M a g a z i n e Volume 11, No. 1 • Fall 2005 Foundation Alumni Association Officers Robert Holmes ’64 Lisa Younis Board of Directors Lynn Leatherman ’92 James Davis ’59 Atlanta, GA Shepherdstown Larry Strite ’60 Falling Waters President President Shepherdstown Jane Ikenberry-Dorrier ’65 Directors-at-Large Shepherdstown Neville Leonard ’59 Scottsville, VA David L. Dunlop Shepherdstown James Moler ’30 Shepherdstown Scott Bradford Doleman Immediate Past Lee Keebler ’60 ’95 Hugh Breckenridge President and Martinsburg Timothy D. Haines ’95 Vice President Little ’79 Honorary Director Shepherdstown Charles Town Hunt Valley, MD Charles Town Jerry Kerr ’68 Winchester, VA Larry Strite ’60 Denny Barron ’73 Andrew Lowe ’02 William Knode ’58 Shepherdstown Treasurer Shepherdstown Vice President Lynn E. Leatherman ’92 Shepherdstown Sharpsburg, MD Falling Waters Honorary Tripp Lowe ’95 Directors James R. Fleenor ’74 Shepherdstown Allen Lueck ’67 Susan Mentzer-Blair ’72 James A. Butcher Secretary Secretary Knoxville, MD Shepherdstown Martinsburg Chris Luttrell ’98 Shepherdstown Shepherdstown Annette M. Murphy Lavely Gruber Chris Wooten ’87 E. William Johnson Charles Town Pikesville, MD Financial Consultant Sallye Price ’53 & ’54 Treasurer Hunt Valley, MD Shepherdstown Harpers Ferry David Newlin ’76 Hazel Hendricks Winchester, VA Shenandoah Junction Robin Zanotti Lou Tiano ’72 Monica Lingenfelter Executive Director Shepherdstown Executive Vice President Charlotte Painter Jessie Hendrix Martinsburg Hagerstown, MD Martinsburg Shepherdstown John Swift ’00 Jim Auxer ’69 Shanghai Board of Directors Cinda Scales ’81 Sallye S. Price ’53 & ’54 Shepherdstown Ramon Alvarez ’62 Martinsburg Shepherdstown Charles VanMetre ’56 Shepherdstown Ben Ellis ’66 Sharpsburg, MD Michael Smith ’89 Ruth Thacher Bunker Hill Jason Best Winchester, VA Shepherdstown Robert Wantz ’55 Shepherdstown Aimee Gibbons ’92 Hagerstown, MD Daniel C. Starliper ’69 Washington, D.C. Ken Boone ’76 Martinsburg Chauncey Winbush ’96 Baltimore, MD Bill Harper ’94 & ’00 Sarah Townsend Martinsburg Elkridge, MD Herbert Clark Martinsburg Hagerstown, MD Paul Hillyard ’58 John Wolff ’88 David Wing Winchester, VA Hamilton, VA Deborah Dhayer ’74 Shepherdstown Berkeley Springs Phyllis Kafton ’73 Keith “Bam” Worrell ’04 Martinsburg Martinsburg Board of Governors John M. Sherwood Lauri Bridgeforth ’87 Andrew D. Michael ’75 Chair Winchester, VA Hedgesville Charles Town Catherine Daniel Barbara Pichot ’71 & ’81 Robert A. McMillan Student Representative Kearneysville Vice Chair Shepherdstown Martinsburg Brent Robinson Doris M. Griffin Morgantown Manny Arvon ’74 Martinsburg Secretary Daniel Starliper ’69 Martinsburg Anders Henriksson Classified Employee Faculty Representative Representative David Blythe Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Martinsburg Cover: View from High Street with Stutzman- Slonaker Hall in the background. Photo by Timothy D. Haines. Shepherd University Magazine Contents From the President Shepherd Today Graduate study 662 graduates receive degrees ............................... 4 wo things happened this summer that rep- Byrd to give inaugural Moses Lecture .................. 5 resent fundamental turning points in Shep- Wind Ensemble performs at Carnegie Hall ........... 6 Therd’s growth as an institution. On May 21, Campus notes ....................................................... 7 five students received their master of arts degree Phillips is Writer-in-Residence .............................. 8 in curriculum and instruction. These five stu- Alumni dents—Kim Worth, Mary Reis, Heather Fuller, Joni Burkhart, and Laurie Smelter—will go down in his- Homecoming schedule announced ....................... 9 Class Notes ........................................................ 10 tory as the first students to earn graduate degrees Weddings ........................................................... 11 David L. Dunlop granted entirely by Shepherd University. Class of 1955 inducted into Emeritus Club ........ 12 The second thing happened just three weeks Alumni insurance affinity plan implemented ...... 12 later, on June 13, when the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Births ................................................................. 13 Association of Colleges and Schools approved Shepherd to offer three new, fully Arvon, Wooten named Outstanding Alumni ...... 14 accredited graduate programs: a master of business administration, which will Deaths ................................................................ 15 begin this fall semester; a master of arts in teaching, which will begin in spring A report from Alumni President Strite ................ 16 2006; and a master of music, music education, which will begin in summer Engagements ...................................................... 17 2006, pending approval by the National Association of Schools of Music. Athletics This recognition by the Higher Learning Commission is just the most Shepherd wins Presidents’ Cup ........................... 18 recent landmark in Shepherd’s steady movement toward graduate offerings. Tennis wins top honors ...................................... 19 Five years ago, in the spring of 2000, our Strategic Planning Committee rec- Hall of Fame inductees announced ..................... 20 ognized that the Eastern Panhandle needed graduate programs and that Shep- Development herd was in a good position to provide them. The mission statement that was The Robert Rissler legacy ................................... 22 created that year reflected this belief, even though actual graduate programs McMurran Society honors members .................. 23 were several years away. Scarborough Society holds annual meeting ......... 24 In 2001 Shepherd began collaborating with Marshall University on a joint Gridiron Club celebrates successful 1st year ....... 25 master of arts in teaching degree. Two years later, in summer 2003, the first Dunn joins advancement staff ............................ 26 group of 29 students enrolled in Shepherd’s first stand-alone graduate pro- gram: the master of arts in curriculum and instruction—a program that has since grown to include more than 120 students. The Shepherd University Magazine is published by The new programs that will be unveiled this year and in 2006 have been the Office of External Affairs, the Office of Advance- ment, and the Shepherd University Foundation under construction for more than two years. During this time, Shepherd rig- for the Shepherd University community—alumni, orously examined the needs of the surrounding region. The first thing that we donors, students, parents, prospective students, staff, discovered was a need for highly qualified teachers in our schools—a need that faculty, and friends of the University. A portion of we were already serving with the curriculum and instruction degree and will the production cost is underwritten by the Shepherd continue to serve with our master of arts in teaching degree and our master of University Foundation and the Shepherd University music, music education degree. Alumni Association. We also discovered a strong need for affordable, hands-on training in busi- Editor and Art Director ness to help the people in our service area qualify for the many high-paying Valerie Owens jobs that are coming into one of the fastest-growing areas in the country. The Managing Editors new Shepherd M.B.A. has been created specifically to meet this need. Monica Lingenfelter and Robin Zanotti What the events of this summer show is that “Shepherd University” is no longer just a new name, but a new kind of institution. As the Community Alumni Editor Jennifer Spataro and Technical College becomes an independent entity in Martinsburg, Shep- herd will no longer offer associate degrees, but it will continue to expand its Contributors this issue graduate offerings in areas that make sense for the population of the Eastern Timothy D. Haines, Chip Ransom Panhandle and the surrounding region. David L. Dunlop Stephanie Horst, Rhiannon Smith, Cathy Nevy • Sharon Henderson, Gary Kable, Beth Mickelinc Ray Smock, Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt Send class note information to Alumni Relations Office, Shepherd University, P.O. Box 3210, Shep- herdstown, West Virginia 25443-3210 or to alumni@ shepherd.edu via e-mail. Fall 005 Shepherd Today Eros delivers 132nd commencement address ary Clare Eros delivered the keynote address during the 132nd Commencement held May 21. She is the chair of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, M which is responsible for developing, establishing, and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. Six hundred sixty-two students received degrees, and Shepherd awarded its first-ever mas- ter’s degrees to five students. Eros and Dr. James C. Price II were awarded honorary doctor- ates, and Eleanor Pritts received the President’s Award. Eros was the recipient a doctor of laws (LL.D.) honorary degree. She is a senior member of the Martinsburg office of the law firm of Jackson Kelly PLLC and has been a member of the law firm since 1981. Her practice areas include banking, corporate, bankruptcy, government contracts, bonds and financing, leases, business and commercial, legislative services, contracts, real estate and property law, and intellectual property and trademarks. A member of the Berkeley County Bar Association, Eros is the chair of the West Virginia State Bar’s Third Party Legal Opinion Subcommittee of the Corporations, Banking, and Busi- Gary Kable