1980s - ETSU National Alumni Association

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ETSU TODAY SPRING 2006
ETSU Alumni Association Board of Directors
Mr. J. Daniel Mahoney ’66, President
Mr. Bob Hardin ’68, President-Elect
Ms. Dorothy L. Grisham ’74, Vice President
Mr. Gary D. Poe ’68, Secretary
Mr. Michael Carrier ’73, ’83, Treasurer
Dr. R. Michael Browder ’93, Past President
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., ETSU President
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University
Advancement/President, ETSU Foundation
Mr. Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Associate Vice President
for University Advancement/Executive Director of ETSU
Alumni Association
Mrs. Shirley Berk ’72, ’74
Mr. Jason N. Berry ’98
Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ’79
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ronald V. Hite ’64
Mr. J.R. Husmillo ’06, SGA President
Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ’89
Ms. Michelle Livengood ’84
Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89
Mr. Charles J. Stahl, IV ’83
Mr. Josh Shearin ’06, SGA Vice President
Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85
Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84
Mr. Mickey Tyler ’69
Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65
ETSU Foundation Officers and Directors
Mr. Tim P. Jones, Chairman
Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Vice Chairman
Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Secretary
Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer
Mr. Dennis T. Powell, Past Chairman
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., ETSU President
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, President
Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Frederick H. “Pal” Barger, Jr. ’55
Mr. Wayne G. Basler
Mr. Jeff Byrd
Mrs. Janey Diehl ’50
Dr. Archie R. Dykes ’52, ’56
Mrs. Ruth Ellis
Dr. James W. Gibson
Mr. Richard L. Green ’73
Mr. Louis H. Gump
Dr. Roberta T. Herrin ’70, ’72
Mr. Dale Keasling ’70
Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69
Dr. Barbara Kimbrough
Mrs. Michelle Livengood ’84
Mr. J. Daniel Mahoney ’66
Mr. R. Odie Major
Mr. Paul Montgomery
Mr. Scott Niswonger
Mr. John Poteat
Mr. Art Powers
Mr. Stan Puckett
Mr. Donald R. Raber
Mr. K. Newton Raff
Mr. James W. Reel ’58
Mr. Howard W. Roddy ’74
Ms. Lottie Fields Ryans
Mr. Herbert R. Silvers
Mr. Kenneth W. Simonds ’57
Mr. John D. Tickle
Mrs. Ann Mooneyhan Utter ’65
Dr. May Votaw
Mr. Keith Wilson
Mr. Stuart E. Wood, Jr. ’60
Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65
Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Johnson City
Mr. Howard Roddy ’74, Chattanooga
Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, Executive Director of THEC
Mr. J. Stanley Rogers, Manchester
Dr. Maxine Smith, Memphis
Honorable Lana Seivers, Commissioner of Education
Mr. Robert P. Thomas, Nashville
Mr. William Watkins, Jr., Memphis
Ms. Sondra Wilson
Mr. Adam G. Green, non-voting ex-officio, UT
Chattanooga
Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio/Executive
Director, State Board of Education
General Wendell Gilbert, Clarksville
Mr. W. Ransom Jones, Murfreesboro
Mr. Jack Murrah, Hixson
Ms. Katie Winchester, Dyersburg
Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65, Knoxville
University Advancement
Office of Advancement
Office of University Alumni
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University
Advancement/ President, ETSU Foundation
Jeff Anderson ’83, Associate Vice President for University
Advancement & Planned Giving
Jeremy Ross, Associate Vice President for University
Advancement Capital Campaign
Carol Sloan, Assistant Vice President for University
Advancement
Tisha Harrison ’80, Director of University Advancement
Karen Sullivan, Director of University Advancement
Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator
Pat Barcel, Office Manager
Peggy McCurry ’80, Office Coordinator
Lisa Harvey ’94, Executive Aide
Amy Brown ’04, Graduate Assistant
Emily Long, Graduate Assistant
Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Associate Vice President for
University Advancement/Executive, Director of ETSU
Alumni Association
Lee Ann Davis ’91, Director of University Alumni Programs
Deena Gonzales, Office Coordinator
Jennifer Arthur, Information Research Technician
Amanda Vance ’04, Graduate Assistant
David Bryant, Intern
Ash-Lee Henderson, Student Editorial Assistant
Tyla Short, Student Classnote Coordinator
Janell Rowe ’03, Graduate Assistant
Emily Kilgore, Intern
Office of University Alumni Records
Joseph L. Smith ’93, Director of Alumni Records
Donald Harvill ’92, Computer Operations Coordinator
Margaret Carr ’81, Information Research Technician
Carol Ollis, Technical Clerk
Office of ETSU Foundation
Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Vice President for Business & Finance Danielle Oprean ’05, Graduate Assistant
Kathy Carder, Account Clerk
Leisa Wiseman ’84, Accountant
Credits:
p.3 Dean article courtesy of Christan M. Thomas/Johnson City Press.
p.9 Major Humphrey article courtesy of Bill Jones/Greeneville Sun
p.9 Parkwest Medical Center article and photo courtesy of Parkwest
Medical Center.
p.9 Phuong Thi Pierson article and photo courtesy of Katie Repass Kelly.
p.9 “Survivor” article and photo courtesy of CBS.com.
p.10 Backyard Burger article courtesy of Bob Robinson/Johnson City Press.
p.10 Irish-inspired Subdivision article courtesy of Christan M. Thomas/
Johnson City Press.
ETSU TODAY University Magazine
Spring 2006
Paul E. Stanton, Jr., M.D.
University President
Richard A. Manahan,
Vice President
for University Advancement,
President, ETSU Foundation
Robert M. Plummer
Associate Vice President for University
Advancement/Executive Director of ETSU
Alumni Association
Richard A. Manahan
Robert M. Plummer
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Dr. Richard Rhoda, Executive Director
Mr. Jim Powell, Sr., Chairman, Limestone
Mr. A.C. Wharton, Vice Chairman, Memphis
Dr. Brad Windley, Vice Chairman, Tullahoma
Ms. Debby Patterson Koch, Secretary, Nashville
Mr. Riley C. Darnell, Secretary of State
Mr. Dale Sims, State Treasurer
Mr. John Morgan, State Comptroller
Ms. Dawn Blackwell, voting ex-officio, ETSU
College of Pharmacy Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Reaching Higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-7
Unique Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-10
Campus Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12
Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-15
Distinguished President’s Trust . . . . . . . . .16-17
Sports Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-20
Classnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-29
ETSU TODAY Managing Editors
Tennessee Board of Regents
Dr. Charles W. Manning, Chancellor
Dr. Amiri Al-Hadid, Nashville
Mr. Frank Barnett, Knoxville
Honorable Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee
Ms. Agenia Clark, Nashville
Mr. Noble Cody, Cookeville
Honorable Ken Givens ’69, ’71, Commissioner of Agriculture
Mrs. Judy T. Gooch
Mr. Jonas Kisber, Jackson
Ms. Fran Marcum, Vice Chair
CONTENTS
p.10 Irish-inspired Subdivision photo courtesy of
Tony Duncan/Johnson City Press.
p.21 Chris N. Carter featurette and photo courtesy of Virginia
Space Grant Consortium.
p.22 Kimberly Lowe featurette and photo courtesy of Virginia Tech.
p.23 Tamara M. Baxter featurette and photo courtesy of Jesse Stuart
Foundation.
p.25 D.C. Pratt featurette and photo courtesy of D.C. Pratt.
p.30 Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Glen Rose/Joe’s Garage
Contributors:
Jeff Anderson
Jennifer Arthur
David Bryant
Lee Ann Davis
Carol Fox
Kristn Fry
Deena Gonzales
Tisha Harrison
Chris Henson
Ash-Lee Henderson
Patricia Holland
Emily Kilgore
Richard A. Manahan
Carol Ollis
Danielle Oprean
Jo Anne Paty
Robert Plummer
Pamela Ripley
Jeremy Ross
Janell Rowe
Fred Sauceman
Tyla Short
Joe E. Smith
Joe L. Smith
Karen Sullivan
Amanda Vance
Michael White
Photographs by:
Jim Sledge
Larry Smith
East Tennessee State University is one of 45 institutions in the
Tennessee Board of Regents system, the sixth largest system of higher
education in the nation. The Tennessee Board of Regents is the
governing board for this system which is comprised of six universities,
thirteen community colleges, and twenty-six Tennessee Technology
Centers. The TBR system enrolls more than 80 percent of all Tennessee
students attending public institutions of higher education.
East Tennessee State University is fully in accord with the belief that
educational and employment opportunities should be available to all
eligible persons without regard to age, gender, color, race, religion,
national origin, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Conceptual design by Absolute Communications, Inc. and print
production by McQuiddy Printing, Nashville, Tennessee.
TBR: 160-017-05 73M
Gatton Invites Matched Giving to College of Pharmacy
During the annual Distinguished President's Trust dinner at MeadowView Conference Resort and
Convention Center, Bill Gatton, a local automobile retailer, presented a second donation of
$400,000 to the pharmacy school, bringing his total contributions to $800,000.
"It is a great career opportunity for young people,"
Gatton said of his reasons for supporting the college.
"Prospective students will be able to attend ETSU
without going all the way to Memphis for
their education. We have an aging population,
and trained pharmacists are essential
for the health care of our
older citizens.”
In addition to the contribution, Gatton issued an invitation to his friends - fellow
automobile dealers and others - to support the college. He is willing to match up to an
additional $400,000 in gifts by these friends on a "dollar-for-dollar" basis for
contributions made before April 30, 2006.
In May 2005, Gatton donated $400,000 to the school, which allowed ETSU to reach the
initial $5 million set by Gov. Phil Bredesen as a requirement for
seeking authorization for the pharmacy school through
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College of Pharmacy
Dean Lauds Region for Support
By Christan M. Thomas/Johnson City Press
"Not a lot of students from our region go to pharmacy school
because they don't want to leave our region," Calhoun said. "If they
do go, most go out of state. ... I think there are 22 schools closer to us
than our state school. That was our impetus to get this college
started."
While some universities have started pharmacy schools as purely
money-making efforts, Calhoun said the college's goal is to first train
pharmacists to work in rural communities - especially across our
region. With a predicted shortage of 150,000 pharmacists by 2020,
Calhoun said he has no doubt that the ETSU program will have
staying power. In addition, he said ETSU possesses the advantage of
starting in an environment where there is a College of Medicine.
Larry Calhoun, dean of the East Tennessee State University
College of Pharmacy, said the efforts of the Tri-Cities and East
Tennessee region made possible the school's establishment.
Calhoun, speaking to the Johnson City Economic Development
Board's monthly meeting, said nearly 850 people and corporations,
including 30 percent of the ETSU faculty and staff, have contributed
to fund-raising efforts for the school. Funds raised so far have now
reached $7.44 million.
Regional efforts, however, don't stop on the fund-raising front.
Calhoun said that 80 percent of applicants for the College of
Pharmacy's first class have been from within the region.
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“The Reaching Higher
Capital Campaign
will be directed by donor interests.
What will ETSU look
like in 10 years?
Well, the future is in our hands.”
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr.
ETSU President
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With your help we are
Reaching HIGHER
Reaching Higher is a comprehensive effort to present the needs of
the university in athletics, quality education, endowment growth and
enriched health science programs to move closer to status as the
preeminent public university of a regional nature in America with a
global mission.
Through individual contributors, corporate support and creative
partnerships, ETSU will achieve more to raise the quality of life,
improve the economic strength, and empower the emerging work
force for the entire region.
We ask for your support. Your gifts will determine our future.
Athletics
Warren–Greene Golf Center - $1,800,000
The Warren-Greene Golf Center, perhaps the finest on-campus
facility in the country, was completed in August 2004. This project
has set a new standard of excellence to which all athletics programs
will reach.
Track and Field - $4,800,000
The extensive heritage of competitive track and field athletes, the oftused training grounds for Olympians, will be the feature for the
planned track and field complex. The complex will be
complemented by stadium seating for 2,000 and spectator amenities
and team facilities in a building common to several sports. Future
expansion of the total sports complex will allow for a multi-use
building accommodating the indoor needs of track, soccer
and tennis.
Baseball Stadium - $9,900,000
The baseball site, located on the corner of Tennessee Street and State
of Franklin Road will accommodate a facility of 5,000 seats. The
vision is to create a facility that will include retail space, a restaurant
and a performance field for baseball that meets the highest
collegiate and professional sport standards.
Soccer Stadium - $8,000,000
Softball Stadium - $4,900,000
Phase One of this project will include one performance field, around
1,000 seats, one practice field, lighting and initial support spaces.
Phase Two adds an additional practice field, lighting, locker rooms
and offices.
The softball site, located adjacent to Kroger on the edge of campus,
will accommodate a facility of 1,000 seats. As the site has been
graded and some storm drainage has been installed, Phase One will
start with the construction of the field, possibly 500 seats and some
minimal support spaces.
Tennis Complex - $3,350,000
To maintain championship lively performance, an indoor and
outdoor tennis complex is planned adjacent to the Soccer Stadium
and Training Complex with a minimum of 12 courts to host
competition and championships.
Basketball Arena and Convocation Complex $48,350,000
The arena is planned for 8,000 to 9,000 seats for men’s and women’s
basketball. Additional primary uses will include concerts, public
events and university convocations. The site is located adjacent to
and eventually will replace the aging Memorial Center and the
outdoor tennis area. The function of the facility will be
complemented with a planned 1200-space parking deck.
Indoor Practice Facility - $11,175,000
An indoor practice facility, estimated to cost $11,175,000, will
provide space for the indoor needs of softball, soccer, track and field
and tennis.
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Quality Education
Gray Fossil Site- $1,800,000
Like many discoveries, we will very likely continue to be surprised
and amazed at the wonders of this natural history – if the site can be
fully developed with an interactive museum and center for
scientists, ETSU students, school children and others.
Foundation Carillon - $750,000
Dedicated on August 31, 2005, the ETSU Foundation Carillon and
Alumni Plaza stands as a symbol of the Foundation’s desire to Reach
Higher. Centrally located, the 26-bell tower will serve as “a lasting
legacy from one generation to the next.”
Forum for Leadership - $4,000,000
This project will provide scholarships in service learning, a series for
prominent leadership speakers, immersion courses with the
Cherokee Nation and the Rocky Mountain Experience, funding for a
summer high school leadership camp and a Leadership Library.
University School - $25,000,000
The present University School building traces its origins to 1929.
Quite simply, the structure has exhausted the limits of time and we
must construct a new modern laboratory school.
Residence Life Scholarships - $1,500,000
Essential in our student retention efforts, this program will provide
a “students helping students” relationship in our residence halls,
empowering students to achieve academic success, make social
connections and prepare for leadership positions.
Fine Arts Building - $30,000,000
The 130,000 square-foot Fine Arts building will include a major
performance hall, a smaller recital hall, two theater spaces, rehearsal
rooms, exhibit space and classrooms.
Leadership House - $2,500,000
Founded in 2000, the ETSU Leadership House allows students to
gain leadership skills in a close-knit community environment.
Scholarship support is needed to continue growing this endeavor.
Hospitality Program - $3,300,000
ETSU is seeking support to establish a program in hotel and
restaurant management to meet the needs of our region. Upon
maturation, the program will accommodate 260 students.
University Scholarships - $1,500,000
Scholarships are paramount in raising the margin of excellence.
ETSU is actively seeking new dollars that will directly benefit
students in academics and athletics.
Alumni Park - $1,000,000
Located in the middle of campus, this development will serve as a
place of tribute for alumni to mark their time here and to serve as a
beautification of the central campus area.
Graduate School Enhancement - $1,225,000
As ETSU advances in the Carnegie Classification of Doctoral
Research Intensive Universities, we have a great need for fellowship
funds to support doctoral-level and advanced graduate students so
that they can choose ETSU for their graduate pursuits.
Center for Entrepreneurial Study - $2,500,000
The Center, to be located on the former Armory property on West
Market Street, will kindle the spirit of entrepreneurship and grow
the businesses and jobs of tomorrow.
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Health Sciences
College of Pharmacy - $16,000,000
We do not seek state dollars to support the ETSU College of
Pharmacy; rather, our quest is to raise this support in total from
private sources. As the delivery of top-tier health care increasingly
takes the form of pharmacologic treatment in an overall plan of
wellness and cure, we must succeed in this quest for the benefit of
those we serve. Without question, the new College of Pharmacy will
have a significant economic impact, provide additional educational
opportunities and raise the standard of health care for the people of
this region.
Endowment Growth
College of Nursing - $1,500,000
Roan Scholars - $9,900,000
Occupying the old Sherrod Library by fall 2006, it is incumbent on
ETSU to raise private support to provide a state-of-the-art learning
environment in which to educate nursing students for many years to
come. In addition, because of the College’s commitment to enroll
and graduate greater numbers of students in response to the critical
nursing shortage, we are also seeking financial support for our
instructional programming.
Founded in 1997, the Roan Scholars Leadership Program selects
students on a competitive basis for a full four-year scholarship plus
significant leadership enhancement activities.
Honors College - $6,900,000
Establishing the ETSU Honors College will enable the Honors
Program to be endowed for critically needed scholarships,
undergraduate research, international experiences and other
initiatives. The Honors College will elevate the overall academic and
artistic quality at ETSU.
College of Public Health - $5,000,000
Establishing Tennessee’s first accredited College of Public Health
which builds from a strong base of existing programs and will
elevate research and service, create three doctorate granting
programs in areas most significant to our changing world where
public health is a vital line of defense. Top flight research and
activities will compliment the entire health sciences offering and
will impact related university curriculums.
Sherrod Library Writer-in-Residence - $1,000,000
This endowment will allow the library to attract successful writers to
the campus for a residence period. The program will allow these
writers to spend time with campus and community groups, do radio
and television interviews and otherwise share their craft.
Center for Experiential Learning - $4,500,000
The Center for Experiential Learning is comprised of the newly
completed Human Simulator Laboratory and the coming of the
Virtual Clinic. The center offers an environment where learning
occurs in an exciting, active and dynamic area. The vision is to
create a wing attached to Stanton-Gerber Hall which will serve to
provide real-life simulations to train medical students to handle
situations that will save lives.
Endowment Growth for Academics & Athletics $12,000,000
ETSU’s current endowment exceeds $65 million. It is imperative to
continue to add new dollars and invest responsibly. This will ensure
that stability and excellence will be achieved today and tomorrow.
Reaching Higher
A Ten-Year Strategic Plan
$224,150,000
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Unique Alumni
Business and Technology Inducts
New Members into Hall of Fame
Ellen M. Myatt is the publisher and editor
of The Business Journal Tri-Cities, TN/VA,
keeping the public informed about news and
trends in businesses throughout the area. Her
latest accomplishments include launching
generatioNEXT and Connect Now. She is a
member of the CBAT advisory board.
Leslie Parks Pope is
the chief executive
officer of The Parks Group. She also serves on
the Tennessee Board of Regents. In 1994, Pope
was named an ETSU Honorary Alumna. She
has served as president of the ETSU
Foundation and remains on the board of
directors. Also, she has assisted the CBAT
advisory board and is responsible for the Leslie
Parks Pope Honors Scholarship Endowment.
The Business Horizon Award is given to alumni of the College of
Business and Technology under the age of 40 who have displayed
significant accomplishments in business and a commitment to the
college and university. New honorees are:
Stephen R. Dixon (B.B.A., ’95) is vice
president and commercial relationship manager
for Bank of Tennessee’s Johnson City area. He
currently serves ETSU on the University
Scholarship Committee, the President’s Council
on Cultural Diversity and the Race Relations
Standing Committee. Dixon is also a member
of the department of economics, finance
and urban studies’ advisory board.
David Farmer
(B.B.A., ’90) is the manager for Kenny
Chesney. He oversees 17 trucks of equipment,
a touring staff of 90, handles all technical
aspects, as well as the other acts
participating in tours, and does whatever is
necessary to keep Chesney and his voice in
good health. Farmer is a member of the ETSU
Foundation.
Leanna C. Robertson (M.S., ’00) serves as
the marketing director for Valley Equipment
Co., a family-owned business that sells
industrial machinery. She also sits on the
board for the ETSU Wesley Foundation and,
with her family, helped establish the Roy A.
Robertson Engineering Technology
Scholarship.
Diane T. Wear (B.B.A.,
’90) is the managing director of assurance and
business advisory services for
PricewaterhouseCoopers. She deals mainly in
the products industry, but dabbles some in
Securities and Exchange Commission. Wear
serves on the ETSU accounting advisory board.
The Lifetime Achievement in Business Award is presented to
alumni of the College of Business and Technology who have made
significant accomplishments in business or public service and
demonstrated exemplary service to the community and a
commitment to the college and the university. New honorees
include:
Janey C. Diehl (B.S., ’50) is the owner/
operator of Richard Diehl, Inc., a grain and
feed-ingredient company that specializes in
refrigerated transport that now reaches 48
states. Diehl was named ETSU Alumna of the
Year in 1996, received the Margin of Excellence
Award in 2005 and is a member of the
ETSU Foundation and Distinguished
President’s Trust.
James E. Rogers (B.S., ’64; M.A., ’66) helped
establish First Colony Capital Partners, LLC, a
Charlotte, North Carolina, real estate company.
He was an ETSU Award of Honor recipient in
1990 and has served as president of the ETSU
Alumni Association. Rogers is currently a
member of the ETSU Foundation, serves on
the CBAT board of advisors and is a DPT
member.
George “Bill” Smith (B.S., ’51) retired as
executive vice president of the Johnson City,
Boones Creek and Elizabethton branches of
Heritage Federal Bank. He is a member of the
Distinguished President’s Trust.
The Excellence in Business Award was
created for non-graduates of the college who
have brought it distinction through significant
accomplishments in business, exemplary
service to the community and a demonstrated commitment to the
college and ETSU. The recipients are:
J. Brian Ferguson is chairman and chief
executive officer of Eastman Chemical
Company. With his support, Eastman
established the Eastman Chemical
Distinguished Chair of Business Leadership,
which brings prominent speakers to ETSU for
discussions regarding business ethics and
principled leadership. Ferguson is a member
of the ETSU Foundation.
Dwight B. Ferguson, Jr. is the chief
executive officer of Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.
His leadership helped NFS become a
Distinguished President’s Trust member.
Ferguson is also a member of the CBAT
advisory board.
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Unique Alumni
Humphreys Works with
Iraqi News Media
Pierson Now Highest
Ranking VietnameseAmerican Female Officer
By Bill Jones/Greeneville Sun
Phuong Thi Pierson (B.S. ’81;
M.Ed. ’83) has become the highestranking Vietnamese-American female
officer in the United States Army.
Congress will officially promote her to
colonel in a late spring ceremony.
Pierson earned her bachelor’s degree in
home economics and her master’s degree in
administration and supervision. In 1980, she entered the
Army ROTC program and by 1984 she was commissioned as a second
lieutenant.
Pierson has served as a company commander at Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri; a platoon leader and operation officer and division
ammunition officer in Germany; Southeast Asia foreign officer for the
United States Embassy in Singapore; political military analyst; staff
officer and action officer for Gen. Eric Shinseki at the Pentagon; senior
Cold War analyst and Southeast Asia policy advisor for the Pentagon; and
lieutenant colonel with Army Pacific Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
Pierson’s drive and determination helped her persevere through many
difficult situations. Originally from Danang, Vietnam, Pierson came to
the U.S. in 1975 as a teenager, leaving her mother and brother in her
native country. Katie Repass Kelly, who was Pierson’s home economics
teacher at Daniel Boone High School, took Pierson in shortly after she
arrived in the U.S. Pierson worked three jobs to pay for college, while still
mastering the English language. When she decided to join ROTC, she
had to struggle to make the weight and height requirements. Pierson,
who was only about five feet tall, ate many peanut butter and banana
sandwiches on whole wheat bread and hung from doorframes to stretch
and strengthen her body.
Pierson has overcome many obstacles to become the success she is
today and is a great example of determination and endurance.
Major Michael S. “Mike” Humphreys (B.S. ’94) said his
assignment in Iraq is the first of his military career that has enabled
him to put his journalism degree from ETSU directly to work.
Humphreys’ job, he said, includes working with the Iraqis as they
take their first steps toward having a free and independent press.
Maj. Humphreys is the public affairs officer for the 4th Infantry
Division’s 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. His current unit is
normally based at Fort Carson, Colorado, but is assigned to the
101st Airborne Division’s Task Force Band of Brothers in Baqubah,
Iraq. While serving in Iraq, he said he works with American,
international and Iraqi news media who are covering his unit’s
operations in Iraq.
Blevins Named President of
Parkwest Medical Center
Barbara Blevins (B.B.A. ’80) has been named the new president and
chief administrative officer of Parkwest Medical Center, one of
Knoxville’s largest hospitals. Parkwest Medical Center, a part of
Covenant Health, is a 462-bed acute care facility which is
recognized for emergency and cardiac care, maternity services and
orthopedic care.
Blevins has been president and chief administrative officer of
Peninsula, Parkwest’s behavioral health division and the area’s
largest provider of mental health services, since April 2000. She will
retain her Peninsula role in addition to her leadership
responsibilities at Parkwest.
Blevins has more than 25 years of health care experience in both
financial and operational capacities.
At Covenant Health, Blevins’
administrative experience
includes serving as
Covenant’s senior vice
president of finance, as
chief operating officer of
Parkwest Medical
Center and Fort
Sanders Regional
Medical Center and
as chief financial
officer at Parkwest.
Blevins holds a
Master of Science
degree in
health care
administration
from the
University of Saint
Francis in Joliet,
Illinois.
Another Alum Becomes CBS
“Survivor” Castaway
Joining the ranks of Big Tom Buchanan and
Tanya Vance, both ETSU alums and Survivor
castoffs, Melinda Hyder (B.M. ’96) was one of the
16 contestants on “Survivor Panama: Exile
Island.” The Survivor tribes were initially divided
based on age and gender. Hyder was placed with
the older women, who lost the first challenge.
The tribes were then mixed up, which placed
Hyder at a disadvantage among many younger
contestants. Her tribe lost the second challenge
and Hyder was voted off the island. There
seemed to be personality differences between
Hyder and the other tribe members.
Hyder was born and raised in Elizabethton,
Tennessee. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz and
gymnastics for 12 years. She attended classes and taught at the Watt Dance
Studio in Elizabethton.
Hyder graduated from Elizabethton High School. She then
attended ETSU on a full vocal scholarship. While in college, she
performed with the Chorale and Women's Ensemble.
After college, Hyder entertained at Six Flags Over Georgia for two
years. She then toured Europe while performing on a cruise ship. She also
spent six years performing at Dollywood, oftentimes with Dolly Parton.
Hyder, a singer/entertainer, will now be working in a new theater in
Asheville, North Carolina.
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Unique Alumni
Alums Open Back Yard Burgers
By Bob Robinson/Johnson City Press
Two boyhood friends from Cleveland, Tennessee, and East
Tennessee State University classmates opened the second Back Yard
Burgers restaurant in the Tri-Cities on November 17, 2005. Rodney
Isolani (B.S. ’90), a Johnson City dentist, and John Lucchesi (B.B.A.
’90), tennis pro at The Ridges Golf and Country Club, hold the
franchise for Back Yard Burgers, which is located across the street
from ETSU’s main campus.
Isolani said he gained an appreciation for Back Yard Burgers,
which uses 100 percent Black Angus meat, while attending the
University of Tennessee Dental School in Memphis. “It was an
incredible product, one that was head and shoulders above all the
rest,” Isolani said.
There are 170 Back Yard Burgers located in 19 states. The
restaurant has been a hit with ETSU students, who receive a 10%
discount on their purchases with their student identification card.
Irish-inspired subdivision going up in Boones Creek
By Christan M. Thomas/Johnson City Press
Irish businessranging in size from
men and fellow
one-third to threealumni Ray Flynn
quarters of an acre.
and Ray Jones have
Fourteen of the lots
called East
are already under
Tennessee home
contract.
since running track
A three-member
in college at ETSU.
architectural board
Though they say the
will decide exact
scenery is similar to
floor plans and
that of their homehome designs that
land, the pair
will be allowed in
thought something
the neighborhood.
was missing - an
The minimum
Irish-inspired
home size will be
subdivision in
2,400 square feet,
Boones Creek. Flynn
with home prices
and Jones named
ranging from
the subdivision "The
$325,000 to
Hills at Waterford"
$375,000.
Businessmen
and
former
East
Tennessee
State
University
track
team
athletes
Ray
Flynn,
after one of the
Flynn and Jones
left,
and
Ray
Jones
say
East
Tennessee
has
many
similarities
to
their
native
Ireland.
They
most famous
hope the Hills at
say most of the homes in the new development will feature a great deal of stone work,
counties in Ireland.
Waterford will be a
reminiscent of Ireland. Photo courtesy: Tony Duncan/Johnson City Press
Streets will also be
unique option for
named after famous
potential home
Irish towns and counties, such as Dublin and Galway.
buyers, especially those relocating from other areas as they did. Both
Located on Boones Creek Road southwest of the railroad trestle,
say their favorite part of the subdivision and East Tennessee are the
the subdivision is located within the city limits of Johnson City and is
beautiful views of rolling hills and green pastures that surround it.
convenient to Interstate 26. The subdivision is divided into 42 lots
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Campus Briefs
Eastman Credit Union
Partners with
Gray Fossil Site
As part of a special partnership with East
Tennessee State University, Eastman Credit
Union is contributing $100,000 to the ETSU
Foundation to create the ECU Multi-Media
Classroom in the new research facility and
museum now under construction at ETSU's Gray
Fossil Site. This marks the site’s first academic
partnership initiative.
“On behalf of the entire ETSU community,
we are grateful for Eastman Credit Union's
outstanding leadership and generous support for
the Gray Fossil Site. This gift enables the
university to fully equip the ECU Multi-Media
Classroom. This specialized, technology-based
classroom will serve people throughout our
region, scholars and researchers from around the
nation and the world, and families and tourists
who visit the fossil site in the years to come,” said
ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr.
Echoing Stanton's sentiments, ETSU alumnus and ECU President
and CEO Olan O. Jones, Jr. said, “The unique ETSU Fossil Site
already serves as a magnet for regional residents as well as
visitors to the area. This interest will only increase when the museum
opens in 2007.”
Numerous fossil remains of ancient animals dating from 4.5 to 7
million years ago have been identified from ETSU's prolific site –
tapirs, a woodland badger, reptiles, red pandas (a new genus and
species), shovel-tusked elephants, a camel, fox-sized dogs, weasels, a
saber-toothed cat, alligators, a short-faced bear and even the
rhinoceros Teleoceras. The latter discovery includes the most
complete skeleton of Teleoceras in eastern North America.
Smaller remains identified from the site so far include rodents,
shrews, turtles, snakes, salamanders, fish and frogs of varying sizes.
Dr. Steven Wallace announced that fossils of four different types of
turtles have now been identified at the site.
An evening with
An evening of
Maya
Angelou
JAZZ
Doc
Severinsen
with
Dr. Maya Angelou, renowned author, poet, historian and
activist, encouraged a capacity crowd during her lecture,
to be “a rainbow in the clouds” in ETSU’s Memorial Center on
March 21, 2006. Preceded by the ETSU Gospel Choir, Angelou
spoke about her own experiences, recited poetry and inspired
approximately 3,600 audience members. Angelou’s
appearance was one of several special spring cultural events
on the campus.
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Doc Severinsen, best
known for his brassy
trumpet sound as
leader of Johnny
Carson’s “Tonight
Show” band, was the
featured artist, along
with the U. S. Air
Force’s Airmen of Note
for the Tri-Cities
Jazz Fest hosted by
ETSU. ETSU
President, Dr. Paul E.
Stanton, Jr. and the
university’s first lady,
Nancy Stanton, share
a moment with “The
Doctor” at a postevent reception.
Campus Briefs
ETSU Breaks Ground for New
Residence Hall Complex
ETSU’s Department of Housing and Residence Life held a
groundbreaking ceremony on November 3, 2005, for a new residence
hall complex on the campus.
The facility, encompassing some 129,000 square feet, is scheduled
to open in the fall of 2007. With space to accommodate 542
students, the building, with a central wing standing six floors high,
will include double rooms each with a private bath and wiring for
data access, cable and telephones.
A lobby with a fireplace, reception desk and grand stairway will
greet visitors. Two laundry rooms, a large program room and a
classroom/media room are included in the amenities. Study rooms
will be available on each floor and, for additional security, the
student resident's university identification card will be required to
unlock the door of that individual's room.
Fisher & Associates of Greeneville and McCarty Holsaple
McCarty, Inc. of Knoxville designed the $20 million complex and the
contractor is Blaine Construction of Knoxville.
Lab Dedicated in Memory of
Former State Legislator
Tennessee’s First Lady Visits ETSU
"Far Hills: Images
from the Tennessee
Residence," an
exhibition of works by
noted Tennessee artist
Charles Brindley, is
traveling statewide. It was
on display in February
and March at the B.
Carroll Reece Museum in
cooperation with the
Tennessee State Museum
and the offices of
Tennessee First Lady
Andrea Conte and ETSU
President Dr. Paul E.
Stanton, Jr. "Far Hills,"
the executive residence in Nashville that earned the name because of
its breathtaking view, was built in 1929 by the William Ridley Wills
family. It has served as the official home of the Governor of
Tennessee since it was acquired by the state in 1949. The third and
only remaining governor's residence in the state, it has served the
people of Tennessee and hosted many notable visitors, including
presidents and foreign heads of state, for 55 years.
The residence is currently undergoing major renovations,
assuring its ability to serve Tennesseans for generations to come.
Initiated by Gov. Phil Bredesen and First Lady Andrea Conte in 2003,
the renovation and restoration project is an effort to preserve and
protect the history and integrity of the home. As part of that
endeavor and for commemoration, Brindley was commissioned to
produce paintings and drawings of the home and its grounds.
Accompanying the Brindley exhibition will be a
display featuring the works of local high
school students depicting life in the
Volunteer State. Each high school in
Tennessee is eligible to submit one piece
of art to be part of the exhibit, with
each local winner and two runners-up
receiving monetary scholarships. The
winning piece will then travel with the
exhibit, and, after the conclusion, a
grand prize winner will receive a
$1,000 scholarship.
The Gwen Fleming Research Laboratory for
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences was dedicated in
memory of Representative Gwen Fleming, who served
in the Tennessee House of Representatives during the
1970s and helped secure the legislative approval of the
James H. Quillen College of Medicine.
A resident of Bristol, Fleming was a strong
advocate in the region, as well as the state, for the
advancement of mental health services.
The Fleming Lab will be under the direction of Dr.
Merry Miller, ETSU chair of psychiatry and behavioral
sciences, and Dr. Barney Miller, associate professor of
anatomy and cell biology. Research will focus on improving the
diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental health disorders.
ETSU Patent May Prevent Heart
Damage
A major breakthrough discovery at ETSU’s James H. Quillen
College of Medicine opened the doors to new research on preventing
damage to the heart. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a
patent to Dr. David Williams and Dr. Chaunfu Li of the department of
surgery for their discovery of a method to protect the heart from
damage as a result of ischemia, which is the loss of blood flow such as
that occurring during a heart attack. The discovery also provides a
method for protecting the heart from reperfusion injury that occurs
when doctors attempt to reopen clogged arteries and restore blood
flow to the heart.
This research involves the use of a molecule called glucan, which is
found in the cell walls of yeast cells. In their research, Williams and Li
found that glucan protected the heart from ischemia/reperfusion
injury and it did so very rapidly. Other compounds have shown to be
protective of the heart, but were slower.
“Glucans act more quickly, which is important in this case because
the longer the heart goes without oxygen, the more damage is likely to
occur,” Li says.
“This is an exciting opportunity to take basic science research and
apply it toward commercialization and the clinical realm,” Williams
adds.
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Advancement
CASE Recognizes ETSU Efforts
The Council for
Advancement and
Support of Education
(CASE) has recognized
ETSU for the creation
of the ETSU
Foundation Carillon
and Alumni Plaza, as
well as for the successful
evolution of the ETSU
PRIDE program.
ETSU won an Award of Excellence in the Institutional Relations
Project category for the newly developed carillon initiative. The
university was also given a Special Merit award for ETSU PRIDE in the
Media Relations Project category during the annual CASE District III
conference held recently in Nashville. District III includes over 550
colleges and universities throughout the southeastern United States.
"We are extremely proud of the development of the Foundation
Carillon and Alumni Plaza," said ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton,
Jr. "It is rewarding to know that our peer institutions in CASE
recognize the significance of the carillon not only as a beautiful
structure on our campus and an instrument to be enjoyed by the
university community, but for the overall achievement it represents."
CASE representatives said the continuing interest ETSU generates
through the news media for students, alumni and the community at
large with its ETSU PRIDE program is notable.
Dr. Richard Manahan, vice president for University Advancement
and president of the ETSU Foundation, believes winning these awards
allows ETSU to thrive and compete among other national universities.
"This is confirmation by our fellow colleges and universities that ETSU
holds a strong commitment to improvement while also reaching out to
communities," he said.
To purchase an inscribed
brick for only $60:
October 31, 2006
Is the order deadline!
This is an opportunity to leave your permanent
inscription on the brick walkways of the ETSU
campus for future generations to read and enjoy.
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The inaugural dedication, installation and the initial location
for the ETSU PRIDE Walk will be announced in the Fall of 2007.
For more information, please call University
Advancement at 423/439-4242.
ETSU Endowment Growth Ranks in Top 20 Nationally
ETSU Foundation President Dr. Richard A. Manahan noted, "The
culture of giving in our region and the generosity and commitment
of support for ETSU are truly remarkable. It is reflective of a respect
for and understanding of the university's critical role in economic
development and in the educational, professional and cultural life of
the Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia region and our adjoining states.
"It is with great appreciation that we recognize the loyal and
generous disposition shared by the unique people of this region.
They have allowed ETSU to achieve more than most other
universities with a similar history and academic offerings. ETSU's
investment return is indicative of the Foundation's conservative
investment policy and sound management philosophy."
The total fund raising for the year ending June 30, 2005, was
$17.8 million. This total represents several significant factors related
to the private financial support of the university. Among those is the
strong continuing base of annual giving from alumni and friends,
which includes the beginning efforts to raise private support to
establish an ETSU College of Pharmacy; the estate gift of long-time
benefactor and U.S. Congressman James H. Quillen for major
academic and College of Medicine scholarships; the completion of
the Warren-Greene Golf Center; the partnerships to further develop
the Gray Fossil Site; and the public launch of the comprehensive
needs-based Reaching Higher capital campaign.
"We are most proud of our continued endowment and
investment earnings growth," according to Foundation Chairman
Jones. "We believe private fund raising plays the lead role in
providing ETSU's 'margin of excellence.'"
The East Tennessee State University Foundation has received
another mark of distinction among peer colleges and universities by
placing in the Top 20 nationally for endowment growth according to
the most recent annual study released by NACUBO, the National
Association of College and University Business Officers.
The fiscal year 2004-05 report positions ETSU's endowment
single-year growth among the best in the United States at 27.2
percent.
This single-year growth puts ETSU in distinguished company
nationally as this fund performance finds that the ETSU Foundation
holdings of $66.3 million rank the university at 400 out of 746
participants voluntarily responding from 3,200 universities invited
to do so. The 2005 survey includes United States institutions and
some Canadian colleges. The survey also noted only 19 reporting
colleges or foundations that equaled or exceeded 27.2 percent.
ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr. expressed his appreciation
for the work of Foundation Chairman Tim Jones, as well as the
Foundation board of directors and Don Raber, who chairs the
Investment Committee. "Through the leadership of some of our
region's most prominent business and community leaders, we have
incredible expertise that oversees the Foundation's investments and
resource management," Stanton said.
The NACUBO study is widely recognized as the industry
standard for compiling and reporting the performance and
management of college and university endowments. The study
reported ETSU's Foundation endowment investment rate of return
at 10.4 percent, compared to the national average of 9.3 percent.
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Advancement
ETSU's Supporters, Visionaries Receive Honors
Leadership Program and currently serves on the Roan Scholars
Steering Committee. In 2000, he was named an ETSU Honorary
Alumnus.
A native of New York, Donald R. Raber served in the U.S. Navy,
participating in the 1962 Cuban Blockade during the Cuban Missile
Crisis and the 1963 search for the lost nuclear submarine USS
Thresher, before beginning a career in the world of finance.
He earned an undergraduate business administration degree from
Hofstra University and his M.B.A. from Marshall University.
Following completion, with honors, of the American Bankers
Graduate Trust program at Northwestern University, he went on to
finish the Executive Development program at the University of
Tennessee.
Starting as a management trainee, Raber moved up through the
ranks of a number of banks and eventually began his own
investment management firm called Aldebaran Financial, Inc., now a
leading money manager in the Tri-Cities.
He has taught economics, accounting and finance as an adjunct
faculty member at West Virginia State College, Morris Harvey
College (now the University of Charleston) and ETSU.
And, for more than 20 years, Raber has provided insight for the
ETSU Foundation's Investment Committee which he currently
chairs, successfully steering the Foundation's portfolio through some
challenging investment markets over the past few years.
The Rabers have established and continue to fund the Olive Jane
Raber Scholarship Endowment at ETSU. In addition, they have
established scholarships at other area colleges.
Raber was named an ETSU Honorary Alumnus in 2003; received
the 2004 Distinguished Service Award from Tusculum College, where
he also serves as a Trustee, heads the Finance and Investment
Committee, and sits on the Executive Committee; and was appointed
to the President's Advisory Committee at Furman University last year.
Louis H. Gump, president of Impact Management in Johnson
City, and his wife, Lucy, provided a significant gift to the ETSU
Foundation as the seed capital for the university's Roan Scholars
Leadership Program, basing the ETSU initiative in part on his own
experiences in the Morehead Program at the University of North
Carolina. Recognizing that many of the region's best young leaders
were leaving Tennessee for higher education opportunities elsewhere,
Gump was determined to establish an ETSU program that would
East Tennessee State University and the ETSU Foundation
recognized two outstanding individuals with the Margin of
Excellence Award during a formal dinner for the university's top
contributors held at MeadowView Conference Resort and
Convention Center. Also at the dinner, Tennessee Board of Regents
Chancellor Dr. Charles Manning presented the Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Philanthropy to two visionary regional leaders.
The Foundation's Margin of Excellence Award was established to
acknowledge individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty
in supporting ETSU and the Foundation. This year's recipients are
M. Thomas Krieger of Jonesborough and Donald R. Raber of
Kingsport.
Chancellor Manning gave the Chancellor's Award for Excellence
in Philanthropy to Johnson Citians Louis H. Gump for 2005 and
Guy B. Wilson, Jr., D.Ph., for 2006.
M. Thomas Krieger, an Ohio native, had a long and
distinguished career in the grocery industry, having retired in 1996
as president of Fleming Foods of Tennessee, following professional
stints with the Kroger Co., Food Lion Stores in Salisbury, N.C., and
Fleming Companies, Inc.
He attended the University of Toledo (Ohio) concentrating on
marketing and communication and he served for a number of years
in the National Guard on active and inactive duty.
He has served on the Produce Marketing Association's board of
directors and on the North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia Grocers
Associations. An original recipient of the Tennessee Grocers
Association Education Foundation's "Hall of Eagles Award," Krieger
funded a number of scholarships for Fleming associates and
customers through this foundation.
Very active in the community, Krieger has served through the
years in a variety of capacities on the boards of the Johnson City
Medical Center Foundation, the Salvation Army, the Johnson City
Press "Christmas Box," the Johnson City Area United Way, the
Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House and the Coalition
for Kids. He has received numerous honors and awards for his
volunteer efforts.
His endeavors on behalf of the ETSU Foundation are equally
diverse. He is currently secretary of the Foundation and sits on the
Foundation Investment Committee. He provided one of the charter
gifts that helped establish the prestigious ETSU Roan Scholars
M. Thomas Krieger
Donald R. Raber
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Louis H.
Advancement
enable the university to attract and retain these promising leaders
while improving the entire institution as well as the Tri-Cities
Tennessee/Virginia region.
Now a reality, the Roan Scholars Program is already transforming
students' lives and strengthening the overall quality of academic and
student life at ETSU. The eighth class of Roan Scholars will enter the
university this coming fall. Over $5.4 million in current and planned
gifts has been pledged or given for the program to date, with much
of this impressive support due to the high esteem and trust with
which Gump is regarded by individuals as well as businesses. The
founding benefactor continues to serve as chair of the Roan Scholars
Steering Committee.
He and his wife have supported ETSU Intercollegiate Athletics,
the Warren-Greene Golf Center, the James H. Quillen College of
Medicine, the new ETSU College of Pharmacy, WETS-FM, Friends of
the Reece Museum, Friends of Music, the Center for Appalachian
Studies and Services and many other areas throughout the ETSU
Foundation.
Guy B. Wilson Jr., D.Ph., has played a prominent role in one of
ETSU's most remarkable academic programs and fund-raising
endeavors - the establishment of a College of Pharmacy. The owner
of Wilson Pharmacy and Home Health in Johnson City, and his wife,
Debra, who is also a pharmacist and the company president, had
become aware of the rapidly shrinking pool of available licensed
pharmacists and saw the difficulty of recruiting and retaining
qualified personnel.
When Wilson began to draw attention to the need for
pharmacists, especially in rural areas, the ETSU Quillen College of
Medicine seemed the natural partner for a new pharmacy program.
He started talking to university leaders and mapping strategies to
overcome any perceived obstacles. A corps of university supporters
shared his vision of an ETSU College of Pharmacy and now $6.5
million has been raised or pledged since the March 17, 2005, historic
pharmacy school announcement by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen.
Wilson's dream is becoming a reality as the first class of ETSU
pharmacy students is expected to begin their program in January
2007.
The Wilson Family already had strong ties to the university
through the establishment of the Guy and Miriam Wilson Nursing
Scholarship Endowment, which honors his mother's work as a nurse.
He and Debra have also supported the LeeAnne Brown Chair of
Pediatrics, men's and women's intercollegiate athletics, Friends of the
Reece Museum, National Institutes of Health/ETSU Programs and
others.
Gump
Distinguished
President’s Trust
Welcomes New Members
ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr. welcomed
fifty-four new members of East Tennessee State
University’s Distinguished President’s Trust during
a formal dinner held at MeadowView Conference
Resort and Convention Center on Friday,
January 27th.
Distinguished President's Trust (DPT) members
consistently rank among the most loyal supporters
of the university through the ETSU Foundation.
The DPT point of entry for individuals,
organizations and businesses is cumulative giving
in excess of $10,000, usually the result of annual
giving or combinations of significant major or
deferred gifts.
Stanton noted that this special group of more
than 920 contributors is the "backbone" of the
university's scholarship and educational efforts.
"We are very pleased to add these individuals
and businesses to our Distinguished President's
Trust membership," said Dr. Richard A. Manahan,
vice president for University Advancement and
president of the ETSU Foundation. "They will
serve as strong examples for future contributors to
follow in annual and significant gift planning."
Guy B. Wilson, Jr., D.Ph.
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Sports Spectrum
Four New Members Inducted into
ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame
Over his career, Cathey received multiple citations for excellence
from College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA),
and received the College Football Centennial Award of Sports
Information Directors. Cathey passed away in 1994, and is survived
by his wife, Mariel, and three children Leigh, Shannon and Ward.
A prominent figure in the ETSU record
books, Jennifer Garriga (B.S. ’94) was one of
the top setters in Lady Buccaneer volleyball
history, donning the blue and gold from 199093. Garriga, a four-time All-Southern
Conference selection, currently holds an
astounding five school records, including
games played in a career (498), assists in a
career (4803), career service aces (243), assists
in a single season (1370), and assists in a fivegame match (72). Her name appears in the Lady Buc record book a
grand total of 11 times. A two-time Southern Conference Player of
the Year, Garriga helped the Lady Bucs to one of the best four-year
periods in school history, as ETSU broke the 20-win plateau in all
four years, including a 25-10 campaign in 1991, a season that also
boasted an unblemished 10-0 conference record. After ETSU,
Garriga graduated from the University of Florida School of
Veterinary Medicine and now serves as the Chief of Staff of Banfield
– The Pet Hospital, in Palm City, Florida. Garriga is married to
Fernando Fonseca, a pilot for AmeriJet International, Inc.
Herb Weaver (B.S. ’57) provided the
complete package for the Buccaneer men’s
basketball team from 1953 to 1957. A
tenacious defender and exceptional
rebounder, the native of Roanoke, Virginia,
currently holds the ETSU single-season record
for total rebounds and rebounds per game
with 607 boards for a 21.7 average in 1956-57.
He also ranks No. 3 on those same lists, with
408 rebounds for an average of 15.1 boards per game during the
1955-56 season. In addition to his prowess under the basket and on
the defensive end of the floor, Weaver also ranks 22nd on the ETSU
all-time scoring list with 1,064 points, joining just 26 other former
Bucs who have eclipsed that mark. During his time at ETSU, Weaver
helped the Bucs to several successful seasons, including a 23-win
season in 1953-54 and a 20-win season in 1955-56. Weaver, who
died June 22, 1993, is survived by his wife, Ann, and two daughters,
Laura Lynn and Alison Ann.
The East Tennessee State University Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics inducted four new members into the ETSU
Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony in the D.P. Culp
University Center Ballroom on Saturday, December 3, 2005. The
2005 class includes former athletes who have excelled both on and
off the field.
The new inductees include DeShawne Blocker-Hunter (women’s
basketball), John Cathey (Sports Information), Jennifer Garriga
(Volleyball) and Herb Weaver (men’s basketball).
DeShawne Blocker-Hunter (B.S. ’96) was
one of the toughest rebounders in Lady
Buccaneer history, and also earned a place in
the NCAA record books during her career at
ETSU. Blocker-Hunter led the NCAA during
the 1993-94 campaign, in both rebounds in a
season (450) and rebounds per game (17.6).
The third-ranked scorer in ETSU history with
2,086 points, Blocker-Hunter posted the
highest rebounding game in the NCAA during both the 1993 and
1994 seasons, with 25 and 28 boards, respectively. Blocker-Hunter, a
two-time SoCon Player of the Year, was tabbed SoCon Freshman of
the Year in 1992, SoCon Tournament MVP and SoCon Athlete of
the Year in 1995. One of the most heralded players in Lady Buc
history, Blocker-Hunter was a U.S. Basketball Association honorable
mention All-American in 1994 and 1995. After three years of playing
professionally in Spain, Greece, Austria and Finland, Blocker-Hunter
is now employed as an exceptional children’s teacher for the Wakulla
County Board of Education. Blocker-Hunter resides in Tallahassee,
Florida, with husband and fellow ETSU grad, Marlon Hunter, and
daughter Marleana, 5.
A fixture at ETSU athletic events for more
than two decades, John Cathey served as sports
information director at East Tennessee State for
25 years. A 1951 graduate of Jacksonville State
University in Alabama, Cathey came to ETSU
in 1969 from the Greenville News in Greenville,
South Carolina. In his career, Cathey witnessed
over 700 basketball games and worked 271
consecutive football contests; a streak that still
ranks 5th in the nation among retired sports
information directors. A Korean War veteran in the U.S. Air Force,
Cathey was known both regionally and nationally for the quality of
his work, and was considered a legendary storyteller by his peers. In
1980 the NCAA recognized him for his “outstanding contributions
to the success of the 1980 National Collegiate Rifle Championships.”
2006 Athletics Hall of Fame
Call for Nominations
As an ETSU enthusiast, please help us to preserve history, honor
excellence and foster pride. The ETSU Athletics Department is currently
accepting nominations for induction into the 2006 ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
To place a nomination, refer to the ETSUBucs.com website or the athletics link
at ETSU.edu to access the nomination form and nomination criteria. You may
then fax the completed form to 423-439-5294, e-mail it to [email protected] or
mail it to Hall of Fame Selection
Committee, c/o Director of
Athletics, East Tennessee State
University, P.O. Box 70707,
Johnson City, TN 37614.
The nomination deadline is April 15, 2006.
Induction is
scheduled for late Fall
2006 at the ETSU
Athletics Hall of
Fame Induction
Ceremony and
Banquet.
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Sports Spectrum
Looking down
the Stretch...
April-May Baseball Schedule
April 1
April 2
April 5
April 7
April 8
April 11
April 14
April 15
April 18
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 25
April 26
May 2
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 10
May 12
May 13
May 17
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 24
Smith Now All-Time Leading Scorer
Senior guard Tim Smith (Newport News, Va.) became ETSU
basketball’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing former Buccaneer great
Greg Dennis’ total of 2,204 points as the Bucs dropped Campbell 89-81
in Atlantic Sun Conference play Thursday, February 9, 2006 at
Memorial Center.
Smith scored a team-high 24 points in all, and his career total now
stands at 2,300. “It felt like it was going to be easy, but it wasn’t,” said
Smith, who needed 14 points to break the record and didn’t get it until
a free throw at the 5:14 mark of the second half. “I guess I was too
loose early in the game. They were clogging the middle on us in the
zone and they didn’t make it easy.”
Erin Ashton Awarded NCAA
Postgraduate Scholarship
ETSU senior women’s soccer standout Erin Ashton (New
Bern, N.C.) has been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate
scholarship from the NCAA. Ashton has rewritten the ETSU
record books during her four years at ETSU by becoming the
Bucs career leader in goals (35), assists (24) and shots (159). She
has played in 68 games and started in 67 during her career.
She was named the A-Sun Player of the Week twice during
her senior season and was named to the A-Sun AllConference second team. She was named to the second team
all Southern Conference two years in a row her sophomore
and junior years.
Ashton has a team high 3.897 GPA and is enrolled in the
honors biology and pre-med program with a minor in philosophy. She
will be attending the James H. Quillen College of Medicine starting
this fall.
BELMONT (CARDINAL PARK)
BELMONT (CARDINAL PARK)
TENNESSEE (CARDINAL PARK)
at Kennesaw State (Kennesaw, Ga.)
at Kennesaw State (Kennesaw, Ga.)
UNC-ASHEVILLE (CARDINAL PARK)
MERCER (CARDINAL PARK)
MERCER (CARDINAL PARK)
at Western Carolina (Cullowhee, N.C.)
at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
VIRGINIA TECH (KINGSPORT, TENN.)
at Appalachian State (Boone, N.C.)
at UNC-Asheville (Asheville, N.C.)
STETSON (CARDINAL PARK)
at Tennessee Tech (Cookeville, Tenn.)
GARDNER-WEBB (CARDINAL PARK)
GARDNER-WEBB (CARDINAL PARK)
WESTERN CAROLINA (CARDINAL PARK)
at Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton, Fla.)
at Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament (DeLand, Fla.)
April-May Softball Schedule
April 1
April 1
April 5
April 5
April 8
April 8
April 13
April 13
April 15
April 15
April 18
April 20
April 20
April 23
April 23
April 29
April 29
May 5
May 5
May 11
May 12
May 13
Men’s Golf Team Ranked No.10
The ETSU men’s golf team recently moved to No. 10 in the
national college ranking released by Golfstat.com. Meanwhile, the
Bucs rose to No. 11 in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings, while also
ranking 14th in the latest Golf World poll, and 13th in the most
recent Golf Coaches Association of America listing.
The Bucs, who finished fifth last weekend at the GCAA Hall of
Fame Invitational in Houston, Texas, have posted four-straight Top
5 finishes this spring – including a win at the General Hackler
Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C., which was the first regular season
tournament victory by the squad since 2001. In addition, junior
Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) currently stands as the No. 4 player
in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.
“It’s nice to be in the Top 15 in all four rankings,” said ETSU head
coach Fred Warren. “We seem to be playing consistent golf right
now and it’s nice as we get later into the spring that the rankings
reflect our consistency. We’re playing at a very high level.”
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at Winthrop (Rock Hill, S.C.)
at Winthrop (Rock Hill, S.C.)
at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.)
CAMPBELL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
CAMPBELL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
FLORIDA ATLANTIC (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
FLORIDA ATLANTIC (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
MERCER (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
MERCER (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
vs. Virginia Tech (Bristol, Tenn.)
at Belmont (Nashville, Tenn.)
at Belmont (Nashville, Tenn.)
STETSON (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
STETSON (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
GARDNER-WEBB (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
GARDNER-WEBB (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.)
at Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.)
vs. Atlantic Sun Tournament
Sports Spectrum
Finalized Baseball Radio Schedule
for Spring 2006
ETSU Women’s Tennis....
The ETSU women’s tennis team has started its season 11-3, falling
only to ranked opponents, William & Mary, Virginia Tech, and
UC-Santa Barbara. The Lady Bucs are currently 2-0 in conference play,
defeating Campbell and Kennesaw State. Their biggest win of the
season came against No. 60 Loyola Marymount, 4-2 in Los Angeles.
Freshman Vita Moskaliova (Minsk, Belarus) is currently 10-1 in
singles action this year, spending most of her time in the No. 6 slot.
Moskaliova has had wins over opponents from Loyola Marymount,
UC-Santa Barbara, and Virginia Tech.
Senior Sandie Knight (Adamstown, Australia) is 11-2 seeing action in
the No. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 positions. Knight was named A-Sun player of the
week after scoring 24 straight points to win a set 6-0 over Brittany
Woodgett of Alabama A&M.
Sophomore Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) is currently 11-3
spending time in the No. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 positions. Batsula garnered
victories from opponents from Virginia Tech, MTSU, and Tennessee Tech.
ETSU Men’s Tennis....
The ETSU men’s tennis team has continued their winning ways,
starting the season out 12-5. Their five losses coming from ranked
opponents: #26 Virginia Commonwealth, #31 Wake Forest, #21
Tennessee, #1 Georgia, and #35 San Diego. The Bucs biggest victory of
the year came over #17 UC-San Diego, 6-1. In conference play the Bucs
are currently 4-0, with wins over Campbell, Jacksonville, Stetson and
Florida Atlantic.
Freshman Enrique Olivares (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela) is 13-3,
seeing action in the No. 2, 3, and 4 positions. Olivares’s has had wins
over Tennessee, UC-San Diego, the University of San Diego and is
undefeated in conference play.
Senior and team captain Felix Insaurralde (Asuncion, Paraguay) is
11-4 seeing action in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Insaurralde won
matches against opponents
from Tennessee, UC-San
Diego, the University of
San Diego, and is undefeated in conference play.
Sophomore Sebastian
Serrano (Cartagena,
Colombia) is
currently 9-4 spending
time in the No. 4, 5, and
6 positions. Serrano saw
wins against opponents
from Tennessee, UC-San
Diego, and is undefeated
in conference play.
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Wednesday, March 15
Saturday, March 18
Wednesday, March 22
Wednesday, March 29
Friday, March 31
Saturday, April 1
Wednesday, April 5
Tuesday, April 11
Friday, April 14
Wednesday, April 19
Tuesday, April 25
Friday, May 5
Saturday, May 6
Sunday, May 7
Wednesday, May 10
Friday, May 12
Saturday, May 13
Wednesday, May 17
Friday, May 19
Saturday, May 20
Sunday, May 21
Wednesday, May 24-27
Tennessee Tech (BB – 7 p.m.)
North Florida (Game 1) (BB – 2 p.m.)
Appalachian State (BB – 7 p.m.)
at Tennessee (7 p.m.)
Belmont (BB – 7 p.m.)
Tennessee (BB – 7 p.m.)
UNC Asheville (BB – 7 p.m.)
Mercer (BB – 7 p.m.)
at Western Carolina (BB – 7 p.m.)
vs. Virginia Tech in Kingsport Classic (7 p.m.)
Stetson (BB – 7 p.m.)
at Tennessee Tech (BB – 6 p.m.)
Gardner-Webb (BB – 7 p.m.)
Gardner-Webb DH (BB – 1 p.m.)
Western Carolina (BB – 7 p.m.)
at Florida Atlantic (BB – 7 p.m.)
A-Sun Tournament (BB – TBA)
Additional Internet Only Broadcasts
March 13
March 19
April 2
April 7
April 8
April 15
April 21
April 22
April 23
Sienna (BB – 7 p.m.)
North Florida (BB – 1 p.m.)
at Kennesaw State (BB – 6 p.m.)
at Kennesaw State DH (BB – 6 p.m.)
Mercer (BB – 1 p.m.)
at Jacksonville (BB – 7 p.m.)
www.ETSUBucs.com
The athletic web site www.etsubucs.com offers fans up-tothe-minute results with a rolling scoreboard, accurate
statistics, in-depth personal features on our athletes,
and a cumulative schedule of games and events.
In addition, online web streaming is offered for
broadcasting live men’s basketball, women’s
basketball, baseball and our weekly radio
coaches’ shows at no cost to our fans.
etsubucs.com has become the most
comprehensive place to learn
about every aspect of ETSU
athletics, and the site
averaged over 2.5 million
hits and 25,000 unique
users (monthly)
during the
2005-06
season.
Classnotes
2000s
Deborah J. Daugherty (B.A. ’05) married
Travis I. Arnold (B.S. ’04) on July 16, 2005. The
couple resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Dr. Shannon S. Ellis (M.D. ’05) is in his first
year of general surgery residency in Abington,
Pennsylvania.
Anna L. Fulkerson (B.B.A. ’05) married Brett
A. Herron (B.S. ’04) on May 21, 2005. Anna is
employed at Indian Path Medical Center and
Brett is employed by Bank of Tennessee. The
couple resides in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Dimingo M. Hale (B.G.S. ’05) was
commissioned as 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army,
Quartermaster Corps, in summer 2005. He
resides in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Jaclyn N. Kind (B.S. ’05) married James R.
Brooks on August 6, 2005. The couple resides
in Gray, Tennessee.
April G. King (B.S. ’05) married Stephen K.
Plemons (B.S. ’99) on August 6, 2005. April is a
preschool teacher with Kiddie Korner and
Stephen is a teacher with Roane County High
School. The couple resides in Kingston,
Tennessee.
Amanda R. Ruble (B.S. ’05) has been accepted
to Virginia Tech’s graduate school in health
promotion.
Ashley Keys Austin (B.S. ’04) is currently a
second-year medical student at Edward Via
Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in
Christiansburg, Virginia. She had the
opportunity to go on a medical mission trip to
the Rift Valley of Kenya with the Christian
Medical and Dental Association of VCOM.
Rebecca M. Bentley (B.S.W. ’04) married
Jeffrey Arrington (B.S. ’05) on October 1, 2005.
Rebecca is employed as social services director
at Wexford House and Jeffrey is employed at
ETSU. The couple resides in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Lindsey J. Bowlin (B.S. ’04) married Shane B.
Ratliff (B.S. ’02) on October 1, 2005. Lindsey is
a dental hygienist in the office of Dr. Michael
Brooks and Shane is employed by the
Morristown, Tennessee, police department.
The couple resides in Morristown, Tennessee.
Candice M. Bragg (B.S. ’04) married C.
Preston Thompson, Jr. Candice is employed at
Jefferson Memorial Hospital and Preston is an
insurance agent. The couple resides in Talbott,
Tennessee.
David E. Clendenin (B.S. ’04) married
D’Anna Olterman on December 4, 2004. David
is employed at Highlands Juvenile Detention
Center and D’Anna is employed at Wellmont
Holston Valley Medical Center. The couple
Tina M. Darnell (B.S.W. ’04) married J.
Matthew Winegar (B.S. ’05) on July 23, 2005.
Tina is employed by the State of Tennessee
Department of Children’s Services and Matt is
employed at Business Information Systems.
The couple resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Laralee N. Ferrell (B.B.A. ’04) married Alfred
“Freddy” L. Harkleroad, III (B.S. ’04) on
February 26, 2005. Laralee is employed by
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and
Berkowitz. Freddy is pursuing a career in
marketing and advertising. The couple resides
in Bristol, Tennessee.
Julia B. Hammons (B.S. ’04) married Adam
H. Franklin (B.S. ’04) on May 21, 2005. Julia
plans to pursue a graduate degree in speech/
language pathology and Adam is employed as a
digital motion artist at Verv, Inc. in Hollywood,
California.
Julie A. Helton (B.S. ’04) married Ralph W.
“Trey” Cook, III (B.S. ’99; M.S. ’00) on June 12,
2004. Julie is employed at Fort Collins
Women’s Clinic and Trey is employed as a
3-D animator at Visible Productions. The
couple resides in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Tia N. Jeffers (B.S. ’04) married Brian M.
Barrett on April 16, 2005. Tia is a dental
hygienist at University General Dentists and
Brian is employed by GlaxoSmithKline. The
couple resides in New Market, Tennessee.
Krishna D. Kudaravalli (M.S. ’04) is a
programmer/consultant in New York City.
Dr. Laura L. Levoy (M.D. ’04) is completing
her emergency medicine residency in
Maidsville, West Virginia.
Chris N. Carter
(M.Ed. ’00) has been
named the assistant
director of the Virginia
Space Grant
Consortium. This is a
NASA-sponsored
coalition of Virginia
universities, state
agencies and other
institutions devoted to
aerospace-related education and research. Carter
previously served as the Consortium’s
educational programs manager, training
coordinator in the ETSU Office of Human
Resources and adjunct faculty in the Clemmer
College of Education.
Dr. Donna D. Stanton (M.D. ’04) is
enjoying Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the
University of Kentucky Medical Center. Her
husband, Dr. Ryan Stanton (B.S. ’99; M.D. ’03),
works in the ER at UK and is producing his
own radio station, Reel Music. The
couple has two dogs and two cats.
Dr. Brett T. Sumney, Jr. (M.D. ’04) is in his
PGY2 at Drexel Dermatology in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. His PGY1 was in internal medicine at Wake Forest.
Hayley M. Whitson (B.B.A. ’04) married
Lance Cpl. Daniel C. Andrews on July 1, 2005.
Hayley is employed at RBC Centura Bank and
Daniel serves with the U.S. Marine Corps,
stationed at Camp Lejeune. The
couple resides in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Amanda M. Wiggins (B.S.E. ’04) married
Joshua L. Tullock on June 18, 2005. Amanda is
employed as a first-grade teacher at Church Hill
Elementary School and Josh is employed at
King Pharmaceuticals. The couple resides in
Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Classnotes
Kimberly Lowe
(B.S. ’91) has been
named assistant director
of student life for parent
relations at Virginia Tech.
She will serve as a liaison
to and as an advocate for
parents and families of
students. Previously,
Lowe has served as the
director of student
activities and student affairs marketing in the
Center for Student Life and Leadership at ETSU,
assistant dean of students at Salem College and
area coordinator and director of student activities
in the Office of Student Life at Emory and Henry.
Angela A. Bailey (B.A. ’03) married Jeremy A.
Harris (B.S. ’04) on December 18, 2004.
Angela is employed by the Washington County
School System and Jeremy is employed by the
Sullivan County School System. The couple
Maranda B. Penley (B.B.A. ’03) married John
W. Demuth on December 5, 2005. Maranda is
employed by Eastman Chemical Company and
John is employed as a business systems analyst
at Kingsport Imaging Systems, Inc. The couple
Aimee E. Morrell (B.S.E. ’03) married Brent
S. Long on October 9, 2005. Aimee is a second
grade teacher at Eaton Elementary School and
Brent is a sales representative for Stryker
Endoscopy. The couple resides in Athens,
Tennessee.
Dr. Staci D. Ridner (M.D. ’03) and her
husband, Dr. Courtney W. Ridner (B.S. ’97;
M.P.H. ’99; M.D. ’04), currently reside in Texas.
Staci is in CA-1 year of anesthesia
residency at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio and Courtney is
a flight surgeon at Lackland Air Force Base.
Dr. John G. Robinson (M.D. ’03) is in his last
year of residency at Palmetto Health in
Columbia, South Carolina, and will stay with
Carolina Care as an attending.
Jana M. Walker (B.S. ’03) married Mickey J.
Baker on August 21, 2005. Jana is employed as
a substitute teacher for Bristol City Schools and
Mickey is employed as a Subway franchisee in
Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
The couple resides in Bristol, Tennessee.
Dr. Margaret B. Weigel-Kwasigroch (M.D. ’03)
and her husband, Keith, welcomed their son,
William “Will” Evan, on October 28, 2005. The
family resides in Decatur, Georgia.
Claudia E. Carson (B.S.E. ’02) married Dr.
Benjamin M. Haws (B.S. ’01) on June 11, 2005.
The couple resides in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Chris D. Chalkley (B.B.A. ’02) is assistant vice
president/collections and security
coordinator II with First Bank & Trust in
Johnson City, Tennessee. His major job duties
include foreclosures, garnishments, forgery and
fraud.
Dr. Jeffrey S. Cook (M.D. ’02) was hired by
Salud FHC in Ft. Morgan, Colorado.
Michael L. Depew (B.A. ’02; M.A. ’05) and his
wife, Lanette, co-authored the book “Old
Butler”. Michael is currently employed at
Fingerhut. The couple, along with daughter,
Lydia, resides in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Sommer A. Isaacs (B.S. ’02) married
Christopher B. Hill on August 12, 2005.
Sommer is employed at Silver Creek
Development and Christopher is employed at
Toyota/Lexus of Kingsport, Tennessee. The
couple resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Susan L. McKinney (B.B.A. ’02) married
George B. Barrett (M.A. ’03) on October 8, 2005.
Susan is employed at ARC of Washington
County, Tennessee, and George is employed at
David Crockett High School. The couple resides
in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Rachel L. Pearson (B.S.N. ’02) married Kevin
L. Turner (B.S. ’01) on June 4, 2005. Rachel is
employed in the neonatal intensive care unit at
Johnson City Medical Center and Kevin is
employed by Ventiv Pharmaceuticals. The
couple resides in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Timothy J. Simmons (B.S.E. ’02) married
Natalie S. Hall on July 2, 2005. Timothy is
employed as an eighth grade teacher by the
Unicoi County School System and Natalie is
employed as EFT coordinator at State of
Franklin Savings Bank. The couple resides in
Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Courtney B. Taylor (B.S.E. ’02) married
Jeremy C. Proffitt on July 16, 2005. The
couple resides in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Dr. Ernest A. Waller (M.D. ’02) has started a
Pulmonary Disease Fellowship at the Mayo
Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
Erica E. Wedel (B.S. ’02) married J. Adam
Walton (B.B.A. ’00) on June 18, 2005. Erica is
employed by Child and Family Tennessee as a
family specialist and Adam is employed by
ETSU as athletic business manager. The couple
resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Dr. David J. Cleveland (M.D. ’01) just started
a rural private practice with obstetrics in
Prineville, Oregon.
Dr. Jacob E. Holt (M.D. ’01) is a family
hospitalist at North Denver Pulmonary and
Critical Care in Denver, Colorado. He is
married to Jennifer and has a 10-month-old
boy and another on the way.
Dr. Samuel J. Olsen, II (M.D. ’01)
completed a Primary Care Sports Medicine
Fellowship at America Sports Medicine
Institute in Birmingham, Alabama.
Renee N. Price (B.A. ’01) married Michael S.
White on June 11, 2005. Renee is an English
teacher at Central High School and Michael is
employed by UPS. The couple resides in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Tracy N. Stallard (B.S.E. ’01; M.Ed. ’03), along
with husband, Landon, and daughter,
Makenzie, welcomed Kyle Landon on October
27, 2005. The family lives outside of Gate City,
Virginia.
Leslie N. Burrell (B.S. ’00) married David M.
Smith on August 27, 2005. Leslie is employed
by Tennessee State Parks and David is employed
as an Aflac representative. The couple resides
in Maynardville, Tennessee.
Dr. Allen D. Holder (M.D. ’00) and his wife,
Amy, welcomed their daughter, Sophia Lynn,
on September 1, 2005. Allen is currently
serving in Iraq and his family resides in
Helotes, Texas.
Dr. Steve W. Jarrard (M.D. ’00) finished his
residency at Winn Army Community Hospital
in Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Dr. Ameeta Lall (M.D. ’00) is enjoying her job
at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in
Knoxville, Tennessee. She is planning to get
married in spring 2006.
Dr. Shelby G. Olds (M.D. ’00) is married to
Robert T. Olds. Shelby is a physician at Internal
Medicine-Pediatric Associates in Bristol,
Tennessee. Shelby and Robert have three
children, Hope, 5, Hunter, 3, and Sydny, 1.
Marcus D. Satterfield (B.S. ’00) married Sarah
E. Houser on December 19, 2004. Marcus is
assistant football coach at Western Carolina
University and Sarah is a school counselor with
Seymour High School. The couple resides in
Cullowhee, North Carolina.
Tina M. Wheeler (B.A. ’00) married Brian H.
McNew. Tina is a store manager at Nine West
in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Brian is a
news production manager at WWAY News
Channel 3.
1990s
Dr. Leann M. Byrd (M.D. ’99) and
husband, Roy, welcomed their daughter,
Hannah Elizabeth, recently. Leann is the vice
chief of staff at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in
Jefferson City, Tennessee.
M. Steve Furches (B.E.H. ’99) will begin work
on his doctorate in evolutionary biology at the
University of Tennessee in fall 2006. He and
his wife, Kristel, have one daughter, 5, and one
son, 1.
Dr. Lynn J. Goodman (Ed.D. ’99) is employed
as the director of employee development for the
State of Tennessee and continues to teach in an
adjunct capacity at Nashville Universities.
Goodman was awarded the “Excellence in
Teaching” award by the management and
human relations program at Trevecca Nazarene
University.
Brandon H. Haren (B.S. ’99) has joined
Hunter, Smith & Davis law firm. He will work
with the firm’s litigation section. Haren resides
in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Dr. John E. Jelovsek (M.D. ’99) and wife, Dr.
Jennifer Peterson, welcomed their daughter,
Morgan Hope, on September 19, 2005. Jelovsek
was awarded the District V ACOG Clinical
Research Grant and named winner of “Best
Fellow Prize Paper” by the American
Urogynecology Association. The family resides
in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
J. Scott Kirk (M.E.H. ’99) recently joined Oak
Ridge Associated Universities in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, as a survey project manager. He will
be responsible for managing the group’s
10-person survey team of health physicists and
survey technicians. Kirk will also have
responsibility for continued improvement of
ORAU’s Survey Procedures Manual and for
expanding the technical capabilities of survey
instrumentation.
Classnotes
Dr. Robert P. Larys, Jr. (M.D. ’99) is in his
second year of ophthalmology residency at the
Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California.
Dr. Michael A. Magee (M.D. ’99) and wife,
Michele, have three children. They recently
moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where
Michael joined Carolina Retina Center.
Dr. Angela S. Moss (M.D. ’99) went into
private practice at Gordonsville Clinic PLLC in
Carthage, Tennessee. She is also the medical
director of the Training Center at Carthage
General Hospital and was elected to the
Medical Executive Committee.
Kimberly M. Setser (B.S.N. ’99; M.S.N. ’00) is
currently working in a GI practice in
Morristown, Tennessee, as a nurse practitioner.
Dr. Angela H. Smithey (M.D. ’99) and
husband, Dr. Brandon E. Smithey (M.D. ’98),
welcomed their daughter, Lydia Caroline, on
February 11, 2005. The family resides in St.
Louis, Missouri.
Morgan W. Cox (B.B.A. ’98) is president of
Avant in Dallas, Texas, a commercial real estate
investment company he started in Johnson
City, Tennessee, in 2002.
Lynn A. Long (B.A. ’98; M.B.A. ’01)
participated in the Walt Disney World
Marathon on January 8, 2006, as a member of
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in
Training and ran 26.2 miles. She resides in
Dallas, Texas.
Ryan O. McReynolds (M.B.A. ’98) is the
public works director for Kingsport, Tennessee.
Dr. Michael R. Morgan (B.S. ’98; M.D. ’02)
will start an Infectious Disease Fellowship at
Wake Forest, specializing in adult infectious
disease.
Dr. Cindi R. Swaim (M.D. ’98) and husband,
Roger, have two children, Mary Claire, 5, and
Kennedy, 2. The family resides in Jackson,
Tennessee.
Christi L. Courtney (B.S.W. ’97) married
Brian W. Fields on December 10, 2004. Both
work with Campus Crusade for Christ
International and reside in Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Stephanie D. Hayes (B.S. ’97) married
Christopher W. Bullock on August 6, 2005.
Stephanie is employed by FedEx Kinkos and
Christopher is employed by a private contract
security agency. The couple resides in
Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Marlo L. Honeycutt (B.S. ’97) recently
achieved national board certification for
teaching. She is employed by Morrisville
Elementary School in Morrisville, North
Carolina.
Dr. Tara S. LeMaire (M.D. ’97; Res. ’99) is a
member of the Crisis Pregnancy Board, a
Humane Society board member and an
assistant medical examiner in White County,
Tennessee.
Melissa R. Scharer (B.B.A. ’97) married Travis
Houston in September 2004. The couple
resides in Kimball, Tennessee.
Brandon E. Sproles (B.E.H. ’97) is a
shipping chemist for Clean Harbors. Brandon
is married to Melissa P. Sproles. Melissa is the
office manager for Patty Vision Center. The
couple resides in Burlington, North Carolina.
Dr. Matthew B. Blue (M.D. ’96) along with
wife, Amanda, and son, Zachary Thomas, who
was born on September 9, 2003, are expecting
their second child in April 2006. The family
resides in Johns Island, South Carolina.
Bob M. Chikos (B.A. ’96) is beginning the
master’s program in special education at
Northeastern Illinois University. He married in
April 2000 and had a daughter in June 2002.
This past year he completed two “Century
Ride” bike competitions and a 124-mile
"double metric" ride in August. Chikos is
currently training for the 160-mile “Ride across
Indiana” in July 2006.
Pamela D. Hughett (B.B.A. ’96) has been
promoted to executive secretary to the vice
president for business affairs at Walters State
Community College in Morristown, Tennessee.
Melanie A. Long (B.S.N. ’96; M.S.N. ’98) is
married to Russell E. Long (B.S. ’93; B.S.N. ’96;
M.S.N. ’01). Melanie is a nurse practitioner
employed by Athens Pediatrics in Athens,
Tennessee, and Russell is a nurse anesthetist
employed by Athens Regional Medical Center.
Amber S. Perkins (B.S. ’96), along with
husband, David, and 4-year-old son, Benjamin,
welcomed Grace Margaret on January 14, 2005.
The family recently moved to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania.
Heather W. Price (B.S. ’96) married Chadwick
L. Haynes (B.B.A. ’96) on May 7, 2005. Heather
is employed at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and
Chad is employed at Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
The couple resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Dr. Gregory Stephens (Res. ’96) and wife,
Melanie, have a 19-month-old daughter,
Rachel. The family resides in Glen Allen,
Virginia.
Melissa M. Blount (B.B.A. ’95) and Douglas
M. Blount (B.B.A. ’99), along with Grace, 3,
welcomed James Russell on June 28, 2005.
Melissa is the manager of marketing analysis
for Sprint Nextel Corp. in the Reston, Virginia,
headquarters and Douglas was recently
promoted to recreation operations director for
Prince William County Park Authority in
Manassas, Virginia.
Julie A. Cahow (B.S. ’95; B.S.N. ’00) married
James B. Songer, Jr. on June 11, 2005. Julie is
employed by Mountain States Health Alliance.
The couple resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Donna W. Grubb (B.A. ’95; M.A.T. ’98) and
William D. Grubb (B.S. ’03) have a 3-year-old
daughter, Sarah Grace. Donna is a fourth grade
teacher at McDonald Elementary and William
is a C.D.C. teacher at West Greene High School.
The family resides in Mosheim, Tennessee.
Kendall P. Henley (B.S.N. ’95) married D. Bart
Stinnett (A.A.S. ’90; B.S. ’91) on November 13,
2005. The couple resides in Seymour,
Tennessee.
Dr. Amy K. Ramsak (M.D. ’95; Res. ’98) and
Robert F. Ramsak (B.G.S. ’96) own and operate
their own clinic, Internal Medicine of
Mississippi, LLC, in Gulfport, Mississippi.
P. Joy Hall (B.B.A. ’94; M.Acc. ’95) is the new
manager of global compensation and rewards
with Sykes Enterprises, Inc. in Clearwater
Florida. She also received the national HRCI
certification as a senior professional in human
resources.
Tamara M. Baxter
(B.S. ’74; M.A. ’84) is the
first winner of the First
Book Award sponsored
by the Jesse Stuart
Foundation and
Morehead State
University. This is a
competition amongst
emerging authors to have
their book published. Baxter is the author of
“Rock Big and Sing Loud,” a collection of short
stories to be published by the JSF in 2006. She is
an associate professor of English at Northeast
State Community College.
Karson J. Jordan (B.S.N. ’94) married Jeffrey
A. Barczak on April 7, 2005. Karson is
employed in the critical care unit at St. Mary’s
Mercy Hospital and Jeffrey is employed with
Med Tronics. The couple resides in Farmington
Hills, Michigan.
Chris T. Reddick (B.S. ’94) married Natosha S.
Wagner on May 28, 2005. Chris is employed at
WEMT Fox 39 and Natosha is employed at
Mountain States Health Alliance. The couple
resides in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Dr. Wayne S. Strouse (Res. ’94) has just
completed a one-year sabbatical in New
Zealand and will be rejoining his solo family
practice office in Penn Yan, New York.
Dr. Ed Davis (M.D. ’93; Res. ’96) and wife,
Kathy, are enjoying their new grandson, Carnes
Herrin, and planning for a spring wedding for
son, Brad. The couple resides in Germantown,
Tennessee.
David M. Doty (B.S. ’93) is the new senior
minister at Woodland Hills Church of Christ in
Runnells, Iowa. David’s wife, Angela, is a
chaplain with the Iowa Veteran’s Home in
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Kenneth E. Fairbanks (B.S. ’93) has completed
his M.B.A. at King College. He now works in
distance & distributed education at Southwest
Virginia Community College. He also teaches
courses in e-commerce and principles of
Internet marketing. Kenneth, Elizabeth,
Spencer and JonTyler reside in Abingdon,
Virginia.
Edward G. Salo (B.S. ’93) is one of ten
selected for the “Notable State Document
Award” of 2005. He wrote a report on behalf of
the South Carolina Department of
Transportation discussing the Saluda Dam
Entrance. Salo resides in Mt. Pleasant, South
Carolina.
Shelia P. Smith (B.S. ’93; M.Ed. ’00) is
currently pursuing a doctorate in educational
leadership and policy analysis at ETSU.
Eric S. Stanton (B.S. ’93; M.C.M. ’95) is
assistant professor in the military science
department of ETSU. His most recent
assignments have been the mobilization and
demobilization for Enduring Freedom and
Iraqi Freedom.
Classnotes
Nikki G. Bond (B.S. ’92) welcomed a son,
Victor Levi, on November 28, 2005. His older
brother, Ward, is 2. The family resides in
Matthews, North Carolina.
Cynthia D. Gillis (B.S. ’92) was selected as a
teacher of the year in Unicoi County,
Tennessee. She has taught kindergarten for ten
years at Unicoi Elementary School.
Mark A. Jackson (B.S. ’92) joined the board of
directors for the East Tennessee Foundation.
He is a senior account executive with Cariten
Healthcare in Knoxville, Tennessee. Jackson
and his wife, Lisa, have two daughters, Lauryn,
3, and Laila, 1.
Dr. Karen M. Rodeffer-Evans (M.D. ’92) is the
first female chief of surgery at Colleton Medical
Center in Walterboro, South Carolina.
S. Staley Smith (B.B.A. ’92; M.A.T. ’93) and
Wayne B. Smith (B.B.A. ’91; M.A.T. ’95)
welcomed their third child, Lilly Ann, on June
18, 2005. Staley graduated from Lincoln
Memorial University with an Ed. S. in
educational leadership in summer 2005. She is
currently a gifted program teacher at Gwinnett
County Public Schools. Wayne is the assistant
principal at Grayson High School in Loganville,
Georgia.
Benita Bellamy is the vice president of
national promotions for Artemis Gospel
Records in Nashville, Tennessee. She leads the
new radio and retail promotions team.
Kimberly L. Campbell (B.S. ’91) married
Brian Malone on November 19, 2005.
Kimberly is a fourth-grade teacher with Bristol,
Tennessee, schools and Brian is employed as an
emergency rescue technician with Sullivan
County EMS. The couple resides in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Lee Ann Davis (B.S. ’91) has been promoted
to the director of university alumni programs
at ETSU.
Jonathan L. Pack (B.S. ’91) is an emergency
management specialist with Y-12 National
Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His
wife, Misty, is a data clerk at Clinton Pediatric
Clinic in Clinton, Tennessee. The couple has
two children, Logan and Lindsey.
Dr. Charles Smalling (A.A.S. ’91; B.S. ’92;
M.D. ’97) is head of the dermatology
department at Naval Hospital in Beaufort,
South Carolina. He and wife, Colleen Smalling
(B.E.H. ’95), have been married for four years
and have a daughter, Alyssa.
Dr. Kevin J. Wheatley (M.D. ’91) began
hospitalist practice in April 2005 in
Huntingdon, Tennessee.
Sondra K. Daniels (B.S. ’90) married Brian
Daniels in 1991. They have two children,
Nathan, 10, and Nicholas, 8. She is currently
the social work supervisor for a home care
program in Morgantown, North Carolina.
Dr. Matthew A. Rohrbach (Res. ’90) is
employed at Huntington Internal Medicine
Group in Huntington, West Virginia. The
group is currently building an $18 million
office complex.
T. Jason Smith (B.B.A. ’90) has recently
released his book “Leaving Campus and Going
to Work: Practical Guidance for the First Year
of Your First Job after College.” He holds a
Senior Professional in Human Resources
(SPHR) designation from the Society of
Human Resource Management. He resides in
Sugar Hill, Georgia.
1980s
Perry L. Hobbs (B.F.A. ’89) married Elaine
Hudson on September 30, 2005. Perry is
employed with Mazer Corporation and Elaine
is employed with Banta Southeastern. The
couple resides in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Dr. Sheri L. Holmes (B.S.N. ’89; M.D. ’01) has
joined the ETSU Cancer Center at Johnson City
Medical Center. She will also have a general
women’s health practice through ETSU
Physicians and Associates.
Fay C. Slaveikis (B.B.A. ’89) is employed at
Earthlink, Incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
She welcomed a daughter, Robyn Marie, on
May 15, 2004.
Dr. Stephen P. Combs (B.S. ’88; M.D. ’92) is
the chief of staff and medical director of
pediatrics and pediatric intensive care at
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Lula M. Gray (A.S.N. ’88) was chosen as the
first recipient of the Tom Chase Award for her
work in community health care and
development of parish nursing. She is the
coordinator of the Parish Nurse Program at
Mountain States Health Alliance.
Calvin B. Purvis (B.B.A. ’88) married Ann M.
Roberts on October 8, 2005. Calvin is
employed at ETSU and Ann is employed at Ritz
Camera. The couple resides in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Samuel C. Robinette (B.B.A. ’88) married
Leslie Tumidiski on August 15, 2005. Samuel is
employed by Sprint and Leslie is employed at
Johnson City Medical Center. The couple
Robin C. Lamie (B.B.A. ’87; M.A.T. ’92) was
selected as a teacher of the year in Unicoi
County, Tennessee. She has taught for 12 years
at Rock Creek Elementary School.
Kimberly D. Reece (B.S. ’87) is now director
of student-athlete support services at UT
Chattanooga.
Leanne C. Walker (B.B.A. ’87) married
Charles E. Cox, III on May 14, 2005. Leanne is
employed at Enhanced Systems Consulting of
Johnson City, Tennessee. Charles is selfemployed as a certified public accountant in
Cheryl O. Lang (B.B.A. ’86) has been
promoted to vice president and chief financial
officer of Tindall Corporation in Spartanburg,
South Carolina. Her duties include directing
the company’s financial goals, objectives and
budgets.
Dr. Nga T. Le (M.D. ’86) is employed at
Amherst Pediatric Association in Williamsville,
New York. She and her husband, John Notaro,
have three children and reside in Orchard Park,
New York.
Karen D. White (B.S. ’86; M.A.T. ’92) is a
first-grade teacher at Cherokee Elementary
School in Johnson City, Tennessee. Karen is the
winner of the 2002 National Milken Family
Foundation Educator Award for Excellence.
Dr. K. Dwayne Fulks (M.D. ’85) is a plastic
surgeon at Columbia Plastic Surgery in
Columbia, Tennessee. He has three children
ages 18, 15 and 8.
Dr. Christina R. Baldwin (B.S. ’84; Res. ’93)
works at Family Physicians of Johnson City.
Her practice has five physicians and two
physician’s assistants.
Dr. Jenny L. Clark (B.S. ’84; M.D. ’89) and
husband, Craig, have two teenagers. Jenny is
doing mission work in the U.S. and abroad.
The family resides in Rocheport, Missouri.
Dr. Tony R. Emison (M.D. ’84) is the director
and medical examiner at Madison and Crockett
Co. Health Department in Jackson, Tennessee.
Dr. Deborah J. Hogan (M.D. ’84) is proud to
announce that her oldest son, J.D., is a
Biochemistry/Pre-Med major at Auburn and
her younger son, Adam, is a senior in high
school. The family resides in Hampton Cove,
Alabama.
Dr. Don M. Dewey (M.D. ’83) is working at
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic. He and wife,
Cathy, have 6 children and recently survived a
hurricane and the loss of their beach house. In
his spare time, Dewey is a drummer in a rock
band.
Dr. Stephanie C. Leeper (B.S. ’83; M.D. ’87;
Res. ’90) and daughters, Rashea and Briana,
have moved to Amarillo, Texas. She has joined
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at
the School of Medicine as the associate regional
dean for faculty development. She will help
expand the geriatric program for the school
and region.
Robert D. Van de Vuurst (B.S. ’83) was named
by Business Tennessee Magazine as one of the
150 best lawyers in the state. Van de Vuurst is a
shareholder in the Tri-Cities law firm of Baker,
Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz in
Johnson City, Tennessee.
Charles A. Green (B.B.A. ’82; M.B.A. ’89) has
joined People’s Community Bank, which is a
division of First Community Bank, as a vice
president of commercial lending for Sullivan
County, Tennessee.
Dr. Jim Masters (B.S. ’82; M.S. ’86; M.D. ’90)
owns an 80-acre farm in Jonesborough,
Tennessee, with his wife Lisa, and two
daughters, Paige and Chelsea.
Dr. Bill Neumann (M.D. ’82) has his own
private practice in Augusta, Georgia. His
practice has been listed in the “Best of Augusta”
since 1998.
Jeffery L. Steadman (B.B.A. ’81; B.S. ’83) was
named director of investigations at a private
investigations firm in Colonial Heights,
Tennessee.
Don O. Locklear (B.B.A. ’80) retired from the
Army as a Lt. Col. in 2003. Since then, Don
formed a real estate investment and
management company in Mississippi. He is also
currently building an estate in Blountville,
Tennessee, where he plans to move with his
wife and children and establish a gentleman's
ranch and petting zoo.
Suzanne J. Stouffer (B.S. ’80) has been hired
by Saratoga Technologies, Inc. in Johnson City,
Tennessee, as chief operations officer. She will
assist Saratoga in promoting the growth of the
Business Solutions Division and corporate
operations.
1970s
Diane S. Kinsler (B.S.N. ’79) married Malcolm
B. Kress on August 6, 2005. Diane is employed
at Daniel Boone High School and Indian Path
Medical Center and Malcolm is employed at
Kelson. The couple resides in Gray, Tennessee.
Classnotes
Dr. David E. Shilling (Res. ’79) received the
“Distinguish Service Award” from the Texas
Medical Association in 2005. He resides in
Church Hill, Tennessee.
Fred W. Sauceman, Jr. (B.A. ’78; M.A. ’80)
wrote the “Lens on the Larder”, a profile of
Appalachian food-ways, which was featured in
ETSU’s B. Carroll Reece Museum. He is the
senior writer and executive assistant to the
president for public affairs at ETSU.
Larry D. Smith (B.S. ’78) photographed the
“Lens on the Larder”, a profile of Appalachian
food-ways, which was featured in ETSU’s B.
Carroll Reece Museum. He is the director of
the ETSU Photo Lab.
Spring S. Poore (A.S.N. ’77) married R.
Brandon Berry on December 11, 2004. Spring
and Brandon are employed as system analysts
at Mountain States Health Alliance and reside
in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Ronnie L. Pickering (B.S. ’76) has retired from
the U.S. Postal Service after 42 years of service.
He resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Steven K. Messerli (B.S. ’75) recently received
the “Chairman’s Citation” from the Illinois
Association of Park Districts. This award
recognizes his excellence in leadership and
legislative achievements as an advocate for the
advancement of forest preserves, park districts
and conservation agencies. Messerli is the
executive director at Fox Valley Park District in
Aurora, Illinois.
Dr. Joe L. Morgan (M.A. ’75) received the
North Carolina Republican Party’s “11th
District Award” at the 2005 Hall of Fame
Awards Banquet. He was a presidential elector
for 2000 and 2004 from the 11th Congressional
District. In 1992, Morgan was elected as a
delegate to the Republican National
Convention. He resides in Marshall, North
Carolina.
Anne B. Fanning (B.S. ’74) is a fourth grade
teacher at Matthews Elementary in Matthews,
North Carolina.
Joanne E. Woolever (B.S.W. ’74) was
promoted to assistant manager of Kennecott
Glacier Lodge in Kennecott, Alaska.
Nancy J. Ernest (B.S. ’73; M.F.A. ’76; M.A. ’02)
currently writes a monthly life-coaching
column, “Full Bloom,” for VOICE Magazine for
Women, published in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Linda F. Davis (B.S. ’72) was named 2005
Carroll County Teacher of the Year. She also
was recently named 2006 Region VII Teacher of
the Year and a Virginia Teacher of the Year
finalist. Davis works at St. Paul Intermediate
School in Cana, Virginia.
Nancy L. Hopson (B.S. ’72; M.Ed. ’83) was
named Teacher of the Year for her work as the
computer lab instructor for grades K-8 at
Hampton Elementary in Carter County,
Tennessee.
Robert C. Wight (B.M. ’72) is retiring after 22
years and three months as a postal inspector
with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the
oldest federal law enforcement agency in the
U.S. He and wife, Phyllis, will celebrate their
31st anniversary in July 2006 in Tampa, Florida.
Janet L. Householder (B.S. ’71) was honored
for 34 years of service at Seymour Middle
School during a retirement reception at the
Board of Education in Sevier County,
Tennessee.
Willie H. Wilmoth (B.S. ’71) began his career
as an accountant, budget officer and auditor for
the U.S. He now is an accountant who
represents seven different insurance companies.
He also completes tax returns. Wilmoth and his
wife operate their office together in Lowgap,
North Carolina.
Dr. Ron Bartley (B.S. ’70) has been selected as
the new dean of academic affairs for West
Virginia State Community and Technical
College in Institute, West Virginia.
Zelma J. Campbell (B.S. ’70) was chosen by
the Carter County School Board as the Teacher
of the Year for grades 9-12. She teaches senior
English at Happy Valley High School.
Bobby R. Church (B.S. ’70) was recently
promoted from director of procurement to
director of technical services for the Turner
Logistics Medical & Research Solutions Group
in Brentwood, Tennessee.
D. C. Pratt
(B.S. ’56) has been
honored in his adoptive
hometown of
Fayetteville, Georgia, by
the mayor, with a
proclamation of “D.C.
Pratt Day,” which was
September 21, 2001.
Pratt taught at Fayette
County High School and is an accomplished
poet. Also, he was awarded the highest honor
given by the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Kentucky Colonel, on April 18, 2002. Kentucky
Colonels are ambassadors of good will and
fellowship around the world.
1960s
Freda A. Gough (B.S. ’69) was honored for 26
years of service as librarian at Sevierville
Intermediate School during a retirement
reception at the Board of Education in Sevier
County, Tennessee.
Richard D. Winters (B.S. ’69; M.A. ’71) has
been named the vice chairman of the Board of
Education in Carter County, Tennessee.
Walter L. Carrier (B.S. ’68) has retired from
26 years of service as business manager for
Moody Aviation in Chicago, Illinois. He has 3
children and is the proud grandfather of 8
grandchildren.
Dr. Linda J. Barrette (B.S. ’67) and her
husband have completed the Great Loop, the
continuous waterway that circumnavigates the
eastern portion of North America, on their
48-foot power catamaran, Yum Yum. Linda is
listed in all the Marquis Who’s Who
publications. The couple makes their home in
Ft. Myers, Florida.
Vivian L. Crymble (B.S. ’66) has taken the
position of community and government
relations manager for Indian Path Medical
Center in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Jerry S. Helfer (B.S. ’62) was elected vice
president of the Elizabethton, Tennessee, Area
Chapter of the American Association of Retired
Persons.
Ray M. Baskette (B.S. ’61) currently serves as
president of the LaVista Lions Club in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Thomas R. Harrington, III (B.S. ’61) retired
from the family insurance business in May 2003
with 40 years of service. He is currently serving
in his sixth year as a volunteer interpreter with
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in
Cades Cove, Tennessee. In March 2005,
Harrington was awarded the “Take Pride in
America Award” by Secretary of the Interior
Gayle Norton at the Department of the Interior
in Washington, D.C.
Helen Mays Bowman (B.S. ’60; M.A. ’78) has
been inducted into the Tennessee Teachers Hall
of Fame. A retired elementary teacher, she is
now assistant professor in the practice of
education at Milligan College in Milligan,
Tennessee.
1950s
Rhoda C. Hyder (B.S. ’59) has served many
decades for Carter County, Tennessee, as the
chairwoman of the Carter County Republican
Women’s Club. She has traveled to three
continents and met three presidents of the U.S.
Col. James E. Crouch (B.S. ’58) retired from
the U.S. Army in 1988 and then retired from
Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty in
Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2005.
Joe C. Mumpower (B.S. ’57; M.A. ’59) has had
a stained glass window by artist Jackson Hall
dedicated to him at the Sunshine Cathedral in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He also dedicated a
window to Rev. Grant Ford, the pastor of the
church.
Carl K. Quillen (B.S. ’55) and Sally B. Quillen
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on
September 24, 2005. The couple resides in
Dr. Charles R. Solomon (B.S. ’51) is the
author of ten books and does counseling
training worldwide. He resides in Sevierville,
Tennessee.
Obituaries
Faculty and Staff
Berney Burleson, Jr. (B.S. ’36) was a former
ETSU librarian, past president of the ETSU
Alumni Association and organizer of Buc-OMo (Pirate Club). He published “To the Top
with The Toppers,” a fifty-year history of
Science Hill High School football, and also
wrote a history of ETSU football. On February
18, 2006.
Mary A. Devault (B.S. ’28) taught school for
17 years in the Carter and Washington County
school systems, Radford College and ETSU.
She was the owner and operator of the
Wilmary Gift Shop. On October 2, 2005.
Dr. Glaister A. Elmer was a former professor
of ETSU. He was also a veteran of World War
II and the Korean War and worked as a
consultant for the U.S. government. He held
several patents for the stabilization of space
satellites and the creation of chemical warfare
detection hardware. On November 24, 2005.
Classnotes
Dr. Jewell A. Friend was a distinguished
scholar and former dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences at ETSU. She was also a Coast
Guard veteran of World War II. On October
23, 2005.
Madaline M. Jenkins (B.S. ’46; A.L.E. ’81)
retired as a secretary at ETSU. She was a native
of Johnson City, Tennessee. On October 7,
2005.
Robert H. Palmer, Jr. (M.A. ’66) was a former
assistant dean of admissions and records at
ETSU and was awarded “Outstanding Young
Man in America.” Palmer was also a professor
at the University of Tennessee Martin and
associate director of counseling and golf coach
at Spartanburg Junior College. He received
national recognition for his expertise in real
estate development and management from the
Professional Builders in North Carolina. On
January 21, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Sams (B.S. ’57) retired as the
assistant director of nursing at James H.
Quillen VA Medical Center. On December 12,
2005.
Walter F. Smith (B.S. ’61; M.A. ’69) was a
former biology professor at ETSU. He was a
water quality biologist for the State of
Tennessee and served as training director for
the Hamilton Co. EMS. He retired in 1999
from the State of Tennessee Educational
Program. On August 2, 2005.
Hellen M. Tolley retired from ETSU. She
managed Sugar Mountain Ski Slopes Food
Services. On December 11, 2005.
1990s
Laura P. Connell-Odom (M.S.N. ’99) was a
nurse practitioner at the Glade Spring
Community Clinic in Chilhowie, Virginia. On
February 10, 2006.
Connie L. Martzin (B.S.N. ’92) worked for the
State of Tennessee Childcare & Development
Agency in the teenage pregnancy division. On
December 22, 2005.
Daniel L. Yount (B.S. ’91) was vice president
of sales of the eastern region for Catalyst RX in
Florida. On December 4, 2005.
David S. Bradshaw (B.B.A. ’90) was a
mortgage consultant with Mid South Mortgage
Company in Nashville, Tennessee. On October
6, 2005.
Garnie B. Dorton, Jr. (B.S. ’90) was employed
by Modern Forge/Tennessee in Piney Flats,
Tennessee. On December 6, 2005.
1980s
Betty A. Bays (B.S. ’88; M.Ed. ’04) was the
librarian at Holston View Elementary School in
Richmond, Virginia. On January 27, 2006.
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George L. Shipley, Sr. (B.S. ’87) retired with
the rank of Master Sergeant in 1980 after 26
years of service with the United States Army.
He resided in Rogersville, Tennessee. On
November 24, 2005.
Don Knotts (Hon. ’86) was best known for
his roles as small-town deputy Barney Fife on
the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show”
and as landlord Ralph Furley on ABC’s 1970s
sitcom “Three’s Company”. On February 24,
2006.
1970s
Judy A. Banner (B.S.W. ’78) worked in the
construction industry and resided in
Elizabethton, Tennessee. On September 27,
2005.
Jeff S. Steadman (B.S. ’78) worked in the
computer technology field for many years. He
was a lifelong resident of Kingsport, Tennessee.
On September 23, 2005.
Randall M. Waddell (B.S. ’78; M.Ed. ’94) was
a biology teacher at Greeneville High School in
Greeneville, Tennessee. On March 18, 2006.
Nat D. King (M.B.A. ’77) completed 30 years
of service in the Armed Forces. Colonel King
flew a combat tour in Korea for which he was
awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and an
Air Medal with one bronze star. He also was
awarded the Legion of Merit Medal, the United
Nations Service Medal and the Korean Service
Medal. He resided in Johnson City, Tennessee.
On January 26, 2006.
Jack L. Hartman, Jr. (B.S. ’75) was a
pharmacist for Bi-Lo Supercenter in Knoxville,
Tennessee, and was an associate with Reams
Drug Store in Sevierville, Tennessee. On
August 4, 2005.
Roy C. Bayless (M.A. ’74) was a U.S. Navy
veteran, a former high school teacher and
football coach and retired from Virginia Farm
Bureau in Pearisburg, Virginia. On September
1, 2005.
J. Pat Finley (B.S. ’73; M.C.M. ’75) managed
government training programs for law
enforcement personnel nationwide, focusing on
gang violence and missing and exploited children. He was a lifelong resident of Johnson
City, Tennessee. On October 12, 2005.
Martin H. Holzman (M.A. ’73) was an
educator with the U.S. Forestry Job Corps
Program in Statesboro, Georgia. On November
7, 2005.
C. Doug Smith, Jr. (B.S. ’73) was a former
special education teacher and construction
worker from Bristol, Tennessee. On December
29, 2005.
Billy W. Sykes (B.S. ’73) was a former Social
Services admissions director of Maple Grove
Health Care Center in Lebanon, Virginia. On
February 7, 2006.
Sam A. Collier (B.M. ’72) was a band, choir
and jazz band director. He founded Volunteer
High School’s “Falcon Jazz.” He was an honorary member of the East Tennessee School
Band and Orchestra Association, Music
Educators National Conference and the
International Association of Jazz Educators. He
resided in Church Hill, Tennessee. On
November 18, 2005.
Charlotte Leonard (B.S. ’72) was retired from
Bristol, Virginia, school system and was on the
advisory board of the Salvation Army. On
October 31, 2005.
Joseph L. Osborne (B.S. ’72) served in the U.S.
Air Force for 34 years and was honorably
discharged in 1996. He resided in Gray,
Tennessee. On September 3, 2005.
Benny H. Humphrey (B.S. ’71) was former
co-owner of Perma R Products in Johnson City,
Tennessee. On January 29, 2006.
Larry R. Justus (B.S. ’71) was former owner of
Just Us Coal Corporation in Buchanan County,
Virginia. On January 9, 2006.
Ralph D. McKee (B.S. ’71) was a U.S. Army
Vietnam veteran, where he served with the 1st
Cavalry Division. He was an avid hunter and
fisherman from Johnson City, Tennessee. On
February 7, 2006.
Lillian C. Campbell (M.A. ’70) was a teacher
for 29 years in Washington County, Virginia.
She was a resident of Leesburg, Florida. On
December 31, 2005.
James B. Curl, Jr. (B.S. ’70) worked as a safety
engineer for industries and construction
companies in Indiana, Alabama, Georgia and
Tennessee. He served in the U.S. Army as 1st
Lt., European Headquarters Transportation
Corps. He was a native of Johnson City,
Tennessee. On November 9, 2005.
D. Scott Davis (B.S. ’70) owned and operated
Pharmaceutical Development Associates, a
clinical research company in Harrisburg, North
Carolina. He was also an avid scuba diver,
bridge player and hiker. On January 31, 2006.
1960s
John R. Bryan, Jr. (B.S. ’69) retired as vice
president of environmental and governmental
relations at Pittson Coal Company in
Richmond, Virginia. On October 5, 2005.
Rhoda Marshall (B.S. ’69) was a former
Hawkins County, Tennessee, teacher. She
taught at Mount Carmel, Church Hill
Elementary and McPheeters Bend Elementary
schools during her career. On January 31,
2006.
O. Frank Peters (B.S. ’69) worked for Nuclear
Fuel Services of Johnson City, Tennessee, for 35
years. On December 3, 2005
Bill V. Tassell, Jr. (B.S. ’68) served in the U.S.
Air Force and later worked for the Army Air
Force Exchange. He resided in Blountville,
Tennessee. On December 29, 2005.
Jim O. Cunningham (B.S. ’67) served as a
minister of music for over 30 years, most
recently at Trinity Baptist Church in Knoxville,
Tennessee. On February 15, 2006.
James W. Fulwider, Jr. (B.S. ’67) was a
substitute teacher at Mainland High School in
Daytona Beach, Florida. On August 5, 2005.
Rebecca J. Merritt (B.S. ’67) was a
kindergarten teacher at Brentwood Elementary
in Sarasota, Florida, and a member of Alpha
Delta Kappa Teachers Sorority. On January 28,
2006.
Jan C. Trosper (M.A. ’67) retired after serving
as an educator for 36 years. She was also the
pianist for Central Baptist Church in Paris,
Kentucky. On August 8, 2005.
Classnotes
Robert N. Mays, Sr. (B.S. ’66) retired from the
Department of Defense after 30 years of
service. He resided in Kingsport, Tennessee. On
December 08, 2005.
Robert H. Palmer, Jr. (M.A. ’66) was a former
assistant dean of admissions and records at
ETSU and was awarded “Outstanding Young
Man in America.” Palmer was also a professor
at the University of Tennessee Martin and
associate director of counseling and golf coach
at Spartanburg Junior College. He received
national recognition for his expertise in real
estate development and management from the
Professional Builders in North Carolina. On
January 21, 2006.
W. Hollan Patrick, Jr. (B.S. ’66) owned GPS
Self-Service Station in Johnson City, Tennessee.
On September 17, 2005.
Marjorie B. Rose (M.A. ’66) was a former
teacher in Phoenix, Arizona, and Johnson City,
Tennessee. She also was involved with the
Johnson City Community Theater. On January
19, 2006.
C. Grabern Barton (B.S. ’65) taught and
coached in Buchanan and Russell counties,
Virginia, for 30 years. On December 17, 2005.
George W. Gunter (B.S. ’65) retired as Lt. Col.
from the Tennessee Air National Guard, having
served as station commander and liaison officer
for the Air Force Academy. He resided in
Athens, Alabama. On September 13, 2005.
Tony P. Mason (B.S. ’65) served in the Marine
Corp. He was a member of the Roane County,
Tennessee, Industrial Board, the Chamber of
Commerce and the E.D.A. County Loan
Committee. On February 15, 2006.
Lance L. Reese (B.S. ’65) was a veteran of the
U.S. Army and retired from Provident Life
Insurance after 29 years of service. He also
started Reece Enterprises in Catoosa County,
North Carolina. On June 4, 2005.
Gary R. Wright (B.S. ’65) was a veteran sales
representative with Standard Textile of
Cincinnati, Ohio. On November 21, 2005.
Vernon M. Dyer (B.S. ’64; M.A. ’80) was a
chemistry teacher at Johnson County High
School for 30 years and was president of the
Johnson County, Tennessee, Teachers
Association for several years. On November 13,
2005.
Dr. Norman G. Johnson (B.S. ’64) was a
music teacher and director of choral activities
at Briarwood Christian School. He also served
as an adjunct professor at the University of
Alabama, Birmingham, and hand bell director
at Trinity United Methodist Church. On
February 8, 2006.
Norma B. Mielke (B.S. ’64) was a former
teacher in Virginia, Tennessee and Arizona. She
also fought for civil rights and social justice.
She resided in Charlotte, Tennessee. On
February 1, 2006.
Gary C. Cooper (B.S. ’63) was a veteran of the
U.S. Army and an account executive. He
sponsored the Dobyns-Bennett Stock Market
Gang in Kingsport, Tennessee. On October 24,
2005.
J. Bob Spiers (B.S. ’63) was an officer in the
U.S. Navy. He resided in Kingsport, Tennessee.
On October 10, 2005.
Clarice T. Davis (B.S. ’61) taught language arts
in Kingsport, Tennessee, for 24 years. On
January 26, 2006.
Ina A. Hardin (M.A. ’61) retired as a high
school teacher in the Greeneville, Tennessee,
school system. On November 21, 2005.
Walter F. Smith (B.S. ’61; M.A. ’69) was a
former biology professor at ETSU. He was a
water quality biologist for the State of
Tennessee and served as training director for
the Hamilton Co. EMS. He retired in 1999
from the State of Tennessee Educational
Program. On August 2, 2005.
Emmer H. Barker (B.S. ’60) retired as a
teacher from Lehigh Acres in Port Republic,
Virginia. On January 7, 2006.
1950s
Nancy H. Pierce (B.S. ’59) was a retired
Tennessee school systems teacher. She resided
in Memphis, Tennessee. On December 28, 2005.
William C. Stevens (B.S. ’59) worked for
WCYB radio station and was its first television
announcer in 1957. For 28 years, he
announced the Gatlinburg-Pittman High
School football games. Stevens served as
Gatlinburg city commissioner, mayor and as
president of the Sevier County Board of
Realtors and the Gatlinburg Chamber of
Commerce. On September 12, 2005.
Paul D. Carico, Sr. (M.A. ’58) retired from the
Virginia Department of Corrections where he
was chief parole officer for District 18. He was a
U.S. Army veteran and served in the Korean
War. He resided in Coeburn, Virginia. On
January 29, 2006.
Peggy A. Francisco (B.S.N. ’58) served as
in-service director at Indian Path Medical
Center and retired from Resp-I-Care in
Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2000. On August 25,
2005.
Dr. Frank E. Little (B.S. ’58) was president
emeritus for Chicago’s Music Institute. He was
the principal tenor for both the Lyric Opera of
Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera in New
York City. In addition, he helped establish a
string instrument program at the Apostolic
Church of God on Chicago’s South Side. Little
was a former chair of music at Furman
University and DePaul University. In 1992,
Little was honored as an outstanding Alumnus
by ETSU On February 22, 2006.
Bill J. Smith (B.S. ’58) was retired from
Sta-Rite Industries in Roanoke, Virginia. He
was a U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran. On
December 23, 2005.
Mary D. Tuggle (B.S. ’58) worked for the
Department of Human Services in Washington
County, Tennessee, as a licensed day-care
inspector. She retired from Cleveland Junior
High School after 30 years of teaching. On
August 23, 2005.
Glenda B. Hall (B.S. ’57; M.Ed. ’83) was a
dedicated teacher for over 40 years in Titusville,
Florida, and Elizabethton, Tennessee. She also
served as the Odyssey of the Mind Coach at
East Side Elementary. On October 7, 2005.
H. Lea Lawrence (B.S. ’57) authored seven
books, wrote for the nation’s major hunting
and fishing magazines and was a former
spokesman for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources
Agency. He resided in Franklin, Tennessee. On
July 8, 2004.
Elizabeth M. Sams (B.S. ’57) retired as the
assistant director of nursing at James H.
Quillen VA Medical Center. On December 12,
2005.
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Classnotes
Billy R. Simmons (B.S. ’57) retired from
Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport,
Tennessee, after 35 years of service. He was
active in the Boy Scouts for more than 50 years.
On November 3, 2005.
Blen L. Corby (B.S. ’56) was a former second
grade teacher at Unicoi Elementary School in
Unicoi, Tennessee. On January 14, 2006.
Dan W. Crowe (B.S. ’56) was a retired teacher
and former Dobyns-Bennett High School track
and cross country coach. He received the 1985
“East Tennessee Teacher of the Year Award” and
the 1989 “Excellence in Teaching Award” from
NBC and the Carnegie Foundation. Crowe was
also a noted Kingsport, Tennessee, author and
historian. On December 1, 2005.
Glenn E. Mueller (B.S. ’56) served his country
in the U.S. Navy and was a licensed CPA. He
spent many years in the Middle East and South
America working on major construction
projects. He retired from ITT
Communications in Salem, Oregon. On
August 14, 2005.
Arnold A. McCurry (B.S. ’55) was a veteran of
the Korean War and retired as an art teacher in
Dade County, Florida. On September 18, 2005.
David H. Gammon (B.S. ’54) was retired from
Unisys and the Raytheon Corporation. He
resided in Bristol, Tennessee. On October 31,
2005.
Betty J. Richardson (B.S. ’54) was a retired
school teacher having taught for 35 years in the
Elizabethton, Tennessee, City School System
and was a member of the Retired Teachers
Association. On September 1, 2005.
Elbert L. Fielden (B.S. ’53) retired as director
of sales for TDS Telecom. He helped organize
and supervise the Knox-Oak Ridge Basketball
Officials Association. Not only did he officiate,
he also pioneered the use of computerized
scheduling. Fielden was inducted into the
TSSAA Hall of fame in 1966 and the Knoxville
Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. On June 12, 2005.
Bob T. Kerley (B.S. ’53) was an educator for
over 40 years. He received the Milken National
Education Award in 1998. He served as
principal at Man High School in Man, West
Virginia, and Happy Valley High School in
Elizabethton, Tennessee. On October 7, 2005.
Joseph J. Kovach (B.S. ’53) was the former
deputy managing editor of the New York Daily
News in New York City and also served in the
Navy during World War II. On August 16,
2005.
Edith V. Phipps (B.S. ’52) was a retired
elementary school teacher, having taught for 33
years in Carter and Sullivan counties in
Tennessee. On August 3, 2005.
Theodore A. Roland (B.S. ’52; M.A. ’59)
taught drivers education and business. He held
positions of assistant superintendent of Ashe
County, North Carolina, schools and vocational
director for Ashe and Alleghany counties. On
November 19, 2005.
Patricia H. Talbert (B.S. ’52) was a member
and past president of the Bristol Music Club in
Virginia. She was the sponsor of the Beethoven
Junior Music Club and taught music at
Lebanon High School and King College. On
February 6, 2006.
Mary “Frankie” Woodruff (B.S. ’52) taught
first grade at Elm Street Elementary School in
Erwin, Tennessee, for over 30 years. She was
the organist at Centenary United Methodist
Church for over 60 years. On October 29,
2005.
Nancy W. Horner (B.S. ’51) was a former
teacher in Hawkins County, Tennessee, School
System. She began her career as an assistant
home demonstration agent for Hawkins
County and was an active member of Delta
Kappa Gamma, the Rose Center Art
Association and Hawkins County Retired
Teachers Association. On February 20, 2006.
1940s
Madaline M. Jenkins (B.S. ’46; A.L.E. ’81) had
retired as a secretary at ETSU. She was a native
of Johnson City, Tennessee. On October 7,
2005.
Donna P. Netherland (B.S. ’49; H.D.H.L. ’04)
received a teaching certificate from East
Tennessee Normal School in 1923. She was a
former school teacher in Montezuma, North
Carolina, before spending 46 years in the
Elizabethton, Tennessee, School System. She
was a charter member of ETSU’s Institute for
Continued Learning and was named “Adult
Learner of the Year” in 1998. ETSU honored
her as the 2003 “Outstanding Alumna,” by
inviting her to be the keynote speaker for the
2004 fall commencement exercises and awarded
her the institution’s first Honorary Doctorate of
Humane Letters in December 2004. The mayor
of Elizabethton also named West Side
Elementary School’s 100th day of school for
this year, “Donna Netherland Day.” On
February 20, 2006.
Lois M. Anglin (B.S. ’42) taught in the Yancey
County, North Carolina, Public School system
for 35 years, having taught at Bee Branch,
Clearmont and Burnsville schools. On
February 7, 2006.
Boyd S. Ray (B.S. ’40) was the first person
from Johnson County, Tennessee, to become a
military pilot. He retired as a plant manager
from Sprague Electric Company. On December
24, 2005.
1930s
Betty C. Matherne (B.S. ’39) taught fourth
grade at Anderson Grammar School in
Brownsville, Tennessee. She was a charter
member and past president of the Haywood
County Mental Health Association. On
December 04, 2005.
Georgia M. Johnson (B.S. ’38) was a former
teacher in the Johnson County and Bristol,
Tennessee, School System. She was a member of
the Johnson County Retired Teachers Association,
the Johnson County Historical Society and the
Daughters of the American Revolution. On
February 6, 2006.
Berney Burleson, Jr. (B.S. ’36) was a former
ETSU librarian, past president of the ETSU
Alumni Committee of 1000 and organizer of
Buc-O-Mo (Pirate Club). He published “To the
Top with The Toppers,” a fifty-year history of
Science Hill High School football, and also wrote
a history of ETSU football. On February 18,
2006.
Ann L. Mitchell (B.S. ’35) taught first grade for
24 years at Park Street Elementary School in
Marietta, Georgia. On August 21, 2005.
Claudius G. Clemmer (B.S. ’34; H.D.H.L. ’05)
was a former teacher and retired as president of
Jefferson Sales Corp. of Kingsport, Tennessee. He
received the “Award of Honor” from the ETSU
Alumni Association in 1987 and was named
“Outstanding Alumnus” in 1995. In recognition
of his loyal support of education, the Tennessee
Board of Regents named the Claudius G.
Clemmer College of Education in his honor in
April 2004. He was also awarded an Honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2005. Clemmer
was a member of the ETSU Foundation and the
ETSU Legacy Circle. On November 20, 2005.
Elizabeth R. Greenblatt (B.S. ’32) taught music
at Memphis State University and was active in the
Tennessee Dental Alliance. She served as state
president of the Alliance of Tennessee Dental
Association. On August 10, 2005.
Dorothy L. Garland (B.S. ’31) was a teacher in
Washington County, Tennessee, schools for 43
years. She was president and co-owner of
Tri-City Linen and Uniform in Kingsport and
managed Garland Farms. On November 5, 2005.
1920s
Mary A. Devault (B.S. ’28) taught school for 17
years in the Carter and Washington County
school systems, Radford College and ETSU. She
was the owner and operator of the Wilmary Gift
Shop. On October 2, 2005.
Rather than soaking up the sun’s
rays on a warm beach, six ETSU
students spent their spring break
volunteering in hurricane-battered
New Orleans. The students
worked with the community
organization Common Ground
Relief Collective in New Orleans’
9th ward, refurbishing houses,
abating mold, and documenting
the stories of the New Orleans
natives affected by the hurricanes
and the devastation that remains
in the city.
ETSU Students lend a helping hand in
New Orleans
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