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On the Cover: Jillian Katterhagen ’15 made the most of her Spring Term by performing with the W&L Dance Repertory Company during the Route 11 Dance Festival, which also provided SCAN ME a classroom for students learning how to manage an artistic event. to go to the alumni magazine Photo by Kevin Remington website This page: The Run Cancer out of Tanzania 5K on April 26, sponsored by the African Society. DEPARTMENTS 2 General Stats 13 Lewis Hall Notes 32 Alumni 2020 Plan By the numbers Two accolades for the Law School, and train- ing doctors to take the stand FEATURE 3 Speak Generals’ Report Letters to the editor 14 18 Spring Awakening End-of-the-year recap —> By Sarah Tschiggfrie 4 Along the Colonnade 24 Milestones Graduation, Global Service House, note- Reunion, alumni president’s message, alumni worthy accomplishments and retirees news and photos © Washington and Lee University r by the
Volume 90 Number 2 Numbers Summer 2014 _J StatsGeneral Julie A. Campbell EDITOR
Louise Uffelman MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR
Brian Laubscher SPORTS EDITOR
Jennifer Mero CLASS NOTES EDITOR
Patrick Hinely ’73 Kevin Remington In June, Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS society founded at Washington and Lee in 1914, marked its Centennial Celebration with leadership training, guest speak- Julie Grover ers, business100 sessions and fun activities in Lexington. During the convention, Peter Jetton W&L’s Alpha Circle of ODK won a National Presidential Award. Kate LeMas- Sally Platt ’14 ters ’15, our official delegate to the convention, accepted the award. Sarah Tschiggfrie CONTRIBUTORS
Bart Morris, Mary Woodson GRAPHIC DESIGN
Mary Woodson Among the many items that found their way to the lost and DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS found in Elrod Commons and Leyburn Library were 16 credit
cards, two driver’s licenses, an e-cigarette, nine sets of car keys, Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, two $25 gift cards to Kindle, an evil-eye necklace and a can of VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be silver hair spray. The Elrod Commons branch did have three tux- sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, edo jackets, but after no one claimed them, they were donated to 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA Goodwill. 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va.
University Advancement 16 Dennis W. Cross VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Brian H. Eckert EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Julie A. Campbell ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS #WLUgiveday On W&L’s first Give Day, 4,703 do- 1,242,943• d nors contributed $1,242,943 to the Waller T. Dudley ’74, ’79L EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Annual Fund, which were matched by an additional $650,000. You can g!Y~TONAND &!: get all the stats online at wlu.edu/ WASHINGTONANDLEE y UNIVERSITY prebuilt/annual-fund/2014/thanks. html. Lexington, Virginia
2 W&L Alumni Magazine An Inspiring Reminder of America and the role the Liberty The Winter 2014 issue cover story Hall Volunteers played in it. They Speak on Lacey Putney’s tenure in Virginia’s do not ask, may not even care if the House of Delegates was inspiring. The Committee respects such historical tie-in to W&L’s tradition of leadership facts. All they expect is toleration, to Volume 90 Number 2 and centennial of ODK was journal- live and let live—per the University’s Summer 2014 ism at its finest. I also enjoyed the diversity regimen. update on Rolf Piranian’s retirement Further, it appears that no one Julie A. Campbell plans; we thank him for his tireless on campus is telling Committee EDITOR service. members, nor any student, which Louise Uffelman Saving the best for last, Ken cultural traditions they may not MANAGING EDITOR & LAW EDITOR Ruscio’s article (“Something to Talk celebrate. Only the Committee About,” Winter 2014) contrasting the threatens students and the Univer- Brian Laubscher governmental push for a new college sity should they not buckle down to SPORTS EDITOR ratings system with the true goals of embrace the Committee’s terms. I Jennifer Mero higher education distilled a complex cannot think of any greater tyranny CLASS NOTES EDITOR national debate into simple W&L over mind and person, any greater PHOTO BY PATRICK HINELY ’73 HINELY PATRICK BY PHOTO terms. It served as a timely reminder betrayal of diversity than where the
Patrick Hinely ’73 of W&L’s mission and its focus on stu- Committee would lead us, if it could. Editor the to Letters Kevin Remington The Best and the Worst dent development—once again, mak- Contrary to what school authorities UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS The Winter 2014 magazine covered ing me very proud to be an alumnus. have stated, I do not believe that the the best of subjects and the worst of Ken Voelker ’77 Julie Grover concerns of these students should be Peter Jetton subjects. As always, I was impressed Norcross, Ga. taken seriously. Sally Platt ’14 by the accomplishments of those on Richard W. Hoover ‘61 Sarah Tschiggfrie campus and the remarkable lives led Editors’ Note: For more on the topic of Front Royal, Va. CONTRIBUTORS by alumni, particularly those of the the following two letters, see p. 7. 1940s and 1950s with wartime service. I am heartbroken, angry and appalled Bart Morris, Mary Woodson The worst subject was the death Responding to the that a group of rabble-rousers has GRAPHIC DESIGN of a senior in a car accident, possibly Committee’s Concerns chosen to besmirch the traditions Mary Woodson related to alcohol abuse. I have never While I understand that a “group of and historical significance of our DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS been able to reconcile the high stan- seven multiracial students” may not University. Students comprising this dards of the University with the exces- find Confederate-associated person- committee freely chose to enroll Published by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, sive use of alcohol and, in my day, ages and symbols welcoming, I am at W&L—probably even enjoying VA 24450. All communications and POD forms 3579 should be dangerous and humiliating fraternity not at all sympathetic. The discomfort scholarship benefits—and knew sent to Washington and Lee University, Alumni Magazine, hazing. felt by both the Committee and yours full well the University’s history and 7 Courthouse Square, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA I met a sophomore at my 45th truly is irrelevant; if toleration does traditions. What a privilege it has 24450-2116. Periodicals postage paid at Roanoke, Va. class reunion who told me she did not not trump an individual’s dislikes and been for them to travel the hallowed attend parties off campus for fear of discomforts, the University’s effort ground and hallways of our revered drunken behavior and possible sexual to build a successful community University! Let this misguided group University Advancement assault. I hope this is not representa- out of what is diverse becomes very have their say, but please, let W&L tive of life at W&L; it flies in the face problematic. administrators and board members Dennis W. Cross VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT of all we say and most of us believe There are students and alumni stay the course. about the integrity and honor of the who see Lee as an exemplar. There Anne Gwinn Fox Brian H. Eckert University. are students and alumni who cherish (Mrs. John J. Fox Jr. ’57) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Bruce W. Rider ’66 the history of the Confederate States Richmond, Va. AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Grapevine, Texas
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The Class of 2014 Graduating seniors at Washington and Lee University “The Foreign Student” (by Philippe Labro ’58) later produced were asked to remember and practice the ability college life similarly new perspectives. gave them to step back and see the world from a different Ruscio urged the graduates not to fall victim to the perspective. costs of “our hyper-connected, brave new Twitter-based, “I am not talking about idle contemplation, or clear- Instagram-fixated, cell phone-obsessed, LinkedIn world.” ing your mind, or escaping from the world around you,” He warned, “The ability to persuade through reason and President Ken Ruscio ’76 said in his commencement address. evidence diminishes in direct proportion to the convenience G“I’m talking about engaging the issues even more deeply, but of reading and seeing only what we want to.” with the widened or adjusted angles that come from stepping Among the graduates were 20 who earned both a away from it.” bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science degree. Altogether, Ruscio told 421 members of the Class of 2014 that the Class of 2014 earned degrees in 37 majors. A third of the on many occasions, literature helped him see the world class completed more than one major, and almost 30 percent differently. of the class completed at least one minor. For the first time, “I remember how a work of fiction depicting another two students each completed three majors and one minor. time, another place, helped me understand the world in Thirty-four completed minors in poverty and human capa- which I lived,” he said. He recalled how reading Stephen bility studies. Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage” as a boy gave him The late Kelsey Durkin, a senior who died in an auto- insight into the moral debates, personal losses and divided mobile accident last December, received Washington and nation of the Vietnam War era. “All the King’s Men” and Lee’s Presidential Degree.
Annelise Madison and Alvin Thomas received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion, the University’s highest student honor. Madison, a politics major, plans to teach and coach in San Antonio, Texas, through Teach for America and is considering missionary work abroad. Thomas, a ------• --·• chemistry-engineering major and poverty and human capabilities minor, ... _... ~~-"'" plans postgraduate study in public health at Johns Hopkins University _.- - Bloomberg School of Public Health.
4 W&L Alumni Magazine community and provide using for the common good B.S. in physics and engineering. He recently He and inphysics engineering. B.S. received aFulbright fellowship perfect 4.0 grade point average and point a 4.0grade inpolitics earningperfect while aB.A. both to Estonia to pursue aresearch “Improving Shale Technology project, Oil Recalling the Presbyterians Scots-Irish Recalling founded who Class of 2014at of Class W&L’s annual Baccalaureate service. Jordan Taylor Kearns Washington asked he the to class and Lee, build The “energy, intelligence, imagination and love.” Rev. ’84 M.Cleghorn John to Provide Energy to Security Estonia and The United States.” After ayear abroad, Kearns will attend graduate school
was namedthe valedictorian.was Kearns a compiled at the Massachusetts Instituteat the Massachusetts Technology. of addressed the the addressed extraordinary atutor as scholarship, and service and teacher at Oxford. Roman civilizations, friendship to Washington andacross Lee the years, Pellingpraised minds to modern for opening Greek the of glories and campaign,capital curricular reforms Wubah development. and faculty standing,” instrumental inmoving W&Lforward with itsstrategic plan, the leadersof the pivotal of University and architects itscurrent of presentingIn Provost the degrees, Daniel Wubah cited “one Aprille as and literary Christopher Pelling scholar University, of Oxford. College, We degrees to awarded retired our honorary Aprille, provost, June R. their college educations possible. parents,others—donors, family and friends—made integrity and the knowledge that the generosity of “entrusted with tomorrow,” having learned honor, remindedHe fellow graduates that they have been the behalf of on student its president. as body Nathan Kelly major, and economics , apolitics spoke
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Along Colonnade the Global Service House Brings the J World to W&L Students Students celebrated Carnival in February at the Global Service House. “We have had Russian tea parties, German club dinners, a Brazilian/Portuguese carnival, and last year, the Asian Club organized a really fun food contest along the lines of a reality TV cooking show,” said Amy Richwine, international student advisor and associate director of the Office of International Education. “Model United Nations also meets here, as well as SAIL, Nabors Service League and the Bonner Program. We’ve also had international alumni come here to speak. It’s a great place for people from the whole campus.”
plat! Thud! Their laughter filling the air during a spon- nutrition by reusing food that would otherwise go to waste. taneous snowball fight this past winter, the participants Boetsch and Harlan Beckley, professor emeritus of religion Sepitomized the special camaraderie of the international and founder of the Shepherd Poverty Program, hatched a plan and domestic students who live and thrive in W&L’s Global to convert the International House into the Global Service Service House. House for students with a common interest in international- “It was really exciting, because a lot of us had never ism and service, including volunteering for CKWL. played in snow before,” said Sophia Sequeira ’15, a native Boetsch was concerned that setting special conditions Costa Rican and the house’s resident adviser. “It really made for living in the house would quash student interest. Last year us bond and become close friends.” and this year, however, he received twice as many applications The facility opened in fall 2012 and houses 17 students— as he could accommodate. “I think next year we’ll have even approximately 60 percent international students and 40 more,” said Boetsch, “so it’s been a great success.” percent domestic students. This year, for the first time, they He continued, “What satisfies me the most is that the are all sophomores. Previously, the building housed students students themselves have really taken the initiative to make from different classes. To make the this work. They’re a terrific group of house feel more like a home, and to students, and they understand exactly build long-lasting bonds among the what we are trying to do. We haven’t students, W&L decided to limit the “I have learned more set any rules or guidelines with regards residents to a single class. “It’s a great to the way the house functions; the experience,” said Sequeira. about the cultures of students have done it on their own. So The students also share a common they are responsible for its success.” interest in internationalism and com- other students and The experience of living there is munity service. When Larry Boetsch as illuminating for domestic students ’69, director of the Center for Interna- about the world than as it is for international students. “I tional Education, was researching the have learned more about the cultures University’s Global Learning Initiative, I ever thought I could of other students and about the world he discovered that a high percentage of than I ever thought I could without international students volunteer in the without actually leaving actually leaving the United States,” said local community. Maya Epelbaum ’16, who’s from New At the same time, Campus Kitch- the United States.” Jersey. en at Washington and Lee (CKWL) —Maya Epelbaum ’16 “My roommate, Mohammed, and was looking for a permanent home. I have had many discussions about the CKWL combats hunger and promotes differences in our cultures,” said Trevin
6 W&L Alumni Magazine I For example, Emmanuel Abebrese ’16,anative ofGhana, ortutoring childrenrecycling inLexington,” saidSequeira. for volunteering Habitat such as for Humanity,their activities, invite other andthey students to to ted community service, “A isCKWL. volunteering lotof students are reallycommit although the of mainemphasis volunteer projects, personal orGermany.”Brazil Iwouldn’tpeople able to, be students such normally from as other, it’s so time.It fun allowsmeto also interact with avery totalk anyone. We other each allknow andwealllike each continued Ivory. “It’s youfeel youcan nice here because very hang outtogether, at this onetime,” many butnever people ourtworeligions. between and I’m we’ve the so about differences Christian, talked fromthedayyeh ’16isaPalestinian West “He’s Bank. Muslim ’16,fromOklahomaCity,Ivory Adu Mohammed - Okla. completely sell out. the onlyGABconcert to date to J,the Juicy concertwinner was andAcademy Awardsongwriter fore the dance. Featuring rapper, Kickoffthe be- Concert, Thursday on the Dress inaugural Fancy (GAB) Board Activities Generals the with committee partnered The into aweekend-long event. theme— ofGold Cities a Lost Dress 2014—with made Fancy by the Women’s Studies Program. andGender debate honor, about including at sponsored apublicform central to the University. wider to a led Thediscussions reconciling them theandtradition ofhonorso with spirit andhaddifficulty J’s andmisogynistic, racist violent, lyrics controversy. ofthe community members Some found Juicy concerns. the students with met also to their leadership discuss statements toissued the University community. Senior color at Washington President Ken Ruscio andLee, ’76 the about climate spring this past forraised students of to concernsIn response that oflaw agroup students Dress Steering Committee Committee Dress Steering the Fancy tradition ofthe past, n areturn to theand spirit Controversy,Dress Mark ThemeFancy Classic The student la inadorm “Ilived Committe The concer President Ruscio Concerns Addresses e co-chair Emmanuel Nwakibu ’14 said they e co-chair Emmanuel ’14saidthey Nwakibu t also sparked sparked t also s have introduced other each to their st year, andthree orfour ofuswould Raised by LawRaised Students Andrea arug ’16cut Owen Fancy at Dress. Nathan Kelly ’14,Payson Miller ’16and - anticipated social events of the year. events anticipated social W&L community could whowanted attend oneofthe most hopingto ensure that of the tickets, allmembers individual of the occasion. nowanannual component ing Hall for midnight breakfast,
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faculty and staff the IBM Center for the Business of plus stipends to cover internships in Government. Chicago non-profits. Dayo Abah, associate professor of journalism and mass communica- Natalia Toporikova, assistant pro- Nicole Gunawansa ’14 won a Luce tions, is one of six recipients of the fessor of biology, received a $2,000 Scholarship to spend 10 months liv- 2014–15 social media externship grant from the Mednick Fellowship ing and working in Asia. grants awarded by the Scripps How- Committee of the Virginia Founda- ard Foundation and the Association tion for Independent Colleges for Vincent Kim ’14 received a Gates for Education in Journalism and her project “Role of Time-of-Day Cambridge Scholarship for a Ph.D. Mass Communication. Signals in Hormonal Surges of program in physics at Cambridge
Along Colonnade the Female Rats.” University, England. J Ge Bai, assistant professor of ac- counting, received the 2014 Institute Lesley Wheeler, the Henry S. Turner Meeks ’15 received the G. of Management Accountants Fox Professor of English, won the Holbrook Barber Scholarship Award Research Foundation’s Emerging Editors’ Prize from the spring issue as a junior who manifests superior Scholar Manuscript Award. of the journal Switchback, for her qualities of helpfulness and friendli- poem “Epistolary Art.” ness to fellow students, public spirit, Tom Camden ’76, head of Special scholarship and personal character. Collections and Archives at the Uni- W&L received a grant from the versity Library, has been appointed Braitmayer Foundation to fund Dillon Myers ’14 is a Venture for to the Citizens Advisory Council a new initiative to establish Chi- America Fellow and will be placed in on Furnishing and Interpreting nese language classes in two area a start-up in August. Virginia’s Executive Mansion. high schools. The pilot program, Foreign Languages Futures (FLF), Johan (Manuel) Garcia Padilla Julie Campbell, associate direc- will provide high school students ’14 and Darby Shuler ’14 won a tor of communications and public with low-cost access to high-quality $10,000 grant from the Davis Foun- affairs and editor of this magazine, instruction, while also providing dation Projects for Peace 2014 for received the 2014 Communicator W&L teacher-education students their work in El Salvador to provide of Achievement Award from the with practicum and licensure op- amputees with prosthetic hands cre- Virginia Press Women (VPW). The portunities. ated by a 3-D printer. alumni magazine also took first place in its category in the VPW W&L also earned the CASE Educa- Nicole Porter ’16 is the first W&L communications contest. tional Fundraising Award for Overall student to receive an internship Performance for 2014, the highest from the U.S.-German Internship Randolph Hare, the director of and most prestigious recognition Program established by the Ameri- maintenance and operations in offered to a fundraising program by can Chamber of Commerce and the Facilities Management, became the the Council for Advancement and Bridgehouse law firm, Atlanta. She is president of APPA International, the Support of Education (CASE), for working at TE (formerly Tyco Elec- professional organization of facilities the fifth time in the last decade. tronics) in Bensheim, Germany. and physical plant officers at educa- tional institutions. students Lorraine Simonis ’14 received a U.S. Teaching Assistantship fellow- Melissa Kerin, assistant professor James Biemiller ’15 and Eric ship to Austria. of art history, received an Ameri- Schwen ’15 won Goldwater Schol- can Council of Learned Societies arships, which promote research Sarah-Jean Vallon ’14 won a Bund- fellowship to document and analyze careers in science, mathematics and estag Youth Exchange for Young Buddhist shrines in Tibet, India and engineering. Professionals (CBYX) Fellowship to Nepal. study and intern in Germany. Christopher Curfman ’17 and Renee Pratt, assistant professor Edward Stroud ’17 have been The Society of Professional Journal- of business administration, is part named Kemper Scholars. They will ists’ regional Mark of Excellence of a three-person team recently receive scholarships during their competition recognized journalism awarded a research stipend from sophomore, junior and senior years, and mass communications students
8 W&L Alumni Magazine college division); (small reporting general news ist, writing (smallcollege division); writing sophomore year. averagetive scholastic through the ofhis endoftheterm fall Award the cumula onMichaelhighest - Holt ’16,whoearned Sophomore Kappa Goehring J.Brown the Phi Beta bestowed contributions to the professions It oflaw also andteaching. atLaw Washington ofhisoutstanding inrecognition andLee, Huntley Professor of E.R. Rendleman,the Robert R. Douglas toward Creativity.” Youth: AWriter-Teacher’s Cross-Cultural Journey Curious, aFountain as “Lifelong Learning of gave talk, the keynote Professor inCreative WritingDistinguished at Virginia Tech, onMarch 13.Lucinda Roy,demic honorsociety the Alumni pendent onlinestudentpendent publication; Rockbridge Report,” inde- finalist, radio feature;“The andfinalist, ing, Andy Soergel ’14 Andy Soergel and alumni: T Benjamin Z. Ruffel,Rachel Z. Benjamin S. Urban, Nora Wallenius. Audrey Rodriguez, Anne Kerr, E. Mary Stephanie N. Malaska, ’14 , winner, radioin-depth report The cha CLASS OF 2013: CLASS ates of2013into from the- Class theaca prestigious andeight- ofthe gradu classes juniorbers andsenior Kappa chapterhe Phi Beta at 49mem- W&Linducted Phi Beta Kappa Welcomes Kappa Phi Beta Members, New pter inducted two honorary members: Roy and Royand members: pter twohonorary inducted Hamlet Fort ’15 Fort Hamlet Logan Nardo Nardo Logan Honors Law Professor Rendleman Professor Honors Law , finalist, feature , finalist,
Kendre S. Barnes, Elizabeth Brassfield, Brassfield, Elizabeth Kendre Barnes, S. , final- Katy Katy - inspired Packaging.”inspired in Germany, “Black Walnuts Bio- as Stewart ’13, Alex Cummings ’13 ’13,Alex Cummings Stewart Thomas Bowen ’14 Thomas Fulbrights and online in-depth reporting. Kelly Mae RossKelly ’13 Mae : Research grant grant : Research Wenda Tu, Victoria Van Hart Natten, Virginia Young. ManningSchroeder, Kingsley Raza, Zain Paxton, O’Meara Richard Colleen Isabella Marmorstein, Martin, Lewis, Vincent James Lederman, Kowalchuk, Burton Kim,Chelsea Nicolle Howry, Huffman,Sophia BrandieLeigh Kearney- Lauren Richard Hilbert, Douglas Nicole SamaraGunawansa, Michael Fulwider, Jena Catherine Glavy, Clark Gerbo, Robert David NeilFishman, Shaun William Devlin, Kelley Devlin, Elizabeth Monica Cirstea, William MihaiOvidiu Bowen, beth Williams.beth Patrick Smith Wellborn, Wiencek,- EllenAnka Eliza Lauren Andrea Valentina Smith, Haley Scott Siso, Anthony Sugden, Jerome Michael Eric Organ, Schwen, Daniel James Raubolt, James McCullum, Nixon, Caroline Alexander Garland Neal, Marwitz, Shannon Elizabeth Katherine Helen LeMasters, Blake Hammond, Hu, Christopher Ho Yee Cynthia Lam, stein, Scott Wilson Nickle Cort Gould, Hallett, McGehee MichaelBurkhardt Biemiller, Vogel Boldrick, Liza Bron-
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Washington and Lee recognized two retiring members of the undergraduate faculty
and one of the law faculty during the two commencements, and eight retiring mem-
bers of the staff during the EmployeeRetirees Recognition Banquet in April. We send our grati- tude and our best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement.
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Dymphna Alexander Bill Becker Maureen Becker Diane Cochran
Wayne Conner Ginna Cropper Chris Miller Tony Stinnett
Dymphna Alexander, Administrative Assistant, Ginna Cropper, Administrative Assistant, Department of Music, 1989–2014 Career Development, 2004-2014 Bill Becker, Co-director, University Store, 2003–2013 Chris Miller, Assistant Director, Financial Aid, 2003–2013 Maureen Becker, Co-director, University Store, 2003–2013 Tony Stinnett, Sergeant and Shift Supervisor, Public Diane Cochran, Administrative Assistant, Safety, 1993–2013. (To our sorrow, Tony passed Law School Faculty Services, 1996–2014 away on Jan. 8 of this year.) Wayne Conner, Lead Custodian, Leyburn Library, 1969–2014 Faculty
Harlan R. Beckley Ann Massie Greta McCaughrin
Harlan R. Beckley, Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Ann Massie, Professor of Law, 1984–2014 Religion, Acting President of W&L, 2005–2006, Founding Greta McCaughrin, Instructor of Russian, 1984–2014 Director, Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability
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Martin Jr. ’80 wrote becoming more productive Southern favorites such as okra, “Duck Plucker,” funny, crazy learners. collard greens, peaches and pe- short stories of a father (Theo- cans include Stephens’ personal r gdore B. Martin ’42) and son Jeb Rosebrook ’57 has pub- recollections and preparation from the farm about raising lished a novel, “Purgatory Road: tips. cattle, horses, hunting, neigh- On the Road Between Heaven bors, friends and a lifetime of and Hell” (CreateSpace), volume adventure in rural Ohio. ione in the Charlemagne Trilogy. J. Thomas Whetstone ’69 Set in Arizona in 1951, it boasts published a Kindle version of Roddy Roediger ’69, the James a cast of characters including “Leadership Ethics & Spiritual- S. McDonnell distinguished a rattlesnake, a Korean War ity: A Christian Perspective” university professor and dean of veteran, a bride-to-be and a k(Westbow Press). Described academic planning at Washing- pyromaniac barber. as a practical guide for anyone h called to be a leader, the book ton University, has co-authored “Make It Stick: The Science of Food writer and consultant explains why and how you can Successful Learning” (Belknap Brys Stephens ’95 has pub- be both effective and ethical as a Along Colonnade the Press), along with Peter C. lished his first cookbook, “The successful leader while walk- J ing by faith. Although written Brown and Mark A. McDaniel. New Southern Table” (Fair Drawing on recent discoveries jWinds Press). It’s his take on primarily for Christian leaders, in cognitive psychology and Southern cuisine, centering on it offers useful insights for those other disciplines, the authors traditional ingredients with an from other spiritual traditions offer concrete techniques for international twist. Chapters on and perspectives, as well. Speakers’ Corner The 11th annual Tom Wolfe Weekend The Institute for Honor Sympo- On March 6, Dr. Jane Goodall, the Seminar, sponsored by the Class of sium, March 28–29, examined famed primatologist, environmental 1951, took place on April 25–26, with “George Washington: Leader- activist and UN Messenger of Peace, novelist Elizabeth Strout offering the ship with Honor.” David Hackett drew a large and enthusiastic crowd keynote address. She wrote the novel Fischer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning to Lee Chapel for a talk sponsored “Olive Kitteridge,” which won the 2009 author of “Washington’s Crossing,” by the Contact Committee and Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Tom Wolfe gave the keynote speech, “George the Student Environmental Ac- ’51 attended the festivities, and W&L Washington and the Ethics of Lead- tion League, the Tri Beta National professors Marc Conner (English) and ership.” (For more on the George Biological Honor Society and the Karla Murdock (psychology) also of- Washington Society, see the back Johnson Leadership Series. fered their takes on the novel. cover.) 12 W&L Alumni Magazine Northwestern. Stanford,included Vanderbilt, Berkeley, Michigan and intheof Law survey.law Other in the top schools 10 life.” andsocial training, clinical practical/ services, career aidadvising, financial academics, were ratedhow schools bycurrent students of inthe areas law. 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He also cautioned the medical stu- the medical He cautioned also S dents to dents avoid the ofmedical use ummer terminology, this indi- often as dents throughdents andcross direct whorantheDan Evans, stu- Natkin, Jon ShapiroMary and them, ateacher. isto be role, told MacDonnell primary witness’s The fortable. expert cates that the isuncom- doctor J oining MacDonnell wereoining MacDonnell 2014 magazine.wlu.edu 13 Lewis Hall Notes Along the Colonnade r The Generals’ Year in Photos ODAC Titles, Conference Championships, All-America Honors—Our Scholar-Athletes Enjoyed A Winning Year. Here Are The Highlights. The women’s lacrosse team claimed their 15th conference championship in 2014, finishing with a perfect 10-0 record in conference play. It was W&L’s fifth straight ODAC crown and the 11th in the past 12 years. Coach Brooke O'Brien Along Colonnade the is the Virginia Sports J Information Directors' Coach of the Year. Generals’ Report Outside hitter M.A. Boles ’14 earned the second ODAC Player of the Year Award of her career, The volleyball team won the ODAC title with a 28-7 overall record and a 10-1 along with Honorable Mention All-America mark in conference play—their second straight conference crown and 14th honors from the American Volleyball Coaches overall. Association. She finished her career with a conference-record 1,714 kills. Annelise Madison ’14 earned the ODAC Zander Tallman '14 became W&L's first male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for track and field All-American since 1969 when women’s cross country and both women’s he placed third in the 400 meters at the NCAA Offensive lineman Connor indoor and outdoor track and field. A Indoor Track & Field Championships, in March. Hollenbeck ’14 earned First qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country He then earned his second All-American Team All-America honors from Championships in the fall, Madison honor by winning the 400 meters at the NCAA the American Football Coaches received W&L’s William McHenry Female Outdoor Track & Field Championships, in May. Association, W&L’s first player Scholar-Athlete Award. He is the first national champion in W&L men's honored on the coaches’ All- track and field history. America team since 1986. 14 W&L Alumni Magazine The Generals’ Year in Photos ODAC Titles, Conference Championships, All-America Honors—Our Scholar-Athletes Enjoyed AWinning Enjoyed Scholar-Athletes Year. Honors—Our Titles, All-America ConferenceChampionships, Here AreTheHighlights. for the third time. third the for Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America from the honors She also earned First Team theof Year award three times. ODAC earn to the history Player just the tennis second player in MeighanSonja ’15became since 1989. 11th consecutive ODAC championship and 24th league title Women’s tennis finishedconferenceaction, 11-0 in securing their since 1988. their seventh consecutive ODAC crown, the Generals’ 24th championship conference women’sThe swimming teamcompleted season the with overall a9-2 record and won February. Conference title 174pounds, at in 2001 when wonthe he Centennial since champion conference wrestling Ron Tassoni W&L’s ’16became first BY LAUBSCHER BRIAN earned their 33rd ODAC title in the league’s 38years. championship, finishing withconference They a10-0 mark. men’s The league straight fifth captured their team tennis at theat 2014ODAC Championship. 2006 when it finished first of teams six overall title conference and first since The team ridingclaimed second their Summ er 2014 ’15 during the fall. Meighan Championships with Sonja theof ITA Small Doubles College match the championship advancing to straight after year the second for Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America from the honors Patricia Kirkland ’15earned mag azine.wlu.edu r J 15 Generals’ Report Along the Colonnade The students in Suzanne Keen’s Ulysses class topped off their four weeks of study by competing in a “Jeopardy”-style quiz show, complete with buzzers, at the Spring Term Festival. Spring Awakening BY SARAH TSCHIGGFRIE INTENSE. ENGAGING. IMMERSIVE. THAT’S SPRING TERM. Since its creation in 1970, this signature feature of W&L’s curriculum has been encouraging students—and faculty—to dig deep into one subject for one stretch. And since its revitalization in 2010, Spring Term has given professors a chance to dream up new courses and take students on a four-week exploration of everything from the auto industry to the Freedom Rides; from reefs in Belize to theaters in London; from eco-writing to iPhone programming. W&L’s news director, Sarah Tschiggfrie, talked with participants (including a few alumni) in six of this year’s Spring Term courses. Join them, and experience the joy of learning all over again. 16 W&L Alumni Magazine Sacred in Music: The Liberal Arts as Portal to the Sacred Digital America: A Brief History of the Computer and Modern U.S. Information Society Physics and Perception of Music Mathematics of Puzzles and Games Writing Creative Non-Fiction The Spring Term Festival Arts Management The classroom for universities and colleges these students was around Virginia, with the Route 11 Dance feedback afterward from Festival, which took dancers from the Trey Tplace on campus May McIntyre Project. I 5–10. In the presence The course proved of guest artists, such as “by far the most hands- the celebrated Dance on course I’ve taken at Theatre of Harlem and W&L,” said Kathleen the innovative Trey Devine ’16. “All of our McIntyre Project, the hard work took place students immersed outside the classroom, themselves in all aspects from advertising of arts administration: the performances to finances, organization, accommodating the production, house and needs of the dancers. It backstage management, Inga Wells ’16 and Jenefer Davies backstage at the Route 11 Dance Festival, was really rewarding to strategic planning, with Jillian Katterhagen ’15 and Chanson Hardy, members of the contribute to the overall marketing, public rela- W&L Repertory Dance Company, rehearsing in the background. success of the festival.” tions and volunteerism. “As a business major “The class was an amazing experience,” said Jenefer Davies. with a dance minor, I could not think of a better opportunity,” “Collaborating with the Route 11 Dance Festival gave the said Inga Wells ’16. “The most exciting part of the course was to students the opportunity not only to research, interact with the dancers. Considering these brainstorm and plan but also to implement PROFESSOR: were such high-profile artists, I would have their ideas and deal with problem solving and never imagined I would have the opportunity re-imagining, if necessary. The class was a very Jenefer Davies to meet them. There was also a sense of successful arts practicum in which the students investment in the productions for all of us, were challenged, and flourished.” Associate Professor of Dance, and even those without a dance background The W&L students produced two Artistic Director of the W&L wanted to help the festival become a success. performances. The first, “Celebrating Repertory Dance Company Professor Davies really allowed us work with Main Street,” featured dance troupes from the finer details of such a large undertaking, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Staunton, Lynchburg, which provided truly valuable experience—not Buena Vista and Lexington. The second, “Writing the Body,” to mention that I saw more world-class performances in one week featured works choreographed and performed by students from than I have in my entire dance education thus far.” SO YOU Think YOU CAN Dance Apart from the Spring Term course, a W&L student and an alumnus performing it during “Writing the Body” before judges that shone both on stage and backstage during the festival. Kicking off included guest artists from the Trey McIntyre Project, the three nights of performances by professional companies, a gala Oregon Ballet Theatre and BodyVox. featured star dancers from all over the U.S.—and two from the Produced by Fine Arts in Rockbridge (FAIR), the festival W&L Repertory Dance Company. Jillian Katterhagen ’15 was the brainchild of Erik Jones ’91, of Lexington, the (also pictured on the cover) and Chanson Hardy, a executive director of FAIR and a former marketing student from Southern Virginia University, performed director at the Oregon Ballet Theatre. “Straight Duet,” choreographed by guest artists Nicole The performances took place in the Warner Athletic Wolcott and Larry Keigwin, from Keigwin + Company, of New York Center and the Lenfest Center for the Arts, and members City. The duo won the coveted performance spot at the gala after of the W&L community took master classes from the pros. 18 W&L Alumni Magazine V Beginning East Asian Christianity V V V Contemporary Drawing Italy Money Power: V Control, Destructionis and Revolution V in the First 1,000 Years of Coinage Nation in Ruins: Athens: V Earth Lab: Sand V “I want students to have an appreciation for how stories, and several students came up with ideas Adolescence Microscope the Under V the revolutionary concept of money left nothing which were actually quite novel and could be Disorder and Chaos unchanged,” said Colin Elliott. Using money is pursued as future original research projects.” V One group project examined how coinage Beauvoir Second and the Sex like breathing: It makes our lives easier, but we Exemplary Novellas Cervantes’ V Arts Management V Idon’t really understand why. He and his students was used after the breakup of Alexander the V explored how coinage made history by acting upon Great’s empire. “The class saw how different individuals, rulers, states and societies. members of Alexander’s close circle associated Corporate Social Responsibility Practicum in Denmark Decline Soviet of the and Fall Union and Resurgence of “We rarely look to where the idea of money, themselves with Alexander through coinage to V V Earth Lab: Coral Reefs Accounting Distress Distress Accounting particularly coinage, originated,” said Patrick try and justify their leadership in a competitive V Wellborn ’15, an engineering major who is environment,” said Elliott. V minoring in classics. “This class not only provided Another group minted a copper coin. “The me with historical background on the origin of project was ambitious, and the coins they produced money, but it went further to give me a cultural were not quite up to the standards of the ancient Digital Media and Society history of both ancient Greece and Rome through Greeks and Romans, but the experience really V their coinage.” gave them an appreciation for the “The ancient world shows PROFESSOR: challenge that ancient minters of Contemporary Business Art Contemporary and Performance American Playwrights: Text V V us that almost each and every faced,” he said. “It also showed Photographic Antique Processes change in the way that money Colin Elliott how advances in technology V was used brought about would have led to new kinds corresponding changes in Mellon Postdoctoral of money—something we are Auto Industry: Auto Economics, Society, Culture society,” said Elliott. “I study the Fellow in Classics and now realizing in a world which V monetary system of the Roman is being revolutionized by digital Renaissance and Dante: Redemption Empire, where a widespread Ancient History currencies,” such as bitcoins. V Business in Ireland Business attempt was made to divorce Wellborn particularly enjoyed V Auditing Auditing money from a tangible thing—gold and silver. It analyzing the real thing. “We received a Roman Early Childhood Schooling and the Process Anatomy of a Fraud of a Fraud Anatomy V V was an unmitigated disaster, and is arguably an coin excavated from a coin hoard in Israel that we V important reason why the Roman Empire collapsed. had to fully identify and discuss its significance to Now, of course, modern nations have adopted Roman history,” he said. unbacked currency, and it works reasonably fine.” Overall, Elliott found it rewarding “to see Commercial Real Estate Investing Investing Estate Real Commercial Elliott said he found it rewarding to see students respond so positively and enthusiastically V how a group of students, new to the study of to the material. It has led me to seriously consider Caution: Reading this list may produce a desire to reenroll at W&L at reenroll to a desire produce may list this Reading Caution: the ancient world as well as of ancient coinage, offering the class again next year.” African Politics V “found themselves V gripped by the L. to r.: Colin Elliott, material.” Contemporary Spain in Context: Through Spanish Culture Social Interaction Mary Beth Smith ’16 in American Business Literature V He continued, and Rebecca Mann ’17 V “Students learned immersed themselves Close Relationships Relationships Close in the history of money. Documentary Cross-Cultural Filmmaking that there is no V easy explanation V for the invention of coinage. It may have come about for economic reasons, perhaps Biological Illustration V even religious Digital America: A Brief History and Modern Computer of the U.S. Information Society reasons. Students V had a great time Advanced Alternative (Photo) Processes Advanced (Photo) Alternative Course About Nothing and Contemporary Culture Ancient HeritageAncient Making and the Modern of the Nation-State Polish Politics,Polish Society and Culture V V 2014 SPRING TERM COURSES2014 SPRING TERM Japanese Russia debating these Theory:a Final of The Quest UnificationPhysicsfor Dreams in different origin Adolescence Under the Microscope This sociology course combined A professor’s-eye view developmental psychology, of the students taking anthropology and sociology in the Adolescence Under study of adolescence, taught by David the Microscope. TNovack and his wife, Lesley Novack. “I call it academic surround-sound,” said David. “These are different disciplinary perspectives that are very complementary within the same course.” The students observed adolescents in different venues such as the prom, church, restaurants and middle school. They produced three reports on their observations, wrote essays, hashed things out in class, and then collaborated on a final project, a creative analysis of the consequences of the computer age on interaction and identity. Pauline Marting ’16, an English and art history double major, belonged to the team that examined an app called Yik Yak, which enables anyone within a 1.5-mile period of adolescence, referred to as emerging adulthood, which radius of W&L to anonymously post anything they want about can last until one’s late 20s. The so-called nurture paradox is partly anyone. “People are ridiculed and stigmatized by it, and we believe responsible for this phenomenon, according to the Novacks. “A lot it’s a truly dangerous phone app and extremely detrimental to of these children are so coddled that they don’t learn to do things any adolescent’s emerging identity as an adult,” said Marting. “It on their own,” said Lesley. negatively affects the Washington and Lee community and the At the other end of the scale, she noted, many teenagers are transition from adolescence to adulthood overall.” socialized and supervised by their peers, not adults. The trend is As people have begun communicating more and more in evident in college fraternities, said David. “The people training little snippets of self through various media, there is a real concern first-year students about how to become adult men are their about what that does to a sense of a coherent, unitary self and its fraternity brothers, and I’m effect on interactions. “We know that in face-to-face interaction, PROFESSORS: not sure those peers are as much as 75 percent of what we convey to one another is non- the best models for moving verbal,” said David. “So what happens to the nature of interaction, David Novack toward adulthood,” he said. what happens to self-identification?” The answer lies in the Randl Dent ’15 and her teammates investigated how Professor of Sociology middle, said the Novacks, in Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest influence adolescent identity and what they call “scaffolding.” development. ”We learned that peers, through social media, They think W&L provides can help support one another, which allows for adolescents to Lesley Novack scaffolding with the Honor have positive views of each other and themselves,” said Dent, System, which “basically a psychology and sociology/anthropology double major. Visiting treats students like “The one particular thing I will take from this course and Professor of Psychology adults—we trust them to be never forget is that social media and technology should be responsible and honest and used with moderation. No technology will be able to fully have a certain sense of personal integrity,” said David. “Students satisfy our need for human connection and intimacy.” constantly say that they like the trust, and that faculty treat them The oursec also focused on the impact of the new extended with respect and dignity.” 20 W&L Alumni Magazine and to use the best construction techniques and constructionand techniques and to the use best anicon as to the city, inorder to serve pleasing, aesthetically Andithadto be and cyclists. pedestrians the loadofcars, durable andbear this would adrawbridge.require decided They underneath. accommodate passing ships cruise which achallenge: presented had Thebridge to thewith client’s statement, careers.” in their future courses and skills those use can how they to think like anengineer, and how reallyis, what engineering them to gets class think about courses,” sheexplained, “so this inourengineering projects “Wethorough inmethods. grounding have often D’Alessandroaddition, Kacie them wanted to get a students acollaborative, firsthand In experience. destination. tourist anew become the mainlandto islandthat acoastal Florida had abridge to stretchThe from Design challenge: Introduction The br The st The h ypothetical bridge gave bridge the first-year ypothetical udents started started udents idge also needed to be cost-efficient, to be idge needed also Physics and Engineering Assistant Professor of of Professor Assistant D’Alessandro D’Alessandro to PROFESSOR: Kacie C. 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The alumni support on the trip was “phenomenal,” said Drew Hess. In of the people they met. “It gave addition to Bailey and the alumni mentioned in the story, these W&L folks, all technology executives, hosted the class during their visit to the Bay Area: Amy Bohutinsky ’97, Zillow; Brian Boland ’96, Facebook; Drew them a better understanding that Denbo ’95, Amazon; Susan George ’93, Kickstartmarketing; Mike Harden ’97, Artis Ventures; Peter Hunt ’86, 80 to 90 percent of the alumni Realta Entertainment; Michael Kronthal ’95, Yahoo!; Devon Rothwell ’92, Condé Nast Publications. we met are entrepreneurs in the traditional sense, but they look completely different. And their enterprise at Jobscience.com, agreed. “The process of building backgrounds, minus W&L, are very different,” explained Hess. great technology starts off by ignoring the technology and coming “It’s a fool’s errand to identify entrepreneurs based on a set of up with compelling ideas,” he said. “Technology can always be characteristics, because they come in all different shapes and sizes, built if the idea is compelling. This is an ideal challenge for the whether it’s serendipity that put them there liberal arts student who is trained classically or stick-to-itiveness.” PROFESSOR: to look at the possibilities. W&L’s tradition of For example, Gabrey Means ’92, co-founder working hard and playing hard is at the core of and creative director at Grow-marketing.com, Drew Hess the start-up mentality.” majored in journalism and mass communi- Linsly Donnelly ’91, chief marketing cations. “It is such an exciting time for folks Associate Professor officer at Wine.com, wanted the students with the entrepreneurial spirit, and it is an of Entrepreneurship to understand that entrepreneurship is “a amazing opportunity that the students had and Strategy winding road,” said the journalism and mass the chance to be in the epicenter of innovation communications major. “And many times, as in the Bay Area and inside some of the best I explained to the students, you end up doing companies in the world,” said Means. “Great questions were asked, something because it’s better to do it than not to do it. So you everyone was engaged and follow-up has already started. I love have to be comfortable taking risks.” that keen curiosity is still alive and well on the W&L campus.” Donnelly pointed to W&L’s culture of honesty and truth. A liberal arts education gives students a better and wider “When you come into business and you’re comfortable with swath of understanding of technology than specialty schools the truth, no matter the ramifications of it, it makes you a that create a specific type of entrepreneur, said Hess. more effective businessperson and leader. I don’t think I really Ted Elliott ’94, CEO of talent acquisition for the social appreciated that until after I graduated from W&L.” 22 W&L Alumni Magazine F ’17. “That’s really exciting.” off oron,” saidCiera Wilson byturning agene individual genetic formation ofan cure, just the bychanging that have hadnoprevious treatments diseases for terrible solving. national crime for database DNA babies anda designer testing for genetic diseases, andvaccinations, drugs developing crops, those crops andpatents on modified genetically topics as such about inscholarly journals reading articles He andhisfellow students for by prepared class the interestingdiscussions most ofthe course. part found the double major aminorinstudio with art, history administration andart andourlives.”biology of changed ourunderstanding It dramatically has engineering. rely ofgenetic methods onthese biology, now or evolutionary biology, cell biology, physiology Ayoub. “Huge swathsofbiology, whether molecular manipulations,” fromthose we learn saidNadia doandwhat of manipulations wecan ofDNA “we have tremendously inthe advanced kinds and gaveto the rise “genetic term engineering,” genes fromoneorganismtransferred to another however, experiment intheDNA 1970s, which Since thedomesticate animals. firstsuccessful for instance, to improveof years; andto crops other fields—and to clone DNA. the ofscience in importance andrealize methods to point absorb scientific astarting provided course For this biology majors, 12non-science by black widow spiders and spidersand by black widow produced makeup ofthe silks Ayoub onthe genetic focuses Ayoub. and offer opinions,” said implications andlegal policy to the discuss moral,ethical, willing is that are very they science majors this material like teaching about non- “ “ Colt H In hers One of the things I really One ofthe things Ireally We’re of the possibility to see starting umans have manipulated genes for thousands Genetic Engineering Engineering Genetic on Klein ’15, a business on Klein’15,abusiness cientific research, cientific research, Stephen ’17 wields the while and pipette tube (l. r.) to Powell Robinson ’17, Nadia Ayoub Nadia Ayoub With Nadia Ayoub (third overseeing the from process, left) Nancy Assistant Professor Professor Assistant PROFESSOR: of Biology Elizabeth Walton ’17 and Ciera Wilson ’17 on. look able to dothat.” different gene. forget will never was that“And I I inthis class,”DNA saidWilson, ona whoworked product.” to afunctional molecule go fromastorage howyoucan molecule—and it’sinformation—because reallyjust astorage stores andhowDNA transfers DNA about facts them basic really wanted to some understand the prey, to andmake breakthem them down easy spider-silk genes that to encodeproteins wrap used Wells theofusing upwith idea ’17,came partner, Kleinandhislaboratory Caleigh biotech company. them to createengineer to agene sold a that be can candidates for andgenetically silksynthesis being as ofthesome spidergenes that Ayoub identified has The challenge take to was for herstudents sutures to armor. lightweight body micro- purposes—from andmilitary for medical produce anarray ofcutting-edge biotechproducts andmass- to develop hope makeup, scientists genetic their Bymimicking the relatives. silks’ “I t’s pretty how to clone coolthat Ilearned and said Ayoub “I ofthe project. “It’s creative,” very certainly digest yourfood,” explained Wells. to make this iteasier will heartburn, ifyouhave so acondition such as thatsilk strips sitonyourtongue, health. “We could make them into absorb, which could improve human Society ummer S 2014 Money is Power: Control, Destruction and Revolution in the First 1,000 Years of Coinage V Money, Power and Lies V Music in Stanley Kubrick Films V Natural History of Rockbridge County V Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in a Business Environment V Neural Imaging V 9/11 and Modern Terrorism V 1960s in American Literature magazine.wlu.edu and Film: Toward “Edge City” V Philosophies of Life V Physics and Perception of Music V Physics of Complex Systems V Plant Functional Ecology V Poetic Forms V Politics and Film V Pregnancy: A Kiss in Time? 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The their The 50th reunion. For three days inMay, Class of 1989, the first of1989,theClass first celebrated their 25th. their 25th. celebrated on campus. The Class The Class campus. on And a trio of alumni And ofalumni atrio coeducational class, class, coeducational themselves at home home at themselves of 1964 applauded of 1964applauded generations made made generations reflections on the on the reflections alumni of several ofseveral alumni occasion. 25 Alumni Weekend May 1-3 Reunion Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards, l. to r.: Emily Bevill r Lordi '89, head of finance for Sanofi Global Oncology; Conway Sheild '64, '67L, who has practiced law for more Reunion than 43 years with Blechman, Woltz & Kelly P.C; Dr. Arthur Broadus '64, J the Ensign Professor of Endocrinology at the Yale School of Medicine; and Capt. Mike Holifield '89, a judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. 50TH REUNION GIFT L. to r.: Buck Ogilvie '64, John Mi- chaelsen '64, Barry Greene '64 and Burt Staniar '64 present their 50th- reunion class gift to their alma mater. Part of it will supplement the class' 25th-reunion gift for the arts at W&L; ...... another portion will go to the Center On1tr1111 ~hrng1on;111J l.tt Unhcniry S8,596.936.00 Alumni Weekend May 1-3 May Weekend Alumni ~jght mflfion, five hundred ninety4six lhousand and for Global Learning. nine hul'ldrec1 thirty4 six dollars •••..••..•.•.••... nonOO 25TH REUNION GIFT Rowan Taylor '89 and Alston Parker Watt '89 present the 25th- reunion class gift to W&L. The first coeducational class made the largest 25th-reunion gift ever at W&L and designated the funds for the Center for Global Learning, the Annual Fund, Washing,1011 and Lee Uni ersity scholarships and other purposes. S 2,253,000.00 Two million, two hundred fifty three thousand dollars ◗ THE JOHN NEWTON THOMAS TROPHY ◗ THE TRIDENT TROPHY is presented to the class goes to the class with the largest percentage with the highest percentage of members participating increase in Annual Fund commitments over the in the Annual Fund. With 63 percent: Class of 1969. previous year. With a 123 percent increase: Class of 1999. This class also broke the 15th reunion ◗ THE COLONNADE CUP is awarded to the class single-year record, overall record and participa- with the largest reunion gift to the Annual Fund, tion record. In recognition of that accomplish- including current gifts and future pledges. With a re- ment, they also received the Clean Sweep Award. union gift of $1,040,000 (also a 45th-reunion record): Class of 1969. 26 W&L Alumni Magazine of 1964 With 37percent inattendance: for the registered weekend. members the percentage with class highest of returning classmates. records set for the largest of number The 50th, 40th all and25th classes to campus to celebrate the weekend. More than back 650alumnicame THE REUNION BOWL REUNION THE . Outgoing president J. '96(left) III David Stewart The passing The of gavel:the AlumniAssociation to new president new to Patrick J. White '96. More than athird the of Class 1964returned of their campus to for 50th reunion. goes to the to the goes Class Class weekend. With 133registrants: for the registered ofmembers number toawarded the the with class greatest came fromJapan.came the reunion: award distance traveled for to farthest of 1989 THE REUNION TROPHY REUNION THE R ight: ight: THE REUNION TRAVELLER REUNION THE . Paul Chapman ’84 gist; and gist; W&L; W&L; andprofessor oflaw affairs for academic dean at associate assembly. to r.: L. initiates Honorary initiates andaward at the winners opening ODK recognized W&L. andrector emeritus of Inc. of Pacolet Milliken Enterprises JAMES G. LEYBURN AWARD: G. LEYBURN JAMES AWARD:RUPERT LATTURE CLASS OF 2015 INITIATES:CLASS is is Jack Hamp Kennon Savage McDonough ’89 Kennon McDonough Savage Class Class Philip W. ’69 Norwood ie Yarbroie , who , who OMICRON DELTAOMICRON KAPPA , James McCullum, Eileen Small, Lisa Stoiser, Small, Lisa Eileen McCullum, , James Su Above: Above: Education." andLiberal Immersion Reading assembly,opening inaBook: "Lost togave talk the the keynote Broadus Professor ofEnglish, of the Collegeandthe Thomas mmer 2014 Suzanne P.Suzanne Keen Holley Beasley, Caroline Beasley,Holley Caroline Caroline BirdrowCaroline ’16 The Community The Community Table , chairman of the board ofthe, chairman board Samuel W.Samuel Calhoun - psycholo , clinical mag , dean , dean azine.wlu.edu , r J 27 Alumni Weekend May 1-3 Reunion r JReunion Reflections on 25 Years These two alumnae wrote for us before—in 1985, when they were first-year students and members of the first coeducational class, and in 1989, when they graduated. On the occa- sion of their 25th reunion (see class photo, above), we asked Valerie Pierson Gammage ’89 Alumni Weekend May 1-3 May Weekend Alumni and Erin Cosby Plumb ’89 to contribute their new perspectives. (Read their earlier essays at go.wlu.edu.89at25.) Valerie Pierson Gammage: Drawing on Our Strengths Asked to reflect on W&L 25 years And my wish for W&L? That after graduating, and in light of undergraduate women will continue an article I wrote for the alumni to run for and be elected to key magazine at that time, I offer three leadership positions on campus. positives and a wish. That current women students will Like 25 years ago, the Honor Sys- reach out to each other to support tem is alive, well and the bedrock upon these efforts, something I regret not which our W&L community is built. doing while I was a student. That we It defines our character and makes alumnae will reach back to mentor possible our way of life. It is without women students with the benefit of question the most important tradition our experience and hindsight. I am at W&L, diligently administered by encouraged by both the Women’s elected students. Leadership Summit, now in its Secondly, W&L professors fourth year and yielding results, continue our time-honored practice of and the Board of Trustees’ recent being real teachers and mentors in an decision to strengthen our commu- environment that only an 8:1 student- nity by building new upper-divison faculty ratio can incubate. This dynamic Valerie Pierson Gammage during her housing. My wish for W&L is that undergirds the W&L experience, term as president of the W&L Alumni we will draw on our considerable infuses and informs our culture, and Association, from 2010 to 2011. strengths—our code of honor, our shapes the graduates who emerge. world-class education and our vital Finally, W&L classmates make for friendships—to close this leadership incredible lifelong friends and, in my gap. In the words of George Wash- case, an amazing husband and father ably by my W&L friends. Twenty-five ington, let us “labor to keep alive in (John Gammage Jr. ’88). My life has years later, they share my values and our breast that spark of celestial fire, been blessed and enriched immeasur- challenge me to live honorably. called conscience.” 28 W&L Alumni Magazine Reflections on25 Reflections Years The culture con- of honorandlearning don’t values shared change us. within Those us to asmallschool. nity drew accountable ofacommu members - active and to be willingness Our ing. place where onteach professors focus - ustointellectual a pulled curiosity attracted usto the Honor System. Our ago. At that of integrity time,oursense at 30years W&Lalmost who arrived many ofusfeel like the samepeople alittlelook more mature, onthe inside ebrating our25th reunion. Whilewe classmates with andcelreconnecting - from four fabulous days inLexington It’s I just funnyhowtimeflies! returned Erin Cosby Plumb: Small Acts, Big Difference Big Erin Cosby Plumb: Small Acts, withaffiliated the University. inbeing ourpride tinues andsustains There’s talk in these alotof the media the female students ourclass. following reaching about better outto have been toone close 50. - ofsome W&L fromthe perspective I’ve timethinking about some spent reunion encourages abitofreflection, Since for preparing a25th setbacks. andendured we’ve victories enjoyed overusall.” washed has 25years, After classmate Alston Parker Watt, “Life Toperspective. aquote borrow from If Ihaditt Wha t does change, however,t does is o do over again, I would o dooveragain,Iwould S stronger. one another inways that make usall W&L community byreaching outto alargewith impact. Again,it’swhere Iwork. asmall act able the climate about insights business - valu some andlearn thiswith person metoact ofreachingmeet outallowed Winston-Salem, where Ilive.Her N.C., aprominentwith in leader business Valerie initiated contact onmy behalf Valerie such as friends, Gammage ’89. and to alistofbusiness firm contacts Year’s ofmy cardonbehalf consulting student andalumnicommunity. womenand men,buildsour both a bigdifference. Promoting classmates, don’t make take alotoftime,butthey and they smallacts They’re discussion. up another woman’s inaclass ideas reachingwork outbytalking contact; out to introduce aclassmate to anew of intentionally reaching out—reaching completely underestimated the power committee, I and the advisory sorority throughties like organizations Trident - opportuni andleadership lives social a W&Lstudent women’s to support “reaching out.” hard as WhileIdidtry out,”“leaning about butnotmuch buzz days in” women“leaning about or Gretchen Bell McThenia '89(right). (center) Coffin '87 and Marthinson caught up with '89 (left) Sydney At her 25th reunion, Erin Cosby Plumb ummer 2014 I enc S everal years ago, I sent a New ago, Isent years aNew everal ourage all of us to build our ourage allofusto buildour magazine.wlu.edu 29 Alumni Weekend May 1-3 Reunion r Perils of a Foreign Correspondent, Reunion 30 Years Later J BY STEVE HAGEY ’74 en years after graduating from a life changer. I was treated horribly. His 40th reunion in- W&L, I had my dream job. For- Beaten. Threatened. Put through spired Steve Hagey ’74 Teign correspondent in Beirut, mock executions. At one point, one Lebanon, in the middle of a vicious of my captors screwed a silencer to revisit a compel- civil war, reporting onto the barrel and writing under of a sub-machine ling essay he originally constant pressure ”It was a defining gun and trained wrote for the March/ for United Press it on my heart— International, back moment for me, a life- and I waited to April 1985 issue of this in the day when die on a cold people still read changer. I was treated stone floor, magazine (below). He newspapers and alone, thousands there were only a horribly. Beaten. of miles from explains why in this few network TV home. To this news organiza- Threatened. Put through day, the trauma introduction; his entire tions. My stories still lingers. As Alumni Weekend May 1-3 May Weekend Alumni mock executions.” essay appears online at ran on the front close friends and pages of newspa- family know, do go.wlu.edu.hagey. pers all over the not EVER sneak world. Radio stations carried my news up on me or try to surprise me. broadcasts around America. There And yet, after all these years, my was no Internet, no Twitter, no Reddit. kidnapping is a story that people still Perils of a Foreign Correspondent What reporters like me wrote was want to hear. It has given me a unique original and compelling. perspective on a bewildering part of Arriving only weeks after a sui- the world, where peace is as elusive as cide truck bomber destroyed the U.S. ever. My kids have heard me recount Marine barracks at Beirut airport, I my story dozens of times; each time, witnessed some of the worst violence I look into their faces and I imagine and upheaval the Middle East had they’re thinking, “This annoying old ever seen. It was unbelievably stress- guy—our Dad—he did THAT?” I did. ful. And then I was kidnapped. Read the complete story at go.wlu. \JPl '.lo Repot1cr in LebanQn P,,ta)Ullll- l\illnapPII\I Ordal It was a defining moment for me, edu.hagey. Steve Hagey ’74 and some classmates at reunion, l. to r.: Alan Fendrich (who traveled from his home in Israel), John Zamoiski, Jon Weigle, Hagey and Eric White. 30 W&L Alumni Magazine results with an all-alumni survey in early 2013.More than W&L alumniprogram 3,000 of you responded. affirm that the that affirm We began We is strong. is The A Thought-Provoking Report A Thought-Provoking summary, and read the entire at report Turn the for a page alumni2020. go.wlu.edu/ By J. David Stewart III ’96, J.DavidStewartIII Patrick J.White’96, Alumni 2020: who made this report possible. possible. who madethis report have fromW&Landthe received many volunteers Board we appreciates alumni. TheAlumni the support University andits ourspecial ensure that weare serving that and strengthen the the planwill AlumniAssociation University AlumniAssociation.”and Lee We are confident work of alumni chapters surpasses our our work ofalumnichapters surpasses Foradmire us. example, W&L’s net many peers Indeed, is strong. program affirmthatthe results theW&Lalumni alumni2020. read the at entire go.wlu.edu/ report Turn the page for asummary, and the information into the final report. force allof ourtask months, blended few the past Over provoking reports. the committees thought- produced research, the data anddoingfollow-up amounta significant oftimeanalyzing what fromthem. wecould After learn up and howW&Lstacked determine to schools at oftop agroup peer looked Practices— andBest tee—Peer Review and University Asixth staff. commit alumni ofthe AlumniBoard, members Multicultural. included Committees andInternational and Media, Social CommunicationsEngagement, and Forms andOther Reunions ofCampus Chapters, andNetworking, Careers onfiveareas: data andfocused survey statistics. bythese impressed consultants were Our comments. theof youtook timeto helpful provide andmany than 3,000ofyouresponded, 2013.More inearly all-alumni survey dir O ectly involved. We involved. ectly an with began The Alumni Boar The Alumni More were than 40individuals We ar e very pleased to report that that to report pleased e very Alumni Board President, 2014–2015 Alumni President, Board 2020: The2014-2020 Plan of the Washington “Alumni ofournew to share asummary pleased weare very ofyourAlumniBoard, n behalf Alumni Board President, 2013–2014Alumni President, Board and d took this this d took - - Summ quality of activities and engagement. andengagement. quality ofactivities institutions andthe innumbers peer and treasure for W&L. forand treasure W&L. ofyourtime,talents outapiece carve stay andcontinue engaged you will to ing the total package. We that hope committed to andimprov enhancing Weand alumniadmissionswork. are travel programs, web-based reunions, ing chapter andleadership, activities avenues to includ stay- connected, to agreat universityandto have many bright future. We are to lucky belong areus to a tion andfaculty guiding vance the ball. vance the ball. We youto help asking usad- be will important. youdeem and other areas already working onactionitems inthis Weonline andinyourchapters. are both andnetworking, incareers tools likewould also usto more provide locally. variety greaterwant You event quo. For example, youtold usthat you the back orto maintain the status to pat on ourselves been never has W&L. serving of Thank you for the privilege collegiate alumniexperiences possible. best oneofthe very in preserving onthe stand shoulders ofgiants can more than Together twocenturies. we You’ The trust De • er spite the positives, our goal ourgoal spite the positives, ve been doing it well for doingitwell for ve been 2014 ees, senior administra - senior ees, mag azine.wlu.edu - r J 31 Alumni President’s Message Milestones Chartinghe long-range planning has driven home the Ourassociation. This report Coursehighlights our numerous strengths, With Alumni 2020 core strengths of Washington and Lee and her and also calls us to meet some of the discrete challenges and alumni. We are fortunate to have many loyal and opportunities presented by an evolving W&L and a fast- engagedT graduates who care about their alma mater. changing world. You give time, talents and funds to support W&L. More Thanks to your responses, we have identified themes, than 2,000 of you perform some kind of volunteer marked issues and charted the outline of our course. The role. Engaging you in various productive and satisfying Alumni Affairs Office and the Alumni Board of Directors ways supports the mission of the institution. W&L’s embrace the opportunity to serve you, and to be even better vitality and its ability to serve future generations depend at informing, entertaining and inspiring you. There is good substantially on loyal, involved and generous alumni. work to do, and we are energized and ready. Go, Generals! Many of our programs are the envy of peers. —Beau Dudley ’74, ’79L There is no crisis or threat to the viability of the Executive Director of Alumni Affairs SUMMARY OF “ALUMNI 2020” CAREERS AND NETWORKING larger cities, should offer more variety (Justin Teltschik ’96, committee chair) of locations and times for events. ♦ Family events, community service and other boutique formats have good ♦ You value greatly the alumni network. upside potential. ♦ You want us to develop a clearer and 37% ♦ University faculty, administration and say that an alumnus or stronger platform of web-based career student guests are popular and should alumna helped them tools. ♦ continue. get a job. We should develop a more user- friendly, searchable, sortable online alumni database. COMMUNICATIONS ♦ Larger chapters should stage one AND SOCIAL MEDIA dedicated career/networking event (Freddy Moore ’80, committee chair) annually; others should consider as 85% appropriate. ♦ Alumni Affairs will leverage social are most likely to attend ♦ We will strengthen our partnership a chapter event for the media creatively and thoughtfully. with the Career Development Center. ♦ We should have a more user-friendly camaraderie. ♦ The Alumni Affairs and Career method for alumni to register and pay Development Center dashboards for events, and to see in advance who should have user-friendly, uniform has registered. toolkits. ♦ Digital communications will be especially useful in strengthening our CHAPTERS connections with alumni abroad. 69% (Jack Bovay ’79, committee chair) ♦ We should decide this year about a read every issue of the mobile app and make our dashboard alumni magazine. ♦ Our vibrant and extensive chapter mobile-friendly. program is a hallmark of the Alumni ♦ We will urge larger chapters to Association, admired by many peers. create and manage a Facebook page ♦ The ualityq and variety of events are and to explore other social media more important than volume. applications. We ♦ The hapterc competition program, ♦ The alumni magazine is extremely should encourage ways relabeled in 2013 as the Colonnade important to you, and we will for multicultural students Chapter Challenge (C3), must be stress your content priorities with to interact with multi- Communications and Public Affairs. cultural alumni. simple and clear. ♦ Guided by Alumni Affairs, chapters ♦ You have expressed a strong desire for covering large areas, and those based in your voices to be heard, and we will 32 W&L Alumni Magazine Charting Our Course Withdevelop and publicize clearAlumni strategies Special Programs travelers. 2020 and tactics for that to happen, while ♦ Admissions should explore all practical being mindful of the authority vested in ways to enlist international alumni. the trustees, administration and faculty. PEER REVIEW AND INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES 64% report that attending class AND MULTICULTURAL (Guy Kerr ’75, committee chair) (Eddie Klank ’89, committee chair) reunions in the future is ♦ This ommitteec gathered substantial important. Multicultural data from Cornell, Davidson, Southern ♦ We have approximately 1,450 Methodist University, Wake Forest, multicultural alumni. You are a diverse Williams, Middlebury and Sewanee. group, so a one-size-fits-all approach These good ideas inform the other will not work best. committee reports. ♦ In programming for chapters and 9 in 10 are satisfied with campus events, we should be mindful REUNIONS AND OTHER FORMS W&L today. of varied interests and concerns. ♦ We should be sensitive to OF CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT nomenclature. For example, some (Wade Meadows ’84, committee chair) African-American alumni view that identity as very important, while others ♦ We can be justifiably proud of our are happy to be deemed multicultural. three main campus reunions: Alumni Respondents ♦ Admissions and Alumni Affairs should Weekend each spring and Young rated staying informed of explore all practical ways to involve Alumni Weekend and Five-Star W&L news as the most multicultural alumni. Festival each fall. The existing reunion important service International structure, by age groups, is popular, we can provide. ♦ Approximately 465 alumni live abroad and we do not recommend major as of late 2013. We expect this number changes. to grow. ♦ We will be more receptive to affinity ♦ We should use the Center for Global gatherings within existing weekends Learning to inform, excite and engage and as stand-alone events if alumni you, and help expand the W&L brand leaders exist and existing staff can 3 in 5 respondents are satisfied globally. support the proposed event. with the W&L Alumni ♦ Alumni Affairs will continue to ♦ We will be mindful of our pricing Association. collaborate with the director of and value proposition for campus International Education, and increase reunions, so that most alumni will not our efforts to reach and connect be discouraged from attending. international alumni through all forms ♦ We will build class unity by working of digital communication. with student leaders to plan and stage ♦ Working with the deans and the class events in the sophomore and Those director of International Education, junior years. who traveled abroad while a we should create more ways to locate ♦ Kathekon will continue its growth student feel more prepared for and connect international alumni with and leadership roles in student citizenship in a global and traveling faculty, administrators and engagement and philanthropic habits. diverse society. ALUMNI 2020 CHAIRS: ALUMNI 2020 HONORARY CHAIRS: For the complete report, Beau Dudley ’74, ’79L, Executive Director including survey results, of Alumni Affairs Daniel Einstein ’83, Alumni Board see Jane Brodie Gregory ’03, Alumni Board President, 2008–2009 President, 2012–2013 Alston Parker Watt ’89, go.wlu.edu/ David Stewart ’96, Alumni Board Trustee Emeritus alumni2020. President, 2013–2104 Summer 2014 magazine.wlu.edu 33 1957Lawrence A. Atler has become a 1967Edward E. Bates Jr. has been farmer, with over 100,000 square feet named a 2014 Georgia Super Lawyer. r of hydroponic greenhouses growing He is a partner at the Atlanta-based organic tomatoes, which he sells to family law firm of Warner, Bates, Whole Foods. One of the greenhouses McGough, McGinnis & Portnoy. was designed by a partner in China, and it is equipped with Israeli comput- Milestones ers. The company intends to have 20 Jeffrey P. Cropsey times the current production within 1969 is president- J six years. elect of the Council of College and Military Educators (CCME), taking office in January 2015 for a one-year term. CCME is an organization of 1960Oliver T. Cook will be celebrating 1,000 major colleges and universities 50 years in private practice law in No- that serve the U.S. military, veterans At the 11th NYC Fancy Dress, attended and their families. He has been the vember 2014. His wife, Sharon Love by more than 200 guests at the Cook, published her second “Granite vice president for strategic initiatives Manhattan Penthouse, retired professor Cove Mystery.” They reside in Beverly and external relations for Grantham Bob de Maria was named the NYC Farms, north of Boston, and have University since his retirement from General of the Year, receiving the celebrated 45 years of marriage. He is the U.S. Department of Defense, with Richard R. Warren ’53 Award. From l. active in the local St. John’s Episcopal over 40 years of service, in 2010. to r.: Daniel Grattan ’00, de Maria, Jen Church and concluded his vestry term Grattan and Lynda de Maria. as secretary of the parish. He is in- Arthur S. Loring, of West Palm volved in golf as the general chairman Beach, Fla., was elected for the of the last three USGA national cham- second time as chair of the Jewish pionships at Salem Country Club. For Federation of Palm Beach County. the past 20 to 30 years, his passion has He also serves on the board of Mor- been the game of handball, playing seLife, a large senior health-care 1970Marvin C. Henberg will retire as five days a week. He participated in organization, and as president of its president of The College of Idaho in the 2000 World Handball Champion- foundation. He completed a term June 2015. He will move with his wife, ship in Chicago and the 2009 World as chair of the Palm Beach chapter Laurie, to Sunriver, Ore., where he Championship in Portland, Ore. He of AIPAC. He and classmate Scott envisions a return to scholarship in wishes to thank his golf coach, Cy Apter made the playoffs in the two- environmental philosophy, volunteer Twombly, who taught him the perfect day member-guest competition at work and travel. W&L friends are game of handball in 1957. Palm Beach Country Club. encouraged to visit on their journeys to the Northwest. 1972Daniel W. Armstrong, of Ar- lington, Texas, received the Ameri- can Chemical Society’s Award in Separations Science and Technology. He also founded an NPR show on science, which was broadcast in the U.S. and on the Armed Forces Net- work. Of 100-plus graduate students mentored, the majority composed the first generation in their families to attend college. Gardner T. Umbarger III ’79, of Bay City, Mich., returned to Lexington for a reunion with his brothers from the ZBT classes of 1975 to 1990. Activities included golf, a reception at the Hillel House and a BBQ in the country with music provided by Burr Datz ’75 and 1976C. Albert Zipp III retired in other local musicians. Other participants included families and former Little Sisters September 2013 after 36 years in from Southern Seminary and Sweet Briar. Front row (l. to r.): Steve Burrington ’82, broadcast news. He worked at TV Gordon Lewis ’81, Terry Shadrick ’78. Middle row: Craig Coller ’76, Scott Sanborn ’83, stations in Texas, Florida, Virginia Jim Akridge ’75, Rick Lovegrove ’77, Gardner Umbarger ’79, Peter Engel, Jim Hawkins ’80, Chris Goldsmith ’77. Back row: Chris Bouquet ’83, Dave Smith ’83, Will Bernart ’79, and West Virginia. He and his wife, Bishop Norris ’81, Tom Rohrig ’84, Dick Latture ’81, Andy St. John ’86, Steve Warren ’83, Raschell, live in Morgantown, W.Va., John Jackley ’77, Jamie McElroy ’79, Pat Reynolds ’83. Not pictured: Sean Reynolds ’90, and are building a retirement home Penn Plummer ’77, Mike Kennedy ’82, Dave Donahue ’85. near Aurora, W.Va. 34 W&L Alumni Magazine 1990 1988 1985 1983 Lexington. Lexington. in the ofTheNews-Gazette editor contest. He andadvertising is news inthe association’swriting annual award fortion second-place headline Va., aVirginia received - Press Associa since 2008. since 2008. list ofTop year every 1,000Advisors on the Barron’s appeared 1983 andhas Lynch Merrill with since been der has 2014State-by-StateAdvisors: Pon list. - ron’s America’s Top 1,200Financial Lynch, to Bar named inAtlanta, was and investments at group Merrill inthe banking private wealth advisor industries. industries. environmental, andenergy maritime oilandgas, in the transportation, firm’s clients capabilitiesserving in counsel andenhances the special as in the firm’s litigation practicegroup office. serves He Baton Rouge, La., man Walther inits Wittmann L.L.C. W. Mason Brett M.WileyFloyd III Potter Bruce G. Woodson K. Darryl M.Ponder III Herbert Robert K. Tompkins K. Robert (’94L) his family. 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Friends in from flew Washington, Colorado, Tennessee,Louisiana, Virginia, New York Jim and this on honor Maine to special occasion. Paul Thomson resurrected the 1974Phi Psi composite for together in Chicagotogether Jim for Houston’s surprise 60th dinner at The Michigan birthday Philmont Scout Ranch,Philmont Scout in Cimarron, Nine members of the of Nine members Class the Phi of 1977,all of members Kappa Psi fraternity, got husband, Jennifer McCann Crovatto McCann Jennifer Chase Levey Maureen 8, have relocatedto Tampa, Fla. their children, Austin, 11,andOwen, Juliet, inOakland,N.J.Juliet, her husband, anddaughter, Steve, with She resides efforts. development company supporting research and asoftware at IDBS, part-time position a taken has Roche, at Hoffmann-La working inbioinformatics years seven group at Patton Boggs. atgroup Patton Boggs. chair ofthe government contracts firms. these formerly was Tompkins Jim Strader ’86 and son Sam atop Jim Strader atop ’86 and Sam son Carpentier, and Paul Jim Houston, Thomson. JimBack Tim Crytzer row: Hendry, N.M.both are They EagleScouts. 12,445-foot Baldy Mountain, at Mountain, Baldy at 12,445-foot Roland ’95 Roland Roger Durham,Barr Jeff andMaynardMcCorkle. , along with , alongwith and her andher LOL LOL , after , after reminiscing. Front row (l. r.): to Paul Larkin, Bobby Summ largest trout species inthe world. largest trout species to pursuethe Hucho the taimen, to Mongolia, trip hissecond making Wyo., andVictor, Idaho. be He will Hole, inJackson based Anglers, Cast ofWorld andistheguide skiing head and teachesalpinetelemark Wyo. in Alta, Heguides also Resort, managerpartment at GrandTarghee de- (mountainsnowboard sports) to Austin. from Houston a 150-milebike ride thisciety’s spring, fundraiser MS150 to- participate inthe So trained MS ofMcGrawarm HillFinancial. She news andmetals thePlatts, energy at editor asenior named ton, was 2013. 2013. Australia, inDecember western third Ironman triathlon inBusselton, Derek W.Derek Hutton ’93 Holifield Rorrer Lee ’93 Fraser J. Katharine Franklin Sharp Joan Robyn McCord O’Brien McCord Robyn have relocatedto Washington. at Visa She andherfamily U.S.A. Inc. tomoted talent acquisition manager original product. product. original fromits ingredients engineered cally nouncement that itispullinggeneti- an- regarding Cheerios’ Show” andthe“Nightly “Today News” herthoughtsshared onNBC’s onchildren’sexpert healthpolicy, er 2014 mag is the ski and isthe and ski finished her her finished azine.wlu.edu , ofHous was pro- was , an , an - r J 35 Milestones Sean C. O’Rourke celebrated the William R. Thomas was named matters involving residential mortgage 10th anniversary of his company, managing partner for the Columbia, lending and servicing, foreclosures Syzygy 3 Inc., a technology consulting S.C., office of Parker Poe Adams and and commercial loan workouts, and is and services firm for small- and mid- Bernstein L.L.P. He practices primarily well versed in federal and state regula- r sized businesses. in the area of health-care law. tions governing financial institutions. Kirk Olsen joined the Portland, Ore., Lisa Cornelius Lacy was honored office of the Trammell Crow Co., a as Oregon’s 2013 High School Journal- J.P. McGuire Boyd Jr. (’06L) national real estate development and 1997 has ism Adviser of the Year by the Oregon Milestones investment firm. As its senior vice been elected partner at Williams Mul- Journalism Education Association. J president, he is responsible for sourc- len in its Richmond office. He defends Lisa is a journalism and English teach- ing and developing urban, office and banks, mortgage lenders, servicers and er at Tualatin High School (TuHS), mixed-used projects throughout the debt collectors against a wide variety just south of Portland. Under her guid- greater Portland region. Kirk resides of federal and state law claims, includ- ance, TuHS’ student newspaper placed in Lake Oswego, with his wife, Wendy, ing both individual and class-action ninth for a student newspaper be- two sons and a daughter. claims. He has a broad background in tween 13-16 pages in a national best- of-show competition. This past fall, 17 of her students won awards at the Student Media Olympics organized by the Northwest Scholastic Press As- sociation. The newspaper also placed fifth in the best-of-show competition for 6A student newspapers in the Pacific Northwest. She has helped lead TuHS toward implementing Oregon’s Common Core Standards and sits on a school district budget commit- tee. This is her 15th year of advising high school student newspapers. She resides in Portland with her husband, Wedding Scrapbook Mac Lacy ’96. W&L Water Polo Saddles Up The Horses Again Lathrop B. Nelson III belonged to the legal team representing Brig. Gen. Thirteen former W&L water polo players rallied to play in the 2014 USA Jeffrey A. Sinclair in the high-profile Water Polo Collegiate Alumni Tournament, Feb. 22-23, in Clearwater, case at Fort Bragg, N.C. Fla. The weekend marked the first time W&L water polo competed since the club version of the program folded in 2000. The highlight was a match-up against longtime nemesis the University of Richmond. In what both teams 2002Nicholas W. Sayers joined the dubbed the “Dropped Program Game,” the also-defunct Spiders clung tenuously board of directors at The Florida to the thread of a one-goal lead at halftime but used their experience together Venture Forum, a statewide support from the 2013 tournament to defeat the Generals by 4. W&L also played Buck- organization for venture capitalists nell, St. Francis and Florida State University over the weekend. and entrepreneurs. He will work with “W&L water polo was one of the most successful programs in the history fellow board members to promote of the University,” explained Tim Rock ’84. “It was great to get in the water with the organization’s mission to help these guys and represent the Generals again.” Rock is legendary himself. He won entrepreneurs obtain funding through an amazing 100 varsity games during his campaign for the Blue & White in ad- education, strategic partnerships and dition to a storied swimming career and eight varsity letters in the two sports. networking opportunities. Sayers is “As the youngster of the group, it was amazing fun to meet some of the vice president at Concentrick Equity names I’d only heard of while at W&L just over a decade ago,” said goalie Partners, where he originates new Kerry Kellogg ’04. “I knew that the varsity program had 20 years of excellence investment opportunities, executing (347-203), but now there is real context to that, as well as clarity on some great new investments and working with portfolio companies. m y t h s .” Former W&L water polo players should be sure to join the team Face- book group (search for “W&L Water Polo” and ask to join). Those interested in playing in future tournaments should also contact Stu Sheldon ’89 at stuartshel- 2003G. Wogan Bernard, a partner at [email protected]. Chaffe McCall L.L.P., in New Or- Kneeling, l. to r.: Chris Hagge ’93, Rich Cober ’96, Andrew Pearson ’93. leans, has been elected a Fellow of Standing, l. to r.: David Dietz ’89, Stu Sheldon ’89, Jared Jones ’00, Tim Rock (in the American College of Mortgage hat) ’84, Jeff Bercaw ’89, Kerry Kellogg ’04, Ben Yamini ’98, Tommy Rawls ’89, Attorneys. He is recognized for his Will Davis ’92, Jon Sbar ’91. experience in representing lenders and developers with the acquisition, 36 W&L Alumni Magazine Wedding Scrapbook couple reside inAtlanta. many well as other ’76,as Rushof the alumni.The Dickson groom, ’14,andgodfather Schuler ’81,cousin AndyOgburn ofthe groom, father Will ofthe groom, Jr. Ogburn ’76,uncle Bob ofthe groom, Turner ’09andJacob Weinstein inattendance ’09. Also were the ’09,Selwyn Otts ’09, Edward ReissEagan ’09,’12L, Underwood man best included party in Charlotte,William Thewedding N.C. W. ’09 III Ogburn Hubert Ashley Carr ’11 Carr Ashley see, Fla. There were 48alumni in Fla. attendance.see, Saxtons River,Saxtons Vt. 500),to (pop. to the of moved village has Julia, Estate Law. Trust Property ofReal Section and Young Networkofthe ABA Lawyers Committee andco-vice chair ofthe chair oftheas Mortgage Lending andserves Section & Estate Law Trust Property Real Association Bar ofthe American active member isan Bernard levels. state andlocal requirements onthe permitting and subdivision zoning, planning, toassistance clients of inthe areas for his recognized been also He has housing andhotel developments. low-income restaurant, miniums, condo- apartments, buildings, ofoffice assistance distressed-asset loanworkouts and and financing, leasing divestiture, development, Glenn A. DeLaney A. Glenn to to Brian M. Scully ’10 M.Scully Brian , with his wife, hiswife, , with to Leslie Ugland, on Aug. 17, 2013, Ugland, to 17,2013, Leslie onAug. , onJan. 4,inTallahas D. Wright Jr. Sigmund students. to four ski daysgets with aweek he ofwinter as meaning the true andislearning programs outdoor inthe isinvolved school’sDeLaney parents for boys. dorm 15freshman are They Issues. and Contemporary Wilderness Mind andthe American ofPoping the History Culture, includ- electives, andsenior history Headjustment. isteaching world isamajor school boarding years, day forindependent six school that working inan after reports teach at Vermont Academy. He industry. the region’s commercial realestate one ofthe up-and-coming players in by Bisnow.as identified been He has Estate Commercial Real Stars inDC oneof35Under 35:Rising named - the wedding and reside in Los Angeles. andreside inLos the wedding ’01.The visitedafter Gray Arnold couple Japan ’01andThomas Sonny, Rives, Scott ’75L, David DeJong Fredgroom Granade’75L, 2013, at Topanga to r.: L. Angeles. Canyon, inLos Father ofthe Sara Duckworth ’06 Duckworth Sara T. ’01 Granade Rives The couple in reside Fla. Tallahassee, the ’71.Many celebration. W&Lalumnijoined Duckworth Westfather,Andrew byher escorted was ’07.Thebride John ’09, Jonathan Flittner ’07, Michael ’06,Ted Kern Stack ’08and Alex Duckworth Lloyd’06 and groomsmen ’06 andJessica Little ’06,Catherine Camilletti Elizabeth bridesmaids included June party ofthe 9,2012,inLexington. Members wedding was Summ to Sonny Ruscha Bjornson, on Sept. 7, 7, onSept. to Sonny Ruscha Bjornson, Weddings 2010 to to Tara ’02 McCook L. KerrReagan Barnes beyond. and Coast onthe East tion events - indestina specializes business The planning. andwedding event full-service offering by Reagan, Eventsthe launch ofherbusiness, They inArlington, reside They Va. governmental aidorganizations. for internationalganization non- or amembership InsideNGO, for manager andweb developer L.L.P.CohnReznick Jay isthe IT with specialist learning tax Tara La. Orleans, isasenior 17,2013,inNew Mehta onOct. Michael M. WagonerMichael ’07 er 2014 mag to Jay Jay to celebrated azine.wlu.edu , on - r J 37 Milestones r JMilestones Heather Jordan ’09 to Tyler Teass, on Sept. 29, 2013, in Char- lottesville. Guests included (front row, l. to r.): Julianne Miata ’09, Kerry Phillips ’09, Drew Scarantino ’09, Molly Craycraft ’10, Sara McKeen ’09. Back row: Logan Whalen ’09, Sarah McCarville ’09, Katie Tabb ’09, Kassie Bagley ’09, Aaron Toomey ’09, Keri Beth Lucas A. Gredell ’06 to Hillary Roth, on Sept. 21, 2013, in St. Toomey ’09, Justin McKeen ’09 and Matthew Craycraft ’09. Not Louis, Mo. Alumni in the wedding party included John Rizzo ’06, pictured, John Phillips ’09. Matthew Bart ’06 and Andrew Hotaling ’06. Crystal Benavides ’09 to Jeffrey R. Pharis ’08, on April 13, Sarah Robertson ’10 to Andrew Maxwell, on May 25, 2013, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas. Wedding party and alumni guests in Atlanta. The couple live in Augusta, Ga., where she is a medical included Tara Hildenbrand ’09, Anna Stuart Burnett ’10, Stepha- student at the Medical College of Georgia, and he runs his own nie Stelter ’09, Joe Steiner ’08, Markheavens Tshuma ’10, Cody property management company. Alumni in attendance included Beauchamp ’10, Gozi Egbuonu ’10, Monica Magnuson ’07, Eka Brian Maxwell ’76 (the groom’s father), Elizabeth Micci ’10, Vivian Akpakip ’07 (maid of honor), Jeff Pharis ’08, Dima Slavin ’09, Brian Schreeder ’10, Chelsea Barkman Graham ’10, Amy Conant ’10, Devine ’10, Brian Cherry ’11, Alex Uhlir ’11 and Queenie Bui ’11. ’13L, Diana Cianciotta ’10, David Love ’10, David Graham ’07 The couple reside in San Antonio, where she works for Ernst & and Beverly “Bo” DuBose III ’62. Young, and he works for United Services Automobile Associates. Dr. Susan H. Wootton ’93 and her Alan R. Cuthbertson ’98 and his husband, Bernhard Bodmann, a wife, Amanda, a daughter, Ashley, Births and son, John Auberon, on Dec. 12, 2012. on March 20, 2013. She joins sister He joins sister Fiona, 5. The family Katie. The family live in Arlington, AdoptionsJean-Paul Boulee ’93 and his wife, reside in Houston. Va. Julie, a daughter, Pilar, in 2012, and a son, Forrest, in 2013. Elizabeth Johnson Wallmeyer Laura Knapp Chadwick ’99 and ’96 and her husband, Michael, a son, her husband, Matthew, twin sons, Lewis B. Perkins ’93, a son, Amon Charles Fenway, on Dec. 10, 2013. John Lowell “Jack” and Luke Larkin, James Lewis Kelley, on Feb. 3, in Wal- Charlie joins brother RJ. The family on Feb. 14. The family reside in nut Creek, Calif. His mothers are Dr. reside in Crozier, Va., where Elizabeth Arlington, Va. Leah Kelley and Dr. Joanne Gras. serves as senior attorney to the Senate Finance Committee of the Virginia Shelley Adams Gentle ’99 and John B. Phifer ’93 and his wife, General Assembly. her husband, John, a daughter, Melissa, a daughter, Charlotte Caro- Elizabeth Eshelman, on Dec. 16, line, on Nov. 1, 2013. She joins brother Ashley A. La Forge ’97 and her 2013. Lizzie joins brothers John Trent, 12, and sister Anna, 10. The husband, Rick Link, a daughter, Clarke, 4, and Colin, 3. The family family reside in Downers Grove, Ill. Larkin Alexandra, on Feb. 4. She joins reside in Birmingham, Ala. brothers Renner Sheridan and Grady Andreas L. Scherffel ’93and his Ray and sister Cambree Jane. The Virginia Baker Greaker ’00 and wife, Susan, a son, Maxwell Scott, family reside in Portland, Ore., where her husband, Jon, a daughter, Cathe- on Sept. 7, 2013. The family live in Ashley is an environmental consultant rine Colbert “CeCe,” on July 26, 2013. Chalfont, Pa. for the energy industry. She joins sister Virginia Larson. 38 W&L Alumni Magazine - on theon the of banks Hudson River in Newburgh, N.Y. failed arenot twoold guys "Those A two-person reunion the of ClassA two-person 1955was of held Easter on arestaurant Sunday at early enough," wrote Smith Ray genuine '55,"but W&L grads. We seen each had not contestants in an Ernestcontestants Hemingway look-alike who their contest didn't start beards Statesville, N.C. N.C. Statesville, brother Vincent. family livein The David Arthur, onMarch 2.He joins Brooklyn, N.Y.Brooklyn, family in sister The reside Margaret. brother joins and Merritt 2013. Lizzy Meriwether,Elizabeth onNov. 10, her husband, ten Stoner ’02 Bonnema practice law. both where they in Baton Rouge, La., live andMichael.brothers They Henry 13,2013,joining Catherine, onSept. ’02 Patton R. Scott Graham McKenzieCarrie ’04 F.Matthew McKenzie ’01 ’00 MacGaw Gay Elizabeth Jonathan J. Stoner ’02 J. Jonathan Richard Abernethy ’72. and Ward, including their grandfather, wereents on handto welcome Mabry co. Brother Collinsandallgrandpar 14,2013,inSanFrancis nenl, onOct. Dren MillsandEdward - Mabry twins, ’03 Shortall Abernethy Murray ’02 Shortall Christopher A. Evans ’02 Savage Noelle family live in Baltimore, Md. Md. liveinBaltimore, family The sister9, 2013.She joins Gloria. Catherine Penelope “Wren,” onDec. March 12. They live in New liveinNew March 12.They York City. a daughter, on Madeline Elizabeth, wife, wife, her husband, Standing, l. r.: to Friedmann, Peggy Beau's wife, and Ruth Walker, Chris' partner. other since our 25th reunion, there so was up on." much catch Seated, to l. r.: to Margaret Beau Redmond Smith '55,Ray '55and Chris Ford, Beau's daughter. Graham Scott , adaughter, Grace , adaughter, and his andhis , adaughter, and and and , a son, , ason, and and Kris and and and and , - - , - Hugh Black. Third row: Lee HughHollis, Third Black. Clint row: Second row: Kevin row: Second Anderson, Bill Kelly, The SAE pledge class of 1986 enjoyed SAE pledgeThe classof 1986 enjoyed Biscayne in February.Biscayne First row (l. to a mass 50th birthday party on Key Key on a mass 50th party birthday on Oct. 30,2013. on Oct. Margaret Simonds “Daisy,” Calhoun and herhusband, Stanton Craft ’04 Craft Stanton Amelia Waring Walker ’04 TornfeltEden Henderson ’04 Christina Ryan W. ’04 Duffy ’05 Craft S. George Arlington, Va. on Marchfamily in 15.Thereside James. Taylor, onJan. brother 4.She joins her husband, in Charlotte, N.C. in Charlotte, N.C. Howard, onJan.family 13.Thereside r.): Van Smith, Fitts, Bob Rick Lail. Shelton, Thornton Brooksbank. , adaughter, NoraRose, William Eric , adaughter, Mary and his wife, andhiswife, and , a son, Isaac Isaac , ason, , adaughter, Sarah Sarah and and Summ Obituaries father, Mike Brumby ’64(center), visited former W&Ltennis Cinda coach Rankin in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Virginia owns Chiangin Mai,owns Thailand. Virginia and National Registry ofHistoric National Registry onthe building andhaving itlisted and refurbishing the Academy Loller insaving instrumental hewas wife, the Hatboro hislate Alongwith area. in officer health/disaster the local World War as assigned hewas II, onFeb. Hatboro, died Pa., 7.During husband, Dr. W. Joseph Fairlie ’35 Ted ’35 M.Brindle Elizabeth Eckman Dawson ’07 Dawson Eckman Elizabeth Van VeenKathryn ’06 Reilley ’06 Miller Sanden Brooke ’06 Heisterhagen Sparks Kasee and and They live in Rockville, Md. liveinRockville, They ter, 12,2013. onDec. Katharine Lee, moving to Houstonmoving this summer. liveinPhiladelphiafamily be andwill Matthew,Henry onMarch 1.The ’06 ter ofHoward V. Sanden’54. Colo. Tracey Annisthe granddaugh- Rifle, livein Ann, onJan. 24.They Mobile, Ala. Mobile, Ala. family in 3,2013.Thereside on Dec. belonged to Phibelonged Kappa Psi. realestate career.ning his50-year He AviationAmerican - before begin andNorth He at worked Lockheed aveteran ofWorldHe was War I. nine days shy ofhis101stbirthday. on Feb. died Calif., Marcos, 21,just Virginia Brumby ’01 (left) and her andVirginia her Brumby ’01(left) , a son, William, ason, “W.C.,” Crews Survival Chic in Singapore. Chic in Survival Peter R. Dawson ’06 Dawson Peter R. ’06 Reilley J. Matthew Timothy Heisterhagen A. er 2014 Chris , adaughter, Tracey mag , of Lake San San , ofLake azine.wlu.edu , of , of , adaugh- and her andher , a son, , ason, r J 39 Milestones Buildings. He was a former presi- Jean S. Friedberg ’41, of Hal- Jay A. Silverstein ’43, of Chatta- dent of the Hatboro Library, where landale Beach, Fla., died on July 15, nooga, Tenn., died on Feb. 27. He at- he served on the board of directors 2010. During World War II, he was tended the U.S. Naval Midshipmen’s for 10 years. He was the first elected a lieutenant commander. He was School at Columbia University, in r member of Hatboro Rotary and a racehorse owner and a trainer, New York, where he was commis- served as president of the club and as well as an advisor to the Jockey sioned as an ensign, and served in remained active in the club’s charity Guild and a Kentucky Commission- the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and service projects for over 70 years. er. He belonged to Zeta Beta Tau. He and Pacific during World War II. He He was active in the local Boy Scout was father to Jean S. Friedberg Jr ’65. joined his father in business at The Milestones troop, where he trained and tested Boys’ Shop, eventually changing the J Eagle Scout candidates. He belonged Richard M. Herndon ’41, of Win- name to The Young Men’s Shop. He to Sigma Phi Epsilon. ter Park, Fla., died on Feb. 2. During belonged to Zeta Beta Tau. World War II, he screened French Dwight H. Cooley ’37, of Barton, and Belgian rescuers of American W. Woodrow Wright ’44, of Vt., died on June 7, 2011. A World soldiers downed by Germans and Charlottesville, died on March 17. War II veteran, he served in the Army interpreted aerial photos. Post-ar- He served during World War II in in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and mistice he interviewed former slave Europe with the Third Army and was was honorably discharged, having workers from German-occupied awarded five bronze campaign stars achieved the rank of Sergeant T-4. territory. He served in the U.S. and two Bronze Star Medals. He For 25 years, he was the postmaster in Foreign Service in Montreal, Tokyo, landed on Omaha Beach and fought Passumpsic, Vt. Fukuoka, Seoul and Washington. For at the Battle of the Bulge. He attained 45 years, he interpreted and taught the rank of lieutenant colonel. He Edward E. Brown Jr. ’40, ’42L, of Japanese and other subjects at Rol- was president of City Mortgage and Lookout Mountain, Tenn., died on lins College, Seminole College and Insurance Companies in Charlottes- March 2. During World War II, he high schools in Florida. He tutored ville. He was active in his community, served in the 7th and 9th Army, 181st through Lifetime Learning and was a serving in leadership positions for Field Artillery of the European The- member of the Society of the War of the Rotary Club, Charlottesville- ater, landing in Omaha Beach, France, 1812, Asia Society, E.S.U. and many Albemarle Chamber of Commerce, on D-Day plus 30. He worked in in- cultural associations. He belonged to Salvation Army, Hospice House, surance, founding Brown Associates Kappa Sigma. He was grandfather to Piedmont Little League Baseball As- Inc. and serving as chairman until A. William Samii ’87. sociation, Boys Baseball Association, his death. He was a director of Signal United Giver’s Fund, Downtown Knitting Mills, the Greater Chatta- Dr. Douglas M. Monroe Jr. ’42, Charlottesville Inc. and Charlottes- nooga Area Chamber of Commerce of Cambro, N.C., died on June 30, ville-Albemarle Retail Merchants and Chattanooga-Hamilton County 2012. He was a radio operator during Association. One of his proudest Law Enforcement Commission. He World War II. He taught literature moments was representing the city belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He and served as chair of the English of Charlottesville in the laying of the was brother to Wesley G. Brown ’51 department at Queens College. He wreath at Thomas Jefferson’s grave and father to C. Huxley Brown ’76 later moved into college administra- on July 4. and Allen C. Brown ’72; grandfather tion and served as dean for several to Kimberly Dickinson French ’94, schools. He ended his academic Richard E. Bartlebaugh ’45, ’47L, Mary Dickinson Trammell ’99 and T. career as part of the administra- of Coshocton, Ohio, died on March Garth Brown ’02; and uncle to Wesley tion that founded Atlanta Junior 23. He served during World War II G. Brown Jr. ’78. (now Metropolitan) College. His in the Navy and attended midship- book, “The Life and Times of Mac man’s school at Columbia University. Arnold A. Heft ’40, of Bethesda, Monroe,” went on sale the day before He was a gunnery officer aboard the Md., died on March 12. He was a he died. destroyer escort U.S.S. Muir (DE- longtime racehorse owner, pitcher 770). He was president and owner of for the minor league Orioles during The Hon. Joseph L. Savage Jr. Acoustics Manufacturing Corp. and the 1930s, referee in the NBA and ’42L, of Fredericksburg, Va., died vice president and general manager co-owner of the Baltimore Bullets. He on March 27. During World War of Steel Ceiling Inc. He was a mem- served in the Navy during World War II, he served for three years as an ber of the Detroit Rotary Club and II. For years, he owned and operated Army Reserve officer in North served on the boards of the Salvation Heft Construction Co. and Arnold Africa and Italy. Thereafter he spent Army, the Muskingum Area Board of Heft Real Estate. He served on the 17 months on active duty in the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Health Services and the Coshocton Association board of directors and California. He served as judge of the Foundation. was a past president of the Home General District Court for the City Plate Club of Washington. He was a of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania W. Hanes Lancaster Jr. ’46, of member of the Washington Metro- County and as a substitute judge Johnson City, Tenn., died on Jan. politan Area Basketball Hall of Fame after retirement, and volunteered at 27. During World War II, he served and the Greater Washington, D.C., Mary Washington Hospital. He was with the Army Air Corps as a gunner Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. father to Thomas Y. Savage ’82L. aboard B-29 bombers and saw action 40 W&L Alumni Magazine Tau Delta. his community. to He Delta belonged to service nitions for hisdistinguished numerousreceived awards andrecog- Warrenother andcommittees. boards to many andbelonged Association; Chapter Heart oftheBeach American oneofthe founders ofthewas Palm Counties; andMartin of PalmBeach dent ofthe Community Foundation the founding presi- was tic University; Atlan at PalmBeach - oftrustees board the founding as chair ofthe served practice, he addition to hismedical onMarch died 31.In Fla., Beach, Shreveport, La., died on April 3. He onApril died 3.He La., Shreveport, Woodstock, Ill., died on Oct. 27,2012. onOct. Woodstock, Ill.,died Thomas A. PresslyJr. Thomas ’50 ’50 Parkinson S. Bruce Dr. Warren E. ’49 Donald ’49 M.McCormick Robert cousin P. to Edwin Jr. Lancaster ’63L. was He to Phibelonged Theta. Delta Club.He the CityRotary Johnson the Tri-Cities Authority and Airport of amember also He was sociation. the CitySwim Johnson former As Cluband the CityCountry Johnson Center, CityMedical Johnson Bank, of the ETSU Foundation, SunTrust onthe ofdirectors board and served Health andEducation Facilities Board ofthe chairman former City Johnson was station. He first Cities’ television the Tri- television, WJHL founded father’s andlater radiostation, WJHL, his He joined in theIslands. Mariana andonTinianof operations Island Theater in the China-Burma-India Award. to He Phi belonged Kappa Psi. Service thewith GAPDistinguished himforGAP honored hisservice the juniors through In2009, the pros. from found marshalling golf events, andcould frequentlyfour be decades delphia (GAP) volunteer for nearly ofPhila- Association aGolf He was chair School. ofthe ofthe board Carr Clubandwas Philadelphia Rotary the with involved was Philadelphia, president of ofthe Unionwas League He samples. mailtodirect medical from everything envelope business, inthe involved specialty his careeer president as andspent and served envelope-manufacturing company, the Army. Spangler, E.J. He joined an the Korean War,During in heserved onMarch died 21. Pa., ristown, , ofNor , of , of , of Palm , ofPalm , of , of - - Chi Alpha. Chi Alpha. to He Lambda belonged ganizations. communityvarious andcharitable or activein In retirement, hebecame andTrustNational Bank Company. recently most The with banking, the AirForce. in He hadacareer onFeb. in died burg, 20.He served Delta TauDelta Delta. to He Hospital. belonged of Altoona Trucking onthe board Co.andserved president ofLafferty Heington. was Army intelligence officer inWash- as an fluent in Russian. served He in Monterey, where hebecame Calif., and attended Institute the Language Korean War, inthe Army heserved Feb. died the Fla., 15.During Beach, G. Digby Lafferty ’52, Lafferty Digby G. ’51,’55L Cogar R. William W. ’50 Clay Thomson The Hon. John D. Maley ’52 Maley D. John Hon. The Margaret C. Cogar ’08. Cogar Margaret C. ’76andgrandfather to Cogar liam R. Phi Kappa father Psi. to He Wil was - to He board. belonged MCV original ofthe member surviving the last was and onthe Council W&LLaw served fromTroutmanretired He Sanders. to therising He rankofcaptain. in the United States Corps, Marine onFeb.Richmond, died 4.He served by the Italian government for hishu- theawarded Star Italian Solidarity the rankoflieutenant colonel. He was andTurkey,Europe, Africa to rising anAirForce in was pilotandserved March died 11.He Okla., Okmulgee, belonged to Sigma Nu. to Nu. Sigma belonged in1981.He San Antonio League Art ofthe Year Artist as honored bythe throughout the United States andwas awardshe received inexhibitions apainter, del As Rio. ElPaseo walk, ofthethe SanAntonio design River for in of Architects hisparticipation fromthe Nationalrecognition Society He received also for hiswork. AIA honorawardsand received fromthe InstituteAmerican ofArchitects of the SanAntonio Chapter ofthe in Texas. onthe board He served ranches andlake houses homes, anddesigned the SanAntonio Zoo architect for as He served for 25years. tural architecture andpracticed firm sance officer. an architec opened He areconnaisAir Force as andserved inthe Korean Warserved the with , ofLynch- ofVero , of , of , of , of - - - - Summ Young Jr. ’79. father to He James was S. Sigma. to He Phi belonged Kappa 30 years. County forPrince more Georges than in He internal practiced medicine inthe corpsman Navy. ahospital as Feb. Md.,Head, died 11.He served Guidanceto Office. belonged He of the Naval Academy’s Candidate representative the regional as served and commander inthe Naval Reserve He held Board. the rankof School Pennsylvania andthe West Shore Estate Planning ofCentral Council State Commission,the Government ofthe Estate Laws Joint Decedents’ force ofthe task amember on was He services. and investment advisory inbankconsulting which specialized Investors Groupfirm, Inc., Fiduciary fromhisown retiring in banking, onJan. 23.He died hadacareer Pa., Dr. Young Sanford J. ’52, Robert F.Robert ’53 Duguay W.Roger ’53 Dudley belonged to Phibelonged fraternity AlphaDelta of the Tulsa He Philharmonic board. member andapast service, standing thereceiving Award Others for out ofthe Army, Salvation member board apast Hevolunteerism. was Award, the award for highest given the receiving Silver Beaver America, of Scouts lifelong ofthe Boy member Trial a He Judges was Association. one ofthe founders ofthe Oklahoma Conference president andpast and president ofthe OklahomaJudicial the HeAdministrative was District. counties Central composing the East presiding judge for the 10 he became district’s onlychief justice. In1987, the andCreek Countieskee andas judge district for Okfus as Okmulgee, mulgee County judge. Heserved also Ok elected andwas in Okmulgee He Pope law with practiced PiusXII. U.S. AirForce audience inaprivate of1956.He represented the blizzard Europe’s missionsduring manitarian Kappa Alpha. Pi II’72.belonged to Griffith He S. uncleLtd. to Robert He was Collections The Heritage business, philatelic He hisown later established Pharmaceuticals Trade Association. William andthe American andMary in publicrelations for the Collegeof veteran ofWorld War He II. worked Church, Va., onFeb. died a 6.He was er 2014 mag , of Falls , ofFalls , ofWaverly, azine.wlu.edu of Indian ofIndian - - - r J 41 Milestones Phi Gamma Delta. He was father to Dallas P. Kelley III ’78. He belonged to defender, litigating federal cases on Robert S. Duguay ’87. Phi Gamma Delta. appeal from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Parsons was involved in nu- C. Richard Lovegrove ’53, of Roa- A. Brockman Varner Jr. ’56, of merous legal associations, including r noke, died on Dec. 17, 2013. He had Winston-Salem, N.C., died Dec. 4, as three-time chairman of the ABA’s a 43-year career in public relations 2012. He was born in the Stonewall Criminal Amicus Curiae Committee. for American Electric Power. He was Jackson House in Lexington, Va. He Over the years, he participated in a a columnist for the Thibodaux, La., worked for 37 years at Bell Labs/ number of local community and pub- Daily Comet, wrote a children’s story Western Electric/AT&T. He belonged lic service endeavors. He belonged to Milestones for his daughter, and penned poetry. to Kappa Sigma. Sigma Phi Epsilon. J He belonged to Pi Kappa Alpha. He was father to Richard L. Lovegrove L. Christian Harrell III ’59, ’61L, Ronald H. Alenstein ’62, of Bri- ’77. of Memphis, Tenn., died on Jan. 15. arcliff Manor, N.Y., died on March 8. He served in the Navy and was a real He was a litigating partner at Shea & William J. Wood ’54, ’55L, of Santa estate attorney. He belonged to Kappa Gould, a partner at D’Amato & Lynch Barbara, Calif., died on Dec. 31, 2013. Alpha. and a partner at Ingram, Yuzek, Gain- He taught English and Spanish at en, Carroll, and Bertolotti. He was Lompoc Senior High School for over Thomas M. Moore ’59, of Warren- chair of the Briarcliff Manor Zoning 25 years. He belonged to Phi Gamma ton, Va., died Jan. 1. He served in the Board of Appeals. He belonged to Delta. He was uncle to the Rev. J. Army Reserve. While at W&L, he was Zeta Beta Tau. Arthur Wood III ’76. the only one in his class to letter in three sports: baseball, basketball and Robert B. Armstrong ’62L, of The Hon. Marvin L. Bishop III football. He was the assistant to the Roanoke, died on March 31. He was ’55, ’60L, of Casper, Wyo., died on rector at St. James’ Episcopal Church a lieutenant in the Navy JAG Corps March 19. He served in the Army and was a realtor and land developer and was stationed primarily in Great and was stationed in Germany. He in the Warrenton and Culpeper areas. Lakes, Ill., and Jacksonville, Fla. He joined his father to form the law firm He belonged to Beta Theta Pi. practiced law in a variety of partner- of Bishop and Bishop. He belonged ships and as a sole practitioner in to the Casper Drum and Bugle Corps Thomas C. Williams ’60, of Huntington, Long Island, N.Y., and and traveled the state with his family Staunton, died on Feb. 6. He served Lexington. He belonged to Sigma to participate in parades and concerts. in the Navy aboard a nuclear-armed Chi. He served as municipal court judge missile destroyer in the Pacific, rising for 25 years. He belonged to Phi to the rank of lieutenant. After work- Stanley M. Leydig Jr. ’64, of St. Gamma Delta. ing as a lawyer in western Europe, Louis, died July 30, 2010. South America and Africa, he entered Scott B. Clinton ’55, of Jupiter, Fla., investment banking, joining Lehman William H. Supon Jr. ’65, of Cedar- died on Feb. 5. After retiring from Brothers first in London, then New town, Ga., died on Feb. 16. He taught RCA/GE, he volunteered at Habitat York. He also joined Lazard Freres, at Darlington School, East Rome for Humanity, gave tours at the Jupiter working for both New York and Paris High School and Cedartown High Lighthouse and Museum, volun- offices. He belonged to Sigma Chi and School. He was the director of music teered weekly at the soup kitchen at was father to S. Taylor Williams ’89. at First United Methodist Church for St. George’s Episcopal church, was a almost 40 years. A bass-baritone, he handyman for Family Promise and Richard H. Parsons ’61L, of Peoria, sang opera and musical theater and served as an instructor at the Power Ill., died on March 26. He served in presented concerts in New Jersey, Squadron. He belonged to Beta Theta the Marine Corps PLC Program. He North Carolina and Atlanta and in Pi. He was father-in-law to Maurice was business editor of the Law Re- Bonn, Augsburg and Mannheim, G. Adams ’78. view. He entered into private practice Germany. He helped to establish Op- and formed and owned the Bankers era Atlanta, a predecessor of today’s Emmett R. Kelley ’56, of Rich- Title Company Ltd. He also served on Atlanta Opera. He belonged to Phi mond, died on March 31. He served the board of directors for a number of Epsilon Pi. in the Army, in the Reserves, both on commercial entities. He served terms active duty and in the 80th Division in elected positions, such as precinct Capt. Francis E. Kennedy Jr. ’66L, as a captain. He joined the fam- committeeman and delegate to the of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Feb. ily business, Kelley’s Inc. Hardware 1972 Democratic National Conven- 9. He served in the Air Force. He Store, in Westover Hills, and took tion. For 20 years, he was commis- worked in property development in over the operation after his father’s sioner/trial judge for the Illinois the Greenville area, owning and serv- death. A successful real estate career Court of Claims. He became the first ing as CEO of Emerald Development with Savage & Company followed. federal public defender for the Central and Construction. Kelley received many distinguished District of Illinois, a position he held sales awards over the years, includ- from August 1995 until his retirement Robert K. Bell ’69, of Forest, Va., ing Retail Merchant of the Year. He in August 2011. In 1999, the Seventh died on Dec. 13, 2010. He belonged also served on the board of directors Circuit Court of Appeals asked him to to Phi Kappa Psi. He was brother to of Dominion Bank. He was uncle to take on the role as the circuit appellate Edward Bell Jr. ’60, ’62L and uncle to Gretchen Bell McThenia ’89. 42 W&L Alumni Magazine private practice.private in briefly was office and inChicago for County the publicdefender’s Cook onJan. 27.He died Chicago, worked Award, the award. highest He wrote Service Civilian fense Distinguished - ofDe theand received Department atworked the IslandArsenal Rock onJan. 29.He died Iowa, enport, Jean C. Chapman ’11. C. Jean M.Chapman ’63andfatherGeorge to brother He to was the Rev.Alpha. is With Us.” to He PiKappa belonged Hement isthe Board. author of“God ofthe Town amember as Manage- life ofthethe ofCumberland city civic State University, activein andhewas atphilosophy department Frostburg for ethics the social contemporary Tertiary Order Franciscan. He taught aprofessed He was also two dioceses. the Episcopal Church, representing todeputy the general convention of a United andwas States ofAmerica exams ofthe Episcopal Church ofthe a readerfor the general ordination as inCumberland.Parish He served recentlymost rector ofEmmanuel as York,New andVirginia, Georgia in Feb. indioceses 16.He served ’70 Chapman C. Rev.The Edward Tinkham Veale ’69 III F.George Jr. Nichols ’69L Charles M. Smith ’70 M.Smith Charles Phi. Phi. B. Veale to ’99.He PiKappa belonged to Tinkham Veale ’95andGeoffrey IV father on March died 18.He was Pa., , of Cumberland, Md., died on , ofCumberland, on Md., died , ofDav , of Villanova, , ofVillanova, Class Note! Class , of , of Submit a - cine inthearea. cine Birmingham Alabama- internal andpracticed medi at the Unversity medicine family of professor clinical of anassociate was onJan. 15.He died of Irondale, Ala., Kappa. He belonged to He PiKappa belonged Kappa. Phi. into inducted Omicron Delta and was at Trinity UnitedChurch Methodist positions inleadership and served pantry food atvolunteered the RARA Foundation,Department andhe ClubandLexington Police Rotary ofthe Lexington Sunrise a member onthe andwas electoral board served collegiate He team. summerbaseball agement a ofthe Rockbridge Rapids, inthepivotal foundation andman- and was firm the FBI. He security chief. He then for worked aprivate deputy where as heretired Service, inthe 31 years U.S. Postal Inspection onMarch died ington, 2.He served Rodney C. Hubbard ’74 Hubbard C. Rodney Dr. ’73 Crittenden C. Richard Kenneth W. ’71 Newman ation (VJJA) and was a former mem- aformer andwas ation (VJJA) of the Virginia Juvenile- Justice Associ anactivemember Roanoke. He was inthe Cityof Juvenile Services Court the director of as heserved 15 years, Center. Learning Bridge For the past of Juvenile Justice) at the Natural Institutions (now the Department Virginia ofWelfare Department and manyspent working for years the Glasgow, Va., onJan. 29.He died Charles M.Smith Jr. ’95L. for “War for Profit” andmany articles . He was father to Truth-out.org father to . He was , of , of , ofLex , - VALexington, 24450-2116 204 W. Washington St. Square 7 Courthouse Editor Washington University and Lee required)(password colonnadeconnections.wlu.edu [email protected] POST OFFICE: POST WEBSITE: E-MAIL: after nine years of part-time studies. ofpart-time studies. nineyears after fromW&L alaw degree He earned inLexington for 37years. dentistry and aD.D.S in1958.He practiced in1957 wealth University aB.S. with from Virginiagraduated Common- onJan.of Lexington, 22.He died of service. Guardof the anddidfour Coast years Va., onFeb. died aveteran 20.He was Dr. Jr. M.Lawrence Robert ’78L Jr. Smith L. Harry ’74 Warren L. Moody III ’83 III Warren Moody L. Sevdy ’81L Huffman Violet Sevdy ’81L. Sevdy M. to wife Eric She was sociation. ofthe Kentuckymember As Bar of Kentucky anda CollegeofLaw agraduate ofthe University She was Lexington, Ky., onFeb. died 13,2013. emergency medical technician and and technician medical emergency as an certified andthen became gram atworked the Fort Worth Star-Tele- onMarch died 12.He Ariz., Phoenix, Hubbard ’16L. County. father to J. He Robinson was for board of the Rockbridge school andchair member aformer He was the for Chavis Houseboard W&L. and board Horizon thezation, Project OrganiRockbridge AreaRecreation - the ofthe initialboard BB&T Bank, for board onthe advisory bard served the AreaofAdministration. Hub - and the Award 2003Meritorious in Award Services inthe AreaofCourt VJJA’sHe received 1988Meritorious ofdirectors. board ofthe VJJA ber , of Ashland, , ofAshland, , of , of , of , of - , r J Milestones a paramedic. He earned his medical at Hale and Dorr, and then as a partner degree and co-founded the Com- at McDermott, Will and Emory. He OtherFred Coffey Deaths, who retired from W&L munity Medical Clinic in Phoenix, received the Founders Award from a in 2007 after 31 years as an officer in Ariz. Moody rode in the Hotter than non-profit for his pro bono work on Public Safety, died on June 15. r Hell 100, a five-day bike ride from behalf of over 100 families in Boston’s San Francisco to Los Angeles, to raise Dorchester neighborhood. James Crawford Mackey, who money for AIDS research. He was son worked as a custodian in Facilities to Warren L. Moody Jr. ’54. Lara D. Gass ’14L, of Lexington, Management for 21 years before retir- died on March 18. She was a mem- ing in 1986, died on May 26. Milestones Lt. Cmdr. Brian W. Robinson ber of the editorial board of the Law J ’90L, of Manassas, Va., died Feb. 14. Review, serving as symposium editor Carter V. McNeese, former as- He served in the Coast Guard as a and organizer of the Law Review’s sociate director of development and JAG officer. He volunteered for duty annual symposium. She was active director of the Annual Fund at W&L, in Afghanistan and served there as a with the Women Law Students died on Feb. 6. legal trainer during 2010. His personal Organization and served as a Kirgis military awards include three awards Fellow, a member of the Law School’s Cynthia Penne, a lecturer and an of the Meritorious Service Medal, the peer mentoring group. She belonged instructor of violin and viola in the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, to ODK and several honor societ- Music Department from 1991 to 2012, three awards of the Coast Guard ies, including the Pi Sigma Alpha died on July 2. She also served as the Achievement Medal, the Navy & Ma- National Political Science Honor principal violist of the University- rine Corps Achievement Medal, the Society, the National Society of Col- Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra and Army Achievement Medal and three legiate Scholars and Phi Eta Sigma as the violist of the W&L faculty trio. awards of the Commandant’s Letter of National Honor Society. She served Commendation Ribbon. He also re- as a Big Sister, tutoring first-grade Helen G. Watt, widow of William J. ceived the Department of State Superi- students, and as a volunteer in the Watt, former dean of the College and or Honor Award. He practiced law for King County (Washington State) Bar professor of chemistry emeritus, died 12 years in Boston, first as an associate Association’s Central Legal Clinic. on June 16. 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PHOTO BY GEORGE BENT r J 45 Milestones r All in the Family ur shorthand term for these photos used to be “Dads & Grads.” With this category now embracing alum- Milestones Onae with graduating offspring, plus proud J siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other kinfolk, all of whom attended (or are still attending) the University, we’ve retired that title. Suffice it to say that whatever we call the folks in this special group, we are proud to call them part of the W&L family. Front row, left to right: Jackie Goodell ’10 (sister of Libby), Bill Goodell ’80L, Betsy Goodell ’80L, Sam Wilburn ’79, Bob Humphreys ’72, Steve Nardo ’82, Jed Dunn ’82 (uncle of Virginia McGarry), Mike McGarry ’87, Khaki Howe ’07 (cousin of Jonathan), Harold Howe ’76 (uncle of Jonathan). Back row, left to right: Libby Goodell ’14, Yates Wilburn ’14, Rob Humphreys ’14, Logan Nardo ’14, Fletcher Dunn ’10 (cousin of Virginia McGarry), Virginia McGarry ’14, Myers McGarry ’16 (sister of Virginia), Hanes Dunn ’13 (cousin of Virginia McGarry), Jonathan Howe ’14. Front row, left to right: Adrian Williamson ’80, Jet Taylor ’84, Kevin Berger ’84, Rick Swagler ’84, John McAlister ’80, Trip Johnstone ’82, Dave Bennett ’91 (brother to Katie), Michael Armstrong ’77, Peter Collins ’84. Back row, left to right: Adrian Williamson ’14, John Taylor ’14, Alex Berger ’14, Allison Swagler ’14, Lacy McAlister ’14, Ellison Johnstone ’14, Katie Bennett ’14, Andrew Bennett ’12 (brother of Katie), David Armstrong ’11 (brother of Kate), Kate Armstrong ’14, Charlotte Collins ’14. 46 W&L Alumni Magazine Morgan Luttig ’14. Ives ’14,Kate ’14,Chris Alice ’14,EllenArchie Matthai Ballou ’14, Hal Hundley ’14, ’14,Annie Buttarazzi ’14,SallyNexsen ’14, Archie Ives ’85,JimChris ’77,Andrew ’79,David Berry Hundley ’79,Mike Ballou Laura Luttig row, ’76.Back lefttoright: ’76,BillMatthai Matthai ’80,Alicia Front Jack ’91(aunt row, Berry ofAlice), ’87, Jay left to right: ’76,Mike Buttarazzi Nexsen ofMichael), ’11(brother PaulDavid Doobin Kuveke ’14. ’14, Laffitte Norris (brotherMetzger WilliamMetzger ’14,Christopher of ’16 William),Doobin ’14, ’14,Michael Peter Partee ’14, Spear Ellis’14,Marie Tricia Beth row, ’14,John ’14,Laura Back Bruch ’17(sister ofSarah),SarahJessee lefttoright: Jessee Tucker (brother ofNorris), ’07 Laffitte Laffitte Doobin’81, Tuck Metzger ’79,Bill Paul ’85,’84. ’87, Stan Partee Peter Kuveke ’86, Spear ThadEllis’82,Chris Beth), Ellis’86(uncle ofLaura John ’78,Randy Bruch ’79L, Front John Jessee row, lefttoright: William Wall ’14,Taylor ’14,Kelsey Granruth Witherspoon ’14,Kelsey ’14,MamieRobertson ’14,AnnieButtarazzi Hiden’14. Witherspoon ’87,Gordon ’83,Walter TripButtarazzi row, ’76,BillyHiden’75.Back lefttoright: Cole’14, Robertson Front David Cole’83,Walter row, lefttoright: ’78,Tom Granruth Wall Tom ofKelsey), ’54(grandfather Wall ’80,Mike Summ er 2014 mag azine.wlu.edu PHOTOS BY PATRICK HINELY ’73 HINELY PATRICK BY PHOTOS r J 47 Milestones r JMilestones A Day forBY PRESIDENT the KEN GraduatesRUSCIO ’76 orbes magazine labeled this ates. My point then was not that needed to be a personal one. “The Commencement Ad- this custom made us better than our The deaths of Kelsey Durkin Fdress Disinvitation Season” to peers. Indeed, I’m sure that many of ’14 and Lara Gass ’14L in separate describe instances in which protests our graduates might wish they could automobile accidents left us numb either caused universities to rescind boast of a celebrity who addressed with sadness that lingers still. As part an invitation or speakers to bow out. them at Commencement. of both the law and undergraduate Although the media hype sug- Yet, each year when I sit down commencements, we honored their gested there were more cases than to write my remarks, my assignment memories by awarding them presi- usual, complaining about com- is quite clear: I want to say something dential degrees. mencement speakers is actually a that will have meaning to the gradu- As I told the graduates, I want time-honored tradition. ates, and only to them. It is their day, us always to remember Kelsey and One of this year’s most pub- not ours. Lara and the lesson we learned, licized incidents was the decision As I told members of the Class the legacy they left us, which is the of Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. of 2014 on May 22, we see com- importance of being in a community Secretary of State, to decline an mencement as a time of celebration where people care about each other. invitation from Rutgers because, she and reflection, and not as our last None of us could have gotten said, she did not want protests over shot to teach them life’s lessons and through those dark days alone. All her appearance to be a distraction on suddenly spring upon them the rev- members of our community—fac- a day that should be “a time of joyous elation that the world is a treacher- ulty, staff, alumni and especially celebration for the graduates and ous place and they must now go forth students—called upon the finest their families.” Without debating the and cope. qualities of this University and protests or her decision to withdraw, By the time they have finished demonstrated the compassion for there can be no doubt that she is four years at W&L, they know what one another that proved to be the right about the purpose of com- awaits them without my reminding strength we needed. mencement. them. For us, Commencement is The focus of the graduates, A few years ago, in a piece neither a beginning nor an end. It’s in their final moments as students for Inside Higher Ed, I described simply a day to stop and pause and at Washington and Lee, rightly Washington and Lee’s tradition of understand the longer journey and belonged on all they had achieved, having the president—the University the role our community has played. individually and together. It was their president, that is—address the gradu- This year, especially, the message day, after all. • 48 W&L Alumni Magazine W&L is pleased to recognize the following graduates of the Class of 2014, whose parents made a gift to W&L’s Parents Thank You and Fund in their honor. Congratulations! We honor your ac- complishments and wish you the best as you venture forth Congratulations! from Lexington. Miles Abell Taylor Cottingham Alex Hensleigh Giovanni Marciano Kingsley Schroeder James Tyrrell Mary Bacon Jackson Coursey John Hewell Christian Martine Jeff Schulte Sarah Vallon Ebony Bailey Harlyn Croland Doug Hilbert Lauren Michnick Kira Sedberry Victoria Van Natten JP Beall Jamie Davis Hank Hill Jared Mitchell Darby Shuler J.T. VanMeter Forrest Behne Olivia Davis Connor Hollenbeck Kingsley Mooney Lorraine Simonis Blake Vessa Hunter Benedict Erin Dengler Annie Howard Tim Moore Brian Simpson Alexandra Viers Katie Bennett Melissa Derby Parker Howard Caroline Morgan Nick Smith Alex Vittitow John Blizzard Monica Devlin Jonathan Howe Julia Murray Jasmine Soo Caroline Wass Mary Ashleigh Boles Shaun Devlin Lauren Howry Amanda Newton Juli Sorenson Olive Waxter Hillary Bontempi Philip Dishuck Daniel Hsu Mac O’Brien Mark Sowinski Allie Weiss Thomas Bowen Katie Driest Will Hubbard Andy Ogburn James Spencer Tim Werner Meade Brewster Brendan Farley Emily Hudson Eliza Parrott Anne Stafford Angela Williams Abbey Brown Max Farrington Audrey Humleker Peter Partee Elizabeth Steitz David Williams Emily Bruner David Fishman Hal Hundley Colleen Paxton George Steuart Julia Wingfield Jenny Bulley Kathleen FitzGerald Patrick Jennings Lee Peaseley Leanne Stone Keifer Winn Mark Burlee Emily Foggo Jordan Kearns Lauren Peiffer John Straton Kyle Witty Ali Burner Ellie Fossier Mac Keers Nate Plein Jake Struebing Joe Wood Campbell Burr Anne Froemming Nathan Kelly Henry Portwood Sarah Strunk Kathleen Yakulis Charles Busch Bryan Georgilis Vincent Kim Tyler Priebe Kevin Sullivan Albert Yeh Jonathan Cahill Ashley Gerard Andrew Kindelin Mike Raffetto Zander Tallman Virginia Young Jay Catlett Caroline Gill Julian Kindrish Harry Razook Laura Lindsay Tatum Nick Zanetis George Cauffman Cole Glasgow Haroutioun Nate Reichel Lucas Terna Alex Zelinski Vicky Cervantes Jena Glavy Kotchinian Maia Robbins Virginia Terry Matt Ziemer Will Chester Thomas Groesbeck Meredith Lavin Susy Robinson Alvin Thomas Bella Zuroski Allie Chirigos Katie Hagen Rebecca Lawrence Sammy Rosier Anna Thomas Taylor Zusi Zach Clarke Meredith Hardy Joseph Liu Jake Rudolph Mitchell Thompson Libby Cloos Trey Hatcher Nick Lombardo Evelyn Rupert Angelica Tillander Ashley Cole Lauren Hatfield Ginnie Low Julianna Satterly Margaret Tolmie Trip Cole Nathaniel Hayes Nicholas Luther Sarah Jane Schneider John Torell Non Profit Org The Washington and Lee University U.S . Postage Alumni Magazine Paid 204 W. Washington Street Permit N o . 78 Lexington , Virginia 24450 Roanoke, V a www.wlu.edu George Washington Society at 25 Last Look PHOTO BY PATRICK HINELY ’73 The George Washington Society celebrated its 25th anniversary in late March with a reunion of its co-founders and two of those founders’ descendants (and a distinguished visitor). L. to r.: James Jennings ’65, John Folsom ’73, honorary alumnus Dick Sessoms, “George Washing- ton,” Howard Capito ’68, Taber Smith III ’85 (son of the late Chet Smith ’53) and Mack McGrew ’87 (son of the late Dan McGrew ’52). The society also witnessed the unveiling of a 19th-century copy, by Edward Everard Arnold, of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s “George Washington Crossing the Delaware.” It graces the Benefactors’ Wall in Washington Hall and is an anonymous gift in memory of Charles Walter Hay ‘38.