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The Next Question A look at the problem of knowledge

Toleration thought and coming home: Profile of a legal scholar

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How Do You Know? A physicist, historian and philosopher expound on knowledge.

Exile No More

Renowned legal scholar Bill Eskridge ’73 “a gem that shines brightly.”

4 The Well 40 The Union 66 Faculty Notes 68 In Memoriam 72 AfterWord

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Jenni Isaac ’16 MUCH IS YET to be discovered about Alzheimer’s disease—the biologic changes that cause the disease, how it progresses and how it can be prevented or slowed. Jenni Isaac ’16 is particularly interested in the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. A Division I athlete (women’s soccer) and recipient of the prestigious, nationally awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarship, Isaac spent the summer examining a specific network in the brain that has been heavily implicated in Alzheimer’s. She is interested in whether the brain is capable of rewiring itself after sustaining damage by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. For her thesis, she will continue investigating whether the degeneration of a specific population of neurons is actually as responsible for the memory deficits associated with Alzheimer’s disease as was once thought. A neuroscience major, Isaac plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience post-graduation.

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“We should seek not a world where the black race and white race live in harmony, but a world in which the terms black and white have no real political meaning.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates

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The Freedom of Inquiry To grow

as intellectuals and human beings, our students must engage with views that differ from their own. A recent national movement to ensure that students feel safe, however, has questioned the classroom use of potentially upsetting material. Perhaps, this movement contends, some texts are too disturbing for some students to confront. These materials should be labeled with warnings or should be made optional. Perhaps students should always be given the option to leave a class discussion if they find the conversation too difficult. In order for Davidson students—for all of our nation’s students—to reach their highest potential, they must feel welcome in the classroom and equally valued by their instructors. Yet if our students consistently opt out whenever their pursuit of knowledge takes an uncomfortable turn, they will never expand their capacities for critical thought. And it is precisely these capacities that will empower them, over the course of their lives, to deal with painful experiences, to confront moral challenges bravely, and to stand strong against injustice. During my years spent as a professor, administrator and mentor, many students have aired their concerns about a classroom environment—concerns that required considerable bravery to share. Their instructors, these students told me, said or did or implied something, usually in an off-hand way, that marginalized some members of the class. Maybe it was a generalization about how women think, or a comment about “illegal” immigrants, or an assumption that all human beings are heterosexual. Such comments have no place in a classroom that seeks to engage all students equally in the free pursuit of

knowledge and insight. Furthermore, because these comments are made so casually, outside of any formal class discussion, they are very difficult to call out. Students feel powerless to do anything about it. This points to a critical distinction, yet to be made in the current debate over safe learning, between the challenges posed by extracurricular forces—a professor’s comment, a fellow student’s action during or outside of class—and the challenges raised by the curriculum itself. When students are ready to participate, and instructors create open settings for debate and discourse, a class should be free to tackle the most challenging questions and to confront the tragic realities of our history. As a professor, I taught material that expressed abhorrent views (defenses of slavery, for example) and material that dealt with racial and sexual violence (Toni Morrison’s Beloved). I understand that personal experiences make it difficult for some students to confront these topics. While we must keep in mind that all of us bear the scars of our past, we cannot, in a misguided quest for comfort, compromise the authentic pursuit of inquiry through which students develop as critical thinkers equipped to confront the challenges they will face once they leave our campus.

Carol E. Quillen President

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On Your Honor

BEYOND SELF-SCHEDULED exams and laptops left unattended at study tables, the Honor Code grants Davidson students confidence in the words and actions of others, and the freedom to see and then to question what they have always taken for granted. The confidence and trust engendered by the Honor Code permeate all aspects of campus life. Is this bike yours?

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Elijah Gowin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90 Bubble, 2002, Toned silver gelatin print MAGGIE IS THE OLDEST PERSON I KNOW. As she first wandered into the frame of the camera, I realized she was the authentic link that breathed life into the backyard contraptions that I had started to build. Eyes worn tired and failing, she would run her fingers across my salvaged collection of faded cloth, torn calendars and rusted tools. At those moments she would be able to draw up an old memory, hold it in balance for a moment until it would fly away into the thicket of her mind once again. In this way, she claimed her place as guide and epicenter to help me understand the curve of history, the rise and fall of a mill town, the spinning orbs that make up the family. Perhaps only first steps, but looking back at these pictures (now almost ten years old as I write) they become more important every year as I try to trace where I have been, who I have become, how to come home if I need to. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Elijah Gowin, Maggie (Tin Roof Press, 2008) elijahgowin.com

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Construction & Transformation: E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center THE NEWEST ACADEMIC building on Davidson College’s campus has been named for an alumnus who gave much to his family, his alma mater, his community and his career. The E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center will include flexible spaces and common areas that encourage the exchange and generation of ideas across conventional academic boundaries—between departments (such as chemistry, biology, psychology and environmental

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science), disciplines, and the arts and sciences. Wall, a 1959 graduate, was elected to Davidson’s Board of Trustees as an alumni representative in 1976, was named chair in 1989 and served continuously until his death in 1997. A player on the football and baseball teams, Wall was inducted posthumously into the Davidson College Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition to his volunteer and leadership

roles for Davidson, Wall served as a trustee of The Duke Endowment, which enthusiastically endorsed the college’s vision for this space and propelled the project forward with a $45 million grant. Davidson raised an additional $29 million thanks to generous support from alumni, parents, friends and foundations. View the building’s progress through our live webcam at http://bit.ly/1Adtt8l.

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Reading Ready

Study first to show measurable impact of early reading on brain

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ents receive is to read to their babies early and often. The hope is that sharing books together will help children’s language development and eventually, turn them into successful readers. Now there is evidence that reading to young children is in fact associated with differences in brain activity supporting early reading skills. “We are excited to show, for the first time, that reading exposure during the critical stage of development prior to kindergarten seems to have a meaningful, measurable impact on how a child’s brain processes stories and may help predict reading success,” said study author John Hutton ’90, M.D., of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. “Of particular importance are brain areas supporting mental imagery, helping the child ‘see the story’ beyond the pictures, affirming the invaluable role of imagination.” Professional organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and advocacy groups have encouraged parents to read to their children from birth to foster early learning and create connections in the brain that promote language development. Direct evidence of effects on the brain, however, were not previously available. To show whether reading to preschoolers affects brain networks that support reading skills, Hutton and his colleagues studied 19 healthy preschoolers ages 3-5 years old, 37 percent of whom were from low-income households. Each child’s primary caregiver completed a questionnaire designed to measure cognitive stimulation in the home. The questionnaire looked at three areas: parent-child reading, including access to books, frequency of reading and variety of books read; parent-child interaction, including talking and playing; and whether parents taught specific skills such as counting and shapes.

The children then underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measured brain activity while they were listening to age-appropriate stories via headphones. The children were awake and non-sedated during fMRI, and there was no visual stimulus. Researchers were interested in whether there would be differences in brain activation supporting comprehension of the stories in areas known to be involved with language. Results showed that greater home reading exposure was strongly associated with activation of specific brain areas supporting semantic processing (the extraction of meaning from language). These areas are critical for oral language and later for reading. According to an Aug. 17 article in the New York Times titled “Bed Time Stories for Young Brains,” what was especially novel was that children who were exposed to more books and home reading showed significantly more activity in the areas of the brain that process visual association, even though the child was in the scanner just listening to a story and could not see any pictures. “This becomes increasingly important as children advance from books with pictures to books without them, where they must imagine what is going on in the text,” Hutton said. The associations between home reading exposure and brain activity remained robust after controlling for household income. “We hope that this work will guide further research on shared reading and the developing brain to help improve interventions and identify children at risk for difficulties as early as possible, increasing the chances that they will be successful in the wonderful world of books,” Hutton concluded. Hutton recently published a children’s book titled Read Baby, Every Day, in partnership with the national program Reach Out and Read.

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ogy Review have named Rebecca “Beka” Steorts ’05 one of this year’s 35 “Innovators Under 35,” recognizing her as a humanitarian in the field of software. Steorts works in several fields, including record linkage, which involves merging many potentially “noisy” data sets to eliminate duplicate entries. Steorts is using advanced data-analysis techniques to help human rights groups get definitive casualty counts in the ongoing conflict in Syria using data from the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. The “Innovators Under 35” awards program began in 1999, and has honored exceptionally talented young innovators whose work has the

Problem: Determining the number of people killed in wars is immensely difficult: chaos, poor communication, and propaganda can wildly distort the figures. potential to transform the world. Previous winners include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the cofounders of Google; Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Facebook; Jonathan Ive, the chief designer of Apple; Helen Greiner, the cofounder of iRobot; and Max Levchin, the cofounder of PayPal. Steorts and this year’s other honorees are profiled online and featured in the September/October issue of MIT Technology Review. They will present their work at the annual EmTech MIT conference Nov. 2-4 on the MIT campus. The conference focuses on emerging technologies and their impact. A math major at Davidson, Steorts spent the summer following her graduation in 2005 as a research assistant to Associate Professor Tim Chartier. Currently, she is an assistant professor at Duke University.

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New Frontier

Online modules scale access to AP lessons for students, teachers

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of Davidson Next, a collaboration among edX and the College Board, led by Davidson College, was met with fanfare from the education community and media. Davidson Next is a free, data-driven, blended learning initiative that supplements Advanced Placement (AP) teaching and learning in AP calculus, AP physics and AP macroeconomics with online, self-paced, AP-aligned and -approved modules. The module topics, which include the most difficult concepts in each of the three disciplines based on proprietary College Board data, will be available for free to teachers and students around the globe on the edX platform. “We know that online AP courses have long been available to students who lack access to an AP teacher, but many students—including underserved and under-represented students—struggle to complete such college-level coursework on their own,” said President Carol Quillen. “This project helps to make equal educational opportunity real for all students. I applaud my Davidson colleagues and our partners—edX, the College Board and CharlotteMecklenburg Schools—for their leadership in helping to develop a blended learning initiative that is data-driven, scalable, and accessible to a much wider audience than we normally serve.” National data show that many students struggle to complete independent, college-level coursework, creating strong demand for innovative approaches to help students learn and master the most challenging AP material and concepts. In addition, growing evidence indicates that combining online and face-toface instruction to create a blended learning format is more effective than either approach on its own.

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Entrepreneurial Perspective Boggianos bring passion for social change to residency

By Christina Ritchie Rogers

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campus its new entrepreneurs in residence, Chris and Jon Boggiano. The duo will work with Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hannah Levinson to expand the college’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship program, and with faculty members to identify and implement new ways to bring innovation into the classroom. “The Boggianos will help to infuse innovation and entrepreneurship into our curriculum in unprecedented ways,” Levinson said. D av id s on c r e ate d it s I n novat ion a nd Entrepreneurship program two years ago in response to the changing professional landscape and students’ growing need to find and create real-world applications for their skills in leadership, critical thinking and innovation. The college continues to expand its co-curricular offerings and complement its arts and sciences curricula with opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures, as well as quality interactions with innovative professionals.

Making Change

Growing up, the Boggianos’ household valued education and service—values the brothers went on to uphold in their academic, professional and business pursuits. Both graduates of West Point and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, they served in the army before entering the business world. First, they started and later sold Everblue.

edu, a company focused on training in sustainability and renewable energy. Their latest business, Versame, also is focused on early education and learning. They are developing technology to increase parent-child engagement after reading research showing the profound effect parents’ language use has on infant brain development. Starting a business is never without its challenges, the brothers agree, but pursuing ventures that speak to their personal values has helped keep them motivated and positive. “If you can feel good about what you’re doing, it gets you through the down times,” Chris said. “Their entrepreneurial perspective—that entrepreneurship is, fundamentally, one of the primary grounds where progressive social change and creative problem-solving takes place—is what we hope to foster in our students,” Levinson said. Allison Cowie ’18 has been working with the Boggianos as an intern, part of a 12-person team at VersaMe. A Spanish major and economics minor, she was instantly struck by the brothers’ passion and commitment to making a difference, she said, and has been eager to learn the ways in which social mission and business overlap. “I’ve seen that no idea is impossible, and that you can make a difference if you’re willing to invest the time and create a strong team,” she said. “Chris and Jon expect a lot, and they get everyone excited to collaborate and make things happen. They’re the perfect people to work with Davidson students.” FALL 2015

POLLY DRAGANOVA ’09, INSET: JACOBO REMUNAN

“Ultreia, suseia, Santiago.” “Come along! Santiago awaits us above and beyond.”

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The Road to Becoming

A reflection on the journey, and forces infinitely larger than ourselves

By Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez Their stories spoke of individuals in moments of transition, rupture and discovery that led to transformation.

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thresholds have always attracted my attention. As a scholar and as an individual, it is in these in-between spaces that I find challenging and thought-provoking questions. This may be why I feel particularly at home on the cusp between the Late Medieval period and Early Modernity in Iberia. This is probably why I was drawn to do research on love and death, the ultimate in-between spaces. And this is why I was intrigued by the Camino de Santiago (The St. James Way), a pilgrimage whose destination is the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. What I have found is that the Camino serves as both a real and a metaphorical journey, a journey in which the process is just as important—if not more important—as the destination. It is a process that may lead to transformation and self-discovery. And it is a process that resembles the experience of a liberal arts college like Davidson. Yes, I am more a process guy than a destination guy. I believe that high-value performance during a process usually results in reaching the destination. Not that reaching the endpoint (be it Santiago de Compostela or graduation) is not important; on the contrary, it is crucial for a technically successful journey in both cases. However, it is in the process, in the in-betweeness of pilgrimage, where “stuff’ happens. In the summer of 2009, I interviewed pilgrims who arrived in Santiago de Compostela. This experience was, beyond any doubt, instrumental in how today I reflect upon pilgrimage and some of the components of this experience: community, weakness, pain, faith, memory, time, happiness, conflict and transformation. For the first time I was approaching the Camino not through my own eyes but through the eyes of others, which turned out to be an enlightening, moving and humbling experience. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

In spring 2012 and spring 2014, I taught my seminar “Travel and Transformation in Spain” at Davidson. I was privileged to work with students who uncovered different ways to reflect upon pilgrimage. Approaching the Camino through both pilgrims in Santiago and students at Davidson has allowed me to reflect upon this journey through the perspective of others. Their experiences and their stories have taught me to listen better, to observe more carefully, to ask more questions, to understand more and to judge less—a very humbling journey indeed. Because of them, because their stories, because of their caminos (the word camino translates as path or way), I have new eyes for the real and metaphorical caminos still to be walked in my own life.

The Spanish Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage rooted in the Medieval period and increasingly active today. More than a million people have walked it over the last 10 years. The Camino has multiple points of departure in Spain and other European countries. Due to its simultaneously secular and religious nature and its culturally diverse international population of pilgrims, the Camino serves as an inclusive and plural space for a wide variety of views, believes and faiths. Following the yellow arrows placed to mark the way, pilgrims walk and live communally along this sacred route to arrive at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the alleged burial site of the Apostle St. James. Pilgrims spend the night in albergues, primitive hostels with large, communal rooms with bunk beds. Most of them wear around their necks, in their hats or hung from their backpacks a scallop shell that identifies them as pilgrims. Linda Davidson and David Gitlitz’s definition of pilgrimage remains fundamental to understand this physical and spiritual journey: “From long before the beginning of recorded time, three fundamental beliefs have launched human beings onto the roads of pilgrimage. “The first is the conviction that there are forces infinitely larger than ourselves—gods, superheroes, the tectonic plates of history—forces with the ability to influence our lives. The second is that each of us has the potential to initiate a meaningful relationship with those forces. The third is that there are certain special places where the remote, transcendental power of those forces seems close enough for us to touch.” Within this context, pilgrimage to Santiago today can be defined in as many ways as there are pilgrims. Some walk because they want to encounter the divine. For them the Camino is a journey of faith. Others search for themselves as they have been lost in the labyrinth of life. Yet others are motivated by testing their limits in an outdoor adventure. However, regardless of their motivation, their journeys share several aspects. FALL 2015

All these pilgrims embark on a body-centered enterprise intimately connected to a religious, spiritual, intellectual and/or personal experience. They have all engaged in a quest. They are all displaced. They have abandoned the familiar to step out of their comfort zone and experience the unknown. Pilgrimage is an experience that results in what anthropologists Victor and Edith Turner refer to as communitas, an ideal state of unmediated and egalitarian association among individuals that transcends social, economic, religious, political and personal boundaries. While on pilgrimage, everyone is temporarily set free from hierarchical roles. Pilgrims participate in a liminal and contested experience. Liminal because their journey takes place in an inbetween space in which individuals who are separated from traditional society travel to their destination. Contested because regardless of the motivation for their pilgrimage, they all will have learned something about themselves over the course of their journey or at their destination because, as John Eade and Michael Sallnow have noted, the Camino and its sacred destination serves as common grounds capable of accommodating diverse religious and secular discourses. Finally, a significant number of pilgrims claim that this journey has changed them, or that they have been transformed. As many have come to experience, “you don’t walk the Camino, the Camino walks you.” For most pilgrims, transformation happens (or at least they are aware of it) in the less obvious journey that takes place when they return to their communities. Pilgrimage, then, seems to be an inherent part of who we were, who we are and who we want to be. What the Camino reminds us is that we are always on the road to becoming.

Narratives of Life-Changing Experiences

How differently do people from diverse faiths and cultures reflect on the experience of pilgrimage? What role do religious and personal beliefs play in the making of this experience? What social, theological, personal and political views do these narratives express about pilgrimage? With these questions in mind and a video camera in hand, I arrived in Santiago de Compostela in the summer of 2009. In order to shed some light on those questions I wanted to interview a diverse group of individuals ranging from professors of religion, sociology, literature, and history at the University of Santiago, church officials, and politicians from the Xunta de Galicia (local government), to residents of Santiago de Compostela, and above all pilgrims, many pilgrims. They all shared with me rich and plural narratives that opened up a diversity of ways to think about the Camino. It was, however, the narratives of the pilgrims that I interviewed in Santiago de Compostela that left an everlasting impression on me. Their stories spoke of individuals in moments of transition, rupture and discovery that led to transformation. In addition to the personal content, what captivated me was the vocabulary, metaphors and symbols that these pilgrims used to reconcile their experience with its expression within their narratives.

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A common thread runs through their stories: the Camino was a transformative experience, a physical and intellectual journey in which introspection and community had led to self-discovery. Let me share with you, in their own voices, how they experienced their journey. Ramón walked 71 miles in five days beacuse he wanted to better himself, to find himself. On his journey he reflected upon the apparent paradox that “we all need from each other, and yet we all need to be alone.” Marisa walked 497 miles in 36 days. As she confronted her fear of being alone with her thoughts, her Camino became an introspective journey to reconcile her past and her present in order to give shape to a better future. Three female friends (one of them insisted that I note that she was 72 years old!) walked 71 miles in five days as an act of faith. They found self-empowerment and self-fulfillment in a female-only environment, which led to renewing their faith by leaning on each other to overcome physical hardships because after all, “The Camino is hard but not harder than life.” Álvaro walked 435 miles in 27 days. His motivation? To enjoy nature, see monuments and meet people. On his journey he reflected upon the meaning of friendship. Adrián and Juan Francisco, two high school students, accompanied a friend who was suffering from an illness over 105 miles and eight days. They found the Camino to be a therapeutic journey. Antonio and Magdalena, husband and wife, walked 105 miles in eight days as an act of gratitude for their son’s recent recovery from an illness. Magdalena sprained her ankle but asked her husband to help her reach their destination in spite of the pain. Both husband and wife rediscovered the meaning of empathy and solidarity within their marriage, which led to a gradual transformation. It took 71 miles and four days for Ferrán, Gerard and Eduard, two brothers-in-law and their nephew, to strengthen their personal and family bonds. During their journey they engaged in dialogue with each other, which allowed them to open up a new dialogue inside each of them; the stillness of the Camino motivated them to reflect upon loneliness, silence and introspection. They felt that “Se está más solo en el día a día” (you feel more lonely in everyday life than in the Camino); they learned how to be with themselves by being together as a community. When they reached Santiago they experienced a feeling of emptiness because “Te das cuenta de que lo importante eres tú, no el destino” (You realize that what is important is you, not the destination). These narratives speak of community, confrontation and transformation; they speak of suffering, friendship, accomplishments, happiness, faith: they speak of the very fabric of humanity.

Student Voices

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backpacks with the values of a liberal arts education. Just like pilgrims on the Camino, students spend four years (a temporary period of time) building up a community (a group of people who interact and live together) on campus (a liminal space) outside their comfort zone (displacement). Contestation is also present in our college community as Davidson accommodates different faiths, political views and personal credos. At the end of their journey lies graduation, the destination for our student pilgrims. It becomes a liminal moment to stop and look back in time and inside oneself to fortunately see that the senior who is graduating is not the same person who joined this community as a first-year student. Pilgrimage, like college, enables participants to re-create, to renew themselves, and to explore their creative and intellectual potential apart from the context of everyday routine with one goal: personal transformation. The Camino serves as a metaphor for college because, just as pilgrimage can be viewed as a rite of separation, transition and incorporation, so can college. However since the proof is in the pudding, or as we say in Spanish “el movimiento se demuestra andando” (movement is proven by walking), let’s allow our student pilgrims to speak for themselves about their personal and intellectual quests and discoveries on the Camino. My conversations with student pilgrims revealed these Camino lessons: learning to cope with the fear of being judged and learning to feel comfortable with a lack of control and imperfection. “Walking the Camino was the healthiest thing I’ve ever done for my mind, body and spirit,” said Luke Currin ’12. “I haven’t experienced anything that quieted my soul like walking miles every day with two things: my own thoughts and people who had decided to search deep within themselves and, thankfully, share pieces of that search with me.” Some students compared sprains to essays and reviews at Davidson, and arid sections on the Camino to those long months looking for a job. Others DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

remarked upon the value of solitude to reflect upon a romantic break-up and how upon finishing their journey the dispersion of their pilgrimage companions shared the poignancy of college graduation marked by the loss of those individuals who had helped to form their reshaped identity. These are their voices as they reflect on the process, community and transformation. Process: “It is easy, in the midst of university study and living in academia, to believe that I have a comprehensive understanding of the world, and to think that I can know God simply through ritual and creed. I decided to go on pilgrimage because, I felt, as much as I spent my daily life studying religion and holy text, they had lost meaning for me. I was too comfortable, complacent and over-confident in my set beliefs and practices. In my time of studying, I had lost connection with the mystery and the awe of nature, as well as the lifeblood of living in community.” —Elizabeth Welliver ’16 Community: “More than anything, I was surprised by the prevalence of spontaneous community on the Camino: often, I would stay up late talking with my fellow pilgrims, and they would share their life stories with me, even though we barely knew each other. This human connection was refreshing to experience in an age of such disconnectedness and emotional malaise.” —Nolan Boyd ’12 Transformation: “Walking the Camino helped me understand the value of my own perspective. I learned to pay attention to my instincts, listen to my conscience, and reflect on both my successes and failures. I now fully realize that I have the ultimate ability to determine what is and is not meaningful in my life. ” —Holly Sims ’12 “I do find myself smiling more often with no reason at all. I catch myself walking off city maps. I talk less, and I listen even more than before. I look at people more, and I see them in a new light. I am open to conversations with strangers, conversations I am often the instigator of. I cherish details, and I appreciate gestures of affection. I see love every-

where, and I love the streets of the world. Only now do I realize how much more walking awaits me.” —Polly Draganova ’09

The Act of Being

Travel for transformation lies at the core of the humanities experience in a liberal art college. In this regard, Davidson is a liminal space in which the emergence of communitas and contestation serve as a catalyst for transformation. Students’ experiences on the Camino and at Davidson mutually inform each other as they provide a frame for a reciprocal understanding of both journeys: pilgrimage and college. The strong sense of community at Davidson allows individuals to search for themselves, for who they are and for who they want to be. This is not always an easy journey. It is a winding path that sometimes leads to success and, at other times, to challenges that may seem insurmountable. Students negotiate social life, academics, personal issues, sports and health from the time that they set foot on our campus until the moment President Quillen hands them their diplomas four years later. These negotiations are metaphors for the ultimate pilgrimage at Davidson: what they are essentially traveling to is their own selves. In addition to the knowledge and critical thinking skills that they will have acquired, the most important knowledge of all comes from knowing themselves better and becoming aware that the new individual who is about to start that other journey of leaving and venturing back into the world at large is not the same as the one who started his/her journey at Davidson four years ago. Both the institution and the individual have enabled and enacted the spirit of transformation. At the end of the day, we are all pilgrims traveling along different roads, both imaginary and real, longing to be transformed in one way or another, are we not? ¡Buen Camino! Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez is associate professor of Hispanic Studies. FALL 2015

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The Mountain We Conquer KATIE MATHIESON ’15 neared the summit of Huyana Potosi, a peak among the Cordillera Real near La Paz, Bolivia, in the early light of day. Her group had left “high camp” at midnight, hiking for more than eight hours by the light of their headlamps toward the 6,000-meter (19,974-foot) summit. After scaling a 30-foot vertical ice wall, they continued the remaining 100 meters toward their goal. For Mathieson, the climb rounded out a month of reporting and collecting documentary footage in Patagonia, Chile, for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, followed by a month of travel throughout South America. With funding from a Dean Rusk travel grant, Mathieson completed a series of articles for the Pulitzer Center, available at www.pulitzercenter.org. She currently lives and works in northeastern Thailand as a freelance journalist and photographer.

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Davidson Also Digs Salapia, Trinitapoli, Italy Darien Totten, Classics

IN 2014, Assistant Professor of Classics Darian Totten received a $25,000 award from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), intended for first-time project directors. For two summers and counting, Totten has staffed her new archaeological dig at the site of Salapia in Trinitapoli, Italy, in part with Davidson students. Totten, who is collaborating with two Italian colleagues, Roberto Goffredo and Giovanni de Venuto, explains, “We are working around a lagoon on the coast of the Adriatic Sea called the Lago Di Salpi, a very protected aquatic environment that likely was a successful port settled as early as the first century B.C.E.” The lagoon’s coastline today functions as the second largest producer of sea salt in Italy.

Davidson Also Digs Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Bill Ringle, Anthropology

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IN SUMMER 2015, Davidson archeologists used what may be the world’s longest “selfie stick” to extend their science into the third dimension. Professor of Anthropology Bill Ringle, a veteran of 35 years of exploring Mayan ruins in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, employed a 22-foot-long selfie stick to help him, Charles Rappe ’16 and others create detailed images of objects and structures. Specialized software allowed them to rotate the images on any axis to be viewed from various angles. Ringle’s team spent five weeks making images at sites in the Puuc Hills of Yucatan, a region that was populated from 600 A.D. to 950 A.D.

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Davidson’s Athienou archaeology project celebrates 25 years By John Syme

ROFESSOR OF CLASSICS Michael

K. Toumazou is a familiar sight on campus, ambling with unhurried purpose under his trademark, widebrimmed slouch hat. Summertimes since 1990 he’s also been a familiar site in his native Cyprus, the eastern Mediterranean island nation where Toumazou’s Athienou Archaeological Project (AAP) this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Noni Papoui Papasianti, who volunteered with Toumazou’s crew in 2005, is now curator of the Kallinikeio Municipal Museum of Athienou. Established in 2009 and showcasing many of the project’s finds, it is the first of its kind in the country and during the past year welcomed 4,000 visitors, most of whom were enthusiastic local school children. “Since I was a child I remember the tall man with his memorable hat and his American students joining us at local wedding receptions in Athienou,” she says. “Today as an adult I cannot imagine summer coming without our archaeologist friends here with us.” Neither can Clay Cofer ’99, one of the dig’s assistant directors. “I knew that I wanted to be a part of Davidson’s excavations at Athienou-Malloura from the moment that I first decided to attend Davidson, but I had no idea that the experience would change my life forever,” says Cofer. He recently completed his doctoral degree in classical archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, where Toumazou earned his doctorate. AAP also employs Davidson alumni Derek Counts ’92 as associate director, Mackenzie Helgar ’12 as field supervisor and Dan Coslett ’05 as registrar and lab manager. Coslett, now pursuing a doctorate in modern architectural history at the University of Washington, echoes oft-repeated sentiment in describing his seven summers in Cyprus as “wonderful experiences because Athienou now feels like a home abroad and the AAP core group like a second family.” “It’s hard to think about the summer and not think about Davidson and Cyprus after all these years,” he adds. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

Work that was expected to last for only three to five years in the hometown of Toumazou’s mother has expanded to 25, and the AAP is now thoroughly ‘entrenched’ in the village. Relocating and borrowing materials and space, admittedly figuring a lot out as it went along, the project now enjoys use of the permanent municipal museum, an air-conditioned lab with storage and restored traditional-style housing for students and staff. The duration of the project and the significance of its work was unanticipated by Toumazou, who explains that the dig found more than expected: a larger sanctuary (which itself wasn’t anticipated), as well as a sustained interest on the part of Cypriots, Davidson students and faculty. “The village has always made, and still makes, it so easy for us to come back,” says Toumazou. “You [the project] are like the swallows that bring the spring,” appreciative locals tell him.

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Increased professionalization of the AAP field school as a result of National Science Foundation funding since 1995 and strong community support have also contributed to the growth of the project. Much has changed in a quarter century, but “we’re still surprised every day out there,” says Toumazou of both archaeological finds and the town’s sustained generosity. Diane Stirling, a Davidson classroom technology administrator, has been part of the AAP team from the beginning. “Diane’s contribution to AAP’s success and longevity has been paramount,” Toumazou says. “Starting in the very first field season through the present, she has unstintingly and with genuine enthusiasm—and without any monetary compensation—worked both in the field at Athienou in most dig years as well as at Davidson during the academic year, handling finances and all sorts of logistical issues.” Stirling remembers especially the early days, working-summer idylls before the Internet sliced and diced time differently around the globe. “There was a different kind of closeness then, because it was just us, all there together,” she recalls.

Still, progress has its advantages. “We now have wireless internet in the lab and in our main residential building, and we’re working toward getting it in the field so that data can be uploaded straight to our system from the trenches,” says Coslett. The use of mobile computer tablets, laser scanning and photogrammetry of the site today are things that staff say were unimaginable 25 years ago. “Archaeology is changing,” says Counts, “and our project is participating in exciting progress in the field.” Technology is in many ways driving the yearround work of the project, which has recently published on 3D imaging techniques and organized a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded two-day conference this past winter on the role of digital tools in excavations. Counts, associate director, is professor of classical archaeology and chair of the art history department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “I suppose I have the distinction of being the only remaining crew member from AAP’s inaugural season in 1990—(along with Diane!)—a crew that MKT [Toumazou] fondly refers to as his ‘Mickey Mouse’ crew,” says Counts. Like other long-time project staff, he takes pride in bringing some of his own students on board now, as the project continues to welcome its next generation of participants. In addition to running its 18th archaeological field school for undergraduate students, with 19 enrolled for summer 2015, the project celebrated in Athienou in July. Amidst six weeks of excavation training, cultural history and methods lectures, and weekend fieldtrips, the project also hosted special site tours, a reunion BBQ and a town-wide event at the museum. “This year we wish to remind people of our work, to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of our many project alumni, and to thank people here for their unfailing and generous support,” Toumazou says. Project staff are thinking ahead toward the future of AAP. “Having successfully completed so many major field campaigns and unearthed so much, we’ll be studying further and moving toward thorough publication of our findings,” Toumazou says. FALL 2015

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DAVIDSON COLLEGE women’s basketball players Kyla Roland ’19, left, Mackenzie Latt ’18, center, and Hannah Early ’15, center, pose with former Davidson All-American and NBA All-Star Stephen Curry ’10 for a selfie after Curry finished a question and answer session with Coach Bob McKillop and former teammate Steve Rossiter ’10 in the packed Duke Family Performance Hall. Curry’s Sept. 17 visit included a workout with the men’s basketball team and lunch in Vail Commons (check out “I Love Commons” video at davidsonjournal.davidson.edu). Curry also fired off the first shot from the floor of the new practice court in the Harry L. Vance Athletic Center—the three-pointer arced high and over the rim, nothing but net.

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IN FRONT OF 10,015 fans, Erin Osment ’15 stood at the starting line with 23 of the best distance runners in the country at historic Hayward Field in TrackTown USA, waiting to run the 10,000-meter race at the 2015 NCAA Track & Field Championship. Osment, the 2015 Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Performer, stepped to the line, determined to compete as hard as she could on track’s biggest stage. She started the 25-lap race and hung in back of the largely close-knit pack through the run first three miles, worked her way into 12th place with less than a mile to go, and crossed the line in 34:14.25 to finish 14th. The Atlanta, Ga., native shaved more than 13.61 seconds off her preliminary time to set a new Davidson program record in the event. The result of her final race as a collegiate athlete earned the senior history major her first All-America honor, becoming only the second athlete in program history to earn the distinction. —Meghan Moore

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A Good Run

Reason to Believe Fountain captures first pro title.

RGUABLY THE GREATEST golfer in Davidson history,

Richard Fountain ’14 has been competing on the eGolf Gateway Tour the last two years and captured his first career title at the 2015 Spring Creek Classic in June. The eGolf Gateway Tour, formerly known as the Tarheel Tour, is a third-level professional tour based in Charlotte. “This is huge,” said Fountain following the win. “It makes me believe I can win out here, because there are so many good players in the field. It just gives me a lot of confidence.” The $12,000 first-place prize pushed Fountain’s 2015 earnings into the top-20 on the tour’s season-long money list. Following another top-10 finish at the Cabarrus Classic, Fountain climbed to 15th with six events remaining. “This year my biggest goal on the eGolf Tour was to win at least one tournament and compete in several others. With that, I believe I would be able to finish high on the money list, which would give me the confidence heading into Q-School that I can compete with anyone and at the next level.” Now in his second year as a member of the local tour, Fountain has appeared in 22 events, made 18 cuts and posted eight top-10 finishes. Fountain is just one of two Wildcat golfers to compete in three NCAA tournaments. In addition to claiming the 2011 Southern Conference individual title as a freshman, Fountain is the program’s only three-time all-league performer. He finished his career as the school record holder for stroke average, top-fives and top-10s. —Joey Beeler

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Team Leader

Chris Woods ’16 lends his time and talent to make a difference in the lives of others.

OOTBALL DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Chris Woods ’16 enters his

final season with the Wildcats after being named to the All-PFL Honorable Mention squad last season. Elected team captain for the 2015-16 season and recently named a nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, Woods is a leader on and off the field. USA College Football also named the senior a 2015 Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.

Q: As a team captain, have you set individual or team goals for your final season at Davidson? A: I am very proud to be named a captain for this upcoming season. The role is very important to me because I was chosen by teammates. This demonstrates the level of belief that they have in me as a leader. With that being said, one of my goals is to be a better vocal leader this season. The past three seasons I think that I have done a good job leading by example with my hard work ethic in workouts and my intensity on the field. However, this season I plan to be that constant voice of encouragement for my teammates. Whether it is praise or constructive criticism, I want to build a familial relationship with each one of my teammates where we are close enough to talk about anything, football related or not. My on-the-field goals are extremely specific. Personally, my season goals are to attain 10 sacks, 18 tackles-for-loss and 50 tackles. To do this, my goal is to have five tackles, including one sack and one tacklefor-loss each game. Instead of taking on the long term goal as a lump sum, breaking my goals into each game allows me to know exactly what I need to do each Saturday that I step on the field. My season goals for the team are specific as well. This season, I want the team to end the season will a conference record of 7-1. Our collective goal for Davidson does not change from year to year. We expect to be PFL Champions. However to do that, we need to be specific about how many games we need to win. Previous year’s PFL Champions inspired this goal. Six out of the last seven PFL Champions had a record of 7-1 at the end of the season. Thus, by going 7-1 this year we will put ourselves in a great position to achieve that PFL championship we desire. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

By Kelly Shuman Q: You recently received Preseason AllAmerica honors. How has this award affected your career at Davidson? A: Being honored as a Preseason All-American has made me hungrier. I am grateful to receive this recognition because it lets me know that the work that has been put in during the offseason and on the hot summer days is not in vain. Being named a Preseason All-American means that I am being recognized for my hard work ethic and potential. However, I am still hungry because now, more than ever, I want that potential to come to fruition. Last season my goal was to become an All-Conference performer. Now that I have been honored with that recognition, I am hungry for a performance worthy of national attention. Q: You are heavily involved in the community off the field. How did you become a volunteer? A: My passion to volunteer was first instilled in me by my mother and father, Davina Boldin-Woods and Christopher Woods Sr. My mother and father have always had a passion for enriching youth mentally, spiritually. They both have set a great example of what it means to dedicate one’s life to serving others, as my mother is a child care facilitator, and my father is a preacher. Thus, following their lead, I have always been involved with volunteer work. Q: What is your favorite volunteer program? A: I have two, and they focus on aiding students academically and socially in low income families—Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate (Gear Up) programs in Burlington, N.C, and the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School program in Charlotte, N.C. Q: What does it mean to you to be considered for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team? A: It means a lot to be considered for the Allstate Good Works Team, because it is a recognition of my volunteer work, as well as my academic and football workload. Volunteering and community service is something that I typically think of as selfless, behindthe-scenes work. I get my satisfaction from the relationships that are being built through my service. And I find joy in knowing that I am using my platform as a student-athlete, which so many young students aspire to be, to be an accessible role model who is advocating the importance of education. But, to be considered for

the Allstate Good Works Team for my work gives me an added sense of fulfillment. Q: How do you achieve balance? A: Balancing a rigorous academic schedule, being a student-athlete and doing community service requires a great deal of time-management. My preferred way of managing my time is to do all of my work in advance. The professors at Davidson all give a syllabus, which outlines all of the assignments due throughout the semester. Being a religious studies major, many of my assignments are papers. Since I already know when my papers are due, I typically work on them as far in advance as possible to free up more time on the back end. Q: Do you have any role models—athletic or personal? A: My role model, both personally and athletically, is my father. First and foremost, it is such a blessing to simply have him play the role he does in my life. He is the one who first introduced me to all the sports that I played throughout my athletic career. He was even able to play collegiate basketball at Greensboro College. However, outside of athletics, I strive to be the man and the father that he is. He is such a selfless man who consistently puts the needs of others before him. He has also demonstrated what it means to give his very best no matter what the task or what the circumstance. He has set a great example for me, and I go out every day with the intention to make him proud. Q: What are your plans for after graduation? A: After graduation I would like to continue to make a positive difference in the lives of others. I have a passion for working with young adults, specifically. Additionally, I have a special love for sports. Thus, ideally I would love to work for an organization that works to mentally and socially enrich youths through sports. Q: If you could give advice to first-year students at Davidson, what would it be? A: I would advise investing your time wisely, and finding a method of time management that works best for you. On an internal note, remember to be your number one fan, love yourself, respect your opinion and do the things that you enjoy.

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In light of demands for ever-simpler answers to complicated questions, Davidson professors tackle the problem of knowledge. Does it really exist? What are the dangers of accepting ‘facts’ or ‘truths’? Perhaps what we know, their conversation reveals, is not as important as how we know it.

N 2011, a team of astronomers led by John Webb of the University of New South Wales, Aus-

tralia, used some of the most powerful telescopes on Earth to peer into the deepest reaches of space. The faint light they observed had traveled 10 billion years to get here. So, by looking into their telescopes, Webb and his team were looking back to the earliest chapters of our universe— near the beginning of time itself. The researchers sought an answer to a radical question. What if the fundamental physical constants of our universe, which scholars have perfected and relied on for hundreds of years, have not always been, well, constant? What if the laws of physics were different, say…10 billion years ago? Webb and his team investigated these questions by looking for variations in the “fine-structure constant.” Denoted by the Greek letter alpha, (perhaps a hint to its significance), the fine-structure constant is a fundamental physical constant that is essential to spectroscopy, or the study of interactions between matter and electromagnetic energy. The motivating principle behind Webb’s study is as revolutionary as it is controversial. Critics could call it pointless, or a wildly creative attempt to learn more about our universe. Davidson’s Professor of Physics Tim Gfroerer says it points to the importance of skepticism in scientific discovery. “The whole idea of science is built upon the idea that understanding is always subject to change,” he says. “And it does change.” The possibility of an inconstant constant rattles more than the foundations of science, but also history, philosophy and perhaps the very notion of knowledge itself. It reveals how complete understanding strangely precludes yet more understanding. It raises the question: can you—or should you—really be sure of anything? How do you know? FALL 2015

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Tiny Imperfections, Major Consequences With advanced degrees in both physics and electrical engineering, Gfroerer focuses his research on the varying abilities of semiconductors, like silicon, to conduct electricity. This summer, Gfroerer mentored rising senior Ben Stroup ’16 as he completed a research project through a grant from the Faculty Study and Research Committee. Stroup studied the properties of a blue light emitting diode (LED), by subjecting it to varying levels of temperature and electrical current, and then using a camera to observe the changes in the light it emits. “At low temperatures and at low currents, we found that the light emitted by the LED is less homogeneous,” says Gfroerer. Or, as he translates for the layman, “It looks sparkly.” Gfroerer says he and Stroup will attempt to make sense of this phenomenon by developing mathematical models. “I like to think of the science that we do as measuring new things, then coming up with explanations, and then trying to validate those explanations,” says Gfroerer. “But I never have complete confidence that what we’ve done is accurate.” Gfroerer says a dubious attitude is required by scientific work. The result of any study may be called into question by another—even if both studies are set up to be essentially the same. “In terms of semiconductors, two different scientists may analyze the properties of seemingly identical samples of silicon, yet they may arrive at completely different results.” This confounding outcome arises from miniscule differences present in semiconductor samples. “Even if one atom out of every billion is different or out of place, that creates a measurable effect on the behavior of that sample,” says Gfroerer. In light of the puzzling, sometimes aggravating, nature of science to avoid comfortable conclusions, Gfroerer recalls one of the most embarrassing quotes ever spoken by a scientist, declared by Lord Kelvin in 1900: “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” The great irony of this statement, of course, is that many of the most important discoveries in physics came in the decades after Kelvin’s prediction. Gfroerer says, “When doing science, you can’t fall into the trap of thinking that you are done. Usually, you aren’t.”

The Slippery Slopes of History History clearly shows that scientific understanding continually improves, becoming ever more complex, and sometimes changing direction entirely. But perhaps history itself can provide some measure of solid footing when searching for certainty (which one might be doing after all this mind-boggling exercise). After all, can’t we all agree, “You can’t change the past?” Think again. History is by no means fixed, as James B. Duke Professor of International Studies and Professor of History Jonathan Berkey explains. In fact, Berkey invokes an open-minded approach to history strikingly akin to Gfroerer’s suspicious approach to science. “History by its very nature is skeptical,” Berkey says. “Historians have long been aware that texts are ‘slippery.’ They can mean different things in different contexts, and the people who produce them can intend them to mean one thing or another.” Berkey, who specializes in Islamic History, says his field is filled with problems and debates that arise from this textual ‘slipperiness.’ He explains that Islamic sources yield certain narratives about what happened during Mohamed’s life and immediately after his death. “Historians are aware of problems with these sources,” says Berkey. “For example, essentially no Muslim narrative sources survive for virtually 150 years after Mohamed’s death.” These problems raise questions. “To what degree can one trust the narratives that these texts tell?” Berkey asks. “Do these texts reflect ‘what really happened,’ or just the political and theological interests of the people who wrote them many years after the fact?” Berkey explains that healthy historical debate has only recently led to a better understanding of Islam’s earliest years. “We are beginning to see how Islam in its early decades was more closely related to Judaism and Christianity than many Muslims would attest. Some have argued that, for the first two generations, Islam was not its own religion but a monotheistic variant of Judaism.” Berkey also says it’s a mistake to think of history as a sequential presentation of facts. “I think most historians would agree with the proposition that you cannot know the past,” he says. “All we have are people’s memories and narratives. All these are, essentially, are stories, and stories can be told in different ways.” “But historians can also agree that some stories are better than others,” he adds. “Some reconstructions of the past are more likely to be accurate. It’s over the degree of accuracy that we argue and debate.” DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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Considering his smug emphasis on “more and more precise measurement,” perhaps Lord Kelvin would be pleased by Berkey’s assessment of the practice of history. Indeed, it seems both history and science share a reliance on testing, evidence, and a healthy dose of skepticism in order to support or discredit varying theories, and thus build stronger bodies of knowledge. One might conclude that everything we know can be tested and verified—that our modern understanding of the world rests on the foundation of the scientific method. Yet such a clean, scientific resolution withers under the weight of untidy, philosophical questions. After all, nothing bugs a scientist quite like a philosopher. “There are any number of deep questions that science doesn’t know what to do with,” chimes Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Studtmann. “Anyone who claims that somehow our knowledge simply consists of science plus math and logic must confront topics that don’t easily conform to scientific testing, like ethics and morality.” Studtmann, who specializes in the history of philosophy, explains that common understanding has, over time, been characterized by a “creeping empiricism,” or a gradually increased reliance on science-like testing and observation. In philosophy, empiricism is the theory that all knowledge derives from human sense experience, a view that was pioneered in the modern period by philosophers John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume. Studtmann explains how a reliance on empirical thinking may lead to intellectual roadblocks. “Suppose I make the claim that any proposition that is not empirically verifiable is meaningless,” he says (while mentioning that many philosophers, most famously the logical positivists, have held this view, or one like it). “But, if it turns out that this claim is not itself verifiable, I can conclude that the claim itself is meaningless. This is a fundamental problem that empiricists continue to face.” Beside the threat of self-refutation, empiricists also face the problem of morality. “If I know anything, I know that it’s wrong to torture children,” Studtmann states, providing an example of an unspoken moral ‘truth.’ “But how do I know this? Is injustice only something I perceive? If not, then a consistent empiricist should deny that it exists.” Philosophers continue to grapple with these tensions between a scientific worldview and a worldview populated with objective value and meaning. “Scholars have invented any number of “isms” in an attempt to forge a connection between empirical knowledge and humanity’s inexplicably shared sense of moral behavior,” says Studtmann. “Ultimately, these deep philosophical questions infringe on many of our basic beliefs, and they remain unsettled to this day,” he adds. “Maybe they will always be unsettled. Or maybe someone will finally devise a way forward.”

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After tossing so many of our shared presumptions into the intellectual blender, a search for something solid—something absolutely true—seems refreshing. A cursory search may lead, paradoxically, to the quintessentially intangible: light. The speed of light (3 x 108 meters per second) is perhaps the fundamental law of our universe, and which, according to scientific consensus, acts as a universal “speed limit” for the transmittal of useful information in our universe. Light, so it seems, cannot be surpassed. Not so fast. Remember John Webb, and his wild idea to peer deep into space, and thus determine if the constants of our universe have always been the same? Remarkably, Webb’s data collected from the Keck telescope in Hawaii hinted that the fine-structure constant was once, in fact, smaller at a distant place and time. More striking still, the data Webb and his team recorded from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile revealed the opposite: that the fine structure constant was once larger than it is at present. Because the Keck telescope points into the northern hemisphere, while the VLT looks south, the results suggest that the fine-structure constant, and perhaps many fundamental physical constants—like the speed of light—vary in different places and eras of our universe. In other words, perhaps our most basic truths are only true here and now, but not beyond. Then again, the results of Webb’s study have since been disputed by more recent research, which corrected for subtle differences in telescope technology and other factors. But, then again (again), these studies don’t claim definitive certainty, but rather a need for better tools and accuracy to investigate the exciting potential of Webb’s findings. Varying though their disciplines may be, Gfroerer, Berkey and Studtmann reveal a similar cycle of skepticism and evaluation in their thoughts and scholarly work. They demonstrate the necessity of radical thinking in the quest for discovery, and that the best scholars search not only for answers, but also for the next question. FALL 2015

Exile No More

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Bill Eskridge ’73 achieves national acclaim as legal scholar, LGBT historian. By Susan Shackelford HEN WILLIAM “BILL”

Eskridge Jr. ’73 received an honorary doctorate of laws from Davidson at May’s graduation, it was one more public affirmation for the distinguished Yale law professor and legal scholar: he is an exile no more. Not at Davidson, not as a gay man and not as a law professor who early in his career was called a “faggot” by a fellow faculty member. As a young adult, he was so fascinated with the topic of exiles that he wrote his undergraduate honors thesis at Davidson and his primary master’s thesis at Harvard on religious exiles. “Toleration Thought,” the concept of tolerating those who hold different views from one’s self, intrigued him. “I know it was related to my sexuality,” says Eskridge, now 63. Today as the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School, he is a sought-after legal and historical expert in gender sexuality, a nationally recognized scholar in statutory interpretation and an acclaimed teacher. He is the sixth-most “cited” lawyer in legal articles over the last 10 years, according to August 2015 rankings by research service HeinOnline. A longtime gay rights advocate, he represented a male couple seeking a marriage license in Washington, D.C., and called on the U.S. Supreme Court to hold gay marriage constitutional—in the early to mid-1990s. An amicus brief he wrote in the early 2000s strongly influenced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the nation’s sodomy laws, a key factor in the same-sex marriage movement. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls Eskridge “a gem that shines brightly.” They met as law students in the 1970s when he was her editor for an article in The Yale Law Journal. “Davidson likely has many distinguished alumni, but few will be as well loved and respected in their fields as Bill,” she says. “He is brilliant, charming and caring.” The oldest of three children, Eskridge was born Oct. 28, 1951, in Princeton, West Va., a small town where Interstate 77 and the West Virginia Turnpike converge. His family lived a variety of places because of his dad’s job as a bank examiner with the U.S. Treasury. When his parents split up when he was 11, his mother brought him and his sister and brother back to Princeton to live with her parents. The family moved into the third floor of a 17room, Chinese Chippendale home, built in 1914 by his great grandfather as a wedding present to his grandparents. His mother went to work as an DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

analytical chemist at a plant that made cigarette filters, located nearby in Narrows, Va. His father never paid child support, Eskridge says, and lost his job as a bank examiner. Nonetheless, “I was close to Daddy,” he says, also noting his closeness with his mother as well. Progressing through school, he was a top student who “was sheltered in many ways,” he says. Going to college close to home appealed to him, Virginia Tech especially. “Davidson was not on my radar … but totally on my mother’s,” he recalls. “We were devout Presbyterians. Mother was educated (at Hollins in

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Roanoke, Va.) and knew the toney schools. There were not many conservative schools in the South that were top ranked academically.” Eskridge made his way to Davidson in 1969 but soon had “the worse year of my entire life,” he says. Not only were the academics challenging because he wasn’t as prepared as many prep-school classmates, Eskridge says, he was bullied. He returned to his room one day to find that fellow students had removed all his belongings and put them in the bathroom across the hall. He also fended off being thrown fully clothed into the shower—he locked his arms around the pipes under the sink—but nonetheless was tossed in a few nights later. Over lunch one day, several students had a lively discussion and ignored his comments. “The worst was that these were my friends,” he says, calling the lunch incident “probably the cruelest thing they did.”

“I was frightened to death; I know it was irrational,” he says. “It was hate and fear.” He believes the abuse stemmed from homophobia, but he was not out as a gay man. Asked if the students’ actions could simply be seen as harmless pranks, he responds, “It wasn’t done to anyone else on fourth (floor) East.” A close friend who lived on second floor Cannon, Kes Woodward, says he learned of the abuse many years later. “I am embarrassed to say it (the bullying) never even occurred to me. Bill was definitely different and did have mannerisms that I would (today) associate with that (being gay), but he was so devoted to scholarship. I saw him more as monkish.”

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Eskridge says he had known since he was nine that he was gay. He read about it in Time magazine, other periodicals and books, including ones by nationally recognized sexuality experts William Masters and Virginia Johnson. But nothing prepared him for how single-sex schools at the time were often bastions of anti-gay sentiment. “From the 1930s to the 1980s, homosexuality was despised, and the Southern approach was to keep your mouth shut,” Eskridge says. “What we understand now is that when society is homophobic—and America was wildly homophobic at the time—single-sex institutions are under enormous cultural pressure to be more homophobic than the rest. Part of the male-bonding experience in a homophobic society is to be aggressively antihomosexual,” he says, citing the work of the late Eve Sedgwick, a leader in Queer Theory. Eskridge didn’t talk to anyone at school about the abuse. “I was so traumatized, and being Southern, you didn’t talk about it,” he says. He cites religion professor Sam Maloney, history professor Brown Patterson and others he could have approached, but adds, “I don’t think I could have talked to anyone intelligently. I would have broken down.” Noting there was no counseling or assistance like there is today (see sidebar), he says, “It never occurred to me that you should go to your college and get counseling about your sexuality or about emotional bullying.” Fortunately, Eskridge’s freshman year was the last of the bullying. He not only did well academically his first year, he emerged as a top student. He was president of the honor society for outstanding freshman students, Phi Eta Sigma. “His knowledge of everything was so encyclopedic,” Woodward recalls. “He was held in awe. He was well known throughout the classes for holding study sessions. He challenged his fellow students and prepared them for tests.” This academic prowess provided a shield. “When you got to be known FALL 2015

as an academic superstar, you were basically untouchable,” Eskridge says. He focused on academics, teaching Sunday School at Davidson College Presbyterian Church and making friends among other top students. “I adored the faculty and felt intellectually liberated,” he says. He developed friends through the debate team and became close friends of Marianna “Missy” Boaz Woodward, who transferred from Agnes Scott College, married Kes Woodward in 1971 and would become the school’s first female graduate in 1973. An accomplished potter and pediatrician, Missy died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2010. During Eskridge’s time at Davidson, 1969-73, war protests and the civil rights movement swept much of the nation, especially college campuses. A “hotbed of rest” is how he describes the campus. He grew up in a family he characterizes as “antiracist.” He had close friends who were African American or mixed race and went to public schools that “integrated without a fuss.” “I had no idea that people thought integration was Satan and that it would mean the rape of white girls,” he says of anti-integration rhetoric at the time. A top debate student in West Virginia during high school, Eskridge gave what he calls “the most heartfelt extemporaneous speech of my entire life” on the assigned topic of Martin Luther King and then encountered a rarity—not winning. “The judges hated it; it was supposed to be more critical,” he says. “I was too enthusiastic.” After graduating second in his class and summa cum laude in history in 1973, Eskridge pursued a doctorate in the same subject to fulfill his dream of becoming a college professor. It was “my first, second and third choice,” he says. But when he arrived at Harvard the same year, he was shocked. The job market for Harvard PhDs was weak. Hoping it would rally, he completed his master’s program, including writing two theses, and passed his PhD oral exams with distinction. But when the job market worsened, he abruptly changed course. “I took the LSAT, did well enough on that and left immediately, as did the majority of my class,” he says. “Both of my grandfathers were lawyers, so I knew law was honorable and that I could make a comfortable living.” He chose Yale over Harvard for law and soon took a big step in coming to terms with being gay: taking advantage of counseling offered through the student health plan. “No one at Harvard or Yale would have bothered me, but I got a sense (through counseling) that being gay was fine and there were faculty members who were thought to be (gay),” he says. “It was not considered a big deal … but I would still cry and cry and cry.” His counselor recommended he attend a panel discussion that became “a big turning point,” he says. The panel included doctors and openly gay people, and the audience was primarily gay. “They

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talked about homophobia as the problem, not homosexuality; it was a different mindset,” Eskridge remembers. “I learned that as early as the late 1960s that research showed homosexuality as a natural variation (in sexuality). Honestly, that was the most useful thing—very eye opening—and I was surrounded by intelligent people who treated homosexuality as normal.” He soon started coming out to his friends. But when he confided in ones from his Davidson days, “it went very badly,” he says. “They were stunned and couldn’t deal with it.” The exception was Missy Boaz Woodward. “She was wonderful, not shocked, very supportive and said the right things. The male Davidson grads, including medical doctors, didn’t have a clue on how to be supportive.”

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After graduating from law school in 1978, Eskridge clerked for a judge and worked five years in private practice before making his way to teaching law students at the University of Virginia (UVA) in 1982. He was not out professionally because he thought it would be “lethal” for receiving tenure. Yet he didn’t get it anyway and was told he could re-apply later. Based on a highly favorable recommendation of a tenure subcommittee, he was stunned. In 2009, Eskridge testified to his shock before a U.S. House committee as an advocate for workplace legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. He testified that he didn’t get tenure, in part, because of being gay, but the UVA law school dean in 2009 denied the claim. Eskridge also cited abuse from the head of the tenure committee, who wrongfully thought he had complained to the law school dean about the committee’s tenure process. He “stormed into my office and screamed at me for 10 minutes or so,” Eskridge testified. “With clenched fists and a beet-red face, the chair of the committee threw a tantrum that included a string of accusations, such as ‘stabbing me in the back’ and behaving in the treacherous manner that he and his colleagues ought to have expected of a ‘faggot.’” In tears, Eskridge threw the man out of his office and later learned confidentially from other tenure committee members that he likely would never receive tenure at the Charlottesville, Va., school. “The irony is that today I am one of the most cited law professors; that’s pretty good for someone denied tenure at UVA,” he says. “Whatever determination I had to be successful and write good law review articles was fueled by UVA. Also, I realized being professionally closeted was ridiculous. You are still going to be discriminated against so the only way to deal with that was to fully come out of the closet.” Which he did. He resigned at UVA to join the law faculty at Georgetown University in 1987. He was the first openly gay faculty member at the

law school, he says, and perhaps at the university overall. In 1998, he left for a similar teaching job at Yale, where he is today. “He is loved by his students because he loves teaching and them,” Sotomayor says. “His humor makes them laugh, and his observations make them think. His colleagues widely respect and cherish him because he helps bring out the best in their work with his thoughtful reviews. He was the same when we were students. He is gentle and always helpful.” That same temperament has been evident in Eskridge’s recent ties with Davidson. He helped bring Sotomayor to campus last spring, has supported the Gay-Straight Alliance and advises the school on encouraging pre-law students to apply to national schools. “I think we’re making progress,” he says. Eskridge has written four books on gender sexuality, and the one from 1999, Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet, played a major role in the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage in June 2015. In the early 2000s, Eskridge wrote an amicus brief based largely on the book, and the Supreme Court followed his submission extensively in decriminalizing sodomy in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, a decision that leaped a big hurdle for the same-sex marriage movement. The 360-degree view in his pivotal brief was reminiscent of those religious exiles long ago who promoted “Toleration Thought,” captivating Eskridge’s imagination as a student and perhaps providing a little solace in his journey as a gay man. It is also critical to why he’s highly respected as a scholar and historian, Sotomayor says. “Bill is able to see both sides of any issue and to challenge the assumption of any argument at its core without belittling.”

Resources for Students

Today Davidson students who are sexual minorities or simply trying to understand their sexuality have an array of resources available. The Queer Mentorship Program buddies LGBTQ freshman and transfer students with LGBTQ upperclassmen, and the Lavender Lounge resource center, located in the Residence Life Office, provides meeting space as well as books, films, TV shows and other educational materials. “We’ve created a lot of safe places for queer students to be out, whether in confidential settings or in the community,” says Becca Taylor ’06, assistant dean of students. “We also have a lot of resources today for students who are bullied or harassed.” The college also has done specialized training with student organizations, faculty and staff, including a three-hour educational training available to anyone in the Davidson community. Since fall 2013, nearly 400 have participated in Safe Space training, which informs participants about how to be LGBTQ allies.

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64 College Bookshelf 68 In Memoriam 72 AfterWord S TAY I N T O U C H ! To submit a class note, update your contact information, or register for Alenda Links, go to www. davidson.edu/alumni or email alumniclassnotes@davidson.edu.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF Landor Associates, Mumbai, Lulu Raghavan ’97 leads a team of creatives and strategists who specialize in marketing and branding. Raghavan views her work as a potentially powerful means for change and nurtures an environment that encourages transformative ideas, including a program that provides hygiene kits to street children in Mumbai. Raghavan’s mother, who established the Dignity Foundation to bring science-based services to mature populations in India, imparted to her a passion to give back, wherever she finds herself. “I went to college in the United States,” said Raghavan, “but it was very strongly instilled in me that I was sent away in order to bring brain power back to contribute to India.” www.davidson.edu/gamechangers

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lisa Howe Combs ’90 President

2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES John W. Chidsey III ’83 Chair Robert J. Abernethy

Gregory F. Murphy ’85 President-Elect

Thompson S. Baker II ’81

Minnie Iwamoto ’91 Immediate Past President

Brett M. Berry ’89

Jarred Cochran ’03 Vice President Tiara Able Henderson ’97 Vice President Marya Howell ’91 Secretary

Terms ending in 2015 Bill Mills ’64 Susan Baynard Clayton ’78 Lisa Hasty ’81 Scott Tonidandel ’96 Faculty Representative Frankie Jones ’05 Bryant Barr ’10 Liz Boehmler ’98 Mike Torres ’01

Richard N. Boyce ’77 Kristin Hills Bradberry ’85 F. Cooper Brantley ’70 Lowell L. Bryan ’68 Lisa Howe Combs ’90 Robert B. Cordle ’63 E. Rhyne Davis ’86 Laurie L. Dunn ’77 Virginia Taylor Evans ’80 Jay Everette Mark W. Filipski Lewis F. Galloway ’73 Beverly Hance J. Chrisman Hawk III ’67 Earl J. Hesterberg ’75 Adrian Darnell Johnson ’00 John C. Laughlin ’85 Gary S. Long ’73

Terms ending in 2016 E. Thomas Miller ’56 Thomas Warlick ’56 John Craig ’66 Mary Gilliam Dresser ’78 Amoura Carter ’07 Elizabeth Smith Brigham ’04 Zi Yang ’16 Senior Class President

Mary Tabb Mack ’84 Prem Manjooran ’92 Alison Hall Mauzé ’84 Mackey J. McDonald ’68 Andrew J. McElwee, Jr. ’77 Shannon Walters McFayden ’82 Robert J. Miller ’84 Gregory F. Murphy ’85

Terms ending in 2017 Olivia Ware ’78 Melissa Dilettuso Stewart ’89 Noni Niels Nielsen ’97 Clint Smith ’10

Marian McGowan Nisbet Thomas W. Okel ’84 Sara Tatum Pottenger ’79 Carol Everhart Quillen Eleanor Knobloch Ratchford ’84 William P. Reed, Jr. ’76 Ernest W. Reigel ’80 Virginia McGee Richards ’85 Susan Casper Shaffner ’80 Mitzi Short ’83 E. Follin Smith ’81 R. David Sprinkle ’66 Benjamin R. Wall II Carole M. Weinstein William Winkenwerder, Jr.

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Beginning with this issue, the Davidson Journal will be published twice per year, in the fall and spring. A winter issue of the Class Notes will be posted at davidsonjournal.davidson.edu in January. When the Class Notes are posted, we’ll send you a reminder to check the Davidson Journal Online.

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Kenneth S. Crews ’70 DECADE REPRESENTATIVES

Winter Class Notes Online

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AS TOLD BY: Joe Gamble The Davidson Journal, winter 2015, states that I am the sole living survivor of the class of 1938. Looking at my Journals, I see that about 180 classmates started in 1934. Women were not mentioned or included in that count. They did not get a diploma, only a certificate of completion, or something like that. Consequently, daughters of faculty members and females who lived in the town went to Davidson for two years and then transferred elsewhere. Also, in the 1935 Journal about one-half of the freshman (including me), did not have their pictures shown for some reason. Cost? “Cash” Jackson arranged a loan of one-half the tuition. I was a day student and missed out on the college social life. I worked on a farm, which was the land on both sides of the access road from I-77 to Davidson. My wife of 58 years died in 1999. I live alone in my own house in a retirement community for active adults (not all of us are that active), doing my own cooking and housekeeping, etc. I still drive anywhere I want to go, but can no longer drive at night, which is a real handicap for me. I might come down for my 77th Reunion but would not know anyone.

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Guyte Pierce McCord Jr. ’37. passed away March 21, 2015. We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

AS TOLD BY: Don Davidson, Class Secretary This begins what may be the last letter—our numbers probably are down to four plus the writer, who has never told about himself, although he is the original secretary. This may be the first deviation, but for now this letter…. Johnny Tice, Mullins W. Va., died on March 20, 2015, in Florida with daughter Pam holding his hand. As reported before, after the death of his wife, Johnny lived alone in their home for about seven years. As a community leader and a respected banker, it was difficult to leave his hometown. But as age took its toll, the Carolina coast, Pam’s persuasion and Florida won. Johnny’s last seven years were spent happily with Pam and her husband who was also devoted to Johnny. We always enjoyed talking with Pam. She said in her last letter, “I was so fortunate to have him with my husband and me for over seven years. I wouldn’t trade a single day of that time for anything.” And we who knew him understand. Johnny was 98 years old. The service for him was in Tazewell Presbyterian Church on March 27. Bill Boyd, Murfreesboro, Tenn., died on March 19. During recent years we talked with him frequently. After his wife, “Kay” died and their three children moved away, Bill was unhappy. A member of the local country club, where he ate frequently, his best friends began to die and Bill’s once “scatch” golf skill diminished, leaving Bill less activity than he liked. Each of his children proposed alternatives to

the longtime home but Bill could not bring himself to accept one quickly. Following his death we talked with his sister, Peggy of Avondale Estates, Ga., and son, Sam, of Huntsville, Ala. Through them we got a picture of Bill’s outstanding career with the Singer Company. Because all three children live in different cities (Lyla in Savannah, Ga.,) location of the memorial service for Bill is pending as our deadline passes. The loss of two more Titans leaves us but five, counting Bill Rainey, Knoxville, Tenn. Bill is our youngest with no evidence of illness, and we’ve had many chats. He told us about his beehives and about moving into a building from which he still could see the home he and Mary Swan loved, consistently resisting entreaties of children to come closer to them when she died. We’ve had no success in locating Bill recently and appeal to our readers to help if possible. We’ve had recent chats with the remaining Titans. All communicate well and our oldest is Johnny Wilson in Black Mountain. He is celebrated his 99th birthday in May. He and his wonderful Nancy built a beautiful, small home at the head of Lake Tomahawk. From their porch, dozens of birds chatter as they enjoy eating from multiple feeders thoughtfully placed and filled by the Wilsons, who also continue to maintain the night blooming flowers that draw crowds every summer. Folks marvel at the chart Johnny maintains, listing the number of blooms that open every night. In 1939 there were about 1,962 of us; at most now five. Your only secretary, who alone has this privilege, hopes readers will know God’s blessings. Contact: G. Donnell Davidson, 5100 Sharon Rd., Cottage 132, Charlotte, NC 28210; gdonanne@ carolina.rr.com

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS We extend our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni: John “Jack” Thomas Ferguson (Feb. 26, 2015); David Verner (March 24, 2015); and Don Hott (May 3, 2015).

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FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Mitchell Mack, member of the Mooresville Rotary Club since 1947, received his multiple level Paul Harris Fellow designation at a special recognition event by the club on June 2 at Epic Chophouse. Mitchell has served in all major leadership positions within the Mooresville Rotary Club, which was chartered in 1922, and had a long record of perfect attendance. Making the presentation was Bill Morrow ’57, club foundation chair, and Randy Sherrill ’78, club president. Assisting were Ken Dresser, Rotary district governor, and Ineke Wilson, Rotary district governor-elect. Stephanie Glaser ’92 brought special greetings from the college. Mitchell’s wife, Dolores Mack was in attendance. Our sincere condolences are extended to the family DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS We would like to thank Jack Behrman for his service to the college and the Class of 1943. Jack has decided to step away from the class secretary role in which he served for the past eight years. We extend our sincere condolences to the families and friends of Charles Henderson, Charles Hobart Sides Jr. and Matt Ransom Long Jr. who passed away April 19, May 10 and May 13 respectively.

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AS TOLD BY: George Gunn, Class Secretary An excerpt from the memoir Time Exposures Shot by George Gunn: The year was 1950. The month was April, a month filled with decisions, chiefly who and when to marry and where to begin my ministry. My destination was suburban Decatur. I had a late afternoon appointment to meet Paul Garber, a Bible professor at Agnes Scott College and a member of the Synod of Georgia Student Work Committee. My mind was on the events of the previous two days in Athens. I had come by train from Louisville to interview for the minister to students position at the University of Georgia. All had gone well and I left Athens with the position offered and my acceptance all but assured. I would graduate at Louisville Seminary in late May and come by early June to begin my ministry in higher education in Georgia. My bus sat at the curb in front of F. W. Woolworth. It was surrounded by diesel fumes and hurrying passengers, homeward bound. I boarded the bus, its destination, clearly, “Decatur.” I paid my 15-cent fare and looked for a seat. Only one space appeared to be vacant. It was in the first double seat past the parallel bench seats nearest the front. I sat and waited for the bus, now full, to depart. We sat. One of the men seated in front of me leaned toward me. “The driver is talking to you,” he said forcefully. I looked up to the front of the bus. The driver was turned in his seat, facing me now. He stared directly at me and spoke each word slowly and for all to hear, “Hey, buddy, you are sitting by a n****r!” “Buddy?” His tone did not sound very friendly in the context. I did not move. Finally, after a very long pause, I rose to my feet. I turned to my embarrassed seatmate. “I’m sorry,” I said. I looked down into the tired eyes of my new found friend and prospective fellow Georgian. “Thank you,” she said, in a whisper. I was caught by surprise, even though I had ridden busses and boarded trains in every southern state and city in which I had lived. I knew about arbitrary color lines and segregation. I knew too that to refuse to move would create a crisis in which there would be only one victim, this quiet woman. Her calm and confident demeanor reminded me of my mother. One of the white men on the bench seat moved over to make room for me. It was 1950, too early for DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

non-violence and peaceful protests and freedom rides. Perhaps, by that very corner, past Five Points and Woolworth’s, and down Auburn Avenue, a 19-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr., had walked two years earlier, on his way home from an afternoon class at Morehouse College. I believe I passed him there, as I boarded the bus, but I couldn’t call his name. We rode in silence, rumbling down busy Auburn Avenue, passing “Daddy” King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. I studied the faces of the white men seated directly across from me, trying to fathom their fears. I was a color-blinded Saul, stumbling down his Damascus road, on the brink of receiving a new name and a new calling. I was a persevering Jacob, wrestling with a heavenly messenger before dawn, and like Paul, being given, by God’s grace, a new name and a new mission. This day, two voices were raised; the white man’s who called my attention to the bus driver, and that of the driver who delivered a loud judgment and ultimatum on behalf of the State of Georgia: “Hey, buddy, you’re sitting by a n****r!” Only two voices responded, both whispers: “I’m sorry” and “Thank you.” The voice of hatred thundered. The voice of peace whispered. Would the day come, I wondered, when I would hear the voices of justice thunder in these Atlanta streets and see hatred and fear reduced to a whisper? On the bus to Decatur, I was on my way to receiving a new name and, perhaps, the blessing I sought was to be found both in my wounded spirit and in the confirmation of my calling, to be an agent of reconciliation and a proclaimer of God’s peace and justice. I believe now, looking back, the bus to Decatur was taking me toward who I was called to be and to the place I was meant to be. Members of the War Years Class (1944-47) are invited to submit an excerpt from a memoir and send it to George Gunn. Contact: George Gunn, 200 Tabernacle Road, Apt. J222, Black Mountain, NC 28711; greatgunns50@gmail.com. FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS The following alumni have passed away: John Marshall Storey ’44 (Feb. 21, 2015), Riley McMillan Little II ’44 (May 5, 2015), Robert Burke Herring ’45 (Feb. 26, 2015), William Henry Pittman ’45 (April 20, 2015), Allan Bosch ’47 (Dec. 21, 2014), Caspar L. Woodbridge ’47 (March 14, 2015). Our sincere condolences are extended to their families and friends.

AS TOLD BY: Fritz Vinson and Bill Vinson, Class Secretaries Bob Welsh writes that he is writing religious plays. It Was Prophesied, about the transfiguration, was performed by the Impact class at Myers Park Presbyterian last year. Bill Vinson has recently had some serious health problems—hospitalization followed by rehab, but now back at home. He and I first knew each other in 1945 when the Davidson Post Office said they didn’t want to try to separate mail for William D. (Bill) and William L. (Fritz) Vinson and suggested we share a P.O. box so we could separate our own mail. We renewed our friendship when one of my daughters entered Davidson some 38 years later and I found that Bill had returned to Davidson and made it his home. Since that

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ECAUSE OF HIS fa me, George Washington was well known.” “Soldiers depended on fishing to provide bread and milk.” “The French and Indian War ended Manifest Destiny, so the colonists moved west and manifested the best they could.” Warren Hierl, AP Institute consultant and teacher, begins his morning class on a light note with student bloopers and outtakes illuminated onscreen behind him in Chambers Room 2164. It’s the third morning of the weeklong summer AP Institute, sponsored by the College Board Southern Regional Office and Davidson College. High school teachers who attend the institute work with College Board-approved consultants and Davidson faculty on curriculum content and teaching strategies. “The British thought of the colonies as their ATM machine.” “Does that one get a synthesis point?” one teacher asks, to appreciative chuckles. Cue discussion of the AP “scoring rubric,” which is new and supposedly improved this year. It assigns 0-1 point for “thesis,” 0-2 points for “evidence and argument,” 0-2 points for “continuity and change” and 0-1 for “synthesis.” So, six points of standardization, accompanied by a training form that navigates like a 1040, for a task that is fundamentally subjective. Prompt, example, rationale. Prompt, example, rationale. “Stick with it,” Hierl encourages conspiratorially. While metrics and measurement and data may have the ascending hand in today’s education industry as elsewhere, the question remains: “What makes a good essay?” Is determining the answer to that question a holistic task, or an analytical one? Yes, it is! Some calls are easier than others. “Louis Armstrong landed on the moon.” “Adults feared nuclear attacks, while teenaged boys tried to convince teenaged girls to be loose.” “A taste of liberty can make me crave a fountain flowing with freedom.” (“That’s a tattoo, right there,” quipped one teacher.) “What good is freedom if you have to fight for it?” Teachers rule. FALL 2015

Save the Date! REUNION June 3–5, 2016 www.davidson.edu/alumni time I have made it a point to visit Bill whenever I have the opportunity to be on campus. He has always been a gracious host and an outstanding supporter of the college. When I spoke with him just prior to writing this report he was jovial and said he still uses his golf cart to get around town but that a walker helps when he’s not using the cart. He attributes his wellbeing to the “greatest caregiver,” his wife Mary. Contact: Fritz Vinson, 1026 Doral Dr., Pawley’s Island, SC 29585; 843-235-2611; fritzvinson@ live.com Bill Vinson, P.O. Box 610, Davidson, NC 280360610; 704-892-8123; wdv1tennis@bellsouth.net FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Our sincere condolences to the families and friends of William Henry Chance Jr. who passed away on June 5, 2015, in Winston-Salem and Edwin Glenn Watt who passed away on June 10, 2015, in Macon, Ga.

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS The following members of the Class of 1949 passed away: Clayton Calvin Carpenter Jr. of Glastonbury, Conn., February 16, 2015; William Alexander Crosland of Sandy Springs, Ga., April 19, 2015; Ron Dietrick of Wilmington, January 30, 2015; John C. Herion Chapel Hill, March 31, 2015. We extend to their families and friends our sincere condolences.

AS TOLD BY: Jake Wade and Bo Roddey, Class Secretaries You will recall that classmate Earl Groves was a summa cum laude graduate and valedictorian of our class. Upon graduation he then became president and treasurer of the Groves Thread textile firm in Gastonia and he also founded and was president of Dallas Sport Knitting Co., Mason Athletic Co. and New South Athletic Co. What you probably did not know is the substantial and unselfish involvement of Earl over the years with the boys Pop Warner football program in Gastonia and especially the teams of the years 1958-1969 called the Little Orangemen. Those “glory years” were celebrated in a reunion in Gastonia on February 21 held for Earl and the many players and coaches. These teams were organized, coached and financially supported by Earl. He was their head coach, mentor and financial backer as the winners of nine state and three national championships. Former players and coaches commemorated these years and accomplishments by, among other things, reference at the reunion to the facts that the many young players had always conducted themselves as proud athletes, and were as sharp in life as they were on the playing field; having neatly trimmed hair, wearing appropriate clothing, behaving in school and making good grades. Throughout this period, Earl and his company also built a gymnasium, a training room and a locker room for the players and his company’s employees, together with an equipment room, and they also furnished uniforms for the boys on the teams, most of who came from underprivileged families. This is quite a resume, Earl! We also recently had occasion to talk about old times with Ben Vernon, the “go to guy” of our class. Ben now lives in Cornelius with his charming wife Linda and he continues his enthusiastic support of our golf team.

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Ben was an honor athlete as a member of our golf team as announced in our 1950 annual. Let us hear from and/or about you! Contact: Jake Wade, 2917 Hanson Dr., Charlotte, NC 28207; 704-334-8164; jake@ southcharlottelawfirm.com Bo Roddey, 2124 Sherwood Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207-2120; 704-372-0917; ofroddey@ carolina.rr.com FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Congratulations to Harry Shaw, who received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine and saw the completion of Fayetteville’s Linear Park trail, a project he spearheaded, this summer. The Fayetteville Observer published a story about Shaw’s vision for the trail on July 11. We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Howard P. Holshouser Jr., who died on March 20, 2015, in Greensboro and Murdoch “Mac” McKelway Calhoun who passed away on April 3, 2015, in Bedford, Texas.

AS TOLD BY: John D. Hobart, Class Secretary “Let’s pass the loving cup around. It speaks of other days. We see the milestones backward run, as on this cup we gaze....” Some sang this years ago at the old school. Lot of water under the bridge since then. More yet to come. But for now, the latest: Neal O’Neal is doing well, enjoys life, and is blessed with good health. After graduation he served in the air force, got his master’s degree in music from UNCChapel Hill, taught music in the Jacksonville, Fla. public schools and later at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson. He then earned his Ph.D. in music from Valdosta State University in Georgia, joined the faculty, and served there until retiring as professor of music in 1991. Neal has a daughter, son, and two grandsons. He and Virginia were married for 60 years prior to her death three years ago. Neal says “life is a great adventure” and that he’s still a staunch Presbyterian. Bill Stokes continues active in his Kiwanis Club in Wilmington. He’s also a pillar at First Presbyterian Church, where he does telephone work and visits church members. He keeps up with Tom Craven, who also lives in Wilmington. Bill reports that he and Lydia are doing fine. Yale Greer has enjoyed a multi-faceted career. After graduation he served two years in the army, followed by public school teaching and administration for 23 years. He then was in sales work for 31 years before serving as social services director for the Salvation Army in Lynchburg, Va. Yale’s many interests include community theatre, in which he has enjoyed acting in a number of plays. In recent years he has had multiple operations for skin cancer and was recovering from the most recent encounter when your scribe talked with him. His wife Alex has experienced several strokes in recent years but has recovered well, and at last report was in stable condition. Yale and Alex have two daughters, two grandchildren, and four great-grands. Our sincere sympathy is extended to the families and friends of Daniel C. Bell, who died February 18, 2015 in Harrisonburg, Va.; Ralph E. Brooks Jr., who died March 20, 2015 at River Landing in Colfax; William O. Harris, who died March 21, 2015 in Petersburg, Ind.; and C. Stiles Markey, who died April 17, 2015 in Davidson.

This is it for now. “All the news that’s fit to print and then some.” Contact: John D. Hobart, 1009 Chestnut Dr., Smithfield, NC 27577-1009; 919-934-7016; fhobart@nc.rr.com

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Bill Lee has graciously accepted the role of class secretary for the Class of 1952. Bill will also continue the work he’s done over the past 18 years with the Fund for Davidson. Bill, we thank you for strong commitment to the college. This is just another example of why Bill was awarded the Alumni Service Award at your 60th Reunion. We extend our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the following members of the Class of 1952. Percy Webb Miles Jr. passed away on February 6, 2015, Charles Lindbergh Runyan passed away February 13, 2015, Kenneth Raynor Newbold passed away March 1, 2015 and Roy Walton Davis Jr. passed away on April 5, 2015. Contact: Bill Lee, 3986 Meandering Ln., Tallahassee, FL 32308; wmflee@comcast.net

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AS TOLD BY: Members of the Class of 1954 Graeme M. Keith has been very involved with a committee that raised over $600,000 to build a new golf house facility at River Run Country Club, just outside of Davidson. This will be used as a training center for the Davidson Golf team. It will be a new addition that will be very helpful to the golf coach, Tim Straub, in recruiting new freshmen for the golf team. Dan McCall sent in this update: “I have continued active interest in Davidson affairs, enjoying our 60th class reunion last June and campaign kick-off in late autumn. Also, I’ve kept in touch with Herschel Allen, Dave Burns, Graeme Keith, Rusty Goode, and before their recent deaths, Mike York and Brown Dennis. This summer I shall begin my 55th year of ordained Presbyterian ministry in which I continue to feel blessed and energized! I hope to visit Davidson again soon and often!” We extend our sympathy to the family of Andrew Johnson Courts who passed away on May 3, 2015, in Greensboro. Sadly, the name of Mike York no longer appears as our class secretary. Mike died on March 7, 2015. The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award that Mike received as a student at Davidson symbolized the way he lived his life. It was given to “recognize individuals whose nobility of character and service to others sets them apart as examples to all.” Evidence of this can be seen in many ways. For instance, Mike taught psychology at Georgia Tech for 35 years and upon his retirement there was established, in his name, the university’s first student-initiated scholarship. Mike was a person of deep faith and served DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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AS TOLD BY: Chick McClure, Class Secretary Nineteen members of our class attended our 60th Reunion along with seventeen guests. Our new and first female president, Carol Quillen, spoke to us about Davidson’s plans for the future. Corky King was recognized with an Alumni Service Award. Corky also served as the reunion gift chair. He worked with Ed Douglass, reunion planning chair and committee members Miller Byne, Martin Foil, Dan Leach and Carl Swofford. Everyone enjoyed the festivities and wants to do it again in 2020. Contact: Chick McClure, 1548 Laureldale Dr., Raleigh, NC 27609-3571; 919-790-1633; mcclure213@nc.rr.com

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Your class co-secretary Tom Miller passed away on May 7, 2015. We are grateful to Tom for his service to the college over the years, most recently as your class co-secretary and as a representative on the Alumni Association Board. We extend to Tom’s family our heartfelt condolences. We extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following classmates: Buddy Neil Primm (February 15), Clifton Addison Poole Jr. (March 3), and Joseph Henry DeShazo (May 28). Our sincere condolences are also extended to the family and friends of Jim Kiser who passed away May 7 and Larry McIntosh who passed away on May 9. Both Jim and Larry have served on past reunion committees and their contributions will be missed. We hope you are planning to join your classmates for your 60th Reunion. Mark your calendars for June 3–5, 2016. Contact: Hobby Cobb, P.O. Box 2166, Davidson, NC 28036-2166; 704-894-0104; janecobb@ bellsouth.net

AS TOLD BY: Bill Morrow, Class Secretary The “Geriatric Wildcats,” brainchild of Pete Ashcraft, gathered on February 21, 2015 for fellowship, food, and libations prior to the Fordham basketball game. Present were Dick Belton and Nancy, Henry Massey and Emily, Jim Gaither and Rachel, Bill Gramley, Norman Richards and DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

Lemie, Ken Conger and Toni, Don Comer, Dyke Little, Pete Reavis and Linda, Stuart Vaughn, Bill Morrow, Donnie McRee, Mack Dagenhart, Charlie Fonville, Martha Mallory (widow of Roswell Mallory), and of course Pete Ashcraft and Sylvia. Also non-’57s Angus McBryde ’59 plus Phil Koonce ’56 and wife Marilyn. Apologies to anyone who may have been overlooked. A great time of reunion and fun, thanks to Pete. Oh, and we won the game 76-57. From Charleston, W.Va., Lawton Posey informs that he continues to write for the local newspapers as well as the Presbyterian Outlook magazine. He had a “small stroke” which has affected the left leg but is responding to in-home exercises, with assistance from wife Bridget. He also says that he has hearing difficulties, so email is the preferred means of communication. (Mustn’t publish email addresses here; look it up in Alenda Links at www.davidson.edu.) Lawton has a son who lives in Charleston and a daughter living in Florida. He has fond memories of Davidson, especially Profs. Maloney, Eberhardt, and Labban, the last of which “took pity on me.” Lawton concludes, “I’m thankful to be alive and running on three cylinders.” From The Netherlands Dirk Bax writes that after his ’56-’57 year with us at Davidson, he finished a degree in chemistry and physics at Utrecht University. He completed his thesis in 1972, and over time “my job gradually shifted from pure research to more education,” especially in the field of instrumental chemical analysis. “In 1965 I married Ineke and we raised three sons. Each of our boys got married and each has three children, all of them two girls and one boy.” In the fifteen years prior to his retirement in 2003, Dirk taught courses in his specialty at universities in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Bolivia. He and Ineke have enjoyed the travel associated with his work. They visited the U.S. in spring 2015, touring New York, the Smokies, Savannah, Ga., Washington, D.C., and the Davidson campus, with lunch in the college union. Dirk writes that Alumni Relations Director Marya Howell ’91, daughter of our late classmate Leon Howell, received them warmly and found a parking place for their 28 ft. RV! Not enough space here for Dirk’s complete and very interesting message; email me and I’ll send it to you. Contact: Bill Morrow, P.O. Box 1692, Mooresville, NC 28115; 704-664-2308; morrowcb@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Hayden Hollingsworth, Class Secretary Maurice Ritchie reports he is recovering from a series of medical misadventures and reminds all of us to beware of black ice! Ralph Bright and Lynda are relocating to Scotia Village, a Presbyterian Homes continuing care community in Laurinburg. They are in good health but said they decided to “get while the getting is good.” Their new home is adjacent to St. Andrews College. Jim Boyce and Nancy celebrated their 55th anniversary in May. They have nine grandchildren scattered in various colleges. Jim continues to work with his son, Don, in his own insurance agency. Grier Davis has moved from Evanston, Ill. back to his hometown of Asheville, where he and his wife live in a condo atop Hotel Indigo. His brother, James ’62 and daughter, Heather, live nearby. He is recovering from a knee replacement but not yet back to serious hiking. Hank Davis reports that after Davidson, the service,

and his career he is no longer the marvelous physical specimen we once knew. Curtis Patterson and Elaine stay busy with volunteer work and trying to keep track of their collective 17 (!) grandchildren. Lee Hand and Deb have downsized to a new home in El Paso, Texas and Lee continues to work, part time, as an infection control specialist for a local hospital. Ed Lupberger suggested that we give some thought to “the most transformative event that occurred at Davidson for each of us.” I will be touch with you about that. Contact: Hayden Hollingsworth, 6107 Sulgrave Rd., Roanoke, VA 24018; 540-725-1340; jhayden2003@cox.net

AS TOLD BY: Charlie Massey, Class Secretary Our classmate Tom Cutting attended the Davidson at Richmond basketball game on January 17. As he was riding home with classmate John Caldwell, Tom became very ill. John took him to a nearby medical facility. Tom’s children arrived in time to be with their dad before he passed away on January 21, 2015. We extend our deepest sympathy to Tom’s wife Judy, their children and grandchildren. Upon hearing of Tom’s passing Dave Hollingsworth and Angus McBryde sent these memories of our classmate: Dave wrote, “I was deeply impacted by the death of a smiling scholar-athlete who seemed to have eternal youth written into his face and soul. He was much more than my classmate and fraternity brother. He was the epitome of a clean-cut, friendly competitor which formerly was looked for in intercollegiate athletics… the last player who would have pounded his chest after a great play. I will never think of him without picturing his glowing smile and unmistakable joy of life. Thanks for being there, John Caldwell.” Angus wrote: “Tom (recruited) and Sam McGuirt and I (non-recruited) were the potential QB’s our freshmen year. I can remember talking with Sam at that time, as we were all getting to know people, that there was no way we could compete with Tom not just because he was a far superior football player but because he had something deeper and way beyond that. He was then and from what I can tell ever since a leader, a pure and gracious gentleman and a Christian thinker of depth. He was committed to ‘people.’ We certainly need more Tom Cuttings in this world, especially now. I have not seen Phi Delta Theta fraternity brother Tom except three or four times through the years. Sam and I and all who knew Tom are the better for it.” In April Bob Groome shared this tidbit on Facebook about his dog: “While I was at my desk today, Bella came in with one of my shoes I had left lying around. I took it from her and told her to get my other shoe. In a few minutes she came in with the other shoe. She’s not very smart though. I had to tell her three times.” That’s not all Bob does while at his desk. He sent me an email in which he said this about our classmate Bruce Wilder: “I don’t know if you know it, but Bruce Wilder was awarded the Silver Star. I read the recommendation and it was very impressive. Bruce served as a helicopter unit commander in combat in Vietnam where he saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers. On November 14-16, 1965, his first mission was in the Battle of the la Drang. During his second tour 1968-69, he was awarded two Distinguished FALL 2015

WINTER CLASS NOTES ONLINE davidsonjournal.davidson.edu Flying Crosses. On his last mission in combat he snatched nine solders from the jaws of death. For that mission he was awarded the Silver Star. Bruce also was awarded two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.” Thank you Bruce for all of your service to our country! Keep the news coming and stay healthy. Contact: Charlie D. Massey, 400 Avinger Ln., Apt. 443, Davidson, NC 28036-6704; 704-8961443; CDM5050@aol.com

AS TOLD BY: Gordon Spaugh, Class Secretary Joe Dulaney said he regrets missing our 55th reunion, but he has an excellent excuse: he and Virginia Carstarphen married in Blowing Rock on June 5, 2015! (They both lost spouses in the last few years.) They plan to live in Charlotte in the winter and Blowing Rock in the summer. Joe said he is the luckiest guy in the world and that it is never too late for love to bloom. He is looking forward to introducing Virginia at our next reunion. Preston “P.D.” Miller has been selected by the American Academy of Periodontology to receive the Clinical Research Award for his article titled “An evidence-based scoring index to determine the periodontal prognosis on molars.” The award recognizes a published scientific manuscript with direct clinical relevance to periodontics. Since retiring from practice seven years ago, P.D. has been a clinical professor in the Medical University of South Carolina’s Division of Periodontics in Charleston, S. C. John Little Watwood died on April 9, 2015, in Alexander City, Ala. and William Fox Eckbert Jr. on May 6, 2015, Edgewater, N.J. Bill is the father of Ashley Eckbert Berner ’88 and John Eckbert ’90. Our condolences to both families. Contact: Gordon Spaugh, 365 Roslyn Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104; 336-722-9130; gspaugh@juno.com

AS TOLD BY: Marshall LaFar, Class Secretary Bob Denham has recently published his 38th book, an edition of Northrop Frye’s Uncollected Prose. His 39th book is in press—Northrop Frye and Others: Twelve Writers Who Helped Shape His Thinking. He has just completed a sequel to the latter: The Order of Words: Northrop Frye and Others, Second Series. Bob Young writes, “My wife, Kit, and I are retired in Atlanta. We are blessed to have three of our four children and three of our grandchildren living within 20 minutes of our condo in Atlanta. Our fourth child, our oldest, lives in Manhattan with his wonderful wife and our fourth granddaughter. I expect no wars, since all of our grandchildren are girls.” Bill Martin has a change of address. “We’ve built a home (our first build) about a mile from our 35year residence. The address is 1206 Encore Circle, Longview TX 75605. Our 54-year marriage survived (too tired to quarrel) and we have raised the meaning of the word ‘puissant’ to a new level.” Norris MacKinnon has been through an ordeal. “I myself had quite a medical incident (spinal surgery) last summer and spent more than seven weeks in the hospital. Recovery has been frustratingly slow but is continuing. The beginning of February I moved from Richmond, Ky., where I had lived for 37 years, to Valencia, Pa., on the north side of Pittsburgh. I am now

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AS TOLD BY: John Goodman, Class Secretary Grant McRorie sustained injuries January 20 in a motorcycle accident. After being hospitalized three weeks in Asheville, in mid-February Grant emailed from home in Rutherfordton saying he was recovering well. Clay Atkins’ wife, Jakie, shared in mid-March that Clay continues to show improvement from his stroke of a year and a half ago. Clay’s primary impediment is with speech, but he maintains a positive attitude. They call Bruneau, Idaho, home.

Molly and Tom Harris are proud grandparents of Chris Corchiani Jr., member of N.C. State’s basketball team and of the academic honor roll. Bet and Bill Workman celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a back-yard bonfire Easter Sunday. Alice and Harry Brown celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June at Ocracoke. Harry taught a class on Flannery O’Conner for Duke’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, another at Burlington’s First Presbyterian Church, and one on Emily Dickinson for the Phoebe Needles Center in Callaway, Va. Janie and Harry Cline anticipate celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and Harry’s 75th birthday August 14, spending summer and early fall at their Cashiers home. Former baseball teammates Tom Harris, Ed Hines and Tom Tuttle ’63 visited the Clines in Florida to take in spring training games and play golf. Frank Mansell works Wednesdays with Habitat for Humanity. His primary peer support group is the Charleston (W.Va.) Area Religious Leaders Association, a monthly gathering of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic clergy. Graham Allison spoke April 9 as part of a UNC-Chapel Hill lecture series, on “Destined for War? Can the U.S. & China Escape Thucydides’s Trap—Military Conflict?” Before the lecture Harriet and DG Martin hosted a ’62 mini-reunion at their Chapel Hill home. Among those present were Harriet and DG, Graham, Skeeter Watson, Marc Hudson, Joe Robinson’s wife Mary Kay (Joe was teaching in Florida), and Tee and I. In the spring, on a visit to two hospitals in Haiti, Lew Zirkle was gratified to see the surgical skill the orthopedic residents displayed. Then in a three-day conference co-sponsored by SIGN Fracture Care, he found that the quality of the presentations by the Haitian surgeons demonstrated good understanding of treating orthopedic trauma. Bill Ambrose underwent ankle replacement surgery April 2 at Duke. Bill and Catherine welcomed two new grandchildren in early 2015, a grandson joining their daughter’s family, a granddaughter joining their son’s family. The annual Florida ’62 mini-reunion in March felt the absence of Joe Jackson who had died since the last gathering. Present in Fernandina Beach were Cindy and Louis Burton, Jackie and Dick Hills, Joe’s widow Barb, Pat and Jim Jamison, Don Saunders, and Ann and Russell Showalter. Price Caldwell died at his Starkville, Miss. home February 25. Sharing in the memorial service was Bob Phillips, fraternity brother who remained close as a fellow professor with Price at Mississippi State University and at Meisei University in Tokyo. We extend sympathy to Price’s widow, Alice Carol. We extend sympathy to Jerry Sheffield at the death April 14 of his wife, Betty. Present for the funeral were Nancy and TV Adams, Mary Lou and Hub Knox, and Susan and Bill Salzer. In November 2013, using the class email network 49 classmates shared their remembrances of where they were 50 years earlier when they heard JFK had been shot. This past April George Trask put those remembrances into a book, which he posted online. George has been exploring the feasibility of producing a paperback book. Contact me for the link. Contact: John Goodman, 108 N. Robeson St., Elizabethtown, NC 28337; 910-862-3730; davidson1962@gmail.com; presbypicker2@ gmail.com; davidson62.wordpress.com DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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AS TOLD BY: Jim Hendrix, Class Secretary John Rogers has recently published With All Our Prayers: Walking With God Through the Christian Year, a collection of pastoral prayers from the later years of his ministry. John and Anne live in Montreat and are enjoying having their two children, and grandchildren, nearby. Ed Gorham writes that he and wife Ladell spend as much time as they can out of Houston and at their ranch south of Abilene, Texas. He underwent a bone marrow transplant in 2010 to combat leukemia and sends the good news that he is doing reasonably well. He and Ladell have two sons and four granddaughters, with hopes that at least one of those girls will become a Wildcat. Bill Thompson reports that he and wife Frances had a wonderful three-week trip to New Zealand in February and March. They spent seven days on the North Island and the remainder on the South Island, and were blessed with great weather as they hiked on Mt. Cook (where Edmund Hillary trained before his Everest expedition), toured Milford sound, and had a jet boat ride, along with other parts of a busy itinerary. There was clearly something in the Davidson township water supply when Bill and Porter Halyburton were growing up. Those “townies” are traveling folk! Porter and Marty are headed to Italy and France for a month in September and October, not long after Porter completes the six-week ceramics course he has been taking at the prestigious Penland Craft School in the North Carolina mountains. There is even a little news about your humble class secretary. I will be in Washington, D.C. for the coming academic year serving as interim head of National Presbyterian School. It is affiliated with the National Presbyterian Cathedral, an edifice I will wager a lot of you sons of Calvin, like me, did not know of. But if you find yourself in D.C. please let me know. I still need news from you on a more regular basis. You have my contact information below; please let me know what you are up to. I am allowed 445 words and want to use them! Contact: Jim Hendrix, P.O. Box 2094, Cashiers, NC 28717-2094; 404-313-2084; jamesphendrix@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: John Curry, Class Secretary It’s not too surprising that this is a time for retirements especially amongst our members who spent their time in the academic world. Examples are Kerr Thompson who completed 30 years in the Spanish Department at Gettysburg College last spring. He and wife Susan plan to spend more time at their Caswell County farm, which will allow easy access to the grandchildren who are nearby. Then there is Rufus Hallmark who completed a distinguished career as a musicologist that included most recently being chair of the music department at Rutgers as well as previous teaching stints at MIT, Brown, Holy Cross and the City University of New York. He and his wife Anne completed a European DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

tour this past summer and intend to continue travels that will give them high-caliber listening opportunities. By the way, you may not know that, consistent with his performance as a student in our class and his career thereafter, Davidson has established the Rufus Hallmark Award now given annually at Davidson graduation to the author of the best essay on a music-related subject. Pete Crow completed his long career in the English Department at Ferrum College in Virginia and moved to Raleigh where he engages in various volunteer work for the Red Cross and on matters relating to immigration. As you might expect of an English prof, Pete is a published author. You can find one of his books entitled Due, Die or Get Along, which concerns life in two small coal towns in western Virginia based on Pete’s interviews with a large number of local residents. Bruce Swain reports, while he is enjoying no longer being chair of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, he is still teaching a little. Guy Hunter says jokingly he could still be thinking about suing me for mistakenly reporting his granddaughter, Elizabeth Hunter, of Rome, Ga., who at age 12 has already been in a major movie and several television shows, was his daughter. I suggested to him would need to show damages to prevail in the court room and I doubted my mistaking such a lovely and talented young lady for his daughter would give him any chance of meeting that burden. I extend the sympathies of all in our class to the family of Rick von Unwerth who died May 3, 2015. Contact: John S. Curry, Box 2091, Asheville, NC 28802; 828-215-4512; john@ johncurryattorney.com

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS The following members of the Class of 1966 passed away: Howard Wall “Champ” Covington Jr. of Greenville, S.C., on March 21, 2015; James Bassett Martin of Dallas, Texas on April 19, 2015; Hugh Herman Peoples of Winston-Salem on April 17, 2015; and J. Hoyle Rymer of Cleveland, Tenn., on May 4, 2015. We extend our sincere condolences to their families and friends. We hope you are planning to join your classmates on campus for your 50th Reunion June 3–5, 2016. Contact: James J. Terry, 1103 Hardage Cir., Colleyville, TX 76034-6055; 817-421-8685; Jim. Terry@scouting.org

AS TOLD BY: Bryant Hinnant, Class Secretary Ben Lahey was quite pleased that I commented on his music in the last issue of the Journal, even though he makes it up for his own entertainment. To him, music is inherently social, so he loves it when other people listen. I read an obituary in the New York Times that mentioned Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja’s biography of Patrice Lumumba, title of the same name, written for the Ohio Short Histories of Africa series, so I reached out in my never-ending quest for news. He said the English he learned at Davidson helped him pack the book with many interesting details of Lumumba’s life and work. That’s typical of my recollection of Georges: very self-effacing notwithstanding the brilliant light he

projects. Currently he’s on research leave from UNC, where he has taught in the Dept. of African, African American and Diaspora Studies for 17 years. We’ve tracked down Jon Ward, again, but he was never really lost. He’s just traveling, enjoying his golden years. He and Maggi volunteered for two months in East Africa; he is a volunteer on his Hospital Ethics Committee and still carries a beeper, but otherwise he’s living the good life, either in Boulder, Colo. or St. John, V.I. He’s planning on attending our 50th, June 8-11, 2017, so it will be good to see him. I’m pleased to report that Herb Jackson is the recipient of the 2015 North Caroliniana Society Award, which is given for extraordinary contributions to North Carolina’s cultural heritage. The award has been given annually to one individual since the inception of the Society in 1978; previous recipients have included Sam Ervin, Jr. and Charles Kuralt. Herb is the first visual artist to be selected. Lou Lesesne arranged to send me the picture of Sam Cathey’s ‘hanging’ in March. Technically, it’s the official portrait that will hang in the courthouse. Tom Frist opined that Sam never took seriously the admonition of Jesus to “judge not, lest you be judged,” but did offer up that Sam is funny, compassionate, and a great judge. Sam is part of the swamp posse, made up of Lesesne, Frank Goldsmith, John Gresham, Bill Jones and Wade Barber. Please join me in sending condolences to Jim Timmons, whose father Dr. James Timmons died April 9, 2015. I met Dr. Timmons while in law school; he treated me for a saliva gland problem. I didn’t know the relationship until after I had apologized for almost biting his thumb off and he had apologized for teaching me lots of new words. Contact: Bryant Hinnant, 8 Bittersweet Trail, Norwalk, CT 06853; 203-299-3231 (b); 203855-9871 (h); 203-912-4861 (c); fax, 203-2991355; bhinnant@att.net

AS TOLD BY: Bruce Weihe, Class Secretary Received a nice press release about my freshman roommate, Toby Watt, who has been named as one of 354 attorneys nationally—and one of only two healthcare attorneys—by the BTI Consulting Group as a “Client Service All-Star for 2015.” Toby, an attorney with Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, was identified by corporate counsel as delivering “extraordinary client service through superior client focus, innovative thought leadership, and unmatched business understanding.” Andy Clay reported that after a career of flying professionally for a number of companies, and then several years of flight operations management, and then 11 years of consulting, he and his wife Susan, have pulled the plug and now divide their time between Horseshoe Bend in northern Arkansas, Cape Cod, Mass., and the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. Happily retired in Tucson after 39 years of ordained ministry in the Chicago area, Kirk Reed and his wife Susan have been spending a lot of time biking—last year biking across Vietnam and this year in Europe. While trying to improve his Spanish, Kirk is busy working on a book titled Ten Things We Never Learned in Sunday School. Other news from around Tucson: Ron Outen and his wife Pat Spencer spent the past five months wintering in Tucson before housesitting in Taos, N.M., and now FALL 2015

Save the Date! REUNION June 3–5, 2016 www.davidson.edu/alumni are headed back east where they have bought a house and plan to live in Bethesda, Md. for a long time. Pat is a retired professor at Gallaudet University, and the Outens have two sons, one with (as Ron put it) “three darling grand-delinquents and the other sensibly single.” Ron and Dan Gresham traveled to Burma/ Myanmar for a three-week photography trip, and the Outens recently had dinner with Dan and his wife Judy, as well as Tommy Bryant and his wife, Charlotte Hopefully many of you participated in the Volunteer Week from April 10-19 that was the brainchild of our class—particularly Tom Caldwell and his band of Agitators. Working with the Center for Civic Engagement and the Alumni Relations office, our Agitators worked with Davidson alumni throughout the country to encourage participation in community and volunteer engagement. What I do know to report were the following volunteer efforts by the Class of ’68: Chip Vogan worked for days on a waterways cleanup effort called the Elizabeth River Project, and also spent a day tutoring (or actually being tutored by) youths at a “chess camp.” Julian Prosser and David King “were killing it in the vinyl siding department” at a Habitat for Humanity project in Raleigh (along with several other Davidson graduates), while Julian also worked with George Shaw in a Stop Hunger Now program in the Raleigh-Wake Forest area. Tom Caldwell and Cecil Clifton participated in a Habitat build in the Charlotte area, while I pitched in serving 440 meals at a Miami Rescue Mission service day in Miami, Fla. Please let me know of other alumni engagement efforts that we can relate. Speaking of George Shaw—George and Michelle have moved from Fairfax, Va. to Wake Forest, and during a return trip to Virginia, George was found to have colon cancer. Knowing no doctors in North Carolina but wanting to have surgery in his new surroundings, George utilized the Alenda Links alumni website to make all the right connections for successful surgery and a path for a healthy future. In particular, George expressed thanks to Mike Yarborough of our class, who recommended surgeon Tucker Cline ’74 and oncologist Bill Berry ’70 who teamed together for a great result. Contact: Bruce Weihe, 1100 SE 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; 954-607-6723 (w); bweihe@bawlawyer.com

AS TOLD BY: Tony Orsbon, Class Secretary The sun never sets on the British Empire or the Class of ’69…. K.D. Weeks was the convener and leader of our reunion. For a grand job we owe many thanks to K.D. I remember K.D. as so “cool” that he could carry an ice cream cone in his pocket and is assured of avoiding Hades because the devil won’t have him…. He would extinguish Hell itself. Becky takes him along everywhere with her in July and August just for his refrigerative ambience. Jim Cooley was at reunion. Jim pledged Beta, which our freshman English professor, Charlie Cornwell, had become. I swear I saw Jim flash the Beta secret sign in class once and he signed his tests, BITB. That is the only rationale I can find for my getting a B+ and Jim an A. Johnny Durham is with the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for the U.S. Navy in D.C. Johnny is politically savvy. At reunion, Berkeley Latimer, who was our class’s

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summa cum laude, was finally visually seen. He spent his time at the library, which most of us had heard rumor of, but never found. Berkeley teaches humanities at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., after his Ph.D. at Duke. On the subject of modern culture, Berkeley offered the penetrating insight that if it weren’t for Edison we’d all be watching TV by candlelight. Blake Goslen practices dermatology in Charlotte, where imperfections of the vellum are rampant; there being some historically related North Carolina hillbilly knife-fights on occasion. That usually means that Blake has a busy Saturday night around bar-closing time. Blake is a natural skeptic and wisely advised me to never trust a doctor whose office plants have died. Charlie Baker, on the subject of doctors, is in family medicine at Cannon Hospital in Linville. And speaking of families, Charlie says that man is the best computer you can put on a spaceship, and the only one that can be mass-produced with unskilled labor. Charlie McEwen lives in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., and told me two important lessons for our class… never answer an anonymous letter and stay out of New York City… you know that any time four people get into a cab in NYC without arguing, a bank job has just taken place. Al Varner sent his always welcome family note to say he is fully retired, playing poor golf and fair tennis, and is finally reading a lot, which seems to have been a gap in his Wildcat experience. Ole Miss had a good year in football, UCLA did as well, and the wine harvest in Napa Valley was rich and flavorful. Life is good. Lee Cross wrote that he closed his practice at the end of 2003, and he now acts as a medical consultant to the Social Security Administration on disability matters. Lee and Anne travel a lot, with a son in Huntington Beach, Calif. Lee often spars with my profession when he testifies as an expert witness in injury cases. We sadly acknowledge the death of James McKnight Timmons, father of our classmate, Clyde. Finally, no report would be complete without a recollection on Bobby Vagt. Bobby told me that he recently gave up smoking, drinking and sex. It was the worst 15 minutes of his life. Contact: R. Anthony Orsbon, 2819 Rothwood Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211; 704-556-9600 (b); fax, 704-556-9601; torsbon@oandflaw.com

AS TOLD BY: Jim McAdams, Class Secretary By the time that you read these class notes, we will have had our 45th Class Reunion and no doubt it will have joined the many great memories that we already have collectively and individually of our Davidson experiences and the friendships that were born nearly a half-century ago, some as early as the freshman orientation. On that beautiful September day in 1966, down on Lake Wylie and the Catawba River, I listened to the morning presentations but then ran into Rick Saunders whom I’d known since the seventh grade in Burlington. He and I wandered down to the river rather than over to where lunch was being served and there met two other freshmen, Karl Bauknight and Raleigh Phillips. By unanimous vote we decided that, while interesting, orientation took a distant second to the learning opportunities available through independent study. Looking around, we found a rack of canoes and, after commandeering two of them, rowed to the other side of the river to a sports bar for careful study and sampling of available adult beverages.

Thus began 49 years of laughter and some of the greatest memories and friendships that one could ask for in this life. That said, and given that I rarely receive any updates from you ’70ers, I’m issuing a challenge. Think back to our freshman year, to those persons or events that made you laugh and those that made you cry, or least want to cry, and then send me an email to tell me your story. Hopefully at least a handful of you will take up this challenge and take this opportunity to share the funniest or most meaningful experiences that you had on the front side of our combined history with Davidson. Following a diagnosis of glioblastoma earlier this year, Tad Lowdermilk has finished an aggressive treatment program of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Tad writes that in late April he underwent the first post-surgery MRI of his brain the results of which were normal. Great news indeed! Best wishes to Tad for a complete and speedy recovery may be emailed to our class email address (dcgreatclassof1970@gmail.com) for forwarding to him. I trust that when you read this those of you who attended the reunion will still be smiling over the good times that you had there. Hopefully you had the chance then and will join me now in recognizing and thanking reunion chairs Pat Bray and Jamie May and the many others at Davidson who assisted them in a superlative job of planning the weekend. On that note, I will end this class note borrowing liberally from those famous lines uttered by Julia Roberts to Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman” as they boarded his private jet in Los Angeles to fly to San Francisco to attend the opera. She said, “If I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time.” Well, brother ’70ers, if I forgot to tell you at the reunion, I had a really great time! FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Mike Bumgarner who passed away on May 31, 2015, in Raleigh. Contact: Jim McAdams, 119 Kanasgowa Dr, Brevard, NC 28712; 828-8772728; jimmcadams3@yahoo.com; dcgreatclassof1970@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Nicholas G. Dumich & David E. Buck, Class Secretaries Ed Dobbs, successful Atlanta attorney and partner with the Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs, LLC, Law firm in Atlanta, hosted a large fundraising event on May 3, 2015, for the Georgia Conservancy at his beautiful home near the Chattahoochee River. The event was called “Tight Lines,” and had a fly-fishing theme staged around the large pond on Ed’s property (appropriately named “The Pond”) where Ed is often seen wake boarding. Besides fly-fishing instruction, the event featured a barbecue dinner, bluegrass band and a silent auction. Kudos, Ed, for your continued support of the conservancy. Now what time is the fish fry? Nick also received a call from and had brunch with Allan Oxman, who attended Davidson his freshman year. Allan played football at Davidson that year, barely survived living in the basement of East Dorm, and later transferred to Georgia State University, where he graduated with an accounting degree. He has lived in Charlotte since 1972 and has been in the financial services business since 1975, specializing in insurance and retirement plans and retirement income planning. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni Allan has been married to his wife, Marcelle, for 44 years and has two daughters, one in Atlanta and one in Charlotte, and five grandchildren. Allan and Marcelle are in Atlanta, at their vacation condo, almost monthly visiting friends and family. He looks good and still has most of his hair. We heard that Ken Totherow and his wife Diane and Jim Buchanan and his wife Gayle, were at Myrtle Beach, S.C. over Memorial Day week. They and a few other friends, have done that beach trip for several years so they can keep up their “shag dancing” while listening to The Tams playing that 60s favorite, “I’ve Been Hurt.” Rock on, kids. Ken recently had both knees replaced so his shagging may be a little slow. Ken, Jack Ballenger and Hugh Dennis were all in the Florida Keys in May relaxing, drinking a few brewskies, and trying to catch tarpon and every other fish in the ocean. Look for them next year cleaning out Ed Dobb’s pond. Our sincere condolences to Winn and Jack Ballenger and their family on the recent death of Winn’s mother, Ann Currie of Davidson. Mrs. Currie passed away on May 4, 2015 at the age of 91. Winn’s father, Robert A. Currie, had been the former business manager for Davidson College. Also, we extend our condolences to James Newton and his entire family, regarding the recent death of his mother, Ann York, at age 94. Ann died on March 6, 2015 in Flat Rock where she had moved to live with her daughter, Jan Newton, during the latter days of her life. Prior to that, Mrs. York was a long time resident of Atlanta. We are very saddened to report the passing of classmate Frank Rader on May 18, 2015 in Mooresville. Our prayers and condolences go out to his wife of 19 years, Liz, his daughter, Ellie (16), and the remainder of Frank’s family and friends. It was often said that Frank was known as “everybody’s go-to person.” Everyone who knew Frank can attest that he was an extremely caring and kind person and a very hard, tireless worker. He will be missed! You can find Frank’s full obituary on the college’s In Memoriam site. Finally, this is an early reminder of our 45th Class Reunion to be held June 3–5, 2016 at the college. Mark your calendars folks. Please drop us an email or call to let us know what you’ve been up to. Contact: Nicholas G. Dumich, ndumich@ bellsouth.net, 770-241-5550; or David E. Buck, david@saintalbansdavidson.org, 704-4252133.

AS TOLD BY: Tom Holcomb, Class Secretary I had a pleasant time reading David Russell’s novel, Unbroken Poem. David’s talents as a lawyer, painter, and writer are all on display. It is an interesting tale replete with courtroom drama, financial intrigue, murder (among other felonies), and an affectionate portrayal of the South Carolina coast. David’s painting of the protagonist on the cover is stunning. He continues a busy practice and full schedule with the Parker Hudson law firm in Atlanta and primarily represents securities firms in arbitrations. He says he keeps hearing the Eagles singing: “I can’t run at the pace very long.” David is happily married to Jamie Brownlee and they have a son who graduated from Middlebury in 2015 and a daughter who is a junior at Kenyon. In January 2015, I had a good weekend in Richmond, Va., reminiscing with Jon Jewett, Ed DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

Galloway, and Carey Howlett, and seeing some sights including Carey’s restoration of Thomas Jefferson’s model for the Virginia State Capitol where it is on permanent display along with a Virginia history exhibit he curated. We also saw his installation of the Worsham-Rockefeller room at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Friends can make almost any occasion better, including the unhappy result of the ’Cats/ Richmond game we took in. Still mending in Denver, Charlie Heiner probably qualifies as the classmate surgical patient of the year having had a retinal detachment repair, back surgery, and two knee replacements in a 12-month period. He and Jana were able to visit Judy and Spencer Redding in Austin, Texas after his first knee replacement. Many did not see a lot of John Strout when we were in college. John transferred in, and had also served in the Air Force prior to enrolling and was four years older than most of us. He was married and had his second child while a student. He worked three jobs to support his family (including a funeral home), and upon graduation went to medical school at Bowman Gray at Wake Forest. He was an ear, nose and throat physician and served in the Army where he ended up in northern California. After working for Kaiser in the San Francisco area, he retired about eight years ago. He and his wife live about 40 miles north of San Francisco not far from Napa Valley. They have a son in Texas and a daughter with five sons (two sets of twins) who live nearby. Golf is his main form of relaxation. He remembers the Honor Code and the sense that a book or a wallet could be left on campus until the owner remembered to go back and get it. Walt McAlhaney has been retired for five years and lives with his wife Kathleen in Anderson, S.C. Walt worked for Molecular Rx as a biochemist. He received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of South Carolina. In retirement he has enjoyed pursing his interest in classical music, reading, and following sports. Our condolences to the family of Hal Mapes Jr. who passed away suddenly on April 2, 2015. Hal lived in Glen Rock, N. J., and was a dentist in private practice for 30 years and most recently worked for Rutgers Correctional Care. Hal is survived by his wife Carol, four children; and six grandchildren. Contact: Tom Holcomb, 4614 Meadow Valley Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30342-2515; 404-8479325; tholcomb@mclain-merritt.com

AS TOLD BY: Rich Wilson, Class Secretary Prosser “Sandy” Carnegie reports living across the street from the “old” library in Davidson. He and Robbie have been married 40 years and have two grown kids, daughter, Annie, and son, Prosser. They also have three grandkids, Kai (5), Oona (2) and four-month-old Logan. He continues to practice law in the litigation areas of catastrophic personal injury, real estate and business with his law partners, Jim Fuller ’64 and Jennifer Errington ’10. Our prayers go out to Sam Mitchener whose brother, Steve, passed away in February. Contact: Richard V. Wilson, 1236 East Rookwood Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45208; 513-3211524; rwilson14@cinci.rr.com

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AS TOLD BY: John L. Randolph Jr., Class Secretary Mitch Stone reports in from Franklin, Tenn., where he has lived for twenty years, the last five in retirement. Recent travel has taken him to China for a month and to Israel. He enjoys spending time with two grandsons who live nearby. Mitch is looking forward to reuniting with the guys from the baseball team at the reunion. I heard from Bill Reynolds over the holidays. He attended Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music after Davidson and spent the following 16 years singing opera, oratorio and recitals (he managed to master the high C). A car accident ended the singing career, so he moved into conducting, booking some 30 operas in the following years. Bill then moved into computer infrastructure and has worked for ad agencies, MTV and now HBO. He is an avid photographer and regularly posts his work on Flickr as mausgabe. Jim Richardson reported in briefly from his law practice in Huntsville, Ala. His son Ben recently entered University of Alabama law school and is doing quite well, with summer jobs set for New Orleans, La. and Huntsville. Ala. I managed to catch up with Joe Duncan. He has pursued a career in printing and customer relations in Milwaukee and Chicago. He has three children, the eldest attending college at UConn. He still follows futbol religiously and, with his two young sons, has enjoyed watching the recent emergence of enhanced television coverage of international soccer, mainly the English Premier League. I realize that this will not reach the class until after our reunion in June, but I wanted to depart from normal structure and share something I found in the back of the closet. It is an old Davidson t-shirt from a past reunion and it contains a list of possible/ probable activities of note while at Davidson and afterward. Given we find ourselves another 20 years down the road from that event I thought it would lend an appropriate perspective as we celebrated our 40th. Enjoy: Am a Hair Club Client Attended the ’74 USC game Attended the Leon Russell concert Elected to public office Enjoyed patron status at The Little Kitchen Enjoyed patron status at The Oaks Enjoyed patron status at The Open Kitchen Got a ticket from Cop Linker Had a part in Anything Goes Had Cocktail History with Chalmers Heard Alan Ginsberg Heard Buckminster Fuller Heard Ralph Nader Knew Captain America and Bucky Made a hole-in-one Married a Queens girl Met What-a-Martha Partied at Hattie’s Played for Terry Holland ’64 Played warball in Johnston Gym Possessed a top 25 draft number Protested Vietnam Quit Smoking FALL 2015

WINTER CLASS NOTES ONLINE davidsonjournal.davidson.edu Returned to your roots Saw Elvis (recently) Saw The Godfather 12 times Slept through a noon class Still have first husband/wife Still own a leisure suit Streaked across campus Survived Humanities Took Biology with Daggy Voted for Clinton Voted for McGovern Voted for Nixon Was a scholarship football player Was a victim of a Falconi mob hit Was a victim of a Sorrentino mob hit Wear bi-focals Wear Chuck Taylors Wrote a book I was glad to see so many of you back on campus in June. Contact: John Randolph, 5248 S. Atlanta Ave., Tulsa, OK 74105-6608; 918-520-0041; jrandolph@praywalker.com

AS TOLD BY: Michael S. Pappas, Class Secretary Mark Firth had the old IFT gang over in March to watch our first-round NCAA game and reminisce. Mark and wife Jan are in Athens, Ga where he’s practiced medicine since leaving the Army in 1987. Their two daughters are close by and their son works in Atlanta. Driving over from Houston, Texas where he has developed a special weather derivatives firm after 35 years slugging it out with Wall Streeters was Rob Canning, with his wife Mia. Coming from Durham was Ken Schmader, who is professor of medicine at Duke leading geriatrics research (just wait, Ken, you’ll have about 250 test subjects soon). Jim Stephenson (sans Emelia Stuart Stephenson, who went the other way with daughter Sally ’09) came from Greenville, S.C., where he is chief of the Thoracic and Surgical Oncology Division for Greenville Health System. Kirk Combe flew in from his professorship in English at Dennison University in Ohio. George Loy, who is doing some fun stuff for Tesla Offshore, called in from the Houston area. That’s what George gets for phoning it in—they voted him the organizer of their next event! Mark hopes it can include the elusive Larry Urbon. Speaking of doctors, kudos to Pope Moseley, who has become dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice-chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. Pope leaves the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where for 20 years he served in a number of capacities, ending as chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. Just when you might think he’d be slowing down…. Eric Hendrix and wife Laura are living a dog’s life—literally. With their daughters on the Left Coast, they’re heaping attention on Milo, their Greater Swiss Mountain Dog who they show, all 140 lbs. of him— and not yet fully grown! Eric says that the movie “Best in Show” is mild compared to the real thing, as Milo has earned grand champion and novice obedience titles. This is serious, folks—they have recently added a German shepherd puppy who will soon be competing. All the walking keeps them in shape, and they’re loving it. Bill Vaughan and wife Polly, after life in Virginia Beach, Va., moved four years ago to Newcastle, Maine.

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Bill retired from the law after Polly started her ob/gyn career (smart guy), and they have three kids and four grandchildren. Bill played soccer at DC and continued for 15 more years in adult leagues, and for nearly 15 more after that on the tennis court, but now just chops wood and shovels snow. He is not the only Largest and Dumbest in Maine—Tom Gopsill is in the western part of the state. If you remember, he is a “VII.” Well, he is happy to report that his son, the VIII, has had Tom Gopsill IX. Tim Hose continues as president/CEO of Synco Properties in Charlotte. He and Lisa (Queens, class of ’77) are working on a Kiawah Island, S.C. place to go when he is not—where else—on the golf course, where he occasionally bumps into Robert Stowe. Peter Goodman is a principal in a financial services firm in Montclair, N.J., and has done a lot nationally in the industry, serving on the national board of Retirement Advisors and Designers of America and on his local Estate Planning Council. His daughter is at Fairfield University in biology, and his son is a high school senior. What would fall be like without a Bob Sanders update? Our favorite NFL linebackers coach is continuing to see the U.S.A., now coaching for the Arizona Cardinals. So, Miami to Green Bay to Buffalo to Oakland and now in Arizona. No possible way to have a bigger collection of moving bills! Our deepest condolences to Alan Duncan, who lost his father earlier this year, and to Bill Crosland, who lost his father, Bill ’49, the patriarch of a Davidson family including Bill’s brother Ed ’77, his sister Catherine Crosland Leiner ’85, his son Will ’08 and his niece Catherine Irwin Leiner ’17. One final note—let’s all plan to attend the big 4-0 June 3-5, 2016. I will continue to be in touch on our class gift project, so please hit the “reply” button— many thanks! Contact: Michael S. Pappas, St. Louis, MO; 314973-7799 (c); mspappas@charter.net

AS TOLD BY: Sue McAvoy, Class Secretary I had a lovely visit with Mark and Colleen Parks Jester at their home in Rome, Ga. Colleen has retired after 22 years of teaching college chemistry, and she enjoys using her chemistry skills to tweak her favorite cookie recipes. Mark is in his tenth year with Floyd Family Medicine where he teaches internal medicine to family practice residents. The Jesters have two children, Chris (31) who is a civil engineer in Tucson and Michelle ’09 who works with the National Association of Community Health Centers in Washington, D.C. Mark and Colleen enjoy playing duplicate bridge, ballroom dancing, and day-hiking in the national parks. Our class continued to gather to watch Davidson men’s basketball. We had an amazing showing in Washington for the George Mason game with 24 classmates in attendance; one classmate commented, ”What I find so amazing is that it takes but a moment to rekindle the warmth and laughter of the true friendships that we have formed, regardless of the years that have passed.” Classmates in attendance included: Bryan “Bowie” Andrews, Nisie Fanuiel Blackwell, Ken Chadwick, Lynn Crossley Davis, Laurie Dunn, Alan Edmonds, Rick Ehrhart, Tom “Kentuck” Hollon, Wayne and Susan Cunningham Jonas, Jim Kaulius, Cam McNeely, Marc Menchel, Tim and Laura Keever Peck, Bonnie Caulkins Revelle, Chuck “Stretch”

Rice, Johnathan Rhyne, Jeff Sich, Becca Stimson, Dave Trader, Carol Connor Willingham, Cory Young, and me. Rick Ehrhart lives in Charlotte where he is president and CEO of Optcapital, a firm that administers incentive compensation for hedge funds and law firms. Rick enjoys his affiliation with Davidson grads; he and Bob Avinger ’60 started the firm in 1998, and Can Civi ’09 is the firm’s chief financial officer. Rick and Melanie have a son, Thomas, who will start a car upfitting business later this year. Tom “Kentuck” Hollon continues to practice law in Beattyville, Ky.; he and Elizabeth have a daughter, Abigail, who is a rising high school senior. Bryan “Bowie” Andrews, who undoubtedly holds the record for number of years with the same employer (he joined Northwestern Mutual as a financial rep in 1977, one week after graduation!), shared his news: “Keg Carter Andrews ’85 and I live in Statesville and have three daughters: Sydney (25), a Carolina grad and married, living in Greensboro; Ross (22), a 2015 N.C. State graduate; and Ellie (19), a rising sophomore at Liberty University. I serve on the board at Statesville Christian School and coach middle school girls volleyball and high school boys tennis there. We enjoyed a trip to see Ross (studying abroad in Florence) and visit Italy, as well as Montpellier, France (where Keg spent JYA) in March. I remember my Davidson alpha number, P.O. Box number and combination, and laundry number—among many other very important things—and send my best to all!” Jim Kaulius is just behind Bryan in employment longevity as he has been teaching math for 35 years at Phillipsburg High School in New Jersey. Jim also coaches the boys tennis team. Jim and Judy live in Easton, Pa., and have two girls, Katherine who is married and living in Princeton, N.J. and Jennifer who lives in Burlington, Vt. Jim was a great sport over the weekend as he hobbled around on crutches, recovering from a torn Achilles tendon. Tim and Laura Keever Peck live in Greensboro and have three children: Drew (34), a woodworker and finish carpenter in Greensboro; Britt (32), in graphic art/web design/marketing with Republic Wireless in Raleigh plus husband and father of Tim and Laura’s two grandchildren; and Leigh (30), newly married and a store planner/designer with Family Dollar in Matthews. Tim is a lawyer with Smith Moore Leatherwood, Laura is a very happy grandmother, and they welcome visitors at their big empty-nested house. We also had a nice showing at our inaugural year in the men’s basketball conference tournament in Brooklyn: the crowd included Joe Clark, Lynn Crossley Davis, Alan Edmonds, Bob “Pine” Enright, Frank Hamilton, Johnathan Rhyne, Carol Connor Willingham, and me. Mark your calendars for March 9-13, 2016, in Brooklyn, and plan to join us! Speaking of plans, our 11th annual women’s beach weekend will be held November 5-8 at Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. A special time awaits! Please join me in extending sympathy to our classmates who have lost their parents: Nisie Fanuiel Blackwell’s mother died in October, the mothers of David Strong and Katherine Kafoglis Lockwood passed away in January, and Robert Currie Jr.’s mother passed away in May. Ed Crosland’s father died in April. Finally, I joined the ranks of the retired last fall and am exquisitely happy, focusing on spiritual and physical health/wellness, spearheading Davidson’s alumni service program in Atlanta, and learning how to navigate Facebook! DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni So that’s the news from far and wide. All the best to you… and I love you, brothers and sisters. Contact: Sue McAvoy, 436 Leonardo Ave., N.E., Atlanta, GA 30307; 404-373-1272; smcavoy@ law.emory.edu

AS TOLD BY: David Schmidt and Nancy Long Metzler, Class Secretaries Greetings to all! Rob Murray reports that he and Mike Peskosky recently reunited after 20 years, catching a ’Cats home basketball game together. Thom Young is also doing some reconnecting— having recently celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary to Suzy Ruth Young, the two are planning to live together for the first time. They’ve survived married life living apart and are now excited to be buying a home in Brookhaven, Ga. near Atlanta. They’re adding a front porch to their home and all ’78 classmates are invited to stop by for a visit. Bob and Nancy Earnest are also survivors, having made it through another winter in Maine. Nancy teaches pre-K and Bob is farming oysters. Daughter Holly was mentioned in Relix and Billboard magazines for a classical Phish album she’s recording. Son Scott loves the vet life; he’s living in Wisconsin and Bob says his job is secure—lots of cows! Phil Blue had a second knee replacement in September 2014 and is happy to have no more knees to replace. Now that he’s the new “Six Million Dollar Man” he proposes that we have a cake race at our 2018 class reunion. Graeme Thomson writes us from Warsaw, Poland— he’s now traveled to 38 countries. He says the backto-back-to-back international trips get tougher and he looks more haggard as the big 60 approaches. However, having a nine-year old son, Ethan, means he’ll be working and traveling for at least 10 more years! Julie Chrisco Andrews, on the other hand, is preparing for an empty nest as her son will be going off to college this fall. She’s gone back to work at George Washington Law School, coordinating reunions (maybe she will help with our upcoming 40th?) and making law school more affordable for incoming law students. She and her husband have downsized, moving after 20 years in the same house in Washington, D.C. Their realtor was Margie Robertson Leachman ’79. Julie also notes that now that Davidson is in the A-10, Jim Murphy is in the D.C. area more often and spends time with Jeff Clark and his wife Sue. Jeff is the commanding officer of the new Walter Reed at Bethesda—he’s the first Army officer to command what used to be Bethesda Naval Hospital. On a sadder note, we send our condolences to Julie on the death of her mother, Elise “Cissie” Nelson Quigley Chrisco, on March 22, 2015. Greg Crawford is taking on the responsibilities of interim director of the School of Humanities at Penn State Harrisburg—a big change from being affiliated with Penn State’s library for almost 22 years! The School of Humanities offers undergraduate and master’s degrees in various subjects including humanities and communications as well as the Ph.D. in American Studies. And finally, Joe Craig reports that he, Matt Wall, Clark Candler and their wives spent an April weekend together at Matt’s beautiful mountain home overlooking the North Fork of the New River in Ashe County, North Carolina. Clark is in the enviable position of having retired from his law practice at the end of 2014. Joe and Matt are extremely jealous! DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

We heard from Pamella McClure, “My latest news is that my new husband John Larson and I have inherited 135,000 acres of land in the Utah desert. We are planning to take 50 acres of the land that contains a 300-year-old house and a large well to live on and give the rest to the state of Utah for a state park. We will also share some with John’s brother who has been raising cattle on the land for many years and shares in the inheritance.” Jarry Taylor writes, “I retired from my law firm effective January 1. My wife’s mother, who had been living with us the last couple of years and was the last surviving parent, died in June 2014 at the age of 93. My younger son Wilson got married the month before in May 2014 and my older son Jarred ’07 married in September 2013. I’m taking gardening classes at the local botanical gardens to try to catch up with my green thumb wife, guitar lessons (not sure why!), and generally staying busy. We just got back from Panama on a church mission trip to help develop a youth camp for the Panama Methodist Church. Wilson has decided to get out at the end of his time to pay the Navy back for his Naval Academy education, so he’s in the job search phase now. Jarred is still practicing law with Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, Calif. now nearing the end of his second year as a grunt... I mean associate. Classmate Ann Gray Harvey is involved in the master gardening program at the Botanical Gardens here and I’ve run into her several times as part of my gardening classes. She seems to be doing well and thriving.” Thanks to those of you who sent us updates. We look forward to hearing from others of you soon! Contact: David Schmidt, 2116 Northridge Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 561-665-1107; david@ simonandschmidt.com Nancy Long Metzler, 12330 Pine Valley Club Dr., Charlotte, NC; 704-562-3518; nancy@ smpchome.org

AS TOLD BY: Kim Fisher, Class Secretary Not much news to report this go-round. No news is good news, I hope? I do have some exciting news: Clif Flynn was appointed interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate for the 2015-16 academic year. Congratulations, Clif! Congratulations are also in order for Jonny Stroud, whose son Jon David graduated from Cornell College in Iowa in May. Jonny has three handsome sons (no surprise there), and his son Timothy is going to be a Wildcat! Timothy will be in the Class of 2019. Eddie Nicholson’s daughter, Grace Nicholson ’15, joined the ranks of Davidson alumni when she graduated in May. Congratulations to the Nicholsons! My youngest, Meggie Fisher, also graduated in May from Davidson, and she joins her big sister Caroline ’12 and me as an alumna. She graduated with a degree in math and minored in pre-med. I know what you’re thinking—those genes must have skipped a generation! (For those of you in the dark, I was one of the reasons “Smiling F” Jackson earned his nickname.) T Griffin earned the 2015 Honorary Alumnus Award from the University of Mount Olive. Congratulations, T! T is still teaching and living in Mt. Olive. If you see a super stud at any of the marathons around the country, look closely because it may be Dave Piper. He ran the Houston Marathon this year. Go, Dave! I did hear from Frances Taylor Gench last summer. She

had just returned from a month in Israel, Palestine, and Turkey herding 30 seminarians around. She said her husband, Roger, is a pastor at a great church. She continues to love teaching at her alma mater in Richmond “so life on the whole is pretty good.” I just have to say how excited I was that Steph Curry ’10 was the MVP of the NBA this year, and I love how he always credits Davidson for part of his success. What a great acceptance speech he gave! I know there must be other news out there to report, so please email me or give me a call to give me something to write about! Contact: Kim Rieck Fisher, 34 Hazel Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15228; 412-913-5276 (c); 412561-7400, ext. 267 (w); kfisher@howardhanna.com

AS TOLD BY: Burkley Mann Allen, Class Secretary Our 35th reunion was a terrific weekend. As always, old friends reunited, and people got to know classmates they had never had a conversation with before. Kudos to Judy Inge Harris and Mark Hess for putting together a top-notch reunion team. We enjoyed remarkable choral music orchestrated by Mark Duckett and a hysterical video by Rich Perkey featuring President Quillen and her memories of the Class of 1980. I still think she is mistaken about Laura Cates Robbins being the most Machiavellian member of our class, and I will take on Sara Stoneburner for the title of class member who wore shoes the least, but otherwise it was a great sampling of the many interesting characters in our class. Ann Tutwiler and Will Grimsley did a great job speaking about their careers and how they were influenced by their Davidson experience. Ann continues to work on global agricultural issues, and Will is consulting on national security now that he has retired as a general from the army. Several stalwarts rose early on Saturday to relive the cake race. Susan Davidson Rollins and Tom Scott led the pack, followed (far behind) by the likes of Mike McGrady, Bunny Horine Renaud, Frizzle Willis (who now actually goes by Mary), and your truly. Here is a totally random recounting of some of the diverse paths our classmates have taken. Mike McGrady is in Austria studying birds; he’s discovered that the vulture population in parts of India has been decimated by the use of certain drugs in cows, and that has led to huge increases in the population of wild dogs to fill in the resulting scavenger gap. Robbie Hollingsworth is now in Hawaii studying the effects of a small bug that is threatening to wipe out all the coffee trees unless growers can be educated in new harvesting techniques. Taine Alison is now in Birmingham working in the library helping people find information about English literature and geneology. Carol Robinson is in Davidson tutoring students who are struggling with learning disabilities or just trying to catch up in school. Sara Stoneburner apparently does wear shoes most of the time now, and is enjoying restoring sight to people of all ages with cataract surgery. David Sappenfield, also an ophthalmologist, is a retina specialist. Carey Goodman is in Charlottesville, Va. helping schools around the country recruit great teachers. Bunny Horine Renaud is running her family’s assisted living business. Margaret Anne Bumgardner DuBose is in Columbia, S.C., providing legal help for unemployed people. Our class is fulfilling the Davidson mission FALL 2015

Save the Date! REUNION June 3–5, 2016 www.davidson.edu/alumni of living lives of leadership and service in every imaginable way. For the full report on the Class of 1980, check out our reunion Facebook page. Contact: Burkley Mann Allen, 3521 Byron Ave., Nashville, TN 37205; 615-383-6604; burkley.allen@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: David Poe, Class Secretary These are our first notes from me as your new class secretary; I pray I do your news justice. Thanks to Elizabeth Medlin Hale and Lisa Hasty for their years of service. Elizabeth built our Davidson College Class of 1981 Facebook private group page with help from Alumni Relations. Please post news there and I’ll share it here for all to see. Elizabeth alleges she is not tech savvy but let’s call her bluff. Lisa strutted her stuff in the Atlanta Alzheimer’s Association’s “Dancing Stars of Atlanta.” With the disease affecting her mom, Lisa raised more than $65,000 to advance research into prevention, treatments and a cure. The silence was deafening on Facebook over the Cats’ loss in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. Doug Shanks and John Boswell drowned their sorrow in tacos and tamales during a bro’ lunch date. Clay Macaulay immediately attended the Richmond Spiders NIT tournament game at UR. In faith, he moves on! Check out Facebook for updates on Doug Shanks’ fight with amyloidosis. Doug inspires with his humor, brave outlook, and sexy photos in his designer hospital gown. At last look, his stem cells were harvested, his white blood cells “scorched” (as John Wrenn put it) with chemotherapy, and his stem cells infused in transplant therapy. Kidney problems put him in the ICU but white cells are climbing. Of course, many are praying for his remission. On our Facebook page, Annie Guerard Coletta reported she visited the campus for the first time since the tenth reunion and posted some nice photos. She shared that both our kids are graduates of the N.C. School of Science and Math. Andrew Poe, barring the Apocalypse, will join Annie’s John this fall at Chapel Hill. Ann Sheaffer Gibert shared news of Professor of Physics Bob Manning’s passing. He was her advisor all four years. Ann recalled his perennially hilarious on-campus impersonation of the Grinch who stole Christmas. Nancy Wright via Ed Trumbull posted that our beloved Will Terry died the same week as Bob. Jonathan Keith posted the 10th Reunion Class photo. Catherine Hemenway Siewick noted our dear departed Mary Booth in the picture. Mary was my first date to a Pika formal. Thanks, Cathy, for remembering. Theresa Ellen Smith’s (Resa) passing several years ago reconnected me and Alicia Brown. Alicia transferred to Texas after sophomore year. She lives in Greensboro near her three adult kids and welcomed her first grandchild last year. Professor Rob Campany at Vanderbilt regularly posts his teaching, lecturing, and publishing successes while lamenting department budget management and internal politics. We look forward to the fall publication of his “A Garden of Marvels: Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China.” John Wrenn and Mark Shogry are quite the travelling photographers. John featured his family in Boynton Canyon, Sedona, Ariz. Mark had some beautiful shots of the Grand Canyon and a visit with his cousin on Oahu, Hawaii. In contrast, Ann Sheaffer Gibert in

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Newton, Mass. and Karen Sandlin Silverman in West Dresden, Maine shared their winter experience with multiple feet of snow. Both have apparently survived. Gray Bullard and Kirby Owen Bullard in Concord are thrilled to report daughter Fran will join next year’s class at N.Y. Medical College. Martha Anne Whitmore Gilliam left her engineering career for a new adventure in real estate with Keller Williams in Lynchburg, Va. A portion of all her commissions go to the Humane Society. We wish her much success. Ray Craven owes us news. My good doctor assured me I would regret bad press in my next “monthly” prostate exam. Last year, Ray and Elaine welcomed their first grandchild, Charlotte Elaine Widman, named after our home. Nicknamed “Lottie,” she’s a cutie and reportedly a good baby. Are there really any “bad” babies? Apologies to newsworthy Paul Ward, Linda Hoopes, Kathleen Hoffman, and many others. Catch you next issue and save the date for our 35th Reunion June 3–5, 2016. Contact: David Poe, 10156 Forest Landing Dr.; Charlotte, NC 28213; 704-224-6146; dpoe6@ carolina.rr.com

AS TOLD BY: Ann Parker, Class Secretary Thanks to my last-minute, desperate plea, we get to hear from some folks who haven’t written in a while! Rebecca Cross Clark writes, “Only news we really have to report is that we are in our 21st year of running the Davidson Village Inn; our son, Cameron ’15, graduated from Davidson in May and our younger daughter is studying elementary education at Appalachian. Looking to downsize soon—too much yard to take care of.” Jeff Wright writes, “Moved back to NoVA from Alabama (tornadoes anyone?) in 2013, daughter Maggie starting year two with Peace Corps in Moldova, son Daniel, who is just back from winter quarter (you remember those?) in Hong Kong, is studying game design at Savannah College of Art and Design. Ten weeks with kids at opposite ends of the globe = texts and emails at all times of the day and night = not much sleep. I’m still doing cyber security stuff, we are busy (understatement), the headlines are less than half the reality. Be afraid, be very, very afraid.” Another Jeff W., this time Jeff Wall: “I am in private law practice in Knoxville, Tenn. (my hometown), in a small firm of four attorneys (Jones, Meadows & Wall) since 1997. I graduated from Vanderbilt Law School in 1989 after being a commercial banker in Atlanta for four years or so after graduating from Davidson. I moved back to Knoxville and initially practiced with Hunton & Williams from 1989 through 1997 when I moved over to my current firm in 1997. I am a transactional/business attorney exclusively. I have two children, a 17-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son. I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, fishing and golf and take my Labradoodle as often as possible with me on my excursions. I keep in touch with just a few Davidson folks including Turley Howard ’81 with whom I traveled to Spain in 2008 and ran (literally) with the bulls in Pamplona, Mike Kelley ’83 (an attorney here in Knoxville) and a few others from time to time such as Chris Moore ’81 and Pat McKinsey ’81. Sadly, I’ve not visited the alma mater in over 25 years but hope to do so in next couple years. I have very

fond memories of Davidson and the stellar people I got to know there, religiously read the class notes in the Davidson Journal and keep up with things at Davidson generally through the emails and publications we receive.” John ’81 and Liza Boswell are happy to report that their daughter Louisa will be entering the Davidson Class of 2019 this fall, following in the footsteps of her brother Madison ’09, among four generations of Boswell and White family graduates. The Boswells attended the McNab Alumni Legacy Program last June and highly recommend it to any classmates with college-age children who may be considering Davidson. Perhaps you have been wondering, as have I, what Tom Marshburn has been up to lately. Well, wonder no more… he writes “I’ve been dealing with this darn thing called gravity for the past two years, but you’ve motivated me to get up and write! I’m flying a desk for now, helping out crews in training and crews on-board. And waiting for another flight. The line is long…but it’s a good line.” I’m sorry to report on the passing of Eugene “Gene” Partain, father of Gia Partain, on March 7, 2015. I’m also saddened to report the passing of one of our classmates, Vanessa Yvette Adams of Atlanta, who passed away on April 2, 2015. Vanessa worked for the U.S. General Accounting Office in Boston, Mass. and Washington, D.C. She was employed by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs where she earned numerous certifications in finance and auditing. In her Christian stewardship, Vanessa served faithfully at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Partain and Adams families. Contact: Ann Parker, 3388 N. Glen Creek Dr., Tucson, AZ 85712; 520-321-4802; mparker8@ pima.edu

AS TOLD BY: Anne Hurt Krieg, Class Secretary I reached out to classmates on the West Coast for these notes and received these two updates. Pam Rew Pearson writes from Oregon that she and Mike ’80 love it but wish they lived closer to more of their Davidson friends. Pam works part time as communications director and pastor’s assistant at their church plus volunteering as financial secretary. She plays on a tennis team and they both enjoy skiing frequently at Mt. Hood. Mike is a musculoskeletal radiologist at EPIC Imaging. Their oldest, Katie, will receive her master’s in speech language pathology, from CU Boulder, in early May and has a clinical fellowship year set up next year outside of Denver. Their youngest, Chris, is a mechanical engineer working in alternative energy in Arvada, Colo. Johnny Edwards is a psychology professor at Oregon State University, where he serves as the director of the School of Psychological Science. One of his big goals has been fostering contemplative studies activities on campus. His wife, Karen, is a corporate attorney, and their son Ian is in middle school. Johnny plays bass in a jazz band that performs around town and for the First Presbyterian church services. He bikes and runs a lot, and does father/son yoga with Ian. In 2012 Diane and Scott Eblin moved to Santa Monica, Calif. This year’s business travel has included Munich, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, and San Francisco. His second book, Overworked and DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative, was published in October 2014. His oldest son Andrew lives in San Francisco and works on an e-commerce start-up. Bradley is in Los Angeles studying computer science. Scott completed a 200-hour teacher-training program and is a registered yoga teacher. On May 2 Davidson College Presbyterian Church was filled to overflowing to celebrate the life of our beloved Dean of Students William Holt Terry ’54. The following classmates returned to share memories of Will and reflect on his remarkable legacy. John and Lisa Robinson Chidsey traveled from Miami after a recent trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Their son Cameron graduated from Tulane this spring and their daughter Lauren has resumed her master’s study in Boston after completing an internship with the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Rosie and Dave Donahower live in Annapolis, Md. with Audrey (14), Liam (10), John (9) and Luke (5). Dave is president of Chesapeake Surgical, an exclusive distributor for DePuy Orthopaedics, a Johnson and Johnson company, and is the market leader in Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia. Mike and Margaret Evans Goode are the proud parents of current and future Davidson students. Molly ’16 is a senior and Wilson joined the class of 2019 this fall. They also shared that Andrew, son of Jeff Nielsen and Cambria Melton Nielsen ’84, enrolled in Davidson this fall as well. Lauren and Gray Hampton live in Greenwich, Conn. Gray is a managing director with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s investment banking group where he specializes in health care and senior living. Ridgely Medlin Phillips’ daughter Winston ’11 was a Terry Scholar and joined the other 65 scholars and fellows who were on campus for their reunion and to reflect on Will’s legacy to them. Brad Mullis is into his 12th year as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Statesville. His wife Ellyn is the medical director at Barium Springs Home for Children. Their daughter Sally is in the 10th grade and will get her driver’s license soon. She choreographed much of her dance studio’s Christmas production. Their son Charlie is an eighth-grader, a Boy Scout first class, and an all-district saxophone player. Brad says that he and the kids make most of the Davidson home basketball games, where his cheering embarrasses them to no end. Karen and Danny Waddill moved to Newport News, Va. in 2006. Danny is in charge of the Navy’s environmental restoration of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Their son Wilson ’16 is a senior at Davidson. This fall will be full of changes as twins Lillian and Evan enroll in Georgetown and William and Mary. Their nest will not be empty; Henry will enter 10th grade in the fall. Paul Baynard lives in Charlotte and is a partner with Rayburn Cooper and Durham. Paul’s legal practice focuses on corporate workouts, financial reorganizations and business bankruptcies. We celebrate the accomplishments of all members of the class of 2015. The following individuals had legacies in Davidson’s class this year: Richard and Lucy Marshall Davis, Florence Hart Mogen, Greg Kaufmann, Melissa McKeithen Thomson, Todd Thomson, Eric Sanner, and Margaret West Guenther. Congratulations to the graduates: Clark Davis, William Mogen, Margaret Kaufmann, Taylor Thomson, Haley Sanner, DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

and Daniel Guenther. Contact: Anne Hurt Krieg, 7111 Xavier Ct., McLean, VA 22101-5077; 703-288-9613; ahkrieg@verizon.net

AS TOLD BY: Matt Merrell, Class Secretary Lots of news to share this time around. Our thanks to Alison Hall Mauzé who serves on Davidson’s Board of Trustees and is co-chairing the college’s $425 million “Game Changers” campaign. Rick Peek was chosen editor-in-chief of the medical journal Gastroenterology, which is the pinnacle of his career (unless he wins a Nobel Prize). Rick’s son, Christopher ’15 captained the Davidson Ultimate Frisbee team. He and Bill Cobb met in Nashville, Tenn. for a throwback music tour featuring the Doobie Brothers, Joan Jett, and The Who. Tom Walker has been named chairman of the board of trustees at Columbia Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1989. Tom Kelly Moore writes, “I’m still working as a doc in the ER at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. I did manage to get my son Jonathan off the payroll a couple weeks ago, when he graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati with a degree in viola. Younger son Daniel is finishing his sophomore year at Kalamazoo College where his uncle Mickey McDonald ’87 is provost.” Elizabeth Kelly Kaufmann and Greg ’83 have a Davidson alumnus. “Our oldest daughter, Margaret, graduated from Davidson this year with a political science degree and will be working in Washington, D.C. Our second daughter, Charlotte ’18, lived across the hall from Michelle Ashlin ’18 (daughter of Paulette Kurani Ashlin ’86-who roomed with me when we had our first jobs).” Elizabeth sees Gina Overcash Petrie in Salisbury where Gina works as a reference librarian at Catawba College and occasionally visits Davidson residents Cambria Melton Nielsen and Mary Womble Barringer Gerdes. Stephanie Bruck Lovett is happy that it’s the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland since she’s the president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. “There are numerous exhibitions and events to be coordinated, attended, and promoted. I’m also in the home stretch of a Ph.D. in education, focusing on the world religions and how we teach them. My and Charlie Lovett’s daughter, Lucy, graduated from Hampshire College where she specialized in playwriting, and she is moving to New York.” Jane Thompson Myers likes working in Richmond, Va. as the land conservation manager for the region’s only land trust. She and her husband have twin 13-yearolds that keep them busy with their soccer and dance schedules. They enjoy living on 14 acres that is mostly forested with a huge summer garden. She got a chance to see Elizabeth Smiley and her husband in early May at Jane’s husband’s CD release party in Ashland, Va. News from across the Pacific Ocean includes Jane Alexanian Sperling who has been in Singapore since 2008 and loves it. Prior to that, she was in Tokyo for six years. She is the bookkeeper for her husband’s company Meadpoint Pte Ltd. and a substitute teacher at the Singapore American School. Her youngest son Eliot is graduating from SAS and will attend U.Va. this fall while middle son Owen is a rising fourth year at U.Va. Owen will be living on The Lawn in the same room her husband lived in his fourth year at U.Va. Her oldest son

Edward works for Accor in Miami. She enjoyed dinner locally with Anne Keith Lupo ’83 recently. Also from across the Pacific is Suzanne Dickey who lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her twin sixyear old daughters. She claims to be the oldest mum at their school and the only one without tattoos. She is inhouse counsel for a small renewable energy company. On this side of the Pacific, Deepak Sawhney has been on the West Coast since 1989 when he went to Seattle, Wash. for his residency. “After practicing at a Seattle area hospital for 18 years, we moved to the Oregon wine country in 2010. I still do clinical anesthesia but we also have a 10-acre vineyard where we grow pinot noir grapes. We’ve named it Roshni—a Hindi word for light. It’s been a fun transition and we love living in Oregon. Happily married for 19 years, we have two children ages 15 & 13! I’ve gone back to school and will be getting an M.B.A.! I encourage all classmates to come visit us and have a glass (or three) of wine with us.” Also on the Pacific Coast is Rick Riggs who was appointed vice president and chief medical information officer (CMIO) for the Cedars-Sinai Health System. Rick will serve as a key advisor to both the EIS and Medical Affairs departments. In addition to his new duties, Rick will continue to serve as chairman and medical director of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Cedars-Sinai. At the same time, he has been appointed as chief medical strategy officer for the new California Rehabilitation Institute in Century City. Rick is celebrating 20 years with his partner Michael Gallagher. They live in Santa Monica, Calif. with their 10-year-old twin daughters Kylie and Lauren. And across the Atlantic Ocean, John Breidenstine is finishing a four-year assignment at the U.S. Embassy in London. Next stop is Brussels for a four-year posting at the U.S. Mission to the European Union. He’s thrilled that his son Victor Armenta-Valdes will start at Davidson next fall. John and his wife, Judith, also have four-year-old twins, Sofia Grace and John David. Closer to home, Stephanie Bensinger and Tom Franz are excited that daughter Katharine will be attending Davidson in the fall as a member of the volleyball team. She was the North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year! Their oldest, Tyler, graduated from The University of Miami and works in investment banking at Raymond James in Tampa, Fla. He married his high school sweetheart last summer. Son Andrew is currently a junior at Washington and Lee where he is a business major, basketball player and member of the Beta fraternity. Finally, Braden is a sophomore at Chapel Hill. Currently at Charlotte Country Day, Stephanie is concluding her 31st year of teaching. Liza Mason Loeber lives in Charlotte where she reports lots is going on. “I have two college grads living overseas (son, Craig, in London; daughter, Tara, in Berlin). Haven’t decided if our youngest, Amy, is keeping me young or making me old. In September Ken and I bought a franchise of a very unique fitness club in Charlotte, Koko FitClub. It’s been an interesting and fun transition from leadership of a nonprofit to small business ownership, but I’m loving it!” Randy Matthews is working as a pediatrician in Whiteville. “My wife, Diana Bohrer Matthews ’85 recently ‘retired’ from being a Spanish interpreter at my office for over 11 years. She is now concentrating on a new career as a professional proofreader. Our son, Ryan was set to graduate Wake Forest Medical School but decided to do an additional year of research and will graduate next year.” FALL 2015

WINTER CLASS NOTES ONLINE davidsonjournal.davidson.edu Greg Bounds visited recently. He is CEO of Goshen Medical and was searching for a location for a potential new medical practice. Randy stays active with church and on the board of the local pregnancy care center and was recently elected treasurer for the American College of Pediatricians. Randy is also a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics for Wake Forest University Medical School. First grandchild award (that I am aware of) goes to Leon Mason who welcomed Daria VaShun Padgett on March 5, 2015. “She came equipped with a very strong pair of lungs, and beautiful soprano voice to match her ‘Glam-Mom’s.” Leon is a retired educator working for Honda in Deland, Fla. Susan Kann Radulovacki’s oldest daughter, Katie, chose to attend Dartmouth after being a Belk Scholar alternate at Davidson. “Katie is thrilled with the prospect of insane amounts of snow for the next four years. It was such a blessing to be back on campus for the Belk finalists’ weekend. I missed crossing paths with English professor Dr. Randy Nelson, but he and I caught up via email. It was a wonderful surprise to hear that he has a baby photo of Katie up in his office since I was feeling honored that he remembered me at all. It was also great fun to meet my friend, Katie Oates ’86 for coffee on Main Street, and to see so much of Gardner Roller Ligo ’73, whose hospitality and sense of humor are unrivaled. Although my daughter will be cheering ‘Go, Big Green!’ I will always be a Wildcat at heart.” Brian and Caroline Boudreau Brost are moving to Winston-Salem. Brian will be the head of maternalfetal medicine for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Caroline will be looking for opportunities to continue her work teaching dyslexic students. Their three children are young adults. “It will be strange to move to a new place as ‘just us’ again! We look forward to reconnecting with Davidson classmates after spending 12 years in Rochester, Minn. Classmates join me in extending condolences to the family of Betsy Blake Henjes, who passed away on May 11, 2015. Betsy was born in Albemarle and resided in Wenonah, N.J. for 20 years. She was an attorney for Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia and served as deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey. Contact: Matthew Merrell, 9319 Saint Barts Ln., Huntersville, NC 28078; matt@ davidsoncommunityplayers.org

AS TOLD BY: Kelly Sundberg Seaman, Class Secretary The real highlight of this installment of our class notes is the cameo by class secretary emerita Helen Mulhern Halasz, who not only gathered most of the scoop here, but also shepherded the slideshow that entertained attendees at dinner Saturday night, eliciting “so many ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhhs’ and ‘omg… did we really wear thats?’” Helen says Lisa Thomas and Beth Maczka share the prize for most photos submitted. Thank you for reminding us that hair was really that big and shorts really that short. Slideshow thanks as well to college staffers John Syme and the truly ageless Bill Giduz ’74. Warren Gould was DJ extraordinaire. Two members of our class were honored by the Davidson Alumni Association with alumni awards: Mike Mauzé and Jennifer Steans. Thank you to Annie Porges for handling the class gift announcement at dinner; as of press time, we were $26,000 from making the $260,000 challenge goal set by Steve MacMillan and his wife Jennifer, setting a new

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30th Reunion dollar record and bringing Davidson $100,000 for scholarships. Of those in attendance, Helen writes, only one of us is a grandparent: Rocky Kmiecik. We’ve got a growing number of empty-nesters who say life really goes on after the kids move out, and that it’s fun to have some time back to yourself to focus on job/career, community service, and life! And many, many of us are in the high school and college student parenting category. It’ll be a while until Lanny Smith joins that category: Che (5) represented the Class of ’85 at Camp Reunion. Lanny teaches at Harvard Medical School, serves as a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and founded the nonprofit Doctors for Global Health, promoting health, education, art, and other human rights throughout the world. Marty Foil’s commitment to providing health care facilities specifically for adults with brain injury— Hinds Feet Farm—now includes a residential program and day program in Huntersville and a day program in Asheville. The Checked Ball, their main fundraising activity, will celebrate its 25th year in 2016, and is the second-longest-running black-tie event in Charlotte. So many thanks to Tony Dick and his mother Lacy Dick for graciously hosting our class brunch, a perfectly peaceful setting to catch up with each other on benches scattered around the lovely garden, on the back porch swing, and in the living room on several couches and cozy chairs. That sounds pretty idyllic, and I’m sorry to have missed it. The Bishop of New Hampshire had other plans for me that weekend, though: as of June 6, our class can claim another ordained person, the Rev. Kelly Sundberg Seaman, i.e. me. After eight years as a writer and editor in Dartmouth College’s public affairs office, I’m putting down my red pen. I’ve been the Episcopal chaplain at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center since April, and will be starting as a curate at the Episcopal parish in New London, N.H. in September. Of all the things folks told Helen during the reunion, I’ll be her favorite will be your favorite, too. We have Pam Strader (who’s now ministering full-time at West Market United Methodist Church, where she has been for the last 18 years) to thank for this wise observation: “The world gets a whole lot smaller when you have been a part of Davidson....” Congratulations to classmates with children in the class of 2015: Laura Helmus Baay (Maggie Baay); Greg Murphy (Parker Murphy); David Richard Klett and Mary Van Hare Klett (Sarah Klett); Mike Mauzé (Christopher Mauzé); Laura Williams Tate (Erin Tate). The Class of ’85 shares condolences with the loved ones of: Tammy Dyke, wife of Elmer Dyke (January 2); William Alexander Crosland ’49, father and father-inlaw of Catherine Crosland Leiner and John Lenier (April 19); Betsy Blake Henjes ’84, wife of Kurt Henjes (May 11); Wade P. Huie, father of Scott Huie (May 30). Kelly Sundberg Seaman, 25 Rip Rd., Hanover, NH 03755; 603-643-5026; kelly.sundberg. seaman@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Mary Beth Hernandez, Class Secretary Vic Isaacs writes that she and her husband moved to Denver, Colo. this summer where he will be the wing chaplain at Buckley Air Force Base and she will be a chaplain resident at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Their daughter will be a junior at Wheaton College (Illinois) and their son

will be a sophomore at the United States Air Force Academy. “We’re enjoying our empty nest, but still talk about and with our kids almost every day!” Vic also told me that I should write about myself sometimes, so here goes: Mary Beth Hernandez is the associate dean for advancement and clinical instructor at the UNC School of Social Work, where she teaches in the nonprofit management program. She also serves as a fundraising and marketing consultant for nonprofits and teaches yoga on the side. She is very sad that her daughter will be leaving home to attend college next year, but she will still have her husband, 16-yearold son and two dogs to keep her company. Congratulations to Sherri Schwenke, who has accepted the deputy forest supervisor position on the Boise National Forest. Previous experience for Sherri includes staff officer on the Dakota Prairie Grasslands, R1; district ranger on the Colville NF, R6; minerals assistant and assistant ranger on the Monongahela NF, R9; and forest landscape architect on the Ottawa NF, R9. Sherri writes, “My two sons and husband are excited about the move—zoo, sports, waterparks, and a Ben & Jerry’s store!” Caroline Kelly is adjusting to life with a husband whose job keeps him on the road five days a week. “We are the proud parents of a soon-to-be law school graduate and getting ready to mark three years of living in western Maryland where I am the solo pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Cumberland, Md.” Mary Edwards is at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work with the goal of becoming a therapist for people with life-changing health conditions. She writes a blog about life after brain tumors. Trish Lennon and her family traveled to Houston, Texas at the end of May to celebrate the 75th birthday her uncle Hugh A. (Chip) McAllister’s ’61. She writes, “When visiting Davidson, please be sure and visit the Spirit Waves Fountain (outside the old Union cafe) that was commissioned and generously donated to Davidson by my uncle. It is a beautiful and peaceful addition to our campus.” Finally, Pat Millen, Rhyne Davis and Lisa Eldridge Davis will be chairing our 30th Reunion next June 3–5, 2016. Pat says, “You will all be expected to be there. It will be a weekend of magic, laughter and friendship. You will want to do this more than every five years. You’ll want to write checks to alma mater. Don’t worry, we’ll remind you about it a couple more times between now and then.” I can’t wait! See everyone soon. Contact: Mary Beth Harding Hernandez, 2107 Thoroughbred Ln., Hillsborough, NC 27278; 919-643-1861; marybeth_hernandez@yahoo.com

AS TOLD BY: Nelle McCorkle Bordeaux, Class Secretary This issue’s theme is Thanksgiving, in honor of Frank Schwalbe, who is thankful that he just completed his first novel and has published it! Frank’s novel is entitled, Toro!, a clean thriller about a young single mother who completes medical school. He has practiced anesthesiology in Concord since 1995. His older child is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, now studying maritime archaeology in graduate school at East Carolina University. That field involves diving for shipwrecks. His younger child is at Bates College. Frank’s book is self-published and available on Amazon and Kindle. Grateful for her family is Alison Rose Smith, who lives in Ithaca, N.Y., with her husband, Elliott Smith DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni ’88. They have two children, Duncan, a junior at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and Sarah, a freshman at the University of Vermont. Alison is a major gifts officer for Cornell, traveling the country fundraising for the College of Veterinary Medicine. Elliott has two careers, one as a research associate in the College of Human Ecology and the other as an adjunct professor at Wells College up the lake in Aurora, N.Y. Having family together as at Thanksgiving while celebrating graduations recently have been Leslie Hamilton Thomas, whose older child, Will, is a new alumnus in history of UNC Chapel Hill, and Holly Gaston Shaw, whose third child, David Shaw, is a new high-school graduate of the Cannon School. Holly and her husband, Joe Harwood, live on Lake Norman in Cornelius. Meanwhile, giving thanks at Davidson commencement were Pam Harmann Page and Edwin Page, whose son, Ben Page, is a new Davidson alumnus, class of 2015. Their son, James “Miller” Page, is in the Davidson class of 2017. Also parents of a new Davidson graduate are Tony Griffin and his wife, Julie, with their daughter, Emily, a Davidson alumna in the 2015 class, and younger daughter, Abbey, in the Davidson class of 2017. The Pages live in Columbus, Ga., and the Griffins live in Charlotte. Pass the sweet potatoes and the dressing and send your news to the classmates who are eager to hear: we think you’re the (cran)berries. Don’t make us go cold turkey without hearing from you! Please write to…. Contact: Nelle McCorkle Bordeaux, 333 East 44th St., Savannah, GA 31405; 912-234-9245 (h); 912-232-4999 (f); tbordeaux@prodigy.net FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Our sincere condolences are extended to Michele Miller Houck whose father Tom Miller ’56 passed away on June 7, 2015.

AS TOLD BY: Linda Tatsapaugh and Brooks Wilkerson Moore, Class Secretaries I recently heard from several of our classmates who are living in places far-flung from alma mater (and maybe good vacation destinations?) Christian Harberts checked in from his home in Paris, France. He has weathered a difficult period, during which both of his parents passed away and he lost his own job. And he says, “My aunt has also been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, so my struggles are not yet over, complicated by my living in Paris. I am in the middle of having her move to Switzerland so I can be closer as the disease progresses. I’ll see this through, like everything else.” Despite these setbacks, Christian founded a consulting business in community and social media management with a focus on French-English content management. He says, “This builds on over four years’ experience as a French-language blogger. Back in 2010 I started writing about barefoot running and now am (modestly) the French reference for the discipline, one of only a handful of barefoot marathon runners. I also invented a sport, TrailBall, which is a mashup of soccer and trail running.” So, who wants Christian to host an alumni event in Paris?! Also in the “Exotic Places to Live” category is Jennings Craig Boone. She explains: “My husband Douglas and I still live in Bunia, D.R. Congo, and work with SIL International. Douglas does language DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

research, and I’ve just started as translation coordinator for our group. There is more work than we can possibly do, but we enjoy it a lot. The slow pace of life and the climate suit us really well. Last year, we got a dog, a lively terrier named Elikya (Lingala for “Hope”), who had seven puppies in December. We’re enjoying having pets, though it’s also been fairly exhausting. It’s given us greater respect for parents of human children… we don’t know how you people do it! Our guestroom is always available for Davidson friends.” Finally, among expatriates, Ken Bogert wrote from Basel, Switzerland, where he has been living since 2007. He reports that he has two teenagers, 15 and 17, who live in New Jersey with their mother. He works in treasury at Roche Global Headquarters. In his spare time, he does yoga, mountain biking, ski-touring and guitar-playing. He claims the “Damned Comanches from Hell” group of friends from Duke Dorm days may descend upon Vegas this summer. Busy stateside, Kappa Peddy Meadows is a boardcertified dermatologist, and has practiced general dermatology in Lynchburg, Va., since 2000. Victoria Rogers Rankins offers this news: “I just finished touring Davidson with my 17-year-old daughter, Meghan. Looks even more amazing through her eyes! The Honor Code was brought home by other touring parents who were amazed that students just left backpacks lined up at the Commons. It was a wonderful day! She heads off to N.C. Governor’s School this summer. I continue to work as a family physician in Greensboro. I cherish every fun gettogether with Davidson friends and am so glad to have Sharon Spong Shepard back in Greensboro from Dubai!” Also filling the second gen ranks is David Ethridge. He writes, “I’ve been to Davidson a lot in the last 18 months as our oldest daughter Sarah is going to be part of the incoming Class of 2019. She plans to study neuroscience. She’s very excited to start a new chapter in life, and it will be special having her at Davidson. It’s been so much fun to see how Davidson has grown and I anticipate seeing a number of classmates in the next few years who are or will be in the same shoes as alumni parents. Please reach out to me and say hey if you will have a son or daughter at Davidson or you just want to catch up.” While I am sure that many class members participated in the Davidson Volunteer Week, these four were the ones good enough to register, Parker and Kendra Carr McCrary, Brooks Wilkerson Moore, and John Barrow. This reporter has been fortunate to serve on the board of a local charter school (The Franklin School of Innovation) with another classmate who is devoted to service, Elizabeth Keenan Brazas, also the executive director of the Western North Carolina Community Foundation. Carry on with your service wherever you are, illustrious classmates! Linda Tatsapaugh, 48 Beech Glen Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711; 828-779-2635 (c); ltatsapaugh@gmail.com Brooks Wilkerson Moore, 3713 Richmond St., Jacksonville, FL 32205-9425; 904-382-8981 (c); brookswilkersonmoore@yahoo.com FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS We extend our sincere condolences to Ashley Eckbert Berner whose father Bill Eckbert ’60 died on May 6, 2015.

AS TOLD BY: Harry Broome, Class Secretary So I have a weird ankle problem that nobody can figure out over the past few years. I spontaneously bleed into my joint and am out of commission for a month or two. For the last update, Tim Poston wrote about Peter Mangone’s skill as an ankle specialist. This time David Ray writes the following: “May I toot Peter Mangone’s horn to you guys? Grateful to have Pete’s talents as a doctor (with a good bedside manner to boot) helping so many people in our community, including my daughter back when she broke a foot nine years ago at the age of three.” Anyway, Pete, expect a call from me and I’ll send you my MRIs. Tim Poston let me know that after five years in the Atlanta area, he has moved to Raleigh and taken a call as pastor/mission developer of a new congregation, Joy of Discovery Lutheran Mission. “It’s good to be home after nearly 25 years.” Julie Zimmermann is a partner in an ob/gyn practice in metro Atlanta. Until about one year ago she practiced with Clyde Calhoun ’67 but he retired. “We both liked to reminisce about our Wildcat days,” she says. Julie’s oldest daughter, Tori Lindelow, will now be a part of the class of 2019. Tori says that her mom’s “reverse psychology” worked. Julie’s side: “In fact, I was trying to suppress all my Patterson Court stories! Damn— that backfired... LOL.” They recently visited Davidson, Julie’s first time back in 25 years and she enjoyed seeing what had changed and what hadn’t. Julie writes, “I hate that I have to teach her how to do laundry. I think I still have a ratty towel or two with my laundry number.” Her other potential Wildcats are Morgan (15) and Nicole (10). She says that Scott, her spouse of 21 years, has done a great job with all the estrogen. Julie notes that she has taken care of several of our classmates over the years and is always amazed at what folks have accomplished since graduation. As am I. After completing a two-year artist-in-residency in Nantes, France, living with his wife Flo and children, Swani (19) and Tifenn (13), Thomas Vinton writes that they have moved to Hong Kong! There they have joined forces with his brother John to launch a company organizing arts activities that facilitate language acquisition. His daughter Swani liked Nantes so much, however, she has stayed behind and is in art college there in France. “Hong Kong is an amazingly eclectic place. We are starting to settle in here. English and Mandarin are the official languages, though 90+ percent speak Cantonese, and English is a big challenge for a lot of people. Our plan is to team up with a Mandarin-speaking teaching artist who mirrors the activities Flo and I do in English and French. Getting by is no problem beyond daily little misunderstandings with people who are used to that kind of thing.” Flo is French and they had originally moved from the U.S. for the kids “to experience their mom’s French culture… so we cooked up a scheme to do our music and movement activities in France.” He writes that in Hong Kong, unlike France, the taxes are low and there are lots of people who need both English and French. “There are many mixed nationalities here, and some kids don’t speak both parents’ languages. We can help out with that.” Shawn Walker Facebook posted some cool shots of her son Calvin getting his Steph Curry ’10 Warriors jersey signed, thanks to a Davidson Alumni Boston Chapter Event. “He’s a happy guy!” I had just seen those photos when the Warriors came to Phoenix, which inspired FALL 2015

Save the Date! REUNION June 3–5, 2016 www.davidson.edu/alumni me… I hope Steph saw me jumping around with my Davidson shirt on looking like a crazy person. In news from around Davidson, the town and campus, Eileen Keeley let me know that Melissa Dilettuso Stewart has joined the Alumni Association board. John Cock wrote to say that he had recently hired his first Davidson grad (after having several great Davidson interns over the last 15 years). “It feels great! Wildcats are truly a cut above in so many categories.” He also got to see several Davidson basketball games this year, including one with Alan Thornburg and John Cook ’92 and their respective progeny/ future Wildcats. “And my sons and nephews and I got kicked off Richardson football field—no touch football allowed! But the rubber track is nice and open to alumni, even those locals pushing 50 like me and William Regen and James Combs ’90, etc.” Heartfelt condolences to John Edward Goff on the loss of his father James Goff not long ago and more recently, the loss of Jillian Goff, his daughter, on February 23, 2015. Contact: Harry Broome, 4738 N. 32nd Pl., Phoenix, AZ 85018; 602-840-9015; azbroome@ cox.net

AS TOLD BY: Matt Terrell, Class Secretary A bit of a disclaimer up front—the class notes for this issue were turned in before our (legendary, fantastic and historic) 25th Reunion. Expect a much fuller update post-reunion! It won’t be too hard to make the notes more full… since we received no updates! Maybe we’re saving all of our updates for the reunion? I look forward to hearing some of the stories, and passing them along here. We did receive sad news of the passing of parents for a couple of classmates. Tom Goodrum lost his father, Thomas McBride Goodrum, Sr. in March. John Eckbert’s father, William Fox Eckbert Jr. ’60, died in May. Our thoughts are with you guys. A special thanks goes to Kathryn Hilliard Stuart and James Combs for planning our reunion. Our appreciation goes out to the members of the Reunion Committee as well—Brad Black, William Brewer, Lisa Howe Combs, Tom Edmunds, Tom Goodrum, Trina Janiec Jones, Daniel LaFar, Jennifer Watson Mouritsen, Mary Beal Neary, Bruce Newsome, Brigitte Roufail Peck, Stewart Rawson, Jay Schmitt, Paul Searle, Mary Willis Shah, Tim Sparks, Katherine Kraemer Stanley, Matt Terrell, Andy Tysinger, Greg Wilcox and Hank Woods. Let us know how you’re doing! Contact: Matt Terrell, 613 Rye Ridge Rd., Cary, NC 27519; 919-475-3271 (c); 919-843-6412 (w); mterrell@unc.edu

AS TOLD BY: Cecily Craighill & Bob Hornsby, Class Secretaries In this episode, a blast from the past: Carey Rowan sent an update of his adventures since Davidson: “My post-graduate and graduate studies took me to Tampa, San Diego, Grenada, St Vincent, and Brooklyn—and eventually to Baltimore to complete my residency in ophthalmology. I did two rotations in Madurai, India. Now I live in Clearwater Florida with my wife Pamela and sons, Reilly, Hudson and Sully. Pamela helped me found and build our ambulatory surgery center and open two new physician-owned pharmacies in Florida and Alabama.

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Living in Florida, I use my Spanish weekly with patients. When asked where I learned, I am always proud to say Davidson College. Thanks, Dr. Kemp. Very grateful.” Bob caught up in Boston with apartment rental magnate David Scott and with the long-lost Ben Tregoe (both married, with a son and daughter each). Ben heads up business development for social media marketing firm Nanigans. Recent visitors to Philadelphia included Caroline Cicero (doing early college tours with daughter Zoe and son Theo) and Neil Hayes (speaking at the AACR conference). Neil’s research group snagged the cover story in the January issue of Nature for their work on cancer genomics. If you like a higher picture-to-text ratio than Nature provides, try Sarah Frances Brent Hardy’s third picture book Dress Me! (Sky Pony Press), Sarah Frances says, “I’m calling it my little feminist dress-up book since the main character tries on different costumes and careers instead of sparkles and boas.” In May, Jay Chaudhuri filed as a candidate in the 2016 Democratic primary for the North Carolina State Senate. Jay’s House representative in the General Assembly is Grier Martin... thus setting up the interesting possibility of some powerful class of ’91 representation in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature! Some think of Nashville, Tenn. as the Music City, but for many members of the class of 1991, it’s Atlanta! Cecily caught up with Glenn Caldera at a Lloyd Cole concert in downtown Decatur, Ga. He continues to find joy in his painting and continuing love of live music, as well as family life with wife Meredith Hammond ’94 and toddler daughter Hope. Joe Binns also finds joy in making music as a drummer with his band Meat & 3, who play shows around Atlanta and north Georgia as opportunities present themselves, and in keeping up with his toddler daughter Josie. Thomas Helland continues to make live music accessible as a concert and music festival organizer and promoter via his company T-Dawg Presents. We did final edits on these notes in the Atlanta airport, as Cecily headed off to an Emory Alumni travel program trip to Belgium and the Netherlands (to include a visit with Gilbert Shaw in Amsterdam), and Bob headed off to his homebuilding venture in Guinea, West Africa (where he will wear his favorite pants—made by Ross Saldarini’s Mountain Khakis). Ross recently shepherded the company through a sale from Remington to Kanders & Co., and reports he is delighted to be staying on to run the company he cofounded. Think it’s fun to read about your old friends? Or to read about old friends seeing each other? Much more fun to see those old friends in person! Please mark your calendars for June 3–5, 2016! It’s not too early to start planning for our 25th Reunion, and we want to break attendance records once again as we did for our 20th. If you are on Facebook and have not yet joined the Davidson Class of 1991 group, please do! Contact: Cecily G. Craighill, 907 Ladson Ct., Decatur, GA 30033; 267-231-3987; cecilycraighill@gmail.com Robert P. Hornsby, Philadelphia, PA 191471234; 215-829-1142; bobhornsby@alumni. davidson.edu

AS TOLD BY: Monica Lide Swofford, Class Secretary Greetings from San Antonio! As usual, our class is busy. Keep sending in those updates! Congratulations to Will Noel, who married his longtime girlfriend, Yvechelle, in January 2015. Congratulations to Cordell Jones, who has been promoted to be the principal of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas. He is also consulting principals and central office administrators from across the country as part of a company called The Breakthrough Coach. He and his wife, Catherine, have a high school senior. Their oldest child, Landon, is a student at Embry-Riddle in Prescott, Ariz. studying aerospace engineering. Congratulations to Mary Beth Lovin who is now the laboratory director at a start-up reference lab, iQuantive, in Winston-Salem. Molly Yarbrough Davis writes: “In January of this year I celebrated 10 years with 88.5 WFDD, the NPR affiliate station licensed to Wake Forest University and serving 32 counties in the Piedmont, Northwest North Carolina, and southern Virginia. In April 2015, I was promoted to assistant general manager, and I also voice all of our underwriting announcements and host a regular Sunday evening on-air shift. I also serve on the board of directors for Creative Corridors Coalition, an organization dedicated to ensuring community input and artistic influence in the improvements of bridges and overpasses in WinstonSalem; and on the board of directors and the executive committee for the Centers for Exceptional Children, two schools which serve children with developmental delays, physical disabilities, and other chronic health impairments. We love living in Winston-Salem, where we see other Davidson grads from time to time. Our daughter is finishing first grade, and my husband’s music production business is doing well; he recently had an original track used in a Saturday Night Live commercial spoof.” Congratulations, Molly! Our sympathy goes to Cammie Covington Mackie in the death of her father, Howard Wall “Champ” Covington, Jr. ’66 on March 21, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. Finally, our sympathy goes to John Woodall in the death of his wife, Laura Gray Somerville Woodall, on February 28, 2015. Contact: Monica Lide Swofford, 2675 Artillery Post Rd., Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234; 703280-1899; mmswof@earthlink.net

AS TOLD BY: Nethea Rhinehardt, Class Secretary I was thrilled to see Sarah Sadowski and her boyfriend, Tim Gannon in New York City! Kym Motley, hostess and cook extraordinaire threw a dinner party for Sarah that included Davidson alums, Debolina Mukherjee Sanyal, Harin de Silva, and Rima Chakrabarti Roy ’94. Sarah and Tim subsequently made a return trip to the Big Apple, this time with her daughters, Evangeline and Verena in tow. Sarah is continuing chemotherapy treatments and inspiring her far-flung community of friends and family. Tom McDermott also caught up with Sarah on a recent trip to her Boston-area home. On a weekend trip to Charlotte, I visited Bethan Faust Senn, her husband Ben, and children, Meg and Gus. It was our own mini Fourth Rich reunion and we can’t wait to do it again. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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has had a recurring stint in Krakow, Poland, with side trips to France, Spain and Italy. He is currently transitioning into projects in India, Chile and Brazil, which only means more adventures ahead. Curt loves his job and is grateful for the opportunities in his 17year stint at International Paper. Bobby Bowers and his wife, Sandy, followed the Davidson Men’s Basketball team’s exciting run in the NCAA tournament. Ian Stewart joined them for the first round of play. Despite the Davidson loss in the second round, the Bowers traveled to Indianapolis, Ind. to the Final Four to see Duke win it all. Our classmates are demonstrating feats of strength in grueling races all around the world. Amy Norwood Holthouser completed the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, S.C. Brad Griffin ran the Los Angeles Marathon. Sam Adams ran the Georgia Publix Marathon in Atlanta. Barclay Cunningham completed the Philadelphia Marathon. Tom Price ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. and is preparing for the next Chicago Marathon. Amy Hoffheimer Carroll is also training for the Chicago Marathon this fall—in addition to the Olympic distance triathlons on her spring and summer schedule. Meredith Boone Tutterow was in top form for the London Marathon in the UK on April 26. She ran alongside her brother, Watt, in memory of their mother, Merrie Boone. They raised approximately $50,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Ashley Cockerill O’Neill just completed her third 50K (not a typo) trail race. She is preparing for upcoming trips to Arches and Zion National Park with her husband, Josh and their children, Reilly, Beck, and Ginny. Leslie Goff McDow and her husband, Will, organized the third annual Florence Forth road race in Durham on March 7, 2015. The race is in honor of their daughter Florence who died in 2012 from autoimmune encephalitis. The race raises awareness and funds for the nonprofit AE Alliance. This year they raised $60,000 with 1,100 people participating and hosted a lunch after the race for 50 families struggling with the disease. It was an amazing event supported by many classes of Davidson alumni. Our condolences to Tracy Barwick Robison on the passing of her grandmother, Patricia Masalonis. We also extend our sympathies to Carey Stewart on the loss of his father, James W. “Bill” Stewart ’56. Our thoughts are also with Sarah Sadowski on the passing of her grandmother, Harriet Sadowski. I cannot tell you what a privilege it is to share in your lives and hear your stories. If you’re ever in NYC, I’d love to catch up in person. Contact: Nethea Rhinehardt, 244 E. 71st St. #2C, New York, NY 10021; Nethea@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Lisa J. Sitek, Class Secretary Congratulations to Sally Stone Richmond, the new vice president for admissions and financial aid at Washington and Lee University. Sally was the dean of admissions at Occidental College before going back to her Virginia homeland. Karla Eaves works as corporate counsel at Red Ventures in Fort Mill, S.C., with many younger Davidson alumni. She bought a farm, lives in a 130-140 year old

house, and has nine cows. She recently spent a girls’ weekend with Ann Brooke Lewis Raynal, and her girls. It seems that there is not much news to share these days! Since most of us will be having our 25th high school reunion in 2015, please write in to share your experience, if you went. This is your assignment! No news is too small. I hope to see Angela Capillary Martin, Frank Guzek and Rob Owen at ours, in Durham this fall! Please remember that you can drop me a note at any time through Facebook. I love seeing many of your updates there so please let me know if you’d like any of them in the Journal. Happy end of summer and I hope to hear from you soon! Contact: Lisa J. Sitek, 21 Birch Ct., Burlington, VT 05408; 802-658-8480; ljsitek@yahoo.com

AS TOLD BY: Yvette Pita Frampton, Class Secretary By the time these notes are published, we will have celebrated our 20th reunion and reconnected with many of our classmates on campus. Although I’m writing this prior to the reunion, you will read it in the fall and I must declare that the Class of ’95 is one finelooking group of 40-somethings. You haven’t changed a bit! As we grow older, the inevitability of aging parents becomes a reality. I am sad to report the deaths of the following Wildcat parents: James W. “Bill” Stewart ’56, father of John Mills Stewart ’89, Carey Thomas Stewart ’93 and Christopher Allen Stewart, died on February 5, 2015. Joanna Coss Higdon, enthusiastic ’70s party participant and mother of Elise Higdon Piper ’92 and Catherine Higdon, passed away on January 4, 2014. Finally, Anne Seymour Bryan, mother of Elizabeth Bryan Bass ’90, Mary Bryan Bass ’92, and Bill Bryan III, died on August 1, 2013. Sincere condolences to all. Contact: Yvette Pita Frampton, 280 Elm St., Denver, CO 80220-5739; 303-333-3479; yvettepita@mac.com

AS TOLD BY: Jeff Kent and Nicole Howard Lock, Class Secretaries It’s hard to believe that this time 20 years ago we were getting ready to start our senior year at Davidson. Moving into Martin Court Apartments. Looking forward to those final classes in our majors. Preparing to answer that anticipated/exciting/dreaded question, “What are you going to do after graduation?” And now, look where we are! Look at all we’re doing since graduation! Twenty years of new adventures—graduate degrees, new career(s), new families, new goals, and new dreams— with many more years to come! So here’s a look at what we’ve done since graduation or at least since the last round of class notes! It was great to get an update from Jeni Hankins about all the many happenings in her life since Davidson! Jeni writes, “I moved from D.C. to Nashville, Tenn., in 2006 with my true love and musical partner, Billy Kemp (University of Maryland), and since 2008 we have been touring full time in the USA, Canada, and Britain, as the duo “Jeni & Billy.” Highlights have been honoring my family’s coal mining heritage by playing for the inauguration of UMWA President Cecil Roberts, playing Merlefest in 2010, and playing McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Calif., last FALL 2015

WINTER CLASS NOTES ONLINE davidsonjournal.davidson.edu fall. We have six albums, and we’re getting ready to release two live CDs this year. Proudest Davidson songwriting moments: writing a song—‘The Robin & the Banjo’—for the wedding of Hiro Iwamoto and Robin Hochel, and writing a tribute to Dr. Manning— ‘Song for Uncle Willard’—who passed away in March. I feel so grateful to be a full-time songwriter and touring musician, and to carry the inspiration of my professors and friends at Davidson wherever I go.” Congratulations abound for several of our classmates who recently began new jobs. Reed Maltbie is now executive director of Star Soccer Club, a 32-team soccer club in the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio. What does this new position involve? Reed says, “I run the day-today soccer operations, as well as serve as the director of coaching for our 50 or so coaches and trainers. I provide education, resources and direction for the coaches and develop the tactical and technical curricula for the players. I also started a goal scorers training academy called Predator Prep. We currently have nearly 150 players age 6-16 working with us to learn to score more goals in our flagship offering.” Andrew Cole shared that he is “still living in Annapolis, Md., with wife Ann and daughter Flora (Class of ’30). Last year I joined the Annapolis office of LeClairRyan. We are looking forward to the end of winter and warmer water temperatures.” In a post to our Facebook group requesting class note updates, Meg Bentley shared that she was promoted to director of Biology Teaching Laboratories at American University. Meg jokingly added, “But everyone now knows that.” Well, Meg, maybe everyone in our Facebook group knows that—and hopefully with this written addition now everyone in our class knows that—because we are excited for you! If you are on Facebook and haven’t yet joined our Facebook group, be sure to do so—all kinds of fun to be had there! Last, but certainly not least, we want to extend our condolences to the Timmons family. James McKnight Timmons died on April 9, 2015. He is the grandfather of Julie Timmons Ruch. Our thoughts and prayers are with Julie, Karl Ruch, and all of their family. Wow, a lot of exciting happenings in these first 20 years! And we know that is just the tip of the iceberg for our class! Here’s to the next 20! Keep those updates coming—Jeff Kent and I would love to hear from you! We would also love to see you at our 20th Class Reunion! Mark your calendars for June 3–5, 2016! Until then, have a great fall season! Contact: Nicole Howard Lock, 1525 Grayson Hwy., Apt. 1301, Grayson, GA 30017; 678-6152878; nicole.lock@yahoo.com Jeff Kent, 10812 W. 28th Pl., Lakewood, CO 80215-7115; 303-875-4388; jeffdkent@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Charlotte Seigler and Jamison White, Class Secretaries Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. Tis the season of 40th birthdays… why not drop us a line and share how you celebrated? Surely, there are some good Class of ’97 stories out there! A shout-out to Ben Hoke for heeding Jamie’s call in the spring Journal to help us prevent sparse notes. Ben lives in Connecticut where Ben is finishing his third year as director of institutional advancement at King Low Heywood Thomas in Stamford. Meredith Strong Hiemstra and her family have been living in Washington, D.C., for the past two years on

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a foreign service rotation with the State Department. While in D.C., Meredith has taken full advantage of seeing Davidson friends and attending alumni events. She recently organized an impromptu Class of ’97 gathering at her house for others living in the area including Leslie Coates Burpee, Jenny Everett, Josh Fowkes, Saad Gul and me. Meredith, her husband Jan, and their two daughters are moving this summer to Albania to work in the U.S. Embassy there. In December 2014, Nina Blount Curley, Joselyn Schultz Lewis and I rendezvoused in Little Silver, N.J., to spend a weekend with Erin Ryan Pedersen. Erin, her husband Steve and their family moved last year from Chicago to Little Silver. They welcomed baby James Ryan Pedersen to the family in January 2015. James joins big brothers John and Stevie and big sister deTemple. Nina and her husband Tom and their sons Jack, Finn and Archer are enjoying life in South Salem, N.Y. Nina is the chief development officer at Caramoor Center for Music and Arts, and Tom is the director of innovation and technology at Wooster School in Danbury, Conn. Joselyn is working in D.C. as the assistant director for strategic initiatives at Georgetown University’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship while enjoying life in Gettysburg, Pa. with her husband Hugh and their daughters, Gillian, Isla and Raquel. Congratulations to Jenny Everett who married Kelly Keisling on October 26, 2014, in New Orleans, La. Stephen Elliott, Chrissie Hudson Goldman, Rebekah Peeples Massengill, and Allison Good Runge attended the celebration. Jenny and Kelly live in Washington, D.C., where she is deputy director at the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a network of organizations that promotes entrepreneurship in developing countries, and he is a consultant in global health, with a focus on mobile technology use. The pair honeymooned in Indonesia, which included Jenny managing to not pass out while Kelly got stitches in a rural clinic, among other adventures. Jenny also recently reconnected with Scott Lenhart ’95, who is associate general counsel at CARE, which is a member of ANDE. And finally, I’ll share my own news that we welcomed a baby girl Catherine Rose Broxterman, or Cate, on March 14, 2015. Cate joins three-yearold big brother Will, and her middle name Rose is a tribute to his nickname for her throughout my pregnancy: Baby Roast Beef. Go figure. It’s hard to believe I’ve been in D.C. for 17 years. I’m still enjoying work with Stratacomm, a strategic communications consultancy and PR firm, and my husband Daniel is finishing a Ph.D. in economics at George Washington University. Thanks again to Ben for dropping us a line and to others for keeping in touch, and cheers to anyone else who sends an update or shares a 40th birthday bash story! Contact: Charlotte Seigler, 3302 Brown St., NW, Washington, DC 20010; 202-812-5985 (c); cseigler@stratacomm.net Jamison White, 19 Fallston View Ct., Fallston, MD 21047; 443-956-1376; jwhite@mdattorney.com

AS TOLD BY: Dorothy Peterson Vollmer, Class Secretary First news, some potential future Davidson scholars joined the world: Dan Creekman and his wife Karen welcomed a baby girl. Katherine Morgan Creekman was born on April 29.

Patricia Evans Denz, husband Peter, and little sister, Lydia (3) welcomed Adam Richard Denz on March 23. Patricia writes, “Life is crazy, crazy good.” Tripp Franklin writes, “Overjoyed to announce that Jean delivered our fifth child, our first son. Humes Jefferson Franklin IV. Nickname Trotter. God is great!” An update from Tom Kapioltas: “Trinity Rose born September 2013 and Lyric Rain born January 2015! Wife Leah (Texas A&M). Everyone is happy and healthy!” Tom’s law firm, Kapioltas Forni & Oliver has started a fee attorney office for Reliant Title. Sean Keesee and wife Amy Smith Keesee ’00 welcomed Curt McCarren on May 1. He joins big brothers Mitchell (8) and Jason (5). Connor Thomas was born August 6, 2014, to Kim Hauch LaMore, her husband David, and big brother Colby (6). Amy Jones Lewis, her husband Damon, and boys John David (4) and Parker (2) welcomed Elinor Pearl into the world on February 9. Congratulations, Lewis family! Brooke Philpott and his wife Anne welcomed a baby girl, Maya, in December. Nathan Raley writes, “We are happy to announce the birth of our son, Micah Brennan Raley, on Tuesday, May 5. It was a challenging delivery but mom, Gretchen Raley, and baby are healthy and recovering well! We are just smitten.” Dave (University of Albany) and Jen Vanlerberghe Zuklie welcomed Xander Lyon to the world on May 1. Xander joins his two-year old sister, Vivienne. Our classmates continue to make headlines: Erin Mooney Henry started working as a lab manager in the dental school at UNC last November, studying salivary glands. She has been out with her kids, Benton (10) and Laurel (8), and homeschooling since 2004. Erin is grateful to have found such a great job, particularly in the faltering research environment in the Triangle. David and Katie Nelson Maddux are still enjoying sunny Tampa. David and Katie started an investment firm, Brightwater Advisory, last summer, and they are busy with that as well as soaking up time with their three children: Libby (8), Nelson (7), and Bennett (2). Lynsay Madley has a new job. She accepted an RN position at the Minneapolis VA Hospital doing inpatient rehabilitation/transitional care. She shares, “I’m also one presentation away from completing a BSN degree at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Very excited to be done with school for a while and looking forward to working with our vets!” Mark Overbay writes, “When Bon Appetit magazine launched a new ‘Out of the Kitchen’ series exploring America’s coolest food artisans, my Durham-based small-batch, fresh-roasted nut butter business, Big Spoon Roasters, was the first to be honored with a profile. In addition, our heirloom Mission Almond Butter won Best New Product from Southern Living this year!” Congratulations, Mark! Also, you can find Big Spoon Roasters in close to 300 retailers in the United States, as well as online. Also making news is Susannah Herndon Peddie. Her clothing line, Strawberry Blonde Clothing, was recently chosen as a finalist in the 2015 Belk Southern Designer Showcase and she will be setting up a photography exhibit at Bok Tower Gardens on May 1. Contact: Dorothy Peterson Vollmer, 490 Marietta St. NW Ste. 301, Atlanta, GA 30313; 323-350-4714; dorothy.p.vollmer@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, Class Secretary Hello everyone! I hope that this issue of the Davidson Journal finds you all well. Please send me your news and notes. I know that you are all up to exciting things, so keep updating me! Jake Fischer emailed the following, “I rejoined my prior company, The Hotel Group, and Theresa and I relocated to Nashville, Tenn., where we intend to develop roots! Thus far, we’re loving it and look forward to connecting with the Davidson community here; we’ve already seen Matt and Claire Sisco King, Wes Roach, Towles Allison Kintz, Courtney Pace Weiler and Fred Lowrance.” Fred is now a portfolio manager with Lee, Danner & Bass, Inc. in Nashville. Last fall, Eileen Dwyer Breeze began her new job as the academic success coordinator at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Mass. Congratulations go to Elizabeth Johnson! This year she was the recipient of the Rosemary Nelson Hutto Award for Teaching Excellence at Ashley Hall in Charleston, S.C. Elizabeth has been teaching the pre-primary class of two-year-olds at Ashley Hall for 16 years. She is the first early childhood teacher to receive the award in the 28 years that it has been given. Criteria for the award include holding students to high standards, motivating students to learn, being well organized and prepared, participating in professional commitments such as coursework and workshops, assuming leadership roles, participating in community activities, maintaining enthusiasm for teaching, and demonstrating a personal interest in students. Exciting news out of Little Rock, Ark.: Conner Eldridge, who is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, has been named by Attorney General Loretta Lynch as one of six new members of the U.S. attorney general’s advisory committee. This committee exists to advise the U.S. attorney general on policy, management and operational issues that affect the offices of the U.S. attorneys. Kerry Brophy Lloyd, her husband Matt and their child spent Memorial Day weekend climbing and camping with Kurt Fesenmyer, his wife Sarah and their two children, as well as Sara Ehinger Kormos, her husband Patrick and their two children. They all live in Idaho and work in conservation and natural resource management. Contact: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, 10 Council St., Charleston, SC 29401; ehmmce@aol.com

AS TOLD BY: Mary Perrin Stark and Brendan Willmann, Class Secretaries Congratulations to Tarik Khan who married Fatima Baig on January 2, 2015, in Saginaw, Mich. The couple met while volunteering at a women’s shelter in Washington, D.C. Tarik is working as a family nurse practitioner in the Philadelphia area. He also devotes quite a bit of time volunteering for Enabling Minds, a non-profit that enables Haitian children with developmental disabilities to attend school. Congratulations to Patrick and Megan O’Brien Noltemeyer whose second son, Marshall Boyd, was born February 27, 2014. Marshall already looks up to his four-year-old brother, Jackson. Contact: Mary Perrin Stark, 601 Greenway St., Davidson, NC 28036; maryperrin@gmail.com DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

Brendan Willmann, 7967 Jolain Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242; 513-549-2736 (w); brwillmann@yahoo.com

AS TOLD BY: Elizabeth Brantley Bostian, Class Secretary U.S. Air Force Major Jeremiah “Bull” Parvin received a Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor on January 29 for his actions saving the lives of six marines on what seemed to be a standard patrol mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on October 28, 2008. The prestigious award is given to any officer or enlisted person who distinguishes her or himself in combat in support of operations by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. Jeremiah and his wingman were circling the area when they received a call for help from air support operations. They endured difficult weather for the 320-mile flight to their location, found their destination without any support from maps, and descended below a thick cloud cover through mountainous terrain to reach the individuals in need. Upon arrival, it became apparent to Jeremiah that the unit was being relentlessly assaulted and was in dire need of immediate support and medical care. Jeremiah was able to divert enemy fire away from the unit and to destroy multiple enemy positions in close proximity to U.S. forces. He ultimately got the unit back safely and saved the lives of six marines. Jeremiah is now a major and the 75th Fighter Squadron director of operations. He has served three deployments, 280 combat hours, and 83 sorties. Sam Steinmann reports that, after living in Virginia since graduation, he and his wife, Kyndra (W&M ’98), moved to Springfield, Mass., in January 2014. Sam is now working for MassMutual in Springfield. He is still working as an actuary and got his ASA (professional credentials) shortly before moving. All four of his children: Frederick (6), Susannah (5), William (4), and Jacob (1) are enjoying Springfield. Jacob spent the whole first winter looking out the window every morning and very happily saying, “Snowwww.” Congratulations to Darcy Peifer and Marissa Gold on the birth of their son, Austin Tice Peifer, on May 9, just in time for Mother’s Day. Anna Katherine Clemmons Clay, her husband, Matt, and big brother, Connor, welcomed their newest addition, Samuel Andrew Clay, on April 28. Contact: Elizabeth Brantley Bostian, 300 Elmwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27408; elizabeth. brantley@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Stephen Aldrich, Class Secretary Congratulations to Michael Tarver and is wife, Tiffany Tarver, on the birth of their first child, Chase Bryan Tarver. The Tarver family resides in Matthews where Michael is a business initiatives consultant with Wells Fargo and Tiffany is a project coordinator with Time Warner Cable. Christa Wagner Vinson and husband David welcomed their daughter, Amory Elisabeth Vinson, on February 26. Will Roberson continues to have considerable coaching success on the hardwood as his junior varsity basketball team at The Burlington School earned a 16-1 record this year. Will is also an assistant on the varsity team that recorded a 33-1 record on its way

to winning a North Carolina state championship. When he’s not running his players through drills and watching video Will can be found teaching English to his upper school students. Do you live in Washington, D.C., or plan to visit the area? If so, check out DCanter, a fantastic wine boutique owned and operated by Michael Warner and Michelle Lim Warner. Check out their website for a listing of all the tastings and classes offered by the dynamic ownership duo. Congratulations to DCanter on being named the Best Place to Buy Wine in the Washington City Paper 2015 “Best of D.C.” readers’ poll! On a personal note, Maria Tardugno Aldrich ’03 and I welcomed our son, Patrick Brooks, on March 19. Big sister Caroline is excited about the new addition to the family, and we are all getting settled into our house in Davidson following a move to town in late 2014. Maria works as a senior major gifts officer at Davidson College and I continue to be with Carlisle Companies. Contact: Stephen Aldrich, 13414 Scanlan Way, Davidson, NC 28036; 704-608-0971; stephen.p.aldrich@gmail.com

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS We would like to extend our gratitude to Rebekah Rush McKay for 13 years of service to the college and the Class of 2003 in the role of class secretary. She has decided to hand the reins over to Shaw Hipsher. Shaw shared this update before coming on board as the new class secretary. “I am currently in Morgantown, W.Va., studying public administration and higher education administration at WVU while working for Adventure West Virginia as a graduate assistant (the WVU version of Davidson Outdoors). I am racing several triathlons this year as a part of the Team Drea Challenge for Andrea Lytle Peet. I also have an internship designing, launching, and leading a faculty-led study abroad program to South Africa for WVU that will run in the Summer of 2016. I’m excited to return to South Africa.” Anna Lise Jensen sent us an update. “I recently filmed two episodes for NBC’s Allegiance, and though I wasn’t killed off at the end of my second episode, NBC killed off the series after six episodes. I run my own small business (The Complexion Concierge) and I have a wonderful boyfriend who is my biggest fan, so I can spend a lot of time continuing to perform. Just did some readings and a recording. I visited Jessica Ruhle in Durham for a weekend and it was just like old times, except that everyone went to bed early and woke up to go to work in the morning. Bill Neville-Rehbehn (who now goes by Will, so in my house we call him Bill/ Will) and I get together every so often to daydream about starting a theatre company. I have two guest rooms; if you want to come hang out in Brooklyn, you should swing by.” Susanne Francis McLaughlin is moving to Houston, Texas to start a fellowship in nephrology at Baylor. Mike Kaplan married Gretchen Adelson on February 21, 2015. Maria Tardugno Aldrich and Stephen Aldrich ’02 welcomed son Patrick Brooks on March 19. Big sister Caroline is excited about the new addition to the family. Beth Gardner Helfrich wrote, “Tim Helfrich ’00 and I welcomed our fourth little one, Levi Gardner Helfrich, on St. Patty’s Day. He joins Zoë (6), Miles (4), and Cora (almost 2). We are still in Davidson, FALL 2015

Save the Date! REUNION June 3–5, 2016 www.davidson.edu/alumni where Tim is owner/operator of Summit Coffee with his brother Brian ’07. I have been at Woodlawn School—a beautiful little K-12 school just down the road from the Korner Pub—since 2005 and have spent the past five years as head of the upper school; after this maternity leave, I’ll be transitioning to a new role as director of marketing and admissions. And just to hold even tighter to my townie roots, we’ve moved into a house four doors down from the house in which I grew up (my mom still lives there). We see quite a bit of Derek and Megan Stroop May and Sid and Tere Grinstead Druen—altogether, we have ten children six and under!” Kristine Grayson Dattelbaum writes, “I do have a bit of news. This January I joined the faculty at University of Richmond as an assistant professor of biology. It seems like yesterday that I was first trapping turtles in the herpetology lab at Davidson and now I am starting my own research group and sending students out to launch their own projects. It is truly a small world, as fellow classmate B. Daniel Pierce will also be joining the UR biology department as an assistant professor in August. Dan and I teamed up on a project in Mike Dorcas’s animal physiology class and it is exciting to be working together again so many years later.” Thanks again to Shaw Hipsher accepting the role of class secretary. Please send your updates and announcements to her going forward. Contact: Shaw Hipsher, P.O. Box 6018, Morganton, WV 26506; 704-502-8788; shawhipsher@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Mary Carpenter Costello, Class Secretary After six years in the classroom teaching students with intellectual disabilities and autism, Leah Germelman Wood went back to school to try and help make an even bigger impact for individuals with disabilities. In May 2014, she graduated from UNC Charlotte with a Ph.D. in special education and earned a license as a board certified behavior analyst. She and her family have since moved to the central coast of California, where Leah accepted a tenure track position as an assistant professor at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. She has also co-authored a curriculum for teaching phonics to students who need communication supports, to be published later this year. She writes, “I am incredibly grateful for this path and opportunity to (I hope) move the needle.” Way to go, Leah! Melinda Baldwin Fulford published her first book in June! It’s called Making Nature: The History of a Scientific Journal and it was published by the University of Chicago Press. This book grew out of her dissertation, and she can’t wait to finally see it in print. What an accomplishment! Elizabeth Smith Brigham and her family moved back to Chicago at the end of May. They bought a house in Oak Park and are very excited to be moving back home to the Midwest. Let her know if you’re ever in the Chicago area, as she’d love to see you! jUlz Perry MacKnyght sent in an extensive update on her life since the reunion. She wrote, “Since our reunion I’ve been busy playing the role of Army student at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. It’s like an intensive master’s program without the degree, so I have also been taking night courses on the side to earn a master’s in management in addition to my Army diploma. This

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July, I head back to Fort Hood, Texas, to be a staff officer at 1st Cavalry Division. In the short term, I am very excited to spend two weeks down under on a military exchange with the Australian Defence College. I’ll get to escape up to Sydney to spend a weekend with Mary Ellen Reed Wilson and finally meet her two little boys!” Thanks for the update, jUlz! Jon Kropski completed his pulmonary/critical care fellowship at Vanderbilt in June and has accepted a faculty position at Vanderbilt in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In this role, Jon will be continuing basic and translational studies investigating the molecular mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis with a focus on elucidating the genetic basis of pulmonary fibrosis. Congratulations on becoming a faculty member, Jon, and best of luck with the future research! As usual, we do have some baby news to announce! Ryan and Betsy Pinchak Gentzler welcomed a daughter, Emily Elizabeth Gentzler, on January 28. They are very grateful and are enjoying getting to know this new little person, despite some sleep deprivation! Congratulations to the new family of three! Unfortunately, our news this time around isn’t all moves, job changes, and babies. We have the very sad news to share that our class lost Tom Anstrom in April suddenly due to a heart incident related to a long-standing heart condition. Tom had been living in Washington, D.C., for the past several years where he was continuing to pursue his passion for politics, after receiving his master’s in political management from GWU and successfully running several political campaigns in Virginia. Most recently, Tom was a political analyst at the Atlas Project and had just begun his first term serving as a commissioner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in his community. Tom will be especially missed by his many Davidson friends in the Washington, D.C., area with whom he remained close. Tom was known for his commitment to public service and social justice, his fun-loving personality and unique sense of humor, his love of music, and for his fierce dedication to his friends and family. A scholarship fund has been established in Tom’s name by friends and family to support summer internships in public service (public policy, NGO work, congressional work, etc.) for Davidson students, especially those with financial need. Please contact the alumni office if you would like to contribute or learn more about the scholarship opportunities. Please keep Tom, his family, and his friends in your thoughts and prayers during this season of loss. Contact: Mary Carpenter Costello, 1072 Bennett Way, San Jose, CA 95125; 615-4836468; mary.f.costello@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Steven Gentile and Molly McGowan, Class Secretaries It’s evident via my casual (or manic?) Facebook perusing that Megan Sparks is doing something special down in Atlanta—she’s impacting her community in so many ways. Megan has spent the last seven years at Leadership Atlanta, an organization that seeks to strengthen how Atlanta’s top executives and leaders positively impact the

community. She was recently promoted to senior director of programs and communications in part making her responsible for curriculum and volunteer management (the organization counts more than 400 executive-level volunteers on an annual basis). Outside of work Megan has dedicated her time to many nonprofit groups—she currently serves as president of Outstanding Atlanta, an organization that recognizes achievement of young professionals—and has volunteered with and advised various political and public policy campaigns. The Atlanta Business Chronicle recognized her as an Under Forty Rising Star (and here I was just grateful for still being recognized as “under forty”). Megan, you make us Wildcats proud! Speaking of Wildcat pride, we’re all Wildcat fans but Tyler Thompson’s fandom for all cats that are wild extends to the University of Kentucky, too. As a lifelong Kentucky Wildcats fan Tyler was thrilled to be offered her dream job of covering UK sports full-time as the news editor of Kentucky Sports radio, the largest independent college sports blog in the United States. She works out of East Nashville, Tenn. where she, her husband Matt Tapia, and their dog Gatsby fly their UK flag proudly. Tyler has a rather large Twitter presence (21,700 followers as of May 2015) so be sure to follow her at @MrsTylerKSR. #DavidsonWildcatsAreFiercer. Congratulations to Christian Davis and his wife Beth who welcomed a new baby boy on January 22, 2015. Burke Christian Davis has made a proud and happy Christian “forget what life was like without him!” Christian, the rest of this update is therefore for you: You were and still are the dean of admissions at Scranton Preparatory School in Pennsylvania. Fethi Mohammed moved back to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2008 and has been working with the World Food Programme in the logistics unit ever since. He married in December 2009 and had his first child, a daughter, in September 2012. In April 2015 Fethi and his wife brought a son into the world. Congratulations, Fethi! Patrick and Clare Dalton Dover gave birth just over a year ago to Anderson Landress Dover. Shortly thereafter Clare finished her residency in anesthesiology at Emory University. She and Patrick moved to Greenville, S.C. where she continued her work in anesthesiology. Patrick took a break from “big law” and is now working for a year as a law clerk to Judge Henry Floyd on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. After graduating from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2012, Bo Rainbow completed an internship in Lexington, Ky. as an equine veterinarian. He returned to Lexington in 2014 after a hiatus in Perth, Australia to start a new job in “performance forecasting” for thoroughbred racehorses, using cardiovascular evaluations and pulmonary function testing. On January 2, 2015 Bo got engaged to Jackie Snyder in Keystone, Colo. They then immediately surprised their families by throwing a wedding at noon the same day. Catherine Rainbow ’03 was asked to be the maid of honor on the spot; Johnathan Bain ’05, who was in attendance, was the only member of the group who knew the plan from the beginning. I suppose Johnathan is something of a performance forecaster, himself (sorry, had to). Bo and Jackie are now building a house on a farm near luxurious Versailles… Kentucky. Graham and Heather Yopp Honeycutt gave birth to DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni two beautiful twin daughters, Ainsley and Hailey, on January 30, 2015. Their other daughter, Mikayla, turned two years old in April. All are in school at First Steps Child Develop Center. Solvig and I recently had dinner with Graham and Heather and the three girls (and two dogs). They are two of the best parents and the head of such a beautiful household as we have ever encountered. Graham continues to work as the director of operations at the Tennessee PGA. Heather now works as the project manager of the live events team at Ramsey Solutions, financial author and media personality Dave Ramsey’s company. Rory Huntly graduated from UNC with his M.B.A. in 2011, where he got engaged to high school classmate, Annie. They married in Pittsboro and Annie finished her master’s in social work. They moved to Charlotte and Annie worked as a special education teacher while Rory started a career in renewable energy with Duke Energy. The couple recently moved to Chicago and Rory became the associate director of business development at Acciona, where he focuses primarily on acquiring and building wind farms. Rory and Annie welcomed their first child, Hannah Rae Huntly, in December 2014. Elizabeth Books Freeze and Dan Freeze ’04 welcomed Walker James Freeze on Christmas morning, making it a holiday to remember. Elizabeth reports that Walker is growing like a weed and has been rooting for the Wildcats since day one. Please continue to send your updates our way. Molly and I love to hear from you! Email or Facebook message us. Contact: Molly McGowan, 10 Leslie Circle, Little Rock, AR 72205; 501-350-4925; momcgowan@gmail.com Steven Gentile, 2000 24th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212; 828-226-2384 (c); stevenpgentile@ gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Carson Sanders and Jaimie Matthews Francis, Class Secretaries Always great to hear of happy occasions happening in everyone’s lives—thanks for the updates and we can’t wait to see everyone for our 10th Reunion in just two short years! Mark your calendars for June 8-11, 2017. Congrats to a couple of new Wildcat parents: Lee and Betsy Brewer Barrow welcomed Cecilia Wren on April 8—both mom and dad are smitten with baby Ceci and for good reason... I’m biased as an “aunt,” but she’s beautiful. Nikki Lynn Wellbaum and husband Kevin welcomed their sweet little boy, Miles Avery Wellbaum, into the world on February 1. Big Sister Lily could not be more thrilled with his arrival! Bo and Sarah Dotts Barley share some great updates from life in NYC: “Bo is in his last few months of internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai and will start a three-year fellowship in hematology and oncology there in July. Impressively, Bo remains as fascinated by blood as he was in his first semester of medical school. I left Harper last fall to join Flatiron Books as a senior editor to help build a fiction program for them. Flatiron is a new division of Macmillan, and it feels like the liberal arts college of publishing, so I (of course!) adore working there.” Austin Reid is a Ph.D. candidate in physics at N.C. State, and has moved to Paris to spend the rest of the year at l’Ecole Normale Supérieure on a research DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

fellowship. Félicitations, Austin! On the wedding circuit, a great double 2007 union for Amanda Traver and Hall Carey! They got married in Atlanta on May 2, 2015, with several Wildcats in attendance—congrats y’all! Elizabeth Barry is delighted to share that she married Chad Heddleston of Sperryville, Va. on August 2, 2014. She graduated from William & Mary Law School in May and has accepted a job at Woods Rogers PLC in Roanoke, Va. Mimi Hobart married Peter Schwanda on March 7, 2015, at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., where Mimi is the most popular math teacher (sorry Patrick Thompson ’02—I have it on good authority). In addition to the many 2007 classmates in attendance, Mimi’s bridal party included maid of honor Meredith Davis and bridesmaids Charlotte Hindsley, JoJo Hurt, and Katie Levy. Last but definitely not least, Lanier Prichard married Nathan Sachs (Vandy grad but we don’t hold it against him) in Nashville, Tenn., on May 16, 2015, with many dancing Wildcats thrilled to be there for the celebration. JoJo Hurt, Lanier’s roommate for all four years at Davidson, was a great bridesmaid! Contact: Carson Sanders, PO Box 13122, Charleston, SC 29422; carson.sanders@gmail. com Jaimie Matthews Francis, 1317 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Apt. 302, Washington, DC 200053729; jaimie.k.matthews@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Rebecca Speiser Skipper, Class Secretary I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing summer! I would love to hear from you with any updates you’d like to share. Briana Hunter has been making quite a mark in the opera world recently. She writes that “Bizet’s smokin’ hot world of Carmen seems to have stayed with me, I’m getting to see it from a couple of different vantage points this year. In February, I joined Knoxville Opera’s production as Mercédès. It was a nice breather from the demanding role of Carmen to be a part of her band of shade-throwing thieves, and throw shade we did!.... I am currently with Opera in the Heights in Houston, Texas rehearsing for La tragédie de Carmen, Peter Brook’s adaptation of Bizet’s opera and a bit closer to Merimée’s novella. I am back in the title role, and while I miss my shade-throwing sidekicks, it’s really allowing me to explore new depths of this character.” Keep an eye out for Briana on stage and catch her in a performance if you can! Another future Wildcat has joined the ranks— Sarah Henckler King shared that “my husband Joe and I welcomed Evelyn Linda King into our family on January 3, 2015. We continue to live on my husband’s family’s cattle ranch outside Tucson, Arizona.” Congratulations Sarah and Joe! Some of our classmates have recently earned graduate degrees. Ilana Valinsky writes that “I graduated this May from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice with my master’s in social work. This past year I interned as a pyschotherapist at UPenn’s hospital in the psychiatry department doing outpatient work with adults on Medicaid.” Ilana was also voted to be her class’s commencement speaker, and spoke at her graduation on May 18. Chris Burton graduated from Union Presbyterian

Seminary in May, and he will be teaching special education as a New York City teaching fellow. It is exciting to hear of the wonderful impact both Ilana and Chris have been making in various communities. Chris and his wife Brianna Butler Burton ’11 welcomed their son Coltrane. James Farrelly writes that he is “currently aging rapidly in surgery residency at Yale.” More weddings took place this spring and summer, too. Bree Berry married Andy Miller on May 23 in Athens, Ga. Many Davidson friends were in attendance to see the two tie the knot and celebrate. Will Blue and Alison Antieri ’10 said their vows on June 13 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Congratulations, newlyweds! It is with sadness that I share that Will Crosland’s grandfather, William Alexander Crosland ’49, passed away on April 19, 2015. We send our sincere condolences to Will and his family. Rebecca Speiser Skipper, 55 W 26th St., Apt 14E, New York, NY 10010-1010; (c) 704-5268994; respeiser@gmail

FROM ALUMNI RELATIONS Benton Thomas Ferguson passed away on March 29, 2015. We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Thank you to Chieko Phillips for her service to the college and the Class of 2009 in the role of class secretary. After seven years she has decided to step down. Contact: Cary V. Wright, 6382 Shady Brook Ln., Apt. 1230, Dallas, TX 75206; 806-206-4443; cawright09@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Claire Asbury Lennox and Haley Cook Sonneland, Class Secretaries Hey there, Class X! By the time you read this, we will have epic reunion weekend adventures under our belts. We hope most, if not all, of you were able to make it back to Exit 30! In the meantime, our classmates continue to do awesome things in the world. Here are just a few…. Sending whoops, cheers, and pats on the back to our classmates graduating from a variety of degree programs. In May, Lindsay Howard graduated from Boston University’s Metropolitan College with a master of liberal arts in gastronomy and a focus on food marketing and wine studies (Lindsay, can we come visit?). Speaking of food, Ellen Thomas shares that she graduated with a Ph.D. in food science from North Carolina State University, and has already started her new position as research assistant professor for the Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs at Kansas State University. Continuing his stellar acting career from our Wildcat days, Zack Byrd writes to say that he completed his M.F.A. in acting at the University of Georgia. From Washington, D.C., Lindsay Kallman shares that she will graduate in August with an M.P.H. in global health epidemiology from George Washington University. And further west, Vy Drouin-Le completed her master of architecture degree at Rice University and has accepted a position at Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects in Los Angeles. We have a host of peers graduating from medical school and heading off to begin their residencies. FALL 2015

WINTER CLASS NOTES ONLINE davidsonjournal.davidson.edu Rachel Marks writes that she will begin a residency in dermatology at the Medical College of Georgia. Elizabeth Krebs graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and will be doing her residency in general surgery at U.Va. She shares that Wildcat classmates Charlotte Myers and Austin Bond also graduated with her from Wake. Lindsay Sween Sacco and Weston Sacco are graduating from medical school and will be moving to Newton, Mass., where Lindsay will do her residency in anesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, while Weston will be in emergency medicine at the University of Massachusetts. Finally, Danielle Jordan writes, “I graduated from the Brody School of Medicine at Eastern Carolina University and matched in medicine/ pediatrics for residency in beautiful Tampa, Fla. I’d be happy to host any Wildcats that come through.” Congratulations to all! The wedding march just doesn’t quit these days! Congratulations to Megan Lisa, who married Brandon Watkins on December 13, 2014—the happy couple eloped to Mexico’s Maroma Beach! Megan and Brandon live in Charlottesville, Va. where Megan is about to begin her final year of law school at U.Va. Congrats also go out to Andrew Goyzueta, who married Amanda Kay Strieder on March 14 in St. Louis, Mo. Matthew Capone ’11 served as best man, and many other ’Cats were in attendance. Andrew also graduated with his master of divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in May. And finally, best wishes to John Allen, who married Molli King on May 30 in Southfield, Mass. Carolyn Klaasen ’09 was in the wedding party, and other Wildcats made the celebration great. Andy Dunn got in touch to say that he is an administrative law judge for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, presiding over hearings in the areas of oil and gas conservation, tank regulatory enforcement, and pollution abatement/environmental remediation. Andy is also an adjunct faculty member at St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Meanwhile, in the Big Apple, Alex Locke writes, “After nearly three years working at Sotheby’s, I recently accepted an offer to become business intelligence manager for the American Paintings and Latin American Paintings departments at Christie’s, overseeing business development initiatives and strategy for those sales.” Andy Knauss shares that he graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in December 2014, and then moved back to his hometown of Washington, D.C., where he works at the National Gallery of Art in the Office of the General Counsel. “Each day as I enter the building and see the massive Calder mobile hanging from the ceiling, I recall the countless hours I spent studying for ‘The List’ during my senior year at Davidson.” We know many of you can sympathize! Sarah Teo Ray writes that she and her husband Hunter have moved to both Melbourne, Fla., and Siem Reap, Cambodia. “I know that sounds strange, but when we are in the States, we’re in Florida, and when we’re abroad we’re in Siem Reap. We’re registering the organization we work for, Overland Missions, as an International NGO here in Cambodia and then we’ll be getting things going. We’ll be spending more time in Cambodia, so if anyone comes through Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat, they should let me know!” Major congratulations to our classmates Darrell Scott and Tareq Alani, who together won Davidson’s Venture Fund Competition in March. The pair

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received $25,000 to fund ColorWorthy, a daily email digest for black millennials that curates and distributes relevant, compelling, national news content as well as some local news and events. Kudos ’Cats! And we continue to be impressed by our classmate Clint Smith, who is inspiring our country with his words, both written and spoken. As of this writing, Clint has presented two TED Talks, including “How to raise a black son in America.” He has also published a new chapbook, Line/Breaks. We also want to congratulate our classmate Stephen Curry on being named 2015 NBA MVP. You’ve had Wildcats everywhere beaming with even more pride than usual lately! We are grateful that we got to witness your journey from the beginning. Finally, Galen King writes, “I am currently deployed to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne and should be returning in time to read the August edition of the Journal after being gone for about eight months.” Thanks for your service, Galen—we’ll be glad to know you’re reading these words safely at home and reunited with Sara Bates King ’11. That’s all for now, Class X. Not that we want time to go any faster, but we’re already looking forward to our 10th reunion in 2020! We love hearing what you all are up to. Contact: Claire Asbury Lennox, 3175 Sprucewood Dr., Decatur, GA 30033; 770-8260079; clasbury10@gmail.com Haley Cook Sonneland, 309 Fifth Avenue, Apt 18B, New York, NY 10016; 203-219-0031; hsonneland@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Khalil Jolibois and Savanna L. Shuntich, Class Secretaries Hello everyone! It is hard to believe it has already been four years since we were forced to graduate. Fortunately, our fifth reunion is not too far away. Mark your calendars for June 3–5, 2016. This summer two couples from our class got married. Louisa Wall and Boyce Whitesides were wed at St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C., on May 30 and the wedding party was chock full of Davidson folk. Hubie Haywood, Will Oldfather, and Colin McWilliams served as groomsmen along with Boyce’s brother Tucker Whitesides ’13. Hannah Bohbrink, Jennifer Gambrell, and Savanna numbered among the bridesmaids. Boyce and Louisa live in Atlanta where he works for Bain & Company and she is finishing up her final year of medical school at Emory. Daisy Karlson is living in New York City these days and she was kind enough to send us an update on some of her friends. According to Daisy, Hayley Glennie just graduated from University of Miami School of Law. Susan Li graduated from medical school at UNC Chapel Hill and started an internal medicine and pediatrics combined rotation. Nami Patel is not quite done with medical school because she spent last year volunteering at Harlem Children’s Zone but now she is in her final year at Tufts. We were also excited to hear from Christina Brown who is at NYU’s School of Medicine. She took the Step 1 Exam this past year and Nami Patel, Becca McQuade and Nina Tschinkel helped her celebrate. Currently, Christina is taking a year off from medical school to travel the world with her partner Jeff, who she met when they both were studying abroad in Costa Rica. She writes “we’re super pumped for our adventure and would love to connect with the

Davidson family while traveling! So far they have visited Peru, Argentina and Brazil. Christina has a link to the website of their travels on Facebook and the site is definitely worth a visit. Ineke Stegger is living abroad and working as a buyer in electrical purchasing for Jaguar Land Rover based in Gaydon, UK. Finally we heard from Sydnor Gammon who just received her M.B.A. from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She will be working for Deloitte Consulting in Atlanta as a senior consultant in the strategy and operations practice. We are happy to report that the class of 2011 is turning out to be a pretty accomplished group. Please send us an update if you have a spare moment. Our goal is to hear from everyone at least once over the years. Contact: Khalil Jolibois, 6321 SW 63rd Terr., Miami, FL 33143; 305-510-9603; Khaliljolibois@gmail.com Savanna L. Shuntich, 3614 Connecticut Ave. NW, Apt. 35, Washington, DC 20007; 904-8668087; savanna.shuntich@gmail.com

AS TOLD BY: Meg Jarrell and Keneya Edwards, Class Secretaries It’s hard to believe we are more than four years out! Below are a bunch of updates including weddings, graduations, new jobs, and new homes. If you aren’t getting emails from me and a chance to send in your updates, your email may no longer be valid. Email Davidson2012wildcats@gmail.com to be sure to be added to the list. Katie Lovett is headed out to Stanford to begin a graduate studies program. Paul Britton will be a little bit farther south when he begins to earn his M.B.A. at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Also on the West Coast are Erin Lupfer and Melissa Hickey. Erin completed her first year of law school at University of San Diego and Melissa graduated in May with her J.D. and a concentration in intellectual property. Lyndsey Haas also graduated this May with a J.D./M.A. from Duke. She is now clerking for Chief Judge James Denver of the Eastern District of North Carolina. Josh Schwartz, who earned his J.D. in May. He is now practicing corporate law at a full-service law firm in Atlanta. Alice Phillips finished her first year of law school at Boston College and spent the summer working at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Boston. Congrats to Aria Halliday for being awarded the Eisinger Paper Award from Purdue University! This is awarded annually to recognize excellent scholarship among American Studies students. Another Emory graduate is Caitlin Allen, who graduated from Emory with a master’s in public health. She is in Boston working for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, so look her up if you are up North! Gabi Wallace is also progressing through school quickly. After finishing her second year of veterinary school she flew to France to do research on brain cancer in dogs using virotherapy. Currently, she is in Nicaragua to provide veterinary care to an island with no vets to treat animals large and small. Brian Sachtjen is now attending U.Va. to earn his master’s in data science in the hopes of beginning a career in basketball analytics. On an international note, Jenn Burns would love to DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: Alumni get in touch with any ’Cats in Europe as she finishes her master’s in food culture and communications at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Northern Italy. Wedding bells were ringing for Logan Lewis and Heidi Rickes in May as they celebrated their wedding to one another. Ashley Nielsen Whitman is celebrating her first year of marriage with Patrick Whitman ’11. She is now getting her master’s in English at Virginia Tech. Lauren Khater married David Meyer in Denver, Colo. last January. In addition to running his first half marathon, Ryan Price started working at the NIH doing bioinformatics with big data trying to discover genetic contributions to neurodegenerative diseases, especially Parkinson’s. Ricky Stephens recently moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil to help Red Ventures, based in Fort Mill, S.C., launch their first international office. Travis McElory earned his master’s in applied math from UNC Chapel Hill. He has returned to Texas to take a job with Oracle as a technical sales consultant. He says Alexis Valauri-Orton is now in Arlington, Va. working at the Fish Forever Global Initiative, which is working to scale rights-based management of fisheries globally. After two and a half years in Davidson working for The Fund for Davidson, Kate Ceremsak is returning to her home state of California to work at The Hamlin School in San Francisco. If you are in D.C., Kia Hunter is apparently the top choice to show you around the city. She was recently featured in The Washington Post after attending the White House Correspondents Dinner. Until next time ’Cats! Keneya’ Edwards, 726 Market St., Apt. 805, Philadelphia, PA 19106; 404-408-2011; keneyaedwards@gmail.com Meg Jarrell, 850 North Randolph St., Apt 704, Arlington, VA 22203; 571-276-8555; margaretkjarrell@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Caitlin James, Caroline Queen and Cyrus Saffari, Class Secretaries Written from Frolics: If you are still recovering from Spring Frolics, know that you are not alone, Class of 2014. Many were spotted on Patterson Court, reliving their youthful, skinnier college days. For those that could not make it back to the 28035, know that you were missed. But then again, considering the craziness of Davidson’s infamous spring tradition, did anyone notice you were not there? Rain tried to end the fun for many, but as veteran Frolics marathoners, we knew the wetter the better. Many lined up in the Union for free food, t-shirts, and inflatable games. Laura Pinto-Coelho, the Davidson queen of celebrity selfies, snapped a shot with DJ Earworm while former roommate Rob Stevens chanted “United States of Pop 2009!” While impressive, Laura already outdid herself by accosting Kelly Clarkson while out dining. They are now fast friends that coordinate outfits. Sam Densen opened his apartment to various Frolickers—Bryan Kelly, and Ford Higgens made the most of 1,000 square feet. Fellow townie and Bexley resident Amos McCandless enjoyed a frolics visit from DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

Jason Pacious, Jacob Fanning, Antonio Rodriguez, Amy Colombo and Emma Huelskoetter. Andrew Kelleher and new roommate James Bramlett, who recently accepted a position at Lowe’s Corporate, hosted Ian Daniel and Corinne McCullough at their spacious Davidson farmhouse. Not to be outdone, Cyrus Saffari squeezed height man Scott Sellers, Sam Gray, and Noah Woodward into his Davidson apartment. Former female lacrosse players enjoyed Frolics for the first time. Adding a city element, Ann Fucigna hosted many of her teammates in Charlotte for the weekend. If you are wondering how air mattress companies stay in business, it is due to recent graduates traveling the country with little to no extra money. Scott Sellers, king of pillow talk, was so grateful for his air mattress while in town for Frolics that he announced his new full-time position half a foot from the ground. He is now working as a habitat and water research associate for the Environmental Defense Fund. Navigating Patterson Court lawn proved to be a walk down memory lane. Maggie Liang, Yasmin Shahida, and Ali Gomez, all transplant New Yorkers, made sure to hop porch to porch, blessing each house with their presence. They were pleasantly surprised by the clean air and trees, exclaiming a la Jordin Sparks, “How am I supposed to go back to New York and breathe with no air!?” Some Wildcats missed Frolics due to new jobs. Sarah Watson recently moved to New York for a position at the Museum of Modern Art. Charlotte residents Caroline Brown and Emma Park hosted a lovely farewell party for Sarah. While she is sad to leave Charlotte, she is excited to put her art history and classics double major to work in New York. Hopefully, Sarah can connect with fellow classmates Ann Giornelli, Gaby Catania, and Sara Nordstrand. Ann Giornelli and New York roommate Gaby Catania have enjoyed the city since last summer. Ann works as a sales assistant at Penguin Random House; be sure to check out her Facebook page for book suggestions! Gaby is a financial institution specialist (FIS) at the FDIC. When asked for an update she stated that she is “killin’ it.” Not to be outdone, Sara is searching for the best tacos in the five boroughs when she is not working as a paralegal secondee in UBS’s Americas Investment Bank Litigation department. We have asked her to Instagram her findings with the hashtag #2014ersfindtacos. Chai Lu Bohannan took a new role as the campaign chief of staff at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The Phillips Collection houses over 3,000 works of art and carries out the mission of founder Duncan Phillips, who wished “to encourage visitors to appreciate new, challenging forms of artistic expression. Art from different eras and places is often juxtaposed and changes often to suggest visual conversations.” Congratulations, Chai Lu! For those who followed Noah Woodward’s battle with Uber, know that he lost. As a consolation prize, Uber agreed to give him a ride from the Upper East Side to Baltimore, so that he can start his new job with the Orioles. While he will not be making the big bucks like he does as an analyst at Cornerstone Research, he is following his dream of working for an MLB team. He is thinking about buying a motorcycle to increase his street cred, but is unsure if he can handle it. Ryan Ansel and Shneeka Center are also keeping it sporty! Shneeka was awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to examine the impact that participation in sports has on girls’ lives. Since July

2014, she has been traveling around the world and working with organizations that work with women and sports. Perhaps she will bump into Ryan, whose U18 girls’ basketball team won the National Shield Tournament. When he is not coaching, Ryan studies sports management at Ulster University Jordanstown, where he is a Victory Scholar for Sport Changes Life Foundation. This scholarship has given Ryan the opportunity to work with at-risk youth through a program called eHoops, which over the course of 24 weeks aims to raise the aspirations of youth through sport and help prepare them with skills that can assist them in gaining employment. Sarah H. Gustafson has adored living as a Londoner since September, where she has been studying on the M.A. in the history of political thought at University College London. Highlights have included not only the fantastic libraries and academic resources, but a lot of tea, theatre, museums, changes in her vocabulary from American to British English, and new friends both at school and in her church community at St. James of Clerkenwell. Sarah will be relocating to the States, but thinks a British Ph.D. is in the realm of possibility. Stateside, Ivana Masimore has enjoyed her year as the Dean Rusk International Studies Program Fellow, securing grants for Davidson student research and experiences abroad as well as planning and hosting events for students on campus. A Nuances veteran, she is now a vocalist in a local Charlotte band. Missing the Lazy Five Ranch, Rebecca McKee has accepted a job as a resident outdoor educator for the summer program held at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, which “serves as an umbrella for the Smithsonian’s global effort to conserve species and train future generations of conservationists.” The summer program is run by the Friends of the National Zoo and is designed to provide middle and high school students with the opportunity to “expand upon their skills and knowledge related to science, nature, and the environment.” This fall Rebecca is working with the School for Field Studies on their Himalayan society and environment in transition program in Bhutan. Meanwhile in Charlotte, your class secretaries are preparing to move in together. Come frolic with us on Lake Norman and you too might make the next edition of the Davidson Journal. Contact: Caitlin James, 134 Poindexter Dr., Charlotte, NC 28203; caitlinhjames@gmail.com Caroline Queen, 1320 N. Veitch St., #1616, Arlington, VA 22201; carolineelizaqueen@ gmail.com Cyrus Saffari, 910 Lake Park Dr, Apt 306, Davidson, NC 28036; cbsaffari@gmail.com

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{ ALUMNI } The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott: The Squire from Haw River by Julian Pleasants ’60 (University Press of Kentucky, 2014). Scott’s controversial mid-20th-century political career, from N.C. commissioner of agriculture through governorship to U.S. senator. The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages

South: The Thornless Path to Windward by Bruce Van Sant ’60 (CreateSpace, 2012). The 10th and last edition of the popular directions for sailing south to the Bahamas and the Caribbean. When the Spirit Moves by Paul Leonard ’62 (Lorimer Press, 2014). A moving collection of probing and sometimes humorous writing by the author of Music of 1000 Hammers:

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extensive assessment of Argentine cinema during first Peronism.

The Father of Virginia Military Institute: A Biography of Colonel J.T.L. Preston, CSA by Ran Shaffner ’62 (McFarland, 2014). The teacher, soldier, husband and father, who defined VMI as it exists today and served Stonewall Jackson as his first adjutant general.

Songs of Bethlehem: Nativity Poems by Kemmer Anderson ’67 (Kemmer Anderson, 2014). A poet’s journey “from Israel to cleaning stalls at a horse farm in North Carolina.”

Blood Will Tell: Divvying Up Early California from Colonel Juan Bautista De Anza to Jasper O’Farrell by Frank Baumgardner ’64 (CreateSpace, 2014). An account of the skilled surveyor and military officer’s influence in early California. Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision by Kerr Thompson ’65 (Cambria Press, 2014). The first English-language book to offer an

Coming of Age in El Salvador by Jim Winship ’70 (Verdada Press, 2014). Insight into El Salvador and its youth in times of violence and family disruptions due to emigration and poverty. Based on the author’s experiences over four decades. Crucifixion in the Mediterranean World by John Granger Cook ’76 (Mohr Siebeck, 2015). A study of the use of the penalty by the Romans until its probable abolition by Constantine. The Christmas Heist: A Court-

room Adventure by Landis Wade ’79 (Lystra Books, 2015). Can an irascible judge looking toward retirement find it within himself to save Christmas? Toro! by Frank C. Schwalbe ’87 (CreateSpace, 2015). A debut medical mystery novel from the Concord, N.C., writer and anesthesiologist. Casualties of History: Wounded Japanese Servicemen and the Second World War by Lee K. Pennington ’94 (Cornell University, 2015). For the first time in English, the experiences of Japanese wounded soldiers and disabled veterans of Japan’s “long” Second World War (1937–45). The Christmas Spider by Beth W. Roberts ’00 (Belle Isle Books, 2015). “On the first Christmas morning, a sleepy spider awakes to a flurry of activity in the manger below.”

{ FACULTY } Murder at Jagged Rock: A Tragedy by Sophocles translated by Associate Professor and Chair of Classics Keyne Cheshire (The Word Books, 2015). All of the poetry, drama and tragedy of The Women of Trachis by Sophocles, translated and set in the territory of American myth, the Wild West. North Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times, Vol. 2 edited by Michele Gillespie and Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History Sally G. McMillen (University of Georgia Press, 2015). By the 20th century, North Carolina’s progressive streak had strengthened, thanks in part to a growing number of women influencing policy and politics.

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First Lady Top Five

Davidson’s Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History Sally McMillen recommends her favorite biographies of American first ladies. McMillen’s most recent book, Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life, tells the story of a remarkable activist slighted by history. Abigail Adams

Mary Todd Lincoln

First Lady of the Confederacy

1. Abigail Adams’s well-known admonition to husband John to “remember the ladies” was written by a woman who often chafed against the limitations on her life. Here we see Abigail as a woman ahead of her time. Though without formal education, she was an avid reader. Mr. Holton’s biography reveals one of Abigail’s little-known sides, in particular the business acumen through which she ultimately ensured the Adams family’s financial security. Often without John’s knowledge, she speculated in land, currency and government bonds. Abigail Adams was certainly not perfect— demanding of her children, sharp-tongued to her servants and intolerant of foreigners. She was also a shrewd, resourceful and independent woman. Given the evidence of this sterling biography, John Adams was a lucky man.

2. Mary Todd Lincoln’s life was a deeply troubled one. After the Civil War, her son Robert, embarrassed by his mother’s erratic behavior and wild spending, had her committed to an asylum. Her four years in the White House had been difficult, a fact not well concealed from the American public. Her background— she had been raised in a Kentucky slave-holding family—engendered suspicion, as did the fact that her brother and three half-brothers fought for the Confederacy. So too did her extravagant shopping sprees, her tendency toward spiritualism and her insistence on redecorating the White House and entertaining lavishly in the midst of the Civil War. Ms. Baker’s biography portrays a marriage that was a challenge for both Lincolns—ill-suited partners in an uneasy, at times tempestuous, relationship. When they quarreled, the First Lady threw tantrums. The president withdrew. She had known heartbreak early in life—at age six she had lost her mother. She would go on to lose her beloved son Willie when he was 11 and see her husband assassinated. As a historical figure she has not been treated with great sympathy. This sensitive, impressive biography is a compelling change.

3. Varina Davis was likely the only First Lady to walk out on her husband’s inauguration. That was Varina—bold and independent; hardly an ideal Southern woman. During four years in the Richmond (Virginia) White House, she generated public ire because of her ambivalent feelings toward secession, lack of confidence in Confederate military success, and close ties to Northern friends and extended family. She was also too well-educated, witty, opinionated and blunt. Jefferson Davis, nearly two decades her senior, an inflexible man who demanded docile and deferential women, had picked the wrong partner. Varina would ultimately learn to submit, but her time as the Confederacy’s First Lady was to be the unhappiest of her life. After his death in 1889, Varina came into her own. She moved to New York City, where she earned a living by writing while ignoring hate mail from Southern apologists who denounced her for forsaking the South. Still, in her final years, she defended the Confederacy, and Jefferson, and left no doubt of her still-powerful Southern loyalties. Ms. Cashin’s is a historically grounded and irresistibly engaging biography of a complicated woman.

By Woody Holton (2009)

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By Jean H. Baker (1987)

By Joan E. Cashin (2006)

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Assistant Professor Tyler Starr’s paintings and his artist’s booklet, Auto Record, have been selected for the exhibit Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, which is being curated by Greenhill Art Center and collaborating partners. Starr’s works are based on FBI documents concerning the controversial incident of Nov. 3, 1979, commonly known as the Greensboro Massacre. The exhibit is being held at Greensboro College and High Point University in conjunction with panel discussions and performances.

Biology

Professor Karen Bernd, Alexis Valauri-Orton ’11 and Frizzi Bschorer ’12 co-authored an article which appeared in a special “Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants” issue within BioMed Research International. Their article describes how lung cells respond to Dichloroacetate (DCA), a potential chemotherapeutic drug whose use can be hampered by its appearance as a water purification byproduct. Bernd and Valauri-Orton ’11 also published an article in American Biology Teacher entitled “‘STOP: Can you drink that water?’ Microbiology, Chemistry, & Advocacy in an Inquiry-Based Water Quality Curriculum for 8th Graders.” The article describes a three-day teaching curriculum aligned with State of North Carolina Standard Course of Study Objectives and Next Generation Science Standards. Students enrolled in Davidson’s Freedom School and others at Community School of Davidson took part in fieldtesting the curriculum. The article was cited as the National Association of Biology Teachers BioClub recommended article of the month. Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology and Director of the Martin Genomics Program, and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Laurie Heyer attended a workshop sponsored by the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching. Workshop participants learned how to process RNAseq data, which students will analyze themselves in their spring 2016 “Laboratory Methods in Genomics” course. The pair also participated in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session which featured their most recent synthetic biology paper. Professor Karen Hales traveled to the annual Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago with Dennis Akrobetu ’17, Tucker Bates ’15 and Devon Harris ’15. Each of the students presented their research on genes that affect dynamics and shaping of mitochondria (the energyharnessing structures within cells) during fruit fly sperm cell development. The similarity of genes across living things makes these studies in model organisms extremely effective for understanding fundamental aspects of human biology.

Chemistry

Associate Professor Nicole Snyder presented a poster and gave a short talk at the 2015 Gordon Research Conference. Snyder’s presentation, titled “New Routes for the Synthesis of Carbohydrate Porphyrin, Carbohydrate Bacteriochlorin and Carbohydrate Phthalocyanine Conjugates,” described published and unpublished work completed over the past five years in collaboration with 12 Davidson students—George Mukosera ’15, Erin Xu ’17, Rachel Barkley ’15, Dennis Akrobetu ’17, Kaley Gonzalez ’17, Laura Jude ’16, Renato Guerrieri ’15, Anthony Ciancone ’17, Morgan Burch ’17, Edward Palumbo

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’15, Shamus Cooper ’16 and Gabriel Cambronero ’15. Five students from Hamilton College and one from the University of South Carolina-Upstate were also involved.

Classics

Professor Keyne Cheshire published in the journal Subtropics a translation of the first 47 lines of Homer’s Iliad titled “From The Iliad: The First Words.” In an effort to reflect the Iliad’s roots in an oral tradition, his translation draws stylistically from contemporary poetic modes such as rap and spoken word.

Environmental Communication Association’s bi-annual Conference on Communication and the Environment. Bullock co-authored the paper with Chris Johnson ’17 and a colleague from the Research Triangle Institute. The paper presents results from a survey experiment showing that consumers’ intentions to purchase organic food can be increased by providing them with information designed to activate particular values relating to security, self-transcendence and self-enhancement.

Assistant Professor Darian Totten presented a talk to the Richmond Society of the Archaeological Institute of America titled “The Salapia Exploration Project: Resurrecting a Roman Port City on the Adriatic.” It was based on the interim results of her field project in Italy.

Bullock also attended the annual meeting of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, where he delivered a presentation entitled, “Confronting Issue Borders and Disciplinary Boundaries: The Role of Environmental Studies Foundation Courses.” The presentation reviewed the results of a content analysis of environmental social science syllabi from a diverse set of colleges and universities. Bullock’s analysis reveals that the interdisciplinarity and topical breadth of these courses is quite limited, and suggests that efforts in the field of environmental studies to expose students to a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and environmental issues have significant room for improvement.

Economics

French

Professor Fred Smith has been named the Chief Reader Designate for the Advanced Placement macroeconomics program. He will serve in that capacity until July 2016, and then will serve a four-year term as Chief Reader.

German

Professor and department chair Peter Krentz gave an invited lecture at a Greek and Roman Armour conference at University College London. While there, Krentz also served as an external examiner for Roel Konijnendijk’s doctoral dissertation, “Ideals and Pragmatism in Greek military thought, 490-338 BC.”

Frontis W. Johnston Professor Clark Ross was invited by the College Board to give a workshop for Advanced Placement microeconomics teachers at the A.P. national conference in Austin. The College Board also invited Ross to give a week-long workshop for Advanced Placement macroeconomics teachers in the Houston school system.

English

Professor Ann Fox presented a paper on her MOOC and curatorial collaboration with Professor of Biology David Wessner at the “Disability and the Disciplines” international conference in Liverpool, U.K. She and Wessner also co-authored and published an essay in the journal Pedagogy entitled “What Happens When Literary Critics and Scientists Converse? Teaching a Course on Representations of HIV/AIDS.” Charles A. Dana Professor Cynthia Lewis published an essay titled “Big Love” in The Hudson Review. The essay reflects on the nature of love in Shakespeare’s plays. Douglas C. Houchens Professor Alan Michael Parker completed a five-week residency fellowship on the island of Malta, hosted by the St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity. His recent publications include an essay about the new Whitney Museum of Art titled “Beyond ‘Storage Wars’ of the 1 Percent: A not-soradical proposal for the art museum of the future” that appeared in Salon.com. Along with other collaborators, he published “A Remembrance of the Poet James Tate” in Partisan, and he published poems titled “The Artist and His Model” and “Royalty” in Island (Tasmania).

Environmental Studies

Assistant Professor Graham Bullock presented a paper entitled, “Bridging the Values Divide: Communicating and Activating Diverse Values to Stimulate ProEnvironmental Intentions” at the International

Associate Professor Caroline Beschea-Fache wrote subtitles for the movie Eva by French-Burkinabè director Géry Barbot. The movie was selected for a number of important film festivals including the Fespaco (Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou) and the Luxor Film Festival. Professor of German Maggie McCarthy edited and wrote the introduction for a volume titled German Pop Literature: A Companion, recently published in Germany by de Gruyter. The anthology includes essays on recent German literature that incorporates popular culture into its narratives.

Hispanic Studies

Associate Professor Kyra Kietrys published an article titled “Hildegart in the 1930s: Her Politics and Her Image” in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. Kietrys examines the written and visual presence of this political activist in the Spanish Press from 1929-1933, exploring the relationship to contradictions within the women’s movement in Spain. Kietrys also spent the summer as faculty member in residence with 17 Davidson students for the 13th summer of the college’s program in Cádiz, Spain.

History

Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor Sally McMillen presented a talk at the Library Company of Philadelphia about her book, Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life. That event was filmed by CSPAN. McMillen also wrote an entry of the Wall Street Journal column “Five Best Books” about the five best books on First Ladies. Finally, she recently published volume two of North Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times. McMillen coedited both volumes, and the second one includes her essay, “Gladys Avery Tillett: White Gloved and Iron Willed.” Tillett was a Charlottean who played a leadership role in the Democratic Party during the FDR administration. Professor John Wertheimer spent the summer as resident advisor for Davidson’s program in Cambridge, England.

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Professor Irl Bivens and Professor Emeritus Ben Klein published an article titled “The Median Value of a Continuous Function” in Mathematics Magazine. Every calculus class discusses the mean (or average) value of a continuous function on a closed interval. However, it’s safe to say that just the opposite is the case for the median value of a function. Their article gives an elementary definition of the median value of a continuous function, proving that the median value always exists, and shows that it provides the solution to an interesting problem in geometry. Finally, they relate the median value of a function to the median value of a random variable in probability. Associate Professor Tim Chartier was a keynote speaker at the Sports Analytics Europe conference in England, describing the analytics that he and Davidson students supply the men’s basketball team. Chartier, Jason Feldman ’18, Abhi Jain ’18, and Grant McClure ’17 also supplied analytics to the German national basketball team. Additionally, Chartier and his spouse Tanya Chartier and Boluwatife Odumosu ’17 offered a family activity about using math to create comic strips at a conference on “Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects” at the National Museum of Mathematics.

Music

Director of Choral Activities Christopher Gilliam was recently appointed Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorale following a national search. This large, auditioned chorus collaborates with the Symphony three or four times each season to present both classical works and modern and newly commissioned pieces.

Political Science

Assistant Professor Besir Ceka published an article in Foreign Affairs called “Tug of War in Macedonia.” It describes the ongoing political crisis in the country caused by a massive wiretapping scandal that reveals serious infringements on democracy. Ceka also presented a paper on the state of European identity at the International Conference of Europeanists in Paris. Associate Professor Russell Crandall published a review essay titled “Delusions of Grand” in the journal Survival. The essay is a review of What Good is Grand Strategy? Power and Purpose in American Stagecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.

Psychology

L. Richardson King Assistant Professor Jessica Good published three articles recently. “Racial Athletic Stereotype Confirmation in College Football Recruiting” appeared in the Journal of Social Psychology, and was co-authored with former Davidson students Grant Thomas ’13 and Lexi Gross ’14. “Communicating More than Diversity: The Effect of Institutional Diversity Statements on Expectations and Performance as a Function of Race and Gender” appeared in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and was co-authored with colleagues at Rutgers University and Skidmore College. “Effective Teaching Outcomes Associated with the Mentorship of Early Career Psychologists” appeared in Teaching of Psychology, and was co-authored with fellow members of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Early Career Psychologist Council. Good also gave an invited plenary presentation on the importance of considering intersectional identities in research on diversity communications at the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCEǀGSE Program DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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Edith Kermit Roosevelt

Professor Greta Munger and Professor Kristi Multhaup have published a paper in the journal Memory and Cognition about a memory illusion called “boundary extension.” It reveals that a subject shown a picture and asked to remember its details will usually think they saw more of the picture than was actually shown them. In fact, being asked to imagine more about the scene— from sounds to smells to scenery—has no impact on how well the subject remembers the original scene. It seems logical to think that asking subjects to carefully think about the scene would improve their memory of it, but the data do not support that. Munger and Multhaup credit help with the process of writing the paper to Dean Wendy Raymond’s writing group.

4. “Mrs. Roosevelt comes a good deal nearer my ideal than I do myself,” wrote husband Theodore, acknowledging Edith, his smart, strong, elegant wife. The two had grown up as best friends, but Theodore broke her heart when he married the beautiful Alice Lee. Alice’s death from Bright’s disease led him back to Edith, whom he married two years later. Theodore was not an easy man to live with—but, as this absorbing biography shows, the couple balanced one another in personality and interests. A woman of her time, Edith was ever patient and accommodating as her husband pursued war and adventure, traveled out West, to East Africa, to Brazil, and was absent for months at a time. Embracing her role as First Lady, Edith redecorated and redesigned a shabby White House until it reflected a classical splendor. Edith lived 30 years past her husband’s death. She destroyed nearly all of her and Theodore’s personal correspondence, but thanks to diaries and private papers unearthed by Sylvia Morris, a vivid and nuanced picture emerges of this noteworthy First Lady.

Professor Mark Smith has been elected to a two-year term as president of the International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers. The 45-year-old organization promotes and disseminates information related to drugs as reinforcers, particularly as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. Wayne M. and Carolyn A. Watson Professor Scott Tonidandel was elected as a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science. Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service, and/or application. In addition, a paper co-authored by Tonidandel, titled “Exploring the use of credit scores in selection processes: Beware of adverse impact,” appeared in Journal of Business and Psychology.

Physics

Associate Professor John Yukich and research student Colin Tyznik ’16 attended the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics meeting of the American Physical Society. Yukich and Tyznik jointly presented a poster on their laboratory research, titled “Laser Vibrational Photodetachment Spectroscopy Near The Electron Affinity Of S2.”

Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Professor Van Hillard, director of the writing program, presented a paper entitled “The Sustainability of Writing as a Liberal Art” at the annual conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Hillard was also installed as chair of the Small Liberal Arts Colleges Writing Program Administrators Consortium.

Religion

Professor and department chair Greg Snyder attended the bi-annual Oxford University Patristics Conference, where he organized a workshop on second-century Christian teachers in Rome. He also presented a paper titled “Shoemakers and Syllogisms: the School of Theodotus the Cobbler.” It concerned an early Christian teacher who attracted followers interested in philosophy and in textual criticism of the Gospels. Douglas Ottati, Craig Family Distinguished Professor of Reformed Theology and Justice, made a panel presentation about Psalm 8 at a conference on “Science and Society: A New Conversation.” The gathering was sponsored by Princeton’s Center of Theological Inquiry and St. George’s House in the U.K., with support from the NASA Astrobiology Program.

By Sylvia Jukes Morris (1980)

Florence Harding

By Carl Sferrazza Anthony (1998) 5. “Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the Presidency,” pronounced Florence Harding upon her husband’s inauguration. Florence protected Warren, tolerated his many sexual liaisons and, in the end, destroyed half their personal papers. As this lively biography proves, there is no single path to becoming First Lady. Raised by a tyrannical father, Florence was well-educated but in her late teens ran away from home and bore a child out of wedlock. She then met and married Harding, at the time the handsome publisher of the Marion (Ohio) Star, and she pushed him into politics. Nicknamed the “Duchess,” she was an imperious but a surprisingly popular First Lady. She held informal press conferences, worked with war veterans, and supported female suffrage and physical fitness. Florence also introduced jazz and radio to the White House and entertained streams of visitors. She influenced at least a handful of presidential decisions and edited her husband’s speeches. When he died, rumors circulated that Florence was responsible. Actually, responsibility lay with the couple’s homeopathic physician, who failed to see that it was not food poisoning but a heart problem that afflicted the president. Florence’s reputation, tainted after the unfolding of more Harding-administration scandals, plummeted after her death. This absorbing saga—richly evocative of its political era—is a resurrection of sorts. This piece first appeared May 1, 2015, in the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Five Best’ column, which features reading recommendations of experts from wide-ranging fields. FALL 2015

theUnion: In Memoriam Guyte Pierce McCord Jr. ’37 Tallahassee, Fla. Died March 21, 2015. He is survived by his daughter Betsy and sons, Guyte and Edward; five grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. William Alfred “Bill” Boyd ’39 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Died March 19, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn (Kay) Moreman. He is survived by his children, Victoria B. Dougherty, 3441 Whirlaway Ct., Marietta, GA 30062; Judy B. Pitts and Samuel G. Boyd II; three grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. John Philip Tice ’39 Dunedin, Fla. Died March 20, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Peggy Jilliam Tice; his son, Jimi Tice. He is survived by his son, John Tice, Jr., 123 W. Lloyd St., Pensacola, FL 32501; his daughter, Pam Newman; two granddaughters; and one great granddaughter. John “Jack” Thomas Ferguson ’40 Varina, Va. Died Feb. 26, 2015. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Sarah Daniel. He is survived by his wife, Julia Meade Ferguson, 9743 Malvern Hill Ln., Richmond, VA 23231; their children, Jack Ferguson, Jr., Meade Welch, Bill Ferguson and Pat Daniel; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren. Don Hott ’40 Keyser, W.Va. Died May 3, 2015. He was preceded in death by granddaughter Tara Willey Warren. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte, P.O. Box 520, Keyser, WV 26726; daughters, Lee Jeffrey and Victoria Willey; and three grandchildren. Hugh David Verner ’40 Asheville, N.C. Died March 24, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret “Danny” Verner. He is survived by three sons, David, Scott and Jonathan; and six grandsons. Frank Caldwell ’42 Newport, R.I. Died June 3, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Hull Caldwell, 1 Red Cross Ave., Apt. 3, Newport, RI 02840; three children; and several grandchildren. Thomas Haughton Pardee ’42 Matthews, N.C. Died May 4, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife Martha Cannon Means. He is survived by his daughter, Angela Pardee, 7124 Quail Hill Rd., Charlotte, NC 28210; and three grandchildren. Charles Henderson ’43 York, Maine Died April 19, 2015. No additional information was available at the time of this printing.

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Matt Ransom Long Jr. ’43 Winston-Salem, N.C. Died May 13, 2015. He was preceded in death by his son Matt R. Long III. He is survived by his wife, Emmie Lou James Long, 1244 Arbor Rd., Apt. 450, WinstonSalem, NC 27104; and daughter Anne Page Long. Charles Hobart Sides Jr. ’43 Abbeville, S.C. Died May 10, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Smith Sides, P.O. Box 307, Due West, SC 29639; two sons, Bart Sides and Danny Sides; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Riley McMillan Little II ’44 Newport News, Va. Died May 5, 2015. He and his wife Eva passed away together. He is survived by four children; Mac Little III, 130 Schooner Dr., Newport News, VA 23602; Eva Allen Little Mikszewski, Ginna Little Harris and Clark Walworth Little; eight grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren. John Marshall Storey ’44 Corpus Christi, Texas Died Feb. 21, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Chester Storey. He is survived by his children, Marsha Graham, 205 Merestone Cir., Fuquay-Varina, NC 28404; Milton Storey and Mary Lynn Sutphen; seven grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. Robert Burke Herring ’45 Rose Hill, N.C. Died Feb. 26, 2015. He is survived by two children, Peggy Guthrie, P.O. Box 1364 Rose Hill, NC 28458; and Burke Herring; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. William Henry Pittman ’45 Durham, N.C. Died April 20, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife May. He is survived by his three sons, Lee, Mike, 257 Grandview Dr., Sneads Ferry, NC 28460; and Kerry; two grandchildren; and one greatgranddaughter. Allan Bosch ’47 South Portland, Maine Died Dec. 21, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise. He is survived by his five children, Allan W. Bosch II, Anne Bosch, Stephen Bosch, Susan Bosch, 43 Valley St., Apt 5, South Portland, ME 04106; and Jennifer Bosch; three grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Caspar L. “Cas” Woodbridge ’47 Hanover Township, Pa. Died March 14, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Helen, 3574 Browning Ln., Bethlehem, PA 18017; sons, Robert, David and John; and two grandsons. William Henry Chance Jr. ’48 Winston-Salem, N.C. Died June 5, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah, and daughter, Sarah Adele Chance Hanie. He is survived by his son, Richard Sadler Chance, 405 E. Strawberry Dr., Apt. 6, Mill Valley, CA 94941; two grandsons; and one great-grandson.

Edwin Glenn Watt ’48 Macon, Ga. Died June 10, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Goad Watt, 888 Fair Oaks Dr., Macon, GA 31204; daughters, Susan W. Cable, Janice W. Green and Betsy W. Bier; eight grandchildren; and 15 greatgrandchildren. Clayton Calvin Carpenter Jr. ’49 Glastonbury, Conn. Died Feb. 16, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, 60 Montauk Way, Glastonbury, CT 06033; daughter Cathy Michaud; and three grandchildren. William Alexander Crosland ’49 Sandy Springs, Ga. Died April 19, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Charlotte, 8592 Roswell Rd., Apt. 328, Atlanta, Ga. 30350; children, Bill Crosland, Jr. ’76, Ed Crosland ’77, David Crosland, Dudley Crosland and Catherine Crosland Leiner ’85; and nine grandchildren including William Alexander Crosland III ’08 and Catherine Irwin Leiner ’17. Ron Dietrick ’49 Wilmington, N.C. Died Jan. 30, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Bess, 3313 Ammons Dr., Wilmington, NC 28405; children, Faith Dietrick, Daly Dietrick and Sarah Evans; and eight grandchildren. John C. Herion ’49 Chapel Hill, N.C. Died March 31, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Mary M. Herion, 714 Emory Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514; five children, Gary A. Herion, John M. Herion, Diane Herion Bell, Carol Herion Buckner and David W. Herion; 10 grandchildren; and two siblings including Charles Herion ’52. Murdoch “Mac” McKelway Calhoun ’50 Bedford, Texas Died April 3, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ruth Gettys Calhoun, 1712 Ashbury Ct., Bedford, TX 76021; three daughters, Elaine Vaught Stokes, Christy Calhoun Miller, and Miriam “Missy” Calhoun; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren David Wilson Crumpacker ’50 Boulder, Colo. Died Jan. 16, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Crumpacker, 315 Arapahoe Rd. Apt. 304, Boulder, CO 80302; four children, David Crumpacker, John Crumpacker, Jeannie Crowell and Mark Crumpacker; and seven grandchildren. Howard P. Holshouser Jr. ’50 Greensboro, N.C. Died March 20, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Mabe Holshouser, 925 New Garden Rd., Apt. 2304, Greensboro, NC 27410; sons, Mark and Scott; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and brother, John Williams Holshouser ’59. John Steedman Lyles ’50 Davidson, N.C. Died May 23, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carter P. Lyles. He is survived by Beverly K. Rosengren; sons, John Steedman Lyles, Jr. ’79, DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

theUnion: In Memoriam P.O. Box 55, Davidson, NC 28036; and W. Patterson Lyles; and five grandchildren including Elizabeth Mauldin Lyles ’11. Ralph Elbert Brooks Jr. ’51 Colfax, N.C. Died March 20, 2015. He was proceeded in death by his wife Jane. He is survived by his son Frank Slate Brooks, 809 Northridge St., Greensboro, NC 27403; and daughter Lucy Perdue; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. William Owen Harris ’51 Petersburg, Ind. Died March 21, 2015. He is survived by a brother, Robert “Bob” Harris, 458 W. Riverwood Dr., Petersburg, IN 47567; and several nieces and nephews. C. Stiles Markey ’51 Davidson, N.C. Died April 17, 2015. He is survived by children: Beverly, Garland, Andy and Charlie, 900 Ardsley Rd., Charlotte, NC 28207; and four grandchildren. Roy Walton Davis Jr. ’52 Asheville, N.C. Died April 5, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Madeline, 359 Country Club Rd., Asheville, NC 28804; son, Walton; daughters, Cissy, Becky and Sally; and four grandchildren. Percy Webb Miles Jr. ’52 Defuniak Springs, Fla. Died Feb. 6, 2015. He is survived by sisters, Josephine Whalen and Persis Owens, 2684 Marian Dr., Bonifay, FL 32425. Kenneth Raynor Newbold ’52 Rose Hill, N.C Died March 1, 2015. He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Harper. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, 542 Sheffield Rd., Rose Hill, NC 28458; his son Joe and daughter Lisa; one grandson; and four siblings including Jerry McMullan Newbold, Jr. ’43. Charles Lindbergh Runyan ’52 Columbia, S.C. Died Feb. 13, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife Jeanne Gregg Runyan and his infant daughter Minnie Ward Runyan. He is survived by children, Ellen Crabbe, Gregg Runyan and Lindy Runyan; and 10 grandchildren. Andrew Johnson Courts ’54 Greensboro, N.C. Died May 3, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Fleming Courts, 717 Dover Rd., Greensboro, NC 27408; sons Andrew Johnson Courts, William Fleming Courts and Robert Benjamin Courts; and two grandsons. Frank S. Shaw Jr. ’54 Tallahassee, Fla. Died May 11, 2015. He is survived by his wife Sarah, 4024 N. Meridian Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32312; his son Frank S. Shaw III and daughter Sally Shaw Hyde; and five grandchildren.

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C. Mike York ’54 Atlanta, Ga. Died March 7, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Marguerite, 2488 Dellwood Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30305; sons, Jonathan and Peter; and six grandchildren. Joseph Henry DeShazo ’56 Martinsville, Va. Died May 28, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Betty; son, Joseph; daughters, Deborah and Nancy; stepchildren, James, Barry, Denise, Theresa and Carole; and 14 grandchildren. James Webb Kiser ’56 Charlotte, N.C. Died May 7, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Howard Kiser, 1316 Biltmore Dr., Charlotte, NC 28207; his three sons, Jamie Kiser ’86, Robert Kiser ’93 and Ken Kiser ’97; and four grandchildren. Philip Burch McGill ’56 Durham, N.C. Died March 4, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Haley Poteat McGill, 4412 Trenton Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27517. Lawrence White McIntosh ’56 Peachtree City, Ga. Died May 9, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie. He is survived by his children, Lawrence W. McIntosh, Jr. and Laura McIntosh Olree; and two grandchildren. E. Tom Miller ’56 Davidson, N.C. Died June 7, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Raftelis Miller, 414 Lorimer Rd., Davidson, NC 28036; his children, Michele Miller Houck ’87 and John Thomas Anthony Miller; and four grandchildren. Clifton Addison Poole Jr. ’56 Charlotte, N.C. Died March 3, 2015. He was preceded in death by his son, Clifton Allen Poole. He is survived by his wife Elaine Slifer Poole, 10302 Scott Gate Ct., Charlotte, NC 28277; his children: Laura Catherine Poole, Diane Elizabeth Schwarz, David Addison Poole, Mary Carol Poole; and five grandchildren. Buddy Neil Primm ’56 Annapolis, Md. Died Feb. 15, 2015. He is survived by his son, Tony Primm, 237 Colorado Dr., Birdsboro, PA 19508, and a granddaughter. William Fox Eckbert Jr. ’60 Edgewater, N.J. Died May 6, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Angeline, 255 W. 85th St. Apt. 5A, New York, NY 10024; children, Ashley Eckbert Berner ’88 and John Eckbert ’90; and four grandchildren. John Little Watwood ’60 Alexander City, Ala. Died April 9, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Gayle Hargett Watwood, 1260 Willow Way E., Alexander City, AL 35010; and daughter, Anne Hargett Watwood.

Thomas Price Caldwell Jr. ’62 Starkville, Miss. Died Feb. 25, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Alice Carol Caldwell, 403 Gillespie St., Starkville, MS 39759; daughter Delia Caldwell and son Michael Price Caldwell; and four grandchildren. Drewry James Jones Jr. ’65 Raleigh, N.C. Died Oct. 24, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Susan Kanto Jones, 1515 Dixie Tr., Raleigh, NC 27607; and son, Drewry James Jones III. Peter Collin Coggeshall Jr. ’65 Daniel Island, S.C. Died Feb. 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol Harvey Coggeshall. He is survived by his fiancée, Myra Hayden Richey, his son, Collin Drum Coggeshall, 524 Woodland Dr., Hartsville, SC 29550; and two grandsons. Robert Wayne “Bob” Strauser ’65 Austin, Texas Died May 21, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Terri Seals, 3312 Gilbert, Austin, TX 78703; children, Ben Strauser and Ann Kathleen Strauser Palmer ’99; and two grandsons. Frederick von Unwerth ’65 Woodstock, Vt. Died May 3, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Coakley von Unwerth, 1042 College Hill Rd., Woodstock, VT 05091; son Matthew von Unwerth and daughter Anna Davenport; and three grandchildren. Howard Wall “Champ” Covington Jr. ’66 Greenville, S.C. Died March 21, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Imogene Hill Covington, 208 Windthistle Dr., Greenville, SC 29615; three children: Elizabeth Ashley Covington, Cameron Covington Mackie ’92, and Howard Wall “Champ” Covington III; and six grandchildren. James Bassett Martin ’66 Dallas, Texas Died April 19, 2015. Jim is survived by wife Cynthia, 4300 Caruth Blvd., Dallas, TX 75225; daughter Sarah Hall and son Michael O’Brien Pickens, Jr.; and three grandchildren. Hugh Herman Peoples ’66 Winston-Salem, N.C. Died April 17, 2015. Hugh is survived by his sister, Kathleen Lynne Peoples Tanner. J. Hoyle Rymer ’66 Cleveland, Tenn. Died May 4, 2015. He was preceded in death by his son, Charlie Oates Rymer. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, 5238 State Road 11, De Leon Springs, FL 32130; and two sons, John Hoyle Rymer and Robert Atchley Rymer. William “Bill” Goff Jones ’67 Charlotte, N.C. Died May 27, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Christine Sprenkle Jones, 2212 Greenway Ave., Charlotte, NC 28207; his sons, Brian Summers Jones and Eric Hartman Jones; and three grandchildren. FALL 2015

theUnion: In Memoriam Mike Bumgarner ’70 Raleigh, N.C. Died May 31, 2015. Mike was preceded in death by his first wife Wendy Vaughn Bumgarner and daughter, Jessica Joy Bumgarner. He is survived by his wife, Debbie Yates Bumgarner, 416 Chadwick Dr., Raleigh, NC 27609; and two daughters, Leslie and Katie. Frank Rader ’71 Mooresville, N.C. Died May 18, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Liz Boyd Rader, PO Box 1115, Mooresville, NC 28115; and daughter, Lura Elizabeth “Ellie” Rader. Harold Mapes Jr. ’72 North Haledon, N.J. Died April 2, 2015. Hal is survived by his wife, Carol A. Mapes, 33 Sicomac Rd., Haledon, NJ 07508; his mother Nancy Mapes; and his children Jennifer M. Wallace, Andrew D. Mapes, Stephen G. Mapes and Thomas E. Mapes; and six grandchildren.

Vanessa Yvette Adams ’82 Atlanta, Ga. Died April 2, 2015. Vanessa is survived by her daughter, Alexandra Yvette Adams; parents, Henry and Louise Adams, 130 Briarlake Ct., Fairburn, GA 30213; and brother, Christopher Adams.

Daniel David Bahmiller ’94 North Augusta, S.C. Died Aug. 25, 2014. He is survived by his father, David P. Bahmiller, 2750 Burlington Ave. N, Saint Petersburg, FL 33713 and his mother, Martha Lou Doyle.

Betsy Blake Henjes ’84 Wenonah, N.J. Died May 11, 2015. She is survived by her husband, Kurt Henjes ’85, 100 S. Princeton Ave., Wenonah, NJ 08090; and three children Mary Carroll, Leigh Joan and Paul Blake Henjes.

Thomas Arthur Anstrom ’04 Washington, D.C. Died April 9, 2015. He is survived by his parents, Decker Anstrom and Sherron Hiemstra Anstrom, 2929 38th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20016.

David Alexander Lee ’84 Raleigh, N.C. Died Feb. 25, 2015. He is survived by his father, Joshua Lee, 141 Timber Trail Rd., Apt. 238, Richmond Hill, GA 31324; and sister, Martha Lee.

Benton Thomas Ferguson ’09 Killen, Ala. Died March 29, 2015. He is survived by his parents, Charlie and Beki Ferguson, 640 Horseshoe Hills Rd., Killen, AL 35645; brother, Scott Rivers Ferguson ’05; and sisters, Jamie Lynn Ferguson ’06, and Gretta Mae Ferguson ’12.

Professor Emeritus George Labban Jr.

ROFESSOR EM ER IT US GEORGE Labban Jr. died July

19 at The Pines at Davidson. He was born Oct. 15, 1921, in Houston, Texas, the son of George and Mary Attra Labban and grew up in Corsicana, Texas, where he completed his public education. He enrolled directly in the University of Texas, subsequently earning bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. During World War II he served four years in the U.S. Army as an officer, primarily in the

763rd Field Artillery Battalion in the European theater. Afterward, he taught at Baylor University and at the University of Texas. In 1952, he joined the faculty at Davidson College where he formed and chaired the Department of Classics, spending 33 years of rewarding service in the classroom and with his students on the ancient sites in Greece and Italy. Due to a progressively painful spinal disorder, he found it necessary to retire on medical disability in 1985. He was a longstanding member of Davidson United Methodist Church.

Professor Emeritus J. Harris Proctor

. HARRIS PROCTOR, a 21-year

member of the political science department, died Aug. 7. Proctor, born in 1924 to Jesse and Rosa Proctor in Durham, N.C., passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family. After earning his doctorate in political science from Harvard University, Proctor embarked on a distinguished academic career spanning more than 60 years teaching at MIT, American University in Cairo, Duke

University, University of Nairobi, University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Delhi before finishing his teaching career with more than two decades spent at his beloved Davidson College. Proctor traveled extensively, publishing his research on government and politics in the West Indies, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Gambia, Senegal, Botswana, Lesotho, Tanzania, Swaziland, Malawi, the United Kingdom, Malta and India.

Please visit In Memoriam online at blogs.davidson.edu/memoriam/2015/ for full obituaries.

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What’s in a Name? SOME SEMBLANCE OF the modern Honor Code at Davidson took shape before the Civil War. During this time, all new students signed a pledge to follow the college rules, most of which regarded social activity. Which “advocate for democracy and world peace,” whose signature is listed here among the signatures of the Class of ’73 (1873, that is), learned to read when he was 10? Hint: He was also the last American president to travel to his inauguration in a horse-drawn carriage. Has the Honor Code made a difference in your life? Share your stories and reminiscences with John Syme, senior writer, at 704-894-2523 or josyme@davidson.edu.

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Africana Studies in the Age of Black Lives Matter

By Tracey Hucks, James D. Vail III Professor and Chair of Africana Studies

N AUG. 26, 2014, at 8:15 a.m., I

walked into the classroom for the first time to teach “Introduction to Africana Studies” at Davidson College. In the aftermath of the killing of unarmed 19-year-old Michael Brown, the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, had been continuous since Aug. 9 and subsided on Davidson’s first day of classes. My first week ended with attending a Davidson Stands with Ferguson vigil, which concluded with hundreds assembled on the steps of Chambers Building for a “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” photo. The very next day, sentencing was handed down to Theodore Wafe, who shot and killed an unarmed 19-year-old African American woman, Renisha McBride, in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun in a Detroit suburb. Whatever learning objectives I anticipated in my carefully thought out Africana Studies syllabus and selected texts for my first Davidson course, I knew they had to be relevant to the social texts of violence and black carnage that were sweeping across the American landscape. Teaching Africana Studies in the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement meant instilling both an intellectual literacy on Africa and the African Diaspora through the opening readings of Daniel Mengara, Winthrop Jordan, Chinualumogu Achebe and Binyavanga Wainaina, while at the same time imparting a socio-racial literacy that made the lives of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Renisha McBride and Tamir Rice valuable and germane. I began the course by interweaving intellectual and social constructs and by placing the present and past in dialogical tension as we explored the historical and contemporary dehumanization of black lives, the

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animalization of black bodies, and the criminalization of black social presence in the Americas. Thus was the weighty challenge of my first few weeks in Africana Studies at Davidson. By midterm, I traveled to Columbia University to present a lecture on what would be the occasion of my first public representation of Davidson College as its new James D. Vail III Professor and Chair of Africana Studies. I returned on the last flight to Charlotte, arriving at 10:30 p.m. Lost in reminiscences of the conference and still adorned in the elegance of African attire, I awaited planeside for my small valise to be delivered. My reflective moment was violently invaded by a white male passenger who, upon seeing me, remarked loudly and intentionally to another in his Southern drawl, “The problem with America is that we let so much trash into this country. Yeah, that’s the problem; we let in trash from all over the world—especially that trash from Africa! They come here bringing all this Ebola and diseases and we need to learn how to keep all this trash out.” Alarmed at this exchange, I realized the Southern-ness and ‘night-ness’ of my location, thought immediately of my safety, was stunned at the deafening silence of other white passengers at the rendering of this racial assault, and became disconcertingly aware of my blackness and femaleness as connected to a long line of unprotected female ancestors of the Southern past and unprotected Renisha McBrides in the Northern present. I gazed into the eyes of my verbal assailant and imagined his lineage as he smiled ever so slightly. My luggage was first to arrive. I walked away hurriedly and scrutinized the faces of the silent white spectators, was eventually dropped

off alone in the Economy Lot under the cloak of heavy darkness, hurried to my car, and drove away fleeing the Charlotte airport en route to Davidson. Tomorrow was to be another teaching day and I reflected on how to transform this offense into an experiential learning moment for my students in Africana Studies, bringing our textual and social collisions with the legacies of white supremacy in closer proximity to our Davidson community. As I recounted the incident to students, I heeded the look on freshman Kebron Sawhny’s face as he said, “I’m sorry, Dr. Hucks.” Inside of class, “Introduction to Africana Studies” would end with the reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s cutting-edge novel Americanah, and outside of class, the student-led die-in in the town of Davidson would mark the semester’s end. Hundreds of us would lay in silence on the cold damp December ground in downtown Davidson for 50 minutes, listening overhead to assailing comments from white onlookers, “we should get a car and just run them all over,” “let’s remember Darren Wilson,” “white lives matter too!” Here the streets of Davidson encountered Africana Studies, and in the age of Black Lives Matter provided an opportunity for student learning that far exceeded the boundaries of the classroom. The discipline of Black Studies/Africana Studies commenced in the mobilizing spaces of the streets, and my first semester at Davidson ended fittingly with students also assembled in the streets. This fall’s “Introduction to Africana Studies” began in the wake of the gruesome massacre of nine African Americans in a Charleston church meant to invoke a race riot, and the mistrial ruling in the vicious shooting of Charlotte’s Jonathan Ferrell: A luta continua, and so does the need for Africana Studies. DAVIDSONJOURNAL.DAVIDSON.EDU

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