Diplomatic Security Agent McElhattan `80 Named

Diplomatic Security Agent
McElhattan ’80 Named National Hero
Chip McElhatten ’80 (at the Great
Wall of China in ’92) travels the
world with his work with the Diplomatic Security Service.
A member of Baylor’s Class of 1980 was
one of five agents singled out by the
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association as a deserving recipient of its
prestigious National Award for Heroism.
Dale “Chip” McElhattan, Jr. ’80 and four other
agents involved in rescues of American
citizens trapped last year by IsraeliPalestinian fighting in the West Bank were
honored in March in Washington, D.C.
Chip is an agent for the Diplomatic
Security Service, the security and law
enforcement arm of the U.S. State Department. Its duties include providing
protection to U.S. diplomats overseas.
“I’m having the time of my life,” Chip
said in an article published March 17 on
the front page of The Chattanooga Times
Free Press. “There is no better job in the
federal government.”
A former assistant director of the Diplomatic Security Service, Brendan Pat
O’Hanlon, said Chip “put his life on the
line” during last year’s missions in Bethlehem and Ramallah. At the time, he was
regional security officer for the American
Consulate in Jerusalem. One operation
involved Diplomatic Security Service
agents rescuing Americans trapped in a
Bethlehem hotel. The agents departed
with nine Americans, five Britons, one
Japanese and several Italians.
A graduate of Clemson University, Chip
began working for the agency in 1986.
“That’s now 49 countries ago and a
few pounds and few lost hair follicles
along the way,” said Chip, who is married
and has three children.
Valedictorian and
Salutatorian Are
Recognized
William Parsons
Tim Huffstutter
Valedictorian William Parsons and salutatorian Tim Huffstutter were named the
Class of 2003’s top two academic achievers at the Awards Day assembly May 21
in the Alumni Chapel. A winner of the
National Merit Scholarship and the recip-
ient of the 2003 John Roy Baylor Award,
William will attend Williams College. Tim
will attend the College of William and
Mary this fall. William and Tim are both
from Signal Mountain, Tenn.
Lewis Rush Recognized with
Yearbook Dedication
Math teacher Lewis
Rush, who retired
this spring after
serving on Baylor’s
faculty since 1967,
was honored at
Awards Day with
the Class of 2003
dedication in The Tower yearbook.
Mr. Rush was described as “the teacher whose door is always open, the teacher
who provides the most thoughtful advice,
and the teacher with the warmest heart.”
In addition to teaching, Mr. Rush has
been chairman of the math department,
dean of faculty, adviser to Cum Laude and
the National Honor Society, and head of
Probasco Dorm before moving off campus.
The yearbook dedication read, “The
2002-2003 school year marks Mr. Rush’s
final year as a faculty member, but every
student on the campus knows that he
will never stop being an important part
of the Baylor community.”
Your Favorite Teacher Has
Retired? Stay In Touch!
Many members of the Baylor family like
to keep in touch with faculty who have
retired or moved on to other endeavors.
In the alumni section of our website at
www.baylorschool.org/bs_alu.cfm,
you’ll find a list of contact information.
Among them are Herbert Anderson, Herb
Barks ’51, Laird Davis, Ray Deering, Red
Etter, Sib Evans, Doug Hale, Bryce Harris,
Jim Hitt, Hugh Huddleston, Joe Key,
Stan Lewis, Mireille Scheni, Jack Stanford,
Eric Swanson, and Jim Worthington.
Please send your latest news to:
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We regret any omissions due to printing deadlines.
Luke List Makes His Mark
in the U.S. Open Tournament
As Baylor Magazine went to press, graduating senior
Luke List was one of the youngest golfers to compete
in this year’s U.S. Open. He was also one of the five
junior golfers in the country invited to compete in the
Azalea Amateur tournament in Charleston, S.C.
Visit the Raider Recap on our website at
www.baylorschool.org for a full report on
Luke in the U.S. Open!
Stan Lewis Inducted into the
Baseball Baylor won its first-ever state championship in
2003,
the 29th season for coach Gene Etter. The Red Raiders (32-13)
Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame
Former Baylor teacher and coach Stan Lewis was
inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall
of Fame on March 3, 2003. Mr. Lewis taught history
at Baylor from 1948 to 1986 and was the school’s
first swimming coach, starting the program in 1957.
He coached swimming and diving for the Red Raiders
until 1974.
Boys Basketball
The boys jumped out to a 3-0 conference record and ended the season
4-4 in the league after a first-round
loss in the region tournament.
Girls Basketball
The girls finished 11-14 and
earned the Division II East Region
title before advancing to the sectional tournament, where they
lost to Harpeth Hall. Among the
highlights was a sweep of victories
over GPS, including a thrilling
overtime win in Duke Arena.
Crew
Heavy rains limited on-water
practice time and the worst flood
in 30 years threatened the loss of
equipment, but the Raiders persevered and competed in the Southeast Regional Youth Championships, where four of five boats
were finalists.
Swimming & Diving
The season ended with secondplace finishes for the boys and
girls and a first-place combined
team finish at the EXCEL Aquatics Invitational in Brentwood. The
boys finished second at the state
championship, the girls came in
eighth, and the combined team
placed third. Five swimmers
achieved All-American qualifying
lost an opening round game before winning five in a row for the title.
Baylor also won the region tournament from the loser’s bracket,
beating McCallie and Webb twice to take the crown.
times: Stephanie Napier, Libby Warren, Alex Prebul, Elle St. Charles,
and Ryan Bishop.
Bowling
The boys finished with a 13-8
record and as region runner-up
before losing in the first round of
the state tournament to St. Benedict. The girls, also region runnerup, went 14-6 on the season and
advanced to the semifinal of the
state tournament before being
ousted by St. Benedict.
Soccer
A young team finished with a 96-1 record, undefeated in league
play at 3-0-1.
Tennis
The girls, 8-4 in regular season
dual matches, and the boys, 103, both advanced to the state tournament, where they were beaten
in the semifinals.
Track
The girls finished undefeated in
dual meets for the ninth straight
season and were Southeast Optimist champions, region runnersup, and fourth-place finishers in
the state. The boys finished as MidSouth Classic champs, Southeast
Optimist runners-up, region cochampions, and fifth in the state.
Softball Baylor won its third state title, going 4-0 in the
tournament. The Raiders were also region champs, beating top-seeded
GPS twice in a row for the crown. The team finished 34-8.
Fencing
The girls became a third-time state
champion team, while Leigh Pendergrass was the Tennessee Women’s foil champion, Alex Gram was
under-14 women’s foil champ,
Nathaniel Duvall was under-16
men’s foil champ, and Andrew
Krug was under-14 men’s foil state
champ. Coach Kristin Vines was
ranked second in the country in
the veteran 40-49 division.
Wrestling
The team ended the year 25-5 in
dual meets and advanced to the
semifinals of the state duals, where
they were beaten in that round
and in the consolation semifinals.
The team placed fourth in the
traditional state tournament with
12 wrestlers in the top six places,
including Jordan Leen, now a
three-time state champ.
Can you match the names with the faces of this well-dressed group from 1968?
The first person to identify them all correctly will receive a special Baylor memento.
Call Alumni Affairs Director Rob Robinson ’68 at (423) 267-8506, ext. 312, or
e-mail him at [email protected]
National Merit Scholarship Winners
William Parsons
Ben R. Bates
Alyson Campbell
Three of Baylor’s National Merit Finalists have
received notification of scholarships based on their
top-tier performance in the 2002-3 National Merit
Scholarship program.
William Parsons has been selected as a recipient
of a National Merit Scholarship; Ben Bates has been
offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship award
from Vanderbilt University; Alyson Campbell has
been offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship
award from Vanderbilt University; Adam Rogers has
been offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship
award from Emory University; and Robert Persinger
has been offered a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship award from the University of Florida.
More than one million students who entered the
Adam Rogers
Robert Persinger
2003 National Merit Scholarship Program, only about
15,000 are named finalists. Announcements on additional corporate and college finalists through the
National Merit program were pending at press time.
Six Baylor students previously achieved National
Merit Semifinalist status. In addition to Ben, William,
Alyson, Adam and Robert, Erica Farnsworth was
also a semifinalist.
In addition, another 14 students were listed as
commended students in the 2003 Merit program.
They are: Blair Abelson, Emily Abramson, Caroline
Boland, Jack Connor, Will George, Shaun Kelly, Jessica
Link, Cain McClary, Eve O’Neil, Alden Parker, Meghan
Price, Jake Sauser, Noah Soltau and Andrew Stulce.
Blair Abelson Receives
Prestigious Toyota Scholarship
Blair Abelson has been rec-
ognized as one of only 100
high school seniors across
the country to receive the
prestigious Toyota Community Scholarship for her commitment to academics
and community service.
Each year Toyota awards approximately $1.12
million in college scholarships. To be eligible, students
must be proven leaders both in the classroom and
in the communities in which they live. According
to Toyota officials there were over 11,000 students
nationwide nominated for the honor this year.
Blair has received the U.S. President’s Student Service
Award for five consecutive years and upon graduation
this spring will set the all-time school record for the
number of hours given in service to others.
Blair plans to attend Johns Hopkins University
in the fall, where she has been awarded the Hodson
Trust Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded on
the basis of academic and personal achievement,
leadership, and contribution, and is awarded to
fewer than 20 freshmen each year.
Adam Rogers Is Presidential Scholar
Semifinalist
Adam Rogers was selected
as a semifinalist in the 2003
Presidential Scholars competition, which is one of the
nation’s highest honors for
high school students.
Approximately 2,600 students were identified as
candidates in the program from nearly 2.8 million
graduating seniors, and only 500 semifinalists were
selected. Each year 2,600 candidates are identified
for the academic component of the program, based
on having scored exceptionally well on the College
Board SAT or the ACT Assessment.
Adam was one of only five college-bound students
in Tennessee and one of 58 in the U.S. to achieve
a 36, the highest possible composite score, on the
ACT Assessment. He also aced the Scholastic Aptitude Test last spring with a score of 1600.
Jay Reynolds
Reaches Top
Three in State
Geography Bee
If you flew from Cape Town,
South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt,
what country would you not fly
over — the Sudan, the Congo, or
Cameroon? (Answer at bottom of story.)
That’s just one example of questions eighth grader Jay Reynolds
aced as he worked his way into a
third place finish in this year’s
state geography bee sponsored by
the National Geographic Society.
Jay initially competed against
fourth through eighth grade students in approximately 800
schools across the state. He was
among only 100 who qualified
for the state competition in Nashville. Of that group, eight finalists
earned a spot to compete in the
final rounds, which aired on
Nashville’s public television station and later broadcast on Chattanooga’s public television station.
The first student who is significantly hearing-impaired to attend
Baylor, this was Jay’s second trip
to the state bee. He says his seventh
grade geography class combined
with a love of traveling and learning
about other cultures have inspired
his interest in geography. “I want
to learn about other countries and
cultures because I want to be a
diplomat when I grow up,” he says.
(Answer: Cameroon!)
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Lower School Honors Leaders
Fritz Doster
Rachel Dyer
Whitney Ewing Mathew Hartje Clay Stockett
Academic awards went to the top two scholars in the eighth grade class
at the Lower School commencement exercises on May 28. Clay Stockett
was named valedictorian, and Mathew Hartje was named salutatorian.
The Alexander Guerry Award, named for Baylor’s second headmaster
and presented to Lower School students who contribute richly to the
position of honor and right at Baylor, went to eighth graders Rachel
Dyer and Clay Stockett.
Baylor and UTC Complete Habitat House
The Michelle Kadrie Award, given to students who combine a strong
desire to do their personal best in school activities with a caring
attitude toward others, was presented to eighth graders Fritz Doster
and Whitney Ewing.
As the first high school in the state of Tennessee to sponsor a Habitat
for Humanity chapter, Baylor has been building houses for people in
need for nearly a decade. This year, Baylor students built a community
partnership by joining with students from UTC to construct a new
family home in a Habitat subdivision. The house was dedicated in May.
Approximately 50-60 students were active in the chapter this year
in various capacities. Chapter officers were Whitney Schenck, president;
Katie Sanger, vice-president; and Sofia Netchaeva, secretary.
Foreign Language Day Celebration
Sixth Grade Produces CD
With the help of visiting artist Rob
Seals ’85 and sixth grade Fine Arts
instructor Carol Lockrow, the sixth
Baylor faculty and students celebrated
Foreign Language Day earlier this
spring. In keeping with the spirit of the
day, there were class exchanges, crepes
prepared by the French faculty, sopapillas prepared by the Spanish faculty,
and games coordinated by members of
the German and Latin faculty. The
evening banquet featured dishes from
Spain, France, Italy, and Germany, while language students presented
skits, songs, and dances. Pictured in Roman costumes as part of
foreign Language Day are Ashton Horner (left) and Ella Marie Sullivan.
Crystal Dillard and Eve O’Neil scored
in the top 10 percent of all students
on the National Biology Olympiad, earning them a spot in the
semifinal rounds. A total of 35,000
students from around the country
took the initial qualifying exam.
Baylor had several top winners in
the American Chemistry Society’s
2003 Chemistry Olympiad competition held recently at UTC, including two students who qualified
to compete at a national level.
James Gordy, a junior, claimed first
place individually, while Rachel
Mathis came in third individually.
James and Rachel also received
gold medals along with Chris Cihlar.
Oliver Townsend earned a silver
medal, and bronze medals went
to Vikram Srivastava, Vishruth Reddy, Rishi Naik, Thorne Melcher, and
grade produced their very own
CD entitled ALPHA. Included on
the CD are 16 original songs – the
culmination of a three-day poetry
writing seminar with Rob in October, a three-week music study
with Carol in November, and a
three-day songwriting seminar
when Rob returned in February.
Nikesh Patel. The second year team,
summa cum laude (gold medal),
composed of students in their second year of chemistry, won second
place. The first year team, comprised of students in their first year
of chemistry, won third place. Sean
Kedrowski ’01 won a gold medal
for the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad
team at the 33rd International
Chemistry Olympiad in Mumbai,
India, July 6-15, 2001.
Anton Fleissner, Carter Bray, Michael Schulson, Stephen Wallace, and
Nicholas Craig, achieving maxima
cum laude (silver medal), Tyler
Brasfield, Carl Schow, Kevin Manning, Valerie Hansen, and Lindsay
(Porter) Wooten achieving magna
cum laude, Hannah Jones and Jay
Reynolds achieving cum laude.
Three Baylor students received
perfect scores on this year’s National Latin Exam. Coty Green
(Latin I), Ryan Gebhardt (Latin II),
and Nathaniel Duvall (Latin III)
each scored a perfect 40 out of
40 possible points. This was Ryan's second consecutive year in
earning a perfect score. In Latin
I, a total of 41 students took the
exam, with Coty Green achieving
In Latin II, 35 students took the
exam, with Ryan Gebhardt, Bailey
Conner, Shaun Kelly, and Mathew
Hartje achieving summa cum
laude (gold medal), Jessica Biggs,
Christopher Russell, Corey Jewell,
Jarius Anderson, and Charles Fleischmann achieving maxima cum
laude (silver medal), Megan Rupe,
Gordon Reddick, Doug Vaughan,
Hunter Davis, Elizabeth Norred,
Alexandra Smith, Andy Smith, Tyler
Casalone, and Nelson Davis achiev-
ing magna cum laude, Bryan Mattice, Charlie Haddock, Sahr Mondeh,
and Ashley Macon achieving cum
laude. In Latin III, 11 students
took the exam, with Nathaniel
Duvall, Brendan Murphy, Kate Enzenauer, and Thorne Melcher
achieving summa cum laude (gold
medal), Alex Shoaf, Tate Richardson,
and Oliver Townsend achieving
maxima cum laude (silver medal),
Ryan Welch and Ellery Richardson
achieving magna cum laude, Sarah
Cate Patten achieving cum laude.
Competing against 41 other students from across the nation,
Rafael Celis and Allison Jabaley
finished first and second place
respectively in this year’s National
Spanish Exam/Spanish V category.
Winners in the Spanish IV category were Francisco Funes with a 2nd
place finish, Luisa Canon, 5th, Andrew Stulce, 8th; Chelsea Plaisance,
10th; Andrew Collins, 11th; and Joe
Davis, Catherine Krug, and Sofia
Netchaeva tied for 12th place. They
competed against 362 students nationwide. Nicholas Szapiro finished
in 1st place in Spanish III; Lee Gammon, 5th; Andrew Park, 6th; Keely
Stockett, 13th, and Rachel Green,
14th. They competed against 930
students nationwide. Parth Deshmukh placed 15th in Spanish II;
Michael Saad-Naguib, 18th; Brittany
Brown and Jennifer Mashburn, 19th;
and Fritz Doster, 20th. They competed against 1, 569 students nationwide. In Spanish I, Radhika
Patel placed 13th; Carrie Hertel,
15th; Lauren Corr, 16th; and Ashley
Smith, 19th.They competed against
1,459 students nationwide.
Top finishers in the National and
State French Exams were Jenny
Baxter, who placed first in the
state and 7th in the nation in
French IV. In French the II category, Catherine Scott placed 8th in
the state and Vihra Groueva finished in 10th place.
Top finishers in the state German
I exam were Jeffrey Mimbs, 4th
place; Caroline Boland, 13th; Eve
O’Neil, 14th; and Noah Soltau,
18th. James Gordy and Jenny Baxter tied for 10th in the state on
the fourth and fifth year exam.
Baylor’s art students had an impressive showing at the Hunter
Museum’s Annual Art Scene competition with several first place
awards. First place awards went
to Debbie Rock in drawing, and
Indy Harper in sculpture. Brittany
Wilkins earned Best Use of Medium and second place in painting,
and Sara Little placed second in
printmaking. Merit awards went
to Laura Horton, Whitney Gott, Silas
Breaux, Jack Wood, Libby Warren,
Kirby Taylor, Travis Harkleroad,
Katie Sanger, and Brent Dana. Oth-
er students who had entries included Sam Holton, Lacy Booth,
Drew Ledbetter, Emily Eichhorn, and
Ben Mies. Also, Brittany Wilkins
entered and won Best of Show in
the 2003 Senior Showcase exhibit
held at AVA.
The Lower School musical was a
great success, with 22 students in
grades 6-8 singing, dancing, acting, and designing an artistic backdrop to the show. The show even
went on the road to local elementary schools and nursing homes.
The cast included Taylor Ashton,
Mary Adams Bode, Allen Cox, Jenna
Brooke Elliott, Rebecca Feher, Travis
Knauss, Bryan McMahon, David Miller, Ann Tyler Moses, Mariya Ozaki,
Alex Ruffner, Madeleine Taber, Ella
Marie Sullivan, David Casavant,
Justin Knight, Compton Fields, Caroline Mescon, Alex Bailey, Mary
Boyles, Jasmine Wheeler, Niiajia
Williams, and Alexis Toney.
department, this is the largest number of Baylor students to have
qualified to take the AIME.
The Lower School A Team won
the area Math Counts Competition, while the B team came in
second. Individual winners included Dylan Bunch, first place; Mat
Hartje, second; Parth Deshmukh,
third; Jordan Apfeld, fourth; Buck
Lyman, fifth; Rick Manning, sixth;
Geoffrey Millener, seventh, and Fritsl
Butler, eighth. In addition to fifth
place, Buck won the countdown
round, which has a game show
format complete with spectators.
At the state competition, the team
placed fifth among 12 teams, with
Dylan placing seventh and Mat
13th out of the 52 finalists.
Eleven sixth grade students participated in this year’s Optimist
Club speaking contest, with several earning top awards. In the
boys division, David Casavant
placed first and David Miller placed
third. In the girls division, Dianna
Dickson earned first place honors,
Coleman Cox placed second, and
Jordon Ashcraft came in third.
Students in Ginnie Harris’ French
classes have had the chance to correspond with students at Helene
Boucher School in Thionville,
France, this year. The students are
taught by Baylor alum Kate Davis
’97, who is living in nearby Metz
and teaching English at the school.
According to Ginnie, the students
discussed everything from the
prom, spring break, and the Iraqi
war. Both Kate and Ginnie reported
that their students were thrilled
with the exchange, and even though
the classes have ended, many intend
to continue corresponding.
Nine Upper School students scored
high enough on the Math Counts
Competition to qualify for the
American Invitational Math Examination. They were Alex Herrald,
William Parsons, Charles Hudson,
Alyson Campbell, Shaun Kelly, Chris
Cihlar, Jacob Geismar, Taylor
McLachlan, and Ben Mies. According
to Ron Stewart, chair of the math
A contest among student contributors to The Periaktoi, Baylor’s
literary magazine, yielded three
winners from more than 100 entries. Noah Soltau won the creative
fiction category for his short story
titled “All Hallow’s Eve.” Sarah
Harlan won the prose poetry category for her piece titled
“Arrogant Adam.” Lacey Booth
won the poetry category for her
poem titled “Beauty.”
A total of 23 Lower School students scored high enough on the
American Math Competitions exam to qualify for honors in the
middle school category. They were
Alex Copeland, Emily Curtis, Jordan
Apfeld, Anton Fleissner, Parth Deshmukh, Mat Hartje, Buck Lyman, John
Murphy, Sara Page, Radika Patel,
Michael Schulson, Tyler Brasfield,
Chuck Fleischmann, Valerie Hansen,
Elyse Higley, Catherine Scott, Jeff
Stewart, Dylan Bunch, Jake Hora,
Rick Manning, Jeffrey Mimbs, and
Audrey Mosley. In the Upper School,
Nathaniel Duvall, a sophomore, was
recognized for his outstanding performance on the AMC-10 test.
Five eighth grade students received
top honors in the 2003 Young
Southern Writers Contest sponsored by the Arts & Education
Council and the English Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Winners in
the prose category were Buck Lyman and Jay Reynolds. Winners in
the poetry category were Whitney
Ewing, Liz Norred, and Fritsl Butler.
Thirty-eight students from Baylor
participated in the 51st Annual
Chattanooga Regional Science and
Engineering Fair held at UTC, with
14 earning top awards. Winners
in the Special Awards category
were Ty Levie, American Society of
Heating, Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning (Chattanooga Chapter) Engineers Award; Daniel Gruwell, American Society for Metals
International Foundation Award;
Chris Russell, Intel Excellence in
Environmental Science Award;
Jeannette Francis, Tennessee Academy of Science Life Science Award
and Tennessee Veterinary Medical
Association Award; and Hunter
Morgan, Chattanooga Area Dental
Society Award. In the senior division for students in grades 9-12,
winners from Baylor were all freshmen. They included Don Franklin,
first place, Behavioral and Social
Sciences category; Amy Woodward,
second place, Behavioral and Social
Sciences category; Michael Levine,
honorable mention, Behavioral and
Social Sciences category; Alex Prebul, third place, Chemistry category; Daniel Gruwell, honorable mention, Engineering/Other category;
Ellery Richardson, first place, Environmental Sciences category; Hunter Morgan, first place, microbiology
category; Trey Dyer, first place,
Zoology category; and Jeannette
Francis, second place, Zoology category. Elle St. Charles was a finalist
in the microbiology category.
Awards Day Recipients
Outstanding Student Leaders Honored
Blair Abelson
Caroline Boland
Luisa Canon
Fran Drennen
Matt Farr
Cain McClary
William Parsons
Lydia Rawlings
Matt. St. Charles
Andrew Trigg
John Roy Baylor, Alexander Guerry, & Barks Recipients Named
Baylor honored seven of its outstanding student leaders with Leadership
Awards that are among the highest the school celebrates and that are
selected by a vote of the faculty.
The John Roy Baylor Award is presented to a senior who has
contributed richly to the school both as a citizen and a scholar. Named
for Baylor’s visionary founder and first headmaster, the John Roy
Baylor Award for 2003 is shared by Blair Abelson and William Parsons,
both of Signal Mountain, Tenn. Blair, also the recipient of the Service
Award, will attend Johns Hopkins University. The valedictorian of
the senior class and a winner of the National Merit Scholarship,
William will attend Williams College.
Five Upper School Students
Saluted by Their Peers
Rachel Adams Tim Manson
G.C. Maxwell
Sarah Zane
Moore
Chris Wright
The O.B. Andrews Awards, presented each year to the male and
female students who are judged as the best all-around seniors by the
vote of the Upper School student body, were given to Sarah Zane
Moore, G.C. Maxwell, and Chris Wright.
The Jumonville Awards, given annually to the best all-around male
and female juniors as determined by a vote of the Upper School
student body, were presented to Rachel Adams and Tim Manson.
Sarah Zane, of Lookout Mountain,Tenn., will attend Sarah Lawrence
College. G.C., of Signal Mountain, Tenn., also received the Stagmaier
Award. He will attend Miami of Ohio. Chris, of Signal Mountain,
Tenn., will attend Yale University.
Rachel and Tim are both from Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
Tyler Fuqua
Named for Baylor’s second headmaster, the Alexander Guerry Award
is presented to a senior who contributed richly to the position of honor
and right at Baylor. Mr. Guerry served Baylor from 1913-29, serving
as headmaster from 1926-29. This special honor was awarded to Lydia
Rawlings of Lookout Mountain, Tenn. She will attend Tulane University.
The Herbert B. Barks, Sr., Award is presented to boarding students
who have contributed richly to the spirit and quality of life of the
residential program. This honor is named for Baylor’s third headmaster,
who joined Baylor in 1924 and served as headmaster from 1929-64.
The Class of 2003’s honorees are Luisa Canon, Fran Drennen, Tyler
Fuqua, Cain McClary, and Andrew Trigg.
A resident of San Paulo, Brazil, and also a recipient of the Stagmaier
Award, Luisa lived in Hunter Dorm. She will attend the University
of Colorado at Boulder. A resident of Birmingham, Ala., Fran lived
in Lowrance Dorm. She will attend the University of Virginia. Tyler,
a resident of Kingston, Tenn., and Hunter Dorm, will attend the
University of Georgia. A resident of Kingston Springs, Tenn., Cain
lived in Probasco Dorm. He will attend Brown University. A resident
of Rogersville, Tenn., Andrew lived in Probasco Dorm. He will attend
Vanderbilt University.
The Herbert B. Barks, Jr., Award is presented to seniors who have
contributed richly to the Baylor spirit. Dr. Barks was headmaster from
1971-88 and is especially remembered for his charismatic leadership
and remarkable enthusiasm. This year’s honorees are Caroline Boland,
Matt Farr, and Matt. St. Charles. Caroline, a resident of Chattanooga,
Tenn., will attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Matt Farr, of Chattanooga, Tenn., will attend the University of the
South at Sewanee. Matt St. Charles, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., will
attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
2003 Senior College Choices
For a full listing of this year’s Senior
College Choices please go to the
College Counseling section of our website
at www.baylorschool.org
Awards Day Recipients
Nine Win Special Faculty Awards Nine honored as recipients of special awards selected by the faculty.
Blair Abelson
Alyson Campbell
Luisa Canon
Maryam Chaudry
Beth Churnet
Erica Coffey
The Service Award is presented to a senior who has contributed richly
to the school through service to the community. Blair Abelson, a student
from Signal Mountain, Tenn., is the Class of 2003’s honoree. Blair,
also the recipient of the John Roy Baylor Award, will attend Johns
Hopkins University.
Aaron Davis
G.C. Maxwell
Adam Rogers
The Hubert J. Stagmaier Award is given to outstanding all-around
senior students. This year’s honorees are Alyson Campbell, Luisa Canon,
G.C. Maxwell, and Adam Rogers. Alyson, of Hixson, Tenn., will attend
Vanderbilt University. A resident of San Paulo, Brazil, Luisa lived in
Hunter Dorm. Also a recipient of the Herbert B. Barks, Sr., Award,
she will attend the University of Colorado at Boulder. G.C., of Signal
Mountain, Tenn., also received the O.B. Andrews Award. He will
attend Miami of Ohio. Adam, of South Pittsburg, Tenn., will attend
Emory University.
The Michelle Kadrie Award is given to a senior student and an eighth
grade student who combine a strong desire to do their personal best
in school activities with a caring attitude toward others. This year,
the Kadrie Award was given to two seniors, Beth Churnet and Aaron
Davis. Beth, of Chattanooga, Tenn., will attend Harvard University.
Aaron, a boarding student from Cleveland, Ohio, spent his senior
year abroad in Spain. A past resident of Probasco Dorm, he will
attend Morehouse College.
Special Faculty Awards go to Erica Coffey and Maryam Chaudry. Erica,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., will attend Middle Tennessee State University.
Maryam, a boarding student from Rihadh, Saudi Arabia, and a
resident of Lowrance Dorm, will attend the University of Houston
Honors College.
Students Earn Recognition for Achievements in Academics, Athletics, Arts
English Award
Math Award
Studio Art
William Parsons
Kirby Taylor
Brittany Wilkins
Alyson Campbell
William Parsons
Biology Award
Vocal Music
Dance Award
History Award
Erica Coffey
Tim Huffstutter
William Parsons
Trey Dyer
Jeannette Francis
Emily Abramson
Finley Wilsher
Departmental Awards
Art Award (Studio)
Drama Award
Chemistry Award
Athletic Awards
Outstanding Athlete Award
(by coaches’ vote)
Matt Farr
Sarah Zane Moore
Social Studies Award
Adam Rogers
Vishruth Reddy
Oliver Townsend
Student Congress
French Award
Physics Award
DeMarcus Capehart
Kirby Waddell
Adam Rogers
Jamie Bach
Katie Bulls
Instrumental Music Award
German Award
Science Achievement Award
Scholar-Athlete Award
Josh Blockley
Jenny Baxter
Caroline Boland
William Parsons
Ashlee Bibee
Derek Jones
Vocal Music Award
Alyson Campbell
Fine Arts Award
Alex Herrald
Drew Ledbetter
Computer Science Award
Shaun Kelly
Creative Writing Award
Lacey Booth
Latin Award
Charles Hudson
Spanish Language Award
Catherine Krug
Rachel Mathis
Spanish Literature Award
Allison Jabaley
Art Forum Awards
Drama
Clay Crumbliss
Erica Farnsworth
Instrumental Music
Chelsea McKee
Photography
Lindsay Galloway
Best All-Around Athlete Award
(by vote of senior varsity letter
winners)
Jamie Bach
Katie Bulls
Special Recognition Award
Ryan Bishop
Wes Hodges
Luke List
Jim Morgan was
named 2002 High
School Chemistry
Teacher of the
Year by the Chattanooga Section of
the American
Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. The ACS
award recognizes educators who
challenge and inspire their students,
provide high-quality instruction,
and participate in extracurricular
activities that stimulate young people’s interest in chemistry.
Long Walls of Athens, this summer
in Athens, Greece. This academic
year, David has delivered talks
associated with this project at conferences of the Classical Association
of the Middle West and South.
Evonne Marler ’93 was on the orScott Dering was named chair of
Baylor’s Science Department, and
Chris Watkins is the new chair of
the English Department. Complete
faculty and administrative appointments will be included in the
fall issue of Baylor Magazine.
Teaching with Technology) National Conference in Nashville.
David Conwell recently received a
grant from Harvard University’s
Loeb Classical Library Foundation.
The grant will facilitate work on
his forthcoming book, entitled
Connecting a City to Its Navy: The
1940s
Charles Coolidge ’40 received the
Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor on
March 7 at the opening session
of the 98th annual Tennessee State
DAR Conference. The award is
given to a U.S. citizen who has
shown extraordinary qualities of
leadership, trustworthiness, service, and patriotism. In War World
II, he received the Medal of Honor, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star
for valiant action.
Jackson Downey, Jr. ’47 and his
wife, Beth, have been married 49
years. They have five children and
16 grandchildren. He is a retired
United Methodist minister in the
Florida conference.
Hal Ernest ’49 is a football historian
working with the National Foot-
ganizing committee and a presenter at the Annual Conference for
Senior Annual Giving Professionals, sponsored by CASE (Council
for the Advancement and Support
of Education) in New Orleans.
O.J. Morgan, Associate Head of
Dan Kennedy and Ron Stewart
Bill Abel, Melanie Albert, Petra Bonitz, Kurt Emmanuele, Dan Kennedy,
Marilyn McAnnally, Doug Moser,
Julie Shaver, Ron Stewart, and Marti
Wayland attended the T3 (Teachers
Board on International Comparative Studies in Education and the
Mathematical Sciences Education
Board at the National Academy
of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
spoke at the National Council of
Teachers in Mathematics annual
meeting held in San Antonio this
spring. Dan presented a talk on
“Why Teaching Math is So
Hard,” and served on an AP Calculus panel presentation. Ron gave
a talk on “Rates of Change and
Accumulation.” Dan was also one
of four high school teachers invited to attend “Talking It Through:
A Cross-National Conversation
About Secondary Mathematics
Curricula,” sponsored by the
ball Foundation, College Football
Hall of Fame, and the History
Channel in producing cable TV
documentaries. He works in college
football 12 months a year as a
representative of the company that
makes protective athletics equipment. He handled publicity for
Team USA, the women’s softball
team that won the gold at the Australian Olympics. He also works
with Campbell Soup and American
Express on a charity basis for Second Harvest Food Bank.
1950s
Hubert M. Martin, Jr. ’50 received
a 2003 Great Teacher Award from
the University of Kentucky Alumni Association. He recently completed a two-year term as President of the American Section of
the International Plutarch Society,
an organization of scholars spe-
Academic Affairs, was chairmanelect of the biennial Conference
on Southern Literature. This year’s
conference included CubanAmerican poet Richard Blanco,
who spoke to Baylor students in
the Alumni Chapel on April 28.
In conjunction with the conference, faculty member Julie Van
Valkenburg appeared in a premiere
of Tennessee Williams’ unpublished play “Why Do You Smoke
So Much, Lily?” at the Tivoli, and
Danny Klein ’70 appeared in Williams’ “Lady of Larkspur Lotion”
cializing in the study of the works
of the ancient Greek biographeressayist, Plutarch of Chaeronea.
as part of the Festival of Short
Plays at the Chattanooga Theatre
Centre. Also, John Dever ’85 appeared in the conference’s Bryan
Foundation Award winner, James
McLure’s “The Day John Lennon
Died,” which was directed by faculty member Beth Gumnick at the
Chattanooga Theatre Centre.
Sally Naylor taught a workshop on
the prose poem for the newly
formed Chattanooga Writer’s Guild.
Faculty members Milly Rawlings
and Julie Van Valkenburg coauthored an article, “Transformations in the Secondary School
Library,” that appears in the
May/June 2003 issue of Knowledge Quest, the journal of the
American Association of School
Librarians. The issue features library and technology programs
in independent schools.
Biology teacher Mary Beth Sutton
has assumed the additional duty
of Day Camp Director of Baylor’s
Summer Programs.
Howard O. Reynolds ’53 retired July
1, 2002, after 41 years of ministry
with the Advance United Methodist Church in Flatwoods, Ky.
that provides training and consulting services for electric utilities
across the nation. Created in February 2001, Continuum is a subsidiary of Jackson Thornton &
Co., a prestigious CPA firm in
Montgomery, Ala. He and his wife,
Diana, reside on Signal Mountain.
1960s
Happy Dicks ’65 and John Davenport ’69 were inducted into the
Hal Schwartz ’60, attorney at Shu-
macker Witt Gaither & Whitaker,
has been elected to serve a threeyear term on the Society of Financial Service Professionals’ national
board of directors. He is the first
practicing attorney in the organization’s 75-year history to serve
on the board and is the immediate
past president of the organization’s
Greater Chattanooga chapter.
Steve Chappell ’63 is a founding
partner of Continuum, a company
Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall
of Fame on March 3. Happy had
an outstanding football career at
Baylor and was an All-American
linebacker at the University of
Georgia. John was an All-American
swimmer in 1966 and 1968.
Randy Johnson ’67 has returned
to teaching at Brentwood Academy, where he coaches girls and
boys soccer.
Robert Palmquist ’69 has joined
Greg Powell ’77 was selected by
the CPA firm of Gainer, Donnelly
and Desroches as a principal in
Houston, Texas.
Research Magazine as one of five
financial advisors in the publication’s Advisor Hall of Fame. He
is a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley and runs the Powell
Group, specializing in financial
planning and investments for individuals, foundations, and corporations. He and his wife, Peggy,
have three young daughters and
reside in Hoover, Ala.
1970s
Bill Robbins ’70 was appointed
President of Associated Funding,
an Atlanta-based company that
provides commission advances to
residential realtors. Bill and his
wife, Laurie, have a son, Steven,
at FSU, and another, Richard,
who is traveling in China before
attending college.
Ben Probasco ’78 has been named
chairman of the Tennessee Aquarium.
Tom Llanso ’79 accepted a new
Tom Jolly ’73 has been named
sports editor of The New York
Times. He has been assistant news
editor since 2000 and previously
oversaw weekend sports coverage
as an assistant sports editor. He
joined The Times in 1993 as a
sports copy editor after serving
as an associate sports editor at
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He
previously worked at The Pittsburgh Press, The Capital in Annapolis, and The Delaware Gazette in Ohio.
Allen Corey ’74 has been appointed
position with Johns Hopkins University beginning March 31.
Thilo Best ’79 is President and CEO
of Horizon Bay Senior Communities, which recently relocated from
Chicago to Tampa. Thilo, his wife,
Betsy, and their two daughters live
in the Palma Ceia area.
1980s
Brian Morris ’80 co-authored the
three-volume Texas Real Estate
Litigation Guide, published in
February 2002 for West Publish-
ing. He recently began a four-year
term on Vanderbilt’s alumni board.
tion of Home Builders. He and
his wife, Jill, have three children.
Steve Arney ’81 has become the
John Payne ’82 and his wife, Ann,
safety and training manager for
the aggregates group of Florida
Rock Group’s Georgia Division.
He and his wife, Alicia, live in
Chattanooga.
are celebrating the birth of their
son, Mitchell Scott, who joins
older brothers Jackson and Davis.
They live in Raleigh, N.C., where
John works as a web developer
for Nortel Networks. He is also
pursuing an M.S. in Technical
Communication at North Carolina State University.
Chris Collier ’81 was elected Superior Court Judge in North Carolina in November 2002 and is
serving an eight-year term. He
had been appointed to this position by Gov. Mike Easley in December 2001.
Greg Carnes ’81 is Crowe Chizek
Professor of Accountancy and
chair of the Department of Accountancy at Northern Illinois
University. Public Accounting Report recently ranked the department as the seventh best accounting program in the country. He
lives in Rockford, Ill., with his
wife, Jan, and their two children.
Jon Bell ’82 is the new president
of the Home Builders Association
of Southern Tennessee, the local
chapter of the National Associa-
to the Chattanooga Metropolitan
Airport Authority. Last year, he
headed an air service task force
appointed by Mayor Bob Corker
that recommended ways to improve travel from the airport.
Tom Kale ’85, vice president of
NAI Charter Real Estate Corp.,
has been awarded the Certified
Commercial Investment Member
designation after completion of a
graduate-level curriculum and attainment of a level of qualifying
experience. He has been in the
commercial real estate profession
since 1992.
Jeff Goldstein ’86, co-owner of
Sticky Fingers Restaurant, sends news
of the opening of the 11th Sticky
Fingers Restaurant and the second
one in the Columbia, S.C., area.
Chad Walldorf ’86, also a co-owner
of Sticky Fingers, has been named
Deputy Chief of Staff by South
Carolina’s Governor Mark Sanford. He’ll be relocating to Columbia from Charleston.
Franklin Daniels ’87 has recently been
appointed President of the Siskin
Children’s Institute in Chattanooga.
Founded in 1950, Siskin serves children with special needs and their
families. Daniels joins Siskin after
six years on the Baylor faculty, serving most recently as Director of
Planned and Capital Giving.
Wes Cash ’75 and Pem Guerry ’75
were inducted into the Greater
Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame
on March 3. They were a national
champion tennis doubles team in
1975.
Bob Cooper ’75 is serving as legal
counsel to Tennessee Governor
Phil Bredesen. Bob is a partner at
Bass, Berry & Sims. (See Bob’s
alumni profile in this issue.)
Lee Dyer ’77 will officiate in the
National Football League this fall
after five years as a Southeastern
Conference collegiate official. Lee
officiated four games this spring
in NFL Europe.
Walker Nowell ’87 has moved to
Hair-Raising Experience
Will Hunt ’89 didn’t want to miss
the opportunity to share this photo of him (left) and Rick Bowers
’91, who was sporting an unusual
hairdo this spring. Rick’s perm
was the result of losing a bet with
his wife, Ali, about the gender of
the child that will make them firsttime parents this spring. (The baby
is a boy.) Will and Rick are pictured together at Toyota of Cleveland, one of the dealerships of
Bowers Transportation, for which
Rick is Parts & Service Director.
Will is a financial advisor with
Morgan Stanley. After one day
sporting a mullet, Rick has since
shaved his head.
Knoxville, where he is an internist
with Summit Medical Group. He
and his wife, Jodi, have three children.
John Clay ’89 is president of Bread
and Co. in Nashville. He and his
wife, Anne Marie, have two
daughters.
Jason Mercer ’89 produced one of
the most popular commercials
aired during the 2003 Super Bowl,
the Terry Tate Office Linebacker
spot for Reebok. (See Jason’s
alumni profile in this issue.)
1990s
As the Spring 2003 Alumni/ae
Speaker Series guests, siblings Dr.
Dax Holder ’92 and Misty Holder ’93
addressed the student body on
March 14 in the Alumni Chapel.
Both graduated from the U.S. Air
Force Academy and hold the rank
of Captain. Dax was Chief Resident
of Emergency Medicine at Buffalo
General Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.,
and is moving to San Antonio this
summer to become a staff ER physician at the USAF Level I Trauma
Hospital, Wilford Hall. Misty has
left the Air Force to attend Samford
University’s Cumberland School of
Law in Birmingham.
Anne Rose Madden ’92 has started
her own business, Little Inspirations, making old-fashioned baby
clothes. She says her daughter,
Sarah Grace, was her inspiration.
Anne Adams ’93 is an Assistant
Attorney General in the Alabama
Attorney General’s office. She
works in the capital litigation
division prosecuting death penalty
cases at the appellate level. She
has argued three cases on behalf
of the State in Alabama Appellate
Courts and has filed numerous
briefs in the Alabama Court of
Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, and the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Mandy Swift Aitken ’93 is working
on a master’s degree in human
resource management at Rutgers.
Chip McDowell ’94 was a physician
Ben Marler ’90 has been promoted
to engineer by the City of Franklin, Tenn., Fire Department and
is responsible for a three-man
crew and a 100-foot Sutphen tower truck. This position encompasses all facets of aerial operations.
He is also on the rope rescue team.
Vance Noonan ’90, a C-17 pilot
stationed at Charleston AFB, S.C.,
has flown into Afghanistan approximately 20 times. He has also
flown into Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain,
Jordan, and other countries in the
Middle East.
Wendy Oakes ’90 finished her residency in orthodontics at Vanderbilt University in June 2002 and
now practices in Nashville.
Melissa Love Snyder ’90 is returning
to her position as assistant human
resources director at the Crowne
Plaza Beach Resort at Hilton Head
Island, S.C. She and her husband,
Paul, have been enjoying their new
son, Daniel Paul Snyder.
Sterling Garretson ’92 is moving
to Boston this summer to attend
Harvard Business School.
David Burns ’95 completed his master’s in animal science with a reproductive physiology emphasis at
Michigan State University. He has
been accepted to the Ph.D. program
at the University of Tennessee.
on duty at the time of an explosion at the Drug Manufacturing
Company in Kinston, N.C., an
event which made national headlines. He had been on call for 24
hours, then worked an additional
12 hours to assist victims of the
disaster. Teresa McDowell, Chip’s
mother and a Baylor staff member,
said he found a pulse and saved
the life of one victim who had
been declared dead.
Jamie Jedrokowski Melton ’94 has
been named director of development at St. Peter’s School in Chattanooga. She will also assist with
the admissions process.
Telky Lanza Murphy ’94 is working
in human resources at NewRoads,
Inc., and is pursuing her master’s
in industrial organizational psychology at UTC.
Jason Bennett ’95 has been named
project manager in the health care
division of Hoar Construction, a
Birmingham, Ala.-based contractor. Among the projects he is involved with is the South Fulton
Medical Center emergency expansion in Atlanta.
Andy Fazio ’95 won the Jefferson
Award for public service presented
by WRCB-TV Channel 3. He has
spent the last three years providing
meals to the homeless. Andy owns
his own business, Earth’s Harmony Landscaping, LLC, and he and
his wife, Cece, have a 2-year-old
daughter, Madeline Rose.
Duncan Moore ’96 is working for
Pritchett-Moore, Inc., where he
just finished his first year as a
property casualty insurance agent.
system and guide service in Durango.
Casey Henderson ’99 graduated
summa cum laude from the College of Wooster in May 2002 with
a B.A. in history and a minor in
women’s studies. Her senior thesis
received departmental honors and
the Turner Prize for the most distinguished thesis relating to women and gender. Other honors included the Dunham Prize for
highest ranking senior history major and membership in the Phi
Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta
national honor societies. She now
resides in Oakland, Calif.
Sherrill E. Richardson ’99 graduated
Christie Dillard ’97, a graduate of
the University of the South, has
been named manager of the North
Chattanooga Financial Center of
First Tennessee Bank.
Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum
laude from the University of Tennessee with a B.A. in Spanish and
international business. She is an
intern at the U.S. Attorney’s Office
in East Tennessee, where Sandy
Mattice ’72 is U.S. Attorney. She
will attend the UT College of Law
with the William M. Leech Memorial Scholarship, the largest award
given to an incoming student, and
plans to study criminal prosecution.
Johnny Wallace ’97 is working in
Jimmy Swansbrough ’99 was nom-
Atlanta as assistant marketing
manager for TNT Latin America,
with offices in Mexico City, Sao
Paulo, and Buenos Aires.
inated for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and
Colleges. He is senior at Davidson
College, where he is captain of the
cross country and track teams, a
member of the Student Athletic
Advisory Committee and Leadership Davidson, president of Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity, and sports
editor of the school paper.
Jean Bostick ’97 is working toward
a master’s in graphic design at Savannah College of Art and Design.
Jason Lockrow ’98 has been accepted for one of five positions in a
Medical University of South Carolina program that will earn him
an M.D. and a Ph.D. This federally funded, eight-year program
covers tuition and books and provides a stipend for living expenses.
Tim Parker ’98, a senior and point
guard with the UTC Mocs basketball team, made school history
February 10, 2003, by becoming
only the 12th UTC player to score
1,000 career points. He averaged
235 points per season in his first
three years.
Stan Prichard ’98 graduated magna
cum laude in December from Fort
Lewis College in Durango, Colo.
He is starting a back country hut
2000s
Joanna Cheng ’00, a senior in Cornell’s Hotel School program, was
honored February 22, 2003, on
Senior Night as the student manager of the varsity hockey team.
Betsy Corne ’00 will be studying
abroad at the University of Natal
in Durban, South Africa, this summer. She will be taking classes in
Zulu culture and language and
will be doing community service,
building schools and helping with
AIDS patients.
Kaki McLachlan ’00 is a junior at
University of the South and spent
her spring semester studying anthropology at the University of
Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.
cation the previous spring. She is
studying nursing and an officer
in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at
Ole Miss.
Lindsey Harris ’01 earned the At-
Allison Mitchell ’00 was presented
the “Lady Tiger of the Year” MVP
award at Clemson University’s
post-season soccer banquet. She
is a junior mid-fielder on a team
that reached the ACC finals for
the third time in the program’s
nine-year history. She was named
to the ACC All-Tournament Team
and the Academic All-ACC Team.
Sara Page Red ’00 earned her Wil-
derness First Responder designation in December after receiving
her Wilderness First Aid Certifi-
1980s
Kevin London ’89 and Christy Boden
were married May 18, 2002.
Lisa Robbins ’89 and Christopher
Lee were married May 24, 2003,
at Primrose College in Roswell,
Ga. Lisa is a finance manager at
Radiant Systems Inc. in Atlanta.
1990s
lantic Sun Conference AllAcademic Award and the Individual Responsibility Award from
Samford University women’s basketball team.
Ben Newman ’01 spent last summer in Denali and Seward, Alaska,
where he worked as a fisherman
and salesman in an outdoor equipment store. In January he began
a six-year stint in the Air Force
with six weeks of boot camp in
San Antonio. He will move on to
Monterey, Calif., to study Arabic.
Bryan Hogue ’95 and Julie Wood
were married November 16, 2002,
in the Baylor Alumni Chapel. Jason
Hogue ’93, Chris Morgan ’95, and
Neel Hipp ’97 were groomsmen.
Ryan Sparks ’01 spent the fall se-
Bryan Hartley ’02 achieved a 4.0
mester doing research in environmental policy and politics, as well
as coaching the rowing team, at
the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He coached
novice rowing with University of
Richmond crew and spent last
summer learning German and
teaching American culture and language in eastern Germany. He is a
member Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Richmond.
GPA in the fall semester of his
freshman year at the University
of Georgia, earning him a Presidential Scholar position and admission to the university’s prestigious Honors Program. He is
majoring in biology with plans to
enter medical school.
Katherine Card ’02, a freshman at
the University of Tennessee, led
her softball team to the championship of the UNLV minitournament in February. She was
named tournament MVP with a
batting average of .438
el Anthony Rayneri were married
April 26, 2003, at Central Baptist
Church in Newnan, Ga. Mary
Duff is a practice manager at Physician InterLink in Atlanta.
point out are getting married three
weeks before them. They will live
in Atlanta, where John is an auditor
for Price Waterhouse Cooper and
Amy is an auditor for Hazlett,
Lewis & Bieter.
Steven Sharpe ’96 and Lindsey
Kim Wescott ’97 and Jason Lockery
Clark were married March 8,
2003, at Burks United Methodist
Church. He is pursuing a business
management degree at UTC while
working at Cigna Healthcare.
will be married July 26, 2003, at
Signal Mountain Presbyterian
Church. Kim teaches at Nolan
Elementary School.
Mary Duff Latimore ’96 and Micha-
Christy Foree ’94 is engaged to
Shelby Ricketts. The couple is
planning a Chattanooga wedding
and will reside in Dallas, where
Christy is director of marketing
at the American Airlines Center.
Skip Schwartz ’91 and Holly Do-
Tiffany Townsend ’95 and Robert
belle were married October 13,
2002, in Princeton, N.J. He is
working in London as co-director
of European acquisitions for Herman Financial, a Chicago-based
real estate investment firm.
Kristi Campbell ’97 and Chris Longley ’97 were married May 31,
Stephen M. Monroe ’92 and Ann
Prentiss Wilson III were married
in November 2001 and live in
Spring Hill, Tenn. She is director
of alumni relations and assistant
director of development at Davidson Academy, where she is also
in charge of school publications
and the website.
Schenk were married December
28, 2002.
Matt Wood ’95 and Paula Hotard
Ward Davenport ’97 and Ashley
plan to be married in October. A
Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the
University of Georgia, Matt is
pursuing a degree at the Medical
College of Georgia.
Rowland will be married July 5,
2003, at Our Lady of the Mount
on Lookout Mountain.
Sarah Patten ’93 and Dr. Rustan
Adcock ’91 were married April 12,
2003, in Flintstone, Ga. She is
pursuing a master’s in creative
writing from Dartmouth College.
Justin Guthrie ’96 and Ashley
Scott Arnold IV ’94 and Hadley
Ingram were married April 6,
2002, in West Memphis, Ark.
Willie Idlette ’02 ran the anchor
leg on Wake Forest University’s
4x400 relay team, setting a school
record for the event with a time
of 3:18.25 at the Penn State National Open Track Meet last February. Wake Forest teammate Brad
Wharton ’02 ran a ninth-place
4:12.64 mile, ranking him fourth
among milers in the Atlantic Coast
Conference.
Davis will be married October 18,
2003, in Macon, Ga. Justin works
for Ernst and Young in Nashville.
2003, in Chattanooga. They live
in Charlotte, where Chris is an
accountant with Price Waterhouse
Coopers, and Kristi is an assistant
in corporate personnel at Bank of
America Headquarters.
Tara Chaffin ’99 and Bryan Martin
will be married July 19, 2003.
Tara is working at the Bridal Center in Chattanooga, and her husband-to-be proposed during a
fashion show when Tara was
modeling a bridal gown.
Jessica Collins ’99 and Joshua Phil-
Amy Frost ’97 and John Haddock
’97 were married June 21, 2003,
lips were married on June 21, 2003.
She is an art teacher and Title I
home school coordinator at Appalachia Elementary School in Wise
County, Va. She is pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching with an
emphasis in elementary education
at East Tennessee State University.
at Signal Mountain Presbyterian
Church. They double-dated to the
Baylor prom with Chris Longley ’97
and Kristi Campbell ’97, who they
Josie Daniel ’99 and Todd Domenico wed May 31, 2003, and
reside in Jackson, Wy.
Nancy Marie Fortune
Tess Elizabeth Margio
a daughter, Grace Garland,
born 1/23/02 to Tom Paden ’75
and his wife, Grace
a daughter, Cammie Chapman,
born 11/30/01 to Sam Holmes ’83
and his wife, Lara
a daughter, Anna Elizabeth,
born 3/7/03 to Mike Murdock ’83
and his wife, Susannah
a son, Charles Cary Jr., born
12/31/02 to Charles Pick ’83 and
his wife, Christina
a son, Alexander Philip, born
2/29/02 to Doug Weekes ’83 and
his wife, Cris
a son, Zachary Michael, born
6/13/02 to Jeff Kangieser ’84 and
his wife, Faith
a son, Edmund Brook IV, born
Sarah and Jay Wright
5/16/02 to Ed Brantley III ’85 and
his wife, Kathleen
a son, Christopher Bruce Jr.,
born 2/21/03 to Chris Young ’85
and his wife, Jennifer
a daughter, Carolyn Ruth, born
9/7/02 to Scott Hale ’86 and his
wife, Mary
twins, Claire and Will, born
2/26/03 to Chip Lusk ’86 and his
wife, Joy
a daughter, Catharine “Cate”
Virginia, born 1/21/03 to Andy
Tucker ’86 and his wife, Tara
a son, James Samuel, born
2/19/02 to Joe Wright ’86 and his
wife, Elizabeth
a daughter, Nancy Marie, born
3/25/02 to Steele Fortune ’87 and
Mary Adella Youmans
Whit, Francis Blair, Mary Grayson, and Hallie Hunt
his wife, Jennifer
a daughter, Anna Bailey, born
12/5/02 to Stacy Kaplan Goldberg
’88 and her husband, Michael
a daughter, Lillian Grace, born
2/10/03 to Chris Angel ’89 and his
wife, Peggy
a son, James “Watt” Watford,
born 11/29/02 to Tracy Hackney
’89 and his wife, Leslie Fresh
a son, Francis Blair Hunt, born
8/29/02 to Will Hunt ’89 and his
wife, Terra
a son, Lou Lindsey Jr., born
5/15/02 to Tara Hoye Tharp’90 and
her husband, Lou
a son, Daniel Paul, born 1/30/03
to Melissa Love Snyder ’90 and her
husband, Paul
a daughter, Tess Elizabeth, born
1/28/03 to Baylor faculty members
Steve Margio ’91 and his wife,
Carissa
a daughter, Lindsay Elaine, born
12/23/02 to Jennifer Pledger Redman ’92 and her husband, Steve
a daughter, Mary Adella, born
11/12/02 to Frank Youmans ’92
and his wife, Brittain ’93
Correction: The Winter 2003 edition of Baylor Magazine’s Raider
Report erroneously listed a name
in “Baylor Babies.” A boy, Bradley
John, was born to John Barker ’87
and his wife, Michelle. We sincerely regret the error.
“For more than four years, this was
the view from my second floor Lupton Hall room and was a special
part of my Baylor experience. My
five years at Baylor were of another
time, but the river and mountain
never change.” ~Bill Barnes ’47
Looking for the perfect gift for Baylor
friends and family? High-quality prints
of this beautiful oil painting by Bill
Barnes ’47 are now available.
All proceeds benefit the Baylor Annual Fund.
Large limited edition prints (22” x 28”): $380
Small limited edition prints (16” x 21”): $190
Shipping: $9
There are only 50 large prints available, and 200 of the smaller prints. To place orders, or for more information, contact Susan T. Johnson,
at (423) 267-8506, ext. 391. Orders can also be placed through the website: www.baylorschool.org (click on the alumni section).
What a Splash!
Aquaraiders spanning the decades hit the water this
spring in a wonderfully water-logged reunion. Some 35
former Baylor swimmers returned Friday, April 11, to
compete under the leadership of their former coaches —
Jim Stover, Roger Vredeveld ’80, Joe Gawrys, and Stan
Lewis (pictured front and center at Calvin Smith Natatorium). Among them was former Olympic Gold medalist
Geoff Gaberino ’79. Four teams of alumni and friends
were joined by current Baylor swimmers under Coach
Rick Bishop and competed in 200- and 400-yard relays.
The event celebrated a swimming tradition that has
included 26 state championships and over 100 AllAmerican or honorable mention swimmers and divers.
Henry N. Carmichael, Jr. ’34 died
March 1, 2003, in Knoxville,
Tenn. He was 84. He graduated
from the University of Tennessee
in 1938 and received his MBA
from Howard University in 1940.
He served in the US Air Force
during World War II and continued to serve in the reserves until
he retired as a full Colonel in 1978.
He is the former CEO of Watson
Department Stores. He held memberships in the Cherokee Country
Club, Men’s Cotillion Club, and
Sons of the Revolution, Clan Carmichael Society. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Katherine
Eastin Carmichael. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law,
Jeannine and Douglas McKamey,
Knoxville; sister and brother-inlaw, Josephine and Claxton Mayo;
nieces and nephews.
French Benham Frazier ’37 died
January 2, 2003. He was 82. A
life-long resident of Lookout
Mountain, he attended Lookout
Elementary School, the University
of Tennessee and the University
of Virginia in Charlottesville. A
veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served
aboard the USS Kadashan Bay in
the Pacific Theater during World
War II. He retired from the Naval
Reserve as a commander. In Chattanooga, he practiced law with
Frazier and Frazier, was the owner
of Chattanooga Title Insurance
Agency, and was general counsel
and director of the Chattanooga
Federal Savings and Loan Association, retiring in 1976. He was a
member of the Church of the
Good Shepherd. A son, Frederick
B. Frazier II, preceded him in
death. He is survived by his wife,
Francis Lindfors Frazier; sons,
French B. Frazier, Jr. ’64 and Charles
L. Frazier ’68; sister, Mrs. Henry
Gilman; grandchildren, French B.
Frazier III, Mary Weyman Frazier,
Anne Elizabeth Sexton Frazier ’06,
and Charles L. Frazier Jr.
Harris “Pat” Patton ‘37, 83, died
February 2, 2003, in Palm Coast,
Fla. Born in Memphis, Tenn., he
served in the U.S. Army during
World War II with the 3094th
Quartermaster Corps stationed
in North Africa, Europe and the
Philippines. He was a sales representative for LaFarge Cement Co.
Mr. Patten was a member of the
Palm Coast United Methodist
Church, V.F.W, and Lodge #386
in Miami where he was a 32nd
degree Mason. Survivors include
his wife, Frances “Kay” Patton;
daughters, Jan Hull, Hilton Head
Island, and Peggy Coston, Raleigh, N.C.; son Alan and his wife
Jackie Patton, Atlanta, Ga.; seven
grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren.
Samuel T. Cofer ’39 died October
19, 2002, at St. Simons Island,
Ga. He is survived by his wife,
Marie Cofer, son, Donald Cofer,
and daughter, Patricia C. Barefoot.
He had attended the University
of Georgia and was the former
CEO of Coastal Liquors Company in St. Simons, Ga.
Ira F. Templeton, Jr. ’43 died April
12, 2003, at his home in Hixson,
Tenn., after a battle with cancer.
He was owner of Creeks Bend
Golf Club, and, as a competitor
on the local, state, and national
levels, he was an outstanding figure in Tennessee amateur golf for
more than 40 years. He was the
winner of the metro championships in 1954 and 1955 and again
30 years later in 1985. He won
the Tennessee Open in 1951 with
an all-time record low score. He
participated in the 1987 USGA
Seniors at Wild Dunes, S.C., and
was the primary organizer of the
U.S. Senior Challenge. In 2001,
the Chattanooga PGA chapter
endowed a scholarship to the Tennessee PGA Golf Academy in his
name. He was a veteran of World
War II. He was a Mason and a
life member of the Alhambra
Shrine. He was preceded in death
by his parents, Ira Sr. and Madge
Templeton; sister, Ann Templeton;
granddaughter, Margaret McGinness. Survivors include his wife,
Dorothy Wallace Templeton of
Hixson; son, Ira Templeton III of
Hixson; daughters, Tara McGinness of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.,
and Tricia Gibson of Lookout
Mountain; seven grandchildren,
three stepgrandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Thomas Willingham ’45 died March
21, 2003, in Chattanooga. A lifelong Chattanoogan, he was the
owner of Willingham Lumber Co.
He attended Washington and Lee
and graduated from the University
of Tennessee-Chattanooga. He
was preceded in death by his wife,
Laura. He is survived by daughters
Elizabeth W. Perrucci, Brentwood,
Tenn., and Morrow W. Armstrong, Fairfax, Va.; sisters, Barbara Dugger, Knoxville, and Margaret Pendleton, Richmond, Va.;
grandsons, Drew Boykin, Brentwood, and Rick Armstrong, Fairfax; and granddaughter, Ashlin
Perrucci, Brentwood.
Joseph Hunter Norman IV ’60 died
June 25, 2002, at Duke Medical
Center in Durham, N.C. A member of Christ Episcopal Church
and an avid sportsman, he owned
the second oldest company in
New Bern, N.C., the S.B. Parker
Co. A son, Niels Hansen Norman,
preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Karen Hansen
Norman, New Bern; son, Joseph
Hunter Norman V, and his wife,
Carla, Mooresville; daughter
Claire Garnett Norman, Raleigh;
sister, Anne N. Tayloe, New Bern;
grandchildren and nephews.