Huntingdon College Magazine—Spring 2002

Spring 2002
Message
From the President
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Stonehenge
Belize
uring my first 17 years
of life, our family
home was located off
a gravel road about a mile from
the rural Kentucky town of
Barlow, population 600.
Although we lived outside of
town, we had a “neighborhood”
along that road. Like others
who have never ventured outside
their comfort zones, I believed
that town was the whole world.
How different it is today. I’ve
traveled all over the world, and
my neighborhood–my sense of
L-R: President Bigham; Nancy Carruth, board member, United Methodist
being a citizen of the world–has
Higher Education Foundation; Dr. Ken Yamada, associate general secregrown with each of my travels. At
tary of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist
Church; and George Miller, president of The United Methodist Higher
Huntingdon, we believe it is
Education Foundation, in Belfast last year.
important students feel that same
sense of world citizenship, because perspective influences responsibility, and responsibility influences action.
We see as our mission the significance of not only opening students’ minds, but opening their
eyes–to possibilities, to world issues, to community involvement. In this issue of Huntingdon
Magazine, you will read about the array of travel/study programs now offered by or through the
College, and you’ll hear from students who have participated in those programs. The percentage
of Huntingdon students who participate in travel/study programs is greater than at nearly any other
college in America.
Our efforts to bring the world to Huntingdon have been as technologically-oriented as providing
computers to our students, and as personal as creating avenues for international students to come
to the College. You’ll read about a new lap-top computer initiative coming this fall, and you’ll hear
from one of the international students who has been part of our community.
You’ll read about Homecoming–that wonderful time of year just around the corner when you are
all invited to Come Home to the Green. Some of your fellow Huntingdon community members will
be honored during this celebration. Others–those who died, gave birth, got married, or had life
news in recent months–are recognized in Class Notes. Three very special Huntingdon professors
and one recent graduate are profiled in the In Memoriam section.
Whether your home is Montgomery or Antarctica, as for one of our Huntingdon alumnae, you
are a member of the Huntingdon family, but you are a citizen of the world.
Ireland
See you at Homecoming!
Wanda D. Bigham
President
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Spring 2002 Volume 80, Number 3
Contents
Chair, Board of Trustees
Dr. Laurie Weil
President
Dr. Wanda D. Bigham
Vice President for Development
and College Relations
Grace M. Hanchrow
Alumni Director
Barbara Smith
Annual Fund Director
Founders Day celebrated, page 4.
Fencing returns, page 8.
Fundamentalism explored, page 4.
Margie Benson
Message from the President ____________________________________
Editor and writer,
Huntingdon College Magazine
Director of Communications
Suellen Sellars Ofe
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Features
Features Section: Global Connections
Oh, the Places You’ll Go ____________________________________
A Journey of Friendship ____________________________________
A World Class Achiever ____________________________________
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Campus News
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Academics ______________________________________________________
People News_____________________________________________________
Student Life _____________________________________________________
Athletics ________________________________________________________
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Class Notes
Magazine Design
Reid/O’Donahue Advertising, Inc.
Weddings ____________________________________________________
Future Hawks_________________________________________________
In Memoriam _________________________________________________
Class Notes __________________________________________________
Memorials and Tributes____________________________________________
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Alumni Profiles
Jeff Hall ’82______________________________________________________
Todd Jeffries ’01 _________________________________________________
Homecoming Award Winners_______________________________________
On the cover:
Snapshots from student
journeys to Belize, Ireland,
Northern Ireland, Spain, Great
Britain, Israel, Peru and Mexico.
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Coming Events
Homecoming Reminder ________________________________________
Summer Enrichment Programs __________________________________
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EVENTS
CampusNews
Commencement 2002
Poet Laureate To Serve As
Speaker
Alabama Poet Laureate Helen Norris will
deliver the commencement address on
Sunday, May 12, 2002, on the Huntingdon
Green. Ms. Norris has published five novels
and three short story collections, including
The Christmas Wife (a PEN/Faulkner finalist),
Water Into Wine, and The Burning Glass. Her
latest book, One Day in the Life of a Born
Again Loser, has just been named fiction book
of the year by the Alabama Library
Association. Ms. Norris has been honored
with four O. Henry Awards, two Andrew Lytle
Fiction Awards, four Christian Book
Association Awards, the Penwomen’s Biennial
Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Her story,
“The Cracker Man,” was adapted for the PBS
Series American Stories, and “The Christmas
Wife” was adapted into an HBO movie. Each
of her two books of poetry, Whatever is Round
and Rain Pulse, was chosen Poetry Book of
the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society.
She was elected poet laureate by the
Alabama Writer’s Conclave and commissioned by Governor Siegelman in 1999. Ms.
Norris taught at Huntingdon for 13 years.
Stallworth Lecture
Speaker Discusses Religious
Fundamentalism
Block, and Dividing Our Minds, addressed the
forces that cause fundamentalist religious
groups to break away from more mainstream
religious movements, and what can be done
to ease world religious tensions.
Marty co-directed the five-year
Fundamentalism Project of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. This project
found that the roots of nearly all of the modern
fundamentalist movements can be traced to
the 1920s. As technology took over the world
and human rights became at issue, many
groups felt threatened by change. They
responded to their fear by pulling away. Marty
said that the final mode of response from fundamentalist groups is to strike out against that
which they feel is suppressing their growth or
threatening their futures, such as the terrorist
strikes of September 11.
Marty is the author of more than 50 books
and editor of numerous others. He is recognized as the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished
Service Professor Emeritus at the University
of Chicago, where he taught for 35 years. He
is a contributing editor of Christian Century
magazine, and is past president of the
American Academy of Religion, the American
Society of Church History, and the American
Catholic Historical Association. His honors
include the National Humanities Medal, the
National Book Award, and the Medal of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Marty has received 67 honorary doctorate
degrees.
Founders Day
Huntingdon Honors Sciences,
Faculty, and Donors
Dr. Martin Marty delivers the 2002 Stallworth Lecture.
Huntingdon College welcomed internationally-known theologian Dr. Martin E. Marty to
campus for the annual Stallworth Lecture
Series in March. Marty’s topic,
Fundamentalism: Around the World, Down the
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During its annual Founders Day celebration, February 1, 2002, Huntingdon College
paid tribute to its science department, honored
three outstanding teachers, and commended
contributors who had established endowed
scholarships or who had made provisions for
the College in their wills.
The celebration began with a college-wide
convocation, during which Dr. Thomas E.
Denton ’59 was the featured speaker. Denton,
a research biologist specializing in genetics,
described scientific advances in recent years,
as well as those yet to come. Dr. Kenneth
Thomas E. Denton ’59 discusses scientific advances
during Founders Day Convocation, 2002.
Deal, vice president for academic affairs, honored Dr. Donna Whitley, professor of history,
with the Exemplary Teacher Award, and Dr.
Randy Arnold, assistant professor of chemistry, with the Dr. and Mrs. John N. Todd III
Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Mary
Jane Crump Brannon ’37, who served the
College for more than three decades as a
teacher, department chair, and in countless
other roles, was honored with a citation which
was presented to her daughter, Avis Williams
Gunter. Glenn Stearns ’75, Montgomery,
chair of the Founders Day Committee for the
National Alumni Board, welcomed and closed
the convocation and the luncheon which followed. The invocation and luncheon prayer
were offered by the Reverend William E.
Elwell ’80, pastor of First United Methodist
Church, Foley, Alabama. Jackie Earnest ’64,
president of the National Alumni Board, and
Barbara Smith, director of alumni relations,
introduced guests.
A number of donors were inducted into the
John Massey Heritage Society, an association
organized in 1993 to recognize those individuals who have been instrumental in providing
for the long-term financial security of the
College. The Society was named for Dr.
John Massey, president from 1896 to 1909.
The 2002 inductees were Georgianna Bland
’92, Miami, Florida; Edward A. Brown III ’68,
Clyde, North Carolina; Ann Carlisle
Carmichael ’85, Montgomery; Harold
Coomes ’64, Montgomery; Wanda A.
College Announces New
Technology Initiative
The College will provide lap-top computers
to new freshmen as part of the Huntingdon
Plan beginning fall term, 2002. As in prior
years, the computers will be the students’ to
use during their enrollment, theirs to keep at
graduation.
“In 1996, when we began the Huntingdon
Plan, having a desk-top computer was still
somewhat unusual for students’ families. Now,
most families already have desk-top computers. Lap-top computers will allow the students
to take their computers with them to classes, to
the library, to the dining hall, and even as they
relax or study out on the Green,” said
President Wanda D. Bigham. Huntingdon is
one of only a handful of colleges nationwide
which provide computers for students to use as
part of their educational experiences.
Library Gives Away Yearbook
Past Issues
Mary Ann Pickard, archivist for Houghton
Library, has back issues of most years of the
Bells and Pomegranates yearbooks available.
Because of space limitations, she must reduce
the number of yearbooks in her collection. If
you would like to receive a past yearbook,
please contact Mrs. Pickard by May, 2002, by
mail at the College address, by phone at (334)
833-4418, or by e-mail at
[email protected].
The Archives will keep three copies of each
ACADEMICS
Howard ’81, Atlanta, Georgia; Lillian
Kamphuis ’36, Pensacola Beach, Florida;
Nancy Alice Brown Myrick ’67, Fairhope;
Herbert A. Patterson Jr. ’71, Birmingham;
and Earl and Ann Richards (’47) Sommer,
Birmingham.
Those who had established endowed scholarships during the past year were inducted into
the College’s Hall of Honor. They were: Othon
Tallet and Teresa Bueno, Duluth, Georgia, and
Jose Enrique and Rosaland Mathison (’57)
Tallet, Bonaire, Georgia; The Class of 1951,
led by Betty Kimbrough Hastings,
Montgomery, and Martha Bozeman
Jungwirth, Wetumpka; John and Dorothy
Kreis (’67) Golab, Montgomery; Herbert A.
Patterson Jr. ’71, Birmingham, and Joyce
Patterson Ryser ’74, of Wetumpka; Langdon
C. and Doris T. Parker, Montgomery; and
William C. (Wick) and Shirley Parker (’56)
Watkins. Others honored by endowed scholarships this year were Elizabeth Morris
Hackney ’29, by her grandchildren, and Jane
Perry Smith ’44, by her bequest.
yearbook in the collection. There is currently
only one copy of the Huntingdon 1928 yearbook. If you have a copy of this book which
you are willing to donate, please contact Mrs.
Pickard.
A New Major Prepares WorldMinded Leaders
Huntingdon College will introduce an undergraduate major in Global Leadership, the first
in its form to be offered in the United States, in
the fall of 2002. The major is unique in offering
interdisciplinary course work in business
administration, political science, communications, and at least two foreign languages.
Cinzia Moussalli, assistant professor of
economics, proposed the major to the faculty.
“I believe that in today’s rapidly changing,
competitive world, students need, more than
ever, the skills and background that will enable
them to be flexible in their career choices.
Analytical, decision-making, critical thinking,
and interpersonal skills are among the most
important characteristics of a leader. This
major will provide students the opportunity to
develop the skills they will need no matter what
they choose to do in life.”
Although a student may declare the intention to pursue the Global Leadership major
upon enrollment, confirmation of major candidacy will be completed after the student has
achieved 45 semester hours and a 3.0 minimum cumulative grade point average.
“This major opens a wide range of possibilities to those students who have the ability to
succeed. It will prepare students for entry into
graduate schools, ranging from political science and global business studies to communication and public relations studies. In addition,
graduating with two foreign languages and an
understanding of world differences - in religions, cultures, history, literature, environmental concerns, economics and politics - will also
prepare students for further studies or careers
in the fields of diplomacy and international relations. In a few words, this major prepares students to face the future challenges and uncertainties of this global and competitive world,”
says Moussalli.
Award-Winning Author/Alumna
Returns for Ellison Lecture
Award-winning author Mab Segrest ’71 was
the guest lecturer for the Huntingdon College
Rhoda Coleman Ellison Lecture in February.
Her 1994 book, Memoir of a Race Traitor, won
the Editor’s Choice award from Lambda
Literary Awards, was named Outstanding Book
on Human Rights in North America by the
Gustavus Myers Center on Human Rights, and
Dr. Mab Segrest ’71 returns to campus to deliver the
2002 Ellison Lecture.
was nominated for Non-Fiction Book of the
Year by the Southern Regional Council.
Segrest graduated summa cum laude from
Huntingdon in 1971, completing master’s and
doctoral degrees at Duke University, where she
currently serves as a visiting professor in the
Department of Women’s Studies. From 1985
to 1990, she worked with North Carolinians
Against Racist and Religious Violence. From
1992 to 2000 she served as coordinator of the
United States Urban-Rural Mission of the
World Council of Churches. Her current book,
Born to Belonging: Writings on Spirit and
Justice, will be published this summer by
Rutgers University Press.
Huntingdon Launches Poets
Series
Under the direction of Dr. Cecile Gay Gray
’72, coordinator of the creative writing program,
and Dr. Greg Salyer, chair of the Department
of Literary Studies, Huntingdon creative writers
were able to meet with and enjoy the works of
published authors this year through the new
Huntingdon Poets Series. Pulitzer-nominated
alumnus Paul Allen ’67 kicked off the series in
the fall, followed by James Barfoot, author of
The Nudes of God, former faculty member
Helen Norris, Poet Laureate of Alabama,
Nashville poet Patricia Waters, and Alabama
writer Jeanie Thompson. The College’s creative writing major is the only such undergraduate major in Alabama. A new Poetry Club has
participated in performance poetry competitions in the region.
Music Students Take
MTNA/AMTA Honors
Music professors Dr. Ron and Mrs.
Barbara Shinn’s private and college students
won many of the top awards at the Music
Teachers National Association State
Competition held at Huntingdon this year.
Lauren Walworth ’04, of Columbia, was
chosen as Alternate (second place), over
several graduate and doctoral students. She
was the second Huntingdon student to
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compete in this event, and the first to win
an award.
Among the singers who competed for honors in the Alabama Music Teachers
Association College-Level Competition held at
Huntingdon this spring, Daniel McLaughlin
’01 and Steve Sessions ’02, both of
Montgomery, tied for first place. Eric Sumner
’05, Tiffany McGuire ’04, and Monica Knight
’03 were semifinalists.
Huntingdon Receives Federal
Grants
Huntingdon recently received two federal
Department of Education grants totaling
$886,000, according to President Wanda
Bigham.
A grant in the amount of $200,000 will
sponsor an educational program for primary
and secondary math and science teachers in
Alabama. The program promotes the integration of technology into the classroom, and will
utilize the College’s new smart classrooms.
A second grant for $686,000 will support
accessibility improvements to the facilities utilized by the College’s SuperSports program
(for children with physical disabilities), as well
as adapted physical activity and disability
sport research and education.
Student Research Presented at
National Science Exposition
Dr. Maureen Kendrick Murphy ’78 and Hope
Pinkerton ’02.
largest interdisciplinary meeting of scientists in
the world.
William H. (Tripp) Morris III ’02, chemistry, Jessica Hope Pinkerton ’02, chemistry, and Beau Bosko Toskich Jr. ’02, cell
biology, presented their research, “The
Evolution of Protein Metal Ion Sites From
Simple Inorganic Complexes as Studied by
Molecular Mechanics: Three Case Studies.”
They were accompanied by assistant professor of chemistry Dr. Maureen Kendrick
Murphy ’78.
“We were the only small, private college in
the competition,” said Toskich. The team, who
designed their own research, research methods, and project, competed against projects
directed by Ph.D. researchers at colleges
such as University of Chicago, Princeton,
Harvard, Bryn Mawr, and MIT. Toskich says,
“We were among the best of the best at this
meeting, but I was really proud to be from
Huntingdon. I have had such a good, broadbased education, starting with LAS [Liberal
Arts Symposium classes].”
Morris echoed Toskich’s pride in his education, and said what struck him was the uniqueness of being able to do research as undergraduates. “We have some of the best equipment in this region, and it’s only used by
undergraduates. Presenting at national meetings and co-authoring research papers which
are published also add to students’ experiences and their resumes.”
This was the first national meeting at which
Morris and Toskich presented work, but the
third for Pinkerton, who was pleased to have
the experience. “Going to the AAAS Meeting
was very interesting. It had a greater variety of
research than other meetings I have been to
in the past and the level of research that was
presented was much higher. It was a great
experience for us all,” said Pinkerton.
Although their project didn’t win the competition, they weren’t disappointed. “We were in
good company. Harvard didn’t win either,”
said Toskich.
Students Attend Air Force
Academy Conference
Tripp Morris ’02 and Beau Toskich ’02.
For the first time in Huntingdon’s history,
students presented their research at the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science
Innovation Exposition, held in Boston,
Massachusetts, in February. The AAAS is the
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Huntingdon students Jamie Jordan ’03, of
Piedmont, and Tabitha Chenault ’04, of
Coosada, represented the College at the US
Air Force Academy Assembly on the Future of
Europe this spring. Delegates from colleges
and service academies across the country
participated in three days of intensive workshops, developing a consensus document of
policy proposals to be sent to President
George W. Bush. The delegates haggled over
policy, economy, security and identity issues in
Europe. “I felt like I got a semester’s worth of
work in three days,” says Chenault, who plans
to enter the Lutheran seminary upon graduation from Huntingdon. Jordan, a public affairs
tri-subject major who plans to attend law
school, saw the conference as great preparation for her future. “I really enjoyed this conference on so many different levels. A lot of
people there were planning to go to law
schools, so it was interesting to size up the
competition.” This is the fourth consecutive
year in which Huntingdon has had delegates
accepted to the Assembly.
Screenwriter Delivers
Workshops/Lecture
Hollywood screenwriter Michael Ritz will
instruct the College’s summer writing program
for high school students and will be the featured speaker for Huntingdon’s Patrons of the
Library dinner in April. Call the continuing education department at (334) 833-4522 to inquire
about the summer writing program for high
school students. For information on the
Patrons of the Library Dinner, April 30, and on
becoming a patron of the library, contact library
director Eric E. Kidwell, (334) 833-4420.
College Hosts Dance Festival
The Huntingdon College Dance Program
hosted the Southeastern Regional Dance
Festival March 20-24. College dance programs from throughout the Southeast region
attended master classes and received feedback on choreography and performance from
professional dancers and adjudicators.
Huntingdon has been a member of the
American College Dance Festival Association
(ACDFA), which supports and promotes college-level dance programs, for ten years. The
regional festival is a part of the ACDFA.
Huntingdon associate professor of dance
Diana Green is a member of the National
Board of Directors of the ACDFA.
Jan-Term Courses Give
Students a Taste of Fun and
Freedom
Huntingdon’s two-week January Term
allows students to explore subjects not offered
during the regular semester. This year’s JanTerm offered courses such as Ancient Greece
(in preparation for Huntingdon Plan travel);
Hillbilly 101: An Introduction to Appalachia;
Electric Eyes: Privacy and Security in the Age
of Technology; Youth, Society, and Rock &
Roll; Park Preservation; and Opera Theatre,
among a variety of opportunities.
Hillbilly 101 students enjoyed two bluegrass
hoe-downs, with the help of alumnus Willie
Members of a Jan-Term equestrian class conducted
their own horse show.
Students in the “Equestrian Science for
Adult Beginners” class held their own horse
show. Dr. Cecile Gray ’72, associate professor of English, coordinated the course, in which
most of the nine participants were novices to
the sport. Grooming, mucking stalls, and
cleaning and oiling bridles were part of the
experience. The class watched a farrier work
and saw the training of a four-year-old stallion
and a weanling filly. One class was held at the
farm of Martha (Jones) Hodo ’72, classmate
and cousin of Dr. Gray. The rest of the classes
were held at Seven Oaks Equestrian Center.
Alpha Beta & Tri Sigma
Inductees Honored
Shelby Wills ’04, center, and her parents, of
Bloomington, Illinois, celebrated her induction into TriSigma.
During a convocation and banquet in March,
new and returning members of Alpha Beta and
Sigma Sigma Sigma honoraries were recog-
nized. Alpha Beta is a society honoring upperclass students for excellence in scholarship and
encouraging high scholastic attainment among
other students. Inducted this spring were Hollen
Hartzog ’03, Audrey Krumbach ’03, Mark
Lisanby ’03, Emilia Lusnia ’03, Anna Martin
’03, Tracy Miller ’03, Charles Moore ’03, Molly
Parris ’03, Stephanie Brown ’02, Talia Brown
’02, Mary Claunch ’02, Kimberly Cochrane
’02, Amy Garrett ’02, David Horowitz ’02,
Gerald James ’02, Maxi Jones ’02, Zachary
Keene ’02, Michaela Mitchell ’02, Robert
Moore ’02, Dana Raybon ’02, Erin Smith ’02,
Clay Walls ’02, and Hollie Worley ’02. Seniors
who were elected as juniors included Julia
Allred, Marguerite Averett, Kate Brown, Randi
Cauley, Abbey Flynn, Laura McCauley,
Nathan Sumner, and Beau Toskich Jr. Sigma
Sigma Sigma is an honorary society for seniors
elected by prior members and faculty, recognizing scholarship, spirit, and service. Class of
2002 inductees are Aimee Ault, Marguerite
Averett, Kate Brown, Stephanie Brown, Talia
Brown, Randi Cauley, Kimberly Cochrane,
Jamie Deveau, Amy Garrett, Gerald James,
Maxi Jones, Katie McDermott, Amber
Renauld, Elizabeth Russ, Emily Slaughter,
Erin Smith, Nathan Sumner, Beau Toskich
Jr., Megan Vann, Brandon Wallace, Shelby
Wills, and Hollie Worley.
Huntingdon Twins Smile and
Sign Through Olympic Games
Huntingdon sophomores Brittany and
Whitney Dubose, of Dozier, “loved every
minute” of their time in Salt Lake City in
February. Representing the United States
Olympic Committee’s official publications for the
Games, the Dubose sisters were hired as the
Gold Medal Twins by the book publisher,
Pachiderm Press. Their official duties were to
appear for book-signings and media guest spots
during the 2002 Winter Games. Although their
appearance on the NBC Today show was canceled because of breaking international news,
they were interviewed by all of the Salt Lake
affiliate stations and by the Toronto Sun, among
other media. The USOC has sanctioned two
books for the Winter Games, Let the Games
Begin, profiling top medal contenders and
venues, and White Gold, a recap of all events
and winners during the Winter Games. The latter book is due out in May.
Although initially apprehensive about safety,
Brittany says she would “do it again in a heartbeat.” Brittany and Whitney are still on contract
with the publisher and are scheduled for appearances in New York and Atlanta when the second
book is published.
Chi Omega Celebrates 25 Years
Huntingdon’s
Lambda Kappa
chapter Chi
Omega
National
Fraternity celebrated its 25th
anniversary in
November. The
chapter has
more than 40
active members
and remains
involved on
campus and in
the community.
STUDENT LIFE
McCraney ’66, whose band, Southern
Comfort, performs in the region. Dr. Michael
Murphy, husband of Dr. Maureen Kendrick
Murphy ’78, assistant professor of chemistry,
joined McCraney and students Dusty Averette
’05, Joseph Hubbard ’04, and Hannah
Mcgehee ’02 as they led students in a number
of bluegrass tunes. The course wasn’t all song
and dance; students also read literature from
the area, tasted country cuisine, and talked
about the richness of Appalachian culture.
Opera Theatre students rehearsed with professor of music Dr. James Glass for their production, The Elixir of Love, which they performed in January.
Civitan Club
Presented with Banner
Annee Smith Caspari ’68, John C.
Hughes Jr., and Alice V. Smith, of the
Montgomery Capital Civitan Club, presented
members of the Huntingdon College Campus
Civitan Club with the banner upon which their
accomplishments will be recorded for the coming years. Huntingdon’s club is the first
Campus Civitan Club in Montgomery and the
22nd in the nation. Mr. Hughes remarked to
the gathering, “...Civitans are committed to
meeting human needs through community
involvement... While our campus members
serve, they also seek to bridge the gap of cultural diversity among the citizens of the world
....” Erin Boyd ’05 is the club’s president.
2002 Homecoming Court
Announced
Congratulations to the members of the 2002
Homecoming Court. First-Year
Representatives are Krissy Anderson,
Cresco, Iowa; Crystal Bedwell, Chelsea;
Laura Blaising, Alabaster; and Elizabeth
Keeble, Lanett. Sophomore Representatives
are Whitney DuBose, Dozier; Elizabeth
Frank, Gulf Breeze, Florida; Lindsay Glaze,
Montgomery; and Mary Henderson, Auburn.
Junior Representatives are Elizabeth
Bedsole, Elba; Holle Hartzog, Clayton;
Monica Knight, Mansfield, Texas; and Julie
Stanton, Phenix City. Senior Representatives
are Randi Cauley, Gulfport, Mississippi;
Tamisha Collins, Birmingham; LaPearl
Johnson, Montgomery; and Ginny Miller,
Montgomery. Senior Honor Maids are Katie
McDermott, Davis, California; and Michelle
Lyons, Slidell, Louisiana. Amber Renauld,
Saskatchewan, Canada, was elected Queen.
Homecoming is April 19-21, 2002.
New Residential Life Director
Joins Staff
Myles Bowman joins the Office of Student
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Development as the new director of residential
life. Originally from Long Island, New York, he
earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from
the University of Tampa and his master’s degree
in educational leadership and student personnel
administration from Florida State University. His
most recent experience was earned at Eckerd
College, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Lady Hawks Soccer Players
Given Academic Honors
Foiled Again
L-R: Katie McDermott ’02, Elizabeth Russ ’02,
Amber Renauld ’02, Megan Vann ’02, and Lauren
Mason ’03, with President Bigham.
Lest you think foil is something in which you
wrap your leftovers, you haven’t wandered
through Flowers Hall on a Thursday evening of
late. If you had, you would have seen more
than a dozen students and one professor in various stages of fencing revelry. Some are learning the moves, some are learning the jargon,
and all are having a great time. Dr. Kenneth
Deal, vice president for academic affairs and
dean of the college, has returned to a role he
played for many years at the College: that of
fencing coach. The sport is a physical activity
elective involving students from all walks of
Huntingdon life. There’s Carson Lassiter ’02,
a Huntingdon Hawks Men’s Basketball player,
who says he’s taking the course because it’s
different. “I don’t know anything about the sport,
and the best way to learn it is to play it,” he
says. There are Matt Lero ’03 and Randi
Cauley ’02, both involved in the drama program, who realize that this type of fencing is different from stage jousting, and don’t care.
There are Nathan Sumner ’02 and Beau
Toskich ’02, both science majors who say they
just had to take a course with Dr. Deal before
they graduated. And there are Naomi Steimle
’04 and Emily Slaughter ’02, who heard about
the opportunity and wanted to have fun.
Mind you, tread carefully through the maze
of lunges, foils, white jackets and peculiar-looking face masks. There’s all sorts of yelling
going on, but that’s coming from the professor,
who’s encouraging his latest contestant, “Nice
job, oh–nice one–no too low–don’t look
away–watch out! You’re dead!” And by the
way, not only do all students agree that they’re
having a great time, they also agree that taking
a class with Dr. Deal is “da bomb.” Why? “He’s
honest,” “straightforward,” “tells it like it is,” “he
knows so much stuff.” All of this, and he’s yelling
so loudly he can’t hear the praise.
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United States College Athletic Association
(USCAA)
All-Tournament Team:
Elizabeth Russ ’02, Panama City, Florida
Windy Wyatt ’02, Dripping Spring, Texas
Academic All-Americans:
Lauren Mason ’03, Spring, Texas
Katelin McDermott ’02, Davis, California
Amber Renauld ’02, Saskatchewan,
Canada
Elizabeth Russ ’02, Panama City, Florida
Megan Vann ’02, Madison, Mississippi
Basketball Teams Receive NAIA
Regional Invitations
The Huntingdon College men’s and
women’s teams received invitations to participate in their respective NAIA Division II
Eastern Regional Basketball Tournaments.
The Men’s Basketball Team (4-20) earned
enough Hunter Rating Points to participate.
As sixth seed, they faced third seed Bethel
College (TN) in the first round of the tournament. Although the Hawks didn’t win the
game, they were happy to have the chance
for post-season play.
The Lady Hawks basketball team (6-14)
was also ranked sixth seed going into the
tournament. In game one, the Lady Hawks
played the third seed, Berea College, losing
67-52. “Being invited to the NAIA
Independent playoff tournament is a great
opportunity for us,” said head women’s coach
Tori Johnson, prior to the tournament. “The
hard schedule that we have endured all season has paid off and it has given us the opportunity for post-season play. That is what your
season is all about … post-season.”
Men’s Basketball Players
Receive Post-Season Honors
Two Huntingdon Hawks Men’s Basketball
players have received post-season honors.
Joe Herald ’03 was named to the NAIA
Scholar-Athlete Team and was also named to
the USCAA Academic All-American Team.
Herald, a biology major, carries a 3.78 cumulative grade point average. He and teammate
Drew Felix ’03 were named to the NAIA
Division 2 All-East Independent Region 2nd
Team and recognized by the USCAA as
Division 2 Honorable Mention All-Americans.
Felix’s 92% free-throw percentage was the
second best nationally in NAIA Division 2.
Huntingdon Volleyball Players
Named To All-American List
Huntingdon Volleyball Players Kate Brown
’02 and Barbe Hawkins ’03 were named
NAIA All-American Scholar-Athletes at the
close of the season. The award is based on
academic and athletic performance. Brown, a
human performance and kinesiology major
from Oak Lawn, Illinois, earned a 3.94 cumulative grade point average. She also led the
Lady Hawks in five statistical categories,
including kills, kills per game, hitting percentage, digs, and aces. Hawkins, a junior human
performance major from Houston, Texas,
earned a 3.81 cumulative grade point average. She led the Lady Hawks in the statistical
categories of solo blocks, total blocks and
blocks per game.
Huntingdon People News
Dr. Randy Arnold (L) received the Dr. & Mrs. John N.
Todd III Award for Excellence in Teaching from Dean
Kenneth Deal this spring.
Dr. Randy Arnold, assistant professor of
chemistry, traveled with four students to the
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy in New Orleans,
Louisiana, in March. Known as PittCon, this is
one of the largest chemistry conferences in the
world. Accompanying Dr. Arnold were Hope
Pinkerton ’02, Joni Bettis ’02, Leah Nesbitt
’05, and Tripp Morris ’02. In February, Arnold,
Pinkerton, Bettis, and Sara Ellen Leverette ’03
attended the Advanced Instrumental Techniques
Colloquium sponsored by the University of
Alabama Department of Chemistry.
Rabbi David Baylinson, adjunct assistant
professor of cultural and religious studies, lectured at a Theatre in the Mind at the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival in November on the play
“Driving Miss Daisy.” In March, he participated
adjudicated costume designs and worked with
state representatives as vice president of the
Alabama Conference of Theatre and Speech.
In a November tournament in North Carolina,
Huntingdon forensics team members Melissa
Nichols ’02, Randi Cauley ’02, and Matt Lero
’03, received good comments and were only a
few points from breaking into finals in duo competition rounds. In the impromptu category, Cauley
received second place, qualifying for nationals.
Dr. Lisa Olenik, associate dean for academic
affairs and associate professor of sport studies,
has been honored as a National Achievement
Award winner for the Eastern United States by
the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The
National Achievement Award program recognizes extraordinary individuals who are making a
difference in their communities and in the lives of
those with MS. General Dugan, president and
CEO of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
said, “Her dedication and leadership have made
a difference in the lives of the 350,000
Americans and 4,000 Alabamians with this devastating, unpredictable, chronic disease.”
Christopher Payne, associate professor of
art, has had artwork accepted for three exhibitions: “Dwellings,” an invitational exhibition sponsored by the Opelika Art Association; “Art with a
Southern Drawl,” a juried competition sponsored
by the University of Mobile; and Meridian
Museum of Art’s “29th Annual Bi-State Art
Exhibition.” In addition, Payne has recently presented clay workshops at several local schools.
Dr. Greg
Salyer, chair,
Department of
Literary Studies,
has been featured on Open
Mic at WVAS,
Alabama State
University, several times this
Dr. Douglas T. McGinty,
academic year.
professor of biology, delivered
Dr. Salyer has
the keynote address during the
just published a Founders Day Luncheon in
February.
second article,
“10 Bizarre Philosophies,” for the national publication Mental Floss (Vol.1, Issue 3). The magazine
has commissioned four more articles from him.
Ben Sousa ’02 was invited to present his
Senior Capstone project, “The Use of Native
American Imagery by Sports Teams,” at the
Southern Humanities Conference in New Orleans
in March. A human performance and kinesiology
major with a concentration in sport management,
he is also completing an internship with the
Montgomery Wings professional baseball team
and coaching the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams at
St. James High School in Montgomery.
PEOPLE
Writers in Schools. Dr. Gray’s hope is not only
in a panel discussion following the Southern
to inspire young writers to write more and better,
Poverty Law Center’s showing of the HBO film
but also to make connections with local schools,
The Laramie Project (about the murder of
students, and teachers. Dr. Gray will volunteer
Matthew Shepard), at the Capri Theatre.
for two weeks at Bede’s World in England in
Dr. Massimo
June. Her tasks will include sorting archeologiBezoari, profescal findings, reading her own poetry, and sharing
sor of chemistry,
her knowledge about Sir Gawain.
and students
Dr. John Harrell, coordinator of the psycholJennifer Foret
ogy program and an avid “Civil War buff,” spoke
’03, of New
to the Old South Historical Society in November.
Orleans, and
The topic of his talk concerned the deficiencies
Audrey
of the Confederate military and central governKrumbach ’03,
ment, which contributed to their defeat.
of Monroe,
Eric Kidwell, director of the library, served as
Georgia, made Dr. Massimo Bezoari, professor of
copy editor for a new book published by the
research poster chemistry.
Association of College & Research Libraries of
presentations at the 223rd national meeting of
the American Library Association, titled A Core
the American Chemical Society in March, 2002,
Collection in Dance.
in Orlando, FL.
As a result of the Dungeon Players taking
Huntingdon President Dr. Wanda D. Bigham
has been elected to the board of directors of the their original production, A Man Called Marlowe,
to competition in Birmingham, Matt Lero ’03 and
National Association of Independent Colleges
Brannon Shaw ’05 were selected to go forward
and Universities (NAICU). NAICU serves as a
to the Spring Southeastern Theatre Conference
unified national voice of independent higher
in Mobile, and Elizabeth Glavan ’05 was choeducation, representing more than 900 private
sen as first alternate. Randi Cauley ’02, April
colleges and universities on policy issues with
Smith ’02 and Clint Evans ’04 were nominated
the federal government.
for Irene Ryan scholarRick Bruner, direcship awards; Mariah
tor of campus technoloAdams ’02 received a
gy, Matt Anderson
nomination in costume
’02, Opp, and Mary Jo
design.
Crawford ’02, West
Dr. Jeremy Lewis,
Monroe, Louisiana,
associate professor of
were featured in a
political science,
national advertisement
attended the conferfor Gateway computence of the American
ers, which ran on the
inside front cover of the Dr. Donna Jean Whitley, professor of history, received Society of Access
the Exemplary Teacher Award from Dean Kenneth
Professionals in
Chronicle for Higher
Washington, D.C. Dr.
Education’s November Deal during Founders Day Convocation.
Lewis participated in the World Affairs Councils
2 edition.
of America conference on the Future of the
Dr. Mark Ebel, assistant professor of
Americas, in January in Washington, D.C. He
Spanish, served as moderator for a session on
was presented with their Michael Maybach
“Filmic and Academic Parody” at the
Award for his efforts to introduce students to
International Conference on Parody and
world affairs. Dr. Lewis serves as webmaster
Imitation In Literature and the Visual Arts in
Atlanta, Georgia. He also presented a paper on for both organizations’ conference sites. He has
been invited to evaluate a doctoral thesis,
“Quixote Elements in Contemporary Spanish
“Tradition and Modernity: PVG Raju and His
and Mexican Films.” Dr. Ebel participated in a
Family in State and Local Politics,” for Andhra
panel discussion on “Narrative Strategies and
Techniques in Hispanic Literature and Film,” and University in India.
Fiona Macleod, coordinator of the drama
presented a paper on “The Narrative Structure
program, responded to the Auburn University
of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros”
at the 27th Annual Conference on Literature and production of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever at the
American College Theatre Festival last month.
Film, in January at Florida State University.
She also adjudicated for the high school
Dr. Cecile Gray ’72, associate professor of
Trumbauer Festival in Florence during
English and coordinator of the creative writing
November. In March, she traveled to Mobile with
program, and her students, traveled to area
a few theatre students to participate in the
schools to offer workshops in creative writing
Southeastern Theatre Conference. Ms. Macleod
this spring for a project they designed, titled
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NEWS
day in 12 years. [My job] keeps me around a game I love and respect,
and one I’ve been involved with since the age of seven.”
Jeff and his family live in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from which he
makes the 50-mile commute to his office in Far Hills, New Jersey,
every day. He married his high school sweetheart, Eileen. They
have two children, the oldest of whom is the god-son of Joe Durant,
Hall’s college roommate and one of his closest friends. “Joe is
blessed with talent and with the right understanding of his good fortune. He gets it,” says Hall.
His friendship with Durant isn’t his only reminder of Huntingdon,
which he describes as “a wonderful four years.” “The thing I took from
Huntingdon College was that from the time a student arrived on campus, you couldn’t hide. You had to participate. That has been a very
positive thing for me. I had to be prepared. I couldn’t coast.”
Huntingdon Hawks golfers took their first of six national championships during Hall’s junior year, under head coach Steve Condon.
Hall was named an NAIA Academic All-American. “We had a ball,”
he says, remembering his college years. “A lot of the folks I call
friends and acquaintances—a lot of the places I’ve been–it all started at Huntingdon. The fact that I was able to play in college kept
me in the game and moving forward.” And it certainly helped him
learn the rules.
Jeff Hall ’86; 2001 Senior Open.
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Playing by the Rules
A Portrait of Success
Jeff Hall ’86 golfed for Huntingdon College with the likes of Rick
Trevino ’86 (eldest son of professional golfer Lee Trevino) and Joe
Durant ’87, who was 14th on the PGA’s list of earnings in 2001.
Originally from Connecticut, he wanted to come south for college,
where he could play the sport he loved year-round.
“I was part of Huntingdon’s golf program at a time when everybody
wanted to be the next Nicklaus. Our golf program became the standard of excellence in the NAIA. We were playing against some of the
best golfers anywhere. [Professional golfers] Davis Love and Scott
Dunlap were playing in some of the same tournaments.”
Jeff was good at golf, but he says it was apparent he wouldn’t turn
professional upon graduation. He thought he might become a club
pro instead, but just as tournaments are won or lost by wind direction,
Jeff’s career plans changed with the paths life presented him. He
tried and left graduate school, sold real estate, and then one summer
happened upon a job as a “gopher” for the business side of golf in
metropolitan New York. That meshed well with his marketing major
and his passion for the game. After a year in that position, Jeff’s boss
suggested he look at the United States Golf Association (USGA) for
future opportunities. He was hired as manager of the Rules of Golf in
June of 1990.
The USGA is an amateur association which oversees 14 national
championships, including the U.S. Open, the Women’s Open, the
Senior Open, and a number of tournaments for different age groups
and levels of play. The USGA and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews write the Rules of Golf, which are used by the PGA. The
34 Rules change every four years. Decisions on the Rules, which can
be equated to case studies on the law, are updated every two years.
As manager, Hall oversees the drafting, refining, and publishing of the
Rules and the Decisions. Equipment conformity, course impediments,
and weather conditions are just a few of the concerns addressed by the
Rules committee upon which Hall serves.
Hall has also officiated at 11 U.S. Opens. He speaks about his job
with an air of awe in his voice, as if he can hardly believe what he’s
saying. “It’s been a fantastic opportunity for me. I haven’t had a bad
Todd Jeffries
’99 has a reputation around
Huntingdon of
being both multitalented and
resourceful. But
no one realized
until recently just
how talented and
resourceful he
really is.
About a year
ago, when Todd
was working as a
production assisTodd Jeffries ’99 with Patsy Cline’s husband, Charlie Dick,
tant at Georgia
Ensemble Theatre, and the two portraits Jeffries is licensed to sell.
he presented the two women in the company’s production of Always,
Patsy Cline with portraits he had drawn of Ms. Cline. The women encouraged him to pursue securing permission from Ms. Cline’s estate to sell
prints made from his original art. After a dinner meeting with Ms. Cline’s
husband, Charlie Dick, Todd entered into a license agreement with her
estate to offer a limited edition of 300 prints of each portrait for sale.
Grateful for the opportunity he’d been given, he contacted
Montgomery native Rhubarb Jones, host of the morning show on
Atlanta’s Eagle 106.7, about donating a set of prints to be auctioned off
for charity. Jones said he’d like to have a set for his 10th Annual
Celebrity Golf Tournament, to benefit the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society.
Todd has set up a web site (www.tjeffries.com) where fans may purchase the prints. He plans to establish a business of drawing graphite
portraits. “I’ve been blessed with a lot of wonderful people in my life
who offer encouragement and support,” he says. “Many of those people I met while attending Huntingdon College, perhaps the single best
choice I ever made in my life.”
More than 79% of those students who graduated with Huntingdon’s Class of 2001 studied and traveled using the
Huntingdon Plan – one of the highest percentages in the country.
Charles Ficken ’01 in Israel.
There is arguably no experience
which awakens the mind to an
appreciation of cultural similarities
and differences more than international travel. Cross-cultural immersion forces students to accept and
embrace new perspectives. It
plants the seeds of adventure which
inspire a life-long love of learning
and an appreciation for the value of
international understanding and cultural exchange.
For all of these reasons, the
Huntingdon Plan included a travel
component when it was implemented in 1996: the opportunity for
affordable travel experiences for
every student.
Huntingdon Plan travel offers options, from domestic to international short-term,
semester- or year-long programs; from faculty-led study groups to individual learning
experiences. Huntingdon Plan travel funds become available to students beginning in
the junior year. If the cost of a trip exceeds the Huntingdon Plan travel allowance,
students pay the additional costs. In preparation for each Huntingdon-sponsored
program, students participate in seminars which correspond with the trips they have
chosen.
One of the reasons for establishing Huntingdon Plan travel was
to provide the opportunity for students who would not otherwise
have the chance to study abroad.
Kyle Davis ’02, a member of the
Battle of Britain excursion in 2001,
along with twelve of his baseball
teammates, among others, says,
“We got to experience together
Joey Calder ’01 holds a joey in Australia.
places we’d only heard about in
history classes. Coming to Huntingdon gave me the opportunity to do something that
normally a guy like me from a small town in Alabama wouldn’t get to do.” This trip
was offered at no additional cost to students, as are many of the Huntingdon Plan
excursions.
Most students choose trips led by Huntingdon faculty and staff, traveling with
groups of their peers. Adam Lee ’01 journeyed to
Belize with a group of students led by Dr. Doug
McGinty, professor of biology. “Some of the things we
did included hiking in the morning light, marching into
the rainforest and medicine trails, canoeing, horseback
riding across the terrain, jumping off waterfalls, eating
the ‘royal rat,’ swimming through caves, snorkeling off of
coral reefs–and that was just day one! ... Probably one
of the most memorable experiences was waking up at
4:30 in the morning to hike up to the Mayan temple and
watch the sunrise. Just to experience the culture and
the people there... it taught me a lesson that we don’t
need all the luxuries that we often take for granted in
Cuernavaca, Mexico
order to be happy,” says Adam.
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Oh, The Places You’ll Go...
CCSA Programs
Travel-study programs are also offered through Huntingdon’s membership in the
Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA), which plans excursions led by faculty
from member institutions to English-speaking countries around the world. CCSA also
offers fall semester-abroad programs in England and internships in London or Dublin.
John Morris ’02, of Andalusia, jetted to Australia through CCSA last year. “We
saw wild mango trees, took a sky rail, cruised around the Table Lands, walked
through rainforests, watched aborigines dance, visited Fitzroy Island, snorkeled off of
the Great Barrier Reef, saw the Blue Mountains, toured the Sydney Opera House,
and walked past lots of crocodiles just laying in the sun. Probably my most memorable moment was The Woolshed. Australia is definitely a trip I will never forget.”
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Exchange Programs
Exchange programs, established with universities in Northern Ireland and Korea, bring international students to Huntingdon, and provide
opportunities for extended study abroad. Other
exchange programs have been set up according to individual demand. Maxine Goldner,
coordinator of study abroad and career services, helps students define options and make
the necessary arrangements.
Mary Elizabeth Henderson ’04, of Auburn,
will spend the spring term of her junior year
studying at the University of St. Andrews in
Scotland. A history major and cultural and religious studies minor, Mary can’t wait to get
started. “I want to broaden my horizons and
see the world from a different perspective.
What better way to learn about European history than to attend a 600-year-old school in
Europe?”
Intensive Language Study
A new Summer Intensive Language
Program in Spanish is conducted in part at the
Kukulcan Educational Community in
Cuernavaca, Mexico. Elizabeth Frank ’04,
from Gulf Breeze, Florida, chose the experience in order to complete the Huntingdon language requirement in just one summer. After
completing levels I and II, which can be taken
on Huntingdon’s campus, students are eligible
to take Spanish III in Mexico. There, they live
with host families for three weeks. Classes
are held during the mornings, with afternoons
and weekends open for educational programs
and travel. “The best way to learn is to
immerse yourself in the culture,” says
Elizabeth.
The Sepphoris Consortium
Huntingdon’s membership in the Sepphoris
Consortium, along with Duke University, the
University of Luverne, and Converse College,
allows archeological study in the heart of the
Holy Land. “I went to Israel the summer after
my freshman year,” says Joseph Glazar ’03,
of Meridian, Mississippi. “We went to work on
an archeological dig for six weeks. We’d
wake up before sunlight, work in the fields digging from five until twelve, and after that we’d
have lectures and programs every day to learn
more about the history of the countries and
about what we’d found. On weekends we’d
go to places like Jerusalem or Jordan. You
get to spend a lot of time meeting people,
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learning how to be foreigners in a new country. You get to meet and spend time with
some of the coolest people in the world–people who are my best friends now. It’s a valuable experience.”
Global Connections
New Programs: China and
Paris
Two new residential programs in France
and China have been added to the
Huntingdon Plan travel repertoire this year.
Business professor Samir Moussalli will offer
international business and marketing courses
at the prestigious Hautes Etudes
Commerciales in Paris. Side trips to nearby
countries are another benefit for participants
during this four-week program in July, 2002.
Meanwhile, the College’s China connections are also growing. This summer, a group
of Huntingdon students, faculty, and families
will teach conversational English in Guilin.
Through shared experiences, strong friendships develop. Randi Cauley ’02 from
Gulfport, Mississippi, a member of the performing arts programs at Huntingdon, “hung
out” with members of the baseball team as the
Bard of Avon trip in which she participated
paralleled the Battle of Britain trip. “The best
thing about my trip was the people. I’m talking
about the people from this college whom you
will never hang out with until you go overseas.
And you will hang out with them, and you will
Travel in a Changing World
get along, and you will like them. It was just a
According to a recent Herman Trend
great experience, aside from everything we
Report, interest in international travel is at an
got to see.”
The memories of these excursions last life- all-time high. Although Jan Term, 2002, travel
was canceled in the wake of September 11,
times. Nathan Sumner ’02, of Opelika, traveled to Peru last year. “It was an amazing trip. most programs have been replaced by new
opportunities.
Night walks through the jungle ... if you ever
This summer, Huntingdon students and
walk at night through a jungle, there’s no light.
faculty will be studying and touring Athens and
Turn off your headlight and just listen and it
the Greek Islands,
will freak you out.
Kenya, Italy and
Then turn your light
on and see all of
England, Lighthouses
the eyes staring
of the Eastern U.S.
back at you.”
Coast, Paris, China,
Overcoming
and Cuernavaca,
fears increases
Mexico.
students’ self-confiFuture travel prodence and develgrams are just as
ops that I-can-dostrong and just as
anything-I-set-mycomprehensive.
mind-to attitude
During January Term,
which serves them
2003, students and
The Huntingdon Concert Choir performs at a cathedral in
well for the rest of
England.
faculty will travel to
their lives. Most
Australia, Austria, England, France, Germany,
student travelers are still in awe that they’ve
Jamaica, and Spain; and in the summer of
had the opportunity to do things they always
2003, study groups will embark to Alaska,
dreamed of doing–or never dreamed they
England, Mexico, France, Scotland, and
could do.
China, in addition to CCSA and exchange
Amy Garrett ’02, of Tuscaloosa, and
programs.
Tamisha Collins ’02, of Birmingham, conAll graduates will be working in a global
quered their fears on a 10-day trip to China
economy and a smaller world than ever before.
last year, where they visited the Forbidden
Most will be called upon to interact with people
City, walked through Tiananmen Square and
the Sacred Way, climbed the Great Wall,
of other cultures and to travel to other countries.
sailed the Yangtze River, and sat atop Yellow
For these and so many other reasons,
Mountain, absorbing the breathtaking sights all Huntingdon graduates are well-served by their
around them.
Huntingdon Plan travel experiences.
Friendship
Dr. Greg Salyer’s Jan-Term course, Blue
Highways, designed in response to the William Least
Heat Moon book of the same name, called for he and
his students to enjoy the experience of traveling, with
no destination in mind. Hitting the road in one of the
College vans, they observed a few simple rules—no
fast food, no back-tracking, no major highways, no
whining. As they drove through America’s less-beaten
paths, they camped in the least commercialized
campgrounds they could find, and ate in small roadside diners. Their charge was to talk with whomever
they met. The travelers never knew what to expect,
and that was certainly true on a chilly morning at a
Grand Canyon campground in January, 2000.
The two groups posed for a picture in the Grand Canyon snow.
The first clue that this day had surprises in store was the sight of
rice cookers plugged into the campground’s only electrical outlets, the
aroma rising from the bathroom doors. As men emerged from their
steamy showers and traded places with the Huntingdon men, they
dressed in swaths of cloth.
When the Huntingdon students returned to their camp, they
observed the strangers juggling plastic balls with their feet. Intrigued,
one student, Tripp Morris ’02, approached their campsite and began a
conversation. Soon, Tim Harber ’02 joined them.
Morris and Harber
learned that these
were Buddhist monks
on the second day of
a seven-month
odyssey across
America from their
home in California.
The teacher among
their group, Phra
Yantra, had been
exiled from Thailand
for protesting against
the destruction of the
rainforest and against
the country’s sex
industry. As their
conversation progressed,
Morris and Harber realized that
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Journey
of
A
A tree was planted on the Green to
commemorate the friendship between
Huntingdon College and the Sunnataram
Monastery in Escondido, CA. The treeplanting was sponsored by the International
Student Association.
Phra Yantra was one of the leading
teachers of Buddhism in the world.
Only three of the 16 monks,
including Phra Yantra, spoke
English. The rest spoke a variety
of languages, mainly Thai. A
peaceful and peace-loving group,
they invited the Huntingdon camp
to join them for lunch. Together,
they dined on pickled mangoes,
eggs, mushroom soup, and rice flavored with Thai spices, and talked
about compassion and about mindfulness. After a period of meditation, one of the monks chanted a
blessing in Pali, the ancient language of Buddhism. In response, the
students read a passage from their daily reader, Walt Whitman’s
Song of the Open Road: “Whomever I meet on the open road I shall
bless, and they shall bless me ...”
For two days, the new friends shared stories. When it came time to
part, Salyer invited the monks to visit the Huntingdon campus on their
way through the South.
The monks stayed five nights at Huntingdon that spring. Those who
saw them standing on their heads, meditating on the Green, were
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noticeably shocked. Those who had been part of Blue Highways
helped their friends embrace the opportunity to learn about people they
wouldn’t ordinarily have met. The monks mingled amongst the students in the dining hall, sharing their stories, offering prayers and meditations. Students offered prayers in return.
One night, Salyer arranged for the visitors to dine at a favorite Thai
restaurant in town, asking the owner to prepare for a group of 16
monks, including Phra Yantra, and a few Huntingdon guests. The
owner said later that he thought the Americans must have been confused. They can’t possibly have Phra Yantra with them. What would
he be doing in Montgomery?
As Phra Yantra and the others entered the restaurant that night, the
owner literally dropped the plates he was holding. Bowing to Phra
Yantra in disbelief, he insisted the group return to dine with him again
on their final night in town. For that feast, he ordered special foods and
spices flown in from Thailand.
Before the monks departed, they asked to pay homage to Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. by attending his church. They and their hosts visited
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church that Sunday morning.
A year later, the monks returned to Huntingdon for a second visit.
Only the first-year students thought of them as a novelty.
A World Class Achiever
International students bring the flavors and fresh perspectives of their home countries to the Huntingdon campus, mingling their ideas and cultures with the rest of the student body. In recent years, students from more than thirty countries have studied at Huntingdon, including Cuba, Denmark, Germany, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Russia, Kenya,
Canada, South Africa, Trinidad, Poland, South Korea, Northern Ireland, China, and Japan.
W
hen Amber Renauld ’02, of Saskatchewan, Canada, was a
senior in high school, she knew she wanted to experience
college in the United States, but didn’t know how to begin
the process. A skilled soccer player and a capable student, her guidance
counselor suggested that she try for a scholarship at an American college.
Amber filled out the NCAA player profile and mailed it to 35 schools chosen
randomly from a college guidebook. After months of correspondence, she
was offered an academic scholarship to Huntingdon.
“I am so glad that I decided to attend school here at Huntingdon. My
first month or so, I was completely homesick, but I stuck it out and I have
no regrets! I love the city, the weather, and the faculty, who go out of their
way to make sure I am okay, and make that extra effort to get to know me
one-on-one. I have made so many friends here. I can honestly say that
later on, when I travel across the U.S., I will have a friend in every state.”
As a member of both the soccer and tennis teams, Amber saw much of
the Southeast region. “I believe that studying abroad is important to students, so that they can experience what else is ‘out there.’ Not many
people have had the opportunity I’ve had, so I appreciate every person
that I meet, every family that has taken me in for Thanksgiving and long
weekends, and every place that I have seen. I was allowed through
Huntingdon to experience something completely new and different and
not only has it been a wonderful learning atmosphere, but I feel as though
I have evolved more as a person, sort of ‘allowed’ to grow into myself
through my different experiences with people and places.”
Amber was recently inducted into Tri-Sigma honorary, was honored as
an Academic All-American by the USCAA, and was elected by her peers
as the 2002 Homecoming Queen.
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Weddings
Julie Bolton ’92 & Ricky Williams,
November 10, 2001, in Charlotte, North
Carolina; living in Fort Mill, South
Carolina.
Melinda Bounds ’98 & Captain
David J. Spisso II, July 12, 2001; living in
Birmingham.
LeAnn Elizabeth Bowdoin ’01 &
Steven Douglas Dixon II ’04, November
16, 2001; living in Montgomery.
Shannon Caldwell ’01 & Christopher
Nolen, June 9, 2001; living in Equality.
Jodi DeAnn Dansby ’99 & Jason
Paul Coleman Searcy, December 1,
2001, in Ariton.
Michelle Dodson ’99 & Tracy Bob
King ’95, September 29, 2001, in
Montgomery; living in Asheville, North
Carolina.
Charles Ficken ’01 & Courtney
Susan Johnson, December 15, 2001, in
Montgomery.
Geneviave (Genee) Horton ’00 &
Jason Duckett, October 20, 2001.
Robert Emory Gillespie ’90 &
Natalie Ann Tortorici, January 5, 2002, in
Birmingham.
Lisa Anne Judd ’99 & John Daniel
Glasscock Jr., December 22, 2001.
Molly McDermott ’00 & Tony
Gocella ’96, May 26, 2001, in Buffalo,
New York.
Merry Robyn Minor ’01 & James
Smith, May 26, 2001; living in Central,
South Carolina.
Megan Murphy ’99 & Al Jordan ’99,
November, 2001; living in Mobile.
Emily Seay Padgett ’02 & Jeff
Baldwin, December 15, 2001, in Union
Springs.
Anna Carrie Reed ’01 & William
Henry Hawkins ’01, November 10,
2001, in Tallassee.
Daniel Robert Stankoski ’92 &
Victoria Lynn Hulak, March 9, 2002, in
Daphne.
Elizabeth Rich Still ’67 & Dennis W.
Griffith, October 20, 2001; living in
Decatur.
Future Hawks
Gerald & Ashley Thompson
Duncan ’99, a son, Hunter Joseph,
August 10, 2001, in Montgomery.
Mandy & James Anthony Eubanks
Jr. ’95, a son, Jamison Bailey, April 17,
2001, in Montgomery.
Bill & Michelle Montgomery Goebel
’92, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, March 7,
2001, in New Hope.
James & Elizabeth Huckabee ’94, a
daughter, Bethany Victoria, August 14,
2001, in Montgomery.
Ted & Tracey Grimes Johnson ’92,
a son, Cole Lewis, January 9, 2002, in
Alpharetta, Georgia.
Andrea J. Mulligan ’00 and her husband, a son, John Arthur Grizzle, March
3, 2002.
Sonya & Michael Nobles ’92, a
daughter, Madison Faith, September 23,
2001, in Albany, Mississippi.
Steve (’90) & Jennifer Gaston
Rodopoulos ’88, a daughter, Margaret
(Maggie) Deanna, December 20, 2001,
in Montgomery.
Euel & Andrea Irby Screws ’93, a
daughter, Emma Elizabeth, August 13,
2001, in Montgomery.
David & Diane Yeakle Waite ’90, a
daughter, Catherine Rose, July 7, 2001,
in Baltimore, Maryland.
Marc & Linda Jackson Willis ’86, a
son, Jack Andrew, November 28, 2001,
in Jacksonville, Florida.
In Memoriam
Fannie Corbitt Adams ’31,
September 19, 2001, Auburn.
Margaret Rogers Adams ’39,
December 7, 2001, Cordele, Georgia. A
memorial fund has been established in
her name.
Terry F. Andress ’52, September 22,
2001, Fairhope.
Cora Etter Bell ’26, October 29,
2001, Birmingham.
Anna Christine Fowler Christie ’47,
November, 2001, Delaware.
Miriam Williams Deitz ’43, February
16, 2002, Talladega.
Marguerite Goodwin Dismukes ’32,
October 22, 2001, Montgomery.
Clara Sanders Flowers ’27, January
24, 2002, Dothan.
Mary Hair Goodwyn ’68, February
17, 2002, Montgomery.
Crawford Anthony Hinson ’30,
March 1, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mary Beth Fox Ivy ’49, December
16, 2001, Birmingham.
Eloise Garrett Laurie ’40, February
11, 2002, Uriah.
Moizelle Hall Mitchell ’47, November
13, 2001, Plantersville, Mississippi.
Judy Marley Montgomery ’67,
February 7, 2002, Dothan.
Laura Berkstresser Morton ’29,
January 6, 2002, Dadeville.
Hal Phillip ’66, November 23, 2001,
Montgomery.
Foye Folmar Partridge ’41, October
24, 2001, Montgomery.
Daisy Dell Brookins Pollan, age 76,
who attended Huntingdon music classes
at the age of 12, December 25, 2001,
Andalusia.
Arva Epps Jordan Ray, age 96, who
attended Woman’s College of Alabama,
October 22, 2001, Red Bay.
Mary Frances Black Robertson ’51,
January 2, 2002, Gadsden.
Catherine M. Roemer ’32,
December 9, 2001, Montgomery.
Gloria Haas Shwarts ’45, February
18, 2002.
Kathryn Griffin Stewart, a former
Huntingdon College employee,
November 27, 2001, Houston, Texas.
Peggy Lawrence Stewart ’61, June
10, 2001.
Elizabeth Stuckey ’30, March 6,
2001, Selma.
Betty Rogers Tanner ’47, November
22, 2001, Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Mary Quinn Thornton ’26, October
7, 2001, Mobile.
Dr. Robert Tucker ’58, August 20,
2001, Dothan.
Nicholas Ogle ’01
The Huntingdon community is mourning the loss of Class of 2001 graduate
Nick Ogle, a communication studies
major from Roanoke, Alabama. Nick was
killed in an automobile accident
December 26, 2001, on his way back to
Montgomery after a visit home for the
holidays. “His love and warmth touched
everyone that he met. He took time to
listen to and care for others,” said theatre
director Fiona Macleod, who worked
with Nick in a variety of productions. “He
tried out for some of the shows in the
Dungeon and it was his energetic spontaneity that grabbed my heart and attention. When I felt down, he lit me up with
his contagious joy. He was industrious in
his efforts to develop character, learn
lines and be focused on what was
required of him to make him a valuable
part of the performance. He became a
valuable part of all of our lives,” said
Macleod. Dr. Greg Salyer, chair of the
Department of Literary Studies, was
Nick’s teacher in at least two classes.
He described Nick as “extremely intelligent, diligent, and creative. He always
contributed to a class intellectually and in
terms of providing a fun and adventuresome spirit.” A memorial service for
Nicholas Ogle was held in March.
William Dale Maness, Ph.D.
William Dale Maness, Ph.D., died
October 28, 2001, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Maness taught mathematics and
served as head of the Department of
Mathematical and Computer Science at
Huntingdon from 1976 to 1991. He was
awarded emeritus standing after his
retirement in 1991. He is survived by his
wife, Ella Mae, four adult children, and
six grandchildren.
Gordon T. Chappell, Ph.D.
Gordon T.
Chappell, Ph.D.,
professor emeritus
of history, passed
away February 6,
2002, in
Montgomery. Dr.
Chappell earned
his bachelor’s
degree at
Birmingham Southern College in 1935,
and his master’s and doctoral degrees at
Vanderbilt University. He came to
Huntingdon’s history department in 1945.
Throughout their many years at
Huntingdon, he and his wife, Winn O.
Chappell, professor emerita of English,
were respected as much for their scholarly work as for their love and care toward
Huntingdon students. Dr. Winn Chappell
passed away in March, 2001. The
Chappells are survived by their children,
Winndy and Rick, and grandchildren.
Dr. Gordon Chappell was selected as
an Outstanding Educator of America in
1972. He was the recipient of a
Carnegie Foundation Grant and was
selected to Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma
Mu, and Kappa Phi Kappa honor fraternities. A past president of the Alabama
Historical Association, he also served in
the Mississippi Valley, Southern, and
Tennessee Historical Societies. His writings and research appeared in numerous
publications. Endowed scholarships
have been established in memory of Dr.
and Mrs. Chappell.
ALUMNI
Alumni
William Marshall Pickard Jr., Ph.D.
The Reverend
William Marshall
Pickard Jr., Ph.D.,
professor emeritus
of religion and philosophy, passed
away February 14,
2002. Dr. Pickard
joined the
Huntingdon faculty
in 1971 and was appointed chair of the
Department of Religion and Philosophy in
1973. He earned his bachelor’s degree at
Randolph-Macon Men’s College, his bachelor of divinity at Candler School of
Theology, and his doctorate at Emory
University, with post-doctoral studies at the
Tao Fong Shan Study Center in Hong
Kong (Buddhism), Christian Study Center
in Bangalore, India (Hinduism), and
Harvard University (World Religions). He
was ordained as a minister in The United
Methodist Church in 1947, serving as pastor at various churches in Alabama from
1946 to 1954. He then began missionary
service, working primarily in the
Philippines, where he also served as a
professor at Union Theological Seminary
in Manila. He retired in 1987. He held
memberships in Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron
Delta Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Upsilon, and Pi Delta Epsilon honoraries.
Dr. Pickard’s wife, Mary Ann Martin
Pickard, serves as the archivist for the
College and for the Alabama/West
Florida Conference of The United
Methodist Church, based at Houghton
Memorial Library, Huntingdon College.
The Pickards’ five children are Mary
Susan, Henry Martin, William Marshall
Pickard III ’92, Jamie Earl, and Paul
Wesley. A memorial fund has been
established at the College.
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ALUMNI
Besse D. Chapman Lyon
The Huntingdon College family
mourns the loss of Besse D. Chapman
Lyon, a member of the administrative staff
of the College for many years. Mrs. Lyon
began working at Huntingdon in 1946 as
the head dietician. Widowed at a young
age, she lived on campus with her daughter, Joan, in Jackson Home. In the 1950s
she performed secretarial duties for various departments and finally served as a
student recruiter for the College, traveling
throughout the South.
In addition to her service for
Huntingdon, she worked in the Alabama
State Legislature. She was instrumental
in the reorganization of the Montgomery
Humane Society and served as treasurer
and as a board member for more than 30
years. In her last days, Mrs. Lyon was
still working on behalf of the College,
assisting former registrar Jean Rodgers in
raising funds to provide a handrail for the
front steps of Flowers Hall. She passed
away on February 27, 2002, at the age of
87. Mrs. Lyon will be remembered with
affection and appreciation for her devotion
to Huntingdon College.
MEMORIALS AND
TRIBUTES
October 1, 2001- February 7, 2002
MEMORIALS
Dr. Willard D. Bennett
ADEM Air Division Petroleum
Section
Miss Betty Baldwin
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Reese H. Bricken
Mrs. Betty F. Brislin
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Britton
Mrs. W.R. Britton
Dr. John M. Cameron
Mrs. Turner C. Cameron Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Collier
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Crum
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Doe Jr.
Judge and Mrs. Joel Dubina
Mrs. Elizabeth Emmet
Donna and Jim Farrior Jr.
Deborah and Wilson Folmar
Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Gordy
Gracie and Jack Hanchrow
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hill
Col. Capers A. Holmes
Mrs. Julian H. Jones
Anne D. King
Mrs. R.F. Kirkpatrick
Judge and Mrs. Reese
McKinney
Mrs. William N. McQueen
Betty and Lee Meriwether
Mrs. Frank Miles
Mrs. D.W. Moody Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe W. Perry
Emma Lou and Jimmy Rouse
Miss Jean Rodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Sasser
Dodgie Shaffer
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During Annual Alumni Telethon
calling, the College learned of
the deaths of the following
alumni and friends:
Martha Powell Adams ’46, Monroe,
Louisiana
Ruth Bankhead Allen ’51, Mobile
W. Henry Askew ’69, Eufala
Jean Mann Bomar
Mary Pearson Califf ’44, Atlanta,
Georgia
Betty Thornton Clark ’28,
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Elzie E. Clemons ’60, Montgomery
Katherine Hammett Corke ’29,
Tucson, Arizona
Florence McCurdy Crum ’35,
Hayneville
Dorothy Campbell Currie ’34,
Memphis, Tennessee
Debra DeVaughn ’75, Clanton
William Robert Dill ’70, Okemah,
Oklahoma
Jonnie Brabham Dixon ’51, Eufala
Druann L. Edwards ’94, Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. Maury D. Smith
Winston and Ruth Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Thames Jr.
Mrs. Elisabeth P. Thompson
Anne and Wallace Tidmore
Mrs. Helen A. Till
Mr. Jack S. Vann
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Walter
Frances Webb
Mrs. Robert P. Weiss Jr.
Valerie and Fred Wilkerson
Nancy and Charles Williamson
Helen Bothfeld
Gail Golson Phillips
Stella Wicker Burleson
Mr. J.L. Burleson Sr.
Mr. Bernard Carmichael
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Bohannon
Nancy Hudson Miller
Winn O. Chappell
Ann Collier
Dorothy C. Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Inge Jr.
Mrs. Jacqueline D. Kinzer
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Myrick
Elinor Roberts
Mrs. William H. Ryan Jr.
Mrs. Linda Sue Wenner
Hallie Jones Childers
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Jones
Claire Clements
Dr. William Pollard
Sheron Rundall
James Colquitt
Dianne Grissette Colquitt
Charlie Dean
Allen B. Jones
Christine Feagin
Mrs. Virginia M. Stone
Lois Paulger Gayle
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Bricken
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Doe Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Farrior Jr.
Constance Fulmer ’65, Montgomery
Frances Starke Galt ’40, Marietta,
Georgia
Katherine Stowers Garrett ’34,
Montgomery
Sarah Page Hamilton ’43,
Montgomery
Joseph D. Harris ’50, Montgomery
Kate Timmerman Harris ’38,
Birmingham
Mayme Mayberry High ’47, Waverly
David Allan Huet ’69, Tucson,
Arizona
Joel Micah Hutchinson ’00,
McKenzie
Thomas Joseph Immler ’81,
Birmingham
Peggy Holloway Jackson ’56,
Rockford, Illinois
Albert P. Johnson ’68, Montgomery
Shirley Putman Johnston ’60,
Fruitland Park, Florida
Richard N. Kelley ’51, Montgomery
Marion McKenzie Lamar ’42,
Montgomery
Alton G. Land ’70, Meridian,
Mississippi
Lynnie Morton Lee ’48, Mobile
Dorothy Seagraves Lucas ’49,
Macon, Georgia
John Michele Mazza ’84, Navarre
Beach, Florida
Frances LeBron McDonald ’29,
Atlanta, Georgia
Susan Page Mitchell ’69, Sarasota,
Florida
Mary Theresa Mulcrone ’42, St.
Ignace, Michigan
Mary Crow Montgomery ’39,
Montgomery
Brenton Pearson Jr. ’53, Haverhill,
Massachusetts
Eugenia Pentecost Sanford ’40,
Birmingham
Dana E. Schmaeling ’74,
Montgomery
Suzanne Marie Sheppard ’76,
Montgomery
Gary Singleton ’67, Gadsden
Ryan Tyler, Montgomery
Margaret Copeland Williams ’48,
Midfield
Anthony George Wise ’85, Millbrook
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sasser
Ms. Beppy LeCroy Tiller
Mr. Ron Wilkinson
Betty Frazier James
Gail Golson Phillips
Mrs. Miriam Johnson
Frances H. Moore
Dr. Bill Karl
Frances H. Moore
Thomas McCracken
Frances H. Moore
Ruby Commander McCrary
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip E. Crunk
Andrea Nelson
Anne D. Castellina
Nick Ogle
The Montgomery Chapter of
PFLAG
Charles Owens
Irene McCombs
Elinor Roberts
Patricia Hill Roddy
Ms. Glendine Garrick Collier
Miss Maud K. Garrick
Sue and Gerry Garrick
Jean Sandberg
Theresa Tate Cook
Mary Parnell Schultz
Frederick J. Schultz Jr.
Wyn Gray Sittason
Gail Golson Phillips
Emma Lou Agee Taylor
Susan Taylor Cederbom
James Guyton Terry
Frances H. Moore
Elizabeth Wilkes Warren
Mr. Dan Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tuley
Dr. Gordon Chappell
Elinor Roberts
Miss Elizabeth Gowan
Elinor Roberts
Miss Nell Hagedorn
Mr. and Mrs. David Batlan
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Loeb Jr.
Miss Laurie Howell
Elinor Roberts
Dr. Allen K. Jackson
Irene McCombs
Catherine Jones
Julia Marks Young
Margaret Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Mary Lynne Levy
Beverly and Larry Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Frohsin
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Morris
Clark Morris
Kevin Morris
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Neeley
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson
Elinor Roberts
Dr. Laurie Weil
Miss Jean Rodgers
Irene McCombs
Dr. Harald Rohlig
Ann Collier
Mr. Philip Sellers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tuley
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks
Mr. Roland Vaughan
Elinor Roberts
Mrs. Virginia Weil
Gracie and Jack Hanchrow
Mrs. Ann Strickland White
Sharon and Mark White
Honor and Memory of Classmates
and Teachers, 1953-1957
Elinor Roberts
TRIBUTES
Miss Coretta Askew
Elinor Roberts
Dr. Wanda Bigham
Irene McCombs
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks
1920s
Gertrude Stanford Self ’25
writes that she is well and lives
alone at the age of 97.
Nell Chapman Simmons ’29
writes that she is well at the age of
92, living in Claremont, California.
1930s
Lillian Kamphuis ’36 is retired
from civil service and an active
member of the Pensacola Beach
Optimist Club, Women’s Club, and
Leaseholders Association in
Pensacola Beach, Florida.
Kathryn Tucker Windham ’39
has been profiled in several newspaper articles around the state of
late. A regular on National Public
Radio, Alabama Public Television,
and in story-telling events, historical
meetings, and classrooms across
the state, Windham works to “preserve our Southern ghost tales–the
true ones–before they are lost,” she
recently told the Alexander City
Outlook.
1940s
Evelyn Horton Davis ’40 is still
living in Americus, Georgia. Her
husband, Elmo, died in 1996.
Phyllis Wilson Bozeman ’41
and her husband, W. Scott, live in
Lakeland, Florida. She says she
loves Huntingdon and misses it.
“It helped to make me the person
that I am.”
Madora Carr Ledbetter ’42, of
Spring Lake, North Carolina, has
been widowed for 14 years. She
keeps busy doing work with her
church and taking art classes at a
local community college.
Mallieve Wicker Breeding ’43
remains involved in several community organizations, including Selma
Public Schools, as well as in mission, choir, and as a trustee at
Memorial United Methodist Church
in Selma.
Mary Cecil Edwards Dunning
’43 celebrated her 60th wedding
anniversary with husband Phil T.
Dunning Jr. in October, 2001.
Martha Sumner Harkins ’43
lost her husband five years ago and
lives in Montgomery.
Ann Tyler ’43 serves as the
director of Christian education and
diaconal minister in her United
Methodist church.
Lucille Ellison Beezley ’44 met
her husband, Joel, on the steps of
Pratt Hall on June 19, 1942. They
were married 57 years. Joel
Beezley passed away April 12,
2001, in Huntsboro.
Theresa Hillhouse Harris ’45
lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has
served as director of Sylvester
Banking Company, president of
Worth Tobacco Warehouse, secretary/treasurer of the Downtown
Development Authority, and regent
for the Barnard Trail Chapter of
NSDAR.
A past district governor of
Rotary International (1996-97), Dr.
Blanche Carlton Sloan ’45 has
been appointed to the Osaka
Convention Committee for the 2004
International Convention. The
Committee is composed of ten
Rotarians nationwide. The meetings will take place is Osaka, Japan,
over the next two years. A past
member of the Board of Directors
has described this assignment as
the highest appointment yet
attained by a woman Rotarian.
Blanche also serves as a parish
warden at her church, an ambassador for the University of Southern
Illinois Museum, an active member
of P.E.O., and a supporter of the
visual and performing arts, with her
husband, Fred. They live in
Carbondale, Illinois.
Lou Deen Witt ’45 and her husband, Gerald, are enjoying family
and retirement in Lake City, Florida.
Virginia Jones Campbell ’46 is
completing her 40th year as director
of music at Mount Vernon United
Methodist Church in Alexandria,
Virginia, where she directs the adult,
youth, and children’s choirs.
Sue Dowdell Lux ’46 and her
husband, Paul, live in Middlebury,
Connecticut during the summer, and
in Naples, Florida, from November
to May.
Mary Virginia Perdue Stanford
’46 has a full life divided among her
two sons’ families. She has retired
from teaching and lives in
Montgomery. Mary Virginia’s husband of 53 years, Ralph, passed
away in 1999.
Mary Smith Wilson ’46 rejoices
that M.D. Andersen’s Cancer Center
is helping their only son overcome
cancer. She and her husband,
Hollis, live in Florence.
Jacqueline Gill Downing ’47
lives in Prescott, Arizona, with her
husband, Edgar. Earlier this year,
her older daughter, Julie, passed
away. Her younger daughter,
Roabie, lives in Arizona.
Virginia M. Stone ’48 sent a
check to the Annual Fund in memory of her mother, Christine Feagin,
who attended Woman’s College of
Alabama. Virginia’s aunt, Tennie
Feagin Brown (1906), was one of
the earliest Huntingdon alumnae in
the family.
Mary Benson Tomlinson ’48,
a Monroeville educator, will write
feature articles for The Monroe
Journal as a correspondent. She
has twice been named “Star
Teacher” by the Mississippi State
Chamber of Commerce (1975-76
and 1979-80) and currently serves
as adjunct English/speech instructor
at Reid State Technical College.
Martha Housel Crocker ’49,
and her husband, John, are retired
and splitting their time between
Reform and Orange Beach. Church
and family enrich their lives.
Eloise Harris Dalton ’49
reports the death of her husband,
Carl, from a massive heart attack
October 28, 2001.
Charles Edward Moore ’49
and Dorothy Barton Moore ’48
celebrated their 53rd wedding
anniversary November 20, 2001.
Both are active members of the
Smoky Mountain Hiking Group.
They live in Oxford, Alabama.
Bennye Raffield Pippin ’49 lives
in Dothan, where she enjoys frequent
visits with grandchildren. Retirement
is a “great time” in her life.
1950s
Florence Eulala (Lala) Adams
’50 continues to work as the director
of a family history center and enjoys
taking “fun” classes at a nearby
campus in Fort Walton Beach,
Florida. Her husband, Grant, is a
mechanical engineer at Eglin Air
Force Base.
Continuing friendships after 45
years, Sue Cross Savage ’57 and
Elinor Warr Roberts ’57 meet as
often as they can.
Vera Dolores (Vede) Bosarge
Coleman ’50 and her husband,
Willis, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this year. She is
self-employed as the president of
Wilco, Inc.
Dr. Alice Ann Rose Denton
’50, formerly Mrs. Robert L.
Humphreys, married Dr. J. Carter
Denton in 1999 after being widowed
for 20 years. She retired as the
associate regional director of the
Statue of Liberty Foundation
because of multiple sclerosis. Her
oldest son, Bobby, died in 1996.
She lives in Birmingham.
Jean K. Dillon ’50 is the owner
and director of the William Cook
House, a historical landmark in
Walker County, Alabama.
Elizabeth Denson Lipscomb
’50, of Auburn, looks forward to a
renewed relationship with
Huntingdon as her granddaughter,
Elizabeth, plans to enter in the fall
of 2002. She acknowledges many
changes on campus since 1950.
“Makes me want to come back and
finish my last two years!”
50th Reunion
Class!
Patricia Britton ’52 is looking
forward to the Class of 1952’s
th
50 reunion in April, 2002. She
says retirement has been a joyful
time, filled with church work and
travel.
Joanna Breedlove Crane
’52, co-chair of the Class of
1952’s 50th reunion committee, is
the recipient of the American
Council for the Teaching of
Foreign Language’s Florence
Steiner Award for Leadership in
Foreign Language Education.
The award accompanies a scholarship by the Alabama Association
of Foreign Language Teachers in
her name. Joanna served as
chair of the work area on prayer
ministries at First United Methodist
Church, Montgomery, in 2001.
Inez Haden Crawford ’52 and
her husband, Quincy, live in
Macon, Georgia. Their son,
Johnny, is a football official for the
SEC.
Malinda Robertson Daniel
’52 retired in 1988 after 33 years
as a history and speech teacher.
She and her husband, Mac, spend
much of their time at their place on
the Tombigbee River, where he
fishes and she “vegetates.”
Sarah Lee Insley Dunbar
’52 says she plans to attend the
50th reunion during
Homecoming, 2002, and to celebrate her 50th anniversary with
husband, Donald, this year.
Anne Salyerds Francisco
’52, of Norcross, Georgia, and her
husband, Edgar, have been
spending much time in Pensacola,
Florida, where Anne grew up.
Dorothy Cannon Fuller ’52 is
enjoying retirement after 38 years
as a counselor with the Dothan
school system. Church,
Republican party work, gardening,
grandchildren, and a home in the
mountains of North Carolina fill
her time. She is excited about the
upcoming reunion.
Mary Dean Collins Golden
’52 moved to Valrico, Florida, two
years ago to enjoy the sun and
the warm weather.
Nanette Cleveland
Johnston ’52 and Robert
Erskine Johnston ’52 live in
Jupiter, Florida. She served
Trinity Church for eight years as
the director of Christian education and 11 years as church
administrator.
Mary Jo Reed Krauss ’52
taught second grade, piano
lessons, and directed a women’s
chorus and choirs. She and her
husband adopted two children and
now have three grandchildren.
She is an expert needlewoman
and a nationally-credited quilting
teacher.
Edith Hammond Libson ’52,
a retired music educator, is a fulltime volunteer for arts, education,
and culture. She will be honored
on April 7th as the “First Lady of
Odessa,” in Texas.
Mary Sue Calhoun
Montague ’52 feels blessed to
have lived a wonderful life in
Charlotte, North Carolina, with her
husband, Ed, who died after an
unexpected heart attack in
January, 2000. She enjoys
spending time with her children
and their families.
Since retiring in 1992, Rual
Morris ’52 has served two small
United Methodist congregations.
He is currently associate pastor at
Pine Forest United Methodist
Church in Pensacola. He and his
wife, Bonnie, live in Pace, Florida.
Wynona Lowery Pelham ’52
and her husband, J. Douglas, live
in the Town Village retirement
community in Birmingham. She
says, “This is a good life.”
Norma Iversen Schumm ’52
and her husband, the Reverend
Richard Schumm, have lived most
of their adult lives in California and
Hawaii in parish ministry. She is
still active in music groups and
says she cherishes her
Huntingdon memories.
After 16 years in Little Rock,
Arkansas, Bill and Ruth Stone
Strange ’52 have retired to
Edmond, Oklahoma. They’re
looking forward to the class
reunion.
John Neal Walker ’52 retired
from the practice of dentistry in
1985. He lives in Miami Shores,
Florida.
Elizabeth Wilkes Warren ’52
passed away September 29,
2000, at home in DeFuniak
Springs, Florida, as a result of
Parkinson’s Disease.
June Johnson Wilborn ’52
and her husband, Stan, live in
Montgomery. They are retired and
enjoy traveling to visit their children and grandchildren.
Fred W. Wilkerson ’52 and
his wife, Valerie, live in
Montgomery, where they enjoy
their three daughters’ families.
Barbara Rice Zdanis ’52, a
retired kindergarten and first grade
teacher, is married to Dr. Al
Zdanis, a retired Montgomery
physician. Both stay busy traveling, tutoring, and grandparenting.
Barbara is a committed advocate
for public schools, tutoring with
Partners in Education, and working for state constitution reform.
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Dorothy (Dot) Sellers Owsley
’50 and her husband, Larry, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary February 2, 2002. They live in
Auburn.
Caroline Poole Ryan ’50 is a
church organist and keeps busy
with her garden club and other club
activities. Her mother, Jennie
Vieve Crenshaw Poole ’26, a former art teacher at Huntingdon, died
at age 99 in December, 2000.
Jean McGinty Jones ’51 is the
grandmother of Huntingdon sophomore Mary Elizabeth Henderson
’04, who was a finalist in the Miss
Huntingdon pageant this year.
Susie Gordon McCord ’51, former professor of history and director
of the re-entry program for women
at the University of Tampa, recently
retired as a full-time employee. Still
teaching part-time, she spends as
much time as possible with her
grandchildren.
Harriet Emerson Thomas ’51
is retired and living on Long Beach
Island. She writes, “My one year at
Huntingdon still gives me warm
memories. Hope some of my
Huntingdon friends will write me.”
Ruth Barnes Yaple ’51 and her
husband, Malcolm, a retired United
Methodist minister, live in
Chesapeake, Virginia. Ruth has
retired from teaching and school
administration. She is a past president of Delta Kappa Gamma and is
active in United Methodist Church
activities.
The Rev. Jimmie C. Connor
’53 retired in 1992 but has
remained on staff at Ashland Place
United Methodist Church in Mobile
since that time. He and his wife,
Nona Ruth, celebrated their 52nd
wedding anniversary in
September, 2001. He says, “To
those who read this, be thankful
for your life. We are!”
Jane Terese Lobman Katz ’53
was elected posthumously to the
Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame
last fall. A Montgomery native, Katz
was legislative chairman of the
Alabama League of Women Voters
for 20 years, one of the first women
lobbyists in state history. She was
described by the Hall of Fame as
the first legislative observer to compile and distribute a newsletter, The
Record, which included voting
records of lawmakers on major legislation.
Julia Abuthnat Strickland ’53,
and her husband, Jim, live in
Birmingham. Jim retired at the
beginning of 2000.
Dr. Jake Martinson ’54 is in his
30th year as president of Highpoint
University–the longest-serving
United Methodist president in the
country!
Lovelace Stewart McNelley
’55 and her husband, Donald, an
attorney, have lived in California for
37 years. Lovelace serves as her
husband’s legal assistant and office
manager. Both are active in their
church and with their family.
Patsy W. Morgan ’56 was
recently re-elected chairman of the
Houston County Republican Party.
She also serves on the Alabama
Republican State Executive
Committee and as a District Two
director for the Alabama Federation
of Republican Women. She and
her husband, Dick, live in Dothan.
Harriette Watson Nichols ’56
is retired from the family’s jewelry
design and manufacturing business
and living in Swansboro, North
Carolina. She says her art training
at Huntingdon helped her very
much in her work. Harriette and her
husband, Bob, enjoy traveling and
playing golf. She would love to
hear from classmates and can be
reached by email at
[email protected].
Patricia Neal Page ’57 is looking forward to reunion at
Homecoming this spring. Now
semi-retired, she spends a great
deal of time with her children and
grandchildren, while continuing to
work part-time with the drapery
design business she and her husband, Henry, own in Albany,
Georgia.
The Reverend Dr. Charles
Hayes ’58, senior minister of
Capitol Heights United Methodist
Church in Montgomery, recently celebrated his 50th year in the
Methodist ministry. He is a frequent
lecturer in historical and biblical
geography and in Old and New
Testament Studies. He has been
chairman of the Pensacola District
Committee on Ordained Ministry,
and served twice as general chairman of the Bishop’s Convocation.
He has served many churches in
the Alabama-West Florida
Conference. He received his
license to preach in 1952, at the
age of 15.
John D. Kennedy ’58, Ph.D., is
happily retired and would love to
hear from Huntingdon friends. He
and his wife, Elena, live in
Jacksonville, Florida.
Lyn Bentley Tucker ’58 serves
as the registrar at Houston
Academy. Her husband, Dr.
Robert Tucker ’58, died last summer. He was a retired college professor who served at Troy State
University and then at Wallace
College, as chairman of the science
department.
Linda Sue Cooper Wenner ’58
and her husband, Warren, live in
Altamonte Springs, Florida. Now
retired, the couple is enjoying travel
that their previous schedules didn’t
permit. They celebrated their 45th
wedding anniversary in December,
2001.
Reesa Baswell Byrd ’59 was
honored as Alabama’s Mother of
the Year and served on American
Mothers’ Inc. National Board of
Directors. Reesa’s husband, Jerry,
passed away in 1996.
Margaret Carter Sadler ’59
lives in Pensacola, Florida. She
says she has fond memories of her
days at Huntingdon, and sends her
best wishes to everyone.
1960s
Jean Maddox Garner ’60,
CFCS, is past president of the Gulf
Shores Woman’s Club. She was
named 2001 Clubwoman of the
Year by the Alabama Federation of
Women’s Clubs. Currently, Jean
serves on the state board of
ALAFCS and on Mobile’s Bienville
Club Membership Committee. She
continues to work with the Angels
Among Us project, promoting quality care for elderly who are in longterm care facilities.
Laura Lucas Pittman ’60 lives
in Montgomery, near her two sons
and their families.
Annee Smith Caspari ’68 greeted
Huntingdon’s Campus Civitan club
as president of Montgomery Capital
Civitan, club-builders for
Huntingdon.
Jeannette Stanton Schorr ’61
retired from teaching in 1999. Her
husband of 40 years, Jack, passed
away May 19, 2001, in Columbus,
Georgia.
Lynda Lowery Collier ’62 lives
in Enterprise. Her husband,
William, practices dentistry and
orthodontics. She is a board member of Southeast Alabama Dance
Company in Dothan, and a member
of the chancel choir at her church.
Her daughter, Kitty Collier Mingus,
is a French instructor at
Huntingdon.
Roselyn Butts Holloway ’62,
R.N., M.S.N., of Lubbock, Texas, is
a registered nurse educator. She is
also a writer, authoring a chapter on
patients’ rights for a legal text in
2000, and working on a novel about
the Chattahoochee River. Roselyn
served on the Texas Nurse
Examiners Board, appointed by
Governor Ann Richards, from 1993
to 1999.
R. Darby Sellers ’62, R.N.,
says he plans to continue nursing
practice as long as his health permits. He works at HealthSouth
Metro-West Hospital in Birmingham.
CORRECTION: Warren L.
(Buddy) Allen ’63 has been promoted to the position of general
manager of Domtar’s Ashdown Mill.
His daughter is Audra Elizabeth
Allen ’90. (The Fall/Winter issue of
Huntingdon Magazine contained
incorrect information.)
Carl Flowers ’63 has retired
after 34 years of teaching gifted and
talented students. He was named
Teacher of the Year twice during his
teaching days. Retirement is not an
idle time for Carl, who owns and
operates a Christmas tree farm in
Massachusetts, where he also
serves on the board of directors of
the Massachusetts Christmas Tree
Associates. This year he won three
first-place awards for his trees.
Melanie Scarbrough Stokley
’63, a teacher with the Washington
County Board of Education, enjoys
making heirloom dresses for her
four granddaughters. Two of her
hand-made dresses were featured
(modeled by her granddaughters) in
Sew Beautiful magazine last year.
The Reverend Dr. Ervin Daily
’64, pastor of Chickasaw United
Methodist Church, is the new president of the South Alabama Epilepsy
Foundation. He was chosen as
Citizen of the Year in Chickasaw for
2000, where he founded “Saturday
Night in the Park.”
Chris Robbins ’64 and E.
Carol Guy Robbins ’66 are retired
and living in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Chris was awarded the Department
of the Army’s Meritorious Civilian
Service Award and was a semifinalist in the North American Open
Amateur Photography Contest.
Rebecca Bibb Segrest ’64 and
her husband, Wade, retired in June
of 1999 and are busy doing volunteer work and traveling.
George B. Simpkins ’64 has
retired after 35 years with Alabama
Power Company. His wife, Eve,
has also retired after teaching in
Eufala for 35 years.
Martha S. Tillotson ’64 is a
retired (but very busy) school
administrator. She now delivers
Meals-on-Wheels to the needy,
plays handbells, sings in the church
choir, teaches the children’s choir,
teaches music theory to Mobile
Singing Children, serves as a
Stephen’s minister, serves on the
administrative board of Dauphin
Way United Methodist Church, and
is active in Delta Kappa Gamma.
Linda Caldwell Fuller ’66 and
her husband, Millard, co-founders of
Habitat for Humanity International,
are celebrating the organization’s
25th anniversary this year. Habitat
for Humanity International and its
affiliates are now in more than
2,000 communities, in 83 nations,
and have built and sold more than
100,000 homes to partner families
with no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. Habitat has selected
LaGrange, Georgia, and Anniston,
Alabama, as two sites for their
Jimmy Carter Work Project 2003.
The former president and his wife,
Rosalynn, have built Habitat houses
alongside thousands of volunteers
during one week each year since
1984.
Ellen Green Loeb ’63 and her
husband, Ralph, were recently honored as Seniors of Achievement in
Montgomery.
Frances Dee Wright Munger
’65 and her husband, Jack, retired
to South Alabama two years ago.
She enjoys substitute teaching, as
well as swimming and reading.
Camille Margaret Woodward
Melton ’66 works as a contract specialist for the Department of
Defense Education Activity Office.
Dianne Merrell Norwood ’66
serves on the boards of the
Wheeler Basin Library and the
United Way. She works as the
coordinator of community and adult
education for Lawrence County
Board of Education in Moulton. She
is proud to be a five-year cancer
survivor.
Halil Ozerden ’66 retired in
May, 1999, after being in clinical
psychology practice for 30 years
and teaching at the University of
Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast.
He and his wife, Candace Brannon
Ozerden ’68, live in Gulfport,
Mississippi.
Spencer Bach ’67, retired for
six years, spends a great deal of
time traveling. He’s spent two summers in Alaska, one in Nova Scotia,
and one in Minnesota. He lives in
Montgomery.
Elizabeth Rich Still Griffith ’67
lives in Decatur, Alabama, with her
husband, Dennis. Elizabeth is a
senior probation officer with Family
Court in Birmingham. A newlywed
(see Weddings), she plans to retire
next year.
Gene Montgomery ’67 lost his
wife, Judy Marley Montgomery
’67, in February, 2002. She had
suffered from a long illness. They
have two sons.
Nancy Brown Myrick ’67
works as a frame fitter and salesperson at Lyson Share Art Gallery in
Fairhope. She says she was not
able to be at last year’s
Homecoming celebration, but won’t
miss the Class of ’67’s 35th reunion
in 2002!
Patricia Dennis Stephens ’67
and her husband, Gene, live in
Madison. After a career with Bell
Atlantic, Patricia now works as a
data technician for Teledyne Brown
Engineering on the International
Space Station at the Marshall
Space Flight Center.
Edward Ameen ’68, president
of Management Recruiters of New
Orleans, Inc., and owner of Edberg
Jewelry, Inc., in Metairie, lives in
Kenner, Louisiana. His daughter,
Tiffany, was chosen to sing for the
George W. Bush Presidential
Inauguration and is currently talking
with major recording studios.
Elizabeth Oglesby Johnson ’60,
of Jackson, Mississippi, was one of
the winners in the Alumni Survey Tshirt drawing. She poses with her
pal, Smokey.
Kaye Bethune Cutchen ’68
retired in June, 1998, after teaching
for thirty years with the Eufala
School System. She is now working part-time as a reading specialist
with the county, and continues to
volunteer in her community. She
was the 2000 Chairperson for
Eufala Pilgrimage.
Betty Marlowe Pickard
Kaucher ’68 is the proud mother of
a graduating high school senior,
Rick, and the proud grandmother of
two.
George Partridge ’68 and his
wife, Linda Keenan Partridge ’70,
live in Montgomery. George’s mother, Foye Folmar Partridge ’41,
passed away in October, 2001.
Rebecca McFee Robertson
’68, and her husband, the Reverend
Jim Robertson, a member of the
Huntingdon College Board of
Trustees, have moved to
Jacksonville, Alabama, where he
has assumed the ministry at First
United Methodist Church. Rebecca
on family and custody law as well
as domestic violence issues.
“Professor Bowermaster is well
respected by the faculty at
California Western and in legal education,” said Dean Steven R. Smith.
“She is an exceptional law professor
and leader, which were exemplified
during her terms as academic director and research director of our
McGill Center for Creative Problem
Solving. She is a faculty member of
enormous talent and dedication,
and she will serve both our faculty
and students quite well.” Janet
completed her J.D. at the University
of Illinois College of Law, then
engaged in private practice in
Indiana and Illinois before joining
the California Western faculty. She
is a member of the San Diego
Domestic Violence Council, the
family law section of the American
Bar Association, and the National
Association of Counsel for Children,
and has conducted training on
issues of child custody and domestic violence.
Carole Cartwright Arbush ’72
was recently promoted to chief of
course development at the Air Force
Institute for Advanced Distributed
Learning. She is also involved in
international youth exchange, currently hosting two exchange students. She and her husband, Dale,
live in Montgomery.
Phillip Brown ’72 is the vice
president and CFO of Sabel
Industries, Inc., owned by Keith
Sabel ’71. Phillip’s wife, Elizabeth
Via Brown, has been the social
writer for the Montgomery Advertiser
for 26 years.
Mike McLaurin ’72 is an organist in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where
he lives with his wife, LuAn. They
have two children, both in college.
Kathy Love McMaken ’72 and
her family live in Mobile, where she
is the director of social work services for Mercy Medical, and her
husband, Michael, is a district court
judge. Kathy is on a number of
boards in the community, including
Leadership Mobile and Mobile Area
Education Foundation. She and her
husband have served their church
in several leadership positions.
Madeline Nichols Moseley ’72
and Merritt Moseley ’70 live in
Asheville, North Carolina, where
Madeline is the director of a
preschool.
1970s
Susan White Bennett ’70
works as the director of international
exhibits at the Newseum for the
Freedom Forum in Virginia.
CORRECTION: Bernard
Stephen Carmichael ’70 is alive
and well in Atlanta. We mistakenly
said he had died in the Fall/Winter
issue of Huntingdon Magazine, for
which we sincerely apologize. His
father, Bernard Young Carmichael,
passed away.
Professor Janet Frank
Bowermaster ’71 has been
appointed associate dean for academic affairs at California Western
School of Law in San Diego. She
began teaching at the school in
1988 and has been a full professor
since 1993. She writes extensively
Glenn Stearns ’75 served as chair
of the Founders Day Committee for
the National Alumni Board.
Menda Mayo Stevens ’72 is
a field tax auditor for the Georgia
Department of Labor. She and
her husband, Jim, are taking
Spanish classes. Menda has
also returned to school to study
counseling from a biblical per-
spective. They live in Birmingham.
Stephen Morris ’73 and his
wife, Patricia, have two daughters.
He works as the vice president for
research and development at Alfa
Insurance Companies in
Montgomery.
Deborah Mims ’79 attended the
Founders Day luncheon in
February.
McGrath Jean Thomas ’73
was named vice president for management at Meridian International
Center, Washington, D.C., in
February, 2001. McGrath has
worked in international development
and non-profit management for
more than 20 years. Prior to joining
Meridian, she spent eight years in
Egypt with the National Council of
Negro Women, where she managed a $27-million, USAID-funded
initiative that provided support to
Egyptian non-profit organizations.
She has also worked for PACT and
Africare. She is a member of the
Society for International
Development and the American
Society for Training and
Development.
Allison Adams Hutcherson
’74 and her husband, Michael, live
in Fayetteville, Georgia, where she
is an administrator for Georgia
Baptist Children’s Homes and
Family Ministries, Inc., a residential
child care program. Allison has
worked for GBCH&FM since her
graduation from Huntingdon. She
was named administrator of the
Pine Mountain, Georgia, campus for
the organization in April, 2001.
Nancy Keator Stallings ’74
recently graduated from the
California Culinary Academy in the
baking and pastry arts program.
She has returned to Westerville,
Ohio, where she has a catering
business and is preparing to run a
cooking school at a local gourmet
food store. Her husband, David W.
Stallings ’76, remains in San
Francisco, where he is the vice
president of a mortgage insurance
company.
Wanda Burgan Dukes ’77 has
been teaching for 25 years, and is
currently at Sanford Middle School
in Sanford, Florida. She and her
husband, Ralph, have two children.
Mary Teague Mason ’74
serves as assistant principal for
instruction at Houston County High
School in Warner Robins, Georgia.
She also has an educational consulting company and has recently
worked with C-Span on the
American Writers Series.
Yarisa Smith ’78 is active in the
American Business Women’s
Association and in the Komen Race
for the Cure in Dallas, Texas. She
is a sales representative for
Luxottica Group, based in New
York. In her current position, she
drives approximately 50,000 miles a
year, and listens “to every syndicated talk show host there is on the
radio.” She was voted 1997
Newcomer of the Year for Luxottica
Group.
Lyn Wilbert Keaster ’79 and
her husband, William, and twin sons
now live in Mountain Home,
Arkansas, where she is a special
education/resource teacher with
Mountain Home Schools, her 23rd
year of teaching. Her family loves
living in the mountains and spending time at the lakes.
Dariel Oliver ’79 was named
the 1997 Alabama Counselor of the
Year; the 2000 Alexander City
Teacher of the Year; President of
Chapter VII of the Alabama
Counselor Association-2001;
Newsletter Editor of the Alabama
School Counselor Association,
2000-2002; and received the 2001
Alabama Career Guidance Program
Award. He is a counselor at
Benjamin Russell High School.
1980s
Greg & Christy Cole (’86) Sellers
’86 brought their sons to meet
Santa during the Huntingdon
Holiday Celebration.
Loretta Bacon ’80 has run and
finished two marathons since she
reached age 60. Her long-range
goal is to be the oldest person to
run the New York Marathon. She
owns a private practice in family
and marriage counseling.
William Donald ’80 was one of
25 U.S. middle- and high- school
teachers to receive the Frank
Mandel fellowship from the U.S.
Holocaust Museum in the spring of
2000. The fellowship, awarded in
recognition of his work in
Holocaust education, covered all
expenses during two weeks of
seminars and workshops at the
Holocaust museum. William travels and presents workshops to
teachers on “Teaching About the
Holocaust” and “Using the Internet
to Teach the Holocaust.” William,
who teaches at Alma Bryant High
School in Mobile County, has also
introduced a class on the
Holocaust as an elective for students at his school. William says
his interest in the Holocaust accelerated while he was at Huntingdon
during classes with “an outstanding
European history teacher, Mrs.
Margaret Bailey.” He and his wife,
Susan, live in Grand Bay.
Terry Glenn Bryant ’81 and his
wife, Sherry, live in a new
Montgomery home with their twin
son and daughter, Max and Marlee,
born in 1999. Terry works as
finance director for Alabama
Medicaid Agency.
Wanda A. Howard ’81,
Manager of Implementations for
McKesson Corporation, is currently
assisting the Weeping Mary
Development Center, Inc., to develop programs for residents of
Tuscaloosa County. The programs
will improve the community’s quality
of life and develop the spirits,
minds, and bodies of the recipients.
Beverly C. Butter ’82 serves as
pastor of a small United Methodist
Church in rural upstate New York,
and as chaplain at a United
Methodist-related nursing home.
She lives in New Berlin, New York.
Angela Reiken McBride ’84
and her three children live in Mobile,
where she is director of children’s
ministries for St. Mark United
Methodist Church. She would love
to hear from friends and can be
reached at [email protected].
In a recent article for the
Wetumpka Herald, Dr. John M.
Brannon ’85 pondered the profound influence “ordinary” people
have on our lives, as opposed to
those who garner media attention,
fame, and fortune. Remembering
teachers and personal heroes, he
publicly thanked The Reverend Dan
Whitsett and his wife, Julia Shell
Whitsett ’33, whom he described
as “so gracious and good,” for helping him to get into Huntingdon, and
for sharing their books, their advice,
and their love with him.
Lori Fishbaugh Gonzalez ’85
just celebrated two ten-year
anniversaries: one with her husband, Buddy, and one as a medical
nutritional representative with Ross
Products.
Deborah Craft Gray ’85 and
her husband, Charles Daniel, and
son, Chase, live in Birmingham,
where she is a programmer/analyst
with UIT/Accenture/BellSouth.
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was diagnosed with melanoma on
her right leg last year, but surgery
successfully treated the problem.
Their daughter, Allison ’97, was a
summa cum laude graduate of
Huntingdon. Their son, Allan, is an
aerospace engineer who was married this past year.
Edla Swaidmark Saxon ’68
and her husband, Randall, live in
Leesburg, Florida, where both are
retired. For the last twelve years of
her teaching career, Edla served as
head of the Exceptional Education
Department at Boone High School.
Kim Wanous ’68 works both as
a director of communications and a
legislative liaison for the Alabama
Department of Rehabilitation
Services. He is also the host/producer of “Newsmakers,” a public
affairs program on WSFA-TV, the
NBC affiliate in Montgomery.
Martha Flowers Bennett ’69
reports the death of her husband,
Dr. Willard Dunn Bennett, earlier
this year.
Donald France ’69 will publish
two novels, Baby Face (Dorrance
Publishing) and Three Little Words
(Rutledge Books), this spring. He
and his wife, Jeanne, live in Stuart,
Florida.
Phebe Mason Lee ’69 cut the
ribbon for the dedication of “Bob’s
Place” at a recent ceremony. The
Coast Guard Aviation Training
Center Classroom in Mobile was
named in memory of her husband,
who died last year.
Sarah McCarthy Mingledorff
‘69 and George Mingledorff ’70,
are now retired and live in
Montgomery. Sarah is a past recipient of the District IX Bishop Barron
State Employee Award. Sarah and
George.
The Reverend Elizabeth Till
Wade ’69 serves as rector of the
Church of Our Merciful Saviour in
Louisville, Kentucky. She and her
husband, James, live in Prospect.
She is active in a number of committees and departments of the
Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky.
Timothy Woodward ’69 completed master’s degrees in education from Auburn University in 1973
and from Harvard University in
1986. He and his wife, Jill, live in
Peterborough, New Hampshire,
where he is the principal for
Heritage Christian School. The
couple also has a consulting business for home-schooling.
L-R Scott Phillips, Scot Patterson
’91, Beth Anderson Kingry ’88,
and Dr. G. Mark Kingry ’87 attended the Montgomery-area alumni
banquet in January.
Sabrina Nappier Schroeder
’85 and her husband, Pete, have
18-month-old twins, Rose and Riley.
The family lives in Meridian, Idaho.
Sabrina works as a business planning specialist in Boise.
Kingsley Zimlich ’85 has made
a career change to the less stressful
world of accounting for the non-profit Brevard Workforce Development
Board in Rockledge, Florida.
Kelly Parker Bell ’86 lives in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, and
is a stay-at-home mom with four
children.
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Jeff Hall ’86 works as the director of the Rules of Golf for the
United States Golf Association in
Far Hills, New Jersey. See more
about Jeff on page 10.
Richard Lee Trevino ’86, lives
in Orange Beach, where he operates the Trevino Golf School,
named after his famous father, at
the Orange Beach Golf Center.
Charles A. Walker ’86 is now
serving as director of educational
ministries at Providence
Presbyterian Church on Hilton Head
Island, South Carolina. He and his
wife, Kathy, have two children.
Linda Jackson Willis ’86 has
been teaching for 14 years and
says “I always mention Huntingdon
and its great possibilities to any students I can!” Linda is a new mom
(see Future Hawks).
Joe Durant ’87 finished 14th on
the money list with the PGA Tour
last season. Durant won twice early
in the year, at the Bob Hope
Chrysler Classic and the Genuity
Championship. According to a
Birmingham News article, Durant
finished ahead of all other PGA
players with Alabama ties.
Cindy Story Mahan ’87 is in
her 13th year of teaching and first
year of coaching her 15- year-old
son’s tennis team at Benjamin
Russell High School in Alexander
City. She teaches kindergarten-tosecond-grade students in physical
education.
Deborah Boney Moncrief ’87
has taught at Hooper Academy
since 1987. Her husband, David,
opened his own electrical company
last year.
Leah J. Odom ’87 is an ultrasound technician for Russell
Medical Center in Alexander City.
Taylor Jernigan ’88 was
named 2001-2002 Montgomeryarea Realtor of the Year.
Judith Hissong ’88 works as
administrative manager for
Solomon, Grindle, Silverman, &
Spinella, a legal firm in San Diego,
California. She also serves as treasurer of the San Diego Chapter of
Association of Legal Administrators
and editor of The Mandate, a
newsletter for the association. The
newsletter won first place in the
National Association contest in May,
2000. A former Lady Hawk
Volleyball Team member, Judy has
continued her passion for the game,
recently finishing second in the USA
Volleyball Adult Championships
(2000).
Rebecca Segrest
Hollingsworth ’88 is a member of
the Birmingham Choral Guild and a
fourth grade teacher in Birmingham,
where she and her husband,
Raymond, reside.
Dana Nix Moore ’88 and her
husband, Joseph, live in
Montgomery with their two children.
Dana manages the largest SBA
loan portfolio in Alabama for the
Southern Development Council.
Michelle Bogue Ruller ’88 is
serving as associate pastor at
Saratoga Springs United Methodist
Church in New York. She will apply
for Elder’s Orders at this year’s
Annual Conference.
2001 brought the arrival of
daughter Sarah Elaine Smith for
D.J. Smith ’89 and his wife, Jill. He
also launched his own business,
Capital Idea Ventures. D.J. reports
that both the baby and the business
are growing and doing well. The
family lives in Arlington, Virginia.
1990s
Darryl Copeland ’90 and
Christine Farwell Copeland ’87
live in Birmingham, where Darryl
recently joined the Neuroscience
Division of Novartis
Pharmaceuticals. Christine is a
homemaker.
Jackie D. Gaston Jr. ’90,
owner and director of the Physical
Therapy Center of North Alabama,
in Huntsville, completed his clinical
doctorate in physical therapy from
the University of St. Augustine for
Health Sciences in May, 2001. His
emphasis of study was manual
orthopedic physical therapy, which
entails advanced studies in joint
mobilization/manipulation and soft
tissue mobilization. Jackie is a
board certified clinical specialist in
orthopedic physical therapy, a certified and licensed athletic trainer, a
certified manual therapist, and a
licensed physical therapist. He
plans to continue post-doctoral studies in orthopedic and manual physical therapy. He and his wife, Mary
Shea Buchanan Gaston ’91, and
their two daughters live in
Guntersville.
New parent (see Future Hawks)
Diane Yeakle Waite ’90 is a
teacher of the deaf and hard of
hearing for Baltimore County Public
Schools in Maryland.
The Reverend Leonard
Cammack ’91 is now pastor of St.
Mark African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Ozark. He was the featured speaker at a recent Ozark
prayer breakfast, at which he
referred to the Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. as a maker of destiny, not a victim of fate. “Victims of
fate settle for becoming wanderers
in the wilderness of life. Makers of
destiny are those who refuse to
accept to be victims of fate, and
face the challenges of life,” he said.
Now living in Auburn, Kelly
Watley Pettit ’91 and James Kevin
Pettit ’90 have two children. Kelly is
currently pursuing a doctorate
degree in early childhood education
with a certification in administration
and reading specialist. She is a
reading specialist and teacher with
Auburn City Schools, and was
awarded the Auburn PTA Council
Teacher of Excellence Award for
Dean Road Elementary School in
2001. Kevin works as a head golf
professional.
Julie Bolton ’92 gained a
three-year-old step-daughter, Emily
Rose, in her marriage to husband,
Ricky, last fall (see Weddings).
Julie is an accountant with CEM
Corporation in South Carolina.
Donna Eich Brooks ’92 is an
associate with Lehr, Middlebrooks,
Price & Proctor, P.C., in
Birmingham, where her practice is
concentrated in labor and employment defense work. She received
her law degree in 1997 from the
University of Alabama, where she
served as Lead Articles Writer for
The Alabama Law Review. She
make this opportunity to ‘return
received the Reuben H. Wright
County District Attorney’s office in
home’ and share our post-HC lives
award as the outstanding oral advothe white collar crime division. He
and growing families. I hope to see
cate in the Campbell Moot Court
has been in private practice with his
you all there!”
Competition, and served on the
brother, Clark Stankoski ’93, for
Julie Bolton Williams ’92 is a
John A. Campbell Moot Court
four years.
new mom to three-year-old stepBoard. Her husband, David,
Gary Edward Sullivan ’92 and
daughter, Emily (see Weddings).
received his Ph.D. in history at
Kelley Smith Sullivan ’91 welJulie is an accounting manager with
Auburn University in April, 2001.
comed a son, Charlton Overstreet
CEM Corporation.
They have a daughter, Olivia, born
Sullivan, December 24, 2000. In
Andrea Davis ’93 married
in 1996.
January, 2001, Gary, an attorney,
Robert James Bartels April 30,
Carla Golson Bryan ’92 enjoys
became a partner in the firm
2000, in Montgomery. Elizabeth
selling real estate in the Destin,
Hubbard, Smith, McIlwain,
Kelly Barker ’93 served as
Florida area. She would love
maid of honor. The couple
to hear from classmates at her
now resides in San Marcos,
e-mail address: carly@carlyTexas, where Andrea is the
bryan.com.
program coordinator for the
Chris Champion ’92
Brain Injury Association of
works as an attorney for the
Texas.
Russell Corporation in Atlanta.
John (Reese) Hamn ’93
He lives in Marietta, Georgia.
and Lisa Ellison Hamn ’95
Alexandra Acosta
now have two children.
Conniff ’92 is a teacher with
Reese is a senior vice presithe Jefferson County Board of
dent for First American Bank
Education and lives in
Gardendale.
Alumni director Barbara Smith ’01 and president in Decatur.
Michael W. Hawthorne
Winston Edwards ’92
of the National Alumni Board Jacquelyn Hodges
’93, and his wife, Kimberly
works as an attorney in
Earnest ’64 enjoy the luncheon speaker during
McLain, were blessed with a
Montgomery for the firm Bush,
Founders Day.
daughter, Andrea (Andi)
Craddock, and Reneker. He
Catherine, March 14, 2000, in
Brakefield, and Browder, in
and his wife, Suzi, have two-yearMontgomery.
Tuscaloosa.
old twin boys.
Sean Warren ’92 and his wife,
Michelle Montgomery Goebel
Cindy Rogers Huskey ’93 and
Lisa, live in Peachtree City, Georgia.
’92 and her husband, Bill, live in
her husband, Daniel, are the proud
He works as a business developNew Hope, where she is a physical
parents of a son, Colby Thomas,
ment consultant for Chick-fil-A, Inc.
therapist with Healthgroup of
born July 2, 2000. Cindy received
in Atlanta. The couple has twoAlabama. Michelle is a new mom
her M.A. in English from the
year-old twin daughters.
(see Future Hawks), and also has a
University of Alabama- Huntsville in
Karla Wesley ’92, a graduate
stepson. Michelle says she cherish1999, and recently became a memresearch fellow now based at the
es her Huntingdon friends and
ber of American Mensa.
University of California- Davis
memories, “I received a great eduWilliam (Skip) Davis ’94 has
Washington Center in Washington,
cation and was able to pursue my
moved to Birmingham, where he
D.C., is conducting research on
master’s with confidence!”
continues working with Sanofiinternational foreign policy influJennifer “JB” Kendrick ’92
Synthelabo as a pharmaceutical
ences on conservation practices in
recently was promoted to director
sales representative, now on the
the Amazon. This summer, she’ll
for InfiLink Corporation. She lives in
Hypertension specialty team. He
be teaching a course for UC-Davis
Dunwoody with her two mini doxies.
looks forward to seeing his classon the Ethnopolitics of South
Bob Myers ’92 completed a
mates at Homecoming.
American Indians on location in the
second masters degree in computer
Linda Garrett ’94 is working at
Peruvian Amazon. She says, “Dr.
science in December, 2000, and is
the Veteran’s Administration and
McGinty’s field courses to the
currently on the faculty in the comwas recently promoted to GS12.
Neotropics are in my blood, and I
puter science department at Florida
Her son, Matt Garrett ’99, is workplan to combine research and
State University. He lives in
teaching throughout my career.”
Tallahassee.
ing at Herff Jones in the art departShe encourages her classmates to
Michael Nobles ’92 serves as
ment. Michelle Garrett ’98 is finmake it back to campus for their
assistant vice president at the Bank
ishing her master’s degree in social
tenth class reunion. “Let’s work to
of New Albany in New Albany,
work at the University of Alabama.
Mississippi, where he has worked
since 1998. He also serves as a
deacon at his church, vice president
of the Kiwanis Club, and on the
board of directors of the Boys &
Girls Club. He and his wife, Sonya,
have two children (see Future
Hawks).
Derek Pociask ’92 has been
married to his wife, Kera, for four
During the morning, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.,
years, and they have a two-year-old
son, Ethen. Derek earned his Ph.D.
the
Class will visit and have a class photo taken in
in pathology from Louisiana State
Flowers
Hall. In the evening (8:00 p.m.), the Class
University Medical Center. He has
completed two years of a post-docwill reminisce and celebrate at Wesley’s in Old
toral fellowship at Tulane University,
Cloverdale (formerly known as Kat ’n Harry’s), enjoyand has recently been promoted to
a research associate position, doing
ing music from an 80’s DJ and feasting on heavy hors
research in fibrotic lung disease.
d’oeuvres. The Class of 1992 invites young alumni to
Derek and his family live in New
Orleans.
join their night of merrymaking from 9:00 p.m. to
Cari Nolan Slider ’92 lives in
11:00 p.m. For beer, wine, and liquors, a cash bar
Garland, Texas, where she is a fifth
grade teacher for gifted science stuwill be offered; neither checks nor debit/credit cars will
dents at Kimberlin Academy. She is
be accepted. If you would like to help sponsor the
beginning a master’s degree in
counseling through Texas A&M
Class of 1992 class reunion festivities, or register to
Commerce. Cari says she’s still
attend, please contact Maryann Mooney Beck ’92 at
playing soccer.
[email protected] or (334) 833-4400.
Rob Stankoski ’92 works as a
special prosecutor for Baldwin
The Class of 1992 will celebrate its
10-year class reunion at
Homecoming on Saturday,
April 20, 2002.
year degree in
donations (which Shaindell says
books shipped from other counearly childhood
Alumna Walks In Memory of
would be greatly appreciated),
tries. To overcome this obstacle,
education.
Professor
Allison
you may visit the site:
we created a wish list at
Shaindel Beers-Finley ’99,
Robertson ’97
www.bethepeople.com/donaamazon.com with the books which
and her husband, Michael, plan
teaches fourth
tions/online.html. From this site,
we cannot purchase here and
to participate in the Avon Breast
grade in
select the event (the Chicago
which would be most useful for our
Cancer 3-Day Walk, June 14-16,
McElwain. She
walk) and then donate to her
center. I am asking friends, family
2002.
Shaindel’s
involvement
is
was nominated for
account,
number
2841.
members, former teachers, and
a
tribute
to
the
memory
of
Claire
Teacher of the
colleagues to help by purchasing a
Clements, who was an assistant
Year last year.
Alumna Asks for Help with
book or two and mailing it directly
professor of English at
Jessica
Peace Corps Project
to me. Also, I would ask you to
Sawyer Wang ’97
Huntingdon when breast cancer
Sue Miller ’99 is a Peace
please tell as many people as you
is teaching English
claimed her life two years ago. “I
Corps volunteer working to build a
can about this project, especially
at Samford
always wanted to donate money
University and
foreign language and cultural
people who know me and would
to Claire Clements’ memorial
Birminghamresource center in Russia. The
like to help out.” Those interested
scholarship
fund
or
just
to
be
Southern College.
center will provide a place where
in helping may visit the website
able
to
do
something
for
her.
I
In addition, she
members of the community may
directly. Sue’s wish list is located
heard about the 3-day walk and
has launched Top
study six foreign languages, as
under her e-mail address (as
thought that it sounded great.”
Tier Educational
either Amy Sue Miller or Jim V.
Walkers will begin in Kenosha, well as cultures around the world.
Counseling, which
She writes: “So far I have had
Miller) at:
Wisconsin, and end in downtown
prepares 9th-12th
great success in gathering materihttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obid
graders for the colChicago, a 60-mile trek. Each
als, but we cannot use any of the
os/wishlist/2W4JVDAMUJWlege application
walker must raise a minimum of
funds we have raised to have
CF/104-2667978-8603127
process.
$1900 to participate. To make
Lisa
Mingledorff Lane
service-related disability. She lives
Theatre Guild’s production of Little
life. She traveled to the Paralympic
’98, is now a
at Eglin AFB with her husband of
Shop of Horrors, as well as his
games in Salt Lake to observe the
homemaker caring for her son,
two years, John, an F-15 crew
master’s degree in literature. He is
opening ceremonies, games, and
Phillip.
chief. Rebecca has recently been
one of two finalists for the position
behind-the-scenes action from the
Rob Boyce ’99 and Sarah
admitted to the University of West
of conductor of the Mobile Youth
University of Utah’s group.
Oakley Boyce ’01 live in
Florida as a graduate student in
Orchestra.
David William Abbott ’01 is
Montgomery, where he serves as
secondary education.
concurrently working on his first
Susan Ogilvie ’01 and Ryan
assistant general manager of the
novel and his master’s degree at
Oakley ’98 plan to be married at
new Montgomery Wings
Auburn University-Montgomery.
2000s
professional baseball team.
First United Methodist Church in
Joey Calder ’01 works at the
Ashley Thompson Duncan ’99
Clanton, April 14. Ryan graduated
High Street YMCA in Lexington,
Melissa Beck ’00 and Aimee
and her husband, Gerald, are proud
from Cumberland Law School and
Kentucky.
Rials ’00 have been admitted to the
new parents (see Future Hawks).
passed the bar exam on the first try.
Newlywed (see Weddings)
prestigious Tisch School for the
She works as a dance instructor
He is now a first lieutenant with the
Shannon Caldwell Nolen ’01
Performing Arts in New York, a diviwith a Montgomery dance school,
United States Air Force, stationed
works in the area of therapeutic
sion of New York University. Both
and also runs an after-school dance
outside Valdosta, Georgia, and
recreation for the activities departwill continue their studies in dance.
program at South Montgomery
serving on the Judge Advocate
ment at Chapman Healthcare
Heather Fuller ’00 had her
County Academy.
General’s staff.
Center in Talladega. Her husband,
Honors in Chemistry research
Michelle Dodson King ’99 (see
Beth Parker ’01 presented
Christopher, is a civil engineer.
paper, “Using Chemistry to
Weddings) works as a financial
Daniel Dean ’01 is working as a
Understand Culture: Why Did
research conducted at Los Alamos
advisor for Morgan Stanley in
credit analyst at Sterling Bank in
Native Americans Vomit After
National Lab in New Mexico, entiAsheville, North Carolina.
Montgomery.
Drinking Yaupon Tea?” published in
Rob (’99) and Katie Rambo
tled “Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Jennifer Elisabeth Jacobsen
the inaugural issue of The Journal
(’01) Eaker are living in Kennesaw,
Extractions and Enhanced Dyeing
’01
is
involved
in
community
theof
Undergraduate
Chemistry
Georgia, where he works as a
of Materials,” at the national meetatre
in
Jacksonville,
Florida,
where
Research,
in
January,
2002.
Cofinancial analyst for Guilford Capital
ing of the American Chemical
she
has
appeared
in
The
authors
on
the
paper
were
Dr.
Corporation. They celebrated their
Society in March in Orlando.
President’s
Double
and
The
Glass
Randy
Arnold
and
Dr.
Maureen
one-year anniversary at Callaway
Anna Reed ’01 and Will
Menagerie.
By
day,
she
works
as
Kendrick Murphy ’78, both assisGardens in November. He plans to
Hawkins ’01 had a storybook wedan administrative assistant at a
tant professors of chemistry.
begin applying to graduate proding in Birmingham last fall. Both
medical billing office. Last sumHeather is the first person to anagrams soon.
Civil War enthusiasts, the couple,
mer, she worked for Heritage
lyze Native American tea (yaupon)
Heather Hampton Jones ’99
who had been dating since their
Repertory Theatre in
using modern instrumentation. She
works as the administrative assisfreshman year at Huntingdon,
Charlottesville, Virginia, as box
is currently a law student at
tant to vice president for business
office and house manager.
Washington University School of
decided to have a Civil War wedand finance Jay Dorman at
Scott Leake ’01, now working
Law in St. Louis, Missouri.
ding. They were married at the
Huntingdon. Heather’s son, Caleb
on his MFA in theatre at the
Molly McDermott Gocella ’00
Andrew Jones, was born in
Tallassee Re-enactment
University of Florida, was nominatand Tony Gocella ’96 are living in
February of 2000.
Encampment during the fourth
ed and competed for an Irene Ryan
West Seneca, New York, after marMegan Murphy Jordan ’99
annual Battles of the Armory. The
(acting) award at the regional colrying last May. Tony has his own
and Al Jordan IV ’99 (see
couple engaged in a great deal of
lege theatre competition two weeks
business as an All-State insurance
Weddings) are living in Mobile,
research so that every detail–from
ago.
Of
more
than
300
competitors,
agent,
and
Molly
serves
as
the
prowhere Al is teaching science and
clothing materials to food to
Scott
made
the
top
10.
This
year’s
grams
director
and
operations
mancoaching tennis at Baker High
cakes—was as authentic to the time
achievement
bodes
well
for
his
ager
for
Bally
Total
Fitness.
School. He plans to attend law
period as could be accomplished.
future in acting, according to theatre
In her first year as head coach
school next year, and so far has
Anna and Will live in Birmingham,
director Fiona Macleod.
of the St. James High School
been admitted to six: Loyola (New
where she is an occupational theraLee Ann Mathews ’01 runs a
(Montgomery) volleyball team, Amy
Orleans), Samford, Mercer, the
non-profit facility for youth, the
Patterson ’00 took the team all the
py student at UAB, and he works for
University of Vermont, and two
Bennett Center of London, in
way to the state 4A championship
the William Washington
schools in Arkansas.
Kentucky. Programs include
last fall.
Corporation.
Jodi Dansby Searcy ’99 comSaturday Christian rock concerts,
Amanda Sargeant ’00 will completed her doctor of pharmacy
Newlywed Merry Robyn Minor
Friday night coffee houses, a dropplete her master’s program in
degree, cum laude, from McWhorter
Smith ’01 (see Weddings) is a
out prevention program, family
Movement Studies in Disability at
School of Pharmacy, Samford
graduate student and research
nights, and tutoring/mentoring. She
Oregon State University at Corvallis
University, in 2001. She is
assistant at Clemson University.
will serve as a mission volunteer for
this spring. During her senior year
employed as a pharmacist with
Jennifer Wales ’01, who
two years.
at Huntingdon, she began working
Martin Colley Drug Company in
attends Loyola School of Law in
Brent Murrill ’01 has been
with the SuperSports program, and
Enterprise. (See Weddings)
New Orleans, will spend the sumhired as the speech and theatre
found that working with special
Rebecca Sellers Sims ’99 was
mer in Vienna, Austria, studying
teacher at UMS Wright High School
needs populations was the path she
honorably discharged from the
comparative legal systems.
in Mobile. Murrill is working on the
wanted to follow for the rest of her
Marine Corps in 2000 because of a
ALUMNI
James Anthony Eubanks Jr.
’95 is the clinic director at Rehab
Associates in Montgomery. He and
his wife, Mandy, just celebrated a
new addition (see Future Hawks).
Heather Morgenstern ’95 is
still serving her country as a captain
in the United States Air Force.
Since graduating from Huntingdon,
she has been stationed at Offut
AFB, Nebraska, and Langley AFB,
Virginia. She is currently stationed
at Osan Air Base, Republic of
Korea, as a flight commander. She
is responsible for the maintenance
of communications equipment that
supports the 7th Air Force Air
Operations Center, the nerve center
of the flying mission in Korea.
Heather arrived in the Republic of
Korea a week before the terrorist
attacks of September 11. Although
not directly supporting the fight in
the Mid-East, her flight has had to
respond to situations that occurred
because of it.
Brandie Paul ’95 has been
hired as head softball coach at
Martin Methodist College in Pulaski,
Tennessee.
Emily Sweezey ’95 is a senior
research assistant at the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga, having completed her master of music.
In March, she performed in concert
with Choral Arts of Chattanooga and
jazz legend Dave Brubeck.
Jennifer Clark ’96 is currently
working on a second bachelor’s
degree, this time in computer science, at the University of Central
Florida. She is employed with CNA
Insurance and lives in Maitland,
Florida.
Susan Barrett Gaasch ’96 and
her husband, Tim, live in Notasulga.
The mother of Cassie, born in 1998,
Susan is also a third-year veterinary
school student at Auburn University.
She completed her master’s degree
in animal science in 1999.
Garrett Hixon ‘96, whose
adventures in Antarctica were
recounted in the Spring, 2001, issue
of Huntingdon College Magazine,
has just completed a third season
on “the Ice.” “I’ve now ice-climbed
up the side of Mt. Erebus, zipped
along the ice shelf on the back of a
snowmobile at what felt like supersonic speed, and roped down into a
crevasse of enormous proportions.
I’ve been where I want to be as I
leave this place ... problem is,
instead of being able to say goodbye, I just want to do it all again,”
she said. After spending a few
weeks in New Zealand, she will
spend a month in Thailand, and
then evaluate her options for future
adventures.
Keith Jennings ’96 married
Amy Lindsey, July 1, 2000. He has
been promoted to assistant manager for The Home Depot in Knoxville,
Tennessee.
Jennifer Hart Crow ’97 will
graduate with her master’s degree
from the University of Wyoming in
May, 2002. She and her husband,
Kelly, live in Laramie.
Christina Moshman ’97 was
nominated for the honor of Teacher
of the Year, 2003, for Commerce
Elementary School in Commerce,
Georgia, where she teaches first
grade. She’s working on her six-
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2002 Slate of Alumni Award Winners
Awards will be made during the Homecoming 2002 Alumni Awards Banquet,
Friday, April 19.
2002 Alumni Achievement
Awards
Billie Ruth Stewart Sudduth ’67 Billie Ruth is
an artist, basketry teacher, and the owner of
JABOBS: Just a Bunch of Baskets. Her basket
creations are in the permanent collection of the
Smithsonian Institute as well as numerous galleries and private collections across the country.
She is the recipient of the Award of Excellence
in Fiber from the Piedmont Craft Fair, the
Smithsonian Craft Show Merit Award, and
numerous grants. Her work has been pictured
in Smithsonian Magazine, Southern Living,
Southern Accents, American Craft, Home, and
The New York Times, among other publications.
She was an artist for the 1998 Christmas tree at
The White House and has been featured on
CBS Sunday Morning, “Handmade in America.”
Billie Ruth is the first woman to be named a
North Carolina Living Treasure.
George Corley Wallace Jr. ’77 George has
served as director of finance and alumni affairs
at Troy State in Montgomery. In 1986 and
1990 he was elected State Treasurer of
Alabama. He served two four-year terms.
During his terms, he developed the Prepaid
Affordable College Tuition Program, which
allows parents to make a one-time lump-sum
payment or periodic payments to guarantee a
child’s tuition. He also developed the Link
Deposit Program to assist farmers and small
business owners. In 1998, he was elected to
the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Lisa Lacy White ’82 An attorney-advisor for
the United States Corps of Engineers, Lisa
has served in leadership positions on the
boards of numerous nonprofit agencies. Her
volunteer work for the Georgia Historical
Society has been the most noteworthy and
remarkable. Lisa was the first woman, and, at
37, the youngest, to hold the office of president of Georgia Historical Society. She is currently the chairman of the Board of that society and has presided over the largest period
of growth in the history of the organization.
She spends countless hours doing community
volunteer work.
2002 Alumni Loyalty Awards
Gregory E. Sellers ’86 Since his graduation,
Greg has shown his loyalty to Huntingdon
College through time, energy, financial support,
and as an outspoken advocate. Outstanding
as a student at Huntingdon, he continues to be
outstanding in his service as an alumnus. He
has served on the National Alumni Association
Board, the Montgomery Area Alumni Chapter,
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the Huntingdon College Business Department
Advisory Board. He chaired the Finance and
Fund Raising Committee for two years during
which he implemented the Huntingdon College
Car Tag Program. Greg has participated in
numerous alumni phonathons and has
increased his own financial support each year
since graduation.
Gertrude (Marie) Warren Stafford ’68
Gertrude (Marie) has served on the annual
telephone committee for many years and has
contributed to annual giving since her graduation from Huntingdon in 1968. She and her
husband support the Lady Hawks on a regular
basis. She has served on her class reunion
committee for two reunions and also belongs to
the Montgomery Area Alumni Chapter. During
her 23 years teaching at Lanier High School,
she encouraged her students to consider
attending Huntingdon–and many of them did.
Marie has served on the National Alumni
Association Board for two terms.
Dr. Eugene E. Stanaland ’60 Gene has served
on Huntingdon’s Board of Trustees since 1991.
He has been a loyal and dependable member of
the Board’s finance committee for over a decade,
bringing his expertise in economics and college
administration. In addition, he has participated in
numerous ad hoc committees, including the
SACS financial resources committee and academic personnel committees. He is a past commencement speaker and has served as president of the Alumni Board. Over the years, Gene
has proved to be one of Huntingdon’s staunchest
supporters.
Outstanding Young Alumni of
the Year Award
Karla M. Wesley ’92 Karla has accomplished
great things on an international front in less
than a decade since her graduation. As an
environmental educator at the Zungarococha
Amazon Lodge in Iquitos, Peru, she established a research laboratory and library and
designed an environmental education program.
She served as program coordinator and workshop leader for the Lodge’s Rainforest
Workshop, designing and instructing ecology
and anthropology workshops in the Amazon for
students, teachers, and sponsors. Karla was
the curator and educator for a Bora collection
exhibit for the Alabama Museum of Natural
History, producing a video about the exhibit.
She is now an adjunct professor teaching
anthropology and ecology classes for adults
through the California Academy of Sciences; a
teaching assistant at the University of California
at Davis; and graduate student in the
Geography Graduate Group at the University.
SUMMER PROGRAMS
Programs and Residential Camps for
Junior & Senior High Scholars
ACT Prep: Monday,Tuesday & Thursday,
May 27 - June13, 3:45 - 5 p.m., 212 Wilson Ctr.
SAT Prep: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday,
June 10 - 20, 3:45 - 5 p.m., 212 Wilson Ctr.
These courses are for college-bound high school students
who plan to take the ACT or SAT. Dr. Joe Wimbish will help
students master their analytical skills to excel in all test areas.
FEE: $179 each
Algebra II Review: Monday,Tuesday &
Thursday, June 3 - 21, 1 - 2 p.m. 212, Fee: $99
Geometry Review: Monday, Tuesday &
Thursday, June 3 - 21, 2:15 - 3:15, Fee: $99
Huntingdon’s Dr. Joe Wimbish will help high school students
needing algebra II and/or geometry skill review in order to perform better in the classroom as well as on college entrance tests.
Intensive Choreography/Dance Workshop:
Thursday, June 20 - Saturday, June 29
Offered for junior and senior high school students, as well
as college students, separate tracks are offered for Dancers
(age 12+), Junior Choreographers (age 15+), and Senior
Choreographers (age 17+). Diana Green, workshop director
and chair of Huntingdon’s dance program, has received many
awards nationwide for her choreography expertise.
Participants will benefit from daily classes in ballet and modern
dance, injury prevention, music for dancers, introductory lighting design, dance composition, and will participate in a final
performance with participants in Huntingdon’s Opera Camp.
Dorm space and board provided at $25 per day.
Recommendation/interview required. For more information
call Diana Green at (334) 833-4538. Workshop fee: $250
dancers, $300 jr. choreographers, $350 sr. choreographers.
Opera Camp: Friday,
June 21 - Saturday, June 29
Study stage movement and diction, and participate in master and private classes with our distinguished faculty. Dorm
space and board provided at $25 per day. For experienced
voice students in grades 11 – college freshmen. Audition
tape/recommendation needed. For more information call Dr.
James Glass at (334) 833-4474.
Piano Camp: June 16 - 21, Limited dorm
space available at $25 per night.
Talented pianists entering grades 7 - 12 are invited to apply
for Huntingdon’s new Piano Camp which includes private
lessons and master classes with our distinguished faculty. For
more information call Dr. Ron Shinn at (334) 833-4477.
Hollywood Comes to Huntingdon Summer Creative Writing Workshop for
High School and College Students
This week-long program on the art and craft of screenwriting will feature award- winning Hollywood screenwriter, television and motion picture producer Michael Ritz. Fee: $150
(Dorm space available for $25 per night). For a complete
brochure or information call Pam Stein at (334) 833-4522.
Physical plant: keeping the roof tight, buildings
maintained, heat on, and campus well-lit (one
year):
$850,000.00
COME HOME TO THE
GREEN
Financial aid for students (one year):
$3,800,000.00
Huntingdon Homecoming 2002
One diploma (lifetime):
$7.25
Salaries for top faculty and staff (one year):
$3,500,000.00
ONE WONDERFUL DAY IN MAY:
PRICELESS!
April 19-21, 2002
FRIDAY, APRIL 19
ALUMNI GOLF TOURNAMENT
SOFTBALL GAME
ALUMNI AWARDS BANQUET
HAY FEVER, BY NOEL COWARD
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
50th CLASS REUNION BREAKFAST
CAMPUS TOURS
STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
HUNTINGDON MEMORIES
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES: miniature train ride,
pony ride, balloon magician, maze, & more.
CLASS REUNIONS AND PICTURE TIME
for classes ending in ’2 or ’7
SMART CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION
REFRESHMENTS AND FELLOWSHIP WITH
PAST AND PRESENT FACULTY
HUNTINGDON FAMILY PICNIC
SOCCER GAMES
NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING
HOMECOMING COURT PRESENTATION
SPRING CHORAL CONCERT
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL GAMES
YOUNG ALUMNI BLUES CRUISE
PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION
STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
CLOSING RECEPTION
HAY FEVER, BY NOEL COWARD
SUNDAY, APRIL 21
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST &
WORSHIP SERVICE
For further information and reservations
call toll fee:
1-877-567-ALUM or 833-4564
For all this and more,
The Huntingdon College Annual
Fund Relies on You.
Please send in your gift to the
Annual Fund before May 31st.
(334) 833-4566
Help us increase our alumni giving percentage to 30%!
CDs of Dr. Harald Rohlig’s Debut
Performance on the Bellingrath Memorial
Organ, April, 2001, are now available.
The cost is $17 each, shipping and handling included.
You may send a check or money order or call in your
Visa or MasterCard information to
Su Ofe, Director of Communications, Office of
Community Relations, 1500 E. Fairview Avenue,
Montgomery, AL 36106; (334) 833-4515.
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Huntingdon College admits students of any race, color, sex, age, religion, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs,
and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the College. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age,
religion, disability that does not prohibit performance of essential educational functions, and national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies,
admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered programs.
Huntingdon College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4097, 404-679-4501) to award the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Associate of Arts degree.
The Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
Information contained in this magazine is current as of the date of publication, but is subject to change.