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March Mathness

Prof. Tim Chartier schools the media in the art and science of bracketology.

Rise of the Superdads A look at the changes and challenges of modern fatherhood.

4 The Well 36 The Union 68 Faculty Notes 70 In Memoriam 73 AfterWord

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Maggie Birgel ’14

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Senior theater major Maggie Birgel is doing what she loves. In less than four years, she has appeared in nine productions at Davidson and served as a summer intern with Penumbra, the nation’s oldest and most vital African American theatre company. She’s also president of the college a capella group, Androgyny. During a transformative semester abroad studying at the British American Drama Academy in London, where she cultivated a passion for classical theatre, Birgel took a side trip to Paris to visit her Davidson roommate and stumbled upon a “lovelock” bridge. The padlocks, affixed to bridges all over the world, symbolize unbreakable love. “When we came across the bridge I decided to take the yarn bracelet off my wrist, make a wish, and tie it to the chain link for good luck,” she said. —Lisa Patterson

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All Together Now Union Board is formed in 1956 to bring student programming to Davidson.

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Something to Do Students, advisers and special committees plan more than 150 all-campus student events each year.

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Satchmo Shows Jazz legend Louis Armstrong performed at Davidson four times between 1953 and 1960.

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Talk about Pop Music Hundreds of pop music concerts have taken place at Davidson over the last 61 years.

Due to the Civil War, no students graduated in 1862, 1863, 1865 or 1866,

though James H. Douglas was awarded a diploma in 1864 for superior scholarship and deportment. In 1867, the college held elaborate exercises for a lone graduate: John L. Caldwell. Davidson College’s 177th commencement will take place on the front lawn of campus, Sunday, May 18. The ceremony will be live streamed at www.davidson.edu beginning at 9:50 a.m.

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Telling Our Story Our world

is changing and the higher education landscape is changing with it. The cost of higher education continues to escalate, and government officials and the public are questioning the value of a residential college education in light of current and future economic realities. Formerly regional schools are rising to national prominence, and world-renowned institutions are offering online courses for free. The number of males applying to college is in decline, the demographics of talented high school kids are changing, and K-12 educators are moving increasingly from print to digital curricula and tablets. In the face of these challenges, Davidson’s strengths and competitive advantages become even more powerful, and our commitment to a liberal arts philosophy grows stronger each day as we see the urgent need in the world for the leadership our graduates provide.

We need to show how together we enable students to wrestle for themselves with challenging, complex questions in the classroom, the studio and in the lab. To this end, we are entering year two of an exciting effort to tell our story to a national audience. Through our national visibility program, we are working hard to make known throughout the country and around the world the impact our students, faculty and staff are exerting. Together, we are communicating our highest aspirations, promoting what makes

Davidson’s strengths and competitive advantages become even more powerful, and our commitment to a liberal arts philosophy grows stronger each day as we see the urgent need in the world for the leadership our graduates provide. Our students learn to analyze complex questions rigorously and to express themselves to multiple audiences. In the classroom and beyond, we cultivate students’ compassion, creativity, resilience and moral courage. And we nurture these values in a community founded on trust as articulated by the Honor Code and on free, unfettered inquiry. Right here, right how—we have a great opportunity to make known to a much broader public who we are, what we seek to do, and why this is valuable.

Davidson so distinctive and fostering new relationships with those who have not known Davidson before. As we plan for the launch of a comprehensive fundraising campaign in the fall of 2014, our national visibility program will position Davidson as an institution with the vision to lead and the courage to execute. We look forward to involving and engaging you in our efforts as we seek to share with the world what makes Davidson such a special place. Spring 2014

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Burning Down the House

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Among about 70 area firefighters were (l-r) Seth Saylors ’14, Tyler Murray ’15 and (kneeling) Stefano Blandino ’16 who took part in live-fire training at an abandoned home near Davidson. For several hours instructors lit small interior fires for trainees to extinguish. After everyone had a turn, the fire was allowed to burn the home to the ground, offering opportunities for dramatic portraits. The three students are volunteers with the Davidson Fire Department. Murray grew up with a fire station down the street from his house. He joined that department in high school and earned his Emergency Medical Technician certification. The work has inspired him to follow Davidson’s pre-med track and apply to medical school. Saylors and Blandino joined the department to fulfill community service requirements for the Bonner Scholarship, and Saylors also has developed an interest in medical school through the work. The Davidson students are full-fledged departmental volunteers, serving three or four 14-hour shifts per month. They are the first out the door to take any calls that come in dur—Bill Giduz ing those shifts, and respond to other calls as their academic schedules allow.

Access and Opportunity

New initiatives announced at White House summit.

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Scholarship Honors African American Experience at Davidson First student benefits from alumni effort.

By Danielle Strickland bai Kamara ’17 of Rock-

ville, Md., was drawn to Davidson because his high school has many strong connections to the institution. Ultimately, the college’s financial aid options—The Davidson Trust in particular—made it his first choice. “If I went to another school, I would have loans and would be paying a lot of money, and I don’t know if I would’ve been able to afford it, even in-state,” he said. “So when considering the quality of education at Davidson on top of the scholarship opportunities, it was a perfect situation. Here, I can focus on education, getting my degree and playing football.” In the fall, Davidson named Kamara the f irst recipient of the Emergence Scholarship of The Davidson Trust. “It’s cool that I’m leading the way,” said Kamara, whose favorite class is calculus, “and it’s definitely an honor to be the first scholar chosen.” The Emergence Scholarship of The Davidson Trust was conceived by alumni

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Rusty Lindsey ’76 and Earl Wooten ’84 and was supported by conversations born out of ACE, Davidson’s Alumni of Color Engagement initiative. They wanted to honor the African American experience at Davidson in a meaningful and tangible way that would make the Davidson experience possible for others. “I am happy that Obai is able to have the life-changing experience Davidson will provide, aided in part by the contributions of those who have come before him,” said Wooten. “Equally, I am proud of my fellow alumni who responded so generously to the call and have made this dream into a reality.” The Davidson Trust makes it possible for talented students from all backgrounds to imagine coming to Davidson, and for graduates to plan for their futures based on their interests and passions. The program meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need through grants and campus employment. For more information about the Emergence Scholarship of The Davidson Trust, contact Doug Mauney at domauney@davidson.edu or 704-894-2831.

gift from the Belk Endowment, Davidson College, in collaboration with the College Advising Corps (CAC) and other North Carolina higher educational institutions, will place 60 recent graduates as full-time college advisers in underserved rural North Carolina high schools. As many as 20 Davidson graduates will join the initiative, which aims to increase access to college for more than 18,000 rural North Carolina high school students over a three-year period. The CAC provides advising to more than 400,000 underserved students across the nation as they navigate the college admissions process and secure financial aid. Davidson’s CAC advisers also will identify high-achieving/low-income North Carolina high school students who will be invited to attend a free campus experience at the college. In another initiative to help underserved high school students, Davidson will partner with The Posse Foundation to recruit and enroll students from diverse backgrounds to study in STEM fields at Davidson. For five years, Davidson will recruit and educate a STEM Posse from Miami, totaling 50 students (10 students per year). Davidson will provide each student with a four-year, fulltuition scholarship, offer them a two-week STEM immersion program, and provide them with faculty mentors. The announcement was made in January at the White House Summit on Educational Access and Success, where President Carol Quillen joined other college and university presidents to mark the launch of President Obama’s second-term initiative to support academic access and completion and to make college education affordable for all Americans. These two initiatives bolster Davidson’s efforts to recruit and involve underrepresented students in its academic programming. The college encourages enrollment of students with limited financial resources by practicing need-blind admission, and meets demonstrated financial need for all admitted students through grants and campus employment. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Math Improves Campus Social Life

By Christina Ritchie Rogers n average, about 63

percent of Davidson women participate in eating houses. Professor of Mathematics Laurie Heyer and a small group of students from her “Mathematical Modeling” course developed a sophisticated algorithm to maximize overall satisfaction with the results of eating house placement for women. At Davidson, women do not pledge sororities; rather they may choose to participate in the social and service-based eating house system, and any interested woman is guaranteed placement into one of the college’s four houses. Until Heyer and her students developed the algorithm, women were placed into houses through a basic lottery system, and many ended up in their last-choice houses. This led to volatile membership and low morale. Since implementing the algorithm in 2004, women rarely are placed in their third- and fourthchoice houses, with most being placed into their first- and second-choice houses.

Davidson Hosts U.S. Senate Debate

av idson C ollege hosted a U.S. Senate

debate for Republican primary candidates April 22 in the Alvarez College Union. Participants included declared Republican candidates Greg Brannon, Heather Grant, Mark Harris and Thom Tillis. The public debate was sponsored by Time Warner Cable News, The Raleigh News and Observer and Davidson College.

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Python Navigation a New Discovery

“Understanding this large-scale navigain South Florida are able to find tional ability is critical to understanding their way home even when moved the ability of Burmese pythons to expand far away from their capture loca- their geographic range.” These findings have implications for tions, a finding that has implicamanagement and conservation of the tions for the spread of the species. “What we found was an ability of these species, the study authors emphasized. snakes to travel in straight paths all the Understanding navigation in invasive speway back to their point of capture,” said cies improves the ability to control populalead study author Shannon Pittman ’08. tions and limit dispersion. “Invasive exotic reptiles continue to Pittman is now a post-doctoral fellow in the challenge agenlab of Professor c ie s ch a r g e d of Biology with protecting Mike Dorcas. t he healt h of Pitt man f irst south Florida visited the e c o s y s t e m s ,” Everglades her said Everglades freshman year National Park at Dav idson Superintendent w it h Dorc as Dan Kimball. and his team of The invaherpetologists. sive Burmese H o m i n g py t hon is a n requires a map apex (top-level) sense on the part predator in the of the animal, Everglades that which allows the Burmese Pythons average 12 feet in length but may reach up to 19. became estabanimal to determine its position in relation to a goal; and lished in Florida several decades ago. The a compass sense, which requires access largest snakes removed from the Everglades to a reliable compass to maintain orienta- have exceeded 18 feet and 150 pounds. tion toward the goal. The relocated snakes Snakes of this size are capable of ingesting moved faster and straighter than snakes large prey like adult deer and alligators. The study, titled “Homing of invathat were not relocated, demonstrating that Burmese pythons have navigational sive Burmese pythons in South Florida: evidence for map and map and compass senses. The multi-organizational team of sci- compass senses in snakes,” entists provides evidence that Burmese was published in the jourpythons are capable of homing after they nal Biology Letters. have been displaced—and they are able to do so at a scale previously undocumented for any snake species, said Pittman. nvasive Burmese pythons

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… the chicken or the egg tempera? A pair of chickens posed as guest models for Assistant Professor of Art Tyler Starr’s drawing class.

Notes from a Davidson classroom

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Creating a Safe Space New training program embraced by faculty, staff

By Christina Ritchie Rogers

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ter a community of acceptance and respect, Davidson this year launched a Safe Space program to educate the college community about the unique challenges and experiences lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals encounter both on campus and in the greater community. Almost 200 students, faculty and staff members completed Safe Space training during the inaugural year, a turnout that exceeded expectations. “The response was incredible,” Assistant Dean of Students Becca Taylor ’06 said. “As soon as we posted the first dates for training, we had all of the classes filled and a waiting list.” Taylor worked to launch the Safe Space program in collaboration with staff members in the Residence Life, Multicultural Affairs, Student Health and Human Resources offices. The goals of the program are twofold: first, to educate students, faculty and staff members about the LGBTQ community; and second, to teach them how to apply that information. Training includes effective ways to interrupt homophobic or other prejudicial behavior; how to become and remain informed allies; and learning about the LGBTQ resources available both on campus and in the larger community.

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In addition to data and historical information, “the training provides more nuanced information about what the experience is like for LGBTQ individuals on campus, and that is powerful,” said Associate Dean of Students Kathy Bray. In fact, in a survey taken after the training, a significant majority of participants—82 percent—said they found the panel discussion with existing students and staff members the most powerful/useful portion of the training. Upon completion of the Safe Space training, participants receive placards they may hang on their door or in their offices, indicating that they are informed allies for the LGBTQ community. Additionally, this year Davidson was added to the national LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index, following intensive review of the college’s policies and procedures surrounding LGBTQ recruitment and retention, counseling and health, campus safety, housing and residence life, student life, academic life, support and institutional commitment, and policy inclusion. Inclusion in the index is an important, outward symbol to the greater community—including prospective students—of Davidson’s support for LGBTQ individuals, Taylor said.

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day in Chambers 2068, open copies of the Harper Collins Study Bible outnumber open laptops. It’s time for “God,” a course nudging its 30-person enrollment limit, co-taught by Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Studtmann and Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry Doug Ottati. Today, Ottati takes Genesis. The juxtaposition of this message and this professor is striking, all booming Old Testament and quirky critical analysis. Ottati cites Genesis 2 and following. But first, let’s get one thing straight: Monotheism is not monolithic. You’ve got your Yahwists, who present God as a person, a tribal god. Then you’ve got your Elohists, who focus on the heavenly host. And you have Priestly sources often looking on God’s more abstract, well, personality traits, which brings us back to the Yahwists. Hmmm. “God’s no dummy,” says Ottati. He points out that God shows up in Eden for his big say about the apple, according to one translation, “at the time of cool breezes.” God as a cool breeze: an image to live by. But first, God took Adam’s rib to create woman. “You can count the ribs and all the other happy stuff people in the West have done because they’re such literalists,” says Ottati. “This is a Hebrew text. The serpent has a speaking part! If you’re looking for something that’s going to stay in the bounds of later Western decorum, you’ve come to the wrong place.” Clearly, this iteration of “God” as an academic course channels generations of Davidson religion and philosophy professors’ insistence on shaking up preconceived notions, on making Davidson students think about deep meanings, and on opening young minds wider than either a Bible or a laptop. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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standing components of the event. Another important factor is to illustrate how committed to this effort Davidson students are, whether or not their financial aid packages benefit directly from the program. “Not only do the students serving on the Dinner at Davidson committee benefit from a one-of-a-kind community,” said Rapport, “we are intentional about giving thanks and contributing to our campus. We express our appreciation for The Davidson Trust in a way that only current students can—by harnessing different talents from within the student body.”

Dinner at Davidson Celebrates Fifth Successful Year

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imagine coming to Davidson, irrespective of their financial circumstances. “This is an event about the Davidson community,” said Emily Rapport ’16, chair of Dinner at Davidson. “The Davidson Trust is important because it allows students from diverse backgrounds to build off of each other’s talents in a diverse community, and that makes Davidson distinctive.” While the money raised from the event for The Davidson Trust scholarship program—$36,500 this year—is a principal goal, the student committee focuses just as much energy on the awareness and under-

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“Not only do the students serving on the Dinner at Davidson committee benefit from a one-of-a-kind community,” said Rapport. “We express our appreciation for The Davidson Trust in a way that only current students can—by harnessing different talents from within the student body.” The Dinner at Davidson committee—10 students in the core leadership group who meet weekly plus approximately 15 others who serve on subcommittees—is advised by annual giving staff members Katharine Hubbard Atkins ’05, associate director, and Kate Ceremsak ’12, coordinator. “Davidson students are pulled in so many different directions, and to see the students’ commitment to something that affects their current experience is really inspiring,” said Atkins. “This is not a typical extracurricular experience; this is truly a labor of love.” In total, students have raised approximately $175,000 for Dinner at Davidson eponymous scholarship. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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arlier this year, more than 160 members of the Davidson family gathered to celebrate the impact of The Davidson Trust at the 5th annual Dinner at Davidson. This student-led fundraising and awareness effort aims to showcase student achievements that tell the story of diversity on campus and why it matters to our community. In support of the college’s longstanding commitment to need-blind admission, The Davidson Trust makes it possible for talented students from all backgrounds to

Student Athletes to Benefit from Vance Challenge he future of Davidson

Athletics is here. After a long history in the Southern Conference, 19 of the college’s athletic programs will move to the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2014-15. This transition brings unparalleled opportunities, greater challenges and more visibility to the college’s Division I sports programs. Davidson’s new athletic center will play an important role in readying the college’s student athletes for the transition by providing them with much-needed space and flexible scheduling. “This new center will help our student athletes balance their lives,” said Jim Murphy, director of athletics. “They will have additional space for practice and meetings along with an enhanced training room for preparation and rehabilitation. Our student athletes will be able to better organize their day by avoiding practice times that conflict with meals or study time. These are things we simply cannot provide today as our needs have outgrown our facilities.” To make the center a reality, Samuel and Ann Vance Ginn of Hillsborough, Calif., issued a $4 million challenge to the Davidson family. When met, the center will be named in honor of Ann’s father, the late Harry L. Vance, a stand-out Davidson student athlete from the class of 1926. At the time this publication went to press, more than $1.3 million had been raised toward the challenge. These commitments, matched by challenge dollars, in addition to gifts made before the challenge began, brings the total to $7.1 million raised. Alumni, parents and friends are needed to meet the Vance Challenge and to meet the needs of Davidson Athletics. Visit www.davidson.edu/athletic-center for more information about this project and the Vance Challenge. Questions can be directed to Annie Porges, director of the Davidson Athletic Fund, at anporges@ davidson.edu or 704-894-2395. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Alumni-driven Startup Wins $25K Davidson Venture Fund Investment

By Robert Abare startup publication founded by three David-

Encouraging Entrepreneurship

The Venture Fund is part of Davidson’s son alumni, Misadventures growing Entrepreneurship Initiative, which magazine, recently has been is designed to inspire, connect and support offered an investment of a community of entrepreneurs at Davidson. $25,000 as the winner of the The fund is supported by a generous 2013 gift 2014 Davidson College Venture Fund. Begin- from Marian Nisbet and her two sons, Walter ning this year, the fund will provide planned Olin “Chip” Nisbet IV ’86 and William investments in annual awards of up to $25,000. McGowan Nisbet, which also supports other The fund accepts applications from David- branches of the Entrepreneurship Initiative. son students and recent alumni who present The process for this year’s competition business plans, and a panel of judges chooses began in January 2013, when teams first recipients. applied to become finalists. Accepted teams Misadventures magazine, which spot- then attended a series of three clinics led by lights the lives of adventurous women, is Davidson’s Entrepreneur in Residence Mark headed by three alumnae—Belk Scholar Williams ’86. The clinics aimed to refine the Zoe Balaconis ’11, Marybeth Campeau ’11 teams’ business models and presentations. and Jessica Malordy ’11. The teams then preMisadventures intends to sented their business provide an alternative to plans to a panel of judges, the highly male-focused including local entreprerealm of outdoors and neur Mark McDowell, adventure magazines. founder and managing The trio, who learned partner of Court Square Ventures Chris Holden to explore, inquire and ’85 and Davidson College innovate at Davidson, President Carol Quillen. seek to extend the values With the $25,000 investof their liberal arts education into the mainstream. Marybeth Campeau ’11, Jessica Malordy ’11 ment, the Misadventures and Zoe Balaconis ’11 are the alumni team team hopes to increase Misadventures accombehind the magazine Misadventures. Misadventures readership plishes that goal by providing inquisitive and dynamic women—who and revenue through advertising, branded are largely ignored by conventional media—an product sales and a transition to a print-based outlet to connect with, learn about and validate business model. “The investment will primareach other. The judges rewarded the team for ily go toward increasing our visibility through their ability to convert this valuable aspect of a variety of methods, including advertising,” Davidson’s culture into a workable business plan. Balaconis explained. Campeau also expressed her gratitude for Because the $25,000 is an investment rather than a cash prize, Davidson College Davidson’s recent focus on entrepreneuralso will own a small percentage of the ship. “A liberal arts education teaches stumagazine and will help ensure that the dents to develop and share ideas, which then creates conversations. That’s what we aim to fledgling business succeeds. Additionally, one finalist team was offered achieve with Misadventures. Those values of a position in the Davidson College Venture innovation and collaboration are very appliLab, a summer accelerator for student cable to entrepreneurship.” Williams added, “Davidson is quietly and startups based in Charlotte. The student team, named Crossfaded, is comprised of strategically investing in the ideas of our stumath majors and musicians with bold ideas dents. We are making investments and takfor creating and distributing online music ing risks to say that we truly believe in their ideas.” content. Spring 2014

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This picture features Humayan’s tomb, one of the massive 16th century Mughal monuments nestled in the heart of New Delhi, India. The palace is reflected in one of the aqueducts leading to the monument’s center. While the photo looks like it was taken in the early morning fog, it was actually taken in the middle of a bright, sunny day— the surrounding city’s dense pollution blurred the edges of the tomb’s dome. —Corinne McCullough ’14

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Broadcasting the Bard, Live

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lish seminar “Performing Shakespeare” has been a sought-after course for Davidson’s English majors and otherwise theatrically inclined students since Dana Professor of English Cynthia Lewis first joined the faculty in 1980. Though the course has typically culminated in student-led stage productions of Shakespeare’s plays, this year the performance will be delivered to a much larger, listening audience via a live broadcast from the college’s public radio station, 89.9 WDAV FM. Tu ne i n o r v i s it wdav.org to hear Lewis’ students in “R adio Shakespeare” perform their rendition of The Merchant of Venice at 7:30 p.m., April 26. An avid fan of N PR , Lew is c onceived the idea for “Radio Shakespeare” p a r t ly t h r ou g h a n attempt to circumvent the many obstacles posed by teaching the “Pe r for m i ng ” ve r sion of the course, like casting and rehearsals. “With a strictly listening audience, it’s easier to double roles more covertly and for students to practice their lines on their own,” she explained. Performing for a radio audience also pose s u n ique cha l lenge s, however. “Undergraduate actors typically don’t think about their voices as much as they should in order to pull this off,” Lewis explained. “Unless they have voice training, most support their voices with their throats instead of their diaphragms.” Lewis is less worried about adapting Shakespeare’s lines for a strictly verbal presentation. “It’s important to remember that in Shakespeare’s time, people went to hear a play,” she said. “It was a much more aural culture in his day.” The Merchant of Venice also is particularly suited for the airwaves. “Although it’s

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classified as a comedy, this play is great for the radio because it’s not exactly funny,” Lewis said. “It’s more concerned with passionate love, hatred, and racial tension, which gives the actors a lot to do with their voices.” Lewis expressed her excitement to collaborate with WDAV, which she described as “rather uncharted territory,” for faculty. “Frank Dominguez has been a great help, especially considering he’s acted Shakespeare and he’s an expert on Shakespearean music,” Lewis said. Lewis added, “‘Radio Shakespeare’ is a great joint venture between the academic and cultural, community-outreach arms of the college. This is illustrative of what Davidson can be at its very best.” Bracketing the live radio broadcast on April 26, Lewis’ radio Shakespeareans will also record performances before studio audiences at WDAV on April 25 and April 27, both at 7:30 p.m. Po st-produc t ion, WDAV engineers will compile the strongest element s f rom t he three performances in a single podcast available for download. The “Radio Shakespeare” students also will hold a non-recorded recital of The Merchant of Venice at 2 p.m., April 28, at “Pian del Pino,” the Italian Renaissances t yle v i l l a of M a r g a r et a nd P r ic e Zimmermann, who served as Professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Davidson from 1977-1998. Though “Radio Shakespeare” marks a venture into uncharted territory for Lewis, she has accepted the challenge with characteristic enthusiasm. “I’m taking the chance of failing, just like my students are,” she said. As if to ward off the threat of failure with a divine blessing, however, Lewis selected the first airdate of April 26 to coincide with the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s baptism.

Undercover Maestro

For the second time in as many years, the Charlotte Symphony called on Davidson’s Symphony Orchestra Director Tara Villa Keith to serve as cover conductor for one of their performances. Cover conductors are, according to Keith, a second set of ears for the maestro. Much like the understudy in a theatre performance, if called upon at a moment’s notice, the cover conductor is expected to interpret the music exactly as the maestro does. Villa Keith is pictured here with the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra rehearsal. —Amanda Preston davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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Superior Position

Davidson wrestler Kevin Birmingham ’15 pre-

pares to defeat nationally-ranked Matt Frisch of The Citadel. Birmingham, who wrestles at 141 pounds, is among the nation’s best at wins by fall, ranking fourth in NCAA Division I with 13 pins this season. Birmingham made history this year with teammate Donald Scott Patrick ’14; the 2014 season marked the first time in 40 years that the Wildcats sent multiple competitors to the NCAA Wrestling Championship. —Joey Beeler

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Here We Come

Davidson joins A-10 July 1 By Robert Strauss

en years ago, Phil Martelli coached the St. Joseph’s University Hawks men’s basketball team to a 27-0 regular-season record, the last undefeated regular-season NCAA Division I team before this year’s Wichita State squad. Martelli is loud and unabashed—a typical Philadelphia basketball partisan who

grew up there, played ball there (he’s the career assists leader for Division III Widener University) and now has coached nearly 400 wins there at St. Joe’s. Having had his ups and downs in the Atlantic 10, he is also a big booster of the conference, and is among those ecstatic to have Davidson become a new member for 2014-15. “I’m excited about Davidson joining the Atlantic 10,” said Martelli. “From a basketball perspective, they’ve always done things with a touch of class. Recruiting, coaching and schedule will all add to what is a remarkable basketball-centric league.” Martelli’s comments are echoed throughout Davidson’s new conference. Administrators and coaches all seem to like the idea of a school with high academic standards and a clean reputation joining them.

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“Davidson is such a great fit for our league, with its commitment to academics and athletics excellence. The A-10 is experiencing unprecedented success and the addition of Davidson ensures our conference will continue to be strong,” said University of Richmond athletic director Keith Gill. “Davidson epitomizes what the league is all about,” said Duquesne University men’s basketball coach Jim Ferry. “It is a great academic institution with a great basketball tradition. I have known Bob McKillop for a long time, and to be able to bring in a coach like him—who exudes class and is one of the great guys in this profession—is fantastic for the conference. Davidson will only continue to elevate the profile of the Atlantic 10.”

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Davidson Athletic Director Jim Murphy is careful to note that the move to the Atlantic 10 is not entirely about basketball, though the men’s and women’s basketball teams in the conference are the highest profile squads on most of the campuses. In fact, several of the schools in the A-10 don’t even have football teams—LaSalle, St. Joseph’s and George Mason among them. Murphy said joining the A-10 was not really on the radar screen a few years ago when he and others at Davidson were looking at the wave of moves by all levels of Division I schools. “We thought our best resolution was to have a stronger Southern Conference, so that is where we looked initially. We had had a long history in the conference and that seemed the best route,” said Murphy. Ultimately, though, some teams moved out of the A-10— Temple, Butler, Xavier and, especially, UNC Charlotte—and the conference was looking for replacements. With addition of football to its roster, Charlotte wanted to move to a more footballoriented conference, so the vacuum in Charlotte made Davidson a natural choice to replace it. “This is a good market for us in the southeastern part of the United States,” said Bernadette V. McGlade, the Atlantic 10 commissioner. “If you look at our footprint, we are in major cities across the country, and have good academic schools, so there was no question that Davidson was a good fit.” Still, Murphy said, it was not a jump-immediately situation. Davidson has gotten used to relatively easy bus rides for its teams to away games in the Southern Conference. With the A-10, the closest schools would be Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth at least four hours of driving away, and then much longer trips to the likes of University of Massachusetts (near Boston), St. Bonaventure (near Buffalo) and the Universities of Dayton and St. Louis. There will certainly be more plane trips and time away from campus, said Murphy. “We had to make a commitment to the faculty that the students will be in class. We will do what we need to do to make schedules work,” said Murphy. “This is not just an athletic decision but an institutional one.” At the same time, Murphy said, with schools like Elon and College of Charleston leaving, the Southern Conference was going through its own transformation, so something had to give. “Looking into the future from where we stood, we also had to look at the cost of doing nothing as well as the cost of moving,” said Murphy. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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Jennifer Joslin ’01, who directs the Student Services Center at George Washington, one of Davidson’s new A-10 competitors, said she will now probably wear a GW hat and a Davidson shirt at games in the future, but sees the two schools as being compatible in the conference. “This is a great opportunity to raise the profile of [Davidson’s] program in key Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states,” said Joslin, who played basketball as a freshman at Davidson. “This move could potentially increase the number and diversity of applications from those states.” It is not just men’s basketball coaches in the Atlantic 10 who are welcoming Davidson but those in other sports as well. “Davidson’s outstanding academic reputation speaks for itself and their location is a good balance for the conference,” said St. Joseph’s baseball coach Fritz Hamburg. Having a conference opponent in the South, where they can play early-spring games, is important to the recruiting efforts of the more northern baseball teams. “The Wildcats are coming off back-to-back 20-win seasons, which is a testament to the work of the Atlantic 10 in landing another up-and-coming program in women’s basketball. Davidson’s commitment to building and sustaining a women’s basketball program that aspires to reach the NCAA Tournament every year speaks to the caliber that our conference attracts,” said George Washington University women’s basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis. Former Davidson basketball player and assistant coach Landry Kosmalski ’00 just finished his second year as coach at Swarthmore College, in the middle of the intense basketball vortex that is the Philadelphia area. He said that Davidson will enjoy coming to the Northeast to play, but only if it ends up fitting with the full-college ethos. “The bigger question relates to maintaining the near-perfect academic-athletic balance Davidson offers,” said Kosmalski. “Will our student-athletes be able to continue to perform as well in the classroom if they are traveling farther distances and for longer periods of time? Will our teams be on a level playing field with the other conference members and therefore have opportunities to experience sustained success? I am optimistic and think that the answers will prove to be a resounding ‘Yes’.” Conference commissioner McGlade worked with Davidson’s Murphy for a number of years when they were both at Georgia Tech and called him “progressive,” which she said is just what the conference needs as it looks for more TV and other media exposure. She said she knows that Davidson is also moving into the A-10 to attract more non-athletic students from the Northeast and Midwest to the school, and said the other schools are similarly attracted to having students from the South apply there. “We all benefit from each other as a collective brand to get the Atlantic 10 to have national exposure,” said McGlade. She said by next year, there should be 200 Atlantic 10 basketball games on regional, syndicated or national TV—the conference has a package with ESPN, CBS and NBC—and there will be a continuing effort to get all sports on mobile apps and other online feeds. “I think this will help everyone recruit regular undergrad students,” she said. “So much of the culture identifies with athletic programs, so we think this will be a win-win-win for the A-10 and Davidson College.” davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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Baseball • Basketball • Cross Country Golf • Soccer • Swimming & Diving Tennis • Track & Field

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Basketball • Cross Country • Field Hockey Lacrosse • Soccer • Swimming & Diving Tennis • Track & Field • Volleyball *Football remains with the Pioneer League, wrestling with SoCon.

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By Bill Giduz

A billion dollars buys you a lot of attention. Just ask Tim Chartier. Between frequent incoming phone calls he sends a quick note to college colleagues, explaining “I’ve done several interviews today—2 radio and 2–3 print. I have an ESPN U interview this evening that will be live.”

n a two week span in late March, the associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Davidson found himself and his work highlighted in prominent media throughout the country—New York Times, CBS Evening News, USA Today, Bloomberg Business Week, The Atlantic, Associated Press, National Public Radio, etc. Since 2009 Chartier and his students have conducted an amusing annual educational exercise—applying linear algebra to predict the outcome of games in the NCAA “March Madness” basketball championship tournament. Prior to this year, the study attracted a modicum of media attention. But this year’s venture attracted a tidal wave of interest! The difference? Gazillionaire investor Warren Buffet and Quicken Loans offered a one-billion-dollar prize to anyone who correctly predicted the outcome of all 63 tournament games this year. Which prompted journalists everywhere to turn to Chartier in search of the magic mathematical winning formula.

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n fact, there is a formula. Chartier has posted it online at http://marchmathness.davidson.edu, and welcomes anyone to employ it in the quest for the billion. His students have achieved some remarkable success by employing it, creating brackets that beat those of up to 99 percent of all other entrants. The program requires human input of variables such as the relative value of games won at the end of the season rather than early in the year, the record against teams of similar ranking and margin of victory. Chartier and students in his “Finite Math” class consider new variables every year and tweak the formula accordingly. It’s not a guarantee of riches, of course. Even using the formula, Chartier calculates that the odds of getting a perfect bracket are one in several billion. “After all,” he reasoned, “You can never accurately predict upsets, and those can be what we love about sports. The random effect makes it fun. That’s why I often tell my students to be careful because math is not going to tell you everything. If it did, I’d be retired!” Math Ambassador But while “winning is everything” on the hardwood, Chartier is much more concerned with “how his students play the game” in all aspects of mathematics. Bracketology is just a particularly high-profile aspect of math applied to everyday life. Chartier wants his students to appreciate them all.

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“After all,” he reasoned, “you can never accurately predict upsets, and those can be what we love about sports. The random effect makes it fun. That’s why I often tell my students to be careful because math is not going to tell you everything. If it did, I’d be retired!”

“I really enjoy teaching those lastmath-class-of-your-life classes where a large percentage of the students would rather not be there,” he said. “I tell them, ‘You may have never had a positive experience in math in your life. Well, we have 16 weeks for you to have one.’” Chartier has been a creative champion of math in everyday life even before he joined the Davidson faculty in 2003. Prior to his recent fame, He was most widely hailed for his program “Mimematics,” in which he and his spouse, Tanya, present their skills as professionally-trained mimes to explore mathematical concepts such as patterns, division and infinity. They have performed the show literally worldwide, from Davidson Elementary School to the World Science Festival in Manhattan to an international math and arts conference in Amsterdam. They’re scheduled to present it this summer in South Korea. He admits it’s a strange brew. “Mime and math… many people don’t have a positive view of either one. And I’m insane enough to put them together!” He has used math to solve Sudoku puzzles, wrote an article to explain the math behind computer graphics and animation of the Star Wars character Yoda, and arranged internships for some of his students to work with a new performance tracking system installed this year by the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats team. He arranged for another student to collabodavidsonjournal.davidson.edu

rate with a NASCAR race team on their research. There seem to be no limits to this affable, quick-witted faculty member’s efforts to engage people with math. Chartier chaired the advisory council in the founding of the year-old National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan, and presented his “March Mathness” program there with two students. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Huffington Post have recruited him as a regular blogger. He has taught a course on math and sports to public school teachers through the Charlotte Teachers Institute, is recording a 12-hour lecture series about big data for the “Great Courses” program, and is creating one of Davidson’s initial four MOOCs. He scholarship includes a textbook on numerical methods, and he has just published a book titled Math Bytes that is advertised as explaining “Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi and Other Cool Bits in Computing” for a popular audience. It’s designed as a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world, and answer age-old questions such as “How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike?” and “What sort of math makes it possible to resize a computer font or launch an Angry Bird?” Most recently, Google selected him to lead a “Connected Classroom” online sesdavidsonjournal.davidson.edu

But while “winning is everything” on the hardwood, Chartier is much more concerned with “how his students play the game” in all aspects of mathematics. Bracketology is just a particularly high-profile aspect of math applied to everyday life.

sion for students around the world on Pi Day, March 14. And don’t forget, he also is engaged constantly in teaching courses and directing undergraduate research projects. Chartier’s admirable litany of teaching and outreach are deeply appreciated in the field. He received the Alder Award from the Mathematical Association of America for distinguished teaching by a beginning faculty member. He also received a Sloan Fellowship for his research with both Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories on the development and analysis of computational methods to increase efficiency and robustness of numerical simulation on the lab’s supercomputers, which are among the fastest in the world. For several years he has served on the editorial board of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) magazine, Math Horizons. Most recently, the MAA appointed Chartier as its first-ever “Math Ambassador.” There could hardly be a more appropriate title. Nor one that is so easily worn. Rather than demanding new initiatives, the ambassador simply has to continue to do what comes naturally to him in serving his discipline. Today, of course, that means picking up the phone to talk to yet another journalist about the national obsession with basketball and the infinitesimal—but not impossible!—chance that some lucky fan will, indeed, beat the odds and become a mathematical hero. Spring 2014

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Shattering stereotypes By Robert Abare Seismic shifts in our understanding of the science and sociology of fatherhood have paved the way for big societal changes. Research by Professor Gayle Kaufman sheds new light on modern families.

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elcome, ladies,” The head of the Davidson Elementary School P TA c h e e r f u l l y g re ete d h e r c o l leagues, despite the fact that the group included recent inductee Kevin Bell, the father of a Davidson Elementary student. Although Bell sat i n pl a i n v i e w o f t h e P TA le a de r, s he opted to use the feminine pronoun for the duration of the meeting. “I felt somewhat like an outsider,” Bell admits as he recalls the meeting. “All of the other members were women, and most stay-at-home moms. I felt as if I had encroached on their domain.” At the suggestion that the PTA leader simply mistook him for a woman, Bell points to his balding head and smiles. “I don’t think that’s likely.” Bell has managed to put the challenges of work-at-home fatherhood in perspective by remembering that women faced criticism and exclusion when they first began entering the work force en masse. Much like those trailblazers, he is pushing against longstanding societal norms. Bell became a work-at-home father after he left a job with the Charlotte District Attorney’s office, where he was a prosecutor until 2007. Faced with countless hours in a downtown conference room rather than unlimited quality time with his son and daughter, he chose to work from home as a legal fiction writer. “The fear of not being there for my children played a big part in that decision,” Bell says. “I didn’t want to be the dad who was always working. I wanted my life to primarily involve my family.” Bell’s days now are spent writing from morning to afternoon, when children Emily (13) and David (10) are at school,

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and then spending time with the kids once they return. His legal thriller inspired by his career working with the Charlotte DA, The Third Letterbox, is currently under review by a literary agent.

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Bell is a prime example of someone Davidson’s Professor of Sociology Gayle Kaufman would call a “Superdad,” or a modern father who prioritizes family life over work life. He’s also the person she calls husband and editor (and perhaps even inspiration) for her recent book Superdads: How Fathers Balance Work and Family in the 21st Century. Kaufman began researching fathers and fatherhood in graduate school, before she and Bell had kids of their own (so she may have, in fact, inspired him). Kaufman says she became disillusioned with the widespread focus on studying women’s issues and maternity. “I became interested in researching work-family conflicts in particular because that had always been framed as a women’s issue,” Kaufman explained. “I thought that if we brought men into the conversation, it would end up helping women in the long run.” Furthermore, although stay-at-home fathers and Superdads are doing nothing more extraordinary than the working mothers of the past and present, it’s the unusually male-centric focus of Kaufman’s research that may lead to greater gender equity in the future—both by changing cultural expectations and encouraging broad changes in work-family policies. For Superdads Kaufman interviewed 70 fathers from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and categorized them as “old dads,” “new dads” and the titular “Super” variety. Old dads are archaic only in the ideological sense: they think of themselves as providers and make no changes to their work schedules to accommodate their family lives. They also tend to have stayat-home wives who take care of their chil-

dren. “This doesn’t mean they don’t want to be involved in their children’s lives,” Kaufman says. “They do, but they see the importance of earning money for their families as the highest priority.” New dads, the most common of the three groups, make minor changes to their work schedule for their children, like leaving early to attend a soccer practice or ballet recital. Kaufman explains, “This group struggle the most because they really want to be involved with their children’s lives, but they have a difficult time finding the right balance between work and family.” Superdads completely subordinate their work decisions to their family’s needs. “These dads make very large changes to their work life,” Kaufman says. “The most extreme case is quitting their job, while others change jobs for another more fitted to their family’s needs, change positions within their workplace, work from home or become self employed.” Bell made the decision to prioritize family over fortune after he completed law school at Wake Forest, well before he left the Charlotte DA to become a writer. “Lawyers typically have very long and demanding work weeks, but I chose to work at the DA because government jobs offer lawyers a more manageable schedule that can accommodate their families,” Bell explains. “So I became a prosecutor despite the fact I preferred studying constitutional law over criminal law.” In the interviews for her book, Kaufman encountered many Superdads who made difficult decisions similar to her husband’s. One of these men, for example, was a factory worker who took on a third shift in order to spend more time looking after his daughter: resting during her school hours, awaking when she returned home and then returning to the factory once she fell asleep. Another was a lawyer who used his three weeks of annual vacation time for the birth of each of his children, so that after the birth of his third child he hadn’t had a true “vacation” in over five years. Spring 2014

Able to change preconceptions in a single bound.… Super-Friendly Policies It’s clearly challenging to attain Superdad status, but Kaufman believes that fathers’ abilities to adapt work life around family life should be made easier through policy changes. The United States, she points out, is the only developed nation in the world without a government-mandated paid family leave program. Furthermore those U.S. workers who do have access to paid family leave account for only 12 percent of the civilian worker population, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Although fathers and mothers may currently take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave thanks to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Kaufman notes that many working-class families can’t afford unpaid leave, and a more universally family-friendly policy is needed. Some states, including California, New Jersey and Rhode Island, have heeded Kaufman’s advice and passed laws creating paid family leave. California’s groundbreaking legislation of 2002 employs a small payroll-tax contribution from eligible workers to allow parents six weeks of paid leave following the birth of a child. Meanwhile, the national debate surrounding paid family leave, and particularly paid paternity leave, grows louder. In December 2013 U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York introduced the Family Medical Insurance Leave Act, which would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program that allows every individual up to 12 weeks of partial income after the birth of a child or to care for themselves or a family member. Liza Mundy of The Atlantic praised initiatives that include fathers, hailing paternity leave as a “brilliant and ambitious form of social engineering: a behavior-modification tool that has been shown to boost male participation in the household, enhance female participation in the labor force, and promote gender equity in both domains.” Kaufman believes a federal, nationwide family or paternity leave law like

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the Family Medical Insurance Leave Act is necessary in part due to the disparities between white-collar and blue-collar Superdads. “In my research, professional fathers were more likely to be Superdads because they had more access to flexible workplace policies and had more autonomy in their work,” she explains. “They were trusted to do their work from home.” “Working class dads didn’t have those options,” she continues. “To be a bluecollar Superdad, the most common strategy was to work another shift in order to be around their children as often as possible. That was a very difficult and important decision for them to make.” Seismic shifts in our understanding of the science and sociology of fatherhood have paved the way for the sociological changes Kaufman both chronicles and advocates. Kaufman notes a study that suggests fathers who take longer leaves in order to spend time with their families are more involved later in their children’s lives; the same study indicated that the children of these fathers may have higher cognitive scores down the road, too. A Scandinavian study showed that men who take more family leave may even have lower mortality rates. The less obvious beneficiaries of proSuperdad policies, however, are women. “The workplace is still, to a large extent, based on the model of men as breadwinners and women as homemakers,” Kaufman said. “But if men become more involved in their family lives, it allows women to do more in their careers. These paid family and paternity leave laws end up helping everyone.” Her husband agrees. “Many degreeholding women that I know ended up becoming stay-at-home mothers partly because that was the expectation, and it was easier for them to take that path,” he says. “But society shouldn’t force families to make decisions based on gender. We should allow families to make the decisions that make the most rational and economical sense for them.” Bell also believes that the rise of Superdads like himself will be influential in

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promoting the creation of more paternity-friendly p ol ic ie s. “T he l aw s d id n’t ch a ng e su r rounding work equality until women began entering the workplace en masse,” he notes. “Similarly, we aren’t going to see any movement in society or policy surrounding fatherhood until men begin wholeheartedly entering a traditionally female territory.” Superdads may be able to bolster their own ranks through the policies they advocate into law. “A lot of ‘new dads’ who struggled to balance work and family felt like they couldn’t challenge their employer,” Kaufman notes. “If these men were given more freedom through paternity leave and family-friendly policies, they would become Superdads.” Bell adds, “I think men and women are increasingly expected to contribute to childcare equally. But in order to reach that goal, you need Superdads, a group of men who are going to explicitly prioritize family over work.” K auf ma n a nd ot hers have received some criticism for drawing attention to something that dads are simply “supposed to do.” Why make involved fathers seem so extraordinary, they ask? The term “Supermom” likewise precedes its paternal counterpart by approximately 40 years, as it originated in the 1970s and 80s when women headed to the workforce in droves while managing childcare and housekeeping at the same time. Kaufman is nevertheless happy to shine a light on Superdads. “These fathers are doing something that should be praised,” she says. “Perhaps one day Superdads will be simply regarded as ‘dads,’ but I don’t think we are there yet.” davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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Change to Resistance Once hailed as miracle drugs, antibiotics are in peril.

By John Syme

ntibiotics, once hailed as miracle drugs, have fallen victim to their own success. Evidence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics continues to mount at alarming levels. Studies cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that nearly 50 percent of antimicrobial use in hospitals is unnecessary or inappropriate. The agency warns that “Failure to improve use will mean an empty medicine cabinet for sick patients in the relatively near future.” Enter Arjun Srinivasan, M.D. ’92. “What has changed and is changing is the awareness that we must work hard to change how we use antibiotics,” he says. As medical director of the CDC’s “Get Smart for Healthcare” campaign, which focuses on appropriate antibiotic stewardship in in-patient facilities, Srinivasan is on the front line of the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

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rinivasan, who also serves as the associate director for healthcare-associated infection prevention programs in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases in Atlanta, researches infection control, multidrug resistant gram-negative pathogens and antimicrobial use, and conducts outbreak investigations. Srinivasan knows antimicrobial stewardship protocols. The issue has been the focus of his work for more than a decade. Beginning in 2007, he led a CDC outbreak team that uncovered problems in hospitals, compounding pharmacies, nursing homes, dialysis facilities and doctor’s offices. Earlier, at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he was a staff physician, associate hospital epidemiologist and founding director of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Management Program. While there, he garnered the staff teaching award, and later at CDC his career work resulted in the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s 2008 Investigator Award. “The reasons we started the program at Hopkins are even more compelling today,” Srinivasan says.

Applied Learning

Note his use of the word “we.” A big part of Srinivasan’s professional success and happiness stems from his very personal approach to the work and the people doing it—the researchers, doctors, policy-makers and patients. Srinivasan also is a man who is keen to know something of a wide range of subjects and to think critically about them, the better to see patterns and connections. Both these attributes he traces to his education in the liberal arts and sciences at Davidson. He took the Humanities program, worked at the public radio station WDAV, participated in College Bowl and, his senior year, studied Shakespeare while working on his biology honors thesis as a pre-medical student. “I graduated having taken exactly the same number of science and non-science classes,” Srinivasan says of his wellrounded academic life. “At Davidson, you don’t end up narrow. That’s why I went there.” Social lessons of life on campus were at least as important. He and his best friend, Brent Leviner ’92, butted heads hard and often. “The only thing we agreed on was that we were great, great friends who had knock-down drag-outs about every kind of social and political issue,” Srinivasan says. “It taught me that you can have common goals and common interests and, really, a common view of the world, and still be just diametrically opposed on how to get there. It taught me that just because someone opposes what you do or how you do it doesn’t mean they’re a bad person. Oftentimes, when you frame the discussion in that way, you find out that you’re more similar than you are different.” That’s not a bad viewpoint to hold in the high-stakes and often fractured and politicized world of American public health care. The United States in many ways trails the efficacy of more centralized policy-making and record-keeping in Europe. That disparity was just one of the points that Srinivasan and others made last fall on PBS’s Frontline in “Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria.” 34

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During the hour, they delved into the complexities of “gramnegative” bacteria, a class of fast-evolving bacteria whose defensive “armor” has rendered many antibiotics wholly ineffective. Ironically, in some cases, clinicians have had to turn to older and more toxic antibiotics to use against new strains of bacteria—bringing full-circle the empirical observation of Alexander Fleming that drug resistance was already in play even as his 1928 discovery, penicillin, was being hailed as a miracle drug.

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From the start, bacteria have been evolving as fast as they can to resist antibiotics. It’s what they do. Now, they can do it a lot faster, thanks to everything from global air travel to the plastic-ball pit at your local hamburger emporium. Two recent cases in point, according to Frontline: Since the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. went into crisis mode a little over two years ago to contain a deadly outbreak of an organism called KPC, some 44 states have reported the infection. Likewise instances of infection by another antibioticresistant bacteria called NDM-1 doubled in 2013, and it has now been reported in 48 countries. Frontline examined the broadest implications of antibiotic use. Because resistant bacteria can spread from one patient to another, patients who are not even exposed to antibiotics can still suffer the consequences of infections with resistant bacteria. In this regard, antibiotics are a unique class of drugs, and the considerations for good antibiotic stewardship are likewise unique and different from drugs for cancer, cholesterol management, arthritis, dementia or diabetes. There’s an “economic paradox” of antibiotics to consider, as well: limited, short-term use of a drug is not as appealing to shareholders as one that is to be taken daily for the rest of a patient’s life. That hard reality directly affects research and development funding. The precarious economics of the antibiotic development pipeline, which began to slow as far back as the 1980s, is no small factor in the current crisis of bacterial resistance. Still, the evolutionary forces of nature cited by Fleming himself present the biggest challenges. To meet those challenges will require a multi-pronged response, antibiotic stewardship that is both defensive and offensive, including high-tech genomics, big-data statistical analysis, vigorous hygiene protocols in hospitals, national policy debates, research and development funding, public-private partnerships and public awareness. Srinivasan notes encouraging signs of research and development in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the bipartisan Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) act recently passed by congress and signed into law by the president. And the Food and Drug Administration has issued “guidance rules” to farmers, considered the first step to phase out non-treatment based uses of antibiotics in agriculture. A forthcoming Frontline program for which Srinivasan also interviewed is slated to look at the use of antibiotics in animals. “There are always new challenges,” says Srinivasan. “Good antibiotic stewardship—the right antibiotic at the right time in the right dose for the right duration—is a win for clinicians, for patients, for health care institutions, and for better, more cost-effective care. It’s a challenge for everyone. No one is rolling around in extra money right now, but an investment in the short run pays off hugely in the long run.” davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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The last time Andrew Lovedale ’09 appeared in the Davidson Journal, he was pictured surrounded by mountains of athletic shoes, strewn across the Duke Family Performance Hall stage and collected under the auspices of Lovedale’s “Kicks from ’Cats” charity initiative. Lovedale was about to embark on a journey to deliver the shoes to children in Nigeria, his country of origin. At the time, he didn’t realize that the trip would change his life. Learn more about what Lovedale has been up to on page 63.

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DECADE REPRESENTATIVES Terms ending in 2013 Bob Shaw ’57 Tom Jefferson ’59 Georges NzongolaNtalaja ’67

John W. Chidsey III ’83 Chair Robert J. Abernethy Alvin L. Atkinson ’81 Brett M. Berry ’89 Richard N. Boyce ’77 Kristin Hills Bradberry ’85 F. Cooper Brantley ’70 Ann Hayes Browning ’79 Lowell L. Bryan ’68 Lisa Howe Combs ’90 Robert B. Cordle ’63 Kenneth S. Crews ’70 E. Rhyne Davis ’86 Laurie L. Dunn ’77 Virginia Taylor Evans ’80 Mark W. Filipski Lewis F. Galloway ’73 J. Chrisman Hawk III ’67 Earl J. Hesterberg ’75

Whitney White SomPimpong ’08

Edward P. Imbrogno ’81

Paul DiFiore ’13 Senior Class President

Minnie Iwamoto ’91 Adrian Darnell Johnson ’00 Anne Hurt Krieg ’83 John C. Laughlin ’85 Gary S. Long ’73

Terms ending in 2014 Susan Cunningham Jonas ’77 Lee Ann Stackhouse Patterson ’82 Julia Boyd Mitchener ’91 Ike Bailey ’95 Yvette Pita Frampton ’95 Nicole Watson ’95 Charlie Shaw ’01 Antonio Rodriguez ’14 Senior Class President Terms ending in 2015 Bill Mills ’64 Susan Baynard Clayton ’78 Lisa Hasty ’81 Scott Tonidandel ’96 Faculty Representative Frankie Jones ’05

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Contact: G. Donnell Davidson, 5100 Sharon Rd., Cottage 132, Charlotte, NC 28210; gdonanne@carolina.rr.com

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AS TOLD BY: Jack Ferguson, Class Secretary With the passing of Sam Spencer the class of 1940 lost a unique Christian friend. Sam occupied a special place in our hearts and we in his. Thank you, Sam. Contact: Jack Ferguson, 9743 Malvern Hill Ln., Richmond, VA 23231; 804-795-2520; jmsrvrlmbr@aol.com

Thompson S. Baker II ’81

Vincent Benjamin ’04

Barbara Boyce Whitesides ’82

Detailed obituaries for deceased classmates can be found on the Davidson College website at blogs.davidson.edu/memoriam.

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FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Albert Mills Jr. ’34, who passed away Nov. 12. We also extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Thomas Duff ’38, who passed away Oct. 14. On his 100th birthday in August, the Lookout Mountain, Tenn. and Lookout Mountain, Ga., commissions issued a joint proclamation, praising Tom for his “posture of service in deference to others.” We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following alumni: Bill Bradford ’37 (Sept. 27), Wilbur Edwards ’37 (Dec. 21), I. John Tinga ’38 (Oct. 3) and Richard Vowles ’38 (Dec. 19).

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AS TOLD BY: G. Donnell Davidson, Class Secretary It’s always painful to report another death. Tom Page has died since our last writing. More about him later, but his death brings the total number of “Titans” living to the single digit of nine. In addition to your scribe, they are: Boyd, Mawhinney, Mullen, Rainey, Robinson, Sloan, Tice and Wilson. All have lost wives except Mawhinney, Robinson and Wilson. In our last phone conversation the ones not living in some sort of “retirement” facility were Boyd, Rainey, Robinson, Tice and Wilson. And as a reminder to you survivors together with other readers, we Titans really represent Davidson’s most outstanding class: What other class has given enough to have three college buildings named for them (Sloan, Smith and Newell)? What other class matched our more than 50 percent attendance at the 50th anniversary and celebrated it with a complete, spiral-bound yearbook describing all of their post-graduate achievements? And what other class has put up with the same scribe (never named) since the first class letter? With bragging complete, we turn to Tom Page. He died Feb. 11, 2013, having had 26 years notable service both military (WWII veteran as well as Korean Conflict, rising to rank of colonel in the Air Force) and civilian. Other leadership roles found Tom as a director at Edgecombe Community College, founder and president of Tarboro Kiwanis Club and a ruling elder at Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church. His wife, Harriette, preceded him in death, but two children, Lauren Adkison and Tom Jr., survive him. We extend our sympathy at their loss and our congratulations for their rich heritage.

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If you are interested in this volunteer position, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumniclassnotes@davidson.edu or 704-894-2559. FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Arch Taylor writes, “This greeting notes I have published a book, God for All: the Biblical Foundation of Universal Grace. While teaching Bible at Shikoku Christian College in Japan where the culture is polytheistic, I emphasized that there is only one God, creator of all humanity in the image of God. I have now published a book that is the fruit of my study, meditating and teaching Bible, and taking action in the cause of peace. The book is in the Resource series of Wipf & Stock, 199 West 8th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401. It should be available directly from the publisher or from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or other bookstores.” Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Sidney Daffin, who passed away Dec. 6.

1943

AS TOLD BY: Jack Behrman, Class Secretary Thomas Frederick Stimson died Oct. 24. After early years with insurance companies, he joined Volunteer Life Insurance Company in the early 1960s. He enjoyed decades of professional associations throughout his career at Volunteer before he finally retired as senior vice president and secretary in 1984. During his insurance industry tenure he received recognition as a Fellow in LOMA, the highest award of the Life Office Management Association. He also served as chapter president of NOMA, the National Office Management Association. He was a veteran of davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

World War II; graduating from Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned in 1944. He survived the Battle of the Bulge. As part of the PBS series the “Greatest Generation,” he provided his recollections of wartime in Germany, Belgium and France. He was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. He later served again in the Korean War. Contact: Jack Behrman, 750 Weaver Dairy Rd., Apt. 223, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1467; 919-918-3602; swingsync@gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Archibald McNeill Jr., who passed away Aug. 22 in Camilla, Ga.

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Contact: H. Newton Spencer, 250 Golf View Rd., Ardmore, PA 19003; 610-356-3700 (b); 610649-5628 (h); hnspencermd@comcast.net FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Haywood Price Lineberger Jr., who passed away Nov. 20.

1946

Contact: Andy Owens, 5405 Capella Ct., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233-4582; 904-241-8487; captainandyo@gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Charles Blackburn, who passed away Oct. 15 in Henderson, N.C.

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AS TOLD BY: George Gunn, Class Secretary Lamar Williamson and I are the only Class of ’47 members in residency at the Givens-Highland Farms retirement community in Black Mountain, but the woods are full of other alums, including Eade Anderson and Fitzhugh Legerton. We have hosted a Labor Day luncheon each of the past four years with more than 40 alumni and guests attending. Two of our classmates have died recently. Reading their obituaries from their hometown newspapers, I have learned a few things worth sharing! Pat Williams was one of the members of our 1947 graduating class who left for military service midway through his college years at Davidson. He returned with a host of other veterans to be re-elected to offices and leadership roles by their fellow students. He lettered in three varsity sports: football, basketball and track. Pat was a decorated infantry officer serving in the European and Pacific theaters. He established a major manufacturing business in Jacksonville, Fla.,

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and served on many boards of business, charitable, educational and church organizations. He was an active hunter, fisherman and golfer. Pat set the “hole-in-one” record at every golf club to which he ever belonged! Another 1947 class member recently departed is Dan Berry, a longtime history teacher. Dan was also a musician. Partially blind at birth, he learned to play the saxophone and clarinet by ear. While earning his master’s degree in history at the University of Alabama, he organized the Dan Berry Sextet, a band that played all over the southeast. Several members of the sextet went on to play throughout the southeast and in nationally known bands. I don’t recall the past service and sacrifice of a fellow alumnus without remembering two of our class of 1947 who entered Davidson in the fall of 1943. One was Gilbert Taliaferro from Chattanooga, Tenn. Gil and I were classmates at the McCallie School, graduating there in May of 1943. At Davidson we ate at the same boarding house, he with the Kappa Sigs and I with the Betas. I recall our conversations as we walked to the post office after supper, talk of the possibility of his being drafted, of his trust in God’s providence and purpose in his life. Within the year he died in the Battle of the Bulge. Walter Covington, from Rockingham, was a member of my Beta pledge class in the fall of 1943. He was initiated Feb. 5, 1944, and left almost immediately for his induction into the infantry. He came back in uniform just before going overseas in April. Walt made the supreme sacrifice, losing his life in combat on Dec. 9, 1944. “All these being dead, yet speaketh.” Contact: George Gunn, 200 Tabernacle Rd., Apt. J222, Black Mountain, NC 28711; 828669-5646; greatgunns@att.net

1948

AS TOLD BY: Fritz Vinson and Bill Vinson, Class Secretaries We know you’re out there but we haven’t heard from you lately. Please drop one of us a note with some interesting information about yourself so that we’ll have a good report next time. I talked with Bill Vinson just before Thanksgiving and learned that, despite having had a serious bout with pneumonia and having a pacemaker installed, he still plays tennis. Way to go, Bill! Our condolences are extended to the families of James Scruggs who died Sept. 16, 2012, George Thomasson who died Aug. 23, 2013, and Margaret Hoey, widow of Newton Hoey, who died Nov. 2, 2013. 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 28036-0610; 704-892-8123; wdv1tennis@ bellsouth.net

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Contact: William T. Iverson, P.O. Box 7171, Colonia, NJ 07067; 732-877-9373; wtiverson@ gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of the following members of the Class of 1949 who passed away: John Bailey Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 12; William Fesperman of Pittsboro, N.C., Oct. 9; Bill Medford of Lexington, N.C., Dec. 16.

1950

AS TOLD BY: Jake Wade and Bo Roddey, Class Secretaries We received a very nice and informative letter from T. Grady Spires who advises that he is married to Tina, a native Hollander, who for most of her adult life resided in Amsterdam. He and Tina transplanted together into Danvers, Mass., not too far from Cambridge, Mass., home of Harvard University, where he completed his doctorate residence after teaching a philosophy course at Gordon College at Wenham, Mass. He reports that he is still reasonably healthy and grateful to God for being able to complete his academic residence and get some time to ponder and write. Mott Edgar Price Jr., who resided in Eden, N.C., passed away Nov. 18. Mott served in the military prior to enrolling at Davidson in 1946. He was one of a number of proud Barium Springs graduates who attended Davidson, as was our Ernie Stricklin, his Davidson football teammate. Mott retired in recent years as a superintendent of the public schools at Eden. He always maintained that he was destined to attend Davidson, like it or not, because Mr. Johnson, the Barium Springs superintendent, enrolled him without his knowledge, even before he was discharged from the military. According to Mott, this was one of the memorable events of his life, along with his being appointed as a Davidson football co-captain his senior year in our game against N.C. State in Charlotte. Interestingly enough, the prior year, Ernie Stricklin served as a team cocaptain for the first game of that year—two good men from two great schools. Nancy Bogart Kabrich, wife of Randolph “Randy” Kabrich Jr., passed away on May 7, 2012, and a mix-up in communication resulted in this late reporting of this sad event. She is survived by Randy; and sons Randolph III and William and his wife, Susie, and Jim and his wife, Laura; and six grandchildren. She was a lifetime and active member of First Presbyterian Church, where she taught in the church kindergarten. We are also saddened by the passing of Thomas Lawrence Jetton Sr., who passed away at home Nov. 15 after a lengthy illness. He attended Davidson and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1952. Tom was a founder and board member of Providence Day School. He is survived by “Sug,” his wife of 57 years, and four children, Dr. Tom L. Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni Jetton Jr., William C. Jetton, Elizabeth H. Jetton and Frank T. Jetton. We cannot conclude these notes without reference to the recent passing of four men of our preceding Class of 1949 who contributed so much to our school and who will be sorely missed: Ralph Alexander, the Neisler twins, Henry and Red, and Bill Keith. How about dropping us a line for publication in these class notes? It is interesting to keep up with all of you. In the meantime, per Wade Shuford, “stay well, do good work and keep in touch.” 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 THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Van Boliek and Norman Whiteheart, who passed away Dec. 21 and Jan. 1, respectively.

1951

AS TOLD BY: John Hobart, Class Secretary Thad Monroe reports that he and Coolie are doing well living at home, but anticipate moving at a future date to Carol Woods, a retirement community near Chapel Hill, N.C. In addition to keeping up with their daughter, two sons and five grandkids, he continues working with the memorial garden at University Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill. Thad stays in touch with Irvin and Dot Richardson in Reidsville, N.C. Runt suffers from serious health issues. Jim Shuping retired in 1989 from his position in advertising sales promotion with Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in Greensboro, N.C. He and Marianne now live in Greer, S.C., near their two daughters and four granddaughters in Greenville. After retirement he and Marianne have enjoyed camping and extensive travel in Europe. He and Jim Brown have a close connection in that he met Marianne through Jim’s late wife Peggy, both of whom were students at “W. C.,” now UNC Greensboro. Styles Markey, who lives at The Pines in Davidson, had heart valve replacement surgery, three bypasses and a pacemaker in September. Following surgery he recuperated at The Oaks Rehabilitation Center in Huntersville. His recovery has progressed with the help of his daughter and son, who live in Charlotte. Palmer and Julie Shelburne have moved from Greensboro, N.C., to River Landing, the Presbyterian retirement home in nearby Colfax. He retired from his cardiology practice in 1992 and enjoys the slower pace. He and Julie have enjoyed educational travel trips with Elderhostel/Road Scholar. They have two sons in Massachusetts and a daughter and two granddaughters in Greensboro. Palmer reports that Ralph Brooks is also settled

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at River Landing. Ralph retired as president of Piedmont Urology Associates in High Point. The way it was: We are told by the college that, in the fall of 1947, 257 of us were enrolled in the Class of 1951. Along the way some dropped out or transferred, while others transferred in to join us. On graduation day May 28, 1951, 173 of us walked across the stage and marched out of Chambers, each with a tight grip on that diploma. Of that number 33 had transferred into class along the way. Accordingly, of the original 257 who entered in the fall of 1947, 140 graduated on May 28, 1951. As of this writing 78 constitute the living remainder of that “thin red line of heroes” who started in fall 1947. Our sincere condolences are extended to the family of John D. Kelton, who passed away Nov. 2. A quintessential Davidson person, John gave much in many ways to our alma mater and community as student, professor of psychology, department chair, steering committee chair and executive assistant to the president. He was also a volunteer for numerous Town of Davidson causes. Contact: John D. Hobart, 1009 Chestnut Dr., Smithfield, NC 27577-1009; 919-934-7016; fhobart@nc.rr.com

1952

AS TOLD BY: Jack Stevenson, Class Secretary Bill Lee has not slowed down a lick since he left Davidson! He and Dottie have a Montreat house, but they live in Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee, Fla. Bill likes all the services and care (which many of us enjoy, living in well-managed Presbyterian retirement communities)—except he is not very retired. He still preaches a few times a month, he says he reads a lot and usually has about three books going at the same time and he chairs an organization that often invites in lecturers on selected topics. He goes to his gym and works out an hour at least five days a week. He is nearly through his 43 radiation treatments and expects his cancer to be cured very soon. He and Dottie travel a lot and recently went with a Davidson travel group, led by Dr. Homer Sutton, to Normandy and Paris. Bill has nine grandchildren, including Ashley ’17. He has a granddaughter in a seven-year residency in surgery, a granddaughter working on a five-year doctorate program in computer science at Princeton and another granddaughter soon to complete her degree in chemical engineering. If you’re keeping count, the other five are working in classrooms ranging from high school to third grade. Joe Neel was with a group of 18 Davidson people who toured South America last May, led by Dr. Verna Case. Joe went five days early with a few other guys so they could visit the Amazon rain forest. They joined the rest of the group in Peru and climbed 11,000 feet to the Aztec village of Machu Picchu. They then visited the Galapagos Islands and Quito, Ecuador, where he put one foot in each hemisphere. Joe says he had to take out a student loan to pay for the trip. Tom Stockton says he and his brother, Dick Stockton, and their wives live in the Arbor Acres

retirement community. Recently, Bill and Betty White drove up to visit. All six of them, led by Bill, laughed a lot (quite possibly at memories of some of us). Contact: Jack Stevenson, 216 McGregor Ln., Easley, SC 29642; 864-442-9070; jps28@ bellsouth.net

1953

AS TOLD BY: Joel Goudy, Class Secretary Homecoming! It was my first and it was very well handled by the Alumni Office, and thanks to Larry Dagenhart, Jack Ruth and A.C. Gregg for an awesome job. Great memories, old and new, were embedded in our minds and hearts. Our class was well represented even though the memoriam listed 90 of our class have passed away. I wish that I had brought a recorder to collect all of the “Davidson sins” that were exposed after the dinner. Fletcher Bright and his band were great at the cocktail party. Rain slowed but did not stop the Saturday activities. All things considered, a great time was had by all! A moment of sadness to report that Dick Lile’s wife passed away Oct. 22. Contact: Joel Goudy, 142 Cameron Rd., Lexington, NC 27295; 336-764-3206; jgoudy70291@aol.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our condolences to the family and friends of John Proctor, Arnold Whisnant and George King Jr., who passed away Nov. 28, Dec. 16 and Jan. 7, respectively.

1954

AS TOLD BY: Mike York, Class Secretary Octogenarians unite! Remember how Jim Monroe held the distinction of being “older” and married! Oneida and he, Presbyterian ministers, now live in the Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee, Fla. Jim still reigns over Clan Monroe, USA, involving numerous Highland Games and a trip to Scotland. Ann and Joseph Carpenter ’53 remain in Hendersonville, N.C. He left early for dental training in Chapel Hill, and then practiced 38 years in his hometown. They try to keep up with four children and seven grandkids. Ann’s brother Earl was in the class of 1950. Joe has not asked any classmates for help in his current restoration of an old Volkswagen. Jane and Holmes Rolston III ’53 chose Colorado in which to settle. Holmes, son and grandson, all Presbyterian ministers, really piled on extra graduate study at Union Theological Seminary, University of Edinburgh, and philosophy of science in Pittsburgh. On campus, he was among the few who chose physics and mathematics. His prolific writings (one of many titles, Saving Nature, Feeding People and the Foundations of Ethics) led to the coveted Templeton Prize in Religion. The Darwin model has provided the davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

general trend of his thinking while pounding out seven books on environmental ethics as a professor of philosophy. By the way, Holmes welcomes critics if you dare take him on. Representing our class on campus for homecoming in October were Sue and William Nelson (Winston-Salem), Martha and Homer Phifer (Pinehurst), town resident Robert Sutton and perhaps others who “set the table” for our Reunion June 6–8. It’s the ties that bind, you know. Rumor has it that the attendance prize is one of those commercial space flights. Davidson’s loss will be the absence of our beloved Sam Spencer ’40. He and Ava graced several of our Reunion dinners through the decades. Contact: Mike York, 2488 Dellwood Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30305; 404-355-1856; cmikeyork@outlook.com

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Contact: Chick McClure, 1548 Laureldale Dr., Raleigh, NC 27609-3571; 919-790-1633; mcclure2788@bellsouth.net FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the following members of the Class of 1955: Thomas Breeden (Nov. 20), Willis Briley Jr. (Sept. 18), Bill Towe (Oct. 18) and Fred Walsh (Sept. 2).

1956

AS TOLD BY: Hobby Cobb and Tom Miller, Class Secretaries We had a great Male Chorus Reunion during Homecoming this fall, Oct 18–19. We sang for ourselves and then for the Avant Garde luncheon as well as the “National Anthem” at the football game. Tom Miller, who often cannot remember what day it is, remembered all the great stories from “our era” and even got to tell a few of them. We had 52 former members present, among them our “classmate” Bob Martin, who officially graduated in 1957 due to a glitch in the transfer credits from The Citadel. Bob is a cancer survivor, but he is doing very well even though his voice is lower. He and Billie spent the weekend with the Millers in Davidson, so if anyone’s ears are burning, you know why. Bob’s story telling skills are still alive and well. Pat and Mary Ann Miller have moved to the Highland Farms retirement community, 200 Tabernacle Rd., Apt J-113, Black Mountain, NC 28711. They’d love to hear from you. Lucian W. Hope, aka “Buzzy,” reported the passing of classmate Charles M. Robinson of Flowery Branch, Ga., on Sept. 28. Word is that both Perrin Anderson and Curtiss Cates, escorted by wives Betty and Monica respectively, were seen on the streets of Charleston, S.C., watching the Wildcats play in the Charleston davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Classic basketball tournament just before Thanksgiving. Not to be outdone, Jon Regen and wife Barbara also attended the tournament, as did Stuart Collins and his wife, Norma. Stuart has become a regular at all Davidson home basketball games…must be a season ticket holder. Bill Rawson and wife Joanne are living and loving life in the Pines Retirement Home in Davidson. They both are regulars in the fitness room working out to stay in shape for our next Class Reunion. Dick Adams and wife Lynne have returned to their winter home in Wilmington after spending their summer in New Hampshire. News Flash! John Child is still missing. There must be someone out there who can steer us to his doorstep. We await your reply. There may be a reward for information leading to his capture. He has been missing all these years. Larry Parrott recently won the Super Seniors Golf Championship played at the Camden Country Club in Camden, S.C. This is the over 75 age group and Larry came from behind in the 36-hole tournament to win by one shot. Tom Miller, after urging from his co-secretary, Hobby Cobb, has been elected to the Davidson Alumni Board of Directors for a three-year term. You now have a direct contact to the board and can make any comments or suggestions through him. The board’s next meeting is in April 2014. Contacts: Hobby Cobb, P.O. Box 2166, Davidson, NC 28036, 704-894-0104; janecobb@ bellsouth.net E. Thomas Miller, 414 Lorimer Road, Davidson, NC 28036, 704-997-5263; etmiller72@ att.net

1957

AS TOLD BY: Bill Morrow, Class Secretary All of us, I’m sure, appreciated the wonderful job done by our late class secretary Jack Kerr. In addition to his faithful work and support of Davidson College, he was actively involved in the St. Charles, Ill., Park Board over a period of 25 years. Jack served as board president as well as in other capacities. During his tenure the local parks added more than 1,000 acres of land in addition to many improvements. On May 28, 2013, he was posthumously honored with the naming of the “Jack Kerr Walkway” in Pottawatomie Park. Stone markers at each end of the walkway bear his name. Jack was also quite active in many civic activities in the St. Charles area, and served as a GOP precinct committee member. Hey, you “Birthers” out there need to investigate Bill Gramley’s date of birth. He went to the National Masters meet in Kansas and the National Senior Games in Cleveland and got home with five first-place finishes, a second and a third in the 75–79 age group. Bill just can’t be as old as the rest of us and be acting like this. Perhaps he lied about his age and entered Davidson at the age of 10–12 or so. This type of behavior defies explanation. Seen at the Davidson vs. UVA. basketball game at Time-Warner Cable Arena was Jim Martin, Charlie Fonville, Henry Massey, Pete Reavis and Pete Ashcraft. Bob Martin reports that he returned to the campus for the October Reunion of the Male

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theUnion: Alumni Chorus. Instead of the few who were expected, 53 former members showed up and had a grand time. Bob especially has fond memories of Don Plott, the chorus director and of Sam Spencer ’40, who facilitated his transfer to Davidson. Bob resides in Black Mountain, N.C. He regularly sees Bill McCaskill at breakfast in Black Mountain and, occasionally, John Edwards joins them. Between trips, Bob Shaw and Elizabeth continue to make Montreat their home. This year they have been to Nicaragua, Panama and

Sydney and Union Seminary in Richmond during the Civil War. It can be purchased through the Hampden-Sydney Library or from the trunk of his car (no sales tax). Dave Fagg and Gilmour Lake were honored for their singular contributions to the college over the decades. Gil Grossman and Jane continue their global travels, most recently to the U.K. and their eyes are on a cruise from Athens to Istanbul in the late spring. We were saddened to hear of the death of Robert MacRae in August. He had a long and

They asked Bobby [McIntyre] to stay on as the “Wrestling Team Psychologist.” The first thing Bobby did was to look up the word “psychologist” to learn how to spell it. Now Bobby holds down the first and only job as Wrestling Team Psychologist in his area...heck, maybe in the entire state of South Carolina. see class of 1961 Costa Rica. Then it was off to Hawaii (with grandchildren). He reports that brother Dave Shaw and Millie are happily residing in Columbia, S.C. Our condolences to the family of Mercer Blankenship Jr., who died Nov. 5. Mercer retired in 1996 following 30 years of private law practice. That same year he hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, finishing in six months and five days. Please send news of yourself and/or other DC ’57 alumni. Contact: Bill Morrow, P.O. Box 1692, Mooresville, NC 28115; 704-664-2308; morrowcb@ gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of John Garden of Lexington, Ky., who passed away Dec. 24.

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AS TOLD BY: Hayden Hollingsworth, Class Secretary Our 55th Reunion was held at Homecoming in October 2013 and from reports was quite successful. The Male Chorus alumni sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the game and it was said to be most inspiring. At the Reunion, a memorial service was conducted by Curtis Patterson and Maurice Ritchie, with assistance from John Lamotte ’53. Organized by Willie Thompson, it was an impressive and somber occasion. Willie reports he has just published his third book since his retirement. The current work, First in War, recounts the role of Hampden-

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distinguished academic career as physics professor and as a loving family man. We send our best wishes to his family. Contact: Hayden Hollingsworth, 6107 Sulgrave Rd., Roanoke, VA 24018; 540-725-1340; jhayden2003@cox.net

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AS TOLD BY: Charles Massey, Class Secretary Dave Hollingsworth reports “I am planning to attend every Reunion possible even though it is cross country for me. I only have regular contacts with John Stafford and Joe Milner, and a few from John Kuykendall. Stafford likes to golf on the Monterey Peninsula and we visit when he comes to Palm Desert in the winter, which he does often.” Pat Henderson writes: “Had a great time playing golf with classmates Charlie Massey, Tom Douglas, Hut Wester and Bill Hull at Linville and Hound Ears in August. Norma and I enjoyed great hosts Tom and Mary Lee Douglas in their beautiful home at Hound Ears.” Scott Woodmansee and his wife, Priscilla, moved into The Pines at Davidson from their home in Davidson where they have resided for the past 13 years. Scott now lives on the same hall as his Davidson roommate George Ramsey. In October Richie King, Charlie Lampley, and Charles “Woody” Woods went fly fishing in the North Carolina mountains. Richie reports that the fish were biting and all had a great time. Tom Cutting reports, “My son Sam ’89, is on his way to Richmond for a visit with Judy and me. All is well here.” For more than 20 years Vernon Broyles worked

closely with the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA. He also authors “The Church and Society” column in Presbyterians Today. Vernon has three sons who live in the Atlanta area. Eddie Booth writes, “Thanks for sharing the comings and goings of our class. It means a lot to be kept current on the events in the lives of our friends of long ago.” Only you can make Eddie’s wish happen... let us hear from you! We lack email addresses for more than 30 members of the class of 1959. If we don’t have yours, send it to me along with any news you would like to share. Mark these dates on your calendar: June 6–8, 2014, the 55th Reunion of our class. We send our condolences to the family of our classmate Bennie Byers of Telford, Tenn., who passed away Sept. 11. Contact: Charles D. Massey, 400 Avinger Ln., Apt. 443, Davidson, NC 28036-6704; 704896-1443; CDM5050@aol.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Clyde Hall Jr., who passed away Oct. 30.

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AS TOLD BY: Gordon Spaugh, Class Secretary Larry and Mary Margaret McNeill have been recognized by Sandhills Community College, Southern Pines, N.C., for their service to the college since 1968. Larry taught English at Sandhills for more than 30 years and continues as a part-time faculty member. He has improved the literature and writing skills of thousands of students in addition to coaching golf and tennis. He also served on the Athletic Committee and on the Sandhills Horticulture Board. Although she had a bachelor’s degree in English, Mary Margaret learned how to play the organ and earned an associate’s degree in music and art at Sandhills in 1977. She has served on the board of directors of the Sandhills Community College Foundation for more than 12 years, been chair of the Donor Recognition Committee and is a member of the Alumni Association board of directors. Over the summers, all three McNeill children also took courses at Sandhills. As strong advocates of education, the McNeill Family endowed the McNeill Woodward scholarship in 1990. This scholarship has helped many students achieve their dream of a college education. Our condolences to the family of Dr. Ervin Wall Funderburk, who died in Cheraw, S.C., on Sept. 3. Contact: Gordon Spaugh, 365 Roslyn Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104; 336-722-9130; gspaugh@juno.com

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AS TOLD BY: Marshall LaFar, Class Secretary Ted and Joanne Quantz have left their longtime home at DeBordieu near Georgetown and have davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

settled down in the town of Greer, S.C., where one of their three daughters and grandchildren live in nearby Greenville, S.C. If anyone wants to contact them, their new address is 87 Castellan Drive, Greer, SC, 29650. As Bobby McIntyre announced his intention to retire from his job as wrestling coach down in the state of South Carolina, he was taken aback by a telephone call from the head coach and the athletic director with a strange request. They asked Bobby to stay on as the “Wrestling Team Psychologist.” The first thing Bobby did was to look up the word “psychologist” to learn how to spell it. Now Bobby holds down the first and only job as Wrestling Team Psychologist in his area... heck, maybe in the entire state of South Carolina. It’s hard to retire when you’re good! For the last year or so, B Millner and wife Tina have been deeply involved in trying to start an independent, community-owned children’s hospital in Richmond, which is the largest metro area in the country without a freestanding children’s hospital. They want the three hospital systems in the area to contribute their pediatric services to the new hospital. Unless that happens, they will not have the critical mass to have a top-tier facility. So, here’s another classmate who was happily retired and never expected this... happily working again... maybe harder. B says, “It’s worth it!” After 10 seasons of coaching with the football team at Myers Park High School (alma mater of many a Davidson graduate!) Butch Rogers... yes, I said Butch Rogers... assisted at Charlotte Country Day School this past fall. He works primarily with kickers and punters. His most recent student and football player, and a great talent, Zack Cimaglia, from Myers Park High School, will punt and kick for the South Carolina Gamecocks next year. And you thought all Butch Rogers could do was operate on people and write books! Bob and Betty Gordon have moved to Southern Pines. Bob is now “of counsel” with the law firm of William R. Purcell II ’82 in Laurinburg. Henry and Beverly Chase have donated their Lewis and Clark library to Davidson College. In October they delivered the books and met the librarian. While there, they spent an evening with Missy and John Kuykendall ’59 and caught up on old times. The Chases are in good health, spend time at the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole in September and on to Beaufort, S.C., in January. Their granddaughter, Sabol, is doing exceptionally well at Sewanee and their grandson, Chase, has been awarded a presidential scholarship in the honors college at the University of Alabama. Harold Bynum has had great response with his treatment for lymphoma—the outlook for his future looks very good. Of course Harold was taught how to fight for the win by Bill Dole! I am not even going to ask how many of us have recovered from various forms of cancer... I, for one. At the present time, Hardy Wylie continues the valiant fight after surgery for a brain tumor. His attitude is as high as one can get. “Four Arts president and CEO Ervin Duggan and his wife, Julia, are planning to move to North

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Carolina.” That’s the line in the Palm Beach Daily News. Ervin says, “Every life is divided into chapters. Wise people know when a chapter has ended and it’s time to start another.” Would we not guess that that came from Ervin? There is not enough room here to do justice to this item; so, as we do in this instance, we point you to the following website for the news of Ervin’s retirement from his leadership and presidency of The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach. I have a feeling Ervin is not finished yet. Please see: http://m.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/ local/four-arts-leader-ervin-duggan-to-retire-injune/ncK34/. Last June, Jerry Vaughan went on the Davidson sponsored tour to Machu Picchu (Peru) and the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). They had 11 participants. The tour was high quality and great fun. Marya Howell ’91, director of Alumni Relations, represented the college on the tour. “She did a wonderful job and it was reassuring to have a representative of Davidson touring with us. I can recommend to anyone who is interested in a tour, to consider a Davidson sponsored tour.” And here is a special message that Heather DeVries wants to deliver to us: “On April 10, 2013, my beloved John died and I was, of course, devastated. Four Davidson men, Jim Allen, Chap Crawford, Julian Pleasants ’60 and Hardy Wylie swooped in and helped me emotionally and financially so very much. The wonderful friendship Johnny had with these men—which I got to enjoy as well—have lifted me up and enriched my life. I cannot thank them enough. I might also add that Julie Allen, Gilla Crawford and Chris Wylie have always been ‘there for me’ and that continues as well. How blessed am I?” Contact: W. Marshall LaFar, 2562 Pinewood Rd., Gastonia, NC 28054; 704-861-8585 (w); fax, 704-865-3415; mlafar@yahoo.com

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AS TOLD BY: John Goodman, Class Secretary DG Martin’s “One on One” column for Nov. 18 was entitled “Who can forget?” and began with, “Where were you when you heard President Kennedy had been shot?” DG sends the column to about 40 North Carolina newspapers every Monday. The “Who can forget?” column was shared with the ’62 email roster and 48 classmates responded with diverse reminiscences. Twenty three of the 48 were in the military at the time of the assassination and 21 were in graduate or professional school. Plans were afoot as the holidays approached to compile the responses into a book. When Arleen and Harold Stone of Broadway, N.C., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 9, their grandson, Alex Walker, proposed to his girlfriend. She accepted. Linda Ronstadt’s 2013 autobiography, Simple Dreams, pays tribute to her mentor and friend, John Starling. After teaching English at Eastern Kentucky

University in Richmond, Ky., for 43 years and raising beef cattle at nearby Paint Lick for 33 of those years, Harry Brown last summer auctioned the farm and now he and Alice live in retirement at Glencoe, N.C. Harry plans to search for a parttime teaching position, and resume writing. Robert Henry Moore has delivered a second installment of his professional papers to The Southern Historical Collection at UNC, covering his work with West Point and for members of the House and Senate from 1968 to 1976. His first batch dealt with work on William Faulkner and the South. Ann and Bill Kirkland’s eight-year-old granddaughter, Mimi Kirkland, had a supporting role in the movie, “Safe Haven,” based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks of New Bern. In the summer of 2012 she spent six weeks on the set in Southport. Mimi lives in Raleigh with parents Kirk and Gina Kirkland and two sisters. Doug Purington is semi-retired, eschewing full retirement as he continues to love his work. Over 52 years he has covered the full gamut in the book industry including retail, wholesale, publishing and now consulting. He still lives north of Chicago close to Lake Michigan. Davidsonnews.net carried a Veterans Dayrelated feature on Judy and Paul Leonard’s two grandsons involved with the military. The older grandson, also named Paul, had infantry training at Ft. Benning and then graduated from Airborne school. Younger brother Scott is a freshman on an ROTC scholarship at North Georgia Military College in Dahlonega. Jon and Elizabeth Leonard of Davidson are their parents. Catherine and Bill Ambrose’s son, daughterin-law and grandson, William, Allison and Liam, have moved to Cambridge, Mass., and Allison has joined a Boston law firm. William commutes back to Washington twice monthly for his financial clients. Last fall Lew Zirkle, founder and president of SIGN Fracture Care, taught a course at the Syrian American Medical Society Conference in Gaziantep, Turkey, a city near the border with Syria. The conference program included treatment of patients who had inhaled sarin gas, as well as treatment of civilians with severe fractures using the SIGN Technique. Eighty physicians from Syria attended. Sympathies are extended to Lew Parker on the Aug. 28 death of his aunt, Blanche Emily Knox Parker of Davidson, widow of longtime wrestling coach Charlie Parker ’38; and to Lynwood Mallard on the death of his brother, Billy, of Atlanta on Nov. 21. Contact: John Goodman, 108 N. Robeson St., Elizabethtown, NC 28337; 910-862-3730; davidson1962@gmail.com; presbypicker2@ gmail.com; davidson62.wordpress.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ben Shappley, who passed away Jan. 8.

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AS TOLD BY: Jim Hendrix, Class Secretary I think we are all still basking in the glow of our fantastic 50th Reunion. But don’t let that be the high mark of our staying in touch. Porter Halyburton and I have pledged to put together a class email list but have yet to complete that task. In the meantime, please keep me up to date on you and yours via my email or phone. Ben McCoy emailed to let me know that he recently visited with Dr. Richard Burts. Ben’s mother lives in a retirement community in Greenville, S.C., and while Ben and his wife were spending time with her, a staff member noticed the Davidson alumni hat he was wearing and told him that Dr. Burts also resided in the community. Kind soul that Ben is, he called upon Dr. Burts and his wife and had a nice chat with them. Most will recall that it was “Dean” Burts for us as he assumed the Dean of Students position during our last couple of years, succeeding the legendary “Skull” (Dean Bailey). Dean Burts passes on his warm greetings to the Class of ’63. He has clearly chosen to forget some of the antics that brought various members of our class to his cloisters during our active college days! Charlie Safley and I had a quick visit when I was in Memphis babysitting a couple of my grandchildren. As good fortune would have it, Charlie and Donna live just a couple of blocks from one of my daughters so I often have a chance to see them. He is still practicing (dermatology) several days a week but also manages to get in a lot of duck hunting, as well as travel and time with their children and grandchildren. We extend condolences to the family and friends of Mike Featherstone, who passed away Sept. 8 in Oxford, Miss. Mike was a retired attorney and a professor of law at the University of Mississippi. I was recently notified of the sad news that Fred Lopp lost his daughter, Jennifer Lopp Pate, in an automobile accident on Nov. 20. We extend our condolences to Fred and the family over this tragedy. Contact: Jim Hendrix, P.O. Box 2094, Cashiers, NC 28717-2094; 404-313-2084; jamesphendrix@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Carlton Cole, Class Secretary I regret that I have only bad news to report for this issue: Bob Marquis writes that his wife, Gloria Nelson Marquis, of Knoxville, Tenn., died Feb. 20, 2013, after a courageous battle against front temporal disease and supranuclear palsy. John Fitzgerald died Jan. 14, 2013. He attended Davidson and Florida Presbyterian College before graduating from Clayton State University in Morrow, Ga. He is survived by five daughters, two sons and 15 grandchildren. We only recently learned that Gary Bert Lane of Pensacola, Fla., died April 23, 2007. He attended The Darlington School, Davidson and Stetson Law School, after which he practiced law in Pensacola until 1995. He also served for six years in the United States Marine Corps. Gary was survived by his six children and six grandchildren. Please join me and other classmates for our 50th class reunion June 6–8, 2014. You can find information about the reunion at www.davidson. edu. Click on Alumni, then events and programs, followed by Reunion Weekend 2014, finish by selecting class of 1964. Please let me know what has been going on in your lives and please consider registering with Alenda Links on the Davidson website at www. davidson.edu/alendalinks, a place where you can search for friends and leave news of your own. Contact: Carlton Cole, 1009 Hardee Rd., Coral Gables, FL 33146-3329; fax, 305-667-9757; 305-667-7710 (b); carlton842@aol.com

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AS TOLD BY: John Curry, Class Secretary Very good news from Bill Daisy who reports he is “feeling great” and cancer free following treatment during most of 2013 for throat cancer. Tried to reach Donald Howard at his veterinary clinic in Savannah but was told he was “in surgery,” so it appears he continues actively practicing his profession. I always appreciate classmates feeding me information about their brethren, which is exactly the service performed by Bill Ford who sent me an update about Guy Hunter whom Bill labeled “too modest” to report his own accomplishments. Guy’s teenage daughter is a budding actress who

Following a career in aerospace and defense research, Al Callender continues living in Stewart, Fla. I believe I understood some of the stuff he worked on but I think some of the rest may have been in the category of “I would tell you more, but see class of 1965 then I would have to shoot you.” 44

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commutes from Georgia to California and is scheduled for an appearance in a Clint Eastwood production called “Jersey Boys.” Over the years Guy and wife Virginia have traveled the world, allowing Guy to play rounds at a number of renowned golf courses. As for Bill himself, despite a bad hip, he plays an occasional round though his scores are not as low as Guy’s. Being a gentleman farmer on his spread in the suburbs of Menlo, Ga., population 469, gives him a sufficiently flexible schedule to allow trips to the Southern Conference tournament to support “his Wildcats.” Where is Menlo? Not too far from Rome. Many of us find retirement does not necessarily mean slowing down. My conversation with Art Ross suggests his professional burdens as pastor of White Memorial Church in Raleigh may have been lifted but his plate remains very full. He and wife Jan’s two children both live in Raleigh affording plenty of time with grandchildren. Volunteer work helping churches with strategic planning and in the “Step Up” Ministry program, service on the North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism and an occasional guest sermon are among the activities that are making this life stage “wonderful” for Art. Jan is also a very capable trip planner so the past few years have included ventures to Poland and Normandy and an Africa trip is on the horizon. Following a career in aerospace and defense research, Al Callender continues living in Stewart, Fla. I believe I understood some of the stuff he worked on but I think some of the rest may have been in the category of “I would tell you more, but then I would have to shoot you.” He is mighty proud of his son Dr. Andrew Callender, who is a professor of chemistry at Tennessee Tech University. With sadness I report the loss of our classmate Mac Mays last September. He had a fascinating medical career and very productive life. Contact: John S. Curry, P.O. Box 2091, Asheville, NC 28802; 828-215-4512; john@ johncurryattorney.com

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Contact: James J. Terry, 1103 Hardage Cir., Colleyville, TX 76034-6055; 817-421-8685; Jim.Terry@scouting.org FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Arnold Snider III, who passed away Jan. 3, 2014.

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AS TOLD BY: Bryant Hinnant, Class Secretary Jose Borrajero finally surfaced. For those with long memories, Jose immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1961, and after graduating from Davidson, served in the U.S. Navy, mostly aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. He’s been living in davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

the Phoenix area for many years, and is active in Republican Party events, having served as a precinct and state committeeman and a delegate to the 2012 GOP Convention. Currently he’s involved with We Built That Network, a coalition of programs associated with Blog Talk Radio. He hosts Red Pill Approved Radio, which discusses Arizona topics and those of interest to Latinos in America. He’s received several awards for his efforts to promote legislation using citizen input. Funny, but when I listened to one of the programs (available online), I knew his voice before his name was announced. Norman Pease, while never one to send me much information, did write to say he was retiring. True to form, however, he didn’t say from what, but I checked and he worked for Lease Plan USA in Alpharetta, Ga. He doesn’t plan on checking emails too often either (normanpease@comcast. com), so he recommends you call him at 404-2555411. I can attest to his not checking emails. I regret to announce the death of George Blount on Aug. 10. George lived in Asheville but no obituary information is available. If anyone has information, please send it to me. 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 FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Rich Graham Sr. of Chevy Chase, Md., who passed away June 27.

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AS TOLD BY: Bruce Weihe, Class Secretary While I was well aware that Chip Vogan is an accomplished singer, I did not appreciate just how accomplished. In a bio that was circulated when Chip was honored by the Norfolk, Va., Rotary Club, it was noted that Chip has performed in more than a dozen operas with the Charlotte, San Antonio and Virginia Opera Companies, and his folk group—Dramtreeo—has released four CDs and performed throughout the mid-Atlantic, including Lincoln Center in New York! Chip and Barbara have been married for almost 30 years, and their son, William, is on the dean’s list at Hampden-Sydney. Chip continues to have an active and diversified private law practice, which he has enjoyed for 25 years and counting. Continuing in the performing arts, I heard from Dave Mensel, whose barbershop quartet, the DinoChords, won the Dixie District Senior Quartet Championship this fall in Chattanooga, Tenn. Dave and his bride of 42 years, Anne, have recently relocated from Nashville to their farm, about 40 miles west—the “Tanager Ridge Farm”—where they enjoy plenty of wildlife even more entertaining than the wildlife regularly found in downtown Nashville. On a sad note, however, Dave advised me of the passing of his mother, Ann Griswold Mensel, who over the years had welcomed to her home a number of our classmates visiting with Dave.

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on campus in just a couple of months, one class is thinking way ahead. The class of 1968 has taken on a challenge that focuses on service— they want to reinforce Davidson’s focus on alumni service and disproportionate impact for good in the world on a broad scale by getting more members of their class involved in the community, and encouraging other classes to follow suit. Ultimately, they want the impact of alumni, regardless of age, to match the impact of current students. “The key is the importance of giving back to society,” said George Shaw ’68. “We have had many blessings, including the education at Davidson as well as in our careers and personal lives. Now that we are retired or close to retirement, the time to make a difference is now. We have the time, the resources and the passion.” To get the conversation started, Tom Caldwell ’68 issued a letter to the class. His letter read “…we can provide leadership by coming together to identify some of the major problems confronting us, to figure out solutions and to implement them. The class of ’68 can do this, and the ability to efficiently and effectively communicate our ideas is unparalleled.” The class goal is “50 by 50”—they plan to have at least 50 percent of the class involved in civic engagement by their 50th reunion in 2018. They are off to a good start with several class members already participating in projects related to mentoring, tutoring, music, troubled teens and hunger. “We love to see alumni coming together in the spirit of service,” said Marya Howell ’91, director of alumni relations. “The class of 1968 is a true inspiration, and we can’t wait to see what they have accomplished by the time they return to campus in 2018!”

The Class of ’68 has been traveling a lot lately. Dave Ginn took off for seven weeks from his duties as assistant general counsel for government relations with Primerica Life Insurance to drive from his home in Georgia to Alaska via the Alaska Highway. Presumably there were other highways connecting Georgia to Alaska, but for the 13,000 miles logged on the trip (sometimes with wife Alexis and daughter Kendra), Dave was able to cross off some boxes on his bucket list. The only downer was that his trip at times coincided with the closing of national parks in Arizona and Utah, but he was able to complete his goal of visiting all 50 states. Another traveler was Tom Clayton, along with his wife, Susan. Tom, who has become quite an accomplished photographer in his retirement, spent several weeks roaming around the Great Northwest before joining a bunch of former Machis from several classes in Sun Valley, Idaho. That group included Tom Rhodes and his wife, Ann, Bobby and Vicki Lanier and the Weihes (Lisa and me). Others in the group were Cheryle and Joel Williamson ’67, Denise and Mike Dickens ’69, Jim Long ’70 and wife Marsha Scott and Sari and Jerry Kroll ’70. We all also happened to spend time with Kate Weihe ’04, who serves as the executive director for Higher Ground Sun Valley, and who happens to be Lisa’s and my second daughter. More news that germinated at our 45th Reunion: several of us from ’68, led by Tom Caldwell, Julian Prosser, George Shaw, Cecil Clifton, Mike Coltrane, Bo Perry, Dave King, Chip Vogan and Tom Earnhardt (the group goes

by the name the “Agitators”), have continued to conference and meet with representatives from the alumni, civic engagement and president’s offices of the college to figure out how we—the first class of baby boomers—might get more involved, off the couch and have more of, in President Quillen’s words, a “disproportionate impact for good in the world.” More of this to arrive at your email address in the coming months, including a questionnaire from the Agitators—the Chief Agitator, Tom Caldwell, wants all of us to get involved, so contact Tom at tomandjanet813@gmail.com. Contact: Bruce Weihe, 1100 SE 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; 954-607-6723 (w); bweihe@bawlawyer.com

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AS TOLD BY: Tony Orsbon, Class Secretary The sun never sets on the British Empire or the Class of ’69... Kerry Keith, affectionately the “Chimp,” was recently named the Director of Airport Development for the City of Naples, responsible for planning, construction and renovation of the Naples Municipal Airport. The Florida Department of Transportation values the economic impact of the airport on the local community at about $300 million. Kerry, sounds like you now have the airport in a Figure Four Grapevine Hold. Congratulations. Recent news announces that Bobby Vagt, whom Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni you may remember was headmaster at Wildcat School for the Talented and Promising, has left his last post as head of the Heinz Endowments. The World of Ketchup Charities is poorer for this event, but the brothers of ’69 can now look forward to Bobby attending more reunions (which I remind you will occur in the June of 2014 for us). Musing on this thought lately, I realized that in dog years I am dead. Our neighbor classmate Jamie May ’70 sends word through Lanier that he is progressing in his joust with leukemia. He has had a bone marrow transplant and despite some hospital stays, viewed as expected, he is cancer free for now. Victory is not always a clear rout and resounding defeat of the enemy. Sometimes it is just the dogged perseverance to never cower or retreat. Keep getting first downs, Jamie. And now, though my cruel editors may cut this part, as they are wont to do, I wish to pen a paean to Dr. Samuel Spencer ’40, who was our headmaster during most of our years at Wildcat School. Please indulge me: “Ineptly opposed to co-education at Davidson, I wrote to Dr. Spencer in 1971 to utter my disapproval and contend with logic and passion for a lasting male college. He favored co-education ardently and launched on a brave voyage to that end. He sailed on a strong wind to right harbor. My sail captured an untrue gust. Three decades of proof have arrayed his better judgment, and my daughter, Sarah, and I have been the grateful sequent beneficiaries of his seasoned wisdom. Answering my letter with grace and warmth, he relented not.” While nothing more Spartan than an essay would fittingly laud his accomplished life, I, with the liberty of too brief remarks, wish openly

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AS TOLD BY: Jim McAdams, Class Secretary Dr. Kent Rhodes was honored in May 2013 at Queens University’s undergraduate commencement as the 2013 recipient of the Hunter Hamilton Love of Teaching Award. Kent has been a biology professor at Queens since 1992. He is known among his peers as an expert in interactive and interdisciplinary teaching techniques and among his students as having a contagious love of teaching and a masterful ability to make science both interesting and relevant. George Sproul wrote that he is in his 37th year of full-time general pediatric practice in his hometown of Staunton, Va. That changed in January 2014 when he commenced a reduced schedule of two days a week. George and Sharon (PIKA sweetheart of 1970) celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary this year. With the increased flexibility of George’s 2014 work schedule, they are eagerly anticipating grandparent duty for their four grandchildren, progeny of daughter Emily, and her husband, Steven, and to visiting son, Eric, and his wife, Marie, in Silver Spring, Md. Dr. Tad Lowdermilk and wife, Ellen, have resided in the same house in Winston-Salem for 33 years where they have raised four children and a plethora of dogs, cats and other furry critters. Tad is eyeing partial retirement in late 2014 when, incidentally, he and Ellen will also celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. In the meantime, Tad continues to practice with a group of emergency medicine physicians who provide ER services at hospitals in Winston-Salem, Clemmons and Kernersville. With children and grandchildren spread out from Montana

Our first “date” was a drive in a 1969 Volkswagen square back, crammed to the gills with fellow Emanonians, to get pizza in Statesville. I had met her a few days earlier in the library (when her name was Mary Turner). She was so overwhelmed with meeting new men that she only had a vague recollection of me, something about “a big nose.” I think Roman is the term see class of 1974 she was looking for. to affirm what so many already know, that his captaincy as the pilot of a grand craft has led to a gilded port in our world sea. My life is favored that he was so often right and did never quail. “Sail on, Oh Captain, My Captain, on the Eternal Flood.” Contact: R. Anthony Orsbon, 2819 Rothwood Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211; 704-556-9600 (b); fax, 704-556-9601; torsbon@oandflaw.com

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to North Carolina to Great Britain, Tad reports that it’s a real challenge, but nevertheless a great joy, to gather all of the Lowdermilks at one location. With retirement looming, Dr. Bruce Wolff recently segued from emeritus chairman to emeritus consultant for the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He continues to pursue another passion of his:

collecting classic automobiles. Amazingly enough, Bruce still has the 1940 Chrysler Windsor that he drove in high school. Bruce writes that son, Charlie ’11, has joined Davidson alumnus Bob Penny ’76, as a psychologist and commercial client motivation specialist at The Penny Group in Charlotte. I recently emailed several of you who, as far as I can tell, have not been recently mentioned in the class notes (or in some cases never mentioned). Thanks to those who responded to my most recent request for information…ahem, all two of you. If you did not receive such an email, please email me your correct email address. Also, I’ve been thinking that, since I’m now happily retired and spend part of my time writing fiction as well serving as class secretary, perhaps I could combine these two disciplines by creating fictionalized entries for the Journal as space permits. If you’re okay with that, please ignore my future emails; but if you object, when you receive my email please reply to it with a brief update about yourself, your family, and other subjects of interest to you. Contact: Jim McAdams, 119 Kanasgowa Dr., Brevard, NC 28712; 828-877-2728; jimmcadams3@yahoo.com; dcgreatclassof1970@ gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Nicholas G. Dumich & David E. Buck, Class Secretaries Ahhhh, spring at Davidson. Dogwoods, the smell of fresh cut grass and Frisbee on the campus lawn. Hopefully by the time you read this, the ’Cats will be finishing up a very successful basketball season. Recently one of our classmates, Bill Woodson, of Pawley’s Island fame, has written his first novel, Waccamaw Gold, which was released in late November, 2013. The story revolves around a powerful Southern family and one of the richest women in America, whose vehicle disappears into the Waccamaw River. Her death sets into motion a chain of intriguing events in the low country and involves the clandestine activities of one of the largest banks in the United States. Murder and money—always a tantalizing combination. After graduating from Davidson, Bill attended the South Carolina School of Law, UNC Chapel Hill Graduate School of Business and Emory University Graduate School of Law. He has been putting all that law and business education to good use since he moved to Pawley’s Island in 1993, where he wears Hawaiian shirts and conjures up plots for another novel, while sipping mint juleps under a beach cabana. We think Bill has it all figured out. Chris Giles, made it back to the college for the first time since graduation. Yes, he is alive and well and living in North Lauderdale, Fla. Chris returned to Florida after graduating from Davidson, attended graduate school in Florida and became an engineer. He is working for a huge company, Hoerbiger Corporation, which is part of the Hoerbiger Group headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. They specialize in industrial machinery, engines, valves and transmissions, all the type of things that Chris most was interested in at Davidson—and we thought all that listening to davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Iron Butterfly was just going to waste. Chris’s wife, Lorraine, wrote us after he returned to Florida to say that Chris really did enjoy the Homecoming weekend, especially seeing a number of his old football buddies at a Friday dinner party hosted by Ken Totherow and his wife Diane, and an after-thefootball-game lake party, hosted by Jack Ballenger and his wife Winn. Also in attendance and back for Homecoming weekend was Steve Kirley, also known as “Gray Daddy” to his grandkids. Steve looked quite fit and could probably still play a tough game of round ball, still had all his hair and sported a stylish gray beard. He now lives in Clemmons, near WinstonSalem, and is semi-retired from his psychiatric practice to spend more time outdoors. Besides Chris Giles, Steve was happy to see classmates Jack Gray, Jim Buchannon, Sean McCormick, Rick Snipes, Floyd Strand, Hugh Dennis and Jack Ballenger at the Friday dinner party. Friday night of Homecoming was also special, because of the attendance of Joe Poteat ’72 and his wife Maryann, former Professor “T-Bird” Tom Clark ’49, and former Head Football Coach Dave Fagg ’58 and his wife Barbara. Coach Fagg was surprised at the Friday dinner party when he was presented with the Davidson Alumni Service Award, which originally was to be awarded during a ceremony at the college. On Homecoming Saturday at the Ballenger lake party, we all celebrated with Professor Clark on his 85th birthday. He also looked great and answered all questions asked about the Gilgamesh Epic. Jack Gray and his wife, Eva, reside in Roanoke, Va., where Jack is a partner in Catawba Capital Financial Corp. Their son was just married in Charleston, S.C. last August. Jim Buchannon and wife Gayle have two sons, Josh and Lucas, who are graduates of Davidson and UNC respectively. Jim has been retired from his commercial banking position for quite some time, and Jim and Gayle say they will be moving from their mountain home in Bakersville, Tenn., back to the Cornelius area near Davidson, so they can be closer to their grandchildren and the Wildcats. Please drop us an email or call to let us know what you’ve been up to. Contact: David E. Buck, 616 Watson St., Davidson, NC 28036; 704-425-2133; david@ saintalbansdavidson.org Nicholas G. Dumich, 248 Roswell St., Marietta, GA 30060; 770-241-5550; fax, 770-4269584; ndumich@bellsouth.net

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AS TOLD BY: Tom Holcomb, Class Secretary Grier Newlin and Joyce now live in Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Grier practices construction bond law in Atlanta during the week. Son Grier is in graduate school in public health at Columbia in New York and their other son, Jeff, lives in Charleston. After 32 years as an endodontist in Gastonia, Richard Neal retired in November 2012. He and davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Verna live nearby in Cramerton and have two adult daughters and three grandchildren. Richard says he has enjoyed every day of retirement. He and Verna like to go hiking on Land Conservancy trails. Bill Lyle, also with 32 years (and more) at the same job, teaches computer science at Murray State University in Kentucky. His wife Judy is a nurse at the college health service there. (Bill and Paul Poteet were classmates at Grady High School in Atlanta. Paul is a physician with the UGA student health service.) During summers off, Bill enjoys golf and traveling in their five wheeler. Jack Latimer and Susie live in Hagerstown, Md. They have two sons and three grandchildren. Jack owns a masonry and building restoration company that focuses primarily on 18th and 19th century structures. His work is in a five state area and has included a project at Arlington National Cemetery and others for the National Park Service. Bill enjoys his work and has no plans to retire despite an interest in hunting, golf and boating. Also still enjoying his work with no plans to slow down, Hal Mapes travels the state of New Jersey as the director of dental services for Department of Corrections. He and Carol have four children and five grandchildren. Robin and Sally Gray live north of Atlanta. Their daughter Catherine is studying sharks in South Africa after graduating summa cum laude from UGA; son Matthew is at Auburn and they enjoy watching his ice hockey team. Robin travels frequently as the CEO and general counsel for the Electronic Components Industry Association. He recently gave a presentation in San Diego on counterfeit electronic components. John Cutchin in Newton, wrote to report several celebratory events over the last year including the birth of twin grandsons to his daughter, Jennifer. The grandchildren live nearby so his wife, Jane, can babysit almost daily. Their son Joshua is the public relations director at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at UGA, and was married to Sarah Bailey in October 2013. Our condolences to Woody Montgomery on the death of his mother, Elizabeth “Betsy” Montgomery Oct. 11. We also remember and commemorate Samuel R. Spencer, Jr., ’40, who died Oct. 16. He began as president our freshman year and managed to navigate the college successfully through the stormy times of Vietnam, civil rights, coeducation, new curriculums and internal tempests. During our year in Germany, he and Mrs. Spencer came through Marburg as part of his work for the Fulbright program, and they spent some time with our group. While cleaning out my family’s house I came across a letter about the visit that Dr. Spencer had written to all of the German JYA parents with this postscript to my parents: “I sat with Tom at dinner and saw him several other times. He looks well and seems to be having a good experience.” Contact: Tom Holcomb, 4614 Meadow Valley Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA 30342-2515; 404-8479325; tholcomb@mclain-merritt.com

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AS TOLD BY: Richard V. Wilson, Class Secretary With great sadness I report the passing of Gerry Bello on Oct. 25 while he was watching a late night sporting event on TV. His obituary noted that after college “he then enlisted in the Peace Corps and was in the group held hostage in Uganda by Idi Amin. He went on to serve in Zaire. Returning to Raleigh, he earned his master’s at N.C. State. Following graduation, he worked for the State of North Carolina in the Health Department. He then took time off and traveled throughout the United States, visiting many of our national parks. Returning to North Carolina, he decided to focus on wastewater management, working in Durham, Wilmington, Monroe and Henderson. Like his sister, Susan, he developed lymphoma, though he worked full-time in Henderson despite his medical treatments. He retired in 2012 and shared his love of life with family and friends.” Skip Auld reports many classmates attended his funeral: Bob Robinson, Bill Henry, Ken Parks and wife Susan, Dick Downey, Mike Stovall, Ralph Peeples, Jack Nichols, Scott Sheftall, and John Maloney and wife Susan. Scott reportedly delivered a heartfelt eulogy. Condolences also go out to Charlie Hodge whose mom passed away Sept. 23, 2013. Jack Scoville was elected to a second term as mayor of Georgetown, S. C. Jack entered Davidson as a member of our freshman class but graduated from the University of South Carolina and the USC Law School. He has served as Georgetown County attorney for 17 years and has served on the City Council, the City Architectural Review Board and the County Planning Commission. He has chaired the County Elections Commission and served on the Board of the S.C. State Ports Authority. He is married to Lindsay Huggins of Columbia and is father to Miller, Sam and Makemie. He is also grandfather to Miguel and Sophie. Contact: Richard V. Wilson, 1236 East Rookwood Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45208; 513-3211524; rwilson14@cinci.rr.com

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AS TOLD BY: Patrick J. Curley, Class Secretary Dr. George Poe has added another feather to his cap. Along with being named College Professor of the Year in the state of Tennessee, George, a lifelong golfer, has added a hole-in-one to his resume. He recorded only the second ace ever at the Course at Sewanee in Sewanee, Tenn., with a monumental 5 iron on the third hole, a 200 yard par 3. Witnesses included friends Chip Craighill and Bruce Baird ’73. Charlotte attorney Ronald L. Gibson was sworn in as president-elect of the North Carolina State Bar. He was sworn in by Chief Justice Sarah Parker at the State Bar’s Annual Dinner Thursday, Oct. 24. Ron earned his law degree in 1978 from the UNC School of Law. Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni From Asheville, Maria Fire and Calvin Allen write, “We feel so fortunate to be retired and living so happily together in Asheville. We just celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary. We met on the Davidson campus in 1972, after Maria transferred from Duke and joined Emanon, where the “studliest” Davidson men hung out. Our first “date” was a drive in a 1969 Volkswagen square back, crammed to the gills with fellow Emanonians, to get pizza in Statesville. I had met her a few days earlier in the library (when her name was Mary Turner). She was so overwhelmed with meeting new men that she only had a vague recollection of me, something about “a big nose.” I think Roman is the term she was looking for. Forty-one years later, we have two grown sons, a granddaughter and grandson, and love living in “Ashevegas,” described by the late state politician what-was-his-name? as a “Cesspool of Sin.”” Ben Watkins and wife Cynthia are celebrating their 40th anniversary. They lived in married student housing their senior year—one of those four little houses next to the railroad tracks, long since removed. Bill McIlwain and wife Sherry are celebrating their 40th. “Our two children are finally on their own, although our daughter is still finishing up her final semester in graduate school at Wake Forest. I am looking forward to retirement after more than 25 years in N.C. District Court, and 2014 will be my final year on the bench. While I know I can’t play golf every day, I have tried to stay active. My senior basketball team actually managed to capture a silver medal at this year’s state tournament.” Elizabeth Walker writes “2014 will be a milestone year as I celebrate 30 years with Nissan and my 40th wedding anniversary. Will never forget that snowy night at DCPC Dec. 14, 1974! I am based in Atlanta as the Loyalty Performance Manager for the Southeast region. Our oldest daughter, Kristen, and her husband, Jonathan, just blessed us with a third granddaughter in March: Emerson (5), Maclaren (3) and Brecken. Second daughter, Ashley, married in August 2011. Cassie is next and will finish a master’s in guidance counseling at Georgia State in May. Austin left us as “empty nesters” when he headed to Mississippi State this fall to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Liz is in her seventh year as preschool music teacher at First Presbyterian of Marietta. Had a great weekend in Davidson recently with Bo, Hesterberg, Moon and KD to attend the UVA game. We try to get together a couple times each year and it’s always a memorable occasion, except that we have a little trouble these days with the “memory” part of it! Mary Miller now lives on St. Simons Island, Ga. and is an award-winning writer. Her play “Ferris Wheel” was published in a collection (Take Ten) by Random House and she was recognized as one of America’s “finest playwrights!” Mary has won over a dozen national awards including the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest as well as recognition as a finalist at the National Repertory Theatre Foundation and the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival. Her work continues to be produced all over the world, including Mumbai, India, and La Paz, Mexico. “The thing I’m most excited about at the moment is my new

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book, A Christmas House, which was just released in November on Amazon both in paperback and Kindle edition. Coming in January will be my nonfiction self-help book: Acting Healthy - Directors Notes to a Better Life (Acting Healthy is my new approach to wellness using tips and techniques I first learned as an actress and then embraced as a writer to help people play a healthier part in their own lives). But, I must say, as much as I have enjoyed writing for the stage (and the success it has brought), I’m doing more writing for TV and movies!” Mary reports she is single, has OK vision, all her teeth, a good head of hair and most of her marbles. “All in all it’s been a good life since leaving Davidson, but I still miss those college days and would go back in a minute!” James “Jace” P. Collins passed away May 27, 2012. You can read more at http://blogs.davidson. edu/memoriam/. Contact: Patrick J. Curley, 25 Tanyard Ct., Chapel Hill, NC 27517; 919-932-3512; fax, 919932-3518; patrick@treatuwell.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Class of 1974, mark your calendars for your 40th Reunion—June 6-8, 2014. For more information visit the Davidson website (click on Alumni, then events and programs, followed by Reunion Weekend 2014, finish by selecting your class year) or contact your Class Reunion Chairs, Tony Oakley (tdoakley@mindspring.com) and Bill Bencini (bbencini@aol.com).

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AS TOLD BY: John Randolph, Class Secretary First up, I received news regarding Greg Dunn. Greg is a partner with Ice Miller, LLC, focusing on municipal law in the Columbus, Ohio area, with considerable special work on public utility, telecommunications and broadband issues. He was named among the Best Lawyers 2014 “Lawyer of the Year” for his practice area and location. Greg assisted with the development of the Dublink concept in Dublin, Ohio, a huge fiber optics project, and a broadband plan for the City of Columbus, which have garnered recognition from the White House, and from national and international groups. Neil Imus helped me locate Robert Jacobs. Bob attended Bowman Grey Medical School after his time at Davidson, followed by residency at New England Memorial Hospital Family Practice in Massachusetts. He has devoted his career to providing family medical services to rural and small town areas ranging from the Cape Hatteras area of the Outer Banks, north to Boothbay, Maine and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Currently, he continues his practice in Rangeley, Maine and surrounding communities. Speaking of Neil Imus, he admits in a recent note to being a bit disconnected with things on the Davidson front, although he did try (unsuccessfully) to get his kids interested in attending. The Great D. Neil continues his law

practice with Vinson & Elkins in Washington, D.C., focusing on antitrust law, mostly relating to mergers and acquisitions. He’s been married to Abby for 34 years and has three adult kids (one of whom is in law school) and two grandchildren. I got a brief note from Chuck Harmon, who enjoys trolling Facebook for former classmates. Maybe that’s a good source for me to track down some of our mates who have disappeared. As I continue to harass the Class of ’75 for news, I will include a list of those for whom we have no current contact information and encourage you to share what you know. Jerry Huller checked in as our resident certified systems engineering professional. He served with Raytheon as segment requirements manager and lead for the IBM Rational DOORS requirements management tool. He has hosted webinars and most recently presented technical papers on DOORS methodology at the 23rd Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering in Philadelphia, Pa. Jerry plans to begin enjoying retirement early next year with his wife, Carol, in the Denver, Colo., area. Lastly, going a bit out of Class, I received a nice note from Richard Clay, ’73. I made Dick’s acquaintance a few years ago while searching on behalf of a client for a referral attorney in Kentucky. As is my usual practice in such cases, I started my search looking for Davidson alumni in the area and came across Dick. He is practicing law in Louisville, Ky., with the Dinsmore & Shohl firm and has a daughter who graduated from Davidson in 2010. Proving that it is a small world, Dick is a longtime friend of our own Woodford S. Van Meter, who continues his ophthalmology practice at Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky. All the best! Contact: John Randolph, 5248 S. Atlanta Ave., Tulsa, OK 74105-6608; 918-520-0041; jrandolph@praywalker.com

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AS TOLD BY: Michael Pappas, Class Secretary Fred Borch has done what many said couldn’t be done—parlay a history degree into notoriety (due deference to Malcolm Partin notwithstanding)! Now retired from being regimental historian archivist of the JAG School in Charlottesville, Va., he keynoted a historical event in Kentucky last fall. Fred left active duty as a colonel, and is the only full-time military legal historian in the Department of Defense. Dave Kirkman is in his 26th year in the Consumer Protection Division of the North Carolina Attorney General’s office and specializes in elder fraud and cross-border scams. Dave led a delegation including Doug Ey, Bobby Mendenhall, Jimmy Ervin ’78 and Bonnie Caulkins Revelle ’77 to the inauguration of Alan Duncan as President of the North Carolina Bar, during which Al gave a special mention to Davidson in his acceptance speech. Go Derbies! Sadly for Dave, he has lost both parents in the last year. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Dave Green didn’t think he had any news, but he most certainly has. Who can forget our days with Dave Grant, now Professor Emeritus of Biology, if even in 101? Dave is helping out with a reunion for Dr. Grant and former students who attended a field course at the Duke Marine Lab, which will take place in October. Speaking of reunions, Cary Herin attended a reunion of Davidson Male Chorus alums last October during the ’13 football season Homecoming. Also in attendance from our class were Bill Crosland and Ken Bumgarner. Cliff Gardiner reports no news. Is Jim DeVille rubbing off on him? Speaking of no news, we really do need to hear from several of our classmates who have maintained radio silence for too long. One who comes to mind is Mark Deaton, who as creator of the famed Pullit Surprise no doubt would add mightily to this column. If anyone knows how to ring the chimes of anyone too long ago heard from, let me know. I’ve already guilt-tripped Pete West into coming to our 40th. No, Pete, there is no excuse this time! Steve Collins slowed up last summer only after knee surgery forced him. Steve is still managing partner of a general and vascular surgery practice in St Petersburg, busy with his first grandchild and visiting his two sons in Los Angeles and New York. Steve’s wife sold her research company this past year and is encouraging retirement. We’ll see. Dan Douglass visited fellow 4th Sentelle hallmate Gary Stewart last summer in Milwaukee, where Gary practices vascular surgery. Dan reports that gone is the long hair as Gary works hard at his profession (is he comparing too many notes with Collins?). Gary did pause long enough to wonder aloud to Dan why no one visits him (although yours truly, another 4th Sentelle-er, did catch up with him years ago for dinner while in town). Dan, apparently not missing a beat, admitted that he couldn’t understand why, either, seeing that Milwaukee is centrally located between northern Mecklenburg County and the North Pole. I guess since Gary put it on a tee, Dan had to hit it! Dan astutely reminds us all that we’re now old enough to have more excuses for reunions. Perhaps we should all take the hint come 2016. Contact: Michael S. Pappas, St. Louis, MO; 314-973-7799 (c); mspappas@charter.net FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: We extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Peter Francis Clark, who passed away Jan. 1.

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AS TOLD BY: Sue McAvoy, Class Secretary I write this column in honor of Dr. Sam Spencer... were it not for him, Davidson College wouldn’t be what it is today, and our class certainly would have had a much different demographic. His achievements are legendary, but we remember a very humble person who davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

empowered many of us to make our mark and contribute in special ways to the college. On a personal note, I salute his appointment of Carol Goldsborough Jarrett ’75 and Dea Booth Verlin ’76 to create our first women’s tennis team that included Ruth Murphey Parker, Becca Stimson and me. Dea and Carol sent letters to coaches at other colleges to announce the team’s formation and ask for competition... but did not inform the rival coaches that they were just students! In the spring of 1974 we played 13 matches, had a winning record, and most importantly, formed life-long friendships. Dr. Spencer did not advise, interfere or oversee us; he gave the team—very young people—encouragement, responsibility, and official authority (under the jurisdiction of Coach Jeff Frank). I’m sure others have similar stories to share. Well done, faithful servant, well done. Tim Barr hosted the fifth annual golf outing at his beautiful Seabrook Island, S.C., home and golf club in October. The event attracted the largest turnout to date: Wayne Cross, Steve “Fabes” Fabian, Jim Nichols, Gary Overstreet, Mark Wilfley, Mike Hall ’76, Scott Logan ’76, Mitch Reaves ’76, John Huie ’78, Marc Jackowitz ’78, Rob Murray ’78, Ted Pappayliou ’76, Tim Purcell ’78, and Charlie Strange ’78. Events included lots of very competitive golf (won by Marc Jackowitz), bumper pool, bridge, liquid refreshments, tunes and so many stories. John Huie organized and hosted the farewell event at a Zac Brown concert. Our women enjoyed yet another wonderful weekend at Ocean Isle Beach in November, celebrating our best attendance ever (30 of us!). Note your calendars for our 10th gathering to be held Oct. 30–Nov. 2, 2014, and plan to join us for this milestone event! Those sharing news this year included Staley Jordan Nance, who is now executive director of Project Potential, a scholarship program for at-risk college-bound high school students in Lexington, N.C. And Ann Garrou Dickey and Linda Jones Kopel learned that they had attended the same debutante ball in 1973, along with Lillian Gascoigne, in Shelby! Ruth Brown won the “traveled the farthest” award, joining us from the Congo. Ruth had a “uniquely Davidson” moment when she was traveling to Iona in Scotland and learned that her fellow bus travelers included four Davidson students and an Indian family with connections to Madras Christian College (host of Davidson’s study abroad program)! Ruth has now returned to the Congo for her second three-year term as a mission co-worker with PC (USA).’ Several Davidsonians joined Terry Hummel at Eric Clapton’s 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden, as well as at the opening artist and VIP party at the Hard Rock in Times Square. It was great to see repeat Crossroads guest and music aficionado Steve Peeples again and to welcome first-timers Roger Brown ’78 (president of Berklee College of Music) and Mark Rodgman ’75 and their friends and families. Terry reported that spending time with Mark and his family truly made his year, as they hadn’t seen each other in 30 years. Another music gathering occurred in Atlanta

All Hail Larry and Mary Margaret McNeill ’60 were recognized by Sandhills Community College, Southern Pines, N.C., for their service to the college since 1968. Larry taught English at Sandhills for more than 30 years. Charles S. Turner, M.D. ’66, professor emeritus of general surgery-pediatrics in the Division of Surgical Services at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Wake Forest School of Medicine. Ronald L. Gibson ’74, a Charlotte attorney, was sworn in as presidentelect of the North Carolina State Bar in October by N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker. Greg Dunn ’75, a partner with Ice Miller, LLC in Columbus, Ohio, was named a “Lawyer of the Year” in Best Lawyers 2014. Harrison L. Marshall Jr. ’79 will receive the H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award at the 2014 N.C. Bar Association’s annual meeting in recognition of “trustworthiness, respectful and courteous treatment of all people, enthusiasm for intellectual achievement and commitment to excellence….” Thomas H. Marshburn, M.D. ’82, NASA astronaut who returned from his most recent space mission in May 2013, has received the Distinguished Achievement Award of Wake Forest School of Medicine. Lee Ann Petty ’01, paralegal team lead for Regions Bank, Birmingham, Ala., was the January recipient of the bank’s Better Life Award. The Better Life Award is the top honor given to a Regions associate for outstanding dedication and job performance, as well as exemplary involvement and commitment to the community. when Bob “Butch” and Susan Reid Beard organized a group to hear The Mustangs (band headed by Tim Purcell ’78); our group included Steven Barnes and Cathy Ramos, David and Frances Anderson Beasley ’78, Dave Gleim ’75, Sue McAvoy, Bill McKinnon ’75, Ward ’78 and Kathryn Bridges Miller ’78, Brian Morrissey ’78, and Rachel ’08 and Terri Peat Purcell. What fun to sing “our” songs to live music! Please join me in extending sympathy to Nora McNeill and Becca Stimson whose fathers were Davidson classmates and passed away in August and October, respectively. Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni Finally, I’m sad to announce the death of Billy McLean in September. Dave Wolter offered this remembrance: “My recollection of Billy was, in many ways, a reflection of the hopes, dreams and uncertainties that we all came to Davidson to work through as college students. Billy was a friend, teammate and competitor, like many of us in the Class of ’77 were (are) to each other. He left his mark on those who took the time to know him.” 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; fax, 404-727-2531; smcavoy@law.emory.edu

When Carolyn Brown Mizutani received the spring 2013 edition of the Davidson Journal, she was inspired to write me a long email: “I came to Japan in 1984 to teach English to Japanese businessmen in a residential language program near Tokyo. In 1986, I married Toshi, who teaches Public Utility Economics at Kobe University. After living in Tokyo for several years, and then Boston for Toshi’s graduate studies, we arrived here in Kobe just a few months before the massive Kobe earthquake in January 1995. My son, Hisaki (24), graduated from Boston University and is working for IHI in Tokyo, which builds, among other things, ships, jet engines and rocket parts. My older daughter Kana (22), is a songwriter

Tom Bessellieu still treads the boards at the Kelsey Theater in Trenton, N.J., where wife Amy works backstage. He just finished with a production of “Big River.” When not donning the greasepaint, Tom runs a video production company called Graham Cracker Productions, and writes fascinating poetry, such as “My see class of 1979 Butt Dialed to Say I Love You.”

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AS TOLD BY: Berta Summerell Hamilton, Class Secretary Happy Spring everyone! Here is the latest news from our classmates. Laura Moses lives in Charleston, S.C., and works as an admin in the Dept. of Hispanic Studies at the College of Charleston. She enjoys practicing Spanish with colleagues, speaking French with former colleagues, and auditing German on her lunch hour. She was sorry to miss our 35th class reunion, but enjoyed reconnecting with former classmates by email. She can be reached at lauramoses@yahoo.com. Last November, Meg Campbell Haynes and Jim Haynes ’80 celebrated the marriage of their son, Will ’09, to Rebecca Trask ’08. Talk about a Davidson gathering! In addition to classmates of the bride and groom, in attendance were Will’s brother, Taylor ’14, Rebecca’s brother, Lake ’11, Will’s sister, Sarah ’10, and Meg’s sister, Susan Campbell ’85. Heating up the dance floor were John ’76 and Bev Jones Upshur, and Bruce and Debbie Dillon Darden. Michael and Julie Chrisco Andrews also had fun catching up with Davidson classmates of Joe Trask ’79. Will and Rebecca are now residing in Charlotte. Mom is one happy camper! North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Sam J. Ervin IV will run for an associate justice seat on the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 2014.

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and aspiring singer, working hard on the local music scene. My younger daughter Mari (17), is a senior at a public Japanese high school and has just entered a year of intensive study to pass exams for university entrance next April. The stereotype is true—Japanese students spend way too much time memorizing, as opposed to writing essays and having discussions. I’ve been in Japan for almost 30 years, with just a few breaks overseas for my husband’s sabbaticals. I love it here—the civility in public, the incredibly good customer service, the great food—but I often get nostalgic for my American childhood and things I can’t experience in Japan, like the smell of freshly cut grass, a deli sandwich made with real rye bread, a big open space without any people in it, and squirrels running around in the backyard. “Anyway, I wish I could go back to Davidson disguised as my 18-year-old self, but with the knowledge and wisdom (I hope) I’ve gained since graduating. I would better understand how wonderful Davidson is and what a very rare treasure it all was—the campus, the friends, the professors, the books, the freedom from responsibility!” Contact: Berta Summerell Hamilton, 1738 Fairway Dr., Wilmington, NC 28403; 910-2511383; bertahamilton2@aol.com; Davidson78. blogspot.com

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AS TOLD BY: Kim Rieck Fisher, Class Secretary As class notes will soon be due, I thought I had better get on the stick and hammer out this letter. Unfortunately, I still procrastinate as much in these later years as I did at Davidson. Some people never learn. Thanks to Sid Barrett who did the majority of my job for me in providing so many updates. Sid writes: “In October, I attended the wedding of Eleanor Gibert, daughter of James Gibert and Anne Shaeffer Gibert, ’81, to Sean Hussey. It was a lovely outdoor wedding in the mountains outside Asheville. Also in attendance was a very youthful looking Carrington Thompson, sans wife Suzanne and five-year-old daughter Hayden. Carrington has retired to Virginia after building a very successful real estate company in Charlotte, and he is casting about to purchase (you guessed it) a radio station to while away his senior years. Radiologist John Carlson has retired and spends his time helping with the Animal Rescue League in Wyomissing, Wisconsin, where he was recently fouled by a homeless chicken. He is just now embarking on construction of his retirement compound—I mean, home. Speaking of retirement, Johnna and I have completed construction of our future retirement home in the alpine desert of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, which can be seen at www.adanado.com. “Adanado” means “spirit” in the language of Johnna’s Cherokee ancestors. Lisa Shingler lives is Spartanburg, S.C., and works as a psychologist with the Cherokee County School System. Son KC is a residential counselor for the Croched Mountain Foundation, and son Peter studies at Northeastern University. Tom Bessellieu still treads the boards at the Kelsey Theater in Trenton, N.J., where wife Amy works backstage. He just finished with a production of “Big River.” When not donning the greasepaint, Tom runs a video production company called Graham Cracker Productions, and writes fascinating poetry, such as “My Butt Dialed to Say I Love You.” On a sad note, Bob Clarkson’s mother died in September. I believe his mother was over 90 years old, and died at home in his arms. Jamie Watt and Neal Miller also lost their mothers in the past year. My mother just turned 91, and I know that no matter how old you are, your parents are still your parents, and it is very difficult watching them decline. Lana Sims was recently elected as member to the board of directors of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. Lana received his J.D. from USC and has been practicing law since 1982. He joined Adams and Reese as partner in 2013. Lana is also a certified mediator. My youngest, Meggie Fisher, ’15, has spent the fall semester in London and will be returning home soon. She is a junior at Davidson. My daughter, Caroline Fisher ’12, received her master’s from Wake Forest in May and is now teaching

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English at a high school in Boston. My son, Reid Fisher, received his bachelor’s degree in applied math from Robert Morris University this year and is buying his first house in early December. He is very lucky to have a good real estate agent (his mom!). It is a lot of fun watching our kids grow up. As for the rest of you, you had better mark your calendars to come to our 35th Reunion June 6 - 8, 2014. By now, you should have received mail from Dave Pottenger about it. It’s going to be so much fun, and we’re not getting any younger! In the words of Jed Clampett, “Y’all come back now, ya hear!” Contact: Kim Rieck Fisher, 34 Hazel Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15228; 412-913-5276 (c); 412-561-7400, ext. 267 (w); kfisher@howardhanna.com

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AS TOLD BY: Burkley Mann Allen and Marshall A. Waddell, Class Secretaries The Class of ’80 is covering the full spectrum of the circle of life these days. Beverly Smith Scaramozzino and her husband Pascal have decided that retirement is for old people. Three years ago, they welcomed their son, Liam Xavier, to the world and look forward to his years at Davidson, class of 2030! In the meantime, Martin Hunter’s daughter, Elizabeth, is in the Davidson class of 2017. Martin, who lives in Charlotte, has promised not to drive north of Huntersville without permission. Martin is still practicing law (debtorcreditor stuff, like bankruptcy, state court receiverships, foreclosures, etc.). David McLawhorn coached his son Fred’s rec league basketball team to the county championship last winter. He also coached younger sons, Nick and Charlie’s team, but they were slightly less successful, 0-8. David says they just peaked a little too late. Carrie, who just turned nine, is into dancing, girl scouts and soccer. Bo Rhyne, son of classmate Al Rhyne, and his much younger Davidson graduate wife, June ’84, punts for Stanford. Last January, Luke Currin ’08, son of Sam Currin ’81 and Tina Caldwell Currin, stoked up the Texas and China electricity markets simply by shadowing Patrick Jenevein at Tang Energy; now, Luke puts a reasonable voice on Duke Energy’s market movements. Newton Allen ’82 and I (Burkley Mann Allen) celebrated the wedding of our daughter Sarah Allen ’08 to Adam Martin ’06. We offer our condolences to Beth Goode Reigel on the death of her mother Jane Nisbet Goode. Susan Curtis is a health systems specialist working for the Department of Veterans Affairs as staff officer to the top doctor for the four state areas of Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. “Most exciting, other than working for veterans, is that I am less than one year away from my fully eligible retirement date!” Not that she will retire exactly then but it’s a nice feeling to have reached that mark in one’s life. She should talk to Bev. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Mike Munger reports that he visited with Randy Hutter in Baltimore, and runs into John Turnburke occasionally in Raleigh. The Munger house is preparing for a really, really empty nest. Younger son Brian is graduating from Duke in May and older son Kevin is in a doctorate program at NYU, in politics —wonder where he got interested in that? Susan Davidson Rollins continues running and holds the Tennessee state women’s running records in her age bracket in the mile, 5K, four mile and 10K distances. I am looking forward to hosting her again when she comes to Nashville to sweep the Senior Olympics. Susan’s eldest, Sterling, is at Washington University in St. Louis and daughter, Harriet, is a junior in high school. I had a recent sighting of Ted Jones in Seattle, where he is working to save us all from car dealers by developing software for online car shopping. We are looking forward to catching up with everyone in person at our 35th reunion in June 2015. Contact: Burkley Mann Allen, 3521 Byron Ave., Nashville, TN 37205; 615-383-6604; burkley.allen@gmail.com Marshall A. Waddell, 1735 Theodan Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15216; 412-327-4863; marshall2u@ comcast.net

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AS TOLD BY: Elizabeth Medlin Hale and Lisa Hasty, Class Secretaries The Class of ’81 has entered the digital age! We have a Facebook page, perhaps being turned into a “group,” “Davidson College Class of 1981.” Please go to the page, like us, and send a request to join. This will be a great way to catch up with old friends. Richard Terry will be managing the effort, in case you have questions. Speaking of Richard, he reports that he is enjoying being part of the “old guy with young kids” crowd, shuttling around a 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter who enjoy theater and soccer. He and his wife, Ann Todd ’93, both work for the college and would love to see anyone who is in town. Our other class agent, Debby Carlton Wallace, writes that she is winding down 18 years of managing a non-profit recreational sports group, which serves 2,000 players and includes many Davidson alumni as coaches. Debby’s daughter, who was five when they started that venture, just graduated from USC in Los Angeles, prompting a cross-country trip for the two of them along I-40/Route 66. Highlights included the Grand Canyon, Cadillac Ranch and Graceland. Debby’s son is a junior at SCAD. She and her husband recently attended a wedding with many young Davidson alumni, trying not to embarrass their children by dancing. Finally Debby relayed that her late father-in-law, who had been adamantly opposed to co-education at Davidson, came to be very appreciative that Sam Spencer had made that change. Debby appreciated Sam’s strong support of the JYA program. He will be missed. Speaking of weddings, over 80 Davidson alumni were in attendance for the wedding of Terry

Scholar Marty Burch ’08, and Heather Smith ’10, daughter of Lisa Hasty and Andy Smith ’80. Many generations of alumni from the Hasty and Smith families attended, including the Rev. Charles Hasty ’54, who officiated, Jeff Hasty ’73, Chuck Hasty ’83, Oliver Wagner ’87 and David Smith ’79. Also in attendance was the entire Vinson House crowd and spouses, as well as Ann Kessler Wiskind and husband Bob. A highlight for everyone was catching up with Will Terry ’54. On the political front, Ed Lindsey, the Georgia House of Representatives Majority Whip, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives, from Georgia’s 11th District. He would replace Phil Gingrey, who is leaving to run for the U.S. Senate, hoping to take the seat being vacated by Saxby Chambliss. Ed has done a great job in the Georgia House, and we wish him good luck with this campaign. I believe Ed’s oldest son will be finishing at West Point this year, while his twins study at the University of Georgia. Bill Coward, a Cashiers attorney, has been appointed his region’s newest Supreme Court judge. Once he had transferred his substantial casework to his partners, he was expecting to take his seat in November. Bill and his wife Kim, have three children, one living in New York, one serving in the U.S. Navy, and one at Clemson University. Alvin Atkinson and Lisa Hasty are serving on the Davidson Alumni Board. They are working on a committee that will organize, market and support internship programs for students. Please contact either of them, or the school, if you can help. Our condolences go out to the family of Dr. Daniel Klinar, who passed away in June. Daniel was an orthopedic surgeon with Associated Orthopedics of Kingsport, Tenn. He was highly respected in his field and had published and presented for numerous academic groups. Daniel was the team doctor for the Kingsport Mets, and enjoyed many spring trainings with his son. Our condolences also go out to Merle Miller on the death of her mother, Aurie Hollingsworth Montgomery Miller, who has such an amazing life story. Please send us some news! Contact: Elizabeth Medlin Hale, 303 Peachtree Battle Ave., Atlanta, GA 30305-4030; 404-3500847; elizabethhale@comcast.net Lisa Hasty, 5960 Winterthur Dr., Atlanta, GA 30328-4622; 678-571-0881; lisa.hasty@ acrm.com

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AS TOLD BY: Ann Parker, Class Secretary Barbara Hoopes is currently an associate professor in business technology at Virginia Tech. She writes, “Susan Roberts Leivy and I met up in Charlottesville to run a half-marathon in April! I dragged out my old Davidson Quips & Cranks from our years on campus, and we looked up lots of friends from that era. We yakked the whole race— next time we’ll invite more classmates to join us!” Andre’ Kennebrew wrote, “I just completed my Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni seventh year with Chick-fil-A as management consultant in corporate talent. My daughter Kristen is a guard on the women’s basketball team at Columbus State. My son Holden is a paramedic in Atlanta and recently delivered a baby in a hotel room.” Turns out Andre’ was in Tucson (my neck of the woods) last year for his nephew’s wedding. Katie Tully Dickinson wrote, “Our twin daughters, Mary and Virginia, both got married in the last year, so it’s been busy. Our son Rob is a junior at Amherst College and in the same class with Allen Krieg, son of Anne and Ken Krieg ’83 and it’s been fun to run into them in chilly New England.” Katie lives in Memphis, Tenn. Nice to hear from my old buddy Knox Kerr. He wrote, “I’m currently in the El Paso Airport having just returned from 90 days in Kuwait, my third mobilization to active duty from the Army Reserves as a Colonel who functions as an anesthesiologist in a Combat Support Hospital— think MASH. My other two were to Ft. Hood, Texas, in 2009—just in time to be there for ‘the shooting’ where I got deal with some of the victims—and Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu in 2005. I’ve been in 26 years and still going. Otherwise in private single specialty group practice in my hometown of Jacksonville, Fla., where I get to work at the hospital I was born in.” He and wife Madeline have two teenage sons. Joanne MacConnachie Morrow wrote: “I’ve been working with the Salish Kootenai College Upward Bound, a college preparatory TRIO program for low-income, first-generation high school students on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, for 18 years. I am proud that we have had 14 Gates Millennium Scholars and one QuestBridge Scholar so far from our program. Although we haven’t had any students choose Davidson (yet), we have sent students to Dartmouth and Stanford, and I’m proud of that as well.” Joanne and Jeff have one son, Zak, who is married and living in Boulder. Mark Gillespy wrote, “I am in the 22nd year of practice at the Orthopaedic Clinic of Daytona Beach. My clinical focus is spinal surgery and adult total joint reconstruction. I am now considered a ‘senior partner.’ I hope that is determined by experience and not just age. Jill and I have three daughters, two of whom are at Davidson. If my youngest continues at Davidson, that would put me in line for 10 straight years of having my children at our alma mater. As I come back and visit, I find it is truly a great place!” Jean Sorroco Berger writes, “Business is booming for Green Jean’s Design and Horticulture Services—I have taken on a 25-year-old business partner, so we can do more work and I can save my body! We are almost empty nesters—one more to graduate. Enjoying time to travel and to volunteer. I currently serve as president of our local YWCA.” Parks and Georgeann Snead sent in this update: “Our daughter, Hannah, is completing her final semester at Davidson this fall. Our son, Parks IV, is in his first year at UVA. Georgeann just had a weekend get-together with Pam Hawkins Blondin, Beth Finnerty and Lisa Lawler Williams; everybody is doing well. We also had a surprise reconnection

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with Susan Roberts Leivy and her husband, Sandy, on a summer trip to Scotland. Small world!” Ann Williams Campanella has exciting news: “After 20 years of off and on work, my memoir Motherhood: Lost and Found has been published. It tells the difficult story of losing my mother to Alzheimer’s at the same time I was trying to become a mother and experiencing infertility. Over the years, portions of this memoir have received awards, but I’m pleased to finally have it published in its complete form and available to the public. My hope is that it will offer comfort to those who are dealing with similar losses.” Finally, two of our classmates have been recognized for their achievements: The Medical Alumni Association of the Wake Forest School of Medicine has recognized Tom Marshburn with one of its annual distinguished awards, and Janet Ward Black was named 2014 Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs “Lawyer of the Year” for Greensboro, N.C., by Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report. Contact: Ann Parker, 3388 N. Glen Creek Dr., Tucson, AZ 85712; 520-321-4802; mparker8@ pima.edu FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Our sincere condolences are extended to the family and friends of Sharon Bridwell, who passed away Jan. 2.

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AS TOLD BY: Anne Hurt Krieg, Class Secretary A large number of us have children in this year’s freshman class! Shannon and Greg McFayden’s daughters Lauren ’17 and Tyler ’14 are on the field hockey team. Greg and Shannon enjoy traveling to the games and reconnecting with Davidson. Laura Curry Sloan’s son Riley is a freshman and older sister Kellyn graduated in 2012. Kellyn works for the Missouri Secretary of State and will be studying part time for her master’s in public administration and public policy at the University of Missouri. Laura Terry Sellers shares that it was a nice surprise that Charles ’17 and Scott ’14 both selected Davidson; they’re all enjoying the overlap for this year. Florence Hart Mogen’s sons Walker ’17 and William ’15 round out this group of double legacies. Chris and Laurie Noto Parker’s daughter Lena is a freshman and her brother Garrett attends North Carolina School of the Arts. David Boone’s daughter Allison and Dan Newsome’s son Austin are also members of the class of 2017 at Davidson. Austin was accepted into the Chidsey Leadership Fellows program. Alan Fields joined WFG National Title Insurance Company in Tampa, Fla., to serve as its National Agency Counsel. At WFG, Alan will be an underwriting and legal resource for the company’s national title agencies. Alan, who describes himself as “unable to hold a job,” has reinvented his career a number of times since graduation, moving from traditional roles in law firms, serving as general counsel to public and private companies, to merchant banking, to

operations roles in corporate turnarounds. Most recently, he spent three years re-invigorating the Florida Land Title Association, the trade association for the title insurance industry. Alan received his law degree from Florida State University College of Law, where he graduated first in his class and was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Laura Curry Sloan recently returned from a fourweek intensive Spanish course in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She considered this for years and jumped on the opportunity between jobs and while the nest at home is empty. Laura’s family plans to return there with her mom for the holidays. Hope King Rife is director of clinical social work for Cone Health, a six-hospital system in Greensboro, Reidsville and Burlington. It’s a very busy and challenging time to be in acute care with state and federal financial cuts, the Affordable Care Act, etc., so the job is never boring. She also manages foreign and sign language interpreting services for the system. John, professor of social work at UNC Greensboro, and Hope have two sons, JW (22) and Jeff (20). Both boys are in school and working and living nearby, as are Hope’s parents. Scott Haight shares the exciting news that he is cancer-free for over two years now. He moved to Dyersburg, Tenn., to practice law with Lannom Coronado, PLLC. He focuses on the areas of municipal law, municipal financing, economic development and tax financing incentives. Life is quieter with only the youngest of his nine children living at home, Julia (19) and Nick (17). Marco Brown and Ellen Rowe live in Oakton, Va., with twins Elizabeth and Winston. This year Ellen reached an impressive milestone when she received tenure from George Mason University where she works in their psychology department. This past spring, Greg McFayden, Cliff Woodard and Sandy Smith tubed the Green River for the 33rd year in a row. This fun tradition dates back to our sophomore year. A few years ago, David Hoskins ’81 started accompanying them on the annual pilgrimage. All past “Cobra Club” members are encouraged to join them for number 34 in 2014! Lisa and Cliff Woodard live in Columbia, S.C. Their son Ethan graduated from Presbyterian College and is now attending graduate school at North Carolina State University studying to become an engineer. Jared is a high school junior and in the initial phase of his college search. All of us join together in extending our sympathies to David Barber on the death of his father on Oct. 19, 2013. Contact: Anne Hurt Krieg, 7111 Xavier Ct., McLean, VA 22101-5077; 703-288-9613; ahkrieg@verizon.net

1984

AS TOLD BY: Matthew Merrell, Class Secretary Our thanks to Lynn Rogich Ford and Joe Calvin who are chairing our 30th Reunion June 6–8, 2014. I hope many of you are making plans now to attend and to celebrate three decades since graduation. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Wonderful news from William “Stone” Bynum. Stone has been selected as president of Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU). The appointment caps a 25-year history of work in almost all areas of university operations, administration and teaching, including two years as assistant dean of students and one semester as the Covington Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Davidson. He most recently served for four years as vice president for enrollment management and student services at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Stone was also in the inaugural group of the Kellogg Leadership Fellows Program, designed to train college and university presidents for minority serving institutions. The accolades for Malcolm Campbell keep piling up. Malcolm recently contacted a colleague, David Botstein, a genetics professor at Princeton University, to congratulate him on winning the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and was flabbergasted after learning he’d get a share of Botstein’s $3 million winnings. Botstein donated $100,000 to Campbell, as well as faculty at three other institutions. “With these awards, I recognize the successes of these four institutions in the development and delivery of educational programs that are furthering the field of biological research by training the next generation of breakthrough scientists,” Botstein said. The four programs emphasize student involvement with real-life research projects in biology, rather than teaching through repetitive exercises, he said. He praised Campbell, director of Davidson’s James G. Martin Genomics Program, for being a leader in this approach. “Malcolm did it first, and continues to do it more effectively than anyone,” Botstein said. Malcolm will use the winnings to develop and publish an electronic genomics textbook. Mary Tabb Mack has been promoted to the head of Wells Fargo Advisors after a longtime career with Wells Fargo and its predecessor, Wachovia Bank. Mary, who will be the only woman to run a major brokerage firm, began her banking and brokerage career in 1984 at First Union Corp., another North Carolina bank that was folded into Wachovia. For the past year, she has been president of a group that creates products for sale through the 15,000 financial advisers working at securities offices, bank branches and Wells Fargo’s Financial Network group of independent brokers. Steve Soud has organized a medical mission trip to Mongolia to pay tribute to his son Jonathan, who he lost to leukemia at the tender age of 12 in 2010. Steve has partnered with Jonathan’s oncologist to organize trips to the Far East to provide free medical care to children in Ulan Bator. To read more about Steve’s efforts, go to his blog at http:// mongoliabound.wordpress.com/why-were-going/ Contact: Matthew Merrell, 9319 Saint Barts Ln., Huntersville, NC 28078; matt@davidsoncommunityplayers.org

1985

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Let’s start the news of the Class of 1985 with a fine set of professional announcements: Steve MacMillan has joined Hologic in Bedford, Mass., as president and chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors. Keith Evans has been appointed president of the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, effective July 1, 2014. Keith has been president and head of school of The Collegiate School in Richmond, Va., since 1999. And congratulations also go to John Laughlin on

in the stairwells of Belk (Belk! First year women in Belk, living there!) with John Leiner and Catherine Crosland Leiner (Katie ’17). And that’s only a fraction of the members of our class with ties to a new generation of Davidson students. Some of us arrived at Davidson back in 1981 only newly connected to the place, others with generations’ worth of links. In the world of alumni relations, students with relatives get called “legacies”—but to limit the word to that meaning

We had nabbed a prime parking space to unload a few last things; another car nudged forward and the always-charming Warren Gould (son Alex ’17) leaned out to ask, “Are you leaving?”…and then smiled to recognize a classmate. “No, we’re not leaving,” I said, see class of 1985 “Ever.” his election as an alumni trustee at Davidson. On the list of lifelong learners is Helen Mulhern Halasz, who finished her doctorate in educational administration from the University of South Carolina in May 2013. Helen won a national student research award for her dissertation about the experiences of major-changing undergraduate students. She says, “While I have no regrets about pursuing a doctoral degree, I would strongly recommend a less complicated path for a mid-life crisis. In retrospect, an overseas trip or convertible sports car would have been more fun!” Helen is continuing her career working with nursing graduate students at the University of South Carolina. She and husband Tom are the parents of two busy teenagers, Jack (16) and Elizabeth (14). Helen is graduating as co-class secretary as well: “I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve as class secretary and to continue the connections initiated during our time at Davidson. Our education inside and outside of the classroom influenced our development as scholars, active community members, and concerned leaders. Thank you for continuing to share your life stories with us.” If you’re interested in following in Helen’s footsteps as secretary, do contact Yolanda Gilliam in the Office of Alumni Relations. My oldest teenager Eleanor brought me (Kelly) back to the college this August when she joined the Class of 2017. I was far from alone; in fact, classmate and college senior writer John Syme had a sticky note in his pocket with the names of ’85s on it, to keep all of us straight. We shared a lunch table with Becca Bates Jones and Becca ’17, and caught up with Laura Helmus Baay (Andy ’17, the second of Peter ’86 and her children at Davidson) and Ross Thayer Henderson (Paul ’17). And we kept crossing paths

is to impoverish it. Better to think of your deepest Davidson legacy as your impact on the lives of those around you, neighbors near and far, known and unknown. When sad news like that of David McGee’s death on Nov. 10, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. arrives—and it will—take heart from knowing that Davidson and her people touched us, and changed us, and that the future of those connections are still playing out. John Parker, who spoke at David’s memorial service, spoke well: those times in each other’s company endure as some of the most meaningful in our lives. Back at orientation, some things hadn’t changed: there’s still never enough parking right by Belk. We had nabbed a prime parking space to unload a few last things; another car nudged forward and the always-charming Warren Gould (son Alex ’17) leaned out to ask, “Are you leaving?”…and then smiled to recognize a classmate. “No, we’re not leaving,” I said, “Ever.” But, of course we all did drive off eventually—you never really leave, not really—and the new year at Davidson got underway, just as it should. Contact: Helen Mulhern Halasz, 37 Oak Hollow Ct., Columbia, SC 29209; 803-783-1158; hmhalas@msn.com Kelly Sundberg Seaman, 25 Rip Rd., Hanover, NH 03755; 603-643-5026; kelly.sundberg. seaman@gmail.com

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theUnion: Alumni “I think you two making stuff up would be a great idea.” So… Bob will be starring next year alongside Angelina Jolie in Ang Lee’s action remake of Out of Africa, and Cecily has joined CERN as the chief engineer for the Large Hadron see class of 1991 Collider. No, not really.

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AS TOLD BY: Nelle McCorkle Bordeaux, Class Secretary Our spring theme is gardening, in honor of Brett Flinchum, for whom everything is coming up roses. Brett is the vice-president for worldwide operations for EVault, a Seagate Company in the San Francisco Bay Area. After Davidson, Brett earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Brett’s work consists of guiding organizations in cloud infrastructure, data center operations and customer loyalty programs. Also planting lots of seeds is Steve Baskin, who works with young people to shape character for the future in his role as owner, with his wife, Susie, of Camp Champions in central Texas. Susie and Steve have four children, and Steve is also a co-owner of Camp Pinnacle in North Carolina and Everwood Day Camp in Sharon, Mass. After Davidson, Steve earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He began his career as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs but chose to leave finance to pursue a career in summer camp and outdoor education, returning to his native state of Texas, where he now lives. He is the treasurer of the American Camp Association and has written for Psychology Today on “S’mores and More: What Summer Camp Can Teach Us.” Whether your garden is blooming or simply a pit of mud, your classmates want to hear the latest dirt on you. Please send your news to your class secretary. Contact: Nelle McCorkle Bordeaux, 333 East 44th St., Savannah, GA 31405; 912-234-9245 (h); 912-232-4999 (f); tbordeaux@prodigy.net

1988

AS TOLD BY: Linda Tatsapaugh and Brooks Wilkerson Moore, Class Secretaries Once again, with deadline looming, I put out a plea for news, and once again, several of you rose to the occasion. Thanks especially to Chuck Harris and Dunn Hollingsworth for their very timely responses—within hours of my call. Chuck wrote: “This year I completed an Iron-distance triathlon called Beach to Battleship. It was in Wilmington. I also qualified for the Boston Marathon for

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2015. My body aches from all the training, but it has been a successful year. I am currently a cardiologist in Winston-Salem. I am married and have three great kids. My oldest, Hannah, was an all-conference cross-country runner at Reynolds High School this fall, her freshman year. I am very proud of her.” From Dunn: “You may recall that my wife Julie and I had two daughters, Jordan (born 1998) and Liza (born 2000). Sadly, our precious Liza passed away due to amoebic meningitis in the summer of 2010. It has been a long and difficult 3.5 years since then, but our family has been truly blessed by the arrival of a third daughter, Katherine Anne Hollingsworth, in April of 2013. Although we will never forget Liza or get over her death, little Kate has provided a great deal of joy for all of us.” We send our congratulations to Valerie Harmon for her new position with Cellana, a company that develops algae-based bioproducts for biofuels, aquaculture, animal feeds and Omega-3 nutraceutical/pharmaceutical applications. Valerie was appointed senior director of research and development in their Kona, Hawaii, facility. Who votes for her to host a class party there next year? Finally, some recognition that is a long time coming. In 1987, David Alyea, along with brothers Carl and Tom Whipple ’89, helped found the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps in the Charlotte area. Because of their efforts, their first sponsored drum corps show was held at Davidson College in 1988. Now, 25 years later, the group won their first Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. Nice legacy, gentlemen! We offer our condolences to Mary Jane Goode for the loss of her mother, Jane Nisbet Goode, who passed away in December. Contact: Linda Tatsapaugh, 48 Beech Glen Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711; 828-7792635 (c); ltatsapaugh@gmail.com Brooks Wilkerson Moore, 3713 Richmond St., Jacksonville, FL 32205-9425; 904-382-8981 (c); brookswilkersonmoore@yahoo.com

1989

AS TOLD BY: Harry Broome, Class Secretary Suzanne Mauze Quinn was sweet enough to remind me and us all that we have an upcoming 25th reunion June 6–8, 2014.

David Kilburn Ray noted in a 25th reunion committee call recently that it was also lately the 25th anniversary of Frank Whitaker’s famous crashing of Santa’s Cushman during the D.C. Christmas festivities in front of Chambers. David writes that he finally made it into a studio to record one of his own songs this past summer. “Stand Up That Mountain” is based on the award-winning book of the same title, and can be heard on iTunes or reverbnation.com by searching his full name. David played it at Davidson’s Tyler-Tallman Hall last February during a reading by the author and he is hoping to record a full CD of songs in the coming year. In 2006, John Black moved to Seattle to work for Microsoft. In 2009, he took a military leave of absence from Microsoft to serve at U.S. Africa Command, based in Stuttgart, Germany, traveling all over Africa. “I was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011, got divorced, remarried and continue to produce offspring.” The latest, Ian Alexander Black Palacios was born in Germany in December 2012. John married Adriana Palacios Bonarrigo while living in Germany and their wedding was at an 11th century castle. In December 2013, Adriana and John took him to Peru to meet the rest of her family. John writes that he and Elisabeth Schwalbe Ball stay in touch playing Words with Friends. Carl Whipple writes that on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2013, Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps from Fort Mill, S.C. won their first Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. In 1988, a group of people in Charlotte wanted to start a drum and bugle corps in the area. David Alyea ’88, (Sky Ryders ’85-’86, Garfield Cadets ’87), Tom Whipple, (Sky Ryders ’87 & ’89), and Carl (Sky Ryders ’86 & ’89) had marched with a world-class corps and joined this organization, then known as the Charlotte Drum Corps Association (CDCA). Those three helped organize in 1988 a drums corps competition held at Davidson College. The show hosted eight top drum and bugle corps, including the defending DCI world champions, The Garfield Cadets from New Jersey. That event was the first spark on a long journey that has led to this “crowning achievement” by Carolina Crown. They are the only corps from the South to be world-class champions and the first new corps to have won the championship since 1996. “As far as I know, David, Tom and I are the only Davidson alumni who have ever marched in a DCI member drum and bugle corps. It would be great to hear from any other alumni who have also been involved with a drum and bugle corps as a member, a volunteer or even a fan.” Page Moreau informs us that she and her family will be moving about halfway back to the East Coast. Page accepted an offer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will be heading to the land of cheese sometime in summer 2014. “We’ll keep you posted, but our flood-imposed basement renovation is nearly completed. So, we’d love to have Boulder guests between now and June!” Will Beckwith writes that he and Brad Nixon teamed up again to play in an Alzheimer’s charity golf tournament. Will also caught up with George

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White over dinner when he visited Washington, D.C., recently. His son, Preston (6) and his daughter, Sandra (4), enjoyed a trip this summer with mom to her European homeland. Will is mainly working on national wireless spectrum allocation and auction issues when not managing his estate and business planning law office. He can be found easily in Vienna, Va., if any classmates want to meet up when in D.C. Will looks forward to catching up with Kenny Powers at our 25th reunion. John Cock, who I still call “President,” has many Class of ’89 connections. Barbara Matheny Guise’s daughter, Abbie, and his oldest daughter, Lyndon, are in the same fourth-grade class in Davidson. Alex McKeithen and John dropped in on William Regen (third Belk mini-reunion for Alex and William) and enjoyed some local peach liquor together courtesy of one of William’s clients. “Also, had the good fortune to visit with Brett Berry and Jim Patterson on one of their trips through Davidson recently and learned about their business and social ventures in U.S., India, Uganda, etc.” Allie Baldwin Scott is working as a counselor now, working toward becoming an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor). “I’m absolutely loving it. The kids and my husband Elliott are doing great. The twins turned 12 the day after Thanksgiving, and we also have three 16-year-olds now, driving all around town, and that is fabulous.” Contact: Harry Broome, 4738 N. 32nd Pl., Phoenix, AZ 85018; 602-840-9015; azbroome@cox.net

1990

AS TOLD BY: Matt Terrell, Class Secretary In a communications world driven by likes and shares, and done so often in 140 characters or less, news from friends is immediately available. If you ever want an option to share stories from your life in longer form, Class Notes is your chance! In the meantime, on to the two people who checked in. Edward “Magic” Gaines recently returned to “corporate America” after taking more than a year to travel the world and to finish his MBA in International Business at Northeastern University. “I’m currently a regional manager with a start-up biotech company that focuses on rare diseases and rare genetic disorders,” says Magic. “I’m spending every weekend traveling to my son’s (Myles) football games. He is a freshman wide receiver at Yale University (by the way, he was recruited by Davidson and strongly considered becoming a Wildcat!).” Beth Duttera Newman wants to thank everyone for their support during a personally challenging summer. “At the end of August I was diagnosed with leukemia. I basically spent the month of September at Duke University Hospital, and am glad to report that I’m now home and able to finish my chemotherapy treatments here in Asheville. It has been a difficult journey, and I am incredibly grateful for the support of my family and friends who have been so wonderful and helpful at a time when we have really needed it. At the beginning of October my doctor told me I was in complete remission. My hope and prayer is that I stay that davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

way. Right now my focus is on my family and finishing my treatments. We continue to be thankful for everyone’s prayers.” We’re still with you, Beth! I have had the pleasure of running into a handful of you (usually at sporting events), and always enjoy the visit. Stewart Rawson, Tim Sparks and I took in the football battle of the Carolinas in late August when UNC visited South Carolina. What have other classmates been up to? Please let us know! Contact: Matt Terrell, 613 Rye Ridge Rd., Cary, NC 27519; 919-475-3271 (c); 919-8436412 (w); mterrell@unc.edu

1991

AS TOLD BY: Cecily Craighill and Bob Hornsby, Class Secretaries When your intrepid secretaries called for news on our Davidson College Class of 1991 Facebook group wall, we threatened to make up stories if we had to. Kelly Crews Dayton commented, “I think you two making stuff up would be a great idea.” So…Bob will be starring next year alongside Angelina Jolie in Ang Lee’s action remake of Out of Africa, and Cecily has joined CERN as the chief engineer for the Large Hadron Collider. No, not really. But speaking of things international, Ishan Palit chimes in from Singapore, “Right after graduation, Allison and I got married and lived in Georgia. I was then hired by TUV to set up their Indian operations. Eighteen years later we have two teenage boys, two dogs, and I run one of TUV’s global business divisions. I catch up with Quinn McCutcheon and Joe Hammond now and then.” Caroline Cicero, Craig Detweiler ’85, and their 6th and 9th graders spent spring 2012 in Shanghai. “In college I should have learned more Mandarin from Wei Gao and paid more attention in my Chinese culture class,” she notes. Caroline teaches at Pepperdine and will spend this summer with her family in London. “Our stint with the International Program as faculty will be 30 years after Craig attended the Davidson Cambridge Program.” Helen Hull teaches at and was guest speaker for Queens University’s annual first-year student Sed Ministrare welcome ceremony last August. “I have served on the Honor Council as a faculty representative and was asked to speak on the importance of the honor code.” Tackling younger minds, Berkeley Harris Gardner is in her fourth year at Charlotte Country Day’s middle school educational resource program. “I love helping kids navigate those awkward years and supporting them academically. Being there, I sometimes get to bump into my own kids, Luke and Berkeley (5th and 8th grades).” On the other side of the classroom desk, Margaret Carroll Lamkin is wrapping up her final year of medical school and applying to residency programs in family medicine. Katie Furr Patten spent 10 days in Honduras last fall on a medical mission, and continues her OB/GYN practice while raising three children with husband Tom. Ford and Heather McGarrah Shippey ’93 just relocated from Honolulu with sons Drew (14) and

Luke (11) to Greenville, S.C. where Ford now practices pediatric sleep medicine. Holt Foster was selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers 2013, and Kathryn Mitchem Furman, a partner at King & Spalding in Atlanta, has served as adjunct faculty for Emory Law’s transactional law program. Thomas Helland and Cecily helped organize an Atlanta alumni event, which included attendees David Broyles and John Nix, who was in town from Chicago with his wife visiting family. John is on to his next entrepreneurial venture, having sold his last company. Stefani Story Carroll stopped by Atlanta last summer on her way from Valdosta to daughter Cecilia’s swim camp in Athens, and shared news of the October 2012 marriage of Leila Wheless and Bruce Grooms. Congratulations Leila! Congrats are in order too for Neil and Liza Makowski Hayes who, with sons Lincoln Everett (8) and Nathan Elias (6), welcomed Ruby Elizabeth Hayes on June 10. Thomas Grant is keeping busy in the suburbs of Philadelphia, relaying to us that, “I’m coaching street hockey, president of the board of trustees at the First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown, hanging out with Melanie and the kids, and getting some traction with my professional service firm strategy consulting practice as well, so it’s all good.” Jamie Talbert-Slagle wrote recently from Connecticut, where he lives with wife Kristina and their three kids, that too much NPR and a 45-minute drive to school each morning resulted in his student council member son Collin threatening to shut down the school until the ‘Affordable Education Act’ was repealed. Collin told his dad that they were going to reopen the school piecemeal starting with recess and lunch. According to Jamie, “his teachers didn’t quite know how to react, until he said it was only a joke. Some Nutmeggers don’t get sarcasm, I guess.” We can’t make stuff this good up, so keep the stories and news coming via email, social media, Pony Express, singing telegram, or any other vehicle you find most convenient. 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

1992

AS TOLD BY: Monica Lide Swofford, Class Secretary Thanks to everyone who submitted updates. We are a busy class! Liz Clarke Rogers returned to Davidson in October 2013 to celebrate 25 years of Women’s Soccer. Annie Adams, Amy Todd ’93 and Liz were there to represent the founders. Congratulations to Laura Sizemore who had a daughter, Leyla, in August 2013. Laura is still a partner at the law firm of White and Case. Anjali Sharma writes: “We live most of the time Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni in the United Kingdom and three to four months of the year in India. This year has been cold with a return to a snow-bound Liverpool in March 2013 and work taking me to Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda in their winter (our summer). This autumn I am traveling to Seattle and Canada. I enjoy following friends from Davidson on Facebook and was a part of Thanksgiving in London with Arindam Bhattacharjee ’91 and his loved ones.” Timisha Barnes-Jones was named co-principal at West Charlotte High School in October 2013. She has been an assistant principal at West Charlotte since 2012. Congratulations, Timisha! Finally, congratulations to Marty White who has been selected for “Top Charlotte Area Dentists 2013.” Jim Stanfill and Elizabeth Sellers Stanfill, along with their children John and Leigh, spent Thanksgiving in Iceland with friends from New Hampshire. Jim writes that there were glaciers, waterfalls and Icelandic weather! I wish each of you the best. Contact: Monica Lide Swofford, 2343 Infantry Post Road, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234; 703-280-1899; mmswof@earthlink.net

1993

AS TOLD BY: Nethea Rhinehardt, Interim Class Secretary Congratulations to Bonita Paysour, who is engaged to Brian Zumbach. The happy couple is planning May 2014 nuptials in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Bonita has already run three halfmarathons, including the Las Vegas Rock ’n‘ Roll Half Marathon Nov. 17, 2013. Classmate Ann Todd joined her to run the Las Vegas race. They say it was great fun and I am in awe of their athleticism. Kym Motley recently published Inky, My Dad & Me, a short memoir and guidebook for friends and caregivers of dying loved ones. Kym hopes that by sharing her caregiving experience, she can help others find peace while providing the care for those facing a terminal illness. Kym writes about her Manhattan adventures on her blogs, www. kymmotley.com and www.dailymodernliving.com. My deepest condolences to Harriette Lopp on the loss of her sister, Jennifer Lopp Pate. Jennifer was also the daughter of Fred Lopp ’63 and the niece of David Lopp ’64. She will be greatly missed by her family and all of those who cared for her. Please remember the Lopp family in your thoughts and prayers. Julian Close is a professional business writer for Fresh Brewed Media, after previous writing stints at PRA International and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping. Julian had an early career incarnation as stockbroker but now uses his powers only for good. You can see closing trades for all of Julian’s long and short positions and track his long-term performance via twitter: @ JulianClose_MIC. Caroline Anderson Kerr, infant daughter of Katherine Cooke Kerr and Bill Kerr, was baptized at First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Oct. 13,

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2013. The occasion was a Davidson affair: Sarah Gayle and Walter Price’s son, Alex, participated in the baptism as the water carrier. Have you moved, changed jobs, picked up a new hobby, taken a trip, or has it just been a while since you’ve written in? Really, no news is too small. Your classmates would love to hear a status update from you, so let’s stay in touch. Contact: Nethea Rhinehardt, 3231-C Post Woods Dr., Atlanta, GA 30339; Nethea@ gmail.com

1994

AS TOLD BY: Lisa J. Sitek-Shaver, Class Secretary It’s the night before Thanksgiving as I write this and I am thankful to have known so many of you for so long. I hope that I’ll be able to see you at the reunion June 6–8, 2014. Hopefully I’ll get my travel plans sorted out soon. It’s quite a trek from northern Vermont to Davidson. Did you know there’s a class of 1994 Facebook page? Check it out if you haven’t already (and send me a note!). There are some great pictures there, and I know we’ll all look exactly the same in June. John Dalton wrote in August 2013 that his family has been back in Chicago for three years after living in Dubai for three years. John, his wife Yasmin, and their two boys, Antonio John (9) and Mateus (6), welcome any classmates who would like to visit them. Towner Blackstock has changed employers after being with the same company for 15 years. He is now the director of professional services at Verian, a software company focusing on purchase-to-pay solutions. For Thanksgiving, Towner, his wife, Holly, and the kids, Mary Molloy (9) and Byron (6), went to Germany and Switzerland. The children are in a German language immersion program at a public school, Waddell Language Academy, in Charlotte. Towner, on the other hand, “remembers very little from my one semester of German. Dr. Denham will not be surprised by that.” Catherine “Katey” Hines-McCormack recently completed her second master’s degree in educational leadership: secondary administration from The Citadel. She hopes to move out of the classroom soon, but will find it difficult to leave her daily contact with those vibrant high school students. They make her laugh every day! She is also very excited about the upcoming reunion and can’t wait to see Ashley Vagt Buford, Kiernan Slater, Bailey Foster and Laura Bryant Fiser, among so many others! Chris Reinking is a co-founding partner of Jabian Consulting, a strategic management and technology consulting firm based in Atlanta. He recently expanded the company into the Charlotte area by opening an office in SouthPark with a senior leader of the company. Robert “Rob” J. King wrote that he “presented, ‘Human Rights in Light of Dignitas Personae: The Problem of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research,’ as a guest lecturer for the Life Leaders Forum, Omni Resort, Orlando, Fla., in which Florida Governor

Rick Scott was the keynote speaker. Rob also presented, “Common Core: Florida’s Promise or Red Herring from K–12 Education?,” presented at Pinellas County Legislative Delegation, University Partnership Center, St. Petersburg College, Seminole, Fla. Rob continues to teach for University of Phoenix, and Kaplan SAT, in addition to working for Florida State University in helping to revise the Florida K–12 reading assessment in compliance with new Common Core standards. Karen Sullivan Mercer, her husband Edward, and their two sons, Alex (6) and Miles (2), have moved from Georgia back to Karen’s hometown, Fayetteville, N.C., where Edward has joined the family funeral home business. Karen is getting everyone settled in their new home and is seeking gainful employment. Brad Johnson is now a clinical assistant professor of higher education in the Teacher Education and Higher Education Department at UNC Greensboro (UNCG). Before this new position, he worked for over 16 years in housing and residence life at UNCG. Lt. Col. Rafael A. Candelario II has been a Marine for 17 years. He is currently serving in Liberia. Contact: Lisa J. Sitek-Shaver, 21 Birch Ct., Burlington, VT 05408; 802-658-8480; ljsitek@yahoo.com

1995

AS TOLD BY: Yvette Pita Frampton, Class Secretary So far, we’ve got one taker for the “tell us what you did for your 40th birthday” spectacular. Thanks, Amy Bryan Reeves! She writes, “Kramer surprised me with a trip to London, sans kids, with 24 hours to pack. It was a wonderful trip of museums and restaurants and a side trip to Stonehenge (looking for England’s loudest band). I hadn’t been looking forward to this birthday and this certainly took the edge off. Ha!” I look forward to hearing from each and every one of the rest of you for our next Journal entry. Don’t forget that after this year’s big birthday, you’ll be gearing up for our 20th college reunion in June 2015. We’re old. In other news, Derek Slayton recently became chief marketing officer for NetProspex, a leading provider of B2B sales and marketing data services. According to the press release in Boston’s Citybizlist, “In this role, Slayton will leverage his extensive experience in software and technology marketing to align the company’s product roadmap with its go-to-market engine and create relationships with other B2B marketers who want to improve revenue engines through better, more targeted and continuously managed marketing data.” Congratulations, Derek. Contact: Yvette Pita Frampton, 280 Elm St., Denver, CO 80220-5739; 303-333-3479; yvettepita@mac.com

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1996

AS TOLD BY: Nicole Locke, Class Secretary Hello all, I feel like I should title this, “A Class Looks at 40,” as many of us will be hitting that milestone sometime this school year. So let me wish you all a happy 40th! May the next 40 be even better than the first! Based on the emails I’ve received, it sounds like that 40th year has been a very successful one for many of you, including several promotions. After serving seven years in the NBA’s League office, Brandon Williams moved to the 76ers front office in September as the new general manager for the Delaware Sevens. UBS Wealth Management Americas recently named Jonathan Brooks as sales director. Congratulations to Brandon and Jonathan! Dr. Scott Tonidandel gave an invited talk on “Developments and Resources for Relative Importance Analysis” at the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA). His talk was broadcast live to over 150 colleges and universities. As a result of his participation, Davidson College now has free access to the CARMA webcast library with over 90 recorded lectures on various topics. Congratulations, Scott, and thanks for making these resources available to our beloved alma mater. Beth Thompson continues to do great things in education—and has been rightly recognized for doing so! She was a finalist for the 2013-14 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Principal of the Year. Congratulations, Beth! And, of course, we continue to celebrate the birth of more babies! Chad Morgan and wife Rebecca welcomed Campbell Reid Morgan into their family Aug. 10. Welcome to the Davidson family, Reid! Keep those class notes coming! May 2014 be our best year yet! Contact: Nicole Howard Lock, 1525 Grayson Hwy., Apt. 1301, Grayson, GA 30017; 678615-2878; nicole.lock@yahoo.com

1997

AS TOLD BY: Charlotte Seigler and Jamison White, Class Secretaries Hope everyone is off to a happy and healthy 2014. Rev. Chris Currie recently became pastor and head of staff at First Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La. After Davidson, Chris taught high school history in Charlotte. He then attended Princeton Seminary, and subsequently served for six years as the pastor of Calypso Presbyterian Church in Calypso, N.C. In 2010, Chris and his family left Calypso for Edinburgh, Scotland, where Chris pursued a doctorate in theology at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity. While a full-time student, Chris also served as a Church of Scotland chaplain at the local prison and as a temporary minister at Greyfriars Kirk in central Edinburgh. Chris and his family took advantage of the many opportunities for travel and davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

exploration while living abroad, and are excited about new adventures and experiences that await them in Louisiana. Excerpted from the church hiring announcement, “I am sincerely grateful and excited to be called to serve at First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport. From the beginning, I felt a sense of rapport, mutual camaraderie, and compatibility.” Chris’s wife, Stephanie Smith Currie, is a speech-language pathologist from West Virginia. They have three children, Thomas (8), Harrison (5) and Corinne (3). Doug MacKelcan and his wife, Catherine Bryan MacKelcan, welcomed two new children Oct. 1, Douglas Walker MacKelcan IV, and Mary Bryan MacKelcan. Doug earned his J.D. at the University of South Carolina School of Law and is an attorney at Carlock Copeland & Stair in Charleston, S.C., specializing in civil litigation and alternate dispute resolution. Tara Smith recently left the Senate Agriculture Committee, where she served as senior professional staff and was responsible for commodity programs,

1998

AS TOLD BY: Mary Margaret Porter, Class Secretary Ellis Boyle was named deputy secretary for the Department of Public Safety in North Carolina. Ellis has served as general counsel for DPS for more than seven months. Previously, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Prior to that, he was an associate in the Business Litigation Practice Group of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice in Winston-Salem. He also has served as a law clerk for the Honorable Claude Hilton, a U.S. District Court judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. Congratulations to Andy Boswell on the recent birth of his first child, Kathryn Marie who was born Sept. 5. Congrats to Demian Dellinger on the success of his business, Fan Feet, which produces shoes that represent about 15 universities, including

“Kramer surprised me with a trip to London, sans kids, with 24 hours to pack. It was a wonderful trip of museums and restaurants and a side trip to Stonehenge (looking for England’s see class of 1995 loudest band).” crop insurance and disaster assistance, to join Michael Torrey Associates as vice president of federal affairs. In her new role, Tara will provide legislative and policy guidance and representation to clients representing the food, agriculture and financial services industries. Earlier in her career, Tara earned her MBA from the University of Michigan. Attorney Patrick Montoya was recently profiled in the Daily Business Review, the official court newspaper of South Florida, for helping a decorated Miami police officer win a jury award of $3.6 million after being struck by an intoxicated motorist while on a police perimeter seeking an armed robbery suspect. Pat is a partner with Colson Hicks Edison in Coral Gables, Fla. His practice includes class action and commercial litigation, products liability, personal injury litigation, aviation law, construction law and toxic torts. Congratulations on the growing families, impressive accomplishments and professional moves. I think the perfect New Year’s resolution is drop your fearless class secretaries a line! 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

N.C. State, North Carolina A&T, East Carolina, Appalachian State, Alabama, Purdue, Davidson and, of course, UNC-Chapel Hill. You can check out his line at www.fanfeet.com Asher Wood writes, “My wife Missy and I welcomed our third child into the world this summer. Marlon Arthur Wood was born July 19, with brown hair and blue eyes. Our daughter Gaia (6) and our son Presley (4) are thrilled to have a new little brother.” Congratulations also to Jennifer Sanborn Lina and Jason Lina, on the birth of their third child, son Carson David Lina, who was born Feb. 1. Carson joins older sister Bailey and brother Brady. Britton Taylor writes “I am currently living in Portland, Ore., with my two kids: Finley (6) and Zach (3). Working at W+K, an ad agency, hawking Old Spice to young impressionable boys. Preparing to go to Andy Boswell’s wedding... so clearly the world will be coming to an end in the near future.” Finally, I wanted to let you know that after many years of hitting the computer as class secretary, I have decided it is time to hang up the keyboard. I will be passing the reins on to Melissa Richter Bartolini. So from now on, forward those juicy tidbits over her way and keep them coming! Thanks for everything! Contact: Melissa Richter Bartolini, 1925 Brickell Ave., Apt D1507, Miami, FL 33129; melissabartolini13@gmail.com

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1999

AS TOLD BY: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, Class Secretary Hello Class of 1999! I hope this issue of the Davidson Journal finds you all doing well. I hope that you are all planning on coming to our 15-year reunion June 6–8, 2014. It is sure to be a great weekend! In the meantime, please keep sending me your news and updates. Nora Kizer sent this update, “I have just finished my fellowship in gynecologic oncology at

Washington University in St. Louis. I am starting work in Springfield, Ill., at Springfield Clinic at the end of this month. My fiancé, Eric MacZura, and I are planning a wedding date of Feb. 1, 2014.” Congrats Nora, on all of your big news! Congratulations to Erica and Ian Campbell on the birth of their son, Duncan Robert Campbell Aug. 14, 2013. Duncan joins big sister Amelia. The Campbells are living in Washington, D.C. Eileen Dwyer Breeze writes, “After seven years of fun and adventure living outside Chicago, our family relocated back to the Boston area this fall. I recommend moving with three kids under the

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age of seven (oh, and a puppy!) to people who are already crazy or are interested in going crazy, as this experience may have put me over the edge. It’s all worth it, though, since Peter (Ithaca, 2001) gets to be closer to the heartbeat of New Balance, where he’s worked since 2011. We’re both thrilled that his travel schedule will settle down a bit. The kids are enjoying being closer to our extended families, and I am looking forward to spending more time with Davidson friends in the area, like Lisa Green Case and Jess Montrella Cronin.” Congratulations to Lindsay Cohen Jackson and her husband Greg on the birth of their son, Ethan Lee Jackson on Oct. 14. Ethan joins big sister Avery. Lindsey and her family live in Raleigh. This year, Laura Rosenbach became principal at W.A. Hough High School. Previously, Laura taught at Vance High School for six years, followed by a twoyear stint at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte. She then spent the next three years as a principal at Francis Bradley Middle School. In 2006, she finished a master’s degree in school administration at UNC Charlotte, and in 2012, she earned her doctorate in urban education, also at UNC Charlotte. Jamie Brown is the president and CEO of Bea is for Business. Bea is for Business is an educational platform that teaches kids about business. Consisting currently of a flagship children’s book and a website, Bea is for Business has resources for teachers and parents alike—including Facebook and Twitter for new teaching ideas. Check out their great website online! Contact: Hunter McEaddy Dawson, 10 Council St., Charleston, SC 29401; ehmmce@aol.com

2000

AS TOLD BY: Mary Perrin Stark and Brendan Williamson, Class Secretaries There are two new babies to add to our class (that I know of). Thomas McElveen and wife Bronwyn ’02 welcomed Adelaide Watson McElveen in November. Thomas and Bronwyn live in Sumter, S.C., where Thomas is a South Carolina state senator and a partner in a law firm. Miranda Todd is also a new mother. She officially adopted her daughter Ellie after a chance meeting at her own 33rd birthday party and a very long and stressful road to adoption. Miranda spent months getting certified to be a foster parent and spending as much time with Ellie as possible before they could be officially united as mother and daughter. Ellie was born with severe limb deformity and Miranda has seen her through surgery and recovery. Miranda writes that, “People often remark how lucky Ellie is to have been adopted. They simply don’t understand the situation at all. She is the chosen one. I am the lucky one. I wanted her the moment I first saw her, and I thank God every day for allowing me to be her mother. She has such a light in her and is such a bright spirit! Her strength amazes me every day. She is remarkably athletic, with astounding balance and physical strength. Her ECI physical therapist was always amazed by it and pointed out ‘it doesn’t usually turn out that way you know, most of the kids I work with aren’t davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

like that!’ The comments I hear most from adults are ‘She really gets around doesn’t she?’ and ‘She doesn’t let anything stop her does she?’ People expect to see a child with deformed hands and no lower legs struggling to move, and are amazed to watch her scamper up the playscape on her own. The exact same situation has played out several times as various friends and family members learn that I have a handicapped parking sticker. They say with amazement ‘why do you have that?’ and I look at them for a moment before saying ‘My kid has no feet.’ Then they burst out laughing as they realize that they had simply forgotten that there is anything different about Ellie. It is easy to forget.” Congratulations Miranda and Ellie! It is fitting to sit and write out our class notes today because the day of this writing is also our late classmate Marnie Padgett’s birthday. Don’t forget that you can make a gift to Davidson in Marnie’s memory before the fiscal year ends. Her son Tripp recently turned five. Contact: Mary Perrin Stark, 601 Greenway St., Davidson, NC 28036; maryperrin@ gmail.com Brendan Willmann, 7967 Jolain Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242; 513-549-2736 (w); brwillmann@yahoo.com

2001

AS TOLD BY: Elizabeth Brantley, Class Secretary Jennifer and Aaron Sundstrom were proud to announce the birth of Cora Murphy Sundstrom on Dec. 2. Congratulations! Peta and Hugh Peterson were so happy and proud to welcome their son, Stellan Peterson, into the world at 5:08 a.m. on Aug. 31. Stellan sported some blonde highlights befitting of a true L.A. baby! Mike and Rebecca McLaughlin Schaefer and big brother David were thrilled by the birth of Henry Lachlan Schaefer on Oct. 5. Everyone is doing great. Carrie Arthur Hanger was honored with North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2013 Leaders in the Law award during a reception on Sept. 18. The award recognizes 28 of the most influential individuals within the North Carolina legal community. The esteemed Leaders in the Law awards program honors influential attorneys, judges and corporate counsel who have attained significant professional accomplishments. Congratulations, Carrie! Contact: Elizabeth Brantley, 300 Elmwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27408; elizabeth.brantley@gmail.com

2002

AS TOLD BY: Steve Aldrich, Class Secretary Jeff Storms is a partner with Gaskins Bennett Birrell Schupp LLP in Minneapolis, Minn. Jeff was recently named a Minnesota “Rising Star,” as published in Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business. The Rising Star list is intended to identify the best attorneys who are 40 or under, davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Less than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are named to the list. Additionally, Jeff’s original feature screenplay, Throwing Gasolina, recently won second place at the 2013 All Sports L.A. Film Festival. Congratulations on a great year, Jeff! Trae Fletcher and Kate Johnson Fletcher ’05 tied the knot Sept. 14 in Winston-Salem. It was a joyous affair with many Davidson alumni and friends in attendance. Best man Evan Shay led a group of groomsmen that included David Ramich, Mark Wells and John Heimburger ’04. The wedding party also included Brody Dawson ’05 (maid of honor) and bridesmaids Melissa Cornwell ’05, Meggan Patterson ’05, Currie Whalen ’05 and Charlotte Williams ’05. Wise counsel was provided throughout the wedding weekend by Davidson gentleman and father of the bride, Michael Olin Johnson ’69. The couple resides in Charlotte. Kate works for King and Spalding as an associate attorney and Trae is manager of investment analysis for Delhaize America in Salisbury. Congratulations to Brooke and Derek Brown on the birth of their baby girl, Alden Endicott Brown! Natalie Cox Hennes emailed: “We welcomed our second, beautiful baby girl, Marjorie “Maggie” Marie Feb. 21. Big sister Samantha Caroline, recently turned three this August, and has been a big help changing diapers and entertaining baby Maggie. Since I couldn’t attend the 10-year reunion last summer due to a death in the family, I missed seeing many of my favorite smiling faces from Davidson. However, I was able to catch up with many at Blair Otto’s wedding last summer in Nantucket. It was, obviously, a blast (and a beautiful wedding). Hope to see more of you soon.” Congratulations, Natalie! Burgin Hardin and Jessica Mering Hardin ’03 welcomed their first child, Anne Ridgley Hardin, Oct. 19. Knowing the Hardin’s dedication to Davidson hoops, I have to imagine we will see Anne cheering on the Wildcats at multiple games this winter. Contact: Stephen Aldrich, 17327 Grand Central Way, Cornelius, NC 28031; 704-6080971; stephen.p.aldrich@gmail.com

2003

AS TOLD BY: Rebekah Rush McKay, Class Secretary Stratton Lawrence married Hunter McRae in August at Eilean Donan, Scotland. Brent Elliott ’03 was a groomsman. The newlyweds reside in Folly Beach, S.C., which is also the subject of Stratton’s first book, Folly Beach, a pictorial history of the island. Lauren Perny Pragoff was a principal contributor of a just-released business book that reveals new strategies to increase customer loyalty and decrease costs through a different-in-kind customer service experience. The Effortless Experience is published by Penguin Books. Lauren is a research director in customer service for the Washington, D.C.-based best-practice research company CEB, and resides in Warrenton, Va. Thomas ’00 and Bronwyn McKnew McElveen

welcomed a baby girl, Adelaide Watson, Oct. 22. Burgin and Jessica Mering Hardin welcomed a daughter, Anne Ridgely Hardin, Oct. 19 at 5:39 a.m. Andrew and Yasamine Hilu Christopherson were especially thankful this Thanksgiving as they welcomed a daughter, Olivia Kieran. Pat and Susanne Francis McLaughlin welcomed Mallory Lucia McLaughlin Nov. 29. Congratulations to Rebecca Moore Kehe and her husband, Jeff, on the birth of their son Charles David Kehe and their daughter Katherine Jean Kehe, who were born Oct. 3. On Oct. 11, Erin Brockway married Ryan Henderson in Napa Valley, Calif. Elizabeth Spitz, Laurie Gomer and Maria Tardugno Aldrich attended the festivities. The couple resides in Nashville, Tenn., where Erin is an anesthesiologist and Ryan is a nurse anesthetist. Congratulations to Adam Roark for being named one of Gainesville’s 40 Under 40 by Campus USA Credit Union and Business Magazine. Contact: Rebekah Rush McKay, 4009 Hanover Ave., Richmond, VA 23221; rebekahmckay@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Mary Carpenter Costello, Class Secretary Jonathan Kropski recently received a $50,000 fellowship from the ATS Foundation and the Boehringer Ingelheim group to study idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Jon currently works as a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care at Vanderbilt University. Jon will be researching two drugs for IPF treatment that are already FDA-approved, which he is hopeful could lead to a new treatment for IPF, as it currently has no therapies. Jon and his wife Julie Roper Field Kropski (Vanderbilt ’04) also welcomed their son Matthew Jackson Kropski into the world Nov. 16. Way to go, Jon! In other graduate studies news, Darryl Childers is working with six other students from the Duke Interdisciplinary Social Innovators program to help the nonprofit organization Food for Thought improve its efforts to feed hungry school children in two North Carolina counties. The group is researching and analyzing Food for Thought’s logistics and operations to improve efficiency. They also hope to help Food for Thought develop measures of effectiveness and impact in the community. The project is especially important to Darryl because one of the counties served by Food for Thought is Rowan County, where Darryl grew up. After 10 years of moving around the world, Elizabeth “Liz” Lewis has finally settled permanently in Rio de Janeiro, where she was recently offered the Brazilian equivalent of a tenure-track position as professor of linguistics, Portuguese language, writing and teaching at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). jUlz Perry MacKnyght sent in a wonderful update with so many details that I thought it might just be easier to quote her directly. She wrote, “Between Spring 2014

theUnion: Alumni We’ve since moved to a co-ed baby home for zeroto five-year-olds. It’s a brand-new organization under the Lifesong For Orphans umbrella, called Fundación Esperanza. My wife is working as the nurse and I am helping with operations. The extremely quantifiable difference between the boys’ home and the baby home is the amount of bodily fluid I come in contact with every day. Haha.” see class of 2007 deployments, in October ’09, I married my ‘dancing cowboy’ (I’d met him while I was stationed in Colorado Springs, and he was up from Texas), Shaun Werner, on horseback in the pouring rain in a very small civil ceremony near Tyler, Texas. Soon after I was stationed to Ft. Hood, Texas and took command of Headquarters Troop, Task Force ODIN, heading back to Iraq for another year. Upon my return, two years almost to the day after getting married, we had the “big fancy church wedding” in my hometown of Wellesley, Mass., where we finally unveiled our new last name (we both changed— starting our own tradition!)—MacKnyght—and kicked off finally being able to live together for the first time! I’m still at Ft. Hood, more than a year into my second command with Headquarters Troop, 21st Cavalry Brigade. My job is anything but normal, and I may just write a book about it someday, so the only thing I can really say about it here is that I have been enjoying the opportunity to fly again after a few years of flying a desk! 21st CAV was the last active-duty unit to fly the iconic UH-1 Huey helicopter, so I got quite a few hours and was fortunate to participate, as the youngest pilot, in our historic ‘last flight’ last August and the subsequent cross-country journey to Redstone Arsenal to turn them in. I also picked up a new qualification to fly what the Army calls a ‘LUH-72 Lakota,’ a commercial off-the-shelf Eurocopter that’s been a blast to fly in the clouds. My next stop will be ‘Intermediate Level Education,’ which translates to about a year in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., starting next summer, but not until after our 10-year reunion, which I am very excited for!” Thanks so much, jUlz! Alexandra Jamieson Jansen and her husband, John, celebrated the birth of their first child, John Walter “Jack” Jansen Aug. 23. Ellie Blackey Davis and her husband, Ian, also extended their family by one member when Mayhew Elizabeth “May” Davis was born Sept. 29. Amanda Young Anderson and Yeatts Anderson ’02 welcomed a second child into their family when Adelaide “Addie” Rhodes Anderson was born June 16, as did Matt Whited and his wife Charlotte, when son Andrew Lowell Whited was born Oct. 8, and Megan Kota Morris and her husband Wade when their daughter, Annie, was born Oct. 28.

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The swimmers had a big year, adding three new “wildkitties” to the family! Sara Laws Moerman, husband Paul Moerman, and big sister Adelyn welcomed Eliza Primrose Moerman May 31; Joanie Gidas Blackwell and Nick Blackwell ’02 had Penelope Joan Blackwell Sept. 20; and Vanessa Witt and Mike Petrusic met Virginia Witt Petrusic Sept. 25. We hope Liza Rose, Penelope and Ginny will join Adelyn for a record-breaking Davidson relay one day! Becca Thomason sent in news of a recent marriage! She happily wed Drew Latimer (a graduate of Presbyterian College) Sept. 14, at Nobska Lighthouse on Cape Cod in Woods Hole, Mass. It was a private ceremony for just their families followed by a reception dinner on Martha’s Vineyard. After the wedding, Becca and Drew celebrated with a minihoneymoon to Nantucket Island. The happy couple met at Vanderbilt and now both work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. Rob Haywood also celebrated a recent marriage to Katie Lewis. The couple wed Aug. 3. Mary Lewis Haywood ’02, Bryan Stonestreet, Donald Miles ’05, and Betsey and Tim Dillon ’06 were in the wedding party. Katie and Rob will be living in Chapel Hill for at least the next few months until Rob graduates from the full-time program at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Chris and I were fortunate to see lots of fellow Class of 2004 graduates at three DavidsonDavidson weddings this fall! Andrew Walker married Jessica Chasen ’07 in Aspen Sept. 28. Fellow graduates in the wedding party included Chris, Ben Skurek and Drew Prickett. Next, we got to attend Laura Turpin and Brian Borak’s wedding Oct. 26, in Charlottesville, Va. Kate Morris Stanley, Beth Corrigan Kelley, Colin Eagan, Rob Neuman, Matt Legato, Tom Anstrom and I proudly stood beside them during their ceremony. The following weekend, we witnessed Ben Skurek ’03 and Heather Green tie the knot in Ligonier, Pa. Chris Costello, P.J. Martin, Andrew Walker, Tim Frizzell and Justin Porter were all members of Ben’s wedding party. Chris and I loved seeing so many Davidsonians, from Class of 2004 and others, at all of these weddings! Congratulations to all of the newly wed couples!

Contact: Mary Carpenter Costello, 1072 Bennett Way, San Jose, CA 95125; 615-483-6468; mary.f.costello@gmail.com FROM THE ALUMNI OFFICE: Mark your calendars for your 10th Reunion— June 6–8, 2014. Visit the Davidson website for more information or contact your reunion class chairs, Pryor Dawson Rayburn (pryor.rayburn@gmail.com) and Jeff Wheeler (jewheeler@gmail.com).

2005

AS TOLD BY: Justin R. Hartanov, Class Secretary Congratulations to Joe Bass for the recent birth of his son, Alexander Manning Bass, who was born July 14. Jacquin Gilchrist was recently sworn in to the Florida Army National Guard after coming off his active duty as a legal assistance attorney. Quin will now be working as a JAG officer in the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade in Orlando, Fla., where he will be living with his wife Marylina and son, Jacques-Pierre. Scott Ferguson recently joined SouthCrest Mortgage as a loan officer in Huntsville, Ala. Brynn Welch earned her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in May 2012. After that, she accepted a tenure track position at Emory & Henry College in southwest Virginia. Lastly, in other exciting news, in April of 2013, Brynn welcomed a son, Benjamin Graham, and they are looking forward to their first Christmas in Virginia. Amanda Green and Aaron Schorsch moved to northern Sweden for a year. Amanda is conducting her dissertation research in cultural anthropology on Sámi food, culture and politics, and Aaron is adding Nordic cuisine to his chef’s skills. Roland Foss recently opened Mission Market, an upscale convenience store, in downtown Fullerton, Calif., in May 2013. His initiative was supported by an SBA-backed loan and the store was featured in the July 23 Orange County Register, outlining the initial success of the market. He plans to open another location late next year. Contact: Justin R. Hartanov, 550 W. Fulton, Unit 301, Chicago, IL 60661; 312-237-0072; juhartanov@gmail.com

2006

AS TOLD BY: Steven Gentile and Molly McGowan, Class Secretaries After living in South America for three-and-ahalf years, Bronson Tennis moved to Philadelphia in April 2013 to record and produce his first fulllength album, De Tierra Caliente. In late 2013 he returned to Colombia to tour and promote his music. He goes by Bronson now instead of Bron, he writes, since South Americans have a harder time with the shorter version of his name. Fine. We’ll struggle with the new name as long as it helps a fellow alumnus with record sales. It’s the least we can do, Bron. I mean Bronson! Darn it. davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

In December 2012 Kristen DeCelle married Ifelayo Ojo. The two currently reside in Baltimore, Md., where Kristen researches home visiting at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Ifelayo health policy at the World Bank. Here’s to your health, Kristen and Ifelayo! Rachel Jenkins, who is completing her master’s in divinity at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Va., married James Eggleston Shepherd, a 2007 graduate of Grove City College in Grove City, Pa., in October 2013. Laura Perez-Boston served as a bridesmaid. Cheers to you, Rachel, and best of luck with your last year of seminary. After 15 years of dating, Julie Ruble “finally”— her words—married Mike Benfield in August 2013. Now living in Raleigh, teaching middle school English at the Montessori School of Raleigh, Julie writes her food blog, Willow Bird Baking, which is now featured in Ladies’ Home Journal and SAVEUR. David Ashley married Sheena Bossie ’05 at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, N.C., in October 2013. Celebrating in the wedding party were Russell Howard, Will Hummel, Leslie Smith, Lauren Williams Chesson ’05, Page Mowery Anderson ’05 and Dan Freeze ’04. Indeed, it was very much a Davidson wedding as it was “a joy-filled day complete with 20-plus Wildcats dancing to ‘Sweet Caroline,’” Sheena writes. (If Neil Diamond gets royalties from wedding reception disc jockeys he’d be making a killing on Davidson weddings). David currently works as a data analyst at Wells Fargo and Sheena as a program coordinator in the College and Career Readiness Department at Central Piedmont Community College. In a gorgeous Sante Fe, New Mexico, outdoor ceremony, Kate Williams wed Ben Whitman in August 2013. Kathleen Cour DeAngelo served as matron of honor. Kate spends her days as a process chemist for Boulder Scientific Company and Ben as a nurse in Colorado. Patrick Walsh attended the wedding just days before he caught a plane to Germany, where he will reside for a year and complete research for his doctoral dissertation in German languages from Columbia University. While walking the streets of Sante Fe before the wedding, Patrick, Nick DeAngelo (Kathleen’s husband), and I spotted the Google Maps car. Look for our blurred-out mugs in a Google Map near you! On the morning of Nov. 27 Heather Carmody Pruessing gave birth to Hans Robert Pruessing. Heather and her husband reside in a little village outside Leipzig, Germany, where they’re working on restoring an old farmhouse (which, she admits, may turn into a lifelong—yet exciting—project). Heather serves as an assistant principal for a school in Dresden, Germany. Congratulations, Heather! If you have news to share, please send it our way. Contact: Molly McGowan, 3603 Kavanaugh Blvd., Apt. C-11, Little Rock, AR 72205; 501350-4925; momcgowan@gmail.com Steven Gentile, 2000 24th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212; 828-226-2384 (c); stevenpgentile@gmail.com

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2007

AS TOLD BY: Carson Sanders and Jaimie Matthew, Class Secretaries Great to hear from many of you over the past several months and even better to see those of you who have come through Washington in the past several months. The longer we are away from campus, the more I appreciate the special Davidson bond that links us all. Wedding bells rang for many of our classmates in 2013. Brigit Barry married Michael Cottone in Newtown Square, Pa., Sept. 21. Fellow Third Belkie (woot woot!) Lisa Cuellar was a bridesmaid. Congrats to the happy couple! Brian Albers married Melanie McMahan July 12. In attendance were lots of Davidson people, including groomsmen Ian Sheridan, Steve Braco and Jeb Coleman. Melanie is a University of Georgia grad and a school psychologist for Greenville County Schools. The happy couple honeymooned on San Pedro Island in Belize and have since relocated to Greenville, S.C. Matt McCarville is accustomed to the wedding circuit by now and reports, “Three of our classmates bit the bullet this past summer. Liz Etherington Libson, Morgan Gould Grunwald ’09, and Lilly Haberl Nannes ’09 all looked beautiful as they walked down lawns and aisles to wed Alex Libson, Doug Grunwald and Cal Nannes, respectively. Not at the same time, of course. Although that would have been cheaper for Lewis Beard, Brian Helfrich, Tyler Massey Helfrich ’08, Lee Barrow, Betsy Brewer Barrow, Chris Bryan, Steve Halliday and me, all of whom traveled far and wide to attend at least one of the nuptials. Alex, a leadership consultant with Pivot Leadership, and Liz recently left Philadelphia, joining Denver residents Lee and Betsy. Lee is finishing a master’s in comparative politics from the Korbel School of International Studies and has begun teaching and coaching at his other alma mater, Kent Denver. Betsy has been propelling future Wildcat student-athlete hopefuls as the school manager of the Girls Athletic Leadership School. Cal and Doug are deciding on fellowship programs in anticipation of completing their residencies in Baltimore and Boston hospitals, while Steve has been appointed a chief resident at Vanderbilt’s hospital. Brian is busy expanding the Summit Coffee brand to the former Outpost location on the Davidson campus (although those

of you reading this probably remember it more vividly as CoHo). Chris is pioneering social media for HYFN from all the way out in Los Angeles. Lewis recently took a position as an attorney with Jones & Walden in Atlanta after completing a federal clerkship, although he still makes music in his free time. And while I sometimes feel like a professional wedding attendee, I recently joined Era Group’s finance team in Houston.” Hard to believe Brian and Tyler ’08 Helfrich found time to make so many wedding trips! The couple decided the beginning of November was the perfect time to open a new Summit Coffee location and have a baby! On Nov. 14, Brian and Tyler welcomed Bay Olivia Helfrich, a happy and healthy baby girl. Mom and Dad are smitten with their expanding family. The next day, Brian and Tyler, along with Summit co-owners Tim Helfrich ’00 and Beth Helfrich ’03, opened the Main Street coffee shop’s newest venture—a restaurant, bar and coffee shop in the former Outpost. Stop in and say hello when you’re back in town. Jenna Dykstra Edelman relayed the exciting news that she and husband Andrew had another baby! “Declan Paul Edelman was born Oct. 3. Big brother Callan is thrilled with his baby brother! We also moved to Chicago where Andrew is attending The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.” After a year together in the United Kingdom, Erika Larson and Gagan Gupta recently moved to Palo Alto, Calif., where Erika is finishing up her master of public health degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Gagan is beginning his first year at Stanford Law School. Whereas some of our classmates have returned to the United States from overseas, others continue to have exciting adventures abroad. Jeff Wright reports that he and wife Rachel are coming up on their first year in Cochabamba, Bolivia: “We arrived Christmas of last year to work at an orphanage for older boys. We’ve since moved to a co-ed baby home for zeroto five-year-olds. It’s a brand-new organization under the Lifesong For Orphans umbrella, called Fundación Esperanza. My wife is working as the nurse and I am helping with operations. The extremely quantifiable difference between the boys’ home and the baby home is the amount of bodily fluid I come in contact with every day. Haha.” Jeff encourages contacting him “if you want to learn more about supporting our efforts and the kiddoes.” Additionally, “We’re also putting down roots for a while here as we just signed our first lease on an apartment. (We had previously been staying at the

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theUnion: Alumni boys’ home). The year started with the Alexanders, Ryan ’09 and Mandy ’10, coming to visit. I haven’t seen any ’Cats since then, but Jim Walter is coming in March to visit and volunteer at Hospitals of Hope.” Since moving to D.C., Lindsay DeCastrique has kept plenty busy and recently landed a great new gig as the assistant director of marketing for executive education at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Having received her master’s in Korean studies at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul in August, Darcie Draudt relocated to Washington, D.C., and was delighted to find so many of her Davidson classmates already settled in the District. Since November, she has joined the Council on Foreign Relations as research associate in the department of Korea Studies and Program on U.S.-Korea Policy. Please continue to be in touch with Carson and me so we can pass along your news to our classmates. Contact: Carson Sanders, P.O. Box 13122, Charleston, SC 29422; carson.sanders@ gmail.com Jaimie Matthews, 1317 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Apt. 302, Washington, D.C. 20005-3729; jaimie.k.matthews@gmail.com

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AS TOLD BY: Robby Hoak and Anna Hamilton, Class Secretaries Aaron Moody writes from Nashville, where he works for Bass, Berry & Sims. After graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law in May 2013 and passing the Tennessee bar, Aaron moved to Nashville, where he often sees James Boswell, currently studying at Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Business. In late 2013, Bernadette DiPrisco joined the board of directors of the Child Care Council of Nassau. Bernadette currently lives in Garden City, N.Y., working at Farrell Fritz, PC as an associate in tax and corporate law. Another Wildcat wedding recently took place— Jacquin Milhouse and Thomas Headen III ’05 were married in September 2012! Jacquin and Thomas were married in Jersey City overlooking the New York City skyline right along the river. Jacquin writes that “it was a wonderful wedding and there

were a number of Davidson bridal party members! We currently live in the Dallas, Texas, area and are enjoying our first year of marriage.” Congratulations are also in order for Courtney Cron and Cody Elder, who were married in Atlanta in August of 2013. Courtney writes, “Cody and I were married after dating since graduation five years ago, and several other ’08 Wildcats helped us celebrate as a part of our wedding party. Davidson football was represented by best man Nick Diluzio and groomsman George Zoeckler, and Davidson Volleyball was represented by maid of honor Nicole Keroack and bridesmaid Lindsey Woeste Benjamin. Cody currently works as a commercial analyst and banking officer at Georgia Commerce Bank. He also coaches triathletes, and recently completed the Carolina Half Ironman on our home turf at Davidson’s campus this fall. I am busy finishing rotations as a third-, soon to be fourthyear, medical student at Emory University. Also in Atlanta, Rachel Purcell recently joined the litigation department at Miller & Martin, PLLC. In 2011, Rachel received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. While at Vanderbilt, Rachel was the senior managing editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law. Before joining Miller & Martin, Rachel served as a term law clerk to the Hon. Russell G. Vineyard, United States Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. A big thank-you to all who sent in updates for recent Journals! Please keep them coming; email Robby or me with your updates. We love to hear from you! Contact: Robby Hoak, 2007 Dilworth Rd. W., Charlotte, NC 28203; 919-418-5298 (c); rohoak@gmail.com Anna Hamilton, 116 W. 75th St., Apt. A, New York, NY 10023-1911; 910-612-7301 (c); annahamilton08@gmail.com

2009

AS TOLD BY: Cary Wright and Chieko Phillips, Class Secretaries Congratulations to the lovely ladies of the Sigma Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. for celebrating the five-year anniversary of their Davidson charter. Since 2008, Sigma Psi has

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finished the Newport Marathon last October, and frolicked in the Run or Dye color run last spring with Ellie Marrinzini, Eleanor Decosimo and Duncan Bowling. Sam Baroody and Anne Horn were married Aug. 3 at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Del., where they met. Davidson classmates Suzie Eckl, Alex Mangone, Chris Vincoli and Eddie Hickman were among the wedding party. Andrew Gorang gave a reading at the ceremony and several other alumni were in attendance. They honeymooned in Montreal before returning home to Athens, Ga. Sam is finishing his master’s in classics at the University of Georgia and has presented papers at conferences in Florida and Hungary. Anne is finishing her J.D. at the University of Georgia and will clerk for the Hon. Orinda Evans in Atlanta before joining Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs as an associate. Five-year reunion update: It’s happening June 6–8, 2014. We are sitting through large conference calls with each other, we are planning fun things to do, we are making amazing playlists, and we are asking you to come/for your money. At the reunion, you will stay in the dorms, you will see great people you haven’t seen in a while, you will have a few awkward conversations, and you will try one last time to find the bomb shelter under Chambers. Be there, give money, have fun. Love, Your Reunion Committee Contact: Chieko T. Phillips, 1220 Boren Ave., Apt. A1, Seattle, WA 98101; 770-316-6140; chieko.phillips@gmail.com Cary V. Wright, 6382 Shady Brook Ln., Apt. 1230, Dallas, TX 75206; 806-206-4443; cawright09@gmail.com

2010

AS TOLD BY: Claire Asbury and Haley Cook Sonneland, Class Secretaries Hello, Class X! Let’s get right to it. Amanda Goodman writes, “I graduated from the FSU College of Law in May, passed the Florida bar, and am now working as an attorney with Goodman, Breen & Gibbs in Naples, Fla.” Erin Godla reports that she purchased a condo in Charlotte and has enjoyed decorating, presumably with a lot of Wildcat gear! Alex Griswold has also bought his first home, and a dog named Tad. He lives in Charlotte and works at Davidson as a development officer. Bill and Mackenzie Barrow Warren have moved to Durham, where Bill is a student at Duke Law School and Kenzie works for Oxford University Press. Karla Stockmeyer says, “After three years in healthcare consulting, I’m going back to my roots in nonprofit management and development, working for an organization in New York called Turnaround for Children.” Also in NYC, Jamie Knowles is working as a senior promotion manager at Vogue, concentrating on luxury fashion advertising accounts and art partnerships. He has begun an online art startup, FOLIOCUE.com, profiling leading artists and products weekly. Anna Coon is on an adventure across the pond: “I am living in London working on my master’s in culture, policy and management at City University davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

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has a basic right to dream and play. Location and economic status shouldn’t inf luence that,” says Andrew Lovedale ’09, former Davidson basketball stand-out and founder of the nonprofit organization Access to Success (A2S). Lovedale recently retired from playing professional basketball in Europe to dedicate himself full-time to A2S, a Christianbased educational organization located in Benin City, Nigeria. Under his direction, A2S has grown in a few short years to provide an afterschool program for children ages three to 16—complete with music, drama, arts and crafts, mentorship and help with homework—hot meals, a library full of books, an annual basketball and empowerment camp, and more. A computer center is next on the priority list. Lovedale’s work is personal; he embraces it as a calling. Noting that 92 percent of Nigerians live on less than two dollars per day, he remembers the devastation his family faced in the wake of his father’s unexpected death. Reduced to one income, the family of eight moved

from a home with multiple rooms to a two-room compound. “After losing my dad things got very difficult,” he says. “I saw my mum sell jewelry she’d acquired over a lifetime to put me through school and put food on the table, until she had nothing left to sell.” Almost 15 years later, Lovedale’s life looks drastically different. He now lives in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, Molly McQuillen ’07, and dedicates his time to building a “community of people paying it forward.” That community includes the children who benefit from A2S programs and scholarships. Scholarship recipients, whether they travel outside of Nigeria or remain in the country for their schooling, are expected to volunteer with A2S. “That’s important for me personally,” Lovedale says. “For the kids in our afterschool program we’ve created a service day where once a week they look for a problem they will fix.” Most recently, the children got together and renovated their classrooms with funding from A2S. “A kid carrying a bucket of sand doesn’t seem like a lot, but a hundred buckets is a lot,” Lovedale says.

Lovedale’s journey to Davidson by way of basketball and Coach Bob McKillop is the stuff of dreams, and his current station as the executive of a nonprofit improbable. But his goal—to build something sustainable—keeps him learning, fundraising, innovating and creating possibilities for children an ocean away. To learn more about A2S, visit http://a2sfoundation.org/. Spring 2014

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As the community engagement manager at Advocates for Children and Youth, Ebony builds relationships with grassroots and grasstops organizations to better the lives of kids in Maryland. She wrote, “As a former Bonner, this role is a dream come true and I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to explore this field see class of 2009 as a young professional.”

initiated 37 Davidson women into the Alpha Kappa Alpha sisterhood. To celebrate, the current members planned a weekend of sisterhood, service, fellowship and a fundraising gala to top it all off. Ebony Harley summarized the weekend: “It was a weekend for the books and one that made me even prouder to be not only a charter member of the Sigma Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. but also a woman of Davidson College.” Other charter members from 2009 include Lazetta Crawford, Angelina Darrisaw and Ambrice Miller, who were all in attendance. Ebony left Bank of America last summer to enter the wilds of the nonprofit sector (welcome!). As the community engagement manager at Advocates for Children and Youth, Ebony builds relationships with grassroots and grasstops organizations to better the lives of kids in Maryland. She wrote, “As a former Bonner, this role is a dream come true and I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to explore this field as a young professional.” Another Pan-Hellenic congratulations to the Tau Omicron chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. for celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their Davidson charter. Current and alumni Alphamen descended upon campus last October to celebrate. Manny Clark attended from New York and wrote, “I got the chance to relive a little piece of my Davidson frat days that weekend and it was wonderful. I’m really thankful that Davidson has been so nurturing to the chapter and I hope the chapter can continue to make the school proud.” Manny is a graduate of Duke Law School and a leveraged finance associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Kirk Konert entered fatherhood Sept. 22. Hudson Christopher Konert, aka baller, shot caller, was born in Boca Raton, Fla. Kirk’s words of wisdom: “As a new parent, you learn that Google is a friend and an enemy, but mostly an enemy.” Kirk is looking forward to moving to Los Angeles with his new family. Nealy Meeks has joined religious life with the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma Michigan. Becky Harrison is a Blackhawk pilot. Becky spent the past two years down at Fort Rucker, Ala., where she was promoted to captain and completed flight school to become qualified in the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. After graduating and receiving her Army Aviator badge, she was moved to Wiesbaden, Germany, where she is the company executive officer (second to the commander) of a VIP flight company. “I have a fantastic apartment in the city and I’m so excited for all of the cultural, travel, and outdoor opportunities that living in Europe will afford me!” Logan Adermatt recently secured a producer from Terrence Malick’s camp to be the executive producer for “Looms.” It was shot on location in Osage, Iowa, in February of 2013 and is Logan’s first fully narrative piece. Logan is based in Los Angeles where he is a producer for AMNL. Barrett Worthington has worked at National Geographic in Washington, D.C., for three years and recently moved into the international licensing department. The new post will require muchanticipated travel to the headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Barrett still enjoys running and proudly

theUnion: Alumni London, while working part time for the law firm I worked for in Charlotte. I’ve been amazed by the international nature of the Wildcat community!” Vy Drouin-Le has also traveled abroad while working toward her master’s of architecture at Houston’s Rice University. Last summer, she and two classmates presented a campus design proposal at a forum in Switzerland, featuring students and architects from 10 countries. Vy’s team won the creativity prize. She also visited her senior-year roommate Krista Timeus in Berlin. Also last summer, Lindsay Brownell and her brother hiked the Camino de Santiago across Spain, 550 miles in 33 days. Wow! Another Wildcat abroad, Athan Makansi, writes: “I’m excited to report that starting in January, I will be working for a start-up technology firm, Vera Solutions, in Mumbai! I’ll be developing cloud computing and data management solutions for nonprofits, charities and other social impact organizations.” Wedding bells ring constantly for the Class of 2010 these days! Lisa Landoe married Hunter Hedrick outside Chicago Aug. 31. Sonia Huang served as maid of honor and BJ Youngerman as best man. Tory Summey and Lisa’s brother, Mike Anderson ’02, served as groomsmen. Religion professor Douglas Ottati co-officiated. Lisa and Hunter live in Chicago, where she is a second-year doctoral student at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and he is a producer at the advertising agency Young and Rubicam. Another Davidson couple tied the knot in August: Laura Candler and Dan Hampton ’11 were married in Atlanta. Meryl Breeden, Hillary Maul and Rebecca McCormack were bridesmaids, and Clark Candler II ’07, Chris Hampton ’08 and Blake Candler ’13 served as groomsmen. Laura graduated from the University of Georgia law school in 2013, and she and Dan live in Winston-Salem, where Dan is studying at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Heather Smith married Marty Burch ’08 Sept. 21 in Atlanta. The wedding party was full of Wildcats, including Marja Kunz, Cassie Dormond, Julie Palm Lindberg, Ellen Viser, Martha Culp, Abby Jones, Mike Anderson ’02, Peter Beste ’08, Cowden Rayburn ’11 and Graham Smith ’12. Heather’s grandfather, Charles R. Hasty ’54, officiated. Stephen Pierce married Elizabeth Mee Pierce Oct. 12. The couple lives in New Albany, Ind., where Stephen serves as the facilities director at Sojourn Community Church. He also recently received his master’s in divinity from Southern Seminary. Devon Weeks shares that on Nov. 2, she married John Hughes on her family’s farm in Dunn. Sarah Bennett and Amanda Goodman represented

the Wildcats, with Amanda serving as maid of honor. Devon and John now live in Rochester, NY. Congratulations to the happy couples! Another future Wildcat has entered the world: Caroline Morrow Niziol reports that she and her husband Jason welcomed a son, Zachary “Zack” Edward Niziol Aug. 24. Hooray! After graduating from the University of Tulsa College of Law and passing the Oklahoma bar exam, Andy Dunn shares that he is now in his first year at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, John B. Turner Master of Laws Program, specializing in energy, natural resources, and indigenous peoples. Caroline Curtiss is in her second year of graduate school at Eastern Carolina University, and in 2014 will present research at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference in Washington, D.C. Peggy McKay is also in school, getting her master of arts in teaching in science education at UGA. Heidi Marti helped lead a paleontology dig for 25 high school students to Utah and Montana. The dig was in conjunction with the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology on the campus of the Webb Schools, where Heidi is an admissions counselor. She also met up with Catherine and Zack Stergar as they road-tripped from South Carolina to California. Michael Raymond writes that he has spoken with current Davidson seniors about his work in Washington, D.C., with the Advisory Board Company. As of Jan. 1, Michael begins service as the vice commander and chief of staff for Division 054-23 in Central Chesapeake with the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Laura Voss reports her new job as a management assistant at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which will open in 2015. Congrats! Finally, Allie Coker-Schwimmer shares that her husband Manny ’09 was diagnosed with cancer in October and has been receiving chemotherapy treatment. She writes: “Each day is a step in the right direction, but the overall journey will take some time. Luckily, our families have been present and we have been shown a great amount of Wildcat love!” May we continue to be a strong support for Allie and Manny. It’s clear from everyone’s news that the friendships we built over four years are still meaningful and important today. Thanks, as always, for sharing! Contact: Claire Asbury, 3001 Westfield Rd., Charlotte, NC 28209; 770-826-0079; clasbury10@gmail.com

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2011

AS TOLD BY: Khalil Jolibois and Savanna L. Shuntich, Class Secretaries I am happy to report that things are going well for the class of 2011. First of all I should mention the weddings. Congratulations to Justin Godinho and Kelly Lence Godinho who had a mountainside wedding in Maggie Valley, N.C., July 20. They did not have an official wedding party, but rest assured there were plenty of Davidsonians in attendance. They were married by our very own Davidson chaplain, Rob Spach ’84. Justin and Kelly now reside in Chapel Hill where Justin is working on his doctorate in chemistry and Kelly is pursuing a master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina. On a somber note, we offer our condolences to Diane Kaliris and her family. Her father Charles “Chuck” Kaliris passed away in September after a long battle with cancer and will be remembered as a loving husband and father. Several members of our class have recently begun international adventures. In September Jay Lanners moved from Atlanta to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to take a job with MercadoLibre in strategic planning and investor relations. Across the world in the Middle East, James Wudel is working for a nongovernmental organization called Nature Iraq. He started off with an unpaid internship, and is still there “darn near two years later with a full-time job.” Finally, Will Oldfather fulfilled his longtime dream of working in China when he moved to Shanghai in October. He is still with KPMG, though in a markedly different setting. Jennifer Gambrell has also become a bit of an international citizen. She now works for Baker & Taylor, a book wholesaler that sells its wares to European booksellers. She is taking the opportunity to travel overseas for business to “create the study abroad experience she never had.” Lynea Witzak is hoping to spend some time abroad like Jennifer and the others. Currently she is in Atlanta working for the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. There she manages “the socialization and specimen collection of our rhesus macaques colonies.” This means getting to “hang out and play with monkeys all day.” However, Lynea is now interviewing to teach in Shanghai with the goal of moving there in early February. Other folks have left jobs to pursue higher education. Taylor Hess was working at Blackrock in New York but left last summer to move to Dallas and attend Southern Methodist University. He is in a master’s program for sports administration and working for SMU’s athletics compliance office. Sydnor Gammon also recently returned to the classroom when she moved to “Durham in August to pursue a master’s in business administration at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.” She is also working toward earning a certificate in health sector management. On another note, Dean Williams works for Red Ventures in Charlotte. He does search-engine davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

optimization but has also stayed involved with music. He is co-owner with fellow Davidson grad George Ramsay ’59 of Bold Music, which is an inhome music-lesson business in Charlotte. Johnny Pav is not far from me in the District of Columbia. He just began a master’s in computer science program this spring at George Washington University. Khalil is still living the dream in Miami. He is working as an administrative supervisor at the InterContinental Miami and taking accounting classes. This means that he gets to stare at spreadsheets both during the day, and at night, and rarely gets to visit the infamous Miami 24-hour nightclubs. I quit my job in July and switched from part-time to full-time law school at American University. As I write this, I am in the middle of my second year and wishing all my exams were still self-scheduled. As always, Jolibois and I would love to hear from you, especially if it has been awhile. 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, D.C. 20007; 904866-8087; savanna.shuntich@gmail.com

2012

AS TOLD BY: Keneya’ Edwards and Meg Jarrell, Class Secretaries Hey, ’Cats! Just under two years out and we are already out there accomplishing great things! In medicine and the sciences, Leland Taylor earned a scholarship to continue his medical studies at Cambridge University while Danielle Wright stayed closer to home to pursue a medical degree at the University of South Carolina. She is pursuing her degree while serving as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. Marissa Ghant started as a clinical research coordinator in the Division of Reproduction Endocrinology and Infertility at Northwestern University’s School of Medicine. Hannah “Rosie” Lawrence began a doctoral program in clinical psychology in Maine. Former French major Amanda Vredenburg headed back to France to pursue a master’s in French literature while her fellow field hockey teammate Krista Jackson also left the country to become an English teacher in Honduras. She follows classmate Erin Lupfer, who started a second year as an English teacher in Madrid. Lauren Kamperman is also abroad in England getting a master’s in women’s studies (humanities) as part of her art research on the lack of musculature in the female form in 19th century French paintings. She hopes the degree will be helpful in making an interdisciplinary approach to her studies as she begins to apply for art history doctorate programs. Victoria Jackson began teaching middle school as a National Teaching Fellow for Citizen Schools in Concord. Annese Armstrong isn’t far away in Charlotte as she begins work for the CharlotteMecklenburg Library system. Former Phi Delta Theta president Clem Butler began his second year in Manhattan Beach, davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Calif., working for McCaster-Carr. His Phi Delta brothers Brian Russell and Richard Lockridge began their second year of law school at Columbia University and UCLA, respectively. Tamara Munroe began work as a legal assistant to the global advertising and communications team at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore, Md. Amanda Ottoway is nearby in Washington, D.C., working as the education coordinator at the Pulitzer Center. John Morgan headed north to New York to work for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., while former SGA president Gerard Dash headed south to Atlanta to begin the management development program at McMaster-Carr. Gerard recently led a men’s doubles tennis team to the city championship. All that work on the Davidson tennis courts paid off! Rachel Means began work as an integrative medicine artist for Tampa General Hospital, where she incorporates the arts into her work in medicine. Steph Meador, Dennis Shannon, Sarah VandenBurg, Kerem Eroglu and Tyler Hammet are prepared to face their second winter in Madison, Wis., as they continue their work for healthcare software company Epic. Please send updates to davidson2012wildcats@ gmail.com so we can put your updates in future issues. Be on the lookout for a call for information early this spring! Contact: Keneya’ Edwards, Philadelphia, PA; 404-408-2011; keneyaedwards@gmail.com Meg Jarrell, 850 North Randolph St., Apt 704, Arlington, VA 22203; 571-276-8555; margaretkjarrell@gmail.com

2013

AS TOLD BY: Billy Hackenson and Mel Mendez, Class Secretaries As the winter season comes creeping in for many of us, we reflect on the closing of our graduating year and all that we have accomplished since then. Although, many of us have experienced a lot of firsts—first house-hunting experience, first jobs and first international experience—we also celebrate the continued learning and developing experiences that Davidson has instilled in us. James Tolleson, for example, continues with his passion for food justice that he cultivated through his CIS major in ethnic studies. Currently living in Greenwood, Mich., James is serving as an assistant teacher in FoodCorps. He is teaching elementary and middle school students about gardening, the food system and nutrition. He’s also getting back into his love of sci-fi leisure reading through Octavia Butler’s Lilith’s Brood and welcomes any recommendations for continued reading. We might all be taking some time for more leisure reading as we look forward to Connor Johnson’s pursuit of a book deal for his trilogy of fantasy novels! On the entrepreneurial side of life, Connor is also managing a small hedge fund in Washington, D.C., and looking forward to seeing some growth within in the near future. J.D. Merrill has also continued delving into youth

education as a social studies teacher for ninth- and 10th-grade students at Baltimore City College, through Teach for America in Baltimore, Md. This is in conjunction with his pursuit of a master’s degree in educational studies at Johns Hopkins University. He recently bought his first house and is excited to host any fellow Wildcats as they travel through the Baltimore area! Amelia Lumpkin, one of our most devoted and talented actresses, is taking her passion and skills to Boston as an assistant to the director of programs at The Theater Offensive. She has aided in planning, executing and evaluating arts-based programming serving youth and adults in order to eradicate homophobia and racism in the local community through theatre. Also hanging out in Beantown is Vanessa Williams who is teaching literary and life skills, along with coaching tennis, with Tenacity. Tenacity is a non-profit based out of Boston Public Schools and the public park system. Vanessa reports that she’s at a K-8 school in East Boston and is planning to teach her students how to use hip-hop in identifying, voicing their opinions on, and solving social injustices in their communities. She is also an Alumni Leadership Council Partner with Project 351, which is a movement to instill a love of service in middle school girls. While doing all of this, she is applying to graduate school. Where do you find all this energy, Vanessa? Back in Charlotte, Steven Myers is currently working for Emergency Medical Scribe Systems in helping implement ER scribe programs at several Carolinas HealthCare facilities in the greater Charlotte area. Also having used the fall to study and prepare for the MCAT, he plans to apply to a number of medical schools in the spring. Steven is interested in enrolling in an M.D./MBA combinedtrack program and hopes to pursue a career in the area of healthcare consulting and management. Internationally, Paul Spellings is living in San Jose, Costa Rica, working to build partnerships between the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. He has been enjoying traveling the country every weekend and taking in the beautiful scenery and unique biodiversity that it has to offer. We learned that Wes Reynolds was awarded the Hugh T. Lefler Award from the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association in November. The Lefler Award honors the best undergraduate research paper on North Carolina state history. His work is entitled, ‘Mental Deficients’ to Family Planning Clinics: The Human Betterment League’s Representations of Eugenic Initiatives in North Carolina, 1947–72.” Congratulations, Wes! Please, as always, send us any updated contact information so you can keep in touch about news from campus and fellow classmates. Contact: Billy Hackenson, 92 West Paces Ferry Rd., Apt. 7023, Atlanta, GA 30305; whackenson@gmail.com Mel Mendez, Mérida, Yucatán; +52 (999) 3610315; melmendez91@gmail.com

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Family Album.

A Look Into the Future

Baker Sports Complex was completed in 1989 and is poised now for expansion. Three questions: What is the Vance Challenge dollar goal? What is the new name of the basketball court in Belk Arena? Who are the people pictured here? Contact John Syme, josyme@davidson.edu, with your answers, and visit the Family Album page at www.davidsonjournal. davidson.edu for answers past!

{ alumni } I Didn’t Cry for My Father: The Impact of a Father’s Death on a Son by David E. Mullen, Ph.D. ’60 (2013, Peppertree Press). God for All: The Biblical Foundation of Universal Grace by Arch B. Taylor Jr. ’42 (2013, Resource Publications). “A complete survey of the entire Christian Bible with the author’s personal and denominational pilgrimage.” Renewal: Finding your path to self-healing in cancer and Once a Marine: Collected stories by enlisted Marine Corps Vietnam veterans by Claude DeShazo, M.D. ’61 (2009,

Pacific Institute Publishing; 2005, Authorhouse). The Book of Andrew: A PastLife Memoir, Witness of a Gay Apostle, edited by Bruce M. Gregory ’67 (2013, Round House Press). Gospel wisdom received by the late Charles Cale Lehman. Waccamaw Gold by William Woodson ’71 (2013, CLASS Publishing Division). A novel linking lowcountry life with the clandestine activities of the third-largest bank in the country. The Brutus Conspiracy by Garry Richard Lane ’76 (2013, CreateSpace). A mystery thriller by

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aviation, business, employment and personal injury litigator Lane. Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War’s Aftermath by William A. Link ’76 (2013, University of North Carolina Press). A scholarly “sifting through the ashes of Atlanta’s history.” Motherhood: Lost and Found by Ann Campanella ’82 (2013, The Bridge). A memoir of the author’s loss of her mother to Alzheimer’s while struggling to become a mother herself. Bowling Avenue by Ann Meador Shayne ’85 (2012, Chenille Press).

An eccentric and entertaining take on the first novel, by the co-author of the infamous MasonDixon Knitting blog. Gods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives by Craig Detweiler ’86 (2013, Brazos Press). Nationally known writer and speaker on media issues provides Christian perspective on navigating today’s social media culture. The Mindful Money Mentality: How to Find Balance in Your Financial Future by Holly P. Thomas ’86 (2013, Porchview Publishing). A book in response

to many 50- and 60-somethings the author has interviewed in recent years.

anthropology at Guilford College.

Recognizing Heritage: The Politics of Multiculturalism in New Mexico by Thomas H. Guthrie ’97 (2013, University of Nebraska Press). A scholarly work by an associate professor of sociology and

Talking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank about Faith edited by Erin Lane ’05 and Enuma C. Okoro (2013, I Speak For Myself). Featuring “voices of truth that can help Christians reclaim respect for flesh,” including a contribution by Katey Zeh ’05.

Add Yourself to the Shelf! To submit your book for this column, as well as to E.H. Little Library’s Davidsoniana Room, please send a signed copy to: Davidson Journal Box 7171, Davidson College Davidson, NC 28035-7171

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Assistant Professor Tyler Starr presented a paper titled “Nature of Cobbling” at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference. He also presented a paper titled “Lover’s Leap: Landscape as Pictograph” at the Southeastern College Art Conference, and was invited to give two talks at the Bechtler Museum in Charlotte about works in that collection. Starr’s own artwork was exhibited at the Ink Miami Art Fair, and was included in the exhibition “Art in Odd Places—Greensboro 2013: NUMBER.” He also co-translated the English summary for four issues of the quarterly Hanga Geijutsu, a Japanese magazine on contemporary printmaking. Professor Shaw Smith conducted a three-part lecture series for a Davidson alumni travel group on Renaissance art and architecture in Florence, Rome and Tuscan hill towns of Italy. He also attended a Southeastern College Art conference, where he presented the paper “Romare Bearden: Texting with Echoes of Paris and the Sound Box” in a session entitled “Texting: Image and Word.” The paper focused on the new sonic art history as a text within visual culture, as exemplified in the collages of Romare Bearden and French theories of memory, jazz and blues.

Biology

Professor Malcolm Campbell, director of the Martin Genomics Program, received an award for innovations in teaching biology from noted former Princeton University genomics professor David Botstein. The award represented part of a “Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences” given to Botstein and 10 other scientists earlier this year by four Internet titans. Campbell also has signed a contract with Carolina Biological to distribute a synthetic biology lab module for introductory biology that he co-developed with a collaborator. At the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Professor Karen Hales presented research coauthored with students on the topic of genetic control of intracellular dynamics of mitochondria, the power-harnessing structures of cells. She also became chair of the Education Committee for the Genetics Society of America. Professor and Department Chair Barbara Lom coauthored with three Davidson collaborators a paper in the journal Developmental Dynamics describing expression patterns of Slitrk genes. The Slitrk gene family has been implicated in a variety of human neuropsychiatric conditions, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome and schizophrenia, yet very little is known regarding Slitrk function. Lom’s coauthors included former research students Mark Angel ’13 and Kayla Shields ’10 as well as former Visiting Professor Jennifer Round. Their research is the first report of Slitrk gene expression in the zebrafish model system. This characterization of where and when each Slitrk gene is expressed in the developing brain and spinal cord is critical to design further studies examining how Slitrks influence neuronal development.

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theUnion: Faculty Associate Professor Chris Paradise published an article in American Entomologist with Corinne McCullough ’14 and Cakey Worthington ’13 concerning their use of digital macrophotography to measure biodiversity, identify insects and enhance outreach and education. Paradise also coauthored a paper with faculty colleagues Malcolm Campbell, Laurie Heyer, Pat Sellers and Mark Barsoum that they presented at the “Vision and Change: Documenting the Changes” conference. The paper concerned implementing vision and change in introductory biology through use of a new textbook. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Wendy Raymond has been appointed to a two-year term as chair of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation, a Congressionallymandated committee that reports biennially to Congress on the status of women, people from underrepresented minority groups and persons with disabilities in STEM. Professor Mark Stanback traveled to Namibia last summer to start a project examining nest site competition among cavity-nesting birds to identify which species are hardest hit by deforestation. The project is funded by the Columbus Zoo, the Fresno-Chaffee Zoo and the National Birds of Prey Trust. Stanback installed 220 nest boxes at three sites. Collaborators will collect data from them for two years until Stanback returns in the spring of 2016.

Chemistry

Assistant Professor Jeffrey Myers and Thomas Silvers ’13, who graduated with a major in biochemistry through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, published an article in the journal Biochemistry based on Silvers’ thesis research. The article describes the influence of osmolytes (small organic molecules accumulated by some organisms to alleviate water stress) on the association of protein molecules. Assistant Professor Nicole Snyder was elected secretary for the American Chemical Society’s Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry.

Classics

Associate Professor Keyne Cheshire performed excerpts from two translation projects during the annual meeting of the American Literary Translators Association. He read from Murder at Jagged Rock, a translation of Sophocles’ Women of Trachis set in a mythical Wild West. He also performed from memory a portion of Homer’s Iliad, translated emphatically for the modern ear and inspired by oral poetic modes of today. Grey Professor of Classics and Professor of History Peter Krentz published a paper originally presented at a conference in Greece. The paper, titled “Marathon and the Development of the Exclusive Hoplite Phalanx,” argues that in strictly military terms, the battle of Marathon

has been underappreciated for its influence on the development of the phalanx. It appeared in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Assistant Professor Darian Totten presented a paper, titled “Preliminary Findings from the Salapia Exploration Project: Revealing the Roman Port Town of Salapia,” at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. It detailed results of her summer fieldwork in Puglia, Italy, with co-collaborators Roberto Goffredo and Giovanni de Venuto.

Communication Studies

Amanda Martinez, assistant professor of communication studies, sociology and educational studies, gave an invited lecture for Texas A&M University’s 50th Anniversary of Inclusion events series. Her remarks were titled “Communication and the Politics of Inclusion and Diversity.” Martinez also was elected as vice chair of the Latino/a Communication Studies Division and La Raza Caucus, as well as program planner for the 2014 Centennial National Communication Association annual conference.

Economics

F.W. Johnson Professor of Economics Clark Ross has joined the Queens University Board of Visitors. Ross retired from his role as vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty in 2013; he continues to serve on the Davidson faculty. Assistant Professor Shyam Gouri Suresh and a coauthor from Trinity College published an article in the Cambridge Journal of Economics about aggregate structural macroeconomic analysis. Over the last few decades, the field of macroeconomics has been dominated by papers that follow a “microfounded” methodology, even though this typically involves making unrealistic assumptions. The authors argue that in many instances a more holistic approach that examines the entire economy as a system whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts is a better alternative.

Education

Associate Professor Hilton Kelly published “Toward a Critical Race Biography of Marion Thompson Wright (1905-62): Finding Facts, Pivoting Race” in Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography. In his article about this noted Howard University professor, Kelly asks how it’s possible to construct a comprehensive story of a life with scant archival materials. He introduces the idea of “pivoting race” in considering the role of a critical race biographer.

English

Armfield Professor Brenda Flanagan was invited to read at Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, and then lecture on “Diversity in American Literature” at six universities in Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung, Indonesia. She also conducted a creative writing workshop for students and faculty of Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung, and performed with local poets at the davidsonjournal.davidson.edu

Writers Festival in Surabaya. Her travels occurred under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. Professor Emeritus Gill Holland co-edited a collection of essays entitled Fictions and Metafictions of Evil. The volume contains 16 essays of literary criticism, comparative literature and interdisciplinary studies by Polish, German, Welsh, French and American scholars and features a voyage through the sea of evil from the beginning of time to the present, from the creation of the world (Hughes) to contemporary terrorism (Wajdi Mouawad). Holland also published a collection of poems titled EVERGLADING: Or Time Enough. Holland is donating all proceeds from the sale of Everglading to the library in memory of a quartet of former departmental colleagues of his generation: Dick Cole, Charlie Lloyd, Frank Bliss and Jim Purcell. Dana Professor Cynthia Lewis published an article, “Students Stage Shrew! The Theater as Classroom,” in a new MLA volume, Approaches to Teaching “The Taming of the Shrew.” The article focuses on her Performing Shakespeare class, which produced the play in 1995.

Environmental Studies

Assistant Professor Brad Johnson, working with colleagues from Environmental Studies and the Davidson Archives, received a grant to examine the history of Lake Norman and the flooded valleys that lie below. He also was recently appointed to the Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District Board.

German Studies

Burkhard Henke, Wall Professor of the Humanities and Chair of the Department of German Studies, has been appointed co-chair of the Advanced Placement (AP) German Language and Culture Test Development Committee. He also is working with colleagues to offer the first AP German Summer Institute on campus in 2014. Professor Maggie McCarthy gave a paper titled “Coming of Age, Capitalism, and Counter-Cinema Techniques in Christian Petzold’s Die innere Sicherheit” at the German Studies Association conference. It is part of a book project about second- and third-wave German feminism.

Hispanic Studies

Associate Professor Angela Willis published an interview with Russian-Cuban writer Anna Lidia Vega Serova in the journal Latin Americanist. Willis interviewed Serova in Havana last summer, exploring her life as an intellectual who grew up between Leningrad and La Habana during the years of the fall of the Soviet Union. Serova also talked about the freedoms that gay intellectuals have earned in recent years.

History

Jonathan Berkey, James B. Duke Professor of International Studies and History, published a chapter on “Women and Gender in Islamic

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Traditions” in the Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe. The place of women in Islam is a topic that excites much provocative and critical commentary in the West, but in fact when approached carefully it is a helpful way of exploring larger themes concerning Islamic law and the ordering of Islamic societies. Associate Professor Thomas Pegelow Kaplan published an article titled “The West German Student Movement Press and Anti-Semitism: Left-Wing Politics, Memories of Mass Crimes, and Transnational Networks in the 1960s and 1970s” for the book Judenfeindschaft und Antisemitismus in der deutschen Presse über fünf Jahrhunderte. He submitted invited articles to the Tel Aviv Yearbook for German History and Yad Vashem’s journal Bishvil Hazikaron. He presented a paper at the annual meeting of the German Studies Association (GSA), and was appointed by the president of the German Historical Association to that organization’s “Future of the GSA” committee. He chaired the nominating committee of the Southern Historical Association’s European History Section, was named a “Friend” of the N.C. Council on the Holocaust, and gave the scholarly presentation at one of the council’s teacher workshops. On the Davidson campus, Pegelow Kaplan organized programs with German-Italian historian Clelia Caruso, Auschwitz survivor Susan Cernyak-Spatz and Cambodian genocide survivor Ken Sok. Finally, he conducted archival research and interviewed former activists in Germany and Holland for his book project on left-wing protest movements, transnational imageries of mass murder and the remaking of memory in West Germany and the United States from 1951 until 1983. He also collaborated with colleagues at UNC Charlotte in organizing the seventh workshop of the Southeast German Studies Consortium at Davidson and UNC Charlotte in March 2014. Associate Professor Patricia Tilburg presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Western Society for French History titled “Feathered Foes: Parisian Plumassières, Bird Preservation, and National Identity, 1908-1917.” Her presentation occurred as part of a panel discussion of gender and consumer culture in the history of modern Paris.

Music

Professor Neil Lerner was re-elected secretary of the Society for American Music, and was elected to a three-year term as a member-at-large on the Council of the American Musicological Society (AMS). At the AMS national meeting he shared his recent archival discoveries about musical scores for films that represented returning disabled veterans in a panel titled “Recent Research in Music & Disability Studies.” Lerner also presented the BA Convocation Guest Lecture for the School of Music at UNC Greensboro, where he discussed the development of musical style in early video games. He wrote the entry on disabilities and music for a newly published reference work called Music in American Life (ABC-CLIO). Finally, his essay

“The Origins of Musical Style in Video Games, 1977-1983” has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Film Music Studies.

Physics

Brown Professor Wolfgang Christian and Professor Mario Belloni made presentations at the national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Christian read a paper titled “How to Develop JavaScript Models for Tablets,” and also served as secretary at the association’s board meeting. Belloni read an invited paper titled “Astrophotography on a Budget,” which highlighted recent developments in incorporating astrophotography into introductory astronomy classes. He also served as the North Carolina section representative and chair of the AAPT National Nominating Committee.

Psychology

Mark Smith and Elizabeth Pitts ’11 published a study in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The paper describes an animal model they developed in which one rat can spend time with a rat that uses drugs, or spend time with a rat that does not use drugs. The research sheds light on why adolescents who use drugs tend to have friends who also use drugs. Watson Associate Professor Scott Tonidandel gave an invited talk titled “Developments and Resources for Relative Importance Analysis” at the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis. The talk was broadcast live to more than 150 CARMA consortium members.

Religion

Professor Greg Snyder delivered an invited paper at a conference held at the Norwegian Academy in Rome. The paper discussed the neighborhood context for the Flavia Sophe inscription, a poetic funeral epitaph deriving from a group of gnostic Christians who lived and met in the southeastern suburbs of Rome. Associate Professor Anne Wills presented a paper titled “An Odd Kind of Cross to Bear: Being Mrs. Billy Graham” at the “Worlds of Billy Graham” conference at Wheaton College. Wills assesses the influence that Ruth Graham had on the famous evangelist’s work, focusing particularly on her image in popular magazines and her revisions to his best-selling book, Peace with God. Wills’ paper, and the other conference papers, will be published in a volume Wills is coediting with colleagues at Duke and Boise State University. Wills also presented one of four featured papers at the Maryville College Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts. Titled “Myths and Manners: Patriarchy’s Enduring Boundaries,” her paper compared Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) with William Young’s 2007 book The Shack. Assistant Professor Rizwan Zamir served on a panel and presented a paper at the German Oriental Studies Conference. He and other panelists discussed South Asian traditional scholarship, and Spring 2014

theUnion: In Memoriam his paper concerned 20th century Indian Shi’ite Ayatullah Ali Naqi Naqvi. Zamir also gave presentations on emerging trends in TV preaching in contemporary Pakistan, and on pedagogical techniques for teaching Islamic texts at the fall meeting of the Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar. He delivered a paper focused on the need for the reintroduction of Muslim narrative literature to the Muslim ethical discourse at a meeting of the American Academy of Religion, where he was selected to serve on the academy’s steering committee on “Scriptural/Contextual Ethics Group.”

Sociology

Batten Professor of Public Policy Steve Weinberg is researching and writing his ninth book, a biography of Garry Trudeau (creator of “Doonesbury” and husband of Jane Pauley). Weinberg is visiting this term from Columbia, Mo., where he is a full-time writer and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri Journalism School. For more information on his previous books, visit www. steveweinbergauthor.com. Associate Professor and Department Chair Gerardo Marti received a $400,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment to investigate Latino Protestant congregations across the United States. More information on the project can be found at www.lpcproject.org.

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An article by Postdoctoral Fellow Andrew Fiss titled “Cultivating Parabolas in the Parlor Garden: Reconciling Mathematics Education and Feminine Ideals in Nineteenth-Century America” was published in a special issue of the journal Science & Education. It discusses the reasons used to justify the teaching of mathematics in a specific historical moment. His article provides context for current debates about gender and mathematical abilities. Program Director and Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Van Hillard was elected incoming chair of Small Liberal Arts College Writing Program Administrators, a national organization devoted to the teaching of intellectual and academic writing.

Congratulations, Professor! The Board of Trustees voted at their winter meeting to promote the following faculty members to full professor: Mark Foley, Economics Sharon Green, Theatre Van Hillard, College Writing Program Christopher Paradise, Biology Vivian Shen, Chinese Studies

The “In Memoriam” website allows you to search for deceased classmates by name or class year, share obituaries with others and leave remembrances. blogs.davidson.edu/ memoriam. Albert Carter Mills Jr. ’34 Zachary, La. Died Nov. 12, 2013. He was preceded in death by his son, Albert Mills III and grandson, Wilmer Hastings Mills. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Kathleen Louise Riddle; one daughter, Kathleen Davis; two sons, Wilmer R. Mills, 22552 Old Scenic Hwy., Zachary, LA 70791, and David P. Mills; 19 grandchildren and 70 great-grandchildren.

Thomas Oliver Duff Jr. ’35 Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Died Oct. 14, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Kitchen Duff. He is survived by his son, Thomas Oliver “Todd” Duff, 3 Lerth Cir., Signal Mountain, TN 37377; his daughter, Catherine Duff Latimore; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

William R. “Bill” Bradford Jr. ’37 Fort Mill, S.C. Died Sept. 27, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Helen Parler Bradford. He is survived by his son, William R. Bradford III ’65, 1818 Lennox Ave., Charlotte, NC 28203; and daughter, Camille Bradford Hugg.

Wilbur Shields Edwards ’37 Barrington Hills, Ill. Died Dec. 21, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Jane Holman Edwards. He is survived by his children, Ashton Edwards, 199 Summer Hill Rd., Madison, CT 06443, Jay Edwards and Alisa Edwards; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Idzard John Tinga ’38 Wilmington, N.C. Died Oct. 3, 2013. He is survived by his son, John H. Tinga, and daughter, Anna Tinga White, 104 Dartmouth Ct., Chapel Hill, NC 27516; and two grandchildren.

Richard Beckman Vowles ’38 Madison, Wis.

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Samuel Reid Spencer Jr. ’40 Davidson, N.C.

Patrick Murphy Williams Jr. ’47 Jacksonville, Fla.

Thomas “Tom” Lawrence Jetton Sr. ’50 Charlotte, N.C.

Arnold Whisnant ’53 Johnson City, Tenn.

Died Oct. 16, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Ava, 400 Avinger Ln., Apt. 209, Davidson, NC 28036; children Samuel Reid Spencer III, Ellen Henschen, Clayton Spencer and Frank Spencer; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Died Oct. 10, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Skinner Williams. He is survived by his four children, Ann W. Brinson, 550 Billy Swaim Rd., High Point, NC 27265, Molly Williams, Pat Williams III and Susan W. Brodeur; and seven grandchildren.

Died Nov. 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth “Sugar” Jetton, 720 Larkhall Ln., Charlotte, NC 28211; and four children, Tom L. Jetton Jr., William C. Jetton, Lizabeth H. Jetton and Frank T. Jetton.

Died Dec. 16, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara. He is survived by his son, Gregory Whisnant, 1449 Cayton Rd., Florence, KY 41042; and grandson, Zachary.

Sidney Ely Daffin ’42 Niceville, Fla.

James Yarboro Scruggs Jr. ’48 Rock Hill, S.C.

Mott Edgar Price Jr. ’50 Eden, N.C.

Thomas Eugene Breeden ’55 Swansboro, N.C.

Died Dec. 6, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Sara Solomon Daffin, 406 Bunkers Cove Rd., Panama City, FL 32401; his children, Diana “Cissy” Senechal, Robert Dale Daffin and Suki Daffin; three grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Died Sept.16, 2012. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Cauthen Scruggs. He is survived by his three daughters, Cecil Fitcher, Ruth Clark and Virginia Hargett, 246 Border Rd. E, Rock Hill, SC 29730; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Died Nov. 18, 2013. He is survived by his devoted wife of 23 years, Joyce Y. Price, 1325 Tellowee Rd., Eden, NC 27288; his two daughters, Kim Weaver and Lynne Edwards; his son, John; his stepdaughter, Diane McDowell; 10 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

Died Nov. 20, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Charlton Rogers Breeden, 207 Royal Oaks Ct., Swansboro, NC 28584; one daughter, Charlton Amanda McMehan; three sons, David, Tom Jr. and Chris; and eight grandchildren.

Archibald A. McNeill Jr. ’43 Camilla, Ga.

George Butler Thomasson ’48 Kings Mountain, N.C.

Norman Whiteheart ’50 Winston-Salem, N.C.

Died Aug. 22, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Smyth McNeill, 180 S. MacArthur Dr., Camilla, GA 31730; four sons, A.A. McNeill III, James S. McNeill, John McNeill and Pat McNeill; three daughters, Nora Perry ’77, Mary McNeill and Kathleen McNeill; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Died Aug. 23, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marion Arthur Thomasson, 405 Phifer Rd., Kings Mountain, NC 28086; his daughter, Ann; and two grandchildren.

Died Jan. 1, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Polly. He is survived by his son, Robert Whiteheart, 3409 Dogwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27403; daughter, Luanne Hall; and grandchildren.

Thomas Frederick Stimson ’43 Signal Mountain, Tenn.

John Milton Bailey Jr. ’49 Knoxville, Tenn.

John D. Kelton ’51 Davidson, N.C.

Died Oct. 12, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Johnston Bailey. He is survived by his daughters, Ruth Bailey O’Dell and Pat Bailey Deatherage; two grandchildren, including S. Ray Hill III ’97; two step-grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.

Died Nov. 2, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Paula, 400 Avinger Ln., Apt. 124, Davidson, NC 28036; their three children, David Kelton, Cissy Kelton Byrd and Mary Kelton Bridges; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Memorials may be made to Davidson College, Box 7177, Davidson, NC 28035.

William Boyden Fesperman ’49 Pittsboro, N.C.

N. Graham Smith Jr. ’52 Haw River, N.C.

Died Oct. 9, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Jean Fesperman, 10 Winding Branch Rd., Pittsboro, NC 27312; and four children: Kathy Brown, Jim Fesperman, John Fesperman and Martha Spradley; and seven grandchildren.

Died Dec. 30, 2013. He is survived by his three daughters, Alice Ray, 1879 Jimmie Kerr Rd., Haw River, NC 27258, Beth Dunkley, Penny Smith; son, Tripp Smith; and two grandchildren.

Died Oct. 24, 2013. He was preceded in death by granddaughters Rebecca Stimson, Amanda Isom and Lauren Jenkins. He is survived by his loving wife, Rebecca Jane Train Stimson, 440 Alexian Way, Apt. 47, Signal Mountain, TN 37377; his children, Susan, Bobby, Tommy and Becca ’77; and 13 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Davidson College, Box 7177, Davidson, NC 28035.

Haywood Price Lineberger Jr. ’45 Atlanta, Ga. Died Nov. 20, 2013. He is survived by his cousin, Don Robinson.

Charles Franklin Blackburn ’46 Henderson, N.C. Died Oct. 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Thalia Jane Tillman Blackburn, 645 Lakeview Dr., Henderson, NC 27536; his son, Charles F. Blackburn Jr.; and granddaughter, Katherine Blackburn ’13.

Daniel McIntyre Berry Jr. ’47 Atlanta, Ga. Died July 11, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Josephine Huer and his son, Daniel “Danny” McIntyre Berry III ’72. He is survived by two sisters, Barbara Shaw and Catherine Blantona; and a brother, Warren Berry, 45 Cameron Glen Dr., NW, Sandy Springs, GA 30328.

John William “Bill” Medford Jr. ’49 Lexington, N.C. Died Dec. 16, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Betsy Wall Medford, 410 Country Club Dr., Lexington, NC 27292; daughter Rhainne Michele Medford McRae; stepchildren Chuck Wall, Sterling Wall, Julia Dunn and Tom Wall; 15 grandchildren; and 14 greatgrandchildren.

C. Venoy “Van” Boliek ’50 Charlotte, NC Died Dec. 21, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Murlene Loftin Boliek, 1300 Reece Rd., Apt. 501, Charlotte, NC 28209.

George Millard King Jr. ’53 Bristol, Tenn.

Willis Fleming Briley Jr. ’55 Wilson, N.C. Died Sept. 18, 2013. No additional information was available at the time of this printing.

William “Bill” H. Towe ’55 Cary, N.C. Died Oct. 18, 2013. He is survived by his children, Christopher Towe, 170 Sunset Dr., Athens, GA 30606, and Maria Towe; and two grandchildren.

Frederick Griffith Walsh ’55 Denton, Texas Died Sept. 2, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, 10105 Countryside Dr., Denton, TX 76207; three children, Gary G. Walsh, Susan W. Ponikiewski and Steve S. Walsh; and six grandchildren.

Charles Moody Robinson ’56 Flowery Branch, Ga. Died Sept. 28, 2013. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Alice Pittman Robinson. He is survived by a son, David Bevel, 1370 Stampmill Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Died Jan. 7, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Rouse King, 213 Overbrook Dr., Bristol, TN 37620.

Mercer Jefferson Blankenship Jr. ’57 Arden, N.C.

John Howard Proctor ’53 Williamsburg, Va.

Died Nov. 5, 2013. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Blankenship, 136 Colony Ln., Arden, NC 28704, and his two sons, Scott and Gil.

Died Nov. 28, 2013. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lynn Proctor Parker, and his stepson, Christopher L. Crye. He is survived by his wife, Karen “KJ” Boyer Proctor, 102 Moray Fifth, Williamsburg, VA 23188; five children, Susan Carol Proctor King, John Christopher Proctor, James Alexander Proctor, John Boyer Crye and Daniel Danckwerth; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

John Wells Garden ’57 Lexington, Ky. Died Dec. 24, 2013. He is survived by his wife of many years, Ann, 262 Market St., Lexington, KY 40507; daughter, Caroline O’Hagan; and a grandson.

Died Dec. 19, 2013. He is survived by his son, Richard, and daughter Elizabeth Vowles, 633 Eugenia Ave. Madison, WI 53705.

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Gary Bert Lane ’64 Pensacola, Fla.

James “Jace” Perrin Collins ’74 Delray Beach, Fla.

Died Aug. 22, 2013. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Terry Lynn Kirby. He is survived by his wife, Virginia MacRae, P.O. Box 905, Jacksonville, FL 36265; his son, Carey Kirby; two grandsons; two grandchildren by marriage; and one great-grandchild by marriage.

Died April 23, 2007. He is survived by his children, Ramsey Welles O’Neill Lane, Jonathan Breckenridge O’Neill Lane, 2875 Bayou Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32503, Tyson Nathaniel O’Neill Lane, Susannah Fuller O’Neill Lane-Sullivan, Jennifer Sexton O’Neill Lane and Angus Livingston O’Neill Lane; and six grandchildren.

Died May 27, 2012. No additional information was available at the time of this printing.

Clyde Allen Hall Jr. ’59 Dalton, Ga.

Arnold Holmes Snider III ’66 Princeton, N.J.

Died Oct. 30, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife and friend of 54 years, Caroline Hall, 502 Mt. Sinai Rd., Dalton, GA 30720; and daughter, Lauren Foxworth Hall.

Died Jan. 3, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, 15 Central Park W., Apt. 12D, New York, NY 10023; children, Sarah Snider and Ned Snider; and three grandchildren. Contributions in Arnie’s memory may be made to the Arnold H. Snider Scholarship at Davidson College.

Died Jan. 8, 2014. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Cara Sayle Shappley. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Joan, 103 Queen Annes Rd., Greenville, NC 27858; three daughters, Cate Shappley Mason, Nell Shappley Mason and Anna Shappley Ogle; and five grandchildren.

John Hill Fitzgerald III ’64 Zebulon, Ga. Died Jan. 14, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Zander Fitzgerald. He is survived by five daughters, two sons and 15 grandchildren.

George W. Blount ’67 Asheville, N.C. Died Aug. 10, 2013. No additional information was available at the time of this printing.

Richard A. Graham Sr. ’67 Chevy Chase, Md. Died June 27, 2013. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Linda Graham, 3500 Raymond St., Chevy Chase, MD 20815; three children, Lisa McCormack, Richard A. Graham Jr. and Scott A. Graham; and six grandchildren.

Kenneth Gerard “Gerry” Bello ’73 Raleigh, N.C. Died Oct. 25, 2013. He is survived by his mother, Jackie Harper, 3322 Ocotea St., Raleigh, NC 27607.

Died Jan. 1, 2014. He is survived by his mother, Lenore M. Clark, 33 Lakeway Ln., Harwich, MA 02645. Contributions may be made in Peter Clark’s name to the Peter F. Clark Memorial Fund, Office of Donor Relations, Davidson College, Box 7174, Davidson, NC 28035.

Billy Frank McLean ’77 Clinton, N.C.

Sharon Lee Bridwell ’82 Las Vegas, Nev. Died Jan. 2, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Gene Leed, 7634 Ironwood Knoll Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89113; two stepdaughters and three step-grandchildren; her father, Gerald Bridwell, and stepmother, Jill.

David Hughes McGee ’85 Oakland, Calif. Died Nov. 10, 2013. He is survived by his brothers, Eddie McGee, Jim McGee and Zell McGee ’57, 2552 E. 1700 St., Salt Lake City, UT 84108.

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Imagination, the liberal arts and why we missed the Arab Spring By Chris Alexander, Director, Dean Rusk International Studies Program

n the spring of 2010, I published a book on the politics

Died Sept. 22, 2013. He is survived by his mother, Hilda Williams, 210 Lane St., Clinton, NC 28328; and children, Shamika McLean and Billy “Dee” McLean.

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of modern Tunisia. That book’s final paragraph contained the following sentence: “It does seem clear, though, that political change in Tunisia will not come about through some dramatic event that suddenly replaces the existing order with a new one.” This was not a controversial view. I held it in ample good company. Less than a year later, Tunisia exploded in a popular revolt that toppled a government and opened the most dramatic season of political unrest in the Arab world in 50 years. It also opened exciting new research horizons. Political scientists and other analysts will study the Arab Spring for years to come. Along with the discussions of causes and consequences, similarities and differences, we should ponder a more fundamental question: Why didn’t we see it coming? We tell students that good theories should predict the future as well as explain the past. We might be forgiven for missing small, insignificant events that we chalk up as outliers or exceptions that prove our rules. But why did we miss the most significant wave of unrest in a critical region in half a century? The nature of the revolts is partly to blame. Serious protest movements don’t materialize from thin air. People build them. Consequently, analysts focus on the organized groups of people who assemble resources, look for opportunities, evaluate risks and devise strategies. This is why we paid so much attention to Islamist parties and movements. They seemed to be the players most likely to organize protest on a scale that could topple governments. The Arab Spring wasn’t this kind of protest. It appeared to be spontaneous, without leaders or structures. In reality, the Arab Spring movements were not as leaderless as some romantic descriptions presented them. But they did lack the identifiable leaders and structures that we often study. This made the protests harder to repress, and harder to predict. But we missed the Arab Spring for another important reason. After the Cold War, the Middle East and North Africa stood as the last regional bastion of authoritarian rule. While democratic transitions unfolded in other regions, authoritarianism remained

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the rule across the Arabic-speaking world. Accounting for this fact became the central task for analysts in government and the academy. We got very good at it. We challenged the popular notion that authoritarian politics is simply the product of an authoritarian culture. We described the resources and the strategies that allowed savvy rulers to manipulate reforms, to co-opt opposition themes and to repress dissent. We made a compelling case that rather than getting swept away by the forces of globalization, interdependence, or expanding democratic norms, authoritarian governments could have lots of life left in them. The fact that regimes in places like Algeria and Egypt continued to survive in the face of popular discontent and vigorous Islamist movements supported these arguments. Did we do such a good job that we built authoritarian regimes in our own minds? Did we explain authoritarian persistence so well that we undervalued evidence of its fragility? Let’s rephrase the questions. Did our deepknowledgepreventusfromconceiving of alternative realities? Did it hobble our imaginations? These questions should resonate deeply at a place like Davidson. At their best, liberal arts educations forge rigorous imaginations. These imaginations spring from minds that gather information about the world methodically and analytically. But these minds are liberated by what they know, not held captive by it. Students interested in global affairs often ask why they should study at a liberal arts college rather than an institution that offers a more specialized course of study. Rigorous imagination is the answer, and it doesn’t come simply from studying facts about political and economic systems. It comes from thinking deeply about how authors develop characters and their worlds. It comes from feeling transported to a place that you struggle to describe with words by a poem, a piece of music or a sculpture. It comes from understanding how physicists use quarks and hadrons and other things we can’t see to explain everything that we do see. The minds—the imaginations—that emerge from this education do more than predict how the pieces on the chessboard will move. They see how the board might be arranged in fundamentally different ways. Spring 2014

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