Class Notes

Whit Whitaker (’77, LD ’15), president of King University, gives the Commencement address.

Dan Hanks (’61, LD ’12), Jim Ford (’54) and retired faculty member Rick Buice attend a Darlington Connects Lunch & Learn in May.

1958 (next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Jeff Godard Charlie Higgins III celebrated the 80th birthday of his classmate Mark Eubanks (’58) in the fall of 2020. Charlie said, "Here is a picture of the old boy at his 80th birthday party. His hair has gotten a bit white, but then it’s thicker than mine."

Mark Eubanks (’58) and Charlie Higgins (’58)

1963 (next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Bob Elkins Tom Harbin Jr. has released his fourth book, “Practical Ethics in Ophthalmology: A Doctor’s Guide to Medical Ethics in the Surgical and Medical Practice of Ophthalmology.” 1979 (next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Tony Massing Bruce Levingston has released a new album, "Prelude to Dawn." He is currently the artist-in-residence at the University of Mississippi.

1983 (next reunion 2023)

Class Agent: Stephanie (Smith) Walker Barry Hurley has been selected to serve on the American Association of Bank Directors Task Force on mitigating the personal liability risk of bank directors consistent with the safety and soundness of the banking system. He also gave Shorter University’s Commencement Address this spring.

1984 (next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Madge (Brown) Crawford Tim Green and Matthew Jones (’99) led Kentucky Country Day School to the Class A state football championship finals for the first time in school history.

1994 (next reunion 2024)

Class Agent: Jimmy Smith Derek Minshew writes: “Since my last update in 2015, my family and I spent two years in Abuja, Nigeria, before heading to our next post, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Port-au-Prince ended up being a pretty tumultuous tour, thanks to bouts of local civil unrest, and my family and I bounced between Haiti and Ohio as things heated up and cooled down between protesters and local authorities. My family and I finished up our two years in Port-au-Prince and are now in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We are grateful to have landed at such a great post after several years living in places where things weren't so stable. Home to breathtaking safaris, the exotic island of Zanzibar (birthplace of Freddie Mercury), Mt. Kilimanjaro, and some of the friendliest and most welcoming people you'll ever meet, Tanzania has been a great place for us to land. My family and I are excited about this next chapter in our lives and look forward to hosting visitors!”