DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI / MEGAN MAYHEW BERGMAn (‘02) on GREEK LIFE / ALUMNUS WADE MURphy’S GIFT TO HUMANITIES SUMMER 2013 (Randomly selected, not peer-reviewed, unscientific and in no particular order) PAGE FEATURE 2 Things We Love About Wa ke FOREST DEPARTMENTS 54 | Commencement 58 | Around the Quad 60 | Philanthropy 61 | Remember When? 62 | Distinguished Alumni 64 | Class Notes 92 | Constant & True WAKEFOREST FROM theh PRESIDENT MAGAZINE this edition of wake forest magazine celebrates the many SUMMER 2013 | VOLUME 60 | NUMBER 3 things we love about Wake Forest. I love the physical space of the combined area: Wake Forest, Graylyn, Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village. It’s pas- ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR-AT-LARGE toral, interesting, historic and gives a great ambience for this campus. Maria Henson (’82) MANAGING EDITOR I love the balcony overlook- Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08) ing Hearn Plaza and the SENIOR EDITOR vista you get — the sense of Kerry M. King (’85) history and tradition. DEPUTY EDITOR Graduation on Hearn Plaza Janet Williamson (P ’00, ’03) is another favorite. I am not CREATIVE DIRECTOR Hayes Henderson sure there is ever a moment — except possibly at a wed- DESIGNERS Jill Carson ding — where you witness Julie Helsabeck such concentrated joy when Kris Hendershott you see all the families. PHOTOGRAPHER Ken Bennett You will also read in this issue about Wade Murphy (’00) and his gift to help STUDENT INTERN Allison Cacich (’13) endow the Humanities Institute. It is an amazing statement of his generosity PRINTING and insight to know that if we are going to be good at things we can’t just be The Lane Press, Inc. tuition-driven. We have to have partners step up in significant ways. Humanities have always been at the heart of what we do. It would be impossi- Wake Forest University Magazine (ISSN 0279-3946) is ble to think of Pro Humanitate without coming to terms with the humanities, published three times a year in the Spring, Summer and Fall by Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7227, always our greatest strength academically. That is not to disparage science, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227. It is sent to alumni, social science or the arts, but the humanities have been at the heart and should donors and friends of the University. continue to be. Humanities are deeply threatened today because they seem the [email protected] most impractical at getting people jobs and renewing an economy. In that magazine.wfu.edu sense they are often questioned by some politicians: “Why are we doing this?” twitter.com/wfumagazine facebook.com/wakeforestmagazine wakeforestuniversityalumnimagazine.blogspot.com Ralph Waldo Emerson said this about libraries, but it applies to the human- ities: Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with Send address changes or cancellation requests to: Wake Forest Magazine Alumni Records it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You P.O. Box 7227 will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227 [email protected] curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in. 1.800.752.8567 Emerson’s quotation speaks to the ability of the humanities — whether it is © 2013 literature, history, classics, philosophy or religious studies — to make us rethink our assumptions, evaluate our convictions and, for young people, to begin to define what they believe and to what they want to give their lives. To empower the humanities at this time is a wonderful statement about what’s important. We certainly want people who are technically skilled to get jobs, but we want people who have wisdom, insight and depth. Those are the kinds of citizens we need. Warm regards, 2 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE 101 THINGS Things We Love About Wa ke FOREST (RANDOMLY SELECTED, NOT PEER-REVIEWED AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) By Maria Henson (’82) Thanks also to contributors Katie Mahone (’13), Clare Rizer (’13) and Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08) those of you who answered our call for ideas on Facebook. Did we leave Kerry M. King (’85) out one of your favorites? Email us at [email protected] or join the conversation at facebook.com/wakeforestmagazine Allison Cacich (’13) SUMMER 2013 3 Our motto Giving back. Paying it forward. At the core of Wake Forest’s values and principles is the No. motto that unites us all. “Pro Humanitate calls on us to live selflessly and focus our energy on 1helping others,” says Shannon Ritchie (’07). 4 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE 101 THINGS No. 2 Edwin Graves Wilson (’43, p ’91, ’93) The University’s first provost has spent most of his adult life serving the University. With a specialty in the poetry of the British Romantics and an abiding faith in the highest values of our brand of liberal arts education, the retired English professor has long been known as “Mr. Wake Forest,” apropos of a mutual romance. No. Jokes abound! If you can’t say something funny about Wake Forest, come sit next to the Lilting Banshees. Those neon yellow flyers with “The Thinker” wearing a jester’s cap can 3 only mean one thing: showtime. From the president to parking, nothing’s off-limits for this irreverent student comedy troupe known for its parodies of campus life. For better or worse What’s a warm and fuzzy distinction that 10 percent of our graduates share? They’re No. married to another Wake Forest alum! Around 8,643 Deacs are legally bound to other Deacs — in sickness and in health. So this 4 place of lifelong learning is also a breeding ground for lifelong loving. Cupid surely has a gold and black arrow in his quiver. SUMMER 2013 5 GUTEN No. HEY! 5 TAG. OHAYOU BUON GOZAIMASU. GIORNO! HELLO! WILLIS E. No one ever displayed more school spirit than NI HAO. Doc, who cheered on BONJOUR! “DOC” the Demon Deacons in Groves Stadium in good MURPHREY times, and more often than not, in bad. Wear- ing his signature straw HOW (’52, JD ’57, P ’81) hat stuffed with ticket No. stubs, he’d charge down to the cheerleader platform ARE YOU? and exhort the crowd to get behind the boys. No one 6 could spin a yarn like Doc either, and whether it was true or not was beside the point. And no one may have loved Wake Forest more (although he didn’t much HOW’S IT care for the studying part, he often admitted). “No boy HABARI ever went to Wake Forest College and enjoyed it more GOIN’? than I did,” he once said. The late Murphrey also will be remembered as a most colorful 2005 recipient of YAKO? the University’s Medallion of Merit: “That’s a heck of a medal,” he said. “If I hit a dog in the head with that thing, it’d kill him.” Friendliness No.7 Bringing Ireland to America Students in a third-floor Tribble classroom might not know what occupies the build- ing’s basement, but they ought to wander downstairs. There they will find the Wake Forest University Press, which got its start in the basement in 1976 and reigns as the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America. The former bomb shelter, des- ignated for use to quell concerns during the Cuban Missile Crisis, has been churning out collections of Irish poetry by writers from Belfast to Dublin, from Ciarán Carson to Thomas Kinsella to John Mahon and Vona Groarke. The Press isn’t confined to the basement, however. Various published Irish poets have read their works on campus and occasionally have taught poetry here. 6 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE 101 THINGS No.8 the swing It allows a moment of childlike bliss, but on sunny days you may have to wait your turn. SUMMER 2013 7 No. 9 Tricks and a Treat Were you there when the Energizer Bunny raced across the stage or the “Blues Brothers” wowed the crowd? The Wake Forest University Orchestra’s annual midnight Halloween Concert has thrilled and entertained for years with musicians dressed in costumes, music heard at haunted houses and the inevitable high jinks. This highly anticipated event is all treat — with some special tricks thrown in to make it an unforgettable tradition. No.10 Our F1rst Student On Feb. 3, 1834, Wake Forest Institute opened its doors to its first student, a lad of 12 or 13 named John W. Crenshaw. Crenshaw was the son of William Crenshaw, a merchant and farmer at whose home the school’s founder, Samuel Wait, had been staying. Along with 71 other young men who enrolled the first year, Crenshaw was schooled in agriculture by day (historical No. documents indicate he served as a “water boy”) 11 and the Baptist ministry by night. He went on to become Major J.M. Crenshaw and was quoted in George W. Paschal’s 1935 edition of “The History of Wake Forest College.” The “boys,” Crenshaw Outdoor said, dressed as well as average people, wearing shirts, sleeved jackets, boots, a pair of drawers couch-sitting and “trap-door trousers,” usually brown. The long hours spent doing chores around the farm, as well For fraternities, there is no better way to enjoy the warm as learning how to care for the spiritual needs weather than sitting on a couch outside and firing up of others and become a contributing member of the grills. As soon as a hint of spring arrives, bands of society, forged values that today remain at the brothers can be seen redecorating their patios to better institution’s core.