A Tribute to the Legacy of “Ancient Stan”

A Tribute to the Legacy of “Ancient Stan”
Stan Lewis (1920-2005)
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It is with great sadness that the Baylor School community notes the passing of
former coach and faculty member, Stan Lewis. Mr. Lewis, age 84, died June 6
after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Lewis was a member of Baylor’s faculty from 1948-86. Under his leadership,
Baylor’s novice swim team was transformed into a program that turned out a
Mid-South championship in 1966 and state championships in 1968, 1972, and
1974. He coached several All-American swimmers and divers at Baylor and
concluded his coaching career in 1974 with an overall record of 143-74-1. He
was a member of Baylor’s Sports Hall of Fame and was an inaugural inductee
into the Tennessee Swimming Hall of Fame in 1982. In 2003 he was inducted
into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame.
Mr. Lewis became known around campus as “ancient” as a reference to his
passionate instruction of ancient history, but his zeal for both teaching and
coaching was nothing short of youthful. Shortly after arriving at Baylor, he was
appointed head of the history department, and during his tenure he introduced
a number of innovative classes. Matt Lewis ’74 delivered a wonderful tribute to
his father’s lasting legacy at Stan’s memorial service. To read the remarks go to:
www.baylorschool.org/alumni/stanlewis.html
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree
from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946 as
a first lieutenant.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Baylor for the new Aquatic Center.
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1985-2005
Vishruth Reddy
Nick Szapiro
Vishruth Reddy has been named the vale-
dictorian for Baylor’s class of 2005 and
Nick Szapiro has been named salutatorian.
Vishruth has been an active member
of community service and a member of
Baylor’s National Honor Society, Peer
Tutor program, Writing Center, Chapel
Advisory Committee, Chemistry Olympiad Team, Cum Laude, French Club,
and Science Club. He will attend Vanderbilt University in the fall.
David Burt
Elin Bunch
A member of the boys varsity tennis
team for four years, Nick has also been
an active member of Baylor’s community
service. He is a member of the National
Honor Society and Cum Laude. He will
attend Swarthmore College in the fall.
For the Class of 2009, David Burt has
been named the valedictorian and Elin
Bunch has been named the salutatorian
during eighth grade commencement services June 1.
Celebrating Leadership
It’s hard to believe, but this fall will mark
the 20th anniversary of Baylor’s decision
to become coed. The school is beginning
to plan events to celebrate this landmark
decision and we want to hear from you.
If you have stories, memories, and general
anecdotes from that era that you would
like to share, please call the communications office at (423) 267-8506, ext. 354, or
e-mail us at [email protected]
Athletic Round Up
Morgan, Manson Lead List of Baylor Honorees
The Chattanooga Times Free Press named Corey Manson the All-City
Wrestler of the Year and head coach Jim Morgan Coach of the Year
in their Best of Preps series. Morgan’s Red Raiders were 20-1 this year
and won the TSSAA Division II Duals and Traditional State Championships, making the longtime coach an easy choice to repeat as Coach
of the Year and giving Baylor Team of the Year honors. Manson was
undefeated at 43-0 and won the state championship at 125 pounds. He
also finished second in the National High School Coaches Association’s
Junior Nationals tournament in Cleveland, Ohio. Joining Morgan and
Manson on the All-City list were 103-pound state champion Bailey
Whitaker, 37-8 in his freshman year, and sophomore Ben Johnson, 38-3
and the 112-pound state champ. Will Murray, Daniel Waddell, Doug
Vaughan, and Jake Simmons were named to the All-City second team.
Head coach Jim Morgan was also selected by the National Federation of High School Coaches Association to receive the 2004 South
Sectional Coach of the Year award.
SOFTBALL TEAM WINS 3RD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
The Baylor softball team won the state championship for the third
year in a row, winning back-to-back games against GPS in the state
tournament. The Red Raiders did it in their trademark exciting way,
scoring two runs with two outs in the bottom of the seventh for a 4-3
win in the title game. Baylor went 36-7 on the season and also won
their fourth consecutive region championship. In the last three state
softball tournaments, Baylor has won 12 games without a loss.
BAYLOR CREW VICTORIES
Lower School Golf Team Wins State Title
The lower school golf team won the TVAC championship led by
individual champ Price Partrick and won the Tennessee Middle School
Golf Association’s region tournament by 49 strokes. Baylor swept
the top three spots in the region competition with Ryan Thornton
shooting a 75, Keith Mitchell, an all-state selection, carding a 79, and
Charlie Killian firing an 81. The Raiders capped the season with a
dramatic play-off win for the TMSGA state championship.
BAYLOR’S BASKETBALL CHAMPS!
The Baylor boys basketball team finished the season with a 19-7
record and went undefeated in region play, winning both the league
and tournament championships. The Red Raiders advanced to the
state tournament for the second year in a row, where they lost in a
heartbreaker, 52-51, in overtime to Harding Academy. Other season
highlights included appearances in the Chick-fil-A Classic in Columbia,
S.C. and the Benedictine Capital City Classic in Richmond, Va.
Baylor’s girls struggled with injuries all season and finished with
a 4-18 record.
The Baylor crew season was highlighted by the Women’s Varsity 8
crew taking the Carney Cup with a win over GPS, and was capped
off by the same crew winning the Southeastern Championships and
qualifying for the U.S. Rowing Nationals in Cincinnati in June. Also
qualifying for the national regatta was the Men’s Varsity Lightweight
8 crew. The Men’s Varsity Heavyweight 8 and the Women’s Varsity
Lightweight 4 finished in fourth place in Southeastern qualifying races.
Women’s Varsity 8: cox Kate Enzenauer, stroke Julia Young, Jesse
Bertke, Audrey Mosley, Hilary Cumbest, Shannon Moore, Carson Anderson,
Christine King, and Lizzie Corey. Men’s Lightweight 8: cox David Kealey,
stroke Ray Boaz, Garrison Conner, Mat Hartje, John Pollock, Robbie
Matlock, Adam Vandergriff, Seth Wilson, and Tyler Casalone.
Athletic Round Up
Paige Lanter Picked for All-South Soccer Team
Paige Lanter ’06 has been chosen for the All-South
(Region III) girls soccer team by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America. Lanter, who has
been a part of three of Baylor’s four consecutive
state championships, joins 53 other girls from six
states on the honored team.
Adams, Clark Top Best of Preps List
Jonathan Adams ’05 was named All-City Player of the Year and head
basketball coach Austin Clark was named Coach of the Year in the
Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps series. Under Coach
Clark’s leadership, and with Adams averaging 21 points per game,
the Baylor team finished the 2005 season with a 19-7 record going
undefeated in region play. The Red Raiders were region, league, and
tournament champions and lost 52-51 in overtime in the quarterfinal
round of the state tournament. Adams, who has signed to play at Old
Dominion University, was a finalist for TSSAA’s Mr. Basketball award.
Baylor’s Adam Plavich ’06 was named to the All-City second team.
Baylor’s Hixson is King Pin
Baylor sophomore Jake Hixson won the Chattanooga Youth Bowling
Association’s city singles championship. Hixson, who helped lead the
Baylor boys bowling team to a runner-up finish at the state tournament
in January, rolled a 758 series to capture the King Pin crown.
The International Water Ski Federation ranks Caroline Hensley ’09
second in the world among junior slalom water skiers. Hensley is also
ranked fifth in trick skiing, sixth in jumping, and fourth overall. At
14, Hensley is the youngest member of the top 10.
Oliver Townsend ’05 traveled to the prestigious Penn Relays in April
to compete in the High School Invitational mile run along with 15
other high school runners from across the nation. Townsend, seeded
15th of the 16 runners, finished second in the race, running a personal
best (by seven seconds) 4:11.9 just one tick behind the first place
finish of 4:10.8. Townsend's time of 1:53.7 in the 800 meter earlier
this spring broke a school record set by Jamey Gifford ’97. Gifford
also ran in the Penn Relays.
Blair Marshall ’08 won the Bermuda National Junior Matchplay Golf
Championship in December. Marshall, a resident of Bermuda, was
a 2-up winner for the title
Jacques McClendon ’06 has been selected as a member of the Student
Sports Junior All-America football team. McClendon is one of 85
players chosen nationally, one of only eleven junior offensive linemen,
and the only Tennesseean on the team. McClendon has committed
to sign with the University of Tennessee. Football Time in Tennessee
magazine has ranked McClendon among the top 25 football prospects
in the nation and among the top 18 prospects in Tennessee
BASEBALL
The Baylor baseball team finished
with a 24-13 overall record and
was 6-2 in region play. The Raiders fell short in their quest to return to the state tournament, losing to McCallie and Webb in the
region tournament. Baylor was
the champion of the Foothills
Spring Invitational tournament.
BOWLING
Baylor had two region champion
bowling teams in 2005 with the
boys team finishing as state runnerup. The girls finished with an 116 overall record and a perfect 4-0
in region play while the boys were
14-6 overall and 4-2 in the league.
FENCING
Baylor fencers enjoyed a fine
spring season culminating in the
Tennessee State Divisional Championships at Vanderbilt. Anton
Fleissner was a state champ in two
men’s divisions, the 14 and under
and the 16 and under, Megan Rupe
was the women’s open foil champion, and Lauren McCarter won
the women’s 16 and under title.
Rupe and McCarter teamed up
with Keely Lusk and Baylor coach
Kristin Vines to win the women’s
team state crown. Rick Manning,
Jonathan Cleary, Nathaniel Duvall,
and Parth Deshmukh combined as
the men’s team runner-up.
BOYS SOCCER
Baylor finished the season losing
a heartbreaking region semifinal
in overtime to Knox Catholic.
Baylor finished the season, highlighted by a big 4-0 win over rival
McCallie, with a 10-4-3 record.
SWIMMING
The Baylor girls finished third at
the state meet while the boys,
battling small numbers, finished
14th. The combined team was
sixth in the state.
Harris English ’07 won the 14-15 year-old boys division of the Callaway
Gardens Junior Classic in Pine Mountain, Ga. English bounced back
from an opening 78 and fired a 67 on Sunday for an eight stroke
victory. His score of 145 was the best score posted in the tournament.
TENNIS
The boys tennis team had a 10-4
record this year and advanced to
the state tournament semifinal
round where they lost a hardfought match that featured six set
tie-breakers, 4-3, to Montgomery
Bell Academy. John Koti and the
doubles team of Charlie Hankey
and Lee Gammon were state tournament qualifiers, both losing in
the quarterfinal round.
The Baylor girls finished with
an 8-5 overall record, 2-2 in region play.
TRACK
The Baylor girls track team
finished third in the region and
seventh in the state meet. Kate
McKenzie was second in the 400
meter run at the state meet. The
3200 meter relay team of Logan
Clark, McKenzie, Mary Shelton
Bryant, and Jen Clemmer set a new
school record at the state meet.
The Baylor boys were region
runners-up and finished sixth in
the state. Oliver Townsend ran a
school record 4:09.1 in the 1600
meter run, breaking a record he
set earlier this year at the Penn
Relays, but was second to Andrew
Bumbalough of Brentwood Academy who ran a 4:05. Townsend
also was second in the state 800
while Baylor sprinter Justin
Lawrence finished second (by .03
seconds) in the 200 meter dash,
second in the 400 meter dash, and
third in the 100 meter events.
WRESTLING
The Baylor wrestling team repeated as traditional state champions
in 2005 and won the state duals
championship as well. The Red
Raiders were led by state champs
Bailey Whitaker, Ben Johnson, and
Corey Manson on the way to the
school’s eighth traditional state
title, and beat McCallie for Baylor’s third state duals crown in five
years. The Raiders were 20-1 in
dual meets and were champions
of the Knox Catholic Invitational,
the Brett Warren Invitational, the
Scottsboro Super Duals, the
Greeneville Invitational, and the
Battle of the South (Athens, Ala.).
For daily updates on Red Raider sports, visit the Raider Recap at www.baylorschool.org/extra/athletics.html
Student Kudos
Reddy and Schow Receive Community Service Scholarships
Vishruth Reddy (shown on left)
and Carl Schow have received
college scholarships as a result
of their commitment to community service and academic
rigor. Reddy has been recognized
as one of only 100 high school
seniors across the country to
receive the prestigious Toyota Community Scholarship for his commitment to academics and community service. To be eligible, students
must be proven leaders both in the classroom and in their communities.
Vishruth was also awarded the Ingram Scholarship from Vanderbilt
University and the Best Buy Children’s Foundation scholarship. Schow
has been awarded the Rhodes Scholar Award from Rhodes College
in Memphis. The Rhodes Service Scholarship is awarded to students
who have demonstrated an exceptional record of leadership, community
service participation and/or social justice work.
Senior Class secretary Jennifer Flanagan (left) and vice president Philip
Spitalny presented Beth Roberson of the local American Red Cross
chapter with a $7,000 check to support tsunami relief efforts. The
students, who conduct fundraisers throughout their junior year in
part to host the junior-senior prom, dedicate remaining funds to a
class gift to be determined before graduation. The seniors also plan
to contribute to a memorial garden planned in remembrance of faculty
member Cathy Bradford, who died in February.
Enzenauer, Khia Keller, Dima White,
Michael Elliott, Kacey Weddle, Leah
Hagedorn , and Paige McCarter
Ten Baylor students were selected to go on the school’s eighth annual
community service trip to Jamaica over spring break. While in Jamaica
the group worked with abused children at a squatter’s community,
and with the elderly. The students raised $30,000 for the Jamaica
Education Fund, which goes toward providing an education for
children in Jamaica. This year's group included (front from left to
right) Nikesh Patel, Anushri Desai, Stephen Callihan, Rachna Patel, John
Murphy; (back row from left to right) Alex Shoaf, Ally Baxter, Katherine
Harper, Ho-Sun Lee, and Vishruth Reddy.
Winners of the National French
contest include Kelly Kell, who
placed fifth in the state in French
3, and Vishruth Reddy and Vihra
Groueva, who placed fourth and
sixth respectively in French 5.
Of the 109 Baylor students who
took the National Latin Exam
this year, one student scored a
perfect score, several received
medals in recognition of high
achievement, and nearly half received certificates for high achieve-
ment. In Latin I, Leah Schulson
achieved a perfect score, earning
summa cum laude status and a
gold medal. Bryan Epps, and Sean
Guerry also achieved summa cum
laude and a gold medal; Carolyn
Jones, Katie Van Valkinburgh, John
Cofer, Stephanie Napier, Rebecca
Hartje , and Mary Stagmaier
achieved maxima cum laude and
a silver medal; Charley Frazier,
Ben Ellis, Adrienne Haren, Ty Levie,
David Kealey , and Anna Hora
achieved magna cum laude. Will
achieved cum laude. In Latin II,
Clifford Eberhardt achieved summa
cum laude and a gold medal; Elin
Bunch, David Burt, Colton Griffin,
and Natalie Brackett achieved maxima cum laude and a silver medal;
Mark Mahvi, David Hull, Stephen
Powers, Hunter Morgan, Bo-Kyoung
Park, Jordan McCay, and Nicholas
Stabile achieved magna cum laude.
Becca Campomanes, Elizabeth Brody, Tommy Parks, Ryan Armstrong,
Thomas Mahvi, Jake Curtis, Ella
Marie Sullivan, and Seth Wilson
achieved cum laude. In Latin III,
Anton Fleissner, Coty Green, and
Michael Schulson achieved summa
cum laude and a gold medal; and
Val Hanson achieved maxima cum
laude and a silver medal. In Latin
IV Megan Rupe achieved magna
cum laude and Lauren McCarter
achieved cum laude.
Performing a monologue by Emilia
in Act 4, Scene 3 of Othello as well
as Sonnet 19, Tory Grubbs ’05 won
the school’s annual Shakespeare
Recitation Contest and went on to
represent Baylor in the Chattanooga Branch of the English-Speaking
Union competition for grades 1012. Anthony Clairmont ’07 placed
second in the school-wide competition and was named alternate for
the city competition, and Sarah
Franklin ’05 was the runner-up in
the senior competition.
Winners of the annual freshman
poetry recitation contest were Kayla Wright, first place; Michael Schulson , second place; and Brooke
Breedwell, third place. Winners
of the annual junior poetry recitation contest were Kaitlyn Swicegood, first place; and John Haggard, second place. Faith Jamison
and Alice Barfield won first prize
and runner up, respectively, for
the sophomore speech contest.
The Tennessee Math Teachers
Association annual regional math
contest, one of the most competitive in the state, was held at UTC
in April. Baylor students scoring
in the top 10 of each category
were: algebra I: Bryan McMahon,
Student Kudos
ninth place; geometry: Chris Wallace, third; David Burt, seventh;
Hannah Jones, ninth; algebra II:
Parth Desmuth , second; Anton
Fleissner, third; Mat Hartje, fifth;
Val Hansen, seventh; Adam Vandergriff, tenth; precalculus: Ray Boaz,
fifth; statistics: Youngmin Kim, first;
Matt Callihan, second; Bailey Conner, third; Catherine Stein, fourth;
calculus: Vishruth Reddy, second;
Hutch Brock, fourth; Ho-Sun Lee,
fifth; Oliver Townsend, sixth; and
Andrew Park, eighth.
Max Gruszecki ’06 recently received
the Eagle Scout Rank in the Signal
Mountain Area Boy Scout Court
of Honor.
Freshman Robert Maynard was
accepted to attend the Rock
School, one of the country’s leading dance programs for high
school students.
Sofie Trads ’07 scored a 97 on the
National German Exam.
Baylor’s two Lower School math
contest teams took first and second place in the regional
MathCounts® Competition. Competing against teams of top math
students in area schools, Baylor’s
eighth grade team earned first
place and the seventh grade team
claimed second. Members of the
eighth grade team were Elin Bunch,
Mark Mahvi, Katy Wilson and David
Burt. Seventh grade team members
were Leah Schulson, Charley Frazier,
Bryan Epps and Phillip Probasco.
Six of the ten individual contestants invited to participate in the
final round of the competition
were Baylor students; Leah Schulson took first place and David Burt
third. The eighth grade team,
along with Leah, participated in
the highly competitive State MathCounts competition in March,
earning a seventh place finish.
During the contest a tribute was
given in honor of the late Cathy
Bradford, Baylor’s team coach.
John Bradford, longtime MathCounts coach stood in for Cathy
during the competition.
Twenty-four students from Baylor’s sixth grade and lower school
earned top scores on the American
Mathematics Competition 8, a
25-question, 40-minute multiple
choice exam. Top scorers in the
sixth grade were Sydney Rupe, first
place; Jeff Burke, second place; and
Matt Brien, third place. Seventh
grader Alex Silvey, had the highest
overall score; with seventh grader
Bryan Epps tying for second place.
Eighth grade winners were David
Burt, who tied for second place
overall; followed by Mark Mahvi
and Evan Roberts, third place; David
Hull and Katy Wilson, fourth place;
Alex Abel, Elin Bunch, Alex Cash,
Clay Hall, Brett Murray, and Chase
Riemer, fifth place.
Congratulations are also in order
for Hutch Brock, Miller Williams,
Vishruth Reddy and Thorne Melcher,
whose scores on the American
Math Competition 12 (AMC 12)
qualified them to take the American Mathematics Invitational Examination in March, a step towards the U.S. Math Olympiad.
Mat Hartje, Anton Fleissner and
Buck Lyman were the top scorers
on the AMC 10.
Congratulations to Danielle Standifer, Quinton Joynes, James Bird,
Peter Beairsto, and Catherine Hallam
whose artwork was selected for
the Chattanooga Times Free Press
art show at the UTC Cress Gallery.
Winners in this year’s Arts and
Education Council’s Young Student Writers Contest included 15
Baylor students from grades 6-8,
chosen from more than 2,350 entries from 48 area schools. Winners were Grace Apfeld, Natalie
Brackett, Alyssa Brown, Laurie Millener, Kevin Ponsler, Paxton Potter,
Madeleine Taber, Jasmine Wheeler,
Jessica Bookout, Forrest Fesmire,
Ann Tyler Moses, Nicholas Roberts,
Sydney Rupe , Zac Seidel , and
Graeme Webb.
Congratulations to Meredith
McCue, Geoff Millener, Fynn Glover,
Hunter Morgan, Fritsl Butler, and
Michael Schulson , who were
Bryn Pitt won an Award of Excel-
selected to participate in the
International Round Square
Conference this September in
Australia.
lence for his work on the House
Intelligence Committee. Two Baylor alumni, Alkesh Amin ’01 and
David Wallace ’02 are on the staff
of Harvard Model Congress. Elyse
Higley, Michael Daugherty, Radhika
Patel, Michael Schulson, and Sean
Pitt participated in the Tennessee
High School Speech and Drama
League State Tournament in
Cookeville, Tenn on April 16.
Because of the band trip and a
regatta, only one of the usual team
members, Sean Pitt, competed,
but Baylor was well represented.
Radhika was nominated as a finalist for outstanding speaker in
the house, and Michael Schulson
earned a spot as a finalist for outstanding speaker in the Senate.
Sean won second place as speaker
in the Senate.
Andrew Park ’05 received an invi-
tation to the Clemson University
National Scholars Program (NSP),
the university’s premier scholarship and educational enrichment
program. Park plans to major in
civil engineering.
Baylor made a strong showing at
the Robert Penn Warren Symposium in Bowling Green, Ky. The
overall winner was Ally Baxter ’06
for her essay “Violence in Two
Worlds;” in second place was Kate
Enzenauer ’05 with “Turning
Point;” and in third place was
Caitlin Taber ’06 for “A Summer
and Winter of Change.” The event
was sponsored by the Robert Penn
Warren Center at Western Kentucky University.
Evan Sharber ’07 and Lauren Good
’06 graduated this spring from
Youth Leadership Chattanooga,
a year-long program for sophomores and juniors in the city and
county. Students are selected
through an application process.
Channing Thomas ’08 of Bristol, Va.
and her jumper GULIT brought
home the championship in the
Children/Adult Jumper division
of the Lexington Spring Premier
Horse Show in Lexington,Va.
They also placed second in the
North American League/Marshall
& Sterling Children/Adult Classic.
Baylor students participated in
two student congress events this
spring with great success. At the
Harvard Model Congress March
3-6, Baylor students, acting as
their assigned members of Congress, researched and presented
the views of those representatives
while serving on various committees. Sophomores who participated were: Geoff Millener, Mat Hartje,
Jarius Anderson-Baylor, Dorothy
Fournet and Liz Norred. Freshman
Ella Marie Sullivan ’09 is a winner
in this year’s Promising Young
Writers Program. Sponsored by
the National Council of Teachers
of English, the program is designed
to encourage and reward excellent
writing among younger students.
David Miller, Dianna Dickson, Mary
Adams Bode and Whit Chesnutt
were the only eighth graders in
Tennessee to take the National
Spanish Contest for Level II. Out
of 21,835 students nationally,
David placed 19th, Dianna placed
23rd, Mary Adams placed 32nd,
and Whit came in in 37th. In Tennessee, David placed 15th, Dianna
19th, Mary Adams 28th, and
Whit 33rd.
This year’s recipients of the Elizabeth Bryan Barks Reading Award
are seventh graders Bryan Epps,
Brenna Henegar, Leah Schulson,
Alex Silvey, Katie Van Valkinburgh,
Jared Wang; and eighth graders
Clay Hall, Laurie Millener, Mariya
Ozaki, Delaney Still, and Alexis
Toney. The award was established
by Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Ritteman,
’60 to recognize outstanding reading effort by students in the Lower
School reading program.
Awards Day Recipients
Outstanding Student Leaders Honored John Roy Baylor, Alexander Guerry and Barks Recipients Named
Vishruth Reddy
Jesse Bertke
Sasha Gourgue
Tyler Marshall
Baylor honored eight of its outstanding student leaders with Leadership
Awards that are the highest the school bestows. Recipients are selected
by a vote of the faculty.
The John Roy Baylor Award is presented to a senior who has
contributed richly to the school both as a citizen and a scholar. Named
for Baylor’s visionary founder and first headmaster, the John Roy
Baylor Award for 2005 was presented to Vishruth Reddy. Vishruth
will attend Vanderbilt University.
Jesse Bertke is the winner of this year’s Alexander Guerry Award.
Named for Baylor’s second headmaster, the award is presented to a
senior who contributed richly to the position of honor and right at
Baylor. Mr. Guerry served Baylor from 1913-29 and was headmaster
from 1926-29. A resident of Alaska, Jesse will attend Stanford University.
The Herbert B. Barks, Sr., Award is presented to boarding students
who have contributed richly to the spirit and quality of life of the
residential program. This honor is named for Baylor’s third headmaster,
who joined Baylor in 1924 and served as headmaster from 1929-64.
The Class of 2005 honorees are Sasha Gourgue, and Tyler Marshall. Sasha
is from Coral Springs, Fla. and lived in Hunter Hall. She will attend the
University of Central Florida. A resident of South Hampton, Bermuda,
Tyler lived in Lupton Three Dorm. He will attend Wake Forest University.
Logan Clark
Anne Lawrence
Carl Schow
Jake Simmons
The Herbert B. Barks, Jr., Award was presented to seniors who have
contributed richly to the Baylor spirit. Dr. Barks was headmaster from
1971-88 and is remembered for his charismatic leadership and remarkable enthusiasm. This year’s honorees are Logan Clark, Anne Lawrence,
Carl Schow and Jake Simmons. Logan will attend the University of
Tennessee, Anne will attend Birmingham-Southern College, Carl will
attend Rhodes College, and Jake will attend Wofford College.
Lower School Honors Leaders
Academic awards went to the top two scholars in the eighth grade
class at the Lower School commencement exercises on June 1. David
Burt was named valedictorian, and Elin Bunch was named salutatorian.
The Alexander Guerry Award, named for Baylor’s second headmaster
and presented to Lower School students who contribute richly to the
position of honor and right at Baylor, went to eighth graders Elin
Bunch and David Burt.
The Michelle Kadrie Award, given to students who combine a strong
desire to do their personal best in school activities with a caring
attitude toward others, was presented to eighth graders Mary Boyles
and Greg Roop.
National Honor Society Inductees Five Upper School Students
Eighty-one Baylor students were recently inducted into the National
Honor Society. Membership is offered to students in grades 10-12,
and is based upon a student’s outstanding performance in scholarship,
service, leadership, and character. The scholarship requirement is a
3.0 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale. Seniors inducted
into the Honor Society include Jennifer Cassidy, William Ireland, Chris
Quave and Blair Waddell; juniors include Brian Eischeid, Lauren Geismar,
and Julian Park; sophomores include Jarius Anderson-Baylor, Jordan
Apfeld, Michael Bell, Brittany Brown, Dylan Bunch, Maddie Burke, Fritsl
Butler, Sharon Caslin, Claire Cassady, Jun Young Cha, Jennifer Clemmer,
Emily Corker, Nelson Davis, Walker Deakins, Michael Deere, Parth
Deshmukh, Fritz Doster, Austin Durall, Rachel Dyer, Mary Claire Elliot,
Whitney Ewing, Chuckie Fleischmann, Dorothy Fournet, Rachael Gass,
Colton Griffin, Allison Harrell, Mathew Hartje, Liz Helton, Jessica Hildebrand,
Jake Hora, Kenneth Howard, Tanz Kane, So-Young Kim, Chip Kirby, Andrew
Krug, Amanda Langford, Emily Lea, Cardella Leak, Yu Jeong Lee, Sandi
Lowe, Buck Lyman, Ashley Macon, Lindsay Mallen, Kara Manly, Rick
Manning, Jenny Mashburn, Lauren McCarter, Meredith McCue, Cody McGee,
Andrew Megison, Geoff Millener, Jeffrey Mimbs, Shannon Moore, John
Bradley Murphy, Liz Norred, Sarah Page, Jamey Price, Locksley Randle,
Megan Rupe, Michael Saad-Naguib, Erica Scoggins, Catherine Scott, Evan
Sharber, Maggie Shipley, Jeffrey Stewart, McClain Still, David Stobaugh,
Clay Stockett, Wes Stroud, Adam Vandergriff, Nicole Vogt-Lowell, Chris
Wallace, Tiffany Williams, and Maddy Young.
Saluted by Their Peers
Jesse Bertke
Jake Simmons
Cat Boland
Corey Manson
The O.B. Andrews Awards, presented each year
to the male and female students who are judged
as the best all-around seniors by the vote of the
Upper School student body, were given to Jesse
Bertke and Jake Simmons.
The Jumonville Awards, given to the best allaround male and female juniors as determined by
a vote of the Upper School students, were presented
Juney Shober
to Cat Boland, Corey Manson and Juney Shober.
Jesse, who also received the Alexander Guerry Award, will attend
Stanford University. Jake, who also received the Herbert B. Barks, Jr.
Award, will attend Wofford College.
Awards Day Recipients
Six Win Special Faculty Awards
Kate Enzenauer
Nathaniel Duvall
Sam Stover
The Hubert J. Stagmaier Award is given to outstanding all-around
senior students. This year’s honorees are Kate Enzenauer, Nathaniel Duvall,
Sam Stover and Oliver Townsend. Kate will attend the University of
Southern California, Nathaniel will attend Cornell University, Sam will
attend the College of Wooster, and Oliver will attend Dartmouth College.
The Service Award is presented to seniors who have contributed richly
to the school through service to the community. This year, the award was
Six Honored as Recipients of Special Awards Selected by the Faculty
Oliver Townsend
Porter Durham
Brandon Stansell
given to Porter Durham. Porter is a resident of Charlotte, N.C. and will
attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Michelle Kadrie Award is given to senior students and eighth
grade students who combine a strong desire to do their personal best
in school activities with a caring attitude toward others. The senior
receiving this year’s Kadrie Award is Brandon Stansell. Brandon will
attend Belmont University.
Students Earn Recognition for Achievements in Academics, Athletics, Arts
Departmental Awards
Art Award (Studio)
Jesse Bertke
Dance Award
Albernie Ferguson
Drama Award
Mary Lauren Bishop
Mark Wilson
Instrumental Music Award
Carl Schow
Jason Son
Vocal Music Award
Brandon Stansell
Creative Writing Award
Physics Award
Vocal Music
Daniel Fishel
Nathaniel Duvall
Angela Woodard
English Award
Science Achievement Award
Kate Enzenauer
Oliver Townsend
History Award
Art Forum Awards
Drama
Athletic Awards
Outstanding Athlete Award
(by coaches’ vote)
Sophomore Award
Dylan Bunch
Geoff Millener
Junior Award
Ray Boaz
Senior Award
Porter Durham
Nathaniel Duvall
French Award
Fine Arts Award
Vishruth Reddy
Abbie Hecker
Michael Coffey
German Award
Community Service Award
Vishruth Reddy
College Book Awards
Ally Baxter, Vanderbilt University
Ray Boaz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fritsl Butler, Smith College
Whitney Ewing, Rhodes College
Michael Levine, Williams College
Hunter Morgan, University of Virginia
Patrick Murphy, University of the South
Amie Patel, Wellesley College
Rachna Patel, Yale University
Caitlin Taber, Brown University
Sara Watson, Middlebury College
Ray Boaz
Latin Award
Kate Enzenauer
Caitlin Sledge
John Casavant
Instrumental Music
Andrew Park
Photography
Ashley Hartman
Studio Art
Kate Enzenauer
Michael Gulas
Melissa McMahan
Wells Wright
Lara Newberry
Jonathan Adams
Scholar-Athlete Award
Logan Clark
Oliver Townsend
Best All-Around Athlete Award
(by vote of senior varsity letter
winners)
Lara Newberry
Jake Simmons
Special Recognition Award
Anne Lawrence
Philip Spitalny
2005 Senior College Choices
Spanish Language Award
Danielle Driscoll
Patrick Murphy
Spanish Literature Award
Nick Szapiro
Math Award
Hutch Brock
Biology Award
Rachna Patel
Computer Science Award
Chemistry Award
Rick Manning
Val Hansen
For a full listing of this year’s Senior College Choices
go to the College Counseling section of our website at
www.baylorschool.org
Faculty & Staff Kudos
Ed Huey, was the guest of Debi D
Matt Radtke is currently serving
on the “Louisiana House Party”
on WUTC 88.1 in April.
as the Vice President of the Southeastern Association of Boarding
Schools.
in Washington, D.C. Patty Watson,
Alice Krug, Dan Kennedy and Ron
Stewart represented Baylor at the
National Council of Teachers in
Mathematics annual conference.
Sally Naylor’s poem, “At Six” was
accepted for the anthology “All I
Had to Say: Black and White
Women Remember Race,” edited
by Kate Hymes and Pat Schneider.
Kelli Smith received a master’s
Joanne Letendre, Rick Bishop, and
David Bibee teamed with the Di-
Leroy Guy earned a degree in geo-
rector of Admissions at Wofford
College to present a session entitled “Athletic Recruiting: Secrets
of the Locker Room” at the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling’s Annual
Conference in Nashville.
Kurt Emmanuele’s photos appeared
Barbara Kennedy gave a presenta-
degree in education in December
from Lincoln Memorial University
in Harrogate, Tenn.
Ward Fleissner is the recipient of
one of six 2005 Awards of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching
of the Humanities. The annual
award is sponsored by Humanities
Tennessee, the state affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center for the
Book at the Library of Congress.
science from Mississippi State University.
John Bradford, Joe Gawrys, Jim
Stover, and Emma Williams gave
presentations at the Tennessee Association of Independent School’s
biennial conference earlier this year.
Bill Murdock served on an admission panel at the same conference.
Tom Schow was named adjudicator
of the piano competition of the
Georgia Music Teachers Assoc.
Baylor math teachers Dr. Dan
Kennedy , Andy Stultz , and Ron
Stewart made presentations at the
T3, Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference
tion on crisis communication at
the National Association of Independent Schools conference in San
Diego.
Bernard Fertal joined the commu-
nications office this spring as Baylor’s Webmaster and Director of
Interactive Media.
Jim Hooper is one of 30 teachers
Heather Ott addressed an assembly
from Tennessee accepted into the
first Howard Baker Center for Public Policy summer teacher’s institute
on Teaching Congress and the Presidency. The institute will feature
speakers from several presidential
libraries, current and former politicians, and university professors.
at Nolan Elementary School on
her role as mother, coach, and
teacher.
Kathy Hanson presented at the Pa-
The foreign language department
hosted a two-day workshop by a
national leader in the Total Physical Response Storytelling method
of teaching modern languages.
cific Northwest Association of
Independent Schools on Advancement in Independent Schools, Internal Marketing, and Strategic
Van Townsend completed his fifth
Boston Marathon this spring. Not
to be undone, Allison Cardwell ran
in her first marathon in Nashville.
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on the cover and inside the
Jan./Feb. issue of Appalachian
Trailway News, a national magazine published by the Appalachian
Trail Conference. His photographs
also appear in a new book released
by the Tennessee Native Plant
Society titled: “Wildflowers of
Tennessee, the Ohio River Valley,
and the Southern Appalachians.”
Advancement Planning. She did
a similar series earlier this spring
for the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest.
Class Notes
1930s and his wife, Dor-
he has started and sold over the
past 18 years.
othy, have been married 60 years,
with five children, 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. William writes, “Life has
been good to me, and the best
years of my life were at Baylor.”
Judge Neil Thomas ’62 received the
W.M. Akers ’39
1940s
E. Wayne Horton, Jr. ’42 heads a
company that funds the Horton
Scholarship for Engineering at
Virginia Tech.
1950s
Shelton M. Abelman ’51 and his
wife have 11 grandchildren including triplets born in January
2004. This past year they sailed
from San Diego to Hawaii.
President’s Award from the Chattanooga Bar Association at the
annual meeting January 19, 2005.
to that, he was the Washington
Bureau chief for CNBC and host
of “Capital Report.” Prior to joining CNBC in early 2002, Murray
was the Washington Bureau chief
for the Wall Street Journal.
1990s
David Barker ’90, his wife, Mary.
and daughters Caroline and Emily
reside in Chattanooga where David practices OB/GYN with Beacon
Health Alliance.
Bruz Clark ’77, vice president of
John Webb ’62 welcomed his first
grandchild, Sydney Taylor Webb,
born November 21, 2004, to his
son, Matt, and daughter-in-law,
Rachel.
Baylor Trustee Zan Guerry ’67,
chairman and CEO of Chattem,
Inc. and his daughter, Alexis Guerry Bogo ’89, opened trading on
the Nasdaq stock market in New
York City this spring to mark the
occasion of Chattem’s 20th year
on the exchange.
Michael Golden ’67 and his wife,
the Lyndhurst Foundation, won
the Southern Environmental Law
Center’s tenth annual James S.
Dockery, Jr. Environmental Leadership Award.
The NFL officiating crew with
Lee Dyer ’77 finished the season
ranked first in the league.
Hayes Swann ’77 recently joined
Advantis GVA as senior director
in investment services.
1980s
Christopher Elwell ’90 recently
moved to Dalton, Ga., to manage
north Georgia properties for Timberland Investment Resources.
His wife, Kirsty, is working as a
physician’s assistant.
Dr. Jay Jolley ’90 recently complet-
ed a combined orthopaedic and
neurosurgical spine surgery fellowship at the University of Utah
in Salt Lake City. Jay has returned
to Chattanooga and will practice
spine surgery.
Katherine Price Smith ’90 has
joined Herman Walldorf & Company, Realtors, as a residential
sales agent. She will continue as
Baylor’s head tennis coach of the
girls’ varsity team and associate
dean of student life.
National Gypsum Company in
January, 2001.
Anne, are enjoying life in Paris,
where Michael has been publisher
of the International Herald
Tribune since 2003.
Bill Lilly ’58 moved to San Jose,
Scottie Mayfield ’68, president of
Chad Walldorf ’86, took a two-
Costa Rica in 2002 and married
Horlan Vanessa Porras Herrera
on March 20, 2004.
Mayfield Dairy Farms, was named
the J. Neal Ensminger Man of the
Year by the Daily Post-Athenian.
He received this award during the
59th annual meeting of the Athens
Area Chamber of Commerce.
year hiatus from Sticky Fingers
restaurant to serve as the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Governor Mark
Sanford, of South Carolina. He
returned to Sticky Fingers in January, 2005.
1970s
Matt Brown ’87 has been named a
Dr. Brian Schenck ’91 is an oral and
project manager by Raines Brothers Inc., a Chattanooga-based general contractor. His concentration
will be in the residential market.
maxillofacial surgeon living in
Chattanooga with his wife, Yvette,
and baby daughter Caroline.
Jackson McCraw ’55 retired from
Nelson Irvine ’59, a partner in the
Chattanooga law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, has been
elected a Fellow of the American
Bar Association for his “outstanding
dedication to the welfare of his
community and the highest principles of the legal profession.”
1960s
Sandy Mattice ’72 has been chosen
by the White House to serve on
the U.S. District Court. Sandy currently is a U.S. attorney representing
the eastern District of Tennessee.
Alan Goldsmith ’60 is happy being
Philip Carson ’73 has received a
a grandfather and playing with
his grandchildren. He is also the
author of a mystery book entitled
Waldo Chicken Wakes the Dead.
The book has been described as a
witty novel with the charm of the
pulp fiction of the 1950s and 60s
combined with great humor.
fellowship in the American College of Dentists. Fellowship in the
American College of Dentist is by
invitation and is based on leadership and contributions to the dental profession and to society.
Michael Sheffey ’60 sold Century
National Bank, which he started
in November 1999, to Seacoast
Banking. This is the second bank
Dale McElhattan, Jr. ’80 is the se-
nior diplomatic security service
liaison officer to the Department
of Homeland Security.
Melissa Love Snyder ’90, her hus-
band, Paul, and son Daniel now
reside in Cumming, Ga. Melissa
is staying home with Daniel and
adjusting to the Atlanta area.
Barton Crowell ’92 graduated from
Stephen Kerley, D.O. ’87 has joined
the staff of the Galen Medical
Group at Erlanger Hospital in
Chattanooga.
Kettering University Dec. 2004
with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. Barton is currently employed with MSX Int’l, working
for General Motors.
Josh Minges ’88 is living in Alex-
andria, Va. and working as an
attorney for the EPA in Washington, D.C.
Alan Murray ‘73 has re-joined the
Card Steele ’89 and his wife,
staff of The Wall Street Journal as
assistant managing editor, with
responsibilities that include writing
bi-weekly columns on business, the
economy and public policy. Prior
Laura, are expecting a child in
July. The baby will also be welcomed by two-year-old adopted
daughter, Carson.
Nikki Cupp Graves ’92 and her
husband, Derrick, have three
children: Mally Mackenzie, 4; Jon
Garland, 3; and Mary Caroline,
11 months. Nikki is staying home
while Derrick is working with his
father-in-law in housing
development in Edmond, Okla.
Mandy Swift Aitken ’93 and her
Class Notes
husband, Andrew, will be moving
from Boston to London in January
where he will finish his M.B.A.
at the London Business School.
Mandy hopes to transfer within
her company, Fidelity Foundation.
in Cleveland Heights, Ohio where
Jay has a postdoctoral position
in the Skeletal Research Center in
the Department of Biology at Case
Western Reserve University.
Ty Dedman ’97 graduated magna
cum laude from the University of
Alabama School of Law and is
now an associate with Bradley,
Arant, Rose and White LLP in
Birmingham.
Nickie Wallace ’95 is currently
Matt Griffith ’93 has been promo-
ted to supervisor at the CPA firm
of Machen, McChesney &
Chastain, LLD. Matt provides
specialized tax and advisory services to the construction and cost
segregation industry. He and his
wife, Dana, live in Auburn, Ala.
teaching biology, chemistry and
physics to high school girls at St.
Cyprian’s School in Cape Town,
South Africa, where she now permanently resides. As a teacher at
a fellow Round Square school,
she's also been invited to assist as
a leader on the Gordonstoun RSIS
Thailand Water Project this July.
Ashley Farless ’94 is moving home
to Chattanooga from Birmingham
to begin a new job with ARCADIS, a large engineering firm.
Dennis Harris ’96 and his band,
second place in the 43rd Annual
Japanese-American Society’s
Speech Contest in October. The
60 contestants were judged on content of the speech, pronunciation,
expression, posture and the participants’ understanding of the content
of their speech, given in Japanese.
Fairfax, have just released their
debut album entitled “Water
Cooler Stories.” Voted “Best New
Local Band” in a major Nashville
publication, the group was selected to appear on the nationally
distributed compilation CD, “This
Is Americana.” R.E.M. joined the
band for three songs during their
last performance at the Mercy
Lounge in Nashville. Find out
more at fairfaxband.com.
James (Brandon) Smedley ’94 lives
Cam Henderson ’96 is the new as-
with his wife and son in Besançon,
France, where he teaches English.
sistant director of presidential personnel, and her office is located in
the West Wing of the White House.
Ashleigh Dawkins Pipes ’94 received
Nathan Walldorf ’94 has returned
with his wife, Irya, to Chattanooga to join his father Charles ’62
and uncle Rudy ’57 as a third generation real estate agent for Herman Walldorf and Company.
Nathan was a founding member
of Young Life Guatemala prior
to moving back to Chattanooga.
Nathan will offer real estate services to both the English and
Spanish speaking communities.
Jay Henderson ’95 received his
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
from Stanford University in June,
2005. While at Stanford he was
a Dual Hertz Foundation Fellow/Burt and Deedee McMurtry
Stanford Graduate Fellow in the
biomechanical engineering division of the mechanical engineering
department. Jay and Heather Arnold were married in July and live
Joe Hewgley ’96 recently graduat-
ed from Belmont University with
his Doctorate in Physical Therapy
(DPT) and works for Tracy
Caulkins Physiotherapy Center,
an outpatient orthopedics company in Nashville. He will marry
Mardy Hancock of Nashville this
September.
Laura Farless ’97 graduated from
James H. Quillen School of Medicine at East Tennessee State University in May, and will be interning at the University of AlabamaBirmingham Medical School in
internal medicine this summer.
J.R. Fitch ’97, a financial consultant
with A.G. Edwards & Sons in
Chattanooga, has completed his
training for the title of accredited
asset management specialist.
Former Peace Corps volunteer
Phynessa McCurry ’97 visited Joe
Gawrys’ and Ginnie Harris’ classes this spring to share her experiences living in an impoverished
village in the small West African
country of Togo. Phynessa, who
spent her senior year in France
and later attended Harvard Divinity School, now works with Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Greater
Chattanooga.
After graduating from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s
degree in communication in 2002
and a master’s degree in communication in 2004, Brooke West ’98
has taken a job in Birmingham as
executive director of the David
Toms Invitational, a high-profile
annual charity pro-am golf tournament held in Birmingham.
Jennifer Davenport ’99 has been
nominated through the National
Laureate Program to travel to
Australia as part of a delegation
conducting medical seminars
Ian Queen ’99 recently returned
from Richmond, Va. where he
was shooting scenes with actress
Geena Davis for the first episode
of the new ABC series
“Commander In Chief.” The
show also stars Donald Sutherland
and is scheduled to air this fall.
Adam Yantis ’99 is one of eight
selected nationwide for a coveted
spot in General Electric’s premier
entry level engineering program,
the Edison program. General Electric recruits applicants from 30
of the top engineering schools
around the country. Adam graduated in May from Georgia Tech
with highest honors. He will work
in General Electric’s appliance
division in Louisville, KY.
Bart Critser ’00 is spending a semes-
ter in Ecuador through Boston University’s Tropical Ecology Program.
Michael Megison ’00 graduated
from Davidson College in May of
2004 with a degree in chemistry.
He will begin medical school at
the University of Texas at San
Katherine Higgason Lentz ’96 has
become an associate in the firm of
Grant Konvalinka and Harrison,
PC, in Chattanooga. She and Jason
Richard Lentz were married in May
at the Grandview in Chattanooga.
Amy Wood ’96 is in her first year at
the UT College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville. She is the recipient of a Hamilton County Veterinary Association Scholarship and
a Myron Taylor Myers Scholarship.
James Scott ’00 is stationed at Ray Barracks in Friedberg, Germany,
with the 1-36th Infantry, 1st Armored Division as a Cavalry Scout.
He will be in Germany before deploying to Iraq sometime between
November, 2005 and January, 2006.
Class Notes
Antonio this summer. Michael will
marry Susan Stroebel next summer.
Walker Rutherford ’00 recently
graduated with a B.S. in business
administration from UNC at
Chapel Hill and has been working
with Liquidia Technologies, a
nano-technology company. Walker was also inducted into the Order of Omega and the Order of
the Golden Fleece and received
the Chancellor’s Interfraternity
Council award.
nessee Knoxville, where he is also
founder and executive committee
member of Orange Nation, the
former UT Pep Club.
Linc Fuge ’01 has been working
for the prestigious chef, Todd
English, at his Olives and Figs
restaurants for the last two years.
He graduated cum laude from
Boston University’s School of
Hospitality Administration and
has been accepted to The Culinary
Institute at Greystone in Napa
Valley to prepare for his chef’s
certification.
Ty Krug ’01, graduated cum laude
in May from the University of South
Carolina with a B.S. in business
administration. He is now employed by The Johnson Group, an
advertising agency in Chattanooga.
Sean Solomon ’00 has become a
member of the Charlotte, N.C.,
police force.
Jason Coffey ’01 is the president of
the Zeta Lambda chapter of Alpha
Kappa Psi Professional Business
Fraternity at the University of Ten-
Stewart Smith ’01, a senior at the
University of Alabama, finished
his NCAA diving career by
placing third on the one-meter
board, 12th on the three-meter
board, and 14th on the platform.
He was named All-American in
all three. He has been nominated
by the University of Alabama for
the H. Boyd McWhorter ScholarAthlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Wayne West ’01 is currently in Iraq
with his unit of the Mississippi
National Guard. You can check
out his website at:
www.waynesworld2005.blogsp
ot.com/
Jonathon Bullard ’02 is on Vander-
bilt University’s fall 2004 Dean’s
List for the College of Arts and
Science.
Caitlin Muldoon ’01, a senior at the
Jarvis Davenport ’02 is President
University of Kentucky, was selected as a member of the UK Athletic Department’s Frank G. Ham
Society of Character. Selection
into this organization is the highest
honor the UK athletic department
can bestow on a student-athlete.
of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the
University of Georgia and was
recently inducted into the Order
of the Greek Horsemen.
The golfing career of Luke List ’03
continues to gain momentum.
The Vanderbilt sophomore made
the cut at The Masters this spring
and posted a final score of 294
(77-69-78-70), six over par and
good enough to finish tied for
33rd place, 18 strokes behind Tiger Woods, the now four-time
champion.
Lauren Marvel ’03 is a member of
the University of Colorado freestyle ski team.
Cadet Joseph (Joey) Bott Thomas
’03 was recently honored for out-
standing academic achievement
at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, during the
fall semester of the 2004/05 year.
Cornell freshman Jordan Leen ’04
has been named the Ivy League’s
wrestling Rookie of the Year. Leen
was a four-time state champion
while at Baylor, racking up 214
victories, the most in TSSAA history.
Christopher Whitworth ’04, a fresh-
man at Emory and Kappa Sigma
pledge, was honored in December
for earning the rank of Eagle Scout
and is serving as an intern this
summer for U.S. congressman
Charles Norwood ’59.
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Marriages & Engagements
el. They reside in Ringgold, Ga.
Terra Thomas ’99 and Brett Varner
’98 will be married July 16, 2005,
Will Davis ’95 and Catherine Jen-
in the Baylor School Chapel. Terra
received a bachelor’s degree in
chemical engineering from the
University of South Carolina,
where she is pursuing a doctor of
pharmacy degree. Brett received
a degree in mechanical engineering
from Clemson University. He is
a manager with South Carolina
Electric and Gas Company and a
training officer in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve in Camp LeJune, N.C.
Haron on April 9, 2005.
Keith Chapin ’90 and Teresa
Knepper were married June 11,
2005, at Walden Pond on Signal
Mountain. Keith is a program
instructor at McCallie School.
Dr. George Lunn ’90 and Jessica
Ann Jones were married June 4,
2005, in Durango, Colo., where
George practices dentistry.
Board member Jenny Yates ’90
and Rob Stickley were married
November 17, 2004, at her sister
Allison Moore’s ’88 home in Flintstone, Ga.
nings of McLean, Va., were married
February 5, 2005, in Charlottesville,
Va. Will and Catherine are both
graduates of the University of Virginia, and Joe is pursuing a master’s
degree in business administration
at Kellogg School of Management
at Northwestern University.
Lindsay Pledger ’95 and Jeremy
Thomas Vinson were married December 10, 2004, at Hixson United
Methodist Church. Lindsay works
as a child and family counselor.
Jeff Davenport ’97 married Jessica
Measles on June 4, 2005, in Chattanooga. They live on Signal
Mountain across the street from
John ’97 and Amy (Frost) Haddock
’97. Jeff is the Leasing Manager at
CBL Properties and Associates
J.R. Fitch ’97 and Autumn Wiggins
Daniel Sawrie ’91 and Lucy Will-
iams were married June 4, 2005,
at First Presbyterian Church in
Chattanooga.
Scott Gaffner ’95 and Sandra
Michael Pearce were married
March 12, 2005, at Falling Water
Baptist Church. Ashley is pursuing
a master’s degree in anthropology
at the University of New Mexico.
Allison Mitchell ’00 and Luke Bu-
genske were married December 18,
2004, at Laurelwood Llama Farm
on Signal Mountain. Allison and
Luke reside in Orangeburg, S.C.
Jonathon Frost ’01 and Lindsey
Lawson were married June 25,
2005, at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church.
Carrick Longley ’01 and Melissa
Olwell were married January 15,
2005, at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church. Both Carrick and Melissa
serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Brittany Hosemann ’01 and Will-
iam Valadez were married June
25, 2005, in the Baylor Chapel.
Brittany received a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in neuroscience from Tulane University,
and is pursuing a medical degree
from Georgetown University.
Marilyn Cathcart ’98 and Russell
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Collins Carter were married September 18, 2004, at the Old Mayfield Dairy Farm in Athens, Tenn.
They live in Memphis where
Marilyn teaches kindergarten.
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Lynne Berkowitz were married
on May 14, 2005, in Tarrytown,
N.Y. Scott is a candidate for an
M.B.A. at Fordham University.
will be married August 6, 2005,
at Baylor School Alumni Chapel.
Ashley Alvarez ’00 and Ryan
were married June 11, 2005, at
First Baptist Church in Chattanooga. Christy is pursuing a degree in human ecology from UTC
and is employed by Siskin Children’s Institute.
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Senior members of the Baylor girls
cross country team recently hosted
a bridal shower for assistant coach
Heather Biebel to celebrate her
upcoming marriage to William
Montgomery ’92 this June.
Christy Fogo ’01 and John Martin
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Creech Hardee ’79 married Andrea
Cat Armstrong Soule ’98 and Rob
Will Reisman ’93 and Natalie
Moore were married April 28,
2005, in Asheville, N.C. Will is a
resident in orthopedic surgery at
Emory University in Atlanta.
Claro will be married July 23,
2005, in Stevensville, Mont. Cat
graduated from the University of
Montana and is now employed
in accounting.
Caroline Cheney ’94 and Brian
Pooja Shah ’99 and Kushal Shah
DeMille of Charleston were married April 30, 2005, at the French
Huguenot Church in Charleston,
S.C. Caroline is a territory manager
for National Equipment Services.
were married in an elaborate fiveday wedding celebration based
on Hindu traditions in late November, 2004. The couple lives
in Memphis.
Campbell McKenzie ’94 and Gus
Andrea Shipley ’99 and Thomas
Strobel were married November 12,
2004, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
They reside in Jackson, Miss.
Chad Dobbins will be married
July 23, 2005.
Jesse St. Charles ’99 and Whitney
Travis Miller ’94 and Holly Allison
Painter were married June 5,
2004, at the Baylor School Chap-
Bell were married December 30,
2005, at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Chattanooga.
Building the Future
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who help build the future at Baylor through planned gifts.
You are invited to become a member after you have notified
Baylor of your plans. We appreciate the opportunity to honor
you for your commitment to the future of Baylor.
If you have not made financial or estate plans that include
Baylor, please consider it! By carefully planning your gifts,
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possible, while earning personal tax benefits and/or additional
income. A growing number of our alumni and friends support
Baylor by including us in their financial or estate plans.
Consider joining the Heritage Society today.
For more information, please contact: Allison A. Cardwell, J.D.,
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Baylor Babies
Grace Elizabeth and Elise Chapin Taylor
. . . a boy, Evan Thomas, born
2/24/05 to faculty member Takisha
Haynie and her husband, Mario
. . . twin girls, Grace Elizabeth
and Elise Chapin, born 02/14/05
to Brent Allen Taylor ’82 and his
wife, Betsy
Rowe Cooper
Elizabeth McEniry
. . . a boy, Jackson Elliott, born
9/22/04 to Dr. Jeff Tipps ’87 and
his wife, Lia
. . . a girl, Elizabeth, born 10/1/04
to John Paschall ’88 and his wife,
Elizabeth
. . . a boy, Andrew Thomas, born
2/15/05 to Beth Hodges Corona ’89
and her husband, Adam
. . . a boy, Gabriel Lewis, born
10/11/04 to Michael Broggi and
his wife Eadie Hale Broggi ’90
. . . a girl, Adelaide Grace, born
7/21/04 to James Jackson ’90 and
his wife, Susan Northrop
. . . a girl, Kara Marie Wilson, born
2/9/04 to Denise Boehm Wilson ’90
and her husband, Hal
. . . twins, Annabel Rees and Bradford Anthony Jr., born 11/13/04
to Brad Gifford ’91 and Elizabeth
Stadig Gifford ’95
. . . a girl, Grace Elizabeth, born
8/12/04 to Sara Walldorf McNabb
’91 and her husband, Scott
. . . a girl, Caroline Paige, born
7/04 to Dr. Brian Schenck ’91 and
his wife, Yvette
. . . a girl, Mary Caroline, born
7/22/04 to Nikki Cupp Graves ’92
and her husband, Derrick
. . . a boy, Rowe Alexander, born
8/25/04 to Ben Cooper ’94 and his
wife, Christy
. . . a girl, Elizabeth Hallman, born
2/23/05 to Anne Hallman McEniry
’94 and her husband, Jay
. . . a boy, Michael Burke, born
5/04/05 to Telky Lanza Murphy ’94
and her husband, Pete
. . . a boy, Andrew Lewis, born
2/16/04 to Nathan Walldorf ’94 and
his wife, Irya
In Memoriam
Hugh Wilmer Agricola Jr. ’36 died
Col. Clifford James Moore Jr. ’38
Sept. 6, 2004. He was 84. The
Rev. Agricola attended Princeton
University, where he was a member of the Quadrangle Club, and
the University of Alabama, where
he was a member of Phi Delta
Theta. He received law degrees
from Emory University and the
University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
The Rev. Agricola served as a
captain in the U.S. Air Force from
1942-1945 and practiced law in
Gadsden, Ala., from 1949-1961.
He served as Rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in
Birmingham until his retirement
in 1974. He then served both the
Diocese of Alabama and the Gulf
Coast at several parishes and mission churches.
He served in numerous civic
roles throughout his professional
life, including president of the Rotary Club in Gadsden. He sat on
the boards of several charitable
foundations.
He is survived by his wife of 62
years, Elsie Nelms Agricola; three
children, Claire Agricola England,
John Disque Agricola, and Camille
Agricola Bowman; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
died Feb. 17, 2003. He was 81.
Col. Moore was a 1943 graduate
of the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point, he was a fighter pilot
in the 436th Fighter Squadron of
the 479th Fighter group in the
European Theater. After the war,
he was assigned to the office of
the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
at the Pentagon.
In 1956 he took command of
the 7499th Support Group in
Wiesbaden, Germany, which
supported U.S. intelligence
operations along the Iron Curtain
from northern Europe to Turkey.
His awards and medals include
the Distinguished Flying Cross, the
Legion of Merit and the Air Medal
with Seven Oak Leaf Clusters.
Survivors include his daughter,
Tory M. Tennaro of Brandon,
Fla.; his son, C. James Moore III
of Alexandria, Va.; and three
grandchildren.
Chauncey Benedict Thuss Sr. ’45
died February 4, 2005. While
serving in the U.S. Navy, he
attended Millsaps and Tulane
University. He graduated from
Princeton University in 1949. He
attended the University of Alabama
School of Medicine‚ earning his
degree in 1953.
His was an orthopaedic surgeon in private practice from
1958-96 and was also an instructor of orthopaedic surgery. He
was a member of many professional organizations and was recently
honored by the State of Alabama
for serving 50 years in medicine.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Hill Thuss; brother Robert
Wilkey Thuss; daughters Deborah
Thuss McLaughlin and Elizabeth
Thuss Gilbert, R.N.C.N.O.R.; sons
Dr. Chauncey Benedict Thuss, Jr.
and Michael Scot Thuss; five grandsons; and two granddaughters.
Tom T. Pace III ’49 died January 4,
2005, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
He is survived by his wife, Gayle;
his sons, Thomas T. Pace and
Gregory Pace; and his daughters,
Lindsay Pace and Nancy Pace.
Preston Nolen Graves ’52, died
December 18, 2004, at his residence in Alexander City, La. He
owned and operated Graves Furniture for 40 years, and was active
in the Alexander City community.
He was selected as Alexander
City’s Man of the Year in 1983,
and was co-founder of The Tallapoosa County Lighthouse for
people in recovery.
He is survived by his wife,
Bonnie; daughters Denise Graves
and Lila Graves Bloom; son,
Nolen Graves; and four granddaughters.
Samuel Francis ’65 died Feb. 15,
2005. He was 57. Mr. Francis
received a bachelor’s degree from
Johns Hopkins University in 1969
and master’s and doctoral degrees
in history at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was an editorial writer for
The Washington Times and served
from 1987 to 1991 as the deputy
editorial page editor. He remained
a staff columnist through September 1995.
A syndicated columnist and
author, he received the Distinguished Writing Award for editorial writing from the American
Society of Newspaper Editors in
both 1989 and 1990 and was a
finalist for the Scripps Howard
Foundation’s National Journalism
Award (Walker Stone Prize) for
editorial writing for those years.
Survivors are his sister, Julia
Francis Irwin; and several nephews and grand nephews.