wakeforest magazine

A Strategic Plan for a Collegiate University

DECEMBER 2008

Editor Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08), [email protected]

Associate Editor Kerry M. King (’85), [email protected]

Senior Writer David Fyten, [email protected]

Staff Writer Kim McGrath, [email protected]

Photographer Ken Bennett, [email protected]

Classnotes Editor Janet Williamson (P ’00, ’03), [email protected] features Design / Art Direction Urena Design, [email protected] 18Greater Than its Parts Printing By David Fyten The Lane Press, Inc. Burlington, Vermont In adopting a comprehensive blueprint for its future, Wake Forest prepares to build a “collegiate university.”

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Volume 56, Number 2 December 2008

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WWW.WFU.EDU 38Fame in the Hall By Leo Derrick (’50)

2Around the Quad Everybody knows the names— and the faces—of the stellar 40Classnotes performers inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. profile 32 The Head Has a Heart By David Fyten

The dean of Wake Forest’s newly integrated schools of business brings compassion to his self-stated pursuit of helping students find their “calling” in life.

sports

36‘Il Professore’ By Tim Warren

Once a leader, always a leader. Hall of Fame inductee Randolph Childress (’95) takes command of his basketball team—and his life—in Italy.

constant & true

63Only One Demon Deacon By Jenny Puckett (’71, P ’90)

There may be numerous ways that you can dress up a tiger, or a wild bird, or an amphibian, or an insect, or a farm animal… but there’s only one Demon Deacon. the quad around around

Students and faculty enjoyed a picnic on Hearn Plaza following Opening Convocation.

Ribisl, Powell honored at Opening Convocation; Lubin gives address

wo longtime faculty Reinhardt Award Tmembers and two for Distinguished Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art alumni were honored Teaching. Powell’s David Lubin during Opening Convocation students, who nomi- in September. nated him for the award, Bartlett has taught math Paul M. Ribisl, the Charles characterized him as “an intel- at Parkland High School in E. Taylor Professor of Health lectual giant who sets exacting Winston-Salem for ten years and Exercise Science, received standards in the classroom and and led the school’s efforts the Donald O. Schoonmaker who has a passion for classical to develop its International Faculty Award for Community languages.” Powell joined the Baccalaureate program. Service. Ribisl, who joined the faculty in 1988. O’Brien, who has taught for faculty in 1973, served as chair The Marcellus Waddill Ex- seven years, taught first grade of the health and exercise sci- cellence in Teaching Award in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ence department for sixteen was presented to Wendy Bart- before moving to Austin, years and is currently serving lett (’97), a high school teacher where she teaches a fourth- as interim dean of the College in Winston-Salem, and Kather- grade bilingual class. of Arts and Sciences. ine O’Brien (‘01), an elementary The Waddill Award was es- Associate Professor of school teacher in Austin, Tex- tablished in 1994 by David Classical Languages James as. Each received a $20,000 Waddill in honor of his father, T. Powell received the Jon cash award. Marcellus E. Waddill, professor

Award winners Paul Ribisl (at left) and James Powell.

2 wake forest magazine Students, faculty organize exhibit featuring handmade Cuban books

ake Forest students and faculty are organizing Wan exhibit of handmade books by Cuban artists that will be shown nationwide beginning next summer. The exhibit, “Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985–2008,” will include more than one hundred books made by Cuban painters, sculptors, photographers, and printmakers. Linda Howe The exhibit will debut at the Grolier Club of New York next May to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It will be shown on campus next August in the Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery, and then at galleries nationwide. The proj- ect was initiated by Associate Professor of Romance Languages Linda Howe and is being funded by the Reed Foundation and other sources. Students began working on the exhibit last spring. They are coordinating the busi- ness aspects of the exhibit with Gordon McCray (’85), executive associate dean of the Calloway School of Business and Ac- countancy, and Professor Emeritus of Art Bob Knott. Over the summer, students worked with Paul Bright, assistant director of the Hanes Art Gallery, to photograph the books for a bilingual catalogue. This semester, students in Howe’s class, “Entrepreneurship in Art Education and Educational Outreach: Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985–2008,” have been organizing the content of the exhibit and creating educational materials. Students have also of mathematics from 1962 to worked with Assistant Professor of Art Roy Carter to 1997. The award is given annu- create a bilingual Web site, and with Max Negin, a ally to one primary school lecturer in the communications department, to teacher and one secondary create a short film about Cuban artists. Other school teacher. students are working with local teachers to The convocation address, create a classroom curriculum for “Disturbing the Peace: Wake the exhibit. Forest and the Arts,” was given by David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art. The arts push us out of our comfort zone “gently in some instances, violently in others,” he said. — Pam Barrett “It draws us out of ourselves, Wake Forest News Service out of our small-minded self- absorption, and makes us see, hear, feel—and understand —the world anew.”

For the full text of David Lubin’s remarks, see www.wfu.edu/magazine

www.wfu.edu/wowf december 2008 3 the quad Nielsen writes about fathers and daughters

around athers and strengthening those Best named daughters bonds. The book IACCP fellow F often don’t have draws on material she the close ties developed during eborah L. Best (’70, mothers and daugh- nineteen years of William L. Poteat DMA ’72), ters have, but Pro‑ teaching her “Fathers Professor of Psychology, has fessor of Education and Daughters” course been named an honorary fellow Linda Nielsen argues Nielsen at Wake Forest. by the International Association that it’s never too late to “Sadly, too many of us continue for Cross-Cultural Psychology strengthen the father-daughter to downplay the importance (IACCP). bond. In her newest book, of the father-daughter relation- “For more than three de- Between Fathers & Daughters: ship in comparison to the cades, Deborah L. Best has Enriching and Rebuilding your mother-daughter relationship,” been a highly respected mem- Adult Relationship (Cumberland she notes. For a Q & A with ber of the family of cross-cultural House Publishing, 2008), she Linda Nielsen, see www.wfu.edu/ Roniger psychologists and a significant offers practical advice for magazine contributor to the discipline of Roniger to direct inter- psychology,” the association’s national research group citation for Best reads. The award is the highest given by uis Roniger, professor the association. Law professor’s L of political science and Best has co-authored three research focuses Reynolds Professor of Latin- books examining cross-cultural on family law American Studies, will co-direct differences of sex stereotypes, an international research group gender, and self. She is an asso- on democracy at Hebrew ciate editor of the Journal of very summer, children University of Jerusalem next Cross-Cultural Psychology and Eare accidentally left spring. Roniger, who joined the was president of the IACCP unattended in hot cars. But how often are parents faculty in 2004, has published from 2000 to 2002. The IACCP Collins prosecuted in cases where the extensively in the areas of de- has members in more than child dies? Associate Professor and babysitters, were almost mocracy and human rights. sixty-five of Law Jennifer Collins sought always prosecuted. The research group is made countries the answer. One of the most glaring find- up of Latin-American scholars who study “I discovered that parents ings in her research was how from the United States, the cross-cultural were prosecuted in about 53 parents from different socio- United Kingdom, Israel, Mexico, issues. and Singapore. The group will percent of the cases,” says economic backgrounds were use the Latin-American political Collins, a former assistant U.S. treated. White-collar profession- experience as a springboard to Attorney in the District of als or spouses of white-collar research the ways democracy is Columbia who specialized in professionals were prosecuted acquiring new meanings around Best homicide cases. Mothers were in about 23 percent of the cas- the world. prosecuted more often than es, while unemployed or blue- fathers, and unrelated caretak- collar workers were prosecuted ers, such as daycare van drivers about 85 percent of the time.

Hattery takes a new look at domestic violence

ngela Hattery, Pro- both battered women and men as a women's problem or as an A fessor of Sociology in the book and examines how individual problem, the book and Women’s and Gender intimate partner violence (IPV) examines the ways in which our Studies, has taken a new look is connected with other social culture and the social systems at domestic violence in her problems, such as unemploy- at work here create an environ- latest book, Intimate Partner ment, health issues, declining ment ripe for IPV,” she says. For Violence (Rowman & Littlefield wages, and incarceration. a Q & A with Angela Hattery, Publishers, 2008). She includes “Rather than focusing on IPV see www.wfu.edu/magazine Hattery

4 wake forest magazine Letters

To the editor: Hatch delivers State of the University address egarding the article, Ed Morris, director of the Wake R“Traditions exhibit features Forest Birthplace Society, offered resident Nathan O. Hatch described Wake Forest’s gems from the past,” in the this response. Pstrengths as a “collegiate university” during his state of the September 2008 issue of Wake University address, “Why I Believe in Wake Forest,” in October. Forest Magazine: It states, To the editor: “I am convinced that Wake Forest can claim a very special, even “the late Jack Baldwin (‘43), the he story is a bit com- extraordinary place in American higher education,” Hatch said in first student to dress up as a plicated. Yes, James his speech in Wait Chapel before faculty and staff. “As a collegiate T Demon Deacon...” I must take Allie Hayes did dress in a top university, we bring a set of strengths that are increasingly rare.” exception to that as not being coat and tails and top hat and Hatch talked about Wake Forest as a university that offers per- correct. J. Allie Hayes (‘35) was led the band in 1932. As his sonal education, “where individuals are valued and community is the first one to do so in 1932. nephew points out, he did this nurtured.” He also talked about the need to provide an education (See related story, page 63) routine for a couple of football that goes beyond academics to ensure that students know who J. Allie actually started the seasons. However, he did not they are and how they can contribute to the world. tradition in 1932 when asked play the role as mascot, but Finally, he talked about Wake Forest as a place of opportunity to lead the band dressed in top band leader. that welcomes “students of every background, from every part of hat and tails, doing so as a sym- Here at the museum, we the country. That must remain our animating spirit. Wake Forest is bol of identity for the “Demon point out that Hayes first at its best a place of opportunity.” Deacons.” He continued to do dressed in a “Deacon” costume For the full text of Hatch’s speech, see www.wfu.edu/magazine so for the next two to three and assumed the role as band years, and probably one of the leader at football games in first “fights” of mascots took 1932, but then explain that WAKE Washington program honored place during the 1933 football Jack Baldwin was the first to game with Duke when he and take to the field in the role as ake Forest has been named the “Private Univers- the Duke Blue Devil chased mascot—first as a fraternity ity of the Year” by The Washington Center for Internships W each other all over the field. prank and from there on offi- and Academic Seminars for its WAKE Washington program. Wake I appreciate Mr. Baldwin’s cially at the request of the ath- Forest has offered a study and internship program in Washington, appearance as the Deacon, but letic department. D.C., for the last two years through The Washington Center. I must keep the legacy of J. Allie There has continuously been “Wake Forest has been extraordinarily intelligent and effective Hayes intact. a Deacon mascot since Bald- in developing its program at The Washington Center,” said Joe win. So, we say that Hayes was Johnston, senior vice president of The Washington Center. “WAKE James H. Hayes (‘57) the first known to dress as a Washington is a program that’s done so many things right that it is Colonel (retired), U.S. Army Demon Deacon and Baldwin a model for others.” San Antonio, Texas was the first mascot. Thirty-four Wake Forest undergraduates have participated in (The writer is a nephew of the Washington program since it started. They have held intern- J. Allie Hayes) ships in government agencies and departments, nonprofit organi- zations, and media outlets.

Wake Forest ranks among top schools for black students

ake forest was ranked twelfth in the country among Hearn speech book available Wtop colleges for black students in a survey published this fall by Black Enterprise magazine. Wake Forest was the highest-ranked university book of the commence- on campus and at the in North Carolina. The magazine surveyed more than seven hundred A ment speeches deliv- Hanes Mall Deacon Shop, black higher education professionals, and studied the number of black ered by the late Thomas K. or by calling 336.758.5145. undergraduates and graduation rates for black students to compile Hearn, Jr., during his twenty- It contains the full text of its rankings. two years as president of each of his commencement Also in the fall, Diverse magazine featured Wake Forest’s efforts to Wake Forest, is available for addresses, from 1984 — recruit and retain minority students in an article, “Structured For Suc- purchase. Hearn finished the “The University’s Sesquicen- cess.” The magazine noted that Wake Forest has one of the highest gradua- book, On this day of endings tennial Year: My Freshman tion rates for black students in the country. The four-, five- and six-year and beginnings, shortly be- Year”— through 2005 — graduation rate for black female students in 2006 was 97 percent; in that fore his death on August 18. “T.K. Says Goodbye”— as same year, the four-year graduation rate for black male students was 71.4 The book is available for well as historical photographs. percent, and the five- and six-year graduation rate was 91.7 percent. $20 in the College Bookstore www.wfu.edu/wowf december 2008 5 the quad Class of 2008 graduates—and new Wake Forest employees— Lydia Harter (from left), Keon McGuire, Parul Patel, and Tristan around Salvanera.

serving in Student Government all four years. “Accomplishing change takes much longer than I expected. The teamwork and communication skills I learned from the Calloway School have definitely helped me. I enjoy representing student interests at meetings, because I am not very far removed from being a student myself.” Salvanera, a business major Wake Forest Fellows now working in the President’s Program offers graduates an opportunity to return—as staff members Office, said he sees the Fellows as an intermediary between our former students the personal touch they felt institution’s mission, resources, students and the administra- Fare back working hard while at Wake Forest is a com- and goals, and that their experi- tion. He’s working to create at Wake Forest, but this time mon theme of the discussions.” ence might spark a career inter- programs to enhance communi- in administrative offices instead The Fellows program was est at some point.” cation between the two groups. of classrooms. Lydia Harter, Keon initiated by President Nathan O. McGuire, who majored in Along with the opportunity McGuire, Parul Patel, and Tristan Hatch last spring. “Most people history, works in the Student to learn more about the behind- Salvanera, all 2008 graduates, in university administration have Life office supporting minority the-scenes work of a university, are the first participants in the not been specifically trained for student organizations and work- Fellows meet with community Wake Forest Fellows program, their positions,” said Mary Pu- ing to better integrate technol- and campus leaders to learn which offers recent graduates gel, senior executive assistant ogy into social and academic what it takes to be a leader. the opportunity to work for one to the president. “More typi- life. “I think the Wake Forest “We have learned a tremen- year at the University. cally, university administrators Fellows program can benefit a dous amount about university Harter, a history major now come to careers in higher edu- student from any academic administration in this inaugural working in the alumni office, cation from a winding path. background. I am developing year,” Salvanera says. “At the travels around the country President Hatch’s hope is that skills that will make me a strong same time, we’re able to con- meeting alumni. “I ask them the Wake Forest Fellows will candidate in many career fields.” tribute to shaping the Fellows about their post-collegiate life gain an appreciation of the Patel, a business major now program for the future, which is and their perspectives on the complexity of the decisions that working in the Provost’s Office, pretty exciting.” University. Although everyone university administrators must said she thought she knew how has had a different experience, make in order to balance an the administration worked after — Kim McGrath

Petersen named VP for University Advancement

ark Petersen, for- Petersen had been at SMU A graduate of Brandeis Mmerly associate vice since 2005 and was instrumental University, he received president for development in planning SMU’s current $750 a master of arts and alumni affairs at million capital campaign. Previ- degree from Southern Methodist University ously, he spent twelve years in the Annenberg in Dallas, has joined Wake Forest the development office at the School for as vice president for university University of Texas at Austin; he Communication advancement. He directs the was an assistant vice president at the University University’s alumni, develop- there during that university’s of Southern ment, and public affairs offices. $1.6 billion capital campaign. California.

Petersen 6 wake forest magazine Fulbright Scholars: Alumna spends year in Spain

fter spending the last grants into the Spanish school ment issues on a Ritcher Schol- A two years as a Peace system are also being faced in arship grant with Benin native Corps volunteer in Panama, similar ways in American public Sylvain Boko, the Zachary T. Valerie Brender (’06) is spending schools,” said Brender, who Smith Associate Professor of this year teaching English in plans to conduct similar research Economics. She also spent a Valerie Brender lived in Torti, Panama, for two Spain. She was one of twelve in her hometown of Austin, Tex- semester in Bolivia, and a sum- years while working with the Peace Corps. Wake Forest students and as. “I want to investigate the mer in Washington, D.C., where alumni to receive a prestigious differing Spanish and American she worked with an economic and international labor rights,” Fulbright Scholarship this year. approaches to immigration policy justice organization through the she said. “And it was Jane Al- Brender is working at a pri- in schools.” Everett Public Service Internship. brecht’s “Children and Society” mary school in Madrid, helping Brender, who majored in eco- She counts Boko, Professor freshman service-learning semi- students improve their English nomics and minored in history, of Sociology Ian Taplin, and nar that furthered my interest in conversation skills, and studying said opportunities inside and Associate Professor of Romance immigration policy in the U.S. The the effectiveness of government outside the classroom sparked Language Jane Albrecht among opportunities I had pushed me polices that provide for the edu- her interest in immigration policy her faculty mentors. “I can’t to continue pursuing my interests cation of immigrant children. and international human rights. count the number of times I in international human rights.” “Many of the struggles in- She spent one summer in Benin, found myself in Dr. Taplin’s of- volved with integrating immi- Africa, studying African develop- fice discussing globalization — Kerry M. King (’85)

Calling post-graduate This year’s recipients: scholarship recipients

Valerie Brender (’06), Austin, Texas, t least one hundred Wake Twelve receive is teaching English in Madrid, Spain. Forest students and alumni Fulbright scholars A have won prestigious post-graduate Natalie Bonomo (’05), New York, New York, scholarships, including thirteen Rhodes is studying in Jordan. ine undergraduates Scholarships, thirty-nine Fulbright Schol- Nand one graduate Erica Demarest (’08), Dover, New Jersey, arships, fourteen Truman Scholarships, student were awarded is teaching English in Germany. eight Goldwater Scholarships, three Mar- Fulbright Scholarships before shall Scholarships, and three Beinecke they graduated last spring. Francis Jones (’08), Narberth, Pennsylvania, Scholarships. Two recent alumni also received is teaching English in Korea. But the exact number of students to the scholarship. One student Rachael Mongold (’08), Chantilly, Virginia, win other competitive awards, including declined the award, but the is teaching English in Korea. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships, Na- rest are spending this academic tional Science Foundation Scholarships, year studying, teaching, or David Nix (’08), Jacksonville, Florida, is studying German Chancellor Scholarships, and conducting research abroad. architecture and culture in Japan. other major awards is unknown. The Fulbright Program is Caitlin Patrick (’08), Lake Forest, Illinois, If you earned a national or interna- an international education is teaching English in Indonesia. tional transportable post-graduate schol- exchange program sponsored arship during or after college, and espe- by the U.S. Department of William Rothwell (’08), Charlotte, North Carolina, cially before 2003, please contact Tom State. Recipients design their is conducting research in biochemistry in Australia. Phillips ([email protected]), director of the own programs of study, which David Schoen (’08), Birmingham, Alabama, Wake Forest Scholars program, to con- can include teaching, research, is teaching English in Germany. firm that award. This does not include or independent projects. scholarships awarded by and unique to Kristen Shepherd (’08), West Friendship, an individual graduate or professional Maryland, is teaching English in Spain. school. Visit www.wfu.edu/magazine to Parissa Jahromi (’06, MA ’08), Baltimore, see if you’re already on his list. Maryland, is researching cross-cultural psychology in the Netherlands.

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Mark A. Hall and Nancy M.P. King: an emerging biomedical specialty becoming not only desirable, but essential.

Critical Conditions New bioethics program will prepare health care professionals to make difficult decisions.

t’s a brave new biomedical the discoverers, providers, and recipients of bio- I world, and ethical decision-making is not medical research and treatment. Soon, hospitals, for the faint-hearted. Science and medicine, long insurance companies, research institutes, clinics, accustomed to cold facts and blacks and whites, now regulatory agencies, review boards, and the myriad must account for heated opinions and a spectrum of other institutions that comprise the nation’s bio- grays at the bench, the bedside, the boardroom, and medical research and health care complex will ac- the legislative chamber. knowledge that having bioethics specialists on their Stem-cell research. End-of-life decisions. Organ staffs is not only desirable, but essential. regeneration and harvesting. Infant genetic screen- The need for bioethics education appears urgent. ing. Health-care rationing. With each new advance- In June, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported ment for treating disease or prolonging life, and that a “bioethics crisis looms” unless more people each new surge in cost or question of access to care, are trained in the field. The chair of bioethics at the comes a concomitant conundrum. Is it moral? Is it National Institutes of Health warned that trained affordable? Is it just? bioethics researchers and bioethicists are in short The perilous terrain has given rise to a new kind supply. But despite the need, there are fewer than of guide—the biomedical ethics professional. Part twenty biomedical ethics degree programs in the legal and regulatory expert; part student of cultures entire country. and religions; part wise and compassionate coun- Wake Forest has joined that select group by inau- selor, the person trained in bioethics must be one gurating its own distinctive Master of Arts in Bio- who can sort through the quandaries confronting ethics program. Besides being the only one of its

8 wake forest magazine kind in North Carolina and surrounding states, the people what to do,” she points out, “but rather to For more information about program will concentrate on two areas not typically promote the kind of thinking that can bring critical the masters in bioethics program emphasized in other degree programs, with their reflection to bear on crucial questions” in order to or to apply, visit the program’s focus on traditional philosophical reasoning: bioethics make informed decisions. Web site at www.wfu.edu/bioethics, in social context, and bioethics and biotechnology. “There is a lot of subtlety and complexity in med- or contact Bradley R. Tharpe at: The former will provide training to account for ical situations and settings,” she says. “There are Masters in Bioethics Program, the social, cultural, political, economic, and religious complex family dynamics in the maternity ward or Wake Forest University, factors that shape ethical decisions. The latter will at the death bed; people who are uninsured or un- Piedmont Plaza II, Suite 204, capitalize on Wake Forest’s strength in biotechnology derinsured who desperately need life-saving care; 2000 W. First St., Winston-Salem, to enable students to inform their studies with bio- hospitals that struggle with meeting their fairness NC 27104, 336.716.1499, technology-related case examples and experience. obligations while meeting their bottom lines. Those or at [email protected] The program, which is accepting applications trained in bioethics can teach people who are in the now for courses to begin in fall 2009, can be com- position to make these critical decisions to be com- pleted full-time in one year plus a summer or part- fortable with uncertainty, to weigh and balance all time over up to six years. Most of its classes will the factors, and to devise solutions that appear best be conducted in late afternoons or early evenings under all the circumstances and for all concerned.” to enable professionals in law, medicine, nursing, King cites the so-called “heel stick” blood test health or research administration, scientific re- given to newborns to screen for potentially debili- search, the ministry, and other fields who want to tating genetic conditions as just one of many ex- expand their skills in ethics to remain in their jobs amples. “As genetic research has made it possible while pursuing the degree. Initially, there will be to detect disorders for which there are no effective space for ten to fifteen students. treatments as of yet, many questions arise,” she says. Faculty will be drawn from several of Wake “Should society concentrate on diagnosis or treat- Forest’s schools, including law, divinity, medicine, ment? Are families and children better off or worse and the undergraduate college, and will feature two off when informed of a newborn’s genetic diagnosis new senior-level scholars—a Chair in Biomedical if treatment is not effective, not available, or not Ethics, endowed by Wallace C. and Mona Wu, affordable? Will people with genetic diagnoses be in the Department of Internal Medicine; and a labeled and disadvantaged in school or the work- distinguished faculty member in bioethics on the place? If genetic testing can extend beyond disease Reynolda Campus. to behavioral predispositions, finding possible links Co-directing the program are Nancy M.P. King, to the psychological preconditions for violence or professor of public health ethics at the School of thrill-seeking tendencies, are we inviting stereotyp- Medicine, and Mark A. Hall, Fred D. and Elizabeth ing and discrimination? L. Turnage Professor of Law. King, who came to “Questions like these do not argue against genetic Wake Forest last year after twenty years on the screening and testing,” she concludes. “Instead, they medicine faculty at the University of North Caro- remind us to consider the implications of scientific lina at Chapel Hill, is co-editor of Beyond Regula- progress in order to help ensure that as a society we tions: Ethics in Human Subjects Research, and The can maximize its benefits and minimize the risks Social Medicine Reader and has cross-appointments of harm.” at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Hall notes that ethical considerations are diffus- internal medicine department. ing into everyday medicine, “from the neonatal Hall is lead editor of the original legal textbook in intensive care nurse to the second-tier IRB [Institu- the field, Health Care Law and Ethics. He teaches bio- tional Review Board] administrator.” Nurses, doc- ethics at the schools of law and medicine and has wide tors, and families still wrestle with precisely when experience in health policy research and analysis. to execute “Do Not Rescusitate” orders or to extract King and Hall also serve as co-leaders of the Pro- organs for transplantation after “cardiac death”— gram in Bioethics, Health, and Society at the Trans- the classic definition—when revival is still techni- lational Science Institute of Wake Forest University. cally possible. “Even something as absolute as King notes that medical professionals have devel- death,” he notes, “is gray.” oped a “healthy skepticism” toward the place of ethics in their practice over their profession’s long — David Fyten history. “Bioethics professionals do not seek to tell

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around f a c u l t y Q&A

What research are you Mike Furr: Most people are actually “quite good at figuring out how others see them.” working on now?

I am currently writing a paper with a former graduate student, Erika Carlson (MA ’08), that Here’s looking at you reports her master’s thesis. We studied “meta-accuracy” in Psychologist studies how you think other people personality judgment, and we’ll see you—and what they really think about you soon submit the paper to a top journal in psychology. A “meta- perception” is your perception of what I think of you. For ex- ample, do you think that I see you as friendly, responsible, interesting, smart, and so on? By extension, “meta-accuracy” is the accuracy of your meta- perceptions—whether you have an accurate perception of what I think of you. For example, some people may have a fairly accu- rate understanding of how they’re seen by their friends and acquaintances, whereas other people seem to be oblivious.

10 wake forest magazine How do you determine school perceives her as talkative, things, expressing different fac- how others see you? shy, emotional, etc. These are the ets of their personalities, and students’ “meta-perceptions.” therefore, the informants from Previous research seems to in- Erika then contacted each of different social domains might dicate that people are really the potential informants really have meaningfully differ- bad at this. However, for Erika’s through e-mail and directed ent impressions of the student thesis we designed a study to them to a Web site with the participants. Thus, when we reexamine this research, and same questionnaire that the analyze the data to see if a par- we adopted a different type of student participants completed. ticipant accurately understands research procedure. Erika and At this point, Mary’s friend or detects the different ways I believe that our study is a rea- would actually record how she that he or she is seen by the six sonable and fair test of people’s perceives Mary. So, these are the informants, there are probably ability to judge how others per- “actual perceptions.” We were real differences for the student ceive them. then able to statistically com- to detect. Do undergraduate psychology pare students’ meta-perceptions majors have opportunities to How do you test a person’s (how the students think they’re Were you able to determine conduct research? ability to determine what seen by their six informants) to how successful we are at others think of them? their informants’ actual percep- being able to know what Absolutely. Our curriculum tions (how the informants actu- people think of us? strongly emphasizes research We recruited a group of about ally do see the students). Kari skills, and we encourage stu- one hundred student partici- Heuer, an undergraduate stu- In contrast to prevailing con- dents to take advantage of pants from introductory psy- dent who we were lucky to have clusion in the field, our evidence research opportunities. It’s chology courses, and we asked working on our team, was very shows that people are in fact nice when students work with them to think of up to six peo- helpful in getting this project quite good at figuring out how professors who share their in- ple from their real lives—par- completed. others see them. It shows that terests, but it’s really the exper- ents, hometown friends, college people are good at detecting ience with the process of doing friends, two acquaintances. How was this study different and understanding the differ- research that is most important. Then we had each participant from past personality judg- ences in other people’s impres- Students who participate in record how they thought they ment research? sions of them. I think that Eri- research not only have highly were perceived by each of these ka’s thesis, once it’s published, relevant experience for grad six people. We used a personal- The main difference is that the is really going to change the way school applications, but they ity questionnaire with thirty informants in our study came that many social and personal- also get to know their professors traits so the participants re- from different social domains ity psychologists think about better. corded the way they thought of people’s lives (recall that we this important facet of peoples’ each of the six people they listed obtained ratings from parents, social lives and social skills. — Kim McGrath would rate them on the same hometown friends, and college traits. For example, does Mary friends). Thus, the informants think her friend from high might have seen the students in very different kinds of situa- tions, doing different kinds of

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around the quad f a c u l t y Q&A A voting of mathematics The we vote can determine who wins. who determine can vote we the different methods of voting and why the way Jason Parsley and his students are exploring exploring are students his and Parsley Jason Mathematics of Professor ssistant renewable energy sources. energy renewable thermodynamics to sustainability and P world abetter Building wake forest facultywake member, forest Kondepudi on the importance of Dilip of Chemistry rofessor for a weekly Q&A with a with Q&A weekly a for see www.wfu.edu/wowf see Kondepudi

Parsley Dalton Resnick and Raheja and Resnick Messier f a c u l t y the $700 billion bailout. billion $700 the of older adults suffering from osteoarthritis. T crisis economic The T ‘epidemic’ an Addressing A Teacher TV and the disabled are portrayed on television. on portrayed are disabled the and Charu Raheja on the credit crunch driving School’s Bruce Babcock he Resnick and Exercise Steve Messier is improving the lives of Professor research he of Health and Mary Dalton (’83) studies how teachers of Communication Professor ssociate patterns of retirees, wherever they go. they wherever retirees, of patterns W W capitalism, politics, and immigration. and politics, capitalism, Charles Longino follows the migration of Sociology Professor ingate C for Wall Street and Main Street. Main and Street Wall for offers his unique perspective on on perspective unique his offers Coates David Professor orrell on what the bailout plan means Bliss Rob alloway Professor The changing face face changing The The golden years golden The Financial turmoil Financial of capitalism

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Election 2008: Roosevelt, Kennedy and Obama

By Simone Caron

he 2008 election will faced complex international market led to its collapse. The Americans in both eras ig- Tbe remembered as one situations: Kennedy had to deal construction of new homes nored the candidates’ ambi- of the most unforgettable in with the Cold War and with slowed to a stand still and hous- guity because the only alterna- American history. Republicans Vietnam (although covert at the ing prices plummeted. The tive was the status quo: four nominated their first female time); Obama finds the U.S. automobile industries encoun- more years of Hoover or four candidate on the ticket with embroiled in wars in Iraq and tered overproduction of vehi- more years of Bush in the per- Sarah Palin, and Democrats put Afghanistan and against terror, cles Americans could not afford, sona of McCain. Americans forth the first African-American in addition to strained relations or in the current case, did not turned out in record numbers candidate in Barack want, to buy. Working- in 1932 and 2008 and voted for Obama. While many news class buying power a new direction. analysts have compared decreased, while large The 1932, 1960, and 2008 Obama’s campaign to corporations recorded elections are memorable. that of John F. Kennedy’s obscene profits. Roosevelt overcame paralysis in 1960, some attention Both eras experi- to bring the country a New should also be given to enced a faulty tax pol- Deal, Kennedy surmounted the similarities faced by icy that encouraged centuries of anti-Catholicism Obama and Franklin D. trickle down econom- to bring a New Frontier, and Roosevelt in 1932. ics: the rich benefited Obama conquered a deep- Kennedy and Obama from large tax cuts rooted racism to bring a new are an obvious choice for that supposedly would hope, a hope that could not have a historical analysis. During benefit the working been imagined just several de- their campaigns, both men class. This policy failed cades ago in a segregated world. presented themselves as in the 1920s, 1980s, and Obama’s plan for the future young, vibrant, and ener- 2000s; in all three ex- will need to address economic getic, and they ran against periments, depression woes faced by Roosevelt, and seasoned politicians with or recession followed. international tensions faced experience, Richard Nixon In the midst of these by Kennedy. The landslide elec- and John McCain respec- economic troubles, tion results demonstrate that tively. Both faced adversi- Caron: Both Roosevelt and Obama Roosevelt and Obama the American public has faith ties: Kennedy battled anti- promised change. appealed to an Ameri- that Obama can handle the Catholicism and Obama fought with Iran and North Korea. Un- can public fed up with Republi- multifarious tribulations facing entrenched racism. Their vic- like Kennedy who resided over can policies that increased the the country. tories came after eight years the tail end of an unprecedent- gap between the rich and the of Republican rule, but Dwight ed postwar economic boom, poor. Both candidates promised D. Eisenhower was an admired Obama takes the reigns in the change but were vague as to executive while George W. Bush midst of an economic collapse, what they meant. Roosevelt will be recorded as one of the much as Roosevelt did in 1932. pledged to bring the country a most unpopular presidents in Roosevelt and Obama share “new deal,” but did not clearly Simone Caron is chair of the American history. many similarities. The economic enunciate what this deal en- history department. Her most Kennedy and Obama came meltdown they faced resulted tailed. Obama promised hope recent book is “Who Chooses? into power along with Demo- from similar factors. Unregulated for a new future, but similar to American Reproductive History cratic majorities in both the banks made risky investments. Roosevelt was hazy about a clear since 1830” (University Press of House and Senate. Both men Wild speculation in the stock plan of action. Florida).

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Election 2008: What to the African-American is the fourth of November?

By Anthony S. Parent

ore than 150 years governor of Louisiana during Mago, on the fifth of July, the era, but he was not elected Frederick Douglass asked, “What to the position. to the Slave is the Fourth of A breakthrough of African- July?” He rhetorically answered Americans in executive office not much. The hypocrisy of cele- came with the Civil Rights brating Independence Day was movement and the mayoral not lost on the American slave. elections of Carl Stokes (Cleve- Indeed, by 1856 when Douglass land) and Richard Hatcher (Gary, posed this question, the British Indiana), Tom Bradley (Los An- Empire had abolished slavery. geles), Maynard Jackson (At- Independence from Britain lanta), and Harold Washington meant that enslaved Americans (Chicago). Many of America’s had had to endure another major cities then boasted Afri- generation of oppression. can-American leadership. Today, their descendants Governor was much more are pondering the meaning of difficult to achieve. Andrew the election of Barack Obama, Young, able to serve as mayor Anthony Parent: the embrace of civil rights will be a signature of Obama’s presidency. an African-American. Obama’s of Atlanta, congressman, and candidacy unleashed an unprec- ambassador to the UN, was it against the former champion divide. His personal story — edented turnout of African- unable to become governor of Jim Jeffries, the great white raised by his white grandpar- American voters, a people who, Georgia. Only Douglass Wilder hope, on July 4, 1910. ents and mother— offers him in the original United States has served as governor in a The psychological release is a unique perspective to address Constitution, were counted as southern state since Recon- perhaps even more analogous this most pressing American 3/5 of a person for purposes struction. David A. Paterson to the South African vote for problem. Without question the of taxation and representation. (New York) and Deval Patrick Nelson Mandela in 1994. Several embrace of civil rights will be The election of an African- (Massachusetts) are presently African-Americans have likened a signature of his presidency. American president had taken African-American governors. their vote for Obama to this The spreading of the safety net on phenomenological, even But President? historic election and their admi- to include early childhood edu- biblical improbability: After all, The presidency is the Brah- ration for him to Mandela and cation and national health care “Can the Ethiopian change his min cow of American life, the Martin Luther King, Jr. promises greater security to skin or the leopard his spots?” most sacred of all positions. African-Americans went to American families. African-American comedians Shirley Chisholm (1972), Jessie the polls in record numbers to At the most, Obama will Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Jackson (1984, 1988), Carol demonstrate their support for engage our country in full- Dave Chapelle had parodied Moseley Braun, and Al Sharpton Obama. They see within him fledged participatory democ- the possibility. (2004) pioneered the path that the embodiment of hope for a racy, perhaps ushering in the African-Americans during Barack Obama has traveled. brighter future that has eluded Age of Obama. the Reconstruction eschewed Now that the improbable has generations of their ancestors running for executive positions, occurred, what does the Fourth who had to endure enslave- bending to the exigencies of of November mean to African- ment, second-class citizenship Anthony S. Parent joined the white supremacy, which might Americans? Immediately, there and institutional racism. Wake Forest faculty in 1989. recognize their right to repre- is a psychological catharsis, Obama promises a transfor- He teaches courses on African- sentation, but not to exercise foreshadowed by Jack Johnson, mative presidency. At the very American history, world civili- of executive authority. Only winning the heavyweight cham- least, one that would begin zations, colonial America, and P.B.S. Pinchback served as pionship in 1908 and defending to breakdown the great racial the Civil Rights movement.

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Economic policy: What to watch for in the new administration

By Robert Whaples

election season, because the spending in many areas. This the maximum to 39 weeks or uncertainty and rhetoric of the will only increase borrowing by longer. (There’s no such thing election probably only height- the government. The federal as a free lunch: research sug- ened the panic. My sense is that government’s official debt as gests that this will cause unem- the problems in the financial a percentage of GDP isn’t all ployment spells to last longer.) sector have already hit bottom. that high by historical or inter- I expect a shift away from national standards, but many free trade, although the free- Playing the blame game of the government’s implicit trade agreements with our promises — for programs like major trading partners look Both parties favor continued Social Security, Medicare and pretty secure. This is something economic growth and the poli- Medicaid — dwarf the official that troubles most economists. Whaples: Expect a shift in energy policy. cies that encourage innovation debt. Based on current govern- Fully 92 percent of economists and investment have bipartisan ment policies and promises, in a recent survey agreed that t’s important to realize support. Crediting or blaming the gap between projected barriers to trade usually reduce Ithat most economists believe presidents (or Congress) for future spending and projected the general welfare of a society. the U.S. economy is fundamen- the expansions or recessions future tax revenues is about I expect a shift in energy pol- tally in very good health—even that occur during their terms is $70 trillion dollars. icy, especially with regulations though it’s been running a bit a staple of politics, but there’s Every election cycle our to reduce the growth in emis- of a temperature lately. The U.S. little economic sense in doing elected officials of both parties sions of greenhouse gases. has about the highest output this. Jimmy Carter’s term saw seem to ignore this problem Economic research suggests and income per capita in the soaring inflation and unemploy- while focusing on shorter-term that a carbon tax, which would world and has grown strongly ment, but his policies were worries, but the longer they boost the cost of a gallon of over the past generation. probably not to blame. He ignore it, the bigger the prob- gasoline by about 50 cents, The vast majority of econo- was dealt a bad hand. lem gets. If this gap isn’t even- may be the most efficient pol- mists believe it will continue to Likewise, it’s virtually impos- tually closed, the credit rating icy, but it’s unclear that this grow into the foreseeable future, sible to pin the recent slide of the U.S. government will will work politically. The worry doubling inflation-adjusted toward recession on the policies be shot or taxes will have to is that a less efficient regulatory incomes every forty years or of George W. Bush, as they be increased substantially or approach will be used, which so. These strengths are tied to were driven largely by forces spending on popular programs could appreciably crimp eco- continued investments in new that presidents can’t control. will have to be drastically cut. nomic productivity. plant and equipment, a hard- (Most economists agree that The new administration plans working and skilled labor force, the financial panic was caused to expand government prom- and the incentives we’ve given by too much lending to sub- ises, so I expect this fiscal gap businesses to innovate and im- prime housing borrowers, some- to continue rising. prove their productivity. Panicky thing that Congress strongly behavior in financial markets encouraged.) Here are three other policy and sagging consumer confi- shifts to keep an eye on: Robert Whaples is chair of dence can temporarily stall this Rising government debt the economics department. economic growth machine— I expect Congress to amend He regularly teaches classes but not for long. The new administration and the law so that unemployment on current economic issues It is unfortunate that this fall’s Congress have promised insurance benefits will no longer and American economic financial panic hit at the peak of both tax cuts and increases in expire after 26 weeks, upping development.

16 wake forest magazine Economic policy: Obama’s challenge on health-care reform

By Michael Lawlor

he United States can be expected to sign into Thealth-care system law a bill already passed by displays two overwhelming Congress and vetoed by Presi- characteristics that need reform dent Bush: the expansion of the by Barack Obama’s historic State Children’s Health Insur- administration. First, we spend ance Program. far more as a nation on health Second, he can be expected care, and get less for it in to revisit the Medicare prescrip- demonstrable health outcomes, tion drug bill’s prohibition on than any other modern nation. Medicare negotiating directly Second, it is a shame and a with drug companies for lower failure on a grand national scale prescription drug prices. Third, that despite this high spending, his administration is likely to 47 million American citizens are abandon the efforts made by uninsured for health care. the Bush administration to sub- Obama ran and was elected sidize private insurance for primarily on the basis of his Medicare enrollees in the Medi- promise to remedy the second care Advantage program. Many issue, moving us as a country studies have shown that blind Lawlor: Obama will face tough decisions on Medicare, health insurance. toward universal health insur- allegiance to private markets ance. I will say no more about actually costs the Medicare risk pools with young, healthy As opposed to that failed the first issue because Obama program more per participant adults and thereby lowering effort, look for an Obama ad- has not proposed any serious than does the government- premium costs for subscribers. ministration to rely on a wide plans to deal with this problem. provided method of covering This step begs the question, diversity of expert and political But soon the rising cost of elders directly. though, of which level of gov- opinion as he shapes legislation. Medicare will force the Ameri- This piecemeal approach is ernment (federal or state) would Look for him to keep the pro- can people to deal on some less than a full-scale reform plan subsidize those workers who cess by which such legislation is level with this issue. for the health-care sector, but is might not be able to afford a fashioned open and transparent When he first began his cam- more in accordance with the mandated level of coverage. to the American public. Lastly, paign, Obama did not antici- political and fiscal realities that Some combination of the look for a more pragmatic em- pate the competing fiscal and a first-term Obama administra- above will likely suffice to ex- ployment by an Obama admin- political costs of the unpredict- tion will face. Some current po- hibit a down-payment on Presi- istration of attempts to reach able economic crisis that he litical calculations suggest, how- dent Obama’s previous prom- out to opposing political inter- now faces. What can we expect ever, that Obama may invest ises on health-care reform. If so, ests for the political support as he attempts health-care re- more of his mandate on further this could delay more funda- that such major reform will form in this difficult context? steps toward health-care reform. mental reform of the health care necessitate. Obama will first reach for One step viewed as critical system to a later time. When- low-hanging fruit to make by many experts is the need ever such an attempt at more Michael Lawlor is professor of changes that will be fairly easy for an individual mandate for fundamental reform occurs, economics. He is also director to accomplish with the coopera- health insurance. Obama shied though, look for Obama to seek of the undergraduate program tion of Congress and the man- away from an individual man- to avoid the mistakes made by in health policy and administra- date the American people have date for adults in his campaign. President Clinton after similar tion, and a research associate in given him. Such changes are Nevertheless, a mandate has campaign promises to deliver the department of public health likely to consist of the following. the undeniable benefit of health-care reform were made at the Wake Forest University First, an Obama administration strengthening employer-based in 1992. School of Medicine.

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In adopting a comprehensive blueprint for the future, Wake Forest prepares to build what its provost calls a truly ‘collegiate university.’

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than its parts greater

By David Fyten

In adopting a comprehensive blueprint for the future, Wake Forest prepares to build what its provost calls a truly ‘collegiate university.’

december 2008 19 than its parts The sum effect is a ‘collegiate university’—a diversified community of scholars,

+ mentors, and stu dents who freely traverse the traditional borders to work closely and collaborativ ely for the benefit of the larger community beyond campus.

But even the most functional of edifices need periodic revamping to respond to opportunity and change, which is why Wake Forest’s leaders have adopted a strategic plan f colleges and universi- for the Reynolda Campus—the first comprehensive blue­ ties were appraised accord­ print for the future since the Plan for the Class of 2000 ing to the standards of the archi­ twelve years ago—that holds promise of making the sum tectureI and engineering professions, of its parts greater than it has ever been. Wake Forest would be cited for its dis­ In examining the plan’s provisions, one naturally thinks tinctive concept combining classical and of terminology that expresses the physical principles contemporary elements; its stable foun­ underlying the construction process—terms such as dation and dynamic superstructure; and a form that fol­ “bridging,” “leveraging,” and “balancing”: lows its function. Of special note would be its synthesis + It proposes to leverage the Reynolda Campus of disparate characteristics—an abiding respect for its strengths in undergraduate, graduate, and professional religious heritage and cultivation of character traits and education by building bridges—between disciplines, and values, juxtaposed with a cultivation of the pursuit of that connect the College, professional schools, and Grad­ truth and personal aspiration; the intimacy and pan­ uate School—and fostering the development of interdisci­ oramic perspectives of a liberal arts college alongside the plinary courses, joint degree programs, and collaborative vitality and concentration on scholarship and education research projects undertaken by faculty from different fields in the professions of a major research university; of a under the auspices of newly created centers and institutes. distinctly North Carolina culture and accent that is + It strives to achieve better equilibrium in the student comfortable and conversant in the global arena; and of body by providing enhanced opportunity for gifted stu­ sound financial stewardship coupled with big ideas and dents from modest backgrounds and those who would be bold initiatives. the first in their families to attend college, as well as those

20 wake forest magazine The sum effect is a ‘collegiate university’—a diversified community of scholars, mentors, and stu dents who freely traverse the traditional borders to work closely and collaborativ ely for the benefit of the larger community beyond campus.

with creative talents and diversified scholastic interests. To a diversified community of scholars, mentors, and stu­ ensure that it remains competitive for these students, the dents who freely traverse the traditional borders dividing University will be mounting an intensive effort to build its departments, disciplines, and postgraduate-undergraduate need-based financial aid endowment significantly. classifications to work closely and collaboratively for the + It proposes to strengthen the academic programs of benefit of the larger community beyond campus. In that all departments and schools by strategically adding endowed respect, the plan might be called “Back to the Future” for chairs and tenure-track positions; by building and upgrad­ its vision of a faculty akin to those of a half century or ing teaching and research space; and by enhancing the more ago (when, say, a historian felt more in common library and providing advanced computing technology. with the mathematician or professor of law down the + It seeks to extend and strengthen the bridges that hall than with another historian in his narrow specialty already connect faculty and students by establishing half a world away, which is common in higher education nationally recognized academic and co-curricular men­ today) and of developing all of a student and not simply toring programs, and also to leverage its relations with a part. dedicated alumni into the building of mentoring, intern­ “The most gratifying aspect of the plan is its singular focus ship, and employment opportunities. on preserving the heart of the Wake Forest experience— + It calls for development of more consistent and personal attention, superb teaching and scholarship, and targeted efforts at public engagement, proposing steps to the spirit of the place as expressed by our institutional encourage faculty and students to bring their skills and motto, Pro Humanitate,” says University President Nathan knowledge to bear on contemporary problems and to Hatch. “While the plan’s individual features look ahead, build bridges to external communities and public interest each of them also derives from Wake Forest’s most deeply organizations. held principles and traditions. It is counterintuitive but The sum effect the plan’s architects envision is what true that we will need bold actions and prudent changes to Provost Jill Tiefenthaler calls a “collegiate university”— protect and nurture what is most important here.”

december 2008 21 Faculty-Student engagement opening new doors reinforcing connections educating the whole person +

In cultivating the collegiate 2 The collegiate university sustains a university, Wake Forest’s lead­ tradition of opening new doors for ership has adopted the follow­ educational opportunity. ing four “guiding principles:” “Our history is replete with stories of alumni whose lives were transformed because a scholarship enabled 1 The collegiate university builds exceptional them to attend Wake Forest,” the provost says. “In each student-faculty engagement. generation, there will be individuals who emerge as benefi­ “Most students fall in love with learning through the ciaries of this important principle. No future leader should personal connection they develop with faculty,” Tiefen­ ever have to abandon the dream of attending Wake Forest thaler observes. “Because of the nature of higher education because of inadequate scholarship assistance. today, not all prospective professors are as committed to “Never in our history has our ability to help deserving teaching as they are to scholarship. Their interests lie pri­ students been more critical,” she says. “We live in challeng­ marily in research. Yet we know that the blend of great ing times, when far more educational options exist for teaching, enthusiastic mentoring, and excellent scholar­ these bright young people. Institutions with which we ship in a faculty member has the most positive impact on share applicants—our competitors—are taking extraordi­ our students. nary steps to recruit superb students. To ensure that Wake “To compete for and retain the talented individuals who Forest remains a place that encourages gifted young people can balance and apply these considerable skills,” she adds, of average or modest means to fulfill their ambitions, we “we must establish new chairs and professorships, offer the must build our financial aid endowment and increase the most competitive compensation packages, enhance library proportion of grants and decrease the proportion of loans and technology resources, and provide comprehensive in financial aid awards.” professional development opportunities.”

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3 The collegiate university reinforces the 4 The collegiate university educates the whole connections between the liberal arts and person—mind, body, and spirit. the professions. “Students’ interest in people and cultures different from “Given the scale of our campus community, the talents their own has risen dramatically over the last decade, par­ of our faculty, and the increasingly interdisciplinary alleling the rapid changes in our world,” Tiefenthaler says. nature of learning, Wake Forest is distinctively well posi­ “There are many ways to ensure that our future alumni are tioned to foster productive connections between the arts prepared to live, work, and lead on a planet that has grown and sciences and the professional disciplines of law, medi­ smaller, yet more diverse. Essential to the scholastic pur­ cine, business, and divinity,” she notes. “To reinforce these suit of this value are robust programs of international links, we will create interdisciplinary institutes and centers study that encompass comprehensive preparation, immer­ to bring together faculty working in areas that have topical sion, and reflection. Increased diversity on our campus affinity so they can enhance their own scholarship and will enrich our community and offer our students even mentor students to think deeply and broadly about com­ more opportunity to learn from one another—an oppor­ plex issues and engage in research endeavors that seek to tunity that incoming students now eagerly seek. answer society’s most urgent and vexing questions. “We also will be more consistent and focused in our “To help students integrate their academic and career efforts to foster public engagement, encouraging faculty interests and fulfill our commitment to educating the and students to bring their knowledge and talents to bear whole person,” the provost continues, “we will develop a on pressing contemporary problems,” she states. “Wake nationally recognized mentoring program that draws on Forest will be a crossroads of public understanding and the talents of faculty, staff, and committed alumni. We involvement. Having a long history of training leaders of also will build strong professional networks that enhance public service in many walks of life, we must be deliberate the vocational discernment and career development of in cultivating closer ties to local and regional organiza­ our students.” tions and in offering students new and more purposeful ways to be of service to others.”

december 2008 23 One of the plan’s most striking+ provisions is its creation of a series of centers and institutes to encourage cross-disciplinary research

The plan’s endorsement by the Board of Trustees this project and cross-disciplinary initiatives. Holly Brower past spring culminated a two-year process involving the (’83), associate professor of business and accountancy, preparation of seventy-eight plans by units across the and Jane Albrecht, associate professor of Romance lan­ University in 2006–07 and the incorporation of com­ guages, took a group of eight students to that Central mentary by the campus community on a draft docu­ American country this summer, teaching two courses ment distributed in the fall and winter of 2007–08. and overseeing the students in their work with eight One of the plan’s most striking provisions is its cre­ nonprofit development organizations. Also in Nicaragua, ation of a series of centers and institutes to encourage students at the Babcock Graduate School of Manage­ cross-disciplinary research around broad themes, with ment have trained local entrepreneurs in basic business the ultimate target of creating richer educational ben­ practices. And there have been preliminary discussions efits from existing academic assets. Michele Gillespie, of involving students in the biology department’s envi­ associate provost for academic initiatives, spent much ronmental sciences program with reforestation projects. of 2007–08 organizing gatherings of, and personally Wake Forest trustee Thomas A. Dingledine (MBA ’78) meeting with, between 150 and 200 faculty members to and his wife, Karyn, are generous institutional benefac­ identify topics of mutual interest and potential research tors. Their Fund for Responsible Business has supported collaboration. The Office of the Provost, through the the students’ effort to help establish sustainable com­ Office of Research and Sponsored merce in Nicaragua, and they have pledged $2 million Programs, also held a number of to acquire property that would serve as a center for the interdisciplinary planning work­ University’s initiatives in that impoverished nation. shops among the faculty last winter. With a $1 million-plus gift, they also have established Gillespie and her colleague, the Karyn Dingledine Art Scholarship for students with Associate Provost for International financial need in art, one of the programs on which Affairs J. Kline Harrison, point Wake Forest is concentrating its efforts to attract more to Nicaragua as a locus of multi- students with special creative talents.

24 wake forest magazine One of the plan’s most striking provisions is its creation of a series of centers and+ institutes to encourage cross-disciplinary research

“Interacting with other disciplines helps make our Over the coming decade, as own disciplines stronger,” Harrison states. “If busi­ funding allows, the University ness students who aspire to work in the international will establish four institutes in integrative science, arena are to contribute, they must understand the public engagement, the arts and humanities, and histories, cultures, politics, economies, and languages entrepreneurship and social enterprise to provide of the countries in which they serve.” Notes Mark spacial, administrative, external funding acquire­ Welker, associate provost for research: “It will be the ment, networking, and programming support for the people who know about more than one discipline who work of the interdisciplinary research centers. will be called upon to solve our biggest societal prob­ “Much has been written recently about the abandon­ lems—energy, the environment, health care, educa­ ment of the principle of educating the whole person by tion, global relations, monetary stability, economic many colleges and universities,” Hatch notes. “Taking growth—as we move forward.” courses and acquiring a credential seems to be the goal The Office of the Provost this year will commence at a growing number of institutions of higher education. the process of establishing interdisciplinary research Wake Forest has always valued the process of education centers by providing one-year planning grants for as well as the outcome—of integrating all aspects of the proposals in Energy and Environment, Molecular collegiate experience. This means making interdisci­ Signaling, Global Humanities and Cultural Diversity, plinary connections, teaching students how to think Bioethics, Microenterprise, and Functional Health. about life and career from many perspectives and to The proposals were chosen from a dozen submissions examine and test the validity of their beliefs, and mak­ in an inaugural call for concepts. Their sponsors ing campus life a vital part of the educational process. will develop and submit five-year operational plans; If this philosophy is indeed diminishing elsewhere, it those considered workable will receive seed funding. means that Wake Forest has a tremendous asset that Proposals for additional centers will be considered defines our niche in higher education more clearly than annually. ever before.”

december 2008 25 From SOLOISTS to CHORUSES

(Left to right) Gregory Burke, Charles McCall, and Sally Shumaker constitute the TSI's leadership triad—itself a model of the institute's collaborative approach.

Wake Forest Health Sciences and its partner institutions are striving to scale Appalachia’s mountain of health problems by tethering to a bold new initiative to promote collaborative multidisciplinary research and speed biomedical discoveries from bench to bedside.

26 wake forest magazine From SOLOISTS to CHORUSES By David Fyten

Wake Forest Health Sciences and its partner institutions are striving to scale Appalachia’s mountain of health problems by tethering to a bold new initiative to promote collaborative multidisciplinary research and speed biomedical discoveries from bench to bedside.

december 2008 27 he word “piedmont” is a contraction federal biomedical research funding. “The steady growth of an italian phrase that translates into of [NIH] dollars available for research can be credited with T English as “at the base of the mountain.” Fitting stimulating much of the progress in modern medicine that Wake Forest University Health Sciences is located in since World War II,” wrote William B. Applegate, dean the Piedmont region of North Carolina, for it sits at the of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, in the Medical base of a mountain of health problems. Center’s magazine, Visions. “However, through much of Southeast Appalachia, which includes western North the second half of the twentieth century, the majority was Carolina, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee, directed toward basic science. Now, the balance is tipping is overrepresented in many of the country’s most serious toward the clinical application of new knowledge.” chronic health problems. Research has shown that the The carrot will be alluring and the stick intimidating. In people of Appalachia have poorer health overall than the the future, a major share of NIH grant money, which con- rest of the country and suffer from especially high rates stitutes the overwhelming majority of dollars available for of cancer and heart disease. Premature mortality in the biomedical research in the U.S., will go to teams that buy mountains is 28 to 39 percent greater than the national into its collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and translational level. Exacerbating Appalachia’s plight is an acute shortage philosophy. Money still will be available for solo bench of doctors—a shortfall that will only worsen as the na- researchers—just a lot less of it. “At NIH, the writing is on tional decline in medical students choosing primary care the wall,” says J. Todd Thornburg, TSI executive director or family practice accelerates in coming years, impacting and former administrative director of the Comprehensive rural areas the hardest. Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. “If you are [an Wake Forest and a consortium of regional partner independent] investigator, you had better be very produc- institutions are preparing to address the crisis by tive because you will be competing [for funding] participating in a bold—some say radical—program ‘If you are an with some high-powered groups.” For medical of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Known [independent] centers like Wake Forest’s, where virtually all of as the Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) investigator], the research and up to four-fifths of the salary por- program, it constitutes a profound shift in biomedical tion dedicated to research are funded by external research and its clinical applications in the U.S. It seeks you had grants, failure to climb aboard could mean foun- to accelerate, through a collaborative and multidisci- better be dering —and for some, perhaps even drowning— plinary strategy that will span the public health spec- very productive in the wake of those that do. trum from lab scientists to community leaders, the dis- because you In response to NIH’s shifting priorities—and covery, application, and dissemination of biomedical will be building upon its own long history of collaborative knowledge to improve health. Researchers previously competing and multidisciplinary biomedical research—Wake accustomed to working alone or in small, single-disci- with some Forest has formed a Translational Science Insti- pline groups and pursuing discovery for its own sake tute (TSI) with four primary objectives: to create now are being encouraged to work in teams—at high-powered and support multidisciplinary groups of scientists times with scientists from other disciplines they groups.’ that will concentrate on important translational previously might have considered incidental research; to train and promote the careers of a new to their own work—and only on projects generation of biomedical scientists who will collaborate holding promise of yielding practical treat- on multidisciplinary research projects aimed at improving ment outcomes. And conductors of clinical human health; to develop new strategies and systems to trials of new pharmaceuticals, who pre- engage local communities as partners in identifying and viously might have been content with prioritizing their health care needs and implementing and simply proving their efficacy, now evaluating the TSI’s clinical and educational initiatives; will be called on to help get effective and to provide to the national network of CTSA institu- new treatments in the hands of tions the tools, products, and outcomes of its initiatives practitioners and their patients and to incorporate the successes of other CTSA institu- more rapidly and pervasively. tions into its own programs and activities. The CTSA constitutes noth- To expand its skills and resources, TSI has forged part- ing less than a sea change in nerships with Virginia Tech, East Tennessee State Univer-

28 wake forest magazine sity, the Carilion/Virginia Tech School of Medicine, Mis- Rejeski, is co-principal investigator in a pilot- sion Hospitals in Asheville, and the Eastern Band of testing program of weight-loss intervention Cherokee Indians, along with several departments on the for older adults. A third member of the health Reynolda Campus. An additional partner, the Center for and exercise science faculty, Anthony Marsh, Creative Leadership of Greensboro, the world’s premier is involved in both the muscular dystrophy leadership training institution, will counsel individuals study and the weight-loss-in-older-adults and departments as they confront the challenges of work- intervention. Robert Plemmons (’61) of ing and communicating in groups. Governmental agen- mathematics and computer science has cies and public health advocacy organizations will be con- teamed with statisticians, biomedical en- sulted to identify the health care needs of various gineers, and plastic surgeons on the Bow- populations and to enlist their aid in disseminating the man Gray Campus and at Virginia Tech to practical results of its efforts. And the entrepreneurship develop computer models for accurately deter- incubator at the Babcock Graduate School of Manage- mining the severity of burns to expedite treat- ment, along with biotechnology firms in the Piedmont ment. And Fred Salsbury of physics and S. Bruce Triad Research Park in Winston-Salem, will assist in help- King of chemistry have joined Medical Center ing bring TSI discoveries to the marketplace. scientists in the design of drugs for targeted therapy Already, examples abound of col- of chemoresistent tumors. laborative endeavors that confirm the Already, Besides basic translational research, examples abound notion that projects can be done by clinical trials, and outreach, the institute The TSI many individuals or disciplines that of collaborative will concentrate on graduate education; holds can’t be done by one. Neurologists endeavors that faculty development; the integration of promise of and regenerative medicine scientists confirm the notion research technologies such as biomolec- promulgating teaming to uncover drug treatments that projects ular imaging, biomedical genomics, pro- for muscular dystrophy that would teomics, nanotechnology, bioinformatics, intercampus can be done have been thought brave-new-world- and biomedical engineering; the establish- research by many that like less than a decade ago; Wake ment of a translational research incuba- collaborations can't be done Forest cancer center researchers join- tor; and forming partnerships with the to an extent ing with veterinary medicine scien- by one. private sector. The plan combines not hitherto tists at Virginia Tech to develop drugs and expands some existing degree for treatment of canine brain tumors as a preclinical programs into a new degree in seen. step toward their possible usage in humans; promis- clinical and community-focused ing weight-loss interventions for older adults being translational science and creates a graduate- developed by researchers in exercise physiology, level degree program in molecular and nutrition, geriatric medicine, and other disci- clinical translational medicine. Applegate plines on both campuses; leading orthopedic predicts that medical students of the fu- surgeon Dr. Larry Webb collaborating with Cen- ture can expect an additional six to nine ter for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials years of training to prepare for linking the director David Carroll to create microcoatings that will laboratory, the clinic, and the community. prevent staph bacteria from attaching themselves to screws The NIH plans to eventually fund sixty inserted surgically into fractured bones… these are mere- translational science centers across the coun- ly harbingers, officials say, of what is possible. try. To date it has awarded multi-year, multi- The TSI holds promise of promulgating intercampus million-dollar CTSA grants to thirty-eight research collaborations to an extent not hitherto seen. biomedical research centers. Wake Forest is Among the Reynolda Campus researchers who are par- guardedly optimistic about its chances for fund- ticipating in TSI investigations, Michael J. Berry of health ing in forthcoming rounds, perhaps as early as and exercise science is principal investigator in a study of this coming spring. the benefits of strength training in patients with chronic In advance of the hoped-for CTSA award, pulmonary disease, and his departmental colleague, Jack WFU Health Sciences has created, through the

december 2008 29 TSI, two funding programs of its own. One, which it calls CTSA in acknowledgement of the fact that solving some K-12, enables young faculty scholars to start their research of the problems we are finding so difficult will require the careers while sustaining full schedules of clinical practice, involvement of more than one person or discipline and teaching, and other duties. The second is a two-part pilot as a way of expanding collaborative networks so that some grant program. One provides grants of up to $50,000 to of the inhibiting boundaries in the health sciences can newly formed multidisciplinary research teams to de- be dismantled.” velop novel cross-disciplinary projects. The other A triad of influential and respected scientist- awards grants of up to $125,000 to more administrators with impressive track records established multidisciplinary teams to in their fields constitutes the leadership of assemble the final data required to at- Wake Forest’s TSI: tract larger awards for their projects Director Charles McCall (’57, MD ’61) is from external funding sources. a molecular medicine specialist and a basic Among the fifteen research science researcher whose distinguished projects the programs have funded forty-year career at Wake Forest has en- to date is an effort to bolster Health compassed pioneering investigations into Sciences’ informatics systems. The term the causes and treatment of inflammation. “informatics” encompasses the resourc- The founder of the Department of Internal es, technologies, and methods required Medicine’s Section on Molecular Medicine, to optimize the acquisition, storage, he serves as a deputy associate dean for re- retrieval, and use of information. As search and director of the NIH General Clin- biomedical and technological discov- ical Research Center, which conducts studies eries have advanced exponentially in involving 7,000 participants annually and recent years, so has the volume of data has come under the auspices of the TSI. Mc-

exploded. This ocean of information Anita Pulley (community engagement), Call maintains an active research laboratory floods a vast field of domains, making Shellie Ellis (evaluation and strategic staffed with young faculty and post-doctoral their retrieval, integration, and applica- planning), and Wilson Somerville student associates and dedicates a substantial tion challenging, to say the least. To ac- (informatics) are part of the TSI team. portion of his time to mentoring younger celerate the transfer of medical discov- faculty members. eries from the bench to the community—especially in the Associate Director Sally Shumaker is the senior associ- translational model, which emphasizes novel applications ate dean for research at WFUHS and a social psycholo- that bridge numerous sectors of science—new informatics gist whose research interests include women’s health, systems will be needed to provide high quality, integrated psychosocial factors in chronic disease, cognitive decline data to researchers and clinicians. Under a grant from the and dementia in the aged, health-related quality-of-life TSI, a group that includes researchers Yaorong Ge and Jeff issues, hormonal therapy, and other topics. Besides her Carr (MS ’98) is developing a data service infrastructure to administrative and scientific duties at WFUHS, Shumaker enable and accelerate translational research at Wake Forest directs the University’s intercampus research program and and beyond. Informatics will be an ongoing TSI priority, with conducts trainings nationwide in conflict management, efforts under way to recruit specialists in the field to the staff. mediation, and communication. The NIH established the CSTA mechanism in 2005 Associate Director Gregory L. Burke, director of the through the leadership of its director, Elias Zerhouni, in Division of Public Health Sciences at WFUHS, has devoted response to the burgeoning disenchantment in Congress his research career to the causes, treatment, and preven- over the perceived slow pace of so-called bench-to-bedside tion of chronic diseases in populations. Under his leader- transfer. “The Congress and the American public collectively ship, the Division of Public Health Sciences has more than have invested heavily in health-related research over the tripled its external research funding and has been ranked past thirty years,” notes Thornburg. “While there have either first or second among comparable units nationally been successes, the prevailing opinion is that we have fall- in NIH research funding for the past five years. en short overall in translating what we have discovered One aspect of the initiative that enthuses McCall into practical [public] benefits. Dr. Zerhouni founded the the most is its emphasis on community engagement.

30 wake forest magazine “Academic people traditionally have climbed down the a collaborative project of Virginia Tech and Wake Forest steps from their tower to the community,” he says. “One in which the former is using its supercomputer—pur- of the beauties of this concept is that it is bi-directional; ported to be among the ten most powerful in the world— people helping generate ideas that apply to them. They to process astronomical amounts of genetic data being become partners by telling us what they need and want collected by the latter. “Some of the most mundane con- instead of us telling them what would be good for them.” cepts that are thoroughly familiar to one group [of scien- The same goes, he says, for relations with practicing tists] can be totally foreign to another,” McCall observes. physicians. “There is a barrier between the practicing phy- “In interactions between the Virginia Tech computer sci- sician and the academic [medical] center,” he notes. “Each entists and the Wake Forest geneticists, one would have has differing values and perceptions of its own worth, and no idea what the other was talking about. They would get tensions can arise from lack of trust. But our objective is hung up on the simplest of terms, like ‘sample.’” the same: to make people healthier. Shumaker, whose office door is festooned with inspira- It will be essential to dissolve these ‘Our challenge tional messages such as “Tolerance” and “Create Peace,” barriers to accomplish that objective is to break down took the lead in scheduling meetings with virtually as we go forward.” To measure trust the competitive, every department in the Medical Center to explain and levels among participants, cultural independent promote the TSI. “At first some didn’t get it and others anthropologist Shellie Ellis (MA ’97), were threatened by it,” she reports. “But we’re at a point culture of who heads TSI’s evaluation and stra- now where more people are feeling less threatened and tegic planning unit, and Mark Hall, biomedical more engaged by it. Some of our scientists who had never the Fred D. and Elizabeth L. Turnage research by before collaborated on a project discovered, in learning Professor of Law at Wake Forest who demonstrating about the K–12 and pilot grant programs, colleagues in is a respected expert in health policy the value of other fields who have skills they lack and might be valu- research and analysis, will design and team science.’ able in their own work. administer surveys to enable the Cen- “We are a relatively small medical center, and ter for Creative Leadership to identify we have had to maximize our resources as a result,” and work with units experiencing tension. Shumaker adds. “One advantage of being small In cultivating a culture of collaboration, Wake Forest is that it is easier to communicate.” might have something of an edge over other competi- The TSI faces hard questions, short-term. tors for CTSA grants whose operations conform The CTSA is “Dr. Zerhouni’s baby,” as more closely to the conventional model for uni- Shumaker puts it, and his resignation this versity-based medical centers. (“Silos” is a standard fall begs the question of whether his succes- euphemism in academic medicine for departments and sor will champion the translational concept with disciplines, with their hierarchical, separative, and self- equal fervor. And what effect will this fall’s tur- contained tendencies.) Traditionally, the University has moil in the financial markets and economy have nurtured a culture of cross-disciplinary and interdepart- on government funding? Will federal money be mental collaboration on both its campuses. At the Medical available for more institutes like Wake Forest’s? Center, leaders like James Toole of neurology, Curt Fur- In the long run, however, translational science berg of public health sciences, and Douglas Maynard as the best approach to solving our most obsti- (’55, MD ’59) of radiology have been advocating it for nate health problems seems not a question, but decades. “We have silos,” a TSI official acknowledges, an answer. “Our challenge,” Thornburg states, “but ours are much more permeable than “is to break down the competitive, Todd Thornburg: 'They can solve those at most other institutions.” problems they couldn't solve before.' independent culture of biomedical McCall and Shumaker agree that open research by demonstrating the value channels of communication in many directions— of team science—the increases in intellectual stimulation, between scientists in disparate fields; physicians in the productivity, satisfaction, and results that are possible by laboratory and those treating patients; researchers and working in groups. They can solve problems they couldn’t the communities they are called on to serve—will be solve before, and that can be exciting.” critical to the success of the TSI. As an example, they cite

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f i l e The Head p r o has a heart

The dean of Wake Forest’s newly integrated schools of business brings redoubtable credentials and compassion to his self-stated pursuit of helping students find their “calling” in life.

by David Fyten

32 wake forest magazine heart has a hese days, Steve Rein- T emund cuts quite a figure. Tall and lean, with chiseled features and piercing eyes befitting a Marine officer or the chairman and chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 corporation (both of which he has been) and dressed in silk tie, tailored slacks, and monogrammed Oxford, the dean of the newly integrated schools of business at Wake Forest University strides with a kind of conscious cadence around his carefully appointed office, gracious and gregarious yet very much in command of the environment and the situation. But there was a time when this imposing leader was just a boy with- out a sport coat, apprehensively awaiting his appearance before an assembly of classmates. What hap- pened then, as much as any single event in his life, helped shape his core beliefs about people, pur- pose, and personal responsibility, and predicts the kind of dean he will be and the kind of place the business schools will become un- der his stewardship. On July 1, Reinemund, a former PepsiCo chairman and CEO who was widely praised as one of the nation’s most innovative and re- spected business leaders, assumed the deanship of the University’s two business schools—the Babcock Graduate School of Management and the undergraduate Calloway School of Business and Accountancy —with the mission of facilitating their integration. Historically, the schools have been administratively separate, with their own deans.

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The goal of their consolidation helping build “an even better within the corporation who make Steve’s leadership and will en- is to leverage their distinctive Wake Forest,” and helping shape “consistent and significant con- sure that his legacy will be sig- strengths, promote collabora- business education nationally. tributions toward fostering diver- nificant and enduring.” tion in teaching and scholarship, “Steve is many things: an out- sity and inclusion at PepsiCo and In his few months at Wake fashion new opportunities for standing manager; a strategist; a in the community.” Forest, Reinemund already has students to achieve their full visionary,” she noted. “But what “Steve is a person who has demonstrated not only a rare personal as well as professional impresses me the most about been guided by a set of values talent for guiding complex and potential, and weave the business him is that he is a learner. He and commitments that are re- delicate organizational changes education component more markably similar for both his but also that penchant for inclu- integrally and seamlessly into ‘Steve [is] guided professional life and his per- sion, openness, and collaboration. the greater cultural fabric of sonal life,” says Presi- the University. by a set of values dent Nathan O. Hatch, He certainly brings an impres- and commitments who has known Rein- sive cache of experience and that are remarkably emund well since their talent to the task at hand. Over tenure together on the the course of his twenty-three similar for both national board of the year career at PepsiCo, he his professional Salvation Army in the served as CEO of its Pizza Hut life and his nineties. “He is a men- division (now part of another tor who takes that role company), as head of Frito-Lay’s personal life.’ seriously. On a recent North American snack division Saturday morning, for and as CEO of its worldwide knows a lot, and we have a lot example, he spent a operations, and as corporate to learn from him. Yet he also good deal of time with president and chief operating knows what he doesn’t know, a young Wake Forest graduate, To avoid giving any impression officer from 1999 to 2001, when and he wants to learn it. Learn- one-on-one, trying to assist that of dominance by or favoritism he was named chairman and ing means listening, and he is student to find his way in the toward either of the schools, he CEO. During his five-year tenure an excellent listener.” business world. studiously divides his time be- in the top post from 2001 to 2006, The accolades with which “Steve deeply believes that tween his offices in the Wayne PepsiCo’s revenues increased Reinemund was showered at a diverse workplace and educa- Calloway Center (home of the by more than $9 billion, net in- PepsiCo were not only for his tional environment benefits ev- Calloway School) and the Wor- come increased by 70 percent, business acumen. Business eryone,” Hatch continues, “mak- rell Professional Center (home earnings per share increased by Week wrote that “his greatest ing sure that everyone receives of the Babcock School). In early 80 percent, its annual dividend achievement is in developing the same opportunity to succeed October, the faculties of the two doubled, and the company’s people,” noting that he person- and prosper, whether that be in schools, aided by a consulting market capitalization surpassed ally mentored and trained staff the workplace, in the classroom, firm, prepared and approved a $100 billion. Twice, Barron’s and required that everyone in or the community. Like mentor- first-step plan for integrating named him to its “World’s Most the company’s senior ranks do ing, the building of a place that their administrative policies and Respected CEOs” list and Busi- likewise. He was especially rec- embraces and provides avenues procedures. “In the corporate ness Week twice included him in ognized for his campaign to for opportunity speaks to Wake world, I participated in several its annual listing of the nation’s bring diversity to PepsiCo, gar- Forest’s most cherished and tradi- studies of organizational con- “Top Twenty-Five Managers.” nering “The Man Who Did the tional values. solidations,” Reinemund said. He stepped down as CEO in fall Most for Women” Award from “Steve also is a great listener “One of the biggest problems in 2006, remaining as chairman the National Council for Re- and a constant learner,” Hatch any merger situation is not the until his retirement in spring 2007. search on Women; the National observes. “He will transform idea but getting it done right. Provost Jill M. Tiefenthaler, Equal Justice Award from the [business] education at Wake The devil is in the details. Going who chaired the committee that NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Forest, to be sure, but not by into this study, I expected it to recommended his appointment and the President’s Award from imposing some predetermined be about average. In truth, it unanimously, describes Reine- the National Council of La Raza. model. A new one will grow was, by a long shot, the best mund as a “difference maker” Upon his retirement, PepsiCo organically from the faculty and study I’ve ever been involved who, in accepting the position, established the Reinemund Di- be rooted in the needs and aspi- with. And that was because the perceived fulfillment in making a versity and Inclusion Legacy rations of students. His collabora- faculties were engaged and en- difference in the lives of students, Award to recognize persons tive spirit is what distinguishes thused from the very first day to

34 wake forest magazine an extent far greater than I had made my entrance. Had it not he said. “We lived in Dallas, and one that seems to encapsulate ever seen before.” been for him and more than a the corporate offices were in his vision for business education Character traits and values handful of others who paved New York. That, coupled with at Wake Forest—it is “calling.” like Reinemund’s aren’t simply the way for me, I would not have the international nature of the “I start with the assumption donned like cloaks in adulthood. had the opportunities I’ve had. business, meant that I was on that every student deserves a They are the flesh of one’s very And throughout my career, I the road constantly. The board job if he or she wants it,” he being, incubated as a child. Af- have strived to do for others what and I took about a year and a stated. “But beyond a job, the ter his father died when he was was done for me—to level the real goal is that the students six, his mother moved from playing field for them.” find their calling—that they find A top student, Rein- ‘The bottom line their place in society in which emund selected the is to help our they can make the kinds of con- U.S. Naval Academy students unlock tributions that will satisfy, enrich, over scholarship offers and fulfill their own lives, their from a number of oth- that which is within families’ lives, and their commu- er prestigious schools. them and to nities. The bottom line is to help Commissioned a lieu- understand who our students unlock that which is tenant in the Marines within them and to understand after graduation, he they are, what they who they are, what they value, was stationed in Wash- value, what they do what they do well, and where ington, D.C., where he well, and where they they want to contribute. And we met Gail, his wife of want to help them arrive at their thirty-four years. They want to contribute. own definition of success, under- have four children. We want to help standing that success for them California to Florida, where she Reinemund considered the them arrive at their may not always be the way in raised three children. “She was Marines as a career, but ultimate- which others define success. a remarkable person who pos- ly chose business as the arena in own definition “At the end, when they leave sessed an enormous amount of which to manifest his foundational of success…’ Wake Forest, we want every wisdom and a true moral com- belief, instilled by his mother, one of our students to have a pass that she passed on to her that one’s calling in life is be- compass with which to chart his children,” he said. “In different yond oneself. As he ascended half or two years to devise a or her path,” Reinemund said. circumstances, she might have the corporate ladder at Pep- transition plan, but when I finally “We want them to enter the been the CEO of a company or siCo, he benefitted from the left, I didn’t have a specific world as broad thinkers; as life- a governor. But financially, we tutelage of the late D. Wayne [personal] plan in mind. I knew long learners who value history, didn’t have much.” Calloway (’59, LL.D ’88), chair- I wouldn’t just stay at home, are conversant with global cul- Fortunately, throughout his man and CEO of the corpora- but I didn’t play golf. tures, and understand the roles youth, teachers, guidance coun- tion. His first connection with “Nathan and I had kept in the arts, humanities, and social selors, and others came into his Wake Forest, in fact, was through contact over the years, and he sciences play in organizations, life at precisely the right times Calloway, a trustee and valued invited me to come to Wake and who can apply them in cre- to pick him up and point him presidential advisor at his alma Forest to speak to the trustees ative ways. in the right direction. One espe- mater for whom the undergradu- a couple of times,” he went on. “The challenge before us,” cially impactful intervention oc- ate school of business and the “When this opportunity pre- he concluded, “is to take the curred in seventh grade, when building in which it is located sented itself, a college campus programs we offer and make he ran for student council. “As were named. seemed like a good place to them distinctive in a way that I was about to go on stage to Reinemund was in his late give back to others all that I is very much ‘Wake Forest.’ It’s give a talk to the assembled fifties and at the peak of his pro- have been given. We brought all here—the liberal arts; the student body, a guidance coun- fessional position and creative the whole family to Winston- focus on international study and selor noticed that I wasn’t wear- powers when he told the PepsiCo Salem for a weekend and put it travel; the spirit of service to ing a sport coat,” he said. “All board of his decision to retire. to a vote. I could attend the humanity; the institutional com- the other [candidates] had sport “Our two youngest children meeting, but I didn’t have a say mitment to building a diverse coats, so to level the playing field were about to enter high school, in the matter. It was unanimous.” community of scholars, teachers, for me, he took off his own sport and Gail and I decided that If there is one word that Rein- and students—to create some- coat and put it on me before I something needed to change,” emund is particularly fond of— thing truly special.”

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Randolph Childress takes command at Wake Forest (above) and in Italy (opposite page). ‘Il Professore’ By Tim Warren Once a leader, always a leader, Randolph Childress (’95) enjoys basketball—and life—in Italy.

36 wake forest magazine VARESE, Italy—You can hit the evening in late fall. “And you afterward about Childress’s search button on YouTube for have to be humble a little. It’s performance and his steadying Randolph Childress (’95), and not as easy as a lot of people influence on a fragile squad clips of his memorable play in think. Many American players coming off a terrible season. the 1995 Atlantic Coast Confer- can’t adjust to the European “Randy just really knows how to ence tournament pop up im- style of play, and there are all play the game,” said Galanda, mediately—his killer crossover kinds of cultural adjustments. the beneficiary of several pin- move that froze North Caro- “To be honest, the first three point passes from Childress. lina’s Jeff McInnis, for instance, years in Italy were hell. But I “He is from a different gen- and of course the jumper over can tell you now that I’ve really eration of American players, three UNC defenders with four enjoyed the experience—the in which you learned to play seconds left in overtime that knowledge that I’ve gained over basketball instead of just going gave Wake Forest the title. here, and everything. At 36, I one-on-one. He can teach you Pallacanestro Varese / Italy But there are many more know that I’m on the clock, and just by watching him. He uses clips, posted by fans in Italy, this could well be my last year. his experience so well.” “As a coach, you want to see who have grown to appreci- Because at some point I want Dave Odom, who recruited your players mature, to become ate the heady point guard they to coach collegiately, and I look Childress to come to Wake For- contributing citizens and good have nicknamed “Il Professore.” forward to teaching this game est and coached him all of his fathers and husbands,” Odom There’s one of him hitting an through all that I’ve learned all four years at the school, gave said. “It’s not just about wins improbable 30-footer, and over the world.” an appreciative chuckle when and losses. When you see how another of him leading his team Il Professore certainly gave told of Galanda’s comments. someone like Randy or Tim in Caserta to the league title in a few lessons at Varese’s first “I was probably as close to Duncan turns out, it solidifies the 2007– 08 season. Randy as any- you as a coach.” Randolph Childress body I’ve ever Childress says being at Wake may have just turned ”I consider adversity like [a] hill. coached,” said Forest helped him first endure, 36, but school is still in I have to attack it, I have to keep Odom, who along then embrace his time in Eu- session when he takes with Childress and rope, though it’s not something the court in Italy. going. The experiences I had at Tim Duncan (’97) viewable on YouTube. The education works Wake Forest definitely shaped me was inducted into “I remember that after prac- both ways, though. His the Wake Forest tice, Coach would make us go current team, in the as a man…more than as a player.” Sports Hall of on a three-mile run, and maybe northern Italian city of Fame in Septem- about 2.5 miles into it there Varese, is his fifth since he came home game, on October 12. ber (See story, page 34). “And I was this hill you had to go up,” to the country in 2001, and he Childress has understandably guess part of that was we were he said, smiling at the thought. sees his time in the country not lost a little quickness, but he is so similar in our approach. He “At that point, you just wanted just in basketball terms. Though still the consummate leader. His really was an extension of what to walk it. But Coach used to some might consider his com- stats didn’t exactly leap out at I, as the coach, wanted. I told always say, ‘Attack this hill. You ing to Europe as a comedown, you—10 points and six assists— him early on, ‘I want to put the have to attack this hill.’ an acknowledgement that two but three teammates also ball in your hands at the end of “It’s like a philosophy I’ve modest seasons in the NBA scored in double figures and the game—not just to shoot, learned to use about life. I were disappointing for a first- Varese defeated a good Livorno but to make sure we get the consider adversity like that hill. I round draft pick, he doesn’t see team, 77–72. Throughout the best shot.’ And I can’t tell you have to attack it, I have to keep it that way. To him, his European often-contentious game, he how many times that happened going. The experiences I had at experience (including a year remained cool, settling down with him running the show.” Wake Forest definitely shaped playing in France) has been teammates (he is fluent in Ital- As appreciative as Odom is me as a man probably more postgraduate work in language, ian) and showing emotion only about Childress’s play for the than as a player.” culture and personal growth, at the end when the victory Deacons, which included an and every day he’s still learning. seemed secure. It was typical 18.4 career scoring average and “If you’re not well-rounded Childress: just a little fist-pump. his being named ACC Player of Tim Warren is a freelance writer and don’t have an open mind, Teammate Giacomo Galanda, the Year and All-America, he is who lives in Silver Spring, Mary- you’re not going to make it who is also a center on the as impressed with his develop- land, and travels internationally, here,” he said after practice one Italian national team, raved ment afterward. covering a variety of topics.

december 2008 37 the first pick in the draft. He Randolph Childress (’95) later became executive vice h i s r e c o r d -s e t t i n g g u a r d is president/football operations Tbest remembered for leading for the Cleveland Browns where Wake Forest to the 1995 ACC he drafted Bernie Kosar, who Basketball Tournament cham-

s p o r t s led the team to four Central pionship when he was named Division titles and five playoff the event’s Most Valuable Player appearances. by scoring a tournament-record Fame in the Hall He joined the Giants in 1994 107 points in three games. He as assistant general manager to poured in 40 points against By Leo Derrick (’50) George Young, eventually suc- Duke, 30 in the Virginia contest ceeding Young in the top spot in and 37 in the final against North 1998. Possibly the most critical Carolina. His jump shot with just Five former student-athletes and one record-setting transaction of his career with the four seconds remaining gave the coach were enshrined in the Wake Forest Sports Giants was his landmark negotia- Deacons an 82–80 win in over- tion that brought Eli Manning to time to beat the Tar Heels in the Hall of Fame in September. Tim Duncan (’97) and the team in a trade with the San championship game. Randolph Childress (’95), Olympic triathlete Hunter Diego Chargers involving Philip He finished his collegiate career Kemper (’98), PGA golfer Len Mattiace (’90), National Rivers. Manning was the year’s with 2,208 points, good for sec- Football League impresario Ernie Accorsi (’63), and No. 1 overall selection. ond place in the school’s history. Accorsi was named the NFL His 329 three-point field goals former Deacon basketball coach Dave Odom consti- Executive of the Year by USA To- made him Wake Forest’s all-time tuted the largest single class of Hall of Fame inductees day, the New York Post, the Dal- leader and second in ACC his- in its 38-year history. las Morning News and the San tory. His collegiate scoring total Francisco Chronicle. He retired made him only one of twelve in 2007 after 36 years in the NFL players in the ACC to score Ernie Accorsi (’63) and resides in New York City. 2,200 or more points in a career. o t a s t u d e n t -a t h l e t e but His senior season merited first None whose college and Len Mattiace (’90) team All-American selection and professional life has been cen- a t t i a c e s t a r r e d o n t h e was one of five finalists for the tered around athletics, Accorsi MDeacon golf team from Wooden Award. All-ACC first was sports editor of the Old 1986-89 and was a first team team twice, he was drafted in Gold and Black and sports direc- All-Conference and third team the first round by the Detroit tor of WFDD before joining the All-American performer in 1989. Pistons in the NBA draft and sports departments at papers in He was a member of the school’s played there and for Portland Charlotte, Baltimore and Phila- NCAA Championship team in until 1998 when he joined the delphia. This began a circuitous 1986 and the 1989 All-ACC European circuit where he plays route that eventually led to the Championship team. He was currently for an Italian team (See position of senior vice president selected for the ACC’s 50th An- related story on page 32). and general manager of the niversary Team in 2003 and was New York Giants of the National a Walker Cup team member in Tim Duncan (’97) Football League. He was largely 1987. He turned professional in u i t e p o s s i b l y w a k e f o r - responsible for putting together 1990 and won his first two PGA Qe s t ’s m o s t sought-after and orchestrating the roster that tournaments in 2002, beating basketball player by the profes- won the Super Bowl in February. the field in the Nissan Open and sionals, Duncan led the team to He joined the NFL in 1970 as later claiming top money at the four straight 20-win seasons from public relations director for the St. Jude Classic. He recorded six 1994–97 for coach Dave Odom Baltimore Colts, following stints top-25 finishes in 2001 and shot and played in more games than in the information departments a sterling 65 in the 2003 Masters any other player in Wake Forest of St. Joseph’s University and to earn a playoff spot before fall- history. He was All-ACC three Penn State. ing to Mike Weir. times and was chosen Player of He held a post in the office A community benefactor, the Year twice. of NFL Commissioner Pete Mattiace has a foundation called A tremendous shot blocker, Rozelle before returning to the “Len’s Friends” that provides his 481 career rejections is sec- Colts in 1977 and was named financial aid to an assortment ond in NCAA history, and he general manager in 1982 where of charities in Jacksonville, Fla., had at least one block in 127 of he selected John Elway with through a series of golf events. the 128 games he played. His

38 wake forest magazine Left to right: Dave Odom, Len Mattiace, Tim Duncan, Hunter Kemper, Ernie Accorsi.

87 career double-doubles, also since he has been prominent at All-Academic Team and earned year from 1995 to 1997, includ- a school record and is just the the national and international All-ACC honors after finishing ing a spot in the Elite 8 in ’96. tenth player in NCAA history to levels of triathlon competition second in the 10,000 meters He holds the Wake Forest record record 2,000 points and 1,500 for the last decade. He was the in 1997. with 101 ACC victories. rebounds. U.S. Pro National Champion in Recruitment of athletes was a He was the No. 1 overall selec- 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2003 and Dave Odom hallmark of the Odom years; he tion in the 1997 NBA draft and USOC Triathlete of the Year five s t h e De m o n De a c o n scouted and enlisted the talents of went to the San Antonio Spurs times 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, Ah a r d w o o d m e n t o r for Tim Duncan, Randolph Childress where he was Rookie of the Year and 2005. what was the school’s best and Rodney Rogers, All-Americans. in 1998. He led the Spurs to four He won a silver medal in the 12-year record, Odom left the An untold number of his former NBA championships and was 2000 Pan Am Games and was university with a legacy that any players are in the professional twice named NBA Most Valuable the top U.S. male finisher in the coach would find difficult to ranks in the U.S. and abroad. Player. He was chosen as MVP 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. duplicate. From 1989 through Odom, who recently joined in the NBA finals three times. He finished the 2005 season as 2001, his teams compiled a re- Guilford College as a special Duncan is a ten-time NBA the No. 1 ranked triathlete in the cord of 240–132 before he took adviser to President Kent Chabo- All-Star and a member of the world and became the first U. S. the head coach slot at the Uni- tar, began his coaching career NBA All-Defensive Team eleven male athlete to finish first in both versity of South Carolina. with East Carolina from where he times. On the international the World and the International After a first season’s record earned a master’s degree after scene, Duncan was MVP of the Triathlon Union World Cup rank- of 12–16, Odom led the Deacs graduating from Guilford in 1969. World Championships three ings. In 2007, Kemper won the to 11 straight post-season tourna- His South Carolina tenure netted times and represented the USA Great Colorado Triathlon and ments including seven consecu- a record of 128–104, an enviable in the 2004 Olympic Games. Treasure Island Triathlon in San tive NCAA Tournaments from score at a school whose main Francisco. His likeness was the 1991–97. He was named National emphasis was on football. While Hunter Kemper (’98) first triathlete to be featured Coach of the Year in 1995 and with the Gamecocks, Odom won n e i g h t -t i m e l e t t e r -w i n n e r on a Wheaties box and he was earned three ACC Coach of two NIT Championships and was Aon the Wake Forest cross named the USOC Sportsman of the Year awards. Odom tutored named SEC Coach of the Year in country and track and field teams, the Year in 2005. Wake Forest to ACC Tournament 2004. Kemper finished seventh in the As proficient in the classroom Championships in 1995 and triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olym­ as on the track, Hunter was a 1996 and the team was ranked Leo Derrick (’50) is a writer living pics in Beijing. Not surprising four-time member of the ACC in the top ten national polls each in Asheboro, North Carolina.

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wake forest alumni association President’s Column

Dear Wake Foresters: It was wonderful to see so many alumni back on campus for Homecoming. Many thanks to all of our reunion committees for all the hard work and planning that led to such a successful and exciting Homecoming weekend. The Alumni Council also met during Homecoming weekend. One of our goals this year is to stress to all alumni the importance of volunteering on behalf of Wake Forest. Getting involved with your alma mater can take a number of different forms: you can become a more active member of your Wake Forest Club in your hometown; you can provide career assistance by recruiting on campus, hiring Wake Forest graduates whenever possible, or helping mentor students in their career exploration and networking; and while we won’t know the date for Homecoming 2009 until early spring, the alumni relations office is looking for volunteers for those in reunion classes next year (classes ending in 4s and 9s). If you’d like to volunteer for any of the above, please contact the alumni relations office at [email protected]. There are additional ways you can help Wake Forest. Each year the Wake Forest University Alumni Association presents awards to alumni whose achievements and recognition have reflected honor on their alma mater. The Distinguished Alumni Awards cite the exemplary service and leadership of Wake Foresters, reflecting the University motto “Pro Humanitate.” We would love to have your input in identifying alumni for this award. The Alumni Council would also benefit from your help in identifying strong potential Alumni Council members. If you wish to nominate someone for either the Distinguished Alumni Award or as a possible Alumni Council member, please contact Kristin Burch (’96), director of alumni relations, at [email protected]. Last, but certainly not least, we also need your support for The Wake Forest Fund. By making a gift, you are showing your support for the University and for our educational mission. There is strength in numbers – both from an economic standpoint, because your gifts directly impact students – and in a strong showing to U.S. News and World Report that we have one of the most dedicated and supportive alumni bodies in the nation. Please join me in giving to The Wake Forest Fund – when you give back, Wake Forest moves forward. Thank you for all you do for our alma mater, and I wish you and your families all the best for the holiday season.

Kim Shirley (’85) Alumni Association President

Alumni Council Members (locations are North Carolina unless otherwise noted)

Kim Boatwright Shirley (’85), Raleigh, President; Rod P. Webb (’92), Raleigh, Immediate Past President; Greg A. Allushuski (’65, P ’10), Ann Arbor, MI; Reba Rentz Andrew (’66, P ’97), Marriottsville, MD; Parrish F. Arturi (’87, MBA ’94), Weston, MA; Cassandra Martin Baker (’69, P ’96, P ’99), Marietta, GA; Conrad A. Barrows (’67), Elkhart Lake, WI; Elliot S. Berke (’93), Arlington, VA; John F. Blair (’86), Ruxton, MD; J. Ruffin Branham Jr. (’69), Richmond, VA; Ellen M. Bylsma (’94), Grand Rapids, MI; Bill M. Camp (’81), Tequesta, FL; Tonya Crowe Chinuntdet (’88), Mooreseville; Cathy Craig Coles (’80, P ’09), Lexington; Tammy Kubiszyn Connor (’96), Birmingham, AL; C. Glenn Cook, Jr. (’77), Decatur, GA; Michael A. DeMayo (’87), Charlotte; Alan R. Dickinson (’98), Winston-Salem; Adam B. Dolder (’95), New York, NY; Charles H. Duckett (’54, MD ’57, P ’78, P ’86), Winston-Salem; Wendy Clark Eavenson (’74, P ’09), Atlanta, GA; Mary Jo Elliott (’80, P ’10), Upper St. Clair, PA; Paul L. Fields Jr. (’85), Atlanta, GA; Cheryl Zimmerman Floyd (’98), Old Greenwich, CT; Russ E. Ford (’79, P ’10), Birmingham, AL; Donna Booth Gaut (’78, P ’06), Houston, TX; Jessica Wadkins Griege (’96), Dallas, TX; Bonita J. Hairston (’94, JD ’97), Corinth, TX; John “Jack” C. Hamrick Jr. (’63, MD ’67, P ’91, P ’94), Shelby; John C. Hunter (’81, JD ’85), Asheville; Todd J. Jones (’87), Lititz, PA; Kathleen A. Kelly (’95), Greensboro; Beth Eddins Laughridge (’71, MA ’75, P ’04, P ’09), Campobello, SC; Rich A. Leadem (’86), Charleston, SC; Chris B. Leak (’85), Winston-Salem; Bob C. Louthian III (’84), Great Falls, VA; John C. Matthews (’95), Raleigh; Mike W. Mitchell (’86, JD ’89), Raleigh; Arthur W. Orr (’86), Decator, AL; Steve L. Perricone (’91), New York, NY; Vern N. Pike (’58, P ’84, P ’89), Pinehurst; Scott S. Plumridge (’98), Washington, D.C.; Jody Puckett (’70, P ’00), Winston-Salem; B. Lynne Reeder (’79), Wilmington; Mike G. Riley (’81), Arlington, VA; Wade B. Sample (’80, P ’09), Charlotte; David A. Senter Sr. (’81, JD ’84, P ’07, P ’12), Greensboro; Glenn E. Simpson (’78, MBA ’80, P ’09), Singapore; Matt W. Smith (’93), Charlotte; Lisa A. Snodgrass (’95), Atlanta, GA; Jamey T. Spencer Jr. (’97), New York, NY; Fred A. Stone Jr. (’66, P ’04), Charleston, classnotes SC; Janice Kulynych Story (’75), Atlanta, GA, Board of Trustees Liaison; Sarah Young Taylor (’79), Rocky River, OH; Wendell L. Taylor (’95), Alexandria, VA; J. Doug Townsend (’88), Siler City; G. Todd Turner (’95), Raleigh; John M. Vann (’80, P ’12), Bristol, TN; Chris F. Wilson (’94), Winston-Salem.

40 wake forest magazine 1930s David M. Britt (JD ’37) was honored by the N.C. Bar Submission Association Foundation with the establishment of a schol- Guidelines arship. The scholarship will help students in the Wake Wake Forest Magazine welcomes Forest University School of Britt Britt Braswell CLASSNOTES submissions from (’60) Law repay student loans. (JD ’37) (’56, JD’58) alumni. There are three ways to submit information: after 32 years of pharmaceuti- Thomas D. Franklin Jr. (’63, • Standard mail: CLASSNOTES 1940s cal service to physicians in the MS ’67) is semi-retired after editor, Wake Forest Magazine, William C. Byrd Jr. (’47, MD Triad area of North Carolina. 34 years in nonprofit medical P.O. Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC ’50) was a physician in the U.S. He and his wife, Gretchen, research. 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The scholarship Leatherwood LLP in Greens- Winston-Salem, NC. He has head shots only. Photos must be at will help students in the Wake boro, NC. He has been named been included in the 2009 least 2x3 inches at 300 pixels per Forest University School of one of Woodward & White’s edition of Best Lawyers in inch (600 x 900 pixels) Law repay student loans. 2009 Best Lawyers in America. America. Deadlines: Michael Shepherd Greene Donald R. Canady (’56, January 15 for March 2009 issue Ruth Winchester Ware (’61) (’66) reports that his wife, JD ’60) retired in 1993 after April 15 for June 2009 issue practicing law for 33 years presented a paper, “Thomas Ann, passed away on Aug. 22, July 15 for September 2009 issue with Canady Person Britt & Wolfe’s Flu Story: The Death 2008, in Vero Beach, FL. October 15 for December 2009 issue Gurnee in Fayetteville, NC. of Ben,” at the 2008 meeting of He and his wife, Marian, live the Thomas Wolfe Society in Beverly T. Beal (’68, JD ’74, in Myrtle Beach, SC. St. Louis. Her essay, “Thomas P ’93) is a senior resident Wolfe’s Grover Story: Journey superior court judge in Lenoir, Through Grief to Resolution,” NC, and president-elect of the 1960s was published in Vol. 113 of N.C. Conference of Superior John Samuel Braswell III (’60) Short Story Criticism: Criticism Court Judges. He was elected has retired as a senior certi- of the Work of Short Fiction vice president of the N.C. Bar fied medical representative Writers (GALE Press, 2008). Association. www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 41 notes class

Wright Pruitt Richter Crabtree Britt Fredericks Grella (JD ’73) (’76) (’77, JD ’80) (’81, P ’11) (’82, JD/MBA ’86) (’83) (JD ’85)

1970s Bruce Gardner (’75) has “Nation’s Top Benefits Attor- his wife, Donna, have two Lana J. Furr (’71) and her been recognized as a “Super neys” and inducted as a fellow children, Adam (15) and Anna husband, Richard, published Lawyer” in state and federal by the American College of Grace (11). an article, “Signs of an criminal defense by Business Employee Benefits Counsel. Underperforming Board,” in Alabama magazine. Stephen M. Russell Sr. Corporate Board Magazine Jane Cage (’78) is COO of (JD ’80) is with Bell Davis & (September/October 2008). William E. Wheeler (JD ’75) is Heartland Technology Solu- Pitt PA in Winston-Salem, NC. with Wyatt Early Harris tions in Joplin, MO. She was He has been elected president Walter W. Pitt (JD ’71) is with Wheeler LLP in High Point, named one of “The 50 Most of the 21st Judicial District of Bell Davis & Pitt PA in Winston- NC. He received his MALS Powerful Women in the IT the N.C. Bar Association and Salem, NC. He has been in- from UNC-Greensboro and has Channel” by VARBusiness has been included in the 2009 cluded in the 2009 edition of been named one of Business magazine. (www.crn.com/it- edition of Best Lawyers in Best Lawyers in America. North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.” channel/209903827?pgno=2) America.

D. Clark Smith (’72, JD ’75) John W. “Jack” Clark (JD ’76) Robert Hadley Brown (’79) Alan G. Bourque (’81) com- is with Smith Moore Leather- is the Air National Guard retired from the U.S. Air Force pleted his tour in Baghdad wood LLP in Greensboro, NC. assistant to the judge in 2005. He is the senior aero- as chief of anti-terrorism/ He has been named one of advocate general of the U.S. space science instructor for force protection for the Multi- Woodward & White’s 2009 Air Force. He is a major general the Air Force Junior ROTC National Corps Iraq. He is Best Lawyers in America. stationed at the Pentagon. program at Tuscola High director of leadership and School in Waynesville, NC. command instruction at the Bob Graves (’73, P ’97), Dennis John Phillip Pruitt (’76) In 2007 he married Martha U.S. Army War College in Wilson (’73) and Anne Hope served two years as a National Weathers Brown. They have Carlisle, PA. (’75, MA ’78) performed for the Academy of General Dentistry three children: Anna (17), reunion party of the Class of delegate. He is president of Liam (8) and McLain (6). Mark A. Crabtree (’81, P ’11) 1973 during Homecoming. the N.C. Academy of General received the Alumni Star Dentistry. Award from Virginia Common- Mel Wright (JD ’73) is the 1980s wealth University during VCU’s executive director of the N.C. Melvin J. Scales (’76) is vice Carole W. Bruce (JD ’80) is commencement ceremony. He Chief Justice’s Commission on president and director of with Smith Moore Leather- received his doctor of dental Professionalism. He has been global home-based transition wood LLP in Greensboro, NC. surgery there in 1985. selected as chair of the Ameri- services for Right Manage- She has been named one of can Bar Association Standing ment, an outplacement and Woodward & White’s 2009 Leah Durner (’81) has been Committee on Professionalism. career transition organization Best Lawyers in America. named a partner of KPMG in headquartered in Philadelphia. Washington, D.C. David Allen (’74) has retired He and his wife, Yvette, live in Kim W. Gallimore (JD ’80) from the U.S. Army after three Winston-Salem, NC, with their is with Wyatt Early Harris John Dearman Martin (’81) decades and four deploy- daughter, Kelli. Wheeler LLP in High Point, is managing partner of Cran- ments, including Afghanistan NC. He has been elected to fill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in and Iraq. He and his wife, Lucien “Skip” Capone III a three-year term on the N.C. Wilmington, NC. He has been Joan Nelson Allen (’70), have (JD ’77) is general counsel Bar Association Board of named one of the Best one daughter, Melissa. for UNC-Greensboro. He was Governors. Lawyers in America in selected as one of 11 oustand- personal injury and medical R. Michael Wells Sr. (JD ’74, ing citizen lawyers by the N.C. Ed Grant (MAEd ’80) was malpractice defense. P ’04) is with Wells Jenkins Bar Association. an assistant professor of mili- Lucas & Jenkins in Winston- tary science in the U.S. Army Robert L. Wilson Jr. (JD ’81) Salem, NC. He has been Richard Penny (’77) is vice ROTC program at Wake is with Smith Moore Leath- elected to a three-year term chancellor for advancement Forest from 1977-80. He erwood LLP in Raleigh, NC. on the N.C. Bar Association and external relations at the retired from the Army in 1994 He has been named one of Board of Governors. University of Washington, and from the American Red Woodward & White’s 2009 Bothell. He teaches doctoral Cross in 2008. He and his wife Best Lawyers in America. Jim B. Apple (’75, P ’05) is students in Walden Univer- live in Charlotte, NC. chairman and chief executive sity’s Richard W. Riley College Cliff P. Britt (’82, JD/MBA officer of First Citizens Bank of Education and Leadership. Terry Wayne Nall (’80) is ’86) created a scholarship of South Carolina. He was president of Deutsche Bank through the N.C. Bar Associa- elected the 2008/09 chairman Fritz Richter III (’77, JD ’80) Insurance Agency in Atlanta. tion honoring his father, Earl of the board for the Central is a partner with Bass Berry He joined Deutsche Bank and Britt (’56, JD ’58), and his South Carolina Alliance. & Sims in Nashville, TN. He its private wealth manage- uncle, David Britt (JD ’37). was honored as one of the ment division in 2003. He and This scholarship will assist 42 wake forest magazine Legal Aid of North Carolina (JD ’92), have four children: Amy K. Smith (JD ’88) is with 1991 helping students at Wake For- Sydney (9), Thomas (7), Louis Bell Davis & Pitt PA in Winston- Kevin O’Neal Cokley is associ- est University's School of Law (5) and Shelby (2). Salem, NC. She has been ate professor of counseling repay student loans. included in the 2009 edition of psychology at the University of Ed Bonahue (’87) is associate Best Lawyers in America. Texas at Austin. He has been D. Anderson Carmen (JD ’82, vice president for academic elected editor-in-chief of the P ’09) is with Bell Davis & Pitt affairs at Santa Fe College Virginia DuPre (’89) is an Journal of Black Psychology. PA in Winston-Salem, NC. He in Gainesville, FL. He and his art therapist with a private has been included in the 2009 wife, Tina Smith-Bonahue practice in Decatur, GA. She Jacqueline “Jackie” Fernan- edition of Best Lawyers in (’87), have three children. would love to hear from fellow dez (PhD) teaches biology at America. hallmates. Oakton High School in Vienna, Mike Darrow (MBA ’87) is VA. She received the Out- James Fredericks (’83) pub- chief program officer for TAP- H. Michael Lesmeister (’89) standing New Biology Teacher lished his first novel, Brother IN, a program of the American is a national sales manager Achievement Award from the (Bascom Hill, October 2008), a Health Initiative connecting with AmREIT, the investment National Association of Biol- legal thriller set in North Caro- seasoned healthcare profes- division of Real Estate Invest- ogy Teachers. All of the stu- lina. He and his wife and four sionals with volunteer oppor- ment Trust based in Houston. dents in her English as a sec- children live in Fort Worth, TX. tunities in free clinics. He received his MS from ond lauguage class passed the (www.jamesfredericks.com) Oklahoma State University Virginia state biology exam. Frank N. Johnson (’87) was and was admitted to the Phi Her husband, Steve Ritter Bill Wilcox (JD ’83) is with honored by Camp Ridgecrest Kappa Phi honor society. He (PhD ’93), is a senior editor Nexsen Pruet LLC in Greens- Alumni & Friends as the first and his wife, Molly, have one for Chemical and Engineering boro, NC. He has been named recipient of The Frank John- daughter, Jacqueline (3). News in Washington, D.C. one of the “Top Impact Law son Service Award. He lives in Leaders” in the Triad region Winston-Salem, NC. Christin Jarvis Reische (JD David G. Tatem is senior of North Carolina by Business ’89) is general counsel, vice counsel with Jackson Walker Leader Magazine. Jill Lane (’87) has been president and assistant sec- LLP in Houston. appointed dean of the High retary of Cato Corp., head- Karis Ann Cox (’84) is assis- School Academic Program quartered in Charlotte, NC. tant vice president of T. Rowe at the University of North She suspects Professor Alan 1992 Price Associates and T. Rowe Carolina School of the Arts in Palmiter is surprised her con- Carey Ance Aquilina (JD) is Price Investment Services. She Winston-Salem. She has been centration is in corporate law, in-house counsel for Tuscarora lives in Baltimore. interim dean since 2006. but wants to thank him for en- Title Corp. in Leesburg, VA. couraging her even when she She and her husband, Thomas Mark Hicks (’84) was promoted John “Jay” Waters (’87) is messed up a simple corporate Carl Aquilina (’86, MD ’90), to colonel in the U.S. Army a lieutenant colonel in the structure question. have four children: Sydney and selected for the Army U.S. Army working at Senior (9), Thomas (7), Louis (5) and War College and Brigade Leader Development. He and Leigh Waller Taylor (’89) is a Shelby (2). Command. He and his wife, his family relocated to Wash- vice president for CoBank in Susan Gough Hicks (’83), live ington, D.C., after five years Castle Rock, CO. April Sauer (MBA) and a in Colorado. in Italy. His Army unit partici- partner opened the Center for pated in the 64th anniversary Charlot F. Wood (JD ’89) is Modern Vein and Skin Care, a G. Edward Story (’84, P ’12) of the D-Day Landings in with Bell Davis & Pitt PA in medi-spa, in Chicago. has been named senior vice Normandy with battlefield Winston-Salem, NC. She has president, general counsel visits, ceremonies and multi- been included in the 2009 1993 and corporate secretary of national re-enactments of the edition of Best Lawyers in David Blackshear is IT direc- RTI International in Research airborne assault. He says it America. tor for the Cummins’ Rocky Triangle Park, NC. was the most awesome event Mount Engine Plant. His wife, in his 21 years of military 1990 Jacquie Piasecki, is a part- Thomas C. Grella (JD ’85) is service. time teller for RBC. They have chair of the management Lisa Joines (MD ’96) is a pediatrician at ABC Pediatric one daughter, Sadie (8), and committee of McGuire Wood W. Alexander Audilet (JD ’88) live in Nashville, NC. & Bissette PA in Asheville, NC. is with Smith Moore Leather- Clinic LLC in Cullman, AL. He has been elected to a wood LLP in Greensboro, NC. Ryan Greene completed his three-year term on the He has been named one of Ricky Proehl and his wife, Kelly Proehl, opened residency in otolaryngology, American Bar Association’s Woodward & White’s 2009 head and neck surgery, at House of Delegates. Best Lawyers in America. Proehlific Park Youth Sports Complex in Greensboro, NC, the University of Illinois at where kids can learn the Chicago. He has accepted a Ben McDonald (’85) was pro- Susan Bramlett Epps (’88) is fellowship in facial plastic and moted to colonel in the U.S. the faculty athletic represen- power of play and the skills to succeed. After a 17-year reconstructive surgery at the Army Reserve. He received his tative at East Tennessee State University of Miami. master’s of strategic studies University in Johnson City, TN. career in the NFL, he fulfilled from the Army War College. a dream. Kelly also owns a Juice Plus+, a whole food Paxton Helms is a partner in Amy Scherr Reichardt (’88) a small commercial real estate Thomas Carl Aquilina (’86, attended the final night of the nutrition business. (www. proehlificpark.com) development firm on Capitol MD ’90) is senior medical Democratic National Conven- Hill in Washington. He and his director for MedImmune in tion at Mile High Stadium. wife, Mary, have one daugh- Gaithersburg, MD. He and his She lives in Denver. ter, Annabel (1). wife, Carey Ance Aquilina

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class Laningham (JD ’96) is with Margaret Feinberg published Smith Moore Leatherwood a book, The Sacred Echo LLP in Greensboro, NC. She (Zondervan). She has been received the Andrew C. Hecker named one of Charisma Award from the Federation of magazine’s “30 Emerging Defense and Corporate Coun- Voices” who will lead the sel for her outstanding article church in the next decade. Lord Soule Robertson Beelendorf in the FDCC Quarterly Law She is a national speaker at (JD ’99) (’99) (’01) (MBA ’02) Review (Marquette University retreats, conferences and School of Law). She has been events. She has written more named one of Woodward & than two dozen books and Brian W. Paitsel (MD ’04) managed care organization in White’s 2009 Best Lawyers in Bible studies and lives in has completed his residency Medford, MA. America. Morrison, CO, with her in anesthesiology. He is an husband, Leif. (www. instructor at Wake Forest Uni- 1999 margaretfeinberg.com) versity Baptist Medical Center 1994 and is pursuing a fellowship in K. Leigh Hamm Forell re- ceived her PhD in curriculum David T. Gortner (MA) is Christopher Leonard (JD ’99) obstetrical anesthesiology. and instruction with a concen- director of doctor of ministry is chief operating officer for tration in language and literacy programs and professor of My Rewards, created after studies from the University of evangelism and congrega- Image Products of Wilmington, 1998 Zachary Bancroft (JD) is with Texas at Austin. tional leadership at Virginia NC, acquired Furnace Giltner Lowndes Drosdick Doster Theological Seminary in Alex- & Associates of Austin, TX. Kantor & Reed PA in Orlando, Tywanda “Ty” Lord (JD) is a andria, VA. He is an Episcopal He and his wife Laura, daugh- FL. He was admitted to the partner practicing in the intel- priest and a developmental ter Emma, and son Jack, live in U.S. District Court, Southern lectual property department psychologist. He published his Wilmington, NC. first book, Transforming Evan- District of Florida and the with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP in Northern District Court. Atlanta. gelism (Church Publishing). E. Mark Young is an associate He and his wife, Heather, have in the litigation practice group Rachel Childs Durant (MAEd Erica Rohifing Lyall is associ- two daughters, Cassie (5) and of Benesch in Cleveland. Miriam (3). ’99) teaches English at North ate director of planned giving Henderson High School in in the advancement office at Glynn Servy is pursuing a PhD 1997 Hendersonville, NC. She has Wake Forest. in Hispanic linguistics with a Wendy Bartlett has taught been named the 2008-09 minor in French literature at math at Parkland High School Henderson County Teacher William S. Myers (MD) owns the University of Georgia. He in Winston-Salem, NC, for 10 of the Year. She and her an urgent care practice, River teaches beginning Italian to years. She received the Mar- husband, Hale, are expecting Oaks Clinic, in Decatur, AL. undergraduates. cellus E. Waddill Excellence in their first child. Teaching Award for alumni at Jeremy Noel has been named Wake Forest’s Opening Dennis Robert Glendenning manager of interactive media 1995 Convocation. (MBA) has published a second at The SportsOneSource Jocelyn Gilmour Brummett book, IIS 7 Professional (Wrox Group in Charlotte, NC. owns Jocelyn G. Brummett, Sean A.B. Cole (JD) has joined Publishing, 2008), which he CPA, PC in Holly Springs, NC. the major injury group of the dedicated to his twins, Jessica Richard Osborne is a member She and her husband, Joe, Law Offices of James Scott Claire and Nicolas Jones. He of the American Institute of have two sons, Logan (5) and Farrin in Durham, NC. and his wife, Melissa, live in Certified Planners and is the Leith (2). Cleveland. city planner in Cartersville, Josh Itzoe is a principal of GA. He and his wife, Carolee, Molly Hughes was art direc- Greenspring Wealth Man- Eboni S. Nelson is an assis- have a daughter, Emma (3). tor on the Harry Potter film, agement in Towson, MD. He tant professor of law at the “Harry Potter and the Deathly published a book, Fixing the University of South Carolina Joshua Otten and a friend Hallows,” in London. 401(k): What Fiduciaries Must School of Law in Columbia. have opened J. Willott Gallery Know (And Do) To Help She received the John Tem- in Palm Desert, CA. (www. Christine E. Keeley is an Employees Retire Successfully. pleton Foundation Academic jwillott.com) independent accounting He and his wife, Jessica, have Scholarship Award from the consulting contractor with two children, Caleb and Lydia. Pacific Legal Foundation. Her Mimi E. Soule is an associate Monaghan Group in Winston- article, “Examining the Costs in the labor and employment Salem, NC. Roberta B. King (JD ’02) of Diversity,” focuses on equal practice group of SZD Wicker, is with Bennett & Guthrie education opportunities for the North Carolina office of Kevin M. Middleton is an PLLC in Winston-Salem, NC. minority students in elemen- Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, in assistant professor in the She received the Charles F. tary and secondary schools. Raleigh, NC. department of biology at Blanchard Outstanding Young California State University San Lawyer Award from the Young Sarah Tollison is with the 2000 Bernardino. Lawyers Division of the N.C. Defazio Law Office in Jackson, Faisal Allazzam (LLM) man- Bar Association. She has been WY. ages the Allazzam Law Office Marc Xavier Sneed (JD ’98) is chosen to serve as a repre- in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. an assistant attorney general sentative to the American Bar Laura Wood (MBA) is direc- in the tort claims section of Association Young Lawyers tor of provider marketing the N.C. Department of Division for 2008-10. and member relations with Justice in Raleigh, NC. Network Health, a nonprofit 44 wake forest magazine Michael T. Butcher (MS) Hyo Ahn “John” Sung (LLM) Yoriko Sakai (LLM) completed organization fostering interest received his PhD from is a representative director another LLM in intellectual in public service, charity and Clemson University. He is an of IntelligenceLink Corp., an property from the Yeshiva politics in the next generation assistant professor of biologi- international consulting firm in University Cardozo School of of leaders. cal sciences at Youngstown Seoul, South Korea. Law in New York. State University in Ohio, Tomoko Nakajima (LLM) is an where he conducts research in Carrie Garretson Vey is Ty Webb received his MBA attorney with Rader Fishman comparative biomechanics. completing her final year of from the Duke University & Grauer PLLC in Washington, family medicine residency Fuqua School of Business. D.C. She works in trademarks, Brian Joseph Chapuran (JD) at Halifax Health in Daytona He and his wife, Amy Rueth patents, copyrights, litigation has returned to active duty in Beach, FL. She was selected Webb (’03), and son, Asher, and dispute resolution and the U.S. Army Judge Advocate chief resident and received the live in Franklin, TN. trade secrets. General’s Corps. He is pursuing American Academy of Family an LLM in military law at the U.S. Physician Award for Excellence Kirk Wedekind received his Ryan Newton completed his Army JAG Legal Center and in Graduate Medical Education. master’s in magazine journal- master’s in psychology from School in Charlottesville, VA. ism from the University of Southern Connecticut State Xinyi “Sunny” Wu (LLM, MSA Oregon and is a Web writer University. After a month of Adrian Lee Greene (MA ’08) ’04) is the legal and commer- for the Institute of Food and training in Changsha, he is is pursuing a PhD at UNC- cial manager of MAN Turbo Agricultural Science at the teaching English for a year Chapel Hill. He and his wife, Trading Co. Ltd., an equip- University of Florida. He had a at a secondary school in Melissa Painter, live in High ment manufacturer of turbo photography show sponsored Hunan Province, China, as a Point, NC. machinery in Shanghai, China. by the Cummer Museum of WorldTeach volunteer. Art in Jacksonville and oc- Conor McGowan completed casionally contributes to the Eve Tannery is morning anchor his PhD in fisheries and wildlife 2002 North Florida News Daily. at WFMZ-TV in Allentown, PA. science at the University of Rehana Abbas received her Missouri. He is a research MBA from the Yale University Tracy Herrmann Teel is an associate for Jim Nichols (’71) School of Management. She is 2003 associate with Mercer Invest- at the U.S. Geological Survey manager for annual giving at Ralph Daigneault (JD) is gen- ment Consulting in Atlanta Patuxent Wildlife Research the Fine Arts Museums of San eral counsel and deputy chief and a chartered financial Center. He and his wife, Cate Francisco. of staff for Lockard & White, a analyst. She and her husband, Calhoun McGowan, and their telecommunications firm. His Ryan, live in Marietta, GA. daughter, Eva (2), live in Mary- Doug Beelendorf (MBA) wife, Melissa Daigneault (JD), land. has been named a partner at is an assistant professor in the McGladrey & Pullen LLP in construction science depart- 2004 Greensboro, NC. He and his ment at Texas A&M University. Jonathan W. Holley received 2001 wife, Kim, have two sons, They have two children, his MS in biology from the Klemens Keferboeck (LLM) is Davis and Noah. Connor (2) and Carolina Grace College of William and Mary. associate general counsel of (3 mos), and live in College He is a consultant for Williams- Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik, Amy Chastain-Moore (PhD) Station, TX. burg Environmental Group in a brand-independent engineer- is a postdoctoral fellow in Williamsburg, VA. ing and manufacturing partner cancer research at Vanderbilt Scott Eldridge (JD) is with to automakers, in Austria. University Medical Center in Miller Canfield Paddock & Ammar Jastaniah (LLM) is Nashville, TN. She has been Stone PLC in Lansing, MI. with AAJ Law Firm in Jeddah, Katherine O’Brien is pursuing named manager of research He has been named one of Saudi Arabia. He established a master’s in curriculum and programs at the Georgia Michigan Super Lawyer’s the Executives for Train- instruction at the University of Cancer Coalition. Rising Stars for 2008. ing Firm, a consulting firm Texas at Austin and is teaching for training programs in the fourth-grade bilingual classes Dominic Pasquale Del Re Benjamin D. Hill (MA) has Middle East in law, finance, at Becker Elementary School. received a PhD in biomedical a postdoctoral fellowship in economics, accounting, She received the Marcellus E. sciences from the University clinical neuropsychology at insurance and management Waddill Excellence in Teaching of California, San Diego. the Alpert Medical School skills development. Award for alumni at Wake of Brown University in Forest’s Opening Convocation. Wei “Joy” Huang (LLM) is Providence, RI. Gus Kryder is pursuing an MBA legal counsel with Otis at Thunderbird School of Glob- Pollyanna Rhee was named Elevator Limited in China. Katherine Houle works in al Management. He and his an NY1 “New Yorker of the development and asset wife, Kimberly Storer Kryder Week” for her work as a Michelle Moseley works in management of multifamily (’02), live in Glendale, AZ. project coordinator with interdenominational Christian housing programs with the Architecture for Humanity ministry in the Triad with U.S. Department of Housing Manuel Moctezuma (LLM) is New York overseeing the Campus Crusade for Christ. and Urban Development in a senior associate at Gonzalez design and construction of a Fellow Deacs interested in the Portland, OR. Calvillo SC in Mexico City. medical clinic in a Manhattan ministry may contact her. Homeless Shelter. ([email protected]) John Martinez is with Bruno Soares (LLM) trans- Lowndes Drosdick Doster ferred from the Rio de Ja- Alston Robertson has joined Emerson C. Moser (JD) is Kantor & Reed PA in Orlando, neiro law office to the Sao the real estate firm of NORCOM assistant general counsel of FL. He has been appointed Paulo, Brazil, office of Villemor Properties in Charlotte, NC. General Cable Corp., an inter- to the board of directors of Trigueiro e Advogados The company’s president is national manufacturing com- the Frederick Leadership Associates. Thomas E. Norman (’66). pany, in Highland Heights, KY. Initiative, a Central Florida www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 45 notes

class Deacon Agent Man

Lance Young (’98) is an up-and-comer in the sports agent business.

By Scott Holter

nyone who had the opportunity to watch Lance AYoung play for his high school basketball team in the early nineties most likely would have bet his/her life savings that the Greensboro, N.C., native had no chance to make a living from professional basketball. Lance Young (center) with Rudy Gay (left), forward for the “I was 6-foot-1, with a 20-inch vertical jump,” he Memphis Grizzlies, and former Deacon Chris Paul (right), remembers. guard for the New Orleans Hornets. Still, those people would have lost. At 34, Young (’98) is living what is close to a National Basketball Association life. He’s a regular at NBA All- “This is one of the most competitive fields that I can Star games and attends playoff series. He dropped by imagine,” Young says. “There are 500 registered agents the Summer Olympics in Beijing. He hobnobs with vying for about 45 to 60 players that will be selected well-known professional players, monitors game action in the next NBA draft. But we do it the old school way. collegiately and travels the world watching current and We don’t break rules. We don’t pay anybody. We work potential clients. through coaches and parents.” Meet Lance Young, professional basketball agent, That was Young’s playbook for building a relationship whose clients include former Wake Forest and current with Chris Paul during Paul’s All-American sophomore New Orleans Hornets’ point-guard Chris Paul ('07). season in Winston-Salem. Traveling to various Atlantic “The best part of my job is obvious,” says Young, Coast Conference venues that winter, Young met Paul’s who represents about 15 players for the internationally father at a game in Virginia. It wasn’t until February, a renowned Octagon agency. “I get to watch basketball month before the end of the college season, that he would games and get paid for it.” first make contact with the player. Young had no hint that such a profession could fall “Luckily Chris decided to jump from college to into his lap. A walk-on golfer at Wake Forest, he was a the NBA,” says Young of what has become his most roommate of Ray Floyd Jr., son of the former U.S. Open recognizable and successful client to date. “He has great and Masters winner, a relationship that allowed Young parents and comes from a very close-knit family. It’s been to run in elite circles—even after graduation when he a wonderful relationship.” worked in golf industry sales. Young attended the 20th wedding anniversary of “I knew I didn’t want to do that the rest of my life,” Paul’s parents. He helped Paul execute Chris Paul Young says, “and once when I played golf with (former Winston-Salem weekend, which includes a basketball NFL wide receiver and current broadcaster) Ahmad clinic for kids. He followed the guard and his New Rashad and (Boston Celtics’ head coach) Doc Rivers, they Orleans team throughout their successful playoff run last suggested I get into the agent business.” spring (which included a seven-game series against San Turns out, an ex-teammate at Wake Forest had already Antonio and former Wake Forest star Tim Duncan (’97), caught on with Octagon. When Young learned the a one-time freshmen dormitory mate of Young). And, agency was looking for a blossoming agent, he nailed the best of all, he helped the 23-year-old Paul earn a contract opportunity, moving to Washington, D.C., and learned extension with the Hornets last summer that is estimated the ropes from the company’s founder, Jeff Austin. at $68 million over three years. That was 2002 and Young hit the ground running, Paul’s teammate David West is also represented by preparing letters and recruiting books, making phone Young, as is Memphis Grizzlies’ forward Rudy Gay, calls and helping Austin to close deals. Two things were an All-American with the University of Connecticut in his favor: the name Octagon allowed Young to get his in 2005. But Young’s list of clients does not stop at the foot in many a door, and his age, 27, gave prospective NBA’s doorstep. There are a dozen former collegiate clients a reason to take him seriously. players sprinkled throughout Europe, including two

46 wake forest magazine former Wake Forest standouts: center Kyle Visser (’07), R. Michael Wells Jr. (JD) Chris Shepherd is a first-year currently in Germany, and guard Justin Gray (’06), is an associate with Wells medical student at the who’s playing in the Czech Republic. Jenkins Lucas & Jenkins in Georgetown School of Medi- Winston-Salem, NC. He has cine in Washington, D.C. Catering to a client’s needs and showing support for been selected to serve on the his career are part of Young’s job description, and part N.C. Bar Association Young S’Thembiso “Tim” Tembe of the reason he spends two and a half to three weeks Lawyers Division Law and (LLM) is a law researcher at each month on the road during the November to May Aging Committee, and the the Cape High Court in Cape Membership and Networking Town, South Africa. basketball season. He could be in North Carolina’s Committee. basketball triangle one week and in Turkey, Italy or 2006 Belgium the next. 2005 Marla DuMont is a Humanitas “It can seem glamorous, but it’s really a 24/7 job,” Samuel Chacon (LLM) is pursu- Prize Student Drama Fellow- Young says. “I have to be ready to take a phone call at ing an MBA at his alma mater, ship finalist for the David & Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo Lynn Angell Fellowship in midnight, to react and help a client. Even when I’m on de México in Mexico City. Comedy Writing for heroes in vacation, which is rare, I’ve got the laptop going. There “The Cure.” are times my girlfriend wants to take my Blackberry Edward James “Trip” Coyne III (JD) completed his second Ayca Konuralp (LLM) is an at- and throw it in the water.” term clerking for the N.C. torney with Degirmenci Hukuk Young says the worst part of the job is losing a Business Court. He is a litiga- Bürosu in Turkey. player to another agent after getting to know him tion associate with Williams and his family. And because agents basically work on Mullen in Wilmington, NC. Mariya Orlyk (LLM) has been admitted to the Ukrainian day-to-day contracts with their clients, another agent Jamie Dean is pursuing his School of Political Studies, can swoop down and steal away any current client, as JD/MBA at Wake Forest. administered by the Council happened with another former Wake Forest player, He was a member of the U.S. of Europe and intended to crew team that won the silver form a new political elite in Josh Howard (’03), whom Young represented when medal in rowing at the 2008 the Ukraine. Howard first made the jump to the NBA. Paralympics in Beijing. The fondness for Wake Forest goes back long before Kharisma Perwiro (LLM) is Robert Finley worked as a an associate with Soewito Young’s 1995-98 student years. With his parents, Kyle fisherman on Little Corn Suhardiman Eddymurthy (’65, MA ’69) and Caroline (’69) Young, he became a Island, an area of about 200 Kardono, Indonesian legal Deacon rooter at an early age, through the Carl Tacy people on the Caribbean side consultants in Jakarta. He years and into Dave Odom’s tenure. of Nicaragua. He is part owner practices general corporate of Anastasia’s on the Sea, a and investment law. In 2007, he became part of an unexpected reunion hotel on Great Corn Island. brought on by the sudden death of then-basketball (www.cornislandparadise.com) Samir Anupam Shah (PhD) coach Skip Prosser. “That was tough on all of us in the is a pharmaceutical scientist Kimberly A. Heffernan is for Schering-Plough and Wake Forest family,” Young says. “Chris played for senior manager, associate volunteers for the Springfield, him, and Skip coached at Xavier when David West was relations, at the Health Indus- NJ, First Aid Squad. there. The program has gone through a lot, and Ron try Distributors Association, an international medical products Marcus R. Teague (MBA) Wellman continues to do an amazing job.” association in Washington, D.C. has been named regional Living in the nation’s capital and having ties to the engineering director within Atlantic Coast Conference, Young’s career should Kristin Hibner is pursuing a generation engineering at remain closely tied to the Wake Forest program. But degree in marketing at the Duke Energy. He lives in University of Texas at Austin Terrell, NC. even with just a decade in the business, he can already McCombs School of Business. see a light at the end of a long tunnel. 2007 “I have a goal to retire when I turn 50, which will be Hiroshi Kishimoto (LLM) is manager of the legal depart- Ameed Anani (LLM) is a about 25 years in the profession,” he says. “On the way ment at Sumitomo Chemical founder and senior partner there, I’d like to still be an agent, but maybe not travel Co. in Tokyo. of Ittqan Consulting Services, deputy director of the legal so much, have some time to have my own family, and Christopher J. Magiera department of Cairo Amman bring young guys in like I was so I can pass the torch.” advanced to the finals of Bank and a part-time lecturer Operalia, Plácido Domingo’s in the law department of Scott Holter is a freelance writer based in Seattle. World Opera Competition. Birzeit University in Palestine.

Saud Rahman (MD) has been Mohamad Basam (LLM) is a appointed the 2008-09 chief law professor at the Institute resident in the department of Public Administration in Saudi Arabia. of pathology at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia Campus in Richmond, VA. www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 47 notes

Marriages Lebbonee D. Price (’00) and The wedding party included

class Tad D. Kittredge. 8/31/08 in Meghan Elizabeth Chandler Mary Beth Magee (’89) and Cary, NC. They live in San (’04), Allen Forrester Hobbs Adam Smiley. 4/12/08 in Atlanta. Francisco. The wedding party (’02), Lawson White Jenkins included the bride’s sister, (’04), Sean Kirk Jenkins (’01), Amity Lynne Borck (’92) and LeShawndra Price (’95), and Kelsie Jean Johnson (’04), Brent Charles Dey. 5/3/08 in Julie Hiester Foster (’00). Molly Mercedes McInerney Atlanta, where they live. (’04), David Chase McKenzie Bradbury Karli Mae Schilling (’00) and (’02), Mary Ellen Moffett (’04), (’08) Whitney Fishburn (’95) and Jon Charles Strohl. 7/5/08 in John Bowen Walker (’02) and Robert Martin. 6/7/08 in Char- Philadelphia. They live in New- Katherine Baxter Young (’04). lotte, NC, where they live. The Victor Manzano (LLM) is a town, PA. The wedding party wedding party included Tami senior associate with Gardere, included Lauren Hook (’00, Kimberly Michelle Radford Heidinger Boineau (’94), Kelly Arena y Asociados SC, work- MSA ’01) and Anne Shropshire (’02) and Jamal Henderson. Fishburn Wendel (’02) and ing with Nokia in their Mexico Shoemaker (’00). 8/9/08 in Atlanta. They live in Kathy Hines Williams (’95). City offices. He is in charge of New York. The wedding party the company’s affairs in Latin Christopher Trebilcock (JD included Yemi Adegbonmire Kevin M. Middleton (’95) America, Spain and Portugal. ’00) and Susan Duerr. 6/7/08 (’00, JD ’05), Brad Comer (’02), and Elizabeth King. 8/23/08 in in Charlevoix, MI. They live in Katie Kubic Comer (’02), Amelia Island, FL. They live in Hanne Nyheim (LLM) is an Royal Oak, MI. Vanessa Gatewood (’02), Riverside, CA. associate in the offshore, ship- Lauren Hamilton (’02), ping and energy group with Steven J. Antini (JD ’01) and Georgina Iyamu (’02), Camille Liz McMahon (’96) and Jason the law firm of Simonsen Amy Marie Olson. 8/9/08 in Lee (’02), Jennifer McBride Nabi. 5/10/08 in Charlottes- Advokatfirma in Norway. Raleigh, NC. They live in Cary, (’02), Syreeta Norwood (’02), ville, VA. The wedding party NC. Jamal Seale (’02) and Stephanie included Lisa Letke (’97). Walker F. Saik (MSA) is with Marshall Thompson (’02). Ernst & Young in New Orleans. Phil Coleman (’01) and Sarah Jennifer L. Woods (’96) and He was among 10 candidates Curtis (’03). 7/12/08 in Vail, Kimberly Layne Storer (’02) Alan F. Zidek. 8/31/08 in Little earning the highest cumulative CO. They live in Denver. and Christian August “Gus” Rock, AR. scores on all four sections of The wedding party included Kryder (’04). 8/9/08 in the 2007 Uniform CPA Exami- Stephanie Lynn Bolton (’03) Saratoga, WY. They live in Kimberly M. McClintic (’97) nation. He won the American and Kyle Bradford Jones (’03). Glendale, AZ. The wedding and Jeffrey Sowa. 4/14/07 Institute of Certified Public party included Evan Hood in Lakeland, FL. They live in Accountant’s Elijah Watt Sells Alexander Bradley Cregan (’02, MSA ’03), Kristin Fisher Winston-Salem, NC. The wed- Award. (’01) and Emily Elizabeth Koop (’02) and Rebecca Ham ding party included Amanda Blank (’01). 9/6/08 in Marble- Ormsbee (’02). Crane Campbell (’97), Heather head, MA. They live in 2008 Cowan (’97) and Ellen Gores Annapolis, MD. The wedding Laura Hart Weems (’02) and Elizabeth D. Bradbury is a Lewis (’97). party included Jack Farver Hampton Drew Dayton (’03). communications specialist for (’01), Will Godfrey (’01), Sean 6/21/08 in St. Mary’s City, MD. Genesco in Nashville, TN. Virginia Taylor Cox (’98) and Jenkins (’01), Anna Schultz The wedding party included Joseph Robert Clarke Delaney. Kelly (’01) and John Rock (’01). Georgina Iyamu (’02), Erin Tetyana Budyakova (LLM) 8/16/08 in Blowing Rock, NC. Abercrombie Jones (’02), Jax is an intern with the Chicago They live in Berkeley, CA. George E. Faithful III (’01) Landfried (’02) and Ricky Perez Climate Exchange in Chicago. and Enelia Valbuena. 7/19/08 (’03). Stefani Loree Wedl (’98) and in St. Louis. The wedding William N. Burke has joined Darren Schulte. 9/20/08 in party included Woody Giles Chris York (’02) and Kristin the faculty of The Pennington Sonoma, CA. They live in San (’03), George Kayiales (’02) Diodati (’03). 5/10/08 in New School in Pennington, NJ. Francisco. and Aaron Miller (’02). Hope, PA. They live in Char- lotte, NC. The wedding party Clint Morse (JD) has joined Scott Alvey (’99) and Brantley Kari Lynn Meyer (’01) and included Jessica Adams (MBA Brooks Pierce McLendon DuBose (’02). 10/11/08 in Brett Andrew Cook. 3/8/08 in ’08), Matthew Lindberg (’02) Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Charleston, SC. They live in Palos Verde, CA. They live in and Emily Otto (’03). Greensboro, NC. New York City. The wedding Pasedena, CA. party included Staci Beamer Danielle Lynne Binder (’03) Kristen Price (JD) is an associ- (’02), Rachel Yarmey Bremer Elizabeth Ann Robie (’01) and and Ronald Kent Passingham. ate practicing bankruptcy law (’02), Michael Cottet (’99), James Evans Perdue. 5/24/08 7/26/08 in Raleigh, NC, where with Poyner & Spruill LLP in Jorge Guigou (’99), Megan in Clemmons, NC. They live they live. The wedding party Rocky Mount, NC. Carr Henry (’02), Brian in Advance, NC. The wedding included Alison Morrow Kelleher (’99), Lauren Kostinas party included Heidi Fulp (’01). Abrahamsen (’03), Pamela Yoshihiro Sakamoto (LLM) is (’03), Kelley Gately Ripp (’02), Leigh Bardong (’04), Kimberly an intern at Schiff Harden LLP Amanda Bell Shailendra (’02) Kelly Abbott (’02) and Ben Joy Holmes (’03, MD ’08), in New York City. and Greg Stone (’99). Liebermann. 9/6/08 in Cary, Jennifer Lee Needham (’03) and NC. They live in Garner, NC. Lauren Louise Secatore (’03). Lu Zhang (LLM) is with King Sara Elizabeth Hunt (’00) and & Wood in Beijing, which is Zachary Arens. 7/26/08 in Earl Bryson Powell (’02) and Benjamin D. Hill (MA ’03) and where she worked as an intern. Davis Chapel at Wake Forest. Lauren Marie Kniola (’04). Danielle A. Bellotte. 7/4/08 in The wedding party and guests 8/23/08 in New Canaan, CT. Baton Rouge, LA. They live in included Dee Anna Clarke They live in Durham, NC. Providence, RI. (’00) and Emma Claggett (’00). 48 wake forest magazine Mark G. Maffett (’03, MSA (’04), Anna Groos Saunders McCarthy (’06), Katy Talley Births/Adoptions ’04) and Jacqueline E. Young (’04) and Matthew Stedman (’06), Michelle Van Duyne (’07) (’05). 7/19/08 in St. Louis. White (MD ’08). and Christopher Vellano (’06). Laura Woodford Miller (’86) They live in Durham, NC. The and Ken Miller, Glen Burnie, wedding party included Chris- Stephen Gerald Songy (’04) Justin Franklin Brown (’06) MD: a daughter, Rebecca tine Simpson Baxter (’05), and Kimberly Marie Baker and Katherine Victoria Marie. 10/18/07. She joins Chris Casciano (’05), Adam (’04). 8/2/08 in Atlanta. They Cardwell (’06). 1/19/08 in her brothers, Alex (6) and Delahanty (’03), Meredith live in Nashville, TN. The Charleston, SC. The wedding Matthew (3). Jones (JD ’09), Adam Rutledge wedding party included party included Katie Chinlund (’03), Alan Susi (’04) and Tif- Michael Blake Drexler (’04), (’06), Ben Gibson (’06) and Leigh Waller Taylor (’89) and fany Thompson (’05, MSA ’06). Claire Crotzer Enick (’04), Brett Turner (’06). Ric Taylor, Castle Rock, CO: a Scott Graham Francis (’04, daughter, Zoe Louise. 7/5/08. Katherine Kennedy Niemiec MSA ’05, MBA ’06), Elizabeth Richard Gaut (’06, MAEd ’08) She joins her brother, Zachary (’03) and Kevin Richard Van Welsh Hill (’04), Margaret and Megan McCormick (’06, Evans (4). Lenten. 8/8/08 in Whitehouse Cobetto Lacy (’04), Christo- MD ’11). 7/5/08 in Wait Chapel. Station, NJ. They live in Nut- pher Newton Mason (’04), They live in Winston-Salem, Kimberly Powell Crapse ley, NJ. The wedding party Morgan Hunter Rogers (’04) NC. The groom’s mother is (’90) and Bruce R. Crapse, included Kristen O’Kane (’03) and Taylor Harrison Stair (’04). Donna Booth Gaut (’78). Rob Aiken, SC: a son, Ryan Powell. and Courtney Scanlin (’03). James (’06) and Rebecca Hart- 3/15/08 Randy Gray (’05) and Rox- zog, associate chaplain at Wake Joseph W. Bennett (’04) anne Dutia. 7/25/08 in Flo- Forest, officiated. The wedding Lisa Joines (’90, MD ’96) and and Nathalie R. Davis (’05). rham Park, NJ. They live in party included Greg Aikens William S. Myers (MD ’99), 10/27/07 in Asheville, NC. New York. The wedding party (’06), Nick Catanese (’08), Cat Cullman, AL: adopted a son, They live in Charleston, SC. included Courtney Hill (’06) Keen Hock (’05), Chad Lorent- Samuel Monroe. 4/9/08 The wedding party included and Christopher Malach (’06). zen (MAEd ’08), Will Schwartz Greg Aikens (’06), Ryan (’08) and Matt Ulan (’06, MSA ’07). James W. Mangels (’90) Estes (’02), Laura Smith Gilllis Kevin Earl Henderson (MBA and Andrea L. Mangels, (’04), Marcum Gillis (’04, MD ’05) and Rashanna Monique Christopher Michael Lough Cockeysville, MD: adopted a ’08), Adrianna Henson (’05), Kirkland. 8/30/08 in Charlotte, (’06) and Laura Elizabeth daughter, Rosa Lynn. 8/18/08 Ali Hoffman (’07), Meredith NC, where they live. Bullins (’07). 7/19/08 in Ronda, Laughridge (’04), Carolynn NC. The bride is the daughter David Young (’90) and Kelly Gebo Majak (’04), Kris Majak Michael Robert Horvath II of Jan and Spencer Bullins (’73). Myler Young, Chapel Hill, NC: (’04), Dusty McLeod (’04), (’05, MS ’07) and Sarah a son, James Rye. 1/14/08. He Claire Sellner (’06) and Anna Elizabeth Guthrie (’05). Samir Anupam Shah (PhD joins his sister, Myla (2). Zink St. Amand (’07). 5/10/08 in Ferguson, NC. ’06) and Jennifer Melissa Holt. The wedding party included 7/26/08 in Greensboro, NC. James “Jimmy” W. Carter Jr. Elizabeth Celeste (’04) and Hannah Lea Guthrie (’07) and They live in Springfield, NJ. (’91) and Allison Carter, John Woodruff. 6/26/08 in Andrea Leutz Roberts (’05). Atlanta: a daughter, Blair Logan, OH. The wedding Wes Bodenhamer (’07) and Banks. 6/26/08 party included Katherine Lee Jennifer Marie Peden (’05) Carley Hartz (’07). 5/24/08 in (’04) and Leah Romond (’03). and David Alan Wadley (’06). Clemmons, NC. They live in Gina Hodge Collins (’91, PA 6/21/08 in Asheville, NC. The Irmo, SC. The wedding party ’93) and Edward M. Collins III Matthew Todd Cline (’04) and wedding party included included Ralph Davidson- (MBA ’00), Greensboro, NC: Meghan Elizabeth Claffey Amanda Archer (’05), Mallory Palmer (’06), Eric Johnson a son, Brady Flynn. 7/26/08. (’04). 8/11/07 in Winston- Barber (’05), Meghan Costello (’07), Lindsay Kalota (’07, MSA He joins his sister, Hannah (3). Salem, NC. The wedding party (’05, MSA ’06), Liz Heritage (’05, ’08) and Jason Wilford (’07). included Pam Bardong (’04), MD ’09), Ted Janis (’06), Greg Brittain Callahan Ellison (’91) Jason Boehmig (’04), Jessica Taylor (’06) and Nate Witmer (’06). Jackie Malecki (’07) and Colin and Chuck Ellison, Charlotte, Keim (’04), Sarah Kimball (’04), McConville. 6/7/08 in New NC: a son, Thomas Branch. Britta Kocak (’04), Anna Lock Charlotte B. White (’05) and Jersey. The wedding party 7/10/08 He joins his sister, (’04), Emily Anderson Payne Andrew W. Preston (’06, included Emily Keeley (’06) Anna (3). (’04), Jennifer Pinkard (’04) and MSA ’06). 9/27/08 in Washing- and Jessica Wiseman (’07). Shelby Strayer Roberts (’04). ton, D.C., where they live. Lynnette McCall Beadle (’92) Father Jude DeAngelo Stuart J. Moore (MDiv ’07) and Bob Beadle, Wake Forest, Christina Ellen (’04) and officiated. The wedding party and Amy M. West (MDiv ’08). NC: a daughter, Anna Cecilia. Andrew Del Gaizo. 10/4/08 in included Jill Bader (’05), Kevin 6/21/08 in Hayes, VA. They 11/9/07. She joins her sister, Charleston, SC. They live in Everson (’05), Julia Koplewski live in San Leandro, CA. Will Sophie (2). Atlanta. (’05) and James Query (’05). Eads (MDiv ’08) officiated. The wedding party included Azure Amy Elizabeth Chance Buck- Kendra Kathleen Martin (’04, Sarah Anderson (’06) and Covington (MDiv ’07). The musi- ingham (’92) and Blake Adam MD ’08) and David Werth Chris Caldwell (’06). 6/21/08 cians were Charles Smith (MDiv Buckingham (’93), Brookev- Barry (MD ’08). 5/25/08 in in Oxford, NC. They live in ’10) and Becky Hartzog, associ- ille, MD: a son, Cooper Blake. Winston-Salem, NC. They live Arlington, VA. ate chaplain at Wake Forest. 2/6/08. He joins his brothers: in Nashville, TN. The wedding Drew, Trevor and Carter. party included Ashley Eliza- Chas Andreae (’06) and Kelly Erica Lauren Lunsford (’08) beth Ford (MD ’08), Katherine Mullen (’06). 7/5/08 in Alexan- and Joshua Goodnight. 6/7/08 Jennifer Wheless Campbell Maeve Goff (’04), Emily Wal- dria, VA. The wedding party in Statesville, NC, where they (’93) and David Campbell, ters Langley (’04, MD ’08), included Taylor Andreae (’09), live. The wedding party in- Richmond, VA: a son, Pearce John Mercer Langley (’02), Robyn Corrado (’05), Dave cluded Sharon Babcock (’08) Moncure. 8/31/08 Cathleen Michelle Murnane Desiderio (’06), Jason and Amanda Tavss (’09). www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 49 notes

John Edward Cogan (’93) and Rebecca Bayne Blazejowski 7/23/08. He joins his brother, Stacy White Nichols (’98) and Kennedy H. Cogan, New York: (’96, MSA ’97) and Tom Braeden Daniel. Robert Nichols, Bakersfield, class a daughter, Lucinda Kathleen. Blazejowski, Wallingford, CA: a daughter, Taylor Faith. 5/28/08. She joins her sister, CT: a daughter, Sara Bayne. George Scott (’97) and 8/22/08. She joins her brother, Elizabeth Anne (4). 6/18/08. She joins her sister, Elizabeth Allen Scott (’97), Ryan Weston (2). Allison (3). Charlotte, NC: a daughter, J. Greg Hatcher (JD ’93) and Sallie Quinn. 8/29/08. She James O’Neill (’98, MD ’02) J. Kate Harris Hatcher (JD Kathleen Vance Chrzanowski joins her sister, Sadie (3). and Spence Brooks O’Neill ’95), Charlotte, NC: a son, (’96) and David Chrzanowski, (MA ’05), Winston-Salem, NC: James Harris. 8/15/08. He Manchester, MA: a son, Luke Brian Charles Smithwick (’97) a son, Frank Brooks. 9/25/08 joins his sister, Davenport (3). David. 6/13/08. He joins his and Stephanie Fox Smith- sisters, Mary Annabel (4) and wick (’99), Wake Forest, NC: Kate Travers Parker (’98) David Winters (’93) and Au- Caroline (2). a daughter, Emerson Claire. and Mike Parker, Roswell, GA: drey Williams, Winston-Salem, 7/20/08 a daughter, Alice Elizabeth. NC: a daughter, Lily Okoshi. Leon H. Corbett III (’96, MBA 7/23/08. She joins her sister, 6/24/08 ’05) and Laura Lee Corbett, Kimberly McClintic Sowa Ella (3). Tallahassee, FL: a son, Arran (’97) and Jeffrey Sowa, Angela Wrenn Cameron (’94) Henry. 7/30/08 Winston-Salem, NC: a son, Marissa Stocklin Parrish (’98) and Chris Cameron, Holly Luke Jeffrey. 5/28/08 and Jon Parrish (’94), New Springs, NC: a daughter, Car- Amy McMahan Crawford (’96, York: a daughter, Sydney rie Elizabeth. 7/31/08. She JD ’99) and David Crawford, John Powell Stillerman (’97) Calhoun. 4/2/08 joins her sister, Catherine (3). Huntersville, NC: a daughter, and Kathryn Wilson Stillerman, Ella Katherine. 8/15/08. She Winston-Salem, NC: a son, Mia Hough Price (’98) and Amy Montagliani James (’94) joins her brothers: Jacob (7), John Wilson. 6/30/08 Sam Price, Charlotte, NC: a and Trey James, Alpharetta, Cole (5) and Owen (2). daughter, Lillian Vail. 7/18/08 GA: a daughter, Ashlyn Rae. Ted Tseng (’97) and Heather 8/25/08. She joins her brother, Josephine Baker Morris (’96) Tseng, Denver: a daughter, Lauren Paige Richardson Marshall (16 mos). and Robert Morris, Washington, Violet Mei. 7/24/08 (’98), Winston-Salem, NC: D.C.: a son, Clayborne Joseph. a daughter, Isabelle Grace. Cherie Van Der Sluys Nagel 9/2/08 Laura Tucker Cecil (’98) and 5/27/07, adopted 9/8/08 (’94) and Scott Nagel, Trum- Ben Cecil, Charlotte, NC: a bull, CT: a daughter, Jessica Elizabeth Ann Kanavich Pratt daughter, Cameron Christine. Kyle Carter Bachmeier (’99) Sarah. 7/9/08. She joins her (’96) and Michael Ryan Pratt, 9/1/07. She joins her brother, and Shauna Carter Bachmeier brother, Nathan (4), and sister, San Clemente, CA: a son, Tucker (3). (’99), Marietta, GA: a son, Abigail (2). Owen Joseph. 8/10/08. He Miles Owen. 7/28/08. He joins joins his brother, Alexander Lisa Andries D’Souza (’98, his sister, Nia Lois (2). Frederick F. Saunders III (’94) (2), and sister, Grace (2). MAEd ’99) and Timothy and Suzette Saunders, San D’Souza, Boston: a son, Ryan Kenneth “Sonny” Gasaway Francisco: a daughter, Mary Thomas Duke Ricks (’96, JD Edward. 8/17/08 (’99) and Whitley Maner Louise. 2/8/08 ’02) and Andrea Bailey Ricks Gasaway (’00), Burlington, (JD ’02), Charlotte, NC: a son, Michelle France Eckman (’98) NC: a daughter, Kensley Anne. Christine E. Keeley (’95) Shepherd Duke. 4/3/08. He and John Eckman, Charlotte, 8/23/08 and Deepak Vijayathilakan, joins his brother, Charles (3). NC: a daughter, Claire Winston-Salem, NC: a son, Virginia. 6/28/08. She joins Katherine Arnold Gatza (’99) Prakash. 6/30/08. He joins his Anthony Joseph Rollins (’96) her brother, Charlie (2). and Mark Gatza, Atlanta: a brother, Jeyaraj (4). and Allison Christofoli Rollins daughter, Elizabeth Mack. (’96), Atlanta: a daughter, Julia Dennis Robert Glendenning 6/23/08 Marc Xavier Sneed (’95, Rose. 8/13/08. She joins her (MBA ’98) and Melissa Glen- JD ’98) and Tiffanie Sneed, sister, Clare Abigail (3). denning, Cleveland: twins, Margaret Gantt Gerardi (’99) Raleigh, NC: a son, Xavier Jessica Claire and Nicolas and Paul Gerardi, Basalt, CO: Charles. 9/24/08 Stephen L. Barnes (’97) and Jones. 10/8/07 a son, Wade Witherspoon. Elizabeth Ann McGill Barnes 1/14/08. He joins his brother, Kristin Allred Spellacy (’95) (’99), Syracuse, NY: a son, Ashley Polson Holt (’98) and William Montgomery (2). and James Spellacy, Norwalk, Harrison James. He joins his Andrew Holt, Southlake, TX: CT: a daughter, Emma Aldin. sister, Caroline Margaret (2 1/2). twin daughters, Margaret Ruth Hilton (Hutch) Hutchens Jr. 8/28/08 and June Frances. 8/14/08. (’99) and Harper Hutchens, Sean A.B. Cole (JD ’97) and They join their brother, Dalton Fayetteville, NC: a daughter, Brian Adams (’96) and Sharon Cole, Raleigh, NC: (4). They are the granddaugh- Foster Calloway. 9/5/08 Stephanie Adams, Atlanta: a daughter, Holiday Burke. ters of Elaine Towe Holt (’61) a daughter, Ashley Nicole. 3/23/08 and the late Raleigh Alton Nicholas John (’99) and 5/8/08. She joins her brother, Holt Jr. (’58) and nieces of Jennifer Wynne John (’01), Matthew Connor (2). John Frederick Hiltz III (’97) Julie Polson Frey (’95). Columbia, MD: a daughter, and Virginia Gray Tate Hiltz Kayla Lillian. 2/15/08 Garrett M. Baker (’96) and (’98), Chicago: a son, John Heather Sawyers Lewis (’98, Melissa Baker, New York: a Frederick IV. 9/22/08 MSA ’99, JD ’04) and David Early Chanon (’00) and son, Bryson Garrett. 7/16/08 Mandrake Kareem Lewis, Amanda Silva Chanon (’00), Dan Murawski (’97) and Kannapolis, NC: a son, Fort Lauderdale, FL: a daugh- Kimberley Sklenicka Mandrake Kareem Jr. 5/8/08 ter, Ella Lynn. 5/8/08 Murawski (’97), Bradenton, FL: a son, Camden Russell. 50 wake forest magazine Amy Jenkins Farrar (’00) and Jason Davenport (’02, MDiv Southern Railway. He served Harry Virdin Cress (’40), Jeff Farrar, Nashville, TN: a ’06) and Angela Davenport, in the U.S. Army during World July 28, 2008, Capitola, CA. son, James William Jefferson Sanford, NC: a son, Nathaniel War II. He enjoyed serving as He served in the U.S. Army Jr. 4/30/08 William. 7/24/08 a Scoutmaster and a hospital Air Corps during World War II. and prison volunteer. His plane was shot down over Richard Ellis Graves (’00) and Catherine Barr McLester Vienna, and he was a POW Monica Alosilla Graves (’01), (’02, MSA ’02) and Jonathan Samuel Augustus Howard in Stalag 17 until April 1945. Arlington, VA: a daughter, McLester, Charlotte, NC: a (JD ’35), Aug. 4, 2008, Jack- He worked in advertising in Emily Alicia. 6/4/08 son, Henry Cardine. 1/14/08 sonville, FL. He served in the Ventnor, NJ, before moving to U.S. Army during World War II Santa Cruz, CA, to live with his Jill Webster Lassiter (’00) John “Jacob” Reeves (’02) and practiced law in Clinton, daughter. and Justin Lassiter, Church- and Shelley Hunter Reeves NC. He served as a solicitor ville, NY: a daughter, Hannah (’02), Oklahoma City, OK: a and judge with the Sampson Sanford Oscar Hinkle Jr. (’40), Katerina. 11/18/05, adopted daughter, Leah Nicole. 4/9/08 County Recorder’s Court and Sept. 16, 2008, Winston-Salem, 9/12/08. She joins her brothers, as an assistant U.S. attorney NC. He served in the U.S. Ma- Jax (5) and Ethan (1). Ty Webb (’02) and Amy Rueth and clerk for the Eastern rine Corps. He worked in the Webb (’03), Franklin, TN: a district of North Carolina. His family business, Hinkle’s Book Courtney Stahl Stachowski son, Asher Luke. 6/5/08 book, JurisIMPrudence, has Store, and was chairman emeri- (’00) and Eric Stachowski, law humor and anecdotes. He tus of the board of directors Charlotte, NC: a daughter, Jochen Zaremba (LLM ’02) and was predeceased by his wife of Piedmont Federal. He was Mattingly Grace. 5/7/08 Beata Zaremba, Fensterbach- of almost 70 years, Helen, and a volunteer and fundraiser for Wolfring, Germany: a daughter, a son, Deryl. He is survived by Meals on Wheels, Baptist Chil- Marcia Eaddy Baker (’01) Emma. 4/4/08 a son, Samuel (JD ’76), and dren’s Home and Hinkle House, and Scott Richard Baker, two grandsons. a home for developmentally Greenville, SC: a son, Charles Renae P. Atkinson (MBA ’03) disabled adults. His wife, McLaurin. 7/1/08 and Mark Atkinson, Hunters- William Joseph Nolan Jr. Mildred, died the same day. ville, NC: a son, Ryker Chase. (’36), Aug. 31, 2008, Rock Hill, Elizabeth Woodall Biber (’01) 4/21/08. He joins his brother, SC. He pastored churches in William Francis Pritchard (’40), and Jay Biber, Charleston, Blaise (4). Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, July 19, 2008, Greenville, NC. SC: a daughter, Ella Warthen. North Carolina and South He attained the rank of lieuten- 9/1/08 Philip Glynn (’03) and Carolina. He retired in 1975 ant commander during World Elizabeth Bland Glynn (’04), from First Baptist Church in War II. He received his MAEd Robert E. Cassell (’01) and Kansas City, MO: a daughter, Spindale, NC. He obtained from East Carolina University Kirstin Johnson Cassell (’01), Maeve Catherine. 9/2/08 his real estate and contrac- and PhD in education from Greensboro, NC: a daughter, tor’s licenses and formed a UNC-Chapel Hill. He was a Allyn Leslie. 8/11/08. She joins Brian Christopher Gross (’03) partnership with his son. He principal at Moyock, Windsor her brother, Riley (2). and Elizabeth Cauble Gross is survived by his wife, Gloria; and Conway high schools, and (’03, MAEd ’04), Charlottes- three sons, William Joseph a professor of education at East Jessica Scolnick Fitzgerald ville, VA: a son, Miller Thomas. III (’70), James and Kelly; two Carolina University. He retired (’01) and Cary Fitzgerald, New 3/27/08. He joins his sister, daughters, Shawn and Vicki; as professor emeritus in 1984. York: twin daughters, Avery Ellis Marie (3). grandchildren and great- Kathryn and Riley Elizabeth. grandchildren. Virgil B. Lindsey (’41), 5/29/08 Brooke Bodenhorst Vander- July 13, 2008, Prescott, AZ. Spuy (’03) and Quintus Spurgeon Edward Eakes (’38), He served in the U.S. Army Air Jayne Walker Grubbs (’01) VanderSpuy, Huntersville, NC: Aug. 13, 2008, Raleigh, NC. Corps as a pilot during World and Jason Tyler Grubbs (JD a son, Miles Quintus. 7/5/08 War II, earning the Silver Star, ’02), Kernersville, NC: a son, Forrest Allen Glass (’38), Distinguished Flying Cross Harrison Henry. 9/4/08 Jennifer Coleman Willis (JD Sept. 3, 2008, Hopewell, VA. and Purple Heart. He com- ’03) and Tyler Willis, Roanoke, He graduated from the U.S. pleted 31 years of active duty Josey Harris Kasper (’01) and VA: a daughter, Elizabeth Jane Naval Academy and received as commander of engineering Todd Kasper, Raleigh, NC: Monroe. 4/18/08. She joins her his master’s from the College and communication squad- a daughter, Mary Louise sister, Mary Virginia (3). of William and Mary. He rons, retiring in 1972. Riddick. 8/22/08 served in the U.S. Navy during Ammar Jastaniah (LLM ’04) World War II and taught and Floyd Monroe Woody (’41), Amanda Adams Melby (’01) and Amal Alahmadi, Jeddah, coached in the Hopewell City July 15, 2008, Canton, NC. and Dirk Melby, Denver: a Saudi Arabia: a son, Yassier. school system. The baseball He served in the U.S. Navy daughter, Caitlyn Noble. 2/8/07 field at Hopewell High School during World War II. In 1957 5/10/08 was named in his honor. he coached the Lee Edwards Alison P. Koonts (PA ’06) High School basketball team Chris Richardson (JD ’01) and and Justin Koonts, Lexington, Hugh Tyson Westray Sr. (’39), of Asheville, NC, to a state Lee Ann Richardson, Crofton, NC: a daughter, Macy Briggs. Jan. 1, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC. championship. From 1959 MD: a daughter, Celia Ann. 3/12/08 He served in the U.S. Army until his retirement in 1982, he 5/29/08. She joins her brother, 227th anti-aircraft artillery worked for the N.C. Depart- Galen Lee (2). search light battalion during ment of Public Instruction in Deaths World War II. He worked in health and physical education Emily Gail Wilson Sumner Carson McLendon Johnston the retail furniture and appli- in Raleigh. He is survived by (’01) and Russell Sumner, (’33), July 14, 2008, Jackson- ance business and was owner his wife, Elna, two sons, and Richmond, VA: a daughter, ville, FL. He was a special of Hugh’s Food and Party three grandchildren, including Kenton Aaron. 6/16/08 attorney and law agent for Store from 1971 until his Mary Elizabeth Woody (’06). the Atlantic Coast Line and retirement in 1984. www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 51 notes

Rowland Shaw Pruette (’43), Mattie Elizabeth Lassiter for Blake Hospital’s in Braden- he received his law degree Sept. 7, 2008, Winston- (’46), Sept. 15, 2008, Raleigh, ton. He was preceded in death from Wake Forest. He served class Salem, NC. He served in NC. She taught school in by two brothers, Emanuel and in World War II as an officer the U.S. Army during World Pineland, NC, was a social Marvin (’45, MD ’46). He is sur- aboard the USS Kalinin Bay. He War II. He graduated from worker in Raleigh, NC, and vived by his wife, Rae, a daugh- was a partner at the firm of An- the Duke University Divinity taught in the Raleigh City ter, son, and two grandchildren. thony Tate PA. He was the city School and held pastorates school system. She was an attorney for the city of Hickory at the Booneville, Cullowhee associate supervisor with the Eunice Jacobs Fetner (’49), from 1969 until 1995. He re- and Murfreesboro Baptist N.C. Department of Public Jan. 27, 2008, Greensboro, ceived the N.C. Distinguished churches. He was a professor Instruction in the library NC. She worked for a short Citizen Award in 1965 and was of religion at Chowan College services section of the educa- time with N.C. Motor Speed- named to the N.C. General for 19 years. After retiring, tional media division until her way and Long Travel Agency Practice Hall of Fame in 2006. he had interim pastorates in retirement. She served as in Rockingham. She was a He is survived by two sons and North Carolina and Virginia. secretary and Christian homemaker and a volunteer at a daughter: Philip (’74) and He is survived by his wife of education director at Inwood Moses Cone Hospital. his wife Annette (’74); Steven 65 years, Mary; two children, Baptist Church in Raleigh. (’76, JD ’78) and his wife, David and Mary Beth; four Worth Hutchinson Hester Constance (’76); and Harriet grandchildren, including Garry Robert Feniello (’47), (’49, JD ’50), Aug. 18, 2008, T. Holland (’78, PA ’80) and Robert Spencer Parker Jr. Oct. 10, 2008, Connellsville, Elizabethtown, NC. He served her husband, Ned (’77, MD (’00); a great-grandchild; two PA. He served in the U.S. in the U.S. Army during World ’81). He is also survived by sisters; and a brother, Frank Army Medical Corps during War II, and completed his eight grandchildren, including Hancock Pruette Sr. (’47). World War II. He played foot- education after the war. He Rebecca T. Walker (’00) and ball for the Pittsburgh Steelers practiced law for over 50 her husband, William (’01), Lois Bradley Puryear (’43), and was part of the 1947 NFL years, most of that time in Jennifer T. Bouvier (’02) and Oct. 10, 2008, Greensboro, playoff team. He played with Elizabethtown. He was a so- Patricia A. Tate (’05, JD ’08). NC. She was in the first class the Cleveland Browns from licitor for the Bladen County of women at Wake Forest. 1949-50. He was a mail carrier Recorder’s Court and a staff John Claude Pate (’50), She received her MAEd from for the U.S. Postal Service for attorney for the N.C. Attorney Aug. 3, 2008, Fayetteville, UNC-Chapel Hill and taught 32 years. General in Raleigh, NC, before NC. He was a Navy veteran at St. Andrews High School returning to Bladen County of World War II. He was with in Charleston, SC. She taught Frances Harrell Martin (’47), in 1955. He was inducted into Home Federal Savings and history for 26 years at Page April 22, 2008, Spartanburg, the N.C. General Practice Hall Loan for 36 years, where he High School in Greensboro, SC. She was the widow of of Fame in 1998. served as president and chief NC. Santford Wingate Martin executive officer for 16 years (’47, MA ’48). They met on the William Patrick Jackson (’49), and on the board of directors Ethel Kornegay Trotter (’43), Old Campus after World War Oct. 12, 2008, Marion, VA. He for 29 years. He received the Aug. 2, 2008, Mount Olive, II. She was the daughter-in- served in the 69th Infantry E.J. Wells Cup from the Fay- NC. She was head of the engi- law of John Santford Martin Division of the U.S. Army etteville Kiwanis Club and the neering and drafting depart- (1909). during World War II. He re- Realtors Cup Award from the ment for the City of Kinston, ceived several medals includ- Chamber of Commerce. NC, where she received the Frank Hancock Pruette (’47), ing the Combat Infantryman’s 1995 Employee of the Year Oct. 6, 2008, Sanford, NC. He Badge and the Bronze Star. E. Allan Jarratt (’51), July 12, Award. She studied at the was a retired district manager After a brief stint in the FBI, 2008, Harleysville, PA. After Baltimore School of Engineer- with Progress Energy. he was an industrial engineer serving in the U.S. Army ing and Drafting where she with Brunswick Corp. in Mar- during the Korean War, he was part of the B-52 bomber Douglas Burnett Elam (’48), ian, VA, and an industrial con- received his master’s in social designing team. She was a Aug. 4, 2008, Winston-Salem, sultant with Emerson Electric work from UNC-Chapel Hill. civilian draftsman for Seymour NC. He served in the Mer- Co. in Wytheville, VA. He worked with Family Court, Johnson Air Force Base. She chant Marines during World Immanuel Baptist Church and is survived by two daughters, War II and later founded Buck- Margaret Anne Britt Miller the Baptist Children’s Homes three grandchildren and three head Brokers Real Estate. (’49), Oct. 13, 2009, Tallmadge, of N.C. before moving to sisters, including Virginia OH. She is survived by her Parkesburg, PA, in 1974. He Kornegay Abernethy (’47). William Ransom Hobbs (’48), husband, Delbert, a daughter, worked for the Virginia Medi- Sept. 13, 2008, Greensboro, two sons, a sister and a cal Center in Coatesville, PA, Paul D. Richards (MD ’44), NC. He was a musician, known brother, Bill (’57). until his retirement in 1989. April 3, 2008, Knoxville, TN. He in the Southeast, New Orleans After retiring, he volunteered was a pediatrician instrumental and Toronto. Ephraim Murray Tate Jr. for Habitat for Humanity, in the founding of East Tennes- (JD ’49), Sept. 27, 2008, Meals on Wheels, Brandywine see Children’s Hospital. He was Irwin Seife (’48, MD ’51), Hickory, NC. He was a former Hospital, the Sudan Interior recognized as a Pioneer Teach- Aug. 13, 2008, Denver and member of the School of Law Mission in Nigeria, the SIM Re- ing Physician and served for formerly Binghamton, NY. He Alumni Council and the Poteat tirement Village in Sebring, FL, 31 years as a physician for the was a radiologist for 45 years, Scholarship Committee, and and JAARS, a service branch of Tennessee School for the Deaf. serving as chief radiologist at was a generous donor to the Wycliffe Bible Translators. He The infirmary building at the Binghamton General Hospital law school, Deacon Club and was predeceased by his par- school for the deaf was named and Rose Medical Center in Reynolda House Museum of ents, Myrtle and John Franklin in his honor. He served in the Denver. He served as head of American Art. After attending Jarratt (’28), and a sister. He is U.S. Navy during World War II Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s George Washington Univer- survived by his wife, Marjorie, and the U.S. Army during the Women’s Imaging Center in sity, the University of South four sons, nine grandchildren, Korean War. Los Angeles and assisted with Carolina and Columbia Uni- and a sister, Anita Bare (’59) the outpatient radiology unit versity Midshipman’s School, and her husband, Hubert (’60). 52 wake forest magazine Charles Lenfred Kersh (’51), James Martin Clifton (’52), Thurman Wheeler Allred (’54), Henry Jenkins Stokes (’56), July 15, 2008, Harrisonburg, Jan. 17, 2008, West Roxbury, Oct. 3, 2008, Wilmington, NC. Sept. 13, 2008, Louisville, KY, VA. He served in the U.S. Army MA, and Whiteville, NC. He He served in the U.S. Army and Greensboro, NC. He was a during World War II. He worked was a history professor at during World War II and was veteran of World War II, the at Rockingham National Bank Southeastern Community a trucking manager with Burl- Korean War and a former POW. and retired from Dominion Bank. College in Whiteville until his ington Mills in Burlington, NC. retirement, and an author of After graduating from South- Don Tunis VanDam (MD ’56), Richard Franklin McCleney historical books and articles. eastern Seminary, he served Sept. 4, 2008, Chatham, NJ. (’51), July 29, 2008, Foxfire as pastor of Antioch Baptist in He was an Army veteran, serving Village, NC. Norman Earl Davis Jr. (’52), Blacksburg, SC; Cypress Cha- in the medical corp. He com- Sept. 12, 2008, Raleigh, NC. pel Baptist in Spring Hope, NC; pleted his internship at Wayne Donald Shufford Tysinger Jr. He was employed by Watson First Baptist in New London, Memorial Hospital in Detroit (’51, MD ’51), Oct. 7, 2008, Seafood and Poultry Co. and NC; and Rocky Hock Baptist in and began a medical practice Dothan, AL. He interned at the retired as a state auditor for Edenton, NC. He was preced- in Wayne, NJ. From 1969 until University of Chicago Clinics the N.C. Department of State ed in death by his wife, Mary, 1982 he was medical director at and was a senior assistant resi- Audits. He received the N.C. and son, James. He is survived Kate Macy Ladd in Far Hills, NJ. dent at Thayer V.A. Hospital. Order of the Longleaf Pine. by two daughters, Barbara and In later years he was a nursing He had an internal medicine Lynn; a son, David (’63); nine home administrator consultant practice, limited primarily to Frank Norris Bowers (’53), grandchildren; and 14 great- for various facilities. cardiopulmonary disease, in Sept. 13, 2008, Eden, NC. He re- grandchildren. Dothan since 1955. tired as a minister in 1993, hav- George Rodney Beals (’57), ing served churches in Akron, Junius “Jay” Linwood Jones Oct. 14, 2008, Greensboro, Emmett R. White (’51, MD OH, and Kenly, Wise, Goldsboro Jr. (’54), Aug. 25, 2008, NC. He graduated from the ’54), Oct. 1, 2008, Rutherford and Parkton, NC. He made Williamsburg, VA. He received Southeastern Baptist Theologi- College, NC. He served in the several trips to the Ukraine as a bachelor’s from the Univer- cal Seminary and was pastor of U.S. Army Medical Corps. He part of the Ukraine Challenge. sity of Nebraska (Omaha) and Weeksville Baptist, Wendell served Valdese General Hospi- He was preceded in death by a master’s in rehabilitation Baptist and the church at Ken- tal more than 30 years, found- his brothers, Harry, Fred and counseling from Virginia nedy Baptist Children’s Home. ing the radiology department Spotswood (’47). He is survived Commonwealth University. He He worked at Campbell Univer- and a radiation oncology by his wife, Dorothy; a son, was a career U.S. Army officer, sity and retired as vice presi- department. He was on staff Harry Thomas Bowers (’76); a serving first as an aviator and dent from Averett University at Broughton Hospital, Grace daughter, Jeannie Bowers Phil- later as a logistics director in Danville, VA, in 1998. He was Hospital and Sloop Memorial lips (PA ’86); two grandchildren; and instructor. He received predeceased by his wife, Mar- Hospital and co-founder of and a brother and sister. awards including the Legion of tha Clifford Beals (’57), and the Catawba Valley Radiologi- Merit, Bronze Star and Army daughter, Susan Young. He is cal Society. He served as an Stiles Huot Ellyson (’53), Commendation. He was pre- survived by his wife, Eileen; two associate professor of clinical Sept. 21, 2008, Buies Creek, deceased by his parents, Myra daughters, Laura Beals David- radiology at Bowman Gray in NC. He served as pastor at and Junius Jones Sr. (’21). He son (’80) and her husband, Al- the 1970s and was a fellow in 12 Baptist churches in North is survived by his wife, Alice; len, and Betsy Lowder and her the American College of Carolina and Virginia. After two daughters; a son; seven husband, Robert; a son-in law, Radiology. He authored three retirement he volunteered grandchildren; and a sister, Randy Young; two grandchil- volumes of a historical bio- as chaplain at Betsy Johnson DeLena Browder (’50). dren, Amy and Eric; and a sister, graphical series, Revolutionary Regional Hospital. Barbara Beals Boggs (’55). War Soldiers of Western North Rozier Lee Stocks Jr. (’54), Carolina. He was preceded in Helen Green Kizer (’53), Sept. 14, 2008, High Point, Bobby Frank Jones (’57, death by a son, Matthew; three Oct. 2, 2008, Shreveport, NC. He graduated from JD ’60), Aug. 4, 2008, Wilson, brothers, Linney Ray (’48), LA. She was a native of Rocky Southeastern Baptist Theo- NC. He was with the Beacon Jack and Edward Lee (’42); Mount, NC, and lived in logical Seminary. He served Center in Rocky Mount and a and a sister, Emma Joyce. He is Brevard, NC; Atlanta; Nashville, churches in Fayetteville, NC, community volunteer. survived by his wife, Martha; TN; and for the past 42 years in served for 10 years as a two sons, Emmett Jr. (’79) Shreveport. She received her missionary in Zambia, Africa, Rachel Farrer Meschan and John; two daughters, Bev- nursing degree from North- and served for 20 years as a (MD ’57), July 21, 2008, Winston- erly and Millie; two brothers, western State University and chaplain at Virginia Baptist Salem, NC. A native of Sydney, William Robert (’57, JD ’64) was a retired Caddo Parish Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. Australia, she received her and Glen Love (’60); and five Public Health Nurse. She was After retirement he was an MB and BS degrees from the grand-children. preceded in death by her hus- interim pastor in North University of Melbourne and band, Alexander Hoke Kizer Carolina, Virginia and Hawaii. moved to the U.S. in 1946 after Joseph Milton Baker (’52), Jr. (’50). She is survived by three getting married. After graduat- July 20, 2008, Mooresville, children, seven grandchildren George Victor Kokiko ing from the then-Bowman Gray NC. He served in the U.S. and three great-grandchildren. (MD ’56), Sept. 23, 2008, School of Medicine, she served Coast Guard during the Goldsboro, NC. He was as an assistant clinical professor Korean War and owned an Dorothy Saintsing Thaxton predeceased by his wife, in the department of obstetrics- insurance brokerage business. (’53), Oct. 6, 2008, Goldsboro, Bette Ann Wall Kokiko (’51). gynecology. With her late He is survived by his wife, NC. She traveled with her hus- He served in the U.S. Navy husband, Isadore Meschan, she Martha, two daughters, three band during his U.S. Air Force during World War II and co-authored multiple medical grandchildren, and a brother, career until his retirement in completed his pathology textbooks. She is survived by a Charles Cecil Baker (’51). 1971 when they returned to residency in 1961. He joined son and three daughters, nine North Carolina. She taught the Wayne County Medical grandchildren and two great- English and Sunday school. Staff in 1962 and practiced in grandchildren. Memorials may Goldsboro for 36 years. www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 53 notes

be made to the Isadore and sy and adults with Alzheimer’s scientific expeditions. She Merchants in San Francisco and Rachel Meschan Award Fund disease. taught biology and chemistry four years later became vice class at the Wake Forest University in the Gloucester and York president of sales and market- School of Medicine. James Calvin Johnson Jr. County school systems. ing for Franciscan Vineyards in (JD ’62), Sept. 21, 2008, Con- Napa Valley. He joined Joseph Bobbie E. Phillips (’58), April 10, cord, NC. He was a Cabarrus Barbara Soper Troll (’68), Phelps Vineyards in 1992 and 2008, Spring Hope, NC. County attorney and the Dis- July 31, 2008, Silver Spring, was named president in 1994 trict 36 Democratic nominee MD. She is survived by a son, and CEO a year later. With Ronald Wilson Williams (’58), for the N.C. Senate. He served a granddaughter and a sister, winemaker Craig Williams, he Oct. 1, 2008, Statesville, NC. He as a member of the N.C. Senate Dorothy Soper Francis (’71). is credited with the significant taught at Scotts High School and the N.C. House of Repre- turnaround of the Joseph and was a principal at Scotts, sentatives and was in the active Jasper White Horne (’69), Phelps Vineyards brand; their Ebenezer, Monticello and Way- reserves of the U.S. National Aug. 27, 2008, Kernersville, NC. 2002 Insignia was Wine side elementary schools. Guard. He owned Fort Johnson Spectator’s Wine of the Year in Military Museum in Concord. Sue Pyatt Peeler (MA ’69), 2005. He was a past president Claven C. “Jack” Williams (’58), Aug. 6, 2008, Salisbury, NC. of the Napa Valley Vintners Sept. 25, 2008, Faison, NC. Jean Moore Poteat (’62), She was retired from the board and served on the boards Aug. 18, 2008, Siler City, NC. Rowan Salisbury school of numerous industry groups, Pressley Bell Brawley Jr. She received her MAEd from system after 30 years of ser- including the California Wine (JD ’59), July 16, 2008, Moores- UNC-Greensboro and taught vice. She is survived by her Institute. He is survived by his ville, NC. He served in the U.S. at Grimsley High School in husband, Jack, and two daugh- wife, Laurie, and five children: Army during the Korean War. Greensboro, NC, for 30 years. ters, Sueanna (’77) and April. Bryan, Jonathon, Jessica, Trevor He joined the practice of Zebu- She taught math at Jordan- and Camille. lon Turlington in Mooresville. Matthews High School in Siler Harley M. Kastner (’70), He was a volunteer fireman City for 25 years. She is sur- Aug. 26, 2008, Akron, OH. Barry Eugene Love (’76), and a member of the rescue vived by her husband, Harold; He received his JD from the Oct. 2, 2008, Oxford, GA. He squad. He is survived by three a daughter, Kelly Adair Poteat University of Akron School of was owner of Matrix Head children, including Mary Ann (’87); a son, Dave; and three Law and served as assistant Gear, a custom headwear com- Brawley Poteat (’82), and grandchildren. general counsel and later pany in Oxford, and a certified seven grandchildren. general counsel of the United executive chef in North Caro- Doris Talbert Blackwell (’63), Rubber Workers International lina. He was an entrepreneur in Reginald Barnett Medlock Aug. 17, 2008, Pine Knoll Union. He started a private residence in the Office of Entre- (’60), Aug. 8, 2008, Baltimore. Shores, NC. She taught art practice in 1978 and in 2000 preneurship and Liberal Arts at He taught school briefly and and English at Ledford Senior established Kastner Westman Wake Forest. He is survived by had a career in nursing. He High School in Thomasville, & Wilkins LLC. his wife, Susie, and son, Brad. received awards and citations NC, and was a real estate Memorials may be made to The as a caregiver at several broker in Carteret County. Douglas Floyd Osborne Jr. Entrepreneurship and Liberal nursing facilities in the greater (’71, JD ’74), Aug. 17, 2008, Arts Program, Wake Forest Uni- Baltimore area. He was prede- Michael Lenderman Redwine Eden, NC. He was a U.S. Army versity, P.O. Box 7229, Winston- ceased by his parents, Blanche (’63), July 22, 2008, Nevada veteran and practiced law in Salem, NC 27109. and Albert Medlock (’43), and City, CA. Eden, NC. Memorials may be is survived by a brother, made to The Lord’s Pantry, Bruce Becker (MD ’77), Dennis Medlock (’60), a sister- Richard Wayne Stancil (’63), 602 Bridge Street, Eden, NC July 26, 2008, Bloomsburg, PA. in-law, a niece and a nephew. Sept. 15, 2008, North Myrtle 27288 or to the Wake Forest He was a medical officer in the Beach, SC. He was a retired University School of Law, U.S. Navy and a family practitio- Marvin Edgar Max (MD ’61), vice president with the Federal General Scholarship Fund, ner for 18 years at Bloomsburg Aug. 22, 2008, Middletown, Reserve Bank of Richmond, VA. P.O. Box 7227, Winston-Salem, Hospital. From 2000 to 2005 he OH. He served in the U.S. Army He is survived by his wife, NC 27109. worked in emergency rooms at Air Corps during World War Maggie, four sons, a daughter, area hospitals and was most II, followed by five years in the six grandchildren, and a brother, John Morris Gulledge (’74), recently a medical officer at the jet engine division of General Billy Dale Stancil (’61). Aug. 10, 2008, Dallas. He lived Federal Penitentiary at Lewis- Electric. He established a medi- and worked in the Dallas area burg. He received the Fellowship cal practice in Middletown, Randolph Howard Rucker as an Internet sales manager of the American Academy of OH, retiring in 1990 after 28 (’64), Oct. 1, 2008, Orlando, FL. in the automotive industry for Family Physicians Award and the years as a family practitioner. He was an entrepreneur, and a 30 years. He is survived by his American Medical Association’s He was on staff at Middletown scout and director of student mother, two brothers, and two Physician Recognition Award. Regional Hospital. activities at County College of sisters, including Cherry Gay Morris in Randolph, NJ. Gulledge (’77). Nathaniel Morton “N.M.” Caroline Henderson Swanton Hilliard Jr. (’79), May 7, 2008, (MD ’61), Aug. 14, 2008, Ashe- Herbert Bruce Hulse Jr. (’67), Thomas Howell Shelton (’74), Warrenton, NC. He taught in ville, NC. She was a physician Oct. 1, 2008, Goldsboro, NC. July 26, 2008, Calistoga, CA. the Durham County schools. for over 30 years, most of that He was an attorney with Hulse He was the former president as medical director of the & Hulse. and CEO of Joseph Phelps Steven Lee Daulton (MBA ’82), Western Carolina Center for Vineyards and a leader in the Sept. 10, 2008, Greenwood, the State of North Carolina, Mary Maxine Miles Bayly American wine industry. He SC. He served in the U.S. Army now known as the J. Iverson (MA ’68), Aug. 16, 2008, started his career in the wine during the Vietnam War. He was Riddle Development Center Gloucester Point, VA. She had industry as a sales representa- a former assistant professor of and Black Mountain Center. the privilege of discovering tive, and in 1978 he became the accounting at Newberry Col- She specialized in the treat- five new species of aquatic life owner of North Plaza Liquor & lege and retired from Piedmont ment of mentally handicapped on her travels to the Galapa- Wine Storage in Baltimore. In Technical College in Greenwood. children, children with epilep- gos Islands and other offshore 1984 he joined Vintage Wine

54 wake forest magazine Leora Wartofsky (MD ’91), Gabiden Kourman, Sept. 22, June 28, 2008, Tenafly, NJ. 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. She completed her residency He was a sophomore at Wake obituary in internal medicine at Brown Forest. He is survived by his University. She was an parents, Bakhit (MS ’02, MBA associate medical director for ’07) and Koulnara; a sister, Rima Hospice Care of Rhode Island (’07); and a brother, Bakhit Jr. in Pawtucket and an associate His father is an instructional Carl Moses, professor emeritus attending emergency room technology consultant in the Ro- physician at Pascack Valley mance languages department. of political science Hospital in Westwood, NJ. Kermit G. Phillips II, Aug. 25, etired Professor of Political Science Andrew Jackson Graham Jr. 2008, Greensboro, NC. He Carl Moses, who expanded the political science curriculum (PhD ’99), March 29, 2008, developed residential and R Todd, NC. He was a physics lab commercial properties in the into Latin America during his 27 years on the faculty, died Sept. 22. director at Appalachian State Southeast and was founder and He was 87. University. Memorials may be president of Phillips Manage- Moses joined the faculty in 1964 and retired in 1991. “He was made to the Ashe County Can- ment Group in Greensboro, NC. cer Society or to the Jack and He was co-founder of ATC De- very dedicated to his teaching and very interested in his students,” Roger Graham Physics and As- velopment Corp. in Augusta, said Professor Emeritus of Political Science Jack Fleer, who joined tronomy Scholarship, Appala- GA. He was instrumental in the the faculty the same year. “He took his responsibility as a student chian State University, ASU Box design and building of Phillips 32004, Boone, NC 28608. adviser quite seriously, both as an academic adviser and as a Chapel at Canterbury School in Greensboro, which was named fraternity (Alpha Sigma Phi) adviser.” Laura Jo Gendy (JD ’00), in his honor. He supported the Moses won the University’s Excellence in Advising Award in Aug. 16, 2008, Raleigh, NC. Kermit Glenn Phillips II Chair of She was a clerk for N.C. Court 1990. He served as politics department chair for several years and Cardiology at the Wake Forest of Appeals Judge Horton and took students to Worrell House in London in 1982. He also taught University Baptist Medical Cen- for the last six years an assis- ter. He is survived by his wife, courses on the then-Soviet Union, but he was most well known tant attorney general of North for his interest in Latin America. He visited Cuba several times Carolina in Raleigh. Monica; his children, Kert and Keith (’87); a brother, Jim; and a and Nicaragua at least once. He taught classes on Latin-American Charles Christopher John- sister, Anne Gilchrist (’87). politics, liberation theology and the Cuban revolution. He took son (’02), Oct. 7, 2008, West Cornelius F. Strittmatter, students to Mexico and brought speakers from Latin-American Palm Beach, FL. He was with countries to campus. BB&T Corp. in West Palm Sept. 11, 2008, Winston-Salem, Beach. He is survived by his NC. He was a professor of “He made generations of Wake Forest students aware of our parents, Margaret and Julian biochemistry at the School of neighbors to the south, their history and their promise,” said Medicine for 28 years and chair- S. Johnson III (’73); a brother, Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) at Moses’ retirement Jay, and his wife, Jill; and a man of the department for 17 nephew, J.S. IV. years. He studied at Harvard dinner in 1991. “He then performed the same service for Eastern University and Oxford Univer- Europe, more and more becoming identified on this campus as a sity and was on the faculty at professor with a true international outlook.” Friends, Faculty, the Harvard Medical School for eight years. He is survived by Professor and Chair of Political Science Katy Harriger said Staff, Students his wife, Carol, a daughter and that Moses was interested in Latin America before he came to Scott Alan Bailey, Aug. 21, granddaughter. Memorials may Wake Forest, but that his interest in Nicaragua in the 1980s and 2008, Tobaccoville, NC. He was be made to SciWorks, 400 W. 1990s was, in part, because of the large Moravian community in a graduate of Virginia Wesleyan Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Sa- College and was pursuing a lem, NC 27105 or to Reynolda Nicaragua. Moses was a long time member of Home Moravian JD at Wake Forest with the Gardens of Wake Forest Uni- Church in Winston-Salem. “He was a very kind man and very Class of 2010. Memorials may versity, 100 Reynolda Village, thoughtful in helping new faculty,” said Harriger, who joined the be made to Brenner Children’s Winston-Salem, NC 27106. faculty in 1985. “Students recognized that he cared about them, Hospital, Wake Forest Univer- sity Baptist Medical Center, Claudine T. Vaughn, Aug. 27, and they learned a lot from him.” Medical Center Boulevard, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. A native of West Virginia, Moses attended Roanoke College Winston-Salem, NC 27157. She was a retired assistant for two years before joining the Army Air Corps and serving as a superintendent of custodial bombardier-pilot instructor during World War II. After the war Mary Nell Burke, Sept. 1, services in facilities and cam- 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. pus services at Wake Forest. ended, he graduated from the College of William and Mary and She was retired after 30 years went on to earn his master’s and Ph.D. in political science from the of service with the alumni Vivian L. Wilson, Sept. 30, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught for six years records office of Wake Forest. 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. at Virginia Tech before joining the Wake Forest faculty. She taught school in Halifax Glenn Adkins Jones, Sept. County and was a librarian at Moses’ wife, Helen, died in 1998. He is survived by two children, 25, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. Roanoke Rapids High School. Carl and Sarah, and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made He was the retired president She was the law librarian to the Home Moravian Church Book of Remembrance, 521 South of his family-owned business, at the School of Law for 25 Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, or to Salemtowne, 1000 Fowler-Jones Construction years. She is survived by her Co. He was the 1993 Deacon husband, Joseph Paul Wilson Salemtowne Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. Club Member of the Year. (’50), and a son, James Arthur Daniel Wilson. www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 55 notes

class Teresa Golding Roberts Scholarship Honors Her Life and Connects Her Loves

veryone who knew Teresa Golding Roberts (’80) Evalued her. She was beautiful and funny—a good person and a great mother who loved children in general but her own most of all. She cherished life, and she treasured her experiences at Wake Forest University. Too often, however, bad things happen to good Left to right: Gilmour Lake, Jon Roberts, Patrick Roberts (’11), Kathleen Boyce, Katherine Roberts, John Golding people. Teresa’s life was cut tragically short in 2003 by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a relentless and progressive neurodegenerative disease for year before, the company has raised more than $15 which there is very little treatment and no cure. million. Jon chairs the project and sits alongside Many know it as Lou Gehrig’s disease or, simply, two Nobel Laureates on the board that awards 100 ALS. When she died, Teresa—or Resi, as she was percent of the money raised to ALS researchers known by family and friends—left three children around the world. Currently research funded by as well as her husband, Jon. She also left a legacy of CVS is ongoing in 12 different countries, including love that Jon has chosen to memorialize through the United States. creation of the Teresa Golding Roberts Scholarship Jon and Resi’s three children include Jonathan, at Wake Forest. The scholarship, to which he has who attends Harvard University, and Katherine, pledged $500,000 and already given an initial gift a freshman in high school with a strong interest of $100,000, is for a female student from North in Wake Forest. Middle child, Patrick, currently is Carolina who plans on becoming a teacher. a student at Wake Forest and had a lot to do with Resi was born in Charlotte and taught sixth- and Jon’s decision to create the scholarship. “Patrick had seventh-grade English prior to the birth of her own a very special relationship with his mother,” Jon children. The first recipient of her scholarship was explains, “so he wanted to go to college where she selected for fall 2008. “Teaching is such a noble went—to get a connection with her. He absolutely profession,” Jon says. “If you go to Wake Forest, you loves it at Wake Forest, and she would be thrilled. can be anything you want; to choose to be a teacher It’s been a very good thing for him; the whole is noble. That’s the way Resi was. I know that many Wake Forest experience has taken him in a positive people make academic choices based on the financial direction. So, in addition to recognizing Resi, the aid they are able to get. I want to help someone go to scholarship recognizes Wake Forest and the impact Wake Forest and be a teacher. That would have made it has had on her life and Patrick’s life. It will forever Resi very happy.” connect Patrick to the university and to his mother; Jon, who serves as chief information officer for it is a connection he’ll value for the rest of his life.” CVS Caremark, also has honored his wife by helping his employer raise millions for ALS research. Through a customer-donation campaign that was initiated following Resi’s death and the death of a CVS regional manager from the same disease the

56 wake forest magazine Scholarship Furthers “Education was incredibly important to my mother, but specific degrees weren’t the thing,” the Life’s Work of Mark explains. “We had the freedom to do what we Jean Leuchtenberger wanted, to pursue what we were interested in. For mother, learning and growing were the important ean Leuchtenberger spent her life reaching out to things.” Jothers. Her son and daughter-in-law honored her Jean was more than 40 years old when she attained life by doing the same. her master’s degree and began a 20-year teaching When they endowed a scholarship in his mother’s career, first during the family’s seven years in Peru name, Mark Leuchtenberger (’78) and his wife, and then as an elementary school teacher in New Tracy Burlock, created a mechanism for furthering York, just over the state line from their home in the education of others, a cause that had consumed a the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In her spare time large part of Jean’s life. “She made a huge difference she taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in so many people’s lives—those of her husband and to immigrants from South and Central America, children, surely, but also the lives of other people’s and she found it so rewarding that she served as a children,” Mark says. “She was selfless.” volunteer ESL teacher well into her retirement. She Mark and Tracy opted to establish a tribute to also was active in church work, at one point serving Mark’s mother at Wake Forest because of their as head of her church’s nursery school and also a strong desire to give back and to recognize her volunteer for Project Head Start. lifetime of learning and educating others. Both Although life threw Jean several difficult curves, Mark and his sister, Carol Leuchtenberger Johnson including the need to care simultaneously for her (’81), graduated from Wake Forest on the Carswell husband and her elderly father shortly after her Scholarship; without it, they would have found retirement, she maintained what Mark calls a special attending difficult. Now, the University is a family art for being happy. Her focus was always on others. affair: Carol’s son, Greg, currently is a junior. Jean died in 2006 after a four-year battle with breast “Mom knew about the scholarship’s establishment,” cancer, but her spirit and passion for education have Mark says, “and was thrilled that funds would lived on through her own children and countless be going to enhance the ability of middle- and others whose lives she improved. Now, because of lower-income folks to attend Wake Forest. She was the Jean Leuchtenberger Scholarship at Wake Forest, especially tickled that ‘Googling’ her name turned that number will forever continue to grow. up the scholarship as one of the first notations.” Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Jean was the first in her family to attend college. She married Martin Leuchtenberger, an electrical engineer from the Berkshires in Massachusetts whose work took them across the country and to other parts of the world. Jean opted to remain a stay-at-home mother until her children were older. She coordinated the family’s many moves and created a haven of learning that eventually led all four to pursue advanced education: Mark is president and chief executive officer for a late-stage biotech company that develops new antibiotics; Carol has been chief financial officer for several software companies; Mary is a veterinarian; and Jan is a college professor of Japanese literature.

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honor Honor Roll of Donors

Wake Forest University extends its gratitude to the individuals, businesses, foundations, churches and other organizations that made gifts to the University during the 2007-08 fiscal year (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008). Due to the generosity of many donors, this past year was a record-setting year in fundraising for Wake Forest’s Reynolda Campus schools. We closed the 2007-08 fiscal year with nearly $50 million in receipted contributions, an increase of 8% from last year. All donors who made a gift of $25,000 or more to Wake Forest University (Reynolda Campus schools and the School of Medicine) are included in this honor roll. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these lists. Please report corrections or omissions to the Office of University Advancement, P.O. Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, by e-mail to [email protected], or by contacting the appropriate development officer. To view the list online, visit www.wfu.edu/alumni/win Log into WIN. (If you do not have a WIN account, click Register Online. If you do have a WIN account but cannot remember your ID/password, click Forgotten ID/password.) Click on InfoCentral -> Forms & Documents Library -> Alumni & Friends Click on the name of the document you wish to view. Adobe Acrobat reader must be installed; only open .pdf files may be searched for names.

2008 Donor Major Donors Brett’s Ride for Rhabdo Mark Edward Ellis (‘74, MD ‘77) Brian Piccolo Fund Drive-WFU and Lynn Hamilton Ellis (‘75) Wall Additions $100,000+ Debra L. Bryant (PhD ‘80) and Elsa V. Pardee Foundation ARAMARK Charitable Fund Lawrence Groves Ernst & Young Foundation $5 Million and above Abbott Laboratories Richard P. Budd and Errett Fisher Foundation Thomas K. Hearn, Jr.* Alliance for Lupus Research Sylvia Sexton Budd Estate of Annie A. Adams and Laura Walter Hearn Alltel Service Corporation Burchfield Family Charitable Estate of Evelyn Jean York American Cancer Society Foundation Estate of Gerald Mitchell $1 - $5 Million American Heart Association Bobby Roy Burchfield (‘76) and Estate of Marie Johnston Amon G. Carter Foundation Amon G. Carter Foundation Terri Miller Burchfield Billings Anonymous James Bryan Andrews Sr. and Porter Brown Byrum (JD ‘42) Estate of Mary Louise Earnhardt David Wright Dupree (MBA ’78) Stephanie Andrews CP3 Charitable Foundation Estate of Ralph W. Bland, MD and Marijke Jurgens Dupree Don G. Angell Sr. and Carmen Caruth and Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation William Harris Gibson (’29, Vera C. Angell Greg Errett F. M. Kirby Foundation MA ’42) and Susan Hester Anonymous Chambers Family Charitable David Nelson Farr (‘77) and Gibson Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Trust Lelia Brown Farr (‘77) Raymond Jones Harbert Association of State & John Thomas Chambers and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and Kathryn Dunn Harbert Territorial Chronic Disease Elaine Chambers Filipowski Foundation Russell Dean Hobbs III (’88) Programs Lindsay Nicole Chambers (‘00) Andrew J. Filipowski and Barbara Hobbs Patricia Shield Ayres Cobb Foundation Flow Foundation James William Judson Jr. (’80) BB&T Corporation Bill and Rhoda Ware Cobb Donald E. Flow (MBA ‘83) and and Elizabeth Ann Judson Baker Roofing Company Gray Munroe Cobey (MBA ‘78) Robbin Flow Graeme McGregor Keith Jr. William Prentiss Baker III (‘65) and Rebecca Todd Cobey Galderma Laboratories (’78, JD ’81) and and Joan Matthews Baker Carol Copple * George Link Jr. Foundation India Early Keith (’77) Bank of America R. Scott Covington Golfers Against Cancer, Inc. Jeffery William Kentner (’78) Bank of America Corporation Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Bettye D. Gray and Pamela Dobbins Baxter Healthcare Corporation Dana Foundation Greg and India Keith Foundation Kentner (’79) Ted M. Beal Sr. and DataMax Foundation Kenneth C. Griffin Donald Dorsett Leonard (’65) Karen L. Beal Thomas Alexander Dingledine Jim B. Grobe and Holly Grobe Sydney Young Beck and (MBA ‘78) and Karyn Caryl J. Guth (‘57, MD ‘62) Johnny Shelton Beck Sr. Dingledine Hanley Family Foundation Ranlet Shelden Bell (JD ‘89) Duke Endowment John W. Hanley Sr. and Frank M. Bell Jr. James M. Dunn and Raymond Jones Harbert and Bermuda Village Marilyn Dunn Kathryn Dunn Harbert *denotes deceased donor Shelmer Doyle Blackburn Jr. David Wright Dupree (MBA ‘78) John F. Hiner and Mary I. Hiner (‘82) and Marijke Jurgens Dupree Russell Dean Hobbs, III (‘88) William James Boyle (‘80) and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric and Barbara Hobbs Marcia Bond Boyle (‘79) AIDS Foundation 58 wake forest magazine Howard Hughes Medical Hugh Glenn Pettyjohn (‘59, Charles Jeffrey Young (‘72) and Jerome F. Dean and Institute JD ‘61) and Wilma Wray Lynn Dalton Young Marianne N. Dean Inmobiliaria Carso, S.A. de C.V. Pettyjohn Helen Wright Young Larry David Dodge and James G. Hanes Memorial Fund Arthur J. Reimers and Julius Smith Young Jr. (‘70, Sally Dodge Jessie Ball duPont Fund Lindsay Reimers MALS ‘95) Donald and Elizabeth Cooke Marion Lawrence Johnston Jr. Reynolds American Kyle Allen Young (‘65, MD ‘69) Foundation (JD ‘73) and Ann A. Johnston Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Caroline Spratt Young Foundation for the Carolinas (MBA ‘81) E. Claiborne Robins Jr. (‘65) GMAC Insurance Joshua Frase Foundation James Gray Rucker (‘86) and Tung Shai Yun James C. Gale Juvenile Diabetes Research Melinda Collins Rucker Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Gallins Vending Company Foundation Sandler Program for Asthma Matthew Gallins and Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Research Gay D. Gallins Trust Chase Martin Scott (‘97) and $50,000-$99,999 Gloria Flippin Graham (‘57, A. J. Fletcher Foundation Martha James Keiger Jove Scott MD ‘61) and James H. AGS Foundation for Health in Graeme M. Keith Jr. (‘78, JD ‘81) Steven M. Scott and Graham, MD Aging and India Early Keith (‘77) Rebecca Jensen Scott Greater Houston Community William Raymond Acquavella Jeffery William Kentner (‘78) Jean Butler Serenbetz (‘76) Foundation and Donna Jo Acquavella and Pamela Dobbins and Stuart Serenbetz John F. Hawley and Allergan Pharmaceuticals Kentner (‘79) Robert Hilliard Shackelford Barbara H. Hawley Alzheimer’s Association Mark J. Kenyon and (‘45, MD ‘47) and Evelyn Helen Wright Young Trust American Geriatrics Society Ann M. Kenyon Holden Shackelford Henry Luce Foundation American Society of Harry Kirkpatrick Mitesh Bharat Shah (‘91) and Leonard G. Herring Nephrology Edward Bernard Kissam (MD ‘55) Reshma Shah Jerry Looper Hester American Vascular Association Petro Kulynych Richard Craig Siler (‘73, MBA ‘03) James McClain Hoak Jr. Ann L. Petersen Trust Timothy See Yiu Lam (‘60) and and Martha Barden Siler and Nancy Jean Hoak Arts Council Ellen Pie-Ming Yeh Lam Barry James Small and Edmund Friesell Hoey (‘49) and Association of Specialty Legatus Foundation Laurie Small Doris Thomas Hoey Professors Donald Dorsett Leonard (‘65) Snow Family Foundation Hough Family Foundation Ayco Charitable Foundation Lindmor Foundation Andrew John Sterge (‘81) Robert W. Humphreys and Barbara Ingalls Shook Madison Place Apartments Jimmy Blake Strickland (‘81) Susan Owens Humphreys Foundation John Boniface Maier II (‘84) and Julianna Strickland IBM Corporation Caleb Harley Barnhardt Jr. (‘63) and Heather Wright Maier (‘84) Summer Rest Foundation Jacob L. and Lillian Holtzmann and Lorene Poteat Barnhardt Douglas F. Manchester and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation John I. Bitove and Randi Bitove Betsy C. Manchester Foundation Ali Jarrahi and B. Parvin Jarrahi Blackburn Family Foundation Martin Cohen Medical Carl Millon Tucker III (‘68) and John and Kathleen MacDonough Donna Ann Boswell (‘72, MA ‘74) Foundation Linda Ball Tucker Foundation Breast Cancer Research Mary Reynolds Babcock George C. Turner and John A. Hartford Foundation Foundation of the Triad, Inc. Foundation Sue M. Turner John W. and Anna Hanes R. Courtney Brown Jr. and Bob J. McCreary (‘63) and US Trust Company of NC Foundation Gayle H. Brown Michelle McCreary United Way of Forsyth County Johnson’s Modern Electric Co. Peter Clark Brunette McMichael Family Foundation Vanguard Charitable James William Judson Jr. (‘80) Donald Reid Bryan Jr. (JD ‘85) John G. Medlin Jr. and Endowment Program and Beth Robinson Judson and Frances Brown Bryan Pauline Sims Medlin John Marcus Vann (‘80) and Edward W. Kelly Jr. and Eleanor Kuhn Burchianti (‘64) Walter Brinkley Melvin (‘79) and Karen Ottenfeld Vann Linda W. Kelly and Edward Burchianti Robin Purser Stacy-Melvin Robert Lee Vann (‘42, MD ‘45) Kermit Phillips Charitable Trust John W. Burress, III and Manning Bruce Milam (‘51) and Wachovia Corporation Kewaunee Scientific Corp. Mary Louise Burress Ann Milam David Wahrhaftig (MBA ‘82) Kohl’s CBF of North Carolina Kenneth David Miller (‘76) and Sue Kloap Wahrhaftig Kohlberg Foundation Cancer and Leukemia Group B Nicholas Millhouse and Philip R.S. Waugh Jr. and John Frederick Krahnert Sr. Foundation Barbara Babcock Millhouse Jean Wilder Waugh and Dianne Evelyn Krahnert Carpenter Foundation Morgan Foundation Charles Rex Welton Jr. (‘90) Kulynych Family Foundation I Edwin Lafayette Clark Jr. and James Lauder Morgan Jr. (‘75) and Brad Moss Constantine Hanna Kutteh II Ann Williams Clark and Annette Leach Morgan Arthur Tab Williams Jr. and (‘73) and Teresa Currin Clay Hughes Cline Jr. and Muscular Dystrophy Association Linda Williams Kutteh (‘73, MAEd ‘74) Rebecca Jessup Cline Musculoskeletal Transplant Sally Glenn Williams Alan J. Lacy and Walter Thompson Comerford Foundation Winston-Salem Foundation Caron Ann Lacy Jr. (‘72, JD ‘74) and Joyce North Carolina Lions Foundation Anne Rowell Worrell Arnold N. Lakey and Comerford Oristano Foundation Wright Medical Technology, Inc. Rebecca C. Lakey Cure Kid’s Cancer Coalition Orthopaedic Research and Dickerson Wright and Gary Benjamin Lambert (‘77) James Frederick Davis III (‘79, Education Foundation Katherine Bendo Wright and Deborah Dixon Lambert MBA ‘84) and Elizabeth Paul and Evalyn Richter Wallace Chi-Li Wu and Mona Wu (‘78) Francis Davis Memorial Fund Yeh Mou Chong Charitable Michael William Lebo (MBA ‘96) Paul A. Dawson Christopher Emmanuel Paul (‘07) Trust and Ellen Gregg

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W. Hampton Lefler Jr. (MD ‘63) Smithfield-Luter Foundation and Susan Thomson Batten Bailey Owen Cooper (‘53) and and Katherine Davis Lefler Sol Foundation (‘75) Barbara Doar Cooper

honor Anna Leak Liipfert Stanley Medical Research Fritts Lewis Biesecker (‘60) Namon Leo Daughtry (‘62, Heinz W. Little and Institute William P. Binder and JD ‘65) and Helen Daughtry Debbie P. Little Samuel Arthur Sue Jr. (‘52, Katherine Ann Binder Jonathan J. Davies and Longleaf Recreation LLC MD ‘56) and Cecelia Sue Blanco Tackabery and Sheila Lee Davies Joseph W. Luter III ('61) and Teva Neuroscience Matamoros Albert Jean DeForest III (‘63) Karin Luter The Hoak Foundation Blue Rhino Corporation and Patricia H. DeForest MAW Group Porter Bliss Thompson (‘62) Henry Maddrey Booke and Debbie’s Staffing Services John N. MacDonough and and Betty Thompson Elizabeth Booke Richard P. Decker (‘68) and Kathleen S. MacDonough Thomas Wyatt Townes (‘85) John Newlin Bray (‘64) and Virginia Decker Mackay Foundation for Cancer and Cynthia Ruth Miller Constance Hatcher Bray Den Danske Forskningsfond Research Townes (‘86) Abe Brenner and Graham Williams Denton Jr. Zeno Martin Jr. (‘60) Fred Douglas Turnage (‘43, Miriam P. Brenner (‘67) and Anne Denton John D. Matthews and JD ‘48) and Elizabeth Wood David E. Brenner and Jimmy A. Dew and Toni H. Dew Carol A. Matthews Turnage Debra Brenner Margaret Newett Dixon McCreary Modern Ralph Adolphus Walker (‘58, Shelton Vaden Bridgers (‘55) Doug Coley Foundation for Dalton Larkin McMichael Jr. JD ‘63) and Charlotte and Rebecca N. Bridgers Leukemia and Susan F. McMichael Quincy Walker Briggs-Shaffner Company Stephen Mark Doughton and Medtronic, Inc. Wallace Research Foundation Clifford Paul Britt (‘82, Susan A. Doughton Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Joseph Charles Weinberger Jr. JD/MBA ‘86) and Charles Howard Duckett (‘54, Trust (‘78, JD ‘82) and Sallie Joanna Ritchie Britt MD ‘57) and Carolyn Mercedes-Benz of Winston- Margaret Weinberger Douglas E. Broadway and Garrison Duckett Salem Whitehall Foundation Nancy B. Broadway Daniel M. Dupree and Louise McMichael Miracle * Ernest Cole Brock Jr. (MD ‘52) Cheryl Dupree Leslie Morgan Morris Jr. (‘67) and Hannah Brock Edward A. Arditti Charitable and Wendy C. Morris $25,000-$49,999 Peter Craig Brockway and Foundation ALS Association Bill D. Moyers and Susan Perry Brockway Elizabeth Williams Trust Abe and Miriam Brenner Judith Moyers Homer Woodrow Brookshire Emerson Foundation Carolyn Jester Myers and Jr. (‘68) and Jane Taylor Ernst & Young Foundation Eugene Wesley Adcock III MD Johnny Sidney Myers Brookshire Estate of Barr Ashcraft (‘66) and Carol Ann Adcock NxStage Medical, Inc. Henrietta Dibrell Brown (MALS Estate of Jack A. Cheek Sr. Alcoholic Beverage Medical Joseph Randal Overby Jr. (‘66, ‘06) and Royall R. Brown Jr. Frederick Wesley Eubank II (‘86) Research Foundation MD ‘71) and Gretchen Overby Thomas T. Brown and and Martha McCrorey Amarr Company P.C. Reznick Group M. Cameron Brown Eubank (‘86) American College of Radiology Leon Fleming Patterson (‘62) Budd Group Glenda H. Evans American College of Surgeons and Eugenia Woosley Wade Evans Byrd Sr. (JD ‘73) Lisbeth Clark Evans (‘74, MBA American Diabetes Association Patterson C.M. Tucker Lumber Companies ‘78) and James T. Lambie American Institute for Cancer Kermit G. Phillips, II * CURE Bobby Faulkner and Research Carlton Wayne Prater (‘64) and Janice W. Calloway Betty Faulkner American Lung Association Lucy M. Prater CardioDynamics Thomas Vernon Foster (‘73, Charles Albert Anderson and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Cassels, Caywood and Love, Inc. MBA ‘94) and Jennifer Kimberly Chaplain Anderson Billy Prim and David Edwin Cassels (‘73) and Knight Foster (MALS ‘02) Angell Care Deborah Lynn Prim Deborah Steiner Cassels Richard Alan Fox (‘79, MBA ‘81) Richard Archibald-Woodward John E. Reece II (‘81) and (‘75, MAEd ‘76) and Karen Northridge Fox and Harriet Archibald- Elizabeth Caldwell Reece Randy Scott Casstevens (‘87, Frank L. Blum Construction Co. Woodward Anne W. Richards MBA ‘95) and Deborah Barry S. Frank and Carol Frank Edward A. Arditti and Frederick Richards II * Greene Casstevens Fred Smith Company Shirley Arditti Gerald Franklin Roach (‘80, Michael T. Christatos and Linda Jean Gamble (‘80) and Edward Albert Arditti Jr. (‘98) JD ‘82) and Stephanie Leslie Christatos Michael Zisman and Kristin Arditti Decker Roach (‘81) Dale K. Cline (MBA ‘76) and Davidson Howard Givens Jeffrey A. Arditti (‘83) and Jonathan Craig Roberts Brenda Kulynych Cline (‘72, MD ‘76) and Lynne Elizabeth T. Arditti Sara Smith Self Foundation, Inc. Herman Bryan Cobb (‘73) and Miller Givens Bruce McDaniel Babcock and Andrew J. Schindler and Renea Cobb Graduate Management Anne Burroughs Babcock Ellen Clare Schindler William Avery Collins Jr. (‘61) Admission Council Jerry Herbert Baker (‘68) and Scottish Holdings and Sue Adams Collins Richard D. Graves and Cassandra Martin Baker (‘69) Marion Secrest Comerford and Britt Jane Graham Graves Baptist State Convention of Sara Smith Self * Communities Foundation of Haley Family Foundation North Carolina Glenn Alan Shively and Texas Steven R. Haley and Hoyt Robinson Barnett and Deborah Shively Community Foundation of Kathleen Powers Haley Carol Jenkins Barnett Smith & Nephew Dyonics Greater Lakeland Hanesbrands, Inc. William Charles Batten (‘74) Larry Dale Smith (‘60)

60 wake forest magazine William Carey Hedgpeth Jr. Ernest Linwood Moore Jr. (‘56) Keith Watson Vaughan (‘72) (‘65) and Gayle N. Anderson Roy W. Mundy and and Lydia Hasecke Vaughan Hope Street Kids Karen S. Mundy (MA ‘71) George Albro Horton III and Wade Warren Murphy (‘00) Vulcan Materials Company Alice Kirby Horton Grace MacDougall Mynatt WFU Health Sciences Jeanette Wallace Hyde (‘60) Carl Albert Navarre Jr. and Wachovia Foundation and Wallace Hyde Pamela Menzie Navarre Wachovia Wealth ISP T. David Neill and Scottie Neill Management Group Independent College Fund of North Carolina Biotechnology Ronald D. Wellman and North Carolina Center Linda A. Wellman J. F. Maddox Foundation Novartis Pharmaceuticals Barbara Dail Whiteman (‘58) J. La’ Verne Designs Corporation and Robert Whiteman Jr. Jim Swisher Rental William Fred Owens Jr. (‘59) Mark Sanford Wilson (‘84) and Christopher W. Johnson and and Joyce Petty Owens Patricia Vick Wilson (‘84) Jane B. Johnson Josephine Parrella Emmitte Elson Winslow and Kane Realty Corporation Walter L. Parsons III (‘60) Carol Winslow Katie Carpenter Daniels Pepsi Cola Bottling Companies Eric Charles Wiseman (‘77, Revocable Trust Pfizer Pharmaceuticals MBA ‘88) and Susan Cooper Gaither McDonald Keener Jr. Philip Morris Wiseman (‘78) (JD ‘77) and Beverly Bogle Pine Hall Brick Company Zisman Family Foundation Keener Radiological Society of North Douglas Wooten duPont and Stanhope A. Kelly and Liz Kelly America Sarah Fowler duPont Bradley David Kendall (‘89) David Brian Rea (JD ‘80) and Brooke West Kendall Ben Reynolds and Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Michelle Reynolds Matthew Alan King (‘82) and Deborah Cosby Riggs (MBA Llew Ann Murray King (‘83) ‘79) and Richard Dean Riggs *denotes deceased donor L. Andrew Koman and Leroy Robinson (‘50, JD ‘51) Leigh E. Koman Samuel Parker Rothrock (‘73) Horace Robinson Kornegay Sr. and Penny Sala Rothrock (‘47, JD ‘49) Deborah Kahn Rubin (MAEd John Frederick Krahnert Jr. ‘83, MALS ‘05) and (‘79, MD ‘83) and Anne Michael H. Rubin Beard Krahnert (‘81) Thomas J. Sargeant and Kulynych Family Foundation II, Vivian Reae Sargeant Inc. Smith/Shaver Scholarship Fund Kyle Petty Charity Tour- Gerald Francis Smith Jr. (‘83) WCRWA and Kaye DeHaven Smith (‘84) Leroy Robinson Revocable Trust Richard Michael Spencer (‘70) Lochland Foundation and Alberta Young Spencer Thomas Drumwright Long Sr. Frederick Evans Sprock Jr. (‘66) (‘49, MD ‘52) and Warren Amerine Stephens Betty Hubbard Long (MT ‘49) (MBA ‘81) and Harriet Barbara J. Mackay Stephens Jennifer Rinehart Manns (‘86) Janice Kulynych Story ('75) and and Sean Patrick Manns Ed Story March of Dimes Foundation James Lawrence Swisher (‘61, James J. Marino and Pat Marino JD ‘62) and Barbara S. Mary Alice Morris Charitable Swisher Lead Annuity Trust Takeda Pharmaceuticals John Marshall McAvoy (‘82) John Anderson Taylor and and Adriane Z. McAvoy Marguerite B. Taylor George McGough Cynthia Evans Tessien (‘82) and William Frederick McGuirt Sr. William Thomas Tessien (MD ‘68) Frank Judson Turner (‘77) and Karen Russell McNeil Lee Turner Merck & Company Hugh Edward Tyner (‘42, MD ‘46) Joel Byron Miller (‘70, MD ‘74) Vartech Systems and Nancy Misenheimer Miller

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There's Only One Demon Deacon by Jenny Puckett ('71, P '90)

ou’ve heard it; I’m sure coaching the college’s his successors: he marched shocked a Bowman Gray Yyou have: It’s that ques- athletic teams and revived in parades in a very strict, Stadium football crowd tion that we sometimes get the Deacon athletic upright manner. one afternoon by dropping when we travel to a bowl program, which had fallen It was not until 1941 that his pants —only to reveal game, as we so often do on hard times. As the Wake Forest had a Deacon a pair of colorful Bermuda these days: They say, “Um, Deacons started recording mascot at its athletic shorts. Ray Whitley (’57) excuse me. Your mascot is wins on a regular basis, contests. Jack Baldwin (’43) introduced the art of goal- a Demon Deacon? What is the existing nicknames of was the original student climbing to Wake Forest a Demon Deacon?” “Baptists” and “Old Gold Deacon mascot, the first of contests. Bill Shepherd I almost feel sorry for and Black” did not seem a long line of entertainers (’60) answered Auburn’s these friendly strangers; to capture the new spirit to lead the school’s teams war eagle cry with his own after all, so many of the of Wake Forest athletics. into action. Jack Baldwin “turkey buzzard,” and high-profile mascots that When the Deacons pulled became the Wake Forest Hap Bulger (’65) gained they know about have off a particularly satisfying mascot on a dare from notoriety as the stately to be shared by several win over rival Duke, sports one of his fraternity “Debonair Deacon.” schools, conferences, and editor Mayon Parker of brothers. Quoting again The first two women professional teams. Just Ahoskie searched for a from the program: “Here Deacons, Sandra Grant think about our own new phrase to describe the came Baldwin leading (’73) and Anne Hope (’75, conference. There may be “devilish” play and fighting the Deacons on the field MA '78) helped blend numerous ways that you spirit that marked the against North Carolina. contemporary attitudes can dress up a tiger, or a athletic teams. He found He was dressed in top hat, with cherished traditions wild bird, or an amphib- that description in “Demon tails, and umbrella, riding when they donned the ian, or an insect, or a farm Deacon.” the Carolina ram, and while top hat. Every Deacon has animal….. but there’s only And so, a decade later, his fraternity brothers flavored the tradition of one Demon Deacon. the very first Deacon roared with laughter at the mascot, making it his This beautiful statue was Allie Hayes. He was the sight of him, no one or her own. that we dedicate today is a varsity athlete in 1932, realized that the Deacons One of the most well- an image which has made and a pretty good one, would never play again known Deacons was Jeff a long and interesting too: he played end for the without their Demon Dobbs (’77), a spirited and journey, from 1922 in Wake freshman football team Deacon. A joke was to acrobatic dancer who was Forest, North Carolina, to and ran in the 100-yard, become an institution. rightfully world-famous 2008 in McCreary Plaza 200-yard, and high hurdles. Here was a truly unique in Winston-Salem for his at BB&T Field. It’s great His height and athletic mascot. One which incredible “head roll.” to welcome the former abilities got him noticed seemed a step above the If you remember the head- Deacon mascots who are by the band director, Tigers, Gamecocks, Eagles, roll, good…..just don’t try here today. My purpose Neville Isbell, who invited and Wildcats of the world. it. is to honor all those who Allie to accompany him “We tried to make him a Which brings me to why have donned the Deacon up Faculty Avenue to one little more dignified than I love this Deacon statue. uniform. of the minister’s homes. other mascots,” Baldwin It looks like the Deacon I’d like to quote from The minister’s wife met says, “so we dressed up that the students and the 1974 homecoming them, and brought out a like you would expect an faculty on the Old Campus program, Wake Forest ministerial uniform of the old Baptist Deacon would first visualized when vs. Virginia, October 26: day: a split-tail coat and dress up.” they created our mascot. “Our school had gained a crown hat. They fit. He Over the years the The earliest Deacons its nickname in 1922 when fit. He became Dr. Isbell’s Deacon has performed were human forms which a gentleman named Hank drum major. But his duties numerous memorable displayed uniqueness as Garrity, Sr., took over were very different from stunts. Jimmy Devos (’55) well as a touch of dignity;

www.wfu.edu/alumni december 2008 63 t r u e & the idea for that mascot motorcycle, the spirit of and into a happy and was organic: it came from our mascot has never promising future. Because the people they knew and changed. The Demon this statue blends so well

c o n s t a n t the lives they lived there Deacon lives in each the old and the new, we in Wake Forest, from the one of us. And the even welcome the Demon Baptist tradition. Our better news is this: we Deacon as he stands guard Deacon was not derived alumni and fans have a lot at the entrance to our from the borrowed glory of company. Every day, magnificent new facility. of some other school; when I go to our campus I would like for my last instead, he carried the to teach the students of two words today to be spark of a place which is Wake Forest, I see this the same ones that I know like no other. same spirit in them. the statue would say, if he Outward appearances When you look at the could speak: GO DEACS!! may have changed, but statue, you’ll notice that one thread has never he has a very long stride; These remarks were presented by Jenny Puckett (’71, P ’90) been broken. From the he’s taking a long, giant on October 9, 2008, at the early Deacons who led step. I believe that this dedication of the Demon cheers while walking and is not an accident. Our Deacon statue at Deacon Tower. Puckett is a lecturer in carrying an umbrella, Deacon steps across Spanish in the Department of to our Deacon of today, many decades, from our Romance Languages. who arrives on a super- storied past, into the charged black and gold exciting present day,

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Sen. Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for vice president, greets well-wishers at an Oct. 23 rally on Hearn Plaza. Biden was the third high-profile candidate to visit Wake Forest during the 2008 campaign. Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton also made stops.