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ETSU alumni association board of directors ETSU Today University Magazine Mrs. Dorothy L. Grisham ’74, President Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ‘69 Mr. Gary Poe ’68, President-Elect Mr. Mark W. Thomas ‘84 Fall 2008 Lt. Gen. Ronald V. Hite ’64, Vice President Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ‘79 Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85, Secretary Mr. Charles Stahl ‘83 Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89, Treasurer Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ‘65 Mr. J. Daniel Mahoney ’66, Past-President Mr. Brock “T.J.” Mitchell, SGA President contents Mr. Jason A. Berry ‘98 Mr. Christopher Carroll, SGA Vice President Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ‘89 Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., ETSU President President’s Message .......1 Looking Forward, Ms. Michelle Livengood ‘84 Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University Mrs. Diane T. Wear ‘90 Advancement/President, ETSU Foundation Alumni Awards ................2 Looking Back ................ 20 Mr. Larry La ‘84 Mr. Robert M. Plummer, ’84, ’87, Associate Vice Dr. Jack Parton ’78, ’79, ‘82 President for University Advancement/Executive Campus Briefs .................6 Sports Spectrum ............21 Ms. Linda Buck ’80, ‘84 Director of ETSU Alumni Association Unique Alumni .............. 10 Homecoming ................22 Reaching HIGHER ......... 16 Class Notes.................... 26 ETSU foundation offi cers and directors Advancement ...............18 Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Chairman of Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation Mr. David A. Ogle ‘79 the Board President Mr. Art Powers Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69, Vice Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Foundation Mr. Stan Puckett Chairman of the Board Chief Financial Offi cer Mr. K. Newton Raff Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Secretary Mr. Frederick “Pal” Barger Jr. ‘55 Mr. Howard W. Roddy ‘74 Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer Mr. Jeff Byrd Mrs. Lottie Fields Ryans Paul E. Stanton, Jr. Mr. Tim P. Jones, Immediate Past Mrs. Betty DeVinney Mr. Kenneth W. Simonds ‘57 University President Board Chairman Mrs. Janey Diehl ‘50 Mr. Robert T. (Rab) Summers Mr. Wayne G. Basler, Past Chairman Mrs. Ruth Ellis DiGregorio Mr. Gerald Thomas Mr. Donald R. Raber, Investment Dr. James W. Gibson Mr. Raymond R. Thomas ‘59 Committee Chairman Mr. Richard L. Green ‘73 Mrs. Ann Mooneyhan Utter ‘65 Richard A. Manahan Mr. Stuart E. Wood, Jr. ’60, Planned Mr. Louis H. Gump ‘73 Mr. Dennis Vonderfecht Vice President for University Advancement Giving Committee Chair Dr. Roberta T. Herrin ’70, ‘72 Dr. May Votaw Mr. Paul Montgomery, Tennessee Mr. Dale Keasling ‘70 Dr. Susan Gentry Williams ’67, ‘68 ETSU Foundation President Board of Regents Representative Dr. Barbara Kimbrough Mr. Guy B. Wilson Jr. Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., Ms. Michelle Livengood ‘84 Mrs. Eleanor E. Yoakum ‘65 ETSU President Mr. Scott Niswonger Robert M. Plummer Associate V.P. for University Advancement tennessee board of regents Executive Director of ETSU Alumni Association Honorable Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee Mrs. Judy T. Gooch, 3rd District & Chair Mr. Jonas Kisber, 8th District Mr. Robert P. Thomas, Vice-Chair, 5th District Dr. Stanley Stevens, Jr., Faculty Regent 2008-2009 managing editors Ms. Fran Marcum, 4th District Mr. Millard Oakley, 6th District Ms. Pamela Fansler ’73, 2nd District Mr. Paul Montgomery, 1st District Mr. Matthew Harris, Student Representative Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, Executive Director of THEC Richard A. Manahan Mr. Gionni Carr, Student Regent, 2008-09 Mr. Howard Roddy ’74, At-Large East Tennessee Robert M. Plummer ’84 ’87 Ms. Agenia Clark, 7th District Mr. J. Stanley Rogers, At-Large Middle Tennessee Jennifer Barber ’05, Editorial Assistant Mr. Gregory Duckett, 9th District Honorable Tim Webb, Acting Commissioner of Honorable Ken Givens ’69, ’71, Commissioner of Education Agriculture Mr. John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee tennessee higher education commission contributors Jeff Anderson Richard A. Manahan Ms. Katie Winchester, Chair, Dyersburg Mr. Charles Mann, Columbia Mr. Jack Murrah, Vice Chair, Hixson Ms. Carolyn Morrison, Cookeville Jennifer Barber Marc Montgomery Mr. A.C. Wharton Jr., Secretary, Memphis Mr. Cato Johnson, Bartlett Amy Brown Carol Ollis Mr. Gregory P. Isaacs, Knoxville Ms. Jessica Brumett, voting ex-offi cio, Tennessee Mr. Riley C. Darnell, Secretary of State Technological University Margaret Carr Jo Anne Paty Mr. John Morgan, State Comptroller Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-offi cio/Executive Lee Ann Davis Robert Plummer Mr. Dale Sims, State Treasurer Director, State Board of Education Ms. Sue Atkinson, Nashville Mr. David C. Holt, non-voting ex-offi cio, UT Memphis Carol Fox Cyndi Ramsey Mr. Robert White ’96, Johnson City Kristn Clark Fry Shea Renfro university advancement Ashley Garris Pamela Ripley Tisha Harrison Jeremy Ross Offi ce of University Advancement Offi ce of University Alumni Leisa Harvey Fred Sauceman Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Associate Vice President Donald Harvill Carol Sloan Advancement /President, ETSU Foundation for University Advancement/Executive Director Jeff Anderson ’83, Associate Vice President for ETSU Alumni Association Chris Henson Joseph E. Smith University Advancement & Planned Giving Lee Ann Davis ’91, Director of University Alumni Jennifer Hill Karen Sullivan Jeremy Ross ’07, Associate Vice President for Programs University Advancement Capital Campaign Leisa Harvey ’94, Offi ce Coordinator Pat Holland Leisa Wiseman Carol Sloan, Associate Vice President for University Cyndi Ramsey ’06, Coordinator of Alumni Activities Advancement Jennifer Barber ’05, Information Research Technician Tisha Harrison ’80, Director of University Ashly Garris, Graduate Assistant Advancement Marc Montgomery ’09, Student Web Master Karen Sullivan, Director of University Offi ce of Advancement Services Advancement Shea Renfro, Director, Advancement Services photographers Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator Donald Harvill ’92, Computer Operations Pat Barcel, Offi ce Manager Coordinator Larry Smith ’78 James Padgett Peggy McCurry ’80, Offi ce Coordinator Margaret Carr ’81, Information Research Technician Jim Sledge ’87 Crystal McKnight, Graduate Assistant Carol Ollis, Technical Clerk Megan Ringley, Graduate Assistant Offi ce of ETSU Foundation Accounting Deidre Yowell ’07, Graduate Assistant Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Foundation Chief Financial Laure Craddock, Executive Aide Receptionist Offi cer and Vice President for Business & Finance Pat Elledge, Executive Aide Administrative Kathy Carder, Account Clerk East Tennessee State University is one of 45 institutions in the Tennessee Leisa Wiseman ’84, Accountant Board of Regents system, the sixth largest system of higher education in the nation. The Tennessee Board of Regents is the governing board for this credits system which is comprised of six universities, thirteen community colleges, and twenty-six Tennessee Technology Centers. 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Stanton Jr. announced his retirement effec- tive March 1, 2009. He made the announcement during the ETSU Foundation Annual Meeting at The Millennium Centre. Stanton became the eighth president of ETSU on Jan. 1, 1997, following his selection by the Tennessee Board of Regents, which is the university’s governing board and the largest higher education system in the state as well as the sixth largest in the nation. He came to the presidency from his ETSU post as Dean of the James H. Quillen College of Medicine and Vice President for Health Affairs, which he had held since 1988. In 1985, Stanton, a vascular surgeon from Georgia, arrived in Johnson City to direct Paul E. Stanton, Jr. the Division of Peripheral Vascular Surgery for the then Veterans Administration Medi- University President cal Center and ETSU’s College of Medicine (a position he held for six years) and also to serve as associate professor of surgery at the university. The following year, he was named professor and chair of the Department of Surgery in the College Richard A. Manahan of Medicine. Vice President for University Advancement ETSU Foundation President Stanton indicated that, when his retirement becomes offi cial, he will maintain strong ties with ETSU for Robert