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The Magazine of Lee University Spring 2016 THE MAGAZINE OF LEE UNIVERSITY TORCHSPRING 2016 Lee University TORCH Spring 2016 | Vol. 58, No. 1 Torch magazine is the official publication of Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee. It is intended to inform, educate, and give insight to alumni, parents, and friends of the university. It is published quarterly and mailed free to all alumni of the university. Other subscriptions are available by calling the alumni office at 423-614-8316. Torch Magazine MAILING ADDRESS 1120 N. Ocoee St., Cleveland, TN 37311 WEBSITE www.leeuniversity.edu EMAIL [email protected] PHONE 1-800-LEE-9930 or 423-614-8316 PRESIDENT Paul Conn EDITOR Cameron Fisher SPORTS EDITOR George Starr GRAPHIC DESIGNER Grant Fisher COPY EDITOR Nellie Keasling CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sara Campbell Kendra Gray Karen Chambless Laura MacGowan Brian Conn Dennis Purvis Paul Conn George Starr Cameron Fisher PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS Cameron Fisher George Starr Howard Pierce Mike Wesson Torch welcomes and encourages Letters to the Editor, Who’s Where entries and other inquiries for consideration of publication. Submissions should be accompanied by the name, address, phone number, and email address of the sender. Contents of the Lee University Torch may not be reproduced or redistributed in any manner, either whole or in part, without prior permission from Lee University. Send comments and Who’s Where updates to [email protected] or the address below. Copyright 2016 * USPS# 016272 * Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, Tenn. Postmaster: Please send address corrections to: Lee University Alumni Office, P.O. Box 3450, 1120 North Ocoee Street, Cleveland, Tenn. 37320-3450. ON THE COVER Alumnus Taylor Albin, currently leads the clown troupe of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus® RIGHT Taken in March 2016, this shot shows the current progress on the construction of the future School of Nursing Connect with Lee through social media! twitter.com/leeu fb.me/LeeUniversity 2 LEE UNIVERSITY TORCH SPRING 2016 OPENING THOUGHTS THIS ISSUE: from PRESIDENT PAUL CONN TAKIN’ UP THE STREETS In one bold stroke, the Cleveland City Council voted to close portions of three roads within A SEASON OF FAREWELLS 4 Lee University’s perimeter. The closings will allow an even greater renaissance of change "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. ." in the south portion of Lee’s campus. by Cameron Fisher said U.S. Army General Douglas McArthur, in his fa- mous farewell speech at West Point many years ago. JORDAN SMITH RETURNS This spring is a season of farewells here at Lee University, with some of the "old soldiers" who have FOR A DAY served Lee students for almost half a century leaving 6 The last issue of Torch barely squeezed in the their posts. news of the first place finish of Lee student Five of Lee's longest-serving professors have Jordan Smith on The Voice. He returned on announced their retirements at the end of the spring February 18 for a day of thanks to his alma ma- ter by presenting two free concerts and sharing semester. They include two friends from the Depart- the whirlwind of activity that has become his life ment of Natural Science and Mathematics—Ron Har- since winning the title on December 15. ris and Robert Griffith—and two colleagues from the Department of Business—Evaline Echols and Alan TEN GET TENURE, Burns. Also retiring from his senior adjunct position is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Ollie J. Lee. VETERANS TRANSITION Only two teachers in Lee history have served fifty 8 Ten members of the Lee faculty were granted consecutive years on the full-time faculty, and Ron tenure by the Lee Board of Directors in January. Harris reaches that milestone in May. (The other is At the same time, four veteran faculty members with a total of 165 years of service announced the late Donald N. Bowdle.) Harris began as a physi- transitions in their roles. cal science professor in 1966. Not far behind him is a close friend who has taught mathematics in the same GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES department for 45 of those years, Bob Griffith. The two men rank No. 1 and No. 3 in years of seniority FOCUS: CHINA on the current Lee faculty, and will reach retirement 10 Dr. Jerome and Vanessa Hammond led a together. Both will continue to live in Cleveland and group to the nation of China last summer teach occasional part-time courses. where they visited some iconic landmarks Across campus, in the Department of Business, and met with officials of Lee’s partner school, Sias International University. another two colleagues will take their bows at the By Laura MacGowan same time. Dr. Evaline Echols joined the faculty in 1984, and served as department chair for many of WOMEN’S LACROSSE those years. But before '84, she had a distinguished career as administrative assistant to the president COMING IN 2017 at Lee, serving 27 years in that important role be- 13 A new sport is headed for the Lee campus fore moving over to the faculty. Dr. Echols is the as it was announced earlier this year that the longest-serving employee in Lee's history, and will process has begun to hire a head coach for a continue to serve on an adjunct basis as she moves future women’s lacrosse team—the first to- into retirement this summer. tally new sport to be introduced onto campus since baseball. By George Starr Alan Burns also joined the Lee faculty as a "sec- ond career," after many years in the United States Air Force, and has been a stalwart on the Business CLOWNING AROUND faculty since 1979. The childhood dream of a Lee University Ollie Lee finally reaches the end of a distin- 32 graduate shares how his experience at Lee and guished Lee career. In addition to teaching sociology the training he received as a business major prepared him for the “business” side of leading for half a century, he led the Lee faculty for eleven the clown troupe of the Ringling Bros. and years during one of its most transformative periods Barnum and Bailey Circus®. by Cameron Fisher (1987–1998), and before that supervised many of to- day's senior faculty—including myself—while he was DEPARTMENTS dean of Arts and Sciences in the 1970s. For each of these "old soldiers," there will be pri- 4 Campus News vate and individual farewells of various types, but for 12 Sports all of us, I offer the collective gratitude of thousands of alums whose lives they touched. 29 Who’s Where LEE UNIVERSITY TORCH 3 CAMPUSNEWS SOUTHERN EXPANSION IN HIGH GEAR A panoramic shot from Trunk onstruction on projects that will On February 8, the Cleveland Street shows seven structures that anchor the Southern end of the City Council voted unanimously to will be razed this summer. CLee campus have picked up steam close sections of three streets in and are progressing toward com- the areas where Lee has acquired pletion for a growing student body. all properties. Lee’s border has Most dominant is the new now advanced more aggressively School of Nursing, which has along Walker Street, one street arisen three stories from its foun- east of Trunk. Parcels where rental dation on Church Street in a houses have languished for de- matter of weeks. According to Cole cades in a state of disrepair will Strong, assistant vice president of soon be transformed into green operations at Lee, the steel place- space, parking, and possible ath- ment was 85 percent complete as letic fields (see diagram at right). of mid-February with concrete slab The street closures will take floors being hoisted into place by a place is in the vicinity of three massive crane that could be seen women’s residences: Livingston a mile away. The skeletal shape Hall, Livingston East, and Keeble of the three-story building was Hall. The longest is a three-block clearly visible until the outside was section of 6th Street, which will be wrapped in insulating sheets in closed between Church and Walker preparation for brick and mortar. Streets. A portion of Trunk Street, Inside, contractors were scat- which runs between the three res- tered throughout the building idences, will be closed, as well as rigging it for a complex maze of a one-block section of 5th Street. plumbing and electrical circuitry Since Lee acquired the old First Following an insulation wrap, workers begin the brick and mortar phase of the necessary for a School of Nursing. Baptist property six years ago, the School of Nursing. “We made some great progress Communication Arts Building and in January and February,” Strong the School of Nursing have swal- said. “Trusses are being delivered, lowed block sections of 4th and 5th and soon we will be under roof. We Streets respectively. are on an accelerated timeframe When standing before city Concrete slabs are hoisted and hitting on all cylinders!” leaders on February 8 to make the into place following the Surrounding the School of Nurs- appeal for the closures, President erection of the steel frame. ing, movement on parcels of proper- Conn stated, “The renaissance at ty is happening at a rapid pace. Last Lee University started in this room summer five aged houses between when 29 years ago, the City Com- Parker and Trunk Streets were razed mission, at that time five members, within a two-day period, opening up voted to allow Lee to take a little new sight lines and creating green piece of Church Street and to begin space and future parking. Since to develop an intelligently orga- then, Lee has acquired more than nized, coherent, attractive campus.
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