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The Strang Tennis Center Gets a Facelift This past summer, the Strang Tennis Center received a facelift. All 12 courts were resurfaced and painted with a new blue color scheme. Varsity tennis coach Eric Voges is pleased with the improvements. Members of McCallie’s tennis teams, as well as opponents and fans alike, will appreciate the surface upgrade and the new appearance to the entire facility.
The McCallie School Mission The McCallie School's mission is to prepare its students for college and for life. The school is dedicated to the academic, physical, spiritual, and emotional growth of boys. It seeks to inspire and motivate them: »»to pursue excellence and take pride in one's work and achievements; »»to lead lives of personal honor; »»to be responsible in family and personal relationships; and »»to manifest concern for the welfare of others.
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Reflections of Excellence
McCallie announces the initial class of the Faculty Fellows Program
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4 Summer Trips: Life Changing Ken Henry opens eyes with Chapel Talk on Habitat for Humanity trip to Tanzania
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5 Bingham an Olympic Runner Michael Bingham ’04 runs in Beijing Olympics and places fourth
5 Baker Earns Lifetime Award Former U.S. Senator Howard Baker ’43 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from “American Lawyer” magazine
6 Man with a Plan Board Chairman and longtime McCallie contributor Ed Michaels ’60 retires
8 Developing the Delta Travis Starkey ’03 teaches second grade in Clarksdale, Miss., for Teach for America
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15 Investment Club Pays Dividends The McCallie Investment Society is learning about business, investments and microfinance
16 A Gift from China Chinese program helped bridge a communications gap between father and daughter
19 Leaving a McCallie Legacy For several third- and fourth-generation students, McCallie is a family tradition
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20 Births/Weddings/News Read the latest updates from your classmates
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23 Reunion Recap View a photo gallery of the many activities and events from this year’s Reunion Weekend
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F ir s t P e r s o n
Not Forgotten
In 2008, four men died who had taught
at McCallie. They had a combined total of 102 years in the classroom, countless hours on athletic fields, and an immeasurable impact on the boys they helped.
Savoy Adamson worked at McCallie for 14 years teaching geometry, algebra and precalculus and coached golf. Harold Echart taught Latin I, economics and modern history for 33 years. He led summer school and the band. Al Garth spent 26 years teaching ancient history, Bible and algebra and assisting with golf. Pierre Wagner taught French and German for 29 years and coached soccer and cross-country. I was privileged to be taught by each one. And over 40 years later, I can recall each one distinctly. Mr. Adamson challenged us to learn the material each evening and present it the next day without being spoon-fed. I recognized later that he had prepared me for math at the college level. I recall that Mr. Echart taught me enough Latin to survive Mr. Humphrey’s Latin II class. He broke the ice for my first foreign language. Mr. Garth instilled a curiosity about ancient history that has not faded. He was the first I heard emphasize the importance of the ancient Greek culture. Mr. Wagner kept his students on their toes. He stretched my concentration muscles to the breaking point and taught me enough to speak with Germans. How do you thank someone who is no longer living? How can you show appreciation for their help? You can’t. The opportunity has passed. But, as so often happens, a new opportunity arises. The tradition continues at McCallie of excellent instruction by teachers who are deeply engaged with their students. ■ – Charlie Marlin ’68 ■ Charlie Marlin is a consultant with Graphic Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, Ala. Since this writing, two other faculty members passed away, Charles Goldfinch and Dean Warren James. See page 23 to submit memories of Dean James for the next issue.
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Summer Trips: Life Changing “We have lepers. Do you want to see hobbled toward us, appreciative that those them?” from the outside cared enough to visit. I I was in Tanzania with Dean of felt a strange sense of guilt, as an intruder Boarding Life Sumner McCallie and from a world that had left them to die. seven McCallie students traveling with As our group returned to the hostel, we Habitat for discussed what Humanity’s we had seen at International the orphanage. I Program, Global knew what I had Village. These seen; a small nun words came who was so much at the end of more loving and our tour of an courageous than orphanage. I, a woman who This had taken my orphanage Christian faith was strange by and was making it U.S. standards. real each day in a Fifty cribs for way that I did not. Ken Henry’s September 10th Chapel Talk, excerpted here, 50 motherless I let the boys serves as this issue’s First Person installment. Henry, (above, front) a freshman English teacher, accompanied a Habitat infants who speak first, for Humanity group on a McCallie Summer Trip last summer had until their expecting them to Tanzania. You can listen to the talk in its entirety by third birthday to also comment going to the News & Events page on McCallie’s website, www.mccallie.org. to get ready to on Sister Mary’s live without a courage. mother. At that time, they would leave But they didn’t. As we went around, and go home to grow up in the yards, I was surprised that each one had seen streets and homes of whoever would something very different. The suffering, care for them. naturally, shocked us all, but each of us However, this orphanage also had had seen more than disease, poverty and old people. Sixty old women and 60 orphans. Each one offered his vision, and old men; orphans who were too sick or many had seen such grace, mercy and feeble to care for themselves and had sacrificial love and described what they been left to die. No one to feed them, saw as “an oasis.” We saw the orphanage care for them, and especially no one to again, this time through each other’s eyes. love them. They were now receiving a The visit was a “life changing experience.” healthy diet and a dose of love each day, A McCallie summer trip can change measuring their lives by the number of your life. The change I am talking about is good days inside these walls. the same change Jesus talked about when Our guide, Sister Mary, was a nun he told the parable of the mustard seed. from India. Her words were distinct, These trips are similar to religious faith. her voice calm, but almost at a whisper. Both are very small seeds, planted securely Near the end of the tour, she turned to in hearts and minds, and they grow me and said, “We have lepers. Do you right alongside everything else, perhaps want to see them?” Her eyes cut quickly changing us a little at first, redefining our to the rest of the group then back to me, world or changing our focus. But Jesus was then whispered, “It will be difficult.” telling a great truth; real change may be We saw about 15 men and women slow, but the end result will be enormous. who had been ravaged by this awful If you want to see how powerful disease. The word leprosy comes from a something is, don’t look at the size of the Greek word meaning “scales on a fish,” seed or the immediate impact. Wait and and that is what their skin looked like. see what happens. I stand before you today These men and women were missing all as a witness, and here is what I can report or part of their limbs and fingers, and – a summer trip with McCallie will be their faces were disfigured. I cannot like a mustard seed in your life. You won’t describe what I saw or felt as they believe how much it will change you. ■ McCallie magazine |
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Bingham ’04: Olympian Michael Bingham ’04 represented Great
Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, competing in the 4x400-meter relay. Bingham and his British teammates, Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin and Martyn Rooney, made the finals and finished in fourth place with a time of 2:58.81. The American team set an Olympic record with a first-place time of 2:55.39. The Bahaman quartet was second at 2:58.03, while the Russian team placed third at 2:58.06.
Bingham, who ran the third leg for his team, led the Brits to the fastest qualifying time in the event. Bingham is a graduate student with one more year of eligibility at Wake Forest where he is a two-time All-America and a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Champion in the 400-meter dash. His father is a British citizen, therefore, making him eligible for the British Olympic team. ■
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Senator Baker ’43 Earns
Lifetime Achievement Award Former Tennessee Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. ’43
received “American Howard H. Baker Jr. ’43 Lawyer” magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 29 in New York City. Baker earned his Law Degree in 1949 from the University of Tennessee Law College. After working for over 15 years for a Huntsville, Tenn., law firm, Baker entered into a career in public
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service in 1966, becoming the first Republican from Tennessee popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. Baker served 20 years in the Senate, including terms as Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader. He worked as President Ronald Reagan’s Chief of Staff and was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Japan in 2001 by President George W. Bush. In 2005, Mr. Baker returned to the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC.
The “American Lawyer’s” Lifetime Achievement Award, according to its website, is presented to senior lawyers who have made important contributions to public life while building outstanding private- or public-interest practices. They are also exemplars – lawyers who breathed life into the legal profession’s abstract values of client service and public service. Baker, also this year’s recipient of Destination ImagiNation’s Risorgimento Award for his long career in public service, last visited McCallie in November 2006 and spoke to the Upper School student body. ■
Varsity Tennis Coach Eric Voges ’81 was inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame for his successful tennis career. The Hall of Fame honors athletic accomplishments of citizens associated with the Chattanooga area.
Josh Wheeler ’06 won the 18 to 24 age division of the Ford Ironman 70.3 Florida Triathlon in May. Wheeler completed the competition, which includes long distances of swimming, cycling and running, in 4:30.44.
Voges led the Blue Tornado in 2008 to the State Championship and an undefeated season.
Currently an Appalachian State University student, Wheeler plans on competing in the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Fla., in November.
Voges was captain of the University of Tennessee tennis team his junior and senior years. He won a Southeastern Conference singles title playing at the No. 6 position.
Voges has been named the Chattanooga Times Free Press Coach of the Year and National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year for Tennessee. He was selected by the United States Professional Tennis Association as the Southern High School Coach of the Year and the Tennessee Pro of the Year. He has won both the USTA Southern Educational Merit Award and the USTA Tennessee Educational Merit Award.
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Man with a Plan by Rebecca Nelson Edwards
“I’ve always been impressed with Ed’s devotion to McCallie . . . It was only fitting that the best way to honor him was to recognize his sense of drive and determination to McCallie by naming one of the campus roads Michaels Drive.” Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69
A new campus street honors a visionary trustee who has transformed McCallie’s landscape with his contributions and leadership. At its meeting in May, McCallie’s Board of Trustees honored retiring board chairman Ed
Michaels ’60 by naming a campus street for him. Naming a permanent campus landmark for this enthusiastic board chairman is only a small token of appreciation for the enormous and visible impact he has had upon the school. Michaels Drive travels along the Ridge above Pressly Dormitory, from an intersection above McCallie’s dining hall to Anderson Avenue on the south end of campus. The landmarks it passes along the way are testaments to Mr. Michaels’ vision and effort on behalf of McCallie. During his involvement with the school over the past 20 years, Mr. Michaels has spearheaded and overseen some of the most influential changes and programs in McCallie’s history. “I’ve always been impressed with Ed’s devotion to McCallie,” Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69 says. “I’ve been impressed with his intelligence, his insight and his vision for the school. Any project that he has undertaken, he has given 100 percent and has made the school stronger. It was only fitting that the best way to honor him was to recognize his sense of drive and determination to McCallie by naming one of the campus roads Michaels Drive.” Mr. Michaels’ involvement with McCallie began almost 20 years after his graduation, when he helped raise $500,000 to endow the Alumni Chair of Mathematics to honor three teachers, John Pataky ’49, Chalmers McIlwaine ’21 and Houston Patterson ’43, each of whom had a profound impact on his education and career. That idea led to an even bigger one – launching McCallie’s Honors Scholarship Program, the first program of its kind at the high school level and one that has transformed the academic landscape of the school, thanks to $13 million that Mr. Michaels helped raise to initiate the program. McCallie magazine |
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In 2002-03, Mr. Michaels, the Director of McKinsey & Company in Atlanta, led the strategic planning committee in envisioning how to strengthen McCallie over the next decade. Again, he followed up these big ideas with an enthusiastic fundraising effort for increased estate commitments, capital support for buildings and endowments, and the Annual Sustaining Fund. The Second Century Campaign ultimately clocked in at $170 million for character and academic development and attracting top-notch students and faculty. “Most people dread asking for money,” Mr. Michaels says. “I’ve actually enjoyed it, because when you believe in something, it’s easy to talk about it and try to get other people excited about it.” Mr. Michaels’ most recent project at McCallie has been launching and funding the Faculty Fellows program, which will reward outstanding teachers annually with stipends and feedback (see this issue’s cover story). In looking back over these many years of brainstorming, fundraising and implementing so many influential initiatives, Mr. Michaels can name many highlights. The southward expansion of campus mirrors the goal of the strategic plan to attract the nation’s finest boarding students, an initiative that the Honors Scholarship Program has undoubtedly aided. “One of the highlights of every year for me is to come back at Honors Weekend and see all of the boys and their families,” he says. He’s also seen an amazing return on his original investment in McCallie, the Alumni Math Chair, whose endowment has grown over the past two decades to twice its original value. “I was quite interested to see that there were 10 boys this year taking sophomorelevel college courses, none of which were available 10 years ago,” he says. “So the math curriculum at the school has definitely been deepened, and in a country that needs more math and science expertise, I think it’s wonderful that McCallie’s been able to do that.” Director of Development Curtis Baggett ’65 has been on staff at McCallie in various capacities since 1972 and has witnessed firsthand the golden touches and transformations Michaels has initiated. Honoring Mr. Michaels was not an easy task, Mr. Baggett says, but one the school certainly felt was necessary.
“Ed has never asked for recognition for himself,” E d Mich ael s ’ C o n t r ib u t io n s Mr. Baggett says. “In fact, we have tried on several »» Initiated the Alumni Chair of Mathematics occasions to honor him »» Initiated the Honors Scholarship Program among our peer schools at »» Leader in developing McCallie’s Strategic Plan national conferences. His »» Funded the new Faculty Fellows Program focus has always been on »» Spearheaded the Second Century Capital Campaign serving McCallie School, »» Served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees never on elevating himself or being in the limelight. He has always been willing to praise others, and he has always been willing to make the tough calls. He has given McCallie School so much of his dedicated time and talent that if he were on the payroll, we would have to mount another capital campaign just to pay him what he is worth to The campus Dining Hall was constructed during Michaels’ tenure as Chairman of the Board. the school. Ed Michaels is the pinnacle of a volunteer, a leader, and a hero for McCallie School.” While Mr. Michaels admits that it will be ways to be involved,” he says. “But right somewhat strange to step away from Mcnow it’s not in any formal, official way.” Callie work after so many years of dedicatIn the meantime, the road named for ed involvement, he believes strongly in the him appropriately continues to lead the rotation of board members, and in passing way to McCallie’s next big endeavor. By the torch to a new dedicated group of trust- May 2010, Michaels Drive will be the main ees. “I’m sure I’ll always have a great deal of thoroughfare to the school’s new dormitofondness in my heart for McCallie and find ry, Burns Dormitory. ■
Dr. Kirk Walker ’69 (left) and Trustee Tim Stump ’75 (right) present Ed Michaels (center) with one of several special gifts at his retirement sendoff in May.
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Teach for America:
Developing the Delta Travis Starkey ’03 heard the call of the teaching profession, signed up with Teach for America and chose to teach in an impoverished area in the Mississippi Delta. His work has been rewarding, not just to his students, but to himself as well.
Travis Starkey ’03 may be one of the wealth-
iest teachers in the Southeast. But his riches are not measured in dollars, stock market shares or a 401k. Mr. Starkey teaches second grade in Clarksdale, Miss., as part of the Teach For America program. His fortune is gauged in his own human compassion and in the daily impact he makes in the lives of the lowincome community children he instructs. “My personal satisfaction is not derived from the attainment of certain data
points,” Mr. Starkey says. “But from those moments of learning during which I am able to bring my students to understand a certain concept while, more importantly, they take another step towards greater selfconfidence and understanding.” Teach for America recruits working professionals and recent college graduates from all areas of study and career interests to commit to teaching two years in rural and urban public schools in some of the nation’s highest-poverty communities.
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TFA Founder and Chief Executive Officer Wendy Kopp had the inspiration for this program while an undergraduate at Princeton University, and her idea was in classrooms by 1990. Since then, Teach for America has set up operations in 29 regions, recruited over 14,000 corps members and educated nearly 3 million students. Mr. Starkey was influenced by several professors during his time at the University of North Carolina, and his social awareness of world injustices was heightened; his conscience sharpened. Armed with a degree in International Studies with minors in French and Social and Economic Justice, Mr. Starkey entered the teaching field. A summer of required training from Teach for America in 2007 led him to Clarksdale, a city of just over 20,000 and the second-most populated city in the Mississippi Delta region. The Delta is the flat flood plain region of West and Northwest Mississippi which, because of its location between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers, boasts some of the world’s most fertile soil. Famous for its production of cotton, the Delta is also known as the birthplace to blues music, which eventually spawned rock ‘n’ roll. Unfortunately, the Delta is also considered one of the most economicallydepressed areas in the nation, where onethird of the population lives below the poverty line. While TFA corps members can accept assignments in metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Houston and Philadelphia, Mr. Starkey felt a calling to the Delta area. “I wanted to put to work my understanding of and experience with underlying racial tensions that exist in the South,” he says. “The pull of a number of urban placements was strong, but I decided it would be best for me to teach in a place where I would only have to deal with the culture shock that first-year teaching entails, rather than also forcing myself to learn the ropes in a radically different environment such as Chicago or San Francisco.”
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“I teach everyday because I love being with my students.” Travis Starkey ’03
According to Teach for America, the organization’s aim is to end educational inequity. TFA defines this as the reality that, in our country, where a child is born determines his or her educational outcomes and, in turn, life prospects. The corps members are able to witness this inequity while at the same time gain an understanding of how to solve it. Mr. Starkey is one of over 6,000 corps members already entrenched in an increasingly-competitive educational organization. According to a recent article in the “U.S. News & World Report”, nearly 25,000 top graduates applied for only 3,700 teaching spots with TFA. The average grade point average for the corps in 2008 was 3.6. The corps members, TFA says, work to bring strong leadership to every level of the school system, minimize the extra challenges facing children growing up in lowincome communities, build the capacity of schools and school systems and change the prevailing ideology through their examples and advocacy. The challenges in the Delta are many. But Mr. Starkey understands how he can make a difference and is doing just that at Myrtle Hall IV Elementary. “I teach everyday because I love being with my students,” he says. “Now that I understand that my students really do come to school with the hope that they will, as we say, have stronger brains at 2:45, I am able to put forth much more energy into my teaching than I might otherwise. To see
a student’s face light up after having read a sentence fluently, solved a previously impossible math problem, or assembled a coherent piece of writing is a priceless experience, and one I have the good fortune of seeing daily.” Mr. Starkey’s decision to begin his career with Teach for America follows the path that McCallie’s Core Beliefs set forth for each McCallie student. Specifically, McCallie believes that excellent teachers are those who model a lifelong love of learning and intellectual growth and who inspire and support their students, and McCallie strives to develop leadership skills, civic responsibility and community involvement. But Mr. Starkey singled out one McCallie lesson, one nugget of knowledge that has served him best as he continues in the teaching profession. McCallie, he says, taught him how to prioritize tasks to make sure his time is spent wisely. “As a teacher, prioritizing various tasks and learning goals for my students is crucial,” Mr. Starkey says. “If I don’t have a clear idea of what my students must know and how we should be spending our class time, they will not leave my classroom ready for third grade. This becomes more urgent when you consider that many of them arrived in my classroom below grade level in reading, meaning that my plans must be that much more focused and wellexecuted.” Now in his second year in Clarksdale, Mr. Starkey has a message of his own to share.
Mills Publishes Book on Slave History Kincaid Mills ’88 worked 15 years to help keep alive the culture, the language and the spirit of the Gullah people of Coastal South Carolina. In a recently-published book, “Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories,” Mills and a team of two others compiled and edited hundreds of pages of interviews conducted by Genevieve W. Chandler. From 1936 to 1938, Chandler interviewed over 100 former slaves and their descendants who populated and settled in the Coastal and Sea Island areas of the Palmetto State. Her subjects offered detailed descriptions on everything from the slave
lifestyle and living conditions to the culture and music of the Gullah people. Mills gained an interest in this subject as an American Studies student at Sewanee and used Chandler’s interviews as source materials for his thesis. Together, with Chandler’s daughter, Genevieve C. Peterkin, and Aaron McCollough, he has published the expansive interview library in “Coming Through” and included a biography of each interview subject. Mills says two more volumes are in the works. The book is available in the McCallie Bookstore or on-line at the University of South Carolina Press (www.sc.edu/uscpress/) or Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
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“I will never discount the importance of teaching a child to learn and employ various skills,” he says. “But the most enduring lesson I can leave them with is that they ultimately control how smart they are. If they enter later grades with an unfailing determination to excel, they will be able to do more for themselves than I could ever do, long after they’ve left my classroom.” ■
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The McCallie Faculty Fellows Program will annually reward outstanding educators who make a positive impact on both the academic and character development of their students. The first Fellows class was announced this fall. McCallie magazine |
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A small sign above the entrance to Tom Boyd’s
chemistry lab room declares to students who enter, ‘Chemistry just got a whole lot better.’ Many believe that with the recent establishment of the McCallie Faculty Fellows Program, McCallie just got a whole lot better. Former Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Michaels ’60 has spent much of the last 20 years working to improve McCallie. He knows the value of a McCallie education is enhanced by the quality of its teachers, a group he says greatly influenced his life and molded and shaped countless other McCallie men for more than 100 years. Always an idea man, Mr. Michaels proposed the development of a Faculty Fellows program, and after several years of research, discussion and tweaking, his plan was enthusiastically adopted by the McCallie administration. The program is designed to recognize outstanding faculty members during their Professional Review Year. The honorees will be defined as outstanding educators who have a profoundly positive impact on both the academic and character development of their students. The committee will select approximately five Fellows annually from the pool of about 25 teachers who are undergoing their review and award each a $2,500 supplement per year for four years, funded through an endowment established by Mr. Michaels. McCallie’s faculty is evaluated every four years, so the Fellowship selection process was built into the existing review process. All teachers will be eligible for the Fellows honor in conjunction with their review year. As part of the evaluation process, faculty were considered based on classroom observations, class surveys, a professional improvement plan, department input, response to strategic questions, a personal teaching portfolio and nominations from alumni and parents. “We have done a lot for the faculty over the last 20 to 30 years,” Mr. Michaels says. “But it occurred to me that there must be something else that could be helpful in recognizing some of our best faculty and could be somewhat transformational in the faculty. Character development and academic development in the mission of McCallie are of equal importance. We didn’t just want the brilliant classroom teacher who really didn’t have a great deal of interest in the boys and their character and his or
her responsibility as a mentor and model. We wanted faculty who were good at both.” This year’s initial class of McCallie’s Faculty Fellows is certainly a distinguished quintet: Tom Boyd, Science Department Chair; Rebecca Burnette, sixth grade English teacher and team co-coordinator; John Lambert, English Department Chair; Lance Nickel, holder of Alumni Chair of Mathematics and Director of Professional Growth; and Ed Snodgrass, holder of Joseph Glenn Sherrill Chair of Bible. Each one meets or goes beyond matching the selection criteria. The honorees certainly see the value of this award and the encouragement it lends to faculty Lance Nickel (bottom left), Tom Boyd (bottom right) and Ed Snodgrass (top right) members for years to come. at the 2008 Commencement. “I was pretty happy about it,” says Mr. Nickel, a faculty member since 1974. “If you have been doing something for 35 years, you start wondering if you are loscriteria, was accessible to all, was renewing your effectiveness or not, and you need able and was certainly unique. little shots, little jolts to make you under“McCallie is deeply appreciative of Ed stand and realize that yeah, there are some Michaels’ vision, generosity and desire to folks out there who appreciate what you’ve help the school recognize and reward its been doing for all these years.” greatest asset – its faculty,” Dr. Walker says. As an added benefit, each reviewed fac“It is our hope that in the years ahead, this ulty member will receive thorough respons- program will not only reward those teaches from his or her evaluation. ers who have achieved a high level of excel“Teachers don’t get much feedback,” Mr. lence, but will also inspire and encourage Michaels says. “We really wanted this prothose faculty who are continually developgram to be something that would not only ing their craft.” recognize the best of the best, but would The 2008 class of the Faculty Fellows also provide developmental, constructive, has a combined 125 years of experience even loving feedback to everyone. It was teaching at McCallie. Each member was not patterned after any other program. honored and humbled upon receiving word I’m hopeful that this will be very helpful from Dr. Walker that he or she was being in rewarding our best faculty members and recognized with this award. Each of them helpful in the development of all our faculty members. I hope it will help in attracting new teachers and reFACULTY FELLOWS SELECTION CRITERIA taining our best teachers.” »» Passion for teaching and their subject Headmaster Kirk Walk»» Knowledgeable about the subject and effective at helping er ’69 worked closely with students understand the material Mr. Michaels to lay the »» Enthusiastic and energetic blueprint for the Fellow»» Effective communicator ship. They gathered faculty award information from »» Genuinely interested in the student as a person and his well-being a wide selection of oth»» Approachable, accessible, patient and understanding er nationally-prestigious »» Challenges boys to be more than they think they can be schools, but wanted to be »» Stresses character and values in and out of the classroom. sure McCallie’s Faculty »» Offers thoughtful and helpful ways to improve Fellows program had clear McCallie magazine |
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Character development and academic development in the mission of McCallie are of equal importance.
– ED MICHAel s pa st chairm a n o f the boa rd
John Lambert (standing) engages students in one of his classes.
felt indebted to Mr. Michaels for initiating the program and applauded the selection process. “The thing I like most is they did a thorough canvassing of alumni and parents,” Mr. Nickel says. “To me, to get a vote of confidence from them is the high point. The fact that there are some alums out there who are still thinking about when they were in my class 30 years ago, or a parent who appreciates what I’ve been doing in class over the last year gives you a continuity to what you have been doing over the last few years.” Rev. Snodgrass ’73, a member of the faculty since 1985, supports the idea of rewarding faculty who are working hard to be the best teachers they can be. “I feel a real sense of gratitude for Ed Michaels and his vision,” Snodgrass says. “He’s trying to find ways to make McCallie better, and I think this is an incentive and an appreciation piece. I know it’s greatly appreciated, and it wouldn’t happen if it weren’t
for a means beyond our operating budget, a designated gift that says, ‘this is where I want to have an impact on a school.’” Mr. Michaels recently retired from his position as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at McCallie (see pages 6 and 7). Other Michaels’ legacies include the founding of the McCallie Honors Scholarship Program, chair of the school’s last strategic plan and chair of the Second Century Campaign which raised almost $170 million through estate commitments and Capital and Sustaining Fund gifts and pledges. Established in 1998, the Honors Program awards exceptional upper school students scholarships based solely on merit. Mr. Michaels helped raise $13 million to get the Honors Program off the ground. “I went up to Ed recently and thanked him for all he has done for the school,” Mr. Boyd says. “When he started the Honors Program, I think that was one of the biggest things to happen to McCallie in terms of getting students. I remember we McCallie magazine |
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used to take our day students who were very, very smart and put them in Honors Chemistry in the ninth grade. We never had boarders. The boarders had to wait until the 10th grade before they came in. When we started the Honors Program, all of a sudden we had some boarding students coming in and found out they were good. I would say that we now have as many very good boarding students taking the three sciences – biology, chemistry, physics – as day students.” The character-building aspect of this venerable institution’s mission is not lost on the Faculty Fellows honor. Faculty members are expected to foster character among the students with the goal that the young men will leave McCallie with this trait ingrained. Teachers who pass along strong character traits, whether it be in the classroom, by example or through dorm life, made an impact on the authors of the Fellows program. “It’s really easy with English,” says Mr. Lambert, a faculty member since 1986. “In English, you are always confronting questions of ethics and character and morality. It’s almost impossible to have an English class and not be confronting issues of character. You read Thoreau and Emerson and you realize how difficult it is to act with integrity when the world is pulling you to act out of expedience. You read ‘Moby Dick’ and you enter into conversations about the dangers of becoming so singly focused on something, even something that may be noble, that you lose your own humanity in the process. That’s the beauty of teaching literature. You are always engaging in conversations of what it means to be human.” Pointing the students toward integrity begins as early as the middle school years at McCallie. “In the middle school and in sixth grade, we spend quite a bit of time directly teaching the boys about character through orientation-type activities that we do with them, from role playing to talking to them about what honor is and why that is a significant characteristic,” says Mrs. Burnette, in her 11th year on the Ridge. “They are very accepting in the sixth grade.” A school is nothing without its teachers. The heart and soul of McCallie is its faculty. The implementation of the Faculty Fellows Program will reward McCallie’s best teachers each year and help to make an exceptional institution even better. ■
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Faculty Fellows Profiles
Tom Boyd
Science Chair
Facult y Member Since 1974
On His Teaching Style – “I am part of the old-school teaching. I do a lot of lectures, but I’m fairly detailed. I let the students do a lot of problem solving in the classroom. Mine is a lot of hands-on type work. We don’t do a lot of papers. Most of my class is lab work. They get a really good hands-on experience with lab work, and then they take the labwork material and apply it to the classroom.” On A Unique Classroom Experience – “I had a very interesting experience once. We were demonstrating how sodium metal, when you put it in water, is very fast-reacting. It gives off a lot of energy and it pops. Two things happened. First, I had one boy standing on my right shoulder, and that thing popped. The sodium made a real loud pop sound. The next thing I knew, he was down flat on the floor. He had been around explosives before. I could tell. He knew exactly what to do. He covered his head and he was down. All the other guys were just laughing. The second thing, I could not find the sodium. When that thing popped out of the beaker, I could not find it. I was getting ready to take my shower at home, and back then I had hair, and it was stuck in my hair. That would have been something if it would have gotten in the shower.”
Rebecca Burnette Sixth Grade English/ Team Co-Coordinator
Facult y Member Since 1998
On Her Teaching Style – “It is a combination of strict expectations but a lot of fun. I feel very strongly that people should be able to enjoy what they are doing. I love my job; I enjoy doing it. I don’t see why the boys can’t enjoy what they are doing too. There is a balance. We have certain things that we have to learn, certain things we have to do, certain ways we have to do them and lots of structure in that sense, but at the same time, we bring in as much humor and as much fun and as much appeal to their different learning styles as we possibly can.” On Shooting Straight – “I’ve always believed that kids can understand really just about anything you want them to understand if you are straight with them. So if I have a little sixth grader and he is just not showing good character at all, I will pull him aside. I will be very direct with him and tell him exactly what I have seen, exactly how I have perceived it, how I’ve seen the other boys perceive it and what direction I think the boy should go from there.”
John Lambert
Lance Nickel
English Chair
Facult y Member Since 1986
On His Teaching Style – “Collaborative. The way I approach the classroom, I am one of 14 or 15 readers in a class, so I am one of 14 or 15 voices weighing in. A good class is one where I am doing 20 percent of the talking. I think what you do as a teacher is to equip people to have a voice in their writing and in their deliberations about literature. You allow them to bounce ideas off of you, but I rarely tell kids what something means. In literature, there is not a meaning. There are meanings. There is a great quotation out of the American Press, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” On Developing Character – “It’s really easy with English where you are always confronting questions of ethics and character and morality. It’s almost impossible to have an English class and not be confronting issues of character. You read Thoreau and Emerson and you realize how difficult it is to act with integrity when the world is pulling you to act out of expedience. You read “Moby Dick” and you enter into conversations about the dangers of becoming so singly-focused on something, even something that may be noble that you lose your own humanity in the process. That’s the beauty of teaching literature. You are there to always be engaging in conversations about what it means to be human.”
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Alumni Chair of Mathematics Director of Professional Growth
Facult y Member Since 1974
On His Teaching Style – “It has certainly evolved over the years. When I interviewed here 35 years ago, I told the headmaster that, for me, math was an art form. And I still teach it that way. I tell my students, ‘Let’s pause a minute and see the beauty of this.’ Just this morning I did a proof on the board of a theorem of which technology has long since taken away its value. That’s just the computer. You hit three buttons on the calculator and you have the solution. And yet it is just such a clever sort of proof that at the end you smile and say, ‘Aha, that’s kind of cool.’” On Developing Character – “I have lived in the dorm for 35 years. And you get to know these guys really well. I’ve always said you can’t give a final exam on character. We find out in 20, 30 years what kind of fathers they are, what kind of husbands they are, what kind of community leaders they are. That’s the final exam on character.”
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Ed Snodgrass
Joseph Glenn Sherill Chair of Bible Facult y Member Since 1985
On His Teaching Style – “I teach primarily seniors, and my style is somewhat Socratic. I challenge them to think and to respond. Everybody in my classes is ready to be on task. Nobody is off the hook. I’ll have wait time where if they don’t give an immediate response then we’ll wait for a minute. If there is still no response we’ll break the question down and try to understand a beginning point where they can start working through the question.” On Developing Character – “With the new brain power they have developed, they have to decide ‘what am I going to do with that?’ Who am I as an individual? That is where McCallie steps in. That is why you hear so many graduates say, ‘I went to college, I’ve done my job, I have my wife, but the most formative experience that I’ve had was those three or four years in the dorm at McCallie. That is when I decided who I was going to be for the rest of my life.’ That’s what happened to me, and that is why I am back here at McCallie. The experience was powerful, and I wanted to come back and be a part of this very positive thing. So I think we are fortunate to be right there at their crossroads in figuring out who they are going to be as an individual, and a piece of that is character. Am I going to be selfish and cheat and take the easiest route, or am I going to try to figure out how I can really be happy, how I can be a good boyfriend, love and honor my parents, love and honor God?”
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A C A D EMIC S
P UBL I SHED Second-year English teacher Erin Tocknell had two works published this past year.
National Merit Semifinalists: (L-R) Michael Parham (National Achievement Semifinalist), Boyd Jackson, Andrew Larkin, Drew Taylor, Alex Vey, Thomas Dugger, Arun Augustine, David Prichard and Uzo Jon-Ubabuco (National Achievement Semifinalist)
McCallie continues to stand out as an institution which produces outstanding students. This fall, 21 seniors were recognized as either National Merit Semifinalists or National Merit Commended Students. National Merit Semifinalists represent the top two percent of more than 1.5 million juniors nationwide who took the Preliminary SAT last year. About half of the 16,000 Semifinalists will go on to be designated Merit Scholars and receive a merit-based award for use in college. The College Board also names about 34,000 Commended Students, recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Their score on the Preliminary SAT places them among the top five percent of the 1.5 million juniors who entered the competition. McCallie, which has averaged eight semifinalists since 2000, boasts seven National Merit Semifinalists for 2008-09 and 14 Commended Students. McCallie’s National Merit Semifinalists for the Class of 2009 include Arun Augustine of Cleveland, Tenn.; Thomas Dugger of Ringgold, Ga.; Boyd Jackson of Athens, Ala.; Andrew Larkin of Richardson, Texas; David Prichard of Concord, N.C.; Drew Taylor of Danville, Ky.; and Alex Vey of Hixson, Tenn. The 14 Commended Seniors are: Tate Ball of Chattanooga; Ross Bell of Statesville, N.C.; Will Bishop of Signal Mountain; Ethan Engel of Englewood, Fla.; Travis Grody of Chattanooga; Dylan Hays of Rock Hill, S.C.; Alex Hostetler of Durham, N.C.; Uzo Jon-Ubabuco of Arlington, Texas; Drew Lange of Surrey, England; Daniel Lapihuska of Hixson; Peter McCall of Signal Mountain; Chris Schlabach of Chattanooga; Clay Shepherd of Bradenton, Fla.; and Jimmy Tobin of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
{ For full coverage on events around campus, visit www.mccallie.org. } FA CULT Y Nineteen new faculty and staff members joined McCallie over the past year, and another four moved to a new position this fall. The newest members of the faculty and staff are: UPPER SCHOOL: Correna Andrews (Biology/ Learning Center Assistant); Chris Carpenter ’96 (History); Chris Cushenbery (Math); Tim Foote (History); Andy Funk (Spanish); David Sewell (Spanish/Assistant Athletic Trainer); Ryan Wadley (Registrar); Krue Brock ’86 (Adjunct Math); Rachel Rogers (Adjunct Math). MIDDLE SCHOOL: Bob Ateca (Social Studies). STAFF: Elizabeth Clossin (Administrative Assistant to Day Admission); Jersey DeMarco (Head Athletic Trainer); Marcy Doyle (Administrative Assistant to Athletic Director); Beth Gaffney (GPS/McCallie Coordinator); Peterson Hostetler ’02 (Assistant Director of Boarding Admission); Bonnie McLellan (Administrative Assistant to Boarding Admission); Jeff Romero (Assistant Director of Communications); Bubba Simmons (Athletic Director); Graham Thompson ’04 (Assistant Director of Boarding Admission). Additionally, four members of the faculty and staff switched roles this fall. Longtime athletic director Bill Cherry is now a math teacher in the Middle School. Former registrar Josh Deitrick has become the Upper School chaplain. Prentice Stabler ’02 moves from the Admission Office to teach history in the Upper School, and Devin Delaughter has switched from the Middle School to teach math in the Upper School.
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One, entitled “Our Most Segregated Hour,” won the AWP Intro Journals Award and was published in the latest issue of the Tampa Review. The creative nonfiction piece mixes memoir and historical research to examine issues of history, race and space in Nashville, according to Tocknell. The piece centers around the church where she grew up and the struggles it faced in the 1960s as the congregation wrestled with its responsibilities in the Civil Rights Movement. Another creative nonfiction essay, “Rowing Through the Ruins,” was selected for inclusion in “Pittsburgh In Words,” a special online and print piece celebrating the Pennsylvania city’s 250th anniversary. In the essay, she explores the change in the city by way of her morning rows while a student at Carnegie Mellon University. Tocknell was invited to read her essay at a special event in Pittsburgh in October. The publication also included works from such authors as Annie Dillard, John Edgar Wideman and Gerald Stern.
C OMMUNI T Y The Art Club is sponsoring a campaign called M-1. It’s purpose is to remind each student and faculty member to pick up at least one piece of litter on campus each day. If the numbers add up, the campus community will throw away over 750 pieces of trash each day.
A R TS Art Department Chair Jack Denton was one of 15 high school art teachers selected nationally to attend the High School Art Teacher Forum in November at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. The Forum was hosted by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University, which says it recognizes that high school art teachers play a key role in preparing young artists and designers for success at the university level and beyond. Part of the Forum included a sharing session where the teachers showed some of their students’ work to the others in attendance. Denton, a faculty member since 2002, said Washington University likely became familiar with the McCallie art program through its annual catalog which features over 50 of the school’s best works of art in the various mediums. Last year’s edition was curated by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ga. He said the 2008 catalog is 95 percent completed and should be available in late November.
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Paying Dividend$
When a handful of upper school students began meeting to discuss
the stock market last year, they weren’t expecting their hobby to have a global impact – but it did. Russ Purdy ’08 and David Bailey ’09 founded the McCallie Investment Society (MIS) as an outlet for students who wanted to learn more about business and investing. Purdy enjoyed discussing the stock market and decided to start a more formal gathering. The newly-formed MIS elected officers and established a “model” portfolio of $100,000. After a successful year of research and investing, MIS asked Headmaster Kirk Walker ’69 to consider allowing students to manage a portfolio using endowment money. Dr. Walker asked of their plans with any market gains. They said they wanted to reinvest 75 percent and use the other 25 percent to support charitable projects. Dr. Walker then offered a compromise, suggesting that, under the supervision of their faculty sponsor Edward Snodgrass ’73, they maintain a virtual portfolio.
As the students work to raise the matching funds, Mr. Pattillo has been helping the group choose microfinance funds in which to invest. Bailey, now MIS President, sees the microfinance fund as an opportunity not only to learn but also to make a difference. “When you look at whether you want to be successful or you want to help people,
“The microfinance opportunity is going to be an important outreach to a whole world that is very distant from the McCallie life.” Ed Snodgrass ’73, MIS Faculty Advisor
Although the club doesn’t own any actual stock, they buy and sell based on the market’s current value. The school then supports their endeavor by donating 25 percent of their profits back to the MIS to distribute to worthwhile causes. The MIS ended its first school year on a high note, outperforming the major stock indexes by eight percent. With its earnings, the group purchased business and finance books for the school library, donated computers to a school in Africa, contributed to a local diabetes walk and helped fund the McCallie Habitat for Humanity chapter’s trip to Tanzania. Students who participate in MIS learn how to value individual companies and analyze investment strategies. “The officers are learning how to set agendas, lead meetings, use ethical trading practices, host guest speakers and prepare for a future career,” Rev. Snodgrass said. “I am very impressed as they research stocks and justify their picks with enthusiasm.” MIS’s most significant accomplishment thus far came as a complete surprise. At the start of the spring 2008 semester, guest speaker Robert Pattillo, a former McCallie parent and founder of the Grey Ghost Microfinance Fund, spoke to the students about microfinance, a type of investing where people in impoverished countries are given very small loans to start a business, further their education or invest in their communities. At the end of his presentation, Mr. Pattillo astonished the group by announcing he was giving them $25,000 to start their own microfinance portfolio. In addition, Mr. Pattillo promised to add to the portfolio by matching any student donation 5:1 up to $25,000, and any alumni or parent donation 1:1 up to $10,000.
microfinance is a bridge between both worlds,” he said. Bailey explained that loan recipients can often double or triple their incomes in as little as a year, helping to bring their families out of poverty. The loan is then paid back, the interest gained as profit, and the cycle begun again. “They build businesses, those businesses in turn can employ others, and the economy benefits as a whole,” Bailey said. Rev. Snodgrass said that extending those small loans is especially important in today’s volatile economy. “The market downturn is not just a United States event,” he said. “The tightening of credit and cash assets available makes it even harder for entrepreneurs seeking small loans in impoverished areas to find capital. Small loans can make a tremendous difference in the lives of individuals and whole villages. The microfinance opportunity is going to be an important outreach to a whole world that is very distant from the McCallie life.” Awareness raised by the fund’s establishment has generated a sharp increase in students’ interest in the MIS, and this year the group has already received more than 60 applications. Throughout the coming year, the students hope to raise enough funds to complete Pattillo’s matching challenge, finance more Habitat trips and student service initiatives and begin raising student awareness of financial issues through a column in “The Tornado,” the school’s newspaper. Fifty percent of profits from the McCallie Microfinance Fund will be used to reimburse the portfolio principal, and fifty percent will be given to school and community service projects. In addition, MIS will continue its model stock portfolio. “We want to again outperform the indexes, get other students involved and create a stimulating environment for students interested in business,” Bailey said. ■
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A Gift From
CHINA Technical support operator Tim Stowell studied the Chinese language at McCallie prior to adopting his daughter, Tian, from China.
When Tim Stowell enrolled in the Middle
School’s Chinese I class last fall, he was not the typical McCallie student. Stowell is no stranger to McCallie – he’s worked as a technology support operator here for 13 years – but studying Mandarin Chinese with a dozen Middle School boys was certainly a new adventure. Stowell signed up for the class when he and his wife, Ellen, began the process of adopting their 8-year-old daughter, Tian, from China. Since Tian’s English was limited – before she left China, she knew only “Coca-Cola,” “chocolate,” and “no”– Stowell wanted to be able to communicate with her on a basic level.
As the semester began, Stowell soon found that adjusting to an academic schedule on top of his normal workday wasn’t exactly easy. “I found it very hard to work and take a class, mainly because the class met at different times every day,” Stowell said. “Plus, I hadn’t been to school in a long time,” he added, smiling. Stowell soon learned that taking Chinese was completely different than the Spanish he had studied in high school. Not only was there a new set of words and meanings, but also a vast and complex set of Chinese characters. And even more difficult, Stowell said, was distinguishing between important tonal inflections – some Chinese sounds can mean many different things depending on usage, each important to the word’s interpretation. When it came to hearing and pronouncing the Chinese tones, Stowell said that his younger classmates had the advantage. “Taking Chinese at my age, I could not hear the tonal inflections like the younger students could,” he said. “They could hear those slight variances that I couldn’t.” McCallie magazine |
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Stowell said that when it was hard for him to hear the Chinese tones, he would concentrate on the context of what was being discussed in order to understand. Though it can take years to become fluent in Mandarin, Stowell was satisfied with the knowledge he gained at McCallie. “There are 400,000 symbols in Chinese,” he said. “I figured that by the time I finished the class I knew about 300 words, and I felt pretty good about that.” In March, the time came for the Stowells to travel to China to meet and bring home their new daughter. Though not completely finished with Chinese I, Stowell was eager to try communicating with his limited Chinese. “I didn’t want to go to China and have to say everything through an interpreter, even if it was just the common courtesy of saying thank you,” Stowell said. Although Tian’s English vocabulary increased quickly once she arrived in Chattanooga and began school, Stowell has relied on his language skills to help her adjust. “I’ve been able to use the Chinese that I’ve learned as a bridge between Tian’s knowledge of English and my limited Chinese,” he said. “Also, I still insert Chinese into my regular vocabulary, because I want her to keep her Chinese as much as possible.” Stowell plans to continue his studies by going back through his textbook, while teaching Ellen and helping Tian learn to read and write more Chinese characters. Although he doesn’t plan to take another Chinese class in the near future, he’d like to continue learning on his own – something he and Tian will continue doing together, every day. ■
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Leaving Footprints Don Williams ’53 spent the last 50 years
being with McCallie only in spirit. Mr. Williams had not been able to attend any of his previous class reunions or serve the school in other volunteer capacities. His career as a seminarian and now as owner and operator of Mid-America Properties in Chicago held heavy demands on his time and travel. But his 55th Reunion was one event he had circled on his calendar. “Curtis and Anne invited me to be CoChair of the Reunion Board,” Williams says, referring to Director of Development Curtis Baggett and Anne Pitts, Director of Reunion Gifts. “This was an opportunity to manifest in some tangible way my love and appreciation for the school. McCallie supplied the foundation that launched me into my young adult and adult life.” Williams had a vision for the Class of ’53 gift, a testament to the school, his classmates and those who have already passed. His proposal was a memorial gift honoring their deceased classmates, a sentiment that was widely accepted. “I had seen the 2007 Annual Report and went through it page by page,” he says. “I noticed one section in there gave an opportunity to make gifts in honor of or in memory of someone whom they held in high regard. I thought one of the things that all of us would like to do is to leave footprints which are not washed away by waves when we are gone.” His fellow board members supported him completely. “Perhaps this could become a tradition.” Buoyed by the idea, the ’53 reunion board proposed a fund-raising goal of $55,000, $1,000 for each year they’ve lived as McCallie alumni. Under the direction of Mr. Williams and his co-chair, Dan Crates, the distinguished collection of 70-somethings sailed well beyond all expectations and presented McCallie with a $156,622 gift – nearly three times the target amount – toward the Annual Sustaining Fund. If the memorial gift does become a tradition, then the Class of ’53 has laid a solid foundation for future classes to build upon. All 21 deceased class members were memorialized this year by one or more of their 1953 classmates. Several board members honored more than one classmate. One, Cody Laird of Atlanta, gave a generous gift
Find out more about the Reunion Gift Program by contacting Anne Pitts, the program’s director, at apitts@ mccallie.org.
in memory of a longtime friend, Al Hall, who named his son Cody. “McCallie’s legacy to me is the quality of the education,” Mr. Williams says. “The moral values it taught kept me in good stead. It taught me to aim high, to aspire to do Reunion Class of ’53; Don Williams (fifth from left, front row) good things, and equipped me with the confidence that I for 2008 totaled $537,000, an excellent was capable of that. It taught me that I example of the sense of loyalty, generosity could be successful in doing good things, and spirit shared by McCallie graduates. live a life of service for others, and it cer“In the first four years of the Reunion tainly gave me confidence in matters acaGift Program, 26 classes have contributdemic and intellectual.” ed an aggregate $2.1 million to the Annual The four-year-old Reunion Gift Program Sustaining Fund, nearly tripling their prehas not merely affected the lives of those reunion giving levels,” Pitts says. “Reunion from the class of ’53. The program encourWeekend attendance has been higher than ages reunion classes to raise and donate ever, too, and specialized reunion activispecial class gifts to the Annual Sustainties continue to improve. What a tribute to ing Fund in honor of their reunion celebraclass pride and the giving spirit of McCaltions. The combined Reunion Class Gift lie men.” ■
REUNION BOARD MEMBERS BY CLASS Class of ’53 – $156,622 Jim Bealle Jim Campbell John Christian Dan Crates, Co-Chair Larry Dantzler Don Hartman Bob Huffaker Tad Johnston Charles Lloyd David Moore Walter Morris Dan Rather Don Williams, Co-Chair Class of ’58 – $92,311 Ronnie Brown Bill Carriger Neal Culver Joe Davis Barton Dick Tiger Jones, Co-Chair Jay Lawrence Franklin McCallie Johnny McConnell Phil O’Steen John Parham Bob Walker Don Welch, Co-Chair Class of ’63 – $40,021 Steve Bullard David Cocke Bobby Glasgow Ed Good Paul Killebrew George McCall Marshall McCallie
Barry Parker Jack Peay Tim Peters Kersey Smith Mitch Taylor Herbert Thornbury, Chairman Class of ’68 – $47,079 Ches Alper Bill Asbury Rafe Banks B.B. Branton Skip Brock John Freeze Steve Kent Charlie Marlin, Co-Chair Carrington Montague David Muhlendorf Ken O’Herron David Paris Bob Rush Chris Tull, Co-Chair Class of ’73 – $53,152 David Anderson Peter Anderson Hill Carrow Dek Driscoll John Fogarty, Co-Chair Pat Graham Dixon Lewis Allen McCallie, Co-Chair David Nichols Britt Schaffeld Doug Stone John Straussberger Johnny White
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Class of ’78 – $74,159 Mike Anderson Joel Bautista David Binder Jay Brooks Elliott Davenport, Co-Chair Robert Divine, Co-Chair Bob Franklin Kemp Harr, Co-Chair Jack Head Rob Huffaker, Co-Chair Webster Hughes Steve Jacoway Joel Klein Brian Lander Mark Oldham Wiley Roark Bryan Rudisill Jamey Smith Tim Swain Jacques Wiener Class of ’83 – $26,756 Donny Armstrong Jim Blitch Charlie Brock Mitch Cobb David Crommelin Mott Ford Edwin Fort Fox Johnston Tory Johnston, Co-Chair Charlie Knox, Co-Chair Mike Lail James Marshall Ricky Park Dom Wyant Class of ’88 – $40,983 Hunter Byrnes Matt Caine Gordon Cashion Billy Eiselstein
Thomas Hayes, Co-Chair Michael Irby Charles Lambert, Co-Chair Alex Lawrence Joe Levi Jimmy Levine Kincaid Mills Parke Morris Colin Provine David Ruff Jim Scotchie John Spivey Class of ’93 – $11,404 Parker Baggett, Co-Chair Bradley Biddle Daniel Bradley Chapman Brown Rob Butts Andrew Grinstead, Co-Chair Bryan Hoss Stefan Schermerhorn Harrison Willis Class of ’98 – $8,073 Tony Ankar, Co-Chair Trip Brooks Calvin Calhoun Al Chapman Brown Dudley Tim Grein, Co-Chair Ben Jackson Sean Johnson Sanjay Kripalani Patrick LaRochelle Patrick Lowery Tom Peagler Matt Rabil Ryan Sparks Louis Sterchi Graham Swafford Claiborne Taylor Bryan Wyker
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In Memoriam Dr. Thomas S. Royster, Jr. ’36 of Vero Beach, Fla., died Aug. 4, 2008. He was a two-year boarding student who later earned degrees from the University of North Carolina and the University of Pennsylvania. While at McCallie, he was a member of the golf team, the rifle team, the Student Council and the Pennant. The retired vascular surgeon is survived by his wife Caroline, four children, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one sister. Henry Elmer Dyke Jr. ’37 of Manasquan, N.J., died December 6, 2007. The one-year boarding student later graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While at McCallie, he was a member of the football and baseball teams. The former sales representative for Texaco Oil is survived by three daughters, six grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Arthur Raleigh McCammon Jr. ’37 of Maryville, Tenn., died August 16, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended Maryville College. While at McCallie, he received the Don C. Peglar Memorial Award and was a member of the Student Council, the band, the orchestra and the basketball team. The lifetime farmer and community leader is survived by his wife Marjorie, one son, two daughters, and six grandchildren. George Noble Ennett ’41 of Asheville, N.C., died August 23, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended Davidson College. While at McCallie, he was a prefect and a member of the Tornado and the track and cheerleading teams. The founder of Corporate Benefit Services is survived by his wife Betty and three children. Kearney Arthur Mahler ’42 of Houma, La., died August 7, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Tulane College. While at McCallie, he was a member of the State Club and the tennis team. The retired furrier for Mahler Inc. is survived by his wife Mary, one son, two daughters, six grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren. Charles Thomas Perry Jr. ’42 of Garland, Texas, died August 5, 2008. The six-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee, Richland College, and the University of Alabama at Huntsville and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Astronomy Club, the State Club and the tennis team. The retired designer and draft maker is survived by one son, one daughter and three grandchildren.
Dr. William L. Eubanks ’45 of Norcross, Ga., died on September 14, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Emory Medical School. While at McCallie, he was a member of the State Club, the Glee Club and the Tornado. The retired ophthalmologist is survived by two sons, one daughter and one brother George ’49. Terry Sullivan ’48 of Chattanooga, died July 26, 2008. The two-year day student later attended Princeton University. While at McCallie, he received the Holton Harris Oratorical Award and was a member of the golf, volleyball and boxing teams and the French Club, debate team and the Tornado. Gordon McBride Sisk Jr. ’51 of Knoxville, Tenn., died September 2, 2008. The five-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Monogram Club and the baseball and gymnastics teams. The retired transportation executive is survived by his wife Carolyn, two children, and two granddaughters. Dr. John Alexander Galloway II ’54 of Litchfield, Connecticut, died August 21, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended Vanderbilt University. While at McCallie, he received the Jack Kinser Music Award and was a member of the band, the Rifle Team, the Astronomy Club, the State Club and the soccer team. The retired surgeon and naval officer is survived by his wife Laurel, six children and eight grandchildren. Arthur Copeland Blake Jr. ’55 of Louisville, Ky., died May 8, 2008. The two-year boarding student later attended the Georgia Institute of Technology. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Astronomy Club, the State Club and the tennis, track, golf and wrestling teams. The former stock broker, banker and management consultant is survived by his wife Suzanne, one son and one daughter. Charles Fleming Sexton Jr. ’57 of Knoxville, Tenn., died August 3, 2008. The four-year boarding student later attended the University of Tennessee. While at McCallie, he was a member of the baseball and tennis teams, the Missionary Committee, the Smoking Club, the Astronomy Club and the State Club. He is survived by his wife Frances, two daughters, four grandchildren, one brother, three nieces and one nephew.
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Ronald Bernard Brown ’64 of Grapevine, Texas, died July 18, 2008. The seven-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. While at McCallie, he was a member of KeoKio, the Missionary Committee, the Monogram Club and the basketball, baseball and football teams. The former sales development manager for Wells Fargo is survived by his wife Catherine and two children. Jere Ellis Meacham ’64 of Los Angeles, Calif., died September 29, 2008. The four-year day student later attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The former assistant manager of the Southern California Contractors’ Association is survived by his wife Pamela, son Jon ’87, brother G.B. Kirby ’61 and three grandchildren. Mark Alan Kingsley ’83 of Flintstone, Ga., died August 31, 2008. The four-year day student later received degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Texas at Austin. While at McCallie, he was a member of the Missionary Committee, the Glee Club, the Tornado, the French Club and the basketball and track teams. The former nurse is survived by his mother, one brother, one sister and three nephews. Brandon Blackwell ’11 of Dallas, Texas, died September 16, 2008. The one-year boarding student had returned home to complete high school. He is survived by his parents, his sister Peyton, his grandparents, and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
Charles Goldfinch of Cambridge, Ontario, died August 31, 2008. He taught history and English at McCallie from 1952 to 1954. He also coached wrestling. He is survived by his wife Christina, one daughter, two granddaughters and one brother.
Dean Warren James passed away in October. The next issue will include his obituary. Please see page 23 for instructions to submit memories of Dean James.
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leaving a McCallie The fourth generation: Many families have stayed with McCallie for three or four generations. Pictured are some current fourth generation McCallie students and recent graduates: (Front row) Wells Campbell ’13, Douglas Chapin ’08, Hudson Brock ’10, Builder Brock ’11, Sam Campbell V ’13, Spencer McCallie Gardner ’12, Robert Maclellan ’12, Fletcher Sims ’12; (back row) Hunter Brock ’13, Hamilton Heald ’14, Charlie Davenport ’14, Gordy Davenport ’14, Richard Park ’14, Morgan Boyd ’13 and Matthes Boyd ’13. Not pictured: Brad Davenport ’09, Baker Brock ’08 and J. Whitaker Brown Jr. ’09.
Legacy
For many students, McCallie is more than the place they’ve chosen to attend middle school or high school — it’s a family tradition. Some students are following in the footsteps of their fathers, grandfathers and even greatgrandfathers and becoming third and fourth generation McCallie Men. Spanish teacher John McCall ’61, a devoted McCallie historian, said it’s more than academic programs or athletics that keeps bringing families back. McCallie magazine |
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“I think we continue to come for a lot of reasons, but mainly for the values of the school,” McCall said. “The Christian values, honor, scholarship, developing the body as well as the mind — those are values that make McCallie great.” The school has certainly had a big impact on McCall’s family — his father, uncle, brothers Peter ’60 and Jeff ’69, two nephews, and his wife’s grandfather have also attended. ■
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Births&Weddings Births80s
To Michael Boggus ’83 and Monica a daughter, MaKyla Cari, on December 17, 2007. ■ To Doug Hightshue ’86 and Honor a son, Jackson Wheeler, on December 12, 2007. ■ To W.J. Kennedy IV ’88 and Patty, a daughter, Piper Elizabeth on January 22, 2008.
Births90s
Joshua London Sanders ’94 and his wife Kristina welcomed their first daughter Sophia London Lenore on December 28th, 2007. The Sanders live in Ridgefield, Conn.
Greg ’95 and Rebecca Scotchie welcomed Jackson Gregory on February 18, 2008.
To Jack Barger ’90 and Rachel a son, Hugh ‘Jackson’ IV, on October 28, 2007. ■ To Matthew Levine ’90 and Heather a son, Eli Benjamin, on May 9, 2008. ■ To Malloy Evans ’91 and Molly a son, Samuel Malloy, on February 22, 2008. ■ To Vann Bischoff ’92 and Amanda a daughter, Charlotte Faye ‘Charlie,’ on September 1, 2007. ■ To Douglas Kelly ’92 and Rachel a daughter, Katherine Hayes, on April 8, 2008. ■ To Brent Seelmeyer ’93 and Abigail a daughter, Charlotte, on June 3, 2008. ■ To Joshua Sanders ’94 and Kristina a daughter, Sophia, on December 28, 2007. ■ To T.W. Francescon Jr. ’95 and Laurel a son, Noah Silas, on May 7, 2008. ■ To Greg Scotchie ’95 and Rebecca a son, Jackson Gregory, on February 18, 2008. ■ To J.W. Ekiss ’96 and Gretchen a daughter, Sara Elizabeth, on March 26, 2008. ■ To Henry Glascock Jr. ’96 and Lauren a son, Henry Bryan III, on June 3, 2008. ■ To Tony Lizarraga ’96 and Katie, a daughter, Abigail Claire, on June 10, 2008. ■ To David Decosimo ’97 and Harmony a son, Myles David, on June 11, 2008. ■ To Michael Ross Delaney ’97 and Janet, a son, Michael Ross Jr., on July 17, 2007. ■ To Henry Burroughs ’98 and Julie a son, Henry Buck ‘Hank’ IV, on April 13, 2008.
Births00s
To Brent Bowman ’01 and Amanda a daughter, Layla Lea, on May 24, 2008. ■ To Russ May ’01 and Caitlin a daughter, Natalie Grace.
Weddings40s
William Marshall Goree ’41 to Julia Ann Dillinger on February 14, 2008.
Weddings70s
John Crowell ’73 to Pam Perrien on June 16, 2006. ■ Clarence Geiger ’75 to Lauriann Cash on December 15, 2007. ■ Greg Ray ’78 to Christy Erin Ramirez on July 7, 2007.
Weddings80s
Tom Cook ’84 to Dr. Betty J. Husband on August 2, 2008.
Weddings90s
J. Andrew Luedecke ’94 to Eleanor Walker Rogers on December 1, 2007. ■ John K. Nix Jr. ’94 to Ramsey Ann Harris on March 8, 2008. ■ Frank Johnson ’96 to Laura O’Kelley on May 17, 2008. ■ David Kendall ’96 to JanaRae Martin on July 12, 2008. ■ Robert Bush ’97 to Emma Hollon on April 19, 2008. ■ Matthew Killebrew ’98 to Katherine McCann on August 23, 2008. ■ David Talbird ’99 to Darlene Kristina Jean-Pierre on June 21, 2008. ■ Rob Weil ’99 to Alicia Andrade on June 14, 2008.
Weddings00s
Ethan Love ’00 to Kynda Lynn Larson on July 12, 2008. ■ Michael Lynch ’00 to Anna Cooley on June 30, 2007. ■ R. Clayton Sanders ’01 to Amanda Arrants on May 17, 2008. ■ Alan Faulkner ’02 to Kathryn James on December 29, 2007. ■ Timothy Passmore ’02 to Kimberly Hall on July 25, 2008. ■ Eric Peterson ’02 to Beth Kirby in November 2007. ■ Frank M. “Beau” Chambliss ’03 to Russell Wood on June 25, 2008.
Chapman ’93 and Emily Brown are the proud parents of Kennedy, Bennett and Frierson.
William E. Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper A. Reynolds III ’89, celebrated his first birthday on February 9, 2007, wearing the same McCallie T-shirt worn by his dad at about the same age years ago.
John Dowlen ’03 married Allison Geyer on June 28, 2008, in Memphis. McCallie attendees are from left to right: Bob Franklin ’78, Bo Franklin ’04, Sam Dowlen ’09, Mark Nagle ’03, Hugh Huffaker III ’73, the bride, Hugh Dowlen ’07, the groom, Bob Dann ’72, David Ray ’03, Stephen Rich ’03, Whit Dowlen ’05, and William Dann ’03.
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Fred Hollis ’32 is still volunteering daily as a reading buddy for Elder Care Services in the Leon County School System, giving Brain Gym exercises and conducting a daily reading program. He is also writing poetry in his free time. Marshall Goree ’41 married Julia Ann Dillinger on February 14, 2008, with his four daughters in attendance. The couple resides in Ooltewah, Tenn.
1960s
1940s
Chester Stephens ’40 was named Autauga County 2007 Farmer of the Year. He has operated a Christmas-tree farm in the Alabama county for over 40 years. Krieger Henderson ’41 and his wife Joan observed their 65th wedding anniversary in May. They are the proud “parents” of two loving, rescued beagles. Krieger retired from commercial & air show flying at age 80 and now keeps the wind in his face on a Yamaha motorcycle while Joan does her best to support the area’s farmers’ market.
Joseph David Hoyle ’01 married Hannah Elizabeth “Betsy” Peele on March 9, 2008. McCallie friends attending the wedding were Alex Dahlman ’01 (left), Alex Joujan ’01 (third from right) and Jonathan Hoyle ’01 (second from right, with his wife Laura ).
Jimmy Vann ’42 lives in Vero Beach, Fla., where he is retired from the medical practice that he ran for over 50 years. Howard Baker Jr. ’43, a former Tennessee Senator and Ambassador, has been honored with “American Lawyer” magazine’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill Frankum ’45 writes: “You know you’re getting old when your children are close to retirement!”
Ethan Love ’00 married Kynda Larson on July 12, 2008. McCallie friends pictured at the wedding include (from left) Christopher Love ’04, Aaron Love ’96, Michael Love ’99, the bride and groom, Mac Barry ’00 and Chris Catanese ’04.
Daniel Gilchrist ’59, retired after 23 years as senior minister of First Presbyterian Church in Carthage, Miss., is now a vice president of ENVISION, LLC. He is still involved in farming and management of timber lands in Alabama and Mississippi. He and his wife Carolyn live in Carthage.
Bill Burns ’46 and his wife Dottie celebrated their 50th anniversary last April, returning with their three sons, their wives and eight grandchildren to The Cloister at Sea Island, Ga., where they spent their honeymoon. “It was just a perfect time for us; wonderful weather, marvelous view, great facilities at the Cloister and a feeling from all of the members of our family that they were involved in something special,” Mr. Burns writes. “When the week was finally over, I think that the children would have loved to have stayed on, but they were told in no uncertain terms that the party was over.” Several members of the class of ’49 gathered for a special lunch last November at Art Paty’s home in Atlanta. Attending were Bill Caulkins, Bill Dietzen, Jim Abel, Jimmy Lyle, Herb Cohn, John Bennett, Mac Holland, Bill Bledsoe, Vaughn Dyer, Gail Hersh, Don Jackson, Joe Hamilton and Albert Pennybaker.
1950s
Dr. Jeff Helms ’54 retired from NOVANT – Forsyth Internal Medicine two summers ago after 38 years. After reading about Morris Thuku ’93 in the winter 2008 issue of “McCallie” magazine, Thayer Montague ’92 contacted him when he flew into Nairobi, Kenya, for a mission trip. The two were able to eat dinner together and spend time talking about McCallie and Morris’ work. “It was a wonderful visit, and I am amazed at what he and Andrew (Morris’ brother) have accomplished. Morris and Andrew are grateful for all the support they have received from McCallie as well as all the people he has communicated with since the article was published.”
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Lawrence Gold ’61 was selected by his peers as one of the 2008 Georgia Super Lawyers for the second time. He works for Carlton Fields in Atlanta. James L. Greenwalt, Jr. ’63 was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with “V” Device for heroism in ground combat on January 30, 1970, at Ap Rach Ban, Song Ong Doc District, An Xuyen Province, Vietnam. Michael Finney ’65 and his wife Glenda purchased a home near Sarasota, Fla., so they could split time between Minnesota and Florida. Their home provides a warm spot in the winter and easier access to their MG Force customers in Florida.
1970s
David Lewis ’72 recently joined the law firm of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP in Chattanooga as a partner in the firm’s health care practice group. Hank Watt ’73 is working as a rehabilitation counselor at Culpepper Juvenile Correction Center. Scott Smith ’76 joined the development department of the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School in October 2006. Rob Hines ’77 is a managing attorney for T-Mobile USA in Bellevue, Wash. Mark Oldham ’78 continues as owner and CEO of U.S. Hospitality Publishers. After 21 years, Mark says he’s looking for a new challenge while watching his son Houston (17) consider colleges and Rachel (13) enter eighth grade. Greg Ray ’78 and his wife Christy have started their own business, CAREER Coaches, which helps graduates find IT jobs. They moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., last year. Matt Robinson ’79 retired from his job of 15 years as manager of Chattanooga’s Outback Steakhouse. He plans to spend more time with his family and seek out new business opportunities. Dr. Jeffrey Sartin ’79 is an infectious disease physician who writes medical history articles and studies jazz guitar in his spare time.
1980s
Allen Abbott ’82 recently relocated to the Atlanta area from New England. He serves as a financial planner to 12 denominational groups through the Ministers & Missionaries Benefits Board.
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After earning his degree in veterinary medicine from the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine this year, Dr. John Crawford ’84 is beginning a second career as a veterinarian for the U.S. Army. He is stationed in Frederick, Md. Capt. Savas T. Kyriakidis ’84 is Command Judge Advocate for the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), an Alabama National Guard Unit, and is back to working as owner and manager of The Acropolis restaurant in Chattanooga. Thom Hughes ’86 recently relocated to Los Angeles, where he works for MGM Studios. “From video taping wrestling matches for Coach Connell to Hollywood…” he writes. Dr. Jay Wellons ’87 was named 2008 Sponsoring Physician of the Year by the National ThinkFirst Injury Prevention Foundation. ThinkFirst is a national brain and spinal cord injury prevention program. Dr. Wellons has served as a pediatric neurosurgery fellow at Children’s Hospital of Alabama and is an associate professor with the University of Alabama Birmingham. Brian Case ’88 is the athletic director and head football coach at the Randolph School in Huntsville, Ala.
1990s
Wes Michaels ’90 received an Award for Excellence for Analysis and Planning from the National Association of Landscape Architects. The award recognizes the work of his firm, Mossot+Michaels, on the Viet Village Urban Farm project in East New Orleans and is the highest award given in the area of analysis and planning. You can read more about the Viet Village Urban Farm project at http://asla. org/awards/2008/08winners/411.html William Smith ’90 is working as an artist in New Orleans. His online gallery is www.wmsjr.com John Ashe ’91 is a program manager with CLEAResult Consulting, an energy and environmental consulting firm in Austin, Texas. He also races road bikes regionally. Cade McDonald ’92 is the founder and CEO of achoo!Allergy & Air Products, a line of allergy relief and air purification products. George Stowers ’93 is working aboard the Emerald Princess as an internet manager. Daniel Liu ’94 was ordained to the priesthood in May in Cedar Park, Texas. Daniel Hagaman ’95 is living in Flinstone, Ga., and working with his brother Michael ’97 at Hagaman Carpet Industries. Ryan Coulter ’96 works as the internet and e-commerce manager for Rock/Creek Outfitters in Chattanooga.
Wright Lauten ’96 is a fourth-year ophthalmology resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Warner May ’96 received his master’s in business administration from Georgia State University and has been named a vice president for FleishmanHillard International Communications. William Priestley ’96 is a commercial banker living in Little Rock, Ark. David Stowers ’96 graduated from Loyola Law School this spring. Bryan Strain ’96 is now a Satellite Communications Specialist with the U.S. Army and is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., with his wife Elizabeth and their two children. Jeff Caughran ’98 is in his second year of medical school. He and his wife, Casey, live in Memphis, Tenn. Louis Sterchi ’98 works with the Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. Weston Raines ’99 is a captain in the Alabama National Guard and graduated from Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida in June. Steve Sibley ’99 is currently in Bangladesh as an intern with the Grameen Bank, the financial institution founded by Nobel Peace Prize-winner and former MTSU professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Robert Weil ’99 received his master’s in business administration from George Washington University in May.
2000s
Hunter Thomas McCord ’00 graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in May 2008 and accepted a one-year internship at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. 1st Lieutenant Penn Garvich ’01 recently graduated from Ranger School at Ft Benning, Ga., and is assigned to Camp Salerno, Khost, Afghanistan, with the 101st Airborne Division. E. Richardson LaBruce ’02 was named to the Law Review at The University of Mississippi School of Law. He is in his second year of law school at the University in Oxford. Stephen Rich ’03 is a second-year medical student at Georgetown University. He was a summer research fellow last summer at the National Institute of Health. Ensign William Dann ’03 recently began advanced jet training in Meridian, Miss. Mark Nagle ’03 now lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife, Beth, and works for Presbyterian Day School.
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Daniel Jing Liu ’94 was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Austin at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cedar Park, Texas, on May 31. He has been assigned as parochial vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Austin. College Counselor Steve Bartlett traveled to Austin for the ceremony.
Robin Gerlach ’03 has received his bachelor’s in accounting from Exeter University and is working in mergers & acquisitions for Deutsche Banc of London. Samuel Ulin ’03 graduated with honors from Brown University in 2007 and is pursuing his first year of Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biology at the University of California San Diego. Kyle White ’03 graduated Magna Cum Laude from Auburn University in August with a Bachelor of Science in Building Construction. He is working with Brinkmann Constructors in Chesterfield, Mo. Justin Blair ’04 is currently managing a business in estate sales and personal property appraisals. He will begin working on his MBA at the University of Chattanooga in the spring. Will Robinson ’04 was recently named Greek Senior of the Year at the University of Tennessee, where he is president of the Greek honor society and a cadet in Army ROTC. He will be commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in May 2009. Alex Cook ’05 is in his senior year at Dartmouth and has been offered a full-time job with MerrillLynch in Manhattan after graduation. Adam Gadberry ’06 is president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at Samford University. He was one of 16 undergraduate leaders selected to attend the Ruck Leadership Institute in Richmond, Va., in July. Derek Waffel ’06 is a theater major at the University of Tennessee and just completed an internship at Brevard Music Center in Brevard, N.C., where he worked on three operas and 50 concerts. William Graeber ’06 worked at MERI in Memphis this summer as the only student given the opportunity to learn about anatomy, surgery and new medical procedures. He also spent his spring break at the Medical College of Virginia observing neurosurgery next to Dr. Harold Young before returning to Furman University where he is studying neuroscience and computer science.
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Reunion Recap It’s autumn on the Ridge, and we know what that means – alumni returning to campus, a little football rivalry, and discovering
that 11 is our new favorite number.
(Above): A true Reunion Weekend for the McCallie family. From left, Spencer III, Franklin, Marshall, Allen and Alex; (Left): Reunion Co-Chairs present the school with a $537,560 giant check; (Far Left): Students paint signs to cheer on the football team during Rivalry Week.
More Reunion Weekend photos can be found on-line at www.photos.mccallie.com. LET US HEAR FROM YOU:
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Clockwise, from top left: Distinguished Alumnus Award Winner Dan Rather ’53 and his wife Ginny, join the alumni pre-game tailgate dinner; the Blue Tornado used a stingy defense to defeat Baylor, 24-3; “We’ve got spirit!” and gallons of blue paint; the Blue Crew gets the party started at the pep rally.
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The Newly Renovated Cline Strength & Fitness Center
»» Over 7,000 square feet of lifting space gives McCallie one of the top weight rooms in the country
»» 13-piece Hammer Strength lifting circuit is used for supplemental and rehabilitation work
»» Over 25,000 pounds of weight
»» Life Fitness treadmill and Elliptical machine
»» McCallie was one of the first schools in the country to install rubber flooring with 25 Mondo platform inserts to insure proper footing while lifting. Also, the level floor allows athletes space to warm up inside the weight room.
»» Power Lift full body squat is considered one of the top leg presses made. This makes it easier for our athletes rehabilitating leg and knee injuries to do single leg work. »» 3,375 pounds of dumbbells
»» Each of the 28 lifting stations features a Hammer Strength multi-purpose lifting rack for Olympic lifting bench press, squat and incline press. Hammer Strength is top-of-the-line strength equipment and used throughout the world.
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David A. Stonecipher ’59 Atlanta, Georgia
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Robert F. Huffaker, Jr. ’78
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