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Fall 2012 ETSU Alumni Association Board of Directors Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ronald V. Hite ’64, President Ms. Pauline Douglas ’84, ’87 Ms. Diane T. Wear ’90 Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85, President-Elect Mr. Roger D. Kennedy ’69 Mr. Andrew Whetsel ’77 ETSU T oday Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89, Vice-President Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ’89 Ms. Iqra Ahmad, SGA President Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ’79, Secretary Mr. Larry La ’84 Ms. Leah Tilson, SGA Vice President Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65, Treasurer Ms. Theresa Lee ’74 Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President Mr. Gary D. Poe, Past-President Ms. Ann Mooneyhan ’65 Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President/CEO President's Message Ms. Linda Buck ’80,’84 Mr. Don Raines ’71 Mr. Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Executive Director Mr. Brian Daniels ’95,’97 Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84 FALL ETSU Foundation Officers & Directors had a home. When her diploma is awarded at the end Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69, Chairman of the Board Mr. Walter Lee Davis, Jr. Mr. David A. Ogle ’79 of this semester, she will enter graduate school. Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Vice Chairman of the Board Mrs. Janey Diehl ’50 Mr. Art Powers 2012 Mr. Dan Mahoney ’66, Secretary Dr. James W. Gibson Mr. Stan Puckett When I think of the theme of engagement, the work Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer Mr. Richard L. Green ’73 Mr. K. Newton Raff of Dr. Beverly Smith immediately comes to mind. Dr. Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Immediate Past Board Chairman Mr. Louis H. Gump Ms. Lottie F. Ryans Smith’s research on galaxies is cutting-edge and has Mr. Wayne G. Basler, Past Chairman Dr. Roberta T. Herrin ’70, ’72 Mr. James W. Reel ’58 Mr. Donald R. Raber, Investment Committee Chairman Lt. Gen. Ron Hite ’64 Mr. Tom Seaton Brian Noland been supported through four NASA grants. Ask her about those students, and she speaks of Olivia Miller, Mr. Dennis T. Powell, Planned Giving Committee Chair The Honorable William L. Jenkins Mrs. Sally R. Simonds University President Dr. Brian Noland, ETSU President Mr. Dale Keasling ’70 Mrs. Melissa Steagall-Jones who will graduate next spring. Olivia has already co-au- Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President/CEO Dr. Stephen Kimbrough Mr. Rick Storey thored an article that was published in the Astronomical Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Foundation Chief Financial Officer Mrs. Sonia M. King ’63 Mr. Dennis L. Vonderfecht Journal. Coral Franklin and Sabrina Hurlock are now Mr. Frederick “Pal” Barger, Jr. ’55 Mrs. Theresa K. Lee ’74 Dr, May Votaw Richard A. Manahan graduate students at the University of Tennessee Space Mrs. Sharon Boles Mr. Paul Montgomery Dr. Susan Gentry Williams ’67, ’68 Vice President for University Advancement Mr. James Brinkley Mr. Scott Niswonger Institute. Jessica Webb is teaching physics at Unicoi ETSU Foundation President/CEO County High School and Trisha Massenzo is a gradu- Tennessee Higher Education Commission ate student in biomedical engineering at Virginia Commonwealth Robert White, Chair, Johnson City - 1st Congressional District Gregory P. Isaacs, Knoxville - 2nd Congressional District University. Dr. Beverly Smith speaks about her former students Cato Johnson, Vice-Chair, Bartlett - 7th Congressional District Jon Kinsey, Chattanooga - 3rd Congressional District Those notes contain stories of inspiration, with the pride of a parent. Evan Cope, Vice-Chair, Murfreesboro - 4th Congressional District Charles W. Bone, Hendersonville - 6th Congressional District Robert M. Plummer A C Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis - 9th Congressional District Sharon L. Hayes, Brownsville - 8th Congressional District Associate Vice President – University Advancement Within my legal pads of ETSU stories I find Dr. Chris Gregg. Dr. stories of persistence and dedication, stories Gregg is currently the principal investigator on two large fed- Tre Hargett, Secretary of State Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio, Executive Director, State Board of Education Executive Director, ETSU Alumni Association Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller Gregory Alan Frye, voting ex-officio, University of Tennessee, Martin eral grants, funded by the National Science Foundation and the David H. Lillard, Jr., State Treasurer Adam Jarvis, non-voting ex-officio, East Tennessee State University that, taken collectively, portray a university National Weather Service. Both deal with tsunamis. Tennessee Board of Regents deeply engaged with the world around it. Also in my notes is the story of Katie Baker. She is a doctoral stu- Contents dent in public health. She is a Greeneville native, a Niswonger The Honorable Bill Haslam, Governor Paul W. Montgomery, 1st Congressional District, 2007-2013 Scholar, and a recipient of a training grant from the National John S. “Steve” Copeland, DVM, 6th Congressional District, 2009-2012 Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Gregory Duckett, Vice-Chair, 9th Congressional District, 2006-2012 Howard Roddy, At-Large, East Tennessee, 2010-2016 Cancer Institute. Mentored by her professor Dr. Joel Hillhouse, she John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee, 2008-2014 Emily J. Reynolds, At-Large, Middle Tennessee, 2010-2012 President’s Message · · · · · · · · · · 1 has been interviewed by the New York Times, and her work was Ashley Humphrey, Student Regent 2011-2012 Robert P. Thomas, 5th Congressional District, 2009-2015 On behalf of my wife Donna and our family, thank you for wel- recently published in three separate academic journals, all in one Tom Griscom, 3rd Congressional District, 2010-2011 Danni B. Varlan, 2nd Congressional District, 2010-2013 coming us so warmly into the East Tennessee State University week. The Honorable Kevin S. Huffman, Commissioner of Education Bob Raines, Faculty Regent, 2012-2013 Alumni Association Awards · · · · · · · 2 family. During the past nine months, we have learned volumes Through my campus visits, I learned about the work of April The Honorable Julius Johnson, Commissioner of Agriculture Vacant, 7th Congressional District about ETSU. As many of you know, I am a note-taker. I have filled Jonas Kisber, 8th Congressional District, 2008-2014 Eads and Beth Ringley. In 2005, while working on their master’s 14 legal pads of notes since January. Those notes contain stories Fran Marcum, 4th Congressional District, 2010-2016 degrees in technology, they joined computer science student Mike Campus Briefs · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 of inspiration, stories of persistence and dedication, stories that, Parker to develop the idea of converting the fiber optics network taken collectively, portray a university deeply engaged with the Editors, Photographers & Contributors that the Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES) was using to world around it. I will share some of those stories with you. Senior Editor Photographers Contributors Carol Fox Grace McCord Carol Sloan Unique Alumni · · · · · · · · · · · ·· 12 read utility meters and adapt that network to include broadband Richard A. Manahan Jim Padgett Anthony Aiken Tisha Harrison Peggy McCurry Joe E. Smith We have learned about ETSU and the amazing work being carried service to homes. BTES CEO Dr. Michael Browder approved the Larry Smith ’78 Jeff Anderson Leisa Harvey Matt McGahey Karen Sullivan Managing Editors out by our students, faculty, staff, and alumni—work that shapes plan, which required a $25 million investment. Today, April Eads Jim Sledge ’87 Pat Barcel Donald Harvill Jo Anne Paty Caleb Tull Robert M. Plummer ’84 ’87 Southern Appalachia, the state of Tennessee, and extends world- is the business development manager for BTES. Mike Parker is Charles Warden ’82 Laure Craddock Jennifer Hill Cyndi Ramsey Mike White Homecoming · · · · · · · · · · · · · 17 Jennifer Barber ’05 wide. ETSU is the engine that powers the culture, the economy, their network supervisor and Beth Ringley co-founded the Motive Lee Ann Davis Pat Holland Shea Renfro Noah Edwards Brad Lifford Jeremy Ross and the health of our region. We are in the dream business, and we Group to help other communities move forward in Smart Grid and Pat Elledge Lurelle Maxey Fred Sauceman Advancement · · · · · · · · · · · · 18 make dreams come true on a daily basis. broadband development. This is a brilliant example of ETSU inge- nuity at work, of ETSU entrepreneurs at work. And more will be Through the commitment to a culture of stewardship, we navigated Credits coming. Our Bureau of Business and Economic Research recently the choppy waters of the economic downturn and are poised for received a $250,000 state grant to create a Regional Entrepreneurial Page 9: Natasha Rutherford photo courtesy of Jennifer Crigger Lindsay Boggs and Penguin Group · Besse Cooper photo · Richard “Jerry” Glass family photo courtesy of Richard Athletics · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 22 growth as our economy recovers. As we grow, it is my hope that Page 12: Davey Smith photo and story excerpt courtesy courtesy of Jessica McGowan/Guinness World Records “Jerry” Glass · Jeremy Shaffer photo and story excerpt Accelerator; further proof that ETSU is the engine that powers the we can now begin to define ourselves not by limitations, but by of the University of California San Diego and Debra Kain Page 15: Significant Sigs photo courtesy of Dave Boyd courtesy of Coulter & Justus, P.C. · Josh Kite photo economy of the region. · Chris Ziegler photo courtesy of Chris Ziegler and the Johnson City Press · Jodi Tekell photos courtesy courtesy of Madison Matthews and the Johnson City Press possibilities. Ask the “what if” questions. The “what if” questions · Ryan Stanton photo courtesy of Marshall Emergency