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UK continues to pursue Jim Geisler: Seeing blue and making a interdisciplinary research and creative difference efforts that address challenges and 18 This Gatton College of Business and Economics disparities of Kentucky citizens. graduate achieves success in international business and Cover: Misty Ray Hamilton helps students follow in his footsteps through service and philanthropy. UK Research: Engaging students for success Virginia Bell: A best friend to all UK is one of only eight universities in the country Virginia Marsh Bell ’82 SW returned to college after 12 with the full range of undergraduate, graduate, 22 40 years for a second career that helped change care 80 professional and medical programs on one campus, provided to people with dementia worldwide. Years leading to ground-breaking discoveries and cross- By Christina Noll C disciplinary research and scholarship. Will Cash: Serving sweets to countries M Thank You! around the world Y 26 No matter where you travel overseas, when you find

CM yourself on the receiving end of a Krispy Kreme doughnut, you have Will Cash ’09 BE, ’10 GS to thank. MY By Linda Perry

CY They did it! CMY UK honored its newest alumni in May during its largest K 28 Commencement in UK’s history. UK travelers undergo a transformative journey through history 30 Hope & History Study and Travel Tour travelers visited Alabama to experience the history of the Civil Rights Movement. By Linda Perry Departments 4 Pride in Blue 42 Class Notes 7 Presidential Conversation 48 Career Corner 8 UK News 52 In Memoriam 11 Blue Horizons 54 Creative Juices 32 Wildcat Sports 55 Retrospect

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www.ukalumni.net 3 Peggy S. Meszaros UK Alumni Association President During the week of our spring board of directors meeting, we lost a special university friend, our UK Alumni Association President Peggy Meszaros. She passed away in her hometown of Hopkinsville following a brief illness. Meszaros earned her master’s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1972, held a bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay University and a doctorate from the University of Maryland. She led a notable career in higher education and her work, both professionally and as a volunteer, at the University of Kentucky was extensive. If you knew Peggy Meszaros, you knew you were in the presence of someone great, an inspired individual who wanted to leave the world in a better place. She was a remarkable Memories of Peggy woman who embodied terrific leadership ability, held a passion for education and respected others. “I had the distinct honor of Some of our alumni had the opportunity to meet Meszaros personally, while others knew knowing Peggy professionally her through her connections to the University of Kentucky. The cover story from the winter and personally — She leaves 2013 issue featured Meszaros and her work mentoring students and paying it forward. The a deep and lasting mark on story profiled her career and her goal to find ways to apply the knowledge in order to make my heart and life. To her positive impacts on the lives of others. In her early days, she realized that one’s family life family and many friends, I played an important role in academic success. Her assumption intrigued her and she dedicated know you will join me in her career research to family studies, ultimately retiring as the William E. Lavery Professor saying, we are better because of Human Development and director of the Research Center for Information Technology of knowing you.” Impacts on Children, Youth, and Families at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State College (VT). In the article, she said, “I believe so much in the land-grant mission which is, we don’t “Peggy will be greatly missed. just do research in isolation. The land-grant mission is to take that research out to make What a great representative positive improvements in communities.” of the University of It’s only fitting that Meszaros spent the majority of her working years at two land-grant Kentucky.” institutions: the University of Kentucky and Virginia Tech. She came to the University of Kentucky in 1985 to serve as dean of the College of Home Economics and professor “I remember the wonderful of Family Studies. While at UK she also served as the assistant director of the Kentucky conversation we had when I Agriculture Experiment Station, assistant director of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension first met her. A remarkable Service, was acting chairwoman of the Nutrition and Food Science Department, and woman.” acting chairwoman of the Family Studies Department. During her tenure at UK, she was instrumental in changing the name of the College of Home Economics to the College of “Peggy was always so nice to Human Environmental Sciences to better reflect its mission. me. A great loss for UK and She was inducted into the UK Alumni Association Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 1995, VT family.” was a founding member of the UK Erikson Society, a member of the UK Fellows Society and Women & Philanthropy, as well as a Life Member of the UK Alumni Association. From “Sad news. The UK Alumni 1993 to 1994 she was dean of the College of Human Resources at VT and from 1994 to Association has had so many 2000 served as senior vice president and provost, the highest-ranking female in the history great presidents and Peggy of that institution. At the time of her passing, Meszaros held emerita titles for two positions was certainly among them.” at Virginia Tech, the William E. Lavery Professor Emerita of Human Development in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and provost emerita. Meszaros displayed astonishing leadership skills, an enthusiastic spirit, strong respect for others and a sincere smile. She had a tremendous loyalty to the University of Kentucky and the UK Alumni Association and held a number of leadership roles within the association. She served 12 years as a UK Alumni Association board member, chairing five different committees during her tenure and ultimately serving as president in 2016-17. She was recognized in 2011 with the UK Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. Susan V. Mustian, previous president-elect of the UK Alumni Association, said, “I’ve had the honor of working closely with Peggy the past two years and the privilege of her friendship. Her dedication to the University of Kentucky Alumni Association was tireless, and her support of our great university was immeasurable.” It was a privilege and an honor to know Peggy Meszaros. Her presence within the association will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time. To view additional information and her obituary, visit www.ukalumni.net/peggymeszaros.

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6 Summer 2017 Presidential Conversation What do we get for $31 billion?

More than 33,000 people die each year from prescription and $9.6 million to address illicit opioid-related drug overdose. More than 1,000 people substance abuse and are treated for overdoses in emergency rooms each day. The addiction from the numbers are stark and especially devastating in Kentucky, National Institutes where, every day, someone’s son or daughter, husband or on Drug Abuse. With wife, grandchild, niece or nephew loses the opportunity to see those dollars we are another day, achieve another goal or reach his or her potential. examining the causes Those are the numbers I think about when the inevitable of addiction and what questions arise about federal funding of research that takes treatments work best place at institutions like the University of Kentucky. Research to turn the tide against is expensive — $31 billion was appropriated last year to the it. National Institutes of Health (NIH) alone — but it yields some Big, eye-popping of the most promising results for our future. numbers like $31 Through competitive grants, institutions in Kentucky — billion are, in some UK being the largest recipient by far — received nearly $164 ways, impossible to million last year for research into cancer, diabetes, heart disease, get your mind around. But everyone has been touched by — or Alzheimer’s, and opioid addiction along with other debilitating knows someone touched by — the insidiousness of chronic diseases and afflictions. illness and addiction. Everyone knows the human cost of these Research doesn’t always yield instant results. In fact, it rarely diseases of despair. does. Researchers often spend years, huddled in labs, asking basic When I think about the impact of federal research and the scientific questions, not sure what the result will be, much less investments being made, I don’t think in billions. I think about not knowing whether something groundbreaking will occur. the lives lost to opioid addiction, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Research is a bet on our future. It’s the idea that our Alzheimer’s and chronic illness. brainpower and intellect, harnessed in common cause and against These numbers haunt me. They should haunt you, too. The uncommon and insidious disease, can find answers. We can find challenge should embolden all of us. But we have to be willing solutions to the most insoluble and devastating of challenges — to continue to invest in research — research that saves lives and challenges that afflict every family and torture every community. changes communities — research that says we won’t accept the We know because of our past and what is happening today. loss of another life from these diseases of despair. For more than a century, the NIH has engaged in the important work of improving health outcomes that save lives. Sincerely, Medical science’s understanding of vital life processes and chronic illness, the creation of new medical devices like the MRI, and procedures that improve care and detect health maladies earlier, represent only a small fraction of Eli Capilouto breakthroughs in biomedical research supported by the NIH. President Closecr to home, Kentucky families face, at rates far higher than the national average, incidences of heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and stroke, to name just a few. On the passing of Peggy Meszaros With the support of NIH, UK is seeking solutions to these pressing health challenges. And we are making a difference. The UK family collectively mourns the passing of Recently, in an effort to better understand the energy alumna and UK Alumni Association President Peggy mechanisms that fuel cancer cell development, a team of Meszaros. The Hopkinsville native and lifelong Wildcat researchers from UK received an $11.2 million grant from the was a proud representative of her alma mater and Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, part of NIH. devoted higher education leader for many years. Her Additionally, UK faculty converged in March with extraordinary career helped shape the direction of policymakers and researchers from across the nation for the Human Environmental Sciences education and research National Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta. The at UK and Virginia Tech, where she also served as summit brought together stakeholders from all levels of provost. In recognition of her loyalty and contributions government, business, academia, treatment and community to her alma mater, Peggy Meszaros was awarded the leadership to address the scourge of opioid abuse. This is Distinguished Service Award and was inducted into the another critical Kentucky question — our rate of overdose UK Alumni Association Hall of Distinguished Alumni. deaths far exceeds the national average. The UK family is honored by Peggy Meszaros’ legacy, Much of our work is supported with federal grants from and she will be greatly missed. agencies within the NIH. Last year, UK investigators received

www.ukalumni.net 7 UK News Feist-Price named vice president for institutional diversity UK President Eli relationships necessary to help lead us forward to an even more Capilouto has tabbed a welcoming and diverse campus.” longtime UK scholar and “Words cannot begin to express how excited I am about academic administrator as the opportunity to work with President Capilouto to lead the vice president for institu- University of Kentucky in the area of diversity and inclusion,” tional diversity. Feist-Price said. “The ability to positively impact the lives of Sonja Feist-Price began students, faculty and staff as it relates to inclusive excellence is her new duties in March. consistent with my purpose and passion for life, and aligns with She has been at UK for the university’s strategic plan. I look forward to expanding the nearly 25 years as a lead- great work of the Office for Institutional Diversity.” ing teacher and scholar in Capilouto also praised Terry Allen, who has served as interim the College of Education. vice president for much of the last two years. She also has served as ac- “We are indebted to him for this most recent work,” Capil- ademic ombud and most outo said, “but also for his admirable record of service to our

Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing Photo: UK Public recent as a senior assistant university across so many years.” provost for faculty affairs. Feist-Price was named to the vice president’s position follow- “Dr. Feist-Price brings a wealth of personal and profession- ing a search that began this fall. A broad-based search commit- al experience to this essential work, along with decades-long tee, chaired by College of Public Health Dean Donna Arnett, and heart-felt commitment to our university’s success,” Cap- reached a consensus with Capilouto on Feist-Price as the pre- ilouto said. “Having served on the faculty of our College of ferred candidate for the position. Feist-Price also appeared in Education and embracing challenging responsibilities across a campus forums with students, faculty and staff to discuss her wide spectrum of administrative roles, she possesses the right vision for the position. She also met with senior administrators combination of credentials, experiences, skills, and personal and direct reports to Capilouto. ■

Feast on Equality raises Office of the Provost and more than $37,000 for Information Technology LGBTQ* Resources Services launch new The UK Office of LGBTQ* Resources hosted its inaugu- collaborative site ral Feast on Equality dinner in December. Feast On Equality is a 501c3 nonprofit organization with a sole purpose to The UK Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics raise funds for at-risk LGBT youth by hosting signature team, a collaborative effort between the Office of the Pro- fundraising events to engage the community and create vost’s Institutional Research team and Information Technol- awareness surrounding the issues that LGBT youth face. ogy Services’ Advanced Analytics team, unveiled its newly Through the event, the Office of LGBTQ* Resources redesigned website, www.uky.edu/iraa. raised $37,000. The funds that were raised through Feast on The website serves as an important portal for distributing Equality will be used to: university data to both members of the UK community and the public. The goal of the redesign was to provide enhanced • Fund up to eight student scholarships. online resources and improved access to institutional data. • Create and support a paid student internship program The most important feature of the new design is the In- with academic credit. teractive Fact Book, which significantly enhances visitor’s • Launch a partnership with the Graduate School to pro- ability to access information, visualize trends and analyze data vide two graduate and professional student grants up in meaningful ways. The new site also includes numerous to $1,500. other enhancements, including improved customer support • Enhance regular programming including Pride Week. information, explanatory videos and easier access to campus resources. “The UK Feast on Equality partnership has been a game The Institutional Research and Advanced Analytics team changer for our advocacy and education work at the univer- studies past trends, completes detailed analyses, delivers inter- sity. The funds raised at this event are helping us expand our active data visualizations and dashboards, and provides offi- scholarships and strengthen our programming in key ways to cial institutional data to external stakeholders. ■ support an inclusive campus environment,” said Lance Pos- ton, director of LGBTQ* Resources. ■

8 Summer 2017 AFE revamps Kentucky snake ID website The UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment updated snake ID website has enough information to satisfy just about any question a person could have concerning the snake cutting across their patio or field. The new website (kysnakes.ca.uky.edu) was updated by Steven Price, assistant professor of stream and riparian ecology in the UK Department of Forestry, and Andrea Drayer, UK forestry research analyst. It highlights life histories, color patterns, physical characteristics and ecologi- cal roles of the animal Price terms as “perhaps the most maligned” in Kentucky. It also provides the user with the information needed to identify snakes they might encounter in their yards, on their farms, or out and about in wetlands and rivers, woodlands and prairies. Users can search for species by geographic region, as well as body characteristics such as head or body shape, color or pattern. The site brims with photographs of the different snake species found in Kentucky, as well as information about their habitat and natural history. “I’m hoping this will be widely used by general citizens interested in snakes, as well as students, teachers and Extension agents,” Price said. Hutton Photo: Jake Eastern garter snake

UK opens interfaith prayer UK Libraries and partners and meditation room launched search tool for After members of the African-American history UK Board of Trustees met with a group of stu- UK Libraries has partnered with Umbra Search African dents who represent the American History at the University of Minnesota — a pro- rich tapestry of diversity gram that makes African-American culture and history more across the campus, an broadly available through a freely available search tool idea emerged to open a (www.umbrasearch.org), strategic digitization and public new interfaith prayer and events and workshops. meditation room on cam- Digitized rare and unique materials from the UK Libraries pus available to students, that document African-American cultural history have been faculty and staff from all made available for aggregation and are now discoverable in backgrounds, perspectives Umbra Search, alongside over 400,000 materials from libraries and religions. and archives across the country. These include the Jim Curtis A space in room 76 of photograph collection on Civil Rights in Kentucky, the Alex- McVey Hall is the tempo- andra Soteriou photographs, the Jouette Shouse Collection of Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing Photo: UK Public rary home of the room American Liberty League pamphlets and publications from until permanent space can be located in the new UK Student the Federal Writers’ Project of the Kentucky WPA. ■ Center next year. “We are committed to a campus community where everyone who calls this special place home feels a sense of belonging. A key element in creating that community is a range of initiatives and programming that provides and promotes rich, diversity-related experiences for the entire campus community — whether a cultural exchange, global experiences with food and entertain- ment or a simple space like this one that provides an opportunity for quiet reflection across faith traditions,” UK President Eli Capilouto said. “The dedication of this space in McVey Hall as an interfaith prayer and meditation room is another illustra- tion of our commitment to community.”

During the space’s grand opening, UK freshman Yousuf Al Photo: ExploreUK Mamari was excited to see the room he plans to utilize as part of As part of the Umbra Search partnership, UK Libraries is his everyday life on campus. “I think it’s a great place for Muslim sharing items from the Jim Curtis photograph collection on students especially because we have five prayers a day. We have Civil Rights in Kentucky like this photo of, left to right, Frank Stanley Jr., Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr. and Gov. class but when we have a break we can come here and pray,” Al Edward T. Breathitt. Mamari said. “It’s easy for us. I would like to thank UK.” ■

www.ukalumni.net 9 UK News Engineering Lab renovated to accommodate increased enrollments

“The undergraduate laboratory experience in engineering is one of the most formative elements of the curriculum, as our students are called upon to apply and extend classroom knowledge, function effectively in teams and grapple with observations and data sets that don’t always come out textbook perfect,” said Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Chairman Douglass Kalika. The renovation of the lab was made possible by financial gifts from engineering alumni Michael Marberry and S.J. Whalen. The flooring was donated by chemical engineering alumnus Rick Crouch. Juniors and seniors use the facility to conduct experiments that Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing Photo: UK Public explore the core concepts of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, UK College of Engineering students have a new laboratory reaction engineering and separations, and range from traditional space. A renovation of the Chemical Engineering Unit Operations operations, such as distillation to bioprocessing and membrane Laboratory in the F. Paul Anderson Tower will accommodate the separation technology. recent increase in undergraduate chemical engineering class sizes. “Outstanding facilities breed creativity and collaboration,” Over the past year, the laboratory underwent a full renovation, said UK College of Engineering Interim Dean Larry Holloway. including upgrades of the utilities, lighting, lab benches and floor. “They are critical for attracting the best faculty and students to The overall size of the lab increased by 30 percent, and a number our program, as well as allowing our faculty, staff and students to of new experimental modules were added. achieve their fullest potential.” ■

Gatton College adds professional finance master’s degree

If you have a passion for the business world, in particular a desire to work in the finance industry, yet wonder how you can obtain and develop the skills needed for such a career, the UK Gatton College of Business & Economics has some very good news for you. The Gatton College is launching a new professional Master of Science in Finance (MSF) degree and will welcome its first class in fall 2017. “The MSF degree program broadens students’ career opportunities in the finance and banking industries by providing rigorous and focused training in finance, and sharpening their skills for the fast-changing and competitive world of modern finance,” said Mark Liu, associate professor of finance in the Gatton College, who will direct and teach in the MSF program. “Job candidates Relations & Marketing Photo: UK Public with MSF degrees are highly desired in finance-specialized in- All MSF classes will be offered in the brand new state-of-the- dustries, particularly investment banking and asset management art Seale Finance Learning Center in the new Gatton College companies, and are sought after by corporate treasury depart- building, which opened in October 2016. MSF students will ments. The job opportunities in these industries are substantial, also gain firsthand asset portfolio management experience by intellectually stimulating and high-paying.” participating in Gatton’s $5 million student-managed invest- Beginning each fall, the MSF program consists of a ment fund. 10-month, 30-credit-hour, 10-course curriculum. The MSF “This unique program is the only MSF program in the Com- program is not just for finance or business majors. There are monwealth, and serves an important regional and national need no specific course prerequisites other than college-level math for educating skilled and qualified financial management profes- and introductory statistics. Work experience is not required for sionals,” said Gatton College Dean David W. Blackwell. “This admission. All applicants are automatically considered for mer- program leverages Gatton’s nationally recognized strength in it-based scholarships. finance to train students for these critical careers.” ■

10 Summer 2017 Blue Horizons UK awarded $11.2 million grant to launch new Center for Cancer and Metabolism UK has received a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Re- The CCM will bring together highly complementary disci- search Excellence grant to study the metabolism of cancer from plinary strengths at UK in cancer, metabolism and data sciences, the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, part of the coupled with sophisticated metabolomics tools and advanced National Institutes of Health. The $11.2 million grant will fund cancer imaging capabilities, to strengthen the university’s cancer the UK Center for Cancer and Metabolism over the next five research enterprise by providing a thematically focused multidis- years. ciplinary infrastructure dedicated to defining the role of metab- Kentucky has disproportionately high incidences of both olism in the development and treatment of cancer. cancer and metabolic disorders – our state leads the nation in The CCM is co-led by program directors Daret St. Clair, pro- cancer deaths and is in the top 10 for highest obesity rates in the fessor and James Graham Brown Foundation Endowed Chair in country. While scientists have long known of a direct link be- the UK department of toxicology and cancer biology, and Peter tween obesity and cancer, the need for further research into this Zhou, professor in the UK department of molecular and cellu- field is a necessity for Kentuckians. lar biochemistry.

UK CAER receives $1.2 million for algae-based carbon utilization project The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) Biofuels could partially offset the cost of carbon capture technologies. and Environmental Catalysis Group has received a $1.2 million U.S. The UK project is led by Mark Crocker, CAER associate direc- Department of Energy (DOE) grant for its novel work in utilizing tor and chemistry professor, and is entitled “CO2 to Bioplastics: carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants to develop bioplastics. Beneficial Re-Use of Carbon Emissions from Coal-Fired Power The DOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected seven proj- Plants Using Microalgae.” ects to receive $5.9 million to focus on novel ways to utilize carbon The UK CAER team has become a global leader in developing dioxide. All of the selected research projects will directly support technology to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired flue gas us- FE’s Carbon Storage program’s Carbon Use and Reuse research ing microalgae, with subsequent conversion of the resulting algal and development portfolio. This portfolio will develop and test biomass to bioplastics, chemicals and fuels. This DOE funding novel approaches that convert carbon dioxide captured from coal- allows CAER to investigate a combined photobioreactor/pond fired power plants to useable products. The projects will also ex- cultivation process to decrease the cost of algae cultivation while plore ways to use captured carbon dioxide in areas where high-vol- developing a strategy to maximize value from the algal biomass. ume uses, like enhanced oil recovery, may not be optimal or the use

Study finds flag football may be no safer than tackle football for young athletes There has been significant focus recently on injuries athletes Though safety of football has been called into questions re- sustain while playing sports. Much attention has been paid to cently, there has been little research on the injury rates in youth rates of concussion in American football and the long-term sports, and previous studies that aimed to focus on the issue used effects of repeated head injury. These reports have led many small samples or suffered from methodological limitations. parents to wonder if putting their children in contact sports at In the United States, approximately 2.8 million young people, an early age could be detrimental to their health by potentially ages 6 to 14, participate in youth football, and sports-related inju- putting their children at risk for injury. ries are the leading cause of injury among children and adolescents. Eliminating tackling from football would seem like an alternative Smoot, senior author on the study said, “This study questions that could reduce exposure to injury in young athletes. Dr. Andy what many parents may assume, that flag football is safer.” Peterson at the University of Iowa and Dr. Kyle Smoot, associate By knowing the true risk of injury, athletes and their parents professor of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine at UK, lead a can decide if the benefit of participating in a sport outweighs study to prove or disprove the hypothesis that the rate of injury, the risks. Smoot said, including concussion, would be lower among young athletes com- “This study provides Compiled from news reports peting in flag football compared to those in tackle football. information so that about research at UK. The results of that study, published in the Orthopaedic Jour- parents and athletes For more information about nal of Sports Medicine, were unexpected. Injury was more likely can make informed research taking place at UK, to occur in youth flag football than in youth tackle football. decisions.” visit www.research.uky.edu

www.ukalumni.net 11 When we think of research universities, it’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming they are all alike — educational facilities mainly interested in offering a place for professors and graduate students to participate in research projects in a wide variety of disciplines. The ultimate goal of all that research is to add to a knowledge base and develop new products and treatments that can benefit society. UK RESEARCH Engaging students for success

Focusing on graduate research may UK professors are reaching out to and iPads — all while learning the have been the case years ago, but the Kentucky high school students to get physics and consequences of obesity and University of Kentucky moved beyond them excited about science. For example, cardiovascular disease. The project was that model to encourage undergraduate high school freshmen in Lewis County supported by a community grant from students, as well as high school students, are integrating physics, health, communi- the UK Center for Clinical and Trans- to pursue research projects as a way of cation and technology subjects and skills lational Science, which aims to accel- broadening their education, furthering through a collaborative, web-based proj- erate discoveries for human health and science and ultimately making them ect with scientists and students at UK. focuses specifically on health disparities more marketable in their chosen profes- The project is a joint venture of Robin in Appalachia. sions. Cooper ’12 NUR, associate professor The project involves two freshman “I don’t think I’ve ever turned away of biology at UK since 1966, and Sara physics classes at Lewis County High an undergraduate that wanted to do a Poeppelman, a 16-year science teacher School. Led by Poeppelman and another research project. For undergrads, they and department chairwoman at Lewis teacher, Summer Hampton Behrendt, have a lot of curiosity, are eager to learn County High School. The two educators students are divided into groups and the very basics, and I think it’s a lot of met through their work with the Part- work through a “case study” about a fun for them and for us as faculty,” said nership Initiative for Math and Science fictional patient named Cindy, who is Lisa Cassis, vice president for research Education Reform. Cooper, who has a middle-aged, overweight and has high and professor in pharmacology and nursing degree and a passion for public blood pressure. nutritional sciences in the UK College of health, is demonstrably committed to en- Each group must build a visual model Medicine. “Research is really important gaging young people in science, includ- — using tubes, water and pumps — to for students, not only because it helps ing helping to establish the Kentucky demonstrate to Cindy the physics of them be marketable in their chosen Science and Engineering Fair. what is happening within her blood ves- profession, but it also helps them learn Cooper and Peoppelman devised a sels and why hypertension is dangerous problem solving and critical thinking web-based collaboration that gets stu- for her health. The students then make outside of the classroom.” dents to use social media, smart phones videos to demonstrate their models and

12 Summer 2017 Lisa Cassis, standing, vice president for research and professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences in the College of Medicine, leads a team that is investigating angiotensin (a hormone that raises blood pressure) as a link between obesity and hypertension. Pictured in the foreground, left to right, are members of her lab team Ya- sir Al-Siraj and Erin Jackson. Photo: UK Research Communications UK Research Photo:

UK RESEARCH address with Cindy a holistic approach the ordinary and stuff that you wouldn’t don’t get these younger kids interested to her heath, including lifestyle chang- normally do in a physics class.” in science, we’re going to end up with es, available medications, and possible This out-reaching health-based initia- a public sector that doesn’t appreciate outcomes like cardiovascular disease. tive has now spread with faculty in the science. The only way to reverse that is The videos are uploaded to a secure UK College of Education through the to get kids to realize that we need to be online platform called Acclaim, and UK Department of STEM (Rebecca Krall) science literate to advance our state as a science faculty and students then provide and with the UK College of Health Sci- whole.” feedback and engage the Lewis County ences (Gilson J. Capilouto). UK under- students in conversation about the case. graduates in the STEMCats program and “I thought it was interesting to do graduates are also now participating as By the numbers something hands-on like that in class,” mentors for the distant learning experi- said Caleb Voiers, a Lewis County fresh- ences which is growing to other counties Research at the University of Ken- man who’s interested in nursing. “It was in Kentucky. tucky is growing. In FY 2016, UK was fun — it was wet and messy and out of From Cooper’s perspective, “If we awarded $316.5 million in external grants

“If we don’t get these younger kids interested in science, we’re going to end up with a public sector that doesn’t appreciate science. The only way to reverse that is to get Ben Corwin, UK Research Photo: Communications kids to realize that we need to be Robin Cooper ‘12 NUR, University of science literate to advance our state Kentucky Associate Professor of Biology as a whole.”— Robin Cooper

www.ukalumni.net 13 Industry $15.7M 5% Other $55.5M 17%

University of Kentucky SPONSORED PROJECT FUNDING SOURCES State FY 16 Grant & Contract Awards = $316.5 Million Federal $81.8M $163.5M 26% 52% Industry Other

State Federal

and contracts. This was an increase of That proximity leads to ground-breaking offered only at NCI centers. The UK $31.4 million — 11 percent — from FY discoveries and unique cross-disciplinary Markey Cancer Center is able to apply 2015. research and scholarship. for federal research grants available In the past three years (FY 2014 to FY In addition, UK is currently one of only to NCI-designated cancer centers, 2016), all external grants and contracts to only 22 public institutions in the country and Markey clinicians and research- UK increased by 22 percent, and federal with a “trifecta” of federal designations ers can communicate and collaborate grants and contracts increased by 7.2 of excellence in research: for aging, in on new advances in cancer care with percent. cancer and in translational science. other NCI-designated cancer centers In FY 2016, federal agencies awarded On Aging: In July 2016, the UK across the country. Locally, Markey UK $163.5 million. Grants from the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the has increased community engagement, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was including volunteers, patient advisory were $92.4 million — 57 percent of all awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant groups, and education and intervention federal awards received by the university. from the NIH to continue research and programs. As the major referral center Since 2011, the NIH has awarded UK clinical initiatives geared toward treating for Central and Eastern Kentucky, the more than $543.9 million in grants and Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, only 30 designation also strengthens UK Health- contracts. designated Alzheimer’s Disease Centers Care’s overall mission of ensuring no The university has seen significant gains (ADCs) exist in the United States. In Kentuckian will have to leave the state to in funding from federal sources, including 1985, Sanders-Brown was among the get access to top-of-the-line health care. the National Institute on Drug Abuse first 10 ADCs funded by the NIH and Translational Science: In October (NIDA) and Department of Energy has been continuously funded since 2016, the UK Center for Clinical and (DOE). Between FY 2011 and FY 2016, the designation was launched. Over the Translational Science (CCTS) received its NIDA funding increased 53.1 percent, past 30 years, the UK center has devel- second four-year, $19.8 million Clinical and DOE funding increased by 96.5 oped a vigorous program in the clinical, and Translational Science Award (CTSA) percent. neuropathological, educational and from NIH. The mission of CCTS is to research aspects of Alzheimer’s disease accelerate the translation of basic science that serves as a critical resource for the discoveries into tangible improvements UK’s collaborative research university, community, state and nation. in public health. Through funding, environment On Cancer: The UK Markey Can- training, infrastructure, and community cer Center is the only National Cancer engagement, the center facilitates and UK is one of only eight universities Institute (NCI) designated center in supports innovative team science. The across the country with the full range of Kentucky. As a result of this designa- center also supports a two-year career undergraduate, graduate, professional tion, patients have access to new drugs, development program, called KL2, that and medical programs on one campus. treatment options and clinical trials provides funding, research training,

14 Summer 2017 Construction is continuing on the new 300,000 square-foot research building that adjoins the Lee T. Todd Jr. Building (formerly the Biological-Phar- maceutical Building) and the Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building.

The building will bring together researchers across numerous fields: health care (both basic and clinical), public health, be- havioral sciences, agriculture outreach and extension, economics and engineering. It’s expected to open in 2018.

Photo: UK Research Communications UK Research Photo: projects each year — and in 60-plus campus research centers, such as the Kentucky Transportation Center, the conference travel support and mentor- laborative nature of research,” she said. Institute for Biomedical Informatics, the ship designed to help junior investigators “Nowhere that I have visited, or Institute for Rural Journalism & Com- obtain grant funding. As the CTSA hub been recruited to, has the team-based munity Issues, and the John Jacob Niles for Central Appalachia, CCTS focuses approach to research that I have expe- Center for American Music. on addressing health disparities in the rienced at UK,” Cassis added. “I even region and collaborates with universities like to think that I have contributed to and hospitals in Kentucky, Ohio, West that collaborative research environment, New research building will Virginia and Tennessee. Through the through interaction with programs in- bridge health gaps Community Leadership Institute of cluding the National Institutes of Health Kentucky, CCTS has provided grants Center for Biomedical Research Excel- A new multidisciplinary research and research training to 14 communi- lence, NIH Superfund Basic Science building — scheduled to open in 2018 ty-based health partners. Research Program, and by serving as — is a $265 million project, funded half director of a multidisciplinary graduate from the state of Kentucky and half and research center focused on nutri- from university resources, including A team approach to research tional sciences for 10 years.” private gifts. Located on the west side She said each of these programs of campus near Virginia Avenue, the As vice president for research, Cassis includes students, postdoctoral fellows, building will bring together researchers said she is frequently asked what it’s like staff and faculty across department and across numerous fields: health care (both to be a researcher at UK. “Well, to be college boundaries that come together to basic and clinical), public health, behav- honest, I have only known one research target an area of research. “The power ioral sciences, agriculture outreach and environment as a faculty member per- of their interdisciplinary approach is extension, economics and engineering. forming academic research for the past evident in grants and contracts, honors The goal is to bridge health gaps in areas 29 years, and that environment is UK. and awards, scholarly publications and such as a cancer, cardiovascular disease While this might be construed as making translational outcomes that arise from and stroke, drug abuse, obesity and me shortsighted, I believe that one of the collaborative teams,” Cassis said. diabetes. Kentucky leads the nation in primary reasons I have remained at UK Research is conducted in all 16 UK incidence rates in these complex health throughout my academic career is the col- colleges — with varying number of conditions.

www.ukalumni.net 15 The University Research Professors Pro- gram recognizes excellence in scholarship, creative endeavors and research across the full range of disciplines and in every college at UK. Each college sets their own nomi- nation criteria for the one-year, $10,000 award, to be used to further the research, scholarship and creative endeavors of the awardee. Seventeen faculty were named University Research Professors for 2016- 2017. Those include, left to right: Chang- Guo Zhan (Pharmacy), Edward Hall (Medi- cine), Thomas Zentall (Arts & Sciences), Brent Seales (Engineering), Terry Bunn (Public Health), Esther Dupont-Versteegden (Health Sciences), Mary Join UK in research Davis (Law), Ellen Hahn (Nursing), Jeffrey Ebersole (Dentistry), Eugenia and discovery Toma (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration), Arthur Hunt (Agriculture, Food and Environment), Sherali Zeadally (Communication UK alumni and friends of UK and Information), Gary Rohrbacher (Design) and Bret Smith (Medicine). can make a difference in research Not pictured are Stephen Borgatti (Gatton Business & Economics), Diana that advances health care and in Hallman (Fine Arts) and Qiang Ye (Arts & Sciences). other disciplines, for example, the humanities and social sciences. Researchers are working hard to identify new treatments and “Making a difference can be from improving strategies to improve health and to understand the diseases that make us sick, but to succeed they cardiovascular health or from writing a need healthy research participants and participants with medical poem that elevates someone’s soul. All conditions. Participating is an opportunity to learn more about types of research and activity we do can your own health. There are many ways to get make people’s lives better.” — Lisa Cassis involved, as health research ranges from simple questionnaires and screenings to clinical trials of “To solve complex problems, across the nation,” said Cassis. “We’re investigational drugs and devices. you have to use a multi-pronged engaging the best and brightest here, For more information about approach,” Cassis said. “Some of and we hope to also use this as a participating in research, including my colleagues tell me that obesity is recruitment tool to bring even more participant and research stories, about economics. I am approach- people here who can add dimensions to visit UKClinicalResearch.com. There ing the problem from a very basic, what we’re currently able to do. In my you’ll find a list of current studies biomedical research perspective. This experience that is really how you do the at UK. building will allow us to put people best work.” To connect with studies like me in close proximity to some- In addition to building and optimiz- nationwide, join ResearchMatch. one that is studying obesity from an ing infrastructure to support all types org, which helps match willing economic perspective. The real pow- of research and creative work, Cassis volunteers with research er of research is realized in bringing said a critical part of the UK 2015-2020 opportunities that might be of different groups of experts together. Strategic Plan is community impact and interest. It promotes participation This building will give us a vehicle, engagement. on UK research projects that UK and my job is to promote that culture “Making a difference can be from is collaborating on with other here at UK. improving cardiovascular health or from universities across the country. This “It gives us the space and resourc- writing a poem that elevates someone’s means UK alums don’t have to be es that we need, and it’s a great time soul,” she said. “All types of research living in Kentucky to help with UK right now to do that, when we’re and activity we do can make people’s research. competing for very tight funding lives better.” ■ You CAN make a difference!

16 Summer 2017 Recent news in UK Research Photos: UK Research Communications

Researchers look in Appalachia for exotic microorganisms that could yield blockbuster drugs

This collaborative project between the College of Pharmacy, Cen- ter for Applied Energy Research and Kentucky Geologic Survey at UK and Rice University and the University of Oklahoma made new — and in some cases more effective — versions of the antibiotic daptomycin using an enzyme from a soil bacterium found in smoke vents of the Ruth Mullins coal fire. This project uses the unique geologic environment of Kentucky to look for new drugs.

Jon Thorson, left, and Madan Kharel, at that time a > > Watch a video at reveal.uky.edu/natural_products. research associate in Thorson’s College of Pharmacy lab, collected soil samples from the Truman Shepherd coal fire site.

Pioneering research to create new organic compounds for applications in electrochemical energy storage systems

Susan Odom ’03 AS began her career in research at UK as an undergrad researcher. Her pioneering work in electrochemical energy storage includes applications for lithium-ion batteries, which are uti- lized in portable consumer electronic devices. Her additives have been demonstrated to protect these batteries from overcharging conditions longer than any other electrolyte additive reported to date.

> > Watch a video at reveal.uky.edu/odom_susan. Susan Odom, an assistant professor of chemistry in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, creates new organic compounds for applications in electrochemical energy storage systems.

Helping educators help students

Grading practices used in most schools aren’t based on proven effectiveness from research, but rather on tradition, simply because it’s always been done that way. Thomas Guskey’s research shows that basing a student’s grade on their relative standing among classmates, otherwise known as grading on the curve or norm-based grading, can have negative consequences. These include detrimental effects on students’ relationships with their teachers and peers. Stan- dards-based grading is one method he is helping teachers imple- ment. It measures a student’s proficiency on specific course objec- tives, breaking subject areas down into various components.

Thomas Guskey is a professor of education > > Watch a video at reveal.uky.edu/guskey_thomas. psychology in the UK College of Education and studies teachers grading practices.

www.ukalumni.net 17 Jim Geisler ’88 Seeing blue and making a difference...

Lexington native achieves success in international business and helps students follow in his footsteps through service and philanthropy

18 Summer 2017 “Jim Geisler is the only person I know who commutes between his home in Lexington and his office in New York on “The University of Kentucky a weekly basis,” observes Mike Richey ’73 ’79 AFE, UK vice president for Philanthropy. changed my life like no other “When this Lexington native graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in business administration institution could.” and a minor in finance, he had no idea of the success he would achieve working with multiple international corporations. comfort zone. Studying history, creative writing and other elec- “He has lived in many different places around the globe, but tives gave me a lifelong thirst for learning that transcends the his passion for Kentucky led him to relocate here after 21 years pursuit of a degree and a livelihood. of being away. That passion also drives him to use his unique “UK enabled me to grow up. I became more responsible and Jim Geisler ’88 business experience and insight to advance his alma mater and I made better grades in college than I did in high school. UK the Commonwealth in a variety of ways through volunteerism provided me a training ground and a safe place for learning.” Seeing blue and and philanthropy.” He adds, “Education changes and improves lives. There are Richey continues, “Jim’s phenomenal success, his heart for many institutions that do good things for society, but the Univer- helping others, and his generosity of time, talent and treasure sity of Kentucky changed my life like no other institution could.” making a difference... make him one of UK’s most outstanding graduates.” Beginning his career Growing up in Lexington Geisler sought assistance from UK’s career placement services, Lexington native achieves success Geisler was born in Lexington and grew up in the Gainesway and two weeks after his college graduation, he accepted a posi- neighborhood. He attended Tates Creek High School and tion with General Electric’s financial management program. He in international business and helps graduated in 1984. moved to Utica, New York. He says he was greatly influenced by his mother who obtained “This was a big step for a boy from Kentucky,” he reflects. students follow in his footsteps her law degree while raising a family as a single parent. “I had been hired with eight or nine other young college grads “I learned many life lessons by observing my mom,” he shares. with degrees from universities in the northeast. Their accents through service and philanthropy “Such things as ‘Never give up on your dreams. Some days are were noticeably different from mine, and although they would sunny and some are not. Keep putting one foot in front of the say hello and be friendly, I felt like I didn’t belong. I felt like other. Make today better than yesterday. Soldier on.’” I didn’t measure up to them. I was therefore slow to voice my UK was a family tradition that Geisler learned early in life. opinion in group discussions. Both his parents were graduates of the university, and his “Through this experience,” he continues, “I discovered that mother was the director of admissions for the UK College of sometimes we bring the low rankings and stereotypes of our Law. Geisler also has many memories of attending Wildcat state with us. As I progressed in my career, I learned that there games during his childhood. is absolutely no cause for that. As Kentuckians, we should When it came time for him to choose where to go to college, never feel that we are not as good as anyone else. And I surely he remembers, “It was just natural for me to go to the Univer- don’t want today’s University of Kentucky students to be held sity of Kentucky. UK was in my blood.” back by any preconceived notion in their pursuit of education and success.” Coming of age at UK Geisler stayed with General Electric for three years and took Geisler could have lived at home while attending classes at the assignments which required him to live in Philadelphia and university, but he chose to live on campus as an important part Hong Kong. of his educational experience. He spent one year in Holmes He then pursued and earned his MBA degree from the Hall, and the other three years in Keeneland Hall. He was Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. This elected president of Keeneland Hall his senior year. included a summer internship in Poland. Geisler worked to help pay for his education as a student manager of Alumni Gymnasium. In this position he met many people as he checked student IDs, handed out basketballs and sent students home at closing time. He recalls, “The College Work-Study Program helped me with my expenses. I worked 12 to 15 hours per week, and I received a $98 check every other week. That seemed like a lot of money on payday back then. “Working while attending college also helped me organize my time. I realized that I had to divide my daily schedule between work, class and socializing. And because the university was a large institution, there were many things to do on campus.” Geisler highly values the education he received. He confides, “I always wanted to be a business major and learn the skills required to earn a good living. But some of my most informa- tive classes at UK were in other areas that took me outside my Geisler worked at Alumni Gym to help pay for his education.

www.ukalumni.net 19 Achieving phenomenal success and I never felt like an American until I lived abroad.” work to think about these things in a very practical way. In 1993, Geisler began a 16-year tenure with United Tech- Geisler’s affection for the Commonwealth has influenced his “It was a real privilege for me to be in the classroom.” he adds. nologies Corp. and relocated to Hartford, Conn. He held a three daughters. “They consider themselves to be Kentuckians, “It also gave me the opportunity to tell the students, ‘Don’t sell series of positions with increasing responsibilities, including even though they were all born in Connecticut,” he says with yourself short. If I can be successful, then so can you.’” director of financial planning and analysis, director of investor a smile. “They like attending Wildcat football games, and one President Capilouto observes, “I am grateful for all the ways relations, and director of corporate strategy and development. recently told me she had downloaded a UK app ‘to help with that Jim Geisler advances his alma mater. Whether he is shar- In 2004, he moved up to become co-chief financial officer her Kentucky-ness.’ They are also considering the university as ing his wisdom with students in the classroom, serving on an and vice president for strategy. In this role, he led a global a college choice.” advisory board, introducing us to new friends or generously finance organization for United Technologies, which at that In 2009, when Geisler left his position with United Tech- supporting major campus improvement, Jim is helping us be time had over $50 billion in revenue and 222,000 employees nologies Corp., he decided to move back to his home state. He the University for Kentucky.” operating in six industries in all but six countries worldwide. At first located in Louisville, and later moved to Lexington. age 38, Geisler held the distinction of being the youngest chief However, his current position with Cerberus requires him to Advancing UK and the Commonwealth financial officer in the 50 largest U.S. public companies. commute to New York or other locations on a weekly basis. From his executive business management perspective, Geisler In 2010, he became the chief operating officer, chief financial offers insight on the university and its future. officer and board member of CreoSalus Inc., a rapidly growing “There are individuals serving at UK who are dedicating their pharmaceutical research and pharmaceutical manufacturing “The University of Kentucky is In 2008, Geisler co-taught a class in the Gatton College of lives to the university and the Commonwealth,” he says. company based in Louisville. Here he led the commercializa- Business and Economics with Professor Dan Stone, right. “President Capilouto is determined. He brings a lot of energy tion of SucroMate Equine, the first FDA approved drug devel- the greatest force for good and a can-do spirit to campus. I’m appreciative of his leadership College building campaign, and to introduce UK President Eli oped and manufactured in Kentucky and one of only nine new of the university.” Capilouto to his business colleagues and fellow UK alumni. animal health drugs to receive approval in 2010. in the Commonwealth. And He continues, “Going forward, a challenge for UK will be Geisler was the keynote speaker for the first class of MBA In 2014, Geisler became executive vice chairman of Cer- attracting and retaining the best students in our Common- when I do something to help students in 2007, and in the 2008 fall semester, he took on an berus Operations and Advisory Co., a private investment firm wealth, realizing that some are inclined to go out of state for even greater challenge. based in New York with affiliate and advisory offices across higher education. I believe we are making strides in this area. UK, I know I’m helping the “Another challenge will be keeping tuition affordable and the United States, Europe and Asia, with $30 billion under Co-teaching a class management. whole state.” not backbreaking for students and their families, particularly Although it involved making the trip to Lexington from as state funding provides a smaller portion of UK’s operating Geisler also has several corporate board responsibilities. where he was living in Connecticut for six consecutive He is chairman of the board of DynCorp International and budget each year. “I try to get back to Lexington every weekend,” he shares. Mondays, Geisler was pleased to teach a class with Professor “And of course, as the Commonwealth’s flagship university, a member of the board of Remington Arms, PaxVax, Keane “It takes time, but it’s a privilege to live in Kentucky and be Dan Stone in the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Group, and Renovalia Energy. These companies account for UK’s challenge is always to improve the lives of everyone in the close to UK. I’m from here, and I take great pride in being a “Accounting 624: Bargaining and Negotiating” gave students state. Through the Gatton College of Business and Economics, over $4 billion in revenues and $250 million in operating Kentuckian.” a glimpse into the corporate world from the context of tradi- profit. He is also a member of the board of Your Commu- the medical center, and through all other aspects of the univer- tional classroom instruction. sity, UK bears the responsibility to make our state better.” nity Bank. Supporting his alma mater Each class session was divided in half with Geisler presenting In recognition of his career achievements, Geisler was Geisler concludes, “That’s why I want to support UK in Geisler began making gifts to the University of Kentucky actual case studies during the first part, and Stone then giving a all the ways I can. The University of Kentucky is the great- inducted into the Gatton College of Business and Economics soon after he graduated. His philanthropy includes longtime brief lecture and noting discussion points from the case studies. Hall of Fame in 2009. est force for good in the Commonwealth. And when I do support for the Gatton College of Business and Economics and Geisler shares, “It was a very interactive experience with the something to help UK, I know I’m helping the whole state. UK Athletics. More recently, he made a major gift commit- students as they were called upon to actually negotiate from the I want to be a part of making a better university and a better Loving his native Kentucky ment to the Gatton College building renovation and expansion examples presented. Everyone negotiates every day in life, both After he graduated from UK, Geisler’s work took him away Commonwealth.” n project, which is now complete. professionally and personally. I tried to give them the frame- from Kentucky for the next 21 years. During that time, he He explains the motivation behind his philanthropy at UK, lived in New York, Virginia, Connecticut, Europe and Asia. “I received a great gift by attending and graduating from the “This long absence made me grow more fond of my home University of Kentucky, and because of that, I feel I have a debt state and my alma mater,” he reflects. “Even though I lived in to repay. I also want to give back out of gratitude. several different places, Kentucky was always my home. “I realized that the Gatton College building was something “But I never felt like a Kentuckian until I moved out of state, that would impact students for a long time, and it was a need that I could help meet. The project has resulted in a very ac- commodating space that students want to occupy.” He continues, “Philanthropy has become a tangible, critical element for UK, and it has provided the Gatton College with a magnificent building.” Geisler was one of many donors making major gifts to this $65 million capital project, totally funded with private gifts. “Philanthropy also makes a better life for those who give,” he adds, “as well as for those who are on the receiving end.” Geisler has likewise been generous to the university with his time and expertise. He currently serves on the Gatton College Dean’s Advisory Council, and he was a member of the college’s Business Partnership Foundation Board. Geisler and his family all enjoy attending UK football games. He has also hosted multiple dinners in support of the Gatton Geisler confers with Dean David Blackwell, left, of the Gatton College. Geisler serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council.

20 Summer 2017 Achieving phenomenal success and I never felt like an American until I lived abroad.” work to think about these things in a very practical way. In 1993, Geisler began a 16-year tenure with United Tech- Geisler’s affection for the Commonwealth has influenced his “It was a real privilege for me to be in the classroom.” he adds. nologies Corp. and relocated to Hartford, Conn. He held a three daughters. “They consider themselves to be Kentuckians, “It also gave me the opportunity to tell the students, ‘Don’t sell series of positions with increasing responsibilities, including even though they were all born in Connecticut,” he says with yourself short. If I can be successful, then so can you.’” director of financial planning and analysis, director of investor a smile. “They like attending Wildcat football games, and one President Capilouto observes, “I am grateful for all the ways relations, and director of corporate strategy and development. recently told me she had downloaded a UK app ‘to help with that Jim Geisler advances his alma mater. Whether he is shar- In 2004, he moved up to become co-chief financial officer her Kentucky-ness.’ They are also considering the university as ing his wisdom with students in the classroom, serving on an and vice president for strategy. In this role, he led a global a college choice.” advisory board, introducing us to new friends or generously finance organization for United Technologies, which at that In 2009, when Geisler left his position with United Tech- supporting major campus improvement, Jim is helping us be time had over $50 billion in revenue and 222,000 employees nologies Corp., he decided to move back to his home state. He the University for Kentucky.” operating in six industries in all but six countries worldwide. At first located in Louisville, and later moved to Lexington. age 38, Geisler held the distinction of being the youngest chief However, his current position with Cerberus requires him to Advancing UK and the Commonwealth financial officer in the 50 largest U.S. public companies. commute to New York or other locations on a weekly basis. From his executive business management perspective, Geisler In 2010, he became the chief operating officer, chief financial offers insight on the university and its future. officer and board member of CreoSalus Inc., a rapidly growing “There are individuals serving at UK who are dedicating their pharmaceutical research and pharmaceutical manufacturing “The University of Kentucky is In 2008, Geisler co-taught a class in the Gatton College of lives to the university and the Commonwealth,” he says. company based in Louisville. Here he led the commercializa- Business and Economics with Professor Dan Stone, right. “President Capilouto is determined. He brings a lot of energy tion of SucroMate Equine, the first FDA approved drug devel- the greatest force for good and a can-do spirit to campus. I’m appreciative of his leadership College building campaign, and to introduce UK President Eli oped and manufactured in Kentucky and one of only nine new of the university.” Capilouto to his business colleagues and fellow UK alumni. animal health drugs to receive approval in 2010. in the Commonwealth. And He continues, “Going forward, a challenge for UK will be Geisler was the keynote speaker for the first class of MBA In 2014, Geisler became executive vice chairman of Cer- attracting and retaining the best students in our Common- when I do something to help students in 2007, and in the 2008 fall semester, he took on an berus Operations and Advisory Co., a private investment firm wealth, realizing that some are inclined to go out of state for even greater challenge. based in New York with affiliate and advisory offices across higher education. I believe we are making strides in this area. UK, I know I’m helping the “Another challenge will be keeping tuition affordable and the United States, Europe and Asia, with $30 billion under Co-teaching a class management. whole state.” not backbreaking for students and their families, particularly Although it involved making the trip to Lexington from as state funding provides a smaller portion of UK’s operating Geisler also has several corporate board responsibilities. where he was living in Connecticut for six consecutive He is chairman of the board of DynCorp International and budget each year. “I try to get back to Lexington every weekend,” he shares. Mondays, Geisler was pleased to teach a class with Professor “And of course, as the Commonwealth’s flagship university, a member of the board of Remington Arms, PaxVax, Keane “It takes time, but it’s a privilege to live in Kentucky and be Dan Stone in the Gatton College of Business and Economics. Group, and Renovalia Energy. These companies account for UK’s challenge is always to improve the lives of everyone in the close to UK. I’m from here, and I take great pride in being a “Accounting 624: Bargaining and Negotiating” gave students state. Through the Gatton College of Business and Economics, over $4 billion in revenues and $250 million in operating Kentuckian.” a glimpse into the corporate world from the context of tradi- profit. He is also a member of the board of Your Commu- the medical center, and through all other aspects of the univer- tional classroom instruction. sity, UK bears the responsibility to make our state better.” nity Bank. Supporting his alma mater Each class session was divided in half with Geisler presenting In recognition of his career achievements, Geisler was Geisler concludes, “That’s why I want to support UK in Geisler began making gifts to the University of Kentucky actual case studies during the first part, and Stone then giving a all the ways I can. The University of Kentucky is the great- inducted into the Gatton College of Business and Economics soon after he graduated. His philanthropy includes longtime brief lecture and noting discussion points from the case studies. Hall of Fame in 2009. est force for good in the Commonwealth. And when I do support for the Gatton College of Business and Economics and Geisler shares, “It was a very interactive experience with the something to help UK, I know I’m helping the whole state. UK Athletics. More recently, he made a major gift commit- students as they were called upon to actually negotiate from the I want to be a part of making a better university and a better Loving his native Kentucky ment to the Gatton College building renovation and expansion examples presented. Everyone negotiates every day in life, both After he graduated from UK, Geisler’s work took him away Commonwealth.” n project, which is now complete. professionally and personally. I tried to give them the frame- from Kentucky for the next 21 years. During that time, he He explains the motivation behind his philanthropy at UK, lived in New York, Virginia, Connecticut, Europe and Asia. “I received a great gift by attending and graduating from the “This long absence made me grow more fond of my home University of Kentucky, and because of that, I feel I have a debt state and my alma mater,” he reflects. “Even though I lived in to repay. I also want to give back out of gratitude. several different places, Kentucky was always my home. “I realized that the Gatton College building was something “But I never felt like a Kentuckian until I moved out of state, that would impact students for a long time, and it was a need that I could help meet. The project has resulted in a very ac- commodating space that students want to occupy.” He continues, “Philanthropy has become a tangible, critical element for UK, and it has provided the Gatton College with a magnificent building.” Geisler was one of many donors making major gifts to this $65 million capital project, totally funded with private gifts. “Philanthropy also makes a better life for those who give,” he adds, “as well as for those who are on the receiving end.” Geisler has likewise been generous to the university with his time and expertise. He currently serves on the Gatton College Dean’s Advisory Council, and he was a member of the college’s Business Partnership Foundation Board. Geisler and his family all enjoy attending UK football games. He has also hosted multiple dinners in support of the Gatton Geisler confers with Dean David Blackwell, left, of the Gatton College. Geisler serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council.

www.ukalumni.net 21 Virginia Bell returned to college after 40 years for a second career that helped change dementia care worldwide.

A BEST FRIEND TO ALL By Christina Noll

Photo: Tim Webb rowing up on a farm outside Cynthiana, Virginia A LIFE OF LEARNING Marsh Bell ’82 SW learned early the importance of community. “Our farm actually was almost a When Bell’s parents were older and she was cleaning out the self-contained little community because everybody family home, she found calendars that her mother had saved over hadG to work together,” says Bell. It is this background of commu- the years. On one calendar, on June 30, 1922, her mother had nity that she credits for helping her career later in life. written, “22 hen eggs, 5 turkey eggs, baby girl born.” Bell laughs, Bell went on to become a pioneer in the dementia care field, “Well, I made the calendar!” opening one of the first dementia-specific day centers in the coun- From her mother, Bell learned she could do anything she put try, now known as the Best Friends Day Center. This model center her mind to, with effort. Bell’s mother graduated from Eastern has just celebrated 33 years of a new way of being with persons Kentucky University in 1908, when it was not common for a with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia — a relational, Best woman to have a college degree. She taught school for a few years Friends approach. This approach has expanded nationally and in- before pursuing a nursing degree. “My mother was sort of a suf- ternationally for the joy of families, volunteers, staff and most of fragette,” she says. all, persons living with dementia. Bell’s father taught her the value of hard work and having a plan of action. As the second of seven children on a working farm, Bell

22 Summer 2017 often worked alongside her father. “My father would say, ‘We’re was also inducted into the UK Social Work Hall of Fame. In 2010, going to get this job done. Now don’t give up. We can do this,’” Bell was inducted into the UK Alumni Association Hall of Distin- relates Bell. This sentiment would guide Bell throughout her life. guished Alumni. Bell’s parents ensured that all of their children went to college. In 1944 Bell graduated with a degree in math and biology from Transylvania University, where she later received an honorary doc- SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WINTER torate. It would be 40 more years before she enrolled in college OF ALZHEIMER’S courses again, this time at the University of Kentucky. Bell was married to the late Wayne Bell, a minister, and made Growing up, Bell recalls, older adults suffering from dementia a career of being a minister’s wife and raising their five children. were often sent away to live in a psychiatric hospital. “I can re- They lived in Nashville, Tennessee, and later returned to Lexington member my father saying, ‘I can’t believe they put him away.’ As a when Wayne Bell became president of the Lexington Theological child, I didn’t know what that meant, but the tone says it was bad Seminary. news,” explains Bell. At that time, it was thought by many that This move coincided with Bell’s own parents increasing age and there was nothing that could be done about dementia. The goal A BEST FRIEND TO ALL

Surrounded by her grandchildren on a special day, Virginia Virginia Bell received the UK Alumni Association Hall of Bell received her master’s degree from the UK College of Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010 from Scott E. Davis, left, Social Work in 1982. then president of the association, and Lee T. Todd Jr., then UK president.

her concern for them as they continued to live on the farm. Bell, was to keep the person with the disease safe and contained. Ac- who had always had a desire to work with people, thought she cording to Bell, it was “the winter of Alzheimer’s.” could learn something about caring for aging adults. Later, when Bell was asked to develop a day center for persons So in 1979, she went to the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging, with dementia, she recalled her childhood and the lack of engage- (now the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging) and met Dr. William ment provided for persons with dementia. “It’s interesting how Markesbery, director. She then enrolled part time at the UK Col- sometimes your past surfaces, and I thought, you know there has lege of Social Work. She finished her master’s degree in 1982 at to be a new day,” she says. the age of 60. “I was at UK to get my masters at the same time How she came to create the Best Friends Adult Day Center our youngest son was in medical school at UK,” she says. (formerly the Helping Hands Adult Day Center) was luck. “I just “The community of professors, administrators and students happened to be there,” she says. “UK had just received a big Alz- with whom I spent many hours while a student and the many con- heimer’s disease research grant, and part of UK’s outreach efforts tacts, honors and friendships throughout these last 35 plus years included a support group for families living with dementia.” have added support and joy to my life,” she says. “My experience Bell, who was finishing her practicum as a student, was asked during my three years at the UK College of Social Work set me on to sit with a group of persons with dementia while their family a wonderful fulfilling life for the next over 35 years. I owe a lot to members met with Dr. Markesbery. Bell, however, had been hop- the professors, administrative staff and students who helped me ing to be in the meeting. “I often say that sometimes the things along the way.” we are asked to do that we don’t want to do are the best learning In 2004, she returned to UK to receive the Sullivan Award, a experiences,” she relates. It was during this time that she learned humanitarian award meant to recognize those who have selflessly so much about the individuals who needed the dementia care pro- given to others or served others in some way. That same year, she grams. “The more I got to know them — their life stories, what

www.ukalumni.net 23 Gelena Meade, right, who participates in the Best Friends program (part of Christian Care Communities) near Brannon Crossing, chats with her friend, Virginia Bell, while looking at a book together.

don’t want the emphasis only on them,” she says. “They want a friend and a relationship.” Bell drew on the importance of community she had learned from her earliest years. “You can do everything just right for a person, but if they sense you’re not connected, it won’t work,” she says. “So we say relationship-centered care.” This was the birth of the Best Friends approach to dementia care, one rooted in the belief that friendship is Photo: Tim Webb therapeutic. “Our Best Friends Center has been a model program all over the world because it shows what is possible,” says they enjoyed, their joys and their sorrows — life was better for all Bell. of us,” she says. Through the program, volunteers and staff are encouraged to She determined right then and there that she wanted to develop get to know persons with dementia as a best friend, not a patient. a way to help individuals with dementia enjoy a more dignified life. Being called by name and treated as a person, one who still has Soon after, Bell finished her master’s degree and took a position something to offer, makes all the difference. The key is activity as a family counselor at the center, where she helped create sup- and engagement. It works for the person experiencing dementia, it port groups across the state and served as director of the Help- works for families who love them and it has also reduced turnover ing Hands Adult Day Center. The center was renamed the Best of staff working with the individuals because it enables them to Friends Adult Day Center on its 20th anniversary. have successes on a daily basis. Linda Kuder ’94 GS, then head of the Council on Aging and associate director at Sanders-Brown at the time, was her partner in making the program a reality. “There was nothing printed on CHANGING DEMENTIA CARE WORLDWIDE the subject, and there were only four places in the United States that we could find that had dementia specific programs,” explains The Best Friends approach is now recognized as a model of Bell. Together, Bell and Kuder visited these programs to gather care for persons with dementia in all types of worldwide settings. information. They found that although the facilities were keeping Bell has attended and spoken at 27 international conferences on people safe and secure, the engagement level was lacking, and the the Best Friends philosophy, as well as trained many long-term staff turnover was high. care workers in other countries. Bell and Kuder set out to create a program that acknowledged Together with co-author David Troxel, who worked at Sand- the medical facts of dementia, while ers-Brown from 1986-1989, Bell also shedding light on the person has written six books detailing the as a whole. “If you would just lift approach to dementia care. Troxel, the dementia, and look underneath, who is a recognized expert on best you’d find an amazing person,” practices in Alzheimer’s care, has says Bell. “Individuals with lots of spent much of his career with the strengths and abilities, still.” Alzheimer’s Association and today works as a speaker and consultant to organizations and companies THE BEST FRIENDS serving people with dementia. APPROACH Troxel remembered meeting Bell and forming an instant bond. “We A British researcher popularized the idea of “person-centered care” to build on a person’s remaining Virginia Bell stands with her co- strengths and individualize care ap- author David Troxel at a conference proaches to support happiness and regarding dementia. In 2016, Bell and Troxel also presented reduce behaviors that are challeng- the Best Friends approach at the ing to families. Alzheimer’s Disease International “Person-centered care was an im- conference in Budapest, Hungary. portant first step, but most people

24 Summer 2017 Virginia Bell, standing at center, was in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1999 to lead a workshop about best practices with the Best Friends program.

were both so taken with the people we were meeting — the families, caregivers and people with dementia — and trying to understand how we could give support and dignity to this very challenging disease,” he says. Bell and Troxel decided to write their first book, “The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care,” published in 1996, to share what they had learned. They also have a website at www.bestfriendsapproach.com. Bell credited Troxel with the creativity to fashion the Best Friends approach to a worldwide audience. He, in turn, gave the credit to her. “Virginia is a Governor’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease for the Common- bold thinker,” he says. “She was always wealth of Kentucky. the one pushing to say, ‘Let’s recreate a “She’s become a worldwide figure and a thought leader,” says voice and message.’” The book is now Troxel. “She was one of the first people to really say there’s a per- available in seven languages and used son beneath this cloak of dementia — a person of value and dig- around the world as a benchmark for nity. And she’s taken her mission all over the world.” Alzheimer’s care. More recently, Troxel and Bell have written “The Best Friends Approach LOOKING FORWARD to Dementia Care,” a new edition for professionals and “A Dignified In these last 35 years, Bell has had an entirely new career, some- Life,” written especially for families. thing she never envisioned when she first married. “Wayne and our In addition, two books focus on family have been very supportive with a wife and mother who has how to engage people in unstruc- had a late life career,” she says. tured times, as well as planned activi- Despite her official retirement in 1993, Bell is still helping others ties. Two other co-authors helped with the recent books on and volunteers at the Best Friends Center near Brannon Crossing engagement: Robin Hamon ’89 ’91 SW, caregiver support coordi- (part of Christian Care Communities) as program consultant, nator, UK Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the Sanders-Brown Cen- training volunteers and as a best friend for persons with dementia. ter on Aging, and Tonya T. Cox ’98 SW, administrator of Home- “Virginia has been, and continues to be, a mentor and Best place at Midway in Midway. Friend for our Adult Day Health and Residential Memory Care The Best Friends program has won numerous awards and Centers across the Commonwealth,” says Mary Lynn Spalding, grants, including being funded as one of the first 17 Robert Wood president and chief executive officer of Christian Care Communi- Johnson Foundation Respite Care and Dementia Services sites. ties. “We are so grateful to be able to call her our friend.” Bell’s impact on dementia care has been widely noted. “Virginia When she’s not working toward continuing to improve dementia Bell is a great inspiration to caregivers of persons with dementia,” care, Bell stays busy with her growing family, which now includes says Hamon. “Her enthusiastic spirit and powerful example has grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Each morning, she attends raised the bar on dementia care internationally.” classes at the YMCA in Lexington, rotating between high impact Dr. Nori Graham of London, England, geriatric psychiatrist aerobics, Pilates and yoga. and past president of Alzheimer’s Disease International, recalls, When it comes to care for aging adults, “I don’t feel as negative “When I visited Lexington in 2014 … I was particularly struck about the future as a lot of people do,” she says. She notes that by the enormous number of volunteers who had been inspired many large assisted living and nursing home chains are changing by Virginia to give the very best of themselves over many, many to a more engaging approach because families are looking for this years.” She went on to say, “Virginia is the most extraordinary aspect when choosing where to place a loved one. Indeed, thanks woman in so many different ways — her energy, her enthusiasm, in a large part to Bell, the future in dementia care looks brighter. her vision and imagination, her compassion and, above all, her “Now we’re not where we need to be, but we really have a new day capacity to make things happen, to make dreams come true.” for memory care, and I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the old- Bell received the prestigious Ruth Von Behren Award from the ways of thinking,.” she says. ■ National Council on the Aging for the person who had done the most for adult day care in 1994. She received the Senior Award from the American Society on Aging in 1999. In addition to mem- If you are interested in learning about the UK Alzheimer’s Disease Center at bership in many professional organizations, including the Amer- the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, visit www.uky.edu/coa/adc ican Society on Aging, Bell has served twice as a member of the

www.ukalumni.net 25 Photo: Bryan Eddy WILL CASH ’09 BE, ’10 GS: Serving sweets to countries around the world By Linda Perry

“Looking at graduate programs at the time, I liked that the MBA at Gatton was a rapid immersion, one year, full-time program, and I liked that in the relatively short period of two years I was able to attain two master’s degrees through the Gatton College and Patterson School.”— Will Cash

26 Summer 2017 o matter where you may travel tion of those two programs really helped the doughnut industry for Cash. overseas, when you find yourself launch my career. There were many great “When we recently opened a store in on the receiving end of a Krispy professors who helped me along the way, Iceland — they are extremely environ- NKreme doughnut, you have Will Cash ’09 and Tom McGinty particularly comes mentally friendly in that country — we BE, ’10 GS to thank for that indulgence. to mind because his deep knowledge of were using paper cups for our coffee and Cash is the director of international international commerce provided a great hot beverages,” he says. “Within a week, supply chain at Krispy Kreme based in background for my current path.” we realized that we needed to switch to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is After earning his MBA in 2009 from ceramic mugs to comply with customer responsible for sourcing the ingredients the Gatton College of Business & Eco- expectations.” and packaging necessary to create Krispy nomics, and in 2010 receiving a master’s Also, tastes vary from country to coun- Kreme’s wide variety of doughnuts, spe- in diplomacy and international commerce try. cialty drinks, and coffee sold around the from the Patterson School, Cash moved “In Japan, we launched a green tea globe. Getting those items into the hands to Atlanta and began working for Popeye’s doughnut. That’s a regional preference that of franchisees and restaurant owners is Louisiana Kitchen in the International might be unusual in the United States,” his focus, but he also helps roll out new Department. A large company with over Cash says. “The dulce de leche in Latin products, and leads new market expan- 400 restaurants in more than 25 countries, American, a caramel-type doughnut, is very sion efforts worldwide. he gained experience working in supply popular there, and there’s a mango-filled “One of the things that I like about my chain and international logistics in diverse doughnut sold in Asia, so there are defi- job is that no day is the same. There is markets. The challenge of managing nitely varied regional preferences. But that always something brand new that I get to global supply chains was exactly what he being said, our original glazed doughnut is see and do because we have business op- wanted to pursue as a career path. Over almost always our No. 1 seller.” erations in 30 different countries. I work subsequent years at Popeye’s, he was pro- One interesting aspect of a store open- with people and suppliers on six conti- moted to supply chain manager and dealt ing in a new country is the enthusiasm on nents, and I’m helping bring the joy that mostly with Canada, Latin America and the part of the local customers. “When is Krispy Kreme doughnuts to customers the Caribbean. He also provided supply we open a Krispy Kreme store in a new all over the world,” Cash says. chain support for certain markets in Asia, country, people will camp outside the Will Cash is part of a UK legacy family. the Middle East and Europe. store and spend anywhere from two to His parents, Dr. James B. Cash ’77 MED In 2014, Cash returned to his home three days sleeping in tents because they and Cynthia Ruth Cash ’78 ED, have state of North Carolina when Krispy have a chance to win a year’s supply of roots in Princeton and lived in Lexington Kreme tapped him for his current posi- doughnuts if they are among the first for many years before moving to North tion as director of international supply people in line,” he says. “Our doughnuts Carolina, where Will Cash was born. His chain. speak a universal language.” brother James Cash ’10 LAW also earned “My job ensures that all the Krispy Like people everywhere, Cash loves a degree at UK. Will did his undergrad- Kreme stores around the world have doughnuts, and being immersed all day uate work at Elon University, graduating the ingredients that they need … Our in a doughnut business culture has not with a bachelor’s degree in international goal is that our restaurants have the right changed that. studies and Spanish in 2007, before en- ingredients at the right time at the right “I’ve been here over two years, and I rolling at UK. price. So, we get ingredients there on time still eat our original glazed doughnuts on “Looking at graduate programs at the because we can’t have any shortages of a regular basis, because, let’s face it, at time, I liked that the MBA at Gatton was doughnuts, that’s for sure,” Cash says. Krispy Kreme, doughnuts are what we a rapid immersion, one year, full-time One of the perks of his job is that he do. Our original glazed is pretty much program, and I liked that in the relatively has an opportunity to travel the world the exact same recipe as when it was first short period of two years I was able to visiting franchise partners and suppliers. created, and I may be a bit biased, but I’d attain two master’s degrees through the His travel time is consumed by work, but say that they are the most delicious sweet Gatton College and Patterson School,” he says he has learned to plan an extra treat that you can find anywhere in the Cash says. day to get some sightseeing in and visit world.” “The dual program that I did was the some of the major cultural attractions in Next time you are traveling to a distant perfect combination for what I do now. each country. part of the world and you look up and When I started, I didn’t have much work “I’ve been to the Middle East, India, see the familiar Krispy Kreme logo, in experience or a great deal of business Southeast Asia, Mexico, and we’ve begun honor of the Wildcats, stroll in and order background, and it really set the founda- opening Krispy Kreme stores in South a doughnut. Will Cash is keeping the “hot tion and a solid platform for doing busi- America. You’d be surprised at where we light” burning for BBN all around the ness,” he says. “The Patterson School gave have stores,” he says. globe. ■ me an international perspective about in- Working with people around the world ternational commerce, and the combina- always presents new twists and turns in

www.ukalumni.net 27 28 Summer 2017 They did it! The University of Kentucky honored its newest alumni at the beginning of May during its largest Commencement in UK’s history. Commencement ceremonies were held across four ceremonies in Rupp Arena to accommodate the dramatic increases in the number of graduates and families and friends attending. More than 2,500 undergraduates and 600 graduate and professional students participated in the ceremonies. Overall, 3,680 undergraduate and 1,767 graduate and professional degree candidates had their degrees approved by the UK Board of Trustees. Photo: Mark Cornelison

www.ukalumni.net 29 UK TRAVELERS UNDERGO A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY By Linda Perry n March, the UK Alumni Association and Lyman T. John- major moments that marked the early Civil Rights Movement in son African American UK Alumni Constituent Group, in that area. partnership with the UK Office of Lifelong Learning, made “Based on the feedback I’ve received thus far, I believe that Ipossible a trip to Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, to the ‘seekers’ who participated in the Hope & History Study experience a powerful journey beginning with the history of the and Travel Tour were deeply affected by the experience of this Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and culminating with the project,” Chester Grundy said. “I’ve heard terms like ‘trans- human rights struggles of today. Almost 50 “seekers” which formative, enlightening, and life-changing’ used in some of the included UK alums, participants from the Office of Life Long feedback. I had hoped that our participants would engage this Learning, faculty from regional colleges and the Kentucky project with inquiring minds and open hearts. With that atti- Community & Technical College System, currently enrolled tude, we could examine this period of our racial history, which UK students and friends of UK, took advantage of a four-day is ofttimes horrifying and shameful, in an honest, forthright bus trip to learn more about the story of the African-American way. I believe we achieved that and our seekers now have a struggle for freedom, democracy and transformation. Some of much deeper appreciation for the importance of understanding the iconic sites visited were the Rosa Parks Museum, Martin this troubled history if we are ever to get beyond it.” Luther King Jr. Parsonage, Southern Poverty Law Center and Chester Grundy says it’s difficult to single out one experience the Equal Justice Initiative, among many others. that emotionally impacted people the most. “I think that every The tour, dubbed the Hope & History Study/Travel Tour, aspect of the project helped contribute to its impact — the was planned and coordinated by Chester Grundy, ’69 AS, ’02 tours of museums, the teach-ins on the bus, the dialogue that ED, and his wife, Ann Grundy. took place throughout the trip and the many ‘teachable mo- Chester Grundy is the retired special projects coordinator ments,’ sometimes planned but sometimes spontaneous and for the UK Alumni Association. He also founded and directed unplanned, that happened during our travels. For me, personally the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center for over 30 years, the experience at the Martin Luther King Jr. parsonage and our among other accomplishments. In 2014, he was inducted into visit to the Equal Justice Initiative will forever stand out in my the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame. This project marked memory as absolutely profound,” he said. the finale of his 45-year UK career. The detailed stories that the Grundys were able to relate pro- As a native of Birmingham, Ann Grundy provided unique vided much-appreciated information to the tour participants insight via her commentary, having lived through some of the and enriched the experience. “Our trip was made better because of Chester and Miss Ann. Ann was from Birmingham and the 16th Street Baptist Church Trip participants paused on the steps of Birmingham’s 16th Street

Baptist Church after touring the building. Photo: Toni King Toni Photo:

30 Summer 2017 where those four little girls got killed — her father was previous- She also added, lightheartedly, “I think this group of seekers ly the pastor of the church,” said Darlene Simpson, one of the may have set a Guinness-type record — 47 people together on travelers. “The way she told these stories, you felt it. You could a bus for four days with no squabbling.” actually visualize it, sense it and feel it. She is a real storyteller. Judy L. Johnson of Lexington said she was still talking and The trip included every opportunity to be instructive, even thinking about the Hope and History Tour well after the trip while on the bus. “Chester Grundy’s wife Ann would have us ended — a trip, as she pointed out, that was an unusual mix of sing spirituals, and she would talk about the history behind the races, ages and attitudes that also added rich texture to the over- spirituals,” says Brenda Bain ’15 AS, who signed up for the trip. all experience. “Everywhere we went, there was some little piece of history that “Your (Chester Grundy) preparation and organization and if you had been on a regular tour, you would not have learned.” Ann’s wonderful storytelling and sharing of personal memories There were somber highlights on the trip, and many travelers left an indelible impression,” she said. professed wonderment over the impact it Johnson was emotionally moved by her visit had on their lives. “Words do not adequately to the parsonage at Dr. Martin Luther King’s “One of the things that touched me church. “We walked through the rooms — so much and made me cry was at the describe the enlightening living, dining, guest bedroom, bath, master Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist bedroom, study, kitchen — a modest but Church where Dr. Martin Luther King magnificence of the Hope comfortable home still furnished with the Jr. preached … The visitor guide at the and History Tour. It brought King belongings,” she said. “As I touched the church put her hands on five people in dining table where so much planning for the our group and said we could go up to his to life the struggles that I fight for civil rights took place, I thought per- pulpit. We got to touch it,” said Bain. “It had only heard and read haps my fingerprint could be a connection to was important to me because one of the so much wisdom, patience and courage.” classes I took at UK was on the life and about, and gave me a new Chester Grundy said he thinks it is import- history of Dr. Martin Luther King and perspective on the real ant for the UK Alumni Association to offer everything he stood for. I also read his access to a trip like this that takes people writings. It was inspirational knowing that lives and deaths of those through the history of the Civil Rights Move- he was for civil rights and to finally walk a ment. “I am a deep believer in the power of little bit in his footsteps.” who sacrificed to make our the historical knowledge. Unfortunately, the Sandy Emerson ’66 AS, ’94 AFE, a Life country more tolerant.” history of slavery, racial terrorism, and Jim Member of the UK Alumni Association, Crow is something most Americans have reached out to the Grundys and expressed — Sandy Emerson limited knowledge of,” he said. “Our unwill- her appreciation for the in-depth com- ingness to acknowledge, confront and reckon mentary that was provided. “Words do not adequately describe with this past only adds to our current racial crisis and the like- the enlightening magnificence of the Hope and History Tour. lihood of repeating these historic tragedies. Author James Bald- It brought to life the struggles that I had only heard and read win said it best, ‘Not everything that is faced can be changed, about, and gave me a new perspective on the real lives and but nothing can be changed until it is faced.’” deaths of those who sacrificed to make our country more tolerant …Y’all set the tone of the trip with your easy going, open This type of tour was the first fo its kind offered through the UK Alumni As- sociation. If you are interested in other upcoming tours, please visit heart approach,” she said. www.ukalumni.net/travel.

www.ukalumni.net 31 Wildcat Sports Kentucky men advance to Elite Eight By Hal Morris The Kentucky men’s basketball team gave fans another thrilling Basketball Coaches, the U.S. season with an equally thrilling, but heartbreaking, ending. Basketball Writers Associa- The Wildcats reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament tion and Sporting News. for the sixth time under Coach John Calipari, but dropped a 75-73 Fellow freshman De’Aar- nail-biter to eventual champion North Carolina in the South Re- on Fox, who averaged 16.7 gional championship game in Memphis, Tennessee. points, 4.6 assists, 4.0 re- Kentucky finished 32-6, won its 48th SEC regular season and bounds and 1.5 steals, was 30th tournament title. The Wildcats opened the season 10-2, named the most valuable including wins over Michigan State and North Carolina before player of the 2017 SEC opening SEC play. The Wildcats rolled through conference play Tournament. In addition to with a 16-2 record and beat Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament All-SEC First Team honors

championship. by the Associated Press and Photo: Chet White, UK Athletics Kentucky earned the No. 2 seed in the South Regional, and beat the league’s coaches, Fox Malik Monk set UK’s freshman Northern Kentucky and Wichita State in the first two rounds. The was named a third-team scoring record and was named SEC Cats downed UCLA 86-75 in the regional semifinals before falling All-American by USA Today Player of the Year. to North Carolina in the regional final. and CBS Sports. He posted the second triple-double in school Freshman Malik Monk collected a slew of postseason honors. history when he had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a He averaged 19.8 points per game to become UK’s all-time fresh- win over Arizona State. man scoring leader with 754 points, which was the fourth-best Kentucky lost seven players off this year’s squad. Seniors Derek scoring season in school history. Willis, Domonique Hawkins and Mychal Mulder graduated, while Among his numerous honors, Monk was named SEC Player of three freshmen (Monk, Edrice “Bam” Adebayo, Fox) along with the Year and Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press (AP) sophomores Isaac Humphries and Isaiah Briscoe decided to turn and SEC Freshman of the Year by coaches. He was named to the pro. NCAA consensus All-America Second Team after being named a But Calipari is bringing in yet another stellar recruit class that second-team All-American by the AP, the National Association of will help UK battle for its ninth national title. ■

UK women reach eighth straight NCAA Tournament By Hal Morris The Kentucky women’s bas- ence player to end the regular season ranked top 10 in the league ketball team made history in in points, field goal percentage and assists. She finished her career the WNAB Draft and contin- with 1,790 points (13.5 ppg) and 408 assists (3.06 apg), all of which ued its tradition of success un- ranked in the top 10 in UK history. der Coach Matthew Mitchell. Epps was named All-SEC by the league coaches and Associated Senior Evelyn Akhator was Press (AP), and was named to the All-SEC Tournament Team and selected third overall by the the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Region Team. Dallas Wings, becoming the She was named an honorable mention All-American pick by the highest draft pick in school AP for third-straight year and was on the national watch lists for history and third player in the Nancy Lieberman Award, Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, program history to go in the John R. Wooden Award and Dawn Staley Award. first round. Makayla Epps was Akhator had 14 points and a career-high 23 rebounds against taken 33rd overall to the Chi- Ohio State and posted 31 double-doubles in her career. After cago Sky. averaging 15.9 points and 10.8 rebounds a game, she was named They helped the Wildcats first-team All-SEC by the coaches and second team by the media. Photo: Britney Howard, UK Athletics Photo: Britney Howard, reach the NCAA Tournament Akhator made the SEC All-Tournament Team and WBCA All-Re- Makayla Epps is ranked in the top for a program-best, eighth- gion Team, was an AP honorable mention All-American and was 10 in scoring and assists at UK. straight year. But UK fell short named fourth team All-America by CollegeSportsMadness.com. in the second round of tournament, rallying from a 15-point defi- Kentucky went 11-5 in the SEC and reached the SEC Tourna- cit against Ohio State to cut the lead to one point late in the game ment semifinals to earn the No. 4 seed in the Lexington Regional before falling 82-68 at Memorial Coliseum. for the NCAA Tournament. Epps capped off her remarkable UK career by scoring 21 points Kentucky does return a good deal of experience next season, led in her final game as the Wildcats finished 26-11. Epps averaged a by guard Maci Morris (11.8 ppg, 53 3-pointers) and Taylor Murray team-high 17.7 points per game and handed out a team-best tying (12.2 ppg, 118 assists). UK also returns center Alyssa Rice and 118 assists this season. Epps was the only Southeastern Confer- guards Makenzie Cann, Paige Poffenberger and Jaida Roper. ■

32 Summer 2017 Wildcat Sports UK baseball breaks ground on new stadium The University of Kentucky Athletics Department officially broke a substantial expansion of parking spaces on South Campus. ground on the construction of a new baseball stadium in March. The stadium will feature permanent seating for nearly 2,500 “We’re excited,” Head Baseball Coach Nick Mingione said. “I fans with additional space on grass berms to accommodate a do believe this: We’ll by far have the best college baseball facility total of more than 4,000 fans for regular-season games. Beyond in the state of Kentucky, and it will be one of the premiere col- the outfield wall, temporary bleachers can be installed for NCAA lege baseball facilities in all of our country. Will it be the biggest? Tournament games to bring the seating capacity to more than No, it won’t be the biggest, but it’ll be the right one.” 7,000. Fan amenities also will include suites and a new club area. Construction is expected to take 18-20 months, meaning the The new stadium will replace Cliff Hagan Stadium, which has stadium will open in late fall 2018 in time for the 2019 UK base- been home to UK baseball since its opening in 1969. Once the ball season. The groundbreaking follows final approval for the new stadium opens, Cliff Hagan Stadium will be demolished to project given by the UK Board of Trustees, continuing the ongo- make way for a new facility for UK’s men’s and women’s tennis ing $2.2 billion transformation of the campus. programs. Additionally, a new soccer practice field replacing the The cost of the stadium, which will give UK baseball a state-of- one located at the site of the new baseball stadium will be built at the-art home on par with its peers in the Southeastern Conference, the current site of the club practice field off College Way.■ is $49 million. The new stadium will be located off Alumni Drive between the new Ken- tucky Football Training Facility and the Wendell and Vickie Bell Soccer Complex, adding to the cluster of UK Athletics facilities in the area. “We’ve created a little bit of a village on this side of campus for our student-athletes,” UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said. “It’s a really, really special place for us. It gives us a chance to be our best version of who we want to be.” The baseball stadium is being relocated from its current site to accommodate the university’s South Campus Master Plan. The move will allow for the development of additional Photo: UK Athletics student recreation spaces and This artist rendering shows what the Wildcats’ $49 million baseball stadium will look like in 2018.

Commonwealth Stadium becomes Kroger Field The University of Kentucky, JMI Sports and Kroger have Kroger that shares our commitment to making this state and uni- announced a comprehensive and unprecedented partnership that versity the best they can be. This partnership goes well beyond the expands Kroger’s commitment to UK Athletics and UK, naming of Kroger Field, and we are excited to see the good it will including the renaming of UK’s football stadium to Kroger Field. do for years to come.” The agreement — which is between Kroger and JMI Sports, UK’s The Kroger Field name will be reflected on interior, external multimedia rights partner — is effective immediately. It begins at and directional signage, as well as collateral materials related to the approximately $1.85 million annually with a term of up to 12 years. football stadium. To avoid any confusion and in consultation with the Newton UK’s multimedia rights agreement with JMI Sports, signed in family, the football playing field will be renamed to C.M. Newton June 2014, grants naming rights to athletic facilities and expanded Grounds at Kroger Field. The playing field was named C.M. New- opportunities to market campus media rights like those included ton Field in honor of the former UK athletics director in 2000. in this partnership with Kroger. The multimedia rights agreement “Three years ago, we had this day in mind when we reached our pays UK Athletics $210 million over 15 years, including a signing new multimedia rights agreement with JMI Sports,” UK Athletics bonus of $29.4 million built in to help fund important capital proj- Director Mitch Barnhart said. “We are proud to have a partner in ects like the baseball stadium currently under construction. ■

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OCTOBER 5-8, 2017 The Class of 1967 is invited back to reminisce with former classmates Oct 5-8. All Golden Wildcats (Class of 1967 and prior years) are invited to participate in the various activities.

Festivities all week, including the Homecoming football game vs. Missouri on Oct. 7.

Details on all events will be available at a later date. We hope you will make plans to return to campus for this special week.

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34 Summer 2017 There’s blue... then there’s TrueBlue. A BIG BLUE THANKS to all of our new LIFE MEMBERS!*

Jason H. Abney Brian K. Day Mitchell D. Haynes Bonnie J. McClung Rachel Simpkins Morgan B. Abney Misty Crider Day Ann M. Haynes Howard F. McKenzie Julia H. Smith Muhammad A. Ahmad Kenneth E. Dillingham Jeremy Hazelbaker Ellen S. McKenzie Meghan Alaine Stenger William A. Baumgartner Rachel Jean Doyle ReShanta C. Hazelbaker Thomas E. Menke Carroll D. Stevens Kathy W. Berger Jacob Brent Doyle Bryan Hendren Angela Morris Matthew Stone Jasper Carpenter John M. Farmer Bonnie R. Hilt John W. O’Daniel Matthew Allen Trumble Michael D. Carson Rachel Renae Friberg AnneMarie V. Hoopes Cheryl Lemon O’Daniel Grace Warren David E. Chalk Rebecca Trout Fryxell Michael A. Howard Betty M. Phipps Dustin Wayne Warren Eileen V. Chalk Lauren R. Fryxell Jennifer B. Keitz Marcus Powell Matthew W. Weekley Carla Jo Chambliss Wilmer C. Gangloff Jr. Nicholas A. Keitz Matthew Louis Purcell Courtney H. Weekley Brad Chambliss Martha S. Gangloff Karren S. King Bruce Riggs Gerald P. Wellman Jr. David Chappell Amy Garrett Kevin Lahm Kathryn L. Riggs Jamie S. Wellman Kristi Chappell John J. Gattozzi Bryan J. Lee Bruce M. Schuessler Kristen Wertenberger Edward Chasteen Kevin T. Gibbs Wesley Ann Loxley Scott B. Scutchfield Jessica Ann Cinnamon Penny S. Gilbert Evan Loxley Judith A. Sewell *Life Members from Jan. 1 – March 31, 2017. Holly K. Crady Jacob W. Grabeel Nancy J. Maggard Marjorie P. Shadid Robert L. Crady III Laura H. Grider Melba Mechelle Massie T. Andrew Sharp Hannah Crumrine Teri S. Hall Pamela H. Mathews Allison V. Siff Christopher Crumrine Carla H. Hay Tobin J. Mathews Brent Allen Simpkins

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www.ukalumni.net 35 Alumni Engagement

The Upstate SC UK Alumni Club held a Game Watch Party during the SEC Tournament Members of the Jacksonville UK Alumni Club posed for a championship game and had a good turnout for the photo just before the men’s basketball game in Gainesville against event. the University of Florida.

The Greater Houston UK Alumni Club was proud to honor Bam Adebayo, center, with its Player of the Game Award in March after the UK vs. Texas A&M game in Members of the Central Virginia UK Alumni Club held a College Station. Club members greeting Adebayo are Ashley Game Watch Party for the UK vs. Florida men’s basketball Wassler, the Houston club’s social chairwoman and Reese game in February. Front row, left to right, Lexie Groessler, Terry, District 18 Board of Directors representative. Karen Finch; middle row, Sarah White, Joan Gordineer, Janet Groessler, Riley Campbell, Mary Ann Withers, Hilton Withers; back row, Andrew Walters and son, Brian Campbell, and Tom Groessler.

36 Summer 2017 Alumni Engagement

The McCracken County UK Alumni Club has had two The Greater Ashland UK Alumni Club held a Game Game Watch Parties in recent months, and members proudly Watch Party at Shooter’s Bar and Grill in Cannonsburg. Left displayed the beloved “K” in this photo. to right are Ed Miller (director), Debbie Miller (president), Rusty Fletcher, Deena Fletcher (president-elect), Ish Stevens, Janice Christian (director), Mike Christian (UK Board of Trustees), Mike Miller (director), Roger Potter, Tammy Wellman (director), Pam Potter, Judy Griffith and Andrew Potter.

Members of the Las Vegas UK Alumni Club held a spirited basketball Game Watch Party for the game against Wichita State. A bicycle was provided by members of the Big Sandy UK Alumni Club and given away to one of the children in attendance at the Child Abuse Awareness Fun Day. The club participated as part of its Cats for a Cause event.

www.ukalumni.net 37 YOUR IMPACT IS REAL

STUDENT PROGRAMMING “I have made so many friends through my involvement with STAT and TEAM WILDCAT! Being far from home, the opportunity to make such close connections with like-minded students has made my college experience so special … And knowing I can always turn to alumni association staff for guidance and advice has been a valuable resource. I look forward to giving back after I graduate!” —Brittany Hayes, UK sophomore and STAT member

Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT) members Austin Kennedy, Brittany Hayes and Colton Thayer enjoy an alumni event at Kroger Field, formerly Commonwealth Stadium.

SCHOLARSHIP “The scholarship I receive from the UK Alumni Association allows me to learn bountifully inside and outside of the classroom. It gives me peace knowing that I can concentrate on my studies and extracurricular activities while building my professional network without worrying about school being paid for. I understand how costly it is to achieve a post-secondary education, and not everyone has the opportunity to pursue or keep pursuing it. With this in mind, I recognize that I must make the most of my education and ultimately share what I learn throughout this collegiate journey at the University of Kentucky and beyond!” Jevincio Tooson receives his certificate of recognition —Jevincio Tooson, UK junior and UK Alumni Association from UK Alumni Association Board of Directors President- scholarship recipient elect Susan Mustian at the 2016 Scholarship Celebration.

LEGACY INITIATIVE PROGRAM “We are proud and grateful for our time at UK and want to instill our passion for our alma mater in our children. Being part of the Legacy Initiative program makes it easy to do that! Attending Legacy events is becoming a fun tradition for us, and we love connecting with fellow alumni families. The twins really enjoy getting birthday mail from the alumni association. Every time they see anything UK they exclaim, ‘Go Cats!’ Thanks to the UK Alumni Association for helping us raise future Wildcats!” —Scott ’05 & Allison ’05 Downing, UK Alumni Association Life Members Since May 2008 Elinor and Wells Downing get in the Big Blue spirit at the 2016 Legacy Big Blue Santa event.

Your support through membership makes these and countless other Big Blue stories possible. Thank you for being part of the Wildcat Wave of Impact! TrueBlue. 38 Summer 2017 College View

Honored alumna Anna Bacon Tinsley ’91 LAW was a guest speaker at UK College of Law’s first Dean’s Scholars Fireside Chat. The event gave an invited group of admitted students a look at UK Law from the alumni perspective. Students also attended a class, interacted with faculty and participated in a Q&A session with The UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment current law students. recently inducted four new members into its Hall of Distinguished Alumni. They are the late Charles E. Boyd ’64 AFE, a Kentucky beef breeder; Brady J. Deaton ’66 AFE ’68 GS of Columbia, Missouri, previously a university chancellor; Harold Love ’49 ’63 AFE of Lexington, an agricultural economist; and Rupert G. Seals ’56 AFE of Reno, Nevada, college dean and advocate for African Americans in agriculture. Left to right are Love, Seals and Deaton. Photo: Dana Rogers The UK Gatton College of Business and Economics inducted three exceptional alumni into the college’s Hall of Fame in April. Left to right with Gatton College Dean David W. Blackwell are Samuel N. Hazen ’82 BE, president and COO, HCA, the nation’s largest investor-owned health care provider; Blackwell; J. Michael Schlotman ’79 BE, executive vice president and CFO, The Kroger Co.; and The UK College of Engineering Hall of Distinction held Charles M. “Chuck” Sonsteby ’75 BE, vice chairman (ret.), its induction ceremony in April. Pictured are Interim Dean Larry Holloway; Javaid Masoud ’82 EN; Mark D. Whitley The Michaels Co. Inc. ’75 EN; William Todd Johnson ’79 EN; Peggy Lee Comer, accepting on behalf of her father Elmer T. Lee ’49 EN; Allan W. Brown ’87 EN; and UK President Eli Capilouto.

The UK College of Health Sciences recently Medical Specialist Corps. welcomed two new inductees into its Alumni Hall of Smith is currently the senior vice president of Fame. The latest inductees are Col. Scott W. Shaffer inpatient services with UC Health. Until recently, ’07 HS and Ann Smith’77 HS ’90 GS. Smith had been chief of enterprise academic service Shaffer is an associate professor and director of lines for UK HealthCare, a position focused on the U.S. Army Baylor doctoral program in physical developing and implementing patient-centered care therapy and is dean of the Graduate School, Academy models. of Health Sciences, in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He Additionally, the College of Health Sciences also serves as a physical therapy consultant to the U.S. honored Nicole Etter ’09 ’14 HS with its Young Army Surgeon General; as chief of the Army Physical Alumni Award. Therapy Section, and assistant corps chief, Army

www.ukalumni.net 39 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

40 Summer 2017 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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42 Summer 2017 Eric Scott ’08 CI: Going from the field to the force

By Hal Morris

When Eric Scott ’08 CI saw his when I saw those two there, I kind a person and telling them to stop football career come to an end af- of hit it off with them.” whatever they’re doing,” Scott says. ter two years in the National Foot- Scott told Franklin he was look- “And then a buddy sees me and ball League, he knew two things: ing to finish up graduate school goes, ‘Hey, how you doing, Eric?’ He wanted to finish his master’s and the police force interested him. It can ruin the whole presence of degree, and his future career was He found out the force was hiring, being professional and firm.” not going to have him stuck be- which meant Scott could pay for Scott, who has three daughters, hind a desk. his schooling as a UK employee. says he is happy with his life and He had no idea that mission “For me, it was kind of a sign. career in Lexington now, but he would lead him to where he is now I could not only come here to get is looking ahead. He has thought as a lieutenant in the UK Police school paid for, but they’ll give about joining the FBI or U.S. Mar- Department. me a salary, as well. I had never shal’s Service in the future. Scott, who played football at UK thought about applying for a law “Their age cutoff is 37. I’m 31 from 2003-2007 and then played enforcement job before, but as now, so if I’m going to do some- two seasons for the NFL’s Ten- soon as I saw them I knew this thing, I have to do it within that nessee Titans, has been with the what I was supposed to be doing,” time,” he says. department for eight years. He says Scott says. “I was basically looking Scott has also been able to give it has been the best career he could for the complete opposite of a back to an athletics program that have hoped for. Scott did not desk job, and policing was that for he credits with helping him be- know it at the time, but his interest me.” come the man he is now. From in law enforcement began during Scott’s athletic career prepared 2009-2016, Scott traveled with the his playing days at UK. Kevin him for what law enforcement football team full time and part Franklin, a captain on the force, entailed. time with the basketball team on was one of the officers assigned as “You have to stay fit. Team- road trips. Aside from providing security to accompany the football work is involved. There are a lot security for the head coach, Scott team on road trips. of characteristics in athletics that says he tried to show players differ- Scott says Franklin became a are similar to policing,” he says. “It ent sides of the police than some good friend and mentor at UK, was an immediate attraction. I will of them were used to seeing. and they reconnected when Scott say it does take a lot of patience. “I was a resource for players, returned to Lexington to finish In football, every play lasts about kind of an advisor, and gave them working on his master’s degree. three-and-a-half seconds. So if guidance,” he says. “With my “When I got hurt I decided to you are frustrated, you have three- background, the players trusted come back to Lexington. I went to and-a-half seconds to take out that me. Those guys, it’s hard for some a career fair because I was looking frustration. In law enforcement, of them to trust the police with for a graduate assistant job to pay you have to remain patient and their backgrounds. It was one of for the second half of my master’s. professional and understand no the coolest details I’ve had at the As soon as I walked in the door I matter the situation, you have to university. saw this giant FBI banner. All the remain cool. That’s one of the dif- “UK Athletics has bent over investigative stuff they did drew ferences from sports.” backward for me in my career and my attention,” he says. That patience was tested once has been an awesome resource. I’ll “I had done internships with Scott joined the force. He tend- forever be in its debt. They took Wells Fargo, and I was completely ed to be a little too recognizable, a kid from Atlanta at age 18 and miserable behind a desk. When I especially when dealing with helped turn him into a man. With saw that FBI banner, it intrigued students, many having been his Rich Brooks, Joker Phillips and me. Next to the banner was the friends just a few years earlier. Mitch Barnhart and their guidance, UK Police Force banner, and be- “It’s quite the scene when it’s me I’ll forever be indebted to them for hind it were Captain Kevin Frank- at 6-4, 280 pounds, hopping out helping me grow and get to where lin and Major Nathan Brown. So of a cruiser and walking toward I am today.” ■

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Information in Class Before 1960 Rickey D. James ’71 EN is tional Association of Health- Notes is compiled from a managing member of A.C. Care Professionals. previously published Robert E. Robbins ’54 AS Riley Cotton Co. LLC in New items in newspapers and is a retired doctor living in Madrid, Missouri. He was Robert A. Yeager ’74 EN is other media outlets, as Elizabethtown. He received appointed as a commissioner the chief district engineer for well as items submitted by the 2017 Hardin County Dis- on the Mississippi River Com- the Kentucky Transportation individual alumni. tinguished Citizen Award from mission by former President Cabinet District 6 office in the Lincoln Trail District of Barack Obama. Covington. He had been the Kentucky Alumni magazine the Lincoln Heritage Council, district’s acting chief district welcomes news of your Boy Scouts of America. Edward I. Steckel ’71 LAW engineer and was the branch recent accomplishments is an attorney in Chambers- manager for project develop- and transitions. 1960s burg, Pennsylvania. He re- ment. ceived the Franklin County Please write to us at Linda Alvey Mayhew ’62 James C. Duff ’75 AS is di- Class Notes Bar Association Edmund C. ’64 AS, ’94 ED retired as a Wingard Jr. Award. rector of the Administrative UK Alumni Association professor of math at Eliza- Office of the U.S. Courts King Alumni House bethtown Community and Thomas R. Snyder ’72 BE is in Washington. He was pre- Lexington, KY Technical College after a 52- the senior managing director viously president and chief 40506-0119 year career at the school. of private banking and chief executive officer of the Free- lending officer at Truxton dom Forum and CEO of Fax us at 859-323-1063; Linda Fortner Burke ’68 Trust, a private bank and trust the Newseum and Newseum Email us at NUR is a registered nurse company in Nashville, Tennes- Institute. [email protected] or and manager at the Kentucky see. He was previously execu- submit your information in Cabinet for Public Health in tive vice president of private Gary T. Huffman ’75 BE is the online community at Frankfort. She was named banking at National Bank of president, chief executive offi- www.ukalumni.net/class to the International Nurses Commerce. cer and chairman of the board Association in the publication of directors of Ohio National Please be advised that due Worldwide Leaders in Health- Douglas D. Tough ’72 BE Financial Services Inc. in Cin- to space constraints and care. lives in Naples, Florida, and is cinnati. He received the Boy chairman of the board of di- Scouts of America, Dan Beard the length of time between Michael R. Buchanan ’69 issues, your submission rectors and chief executive of- Council Silver Beaver Award ’71 BE is director and chair- ficer of International Flavors for volunteer service to the to Class Notes might not man of the Piedmont Office appear for several issues. & Fragrances Inc., a subsidiary Boy Scouts. Realty Trust Board of Direc- of Molson Coors Brewing Co. We look forward to hearing tors. He also serves as director Mary Rocap Rouse ’75 from you! of D.R. Horton Inc., a resi- Rachel Ryan White ’73 AS AFE is an associate professor dential development company. retired as the executive direc- of clinical pediatrics at the COLLEGE INDEX tor of the Housing Authority Indiana University School of Agriculture, Food Joe Westerfield ’69 AS of Danville after a 30-year ca- Medicine in Bloomington. & Environment — AFE is a retired teacher living in reer with the organization. She received an Indianapolis Arts & Sciences — AS Owensboro. Westerfield, who Business Journal Health Care Business & Economics — BE retired in 2002 after a 33-year George N. Casey ’74 BE Communication & Hero Award for her work in teaching career in the Daviess is an attorney and certified eating disorders. She earned Information — CI public accountant who lives in Dentistry — DE County Public Schools, was her medical degree from the Charleston, West Virginia, and Design — DES inducted into the Louie B. Indiana University School of Education — ED Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall is chief of staff for West Vir- Medicine. Engineering — EN of Fame. ginia Gov. Jim Justice. He was Fine Arts — FA previously managing partner at Gregory R. Carmichael ’76 The Graduate School — GS 1970s Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins ’79 EN is the Karl Kammer- Health Sciences — HS Craig E. Royce ’70 ED PLLC. meyer Professor of Chemical Law — LAW is an educator at Pinnacle and Biochemical Engineering Medicine — MED Marc D. Shapiro ’74 MED Canyon Academy, a charter in the University of Iowa Col- Nursing — NUR is chief neuroradiologist, pres- lege of Engineering in Iowa Pharmacy — PHA school in Price, Utah. He was ident amd founder at Neuro recognized by the Utah State City. He is also the co-director Public Health — PH Imaging Institute of Winter of the UI Center for Global Social Work — SW University Eastern Prehistoric Park Ltd. in Winter Park, Flor- Museum for his discovery of a and Regional Environmental ida. He was included in the Research and director of the 100-million-year-old dinosaur publication Leading Physicians eggshell site in Utah. University of Iowa Informat- of the World by the Interna- ics Initiative.

44 Summer 2017 Anthony V. Dallas ’76 AS, Justice Institute by former Pres- ty’s provost for medical affairs. John G. Howard ’82 BE is an ’79 MED is a physician ident Barack Obama. He had been the medical col- attorney in Middletown, Ohio, and chief medical officer at lege’s interim dean. and was appointed a Butler CareHere, which manages Thomas A. Arcury ’78 ’83 County Common Pleas Court patient-centered care and well- AS is a professor of family Howard E. Davis ’80 BE is judge by Gov. John Kasich. ness centers nationwide and and community medicine and executive vice president, chief is headquartered in Nashville, program director of the Wake administrative officer and Bernard A. Livers ’82 AS Tennessee. Forest University School of chief information officer of is vice president of sales and Medicine Translational Science Transocean Inc., an offshore marketing for CareHere, which Michael D. Dykes ’76 ’78 Institute in Winston Salem, drilling company headquar- manages patient-centered care AFE is president and chief North Carolina. He is also di- tered in Houston. He had and wellness centers nation- executive officer of the Inter- rector of the school’s Clinical been senior vice president and wide and is headquartered in national Dairy Foods Associa- and Community Research Unit. CIO at National Oilwell Varco Nashville, Tennessee. tion in Washington. He received a North Carolina Inc. Defender of Justice Award for Scott L. Murray ’82 EN lives Gary E. Martin ’76 PHA is work on migrant farmer worker Brian D. Malthouse ’80 in Nicholasville and is execu- a senior principal scientist at rights and conditions. BE lives in Cincinnati and is tive vice president and chief Merck Research Laboratories president and chief executive operating officer of Stantec in Rahway, New Jersey. He John D. Stewart ’78 MED officer at VonLehman CPA & Inc. in the company’s Lexing- received the 2016 Eastern An- lives in Lexington and retired Advisory Firm, which has of- ton office. alytical Symposium Award for after a 32-year career as a sur- fices in Cincinnati, Indianapo- Outstanding Achievements for geon. He became the fifth gen- lis and Fort Wright. Phillip H. Behrens ’83 MED his work in nuclear magnetic eration chairman of the Stewart is a cardiologist with St. Mary’s resonance. Home & School, a private Bonita K. Black ’81 AS is Medical Group in Evansville, year-round boarding school an attorney and managing Indiana. Ronald H. Bowman ’77 for adults with intellectual dis- member at Steptoe & Johnson AFE, ’80 ED retired as the LLP in the firm’s Louisville Jasper A. Howard ’83 BE abilities and special needs in lives in Washington and is an Nelson County Cooperative Frankfort. office. She was named to the Extension agent for agricul- University of Louisville Board attorney and partner at Hogan ture in Bardstown. He was a Paul L. Whalen of Trustees by Kentucky Gov. Lovells, which is co-headquar- vocational agriculture teacher ’78 AS is an at- Matt Bevin. tered in Washington and Lon- in Daviess and Garrard coun- torney living in don. He had been a partner at ties before joining the Cooper- Fort Thomas. He Charles E. Brymer ’81 CI Linklater’s. Howard earned his ative Extension Service. was named sec- is the president and chief law degree at Duke University retary of the Gateway Commu- executive officer of DDB School of Law. William J. Worldwide advertising agency nity & Technical College Board Joseph R. Kohrs ’83 EN is Kehoe ’76 of Directors. in New York. BE is a Wil- principal and executive direc- liam F. O’Dell Isaac S. Scott ’79 BE is man- James J. Jobe ’81 EN is se- tor of engineering of Kohrs Professor of ager of pricing for the East nior vice president, technical Lonnemann Heil Engineers Commerce at the University Kentucky Power Cooperative operations at Mead Johnson PSC in Fort Thomas. The firm of Virginia McIntire School of Inc. in Winchester. Nutrition Co. in the compa- has additional offices in Lex- Commerce in Charlottesville. ny’s Evansville, Indiana, office. ington, New York and Colum- bus, Ohio. He was named Citizen of the 1980s Phillip R. Pratt ’81 AFE is Year by the Charlottesville Mark B. Carter ’80 BE is the the owner of Pratt’s Lawn & Jude W. Grosser ’84 AFE is a Regional Chamber of Com- chief executive officer of Pass- Landscape in Georgetown. He professor of plant cell genetics merce. port Health Plan in Louisville. was elected to the Kentucky in the Citrus Research and David K. Jarboe ’77 BE is He was previously chief finan- House of Representatives Education Center in the Uni- a certified public accountant cial officer of Jewish Hospital for the 62nd District which versity of Florida Institute of who lives in Doral, Florida, & St. Mary’s Healthcare and represents Fayette, Scott and Food and Agricultural Sciences and is the president of Align- prior to that was a partner with Owen counties. in Lake Alfred. Ernst & Young. He lives in ment Healthcare’s Florida Alyson Schlinger Barclay Scott S. Hisle ’84 ’90 BE is Prospect with his wife Kellie market. ’82 BE is senior vice presi- the chief financial officer of Phelps Carter ’81 AFE. John D. Minton ’77 LAW is dent, secretary and general The Freeman Corp., a wood chief justice of the Kentucky Augustine M.K. Choi ’80 AS counsel of ESCO Technolo- veneer manufacturer and im- Supreme Court in Frankfort. is the Stephen and Suzanne gies in St. Louis. porter located in Winchester. He was appointed to the Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell He was elected to the Clark board of directors of the State Medicine and Cornell Universi- County Board of Education.

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46 Summer 2017 Class Notes

Connie Lea Allen ’85 AS, ’90 in Greer, South Carolina. He School in Springfield. She was Jennifer Highberger Krampe EN is the owner of Salt River was previously general man- named the 2017 Association ’90 EN is a senior project engi- Engineering in Harrodsburg. ager for the Sylacauga Utilities for Career and Technical Edu- neer for Exxon Mobil Corp. in She retired as a colonel in the Board in Sylacauga, Alabama. cation Teacher of the Year. the firm’s Doha, Qatar, office. U.S. Air Force Reserves after a 30-year career. Lonnie E. Bellar ’87 EN Terry L. Manuel ’88 CI lives Julie Mix McPeak ’90 BE is senior vice president, op- in Lawrenceburg and was is the commissioner of the Brad M. Goode ’85 FA is erations at LG&E and KU appointed state librarian and Tennessee Department of an associate professor of jazz Energy LLC in Louisville. He commissioner of the Ken- Commerce & Insurance in studies (trumpet) at the Uni- had been vice president, gas tucky Department for Librar- Nashville, Tennessee. She is versity of Colorado Boulder distribution. ies and Archives by Kentucky also president-elect of the Na- School of Music. He had been Gov. Matt Bevin. He had been tional Association of Insurance at the University of Cincin- James A. Bibb ’87 AS is a serving as the acting state li- Commissioners. She was pre- nati College Conservatory of professor and vice chairman brarian and commissioner. viously secretary-elect of the Music. of basic research in the De- association. partment of Surgery in the Wilson D. Warren ’88 FA is Robert A. Heil ’85 EN is University of Alabama-Bir- senior wind band conductor Daniel E. Williamson ’90 GS principal, president and chief mingham School of Medicine. and professor of music in the is the group president of Zim- executive officer of Kohrs He was previously principle Department of Music in the mer Biomet Holdings Inc. in Lonnemann Heil Engineers investigator and tenured facul- University of Arkansas J. Wil- Warsaw, Indiana. PSC in Fort Thomas. The firm ty in the Psychiatry and Neu- liam Fulbright College of Arts also has offices in Lexington, rology and Neurotherapeutics & Sciences in Fayetteville. Robert H. Brewer ’91 AS, ’97 New York and Columbus, departments in the University MED is an electrophysiologist Ohio. of Texas Southwestern Medi- George M. Calebs ’89 EN is specializing in cardiovascular cal Center. the chief district engineer for medicine at Huntington Inter- Deborah G. Martin ’85 FA is the Kentucky Transportation nal Medicine Group in Hun- associate professor of theater Kevin J. Dooley ’87 ’89 BE District office in Manchester. tington, West Virginia. in the Berea College Theater is executive vice president and He had been the acting chief Program in Berea. chief strategy officer at Vora district engineer and was pre- Brent M. Cooper ’91 AS is Ventures in Blue Ash, Ohio. viously the engineering branch president and owner of C-For- John E. Broadbent ’86 AS is He was previously managing manager for project develop- ward Information Technologies a cardiologist at Murray-Cal- partner of Accenture in the ment and preservation in the in Covington. loway County Hospital in firm’s Cincinnati and Dayton District 11 office. Tracy Greer Haskins ’91 BE Murray. offices. Terrence R. Gill ’89 BE lives is vice president of finance Steven E. Clifton ’86 LAW Timothy S. Johnson ’87 is a in Louisville and was appoint- and treasurer at Fazoli’s System is executive vice president, professor and chairman of the ed secretary for the Cabinet Management LLC, which is general counsel and corporate College of Charleston Depart- for Economic Development headquartered in Lexington. secretary of Team Health ment of Classics in Charles- by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. John A. Rogness ’90 BE lives Holdings Inc. in Knoxville, ton, South Carolina. He was He had been president of mar- Tennessee. in Lexington and is director of named the interim dean of the keting firm OneTouchPoint. regulatory services at Kentucky School of Languages, Cultures Troy M. Cox ’86 BE is chief Kevin T. Stevens ’89 BE is Power Co. executive officer and a mem- and World Affairs. the dean of the Loyola Uni- Christopher B. Walther ’91 ber of the board of directors Palmer A. Orlandi ’87 MED versity of Chicago Quinlan of Foundation Medicine Inc. LAW is the chief legal officer is U.S. assistant surgeon gen- School of Business in Chi- of Activision Blizzard Inc., a in Cambridge, Massachusetts. eral and rear admiral in the cago. He was named one of He had been senior vice presi- standalone interactive entertain- Commissioned Corps of the Who’s Who in Chicago by ment company headquartered dent and officer at Roche-Ge- the Public Health Service in Crain’s Chicago Business. nentech. in Santa Monica, California. He Washington. He had been was previously the company’s Kimberly Scott McCann ’86 chief science officer and re- 1990s secretary. LAW is a partner at VanAnt- search director in the FDA Robert A. Hans ’90 EN lives George L. Atkins ’92 CI is the werp Attorneys PLLC in Ash- Office of Foods and Veteri- in Fort Thomas and is a senior chief executive officer of Clark- land. She was named to the nary Medicine. project manager at CT Con- son Insurance Agency LLC in board of directors of Eastern sultants Inc., which has offices Sarah Minor Raikes ’87 Louisville. He was elected chair- Kentucky PRIDE. in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, AFE, ’90 ED lives in Leb- man of the Independent Insur- Pennsylvania and West Vir- Michael D. Richard ’86 EN anon and is a family and ance Agents of Kentucky. ginia. He was previously chief is general manager of Greer consumer sciences teacher district engineer for the Ken- Commission of Public Works at Washington County High tucky Transportation Cabinet.

www.ukalumni.net 47 Class Notes A horizontal career move David S. Hasler ’92 BE is Education Sciences by former chief financial officer at Fazo- President Barack Obama. li’s System Management LLC, Professionals previously had hierarchical ca- Rakesh Agrawal ’95 BE is reer paths often symbolized by ladders. Many which is headquartered in Lex- ington. He was previously se- cofounder, chief executive companies, similar to the military, had clear nior director of global treasury officer and executive vice pres- advancement tracks and timelines. It was easy for Wal-Mart. ident of Trellis Energy in San to know your next job title or promotion and Francisco. He was previously three to five year plan. Employment trends for Angela M. Rodell ’92 GS is cofounder and executive vice the new economy reflect that organizations are the executive director of the president of Blackstone Tech- Caroline Francis not only more volatile, but much flatter. This is Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. nology Group. coupled by the fact that over the past 10 years, hiring has been more in Juneau. Kristin Bosse Downey ’95 stagnant, especially for larger organizations. Thus, horizontal career Steve A. Todd ’92 DES is BE is director of human moves have become a new norm. director of architecture at Bur- resources at Amwins Group Derrick Chesser ’09 BE, a human resources manager at Whayne gess & Niple in the firm’s Nor- Inc., a global specialty insur- Supply Co., says, “Lateral moves within an organization may pro- folk, Virginia, office. ance broker located in Char- vide a variety of advantages for individuals’ careers and can often lotte, North Carolina. be advantageous to their organization, as well. Lateral moves give Patrick T. individuals the opportunity for new challenges and to build skillsets Foran ’93 FA is Jeannie Johnson Harrington with different responsibilities, ultimately boosting their resume. Lat- an attorney and ’95 BE is chairwoman of the eral transitions also give organizations opportunities for cross train- was named part- Department of Accounting ing, deepening succession planning options, improving continuity ner at Landye in the Middle Tennessee among work groups and ultimately improving employee engage- Bennett Blumstein LLP in Port- State University Jennings A. land, Oregon. He has been with Jones College of Business in ment through greater understanding of the broader organization.” the firm since 2009 and earned Murfreesboro. She had been Some possible reasons for a lateral career move: his law degree from Lewis & an associate professor of ac- • Gain new or critical skills, experiences or competencies Clark Law School. counting in the department. • Expand your network and connect with more people • Achieve more work-life balance Aaron B. Mason ’93 AS was Rachel M. Kennedy ’95 AS, • Work with a well-respected supervisor or mentor appointed Clayton County Su- ’99 DES is the president and • Bored or not challenged in your current role perior Court judge in Jonesboro, chief executive officer for the • Layoffs on the horizon Georgia, by Gov. Nathan Deal. Olmsted Parks Conservancy in According to Regina Wheat ’84 BE, director of human resources He had been a State Court judge Louisville. She was previously for a benefits company, “A career path may go in different direc- prior to his appointment. with the Kentucky Historic Preservation Office as manag- tions. Upward progression is not always immediate or the most Kevin C. Stephens ’93 DE is a successful route. Early in my career at a Fortune 100 insurance er of the Kentucky Heritage dentist at Valley Health Systems Council’s Historic Sites Survey. company, I embraced a horizontal move from an insurance claims office in Wayne, West Virginia. representative to a human resources representative. I always wanted He was previously in private David E. Lycan ’95 is a part- to work in human resources. The horizontal move was a great in- practice in Cynthiana. ner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP troduction to many disciplines within the human resources function in the firm’s Lexington office. and allowed me time to assess and develop my skills. Today, I am David D. DiPrete ’94 AS is an He was elected vice president enjoying my personal mastery as a human resources professional, advisory scientist with the U.S. for judicial affairs and chair- Department of Energy, Savan- due in part to my horizontal career opportunity.” man of the Judicial Affairs nah River National Laboratory Before making a lateral career move, be sure to assess the prin- Committee for the Republican (SRNL) in Savannah, Georgia. National Lawyers Association. cipal reason for the move. Will you be able to positively describe it He received the Donald Orth on resumes? Focus on what you want next in your career and what Lifetime Achievement Award, Dustan C. McCoy ’95 LAW price you’re willing to pay to get there. Do you need to retrain or the highest distinction given by is a partner at McCoy & take on more responsibility when making your next move? Some- SRNL to recognize the ideals Sparks PLLC in Bardstown. times even a slight backward career move can position you for a of technical excellence and He was elected to the Ken- better future. leadership. tucky House of Representa- tives in the 50th District repre- UK Alumni Association members are eligible for two complimentary Jason E. Glass ’94 ’07 AS, ’96 senting Nelson County. appointments per year with an alumni career counselor. Call 1-888-9UK- ED is superintendent of the CATS (852287) to schedule an appointment. Visit www.ukalumni.net/ Eagle County School District Scott P. Novak ’95 ’00 AS is career to learn more about resume critiques, virtual networking events in Eagle, Colorado. He was ap- a senior research scientist and and other Alumni Career Services. To post a job opening, employers may pointed to the board of direc- research director for substance visit www.ukalumni.net/employers. tors of the National Board of abuse in the health and con-

48 Summer 2017 sumer solutions unit at Battelle Charles C. Holden ’97 CI is cial planning and analysis at ematics in Institute, West Memorial Institute, which is director, business development Fazoli’s System Management Virginia. He had been serving headquartered in Columbus, of HealthLink Dimensions LLC, which is headquartered as interim dean and was chair- Ohio. He was previously a LLC in Atlanta. He had been in Lexington. He had been man of the university’s De- senior research scientist at RTI director of sales, national ac- director of financial outreach partment of Mathematics and International. counts at LocumTenens.com. services and business develop- Computer Science. ment at UK HealthCare. William M. Boso ’96 BE is Shaminda M. Hubert ’97 Sunshine L. Brosi ’01 AFE executive director of Southern EN lives in Louisville and is Timothy J. McAboy ’99 ED is an associate professor Indiana Rehab Hospital in president and senior engineer was named head of school at of ethnobotany and forest New Albany. He had been the at Biagi Chance Cummins Zeeland Christian School in ecology and coordinates the director and administrator of London Titzer Inc., which is Holland, Michigan. He had undergraduate ethnobotany the hospital’s progressive care headquartered in Evansville, been principal at Wheaton program in the Frostburg State unit. Indiana. Christian Grammar School. University Department of Bi- ology in Frostburg, Maryland. J. Daniel Chapman ’96 LAW Jonathan D. Kukulski ’97 CI 2000s lives in Victoria, Texas, and is is a general counsel of Health Bradley E. Cantrell ’01 AFE group chief compliance offi- Carousel in Cincinnati. He Jeremy R. Berry ’00 AS is is associate professor of land- cer of VimpleCom, a commu- earned his law degree from the a lawyer and partner at Fried scape architectural technology nications and technology com- University of Richmond. Frank Harris Shriver & Jacob- and director of the master of pany headquartered in Am- son LLP in the firm’s New landscape architecture degree sterdam. He was previously Afshin Safavi ’97 MED is York office. He was previously program in the Harvard Uni- vice president, chief ethics and founder and chief scientific a partner with Akin Gump versity Graduate School of compliance officer at Cameron officer at BioAgilytix, which Strauss Hauer and Field LLP. Design in Cambridge, Massa- International Corp. provides contract bioanalytical He earned his law degree at chusetts. testing services and is head- Harvard Law School. Gregory J. Turay ’96 ’11 FA is quartered in Durham, North Lynne Pierce Dean ’01 LAW the 2017 Alltech Artist-in-Res- Carolina. He was previously Daniel P. Moore ’00 FA is a was named Boyle County idence at Centre College in director of Ligand Binding professor of music and per- attorney by Boyle County Danville and lives in Lexington. and Immunoassay. cussion in the School of Mu- Judge-Executive Harold sic in the University of Iowa McKinney. She has previous- Thomas A. Aberli ’97 ’98 ’10 Carl D. Morrison ’98 MED College of Liberal Arts & Sci- ly served as assistant Boyle ED is principal at Atherton is founder, president and chief ences in Iowa City. He is also County attorney. High School in Louisville. He scientific officer of OmniSeq director of Iowa Percussion. received the Upstander Award Precision Medicine Technolo- Brandon W. by the Department of Human gy in Buffalo, New York. He Mark A. Noel Delis ’01 EN Rights Campaign for helping is executive director of the ’00 AS, ’03 is the national Atherton become the first Roswell Park Cancer Institute LAW is an at- power genera- school in Kentucky to institute Center for Personalized Medi- torney at Gray- tion leader for a transgender-inclusive policy cine, director of the Pathology don Head & the Energy Division at Dew- for students. Resource Network; clinical Richie LLP in Cincinnati with berry in the firm’s Charlotte, chief, Department of Pathol- the firm’s personal client ser- North Carolina, office. He had Jill Fucillo Ciaramitaro ’97 ogy & Laboratory Medicine; vices group. He had been with been the director for Duke AFE is a real estate agent director, Division of Molec- Thompson Hine LLP. Energy’s program develop- with Nest Real Estate LLC in ular Pathology; and professor Jason M. Winner ’00 AFE is ment and integration group. Manchester, Massachusetts. of oncology. She was previously a pharma- geospatial information system Craig L. Duvall ’01 EN is ceutical sales representative for Kevin L. Truesdell ’98 BE program coordinator at Mars- associate professor of bio- Pfizer Inc. lives in Mayslick and is a tel-Day, which develops land- medical engineering and direc- mortgage loan originator with use solutions for public and tor of graduate recruiting in Darren G. Gibson ’97 EN Central Kentucky Ag Credit in private sector organizations biomedical engineering at the is an attorney and shareholder the bank’s offices in Frankfort, and is headquartered in Fred- Vanderbilt School of Engi- at Littler Mendelson PC in the Lexington, Paris and Rich- ericksburg, Virginia. He leads neering in Nashville, Tennes- firm’s Austin, Texas, office. He mond focusing on rural home the company’s compatible land see. He received the Institute was previously with O’Hanlon loans. He had been mortgage use strategies program. of Biomedical Imaging and McCollom & Demerath and loan originator with People’s Bioengineering Presidential was an assistant Texas attorney Naveed Zaman ’00 AS is Exchange Bank. dean of the West Virginia Early Career Award for Scien- general. He earned his law tists and Engineers. degree from Harvard Law John S. Houlihan ’99 ’01 BE, State University College of School. ’99 CI is vice president, finan- Natural Sciences and Math-

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Jill Gorin Frost ’01 AS is an Blaine R. Hansen ’02 ’05 Agriculture and Life Sciences Columbus, Ohio. He was pre- attorney and director of com- DE is an orthodontist and in Ames. He was named a viously a financial advisor with munications for the Tennessee owner of Hansen Orthodon- Kinze Manufacturing Fellow Northwestern Mutual. Supreme Court/Administra- tics in Las Vegas. by Kinze Manufacturing Inc. tive Office of the Courts in Elizabeth F. Franklin ’06 SW Nashville. She also owns Frost Andrew P. Ballard ’03 LAW Benjamin R. Frasier ’04 BE, is senior director, policy and Public Relations. She was is the Lawrence County Com- ’07 FA is principal at Plano advocacy for Cancer Support previously a judicial law clerk mon Pleas Court judge in Elementary School in Bowling Community in Washington. for the 21st Judicial District in Proctorville, Ohio. He had Green, Kentucky. She is also a doctoral student Franklin. been the Proctorville city solic- at the University of Maryland itor and a partner at Anspach Melinda Elkins-Smith ’04 School of Social Work. She Michael A. Masick ’01 AS Meeks Ellenberger LLP. MED is the medical direc- was previously director of is director of strategy and tor of Bellefonte Physician policy and engagement at the corporate development for David F. Lewis ’03 BE is Services and family medicine George Washington University Brown-Forman Corp. in the chairman of LSU Health physician at Bellefonte Prima- Cancer Institute. Louisville and is a member of Shreveport Department of ry Care Ashland. Obstetrics and Gynecology Ursula L. Mullins ’06 ’11 the Brown-Forman executive Timothy M. Altman ’05 FA leadership team. in Louisiana. He had been AS was appointed director of professor and chairman of the is chairman of the University Louisville Metro Youth Deten- Melissa G. Miller ’01 AFE University of Southern Ala- of North Carolina at Pem- tion Services by Mayor Greg lives in Elizabethtown and is bama Department of Obstet- broke Music Department. He Fischer. She had been an inno- executive director of the Ken- rics and Gynecology. is also director of bands at vation project manager for the tucky 4-H Foundation. She the university and is principal city’s Office of Performance had been the foundation’s in- Ryan R. Rivard ’03 CI lives trumpet for the Fayetteville Improvement & Innovation. terim director. She also serves in Louisville and is video Symphony Orchestra and Car- as president of the Hardin producer at SmartBox Web olina Philharmonic. Jarred A. Reber ’06 EN is a Marketing. project engineer at Barge Wag- County Cattleman’s Associa- Allison Hensley Canavan tion and Hardin County Farm goner Sumner and Connon Aaron S. Wenger ’03 MED ’05 AS, ’10 MED lives in Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. Bureau Board of Directors. is an associate professor of Los Angeles and is an OB/ Stephanie N. Mullins-Swe- medicine and director of the GYN doctor at Cedars Sinai Aaron D. Smith ’06 LAW is att ’01 ’09 AS is associate Division of Hospital Medicine in Beverly Hills. She is a board chairman of the Practice Man- professor of psychology and in the Department of Internal certified Fellow of the Ameri- agement Committee at English director of clinical training in Medicine in the University of can College of Obstetrics and Lucas Priest & Owsley LLC in the Oklahoma State University Arkansas for Medical Sciences Gynecology. Bowling Green. in Little Rock. Department of Psychology in Julio J. Racine ’05 FA is or- Jeremy D. Tackett ’06 CI Stillwater. Douglas A. Venters ’03 LAW chestra director at Kentucky lives in Wendell, North Caro- Rashmi Prasad ’01 BE lives is a partner at Miller Luring Country Day Fine Arts Acad- lina, and is a digital evangelist in Anchorage, Alaska, and is & Venters Co. LPA in Troy, emy in Louisville. for the Episcopal Church. He national director and dean of Ohio. had been director of commu- Richard Svindland ’05 EN nications at Christ Episcopal the Western Governors Uni- Merrie K. Winfrey ’03 LAW lives in Rocklin, California, versity College of Business, Church in Raleigh, North is a multimedia learning and and is president of California Carolina. an online, nonprofit university communications specialist and Hawaii American Water. headquartered in Salt Lake with the Virginia Polytechnic He had been vice president of Alyssa LaForme Fiss ’07 City. He had been dean of the Institute University Innovation operations at California Amer- HS is associate professor of University of Alaska Anchor- for Agricultural Training and ican Water. physical therapy and physical age College of Business and Education program in Blacks- therapy director in the Mercer Public Policy. burg. Before coming to Virgin- Ashleigh Hall VanLand- University College of Health ingham ’05 CI is an attorney Christopher R. Schuchard ia Tech, she was an attorney Professions in Macon, Geor- and served in the Peace Corps. and partner at Waller Lansden gia. She coauthored a publi- ’01 BE is a seventh and eighth Dorth & Davis LLP in the grade teacher at Malden Grade cation that received the 2016 Matthew J. Darr ’04 EN firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, Toby Long Award from the School in Malden, Illinois. is an associate professor of office. She earned her law He was reelected as an alder- Academy of Pediatric Physical agriculture and biosystems degree from the Indiana Uni- Therapy. man-at-large for the City of engineering in the Department versity School of Law. Sterling, Illinois. of Agricultural and Biosyste- Jason A. Jacobson ’07 BE is ms Engineering in the Iowa Sean A. Edwards ’06 AFE chief executive officer of Net- State University College of is a financial advisor at Ham- Gain Technologies, an internet Engineering and College of ilton Capital Management in technologies service company

50 Summer 2017 in Lexington. He had been the Nicholas M. Covault ’09 FA at the Iroquois branch of the macy in High Point, North company’s director of corpo- is the director of the Gov- Louisville Free Public Library. Carolina. rate development. ernor’s School for the Arts program in Louisville. He Maniza Sheikani ’10 AS is an Joseph B. Paul E. Pursley ’07 BE is a had been the organization’s associate broker at Exit Strate- Brown ’13 AS, partner and wealth advisor at programming and community gy Realty in Chicago. ’16 LAW is Stratos Wealth Partners Ltd. in engagement manager. an attorney at New Orleans. He had been a Bret T. Wilcox ’10 DES is English Lucas vice president and financial ad- Naga Sangita N. Ganti ’09 project manager at Creative Priest & Owsley LLP in Bowl- visor at Hibernia Investment EN lives in Danville, Illinois, Environment Solutions Corp. ing Green. Securities. and is a senior technology in New York. consultant at Customized En- Tyler A. Wicker ’13 BE, ’16 Michael J. Balestra ’08 LAW Jacob S. Ball ’11 AFE is a LAW is an attorney at Dins- ergy Solutions, which is head- food science instructor at Lo- is a shareholder at Menter Ru- quartered in Philadelphia. more & Shohl LLP in the din & Trivelpiece PC in Syra- cust Trace AgriScience Center firm’s Huntington, West Vir- cuse, New York. He is a mem- Gary Addison Hamlin ’09 in Lexington and is in charge ginia office. ber of the firm’s construction AFE is a veterinarian and of the new middle school ag- law, labor and employment law owner of Corbin Animal Clin- riculture programs in Fayette Amber N. Hale ’14 AS is a and litigation practice groups. ic in Corbin. County. He won the Associa- molecular biologist and assis- tion for Career and Technical tant professor in the Depart- Patrick A. Lewis ’08 ’12 AS Ae-Sook Kim ’09 GS is an Education New Career and ment of Biology in McNeese lives in Lexington and is an assistant professor of man- Technical Education Teacher State University College of author and historian. He is agement in the Department of the Year Award while an Science & Agriculture in Lake project director for the Civil of Health Care Management agriculture teacher and FFA Charles, Louisiana. War Governors of Kentucky in the Quinnipiac University sponsor at Nelson County Digital Documentary Edition School of Business in Ham- High School in Bardstown. Kaylen Harrison ’14 AS and assistant editor of the den, Connecticut. is marketing coordinator at Register of the Kentucky His- Deborah T. Givens ’12 CI is Southeast Venture, a real estate torical Society. Whitney Dodson Risley ’09 assistant professor of journal- company in Nashville, Ten- AFE lives in Henderson and ism in the Eastern Kentucky nessee. Jessica Hayes McClanahan is manager of existing industry University Department of ’08 AS is a realtor at Long & and workforce development Communication in Rich- Sarah N. Langford ’14 HS is Foster Real Estate in Virginia at the Kentucky Network for mond. She was named to the a violinist living in Lexington. Beach, Virginia. Development, Leadership and Kentucky Press Association/ She released her first single, Engagement, which provides Kentucky Press Service Board Camille Saint-Saens “The Colin W. Roberts ’08 LAW economic development and of Directors as the journalism Swan.” is executive vice president and industrial recruitment leader- education representative for general counsel of Parsley En- Chelsea R. Lutz ’14 ED is ship for Henderson, McLean, eastern Kentucky. an English teacher at George ergy Inc. in Midland, Texas. Union and Webster counties. Chase W. Hieneman ’12 AS, Rogers Clark High School in Betty J. Sivis ’08 AS is pastor Joel R. Willett ’09 GS lives ’12 BE is a senior public policy Winchester. at Century Christian Church in Louisville and is a defense specialist at the law firm Akin in Owensboro. She was pre- Jeffrey A. Kaplan ’15 LAW council Fellow with the Tru- Gump Strauss Hauer and Field is an attorney at Dinsmore & viously senior pastor at First man National Security Project, LLP in Washington. Christian Church in Auburn, Shohl in the firm’s Lexington which is based in Washington. office. Indiana. He previously served in the Chad J. Knight ’12 MED is a CIA’s Directorate of Oper- fifth year resident at the Mar- Xialing Lin ’16 GS is an as- James W. Ward ’08 AS is shall University Joan C. Ed- an associate professor in the ations from 2010-2015, in- sistant professor of corporate cluding a year at the National wards School of Medicine in communication, business ad- Angelo State University De- Huntington, West Virginia. He partment of Physics and Geo- Security Council. ministration at Pennsylvania was selected as Resident of the State University Worthing- sciences in San Angelo, Texas. Month for January 2017. He was named a Sul Ross 2010s ton-Scranton in Dunmore. State University (SRSU) 2017 Lorne N. Dechtenberg ’10 Simon A. Alexander ’13 Bardia Sanjabi ’16 LAW is an Distinguished Alumnus by the FA is the co-founder, artistic PHA is an assistant professor attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl SRSU Alumni Association. director and conductor of the of basic pharmaceutical scienc- in the firm’s Lexington office. Bluegrass Opera in Lexington. es at the High Point University Joshua T. Watkins ’08 LAW Fred Wilson School of Phar- Katherine K. Stephens ’16 is a partner at Dinsmore & Sophie Hurle Maier ’10 CI LAW is an attorney at Dins- Shohl LLP in the firm’s Louis- is immigrant-services librarian more & Shohl in the firm’s ville office. Lexington office.

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www.ukalumni.net 53 James W. Miller ’70 CI has Willie L. Hiatt III ’86 BE written “Integrated: The Lincoln is the author of “The Rarified Institute, Basketball, and a Vanished Air of the Modern: Airplanes Tradition,” a book that explores an and Technological Modernity often ignored aspect of America’s in the Andes,” which examines struggle for racial equality. It relates technology, modern identity, the story of the Lincoln Institute, and history-making in Peru by an all-black high school in Shelby telling the story of the surprising County where students prospered success of Peruvian pilots. both in the classroom and on the The book focuses on how court. In 1960, the Lincoln Tigers their achievements generated men’s basketball team defeated great optimism that this three all-white schools to win new technology could lift the regional tournament and the country out of its self- advance to one of Kentucky’s perceived backwardness. most popular events, the state high school basketball Though poor infrastructure, economic woes, tournament. a dearth of technical expertise, and a ghastly number of pilot Featuring accounts from former Lincoln Institute players, deaths slowed the project after the first flights over Lima in 1911, students, and teachers, the book not only documents the by 1928 three commercial lines were transporting passengers, mail story of a fractured sports tradition but also addresses the and merchandise from Lima to other parts of the country and far-reaching impact of the civil rights movement in the South. South America. The expansion of Peruvian aviation illuminates The book is also enriched by tales of individual courage from how a Eurocentric modernizing vision has served as a powerful men who defied comfort and custom, and tells of how one organizing force in regions with ambivalent relationships to coach at a white high school convinced his administrators and the West. The fitful development of Peru’s aviation venture fans that playing the black schools was not only the right thing underscores the important role that technology plays in larger, to do, but that it was also necessary. complex historical processes.

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54 Summer 2017 Retrospect

81 years ago ... Hundreds of spectators turned out to see the newest May Queen on the University of Kentucky campus in 1936.

75 years ago… Left to right: Ben Williams; J. B. Faulconer, 1939 journalism graduate and creator of the first UK sports information and broadcast network; and Bernie Shively, UK Athletics Director, are pictured in a press box during a game in 1942.

66 years ago… Reflecting the pride and sense of ownership while in the new Grehan Journalism Building, a group of 1951 seniors demanded that they have a class in their uncompleted building before graduation. They settled on the floor of a classroom and listened to a lecture by Niel Plummer, director of the School of Journalism. 52 years ago… Four members of Upsilon Kappa Psi cleaned up a Ford Fairlane during a car wash for the organization in 1965. Photos: ExploreUK

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The Wildcat Alumni Plaza and “Bowman,” the Wildcat sculpture, celebrated five wonderful years with an ice cream party for UK students and a reception for UK alumni in April. Four individuals who were officers of the UK Alumni Association during concept and construction of this project posed for a snapshot in the plaza during the recent festivities. They are, left to right, Diana Massie, Chicago; Dr. George A. Ochs IV, Louisville; Cammie D. Grant, Winchester; and Brenda S. Gosney, Butler. The inset photo is the same group visiting artist Matthew Gray Palmer’s studio during the creative process six years ago. ■

56 Summer 2017 Use your IRA to make a gift to UK in 2017 If you are age 70½ or older, an IRA rollover is a simple and easy way to use your individual retirement account to reduce taxes and help the University of Kentucky provide quality education to deserving students. Consider the advantages: • Your gift will qualify for your 2017 required minimum distribution. • You will not have to pay federal income tax on the amount given from your IRA (up to $100,000 per year), so you benefit even if you do not itemize your tax deductions. Simply tell your IRA plan custodian to make a transfer from your IRA account directly to the University of Kentucky. And for more information, contact J. Ford Stanley, senior director of Gift and Estate Planning at 800-875-6272, or 859-257-7886, or at [email protected].

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