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COMMENCEMENT 2005 ■ ENDOWMENT RECOGNITION ■ LINDA CARE CROWDER ’80 TRANSYLVANIA2005-2006 Season UNIVERSITY of Shows THEATER

The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht The funny, haunting, ironic legend of abandonment, rescue, and social justice Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5, 6 at 2 p.m. Directed by Tim Soulis

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens A solo performance of the classic tale, enacted by Tim Soulis Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Showcase of Scenes Two nights of directorial premieres by students taking The Fundamentals of Play Directing Dec. 11, 12 at 7:30 p.m.

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams The evocative tragedy of gentleness contending with brutality between people and within ourselves Feb. 23, 24, 25, March 2, 3, 4 at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. Directed by Tim Soulis

Drama professor and program director Tim Soulis directs students prior to a recent production. Nights of One Acts Several short plays to be announced, All performances in the Lucille C. Little Theater directed by guest directors For ticket information April 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30 p.m. Division of Fine Arts, (859) 233-8141 For further information Tim Soulis, program director, (859) 233-8163, [email protected] TTransylvaniaransylvaniaUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Features SUMMER/2005

11 WELL MANAGED MONEY Transylvania’s endowment management expertise gains national recognition in Business Officer magazine page 16 12 A COMMENCEMENT TO CELEBRATE Transylvania’s 225th anniversary lends historical sense to May graduation ceremonies for 237 seniors

16 ALUMNI WEEKEND 2005 More than 700 alumni return to see classmates and professors while celebrating Transy’s 225th birthday page 12 20 A KRAFTY MANAGER Linda Care Crowder ’80 helps Kraft Foods keep pace with rapidly changing markets

Around Campus

2 Faculty receive Bingham Awards, promotions 4 Phelps Family Scholarship Fund tops $1 million 6 Changes enhance alumni/development efforts 7 Cooper $1 million gift to fund chair

Alumni News and Notes page 7

22 CLASS NOTES 24 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 26 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS 27 MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, OBITUARIES

on the cover ■ Director of Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons Director of Publications: From left, Katie Allan, ■ ■ Martha S. Baker Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden Publica- Joseph Berry, and Jennifer tions Assistant: Katherine Yeakel ■ Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell Wagenmaker were among the 237 graduates Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume 22, No. 3, Summer 2005. at commencement 2005. Produced by the Office of Publications, Transylvania University, Lexington, See article on page 12. KY 40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news to Alumni Office, Photo by Joseph Rey Au Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797, fax to (859) 233-8797, or e-mail to [email protected]. Around Campus

FACULTY RECOGNIZED THROUGH BINGHAM AWARDS AND PROMOTIONS

Transylvania recognized the Palombi, art professor Kurt strives to help students see in 1980. She earned her B.B.A. exceptional classroom teaching Gohde, and accounting profes- learning as a challenging, excit- and MBA from Eastern Ken- of three faculty members this sor Judy Jones received Bing- ing discovery process. tucky University and has been a spring with Bingham Awards for ham awards, which are accom- “I try to provide opportuni- CPA since 1975. She is actively Excellence in Teaching. The col- panied by annual salary supple- ties for students to become involved with the Kentucky lege also granted tenure and ments for five years. A commit- more creative thinkers, to Society of CPAs, having served promotions to several other out- tee of outside educators selects improve their ability to do as an officer, on the board of standing professors. Bingham Award winners based informed speculation, and to directors, and as chair of various Biology professor Peggy on classroom visits, essays sub- apply their knowledge and logi- committees. The organization mitted by candidates, and stu- cal thinking skills to new situa- recognized her as Accounting dent evaluations. tions,” she said. Educator of the Year in 1989. “Bingham Fellows go out of Kurt Gohde joined the At Transylvania, Jones has their way to improve the learn- Transylvania faculty in 1998 served on numerous committees ing experience of the students,” after earning his B.F.A. from and chaired the Personnel Com- said Vice President and Dean of New York State College of mittee, Faculty Concerns Com- the College William F. Pollard. Ceramics at Alfred University mittee, and is the current chair “They’re active on campus, and his M.F.A. from Syracuse of the Division of Business and mentoring students and direct- University. He received a Bing- Economics. She’s been adviser ing undergraduate research, ham Start-Up Grant from Tran- to Students in Free Enterprise and through their own profes- sylvania and won the 2001 Art (SIFE) and co-sponsor of the sional development, they bring Teacher of the Year Award from Accounting Club, and she coor- the latest discoveries and ideas the National Society for Arts dinates Transylvania’s Volunteer into the classroom.” and Letters. Income Tax Assistance program, Peggy Palombi came to Gohde regularly creates which gives students hands-on Transylvania in 1997 and opportunities for his students to accounting experience as they received a Bingham Start-Up expand their learning beyond assist community members with Grant, a one-time award given the classroom and beyond the tax return preparation. Jones to promising new faculty mem- boundaries of Transylvania’s has team taught innovative May bers. She earned her bachelor’s campus. He’s facilitated their term courses that allowed stu- degree from Oberlin College, involvement in the community dents to learn about interna- master’s degree from North- through projects such as con- tional accounting and white col- western University, and Ph.D. verting a restaurant into an art lar crime while traveling to loca- from Southern Illinois University. gallery and assisting with a tions such as Ireland and Grand Prior to joining Transylvania’s neighborhood mural project. He Cayman. faculty, she was a postdoctoral also helps students find off- “Teaching in a liberal arts fellow at the University of Illinois campus venues to exhibit their environment allows you to go at Urbana-Champaign and the work and encourages them to far beyond the fundamentals of Southern Illinois University engage in a continuing dialogue accounting,” Jones said. “I try School of Medicine. about art through visits to gal- to create a stimulating environ- Forrest PayneForrest Lee Thomas A highlight of Palombi’s on- leries and museums, guest lec- ment where students feel free campus involvement has been tures, and on-line conversations to discuss and question issues, the Kentucky Biomedical with well-known artists from and I encourage them to use Research Undergraduate Train- around the world. critical thinking in their ing program. Supported by a “Metaphorically, I spend my approach to accounting.” National Institutes of Health time in the classroom inviting grant, KBRUT allowed rising students into the center of a Promotions and tenure sophomores to explore their road—when they have been Tenure has been granted to interest in research during eight- socialized to stay on the side- business administration profes- week summer workshops. walk,” Gohde said. “The great- sor Julia Poynter and political Palombi, who’s currently the est intellectual and creative science professor Sakah Mah- biology program director, is also rewards always involve a degree mud. Economics professor Alan involved with the Committee on of risk. Most simply, my goal is Bartley, mathematics professor Programs and Curriculum and to make students more com- Kim Jenkins, and biology profes- Project Kaleidoscope, a national fortable with these risks, and sor Peter Sherman have been

Joseph Rey Au initiative to build stronger learn- aware of the rewards that come granted tenure and promoted ing environments for students in with creativity.” to associate professor. Jones ■ 2005 Bingham Award the fields of science, technology, Judy Jones, who also has and classics professor John Svar- winners, from top, Peggy engineering, and mathematics. been promoted to full professor, lien have been promoted to full Palombi, Kurt Gohde, and In the classroom, Palombi began teaching at Transylvania professor. Judy Jones

2 TRANSYLVANIA One of a kind desks encourage children to study

Students in the Sculpture II course at and their parents, take measurements, ■ Senior Challenge Transylvania this spring spent countless and design a desk that would meet each Scholarship hours designing and constructing works child’s specific needs. Eight students, led winner Shannon bound not for a gallery, but for the bed- by art and English double major Sarah Victoria Conley rooms and living rooms of 14 local fami- Walker, divided into teams to tackle the lies. The Transylvania students built challenge. unique, personalized desks for students “These desks, although not ‘traditional’ from Breckinridge Elementary, helping to sculpture pieces, were very artistically provide the children with one of the most designed,” said rising senior Tim Meko, Graduates leave legacy important components for successful who documented the process in a digital homework completion–a designated video. “They weren’t the run of the mill through Senior Challenge place where they can study. rectangular desk with two drawers on the scholarship “The main purpose was to encourage side. They actually had flow and feeling, student achievement and focus on oppor- the kind of creative inspiration that is per- Gifts and pledges from members of the tunities to work on school assignments fect for elementary school students.” class of 2005 through the Senior Challenge and general study skills at home,” said Gohde has engaged students in several will provide an incoming student with a Debra Schirm, coordinator of special pro- community projects, ranging from service $3,500 annual scholarship, renewable over grams at the Carnegie Center for Literacy work with an art center for people with a four-year academic career at Transylvania. and Learning, which initiated the desk disabilities to a neighborhood mural proj- “Senior Challenge is our chance to help build. “These students either needed a ect. He said the community interaction another student have the same caliber of study space, or the opportunity to partici- prompts Transylvania students to shine in education and other opportunities that we pate in designing a study space would ways they are often reluctant to attempt had at Transylvania,” said Liz Van Slyke ’05, enhance what they were already doing. in a traditional classroom environment. co-chair of the Senior Challenge committee The more a student can feel ownership of Working on the desks also taught the along with classmates Colene Elridge, Fred- a space, the more interested they are in sculpture students important lessons dy Peralta, and Wyn Saunier. using it.” about modular construction. The committee’s efforts, which included a The original idea had Transy students “It’s really the first step toward installa- kick-off social, peer-to-peer contacts, and a assembling and painting prefabricated tion art,” Gohde said. “Installation art is dinner during Senior Week, resulted in 65 desks, but art professor Kurt Gohde sug- essentially something that can be pack- percent participation—the highest in the gested taking the project a step further. aged up in a shoe box and then fill a past four years. (The record was set in 2000 He had students in his Sculpture II course whole gallery. They learned the concept with 70 percent participation.) Seventy-five visit the children’s homes, talk with them of having something that’s virtually fin- seniors pledged more than $100, and 26 ished but travels smaller than pledged $250 or more. it exists.” Donors received a tee-shirt with the When the desks were near quote: The cowards never started, the weak completion, the Breckinridge died on the way. Only the strong arrived, students were invited to and they were Pioneers. campus to paint the desks “It was so neat to see those shirts around with the help of the sculp- campus,” said Van Slyke. “The fact that ture students and about 100 graduates want to give back to the Universi- other volunteers from Tran- ty is a testament to the great experiences sylvania’s Greek community. we had at Transy.” Separate workshops on study The committee chose Shannon Victoria skills for parents and stu- Conley of Maysville, Ky., as this year’s Senior dents were also conducted. Challenge scholarship recipient. Selection “Given what we saw on was based upon academic potential, finan- the decorating day, the cial need, and the prospect of the recipient excitement on the children’s becoming an active participant in the Tran- faces and the overall enthusi- sylvania community. asm, I think we achieved our goal,” Schirm said. CORRECTION In the spring Transylvania magazine stories about Jay Ambrose ’66 and Mary Lou Dietrich Harmon ’56, former Lexington Herald-Leader ■ Juniors Jill Priesmeyer and Transylvania professor Benjamin R. Nina Barnes help a stu- Lewis was misidentified. Lewis was a dent from Breckinridge philosophy professor.

Janet Worne/ Elementary paint her desk.

SUMMER 2005 3 Around Campus

■ Left, E. Ray Phelps ’40 and his wife, ■ Above, Kay and Ray Phelps as Betsy, at Alumni Weekend in 1995 freshmen in the 1937 Crimson

Phelps Family Scholarship Fund grows to more than $1 million

Twin brothers Elson Ray and wrote in a letter to the Universi- have been substantially differ- wanted Ray because he was a Aaron Kay Phelps left home in ty in the mid-1990s. In a 1987 ent.” bassoon player,” said Giles. Enid, Okla., in the late summer letter to President Charles L. “This generous bequest will “Our father called them and of 1936 to hitchhike to Lexing- Shearer, Phelps had written of carry forward Ray Phelps’ appre- said, ‘You can’t have one broth- ton and enroll at Transylvania. himself, his brother, and their ciation for higher education, for er without the other.’” They each had $40 in their Transy experience, “Both of us Transylvania, and for the joy of The brothers put their Transyl- pocket—all their parents could recognize the education we music to many future genera- vania and Oklahoma degrees to afford to give them in the midst received there prior to going to tions of Transy students,” said good use. Ray was in private of the Great Depression—and law school was the irreplaceable vice president for alumni and practice in Roswell, N.M., for music scholarships awaiting basis for our later successes in development Richard Valentine. more than 50 years. Kay, who them at Transy. life.” “It shows a deep affection for specialized in bankruptcy law, Ray played bassoon in the Thanks to Phelps’ generous his alma mater, and Transylvania settled in California, where he philharmonic band and in the spirit and wise financial plan- is extremely grateful for his served as a federal bankruptcy symphony orchestra and sup- ning, Transylvania students will bequest.” judge for nearly 19 years and ported himself by waiting tables now benefit for years to come “I feel proud that my father also was in private practice. and washing dishes in a nearby from greatly increased scholar- could be so generous with his Ray had a lifelong passion for boarding house and orphanage. ship assistance. The original money to the school and could music and art. He played bas- Kay played clarinet in the phil- Phelps Family Scholarship Fund, recognize the value of his edu- soon in the Roswell Symphony harmonic band. begun in 1996 and valued at cation years later and want to Orchestra and served as its third Both brothers graduated from approximately $100,000 several honor that,” said daughter president and board member. Transylvania in three years, years later, provided scholarships Robbin Phelps. “He wanted An art collector, he also helped earned law degrees at the Uni- for more than 20 students. The to help people who needed found the Roswell Museum and versity of Oklahoma in 1942, fund soared to more than $1 something.” Art Center. and went on to successful million in 2004 when Phelps’ Another daughter, Andrea Preference for Phelps Family careers, Ray in private practice estate was settled and the ulti- Phelps, added, “Papa just treas- Scholarships is given, but not and Kay in the federal judiciary. mate extent of his love for Tran- ured that experience and limited to, students from south- E. Ray Phelps ’40 never forgot sylvania became manifest. believed so much in Transylvania eastern New Mexico and Okla- the feeling he had when he first The fund was created to all his life.” homa and to students participat- arrived at Transy of having little honor Phelps, his brother, and Ray and Kay, who died in ing in any performing instru- money and an uncertain future. their sister, Celestia M. Phelps 1994, were inseparable in their mental music group. Long before his death in 2003, Giles. Ray wanted no personal early years and close throughout “Ray believed that education he established an endowed recognition until after his death. their lives, according to their sis- away from home was more scholarship fund at Transylvania The fund’s establishing docu- ter. “They were very much of valuable, based on his experi- to, as he put it, “help students ment states, “It is made in the same mind politically and ence at Transylvania,” said Giles. who otherwise might not be grateful recognition and appreci- how they felt about the world,” “In fact, he felt he would never able to attend a good college.” ation of the scholarship assis- said Giles. have had his education at all if it “That is the position I was in tance given by the University to When it came time for col- hadn’t been for Transylvania, many years ago, and that is the the first two of those named, lege, their father helped keep and he was grateful all of his purpose I hope to serve,” Phelps without which their lives would them together. “Transylvania life.”

4 TRANSYLVANIA Roberson retires after 20 years in development office Dolores Roberson, associate director of “Dolores has contributed greatly to the development and director of parent pro- success of our development office and the grams, retired June 30 after 20 years of serv- University as a whole,” said President PARENTS FUND ice to Transylvania. Charles L. Shearer. “We truly appreciate her EXCEEDS GOAL Roberson’s association with Transy began efforts.” before she was employed at the University. “As a new guy at Transy, I couldn’t have The Parents Fund exceeded its fund-rais- Her daughter, Deanne, is a 1985 graduate, asked for a better resource than Dolores,” ing goal of $91,000 before June 30, post- her son, Roy, graduated in 1989, and Rober- said Richard Valentine, vice president for ing a record $95,000 to help keep the son served as co-president of the Parents alumni and development. “She’s highly library’s resources up-to-date. Gifts came Council during the 1983-84 academic year. organized, very talented, and loves Transyl- from 1,160 parents and grandparents of “That year, our goal for the Parents Fund vania not only as an institution but also as current students and alumni. At press time, was $20,000,” Roberson recalled. “When I her children’s alma mater.” pledges totaling more than $6,300 were compare that with this year’s goal of Roberson said her goal has always been outstanding, and donations were expected $91,000, I feel a real sense of accomplish- to cultivate good feelings toward Transylva- to rise further by the end of the fiscal year. ment.” nia. “I’ve developed many lasting friendships “Transylvania’s 225th anniversary is the Roberson organized the first parents through my work with class reunion groups perfect time for parents and grandparents phonathon in 1985, modeling it after the and the Parents Council through the years. to show their support,” said Dolores Rober- very successful alumni phonathon. She also That makes my retirement bittersweet, but son, who recently retired as director of par- began including grandparents in the fund- I’m looking forward to spending more time ent programs. “This confirms that they rec- raising effort. Roberson coordinated Family with my family, visiting my grandchildren, ognize and appreciate the fine education Weekend and assisted with Alumni Week- reading a lot of good books, traveling, and their students receive at Transylvania.” end and trustee functions. just enjoying life.”

Irish Tenor founder to deliver fall Kenan Lecture Board members elected

Transylvania’s fall Kenan Lecture will be Kathy Simon. “It seemed fitting to invite a Four new members were elected to the music to the ears of everyone in attendance person with international stature to help Transylvania Board of Trustees at the May when celebrated vocalist and former Irish Transylvania celebrate its 225th anniversary.” board meeting. (See page 18 for coverage Tenor Ronan Tynan performs two songs and Though he had always enjoyed singing, of Patricia Hocker Riddle ’72.) discusses his remarkable life as a physician, Tynan didn’t begin formal voice study until Joseph D. Cantrell ’67 is a retired CEO singer, and disabled athlete. The lecture, he was 33. Within two years, he’d won the of the Chicago Sun-Times. He has been a titled “Hitting the High Notes: Living Life to John McCormack Cup for Tenor Voice, a loyal donor to Transylvania and has shown a the Fullest,” will be delivered September 27 BBC talent competition, and the Internation- continuing interest in the affairs of the Uni- at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. al Operatic Singing Competition in Mau- versity since his graduation. “Many people will know Tynan from his marde, France. In 1998, Tynan joined Nick Nicholson is president of the performances with the Irish Tenors and at Anthony Kearns and John McDermott to Keeneland Association. He has a strong national events such as the September 11 form the Irish Tenors, a group that gained commitment to education and has been a memorial service at Madison Square Garden worldwide fame. That same year, Tynan loyal friend to Transylvania. and at Yankee Stadium during the World released his first solo CD titled My Life Brian Wood ’94 has diverse business Series,” said Director of Special Programs Belongs to You. interests in central Kentucky. He has been a generous donor to Transylvania and has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the University since his graduation.

Hunter-Gault discusses battle for civil rights in U.S. and South Africa

Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Pres- ident Charles L. Shearer shortly before delivering the spring Kenan Lecture on February 22. Titled “From Jim Crowe America to Apartheid South Africa and Beyond: A Journalist’s Journey,” Hunter-Gault’s lecture chronicled her struggles as one of the first two black students admitted to the University of Georgia and as a journalist trying to report the truth during the violently oppressive reign of the Apartheid government. After the lecture, Hunter-Gault took questions from the audience and signed copies of her memoir, In My Place. Joseph Rey Au

SUMMER 2005 5 Around Campus

■ From left, Anne Arnold-Ratliff,

ApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplause Tracy Dunn, Campbell receives lifetime achievement award Ann-Phillips Mayfield, Mark Transylvania Board of Trustees Blankenship, member Alex G. Campbell Jr. Natasa Pajic became the first recipient of the W. T. Young Lifetime Achieve- ment Award at the 2005 Com- merce Lexington, Inc., annual Katherine Yeakel dinner in January. The award is Organizational changes will bring

presented to one person who Bill Straus Photography has achieved unparalleled suc- ■ Alex Campbell enhancements to alumni/development cess in business and made sig- nificant contributions to the public well-being in Lexington or Organizational changes in the alumni clubs. A new club Kentucky as a whole. Campbell co-founded the Triangle Foun- alumni and development offices recently was organized in Chica- dation, which raised money to build Triangle Park, and was one will allow for increased personal go, and another is in the early of the original investors in the Victorian Square retail project. cultivation of existing donors stages of development in Wash- and identification of new ington, D.C. Dunn also will sources of support for the Uni- work to expand alumni group Richardson wins chemistry prize versity. travel opportunities. Mark Blankenship ’81 is the Mayfield’s focus will be to Brooke Richardson, a rising senior chemistry major from Mid- new director of development for enhance Transy’s successful dlesboro, Ky., won first place for her chemistry project at the major gifts/planned giving, annual fund and increase the Regional Undergraduate Chemistry Research poster session held Natasa Pajic ’96 succeeds alumni giving rate, which is April 22 in Lexington. Her project, titled “Separating and Test- Blankenship as director of alumni already above 50 percent. The ing Novel Spermine Derivatives: Amines and Amides,” focused programs, and Tracy Dunn ’90 annual fund supports student on the synthesis of new amine compounds that will hopefully fills Pajic’s former position as scholarships, faculty salaries, affect enzymes responsible for degrading messenger peptides in assistant director of alumni pro- campus facilities, and much the brain, immune system, and other tissues. grams. Ann-Phillips Mayfield ’99 more. As operating costs contin- joins Transylvania as director of ue to increase, the annual fund Delta Sigma Phi receives national award annual giving, and Anne Arnold- also will need to increase. Ratliff ’03 is the new assistant Arnold-Ratliff will coordinate The North American Interfraternity Conference recognized director of annual giving. the alumni phonathon and the Transylvania’s Beta Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Phi with the Blankenship has worked at Senior Challenge scholarship 2005 Undergraduate Chapter Award of Distinction. To be eligi- Transy since 1985, first as assis- program. Many Transy alumni ble for the award, a chapter must be active in the community, tant director of admissions and enjoy talking with students dur- academically successful, and committed to the advancement of later in the alumni office. In his ing the phonathon because it fraternal ideals. Delta Sigma Phi was one of five chapters select- new position, Blankenship will provides them with an opportu- ed from a pool of 55 nominations to receive the honor. focus on identifying potential nity to stay connected with the major gift donors and assisting University.

Applause them throughout the process. Richard Valentine, vice presi- Meko artwork selected for Dean’s Purchase Award He also will work to strengthen dent for alumni and develop- Times Square, a digitally stitched photograph by rising senior Transy’s planned giving program. ment, said that many other Tim Meko, was selected as the 2005 Dean’s Purchase Award Pajic will complete her ninth institutions consider Transy a winner. The work is now part of the University’s permanent col- year in the alumni office in model for fund-raising. “Twenty lection and will hang in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center August. As the new director of years ago, Transy had limited faculty/staff lounge. Meko also received a Jurors’ Award for his alumni programs, she plans to resources and a small endow- ApplauseApplause video esreveR, which was part of the Transylvania Student increase regional alumni pro- ment, but with the leadership Exhibit this spring. A Russell, Ky., native, Meko has worked with grams, form new alumni chap- of President Shearer and the the academic dean and faculty advisers to design a special ters, and enhance Web services board—first under the late major in digital imaging and application design. to enable alumni to stay con- William T. Young and now nected with Transy as well as under William T. Young Jr. and their classmates. Pajic will also Warren Rosenthal, chair of the work to strengthen the reunion Development Committee—the weekend program with the goal University has developed a very of bringing even more alumni to successful program. Having campus every year. these competent staff members Dunn, who has been an dedicate their efforts toward Times Square accounts payable specialist at specific programs will allow us Transy since 2001, will be the to build on that success.” primary liaison with regional

6 TRANSYLVANIA $1 million Cooper deferred gift will endow mathematics chair Dona Swiger Cooper ’66 was turned to him in her senior year boys’ subject’,” he said. “They sy, but also a beloved teacher only six years old when her fam- for advice on a career choice. weren’t pointed in that direc- and mentor, and the guidance ily moved from Ashland, Ky., to “I told Dr. Haggard I was con- tion, regardless of their talent. he gave her for living her life,” Ohio, and she had to leave cerned about what I was going Dona was maybe just a bit stub- said Tanner. “And in her own behind her best friend, Carol to do,” she said. “I was getting born and decided to go that quiet way, she paid tribute to a Goff Tanner ’64. Remarkably, a teaching certificate, but I real- way anyhow.” treasured friendship, one which the two girls continued their ly didn’t want to teach. He said, After four years with IBM, has spanned many years and friendship through letters for ‘What about computer pro- Cooper moved to Atlanta and many miles. Her gesture the next 12 years until they gramming?’ I said, ‘What’s earned a master’s degree in touched me in ways beyond were reunited at Transylvania. that?’ I had never even seen a computer science from the measure.” After college, the two still computer.” Georgia Institute of Technology. Haggard got the news about kept in touch. That’s why it was Computer science was still in As one of the few women in being honored by the chair understandable that when its infancy at Transylvania, but her class, she was amused to through a phone call from the Cooper received her summer Haggard knew something of receive mail addressed to Mr. development office. “It was 2004 Transylvania magazine, the opportunities the emerging Don A. Swiger—someone at overwhelming—it just stunned she took more than a passing field might offer a bright math Georgia Tech apparently me,” he said. “I could scarcely interest in an article about a student like Cooper. thought Dona Swiger was a imagine anything like that. You generous deferred gift Tanner “Dr. Haggard arranged an typographical error. like to think you have made a had made to her alma mater. appointment for me at IBM in Cooper was then hired by difference somewhere along the Through innovative use of a $1 Lexington,” Cooper recalled. Norfolk Southern and spent line, but you have very few million life insurance policy, Tan- “They hired me and trained me, most of her career at the rail- opportunities to actually see ner had created the future Carol and I just loved it.” road company, working her way that.” Goff Tanner ’64 Endowed Chair Haggard remembers Cooper up from systems programming Cooper has feelings that mir- in Education as a testament to as an excellent student who had to director of network services ror her former professor’s. her Transy experience. to overcome a cultural bias and architecture upon her “I’m really thrilled to be able “I was very impressed with against women in math. retirement in 2000. to do this,” she said. “I know it what Carol had done,” said “In 1966 it was a bit unusual When Cooper contacted Tan- will help future Transy students. Cooper. “I gave the article to to have a really good female ner about her gift decision, her I think education is the only my financial adviser and he math student, primarily because friend was both impressed and investment guaranteed never to explained to me how I could all through grade school and very moved. decrease.” also use an insurance policy and high school the girls were told, “With her gift, Dona honored For more information on giv- some stock options to create a ‘You don’t do math—that’s a not only her experience at Tran- ing to Transylvania, contact the similar endowment.” development office at (800) After putting the financial 487-2679 or visit our Web site, plan together, Cooper immedi- www.transy.edu, and click on ately thought of honoring Tran- Giving to Transy. sylvania mathematics professor emeritus Charles Haggard. “If it hadn’t been for Dr. Haggard, I wouldn’t have even had those ■ Dona Swiger Cooper ’66 and stock options,” said Cooper. Transylvania mathematics The chair will be known as the professor emeritus Charles Dr. Charles Haggard Endowed Haggard were reunited dur- ing Alumni Weekend 2005. A Chair in Mathematics. $1 million deferred gift from As a mathematics major, Cooper will establish an aca- Cooper had taken many courses demic chair in Haggard’s from Haggard. She naturally Joseph Rey Au name.

Renovation and redesign will enhance Haupt Plaza

A major focal point of Transylvania’s cam- tion and high usage,” President Charles L. A pavilion that offers seating will take the pus will be much easier on the eyes by early Shearer said. “It is the town square of cam- place of the pool in the redesigned plaza, fall. Haupt Plaza is undergoing a renovation pus, as one of our alumni once said.” which is scheduled for completion early in to create a more visually appealing and The $300,000 project is limited to the the fall term. functional space. area that surrounded the pool, which has With the pavilion and other benches, “This is a relatively small project that will been removed along with the aggregate- seating for 65 people will be available, and have a large impact on the appearance of surface pavement. The lawn stretching to new trees and shrubs will further enhance campus because of the plaza’s central loca- Hazelrigg Hall will remain undisturbed. the plaza’s appearance.

SUMMER 2005 7 Sports

Men’s basketball shares HCAC crown; Lane named Coach of the Year

With all five starters back from the door of NCAA post-season an improving team that finished tournament participation. a strong third in the Heartland Transy defeated Anderson Collegiate Athletic Conference University in the HCAC tourna- the previous season, expecta- ment quarterfinals, then ended tions ran high for the Transylva- its season with a 73-67 loss at nia men’s basketball team. Franklin College, a team it had “We talked early about win- defeated twice during the regu- ning a regular season confer- lar season, in the semifinals. The ence championship, protecting winner of the conference tour- our home court advantage, and nament receives an automatic gaining national exposure for bid to the NCAA tourney. our program,” said head coach Ranked as high as No. 2 in the Joseph Rey Au Brian Lane ’90. NCAA’s Midwest Region, Transy Finke led the team in rebound- ■ Junior center Matt Finke was By season’s end, the Pioneers was in the running for an at- ing with 6.5 a contest, was sec- named to the All-HCAC first had fulfilled almost all of their large bid, but fell just short. ond in scoring at 12.6 points, team. expectations by sharing the Lane was honored by his and was an HCAC Player of the HCAC regular season crown HCAC peers with the confer- Week. Searle was Transy’s top with Hanover College at 11-3 in ence Coach of the Year award. scorer with a 14.5 average and 10 points a contest. Transy’s league play, climbing as high as He was quick to share that was second in rebounding at success without one of its lead- No. 23 in the nation in the Divi- accolade with others. “It puts a 5.2 a contest. He set a Transy ing players for much of the sea- sion III poll, and fashioning a 9-1 stamp of approval from the home floor scoring record with son illustrated the team’s depth. Beck Center record. other coaches in the conference 37 points against Maryville. “I thought we had the best Those achievements capped on the quality of our players, Senior guard/forward Nate quality depth in the confer- Transy’s steady rise from a 4-20 the effort we put forth, and the Valentine also received HCAC ence,” said Lane. Feagan, Finke, record four years ago in its first contributions of our coaching Player of the Week honors. Searle, Valentine, junior guards Division III season to a 20-6 staff,” he said. Junior forward Nick Feagan, Robert Pendleton and Marc overall record this past year that Junior center Matt Finke and an All-HCAC performer the pre- Bain, and junior guard/forward had the Pioneers knocking on sophomore forward Joey Searle vious season, was injured in the Bryan Howard were all leading were named first- first game, but came back to scorers at different times during team All-HCAC. play in 16 games and average the season.

Softball wins HCAC regular season crown

Transylvania won the regular season the Spartans to claim the regular season Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference HCAC crown. softball title for the third time in four years Transy was ranked No. 7 in the Division III with a 12-2 record, part of a 25-11-1 over- Central Region during the season, the all season mark under head coach Kelley team’s first ever national NCAA ranking, Anderson. and finished the year at No. 5. The Pioneers advanced to the champi- Transy dominated HCAC player honors onship game of the HCAC tournament with sophomore shortstop Andrea Fitz- before losing 4-3 to Defiance College. A patrick winning the Most Valuable Player win would have put Transy into the NCAA award and junior Amy Meikel taking Pitcher Division III tourney. of the Year. Fitzpatrick set a Heartland hit- Transy was 6-2-1 during the week-long ting record with a .625 average in 14 con- Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, Fla., over ference games, the eighth highest in Divi- spring break, including wins over Amherst sion III. Meikel posted a 16-3 record that College and Bowdoin College. included a no-hitter—only the third in Returning home refreshed and confident, school history—against Anderson University, the Pioneers fashioned an 8-0 conference and 109 strikeouts. record before splitting a doubleheader with Joining them on the All-HCAC team

Joseph Rey Au Defiance College. With a 10-2 HCAC were junior first baseman Holly Gibson and record heading into the last two league first-year outfielder Katie Jones. Gibson was ■ Senior outfielder Annie Rardin was the third leading hitter for the Pioneers with games, the Pioneers visited Manchester an HCAC Player of the Week, an honor 41 hits. College and swept a doubleheader from Meikel won twice.

8 TRANSYLVANIA Women’s basketball in HCAC title game Swim teams win Bluegrass Mountain

In its first season of full NCAA Tipoff Tourney and the Thomas Conference combined crown Division III eligibility, the More Classic. After dropping Transylvania’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams women’s basketball team their first HCAC game at Defi- capped off successful seasons by combining to win the Bluegrass advanced to the championship ance College, the Pioneers won Mountain Conference championship during a three-day meet game of the Heartland Colle- nine straight HCAC contests for among 13 colleges and universities in February. The meet was held giate Athletic Conference tour- a 9-1 league record and the top at the Aquatic Center near the campus of The College of Wooster in nament, falling just one victory spot in the conference stand- Ohio. short of qualifying for the NCAA ings. Close losses in three of Transy’s men finished second to defending champion Washington national tourney. their last four HCAC games & Lee University, while the women were third behind Wingate Uni- dropped the Pioneers to a final versity and runner-up Johns Hopkins University. The Pioneers’ com- 10-4 league record and a tie for bined score of 918.5 easily outpaced Wingate at 832 and Washing- second place with Defiance. ton & Lee with 800. In the HCAC championship Since the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference does not game, hosted by Franklin Col- include swimming and diving among its sports, Transy’s swimmers lege, both teams shot the ball and divers compete in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference against poorly, but Transy was worse, colleges and universities that also are in non-swim conferences. hitting only 28 percent of its Besides Kentucky, conference schools are in Georgia, Maryland, field goal attempts in a 62-50 North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The loss. The Pioneers were short- Pioneers did not qualify any team members for the post-season handed, missing starter Hanson NCAA Division III national tournament. (concussion) and top reserve The men’s team placed six members on the All-Bluegrass Moun- Haley Riney (knee), a sophomore tain Conference team and the women’s team placed two members. guard. Senior John Sallee, juniors Aaron Cooper, Travis Graves, and Edwin Rardin and Boaz were named Rye, and first-year students Kyle Libra and Nikolas Mullins were to the All-HCAC regular season honored, as were senior Kayla Hanser and junior Jill Taylor. and tournament first teams. In other top finishes, the women placed second in both the Tran- Rardin led the team in several sy Winter Classic and the Florida Atlantic Invitational, held during areas, including scoring average both teams’ winter training trip to Boca Raton, Fla. The men were per game (14.2), total points also second in the Florida Atlantic meet. For the year, the women Joseph Rey Au (384), made three-points shots had a dual meet win-loss record of 5-5, while the men were 3-8. ■ Senior guard Katie Holmes (46), and three-point shooting helped lead the Pioneers to a accuracy (40 percent). She was 21-6 record. also an HCAC Player of the Baseball is 17-19, just misses Week. Boaz was second to HCAC tournament berth Led by three senior guards, Rardin in scoring average (12.7), Transy was a confident team made three-pointers (43), and Transylvania’s baseball team Shrout, senior catcher Peter Star- that used an up-tempo style of total points (344). needed a win to clinch the final ling, sophomore third baseman play and a deep bench to fash- Hanson was the third leading berth in the Heartland Colle- Bryan Vasse, and junior second ion a 21-6 overall record. Annie scorer with a 7.43 average, fol- giate Athletic Conference tour- baseman Jim Wood. Shrout and Rardin, Katie Boaz, and Katie lowed by Plant at 7.23. Plant was nament, but lost a doublehead- Wood both won HCAC Player of Holmes combined to score more also an HCAC Player of the Week. er to Franklin College to end the Week honors. than half of the team’s points Through four seasons of the season just short of its goal. while getting strong inside sup- HCAC play, Turner has led the The Pioneers’ HCAC record of port from sophomore forward/ Pioneers to an overall 39-17 9-10 was good for fifth place in center Meredith Plant and soph- record and a conference cham- the conference, while the over- omore forward Jessica Hanson. pionship in 2003. all mark was 17-19 under head “These three players came in “The key to our success over coach Shayne Stock. with the attitude that they the past few years is that our A highlight of the season was wanted to have a great senior players have embraced the atti- a May 4 outing against Centre season,” said head coach Mark tude of pressing and playing College at Applebee’s Park, Turner ’77. “We had a lot of hard the entire game while see- home to the Class A Lexington youth at the other positions, but ing a lot of people get playing Legends. The Pioneers won 3-0 we also had a lot of depth. The time,” said Turner. “We can in a game that both schools hope younger players responded well wear our opponents down, will continue as a special annual to our senior leadership.” mentally and physically, and win event, drawing students and The Pioneers stormed through close games because of our alumni for an evening of Divi- the pre-conference schedule depth. Even in our losses, we’re sion III baseball and lots of fun. Joseph Rey Au with a 9-2 record that included usually still in the game with Named to the All-HCAC first ■ Catcher Peter Starling was championships in the Transy two or three minutes to go.” team were junior pitcher Tyler an All-HCAC player.

SUMMER 2005 9 Sports

Top student-athletes honored Men’s tennis wins third

Soccer All-American Jon man of the Year and team MVP straight HCAC tournament crown Kincheloe and two-sport four times. The Transylvania men’s tennis son (No. 4), and senior Drew standout Annie Rardin were Rardin, a senior from Lexing- team followed an undefeated Beckett (No. 5). Busald also named Transylvania’s top ath- ton, was the female Pioneer regular season with its third teamed with Clayton to win his letes for the 2004-05 season Athlete of the Year. For the bas- consecutive Heartland Collegiate fourth during the annual athletic ketball team, she was the lead- Athletic Conference tournament straight awards ceremony in May. Spe- ing scorer, Most Valuable Player, championship. conference cial awards for academic excel- and an All-HCAC selection. She The Pioneers ended the regu- doubles lence and leadership were also started every game for the soft- lar season with a 12-0 record in crown playing presented. ball team her senior year, bat- dual meets, including a 6-0 No. 1. Transy’s Kincheloe, a senior from Lex- ting .376 and finishing third in mark in HCAC play. Going back No. 3 doubles tan- ington, was named male Pio- hits with 41. to the 2003 season, Transy has dem of sophomore neer Athlete of the Year. He Tandy Sutton, a senior from won 35 dual matches in a row John Pfingston and was a four-time selection to the Georgetown, Ky., won the and 19 straight HCAC matches. first-year player Robert All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic George H. Stopp Award as the At the HCAC tournament, Scates also won. Conference team and was the student-athlete with the highest held at the Indianapolis Tennis Joining Busald, Clayton, league’s MVP and a third-team grade point average over a four- Center on the campus of Indi- Atkinson, and Beckett on NSCAA All-American this past year career. She made the All- ana University-Purdue University the All-HCAC team season. He was HCAC Fresh- HCAC All-Academic team three Indianapolis, Transy swept four were senior Eric Clark times and was a two-time All- of the six singles championships and junior Jody Mitchell. HCAC selection. and two of the three doubles Busald, Clayton, and Amanda Hall, a senior from matches. The Pioneers won the Mitchell also won HCAC Ledbetter, Ky., received the two-day event with a team Player of the Week honors. Senior Leadership Award. She score of 80, with Franklin Col- Head coach Chuck was a four-year member of the lege finishing second at 66. Brown shared HCAC Coach softball team, played basketball Senior Ethan Busald, playing of the Year honors with as a first-year student, and was No. 1 for the Pioneers, won his Rusty Hughes of Franklin. a member of the student sports flight and was the HCAC Most Brown had won the award information staff for three years. Valuable Player for an unprece- the past two years in a row. dented fourth consecutive year. ■ From left, Amanda Hall, Jon Other singles champions for ■ Senior Drew Beckett won Kincheloe, Tandy Sutton. Not Transy were junior Matt Clayton the No. 5 singles in the pictured, Annie Rardin. (No. 3), sophomore Tim Atkin- HCAC tournament.

Men’s golf wins both Transy Invitationals Busald featured in Sports Illustrated Transylvania’s men’s golf team won both versions of the Transy Invitational and fin- Transylvania men’s tennis ished fourth in the Heartland Collegiate standout Ethan Busald was fea- Athletic Conference tournament under tured in the May 9 edition of head coach Brian Lane. Sports Illustrated magazine’s The Pioneers won the first Transy Invita- “Faces in the Crowd” section, tional at the University Club of Lexington which recognizes outstanding with a team score of 312, six shots better athletes from across the nation. than Centre College in the seven-team His citation read: field. They came back to win the second “Busald, a senior at Transylva- with a 313 score to best runner-up Ken- nia, was the No. 1 seed in sin- tucky Wesleyan College by 15 strokes in a gles and doubles at the Heart- six-team field. land Conference tournament. Senior Brian Denney led the way for the He won both titles, and he was Pioneers in the HCAC tournament with a named MVP for an unprece- 75-79, 154, good for eighth place in the dented fourth consecutive time. individual standings and a spot on the All- He helped the Pioneers win HCAC team. three straight conference titles.”

10 TRANSYLVANIA Endowment Well managed money ENDOWMENT GROWTH SPURS NATIONAL RECOGNITION

ransylvania’s endowment management $126 million. T expertise received national recognition “Mr. Young was very intelligent, had through a cover story in the February issue tremendous energy, and had a natural of Business Officer magazine, a publication Midas touch,” said Kenan. “He had a won- of the National Association of College and derful feel for taking a straightforward, University Business Officers. common sense approach to matters.” The article cited statistics compiled by That perspective fit perfectly with advice NACUBO from its member institutions that that Kenan and both the Youngs received placed Transylvania’s endowment growth when the three traveled to Omaha in 1984 rate of 15.4 percent on a 10-year annual- to consult with investment expert Warren ized basis at No. 7 in the nation for 2004. Buffett. Buffett’s philosophy of investing in a Transylvania was singled out in a sidebar relatively few well researched stocks from titled “Small Wonder, In for the Long Haul” ordinary companies and holding them for for being the only school in the Top 10 with the long term has formed the basis for Tran- an endowment of less than a billion dollars, sylvania’s investment strategy ever since. and for making the list for the third straight “Basically, we’re pretty much all in large- year. cap domestic stocks,” said Kenan. “We Members of NACUBO range from colleges have stayed away from things like interna- with relatively small endowments such as tional real estate and distress securities that Transylvania with $126 million to those with the large universities get into because we the nation’s largest funds, such as Harvard don’t have that kind of expertise.” University with its $22 billion endowment. That approach can be thought of as plain “To be a small school and be in that Top vanilla, but if so, it’s vanilla of the highest 10 category with those other institutions quality. “There’s an extensive investigation that have huge endowments is extraordi- and examination of the individual compa- nary,” said President Charles L. Shearer. nies by Jim Kenan and the other investment Shearer and Chairman of the Board managers that goes into making a stock William T. Young Jr. credit the University’s selection,” said Shearer. Investment Committee and its chairman, Approximately 93 percent of Transylva- James G. Kenan III, for taking a conservative nia’s investments are in common stocks, but shrewd approach to investing that has including Procter & Gamble, Walt Disney, resulted in solid gains for the endowment 3M, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, among over the past 15 years in particular. Kenan is others. The Investment Committee manages also vice chairman of the board. about 50 percent of the endowment, with “I can’t say enough good about Jim three outside firms managing the other half. Kenan,” said Young. “What he’s done for Kenan does not charge Transylvania a fee Transylvania is truly remarkable. He had to for his services, which has saved the Univer- swim against the stream in a lot of cases by sity millions of dollars over the years. staying out of high technology and other The result of Transylvania’s total approach investments that some schools got tempted to managing its endowment is a solid stew- by, and got burned by.” ardship of the money that supporters Kenan, in turn, credits Bill Young’s father, entrust to the University, said Chief Financial the late William T. Young, for initiating a Officer Jerry Ray. focus on endowment growth when he was “I think the stewardship here has been elected chairman of the board in 1977. At excellent, not only with the endowment but the time, the endowment was $2 million. with the Annual Fund and other invest- Ten years later, Transylvania had grown its ments,” said Ray. “We’re very efficient in endowment to $36 million. Through addi- our management and operation of the col- tional capital campaigns and wise invest- lege. Anyone who supports Transylvania is ments, the growth accelerated dramatically, getting a lot of value out of every dollar leading to the endowment’s present level of they give us.” ■

SUMMER 2005 11 A COMMENCE

237 graduates mark 225th anniversary ransylvania’s celebration of its 225th Tanniversary during 2005 gave a spe- cial sense of history to commencement ceremonies May 28 when 237 seniors were awarded bachelor of arts degrees. In honor of the occasion, graduates wore specially designed white stoles with crimson embroidery. President Charles L. Shearer greeted the graduating class on the steps of historic Old Morrison and presented their degrees 225 as friends and family looked on from their seats on the sweeping, sun-dappled lawn. William T. Young Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees, brought greetings on behalf of the trustees and honored the 225th anniversary. “That we have endured and flourished for 225 years as one of the nation’s great private educational institutions is a won- derful tribute to our founders and all who have followed them,” he said. Karen K. Caldwell ’77, U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, gave the commencement address and referred to the college’s impressive heritage in her charge to the graduating seniors. “Always remember to be inspired by the pioneer spirit upon which Transylva- nia was founded,” she said. “Draw upon 225 years of courage, integrity, persever- ance, adaptability, and service as you build your future.” Graduating senior Colene Elridge, an anthropology major from Cynthiana, Ky., addressed her classmates, saying, “I believe in the courage of this class. I believe we have the power to change a world that is in ever pressing need of our help. Never give up hope. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘It matters not if you try and fail and try and fail again. But it matters much if you try and fail and fail to try again.’” ■

■ At top, from left, graduates Shericka Smith, Frank Phillips, and Brian Denney, hospitality management professor Mike Pepper, gradu- ates Guion Johnstone, Katie Nord, Lauren Meade, Erin Wilson, Rebecca Moran, Emily ■ Katie Allan, Freddy Peralta, and Rachel Green toss their mortarboards in the air. Porter, Ashley Duncan, sociology professor Richard Thompson, and Chris Cansler.

12 TRANSYLVANIA EMENT TO CELEBRATE

■ Members of the 2005 commencement ceremony platform party theologian Clark M. Williamson ‘57, U.S. district judge and include, from left, Vice President and Dean of the College commencement speaker Karen K. Caldwell ‘77, graduating William F. Pollard, Chairman of the Board of Trustees William T. anthropology major and commencement student speaker Young Jr., history professor emeritus Paul E. Fuller, Colene Elridge, and President Charles L. Shearer.

Caldwell, Fuller, Williamson awarded honorary degrees

Karen K. Caldwell ’77, U.S. dis- Paul E. Fuller, Transylvania history Clark M. Williamson ’57, Indiana trict judge, Eastern District of Kentucky, professor emeritus, was awarded an hon- Professor of Christian Thought Emeritus was awarded an honorary doctor of laws orary doctor of humane letters degree for at Christian Theological Seminary in Indi- degree for her significant professional his teaching excellence and scholarly anapolis, was awarded an honorary doc- achievements and her loyal support of achievements. tor of divinity degree for his long and Transylvania as a member of the Board of Fuller’s 27-year Transy tenure is con- significant career as a theologian. Trustees. sidered a model of faculty and campus Williamson enjoys an international rep- Caldwell, a graduate of the University leadership, devotion to students, and sig- utation for his scholarly work on the rela- of Kentucky College of Law, has been in nificant scholarship. He was program direc- tionship between Christianity and Judaism, private practice and has served as an adjunct tor in history, “Faculty Member of the especially the rethinking of Christian the- professor at Transylvania and at Eastern Year” five times, and the recipient of a ology after the Holocaust. He earned his Kentucky University. She was appointed Bingham Award for Excellence in Teach- Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, a U.S. attorney in 1991 and U.S. district ing from Transylvania in 1990. His book where he worked with the eminent the- judge in 2001. As a U.S. attorney, she Laura Clay and the Woman’s Rights Move- ologian Paul Tillich. A prolific author earned a reputation for successfully fight- ment is the definitive biography of this whose works include 15 books and numer- ing public corruption. early Kentucky rights activist and was hon- ous book chapters and papers, he serves A member of the Transylvania board ored by the Kentucky Historical Society. on the Committee on Church Relations since 2001, Caldwell has served on the Since his retirement in 1995, Fuller has and the Holocaust of the United States Long-Range Planning Committee. She is continued his service to Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum in Wash- a former member of the Alumni Execu- through support of new student recruit- ington, D.C. He was academic dean at tive Board and has supported student ment and a keynote address at the 2003 Christian Theological Seminary from recruitment events. Alumni Weekend luncheon. 1998-2002.

SUMMER 2005 13 1904 graduating class of the Transylvania Medical College. 1904

COMMENCEMENT

1961 From left, Doug Cardwell, Marilyn Estridge, Martha Barlow, and Mike Butterworth graduated with high distinction. 14 TRANSYLVANIA 1948 The late William T. Young, right, former chairman of the Board of Trustees, receives an honorary degree from the late President Irvin E. Lunger.

The late Coleman A. Caruthers, 1975 former board member.

1994 Erwin Roberts T THROUGH THE YEARS

1953 Alumni Weekend 2005 CELEBRATING 225 YEARS ransylvania’s year-long celebration of “At that time, faculty members were Tits 225th anniversary was the theme not only teachers—this was the genteel of Alumni Weekend 2005, and more than age of chaperones. We went with students 700 alumni came back to their alma mater to dances, picnics, hayrides, and weekend to see classmates and professors and join retreats, and became even closer to stu- in the occasion. dents. That’s one reason why I think we Transylvania history professor emeri- remember the students of those times a tus John D. Wright Jr. drew on the 225th little more clearly, because we were with anniversary theme in his remarks at the them on so many occasions.” alumni celebration luncheon. As the author Wright recalled the brief (1951-57), of Transylvania: Tutor to the West, the yet significant presidency of the young and definitive history of the college, Wright’s energetic Frank Rose as a highlight of his knowledge of the University’s overall her- early tenure. itage is widely acknowledged to be unsur- “During 1954 and 1955 we had our passed. However, he chose to focus first big fund-raising campaign, based on primarily on the Transy he knew during the 175th anniversary of Transylvania. his 36-year faculty tenure (1950-86) for Thanks to contacts that Frank Rose and his enlightening and amusing address to members of the board had, we persuaded the alumni. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to come Wright and his wife, Fran, had arrived and speak on the steps of Old Morrison in Lexington in late summer 1950 to find when we opened the new library. That was a college with approximately 450 students a turning point—the event created enthu- and very limited resources. The influx of siasm and support that would propel the veterans going to school on the GI Bill college upward.” had created housing shortages, which Wright was asked to author Transyl- Transy partially addressed with temporary vania: Tutor to the West during the run- barracks built on the old football field at up to Transy’s bicentennial in 1980. 7th Street and North Broadway. Twenty-five years later, he was thrilled to Wright spent much of his time in Ella be invited to address the alumni during Jones Hall, a small classroom and office the school’s 225th anniversary. building, now demolished, that stood just “I have enjoyed the good health to have to the right of Old Morrison. In those pre- celebrated the 175th, the 200th, and now air-conditioning days, windows were the 225th anniversaries of this distin- thrown open in the fall and spring. guished University. I have seen the emer- “Those windows gave us a nice cross- gence of a permanent commitment to a draft,” said Wright, “but birds used the high quality of education and leadership. room as a shortcut. I would be in the mid- Because I had known what the school was dle of a lecture on the Roman Empire and like in 1950 and have seen how far it has a bird would fly by.” come, that sense of achievement is some- Heat came from the old power plant, thing I will always treasure.” ■ torn down in 2000 to make way for the Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recreation Center. Sometimes the steam wouldn’t make it all the way across campus to the radiators in Ella Jones Hall. “I had a stand- ing rule with my students—if you come to class at 8 a.m. and we can see our breaths, we’ll call it a day,” said Wright. Despite being less than half the size of today’s school, Transylvania attracted top students, said Wright. “The small size of the college did not make a difference in the quality of the students—they were very lively and talented, as they continue to be.” Wright said that considerable interac- tion with students outside the classroom in the 1950s made those classes especial- ly memorable.

16 TRANSYLVANIA 5 ■ Facing page: top photo, from left, T-Day ■ Below: clockwise beginning at top right, Jill Brooks Pellerin, and Steve Nunn cele- court members Elizabeth Combs and from left, Amy Lewis ’99, Bridget brate Transy’s anniversary at the 225th Hamilton Alverson dance near Miss Trogden ’00, Tara Crabtree ’00, Sheila Birthday Bash held at the Atomic Café. Transylvania and Mr. Pioneer 2005, McLean ‘99, Shannon Rumble ’99, and Colene Elridge and Brian Coleman, at the Katharine Wilson Valentine ’99 enjoy Jane Crabb Evans ’55 and Doris Loyd annual coronation ball. Transy’s 225th Birthday Bash held at the Ledondecer ’52 chat prior to the alumni Middle photo, Elizabeth Moody Wagner Atomic Café. luncheon. ’37, left, greets Ann Taylor Irwin ’65 at the alumni luncheon held in the Campus Gwen Williamson Mathews ’88, Marc Susan Shearer talks with Chris Nielsen Center. Mathews ’80, Katherine Betts ’80, and ’62 and Patricia Alexander Nielsen ’61 at Bottom photo, former Transy history Susan Mathews ’89 chat in the the Pioneer Hall of Fame Reception held professors Joe Binford, John Wright, and Lexington/Kentucky Room at Keeneland in the Beck Center. Paul Fuller pose together after Wright during Alumni Day at the Races. delivered an address on Transy’s history David Schlosberg and Peter Mehas ’80 to alumni attending the celebration Class of 1975 members Wes Burgiss, examine a campus map on display in the luncheon. Noah Powers, Alex Krislov, Charlie Bond, Campus Center.

SUMMER 2005 17 Morrison Medallion Presented to alums for outstanding service to Transylvania and its programs PATRICIA HOCKER RIDDLE ’72

Patricia Hocker Riddle was recently elected and the Cowgill Center Alumni Challenge Com- to the Board of Trustees, is a former president mittee. A member of the Pioneer Hall of Fame, of the Alumni Executive Board, and is a recip- she chaired her class’s 30th reunion commit- ient of the Distinguished Service Award. She tee. Her generous financial support has bene- has served on the Board of Visitors, Chi Omega fited the Transylvania Annual Fund, the Ron Centennial Committee, the Planning and Eval- Whitson Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the uation Committee for Athletic Conference Charles L. Shearer Art Building renovation, Selection, the Honorary Degree Committee, among other projects.

Irvin E. Lunger Award Presented for unique and exceptional service to Transylvania J. MARVIN QUIN

J. Marvin Quin became a member of the ident and CEO of Ashland Inc., a past chair- Board of Trustees in 1994. He has been a gen- man of the American Petroleum Institute’s Gen- erous supporter of the Transylvania Annual eral Committee of Finance, and a former Fund, the Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recre- member of the Economic Policy Committee of ation Center, and the Charles L. Shearer Art the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He has served Building. He also helped the University secure on the boards of the Cincinnati Symphony grants from Ashland Inc., the Ashland Foun- Orchestra and the Huntington Museum of Art, dation, and other sources. He is senior vice pres- among others.

The Transylvania Medal Presented to a non-alum who, through friendship and oustanding service, has promoted Transylvania ROBERT R. DAWSON JR.

Robert R. Dawson has served on the Board ny, a past president of the Kentucky Associa- of Trustees for 19 years. In the early 1990s he tion of Highway Contractors, past chairman of chaired trustee solicitation for the $25 million Kentuckians for Better Transportation, and past Campaign for Transylvania. He has served on chairman of the Associated General Contrac- several board committees, including the Phys- tors of America National Highway Bridge Com- ical Plant Committee, and has given generous mittee. He received the Irvin E. Lunger Award financial support to a number of initiatives. He in 1993. is president of R. R. Dawson Bridge Compa-

Outstanding Young Alumni Award Presented to an alum for extraordinary involvement in the life of Transylvania ROSE MARY STAMLER DOW ’88

Rose Mary Stamler Dow has been a mem- sylvania Annual Fund, May Term Minority ber of the Board of Trustees since 2002 and Scholarship, Charles L. Shearer Art Building, serves on three committees—executive, finance, Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recreation Center, and planning and evaluation. She helped to and choir and band tours. A charter member develop the 2003 Strategic Plan, co-chaired the of the Bluegrass Alumni Club, she received the alumni fund-raising committee for the Cowgill Distinguished Service Award in 1999 and was Center for Business, Economics, and Educa- Transy’s honoree for National Philanthropy tion, and has provided financial support for the Day in 2000. Adrienne Dantin Memorial Scholarship, Tran- 18 TRANSYLVANIA ■ From left, C. Cleveland Gambill ’68, Ed L. Allen ’63, Deborah Thomas Grimm ’85, Jack D. Ebel ’77, and Sue Anne Bird Mueller ’91 are shown at the Pioneer Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

FIVE INDUCTED INTO PIONEER HALL OF FAME

ive new members were inducted into head coach of both teams since then. He Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for the Fthe Pioneer Hall of Fame during was NAIA Coach of the Year in women’s Commonwealth of Kentucky. Alumni Weekend 2005, including Sue swimming in 1999 and in men’s swim- Anne Bird Mueller ’91, one of Transylva- ming in 2000, and his teams have includ- Deborah Thomas Grimm ’85 nia’s first two tennis All-Americans. Other ed 74 NAIA All-Americans. Deborah Thomas Grimm was a key inductees were ace pitcher Ed L. Allen ’63, A tennis player as a Transy student, Ebel player for field hockey teams that won four longtime Transy coach and administrator was head coach for both the men’s and straight state championships from 1981- Jack Ebel ’77, tennis standout C. Cleve- women’s teams from 1979-2000. His 84. She also lettered in swimming and soft- land Gambill ’68, and multi-sports star women’s teams won the state conference ball, though she played neither sport as a Deborah Thomas Grimm ’85. and the NAIA District 32 championship senior due to a student research intern- The Pioneer Hall of Fame recognizes for 10 straight years (1983-93) and were ship at Argonne National Laboratory in former athletes and coaches who are alum- ranked No. 11 nationally in 1990. The Illinois. ni of the University and others who have men’s team won the District 32 title five Grimm earned a Ph.D. in analytical made outstanding contributions to the times. chemistry from the University of Ten- field of athletics, thereby bringing honor Ebel also teaches physical education at nessee and is director of the coordinated to Transylvania. Transy and is assistant director of the instrumentation facility at Tulane Uni- William T. Young Campus Center. He versity. She took up competitive sailing directs Transy’s swim lesson program and after moving to New Orleans and was Ed L. Allen ’63 All Sports Camp, and has been swimming named Most Improved Sailor and Female Ed Allen led the baseball Pioneers to a sports chair and meet director for the Blue- Sailor of the Year by the New Orleans Yacht 14-1 record in 1962 and their first-ever grass State Games since 1992 and tour- Club. KIAC title by going undefeated as a pitch- nament director of the ITA NAIA er, winning eight games and allowing just Southeast Tennis Tournament since 1993. Sue Anne Bird Mueller ’91 five walks. He was named the team’s Most Sue Anne Bird Mueller won four Valuable Player his junior and senior years. C. Cleveland Gambill ’68 straight district singles and doubles titles, The four-year letterman also played first- Cleve Gambill played No. 1 in men’s leading the tennis team to four consecu- year basketball, helping the team to vic- tennis for two years and led the team to a tive KWIAC and NAIA District 32 cham- tory over the University of Kentucky’s record of 31-8 over three seasons, includ- pionships from 1987-90. The team first-year team. ing a then-record mark of 11-2 in 1966. attained a No. 11 national ranking, its Allen began teaching in the Daviess He was named Most Valuable Player his highest ever, during her junior year. County public schools in 1964 and retired junior year. Playing regularly against NCAA Divi- in 1995 after also serving as principal and After earning a master’s degree in pub- sion I schools, Mueller compiled an 80- administrator, including seven years as lic administration from George Washing- 31 singles record, primarily in the No. 1 superintendent. He was interim executive ton University and a law degree from Duke position, and was 69-18 in doubles. She director of the Owensboro Art Museum University, Gambill was assistant U.S. and her doubles partner, Crystal Terry of Science and Industry from 1998-2002. attorney for the Eastern District of Ken- ’92, were Transy’s first women to be tucky; assistant solicitor, U.S. Department named honorable mention NAIA All- Jack D. Ebel ’77 of the Interior; and assistant U.S. attor- American. She was Transy’s female Pio- Jack Ebel established both the men’s ney (1984-91) and U.S. magistrate (1991- neer Athlete of the Year in 1990. and women’s Transylvania swimming and 2003) for the Western District of Kentucky. Mueller works in pharmaceutical sales diving programs in 1978 and has been He is currently deputy secretary for the for Merck & Company in Louisville. ■

SUMMER 2005 19 A Krafty mana BY WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

hot summer day, kids running Athrough the sprinkler on a shady lawn, and a frosted pitcher of strawberry Kool-Aid nearby—a typically American scene with a Norman Rockwell-like air of nostalgia about it. But America is changing, and Kraft Foods, the maker of Kool-Aid, has been paying attention. For example, a growing Hispanic population prompted the inter- national food giant to diversify one of its iconic brands by adding tropical fruit fla- vors such as mango and pineapple to Kool- Aid mainstays like grape and strawberry, and to label the product Kool-Aid Aguas Frescas. Kraft has also created a Spanish language Web site. “Over the last two decades, there’s been a tremendous influence of flavors and food types from other countries as immigration has hit its highest level since the 1910s,” says Linda Care Crowder ’80, senior direc- tor, collaborative marketing group for Kraft Foods North America. “It’s fasci- nating to observe, and to find ways that Kraft can serve these new markets.” Such corporate decisions can make or break a product in today’s hotly compet- itive, ever shifting marketplace. Crowder has seen many such changes during her 21-year career with Kraft, including those to her title. Her evolving positions, reflect- ing increasingly responsible assignments, testify to her skill at adapting to shifts in consumer needs and to Kraft’s reorgani- zation to deal with those demands. “I’ve been fortunate to work in the same place with the same great group of peo- ple, yet get a new job every couple of years, which is exhilarating,” says Crowder. Changing direction Crowder’s life story to this point has been a series of changes and adaptations that began during her student days at Tran- sy. She arrived on campus as a pre-med student, but changed direction after tak- ing courses in economics, statistics, and United States history. “I decided that eco- nomics was a better fit with my natural interests,” she says. An internship with the Kentucky State Development Office sealed the econom-

20 TRANSYLVANIA LINDA CARE CROWDER ’80 HELPS KRAFT ager FOODS KEEP PACE WITH CHANGING MARKETS ics major deal for Crowder. “I grew aware tered in nearby Northfield, that caught by Promo magazine. Crowder also won of how critical industry and business were her eye. Among the many brand names two Superior Achievement Awards from in the success of a community,” she said. Kraft markets are Velveeta, Cracker Bar- Kraft during her years with the cheese divi- “I just became fascinated with how to rel, Miracle Whip, Philadelphia Cream sion, for productivity and marketing ini- establish a good economic lifeline to these Cheese, Maxwell House, Jell-O, Oreo, tiatives. She was recently elected to the communities and help them build up a Chips Ahoy!, and Planters. board of the Promotion Marketing Asso- good job and wealth base.” “I particularly liked Kraft because I was ciation. After graduating summa cum laude able to start in new product development, Another brush with fame came when from Transy, Crowder headed for Van- which they call their Venture Division,” a customer marketing promotion brought derbilt University and the Owen Gradu- she recalls. “I got to work right away on Crowder face-to-face with NASCAR driv- ate School of Management. She completed brand new product ideas. I began to learn er Dale Earnhardt Jr. “I doubt that he an MBA degree with a concentration in about consumer needs, psycho-graphics— remembers me, but he was fascinating to finance and economics in 1982, then how you discover a consumer need and meet,” she said. encountered another fork in her career create a product to fit it. ‘What’s the next path. beverage people will be drinking? What’s Change is good “I had primarily been interviewing with the next food they will be eating?’” The rapid and numerous job title investment bankers, accounting firms, that The Crystal Light beverage was devel- changes, and the mission and staff reor- kind of thing, looking at a career in finance oped during the four years Crowder spent ganizations that came with increasing lev- or economics,” she recalls. “Then Proc- in the Venture area of Kraft. The compa- els of responsibility, might have been ter & Gamble asked me to interview, and ny also purchased Tombstone Pizza and unsettling to some, but it’s just Crowder’s I went mainly because they’re in Cincin- began to experiment with microwave, sin- cup of tea. nati, I knew the company, and I thought gle serving, stuffed crust, and other vari- “The changes are the main reason why, it might be interesting. They introduced ations on traditional pizza. even after 21 years, I don’t feel like a me to the concept of brand management. Crowder spent her next 12 years in var- ‘lifer’—you know, ‘Been there, done I had taken a marketing course or two at ious brand management roles, primarily that’,” says Crowder. “Plus, in our col- Owen, but I thought I was oriented more in Kraft’s cheese division. She became laborative marketing group, I get to be toward the financial side. Once I found director of consumer promotion for the involved in so many different projects, out what brand managers do, I realized it division in 1997, then was promoted in from sports marketing platforms to ini- was a good business role and very excit- 2000 to director of multicultural market- tiatives with different customer groups, ing.” ing for all of Kraft Foods North America. to multicultural grassroots programs. The Crowder spent the next two years with Last year, a major reorganization propelled range of experience is very stimulating, Procter & Gamble as an associate brand Crowder into her current position, which and Kraft has offered me all of that with- manager in the coffee division, which mar- gives her responsibility for multicultural in one company.” kets Folgers. and customer marketing services, along Having a mindset that guides one down “Folgers is at least a billion dollar with corporate promotions. those career pathways, with crossroads and brand, so it has a huge amount of sales,” “We decided the best way to sum up multiple exits along the way, is something she said. “We managed everything from what we do in this area is to call it collab- Crowder feels began on the Transy cam- operations—the cost of the beans, how orative marketing, so I became senior pus, then carried her through all her impor- they’re produced, what kind of packag- director of the collaborative marketing tant decisions since then. ing you use—all the way through mar- group,” she says. “My Transylvania experience taught keting, promotions, and advertising. I The multicultural area of this group me not to be afraid to try new things, to was working there when we introduced has provided Crowder with some of her challenge myself intellectually,” she says. the campaign most people still know that most interesting experiences at Kraft. She “After starting out pre-med, I changed to brand by—‘The best part of wakin’ up is met Grammy Award-winning singer Patti economics, then took a chance on an Folgers in your cup.’ It was very exciting Labelle while working on a program for internship I wasn’t exactly sure about, but to see a whole marketing campaign come African-Americans, which resulted in a which turned out to be extremely impor- to life, especially one that 15 years later I special edition CD titled Inspire the Soul. tant in my career decision. Transy lets you can turn on the TV and still see being exe- Labelle, author of the cookbook La Belle see different opportunities, and you devel- cuted.” Cuisine, had worked with Kraft previous- op a sense of flexibility and a desire to be ly on a promotion linking African-Amer- challenged, instead of just following a sin- The move to Kraft ican cooking traditions with Kraft gle path.” When her husband received an attrac- products. Crowder lives with her husband, Tom, tive job offer in the Chicago area, Crow- The Inspire the Soul promotion includ- and their daughters, Courtney, 16, and der found herself interviewing again, and ed a Gospel Fest, which won a Reggie Audrey, 10, in Glenville, located in the this time it was Kraft Foods, headquar- Award, given to the marketing industry greater Chicago area. ■

SUMMER 2005 21 Transylvania would like to publish your photos of alumni events and personal milestones. For consideration, NEWS & NOTES please send photos to Transylvania Magazine, Alumni Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Nelson Morrow, Clearwater, Fla., Georgia Green Stamper, Lexington, received Lexington, KY 40508-1797. ’52 received the 2004 Clearwater/Tampa the 2004 Carole Pettit Legacies Creative Bay Community Plaque Award from the Writing Medallion and first prize in the Lega- National Society of Arts and Letters for his cies Contest Reading sponsored by the Ann L. Updegraff-Spleth, outstanding contribution to the arts. The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning ’71Indianapolis, is vice pres- Richard B. Baumgardner Center for the Per- for her essay, “Gerald.” In July, her essay “A ident for seminary advancement forming Arts named its new production stu- Kentucky Legacy” received honorable men- at the Christian Theological dios the Challener-Morrow Production tion in the Appalachian Writers Association’s Seminary in Indianapolis. Studios in honor of Morrow and Robert Wilma Dykeman Award for Essay contest. Challener, who was head of the drama and Stamper writes a bi-monthly humor and Marilyn Rose Nicholson, Riverview, speech department at Transylvania from memoir column called “Georgie: On My ’75 Fla., continues to teach choral music 1948-52. Mind” for The News-Herald in Owenton, in the 10th largest school district in Florida. Ky. Her short story, “Death of a Farmer,” Her daughter, Celia, is a first-year student Beverly Shaw Buntin, Jackson, Tenn., is in Tobacco: A Literary Anthology, edited at Transy. ’55 and her husband, Murry, enjoy being by Edmund August. retired and living in their country home of Daryl E. Arend, Louisville, retired 50 years. Their four daughters and their fam- Michael R. Nichols, Versailles, Ky., ’77 from teaching in 2002 and is now ilies live and/or work in the area, so family ’68 was named “A Teacher Who Made a teaching part-time at the University of get-togethers are possible. Beverly invites Difference” by the University of Kentucky. Louisville. His wife, Helen, has also retired. any classmates in the area to stop by for a The program recognizes teachers through- Kathryn Weston Pirie, Longmont, Co., has visit. E-mail her at [email protected]. out the United States based on nominations completed her master’s degree in elemen- by former students. He continues to serve Dennis N. Thompson, Pilot Moun- tary education through the University of as national editor and historian of Alpha Phoenix. She has worked for IBM for more ’62 ain, N.C., has retired from his posi- Lambda Delta honor society. tion as Surry County, N.C., manager and is than 24 years, but is preparing for her next working part-time as an economic develop- Elizabeth Isbell White, Lexington, has career as an elementary school teacher. ment consultant. become a grandmother and is thoroughly Mary Teesdale Taylor, Lexington, and her enjoying it. William L. Gardner and Stephanie husband, Jason, are co-owners of Perspec- ’65 McGann Gardner ’66, Lexington and Clinton V. Vaught, Clarksville, Ind., tives, Inc., a paint and decorating store, in Punta Gorda, Fla., are first-time grandpar- ’70 appeared as Hance Purcell, the hard- Lexington. Mary teaches in Fayette Coun- ents of a boy, Quinn Gardner Vaughen. headed nursing-home manager, in the film ty and took the Bryan Station Middle School Assisted Living, which opened nationwide girls’ volleyball team to one of Transy’s in February. Playdates and reviews can be games. She is active in FCEA and the Tran- seen at www.assistedlivingthemovie.com. sylvania Women’s Club, and her picture appeared in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for singing a solo with the Martin Luther King Choir.

James “Jay” E. McGhee II, Pikeville, ’79 Ky., has been named to the board of directors of Community Trust Bancorp.

Peter M. Mehas, Fort Lauderdale, ’80 Fla., has been named resort associ- ate at the Grand Resort & Spa on Fort Laud- erdale Beach, a small boutique resort and spa catering to gay male clientele.

W. Dyer Rodes, Nashville, director of anes- thesiology at Centennial Medical Center, has been named vice chairman of the hos- pital’s board.

Gerald T. Grant, Chesapeake, Va., has ’81 been selected as the department chair- ■ A group of Transy alumni took a Caribbean cruise in January 2005. Front row, from left: man for the maxillofacial prosthetics depart- Janice Jackson Boyd ’58, Nancy Jones Ball ’58, Monnie Gortney Talley ’58, and Jane Martin ment at the Naval Postgraduate Dental Smith ’61; back row: Stan Smith ’55, Brooks Talley ’56, Mel Boyd ’58, and Ed Ball ’57. School and the Navy specialty leader for max-

22 TRANSYLVANIA AlumniCLASS Weekend REUNION PHOTOS 2005

Class of 1935 – 70th Reunion Class of 1940 – 65th Reunion Class of 1950 – 55th Reunion From left: Ed Britt, John Chenault. From left: Wayne Bell, Leroy Butcher. From left: Clyde Arnold, Jim Faulconer, Barbara Burch Merrell, Bill Bronson.

Class of 1955 – 50th Reunion Front row, from left: Mary Ackall Khayat, Jane Crabb Evans, Grace DuMars, Betty Reneau, Cy Rowell, Ted Faulconer, Kathy Williams Boone, Spradling Mitchell, Pat McCutcheon Cloar, Joyce Yandell Allen, Carol LoAnn Fields Blankenship, June Loveland Kachtik, Russ Summay; back Marling Wright, Margaret Hicks Milburn, Jane Collier Summay, Jane row: Norman Parks, Bill Cuzner, Tom Money, James Sparks, Dinsmore Cocanougher Harmon; second row: Autumn Stanley, Joyce Walters Nisbet, Stan Smith, Bill Mathews, Bill Walton.

Class of 1960 – 45th Reunion Front row, from left: Bette Tichenor Blue, Barb Williams Caswell, McCallum, Sue Almon Bryan, Sue Spradling Osborne, Don Nicholson, Beverley Jouett Longo; second row: Judy Hardesty Hardin, Marie Myers Ruth Clary Neikirk; back row: Bill Johnson, Dick Longo, Lewis Mathis, Lancaster, Hilda Hulett McKee, Sue McCullagh Nicholson, Janet Charlie Costabell, Greg Bruce, Tom Ripy. McGinnis Thomson, Bill Stroker; third row: Jim Stephens, Eleanor Webb illofacial prosthetics and dental implantol- ogy to the Navy Surgeon General. Distinguished Achievement Awards

Jeffrey D. Rogers, Lexington, was featured Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented during Alumni Weekend 2005 on Lexington’s Fox 56 news in February as to four alumni who have distinguished themselves as Transylvanians through their pro- the creator of the Kentucky Wildcat print. fessional lives, standards of excellence, and community service. Tim Henson ’80 was recognized for his achievements in clinical F. Glyndon West, Lexington, has been named and academic pediatric dentistry. He is an associate professor of vice president of information systems and pediatric dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center eCommerce for Papa John’s International, at San Antonio and has also taught and practiced at hospitals and based in Louisville. dental schools in Florida, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. He is Lynn Bowers, Frankfort, is serving a especially known for his pioneering work in promoting the use of ’82 third term as Frankfort city commis- nasoalveolar molding to greatly simplify and ease the surgical sioner and is an assistant professor at Lind- experiences of children born with cleft palates. He is a consultant sey Wilson College. to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the editorial review board of the Journal of Dentistry for Children. Ralph H. “Hunt” Sidway, Oxford, J. Cy Rowell ’55 was honored for his long career in religious ’83 Ohio, has released his second full- education. An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples length CD on the label MoonRover Records. of Christ), he was professor of religious education and an adminis- Balance features some of Louisville’s finest trator during a 28-year tenure at Brite Divinity School of Texas musicians and ranges from pop-rock and jazz Christian University. After studying at the School of Religion at to melodic ballads. Hunt has become a show- Butler University, he earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Lex- case regular at music industry conferences, ington Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theologi- including MEIC in Lexington. Go to cal Seminary. The author of numerous articles, he received Hon- www.huntsidway.net for more information. ored Life Membership, Disciples Society for Faith and Reason in 2001. Autumn Stanley ’55 was recognized for her scholarly work on Mary Robins Gulley is assistant dean the history of technology, with emphasis on the role of women in ’87 of advising and assistant professor of that field. She has presented her work at national and internation- psychology at Centre College. She lives on al conferences, published papers in scholarly journals, and provid- a farm outside Danville with her husband, ed commentary for “Mothers of Invention,” a History Channel Bob Perry, and her two sons, James, 3, and special. Her book, Mothers & Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Mac, 2. Revised History of Technology, was published in 1993. She holds a Bradley T. Thomason, New York City, won master’s degree from Stanford University and has contributed lead roles in the off-Broadway show The biographical articles to Notable American Women and the New Dictionary of National Showgirl of 52nd Street and the independent Biography. movie The Man Who Denied the Cry. Visit Jennifer Lail Wertman ’74 was honored for her accomplish- him at www.bradthomason.com. ments in the field of pediatrics. In private practice with Chapel Hill Pediatrics for 24 years, she has served on numerous committees at Elizabeth A. Case, Avon, Ind., has Durham Regional Hospital and Duke University Medical Center. In ’89 joined the faculty of the department 1990 she co-authored a book chapter on health problems in of obstetrics and gynecology at Indiana Uni- school-age children in The Handbook of School Psychology, and in versity School of Medicine in Indianapolis. 2002-03 she was North Carolina’s representative to the National Her daughter, Calista, who was born in 2004, Initiative for Children’s Health Care Quality Medical Home Learning was delivered by fellow Phi Mu and Transy Collaborative. She was listed in Best Doctors in America in 2003-04 and Best Family graduate April M. Tillery ’91. Doctors in the Southeast U.S. in 2001. Holly A. Davis, Georgetown, Ky., is serving a one-year term of service as an AmeriCorps family housing real estate in six states. ware developer for UPS in Louisville. VISTA member in Lexington. She is a pos- tulant for priesthood in the Episcopal Church Teresa Gillooly Clements, Louisville, Anne Hickerson Jay, Louisville, was in the U.S. and will enter the Master of Divin- ’90 has been teaching school for 15 years ’91 elected a city commissioner in ity program at Virginia Theological Semi- and currently teaches third grade. She and November for the city of Barbourmeade in nary this fall. her husband, Leo, have two children, Made- Jefferson County and oversees the city’s line, 7, and Eli, 2. beautification and animal control endeav- Douglas C. Smith , Bowling Green, Ky., ors. She also enjoys raising the three sons received the Southern Rural Sociological Michael C. Finley and Selena F. Wingate have she shares with Christopher Lee Jay ’88 and Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award returned from living in the Czech Republic volunteering at her sons’ schools and at at the organization’s 2005 annual meeting and Australia and now reside in Roswell, Ga. church. in Little Rock, Ark. Douglas is currently an Mike is still with Radiant Systems and is now associate professor of sociology at Western vice president of global product marketing. Christopher S. Dillard, Chicago, com- Kentucky University. ’92 pleted a 100-mile bike ride around Christopher J. Mullins, Louisville, was a con- Lake Tahoe as part of a national fundraising Karen D. Watkins-Ball , Louisville, has been testant on Jeopardy! in January. Victory elud- effort by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci- appointed president of Franklin Asset Man- ed him, but he retained his pride by coming ety in June 2004 and plans to do it again in agement Co., a firm that manages multi- in a respectable second place. He is a soft-

24 TRANSYLVANIA AlumniCLASS Weekend REUNION PHOTOS 2005

Class of 1965– 40th Reunion Front row, from left: Ann Orme Anne Burke Goodwin, Margaret Shannon; third row: Garth Lehman, Windley, Bonnie Cundiff Olson, Sherry Ekin Clem, Patricia Duff Walsh, Irv Pope, Bob Ecroyd, Rodger Hammons, Joel McGill, John Doshna, Bob Tom Johnston; second row: Bob Rosenthal, Bob Lefler, Ann Taylor Mulroy; back row: Dave Windley, Dan Riley, Doug Logan, Tom Ashford, Irwin, Martha-Frances Herrin Burak, Claudette Cuellar Keegan, Charlie Taylor, Buddy Cowgill, Lanny Judd.

Class of 1970 – 35th Reunion Front row, from left: Mildred Finch, Julie Davis McDonald; third row: Ken Blum, Chip Wigginton, Rick Jones, Mary Lou Watkins Connor, Carolyn Baber Barlow, Marilyn Frye Roberts, Jenny Fielder, Josh Santana, Ann Goff Tomlin; back row: Chris Dally, Susan Russell Feix; second row: Pennie Franklin Redmond, Marcia Barry Bronson, Bridge Bickel, Barry Dicken, Jana Meece Koehler. Spaulding Larson, Anne Pierce Polk, Sally Fisk, Wanda Steinhoff Fey,

Class of 1975– 30th Reunion Front row, from left: Josephine Miller, Anne Willmott Baldwin, Julie Oldfield Dicken, Jennifer Lail Wertman; Carolyn Jones Wheeler, Jill Brooks Pellerin, Debbie Pollard Catron; second fourth row: Jeff Shouse, Laura Sutton Candris, Martha Knowles, Bruce row: Alison Brown Hardaway, Judy Richmond Bramblet, Elizabeth Coates, Medford Moreland, Rick Catron, Tom Burchett; back row: Cary Alverson Barr, Ann Rosenstein Giles, Mary Jean Christiansen Archer, Barr, Charlie Wilson, Charlie Newquist, Buzz McQuerry, Dave Marthey, Mary Beth Ely Mannarino; third row: Diane Woodford Arnold, Alex Krislov, Noah Powers, Tyler French. Deborah Hewins-Theyken, Marf Shopmyer, Diane Farmer Binzel, Rebecca Williamson Shaw lives in Fort Distinguished Service Awards Wright, Ky., with her husband and new son, Eli. Becky is a pediatric occupational thera- Four alumni received Distinguished Service Awards during Alumni Weekend 2005 pist at Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky. for outstanding service to the University. Her husband, Colby, is a site supervisor/man- LoAnn Fields Blankenship ’55 is a longtime member and ager for Dixon Home Builders. She would leader in the Transylvania Woman’s Club, serving as treasurer love to hear from her Chi Omega sisters. from 2001-04 and helping to raise money for the club’s endowed scholarship fund. A member of the James Morrison Society and Camille Lightner Brunker, George- former member of the Church Relations Board, she volunteers for ’96 town, Ky., and her husband, Jay, are the phonathon program and co-chaired her 45th and 50th class successful thoroughbred horse breeders. reunions. The Alumni Association presented her its Certificate of They have two daughters, Isabel, 3, and Appreciation in 1995. Corinne, 1. Gregory W. Bruce ’60 joined with his wife, Ann, and other family members in 2000 to create the Judge J. Gregory Bruce Allison K. Rosenzweig, Sherman Oaks, Calif., Endowed Scholarship Fund as a tribute to his father, a 1921 has been named director of DVD Added Transylvania graduate who had a long and distinguished law Value at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment career. He has been a loyal supporter of the Transylvania Annual in Culver City, Calif. Fund and the Monroe Moosnick Endowed Professorship, and Stacy N. Taylor, Brighton, Mass., has joined has assisted the admissions office in recruiting students from the staff of Physicians for Human Rights in Florida. Boston as senior foundation relations offi- Ann Rosenstein Giles ’75 has served on the Board of Trustees cer. since 2000 and is a former member of the Board of Visitors. She has supported numerous initiatives, including the Transylvania Cynthia L. Arnold, Portland, Ore., is Annual Fund, Charles L. Shearer Art Building, Clive M. Beck Ath- ’97 a licensed clinical psychologist and letic and Recreation Center, Cowgill Center for Business, Econom- opened her own clinic, New Leaves Clinic, ics, and Education, and the Campaign for Transylvania. She in May. served on the Beck Center Alumni Steering Committee, took part in the Student/Alumni Networking Fair, and has assisted with Matthew J. Lee, Atlanta, has been admitted admissions efforts. She is class agent for her class and gift chair for her 30th class to the Georgia Bar and is practicing bank- reunion. ruptcy law with Berry & Associates in Atlanta. Joshua A. Santana ’70 is a member of the Alumni Campaign Marcus A. Osborne lives in Cambridge, Mass., Committee that raised money to endow the Paul Fuller Scholar- with his wife, Cara Caskey Osborne ’99, and ship and has also given support to the Transylvania Annual Fund, their baby, Maxwell Archer. Marcus will be Campaign for Transylvania, and the Clive M. Beck Athletic and starting Harvard Business School’s MBA Recreation Center. He served on the mission committee as part of program in the fall and Cara is in the final the 2003 Strategic Plan. He assists the admissions office with year of her doctoral program in maternal and minority recruitment and is a former member of the Alumni Exec- child health at the Harvard School of Pub- utive Board and a reunion committee member for his class in lic Health. 1995 and 2000. He received a Certificate of Appreciation in 2000. McRae Stephenson Pennington, Worthing- ton, Ky., has been named director of cor- June 2005. Chris is a company commander Michelle Gaines Bennett, Lexington, porate and foundation relations for the of a U.S. Army military intelligence unit in ’95 continues to practice full-time at Pedi- Marshall Foundation with Marshall Uni- Illinois. atric & Adolescent Associates in Lexington. versity in Huntington, W.Va. She would love to hear from classmates. J. Trevor Martin, Chicago, continues to work Stacie L. Walker, Louisville, works in aca- with the exhibitions and events department Colby A. Blair, Lexington, is a financial serv- demic affairs at Bellarmine University. She at the School of the Art Institute of Chica- ices officer with Farm Credit Services of Mid- expects to complete her dissertation this year go and with collaborative performer Ryen America in Shelbyville, Ky. and is making arrangements for her Octo- Olsen. They will restore their original work ber wedding. “Meeting Darrow” as part of the 2005 Per- Amanda B. Mackey, Louisville, graduated forming Arts Chicago PAC/edge Festival. from the University of Louisville School of M. Jason Zimmerman, Louisville, graduated E-mail Trevor at [email protected]. Medicine in 2003 and is currently complet- from his internal medicine residency and ing her psychiatry residency at U of L. completed a year as chief medical resident Rebecca L. Groh, Lexington, assistant at the University of Louisville. He also grad- ’93 director of admissions at Transylva- Amanda Farlee Seaward, Bellevue, Idaho, uated from U of L in May with a master of nia, received the James L. Grigsby Service and her husband, Scott, are enjoying their science in public health. He has accepted a Award from the Kentucky Association of one-year-old daughter, Caroline. Amanda cardiology fellowship position at the Uni- Secondary and College Admission Coun- is the director of membership at the Valley versity of Cincinnati. His wife, Falguni Amin- selors in March. The award recognizes serv- Club in Sun Valley, Idaho, and has started a Zimmerman, graduated from her radiation ice and contributions to the profession of wedding consulting business, Absolute Wed- oncology residency at U of L in June and counseling students in transition from high dings, LLC. has accepted a private practice job with Clark school to college. Radiation Oncology in Springfield, Ohio.

26 TRANSYLVANIA TaLonda S. Holland, Louisville, time as a medical assistant and caring for Births ’98 received her master’s degree from the their son, David. Kent School of Social Work at the Univer- Tressa Townes Brown ’86 and Robert Townes, Holly Neikirk Lankster, Lexington, has joined sity of Louisville in May 2004. a son, Jacob Lee Brown, January 11, 2005 the Lexington office of Stites & Harbison David W. Richard ’87 and Jennifer Brown Whitney Maynard Rauth graduated from the as a member of the torts and insurance prac- Richard ’95, a son, Ryan Nicholas Richard, Auburn University College of Veterinary tice service group. December 16, 2004 Medicine and is employed by the Fayette Warren G. Hornsby ’88 and Mary-Margaret Jennifer L. Osborne, Shepherdsville, Ky., Veterinary Clinic in Lexington. Collier Hornsby ’89, a daughter, Emma received her master’s degree in sociology in Frances Hornsby, November 23, 2004 Robert L. Shrader has returned to London, May 2004 from Georgia State University in Christopher L. Jay ’88 and Anne Hickerson Ky., and is serving as pastor of First Christ- Atlanta. She is a case manager at Providence Jay ’91, a son, William Landis Jay, Decem- ian Church (Disciples of Christ). House in Louisville and would love to hear ber 3, 2004 from classmates at jenny_osborne@hot- Elizabeth A. Case ’89, a daughter, Calista Chasta “Nikki” Adcock Williams lives in mail.com. Atlanta with her husband, Thomas, and their Theodora Case, June 12, 2004 new daughter, Anna Colleen. Anna was vis- C. Mills Nallinger, Louisville, and J. Karen D. Watkins-Ball ’89 and Christopher ited by her Transy “aunts,” Alexia Schempp ’02 Wesley Sublett ’99, Anchorage, Ky., Ball, a son, John Christopher Ball, March Couch ’98, Amanda Mackey ’99, and Bridget visited Japan, where Mills was guest teacher 5, 2005 Trogden Lawson ’00, and also met Rachel at the American School. Carla K. Smith-Moorman ’91 and Kenneth M. Nance Woehler ’98, another great Transy Moorman ’91, a son, Matthew Bryan Holly Gurren Trenkamp, Independence, Ky., friend. E-mail Nikki at [email protected]. Moorman, March 16, 2005 teaches music at Beechgrove Elementary and Cynthia McKinney Williams ’91 and Larry S. Molly Gluth Lang, Harker Heights, is the music director at Independence Chris- Williams, a son, Hunter Todd Williams, ’99 Tex., is a research technologist at Scott tian Church, DOC. December 9, 2004 & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Tex., Lee Alexander King ’93 W. Bradley King Brad Sullivan, Campbellsville, Ky., and where she is involved in liver cancer research. ’93 has been working in the Washington, , a son, James Sutton King, November ’03 1, 2004 David W. Rice, Lexington, has been named D.C., office of U.S. Senate Majority Whip Misha Warren Bell ’94 and Christopher S. director of instructional software at Tran- Mitch McConnell since June 2003, serving Bell, a son, Henry David Bell, August 21, sylvania. one year as the senator’s personal assistant. He has been accepted to the University of 2004 Stephen J. Hahn ’94 Sushannah Clark Anupa S. Arya, Lawrenceburg, Ky., Oxford and London School of Commerce, and Hahn ’96 ’00 received her master’s degree from the and will likely pursue a master’s degree in , triplets, Samuel Ottfried Hahn, University of Kentucky in 2003 and is international relations at LSC this fall. Margaret Elizabeth Hahn, and Olivia Grace employed in the Kentucky Public Service Hahn, January 19, 2005 Commission’s Office of General Counsel in Christopher H. Reitz, Louisville, is an IT audit Michelle Gaines Bennett ’95 and Cole Ben- Frankfort, Ky. consultant for Brown-Forman Corp. in nett, a son, Oliver Coleman Bennett, April Louisville. 14, 2005 Eric S. Guerrant and Farrah Pond Guerrant Amanda Farlee Seaward ’95 and Scott Sea- live in Louisville with their new son, Peyton Erin Clapp, Lexington, was featured ward, a daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Sea- John Guerrant. Eric is a physician and Far- ’04 in the Fayette County Public School ward, February 6, 2004 rah is a registered nurse and director of SANE Teacher Spotlight in April. Erin teaches Duby Nagda Sharma ’95 and Sumeet K. Shar- (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) at the Uni- K-1 at Picadome Elementary. ma, a son, Rohin Kumar Sharma, March versity of Louisville Hospital. 18, 2005 Donna Hammer Beiting ’96 and Michael Beit- Karen Wall Hughes, Columbia, Ky., teaches Marriages ing, a daughter, Hannah Morgan Beiting, high school and published her first novel, Tracy Rae McCubbin ’85 and Don Tillman, April 16, 2005 titled Unfulfilled, in November 2004. May 30, 2004 Tina Naylor Bradley ’96 and Jamie Bradley, a Stephen Edwards Stauffer ’92 Nicholas L. Salsman, Nashville, will begin a and April Proc- daughter, Kaitlyn Nicole Bradley, April 7, two-year post-doctoral research fellowship tor, May 29, 2004 2005 Christopher Douglas Price ’94 at the University of Washington Department and Sarah Eliz- Holly Chelf Lindquist ’96 and Jeff Lindquist, of Psychology in August. He and his wife, abeth Wheeler, June 5, 2004 a son, Thomas Nels Lindquist, January 21, Rebecca Ruth Stanley ’95 Tiffany, will move to Seattle. and Bryan Edwards 2005 Larson, October 30, 2004 Falguni A. Amin-Zimmerman Jeffrey P. Brinkman, New Orleans, Ann McRae Stephenson ’97 and Christopher ’97 and M. Jason Zimmerman ’01 graduated from Tulane University Thomas Pennington, October 9, 2004 ’97, a daughter, Uma Audrey Law School in 2004 and is a staff attorney Lisa Arlene Dobson ’01 and Andrew Charles Zimmerman, February 25, for AIDSLaw of Louisiana. Callihan, January 6, 2005 2005 Teresa Louise Hensley ’01 and Kyle Leo Green Marcus A. Osborne ’97 Cara Caskey Shelly C. Ferrell graduated from the Uni- and ’01, May 26, 2002 Osborne ’99, a son, Maxwell Archer versity of Louisville Medical School in May Holly Marie Gurren ’02 and Steve T. and will complete his four-year residency in Osborne, January 21, 2005 Trenkamp, December 31, 2004 Lori Covington Bergman ’98 and David anesthesiology in San Antonio. His wife, Eliz- Jared Jeffrey Cornelius ’03 and Lindsay Tay- abeth Stafford Ferrell ’03, is working part- Bergman, a son, Landon James Michael lor Jourdan ’04, July 10, 2004 Bergman, February 15, 2005

SUMMER 2005 27 ALUMNI BULLETIN BOARD

Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2006 Composite and Complement: Celebrating 225 Years Mark your calendar and plan to join your classmates and Transy friends for Alumni Weekend 2006, set for The Morlan Gallery will help Transylvania celebrate its April 28-30. 225th anniversary with the invitational exhibition Com- The following classes will celebrate reunions: Robert posite and Complement: Celebrating 225 Years, Septem- Barr Society (1936, 1941, 1946, 1951), 1956, 1961, ber 16-October 14. 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001. Transy alumni, faculty, and staff submitted artwork If you are a member of one of these classes, please composed of 225 components. This national invitation make sure the Alumni Office has your current mailing features installation, video, ceramic, and fabric; artists, and e-mail addresses so you don’t miss out on all the painters, and photographers will exhibit. The Bluegrass fun. If you’d like to help plan your class reunion, contact Alumni Club will host an alumni social hour at Atomic Natasa Pajic ’96, director of alumni programs, at Café on the opening evening of the exhibit. Alumni in [email protected]. the area will receive an invitation.

2006 Alumni Directory is coming Recommendations sought for awards and Alumni Executive Board The alumni office will be working with Harris Publish- ing Company over the next 12 months to produce the Alumni are encouraged to submit recommendations 2006 Alumni Directory. Alumni will have the opportunity for several awards that will be presented during Alumni to update their information with the University as well as Weekend 2006 and for new members of the Alumni purchase their own copy of the directory. The publication Executive Board. will be available in two print editions as well as a CD- Recommendations are sought for the Pioneer Hall of ROM. Alumni who wish not to have their contact infor- Fame, Morrison Medallion, Outstanding Young Alumni mation published in the directory should contact the Award, and distinguished achievement and service alumni office in writing. awards. The Hall of Fame recognizes former athletes, coaches, and others who have made outstanding contri- butions to Transylvania athletics, while the Morrison Support Transy’s 225th anniversary Medallion is given to an alumnus or alumna for out- blood drive standing service to the University. The Outstanding Young Alumni Award would in most cases recognize an alumna In this 225th anniversary year of Transylvania, the cam- or alumnus who has been out of school 15 years or less pus community in partnership with the Central Kentucky and has an extensive record of service and support to the Blood Center had donated 140 units of blood as of May University. Achievement and service awards honor profes- 31. The final on-campus blood drive this year will take sional excellence and service to Transylvania. place on October 25. Alumni are welcome to come to Those recommended for the Alumni Executive Board campus that day to donate blood or to visit their local should have a record of support and service to the Uni- blood bank any time during the year. Be sure to mention versity and be willing to serve a three-year term. New Transy when giving blood to be counted in the 225th members are nominated by the board and elected at the anniversary drive. Thanks to those who have participated annual meeting during Alumni Weekend. so far. For recommendation forms, contact the Alumni Office or submit recommendations to Natasa Pajic, director of alumni programs, at [email protected].

To contact the Alumni Office: Natasa Pajic ’96, director of alumni programs, [email protected] Tracy Stephens Dunn ’90, assistant director of alumni programs, [email protected] Elaine Valentine, administrative assistant, [email protected] Phone: (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8275 ■ Fax: (859) 281-3548 Mail: 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508 Web: www.transy.edu

Jennifer Hamilton Frost ’98 and Chad Frost, Tara Riggs Jefferson ’98 and Matthew Jef- Kevin A. Moreman ’98 and Kasey M. More- a daughter, Abbey Elizabeth Frost, March ferson, a son, Ethan Matthew Jefferson, man, a son, Chase Richard Moreman, 30, 2005 March 8, 2005 August 31, 2004 TaLonda S. Holland ’98, twin sons, Izryal Zhy Molly Franklin Lipham ’98 and Michael Chasta “Nikki” Adcock Williams ’98 and Kareem Holland and Zyonn Samad Ali Lipham, a son, Alex Franklin Lipham, April Thomas Williams, a daughter, Anna Holland, March 4, 2004 25, 2005 Colleen Williams, November 17, 2004

28 TRANSYLVANIA AlumniCLASS Weekend REUNION PHOTOS 2005

Class of 1980 – 25th Reunion Front row, from left: Dale Hassett, Julie Karns, Carol Campbell McGhee, Lesie Jo Ratliff Ladau, Mary Beth Cooper Lair; second row: John Thompson, Bob Rouse, Katherine Betts, Susan Welsey Schafer, David Walters; third row: Peter Mehas, Stan Jones, Tim Henson, LeMayne Ellis; back row: Knox Haynes, Mike Delaney, Eugene Johnson.

Class of 1985 – 20th Reunion Front row, from left: Mindy Jennifer Caudill Moore, Kim Reynolds Crum, Jay Baughman; Gute Barfield, Tracy Blackburn Clinkinbeard, Debby Thomas back row: Lowell Clark, Benham Sims, Andrew Smith, John Grimm, Sheri Evans, Marlene Gartner; second row: Rob Taormina, Angie Baker Springate, Steve Schindler. Dennison, Elena Hernandez Page, Emily Morse Toadvine,

Class of 1990 – 15th Reunion Front row, from left: Christina Melisa Thomas-Morris; third row: Dawn Wilson, Andrea Barton Scott, Robin Bowen, Sharon Ruble Prevette, Terri Gillooly Lane, John O’Hara, Todd Clark, Traci Thompson Felix, Jill Crouch Clements, Selena Wingate, Teresa Sharkey, Rena Hallam; second Tucker, Maire Cashman Patino; back row: Chris Cook, Tim row: Ashley Woodfin Backer, Tiffany Wheeler, Cynthia Ganote, Newton, Keith Frank, Phil Anderson, Jason Bearden. Tracy Stephens Dunn, Mike Finley, Stephanie Brown-Newton, AlumniCLASS Weekend REUNION PHOTOS 2005

Class of 1995 – 10th Reunion Front row, from left: Shannon Deanna Osborne Lee, Deana Ison, Kelly Brooks Mowery, Robyn Moreman Holt, Jennifer Hutchinson Ezell, Jen Brown Richard, Elizabeth Brookshire, Emilee Sims Morgan, Jennifer Reece; back row: Lee Ezell, Homan, Mamata Majmundar, Rhonda Spence, Diana Brown, Tammy John Paul Hill, Mark Mowery, Rich Mains, Ashley McDavid Brown, Corie Chapman Bisotti, Alison Redford Smiley; second row: Kirstan Buck, Turley, Becky Williamson Shaw.

Class of 2000 – 5th Reunion Front row, from left: Natalie Hurt, Dewayne Lawson; back row: Johan Graham, Kristy Felblinger Mudd, Laura Rice, Jenna Shaffer Watts, Kristie Young, Erin Smallwood Rebecca Williams, Erica Dowd, Kara Kleinschmidt, Whitney Collins Wathen, Bridget Trogden; second row: Jenny Grow Greenwell, Rich Fouts, Regan Hunt. Foley, Christie Herring Shrader, Mary Ellen Meurer Ford, Kyle Sadler,

Caroline Slater Burnette ’99 and Scott Bur- Pavlunenko, January 11, 2005 Ky., died January 11, 2005. nette, a son, William Robert “Beau” Bur- Cara Sloan Ritter ’00 and Nick Ritter, a daugh- William T. Vincent ’32, Lexington, died Jan- nette, February 4, 2005 ter, Sloan Marie Ritter, August 31, 2004 uary 21, 2005. He was a celebrated foot- Sarah Gribbins Klucker ’99, a son, Grayson Benjamin W. Guerrant ’01 and Laura W. Guer- ball player at Nicholasville High School Del Klucker, September 18, 2004 rant, a son, Benjamin Wood Guerrant II, and Transylvania and served in the U.S. Eric S. Guerrant ‘00 and Farrah Pond Guer- February 7, 2005 Army during World War II. He worked rant ’00, a son, Peyton John Guerrant, Shana Spitzer Page ’01 and Steven Page, a for 30 years as a health inspector and super- November 2, 2004 son, Lane Augustus Page, March 27, 2005 visor in the Lexington Health Department. Melissa McDougal Koger ’00 and Matthew Jacquelyn Wright Singleton ’01 and Tony He and his wife also owned The Tog Shop E. Koger ’00, a daughter, Kailey Erin Koger, Singleton, a son, Aidan Michael Single- in Chevy Chase. He was an avid fisherman, March 18, 2005 ton, November 23, 2004 hunter, gardener, and chef. Catherine Curtis Mayer ’00 and Adam A. Wendell H. Groves ’34, Hodgenville, Ky., Mayer ’00, a daughter, Analisa Brooke died February 26, 2005. He was a mem- Mayer, March 1, 2005 Obituaries ber of Hodgenville Christian Church and Jamie Royal Pavlunenko ’00 and Alex Only alumni survivors are listed. the Hodgenville Rotary Club, which pres- Pavlunenko, a son, Gregory Thomas Mary Frances Smoot Collins ’30, Maysville, ents the Wendell Groves Award to one out-

30 TRANSYLVANIA 5 standing member each year. He was a char- ter member and vice chairman of the board of directors at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home and former board member of Red Hill Cemetery. He was the former owner of Foley-Groves Insurance Agency and received the LaRue County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Person TRUSTEE GEORGE EVANS JR. DIES of the Year Award for 1980-81. Lewis Dickinson ’39, Glasgow, Ky., died Jan- George Evans Jr., a life member of the Energy Policy. He was a former chairman uary 28, 2005. He graduated from the Transylvania Board of Trustees, died May of the Kentucky Coal Association and a University of Louisville Medical School 9, 2005. He was 86. member of the National Coal Council and maintained a private practice in Glas- A native of Charleston, W.Va., Evans and Kentucky State Racing Commission. gow for many years before retiring. Sur- became an independent coal operator in In 1985, he received the Coal Age Award vivors include his sons, Lewis G. Dickinson 1942 and went on to own several coal given by Coal Age magazine for distin- ’67 and Temple Dickinson ’78. companies in West Virginia and Ken- guished contributions to the industry. Joseph Ryan Nevius ’39, Corbin, Ky., died tucky. He sold part of his holdings to Over the years, Evans served on the February 28, 2005. He completed grad- Island Creek Coal Co. in 1966 and boards of several schools and hospitals, uate work at the College of the Bible and became an Island Creek vice president. In and was a member of the McDowell was an ordained minister of the Christian 1971, he sold many of his remaining Cancer Foundation executive committee Church (Disciples of Christ). He served properties to National Steel Corp. and at the time of his death. churches throughout Kentucky for 37 years became president of National Steel’s Lex- “George Evans was a long-time sup- and was active in Kiwanis and other char- ington-based subsidiary, National Mines porter of Transylvania, serving 31 years itable and civic organizations. Corp. Later he was president of National on the board’s executive committee,” Lucille Lewis Caudill ’40, Lexington, died Steel’s coal development division. said President Charles L. Shearer. “His March 19, 2005. She was a Realtor for Evans was appointed state energy sec- presence in the community will be great- many years with John Short Realty and a retary in 1983 and went on to serve as ly missed.” former member of the Lexington Woman’s head of the state Office for Coal and Club. She was a member of Immanuel Bap- tist Church and a former member of Cen- tral Christian Church. Champ Ligon ’42, Lexington, died February Methodist Church in Georgetown, where Mary Callan Charlesworth ’40, Sterling, Va., 2, 2005. He was a graduate of the Uni- she sang in the choir. died March 15, 2005. At Transylvania, she versity of Kentucky and earned an MD Virginia Heinlein Macke ’50, Cincinnati, died was a charter member of Phi Mu sorority. from the University of Louisville. At var- March 19, 2005. Over the years, she had She worked in advertising, first at the Clark ious times in his career, he was resident served as a Camp Fire Girls group leader, County Press newspaper in Jeffersonville, psychiatrist at the Veterans Hospital, med- Sunday school teacher, trail guide at the Ind., and later at the Washington Post. In ical director at the Lexington Signal Depot, Cincinnati Nature Center, library aide and 1988, she became owner/CEO of Invita- chief psychiatrist at Eastern State Hospi- room mother in the Indian Hill school sys- tion to Travel, Inc. A history enthusiast, tal, and psychiatric consultant of the Unit- tem, and volunteer at a national wildlife she belonged to numerous patriotic and ed Mine Workers of America. A member refuge on Sanibel Island, Fla. She was also genealogical societies, including the of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1937-78, active in quilting, sewing, gardening, and Daughters of the American Revolution, he served during World War II, the Kore- singing. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of an War, and the Vietnam War. He was a Thomas D. Woods ’50, Lawrenceburg, Ky., America, Order of the Crown of Charle- member of the Association of Coroners died March 1, 2005. He served in the U.S. magne, and the Lincoln Group of the Dis- and Medical Examiners, American Law Marine Corps during World War II, taught trict of Columbia. Enforcement Officers Association, Asso- at Mercer County High School for many Frances Smitha Bramlage ’41, Lexington, ciation of Military Surgeons of the Unit- years, and retired from the Kentucky State died January 28, 2005. She was a mem- ed States, American Psychiatric Society, Cabinet of Human Resources. He was a ber of Phi Omega Pi, past president of American Medical Association, Filson Club, member of the First Christian Church of Athens Homemakers, member of the Tran- Kentucky Historical Society, UK Alumni Lawrenceburg, a member and past master sylvania Chapter of the DAR, and volun- Association, and Spindletop. of the St. John’s Lodge # 25 F&AM, and teered as a Pink Lady at the University of William K. Morris Jr. ’43, Lexington, died former high priest of Daviess Chapter #29 Kentucky Medical Center. March 9, 2005. He was a retired agent for Royal Arch Masons. Survivors include his Nancy Murdock Smith ’41, West Middletown, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and son, Thomas D. Woods II ’71. Pa., died January 30, 2005. She worked a lifelong member of the Christian Church John E. Yarber ’53, Batesville, Ind., died for the Tuberculosis Association in the (Disciples of Christ). Survivors include his March 30, 2005. He was a retired science 1940s, raised stock and farmed with her children, Kathryn Morris Riester ’67, teacher. husband, served on the West Middletown William K. Morris III ’69, and Amy Morris John J. Crowden ’56, Berea, Ky., died Decem- School Board from 1953-58, served as Lain ’80; his brother, Henry R. Morris ’37; ber 23, 2004. He was a graduate of Lex- borough secretary during West Middle- and granddaughter, Sarah E. Riester ’96. ington Theological Seminary, earned a town’s sesquicentennial in 1973, and kept Margery Livengood Turner ’49, Georgetown, Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, track of West Middletown cemetery Ky., died January 22, 2005. She was an and was ordained in the Christian Church records for many years. artist and a member of First United (Disciples of Christ). He taught in the soci-

SUMMER 2005 31 Science Center, and Blue Grass Charity Ball, and was a member of several other organizations. She volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, founded the Common Cents Investment Club, and was a master gardener. Susan Wright Menkes ’74, Newport Beach, FORMER TRUSTEE JOHN R. GAINES DIES Calif., died January 7, 2005. She was an attorney at Murtaugh, Miller, Meyer & John R. Gaines, former Transylvania Farm breeding program became a model Nelson, LLP, where she specialized in trans- Board of Trustees member, died February for the industry and produced some of actional and corporate practice represent- 11, 2005. He was 76. the world’s most famous race horses. ing architects and engineers. She was a Gaines, whose family found success Gaines sold the 500-acre stallion station member of the Orange County, Calif., and with its Gaines Dog Food Co., was to South African horseman and Transyl- American Bar Associations, speaker for the renowned for his leadership at vania Board of Trustees member Graham Orange County American Institute of Gainesway Farm in Lexington, his influ- J. Beck in 1989. Architects, and a former co-chair of the ence on horse breeding and racing, his Gaines came up with the idea for the legal counsel forum for the National Soci- widespread philanthropy, and his passion Breeders’ Cup, the world’s richest day of ety of Professional Engineers. Survivors as an art collector. He served on the racing, and the Kentucky Horse Park, include her husband, Jeffrey R. Menkes ’74. Transylvania board for more than 20 one of the state’s best-known tourist Stanley J. Tarnofsky ’74, Lexington, died years, and was especially supportive of attractions. April 15, 2005. At Transylvania, he was a the W.T. Young Scholarship Program and Selected five times by Art News as one member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He the Bingham Program for Excellence in of the most important art collectors in was the owner of Stanley J’s New York Teaching. America, Gaines shared his expertise by Style Delicatessen in Lexington, board “John Gaines had an immeasurable serving as director of the Snite Museum member of St. Agnes House, treasurer of impact on the horse breeding industry of Art at the University of Notre Dame the U.S. Army 125th Transportation and his generosity benefited the entire and on the Metropolitan Museum of Art Company Family Support Group, and Bluegrass region,” said President Charles department of drawings, the trustees member of the Maxwell Street Presbyter- L. Shearer. “Transylvania is proud of its council of the National Gallery of Art in ian Church. Survivors include his son, association with this accomplished man.” Washington, D.C., and the boards of Joshua R. Tarnofsky ’05. A 1946 graduate of Culver Military Harvard University’s Fogg Museum and Hally Gearinger Robinson ’91, Akron, Ohio, Academy in Indiana, Gaines earned a Louisville’s Speed Museum. died March 17, 2005. She had been a para- bachelor’s degree from the University of He chaired or co-chaired fund drives legal in Chicago and worked for a bank in Notre Dame and pursued graduate stud- that raised more than $100 million for Denver. She was the mother of two chil- ies in genetics at the University of Ken- education, arts, sciences, and religion, dren and enjoyed book clubs and neigh- tucky. He served as a lieutenant in the and personally supported the University borhood Bible study. U.S. Air Force from 1954-1957, and was of Kentucky Art Museum, UK Gaines Leslie Susanne Brown ’03, Mount Vernon, attached to the joint chiefs of staff in the Center for the Humanities, and the Ky., died February 3, 2005. Pentagon. Catholic Newman Center in Lexington, Walter G. Emge, Riverdale, N.Y., former vice Under his guidance, the Gainesway among others. president and dean at Transylvania, died April 25, 2005. He earned his doctorate from Yale University and became a Dan- forth Graduate Fellow. He taught at Yale ology department of Berea College and ton Humane Society and a retired Fayette and Boston University and served as assis- served as chair for the department for many County school teacher. tant to the provost, assistant dean of Trin- years. Most recently, he was the coordi- Shaun Elliott Martin ’72, Las Vegas, died ity Arts and Sciences, and chief adviser for nator of the convocations program at Berea March 27, 2005. A 30-year resident of Las the health professions at Duke Universi- College. Survivors include his wife, Jacque- Vegas, she worked at numerous proper- ty. He was appointed provost at Manhat- line Daniels Crowden ’57. ties, including the Silverbird, Landmark, tan College in 1985 and continued in this William T. Webb ’56, Hopkinsville, Ky., died Ladyluck, Boulder Station, and Com- position until 1996, when he returned to March 21, 2005. He was a former chair- mander’s Palace. She was a past president teaching in the philosophy department. man of the board of Collector Investments, and officer of the International Food Ser- Inc., in Hopkinsville. vice Executives Association, chairperson James P. Clay ’65, Covington, Ky., died July of the March of Dimes, and an instructor 5, 2001. at the Community College of Southern ■ Gary J. Mount ’65, Forney, Tex., died April Nevada. Obituaries in Transylvania are based 16, 2005. He had been vice president of Mitzi Tate Strode ’73, Lexington, died March on information available in alumni office files and from newspaper obitu- Graphitex, Inc., in Dallas, and was the 1, 2005. She was a member of Christ aries. Please send information con- owner and founder of Mount Printing Church Cathedral, where she participat- cerning alumni deaths to the attention Equipment in Forney. ed in the Altar Guild, co-chaired the Flower of Elaine Valentine in the Transylvania Dana Lieber Gambill ’66, Lexington, died Guild, graduated from Education for Min- Alumni Office, 300 North Broadway, March 4, 2005. At Transylvania, she was istry, and led Bible Study Fellowship. She Lexington, KY 40508-1797. Newspaper a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. served on the boards of Chrysalis House, obituaries with complete listings of survivors are preferred. She was a board member of the Lexing- Baby Health Services, the Living Arts and

32 TRANSYLVANIA “When I graduated, I gave a small gift to Transy the first year, and I increased it every year as my career became established.” Hal Curtis ’71 Okatie, South Carolina

“If you start out small and get used to giving, it becomes a part of your budget. If you add some every year, it compounds, and before long you’re giving more significant gifts. Then if Transy has a special need, maybe you can give a little extra for the science program or whatever your interest is. “If alums think back on their Transy career and how it pre- pared them for their future, almost no gift to the school is large enough.”

Every gift is important Gifts to the Annual Fund help ensure that highly qualified, deserving students continue to have access to a Transylvania education. The Annual Fund provides a buffer against eco- nomic downturns while also support- ing academic programs, faculty salaries, student services, and technol- ogy enhancements. Every gift, no matter what size, increases the alumni participation rate, which boosts the University’s reputa- tion and can help it receive grants from foundations and corporations. To pledge or receive additional information, contact the develop- ment office by phone at (800) 487- 2679 or (859) 281-3692, by e-mail at [email protected], or by visiting www.transy.edu and clicking on “For Alumni.” HAL CURTIS ’71 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Lexington, KY Permit No. 122 300 NORTH BROADWAY LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40508- 1797

Let’s hear it for the Pioneers!

Cheering for Transylvania in a game against Centre College May 4 at Applebee’s Park in Lexington are, from left, first-year students Whitney Tyler, Shara Raymer, and Contessa Jackson, and sophomore Lanetta Honey. Inset photo, President Charles L. Shearer receives congratulations from senior catcher Peter Starling after throwing out the first pitch. Transy won the game 3- 0 as students, alumni, faculty, and staff from both schools turned out for an enjoyable evening of NCAA Division III baseball. Plans are being made to continue the event as a special annual game. Photo by Helena Hau