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Quadrangle Conversion Change is in the air all across McCallie’s campus, from new leadership, new buildings and — in the near future — a new look for the quadrangle.
As the Walker Hall construction wraps up, Executive Director of Operations Bill Kropff is leading a multi-phase reimagining of the open space that spans the main campus. The project is moving forward even as final touches are put on the project that will give a face-lift to the quad. “The quadrangle should look as excellent as McCallie is as a school. This is the opportune time to do it with three buildings being torn down and a new building being built. This is a time when from the Chapel all the way to the dining hall we can ask ‘How should this look?’ “It’s the center and the heart of our campus, and it needs to reflect our excellence. It’s going to be a beautiful, functional space." g
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Work hard, play hard McCallie’s athletic programs work hand-in-hand with academics to build a complete young man. Class of 2015 co-valedictorians David Bowman, left, and Wesley Brown are prime examples.
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English teacher John Lambert says goodbye after 29 years at McCallie.
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5 Center for Boys
McCallie launches the National Center for the Development of Boys to promote teaching of boys.
6 Faculty Farewells
Three distinguished members of the McCallie community retired following the 2014-15 school year.
14 Building for College
Another good year for the College Guidance program shows how McCallie prepares students for their next step.
18 Administration changes
Changes are happening within the administrative structure at McCallie, including the return of some alumni.
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Mark Bode ’69 recalls the 1968 Blue Tornado baseball team that won the Mid-South title.
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A new generation of young men became McCallie alumni as the largest-ever senior class graduated in this year’s commencement exercises.
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Farewell to McCallie’s Men
Dear Men: I was very proud to see that McCallie won the state championship in baseball in 2014, and of course McCallie has won many state championships in many different sports over the years. But I’d like to recall the 1968 McCallie squad that may have been the best baseball team in the entire south, having dominated the Mid-South that year. That team dominated everything except for one game against Baylor when a bunch of errors and walks cost us and led to 17 runs for Baylor, but that was an exception for a team that finished 11-3. While we could hit the ball, the most amazing domination came from our pitching. Jack Sokohl ’68, George Schimpf ’69 and myself combined for 127 strikeouts in 95 innings and allowed just 36 hits that season. Each of us threw a shutout in the final three games of the season to clinch the Mid-South title, and I had a pair of no-hitters that season, including one in the seasonending 6-0 win over St. Andrews. Sokohl contributed with his bat in that game — hitting home runs from each side of the plate. Sokohl — a great all-around athlete in many sports — was our leader in 1968, but we had a team full of guys who played Division I baseball on scholarship and a few others who easily could have. We were led by longtime coach Col. Dave Spencer, but 1968 was the first year at McCallie for Bill Eiselstein, who had played in the Atlanta Braves organization and brought a professional mindset to McCallie. He later became head coach and held that position for many years in becoming a legend at the school. g – Mark Bode ’69, Gulf Stream, Fla.
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In August of 1986, I entered my first
McCallie classroom. I was 21 years old and looked, it would seem, much younger than that. Dean Sholl’s wife, Penny, likes to tell the story of the day I was moving into North Hutch where they lived with two small boys; she offered to help me out, mistaking me for a lost boarder who had arrived on campus a few days early. The first morning of class, after a faculty orientation with that generation’s McCallie luminaries— Houston Patterson ’43, Miles McNiff and Bob Bailey among them—and what would become the next in a long line of legends—Yogi, Bob Bires, Chet LeSourd ’72 to name a few —I walked down the hallway of the Academic Building, trailing a group of juniors. “Who do you have for 1st period English?” “Someone named Lambert. I think he’s new.” “Awesome! Now this should be fun!” Mistaking me for another lost boarder, they entered my classroom and I followed them, taking a seat in one of the back rows. Boys talked about their summers, girls they’d been seeing, parties they’d attended, vacations with families that they’d taken. The bell rang. Still no teacher. Conversations and growing laughter and restlessness continued. “Where is he? Maybe he’s lost.” I stood up and announced, “Good morning, guys! I’m Mr. Lambert and I’ll be your teacher this year!” I’ve always been glad that I did that; in retrospect, it signifies to me something I’ve always believed about teachers, or about the sort of teacher I’ve always admired: that the lines between teacher and student, between who’s doing the teaching and who’s being taught, are never quite so clear as they might seem. Twenty-nine years of McCallie students have given me the gift of walking into classrooms and being challenged, entertained, and sometimes even moved to tears; adolescents are no longer children and not yet adults, and that intersecting space in a human life has been a privilege to witness and to participate in. This spring, I accepted a call to
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Upper School English teacher John Lambert was honored as a Faculty Fellow during his 29 years at McCallie. Mr. Lambert is leaving to take a position at Westminster School in Atlanta. More of his thoughts on his time at McCallie can be found at blog.mccallie.org.
teach at another school in a different city, surprising myself, primarily, and to a lesser extent my friends and family. The night I made the decision, I wrote to my current students to tell them: One of the great joys of my life has been walking into this classroom with you day after day, not knowing what the 50 minutes would hold. Some days we’ve shared great intellectual energy, tossing around deeply felt ideas about families, about racial issues, politics, theology, about literature. Other days, the conversation has veered towards the personal—random stories about classmates, inside jokes that only McCallie guys would get, stupid YouTube videos. I have embraced all the nuances of our time together. You have shared your stories with me—a gift I cherish and keep in trust. And you have, from time to time, taken my advice about how to hone your words, and make them shine brighter than they might have without my attention. It’s humbling work, reading your writing, as talented as you are. I have been telling you for years to reinvent your lives, that college represents a time to recreate yourselves and sluff off those parts of yourself you want to cast aside and pursue those parts of yourself you know you have it in yourselves to become. I’ve told you that the “road less traveled by” makes all the difference and that the world’s great need meets your own best gifts and that intersection is a wonderful and terrifying and invigorating space. I believe those truths. And now it’s time for me to live them, too. g
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Sharing our expertise in teaching boys
In early May, McCallie Headmaster Lee Burns ’87 announced an ambitious and exciting new project to benefit everyone concerned with the education and well-being of boys. By this fall, McCallie will have established a center to coordinate and advance research and best practices on the development and learning of boys. The National Center for the Development of Boys, an institute separate from McCallie yet to be housed on campus, will equip educators, parents, youth leaders, mentors and others in their work with boys. The center — which will focus on the development of boys from early childhood through early adulthood — will share its research, programs, resources, conferences and ideas with the broader public, and it will aim to do so for free or very little cost to the public. “Boys and young men in our country are disengaging from school and underperforming in both school and society at large,” Mr. Burns said in announcing the project. “The educational trends of boys and the impact on the world are quite troubling. We as a country need to find ways to bring out the best in boys — academically, socially, emotionally, spiritually and physically. It is our belief that this center can be a hub of important research, conversations and practical strategies about how to help boys and young men.” McCallie’s administration and trustees have discussed and researched the idea for several months as a way to share the school’s 110 years of experience and expertise in understanding, educating and inspiring boys. “We know boys well — as well as any institution in America,” Mr. Burns said. “We feel we have an opportunity — and obligation really — to share what we know and to help coordinate research and programs that can benefit people in Chattanooga and beyond.” Significant start-up and sustaining funding has already been secured for the center, which will be led by its own board of trustees. The announcement has already generated excitement
among the McCallie community and beyond. “I’ve heard a lot of enthusiasm and excitement from people as they’ve heard about this,” Mr. Burns said. “I think people recognize this as a great need, and I think people appreciate that McCallie wants to leverage our own experience and expertise to have a public purpose as a private school. “I think that resonates with people.” The center will engage the services of educators, researchers, authors and other leaders who have experience and expertise in how to best motivate and educate boys and young men. “This winter, McCallie hosted a basic seminar called ‘Understanding Boys,’ and about 250 people showed up on a Sunday afternoon to learn more. Parents and teachers drove in from out of town for this event,” McCallie Assistant Headmaster Kenny Sholl said. “The plight of boys and the challenge of raising and developing them into responsible men of character is a nationwide concern, and many are desperate to improve how this is addressed.” The center’s work will include reviewing and curating past and current research on boys, as well as undertaking its own research, which can be augmented by a living laboratory of more than 900 boys at McCallie and the faculty who teach and mentor them. The center will publish articles and reports and produce videos about boys, as well as offer seminars, workshops and conferences for the public. Topics of study may include brain development in boys and its implications for learning; effective teaching methods and curricula for boys; effective parenting of boys at different ages; the role of boys and men in families and in society; the portrayal of boys and men in culture; and the journey from boyhood to manhood. The announcement of the National Center for the Development of Boys attracted media attention, with a front page story and editorials in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and stories on local television stations. The focus for now is on finding the right person to serve as Executive Director for the Center, and many potential candidates have shown interest, proving the need for such an institute and the respect McCallie has earned to launch the initiative. “I’ve heard from people all over the nation about this,” Mr. Burns said. “I’ve gotten many, many inquiries and resumes from all over the country. The high level of interest has really been great. “It gives us a great validation that this is a good idea and will be of great value.” McCallie will announce the Executive Director when that position is filled later this summer or in early fall, and more information on the National Center for the Development of Boys will be available in the coming weeks and months at the center’s website, understandingboys.org. g
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FacultyFarewells Lewis F. Cisto Three valuable members of the McCallie faculty retired following the 2014-15 school year, having provided decades of service and support that has left the school and its community better for their years on the Ridge. (l-r) Music Department Chair Lew Cisto, longtime Development Office employee Anne Pitts and Upper School science teacher Larry Anderson combined to devote 65 years to McCallie.
Faculty member since 1985. Dr. Cisto came to McCallie 30 years ago after being spotted by former Headmaster Spencer McCallie III ’55 at a performance in New York City. His larger-than-life personality, love of music and his “superior Italian genetics” quickly made him a legendary instructor, attracting boys to music who may not have considered the performing arts. His passion for teaching enabled him to coax musical ability from students with a wide variety of musical aptitude. “We’ve had guys that have been very, very talented fellows,” he said to the faculty at his retirement celebration, “but we’ve also been able to motivate and inspire those guys who have Australian war chant as their main musical prowess. It’s been fun, and I can tell all kinds of stories about that.” Beyond his love of music, Dr. Cisto and his wife, Barbara Jo, also mentored countless McCallie boarding students from their apartment in Belk Dorm. Many boys over the years got an authentic Italian meal as well as a sense that they had found a home away from home. “One of my fondest memories within my first few McCa llie m aga zine |
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years here was Lew inviting me over for a dinner,” recalled Brent Alverson, Director of Instrumental Music. “Initially I thought I was going for a nice family dinner, but I discovered that I’d been invited to one of his famous Italian ‘abbondanzas.’ “If you are as unfamiliar with that term as I was then, he and Bobby Jo create multiple courses of fantastic food. Probably hundreds of students have dined at one over the years. Again, that shows a level of commitment that Lew has not only inside the classroom but outside the classroom — to interact and become part of a family.” Assistant Headmaster Kenny Sholl recalled Dr. Cisto’s famed “Greco-Roman handshake,” booming voice and — most importantly — the zest for music, life and learning that he brought to the McCallie music department for three decades. “Lew Cisto is a man for whom no clothing size seems too large, for whom no plan is too big,” Mr. Sholl said. “He possesses and shares huge ideas. His passion is inspiring and endless, his smile is contagious and encouraging, and his presence is expansive. “Most important, he is a man with a massive heart who truly cares about others. He’s a big man in every way.”
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Anne R. Pitts
Larry W. Anderson
Faculty member since 1993. While Mrs. Pitts’ work may not Faculty member since 2002. Mr. Anderson initially arrived have been as familiar to current McCallie students, generations at McCallie in 2002 as an adjunct teacher after retiring of alumni came to know her well in her work helping alumni from a long and distinguished teaching career at Lakevieworganize their reunion giving programs. Fort Oglethorpe High School. He came to the Ridge to She came to McCallie in 1993 as an administrative assistant teach at the request of Mr. Sholl, a former student of Mr. in the Development Office, hired by former Development Anderson’s. Director Curtis Baggett ’65. Mr. Baggett soon realized her “Larry is truly a jack of all trades,” AP Chemistry and potential to have a greater impact for the school, and the two Physics teacher David Mouron ’73 said. “He has experience of them created the new role of Director of Reunion Gifts. In teaching almost every math and science course. At LFO, he this role worked with alumni as they organized their reunion taught everything from general science to calculus. gatherings, developing relationships and reconnecting men with “Because of this, his role at McCallie quickly grew McCallie, with old friends and with from that of an adjunct to a the current and future needs of the full-time teacher. Here he has school. successfully taught courses from “She has embraced one of the the general level through AP. most effective fundraising tenets He understands how to make that has served McCallie so well over difficult concepts easy,” Mr. the years, and that is because gifts Mouron said. follow relationships, we must go With former science teacher wherever necessary to build a trust Cissy May, Mr. Anderson with potential donors,” Mr. Baggett developed the Science Olympiad said. “Travel is often difficult and program and made a second personally sacrificial, but it is the best career inspiring boys at McCallie. way to develop relationships that Mr. Sholl especially valued Mr. ultimately strengthen the school for Anderson’s rare and valuable gift tomorrow.” for being up for anything as a Through her work, Mrs. Pitts teacher. developed enduring bonds with “Every spring when we were countless alumni, earning their trust trying to figure out sections and and respect, listening to the stories of who’s teaching what, Larry would their youthful triumphs and struggles, always email me or call me and and helping them reconnect to say ‘Just give me what’s left over. McCallie and give back and return to I’ll teach it,’” Mr. Sholl said. “You campus in reunion years. have no idea how helpful that is. “One observation I made over He’s a family man, a man of science — Anne Pitts the years I’ve known Anne was no doubt, and a school man who that of alums addressing her as ‘Ms. always understood that curriculum Anne,’” said Reunion Board Charman exists to teach students regardless Conrad Mehan ’77. “Growing up in of deadlines and test scores and the South, one knows this is a sign of deep and loving respect. everything else he’d had to encounter.” Coming from middle-aged men, I don’t think one could have His passion for teaching endeared him to students and given her a greater compliment.” colleagues during his 13 years on the Ridge, and his wry wit In her 22 years at McCallie, Mrs. Pitts has learned more only made him that much more beloved. about the school and its development over the decades, from “I’m grateful for the science department. They’re all its past as a military school to the vibrant, modern, innovative extraordinary teachers,” Mr. Anderson told the faculty at institution it is today that still retains those core values of his retirement celebration. “I’m grateful for my students, Honor, Truth and Duty that have always been the foundation of who sometimes don’t understand me, but they kind of stick McCallie’s mission. along with me anyway. They just think I’m a little weird. I’m She knows the school and its culture as an employee, as a grateful that I’ve been a successful chemistry teacher. How parent of an alumnus, and as a keen listener. do you judge if you’re successful or not? All my students “I’ve been on the administrative side a long time, and I’ve lived. seen it from the parents’ side. In an interesting way, I’ve sort of “When people ask me what I do for a living, I say I surround become a student of McCallie history by listening to the stories myself with teenage boys, and I teach them about fire and of guys from all the decades going back to the 1950s.” poison and explosives.” g
I’ve been on the administrative side a long time, and I’ve seen it from the parents’ side. In an interesting way, I’ve sort of become a student of McCallie history by listening to the stories of guys from all the decades going back to the 1950s.”
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Working hard
Playing Hard At McCallie, athletics plays an important role in giving boys a complete education
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esley Brown takes the ball and drives across the left side of the soccer field in the Blue Tornado’s TSSAA state playoff game against Saint Benedict Academy. The fourth-generation McCallie student moves quickly down the field as his teammates surge forward, and an SBA defender scrambles to keep pace. Brown looks toward the goal, gets past a defender and sends the ball toward the center of the field in front of the net. Awaiting the crossing shot is David Bowman, a fellow senior from Athens, Ala., with no family ties to the school before his arrival as a freshman boarding student. Bowman takes the pass, redirecting it past the SBA goalkeeper and into the net for the first goal in a 3-2 McCallie win, drawing cheers from the home crowd on a Saturday morning in May. Less than 24 hours later, Brown and Bowman would once again stand together and hear the cheers of their friends, family and classmates — as covaledictorians of McCallie’s 2015 graduating class.
David Bowman, left, and Wesley Brown are best friends, helped lead the McCallie soccer team to an unbeaten regular season as seniors and were co-valedictorians for the Class of 2015.
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Brown and Bowman — roommates, teammates, best friends, top of their class academically — and, this fall, both will become members of the incoming freshman class at Princeton University. Young boys enter McCallie every fall. They learn how to study, of course, and how to take what they learn in the classroom and prepare themselves for life beyond the Ridge, but they are expected to get more from the McCallie experience than what can be learned in a classroom. They learn what it means to work together toward a common goal, to build trust with their teachers and classmates, to develop pride in being a part of the McCallie community and to form friendships and bonds that will last a lifetime. A crucial component of the McCallie experience has always been athletics — building the bodies of boys as well as nurturing their mind and spirit — and it remains an integral part of the school’s mission to produce men of high intellect and integrity with a desire to succeed wherever life takes them. Athletics does not drive the mission at McCallie, but it is an important part of completing the process of teaching boys and building men.
Different paths, same goals
David Bowman wasn’t impressed with McCallie — at first. As a young boy from Athens, Ala., Bowman had heard about McCallie from Boyd Jackson ’09,
who encouraged Bowman to consider coming to Chattanooga as a boarding student. “He just did really well here and really loved it,” Bowman said. “He pushed me to try one of the summer camps, so I went to the first-ever Character Leadership Community camp. “To be entirely honest, I didn’t like it. When I came back, I told my parents ‘It was fun, but McCallie’s not the place for me.’” But the offer of financial aid through the Honors Scholars program prompted him to give it a try. Like some boarding students, he struggled with homesickness as a freshman, persevered into his sophomore year and found that McCallie was giving him opportunities beyond what he could have had in his hometown. “It was just a crazy transition, but I’ve loved it,” he said. “I realized it was challenging and maybe not nearly as much fun as people are having back home, but it’s building me and helping me grow in ways that might not otherwise have happened. I’ve been grateful ever since.” For Wesley Brown, McCallie was much more of a known entity. His great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother were McCallie men, and while he had other options, the path toward the Ridge was a familiar one for him. “It wasn’t destined to happen, because my sister went to boarding school at St. Andrews in Delaware, and I could have just gone to the public school in Charlotte.
The McCallie community enjoyed a 35-9 rout over Baylor in Spears Stadium in the 2014 season.
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Big Blue Bonanza McCallie’s athletic teams found success on the field and court, with strong performances throughout the 2014-15 school year. Among the highlights: »» Lacrosse won its 10th state championship in 25 years and was ranked in the top 10 in the nation. »» Football beat Baylor 35-9 at Spears Stadium. »» Soccer had an undefeated regular season and was ranked No. 9 in the nation at the end of the season. »» Basketball opened the season with a 16-game winning streak and finished 24-7 for the year. »» Dylan Carmack won a state championship in cross country. »» Will Patton was the 152-pound state champion in wrestling. »» In Track & Field, McCallie won state titles with Trel Phillips winning the shot put and a first-place finish by the 4x100 relay team. »» Four McCallie athletes were honored at the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps Banquet: Carmack won the cross country award, soccer players Wesley Brown and David Bowman shared the academic award, and football player Alex Trotter was named the Scrappy Moore Male Athlete of the Year and won the football award.
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“We ended up looking at McCallie and St. Andrews . . . and it was the Honors Scholarship that brought me here. I haven’t looked back since and have loved it.” Once together as classmates, Brown and Bowman developed a strong friendship — the bond that many generations of McCallie men have developed over the years — and they threw themselves into campus life. They have participated in the performing arts with the men’s chorus, quickly moved to the top of their classes academically and — especially in their senior year — found athletic success on the soccer field.
Strong foundation in athletics
In his history of McCallie, When We Came to the Ridge, George Hazard Jr. ’64 writes, “From
his earliest advertisements, Professor (Spencer Jarnagin) McCallie had announced that sports and physical development would be major parts of the McCallie school day.” Indeed, in its first year of 1905, McCallie went undefeated in football, going 4-0-2 and soundly beating Baylor 41-0. The addition of faculty members and former college athletes Ed McCallie and Len White to the informally organized team may have improved the quality of play somewhat, but the early success shows that McCallie’s founders clearly saw sport as a crucial part of the curriculum. Current Headmaster Lee Burns ’87 agrees that athletics remain a key part of McCallie’s mission. Mr. Burns was a noted tennis player at McCallie, playing on the varsity team for five years and was No. 1 singles in 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade. He
McCallie School & the changing face of athletics
As the world of prep athletics changes, the McCallie athletic administrative team of (top-bottom) Jeff Romero, Ralph Potter and Mike Newman are positioned to lead McCallie into a bright future.
As the needs, priorities and trends of high school athletics has shifted in the past few decades, so too has the role of the athletics administration and the needs of a modern prep athletics program. McCallie has made changes over the years to meet these challenges and continues to look for ways to build a strong, competitive sports program that will serve the overall mission of the school. “The landscape of high school athletics has undergone a significant change in the past 10 to 15 years,” Headmaster Lee Burns ’87 said. “There is increased pressure from outside McCallie: TSSAA classifications, what peer schools are doing, parental expectations and costs. “All these things have changed and made it more complicated. So athletics is one of these areas where we need to take a thoughtful look at what our philosophy is and develop our programs in a way that’s consistent with McCallie’s values in this dynamic time.” One of the moves made in the past year has been changes to the administrative side of the athletic department at McCallie. At the beginning of the 2014-15 school year Jeff Romero took on the role of Dean of Athletics. “Jeff is a very talented and capable leader,” Mr. Burns said. “Athletics is so much more complex and complicated than it used to be. Athletics now entails business operations, communications, marketing, logistics, the hiring and evaluation of coaches, fundraising and much more.
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“It seems like it’s a bigger job than one person can do any more.” While Mr. Romero handles the business operations, he works closely with Director of Player and Coach Development Mike Newman and Director of Athletic Relationships and Leadership Ralph Potter ’81, who manage other key areas of the department. “The vision of the school’s leaders is that our athletics program is a front door to McCallie and draws interest from alumni, parents, prospective students and community members,” Mr. Romero said. “We all have our roles, but our basic goals are to enhance what our coaches and staff can do with their teams, provide the resources to win championships and ensure that athletics continues to build McCallie boys into men of character.” Another move made recently is the establishment of an Athletics Council, a group of alumni and other members of the McCallie community who will help the staff study the athletic program, plan for the future and ensure that the resources are in place to provide a good experience and the opportunity to succeed for all McCallie athletes. “One of the questions is how do we maintain a good balance and have a broad enough program so every boy can participate in a meaningful way,” Mr. Burns said. “There needs to be a place for every student at McCallie to have an athletic experience and be on a team. To do that, you have to have a whole lot of teams and a whole lot of coaches.” g
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went on to play tennis for four years at Dartmouth College. “I care deeply about sports at McCallie,” Mr. Burns said. “That’s not the most important thing we do, but I care very much about it. “I feel like I personally learned and grew and gained many experiences through my time competing in varsity tennis. I understand athletics and the value of doing it the right way.” In his first year as Headmaster, Mr. Burns has seen several athletic triumphs, including a 35-9 football win over Baylor, a state championship in Lacrosse and several individual accolades for McCallie athletes. These accomplishments help the school far beyond the scoreboard, and the impact can be felt beyond the athletes and benefit the school in many ways. “Athletics in general helps to build school unity, spirit and morale,” Mr. Burns said. “It also sends important messages to the broader public about us. It has an impact on fundraising and alumni engagement. “It’s primarily about the experience that McCallie boys have, and yet it’s also much broader than that.” The nature of high school athletics has changed profoundly since McCallie’s shutout win over Baylor in 1905. Gone are the days of the Mid-South, and the world continues to change. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association split private schools that offer financial aid into Division II in 1997, and talk continues to rumble about the possibility of a complete public-private split. In addition, there’s an increased pressure to specialize in a single sport in the search for college athletic scholarships; club sports have taken some students away from traditional varsity athletics; and the pressure to win has grown exponentially.
“One of the challenges is how do we have a successful program in a way that’s consistent with our values and doing it the right way in the midst of a landscape that’s changed,” Mr. Burns said. “There can be pressures to do things in a way that is not mission appropriate. “It all goes back to thinking about why we do athletics, and that’s to develop a boy from a holistic perspective. We want to develop his mind, heart, spirit and body. In many cases, I think athletics can provide a unique platform for learning particular types of really valuable lessons.”
Forward thinking on the field
As the 2015 soccer season began at McCallie, the prospects were uncertain for the Blue Tornado. Chris Cushenbery was in his first season as head coach, and several underclassmen would be called upon to play significant roles. Mr. Cushenbery decided to make a bold move with Bowman and Brown, moving the two seniors up to the front line of attack from the midfield and defense with Bowman at center forward and Brown by his side on the right wing. Looking back, it was an inspired move. “The success with the soccer team this year has been extremely unexpected,” Bowman said. “With a new coach and how things went last year, we weren’t really expecting to be all that great.” The Blue Tornado’s first goal of the season was by Brown with an assist by Bowman on Brown’s birthday. It was the start of a great combination on offense. After opening the season with a 2-2 tie against Southeast Whitfield, McCallie reeled off 16 consecutive wins before losing a heartbreaker to MBA in overtime of the Division II-AA state semifinals. The Blue Tornado outscored their opponents 63-13 to go 16-1-1 for the season,
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Bowman, right, sends the ball toward Brown to start the attack in the Blue Tornado’s win over Baylor this season.
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defeated arch rival Baylor 2-0 and finished the campaign ranked No. 9 in the nation by MaxPreps, despite not making the state championship game. Individually, Bowman and Brown powered the Blue Tornado offense. Bowman finished with 14 goals and nine assists, while Brown tallied 12 goals and 13 assists. Bowman was able to play in his hometown against Athens High, and both he and Brown scored, with Bowman scoring the game winner of the 2-1 win in the final minutes with an assist by — who else — his roommate Brown. “Wesley and David embody things like In February, McCallie will bring back one of Chattanooga’s putting the team premier basketball showcases — only on a different stage. over the individual, Basketball coach John Shulman has worked to lift the pursuing excellence, profile of Blue Tornado basketball to new heights, and this being relationally spring he and McCallie Headmaster Lee Burns announced invested, working the inaugural McCallie Dr Pepper 10 Classic, in conjunction hard and being men with the local Coca-Cola Bottling Company. of character,” Mr. The event will feature a weekend of premier high school Cushenbery said. basketball competition, exhibitions and instruction Feb. 5-6, 2016. Perennial national prep basketball power Oak “They moved the Hill Academy, based in Mouth of Wilson, Va., will travel needle on the quality to Chattanooga for the event, which will also feature top of the culture here in local programs Hamilton Heights Christian Academy and significant ways. Chattanooga Central High School. “Wesley and David “It’s like the University of Kentucky basketball team were and are amazing, or the University of Alabama football team coming to Chattanooga,” Coach Shulman said of the event. but the other seniors — Marshall Martin, Oak Hill has won eight national titles, produced 166 players who have played NCAA Division I basketball and has 25 Will Sikes, Matthew former players who have been selected in the NBA draft King and Michael since 1981, including all-stars Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Chirumbole — did Rondo and Kevin Durant. Oak Hill advanced to the finals just as much for us this of the 2015 DICK’S Sporting Goods High School Nationals before losing to fellow national powerhouse Montverde (Fla.) season, and they all Academy to finish the 2014-15 season with a record of created the spark that 47-1. will ultimately help “We feel this is a great way to celebrate Chattanooga McCallie soccer grow and our city’s basketball culture,” said McCallie Dean of in huge ways.” Athletics Jeff Romero. “It is a unique opportunity for our It was a special year players and students and will allow local basketball fans the chance to see some of the best in high school basketball.” for McCallie soccer that took sacrifice by players, coaches and parents to achieve. “My freshman and sophomore years, I couldn’t play varsity because of the Honors Scholarship program, and that’s a TSSAA thing,” Brown said of a rule limiting aid to varsity athletes in Tennessee. “So with my parents we made a decision to drop my scholarship so I could play soccer my junior and senior year. McCa llie m aga zine |
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“That, obviously, was a huge sacrifice for them, and I’m so grateful for that. Being able to play varsity soccer and get into that community … has been huge in keeping me grounded and keeping me involved in something outside of academics — rounding me out a little bit more.” While the victories were mounting on the soccer field, the two seniors were also finding equal or greater success in the classroom. Though the two boys are different in many ways — Bowman is more scattered in his work while Brown readily admits to being “obnoxiously” ultra-organized — they were at the top of their class with their nearperfect GPAs a tiny 0.001 apart. Determining who would earn valedictorian honors for the Class of 2015 was going to be tough, but there was a solution that suited both the situation and the two young men who had become best friends — McCallie would have covaledictorians for the first time in more than 20 years. “We had a conversation with Assistant Headmaster Kenny Sholl about if this was something we’d want to do, and we said yeah because it’s such a cool thing,” Bowman said. “It’s just really a remarkable thing to have your roommate, your best friend and the guy who plays right next to you on the soccer field be giving a speech with you at graduation for the same award.” And they will continue their friendship in college — although not as roommates. Both will attend Princeton University in the fall after Brown made the tough decision to turn down the prestigious Johnson Scholarship at Washington and Lee to join Bowman in the Ivy League school. For Bowman, the journey from Athens, Ala., to Princeton, N.J., is a major step in life, but it’s a step he’s now ready to take after his four years at McCallie. “If I had applied to Princeton from Athens High School, it could have been a totally different story,” he said. “I think McCallie has been the perfect sort of middle step between there and Princeton — allowing me to experience what I’ll experience at Princeton but on a smaller scale. “McCallie has set the stage for that and set me up to do well there.” Mr. Burns thinks the co-valedictorians of the Class of 2015 show how the entire McCallie experience can produce young men ready to face the challenges of college life and adulthood with confidence. “I think McCallie is a school of well-rounded boys and young men,” he said. “A school where you can aspire to excellence in many different areas. McCallie boys feel secure and free to pursue a lot of different interests and passions.
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“David and Wesley are great examples of McCallie students who have excelled in several areas, and they didn’t excel in one area to the exclusion of another. They are better students because they’re good athletes and better athletes because they’re good students.”
Facing the future
So where does McCallie Athletics go from here to build on the vision of the founders and lay the foundation for future growth in the 21st Century? That’s the challenge that faces Mr. Burns and the entire McCallie community going forward. With Mr. Burns finishing his first school year as Headmaster, assessments will be made about all aspects of McCallie, from academics to alumni relations and athletics. “We’re going through a strategic planning process this coming year,” Mr. Burns said. “We’ll look at a lot of different areas and topics. Athletics will be included among the areas we examine, and I’m excited to see what thoughts and ideas emerge around the athletic program. “Certainly athletics will continue to be a vital part of McCallie, and we’ll continue to make sure that we are ready to provide that experience to our students in a meaningful way.” What can’t be lost in the sometimes overly competitive arena of high school sports today is making sure that a school’s athletic programs remain grounded in serving the
student body first and foremost. Mr. Burns intends to make sure that all of McCallie’s programs — academic, artistic, altruistic and athletic — work toward the single goal of educating the whole boy. “An athletic program is about more than just wins and losses on a scoreboard. It’s about important lessons learned,” Mr. Burns said. “It’s about learning hard work and teamwork, discipline and resilience, being humble in winning and gracious in losing. “I think there are so many important lessons that sports teaches. Whether you’re a pretty average athlete, an above-average athlete or an elite athlete, there are important lessons to be gained. I want to make sure the athletic program is helpful and appropriate and a positive experience for all the boys at McCallie.” For two young men now bound for the college world and the exciting challenge of an Ivy League experience, McCallie has fulfilled its mission — academically, socially and athletically — in ways that should make everyone connected with the school proud. “It was the best decision I ever made to come here,” Brown said. “It’s been completely life changing. I wouldn’t be the same person as far as drive and internal motivation and striving for success, whether that’s athletically or academically. “It’s a competitive environment, but it’s mutually supportive in its competitiveness.” g
Special Anniversary for McCallie Lacrosse Twenty-five years ago, lacrosse came to McCallie school, bringing a sport relatively unknown in the South to campus and beginning a new tradition of excellence. This year, McCallie celebrated a quarter century of lacrosse in a variety of ways. In April, McCallie alumni came back to campus to socialize and remember the early days of lacrosse on the Ridge, watch the current squad play two important games and compete in a friendly alumni game. But by far the best anniversary gift for the program and for Coach Troy Kemp came when the program won its 10th state championship in May. The Blue Tornado team finished the season with a record of 20-2 and ranked No. 18 in the nation according to MaxPreps.com. “I’m really excited about what the lacrosse team did,” Headmaster Lee Burns said. “It was nice that this happened in our 25th anniversary of the program. “They’ve worked so hard and have been so close the past couple of years. It’s nice when you see hard work and teamwork pay off.”
McCallie’s lacrosse program capped its 25th season of play with a spectacular season, a national ranking and its 10th state championship.
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Bringing Students &
Colleges Together
McCallie College Guidance office has another outstanding year. The class of 2015 was accepted at 206 different colleges and universities all across the country and at rates that far exceeded national averages.
A love for the outdoors and recommendation from a college counselor who loves Montana resulted in a visit to Montana State University, where one student will spend four years on a friendly, intimate campus in one of the West’s most desirable towns with ski slopes and trout streams close at hand every day.
Coming to McCallie after both his parents passed away, this resilient young man made McCallie his home. In just two short years here, his academic success, extracurricular accomplishments and great character helped him make Dartmouth College his choice for continuing his education.
Unconventional Schools for McCallie Graduates
Colgate University Hamilton, N.Y. University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colo. Drexel University Philadelphia, Pa. The first person in his family with the opportunity to attend a four-year college, this Kentuckian will be attending Berea College, the nation’s most renowned work-study college where his tuition for a year will be less than the cost of a meal in a nice restaurant.
DePaul University Chicago, Ill. Tufts University Medford, Mass. Northern Michigan University Marquette, Mich. Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Iona College New Rochelle, N.Y.
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Lafayette College Easton, Pa. Brigham Young University Salt Lake City, Utah University of Vermont Burlington, Vt. University of Wisconsin Madison, Wis.
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Ivy League, Stanford and MIT
Other Most Selective Colleges 1
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The McCallie School Class of 2015 — like most graduating classes in the past 110 years — was made up of an impressive group of young men ready to depart for college and adult life. But for Director of College Guidance Jeff Kurtzman, this group of seniors made a special mark. The College Guidance office continued a trend of exceptional results, with McCallie students far surpassing the national average in their rate of acceptance at the nation’s most selective universities. But for Mr. Kurtzman and his staff it goes beyond acceptance letters — it’s about finding the right fit for each McCallie student in the next phase of their education. “Looking at the past 10 or 15 years, this is probably the most acceptances and matriculations to marquee, highly selective places,” he said. “We’ve had great rates of acceptance at other places that are very popular and guys are really excited to go. “Also, I love that boys are going to places like
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Montana State and Iona — places that we don’t send students very often. Those experiences are just as transformative, and sometimes more, than the other places we send students.” McCallie’s 13 acceptances to the top-tier schools — Ivy League schools, plus Stanford and MIT — may be the top talking point, but the numbers beyond that are equally impressive. Kurtzman and his staff helped place McCallie’s 173 graduates at 93 different colleges this fall, with 36 percent of the Class of 2015 going to college outside of the Southeast. For some students, the college search process may take them to places they never thought they would consider, and College Guidance works to make sure all options are explored using a student-centered process that provides guidance while letting each boy direct where the process will lead them. “Students are making decisions here based on a lot of different reasons,” Mr. Kurtzman said. “I
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(above) (1) The Ivies, Stanford & M.I.T.: Brown U., Columbia U., Dartmouth U., Harvard U., U. Penn., Princeton U., M.I.T., Stanford U.; (2) 15 other most selective universities & colleges: Bates Coll., Bowdoin Coll., Colgate U., Davidson Coll., Franklin & Marshall Coll., Grinnell Coll., Coll. of the Holy Cross, Kenyon Coll., U. of Richmond, Trinity Coll., Tufts U., Washington & Lee U., Wesleyan U.; (3) 10 most selective public universities: U.C. Berkeley, U.C.L.A., U.C. San Diego, Georgia Tech., U.N.C., U. Mich., U.T. Austin, U.V.A., Coll. of William & Mary; (4) 15 other most selective national universities: U. Chicago, Duke U., Georgetown U., Northwestern U., Rice U., U.S.C., U.S. Coast Guard Acad., U.S. Naval Acad., Vanderbilt U., Washington U. in St. Louis.
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of McCallie seniors accepted merit-based scholarships for academic, extracurricular or athletic talents. Many other seniors declined meritbased scholarships to attend other schools.
McCallie’s acceptance rate to the nation’s 25 most selective colleges and universities.
think we do a good job of getting students to look scholars and leaders — that’s a pretty compelling past just the rankings and figure out what’s right package.” for them in terms of specific programs. In the highly competitive atmosphere that the “We have such a broad range of students and college-search process has become, the extra steps aspirations and goals, it make sense to make it a taken at McCallie have become the defining factor very individualized process. Some kids are going to for McCallie alumni as they take that next step in need a lot of help early, and some are going to need their education. help late when we’re talking about financial aid.” Mr. Kurtzman recalled a conversation with McCallie’s College Princeton’s admissions Guidance staff begin director, who said, “We KEY: getting to know have 1,200 really great students early in their kids coming in, and Public Universities in Southeast freshman year and the we would have been process becomes more just as happy with the intense beginning next 1,200 and the in their junior year, next 1,200. But what preparing college sets these apart are essays, determining the ones that have what schools are something interesting the best fit for each that they do or are student and helping interested in or bring make sure the to the table.” college experience is The College vs. 63% affordable with the Guidance staff ever-increasing cost of encourages tuition. McCallie students to “College experience different keeps getting things at McCallie, more expensive, both academically and financial and extracurricularly, considerations are but in the end it has Private and Public Colleges in Southeast become part of almost every important decision at this point,” to find an activity or Mr. Kurtzman said. course of study you “Part of the search are passionate about for us is making sure and wish to pursue in we understand the college and potentially family’s financial beyond. situation and “Twenty years ago, crafting a list that you heard a lot about accommodates that.” the well-rounded McCallie’s focus student: somebody vs. 60% on building the whole who does a lot of boy helps produce everything and that college applicants that colleges were excited bring more than just about,” Mr. Kurtzman book smarts to the said “Now you hear table. The work of the more about the wellfaculty helps students rounded class that combine strong a college is trying to academics with athletics, extracurricular talents admit. That is a class that is made up of lots of people and a sense of service and duty to give McCallie who are very passionate about one or two things. students an advantage when colleges look to build “I think colleges have realized that just because a new freshman class. you do a lot of things, doesn’t mean you’ll do all of “Increasingly colleges look for boys with a them when you get to college. But if you do two unique combination of different talents and gifts,” or three things that you’re really excited about … Headmaster Lee Burns said. “To have boys that are you’re going to bring that enthusiasm and spirit to remarkable musicians, athletes and outstanding their campus.” g
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seniors will be the only 2015 McCallie graduate represented in their college or university’s student body.
(right, top) Public universities of the Southeast: U. Alabama, Auburn U., Clemson U., U.G.A., U. Kentucky, Ole Miss., N.C. State, U.T.K., Virginia Tech; (right, bottom) 10 other popular private colleges & universities in the southeast: Centre Coll., Elon U., Mercer U., U. Miami, Rhodes Coll., Rollins Coll., Samford U., Sewanee, S.M.U., Stetson U.
120 Total AP Scholars this past fall.
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The McCallie School Class of 2015 was the largest class in school history with 173 seniors receiving their diplomas May 17. Here are some of the highlights of that special day for these young men and their families.
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1. Josh Fox, left, and Chase Slowey celebrate after receiving their diplomas.
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2. McCallie Headmaster Lee Burns greets the school’s newest alumni following graduation. 3. Two seniors sign a photo of Headmaster Burns taken following this year’s football win over Baylor. 4. (L-R) Greer Brody, Drew Shikoh, Matthew King, Creed Dunn, Connor Smith and Matthew Norris are now McCallie alumni.
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5. The seniors come down the stairs to begin the graduation ceremony at the Sports and Activities Center.
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6. Members of the Class of 2015 put up a few final shots with a basketball in Davenport Gym before the start of graduation ceremonies.
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McCallie announces administrative appointments Several individuals, each with
a long history of service to McCallie, have been given new or expanded administrative responsibilities.
Kenny Sholl assumes the newly defined position of Assistant Headmaster. Having served in various teaching, coaching and administrative roles in his 32 year career at McCallie, including most recently as Associate Headmaster and Upper School Head, Sholl will provide broad leadership throughout the entire school in this new role. Among his many responsibilities and projects will be to help more closely connect the middle and upper schools. Also with an expanded role will be Troy Kemp, who will be Associate Headmaster for Enrollment and Marketing. Since coming to the Ridge in 1992, Kemp has held various duties, including as a math teacher and lacrosse coach and, for the last 10 years, as Dean of Admissions and Financial
Aid. His new responsibilities will include not just admission and enrollment, but how McCallie develops and executes marketing initiatives and plans. Coming home to McCallie will be alumnus Marcus Rafiee ’80, who joins the school as Associate Headmaster for Business Administration, Strategy and Operations. With two math degrees from Northwestern University and with a long professional career with the accounting and consulting firm Deloitte and Touche, Rafiee brings vast business experience to help the school find ways to operate with efficiency and effectiveness in its many operational and financial areas. Rafiee served as a McCallie trustee for 12 years. Returning to McCallie is another alumnus, Craig Ingvalson ’77, who joins the Development Office team in the capacity of Director of Strategic Funding. Ingvalson served in the McCallie Development Office from
1988-2002 in several roles, including as Development Director. Most recently, he has served as Director of the Alexian Brothers Foundation. He will help secure the resources for the school’s current and future strategic initiatives and capital projects. Chattanoogan Adam Webb, who has taught and served as the assistant chaplain at St. Nicholas School, will begin serving as Director of Day Admission, effective August 1. Webb, who also has served at Camp Alpine for Boys in recent summers, succeeds Will
McCallie alum and new Associate Headmaster for Business Administration, Strategy and Operations Marcus Rafiee, right, joins Assistant Headmaster Kenny Sholl, left, and Associate Headmaster for Enrollment and Marketing Troy Kemp as part of a new administrative team at McCallie.
Newberry ’86, who moves to the McCallie Development Office as a Development Officer. “McCallie is fortunate to have such great talent and dedication throughout the school,” Headmaster Lee Burns ’87 said. “These individuals in these roles will make us even stronger.” g
McCallie’s video vault If you haven’t been to the
McCallie YouTube channel in a while, you’re missing out on a lot of excellent videos documenting life on the Ridge and highlighting the work done by our students and faculty.
Reunion Weekends at McCallie for 2015 are right around the corner. If this year is a reunion year for you, please keep the following weekends open to return to campus to reconnect with old friends and build new memories. More info will be sent out in coming weeks.
In the 2014-15 school year, more than 40 videos were posted on the school’s YouTube channel. These videos range from humorous to inspirational, and they encompass athletics, academic life, the arts and social activities — all the things that make McCallie special.
Golden M Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is September 17-19 for all classes 1965 and earlier with special celebrations for 1950, 1955, 1960 and 1965. Reunion Weekend is October 1-3 for classes of 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.
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Aultman shines at National Science Fair Sophomore day
student Andrew Aultman (’17) was among the top honorees in May at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Philadelphia for his work studying coral reef decline and its relation to a certain species of jellyfish. Aultman’s project, “Study of the Cellular and Molecular Signaling Processes which Influence Algal-Cnidarian Symbiosis and Bleaching” looked at the decline of symbiotic, nutrient-providing dinoflagellates common to both the jellyfish and the coral reef systems.
Seventh-graders get
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Ten McCallie seventh graders earned Tennessee state awards in the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s Seventh Grade Talent Search. Those students, John Arrowsmith, Nick Hannah, Rand Holtzclaw, Jimmy Huddleston, Corbin Morrison, Riley Parker, Nate Pedigo, Hari Subramaniam, Will Turner and Dylan Zeller, were recognized for strong scores in SAT and ACT testing. The students qualified for the Duke TIPS program by scoring the 95th percentile in grade level testing, qualifying them to take the SAT and ACT early in their academic careers. After testing, Duke University will provide feedback and other resources to these students to help them continue to grow academically throughout their time at McCallie. Turner and Hannah traveled to Nashville for the state awards ceremony at Belmont University, and Parker, who also qualified for national recognition, traveled to Durham, N.C., for the national awards ceremony at Duke University.
At Intel ISEF, Aultman won a Fourth Award in the Microbiology Division and $500. Aultman’s project advisor and McCallie science teacher, Dr. Karah Nazor, said this is the highest award for a McCallie student in this event in twenty years. “Andrew has intuition and perception,” Dr. Nazor said. “He sees trends and patterns in nature and can express them and explore them. He applies the baseline knowledge from his science classes and the vast amount of material he has learned from many hours devoted to reading the primary literature. “With this approach, Andrew asks important questions and can design experiments to make sense of the world. He is dedicated, works hard and is inventive, and people take notice.” This was not Aultman’s first experience at ISEF. As a freshman he finished second at the 2014 Regional Engineering and Science Fair for his research project “Study of the Symbiotic Relationship between Zooxanthellae Algae with Cassiopea xamachanaand Cnidaria,” and was allowed to attend the Intel ISEF Fair in Los Angeles that year as an observer. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at Intel ISEF 2015 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair. Aultman won first place for his project at the state science and engineering fair to qualify to present at ISEF. Simon Li also qualified for ISEF but chose not to present.
Other McCallie students who did well at the state level were; Bond Ragsdale (’16) 1st place, Material Science Chase Gaume (’18) 3rd place, Material Science Simon Li (’17) 1st place, Mathematics Bohan Lu ’15 2nd place, Computational Biology Gareth May (’16) 2nd place, Environmental Science Jaewon Sung (’18) 3rd place, Mechanical Engineering Graham Morphis (‘17) 3rd place, Animal Science Sunny Sun (’16) and Donovan Fan (’16) 2nd place, Animal Science Andrew Aultman (’17) 1st place Cell Biology Joe Wang (’17) and Sebastian Qian (’17) 3rd place, Physics and Astronomy Aultman, Fan and Sun, In vitro Biology Prize Gaume, U.S. Metric Association Prize Morphis, Sun, Fan and Aultman also were awarded the Junior Stockholm water prize for their projects relating to sustaining the global water resource. With the opening of the new science building at Walker Hall in January, there are likely to be more chances for McCallie students to shine in science fairs. See page 28 for images of the progress being made on the construction of Walker Hall. g
Front Row: John Arrowsmith, Rand Holtzclaw, Hari Subramaniam and Will Turner. Back row: Nick Hannah, Nate Pedigo, Corbin Morrison, Dylan Zeller, Jimmy Huddleston and Riley Parker.
Students from around the country attended the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Philadelphia, where McCallie sophomore Andrew Aultman was a fourth-place finisher.
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History Day honors for Fasipe Rising senior Bayo Fasipe (’16) was honored in June at the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland. Fasipe’s individual paper titled “Alex Haley, Roots, and the Re-Invention of Black History,” was named Outstanding Affiliate (state) Entry at the Senior Level. In the state-level competition in April, Fasipe’s paper finished third and was named best statewide project in AfricanAmerican history. In all, four McCallie AP United States History students taught by Dr. Duke Richey ’86 advanced to the national competition after strong showings in the state History Day competition in Nashville. In addition to Fasipe, Turner Colocotronis (’15) won first place in the state competition individual website category for, “The Terrible Swift Sword: William Brownlow and Reconstruction in Tennessee,” and Ryan McGregor (’16) and Jiahao Guo (’16) took second in group documentary for “Liberator of Finland: Carl Mannerheim, the Finnish Resistance, and the Emergence of a Nation.” “This is yet another example of McCallie guys taking on a demanding side academic project when they already have so much that they are doing,” Dr. Richey said. “What they accomplished this year was impressive and reflected nicely on the school.” g
Jiahao Guo’s award winning photo “Flow,” which will be on display at the United States Capitol for the next year.
Guo’s photography gets Capitol treatment McCallie junior Jiahao Guo won first place in the Tennessee Third District Congressional Art Competition, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s office announced in the spring. Guo, a boarding student from Xian, China, won for his photo titled “Flow” showing the movement of people through Grand Central Station in New York. The competition was judged by Ellen Simak, former curator of art at the Hunter Museum of American Art. Guo’s work will be honored June 24 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Atrium and Auditorium, and the photo will be on display at the Capitol for the next year. “It is quite an honor to win this competition and have the student’s artwork displayed in the Capitol for one year,” Rep. Fleischmann’s field representative Michelle Harstine said in an email to photography instructor David Hall. “We are so proud of your work as the instructor and of your talented students.” Guo was offered free airfare to attend the awards ceremony in June and has been offered $3,000 scholarships to Tennessee Wesleyan College and Savannah College of Art and Design if he should choose to attend one of those schools. Every student who entered the competition was awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Tennessee Wesleyan. In addition, honorary chairman of the competition Scotty Mayfield presented Guo with a hand-turned wooden bowl made from the wood of a special family tree, and Rep. Fleischmann recognized Guo during a visit to campus in the spring. g
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Bayo Fasipe was honored at the National History Day competition for his paper on Alex Haley’s book “Roots.”
Summertime at McCallie means summer camps. Young people take over campus to have fun, exercise and learn in camps that cover sports, leadership and various educational themes. A group of campers even formed a McCallie “M” one morning at the start of the day’s activities.
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To Alex J. Seifert ’90 and Ann, a son, Harrison, on June 20, 2014.
To Robert C. Page ’97 and Denise, a son, John ‘Jack’ Robert, on July 24, 2014.
Births&Weddings To Joseph Wingfield ’94 and Beth (GPS ’99), a son, Hunter ‘Salt,’ on February 4, 2015. Hunter joins his four older brothers, Teddy, Wilder, Hank and Kent, grandsons of Don Kent ’71 and Jackson Wingfield ’65 as well as great-grandsons of Norman Smith ’49.
To Shawn Fullam ’92 and Katherine, a daughter, Emma Reid, on March 28, 2014. To Stephen Belden’02 and Emily, a daughter, Vivienne Grace, on February 14, 2015. To Robert Kirby ’04 and Ruthie, a daughter, Emmy Elizabeth, on September 19, 2014.
To Jonathan Ferguson ’99 and Anzi Hu, a daughter, Ellery Ava, on February 11, 2015.
Births90s To Richard Henderson ’90 and Brooke, a daughter, Sadie, on February 26, 2015. To Andy Mims ’92 and Tricia, a son, Smith Andrew ‘Sam’, on December 15, 2014. To Jeb Phillips ’95 and Kelly Ann, a son, Henry Alexander ‘Hap’, on September 3, 2014. To Asa (Hercules) Baker ’95 and Janice, a son, Jack Noah, on March 12, 2015. To Michael Minter ’96 and Jaimee, a son, Mason Ellis, on August 26, 2013. To Robert C. Bush ’97 and Elizabeth, a daughter, ‘Hollon’ Elizabeth, on August 26, 2014. To Chris Gant ’97 and Ali, a son, Christopher, on October 24, 2014. To Jason Essary ’98 and Erin, a son, James Phillip, on September 10, 2014. To Patrick LaRochelle ’98 and Anna, a daughter, Miriam Sophia, on October 9, 2014. To Scott Herndon ’98 and Lisa, a daughter, Virginia, on December 6, 2013. To John Bell ’98 and Natalie, a daughter, Annie Reese, on December 25, 2013. To David Talbird ’99 and Dr. Darlene Kristina Jean-Pierre, a daughter, Brooklyn Sky, on May 17, 2013. To Robert Weil ’99 and Alicia, a daughter, Isabel Claire, on August 29, 2014. To Jon Ricketts ’99 and Julie, a daughter, Grace Elizabeth, on October 13, 2014. To Brady Garvich ’99 and Whitney, a daughter, Miller Rollins, on November 22, 2014. To Kenneth C. Dyer IV ’99 and Janice, a daughter, Brooke, on February 4, 2015. To Jonathan Ferguson ’99 and Anzi Hu, a daughter, Ellery Ava, on February 11, 2015. g
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Births00s To Matthew Hitchcock ’00 and Kathleen, a son, Patrick Adam, on December 5, 2014. To R. Knox McCoy ’01 and Ashley, a daughter, Marlowe Emerson, on April 16, 2014. To Mark Richmond ’02 and Meredith, a son, Jacob Timothy, in April 2014. To Marc Best III ’02 and Emily, a son, Marcellus ‘James,’ IV, on July 30, 2014. To Nick Bradford ’02 and Elizabeth, a daughter, Clara Joy, on December 19, 2014. To Madison Perry ’02 and Pamela, a son, Charles Turner, on April 9, 2015. To Scott Spencer ’03 and Katie, a son, Luke Morrison, on August 16, 2014. To John Morrison ’03 and Dori, a son, John Harley ‘Jack,’ on August 26, 2014. To Web Raulston ’03 and Liz, a son, Matthew Parker ‘Parks’, on December 8, 2014. To George Hazard III ’04 and Holly Beth, a son, George Hampton, on December 20, 2014. To Robert Kirby ’04 and Ruthie, a daughter, Emmy Elizabeth, on September 19, 2014. To Nicholas Moore ’05 and Claire, a daughter, Vivian Mirabelle, on April 2, 2014. To Derek Waffel ’06 and Eve, a son, Luke Andrew, on April 25, 2015. g
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Weddings80s-90s Harry Pouncy, Jr. ’85 to Victoria Davis on March 25, 2014. Mark Miller ’86 to Amy Elizabeth McMahon on April 25, 2014. Scott Grant ’88 to Dr. Mary Elizabeth Stanley on October 25, 2014. Charlie Smith ’88 to Dana Rena Carbrera on May 31, 2014. Joshua Vose ’96 to Madelyn Lodge on September 20, 2014. Mark Staats ’96 to Amanda Eastwood Jones on October 4, 2014. Tim Jones ’96 to Laura Artunduaga on March 15, 2015. Jonathan Ebersole ’98 to Kristen LaMotte on January 18, 2014. Jonathan Clark ’99 to Dr. Hope Klug on March 3, 2014. g
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Doug Anderson ’10 to Abby Joyner on February 28, 2015.
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David Mullens ’07 to Stuart Stump on August 9, 2014. Pictured l-r: Wilson McCrory ’02, Knox Campbell ’02, Tony Petrozza ’09, Charles Mullens ’12, David Mullens ’07, Bo Stump ’09, Bill Royer (retired faculty), John Maxwell ’80, Carl McPhail ’75, and Tim Stump ’75.
Adam Muhlendorf ’99 to Allison de la Torre on June 29, 2014. Britt Michell ’99 (top left), Robert Walker III ’99 (top third from left), David Muhlendorf ’68 (top right), Adam Muhlendorf ’99 (center).
Sam Dowlen ’09 to Christina Kilburn on August 30, 2014. Pictured l-r: David Hughes ’78, Drew Tompkins ’10, George Clark ’77, Mitchell Meek ’10, David Clark ’09, Sam Dowlen ’09, Hugh Dowlen ’07, faculty member Kemmer Anderson, John Dowlen ’03, Bob Franklin ’78, Hugh Huffaker ’73, Whit Dowlen ’05.
Vance Faulkner ’07 to Melissa Eller on March 22, 2014. Pictured l-r: Clay Huffaker ’07, William Decosimo ’07, Nathan Bosshardt ’07, Waters Faulkner ’10, Vance Faulkner ’07, Hugh Dowlen ’07, Alan Faulkner ’02 and Madison Perry ’02.
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Class Updates 1940s-1950s Sen. Douglas Henry ’43, the longest serving State Senator in the history of the State of Tennessee as well as the longest serving Chairman of the Finance, Ways and Means Committee, recently retired on November 4, 2014. Newell Witherspoon ’48 retired in 2014 after 51 years of service as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Huntsville, Ala. Billy Dunavant ’50 was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame the weekend of June 5-6, 2015. Billy is the former owner of the United States Football League’s Memphis Showboats and developed the Racquet Club of Memphis. Dr. J. Lawrence ‘Larry’ McNeill ’55 of Southern Pines, N.C., was inducted into the Sandhills Community College Hall of Fame last fall. He has served as an English professor at Sandhills for 46 years and was the head golf coach as well as assistant golf and tennis coach. The Davidson College graduate also was a charter member of the Sandhills Community College Athletic Advisory Committee that was created when Sandhills resumed athletics in 2008.
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Britt Leach ’56 was recently published in the October issue (16-1) of Ashland University’s literary journal, “River Teeth.” His piece, “An Inability to Control Objects Around Me,” touches on generational experiences surrounding World War II. Robert H. Moore, Ph.D. ’58 had an article published in The Raleigh Telegram on January 8, 2014. His article discussed “The Dictionary of American Regional English” (DARE), a scholarly project which aims to debunk the common notion that mass media has produced the homogenization of American speech, regional words, and phrases by recording regional variations. Moore has been a part of DARE since the 1960s.
G. Herbert Pritchett ’69 has been appointed to serve on the Professional Standards and Guidance Board of the Appraisal Institute (AI), the pre-eminent appraisal organization in the country. Pritchett represents an elite group of appraisers who have met rigorous professional requirements relating to education, testing, experience and demonstration of knowledge, understanding and ability.
W. Allen Morris ’70 was honored on December 11, 2014 by the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce for his achievements as Chairman and CEO of the Allen Morris Company. Elliott Davenport ’78 celebrated the birth of He received the inaugural a grandson, Tilman Douglas III, on February Business Leader of the 28, 2014. The mother is Margaret Payne Year Award, a recognition Davenport Douglas. reserved for an exemplary Gableite and leading David Christian ’58 and Scott Brown ’59 recently business person with a strong connection to the attended their Naval OCS/Naval Justice School community. at Newport, R.I. reunion in Washington. They each served on active duty for three years as a Navy JAG officer alongside the late McCallie J. Dan McPherson ’71 recently retired after graduate Charles Wessels ’58. working 25 years for the government and bought a property management company in Pagosa Springs Company, which manages close to 400 Franklin McCallie ’58 was the first to be awarded vacation rental properties. the John P. Franklin Humanitarian Award by the Alton Park Development Corporation in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Ron Harr ’72 was recently named the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Mr. McCallie is noted Best Chattanoogan at the seventh annual for his contributions to Hamilton County, the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of the Best city of Chattanooga, and the state of Tennessee. Awards. The outgoing President and CEO of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce previously led two corporate careers at AT&T and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
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Jim Winship ’66, a Professor of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will be teaching and conducting research at the University of Cartagena, Colombia, in the first five months of 2015. Dr. Winship is the author of the recently published Coming of Age in El Salvador.
Bill Swan ’62 was appointed to the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission, the commission responsible for setting bag limits and hunting seasons, by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey this past March. He was confirmed in the House and Senate and will serve a four year term. Pictured: State Representative Ron Travis at the Energy and Agriculture Committee confirmation hearing.
Eugene Schimpf ’67 began construction with his latest development in downtown Chattanooga, Cameron Harbor, which will rest along the Tennessee River.
Hill Carrow ’73, CEO of Sports & Properties Inc. in Cary, N.C., led the effort to bring figure skating in Greensboro in 2011, convincing an established winter sport to try a little Southern hospitality. The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place in Greensboro this past January for the second time in four years thanks to Carrow, a feat not accomplished in the eastern United States since New York City in the 40s. Robert ‘Bob’ Goodrich, Jr. ’74 was named partner at Burr, Forman LLP on January 1, 2015. He also serves as chairperson of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a group that seeks to abolish the death penalty in Tennessee. Arby Dickert ’74 will graduate with a Masters Degree in education from Western Governors University in Tennessee on July 11, 2015.
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1980s-1990s Robert McKinnon ’81 was recently certified as a Master Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation, a designation held by less than 3% of professional executive coaches in the world. John Gauntt ’82 competed in the IBJJF Masters World Championships of Jiujitsu on November 1, 2014 where he took home the silver medal. His opponent in the final was the former Mongolian national judo champion and pan Asian belt wrestling champion. Kip Soteres ’84 wrote a libretto as part of a new opera/musical, “Eve Apart,” that was performed September 4-7, 2014, at the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre of the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. This chamber opera draws from ancient mythology and explores biblical figures such as Adam & Eve, Lilith, The Serpent of the Garden of Eden, and the mysterious “Nameless Second Eve.” David Lowrance ’85 recently executed a $162 million IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as CFO of Acucela, Inc., a company based in Washington state. Jim Tanner ’86 returned to McCallie on April 6, 2015 as Assistant Director of Communications. Jim is taking over the role vacated by Jeff Romero whose primary responsibilities involved McCallie Magazine and campus news. Jim has spent the past 15 years in the field of journalism, including the past 14 at the Chattanooga Times Free Press where he was promoted to Assistant Sports Editor in 2007. He recently won first place in sports-outdoors writing at the 2015 Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors News Excellence Awards for his coverage of the crash on Lookout Mountain that seriously injured pro cyclist Taylor Phinney during last year’s USA Cycling road race championship. He also finished third in the Tennessee APME awards and took third-place honors in the East Tennessee Society for Professional Journalist’s Golden Press Card Awards. Stewart Whitehead ’87 was recently accepted as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a highly prestigious national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Sendil Krishnan ’92 recently released a collection of humorous patient stories he co-wrote with a fellow M.D. titled Hospital Admissions which is now #24 on Amazon’s best-seller list. Krishnan serves as Medical Director for a large hospitalist group in Greensboro, N.C. Steven Blankenship ’92 recently attended several of the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm, Sweden to celebrate as Dr. Eugene Fama received the Nobel Prize in Economics. Prior to founding Heritage Financial Planning, Steve worked with Dr. Fama’s research while working in the Wealth Management Group at Arthur Andersen in Dallas. Rob Collins ’93 recently led King-Collins Golf Course Design, the partnership that took over management and operation of the Sweetens Cove Golf Club in South Pittsburg, as the architect behind the course’s renovation. Formerly named Sequatchie Valley Golf & Country Club, the course was ranked the #1 nine hole course in the state of Tennessee according to Golf Digest. Johnny O. Graham ’95 was recently appointed Interim Head of Brandon Hall School in Atlanta, Ga. Graham has been with Brandon Hall since 2011 where he most recently served as Associate Head of School. Stuart Gaines ’96 was named the NAHB Remodeler of the Month this past October. Gaines serves as President and a LEED Green Associate for New Blue Construction, Inc. in Chattanooga as well as 2014 President of the Remodelers Council HBA of Greater Chattanooga. David Decomiso, Ph.D. ’97 had his first book, Ethics as a Work of Charity: Thomas Aquinas and Pagan Virtue, published by Stanford University Press. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at the Loyola University of Maryland in Baltimore.
W. Davis Galyon ’97 started a new job with Davis Timber in October of 2014. Davis Timber specializes in prefabricated, heavy timber and glulam framing. Patrick LaRochelle ’98 finished his residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Diego this past July. Patrick and Anna moved to France in late December for six months of language training after which they will be moving to the Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to work at CME Nyankunde Hospital as part of a program with Samaritan’s Purse. CAPT Aravind Dileepan ’99 recently entered his second year at Seattle University School of Law.
2000s Evan Power ’00 was recently elected as chairman of the Leon County Republican Party and member of the Florida Republican Executive Committee. Last spring, he joined Strategic Access Group which advocates in front of the Florida legislature and executive offices. Evan is also the founder of Seven Hills Strategy Group which has provided political consulting and strategy in over three states. Matthew Hitchcock ’00 recently opened his own private, direct primary care practice, Hitchcock Family Medicine of Chattanooga, after an 11 year naval career that started while he was in medical school. In lieu of insurance, Hitchcock charges patients a flat monthly fee which includes unlimited office visits, after hour visits, and house calls. C. Jordan Crane ’00 was recently promoted to Director of Client Services at Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the global leader in media and entertainment industry services.
Graduation Day John Evans ’07 graduated from Elon Law School Cum Laude May of 2014 and is currently employed at the Hensel Law firm in Greensboro, N.C. He is pictured with brothers David Evans ’02 and Matthew Evans ’10.
Freddy Echiverri ’89 released his much anticipated EP titled “Here I Come” on iTunes August 5, 2014.
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Andrew Scarbrough ’05 was recently featured in a Forbes article for his expertise on the “Name Your Price” trend, a more personalized way that retailers can connect with customers on the web. Andrew is the Co-Founder and COO of PriceWaiter, an online eCommerce solution that offers a “Name Your Price” button that works on any product page for any website.
On the Golf Course
D. Ian Houser ’06 recently graduated cum laude from Savannah College of Art & Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. Caleb Kaywood ’06 recently started his first year of law school at Tulane University after serving in the United States Army.
Bo Staley ’95, Thomas Hinton ’95, Jeb Phillips ’95, Ted Brisson ’95, Merritt Abney ’95, L.A. Galyon ’95, Frank Crump ’95, and Chip Lassiter ’95 met up in June for a weekend golf gathering in Charleston, S.C.
David Evans ’02 currently works for CNBC in New York as a producer for the show Squawk Box, a pre-market, business news morning news program. Mark Richmond ’02 recently joined Fletcher Bright Realty as an Affiliate Broker serving the greater Chattanooga area. Bryan Sansbury ’03 was recently added to the Nashville Nightwatch’s roster, a semi-professional ultimate frisbee team that remains part of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL), the first and largest professional ultimate league in the world. John Brandon ’04, previous founder of NYC Manny, a New York based, online manny placement agency that gained national and international attention, launched a similar company locally called My Manny which went live this past February. Brandon’s site combines the personalized service that comes from traditional child care agencies with the ease of using technology, pairing families with vetted mannies.
Derek C. Waffel ’06 graduated from Concordia Lutheran Seminary in May of 2015 and was assigned to serve at Christ Lutheran Church in Pascagoula, Miss. Taylor Gibson ’08 started as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) via the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan as of August 2014. The JET Program enables ALTs to assist Japanese teachers of English in the classroom through various capacities such as helping plan lessons, team-teaching daily lessons, introducing nuances and pronunciation skill, etc. The 5th Annual Joedance Film Festival was held on August 1st and 2nd in the Restaino courtyard near Uptown Charlotte in memory of the late Joe Restaino ’08. Joedance (a play on the Sundance Film Festival title) was born out of a long standing family movie night the Restainos shared with neighbors in their Fourth Ward courtyard and now features local filmmakers while raising money for Levine Children’s Hospital.
Matthews Evans ’10 is currently attending at Murray State University in Kentucky and plans to graduate in December with a degree in English Education with Secondary Certification. Patton Watkins ’10 led the Tufts Jumbos Lacrosse Team to win its second national championship in its third title game appearance, again against Salisbury, 12-9 this past May at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore with 17 saves. Peter Fisher ’10 graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film this past December. Since graduating from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2014, John Harbison ’10 has been traveling and working through New Zealand. Thomas Walters ’11 began a new career on May 18, 2015 to serve as a Wildland Firefighter for the Forest Service in Lincoln, Montana. Thomas West ’14 recently won The American Prize in Voice for 2014. The American Prize is a series of new, non-profit national competitions in the performing arts providing cash awards, professional adjudication and regional, national and international recognition for the best record performance by ensembles and individuals each year in the United States at the professional, college/university, church, community and secondary school levels.
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John Harris ’08 recently accepted a clerk position for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. He plans to start this position in August of 2015 after graduating from law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May. Vishaal Reddy ’09 recently moved to New York, N.Y. where he serves as Marketing Director for a boutique and staffing firm called Search Inc. Reddy is also a working actor. Sean Ryan ’10 swam for team U.S.A. at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia this past August in the 6th year as a member of the U.S. National Team. On August 20, he placed 8th in the 1500 Meter Free with a season best time.
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Bob Peterson ’95 is now the publisher for California Coldblood Books, a sci-fi and fantasy publishing imprint under Rare Bird Books that has published Peterson’s novel The Odds which is available at bookstores and online.
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In Memoriam 1930s-1940s Von Claude Sanders ’37 of Chattanooga, died on July 24, 2014. A Sergeant First Class and proud veteran of the United States Army who was responsible for relaying Eisenhower’s cease-fire message across Europe having served in World War II and in the Korean Conflict, he is survived by his wife, Lucille Liner Doss, a son, a daughter, four granddaughters, and a great-granddaughter. Thomas ‘Tom’ Alva Mitchell, Jr. ’39 of Nashville, Tenn., died on September 25, 2014. A former engineer at the munitions complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. during World War II and at Eastman Kodak’s Tennessee Operations in Kingsport, Tenn., he is survived by a son, two daughters, three grandchildren, and a great-grandson. Chester ‘Check’ Oliver Stephens, Jr. ’40 of Selma, Ala., died on August 18, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Thompson, a brother, Gerry U. Stephens ’43, two daughters, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a step-daughter, and three step-grandchildren. Edward Young Chapin III ’40 of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., died on December 14, 2014. A United States Army First Lieutenant serving in WWII and President of Rock City Gardens starting in 1950, later serving as chairman of the board until his retirement in 1986, he is survived by a sister, three sons including Garnet Chapin ’67, William H. Chapin ’72, and James I. Chapin ’75, a daughter, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren including grandsons Edward Y. Chapin ’89, John C. Chapin ’99, James I. Chapin ’06, W. Douglas Chapin ’08, and several extended family members including nephews Carrington Montague ’68 and George H. Patton ’69. George David Lynch, Jr. ’41 of Birmingham, Ala., died on December 1, 2014. A 25-year employee at the Buffalo Rock Bottling Company, he is survived by two sons, a daughter, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Ben Madison Powell, Jr. ’42 of Lookout Mountain, Ga., died on August 10, 2014. A long standing member of East Ridge Presbyterian Church and U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he is survived by his children including son, Ben M. Powell III ’72, grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Raymond Allen Jones ’43 of Atlanta, Ga., died on June 26, 2014. The 17-year Executive Vice President to J.A. Jones Construction Company in Charlotte and National Director of the Associated General Contractors of America is survived by two brothers, James A. Jones III ’48 and Robert H. Jones ’46, two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and extended family including a nephew, James A. Jones V ’00.
Burkett Reed Carver ’43 of Spartanburg, S.C., died on October 20, 2014. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and professional car salesman for most of his life, he is survived by a son, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Mark Pentecost ’43 of Atlanta, Ga., died on November 10, 2014. A former member of the U.S. Navy and practicing doctor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 38 years at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, he is survived by his wife, Martha Mann, a son, two daughters, and four grandchildren. James Burnet Sizer III ’43 of Harrison Township, Mich., died on December 25, 2014. A United States naval veteran who served from 1947 to 1954 on the U.S.S. Minah and former employee of Chrysler, General Dynamics and NASA where he worked with legendary aerospace designer Howard Hughes, he is survived by his wife, Mary Anne, and his nephew, Seth W. Sizer, Jr. ’66. Charles Russell Zemp ’44 of Kingsport, Tenn., died on October 8, 2014. A former United States Air Force pilot who retired with the rank of captain and career investment broker with J.C. Bradford & Co., he is survived by his wife, Lucy Baumann, three daughters, and three grandchildren. Stuart Whitfield Elliott ’45 of Charlotte, N.C. died on June 20, 2014. Founder of Elliott & Collins, Inc., a successful commercial real estate appraisal and consulting firm, President of the Charlotte Board of Realtors, and Realtor of the Year in 1978, he is survived by his wife, Roland, a daughter, a son, four grandchildren, a great-granddaughter. Glenn S. Rothberger ’45 of Signal Mountain, died on December 2, 2014. A former member of the United States Army, Artillery Division and partner in the Rothberger City Directory Company where he retired after 40 years of service, he is survived by his wife, Shirley Harvey, his son, Stan Rothberger ’74, a daughter, four grandchildren, a brother, Earl M. Rothberger ’41, and many extend family members including three nephews, Earl Rothberger, Jr. ‘62, Mark G. Rothberger ’66, and Randall L. Rothberger ’90. William Samuel Owen, Jr. ’45 of Webster, N.Y., died December 25, 2014. A 37-year employee of Eastman Kodak Company, he is survived by two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren, and a step-grandchild.
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Dr. Bert Wilson Wills, Jr. ’46 of Chattanooga, died on December 22, 2014. A United States army veteran who served as an MP in Japan from 1946-48 and local dentist who practiced for 35 years, he is survived by two sisters and three children including brothers Bert Wills III ’75 and David B. Wills ’81. Rev. Merrill Cushing Miller, Jr. ’47 of Cary, N.C., died on January 22, 2015. A Second Lieutenant who served in the Korean War and ordained Episcopalian Deacon, he is survived by his wife, Dian Joyce Anderson, three children, a brother, and five grandsons. Verdon ‘Don’ E. Alexander, Jr. ’48 of Tampa, Fl., died on July 16, 2014. A 22-year employee of Sears in Tampa as well as Real Estate Broker and Realtor specializing in commercial Real Estate with CCIM designation, he is survived by his wife, Alma James, two sons, a step-son, a step-daughter, six grandchildren, and a sister. Charles Edward McKenna ’49 of St. Augustine, Fl., died on July 18, 2014. A former member of Squadron 13 at Naval Air Station Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fl., Fighter Squadron 101 in Key West, Fl., and Reconnaissance Attack Squadron One in Sanford, Fl. as well as Lt. Commander who flew more than 2,700 hours and 275 carrier landings throughout his career with the Navy, he is survived by his wife, Myrtle, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
1950s-1960s Dr. L. Polk Williams ’50 of Warrenton, Va., died on August 19, 2013. A family physician of 50 years in Edenton and avid sailor, he is survived by a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Dr. James Lewis Bradley ’50 of Bokeelia, Fla., died December 2, 2013. A practicing dentist for 38 years in St. Petersburg, he is survived by his wife, Sharon Smith, two daughters, two stepdaughters, a stepson, two half brothers, a half sister, a step-sister, 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. John Adams Early ’50 of Pensacola, Fl., died on February 9, 2014. A former 3rd Officer on the Engineering Staff of the Chief of Naval Air Basic Training in Pensacola, employee of Pensacola Prestressed Concrete, Look and Morrison Architecture Firm, a civilian Architect for the Navy and former partner who co-formed Architectural Drafting firm of ‘Technical Arts,’ he is survived by a sister, nieces and nephews, a fiancee, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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Donald Ware Hixson ’51 of Spring Hill, Fl., died on March 15, 2014. An Elder at Grace Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill, twice past Master of his Masonic Lodge, and a 32nd Degree Mason for 35 years, he is survived by his wife, Maria, a son, two grandsons, and two great-grandchildren. Dr. Charles Cousar, Sr. ’51 of Decatur, Ga., died on December 10, 2014. The Samuel A. Cartledge Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary from 1966 to 2003, published author of multiple books that had a great impact on the churches of the Presbyterian Church USA, and distinguished recipient of several achievement awards including the McCallie School Alumni Achievement Award is survived by his wife, Betty and four sons. Dr. Richard Webb Huckaba Sr. ’51 of McDonough, Ga., died on January 16, 2015. A practicing dentist for over 30 years in Stockbridge, Ga., he is survived by his wife, Suzanne Yardley, four sons, three daughters, eight grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Robert ‘Bob’ Allison Costner, Jr. ’51 of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died on February 9, 2015. A U.S. Air Force veteran who worked in the AF Nuclear Engineering Test Reactor Program Office at the Wright Air Development Center in Dayton, Ohio and 19-year employee of TVA’s engineering division in Knoxville, he is survived by his wife, Frances, two daughters and three grandchildren. William Frederick Wichman, Jr. ’53 of Chattanooga, died on May 30, 2012. The 35-year owner of Wichman Monuments, Inc. is survived by his son, Rick Wichman ’76, a daughter, and their extended families.
Dr. David Walker Chambers ’59 of Maitland, Fl., died on September 2, 2013. He was formerly a professor at the Southern College of Optometry as well as President (1979-81), Secretary of Optometrists, and the American Optometric Association. Thomas Lee Sellers ’59 of Danville, Ky., died on December 16, 2014. A wrestling coach who served Danville High School for 26 years and inductee of the Kentucky Wrestling Hall of Fame for his contribution to high school wrestling and his service as the official scorekeeper for the state wrestling tournament for 50 years as well as owner and president of Sellers Engineering Co., he is survived by his wife, Lee, a sister, two children, two stepchildren, and ten grandchildren.
Whitney Carswell Colburn, Jr. ’55 of Oneonta, N.Y., died on July 29, 2014. A management supervisor at Marin Management in New York City and philosopher of life, he is survived by his life partner, Geraldine ‘Geri’ (Raiola), a step-daughter, two grandchildren, a sister, and extended family. William Huntley Caraway, Jr. ’55 of Gulfport, Miss., died January 1, 2015. A former Ensign stationed in Norfolk, Va., Executive Office of the U.S. Naval Communication Unit in London and careerist in bank operations and data processing, he is survived by his wife, Nanka, a son, and two step-daughters.
1970s-1980s Francis Hansell ‘Hank’ Watt Jr. ’73 of Gordonsville, Va., died on June 15, 2014. An active counselor who held many different positions with the Virginia Department of Corrections and most recently, a Cognitive Counselor at Culpepper Juvenile Detention Center, he is survived by his wife, Margaret ‘Margie’ Best, his father, step-grandmother, six sisters, a step-daughter, and a stepson.
Peter D. Dayton ’61 of , Knoxville, Tenn., died on February 28, 2014. An employee for the Department of Energy and Jacobs Engineering as well as an active member of Fellowship Church, Grace Lutheran Church and Apostles Anglican Church, he is survived by his wife, Sondra, five daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two brothers including David D. Dayton III ’59, a sister, and extended family.
Pollack ‘Poots’ Llewellyn Boyd ’75 of Chattanooga, died on October 29, 2014. An underwriter at USF&G Corp, in Nashville and the Associated General Agency in Chattanooga, he is survived by his father, Llewellyn Boyd ’46, his mother, his partner, a sister, two brothers, Martin C. Boyd ’76 and Lew Boyd ’79, a son, H. Llewellyn Boyd ’06, two daughters, three nephews Ashby P. Graham ’01, Matthes W. Boyd ’13, and Morgan A. Boyd ’13.
Russell ‘Russ’ Smith ’61 of Wilmington, N.C., died on January 5, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Barbara.
Miles Woodard Mercer ’79 of Crossville, Tenn., died on May 16, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Jelene, his father, Howard L. Mercer ’50, his mother, a brother, Howard L. Mercer, Jr. ’71, two sisters, and two daughters.
Walter Raleigh ‘Skip’ Jones ’62 of Wilmington, N.C., died on September 16, 2014. A former pilot for Piedmont Airlines and US Airways, he is survived by his wife, Judy, two sisters, a daughter, a son, and a grandson. John Collier Dobbs, Sr. ’62 of Lamar, Miss., died on December 1, 2014. A former member of the Tennessee Air National Guard and professional automobile dealer, he is survived by his wife, Sara, two sons, five grandchildren, and his brother, James Kirby Dobbs III ’61.
Cecil Douglas Pearce Jr. ’53 of Chattanooga, died on November 11, 2013. A member of Christ United Methodist Church and well known photojournalist for the Chattanooga Times Newspaper, he is survived by his wife, Kay, a son, a daughter, four grandchildren including Richard G. Pearce, Jr. ’97, and four great-grandchildren.
Scott McLean, Jr. ’67 of Chapel Hill, N.C., died on October 15, 2014. A general contractor and partner at McLean Building Company, he is survived by his wife, Mari, three children, two grandchildren, his parents, and a sister.
John Milton Crawford, Sr. ’63 of LaFayette, Ga., died on June 25, 2014. A former United States Army Sergeant in the Vietnam War and President of the LaFayette Chamber of Commerce, he is survived by his wife, Donna, two sisters, three sons including Dr. John Milton Crawford, Jr. ’84, six grandchildren, a greatgrandson, Crawford Garnett Collett ’16, and extended family including his nephews, J. Roderick Collett ’87, Daniel D. Hammond ’03, and K. Dustin Tommey ’03. Thomas Jefferson Knox ’63 of Birmingham, Ala., died on November 5, 2014. A former employee of the Cleveland Milling Company where he worked with his father as well as ten-year owner and operator of GTK Environmental alongside his wife, he is survived by his wife, Gina, two sons, and five grandchildren.
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Jamie Dewar Ferguson ’79 of Austin, Texas, died on October 29, 2014. An avid wildlife biologist, ornithologist, and lower/middle school science teacher in the Eanes Independent School District, he is survived by his wife, Patricia, his father, a step-father and seven siblings including Joseph P. Ferguson ’84. William Edward ‘Ted’ Rowe, Jr. ’81 of Signal Mountain, died on November 16, 2014. A chef, manager, and owner in the restaurant industry across the Southeast for most of his adult life, he is survived by his parents, two brothers including Chris Rowe ’87, and two young sons. Jamie Hewitt ’88 of Chattanooga, died on August 3, 2014. A member of the Tennessee and Chattanooga Bar Association and the First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, he is survived by his wife, Sara, his father, a brother, David A. Hewitt ’80, and extended family. Obituaries are included in McCallie Magazine in chronological order by class year and date of death. Those not included in this issue will appear in the next. The Alumni Office sends email announcements about confirmed deaths to all classmates whose email addresses are updated in our system as soon as the school is notified of them. Stay informed of such things. Make sure the Alumni Office has your updated email address.
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