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COLLEGE MAGAZINE PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015 1 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015 SMART GIFTS… Kaitlyn Reasoner, ’16 Biology Major INVEST IN SMART STUDENTS. CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF LIFE INCOME GIFTS YEAR-END GIVING A charitable gift annuity is a simple As 2015 comes to a close, the remaining agreement between you and Berea. With days provide an opportunity to make your a gift of $5,000 or more you receive fixed financial resources work for you, and for a payments for life backed by all of Berea’s deserving student. With a little planning assets, as well as an income tax deduction for you can enjoy tax and other benefits while 2015. This is just one of the many smart ways assisting Berea College with a gift prior to you can invest in these lives of great promise. December 31. Contact the Office of Gift Planning: Amy Shehee, ’91 or Gena Edwards 2 Toll-free:BEREA 800.457.9846 COLLEGE MAGAZINE • E-mail: [email protected] • www.berea.edu/givetoberea CONTENTS BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE FEATURES 5 President’s Report Our Berea: Renewing and Refreshing 13 Huapei Chen Appointed CIO 14 Honor Roll of Giving 15 John G. Fee Society 15 Founders’ Club 17 President’s Club 20 Great Commitments Society 24 Alumni by Class Year Andrew Kung 33 Class Rankings 36 Students 38 Honorary Alumni 39 Faculty and Staff Contributors 40 Friends of Berea College 67 Memorial Gifts 71 Bequest Gifts 71 In Honor of Gifts 72 Corporate Matching Gifts 72 Foundations, Corporate, and Organizational Gifts 75 Dr. Linda Strong-Leek: An Advocate at the Highest Level DEPARTMENTS 76 Class Notes 78 Passages Front Cover: The newly renovated Dana Hall provides students enhanced living spaces, convenient group study areas, and outdoor living areas. The new exterior compliments the architecture of other buildings on campus. Above is a view of Dana Hall from Campus Drive. Photos by Andrew Kung Contact the Office of Gift Planning: Amy Shehee, ’91 or Gena Edwards VOLUME 86 Toll-free: 800.457.9846 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.berea.edu/givetoberea PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015 Number3 2 Lyle D. Roelofs, President Board of Trustees Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr. Harold L. Moses, Chair of the Board Douglas M. Orr Stephanie B. Zeigler, Vice Chair of the Board Thomas W. Phillips Vicki E. Allums William B. Richardson Charlotte F. Beason Dennis R. Roop Vance Blade Charles Ward Seabury, II Nancy E. Blair David E. Shelton Anne Berry Bonnyman David B. Sloan Joseph John Bridy Tyler S. Thompson Lynne Blankenship Caldwell Robert T. Yahng Scott Caldwell David H. Chow Charles D. Crowe Honorary Trustees John Alden Auxier M. Elizabeth Culbreth James T. Bartlett John E. Fleming Martin A. Coyle Jerry B. Hale Alice R. Manicur COLLEGE MAGAZINE Donna S. Hall Elissa May-Plattner Bob Hawks Thomas H. Oliver J. Morgan, ’91, Editor Scott M. Jenkins David S. Swanson Glenn R. Jennings Scott Mall, Associate Vice President, Integrated David O. Welch Shawn C. D. Johnson Marketing & Communications R. Elton White Brenda Todd Larsen Bernadine Douglas, Vice President, Dawneda F. Williams Alumni and College Relations College Administration Linda Kuhlmann, Graphic Designer Jeff Amburgey, Vice President for Finance Chad Berry, Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty Contributing Writers: Virgil Burnside, Vice President for Labor and Student Life Bernadine Douglas, Tim Jordan, ’76, Lyle Roelofs Bernadine Douglas, Vice President for Alumni and College Relations Huapei Chen, Chief Information Officer Contributing Photographers: Derrick Singleton, Vice President for Operations and Sustainability O’Neil Arnold, ’85, Caleb Coffey, ’17, Chris Linda Strong-Leek, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Radcliffe, Anna Skaggs, ’17, Sarah-Anne Soares, ’18, David K. Tipton, Dean of Labor Crystal Wylie, ’05, Jett Yates, ’16 Judge B. Wilson II, General Counsel and Secretary CORRESPONDENCE AND REPRINTS If you have comments, questions, or suggestions Alumni Executive Council 2014-15 for the Berea College Magazine or would like David Cook, ’85, President, Kentucky information about reprinting any article appearing Tim Jones, ’94, Past-President, Kentucky in the magazine, please contact: Andrew Hamilton, ’96, President-Elect, Texas Lyle D. Roelofs, President of Berea College, Kentucky Editor, Berea College Magazine Jackie Collier, ’80, Interim Vice President for Alumni and College Relations, Kentucky Berea College Diane Kerby, ’75, Director of Alumni Relations, Kentucky CPO 2142 Berea KY 40404 Members-At-Large 2014-15 Alumni Trustees Wally Campbell, ’66, Kentucky Lynne Blankenship Caldwell, ’78, Virginia AT YOUR SERVICE Beverly Clay Crabtree, ’81, Ohio Charles D. Crowe, ’70, Tennessee Web: www.berea.edu Eric Crowden, ’84, Kentucky Jerry Hale, ’73, Tennessee Mail: CPO 2203, Berea, KY 40404 Patricia Campbell Estepp, ’77, Virginia Robert F. Hawks, ’77, Georgia Phone: 859.985.3104 Toll free: 1.866.804.0591 Betina Conley Gardner, ’94, Kentucky Fax: 859.985.3178 Amy Burkhardt Harmon, ’99, California Magazine: www.berea.edu/magazine/ David G. Harrison, ’00, Kentucky Katherine Silver Kelly, ’91, Ohio Berea College Magazine (ISSN 1539-7394) is Jack S. Marinelli, ’85, Illinois published quarterly for Berea College alumni and Tedd Masiongale, ’88, Georgia friends by the Berea College Integrated Marketing Jennifer Hale Stafford, ’92, Kentucky and Communications department. Periodicals Deborah Byrd Thomas, ’80, Alabama postage pending at Berea, KY, and additional Peter Thoms, ’55, Michigan mailing offices. Diane Artist Wallace, ’80, Kentucky Ballard Wright, ’59, Kentucky Postmaster: Send address corrections to the Berea College Office of Alumni Relations, CPO 2203, Berea KY 40404. Young Alumni Advisory Council 2014-15 Hussene Youssouf, ‘05, President, Georgia Berea College is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization Charles Badger, ‘11, Past-President, New Jersey under federal guidelines. Luke Sulfridge, ‘03, President-Elect, Ohio Missy Naseman Rivera, ‘05, Executive Vice President, Ohio Lisa Colletti-Jones, Coordinator of Student, Young Alumni, and Volunteer Engagement Programs, Kentucky Members-At-Large Emily LaDouceur, ’04, Kentucky Rashaad Abdur-Rahman, ’03, Kentucky Ashley Miller, ’05, Kentucky Beth Bissmeyer, ’09, Kentucky Christian Motley, ’09, Kentucky Wayne Centers, ’05, Kentucky Jamie Nunnery, ’13, Kentucky FSC LOGO William E. Cook, III, ’06, Ohio Jared Rowley, ’09, Massachusetts Marc Crenshaw, ’02, Alabama Joe Saleem, II, ’08, Kentucky Susan Jones, ’02, North Carolina Katy Jones Sulfridge, ’03, Ohio Justin Kindler, ’05, Florida Djuan Trent, ’10, Kentucky David Kretzmann, ’14, Virginia As of November 1, 2015 4 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE OUR BEREA: Renewing and Refreshing Dear Berea Friends and Alumni, Greetings from the Office of the President! I am pleased to present the 2014-2015 President’s Report and commend it to your review. The Report contains information about our strong financial position and data pertaining to our sources of fiscal support. The report also lists the names of the Berea Lyle D. Roelofs College Board of Trustees and national alumni leaders, all of whom lend their time, passion and professional expertise to help guide this remarkable and transformative institution. In reading these pages, I am struck anew with grateful recognition of just how many people are responsible for supporting Berea College’s Eight Great Commitments. Berea truly thrives because of this generosity, and it is good to be mindful of this truth. PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015 5 Recently, Board of Trustees chair Berea’s model can be an example for ensure that continued financial Hal Moses and I attended a national the rest of the country. Meanwhile, success. conference during which the the faculty continue to innovate At the same time, I am mindful participants, all college presidents to support teaching and learning, of the fact that renewing and and Board chairs, were asked to and our “bridge-in” initiatives refreshing are essential to the health identify significant opportunities and are resulting in rapidly increasing of any community. New programs challenges facing higher education student success. such as the Fresh Start wellness today. Many cited “affordability” It is critical that this inspiring initiative (featured in the Summer as the major challenge faced by experiment continue to succeed; 2015 issue of the Berea College colleges and universities, while however, there is no crystal ball to Magazine) allow us to address the others mentioned declining levels consult and no oracle to foretell needs of our students as do the of student preparation, the need to what the future will hold. As Berea’s improvements to our campus adapt to new learning and teaching history of responsible financial infrastructure. Renovations to the styles, and the increased competition planning has shown though, there education building, Knapp Hall, and for top students. Berea’s unique are prudent measures that can help to our residence halls – the recently mission to serve students of great prepare for many possibilities. completed Dana Hall and current promise but limited economic means Thus, as an institution, we remain work on Bingham Hall – are all part and our commitment to do so on committed to protecting and of a plan to ensure we maintain a a tuition-free basis is certainly an growing our endowment so that we campus ready to provide “the best answer to the affordability challenge will be able to continue to provide education money can’t buy” for and continues to bring students tuition for future generations of leaders in the 21st century and of very high potential to study Berea students. We thank you for beyond. A project that will be well at Berea. In my opinion at least, your partnership in the effort to underway before the next President’s 6 BEREA COLLEGE MAGAZINE Report is the construction of new facilities for the natural science programs and nursing. These enhancements are critically needed so that Berea College can continue to offer preparation for the key careers associated with these fields. Stay tuned for communications about this project and for ways you can help with it.