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Hank Norton, Legendary Coach: On Ferrum, Football and Fishing E-Term Students Study Big Cats in Belize | From Ferrum to the Smithsonian Honor Roll of Donors
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Dear Friends of Ferrum College, It was a thrill to welcome over 1,450 students for the academic year 2010–2011, continuing our six-year trend of increasing enrollment. Our student profile is predominantly Virginian and first generation. As these numbers grow, so does our campus! We are blessed by these students since many other small, rural colleges struggle to achieve enrollment stability. Because of our adherence to our historic mission of affordability, accessibility and opportunity for students of promise, our students have high financial need, and we particularly thank those of you who give scholarship support. It is our number one priority toward achieving student success, and we are grateful for your help. We are continuously working to enhance our curriculum, develop innovative internships, create faculty/student research opportunities and offer more mission trips. We thank those who support so many of our efforts, such as faculty fellowships; our environmental science water quality monitoring program at Smith Mountain Lake; our criminal justice, business, and education programs; and our campus ministry outreach. I wish every single one of you could have been at the fall Homecoming festivities for the groundbreaking for the Hank Norton Athletic Center! It was a truly momentous event, with students, alumni, Board members, faculty and staff participating in the ceremonies. Construction is now under way on this much anticipated facility that will be second to none among our peer institutions. As most of you know, it is named in honor of our most famous coach, the renowned football legend Hank Norton, and will serve all 12 of our men’s and women’s outdoor sports. The building will include a weight room, classroom, locker rooms, offices for coaching staff and public space. We thank those of you who have already contributed to this wonderful facility and ask that those who are interested in naming rooms or amenities for the center contact Kim Blair, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, kblair@ferrum.edu. Whether you were with us in person or in spirit for the groundbreaking, there is still plenty of time and need for you to give in a meaningful way to this long-awaited addition to the Ferrum campus. Construction will also begin during this semester at the Blue Ridge Institute. The federally-funded project will include new exhibit and classroom space. We were thrilled to receive a grant from the prestigious Arthur Vining Davis Foundations that will make possible the renovation of existing campus space and the purchase of equipment and furnishings for “smart classrooms” to enrich the learning experience of our students. We also look forward to completion of the Hart International Plaza in time for our 95th commencement ceremonies in May 2011. Excitement continues to swirl about our economic development activities! These include potential plans to enhance the health center, to be funded in part through a federal grant and a gift from a private donor, and a biomass boiler to provide heat and some power to the campus, made possible in large part through a generous donation of equipment by the parent of an alum. The biomass boiler will contribute to the local economy by utilizing renewable fuel sources such as pulpwood and switch grass provided by area timber cutters and farmers. We are planning now for the observance of our Centennial during the academic year 2013–2014. You will soon begin to hear more about the events, the priorities and the opportunities for engagement during this celebratory time that will include the launch of “The Centennial Campaign.” We thank all of you who have loved and supported Ferrum throughout our evolutionary history and ask that you join with us in this new endeavor in tribute to our first 100 years and in anticipation of the many more yet to come! Sincerely yours,
Jennifer L. Braaten President
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Jason Powell – Professor/Cheatham Fellow Faculty Changes E-Term Ferrum Imperial Tour
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Contributing Editors John Carlin Theresa Potter pg. 16
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Alumni.................................................. 46 Distinguished Alumni Award Sports Hall of Fame Inductees Alumni Association President Profile - Joel Wilson ’81
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Honor Roll of Donors................................ 51 Tracking Panthers................................... 77
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Contributing Writers Wes Astin ’74 John Carlin Gary Holden Tracy Holley ’96 Beth Hopkins Brenda Martin Kathleen O’Malley Theresa Potter Vaughn Webb Donna Williamson ’93 Contributing Photographers Wes Astin ’74 John Carlin Gary Holden Tracy Holley ’96
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Football Coach Dave Davis Retires Billy Wagner Night Lacrosse at Ferrum Sports on Campus
Magazine Contributors Editor Kathleen O’Malley
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President Joel Wilson ’81
Golden Panthers President Ruth Ross Dandridge ’52
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Sustainability Blue Ridge Institute Ferrum Outdoors Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre
Alumni Association Officers
Vice President Joyce Bernice Cobbs ’98
Philanthropy.......................................... 16 National Science Foundation Grant Advancement News Hart International Plaza Arthur Vining Davis Grant Ferrum College Forum on Critical Thought, Leadership & Innovation Executive-in-Residence 2010/2011 Hank Norton Center Groundbreaking Feature – Coach Norton on Ferrum, Football and Fishing
Ferrum College Alumni Office P.O. Box 1000 Ferrum, VA 24088-9000 1-877-FERRUM1 alumni@ferrum.edu
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Ferrum College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran status, gender or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in or employment in its programs and activities. Ferrum College affirms the dignity and worth of every individual regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and will not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any individual. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Director of Human Resources, 205 John Wesley Hall, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA 24088, 540-365-4235. Inquiries concerning the application of nondiscrimination policies may also be referred to: Office of Civil Rights, District of Columbia Office, U.S. Department of Education, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Room 316, P.O. Box 14620, Washington, D.C. 20044-4620.
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Dr. Jason Powell, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics
ason Powell is a self described man “on a mission to teach students the power of chemistry in their lives.” Known for imaginative and interactive teaching methods, Powell received a coveted Cheatham Fellowship in spring 2009 for his newest teaching strategy involving the use of digital video, lecture capture and podcasting in general chemistry classes. The technology of Powell’s project is fairly straightforward. With help from practicum students, he will employ a digital video camera and lecture-capture technology to capture and broadcast video and audio from his classroom or laboratory. Then he will edit the raw footage and prepare mini-lectures made available to students via the Angel learning management system used by the college in most courses. He will be participating in
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Dr. Jason Powell, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics .............................................5 U.S. Senator Webb Speaks at Commencement...............8 George Loveland Takes the Reins at Stanley Library..........................................................9 Faculty Changes.............................................................9 E-Term..........................................................................10 Promising Futures Built on Ferrum Successes ..............12 Building Social Networks.............................................14 SACS Accreditation......................................................14 Ferrum Group Tours the Imperial Cities of Europe........15
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a beta test of the technology for Panopto’s CourseCast software this fall, piloting the techniques in one section of Chemistry 103 and using his other two sections as references to compare gains in student learning that result from the use of the technology. Powell’s project focuses on two stages of the learning process: preview and review. Powell must use time at the beginning of each term discussing safety in the laboratory environment. In addition, he estimates that he can save up to 30 minutes of each threehour lab period currently spent previewing the procedure to be followed that day. The lecture-capture video technology will allow
Nothing could be further from Jason Powell’s plans. “If we can replace ourselves by having this technology,” Powell says, “then we’re not doing enough in the classroom.” Powell believes he can put the time saved to use toward the most important goal of all: enhanced student learning. Powell hopes the combination of mini-lectures and quizzes will better prepare students for laboratory activities, and he hopes that using the technology will encourage students to accept more responsibility for their own learning and to become more independent learners. In addition, he foresees that capturing his lectures digitally will provide a means for students who don’t master the material the first time. And he thinks presenting the material through technology invites a greater variety of learning styles than simply giving students a pre-lab written handout. Finally, he expects the recordings to be useful for students who miss class or lab.
“ I am on a mission to teach students the power of chemistry in their lives.” him to prepare mini-lectures for student preview prior to each lab. He will also devise a quiz for each mini-lecture, to ensure that students are prepared to perform the procedures safely and correctly. These mini-lectures and quizzes will be available to students through Angel, where Powell can also implement user tracking. In addition, Powell plans to “capture” or record three or four key experiments in his chemistry class so that students can play them from the Angel course web, and he may record minilectures to review skills covered in prerequisite courses, such as how to solve quadratic equations.
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Powell sees several advantages to his use of the technology. The most apparent is the substantial savings of time for Powell himself, particularly in light of the fact that he often teaches two or three sections of the same introductory or general chemistry class each semester. This time-shifting, of course, leads skeptics to suggest that the technology might replace the professor. When Powell participated in an online focus group sponsored by Macmillan Publishing, he found he was the only participant teaching courses smaller than 100 students, and that some participants routinely teach classes of up to 1,500 students. (Powell’s are typically limited to 32 per lecture section and 16 per lab.) The goal of those teaching larger classes, Powell says, is often “to gradually remove themselves from the classroom environment.” Recalling the example of Richard Feynman, whose famous master lectures on physics at Cal Tech became the substance of his well-known and widely used physics textbook, Powell asks a rhetorical question: “If students can get class this way, then why don’t I teach class once, for the last time?” Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
Powell expects that his students will find new ways of using the technology to their advantage. “Our students use Internet resources so much more fluently than we do,” he says, “that I’m sure they’ll find uses for it I haven’t imagined yet. The utility will only be limited by what the students think to do with it.” Powell is well aware that his affinity for technology could have led him to much more lucrative work. For example, “I like to tell students that I turned down a job starting at over $100,000 a year,” Powell says. He also frowns on the idea that a high-tech, highpressure job would have meant carrying a pager and being on call 24/7. As a husband and the father of three young children, Powell says his priorities are different: “I am not in this job just to make money.” Powell enjoys “the rhythm of teaching” and found his own education most fulfilling when he was engaged in helping classmates understand the material. In high school, he tutored other students for the Advanced Placement test. As an undergraduate at Virginia Tech, he conducted problem-solving discussion sections in general chemistry and served as a tutor and research assistant. He enrolled for doctoral study in inorganic chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he undertook research and teaching assistantships, eventually serving as Master Teaching Assistant for the all-campus Teaching Assistant Orientation. He also organized a symposium on Careers in Teaching Chemistry and began to wonder how well he could handle a classroom of his own. In 2001, he joined the Ferrum faculty with a newly minted Ph.D. and looks so boyish that he was sometimes mistaken for an undergraduate student. He quickly realized he could fill another
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niche at Ferrum, and subsequently earned a master of arts in physics education from the University of Virginia while teaching full time. At Ferrum, he has taught some 20 different chemistry and physics courses and Life Sciences seminars, as well as two or three variations of Ferrum’s First-Year Experience or “Gateway” classes and the math/science component of August Term. As coordinator of the college’s Forensic Science minor, he has developed several courses for that program. He serves as advisor to the Chemistry Club and to Ferrum Christian Fellowship. He redesigned his academic division’s website and trained the school’s secretary to update it. And in perhaps his most imaginative role to date, Powell masqueraded as Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during Ferrum’s 2009 Summer Enrichment program for grade schoolers. Powell brought to life this fictional character in J.K. Rowlings’ wildly popular “Harry Potter” book series while introducing the “magic” of chemistry to future Ferrum College students! Innovation, design and teaching are clearly part of Powell’s DNA – whether it’s his new lecture capture project, a degree in physics, or a better way to communicate with freshmen – it’s evident that Ferrum students are better off with Powell at the head of the class. Excerpted from the Ferrum College 2009 Profess article by Lana A. Whited.
Dr. Powell’s Recent Publications, Research & Scholarly Endeavors
• Research associate in the Ferrum College Water Quality Program at Smith Mountain Lake and Claytor Lake; supervision of student laboratory technicians and water quality reports. • Author of a protocol for using a UV-visible spectrophotometer for analysis of key water nutrients (such as total phosphorus, nitrate, and total nitrogen); participated in compiling dissolved oxygen depth profiles for Smith Mountain Lake. • Recipient of numerous professional development funding grants from Ferrum and the Appalachian College Association (ACA), including two collaborative projects within the ACA: a joint venture with other ACA scientists to develop a multi-institution, interdisciplinary research program for undergraduate students and a collaborative research project with two scientists from King College to study the toxicology of carbon nanoparticles. • Recipient of professional development funding for a nanotechnology pilot project and the installation of an Atomic Force/Scanning Tunneling Microscope at Ferrum. • Several positions, including chair, of the Blue Ridge Local Section of the American Chemical Society; program chair for the ChemEd 2009 international conference for chemistry educators held at Radford University.
• Reviewer of several chemistry and physical science textbooks; authored student and instructor solutions manuals for the textbook Investigating Chemistry: A Forensic Science Perspective (2nd edition) by Matthew Johll (Freeman 2009). Developed online quizzes and case studies for Johll’s text. •
Participant in workshops and conferences devoted to teaching or science education through the ACA, the Virginia Academy of Science, the National Science Foundation, the Middle-Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers, and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).
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Lecturer/Judge for the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School, Piedmont Regional Odyssey of the Mind, and Franklin County High School Scholastic Competition for Academic Excellence League (SCAEL).
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Recipient of a John B. Stephenson Fellowship for Faculty in the Arts & Sciences from the Appalachian College Association, Inc. (ACA) for a geochemistry sabbatical project for work conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Bob Bodnar at Virginia Tech. Developed and tested protocol using ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy to characterize hydrocarbon mixtures in petroleum-containing fluid inclusions in minerals. (Put simply, “attempting to find a cheaper, better way to prospect for petroleum.”)
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Senator Jim Webb Speaks at Commencement Jessica Flanagan ’10 is senior class speaker Ferrum College saw its largest graduating class in 25 years in May 2010, and the group enjoyed an address from a man who more than matched the occasion. U.S. Senator Jim Webb told the approximately 200 students that his roots grow deep in the region’s red clay.
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y family has roots in this area. My mother was a Hodges,” Webb told the approximately 200 students, their families and members of the campus community who had gathered to celebrate Ferrum’s 94th commencement ceremonies. “Hodges” is a common surname in the region. Webb encouraged the graduates to embrace the school motto, “Not Self, But Others.” He told them to remember that as they grow into positions of power and influence throughout their lives, to be fair and “…create a level playing field for all people.” Webb, who was elected to the Senate in 2006 during his first run for elective office, is the first U.S. Senator to speak at a Ferrum commencement ceremony since U.S. Senator John Warner in 2005. Senior class speaker Jessica Flanagan ’10 had a different message for her fellow graduates. The Martinsville native and standout athlete told them to “dance.” In recalling the previous four years, Flanagan noted as fond memories the winter Snowball Formal and Relay for Life in the spring. But, she said her fondest memory was of a class when a professor taught students to be themselves by “dancing like nobody was watching.” Flanagan told the audience that the professor then did just that. She challenged the class to use that spirit to live the rest of their lives.
Loveland is well prepared and very experienced, having served Ferrum as Head of Library Public Services for 15 years. He was awarded tenure in 2001 and promoted to Associate Professor of Library Science in 2002.
George Loveland Takes the Reins at Stanley Library
“I am deeply honored and a little humbled at this opportunity to serve Ferrum College in this new capacity. I love the college and am committed to its mission to educate our students to ‘be caring and concerned citizens of their community, nation and world.’ I believe the library can and should be at the forefront of realizing this mission, and I promise to try as hard as I can to lead us in this direction,” said Loveland. A skilled writer with a Master of Library Science degree from North Carolina Central University and Master of Arts in English from UNC Chapel Hill, Loveland
is widely published. His 2005 book, Under the Workers Caps: From Champion Mill to Blue Ridge Paper, was awarded the 2006 Henry Caudill Award for Journalism and was nominated for Best Non-Fiction for 2006 at the Ninth Annual Library of Virginia Awards. He is currently working on a book about the 1929 strike at the Loray Mill in his hometown, Gastonia, North Carolina.
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eorge Loveland took over the reins as the new director of Stanley Library on July 1, 2010, after his predecessor, Cy Dillon, accepted a position at Hampden-Sydney College.
On a more personal note, George was married in July to Harriet Tucker Taylor, in a private ceremony at Emerald Isle, North Carolina. He has two daughters from his previous marriage. The eldest, Beth, is a student at Emory & Henry. “She wanted to go to a college similar to Ferrum but where her dad didn’t work,” laughs Loveland. His younger daughter Caroline is a senior at Franklin County High School. In his spare time, Loveland can often be seen running on campus, “about five miles per day.” He loves baseball and has a passion for reading and writing about Southern history.
Faculty Changes Shawn D. Bethke Assistant Professor of Library Science Public Services Librarian
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Paige A. Johnson BS – Agriculture, Animal Science | Kansas State University Assistant Professor of Animal Science MS – Educational Leadership | Kansas State University Ph.D. – Animal Science (Breeding and Genetics) | Texas Tech University Maria Puccio BA – Chemistry, Prof. Degree Biology | Longwood University Visiting Instructor of Chemistry Ph.D. – Chemistry | The George Washington University Patricia S. Suppes BA – French, Spanish, English | Sweet Briar College Assistant Professor of Spanish MA – Romance Languages | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D. – Romance Languages | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The “E” in E-term is short for “Experiential.” And from the jungles of Belize to the Virgin Islands, to right across the road, Ferrum students had plenty to experience.
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rofessors Bob Pohlad, Carolyn Thomas and Katie Goff led a trip to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The group of 18 students stayed in cabins at Cinnamon Bay Campgrounds.
“Problem” jaguars are those that cannot be released into the wild because they have attacked domesticated animals such as cows, sheep and chickens. “I’m not aware of any that attacked humans,” she said.
While there, the students snorkeled over the reefs, learning about the myriad of lifeforms and the challenges to this part of the earth’s fragile ecosystem.
Lewis interned with Sharon Matola, an environmental cult figure who started the zoo when a documentary film crew left her with a bunch of wild animals. She then led a highly charged fight against a power dam in Belize which was chronicled in the best-selling book, Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw by Bruce Barcott.
Pohlad says the students are often learning without realizing it. “They are taking it all in. They see the marine life on the reef, the human life on the islands, and begin to see how it all fits together,” he said. Ferrum students this year were invited to participate in an archeological dig that explored previous civilizations on the island. They worked with students from other colleges and discovered shards of pottery, shell tools and buttons, evidence of life in the area 2,000 years ago. There was plenty of time between digging and snorkeling to explore the cultural life in the islands and for fun and sun on the beach. Do the students like it? “I can’t believe I got college credit for this,” said student Rebecca Crabtree. “It was so much fun.” Belize, a small nation in northern Central America was the destination for another group of Ferrum E-termers. Professor Glen Stevens led the course entitled, “From Rainforest to Reef: Resource Management in Belize.” Students toured the nation, learning about its system of government, climbing over the remains of ancient pyramids and studying the jungles or rainforests. But Abby Lewis ’13, who has a fascination with big cats – (read: jaguars, pumas) took the trip one step further, interning at the Belize zoo, staying on for four weeks after the E-term trip ended. “I spent a lot of the summer cleaning the cages of the “problem” jaguars,” said Lewis.
“You knew Sharon was in charge. If she wasn’t happy, nobody was happy,” said Lewis. Abby explained that her job every morning was to cut chickens into pieces, so Sharon could walk through the zoo feeding and singing to the “problem” cats. Abby said she spent a great deal of time with Junior, a jaguar born in captivity, but abandoned by his mother. “The person who raised Junior was fired the day I got there,” said Abby – so I was able to step in and help. Junior will do somersaults, give highfives and kisses,” she said. Abby was never attacked by any of the cats, but had a near miss with a tapir, “that just didn’t like me.” Lewis had lots of interaction with the birds and reptiles as well – spending hours every day showing a boa constrictor named Antonio to visitors. “Ferrum College provided me with a great experience. Dr. Stevens set it all up for me, and it was wonderful,” she said. Next summer, she is hoping to go back to the jungle with Marcella Kelly, a big cat researcher from Virginia Tech. “Marcella uses motion-activated cameras to study big cat population densities in the jungle,” said Lewis. “That’s what I want to do one day.” Thanks to E-term, it looks like she’s off to a good start.
Another group of E-term students didn’t travel nearly as far. In fact, they only had to walk across Route 40 to Ferrum Elementary School. Associate Professor of Art Matt LaRose oversaw the group as they painted a 45-foot mural in the cafeteria. The mural depicts Virginia history for elementary school kids. Students used sophisticated imaging techniques to turn their ideas into a plan, and a plan into a painting. Only one student was an art major. “We offered any topic they wanted, but ultimately they thought it best to do Virginia studies,” said, LaRose, referring to what administrators at Ferrum Elementary thought would best educate local youngsters. “The Ferrum students are learning art, history and most importantly, how to be generous with their time. The whole idea of ‘Not Self, But Others,’” said LaRose. “I’ve never done anything like this before,” said Raul Torrez, an Environmental Science major. “It made me proud to do this for all the little kids.” In May 2011, students will be able to choose from 19 E-term options, including International Accounting in London and Brussels, Literature and Film of the American Frontier, Ireland’s Natural History, Community and Ecology of the Southeast, and Voice and Diction. For a full listing, visit Ferrum.edu and search “E-term.”
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championship. Among those students was Ferrum student Morgan Cramsey ’11, who earned another SIFE stop in California in October.
Competition Brings Global Perspective To say that SIFE – the acronym for Students in Free Enterprise is a part of the fabric at Ferrum College is an understatement. The Ferrum SIFE team, championed and guided by Business Professor Demetri
Tsanacas, celebrated its 20th consecutive year of advancing to regional competition. As a result, Ferrum students traveled to Minneapolis on March 22, 2010, to compete against hundreds of other colleges for a shot at the international
Though Ferrum did not advance, Morgan was selected to be the school’s representative and observer at the SIFE World Cup at Anaheim, California. “I can’t even begin to describe what a wonderful experience it was,” gushed Cramsey, who said she interacted with students from 39 different countries as part of the event’s cultural fair. SIFE paid Cramsey’s expenses for the trip. SIFE’s mantra is to “Do well by doing good.” Roughly translated, it means to succeed in business by helping others. Student teams are challenged to find ways to reach out to their local communities. Cramsey, a senior, says the event gave her a solid dose of perspective and perhaps the key
to taking the already successful Ferrum team to the next level. “Our projects were just scratching the surface. When you see what some of these teams are doing in other countries, you realize how much can be done,” she said. I am so excited to bring these ideas back to campus.”
The SIFE World Cup is a showcase of the impact that SIFE teams are achieving around the world and brings together an international network of students, academic and business leaders. This year’s international winner was French University in Egypt.
Promising Futures Built on Ferrum Successes Poetry, Music, Leadership, Academics Make Winning Combination Whitney Scott ’11 is more than just a busy, successful senior. Apart from working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English and minor in Music, she participates in numerous extracurricular activities and is recognized at Ferrum for her countless accomplishments. Among her most recent awards are the 2010 Eric Lee Baker Outstanding Student of English Award and the 2010 SGA “Unsung Hero” Award. In addition, Scott has made the Dean’s List every semester since the beginning of her college career in fall 2007 with a GPA of 4.0. With grades like these, one may wonder how Scott could have time for anything besides her studies. Demonstrating enough energy for two, she continues to maintain her stellar academic achievements while being thoroughly immersed in college life.
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Trasan Moore ’11 Reflects on Her Smithsonian Internship The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) focuses on researching folklore, cultural anthropology and ethnomusicology of the United States and other
countries. In addition, the center puts on the yearly Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall.
With encouragement from faculty members Susan Spataro and Lana Whited, Scott is making the most out of her college experience. As an example of her work ethic, she is a tutor for Nancy Beach, Director of Disability Services, helping students with conditions such as ADHD cope with the “rigors of academia,” as Scott puts it. She also worked in the Ferrum Business Office in John Wesley Hall during the summers.
of the Psychology Club and a part of the Boone Honors Program Steering Committee. She will be completing the first Boone Honors and English senior thesis on “how radical Christians are the agents of oppression of women” throughout the history of literature.
Scott puts her leadership skills into practice as the president of the newly formed English Club, secretary of her senior class, member
While I had initially hoped to be working
As for her “spare” time, Scott is devoted to her passion for poetry and music. Scott submits her poetry to Chrysalis, Ferrum’s student magazine dedicated to showcasing the arts, and reads her highly praised work at coffeehouses sponsored by the magazine. She plays alto saxophone for the
with program curators in a more researchoriented area, I am now grateful that I was placed in the administration and budgeting office.
College’s Jazz Ensemble, performing at events such as baccalaureate and graduation, and for Dr. Gary Angel’s band “Rockin Alive.” When asked about her plans after graduation in May 2011, Scott is looking forward to higher education. She has applied to graduate schools and has taken the Graduate Record Examination in preparation. With her extensive list of talents and accomplishments, there is no doubt that for this exemplary student, her promising future is solidly built on her Ferrum success.
My major at Ferrum College provided me with a strong background in cultural research, making me an excellent candidate for the CFCH program. Working with my advisor I gained specific experience in planning cultural events on campus and for the local community. Even my work-study job gave me clerical experience that related to my internship.
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The Smithsonian Institution employs close to 1,300 interns each year and receives triple that number in applications. How my application was picked from literally thousands is a feat that still baffles me, but I know the education and opportunities I have received at Ferrum certainly played a major role. Before this summer I had never worked with such a group of cheerful, witty, cultured, knowledgeable people, each one of them experts in their field – all of them wanting to share their experience and wisdom with me. I cannot think of a better way to have spent a summer. –Trasan Moore ’11
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Working behind the scenes turned out to be the best possible placement for me. I’m still learning from the experience, having come away with a newfound appreciation and understanding of the sheer amount of work, cooperation, planning and preparation it takes to put on a festival of such scale and caliber.
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Building Social Networks Ferrum Campus Theme 2010–2011
Think of the term “social network” and what jumps to mind? Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? On the Ferrum College campus it has another meaning. Socializing face-to-face – as in talking to each other, helping one another and building a true sense of community. “Building Social Networks: Empowering Self and Others” follows 2009–2010’s “Sustainability” as this year’s campus theme. “It started out with the Ferrum motto, Not Self, But Others,” said Assistant Professor of Political Science Ed Hally, who heads the committee overseeing the 2010 theme. “We wondered how Internet-driven social networking sites such as Facebook were impacting the world, and how they might have a positive or negative influence on reallife situations. The campus theme is created annually by one of the three schools that make up the College: the School of Arts & Humanities, the School of Natural Sciences and Math, which created last year’s theme, and the School of Social Sciences, which created this year’s. The program will include multiple presentations to students including movies, guest speakers and events – all designed to make students think about the way the world interacts and to find ways to work together.
Ed Hally, Ferrum professor of Political Science
“At the end of the day, we want students to live the Ferrum motto – and we want to make sure they understand how to interact and relate to one another in an increasingly impersonal world,” said Hally.
For the past several years, Ferrum College faculty and administration have been focused intently on the ten-year reaccreditation process through the accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The demanding process includes several steps:
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Preparation of a Compliance Certification document and website that is reviewed by a team of peers from other institutions across the SACS region (Compliance Certification report submitted in May 2010).
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The preparation of a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that articulates a five-year plan for focusing on a high-priority student learning goal. The formative evaluation of the QEP and any follow-up verification identified by the Off-site Review comprise the focus areas of the On-site Review. The On-site Review team was on our campus October 11–13, 2010. The team is completing their final report, which will be sent to the SACS Commission on Colleges.
Ferrum Renews Accreditation; Receives High 3. Praise
The Commission on Colleges will receive the final report and render a decision regarding the college’s reaccreditation status. The College received high praise for the work it has done and a very positive reaccreditation outcome.
Though many faculty and staff on campus were involved throughout the process, the core leadership team members, led by Dr. Leslie Lambert, Provost/VPAA, were: Dr. Tina Hanlon, Associate Professor of English and SACS editor; Dr. Delia Heck, Director of Assessment and Institutional Research and Dr. Kevin Reilly, Associate Professor of Psychology and QEP team leader.
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From Heroes’ Square in Budapest, Hungary, to the breathtaking Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany, Ferrum alumni and friends joined President Jennifer Braaten and Dean of the Chapel Wes Astin ’74 on a fast-paced and inspiring trip across Europe.
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n Visegrad, near Budapest, they spent an evening as spectators at a medieval knights’ tournament following the entertainment with a feast at a Renaissance banquet. Before leaving Budapest, the group enjoyed an afternoon at Lazar Lovaspark for lunch and a show of superb horsemanship. Then it was on to Vienna for a tour of the Schoenbrunn Palace and the amazing St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The evening ended with a concert of Mozart and Strauss at Schoenbrunn Palace. A highlight of the trip was a relaxing cruise down the beautiful Danube River. The next day they travelled to Prague, Czech Republic, where they toured the city, enjoyed time at the Jewish Quarter and ended the day with a delightful folklore dinner in the nearby town of Stredoklyky. Then it was off to a day tour of the beautiful city of Salzburg, Austria, before the final day in Oberammergau, Germany, home to the Passion Play, which dates back to a vow made in the year 1633 when the plague raged in the entire region. Many died and it was then that the people of Oberammergau vowed to portray the “Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus” every ten years. From the moment of that vow not one person succumbed to the Black Death.
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Since then, once every ten years, the people of Oberammergau have performed the play. This production is a full-day performance starting each day at 2:30 and breaking at 5 p.m. for dinner. The second half of the program lasts from 8 until 11 p.m. This was an awesome experience and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! – Wes Astin ’74, Dean of the Chapel
The next trip being organized and led by Ferrum’s Dean of the Chapel & Religious Life will take place July 24–31, 2011. It will be a relaxing cruise with Royal Caribbean to such ports as San Juan, Aruba, St. Thomas, St. Kitts and Curacao. For more information contact Rev. Wes Astin ’74, Dean of the Chapel. Ferrum College, P.O Box 1000, Ferrum, VA 24088, 540-365-4286, wastin@ferrum.edu
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Ferrum College Professors Receive Grant from National Science Foundation
Dr. Bob R. Pohlad and Dr. Carolyn L. Thomas Share in Award to Study Climate Change
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“ It’s unusual for undergraduate students to be able to do this kind of research.” –Dr. Carolyn Thomas
Pohlad and Thomas are coauthors of the grant, which will be coordinated by Laurel Anderson, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Botany-Microbiology at Ohio Wesleyan
University. Other coauthors include: Tracy Gartner, Ph.D. (Carthage College, WI); Karen Kuers, Ph.D. (Sewanee: The University of the South, TN); Erin Lindquist, Ph.D. (Meredith College, NC), Jose-Luis Machado, Ph.D. (Swarthmore College, PA); and Jeffrey Simmons, Ph.D. (Mount St. Mary’s University, MD). The EREN project began in 2009 as the result of an earlier NSF grant. “Our undergraduate students will be studying everything from the rates of leaf decomposition, to carbon storage in trees, to the spread of invasive plants, to phenology – the times of the year when climate patterns impact trees and animals,” said Pohlad. The students would be taking data on tree growth and when insects, reptiles and other animals become active in the spring or dormant in the winter, he said. “The data will be added to a national database, and we can then begin to track patterns, which can be linked to changes in the climate,” he said. All of the research would be
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“It’s unusual for undergraduate students to be able to do this kind of research,” said Thomas. “It’s important to point out that students at Ferrum College and the 11 other participating colleges and universities will be out in the woods and wading streams – taking measurements, studying wildlife and learning how to use the data.” Thomas explained that the data is combined with research from other institutions, so scientists can measure changes over time.
conducted in the Ferrum Mountain Creek watershed, which includes much of the Ferrum College campus. The grant is structured so that each participating college will receive an amount necessary to cover their own research, reporting and analysis. “It’s difficult to assess a specific amount for Ferrum College or any of the schools,” explained Thomas. “What’s important is that we’ve received enough money to proceed with the project, and that students will be learning, while the world gains a clearer picture of what’s happening around us.”
Ferrum Ag alumni gathered at the Titmus Barn and announced establishment of the scholarship.
Agriculture Alumni Establish Scholarship in Memory of Classmate Will “Frog” Pettus ’97 Honored in Memoriam
The Will “Frog” Pettus Agriculture Scholarship was established this past April by the Ferrum College Ag Alumni Association. The announcement of the scholarship fundraising effort was presented to the Pettus family by Joey Cornwell ’02, President of the Association, during the annual Ag Banquet at the Titmus Barn. The goal is to raise $25,000 to endow the fund within the next few years. When the scholarship is completed, recipients of the financial aid generated will be Ferrum students who are studying Life Science or Agriculture. In efforts toward the project, members of the Ag alumni Will “Frog” group sold pumpkins and mums during the Folklife Festival and have Pettus ’97 been organizing fundraisers within their various communities. If you are interested in making a gift to the scholarship, please contact the Ferrum College Office of Institutional Advancement at 540.365.4211 or go online to www.ferrum.edu/give-to-ferrum. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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Blair Takes the Helm of Institutional Advancement Vice President for Institutional Advancement (VPIA) Kim Blair joined Ferrum in June 2010. As VPIA, Kim oversees all of the fundraising for the College, as well as Public Relations, Alumni & Family Programs and the Blue Ridge Institute. Blair brings a history of success to Ferrum, having most recently served as Development Director for the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Design. While there, she was instrumental in raising $8 million toward the successful completion of Tech’s $1 billion “Invent the Future” campaign. Prior to Virginia Tech, Blair earned her stripes at Roanoke College, where she served as Regional Development Representative, Director of Alumni Giving, Director of Alumni and Parent and Annual Programs and Development Director. During her service as Development Director, Roanoke College successfully raised $83 million for its “The Difference” campaign, surpassing the goal of $65 million.
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Blair has been busy since arriving at Ferrum, instigating efforts for all constituents of the College to find meaningful ways to serve in addition to giving financial support. She and her staff are working to strengthen and maintain the current program and the department as well as establishing a Planned Giving Office, reinvigorating fundraising for the Hank Norton Center, the Hart International Plaza and the Ferrum Fund, and planning for future initiatives such as the Centennial Campaign.
Institutional Advancement O’Malley Named Associate Vice President Kathleen O’Malley began her role as Associate VP for Institutional Advancement in September 2010. As the AVP, she provides leadership, direction and coordination for the comprehensive annual fundraising program and manages capital, major and endowment campaigns for the College. She supervises development communications, coordinates development-related special events and oversees the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors. O’Malley was formerly with Roanoke College, where she facilitated efforts to inform, engage and acknowledge college benefactors. She managed development and campaign communications and implemented strategies in support of fundraising.
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Before her 13-year tenure at Roanoke College, O’Malley worked as the vice president for a nonprofit women’s healthcare agency and as an account executive in an advertising agency. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University and Virginia Western Community College and brings to Ferrum over 30 years of marketing and communications experience along with messaging, annual giving, campaign, alumni programs, special events, volunteer management and staff development skills.
Public Relations Director John Carlin joined Ferrum in February 2010. A Peabody, Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, John brings 25 years of experience in television news to Ferrum, where he oversees media relations, advertising, crisis communications, graphic design and the campus website. John was the lead news anchor at WSLS-TV, Roanoke NBC Affiliate for 21 years. Prior to that he worked as a reporter at WTVR in Richmond, and WDTV in Clarksburg, West Virginia. After retiring from broadcasting in 2008, he spent a year with a Roanoke public relations firm where he won three first place Summit awards from the Public Relations Society of America. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
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Since his arrival at Ferrum, Carlin has overseen a relaunch of the campus website, developed social media campaigns on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube, and helped the media shine a light on many of the success stories on campus including everything from the recently dedicated replica of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin, to the groundbreaking for the Hank Norton Center.
Seals Appointed Director of Planned and Principal Gifts Director of Planned and Principal Gifts George Seals joined Ferrum in September 2010. He brings with him a wealth of experience in fundraising, having managed the planned giving and principal gift programs at Roanoke College. He also organized major gift support and increased levels of endowment for scholarships and professorships. During his service at Roanoke College, Seals and his team raised in excess of $150 million dollars including completion of the record-breaking “The Difference” campaign. George received his undergraduate degree from Roanoke College and his Masters from the University of Virginia. Prior to his work in higher education he was an investment manager, where he excelled in the areas of estate planning and life-income strategies. In his position as Director of Planned and Principal Gifts, Seals is working to increase the endowment of the College, revitalize the Beckham Society and the Estate Planning Council and complete other major gift initiatives.
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Gill Promoted to Lead Development Researcher and Grant Writer Lead Development Researcher Brooke Gill ’05 received a promotion and additional responsibilities in July. Already serving as Ferrum’s Lead Researcher in Support of Development, she is now the go-to person when it comes to grant writing. Gill attended an American Grant Writers Association seminar in Clearwater, Florida over the summer. Not only did she hone her writing skills and techniques but she also discovered new funding possibilities for the College. Gill received her undergraduate degree from Ferrum in 2005 (Performing and Visual Arts) and her Master in Liberal Arts Studies (Humanities) from Hollins University in 2008. Gill is already collaborating with development staff as well as faculty members to find new ways to bring increased funding for academic programs, faculty support and capital projects to Ferrum.
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Project to Honor Eighth President Under Way
Join Ferrum Alumni in Support of the Hart International Plaza The Hart International Plaza will be a lasting tribute to Dr. Joseph T. Hart, Ferrum’s eighth president. This beautiful outdoor site will serve as a welcoming gathering spot on the campus. The stage area will be the setting for commencement and other College ceremonies, as well as a major venue for musical performances and outdoor drama. The plaza will include a beautiful landscaped area of trees and flowering shrubs, benches, an information kiosk, flags representing the U.S. and the countries of international students, and a plaque with the names of all donors to the project. Hart served as Ferrum College president for fifteen years, from 1971–1986. During that pivotal time in the College’s history, he was instrumental in advancing Ferrum toward the prominent position it enjoys today as an esteemed liberal arts and professional studies institution. Hart’s leadership took Ferrum from a junior college to a four-year school by bringing in outstanding faculty, building innovative programs, seizing opportunities and securing significant resources to ensure its success. He justly earned his reputation as the “Students’ President” because of his love for the College and the young people who studied here. For information regarding how you can support this tribute to Dr. Hart, please contact the Ferrum Office of Institutional Advancement at 540.365.4211 or make a gift online at www.ferrum.edu/give-to-ferrum.
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Awards Grant for “Smart Classrooms”
Ferrum College will receive a $250,000 grant from the Jacksonville, Florida-based Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to fund the construction, renovation, equipment and furnishings for The Arthur Vining Davis smart classrooms. “A grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations is a significant award to an institution,” said Ferrum College President Jennifer L. Braaten. “The smart classrooms will improve the overall educational experience for our students and we are greatly honored to meet the funding goal of the grant, which is ‘to make good schools better.’ ” According to Dr. Christine Stinson, Ferrum’s chief information officer, The Arthur Vining Davis Smart Classrooms will complement teaching and learning by providing video-conferencing capability, smart boards and permanent video cameras for lecture capture. Stinson noted that Ferrum College’s Stanley Library has an impressive set of online databases and eBooks, which students will be able to access, explore and integrate in real-time during group activities in the smart classrooms. “In these times of steady growth for Ferrum College we need and greatly appreciate support from organizations such as The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to help us achieve our number one priority, student success.” said Braaten. “The receipt of this prestigious grant is a validation of our accomplishments over the past several years.” Arthur Vining Davis was a successful businessman who guided the Alcoa Company to prominence in the first half of the 20th century. The Foundations were established to support education, with grants given to private colleges that are broadly acknowledged to provide academic excellence. Grants are also made to historically African-American colleges, Native American tribal colleges and colleges located in Appalachia.
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SAVE THE DATE! The Ferrum College “Forum on Critical Thought, Leadership & Innovation” Thursday, April 7, 2011 Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center Roanoke, Virginia
On April 7, 2011 Ferrum College will host a forum devoted to sharing and nurturing a program of critical thought, leadership and technology. The program will serve business leaders in Virginia and the southeast region of the United States and will feature national thought leaders in the areas of global economic/ fiscal trends, new technologies and innovations, and world markets. Based on their unique expertise, each of the presenters will share their perspectives and insights regarding future global challenges, opportunities and risks. The Forum will have a strong focus on both the future economic outlook and notable advancements in technology. The inaugural “Forum on Critical Thought, Leadership & Innovation” will feature three keynote speakers who will discuss the global economy, research & development, branding, international and national business trends, and related topics. Speakers include Todd Peters, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Marketing Group; Dr. Jeffrey Lacker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; and the Honorable Lawrence Eagleburger, former United States Secretary of State.
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This academic year Ferrum College continued an ongoing initiative designed to bring leading business executives to campus. The Executive-in-Residence Program is designed to bring the real-world business experience of top active or retired business executives to the classroom. Each year Ferrum College invites four distinguished and influential business leaders to tour the campus, interact with students and faculty, and to audit classes. Each executive delivers a late morning lecture sharing their personal experiences and business philosophies. The executives also offer insight on which knowledge, skills and leadership qualities are necessary for a successful business career. Many of the lectures are open to both the College community and the general public.
2010–11 Ferrum College Executive-in-Residence Program Speakers: Dennis Cronk October 25, 2010 President & CEO of Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Western Community College and former President of the 1.4M member National Association of REALTORS, Cronk gave us his forward look on the national and regional real estate trends. John Williamson November 10, 2010 Chairman, President & CEO of Roanoke Gas Company, Williamson gave an informative lecture on the future of energy in our region and in the United States.
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In today’s rapidly changing and complex global business arena, it is essential that top echelon leaders in business, government and social enterprise have a forum in which to exchange ideas regarding new developments in geographic/cultural effects and public policy issues, new technologies, energy developments, social sciences, economic trends and environmental concerns. Registered/paid guests will have the opportunity to meet the keynote speakers at a reception at the O. Winston Link Museum on April 6, 2011. A block of rooms at the Hotel Roanoke will be reserved for attendees, and transportation to/from the Roanoke Regional Airport will be provided. For more information about how you and representatives from your company, university or institution can register to attend the Ferrum College Forum on Critical Thought, Leadership & Innovation please contact the Ferrum College Office of Institutional Advancement at 540.365.4211.
Ed Walker January 19, 2011 Managing Director of Regeneration Partners LLC., Real Estate Developer, Entrepreneur, Walker, a major force in the Roanoke “Downtown Living Movement,” will speak on revitalization and the impact of investment and development on the culture and commerce in local communities. Neal Naff, MD March 30, 2011 A top neurosurgeon in the United States, and the head of the Cyber Knife Program at Johns Hopkins, Naff teaches at Johns Hopkins, and practices at Walter Reed and many other hospitals. He will speak on medically-related current affairs.
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New athletic facility will serve men’s and women’s outdoor athletic programs.
Ferrum Breaks Ground on The Hank Norton Center
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n a special ceremony during Homecoming Weekend in October 2010 the first shovels-full of dirt were turned for the long-awaited Hank Norton Athletic Center, named in honor of retired coach Hank Norton, Ferrum’s renowned former athletic director and championship football coach. The 29,000-square-foot, $5.5-million dollar facility, designed by Mark W. Smith AIA of Craddock Cunningham Architectural Partners, will serve the men’s and women’s outdoor athletic programs and will be located adjacent to Adams Stadium.
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coaching staff. For the large numbers of our students who participate in athletics, the Hank Norton Center will be a welcome and much-needed addition to campus.” “This is an important step in the history of Ferrum College,” said Sam Lionberger, Jr., Chair of the Board of Trustees. “We are adding a first-class facility to our campus and at the same time honoring a legendary coach, mentor and friend of the Ferrum family. This project signifies the commitment from the trustees to the president, faculty, staff, alumni and especially current students to stay ahead of the curve and increase Panther pride.”
The Frith Construction Company of Martinsville has begun construction on the Center, and the project is scheduled for completion in late 2011. The ground floor will house classrooms, locker space and a weight room. The first floor will feature the Ferrum College Sports Hall of Fame and house offices for coaches, a kitchenette and shower facilities for referees and other game officials.
“A facility like the Hank Norton Center will allow us to better train our current student-athletes,” said Athletic Director Abe Naff. “And it will give us a better opportunity to recruit students who want to continue their athletic careers after high school. In this day and age, student athletes are looking for this type of facility when they choose their college.” Women’s softball coach, Vickie Van Kleeck agreed, saying, “We want to continue Ferrum’s great success in Division III athletics. This will help us recruit and serve the best students for the program.”
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“ A facility like the Hank Norton Center will allow us to better train our student-athletes.” – Abe Naff, Athletic Director Hank Norton, who served as head football coach from 1960 to 1993, said he was both honored and pleased. “I’ve had more honors than I deserve,” said Norton. “This isn’t about me. It’s about Ferrum College. We’ve come so far from the days when our punter stood in the middle of Route 40 in order to kick the ball. This is a great accomplishment for the College.” Norton won four national championships at Ferrum when it was a junior college. At the Division III level Norton’s teams enjoyed five undefeated regular seasons, and nine seasons with just one loss. He served as Athletic Director from 1965 to1985 and from 1989 to1993. For more information please contact the Ferrum Office for Institutional Advancement at 540-365-4211.
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Legendary Coach: On Ferrum, Football and Fishing
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To say that Hank Norton likes to fish is like saying the world is round or that college students procrastinate when writing papers. It’s just one of those things that is.
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he legendary football coach, who took the school to four national championships in its junior college days and was a perennial winner at the Division III level, retired to his current home in Deltaville upon leaving Ferrum. “A lot of people think that this is the old family homestead, but that’s not true.” He and his wife, Lucy, have acreage and a farmhouse on the banks of the Rappahannock River, less than a mile from where it and the Piankatank River meet the Chesapeake Bay. He explained that he bought the property when he was young and used to hold sports camps there in the summer. “We showed the boys how to improve in all the traditional sports, but we also taught them about the water,” he recalls. “The water” would include fishing, which seems to rival college football as the center of Norton’s being.
Norton, at 83, knows the area well. Though his current home is not that family homestead many believe it to be, Deltaville itself is his childhood home. His grandmother was born in a house less than two miles away from his. During a drive through town he points out swimming and fishing holes of his youth and homes still occupied by cousins and other relatives. All that history and experience come to the fore as he steers the boat to an area where he guarantees the tide will move the water even if the wind and the wildlife won’t. “There will be fish there, and they’ll be feeding,” he promises. And with the
patient guidance that comes from decades of instructing boys at camp, young men on the field and anglers who’ve paid for his guide skills, he describes how to drop the streamer fly across a section of submerged rock.
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Honda outboard motors slices through the calm on the bay. The boat is the only thing moving in the oppressive heat. It skims past an osprey sitting on a channel marker. The bird doesn’t move even a feather. Norton is taking it all in. “You look at all this flat water, and you learn to understand it,” he says. You might not think so, but it’s like a river or a stream. When it’s active, you know it. The birds are moving, the fish are feeding, the water itself seems alive.” On this night that is not the case. The dog days of summer are winning. Heat and humidity 1; Rappahannock River, zero.
The fishing is predictably slow, but Coach Norton is predictably accurate. The tide is moving. There were fish feeding near the rock pile, and casting as he instructs does, in fact, produce a nice striped bass, or rockfish, as they are called by saltwater anglers. Norton is pleased if not surprised by the success. “It’s a lot harder when the weather gets like this,” he says. “Come back in October and we’ll boat twice as many – and they’ll be a lot bigger too,” he says. And he means it. Norton and Lucy are frequent visitors to the Ferrum campus, especially for key football games. He attends alumni events, where he talks about how far the college has come in terms of the athletic facilities. To prove it, he talks of a practice field that was more of a ravine (“at least it drained well”), and a game field where the goalposts were eight feet higher on one end than the other. He smiles and for emphasis adds, “We used to have to punt from the middle of Route 40.” Over coffee and a sandwich in his kitchen, the talk flows easily from early morning breakfast calls for his players, to early mornings in pursuit of blues and rockfish on the bay and river. Ferrum, football and fishing. For Hank Norton, this will always be his way of life.
He also talks of the kids he coached on the gridiron more than 40 years ago and fondly remembers the home life they left behind in order to come to Ferrum. He remembers every one of their personalities, strengths and weaknesses on the field. He can recite many of their 40-yard dash times. He’s the same way on the water.
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The Sustainability Theme Campus theme going strong a Sustains Itself! year after inception outstanding Environmental Science program. As autumn turned to winter on campus, a team of energy specialists that included Stevens, Ferrum College Director of Operations, Jeff Gring and Roanokebased contractor Stan Breakell, put the finishing touches on a computer program that will tell students how much energy they are using in their dorms. The information comes from a process known as “submetering” in which special devices are attached to the electrical systems of buildings. The meters can be attached to computers, which monitor and display energy consumption and give indications of exactly where the energy is being used or in many cases – wasted.
Ferrum Ag major, Sean Duff ’12 working at the Titmus Agricultural Center with pepper plants intended for use in the College dining hall.
Sustainability was the buzzword and the campus theme for 2009–2010. A year later, there’s a new theme, but sustainability had such momentum that several large-scale projects are still invigorating the campus community.
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n a word, “sustainability” meant that in the academic year 2009-2010, Ferrum College would study and teach ways the world could be greener, more conservation minded and more interested in developing local food sources. In essence, to create ways of living that are more in harmony with the world around us.
“It was a perfect theme, at a perfect time, in the perfect place,” said Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Glen Stevens, coordinator of the theme. Stevens explained that Ferrum’s unique rural location created multiple synergies when it came to examining energy and the food supply – not to mention Ferrum’s
Glen Stevens, Ferrum College Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, demonstrates the submetering system, a computer program that indicates energy levels used within campus residential halls.
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Another sustainable fuel option for the boiler is switchgrass, which could be grown by local farmers. With the predictability of needed tons of fuel, farmers would know how much to plant in the spring and they could be confident of a ready market. Naturalists also point out that harvesting times and techniques for switchgrass create habitat for birds such as bobwhite quail.
“ We believe students will not only save energy, but they will become aware of their habits in a way that they will make permanent changes to the way they live their lives.”
Another positive element of the Ferrum installation is the school’s location in a timbering and farming region. Ferrum College would have a ready supply of fuel that does not require long-distance hauling.
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As it turns out, energy usage will take center stage in another way as the campus makes plans for the installation of a biomass boiler. Think of it as a huge furnace that can heat and generate a portion of the electricity used on campus. Ferrum Senior Vice President for Administration and Treasurer Bobby Thompson has been instrumental in bringing the technology to campus. Thompson has been working with John English, of English Boiler, Inc., to put together a team of engineers and contractors to make this happen. Planning for the facility is in its final phase. “What’s unique about this particular installation is the educational component. As a result of the generosity of Mr. English, the biomass complex will include a smaller research boiler and a classroom/laboratory that will provide opportunities to teach our students and others in the region about the technology as it relates to sustainability,” said Thompson. Initially, the boiler will burn wood waste products (chips, etc.) but there are many other waste products that could be tested for suitability – which also means less impact on the environment. How does that equal sustainability? The boiler burns a product that, in many cases, would be considered unusable while producing inexpensive energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
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“Our plan is to have a competition between the dorms and other buildings on campus,” said Stevens. “We believe students will not only save energy, but they will become aware of their habits in a way that they will make permanent changes to the way they live their lives.” In other words: sustainable practices. The submetering was paid for in part by a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Thompson predicts the biomass boiler will be installed and online by the fall of 2011. If local farmers are not growing switchgrass, they might be growing foods such as tomatoes, broccoli and other vegetables for Ferrum College Dining Services, which has added sustainability to its menu. Thirty percent of the foods served in the cafeteria are locally produced. The goal is to get to fifty. “It’s not just produce either,” said Director of Dining Services Mike Martin. “We are buying local beef and chickens as well. Martin said Sweet Providence Farms, which specializes in growing free-range chickens in Floyd County, has grown from 8 to 16 employees because of Ferrum’s interest in locally grown poultry. In addition, Martin points out that Homestead Creamery, a Franklin County dairy, is now distributing products in a four-state area and may be adding an additional farm to help supply milk. “We aren’t using that much product here at Ferrum, but we have helped promote and grow the Creamery,” said Martin. Chef Bo Bernard has gone as far as to meet with local farmers in the spring, helping them select seeds for the produce he prefers to serve to students. “It’s a win-win. The farmers know I’ll buy what they grow, and I don’t have to wonder whether I’ll be able to get the produce I want,” he said. Meanwhile, plans are under way to build a second greenhouse at the College-owned Titmus Agricultural Center, located behind Ferrum Elementary School. Known as a “high tunnel house” it will provide a place to grow greens and berries well beyond the typical growing season. Ferrum agricultural students assist in the growing of produce at Titmus, which
Chef Bo Bernard and Ned Jeter, a farmer from Botetourt County, review a vegetable seed catalog as part of the College dining services efforts to add sustainability to the menu. Currently thirty percent of the foods served are locally produced. The goal is to get to fifty percent.
creates another layer of synergy, and a program this is more, yes – sustainable. Although the campus has moved on to a new theme, the notion of sustainability appears to be a part of Ferrum’s DNA. “As a rural, liberal arts college we are perfectly poised to implement these programs in a way many colleges could never reproduce,” said Stevens. He points to the new Environmental Planning and Development major headed by Delia Heck, Associate Professor of Environmental Science. Heck and her students are meeting with Callaway Elementary School and taking the ideas behind sustainability to the next generation through a program called the Green Schools Challenge. “In effect we are sustaining sustainability,” said Heck.
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The Dulcimer Comes Home to Virginia
For more than two decades Ferrum College’s Blue Ridge Institute and Museum has documented, interpreted and presented the traditional life and culture of the Blue Ridge and its people.
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any years before Joni Mitchell was accompanied by the instrument on her Blue album and Cyndi Lauper played “Time After Time,” John Scales built an “Appalachian” dulcimer in Floyd County, Virginia. On the side Mr. Scales wrote his name and the date – August 28, 1832. Currently the oldest signed-and-dated dulcimer in America, Mr. Scales’s instrument is part of The Virginia Dulcimer: 200 Years of Bowing, Strumming and Picking, the current exhibition in the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum galleries. The Virginia Dulcimer exhibit follows an icon of folk music on its journey from northern Europe, down the Shenandoah Valley, into the Blue Ridge Mountains and eventually onto the laps of musicians across the nation. In Virginia the dulcimer was adapted to American and British music, and it changed from a straight-sided, flat-topped, Old World box into the gracefully curved New World instrument still played today. With over 50 instruments, dozens of photographs and video performances, The Virginia Dulcimer exhibit explores various folk styles of playing the instrument, including old-time bowing. BRI visitors can also try their hand at playing one of the museum’s dulcimers. “Because it’s relatively easy to play, the dulcimer is one of the most inviting of Virginia’s folk instruments,” said Roddy Moore, BRI Director. “It has been a favorite of hymn singers, ballad singers and even a few old-time dance bands.” The Virginia Dulcimer exhibit runs through March 2011 at the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum. For more information visit www.blueridgeinstitute.org or call 540-365-4416.
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Merging country music, rhythm & blues and eye-catching stage antics, rockabilly was the first wave of rock ’n roll. The bigname Virginians are all covered – Norfolk’s Gene Vincent snake charming “Be-Bopa-Lula,” Halifax County’s Janis Martin belting out “Drug Store Rock ’n Roll,” Tidewater’s Link Wray picking a menacing “Rumble” – as well as dozens of lesserknown performers who played gymnasium dances and cut records in tiny studios across the state. The Virginia Historical Society is not far from the Mosque, where in 1955 a hipswiveling Elvis Presley performed fourth on the bill behind Slim Whitman. “Virginia Rocks” runs in Richmond for the remainder of 2010. Admission is free. For more information visit www.vahistorical.org.
“ Virginia Rocks” Shakes Richmond
Elvis has left the building – the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, that is – and the BRI’s rockabilly exhibition is now doing “The Stroll” through the galleries of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. Virginia Rocks: The History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth showcases the rise and demise of rockabilly through the 1950s.
Inspired by Senator Jim Webb’s bestselling book Born Fighting, a Smithsonian Institution/Scottish Public Television film crew spent a bright September day shooting at the College’s Blue Ridge Farm Museum. Their documentary will look at the impact Scots-Irish immigrants had upon the development of our national character. On camera, BRI Director Roddy Moore and Assistant Director Vaughan Webb spoke about music making and whiskey making, two ongoing Blue Ridge folk traditions with a Scot-Irish heritage. Museum interpreter and old-time fiddler Robin Kauffman performed “Fisher’s Hornpipe,” one of many tunes known in Scotland, Ireland and the United States. Before leaving, the crew also shot footage of copper stills in the Blue Ridge Institute’s collection. The documentary, which will be shown both in the States (on the Smithsonian Channel) and in the British Isles in 2011, has yet to be given a final title. Senator Jim Webb is slated to narrate the production.
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et’s face it. Students don’t come to Ferrum College for a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Ferrum is in the country. And the country means the outdoors. Outdoors means hiking, kayaking, rock climbing and ropes courses. Students who come to Ferrum have an unfair advantage over those who choose more urban schools. Need to climb a mountain? Walk out the back door. More and more, the College is embracing its natural location and taking advantage of what the region has to offer. Even Roanoke, the largest city in western Virginia, is extolling its proximity to everything outdoors. If Roanoke is near those opportunities, then Ferrum must be right in the middle. Coordinator of Ferrum Outdoors Dan Caston sees it clearly. “We have so much to offer here. If more people knew, more people would come,” he said. Caston made the remark in reference to the newly expanded and improved high ropes course on campus. It complements an already popular and well-used low ropes course. “The difference between low ropes and high is what the participant gets out of it,” explained Caston. “The low ropes are designed for team building, which creates trust and leadership in a group. There’s less fear and more problemsolving with the low ropes. A group might have to work together to use only ropes to lift a block of wood out of its resting place. It’s easy if they cooperate – but impossible if they don’t. The task is simple, but it forces a leader to emerge and people to communicate.”
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on campus On the contrary, the high course is all about facing your inner fears and calculating your ability to take risks. “It’s much more about the individual,” asserts Caston. “A person has to weigh the dangers, and determine how comfortable they are in a given situation. It teaches them valuable lessons about themselves.” The new high ropes course offers plenty of challenges, which include a new zip line. In addition to helping students, local scout troops and church groups, Caston is hoping local corporations will begin to bring their employees. “You can’t underestimate the team building aspect of these exercises,” he stresses. “It’s funny, we help college students, executives and sixth graders, and they all face the same issues – leadership, communication, follow-through and trust.” A few hours with the ropes and you can translate the lessons into better choices in the rest of your life. Caston is hoping more people will choose Ferrum and its sweet spot in the great outdoors. In addition to the ropes course, Ferrum Outdoors offers students a wide range of outdoor adventure sports from rock climbing to kayaking, skiing, mountain biking, hiking and more. Please visit www. ferrum.edu and click on Ferrum Outdoors for more information.
Ferrum Outdoors Adds Alumnus to Crew
Aaron Conover ’93 sets sights high for the ever improving Ferrum Outdoors Program. Aaron Conover ’93 was named Adventure Programmer for Ferrum Outdoors in August of 2010. With an extensive background in recreation – including an Outdoor Recreation major completed at Ferrum – Conover is prepared to take Ferrum Outdoors to a new level of exploration and excitement. Living in Colorado Springs, Roanoke and Ferrum has allowed him to discover and embrace the great outdoors. He was initially drawn to Ferrum’s campus because of the outdoor recreation program, class size and the spectacular natural setting. While attending classes, he was highly involved in the campus community by playing trumpet in the jazz ensemble and participating in clubs pertaining to his field, such as the Recreation Majors Club and Cycling Club. After graduating from Ferrum, Conover married 1994 Ferrum alumna Hillary Hardison. He has since made outdoor recreation his life and career with jobs that included being Outdoor Retail Manager and Recreation Manager for Franklin County Parks and Recreation. In addition to his outdoor positions, he has partnered with his father as a small business owner in home repair.
So far during his time at Ferrum, Conover has organized numerous activities such as canoeing, white-water rafting, climbing, high ropes and the increasingly popular sport of disc golf. He has renewed acquaintances with old professors, made many new friends and is thrilled to be increasing his knowledge and experience regarding outdoor recreation in a small college setting. For Conover it has been satisfying to explore other areas of the world and return to Ferrum with a renewed sense of understanding in his field. He says, “It feels great to be able to make a full circle and share my experiences with others.” As for the future of Ferrum Outdoors, he plans to organize the program to allow personal trip preparation for faculty, staff and students. He also wants to expand the on-campus trails and create a partnership with other parks and recreation programs in the area. For this alumnus, Ferrum’s frontier offers opportunities for him to put his ideas into action and climb to the top with the area’s recreational reputation stowed in his backpack. –Meagan Hodges ’11
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Rex’s Last Stand
After 35 years as Mark Twain professor gives final performance
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ark Twain once quipped, “the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Sadly, that statement is now a little closer to the truth.
Twain, the American author who gave us Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, passed away in 1910, but his memory has been kept alive by Ferrum College theater professor, playwright and actor Rex Stephenson. During the past 35 years, Stephenson has performed nearly a thousand shows, transforming himself into the author and entertaining audiences with stories of Twain’s life in the first person.
“I first became enchanted with Mark Twain during my second year at Ferrum,” said Stephenson, who with the right suit, white hairspray and a touch of makeup bears a striking resemblance to the American icon. “A student named Tim Biddle wanted to do a Tonight Show–styled performance and they needed someone to interview.” Enter Stephenson in a makeshift Twain getup. “I was so nervous before the show I threw up in a trash can,” admits Stephenson. But the show went well, and a legacy was born. Simply looking like Twain wasn’t enough. Stephenson felt that in order to bring the character to life he had to know him
Stephenson says Twain’s discussions of health concerns remain his favorites. “Twain had bad habits such as smoking and drinking, and he loved to point out how someone who lived a purer
older Uncle Lem. Fellow Ferrum College theater veteran Jody Brown played a local newspaper writer in a comical exchange in which Twain skillfully dodges the questions. But mostly, the show was Rex – in the time-honored perfect personification of Twain.
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Stephenson stayed with Twain, not just because of the similarity in their looks. “His stories and his works are seemingly endless,” said Stephenson, referring to the author’s published material and stories from his personal life. Stephenson estimates he has, “two and a half hours of material locked up in my head.”
He talked, he gestured, he made faces. Almost constantly he made faces. And the expressions were so apt and telling that it’s no wonder Stephenson was so successful with this portrayal. Thirty-five years is a pretty good run.
“I first became enchanted with Mark Twain during my second year at Ferrum.” life than his died anyway – leading to the conclusion that his way was better,” said Stephenson. Finally, after so many years, Stephenson just felt like it was time for something new. “I had done it so many times. It’s hard to keep it fresh after so long,” he said. So, for three nights early last fall in the Panther’s Den in lower Franklin Hall, the Blue Ridge Dinner Theater Troupe served dinner to the audience and supported Stephenson as he told Twain’s tales for the last time.
from the inside out. That led to research. Real research. “I traveled to Missouri so I could stand where he stood and view the Mississippi River as he did,” says Stephenson. “I felt that was the only way I could really get inside his head and react as he would have.”
The players joined in song, telling the backstory of the riverboat term “mark twain,” which Samuel Langhorne Clemons would adopt as his pseudonym. (“mark twain” refers to a water depth of two fathoms which was just barely deep enough for Clemons’s beloved Mississippi riverboats to safely navigate.) Stephenson was joined on stage by Emily Rose Tucker as the young bride of Twain’s
Stephenson said despite the numerous bookings he never felt he did a “perfect” show. “But the last one, that last Saturday night – that was pretty close,” he said with a bit of a wistful gleam in his eye. Rex wore out three different suits during those three plus decades of performances. The second suit became so tattered and stained that the cleaners gave him a new one, “so they wouldn’t have to clean the old one anymore.” He says he’s now hung the suits up for good, and his version of Twain is permanently retired. Those who saw the shows over the years can feel good that they enjoyed masterful performances. Those who missed their chance can take solace in a famous quote that leaves the door open, just a crack. Clemons’s own character, Huck Finn, is said to have stated, “Mr. Mark Twain, he told the truth, mostly.”
Stephenson said he was careful not to taint his primary research with second-hand stories that might not represent the true Twain. “When the tour guide in Hannibal started talking about Twain’s life, I walked away,” said Stephenson, explaining how he didn’t want to hear someone else’s version of the story.
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It’s a Menu with Flair
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Director of Dining Services Mike Martin had the screen installed with an eye toward the future. “If we were going to invest in a new electronic system, we wanted to make sure we were looking ahead,” said Martin. “We see a day when we have several of these in the dining hall and around campus. The hope is that we develop a way to communicate with students in a way that truly engages them.”
Students in line for a meal at the cafeteria have a new way to see what’s on the menu.
Ferrum College Dining Hall Goes “NICE”
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Martin said the single screen, located at the cash register entrance to the dining hall already shows the soccer and football schedule beside a scroll that includes the day’s offerings such as fried chicken and green beans. He foresees a time when there will be multiple screens in the cafeteria and in Franklin Hall – with more information such as the dining hall’s Facebook page. “The system is pretty basic to operate, and the messaging is limitless,” he said. “It would be great if in addition to food offerings, we could engage students with messages about other campus events, sports scores, videos – you name it.”
Whether you order chicken, spaghetti or a salad, the one thing you are sure to get with your order is a smile from the Ferrum College worker on the other side of the counter. The dining hall workers spent a part of the summer learning how to make customer service and civility a priority. “We wanted them to have a positive relationship with the people on campus,” said Assistant Director of Dining Services Mike Ferguson ’81. Ferguson said the program showed workers how to handle situations gracefully – even in the event there is a complaint.
As part of the program, 12 Ferrum College students submitted ideas for a mini public relations campaign, including a logo and a graphic. Senior Glen Thompson ’11, a Recreation Leadership major, submitted the winning design: a sketch of the Ferrum Panther on a yellow background with the words, “I Like Nice” written underneath. Dining hall staff wear the button, as do many other people on campus. “It’s a simple design,” said Alyson Seidel, Assistant Catering Manager. “It gets the point across, and there’s nothing wrong with being friendly to people.”
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onald Reagan was president and Nintendo was rolling out its first game systems in 1984 – the same year Dave Davis stepped onto the sidelines of the Ferrum College football field. Reagan has passed away. Nintendo and its Wii system have come light years from the original, clunky two-dimensional graphics and Dave Davis is hanging up the whistle.
Dave Davis retires After 27 Years
“It’s been a good run,” Davis says of his 27 years at Ferrum, first as an assistant coach under Hank Norton, and later as head coach. Davis looks back fondly on the early days with Norton. “It was a small staff – mostly just Hank and me,” he says. Davis handled defense, Hank the offense. Since there wasn’t a lot of staff to coordinate, the two made the most of it. “We used to meet on the trout stream, fish and have our meetings for the week,” laughed Davis. “I was lucky to have Dave,” says Norton, who remembers the stellar references Davis received from the staff at East Carolina, where Davis had been an assistant coach prior to Ferrum. “East Carolina had a national caliber team that year,” remembers Norton. Norton thought a young Davis might be just the answer to Ferrum’s needs. He was right.
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nation in rushing offense in 2005, racking up 361.4 yards per game on the ground. Davis’s 2001 and 2002 teams also won shared titles in the Dixie Conference before the league name was changed to the USA South in 1993. Looking back, Davis says the 2005 season was his most rewarding and his toughest. He says he began thinking about retirement way back then. “I was staying up every night until two or three in the morning, studying tape. I had to find ways to hide our weaknesses, and exploit those of the other team.” Though winning was satisfying, Davis says he’s not sure he ever recovered from that effort. Beyond the grueling personal schedule, Davis says the biggest challenge through
the years was convincing other teams to play the formidable Ferrum squad. “I had to get in my car and drive to other schools and beg them to put us on their schedule,” said Davis. At the time Ferrum was not in a conference, and teams were leery of scheduling a game they were likely to lose.
an amazing talent,” remembers Athletic Director Abe Naff. “He was big, and he was fast. It was beautiful just to watch him play ball.” Warren and his ilk made the Panthers a perennial power. Then the NCAA set up a perpetual thirdand-long for Ferrum’s formula when it adopted what is jokingly referred to on campus as the “Warren Rule.” Essentially the rule prevented athletes from larger schools from transferring to smaller schools and having immediate eligibility. The development of the Atlantic Central Football Conference in the 90s with schools like Frostburg State and Salisbury in Maryland, Div. III powerhouse Wesley in Delaware and Methodist in North Carolina, helped to create a regular schedule. Ferrum
was forced to leave the ACFC when enough teams in the Dixie/USA South began playing football, and the Panthers joined conference football play in the league.
Slowly things changed. Ferrum filled out its schedule, but lost some of its advantages. “When we were a junior college it was pretty easy to recruit players who could compete at the next level,” he explained. “When we became a four-year school it leveled the field a little.”
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But Ferrum still found a way to win – by recruiting Division I players who – for whatever reason – no longer wanted to play at major universities. The most famous was Chris Warren ’90, who came to Ferrum from UVA and went on to play in three Pro Bowls in the NFL. “Chris was Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
must travel across the state to meet potential players, Christopher Newport’s coaches can drive to dozens of high schools and still be home for dinner. The Tidewater Area, around Virginia Beach and Newport News, has long been regarded as a national hot spot for college recruiters. “We used to own Virginia,” laments Davis. “We still do a great job and get players we can develop by making them stronger and faster – but the other schools do too.” If there is one thing that sets Davis apart, Naff says it’s his unselfish nature. “A perfect example is Billy Wagner ’94,” says Naff. Billy wanted to play football and baseball, and he was good at both. “But once Dave saw Billy pitch on the baseball diamond, he wouldn’t let him play football anymore. He was too afraid he might get hurt.” Davis lost a good defensive back – but Wagner went on to make millions pitching in the major leagues en route to seven MLB All-Star honors. Looking forward, Davis says the Hank Norton Center will be a huge plus for recruiting and, thus, for the program. On the personal side, he says he’s going to need to find a hobby. “I used to fish a lot,” he says, “but I’ve given away most of my gear.” His sister has generously offered to allow him to paint her house “for free” he laughs. His daughter Lauren ’02 wants him to visit her in Northern Virginia to take care of a new baby, and son Bryan ’97, a high school coach in Topsail Beach, North Carolina, wants Dad to come help with the defense. While Davis isn’t sure what he’ll do next he says, “Retirement is permanent.”
While the Dixie/USA South created a ready-made schedule for the most part, it also created competition for prime recruits. While Ferrum’s coaching staff
“He’s gonna learn one thing and that’s for sure,” grins Naff. “He will find out there are lot of things to do on a Saturday afternoon, other than coach football.”
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Billy Wagner at Nationals Park Ferrum alum bound for the record books notches one more in the win column to the delight of 60 of his biggest fans. Video of Billy Wagner can be viewed on the Ferrum College YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ ferrumcollegepr
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ne thing about relief pitchers – you never know when they will pitch. The infielders play every game. Starting pitchers every four games, but relief appearances only happen when the right person is needed at the right time in the right game. Ferrum graduate Billy Wagner ’94 is a relief pitcher. But doubts about whether he’d take the mound didn’t stop 60 Ferrum faithful from attending Billy Wagner Night at the Nationals – a Ferrum Alumni office “friendraising” event – on July 28. The group gathered at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. where the home team took on Wagner and the visiting Atlanta Braves. The weather was perfect, and the Braves jumped out to an early lead. The Ferrum group was positioned next to the bullpen, where Wagner was within easy earshot. Between innings he autographed baseballs, hats and everything else the Ferrum group dropped to him. Though Wagner was having a great season after returning from “Tommy John” surgery – a procedure in which elbow ligaments are replaced with those taken from another part of the body – he had announced that this would be his last year in the majors. He was widely quoted in the national media as saying it didn’t matter
whether he had a good season or a bad one – he wanted to spend more time with his wife Sarah and their four children at their home in Virginia. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons these Ferrum faithful were so anxious to see him. Several had come to a 2008 Alumni event, but Wagner was hurt and didn’t play. Late inning relievers like Wagner typically come into the game in the 8th or 9th inning, when their team has the lead. Their job is to get the side out and “save” the victory. Chipper Jones singled in a run in the 6th inning, and the Braves went up 3–1. That was still the score in the 9th, when Wagner’s number was called and he ran onto the field, much to the pleasure of the group from Ferrum. Wagner made short work of the Nationals. Three up, three down. Game over. The Ferrum Faithful had seen their guy throw his trademark fastball, lifting the Braves a step closer to the playoffs. (They would eventually win the National League wildcard.) More importantly, they had a chance to see one of the greatest players ever to take the field in a Ferrum uniform, play one last time.
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“ Billy Wagner is a great baseball player, but a much better person. He’s a seven-time Major League Baseball All-Star and future Hall of Famer, who will always be remembered as a great human being.” – Abe Naff, Ferrum Athletics Director Billy Wagner Fast Facts Billy Wagner ’94 is married to the former Sarah Quesenberry ’94, and they have four children, William, Jeremy, Olivia and Kason. In the off-season, the Wagners reside in Crozet, Virginia. Billy is a left-handed pitcher but he is actually right-handed. He learned to throw left-handed when his arm was broken – twice – while playing pickup ball in his hometown of Tannersville, Virginia. Career Saves: 422; second best by a left-handed reliever. Fifth best all time. Career Strikeouts: 1,196; most ever by a left-handed reliever Career Earned Run Average: 2.31 2010 Earned Run Average: 1.43; lowest of his career Drafted: 1st round in 1993 by Houston Astros; 12th pick overall Major League Teams (by games pitched): Astros/Phillies/Mets/Red Sox/Braves MLB Career Stats: 47–40 record, 2.31 ERA, 422 saves, 11.9 strikeouts per 9 innings
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Pro Facts: Wagner’s 18-year professional baseball career (16 in majors) includes: Auburn Astros (A) 1993, Quad City River Bandits (A) 1994, Jackson Generals (AA) 1995, Tucson Toros (AAA) 1995, Houston Astros 1995–2003, Philadelphia Phillies 2003–05, New York Mets 2005–2009, Boston Red Sox 2009, Atlanta Braves 2010. Wagner made his Major League Baseball debut September 13, 1995, with the Astros. He is a seven-time MLB All-Star (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010), and was the 1999 MLB National League Rolaids Relief Award Winner. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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Billy Wagner Ferrum Facts Wagner came to Ferrum from his hometown of Tannersville, Virginia, having prepped at Tazewell High School in Tazewell, Virginia. He played baseball for Ferrum from 1991 to 1993 under legendary Head Coach Abe Naff. He earned All-Conference, All-Region and All-America first-team honors in 1993 after finishing 6-3 with 3 saves, 133 strikeouts and a 1.56 ERA. At the time, Wagner’s career strikeout total of 327 and single-season strikeout total of 133 were NCAA Div. III records. Wagner closed his three-year Ferrum career with a 17-3 record, and still to this day holds the NCAA Div. III single-season record for strikeouts per nine innings at 19.1 with 109 strikeouts in 51.1 innings in 1992. Wagner was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball 1993 June draft by the Houston Astros, as the #12 pick overall. Sarah Quesenberry Wagner ’94 was an outstanding student-athlete as well, earning two All-Conference and two Academic All-Conference awards with the women’s basketball program from 1991–1994. Sarah is one of fourteen women on Ferrum’s 1,000-Point Club, and currently holds the #8 spot on Ferrum’s career scoring list with 1,134 points.
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“Lacrosse is huge in New York State, Maryland, Pennsylvania and here in Virginia,” he said. Frey says the sport has gone mainstream and a lot of people who were once attracted to football or basketball are now lacrosse players. He described lacrosse as being a combination of “football, basketball, soccer and hockey,” which means players can be successful no matter what size they are. “Speed and quickness are important,” he said. “Some of the best players in the country are 5' 6" – they’ll never play basketball, but lacrosse gives them a place to shine.”
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“ We were hopeful that the lacrosse program would attract student athletes right away…the interest exceeded our expectations.” Gilda Woods ’92, Ferrum College Dean of Admissions
Frey knows what he’s talking about. In his 27 years as either a player or a coach, he’s seen a lot of lacrosse and a lot of success. Frey came to Ferrum from Loyola Marymount University, where he was head coach for four years. He led the Lions of LMU to their best season ever, including impressive wins over several top-25 teams, and closed the season ranked 17th in the nation. Frey was named Southwest Lacrosse Conference Coach of the Year. But even Frey may not have anticipated the growth of the sport – especially at the Division III level. Lacrosse Magazine described the growth of the sport as being at “epidemic proportions” as its popularity spreads out of New England and the MidAtlantic where it’s always been strong. Numerous Internet sites say lacrosse is a perfect fit for small colleges looking to boost enrollment and therefore revenues. And statistically, lacrosse players make good students. According to Laxbuzz.com (“Lax” is short for lacrosse), the graduation rate for men’s lacrosse was, “the highest among 17 sports and tied for second with gymnastics among women’s sports.” “We were hopeful that the lacrosse program would attract student athletes right away,” said Gilda Woods ’92, Ferrum College Dean of Admissions. “We thought perhaps we’d have 20 students in the first year. The interest exceeded our expectations.” Woods also pointed out that lacrosse is a strong spectator sport so it serves as an attraction even to students who do not play.
Ferrum has 42 players on the squad. They come from eight states: Texas, Colorado, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the lion’s share from Virginia. Ferrum added women’s lacrosse in 2000 and in 2010 registered its best year ever with a record of 11-5. Five players were named all conference including Brooke Hewartson and Cara Jacobs 1st team, Jen Phan 2nd team and Caitlyn Francis and Kelsy Walters Honorable Mention. Hewartson was also named Rookie of the Year.
being the first, and having the opportunity to play immediately.” The team concluded fall practice in late October. They resume practice on January 15th, and play their first game a month later. The season ends in late April.
Since the men’s program is in its first year, Frey says there is a steep learning curve. “I’d like to see their lacrosse IQ be a little higher,” he says of his youthful team. But he admits the players are about where he would expect them to be. The team will play a 16-game schedule. How many will they win? “Hard to say. But we will be competitive in many of our games,” says Frey. Fortunately, with all the expansion, Ferrum isn’t the only D-III school that’s just now fielding a team. The Panthers will play several schools that are also first-year programs and “two or three” others that Frey considers, “young programs.” Frey says the players who signed on were drawn by the opportunity to start something – to come to Ferrum and have an immediate impact. “These guys will always be able to say they started this program,” he said. “They like the idea of
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sportson campus Three Spring Teams Fare Well The baseball, softball and women’s lacrosse teams all posted stellar performances in 2010. Coach Darren Hodges’ team finished 23-15, winning its last five games. The softball team set a new school record for single-season wins by a women’s team with a 31-16 record. Coach Vickie Van Kleeck’s team reached the title game of the 2010 USA South Tournament, missing the playoffs by one game despite posting five wins over teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Coach Karen Harvey’s lacrosse team set a new school record with 11 wins. The team’s 11-5 record is the first winning season in the 11-year history of the program.
Franklin Earns All-America, NCAA Statistical Titles Junior first baseman Justin Franklin was named to a pair of AllAmerica teams after a stellar season with the Ferrum baseball team. D3baseball.com named him a first team selection, while the American Baseball Coaches Association made Franklin a third team pick. Franklin batted .446 in 2010 with 14 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 71 RBI this season. He closed the season with NCAA Div. III statistical titles for RBI (71) and RBI per Game (1.87). Franklin led the team in batting average (.446), home runs (16), RBI (71) and slugging percentage (.866). Defensively, Franklin registered 298 putouts and 28 assists with only three errors for a .991 fielding percentage. Franklin was a USA South AllConference first team selection, and earned a National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Div. III National CoHitter of the Week award March 18. Franklin becomes Ferrum’s first baseball All-American since 2007 when Brett Thomas was an ABCA third team selection and a d3baseball. com honorable selection. He is the College’s 18th baseball Justin Franklin earned All-American. Ferrum closed All-America honors with out the 2010 season at 25-13 D3baseball.com and overall, winning its last five the American Baseball games under third-year Head Coaches Association. Coach Darren Hodges.
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The softball team reached the title game of the 2010 USA South Tournament and was just a game shy of making the playoffs. The Panthers had five wins over teams that reached the NCAA Tournament.
Ferrum Places 60 on Academic All-Conference Team The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2009–10 Academic All-Conference team, and Ferrum College had 60 student-athletes named to the team. To be eligible for the Academic All-Conference team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 grade point average in both the fall and spring semesters. Studentathletes participating in a varsity sport are eligible. The sport does not have to be a Conference-sponsored sport.
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Individually, 13 student-athletes were double-winners, earning spots on both the All-Conference and Academic All-Conference teams: Mike Barnes, Jason Butterworth, Jessica Flanagan,TJ Grzesikowski, Steven Harris, Cara Jacobs, Paul Jaglowski, Kristen Keith, Lea McMillan, Scott Puschell, Rachel Shumaker, Kelsey Walters and Tonya Wright. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
Ferrum had six student-athletes named to the 2009–10 Academic All-State Team, as named by the Virginia Sports Information Directors. Honored for their performances both in the classroom and in competition were 131 student-athletes from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each Virginia institution, including NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA; and independents, had the opportunity to submit athletes to be honored. To be eligible, student-athletes must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or better, have achieved sophomore status and not be in the first season of competition at their current school. All athletes must also be either starters or key reserves for their team. Ferrum’s honorees include: • Jessica Flanagan, a senior outside hitter on the volleyball team, from Martinsville, Virginia. • Steven Harris, a sophomore running back on the football team, from Crewe, Virginia. • Cara Jacobs, a junior attacker on the women’s lacrosse team, from Sumerduck, Virginia. • Paul Jaglowski, a sophomore shortstop on the baseball team, from Chesapeake, Virginia. • Lea McMillan, a junior defender on the women’s soccer team, from Harrisonburg, Virginia. • Hannah Shumaker, a sophomore shortstop/pitcher on the softball team, from Blanch, North Carolina.
Ferrum sports teams had a number of student-athletes earn AllConference honors last year at the close of the winter and spring sport seasons, including a pair of USA South Rookie of the Year honors. Headlining a list of stellar athletic performances in 2009–10 was freshman volleyball and softball standout Rachel Shumaker. The freshman from Blanch, North Carolina, earned All-Conference first team honors and USA South Softball Rookie of the Year honors, All-Region third team in softball, All-Conference third team in volleyball and Academic All-Conference. Freshman Brooke Hewartson earned Women’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Year and first team All-Conference after helping Ferrum post an impressive 11-5 overall record. Joining Shumaker and Hewartson in earning AllConference first team honors from the College’s winter and spring teams were Derek Mitchell (men’s basketball), Tonya Wright and Kristen Keith (women’s basketball), Brooke Hewartson earned Charles Beacom All-Conference first team honors and Justin Franklin as a freshman and was the 2010 (baseball), Whitney USA South Women’s Lacrosse Womack (softball) Rookie of the Year. and Cara Jacobs (women’s lacrosse). Second team selections include Megan Barger (softball), Paul Jaglowski and Brian Mays (baseball), Jen Phan (women’s lacrosse). Third team All-Conference honorees included Tesla Akers (women’s basketball), Hannah Shumaker and Kaitlyn Culler (softball). Honorable mention went to Brittney Bullock and Ashley Norton (women’s basketball), Jerrell Wade (men’s basketball), Kashina Hancock (softball), Jason Butterworth (baseball), Caitlin Francis and Kelsey Walters (women’s lacrosse).
Tennis Teams Sweep Sportsmanship Awards
The Ferrum men’s and women’s tennis teams won the 2010 USA South Sportsmanship Awards. For the Panther men, it was the second honor in as many years and the third overall. Ferrum’s women shared the honor this year with Peace. Ferrum has now won four USA South Sportsmanship Awards overall since the inception of the program in 2005. The men’s tennis team won the honor in 2005, 2009 and this year, while the women’s team earned its first award this year. The USA South began sponsoring an AllSportsmanship team in 2007–08, consisting of one designee from each school per sport. Individual honorees from Ferrum for the 2009–10 academic year are as follows. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Jenni Carter | Volleyball Bridgett Hall | Women’s Soccer Walter Wright | Men’s Soccer Maureik Goode | Football Thomas Cleary | Men’s Cross-Country Tiffany Garnett | Women’s Cross-Country Ashley Clements | Women’s Basketball Jerrell Wade | Men’s Basketball Vanessa Torres | Women’s Lacrosse Matt Mellone | Men’s Tennis Lea McMillan | Women’s Tennis Ryan Throckmartin | Men’s Golf Jason Butterworth | Baseball Jasmine Parker | Softball
2009–10 All-Region Honorees Justin Franklin (baseball) and Kristen Keith (women’s basketball) were All-Region first team selections last year. As first team selections, both represented Ferrum on the All-America ballots for their respective sports. TJ Grzesikowski (football) and Derek Mitchell (men’s basketball) earned second team All-Region honors, while Rachel Shumaker (softball) and Dexter Hinds (football) were third team selections.
Ferrum’s 2009–10 Academic All-Conference Honorees Darren Agee Andrew Allwine Daniel Alvarez Rebekah Amos Mike Barnes AnnMichelle Bolt Zachary Bossio Johnathan Branch Tyler Brubaker Ashlee Burgess Jason Butterworth Maryann Castaneda Ashley Clements Brian Cox Erick Cox
Robert Dill Matthew Dobson Joy Doughty Jessica Flanagan James Flynn Caitlin Fournier Tiffany Garnett Daniel Grubb TJ Grzesikowski Lindsey Hager Marshall Hamilton Steven Harris Lauren Hearp Nicole Hendrick Raymond Hines
Nicole Hinkley Samuel Holloway Cara Jacobs Paul Jaglowski William Jorgensen Steven Keesler Kristen Keith Stephane King Dakota Lettieri Morgan Madonna Hanna Martin Jack McDowell Lea McMillan Ashley Miles Christopher Miller
Kristen Monroe Patrick Oliver Jasmine Parker Kara Pegram Benjamin Pittsley Scott Puschell Vinsetta Secret-McDaniel Hannah Shumaker Rachel Shumaker Tiesha Terry Kelsey Walters Clayton Walvoort Robert Wiles Tonya Wright Walter Wright Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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Student-Athlete Profiles
Richard Andino ’12
Manassas, Virginia Major: Criminal Justice Minor: Environmental Science Career Plans: Richard plans to join the Prince William County Police Department after graduation. Campus Activities: Men’s Soccer Team, Intramurals
“ What you put into something determines exactly what you get out of it.” –Steven Harris ’12
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Floyd, Virginia
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Major: Business Administration-Sports Management
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Career Plans: After graduating, Brian plans to attend grad school at Virginia Commonwealth University to work toward his master’s degree in sports leadership. Following grad school, Brian intends to pursue a career in college athletics. Campus Activities: Men’s Golf Team, Ferrum Athletic Department Student Intern Honors: Brian made the Dean’s List twice at Ferrum, as well as Academic All-Conference after transferring in from Tusculum College. At Tusculum, he earned the school’s President’s Award and Academic AllConference recognition.
Career Plans: After graduating, Steven plans to pursue a career as a personal trainer or coach. Campus Activities: Football Team, Intramurals, Physical Education Club Honors: Steven made the USA South’s Football AllConference Team in 2009. He has made the Dean’s List twice and is a two-time USA South Academic AllConference selection. Steven also earned Academic All-State recognition.
“ Ferrum has always made me feel welcome and at home. Faculty see you as both a student and a friend.” –Richard Andino ’12 “ Being a transfer student, I was unsure of how the transition would be. I was looking for a place where I could continue to grow spiritually and play golf, and I am so grateful that God led me to Ferrum. I have been blessed in so many ways here and praise God for each opportunity that He has given me to grow that much closer to Him. Because of God’s presence here at Ferrum, I feel as though my Christian walk is stronger now than it has ever been before!” –Brian Cox ’12
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Lea McMillan ’11
Harrisonburg, Virginia Major: Liberal Arts Minor: Elementary Education & Psychology Career Plans: After graduating, Lea hopes to begin a teaching career in elementary education. She also hopes to begin work on her master’s degree in education. Campus Activities: Women’s Soccer Team, Women’s Tennis Team Honors: Lea has made the Dean’s List five times thus far, and is a three-time USA South Academic AllConference selection. She was also a double-winner in 2009–10 with the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association, earning All-State and Academic All-State honors with that organization.
Christopher Miller ’13
Chandler, Arizona
Vinsetta Secret-McDaniel ’12 Hampton, Virginia
Major: International Studies Minor: Economics & Spanish
Major: Psychology Minor: Spanish
Career Plans: After graduating, Christopher plans to attend law school, with aspirations of working in corporate law.
Career Plans: After graduating, Vinsetta plans to either continue pursuing higher education or attempt to become an officer in the Air Force.
Campus Activities: Men’s Tennis Team Honors: Christopher has made the Dean’s List twice so far, and was a USA South Academic All-Conference selection as a freshman in 2009–10.
Campus Activities: Admissions Ambassador, Peer Assistant Tutor, Mentor, Undergraduate Teachers Assistant, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Resident Assistant, Women’s Lacrosse Team, Lambda Sigma Honors: Vinsetta has made the Dean’s List all four semesters she has been at Ferrum. She is a two-time USA South Academic All-Conference selection.
“ Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Ferrum has provided me the energy and environment to grow as a student-athlete. I know I can accomplish anything!”
–Christopher Miller ’13
“ Coming to Ferrum has been one of the best decisions I’ve made. I’m glad I came here, because I’ve made lasting memories and lifelong friends. Thanks Ferrum, I’ve had a blast!” –Lea McMillan ’11
Rachel Shumaker ’13
Blanch, North Carolina Major: Environmental Science and Environmental Planning & Development double-major Career Plans: Attend graduate school with career aspirations of getting a job and making a difference. Campus Activities: Softball Team, also played a year with the Volleyball Team Honors: 2010 USA South Softball Rookie of the Year, All-Conference softball first team, third team All-Region in softball, All-Conference volleyball third team, Academic All-Conference, Dean’s List
“ Being successful consists of hard work, and hard work means you actually have to work hard.” –Vinsetta Secret-McDaniel ’12
“ Being a student at Ferrum has been a wonderful experience. I have met so many great people and it’s such a great place to live and learn. Thank you to everyone who has made, and is making, the experience one of a kind for me.” –Rachel Shumaker ’13 Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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Ferrum College Alumni Board of Directors Mr. Joel L. Wilson ’81 President, Mount Holly Mrs. Joyce Bernice Cobbs ’98 1st Vice President, Rocky Mount Mrs. Ruth Ross Dandridge ’52 Golden Panthers President, Ridgeway
Alumni Board Retreat Wintergreen 2010
Clockwise from top left: Panther teammates Gary Swats ’68 and Ed George ’68; two photos from the joint Staunton and Charlottesville Alumni Chapter and the Alumni Board of Directors (ABOD) dinner; ABOD members during their retreat working session.
Mrs. Joanna Bosik Eddy ’04, Annandale Mr. Donald L. Brown ’66, Staunton Mr. Samuel L. Camden ’66, Roanoke Mr. J. Randy Cline ’67, Harrisonburg Mr. Oden L. Cornwell, III ’02, Boones Mill Mrs. Ethelyne Fulcher Daniel ’43, Danville Mrs. Alice McDaniel Elliott ’03, Stafford Mr. Edmond B. Fitzgerald, IV ’82, Gretna Mr. Bruce A. Griffith ’66, Stuart Mrs. Jean Wright Hodges ’56, Rocky Mount Mr. Jon D. Morris, Jr. ’94, Roanoke Mr. Wilson T. Paine ’07, Virginia Beach Ms. Marion R. Price ’87, Richmond Mrs. Annie Mae Dowdy Rose ’57, Nellysford Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48, Mechanicsville Mr. D. Stuart Smith ’95, Roanoke Mr. Luther D. Turner ’89, Glen Allen Mrs. Amy Poole Williams ’93, Springfield Mr. Jeff A. Wilson ’85, Hobe Sound, FL Mrs. Amanda Cobler Witt ’04, Collinsville
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elinda Giuffre Barker received an Associate of Science degree from Ferrum College in 1978. While on campus she was involved with the student council and served as the first Vice President of the Student Government Association. During her tenure she helped to pave the way for coed dorms and for female representation on the council. Following graduation Barker attended Alfred University in New York and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1980. After a nursing career lasting close to 30 years, she returned to school at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, and in 2004 earned a Master of Science degree and licensure as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Barker did not stop there. Continuing her studies at Hampton University, she completed her Ph.D. in nursing research with a dissertation exploring the daily psychosocial factors involving chronic hepatitis C patients. She currently works as an assistant professor in the college’s School of Nursing and as a lobbyist in support of screening, education and treatment funds for the hepatitis C population in Richmond and Washington, D.C.
Melinda Giuffre Barker, Ph.D, RN, FNP, BC ’78 2 0 1 0 Disting u ished A lu mni Award “ I am honored by this award from Ferrum. It is always nice to go back to my ‘home’ in the mountains. I so love the college and I think it’s fantastic to see all of the great things going on there.”
As founder and clinical facilitator of a hepatitis C support group, Barker considers her most cherished achievement (besides her daughters) to be her work with patients and her research on their behalf. Her publications include articles for the Sigma Theta Tau International-Nursing Society (STTI), the Council of American Nurse Science (CANS) and the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) – three of the most prestigious reference publications in the field of nursing science. Melinda Giuffre Barker epitomizes the Ferrum College motto “Not Self, But Others.” With the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award she will continue as a vivid role model for both current students and alumni across the country.
– Melinda Giuffre Barker, Ph.D., RN ’78
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Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Inducts Six Willard Arthur, Jr. ’67
Willard Arthur, Jr. ’67 of Evington, Virginia, played football two years at Ferrum as offensive guard and defensive end. He was a member of Ferrum’s 1965 National Championship team and also played in the 1966 National Championship game. Arthur went on to play for the University of Richmond, where he helped the Spiders win the 1967 Tangerine Bowl. He is a past president of Marvin V. Templeton & Sons of Lynchburg and the past president of Virginia Roadbuilders Association 1992–93. Arthur has been involved with the Campbell County Cattlemen Association, Virginia Cattlemen Association, Lynchburg Feeder Golf Association and the Patrick Henry Boys & Girls Home. He is currently involved with Troublesome Creek Angus in Evington, Virginia.
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Howard Clabough ’62 of Appomattox, Virginia, played baseball at Ferrum in 1962, serving as team captain. He went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1965 and 1978. He taught and coached at Varina High School from 1964–78, Appomattox High School from 1978–94 and Fuqua School from 1994–2001. He posted an impressive varsity baseball career coaching record of 377–167, leading Varina to three district titles, Appomattox to four District and three regional titles, and Fuqua School to a pair of League Championships. A nine-time Coach of the Year nominee, Clabough earned Coach of the Year twice. Clabough saw six former players go on to play professional baseball, including Keith Mayhew, a Ferrum three-time All-American and Alumni Sports Hall of Famer. He earned Virginia High School League Milestone Awards for 200 and 300 career wins, as well as the
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1989 National High School Coaching Award from Scholastic Coach Magazine. Clabough is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame at both Appomattox High School and Varina High School. He is currently serving on Appomattox High School Sports Hall of Fame selection committee, is an active substitute teacher for Health & PE at Appomattox, and serves at Appomattox County election polls.
Patrick L. Daly, Jr. ’99
Patrick L. Daly, Jr. ’99 of Danville, Virginia, played baseball at Ferrum from 1994-98. He earned NCAA Division III AllAmerica first team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association in 1998 after batting .508 with 60 runs, 24 home runs and 73 RBI. Daly was listed as one of the “toughest to strikeout” among the Division III ranks with just ten strikeouts in 1998. He won 1998 NCAA Division III statistical titles in home run average, RBI average, runs scored average and slugging percentage. Daly was the 1998 Dixie Conference Player of the Year and 1998 VaSID Small College Player of the Year. He closed out his career with a stellar .399 career batting average, including 180 runs, 47 doubles, 44 home runs and 194 RBI. Ferrum went 113–41–1 during Daly’s four-year career, a 73 percent winning percentage. Daly went on to play professional baseball with the Chillicothe Paint in Ohio and later was an assistant baseball coach from 1999–2001 at G.W. Danville High School. His civic involvements include the Knights of Columbus Christmas for the Needy program, Boys & Girls Club Christmas for the Needy program and Board of Directors of the Danville YMCA.
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Valley’s Tourism Ambassador Award in 2005 and is a Paul Harris Fellow Award recipient. Play-by-Play Magazine named Hammersley its Sportsman of the Year in 2005. He was inducted into United States Specialty Sports Association in 2008, and is due to be inducted into National Softball Association Hall of Fame in February 2011.
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During Homecoming 2010, the weekend of Oct. 1–3, the College announced its Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2009. Six individuals were inducted including Willard Arthur, Jr. ’67; Howard Clabough ’62; Patrick L. Daly, Jr. ’99; Kevin O. Dill ’79; Charles Hammersley ’78; and Don. L. Wilson ’68. Also, former football coach Carson Barnes was honored with special recognition.
Kevin O. Dill ’79
Kevin O. Dill ’79 of Roanoke, Virginia, played basketball at Ferrum from 1977–79. In 1979, Dill served as team captain, helping the team close with a 22-5 overall record and reach as high in the national rankings as #11 among National Junior College Athletic Association programs. Dill averaged 9.8 points and 3.3 assists per game in 1979, shot a team-high 88.9 percent from free-throw line and had a team-high seven assists in Ferrum’s win over Surry. He went on to earn a full athletic scholarship to Radford University, where he played two years and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1983. Dill taught and coached at Craig County High School and Patrick Henry High School and was also a Regional Sales Manager at MW Manufacturers in nearby Rocky Mount. In 1998, he started his own business, Adventures in Advertising in Roanoke. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, a Special Olympics referee, and has served on the Ferrum College Alumni Sports Hall of Fame committee.
Charles M. Hammersley ’73
Charles M. Hammersley ’73 of Salem, Virginia, played baseball two years and football one year at Ferrum. After graduation, he helped develop the James I. Moyer Sports Complex and Salem Skate Park. He has chaired the Chance Crawford Benefit Softball Tournament for 25 years, and is a founding member of the Youth Sports Committee, which helps promote youth football in the Roanoke Valley through the Sandlot Football Super Bowl. Hammersley is a member and past board member of Salem Sports Foundation and a member of the Salem Educational Foundation and Alumni Association Board. He is a member of the SalemRoanoke Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors, and in 2008 was named president. Salem High School inducted Hammersley into its Alumni Hall of Fame in 1996. He received the Roanoke
Don. L. Wilson ’68 of Glen Allen, Virginia, played football at Ferrum from 1966–67. Ferrum went 17-2 during his playing career, earning a national runner-up finish in 1966 and holding the #1 national ranking for a period in 1967. He played in the 1966 National Championship game, and was Team Captain and starting left guard on the 1967 team’s #1-ranked offense in nation. Wilson was a Finalist for Honor Council at Ferrum. He earned a full scholarship to William & Mary, where he started two seasons at offensive guard for the Tribe. In 1971, he became the youngest high school coach in Virginia as head football coach at Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton. In 1975, he served as head coach of University of Virginia’s JV football team. Wilson went on to begin a 26-plus year career with Equitable Life Insurance Company in Alabama, was promoted to Agency Manager in New Orleans in 1985 and won President’s Trophy in 1989. Wilson currently runs his own financial services company in Richmond. His civic involvements include working with the Birmingham Touchdown Club, Birmingham Jaycees, Birmingham Exchange Club, Estate Planning Council of Richmond and First Baptist Church in Richmond as a Sunday school teacher.
Carson Barnes
Carson Barnes of New Point, Virginia, is a former History Professor, Assistant to the Dean, Head Football Coach and Assistant Baseball Coach at Ferrum. He coached the 1957 season, Ferrum’s third intercollegiate football team, making a significant impact on Ferrum students both in the classroom and on the field. Barnes served as scout for the Baltimore Orioles in the Virginia/ Maryland Area from 1956–60, before going on to work at William & Mary as Administrator of Student Affairs and Public Services, Dean of Men and Dean of Students. Barnes was also an adjunct consultant for the Department of Defense Intelligence. At William & Mary, he was a member of the Athletic Committee that hired Marv Levy, then Lou Holtz as head football coaches. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1952, his master’s degree from University of Virginia in 1959, and his Juris Doctor degree from William & Mary Law School in 1976. His civic involvements include working with the Board of Directors and Education Committee of the Tidewater Lung Association, Elks’ Club, Kiwanis Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute, International Police Association and American Legion. He served with the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Williamsburg Community Council Projects, James City County American Red Cross, Cancer Crusade for the College and Colonial Toastmasters’ Club. Barnes has also been active as a Methodist Sunday school superintendant and provided pro bono legal aide to senior citizens and minorities.
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n Florida, he often serves as first mate on larger boats in pursuit of billfish such as white and blue marlin. He reminisces about one day, “…when we caught 13 white marlin less than 300 yards from shore.” Days of 50-plus stripers or blues are not uncommon on his beloved Potomac.
The Glebe, a Westmoreland County landmark owned by Wilson’s family, was the location of George Washington’s parents wedding reception. When he’s not fishing (or sleeping or eating), Wilson runs a landscaping company and looks after a mansion called The Glebe, which was built in the 1670’s. The building, held by the Wilson family, was on a piece of property that his father developed in the 1970s. An historic landmark, it is the building in which George Washington’s parents held their wedding reception.
Alumni Association President Holds Ferrum Dear Joel Lee Wilson, Ferrum class of 1981 and President of the Ferrum Alumni Association has many stories to tell. And a lot of them are fishing stories. Joel Wilson ’81 spends half the year at his home in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on the banks of the Potomac River, not far from where it meets the Chesapeake Bay. He spends the other half in Florida, also near the water – and also fishing. 50
There’s a bumper sticker that says, “Eat. Sleep. Fish.” Whoever coined that expression must have had Wilson in mind. “Yeah, I like to fish – a lot” – agrees Wilson. He is good at it too. In Virginia, he pilots his 23-foot bay skiff to hot spots for bluefish and stripers. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
Of Ferrum, Wilson says, “It gave me my start. Like a lot of young men, I needed to figure out where I was going, and Ferrum was that place.” He loves to tell the story of the day he came to check out campus looking a little lost. A man on the sidewalk asked if he needed help and proceeded to give him an hour-and-a-half tour of campus. It was only later he learned the man was then-Ferrum president Joe Hart. After receiving his associates degree at Ferrum, Wilson went on to earn his bachelors in business management from Virginia Tech. He enjoyed his time in Blacksburg but says, “I wish I would have stayed at Ferrum. I did my best work there and got my best education too. I like the Hokies too,” he says, “but Ferrum holds the biggest place in my heart.” Except for maybe fishing.
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Recognizing those who support the College financially is important to us at Ferrum. We have made every effort to ensure that our annual list of donors is correct and complete. We apologize for any errors and ask that you bring them to our attention so we can correct our records.
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Dear Alumni and Friends of Ferrum, This past summer I became an official member of the “Ferrum Family.” I was struck by the authenticity of the welcome I received. As I toured the campus I was greeted warmly by staff, faculty, visiting alumni and donors, and – to my delight – students. The character of Ferrum College is inspiring. I have cheered for the Panthers at football games, enjoyed lunches in Franklin Hall, rocked with the Praise Band in Vaughn Chapel and witnessed how everyone pitches in to accomplish remarkable campus-wide celebrations such as Family Weekend, Homecoming, the groundbreaking for the Hank Norton Center and the Folklife Festival. I have met faculty members whose dedication to students is unequaled. The commitment of Ferrum College is relentless. We have exciting and challenging projects underway. We continue to renew facilities, expand access by offering more generous financial aid, and build an excellent faculty across the disciplines and professions. There are fundraising efforts in progress for the annual Ferrum Fund along with both the Hank Norton Center and the Hart International Plaza. Your contributions to these projects will ensure the stability of the College as well as enhance our ability to prepare current students and to recruit future alumni. The momentum of Ferrum College is undeniable. I am proud of my new extended family. Today when I cross campus I am confident that as we prepare for our 100th anniversary, the future is even brighter for Ferrum College. I believe that together we will build on the legacy of the Ferrum character, commitment and momentum and will not only thrive but will flourish. Go Panthers!
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Mr. Harry G. Norris Roanoke, Virginia
Mr. Robert B. Ravenscroft Scottsdale, Arizona
Harry Norris is President of Howell’s Motor Freight in Roanoke, Virginia. He received his B.S. from the University of Richmond. Harry formerly served as a Ferrum trustee from 2000–2008, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Board. He is a member of the Blue Ridge Foundation and has served on the Liberty Mutual Advisory Board, the Virginia Museum of Transportation Board and is a member of the Virginia Trucking Association. Harry and his wife, Natalie, generously displayed many of their museum-quality antique quilts at the 2009 Ferrum Folklife Festival.
Bob Ravenscroft is a teacher, pianist, performer and composer. He is the founder of “Music Serving the Word Ministries” and traces his family lineage to Thomas Ravenscroft, who composed the Whole Booke of Psalms in 1621. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, has served on several jazz studies faculties and helps mentor young performers. He was an Artist-inResidence at Taliesin West, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Scottsdale and serves on the board of the Sanctuary Jazz Foundation. Bob and his wife, Gretchen, have four children.
Officers and Executive Committee Mr. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr. Chair, Penhook Mr. Peter Clements ’77 First Vice Chair & Chair, Business Affairs Committee, Carson Mrs. Addie Lee E. Haynes Second Vice Chair, Topping Rev. Margaret A. Turbyfill Secretary, Ashland Dr. Betty G. Whitehurst Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, Virginia Beach Mr. Craig L. Rascoe ’74 Chair, Audit Committee, Manakin Sabot Mr. Judson P. Mason ’67 Chair, Institutional Advancement, Nellysford Mr. Walter C. Ayers Chair, Investment Committee, Stuart Dr. Nathaniel L. Bishop Chair, Student Affairs, Enrollment & Technology, Christiansburg Mr. S. Kelly Herrick, ’84 Immediate Past Board Chair, Danville, CA Mr. Danny M. Perdue ’66 Member-at-large, Rocky Mount
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Ferrum Welcomes New Members to the Board of Trustees
Ferrum College Board of Trustees 2010–2011
Members Mrs. Darlene V. Amon, Suffolk Mrs. Thelma B. Crowder, South Boston Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dickerson, Richmond Dr. Nancy V. Dye, Roanoke Mr. Kenneth G. Gassman, Glen Allen Mrs. Elizabeth T. Greer, Rocky Mount Dr. Elizabeth Hairfield, Staunton Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Hundley, Roanoke Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer, Glen Allen Mr. Albert Latimer ’77, Apopka, FL Dr. Esther G. Mabry, Waynesboro Mr. Aubrey Lee Mason ’70, Lynchburg Mr. Harry G. Norris, Roanoke Mrs. Peggy A. Oakes, Dry Fork Mr. Robert Ravenscroft, Scottsdale, AZ Mr. Glenn F. Thomsen, Roanoke Mr. Robert Todd ’67, Williamsburg Rev. Bruce D. Tuttle, Martinsville Mr. Ronald L. Willard, Sr., Wirtz Mr. Joel Lee Wilson ’81, Mt. Holly, VA, Jupiter, FL Trustees Emeriti Mr. William B. Bales, Williamsburg Ms. Ethel Wolfe Born, Salem Mr. Robert A. Cox, Jr., Richmond Mrs. Ethelyne Fulcher Daniel ’43, Danville Mr. Horace G. Dyer, Martinsville Mr. Preston T. Holmes, Chesterfield Mr. C. Henry Jones, Norfolk Mr. Sid D. Mason, Rocky Mount Dr. M. Douglas Newman ’42, Newport News Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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CUMULATIVE GIVING $100,000 to $499,999 Ferrum College gratefully acknowledges our donors who have given significantly over the years. Cumulative gifts include cash, stock, and tangible property from active individuals, realized bequests, and organizations received as of June 30, 2010.
CUMULATIVE GIVING $1,000,000 and Above Mrs. Ethelyne Fulcher Daniel ’43 Earl G. Skeens, Jr. Estate Mr. R. Stuart Moore Estate Forrest S. Williams Estate Appalachian College Association The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Virginia College Fund Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
CUMULATIVE GIVING $500,000 to $999,999 Anonymous Agnes Cox Bell ’27 Estate Mrs. Hugh H. Chatham Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry Jones Marion A. and Annie W. Williams Estate
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Anonymous Mrs. Ethel W. Born Mr. Walter Y. Boyd ’49 Mr. David H. Burrows Mr. Maury L. Carter ’53 Mr. Worth H. Carter, Jr. Mrs. Patricia O. Compton Mrs. Charlotte T. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Dyer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Edmond B. Fitzgerald, IV ’82 Mr. Ed G. George ’68 Dr. Irving Grousbeck Mrs. Evelyn Stone Holmes Mrs. Kitty S. Hooker Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Kesler, Jr. ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Lewis ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Menefee ’43 Mrs. Evelyn S. Palmer Mr. Danny M. Perdue ’66 Mr. John Redd Smith, Jr. Mr. John D. Stanley Mrs. Maria Stroobants Mr. Herman C. Thomas ’33 Elizabeth Gray Treakle Estate Mrs. Elizabeth R. Winiker Estate Rena D. Wrenn Estate Mr. Joseph B. Wright Anonymous Adams Construction Company Martha and William Adams Scholarship Trust American Electric Power Beckett Charitable Foundation David S. Blount Educational Foundation The Butz Foundation Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Andrew H. and Anne O. Easley Trust The General Board of Global Ministries Georgia-Pacific Corporation William Randolph Hearst Foundation IBM Corporation Landmark Communications Foundation June M. McBroom Trust Marietta McNeill and Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr. Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation C. E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation Emma M. Ridgeway Trust Fund Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation The Roanoke Times William W. and Virginia B. Sale Foundation Smith Mountain Lake Association SunTrust Bank - Western Virginia Virginia Commission for the Arts Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy
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Wachovia Bank, N.A. The William E. Wagner Charitable Lead Trust Washington Forrest Foundation The Winston-Salem Foundation/ Emily Grousbeck Fund
CUMULATIVE GIVING $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bales Ms. Patti Berzon Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Boone Mr. Robert E. Clarke Mr. Tom W. England ’67 Mrs. Dielle Fleischmann Mr. and Mrs. Stanley O. Forbes, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Goodyear, III Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Greer Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Griffith ’66 Mr. John H. Hamblen Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Harris, Jr. ’65 Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Jennings ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Lambert Mr. James R. Lindsey Lt. Col. Ruby W. Linn Mr. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr. and Mrs. Lorinda G. Lionberger Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Moore Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Norris Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. Scott ’51 Ms. Adeline Sunday Ms. Suzanne P. Thornhill Mr. Charles W. Tysinger ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Willard, Sr. George I. Alden Trust Burlington Industries Cartledge Charitable Foundation, Inc. Dominion Foundation Equitable Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Ferrum Minute Market Franklin & 604 Minute Markets, Inc. Franklin Community Bank Franklin County Board of Supervisors The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry The Richard and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust Kresge Foundation Munters Corporation National Philanthropic Trust Norfolk Southern Foundation PlyGem Public Welfare Foundation, Inc. Rockydale Quarries Corporation Lonza Rush Foundation Stanley Furniture Company Teagle Foundation, Inc. Virginia Environmental Endowment Wallace W. and Catherine W. White Scholarship Fund Willard Construction of the Roanoke Valley, Inc.
CUMULATIVE GIVING $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mrs. Thomas N. Barbour Mrs. Marie Glasener Black Rev. Conrad A. Braaten and Dr. Jennifer L. Braaten Agnes C. Burr Charitable Remainder Trust Mrs. Ruth Groves Chaney Mrs. Barbara S. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clements ’77 Mr. Peter H. Coley ’73 Mr. Frank P. Conant Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cox, Jr. Mrs. Nancy Sink Cross ’69 and Mr. Matt Cross ’69 Dr. and Mrs. T. Harold Crowder Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Daly, Sr. Mr. John F. Dickinson, II Mrs. Roxann B. Dillon Mrs. Eunice Mattox Eggleston Capt. George W. Elliott ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Abe W. Essig Mrs. Virginia E. Finney Mrs. Myrtle B. Fore Mr. and Mrs. William F. Franck Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Garten ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Gassman, Jr. Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ’46 and Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ’46 Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Groves, Jr. Mr. Peter Hartman Mr. A. Frank Hooker Estate Mrs. Marilyn B. Hooker Mrs. Leila P. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Walter K. Hughes, Jr. Mrs. Frances W. Jamison Mr. Andre C. Jasse Mrs. Robert E. Kamm Dr. and Mrs. Mervyn R. King Mr. and Mrs. Sam Litton Mrs. Evelyn G. Loree Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Mason ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Sidney D. Mason Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Menefee ’42 Mrs. Jean Thomas Moore ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Spencer W. Morten, Jr. Ms. Mildred A. Orrell Mr. Eric B. Owens ’93 Mrs. L. James Payne Ms. Alexandra Plotkin Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Ring Mrs. Frances M. Rives Mr. Richard H. Sadler Mr. James H. Shively and Mrs. Nancy P. Shively Mrs. Georgia Anne Snyder-Falkinham Hon. Bobby W. Thompson ’70 and Mrs. Glenda Scott Thompson ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Titmus Mr. Mitchell V. Wheeler ’83 Mr. Kenny M. Wilbourne ’62 and Mrs. Pamela Groome Wilbourne ’63 Mrs. Joan Wilson Mrs. Patricia G. Wright
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
CUMULATIVE GIVING $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. William H. Aiken, Jr. ’60 Mrs. Linda Burrows Andrews ’76 Prof. James S. Angle ’56 Mr. Roger Anglin and Mrs. Sue Thomas Anglin ’65 Mr. C. Ralph Arthur, Jr. and Mrs. Sarah Shively Arthur ’68 Mrs. Mary P. Arthur Mr. James W. Bailey ’64 and Dr. Betty N. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Barbery Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Barnes Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 and Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ’68 Dr. Wilson Beamer Thomas S. Bennett Estate Mr. and Mrs. Cabell Brand Mr. Donald L. Brown ’66 and Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Brown ’66 Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Buis Mrs. Pauline S. Carr Mr. H. Allen Carver ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Gene N. Cash Mr. Michael T. Christian ’63 Mrs. Pauline Yates Clark ’41 Dr. Jack W. Corvin, Sr. ’99 Mrs. Rosie S. Craig Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Crow Rev. and Mrs. C. Warner Crumb Mrs. Frances Martin Dale ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Marlen H. Davis
*Deceased
Mr. J. D. Dennis ’86 Ms. Ashley Dettor Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Dietz Ms. Donna H. Dillon Mrs. Janet Downs Mrs. Mary Stevens Esperti ’51 Dr. Mary F. Finch Ms. Annette Finney Mr. Robert N. Fishburn Mrs. Mary Kathryn Frith Mrs. Carol A. Gaston and Mr. Hartley Gaston Dr. Annette Gibbs Mr. R. Anthony Giesen Mrs. Thelma H. Goodpasture Mr. and Mrs. Horace F. Green ’69 Mr. Morris L. Griffiths Mr. George W. Gusler ’49 and Mrs. Mildred Spencer Gusler ’49 Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hart Mr. J. D. Helvey Mr. William M. Herbert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hubbard, Sr. ’51 Mr. M. Dana Hunt ’49* Mrs. Hazel Wall Hunt ’50 Dr. David M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George N. Johnson Mrs. Edna S. Joyner Mr. and Mrs. Temple L. Kessinger, Jr. ’66 Ms. Patricia L. Kibler ’69 Mrs. Mary F. Kinney Ms. Heidi Krisch Mrs. Jean M. Lambeth Mrs. Patricia Jones LaReau ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Lester Mr. J. York Lindsey ’76 Mrs. Charles V. Lynch, Sr. Mr. Guy Martin ’38 William Melvin Maxey Estate Dr. Kenneth R. McCreedy Mrs. Sandra R. McMinnis Mr. Paul T. McWane ’82 Rev. and Mrs. William A. Moon, Jr. ’41 Mr. Philip C. Mosser ’69 Mrs. Angelia Hunt Naff Mrs. Richard F. Pence Mr. Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. ’66 and Mrs. Sharon Lee Phillips ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Pickett, III Mr. and Mrs. Bittle W. Porterfield, III Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Powell Mrs. Joan C. Quaderer Mr. Thomas C. Queen Mrs. Dorothy A. Ravenhorst Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ravenscroft Ms. Lucy B. Ricardo Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Rogers ’81 Ms. Sally Jane Rutherford ’80 Mrs. Barbara Cofer Sadler ’57 Mrs. Kate Sidewater Mrs. Corene Martin Simms ’42 Dr. and Mrs. John A. Simms Dr. Paul C. Simms Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Skala Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 Mrs. Irma H. Smart Mr. Delbert R. Spangler Mrs. Jane B. Spilman Mr. and Mrs. David L. Struebing Thomas Conn Swain ’61 Estate
Dr. Gerard T. Taylor ’63 Mr. Robert W. Todd ’67 and Mrs. Barbara H. Todd Mr. Charles W. Turman ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Turner Dr. and Mrs. Coulbourn H. Tyler ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. VanZant Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Vernon, Jr. Ms. Mary Ann Vinson ’69 Mrs. Stuart Pannill Ward Mr. Gordon H. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. Hays T. Watkins Mr. Don L. Wilson ’68 Mr. Jeff A. Wilson ’85 Mr. Joel L. Wilson ’81 Mr. John R. Wineman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Womack Mr. Bill N. Woody Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Wright Anonymous Acordia of Virginia Annandale UMC Art Museum of Western Virginia Associated Asphalt Equipment, Inc. Association of Outdoor Recreation & Education, Inc. BAE Systems Bassett Furniture Industries Bassett Mirror Company, Inc. Bethlehem UMC Carilion Health System Carter Bank & Trust Carter Machinery Company, Inc. Central Oil Corporation Chatlos Foundation, Inc.
General Board of Global Ministries-UMW Grousbeck Family Foundation GS Industries of Bassett, Inc. James C. (Buddy) Hawkins Memorial Trust Hermes Family Foundation Insurance Associates, Inc. Robert M. Jeffress Trust Jephson Educational Trust The Kent Foundation, Inc. Kroger Company Foundation L. C. Investments Edward H. Lane Foundation Lane Memorial UMC Lewis-Gale Medical Center Martinsville Bulletin James A. Meador Foundation Moore’s Lumber and Building Supplies Mount Vernon UMC Foundation New River Electrical Corporation New River Valley Charitable Trust Oak Hall Industries Frank E. Page Education Fund Foundation Paramount’s Kings Dominion Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson, Jr. Charitable Foundation Trust Petroleum Marketers, Inc. B. Wilson Porterfield Foundation Prudential Foundation Schewel Furniture Company, Inc. Slemp Foundation SunTrust J. Edwin Treakle Foundation, Inc.
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Anonymous Aetna Foundation, Inc. American Council of Learned Societies BB&T Herbert & Marion Bragg Educational Foundation Brown, Rudnick, Berlack and Israels Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Coca-Cola Company Commonwealth of VA State Treasurer Foundation For Roanoke Valley, Inc. Friends of Claytor Lake Hillsdale Fund Hooker Foundation, Inc. Howell’s Motor Freight, Inc. Minnie and Bernard B. Lane Foundation The McGlothlin Foundation MeadWestvaco Foundation Lucy E. Meiller Educational Trust National Home Library Foundation Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation Roller-Bottimore Foundation Lucy Pannill Sale Foundation, Inc. Sears-Roebuck Foundation Southern Air, Inc. Thomas F. Staley Foundation SunTrust Bank United Company University of Virginia USDA - Forest Service VF Imagewear, Inc. Virginia Department of Health
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Chesapeake Corporation Foundation Cow Creek Ranch CSX Corporation Dayton-Chambers, Inc. Diamond Paper Company, Inc. S. R. Draper Paving Co., Inc. Erath Veneer Corporation Fabricated Metals, Inc. Farmville UMC Flippin, Bruce & Porter, Inc. Franklin County Baseball, Inc. GE Foundation Genan Foundation
UMW – Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church Verizon Foundation Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Elbert H. Waldron Charitable Foundation Wellmore Coal Corp. West Development Group, LLC Whitestone Farms Kenny Wilbourne Realty & Construction Company
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Annual Giving
Honor Roll of Donors
Ferrum’s fiscal year 2009–10 includes gifts received from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The College appreciates annual support from alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, trustees, churches, foundations, corporations, and other organizations.
FY 2009–10 GIVING $25,000 and Above Mrs. Thelma B. Crowder and Dr. Harold Crowder Mr. Ed G. George ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Jennings ’58 Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry Jones Mr. Danny M. Perdue ’66 Rena D. Wrenn Estate The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Ferrum Minute Market Franklin & 604 Minute Markets, Inc. June M. McBroom Trust C. E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation Smith Mountain Lake Association Virginia College Fund Virginia Commission for the Arts Virginia United Methodist Conference Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, Inc.
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Martha and William Adams Scholarship Trust Appalachian College Association Beckett Charitable Foundation (Mr. & Mrs. Randolph H. Watts) Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Coca-Cola Company Andrew H. and Anne O. Easley Trust Franklin Community Bank Franklin County Board of Supervisors Howell’s Motor Freight, Inc. William W. and Virginia B. Sale Foundation Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation SunTrust Bank – Western Virginia UMW of the Virginia Conference University of North Carolina The Winston-Salem Foundation/ Emily Grousbeck Fund
FY 2009–10 GIVING $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Rev. Conrad A. Braaten and Dr. Jennifer L. Braaten Mr. H. Allen Carver ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Troy H. Carver Mrs. Barbara S. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Cleary Mr. Peter Clements ’77 and Mrs. Jennifer Clements Mrs. Nancy Sink Cross ’69 Mr. Matt Cross ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Irving M. Groves, Jr. Mr. Paul L. Harris, Jr. ’65 Mr. Peter Hartman Mr. Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. ’66 and Mrs. Sharon Lee Phillips ’66 Mr. D. Scott Showalter ’73 and Mrs. Elizabeth Allison Showalter ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn F. Thomsen Mr. Jeff A. Wilson ’85 Mr. Joel L. Wilson ’81 The Butz Foundation Friends of Claytor Lake Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Attorneys KPMG Foundation Minnie and Bernard B. Lane Foundation Emma M. Ridgeway Trust Fund University of California
FY 2009–10 GIVING $10,000 to $24,999
FY 2009–10 GIVING $1,000 to $4,999
Mrs. Ethel W. Born Mr. Maury L. Carter ’53 Mrs. Hugh H. Chatham Mrs. Patricia O. Compton Capt. George W. Elliott ’38 Mrs. Evelyn Stone Holmes Mrs. Jean M. Lambeth Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Menefee ’43 Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Norris Mr. John Redd Smith, Jr.
Mr. William H. Aiken, Jr. ’60 Mrs. Darlene V. Amon Mr. Roger Anglin and Mrs. Sue Thomas Anglin ’65 Mr. C. Ralph Arthur, Jr. and Mrs. Sarah Shively Arthur ’68 Mrs. Mary P. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Parker A. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Arthur
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Mr. Walter C. Ayers ’62 and Mrs. E. Lynn Parker Ayers Mrs. Jane Faulkner Bailey ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Baldwin ’77 Mr. William B. Bales Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 and Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Boylan Mr. Donald L. Brown ’66 and Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Brown ’66 Mr. Michael T. Christian ’63 Mr. Douglas E. Clark Mr. Peter H. Coley ’73 Mr. John P. Cougill ’69 Mrs. Rosie S. Craig Mr. L. Wayne Creasman ’61 Mr. Matt Cross ’69 Mrs. Frances Martin Dale ’66 Mr. Dan A. Danko ’69 Dr. James A. Davis ’65 Mr. Jeffrey Gordon Davoud ’97 and Mrs. Jennifer Seal Davoud ’98 Dr. Robert D. Denham and Mrs. Rachel K. Denham Mrs. Mary Ann DeTrana Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Dietz Dr. Kevin R. Dye and Dr. Nancy Dye Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Dyer Mrs. Mary Stevens Esperti ’51 Mrs. Marsha S. Fay Mr. and Mrs. Edmond B. Fitzgerald, IV ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley O. Forbes, Sr. Mr. Stanley O. Forbes, Jr. ’92 Mr. Richard M. Foutz ’61 Dr. Stavroula K. Gailey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Gassman, Jr. Dr. Annette Gibbs Mr. Horace F. Green ’69 Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Greer Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Haskins Rev. John H. Heck and Dr. Delia R. Heck Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Holmes Mr. J. Clyde Hooker, Jr. * Mrs. Kitty S. Hooker Mrs. Marilyn B. Hooker Mr. Mark Hudzik and Mrs. Joanna Gruver Hudzik ’01 Mr. Walter K. Hughes, Jr. Mrs. Hazel Wall Hunt ’50 Mr. M. Dana Hunt ’49 * Dr. J. Wesley Inge, Jr. Mr. Kenneth D. Journell ’57 and Mrs. Ann Melton Journell ’57 Mr. T. Mills Kelly Ms. Patricia L. Kibler ’69 Dr. Lee King Mr. Alton L. Knighton, Jr. Mr. Donald E. Koonce ’64 Dr. Leslie T. Lambert Mr. Steven C. Lambert Mr. Robert W. Leavitt, Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Lewis ’47 Dr. Steven T. Lewis
Mr. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr. and Mrs. Lorinda G. Lionberger Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Mason ’70 Mr. Judson P. Mason ’67 and Mrs. Jackie Rascoe Mason Mr. Lucius M. Merritt, Jr. ’65 Rev. and Mrs. William A. Moon, Jr. ’41 Ms. Gretchen J. Naff Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45 Mrs. Peggy A. Oakes and Mr. Tony Oakes Ms. Mary Jane Padgett Mr. Moyland G. Rainey ’69 Mr. Craig L. Rascoe ’74 and Mrs. Karen K. Rascoe Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ravenscroft Ms. Lucy B. Ricardo Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rich Rev. Amos S. Rideout, Jr. ’62 and Mrs. Moonyeen Rideout Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Rogers ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Roth Mr. James Keith Rowe ’77 Mr. Richard H. Sadler Dr. Lee B. Sheaffer Mr. Kevin S. Sherman ’92 Mr. James H. Shively and Mrs. Nancy P. Shively Mr. Thomas J. Shumaker ’75 Mr. James R. Sink ’57 Mr. Dee H. Slaughter ’70 Mrs. Irma H. Smart Mrs. Agnes P. Stanley Mr. James L. Stanley ’48 Mr. Edward W. States ’57 Dr. Christine H. Stinson Ms. Adeline Sunday Dr. Gerard T. Taylor ’63 Hon. Bobby W. Thompson ’70 and Mrs. Glenda Scott Thompson ’69 Mr. Mervyn C. Timberlake, Jr. ’67 Mr. Robert W. Todd ’67 and Mrs. Barbara H. Todd Mr. Charles W. Turman ’61 Mr. Charles W. Tysinger ’68 Mr. Steve F. Walker ’70 Dr. Betty C. Whitehurst and Rev. Walter A. Whitehurst Mr. Kenny M. Wilbourne ’62 and Mrs. Pamela Groome Wilbourne ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Willard, Sr. Mr. Dudley Woody Mrs. Patricia G. Wright Mr. George D. Yancey, Sr. ’67 and Mrs. Phyllis Mitchell Yancey ’68 Dr. Andrea P. Zuschin Altria Group, Inc. Anderson and Associates, Inc. Bank of America Foundation Bank of Southside Virginia BB&T General James Breckinridge Chapter DAR Carter Bank & Trust Commonwealth of VA State Treasurer Dominion Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
FY 2009–10 GIVING $500 to $999 Anonymous Rev. C. Wesley Astin, Jr. ’74 Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Cabell Brand Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Breeding Ms. Debra Burton Dr. David I. Byers ’66 Mrs. Lori J. Caldwell Mr. Ronald C. Clark ’65 Mr. Charles E. Coughlin ’64 Mrs. Mary Bullington Crow ’79 Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Crow Mr. Barry L. Davis ’80 Dr. Cy Dillon, III Mr. and Mrs. Grey Ellers Mrs. Myrtle B. Fore Mrs. Diane Market Gaston ’84 Mr. George J. Gibbs, Jr. ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Randall C. Gordon Mr. Harold L. Gray ’56 Dr. Elizabeth M. Hairfield and Mr. Hampton Hairfield Mr. William C. Hartnett ’62 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hookham Mrs. Leila P. Hopkins Mr. Harold L. Ingram ’64 Mrs. Edna S. Joyner Mr. Robert E. Loving ’49 Dr. Esther G. Mabry and Dr. Hunter P. Mabry Mrs. Katherine MacGregor Mr. Guy Martin ’38 Mr. James W. McCarty, Sr. ’66
*Deceased
Mr. Paul T. McWane ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Menefee ’42 Mr. Roddy Moore and Mrs. Sally F. Moore ’06 Mr. Robert A. Moore ’67 and Mrs. Nancy Porter Moore ’68 Mrs. Sally F. Moore ’06 Mr. Mark A. Musick ’72 Dr. Mary Ann Norman Mr. Chip Phillips ’77 and Mrs. Martha Arnold Phillips ’76 Rev. Charles R. Pittman ’52 Dr. Bob R. Pohlad Mr. David B. Stroupe ’57 and Mrs. Nancy Yaple Stroupe ’56 Ms. Suelle Marie Swartz ’65 Dr. Carolyn L. Thomas Mr. James D. Turner ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Ways Mrs. Elizabeth B. Webster Mr. James E. White ’68 and Mrs. Pamela Lowry White ’69 Mr. E. Jeff Winesett ’63 and Mrs. Sybil Brammer Winesett Daniel H. Barrett Trucking, Inc. Cabell And Shirley Brand Charitable Lead Trust GE Foundation The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry James Wood High School Class of 1969 Milliken & Company Mountain Comforts Quilt Show Pfizer, Inc. Roanoke District United Methodist Church Salzburg Global Wesley Guild - First United Methodist Church
FY 2009–10 GIVING $250 to $499 Mrs. Sandra Cope Aasland Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mr. Cleive L. Adams, Sr. ’02 and Mrs. Jill Simpson Adams Mr. Jerry D. Adcock ’63 Dr. and Mrs. J. Francis Amos Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Barlow, Jr. Mr. Thomas D. Berry ’57 Mr. James Bird Mr. Benham M. Black Mr. Floyd Glenn Boone, Jr. ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brandt Ms. Deborah Brener Mr. Douglas H. Buerlein ’70 and Mrs. Randi White Buerlein ’71 Dr. George T. Byrd Mrs. Violet P. Carter Mr. James M. Cassady ’57 Mr. James L. Clark, Jr. ’62 Mr. G. Trigg Copenhaver, II ’69 Mr. Ray Corron ’97 and Mrs. Lolene H. Corron ’97
A Society of Visionary Leaders Named after the Reverend Dr. C. Ralph Arthur for his legacy of fundraising as Ferrum’s seventh president, the Arthur Society honors alumni and friends who give at least $1,000 to the Ferrum Fund (unrestricted operating fund) during the fiscal year. (July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010). Mr. and Mrs. William H. Aiken, Jr. ’60 Mrs. Darlene V. Amon Mr. Roger Anglin and Mrs. Sue Thomas Anglin ’65 Mr. C. Ralph Arthur, Jr. and Mrs. Sarah Shively Arthur ’68 Mrs. Mary P. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Parker A. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Arthur Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Ayers ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Baldwin ’77 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Boylan Dr. Jennifer L. Braaten Mr. H. Allen Carver ’63 Mrs. Hugh H. Chatham Mr. Michael T. Christian ’63 Mr. Douglas E. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Cleary Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clements ’77 Mr. Peter H. Coley ’73 Mrs. Patricia O. Compton Mrs. Rosie S. Craig Mr. L. Wayne Creasman ’61 Mrs. Thelma B. Crowder Mr. Jeffrey Gordon Davoud ’97 and Mrs. Jennifer Seal Davoud ’98 Mrs. Mary Ann DeTrana Dr. Kevin R. Dye and Dr. Nancy Dye Mrs. Marsha S. Fay Mr. and Mrs. Edmond B. Fitzgerald, IV ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley O. Forbes, Sr. Mr. Stanley O. Forbes, Jr. ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Gassman, Jr. Dr. Annette Gibbs Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Greer Mr. and Mrs. Irving Groves, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Haskins Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Mr. Preston T. Holmes
Mr. M. Dana Hunt ’49* and Mrs. Hazel Wall Hunt ’50 Dr. J. Wesley Inge, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Jennings ’58 Mr. T. Mills Kelly Ms. Patricia Lynn Kibler ’69 Dr. Lee King Mr. and Mrs. Alton L. Knighton, Jr. Mr. Donald E. Koonce ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Mason ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Mason ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Menefee ’43 Ms. Gretchen J. Naff Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45 Mr. Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. ’66 and Mrs. Sharon Lee Phillips ’66 Mr. Craig L. Rascoe ’74 Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rich Rev. and Mrs. Amos S. Rideout, Jr. ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Rogers ’81 Mr. and Mrs. James Keith Rowe ’77 Dr. Lee B. Sheaffer Mr. and Mrs. James H. Shively Mr. Thomas J. Shumaker ’75 Mr. Dee H. Slaughter ’70 Mrs. Irma H. Smart Mr. John Redd Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Stanley ’48 Dr. Gerard T. Taylor ’63 Hon. Bobby W. Thompson ’70 and Mrs. Glenda Scott Thompson ’69 Mr. Glenn F. Thomsen Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn C. Timberlake, Jr. ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Todd ’67 Mr. Charles W. Turman ’61 Mr. Charles W. Tysinger ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Watts Mr. Dudley Woody Dr. Andrea P. Zuschin
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Finch & Finch, Inc. Genworth Foundation Matching Gifts Program Groves-Chaney Foundation James C. (Buddy) Hawkins Memorial Trust Hermes Family Foundation HSBC The Kent Foundation, Inc. F. W. Lewis Forest Products Mar-Ian Company Norfolk Southern Foundation B. Wilson Porterfield Foundation Roanoke United Jewish Appeal State Farm Companies Foundation SunTrust Thomas Insurance & Investment Group UMW - Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church US Foodservice – Roanoke Division Virginia Academy of Science Virginia Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Virginia Home Furnishings, Inc. Wendy’s Kenny Wilbourne Realty & Construction Company Willard Construction of Roanoke Valley, Inc. Gordon C. Willis Charitable Trust
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Barry Davis Virginia Beach, VA
Although Barry Davis attended Ferrum for only one year, he was impressed by the quality of the people and programs at the college. He transferred to James Madison University and began his career as an entrepreneur during the summers back home in Virginia Beach. He currently owns and operates several restaurants in and around the area. Always interested when Ferrum headed east to play Christopher Newport and other nearby schools, Davis attended Ferrum games and hosted the team for pre-game meals during the 1990s. Davis reconnected with current men’s basketball coach Bill Tharp a few years ago and continues to support Ferrum through his attendance and with financial contributions. According to Davis, “I know my gifts to Ferrum make a direct and immediate impact on the programs and on the students. I enjoy watching the progress and growth and I get a kick out of still being involved with the college that meant so much to me when I first started out.”
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Ms. Jocelyn Cowan Mr. Matt D. Danielson ’85 Mr. Alexander G. DeTrana ’99 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dickerson Mrs. Gaynelle R. Doustout Mr. Eric Dube Mrs. Linda P. Edwards Mr. Carlton English, Sr. Ms. Hollie H. Flynn ’94 Dr. Todd S. Fredericksen Mrs. Mickey Keys Freeman ’68 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Gaidowski Mr. and Mrs. James E. Galford Mrs. Susan Clark Gasperini ’81 Mr. Jeffrey L. Gring Mr. William K. Hammack ’59 Hon. and Mrs. Clifford F. Hapgood Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington Dr. and Mrs. E. Wayne Harris Mrs. Donna Ellis Hoekstra ’65 Mr. Wesley R. Holland ’72 Mr. Keith Duane Holyfield ’93 and Mrs. Tamara Woodford Holyfield ’93 Mr. William L. Hudson ’63 Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hundley Mr. and Mrs. Bill Iwig
Mr. James A. Jez ’76 Mr. Robert B. Journell ’72 and Mrs. Ruth Sparks Journell ’73 Rev. William T. Kessler ’52 and Mrs. Marian Saunders Kessler ’52 Rev. W. Anthony Layman ’64 Mrs. Sherry Thurman Lynch ’68 Rev. James A. McClung ’63 Mrs. Virginia R. McCoy Mr. Joe J. Panuska Mr. Larry W. Perdue ’67 Mr. Joseph H. Philpott, Jr. ’64 Mr. Paul Poole Mrs. Theresa M. Potter Mr. Randy W. Powell ’67 Mrs. Dorothy A. Ravenhorst Dr. Henry L. Roediger, III Mr. Casper L. Sigmon, II ’63 Mr. William T. Starkey ’60 Dr. R. Rex Stephenson Mr. Matthew P. Stinson ’04 Mr. Adolph L. Strobel, Jr. ’58 and Mrs. Mary Ann Britt Strobel ’58 Mr. William S. Tharp Mr. Thomas W. Throckmorton ’62
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Rev. Margaret A. Turbyfill and Rev. Mark V. Ogren Mr. and Mrs. Pierce L. Vaughn Mr. Ricky Andreas Wagner ’91 and Mrs. Margaret Causey Wagner ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Chris L. Walters Mr. Glenn R. Welde ’65 Mrs. Mary Alice Whisenant Mr. Gordon Scott White ’74 and Mrs. Leigh Huff White ’74 Mr. Paul S. White ’90 and Mrs. Martiza Regalon White ’90 Mrs. Tara M. White Mr. Roger Whitley ’61 Ms. C. Faye Wood ’52 Mrs. Nancy Mead Woodall ’51 Mrs. Gilda Quinn Woods ’92 Dr. Eugene R. Woolridge, Jr. ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Worthington Commercial Ready Mix Products, Inc. Frederick Block Co., Inc. Frito Lay Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC USDA – Richmond Virginia Office Supply
FY 2009–10 GIVING $100 to $249 Anonymous Mr. Franklin T. Abbott ’65 Mr. Lester W. Abernathy ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Abruzere Ms. Susan Ramsey Ackerman Mr. Daniel D. Adams Mr. Garth H. Adams ’81 and Mrs. Carolynne Pratt Adams ’81 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Agee Mr. Carl D. Akers ’59 and Mrs. Mary Wade Akers ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Norris T. Aldridge Mr. Brian A. Allen ’82 Mr. William M. Allen ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Almond Mr. Robert G. Anderson ’73 Mr. Lawson A. Andrews ’61 Mr. Daniel L. Angell ’67 Hon. W. Wayne Angell ’64 Mrs. Mary B. Arrington Mrs. Annette Robertson Ashton ’76 Mrs. Norma Nicholson Atchley ’55 Mr. Andrew Y. Austin, Sr. ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bader Mr. and Dr. W. G. Bailey Mr. Russell K. Balderson ’86 and Lt. Col. Shelley Phillips Balderson ’85 Mr. Tim Balsley ’67 Rev. and Mrs. Walter B. Barger Ms. Peggie R. Barker Mrs. Leslie Mason Basten ’72 Mrs. Frances T. Bates Mr. Eugene W. Beach ’74 Mrs. Marlene Cave Bell ’55 Mrs. Suzanne Booth Bell ’62 Mrs. Ethel Proffitt Bickford ’80 Mrs. Susie Motley Biedler ’66
Mrs. Shirley Register Bisselle ’54 Mr. Bruce L. Blankenship ’68 Rev. Randall C. Blankenship ’59 and Mrs. Barbara Todd Blankenship ’59 Mr. Daniel R. Blasche ’83 Mr. David W. Blevins ’69 and Mrs. Gaye Bourne Blevins ’70 Miss Patricia B. Bogart ’63 Mrs. Barbara Reedy Booker ’45 Mr. William G. Booker, Jr. ’61 Mrs. Carole Lee Fulcher Booth ’63 Mr. G. Robert Boswell ’58 Mrs. Lisa J. Bowling Mr. Paul E. Bowling ’89 and Mrs. Martha Haley Bowling ’90 Mr. Walter Y. Boyd ’49 Mrs. Barbara Batten Britton ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Travis B. Brown Mrs. Virginia Wyne Broyles ’52 Ms. Diedra Bruce Mr. William Hoyt Bryant ’66 Mr. Richard W. Buhrman ’62 Mrs. Barbara Hughes Bull ’82 Mr. and Mrs. William Burke Ms. Patricia Butler Mr. William E. Byrd ’06 Ms. JoAnne Caldwell Mr. Samuel L. Camden ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Camicia Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Carbone Mr. and Mrs. Marshall V. Carr Mr. James A. Carson ’81 Rev. Joseph T. Carson, Jr. ’51 Mr. Alex R. Carter, Jr. ’66 Mrs. Deborah Roberson Carter ’70 Mr. John C. Carter ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Casey Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Cauley, Jr. Mr. Ralph E. Caylor ’62 Mr. Lawrence A. Chernick Mr. Clark F. Childers ’80 and Mrs. Susan Jones Childers ’81 Mrs. Janet Allen Chin ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Vieva Snead Clary ’38 Miss Louise Clendenen Mr. Sean Ashton Clevenger ’89 and Mrs. Tracey Bradley Clevenger ’89 Mr. J. Randy Cline ’67 Mr. Roger D. Coffey ’65 Mrs. Margaret White Collmus ’50 Dr. E. Wayne Compton ’63 Mr. Herman S. Cooper ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cooper Mrs. Dee Church Copenhaver ’63 Mr. Oden Lee Cornwell, III ’02 and Mrs. Margaret Johnson Cornwell ’02 Rev. Robert E. Couch ’49 Mrs. Stella Holt Couch ’49 Mr. Joseph H. Crabtree ’66 and Mrs. Virginia Croft Crabtree ’66 Mr. Gordon W. Crawford ’67 Mr. and Mrs. John E. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Vern W. Crocker Mr. John M. Crockett ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Trent Cromer Ms. Susan Crow
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
*Deceased
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Goode Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ’46 and Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ’46 Mr. Clement W. Goodman ’82 Ms. Carol Goodpasture ’70 Mr. Mark D. Goodpasture ’75 Mr. Samuel H. Goodpasture ’73 Mr. Robert P. Goumas ’76 Ms. Nancy Miles Grand Pre ’85 Rev. George H. Gravitt ’55 * Mr. Hugh M. Gravitt, III ’85 Mrs. Lois C. Gravitt Mr. David E. Greer ’95 Mr. Bruce A. Griffith ’66 Mr. William P. Griffith, Sr. Rev. James B. Grimmer, Jr. ’58 Mr. Scott Gruenberg Mr. Cory Lee Guilliams ’02 and Mrs. Lynette Evans Guilliams ’05 Mr. H. Ellsworth Haley, Jr. ’54 and Mrs. Phyllis Lamm Haley ’55 Mr. Elmer D. Hall ’56 Ms. Michele Hall Mr. Wayne E. Hall ’57 Ms. Jennifer L. Hallman ’92 Mr. James R. Hambacher ’69 Mrs. June T. Hankla
Mr. and Mrs. Fabio Heredia Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Hewartson Mrs. Margaret W. Heyn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Frazer C. Hilder Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Hill Mrs. Sandra Cordle Hill Mr. Bobby D. Hodges ’55 and Mrs. Jean Wright Hodges ’56 Mr. Daniel K. Hodges Mrs. Gail M. Holley Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Holloway Mr. Christopher D. Holt ’93 and Dr. Cynthia Ward Holt ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hood Mrs. Shirley Spencer Horton ’57 Mrs. Rebecca Brammer Houchins ’62 Mr. Jimmy Ray Huff ’68 Mr. Barry G. Hughes ’80 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Iarrabino Mr. Bradley P. Intemann ’75 Mr. C. Charles Irons ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jaglowski Dr. Harry W. Jarrett Ms. Nell H. Jefferson Mr. John D. Jenkins Mrs. Barbara G. Johnson
Mr. Oliver W. Kofoid ’91 Mr. Timothy Krout Mrs. Patricia Jones LaReau ’57 Mr. David Larrick Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lauderdale, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey L. Lawhorne ’85 Mr. Wilmer E. Leatherman ’64 Mr. Stephen Lee Ms. Beverley L. Legg Mr. Claiborne R. Leonard ’55 Mr. Walter P. Lesiczka Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lewis Mrs. Nancy Smith Lickey ’66 Mr. George Litos ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Long Mrs. Pauline Cassell Long ’39 Ms. Carol C. Love Mr. Thomas Love Mr. J. Wayne Loving ’66 Mr. Tony M. Lowe ’70 Mr. Donald A. Lucy ’74 Rev. Lawrence E. Lugar ’49 and Mrs. Jean Hodges Lugar ’50 Mr. Donald F. Luttrell ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Major Rev. Betty Daniels Marshall ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Marshall
Mr. Philip L. Hardy ’79 Mr. Jack C. Hargis ’99 and Mrs. Jamie Leftwich Hargis ’03 Dr. Darrell Harman ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm A. Harris Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hart Mr. Thomas C. Haskins ’43 Mr. Dwight C. Hatfield ’69 Mr. Christian A. Haug ’99 Mrs. Lily Lassiter Hawthorne ’86 Mrs. Addie Lee E. Haynes and Mr. Samuel Wilson Haynes Mr. Clint L. Hege, Jr. ’69 Mr. Jack Helie ’47 Mr. Ronnie R. Helmondollar ’89 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Henderson
Mr. Curtis A. Johnson ’71 Dr. David M. Johnson and Mrs. Jeannette S. Johnson ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Ellen Dalton Jones ’43 Mrs. Patricia English Jones ’57 Mr. Wesley Martin Jones ’56 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jordan, Jr. Mr. Matthew O. Jordan ’95 Mr. Jobriath S. Kauffman Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Kelliher Mrs. Mitzi Jones Kendrick ’93 Mr. Gilbert L. King, Jr. ’61 Ms. Rebecca Kipreos Mrs. Victoria Bowling Kirby ’43 Dr. John V. Kitterman
Mr. William M. Marshall Ms. Kitty M. Martin ’58 Major James M. Marye, Sr. ’84 and Mrs. Elizabeth Brabson Marye ’84 Mrs. Tammy Vest Mason ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Massa Rev. George Masten, Sr. Mr. Edwin E. Mawyer ’55 Ms. Mary Overfelt McAden ’51 Rev. Robinson H. McAden ’51 Mr. Cal F. McAlexander ’55 and Mrs. Jane Cumby McAlexander ’55 Mr. John W. McBroom ’87 Mrs. Carol Wills McCartney ’68 Ms. Ann McCormick Mr. and Mrs. John G. McCoy
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Mr. and Mrs. David L. Dailey Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dameron Mrs. Ruth Ross Dandridge ’52 Rev. and Mrs. George J. Davis Mr. Joe A. Davis ’61 and Mrs. Anne Galloway Davis ’61 Mr. O. Allen Davis ’62 Mr. Robert A. Davis ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Day Mr. Samuel O. Decker, III ’95 Rev. Luther J. Derby, Jr. ’45 Mr. John A. DeTrana ’93 Mr. Christopher A. Dettra ’87 and Mrs. Sandra Horsburgh Dettra ’85 Mrs. Kelly Shipe Dettra ’85 Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Divers Ms. Kimi Docherty Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Dodson Mr. Larry M. Dofflemyer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Dofflemyer, Sr. Mr. Michael C. Donavant ’72 Mr. Tom L. Dowdy ’63 Rev. David R. Drinkard ’77 Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Dulin Mr. and Ms. William M. Duncan, Jr. Mr. Alan K. Dungan ’69 Mr. and Mrs. John G. Eggleston, Jr. Mr. Richard G. Elgin ’56 Mrs. Minell Ellerbe Mrs. Alice McDaniel Elliott ’03 Mr. Ronald C. Evans ’67 Mr. Neil C. Fadely ’90 Mr. Brett D. Fairchild ’69 Mr. Warren Ferguson ’59 Mr. Michael A. Ferlauto ’70 Dr. Mary F. Finch Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fischer Mrs. Carole Frazier Fisher ’81 Mr. David M. Fitzgerald ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Fitzsimmons Dr. Betsy Flanagan Mrs. Shirley Nichols Flanagan ’49 Dr. Douglas W. Foard ’97 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ford Mr. Kevin Fore Mr. Lewis L. Fore ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Forrest, III Mr. Kenneth R. Forrest ’85 Mrs. Elizabeth Green Forster ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Lanier Frantz Mr. Kenneth W. Freeman ’78 Mrs. Mary Pharr Gagne ’93 Mr. Clyde K. Gantt ’80 Mr. Gregory A. Gantt ’75 Mr. Thomas Garber Mr. David S. Garman ’93 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Garner Ms. Tina V. Gaskins Mrs. Melissa Powell Gay ’77 Mr. John Gerow ’85 Mr. James T. Gilliam, II ’02 and Mrs. Meagan Carter Gilliam ’02 Rev. R. Franklin Gillis, Jr. ’61 Mr. Matthew Glasgow Ms. Sharon W. Glasscock Mr. Hugh M. Glenn, Jr. ’52 Mrs. Martha Wills Glenn ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Godwin-Jones
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Mr. Milton F. McInturff Mrs. Lois Wood McWane ’52 Mr. David B. Meador ’87 and Mrs. Sherry King Meador ’87 Mr. Donald Meeker Mrs. Sherilyn D. Meixner ’83 Mr. Timothy S. Mercer ’91 Mrs. Sally Barber Michael ’52 Mrs. Barbara Mills Ms. Catherine Miron Dr. Gary F. Mitchell ’78 Mr. Mike Mitchell, III ’80 Mr. William L. Mitchell, III Ms. Carol Moneymaker Mr. Jamie L. Moore ’99 Mrs. Jean Thomas Moore ’50 Mrs. Sandra Edgerton Moore ’88 Mrs. Joyce Johnson Moorman ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Sammy E. Moran Mr. George R. Morris ’62 Mr. Jon D. Morris, Jr. ’94 Mr. Harold J. Muddiman ’63 Mr. Dexter K. Mullins ’42 Mrs. Beverly Setliff Murray ’78 Mr. John F. Myers, Jr. ’51 Mr. J. Abraham Naff Mr. and Mrs. John D. Nail, Jr. Mr. David A. Newcombe Mr. Robert I. Newman, Jr. ’66 Mr. Thomas Newman ’51 Mr. Reed D. Newton ’93 Mrs. Rene Overstreet Nichols ’76 Ms. Doris H. Norton Mr. William E. Norton, Jr. Mrs. Elaine Carter Nuckols ’43 Mr. Richard H. Ogg ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Ostrowski, Jr. Ms. Christina D. Panuska ’10 Mrs. Anne P. Parcell Mr. Charles Pauly Ms. Gail D. Payne Mr. Charles H. Peple ’55 Mrs. Nancy Hanks Phillips ’67 Mrs. Margaret Smith Pillow ’51 Miss Deborah Pinkston ’63 Mr. Hollus S. Pittsley, Jr. Mr. Bernard S. Pomfrey ’63 and Mrs. Linda Leadbetter Pomfrey ’64 Mr. Paul E. Pope, Sr. ’72 Mr. Cecil L. Porter, Jr. ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Powell Mrs. Ida B. Powell Mr. Ted S. Price ’90 Mr. Robert J. Profitko ’66 Mr. Henry C. Pruner, Jr. ’57 Mr. Bill Pullen Mr. and Mrs. Carroll L. Rabon, Jr. Mr. William Ragland Mr. David M. Ramsey ’85 Mr. John K. Ramsey ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Rascoe Mr. L. Ryland Rash, Jr. ’48 Mr. Joseph C. Ray, Jr. Rev. Waverly G. Reames ’65 Dr. Kevin P. Reilly Mrs. Linda K. Renick Mr. Mark J. Renske ’01
Mr. Robert S. Reynolds ’85 and Mrs. Gail Andreae Reynolds ’85 Mr. Stuart W. Rhodes and Ms. Anne-Marie Wray Ms. Rebecca L. Ricardo ’87 Mr. Paul W. Rice, III ’67 Mrs. Hal C. Rich, Jr. Mr. Elliot L. Richards, Jr. ’66 Ms. Marny S. Richardson ’66 Ms. Betty J. Robinson Mr. Thomas A. Rogers ’63 Rev. Milford C. Rollins ’49 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Romine, III Dr. Robert Rose ’58 and Mrs. Annie Dowdy Rose ’57 Dr. Rebecca Ross Mr. N. Willis Rotenizer ’63 and Mrs. Emma Lou Smithers Rotenizer ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Runion Mr. Andrew L. Russell ’79 and Mrs. Kathryn Ellis Russell ’79 Ms. Sally Jane Rutherford ’80 Mr. Dandridge L. Sale, Jr. ’70 Ms. J. Carol Sandidge Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schambach Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Schmalenberger Mr. Charles B. Schmidt ’83 and Mrs. Carrie Smith Schmidt ’82 Mr. James C. Schubert ’68 Mr. Leo H. Scott ’51 and Mrs. Geraldine N. Scott Mr. Ricky L. Scott Mr. Roland J. Scott, III ’70 Mr. John M. Seaborn ’78 Mrs. Geraldine Edwards Shelton-Tyner ’47 Mr. John S. Shively ’64 Mr. Charles P. Shorter ’70 and Mrs. Joan Russell Shorter ’71 Mrs. Edith McGhee Sigmon ’46 and Mr. Gail E. Sigmon Ms. Linda Simmons Mr. Paul K. Simms Mr. Ernie W. Simopoulos ’80 Dr. Ronald E. Singleton ’70 and Mrs. Judy W. Singleton ’77 Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 Ms. Elsie C. Slayton Mr. Alan P. Smith ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Smith Ms. Heather Christine Smith ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Smith Mr. Keith M. Smither ’93 and Mrs. Theresa Lopez Smither ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Hatherly L. Souther Mrs. Gene Dickens Soyars ’46 Mr. Richard L. Stevens ’48 Mr. Samuel R. Stevens ’49 Mr. Lance O. Stewart ’79 Mr. J. Glenwood Strickler, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Strong Mr. Glen A. Styles ’61 Dr. Gail L. Summer Ms. Gail F. V. Sutcliffe Mr. Guy R. Sutphin ’65 Mr. and Mrs. John Sutton
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A Society of Legacy Builders The Beckham Society recognizes alumni and friends who have made Ferrum College a beneficiary of a deferred gift through their wills, trusts, life insurance policies, gift annuities or other deferred gift arrangements. The Beckham Society is named in memory of Ferrum’s first president, Dr. Benjamin Beckham. Anonymous (4) Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mr. Alan W. Adkins ’68 Mr. William H. Aiken, Jr. ’60 Prof. James S. Angle ’56 Rev. C. Wesley Astin, Jr. ’74 Mr. James W. Bailey ’64 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bales Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Barbery Mr. Robert S. Bell, Sr. Mrs. Marie Glasener Black Mr. Daniel R. Blasche ’83 Mr. Scott Anthony Bono ’90 Mrs. Sharon Matney Bono ’85 Mr. William G. Booker, Jr. ’61 Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Boone Mrs. Violet P. Carter Mr. Worth H. Carter, Jr. Ms. Christi Lee Cherry Mr. Michael T. Christian ’63 Mrs. Pauline Yates Clark ’41 Mrs. Charlotte T. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Cox, Jr. Mr. L. Wayne Creasman ’61 Mr. John M. Crockett ’68 Mr. Matt Cross ’69 Mrs. Nancy Sink Cross ’69 Mr. Carthan F. Currin, III ’84 Mrs. Frances Martin Dale ’66 Mrs. Ethelyne Fulcher Daniel ’43 Mr. Allen DeHart ’54 Mr. J. D. Dennis ’86 Mr. James W. Dennis Mr. Kevin O. Dill ’79 Mrs. Elizabeth Bronson Duvall ’64 Miss Frances B. Eddy Capt. George W. Elliott ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Gassman, Jr. Mr. Ed G. George ’68 Mr. R. Anthony Giesen Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ’46 Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ’46 Mr. Bruce A. Griffith ’66
Mr. Johnny V. Halsey ’66 Mr. Peter Hartman Mr. William C. Hartnett ’62 Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Dr. Linda Padgett Hollandsworth ’67 Mr. William L. Hudson ’63 Mr. John W. Inge, IV ’73 Mrs. Elsie D. Kennett Mrs. Ruby Ingram King ’32 Ms. Mariah M. Koptis ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Lambert Mr. J. York Lindsey ’76 Mr. James R. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr. Mr. J. Glynn Loope ’86 Ms. Evelyn G. Loree Mr. Kip Lornell Mr. and Mrs. Sidney D. Mason Dr. Ellis F. Maxey ’42 Dr. Kenneth R. McCreedy Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Menefee ’42 Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Menefee ’43 Rev. and Mrs. William A. Moon, Jr. ’41 Dr. M. Douglas Newman ’42 Mr. David A. Norford ’65 Mr. Hank Norton, Jr. ’97 Mrs. L. James Payne Mrs. Richard F. Pence Mr. Joseph H. Philpott, Jr. ’64 Mr. Lawrence V. Pilson Ms. Marny S. Richardson ’66 Dr. Henry L. Roediger, III Mr. Richard H. Sadler Mr. John Redd Smith, Jr. Mrs. Jane Duncan Stogner Dr. Joseph D. Stogner Mr. and Mrs. David L. Struebing Mrs. Sharlene Pritchett Wade ’89 Mrs. Colleen Haddon Watson ’89 Dr. Gregory D. Watson ’88 Mr. Gordon Scott White ’74 Mrs. Leigh Huff White ’74
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
FY 2009–10 GIVING $1 to $99 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Aasland Mr. Theodore H. Abbott ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore G. Abel, Sr. Mrs. Linda Cooper Ackiss ’66 Mr. Anthony T. Adams ’10 Ms. Elizabeth Ann Adams ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Strother Adams, Jr. Ms. Gwendolyn A. Adkins ’72 Mrs. Jeanette Hall Adkins ’59 Mr. Jeremy Keith Adkins ’01 and Mrs. Kristie Walker Adkins ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ajavon Mrs. Connie Clary Akers ’71 Ms. Patricia Albergo
*Deceased
Dr. William George Albrecht ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Alcox Mr. Steven Alderman Mr. Mark Eugen Alford ’84 Ms. Darlene F. Allen Ms. Kim Allen Ms. Susan D. Allen Mrs. Llewellyn Strough Allison ’69 Mr. Edward Alonzo Ms. Linda Alonzo Mrs. Mary Fary Altemus ’73 Mr. Lloyd W. Altice Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Amos Mrs. Shelia Clement Amos ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Brent Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Karl A. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. John A. Anderson Mr. Lloyd A. Anderson ’74 Mr. Michael W. Anderson ’82 Ms. Pamela Anderson Ms. Patricia Naugle Andrews ’64 Dr. Gary L. Angel and Dr. Norma Faye Angel ’83 Prof. James S. Angle ’56 Mrs. Sandra Houchins Anglin ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Annunziata Ms. Calister Anthony Mrs. Lisa Wilson Anthony ’91 Mrs. Veronica Archer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Arrington Ms. Sonja H. Arthur Mr. Willard Arthur, Jr. ’67 and Mrs. Brenda Thomasson Arthur ’67 Mr. Scott Ashby ’83 and Mrs. Lee Ann Jessick Ashby ’85 Mr. Randall N. Austin ’73 Mr. Jim Avett Mrs. Brenda Goard Ayers ’64 Dr. Chris R. Aylesworth Ms. Jewel G. Aylor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Aylor, Jr. Mr. Paul C. Babb, Jr. ’81 Mr. David A. Backus ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Baggett Mrs. Jill Whitson Bailey ’76 Mrs. Stephanie Bailey Ms. Barbara Bakari Mrs. Amy Meador Baker ’87 Mrs. Ann L. H. Baker Mr. Danny W. Baker ’67 Mr. Edward A. Baker ’70 and Mrs. Judith Jones Baker ’70 Mr. Eli M. Bank ’01 Mrs. Jeanne Wimmer Banks ’76 Mr. and Mrs. John Banks Mr. Charles S. Barall ’60 Mr. Paul S. Barbery Dr. Melinda Giuffre Barker ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Barley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barlow Ms. Geraldine A. Barlow Mr. Julian G. Barnes ’87 Mr. Gary J. Barnett ’72 Mr. Daniel H. Barrett Mr. Richard M. Barrett, Sr. ’58 Ms. Helen N. Barrette Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Barton
Ms. Courtney Baskeyfield Ms. Josephine Baskeyfield Dr. Rathin Basu Mr. David H. Bates ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Damon W. Bateson Mr. and Mrs. Mel O. Battle Ms. Donna J. Baus ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Bradley N. Bays Mr. and Mrs. Mark Beagle Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery G. Beard Mr. Gerald W. Bechtle, Jr. ’91 Ms. Sara A. Beck ’91 Mr. Brent A. Beckwith ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Beiles Mrs. Shirlien Boyd Belcher ’63 Mr. Timothy Belcher Ms. Keisha R. Bell Mr. Richard Bell Mr. James E. Bennett, II ’63 Mr. Jesse W. Bennett, Jr. ’57 Ms. Catherine Berry ’84 Mrs. Pamela Gleason Berry ’83 Mrs. Lois Poland Bersch ’44 Mr. Gregory M. Bielawski ’73 Dr. Jim Bier Rev. Norman R. Biggs ’61 Mr. Kyle N. Bishop * Mr. Don Black Mr. Timothy W. Black ’87 Mrs. Jane Phillips Blackwell ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Blake Mr. Timothy Shawn Blake Ms. Melba T. Blanks Ms. Elizabeth A. Blevins ’69 Mr. and Mrs. John I. Bloom Mr. Donald Blunt Rev. David R. Boger ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Bohnsack Mr. and Mrs. Culver C. Bond Mr. Theodore E. Bond Mrs. Jean Williams Bone ’73 Mr. Reese A. Boone ’71 Mr. Kenneth D. Bowen, Sr. ’62 Mrs. Sarah Cundiff Bowles ’78 Mr. Lawrence Bowling Ms. Sarah F. Bowling ’78 Ms. Cynthia Lynn Bowman ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Harrison C. Bowman, Jr. Mr. John A. Bowman ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Bowman Mr. Bruce V. Boxley, III ’66 Mrs. Donna Armstrong Boyce ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Clark Boyd Mrs. Diamond B. Boyd ’84 Ms. Rachel Boyd Ms. Susan B. Bradford Ms. Carole Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Herb D. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Bradshaw Mr. William L. Braford ’66 Mr. Chadd Braine Ms. Christin J. Brandt Ms. Marilyn N. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Brashear, III Mr. and Mrs. George S. Brewer, Sr. Mr. Ronald C. Brewster ’64 Mrs. Ginger Dugger Briggs ’82
Dr. Marie Morrison Brink ’53 Mrs. George L. Brinkmann * Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Bristow Mr. Ron Brizendine Ms. Barbara Brodie Ms. Courtney L. Brown Mr. Donald E. Brown ’66 Mr. Harold T. Brown, Jr. ’72 Ms. Helen S. Brown Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brown Mrs. Jessie Sloan Brown ’44 Ms. Kathleen B. Brown Mr. Kenneth L. Brown ’62 Mrs. Opal DeLong Brown ’66 Mr. Richard E. Brown ’62 and Mrs. Sharon McCracken Brown ’61 Mr. Ronald Brown Mrs. Susan Solomon Brown ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Waverly E. Brown Mr. R. E. Brubaker Hon. and Mrs. Stephen E. Brubaker ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Brudin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Brumback, II Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Brumback Mr. Robert H. Bryan Mrs. Tamela Madagan Brzezinski ’80 Mr. Brenton T. Buchanan ’70 Ms. Jeannine K. Buchman Mr. Michael Buchman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buffkin Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Buis Mrs. Darlene Bulmer Mr. Bruce B. Bunnell ’87 Mr. Barry C. Burcher ’80 Mr. William W. Burford ’78 Mrs. Carlesa Whitenack Burger ’81 Mr. Keith P. Burgess ’89 and Mrs. Kathy Morcom Burgess ’90 Mr. Kevin P. Burgess ’89 and Mrs. Karen Gordon Burgess ’92 Ms. Christie Burk Mr. Gary Burke Mrs. Linda Chapman Burke ’71 Mrs. Joyce Fisher Burroughs ’63 Mr. Clifton Burt Mr. Adam Burton Mr. Bill Burton ’97 Mrs. Anita Fenwick Butler ’79 Mr. John L. Butner ’67 Mr. Bernard C. Byers Mrs. Carolyn Robertson Byrd ’84 Mr. and Mrs. David F. Byrd Ms. Elizabeth Cadmus Ms. Betty L. Cagley Mr. and Mrs. Tommy W. Cain Ms. Dina U. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. James T. Callis Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Campbell Ms. Jane A. Campbell ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Campbell Mr. Jeffery Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Capots Mr. John P. Carlin Mr. and Mrs. Ralph V. Carlone, Sr. Mr. Jae C. Carpenter ’80 Mr. James T. Carpenter ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Carper
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Mr. Charles M. Sweeney Mr. Edward L. Sweeney ’61 Mr. James M. Taylor, Jr. ’80 Mrs. Connie Loftis Terry ’94 Mrs. Julia Holland Terry ’58 Dr. Elmer A. Thompson Ms. Kathryn Jill Thompson ’92 Mr. Oscar G. Thornsbury ’71 Mr. Guy L. Townsend ’85 Mrs. Teela E. Tschirn ’70 Mr. Robert A. Tuell ’66 Mr. James P. Turner ’56 and Mrs. Linda Sullivan Turner ’57 Mr. John W. Turner, Jr. ’80 Rev. Bruce D. Tuttle and Mrs. Rebecca Kincer Tuttle ’68 Mr. Oma E. Underwood ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis P. Venable, Jr. Mr. Robert P. Vest, Jr. ’50 Mr. Jason Elliot Vipperman ’03 Mrs. Frances Stine Walker ’45 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walker Mr. Frank R. Wall ’64 Mr. John E. Wallace * Mrs. Sue B. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. Weaver Mr. J. Vaughan Webb, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Weddle Mr. Barry Weisenberger Mr. John H. Wells ’55 Ms. Jennie B. West Mr. Mark Elliot White ’96 Dr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wickers Mrs. Kathryn W. Wilkerson ’62 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Willey Ms. Donna Scott Williamson ’93 Mr. Don L. Wilson ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Wood Mr. Derek A. Woods ’03 and Mrs. Jamie Peters Woods ’06 Mr. T. Michael Wrabell ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Wright Mr. Joseph B. Wright Mr. and Mrs. James Yankey Mr. Guille R. Yearwood ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne A. Young Ms. Janette Yount Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Zadnik Mr. Brian M. Zyglocke ’01
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Mrs. Dana H. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Miles L. Carr Mrs. Pauline S. Carr Mrs. Pamela Sterling Carroll ’92 Mr. Edwin B. Carter, III Mr. James W. Carter ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Carter Mr. John M. Carter ’01 Mr. John P. Carter ’74 Mrs. Kathy Flora Carter ’74 Mr. Kevin Carter ’81 Mrs. Mary Miller Carter ’47 Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Carter Mrs. Sarah N. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Steven Carter Mrs. Willa Y. Carter Mr. Todd Laign Cassell ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Rigoberto Castaneda Mr. and Mrs. William E. Catron ’80 Ms. Ann Chadwick Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Champagnie Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Chapin Mr. Edward A. Chappell, Jr. ’69 Mrs. Elizabeth Rideout Chappell ’65 Mrs. Shinda Dixon Chatman ’93 Ms. Lillie P. Chavers Ms. Laurie A. Chestnut Mr. Donald A. Chichester * Mrs. Donna S. Childs Mr. John G. Chohany ’74 Mr. John L. Chrisinger ’78 Ms. Bessie C. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Clark Mr. Ryland O. Clark, Jr. ’79 Mr. Rawleigh G. Clary ’47 and Mrs. Alva Hayden Banks Clary ’47 Mr. Timothy W. Clary, II ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Cleary Mr. Lewis Clements Mr. Carlyle E. Cline ’68 Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cline Ms. Glenda Cobbler Mrs. Joyce Bernice Cobbs ’98 Mr. Preston S. Cochran ’90 Mr. Thomas H. Cockerham ’94 and Mrs. Genevieve Fuchs Cockerham ’96 Mr. Richard L. Coffey, Sr. Ms. Sharon Coffey Mr. Robert P. Coffman ’50 and Mrs. Ruth Pemberton Coffman ’50 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coggsdale Mrs. Mary Cole Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Coleman Mrs. Joanna B. Coleman Ms. Lottie M. Coleman Mrs. Teresa P. Coleman Mrs. Vicky Coleman Dr. and Mrs. Gary R. Collin Mr. David M. Collins ’75 Mrs. Janie Conner Collins ’00 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Lester Collins, Jr. Mrs. Sharon Johnson Colmore ’79 Ms. Lois S. Comer Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Comer
Ms. Jo Ellen Condon Rev. Eugene S. Condrey ’82 Mrs. Barbara Ruffin Cone ’61 Mr. Christopher J. Connelly ’94 Mrs. Judie Brubeck Connelly ’64 Mr. Robert R. Connelly, II ’77 and Mrs. Dorothy Neville Connelly ’78 Rev. John E. Conner ’77 Mr. William B. Cook ’69 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cope Mr. James Cope Dr. Edward L. Cornbleet Rev. Laughton L. Corr ’52 Dr. Jack W. Corvin, Jr. ’85 Rev. J. Mason Cosby ’57 Ms. Laura Cotton Mrs. Katherine Robertson Couch ’92 Mr. Curtis C. Coulthard ’64 Mr. and Mrs. David A. Couts Mr. W. Dean Cowherd ’69 Ms. Doris Cox Mr. Joe Cox Ms. Susan C. Cox Mrs. Janie Ingledew Craft ’57 Ms. Margaret Johnson Cramer ’47 Mr. and Mrs. David L. Crawford Mr. Franklin E. Crawford Mr. Paul F. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Crews Ms. Betty S. Crickenberger Mr. Edwin Crisp Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Criswell Mrs. Suzanne Criswell Mrs. Linda Lorence Critelli ’82 Mr. David Crocker Mr. Stan Crockett ’55 Mr. Dominic A. Cromartie ’06 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cross Mr. and Mrs. Leonard G. Croteau Ms. Dorothy Crouch Mr. Michael Crouch Rev. Nolan R. Crowder ’79 Rev. and Mrs. C. Warner Crumb Ms. Irene C. Crump Mr. and Mrs. Larry K. Crump Mrs. Teresa Grove Crump ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Bert Y. Culpepper, Jr. Mr. Carthan F. Currin, III ’84 Mr. Floyd L. Curtis ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Terry D. Curtis Mrs. Diane Guidry Custer ’65 Mr. Hugh F. Dailey Mr. Addison R. Dalton ’00 Mr. Bradley Dalton ’93 Mr. Jeffery D. Dalton Ms. Peggy G. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher N. Daniels, Jr. Mr. Fletcher N. Daniels, III ’99 Mr. David R. Dansie ’70 and Mrs. Virginia Hyde Dansie ’70 Mr. and Mrs. John A. Darden, Jr. Mrs. Jean Grade Darneal ’72 Mr. Dale E. Darr ’74 Mr. Bradley Jay Davis ’94 Mr. Dave C. W. Davis Mr. David S. Davis ’81 Mr. George W. Davis ’50
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Mr. James Davis Mr. James E. Davis ’62 Rev. Paul B. Davis, Jr. ’66 and Mrs. Marilyn Colvin Davis ’64 Mr. Paul H. Davis ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Davis Mr. Philip Jackson Davis ’02 Mrs. Regina Hutcherson Davis ’86 Ms. Sarah Davis Mr. William E. Davis, Sr. ’60 Ms. Mary L. Davison Mr. Greg Deacon Ms. Anne M. Dean Mr. Joel R. DeBoe ’67 Ms. Joanne W. Decoste Mr. John W. Decoste Mr. Stephen E. Decoste Mr. Todd Defonso Mrs. Amanda Snapp DeHaven ’89 Mr. James S. Deitrick ’60 Mr. Joseph F. Del Grosso ’77 Ms. Helena Deligt Mr. John Deligt Mr. David Earle Demarest ’93 Ms. Allison R. Deming Mrs. Sharon Squibb Denslow ’76 Mrs. Hester McGhee DePue ’41 Ms. Leslie Carroll Dering ’91 Mrs. Kathleen DeTurk Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Deviney Ms. Bonnie G. Dickerson Mrs. Melinda Bell Dickey ’81 Mr. Michael A. Didawick ’70 Mr. Chip Didden Ms. Gloria Didden Ms. Barbara A. Diggs Ms. Morgan E. Dillon ’10 Mr. Robert D. Dillon ’67 Mr. Donald F. Dixon ’59 Ms. Judy Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Danny R. Dobson Ms. Carolina Dodd Ms. Mable Doggett Ms. Sharon Doggett Mr. Brian A. Donahue ’81 Mr. Kriston P. Donaldson ’92 Ms. Brittney D. Dorton ’10 Ms. Virginia A. Doswell Mr. Ralph B. Doud, III ’72 Mr. Donald J. Dougherty ’95 and Mrs. Donna M. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. Doughty Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Downey Cmdr. Tom R. Downs Mr. and Mrs. William J. Duane Ms. Claudia Duck Mr. Kenneth C. Dudley ’72 Mrs. Renee Dean Dudley ’05 Ms. Grace A. Duewiger Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Duff Mr. Dale A. Duffy ’90 and Mrs. Christie Carwile Duffy ’90 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dunbar Mr. George P. Dunkley, Jr. ’59 Rev. Thomas R. Dunkum ’66 and Mrs. Arlene Schraga Dunkum ’67 Mr. J. M. Dunman ’62 Mr. C. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Dunstan Mr. Larry E. Durham Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Dyer Mrs. Kelly Jones Eanes ’96 Mrs. Lisa McGhee Eanes ’06 Mr. Mike Eason ’71 and Mrs. Elaine Alexander Eason ’71 Mr. Charles D. Easter ’41 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Easter Mr. Harry W. Easterly ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Noel Eaton Mrs. Karen Edelin-Strawbridge Mrs. Debra King Edmondson ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Edmondson Mr. Andrew B. Edwards ’94 Mr. Lathan E. Edwards ’52 Mr. Vincent H. Edwards, Jr. ’67 Mr. Hunter W. Elliott ’82 Mr. James K. Elliott ’72 Mr. and Mrs. David Emerson Ms. Emily J. Epperson ’67 Mr. Rodger D. Epperson, Sr. ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Erickson Dr. Charles Erlandson Dr. John C. Erlandson Mr. Richard O. Erlandson Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Evans Mr. Gene Evans ’51 Ms. Nancy W. Evans Ms. Daphne Ewing Mr. Jim FaJohn Mr. Otis J. Farmer ’61 and Mrs. Rebecca Carr Farmer ’62 Mr. Calvin Faudree Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Faulkner Mr. Matthew Faulkner Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Faust Ms. Helen L. Fay Mrs. Mary E. Federovitch Mr. and Mrs. David C. Fehleisen Mr. Jerry M. Felts ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Gehrig C. Ferguson Mr. Michael K. Ferguson ’81 Mr. Robert H. Ferguson, III ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Ferrebee Mr. David V. Fewell ’63 Mrs. June L. Ficinus Mr. Robbie L. Fielder ’67 Mr. Mark Finch Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Finch, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Finn Mr. Maurice D. Finney Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Firaben Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Fisher, Jr. Ms. Wendy Fisher Ms. Gina W. Fitch Mr. Oakley H. Fitzgerald Mr. W. E. Fitzgerald, Jr. ’77 Mr. Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. ’67 Mrs. Helen Fitzpatrick Ms. Debra Fleshman Ms. Sharlynn Fletcher Ms. Carolyn Fogle Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Foley Mrs. Shirley R. Foreman Ms. Allison Forrest Mr. Charles D. Foster, Jr. ’85 and Mrs. Page Sutherland Foster ’85
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
*Deceased
Mr. Vincent F. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Gray, Sr. Mr. Jay R. Greeley, Jr. ’02 and Mrs. Karen Helton Greeley ’02 Mr. Hugh A. Green ’55 Mr. T. P. Green Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Greenwood Mr. Christopher M. Greer ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua H. Grice Ms. Melanie Griffey Mr. Theodore N. Grigorieff ’97 Dr. M. Katherine Grimes Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grzesikowski Mr. and Mrs. Ty Guda Mr. Gary D. Guengerich Ms. Leigh Guidi Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gunter Mr. George W. Gusler ’49 and Mrs. Mildred Spencer Gusler ’49 Mr. Jesse J. Gusler ’57 and Mrs. Julia Housman Gusler ’53 Ms. Paula Haddad Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hager Mrs. Kathryn West Hailey ’93 Ms. Joan G. Hairfield ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Major L. Hairston, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Haldren Mrs. Kristen C. Haley ’03 Mr. E. Greg Hall ’74 Mr. Gerald L. Hall Rev. Herbert P. Hall ’43 Mr. John R. Hall ’70 and Mrs. Judith Hampton Hall ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Layton Hall Ms. Nancy E. Hall Mr. Terry Hall Dr. Edmond D. Hally Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hally Mr. and Mrs. William G. Halsey Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hamlett Mrs. Pat Morgan Hammersley ’66 Mr. Todd A. Hamrick ’92 Mr. Gregory M. Hancock ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Hand Mr. James L. Handy ’64 Ms. Susan F. Hanger ’67 Mr. Erik Arthur Hanna ’02 Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hanna Mr. Chad W. Harlow ’94 and Mrs. Kimberly Wade Harlow ’93 Mrs. Hilda Wright Harmon ’79 Mr. Cam L. Harne ’76 and Mrs. Maria Austin Harne ’78 Mr. James Harper Mr. James R. Harper ’68 Mr. Robert E. Harper, Jr. ’93 Mr. Philip C. Harrell ’54 Ms. Beverly Harrelson Mr. David M. Harris, Jr. ’88 Mr. and Mrs. David R. Harris Ms. Frieda Harris Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Harris Mrs. Nancy P. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Harris Mrs. Dorothy Dozier Harrison ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Harrison, Jr. Ms. Sue Ellen Harrison ’07 Ms. Susan Yearwood Harrison ’82
Mr. Garland Harrow Mr. Michael B. Hart ’71 Mrs. Janlye Delaney Hash ’79 Mrs. Patricia Moyer Haskins ’03 Mr. Raif S. Hastings ’94 Mr. Robert T. Hastings Mr. Charles C. Hatcher, Sr. ’68 Mr. Mark Anthony Hatcher ’04 and Mrs. Barbara D. Hatcher Mr. Teddy W. Hatcher ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haug Mr. Ralph E. Haugh, Jr. ’67 Mr. Kevin D. Havens ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight A. Hayes Mr. Gene Haynes ’76 Mr. and Mrs. William G. Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hazlett Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Heagen Mr. Eddie F. Hearp, CLU Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Hedrick Ms. Betty P. Helms Ms. Bonnie S. Helms Mr. D. Stephen Henderson Mr. and Mrs. George V. Henderson
Mr. Ronald G. Holley ’63 Mrs. Tracy Sigmon Holley ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hollingsworth Ms. Carol D. Holloway Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Holmes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Holt Ms. Deborah Hood Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Hooker Ms. Sara M. Hookham ’03 Ms. Lemma S. Hooks Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Horsley Mr. David N. Horton ’86 Mr. David A. Hosner ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Harlan D. Hott Ms. Patsy Houghton Mr. Marvin J. House, III ’85 Mr. Matt Howell Mr. Rodney D. Howell ’69 and Mrs. Gwendolyn Faye Howell ’96 Mr. John W. Howlett ’82 Mr. J. Keith Hubbard ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Hubbard Ms. Melissa D. Huber
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Mrs. Joan Pritchett Foster ’60 Mr. Marvin L. Foster ’62 Mrs. Whitney McClanan Foster ’64 Mr. Frank D. Fowlkes, II ’81 Mr. and Mrs. John J. Frailing Ms. Ashley K. France Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. James C. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Frenchik Mrs. Molly Latterner Fretwell ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Fries Mrs. Adele Frischman Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Fritz Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Frizzell Mrs. Charlene Romanus Frye ’80 Mrs. Rebecca Saunders Frye ’02 Mr. James G. Fugett, Jr. ’63 Mr. James H. Fulghum, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Fulton Mr. James F. Furr ’62 Mrs. Dalphia C. Furrow Mr. Franklin D. Furrow * Ms. Mary C. Furrow ’74 Mr. Maymon W. Furrow, Sr. Mr. Maymon Wesley Furrow ’92 and Mrs. Rebecca Winesett Furrow ’05 Mrs. Patricia T. Furrow Ms. Wileina Fisher Furrow Mrs. Susan McGuire Gabbert ’74 Ms. Margaret Gaidowski Mr. and Mrs. Tony A. Gaidowski Dr. Platon G. Gailey ’38 * Mr. James E. Gallimore ’65 Ms. Bernice C. Gammon Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Garber Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gardner Mr. James V. Garland, IV ’72 Mr. James M. Garman ’89 Mrs. Dora Walker Garner ’68 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Garten Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Gartner Mr. and Mrs. Oswald F. Gasser, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Geddes Ms. Nichole R. George Mr. Michael L. George ’69 Mr. Roscoe B. George, Jr. ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerdon Mr. Gary M. Gibson ’77 and Mrs. Patricia B. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. James Gillespie Mr. Dennis Carroll Gilley ’68 Mr. Paul William Gilley ’61 Mr. Andrew Barton Gillis ’96 Mrs. Gennie Hayden Gilmore ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Goad Ms. Lakita A. Goins ’10 Mr. Lance S. Goldner ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Garland Good Mr. Harold C. Goodrich ’71 Ms. Joyce Graham Mr. Steven M. Graham Mr. Garry W. Granger ’73 and Mrs. Rebecca Sneed Granger ’73 Ms. Anne Lee Gravely Mrs. Susan Walker Graves ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Gray Mrs. Patricia Crawley Gray ’86 Dr. Sean G. Gray ’82
n Alumni $229,099
n Parents & Friends
$274,802
n Bequests
$55,701
n Businesses $287,465
$344,770
n Foundations n Organizations n Government
$160,630 $450,842
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Hendrix Ms. Pamela Herald Mr. and Mrs. Juan J. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. William R. Herndon, III ’71 Mr. James V. Hickam Mr. Andrew F. Hicks, III ’68 Ms. Carolyn M. Hicks Mr. F. Wesley Hicks ’64 Ms. Ronnie Higgins Mr. Thomas W. Hill ’70 Mr. David D. Hinkle ’79 and Mrs. Scarlet Baker Hinkle ’80 Dr. Julius M. Hite ’68 Ms. Katherine R. Hix Mr. Chris Hodges Ms. Jessica Hodges Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes Hodson ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Lynn J. Hogan Rev. W. Ernest Hogge ’51 Mr. Albert G. Hoke, Jr. ’98 Ms. Katherine A. Holcomb ’90 Mrs. Ellen D. Holland
n United Methodist Church
$102,055
Ms. Ann H. Huddleston Mrs. Christine Huff Mr. Edward L. Huffman ’73 Mr. Thomas E. Huffman, Sr. ’65 Mrs. Yvonne Guthrie Hughes ’68 Mr. Port O. Humphreys ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Humphreys Mr. Ray B. Hundley ’76 and Mrs. Cheryl Taylor Hundley ’77 Mr. David F. Hunt, Sr. ’62 and Mrs. Marie Angle Hunt ’62 Mrs. Stacy Showalter Hunt ’97 Mrs. Shanda Boone Hurdle ’95 Mr. D. Michael Hymes ’68 Ms. Shelley D. Iannarelli Mr. Richard L. Ickes Ms. Gabriele D. Inge Mrs. Renea Meyer Ingram ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Inman Ms. Nancy H. Inman Mr. Jonathan D. Irons ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Irvine
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Mr. Juan P. Isaza Mrs. Ann Hoffmann Isenberg ’72 Mr. and Mrs. James J. Jablonski Mr. Delbert A. Jackson ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Norwood J. Jackson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Jamerson Ms. Patricia James Mr. Robert M. James ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. James Ms. Kymberly L. Jamison ’08 Ms. Sarah Janney Ms. Phyllis P. Jarvis Mr. Jack K. Jeffers ’82 Ms. Mary Evelyn Jefferson Mrs. Patricia Gilbert Jeffress ’70 Mrs. Gloria Nester Jennings ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings Rev. Thomas E. Jennings ’55 Mr. Jimmie M. Jett ’60 Mrs. Tammi Burgess Jewell ’99 Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Johnson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George V. Johnson, Sr. Mr. James L. Johnson ’93 Mr. Jeff M. Johnson ’77 Mr. Joel L. Johnson Ms. Margaret R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Johnson Mr. Richard S. Johnson ’66 and Mrs. Carolyn Deyerle Johnson ’66 Mr. Rudolph L. Johnson, Sr. ’55 Ms. Ruth Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Johnson Mr. Winston L. Johnson, Sr. Ms. Emma Johnston Mrs. Edith Gusler Jones ’42 Mr. Glover H. Jones, III ’68 Mr. Jason A. Jones
Mr. Kevin L. Jones ’81 Ms. Lisa Jones Mrs. Lois Hall Jones ’43 Mrs. Ruth Hash Jones ’53 Ms. Susan Hayden Jones ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Terence A. Jones Ms. Terri W. Jones Mr. Winston Jones ’47 Ms. Alice Jordan Mrs. Cynthia Morris Jordan ’93 Mr. Jonathan Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Jordan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Jorgensen, Jr. Ms. Donna Susan Joyce ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Joyce Mrs. Polly Adams Kahle ’45 Mr. Richard F. Kaley Mr. Samuel C. Kao ’57 Mr. Edmund C. Karpus, Jr. ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Kauffman Mr. Richard A. Kavanaugh ’71 Ms. Virginia Kaylor Mr. Joseph B. Keesee ’62 and Mrs. Phyllis Richardson Keesee ’63 Mr. James Geoffrey Keith, II ’93 Mr. Michael P. Kelley ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Kelly Mrs. Traci Winans Kelsey ’85 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kenney Ms. Maria A. Kenney Mr. Trae J. Kenney Mr. Carroll W. Kenny ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Kerr Ms. Geraldine Keyser Mr. Allen Wayne Kiger ’00 Ms. Elizabeth D. Kines Mr. John G. Kines, Jr. ’68 Mr. Francis R. King, Jr. ’68 Mr. Paul W. King ’69
Mrs. Elizabeth Greene Kirby ’46 Mrs. Brenda Epperly Kitchens ’68 Mr. Joseph Klein Mrs. Lana E. Klein Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kline Ms. Betty C. Klise Ms. Sue A. Klise Ms. Catherine Knight Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin Knights ’79 Ms. Elizabeth Via Kolinski Ms. Ruth M. Kolinski Mr. Lowell L. Koontz ’65 Ms. Dynetta Koroma Mr. George L. Kosko ’86 Mrs. Arlene Carper Kozyra ’68 Mr. Carl L. Lackey ’60 Mrs. Kristin Halladay Lahiff ’80 Mr. Wayne Lam Dr. John D. Lambert ’52 Mrs. Nancy Brooks Lambert ’67 Ms. Deborah Lane Mrs. Slone Hodges Lang ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Laughorn Mr. and Mrs. Sammy M. Lawless Mrs. Jean Crews Lawrence ’63 Mrs. Marie Wright Lawrence ’63 Ms. Carroll E. Lawson Ms. Alice Layne Mrs. Dollie Richardson Le Mond ’50 Ms. Mary Lou Leake ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee Mrs. Carolyn Brammer Lee ’68 Mr. James E. Lee ’68 and Mrs. Twila W. Lee Sgt. Jamie J. Lee ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Leesmann Mr. Kenneth Leetch ’46 Ms. Deborah Durrette Leftwich ’79 Mr. Ellis Lehman
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Mr. Paul S. Leinhaas ’71 Mr. Thomas H. Lemke ’67 Mrs. Lauren Oliver LeReche ’73 Mrs. Maria K. Lew Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. Robert F. Lewis ’79 Ms. Tamara Lewis Mr. William Johnson Lewis ’92 Mrs. Elizabeth Dowgiello Light ’85 Mr. John Light Ms. Michelle Linton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lipella Ms. Kathryn Litten Mr. Stephen Litzman Mrs. Deanne Bowling Lloyd ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Mickell L. Logan Mrs. Linda M. Long ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Neal R. Long Mrs. Teresa Gram Long ’74 Mrs. Felecia Turner Longest ’82 Mrs. Annie Reynolds Looney ’53 Mr. Gordon W. Love, Jr. ’66 Mrs. Tami Fulton Lowe ’83 Mr. Mark D. Lowman ’83 Mr. Jack W. Lucas ’61 Mr. John W. Luck ’68 Mrs. Sharon St. Clair Lugar ’70 Ms. Heather N. Luther ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Lykins Mrs. Melissa Brummett Lynch ’90 Ms. Ann H. Lynn Mr. Jerone R. Mabe ’06 Dr. Melvin L. Macklin Mr. Stephen M. Maddy ’95 and Mrs. Jill Hunziker Maddy ’93 Mr. Ed Madonna Mr. and Mrs. Milan R. Majarov Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Major Mr. and Mrs. Edward Maldonado Mr. Lenward Manns Ms. Edwina E. Marchegiani Rev. T. Thomas Markham ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie W. Marks Ms. Joy Markus Mr. and Mrs. Billy Marshall Mr. A. Linwood Martin ’62 and Mrs. Lena Griffith Martin ’62 Ms. Alison D. Martin ’10 Mr. Gary R. Martin and Mrs. Brenda C. Martin Mrs. Doris Thompson Martin ’51 Mr. Eugene L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Martin Mrs. Joe Ann Stevens Martin ’51 Ms. Lois D. Martin ’65 Mrs. Lucy Ewing Martin ’64 Mr. Michael A. Martin Mrs. Ola L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Martinet Mrs. Marjorie Carter Massey ’64 Mr. Charles L. Massie ’76 Ms. Clare A. Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Michael Matthews Dr. Ellis F. Maxey ’42 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Maxfield Mr. Joseph W. May
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
*Deceased
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Morehead Ms. Beverly Morgan Mr. Christopher L. Morgan ’80 Mrs. Cindy Wright Morgan ’82 Ms. Michele Morgan Mrs. Doris Nash Morris ’48 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Morris, Jr. Ms. Jane Morris Mr. Malcolm Gregory Morris ’85 Mrs. Bridget Bailey Morrow ’51 Mr. Dennis L. Moseley ’66 Mr. Mike Motley Mr. and Mrs. David Mucha Mrs. Helen Row Mullins ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Munch Mrs. Pattie Winfree Munnikhuysen ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis R. Murphy Mrs. Brenda Webb Muse ’95 Ms. Susanne F. Myatt ’69 Mr. and Mrs. James E. Myers Mrs. Nancy Mohler Myers ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Morris L. Nash Ms. Shelly Nason Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Nauer Mr. A. Carl Nave, III ’76 Mr. F. Joseph Nealon Mr. George F. Neeb, Jr. ’53 and Mrs. Marion Hubbard Neeb ’53 Mr. David A. Nelson ’84 Mr. and Mrs. David L. Nelson Mrs. Shannon B. Netta ’97 Ms. Cindy Newberry Dr. M. Douglas Newman ’42 and Mrs. Phyllis Newman Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Nicely Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. Nida Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Nida Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Niemi Lt. Col. Donald R. Nitti ’85 Ms. Susan G. Noblett Mr. Kevin Norman Ms. Carol J. Northey ’67 Mr. Jack Norton ’90 and Mrs. Kristi Sherree Norton ’92 Ms. Marsha Norton Mr. Will H. Norton, III ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Nowell Mr. Mitchell W. Nuckles ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Nuttycombe ’77 Mrs. Betty J. O’Bryan Mr. Mark O’Conner Mr. David Odom Mr. and Mrs. Larry Odom Mr. Carl Randall Oliver and Mrs. Beverley Roane Oliver ’75 Mr. Herman C. Oliver Ms. Mary B. O’Neal Miss Patricia G. Osborne ’63 Mr. Kem A. Overby ’78 Mr. Timothy P. Overby Mr. David Wayne Overton ’91 and Mrs. Diane Hailey Overton ’98 Hon. W. Quint Overton, Sr. Mr. Craig Owen Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Owen, III Ms. Amber N. Ozmore ’09
Miss Dorothy E. Pace ’79 Mr. John E. Pacer ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Pack Mr. Larry F. Packett ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Padgett Mr. Michael E. Padgett Ms. Betty B. Paine Mrs. Kathy Jones Palmieri ’79 Mr. Ovila C. Panneton ’64 Ms. Joann Panuska Mr. and Mrs. Louis Paradise Mrs. Carol Bryant Parker ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon K. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O. Parker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Jason Parker Mr. Jim Parker ’82 Mr. Kendall L. Parker ’49 and Mrs. Jean M. Parker ’49 Mrs. Shelly Kellam Parker ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Travis Q. Parker, Sr. Mr. William R. Parker ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Parks Mr. Don S. Parnell Mr. Thomas D. Parr, Jr. ’66 Ms. Debra M. Parrish Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parsons Ms. Joan Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Parton Mr. M. Le’Bryan Patterson ’09 Mr. Robert C. Paul ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Laurence F. Paxton Mrs. Geneva Brown Pedersen ’52 Mr. Julian T. Pemberton, Jr. ’50 Ms. Tracy Pendleton Dr. Alan T. Penn ’61 Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Pennington Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Perdue Mr. William E. Perkins, Jr. ’66 Ms. Jane Perri Mr. Jerry L. Perry ’93 Mr. Raymond O. Perry ’61 and Mrs. Crystal Dillon Perry ’61 Mr. Allen F. Persinger ’66 Ms. Sarah Peter-Contesse Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Peters Mrs. Pamela Furr Petersen ’68 Ms. Angela Stover Phelps ’00 Mr. Edwin A. Phelps, III ’73 Mrs. Geneva Corn Phelps ’44 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Phelps Mr. A. C. Phillips ’62 Mr. Larkin C. Phillips ’65 and Mrs. Lou Ann Dover Phillips ’65 Mrs. Margaret Robertson Phillips ’93 Ms. Valory Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Pickeral Mr. James R. Pittard ’71 Mrs. Tonya Jamane Pitzer ’87 Mrs. Susan Whitaker Plank ’82 Mrs. Doris Poland Pleasants ’45 * Mr. G.Y. Pleasants Mr. John R. Plymale, Jr. ’49 Ms. Nancy Pollard Mr. Kenneth S. Poole Mrs. Geraldine A. Porter Mr. Richard A. Potvin ’87 Ms. Michele Pound
Mr. Brian G. Powell, Sr. ’79 and Mrs. Kathleen Goodpasture Powell ’80 Mr. John H. Preston Mr. Daniel L. Price ’79 Mr. Johnny W. Prillaman Mrs. Sandra W. Prillaman Ms. Delma Jo Prince Mr. Douglas B. Proffitt ’70 Mr. Edward O. Puckette ’84 Mr. Alvin A. Puller ’85 Mrs. Yvonne Edwards Purcell ’75 Ms. Jennifer W. Pyle Mr. Jerry Pyles Ms. Patricia Blackwell Pyles ’66 Mr. Robert T. Quesenberry ’88 and Mrs. Lora Smith Quesenberry ’88 Mr. John P. Quigley ’83 Mrs. Carolyn Moran Quinn ’93 Mr. John T. Quinn ’66 Mr. Lewis R. Quinn * Mr. Mandell Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Herman Racer Mr. and Mrs. Herman Racer Mr. Joshua W. Rackley ’07 Mrs. Jeanette Nolin Raileanu ’82 Lt. Col. Carlton L. Ramsey ’62 Mrs. Linda Range ’81 Mr. Gerald W. Ransone ’69 and Mrs. Diane Partlow Ransone ’70 Mr. Alvin Ratliff ’65 Mr. Kevin Andrew Ray ’96 Mrs. Sheryl Moody Reddington ’93 Mr. James W. Reed ’76 Mr. David L. Reedy ’89 and Mrs. Michele Partridge Reedy ’88 Mr. Jimmy L. Reeves ’84 Mr. Kenneth G. Reeves ’79 Mr. Jim A. Register ’53 Mr. Eugene J. Reiher Mr. Bernard C. Reiley Mrs. Martha Jones Reiss ’77 Ms. Beth Anne Revercomb Ms. Heather E. Reynolds ’03 Mr. J. Thomas Reynolds ’62 Ms. Karen W. Reynolds Ms. Constance M. Rhoad Mrs. Karen Wolcott Rhodes ’74 Dr. and Mrs. David B. Rice Mr. Gary W. Rice ’66 Mr. Monty G. Rice ’67 Mr. Michael G. Rich ’10 Mr. Robert L. Richards ’94 Mr. H. Bruce Richardson, Jr. ’79 Mr. Scott Richmond ’99 Ms. Rosemary A. Rigotti Mr. Chris Rill Mr. James E. Rivers ’79 Mr. Carl W. Roane Ms. Donna Roane Mrs. Linda Simmons Roane ’66 Ms. Vicky Roane Mr. Robert B. Robbins ’85 Mr. Larry K. Roberson ’62 Mrs. Eunice Via Roberts ’51 Mr. and Mrs. James P. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Robertson Ms. Karen Robertson Mrs. Ann Newman Robinson ’63
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. May, Jr. Mr. James F. Mayes ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Mayfield Mrs. Virginia H. Mayo Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mays Mr. Keith R. Mays Ms. Pat Mays Mrs. Renae Flora McBride ’72 Mr. William R. McCall, III ’66 Ms. Martha McCarthy Mr. Thomas R. McCarthy Mr. Roger L. McClay ’65 Mr. John Mark McClintic ’99 Mr. Paul A. McClintic ’03 Mr. J. K. McConnell ’89 Ms. Selena B. Mccoy Ms. Laurel C. McCracken Mr. Danny R. McCready ’67 Mrs. Loretta Y. McGhee Mr. Ernest E. McGinley ’69 Mrs. Brenda Bostic McGinnis ’70 Mrs. Gail Liddle McGlothlin ’66 Ms. Amy B. McGourty Ms. Carol L. McGuire-Bishop Ms. Kimya McHeimer ’08 Mr. and Mrs. James B. McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Clark McKenzie Mr. A. Edward McMurdo, II ’62 Mr. Rusty L. McPeak ’08 Mr. and Mrs. James Mellone Rev. D. Michael Meloy ’63 and Mrs. Jane Green Meloy ’64 Mr. Michael J. Menard ’03 and Mrs. Shelia Hodge Menard ’90 Ms. Wanetta S. Menefee ’99 Dr. Wayne Meredith ’63 Mr. Mark R. Merritt, Sr. ’69 Ms. Allison Metzger Ms. Jeannette P. Michels Mr. J. Howard Middleton, III ’90 Mr. Alfred B. Midgett ’79 Mr. David M. Milan ’88 and Mrs. Melinda Brubaker Milan ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Milford Mrs. Anne Burch Millehan ’87 Ms. Anne T. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Miller Ms. Latosha Miller Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Miller Ms. Marjorie M. Milliken Mr. and Mrs. Tommy L. Mills Mr. Maclary C. Milton ’74 Mr. Arthur W. Mitchell ’61 Mrs. Rosalind Mitchell Ms. Rose K. Mitchell Ms. Debra Mobley Mrs. Lucille Nicholson Moir ’38 Mr. and Mrs. Larry Moncada Ms. Arenda L. Monroe Mr. Herbert S. Montgomery ’64 Ms. Karen E. Montgomery ’06 Miss Bonnie Montrief ’66 Mrs. Lisa Chapin Moomaw ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Moore Mrs. Glenna Moore Mrs. Tressa Holland Moore ’04 Ms. Morgan E. Moran ’10 Mrs. Virginia Snyder Moran ’81
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Mr. Erik D. Robinson ’94 and Mrs. Alethea Jeffries Robinson ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson Mr. Ronald R. Robinson ’60 Mr. Stephen B. Robinson ’64 Mr. Thomas L. Robinson, Jr. ’75 Mr. and Mrs. H. Kent Rodgers Mr. Warren L. Rodgers, Sr. ’71 Mr. Christopher A. Rogers ’76 Mr. James F. Rogers ’71 Mr. Michael P. Rogers ’69 Mr. George T. Rogerson, Jr. ’85 Mr. and Mrs. James Rollins Ms. Patricia Romano Ms. Ann Romines Mr. Brandon Cromwell Rooks ’02 and Mrs. Lindsay Morton Rooks ’02 Mr. and Mrs. Deon C. Rooks Ms. Katherine J. Rotta ’10 Mrs. Joyce Goodrich Rowe ’62 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rowell ’62 Ms. Sheryl Royal Dr. David W. Roycroft Ms. Barbara S. Rucker Mr. Hubert C. Rudder, Jr. ’69 Mr. David Runion Ms. June Runquist Ms. Margaret P. Russi Ms. Frances P. Rutherford ’10 Ms. Jennifer Ryan Mrs. Carolyn Cates Saleski ’79 Mr. James G. Salyer ’66 and Mrs. Cynthia Moore Salyer ’70 Mr. Robert W. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Craig Saunders Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Saunders, Sr. Mr. Richard C. Saunders ’75 Mrs. Anne Gonzalez Saunier ’84 Dr. Larry K. Sautter Ms. Morgan Gammon Savage ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Savage Mr. and Mrs. James R. Sawyers Ms. Eleanor D. Scanlon Ms. Natalie W. Schermerhorn ’66 Mr. William Schotanus Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Schurz Mr. Joseph A. Schwarzenboeck ’00 Mr. Robert Schwier Rev. Charles R. Scott ’51 Mr. James E. Scott, Jr. Mrs. Joyce D. Scott Mrs. Betty Reynolds Scruggs ’66 Mr. William P. Scudder Mrs. Penny Szten Sebrell ’70 Ms. Kathryn A. Seeley ’69 Mr. Frederic B. Seibert ’62 Mr. Glenn S. Settle ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Shank Mr. Jason P. Sharp Mr. Francis E. Sharpe ’72 Ms. Alison Sharrett Mr. and Mrs. William P. Shattuck Mr. Keith Shealy ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Shegogue, Jr. Mr. Gary R. Shelton ’71 Mrs. Gloria Martin Shelton ’63 Mr. J. Glenn Shelton ’57
Mrs. Mildred Holland Shelton ’60 Mrs. Ruby Kingery Shepherd ’67 Mr. Joseph C. Sherry ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Jarrette H. Shifflette, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David D. Shomaker Ms. Martha S. Showalter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Shupe Ms. Jo Sicz Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Siddall Mrs. Alison Mason Sigler ’80 Mr. Justin D. Sigmon ’98 and Mrs. Ollea Greer Sigmon ’00 Mrs. Patty Peters Sigmon ’73 Mr. Brian E. Silver ’73 Lt. Col. Roger R. Simmons ’82 Mrs. Corene Martin Simms ’42 Mr. Troy A. Simms ’85 Ms. Betty Simon Ms. Paula Skaar Mr. Jeffrey D. Slack ’84 Ms. Ethel Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Slaughter Mr. Kevin L. Slough ’97 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Slusher Mr. Chester Smith Ms. Elizabeth Smith Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Smith Mr. James A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Robin Klem Smith ’85 Mr. Sean Smith Mr. Michael T. Smoot ’68 and Mrs. Susan Dean Smoot ’69 Mrs. Inez Reynolds Snoddy ’66 Mr. Spencer Snook Mr. Richard W. Snyder ’70 Mr. David L. Sours ’83 and Mrs. Rebecca James Sours ’80 Ms. Mary Waters Sours ’72 Mr. Stuart L. Sours ’83 Mr. Brent A. Sowers ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Speelman Mr. Vergil E. Spencer ’43 Mr. Charles Andrew Spicer, Jr. ’91 Mr. Martin K. Spilman, Jr. ’81 Ms. Roxanne Staton Mr. Leslie H. Steffey Ms. Peggy Steffey Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stephens Mr. Larry E. Stephenson ’63 Dr. Glen N. Stevens ’97 Miss Ruth Stevens ’61 Mr. James P. Stevenson ’59 Rev. Carl O. Stewart ’55 Ms. Elizabeth M. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. James D. Stewart Ms. Kathy A. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stith, Jr. Ms. Lynn Stoakley Mr. Bradley E. Stone ’83 Mr. Wesley G. Stott ’72 Mr. G. Edward Stover, Jr. ’62 Mr. Ed Strader Mr. Charles H. Streett, IV ’89 Ms. Barbara M. Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stuart, Jr. Mr. William Stump Mr. Steve W. Sturgis ’79 Mr. Robert L. Stutts ’79
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Mrs. Sarah Comer Sudduth ’51 Mr. David Forrest Sulzen and Mrs. Rima Forrest Sulzen ’06 Mr. William Summers Mr. and Mrs. John P. Supko Ms. Mary Sue Swann ’74 Ms. Mary A. Swanson ’65 Mr. Gary W. Swats ’68 Mr. Jerry M. Swisher, Jr. ’70 Mr. Brian Taggart Mr. and Mrs. William B. Talley Mr. Nelson Talley ’61 Mr. William E. Tant ’49 Mr. Thomas D. Tatem ’49 Mr. Dwight Taylor ’65 Mrs. Gale Pollard Taylor ’77 Mr. and Mrs. L. David Taylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Taylor Mr. Robert Taylor Ms. Sybil B. Taylor Mr. William H. Taylor ’66 Hon. Betsy Temple Mr. John R. P. Terrell Ms. Tiesha D. Terry ’10 Mr. Bryan E. Thomas ’78 Mr. James B. Thomas ’60 Mrs. Shawn M. Thomas Mrs. Susan Matthews Thomas ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Thomas Mr. Gerald W. Thompson ’76 Mr. John C. Thompson ’61 Mr. Andrew G. Thornton, III ’72 Mr. Charles E. Tilson, Jr. Mr. Otis E. Timberlake ’64 Mr. Edward H. Titmus, III ’89 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Todd, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Stanley Touchton ’44 Mr. Stuart Townes, Jr. ’64 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Townsend, Jr. Mrs. Mildred H. Trevilian * Mr. Mark Trevillian Ms. Rita C. Trippeer Ms. Catherine M. Trovato Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Trumbell Mrs. Nancy Layman Truslow ’56 Mr. and Mrs. W. Dale Truxell Mr. Paul A. Tucker Mrs. Elaine Nathan Tullis ’78 Mrs. Judith Harris Tunstall ’63 Mr. Thornton L. Turman ’63 Mrs. Evelyn S. Turner Ms. Viola G. Turner ’55 Ms. Diane T. Turnley Mr. Christopher S. Tuttle ’95 Ms. Evelyn Tyree Mr. Jimmie Underwood Dr. Steven A. Upchurch Mrs. Holley Perdue Updike ’67 Mr. Tyson B. Van Auken ’64 and Mrs. Dorothy Easley Van Auken ’63 Ms. Jennifer Van Drew Dr. and Mrs. George K. Van Osten Ms. Janet R. Vandeusen Mr. and Mrs. Steve Vandeusen Mr. John VanLuik ’69 Mrs. Laura Humm Varner ’81 Mrs. Deborah Miller Vaughan ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Vaughn Mrs. Carol Meador Vest ’71
Ms. Paige Via Ms. Elizabeth A. Via-Kolinski Mr. Thomas Vincent, Jr. ’61 Mr. Martin Vozzo Ms. Deborah L. Wade Mr. Robert L. Wade, Jr. ’82 and Mrs. Sharlene Pritchett Wade ’89 Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wade, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Walker Mr. James Walker Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Walker Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Walker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Walker ’64 Mrs. Yvonne Scott Walker ’99 Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Wallace ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Wallace Mrs. Shelby Cheek Walsh ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Bobby W. Walton Ms. Georgia Walton Mr. J. Steve Walton ’87 Mr. Russel S. Walton ’90 Ms. Lola A. Ward Mrs. Mattie Bell Ward ’66 Mrs. Edyth Corn Waterman ’39 Mr. Michael L. Waters ’74 Ms. Wendy Waters Mr. John Watlington Mr. Lewis H. Watson Mr. and Mrs. John W. Webb Mr. John W. Webb, II ’99 Mr. Rives Webb, Jr. ’65 Mr. Sam R. Webb ’55 Mr. Todd James Webb ’97 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Weddle Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Weddle Ms. Shannon Weddle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Weekes, Jr. Ms. Beverly J. Weekley Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Weigand Mr. William E. Wells, Jr. ’74 Mr. Christopher J. Wendling Mr. Philip C. Wendt ’95 Mrs. Carol Nichols Wheatley ’70 Mrs. Mae Stone Wheeler ’45 Mr. and Mrs. David T. Whelan Miss Judith A. Whitby ’64 Mr. Edwin S. White ’63 Mr. George White, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey D. White ’84 Mrs. Jennalie Walthall White ’60 Rev. Robert E. White, Jr. ’64 Mr. Steven D. White ’74 Mr. and Mrs. W. David White Dr. Lana A. Whited Ms. Mary F. Whitehead Mrs. Laura Harper Whitlock ’44 Mr. Clinton Howard Wickers ’02 Mr. David C. Wilbun ’96 and Mrs. Shannah Clark Wilbun ’96 Mr. David M. Wilder ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Wiles Mr. Robert N. Wiles ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. Wilkerson Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkins Mr. Richard E. Wilkins ’74 Ms. Jo Ann Will Ms. Bettye A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Williams Mrs. Ila Stanfield Williams ’38
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
Anheuser-Busch Foundation Bays Trash Removal, Inc. Brady Corporation Ebert Reproduction and Supply, Inc. FirstBank Franklin Dental Associates
*Deceased
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Mrs. Jacquelin Lee Williams ’55 Ms. Jessica M. Williams ’09 Mrs. Loretta Boone Williams ’68 Mr. Thomas D. Williams ’72 Mrs. Zeannette Roberts Williams ’63 Mr. Jim H. Williamson ’69 Mr. John F. Williamson ’92 Mr. Patrick M. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry F. Wills Ms. Courtney L. Wilson ’10 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry C. Wilson Mr. John T. Wilson ’83 Ms. Jessica D. Wimmer ’10 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wimmer, Jr. Mrs. Peggy L. Wimmer Rev. and Mrs. Ralph J. Wimmer Mrs. Regenia Knupp Wine ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Winfield Mr. Richard D. Wingate ’72 Mr. Greg R. Winge ’89 Rev. Arthur W. Wingfield ’50 Ms. Marilyn K. Wintrow Mr. Vernon L. Witherell, Jr. ’70 Mrs. Amanda Cobler Witt ’04 Rev. and Mrs. Eric P. Wogen Mr. George M. Wolfe ’68 Mr. Paul Michael Wolfe Mrs. Beatrice Lee Wood ’48 Ms. Elizabeth Wood Mr. Stuart C. Wood ’78 Mrs. Virginia Brown Wood ’62 Mrs. Betty Bussey Woodford ’60 Mr. Douglas M. Woodley ’66 Mrs. Felicia H. Woods ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Woods Mr. Thomas L. Woodson ’87 Ms. Jennifer P. Woodward Mr. David M. Woody ’77 Ms. Carolyn Wooten Mrs. MaryLou Kemp Worthington ’71 Ms. Barbara F. Wright Mrs. Gerry Luck Wright ’42 Mrs. Janice Simpson Wright ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Wright Ms. Teresa J. Wright Mr. Warren Wright Rev. Doyle W. Wyatt ’79 Mr. James M. Wyrick ’69 Ms. Sheila Yarbrough Ms. Christine A. Yates Ms. Ruth N. Yates Ms. Diane Yazdi Mrs. Mary Sink Yengst ’81 Ms. Donna H. Young ’80 Mr. Guy K. Young ’76 and Mrs. Carolyn Carrier Young ’76 Mr. Kenneth P. Young, Jr. ’68 Mr. Robert L. Young ’74 Ms. Ruth Young Mrs. Tammy Jamison Young Mr. John L. Zentmeyer ’84 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Zinck
James River Grounds Management, Inc. MeadWestvaco Foundation National Auto Parts, Inc. Neely’s Accounting Services, Inc. The New York Times Company Foundation, Inc. C. H. Schreiber Contracting, Inc. SMK Builders, Inc. Southside Dental Center Tangles Day Spa Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC Trendz Salon Tribe of Benjamin Ministries Tricia’s Pink Bowtique Ukrop Foundation UMW – Crewe United Methodist Church Vintage Spa Will Transport, Inc.
GIFTS-IN-KIND Advance Auto Parts Applebee’s Restaurant Art Images AutoZone Basket Creations & More Ms. Starla R. Bell * Bowling’s Place Mr. Robert L. Bradshaw, Jr. Burger King Carousel Hair Studio Mr. Christopher Corallo Dee’s Hallmark Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dobbs Edible Vibe Cafe Mrs. Willie Everett Ferrum Minute Market Fisherman’s Galley Warren Ryland Fitzgerald Estate Mr. David Freeman Mr. R. Anthony Giesen Mr. Chris Gladden Happy Pappys Haywood’s Jewelers, Inc. Mr. Geoffrey M. Horn and Dr. Marcia D. Horn Rev. Jody Johnson Kentucky Fried Chicken, Inc. Little Caesars Pizza Mr. Billy J. Long Mrs. Carolyn Pike Matthews ’84 McDonald’s - Rocky Mount Mr. and Mrs. Patrick E. Meckley Misty Mountain Wares Nebraska Book Company Dr. Franklyn D. Ott ’57 P.A.C. Interiors & Floor Fashions, Inc. Papa John’s Pizza Mr. Danny M. Perdue ’66 Pizza Hut Quizno’s R & D Sporting Goods Rocky Mount Bowling Center Sheetz, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thompson Trendz Salon Virginia Office Supply Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wimmer, Jr.
United Methodist Giving The following United Methodist Churches and related organizations made special gifts to Ferrum College during fiscal year 2009–10. As always, Ferrum College appreciates the many United Methodist Churches who give to the Education Fund through the Virginia Conference and all United Methodist Women who contribute so faithfully through their local units. First UMC – Hampton First UMC Wesley Guild Forest Chapel UMC Roanoke District UMC Saint Paul UMC – Christiansburg Trinity UMC UMC General Board of Higher Education and Ministry UMW – Crewe UMW – Sydenstricker UMW – Mt. Vernon UMW of the Virginia Conference Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church Wakefield UMC
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Honor Roll of Donors
Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ‘45 Mrs. Jeanette Hall Adkins ‘59 Mr. William H. Aiken, Jr. ‘60 Mr. Carl D. Akers ‘59 Mrs. Connie Clary Akers ‘71 Mrs. Mary Wade Akers ‘59 Mr. and Mrs. Norris T. Aldridge Mr. Mark Eugen Alford ‘84 Mrs. Mary Fary Altemus ‘73 Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Anderson Mr. Lawson A. Andrews ‘61 Mr. C. Ralph Arthur, Jr. Mrs. Mary P. Arthur Mrs. Sarah Shively Arthur ‘68 Mrs. Annette Robertson Ashton ‘76 Rev. C. Wesley Astin, Jr. ‘74 Mrs. Norma Nicholson Atchley ‘55
Mrs. Jean Williams Bone ‘73 Mrs. Barbara Reedy Booker ‘45 Mrs. Carole Lee Fulcher Booth ‘63 Mrs. Ethel W. Born Mr. G. Robert Boswell ‘58 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Bowling Ms. Cynthia Lynn Bowman ‘89 Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Bowman Mrs. Diamond B. Boyd ‘84 Mr. Walter Y. Boyd ‘49 Mr. and Mrs. Cabell Brand Mr. Ronald C. Brewster ‘64 Ms. Kathleen B. Brown Mrs. Virginia Wyne Broyles ‘52 Mr. Brenton T. Buchanan ‘70 Mr. Douglas H. Buerlein ‘70 Mrs. Randi White Buerlein ‘71
Mr. Ray Corron ‘97 Mr. Charles E. Coughlin ‘64 Mr. John P. Cougill ‘69 Mr. Matt Cross ‘69 Mrs. Nancy Sink Cross ‘69 Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Crow Ms. Susan Crow Rev. and Mrs. C. Warner Crumb Mr. Floyd L. Curtis ‘68 Mrs. Frances Martin Dale ‘66 Mrs. Ruth Ross Dandridge ‘52 Mr. George W. Davis ‘50 Dr. James A. Davis ‘65 Mr. O. Allen Davis ‘62 Mr. William E. Davis, Sr. ‘60 Mr. James S. Deitrick ‘60 Mr. David Earle Demarest ‘93
Ruth Society Mrs. Brenda Goard Ayers ‘64 Mr. Walter C. Ayers ‘62 Mr. Edward A. Baker ‘70 Mrs. Judith Jones Baker ‘70 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Baldwin ‘77 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bales Mr. Tim Balsley ‘67 Ms. Peggie R. Barker Dr. Rathin Basu Mr. Russell L. Bauda ‘69 Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ‘68 Ms. Donna J. Baus ‘76 Mr. Gerald W. Bechtle, Jr. ‘91 Ms. Sara A. Beck ‘91 Mrs. Marlene Cave Bell ‘55 Mrs. Suzanne Booth Bell ‘62 Mr. Jesse W. Bennett, Jr. ‘57 Mrs. Lois Poland Bersch ‘44 Mrs. Ethel Proffitt Bickford ‘80 Mrs. Susie Motley Biedler ‘66 Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel L. Bishop Mr. Benham M. Black Mr. Daniel R. Blasche ‘83 Mr. David W. Blevins ‘69 Mrs. Gaye Bourne Blevins ‘70
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Mrs. Barbara Hughes Bull ‘82 Mrs. Kathy Morcom Burgess ‘90 Mr. Keith P. Burgess ‘89 Mrs. Joyce Fisher Burroughs ‘63 Mrs. Anita Fenwick Butler ‘79 Dr. George T. Byrd Mr. James T. Carpenter ‘60 Mrs. Deborah Roberson Carter ‘70 Mr. John C. Carter ‘66 Mr. Maury L. Carter ‘53 Mrs. Violet P. Carter Mr. H. Allen Carver ‘63 Mr. Clark F. Childers ‘80 Mrs. Susan Jones Childers ‘81 Mr. Michael T. Christian ‘63 Mr. Ronald C. Clark ‘65 Mrs. Vieva Snead Clary ‘38 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clements ‘77 Mr. Roger D. Coffey ‘65 Mr. Peter H. Coley ‘73 Mrs. Margaret White Collmus ‘50 Mrs. Patricia O. Compton Mr. Herman S. Cooper ‘61 Rev. Laughton L. Corr ‘52 Mrs. Lolene H. Corron ‘97
Mrs. Elizabeth Green Forster ‘68 Mr. Charles D. Foster, Jr. ‘85 Mrs. Page Sutherland Foster ‘85 Mrs. Mickey Keys Freeman ‘68 Mrs. Patricia T. Furrow Mr. Gregory A. Gantt ‘75 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Gassman, Jr. Mr. George J. Gibbs, Jr. ‘73 Rev. R. Franklin Gillis, Jr. ‘61 Mr. Hugh M. Glenn, Jr. ‘52 Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ‘46 Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ‘46 Mr. Mark D. Goodpasture ‘75 Mr. Samuel H. Goodpasture ‘73 Mr. Harold C. Goodrich ‘71 Mr. Harold L. Gray ‘56 Mr. David E. Greer ‘95
A Society of Loyal Friends Through the Ruth Society, Ferrum recognizes those most faithful friends who have made gifts to the College every year (July 1 to June 30) for the last ten years or longer.
Mr. Luther J. Derby, Jr. ‘45 Ms. Leslie Carroll Dering ‘91 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Dietz Dr. Cy Dillon, III Mr. Donald F. Dixon ‘59 Mr. Michael C. Donavant ‘72 Mr. Ralph B. Doud, III ‘72 Mr. Tom L. Dowdy ‘63 Cmdr. Tom R. Downs Mr. Kenneth C. Dudley ‘72 Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Dulin Mr. Lathan E. Edwards ‘52 Mrs. Linda P. Edwards Capt. George W. Elliott ‘38 Mr. James K. Elliott ‘72 Mrs. Mary Stevens Esperti ‘51 Mr. Brett D. Fairchild ‘69 Mr. David V. Fewell ‘63 Mrs. June L. Ficinus Mrs. Carole Frazier Fisher ‘81 Mr. Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. ‘67 Mrs. Helen Fitzpatrick Mrs. and Mrs. Stanley O. Forbes, Sr. Mr. Stanley O. Forbes, Jr. ‘92 Mr. Lewis L. Fore ‘63
Mr. Jeffrey L. Gring Mr. Jesse J. Gusler ‘57 Mrs. Julia Housman Gusler ‘53 Mr. Elmer D. Hall ‘56 Mr. William K. Hammack ‘59 Mrs. Hilda Wright Harmon ‘79 Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Harris, Jr. ‘65 Mrs. Dorothy Dozier Harrison ‘63 Mr. William C. Hartnett ‘62 Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ‘84 Mrs. Sandra Cordle Hill Mr. David D. Hinkle ‘79 Mrs. Scarlet Baker Hinkle ‘80 Mr. Daniel K. Hodges Mrs. Donna Ellis Hoekstra ‘65 Mrs. Ellen D. Holland Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Holley Mrs. Tracy Sigmon Holley ‘96 Mrs. Evelyn Stone Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Raymond T. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hood Mrs. Leila P. Hopkins Mr. David N. Horton ‘86 Mrs. Shirley Spencer Horton ‘57
The size and type of gift you make to Ferrum reflects your goals and situation. The simplest way to make a gift is by cash or credit card. If you itemize your federal income tax return, outright gifts are deductible up to 50 percent of your adjusted gross income in most cases. Ferrum is also able to accept marketable securities such as stocks and bonds. The College may accept personal property and real estate if it supports the College’s mission and meets certain criteria. Many donors find that a planned gift is an inviting option. In most cases, while the gift to the College is deferred, the donor takes an action as part of estate planning to provide for this gift at a later time, usually after death. If the action results in an irrevocable transfer, a partial tax deduction is possible.
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Mr. Edwin E. Mawyer ‘55 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. May, Jr. Mr. James F. Mayes ‘67 Rev. Robinson H. McAden ‘51 Mr. Cal F. McAlexander ‘55 Mrs. Jane Cumby McAlexander ‘55 Mrs. Renae Flora McBride ‘72 Mr. Danny R. McCready ‘67 Mrs. Loretta Y. McGhee Mrs. Brenda Bostic McGinnis ‘70 Mrs. Gail Liddle McGlothlin ‘66 Mr. A. Edward McMurdo, II ‘62 Mrs. Lois Wood McWane ‘52 Mr. Paul T. McWane ‘82 Mr. David B. Meador ‘87 Mrs. Sherry King Meador ‘87 Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Menefee ‘42 Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Menefee ‘43 Ms. Wanetta S. Menefee ‘99 Mr. Lucius M. Merritt, Jr. ‘65 Mr. Arthur W. Mitchell ‘61 Mr. Herbert S. Montgomery ‘64 Rev. and Mrs. William A. Moon, Jr. ‘41 Mr. and Mrs. Roddy Moore Mrs. Jean Thomas Moore ‘50 Mrs. Joyce Johnson Moorman ‘65 Mrs. Beverly Setliff Murray ‘78 Mr. Mark A. Musick ‘72 Mr. John F. Myers, Jr. ‘51 Mrs. Nancy Mohler Myers ‘62 Mr. David A. Newcombe Dr. M. Douglas Newman ‘42 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Norris Mr. Jack Norton ‘90 Mrs. Kristi Sherree Norton ‘92 Mr. Mitchell W. Nuckles ‘82 Ms. Mary B. O’Neal Mr. Richard H. Ogg ‘71 Miss Patricia G. Osborne ‘63 Mr. Larry F. Packett ‘67 Mr. Ovila C. Panneton ‘64 Mrs. Jean M. Parker ‘49 Mr. Kendall L. Parker ‘49 Mr. Julian T. Pemberton, Jr. ‘50 Mr. Danny M. Perdue ‘66 Mr. Larry W. Perdue ‘67 Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Peters Mr. Chip Phillips ‘77 Mrs. Martha Arnold Phillips ‘76 Mrs. Nancy Hanks Phillips ‘67
Mrs. Margaret Smith Pillow ‘51 Mrs. Doris Poland Pleasants ‘45 Dr. Bob R. Pohlad Mrs. Theresa M. Potter Mr. Brian G. Powell, Sr. ‘79 Mrs. Kathleen Goodpasture Powell ‘80 Mr. Daniel L. Price ‘79 Mrs. Sandra W. Prillaman Mrs. Yvonne Edwards Purcell ‘75 Mr. John K. Ramsey ‘56 Mr. Craig L. Rascoe ‘74 Mr. L. Ryland Rash, Jr. ‘48 Mrs. Dorothy A. Ravenhorst Mrs. Sheryl Moody Reddington ‘93 Mrs. Linda K. Renick Ms. Lucy B. Ricardo Mr. Paul W. Rice, III ‘67 Rev. and Mrs. Amos S. Rideout, Jr. ‘62 Mr. Larry K. Roberson ‘62 Mrs. Eunice Via Roberts ‘51 Mrs. Ann Newman Robinson ‘63 Mr. Ronald R. Robinson ‘60 Rev. Milford C. Rollins ‘49 Mr. Hubert C. Rudder, Jr. ‘69 Ms. Sally Jane Rutherford ‘80 Mr. Richard H. Sadler Ms. Natalie W. Schermerhorn ‘66 Mrs. Carrie Smith Schmidt ‘82 Mr. Charles B. Schmidt ‘83 Rev. Charles R. Scott ‘51 Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. Scott ‘51 Mr. John M. Seaborn ‘78 Mr. Glenn S. Settle ‘67 Mr. Gary R. Shelton ‘71 Mr. J. Glenn Shelton ‘57 Mr. Joseph C. Sherry ‘66 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Shively Mrs. Edith McGhee Sigmon ‘46 Mr. Gail E. Sigmon Mrs. Judy W. Singleton ‘77 Dr. Ronald E. Singleton ‘70 Mr. Charles A. Skinner ‘48 Mr. Dee H. Slaughter ‘70 Mrs. Irma H. Smart Mr. Alan P. Smith ‘83 Dr. R. Rex Stephenson Miss Ruth Stevens ‘61 Rev. Carl O. Stewart ‘55 Mr. G. Edward Stover, Jr. ‘62
Planned gifts include: • Bequests – naming Ferrum in your will • Retirement Plans – naming Ferrum as a beneficiary • Life Insurance – naming Ferrum as a beneficiary • Charitable Gift Annuities – transferring assets to Ferrum in exchange for a fixed income to yourself • Charitable Remainder Trusts – transferring assets to a trustee to provide income to you for life, with the remainder balance coming to Ferrum at your death • Charitable Lead Trusts – transferring assets to a trustee to provide income to Ferrum for a fixed period of time, then reverting back to you or other beneficiaries.
*Deceased
Mr. Adolph L. Strobel, Jr. ‘58 Mrs. Mary Ann Britt Strobel ‘58 Mr. Glen A. Styles ‘61 Mrs. Sarah Comer Sudduth ‘51 Mr. Guy R. Sutphin ‘65 Ms. Mary A. Swanson ‘65 Ms. Suelle Marie Swartz ‘65 Mr. Edward L. Sweeney ‘61 Mr. Thomas D. Tatem ‘49 Mr. Dwight Taylor ‘65 Dr. Gerard T. Taylor ‘63 Dr. Carolyn L. Thomas Mr. James B. Thomas ‘60 Mrs. Susan Matthews Thomas ‘84 Hon. Bobby W. Thompson ‘70 Mrs. Glenda Scott Thompson ‘69 Mr. Mervyn C. Timberlake, Jr. ‘67 Mr. Robert A. Tuell ‘66 Mrs. Judith Harris Tunstall ‘63 Mr. Charles W. Turman ‘61 Mr. James P. Turner ‘56 Mrs. Linda Sullivan Turner ‘57 Ms. Viola G. Turner ‘55 Ms. Evelyn Tyree Mr. Charles W. Tysinger ‘68 Mr. and Mrs. Pierce L. Vaughn Ms. Deborah L. Wade Mrs. Yvonne Scott Walker ‘99 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Webster Mr. Glenn R. Welde ‘65 Mr. John H. Wells ‘55 Ms. Jennie B. West Mrs. Carol Nichols Wheatley ‘70 Mr. Gordon Scott White ‘74 Mr. James E. White ‘68 Mrs. Leigh Huff White ‘74 Mrs. Pamela Lowry White ‘69 Mrs. Ila Stanfield Williams ‘38 Mr. John T. Wilson ‘83 Mrs. Regenia Knupp Wine ‘67 Rev. Arthur W. Wingfield ‘50 Ms. C. Faye Wood ‘52 Mrs. Betty Bussey Woodford ‘60 Mr. Douglas M. Woodley ‘66 Mrs. Felicia H. Woods ‘98 Mrs. Gilda Quinn Woods ‘92 Dr. Eugene R. Woolridge, Jr. ‘49 Mrs. MaryLou Kemp Worthington ‘71 Mr. Joseph B. Wright Mrs. Patricia G. Wright Dr. Andrea P. Zuschin
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Mrs. Rebecca Brammer Houchins ‘62 Mr. Edward L. Huffman ‘73 Mr. Barry G. Hughes ‘80 Mr. Port O. Humphreys ‘68 Mrs. Cheryl Taylor Hundley ‘77 Mr. Ray B. Hundley ‘76 Mrs. Hazel Wall Hunt ‘50 Mr. M. Dana Hunt ‘49 Mr. Harold L. Ingram ‘64 Mr. Bradley P. Intemann ‘75 Mr. Donald D. Jennings ‘58 Mrs. Gloria Nester Jennings ‘64 Mr. Jimmie M. Jett ‘60 Mrs. Barbara G. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry Jones Mrs. Ellen Dalton Jones ‘43 Mr. Glover H. Jones, III ‘68 Mrs. Ann Melton Journell ‘57 Mr. Kenneth D. Journell ‘57 Mr. Robert B. Journell ‘72 Mrs. Ruth Sparks Journell ‘73 Ms. Donna Susan Joyce ‘91 Mr. Michael P. Kelley ‘96 Mrs. Marian Saunders Kessler ‘52 Rev. William T. Kessler ‘52 Ms. Patricia L. Kibler ‘69 Mr. Francis R. King, Jr. ‘68 Mr. Paul W. King ‘69 Mrs. Elizabeth Greene Kirby ‘46 Mrs. Victoria Bowling Kirby ‘43 Mr. Donald E. Koonce ‘64 Mrs. Arlene Carper Kozyra ‘68 Mrs. Kristin Halladay Lahiff ‘80 Dr. John D. Lambert ‘52 Mrs. Patricia Jones LaReau ‘57 Mrs. Jean Crews Lawrence ‘63 Rev. W. Anthony Layman ‘64 Mr. Claiborne R. Leonard ‘55 Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Long Mrs. Annie Reynolds Looney ‘53 Mr. J. Wayne Loving ‘66 Mr. Robert E. Loving ‘49 Mr. John W. Luck ‘68 Mr. Donald A. Lucy ‘74 Mrs. Sharon St. Clair Lugar ‘70 Mr. Donald F. Luttrell ‘68 Mrs. Sherry Thurman Lynch ‘68 Mr. Guy Martin ‘38 Mrs. Joe Ann Stevens Martin ‘51 Mrs. Ola L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Judson P. Mason ‘67
The best plan for you depends on your personal circumstances. Your legal or tax advisor should be consulted during the decision-making process. For additional information, please contact George Seals, Director of Planned Giving & Principal Gifts at 540-365-4299 or gseals@ferrum.edu.
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Alumni Giving
Honor Roll of Donors
July 1, 2009– June 30, 2010
1930s Mrs. Vieva Snead Clary ’38 Capt. George W. Elliott ’38 Dr. Platon G. Gailey ’38 (D) Mr. Guy Martin ’38 Mrs. Lucille Nicholson Moir ’38 Mrs. Ila Stanfield Williams ’38 Mrs. Pauline Cassell Long ’39 Mrs. Edyth Corn Waterman ’39
1940s Mrs. Hester McGhee DePue ’41 Mr. Charles D. Easter ’41 Rev. William A. Moon, Jr. ’41 Mrs. Edith Gusler Jones ’42 Dr. Ellis F. Maxey ’42 Mr. Charles G. Menefee ’42 Mr. Dexter K. Mullins ’42 Dr. M. Douglas Newman ’42 Mrs. Corene Martin Simms ’42 Mrs. Gerry Luck Wright ’42 Mrs. Emma Johnston Clapp ’43 (D) Rev. Herbert P. Hall ’43 Mr. Thomas C. Haskins ’43 Mrs. Ellen Dalton Jones ’43 Mrs. Lois Hall Jones ’43 Mrs. Victoria Bowling Kirby ’43 Mr. Richard R. Menefee ’43 Mrs. Elaine Carter Nuckols ’43 Mr. Vergil E. Spencer ’43 70
Mrs. Lois Poland Bersch ’44 Mrs. Jessie Sloan Brown ’44 Mrs. Geneva Corn Phelps ’44 Mrs. Margaret Stanley Touchton ’44 Mrs. Laura Harper Whitlock ’44 Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mrs. Barbara Reedy Booker ’45 Mr. Luther J. Derby, Jr. ’45 Mrs. Polly Adams Kahle ’45 Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45 Mrs. Doris Poland Pleasants ’45 Mrs. Frances Stine Walker ’45 Mrs. Mae Stone Wheeler ’45 Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ’46 Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ’46 Mrs. Elizabeth Greene Kirby ’46 Mr. Kenneth Leetch ’46 Mrs. Edith McGhee Sigmon ’46 Mrs. Gene Dickens Soyars ’46 Mrs. Mary Miller Carter ’47 Mrs. Alva Hayden Banks Clary ’47 Mr. Rawleigh G. Clary ’47 Ms. Margaret Johnson Cramer ’47 Mr. Jack Helie ’47 Mr. Winston Jones ’47 Mr. Fred W. Lewis ’47 Mrs. Geraldine Edwards Shelton Tyner ’47 Mrs. Doris Nash Morris ’48 Mr. L. Ryland Rash, Jr. ’48 Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 Mr. James L. Stanley ’48 Mr. Richard L. Stevens ’48 Mrs. Beatrice Lee Wood ’48 Mr. Walter Y. Boyd ’49 Rev. Robert E. Couch ’49 (D) Mrs. Stella Holt Couch ’49 Mrs. Shirley Nichols Flanagan ’49 Mr. George W. Gusler ’49 Mrs. Mildred Spencer Gusler ’49 Mr. M. Dana Hunt ’49 Mr. Robert E. Loving ’49 Rev. Lawrence E. Lugar ’49 Mrs. Jean M. Parker ’49 Mr. Kendall L. Parker ’49 Mr. John R. Plymale, Jr. ’49 Rev. Milford C. Rollins ’49 Mr. Samuel R. Stevens ’49 Mr. William E. Tant ’49 Mr. Thomas D. Tatem ’49 Dr. Eugene R. Woolridge, Jr. ’49
1950s Mr. Robert P. Coffman ’50 Mrs. Ruth Pemberton Coffman ’50 Mrs. Margaret White Collmus ’50 Mr. George W. Davis ’50 Mrs. Hazel Wall Hunt ’50 Mrs. Dollie Richardson Le Mond ’50 Mrs. Jean Hodges Lugar ’50 Mrs. Jean Thomas Moore ’50 Mr. Julian T. Pemberton, Jr. ’50
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Prof. James S. Angle ’56 Mr. Richard G. Elgin ’56 Mr. Harold L. Gray ’56 Mr. Elmer D. Hall ’56 Mrs. Jean Wright Hodges ’56 Mr. Wesley Martin Jones ’56 Mr. John K. Ramsey ’56 Mrs. Nancy Yaple Stroupe ’56 Mrs. Nancy Layman Truslow ’56 Mr. James P. Turner ’56
Mr. Robert P. Vest, Jr. ’50 Rev. Arthur W. Wingfield ’50 Rev. Joseph T. Carson, Jr. ’51 Mrs. Mary Stevens Esperti ’51 Mr. Gene Evans ’51 Rev. W. Ernest Hogge ’51 Mrs. Doris Thompson Martin ’51 Mrs. Joe Ann Stevens Martin ’51 Ms. Mary Overfelt McAden ’51 Rev. Robinson H. McAden ’51 Mrs. Bridget Bailey Morrow ’51 Mr. John F. Myers, Jr. ’51 Mr. Thomas Newman ’51 Mrs. Margaret Smith Pillow ’51 Mrs. Eunice Via Roberts ’51 Rev. Charles R. Scott ’51 Mr. Leo H. Scott ’51 Mrs. Sarah Comer Sudduth ’51 Mrs. Nancy Mead Woodall ’51 Mrs. Virginia Wyne Broyles ’52 Rev. Laughton L. Corr ’52 Mrs. Ruth Ross Dandridge ’52 Mr. Lathan E. Edwards ’52 Mr. Hugh M. Glenn, Jr. ’52 Mrs. Marian Saunders Kessler ’52 Rev. William T. Kessler ’52 Dr. John D. Lambert ’52 Mrs. Lois Wood McWane ’52 Mrs. Sally Barber Michael ’52 Mrs. Geneva Brown Pedersen ’52 Rev. Charles R. Pittman ’52 Ms. C. Faye Wood ’52 Dr. Marie Morrison Brink ’53 Mr. Maury L. Carter ’53 Mrs. Julia Housman Gusler ’53 Mrs. Ruth Hash Jones ’53 Mrs. Annie Reynolds Looney ’53 Mr. George F. Neeb, Jr. ’53 Mrs. Marion Hubbard Neeb ’53 Mr. Jim A. Register ’53 Mrs. Shirley Register Bisselle ’54 Mr. H. Ellsworth Haley, Jr. ’54 Mr. Philip C. Harrell ’54 Mrs. Norma Nicholson Atchley ’55 Mrs. Marlene Cave Bell ’55 Mr. Stan Crockett ’55 Rev. George H. Gravitt ’55 (D) Mr. Hugh A. Green ’55 Mrs. Phyllis Lamm Haley ’55 Mr. Bobby D. Hodges ’55 Rev. Thomas E. Jennings ’55 Mr. Rudolph L. Johnson, Sr. ’55 Mr. Claiborne R. Leonard ’55 Mr. Edwin E. Mawyer ’55 Mr. Cal F. McAlexander ’55 Mrs. Jane Cumby McAlexander ’55 Mr. Charles H. Peple ’55 Rev. Carl O. Stewart ’55 Ms. Viola G. Turner ’55 Mr. Sam R. Webb ’55 Mr. John H. Wells ’55 Mrs. Jacquelin Lee Williams ’55
Mr. Jesse W. Bennett, Jr. ’57 Mr. Thomas D. Berry ’57 Mr. James M. Cassady ’57 Rev. J. Mason Cosby ’57 Mrs. Janie Ingledew Craft ’57 Mr. Jesse J. Gusler ’57 Mr. Wayne E. Hall ’57 Mrs. Shirley Spencer Horton ’57 Mrs. Patricia English Jones ’57 Mrs. Ann Melton Journell ’57 Mr. Kenneth D. Journell ’57 Mr. Samuel C. Kao ’57 Mrs. Patricia Jones LaReau ’57 Mrs. Deanne Bowling Lloyd ’57 Dr. Franklyn D. Ott ’57 Mr. Henry C. Pruner, Jr. ’57 Mrs. Annie Dowdy Rose ’57 Mr. J. Glenn Shelton ’57 Mr. James R. Sink ’57 Mr. Edward W. States ’57 Mr. David B. Stroupe ’57 Mrs. Linda Sullivan Turner ’57 Mr. Richard M. Barrett, Sr. ’58 Mr. G. Robert Boswell ’58 Mr. G. Robert Boswell ’58 Rev. James B. Grimmer, Jr. ’58 Mr. Donald D. Jennings ’58 Ms. Kitty M. Martin ’58 Dr. Robert Rose ’58 Mr. Adolph L. Strobel, Jr. ’58 Mrs. Mary Ann Britt Strobel ’58 Mrs. Julia Holland Terry ’58 Mrs. Jeanette Hall Adkins ’59 Mr. Carl D. Akers ’59 Mrs. Mary Wade Akers ’59 Mrs. Barbara Todd Blankenship ’59 Rev. Randall C. Blankenship ’59 Rev. David R. Boger ’59 Mrs. Janet Allen Chin ’59 Mr. Donald F. Dixon ’59 Mr. George P. Dunkley, Jr. ’59 Mr. Warren Ferguson ’59 Mr. William K. Hammack ’59 Mr. James P. Stevenson ’59
1960s Mr. William H. Aiken, Jr. ’60 Mr. Charles S. Barall ’60 Mr. James T. Carpenter ’60 Mr. William E. Davis, Sr. ’60 Mr. James S. Deitrick ’60 Mrs. Joan Pritchett Foster ’60 Mr. Jimmie M. Jett ’60 Mr. Carl L. Lackey ’60
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
Major/Minor: Liberal Arts With an emphasis in Theatre and English Campus Activities: Contributor to Chrysalis, Co-Captain of the Dance Team, Cheerleader 2007-2009, Participant in Theatre Productions of The Laramie Project and Dead Man Walking Achievements: Dean’s List 2007–2009, Academic All-Conference 2007–2009
Mr. Ronald R. Robinson ’60 Mrs. Mildred Holland Shelton ’60 Mr. William T. Starkey ’60 Mr. James B. Thomas ’60 Mrs. Jennalie Walthall White ’60 Mrs. Betty Bussey Woodford ’60 Mrs. Janice Simpson Wright ’60 Mr. Lawson A. Andrews ’61 Rev. Norman R. Biggs ’61 Mr. William G. Booker, Jr. ’61 Mrs. Sharon McCracken Brown ’61 Mrs. Barbara Ruffin Cone ’61 Mr. Herman S. Cooper ’61 Mr. L. Wayne Creasman ’61 Mrs. Anne Galloway Davis ’61 Mr. Joe A. Davis ’61 Mr. Otis J. Farmer ’61 Mr. Richard M. Foutz ’61 Mr. Paul William Gilley ’61 Rev. R. Franklin Gillis, Jr. ’61 Mrs. Martha Wills Glenn ’61 Mr. Gilbert L. King, Jr. ’61 Mr. George Litos ’61 Mr. Jack W. Lucas ’61 Mr. Arthur W. Mitchell ’61 Dr. Alan T. Penn ’61 Mrs. Crystal Dillon Perry ’61 Mr. Raymond O. Perry ’61 Miss Ruth Stevens ’61 Mr. Glen A. Styles ’61 Mr. Edward L. Sweeney ’61 Mr. Nelson Talley ’61 Mr. John C. Thompson ’61 Mr. Charles W. Turman ’61 Mr. Thomas Vincent, Jr. ’61 Mr. Roger Whitley ’61 Mr. William M. Allen ’62 Mr. Walter C. Ayers ’62 Mrs. Suzanne Booth Bell ’62 Mr. Kenneth D. Bowen, Sr. ’62 Mr. Kenneth L. Brown ’62 Mr. Richard E. Brown ’62 Mr. Richard W. Buhrman ’62 Mr. Ralph E. Caylor ’62 Mr. James L. Clark, Jr. ’62 Mr. James E. Davis ’62 Mr. O. Allen Davis ’62
*Deceased
Honor Roll of Donors
Ashley Miles ’11
Hometown: Goochland, VA
Ferrum Experience: Ashley loves all the opportunities available to her at Ferrum. “Ferrum really gives the students every opportunity to succeed. From PALS tutoring sessions to professional business career fairs, it’s all here for us.”
“Ferrum is a community of students who promote and live the motto, ‘Not Self, But Others’. By supporting Ferrum, you push us to further our efforts to help others in need both on campus and in our communities.”
Mr. J. M. Dunman ’62 Mrs. Rebecca Carr Farmer ’62 Mr. Marvin L. Foster ’62 Mr. James F. Furr ’62 Mr. William C. Hartnett ’62 Mrs. Rebecca Brammer Houchins ’62 Mr. David F. Hunt, Sr. ’62 Mrs. Marie Angle Hunt ’62 Mr. Joseph B. Keesee ’62 Mr. A. Linwood Martin ’62 Mrs. Lena Griffith Martin ’62 Mr. A. Edward McMurdo, II ’62 Mr. George R. Morris ’62 Mrs. Nancy Mohler Myers ’62 Mr. A. C. Phillips ’62 Lt. Col. Carlton L. Ramsey ’62 Mr. J. Thomas Reynolds ’62 Rev. Amos S. Rideout, Jr. ’62 Mr. Larry K. Roberson ’62 Mrs. Joyce Goodrich Rowe ’62 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rowell ’62 Mr. Frederic B. Seibert ’62 Mr. G. Edward Stover, Jr. ’62 Mr. Thomas W. Throckmorton ’62 Mr. Kenny M. Wilbourne ’62 Mrs. Kathryn W. Wilkerson ’62 Mrs. Virginia Brown Wood ’62 Mr. Jerry D. Adcock ’63 Mrs. Shirlien Boyd Belcher ’63 Mr. James E. Bennett, II ’63 Miss Patricia B. Bogart ’63 Mrs. Carole Lee Fulcher Booth ’63 Mrs. Joyce Fisher Burroughs ’63 Mr. H. Allen Carver ’63 Mr. Michael T. Christian ’63 Dr. E. Wayne Compton ’63 Mrs. Dee Church Copenhaver ’63 Mr. Tom L. Dowdy ’63 Mr. David V. Fewell ’63 Mr. Lewis L. Fore ’63 Mrs. Molly Latterner Fretwell ’63 Mr. James G. Fugett, Jr. ’63 Mrs. Dorothy Dozier Harrison ’63 Mr. Ronald G. Holley ’63 Mr. William L. Hudson ’63 Mrs. Phyllis Richardson Keesee ’63 Mr. Carroll W. Kenny ’63 Mrs. Jean Crews Lawrence ’63
Mrs. Marie Wright Lawrence ’63 Rev. James A. McClung ’63 Rev. D. Michael Meloy ’63 Dr. Wayne Meredith ’63 Mr. Harold J. Muddiman ’63 Miss Patricia G. Osborne ’63 Miss Deborah Pinkston ’63 Mr. Bernard S. Pomfrey ’63 Mrs. Ann Newman Robinson ’63 Mr. Thomas A. Rogers ’63 Mrs. Emma Lou Smithers Rotenizer ’63 Mr. N. Willis Rotenizer ’63 Mrs. Gloria Martin Shelton ’63 Mr. Casper L. Sigmon, II ’63 Mr. Larry E. Stephenson ’63 Dr. Gerard T. Taylor ’63 Mrs. Judith Harris Tunstall ’63 Mr. Thornton L. Turman ’63 Mrs. Dorothy Easley Van Auken ’63 Mr. Edwin S. White ’63 Mrs. Zeannette Roberts Williams ’63 Mr. E. Jeff Winesett ’63 Ms. Patricia Naugle Andrews ’64 Hon. W. Wayne Angell ’64 Mrs. Brenda Goard Ayers ’64 Mr. Ronald C. Brewster ’64 Mrs. Judie Brubeck Connelly ’64 Mr. Charles E. Coughlin ’64 Mr. Curtis C. Coulthard ’64 Mrs. Marilyn Colvin Davis ’64 Mrs. Elizabeth Bronson Duvall ’64 Mr. Jerry M. Felts ’64 Mrs. Whitney McClanan Foster ’64 Mr. James L. Handy ’64 Mr. F. Wesley Hicks ’64 Mr. Harold L. Ingram ’64 Mrs. Gloria Nester Jennings ’64 Mr. Donald E. Koonce ’64 Rev. W. Anthony Layman ’64 Mr. Wilmer E. Leatherman ’64 Mrs. Lucy Ewing Martin ’64 Mrs. Marjorie Carter Massey ’64 Mrs. Jane Green Meloy ’64 Mr. Herbert S. Montgomery ’64 Mr. Ovila C. Panneton ’64 Mr. Joseph H. Philpott, Jr. ’64 Mrs. Linda Leadbetter Pomfrey ’64
Mr. Stephen B. Robinson ’64 Mr. John S. Shively ’64 Mr. Otis E. Timberlake ’64 Mr. Stuart Townes, Jr. ’64 Mr. Tyson B. Van Auken ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Walker ’64 Mr. Frank R. Wall ’64 Miss Judith A. Whitby ’64 Rev. Robert E. White, Jr. ’64 Mr. Franklin T. Abbott ’65 Mrs. Sue Thomas Anglin ’65 Mrs. Elizabeth Rideout Chappell ’65 Mr. Ronald C. Clark ’65 Mr. Roger D. Coffey ’65 Mrs. Diane Guidry Custer ’65 Dr. James A. Davis ’65 Mr. David M. Fitzgerald ’65 Mr. James E. Gallimore ’65 Dr. Darrell Harman ’65 Mr. Paul L. Harris, Jr. ’65 Mrs. Donna Ellis Hoekstra ’65 Mr. Thomas E. Huffman, Sr. ’65 Mr. Lowell L. Koontz ’65 Mrs. Linda M. Long ’65 Ms. Lois D. Martin ’65 Mr. Roger L. McClay ’65 Mr. Lucius M. Merritt, Jr. ’65 Mrs. Joyce Johnson Moorman ’65 Mr. Larkin C. Phillips ’65 Mrs. Lou Ann Dover Phillips ’65 Mr. Alvin Ratliff ’65 Rev. Waverly G. Reames ’65 Mr. Guy R. Sutphin ’65 Ms. Mary A. Swanson ’65 Ms. Suelle Marie Swartz ’65 Mr. Dwight Taylor ’65 Mr. Rives Webb, Jr. ’65 Mr. Glenn R. Welde ’65 Mrs. Linda Cooper Ackiss ’66 Mr. Andrew Y. Austin, Sr. ’66 Mr. David A. Backus ’66 Mrs. Susie Motley Biedler ’66 Mr. Bruce V. Boxley, III ’66 Mr. William L. Braford ’66 Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Brown ’66 Mr. Donald E. Brown ’66 Mrs. Opal DeLong Brown ’66
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Mr. William Hoyt Bryant ’66 Dr. David I. Byers ’66 Mr. Samuel L. Camden ’66 Mr. Alex R. Carter, Jr. ’66 Mr. John C. Carter ’66 Mr. Joseph H. Crabtree ’66 Mrs. Virginia Croft Crabtree ’66 Mrs. Frances Martin Dale ’66 Rev. Paul B. Davis, Jr. ’66 Rev. Thomas R. Dunkum ’66 Mr. Christopher M. Greer ’66 Mr. Bruce A. Griffith ’66 Mrs. Pat Morgan Hammersley ’66 Mrs. Carolyn Deyerle Johnson ’66 Mr. Richard S. Johnson ’66 Mr. C. Bradley King ’66 Mrs. Nancy Smith Lickey ’66 Mr. Gordon W. Love, Jr. ’66 Mr. J. Wayne Loving ’66 Rev. T. Thomas Markham ’66 Mr. William R. McCall, III ’66 Mr. James W. McCarty, Sr. ’66 Mr. James W. McCarty, Sr. ’66 Mrs. Gail Liddle McGlothlin ’66 Miss Bonnie Montrief ’66 Mr. Dennis L. Moseley ’66 Mrs. Helen Row Mullins ’66 Mrs. Pattie Winfree Munnikhuysen ’66 Mr. Robert I. Newman, Jr. ’66 Mr. Thomas D. Parr, Jr. ’66 Mr. Danny M. Perdue ’66 Mr. William E. Perkins, Jr. ’66 Mr. Allen F. Persinger ’66 Mr. Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. ’66 Mrs. Sharon Lee Phillips ’66 Mr. Robert J. Profitko ’66 Ms. Patricia Blackwell Pyles ’66 Mr. John T. Quinn ’66 Mr. Gary W. Rice ’66 Mr. Elliot L. Richards, Jr. ’66 Ms. Marny S. Richardson ’66 Mrs. Linda Simmons Roane ’66 Mr. James G. Salyer ’66 Ms. Natalie W. Schermerhorn ’66 Mrs. Betty Reynolds Scruggs ’66 Mr. Joseph C. Sherry ’66 Mrs. Inez Reynolds Snoddy ’66 Mr. William H. Taylor ’66 Mr. Robert A. Tuell ’66 Mrs. Mattie Bell Ward ’66 Mr. Douglas M. Woodley ’66
Mr. Lester W. Abernathy ’67 Mr. Daniel L. Angell ’67 Mrs. Brenda Thomasson Arthur ’67 Mr. Willard Arthur, Jr. ’67 Mr. Danny W. Baker ’67 Mr. Tim Balsley ’67 Mrs. Jane Phillips Blackwell ’67 Mr. John L. Butner ’67 Mr. J. Randy Cline ’67 Mr. Gordon W. Crawford ’67 Mr. Joel R. DeBoe ’67 Mr. Robert D. Dillon ’67 Mrs. Arlene Schraga Dunkum ’67 Mr. Vincent H. Edwards, Jr. ’67 Ms. Emily J. Epperson ’67 Mr. Ronald C. Evans ’67 Mr. Robbie L. Fielder ’67 Mr. Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. ’67 Ms. Susan F. Hanger ’67 Mr. Ralph E. Haugh, Jr. ’67 Mrs. Nancy Brooks Lambert ’67 Mr. Thomas H. Lemke ’67 Mr. Judson P. Mason ’67 Mr. James F. Mayes ’67 Mr. Danny R. McCready ’67 Mr. Robert A. Moore ’67 Ms. Carol J. Northey ’67 Mr. Larry F. Packett ’67 Mrs. Carol Bryant Parker ’67 Mr. Robert C. Paul ’67 Mr. Larry W. Perdue ’67 Mrs. Nancy Hanks Phillips ’67 Mr. Randy W. Powell ’67 Mr. Monty G. Rice ’67 Mr. Paul W. Rice, III ’67 Mr. Glenn S. Settle ’67 Mrs. Ruby Kingery Shepherd ’67 Mr. Mervyn C. Timberlake, Jr. ’67 Mr. Robert W. Todd ’67 Mrs. Holley Perdue Updike ’67 Mrs. Regenia Knupp Wine ’67 Mr. George D. Yancey, Sr. ’67 Mrs. Sarah Shively Arthur ’68 Mr. David H. Bates ’68 Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ’68 Mr. Bruce L. Blankenship ’68 Mrs. Barbara Batten Britton ’68 Mr. Carlyle E. Cline ’68 Mr. John M. Crockett ’68 Mr. Floyd L. Curtis ’68
Hometown: Centreville, VA Major/Minor: Chris is majoring in Human Health and Performance with a minor in Education. Campus Activities: Football, Mu Sigma Chi (Men Serving Christ Fraternity), Ferrum Christian Fellowship
Mrs. Elizabeth Green Forster ’68 Mrs. Mickey Keys Freeman ’68 Mrs. Dora Walker Garner ’68 Mr. Ed G. George ’68 Mr. Dennis Carroll Gilley ’68 Mr. James R. Harper ’68 Mr. Charles C. Hatcher, Sr. ’68 Mr. Andrew F. Hicks, III ’68 Dr. Julius M. Hite ’68 Mr. Jimmy Ray Huff ’68 Mrs. Yvonne Guthrie Hughes ’68 Mr. Port O. Humphreys ’68 Mr. D. Michael Hymes ’68 Mr. Glover H. Jones, III ’68 Mr. Edmund C. Karpus, Jr. ’68 Mr. John G. Kines, Jr. ’68 Mr. Francis R. King, Jr. ’68 Mrs. Brenda Epperly Kitchens ’68 Mrs. Brenda Epperly Kitchens ’68 Mrs. Arlene Carper Kozyra ’68 Ms. Mary Lou Leake ’68 Mrs. Carolyn Brammer Lee ’68 Mr. James E. Lee ’68 Mr. John W. Luck ’68 Mr. Donald F. Luttrell ’68 Mrs. Sherry Thurman Lynch ’68 Mrs. Carol Wills McCartney ’68 Mrs. Nancy Porter Moore ’68 Mrs. Pamela Furr Petersen ’68 Mr. James C. Schubert ’68 Mr. Michael T. Smoot ’68 Mr. Gary W. Swats ’68 Mrs. Rebecca Kincer Tuttle ’68 Mr. Charles W. Tysinger ’68 Mr. James E. White ’68 Mrs. Loretta Boone Williams ’68 Mr. Don L. Wilson ’68 Mr. George M. Wolfe ’68 Mrs. Phyllis Mitchell Yancey ’68 Mr. Kenneth P. Young, Jr. ’68 Mrs. Llewellyn Strough Allison ’69 Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 Mr. David W. Blevins ’69 Ms. Elizabeth A. Blevins ’69 Mr. Edward A. Chappell, Jr. ’69 Mr. Timothy W. Clary, II ’69 Mr. William B. Cook ’69 Mr. G. Trigg Copenhaver, II ’69 Mr. John P. Cougill ’69 Mr. W. Dean Cowherd ’69
Mr. Matt Cross ’69 Mrs. Nancy Sink Cross ’69 Mr. Dan A. Danko ’69 Mr. Alan K. Dungan ’69 Mr. Rodger D. Epperson, Sr. ’69 Mr. Brett D. Fairchild ’69 Mr. Michael L. George ’69 Mr. Horace F. Green ’69 Mrs. Judith Hampton Hall ’69 Mr. James R. Hambacher ’69 Mr. Dwight C. Hatfield ’69 Mr. Clint L. Hege, Jr. ’69 Mr. Rodney D. Howell ’69 Ms. Patricia L. Kibler ’69 Mr. Paul W. King ’69 Mr. Ernest E. McGinley ’69 Mr. Mark R. Merritt, Sr. ’69 Ms. Susanne F. Myatt ’69 Mr. Moyland G. Rainey ’69 Mr. Gerald W. Ransone ’69 Mr. Michael P. Rogers ’69 Mr. Hubert C. Rudder, Jr. ’69 Ms. Kathryn A. Seeley ’69 Mrs. Susan Dean Smoot ’69 Mrs. Glenda Scott Thompson ’69 Mr. Oma E. Underwood ’69 Mr. John VanLuik ’69 Mrs. Pamela Lowry White ’69 Mrs. Pamela Lowry White ’69 Mr. Jim H. Williamson ’69 Mr. James M. Wyrick ’69
1970s Mrs. Jane Faulkner Bailey ’70 Mr. Edward A. Baker ’70 Mrs. Judith Jones Baker ’70 Mrs. Gaye Bourne Blevins ’70 Mrs. Donna Armstrong Boyce ’70 Mr. Brenton T. Buchanan ’70 Mr. Douglas H. Buerlein ’70 Mrs. Deborah Roberson Carter ’70 Mr. David R. Dansie ’70 Mrs. Virginia Hyde Dansie ’70 Mr. Michael A. Didawick ’70 Mr. Michael A. Ferlauto ’70 Mr. Roscoe B. George, Jr. ’70 Ms. Carol Goodpasture ’70 Mr. John R. Hall ’70 Mr. Thomas W. Hill ’70
Chris thanks everyone who has made his time here at Ferrum possible. “Everyone is so friendly and outgoing. It’s really given me the opportunity to focus on what I’m here to do.”
Career Plans: Chris plans to attend graduate school and work as an assistant football coach after Ferrum.
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Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
Major/Minor: Accounting Campus Activities: Intramural Sports, Accounting Club Awards/Honors: Dean’s List–Fall 2008, USA South Honorable Mention 2009, First Team All-Conference 2010, and First Team All-Region 2010.
Career Plans: After her graduation from Ferrum, Kristen plans to pursue her CPA before moving to Charlotte, NC to work as an accountant. Ferrum Experience: Kristen really values the small community feel at Ferrum College. Ferrum’s size makes it much easier for students to gain that personal relationship with their professors and classmates. My professors really go above and beyond to help their students.
Mrs. Patricia Gilbert Jeffress ’70 Ms. Susan Hayden Jones ’70 Mr. Tony M. Lowe ’70 Mrs. Sharon St. Clair Lugar ’70 Mr. Aubrey L. Mason ’70 Mrs. Brenda Bostic McGinnis ’70 Mr. Douglas B. Proffitt ’70 Mrs. Diane Partlow Ransone ’70 Mr. Dandridge L. Sale, Jr. ’70 Mrs. Cynthia Moore Salyer ’70 Mr. Roland J. Scott, III ’70 Mrs. Penny Szten Sebrell ’70 Mr. Charles P. Shorter ’70 Dr. Ronald E. Singleton ’70 Mr. Dee H. Slaughter ’70 Mr. Richard W. Snyder ’70 Mr. Jerry M. Swisher, Jr. ’70 Hon. Bobby W. Thompson ’70 Mrs. Teela E. Tschirn ’70 Mr. Steve F. Walker ’70 Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Wallace ’70 Mrs. Carol Nichols Wheatley ’70 Mr. Vernon L. Witherell, Jr. ’70
Mrs. Leslie Mason Basten ’72 Mr. Harold T. Brown, Jr. ’72 Mrs. Jean Grade Darneal ’72 Mr. Michael C. Donavant ’72 Mr. Ralph B. Doud, III ’72 Mr. Kenneth C. Dudley ’72 Mr. James K. Elliott ’72 Mr. James V. Garland, IV ’72 Mr. Jim B. Grobe ’72 Mr. Wesley R. Holland ’72 Mr. J. Keith Hubbard ’72 Mrs. Ann Hoffmann Isenberg ’72 Mr. Robert B. Journell ’72 Mr. Robert W. Leavitt, Jr. ’72 Mrs. Renae Flora McBride ’72 Mr. Mark A. Musick ’72 Mr. Paul E. Pope, Sr. ’72 Mr. Francis E. Sharpe ’72 Ms. Mary Waters Sours ’72 Mr. Wesley G. Stott ’72 Mr. Andrew G. Thornton, III ’72 Mr. Thomas D. Williams ’72 Mr. Richard D. Wingate ’72
Mr. Theodore H. Abbott ’71 Mrs. Connie Clary Akers ’71 Mr. Reese A. Boone ’71 Mrs. Randi White Buerlein ’71 Mrs. Linda Chapman Burke ’71 Mrs. Elaine Alexander Eason ’71 Mr. Mike Eason ’71 Mr. Harold C. Goodrich ’71 Mr. Michael B. Hart ’71 Mr. William R. Herndon, III ’71 Mr. C. Charles Irons ’71 Mr. Curtis A. Johnson ’71 Mr. Curtis A. Johnson ’71 Mr. Richard A. Kavanaugh ’71 Mr. Paul S. Leinhaas ’71 Mr. Richard H. Ogg ’71 Mr. James R. Pittard ’71 Mr. Warren L. Rodgers, Sr. ’71 Mr. James F. Rogers ’71 Mr. Gary R. Shelton ’71 Mrs. Joan Russell Shorter ’71 Mr. Oscar G. Thornsbury ’71 Mrs. Carol Meador Vest ’71 Mrs. MaryLou Kemp Worthington ’71
Mrs. Mary Fary Altemus ’73 Mr. Robert G. Anderson ’73 Mr. Randall N. Austin ’73 Mr. Gregory M. Bielawski ’73 Mrs. Jean Williams Bone ’73 Mr. James W. Carter ’73 Mr. Peter H. Coley ’73 Mr. George J. Gibbs, Jr. ’73 Mr. Samuel H. Goodpasture ’73 Mr. Garry W. Granger ’73 Mrs. Rebecca Sneed Granger ’73 Mr. Edward L. Huffman ’73 Mrs. Ruth Sparks Journell ’73 Mrs. Lauren Oliver LeReche ’73 Mr. Edwin A. Phelps, III ’73 Mr. D. Scott Showalter ’73 Mrs. Elizabeth Allison Showalter ’73 Mrs. Patty Peters Sigmon ’73 Mr. Brian E. Silver ’73
Ms. Gwendolyn A. Adkins ’72 Mr. Gary J. Barnett ’72
*Deceased
Honor Roll of Donors
Kristen Keith ’12
Hometown: Martinsville, VA
Mr. Lloyd A. Anderson ’74 Mrs. Sandra Houchins Anglin ’74 Rev. C. Wesley Astin, Jr. ’74 Mr. Eugene W. Beach ’74 Mr. John P. Carter ’74 Mrs. Kathy Flora Carter ’74 Mr. John G. Chohany ’74
Mr. Dale E. Darr ’74 Ms. Mary C. Furrow ’74 Mrs. Susan McGuire Gabbert ’74 Mr. E. Greg Hall ’74 Mr. Teddy W. Hatcher ’74 Mrs. Teresa Gram Long ’74 Mr. Donald A. Lucy ’74 Mr. Maclary C. Milton ’74 Mr. Craig L. Rascoe ’74 Mrs. Karen Wolcott Rhodes ’74 Mr. Keith Shealy ’74 Ms. Mary Sue Swann ’74 Mr. James D. Turner ’74 Mr. Michael L. Waters ’74 Mr. William E. Wells, Jr. ’74 Mr. Gordon Scott White ’74 Mrs. Leigh Huff White ’74 Mr. Steven D. White ’74 Mr. Richard E. Wilkins ’74 Mr. Robert L. Young ’74 Mr. David M. Collins ’75 Mr. Gregory A. Gantt ’75 Mr. Mark D. Goodpasture ’75 Mr. Kevin D. Havens ’75 Mr. David A. Hosner ’75 Mr. Bradley P. Intemann ’75 Mrs. Beverley Roane Oliver ’75 Mrs. Yvonne Edwards Purcell ’75 Mr. Thomas L. Robinson, Jr. ’75 Mr. Richard C. Saunders ’75 Mr. Thomas J. Shumaker ’75 Mrs. Annette Robertson Ashton ’76 Mrs. Jill Whitson Bailey ’76 Mrs. Jeanne Wimmer Banks ’76 Ms. Donna J. Baus ’76 Hon. and Mrs. Stephen E. Brubaker ’76 Mrs. Sharon Squibb Denslow ’76 Mrs. Debra King Edmondson ’76 Mr. Robert P. Goumas ’76 Mr. Cam L. Harne ’76 Mr. Gene Haynes ’76 Mr. Ray B. Hundley ’76 Mr. James A. Jez ’76 Mr. Charles L. Massie ’76 Mr. A. Carl Nave, III ’76 Mrs. Rene Overstreet Nichols ’76 Mr. John E. Pacer ’76 Mrs. Martha Arnold Phillips ’76
Mr. James W. Reed ’76 Mr. Christopher A. Rogers ’76 Mr. Gerald W. Thompson ’76 Mrs. Carolyn Carrier Young ’76 Mr. Guy K. Young ’76 Mr. Richard H. Baldwin ’77 Mr. Peter Clements ’77 Mr. Robert R. Connelly, II ’77 Rev. John E. Conner ’77 Mr. Joseph F. Del Grosso ’77 Rev. David R. Drinkard ’77 Mr. W. E. Fitzgerald, Jr. ’77 Mrs. Melissa Powell Gay ’77 Mr. Gary M. Gibson ’77 Mrs. Cheryl Taylor Hundley ’77 Mr. Jeff M. Johnson ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Nuttycombe ’77 Mr. Chip Phillips ’77 Mrs. Martha Jones Reiss ’77 Mr. James Keith Rowe ’77 Mrs. Judy W. Singleton ’77 Mrs. Gale Pollard Taylor ’77 Mr. David M. Woody ’77 Dr. Melinda Giuffre Barker ’78 Mrs. Sarah Cundiff Bowles ’78 Ms. Sarah F. Bowling ’78 Mr. John A. Bowman ’78 Mrs. Susan Solomon Brown ’78 Mr. William W. Burford ’78 Mr. John L. Chrisinger ’78 Mrs. Dorothy Neville Connelly ’78 Mr. Kenneth W. Freeman ’78 Mrs. Maria Austin Harne ’78 Dr. Gary F. Mitchell ’78 Mrs. Beverly Setliff Murray ’78 Mr. Kem A. Overby ’78 Mr. John M. Seaborn ’78 Mr. Bryan E. Thomas ’78 Mrs. Elaine Nathan Tullis ’78 Mr. Stuart C. Wood ’78 Mr. T. Michael Wrabell ’78 Mr. Guille R. Yearwood ’78 Mrs. Anita Fenwick Butler ’79 Mr. Ryland O. Clark, Jr. ’79 Mrs. Sharon Johnson Colmore ’79 Mrs. Mary Bullington Crow ’79 Rev. Nolan R. Crowder ’79
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Chaz Pando ’11
Honor Roll of Donors
Hometown: Woodbridge, VA Major/Minor: Theatre Arts/ Recreational Leadership Campus Activities: Student Government Association President, Co-Founder of Mu Sigma Chi (Men Serving Christ Fraternity), Ferrum Christian Fellowship, Worship and Praise Band, Founder of the Improv Club, Founder of the Young Democrats Club, Cross Country, Recreation Club, Panther Productions, Actor with The Jack Tale Players, Assistant Director of this fall’s production of The Crazy Quilt by Wayne Bowman
Mr. Paul H. Davis ’79 Mrs. Gennie Hayden Gilmore ’79 Mr. Gregory M. Hancock ’79 Mr. Philip L. Hardy ’79 Mrs. Hilda Wright Harmon ’79 Mrs. Janlye Delaney Hash ’79 Mr. David D. Hinkle ’79 Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin Knights ’79 Ms. Deborah Durrette Leftwich ’79 Mr. Robert F. Lewis ’79 Mr. Alfred B. Midgett ’79 Miss Dorothy E. Pace ’79 Mrs. Kathy Jones Palmieri ’79 Mr. Brian G. Powell, Sr. ’79 Mr. Daniel L. Price ’79 Mr. Kenneth G. Reeves ’79 Mr. H. Bruce Richardson, Jr. ’79 Mr. James E. Rivers ’79 Mr. Andrew L. Russell ’79 Mrs. Kathryn Ellis Russell ’79 Mrs. Carolyn Cates Saleski ’79 Mr. Lance O. Stewart ’79 Mr. Steve W. Sturgis ’79 Mr. Robert L. Stutts ’79 Rev. Doyle W. Wyatt ’79
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Mrs. Shelia Clement Amos ’80 Mrs. Ethel Proffitt Bickford ’80 Mrs. Tamela Madagan Brzezinski ’80 Mr. Barry C. Burcher ’80 Mr. Jae C. Carpenter ’80 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Catron ’80 Mr. Clark F. Childers ’80 Mr. Barry L. Davis ’80 Mr. Robert A. Davis ’80 Mrs. Charlene Romanus Frye ’80 Mr. Clyde K. Gantt ’80 Mr. Lance S. Goldner ’80 Mrs. Scarlet Baker Hinkle ’80 Mr. Barry G. Hughes ’80 Mrs. Kristin Halladay Lahiff ’80 Mr. Mike Mitchell, III ’80 Mr. Christopher L. Morgan ’80 Mr. Cecil L. Porter, Jr. ’80
Career Plans: Chaz’s post graduation plans are to travel the world and attend graduate school for theatre or higher education. Ferrum Experience: When asked what his favorite thing is about Ferrum and what he will miss the most, Chaz said that the connections he’s made throughout his time at Ferrum really mean a lot to him and will stick with him throughout the years.
“To all those who support the College, thank you!”
Mrs. Kathleen Goodpasture Powell ’80 Ms. Sally Jane Rutherford ’80 Mrs. Alison Mason Sigler ’80 Mr. Ernie W. Simopoulos ’80 Mrs. Rebecca James Sours ’80 Mr. James M. Taylor, Jr. ’80 Mr. John W. Turner, Jr. ’80 Ms. Donna H. Young ’80 Mrs. Carolynne Pratt Adams ’81 Mr. Garth H. Adams ’81 Mr. Paul C. Babb, Jr. ’81 Mrs. Carlesa Whitenack Burger ’81 Mr. James A. Carson ’81 Mr. Kevin Carter ’81 Mrs. Susan Jones Childers ’81 Mr. David S. Davis ’81 Mrs. Melinda Bell Dickey ’81 Mr. Brian A. Donahue ’81 Mr. Michael K. Ferguson ’81 Mrs. Carole Frazier Fisher ’81 Mr. Frank D. Fowlkes, II ’81 Mrs. Susan Clark Gasperini ’81 Ms. Joan G. Hairfield ’81 Mr. Kevin L. Jones ’81 Mrs. Virginia Snyder Moran ’81 Mrs. Linda Range ’81 Mr. Donald F. Rogers ’81 Mr. Martin K. Spilman, Jr. ’81 Mrs. Laura Humm Varner ’81 Mr. Robert N. Wiles ’81 Mr. Joel L. Wilson ’81 Mrs. Mary Sink Yengst ’81 Mr. Brian A. Allen ’82 Mr. Michael W. Anderson ’82 Mrs. Ginger Dugger Briggs ’82 Mrs. Barbara Hughes Bull ’82 Rev. Eugene S. Condrey ’82 Mrs. Linda Lorence Critelli ’82 Mr. Hunter W. Elliott ’82 Mr. Edmond B. Fitzgerald, IV ’82 Mr. Clement W. Goodman ’82 Mrs. Susan Walker Graves ’82 Dr. Sean G. Gray ’82 Ms. Susan Yearwood Harrison ’82 Mr. John W. Howlett ’82
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Mr. Jack K. Jeffers ’82 Mrs. Felecia Turner Longest ’82 Mr. Paul T. McWane ’82 Mrs. Cindy Wright Morgan ’82 Mr. Mitchell W. Nuckles ’82 Mr. Jim Parker ’82 Mrs. Susan Whitaker Plank ’82 Mrs. Jeanette Nolin Raileanu ’82 Mrs. Carrie Smith Schmidt ’82 Lt. Col. Roger R. Simmons ’82 Mr. Robert L. Wade, Jr. ’82 Dr. Faye Angel ’83 Mr. Scott Ashby ’83 Mrs. Pamela Gleason Berry ’83 Mr. Daniel R. Blasche ’83 Ms. Jane A. Campbell ’83 Mr. Jonathan D. Irons ’83 Mrs. Tami Fulton Lowe ’83 Mr. Mark D. Lowman ’83 Mrs. Sherilyn D. Meixner ’83 Mrs. Shelly Kellam Parker ’83 Mr. John P. Quigley ’83 Mr. Charles B. Schmidt ’83 Mr. Alan P. Smith ’83 Mr. David L. Sours ’83 Mr. Stuart L. Sours ’83 Mr. Bradley E. Stone ’83 Mr. David M. Wilder ’83 Mr. John T. Wilson ’83 Mr. Mark Eugen Alford ’84 Ms. Catherine Berry ’84 Mrs. Diamond B. Boyd ’84 Mrs. Carolyn Robertson Byrd ’84 Mr. Carthan F. Currin, III ’84 Mrs. Diane Market Gaston ’84 Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Mr. Robert M. James ’84 Mrs. Elizabeth Brabson Marye ’84 Major James M. Marye, Sr. ’84 Mrs. Carolyn Pike Matthews ’84 Mr. David A. Nelson ’84 Mr. William R. Parker ’84 Mr. Edward O. Puckette ’84 Mr. Jimmy L. Reeves ’84 Mrs. Anne Gonzalez Saunier ’84 Ms. Morgan Gammon Savage ’84
Mr. Jeffrey D. Slack ’84 Mrs. Susan Matthews Thomas ’84 Mr. Jeffrey D. White ’84 Mr. John L. Zentmeyer ’84 Mrs. Lee Ann Jessick Ashby ’85 Lt. Col. Shelley Phillips Balderson ’85 Dr. Jack W. Corvin, Jr. ’85 Mr. Matt D. Danielson ’85 Mrs. Kelly Shipe Dettra ’85 Mrs. Sandra Horsburgh Dettra ’85 Mr. Kenneth R. Forrest ’85 Mr. Charles D. Foster, Jr. ’85 Mrs. Page Sutherland Foster ’85 Mr. John Gerow ’85 Ms. Nancy Miles Grand Pre ’85 Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes Hodson ’85 Mr. Marvin J. House, III ’85 Mrs. Traci Winans Kelsey ’85 Mr. Jeffrey L. Lawhorne ’85 Mrs. Elizabeth Dowgiello Light ’85 Mrs. Tammy Vest Mason ’85 Mr. Malcolm Gregory Morris ’85 Lt. Col. Donald R. Nitti ’85 Mr. Will H. Norton, III ’85 Mr. Alvin A. Puller ’85 Mr. David M. Ramsey ’85 Mrs. Gail Andreae Reynolds ’85 Mr. Robert S. Reynolds ’85 Mr. Robert B. Robbins ’85 Mr. George T. Rogerson, Jr. ’85 Mr. Troy A. Simms ’85 Mrs. Robin Klem Smith ’85 Mr. Guy L. Townsend ’85 Mr. Jeff A. Wilson ’85 Mr. Russell K. Balderson ’86 Mrs. Regina Hutcherson Davis ’86 Mrs. Patricia Crawley Gray ’86 Mrs. Lily Lassiter Hawthorne ’86 Mr. David N. Horton ’86 Mr. George L. Kosko ’86 Mrs. Amy Meador Baker ’87 Mr. Julian G. Barnes ’87 Mr. Timothy W. Black ’87 Mr. Bruce B. Bunnell ’87 Mrs. Teresa Grove Crump ’87 Mr. Christopher A. Dettra ’87
Boldface denotes new members in 2009–2010.
Mr. David M. Harris, Jr. ’88 Mr. David M. Milan ’88 Mrs. Melinda Brubaker Milan ’88 Mrs. Sandra Edgerton Moore ’88 Mrs. Lora Smith Quesenberry ’88 Mr. Robert T. Quesenberry ’88 Mrs. Michele Partridge Reedy ’88 Mr. Paul E. Bowling ’89 Ms. Cynthia Lynn Bowman ’89 Mr. Keith P. Burgess ’89 Mr. Sean Ashton Clevenger ’89 Mrs. Tracey Bradley Clevenger ’89 Mrs. Amanda Snapp DeHaven ’89 Mr. James M. Garman ’89 Mr. Ronnie R. Helmondollar ’89 Mr. J. K. McConnell ’89 Mr. David L. Reedy ’89 Mr. Charles H. Streett, IV ’89 Mr. Edward H. Titmus, III ’89 Mrs. Sharlene Pritchett Wade ’89 Mr. Greg R. Winge ’89
1990s Dr. William George Albrecht ’90 Mr. Floyd Glenn Boone, Jr. ’90 Mrs. Martha Haley Bowling ’90 Mrs. Kathy Morcom Burgess ’90 Mr. Preston S. Cochran ’90 Mrs. Christie Carwile Duffy ’90 Mr. Dale A. Duffy ’90 Mr. Neil C. Fadely ’90 Ms. Katherine A. Holcomb ’90 Mrs. Melissa Brummett Lynch ’90 Mrs. Shelia Hodge Menard ’90 Mr. J. Howard Middleton, III ’90 Mrs. Lisa Chapin Moomaw ’90 Mr. Jack Norton ’90 Mr. Ted S. Price ’90 Mr. Russel S. Walton ’90 Mrs. Martiza Regalon White ’90 Mr. Paul S. White ’90 Mrs. Lisa Wilson Anthony ’91 Mr. Gerald W. Bechtle, Jr. ’91 Ms. Sara A. Beck ’91 Ms. Leslie Carroll Dering ’91 Ms. Donna Susan Joyce ’91 Mr. Oliver W. Kofoid ’91 Mr. Timothy S. Mercer ’91 Mr. David Wayne Overton ’91 Mr. Charles Andrew Spicer, Jr. ’91 Mrs. Margaret Causey Wagner ’91 Mr. Ricky Andreas Wagner ’91
*Deceased
Mrs. Karen Gordon Burgess ’92 Mrs. Pamela Sterling Carroll ’92 Mrs. Katherine Robertson Couch ’92 Mr. Kriston P. Donaldson ’92 Mr. Stanley O. Forbes, Jr. ’92 Mr. Maymon Wesley Furrow ’92 Ms. Jennifer L. Hallman ’92 Mr. Todd A. Hamrick ’92 Dr. Cynthia Ward Holt ’92 Mr. William Johnson Lewis ’92 Mrs. Kristi Sherree Norton ’92 Mr. Kevin S. Sherman ’92 Ms. Kathryn Jill Thompson ’92 Mr. John F. Williamson ’92 Mrs. Gilda Quinn Woods ’92 Mrs. Shinda Dixon Chatman ’93 Mr. Bradley Dalton ’93 Mr. David Earle Demarest ’93 Mr. John A. DeTrana ’93 Mrs. Mary Pharr Gagne ’93 Mr. David S. Garman ’93 Mrs. Kathryn West Hailey ’93 Mrs. Kimberly Wade Harlow ’93 Mr. Robert E. Harper, Jr. ’93 Mr. Christopher D. Holt ’93 Mr. Keith D. Holyfield ’93 Mrs. Tamara Woodford Holyfield ’93 Mr. James L. Johnson ’93 Mrs. Cynthia Morris Jordan ’93 Mr. James Geoffrey Keith, II ’93 Mrs. Mitzi Jones Kendrick ’93 Mrs. Jill Hunziker Maddy ’93 Mr. Reed D. Newton ’93 Mr. Jerry L. Perry ’93 Mrs. Margaret Robertson Phillips ’93 Mrs. Carolyn Moran Quinn ’93 Mrs. Sheryl Moody Reddington ’93 Mr. Keith M. Smither ’93 Mrs. Theresa Lopez Smither ’93 Ms. Donna Scott Williamson ’93 Mr. Thomas H. Cockerham ’94 Mr. Christopher J. Connelly ’94 Mr. Bradley Jay Davis ’94 Mr. Andrew B. Edwards ’94 Ms. Hollie H. Flynn ’94 Mr. Chad W. Harlow ’94 Mr. Raif S. Hastings ’94 Mr. John D. Hunt ’94 Mrs. Renea Meyer Ingram ’94 Mr. Jon D. Morris, Jr. ’94 Mr. Robert L. Richards ’94 Mr. Erik D. Robinson ’94 Mrs. Connie Loftis Terry ’94 Mr. Samuel O. Decker, III ’95 Mr. Donald J. Dougherty ’95 Mr. David E. Greer ’95 Mrs. Shanda Boone Hurdle ’95 Mrs. Jeannette S. Johnson ’95 Mr. Matthew O. Jordan ’95 Sgt. Jamie J. Lee ’95 Mr. Stephen M. Maddy ’95 Mrs. Brenda Webb Muse ’95 Ms. Heather Christine Smith ’95 Mr. Christopher S. Tuttle ’95 Mr. Philip C. Wendt ’95 Mr. Todd Laign Cassell ’96
Mrs. Genevieve Fuchs Cockerham ’96 Mrs. Kelly Jones Eanes ’96 Mr. Andrew Barton Gillis ’96 Mrs. Tracy Sigmon Holley ’96 Mrs. Gwendolyn Faye Howell ’96 Mr. Michael P. Kelley ’96 Mrs. Slone Hodges Lang ’96 Mr. Kevin Andrew Ray ’96 Mr. Mark Elliot White ’96 Mr. David C. Wilbun ’96 Mrs. Shannah Clark Wilbun ’96 Mr. Bill Burton ’97 Mrs. Lolene H. Corron ’97 Mr. Ray Corron ’97 Mr. Jeffrey Gordon Davoud ’97 Dr. Douglas W. Foard ’97 Mr. Theodore N. Grigorieff ’97 Mrs. Stacy Showalter Hunt ’97 Mrs. Shannon B. Netta ’97 Mrs. Alethea Jeffries Robinson ’97 Mr. Kevin L. Slough ’97 Dr. Glen N. Stevens ’97 Mr. Todd James Webb ’97 Mrs. Joyce Bernice Cobbs ’98 Mrs. Jennifer Seal Davoud ’98 Mr. Albert G. Hoke, Jr. ’98 Mrs. Diane Hailey Overton ’98 Mr. Justin D. Sigmon ’98 Mrs. Felicia H. Woods ’98 Mr. Fletcher N. Daniels, III ’99 Mr. Alexander G. DeTrana ’99 Mr. Jack C. Hargis ’99 Mr. Christian A. Haug ’99 Mrs. Tammi Burgess Jewell ’99 Mr. John Mark McClintic ’99 Ms. Wanetta S. Menefee ’99 Mr. Jamie L. Moore ’99 Mr. Scott Richmond ’99 Mrs. Yvonne Scott Walker ’99 Mr. John W. Webb, II ’99
2000s Ms. Elizabeth Ann Adams ’00 Mrs. Janie Conner Collins ’00 Mr. Addison R. Dalton ’00 Mr. Allen Wayne Kiger ’00 Rev. Betty Daniels Marshall ’00 Ms. Angela Stover Phelps ’00 Mr. Joseph A. Schwarzenboeck ’00 Mrs. Ollea Greer Sigmon ’00 Mr. Jeremy Keith Adkins ’01 Mr. Eli M. Bank ’01 Mr. John M. Carter ’01 Mrs. Joanna Gruver Hudzik ’01 Mr. Mark J. Renske ’01 Mr. Brian M. Zyglocke ’01 Mr. Cleive L. Adams, Sr. ’02 Mrs. Kristie Walker Adkins ’02 Mrs. Margaret Johnson Cornwell ’02 Mr. Oden Lee Cornwell, III ’02 Mr. Philip Jackson Davis ’02 Mrs. Rebecca Saunders Frye ’02
Mr. James T. Gilliam, II ’02 Mrs. Meagan Carter Gilliam ’02 Mr. Jay R. Greeley, Jr. ’02 Mrs. Karen Helton Greeley ’02 Mr. Cory Lee Guilliams ’02 Mr. Erik Arthur Hanna ’02 Mr. Brandon C. Rooks ’02 Mrs. Lindsay Morton Rooks ’02 Mr. Clinton Howard Wickers ’02 Mrs. Alice McDaniel Elliott ’03 Mrs. Kristen C. Haley ’03 Mrs. Jamie Leftwich Hargis ’03 Mrs. Patricia Moyer Haskins ’03 Ms. Sara M. Hookham ’03 Mr. Paul A. McClintic ’03 Mr. Michael J. Menard ’03 Ms. Heather E. Reynolds ’03 Mr. Jason Elliot Vipperman ’03 Mr. Derek A. Woods ’03
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Mr. Robert H. Ferguson, III ’87 Mr. John W. McBroom ’87 Mr. David B. Meador ’87 Mrs. Sherry King Meador ’87 Mrs. Anne Burch Millehan ’87 Mrs. Tonya Jamane Pitzer ’87 Mr. Richard A. Potvin ’87 Ms. Rebecca L. Ricardo ’87 Mrs. Deborah Miller Vaughan ’87 Mrs. Shelby Cheek Walsh ’87 Mr. J. Steve Walton ’87 Mr. Thomas L. Woodson ’87
Mr. Mark Anthony Hatcher ’04 Mrs. Tressa Holland Moore ’04 Mr. Matthew P. Stinson ’04 Mrs. Amanda Cobler Witt ’04 Mrs. Renee Dean Dudley ’05 Mrs. Rebecca Winesett Furrow ’05 Mrs. Lynette Evans Guilliams ’05 Mr. William E. Byrd ’06 Mr. Dominic A. Cromartie ’06 Mrs. Lisa McGhee Eanes ’06 Mr. Jerone R. Mabe ’06 Ms. Karen E. Montgomery ’06 Mrs. Rima Forrest Sulzen ’06 Mrs. Jamie Peters Woods ’06 Mr. Harry W. Easterly ’07 Ms. Sue Ellen Harrison ’07 Mr. Delbert A. Jackson ’07 Mr. Joshua W. Rackley ’07 Mr. Brent A. Sowers ’07 Ms. Kymberly L. Jamison ’08 Ms. Kimya McHeimer ’08 Mr. Rusty L. McPeak ’08 Ms. Amber N. Ozmore ’09 Mr. M. Le’Bryan Patterson ’09 Ms. Jessica M. Williams ’09 Mr. Anthony T. Adams ’10 Mr. Brent A. Beckwith ’10 Ms. Morgan E. Dillon ’10 Ms. Brittney D. Dorton ’10 Ms. Lakita A. Goins ’10 Ms. Heather N. Luther ’10 Ms. Alison D. Martin ’10 Ms. Morgan E. Moran ’10 Ms. Christina D. Panuska ’10 Mr. Michael G. Rich ’10 Ms. Katherine J. Rotta ’10 Ms. Frances P. Rutherford ’10 Ms. Tiesha D. Terry ’10 Ms. Courtney L. Wilson ’10 Ms. Jessica D. Wimmer ’10
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New Alumni Donors Alumni gifts assure a Ferrum education for future generations. We are pleased to welcome these new alumni donors to our annual giving rolls. Mr. Anthony T. Adams ‘10 Mr. Lloyd A. Anderson ‘74 Mrs. Jill Whitson Bailey ‘76 Mrs. Amy Meador Baker ‘87 Mr. Danny W. Baker ‘67 Mr. Eli M. Bank ‘01 Dr. Melinda Giuffre Barker ‘78 Mr. Brent A. Beckwith ‘10 Mr. Reese A. Boone ‘71 Dr. Marie Morrison Brink ‘53 Mrs. Carolyn Robertson Byrd ‘84 Mr. William E. Byrd ‘06 Mr. Edward A. Chappell, Jr. ‘69 Mrs. Elizabeth Rideout Chappell ‘65 Mrs. Shinda Dixon Chatman ‘93 Mr. John G. Chohany ‘74 Mr. Christopher J. Connelly ‘94 Mr. William B. Cook ‘69 Mrs. Linda Lorence Critelli ‘82 Mr. Dominic A. Cromartie ‘06 Mr. Fletcher N. Daniels, III ‘99 Mr. Philip Jackson Davis ‘02 Mr. Robert A. Davis ‘80 Mrs. Amanda Snapp DeHaven ‘89 Mr. Joseph F. Del Grosso ‘77 Ms. Morgan E. Dillon ‘10 Ms. Brittney D. Dorton ‘10 Mr. George P. Dunkley, Jr. ‘59 Mr. Harry W. Easterly ‘07 Mr. Robert H. Ferguson, III ‘87 Mr. James G. Fugett, Jr. ‘63
Mr. Maymon Wesley Furrow ‘92 Mrs. Rebecca Winesett Furrow ‘05 Mr. James M. Garman ‘89 Mr. Dennis Carroll Gilley ‘68 Mr. Andrew Barton Gillis ‘96 Mrs. Gennie Hayden Gilmore ‘79 Ms. Lakita A. Goins ‘10 Mr. Christopher M. Greer ‘66 Mr. Theodore N. Grigorieff ‘97 Mr. Cory Lee Guilliams ‘02 Mr. E. Greg Hall ‘74 Mr. John R. Hall ‘70 Mrs. Judith Hampton Hall ‘69 Mr. Erik Arthur Hanna ‘02 Mrs. Jamie Leftwich Hargis ‘03 Mr. Philip C. Harrell ‘54 Ms. Sue Ellen Harrison ‘07 Mr. Christian A. Haug ‘99 Mr. Kevin D. Havens ‘75 Mr. Andrew F. Hicks, III ‘68 Mr. F. Wesley Hicks ‘64 Dr. Julius M. Hite ‘68 Ms. Sara M. Hookham ‘03 Mrs. Yvonne Guthrie Hughes ‘68 Mrs. Renea Meyer Ingram ‘94 Mr. Delbert A. Jackson ‘07 Ms. Kymberly L. Jamison ‘08 Rev. Thomas E. Jennings ‘55 Mrs. Tammi Burgess Jewell ‘99 Mr. Richard S. Johnson ‘66 Mrs. Cynthia Morris Jordan ‘93
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Mr. James Geoffrey Keith, II ‘93 Mr. George L. Kosko ‘86 Ms. Deborah Durrette Leftwich ‘79 Mrs. Felecia Turner Longest ‘82 Ms. Heather N. Luther ‘10 Mr. Jerone R. Mabe ‘06 Ms. Alison D. Martin ‘10 Mrs. Elizabeth Brabson Marye ‘84 Major James M. Marye, Sr. ‘84 Mr. Rusty L. McPeak ‘08 Mrs. Sherilyn D. Meixner ‘83 Mr. Michael J. Menard ‘03 Mr. J. Howard Middleton, III ‘90 Mr. Maclary C. Milton ‘74 Ms. Karen E. Montgomery ‘06 Ms. Morgan E. Moran ‘10 Mr. Malcolm Gregory Morris ‘85 Mr. George F. Neeb, Jr. ‘53 Mrs. Marion Hubbard Neeb ‘53 Ms. Amber N. Ozmore ‘09 Ms. Christina D. Panuska ‘10 Mr. Jim Parker ‘82 Mrs. Shelly Kellam Parker ‘83 Mr. M. Le’Bryan Patterson ‘09 Mrs. Tonya Jamane Pitzer ‘87 Mr. Douglas B. Proffitt ‘70 Mr. Alvin A. Puller ‘85 Mr. John P. Quigley ‘83 Mr. Joshua W. Rackley ‘07 Mrs. Gail Andreae Reynolds ‘85 Mr. Robert S. Reynolds ‘85
Mr. Michael G. Rich ‘10 Mr. Robert B. Robbins ‘85 Ms. Katherine J. Rotta ‘10 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Rowell ‘62 Mr. Andrew L. Russell ‘79 Mrs. Kathryn Ellis Russell ‘79 Ms. Frances P. Rutherford ‘10 Mr. Richard C. Saunders ‘75 Ms. Kathryn A. Seeley ‘69 Mr. Troy A. Simms ‘85 Mr. Jeffrey D. Slack ‘84 Mr. Kevin L. Slough ‘97 Mrs. Inez Reynolds Snoddy ‘66 Ms. Mary Waters Sours ‘72 Mr. Brent A. Sowers ‘07 Mr. Larry E. Stephenson ‘63 Mr. Richard L. Stevens ‘48 Mr. James P. Stevenson ‘59 Mr. Robert L. Stutts ‘79 Ms. Tiesha D. Terry ‘10 Mr. Otis E. Timberlake ‘64 Mrs. Teela E. Tschirn ‘70 Mrs. Elaine Nathan Tullis ‘78 Mr. Jason Elliot Vipperman ‘03 Miss Judith A. Whitby ‘64 Mr. Jeffrey D. White ‘84 Mr. Clinton Howard Wickers ‘02 Ms. Jessica M. Williams ‘09 Ms. Courtney L. Wilson ‘10 Ms. Jessica D. Wimmer ‘10
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Alumni Class Participation Class Year
# Donors
# Alumni on File
Perecent Participation
Class Year
# Donors
# Alumni on File
Perecent Participation
’38 ’39 ’41 ’42 ’43 ’44 ’45 ’46 ’47 ’48 ’49 ’50 ’51 ’52 ’53 ’54 ’55 ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59 ’60 ’61 ’62 ’63 ’64 ’65 ’66 ’67 ’68 ’69 ’70 ’71 ’72 ’73 ’74
*5 1 3 7 *8 5 6 5 7 6 15 10 17 11 7 3 17 10 22 *8 12 14 29 37 42 33 *28 *58 41 *43 *33 *36 23 24 *19 27
14 10 12 23 18 14 18 19 37 20 25 26 34 39 27 22 40 51 44 30 56 49 82 125 176 150 162 227 246 214 182 249 223 257 239 209
35.71% 10.00% 25.00% 30.43% 44.44% 35.71% 33.33% 26.32% 18.92% 30.00% 60.00% 38.46% 50.00% 28.21% 25.93% 13.64% 42.50% 19.61% 50.00% 26.67% 21.43% 28.57% 35.37% 29.60% 23.86% 22.00% 17.28% 25.55% 16.67% 20.09% 18.13% 14.46% 10.31% 9.34% 7.95% 12.92%
’75 ’76 ’77 ’78 ’79 ’80 ’81 ’82 ’83 ’84 ’85 ’86 ’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10
11 21 *17 19 29 25 23 24 17 21 24 6 14 7 15 17 11 15 24 12 11 12 10 6 11 8 6 15 10 4 3 6 4 3 3 15
189 248 199 267 334 492 423 342 263 199 185 160 151 144 117 143 138 170 234 171 167 183 203 166 161 148 112 155 137 184 121 172 151 153 138 161
5.82% 8.47% 8.54% 7.12% 8.68% 5.08% 5.44% 7.02% 6.46% 10.55% 12.97% 3.75% 9.27% 4.86% 12.82% 11.89% 7.97% 8.82% 10.26% 7.02% 6.59% 6.56% 4.93% 3.61% 6.83% 5.41% 5.36% 9.68% 7.30% 2.17% 2.48% 3.49% 2.65% 1.96% 2.17% 9.32%
*Denotes Top Ten Gift Amounts
Boldface denotes Top Ten Participation Rates
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Mrs. Tracy Sigmon Holley ’96 By Rev. Lawrence E. Lugar ’49 and Mrs. Jean Hodges Lugar ’50 Mr. Geoffrey M. Horn By Dr. M. Katherine Grimes Dr. Marcia D. Horn By Dr. Edward L. Cornbleet Miss Ashley Paige Hundley ’10 By Mr. Ray B. Hundley ’76 and Mrs. Cheryl Taylor Hundley ’77 Miss Alison Denise Martin ’10 By Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Martin Mrs. Carol Wills McCartney By Mrs. Mickey Keys Freeman ’68 Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45 By Mrs. Gene Dickens Soyars ’46 Mr. J. Abraham Naff By Mr. Mark Elliot White ’96 Mr. Michael George Rich ’10 By Mr. and Mrs. George F. Rich Ms. Sasha A. Saari By Mrs. Sandra Edgerton Moore ’88 Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Roth
In Honor of
Miss Hannah Shumaker By Mr. and Mrs. Hatherly L. Souther Miss Rachael Shumaker By Mr. and Mrs. Hatherly L. Souther
Mr. Kevin L. Board ’09 By Mrs. Barbara Mills
Rev. and Mrs. Brad Dulaney By Rev. C. Wesley Astin, Jr. ’74
Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 By Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45
Dr. Jennifer L. Braaten By Mrs. Ida B. Powell
Mrs. Courtney Harvie Faircloth ’91 By Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hood
Mr. Steven J. Slusher ’10 By Mr. and Mrs. James A. Slusher
Mr. Tyler Brubaker By Mr. and Mrs. John H. Preston
Mr. Chris Fischer ’13 By Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fischer
Mrs. Fay Bunting Norton ’45 By Mrs. Gene Dickens Soyars ’46
Mr. H. Allen Carver ’63 By Mr. and Mrs. Troy H. Carver
Mrs. Nell Fredericksen By Ms. Nell H. Jefferson
Mr. James L. Stanley ’48 By Mrs. Marsha Stanley Fay
Mrs. Joanna B. Coleman By Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mrs. Elizabeth Bronson Duvall ’64 Rev. Lawrence E. Lugar ’49 and Mrs. Jean Hodges Lugar ’50
Mrs. Mickey Keys Freeman ’68 By Ms. Carol Wills McCartney ’68
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Waggoner & Family By Mrs. Patricia G. Wright
Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Greer By Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Waymouth By Ms. Debra M. Parrish
Mrs. Patricia O. Compton By Mrs. Edna S. Joyner
Mrs. Lynette Evans Guilliams ’05 By Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Evans
Mr. Jeffrey Carl Wilson ’05 By Mr. and Mrs. Jerry C. Wilson
Mr. Luther J. Derby, Jr. ’45 By Rev. and Mrs. Walter B. Barger
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hart By Dr. James. A. Davis ’65
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Wright & Family By Mrs. Patricia G. Wright
Development Staff By Mrs. Lisa Jamison Bowling
Mrs. Carole Harrington Higdon ’82 By Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington
Mrs. Patricia G. Wright By Mr. and Mrs. Randall C. Gordon
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Abernathy By Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Miss Anne D. Acey By Ms. Natalie W. Schermerhorn ’66 Mrs. C. Faye Wood ’52 Mr. Kyle Michael Ames ’95 By Mr. Keith D. Holyfield ’93 and Mrs. Tamara Woodford Holyfield ’93 Mr. Danny R. Bailey ’70 By Mrs. Jane Faulkner Bailey ’70 Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 and Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ’68 Mr. Hal Blankenship ’55 By Mr. Rudolph L. Johnson, Sr. ’55 Mrs. Zona Flippen Bowman By Mrs. Molly Latterner Fretwell ’63 Mr. James V. Buis ’96 By Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Buis Mrs. Elva Simms Cannaday ’25 By Mr. Lawrence Bowling Mr. Paul K. Simms Mr. Tobe M. Clark ’80 By Mr. Joseph H. Philpott, Jr. ’64 Mr. Stephen D. Closs ’70 By Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 and Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ’68 Mrs. Ruby Allen Coffey ’43 By Mr. Richard L. Coffey, Sr. Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 Mr. Olin R. Compton By Mrs. Edna S. Joyner Ms. Lola A. Ward Rev. Robert E. Couch ’49 By Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mr. James W. Cox, Sr. By Mrs. Virginia R. McCoy
Miss Jessica Kenzel Goode ’10 By Mr. and Mrs. Strother Adams, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bader Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Barley Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Beiles Dr. Nathaniel L. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. John I. Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Bruce D. Bohnsack Mr. and Mrs. Herb D. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Travis B. Brown Mr. and Mrs. H. Lee Brumback, II Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Brumback Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Carper Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Casey Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cross Mrs. Thelma B. Crowder Mr. and Mrs. David L. Dailey Mr. Hugh F. Dailey Ms. Mary L. Davison and Family Mr. Michael A. Didawick ’70 Mr. and Mrs. William M. Duncan, Jr. Dr. Kevin R. Dye and Dr. Nancy Dye Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Easter Ebert Reproduction and Supply, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Fehleisen Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Ferrebee FirstBank Frederick Block Company, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Todd S. Fredericksen Mr. Thomas Garber Mr. and Mrs. John T. Garner Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Gartner Ms. Sharon W. Glasscock Mr. and Mrs. Garland Good Mr. and Mrs. George W. Goode Mr. K. Edward Goode, Sr. ’46 and Mrs. Reva Edwards Goode ’46 Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Greer Ms. Paula Haddad Mrs. Addie Lee E. Haynes Mr. S. Kelly Herrick ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Frazer C. Hilder Mr. and Mrs. Lynn J. Hogan Mr. Ray B. Hundley ’76 and Mrs. Cheryl Taylor Hundley ’77 Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Hundley
Mr. Delbert A. Jackson ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Norwood J. Jackson, Jr. James River Grounds Management, Inc. James Wood High School Class of 1969 Dr. David M. Johnson and Mrs. Jeannette S. Johnson ’95 Mrs. Margaret R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Kerr Mr. David Larrick Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lauderdale, Jr. Ms. Beverley L. Legg Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lewis Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lewis Mr. L. Frederick Linton Lykens Chiropractic, Inc. Dr. Esther G. Mabry Mr. and Mrs. Milan R. Majarov Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Mayfield Mr. Milton F. McInturff Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Milford Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Nauer Mr. and Mrs. David L. Nelson New Lifestyles Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Nowell Mr. and Mrs. Laurence F. Paxton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Phelps Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Powell Ms. Jennifer W. Pyle Round Hill Shopping Center, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Shegogue Ms. Ethel Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Smith Dr. Christine H. Stinson Mr. Mark Stotler Mr. and Mrs. John P. Supko Mr. Charles M. Sweeney Rev. Margaret A. Turbyfill Dr. and Mrs. George K. Van Osten Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Wallace Mr. Glenn F. Thomsen Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wade, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Ways Weatherproofing Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. Weaver Ms. Beverly J. Weekley Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Weigand Mr. and Mrs. John B. Willey
Dr. Ermon N. Foster ’40 By Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ’45 Mr. Ronald P. Fulton By Mrs. Tami Fulton Lowe ’83 Dr. Platon G. Gailey ’38 By Mr. Guy Martin ’38 Mr. Charles Carver Gardner, II By Dr. Gary L. Angel and Dr. Norma Faye Angel ’83
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In Memory of Rev. M. G. Goodpasture, Jr. By Mr. Robert B. Journell ’72 and Mrs. Ruth Sparks Journell ‘73 Mr. William A. Hankla ‘57 By Mrs. June T. Hankla Mrs. Mildred Case Helms ‘47 By Ms. Margaret Johnson Cramer ‘47 Dr. Frank B. Hurt ‘19 By Mr. G. Trigg Copenhaver, II ‘69 Mr. Jim H. Williamson ‘69 Rev. Tedd D. Kelly By Mr. Theodore Mills Kelly Mrs. Iva Ross Jones ‘43 By Mrs. Mitzi Jones Kendrick ‘93 Mr. Charles A. Skinner ’48 Mrs. Betty Mahan By Ms. J. Carol Sandidge Mr. Donald L. Meredith ‘60 By Mr. and Mrs. Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. ‘67 Mrs. Ethel Jamison Naff ‘24 By Mr. and Dr. W. G. Bailey Green Thumb Garden Club Ms. Gretchen J. Naff
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Mr. David Seymour ‘70 By Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Niemi
Mr. Willie C. Pettus, III ‘97 By Dr. David M. Johnson and Mrs. Jeanette S. Johnson ‘95
Mrs. Lillie Warwick Slaven By Mrs. Margaret W. Heyn
Mrs. Florence Phillips By Mr. Russell K. Balderson ’86 and Lt. Col. Shelley Phillips Balderson ‘85 Mr. Kenneth D. Puckett ‘86 By Mrs. Inez Reynolds Snoddy ‘66 Mr. Jack E. Richardson ‘69 By Mr. Russell L. Bauda ’69 and Mrs. Ruth Grim Bauda ‘68 Mrs. Louise R. Roediger By Hon. Betsy Temple Mr. Elmer E. Romines and Mrs. Ruth Romines By Ms. Ann Romines Ms. Marilyn F. Romines Mr. Bill H. Ross ‘53 By Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hart Dr. Rebecca Ross
Mr. Henry N. Soyars ‘47 By Mrs. Gene Dickens Soyars ‘46 Mr. Wilson F. Tate ‘46 By Mr. Charles A. Skinner ‘48 Mr. Winfred Thompson ‘47 By Dr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Hart Ms. J. Carol Sandidge Mrs. Mary Hutchinson Tompkins ‘46 By Mr. Charles M. Abernathy ‘45 Mr. Charles A. Skinner ‘48 Ms. Erin Holley Updike ‘96 By Ms. Heather Christine Smith ‘95 Mrs. Etholene Ramsey Whitlow ‘27 By Dr. and Mrs. J. Francis Amos Dr. Wasena F. Wright, Jr. ‘60 By Mr. and Mrs. Randall C. Gordon Mr. William Ragland
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1950s
Janet Allen Chin ’59, of Ann Arbor, MI, is retired from the ProQuest Company (formerly University Microfilms) after thirty years as a researcher/cataloger of Early English Books. Now enjoying visiting family in Floyd County, Portland, OR and spending time with granddaughters at home in Ann Arbor, MI.
1960s
Frank Reiss ’72, of Jacksonville, FL, is employed by the Mayo Clinic as a senior systems administrator. Craig West ’74, of Alpharetta, GA, is employed by CW Capital, LLC. Susan Vanderwoude Lesavoy ’76, of Catlett, is self-employed as a registered nurse certified as a legal nurse consultant and she is certified as a life care planner.
1980s Matthew Blackington ’83, of Burke, is employed by Inova Health Systems as a registered nurse, bachelor of nursing. Carthan F. Currin, III ’84, of Richmond, is employed by MB Contractors as director of business development.
Ferrum Junior College Baseball teams for 1959 and 1960 celebrated a 50-Year reunion in December 2009 at Stonehenge Country Club in Midlothian. They compiled a twoseason record of 40 wins and three losses during their time at Ferrum.
C. Ray Daisey ’84, of Pocomoke City, MD, is employed by Taylor Bank as branch manager.
Alan Penn ’61, of Sarasota, FL, recently retired. He enjoys wood carving in international competitions. He also volunteers with the Veterans Association and is a member of the Vietnam Brotherhood.
1970s
Eric Alfredson ’71, of Richmond, is employed by Allen Lund Company as a transportation broker.
Julie Deal ’92, of Richmond, graduated from Bon Secours School of Medical Imaging in August 2009. She recently passed her state board exam and is now a registered radiologic technologist. M. Wesley Furrow ’92 and his wife, Rebecca Winesett Furrow ’05, announce the birth of their son, Adam Wesley, on June 11, 2010. He is employed by SunTrust Bank in Franklin County as a branch manager. Becky is taking a year off to be a stay at home mom. Aaron R. Conover ’93, of Roanoke, is employed by Ferrum College as adventure programmer for the Ferrum Outdoors program.
Shelley Balderson ’85, of Chesterfield, is employed by the United States Army as battalion commander of 2-339th regiment at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. She was selected for the Army War College which started in June 2010. She and her husband, Rusty ’86, celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary this year. Rusty is working for Apex Companies, Inc., in Richmond, as a senior scientist.
1990s Don Humston ’70, of Johnson City, TN, is employed by Procter and Gamble as an account executive. He is married to Connie and they have three sons, Sammy, Joe and Jimmy.
Charles Spicer Jr. ’91, of Hampton, received an award from National Industries for the Blind and the National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind for his assistance in getting screen-reading software installed on Navy central servers. Through his efforts the National Industries for the Blind was able to provide a prototype example for the rest of the Department of Defense and the Army for eventual enterprise-wide approvals for assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired.
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James “Jeb” Bradbury ’90, of Richmond, and his fiancée, Lauren, announce the birth of their son, James Rhys, on March 12, 2010. Rory “Tater” Benson ’91, of Fincastle, is employed by Lord Botetourt High School as a special education teacher and head football coach. He is married to Kristine, and they have two children, Jacob and Audrey.
Mary Pharr Gagne ’93, of Monument, CO, and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of their son, Ryan Paul, on November 2, 2009. He joins big sister, Lauren Elizabeth. Billy Wagner ’94, of Crozet, is employed by the Atlanta Braves as a pitcher. R.D. Johnson, II ’95, of Hartfield, is employed by Mason Realty Inc. as a sales associate and director.
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Brian Stinnette ’95, of Forest, wed Kelly Drinkard on May 1, 2010. He is employed by Forest Contractor’s Services, Inc. as president.
Alice McDaniel Elliott ’03, of Fredericksburg, and her husband, Tripp, announce the birth of their son, Kenneth McKeller Elliott IV, on March 26, 2010.
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Odell Gray ’97 and his wife, Heather Robinson Gray ’06, of Ferrum, announce the birth of their daughter, Abigail Mary, on February 13, 2010. She joins big brother, Will. Odell is employed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections as a surveillance officer. Heather is employed by Goodwill Industries as a case manager.
Kenneth B. Johnson ’98, of Bangor, ME, is employed by Husson University as an instructor in the School of Science and Humanities. He has been appointed as the new faculty athletic representative.
Jason Bryant ’03, of Callaway, and his wife, Virginia, announce the birth of their daughter, Rachel Cassie, on August 25, 2010. Scott Bryant ’03, of Salem, wed Cara Parker on October 5, 2009. He is employed by Salem Health and Rehabilitation as a social worker.
Emily Edwards Murray ’98, of Roanoke, and her husband, Douglas, announce the birth of their son, Collin Michael, on March 24, 2010. He joins big sister, Lauren. Robert Vanselow ’98, from Boca Raton, FL, is employed by Yorkshire Bullion as head of marketing. This company is a principal precious metals brokerage house specializing in the buying and selling of physical precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum. Robert also continues to serve as president and CEO of TeraBRITE, LLC- an online marketing agency and consulting firm.
Jason Byrd ’03 and his wife, Nikki Thompson Byrd ’06, of Rocky Mount, announce the birth of their son, Ethan Thomas, on October 11, 2010. He is employed by Ferrum College as associate director of admissions.
Christine Thomas Pappas ’97 and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their daughter, Kira Sofia, on May 17, 2010. She joins big sisters, Victoria and Zoe. Richard “Pete” Peters ’97, of Blue Ridge, is employed by Botetourt Parks and Recreation as director. He is married to Cameron Smither Peters ’99, and they have two children, Cadence and Falan. Cameron is employed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a commercial banking sales associate. Matt Seymour ’97, of Lorton, is employed by The American Society for Pension Professional and Actuaries as a customer support specialist.
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James Wade ’97 and his wife, Amy Hodges Wade ’97, of Reidsville, NC, announce the birth of their daughter, Mackenzie Raegan, on December 18, 2009. He is employed by Novartis as a global pharmacovigilance manager. She is employed by Novartis as a regulatory affairs specialist. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
Michele Bowers ’99, of Stephens City, is a stay at home mom to Caleb and Aubrey. She is married to David.
2000s Addison Dalton ’00, of Blacksburg, is employed by Virginia Tech as an instructor of Spanish. Brandon C. Rooks ’02, of Richmond, and his wife, Lindsay Morton Rooks ’02, announce the birth of their daughter, Julia, on April 15, 2010. Teri Leigh Wright ’02, of Climax, wed James Harold Edwards Jr. on July 17, 2010. She is employed by Franklin County Public Schools as a teacher.
James “Jim” Kelly ’03, of Virginia Beach, wed Rebekah Magness on August 29, 2009. He is employed by Siebert Realty as a Realtor. Ferrum alumni in attendance were: Jamie Kay ’06, Virginia Rickert Kay ’06, Thomas Moore ’03, Angela Hodgson Moore ’02, Tommy Harmon ’02, Dale Fitzwater ’04, Melinda Reamey Mowery ’03, Lynwood Rogers ’04, Carrie Lykins Rogers ’04, Dex Auer ’05, Wendy Garrett Lewis ’02, Jason Lewis ’04, Chad Johnson ’04, Tyler Brown ’02, Rob Higginbotham ’03, Katie Reuss ’02, Michael Marzullo ’04, Greg Storck ’04, and Amy English Storck ’03. Christina McBride Nowlin ’03 and her husband, Travis ’03, of Hampton, announce the birth of their daughter, Jhanella Renae, on September 25, 2010.
Melody McIlvain Divers ’03 and her husband, John Divers, Jr. ’02, of Montvale, announce the birth of their son, Milton Chapel, on June 11, 2010. Chapel joins big brother, John “Creek”. John is the owner and operator of Goose Creek Landscaping and Melody is a fifth grade teacher for Bedford County. Joanna Bosik ’04, of Annandale, wed Morgan Eddy on December 31, 2009. She is employed by George Mason University as a licensure and graduation coordinator. Jason A. Lewis ’04, and his wife, Wendy Garrett Lewis ’02, of Virginia Beach, announce the birth of their son, Britten Alexander, on January 14, 2010. Brent M. Luster ’04, of Roanoke, wed Sara Johnson on August 7, 2010. He is employed by Altec. Amanda Cobler Witt ’04, of Collinsville, and her husband, Mike, announce the birth of their son, Ronnie Anderson, on June 5, 2010. She is employed by Martinsville Chamber of Commerce as president. Mario Erazo ’05, of Charlottesville, is employed by Ferrum College as the assistant men’s soccer coach.
Adam Crawford ’07, of Willis, is employed by Ferrum College as head golf coach. Wilson Thomas Paine ’07, received his master of theological studies degree from Harvard University on May 27, 2010. He is employed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, DC as a presidential management fellow.
Jennie Martin ’06, of Ringgold, is employed by SFP as event coordinator.
Kymberly Jamison ’08, of Ferrum, wed Randall Cundiff on April 8, 2010. Jonathan Alan Howard ’08, of Bedford, wed Emily Bisbee on June 12, 2010. He is employed by Utility Lines Construction. Anthony T. Adams ’09, of Roanoke, is employed by Wachovia-Wells Fargo as a phone salesman.
Angela McCauley ’06, of Rocky Mount, is employed by Support Systems, LLC as a clinician. Brandon Mitchell ’06, of Ferrum, is employed by Ferrum College as a police officer. He recently completed SWAT training. Amanda Sale ’06, of Spotsylvania, is employed by SAIC as an ESOH engineer. Amanda Erin Sullivan ’06, of Goochland, wed Brian Adams on September 4, 2010. She is employed by UPS Freight. B. Clay Wiley ’06, of Richmond, is employed by Liberty Mutual as a sales representative.
Brooke Gill ’05, of Glade Hill, is employed by Ferrum College as lead development researcher and grant writer.
Tiffany Coleman ’10, of Danville, is attending graduate school at the University of Southern Charleston, SC. to obtain a degree in criminal justice. Derek Woods ’06 and Jamie Peters Woods ’03, of Rocky Mount, announce the birth of their daughter, Brady Caroline, on September 25, 2010. Derek is employed by Shively Electric as assistant project manager. She is employed by Department of Veterans Affairs as a service representative. Rachael Brown ’07, of Sparks, NV, wed Nathan Youmans, on June 12, 2010. She is employed by Summit Lake Paiute Tribe as a fish and wildlife biologist.
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Adam Lauver ’09, of Chesterfield, graduated from marine boot camp as a US Marine on April 10, 2009. He is now stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC. He spends his military leave during the winter months going snowboarding with several other Ferrum alumni. Kari Lynne Botkin ’10, of Doe Hill, wed Michael Sponaugle on January 9, 2010.
William “Billy” Byrd ’06, of Ferrum, is employed by Ferrum College as a residence hall educator. Kristen Gaye Horne ’06, of Callaway, wed Chadwick B. Grice on June 26, 2010. She is employed by Franklin County School System.
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James Matthew Kay ’06, of Herndon, wed Virginia E. Rickert ’06 on October 9, 2009. Wes Astin ’74 performed the ceremony. Sean Fernando ’08, Ryan Smith ’05, Cory Potochar ’06 and Meredith Lee were in the wedding party. Virginia is employed by Dogwood Elementary School as a first grade teacher.
Jessica Flanagan ’10, of Martinsville, is employed by Floyd High School as a physical education teacher and volleyball coach. Brittney Green ’10, of Stephens City, is employed by the Department of Homeland Security as senior adjudicator. Ashley Hale ’10, of Fieldale, is employed by Ferrum College as a financial aid clerk. Courtney Wilson ’10, of Fredericksburg, is attending graduate school at Palmer College of Chiropractors in FL. Ferrum Magazine | Winter 2010–2011
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In Memoriam
Nellie Fralin Jenkins ’24 Rocky Mount | died November 20, 2009
Jean Thomas Moore ’50 Harrisonburg | died September 22, 2010
Roger L. McClay ’65 New Castle | died October 25, 2009
Bettie Thomas Royer ’25 Frankenmuth, MI | died February 25, 2010
Arthur L. Clements ’51 Petersburg | died November 21, 2009
Cheryl B. Amos ’66 Danville | died September 25, 2010
Virginia English Kelley ’31 Rocky Mount | died November 6, 2009
Sally Barber Michael ’52 Falls Church | died December 25, 2009
Jane Watts Hardy ’66 Bedford | died September 8, 2010
Essie Simms Scott ’32 Collinsville | died September 3, 2010
Bill H. Ross ’53 Davis, WV | died April 5, 2010
Jerry L. Semones ’66 Christiansburg | died October 10, 2009
Platon G. Gailey ’38 Williamsburg | died February 23, 2010
George H. Gravitt ’55 South Boston | died April 8, 2010
Franklin W. Whaley ’66 Wilmington, DE | died May 20, 2010
Billie Ross Watts ’38 Temple Hills, MD | died October 15, 2009
Andrew T. Skinnell ’55 Bedford | died March 25, 2010
Don P. Clements ’68 Homestead, FL | died October 13, 2010
Ermon N. Foster ’40 Chestertown, MD | died December 24, 2009
David A. Sutherland ’56 Penhook | died December 13, 2009
Larry L. Foshag ’69 Roanoke | died February 17, 2010
Major D. Gayle ’40 Virginia Beach | died December 23, 2009
Thomas S. Martin ’57 Collinsville | died May 13, 2010
C. Thomas Fleenor, III ’70 Ferrum | died February 20, 2010
Edith Fralin Arrington ’41 Rocky Mount | died July 5, 2010
Julius E. Jamison ’59 Ferrum | died March 14, 2010
Robert N. Conway ’71 Springfield, OH | died December 11, 2009
Horace M. Simmons, Jr. ’41 Danville | died May 1, 2010
Stanley L. Scarborough ’59 Palm Coast, FL | died October 4, 2009
Jack M. Thaler ’71 Franklin, TN | died August 1, 2010
John T. Harris ’42 Gloucester | died December 4, 2009
Richard L. Williams ’59 Roanoke | died August 26, 2010
D. Duane Dixon ’78 Ft. Myers, FL | died July 10, 2010
Vergil L. Hudson ’42 Chesapeake | died April 12, 2010
Donald L. Meredith ’60 Fincastle | died January 8, 2010
Bruce S. Jones ’79 Richmond | died October 9, 2009
Clelon Clark Mason ’42 Buena Vista | died August 16, 2010
Donald E. Pugh Sr. ’62 Kingsport, TN | died July 6, 2010
Jeffrey J. Fitzgerald ’85 Bowie, MD | died September 20, 2010
Ruby Taylor Miller ’43 Sandston | died April 27, 2010
Howard W. Welch ’62 Hillsborough, NC | died June 7, 2010
Lee A. Todd ’85 Midlothian | died May 30, 2010
Doris Poland Pleasants ’45 South Hill | died August 21, 2010
Frank D. Boone ’63 Kennesaw, GA | died May 26, 2010
Kenneth D. Puckett ’86 Fancy Gap | died February 27, 2010
M. Winfred Thompson ’47 Ferrum | died December 13, 2009
Gabe A. Hicks ’63 Chesterfield | died May 21, 2010
Gary A. Dahl ’87 Midlothian | died June 6, 2010
Jody F. Adams ’48 Penhook | died August 9, 2010
Thomas E. Merryman ’63 Copper Hill | died August 16, 2010
George G. Thurman, Sr. ’88 Harrisonburg | died April 20, 2010
Robert E. Couch ’49 Grottoes | died June 20, 2010
Marie Arnette Taylor ’63 Winchester | died April 30, 2010
Kyle M. Ames ’95 Roanoke | died March 5, 2010
M. Dana Hunt ’49 Danville | died August 26, 2010
John G. Chernault ’64 Worsham | died October 7, 2010
Erin H. Updike ’95 Mount Pleasant, SC | died February 12, 2010
John T. McGuire ’49 O Brien, FL | died September 27, 2009
Roy R. Hill ’64 Summerfield, NC | died April 23, 2010
Jessica K. Goode ’10 Winchester | died November 17, 2009
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