f all 2002 Inside: Alumni Start Their Engines at Bristol Motor Speedway Alumni Awards Homecoming Preview ETSU NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONTENTS Dr. R. Michael Browder, Sr. ’93, President Ms. Jennifer Berry ’03, SGA President Mr. J. Daniel Mahoney ’66, President-Elect Mr. Michael Carrier ’73 ’83 Alumni Award Winners . .4 Mr. Bob V. Hardin ’68, Vice President Mr. Aaron Caton ’03, SGA Vice President “A“Att ETSU,ETSU, quality quality matters,matters, Mr. Gary D. Poe ’68, Secretary Lt. Gen. Ronald V. Hite ’64 Unique Alumni . .7 Ms. Dorothy L. Grisham ’74, Treasurer Dr. Tony Katras ’84 Campus Notes & Briefs ..................11 Mr. John A. Jones ’69, Past President Ms. Michelle R. Parman ’84 Dr. Paul Stanton, Jr. ETSU President Dr. Jack A. Parton ’78 ’79 ’82 Advancement . .15 Dr. Richard A. Manahan, ETSU Vice President for Ms. Pereda R. “Pete” Paty ’48 andand qualityquality beginsbegins withwith people...”people...” University Advancement Mr. R. Lynn Shipley ’72 Campaign for ETSU Tomorrow............18 Mr. Robert M. Plummer ’84 ’87, Executive Director of Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84 Bristol Motor Speedway . .20 ETSU National Alumni Association Mr. Mickey Tyler ’69 Ms. Shirley Berk ’72 ’74 Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65 Sports Spectrum . .24 President’s Message Mr. Jason N. Berry ’98 Class Notes . .27 ETSU FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Homecoming Preview . .36 Mr. Dennis T. Powell*, President Mr. Dale Keasling ’70 Mr. Tim P. Jones*, Vice President Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69 Calendar . .38 Mr. Stuart E. Wood, Jr. ’60*, Past President Mr. R. Odie Major ver the past year, all of us have ter’s degree in social work, with concentrations Mr. Thomas Krieger*, Secretary Mr. C.C. Marshall ’56 Dr. Steve Conerly*, Treasurer Mr. W. Cal McGraw ’60 come to a deeper appreciation of in health, mental health, and children and Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr.*, ETSU President Mr. Scott Niswonger ETSU Today human relationships. When I family. Frontier Health and Johnson City Dr. Richard A. Manahan*, Foundation Executive Vice President Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope */** UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Dr. David D. Collins ’96*, Assistant Treasurer Mr. John Poteat wrote this column one year ago, Medical Center committed $400,000 to get this Mr. Fredrick H. (Pal) Barger, Jr. ’55 Mr. James J. Powell FALL 2002 Onone of us, of course, could have imagined program started. Mr. Wayne G. Basler* Mr. Stan Puckett Mr. James D. Bowman* Mr. Donald R. Raber* Paul E. Stanton, Jr., M.D. what would transpire just days later. In May, we completed the university’s first- Mr. Dan Brooks ’65 Mr. K. Newton Raff University President September 11 brought warlike conditions to ever capital campaign. For donors, quality Dr. R. Michael Browder, Sr. ’93 Mr. Jim Reel ’58 our own country. Our campus reacted with matters, and that’s why this campaign has Mr. Gene Burleson ’64 ’72 Mr. Herbert R. Silvers Mr. Jeff Byrd Mr. Kenneth W. Simonds ’57 Richard A. Manahan, CPA shock, grief, courage, and resolve. Students, topped $106 million. This year marked the 75th anniversary of Mrs. Betty DeVinney Mr. R.T. “Rab” Summers Vice President faculty, and staff joined hands in prayer for the Building on the momentum of the cam- ETSU’s relationship with the Southern Dr. Archie Dykes ’52 Mr. Raymond R. Thomas ’59 for University Advancement, victims, their families, and the future of the Mr. Al Fatherree Mr. John Tickle Executive Vice President, ETSU Foundation paign and upon one of our strengths, I Association of Colleges and Schools, which Mr. J. Brian Ferguson Mr. Robert E. Walters world. They wrote expressions of sorrow and announced, at the annual meeting of the chose us as one of only eight schools to test Honorable Thomas J. Garland ’59 Mr. Keith Wilson Mr. Louis H. Gump * Executive Committee Member Robert M. Plummer love on banners. They built replicas of the ETSU Foundation this year, a new “ETSU new accreditation criteria. Out of that effort ** Board of Regents Representative Associate Vice President for University World Trade Center’s twin towers using Leadership Initiative.” We are quickly earning grew a very ambitious Quality Enhancement TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS Advancement/Executive Director of ETSU canned food, which was lovingly donated to a reputation for excellence in leadership, and Plan, which we are confident will lead to the Honorable Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Kingsport National Alumni Association the Second Harvest Food Bank. They decorat- this new initiative will allow us to provide even reaffirmation of our accreditation in December. Dr. Charles Manning, Chancellor, Nashville Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, Nashville ed rooms and offices in red, white, and blue stronger incentives for our best students to Every program at ETSU that is eligible for Mr. Frank Barnett, Knoxville Mr. Stanley Rogers, Manchester ETSU Today Mr. Edgar R. “Buddy” Bowers, Harriman Honorable John W. Rose, Commissioner of Agriculture out of respect for America. remain in the region and for students outside accreditation has achieved it. That is one of Mrs. Demetra Godsey Boyd, Clarksville Dr. Maxine A. Smith, Memphis Managing Editors Mr. Noble Cody, Cookeville Mr. Charles “Lynn” Swafford, Harriman Returning to our studies, our routines, was the Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia to choose the main reasons for our perfect score of 100 Mr. Robert Jack Fishman, Morristown Honorable Faye Taylor, Richard A. Manahan difficult. For a few days, we could focus on lit- ETSU. in the annual Tennessee Higher Education Mr. Arles B. Greene, Goodlettsville Commissioner of Education Robert M. Plummer tle else besides the horrible story that was I was deeply honored to announce, during Mr. Jonas Kisber, Jaskson Mr. William Watkins, Jr., Memphis Commission Performance Funding program. unfolding. The ETSU family was directly the “State of the University Address” marking Our 100 points topped all of the state’s public Mr. Keith McCord, Knoxville Ms. Jessica Whitehead, Zookeville Contributors: TENNESSEE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION affected. Former Student Government the opening of fall semester, the establishment colleges and universities. No other university Jeff Anderson Association President Jason Berry barely of the Eastman Chemical Company has earned the maximum 100 points in the last Mr. Wm. Ransom Jones, Chair, Murfreesboro Ms. Debby Patterson Koch, Nashville Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, Vice Chair, Signal Mountain Mr. Joe Lancaster, Columbia Carol Fox escaped the burning Pentagon building. Distinguished Chair of Business Leadership 16 years. The commission praised ETSU for Mr. A. C. Wharton Jr., Vice Chair, Memphis Mr. John Morgan, Nashville Debi Frakes Green Beret Jefferson Donald Davis, a former Endowment. Through a $1 million gift from having “the most outstanding plan submitted Mayor Dale Kelley, Secretary, Huntingdon Mr. Nathan Tudor, voting ex-officio, Cookeville Kristn Fry ETSU nursing student, was one of the very Eastman to the ETSU Foundation, our College by any institution in either the TBR or UT sys- Mr. Steve Adams, State Treasurer, Nashville Dr. Brad Windley, Tullahoma Deena Gonzales Mr. Riley C. Darnell, Secretary of State Dr. Douglas E. Wood, non-voting, ex-officio, Nashville earliest casualties in the Afghan War. of Business will bring some of the world’s tems.” Ms. Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirk, non-voting ex-officio, Knoxville Phil Hess Jennifer Hill Love of country has never been in short most successful corporate executives to ETSU, ETSU continues to be a national leader in UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Patricia Holland supply on this campus. Thirteen ETSU alum- where they will join our students and faculty service-learning and volunteerism. Over Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University Office of Advancement Richard A. Manahan ni have attained the rank of general or admiral in addressing major corporate issues of our 20,000 volunteer service hours are performed Advancement/Executive Vice President, ETSU Foundation Jeff Anderson ’83, Associate Vice President for Robert Plummer in the United States armed forces, and this time, including principled leadership and busi- each year by student organizations, and over Pat Barcel, Administrative Assistant University Advancement Cindy Proffitt th Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator/Executive Assistant Karen Sells, Assistant Vice President for year, we celebrate the 50 anniversary of ness ethics. 1,000 ETSU students are placed in service- Office of University Alumni University Advancement Pamela D. Ripley Army ROTC at ETSU, a program begun here The College of Business and the College of learning experiences annually, including the Robert M. Plummer ’84 ’87 Associate Vice President for Tisha Harrison ’80, Director of University Advancement Fred Sauceman by our third president, World War I veteran University Advancement/Executive Director ETSU Ted Hughes ’59, Director Karen K. Sells Applied Science and Technology have trans- nationally recognized Cherokee Immersion National Alumni Association Peggy McCurry ‘80, Secretary Burgin E. Dossett. formed ETSU into a center for entrepreneurial and Rocky Mountain Experience courses. Lee Ann Willis ’91, Alumni Coordinator Cindy Proffitt, Executive Aide Edie Shealy Debi Frakes, Information Research Technician Office of University Alumni Records Joe Smith At ETSU, quality matters, and quality begins studies, and we have, in turn, transformed the As we continue on our quest to become the Deena Gonzales, Executive Aide Joseph Smith ’93, Director Matt Snelling with people. ETSU faculty and staff set anoth- old Marine