i n i t y affiliation. around s c h o o l a f t e r b e i n g n a m e d d e a n o f t h e A native of Texas, Leonard was professor Leonard will step down p r o p o s e d s c h o o l in 1996, will retire next of religion and chair of the religion and as dean of divinity school summer. He will remain at Wake Forest as Chair of philosophy department at Samford University Church History in the divinity school and the reli- in Birmingham, Alabama, prior to becoming gion department. dean. He had also taught church history at After he was named dean, Leonard spent the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in next three years recruiting faculty and students Louisville, Kentucky, and had served as an and developing programs before the school interim pastor at several churches. opened in the fall of 1999 with twenty-four Opening with a three-year Master of students. The school currently has about one Divinity program, the divinity school has hundred students enrolled. Leonard advocated steadily expanded its list of degree programs a new kind of school that was “Christian by during Leonard’s tenure. Today, the school also tradition, ecumenical in outlook, and Baptist offers several dual-degree programs including in heritage.” a Master of Divinity/Master of Counseling “In the past, religion in this country was and a Master of Divinity/Juris Doctor (law), as organized by denominations,” he said in 1996. well as a Certificate in Spirituality and Health “Today, fewer and fewer people think of their open to divinity and medical school students. primary religious identity as denominational.”

Student entrepreneurs organize Havana and directed it until 2005, when student Cuban art exhibit travel to Cuba was severely restricted by the U.S. government. Howe, whose expertise is Cuban n exhibit o f b o o k s a n d p r i n t s b y cultural production, also conducted research for Cu b a n a r t i s t s , p u t t o g e t h e r b y Wa k e A her book “Transgression and Conformity: Cuban Fo r e s t s t u d e n t s , f a c u l t y , a n d s t a f f , Writers and Artists after the Revolution” during opened last month at the Grolier Club in New these trips. York City on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban In 2007, she initiated an interdisciplinary Revolution. The exhibit, “Cuban Artists’ Books entrepreneurship project to create an exhibition and Prints: 1985-2009,” will make its debut on that would bring national and international campus in August at the Charlotte and Philip attention to Cuban artists. Last fall, in Howe’s Hanes Art Gallery and then travel to galleries course “Entrepreneurship in Art Education and nationwide. Educational Outreach: Cuban Artists’ Books The exhibit features more than one hundred and Prints: 1985-2008,” students organized the pieces, including handmade, limited-edition exhibition’s content and created educational books and other objects created by materials and curriculum to accompany contemporary Cuban painters, sculptors, the exhibit. o r m e r Pr e s i d e n t Ji m m y Ca r t e r photographers, and printmakers. “This exhibit “These artists have survived cultural F a n d Re y n o l d s Pr o f e ss o r Ma y a is primarily about the ingenious resilience of politics, difficult living conditions, and resource An g e l o u headlined a conference of the the Cuban artists represented and how they shortages that limited their access to the most New Baptist Covenant in April in express their experiences of life in Cuba,” says basic materials, like paper,” says Howe, “but the Wait Chapel. Associate Professor of Romance Languages project is not about politics. It’s about living our Linda Howe. “But, it is also a testament to the university motto, Pro Humanitate—for the good service and entrepreneurial work of more than of humanity.” two hundred Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff over the years.” —Pam Barrett, Wake Forest News Service In 1997, Howe founded Wake Forest’s summer academic program at the University of

10 wake forest magazine Howards wins professional development programs. Faculty promotions announced teaching award “Our students will benefit from hearing John, who is a gifted teacher in the classroom, i x t e e n f a c u l t y m e m b e r s o n ss o c i a t e Pr o - but the strongest benefit will be the interactions t h e Re y n o l d a Ca m p u s h a v e A f e ss o r o f S r e c e i v e d p r o m o t i o n s , e f f e c t i v e Ma t h e m a t i c s Hu g h and mentoring relationships that will come Ju l y 1. Ho w a r d s h a s w o n from having him as a valued member of t h e Dis tinguished the Wake Forest community,” says Dean of The following tenured associate Te a c h i n g Aw a r d of Business Steve Reinemund. professors were promoted to professor: the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Allison retired as CEO of BB&T, the Association of America, the first Wake Forest eleventh largest bank in the country, in 2008. Jennifer Burg, computer science faculty member to win the award. He will remain chairman of the board until the David John, computer science Howards earned his bachelor’s degree end of 2009 and on the board thereafter. William Fleeson, psychology from Williams College and his doctorate Simeon Ilesanmi (JD ᾿05), religion from the University of California at San Elder Clinic director participates Allan Louden, communication Diego. He began teaching at Wake Forest in in UN program Chet Miller, Babcock Graduate 1997 and was named a Sterge Faculty Fellow c h o o l o f La w Cl i n i c a l Pr o f e ss o r School of Management in 2003. He won the 2004 Reid-Doyle Prize Ka t e Me w h i n n e y is in Bo n n , S Michelle Roehm, Babcock for Excellence in Teaching. Ge r m a n y , this month participating in an Graduate School of Management international program on older adults, James Schirillo, psychology Former BB&T CEO joins sponsored by the United Nations. The meeting Helga Welsh, political science business faculty is to provide the U.N. General Assembly with independent expert opinion on questions o h n A. Al l i s o n Associate professor Jennifer related to the rights of older persons. J IV, t h e c h a i r - Collins, School of Law, was promoted Mewhinney directs the law school’s Elder m a n a n d f o r m e r to professor and granted tenure. CEO o f BB&T Law Clinic. She also developed and taught, Co r p o r a t i o n , is for several years, a course on comparative law The following assistant professors joining the faculty of and aging. In 2008, she and Professor Israel were promoted to associate professor the Schools of Business Doron of Haifa University (Israel), co-edited with tenure: as Distinguished Professor of Practice. He will “The Rights of Older Persons: Collection of Christian Miller, philosophy work with students to prepare them for the International Documents.” Akbar Salam, chemistry workforce and to supplement Wake Forest’s Paul Thacker, anthropology

The following assistant professors were Researcher deciphers secrets of mammal fossils promoted to associate professor: Kami Simmons, School of Law nthropologi s t El l e n Mi l l e r, Ahmed El-Barkooky of Cairo University. After Omari Simmons (᾿96), a n e x p e r t o n t h e e v o l u t i o n A Gingerich found the fossil site in the area of School of Law o f a f r i c a n m a m m a l s , is a m o n g t h e Khasm El Raqaba, Miller was asked to study s c i e n t i s t s deciphering t h e s e c r e t s some of the fossils he found there. Associate professor Pat Dickson, o f a t r o v e o f s m a l l m a m m a l f o ss i l s Miller, who also studies fossil remains of Calloway School of Business and African mammals at another site in Egypt, hopes discovered in a quarry in Egypt. The Accountancy, was granted tenure. the discovery of these bones of small mammals from the same period will provide missing pieces of an ancient animal immigrant story. “For the first time you get a land bridge between Eurasia and Africa and at that time you get a whole array of different kinds of animals that comes flooding into Africa,” Miller says. “The deposits here preserve the remains of those animals, the first immigrants from Eurasia into Africa.” The small mammals found have clear 20-million-year-old bones and teeth found relatives in Eurasia, she says. They are also the in the Egyptian desert may shed light on the likely ancestors of some of Africa’s most iconic origins of present-day African wildlife. animals such as the zebra, the rhinoceros, the Miller is working with University of gazelle, and the giraffe. Michigan paleontologists Philip Gingerich, Gregg Gunnell, and William Sanders, and —Cheryl Walker, Wake Forest News Service

www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 11 the quad A new beginning? Can you make the argument that if we had allowed more trade, travel, Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis and communications with Cuba, around on President Obama’s new approach to Cuba that would actually have done more than the embargo?

Absolutely. Cuba is 90 miles away and Havana is a short hop of a flight. Imagine the number of Americans

A going back and forth. Imagine how ending the embargo would trans-

& form everyday life on the island and lead people to demand more politi- cal change. How long would it take Q for this interaction and influx of money to transform things? We’ve seen that happen all over the world.

You’ve made the point before that Cuba overshadows all else in Siavelis Latin America.

We elevate Cuba to make it our most President Obama has called for ago with one of the last American important foreign policy issue in the a “new beginning” with Cuba. Is educational groups allowed to go— Americas. Other countries in Latin f a c u l t y it time? I had people there ask me, “Is your America dwarf Cuba in population government going to invade Cuba? If and economic importance. Cuba has Absolutely. We are entering a new so, we are ready.” So Castro has used 11 million people; Brazil has 192 period in foreign policy. We need to the embargo to re-enforce that the million people and is the ninth larg- lift the embargo, not without condi- U.S. was a threat to Cuba. est economy in the world. Which tions, but in a very careful way that country is more important to U.S. Why has our policy toward Cuba says what we expect in terms of interests, both economic and politi- been so entrenched? change. We should pursue change by cal? Yet, our Cuba policy damages more open means and negotiation. I relations with Brazil and other large It’s an anachronism of the Cold War. don’t see a rationale for the embargo and influential Latin American po- It was put it place (in 1962) to force a litical and economic powers. anymore. It is counterproductive in change in human rights, freedom of the context of the economic, politi- speech and religion, and democracy. What do you think will at www.wfu.edu/wowf/faculty at

cal, and cultural changes that have But other countries have a record on happen next? taken place in Cuba and in the world. those issues just as bad, but we have If we want movement towards more radically different policies toward I think Obama is going to move even freedom for Cubans and economic those countries. China is the best more toward gradually loosing openness, lifting the embargo will example. Much of the rationale for restrictions on travel for everyday do that, because once these process- the embargo is tied to U.S. domestic Americans and increasing trade, and es are unleashed they are difficult policies, rather than foreign policy see how Cuba responds, especially in to control. issues. If the large Cuban-American terms of religious and political free- population in the U.S. was in any doms. My sense is that the ability of What has the embargo other state besides Florida, we would the hardliners (in Cuba) to maintain accomplished? have ended the embargo a long time control diminishes every single day. read more Faculty Q&Asread Faculty more ago. I’ve seen statistics projecting Fidel outlasted ten U.S. presidents that in the next fifteen years the per- For the full interview with before stepping into the shadows. centage of Cuban Americans who Peter Siavelis, see www.wfu.edu/ The embargo has succeeded in rein- support the embargo will go from wowf/2008/faculty.qa.html forcing his power and the Commu- overwhelmingly supportive to over- nist Party. And it has impoverished whelmingly against it. The Cold War —Kerry M. King (’85) the island, which is unfortunate. politics are a distant memory to The last time I was there-five years those under thirty.

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14 wake forest magazine fond Farewell

Class of the Finest Farewell to the two longest serving faculty members on the Reynolda Campus, and five others who dedicated their lives to Wake Forest.

obert C. Beck, professor of Things do have a way of coming full circle. Beck rode into Wake psychology: The last remaining Forest on the crest of a hiring wave that more than doubled the size R faculty member hired in the fifties of the College faculty in the decade following its relocation to retires after a half century of service. Winston-Salem in 1956. He rides out on the tail of a similar decade- long surge of faculty expansion and replacement of numerous retiring There are many ways to mark the milestones in a person’s life, senior professors—Beck’s contemporaries—who had been hired in and at seventy-seven, Robert C. Beck has more than most. that earlier wave. For example, when he first arrived on the Wake Forest campus fresh Still, there is something atypical—even anachronistic—about Beck’s from a postdoctoral fellowship as the second member (by two months) career. In this era of a more peripatetic professoriate and of sea change of its nascent psychology department, John F. Kennedy was a U.S. in the hiring and tenure policies of colleges and universities and the Senator with a one-year-old daughter and still precisely four months technological innovations in teaching delivery being developed and from announcing his candidacy for president. adopted, the likes of professors who spend fifty years at one institution When Beck left campus following this spring’s Commencement could be increasingly rare moving forward. ceremony, at which his retirement was recognized, that Kennedy It was sea change that brought Beck to Wake Forest to begin toddler, Caroline—now a fifty-one-year-old celebrity writer, attorney, with. Throughout its history on the Old Campus, the College had no and spokeswoman for her famous family—was precisely four months independent department of psychology. In a tradition that restricted past announcing that she would not accept appointment to New York’s psychology to the study of the mind, it was taught under the auspices vacant U.S. Senate seat. of a joint philosophy-psychology department by professors, such as Here are two more Beck milestones: precisely fifty years as a the venerable A.C. Reid, who specialized in philosophy. member of the College faculty, and precisely the last active professor With the move to Reynolda and a growing recognition that hired in the nineteen fifties. In that respect, his retirement stands as psychology had long since outgrown its position as stepchild to an institutional milestone as well. philosophy, the department was split and its faculty members were

www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 15 chair for thirty-four years. Together, they supporting electronics and woodworking continued the hunt for a second hire. shops and animal colony, in the basement Beck, a native of the Mississippi River of Kitchin Hall. “By the end of that first town of Quincy, Illinois, was in the second semester,” recalls Beck, whose specialty is year of a postdoctoral research fellowship at motivation, “we were conducting animal his undergraduate and graduate alma mater, research in the new space.” Over the years he the University of Illinois, in December 1958 reckons he has supervised more than forty when he learned of the Wake Forest position master’s theses within the department’s focus from a professor in his department. “I applied on general experimental psychology as a and there was initial interest, but then I heard training ground for potential Ph.Ds. Beck met his wife of fifty-seven years, nothing for months,” Beck recalls. “It was Bettianne, while working as a drug-store allowed to choose their affiliation. All of getting to the point where I needed to find soda jerk in high school. They have five adult them opted for philosophy, which meant a job for the following year. Finally, John children. “I always thought that whenever that psychology would have to be built from Williams called in May and said Dashiell had I outgrew the institution, I’d look for the ground up. To accomplish that task, in simply forgotten about the hiring.” another job,” he says. “I never outgrew it. The 1958 the College appointed J.F. Dashiell as Beck flew on short notice to Winston- psychology department grew at a good pace, consultant and interim chair. Salem for interviews with Dashiell, Williams, Wake Forest grew from being a small regional Dashiell, who had just retired after a then-acting Dean of the College Edwin G. college to a highly ranked national university, distinguished career at UNC-Chapel Hill, Wilson, Jr., and College President Harold and we’ve always had great students. What championed psychology as a “biosocial Tribble. “I was asked by Dr. Tribble what I could be better?” science” and consequently succeeded in thought it would be like to move from a large Although he won’t teach, Beck will retain securing space for the department in the new state university to a small Baptist college,” the use of his office for another year and science building—Winston Hall—then in its Beck says. “I told him in essence that I plans to work on a myriad of unfinished planning stage. He then set about building a wouldn’t bother the Baptists if they wouldn’t writing projects. “I don’t have as much energy faculty. His first hire, in early 1959 for arrival bother me.” He was hired. as I used to have,” he says with a smile in that summer, was John Williams, who would One of Beck’s first accomplishments after explaining the timing of his retirement, “and go on to a legendary career as the father of his arrival on campus in September 1959 was fifty years is a nice round number.” psychology at Wake Forest and departmental construction of an animal lab, along with -By David Fyten

Robert C. Beck

16 wake forest magazine . Edwin Hendricks, Given his specialty, perhaps it was inevi- professor of history: table that, sooner or later, he would focus J A focus for all things on historic sites and their preservation. As it Southern—especially turned out, it was sooner. “In the fall of 1962 North Carolina and we had just completed building our first house Wake Forest. on Macon Drive,” Hendricks recalls. “I was working on a book on liquor legislation in Most of what is essential about J. Edwin Hen- Virginia at the time, and for a change of pace dricks, historian, can be gleaned from the last I would take the boys [sons Jim and Chris— four digits of his home telephone number: two of the three Hendricks children, along 1834. Recognize those four digits? That’s with daughter Lee] to Historic Bethabara, J. Edwin Hendricks right: the year Wake Forest was founded. where archeologists had just begun prelimi- Although Hendricks says he chose the nary work. We would go over to Bethabara cultural, and military climate of the time and number only so he could remember it after and ‘investigate’ the ruins. It’s fair to say that included a visit to the shelter. moving from his residence of three decades my interest was aroused.” Hendricks traces his abiding appreciation eleven years ago, his friends and colleagues The rest, as they say, is history: Hendricks for Wake Forest culture and history to a daily know better. The South, and North Carolina would go on to serve on the board of Historic ritual in which he participated as a fledgling and Wake Forest in particular, are where he Bethabara for twenty years and as consul- faculty member. “Every morning at ten, For- lives—intellectually, emotionally, and spiritu- tant to other preservation organizations and rest Clonts, our venerable department chair, ally, as well as physically. historical societies locally and as far north as shepherded us from our desks where the cir- Regional histories—of people like Joseph culation area in the library is now located over Winston, whose name was chosen in 1851 for to the College cafeteria in Reynolda Hall for the seat of the newly created Forsyth County; coffee,” he recalls. “There we would be joined sites such as Historic Bethabara, Old Salem, by many of the other faculty and administra- and the Reynolda estate; and events like the tive legends of the time for conversation. I American Revolution in North Carolina— really came to appreciate the profound value have been his focus, with idiosyncratic topics that is placed on personal relationships here.” like fifties fallout shelters folded in for flavor. Over the years, he has assembled three fil- And despite the fact that he retired from ing cabinets full of documents related to Wake full-time status this spring with the second- Forest’s history and plans to write a concise, longest tenure on the faculty behind Robert illustrated, and readable institutional his- C. Beck, who also retired (see profile on page tory in retirement. “As we have changed and 15), Hendricks will continue to be very much Pennsylvania. He was a member and chair diversified over the decades, it has become a part of the University and the historic sites of the Historic Districts Commission and harder for us to fully understand and appreci- and preservation organizations he serves as worked with the early development of Reyn- ate our heritage,” notes Hendricks, who wrote chronicler and steward of their heritages. olda House and the growth of Old Salem, Inc., a similar history of the School of Law for its Raised in the Upcountry town of Pickens along with serving in a host of other civic, centennial celebration in 1994. in the far northwest corner of South Caro- college, and church capacities. Hendricks, who recently finished a term as lina, Hendricks attended Furman University But one can never tell when their inter- president of the Historical Society of North in Greenville, where he met Sue, his wife of est will be piqued in unexpected ways. After Carolina, looks forward to resuming work more than fifty years. After completing an moving in 1998 from their longtime home on his many unfinished research and writing Army hitch and his master’s and doctoral on North Stratford Road to a house on projects. But like a good historian, he looks degrees at the University of Virginia as a Faculty Drive that had been built in the fifties back as well. “Over the years, I was frequently “Sputnik Ph.D” (referencing the speed with by College registrar Grady Patterson, the asked what I teach at Wake Forest,” he says. which he finished his graduate work thanks Hendrickses discovered in their backyard “I regret that I resisted the temptation to to the vast amounts of grant money the gov- one of the few freestanding fallout shelters respond, ‘Why, I teach Wake Forest students.’ ernment invested in graduate education after in Winston-Salem, built at the zenith of They were always what the process was the Soviet Union’s pioneering space satellite nuclear war hysteria in America. Predict- all about.” launch in 1957), he accepted his first and only ably, Hendricks began to research the subject, faculty appointment as an early American eventually teaching several first-year seminars -By David Fyten specialist at Wake Forest College. that encompassed analyses of the political, www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 17 redric T. Howard- Professor of math- F ematics: Unflagging in his dedication to teaching and research

Ask Fred Howard most any historical baseball statistic, no matter how obscure, and he’s quick with the answer. What major league pinch hitter ended up in the Baseball Hall of Fame despite a career batting average of .000? That would be Walter Alston, who played in exactly one game with the St. Louis Cardinals, but who then went on to a suc- cessful career as manager of the Brooklyn/ Los Angeles Dodgers for twenty years, which earned him entry into the Hall of Fame. Howard, who turned 70 the day before Wake Forest’s commencement exercises on May 18, is retiring as professor of mathemat- ics after what surely ranks as a Hall of Fame- worthy career: forty-three years teaching, all at Wake Forest. “I was a child prodigy,” he quips about his longevity. “The legend- Fredric T. Howard ary (baseball player) Casey Stengel lamented growing old. He once said: ‘I will never make the mistake of being 70 again.’ We can all understand that sentiment.” Howard’s love of baseball started when he was growing up in Texas—his family lived in Fort Worth, El Paso, and Abilene—and continued into adulthood, when he began collecting books on the history of baseball, mostly pre-1970. His family—his father was a chemical it so much and fit in so well that I decided to “It was a small enough department that we engineer, his mother a Latin teacher and stay,” he says. The only place he moved was all knew each other as friends and colleagues homemaker—moved to Cullman, Alabama, closer to campus, to a home on Faculty Drive, and got along and worked well together when he was in high school. He went to about twenty-five years ago. toward the same goal, to make the department college at Vanderbilt, intending to major in He joined a department that was finishing as good as it could be,” he says. He still plays English or history, but changed to math- a transition from Old Campus stalwarts— tennis and bridge with colleagues in math ematics after making a 100 on his math final Hubert Jones, “Pop” Carroll, Kenneth Raynor, and from other departments; friends say he’s exam his freshman year. and Roland Gay—to the next generation. a fierce competitor on the tennis court and He went on to earn a master’s in math- Under the leadership of Ivey Gentry, a host of around the bridge table. ematics from Vanderbilt and then, in 1966, newcomers joined the department in the early Professor Emeritus of Mathematics John his Ph.D. from Duke, where he met his to mid-1960s who, like Howard, would go on Baxley joined the faculty two years after How- future wife, Gail, who was a graduate student to have long careers at Wake Forest: Ben Seel- ard, and the two shared an office in Reynolda in English. He began teaching at Wake Forest binder, Marcellus Waddill, and Gaylord and Hall before the math department moved the same year and figured that he would stay Graham May. Howard’s retirement leaves only to what is now Manchester Hall in 1969. about ten years and move on. “But I liked Gaylord May still teaching from that group. “Fred has always been a constant source of

18 wake forest magazine and caring teacher, who knew his stuff and z meters.” Howard never admitted respon- knew how to convey understanding of each sibility, but it bore all the traits of his calm concept to his students,” says Mason, who is demeanor and sense of humor. now an instructional technology specialist Howard was the graduate student ad- with the Lynchburg City Schools in Lynchburg, viser for thirty years and oversaw the the- Virginia. “I would often go talk with him sis research of more than twenty graduate about my classes or other issues, and he would students. His own research interests lie in always listen with great care and provide number theory, combinatorial analysis, and meaningful feedback.” Mark Ginn (’88, MA ’90), chair and associ- ate professor of mathematics at Appalachian State University, had Howard for several classes as an undergraduate and a graduate student. “I was heavily influenced by him,” Ginn says. “He was a definite role model in his professionalism. He had a real knack of giving students just enough help, but not too much, so that you could learn to solve problems on your own.” Howard’s soft-spoken, mild-mannered, professorial nature belies a dry sense of humor, often played out anonymously over the years in the math department offices. There was the time in the early ’90s during an arduous search for a new faculty member when the search committee received a phenomenal application from one “I.M.A. Plushbottom” who held the BA, BS, MA, MS, MBA, MD, and Ph.D. from “PU.” It was accompanied by a recommendation letter from his thesis adviser, who allowed that Plushbottom was a Fibonacci numbers. He is a past president of terrible teacher—who would fit in perfectly at the Fibonacci Association, an international Wake Forest. The letters—and a photograph mathematics organization devoted to the of Plushbottom that bore an uncanny resem- study of special number sequences. As a sign encouragement and inspiration,” says Baxley, blance to Howard—broke the tension of of the esteem in which he’s held in the interna- who retired in 2004. “He was unflagging in the search. tional mathematics community, Karl Dilcher, his dedication to his students and to his re- Then there was the time in the early 1980s a current board member of the Fibonacci search. I always knew he was a good teacher, when esteemed biology professor Charles Association, traveled from Nova Scotia to and I got to hear it firsthand from my son, Allen ('39, MA '41), heading up a commit- Howard’s retirement dinner in April to praise Paul (’91), when he was in one of Fred’s tee on space allocations, recommended that his influence on him personally and for his classes. I saw it for myself when he was kind the math department move to Wingate Hall, contributions to the Fibonacci Association. enough to let me make up the deficiency of because its space requirements were “Spartan.” “I will miss interacting with students,” says never having a number theory course by at- Soon a sign appeared in the math department Howard, who will still teach one course next tending his class one semester.” office welcoming visitors to “Sparta.” The fall. “I’ve enjoyed helping students, being a Tammy Pausch Mason (’81) took every sign also had arrows pointing toward Tribble friend and mentor, as well as their teacher. math course Howard taught during her four Hall—“Athens, x meters”; Wait Chapel— “Je- And I’ve enjoyed being an integral part of the years as an undergraduate and credits him rusalem, y meters”; and down to the lower math department.” with her decision to major in math and pur- floors where the Babcock Graduate School sue a career in education. “He was a gifted of Management then had its offices—“Hades, —By Kerry M. King (’85)

www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 19 eter Weigl, profes- sor of biology: P ‘What lasts are the people you have worked with; whose lives you have touched.

’One would be tempted to say Pete Weigl is being put out to pasture if only he hadn’t spent so much time out in pastures already. Besides, it is impossible to imagine a guy as active and catholic in his interests as Weigl standing around like a ruminant in some sylvan setting. No, there is research yet to complete and writing to be done—not to mention classical music to be sung, a fruit-and-nut orchard to be tended, ecotours to be led, and books to Peter Weigl be read to gratify his self-acknowledged lit- erary addiction. He might be outstanding in his field, but out standing in his field? Never. Weigl, for four decades a member of Wake Forest’s biology faculty, will retire from teaching this summer. Biology is a depart- ment known for the longevity of its faculty and he is the first of its members to retire since the late esteemed Charles M. Allen in 1989. He leaves behind on formal faculty status a triad of venerable colleagues—Jerry Esch, Ray Kuhn, and Ron Dimock—all of whom came to Wake Forest about the same time he did and who are all in their late six- ties or seventies today. As an ecologist, Weigl has conducted research at and taken student and travel study groups to remote locations on five continents. The Amazon, the Andes, Africa, Asia…he’s explored it all—and that’s just the first letter of the alphabet. A passionate and politically active conservationist, he has been instrumental in the protection of North Carolina’s wilderness areas, from the long- leaf pine forests of the coastal plains to the “grassy balds” of the southern Appalachians. During his career Weigl trained twenty- seven masters and doctoral students. Most of his research has been externally supported, and in retirement he will continue to work on a government-funded study of an

20 wake forest magazine endangered mountain animal. In a time of Weigl will stay on in the biology depart- teve Ewing, professor hyper-specialization in academia, his pur- ment for the next two years as one of only of business, and Don suits in ecology, comparative physiology, ani- three formally designated Research Professors S Robin, J. Tylee Wilson mal behavior and biomechanics, and other on the Reynolda Campus. And he’ll continue Chair of Business Ethics: fields have been extraordinarily eclectic. to make time for student advising, if only on Two faithful servants re- “That is thought to be inefficient,” says the an informal basis. He will miss the teaching tire from Calloway School perceptive and always direct Weigl. “But you but knew it was time to let it go. “I wanted to only get one life to try things so you might as retire while I was still doing it well instead of Two long-time professors at the Calloway well do what you enjoy.” just fading away,” he says. “I’ve been fortunate School of Business and Accountancy are retir- Weigl is something of a Renaissance to have had the opportunity to teach a broad ing after more than fifty years of combined man. Possessing a rich and resonant bass range of subjects and people, and it is the voice and command of the classical choral experience at the school. Steve Ewing is retiring repertory, he has students I will miss the most. The research has after thirty-eight years, Don Robin after twelve. sung with several “It’s been very exciting to work at an in- local choral groups, stitution that offered a strong undergraduate among them, the business and accountancy program built upon Wake Forest Chorale an extensive liberal arts curriculum”, said Ew- in its performance ing, who joined the faculty in 1971. “I enjoyed of Mendelssohn’s a tremendously satisfying career coordinating oratorio Elijah in May. programs with my colleagues in both the un- He tends a thirty- dergraduate business courses and the liberal eight-acre wood lot arts departments across the campus. and fruit and nut “I will miss working with the young men orchard and reads and women who take my classes, helping fiction voraciously; he them to learn ‘how to learn,’ how to think completed most of the critically, watching the enthusiasm on their requirements for an faces when they begin to understand a con- English major at Wil- liams College before cept, and challenging them to give their best earning his doctoral effort in everything they do.” degree in biology at Ewing earned an MBA from Baylor Uni- Duke and coming to versity and his Ph.D. from Texas Tech Uni- Wake Forest in 1968. versity. He plans to remain in Winston-Salem Over the course and pursue interests he wasn’t able to focus on of his career, Weigl while working. has received four of “My wife and I have traveled all over the Wake Forest’s five world, and we both believe that Winston- major faculty awards: Salem is the city of our dreams,” he said. “I the Reid-Doyle hope to read more widely for pleasure, to up- Prize (1972) and Jon date my stamp and coin collections, continue Reinhardt Award my volunteer work for Crisis Control, and ex- (2003), both for excellence in teaching; the been good, but it has a shelf life. What lasts are pand my volunteerism into other areas. I plan Award for Excellence in Advising (1992); the people you have worked with; whose lives to continue my activities in line dancing and and the Donald Schoonmaker Faculty Award you have touched. I got to do a lot of things ballroom dancing, and to take dance lessons for Community Service (1999). One of his at the right time and with some good folks so so I can enjoy these activities even more.” proudest recognitions came in June 2007 Wake Forest has been a good place to be.” when he received the Joseph Grinnell Award Tom Taylor, professor emeritus of ac- from the American Society of Mammalogists countancy and dean emeritus of the Calloway —By David Fyten for excellence in training student researchers. School, has worked closely with Ewing since

www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 21 they both arrived at Wake Forest in 1971. “His collegiality and commitment to his work have been extraordinary throughout his career here. His primary concern as a teacher has always been that his students think clearly about the concepts that he teaches. This con- cern has been reflected both in the classroom and in his open-door policy outside class.” Robin joined the Calloway faculty in 1997 after teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi for twelve years. He had also taught previously at Louisiana Tech Uni- versity, Mississippi State University, and the University of Georgia. “It’s been a great twelve years here,” said Robin, who will turn seventy this year. “I’ll miss my students. I’ve taught at a lot of other institutions, and I love the students here. You can load them up and they can handle it. It’s been a delight—the best job I’ve had in forty Steve ewing years teaching.” Robin earned his undergraduate degree, MBA, and doctoral degrees from Louisiana State University. He has written five books and dozens of academic articles. A native of New Orleans, he is moving to Punta Gorda, Florida, where he plans to golf more with his wife, Sarah, do some fishing, and maybe write a novel. Umit Akinc has known him since he joined the Calloway faculty. “Don has been a terrific colleague and scholar and a model leader in business education,” he said. “Wake Forest, and particularly the Calloway School, has greatly benefited from his wisdom, his selfless dedication to his students and to his friends at the school. He has made significant contribu- tions to the careers of several young scholars by being a trusted a friend and a mentor.”

—By John Trump

Don Robin

22 wake forest magazine avid Shores, profes- ing students from within North Carolina and worked on the legal staff of the Federal Trade sor of law: ‘I tried the region. The University and law school now Commission in Washington, D.C., and, after D to be as prepared share a spot on the national—even interna- earning a LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown for going into the class- tional—stage. “We’ve always had a strong University, joined the law firm of Porter, Stan- room as I would have been teaching faculty, but we’ve become equally ley, Treffinger & Platt (now Porter, Wright, for going into court.’ strong as a publishing faculty," says Shores. Morris & Arthur) in Columbus, Ohio. He has “There is a great deal more emphasis now on been a visiting professor at the University of Fayetteville, North Carolina, home to the scholarship. We’re strong in both areas—which Missouri School of Law and a distinguished Army’s Fort Bragg, and Winston-Salem are are the essential activities of university teach- visiting professor at William Mitchell School separated by a short two-hour drive. For ing. There has been a very positive change over of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Professor of Law Joel Newman began David Shores, that trip—which took him the years that I’ve been there.” teaching at Wake Forest several years after to Washington, D.C., and the University of Through thirty-seven years of teaching law Shores. “It was a comfort and a privilege to Iowa—lasted several years. But when Shores, students, he had a simple approach. “Probably come to Wake Forest to begin my teaching who was stationed at Fort Bragg in the early the most important message I tried to convey career, knowing that David Shores was already 1960s, returned to North Carolina in 1972 to to my students was the value of professional here,” Newman said. “David has been a won- teach at Wake Forest’s School of Law, he found competence, the need to take every task seri- derful mentor and colleague. His calm good a home. ously, and to be prepared. The advice often sense and quiet good humor were always “It’s been a wonderful place to work,” said imparted to trial lawyers is that the three appreciated by everyone.” Shores, a specialist in taxation and anti-trust most important things to winning in court are Shores has always stressed the importance law. “I’ve pretty much been able to teach what preparation, preparation, and preparation. I of living up to the standards and expectations I wanted to teach; I found a niche. It’s been a tried to be as prepared for going into the class- inherent in the law profession. “My profes- really good career.” Shores doesn’t have any room as I would have been for going into court. sional life, the main focus has been on being a firm plans for what’s ahead, other than writing Hopefully, the message got across to students well-respected teacher, and I feel that I’ve basi- and traveling with his wife, Kathy. not so much from what I said in the classroom, cally achieved that over the years,” Shores said. “David has been an incredible asset to Wake but from what I did in the classroom.” “It’s probably the one thing I’m most proud of Forest,” said law school Dean Blake Morant. Shores grew up on a farm in Northeast working for the law school.” When he came to Wake Forest, the University Iowa and earned his bachelor’s degree and J.D. and law school were more oriented to attract- from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He —By John Trump

www.wfu.edu/wowf June 2009 23 People of

2 kinds

For some students with idiosyncrastic interests and ambitions, one major isn’t enough. Meet eight with especially creative combinations.

By David Fyten

24 wake forest magazine f there really are two kinds of people in the world (beyond the two kinds we all acknowledge: those who think there are I two kinds of people in the world and those who don’t), then, among college students, there are those who take the bull by the horns and those who are taken by the bull’s horns on the path the bull has been conditioned to follow.

The latter kind seems more inclined to pursue familiar career destinations by follow- ing the well-traveled road of single major and minor. The former kind seems more prone to bushwhacking trails to uncharted objectives by wielding multiple cross- disciplinary majors or minors as their machetes.

Following are brief profiles of eight of those intrepid students. They may not always be clear about where they started, have been, will go, or even wind up as they proceed along their unorthodox and sometimes circuitous routes But then, we all know there really are just two kinds of people in the world: those who think it’s the journey and not the destination that counts and those who don’t.

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Afton Vechery (’11) Carleigh Morgan (’11) Woodbine, Maryland Lewisville, North Carolina

Business major, neuroscience Philosophy and English double major, and entrepreneurship double minor French and neuroscience double minor

here is nothing particularly unconventional resolve this issue through our testing and education services.” T about combining business and entrepreneur- Ultimately she envisions herself running a company that ship, or philosophy, English, and French, as one’s converts scientific discoveries to marketplace products. concentration. It is the neuroscience, and their radically She values her neuroscience minor for providing valuable different reasons for studying it, that is the unusual part of knowledge in a promising field, and she was thankful for the Afton Vechery's and Carleigh Morgan's academic programs. opportunity to work this spring in a Wake Forest lab on a Technically, with one major and a double minor, Afton study of alcohol and monkeys. “Having partaken in this level shouldn't qualify for this story. But her scholastic program is of research,” she says, “will give me added credibility in the so distinctive, eclectic, and carefully crafted for her career scientific business world.” objective that we've made an exception. By her own admission, Carleigh has always held “seemingly For a science fair as a high school freshman, Afton con- contradictory or unusual interests.” She entered Wake Forest ducted a study that she says exposed health hazards in with medical school as her goal, but what she calls an “exis- residential well water. “But instead of working to inform the tential crisis” redirected her interest to philosophy and community and resolve the problem, [officials] tried to stop English. She briefly “flirted” with minoring in Medieval my work,” says the Presidential Scholar in entrepreneurship. Studies, but the study of French as preparation for a semes- “So I decided to take matters into my own hands and start a ter’s study in Dijon has superseded that. “I’ve been motivated community-oriented water testing and education company. to pursue neuroscience for a large chunk of time,” she says, I raised a staff of more than thirty volunteers and helped “because it embodies two enthralling characteristics: the

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Dan Applegate (’09) Asheboro, North Carolina

Computer science and theatre double major

pinnacle of human anatomy, and the unsolvable enigma of theatre culminated in the role of Edgar in this spring’s consciousness.” Her “ardent wish” is to “scour the globe, production of King Lear. “What excites me about the- writing, publishing, drawing, and painting while living a atre is the depth of humanity in the words and stories it gloriously nomadic lifestyle.” Eventually she plans to attend deals with. I love getting caught up in the moment, feel- graduate school in Europe and earn a doctoral degree in ing out these people I’m portraying, and in the process English, focusing on medieval manuscripts. widening my own experience. With computer science, I am constantly struck by the elegance of an algorithm used t’s often assumed that students with double to solve a tough problem. It’s almost like childish wonder- I majors pursue one of them to earn a living ment at how simple and beautiful a solution can be.” with and the other to satisfy a personal inter- Dan graduated in May and is acting this summer in est. And that’s the case with Dan Applegate, although with a The Lost Colony outdoor drama on Roanoke Island while twist of conventional expectation. He plans to pursue a pro- continuing to pursue internships and acting jobs for the fessional acting career and studies computer science because coming year and beyond. Acting is a competitive career, he enjoys it and is good at it. Sort of akin to a man biting a no doubt about it. But just in case Dan’s night-job aspira- dog: not what you would expect from the elements involved. tions don’t pan out, some nice day job should be waiting for “Different things amaze me,” says Dan, whose impressive him somewhere. acting career at the University as a Presidential Scholar in

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I realized that if I really wanted to push “my own art I would need to expand my mind. Logic has certainly helped Antonina Whaples (’10) me to perceive the Winston-Salem, North Carolina underling structures of an argument. Studio art and philosophy ” double major

n art, there is style and there is content, and of an argument,” she notes. “And being able to find flaws in I it is content that distinguishes the truly arguments and soundness in structure has helped me in the great artists from the merely great stylists. cerebral processing of the intentions and executions of my Already well on her way to becoming the latter, printmaker [art] work. Philosophy also helps me to think very critically— Antonina Whaples aspires to become the former and has tai- to look at what an artist is doing (especially myself) and see lored her scholastic program accordingly. if it matches up with what he/she is saying. When art is well “I finished my studio art major rather quickly soI was on executed, the dialogue between its formal qualities and its the lookout for a second major,” says Antonina, a Presidential content establishes a cohesive argument that plays out on the Scholar in art and the daughter of Professor of Economics picture-plane.” Robert Whaples. “I happened to be lucky enough to take Her professional goal is to become a master printmaker Introduction to Philosophy the summer before my sopho- and she is strongly considering pursuing bachelors and more year and something really clicked for me. I realized masters of fine arts degrees to that end after graduation that if I really wanted to push my own art I would need to next year. But she is sufficiently pragmatic to appreciate the expand my mind and learn good arguments and how to think prudency of having a second career, perhaps in library abstractly but critically.” science. “I live in the library [where she is compiling a data- It is the simplest and most abstract philosophical concepts base of the University’s contemporary art collection],” she that have helped to develop her art the most, she says. “Logic notes. “I just think the [library] culture fosters a positive has certainly helped me to perceive the underlying structures intellectual environment.”

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I was fascinated by their ability to not “ only do good for the environment but also to make smart and profitable investments. For a long time I had John Clayton (’09) Raleigh, North Carolina thought the two goals were incompatible.” Economics and Chinese double major

he world’s urban areas are running low “I was first exposed to sustainable development while serv- T on most everything except people, and at ing as an intern at Cherokee Investment Partners, a private or near the top of the list of scarcities is equity fund that’s the world’s largest brownfield redeveloper,” undeveloped—what some call “greenfield”— he explains. “Its specialty is to buy environmentally damaged land. Given that fact, it doesn’t take an urban expert to pieces of property, remediate them, and redevelop them into foresee the extinction, and probably sooner rather than later, smart-growth projects such as transit centers, office buildings, of growth as we know it. Fortunately, one resource Earth’s and mixed [residential and commercial] developments. I was megalopolises possess in great abundance is environmentally fascinated by their ability to not only do good for the environ- degraded—so-called “brownfield”—land. ment but also to make smart and profitable investments. For a John Clayton graduated in May with academic credentials long time I had thought the two goals were incompatible.” that would impress a Brookings Institution fellow. Besides For the short term, (“unless the economy dictates other- majors in economics and Chinese, he compiled enough credits wise”), John will work for a boutique management consultancy to qualify for minors in international studies and Italian and in Washington, D.C. In five years, he hopes to be living in to receive the French Business Certificate. His career ambi- Shanghai and working for a real estate investment fund or tion is to promote sustainable development around the globe, development group. especially in China. So if the use of “fortunately” in the above “I think China, over the next ten to thirty years, will be paragraph seemed strange, he can clarify. poised for growth in the sustainable development sector,

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Nitya Anand (’10) Johnson City, Tennessee

Chemistry (biochemistry concentration) and English double major

Erin “Leigh” McDonald (’10) Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Chemistry (biochemistry concentration) and English double major

especially on its eastern coast,” he states. “The rapid growth of Nitya has ambitions to become a patent attorney and will its cities has created a wealth of economic opportunities but enroll in law school after graduation. A“ science degree is also a rash of environmentally damaged properties. China’s required to qualify to take the patent bar exam, so with my government is beginning to push for cleanups and tougher majors, I will be able to combine my interest in the sciences regulatory standards. Once the real estate markets and urban with the writing, communication, and debate skills I have land prices mature to where [remediation and] redevelopment learned to love [by] studying English,” she explains. “I would becomes an economically feasible option, I think we will see like to think that this will allow me to be an especially effec- a big swing toward these types of projects.” tive lawyer. Since I will have had a significant amount of theoretical and practical experience in the subject of bio- “ ess traveled” would be understating the chemistry, I will be able to understand the technical jargon L solitary road toward double majors in Eng- used [by scientists] and translate it in a clear, concise, and lish and biochemistry on which Nitya Anand and understandable manner.” Leigh McDonald are companions. Their unconventional Leigh’s career goal is medical research, and she consid- path will diverge next spring, when they mount the Com- ers her study of English to be as relevant to it as the training mencement stage on Hearn Plaza to collect their degrees. she will receive in medical school. “The study of literature But their new roads will be equally purposeful—and still a inspires a sense of empathetic creativity that I believe will bit undertraveled. be beneficial in my chosen career,” she says. “Such work

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By embracing both, I find thatI have a far “fuller understanding of the world than either alone can Adam Edwards (’10) give and am much Lexington, North Carolina happier for it. ” Physics and philosophy double major

[as medical research] has little meaning outside its connec- in effect stopping the motor of the extremely competitive job tion to people and the human condition. Literature provides market in higher education today. unique and varying perspectives on the interactions and “Ever since I was a young boy claiming I would be a world- relationships between people, the roles of logic and emotion famous geologist, I’ve always wanted to study science in some in how they live their lives, and the ways in which they fashion,” he says. “Once I started reading physics texts in my interact with the world around them.” early teens, I found that [also reading] philosophy was an excellent way to maintain intellectual balance.” ohn Galt, the existential hero of Ayn Rand’s mag- Adam is especially interested in axiology (the study of Jnum opus Atlas Shrugged, double majored in phys- value) and the modern scientific establishment’s treatment, ics and philosophy, just like Wake Forest senior-to-be “and largely its dismissal,” of it. He hopes one day to teach the Adam Edwards. One of his friends has pointed this out to philosophy of science at the college level, but even if that does him, and although he appreciates the comparision, “I don’t not come to fruition, he’s been enriched by the symbiosis. intend on ‘stopping the motor of the world’ [as Galt did].” “By embracing both,” he says, “I find that I have a far fuller Still, Adam detects an intrinsic, complementary relation- understanding of the world than either alone can give and ship between the two ostensibly dissimilar disciplines and am much happier for it.” hopes to parlay that combination into an academic career,

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wake forest alumni association President’s Column

Dear Wake Foresters:

With each season, Wake Forest hosts many exciting events. This spring has been busy with countless tours of high school students, (applications are up 50% over the past two years!) and Campus Day for newly admitted students. For students, this season is a time of transition where we say goodbye to the Class of 2009 and welcome the incoming Class of 2013.

This spring and summer is also a period of transition for the Alumni Council. We are examining how best to serve and engage alumni, support the University, and impact the next generation of Wake Forest students. As a result, you will hear more in the coming months about the new Alumni Council strategic plan that is currently being developed. We welcome your suggestions and feedback about how to make the Alumni Council more meaningful and impactful for you, our alumni. You may contact me at [email protected], or contact the alumni services staff at [email protected]. The Alumni Services Office is always looking for ways they can involve you in volunteer activities, so please let them know of your interest.

I would also like to encourage you to make a gift, regardless of size, in support of The Wake Forest Fund. We are all aware of the current economic climate, so anything you can do is much appreciated. When the economy is suffering, the need for financial aid support for our students increases, and Wake Forest would greatly benefit from your generosity. The University is committed to supporting our students and maintaining our outstanding faculty, and all alumni can play a role to help. Gifts can be made online at www.wfu.edu/giving or call 1.800.752.8568.

I hope to see many of you on campus during Homecoming Weekend, which will take place October 9-10, 2009. The Alumni Services Office is busy planning wonderful events that appeal to all ages – even the littlest Deacons! More information can be found at www.wfu.edu/homecoming. During this weekend, we will also welcome back those alumni who graduated in years ending in ’4 or ’9 for reunion activities. It promises to be a wonderful Wake Forest weekend.

Thank you for all you do for our alma mater and have a wonderful summer.

Kim Shirley (’85) Alumni Association President classnotes

32 wake forest magazine 1930s Hunter James (’54) spends most of his time doing free- Charles R. Jervis (’37) retired lance work and writing novels as manager of employee and short stories. He recently Submission relations after 32 years with completed his 11th book and Guidelines a major Florida phosphate third work of fiction, “The company. Return of Lilith” (CreateSpace, Wake Forest Magazine welcomes 2009). Brown CLASSNOTES submissions from (’53) 1940s alumni. There are three ways to submit Bob Johnson (’54, P ’87, P ’89) information: Altha Smith Satterwhite Palmer Eugene Huffstetler and 20 classmates and spouses • Standard mail: CLASSNOTES Gallagher (’45) published a Sr. (’59, JD ’61, P ’84) and his had their third consecutive editor, Wake Forest Magazine, daily devotional book, “Faces wife, Mary Ann, celebrated annual March “Spring Fling” P.O. Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC of Fear in the Bible: A Daily their 50th wedding anniversary. at the Shell Island Resort in 27109-7205 Encounter” (Xulon Press). Wrightsville Beach, NC. The • E-mail: [email protected] next gathering will be their • Online: www.wfu.edu/magazine/ Herbert Thomas Appenzeller 1960s 55th reunion during Home- classnotes (’48, MA ’51) received a third Larry B. Sitton (’61, JD ’64, coming 2009. Presidential Award from the P ’90) is with Smith Moore Submissions guidelines: Sport and Recreation Law Leatherwood LLP in Charlotte, Robert G. Townsend Jr. (’57) • The Classnote must be about, and Association and was inducted NC. He has been named Char- completed his MD in 1961 submitted by, the alumnus/a who into the Guilford County lotte Best Lawyer’s Bet-the- from the University of Louis- is the subject of the item. Sports Hall of Fame. He has Company Litigator of the Year. ville School of Medicine. He is • The person submitting the item is published two books, a retired family practictioner responsible for its accuracy. Wake “Cheerleading and the Law” Robert R. Jewell (’62) is vice with the Cape Fear Valley Forest is not responsible for content (Carolina Academic Press, chair of the board of Alliance Medical Center in Raeford, NC. nor does posting of the information 2008) and the third edition of Mutual Insurance Co. in constitute an endorsement. “Successful Sport Manage- Greensboro, NC. He serves on Ralph A. Walker (’58, JD ’63) • E-mail and Web site addresses sub- ment” (CAP, 2009). He has the board of trustees for the retired as director from the mitted in Classnotes will be printed. been contracted by CAP to Museum of Coastal Carolina & N.C. Administrative Office of Since any information submitted to write his 21st book, “Ethical Ingram Planetarium in Ocean the Courts in Raleigh, NC. He Wake Forest Magazine is available Behavior in Sport.” Isle Beach, NC. previously served 20 years as to the public, the University is not a trial and appellate judge. responsible for how this information 1950s Pat Williams (’62) is founder may be used. Wake Forest does not and senior vice president of Harold O. Wilson (’58) retired publish phone numbers. Ralph Brown (’53) coached the NBA’s Orlando Magic. He from the community develop- • Please include your class year(s) and football 10 years at Battle has authored 53 books and is ment field in Washington, D.C., degree(s) with each submission. Ground Academy in Franklin, co-author of “Chicken Soup in 2003 and began writing • Please include a telephone number TN, and coached at Vander- for the Soul: Inside Basketball: fiction and poetry. His poem, and e-mail address so that we may bilt University. He received 101 Great Hoop Stories from “Soldier Home,” has been verify the information. the Roy Kramer Contribution Players, Coaches and Fans” accepted for publication in the • Classnotes regarding events will be to Football Award from the (Chicken Soup for the Soul Pub- 2009 Delmarva Review, and published in the next issue following National Football Foundation lishing LLC, February 2009). he has published a novella, the date of the event. and the College Hall of Fame, (www.patwilliamsmotivate.com) “The Night Blooming Cereus • Submissions may be edited for Middle Tennessee Chapter, and Other Stories.” He and his length and clarity. Nashville, TN. Daniel V. Townsend (’66) wife, Marilyn, live in Chester, • Because of space considerations we retired from the Guilford MD. (www.haroldowilson.com) are able to accept digital individual N.W. “Red” Pope (’53) County schools in High Point, head shots only. Photos must be at published his second book, NC, and published a book, “In Jane Freeman Crosthwaite least 2x3 inches at 300 pixels per “The Dance Band from Search of Thomas.” He invites (’59) is a professor of religion inch (600 x 900 pixels) Deacontown” (Five Points classmates to contact him at and chair of the religion de- Publishing), about the adven- [email protected] partment at Mount Holyoke tures of The Southerners, College in South Hadley, MA. a college dance band based Charles Benton Williams (’66) She received the 2009 Mount at Wake Forest in the 1950s is co-authoring a book about the Holyoke College Faculty of which he was a founding journals and travels of the French Award for Teaching. She was member and drummer. He botanist, André Michaux. He a presenter at the seventh retired after 52 years in ad- played Michaux in a one-person annual Phyllis Trible Lecture vertising, public relations and play to raise funds for the pub- Series held at Wake Forest in marketing, and lives with his lication of papers from the March. She has co-edited a wife, Linda, in Scottsdale, AZ. 2002 Michaux Symposium. He book of early Shaker hymns, (www.DeaconTownDanceBand. received the 2009 Bartholomew “Millennial Praises,” (UMASS com) Award from the Southern Appa- Press, Spring 2009). lachian Botanical Society. www.wfu.edu/alumni june 2009 33 notes

Stancil Campbell (’69, MA ’74), Paul S. Trivette (’71, MAEd

class after recovering from brain ’74) was named the Fulton surgery, received a master’s Family YMCA’s (Winston- in political science from the Salem, NC) 2008 Volunteer American University Cairo and of the Year and received the gave a speech to the graduat- Strong Award. He is a volun- ing class. teer coach for the develop- mental swim team, the Fulton Trivette Arrowood Holden Cosper (’73, JD ’76) (JD ’75) Jay DeVaney (’69, JD ’71, Flippers. (’71, MAEd ’74) (’73) P ’93) practices commercial real estate, land use litigation Catharine Biggs Arrowood Sallie Martin Cross (’74) has been named one of Law & and legal malpractice defense (’73, JD ’76, P ’05) is with graduated from Virginia Politics’ Super Lawyers, one of with Nexsen Pruet LLC in Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Commonwealth University the Best Lawyers in America Greensboro, NC. He has been in Raleigh, NC. She has been School of Nursing. She is a for civil litigation and one of named a Law & Politics’ Super named Raleigh Best Lawyer’s registered nurse in internal Business North Carolina’s Legal Lawyer. Bet-the-Company Litigator medicine at VCU Medical Elite. of the Year. The American Center in Richmond, VA. Jeff Mackie (’69) is a partner Arbitration Association’s James M. Dubinsky (’77) is with Sigmon Clark Mackie International Centre for Dis- Rick Karlsruher (’74) pub- the inaugural director of the Hutton Hanvey & Ferrell PA pute Resolution has named lished an eBook, “A Story Center for Student Engage- in Hickory, NC. He has been her to the International Panel Almost Told,” about his ment & Community Part- named one of Law & Politics’ of Arbitrators and Mediators. stranger-than-fiction true-life nerships at Virginia Tech in Super Lawyers in personal experiences after graduation. Blacksburg, VA. He received injury, workers compensation William “Bill” Croom (’73) has (www.jordisbooks.com) the Scholarship of Teaching and alternative dispute reso- been a high school football and Learning Award. lution. He and his wife, Flor- official in North Carolina for Jeffrey E. Schanz (’74) has ence, have two children and 35 years. He was a referee been appointed inspector Kurt Pugh (MBA ’77) is owner two grandchildren. in one of the 2008 State 4-A general of the Legal Services of Master Golf Enterprises Championship games. Corp. in Washington, D.C. LLC in Kalamazoo, MI. He Edgar M. “Ed” Roach Jr. (’69) published a book, “Master is a partner with McGuire Lawrence N. “Chip” Holden Dennis “Minnesota” Bengtson Golf...and You Master Life Woods LLP in Raleigh, NC, (’73, P ’99) is with Holden (JD ’75) is senior judge of the Itself: (or How I Cured my on the energy and climate Mickey & Mickey in Winston- Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judi- Yips...Yeah, You Heard Me)” change team. Salem, NC. He was recognized ciary, Western Pacific Circuit, (Author House, 2008). as the 2008 production leader Yokosuka, Japan. He plans to by MassMutual. retire this year, after 30 years J. Tyler Cox (’78) is manager 1970s of service, and move to of community relations and Carl F. Keller (’70) and his Walton C. Jennette (JD ’73) Cornelius, NC. volunteers at Old Salem wife, Nancy, are enjoying has started First Colony Museums & Gardens in retirement. They sailed their Asset Management LLC, an Harvey L. Cosper Jr. (JD ’75) Winston-Salem, NC. sloop, “Ariel,” to a first-place independent investment is with Parker Poe Adams & finish in the Wrightsville Beach advisor firm, in Raleigh, NC. Bernstein LLP in Charlotte, Susanna Knutson Gibbons (NC) Ocean Racing Association He said that “without the NC. He has been named Char- (’78, JD ’81) is a partner with Fall Regatta. He is captain of legal background I developed lotte Best Lawyer’s Personal Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh, his men’s and mixed doubles at Wake [Forest], it would be Injury Litigator of the Year. NC. She has been named one tennis teams that were invited very difficult to navigate these of Law and Politics’ Super to the N.C. State Champion- increasingly complex financial Clare Shore (’76) had her Lawyers in labor and employ- ships. markets.” He and his wife, Pat, work, “Queen Esther” for ment and one of the top 50 spend their free time golfing, clarinet, narrator and dancer, women. Suzanne Meisburg Rader- gardening and boating. performed at Calvary United macher (’71) is guidance Methodist Church in Lake Robert W. “Bob” Moore Jr. director at Frank W. Cox High David F. Allen (’74) retired as Worth, FL. (www.clareshore. (’79) is a golf course archi- School in Virginia Beach, VA. a colonel from the U.S. Army com) tect with JMP Golf Design in She was named Secondary Reserves after four deploy- Chapel Hill, NC. He received Educator of the Year by the ments and 31 years of service. Steve Coles (’77, JD ’80, P ’09) Golf Inc.’s 2008 International University of Virginia’s Curry He is associate vice chancellor practices business and com- Golf Renovation Award for his School of Education Foun- of military education at mercial litigation with Nexsen renovation of the Manila Golf dation. She lives in Virginia Fayetteville State University. Pruet LLC in Greensboro, NC. and Country Club in the Phil- Beach with her husband and He and his wife, Joan Nelson He has been appointed co- ippines. (www.jmpgolfdesign. three daughters. Allen (’70), and daughter, chair of the N.C. Bar Associa- com) Melissa, live in Fayetteville, tion Tort Issues Task Force. He NC.

34 wake forest magazine James M. Ivory (’85) has been named interim chair of the English department at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.

Virginia “Ginny” Holshouser Borum Joyner Atwell Bird Friedel Mills (’85, MAEd ’96) founded (JD ’80) (JD ’82) (JD ’84) (JD ’86) (’87) Full Life Counseling, a practice in Winston-Salem, NC, Christy Myatt (’79, JD ’82) David Senter Sr. (’81, JD ’84, Gary Joyner (JD ’82) is a supporting individuals and represents a wide variety of P ’07) practices construction managing partner practicing famlies affected by alcohol, banking and financial institu- and surety, commercial litiga- commercial real estate and medications and drugs. tions with Nexsen Pruet LLC tion and commercial collections commercial lending law with (www.full-life-counseling.com) in Greensboro, NC. She has with Nexsen Pruet LLC in Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in been named a Law & Politics’ Greensboro, NC. He has been Raleigh, NC. He has been Mark A. Phillips (MA ’85) is a Super Lawyer. named a Law & Politics’ Super elected to the firm’s executive psychologist in Nashville, TN. Lawyer. committee. He has been elected president 1980s of the Tennessee Psychologi- David M. Warren (’81, JD ’84) Lorrie K. Ridder (JD ’82) cal Association. Howard L. Borum (JD ’80, is a partner with Poyner Spruill has been appointed to the P ’08) is with Carruthers & LLP in Raleigh, NC. He has Tennessee Circuit Court for John Babcock (JD ’86) is a Roth PA in Greensboro, NC. been named a Law & Politics’ the 30th Judicial District. partner with Wall Esleeck He has been named one of Super Lawyer in bankruptcy Babcock LLP in Winston- The Best Lawyers in America, and creditor/debtor rights. Margaret Brandt Surratt Salem, NC, and a Wake Forest one of Business North Caro- (’82, MAEd ’85) received her adjunct professor of law. He lina’s Legal Elite, and one of Robert L. Wilson Jr. (JD ’81) PhD in counseling from UNC- has been named one of Law & Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers is with Smith Moore Leath- Charlotte. She and her hus- Politics’ Super Lawyers. in real estate law. erwood LLP in Raleigh, NC. band, Ray, live in Arcadia, NC. He was one of 10 attorneys William R. Bird Jr. (JD ’86) is Todd Brown (’80, MBA ’86) recognized and the only attor- Margaret Burnham (JD ’83) with Lowndes Drosdick Doster is the Winston-Salem, NC, ney from North Carolina to be practices commercial real Kantor & Reed PA in Orlando, branch sales manager for named a Nightingale’s Health- estate transactions and litiga- FL. He has been named one of Sharp Business Systems of the care News’ Outstanding tion with Nexsen Pruet LLC The Best Lawyers in America Carolinas. Physician Practice Lawyer. in Greensboro, NC. She has in real estate law. been named a Law & Politics’ John J. “Jody” Carpenter Jennifer Early Calvert (’82) Super Lawyer. J. Nicholas Ellis (JD ’86) is a (’80, JD ’84, P ’11) is a manag- is a counselor and coordinator partner with Poyner Spruill ing partner of Culp Elliott & of character education for J. Stanley Atwell (JD ’84) is LLP in Rocky Mount, NC. He Carpenter PLLC in Charlotte, Cannon’s Lower School in with Carruthers & Roth PA in has been named a Law & NC. He has been named a Concord, NC. She writes a Greensboro, NC. He has been Politics’ Super Lawyer in Super Lawyer and one of The biannual column for sports named one of The Best Law- business litigation. Best Lawyers in America in moms for Sports Spectrum. yers in America and one of tax law. She wrote “A Healthy Balance: Law & Politics’ Super Lawyers David Robert Fricke (JD ’86) 4 Views for Parenting Young in estate planning and pro- is a partner with Poyner Spruill David L. Terry (’80, JD ’83) Athletes” in the spring edi- bate law. LLP in Raleigh, NC. is with Poyner Spruill LLP in tion. (www.sportsspectrum. Charlotte, NC. He has been com) R. Creigh Deeds (JD ’84) is a Rogan Kersh (’86) is a named a Law & Politics’ Super candidate for governor of professor and associate dean Lawyer in labor and employ- Lynette Cardwell (’82) is the Virginia. (www.deedsforvirginia. at New York University’s ment law. Southeast business develop- com) Wagner School of Public ment manager for corporate Service. He appeared on UNC- Vincent Steven Alig (’81) accident and health with Zurich Robert Higdon (’85, JD ’89) TV during the PBS News Hour pastors a church in Marietta, Financial Services of Zurich, is chief of the criminal division with Jim Lehrer, to discuss GA. He published a book, “All Switzerland. She lives in Atlanta. of the U.S. Attorney's Office President Obama’s economic the Paths of the Lord” (High- in the Eastern district of stimulus plan. Way, 2009), giving a realistic D. Anderson Carmen (JD ’82, North Carolina. He and Frank glimpse of the day-to-day P ’09) is an attorney and Bradsher (’82) train judges, Michael D. McNeil (’86) is a life of a missionary family to director of Bell Davis & Pitt PA prosecutors and investigators partner with Drew & Ward Australia and the timeless in Winston-Salem, NC. He has in Kosovo. in Cincinnati. He has been truths of God’s love for human been appointed to the Dispute named a 2009 Ohio Super beings. Resolution Section Council of Lawyer. the N.C. Bar Association.

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Erika Friedel (’87) is a major

class gifts officer at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.

Andrew Hart (’88) is an officer in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and senior pastor of Adams Mull Nurkin Rappenecker Bumgarner Forbes (MBA ’90) (’94) (’95, MBA ’02) (JD ’96) Old First Church in Hunting- (JD ’90) (’92) ton, NY. Lynn Tutterow is associate Aubrey Hollifield is a teacher Christopher Clark Jensen Greg W. Roberts (’88, MAEd publisher of Our State maga- and coach at Shelby High (JD ’98) is president of ’90) has been named dean of zine, a North Carolina travel, School in Shelby, NC. He led Excelerate Discovery, a global admission at the University history and culture publication the Shelby Golden Lions to legal solutions and litigation of Virginia. He and his wife, out of Greensboro, NC. their first state title in the N.C. consulting company, based in Mary, and son, Luke (5), live in 2A state championship. He Washington, D.C. He and his Charlottesville. was named the 2009 Associ- wife, Kathleen, and their 1991 ated Press N.C. All-State Boys’ children, Charlotte and Chris Buckholz (’89) is an Paula L. Durst (JD) is with Basketball Coach of the Year Cormac, live in Baltimore. assistant professor of trom- Spilman Thomas & Battle and The Charlotte Observer’s bone at Northern Iowa PLLC in Charleston, WV. She Boys Coach of the Year. Kristina Taylor Nelson is the University. He was featured has been ranked by Chambers mass spectrometry resource with the Wake Forest Wind USA for 2009 in litigation. Matt Nurkin is president of director at Virginia Common- Ensemble during the perfor- the Mid-Atlantic Region with wealth University in Charlot- mance of “Colloquy” by Reed Lock Russell is a partner Erdman, a Cogdell Spencer tesville, VA. William Goldstein. with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Co., in Charlotte, NC. & Feld LLP in Washington, Jennifer Hunt Rappenecker Arnie Jones (JD ’89) was D.C., in the labor and employ- 1993 is an Edward Jones Financial elected a senior resident ment practice group. Advisor in Kihei, HI. She has superior court judge for Dis- Lisa Marie Angel (JD) is with been named a principal with trict 8B in North Carolina. Rosen Law Firm in Raleigh, the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. 1992 NC. She has been named one She and her husband, Steve Charlie D. Brown (JD/MBA of Business North Carolina’s (’92), have two children, 1990 ’97) is with Wishart Norris Legal Elite in family law. Stephen (5) and Miles (2). G. Bryan Adams III (JD) is a Henninger & Pittman PA in partner with Van Hoy Reut- Burlington, NC. He has been Elizabeth Harris Galaida Joseph Zeszotarski (JD) is linger Adams & Dunn PLLC in named one of Business North started a consulting company, a partner with Poyner Spruill Charlotte, NC. He has been Carolina’s Legal Elite in tax Galaida Creative Services, LLP in Raleigh, NC. He has named one of Business North and estate planning. providing grant writing, fund- been named a Law & Politics’ Carolina’s Legal Elite in raising, strategic planning Super Lawyer in white collar employment law. Kevin Connor is senior envi- and consulting for nonprofits. criminal defense law. ronmental manager at H.S. She and her husband, Greg Joseph B. Dempster Jr. (JD) Lochner Inc. in Clearwater, FL. Galaida (’92), live in Union 1995 is a managing partner with Bridge, MD. Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh, Michelle L. Frazier is a Steve Bumgarner (MBA ’02) NC. He has been named a government relations attorney Bruce M. Jacobs (JD) is with is co-founder and co-owner Law & Politics’ Super Lawyer with Manning Fulton & Skinner Spilman Thomas & Battle of Capture Public Relations & in real estate law. PA in Raleigh, NC. She has PLLC in Charleston, WV. He Marketing in Winston-Salem, been named one of Business has been ranked by Chambers NC. He has been named one Larry S. Mull (MBA) was North Carolina’s Legal Elite in USA for 2009 in litigation. of The Business Journal’s 40 named the YMCA Camp the Young Guns category and Leaders Under Forty. Hanes’ (Winston-Salem, NC) listed as a N.C. Super Lawyer 1994 2008 Volunteer of the Year and Rising Star. Sarah Hunt Foster is with the received the Strong Award. Eric W. Iskra (JD) is with Defense Intelligence Agency He serves on the board of Greg Galaida is the human Spilman Thomas & Battle and lives in Arlington, VA. managers and is leader of the resources manager with Li- PLLC in Charleston, WV. He newly formed Camp Hanes brary Associates Companies has been ranked by Chambers Raymond R. Hutchins III is Alumni Association. in Rockville, MD. USA for 2009 in labor and senior financial reporting employment law. analyst with Remington Arms Co. in Madison, NC.

36 wake forest magazine Megan Lulich Zerega (JD) is a Kristin Sutika Ondrak partner in the transportation received a PhD in human group of Burns White & Hick- movement science from the ton LLC in Pittsburgh. She and UNC-Chapel Hill School of her husband, Todd Zerega Medicine. She is a lecturer in (JD), have a daughter, the exercise and sport science Madeline, and a son, Connor. department at UNC-Chapel McCallister Taylor Holden Hill. (JD ’98) (’98, JD ’01) (’99) 2000 Gavin B. Parsons (JD) is an L. Kathleen Jaske is a Norman Klick Jr. (JD) is Audrey Allen has opened an associate in the complex liti- teacher at Green Valley High with Carruthers & Roth PA in immigration law practice in gation group with Troutman School in Henderson, NV. Greensboro, NC. He has been the Philadelphia area. Sanders LLP in Raleigh, NC. She has published her fourth named one of Business North He was named a Law & Poli- novel, “Out of Phase: A Time Carolina’s Legal Elite, one Katie Griesbeck and Kristen tics’ and Charlotte Magazine Traveler’s Chronicle.” of the Best Attorneys Under Stutz (’03) were two of the six Super Lawyer Rising Star for (www.forhonor.com) 40, and one of Law & Politics’ members of the winning team business litigation. N.C. Rising Stars in personal from the University of Virginia’s 1996 injury defense medical mal- Darden Graduate School of practice law. Business Administration at 2002 W. Ross Forbes Jr. (JD) Wake Forest’s 19th annual Bob Numbers is in the practices litigating business 1998 Marketing Summit. business litigation group with disputes with Jackson Walker Womble Carlyle Sandridge & LLP in Dallas. He has been Laura B. Farren (MSA ’08) is Donald Rattan Lee (JD) is a Rice PLLC in Winston-Salem, named one of Texas Monthly’s an associate accountant with partner with Ford & Harrison NC. His wife, Caroline Rising Stars. Butler & Burke LLP in Winston- LLP in Atlanta, GA. He repre- Beavers Numbers, is a stay- Salem, NC. sents management in labor at-home mom and community Jonathan Gann Odom (JD) is law matters. volunteer. deputy staff judge advocate Steven K. McCallister (JD) to the commander, U.S. Pa- practices business and plain- Warner May received his Jonathan “Jay” Parker cific Command, U.S. Navy, in tiff’s litigation with Shanahan MBA from Georgia State received his MBA in marketing Hawaii. Law Group PLLC in Raleigh, University’s Robinson College from Texas Christian Univer- NC. He has been named one of Business. sity. He is with an advertising David Wayne Willis is a part- of Business North Carolina’s agency in Austin, TX. ner with David & Rosetti LLP in Legal Elite in the Young Guns Allison M. Doyle Roditi is Atlanta, representing employ- category. the administrative director of Anita Woolley received her ers and insurance carriers in neurosciences at Long Island MBA from the University of workers’ compensation claims. W. Kevin McLaughlin Jr. (JD) Jewish Medical Center in New Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a is chief operating officer and Hyde Park, NY. director with Tishman Con- 1997 general counsel for the N.C. struction for the MGM Mirage Department of Administration Jessica Sammis started a CityCenter Project. J. Wellington Adams (MD) in Raleigh, NC. business, Nit Nabbers LLC, opened Carolinas Coastal an in-home head lice removal Stephanie Wyatt (MDiv) is Health PC, a family medical Craig A. Taylor (JD ’01) is service in Charlotte, NC, and pursuing a PhD in biblical practice in Leland, NC. with Carruthers & Roth PA in the surrounding area. (www. interpretation at Texas Chris- Greensboro, NC. He has been nitnabbers.com) tian University’s Brite Divinity Leah Durner (JD) has been named one of Law & Politics’ School in Fort Worth, TX. She named a partner with KPMG N.C. Rising Stars in business was ordained by her home LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advi- and corporate law. 2001 congregation, Central Baptist sory firm in Washington, D.C. Michael Hebert (JD) is a part- Church of Fountain City in 1999 ner with Moore & Van Allen Knoxville, TN. John Wood Frehse is manag- PLLC in Charlotte, NC. ing partner of Core Practice David L. Holden is with LLC, based in Lisle, IL, and Holden Mickey & Mickey William Keefe and Cristina 2003 New York. in Winston-Salem, NC. He Keefe organized a climb up Kristen Stutz and Katie earned the chartered financial Mount Kilimanjaro as a cancer Griesbeck (’00) were two of Melissa Minot Hawks is owner consultant designation. fundraiser to benefit Memorial the six members of the win- of The Well Appointed House Sloan Kettering Cancer ning team from the University LLC, an online purveyor of Andrew Lampros (JD) is with Center in New York. (www. of Virginia’s Darden Graduate home luxuries. She and her Cook Hall & Lampros LLP in kiliclimbforcancer.org) School of Business Adminis- family live in the New York City Atlanta. He has been named a tration at Wake Forest’s 19th suburb of Purchase, NY. (www. Georgia Rising Star by Geor- annual Marketing Summit. wellappointedhouse.com) gia Super Lawyers magazine.

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2004 2005 Ernest Warren Pierce III has Geoff Proud (’99) and Erin

class been commissioned a 2nd Korey (’99). 2/7/09 in Bethesda, John D. Cattano (MBA) is Tiffany Callaway received her lieutenant in the U.S. Marine MD. They live in Washington, managing partner of CC Devel- MD from Harvard Medical Corps. He continues training D.C. opment Group LLC in Columbia, School. Her residency is in in- in Quantico, VA, and is en- SC, developers of the Value ternal medicine at Duke Univer- gaged to Lydia Dorsey (’08). Audrey Allen (’00) and Chris Place extended stay motels. sity Hospital in Durham, NC. Fugaro (MBA ’07). 9/27/08 The Greenville-Spartanburg in Philadelphia. The wedding Business Journal wrote an arti- John J. Engel received his JD 2008 party included Sarah Wysocki cle about him and the opening from the University of Virginia Stanley Arnoux was selected Endemann (’00), Ben King of their seventh location near School of Law and has been ad- by the New Orleans Saints in the (MBA ’07) and Matt Powers the BMW Manufacturing Co. mitted to the Delaware Bar. He fourth round of the NFL Draft. (MBA ’07). is an associate in the business Scott Mickle (MBA) is direc- department of Richards Layton Aaron Curry was selected by Sarah Milam (’00, MSA ’01) tor of business development & Finger PA in Wilmington, DE. the Seattle Seahawks with the and Nicholas Streit (’03). for LandDesign in Charlotte, fourth pick of the first round 3/28/09 in Charlotte, NC, NC. He and his wife, Shannon, Brian Hall is a media planner/ in the NFL Draft, the highest a where they live. The bride’s have one son, Corbin. buyer for Harmelin Media in Wake Forest player has been grandfather is M. Bruce Milam Philadelphia. drafted since 1961. He won the (’51), and her parents are Rosita Najmi earned a 2007 Butkus Award as the nation's B. Hofler Milam (’76, MBA ’91) Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Kristen Hall opened a daycare best linebacker in 2008 and was and Kathryn Parker Milam and attended Harvard Busi- and luxury boarding facility a finalist for the Lott Trophy. (MALS ’95). The wedding ness School, graduating as for dogs, Puptown Charlotte, party included Chris Chase one of two Forté Foundation in Charlotte, NC. She is train- Kelsey N.H. Mayo (JD) is an (’03), Greg Falkowski (’03), Scholars. She will complete ing her black Lab for agility associate in the employee K. Leigh Hamm Forell (’99), a Harvard Business School shows, and she volunteers benefits group of Poyner Patrick Mariani (’03), Scott Leadership Fellowship at with her Golden Retriever, a Spruill LLP in Charlotte, NC. Spencer (’03), Chris Vogel (’03) Mercy Corps as a financial certified therapy dog. (www. and the bride’s sister Margaret services strategy advisor puptowncharlotte.com) Natalie Mullikin has been Milam (’04). based out of Washington, D.C. named the 2008 ACC Volley- Alexandra Kejner graduated ball Scholar Athlete of the Year William Matthew Keefe (’01) Anthony Pecorella (MA ’06) from the University of Michi- and Wake Forest’s MVP. and Cristina Anne Pandolfo was one of 19 winners of the gan Medical School. She is (’01). 8/31/08 in Cana Point, 2009 Digital Media and Learn- in the University of Alabama Alphonso Smith was selected CA. They live in Los Angeles. ing Competition to explore Birmingham’s Otolaryngology by the Denver Broncos in the The wedding party included digital media’s ability to help Residency Program. second round of the NFL Draft. Lisa Biedrzycki (’01), Lisa people learn. He received Pearson Collums (’01), Donald funding from the MacArthur Kezia McKeague received Sam Swank has signed as a Hall II (’01), Alissa Mears (’01), Foundation for his project, her master’s in international free agent with the Philadel- Sara Wakild (’01) and Kenneth “Molecular Spore: Exploring studies from the Universidad phia Eagles in the NFL. Wallace III (’01). the Cell Through Computer Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Games,” to engage kids in Aires, Argentina, and Sciences Chip Vaughn was selected by Kirsten Lynne Nantz (’01) ways that make biological Po in Paris. She works for the the New Orleans Saints in the and Robert Blondeau. 12/1/07 principles meaningful. Senate Committee on Foreign fourth round of the NFL Draft. in Atlanta. The wedding party Relations in Washington, D.C. included Corinne Zadik (’01). Anna Groos Saunders received her master’s from the Marriages Marcia Allen Stafford (’01) University of South Carolina’s 2006 Alexandra Rooks (’90) and and Jonathan Manz. 10/4/08 School of Journalism and Mass Sam Marrero is pursuing a Michael Hughes. 10/18/08 in near Winter Park, CO. The Communications. While there master’s in international trade Atlanta. They live in Tucker, GA. wedding party included she received the Van T. policy at Middlebury College’s Courtney Gerenser (’01), Sarah Newman Fellowship. She is Monterey Institute of Inter- Sarah Ross Hunt (’95) and Lucas Hartley (’01) and Ellen the volunteer and event coor- national Studies. He received Chad Randle Foster. 11/1/08 Burger Riley (’01). dinator for Palmetto Health support from the U.S. Depart- in Indian Beach, NC. They live Foundation in Columbia, SC. ment of State to study Arabic in Arlington, VA. The bride’s Nicole Alyse Berry (’03) and in Cairo, Egypt. parents are Robert (’62) and Christopher Knowles Eric F. Werrenrath is an Margaret Hunt. The wedding Gottfried (’04). 3/14/09 in attorney with Shuffield Lowman party included soloist Amy Winston-Salem, NC. The Real Estate in Orlando, FL. He 2007 Ragan DiCristina (’95) and mother of the bride is Lynn was featured in the Orlando Chris Fugaro (MBA) is an Amber Rice McCracken (’95). Berry (’80). The wedding party Sentinel’s Ask a Lawyer sec- investment banker in the included Mikie Farmer (’04), tion, “Divorce Decree on House Philadelphia area. Angela Meyer (’03) and Nick Might Require Legal Help.” Nicholson (’04). 38 wake forest magazine The incomparable Jesse Haddock

Legendary golf coach created a Wake Forest dynasty

By Bill F. Hensley (’50)

esse Haddock never dreamed he would become a Jcoach when he enrolled at Wake Forest in 1944. The freshman from rural Winterville, N.C., had lofty thoughts of becoming a country doctor until he tackled a science course and didn’t fare too well. “I knew then,” he said, “that I better focus on something in business or athletics.” Haddock (’52) went on to become the most successful coach in Wake Forest history. In a sensational 30-year career from 1962 to 1992, he led the golf team to three national championships (1974, 1975 and 1986) and 15 Atlantic Coast Conference titles. The Deacons won 10 “I was honest with my players,” Haddock said, “and conference crowns in a row from 1967 to 1976, and I expected them to be honest with me. Anything else was finished second in the NCAA tourney three times. His not acceptable. As a student, I had learned a lot working 1975 squad, which won the NCAA crown by 33 strokes, with coaches Peahead Walker and Murray Greason, and the largest margin in NCAA history, has been called the I wanted to adopt some of their philosophies.” “best college golf team ever” by Golf World magazine. Tim Straub (’89), a former Deacon All-America and A number of his stars went on to outstanding careers on star of the last national championship team, is the the PGA tour, including Curtis Strange (’77), golf coach at Davidson College. “Coach was a sports Lanny Wadkins (’72, P ’96, P ’10), Jay Haas (’76, P ’04, psychologist before that term was popular,” he remarked. P ’10), Jerry Haas (’85), Scott Hoch (’78), Gary Hallberg “He knew which players responded to a pat on the back (’80), Jay Sigel (’67, P ’95, P ’99), Billy Andrade (’87), Jim and the ones who needed a kick in the rear. We always Simons (’72, P ’99), and Len Mattiace (’90). Sixty-three knew where we stood with him and what he expected Deacons made All-America during his tenure. of us.” Haddock first enrolled at Wake Forest in 1944 but was Bill Stines (’84) was a walk-on to the golf team and drafted by the U.S. Army after a year. He returned in 1947 is now golf director at the famed Scioto Country Club and received a degree in business in 1952. As a student, he in Columbus, Ohio. “Coach Haddock understood golf, performed a variety of chores in the athletic department psychology, motivation and communication. He was and quickly caught the eye of Athletic Director James ahead of his time in understanding the mental side of H. Weaver. He became Weaver’s assistant following his the game, and he pushed players to accomplishments graduation. they may never have been able to obtain otherwise.” When alumnus Bill Gibson (’29, MA ’42) became AD Haddock and his wife, Kay, split their time between in the early ’60s, he asked Haddock to take over as golf Winston-Salem and Linville, N.C. He still follows Wake coach, thus creating the beginning of a dynasty that ranks Forest athletics, but does he miss coaching? “I don’t miss with the most successful in college athletics. He won his the day-to-day grind, but I do miss the close association first ACC championship a year later. with the players. It was heartwarming to see them He made recruiting his main priority and sought improve and become tough competitors, because only the nation’s best, sometimes disregarding the I knew they would also do that in life.” recommendations of an avid alumnus or two pushing a hometown kid. And he concentrated on establishing a program that would help even the best players further Bill Hensley (’50) is a retired sports writer and a former develop their skills. He demanded that classwork — and director of sports information at Wake Forest. teamwork — come first, and he politely showed the door to any player that didn’t conform, including observing his strong disciplinary policy. www.wfu.edu/alumni june 2009 39 notes

John Albert Bruns III (’03) Kristen Leigh Raliski (’07, Judy C. Chen (’91) and Michael Julie McConnell-Witter

class and Kelly Ann Fields. 4/17/09 MSA ’08) and Theodore V. Gamboa, San Francisco: a (’93) and Chris Witter, Chevy in Ellicott City, MD. They live Charles Fyock Jr. 4/11/09 in son, Noah Michael. 9/6/08. He Chase, MD: twin daughters, in Baltimore. The wedding Winston-Salem, NC. They live joins his brother, Jake (4). Catherine Ainsley and party included Matthew G. in Georgia. The bride is the Cordelia Elizabeth. 11/20/08 Webb (’03). daughter of Edward Stephen Bill Horton (’91) and Charissa (’80) and Karen Beasley (’80) Wong Horton (’92), Basking Sherri McDaniel Sealey (’93, Nicole Murphey (’03) and Raliski. The wedding party in- Ridge, NJ: a daughter, Suzanne MBA ’01) and Danny B. Dannitte Mays Dickey. 11/1/08 cluded Jessica Wiseman (’07). Song Yi. 3/12/09. She joins her Sealey, Advance, NC: a son, in Cornelius, NC. The wedding brother, Peter, and sister, Kate. Brent Andrew. 2/27/09. He joins party included Cyndi Sjezner James Seabrook Sosnowski his brother, Justin David (1 1/2). Gross (’03). (’07) and Mary Gretchen Amy House (’91) and Ralph Kroncke. 10/25/08 in Charles- Gillies, Augusta, GA: a daugh- Lauren Martin Smith (’93) Bradley James Roberts ton, SC. The wedding party ter, Naomi Susan. 5/3/08. She and James Matthew Smith, (’04, MSA ’05) and Shelby included Andrew Flavin (’07), joins her brother, Owen (3). Denver, NC: a son, Matthew Lowe Strayer (’04). 8/2/08 in Taylor Forry (’07), James Hayden. 2/20/09. He joins his Fairview, PA. They live in New Norris (’06), Logan Roach (’07), James Alexander Bass III sisters, Sarah Kathryn (6) and York City. The wedding party James Smith (’09) and Trevor (JD ’92) and Misti Bass, Laura Elizabeth (3). included Pam Bardong (’04), Taylor (’09). Rutherfordton, NC: a son, Bryan Bexley (’04), Meghan Nathan Alexander. 3/13/09. He Joseph DeArmond Cantrell Claffey Cline (’04), Jon McHugh Victor Luis Velazquez (MBA joins his brother, Brandon (5). (’94) and Melissa Thomas (’04), Sayer Nixon (’04) and Jeff ’07) and Victoria “Tori” Rose Cantrell (’94), Williamsburg, Wilson (’04, MSA ’05). Johnson (MBA ’07). 2/14/09 Tim Girgenti (’92) and Kim VA: a son, Thomas Ward. in Vieques, Puerto Rico. They Girgenti, Cypress, TX: a son, 1/15/09. He joins his sister, Emily Collier Childs (’05) and live in Chapel Hill, NC. The David Kristiansen. 3/12/09. Laura (6), and brother, Jake (3). James Paul Brinkley. 1/2/09 wedding party included Julie He joins his brothers, Thomas in Seaside, FL. They live in Hinkle (MBA ’07). (12) and Peter (9), and sisters, Morgan William Fayssoux Jr. Atlanta. The wedding party Grace (7) and Emmy (3). (’94) and Sara Tamsley Slowik included Christina Beckett Ryan David Urban (MBA Fayssoux (’97), Greenville, (’05), Christy Crais (’05), An- ’08) and Kristen Ray Gosney. Phillip A.B. Leonard (’92) and SC: a daughter, Sara Ainsley. drea Gormley (’05), Anna Price 10/6/07 in Sunset Beach, NC. Vicky Tsitseras Leonard (’94), 5/8/08. She joins her brother, Heyer (’05) and Rebecca High Point, NC: a daughter, Morgan (3). Rhodes (’05). Emma Constance. 10/23/08. Births/Adoptions She joins her sister, Katherine Kevin Taylor (’94) and Jenny J. Lee Hill Jr. (MDiv ’05) and Julia Sizemore Nesbit (’89) Francis (5). Her paternal Hinson (’95), Albemarle, NC: Christie Nicole Love. 2/15/09 and Robert David Nesbit grandparents are Charles H.B. a son, Robert Hinson. 3/10/09. in New York City. Brad Braxton (’91), Williston, VT: a son, (’63) and Barbara Bennett (’65) He joins his brother, Thomas officiated. The wedding party David Oliver. 12/19/08. He Leonard. Cameron (3). included Marcus Ingram (MDiv joins his brother, Robert ’06). Thomas (2 1/2). His grand- Jina Bowman Propst (’92) Jennifer Middleton Zonts parents are Mary Gail Koontz and Buck Propst, Raleigh, (’94) and Keith Zonts, Cassel- Kathryn Rachel Moynahan (’61) and Robert Nesbit. His NC: a son, Benjamin Boylan. berry, FL: a daughter, Delaney (’05) and Evan Kirk Hall. aunts and uncles are Doug 5/21/08. He joins his brother, Erin. 11/18/08. She joins her 3/28/09 in Austin, TX. They (’92) and Amy Nesbit and William Sims III (4), and sister, sisters: Caroline (10), Jillian (7) live in Dallas. The wedding Scott (’94) and Elizabeth Lillian Bowman (5). and Susannah (4). party included Sally Inman Granger (’94) Nesbit. (’05), Jacquelyn Jetton (’05), Christopher Patrick Taylor David Scott Chapman (’95) Amanda Jones (’05), Lyndsey Amy Kattwinkel Nordstrom (’92, MBA ’97) and Karen and Peggy Chapman, Char- Miller (’05, MA ’07) and Erin (’89) and Pete Nordstrom, Maurer Taylor, Winston-Salem, lotte, NC: a son, John Anthony. Talabay (’05). Charlotte, NC: a daughter, NC: a son, Hayden Christo- 11/28/08. He joins his sister, Elizabeth Ann. 3/2/08 pher. 2/4/09. He joins his Lauren, and brother, Matthew. Edward C. Kuehnle III (’06) sister, Grayson (3). and Juliet M. Lam (’06). Anne Schiller Flynn (’90, Jennifer Feore Cowley (’95) 4/5/08 in Pinehurst, NC. They MD ’94) and Patrick Flynn, Laine Thomas Conway (’93) and Thomas Patrick Cowley, live in Winston-Salem, NC. Charleston, SC: a son, Andrew and Tim Conway, Gainesville, Arlington, VA: a son, Thomas The wedding party included Patrick. 2/11/09. He joins his VA: a daughter, Miller Patrick Jr. 2/6/09. He joins his Naequan Jones (’06), Amber brother, Robert. Adelaide. 4/9/09 sister, Caroline Genevieve (2). Lenstrom (’06), Chris Lough (’06), Josh Portnoy (’06), Patrick Michael Lemons (’90) Charles Harris (’93) and Madeline Rock (’06), Peter and Allie Lemons, Charlotte, Allison Martin Harris (’94), Tillman (’06) and Mary-Hollis NC: a daughter, Annie Grace. Southern Pines, NC: a daugh- Williams (’09). 1/13/09. She joins her sister, ter, Martha Anne. 12/18/08. Caroline (2). She joins her sister, Stella (3).

40 wake forest magazine John A. MacDonald (’95) and 10/8/08. He joins his sisters, Leah Small Ewing (’99) and Gregory Eric Frey (’00) and Laurie Penhall MacDonald Lauren (3) and Kate (2). Philip Ewing, Dallas: a son, Zulema Zalazar, Annandale, (’95, MD ’99), Oak Ridge, NC: Clay McCauley. 3/7/09 VA: a daughter, Erin Alicia. a daughter, Lucy Emma. 1/17/09. Todd Sninski (’97) and 2/10/09 She joins her sisters, Audrey (7), Dabney Maner Sninski (’97), James Haynes Gentry III (’99) Sadie (5) and Nora (2). Cary, NC: a daughter, Carter and Holly Miller Gentry (’99), Jeni Sigmon Huffman (’00) Elizabeth. 7/16/08. She joins Atlanta: a daughter, Charlotte and Jason Huffman, Winston- Brian Christian Brady (’96) her brother, Drew (3). Miller. 11/5/08 Salem, NC: a son, Dean and Lisa Brady, Mooresboro, Alexander. 2/6/09 NC: a son, Gates Houston. Meredith Miller Van Wyk Phillip Allan Hodes (’99) 3/3/09. He joins his sister, (’97) and Andy Van Wyk, and Elizabeth Jessica Reilly- John Knox “Jake” Larkins III Shelby Loran (6). Littleton, CO: a son, Grant Hodes (’01), Mount Laurel, NJ: (’00) and Kerry O’Hagan Andrew. 1/13/09. He joins his a son, Zachary Allan. 2/24/09 Larkins (’00), Atlanta: a son, S. Christopher Collier (’96) sister, Anna Elizabeth (4). John Knox IV. 3/24/09 and Valary Collier, Atlanta: a Dustin Lyman (’99) and Kelly daughter, Olivia Ann. 1/15/09 Alex D. Brown (’98) and Wolff Lyman (’99), Chicago: Warner May (’00) and Melissa Georgeann Brown, Lexington, a son, Wyatt Sheehan. May, Decatur, GA: a daughter, Kimberly Turner Helms (’96) KY: a son, Hudson Alexander. 12/23/08. He joins his sister, Caroline Elizabeth. 11/12/08 and Josh Helms, West Point, 3/18/09. He joins his sister, Olivia Elizabeth (2). NY: a daughter, Anna Juliet. Annelise (2 1/2). Amanda Epstein Musson 3/2/09. She joins her sister, Kerri Leigh Smetzer Mast (’00) and Stephen Musson, Katherine (5). Autumn Stokley Chandler (’99) and Patrick Mast, Marietta, GA: a son, Alex (’98) and Robert M. Chandler Charlotte, NC: a daughter, Parker. 3/2/09. He joins his Carl Peluso (’96) and Sara (JD ’99), Charlotte, NC: Margaret Louise. 9/22/08. brother, Nicholas (3). Peluso, Wauwatosa, WI: a a daughter, Mary Austin. She joins her brother, Jack (4). daughter, Ella Jean. 1/28/09. 2/18/09. She joins her brother, Allison M. Doyle Roditi (’00) She joins her brother, Luca Reagan Kincaid (2 1/2). Derrill L. McAteer (’99) and and Randy Roditi, Bayside, Joseph (2). Megan McAteer, Brooksville, NY: a son, Connor Grayson. Carinne Keenan Hardin (’98) FL: a daughter, Kathryn Flynn. 11/30/08 Robert G. Schott (’96) and and Paul Simpson Hardin, 4/9/09 Layla Schott, West Caldwell, Athens, GA: a daughter, Lane Joseph Allen Wallace (’00, NJ: a daughter, Juliana Nicole. Chapman. 1/28/09. She joins Jennifer Steinberg Urbonas MSA ’00) and Sarah Osteen 2/21/09. She joins her sister, her brother, Jack (2). (’99) and James Urbonas, San Wallace, Charlotte, NC: a son, Ava (2). Francisco: a son, Christian Wade Alexander. 2/11/09 Keith Andrew Krut (’98) and James. 2/9/09. He joins his Kelly Bumgarner Trenchard Emilie Lapeyre Krut (’98), sister, Molly (3). Lynn Paris Wieland (MBA ’00) (’96, MSA ’97) and Matthew Kensington, MD: a daughter, and Brian Wieland, Charlotte, Trenchard (’98), Clemmons, Eva Therese. 3/17/09. She Alecia Chandler Wilder (’99) NC: a daughter, Jane Paris. NC: a son, Levi Tyler. 2/16/09. joins her brother, Thomas (2). and Matt Wilder, Ridgecrest, 11/6/08 He joins his brother, Noah (2). CA: a son, Jeremy Matthew. Todd Liu (’98) and Jeanne Liu, 8/1/08 Keith Zanni (JD ’00) and Lisa David Wayne Willis (’96) and Wallingford, CT: a daughter, Zanni (JD ’01), Chesapeake, Lenore Kralovich Willis McKenna Kyle. 2/3/09. She joins Ben Wilson (’99) and Shelly VA: a daughter, Melissa (’96, MSA ’97), Marietta, her brothers, Kieran and Ronan. Woodson Wilson (’99), Katherine. 9/17/08. She joins GA: a daughter, Julia Leigh. Lexington, NC: a son, Evan her brother, Drew (5), and 11/14/08. She joins her brother, Steven K. McCallister (JD ’98) Christopher. 1/9/09 sister, Megan (3). Daniel (5), and sister, Ashlyn (3). and Amy McCallister, Raleigh, NC: a daughter, Beatrice Elise. Alys Embry Brown (’00, MSA Louis Miller Grumley (’01) Jeff Wolford (’96) and Lisa 12/30/08 ’01) and Trevor Brown, Dalton, and Laura B. Grumley, Martin Wolford (’96), Arvada, GA: a daughter, Sydney Ava. Paducah, KY: a daughter, CO: a daughter, Claire Morgan. Jennifer Gough Sargent (’98) 12/17/08 Caroline Elizabeth. 1/27/09. 12/27/08. She joins her brother, and Matthew Sargent, Boston: She joins her brother, Max (2). Kai (3). a son, Jude Parker. 1/3/09 Alison Anibaldi Daeley (’00) and Scott Daeley (’02), Kent, Matthew L. Jamison (’01) and Robert Fatzinger (’97, MALS LeeAnn Hodges Talbott (’98) OH: a daughter, Sloan Elise. Alyson B. Jamison, Atlanta: a ’99) and Kirsten Patchel and Scott Talbott, Bethesda, 7/1/08 son, Henry Michael. 2/17/09 Fatzinger (’99), Falls Church, MD: a daughter, Lauren Dove. VA: a son, James Jude. 1/3/09 Julie Hiester Foster (’00) and Scott T. McKnight (’01) and 11/28/08 Nathan Foster, Charleston, Katherine K. McKnight, Elizabeth Cook Dempsey SC: a daughter, Joanna Kay. Birmingham, AL: a daughter, Melissa Minot Hawks (’97) (’99) and Ed Dempsey, Grand 2/10/09 Madeline Claire. 4/6/09 and Carney Hawks, Purchase, Rapids, MI: a daughter, NY: a son, William Carney. Caroline Cora. 2/13/09. She joins her brother, James (2). www.wfu.edu/alumni june 2009 41 notes

Kristin Sutika Ondrak (’01) Andrew Arndt (’04) and two great-grandchildren. James M. DeVane (’40), and Christopher Ondrak, Megan Mason Arndt (’04), Memorials may be made to Feb. 11, 2009, Greenville, NC. class Cary, NC: a son, Liam Berwyn, IL: a son, Joseph the Wade E. Brown Schol- He graduated from the V-7 Christopher. 2/26/09 Andrew. 2/25/09. His aunt and arship at the Wake Forest Navy Officers training program uncles are: Jamie Lemke Arndt School of Law, PO Box 7206, and served in the U.S. Navy Allison Hallman Sapp (’01) (’01), Stephen Arndt (’01), and Winston-Salem, NC 27109. during World War II. He was and Jeffrey David Sapp, Nicholas Mason (’04). CEO of Sampson County Rochester Hills, MI: a daugh- R.F. Hoke Pollock (JD ’36), Memorial Hospital in Clinton, ter, Natalie Elizabeth. 1/3/09 Steve LeFaivre (’04) and Feb. 9, 2009, Southern Pines, NC, and later president and Catherine Fortin LeFaivre NC. He served in the U.S. Army CEO of Robeson County Keyshorn Marquise Smith (’04), Ottawa, Ontario, from 1940 to 1946. He joined Memorial Hospital (later (’01) and Diedre Washington Canada: a daughter, Sofia the Army Reserve and moved Southeastern Regional Medical Smith (’02), Raleigh, NC: Catherine. 12/22/08 to Southern Pines and opened Center) in Lumberton, NC. He a daughter, Khelis Marian. a law practice. He served in retired as president after 25 1/7/09 Kevin Cumbus (MBA ’05) many civic areas and was judge years. and Katie Cumbus (JD ’06), of the Southern Pines Record- Brian T. Sumner (’01) and Charlotte, NC: a son, Cooper ers Court. He served on the George Powers Matthews Louise Sumner, Arlington, VA: Henry. 10/17/08 trustees of St. Mary’s College (’40), March 31, 2009, Rose a son, Henry Rogers. 1/19/09 in Raleigh, NC, and was instru- Hill, NC. He received his MD Andrew Foster (MBA ’06) mental in the Moore County from Temple University School Christopher F. Brislin (JD ’02) and Meg Foster, Richmond, Educational Foundation. of Medicine. He served in the and Maggie Brislin, Charlotte, VA: a son, William Ernest. U.S. Army Medical Corps and NC: a son, Rhys Michael. 2/15/09 John Welford Cantrell (’39), practiced medicine for over 45 3/9/09. He joins his sister, Feb. 3, 2009, Maryville, TN. years in Rose Hill. He retired Wren (2). Eric B. Williams (’06) and He was a retired dentist. He in 1991 and enjoyed traveling, Sertethea Williams, Clemmons, served as a major in the U.S. reading and spending time Brandon C. Jones (MDiv ’02) NC: a son, Travien Eric. 1/5/09 Air Force during World War II. with his family. and Laurie Jones, Pascagoula, MS: a son, Edward Gray. Baxter E. Kearns (’39), Jarvis Wilson Teague (’40), 4/13/09 Deaths Feb. 10, 2009, Asheboro, NC. Feb. 14, 2009, Waynesville, Wade Edward Brown (JD ’31), He was a medic in the U.S. NC. He graduated from the Dustin Knutson (’02) and March 9, 2009, Boone, NC. He Army during World War II Southern Baptist Theological Keri Senges Knutson (’03), was 101. He was a prominent and received the Bronze Star Seminary and pastored Edmond, OK: a son, Xavier attorney and civic leader in Medal. He was retired from churches in Indiana and Anderson. 4/28/08. He joins Boone, NC. He served several Harrelson Rubber Co. and Eastern and Western North his brother, Owen Alexander terms on the Wake Forest Kearns Furniture. Carolina. He taught school (15 mos). Board of Trustees and was for 26 years, retiring from the named a trustee emeritus in William G. Nagel (’39), Haywood County School Sys- Sudie Griffin Langford (’02) 1999. In 1993, he established March 30, 2009, Boulder, CO. tem in 1986. Larry Ammons and Jeff Langford, Augusta, the Wade E. Brown Scholar- He served in the U.S. Army (’65, P ’99, P ’04) remembers GA: a son, Alan Avery. 7/15/08 ship at the School of Law. A and received a master’s in his stories about chopping native of Blowing Rock, NC, social work from the University firewood for campus fireplaces Greg Langsdale (’02) and he attended Mars Hill Junior of Pennsylvania. He served and milking a faculty mem- Libby Phelps Langsdale (’02), College before enrolling at in the New Jersey National ber’s cow to earn extra money. Arlington, VA: a son, Griffin Wake Forest. Except for a Guard, was a corrections Wyatt. 9/16/08 stint in the U.S. Navy during reformer, government admin- Willard Cannon Wright (’40), the 1940s, he practiced law in istrator and president of the Feb. 7, 2009, Tabor City, NC. Bob Numbers (’02) and Boone for 60 years. He served American Foundation. He started Wright’s Gas Co. Caroline Johnson Beavers in the N.C. Senate and House and retired in 1985, turning Numbers (’02), Winston- of Representatives, and was Stacy H. Peterson (’39), the business over to his son. Salem, NC: a daughter, mayor of Boone from 1961 to March 18, 2009, Clinton, NC. He was a town commissioner Alexandra Chadwick. 6/26/08 1967. He was inducted into the He served in the U.S. Army in Tabor City for 35 years. He N.C. Bar Association Hall of during World War II. He taught received the Man of the Year Eve-Marie Zigrossi Welch Fame in 1992. He helped start school in Lenoir County and and Distinguished Service (’02) and Scott Welch, South the Boone Area Chamber of retired as a field auditor after awards from the Tabor City Lake Tahoe, CA: a son, Joseph Commerce, the Boone Golf 42 years with the Employment Jaycees in 1955 and the Life- Clarence. 11/30/08 Course, Watauga Medical Security Commission. He was time Deacon Award in 1985. Center and the “Horn in the preceded in death by three He initiated the Tabor City Katrina Schmitz Tomlin (’03) West” outdoor drama. He is brothers: Woodrow Sr. (JD Yam Festival Celebration, was and T.J. Tomlin, Columbia, survived by three children: ’36), Alphonza and Matthew. recognized for his service MO: twins, Carlyle David and Margaret Rose, Wade Edward His survivors include a nephew, to the Cape Fear Council of Luella Betty. 12/7/08 Brown Jr. and Sarah B. Otey Woodrow H. Peterson Jr. (’87). Government and received a (’75); four grandchildren; and Resolution of Appreciation from the Civitan Club. He was 42 wake forest magazine preceded in death by his wife, Medicine. He served in the U.S. Hugh Donald Hipps (’48), Intelligence Division in Quan- Alice. He is survived by three Navy aboard the USS Hector in March 28, 2009, Charlotte, tico, VA. After retiring, he sons, Henry (’64), Russell Shanghai, China. He had a pri- NC. He served in the U.S. earned degrees from Northern (’71), and Alan; six grandchil- vate practice in North Carolina, Navy. He taught at Garinger Virginia Community College dren, including William Mat- was a physician for the U.S. High School and East Mecklen- and Mary Washington College. thews Wright (’11); and 11 State Department’s Diplomatic burg High School and coached great-grandchildren. Corps, worked for the N.C. wrestling and football. Casper Carl Warren Jr. (’49), Mental Health Department, Jan. 21, 2009, Louisville, KY. Victor Hugo Harrell Jr. (’41), and was a director of Brough- William Clyde Haire (’49, He served in the U.S. Navy Feb. 13, 2009, Mooresville, ton Hospital in Morganton, JD ’51), Feb. 24, 2009, during World War II and NC. He served as a pilot in the NC, where he retired in 1987. Belleair, FL. He served in the returned to Wake Forest to U.S. Navy during World War II. He founded the Medicine and U.S. Army Air Corps during complete his degree. He He was with TWA Internation- Ministry Conference in Kanuga, World War II and was an assis- taught physics and math at al Airlines and then general near Hendersonville, NC, The tant district attorney in North Campbell College in Buies manager of Ethiopian Airlines Meeting Place Senior Center Carolina. He was a contract Creek, NC, and worked for in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He in Tryon, NC, and created the administration lawyer for DuPont Corp. He received then became general manager Norman Boyer Award for Pan Am, and was involved in his MD from UNC-Chapel Hill of Olympic Airlines in Athens, mental heath volunteers. NASA’s Gemini, Apollo and and practiced medicine in Greece. space shuttle programs. Wadesboro, NC, until 1964. Peter M. Geiser (MD ’44), He returned to school to spe- William Joseph Miller (’41), Feb. 6, 2009, Alexandria, MN. LeRoy Brown Martin Jr. (’49), cialize in anesthesiology and March 3, 2009, Ahoskie, NC. His internship and residency Feb. 12, 2009, Raleigh, NC. He practiced at Mercy Hospital He was preceded in death by were at St. Mary’s Hospital in received a master’s from N.C. until 1974. He was an anes- his wife, Elizabeth, and two Minneapolis and he served in State University and a mas- thesiologist for 18 years with brothers, James (’31, MA ’46) the U.S. Army as a captain in ter’s and PhD from Harvard Presbyterian Anesthesia and Abner. He served in the the Medical Corps. He was a University. During his 47 years Associates PAC at Presbyte- U.S. Navy during World War II. family practitioner with the with N.C. State University he rian Hospital in Charlotte, NC. He was founder and co-owner Alexandria Clinic for 37 years. was a professor of computer He received recognition from of Ahoskie Meat and Provision science and mathematics, the N.C. Medical Association Co. and was active in the Ella Hessee Richardson (’47), director of the computing for 50 years of service. He is community. He was past chair- March 1, 2009, Kannapolis, center, liaison at the Triangle survived by his wife, Jeck man of the Hertford County NC. She was a retired University Computing Center Warren; five children: Bob, Board of Education. He is sur- secretary for Cannon Mills. and assistant provost for David, Mary Jo Breckenridge, vived by three daughters, nine She was preceded in death university computing. He re- Mark, and Cathy DuFault grandchildren and one great- by her husband, Curtis Leroy tired as professor emeritus in (’90); 13 grandchildren; and grandchild. Richardson (’48). 1996, but continued to teach two great-grandchildren. until 2006. He was honored William Samuel Tarlton Sr. Alice Johnson Sherrill (’47), with an endowed profes- Robert Wilson Borders (’50), (’42, MA ’47), March 12, 2009, March 27, 2009, Eden, NC. sorship by a former student April 14, 2009, Shelby, NC. He Raleigh, NC. He served in the She retired in 1992 as tax and received a Distinguished served in the U.S. Army during U.S. Navy. He entered the field collector for the City of Eden. Alumnus Award from the World War II. He was an edu- of historic site preservation and She was preceded in death by NCSU College of Physical and cator and administrator in the development and received the her husband, Frank Howard Mathematical Sciences. He Cleveland County Schools for Cannon Cup for Historic Pres- Sherrill (’47, MD ’51). She is survived by his wife of 47 30 years and retired in 1982 as ervation in North Carolina. He is survived by four children: years, Charlotte; three sons: associate superintendent. He spent 16 years in a partnership, Frank “Sonny” Sherrill, Jane LeRoy III and his wife, Heather, was a farmer, community and Craig & Tarlton, in Raleigh, be- Fisher (’74), Susan Grant (’74) Eric (’86, MD ’94) and his civic leader, and a volunteer fore opening Glenwood South and Nancy Wrangham; and wife, Donna, and Christopher for Hospice. He is survived by Antiques. He received a Capital five grandchildren. (’90) and his wife, Margaret his wife of 60 years, Helen; Area Preservation Anthemion Robinson (’92); six grandchil- his three children: Bob, Steve, Award for a house near down- Guy Hill Cox Jr. (JD ’48), dren; and relatives including and Nancy Paschall (’82, JD town Raleigh. He is survived April 12, 2009, Charlotte, NC. a nephew, Eugene Langley ’85); five grandchildren; and by two children, William Jr. He served in the Army Air III (’92), and a niece, Susanna two great-grandchildren. and Meribeth McKenzie; three Corps during World War II. Langley Robinson (’87). grandchildren, including After graduation he joined Bobbie Sessoms Chick (’50), Raymond Curtis Tarlton (’04); the Federal Bureau of Inves- James Rice Quisenberry (’49), Jan. 16, 2009, Lumberton, NC, and four great-grandchildren. tigation, and served in Los Jan. 21, 2009, Virginia Beach, and Aiken, SC. Angeles, Chicago and Boston VA. He served in the U.S. George Norman Boyer (’44, before his assignment in Marine Corps during World Betty Jo Ring Hamrick (’52), MD ’46), March 28, 2009, Charlotte, NC. He retired from War II. After the war he earned March 25, 2009, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, NC. His resi- the FBI in 1977 and joined his degree and in 1951 he re- NC. She taught English at dency was in psychiatry at the Duke Energy Corp., where he turned to active duty with the Lexington High School and UNC-Chapel Hill School of retired in 1988. Marines. He retired in 1976 as represented North Carolina in a colonel and director of the www.wfu.edu/alumni june 2009 43 notes

the 1954 Miss America several churches including 20 James Leonidas Dunn (’56), William Fred Owens Jr. (’59), Pageant in Atlantic City, NJ. years at First Baptist Church Feb. 11, 2009, Scotland Neck, Feb. 13, 2009, Pisgah Forest, class She taught at Sedgefield of Randleman, NC, and retired NC. He was a school teacher. NC. He was a generous donor Junior High School, was a after seven years at First Bap- to the Wake Forest School of member of the Mecklenburg tist Church of Mt. Gilead, NC. Jack Williamson Pitts (’56), Divinity. He was director of County ABC Board, managed He and his wife, Janet, were March 25, 2009, San Antonio, tobacco industry research at a congressional campaign in active in missions, serving in TX. He was a native of Spring Ecusta Paper Co. for 31 years 1980, was a founding member New Mexico and Vermont, Hope, NC, and a member of before retiring in 1994. After of the Green Thumb Garden and teaching English in China. the Deacon Club for 45 years. retiring, he focused on the Club, and was co-founder of He served two years in the business he founded in 1961, Wild Mint Ltd. She is survived Michael Vincent Gallagher U.S. Army and was employed Owens Orchids in Pisgah For- by her husband, Spencer Dean Jr. (’55), March 6, 2009, Palm 37 years with the National Se- est. He is survived by his wife, Hamrick (’49), three children Beach Gardens, FL. He served curity Agency. Memorials may Joyce; two daughters, Cathy and five grandchildren. in the U.S. Air Force during be made to the Deacon Club, Welder (’90) and her husband, the Korean War. He was a life PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, Frank (PhD/MBA ’04), and Lynn Aaron Holcomb (’52), member of PGA of America, NC 27109. Carol Brown (’95) and her hus- March 5, 2009, Thurmond, NC. serving as PGA head golf band, Ben; and five grandchil- He served in the U.S. Army. professional at the Atlantis Paul Donald Tilley (’56, MD dren. Memorials may be made He was preceded in death by Golf Club, Everglades Club of ’59), Feb. 16, 2009, Cary, NC. to the Wake Forest School of his wife, Betty, and is survived Palm Beach and the Members He served in the U.S. Army. Divinity, PO Box 7227, Winston- by two daughters. Club at PGA National. He He had a general medical Salem, NC 27109. received the Metropolitan practice in Hudson, NC, from Marcus Frank Sohmer Jr. Golf Writers Association’s 1963 until his retirement in Martha Mason (’60), May 4, (MD ’52), March 30, 2009, 2007 Golf Family of the Year 2005. He is survived by his 2009, Lattimore, NC. Con- Winston-Salem, NC. He Award. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Phyllis; two fined to an iron lung for most served in the U.S. Navy and wife of 50 years, Bette; three daughters; a grandson; and a of her life, she still managed practiced gastroenterology children; and two grandsons. brother, Ray Lee Tilley (’55). to graduate first in her class and internal medicine for 35 at Wake Forest, write a book years in Winston-Salem. He Hannah Lou Brown Hollifield William Henry Watkins (’56), and have a large circle of was president of the Forsyth (’55), Feb. 6, 2009, Lexington, April 4, 2009, Fayetteville, GA. friends. She was thought to County Medical Society, the NC. She was assistant trea- He was preceded in death by have lived in an iron lung lon- N.C. Medical Peer Review surer at Converse College, his parents, Maybelle and ger than anyone else in the Foundation, the N.C. Medical a stenographer at Pope Air William Henry Watkins (’30), world. She contracted polio Society, the Medical Alumni Force Base, worked in the and his wife, Emma Ruth. in 1948 (shortly after the dis- Association of the Bowman bursar’s office at Wake Forest ease killed her older brother) Gray School of Medicine, and and worked in the treasurer’s Franklin Levie Britt (’57), when she was 11, leaving a delegate for N.C. to the office at Southeastern Baptist Feb. 10, 2009, Harrellsville, her paralyzed from the neck American Medical Associa- Theological Seminary. She NC. He served in the U.S. Air down and confining her to tion. Memorials may be made taught English and was a Force and began his career the iron lung, which helped to the Class of 1952 Scholar- librarian at Central Davidson teaching science at Windsor her breathe. As a student ship Fund, Medical Alumni High School for 25 years. High School in Bertie County. at Wake Forest, she lived in Association, Wake Forest After retiring, she worked for He served as principal of West Faculty Apartments with her University School of Medicine, 10 years at the furniture Bertie Elementary, principal of parents and listened to Medical Center Boulevard, market in High Point. She is Central School in Pasquotank lectures through an intercom Winston-Salem, NC 27157. survived by her husband, County and superintendent system, while her mother Morris S. Hollifield (’55); a of Pasquotank and Edenton- took notes. With a voice- William Arthur Threatt (’53), daughter, Jeanne Baucom; Chowan schools. He was activated computer, she March 12, 2009, Bennett, NC. and a son, Jeffrey. director of the Northeast wrote her memoir, “Breath: He retired, at age 70, from the Regional Education Center in Life in the Rhythm of an Iron textile industry. Walling Douglas Vreeland Williamston, NC, retiring after Lung,” published in 2003. Jr. (MD ’55), March 16, 2009, 16 years. He was preceded in She received Wake Forest’s Furman Myatt Upchurch Farmington, NC. He served in death by a brother and a sis- Pro Humanitate award that (’53), March 31, 2009, Raleigh, the U.S. Army during World ter, Anne Britt Miller (’49). He same year. She was the sub- NC. He was with the U.S. War II. He was a family prac- is survived by his wife, Maxine; ject of a 2005 documentary, Marshall’s Office, and was a tice physician for over 35 years a son; a daughter; two grand- “Martha in Lattimore,” farmer and a retired U.S. rural in Winston-Salem and served sons; and a sister. produced by communication mail carrier. as the medical examiner for professor Mary Dalton (’83). Forsyth County. He is survived Richard Dewitt Ogburn (’59), She refused to be defined by Bobby Gene Pratt (’54), by his wife of 40 years, Joan; March 25, 2009, Winston- her physical limitations, say- Feb. 19, 2009, Morven, NC. He three children, Karen Kennedy, Salem, NC. He served in the ing in 2003, “I’m what goes received a BA, MDiv and PhD Van and Douglas (JD ’97); and U.S. Army and worked as a on inside my head.” from the Southeastern Theo- six grandchildren. club golf pro until retiring in logical Seminary. He served 1992 from Tanglewood Park.

44 wake forest magazine George Allen Parker (’60), and had a lifelong career in Gary Keith Bryson (MD ’79), Friends, Faculty, Dec. 16, 2008, Rockville, MD. the insurance business. March 25, 2009, Lexington, He graduated from the South- NC. His internship and resi- Staff, Students Arthur Gower Crosswell eastern Baptist Theological dency was in obstetrics and Walter J. Bo, March 21, 2009, (’68) Seminary in 1964 and had a , Feb. 6, 2009, Milton, FL. gynecology at Erlanger Winston-Salem, NC. He was an career with the National Auto- Medical Center in Chatta- esteemed professor emeritus Fair Meeks Rankin (’73) mobile Dealer’s Association. , nooga, TN. He was a leader of neurobiology and anatomy Jan. 15, 2009, St. Paul, MN. in the development of the who taught for nearly 50 years Wayne Austin Gardner (’63) , She received her master’s in surgical technique laparo- at the Wake Forest School of Feb. 23, 2009, Charlotte, NC. biochemistry from the Univer- scopic appendectomy and Medicine. A native of Minne- He was a national field sity of North Dakota. She made presentations at the sota, he received his bachelor’s representative for IBM. He entered the MD program at the World Congress Meeting of and master’s degrees from began working for Duke Uniformed Services University the American Association of Marquette University and his Power in 1967 and retired of the Health Sciences and lat- Gynecologic Laparoscopists doctorate from the Univer- from the Corporate Excel- er enrolled in the PhD program in Washington, D.C. He was a sity of Cincinnati in 1953. He lence Department in 1999. for research. She served in the fellow of the American taught at the University of U.S. Army and obtained the Society for Laser Medicine North Dakota-Grand Forks Gary Lee Koontz (’63) , rank of captain before retiring and Surgery, served as a until 1960 when he joined the March 26, 2009, Advance, in 1986. She received the Army clinical instructor at Vanderbilt faculty at the Bowman Gray NC. He retired in 1995 as vice Commendation Medal for her University, was an adjunct School of Medicine. Over the president and treasurer of service as a clinical chemist. professor at Western Ken- next 47 years, he taught human Integon Corp. He coached in She studied and worked in the tucky University, was a clinical anatomy to hundreds of medi- the Southwest Forsyth Little department of neuroscience consultant for laser and surgi- cal students. In 1980, he col- League and was involved with at the University of Minnesota cal instrument manufacturers, laborated on The Basic Atlas of Big Brothers Big Sisters of until 2006. and was a faculty and clinical Sectional Anatomy, a medical Forsyth County. He is survived advisor for hospital laser reference book. He received Chris Ann Godfrey Williams (’74, by his wife, Jenny; a son, surgery centers. the Alpha Omega Alpha Rob- (’86, MALS ’03) PA ’76) and his wife, , Feb. 16, 2009, ert J. Glaster Distinguished Joseph Thornley West (’80) Pat; a grandson, Alex; and a Emerald Isle and Winston- , Teaching Award in 2001 and Reginald (’60) brother, . Salem, NC. She was an out- Feb. 26, 2009, North Myrtle numerous other teaching and door enthusiast. Beach, SC, and Charlotte, NC. distinguished faculty awards. A Mark Wilkes Harrold (MD ’64) , scholarship was established at Rebecca Ann Stallings Deborah Leonard Parker April 3, 2009, Lansing, MI. the medical school in his name (MA ’75) (JD ’83) He served in the U.S. Naval , March 15, 2009, , April 24, 2009, in 2000. When he was named Reserve, did his residency at Asheville, NC. She worked for Winston-Salem, NC. She was professor emeritus in 2007, he Akron City Hospital and joined the N.C. Division of Services formerly an associate dean was honored as “the quintes- Michigan Urology PC, a practice for the Blind for 31 years in at the Wake Forest School of sential educator, mentor and started by his father. He was various capacities. She was Law. A native of Raleigh, NC, scholar” who had “an immea- named a fellow at the American a social worker, vocational she received her undergradu- surable impact on thousands of College of Surgeons and served rehabilitation counselor, ate and master’s degrees from physicians and scientists.” He as chief of staff, urology and children’s program consultant UNC-Greensboro. She taught is survived by his wife, Jeanice; surgery at Ingham Regional and counselor-in-charge. history at Dudley High School three daughters, Karen Eklund, Medical Center. After 35 years in Greensboro for five years Kathy Lane and Mary Chavis; Anne-Marie Connors Tague of practice, he retired from the before attending the Wake and six grandchildren. Memori- (MAEd ’75) Lansing Institute of Urology in , March 25, 2009, Forest School of Law. In 1984, als may be made to the Walter 2005. Winston-Salem, NC. She she joined the law school fac- J. Bo Scholarship at the Wake served in the U.S. Marine ulty to teach Legal Research Forest University School of Wayne Emerson Nail (’65) , Corps. She is remembered as and Writing and later became Medicine or to St. Leo the Feb. 20, 2009, Leland, NC. a master automotive mechan- the first director of legal Great Catholic Church in ic, storyteller, sports car racer research and writing. In 2000, Winston-Salem. William Herring Shackelford and painter. she became the school’s first (’65) , Feb. 12, 2009, Columbia, dean of students. She is sur- Regina M. Burt, Feb. 28, Robert David Bogaty (’78) SC. He served in Vietnam and , vived by her husband, Profes- 2009, Charlotte, NC. She was received his MBA in 1969 from March 7, 2009, Norwell, MA. sor of Law J. Wilson Parker; preceded in death by her hus- the Emory University School He received his master’s from and three children, Laurel, band, Richard L. Burt, former of Business. He was a CPA. the University of Pittsburgh Jeffrey and Adam, a rising chairman of obstetrics and His body was donated to the and was the director of devel- senior at Wake Forest. gynecology at the Bowman Wake Forest University School opment for Puma in Taiwan. He Memorials may be made to Gray School of Medicine, of Medicine. ran the Boston Marathon twice. the Deborah Leonard Parker and a son, Jonathan. She is He is survived by his wife, Jane; Scholarship Fund, Wake survived by three children: Lacy Franklin Thompson Jr. two children, Andrew and Forest University School of Duncan, Deborah King (’72), (’65) , Feb. 25, 2009, Salisbury, Martha; and two brothers, Law, PO Box 7206, Winston- and Priscilla Coe; and a grand- Raymond (’70) NC. He served in the U.S. and Richard. Salem, NC 27109. daughter. Navy during the Vietnam War www.wfu.edu/alumni june 2009 45 notes

Sylvia Blue Dunford, March Jack Kemp, May 2, 2009, Beth Cummings Paschal, Research Foundation, 74-923 10, 2009, Winston-Salem, NC. Bethesda, MD. The former Feb. 8, 2009, Raleigh, NC. She Highway 111, PMB #226, In- class She was a former employee football star for the Buffalo was preceded in death by her dian Wells, CA 92210. and volunteer at the Reynolda Bills had a long career in gov- husband, George Washington House Museum of American ernment and politics as a U.S. Paschal Jr. (BA ’27, BS ’28, Louise Philpott, March 28, Art. She also volunteered congressman, Cabinet secre- MD ’29). She served three 2009, Lexington, NC. Survivors at Crisis Control Ministry tary, presidential candidate terms as president of the N.C. include a stepson, Frederick and Wake Forest University and vice-presidential nominee. Art Society. In 1965, she and C. Philpott (’70) and his wife, Baptist Medical Center. She After retiring from the Bills, he her husband were named the Anne Bingham Philpott (’69, was preceded in death by her was elected to the U.S. House News & Observer’s Tar Heels MA ’75), and step-grandchil- husband, Wellington Dunford of Representatives from Buf- of the Week. She compiled a dren William McNair Tornow (’36). She is survived by two falo in 1970. His advocacy for cookbook, “A Celebration of (’99) and Cameron Tornow daughters; two grandchildren; tax reform led to the 1981 Art and Cookery,” for the N.C. Holcomb (’02). and one great-grandson. Kemp-Roth bill which drastical- Museum of Art where she ly reduced federal tax rates. In was a docent, board member, William Neal Reynolds II, Howard W. Gray Sr., Feb. 1988, he ran for the Republican fundraiser and volunteer. In Feb. 18, 2009, Winston-Salem, 19, 2009, Winston-Salem, NC. nomination for president, even- 2006 she received the mu- NC. He was a son of the late He served in the U.S. Navy tually won by George Bush. seum’s Thomas S. Kenan III Elizabeth and R.J. “Dick” and worked as advertising After Bush won the general Leadership in the Arts Award. Reynolds and grandson of manager and later marketing election, he named Kemp sec- She served on the committee Katharine and R.J. Reynolds, manager of R.J. Reynolds To- retary of Housing and Urban at Wake Forest to select an the founder of R.J. Reynolds bacco Co. He developed and Development. He was Bob architect for the fine arts cen- Tobacco Co. He was a gener- managed the Hanover Arms Dole’s running mate in the ter in the 1970s. In 2007, she ous donor to the Reynolda apartment complex. He served 1996 presidential campaign, and her late husband were in- House Museum of American as trustee of the Moravian won by Bill Clinton and Al ducted into the Raleigh Hall of Art. He graduated from N.C. College in Bethlehem, PA, and Gore. He retired from politics Fame. She is survived by her State University, served in trustee of Old Salem, Inc. and and founded Kemp Partners, sons, George W. III (MD ’73) the Coast Guard and helped Salem Academy and College in a lobbying and consulting firm and Robert Cummings; her found Forsyth Country Day Winston-Salem. He is survived in Washington. He received daughter, Laura Huston Pas- School in Lewisville, NC. In the by a daughter, Greta Webel; an Honorary Doctor of Laws chal; and five grandchildren. 1960s, he was co-owner of the a son, Howard Gray Jr. (MBA degree from Wake Forest in Trophy Room, a pizza parlor ’88); and four grandchildren: 1986 and spoke at Wake For- Charles D. Peebler Jr., in Winston-Salem that took its Caroline Gray DenHerder est’s commencement in 1994. April 18, 2009, Indian Wells, name from wildlife trophies he (’01), Parker, Lindsay and Allen. He is survived by his wife, CA. He was a former chair had collected. He was an en- Joanne; two sons, Jeff and of the Wake Forest Parents’ thusiastic naturalist who once Elizabeth H. Harmon, Jimmy (’93); two daughters, Council and a leader in the owned a 115-acre island off the March 23, 2009, New York Jennifer and Judith; and 17 American advertising industry. coast of New Zealand. He was City. After earning her PhD grandchildren. A native of Waterloo, IA, he best known for his conserva- in 2005 from Arizona State began his advertising career tion efforts in North Carolina, University, she taught in the Eric Joshua Marinoff, in 1958 with Bozell & Jacobs particularly the Mitchell River. Wake Forest anthropology Feb. 25, 2009, Winston-Salem, (later Bozell Jacobs Kenyon & He is survived by his wife, department in 2005-06. At NC. He was a sophomore Eckhardt) in Omaha, NE, and Sandra Reid Reynolds, and the time of her death, she was from Southampton, PA. A became the firm’s president two children, Brook Elizabeth teaching at Hunter College/ memorial service was held in in 1965; he served as CEO for Reynolds and William Noah City University of New York. March in Wait Chapel. more than 30 years. In 1997, Reynolds (MBA ‘07). She is survived by her parents BJK&E was acquired by True and two brothers. John Ottina, Sept. 30, 2008, North Communications and Richard Gray Speas, March Marshall, VA. He was U.S. he served as president of the 26, 2009, Tobaccoville, NC. Sarah Jackson Howerton, commissioner of education merged company until 1999, He served in the U.S. Marine March 29, 2009, Mount Airy, and later assistant secretary of when he became chairman Corps and was retired from NC. She was preceded in administration in the former emeritus. He was named to Wake Forest University. He death by her husband, Department of Health, Educa- the Advertising Hall of Fame in started at Wake Forest as Richard R. Howerton Jr. tion and Welfare during the 2001. After he was diagnosed a carpenter, progressed to (’38). She taught elementary Nixon administration. He left with Progressive Supranuclear a building supervisor and and high school math and government service in 1977 Palsy, a rare and invariably fatal finally operations manager was active in the community. and worked for American Man- brain disorder, he founded and in facilities. He is survived by She is survived by two daugh- agement Systems in Northern served as president of the Pee- his wife of 53 years, Betty; ters, Carol Harding (’71) and Virginia until he retired in 1990. bler PSP Research Foundation, a daughter, Lisa Kay Speas Sarah Hanson; a son, Richard He is survived by his wife, which has funded $2 million of (’82); a son, Tracy Gray; two T. Howerton III (’73); seven Mollie Wiggins Ottina (’62), research in PSP. He is survived grandchildren; and two step- grandchildren; and a great- and three sons. by his wife, Toni; sons Todd, grandchildren. granddaughter. David and Mark; and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Peebler PSP 46 wake forest magazine c o n s t a n t e u r &t

Staying the Course By President Nathan O. Hatch

Dear Wake Forest Alumni and Friends: —Continue to recruit and retain excellent faculty, staff and administrators; As we conclude what has been a memorable academic —Recruit students aggressively and provide sufficient year on campus and a momentous time for our nation, financial aid to meet increased needs; and I would like to share with you, our alumni and friends, —Build, renovate and enhance key facilities to meet the some perspectives about our approach to managing Wake requirements of the University we are today. Forest in these times of constraint. Let me first say with confidence that our University is in an excellent position Commitment to our People to weather this downturn. We have strong fundamentals, a valued product and outstanding leadership in our board In this challenging economic climate, when many of of trustees. In our most recent meeting of the board of our peer institutions are freezing salaries and cutting trustees, the senior leadership team presented our strategy positions, our first commitment remains to do all that to move Wake Forest forward and establish our priorities we can to retain our current staff and faculty within the for the year. I would like to share this presentation with context of our stated goals above. However, in the coming you, who have invested so much in Wake Forest. fiscal year there will be only limited funds in each unit Each year the University sets the operating budget for to continue our implementation of the University-wide the coming year, a process that involves many and affects goal of bringing faculty and staff to market compensation everyone on campus. The budget reflects the priorities within a merit system. We are making strategic and commitments of the campus, and in no time in moves, through a combination of permanent cuts to recent history has that statement been more important. administrative budgets and new dollars from incremental Wake Forest, like many institutions across the country, enrollment growth and tuition increases, to provide is not immune to the powerful economic forces that resources to make small investments where the need is are influencing all of our daily lives. We are, however, greatest to close compensation gaps for meritorious faculty fortunate at Wake Forest to have had a long commitment and staff. As a result, the majority of faculty and staff— to financial prudence and to have just recently completed a including all of the cabinet and the deans—will receive no comprehensive strategic plan which defines our priorities salary increase in FY10. with great clarity and conviction. At a time when everyone must adjust to new economic realities, we believe that Commitment to our Students careful analysis, open discussion and clear communication offer the best path to keeping Wake Forest strong and In keeping with our focus on recruiting and retaining resourceful. With that in mind, and with our priorities top faculty and staff, we must continue our efforts to clearly defined from last year’s excellent planning efforts, attract outstanding students. The momentum we have at let me share with you our strategy for the coming year at Wake Forest is extraordinary. In contrast to downward Wake Forest. admission trends at many top-tier institutions, our undergraduate admissions numbers have increased by FOCUSING ON THE FUNDAMENTALS approximately 16 percent this year, a clear affirmation of our investment in the strength of our entering class—and In preparing the budget for the coming fiscal year, our of our policy to replace standardized testing with a more overall challenges were to reduce costs appropriately, nuanced admission process. However, the availability reallocate funds strategically and focus continuously on of student financial aid to help families fulfill their the fact that investment in our people is central to our commitment to their sons’ and daughters’ education at long-term success. To translate these ideas into action, we Wake Forest remains a daunting challenge. articulated three broad goals:

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We have been historically and are currently fully LOOKING FORWARD committed to our policy of need-blind admissions, accepting students regardless of their financial situation. As the board considered our strategic priorities and Our first priority is to honor our commitment to students investments, they were impressed that each administrative whose families earn less than $40,000, who we have unit is looking ahead toward FY10-11, which may be an guaranteed that their student loans will be capped at even more difficult year because of the way operating $4,000 per year over four years. Our next challenge is to revenue is calculated from the endowment, by aggressively meet the increasing needs of those families for whom the assessing programs, setting priorities in accordance with cost of higher education carries a far greater financial the strategic plan, and cutting non-essential expenses. burden than it did prior to the recession. We will do what The budget that was approved recognizes that the cuts we can to help our current students by carefully managing made this fiscal year must be continued, and that we our financial aid packages to minimize increases in loans. must generate new revenue to support our strategic plan. We are also allocating a small increase in funds to help Therefore, the board of trustees approved a moderate incoming students for whom these economic conditions investment in our Advancement Office in order to increase present a great obstacle to selecting Wake Forest. In total, our capacity to raise private donations for key strategic we will make a modest increase in funding for financial priorities. aid, as that is all current economic conditions allow, Together with our commitment to the more stringent but these funds will be allocated with great purpose, expenditures prescribed by the budget, an increase in and I believe with great impact on our ability to sustain fundraising will position us to meet the impending our considerable momentum, especially in improving challenges that await us in FY10-11. socioeconomic diversity and enhancing opportunity. Although the reality of endowment decline will be felt more deeply next year, we hope to stave off its impact Maintaining our Physical Campus through the measures we are undertaking this year to control our costs and increase our revenue. In sum, we Our future success relies upon an ongoing investment are determined to capitalize on this rare opportunity to in our campus buildings and critical infrastructure. increase our competitiveness nationally, while holding Therefore, we have made plans to continue to address sacred our distinctiveness as the nation’s leading collegiate capital projects that are central to our strategic plan. University. Last spring we invested more than $3 million in capital It is my firm belief that these measures provide the improvements to academic units and more to student best course for Wake Forest. The board of trustees is fully facilities. We sought and have received approval from supportive of the direction we have taken. As always, the board of trustees to move forward with three capital I invite and look forward to your ideas, questions and projects: a new freshman residence hall to accommodate advice. I will continue to keep you informed as we move planned enrollment growth, a new admissions/welcome forward implementing our plans. Let me also say that center to accommodate our growing number of visitors Wake Forest cannot live up to its vitally important mission and our new applicant interview process, and a modest set without the ongoing support of its alumni and friends, of upgrades and repairs to athletics facilities. We also are like you. Your work on our behalf and your generous gifts pursuing plans to merge the faculty of the Calloway and breathe life into the plans we make today to live up to our Babcock Schools in a new business school that will rely motto, Pro Humanitate. on the renovation of the Information Systems building Thank you for all you do for our students, for each other, adjacent to the Worrell Center. These projects will be long- and for Wake Forest every day. term financed following long-standing guidelines created by the board of trustees.

48 wake forest magazine Welcome Home

Homecoming and reunion weekend 2009

Wait Chapel. The Pit. Shorty’s. Reynolda Hall. Your dorm room.

Since 1834, Wake Forest has opened its doors to students, faculty and visitors from all walks of life. The students who enter the campus doors leave as believers in Wake Forest, filled with fond memories and well prepared to lead examined and purposeful lives.

You are invited to come back to campus during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2009, celebrating the 175th anniversary of Wake Forest. The doors of Wake Forest will be open October 9-10 and we look forward to hosting reunion classes (ending in 4s and 9s) and all Demon Deacon alumni for this memorable weekend.

Welcome Home to Wake Forest. Opening doors for 175 years.

For Homecoming details and registration information, please visit www.wfu.edu/homecoming or call 336.758.4544. If you have questions about your reunion, please call 336.758.5819. Never Too Late

The senior member of the Class of 2009 was Fred Hastings, who received his bachelor's degree three days before his 77th birthday. Hastings was an ROTC student in his final semester in 1956 when he was commissioned by the U.S. Army and left college one course short of earning his degree. Last year, he completed the remaining accounting course at a college near his home in Orlando, Fla., and transferred the credit so he could finally earn his degree. His son, Victor, graduated in 1982. Read more coverage of Commencement in the 'Around

Christine Rucker Christine the Quad' blog at www.wfu.edu/magazine.