McCallie Magazine, Fall 2009

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“A Walk Through

the Leaves”

I am an old man now.

The blood that was once hot has cooled, And I’m left with the wistful sorrows of days past; Filled with memories of what was and what could have been.

It’s fall outside, and the brilliant colors are all around me, Reds, oranges, yellows, violets decorate the trees, And their counterparts litter the ground.

Age has caught up to these leaves too.

They make one last colorful burst, One final rebellious stand, before conceding defeat And falling to the ground, Another casualty in the endless cycle of life.

As I wander through these leaves, I realize what a solitary pursuit it is.

Nostalgic images dance in my head As my mind wanders to what could have been.

Deeply introspective, deeply pensive, My daily walk through these leaves is comforting; I feel at home in these leaves, I feel at peace. g John Miller, 10th grade, Fort Wayne, Ind.

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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I Could Not Live in the Dorm Without My . . .

McCallie boarding students rely on some normal comforts of home, and some not so normal, to make life in the dormitories more comfortable.

Feature 10 » FIRST

» Campus

PERSON

4 Why I Love Dorm Life

6 2009 Faculty Fellows

Dean of Residential Life Sumner McCallie reveals his affection for dormitory living

» Alumni

Eight deserving faculty members are named Faculty Fellows in the program’s second class

16 School’s Out for Summer

News

The Faculty Renewal and Summer Grant program allows teachers to refresh themselves before the beginning of another school year

5 Alumni Achievement Winners Eleven McCallie graduates received the 2009 Alumni Achievement Award

5 Exum on National Security

19 Campus News

Read the list of this year’s seven National Merit Semifinalists

Former U.S. Army Captain Andrew Exum ’96 serves as an expert on national security

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At age 102, Shepard Schwartz ’23 is McCallie’s oldest living alumnus

14 Built Titanium Tough

Mark Lynskey ’75 and Lynskey Performance Designs lead the pack in titanium bicycle manufacturing

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Life

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20 Births/Weddings/News

Read the latest updates from your classmates

» Roll

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Next Question

It is a small world. Where is the strangest place you have run into a former classmate or alum?

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First Person

Why I Love Dorm Life

“Hello, Mom?”

Dear Editor:

McCallie and I had an agreement that I would remain a private throughout my military career. Although a day student, I never left home without my mom’s phone number.

I never knew when Dr. Spence or Sgt. Martin would reach the boiling point with me and suggest I take the rest of the day off at home.

I became a member of the “Dirty Dozen” platoon, led by Jack Sokohl ’68, platoon sergeant for life, who apparently had the same deal concerning rank. Sgt. Sokohl frequently took our platoon off at 63.47 or 29.55 degree angles as we marched on the football field.

During drills, we would undoubtedly crash into another marching platoon, like a scene from “The Three Stooges.” Jack tried to keep a straight face as Sgt. Martin wondered what we were doing. Jack would explain how we were taking correct 90 degree angles, but since the field was laid out cockeyed to true north … well, we would eventually be led to the practice field four miles away.

One day, Sgt. Martin led the Dirty Dozen in drills. Suddenly I hear “Bode, butt down!”

I had no idea what Sgt. Martin meant but assumed he wanted me to walk like a duck; a duck with a rifle on his shoulder. I didn’t want to upset him, so I waddled with my rifle.

He had meant for me to get the butt of my rifle down. In two seconds, he was pulling me by the ear to Dr. Spence’s office almost a mile away and dumped me in the office. Dr. Spence didn’t ask questions, only saying “now is the time to call Mom to come get you.”

I was told the next day that I had received sort of a standing ovation (or group prayers) from the troops as word was I would probably never be seen or heard from again. g – Mark Bode ’69 g Mark Bode did, in fact, return and graduated with his 1969 classmates. His letter is a response to our Roll Call question, “What was one thing you could not do without while at McCallie.” His answer, his home phone number, was the most original.

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Send your thoughts to news@mccallie.org

While interviewing a prospective boarding student recently, I asked him if he had any questions after having spent the previous night in a dorm. He laughed and relayed that during the study hall time, he had wondered aloud what dorm marks were and how one earned them. His student host said, “I’ll explain. Watch this.”

Sumner McCallie is in his 13th year as a faculty member at McCallie. He works as the Dean of Residential Life but also makes time to teach a senior science elective in Bioethics and serves as the faculty advisor for McCallie’s extremely active Habitat for Humanity Chapter. He has been and continues to be a father figure/brother/friend/mentor to many a McCallie boarding student.

His host then stepped out of his room and walked across the hall to a nearby dorm mate’s room. The resident assistant at the end of the hall looked up and said, “George, that’s a mark.”

George casually re-entered his room, looked at the prospective student and said, “That’s how they work.”

I love dorm life. I love greeting young freshmen as they take that first step into the unknown world of independence, which to them is about doing their own laundry and to me is about how they manage their time to fit their values. I love talking with returning sophomores as the excitement of their first year has worn off, and they wrestle with the deeper questions of who they are and where they are headed.

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I love talking to juniors who have come to realize the world is not really about them, that they have a role to play and that they can make an enormous difference to those around them. I love watching seniors live out their junior-year realization.

Living in a dorm means encountering life’s essential questions on a daily basis as they emerge through seemingly inconsequential situations.

It means having to answer why an algebra problem is important to complete despite the fact that in life we really don’t ever have to figure out for which two consecutive even numbers it is true that two times the greater is four less than three times the smaller. It means having to explain why guys who have earned straight A’s still can’t leave at midnight to see the opening night of the next blockbuster movie. It means working out compromises between two roommates, one who loves country music and hates the disrespect Kanye West showed to Taylor Swift, and the other who loves Jay-Z but thinks Rascal Flatts describes the lower stretch of land along a local river bank.

Boarding life constantly teaches me humor, humility and perspective. I get to interact with guys who set a Halloween skeleton on a trash can in front of a water fountain so it looks like someone has been waiting a very long time for a drink. I get to learn that a flock of fifty chickens is much easier to capture if chased under a bush where they instinctively roost – the corn seed spelling out the graduating year of the senior responsible for their appearance was a nice touch.

I get to see a resident assistant start a late night conversation with a freshman who is considering not returning for his sophomore year, then see that freshman become the strongest RA in his class three years later and do the same thing for his own struggling ninth grader. I get to host 12 alums at my house as they return to campus to watch “their freshmen” walk across the graduation stage. I get to experience a brotherhood that is so strong it lasts a lifetime.

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Exum ’96 on

National Security Following a fouryear tour of duty with the U.S. Army, Andrew Exum ’96 has become one of the country’s foremost thinkers on issues of national security. He currently serves as a Fellow with the Center for a New American Security and authors the counterinsurgency blog “Abu Muqawama.” The CNAS uses fact-based research and analysis to promote and protect American interests and values.

2009 Alumni Achievement Award Winners Eleven McCallie graduates were honored in

October as recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award. The awards are presented to McCallie graduates who have shown outstanding accomplishments in their chosen careers.

The honorees were recognized and presented plaques at the annual Headmaster’s Luncheon during Reunion Weekend.

This year’s recipients included Daniel M. Armstrong III ’59, Associate General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission; James W. Burns ’89, Head of the Eastern Region for Private Wealth Management Division, Morgan Stanley; William M. Choate ’69, President, Aon Risk Services South; Dr. Peter C. Griffith ’74, founding director of the Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office

Serving as a Ranger platoon leader from 2000-2004 in Afghanistan and Iraq, Mr. Exum published a book in 2004 on his experiences entitled “This Man’s Army: A Soldier’s Story from the Frontlines of the War on Terror.” He has written many opinion pieces for the nation’s top newspapers and periodicals and is a frequent guest on national radio and television news programs.

Mr. Exum has served as an advisor on the CENTCOM Assessment Team and as a civilian advisor to Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan. He earned a degree in classics and English literature at the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut and is working on his doctorate in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.

Golfer Mitchell ’05

Turns Pro

Georgia Tech students Marc-Antoine Pare´ ’06

Adam Mitchell ’05 has declared his professional golfing status and competed in qualifying school in November.

Mr. Mitchell made his professional debut in October in his hometown of Chattanooga, earning a sponsor’s exemption at the Chattanooga Classic, a PGA Nationwide Tour event.

Photo/USGA

Mr. Mitchell recently helped the United States team win the Walker Cup, the top amateur tournament in the world. In 2008 he won the Porter Cup and was a semifinalist at the 2008 U.S. Amateur. At the University of Georgia, he was a PING Second-Team AllAmerica selection and a First-Team All-Southeastern Conference honoree in 2008.

and Kathy Pham were the lone American team to take home a first-place award in the 2009 Imagine Cup, a global student competition focused on finding solutions to global issues.

Team Curious won in the “Mashup” category for creating a web site and program designed to compile news feeds on current topics and determine how people feel about these issues based on their reactions and responses on social networking sites.

The theme of the contest was to imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing the world today.

“It was quite the experience,” Mr. Pare´ said. “What doesn’t get communicated from any of the material online is how many different experiences contributed to the success of the project: leading game-develop-

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at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; and William H. Kimball ’79, litigation partner at Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius.

Also honored were John S. Rainey ’59, a lawyer who has served as chairman of the State of South Carolina’s Board of Economic Advisors; W. Brent Turner ’84, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration for Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.; Samuel D. Turner ’64, owner, EIR Management Group and former president and CEO of Favorite Markets; Dr. Andrew G. Vaughn ’84, executive director of the American Schools of Oriental Research; Rev. W.L. Warlick ’54, Missions Consultant, Presbyterian Church USA in Africa; and Col. Richard C. Williams ’59, Bureau Director of Public Safety Services for Pinellas County, Fla. g

Global Microsoft Contest Winner

ment teams at McCallie for three years, studying engineering at French universities for two semesters and working with clients on freelance web development projects, to name a few.”

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2009 Faculty FELLOWS Former Board of Trustees

Chairman Ed Michaels ’60 pitched his plan for the development of a Faculty Fellows program several years ago.

“I was looking for a method of recognizing some of our best faculty,” Mr. Michaels says. “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.”

Thus, the Faculty Fellows program was born in 2008. It is designed to acknowledge 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.

A committee will select the Fellows from the review pool 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 are eligible for the honor in conjunction with their review year. Faculty are evaluated 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.

This year’s second Fellows class includes eight deserving individuals: Tim Chakwin, Cleve Latham, Chet LeSourd, Cissy May, Randy Odle, John Pound, Frank Watkins and Dr. Michael Woodward. g

Tim Chakwin

Cleve Latham

Chet LeSourd ’72

Upper School English

Director of Academic Research/ Upper School English

Upper School English

faculty member since 2002

faculty member since 1979

faculty member since 1974

On this honor affirming what he is doing on a daily basis – “The evaluation process is logical and fair. So often, professionals are evaluated by their supervisor rather than the customer or client for whom they are responsible. Knowing that I am evaluated fairly and that students and their parents have a voice in that process motivates me to continue serving them.”

On his teaching style – “I believe that teaching is not the being, but the becoming. As I continue to grow and learn, I am becoming a more experienced educator. I also believe that students are constantly becoming more experienced learners. I believe that I ask a lot from McCallie boys as I expect them to participate in a classroom environment that asks them to be vulnerable, reflective and open to new experiences.

But I find that they are more willing to be actively engaged in their work if I am participating too.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “Mutual respect fosters character development. Students enter the classroom with innumerable experiences, opinions and feelings. I believe that my students have interesting and meaningful contributions to be made, and it is my duty to guide them in effective expression. Without their respect I have no business confronting issues dealing with their character development. My goal is for students to get to know each other as quickly as possible and for me to learn as much as I can about each one of them. They will also learn about me and know that I respect them.”

On his reaction to his selection – “Even after teaching at McCallie for 35 years, it feels great to be affirmed. And it inspires me to continue to improve my skills and re-dedicate myself to something I think of as a ministry.”

On this honor affirming what he is doing on a daily basis – “I’m reminded that my work is not for my sake the way it would be if I were in, say, business or retail or real estate or even writing. My job has to be about the students, making them more proficient, more confident, more skillful. Of course, their parents see that first hand. Alumni know whether what they learned with me made a difference. So having the endorsement of those groups is what it’s all about.”

On his teaching style – “Well, I don’t lecture. I prefer seminar-style classes. I’ll admit I like to entertain a bit, but I try to get the boys to do most of the talking. I eschew ‘the game of school’ and teach my students how not to play it.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “That’s an easy one for an English teacher who teaches literature-based courses. Great literature is always an examination of character, and my courses emphasize students responding to and arguing with the texts on issues of character and values.”

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On his reaction to his selection – “This is such an honor, for it recognizes so many levels of what we do. We all need pats on the back, and that’s what this was. But it went further than that. It cemented something deep that my life has had some value. It says that I’ve done a few things right while teaching here on The Ridge.”

On this honor affirming what he is doing on a daily basis – That alums, parents and my students didn’t torpedo this process is immensely gratifying. Outside of my faith and family, my relationships with all of these people are what push me out of bed every morning. There is no way I can overstate how significant this part of the process is.”

On his teaching style – “Simply, it’s got to be fun and challenging. It’s got to matter and connect with each boy. Possibly most importantly, I’ve somehow got to form a friendship with each of my students. I really believe that if they don’t think I care about them, most won’t really care what I say (outside of any assessment value). This takes a lot of one-on-one conferences and effort outside the classroom.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “The character element is everywhere.

I’m lucky I teach literature, as there are constant references to moral choices, verbal or thought processes that stand out for analysis or discussion. Character is exhibited constantly in our lives as well as the pages of fiction. But to really take a stab at this subject, you’ve got to slow down and think and talk and look at what’s underneath the dialogue in the story, what’s underneath our own priorities and points of focus in our personal lives.”

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Faculty Fellows Profiles

Cissy May

Randy Odle

John Pound

Frank Watkins

Dr. Michael Woodward

Upper School Science

Upper School History

Middle School Spanish

Upper School Spanish

faculty member since 1983

faculty member since 1995

faculty member since 1999

faculty member since 1987

Howard H. Baker Jr. Chair of American History faculty member since 1987

On this honor affirming what she is doing on a daily basis – “Although the affirmation of this honor is important to me, my students give me that affirmation every day. My students and I are a team. They work tirelessly.

They want to succeed and are willing to try everything I ask of them. I can’t help but feel that all my effort is worth every minute I spend with them.”

On her teaching style – “My teaching style is very student-centered. By using common household substances whenever possible, students see the relationship of chemistry to their daily life. I do demonstrations not only to grab their attention but also because I believe that seeing is believing. If they can see, touch, smell and sometimes taste something, it sticks in their memory bank longer.

I preach that chemistry is chem-is-try, and so grading is more about effort than being totally correct. ” On character development fitting into her daily teaching routine – “The character element of trust is probably the most important character trait I teach daily. I totally believe in my students, and until they give me reason to believe otherwise, I trust them unconditionally. I am also very honest with them.

I don’t try to sugarcoat how hard the material is. I tell them before each chapter the difficulty level and how they can approach the material for maximum result.”

On this honor affirming what he is doing on a daily basis – “When adults tell me they didn’t like their high school or college history experience, it usually means they had a bad teacher – boring, disinterested, disconnected. The study of history has so much going for it, and it frustrates me that so many students never have more than a mediocre guide through the subject.

I do get positive feedback from parents of current students, and I hear through the student grapevine that I am a difficult teacher, but my classes are interesting and enjoyable. Those occasional personal experiences help keep me going.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “Good character does not have a definition written in stone, and it fascinates me to explore what various societies and time periods might have considered a good or moral citizen. I try to limit judging past eras according to our own standards, but I also challenge the boys to avoid thinking ‘that’s just the way it was back then.’”

On his teaching style – “Like so many endeavors in life, teaching middle school boys has a lot to do with healthy relationships. I feel that I have a better chance with a student if he and I have made some kind of connection outside of class, whether that happens in the hallway or on the athletic field or on a weekend trip. I always hope that my class lessons are full of energy because, if I am having a good time, there is a better chance that my students are too.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “If there is one thing that I hope to model for students, it is to treat others with respect and dignity. A boy’s middle-school years are full of opportunities to make that choice, so I hope I am getting through to them. In class, my students and I speak clearly about doing honest work, giving one’s best effort and asking for help when needed. I believe that students are more impacted by what they see in the way a teacher operates day to day rather than a lesson on an element of character.”

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On his teaching style – “I am animated, emotionally engaged, energetic, mildly irreverent and often geeky.

Certainly not professional in the bureaucratic sense. I try not to take myself too seriously but do take student learning seriously. My style changes as a function of a class’ level of attitude, effort and responsibility. I believe all students want to be successful. Some just don’t see the connection that effort and positive attitude have with success. I challenge them daily to give effort and the right attitude. My real payoff is when a boy truly starts to see the connection between success and his effort and attitude.”

On his relationship between himself and his students – “Looking back over my career, certainly something has been happening between me and students that transcends Spanish. If my success as a Spanish teacher were judged by how many students over 22 years have become fluent in Spanish, then I would be deemed an abject failure.

My success lies in my belief in every boy’s potential to be successful in something in his life. I insist on and praise attitude and effort. I support their endeavors beyond the classroom. It lets me see them excel in something to a degree that they may never attain in Spanish. I owe that to my students.”

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On this honor affirming what he is doing on a daily basis – “I started teaching in 1971 and have witnessed a good deal of change in terms of recommended teaching styles, the realization of different learning styles, and the constant need to try to keep up with the material in U.S. history. Teachers act and pretend, cajole and demand, ask questions and rely on lecture/discussion, preach, show clips of various events, do free writing in class; the list is almost endless. In many ways, the Fellows program lets you know what still works, and it can encourage you to keep experimenting.”

On character development fitting into his daily teaching routine – “The question of character development is certainly complex. We can, I suppose, affect or guide student character by the quality of the reading that we offer. Encountering “Letter from Birmingham Jail” or “The Apology” or “The Wretched of the Earth” forces confrontation with a variety of issues, moral and otherwise. Teacher behavior and honesty can also figure into character development.

Our standing for something political, ideological, educational or religious has meaning; sometimes, however, we have to wait awhile to see how students pick up on it or if they ever do. The wide variety of eccentricities offered by teachers to students can serve as a guide for their own lives as well.”

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alumni news

At age 102 and still going strong, Shepard Schwartz ’23 is McCallie’s oldest living alumnus.

Shepard Bernard Schwartz attended classes at

McCallie like any other student on the Ridge.

During his day, however, there was more Missionary Ridge than McCallie School.

Mr. Schwartz ’23 is McCallie’s oldest living alumnus at age 102. He attended McCallie from 1916 to 1923, beginning at the school just 11 years after brothers Spencer McCallie and Dr. Park McCallie founded the institution in 1905.

At that time, the school consisted of just four small buildings on a large plot of farm land given to the brothers by their father, Thomas Hooke McCallie.

“McCallie was a pleasant experience for me,” says Mr. Schwartz from the comfort of his condominium in Naples, Fla. “I remember it fondly. It was a good school, and I imagine it still is.”

Mr. Schwartz was part of two significant events in McCallie’s history: the launch of a junior school and the beginning of the school’s military training program. He was one of five students to comprise the first junior school.

World War I sparked the initiation of the military program in 1918. One school memory Mr. Schwartz recollects is how cadets were trained by their teachers to dig trenches in the playing fields on school grounds in preparation for trench warfare.

They would dig big holes, fill them up then dig them again, he says.

The Class of 1923 had 53 graduates. Mr. Schwartz was a student leader who was a member of the rifle team, served as business manager of the yearbook, worked in the Pennant Store and achieved the rank of first lieutenant of Company D. He earned a degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania intending to pursue a career in medicine. The Great Depression (1929-39) derailed those plans, and he went to work for a chemical engineer in New York City. When that

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business faltered, he borrowed $75 from a friend, purchased a roadster and headed south in search of work.

He tells of stopping at every industrial plant along his route, knocking on doors and seeking a paycheck. He finally found employment at May Hosiery Mills in Nashville. At one time, May Hosiery was the oldest sock mill in the South. In its heyday, it supplied socks to the nation’s most well-known department stores. In 1969, the crew of the Apollo 12 Lunar Mission wore May Hosiery socks through a contract with NASA. Mr. Schwartz retired from May Hosiery after a long and successful career where he developed knitting machinery, managed the plant and served as its president.

Retirement didn’t mean he would quit working altogether. He and his wife Jean moved to Greece and Turkey and, as part of a government-sponsored executive volunteer program, he worked as a consultant for overseas manufacturing plants with production problems.

Mr. Schwartz, who will turn 103 on April 24, 2010, and lists McCallie in his estate plans, has lived in the Bentley Retirement Community in Naples since 1987 and still lives alone. He is an active senior and keeps busy, as he says there is always something going on. An avid golfer, he played a short round on his 100th birthday at the Bentley Village par-three course and, according to family members, carded a hole-in-one the day he became a centenarian.

He credits his longevity to his genes, an answer he likely repeats often to a question he certainly receives frequently.

“I tell people I had a very careful selection of grandparents,” he says with a soft chuckle when asked about his lifespan. “Age is determined by your heritage. I’ve had long-living grandparents.”

It is fascinating to think of all the historical events that have occurred over Mr. Schwartz’s lifetime. It’s intriguing to consider the world’s inventions and the improvement on inventions that he has experienced throughout his era, and it is remarkable to imagine all the interesting people with whom he has come in contact over the last 102 years.

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Reunion Recap Our alumni returned to campus this October in record numbers for Reunion Weekend ’09. Over 450 graduates participated in Reunion Weekend activities which included on- and off-campus events and gatherings. The reunion classes celebrating anniversaries this year included 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004.

(Above L-R) Henry Henegar ’57, former faculty member W.O.E.A Humphreys and Walt Sanders ’49 at the Faculty Reception and Headmaster’s Luncheon; (Right) Victoria and Robert Helms ’59 on campus.

(Above) The annual McCallie-Baylor football game is always a huge part of Reunion Weekend; (Left) This year’s game, played at Heywood Stadium on the Baylor campus, had the stands on both sides jam-packed.

(Above) To spark the memories, each alum wears an identifying button with his name, class year and senior year photo. (Below) Duane Malone ’89 and his wife Alicia made the trip from New Jersey for Reunion Weekend and enjoyed the Friday Night Tailgate Party at AT&T Field downtown.

(Below) Tailgaters revved up prior to the game and were just as spirited inside the stadium.

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I Could Not Live in the Dorm Without My . . .

Ah, dormitory life at McCallie. Since 1905, adolescent and teenage boys have been living away from home on the venerable grounds of McCallie School. Parents and guardians have entrusted their sons to the faculty and staff of the school, and in turn, have trusted their sons to eat right, wear clean clothes, stay healthy, steer clear from trouble and do their best with the books.

Attending a boarding school is a significant step for a boy at any age. Each student must find his own way to adapt to this lifestyle change; some do it better than others.

Through the years, McCallie students have turned to specific belongings to ease this major transition in their lives. Some cannot survive without a comfort from home. Some are creative in the setup of their rooms. Others need the latest technological toy or computer gadget to help them occupy what free time they may find. And, as McCallie Magazine has discovered in the alumni responses included on the next page, music has long played a key role in dorm life survival.

The photos on pages 10 through 13 show a wide range of items the current boarders in Pressly Hall have brought, bought or borrowed to increase their enjoyment of dorm living.

On the magazine cover is ninth-grader Zach Warren of Orange Beach, Ala. Students can spend time at the downtown skate park to use their skateboards, but an Indo Board allows Zach to practice his balancing skills in his room.

Game rooms and video game stations are popular in any dormitory. Above, Chris Lee, a ninth-grader from Kennesaw, Ga., and senior Sam Robinson from West Bloomfield, Mich., enjoy a friendly game of hockey.

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Two is better than one in the case of a cozy sphere chair for roommates Edward Terry (right) of Oxford, Miss., and Nick Zessack (left) of Marietta, Ga. (top)

Guitars have been popular dorm instruments in any era. Alec Martinez (opposite, top), a ninth-grader from Brunswick, Ga., has been playing guitar for five years and always has his Def Leppard-replica electric nearby.

Flags are common reminders of home, especially for McCallie’s international students. Ninth-grader Brier Davis is never far from his home of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, with a Canadian flag and a uniform top from his favorite Canadian lacrosse team hanging on his wall (middle).

Nicaragua is well-represented in the room of Julio Chamorro (bottom) a ninth-grader from Managua, Nicaragua.

A banner of his favorite soccer team, Italy, hangs next to his native flag.

Ninth-graders Zac Frazier, of Concord, N.C., and Peter Kim, of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., (opposite, bottom, left and right) share their dorm room with a four-foot tall stuffed bear, which is designed with dollar bills of several denominations.

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Roll Call McCallie Magazine polled our alumni and asked, ‘What was the one item you brought from home that you could not live without?’ The responses, as always, were interesting, thoughtful, varied and entertaining.

Duncan Smith ’50 wrote that he could not have survived without a 78 RPM record player.

“I brought a picture of my beautiful girlfriend, Libby Gay, of Atlanta, Ga.,” says Jim Daughdrill ’52. “She is now my beautiful wife of 55 years.”

Even in the decade of the 1950s, music was a must-have for McCallie’s boarding students. Jimmy Milhous ’52 said that a radio or a phonograph was the entertainment of the day for him and his dorm mates.

Bob Williams ’59 could not do without a comb.

J. Gregg Buckalew ’61 prefaces his response by dating it with the fact that it is “soooo early 1960s.”

“The ultimate item for me was actually a combination of necessities.

It was a clock radio. This was before MP3 players, before CDs, even before cassette tapes. Remember that 60s-era Rock & Roll music still stands. In fact, The Beatles’ music has proven to be truly classic. Proof? Only two months ago, 67-year-old Paul McCartney put on a high-energy performance for me and 50,000 others of all ages who were standing in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park.”

Jim Noble ’65 had a one-word response: underwear.

Mark Bode ’69 always had his mother’s home telephone number handy.

(See page 4 for a better explanation.)

George Melville Johnson ’74 also responded with one word – cigarettes.

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“The only thing that I could not live without was the money my parents sent,” says Donald McGregor ’78.

“The money was disbursed to us as an allowance. We would get $7 every week on Wednesdays.”

“I could not have lived without my stereo system,” says Edward C.F. Loughlin ’79. “I received so many marks for having it played too loudly. I had big AR loudspeakers, a reel-to-reel tape deck and a turntable. Everything, including clothes, was optional. But not my stereo. Those were the days.”

Mike Phebus ’86 says he could not have lived without his stereo during his dorm days.

“I was kind of a computer geek,” says John Livingston ’00. “The biggest thing I could not leave home without was my computer. Now I make a living being a computer geek.”

“When I was a boarding student living in South Hutch, I brought many items from home to decorate and personalize my dorm room,” says Joe Gaither ’05. “But the one item I could not live without was my guitar. It kept my roommate, Chapin Kay ’06, and me busy learning and playing songs.

Chapin had a great voice, so it made up for my pathetic guitar skills. Nonetheless, when we played a few songs like “Let Her Cry” by Hootie and the Blowfish and “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain, the GPS girls went crazy. Seriously, ask Bobby Baddour.”

Daniel Kovacs '05 loved his couch.

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Built Titanium Tough

Mark Lynskey ’75 and Lynskey Performance Designs lead the pack in titanium bicycle manufacturing.

Bicycle enthusiasts like to be one with their

ride. Left alone to battle the road, the trail and the elements, they launch themselves up punishing mountain climbs, propel down speedy descents and perilously share the road with automobile traffic in cities and on highways.

Seasoned and serious riders demand to pedal the best designed machines, much like a classical pianist plays a premium piano. A Lynskey bicycle is considered one of the top, high-performance two-wheeled products in the bicycle industry, and the Lynskey name is very familiar to those in cycling circles.

Mark Lynskey ’75 and his family own and operate Lynskey Performance Designs, a titanium bicycle design and manufacturing shop located in Chattanooga.

“Lynskey is at the top of the list of titanium builders,” says Mike Skiles, owner of Suck Creek Cycles in Chattanooga. “The Lynskey family is truly the first family of titanium bikes.”

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in Chattanooga working in their father William’s metal fabrication shop. His younger brother David took up cycling and became so passionate about it that he decided to build his own bicycle, constructing the frame from titanium that was lying around his dad’s shop.

David’s handiwork became coveted by friends and fellow riders, and soon the backbone of a business was formed.

The Lynskeys founded Litespeed Bicycles in 1986 but sold it in 1999. Mark remained with the newly-named American Bicycle Group and, as a company executive with sales and marketing responsibilities, his business acumen grew exponentially.

Seeking a change, Mark resigned from ABG in 2005 without a plan for his future. He credits his mother Ruby for bringing the family back together several months later and back to the bicycle business in 2006 with Lynskey Performance.

“We all looked at what we enjoyed and determined that our base knowledge was in making things,” Mr. Lynskey says. “We knew we wanted our own product. The end decision was to get back into the bike business.

We knew the metrics of the business, and we still had brand equity out there. We knew people would still recognize our name.”

Lynskey has found its niche in the highend bicycle market. The team offers standard industry customization and what is called “pro build” where the bike is designed and constructed per the customer’s wishes.

The average Lynskey customer does his or her homework before making an informed decision and ordering a titanium frame design instead of one of steel or the latest bike craze, carbon fiber. Titanium is a lightweight metal but a very strong material. It has a greater strength-to-weight ratio than carbon fiber and is extremely durable. Titanium frames are also much more expensive to the customer than their carbon counterparts.

The costs, Mr. Lynskey says, are energydriven and skilled labor-driven. The price of a Lynskey bicycle frame ranges from about $1300 to just over $5000, depending on the level, model and style.

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“We will build you a custom bike not just based on fit but also on performance. I don’t think people truly understand how hands-on we are at everything everyday.” Mark Lynskey ’75 ing to do,” Mr. Lynskey says. “We told them we were going to make titanium bikes. They thought we were crazy. Carbon is a great material, but its cost keeps it mainstream. Because of its cost, titanium will never be mainstream. Its uniqueness makes it popular. It’s different, and not everybody has one.

“One of the benefits to being in the industry for 25 years is the opportunity to experience long-term trends. While titanium wasn’t a trend when we got started, we believed that there was still a market for it.

Looking at where we are now, that was a pretty accurate prediction.”

Once a prospective buyer has chosen to go the titanium route with the custom design option, the rest is legendary Lynskey customer care. A simple telephone call gets David and his designers in motion engineering a personalized riding machine to the exact fit and performance specifications envisioned by the rider.

“We will build you a custom bike not just based on fit but also on performance,” Mr. Lynskey says. “Some people want their bike to handle a certain way or want a unique component combination that doesn’t fit on a normal bike. We start from the ground up with a clean slate. We define it literally by levels of performance. I don’t think people truly understand how hands-on we are at everything everyday.”

As a businessman, Mr. Lynskey has accomplished much in his chosen profession.

A father of seven children, he feels his everyday life is just as successful.

“What I’ve come to learn about life,” he says, “not just in the living of your own life, but also in creating the life that you want, is it’s all about planting seeds and planting thoughts and allowing those things to come to pass. Many times you don’t even realize what is going on.

“The lessons I was taught at McCallie, the sense of morality, sense of ethics. All those seeds that were planted within me at that point in my life when I had zero appreciation and understanding as a typical teenager have come full circle for me and have evolved into not just helping me become what I am but also to understand the need to set examples for those and to have the pa-

tience and understanding to realize that sometimes it takes time to evolve. That is by far the No. 1 thing that I got out of McCallie.”

Lynskey Performance has grown into a giant in the bicycle industry; large enough to rival Italian heavyweights Bianchi, Colnago and Pinarello. And the Lynskeys have kept it all in the family.

Working under the same roof with Mark and David are their sister Theresa and mother Ruby who handle the finances, brother Chris, drafting, and brother Tim in finishing.

David is a designer who oversees manufacturing while Mark has his hand in sales, marketing and product development.

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“I am so pleased and thrilled with our rate of acceptance back into the global market,” Mr. Lynskey says. “In our fourth year, we already have customers who are buying their third or fourth Lynskey simply because they want the latest model. That culture, the rapidness in which a culture has been built around our brand and what we do, is very rewarding to me as a person and as a business.”

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School’s Out for Summer McCallie’s Faculty Renewal and Summer Grant Program is set up as an opportunity for teachers to recreate and refresh themselves before returning to the classroom for another school year. It also offers the chance to continue learning and to be intellectually stimulated through an excursion or exploration.

This summer, seven faculty members were awarded grants to travel and learn. What follows is a brief description of each trip.

Dr. Pam Childers, Caldwell Chair of Composition and director of the Caldwell Writing Center, traveled to England to study clerihews and lead two workshops at an academic writing conference. A clerihew is a verse form of biographical nature consisting of two rhymed couplets.

Dr. Childers’ maternal grandfather was named Charles Clerihue, and she wanted to determine if there was a connection between her family and Mr. Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the catchy, often clever four-line description.

“Clerihews are a great writing-to-learn activity,” Dr. Childers says. “They are often a humorous verse. If you write two rhymed couplets about a person or group of people, you are going to remember it. It doesn’t require great writing skill as much as it does knowledge of the person. Students can learn and have fun learning.”

Dr. Childers is collecting clerihews written by writing center colleagues both stateside and abroad and plans to introduce the concept to McCallie’s teaching corps as a means of helping students learn and remember what they are being taught.

As for the Clerihue/Clerihew connection,

Dr. Childers says she was able to find a slight is small, there is the ever-growing desire to association between the two families and is study abroad. He admits that observing firstkeeping the search open. hand how advantageous a European trip can Jeff Kurtzman, college guidance counselor, be for a young man has been beneficial for spent two weeks in France and Switzerland. his daily meetings with students.

While he loved France’s countryside and John Lambert’s trip to the Northeastern hiking in the Swiss Alps, he returned with an U.S. is connected to his American literaappreciation for cultures other than his own. ture classes in an unusual way. He studied “There is a sense that the French think and toured the landmark homes of Fredabout things differently than we do,” Mr. eric Church and Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. Kurtzman says. “Whether it’s how they run Church (1826-1900) is one of our country’s their government, how they see the world or most celebrated landscape painters, and Mr. how they organize their day. I’d like to think Wright (1867-1959) is considered the preemiI am someone who can see world issues from nent architect in our nation’s history. points of view other than the American one.

“I’ve always been interested in bringing art But when you are actually there, it can be into my classes,” says Mr. Lambert, Chair of pretty abrupt, and that brings it home to you.”

While in the German-speaking area of Switzerland, Mr. Kurtzman remembered some of the German he was taught in high school. Once in France, the language barrier was difficult for him to embrace.

“I do not speak any French and was very uncomfortable with the idea that I should expect people in their own country to speak my language,” he says. “That bothers me, even though the French people were willing to use their English.”

The trip also made an impact on him as a college guidance counselor. Although the number of McCallie students David Levitt hikes with kayak and who plan to continue their edusupplies in Kings Canyon National The Grand Canyon (top) Park to paddle the Middle Kings River. cation at a university in Europe

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the English department. “We live in such a visual culture. It’s a way of getting an entry place into a lot of the literature we read.”

“Olana,” Mr. Church’s 250-acre estate in New York’s Hudson Valley region, was inspired from his travels in the Middle East. It incorporates Middle Eastern designs and is accentuated with objects representing great past civilizations. The house and interior are preserved as they appeared in 1900.

Landscape paintings of the 19th Century have been part of Mr. Lambert’s literature teaching methods. It is an attempt, he says, to let students see how the literature they are reading is reflected in the art produced during that time period.

“Fallingwater,” a home designed by Mr. Wright, has been called the greatest example of American architectural design and his finest work. Built in the 1930s over a flurry of waterfalls in Southwestern Pennsylvania, it is a true example of what Mr. Wright called “organic architecture” or that which promotes harmony between people and nature. “‘Fallingwater’ was the highlight of our trip,” Mr. Lambert says. “It was incredible. Even my six-year-old was impressed.

It’s the most unusual dwelling space I have ever seen, organically conceived with its surroundings.”

While continuously educating himself, Mr. Lambert has found a way to incorporate these new discoveries into methods of teaching which better educate his students.

“The longer I’m in the classroom, the greater my appreciation for the connectedness of things,” he says. “Literature doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It is created in a culture that also builds houses, furniture, automobiles; a culture that inspires painters and sculptors and musicians.”

Middle School history teacher David Levitt set out to explore history and seek adventure when he spent over a month in the Sierra Nevada Mountain region along the eastern edge of California.

Mr. Levitt hiked through national parks, visited museums and learned about Native Americans, pioneer times, the gold rush and conservationism.

Levitt singled out Redwood, Sequoyah and Yosemite National Parks and the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento as his favorite historical stops. The Museum's highlight, he says, was the Transcontinental Railroad exhibit, an achievement some experts call our greatest engineering feat.

“There were certain areas I had in mind for the classroom when I went out there,” he

says. “I did a presentation at the beginning of the year about my summer. But I also reminded my students about several things we would study. We can use some of this information for studying World War II, Japanese internment camps or Theodore Roosevelt and conservationism. Talking to them about places I’ve seen through my travels is definitely a positive. The students are receptive.

I think it is more meaningful to them than if they read it in a text book.”

An accomplished kayaker and outdoorsman, Levitt and his wife Kat built in time to discover and maneuver around some of the most primitive and beautiful geography there is – by foot and by kayak.

His favorite excursion was paddling the Upper Cherry Creek, a solid class five river in the northwest corner of Yosemite. The trip required a 12-mile hike while carrying all their equipment and gear in the kayak.

“Cherry Creek was like the Disneyland of kayaking,” he said. “We had huge waterfalls and gorge slides, and stars as bright as anywhere I’ve been. It’s one of the toughest runs in the U.S. but one of the most rewarding.”

Michael Lowry, Upper School biology, chemistry and physics teacher, became enthused about mountaineering four years ago.

This summer, he set out to climb the three highest peaks in Europe – Mont Blanc in France and the Eiger and the Matterhorn in Switzerland.

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and his guide came across an injured climber who had taken a fall.

As trained responders, the pair called for emergency help, checked the body for wounds and breaks and saw blood on the snow. They wrapped him in warm layers. Help arrived about seven minutes later.

“The rescue helicopter landed, and the rescuers took over for us,” Mr. Lowry says.

“After they placed him on a backboard, they told us ‘This guy is really lucky because you two just saved his life.’”

The rescue certainly added to the significance of Mr. Lowry’s adventure. He says he uses the Summer Grant trips as a way to refresh himself for the new year and revitalize his spirit.

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A marble portrait head of the emperor Constantine I at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Chicago.

Michael Lowry watches the sun rise on the Tacul of Mont Blanc, the highest point in Western Europe.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater”

Dr. Pam Childers outside the National Gallery in London.

“In the grant proposal, I have to demonstrate how it will rejuvenate me as an educator and what kind of return McCallie can expect on its investment,” he says. “It’s about our professional growth. In a very real sense, that is what this grant was about, putting me way outside my comfort zone. I can connect it directly to my work in the classroom.”

Cissy May and her husband Doug took a 10day tour of the American Southwest to study the geology and history of the region.

The Grand Canyon and the many other natural attractions in the Southwest are geological playgrounds. The magnificent gorges and mindbending rock formations were created by water and wind over the course of millions of years, and the striking colors – red, orange, pink, yellow and sandy brown – rival the trees in a New England autumn.

While covering 2,000 miles in 10 days by car, the Mays descended canyons, surveyed arches and bridges shaped by Mother Nature and marveled at landscapes straight out of a Western movie. They learned the difference between a butte and a mesa and visited a Hopi Indian village.

A chemistry teacher, Mrs. May was amazed at the brilliant colors of rocks and their formations. Her intention was to learn as much as she could about the chemistry of the compounds that cause these colors.

“What I wanted to bring back to the boys is why these rocks consist of so many different colors,” she says. “What makes them colorful? How are they formed? Why would this rock weather faster than that rock? Most of them have had some geology and understand plate tectonics and the pushing of the Earth’s surface.

I brought back a lot of pictures and rock samples for them to see the colors.”

Abbie Roberts has a passion for antiquities and the ethics of antiquities dealing. She traveled to four notable American museums to observe their prominent Greco-Roman classical collections. The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Malibu, Calif., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology each house some of the world’s most important and valuable artifacts.

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looted from specific archeological sites, sold to a dealer, resold to a collector and then end up on display in a museum.

The International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art requires dealers to include accurate identification of works of art as to period, style, condition and quality. Ms. Roberts says this is not always the case. In fact, in 2007, the Getty reached an agreement with the Italian government to return to Italy nearly 40 objects the country believes were illegally obtained. The Museum of Fine Arts and the Met have already undergone similar exchanges with Italy.

“A lot of items on display at the Getty and the Met have almost no archeological context whatsoever,” says Ms. Roberts, who teaches Latin and Greek. “You might see this beautiful vase or perfume jar or incredible piece of sculpture, but there’s not much about the context in which it was discovered. Someone in my field is interested in learning how people lived in the ancient world, about that particular place, what the burial practices were like or how that object was involved in daily life.”

A March article in ScienceNews estimates that the sale of illegal antiquities totals nearly $7.8 billion annually. While Ms. Roberts is aware that she cannot police these illegalities, her concern for ethics as a whole can be reflected in her daily lessons and dealings with her students.

“Ethics throughout our curriculum is a focus of the school and the Board,” she says. “It’s not enough to offer an ethics course. We need to show the students the ethical importance of what we do. My big interest this summer was to study the ongoing ethical problems or issues in the field of classical antiquity collecting.” g

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top five percent of PSAT takers and are among 34,000 selected nationwide.

McCallie’s National Merit Semifinalists include Riggs Brown, Columbia, S.C.; Kristian Canler and John Gwin, Chattanooga; Tyler Richard, Cimarron, Colo.; Justin Simerly, Jasper, Tenn.; Pranav Singh, Dalton, Ga., and James Winford, Lake Charles, La. Commended Scholars are Winston Becker, Advance, N.C.; T.J. Kemp, Chattanooga; Tony LaDouce, Carlsbad, Calif.; Erich Lohrmann, Mooresville, N.C.; and Davis Mooney and Peter Morton, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

Additionally, Kemp and Wesley Morton, McDonough, Ga., are two of 1,600 African-American high school seniors to earn National Achievement Semifinalist distinction by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

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As the fourth anniversary of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was marked August 29, the nation was reminded that many residents and businesses of the Louisiana and Mississippi coastal areas are still in need of assistance.

Always searching for community service opportunities, McCallie sent six students and two faculty members on a service retreat following final exams last spring semester. The group teamed with Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New Orleans to help a physician reopen his clinic. The work required gutting the building of debris, damaged equipment and furniture to prepare the site for reconstruction and future use for the community.

McCallie’s team included (L-R front): Michael Burkus, Trace Palmer, Chip Slawson, (back) Mark Taylor, Pierce DeRico and Mitch Freeman. Advisors were Chaplain Josh Deitrick and math teacher John Green ’84.

Seven seniors were recognized in October as National Merit Semifinalists, and six were honored as National Merit Commended Scholars.

Semifinalists rank among the top one percent, or roughly 16,000, of the more than 1.5 million juniors who took the Preliminary SAT last year. All semifinalists are considered for Finalist status and possibly earn National Merit Scholarships.

Commended Scholars scored within the

Does this model car look familiar? Former faculty member Pat McKinsey remembers assembling this Rolls Royce with a student in the 1950s and is interested in passing it along to the co-builder. Contact Curtis Baggett at 423-493-5620 with any information.

{ For full coverage of events around campus,visit www.mccallie.org. } REA DING

More than 500 students, faculty and family members of McCallie and Girls Preparatory School combined to form the largest team in the Family and Friends Division at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

The Race raises funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Participants pay a registration fee of between $20 and $35 to run or walk in different races ranging from a 5k competitive race to a one-mile fun run/walk. All funds go toward the Komen for the Cure Foundation.

The McCallie/GPS team raised over $4600 in donations for the September event, and it was the only high school team listed among the top-10 fundraising teams. The event marked the fourth year McCallie and GPS have joined forces for the Race for the Cure.

Eighth-grader C.J. Fritz has read nearly all of the 30 or more Walter Dean Myers books in the Middle School library. This past April, he was able to meet his literary hero.

C.J. joined librarians Jenny Salladay and Janet Best at the Alex Haley farm in Clinton, Tenn., where Mr. Myers was the honored speaker at the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture. The lecture, sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, honors Ms. Arbuthnot, an educator in the early 1900s who created the “Dick and Jane” children’s reading series.

Mr. Myers personalized one of his books, “Game,” to C.J. In it, Mr. Myers wrote ‘To McCallie School in honor of C.J. Fritz. Walter Dean Myers.’

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Births&Weddings Births00s

Births80s To Brice Burbank ’87 and Christie, a daughter, Beatrix Dudley on June 29, 2009. n To Terrell Kalmbach ’89 and Deana, a son and a daughter, Vernon Terrell III and Catherine Lapleau on June 1, 2009. n

Births90s

Thayer Montague ’92 and his wife Carrie welcomed Robert Toombs into the world in January.

Meredith and Mark Richmond ’02 hold their new son, Elijah.

Joseph Graham was born to Jessica and Alphonso Hicks ’01 in September.

Charlotte Ann Johnson, daughter of Jan and Kert Johnson ’98, was born in August 2009.

To Ron Earl ’90 and Tricia, Ansley Ryan, on March 20, 2007. n To Tim Moorhead ’90 and Kimberly, a daughter, Noelle Alexandra, on December 16, 2008. n To Cheairs Porter ’90 and Sarah, a son, John Cheairs “Jack” III, on May 8, 2009 n To Pierce Knight ’91 and Fowler, a daughter, Sterling Merritt, on March 9, 2009. n To Andrew Crews ’92 and Corrie, a son, Calvin Pierce, on June 23, 2009. n To Thayer Montague ’92 and Carrie, a son, Robert Toombs Wright on January 2, 2009. n To Ryan Lookabill ’94 and Julia, a daughter, Emerson Grace, on September 17, 2009. n To Andrew Luedecke ’94 and Eleanor, a son, John Acker, on October 6, 2009. n To Sachin Phade ’94 and Radhika, a daughter, Amiya, on April 11, 2009. n To David Simmons ’94 and Leslie, a son, Grant Jacob, on May 20, 2009. n To William Bradford ’95 and Sara, a daughter, Annabelle Jean, in September 2008. n To Sloan Evans ’95 and Mary Elizabeth, a daughter, Sara Catharine, on November 27, 2007. n To Sloan Evans ’95 and Mary Elizabeth, a daughter, Anna Elizabeth, on April 7, 2009. n To Jerry Fourroux ’95 and Hesed, a son, Jerry Donald III, on December 31, 2008. n To Russell C. Witt ’95 and Ann, a son, Logan Alexander, on July 20, 2009. n To Ryan Coulter ’96 and Treasure, a daughter, Scout, on May 2, 2009. n To Jud Laughter ’96 and Laura, a son, Joseph Crandall, on September 11, 2009. n To Craig Smith ’96 and Emily, a daughter, Georgia Kay, on June 24, 2009. n To Tyson Smoak ’96 and Caroline, a daughter, Mildred Louise, on June 30, 2009. n To Dwight Thomas ’96 and Leah, a daughter, Mazie Ruth. n To Steven Bumpers ’97 and Sarah, a son, Benjamin Paul, on May 4, 2009. n To Josh Jenne ’97 and Kendal, a son, Connor, on September 4, 2008. n To Kert Johnson ’98 and Jan, a daughter, Charlotte Ann, on August 2009. n

To Alphonso Hicks ’01 and Jessica, a son, Joseph Graham, on September 23, 2009. n To Jonathan Hoyle ’01 and Laura, a daughter, Emma Claire, on May 16, 2009. n To Joe Fielden ’02 and Katherine, a son, Joseph III, on March 5, 2009. n To Mark Richmond ’02 and Meredith, a son, Elijah Mark, on May 17, 2009. n To Andrew Gardner ’03 and Carolyn, a son, Dallas, on September 17, 2009. n

Weddings50s-80s John Frist ’59 to Jennifer Patten on September 4, 2009. n Theodore Hutcheson, Jr. ’85 to Janin Elizabeth Petrick on October 24, 2009. n

Weddings90s Tawambi J. Settles ’94 to Melanie Elizabeth Brooks on July 11, 2009. n Matthew Parker Willis ’95 to Lindsay McCraw Hanna on June 6, 2009. n Mark Litchford ’97 to Amanda Hill on August 23, 2008. n Ryan Ragsdale ’97 to Amanda Breitbach on September 19, 2009. n Patrick Haynes Lowery ’98 to Keating Simons Coleman on July 18, 2009. n Ryan Sullivan ’99 to Casey Fletcher on April 5, 2009. n

Weddings00s Jacob LeSourd ’00 to Deana Brice Levy on August 15, 2009. n Christopher Simmons ’00 to Melissa on February 21, 2009. n Neil Patel ’01 to Jennifer King on August 2, 2008. n Knox Campbell ’02 to Susan Adams on April 25, 2009. n Luke Habegger ’03 to Martha Ferebee on September 12, 2009. n Cameron Rice ’03 to Rachel Humphreys on July 5, 2009. n Drew Andrews ’04 to Rebecca Jane Glover on August 1, 2009. n Tim Hewitt ’05 to Mary Catherine Williams on June 27, 2009. n

Mark Litchford ’97 and Amanda Hill married on August 23, 2008. Pictured, from left, LaVar Smith ’97, Chris Gant ’97, Raja Stroble ’97, Richard Combs ’97, Robbie Bush ’97, Zach Strickland ’97, the groom and bride, Alex McAllister ’97, Will Litchford ’93, Rik Herrmann ’94, Bill Royer, Derrick Wolfe ’97, Matt Wilson ’96, Ned Giles ’64, and Craig Smith ’96.

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Class Updates 1950s Billy Dunavant ’50 was inducted to Business TN magazine’s Leadership Hall of Fame for his work in turning his family’s cotton business into the highly-successful Dunavant Enterprises.

1960s Ben Rudisill ’61 was named Chairman of the Board of his local community bank, Citizens South.

William Chew ’64 is working with the government on a new missile design.

Ian Hamilton ’79 writes, “In May ’09, while in full-time vascular surgery practice, I graduated from Auburn University’s Physician Executive MBA program with Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma academic honors.”

Ned Irvine ’79 was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Studio Art in the department of Art and Art History at UNC Wilmington.

Jeff Sartin ’79 writes, “I am currently enjoying the single life in La Crosse, Wis. I continue to work as an infectious disease physician at GundersenLutheran Medical Center.”

John Greenblatt ’65 lives in Moraga, California, works part time at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, and manages a piece of commercial property.

1980s Christopher Maclellan ’82 and wife Susan recently traveled to Nairobi, Kenya, with their two sons, Robert and Wilson. While there, they spent several days on an animal preserve observing wildlife. They also traveled to Kilgali and Rwanda, where they worked with several ministries and orphanages.

Breck Grover ’65 was approved for induction into the Sons of the American Revolution, the brother organization to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

John Pope ’66 was elected president of Ducks Unlimited, the world’s largest waterfowl conservation organization. He lives in Jacksonville, Fla. Rick Barger ’67 serves as founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Timoun Foundation, which, he writes, is “A 501c3 national grassroots and partnership-based movement dedicated to creating a future of hope, sustainability, and dignity for the children of Haiti.”

Bo Simmons ’82 is President of Cool Blue Interactive, an award-winning interactive media design company in Atlanta.

Chris Williams ’85 launched his own company, AIMSdashboard, LLC, this spring. The company offers appraisal management software to lenders and other financial clients.

Bryan Edwards ’83 was honored when his business, Hughes-Edwards Builders, was selected for membership in the elite Southern Living Custom Builder Program.

Herbert Pritchett ’69 was appointed to the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board. He is the President of G. Herbert Pritchett & Associates, Inc., an appraisal firm in Madisonville, Ky. Powell Trusler ’69 is in his fourth year of active duty in the U.S. Army as a “Retiree Recall.” He serves on the General Staff as a lieutenant colonel at Fort Bliss, Texas. He writes “I plan on being reretired in August 2010, but I’ve been planning on that same thing since August 2007. Serving on active duty at age 58 is like living a dream at this point in my life.”

1970s Charles Stribling ’71 was awarded the Combat Action Badge in a ceremony at the Pentagon. The award is given to soldiers who actively engage, or are actively engaged by, a hostile enemy force in a combat zone.

Reid Sisson ’86 was named office manager and senior project consultant of the Chattanooga branch of PM Environmental, Inc., an environmental risk management firm.

Jeffrey Turner ’86, a Certified Financial Planner with Capital Financial Group, LLC in Chattanooga, has received the SpecialCare Planner certificate from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. In addition to his current work in estate, insurance and investment planning, the certificate will enable him to give financial planning advice to those with disabilities and other special needs.

1990s Chris Gomez ’93 has begun nursing school at Chattanooga State Community College.

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Luke Habegger ’03 married Martha Ferebee on September 12, 2009. Class of 2003 attendees included (left to right): Travis Starkey, Philip Hammond, Meade Willis, P.B. Bachman, Scott Luedeke, Tom Ruff and Wilson McCrory.

Neal Morris ’90 was named a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Design School. A real estate developer and attorney, he will be in residence at Harvard for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Corbin Caruthers ’94 writes, “July 2009 marked the fifth anniversary for Foresight Land Surveying, a land surveying services firm I began in 2004. The problem-solving skills I was taught at McCallie gave me the confidence to start my own business at age 28.”

Wyatt Nordstrom ’94 writes, “After over a year of development, I recently launched Maven, an online service that connects knowledge seekers with reputable professionals for short paid interactions, including telephone consultations and custom surveys.”

John David Pirtle ’94 works in the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is pursuing his MFA. J.W. Ekiss ’96 writes, “We moved to Connecticut to take a job promotion and are really enjoying it. We live 30 miles outside of NYC and have enjoyed learning a new area of the country.”

Doug MacColl ’96 is in his third year as a pharmaceutical rep with Shire Pharmaceuticals.

He and his wife, Amanda, celebrated their first wedding anniversary.

Jason Stumpf ’96 will have a collection of poems entitled “A Cloud of Witnesses,” published by Quale Press in 2010.

Alex Wellman ’96 writes, “I’ve been living and working in Birmingham since finishing Auburn in ‘02. I got married this past May and have been as happy as a lark.”

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Fall 2009 Tim Hewitt ’05 married Mary Catherine Williams on June 27, 2009, in Memphis, Tenn. Many McCallie friends from the Class of 2005 attended.

Forrest Vanderbilt ’96 is project manager for the Department of Defense-funded Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics School Support Initiative program.

Damon Darsey ’97 returned to med school and is taking the board exams in emergency medicine.

Richard Pearce ’97 moved to Lexington, Ky., though he still works for Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C. of Chattanooga.

Zach Jett ’01 Graduated cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law and accepted a job in Charlotte, N.C. Chris Rogers ’01 completed his second deployment to Iraq in May. He has moved to Rota, Spain, to assume the duties of Executive Officer for the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team in Europe and was promoted to captain in July.

Phillip Small ’01 was named head basketball coach of Vanguard High School in Ocala, Fla. He previously worked as an assistant coach at Leesburg High School in Florida.

Patrick LaRochelle ’98 completed his master’s degree in public health and is applying to joint internal medicine and pediatrics residencies.

Chandlee Caldwell ’99 started a private English language school in Weihei, China.

Ben Curtis ’99 was recently cast in the new NBC TV hospital drama “Mercy,” and will also play the lead in the upcoming independent feature film “Do It for Hartman.”

Trey Grant ’99 was promoted to Manager of Deloitte & Touche LLP’s audit and enterprise risk services practice.

2000s Rufus Marye ’00 is training for his deployment to Iraq this February with the 278th Armored Cavalry of the Tennessee Army National Guard.

Garnet Caldwell ’01 opened Chattanooga Hybrids, an electric bicycle store on Chattanooga’s North Shore this year.

Graham Taylor ’03 has taken a job as a Senior Research and Development Quality Engineer at Merit Medical in Salt Lake City, Utah.

John Evans ’04 recently joined Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate in Lakeland, Fla., as a realtor and sales associate.

Austin Wyker ’01 graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in May and is pursuing a Masters of Laws in Taxation at Georgetown University Law Center.

Alexander Franks ’04 graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters of Arts with honors in Philosophy and English Literature.

Claten Bechtol ’02 is stationed with the Naval Air Service on Whidbey Island, Wash.

Will Robinson ’04 hiked the entire Appalachian Trail between July 18 and October 24. He began serving as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in November.

Richard Bethune ’03 moved to Beijing, China, to continue studying Mandarin at Peking University (Beida).

Austin Roberts ’04 is in his third year of dental school. He has passed part one of the national board exam.

Trey Clark ’02 completed his master’s in Chinese at the University of Valparaiso and began the MBA program at the University of Chicago. He and his wife Paige are expecting their second child in January.

Parker Sheppard ’04 is pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics and statistics at Georgetown University.

Desmund Collins ’03 is a volunteer with the Peace Corps on St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean.

Alex Cook ’05 graduated cum laude from Dartmouth and lives in New York City, where he works with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

William Dann ’03 was designated a naval aviator in May and is currently assigned to VFA-106 in Oceana, Va., flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet.

Keith Hales ’03 attends the MBA Professional program at the University of Tennessee.

Trent Willingham ’06 serves as President of the Student Alumni Associates at the University of Tennessee. He was chosen to be an Ambassador Scholar for the University.

Knox Campbell ’02 married Susan Adams on April 25, 2009. McCallie friends attending were (left to right) Reeves Skeen ’02, Ned Giles ’64, Michael Hale ’02, Tim Stump ’75, the groom, Whit Walker ’02, Kirk Wilder ’02, Bo Stump ’09, Shawn Campbell ’88, Roshan Amin ’02, Chris Todd ’02.

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Will Daigle ’05 has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in Field Artillery with the U.S. Army. He will be going to Ft. Lewis, Wash., following basic training and has also been accepted to the Tulane School of Medicine as a member of the Class of 2015.

Yasin Amdani ’06 was accepted into East Tennessee State University’s Doctor of Pharmacy program.

Jarvis Histed ’06 is a Client Accounting Associate at Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in St. Louis, and is working towards his MBA at Webster University.

Jordan Hobbs ’06 has joined the U.S. Army Reserves.

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In Memoriam Newell Sanders Anderson ’27 of St. Simons Island, Ga., died September 23, 2009. The car and engine enthusiast and lifelong community volunteer is survived by his wife Jane and five children.

William Battle Cobb Jr. ’45 of Virginia Beach, Va., died August 2, 2009. The career Naval officer, Korean and Vietnam War veteran and avid fisherman is survived by a sister.

George Grier Egerton ’55 of Greensboro, N.C., died July 20, 2009. The entrepreneur and businessman is survived by two children, a grandson, a brother and a sister.

James L. Hyde ’31 of Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif., died February 14, 2009. The former materials and process engineer is survived by three daughters.

Thomas Herron Mitchell Jr. ’45 of Nashville, Tenn., died September 6, 2009. The Army veteran and retired stock broker is survived by his wife Betty, two children, a granddaughter and two sisters.

David G. Wilson ’56 of Atlanta, died April 1, 2009. The Army captain is survived by his wife Ann, three children, a granddaughter and a brother.

William Holcombe Swisshelm Sr. ’32 of Bethesda, Md., died November 22, 2008. The retired Operating Executive of Inland Steel Company is survived by two children.

Neill Watson ’48 of Pinehurst, N.C., died August 3, 2009. The retired salesman, stamp and coin collector and hospital volunteer is survived by his wife Brenda, four stepchildren, 12 grandchildren, a greatgrandchild and a sister.

Arthur M. Allen II ’37 of Lookout Mountain, died July 3, 2009. The owner of Arthur Allen Realty, youth basketball coach and volunteer for Gideon’s International and the Union Gospel Mission is survived by one daughter and three grandchildren.

William Bruce Sherrill ’37 of Athens, Ala., died March 15, 2008. The retired attorney and Executive Director of the Athens Housing Authority is survived by six children.

Edwin Brabson Anderson ’39 died May 29, 2009. The Army Air Corps veteran, physician, saxophonist and painter is survived by three children, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister.

Carl Richard Neidhardt ’39 died August 20, 2009. The U.S. Army Air Corps pilot, prolific artist, longtime art professor and Fulbright award winner is survived by his wife Frances, two children and a sister.

Stanley Smith Dickson Jr. ’49 of Louisville, Ky., died October 14, 2009. The Army lieutenant, Scout Master, avid bluegrass music fan and former President of Kentucky Operations for BellSouth is survived by his wife Roberta, two children and eight grandchildren.

John Curtis Kyle Jr. ’49 of Winder, Ga., died February 1, 2009. The U.S. Air Force pilot, entrepreneur and owner of Dixie Snack Foods and Southern Snacks, Inc. is survived by four children, three step-children, eight grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren and two brothers.

Stephen Cannon Nowell Jr. ’49 of Bradenton, Fla., died July 20, 2009. He is survived by his wife Beverly, six children, seven grandchildren, a brother and a sister.

Thomas Lyndon Bennett Jr. ’50 of Raleigh, N.C., died May 7, 2009.

The retired Regional Manager of North Carolina Community Colleges is survived by his wife Jeanette and a son.

Carl Stevenson Kincaid Jr. ’42 of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died August 5, 2009. The World War II veteran, sales manager and avid sports fan is survived by four children, nine grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren and a sister.

Donald Earl Evans Sr. ’50 of Hixson, Tenn., died August 12, 2009. He is survived by his wife Faye, three children, five grandchildren, a greatgranddaughter and a sister.

James Allen Mills ’42 died May 18, 2009. The Army Air Corps veteran is survived by his wife Martha, one daughter, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister.

Reginald John Ripley Bell Sr. ’54 died June 21, 2009. He is survived by his wife Barbara, three children, five grandchildren and a brother.

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Wayne Paul Smith ’57 of Hayesville, N.C., died July 30, 2009.

The Navy veteran and retired accountant is survived by his wife Sarah, two children, three grandchildren and two sisters.

M. Brooks Nash ’59 of Cabot, Ark., died May 20, 2009. The former teacher and school administrator is survived by his wife Donna, two children, a grandson and a brother, Rev. David Nash ’56.

Robert Scott Howard ’66 of Knoxville, Tenn., died March 29, 2009. The orthodontist is survived by his mother, a sister and two brothers, Edwin B. Howard II ’72 and G. Turner Howard III ’65.

Joel Ginsberg ’67 of Chattanooga, died on August 1, 2009. The pulmonary physician is survived by his wife Phyllis, two daughters, four grandchildren, a brother and a sister.

James Morris Jones Jr. ’06 of Chattanooga, died June 10, 2008.

He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Brandall C. Jones ’07 and Antario J. Jones ’10, grandparents and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. g

Edwin C. Lundien of Chattanooga, died October 5, 2009. A decorated World War II veteran, he taught biology and coached golf and swimming at McCallie from 1951 until 1984. He is survived by his wife Phyllis, four children, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

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»» Jordan and the other heroes were honored on Thanksgiving night at a special ceremony in Hollywood which was televised by CNN. A Hero of the Year was selected from a nationwide vote.

»» The Cable News Network hosted a rally for Jordan on November 6 at Chattanooga’s Hunter Museum.

»» McCallie’s junior and senior classes attended the rally, as did children from St. Nicholas School.

»» Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey read a proclamation designating November 6, 2009, as “Jordan Thomas Day” in Chattanooga.

»» Jordan lost both of his legs from the calf down in a 2005 scuba diving accident in the Florida Keys. The award-winning Jordan Thomas Foundation raises money for children in need of prosthetic devices who cannot afford them.

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