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Save The Date!
for Alumni Weekend 2009
Make your plans now to attend Alumni Reunion Weekend festivities
on October 2-3, 2009. For information about next year’s reunion or
to view more pictures from Alumni Weekend 2008, please visit
www.baylorschool.org.
Baylor Half-Century Club Welcomes New Members
Service Honorees Recognized During Alumni Weekend
Eight individuals honored for their service and accomplishments at
the Headmaster’s Luncheon on Oct. 4 were John Stout ’79, John
Harrison ’84, and Kim Strang, recipients of this year’s Distinguished
Service Awards; David Dick ’72, Wendy Oakes ’90, and Susan Harrelson
Ross ’91, inductees into the Baylor Sports Hall of Fame; and Jerry
Harris and Bob Fazio, honorees for their dedicated service as faculty
members. Pictured above from left are Susan Harrelson Ross, Wendy
Oakes, John Harrison, Kim Strang, and David Dick.
Chris Watkins Selected as Recipient of Conrow Miller Award
Baylor’s class of 1998 has selected English instructor Chris Watkins
as the winner of this year’s Conrow Miller award. The award is given
annually by members of the 10-year reunion class to the faculty
member they feel most influenced their Baylor experience. Joining the
faculty in 1994, Watkins attended the Tennessee Governor’s Academy
for Teachers of Writing in the summer of 1995, and in 1998 he
participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar
on Communism and American life. Watkins has been an assistant
lacrosse coach, an advisor to the literary magazine, faculty sponsor
for the senior class, a member of numerous committees, and a mentor
to new faculty members. He served as chair of the English department
from 2003 through 2008 and currently heads the school’s curriculum
mapping project. Pictured from left are Rob Robinson ’68, director of
alumni affairs; Chris Watkins; and Christy Nunley Woodard ’98, who
made the presentation on behalf of her class.
Members of the Baylor’s class of ’58 were inducted into the HalfCentury Club in October. Pictured are Half-Century members (front
row): Scotty Probasco ’46, Jim Robinson ’47, David Barr ’58, Dan Williams
’46, John Skelton ’58, Buddy Fisher ’46, Herbert Deloach ’57, and Ray
Webb ’57. (second row): Charlie Wright ’46, Mickey Robbins ’58, Cartter
Patten ’58, Bob Witt ’58, Irvin Pressman ’57, and Jay Silverstein ’39.
(middle row): Nick Gill ’58, Charles Winger ’58, Ival Goldstein ’58, Alex
Henderson ’58, Calder Willingham ’58, George Taylor ’54. (fourth row):
David Winer ’55, Charles Burdeshaw ’58, Robert Wall ’58, David Marchant
’58, Art Malone ’58, and Irwin Koplan ’55. (top row): Lawrence Levine
’47, Frank Noojin ’58, Dick Curtis ’58, Bob Crosby ’58, Comer Hobbs ’58,
Dick Pack ’58, and Jack Stanford.
Baylor’s new online alumni community is a great way to keep up with
classmates and events. By going to
our website and registering as a Raider
Re:Connect user, you can create your
own Facebook-like profile, search for
classmates, and add class notes and
photos. We’ll be adding even more
features in the coming months, but
as with all social networking sites, it
works best if you are actively contributing content and information.
In addition to expanding online
options, we are also in the process of
printing a new alumni directory. The contents of the directory will be
divided into four sections: an introductory section highlighting the
school’s history and events, biographical information, geographical
listing, and class rosters. We have contracted with Alumni Research,
Inc. to compile the information into a hardbound, library-quality
volume. This directory is being made available to Baylor alumni only
and is a limited edition press run to be offered only one time. Alumni
Research, Inc. will soon be contacting those who have provided current
telephone numbers and addresses to verify biographical information.
Questions? Contact Rob Robinson at (423) 267-8506, ext. 312,
or [email protected].
Athletic Round Up
BAYLOR RUNNERS WEAR STATE CROWN
Paced by individual champion Sofia Hoglund, who finished five-under
par at 139 for the two-day tournament, the Baylor girls’ golf team
won their 14th consecutive state championship this fall. Baylor’s
Morgan McQuary finished as runner-up with 146. Hoglund, a junior
boarding student from Finland, becomes part of the Baylor golf
dynasty as she joins four other Baylor girls as a state champion. A
Baylor girl has won 11 of the last 12 state golf tournaments, including
the state’s only four-time champion, Brooke Pancake ’08 (2007, 2006,
2005, 2004), two-time champ Beth Felts ’04 (2003, 2001), threetime winner May Wood ’02 (2000, 1999, 1998), and Elizabeth Hallman
’98 (1997). The Baylor girls’ team also won the South Carolina
Shootout and the Palmetto National Championship.
The Baylor boys were also state champions, for the 15th time,
and have now won eight of the last nine state titles. Senior Ryan
Thornton fired rounds of 67 and 71 for a six-under par 138 total and
was tied for the individual championship, but he had to settle for
runner-up after losing the third playoff hole to Zach Olsen of Memphis
University School. Jay Vandeventer, also a senior, was tied for third
with a five-under 139 (72-67). Junior Keith Mitchell was sixth with
a 71-71-142 performance, and Matt Emery added a 79-75-154 total.
The Baylor boys also won the 2008 City Prep Championship and
were runners-up at the McDonald’s Tournament of Champions.
Ted Lord
BAYLOR GOLF TEAMS STRENGTHEN DYNASTY
With individual champion senior Bill Matthews leading the way, the
Baylor boys’ cross country team repeated as state champions in 2008.
Matthews finished his dominant season winning the individual title
in 15:39.41, nearly a minute ahead of teammate junior Brandon Lord,
who finished second in 16:23.68. It was the second year in a row
that Baylor runners finished first and second at the state meet
(Matthews was runner-up to Waldo du Plessis ’08 last year). Senior
Skylar Townsend added an All-State performance to finish in ninth
place, senior Mike Meadows was 17th, and sophomore Houston Massey
edged out Montgomery Bell Academy’s fifth runner to finish 22nd.
Baylor also won the McCallie Invitational, the A. F. Bridges Invitational, and the City Championship this fall.
The Baylor girls were crowned state champs as well, making 2008
the first time ever that both boys’ and girls’ Baylor teams won at the
state meet. The Baylor girls’ championship, a six-point (45-51) win
over favored Brentwood Academy, might have been a surprise to the
ordinary observer, but a savvy running fan should have seen it coming.
Junior Mary Stagmaier joined the team, helping the Raiders finish
second in the McCallie Invitational, first at the A.F. Bridges Invitational,
and sixth in the Race of Champions at the Great American Cross
Country Festival. Eighth-graders Haley Chandler and Ruthie Townsend
moved up later to push Baylor to another City Championship in
October. At the state meet, sophomore Hannah Jumper finished third
overall in 19:21.71 with Stagmaier and senior Carter Harrison packed
tightly behind in fifth and sixth. Chandler was 13th, good enough
for All-State honors, and Townsend was 18th in 20:43.64.
BAYLOR SWIMMERS SET 12 NATIONAL RECORDS
Baylor Aqua Raiders earned 12 national independent school records during a home meet in November.
The girl’s 200 medley relay of Arden Pitman, Alison Lusk, AnnaRae
Gwarjanski, and Sloane Pitman started the meet with a record time
of 1:54.44. The boys 200 medley relay of Reese Shirey, Spencer Rowe,
Greg Roop, and Josh Sosna followed up with a record swim of 1:44.34.
Sloane Pitman set an individual 50 freestyle record with a time
of 25.75 and a 100 freestyle record of 56.59. Arden Pitman, a 2008
U.S. Swimming National Junior team member, broke the 100
backstroke record with a time of 1:00.85. Emma Michaels won the
400 meter freestyle at 4:18.81. Individual records for the boys included
Shirey in the 50 freestyle at 23.46 and the 100 backstroke at 56.26.
Martin Grodzki broke his own record in the 400 freestyle, posting a
time of 3:51.32.
Baylor finished the meet with three additional relay records. In
the 200 meter free relay, the boys’ team of Sosna, Roop, Matt Limerick,
and Nathan Vredeveld beat the previous record with a time of 1:34.65.
Both girls and boys broke long-standing records in the 400 meter
free relay. The girls’ squad of Michaels, Pitman, Gwarjanski, and
Pitman shattered the previous record of 4:03.02 set by Westminster
School in 2003 with a fast 3:50.57. In the boys’ race, a record of
3:29.47, set in 1982 set by Mercersburg Academy, was topped by
Limerick, Shirey, Vredeveld, and Grodzki at 3:26.88.
“It was a pretty awesome night of racing across the board, and
I am proud of our kids” said Baylor Head Coach, Dan Flack. “Some
of those records have been around for a long, long time.”
Also in November, three swimmers signed letters of intent to
swim in the SEC ranks this fall. Sloane Pitman will swim at the
University of Tennessee, Grodzki will swim for the University of
Georgia, and Shirey will swim for the University of Alabama.
Williams Leads City, Conference
The Baylor football team rallied to win the last three games of the
season and finish 5-5 on the year but did not make the playoffs. That
record includes an overtime loss to Knox Catholic and a loss to Battle
Ground Academy on a last-second touchdown. Junior running back
Sam Williams was a highlight for Baylor as he rushed for 1,732 yards,
leading the city and the Tennessee Super Prep Conference in that
statistic for the regular season.
Girls’ Soccer Returns to State Tournament
Fall almost always means an appearance at the state tournament for
the Baylor girls’ soccer team. The 2008 squad kept the tradition but
suffered its only loss of the year, 2-0 to Father Ryan, in the semifinal
game. Baylor, the winner of six state championships, including four
in a row from 2001 to 2004, ended the season 17-1-1 with 12 shutouts.
Volleyball Team Finishes with Winning Record
The volleyball team finished with a 21-19 record in 2008. The Raiders
were the champions of the silver bracket at the Choo Choo Tournament.
MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Cross Country
Baylor’s Middle School girls’ cross country team was undefeated all
season, winning the Best of the Border title and the State Qualifier
Meet. The Raiders went to the state meet without eighth-graders
Haley Chandler and Ruthie Townsend, who had moved up to the varsity
team, and finished seventh. Sixth-grader Sydney Gautier earned AllState honors with 14th place in the state championship race.
Football
Finishing with a 7-1 record, the Baylor sixth grade football team
ended the year beating McCallie teams twice in a row to take a share
EXPERIENCE!BAYLOR
SUMMER CAMP 2009 ! June 1 – July 24
Want Maximum Fun? Then get ready for our
Enrichment – Try something new like dance or art
awesome day camps, boarding camps, and sports
clinics! In addition to activities kids love, you can
count on Baylor camps to provide:
classes, fly-fishing, even sailing!
Flexibility – Match your personal interests with a
huge variety of offerings and schedules;
Expertise – Learn new skills from experienced
coaches and instructors.
New this year: Don’t live in the Chattanooga
area? No problem! We offer boarding camp
sessions with plenty of cool college prep courses,
a leadership curriculum, plus sports academies in
golf, wrestling, and girls basketball.
Register by March 31,2009 and receive a discount. Simply call (423) 757-2616 or visit our website at
www.baylorschool.org for easy online registration.
Maximum fun
A summer adventure for ages 5 through 18.
BAYLOR GOLFERS MAKE THE MOST OF COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES
At the end of the 2008 season, Baylor’s golf teams continue to
dominate the sport with the girls racking up their fourteenth consecutive
TSSAA state championship and the boys winning eight titles in the
last nine years. Since 1995, the boys have won 15 team titles overall,
more than any high school program in the state. In addition, Baylor
has claimed 16 state individual championships in the last 18 years.
With such an illustrious history, it comes as no surprise that Baylor
golfers continue to do well at the college level. A look at recent
graduates reveals the following impressive accomplishments:
“If there was ever a program of the decade, it would
be hard not to have the Baylor golf program at
the top,” says athletic director, Thad Lepcio. “The
Baylor golf program is a prime example of what
can happen when you have great kids, great facilities, great coaches, and a great school.”
Luke List ’02 was the only player
May Wood Frederickson ’02
played with the LPGA Tour, was First
Team American Junior Golf Association,
NCAA All-American, 2004 SEC Tournament Champion, and 2004 SEC Player
of the Year at Vanderbilt University.
from Vanderbilt to be named All-SEC
the four years he played with the
Commodores. An American Junior
Golf Association All-American and
NCAA All-American, List has played
in three U.S. Opens and the Masters,
and he was runner-up in the 2003
USGA Amateur. He just won his first
PGA mini-tour event in California.
Beth Felts ’04 was an academic
Seth Brandon ’05, currently a
Jennifer Cassidy ’05 is a two-
All-American at the University of Kentucky and was named Student Athlete
of the Year by the SEC in 2007.
senior at the University of Indiana,
has posted five top 10 finishes and
an All-Big Ten selection.
time Academic All-American at Ohio
State University.
Steven Jaeger ’08 helped the
Sara Grantham ’06, the number
Harris English ’07 was named
Nick Carden ’08 had two top-
two player at Ole Miss, won the Alabama Women's Amateur last summer.
SEC Freshman of the Year at Georgia
and earned an All-American title.
five finishes as a freshman at King
College.
Also currently playing on college teams are Don Franklin ’06, a junior
at Samford University, and Caleb Roberson ’08, a freshman at Lee
University. A record number of seniors have signed letters of intent
to play in the Division I college ranks this fall, including Matt Emery,
who will play on the Middle Tennessee State University team; Morgan
McQuary, Mississippi State University; Ryan Thornton, Vanderbilt
University; Jay Vandeventer, the University of Tennessee; and Caroline
Prebul, who also becomes the first Baylor golfer to play in the Ivy
League after signing with the University of Pennsylvania.
UTC Mocs team with two top-ten finishes his freshman season and is the
only Baylor player to play number
one on a team ranked by Golfweek
as the top U.S. team.
Brooke Pancake ’08 joined the
nationally ranked University of Alabama team this fall, playing number
two with two top-ten finishes.
For updates on Red Raider sports, visit the Raider Recap:
www.baylorschool.org/athletics/raiderrecap.asp.
Student Kudos
Amanda Callihan, a junior, has qualified for the 2009 USEF National
Pony Medal Final by taking first place in the Medal Division at the
Atlanta Summer Classic IV on her German Riding Pony, Golden
Opportunity. Also competing with her thoroughbred jumper, Rowdy
Intentions, in the Adult/Children Jumper Classic, Callihan finished
with the eighth fastest time in double clear jumping rounds out of
a field of 25 competitors.
Congratulations to Elin
Bunch and Greg Roop, who
were crowned this year’s
homecoming queen and
king. Members of the
court were Neal Davis, Ellie
Dyer, Rob McRae, Katie
McShan, Brett Murray, Teal
Nabors, Julia Sannes, Matt
Russell, Ella Marie Sullivan,
and Skylar Townsend.
Since 2001 residents of Lowrance Hall have volunteered for the
Susan G. Komen 5K Race for the Cure. This year more than 40 girls
joined Lowrance dorm faculty to manage a water station on the race
route, providing spirited support for a great cause. Pictured from
left are Kelly Dering, Lauren Williams, Sarah Berchuck, Xinyang
Liu, Ana Moldes, Madison Fuller, Olivia Mayo, and Angel Wang.
Congratulations to senior Brindley Mitchell who successfully climbed
the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro last summer. Hiking seven days,
including five days to reach the summit of 19,340 feet, Mitchell
credits her work with Baylor’s crew team for keeping her in shape
and helping her overcome the fatigue, freezing temperatures, and a
moderate case of altitude exhaustion that challenged her on the ninehour midnight trek of Africa’s highest peak. Was it worth it? “Reaching
the summit was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life.
It felt like all the pain and sickness immediately escaped my body
once I saw the sign at the summit. It felt almost surreal sitting at the
peak watching the sunrise over the glaciers, and the view of Africa
was just absolutely breathtaking,” said Mitchell. The trip was
organized through Rustic Pathways. In addition to the summit climb,
Mitchell did community service work in the Poli Village.
Members of the 2008-09 Round
Table are Mary Adams Bode, Natalie Brackett, Elin Bunch, David
Burt, Bess Carter, Lola Clairmont,
Tessa Crevasse, Jon Diamond, C.J.
Enloe, Alex Kirkpatrick, Mark Mahvi, David Miller, Laurie Millener,
Ann Tyler Moses, Melody Oliphant,
Stephen Powers, Moses Song, and
Cat Spratt. Heather Ott serves as
the faculty adviser. The students
are all seniors selected through an
application process by virtue of
their achievements in the classroom. Since its founding in 1942,
this prestigious literary discussion
group has emphasized independent
thought and lively debate. To be
selected to the organization is
among the school’s highest honors.
Baylor seniors Autumn Nelor and
Alexis Toney have been named
“Outstanding Participants” in the
National Achievement Scholarship
Program after scoring in the top
four percent of more than 150,000
black Americans who requested
consideration in the 2009 National Achievement Program when
they took the 2007 Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test. Because of their
academic promise, they will be
recommended to approximately
1,500 U.S. colleges and universities. Nelor is a boarding student
and a Baylor Distinguished Scholar from Mableton, Ga.; Toney is
a resident of Chattanooga.
For the last six years Riverfront
Dorm residents have rallied together to organize a candygram
sale benefiting the Jamaica Education Fund. After organizing the
sale and stuffing and distributing
more than 3,500 bags of candy,
the group presented a check for
$1,875 to be used to educate children in Jamaica.
Eleven Named National Merit Commended Students
The 2009 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced
that 11 academically talented Baylor seniors have been named
Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
A letter of commendation from the school and the NMSC will be
presented to Natalie Brackett, David Burt, Jon Diamond, Clay Hall, David
Hull, Travis Knauss, Tyler Pazera, Stephen Powers, Greg Roop, Zac Seidel,
and Katy Wilson. Moses Song, an international boarding student from
Seoul, South Korea, also scored high enough to qualify as a commended
student; however, international students are not eligible for the
competition. Although they will not continue in the 2009 competition
for Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students are those who
place among the top five percent of the more than 1.4 million students
who entered the 2008 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
The Independent School Gender Project and the Human Development
Institute sponsored a three-day gender conference at Hotchkiss School
in Connecticut last summer. Attending from Baylor were faculty
members Heather Ott, Laura Willett ’92, and Priscilla Birdsall, and students
Elin Bunch, Sydney Rupe, Logan Davis, and Jessica Wood. The conference
provided women and girls from independent schools the opportunity
to learn from experts, participate in thoughtful dialogue with colleagues
and peers, and exchange ideas with students from other schools. Birdsall
served as a member of the conference planning committee, and Ott
was a workshop presenter. Pictured above from left to right are (back
row) Priscilla Birdsall, Jessica Wood, Elin Bunch, Logan Davis, Heather
Ott, (kneeling) Sydney Rupe, and Laura Willett ’92.
Baylor senior Annie Jonakin is this
year’s recipient of the Harvey and
Jewel Templeton Noble Purpose
Scholarship. In order to be considered, students in their junior year
write about a member of the community who demonstrates noble
purpose, carried out in an honorable manner and guided by a
strong moral sense. Jonakin was
selected for her essay about David
Morris, co-founder and CEO of
Habitat International.
The Templeton Noble Purpose
Scholarship, which awards $5,000
for tuition during a student’s senior year at Baylor or first year
of college, is designed to help students recognize and learn from
those in the community who have
devoted their lives to something
worth doing. The scholarship was
established by Baylor graduate
Lauren Templeton ’94 in honor of
Harvey and Jewel Templeton of
Winchester, Tenn.
Sophomores Houston Massey, Syd-
ney Rupe, and Kristal Skrmetta will
travel to Australia in May to participate in a six-week exchange at
schools in Australia and South Africa. In addition, Brandon Clift, a
sophomore student from the Southport School on the Gold Coast of
Australia, attended classes at Baylor
and lived on campus for six weeks.
Six Baylor students from the boys’
and girls’ varsity swim teams were
named to the 2007-08 United
States Scholastic All-America
team. To qualify for this award,
a student must have at least a 3.5
GPA and have competed in a senior sectional competition. Earning the honors were junior Alison
Lusk; seniors Sloane Pitman, Greg
Roop, Reese Shirey, and Nathan
Vredeveld; and Erin Simpson ’08.
Ann Tyler Moses is among 525 U.S.
high school seniors honored by
the National Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE) as “Outstanding
Writers.” The recipients were cho-
sen from 1,789 students nominated
their junior year by their teachers.
The NCTE Achievement
Awards in Writing program was
established in 1957 to encourage
high school students in their writing and to recognize publicly some
of the best student writers in the
nation. Moses is the only Chattanooga area student recognized for
the honor. This also marks the
third consecutive year that a Baylor student has been named an
Outstanding Writer.
land Bryan , Zack Herron , Kody
Odom, John Mackey, Houston Massey, Sydney Rupe, Emily Shearburn,
and Kristal Skrmetta; and freshmen Sarah Catanzaro, Matthew
Chen, Lucas Conwell, Max England,
MacKenzie Green, Daniel Jung, Ansley Pugh, Katherine Rogers, Wes
Russell, and Jessica Wood.
Six Baylor students participated
in the YMCA’s Youth Trust program at Camp Ocoee in October.
The annual program brings together eighth grade students from
schools across the city to examine
prejudices and establish relationships. This year’s eighth grade
participants were Kimmy Wiley,
Dillon Clemmer, Jeffrey Shibata,
and Morgan Long. Freshman Tyler
Blackmon and sophomore Sydney
Rupe are former campers now
serving in leadership roles. Long
was elected to serve as an officer
at the 2009 Youth Trust retreat.
Seniors Travis Knauss, Jon Diamond,
Jalnar Dhanani, and Hilli Levin and
juniors Madison Fuller and Alex
Jump participated in an annual
celebration of Chattanooga area
dance companies as part of a gala
performance for the Tennessee
Association of Dance annual conference. The group performed
works by dance instructors Karen
Smith and Jennia Plinke Shanley
’03 and were joined by Baylor
alums Dana Bronstien ’08 and Rob- Eighth-grader Rachel Travis was
ert Maynard ’08.
invited by USA Volleyball to participate in the High Performance
Upper school deans Sue Ramsey Volleyball Program at the Olymand Shaw Wilson ’84 have selected pic Training Center in Colorado
students from grades 9-12 as last August and again in Decemmembers of the 2008-09 Student ber. USA Volleyball is the national
Advisory Council. Representing governing body for volleyball in
the senior class are Nathan Vrede- the U.S. The organization runs
veld, Lexxe Totin, Natalie Brackett, and manages the USA National
Lola Clairmont, and Autumn Nelor; Men’s and Women’s Volleyball
juniors Richmond Poindexter , Teams, the USA Olympic Teams,
Aditya Rali, Mary Bryant Myres, and also USA Youth and Junior
Katherine Proctor , and Kate National Teams for each gender.
McBrien; sophomores Zach Bales, Rachel is a member of Baylor’s
Alyssa Brown, Kassidy Brown, Hol- varsity volleyball team.
Faculty & Staff Kudos
“Switchboard Susan”
Retires After 24 years
Veteran employee Susan Johnson, the
official “Voice of Baylor,”has retired as
switchboard receptionist. Johnson found
her calling, of sorts, 24 years ago and
has kept track of directing calls and
fielding questions about various events
and happenings on campus ever since. She also made sure that notes
and other important information from parents, teachers, and
administrators found their way to students when necessary and has
always been willing to help various departments with a myriad of tasks.
As the school size gradually escalated from 600 students to more than
1,000 in recent years, she kept pace with the change, which included
adjusting to a partially automated phone system and the use of computers
throughout campus. Johnson says she is looking forward to more leisure
time, as well as volunteer work, gardening, traveling, spending time
with grandchildren, and hiking, biking, and fishing with her husband,
Dan. She is grateful for her tenure at Baylor. “The school has remained
steadfast in administering quality education and growth to the students.
I will miss friends, students, and driving onto this beautiful campus
each morning the most. I am thankful for 24 great years.”
Art instructor Judy Condon was
awarded a 2009 Individual Artist
Fellowship by the Tennessee State
Arts Commission, one of two state
awards for sculpture and one of
the highest honors awarded an
artist in Tennessee. Condon was
also one of 56 artists in the U.S.
selected to participate in the 2009
National Council for the Education
of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Clay
National Biennial. Held in oddnumbered years, it is the premier
juried exhibition for ceramic artists.
School psychologist Suzie Boyle
attended a presentation by Dr.
Mel Levine titled “Neurodevelopmental Phenomena in Childhood
and Adolescence” at the Cape
Cod Institute in Massachusetts.
Dr. Levine is the co-founder of
All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit
institute for the study of differences in learning. Boyle also attended
a Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder conference featuring Dr. Russell A. Barkley, an internationally
recognized authority on ADHD
in children and adults.
Schaack Van Deusen ’61 was induct-
Brian Biggs and Gary Klein, two
Bill Abel, Priscilla Birdsall, Jeff Edwards , Ward Fleissner ’75 , Joe
Gawrys, Jenny Green ’91, Jim Hooper, Barbara Kennedy, Vic Oakes,
Jim Stover, Marti Wayland, and Alan
Wong were featured presenters at
members of the Baylor dining hall
staff, were among 50 first place
winners in a recipe contest sponsored by Sodexho. Klein’s winning
recipe was an osso buco appetizer,
and Biggs’s was a mélange of exotic mushrooms in a Vidalia
cream sauce. Klein and Biggs were
asked to prepare their winning
recipes for 350 conference guests
at the annual Sodexho conference
in October, and the recipes will
be included in Sodexho’s annual
client cookbook.
ed into the Tennessee Chapter of
the National Wrestling Hall of
Fame on Oct. 11, 2008. Van
Deusen has served as assistant
wrestling coach for the Red Raiders for 31 years and has helped
guide the matmen to 11 traditional state championships and five
dual titles. He was selected the
2001 National Assistant Coach
of the Year. Baylor is well represented in the Hall of Fame; the
late Maj. Luke Worsham and current head wrestling coach, Jim
Morgan, were inducted in 1994.
the 2008 biennial Tennessee Association of Independent Schools
conference in Nashville in November. TAIS also recognized Mercedes
Akers, Susan Collins, Kurt Emmanuele, Phil Hibdon, Perry Key ’81,
Bill Murdock ’80, Heather Ott, and
Milly Rawlings with loyalty awards
for 20 years of dedicated service.
World and National News
Baylor golfer Sofia Hoglund of Finland and other members of the
Baylor girls golf team were featured on www.golf.fi posted by
the Finnish Golf Federation.
ESPN Rise, an ESPN.com website
featuring high school athletes in
the region, named Baylor senior
Taylor Davidson one of three high
school soccer National Players of
the Week and senior cross country
champ Bill Matthews as Southeast
Region Athlete of the Week.
Chuck Thompson , a member of
Baylor’s IT department, was featured in the December issue of Ed
Tech magazine.
Baylor senior Caroline Hensley was
featured on the cover of the September issue of The Water Skier
magazine. Hensley is a member
of the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team
and will compete in the junior
Water Ski World Championship
in Lima, Peru this winter.
College counseling associate Brian
K. Smith was quoted as an expert
source for an article in the U.S.
News & World Report annual
“Best Colleges” issue.
Class Notes
1940s and his wife, Fay,
Bill Ireland ’41
celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 14, 2008, in
Birmingham with 400 friends and
family members.
1950s
Edgar Edwards ’57 celebrated his
70th birthday on Oct.18, 2008,
in a most unusual fashion – skydiving!
Ralph Lorberbaum ’66 was selected
as a Georgia Top Lawyer for the
fourth year in a row, placing him
in the top 200 lawyers in Georgia.
He was one of only two lawyers
selected outside of Atlanta in the
field of workers’ compensation.
He represents state workers, longshoremen, and civilians injured
in Iraq and Afghanistan under the
Defense Base Act.
Stokely Doster ’69 obtained his
sea captain’s license this summer
after 300 hours at sea. To celebrate, he took his wife, Carolyn,
and sons, Stokes ’01 and Fritz ’07,
on a two-week boat trip to Bimini
and the Bahamas.
1970s
Bob Payne ’70 is the host of
1960s has added an addiJack Kruesi ’62
tional 29 acres to the Preserve at
Bluff Creek in the Fox Run subdivision on Signal Mountain to create a 45-acre “forever” natural
park. The Preserve and the water
feature at the Bluff Creek entrance
have been certified by the National
Wildlife Federation as wildlife
sanctuaries and natural areas. Bluff
Creek is one of the first communities in the Southeast to receive such
a designation.
“Chattanooga Live” on WAWL
FM 91.5. The show promotes live
music and features cuts from CDs
of local bands, interviews, and
the music of bands scheduled to
play in Chattanooga. Bob also
writes the music column for Chattanoogan.com, a website with
more than 50,000 hits per day,
and contributes to Southeast Performer magazine, the largest musician magazine in the country.
1995, has made a gift to the Terry
College of Business and Hodgson
School of Music at the University
of Georgia to fund an innovative
music business program. Currently
a certificate program, it teaches
students about contracts, licensing,
marketing, and other aspects of the
business side of the music industry.
Jim Woods ’73, a principal at Op-
penheimer Funds, has recently taken control of the Chattanoogabased money management firm
Southport Capital. Jim is also involved with several sports training
programs that cater to different
age and skill levels. He and a business partner have purchased the
Tennessee rights to “speed station,”
which they’d love to see installed
in area high schools to help athletes
boost their performance.
and two children, joined Cornerstone Community Bank as vice
president and relationship manager at the Miller Plaza branch.
Dr. Francis Fesmire ’78, medical
director of the Chest Pain Center
at Erlanger, was recognized by The
American College of Emergency
Physicians as a “Hero of Emergency Medicine.” Dr. Fesmire was
singled out for his significant contributions to emergency medicine,
his community, and his patients.
1980s
Dr. Frank C. Kimsey ’81 was induct-
ed as a Fellow in the American
College of Radiology at the 85th
ACR annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Alan Shuptrine ’81 has been invited
Cal Jumper ’74, a recently retired
Bird Colonel from the Marine
Corps, received the Legion of
Merit Award, a U.S. military decoration awarded for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
Cal now works for the consulting
firm Booz Allen as a military advisor regarding aircraft maintenance, set-up, and logistics.
into the membership of the prestigious Salmagundi Club of New
York City, an established art institution since 1871. A member’s
exhibition was held this past summer in which Alan’s painting
Gourds at Trenton received honorable mention. The club and its
members were profiled in the November/December issue of Fine Art
Connoisseur magazine. (Find out
more about Shuptrine on page 18.)
George Fontaine ’72, who started
Jack Fontaine ’75 and his wife,
an independent record label in
Nancy, created the John Fontaine
Jr. Center for Alcohol Awareness
and Education at the University
of Georgia in memory of their
son, who was killed in a car accident. A part of the University
Health Center, the Fontaine Center informs UGA students about
the dangers of alcohol abuse and
provides intervention, counseling,
and support for students dealing
with alcohol-related problems.
John D. Harrison ’84 has joined the
James Parkerson Roy, Sr. ’69, a Lafayette, La. attorney, is the new
Dr. C. Mel Wilcox ’75, Director of
Chris Angel ’89 has been named
chairman of the 16-member Louisiana State University Board of
Supervisors. Appointed in 2005, James has served on the Board’s
Executive Committee, the Flagship Agenda Committee, and the Audit
Committee. Professionally, he is the managing member of the civil
litigation law firm of Domengeaux Wright Roy and Edwards LLC in
Lafayette. He and his wife, Ginger, are the parents of four Baylor
students: John Roy ’96, Jimmy Roy ’98, Elizabeth Roy Pecorino ’99, and
Chris Roy ’01.
the Division of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology at the University
of Alabama Birmingham, is the
editor of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
head of school at Hammond
School in Columbia, S.C. Chris
previously served as Hammond’s
Upper School head and as dean
of the 11th and 12th grades at
Baylor. He and his wife, Peggy,
have three daughters, Rosemary,
Lilly, and Abigail.
Jim McKenzie ’76, who lives in
Chattanooga with his wife, Katie,
Georgia State University College
of Law as its senior director of
development. Formerly the director of annual giving and alumni
development at Wesleyan School
in Norcross, Ga., John will focus
on “building a brand, along with
building a process of fundraising
for the law school.” John and his
wife, Kerri, have one daughter,
Beth, seven.
1990s
Dr. Daniel Sawrie ’91, has joined
his father, Dr. Steve Sawrie ’59, in
the practice of dentistry in Chattanooga.
work at Duke University in 1999,
medical school at UNC-Chapel
Hill in 2004, and most recently
her residency training at the University of Michigan in 2008. She
is currently practicing at Rex/
UNC HealthCare Family Medicine and lives in Raleigh, N.C.
with her husband, Christopher,
and their two daughters.
Elaine Adams ’95, the therapeutic
recreation services coordinator
for Chattanooga Parks and Recreation, was one of 15 recreation
professionals chosen to represent
Chattanooga at the Paralympic
Games in Beijing.
Lyndsay Wagner Frankenberg ’96
Skip Schwartz ’91, a senior vice
president with Heitman LLL, has
moved to the firm’s Asia-Pacific
operations in Tokyo. While focusing on development of Heitman’s
private equity investment business
across the Asia-Pacific region, he
is also completing the Duke Goethe Executive MBA program.
James Stevens ’93 became a part-
ner in the law firm of Kilpatrick
Stockton, on Jan. 1, 2009. He
practices in the corporate department in Atlanta, where he provides general corporate and bank
regulatory advice to his clients. James and his wife, Melanie,
live in Atlanta.
lives in Atlanta and was named
chief resident for the ER program
at Emory University this year. She
spends most of her time at Grady
Hospital.
Avery Patten ’96 has renovated a
cottage on Young Avenue in
North Chattanooga for her new
floral design shop. Having studied
in Australia, Germany, and Belgium, Avery is delighted with the
quality and range of flowers available in Chattanooga. Padget Webb
Arnold ’94 supplies many of
Avery’s local flowers.
Pictured left to right are John Overton ’96, Beth Flanagan ’99, and
Matt Wood ’00, who graduated in May 2008 from the University of
Tennessee College of Dentistry. John is practicing in Wilmington,
N.C., where he lived before dental school, and Matt entered a general
practice residency in Knoxville Tenn. Beth, who is engaged to Brian
Webb, a dental school classmate, moved from Memphis to New
Orleans. She is doing a general practice residency at LSU, and Brian
is doing an orthodontic residency there.
2000swas chosen as the
Seth Carico ’00
top performer in the Orpheus
competition at Middle Tennessee
State University. This past summer, Seth returned to the Young
artists Program of Chautauqua
Opera as a bass-baritone, and he
is under contract for the 2008-09
season of the Fort Worth Opera.
Captain Jonathan Platt ’00 gradu-
Tom Poteet ’98, owner of Signal
Mountain Athletic Club, is presenting a proposal to the Hamilton County Department of Education to purchase the old Signal
Mountain Middle School. Tom
hopes to use the property for an
expanded athletic club, as well as
a center for community social
networking, health and wellness.
ated from Regent University in
May with an M.A. in government
– terrorism and homeland defense. He returned in April from
a 15-month deployment to Iraq
and is stationed at Fort Story in
Virginia Beach, Va. On June 7,
2008, Jonathan was married to
the former Hayley Renee Rother
in San Antonio, Texas. They reside in Virginia Beach.
Aslynn Johnson ’99 received her
Chris Frankenberg ’94 lives in At-
lanta and works for Data Domain
as a sales executive.
Jamila Hadi Randolph Battle ’95
completed her undergraduate
J.D. magna cum laude from the
Georgetown University Law Center on May 18, 2008, and was
named a member of the Georgetown Chapter of the Order of the
Coif. In August she began her
clerkship to Senior Judge Eugene
E. Siler, Jr., of the U.S. Court of
Appeals 6th Circuit for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Avery Washburn ’00 graduated in
May 2008 from the film department of Columbia College in Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and
is working on an environmental
documentary exposing the destruction caused by mountain top
removal in the Appalachian
Mountains. The film is being developed for the Topless America
Project, a group of students, artists, and activists on a mission to
document the fight against mountaintop removal mining.
Hamish Wilman ’00 graduated
from Stetson University in 2004
and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California
at San Diego. In July 2008, he
presented at an international symposium in Chattanooga. In 2006,
Hamish married Joy Dixon, who
received her J.D. from San Diego
in 2008. She now practices at
Chambliss, Bahner, & Stophel.
Her e-mail is [email protected].
Lincoln Fuge ’01 graduated cum
laude from Boston University before earning a culinary and wine
degree from the Culinary Institute
of America, Greystone campus in
Napa Valley, Ca. After graduation
he spent two years as sous chef
at Todd English’s Olives restaurant at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi
Miss. He is now executive sous
chef of Beso, a new restaurant in
Hollywood owned by Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives fame
and celebrity Chef Todd English.
The restaurant has received media
coverage and is considered an “in
place to go.”
J. (Kate) Katherine May ’01 re-
ceived a DMD degree from the
University of Alabama dental
school in June 2008 and practices
dentistry in Cleveland, Tenn.
Parker Rains ’01 passed the insur-
ance exam for the state of Florida
and has been promoted to vicepresident of sales, Florida division,
with the Cone Company, a Montgomery-based property and casuality insurance company. Parker
lives in Destin, Fla.
der Trap at the Spoon Theatre in
New York City.
Wes Hodges ’03 was named to the
25-man roster that represented
the U.S. in the annual Futures
Game on July 13, part of All-Star
weekend at Yankee Stadium. In
August, Wes was named Eastern
League Rookie of the Year and
was named to the Eastern League
All-Star team. One of the Cleveland Indians’ top prospects, Wes
has been sidelined with injuries.
“Just part of the game,” he says.
Blair Abelson ’03 has begun med-
ical school at the James H. Quillen
College of Medicine at ETSU in
Johnson City, Tenn. Blair is leaning toward a concentration in primary care and helping the underserved segment of the population.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a major in public
health, Blair received her master’s
of health science in environmental
health from Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health
in December 2007.
Alex Herrald ’03 a former past
president of the Baylor Players,
recently appeared in a production
of the romantic comedy The Ten-
Lawson Armstrong ’04 graduated
from Sewanee in May 2008 with
a B.S. in environmental studies and
has entered the Babcock School of
Management at Wake Forest to
pursue a master’s of arts in management.This one-year graduate
program works with liberal arts
college graduates to prepare them
for leadership roles in business.
Cross Doster ’04 graduated from
University of Georgia in May
2008 and now attends UT Dental
School.
Beth Felts ’04, a standout in golf
both at Baylor and at the University of Kentucky, entered UK’s
dental school in Lexington this
past fall. Beth plans to continue
concentrating on golf and hopes
to enjoy an amateur career.
Three members of the Baylor Class of 2004 started medical school
together at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis
this past fall. They are (from left to right) Matt Yantis, Dusty Patil, and
Andrew Collins.
degree in accounting at UTC and,
after graduating, will take a position with Price Waterhouse in
Atlanta.
Zane Stone ’04, a baseball stand-
out at both Baylor and UT, was
recognized at UT’s Chancellor’s
Honors Banquet in April 2008
for “extraordinary community
service.” In addition to his work
on behalf of Alzheimer’s Disease
prevention as well as several cancer centers, Zane organized the
baseball team’s involvement with
Buddy’s Race for the Cure, raising
more than $5,000; was active with
the Knoxville Youth Parent Baseball workshop; and helped coach
an area youth team.
51 digs in a volleyball match. Lara
now holds the NCAA record both
for digs in a season (942) and in
her career. At the end of the season, her total number was 3,041.
Lara was also featured on the
“Faces in the Crowd” page of the
October issue of Sports Illustrated
for her achievements in volleyball.
Soccer standouts Paige Lanter ’06
and Mary Shelton Bryant ’08 were
named to the All-Tournament Team
at the 2008 Adidas Gamecock Clas-
Catherine Krug ’04 graduated ma-
gna cum laude in May 2008 from
the University of Notre Dame
with a degree in marketing and a
minor in film and television. She
is living in Chicago and working
as a media strategist with Starcom
Worldwide, a media communications agency.
James Strang ’04, an All-American
runner from The University of Colorado and The University of Arkansas, recently qualified to compete in the Olympic trials in Eugene,
Ore. and is focusing on the 2012
Olympic Games in London.
Cortney Braswell ’05 is working
John Ryan McAnnally ’02 and his
wife, Kim Faerber McAnnally ’02,
live in Birmingham. John Ryan
recently participated in the University of Alabama School of
Medicine’s white coat ceremony,
where freshmen medical students
are recognized and presented with
their white clinic jackets.
Erich Murray ’04 graduated from
The United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. on May
31, 2008.
as recruiting coordinator at D1
Sports, where he will manage and
build partnerships in the Chattanooga area.
Scott Rains ’04 graduated from
Lara Newberry ’05 made history
Auburn in August 2008 with a
B.S. in accounting. Scott is currently working on his master’s
on Oct. 8, 2008, at Maclellan
Gymnasium in Chattanooga by
breaking the NCAA record for
Blair Waddell ’05 was crowned
Homecoming Queen at Wofford
College on October 4, 2008. Blair
is the daughter of Brenda Waddell,
payroll and benefits administrator
in Baylor’s business office and
granddaughter of June Tant, who
recently retired from Baylor after
51 years of service.
sic at Jacksonville State University
on Sept. 6, 2008. Both led the Samford Bulldogs to a second-place
finish at the tournament. According
to www.samfordsports.cstv.com,
“Bryant and Lanter were each
awarded with all-tournament honors for their hard work on the defensive end of the field. Both players
were integral factors in the Bulldogs’
back line that only allowed one
goal in 197:30 minutes of action
in the two-day tournament.”
Stephanie Napier ’07, a junior at
the University of Florida, placed
third and earned the Bronze Medal
in the 50 meter freestyle at the
2008 U.S. Open Swimming Championships held at the University
of Minnesota in August 2008.
dents in the U.S. to receive the
National Latin Exam scholarship.
Maddie Schmissrauter ’07 was
named to the Ohio Valley Conference softball all-newcomer
team for 2008.
Anton Fleisner ’08, a freshman at
Princeton University, was recently
notified that he is one of 21 stu-
Wesley Idlette ’08, a freshman at
Maryville College, was named
USA South Rookie of the Week
in September 2008 after catching
eight passes for 153 yards and
two touchdowns.
Marriages & Engagements
Charlotte “Nicole” Laird Davis ’95 and Phillip Livingston Vigeant were
married on June 28, 2008, on the beach at the Bahama Beach Club
in Treasure Cay, Bahamas. Former headmaster Laird Davis walked
Charlotte down the aisle. The couple lives in Basking Ridge,
N.J. Charlotte continues her work as the director of admission and
financial aid at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, N.J.
Anne Deloach ’97 and Christian Kaltreider were married June 21, 2008,
at Ellington House in Asheville, N.C. Anne’s dad, Herbert DeLoach
’57, walked her down the aisle while Beth Cranwell Aplin ’97 and Lisa
Whitworth Port ’97 served as attendants. Anne and Christian live in
Boulder, Colo. Also pictured are Bryan Jones and Melanie Phillips
Jones ’97, Dr. Laura Farless ’97, Ben Aplin ’97, and Maggie Horton ’97.
Emily Stuart ’95 married Daniel Horn
Caroline Rittenberry ’90 and Natan
on Aug. 30, 2008. The wedding was
at Signal Mountain Baptist Church
and the reception at Chattanooga
Golf and Country Club. Rev. Ed
Snow performed the ceremony.
Bridesmaids included Baylor graduates Margaret Binford Uribe ’95, Katie
Cope Murchison ’95, and Rachel Stuart
’03. Emily is a corporate finance attorney with Kilpatrick Stockton, and
Daniel is a consultant with KPMG.
The couple resides in Atlanta.Other
Baylor graduates in attendance were
Margaret Overton ’95, Cari Gervin,
’95, Mary Jenkins O’Kelley ’94, and
Jamie O’Kelley ’93.
Avisar were married May 10,
2008, at Karlstejn Castle outside
of Prague. Now living in New
York, they are planning a honeymoon in Panama.
David Doster, Sr. ’74 and Lisa Bar-
Henry Howell III ’86 and Jennifer
nes were married Aug. 9, 2008,
at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Stokely Doster, Sr. The couple
resides on Lookout Mountain.
Tindell were married Sept. 13, 2008,
at First-Centenary United Methodist
Church. Henry is a financial adviser
for UBS Financial Services.
Campbell Smith ’91 and Grace Hill
were married Oct. 4, 2008, at
Church of the Holy Trinity in
Gainesville, Fla. Campbell is vice
president of development management at Trammell Crow in Washington, D.C. Grace is an editor
with National Geographic.
gallery manager with Shuptrine
Fine Art Group and Gold Leaf
Design.
Charles Battle Richardson ’94 and
Jennifer Clark were married Sept.
19, 2008, at East Hampton Point
in East Hampton, NY. His father,
Joe ’52, and brother, Whit ’87,
served as best men, and classmate
Frank Haney ’94 was a groomsman.
Chad and Jennifer live in New
York City, where Chad is employed as a financial analyst.
Dennis Harris ’96 and Jacquelyn
Jack Napolitano ’94 and Elizabeth
Viall were married Nov. 8, 2008,
at Signal Mountain Presbyterian
Church. Classmates Dr. David Barto, Travis Miller, and Doug Stanley
were groomsmen. Jack is a teacher
and coach with Catoosa County
Schools, and Elizabeth is regional
Lane were married Nov. 22, 2008,
in Nashville. Dennis is employed
by Hospital Corporation of America in Brentwood, Tenn., and Jacquelyn teaches at Eakin Elementary School.
Lauren Hale ’98 and Vasilios Biniaris were married July 26, 2008, in
Mary Morell ’99 married J. Nicholas “Myko” Hull on June 28, 2008,
Greenport, Long Island, NY. Lauren continues to dance and choreograph
with her modern dance company, Lauren Hale Dance, and she teaches
yoga in Manhattan. Vasili teaches math to gifted eighth grade students
in Queens, N.Y. They reside in Cold Spring, N.Y. Pictured above:
Douglas Hale ’94, Peggy Hale, Vasili Biniaris, Lauren Hale ’98, and Doug
Hale, former teacher, coach and headmaster of Baylor School.
in Silver Spring, Md, after Myko returned from a 16-month deployment
with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan. They met in Russian
class at Brown University. Mary’s siblings James Morgan ’12 and
Sarah Spence Morgan ’15 were members of the wedding party. In
attendance were Mary’s stepfather, former Baylor faculty member
O.J. Morgan, as well as classmates Betsy Close, Katie Koerner, Emily
Stulce, Terra Thomas Varner, and Meghan Dickas Whitley. Mary and
Myko live in the Washington, D.C. area. You can e-mail Mary at
[email protected].
and classmates Patrick Chambers
’99, Will Donnellan ’99, Andrew
Hall ’99, and Henry Oehmig ’99.
travels with Paul on the many trips
he takes to Asia for business.
Ferne Miller ’00 and Jeremy Mc-
teaches art and James is finishing medical school as an orthopedic surgeon.
at Gordon Lee Mansion. The couple resides on Lookout Mountain.
Dowell were married Nov. 15,
2008, in Patten Chapel. Hollis
Davenport ’00 and Aarti Madan
’00 were attendants, while Jay
Miller ’99, Andrew Hall ’99, and
Henry Oehmig ’99 were best man
and groomsmen, respectively. A
graduate of UTC, Ferne owns
Miller and Associates Business
Accounting. Jeremy owns Lookout Mountain Land Co.
Chris Sentell ’96 and Christy Rawl-
Alisha Williams ’99 and Ryan Arm-
Beth Abel ’01 and Jared Kassebaum
ston were married Aug. 30, 2008,
in Baylor’s Alumni Chapel. Chris
is an aerospace engineer with Accurate Automation Corp., and Christy
is a CT technologist and PACS specialist with Memorial Atrium Imaging Center in Chattanooga.
strong were married Sept. 27,
2008, in Baylor’s Alumni Chapel.
Yasmine Kangles Key ’99 was a
bridesmaid. Alicia is employed in
the neonatal intensive care unit
at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital,
and Ryan is a regional director of
business development with CSI
Co. in Nashville.
were married July 26, 2008, at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church.
Beth is employed by Vanasse
Hangen Brustlin, Inc. in Richmond.
Jared earned his Ph.D. in mechanical
and aerospace engineering.
Patrick St. Charles ’99 and Aden
Rogers were married Oct. 4,
2008, at Laurelwood Farm.
Patrick is a contractor with Pat
St. Charles Co., and Aden works
for Southeastern Properties.
Emily Felker ’99 and James Beckmann were married June 16, 2007, in
High Shoals, Ga. The wedding party included (a very pregnant) Betsy
Sanger Morris ’99. The couple resides in Cleveland, Ohio, where Emily
Susan Joy Dallas ’99 and Carson
Lisa Whitworth ’97 and Wade Port
were married Sept. 13, 2008, at
Lisa’s parents’ home in Chattanooga. Class of ’97 classmates Beth
Cranwell Aplin, Anne DeLoach Kaltreider, Christie Dillard, and Dr. Laura
Farless were attendants. After a
wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple will reside in Ketchum, Idaho.
Douglas McElheney were married
Oct. 4, 2008, at The Homeplace at
Sweetwater Farm in Thomson, Ga.
Jay Miller ’99 and Rachel White
were married June 14, 2008, at
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal. Serving in the wedding
were Jay’s sister, Ferne Miller ’00,
Jay Walston ’99 and Robyn Johnson
’01 were married Sept. 1, 2008,
Paul J. Hardy ’00 married Jeanne-
Marie DeClouet on Dec. 2, 2007,
in the Dominican Republic. They
now live in Harrisburg, Pa., where
Paul works for Hershey Foods as
an international supply chain specialist. Jeanne-Marie, who is writing
a middle grade fiction book series,
Graham McDaniel ’01 and Erin Col-
lins were married Sept. 26, 2008,
in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Dr.
Jim McDaniel ’66, Graham’s father,
served as best man. Graham is
employed by Sheraton-Steamboat
Resort Golf Club, and Erin is a
television director and producer.
Charlie Stout ’01 and Lee Ade were
married July 19, 2008, at First-
Centenary United Methodist
Church. Baylor alumni attending
the couple included sisters of the
groom, Alison Stout ’06 and Katie
Stout ’99; Baylor classmates Stokely Doster III ’01, Ty Philip Krug III
’01, Kurt Smith ’01, Claytor Thompson ’00, Charles Wheland III ’02;
and Charlie’s father, Charles Stout
’74. The couple, who took their
wedding trip to the Bahamas, resides in Chattanooga.
Emily Carney ’02 and William
Leath DeBuys were married May
24, 2008, at Canterbury Chapel
in Mountain Brook, Ala. Attendants included Emily’s sister, Jesi
Carney Shahan ’96; Whitney Bradford ’02; Erin Stagmaier ’02; and
Jen Tew ’02.
Meredith Corey ’02 and Thomas
Lee were married July 26, 2008,
at Church of the Good Shepherd
on Lookout Mountain. Kate Corey
’04, Meredith’s sister, was maid of
honor. Classmates Sally Patrick ’02
and Shannon Megison Hungerford
’02 were attendants. Meredith, a
graduate of the University of Virginia, and her husband are pursuing
law degrees at the University of
Georgia School of Law.
Corey Ford ’02 and Erica Martin
Tish Moss ’00 and Radford Carlton
Stewart IV were married Sept. 13,
2008, at WaterColor Inn and Resort
in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. Tish, a
graduate of the University of Georgia, is an executive recruiter at The
Search Firm, Inc. in Nashville.
were married July 26, 2008, at
Fairhope United Methodist
Church in Fairhope, Ala. Corey
is pursuing a degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Dentistry and is coowner of 3D Lawn Service.
Clay Crumbliss ’03 served as an
Corinne Thomas ’02 and Neal Er-
Melissa McKoon ’03 and Noah
hard were married Oct. 12, 2008,
in Baylor’s Alumni Chapel. Both
are nurses in Chattanooga hospitals, Corrine at Erlanger and Neal
at Memorial.
Abrams were married Aug. 2,
2008, in Baylor’s Alumni Chapel.
Classmate Mary Attaway ’03 was
an attendant. The couple took a
wedding trip to England and now
resides in Chapel Hill, N.C.
attendant. Matt received a B.A.
in history and art history from
Sewanee, and he now serves as a
bishop’s clerk in the Episcopal
Diocese of Virginia in Richmond.
They live in Williamsburg.
Josh Blockley ’03 and Tara Lynn
Kilcoyne were married July 12,
2008, at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. He is pursuing a
doctor of dental science degree
from UT Memphis.
Jennia Plinke ’03 and Brendan
Shanley were married Sept. 28,
2008, at Primrose Cottage in
Roswell, Ga.
Sarah Cate Patten ’05 and Bene-
Matthew Farr ’03 and Margaret
Langford of Anderson, S.C., were
married Aug. 30, 2008, at All
Saints Chapel at the University of
the South in Sewanee. Classmate
detto Scaduto of Bagheria, Italy,
were married June 21, 2008, at
Signal Mountain Presbyterian
Church.
Baylor Babies
Chloe Bell Sawrie
Christian Ruffner Hill
Mize Parker
Henry “Hank” Glascock
… a son, Christian Winfred
(Ruffner) Hill, born 8/7/08 to
Elizabeth Ruffner ’89 and her
husband, Stacy Hill.
… a daughter, Chloe Bell, born
9/18/08 to Dr. Daniel Sawrie ’91
Katie Claire and
Anniston Bailey Rucker
Avery Katherine Morris
and his wife, Dr. Lucy Sawrie.
… twin daughters, Katie Claire
and Anniston Bailey, born 7/19/08
to Stephen Rucker ’92 and his wife,
Jaclyn.
Sally Paige Frost
James Matthew Bell
Emeline Gibbs
Will Ratterman
Charles “Charlie” Burr
… a son, James Matthew, born
6/17/08 to Kristin McCamish Bell
’93 and her husband, Matt.
… a son, Henry Porter, born
8/27/08 to Christy Foree Ricketts
’94 and her husband, Shelby.
… a daughter, Kendall Marie,
born 10/4/08 to Michael Overbay
’94 and his wife, Lisa.
… a daughter, Emeline, born
12/16/07 to Katie Willingham Gibbs
’96 and her husband, Gregsby.
(Apologies to Katie for misspelling
her name in the last issue.)
11/5/08 to Ellen Strang ’98 and
her husband, Michael.
born 6/3/08 to Lauren Nolan Glascock
’98 and her husband, Henry.
....a son, Joseph (Jack) Kingsley
Gardner, Jr., born 8/13/08 to Joe
Gardner ’97 and his wife, Angelina.
Faculty member Sandy Gardner
is the proud grandfather.
… a son, Henry William, born
10/23/08 to Allison Best Tutera ’98
and her husband, Dom.
… a daughter, Avery Katherine,
born 8/19/07 to Betsy Sanger Morris
’99 and her husband, David ’95.
....a son, Mize Parker, born
6/17/08 to Tim Parker ’98 and his
wife, Megan.
… a daughter, Savannah Marie,
born 7/28/08 to Christy Nunley
Woodward ’98 and her husband,
William. Savannah joins big sister,
Autumn Blaine, born 6/19/06.
… a daughter, Sally Paige, born
10/14/08 to Jonathan Frost ’01
and his wife Lindsey. Big sister,
Laney Marie, was born on
10/15/06.
… a son, Triston Michael, born
… a son, Henry Bryan III (Hank),
… a son, Willingham Larson
(Will), born 4/25/07 to Sally
Willingham Ratterman ’04 and her
husband, Stephen.
… a son, Charles Franklin
(Charlie), born 8/21/08 and
adopted by faculty member Bubba
Burr and his wife, Molly.
... a girl, Miriam Isabel Fazio
Vives, born 11/12/08 to Baylor
faculty members Maria Vives and
Robin Fazio ’92. Miriam is also
welcomed by big brother, Antonio.
In Memoriam
Andy Anderson Tribute
Herbert J. “Andy” Anderson, who taught at Baylor from
1948-1980, passed away peacefully at his Colorado home
Aug. 30 at the age of 98. Anderson was born in London
and earned a degree from the University of London. He
taught in England for several years before spending six
years as a flight instructor in the Royal Air Force.
Called “Baylor’s Englishman” and “Prime Minister of
the Language Department” by his admiring students,
Anderson was chair of the language department, head of
summer school, faculty advisor to the Baylor Round Table, and the head golf and soccer
coach. His teams won many Mid-South Championships and, in 1994, he was inducted into
the Baylor School Sports Hall of Fame.
Bill Dedman ’78 remembers Anderson as someone who loved Latin, laughter, and his
students. “He had a quick smile and seemed to enjoy most the poems with jokes or puns,”
recalls Dedman. “A teacher of the old school, he seated us in order of our semester grade as
of that date, with the best student seated right up at the front. After each paper was graded,
and semester averages were adjusted, students stood and changed seats. Surely some federal
regulation today would bar such a practice, but there was nothing cruel in it. He prized
achievement and learning and wanted us to prize it, too.”
Captain William O. Powell,
Jr. ’31 died on Aug. 31,
2008 at 93.
He graduated from the
University of Chattanooga
and then entered the Naval
Aviation Cadet Program,
earning his Wings of Gold in 1939. During
World War II, he commanded flying boat
squadrons and then spent 29 years in the
Navy in various worldwide assignments. While
in the Navy, he earned his MBA from George
Washington University.
He retired from the Navy in 1968 and
then held a number of positions at Butler
University before retiring from Butler in 1981.
He also served in various capacities on the
boards of many charitable institutions in
Indianapolis, where he lived. He also found
time to fish and to play competitive tennis
into his 80s.
He was preceded in death by his wife of
68 years, Emily Sue. He is survived by two
daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, four
grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
John A. Rathmell ’35, died May 27, 2008 at 90.
He graduated from the University of Southern California and then worked for Aetna Life
Insurance Company-Group Division. He
formed and became president of his first company, Rathmell Insurance Inc., in 1953 and
then formed and operated a number of companies that dealt in insurance and/or real estate.
Upon the sale of Rathmell Insurance Inc. in
1977 to Fred S. James & Co., he became
President of Fred S. James & Co. of Texas,
Inc., retiring in 1982.
John was active in his community and
served on various boards. He was a member
of The Episcopal Church of St. John the
Divine and the Houston Country Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and a sister. He is survived by two sons, two
daughters, two sons-in-law, two daughtersin-law, and ten grandchildren.
George Davis ’40 died on
June 7, 2008 at 85.
He earned a B.E. degree in civil engineering in
1948 from Tulane University, where he was a
member of Kappa Sigma
Fraternity. He was an Army veteran of World
War II, serving in the Combat Engineers in
the 3rd Army as a Tech Sergeant.
He retired as president of Broadmoor
Corp. in 1986 and was past vice-president of
Boh Bros. Construction Co. He was president
of the Bayou Chapter of Associated Builders
and Contractors (ABC); he also served as
their state president and on the national board.
He was a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers and the Louisiana Engineering Society.
He was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church for 38 years. He was a founding
member and past president of Tchefuncta
Country Club and was a member of its first
board of directors. He also served on the board
for the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center
and the Salvation Army Advisory Board.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and a brother. He is survived by his wife,
June McCarty Davis; four sons including Eric
N. Davis ’56; a daughter–in-law; a sister; a
brother; and seven grandchildren.
Charles Aycock McLendon ’40
Edwin Day Bozeman III ’44,
died Feb. 22, 2008.
During World War II,
he served in the U.S. Army
from 1943 to 1945 and
saw action in the European
Theater, where he was
wounded and received a Purple Heart. After
the war he returned to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which he graduated in 1946. He did graduate work at the
North Carolina State University School of
Textiles.
In 1948 he joined Burlington Industries,
where he served in several capacities during
his 35-year career. He was a member of the
Greensboro Country Club, the Country Club
of N.C., Coral Beach and Tennis Club (Bermuda), Appawamis Country Club (Rye, N.Y.)
and Manursing Island Beach and Tennis Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
and his first wife, Mary Stuart Snider McLendon. Survivors include his wife, Helen; two
sons; two daughters; two stepchildren; a sister;
three brothers, John A. ’50, Lennox P. ’38,
and William W. ’48; 12 grandchildren; and
one great-granddaughter.
died Jan. 10, 2008 at 81.
He graduated from UT
Knoxville, where he was
a member of the ATO
Fraternity. He entered the
U.S. Marine Corps in 1945
and served on the aircraft carrier, USS Wasp.
After the service, he began to work at Woodson & Bozeman, Inc., the business his father
started in 1934. He continued his work there
for over 40 years, guiding the company
through the introduction of color television
and air conditioning to the Mid-South, before
retiring as Chairman of the Board in 1991.
He was a member of Calvary Episcopal
Church and the Memphis Country Club. He
enjoyed hunting and fishing and playing golf
with his many friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife,
Helen Anthony, and a brother. He is survived
by his wife, Mary Jo Mayton; a son; three
daughters; a sister; four stepchildren; nine
grandchildren; and eight step-grandchildren.
Jack Leslie Baras ’44 died Sept. 1, 2008 at 81.
He attended the University of Chattanooga
and graduated from the University of Illinois
in 1948. He served in the U.S. Navy in World
War II and the U.S. Air Force during the
Korean War.
He joined Mass. Mutual Life Insurance
Co. in 1948 and retired from the company
in 2000 after 52 years. He was named “Agent
of the Month” two times for the entire Mass.
Mutual field force. On June 1, 2000, he was
named “Agent Emeritus.” A Life Member of
the industry’s Million Dollar Round Table
for 47 years, he was past president of the
Chattanooga Association of Life Underwriters
and a member of the Chattanooga Estate
Planning Council. He joined the Capital Financial Group in 2005.
He was a member of B’nai Zion Synagogue, Highland Park Masonic Lodge 734,
Chattanooga Scottish Rite Bodies and was a
member of the Alhambra Shrine Temple for
more than 50 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and a son. He is survived by his wife, Isabelle
Baras; a daughter; a son; a granddaughter; a
brother; a stepdaughter and her family; and
a stepson and his family.
Robert Freeman ’46 died
May 16, 2008 at 79.
He graduated from the
Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1951, where
he was a member of Phi
Delta Theta. He retired
from Delta Airlines, where he served as a pilot
from 1956-1980.
He was a member of Mountain City Club
in Chattanooga for 46 years and St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church of Hilton Head Island.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years,
Patricia Trotter Freeman; a daughter; two
sons; a son-in-law; two daughters-in-law; five
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Wa l t e r C a r l “ B u d d y ”
Champion Jr. ’47 died May
16, 2008 at 79.
He graduated from
Georgia Tech, where he
earned a degree in textile
engineering. During the
Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force
and distinguished himself as a fighter pilot.
He went above and beyond the call of duty
to rescue his fallen comrades.
He had a long career in the textile industry
as owner of the Walter Champion Co. His
company distributed textile yarn throughout
the southeastern U.S.
He was active in his community of West
Brow, Ga., where he most recently improved
fire protection. He was also active in the Dade
County Animal Association. He had been
associated with First-Centenary United Methodist Church since childhood. He belonged
to the Lookout Mountain Investment Club
and the Men’s Investment Club. In earlier
years he was active at the Fairyland Club and
the Lookout Mountain Golf Club. He was
an avid hunter and was elected to the Hall of
Fame of Hunters. He was especially pleased
to have finished the “Grand Slam.”
He was preceded in death by his parents
and his sister. He is survived by his wife of
25 years, Catherine Shaw Champion.
Frank Arthur Tucker Jr. ’47
died on June 7, 2008 at 78.
He graduated from the
University of Tennessee,
where he was a member
of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
He was a partner and
officer of Safety Park, which operated a number of downtown Knoxville parking facilities.
He was a member of Cherokee Country Club,
the Men’s Cotillion and the Sequoyah Hills
Presbyterian Church. He was also actively
involved in the YMCA. He was an avid outdoorsman, hiker, fly fisherman, wildflower
expert, as well as an outstanding photographer
of wildflowers. He was the discoverer of the
“champion mountain camellia,” the largest
of its species in the U.S.
For 50 years he was an active member of
the Knoxville Civitan Club and was an avid
tennis player for the past 25 years at Cherokee
Country Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
a brother, and a sister. He is survived by his
wife of 52 years, Mary Alice Smith Tucker;
a son, two daughters, a son-in-law, a daughterin-law, a brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, six
grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Philip D. Coates ’49, died
Feb. 16, 2008 at 76.
He was preceded in
death by his parents and
his wife, Phyllis. He is
survived by two daughters,
a son-in-law, a sister, a
brother, a sister-in-law, and two grandsons.
John William “Bill” Rhyne
Sr. ’49 died Feb. 13, 2008
at 76.
He graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in
pharmacy and his master’s
in pharmacology from the
University of Georgia. He served as a staff
died April 17, 2008 at 76.
He was a retired accountant and had worked
for Crystal Springs
Bleachery and T.H. Payne
Company and had been a
self-employed accountant as well.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his
wife, Kitty Headen Jewell; a daughter; and
two brothers. He is survived by two daughters,
a son-in-law, four grandchildren, two sisters,
and several nieces and nephews.
Dr. Marion Bartley Knight,
Jr. ’53 died on May 17,
Thomas Walter “Tommy”
Giles, Jr. ’57 died Nov. 16,
2008 at 69.
He retired from the
Chattanooga Housing
Authority and was recently
employed with Sears at
Hamilton Place. He was a member of the
Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and his wife, Carolyn Harvey Giles. He is
survived by a daughter, a son-in-law, a sister,
a brother-in-law, a nephew, a niece, and great
nieces and nephews.
Steven Charles Thompson
’59, died on June 17, 2008
at 67.
He attended Vanderbilt
and ETSU. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force,
serving in Turkey and
Germany.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and two brothers. He is survived by a son, two
sisters, a brother-in-law, two sisters-in-law, a
grandson, four nephews, five nieces, several
great-nieces and nephews, and a first cousin.
Hal S. “Sandy” Kimball III
’65 died on Oct. 30, 2008
at 61.
He attended the University of Chattanooga and
Chattanooga State Technical Community College.
He returned to Chattanooga in 2005 after a
career in information technologies as a systems
programmer.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Survivors include his mother, Polly C. Kimball;
a brother; a sister-in-law; an aunt and uncle;
two nieces; and a grandniece.
Thomas G. Ferry ’75, died
on Aug. 27, 2008 at 50.
He is survived by his parents, Donald and Margaret
Parsons Ferry; two brothers;
a sister; a brother-in-law;
and two sisters-in-law.
Joe W. Jackson II ’00 died
on June 15, 2008 at 25.
He was a 2004 graduate of the University of
Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
Ala. He was a member of
the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Masonic Lodge 490, and Olivet Baptist
Church. He was employed by the Hershey Co.
in Meridian.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and is survived by his parents, Joe
W. and Ingrid K. Jackson, of Chattanooga;
a sister; a grandmother; nine uncles; six aunts;
and many other relatives and friends.
Building the Future
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2008 at 73.
He was a graduate of
Emory University and the
University of Miami
School of Medicine. He
served as an emergency room physician at
Oral Roberts University City of Faith Hospital
in Oklahoma. He also worked at numerous
hospitals in East Tennessee. He was a devoted
Christian and served on the board of YMCA
Camp Ocoee and volunteered as doctor for
the camp.
He is survived by his wife, Adelia Guthrie
Knight; a son; a daughter; a son-in-law; a
daughter-in-law; four grandchildren; a half
brother; and several nieces and nephews.
died on March 25, 2008
at 68.
He was a former mayor of Blytheville, Ark., Director of the Arkansas Industrial Development
Commission, and a former owner of the Rock
House BBQ Restaurant. He was a member
of Harrison Rotary Club, Kiwanis, and
the Chamber of Commerce of Harrison, Ark.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Danna Fordyce;
two daughters; a son; two sons-in-law; a
daughter-in-law; a brother; two sisters; and
nine grandchildren.
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Thomas “Tom” W. Jewell ’50
Ross Lander Fordyce ’57
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sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the
Korean War.
He worked as a chemist in Texas before
joining his father, uncle, and cousin at Rhyne
Brothers’ Pharmacy in LaFayette, Ga, where
he worked as a pharmacist until his retirement.
He ran unsuccessfully for the state legislature in 1970 and 1983, served as a member
of the Walker County Board of Education,
and the Hospital Authority, and was a longtime
member of the LaFayette Airport Authority.
He enjoyed acting and participated in both
the LaFayette Little Theater and the Chattanooga Little Theater. He was a devoted member of LaFayette First United Methodist Church
and the First United Methodist Church Choir,
and had 45 years perfect attendance as a loyal
member of the LaFayette Rotary Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents;
his wife, Sue R. Rhyne; and two brothers,
one of whom was Jim Rhyne ’52. He is survived by two daughters, a son, a son-in-law,
a daughter-in-law, a sister, a brother-in-law,
and six grandchildren.
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