PEABODY BREAKS INTO Vanderbilt University Nonprofit Org. THE TOP 5 U.S. Postage (page 2) Peabody College PAID 2201 West End Avenue Nashville, TN Nashville, TN 37203 Permit No. 1460 Pe ab od y al o the top in h umni rise t ighe r e du ca t io n DAVID CRENSHAW FACES OF COMMENCEMENT Hundreds of students, their families and friends, Peabody College. Also recognized at the ceremony alumni, and faculty and staff members gathered on were Peabody Founder’s Medalist Kathryn Joy the lawn in front of the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center Greenslade, BS’01; this year’s recipient of the for Peabody College’s commencement ceremonies Peabody Distinguished Alumnus Award, Rune Sime- May 11. Nearly 420 students received degrees earned onsson; and the newest members of the Peabody Pio- through Peabody in 2001. Dean Camilla Benbow wel- neers—those alumni who graduated from the College comed guests, awarded diplomas, and introduced 50 or more years ago. A graduates’ reception on the commencement speaker Richard Percy, who retired Peabody esplanade followed the ceremony. in May after 30 years of distinguished service to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY • WINTER 2001 COMING ATTRACTIONS JANUARY 2002 APRIL Retiring professor Ed Martin, far left, siting in the 6 Orientation begins for new freshmen 12–13 Reunion for alumni of Peabody’s AA GiftGift ofof officialServiceService Vanderbilt rocking chair presented to him by his and transfer students Music School; contact Robert Bays, round the Peabody campus, the colleagues in the Department of Human and Organizational 9 Spring 2002 classes begin 770/521-0469 or Earl Hinton, name “Ed Martin” has become syn- 615/893-8888, [email protected] or A Development, listens as Associate Professor of Psychology 13–19 University-wide Martin Luther King Jr. onymous with “service.” Since joining the Shirley Watts, 615/298-3998, Commemorative Series faculty in 1988 as associate professor of the Bob Innes regales Martin’s friends with tales of his service [email protected] to Peabody. Martin was honored at a reception following practice of human and organizational devel- FEBRUARY 18 Peabody Education Leadership opment, Martin has played a significant role an afternoon of community service activities led by Dinner, Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel; 18 Birthday of George Peabody in developing the community service members of the Peabody community. cocktails, 6:30 P.M.; dinner, 7:30 P.M.; component of the academic major 18–20 Vanderbilt Impact Symposium; contact Mandy Zeigler, Peabody in human and organizational contact Office of Student Life, Office of Institutional Planning and Pamela Ferguson, a Peabody 615/343-8175 Advancement, 615/322-8500; development. “That best portion of a good man’s life, senior from Spring, Texas, does [email protected] Martin came to Vander- MARCH some gardening at the Harris- 23 Last day of spring classes bilt in 1985 as assistant bas- His little, nameless, unremembered acts Hillman Special Education Peabody Pioneer/Vanderbilt Quinq Tea Dance; date ketball coach under C.M. 24–May 2 Reading days and examinations School. Ferguson was president to be announced; contact Office of Alumni Programs, Newton after a record- 26–27 Spring meeting of the Vanderbilt of the Vanderbilt Student Gov- 615/322-2929; [email protected] breaking career as head Of kindness and of love.” University Board of Trust ernment Association last year. coach for Tennessee State 2–10 Spring holidays University. A former Harlem — William Wordsworth [1770–1850] MAY Globetrotter and player in the Lines Composed a Few Miles 15 Founder’s Day, the 128th anniversary of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s founding gift old Negro American Baseball Above Tintern Abbey, 1798 Spring meeting of the Peabody Alumni Association League, Martin has always lived the 15–22 University-wide International Aware- Board of Directors; date to be announced; contact ness Festival Mandy Zeigler, Peabody Office of Institutional life that he teaches, as a volunteer for Planning and Advancement, 615/322-8500; numerous Nashville-area service organiza- 22 Peabody Parents Leadership Lun- cheon, Wyatt Center Rotunda, noon; [email protected] tions—and along the way he has endeared contact Mandy Zeigler, Peabody himself to his colleagues and to the hundreds Office of Institutional Planning and 6–31 May Session classes of students who have passed through his Advancement, 615/322-8500; Vanderbilt Commencement (under- classroom. [email protected] 10 Cliff Williams, a John F. graduates), Alumni Lawn, 9 A.M.; At the close of the 2000–2001 school Kennedy Center staff member, 22–24 Parents Weekend; contact the contact Office of University Events, year, Martin retired from the Vanderbilt fac- helps Sarah Hua with a com- Parents and Family Office, 615/343-4470 615/322-3963 ulty. In an effort to honor him and the ideals puter application at the Susan 10 Peabody Commencement (profes- he has exemplified, the Peabody community Gray School for Children. Mayborn Building Skylight sional students) and recognition of appropriately set aside a day in April for ser- the Distinguished Alumnus, Wyatt vice activities around Nashville. Students and Center Lawn, 11 A.M.; contact Office Peabody faculty and staff members volun- of University Events, 615/343-4470 teered their time to serve at four sites: 10 Peabody Pioneers Induction Peabody’s Susan Gray School for Children; Reception (honoring graduates of the Harris-Hillman Special Education Peabody sophomore Cristina 1952), Wyatt Center Parlor, following Peabody Commencement; contact School; the offices of the Tennessee Special Kase reads a story to Brigham Mandy Zeigler, Peabody Office of Olympics; and Nashville Cares, an HIV pre- Mu at Vanderbilt’s Susan Gray School for Children. Kase is Institutional Planning and vention and awareness organization. Advancement, 615/322-8500; from Wellesley, Mass. Martin says he has striven to give his stu- [email protected] dents opportunities to see what goes on in the JUNE community outside Vanderbilt’s walls. “I like students to be exposed to and learn about 4–5, 7–8, 11–12 Summer Academic Orientation other people and diversity,” he says. “By Program for incoming Peabody learning about other people, you can learn Everol “Junior” Richards freshmen; contact Office of Student about compassion. You’re then a better and Life, 615/343-3200; organizes winners’ medals for [email protected] more well-rounded person. The biggest con- the Tennessee Special tribution people can make to society is giving 4–July 5 First-Half Summer Session for Olympics organization. Peabody undergraduates of themselves.” Richards is a Peabody senior 10–July 5 Module 1 for Peabody from Brooklyn, N.Y. professional students PHOTOS BY DAVID CRENSHAW Volume 70 No. 2 Winter 2001 Contents FEATURES Going Global 18 As nations around the world expand educational opportunities, Peabody rises to the challenge Movers, Shakers, & Policymakers 22 An impressive number of alumni are CEOs of colleges and universities worldwide, continuing a tradition as old as Peabody itself Eager to Learn 30 Children are born with an inclination to learn, but how can we ensure that young children are being taught well? Cover to Cover: 110 Years of THE PEABODY REFLECTOR 34 For more than a century, Peabody’s alumni magazine has reflected the remarkable life of a p. 18 vibrant and proud College Visit Peabody College’s World-Wide Web site at DEPARTMENTS http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ Around the Mall 2 ONTHECOVER: Practically since the time Peabody College opened its doors, it has been training leaders in higher education administra- tion. Beginning on page 22, we take a look at this Peabody legacy Alumni News 14 and meet some alumni who have made it to the top. (Cover illustra- tion by Drew White) Class Notes 39 Phillip B. Tucker, Editor Donna Pritchett, Art Director 2001 Donor Report 49 Amy Blackman, Designer Erin Arras, Barbara T. Bowman, LeRoy Cole, GayNelle Doll, Tara Coming Attractions inside back cover S. Donahue, Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Helen Gleason, Lew Harris, Julia Helgason, Stephen P. Heyneman, Princine Lewis, Margaret W. Moore, Ann Marie Deer Owens, Justin Quarry, Gayle Rogers, Ned Andrew Solomon, Jeff Vincent, Ray Waddle, Contributors THE PEABODY REFLECTOR is published biannually by George Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, Peabody Box 161, 230 Camilla Persson Benbow, Dean Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203-5701, in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of Alumni Communications and Publications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to Clarence E. (Tres) Mullis III, Director of Alumni and Development Peabody graduates of the last ten years, parents of current Peabody students, and to alumni and friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Anthony J. Spence, Executive Director of Alumni Communications Gifts should be mailed to the address above. Other correspondence, including letters to and Publications the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: THE PEABODY REFLECTOR, Office of Alumni Communications and Publications, VU Station B 357703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-7703. Comments about the magazine in the © 2001 Vanderbilt University form of e-mail are welcome by writing the editor at [email protected]. VU NEWSSERVICE BACK vision, fifth; elementary education, fifth; cur- feed riculum and instruction, eighth; education policy, eighth; secondary education, ninth; MORE TRIBUTES again—in an episode that for me after college was as a civil service stenog- educational psychology, 11th; higher edu- sounded like some outtakes from rapher at the municipal airport in Nashville. cation administration, 13th; and social/philo- I hope you will see fit a Marx Brothers movie—Dr. I resigned when my husband returned from sophical foundations, 13th. to publish this. At the Anderson saved my skin, at a fate- the military service, had four children, and Four other Vanderbilt University schools end of a long and often determining moment.