Fall-Winter 2009 Millsaps Magazine by Millsaps College

FALL–WINTER 2009

From the Acting President

I always enjoy speaking about Millsaps College, especially its distinguished history.The early history is of interest to me because my wife, Mary Eliza Love, is a descendent of founder Major ReubenWebster Millsaps. Major Millsaps gained his education outside of Mississippi and returned home with the dream of establishing a college for intelligent young people regardless of their finances. He made a personal gift, matched by contributions from Mississippi Methodists, toward the establishment of what would become the college that bears his name. As we approach the 120th year of Millsaps College, I am reminded of how proud I am of this special place.We remain a college of integrity and quality, serving both Mississippians and those who journey to Mississippi for one of the Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best educations.We remain a college recognized in the top tier of rankings, measurable by faculty and student success. It is an honor for me to serve as acting president, and I am committed to guiding this elite institution until our next president is in place. Millsaps, like many public and private colleges, faces significant budget constraints. Endowment funds have shrunk due to market conditions, yet expenses remain high.The College is striving to run as efficiently as possible, to raise additional funding primarily for scholarships and faculty support, and to expand student recruiting. To those of you who have supported Millsaps through challenging times, I want to thank you.Your gifts to the College enable our students to pursue their education and ultimately, set their courses for lives of leadership and service. As you move through the pages of the Millsaps Magazine, I encourage you to read with an appreciation of the venerable past and with an expectation of a bright future. Just as Major Millsaps made an impact on Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational opportunities, alumni, faculty, staff, and students of Millsaps are making an impact on the world in distinctive ways.

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24 Making International News Alumnus ensures H1N1 flu vaccine.

MILLSAPS MAGAZINE f a l l -w i n t e r 2 0 0 9 Executive Editor Patti Wade d i r e c t or o f c om m u n i c at i on s and marketing Design Kelley Matthews

26 Putting Science into Practice Alumnus strives to protect soldiers with his work.

28 Reflecting on Industry Alumnus analyzes changes in auto industry.

30 Considering a World of Knowledge Alumni credit Heritage Program with widening world perspective.

d e p a r t m e n t s On Campus 2 Three new residence halls 11 Art professor starts with blues

Legacy 32 A campaign update

Parting Word 79 One Campus, One Community

c ov e r: N e w r e s i d e n c e h a l l s f e at u r e p orc h e s.

Contributing Editors Lisa Purdie Kara Paulk Jason Bronson Lucy Molinaro Sandra Johnson Kevin Maloney Student Assistants Robert Garrett, 2011 Nell Knox, 2010 Liz Lancaster, 2011 Jennifer McKinley, 2010 Bonnie Tucker, 2011 Contributing Photographers Alison Mazurak Greg Campbell Frank Ezelle Administrative Officers Howard McMillan Jr ac t i n g p r e s i d e n t Dr. David C. Davis i n t e r i m d e a n o f t h e c ol l e g e Louise Burney v i c e p r e s i d e n t f or f i n a n c e Dr. R. Brit Katz v i c e p r e s i d e n t f or s t u d e n t l i f e and dean of students Dr. Charles R. Lewis vice president f or i n s t i t u t i ona l a dva n c e m e n t

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Faculty & Staff 16 Teacher-scholar earns award 21 Campus Community

Athletics 62 New sports on campus Major Notes 65 Else School graduate 69 Classnotes 75 In Memoriam

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Students living in one of Millsaps’ newest residence halls can be found visiting on the front porch in rocking chairs, baking chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen, or relaxing in front of flat-screened TVs while

principles. Formal and informal input from students was used throughout the planning and designing phases of the new buildings. Students suggested having a window installed between the laundry room and recreation room on the garden level of each building. The window makes it easy to keep an eye on the laundry process while studying or watching television in the recreation room. Each residence hall has 138 single

keeping an eye on their laundry in the next room. Temporarily named John, Charles, and Susanna Halls, the College’s three newest residence halls are located south of Reuben’s and across from Galloway Residence Hall. The new residence halls, which took about a year to complete, feature the latest trends in student housing, pay homage to the traditional architecture of many of Millsaps’ original buildings, and incorporate many green building

rooms and offers suite-style living. Each room has a double bed, closet, desk, and sink. Two rooms share a Jack-and-Jill style bath. “I could not be happier living in any other dorm,” said Liz Lancaster, a Millsaps junior from Corinth. “I like having a double bed. I love to make myself a cup of coffee in the morning and finish my class reading while rocking on the front porch. The new dorms are warm and homey, which makes anyone feel welcome.”

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Green building principles come to campus At the beginning of the design process for the new residence halls, Millsaps College directed the design team to incorporate green building principles. Green building is generally defined as the practice of designing and constructing buildings to optimize energy performance and indoor environmental quality and decrease the impact on the environment. Some of the green features are: • Reuse of a previously developed site • Minimal amount of parking directly related to the project • Storm water management • Water-efficient fixtures • Energy management system • Energy-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning system • Individual heating, ventilating and air condition system controls per suite • Energy-efficient boilers and domestic hot water heaters • Energy-efficient lighting • Energy-efficient building envelope • Low VOC paint • Non-smoking environment

The four-story brick buildings each contain 17,472 square feet. Each residence hall has a front porch, large living room, kitchen, multipurpose room, and conference room on the main floor. “I like that I have my own space where I can study on my own time, have the lounges and the living areas to take a break or to write a paper, and just feel at home and not like I’m living in a dorm,” said Sital Sanjanwala, a senior from Madison who served on a student committee that

helped design the green aspects of the buildings. Besides comfortable living and learning spaces, the College wanted the new halls to be as green as possible. “Our focus for the residence halls was to offer a setting that encourages academic excellence, fosters community. and focuses on sustainability,” said Maribeth Wann, who oversaw construction of the dorms and now is director of constituent relations at Millsaps. Designed by Treanor Architects of

Lawrence, Kan., the buildings incorporate eco-friendly features such as water-efficient fixtures and energy-efficient lighting. The designers incorporated the use of construction materials made of recycled and rapidly renewable resources. Wann designed the interiors of the halls, which include eco-friendly fabrics and carpeting, and original artwork by Mississippi artists Richard McKey, Rose Simmons, Tony Green, and Lauren Barksdale.

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Millsaps College offers Latin American Studies major David Guyott of Schertz, Texas, a junior at Millsaps, believes the world experiences gained by having a minor in Latin American Studies will make his writing more poignant and interesting, and Alli Butler of Jackson thinks a major in the area will help her become a more interesting and educated person. “I believe that college is about gaining wisdom, and that is only possible by experiencing as much as possible and opening your mind,” said Butler, a junior at Millsaps. She plans to spend the spring 2010 semester in Argentina. She has taken a drawing class in Yucatán, Mexico, and studied in Costa Rica. “If I end up being anything in my life, I refuse to be bored,” she said. Guyott and Butler are two of the first

students to major or minor in one of the College’s newest academic arenas—Latin American Studies. The major draws on Millsaps’ presence in Yucatán, Mexico, and other areas of South and Central America and offers students a multi-disciplinary approach to Latin American language, literature, business, economics, and history. Study abroad, field-based learning opportunities, and service projects within the local Latin American community are also incorporated. Guyott became interested in the Latin American Studies minor after taking a Culture, History, and Literature of the Mayan World class last summer in Yucatán. “The class was great; I learned so much that I feel you really just can’t learn without actually going there. We basically ran around the entire peninsula and saw just about every ruin, but what I found most interesting was learning about how large of a role the ancient Maya culture and traditions still play in the modern Yucatán society. The best part of the trip, for me, was interacting with the people down

Millsaps students in last summer’s Culture, History, and Literature of the Mayan World class posing for a photo at the Coba Pyramid are from left, Lindsey Brown, David Guyott, Matt Dyess, Shelby White, Dr. Eric Griffin, Michael Mohr, and Alex Pieschell.

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there, learning about how they live and what kind of things they’re thinking,” he said. Those are lessons the Latin American Studies program hopes to instill in Millsaps students, said Dr. Eric Griffin, associate professor of English and Latin American Studies program director. “While recognizing the importance of the past, the program is grounded in the problems of the present with an eye toward promoting cultural dialogue, social responsibility, and environmental consciousness for the future,” Griffin said. The Latin American Studies program will be closely tied to Kaxil Kiuic, the College’s 4,000-acre biocultural reserve in Yucatán, Mexico. The reserve is host to the Living in Yucatán program where each year faculty members at Millsaps teach a broad range of classes that include archaeology, art, business, computer science, ecology, education, geology, history, literature, math, and socio-cultural anthropology. Approximately 40 percent of Millsaps students currently participate in study abroad opportunities, and nearly half of the Millsaps faculty have taught a study abroad or field-based learning course. The Latin American Studies program is designed for students interested in careers in international relations, business, nonprofits, or medicine. “This program is significantly more interdisciplinary than the typical Latin American Studies program. Alongside the language, literature, and culture component, students will have the opportunity to blend courses from the social sciences, the natural sciences, and the business school,” Griffin said. “So a student may design a course of study according to the path he or she envisions, pointing the way toward either graduate school, a career in international business, or even medical school.” Junior David Williams of Alexandria, La., plans to major in Latin American Studies and hopes to become fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese. In the summer of 2008, he spent five weeks living with a

host family in the Yucatán studying Spanish language and culture. In the spring 2010 semester he plans to study Portuguese in Brazil. “My distant future plans include going to grad school to receive either my master’s or Ph.D. in Latin American Studies and then possibly law school. As far as careers are concerned, I’m interested in either law in Latin America, specifically South America, or possible employment with the federal government,” Williams said.

—Kara G. Paulk

Veteran professors take new roles to lead academic divisions Three Millsaps faculty members have assumed administrative leadership roles. Dr. David C. Davis is interim vice president and dean of the College. Dr. Elise Smith is interim associate dean of Arts and Letters. Dr. Kimberly Gladden Burke is acting dean of the Else School of Management.

Davis replaces Dr. Richard A. Smith, senior vice president and dean of the College, who accepted a similar position at Roanoke College in Salem, Va. Before his appointment, Davis served Millsaps as associate professor of history and associate dean for the Division of Arts and Letters. Davis joined the Millsaps faculty in 1988, and has since received several awards recognizing his talents as a teacher and scholar in African and Middle Eastern history. He has also served as director of Millsaps’ flagship Heritage Program, a course in which freshmen explore the global dynamics that have shaped the cultural heritage of the West. He holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, a M.A. from Baylor University, and a B.A. from William Carey University. Smith joined the Millsaps faculty in 1986, and was named the inaugural holder of the Sanderson Chair in Arts and Sciences in 2008. A professor of art history, she received the Millsaps Distinguished Professor of the Year Award in 1994 and 2005. She received the Teaching Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council in 2004. Smith has directed various programs

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at Millsaps, including the Ford Fellowship Program, Liberal Studies 1000, and the Millsaps Self-Study, and is past president of the Millsaps chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. She is also a member of the Acquisitions Committee at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the editorial board of Southern Quarterly. She has a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, a M.A. from Vanderbilt University, and a B.A. from Florida State University. Smith’s husband, Dr. Steven Smith, is professor of philosophy and religious studies at Millsaps. As acting dean of the Else School of Management, Burke is continuing the leadership of Acting President Howard McMillan. A professor of accounting and the Kelly Gene Cook Chair of Business Administration, Burke teaches undergraduate and graduate auditing, immediate and advanced accounting, accounting information systems, principles of financial accounting, and introduction to liberal studies. She also leads study abroad programs in Europe and Merida, Mexico. She has a B.B.A. and a M.S. in accounting from Texas Tech University, a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, and

National Science Foundation awards grant for advanced research equipment Millsaps senior chemistry majors Erin Redman, of Alexandria, La., and Keith Parsons, Jr., of Memphis, work in the W.M. Keck Center for Instrumental and Biochemical Comparative Archaeology on campus in Olin Hall. As two of eight undergraduate Keck Fellows, Redman and Parsons examine artifacts gathered at the College’s archaeological field programs in Mexico and Albania. The lab will receive additional research equipment thanks to a threeyear $384,535 grant from the National Science Foundation. The College will use the funding from the grant to purchase a laser ablation for the lab’s ICP-mass spectrometer, which provides chemical make-up data, and a portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer, which will allow researchers to analyze artifacts in the field.

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is a certified public accountant. She joined the Millsaps faculty in 1995. Her research interests include assurance services, expectations formation, and gender issues. Her research has been published in multiple publications including Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Applied Business Research, Review of Accounting Information Systems, and Internal Auditing.

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New fund to provide economics students opportunities beyond classroom setting The newly established Brooking Fund for Economics Beyond the Classroom at Millsaps College will offer resources for professors to provide opportunities for economics students to enhance their knowledge beyond the classroom setting. The endowment honors Dr. Carl Brooking, a 1971 Millsaps alumnus who taught at the College for 28 years and retired in May 2009 as emeritus professor of economics and quantitative management. Matt Kaye, B.A.1986, led the fundraising effort for the endowment, which was revealed at an event in April at Broad Street Baking Company & Cafe in Jackson. More than $73,000 has been raised, with a goal of $250,000. “I was one of Carl’s first students,” Kaye said. “In the 25 years since, we’ve remained in contact and become good friends.” “When he conveyed to me that he was retiring, it seemed natural that a very large number of students would have fond memories as well and would see this as a prime opportunity to honor Carl’s contributions and build a legacy to the future that would extend his impact in perpetuity,” Kaye said. “We sent out a few letters, and the fund just fed itself as word spread and people leaped at the opportunity

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Millsaps graduate Matt Kaye, left, surprises Dr. Carl Brooking with an endowment created with gifts from his former students.

to honor him. He had no knowledge of what was taking place.” Brooking said it’s gratifying to see former students and faculty members contribute to the fund. “It’s not something I expected,” he said. “I’m really happy and excited about it.” The fund could make trips to national business centers possible, Brooking said. Millsaps business students have visited the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta and the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. “Trips like that put some meat into the textbook learning,” Brooking said. The fund could be used to bring experts to campus to speak to students, Brooking said. “It might also provide support for student research. For example, if a student has done research and wants to travel to a conference to present that research. Those are all pieces of what I think of as economics beyond the classroom.” Dr. Kimberly Gladden Burke, acting dean of the Else School of Management, considers Brooking a testament to the impact that an excellent teacher can have on students. “His students are in positions of influence in different industries

throughout the country, and the speed and enthusiasm with which they raised this money reflects their great appreciation for him. We hope this fund will provide a means to continue his legacy.” For more information about the project, contact Nancy Flowers, major gifts officer at Millsaps, at 601-974-1454 or nancy. flowers@millsaps.edu.

—Jesse Yancy, freelance writer

Finance Room to honor long-time professor More than $80,000 has been raised to create the Walter Neely Finance Room to honor Millsaps Professor of Finance Walter Neely. Funds will be used to upgrade the room in Murrah Hall where students meet to discuss and direct the Else School of Management’s Louis Wilson Fund. Neely serves as advisor for the Wilson Fund, which was established in 1989 as a

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student-managed fund with $87,000 from the Merrill Lynch Foundation and matching funds from General Louis Wilson. Now valued at almost $200,000, the fund helps students participating in its management to develop analytical skills in evaluating economic, industry, and security analyses and to improve their writing, negotiating, and presentation skills. Neely himself suggested that the room in Murrah Hall be renovated for students involved in the Wilson Fund management. Plans to make the upgrades a reality came from Dr. Bill Brister, assistant professor of finance at Millsaps, and Acting President Howard McMillan. McMillan attended a Wilson Fund directors meeting, listened as students gave their investment reports, and saw the need for facility improvements. “I was impressed with the quality of the students’ work, but I was disappointed in the technology used in the presentations due to our audio-visual capabilities. It occurred to me and Bill Brister that former students who had participated in the great learning experience of the Wilson Fund might want to contribute to a facility that would be a good teaching venue, as well as a presentation area, created in honor of Dr. Neely,” McMillan said.

Neely looks forward to using the room when it contains a conference table, audiovisual equipment, a glass wall, and flat screen displays showing current market information. The room will also include several computers that will have access to financial databases such as Bloomberg, Morningstar, and Value Line. Neely looks back on his 29 years at Millsaps with some amazement. “Twentynine years. Wow! I came in 1980, and my planning horizon was not more than three years, but things worked for me and for the Else School and Millsaps.” The overall goal for the project is $250,000. For more information about the project, contact Nancy Flowers, major gifts officer at Millsaps, at 601-974-1454 or nancy.flowers@millsaps.edu.

—Lisa Purdie

Millsaps College welcomes six new members to the Board of Trustees. Three represent the United Methodist Church, and three are from business and industry. Bill Bynum of Jackson is the chief executive officer of the Enterprise Corp. of the Delta/ Hope Community Credit Union. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from the University of North Carolina. He and his wife, Hope, have one daughter. He will serve two years. The Rev. Zachary C. Beasley of Canton is pastor of Canton United Methodist Church and director of the Wesley Foundation at Jackson State University. He received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Jackson State University and a master’s of divinity at Emory University. He and his wife, Sharon, have three children, two of whom are Millsaps students. He will serve two years.

Else School Forum Speakers at the Else School of Management Fall 2009 Forum, who discussed the economy from national, regional, state, and local viewpoints, were from left, Ben Allen, director of Downtown Jackson Partners; John H. Turner, director of economic development for Entergy Mississippi; and Thomas J. Cunningham, vice president and associate director of research at the Federal Reserve fall–winter 2009 7 Bank of Atlanta.

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The Rev. Lisa Garvin of Jackson is director of ministerial services for the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. She received a bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Millsaps in 1993 and a master’s in divinity from Emory University. Garvin is a former chaplain at Millsaps. She will serve four years. Richard Mills of Flora is founder and manager of Tellus Energy, LLC, and Tellus Operating Group, LLC. He received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Mississippi State University and a master’s in business administration from Millsaps in 1988. He and his wife, Mary, are parents of four children. He will serve three years. Paul Ogden of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a partner with Deloitte Accountants BV. He received a bachelor’s in business administration, magna cum laude, from Millsaps in 1984. He recently accepted the position as the risk and reputation leader for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is an elected member of the board of governors for the International School of Amsterdam. Ogden’s wife, Julia, also graduated from Millsaps in 1985. They have two daughters. He will serve four years. The Rev. Joey Shelton of Jackson is a joint senior pastor at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church. He received a

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bachelor’s degree in business administration at Millsaps in 1982, a law degree from the University of Mississippi, a master’s degree in divinity at Duke University, and a doctorate in ministry at Columbia Theological Seminary. His wife Connie is also senior pastor at Galloway. They have two daughters. He will serve four years.

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Millsaps enpowers Mississippi’s educators Two annual programs at Millsaps—the Principals’ Summer Institute and the Advanced Placement Institute—offer the opportunity for secondary school administrators and teachers to refresh, rejuvenate, and reinvent what happens in

their schools and classrooms, affecting thousands of students and families. “The culture of any school is determined by its leader. The atmosphere that exists is a direct result of those beliefs of its leader, whether spoken or unspoken,” said Dr. Ledora Harris, director of the Principals’ Summer Institute. “Programs such as the Principals’ Summer Institute improve the quality of the school’s leader who directly influences the culture of the school. The institute works to change attitudes and behaviors as it demonstrates how administrators should empower others through trust and teamwork to develop a community of professionals committed to raising student achievement.” Established in 1993, the Principals’ Summer Institute at Millsaps began after a group of Mississippi principals attended the Harvard Principals’ Summer Institute and sought a similar experience closer to home. The institute provides principals and other school administrators the opportunity to reflect on leadership practices, learn from one another, and hear new ideas from nationally recognized education experts.

Jeanelle Hardwick, Biloxi High School, and Carolyn Ross, Creete-Monee High School in Creete, Ill., test water quality during the Millsaps College Advanced Placement Institute environmental science workshop at Mayes Lake in Jackson.

In the last 17 years, approximately 750 principals and other school administrators have attended the annual one-week workshop on campus. Suzanne Conquest, principal at McLaurin Elementary in Florence, attended the institute for the first time in the summer of 2009. Before attending the institute, Conquest said she was overwhelmed by the idea of taking over a low performing elementary school. “With the wonderful motivation of our speakers, the warmth and expertise of our facilitators, and the collegiality of all the participants, I can firmly say that I can now face what lies before me,” she said. The Millsaps College Advanced Placement Institute provides College Board certification for teachers of Advanced Placement classes and introduces new curriculum and teaching methods to explain college level material to high school students. In July of 2009, the AP Institute hosted more than 220 teachers during its 26th annual institute. “There is a push to have higher level

classes and more rigorous classes in our state’s education system, and advanced placement classes provide this type of class,” said Dr. Nola Gibson, director of the institute and director of continuing education at Millsaps. “When Mississippi teachers have an intense week of training with College Board-trained and -endorsed master teachers, they leave with many new ideas and concepts. In turn, they transform their classrooms into more rigorous and interesting curriculum-based classes.” This year, the College became the first in the state to offer AP certification in environmental science. Angela Whaley, a teacher at Desoto Central High School in Southaven, came to the AP Institute to receive certification and get ideas about teaching the subject for the first time. “Since I’ve never taught an AP environmental studies class, this has really given me an overall concept of the flow of the class and a feel for the hands-on part of the class. Ninety percent of the workshop has been lab activities, resources, and ideas

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for speakers, things that would take a long time to figure out on your own,” Whaley said. One afternoon during the workshop, Whaley and other environmental science teachers tested the water quality at Mayes Lake in Jackson using oxygen testing kits and counting the species of insects in the water. The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science provided assistance with the water testing. “So many teachers are afraid to do an experiment with students in class that they haven’t done themselves,” said Jeanelle Hardwick, a teacher at Biloxi High School. “This has given us many things we can take back.” Instructing teachers on concepts and varied teaching methods has been the focus of the institute since its formation in 1983. As the oldest and largest AP Institute in the state, Millsaps College has prepared hundreds of high school teachers from Mississippi and beyond. This year the institute offered subject area workshops in biology, calculus, chemistry, economics, English language and composition, English literature, environmental science, U.S. government and politics, U.S. history, and world history.

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Children’s advocate challenges Class of 2009 to serve others

Markers identify 25 varieties of trees on campus Conversing under the shade of a tree on campus are, from left, Mary Parker Buckles, B.A.1964, and her mother, Mary Harmon, and Dr. Debora Mann, assistant professor of biology at Millsaps. Buckles donated markers for a tree trail that identifies 25 varieties of trees at Millsaps and honors her 103-year-old mother. “Trees have always been important to my mother and me,” said Buckles. “We’ve lived in a Jackson neighborhood where wonderful trees abound. The yard I grew up in, and which my mother still oversees, contains sweetgums with their fanciful seed pods and hackberries with warty bark. A hickory’s gold leaves signal autumn. Early in my life I learned the names of these and other trees. This helped me form a foundation for becoming aware of the whole natural world. ” Students in Mann’s botany class identified the trees, which include popular southern favorites such as ginko, sweetgum, and flowering dogwoods. A map of the tree trail is available in the lobby of Whitworth Hall.

Dr. Marian Wright Edelman, a lifelong advocate for disadvantaged Americans and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, instructed 2009 graduates to work hard, take nothing for granted, continue learning, and never be afraid to take risks. She suggested graduates “wander off the beaten career path” and ask how they could lose themselves in service to others. A total of 221 undergraduates and 48 graduates received degrees as part of the Class of 2009. The ceremony marked the College’s 115th commencement.

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During the ceremony, Edelman was awarded a doctor of public service for her work as an advocate for children and families. Also awarded honorary degrees were: • Dr. Thomas Fingar of Mountain View, Calif., who received a doctor of public service for his work as an intelligence officer, academic, diplomat, and chairman of the National Intelligence Council. • Rowan H. Taylor of Jackson, who received a doctor of public service for his corporate and civic involvement. • Dr. Hugh Gaston Hall of Kenilworth, England, who received a doctor of humane letters for his work as a poet, translator, and authority on the French playwright Moliere. Hall is a 1952 Millsaps graduate and Rhodes Scholar. The Millsaps Founders’ Medal, awarded

to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average for the entire college course of study and a grade of excellent on the comprehensive examinations, went to Kayla Ann Richard of Lafayette, La. She received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish. Dominique Lauren Powell of Austin, Texas, was honored for her essay on the value of a Millsaps liberal arts education with the Frank and Rachel Ann Laney Award. She received a bachelor’s in psychology and history. The Don Fortenberry Award, which recognizes the graduating senior who has demonstrated the most notable, meritorious, diligent, and devoted service to the college with no expectation of recognition, reward, or public remembrance, went to Thomas Alexander Allain of Natchez. He received a bachelor’s

Millsaps Trustee Vaughan McRae welcomed Dr. Hugh Gaston Hall, a 1952 Millsaps graduate, Rhodes Scholar, poet, authority on the playwright Moliere, and honorary degree recipient.

degree in religious studies. Dr. Darby Kathleen Ray, professor of religious studies and director of the Faith & Work Initiative, received the Distinguished Professor Award.

Dr. Marian Wright Edelman, a lifelong advocate for children and families, instructed 2009 graduates to "lose themselves in service to others."

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Professor builds work around impressions of Blues Trail markers Artist Sandra Murchison’s work provides a tangible connection to history by examining how America remembers its past. By utilizing rubbings from historic

Sandra Murchison makes a rubbing of a Mississippi Blues Trail marker at the Blue Front Café in Bentonia. The insert shows her finished work of art that incorporates the rubbing she made of the marker in front of the café.

sites, her body of work becomes a trail of clues offering glimpses into forgotten communities. She recently focused her efforts on the legendary blues musicians of the Mississippi Delta. “I am a fan of blues music, but my interest in the Mississippi Blues Trail really has more to do with honoring a rare place, period of time and its people—that which makes up the Delta,” said Murchison, associate professor of art and chair of the

Art Department at Millsaps. In 2009, Murchison received a faculty development grant to focus on the Delta region of the Mississippi Blues Trail. For Murchison, the 30 or so markers in the Mississippi Delta represent new layers of history and narrative that can be formed in a multi-layered piece of art. Her project led her to visit a variety of places such as Willie “Po’ Monkey” Seaberry’s old-juke house in Boliver County and Dockery Plantation near Cleveland, which is widely regarded as the place where Delta blues music began. “This project focuses specifically on the way that Mississippi aims to construct a specific past and identity rooted in music. The work that I will project is not the stereotypical charming images of iconic musicians,” Murchison said. “Instead, I am focused on how we memorialize a culture, and I question the effectiveness of these markers. Is the trail too little, too late, or exactly what has been needed for some time?” From the impressions she makes of each marker, Murchison produces two- and three-dimensional works that use mixed media pieces on mounted hardboard surfaces, shaped etchings on sewn paper, or prints that have been folded and sewn into sculptural forms. “We tend to pay attention to souvenir shops and flashy store front displays, whereas the type of cultural history that we can find on historical markers can so easily be skipped over as we speed by them in our cars. My work aims to reverse our experiences with ever present disposability and fleeting permanence by re-layering images, texts, forms, and narratives,” Murchison said. She has a B.F.A. from Alfred University and a M.F.A. from Louisiana State University. Her work will be on display in Lewis Art Gallery on campus in January 2010, Fischer Galleries in Jackson in March 2010, and at Loyola University’s Art Gallery in New Orleans in the summer of 2010.

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From Mississippi Blues to space exploration: Arts & Lecture Series Millsaps entered its 42nd season of the Arts & Lecture series this fall. While the entertaining and exceptional offerings continue, changes have taken place behind the scenes for this popular cultural program. Luran Buchanan, longtime executive director of the series, retired in June from Millsaps. Dr. Nola Gibson, executive director; Wanda Manor, program coordinator; and Jennifer Tompkins, program assistant; stepped in to continue the successful program. This season is dedicated to Buchanan in honor of her outstanding years of service. This season added a bonus program for season subscribers and the opportunity to order tickets online, Gibson said.

Operating without a dedicated budget, the series is created by“Mississippi connections” and a “very active board of trustees,” Gibson said. Board members handle many tasks such as hosting dinner for the speaker, distributing programs, and providing refreshments after some of the programs. Board members include dedicated individuals who “love the arts and the additional cultural attraction to the metro area,” says Gibson. Gibson was a board member for 10 years before becoming executive director. The season debuted on Sept. 15, with dancer Leif Anderson’s program, “A Legacy of Wings.” Anderson, the daughter of Mississippi artist Walter Anderson, explored modern dance and explained her own technique and philosophy of the arts that is named Airth. Clyde Edgerton, an author and humorist, presented on Oct. 7 a musical interpretation of his latest novel, The Bible Salesman. The Eudora Welty Foundation sponsored Edgerton’s appearance as part of the year-long Welty Centennial celebration. Songwriter Fred Knobloch presented

“If It Feels Like Mississippi, It Must Be Fred Knobloch” on Oct. 27. The musician shared songs and stories about his journey in the music industry, starting with garage bands in Jackson to having a No. 1 hit in 1980. November included two programs that took attendees from outer space to Italy. Science journalist, best-selling author, and speaker Andrew Chaikin shared rare quotes and images of space exploration during “The Incredible Adventure of Space Exploration” on Nov. 3. Retired Catholic priest Paul Canonici spoke of finding his roots in both Mississippi and Italy in “Discovering My Roots…In Italy and In the Mississippi Delta” on Nov. 19. On Jan. 12, Connie Gibbons, executive director of the B.B. King Museum, will host an evening of the blues. Gibbons will provide insight into B.B. King, his music, and the Mississippi Delta that inspired him during “The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretative Center.” On Feb. 16, Peter and Kathleen Van De Graaf will bring composer Robert and Clara Schumann’s music and love alive in a dramatization of their relationship,

The 2009-2010 Arts & Lecture Series includes appearances by retired Catholic priest Paul Canonici, who spoke about his family roots in the Mississippi Delta, and Kathryn Stockett, author of The New Times best-selling novel, The Help. Make plans to take advantage of the series, which entertains and educates on topics from art to space exploration.

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featuring stories, music, and singing in “The Life and Love of Robert and Clara Schumann.” On March 23, Jackson native and bestselling author Kathryn Stockett will delve into the story behind her novel about race and class in the Civil Rights era, The Help. The season will end on April 27 with “The American Songbook, An Evening of Cabaret.” Acclaimed baritone and Millsaps faculty member James Martin will host a lively night of music with friends. Tickets to a single performance are $10 per person. Order tickets and find out more about the series online at millsaps.edu/ conted or phone 601-974-1130.

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Theatre professor soars atop St. Cloud in theatre marathon Millsaps Assistant Professor of Theatre Jeannie-Marie Brown participated in the 11th annual Boston Theatre Marathon in May. The charity theatre event consists of 50 plays performed by 50 different theatre companies in 10 hours. The event supports the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, which helps actors and theatre

professionals in need. Brown directed St. Cloud by Vladimir Zelevinsky, a drama about a family facing life issues and hoping that a move to St. Cloud from Minneapolis can change their future. Another Country Productions, which specializes in producing multicultural plays that are outside the mainstream, sponsored the production. Brown praised Zelevinsky for his dialogue. “He has a gift for language, and his dialogue creates the space for actors to explore communication on several levels,” Brown said. “Vladimir understands human nature and interplay of text and subtext.” St. Cloud explores complicated and emotional subjects from pregnancy to motherhood. “We were blessed with three amazing actresses who literally silenced an entire theatre with the power of their performances,” she said. “The energy in the room was palatable. It was an amazing experience.” Brown’s enthusiasm comes from being part of an experience that reinforces her own passion about theatre. “I really believe that theater can be a humanizing force that draws strangers together to challenge stereotypes, build community, cultivate compassion, and provide perspective,” Brown said. Brown has a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a master’s of fine

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arts from the University of Massachusetts. Her experience as an actor includes Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, showcase, regional, summer stock, industrial, and academic theatre. She is a longstanding member of Actor’s Equity Association and is interested in movement-based theatre. As a director, her focus is on redefining the works of the past to better understand the future, theatre for social change, and the development of new works. She has directed and choreographed more than 50 productions in academic and professional theatre. Directorial credits include Hartford Stage in Hartford, Conn.; Playwrights’ Theatre in Boston; Stanley B. Theatre in Boston; Devanaughn Theatre in Boston; Boston Center for the Arts; and the University of Massachusetts Amherst; and North Shore Community.

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Rare male soprano presents concert Millsaps alumnus Robert Crowe, B.M. 1992, right, greeted Sandra and Frank Polanski, after a Sept. 25 concert on campus of songs by Henry Purcell and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Described by The New York Times as "a male soprano of staggering gifts," Crowe sang female parts in his trademark, rare, and singularly beautiful soprano. The Millsaps Department of Performing Arts and the Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music co-sponsored the performance. Crowe lives in Germany and pursues a career as a concert singer. Frank Polanksi was a Millsaps faculty member from 1965 until 1996, and Sandra Polanski taught private piano lessons at Millsaps and accompanied programs and performed on campus.

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Celebrate pianists and sound of piano music Come celebrate the piano and those who play it by attending one of the Bell Piano Series concerts. Here are programs in the 2009-2010 season you can plan to attend: • The winner of the Wideman Competition in Shreveport, La., will perform on March 5, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The competition winner is announced in January. Past winners include Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alon Goldstein, Esther Park, and Tatiana Tessman. • Continuum: A piano duo from New York’s Internationally-Acclaimed New Music Ensemble will perform on April 12, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The NewYork Times proclaimed that Continuum is “more intellectually enticing” than any other musical production in New York. The duo features two of the most celebrated visionaries of modern music, Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs. Seltzer and Sachs have performed all over the world, including 25 tours in Europe, 10 in Asia, and five in Lain America. The Bell Piano Series is in honor of Estelle Bell, grandmother of former U.S. ambassador to Portugal John Palmer. The 2009-2010 season opened in October with The Jiri Levicek Trio, which features top members of the One O’Clock Lab Band of the University of North Texas. Performances are in the Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex the Recital Hall. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $5 for students with identification. For more information, contact the Office of Performing Arts at Millsaps College at 601974-1422.

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Chamber Singers visit Greece The Millsaps College Chamber Singers traveled to Greece last summer and presented concerts in Thessaloniki, Kavalla, and Athens. Anna Dennery McDonald, B.A. 1960, also performed during the tour. The Singers’ trip itinerary followed the journey of the Christian apostle Paul and included Philippi, which Paul visited while on his missionary journeys; Delphi, the center of the world for ancient Greeks; Athens, the capitol of Greece and its largest city; and Corinth, which played a major role in Paul’s missionary work.

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FacultyChat Summer in Paris teaches students about art, literature, and themselves

Greg Miller, Ph.D. Professor of English

This summer, I taught a course entitled “Poetry, Painting, and Paris” as part of the Millsaps College study abroad program. George Bey, our international studies director, and I chat often about my time at international artists colonies in France and the joy and freedom I experience in working with artists from different parts of the world—Hungary, Korea, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, Greece, Argentina, and France at my last residence at the Camac Centre d’Art, for instance— and George asked me to consider taking some of our students to France. Why not share with them, he asked, a world larger than their usual sphere? And so I did, such are George’s powers of persuasion. My six students and I stayed at the Cîté Universitaire next to the Parc Montsour—one of my favorite little parks in Paris, with flower gardens, a lake, and vendors of crêpes and broiled corn—and a few short subway stops from the Luxembourg Gardens. We read poetry and prose by British, American, and Czech writers, much of it about works of art in Paris, some about living in the international artistic communities of 20th century Paris. In Jackson, we explored the painter Raoul Dufy’s collaboration with the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, visiting the Dufy exhibit at the Mississippi Museum of Art. In Paris, we lived in a spacious, green, and architecturally diverse international campus—near dorms for students from Belgium, Britain, Spain, Japan, Canada, Cambodia, and Holland. We read a few of the poems I wrote while in residency in France, all published in my new collection Watch (University of Chicago Press), my fourth book of

poems. Our final feast at the Crémerie Restaurant Polidor, an old haunt of James Joyce, Paul Valéry, and Ernest Hemingway, was a gustatory delight. Almost everyone discovered new and unlikely pleasures, including snails. I saw my students grow as they navigated cultural norms, becoming more willing to take risks and adapt. Students with a fear of heights climbed to the top of the tower of Sacré Coeur, happy to take in the views, surprised and emboldened by their new courage. One student joined a group of Congolese dancers outside Sacré Coeur, taken to another world, it seemed, and later wrote a moving poem about her experience. Students joined the crowds on the Champs Elysées for the last lap of the Tour de France. In class, we spent much of our time in museums. In the Rodin Museum, we stood in the room where Rainer Maria Rilke, who worked for a while as Rodin’s secretary, began writing in the distinctive style he learned in observing Rodin’s work and talking with him. In reading Hemingway, Stein, and Rilke, we learned of Cézanne’s strong influence on writers and painters of a variety of nationalities. After we visited the Picasso Museum, one student made an innovative presentation on Cézanne’s influence on modernist writers and painters, including Picasso. Another student went in search of all Hemingway’s old haunts, making a memorable final class presentation on Paris in Hemingway’s work. Students found themselves surprised by how much they loved avant garde installation pieces about women in art at the Pompidou Center. Students learned about art and literature. I think they also stood outside themselves and saw more clearly who they are.

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Archaeological Institute of America recognizes Millsaps professor Millsaps Anthropology Professor Dr. Michael Galaty is recipient of the 2010 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award presented by the Archaeological Institute of America. He will receive the award at the Archaeological Institute of

Doc Billingsley, right, a 2005 Millsaps graduate, credits Dr. Mike Galaty with preparing him for graduate study in anthropology.

America annual meeting in January. “Michael is a true teacher-scholar, his scholarship strengthens his teaching and his teaching strengthens his scholarship,” said Dr.George Bey, anthropology professor and associate dean of international education at Millsaps College. Galaty joined the faculty at Millsaps College in 1999 and has since taught 23 different courses. He is known for his creative, dynamic teaching style exemplified in his Anthropological Films

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and Filmmaking class where students studied and produced ethnographic films as a way to record and understand human behavior. “Michael takes young scholars and does not simply work with them in a class or even in a major. He works with them to create mature, competitive scholars,” Bey said. “He helps them take advantage of every opportunity available and works with them so they fully realize their intellectual potential.” As a field archaeologist, Galaty regularly leads field schools in northern Albania and in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. His students’ achievements highlight his teaching ability. In recent years two students have won all-expense paid trips to Hungary to participate in the Körös Regional Archaeological Project. Both students have gone on to graduate programs in anthropology with full fellowships. Another student received a 2008 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship to spend a year in Albania. “His passion for teaching leaves a lasting impact on his students,” said Doc Billingsley, a 2005 Millsaps graduate and currently an anthropology graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis. “The opportunities that he provided and helped me to access made all the difference in my direction as a scholar, and in my level of preparation for graduate studies.” The Archaeological Institute of America award is given to one individual each year who has demonstrated excellence in the teaching of archaeology, developed innovative teaching methods or interdisciplinary curricula, and has at least five years of teaching experience. Galaty earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors from Grinnell College and master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008 he received Millsaps’ Distinguished Professor Award.

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Millsaps history professor receives 2009 Edelstein prize Twelve years ago Dr. William Storey, professor of history at Millsaps College, looked for a case study that would help him understand how local people in South Africa adapted and modified a new technology, such as guns, and how they debated the right and wrong ways to use the technology. Storey’s work turned into the book,

Guns, Race, and Power in Colonial South Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2008), recently selected by the Society for the History of Technology to receive the 2009 Edelstein Prize that is given for the year’s best scholarly book about the history of technology. The award was presented in October at the society’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

Guns, Race, and Power in Colonial South Africa traces the co-evolution of guns, gun cultures, and colonial political economy in South Africa over three centuries. Through his writing, Storey explains how guns figured in the lives and everyday practices of the region’s people and bridges the gap between historians of 19th century South Africa and historians of 19th century technology. “Dr. Storey, like many of our professors, is an exceptional teacher who devotes time in and out of the classroom to make sure his students have a full understanding of the subject matter. He is also a committed scholar whose 12 years of research and writing have produced this groundbreaking work on the impact of technology on cultural and political change in southern Africa,” said Dr. David C. Davis, interim vice president and dean of the College. Since joining the Millsaps faculty in 1999, Storey has been recognized for his talents as both a teacher and scholar. He received the Outstanding Young Faculty

Dr. Bill Storey, right, receives the 2009 Edelstein Prize from Professor Arne Kaijser, of Stockholm, president of the Society for the History of Technology.

Award from Millsaps in 2003 and the Teaching Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council in 2006. In addition, he has received grants from the Mellon Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Millsaps College that have allowed him to travel to England and South Africa to complete research for the book. He first began working on the book in 1997 and spent two years working on it full time. After coming to Millsaps, he spent a majority of his time teaching and learning with Millsaps students as well as with his own five children—now ranging from ages five to 11. Each summer was devoted to writing a chapter, and during a sabbatical in the 2007-2008 school year, Storey spent four months making the final revisions.

“I’d say that if there is one lesson to be learned from the book, it’s that the successful regulation of a technology (guns, cell phones, contraceptives, etc.) depends on reconfiguring notions of citizenship,” Storey said. Incorporating scholarly research into the classroom is a way to bring the subject area to life. Storey used many of the responses and comments students in his British Empire class made about the first draft of the manuscript to shape the book’s final form. Next semester, he plans to use parts of the book in his new Environment, Technology, and Power class. Since finishing the book, Storey has completed another book, The First World War: A Concise Global History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). His next project is a biography of Cecil Rhodes, the diamond

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magnate and politician who endowed the Rhodes Scholarships. He intends the book to be the first biography on Rhodes written from the perspective of the environment and technology. Storey earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Harvard University in 1987. He completed a master’s degree in history in 1990 at Johns Hopkins University, where he received a doctorate in 1993.

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Millsaps scholar on Dead Sea Scrolls earns Humanities Award Millsaps Religious Studies Professor Dr. James E. Bowley has studied more than 10,000 fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some smaller than a postage stamp. The tiny fragments, which offer details of literature and daily life of an ancient Jewish community, made him think about the fragments of modern-day life. That was the subject of the lecture, “Living by Fragments,” he delivered in October at Millsaps as the 2009 recipient of the Humanities Teacher Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council. As one of the world’s leading scholars on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Bowley has spent the majority of his professional life cataloging the ancient manuscripts as a joint editor of The Dead Sea Scroll Concordance. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves around the Dead Sea, provide glimpses into a Jewish community from 200 B.C.E. through 50 C.E. “The lecture was not so much about

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the scrolls but about giving people something interesting and enjoyable to think about, which is what the humanities are all about—giving us something to make our lives enjoyable,” he said. Bowley has a doctorate degree from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is an accomplished scholar of Hebrew biblical and extra-biblical literature. He is the author of the widelyused textbook, Introduction to the Hebrew

Bible: A Guided Tour of Israel’s Sacred Library, and is currently working on

commentaries on Judith and the Prayer of Manasseh, as well as volume III of The Dead Sea Scroll Concordance. “Dr. Bowley is widely respected as a strong teacher-scholar with high expectations for his students and a gift for encouraging classroom discussions and delivering unorthodox and engaging lectures,” said Dr. David C. Davis, interim vice president and dean of the College. Since coming to Millsaps in 2002, Bowley has taught courses related to many aspects of the Bible, ancient Judaism, and Christianity. His classes, such as Who Speaks For the Gods, which looks at ancient prophecy in Babylon, Egypt and Israel, and God Told Me to Love or Kill You, which focuses on the Crusades and how religious people looked and viewed others in the Middle Ages, encourage students to explore questions about religion and history. The Mississippi Humanities Council presents the award each fall to a humanities scholar at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning in celebration of Arts and Humanities Month.

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Geology professor named Mississippi Professor of the Year Given an opportunity to move to a research position more than a decade ago, Dr. Jamie Harris, professor of geology at Millsaps College, realized his true passion is teaching. “It was a light bulb moment for me,” Harris said, “I didn’t want to leave teaching behind.” His creative teaching methods and dedication to giving students research experiences through field-based learning are among reasons the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching selected Harris as Mississippi’s 2009 Professor of the Year. He received the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in November. As one of the most prestigious awards honoring undergraduate teaching, the Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country—those who excel as teachers and influence the lives and careers of their students. Harris is one of 38 state winners from across the country chosen for the honor. Harris has worked with students in identifying geographical features across Mississippi, including the bluff line of the Mississippi River in Tate County. They have created an eathquake hazards model for the Jackson area and developed a map of gravel deposits in Yazoo County. For Millsaps senior Andrew Fleming of Ocean Springs, his first geology course with Harris was enough to cement his decision to major in geology and pursue a

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career in it. “He truly cares that students learn the material and maintains enthusiasm and encourages us to work even harder when material is difficult,” Fleming said. “He provides ample opportunity for help on assignments and presents the material in a way that is interesting and useful.” After graduation, Fleming plans to attend graduate school to study geology, and hopes to have a future career in energy resource management and environmental geology. “Dr. Harris is not only a successful teacher in the classroom but also has been a visionary in the area of field-based learning, developing a number of highquality field based research and study programs in geology for students both in the U.S. and beyond,” said Dr. David C. Davis, interim vice president and dean of the College. Harris, who lives in Ridgeland, joined the geology faculty at Millsaps in 1995 and has served as the department chair since 1998. In that role, he has helped redesign the geology major to integrate field-based and experiential learning. Each summer term Harris and other geology professors lead groups of Millsaps students to observe and study the geology of sites such as Yellowstone National Park, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Montana, and Mexico. Along the way, students are introduced to field skills such as mapping and interpretation of geologic processes. “Many of our students have never had an earth science course before coming to college, and going into the field to work makes what we’re learning in the classroom click in students’ minds,” Harris said. “Coming up with creative ways to teach is

what Millsaps is all about, and geology is well-suited for field-based learning.” The Millsaps geology program emphasizes undergraduate research, and every student who majors in geology is required to participate in original research. The goal is to get students ready for graduate study and careers in geology. Approximately 90 percent of geology majors at Millsaps attend graduate school in geology or get jobs as geologists after graduation. Harris’ own expertise is widely recognized. In recent years Harris has travelled to Italy to present a paper on near surface seismic methods, and served as a keynote speaker for an international geophysical conference in China. Harris has a bachelor’s degree in geology from Eastern Kentucky University, a bachelor’s degree in geophysics from the University of Houston, and master’s and doctorate degrees in geology/geophysics from the University of Kentucky. In 2006, he was named Millsaps’ Distinguished Professor, the college’s highest award in recognition of teaching and scholarship. Harris is the sixth Millsaps professor to receive the state’s Professor of the Year Award. Previous winners are Dr. Sarah Lea McGuire, biology; Dr. Bob McElvaine, history; Dr. Greg Miller, English; Dr. George Bey III, anthropology; and Dr. Kimberly Gladden Burke, accounting.

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Mississippi Invitational features works by Millsaps artists A Millsaps faculty member and a recent graduate were among10 Mississippi contemporary visual artists selected to show their work in the Brent Fogt, assistant professor of art biennial Mississippi Invitational earlier this year at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The Mississippi Invitational showcased paintings and sculptures by Mississippi Mathew Puckett, B.A. 2008 artists and was meant to expand the artists’ audience. Guest curator Peter Plagens, a nationally-recognized curator and art critic from New York City, selected Brent Fogt, assistant professor of art at Millsaps, and Mathew Puckett, B.A. 2008, from more than 100 Mississippi artists. The exhibit included sculptures of small airplanes, an enormous pop-up book, a video of a

New faculty welcomed Dr. David C. Davis, interim vice president and dean of the College, standing at right, welcomed new faculty members. They are back row from left, Dr. Cory Toyota, organic chemistry; Dr. Curtis Coats, communications; Marc Quattlebaum, theatre; Dr. Steve Kistulentz, English; front row, Dr. Richard Boada, rhetorical studies and Writing Center; Dr. Kathryn Hahn, psychology; Dr. Abigail L. Susik, art; and Dr. Jessica A. Piekielek, anthropology.

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Mississippi couple’s honeymoon, and a variety of paintings and mixed media work. Fogt exhibited large pen and ink drawings that explore topography and pattern through the accumulation of tiny marks. “In terms of content, I am attempting to create imaginary topographies or aerial views of imaginary places that are filled with pattern and appear to be growing,” Fogt said. “The drawings are different depending upon how far away the viewer is from the piece.” Puckett’s oil on canvas work explores aspects of humans as changing creatures. “I am most interested in the inconsistencies that come about with change. The only constant with people is instability. I try to display this instability with contradiction and tension in the formal and technical qualities of the paintings,” said Puckett in his artist’s statement. Fogt said Puckett is intensely devoted to painting. “I think he finds the material qualities of paint itself—its potential to create color, its viscosity, its richness—to be almost magical. As a student, he worked extremely hard in the studio and asked lots of great questions. I couldn’t be happier that I am in the show with him,” Fogt said. The Mississippi Invitational is a way for the museum to discover, showcase, and celebrate the work of Mississippi artists, said Museum Director Betsy Bradley, who received a B.A. from Millsaps in 1984. “Just as our permanent installation called ’The Mississippi Story’ attempts to tell the story of art in our state, we realize that that story continues to evolve and develop every day,” she said. As finalists, both Fogt and Puckett are eligible to apply for the Jane Crater Hiatt

Fellowship, which provides a grant of up to $15,000 for study, travel, and the creation of new work.

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New chaplain fulfills calling to build meaningful relationships As the new chaplain at Millsaps College, the Rev. Rwth Ashton is fulfilling a calling she believes comes, in part, from her own meaningful relationships with college chaplains as a college student. “As chaplain, I hope to provide pastoral presence, availability, care, and confidentiality to the entire Millsaps community as an expression of spiritual companioning, or soul friendship. In doing so, I want to model such spiritual friendship as one way of contributing to an overall environment of respect, care, and curiosity for one another,” Ashton said. Ashton, who began serving in her new role in August, is described as having “charismatic energy” by Dr. Brit Katz, vice president and dean of students at Millsaps. “Rwth’s presence invites students,

faculty, staff, and alumni to participate in our spiritual traditions and communityservice programs. Her evident intellectual acumen will be a strength in this community of scholars, and I enthusiastically look forward to the mark she will etch into the history of the chaplaincy,” Katz said. Ashton, a United Methodist minister for the last 12 years, came to the College from the First United Methodist Church in Belzoni. She was there as pastor after serving five years as associate pastor at Crossgates United Methodist Church in Brandon. “I look forward to co-creating opportunities for prayer, worship, spiritual growth, learning, fellowship, and service,” Ashton said. “I am also energized by the prospect of working in recruitment and serving as a liaison to local churches of the United Methodist Church and congregations of other denominations and faiths.” She will work closely with a variety of Millsaps religious and service organizations, including the Campus Ministry Team, a student-led interfaith organization; the McNair Fund for Christian Missions; and C.A.L.L.S.: Considering A Life of Leadership and Service. Ashton’s appointment is the culmination of a competitive national search overseen by a diverse Millsaps search committee of students, faculty, and staff. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Mount Holyoke College with Phi Beta Kappa honors and a master’s of divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology.

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Career Center director takes flight of lifetime with Blue Angels

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Wearing a flight suit monogrammed with V.I.P. on the chest, Tonya Nations, director of the Career Center at Millsaps College, felt a little like she was ready for a scene in the movie, Top Gun, earlier this year. She took a flight in the back seat of Blue Angels jet #7 after a recruiter for the Navy’s medical and health programs encouraged her to apply for the opportunity. “I traveled faster than the speed of sound, which is 768 miles per hour or about one mile in five seconds. We did a double roll, half-s’s, and flew upside down. At that point I could see our smoke trail. I even went weightless. What a feeling!”

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a collection of poetry published by The University of Chicago Press in October. Darby Ray (religious studies) is on

sabbatical during 2009-2010. She is writing a theological inquiry into the topic of “working” as part of a new Fortress Press series called Living. Each book in the series will consider a different “everyday practice” such as working, shopping or parenting, present insights into the practice from Christian tradition, and reflect on the interplay between those two. Ray expects her experience writing the book will revitalize The Meaning of Work, a course she routinely offers at Millsaps. Bob Shive (mathematics) is using his

sabbatical for 2009-2010 to come up with new tools to help students experience the satisfaction of applying mathematics and computer science to real world problems. His plans include developing teaching materials for his math classes, working with the Maple mathematics software package, studying digital images to better understand current techniques for use in transforming such images, and reviewing and identifying material for the Millsaps senior seminar in computer science. Steve Smith (philosophy, religious studies) published “Hooks,” in the Summer 2009 issue of The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and “The Work of Service: Levinas’s Eventual Philosophy of Culture,” in Levinas Studies, 2009. Holly M. Sypniewski (classical studies) presented her paper on the reception of Virgil at the national meeting of the American Philological Association in Philadelphia in January 2009. She also published “The Pursuit of Eros in Plato’s

Symposium and Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” in The International Journal of the Classical Tradition. She will be on sabbatical

for the spring semester and plans to work specifically on two articles in the classical tradition: one on George Bernard Shaw’s play Major Barbara (1905) and British attitudes toward the value of a classical education, and a piece co-authored with Anne MacMaster (English) on Canto V of Dante’s Inferno and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Lola Williamson (religious studies) will have her book, Transcendent in America:

Hindu-Inspired Meditation Movements as New Religion (New York University

Press) released in January 2010. A chapter contribution to Religion, Death, and Dying in America (Praeger Press) was published this year. Contributions to two other books are under contract. Williamson continues her role as co-chair of North American Hinduism, a program unit of the American Academy of Religion. Two papers have been accepted for presentation at the 2009 annual AAR convention to be held in Montreal. In the spring of 2009, she presented a paper at the Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion Conference in Greensboro, N.C.

Science Michael Galaty (anthropology) spoke

at the 42nd annual Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute on the archaeology of violence. He presented his speech, “Why Do We Fight? Affluence and the Origins of Violence and Welfare,” to 400 community college students and faculty at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Va. on June 23. He also delivered his paper, “An offense to honor is never forgiven…: Violence and Landscape Archaeology in Highland Northern Albania,” at the second Visiting Scholar Conference, “The Archaeology of Violence: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Violence and Conflict,” at the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. on April 18.

Staff Brit Katz (student life) is co-author of

the article “Are you Ready? Preparing the Student Affairs Professionals for Disasters,” published in the summer 2009 edition of Georgia Journal for College Student Affairs. He is also co-author of “Mass Notification Upgrades: 12 Non-Technical Issues You Must Address,” published in the March/April 2009 issue of Campus Safety Magazine. Megan James (student life) was named The Southeastern Panhellenic Association New Professional of the Year for her role as Panhellenic Council advisor at Millsaps College. This award recognizes the dedication of a professional with three years or fewer of experience who exemplifies the ideals of Greek life, sisterhood and brotherhood on her/his college campus. Kara G. Paulk (communications) received in September her Accreditation in Public Relations from the Universal Accreditation Board, a consortium of nine professional communication organizations that directs the competency certification program. The accreditation process involves a portfolio presentation to a panel of three peers and a computer-based examination testing knowledge, skills, and abilities in the field of public relations. Molly McManus (library) was elected

treasurer of the Mississippi Library Association for 2010.

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ALUMNI MAKE THE NEWS Whether you get your news the oldfashioned way on newsprint, read it online, listen to the radio, or trust your favorite blogs, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discover Millsaps alumni making the news in their chosen fields on a national and international scale. Dr. Robin Robinson heads the federal agency responsible for purchasing and distributing the H1N1 flu vaccine. Trustee William Jeanes, an auto industry expert, frequently shares with members of the media his knowledge about changes facing the auto industry. Dr. Steven Lee works to develop new tools to save lives of soldiers and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.

MILLSAPS GRAD TAKES LEAD IN MAKING H1N1 FLU VACCINE AVAILABLE

By: Nell Luter Floyd with assistance from the University of Mississippi Medical Center Office of Public Affairs

ne of the year’s most widely discussed news stories is the spread of H1N1 Flu and a vaccine to control it. You can credit a Millsaps College alumnus and the agency that he leads for helping develop, license, and move the H1N1vaccine into the private sector for mass production. Dr. Robin Robinson, a 1976 Millsaps graduate, directs the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. BARDA was created in 2007 to make sure the nation is prepared for crises including flu outbreaks as well as nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks. “Our way of thinking and doing business has completely changed. In the past, government and industry were timid. After Katrina, we saw what can happen if you don’t prepare properly for a disaster. We now leave no stone unturned. That approach permeates every aspect of our work, from the stockpiling of vaccines to the R&D,” Robinson said. His role in the distributionof the H1N1 vaccine earned him the accolade of being named a 2009 finalist for a Service to America Medal. The program honors outstanding federal employees based on their commitment, innovation, and the impact of their work on addressing the needs of the nation. A native of Canton, Robinson realized as a boy he wanted a career in science. “I was a science fair brat,” he said. He chose Millsaps because of its academic reputation. “Millsaps is one of the very best schools in the South. If you were going to be an attorney, a scientist, or a physician, you would look at Millsaps.” Dr. James P. McKeown, professor of biology; Robert B. Nevins, associate professor of biology; and Dr. George Ezell, emeritus professor of chemistry, were among his professors. “He was a very bright student and a joy to be around and work with,” McKeown recalled. “I think the program he heads is in good hands.” Robinson majored in biology and received a minor in history, and Dr. Charles Sallis, emeritus professor of history, was one of his favorite professors. “A number of us who were heavy into sciences on a lark took his course, and we got hooked on it. We helped edit his textbook, Mississippi: Conflict and Change,” he said. The history of the Old Testament was also a favorite class. “It wasn’t taught from a religious point of view but with a literary and historical view,” he said. Mark Herbert, B.A. 1975, a lawyer with Watkins Ludlam Winter

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& Stennis in Jackson, was a fraternity brother, friend, and a roommate of Robinson during his Millsaps days. He remembers Robinson as someone ready for a good time and a student who loved what he was doing. “My strongest recollection of Robin was his incredible energy, always running at 100 percent,” he said. “No doubt all of those traits have contributed to his outstanding success.” At Millsaps, Robinson was treasurer and first vice president of Kappa Sigma fraternity and secretary-treasurer of the Inter Fraternity Council. Robinson values the liberal arts education he received at Millsaps for its breadth and depth. “One of the things I would say to anyone who wants to be a scientist is get a first class education in science but don’t limit it to that,” he said. “You need to learn how to write. You have to be able to do that. The advantages accorded to that are immense. To have breadth and depth of knowledge about how the world came together is invaluable.” Robinson continued his studies after graduation from Millsaps at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where in 1981 he received a doctorate in microbiology. Federal administrators tapped Robinson in April 2008 to direct BARDA. Scientific research-and-development experience across academia, in private-sector labs, and in government helped prepare him for the job. As a doctoral student at the University of Mississippi Medical Center he studied the herpes virus’ ability to cause cancer. That research turned into post-doctoral studies at Princeton University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook into the genetic mechanisms in cancer. “I was trying to understand why certain genes are turned on and off,” Robinson said. On faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in the 1980s, he studied gene activation by herpes viruses to better understand how the virus infects people, lies dormant, and causes outbreaks later. The academic experience led to a position at the National Cancer Institute where he studied HIV. Robinson switched to private industry in 1992 to work in vaccine development, leading to a number of patented vaccine inventions that include virus-like particle vaccines. His route to public service came through Major General Philip Russell, a researcher and physician who formerly directed the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Army Research and Development Command. “(He) started twisting my arm to set up a

pandemic influenza program,” Robinson said. immunocompromised individuals. For anthrax, BARDA is workWhile serving as director of BARDA’s Influenza and Emerg- ing toward increasing manufacturing capacity of an existing ing Disease Program, Robinson and his team worked on a H5N1 vaccine and working on new vaccines as well as new antitoxins. avian flu vaccine. Their efforts led to development, procurement and Robinson’s office is stockpiling treatment for botulism infecstockpiling of the world’s first H5N1 vaccine approved for humans tions and for different types of chemical events. BARDA is also and a citation by Time Magazine as the No.1 medical breakthrough working with the National Institutes of Health on Ebola virus in 2007. therapies. “Robin was the strongest candidate to emerge in our nation“We’re also looking for ways to make our existing products wide search, and his extensive experience in industry and government concretely demonstrates his ability to succeed,” said then U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Craig Vanderwagen at the time of Robinson’s promotion to BARDA directorship. Though an administrator, Robinson said he enjoys the job and its public health aspects. “Certainly I wanted to be a scientist and I’m still able to be a scientist, certainly from the operations and policy ends of it,” Robinson said. Though influenza is the disease of the moment, one of BARDA’s biggest objectives is Project Bioshield, a comprehensive, all-hazards approach to protecting the public. Threats to the U.S. population include small pox Dr. Robin Robinson, center, reviews the lot release documents of a H1N1 vaccine shipment from one of the vaccine manufacturers in and botulism outbreaks and anthrax, Louisville, Ky., to the Center for Disease Control’s central distribution hubs. radiological, and nuclear attacks. “In a nutshell, we take the products that are in early development that better,” he said. “Suppose you have a vaccine that must be refrighave just shown proof of concept, and move them toward licensure erated. The objective would be to develop a way to store it at and manufacture. That’s primarily through contracts with industry,” room temperature and store it for longer periods of time. Then Robinson said. “It’s not enough just to have product development get it into a patch you could just apply in the field rather than manufacturing contacts, we must have domestic manufacturing inject it.” surge capacity. For some threats we stockpile ahead of time like Most of his days are filled with numerous meetings and ofanthrax antitoxins.” ten include working with the National Institutes of Health and BARDA coordinates with the Centers for Disease Control and the Center for Disease Control. He has spoken at the World Influstate, county, and local governments to distribute vaccines, antitox- enza Congress in Belgium and Influenza Congress USA. ins, and therapies should an outbreak happen. The agency is aiding Robinson and his family live outside Washington, D.C. and, though always a Mississippi native, Robinson said he appreciates the development of therapies for radiation, Robinson said. “We have worked with the Department of Defense and the Na- Maryland’s change of seasons. He plays tennis in his spare time and tional Institutes of Health on a number of new drugs and therapies participates in the local Lion’s Club. Robinson and his wife have one to resolve some of the problems caused by radiation. There are cer- son who is a high school senior and is interested in science and tain drugs that can be administered to bring back the blood supply tennis, too. at the bone marrow and the G-I tract. For acute radiation, there are a number of drugs in early development, but some are very, very promising,” he said. Efforts in anthrax and small pox vaccines and drugs are going forward, he said. There’s a small pox vaccine coming for fall–winter 2009

ALUMNUS CREDITS MILLSAPS WITH DEVELOPING HIS TALENT AND INTEREST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH By: Jason Bronson

onsidering the grim nature of headlines coming from Iraq and Afghanistan, the work of one Millsaps College alumnus is a welcome reminder that the College’s commitment to service is an enduring one. Dr. Stephen J. Lee, B.S. 1991, is chief scientist for the U.S. Army Research Office and Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Md., where he is charged with one of the most important tasks of service in the United States: protecting American soldiers at war. “The goal of our office is to invest in ground-breaking science research that will develop new technologies for the future soldier. We are involved in support research for any thing that the soldier might use on the battlefield including sensors, energetics, and armour,” he said. Lee’s work is nothing short of cutting edge – the stuff of science fiction realized and implemented in our time. He helped develop the FIDO Explosives Detector, used in both warzones and first-responder scenarios, to screen objects and environments for explosives. He also worked on the Agentase Chemical Agent Detection Kit, which enables soldiers to detect trace amounts of explosive and biological chemicals on the hands or clothes of insurgents posing as civilians. As Lee explained it, “These detection technologies hold the greatest potential for warfighter protection.” It is impossible to calculate the number of lives just these two tools have saved. Lee continued, “Versions of the FIDO detector are fielded in

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airports, and tens of thousands of them are in Iraq and Afghanistan, looking for improvised explosive devices, trying to detect those, detect people who build them, detect vehicles that might be carrying them, so we can protect the civilians and the warfighters … it operates in some instances similar to a dog, it just doesn’t get hot and you don’t have to feed it.” Some of Lee’s other projects include the Nanoscale Materials Fast-Act Decontamination Powder and Spray, also used in both military and domestic emergency applications, which instantly neutralizes biological and chemical agents encountered in the field, and the End-of-Service Life meters for chemical filters used in gas masks. “We also work in decontaminates and cleaning products … particularly neutralizing hazardous chemicals, purifying water, and other consumables,” Lee said.“We’re making sure where they’re going is safe, what they’re eating and drinking is safe, and if there is an issue, cleaning it up.” Much of Lee’s work is secret, but he was able to shed some light on the breadth of his lab’s research. “Other parts of the office that I’m chief scientist of now work on electronics, radios, as well as new body armor, new armor for vehicles … in this office we’re a basic research organization, so we tend to be 10 to 20 years out in what our investment is. We do have some immediate impact projects, but we are vested in future equipment,” ranging from lightweight armor to communications gear.

Lee has received numerous awards for his work, including the Army’s Greatest Invention Award (twice, for the FIDO Explosives Detector and the Agentase Nerve Agent Sensor), the Department of the Army Official Commendation (again for the Agentase Nerve Agent Sensor), and the Chateaubriand Fellowship from the Republic of France. He was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2008. As an alumnus of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans program, Lee is in good company; past recipients include John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Howard Hughes, Orson Wells, Nelson Rockefeller, and Elvis Presley. Lee, who lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. with his wife and two children, is originally from Starkville, where he attended Starkville Academy. At Millsaps, he earned a double major in chemistry and biology, and went on to earn a doctorate in chemistry from Emory University. He completed post-doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of Louis Pasteur in France. Lee said his study at Millsaps developed and nurtured his inter-

est and talent for research. Dr. Tim Ward, professor of chemistry at Millsaps, remembers Lee as a well-motivated student. “He was a serious student,” he said. Lee said he“had a great experience and important initial exposure to science research at Millsaps College through my chemistry honors research with Dr. (Al) Berry and Dr. (Gene) Cain. Both helped me develop an appreciation for science and research, which led to my pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry at Emory University, which lead to my working for the Army. Millsaps basically laid the foundation for my interest in the sciences.” He also credits Millsaps faculty including Professor Bob Nevins, Dr. Dick Highfill, Dr. Sarah Lee Armstrong, and the late Dr. Johnnie-Marie Whitfield with helping him appreciate the sciences and research. Lee encourages the study of science by participating in local career days and serving as a judge for student science fairs, including the International Science and Engineering Fair. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina.

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AUTO INDUSTRY TRENDS NOTHING NEW FOR MILLSAPS ALUMNUS

By: Nell Luter Floyd

illiam Jeanes, a 1959 Millsaps alumnus, considers himself one lucky guy. “I’ve been lucky all my life,” he said. “I’ve been at the right place at the right time so many times.” That was the case when he landed a writing job at Car and Driver, then the premier magazine for auto enthusiasts. “After a couple of freelance assignments, I was offered a staff position at Car and Driver. I had been accepted into the writing program at the University of Arkansas, but I decided rather than take the academic approach, I would take the Car and Driver job in New York.” How’s that for good fortune? He had also been offered a job at Motor Trend, but preferred the features-oriented style of Car and Driver. After three years as features editor at Car and Driver, he found opportunity for a decade in advertising. He worked first as a copywriter and associate creative director at Campbell-Ewald in Detroit, Chevrolet’s ad agency, then at SSC&B:Lintas in New York, where he became a senior vice president. He worked later at J. Walter Thompson/Detroit as a senior vice president and director of the Ford Division account. At Millsaps, Jeanes nurtured his ability to write both in class and as a member of the Purple &White student newspaper and the literary magazine Stylus. “Composition was a real big part of the freshman and sophomore curriculum at Millsaps. Marguerite Goodman was a marvelous teacher,” recalled Jeanes, who grew up in Jackson and graduated from Central High School. Unsure whether to follow friends to large public universities in the state, he visited Millsaps on High School Day, and the day proved to be a lucky one. He scored high in academic tests that opened the doors to Millsaps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history and enough hours for a second major in English. Jeanes said he still values the critical thinking skills he first encountered at Millsaps. “They didn’t teach me what to think, but how to think and reason through things,” he said. “Millsaps has an open environment where you are exposed to lots of different things and are encouraged to draw your own conclusions.” In 1987, he became editor-in-chief of Car and Driver. During his six years as editor, he appeared regularly on “CBS This Morning” as its automotive expert, and his weekly radio commentary on Detroit’s WJR reached 19 states. With a strong network of contacts and an eye for opportunity, Jeanes in 1993 became a senior vice president and group publisher at Hachette Magazines, charged with responsibility for Car and

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Driver, Road & Track, and other magazines. Bill Baker of Laguna Niguel, Calif., met Jeanes in the 1970s when Jeanes was senior editor at Car and Driver. Baker, who spent more than 30 years as a senior public relations executive with international and North American automotive corporations such as Fiat and Land Rover, recalled travelling with Jeanes on a road rally through Kenya, dining at the ancestral family home of the late Princess Diana, and going pheasant hunting together, all events designed for auto writers to experience vehicles in the lifestyles they represent. “He brings a lot of class to any event. He’s a very fast wit. Very urbane. Only a handful of auto editors have the sophistication of William Jeanes in terms of his education, work experience, and life experience,” Baker said. Articles written by Jeanes have appeared in a score of global automotive publications and in Sports Illustrated, American Heritage, AARP The Magazine, Smithsonian Air & Space, Playboy, Parade, Consumer Digest, Automotive News, and The NewYork Times. His history articles have appeared in Over the Front, the Journal of World War I Aviation Historians, and The Journal of the Mississippi Historical Society. He has published book reviews in War, Literature and the Arts, and other journals. The turns and twists of the American industry during the last year were hardly a surprise to Jeanes, who had proclaimed in 2006 in his book, Branding Iron: Lessons from the Meltdown of the U.S. Auto Industry, (co-written with Charlie Hughes), that General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford might not survive. His knowledge about the auto industry landed him on television, in newspapers, and on the Internet as an expert after the federal government’s bailout of General Motors and Chrysler made the American auto industry’s declining sales, its products and their quality, high cost of labor, and healthcare and retirement benefits top news for months. “The American auto industry has a vast economic impact,” he said. “A car probably has 30,000 parts and each part has to be made somewhere. Fold in advertising and publicity, and the economic impact extends from there. From one in seven to one in a dozen total job markets are estimated to be related indirectly, if not directly, to the American auto industry.” GM at one time had 50 percent of the market share in the U.S., but the growing popularity of imports changed that, he said. “Like a lot of people with a monopoly, you begin to think that you can do no wrong,” he said of GM’s slow reaction to changes in the marketplace and the global economy.

When many consumers found it difficult to obtain credit to buy vehicles during the most recent recession, the auto industry’s retail business began to stall, he said. “I don’t think anyone could foresee a drop in sales from 16 million units to 10 million units,” he said. “That was apocalyptic.” Cash for Clunkers, officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System, earlier this year encouraged consumers to trade in gas guzzlers for new cars, succeeded in generating showroom traffic, and helping dealers reduce inventory, he said. Jeanes criticizes the program for encouraging debtsaddled consumers to take on more debt in the form of car payments. Ford, whic h opted to mortgage itself heavily instead of taking the government bailout, has proved to be the bright spot in the auto industry’s challenging times, he said. Sales of Fords soared during Cash for Clunkers, he said. The Ford family still has five family members working for or serving the company in some way, and family pride in the company contributes to how it will fare, he said. “The family’s biggest contribution of course was to hire Alan Mullaly as CEO,” he said. Now a resident of the Jackson metro area, Jeanes and his wife Susan saw much of the memorabilia from his writing career washed away when they rode out Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in their home in Pass Christian on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Neither was hurt. He later wrote about their experiences in Car and Driver: “My complete set of Automobile Quarterlys, which extended across five shelves and formed a bar graph of my life, were headed north on the tide. A book autographed by Mark Donohue with the words “Thanks for everything” would be gone. Likewise, correspondence from Carroll Shelby, Sir Jackie Stewart when he was just plain Jackie, Dan Gurney, former Ford CEO Don Petersen, hunting pal Edsel Ford, and many other friends, associates, former bosses, and former employees. A lifetime of letters, several hundred books, no telling how many photographs. All washed away. “And it got worse. Because the surge predictions were so badly flawed, we didn’t get the anticipated one or two feet of water down-

stairs—it was ten feet deep down there. My collection of automotive fine art, hangings that gave me daily pleasure for many years, was being lifted off the walls and floated away on a sea of debris. No fewer than six Bill Neale originals. Two Bill Mottas, including the painting of a Ferrari Testa Rossa used on the cover of 50Years of Road & Track. Two Ken Dallison watercolors, one of which ran in this magazine in the 1960s. A moody Brooklands oil by Barry Rowe. An Auburn detail by George Angelini. Two oils by Tom Fritz, one of which had appeared on the cover of issue number five of Classic Automobile Register. I could have cried and may have. “Torrents of gray, flotsamfilled water sucked out the box filled with every pit pass from every race I ever attended, beginning with the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1970. I found myself irrationally regretting the loss of NASCAR garage passes from the 1970s—oblongs that bore the legend “Non-Competive,” the Daytona way of spelling non-competitive. Huge portions of the Pass Christian harbor’s piers tore through our house, first battering and then stealing three decades of memories.” Not one to dwell on misfortune, he jokingly emailed “send high-paying writing assignments” after friends and contacts asked what they could do to help, and his good luck kicked in. A professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., responded with an offer for him to become writer-in-residence at Northwestern, and he did just that in 2005. He is an occasional contributor to African Americans on Wheels and Automotive News, the industry’s leading trade paper. He is currently an editor-at-large for AOL Autos, which because it appears on the world wide web could easily be his biggest audience of readers yet. “I never went looking for a job, but most of them found me,” he said, another reason he can call himself one lucky guy.

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Heritage program provides insight into history and more

By: Nell Luter Floyd

magine studying the history of the human experience and ideas. Forget about merely matching dates with events, but instead focus on exploring influential ideas, fateful problems, and creative works. That’s the idea of the Millsaps College Heritage Program, which continues in its 41st year to provide a framework of knowledge for students to use not only in other classes, but perhaps when they sit down with a novel, read a newspaper online, or react to a recently released movie. “No matter a student’s career path or discipline, the Heritage Program provides a larger framework to look at where his or her interests fall,” said Dr. David C. Davis, interim vice president and dean of the College and a former Heritage Program director. Officially known as Heritage of the West in World Perspective, the interdisciplinary program educates students about the origin of ideas that have shaped the world, said Dr. Patrick Hopkins, associate professor of philosophy and current director of the program. Heritage begins with historical facts and weaves in religion, philosophy, literature, and fine arts, all the while tracing the origination of ideas humans have grappled with through the ages. The two-semester program offers a big picture view of the world, starting with the study of fossils and ending with the 21st century. “Students are challenged to make ideas their own in a meaningful way,” Davis said. Students meet four times a week for group presentations in Aca-

demic Complex room 215, which has new seating, a new podium, a white board, and new media equipment, and three times a week in smaller groups for discussion. A year’s participation in Heritage fulfills each required Core focus: history, religion, philosophy, literature, and fine arts. The opportunity to complete Core courses in a year motivated Ryan Clark, a freshman from Tchula, to enroll. “It moves from one subject to the next, and I like that. We question everything. One day we may be asked, ’Why did certain people think this way?’ and Dr. Hopkins will come back with another question after that. He has a question for everything.” The program is fast paced; for example, Aristotle, Buddhist art, Hindu sculpture, Cicero, and the history of the Roman Empire are covered in a two-week period in the fall semester. Katie Greer, a freshman from Vicksburg, said she welcomed the challenge of Heritage as a way to immerse herself into academic life at Millsaps and build a foundation for other coursework. “I like how we learn about various cultures, their histories, legends, and philosophies, and how it all ties together,” she said. Students are encouraged to question where and when ideas that shaped the world came into being and how the same ideas reemerge from time to time. That can be unsettling for some students at first, Hopkins said, as it may be the first time they’ve been asked to form and defend their beliefs and it may mean confronting their own prejudices and biases. “They learn some ideas may still be

Heritage Program Directors Professor Robert Padgett, 1968-1973 and 1974-1975; Dr. Frank Laney,1973-1974; Dr. Richard Freis,1975-1980,1981-1982,1985-1988, and co-director with Dr. Charles Sallis, 1991-1992; Dr. Lee Reiff, 1980-1981; Dr. Richard Mallette,1982-1985 and 1988-1991; Dr. David C. Davis,1992-1996 and 1998-2001; Dr. Steve Smith, 1996-1998 and 2005fall–winter 2009 31 2007; Dr. Sanford Zale, 2001-2002; Dr. Michael Gleason, 2002-2005; Dr. Ted Ammon, 2007-2009; and Dr. Patrick Hopkins, 2009-2010.

Ten top reasons to enroll in Heritage Program 10. Find out where you come from. 9. Realize there is a history to everything.

disputed, and they begin to question the lege at the time the program was started. 8. Discover strange old beliefs and practices. source of ideas they’ve learned,” he said. My remembrance is that he was very 7. Realize your beliefs and practices may be A student who thinks daily life is full pleased with its creation. My mother (Hastrange. of change may be surprised to learn that zeline Graves) was instrumental in estab6. Learn how to write, think, and research the ancient Greek philosophers also conlishing the Millsaps Arts & Lecture Series, anything. sidered that. “The ancient Greek philosowhich sponsors programs that Heritage phers were concerned about how water Program students may choose to review 5. Experience an intellectual boot camp. changes into ice,” Hopkins said. “The bigand has had long-time success like the 4. Make great close friends sharing an intense ger picture is the Greeks were interested in Heritage Program.” learning experience. what they could know. If things change, James D. Holland, B.A. 1978, of Jack3. Get the Really Big Picture. you can’t know everything.” son, said completion of the Heritage ProAustin Deskewies, a freshman from gram in 1974-1975 taught him to under2. Blow up your mind! Memphis, credits Heritage with teaching stand the world as it really is. “We do not 1. Put your mind together again better and him to consider the viewpoints of others. come upon life one course or subject at a stronger than before. “One of the things we say is, ’Why is it time,” he said. “We do not experience art thus and not otherwise?’ ” one day, literature and history and music In addition to outside reading and class participation, each another. Our life’s structure blends all of that racing toward us at student must write a paper in the fall and another in the spring the same time. Admittedly, my heart still pounds when I hear both that analyzes a topic of choice. Each student must complete a short ’compare’ and ’contrast’ in the same sentence. Thirty-five years later, response for each group presentation and during the semester turn I still see the course as the important struggle that brought all of the in five reviews of cultural events. strengths of a great liberal arts education into sharp focus.” “It’s unique,” Greer said. “I don’t know of another college with Philip Gaines, B.S. 1982, of Jackson, said he’s come to realize a Heritage Program. It doesn’t strive to change the way you think, that the program could not succeed without the energy, insight, and but teaches you to think and support your thoughts.” cooperative organizational skills of Millsaps’ extraordinary faculty. Taught by four professors with different backgrounds and spe- “Looking back, I cannot imagine the degree of generosity, genius, cialties, the team structure “adds to the confusion and diversity of and patience required of Dr. Richard Freis, who constantly found ideas,” said Davis. The team-taught program gives professors the op- ways to enhance and expand the relevant learning experience of portunity to learn about subjects outside of what they teach. Heritage participants, who as 18 year olds brought that special mix “When I’m not lecturing, I’m sitting back and listening to oth- of enthusiasm, cynicism, and indulgence in response to those efers speak about Renaissance literature or Hinduism or whatever the forts. The full appreciation and understanding of what he brought to subject may be,” Hopkins said. “I’m learning something new.” us was not realized until we brought it to vauable use in subsequent Professors have overlapping rotations in and out of the program advanced studies and life challenges. Professors and small group disevery two years or so, which provides continuity and energy to cussion leaders like Dr. Lee Reiff and Dr. Michel Mitias inspired us, the program. In its 40 years, the program has educated more than personalized our learning experience, and always – always—gave 4,000 students and proved to be a bonding experience. generously of their time and insight, whether needed for class or Dr. Madeleine McMullan, a history professor, was among faculty personal purposes. I have found that virtually every one of my old who taught students enrolled in the program’s first year (1968- fellow Heritage Program participants refers at some point in life to 1969). She remembers those days fondly, calling the program a the significant value of this program. It is uniquely appropriate to “glorious venture” and “wonderful dream” that came to be because Millsaps due to the special talent and reoperative approach to liberal of dedicated faculty, administrators, and several funding sources. arts education that Millsaps provides.” Louise Hetrick, B.A. 1966, has served as assistant to the director Matthew Luter, B.A. 2004, a graduate student working on a of the program since 1984. She compiles the syllabus for the pro- Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Herifessors and handles administrative duties. She keeps a list of partici- tage provided a conceptual framework on “which you can hang pants by year dating to the program’s first year. “Alums will call and anything else you learn about the humanities for the next three ask about who was in their Heritage Program class,” she said. “It’s years and beyond. Plus, that framework emphasizes how you can’t great to hear from them.” fully understand music or literature or religious history in a vacuJanis Graves Black, B.A. 1972, of Oxford was a member of the um—all of those disciplinary threads get well intertwined. And it first group of students in the program. She remembers the program does all of that without buying into any reductive or facile single as significant because of its interdisciplinary approach. “I also re- grand narrative about history, which is really pretty amazing.” member the academic giants who taught us in the program such as Dr. (Robert) Bergmark, Dr. (Lee) Reiff, and Professor (Robert) Read about the history of the Heritage Program at Padgett. My father (Dr. Benjamin Graves) was president of the Col- www.millsaps.edu/heritage/history.shtml

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It’s the defining characteristic of a school that at first glance seemed small, but in reality, gave you the world. Legacy is the force that draws noted artists, dignitaries, and world leaders to a quiet, oak-shaded campus in a small southern city. It’s the power behind a commitment to enhancing the community, the state, and the world. It’s a long-standing yet ever-changing relationship, a deep-rooted connection to the past and an ambitious vision for the future. For more information on how you can leave your legacy at Millsaps College contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (601) 974-1023 or email legacy@millsaps.edu. ce Glan e at a s l l lenc a e o t Ex c n ign G e a d p Stu Cam l e n ce n t to E x ce l itme y m t l u m c Co Fa e n ce n t to x ce l l itme am E m r g m o o r C P tudy n t to nal S itme natio r e t Co m m n I n ce n t to x ce l l e itme ility E c Co m m a F t to itmen Fu n d Co m m ies nual n A s ctanc Ex p e il ls ap t f M i G e d Th lanne and P e t a t Es l l Goa Tota

Co-hosts for the Houston Regional Legacy: A Campaign for Millsaps College event, Lendy Van Slyke Sevick, B.B.A. 1996, and M.B.A. 1997 and Floy Holloman, B.A. 1968, enjoy visiting with Acting Millsaps College President Howard McMillan.

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Tamara Fortenberry, B.S. 1993, right, who recently moved to Dallas enjoys reconnecting with Mark Freeman, B.A. 1990, and Tara Bond-Freeman, B.S. 1991, at hotel Lumen in Dallas, TX.

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(July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009) The gifts of all donors listed in this report were received by Millsaps College from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. Millsaps takes seriously its responsibility for demonstrating good stewardship with the gifts generously given by alumni and friends. Please contact Maribeth K. Wann in the Millsaps College Office of Institutional Advancement at 601-974-1023 if you discover an error in the listing of your name.

FOUNDERS SOCIETY The Millsaps College Founders Society is made up of individuals and organizations of the highest distinction. Each member has played a profound role in shaping the future of the College through lifetime gifts to Millsaps of $1 million or more. These preeminent supporters help make possible a superior liberal arts education for generations of students to come, in much the same way the founders of the College did more than a century ago. The Founders Society members are listed here and are also recognized on the Millsaps Tower, alongside the College’s three founders — Reuben Webster Millsaps, Charles Betts Galloway, and William Belton Murrah. Henry Vergil and Carol Howie Allen Asbury Foundation of Hattiesburg BellSouth Corporation Paul T. Benton The Chisholm Foundation Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Charitable Foundation Inc. Robert H. Dunlap Charles W. and Eloise T. Else The Ford Foundation Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Tom and Donna Fowlkes N. J. and Jennie Golding M. H. Hall Family Phil Hardin Foundation Robert and Dee Leggett Lilly Endowment Inc. Raymond and Margery Martin H. F. McCarty Jr. Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Hyman F. McCarty Jr. Selby and Richard McRae Millsaps Navy V-12 Unit 1943–45 Mississippi Conference of The United Methodist Church Merle Berry Montjoy Edward L. and Helen Moyers North Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church F. W. Olin Foundation Inc. Luther and Janet Ott Mr. and Mrs. Nat S. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frank Sanderson Joe and Kathy Sanderson Thomas L. Spengler Mary Davenport Spiva Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sumners Foundation Celia Brevard Trimble and Janice Trimble

Vicksburg Hospital Medical Foundation Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc. R. E. Williams Leila Clark Wynn HERITAGE SOCIETY The Millsaps College Heritage Society was inaugurated in 1990 as a means of honoring those individuals who have made a planned gift to the College. Planned gifts include bequests, annuities, trust arrangements, life insurance gifts, and other deferred giving options that allow donors to meet charitable goals while making plans beneficial to their financial circumstances. The individuals listed in this report represent many, but not all, of those who have chosen to make a planned gift to Millsaps College. Other planned gifts have been made by many individuals who wish to remain anonymous. Ruth C. Alford Carol Howie Allen William (1950) and Minna Appleby W. Franklin Appleby, Jr. (1978) Henry A. Ash (1962) Diane Brown Ayres (1953) Dorothy Ford Bainton (1955) Fred A. Barfoot (1961) Michael P. Barham (1999) Lottie L. Bash (1996) Michael (1969) and Jennifer Beam Paul T. Benton (1976) William H. (1939) and Rita Bizzell A. Kenneth Blackwell (1986) A. Kevin (1986) and Tina Foraker Blackwell Richard L. (1958) and Martha Blount Daniel S. (1977) and Libby Bowling Robert and Johnnye Catherine Bradford Alleen Davis (1955) and Jim Bratton Buddy (1962) and Luran Luper (1963) Buchanan Oralee Graves Buie (1936) Carl J. Bush (1969) Mary Elizabeth Wharton Calhoun (1947) Boyd Campbell (1986) Joseph William Carroll (1950) Billy (1948) and Yuvette Carter Alveno N. Castilla (1975) James (1941) and Clara Porter (1944) Cavett Ann Hanson Chamberlain (1967) Reynolds S. Cheney II (1957)

William (1982) and Julie Chism John (1948) and Barbara Robertson (1949) Christmas Hazel Clowe Heron S. Collins Robert (1969) and Pam Capps (1971) Collins Theresa Terry Conerly (1955) Peter (1953) and Maria Lekas (1967) Costas Wilma Dyess (1950) and Tom Crosby J. Torrey Curtis (1967) David E. Davidson Jr. (1969) Roy C. DeLamotte (1939) Robert (1948) and Frances Ashley (1946) Donaldson James K. Dossett, Jr. (1965) John M. Douglass, Jr. (1963) Luther M. Dove (1966) Susan Barry (1964) and Frank Duke Tom (1971) and Linda Schrayer (1981) Dupree Elizabeth McGee (1952) and Paul Engel Kenneth (1949) and Lois Farmer William R. Flatt (1997) George (1972) and Olivia Fleming Maggie Wynn Fortier (1979) J. Thomas (1965) and Donna Fowlkes Marilyn Dickson Foxworth (1965) Vicki Jones (1965) and James Fuller James T. Gabbert, Jr. (1966) Stewart (1957) and Lynn Gammill Reverend Lisa Garvin (1993) Jimmy (1966) and Mary Beth Gentry Janet W. Gildermaster George E. Gillespie, Jr. (1970) N. J. Golding, Jr. Nancy Sue Gregorie (1982) Maurice (1967) and Cathy Hall Charles (1967) and Alice Wofford (1969) Hallford Bessie Harmon Monica Sethi (1988) and Ray (1990) Harrigill Kenneth R. Harrison (1974) David (1979) and Helene Holleman (1981) Hassell George S. Haymans, III (1972) J. Herman Hines Louis (1954) and Helen Davis (1954) Hodges William (1952) and Anne Sisson (1952) Holland J. Henry (1939) and Donna Holleman Robert (1947) and Kate Hollingsworth E. Stuart Hudnall (1965) Joe (1941) and Pat Humphries

Philip E. Irby, Jr. (1949) Randy and Paula James William (1959) and Susan Jeanes Charles (1960) and Lady Ann Snuggs (1960) Jennings Janice M. Johnson (1976) Martha Johnson Peder R. Johnson (1979) Ayrlene McGahey Jones (1935) Earle and Irene Jones Elliott Anna Jones (1959) Robert P. Jones, Jr. (1986) Maurice and Lois Joseph Matthew H. Kaye (1986) Dan (1954) and Rose Keel Timothy V. Kemp (1980) William B. Kerr (1959) Mildred Kirkland Wilson (1975) and Marcella LaFoe Archie C. Lamb (1977) David M. Lassiter (1965) Eason (1968) and Ellen Leake Clifton (1960) and Nancy LeCornu B. F. (1952) and Ruth Lee Bob (1962) and Dee Leggett Catherine H. Lindsey (1947) Walton (1956) and Evelyn Lipscomb Edna McShane Lipson (1960) David M. Loper (1986) Kathie Gunn (1982) and Chuck Lott Frances Lucas Harold C. Malchow (1973) Bob (1979) and Dana Millwood (1981) Lyle Sutton (1948) and Helen Murphy (1947) Marks John (1974) and Dianne Humphries (1972) Mason Clyde H. Mathews (1964) Beth McCullen David C. McNair (1960) W. Melton (1959) and Ann McNeill Michael T. McRee Tim (1966) and Jean Nicholson (1968) Medley Esther Read Miller (1947) Marjorie Miller (1941) Don (1964) and Mary Sue McDonnell (1963) Mitchell William B. Mooney (1961) Helen Moyers Billy (1959) and Barbara Himel (1961) Mullins James R. Muse (1966) C. Lee Nicholson (1957) Fred (1968) and Carol Parker

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Cynthia Harper (1983) and Hugh Parker John Marshall Pemberton (1983) Richard L. Perry (1970) Rubel (1950) and Margaret Phillips George (1966) and Lynne Krutz (1965) Pickett Rudy R. Pollan (1971) Rex (1963) and Lenda Poole Jessie D. Puckett, Jr. (1949) Jane Ramsey (1961) Vonda G. Reeves-Darby (1978) C. Robert (1935) and Sara Ridgway C.R. “Bob” IV (1968) and Naomi Tattis (1970) Ridgway Ellnora Riecken (1955) E.B. and Judy Robinson

Murray (1963) and Sandra Rainwater (1964) Underwood John C. and Marcia C. Vaughey Jim (1958) and Fentress Boone (1965) Waits Billy L. (1959) and Sylvia Walker Christopher M. Walters (2004) Mary Lanelle Smith Ward (1949) David (1971) and Susan Watkins C. Ruth Wedig Watson (1948) W. Lamar (1953) and Nanette Weaver (1954) Weems Elizabeth Weems Weir (1976) Lynda Elizabeth Williams (1986) Edward (1962) and Rosemary Woodall Rebecca Nell Woodrick (1982) Leila Clark Wynn Ronald (1970) and Jean Yarbrough

WILLIAM B. MURRAH COUNCIL Anonymous Diane Brown Ayres (1953) *Bradley (1982) and Mary Frances Hillman (1985) Benton *Paul T. Benton (1976) Paul Benton Charitable Trust Estate of Carol C. Bergmark A. Kevin (1986) and Tina Blackwell *Daniel (1977) and Libby Bowling Brenau University Miriam Jordan Brown (1963) Helen Cain Margaret A. Cargill Foundation James O. and Leigh Anne Carpenter Walter and Sarah Cockerham

Wiley Hatcher Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Steve and Melinda Hendrix James P. Hesterly Jr. *Warren and Carolyn Hood *William R. and Paula James *William (1959) and Susan Jeanes Gary and Renee Kay KPMG Foundation Joseph (1979) and Tracy Langston Langston Law Firm *Charles (1981) and Louise Lathem *R. Eason (1968) and Ellen Leake *Robert (1962) and Dee Leggett James H. Lemly (1936) Harold C. Malchow (1973) *J. Con (1961) and Betty Maloney *Mary Ann McCarty

Nat (1941) and Helen Ricks (1942) Rogers Kevin (1986) and Linda Russell Sandra Sabatini (1962) Brenda E. Sartoris (1962) Polly Crisler Shanks (1947) T. Stanley Sims Harmon L. Smith (1952) Nell Permenter Smith (1938) Steven W. (1981) and Nancy Smith Curtis C. and Helen C. Sorrells John (1955) and Nelda Stringer Paul M. Sumerall (1976) Alvin Sumerlin (1949) Eugenia Summer Rowan H. Taylor, Sr. James D. (1967) and Carol V. Thompson Chandler Tipton (1991) Senith Covillard (1992) and Ancel Tipton

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James and Pat Coggin *Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Charitable Foundation Coughlin-Saunders Foundation *Robert H. Dunlap (1951) Dunlap and Kyle Company Exxonmobil Foundation Margaret B. Fountain *Fountain Family Foundation *J. Thomas (1965) and Donna Fowlkes *Charles A. Frueauff Foundation *Janet W. Gildermaster Christina Glick and Eddie Guillot N. J. Golding Jr. Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Seth R. Gouguet (2004) Scotty (1974) and Margaret Greene *Maurice (1967) and Cathy Hall Hallforest L. P. Halltree

H. F. McCarty Jr. Family Foundation Howard and Mary Eliza McMillan *Richard D. McRae Sr. *Vaughan and Nora Frances McRae Richard and Carolyn McRae Selby & Richard McRae Foundation Michael T. McRee Richard (1988) and Mary (1990) Mills *Don (1964) and Mary Sue McDonnell (1963) Mitchell Alma Moreton *Robert R. Morrison Jr. Cooper (1978) and Frances Morrison Morrison Foundation Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church *Paul (1984) and Julia Park (1985) Ogden *Luther (1971) and Janet Sanderson (1970) Ott

The Millsaps College Presidents Society plays a critical role in providing philanthropic support to Millsaps. Four Councils within the Presidents Society recognize annual giving at different levels and compose the total membership: William B. Murrah Council ($10,000 or more); Marion L. Smith Council ($5,000 to $9,999); Homer Ellis Finger Council ($2,500 to $4,999); Member ($1,000 to $2,499). Asterisks indicate individuals who have been Presidents Society members for 10 or more consecutive years.

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Hugh and Cynthia Harper (1983) Parker John W. Pigott (1985) Jessie D. Puckett Jr. (1949) Tom (1967) and Sharon Scott (1969) Rhoden Tom Rhoden Attorney At Law Marvin A. Riggs Family Trust *E. B. and Judy Robinson *Nat (1941) and Helen Ricks (1942) Rogers Marie and Michael Rourke Joe Frank (1969) and Kathy Sanderson *Sanderson Farms Andre and Jackie Schwitter *Leo W. Seal Jr. Charles and Susan Shanor Ollie D. Smith (1943)

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Stellios Exploration Co. Estate of Dr. John H. Stone III *Rowan H. Taylor Sr. Tellus Operating Group Estate of Janice Trimble Trustmark National Bank *Elizabeth Cunningham Turnbull (1937) University of Mississippi Foundation *Valley Services John and Marcia Vaughey *Vicksburg Medical Foundation Billy (1959) and Sylvia Walker Walker Foundation *John H. Wear Jr. Foundation John E. and Catherine Welles Ned Welles Memorial Fund *Terrance B. Wells (1976) Eudora Welty Foundation *Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation William G. Yates III

Mark (1990) and Tara Bond (1991) Freeman James B. Furrh Jr. Newt (1957) and Mary Lene Harrison Hire Dynamics David Hoster ITW Foundation John H. Jameson (1979) *Peder R. Johnson (1979) *Earle and Irene Jones Alexander and Lynn Lindsey John and Julie Lindsey Frances Lucas *George (1949) and Evelyn Godbold (1948) Maddox Meredith May Paul F. McNeill (1987) *Mike (1967) and Estelle Noel (1967) Mockbee Kimberly L. Myers (1983)

*W. Eugene (1964) and Joy Lynn Williamson (1966) Ainsworth Ronald and Jean Baker Guy and Patty Barbee Martha Bergmark and Elliot Andalman R. Edward Bergmark Bergmark Foundation A. Kenneth (1986) and Pam Blackwell Bucknell University Daniel E. Campbell (1993) *Chisholm Foundation Eugene (1972) and Judy Lane (1974) Douglass East Group Properties Inc. Feild Co-Operative Association *Douglas (1983) and Gretchen Folk

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Nopah Consulting Ltd. Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi *Rex (1963) and Lenda Poole Vonda Reeves-Darby (1978) Mary Todd Porter (1965) and David Sanders Schwab Charitable Fund *Tom B. Scott III (1976) Nell Permenter Smith (1938) *Mike and Ygondine Sturdivant Jonathan M. Sweat George and Mary Tebo *J. Murray (1963) and Sandra Rainwater (1964) Underwood Betsy Stone (1968) and Knox Walkup Carter L. Watters Ruth Greer (1992) and David Wilkinson Winning Connections

*Clifton (1960) and Nancy LeCornu Laura L. Lillard (1979) Lynn and Porter Loring Bettye West (1962) and Dick Mason William and Janie McQuinn Angela and John Milazzo Mississippi Puppetry Guild / Puppet Arts Theatre James N. C. (1965) and Helen Cabell (1964) Moffat Gregory K. Moroux *George (1966) and Lynne Krutz (1965) Pickett Emily J. Pointer Gift Trust William and Sara Ray James (1962) and Mary Sharp Rayner *C. Robert (1935) and Sara Ridgway *T. Stanley and Sandra Sims

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*Richard and Colleen Smith William F. and Sue Spang *Patti McCarty (1970) and Jerry Sullivan *Eugenia Summer Andrew R. (1953) and Kay Townes Peter and Victoria Ward Warren Wilson College *Virginia Ann Jones (1968) and Cleve Whitley Kathryn L. Wiener Terry G. Winstead (1973) J. Walter Wood Jr. (1989) *James L. Young (1952) Peter Zapetel

Morris and Alice Alexander Nancy Grisham Anderson (1962) Diane F. Baker BankPlus *Reynolds S. Cheney II (1957) *Coca-Cola Tim and Cheryl Coker Helen Loring Dear (2006) *Ollie Dillon Jr. (1951) EPB LLC Ray (1990) and Monica Sethi (1988) Harrigill *Richard and Janet Hickson Hickson Family Foundation Florence O. Hopkins Charitable Fund IBM International Foundation Jackson Vaughan Agency

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H ON O R MEMBERS Paul and Genie Adams *Clyde (1963) and Nancy Norton (1964) Allen Nathan H. Allen William and Marilynne Allen *Alexander (1958) and Sarah Jane Alston James E. Anderson (1969) William K. Austin (1966) H. C. and Joan Bailey Joe (1969) and Polly Gatlin (1968) Bailey Martin H. Baker Jr. (1979) Suzanna Baker (1977) Bruce (1974) and Ann Mitchell (1973) Bartling Lottie L. Bash (1996) Brett J. Berry Brenda and John Bethany John Bethune Jr. Carol Albritton Biedenharn (1978) Dameron (1992) and Nancy Black Warren (1971) and Janis Graves (1972) Black William F. Blair (1975) *Richard (1958) and Martha Blount Blue Cross and Blue Shield Gary (1961) and Barbara Boone Brice and Linda Brackin Howard and Carole Brent Foundation Sidney and Billie Brian * William and Elizabeth Martin (1991) Brister * Carl (1971) and Patsy Brooking * Buddy (1962) and Luran Luper (1963) Buchanan Mary Parker Harmon Buckles (1964) C. Bryan (1993) and Laura Christopher (1992) Bunch S. Louise Burney (1996) Barbara and David Burns *Wesley A. Caldwell Foundation Alice and Howard Cameron Theresa Campos Canizaro Cawthon Davis Cellular South Charitable Foundation Christopher H. Cheek (1985) Chevron Humankind Program *John (1948) and Barbara Robertson (1949) Christmas Citizens National Bank William Rodney Clement Jr (1980) Hazel Clowe Necie Coats-Borroni (1981) J. Walker Coburn (2002) James (1988) and Amy Ball (1991) Coleman *Robert (1969) and Pam Capps (1971) Collins Sally Colocho Comcast Advanced Solutions Center

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Comcast Financial Agency Corporation CommuniGroup A. Wallace (1957) and Frances Bryan (1958) Conerly James L. Connolly (1995) *Philip (1964) and Cheryl Barrett (1969) Converse Barbara (1956) and Bill Cook Charlie (1957) and Arie Jacobs (1961) Cooper Jerry and Betty Cooper Steven E. Cork *Peter (1953) and Maria Lekas (1967) Costas *Peter J. Costas Enterprises R. Faith Cotton (1978) Brian C. Courville (1998) Tim and Nancy Cowan Mathew and Terra Cox *Create Foundation William (1966) and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara Baas (1967) Croswell *Thomas (1993) and Andrea Alfonso (1993) Crowson *Elaine Crystal David (1980) and Anne Johnson (1981) Culpepper John Currence J. Torrey Curtis (1967) Lance Davis T. Steven Davis Deborah Davis (1969) and William Denson Lindsay Mercer Diaz (1968) *David H. Donald (1941) Mary Ellen and Edward Doolin *Joyce Nall (1958) and Richard Dortch Victor Dostrow (1979) and Renee Ethridge (1981) John M. Douglass Jr. (1963) Luther (1966) and Marlane Dove Andrea G. Dover (2004) Wayne (1965) and Susan Tenny (1967) Dowdy William G. Duck (1967) Carla Morrison (2001) and Joseph (2001) Dumontier Tom (1981) and Mary Yerger (1985) Dunbar Dunbar Financial Strategies Vincent C. Dungan (1985) Vicki C. Ebelhar James B. Edwards III (1961) Yvonne Moss (1957) and Clyde Edwards James (2002) and Mary Emrey Liles (2003) Ellis Mark B. Eppes (1976) Charles and Sara Evans Exxell Developers *Ben Fatheree Bible Class First United Methodist Church-Indianola Beverly and Francis Fisher

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Taboris Fisher William R. Flatt (1997) George (1972) and Olivia Fleming * Don and Kathy Flynt *Maggie Wynn Fortier (1979) Erwyn (1968) and Linda Freeman Harry (1947) and Helen McGehee (1945) Frye Lisa Garvin (1993) Global Gift Fund Marguerite Darden Godbold (1940) *Bill (1949) and Edwina Goodman William F. Goodman III (1974) Anne Finger (1955) and Robert Graves Michael F. Griffith (1993) Kenneth (1976) and Janet Bergman (1976) Groue Jerry (1954) and Ann Carter (1955) Gulledge Gay Piper (1959) and Maurice Gwinner Richard Hale Janet M. Hall (1978) Monty P. Hamilton (1984) Bill (1991) and Lisa Marie Holland (1990) Hannah Lisa C. Hapgood (1985) Douglas and Diana Harris Carol Burrus Hartman (1979) Lew (1964) and Betty Lou Hatten Heart Rehab Lee (1970) and Michelle Hetherington Lucile Pillow Hicks (1960) *J. Herman Hines *Louis (1954) and Helen Davis (1954) Hodges Wendell (1974) and Ann Sumner (1973) Holmes Home Depot Matching Gift Center Joel W. Howell III (1971) Mary A. Howkins (1973) *Michael and Arlene Huber Andrew R. Huber Renee and Walter Hudson *Joe (1941) and Pat Humphries Thomas and Joyce Hunt Hutchinson Community Foundation Gerald (1965) and Beth Boswell (1966) Jacks Donna Daniel Jackson (1970) *Wilton J. Johnson III (1972) and Louisa Dixon *William M. Jones Jr. (1950) James and Renee Jones Virginia Hewitt Jones (1955) R. Britton Katz *Dan (1954) and Rose Keel Holly and Robert Kerr H. C. Kroon La Havoc Softball *Rachel Anne Laney Lard Oil *Genrose Mullen Lashinger (1967) Matthew J. Lautar (1963)

Cathy J. Lazarus Clyde W. Lea (1970) Leslie Gowdy Ledbetter (1983) *Lynda G. Lee (1962) *Eloise Leech Stephen (1972) and Jane Mitchell (1972) Leech *T.W. (1953) and Julia Aust (1954) Lewis Charles and Jane Lewis Arthur (1970) and Melanie Bartling (1971) Liles Mary Lee Busby Livesay (1943) Lockheed Martin Corporation Jack (1956) and Jo Nall (1954) Loflin *David M. Loper (1986) Robert (1953) and Carolyn Lott Robert T. Lott (1953) Aubrey and Ella Lucas Jeanne Burnet Luckett (1966) and C.B. Carroll Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Inc. Camille L. Majors (1990) Marsh & McLennan Co. David (1969) and Diane McLemore (1969) Martin Raymond (1942) and Margery Martin David R. McCollum (1972) Mark (1988) and Sharon McCreery Mac and Sandra McGee Tom (1963) and Kay McHorse David and Sheila McManus Doug (1962) and Marilyn Medley Carl and Judy Menist Meridan Gastroenterology Matthew and Linda Merkel Harold (1957) and Dorothy Huddleston (1960) Miller *Thomas M. (1993) and Kathleen Montgomery (1992) Mitchell April Slayden (2001) and Jeff (2001) Mitchell *Willard S. Moore (1962) and Virginia Saunders *Louise T. Morgan James B. Morris (1979) William (1959) and Barbara Himel (1961) Mullins Jimmy R. Nash (1973) Natural Resources Recovery Walter and Frances Neely Jonathan S. Neff (1993) Christopher (1990) and Monique Nichols Sage Byrd (2002) and Jack (2001) Nichols Nosworc Holdings David M. Ott (1980) *Dale O. Overmyer (1952) Brandon (2003) and Lindsay Bennett (2003) Page James Y. Palmer John and Clementine Palmer

H ON O R John Palmer Foundation Jean and Steve Palmerton *William (1966) and Judy Parker Marion E. Parker Helen McCormick (1979) and Keith Parsons Burt and Theresa Pereira Rudolph and Rebecca Pettit Richard and Kate Pickette Enrico C. Poggio Francis and Sandra Polanski Ronald and Georgette Prejean Bart and Kelly Presti Roy (1955) and Barbara Swann (1957) Price Charles and Peggi Rafferty Sarah D. Reily Crawford Rhaly *Robert (1978) and Linda Wells (1977) Rice Henry Crozier Ricks Jr. (1940) J. Richard Robbins (1968) Jim (1967) and Margaret Allen (1967) Roberts Stanley and Janis Roberts *Marie Roby Charlton Stevens Roby Family Trust Elizabeth N. Rogers (2001) Todd S. Rose Tom (1962) and Rita Royals Miles and Dawn Sager Lloyd and Rita Salathe Tex (1957) and Peggy Sanford (1957) Sample Steven W. Sansom (1991) George and Ann Schimmel John and Connie Schimmel John and Sarah Seddelmeyer Bruce (1982) and Sue Senter SentryCare Service Printers Andrew W. Sessions (1986) Andrew Sessions Discretionary Fund John (1988) and Kim Sewell Melaine Maxwell (1968) and John Shain *Polly Crisler Shanks (1947) Louis H. Shornick Shornick Foundation *Sarah Posey Smith (1944) Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon (1965) and George Smith Mary Katherine Black (1999) and Stephen Snead *Frances Ogden (1940) and A. G. Snelgrove John (1971) and Catherine Spencer State Bank and Trust C. Marler Stone (1960) Carol Hederman Tatum (1968)

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Fred (1943) and Mary Margaret Tatum Milton D. Terrell Jr. (1986) TFIC John E. Thomas IV (1997) Margaret Ewing Thomas (1958) Joel (1991) and Meredith Montgomery (1993) Travelstead Marcus (1963) and Ellen Burns (1962) Treadway Valmark Insurance Agency *J. Mack (1967) and Penny Sanders (1967) Varner Vulcan Materials Company Frank (1980) and Patti Wade Holly Wagner and Jere Nash James D. Waide III (1968) James L. (1958) and Fentress Boone (1965) Waits Ree Ridgway Walden (1974) R. Alexander Wallace III (1980) Clifton (1959) and Bettye Jones (1960) Ware *Warren (1955) and Dorris Wasson W. Peyton (1953) and Nell Weems West Bay Energy Lee White II Robert B. Wiygul (1981) and Julia Weaver John (1974) and Jan Roby (1974) Wofford Corbin M. Womac (2001) *Jack (1951) and Nelda Woodward *Thomas (1968) and Luanne Wooldridge Estate of Dan A. Wright Martha L. Wright (1952) Leila Clark Wynn Wirt and Mary Yerger Wirt A.Yerger Jr. Foundation TRUSTEES Joan Bailey (PS) Paul T. Benton 1976 (PS-M) Warren C. Black, Jr. 1971 (PS) A. Kevin Blackwell 1986 (PS-M) Daniel S. Bowling 1977 (PS-M) Alveno N. Castilla 1975 (DA) James A. Coggin (PS-M) Elaine Crystal (PS) Robert H. Dunlap 1951 (PS-M) William R. Flatt 1997 (PS) J. Thomas Fowlkes 1965 (PS-M) Christina Glick (PS-M) Maurice H. Hall, Jr. 1967 (PS-M) Monica Sethi Harrigill 1988 (PS-F) Karen Koons Hayden 1993 (SCC) Richard G. Hickson (PS-F) J. Herman Hines (PS)

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Carolyn Hood (PS-M) William R. James (PS-M) William T. Jeanes 1959 (PS-M) Earle F. Jones (PS-S) R. Eason Leake 1968 (PS-M) Robert N. Leggett, Jr. 1962 (PS-M) John L. Lindsey (PS-S) Harold C. Malchow 1973 (PS-M) J. Con Maloney, Jr. 1961 (PS-M) Richard D. McRae (PS-M) Vaughan W. McRae (PS-M) Michael T. McRee (PS-M) Timothy C. Medley 1966 (SC) Don Q. Mitchell 1964 (PS-M) Robert R. Morrison, Jr. (PS-M) Paul Cooper Morrison 1978 (PS-M) Reverend Luther S. Ott 1971 (PS-M) Vonda G. Reeves-Darby 1978 (PS-S) Thomas H. Rhoden 1967 (PS-M) C. R. Ridgway, IV 1968 E. B. Robinson, Jr. (PS-M) Nat S. Rogers 1941 (PS-M) Mary Todd Porter Sanders 1965 (PS-S) Mike P. Sturdivant (PS-S) Rowan H. Taylor, Sr. (PS-M) J. Murray Underwood 1963 (PS-S) John C. Vaughey (PS-M) Hope Morgan Ward (DA) Leila Clark Wynn (PS) William G. Yates, III (PS-M) ALUMNI DONORS BY CLASS MAJOR GENERALS (EARLY DAYS) 31% PARTICIPATION Jo Anne Abernathy 1957 (CC) James M. Ainsworth 1942 (SCC) Marjorie Boleware Albrycht 1956 (SCC) John G. Alexander 1949 (SCC) Ruth C. Alford 1929 Bettye Smith Allen 1953 Frank T. Allen 1949 (CC) Mary Anne Pitts Allen 1952 (CC) Alexander A. Alston Jr. 1958 (PS) Alice Dennard Ammons 1950 (CC) Billy R. Anderson 1952 (SCC) Rosemary McCoy Anderson 1953 (SCC) Linda McCluney Anglin 1951 (SCC) Eugene B. Antley 1955 (CC) William F. Appleby Sr. 1950 (SC) Janice Bower Arnold 1958 (SCC) Emma Atkinson 1956 Vivian Ramsey Aubert 1936 (CC) Diane Brown Ayres 1953 (PS-M) Geraldine Childress Bagley 1943 (CC)

Betty Dement Bailess 1951 (CC) Oren Bailess 1951 (CC) Ray K. Bardin 1956 Frances Herring Barnard 1945 (CC) Ouida Eldridge Barnes 1952 Elizabeth Hulen Barr 1953 (CC) John E. Baxter Jr. 1958 Francis M. Beaird Jr. 1951 (SC) Betty Jo McGaha Bennett 1950 Richard L. Berry Sr. 1951 (SCC) Neal B. Biggers 1956 (SC) Peggy M. Billings 1950 (SCC) William H. Bizzell 1939 (SC) Catherine Hamilton Blanton 1952 Buford C. Blount 1944 Henry C. Blount Jr. 1950 Richard L. Blount 1958 (PS) Willette Wilkins Bonney 1958 (CC) Edna Khayat Boone 1954 Thomas H. Boone 1956 Darden J. Bourne 1953 Alleen Davis Bratton 1955 (CC) William E. Brode 1953 Daphne Middlebrooke Bruce 1950 Kathryn L. Bufkin 1957 (CC) Clarice Black Burch 1955 (CC) James P. Burnett 1955 Father Frederick J. Bush 1939 Helen Hargrave Cabell 1935 Glenn A. Cain 1954 (SCC) Sara Selby Caldwell 1953 (CC) Floyd Thomas Carey Sr. 1956 (CC) Charles E. Carmichael 1947 (SCC) John Henry Carney 1957 (CC) Elizabeth Williams Carr 1950 (CC) Gordon L. Carr 1949 (CC) Joseph William Carroll 1950 (DA) William O. Carter Jr. 1948 (DA) Carl B. Causey 1957 (CC) Clara Porter Cavett 1944 (SC) James R. Cavett Jr. 1941 (SC) Van A. Cavett 1953 (CC) Betty Trapp Chapman 1958 (SCC) Billy K. Chapman 1947 (SCC) Ann Simpson Chenault 1951 (CC) Reynolds S. Cheney II 1957 (PS-F) Barbara Robertson Christmas 1949 (PS) John H. Christmas 1948 (PS) Duncan A. Clark 1952 (SC) Patricia Busby Clark 1951 (SC) Roy C. Clark 1941 (SCC) Edward M. Collins Jr. 1953 (CC) Joelyon D. Collins 1945 Peggy Suthoff Collins 1954 (CC) Mildred Ellis Colotta 1946 (SCC) A. Wallace Conerly Sr. 1957 (PS) Frances Bryan Conerly 1958 (PS) Robert H. Conerly 1949

Abbreviations after donor names indicate annual giving society membership. PS-M: Presidents Society, Murrah Council ($10,000 or more); PS-S: Presidents Society, Smith Council ($5,000-$9,999); PS-F: Presidents Society, Finger Council ($2,500-$4,999); PS: Presidents Society, Member ($1,000-$2,499); DA: Deans Associates ($500-999); SC: Scholars Club ($350-499); SCC: Second Century Club ($200-349); CC: Century Club ($100-$199).

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Theresa Terry Conerly 1955 Barbara J. Cook 1956 (PS) M. Olin Cook 1957 (SCC) Millicent King Cook 1957 (SCC) Charlie W. Cooper 1957 (PS) John E. Cooper Jr. 1954 (SCC) John A. Cope 1943 (CC) Peter J. Costas 1953 (PS) William R. Crout 1949 (SCC) Betty Conner Currey 1947 George T. Currey Sr. 1951 Lois Ann Fritz Curtis 1946 William E. Curtis 1952 (CC) Betty Eakin Dane 1958 Enoch G. Dangerfield 1957 (CC) Dannie Rice Davis 1945 Anne Roberts Dean 1953 (CC) Kenneth R. Dew 1957 (SCC)

Helen McGehee Frye 1945 (PS) David C. Fulghum 1951 John Garrard Jr. 1949 (CC) E. Lawrence Gibson 1951 Sammie J. Glorioso 1954 (CC) Marguerite Darden Godbold 1940 (PS) Jo Anne Weisinger Godwin 1951 (CC) William F. Goodman Jr. 1949 (PS) Robert E. Gorday 1952 (CC) Albert N. Gore Jr. 1952 (SCC) Edgar A. Gossard 1954 Sarah Dennis Gossard 1954 Anne Finger Graves 1955 (PS) Bernice Edgar Green 1954 (CC) Jane Landstreet Gresley 1942 (SCC) Ann Carter Gulledge 1955 (PS) Jerry B. Gulledge Sr. 1954 (PS) George Waverly Hall Jr. 1951 (DA)

Patsy Abernethy Jenkins 1950 (DA) Lonnie B. Johnston 1953 (CC) Cecil B. Jones 1956 George K. Jones 1955 (SCC) Howard S. Jones Sr. 1958 (SCC) Sarah L. Jones 1958 Valera Bailey Jones 1956 (SCC) Virginia Hewitt Jones 1955 (PS) William B. Jones II 1950 (SCC) William M. Jones Jr. 1950 (PS) Daniel T. Keel Jr. 1954 (PS) Fredda Shelton Kennington 1955 (DA) Paul D. Kern 1957 (CC) Glenn S. Key 1942 Edwin King 1958 Catherine Powell Klipple 1947 (CC) B. F. Lee 1952 (SCC) Clay F. Lee Jr. 1951 (DA)

George L. Maddox Jr. 1949 (PS-S) Reverend Frank B. Mangum 1954 (CC) Helen Murphy Marks 1947 (CC) Sutton Marks 1948 (CC) Beatrice Williamson Martin 1955 Raymond S. Martin Jr. 1942 (PS) Estelle Hawkins Maxwell 1948 Jewel Hill Mayer 1952 Roy D. McAlilly 1952 (CC) Joe B. McCaskill 1955 (CC) Winnie Foster McCaskill 1953 (CC) Raymond McClinton 1936 (CC) Dorothy Evans McDaniel 1949 Max H. McDaniel 1957 (CC) Sandra Miller McDaniel 1957 (CC) Margaret McCorkle McDougall 1958 David A. McIntosh 1949 (CC) Rosemary Thigpen McIntosh 1950 (CC)

Ollie Dillon Jr. 1951 (PS-F) Robert Caxton Doggett 1936 Joyce Nall Dortch 1958 (PS) Wilford C. Doss 1942 (CC) J. Oscar Dowdle Jr. 1957 (CC) Harry W. Dowling 1957 (SCC) Robert H. Dunlap 1951 (PS-M) Sara Dyess Floyd 1952 (SCC) George Harris Eaton 1957 (CC) Roy A. Eaton 1952 (CC) Martha Ann Ford Edwards 1953 Yvonne Moss Edwards 1957 (PS) Halla Jo Francis Ellis 1947 Roderick Entrekin 1950 (CC) James H. Everitt Jr. 1958 (CC) Thomas B. Fanning 1958 (SCC) Kenneth L. Farmer 1949 (CC) Albert W. Felsher Jr. 1956 (SCC) Imogene Harrell Freeman 1953 (CC) Harry C. Frye Jr. 1947 (PS)

Frances Williams Hardy 1947 Nancy A. Harris 1955 (SCC) Newt P. Harrison 1957 (PS-S) Wanda Alice McKee Henderson 1955 (CC) Byron T. Hetrick 1953 (CC) Byrd Hillman Jr. 1956 (SCC) Helen Davis Hodges 1954 (PS) Louis W. Hodges 1954 (PS) Virginia C. Hogan 1952 (SCC) Anne Sisson Holland 1952 (SCC) William H. Holland Jr. 1952 (SCC) Eugene C. Holmes 1955 (CC) Patricia Leep Hovatter 1953 Clydell Carter Hudson 1956 (SCC) Joe T. Humphries 1941 (PS) Lenora Thompson Irby 1952 Philip E. Irby Jr. 1949 (SCC) Kathryn Klumb Izard 1947 (CC) Cecil G. Jenkins 1951 (DA)

Dot Stricklin Lee 1953 (DA) Louise Campbell Legate 1953 (DA) Carol Brown Leggett 1955 (CC) Nadine McKinnon Leverette 1949 Doris Ann Barlow Lewis 1951 (SCC) Earl T. Lewis 1950 J. Bennett Lewis 1950 (SCC) Julia Aust Lewis 1954 (PS) T. W. Lewis III 1953 (PS) J. Walton Lipscomb 1956 (SCC) Mary Lee Busby Livesay 1943 (PS) Duane E. Lloyd 1951 (CC) George T. Locke 1945 (SC) Jack M. Loflin 1956 (PS) Jo Nall Loflin 1954 (PS) Frances May Long 1954 (CC) Robert T. Lott 1953 (PS) Mary Deaton Lucas 1952 (CC) William F. Lynch Jr. 1956 (SCC) Evelyn Godbold Maddox 1948 (PS-S)

Janet Fox McLaurin 1948 Helen Hayes Mestayer 1945 (CC) Harold D. Miller Jr. 1957 (PS) Henry P. Mills Jr. 1953 (CC) Warren Curtis Moffat 1957 Ray H. Montgomery 1958 John W. Moore Jr. 1953 (SCC) R. Inman Moore Jr. 1947 Virginia Edge Moore 1953 (SCC) Patricia Hillman Murrell 1956 (SCC) Anna Coleman Myers 1951 Thomas H. Naylor 1958 (CC) Barbara Bowie Neel 1958 Rachel Simpson Norris 1953 Norma L. Norton 1954 (SC) Martha Smith O’Hara 1957 (CC) Fay Conlee Oliver 1949 Lynda Wasson Ollerton 1954 Dale O. Overmyer 1952 (PS) Leslie J. Page Jr. 1954 (SCC)

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Dr. Roy A. Parker 1955 (SCC) Don R. Pearson 1951 (CC) John C. Philley 1957 (CC) Jeanne Patrick Phillips 1954 (CC) Priscilla Morson Picheloup 1944 (CC) Mary Emma Ervin Potts 1943 (CC) Joe J. Powell Jr. 1949 (SCC) Barbara Swann Price 1957 (PS) F. William Price 1949 (SCC) Roy B. Price Jr. 1955 (PS) Ruby Ella Price 1950 (SCC) Julian D. Prince Sr. 1949 (SCC) Charles V. Prouty 1951 (CC) Jessie D. Puckett Jr. 1949 (PS-M) Kathryn Runge Reaves 1951 (CC) Terry D. Rees 1956 (CC) Nina H. Reeves 1945 (CC) Helen Reilly Richards 1957 (DA)

Tex S. Sample 1957 (PS) Willard R. Samuels Jr. 1941 (CC) John C. Sandefur 1949 (CC) Mary Louise Flowers Sandefur 1955 (CC) Ellen McNamara Schifanella 1952 (SCC) Virginia Carmichael Shackelford 1944 (SCC) William G. Shackelford Sr 1947 (SCC) Polly Crisler Shanks 1947 (PS) Lora Gossard Shepherd 1957 Virginia Leep Shields 1950 Barbara Bartlett Short 1951 (CC) Ruth A. Short 1958 (SCC) Mary Ann Derrick Sibbald 1953 William F. Sistrunk 1954

O. Gerald Trigg 1956 (DA) Rose C. Trigg 1957 (DA) Donald G. Triplett 1958 (DA) Elizabeth Cunningham Turnbull 1937 (PS-M) Joseph S. Vandiver 1940 (DA) Jo Anne Cooper Vansuch 1954 S. Lowery Varnado 1951 (CC) James L. Waits 1958 (PS) Jeanelle Howell Waldrop 1956 (CC) Fred M. Walker 1952 (SCC) Virginia James Walters 1941 (CC) Frances Patterson Walton 1951 (CC) R. Warren Wasson 1955 (PS) Greer Leonard Watts 1953 Russell M. Weaver 1949 (CC) Nanette Weaver Weems 1954 (SCC) W. Lamar Weems 1953 (SCC)

Clarence N. Young 1953 James L. Young 1952 (PS-F) Betty Dyess Youngblood 1957 J. Wesley Youngblood 1949 Jordan M. Zesch 1948 (SCC)

Norma Neill Richards 1955 (SCC) Daphne A. Richardson 1957 Van M. Richardson 1941 (CC) Vera Coffman Richardson 1944 (CC) Henry Crozier Ricks Jr. 1940 (PS) C. Robert Ridgway III 1935 (PS-F) Louis E. Ridgway Jr. 1954 Ellnora Riecken 1955 (SCC) John R. Rimmer 1938 (PS) McWillie M. Robinson Jr. 1954 (DA) Virginia Sanders Robinson 1956 (SC) Victor M. Roby 1938 Helen Ricks Rogers 1942 (PS-M) Nat S. Rogers 1941 (PS-M) Rosalind Butler Ross 1949 Margaret Jean Rouse 1957 Clifton L. Rushing Jr. 1958 (CC) Barbara McBride Russell 1952 (CC) Betty Miller Sadler 1958 Peggy Sanford Sample 1957 (PS)

Josephine Lampton Sivewright 1953 (CC) Ike F. Smith 1950 Nell Permenter Smith 1938 (PS-S) Ollie D. Smith 1943 (PS-M) Sarah Posey Smith 1944 (PS) Frances Ogden Snelgrove 1940 (PS) William K. Stallworth 1956 (SC) William M. Stokes Jr. 1948 Felix A. Sutphin 1940 (CC) Carolyn Hutchins Tarpley 1958 (CC) Frederick E. Tatum 1943 (PS) Dorothy Jones Taylor 1945 Tommy Robbins Taylor 1955 (CC) Margaret Ewing Thomas 1958 (PS) John S. Thompson Jr. 1950 Peggy Weppler Thompson 1946 Anita Reed Toler 1956 Sam A. Tomlinson III 1958 (CC) Andrew R. Townes 1953 (PS-F)

W. Peyton Weems 1953 (PS) L. Conrad Welker Jr. 1950 (CC) Mary Boyles Welker 1950 (CC) George A. Whitener 1956 Joan Anderson Whitener 1958 Dayton E. Whites 1956 (CC) Edna Berryhill Williams 1946 Edwin W. Williams 1958 (CC) Helen Dubard Williams 1950 John A. Williams 1953 (CC) M. J. Williams Jr. 1947 Naomi Ware Williamson 1944 James C. Witten 1956 H. Lavelle Woodrick 1952 Jack L. Woodward 1951 (PS) Betty Small Wright 1953 (CC) Christine Bagley Wright 1935 (CC) Martha L. Wright 1952 (PS) Thomas L. Wright 1947 Mary E. Yonker 1953

Julia Anne Beckes Dawson (CC) Fred B. Dowling John P. Drysdale (CC) Elizabeth Taylor Eure (CC) Rosemary Parent Felsher (SCC) Robert E. Gentry (SC) Gay Piper Gwinner (PS) Herman L. Heath Avit J. Hebert (SCC) William T. Jeanes (PS-M) Elliott A. Jones (DA) Lynda Munson King Ralph N. King Colleen Thompson Lipscomb Marguerita Krestensen Lyda (SCC) Edwin P. McKaskel (CC) W. Melton McNeill (SCC) James Maxwell Miller (CC) Rebecca Larche Moreton (CC) William S. Mullins III (PS)

CLASS OF 1959 42% PARTICIPATION Virginia Perry Armacost Jeanette Lundquist Bell (CC) Peggy Seay Brent (SCC) Shirley Stoker Cherry Nancy Reed Chickering (CC) Myrna Drew Cooper (CC) Joseph R. Cowart (SCC) Betsy Salisbury Creekmore (DA) Wade H. Creekmore Jr.

2009

H ON O R Dorothy J. Nation Frances West Page (SCC) Wendell M. Pou (CC) Tita Reid Ratcliff (SC) S. Smiley Ratcliff (SC) Paul J. Register Julian B. Rush Jesse O. Snowden Jr. (SCC) Raymond C. Swartzfager Jr Lillian Starnes Thomas Glenn K. Till (SCC) Billy L. Walker Sr. (PS-M) D. Clifton Ware (PS) Betty Horne Whisnant Clara Smith Wimberly (DA) Anne Brooks Winstead (SCC) Henry G. Winstead (SCC) CLASS OF 1960 37% PARTICIPATION Else Aurbakken Adjali (SCC) Jane Walker Black (CC) Margaret Woodall Brooke (DA) Mary Stubblefield Carraway Hubert L. Causey (SCC) Hunter McKelva Cole (CC) Carole Shields Dye (CC) Jackie R. Giffin Lynne McCreight Gillikin Carol Jenkins Hagerman Lucile Pillow Hicks (PS) Robert M. Houston (CC) Ruby Jewell Allen Houston (CC) John C. Hunsucker Mary Clark Jancis Charles R. Jennings (CC) Lady Ann Snuggs Jennings (CC) Clifton M. LeCornu (PS-F) Donald D. Lewis Edna McShane Lipson (DA) Ary Jane Lotterhos Lyle Sue Sanders Maisel Lawrence Marett (CC) Elizabeth Smith Matthews Robert E. McArthur (CC) David C. McNair (CC) Dorothy Davis Miley Dorothy Huddleston Miller (PS) Betty Bartling Moore (SCC) Glenda Chapman Moore (CC) Alfred E. Moreton III (CC) Mary Sue Cater Nicholas (CC) James F. Oaks III Sue Helen Blaine Ott (SCC) Ann Kelly Raley (DA) John T. Rush (SCC) Julia Campbell Shirley Jane Ellis Soehner (CC) C. Marler Stone (PS) Kathryn Sheaffer Stream (CC) Betty Jean Smith Taylor Elizabeth Cook Tickner

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Bettye Jones Ware (PS) Elizabeth Walter Willcockson Mary Semmes Wright Margaret Bennett Yerger (CC) Paul W. Young (DA) CLASS OF 1961 32% PARTICIPATION Janice Davidson Blumenthal (CC) A. Gary Boone (PS) James Gary Boutwell Gail Alexander Buzhardt (CC) Arie Jacobs Cooper (PS) Lou Butler Cox (SCC) William J. Crosby (CC) Sam W. Currie (PS) Alney D. Danks Jr. (CC) Carolyn Carl Danks (CC) Betty Burgdorff Dowling James B. Edwards III (PS) Ruth Tomlinson Lewis Francis M. Libbey J. Con Maloney Jr. (PS-M) Irene Fridge Marsh (CC) Barbara Himel Mullins (PS) Larry Evon Ford Noblin (DA) Virginia Cowan Pierson (SCC) Marvin R. Pyron (DA) Jane Ramsey (CC) Edwin L. Redding (CC) Nina Cunningham Redding (CC) Charles H. Ricker Jr. (CC) Hilda Cochran Roberts (SCC) Sara Webb Smith (SCC) Richard L. Soehner (CC) Sydney Overstreet Swartzfager Eleanor Crabtree Taylor (SCC) Betty Jones Varner (CC) Joe Ed Varner Jr. (CC) Parham W. Williams (CC) CLASS OF 1962 34% PARTICIPATION Nancy Grisham Anderson (PS-F) Julia Dawson Bishop Sandra Godbold Boucher Buddy Buchanan (PS) Ivan B. Burnett Jr. (CC) Jack R. Clement (CC) Woody D. Davis (DA) John Fred Gipson Katherine Walt Grice Susan Coats Harrigill (CC) Margaret Ferrell Hubbert (DA) Cynthia Anne Kite Hudgins (CC) Philip J. Kolman (CC) Lynda Lee Lee (PS) Robert N. Leggett Jr. (PS-M) Martha Stephens Lemieux James G. Leverett Carolyn Baumgartner Loposer

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Virginia Lamb MacNaughton (CC) Bettye West Mason (PS-F) Shirley Prouty McCraw (CC) Gail Garrison McNeill Doug Medley (PS) Barbara Goodyear Minar Willard S. Moore (PS) Robert H. Naylor II (SCC) Emily Lemasson Newcomb (CC) John T. Noblin (DA) Linda Neely Powell (SCC) Terry J. Puckett (CC) James W. Rayner (PS-F) George H. Robinson (CC) J. E. Rogers (SCC) Thomas E. Royals (PS) William R. Sanders Eleanor Gresham Schechter Robert T. Sharp (CC) Ellen Burns Treadway (PS) Miriam C. Wankerl (DA) Patricia Thompson Wilson Wilson Edward E. Woodall Jr. (CC) CLASS OF 1963 31% PARTICIPATION Clyde R. Allen Jr. (PS) Sarah Beth McInnis Allen (CC) Martha E. Bolick (CC) Susan Hymers Boutwell Miriam Jordan Brown (PS-M) Luran Luper Buchanan (PS) Robbie C. Clark Susan Ward Clement (CC) Patricia Brown Currie John M. Douglass Jr. (PS) James Russell Dumas Jr. (CC) Billy Chambers Elrick (CC) Betty Williams Hartley (CC) Anne-Marie Mendell Hewitt Elizabeth Jenkins-Joffe (CC) Matthew J. Lautar (PS) Carleen Smith Leggett Rivers Yerger Lurate Ann Guidroz Marion (CC) Tom S. McHorse (PS) Roberta Erwin McHugh (CC) M. Lynn McNair Mary Sue McDonnell Mitchell (PS-M) Marvin L. Moncrief Rex D. Poole (PS-S) Elizabeth Box Price (CC) Joan Allen Sanders Richard J. Stamm Bettye Yarborough Sullivan Marcus A. Treadway Jr. (PS) J. Murray Underwood (PS-S) J. Rockne Wilson (SCC)

CLASS OF 1964 48% PARTICIPATION W. Eugene Ainsworth (PS-S) David L. Allen (CC) Nancy Norton Allen (PS) Theresa Griffin Arnold (SCC) Kay Barret Barksdale (CC) Gabrielle Beard (CC) Gerald M. Bell Robert C. Bowling (CC) Suzanne DeMoss Brown Mary Parker Harmon Buckles (PS) Celia Breland Burnham (CC) Sammy H. Clark (CC) Samuel G. Cole III (CC) Philip R. Converse (PS) Sigrid Andre Conway (CC) Stephen V. Cranford (SCC) William Dudley Crawford (CC) Susan Barry Duke (SCC) Travis R. Fulton Barbara Phillips Garcia Lewis E. Hatten (PS) Diane Dickerson Hogsett (CC) Garland H. Holloman Jr. (SCC) Warren C. Jones Jr. (SCC) J. William Kemp (DA) Mary Ivy Kemp (DA) John H. Kohler III Janice Ray Kynard (CC) Curt Lamar Dana Townes Lamar Rachel Gerdes Lewand (SCC) John S. Lewis Jr. (CC) Margaret Smith Lowery Barbara Lefeve McCleese (CC) Don Q. Mitchell (PS-M) Helen Cabell Moffat (PS-F) Samuel A. Montgomery (CC) Paula V. Page (CC) Mary Dell Fleming Palazzolo (CC) Sarah Irby Parsonson (DA) Allen D. Phillips Hugh C. Redhead (CC) Walter Thomas Rueff (SC) Alice Scott Schutte (SCC) Lynda Fowler Shive (DA) Melvyn L. Smith (CC) Susanne Lamb Stevens (CC) Charles E. Swain Sandra Rainwater Underwood (PS-S) Ann Harvey Wheeless (CC) Dorothy Alford Williams Louise Haley Williamson Jacquelyn Nabors Wolfe (CC) Janice Thigpen Wood (CC) CLASS OF 1965 38% PARTICIPATION Eunice Hutchins Arnold (CC) Joy Weston Arnold (SCC) Evelyn Barron (SCC)

H ON O R Ruth Pickett Cole Peggy Whittington Coleman (CC) Evelyn Freeney Crawford (SCC) C. Wayne Dowdy (PS) Roy D. Duncan (CC) Joanne Edgar (CC) J. Thomas Fowlkes (PS-M) Marilyn Dickson Foxworth (DA) Gale McDonnell Fuller (SCC) Vicki Jones Fuller Mary Ervin Gildea Mabel Mullins Greene John R. Hailman (CC) Regan McGrew Hailman (CC) Raymond B. Hester Barbara Donald Hogan (SC) Gerald H. Jacks (PS) Frank H. Jones (CC) Boyd E. Kynard (CC) Raymond L. Lewand Jr. (SCC) William E. Lindsey Jr. (SCC) Jane Owen McCraney Pearl Mackler Meltzer (SCC) Don M. Miller (CC) James N. C. Moffat III (PS-F) Sarah C. Neitzel (CC) Max B. Ostner Jr. (SCC) Judith Weissinger Painter Lynne Krutz Pickett (PS-F) Bonnie James Powell (SCC) Mary Todd Porter Sanders (PS-S) Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon Smith (PS) Charles E. Steele Jr. (CC) Fentress Boone Waits (PS) Richard B. Warren Jr. (SCC) Norma Cumberland Williams (CC) Billy R. Wilson (CC) CLASS OF 1966 34% PARTICIPATION Larry E. Adams (CC) Joy Williamson Ainsworth (PS-S) William K. Austin (PS) Winifred Cheney Barron William W. Croswell (PS) Luther M. Dove (PS) Nat B. Ellis Mary-Neal Richerson Fullerton (CC) James T. Gabbert Jr. (SCC) James K. Gentry (SC) Ann Clair Williams Gourlay (CC) Douglas H. Greene Sr. John R. Harper (SCC) B. Louise Perkins Hetrick (CC) Ronald P. Husband (CC) Beth Boswell Jacks (PS) Gerald D. Lord (SCC) Roger L. Lowery (CC) Jeanne Burnet Luckett (PS) James E. McWilliams Timothy C. Medley (SC) Robert F. Morris (SCC)

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William H. Parker Jr. (PS) George B. Pickett Jr. (PS-F) Marion Taylor Reid (SCC) Wilson Ragan Rodgers (SCC) John H. Rohrer Jr. Amanda Frank Stokes (SCC) Ann Williamson Stubblefield (SCC) Martha Byrd Thompson (SCC) Frank Venturini Jr. (CC) Virginia Alford Warren (SCC) Norma L. Watkins CLASS OF 1967 44% PARTICIPATION William J. Boone III William Charles Cooper (CC) Maria Lekas Costas (PS) Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara Baas Croswell (PS) J. Torrey Curtis (PS) Susan Tenny Dowdy (PS) William G. Duck (PS) Rachel Davis Fowlkes (SCC) Nicki McLaurin Green Maurice H. Hall Jr. (PS-M) Martha Curtis Hannifan (CC) Jerry Huskey (CC) Troy L. Jenkins (CC) Beverly Humphries Jones (SCC) Dianne Anderson Kernell (SCC) Samuel H. Kernell (SCC) Genrose Mullen Lashinger (PS) Edwin R. Massey (CC) Tim Millis Sr. (CC) Estelle Noel Mockbee (PS-S) Michael M. Mockbee Jr. (PS-S) Mary Desha Dye Montgomery (CC) Kennedy O. Quick (SCC) Sally Williams Quick (SCC) Thomas H. Rhoden (PS-M) Helen Garrison Ridgway James L. Roberts Jr. (CC) James T. Roberts (PS) Margaret Allen Roberts (PS) Charles E. Rosenbaum Harry H. Shattuck A. Jerry Sheldon (SC) James K. Smith Lark Gildermaster Smith (CC) Earl T. Stubblefield (SCC) Charles E. Varner Sr. (CC) J. Mack Varner (PS) Penny Sanders Varner (PS) Lovett H. Weems Jr. (CC) Matthew B. Wesson (CC) Richard Steven Whatley (DA) CLASS OF 1968 36% PARTICIPATION Polly Gatlin Bailey (PS) William R. Barnett (DA) Anita Hall Baroni

DONORS

Willis J. Britt Jr. (CC) Florence Meyer Cartier Henry E. Chatham Jr. (CC) Lindsay Mercer Diaz (PS) A. Millsaps Dye Jr. Marion W. Francis (SCC) Erwyn E. Freeman Jr. (PS) William E. Gamble (CC) Mary Frances Payne Garrison Marilyn Hinton Hammond Cynthia Tollison Harrison (CC) Floy S. Holloman (SC) Elizabeth Burdine Hyde (CC) R. Eason Leake (PS-M) Sue Lowery Leuschke (SCC) Irene Carroll Marshall Jean Nicholson Medley (SC) Sara McDavid Meeks (CC) Carolyn Davis Mizne Gerald T. Pearson (SC) C. R. Ridgway IV J. Richard Robbins (PS) James N. Robertson (CC) Elbert Sam Rush Jr. (SCC) Melanie Maxwell Shain (PS) Russell S. Tarver (CC) Carol Hederman Tatum (PS) A. Thomas Tucker Jr. Ernest Harmon Tumlinson (CC) Alec C. Valentine (SCC) Beryl H. Van Lierop James D. Waide III (PS) Betsy Stone Walkup (PS-S) Marilynn McDonald Whatley (DA) Virginia Anne Jones Whitley (PS-F) Mac Williamson (CC) Thomas D. Wooldridge (PS) CLASS OF 1969 32% PARTICIPATION Virginia L. Allen (SC) James E. Anderson (PS) Russell P. Atchley Joe N. Bailey III (PS) Leon M. Bailey Jr. (DA) Judith DeWolfe Barnett (DA) Robbie Lloyd Bell (CC) Linda Hines Broadus (SCC) Alice Ann Moore Clark Robert K. Collins (PS) Cheryl Barrett Converse (PS) Penelope Mahle Culver (CC) David E. Davidson Jr. (SC) Deborah Davis Denson (PS) Wayne E. Ferrell Jr. (CC) Donald L. Flood (CC) Paul Gee (CC) Eugene L. Horton (CC) David L. Martin (PS) Diane McLemore Martin (PS) C. Rebecca Meacham (SCC) Charles G. Millstein (CC)

Anne Page Mosby (CC) Carroll Perrett Putzel Sharon Scott Rhoden (PS-M) Joe F. Sanderson Jr. (PS-M) Susan Moak Sheldon (SC) Keith Starrett (CC) Esther Marett Still (CC) Mary Jane Baroni Tarver (CC) Perry K. Thomas III Muriel Bradshaw Twitty Susanne Hicks Van Lierop Sandra Tucker Williams Patricia Hawthorne Wilson James M. Wray Jr. (SC) CLASS OF 1970 32% PARTICIPATION Phyllis Harris Adams Elizabeth Campbell Bailey Lillie Smith Bailey (SCC) Clyde W. Biddle (DA) Donald S. Blythe (SCC) Sally A. Boggan Elizabeth Davis Bowman Z. Terry Buckalew (CC) Coela Jordan Clark Kathy Murray Cohen Foster E. Collins Jr. (CC) F. Dee Conerly (CC) Eugene H. Countiss Jr. (CC) Jan Dawkins George E. Gillespie Jr. (SCC) H. Lee Hetherington (PS) Caroline Massey Hillhouse (CC) Elizabeth Hood Donna Daniel Jackson (PS) Elizabeth Furr Kimbriel Langford L. Knight Mack A. Land (DA) Clyde W. Lea (PS) Arthur E. Liles (PS) Dianne McGovern G. Rodney Meeks (CC) Molly Perdue Monsur (DA) Andrew P. Mullins Jr. (CC) Janet Sanderson Ott (PS-M) Barry K. Plunkett (SC) Janet Smith Richardson Naomi Tattis Ridgway Patti McCarty Sullivan (PS-F) John E. Sutphin Jr. (SCC) Dianne Partridge Walton (SCC) Robert F. Ward (SCC) Fred P. Wilbur (CC) Jeanne Terpstra Yarbrough CLASS OF 1971 38% PARTICIPATION Marion Wainwright Andrews Richard J. Aubert (DA) Mary Craft Barth (SCC)

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Karin Leftwich Bell Warren C. Black Jr. (PS) Janis Crenshaw Boothby Russell S. Boshers (CC) Carl G. Brooking (PS) Sandy L. V. Byrd (SCC) Robert L. Clark (DA) Pamela Capps Collins (PS) John E. Cornell (SCC) Jeffrey Smith Deblieu (SCC) Thomas R. Dupree (DA) Diane Tipton Edwards Beverly A. Fabian Susan Nicholson Ferrell (CC) Sandra I. Hackemann Warren Hamby Jr. Margie McDavid Harper (SCC) Leslie Morrison Horton (CC)

Kathy Rowell Spire (SCC) James F. Steel (CC) Nan Weakley Thomas Candice Dudley Ward (SCC) Deborah Jennings Warriner

Janis Graves Black (PS) Catherine Armistead Boozman Barbara Champion Bush (CC) Fred L. Callon (SCC) Eugene G. Douglass Jr. (PS-S) Robert E. Farr II (SCC) George H. Fleming Jr. (PS) Jerry W. Fuller Robin Hamilton

Signe Pearson Adams (CC) Austin Blaine Baggett (SCC) Ann Mitchell Bartling (PS) Joan Sauer Bertaut (DA) Stephanie C. Bobo (SCC) Allyn Clark Boone (CC) Douglas S. Boone (CC) Janis Crawford Booth John M. Brittingham Guy Blann Britton Dewitt T. Brock (SCC)

Joel W. Howell III (PS) Melanie Bartling Liles (PS) Victor E. Lindsey (CC) William C. McKie Jr. (DA) Jamelin Pierce McKlemurry (CC) Alice Rhea Mitchell (SCC) Lem E. Mitchell (SCC) Reverend Luther S. Ott (PS-M) Pamela Lash Patrick (CC) William H. Patrick Jr. (CC) Derryl W. Peden (DA) Barbara Stauss Plunkett (SC) Reed W. Prospere (SCC) Col. Nicholas Sabatini (DA) Janice Self Sabatini (DA) Jill Carpenter Sherman Rosemary Gregg Shows (CC) Shellie Kenna Simler (SCC) John E. Spencer (PS)

George S. Haymans III James M. Holston (CC) Fran Houser (SCC) Wilton J. Johnson III (PS) Carolyn Jackson LaBarbera Jane Mitchell Leech (PS) Stephen H. Leech Jr. (PS) Tony F. Martinez David R. McCollum (PS) James Robby McLeod Stephen L. Meeks (SCC) Michael A. Parnell (CC) Sue Davis Peden (DA) David N. Sawyer (CC) Constance Maize Smith (CC) William H. Smith Jr. (CC) Mike P. Sturdivant Jr. (CC) Ferrell L. Tadlock (SCC) L. S. Tilghman (CC)

Thomas Stevens Burnet (CC) Julius M. Cain (SC) Cele Meacham Carothers (CC) Robert M. Corban (CC) D. M. Dendy (DA) Wayne P. Edwards (CC) Virginia Cooper Farr (SCC) Joan N. Geiger Jessica H. Germany (CC) Russell S. Gill (SCC) M. Ray Grubbs (DA) Deborah K. Hall Ann Sumner Holmes (PS) Mary A. Howkins (PS) Eugene C. Johnson (SCC) Dorothy Hannah Kitchings Alvin A. Loewenberg (SCC) Elisabeth J. Lord (SCC) Harold C. Malchow (PS-M)

CLASS OF 1972 31% PARTICIPATION

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Margaret Anne Williams (CC) Thomas A. Woodall (SCC) Phyllis A. Yarbrough (CC) CLASS OF 1973 36% PARTICIPATION

J. David Marsh III (DA) Mary Hagwood Mullins (CC) Jimmy R. Nash (PS) May Roberts Stafford Roger G. Stuart Jr. (CC) Timothy C. Terpstra (DA) Cynthia Carnathan Tilghman (CC) William S. Ware (PS) Robert Wayne West Mary C. Wiginton (CC) Terry G. Winstead (PS-F) Debra Whidden Womack (CC) Walz Michael Womack (CC) Jane L. Woosley (CC) Johnny W. Wray (CC) Rebecca C. Youngblood (DA) Rocky Zachry (CC)

CLASS OF 1974 30% PARTICIPATION R. Bruce Bartling (PS) Martha Hamrick Boshers (CC) Florence Jo Smith Corban (CC) Jacqueline Frazier Crudup Kent A. Darsey (SCC) Sarah Neville Damon Darsey (SCC) Marybeth Wood Davis (CC) June Langston DeHart Judith Lane Douglass (PS-S) James T. Dulin Jr. (SCC) Sue E. Dulin (SCC) William F. Goodman III (PS) Scotty Greene (PS-M) Katie L. Holder Wendell H. Holmes (PS) Donald Reginald Jones (CC)

H ON O R Vincent M. Lynch (CC) E. Lyle Miller Jr. (CC) William B. Milton (CC) Joseph L. Morris Charlotte Womack Morrison (CC) Lloyd B. Nunn III Karen Ezelle Redhead (CC) Thais Brown Tonore (CC) Elizabeth Bass Vogt (SCC) Melanie Boswell Wadlington (SCC) Warner Wadlington III (SCC) Ree Ridgway Walden (PS) William E. Wheeler (DA) Janet Roby Wofford (PS) John D. Wofford Jr. (PS) Reverend J. Daniel Young (CC)

CLASS OF 1975 21% PARTICIPATION Clifford B. Ammons (CC) Patricia Goodman Ammons (CC) Brian T. Askew (CC) William F. Blair (PS) John S. Bown (SC) David W. Boydstun (DA) William P. Carroll (DA) Alveno N. Castilla (DA) Diane Foust (DA) Gregory D. Freeman (CC) William G. Gamble (SCC) Craig R. Gibson Nan Graves Goodman (CC) Ann G. Hendrick (SCC) Frank T. Laney Tommy G. Lyle (CC) Judy Womack McClure (CC)

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Mary Dell McCoy (CC) Reverend C. Edward Pruett (CC) Claire Chastain Schmid (CC) Rachel Wallace Starnes Cynthia P Trauernicht Marcia Melichar Whatley William Chris Wilkerson (SCC) Rebecca Simmons Young (CC) CLASS OF 1976 30% PARTICIPATION David A. Anderson (CC) Charles A. Araujo Joe W. Bennett Jr. (SCC) Paul T. Benton (PS-M) Russell G. Buys (CC) Susan Strong Cannon (SCC)

Albert G. Delgadillo Mark B. Eppes (PS) Lloyd S. Gray Sr. (DA) Ralph C. Griffin Jr. (CC) Janet Bergman Groue (PS) Kenneth J. Groue (PS) Mary Ellen Harris (CC) Ethel Hart-Gibson (CC) C. Dees Hinton (SC) Florence N. Hutchison (CC) J. Stacy Jenkins (DA) Elizabeth Allen Lyle (CC) Mark J. Lynch (SCC) Patricia Pharr Marsh (DA) Kevin M. McClure (CC) Robert B. McDuff (SCC) Betty Clark Reiff (SCC) Joseph T. Reiff (SCC) Tom B. Scott III (PS-S) Elizabeth Holmes See (SCC)

DONORS

Carolyn M. Skinner (CC) Mickey P. Wallace (CC) Terrance B. Wells (PS-M) Steve A. Whatley CLASS OF 1977 19% PARTICIPATION Mary Al Cobb Alford (DA) Suzanna Baker (PS) Daniel S. Bowling (PS-M) Sibyl M. Child R. Glenn Herrington (DA) J. Steven Jenkins (DA) Stephen H. Laney Catherine Ivy Larsen (CC) Douglas E. Levanway (SCC) Edward L. Manning

Toni W. Manning Adren E. McCoy (SCC) Jenny Bates Miller Elizabeth McKinnon Parry (CC) Thomas C. Parry III (CC) Karen Roemer Paxton William R. Presson (SCC) Linda Wells Rice (PS) Sherry Pearson Stegall (SCC) Robert L. Wells (SC) CLASS OF 1978 19% PARTICIPATION Timothy J. Alford (DA) Carol Albritton Biedenharn (PS) Lisa L. Blount (CC) C. Rebecca Brent David W. Carroll (PS) Beverly J. Clement (DA)

R. Faith Cotton (PS) Steven G. Dean (SC) Harry Charles Frye III Janet M. Hall (PS) Thomas L. Haltom (SCC) W. Criss Lott (SCC) Paul Cooper Morrison (PS-M) Karleen Raper Neill James C. Ranager (CC) Vonda Reeves Reeves-Darby (PS-S) Robert E. Rice Jr. (PS) Susan R. Tsimortos (CC) Marion Wofford (DA) CLASS OF 1979 20% PARTICIPATION Martin H. Baker Jr. (PS)

Kate Bradley Bledsoe Tina Kiefer Burns (SCC) Jeffery E. Delmas (CC) Douglas P. Demmons Victor G. Dostrow (PS) Maggie Wynn Fortier (PS) Mary Witten Frasier (CC) Sonja Fuqua Carol Burrus Hartman (PS) Kenneth E. Hipple (SC) John H. Jameson (PS-S) Peder R. Johnson (PS-S) Kent L. Kebert (SCC) William R. Lancaster (SCC) Joseph C. Langston (PS-M) Nancy Bush Lawrence Laura L. Lillard (PS-F) Jacqueline Cruthirds Lynch (SCC) Tracey Sweet Massie (CC) James B. Morris (PS)

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H ON O R Corinne Wood Nettleton (CC) Helen McCormick Parsons (PS) CLASS OF 1980 19% PARTICIPATION Ann Roscopf Allen (CC) David F. Allen (CC) Ann Bishop Burke (SC) William Rodney Clement Jr (PS) Elizabeth Yeager Crumpton (SCC) David H. Culpepper (PS) Ruth Kellum Fredericks (DA) Robert J. Giraud (CC) William C. Griffin (CC) Emily Crews Hatch (CC) Michael A. Henderson (SCC) Randy J. Johnson (SCC) Lynn Stone Kebert (SCC) Lisa L. Mullins (CC) S. Dixon Myers (CC) David M. Ott (PS) Joe W. Terry III (SCC) Frank C. Wade Jr. (PS) R. Alexander Wallace III (PS) Laurence B. Wells Bobby H. Wroten Jr. (CC) CLASS OF 1981 30% PARTICIPATION David B. Allen (SCC) M. Jonathan Altman (SCC) William D. Armstrong (CC) Kathleen Payne Berg D. Blair Bingham Jr. (CC) Christopher S. Brunt Don T. Cannon (CC) Susan Prewitt Cardin (DA) Necie Coats-Borroni (PS) Shari L. Cochran George B. Crull Anne Johnson Culpepper (PS) Melissa Thomas Darden Virginia Simpkins Darwin Thomas T. Dunbar (PS) Linda Schrayer Dupree (DA) Renee Ethridge (PS) Kenneth M. Ezell (CC) Samuel A. Gaston III (SCC) Eric K. Glatzer Randall S. Hearon (CC) Charles R. Lathem (PS-M) William J. Little Jr. (DA) Cynthia Price McRight (CC) Michael H. Morris (DA) Dan H. Murrell (CC) Annwn Hawkins Myers (CC) Shane Pittman Gusanita Grant Roberson (CC) Margie Green Schloesser (CC) Sheryl K. Stringer Marsha Watkins Thomas (CC)

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Elizabeth A. Trotter Jane Franklin Tyson (CC) Steven S. Walkinshaw (CC) Robert B. Wiygul (PS) CLASS OF 1982 18% PARTICIPATION Deborah Palmer Arrington (SCC) Carol Weed Baucum Bradley R. Benton (PS-M) Shelley Wyckoff Boltri (SCC) Steven C. Brandon (SCC) Philip W. Gaines J. Thomas Hamrick Jr. (DA) James D. Hendry Gretchen Kurzweg Keller C. Lynette Little (SCC) William Eugene Livesay Steven B. Lott Joanne Shipp Lyell (CC) Thomas W. Murrey Jr. (CC) Gilson Davis Peterson Wade H. Purcell (DA) Monte D. Rector (CC) Jeffery P. Reynolds (SCC) Bruce S. Senter (PS) Brian J. Sims (DA) Rebecca N. Woodrick (CC) CLASS OF 1983 15% PARTICIPATION Frederick Scott Bauer (SC) Kenneth Scott Bowie Kathryn Van Skiver Brandon (SCC) Robert B. Britt (CC) Nancy Bagby Dunn Nancy H. Flowers (DA) Douglas S. Folk (PS-S) Patrick J. Hare Mikell J. Jarratt (DA) Rhonda E. Jones (CC) Katherine Stark Landrum Leslie Gowdy Ledbetter (PS) Anna Bennett Liddell (CC) Frank G. Lyle (SCC) Jesse M. McRight Jr. (CC) Vicki Sallis Murrell (CC) Kimberly L. Myers (PS-S) Cynthia Harper Parker (PS-M) Elizabeth Wilson Peterson W. Whitaker Rayner (CC) Anita Addington Weber Dr. Robert A. Weber CLASS OF 1984 20% PARTICIPATION Carrie Arnold Bowie Timothy P. Carrigan (CC) Lisa C. Catledge Cecilia A. Collins (CC)

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Lee E. Dempsey (SCC) Erin M. Fairley (CC) Michael P. Ford (CC) Meredyth Myers Friend Patrick K. Gregory Robin Adams Gregory Monty P. Hamilton (PS) William T. Hetrick Kenneth N. Lancaster Maud DeLes Gober Lancaster Mary Elizabeth Kraft McLean (CC) James D. Morgan Paul F. Ogden (PS-M) Elizabeth Jordan Orians (SCC) James H. Otts Scott D. Singletary (SCC) Gregory A. Sliman (SC) Diane Chill Studdard Louis V. Sturgeon Jr (CC) James H. Tindall (SC) Janet Van Walsh Thomas A. Williamson (CC) Benjamin R. Wynne (CC) CLASS OF 1985 17% PARTICIPATION Elizabeth Bland Bauer (SC) Mary Frances Hillman Benton (PS-M) Shan Weissinger Bilotta Harry Patrick Byrd (CC) Christopher H. Cheek (PS) William G. Cheney Jr. (CC) Patrick R. Doherty (SCC) Vincent C. Dungan (PS) Lauren Gordon Gallagher Deborah McGregor Good Jo Watson Hackl (CC) Lisa C. Hapgood (PS) Susan Graves Hyde Sigurds M. Krolls Mark A. Mitchell (CC) Carol Young Mowen James F. Noble III (CC) Julia Park Ogden (PS-M) Christine Clark Olsson (SCC) John W. Pigott (PS-M) Deborah Fischer Shryock (DA) Cynthia Phelps Streit James R. Woodrick Jr. CLASS OF 1986 24% PARTICIPATION James O. Bailey (CC) Olen McCadoo Bailey Jr. (SCC) A. Lee Barlow Mary Frances Weir Billups John C. Bishop (SCC) A. Kevin Blackwell (PS-M) Aaron K. Blackwell (PS-S) Leigh Ann Burns-Naas (DA) Emery L. Edwards (CC)

Ned M. French II (SCC) Jeffrey E. Good Michael M. Howard (CC) Albert A. Labasse (SCC) Stephen E. Langworthy (CC) David M. Loper (PS) Anne Lee McElvaine Neely Pemberton McGrew (CC) William Stewart McKell (CC) Frederick P. Moreton II C. Nicholas Mowen Leona Kusick Polson Patricia Cooper Rector (CC) Kevin A. Russell (CC) Andrew W. Sessions (PS) Lee Rice Smith Milton D. Terrell Jr. (PS) Robert C. Tibbs III (CC) Lynn Toney Williamson (CC) Catherine Lewis Wiygul (CC) Mary T. Woodward (SCC) CLASS OF 1987 19% PARTICIPATION Jane Biggs Alexander Eleanor Taylor Anthony (CC) J. Montgomery Berry (DA) William A. Billups III Melissa Cumbest Bixby (SCC) Martha Lott Caskey J. Anthony Cloy (CC) Holly Walters Craft (SCC) Robert A. Daniel (DA) Jennifer Wofford Edwards Steve Fuson (CC) Lee Darden Johnson (SC) Maggie Solomon Kaplan Barbara Hearn Keeler (DA) Maria Karam Kelley (SCC) J. Tracey Kirby (DA) Paul F. McNeill (PS-S) Kellianne May Montague (CC) William T. Neely III (SCC) Ramona A. Nicholas Nadine Middour Peacock (CC) David E. Sallis (SCC) Roland F. Samson III (DA) Dee Parks Spencer (CC) Lynn Starrett Stall (DA) Patton L. Stephens Elizabeth Henson Tudan Brian L. Wilkinson (CC) CLASS OF 1988 16% PARTICIPATION Cory G. Acuff (CC) David A. Adkins (CC) Edward S. Atkins (CC) Sara Williams Berry (DA) Crisler Moffat Boone (SC) LeAnne Pyron Brewer (SC)

H ON O R William Joel Brown Susan Sanders Byrd (CC) James P. Coleman II (PS) Martha Campbell Cooke (SC) William R. Devlin (DA) Courtney A. Egan Gilroy H. Harden (SCC) Monica Sethi Harrigill (PS-F) Kathleen Watson Hodges (CC) Wesley R. Lominick III (CC) Lisa McDonald Lucas (SCC) Mark J. McCreery (PS) Paul A. Mitchell Thomas B. Moore (DA) Teresa Holland Odom (SCC) Thad C. Pratt Shelley C. Ritter (CC) Andrea Pritchett Rosler (DA) Jeanne L. Rozman CMT (CC) Angela Roberts Sallis (SCC) John L. Sewell (PS) Sharon Flack Theiner (CC) CLASS OF 1989 13% PARTICIPATION Carolyn A. Bibb (CC) James E. Cummins Jr. Yvette Edwards Cook (SCC) Ashlye Carruth Daniel (DA) Randy M. Dukes (DA) Polly Roach Dunlavy (SCC) Jeffrey A. Ezell (CC) Margaret Weems Feldmayer Elizabeth Flowers Susan Grant Hagler (CC) Robert E. Lancaster (SCC) Deborah McNeill Lominick (CC) Lisa Brown Martin (CC) Pilar Martinez Morrison (DA) Mitylene Morrison Myhr (CC) Angela Baldwin Neely (SCC) Thomas T. Ponder (CC) Carol Allen Popwell (CC) Gibson R. Sims III Lee D. Vendig II Jason W. Walenta (CC) Charles A. White (CC) William P. Wilson (DA) Timothy A. Wise CLASS OF 1990 19% PARTICIPATION Kenneth T. Andrews Jeffrey R. Blackwood Zeba Afzal Boughner (CC) Mariya A. Breaux (CC) Elizabeth Blackwell Carroll David M. Chancellor (SCC) Corinne Grady Ciaccio (CC) Jay S. Ciaccio (CC) Traci Savage Culverhouse (SCC)

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Lydia Marble Dell Samuel B. Field (CC) Mark R. Freeman (PS-S) Clytice Robertson Gardner (DA) Anne Dye Haire (CC) Lisa Marie Holland Hannah (PS) Ray F. Harrigill (PS-F) Jonathan M. Jones Camille L. Majors (PS) Erin Clark Mason (SCC) Charlotte Sullivan McDonnell (CC) Caroline Hawthorne McIntosh (CC) Tiffany Mixon Merriman Christopher T. Nichols (PS) Wyn Ellington Pratt Stephanie J. Richards Christine M. Schott (SC) Todd N. Thriffiley (CC) Terrance T. Turner (SC) Barry Taylor Weeks Martin E. Willoughby (CC) CLASS OF 1991 17% PARTICIPATION Arin Clark Adkins (CC) Allyson Foster Amsberry Mary Stewart Atkins (CC) Daniel R. Ayres (CC) Tara Bond-Freeman (PS-S) Eric D. Chisolm (CC) Amy Ball Coleman (PS) Julia Bullock Dees Eryn Lynn Hackett Fisher William R. Hannah (PS) William E. Henderson (SCC) Jennifer Miller Hoffman (CC) Shelley Lose Johansson Holly Powell Lange (SCC) John P. Leach (CC) Kathryn Cascio Lewis Rita Randall Martinson Everett G. McKinley (SCC) Marne A. Meredith Charles H. Mitchell (CC) Christopher D. Moll (SCC) Stacey Fleming Oliver (SC) Regan Marler Painter (CC) Steven W. Sansom (PS) Harold C. Stanley Shannon Williams Stanley Chandler C. Tipton (SCC) Joel W. Travelstead (PS) Rachel Cook Wise CLASS OF 1992 21% PARTICIPATION Kay Stringfellow Acuff (CC) Shawn Linette Barrick (CC) Christopher H. Beck (CC) Dameron Black IV (PS) Susanna Averitt Bobbitt

DONORS

Kim Kalkitis Bowman Laura Christopher Bunch (PS) Tracy L. Butchee Amie Peele Carter (CC) Sarah Crisler-Ruskey Jennifer J. Davis (CC) Conrad B. Ebner (CC) Suzanne Richardson Ebner (CC) Allison L. Edwards (SCC) Blakely Fox Fender (SCC) Todd D. Glisson Jessica Deffes Huckaby (CC) Lee Huckaby (CC) Ronald V. Jackson Jr. (SCC) Julie Winkelmann Jeter (SCC) Paul B. Jeter (SCC) J. Banks Link (CC) Tracy Pennebaker Link (CC) Kathleen Montgomery Mitchell (PS) Milton M. Ourso III (DA) Kimberly R. Pace William L. Painter (CC) Arleen Barwick Rosner-Barwick (CC) Richelle Schiro-Anger Kenyatta O. Scott (SCC) Kathryn Beck Snodgrass (CC) Jennifer L. Sutton (SCC) Felicia Lee Warren (CC) Nancy White Melinda F. Wiggins Cynthia Clark Wilkinson (CC) Ruth Greer Wilkinson (PS-S) CLASS OF 1993 15% PARTICIPATION Julie L. Anderson (CC) Jon R. Arnold Elizabeth Burch Banks (CC) Elizabeth S. Black (CC) Scott E. Blissman (CC) Lee Waskom Bryan (CC) Charles Bryan Bunch (PS) Daniel E. Campbell (PS-S) Andrea Alfonso Crowson (PS) Thomas D. Crowson Jr. (PS) Paul D. Garrett Rachel S. Garrett Reverend Lisa Garvin (PS) Bruce D. Golden Michael F. Griffith (PS) Carol Vickers Hardwick (SCC) Karen Koons Hayden (SCC) J. Alan Lange (SCC) Andrew M. Macey (CC) Janie Varner McIntire (CC) Gregory E. McNeely (CC) Daniel A. Meyers (SCC) Mark S. Michalovic Thomas M. Mitchell (PS) Jonathan S. Neff (PS) David Shane Rasner (CC) Deana M. Sanders (CC)

Jane Greaves Sargent (CC) Julie Jones Tipton (SCC) Meredith Montgomery Travelstead (PS) Angela Harton Tschantz CLASS OF 1994 16% PARTICIPATION Teresa White Bailey (SCC) Peter E. Boehm Elizabeth C. Carraway Emily E. Chachere Adam Patrick Cooper (CC) Katherine Rodgers Fagan (SCC) Kathleen Hawthorne Ferrier Laura Santoro Flynn Joshua A. Fowler (CC) Amy Johnson Hinton Fawn H. Keen (SCC) Candice Love Lafourcade (DA) Jeremy F. Litton (CC) John P. McCall Hazel Gomez McCaughan Robert Kersey Mehrle Jr. (DA) Thomas O. Metcalfe III Beauregard B. Mixon Susan Hearn Morgan (SCC) Dianna Jue Patterson Montgomery B. Sernel Michele Soho Kettering Jennifer Dorsey Spann Melissa O. Stainback Monroe M. Turner Brent E. Wilson (SCC) CLASS OF 1995 12% PARTICIPATION Rosanna P. Bahadur (SCC) Amanda Palmer Carpenter James L. Connolly (PS) Kimberly Williams Crowder (DA) William H. Crowder IV (DA) Emily J. Crowe Steven Paul Keen (SCC) Elaine Trotter Kerr Alice Blaylock Macey (CC) Dorian E. McIntyre (CC) Monique Clark Newman (SC) Sarah Dill Reily Charles D. Robb (DA) Jennifer Reynolds Rossnagel (CC) Kerry Wilson Sernel Brent E. Sheppard Katherine Lambert Stringer Ellen E. Treadway (CC) Matthew D. Williams (CC) Melissa Massey Williams (CC) CLASS OF 1996 12% PARTICIPATION Lottie L. Bash (PS)

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Carrie Coker Blount (CC) Lauren Smith Boehm James K. Boteler III (SC) Adam D. Bunch Mark A. Burke (SCC) Mary Homer Cheairs Elizabeth H. Cooper (CC) Angela Davis Cring Jean Grayson Davis Joan M. Fabbri (SCC) Cora E. Gee Nathan T. Guice (DA) Martha Graves McCall Kelly Merriman McMullen (SCC) Ellen E. Parker (CC) Emily Berg Patin Michael Todd Reese (CC) Jonathon T. Reeves (DA)

Elizabeth Warren Mehrle (DA) Ashley Johnson Owen Elizabeth Williams Reeves (DA) Dora G. Robertson (CC) Amy Balducci Shepherd (SCC) Emily Mayo Sheppard John E. Thomas IV (PS) Matthew G. Vincent Heather Lott Welch

David W. Shelton (CC) Emily Varner Shelton (CC) Cara S. Strickland

Brian C. Courville (PS) Donald W. Cumbest II Patricia Campbell Eltiste Michele L. Hester Michael R. Highfill (DA) Amanda Wood Johnston Ashley McDonnell Lane Erin Best Margolin (CC) Justin L. Matheny (PS) Heather Neuroth McCord (CC) Stephen L. McCord Jr. (CC) David A. Nelsen Ann Taylor Peden Mark Post (CC) Aimee’ M. Primeaux (CC) Mary Largent Purvis (CC) April Harris Roberson Amy Smith Sawyer April D. Turner D. Duncan Welch

CLASS OF 1997 11% PARTICIPATION Halley A. Austin (CC) Peter G. Austin (DA) Amanda O’Kelly Black Julie Whittington Buhrman (CC) Philip J. Chapman (CC) Raymond H. Cook (CC) William R. Flatt (PS) Kristen McRae Fowler (CC) Kutenia Tate Good (CC) Jeffrey S. Goodwin (CC) Ashley Hansford (SCC) James P. McDermott Austin L. McMullen (SCC)

CLASS OF 1998 13% PARTICIPATION Nathan K. Beavers Lauren Williams Bertsch (SCC) Noble B. Black (PS) Catherine Simmons Bond Cynthia L. Butler (CC)

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CLASS OF 1999 11% PARTICIPATION Albert Morris Austin (CC) Rachel E. Barham Elizabeth Warriner Bass (SCC) J. Randy Bass (SCC) William S. Gillis Jr. (SCC) Paul M. Holland II (SCC) Tracy Perry Holland (SCC) Patrick W. Johnston Misty A. Leon (CC) Michael D. Lonegrass (CC) Ashley A. Martin Tara L. McLellan Tyler L. Owen Kelly Justice Pollard Suzanne Wahrle Schindler (CC)

Marcus B. Smith Mary Katherine Black Snead (PS) Mary T. Weir (CC) Sherryl E. Wilburn CLASS OF 2000 11% PARTICIPATION Amy Clifton Bamburg G. Bradley Bennett (CC) Leon C. Campbell (SCC) Anne Roberson Chapman (CC) Rachel Cook Freeman Lillian Wallace Houston (CC) Alan R. Kirk Bronwen Houston Kirk Amanda L. LaRochelle (CC) Catherine Hall Laurenzi (CC) George D. Lumm (CC) Susan H. Mareno

Aogu J. Namihira Walter A. Neely Clay T. Nelson (SCC) Melissa A. Rose (CC) Rebekah L. Yeager (CC) CLASS OF 2001 11% PARTICIPATION Alexander F. Connolly Lane A. Douglass (CC) Carla Morrison Dumontier (PS) Joseph D. DuMontier (PS) Sergey S. Dzugan M. Bolton Flautt Missy Thornton Lonegrass (CC) Leah Sams Lumm (CC) April Slayden Mitchell (DA)

Jeffrey R. Mitchell (DA) Joanna Barnett Newton (CC) John B. Nichols (PS) Charles D. Redmond Elizabeth N. Rogers (PS) Liz Serpa Jason M. Stine (CC) Carolina Whitfield-Smith (CC) Kelly Malpass Wilkerson Corbin M. Womac (PS) Chivers R. Woodruff CLASS OF 2002 8% PARTICIPATION Ronald G. Bourgeois Jr. (CC) Wendy Lyons Chrostek J. Walker Coburn (DA) Matthew B. Devall (CC) James A. Ellis (PS)

H ON O R Colleen S. Fagan Charles J. Laborde III Sage Byrd Nichols (PS) Matthew R. Surrell Sarah E. Todd Robert S. Touchstone Jr. (CC) Ellen A. Trappey Raymond M. Waters IV (CC) CLASS OF 2003 6% PARTICIPATION Sarah E. Babin (SCC) Ashley Burns Connolly Mary Emrey Liles Ellis (PS) Devon S. Fletcher Joseph P. Francis Emily Dasinger Heitzmann

Dana R. Mason (CC) John B. Page (PS) Lindsay Bennett Page (PS) Sarah Davis Paul Beau D. Roode Elizabeth S. Smith (CC) CLASS OF 2004 10% PARTICIPATION Leslie D. Aldridge (CC) Thomas J. Bush III William W. Cunningham Jr. Andrea G. Dover (PS) Alice Franz Glenn Seth R. Gouguet (PS-M) Raymond G. Messer Julia L. Mitchell (CC) Bradley H. Paulk (SCC) Daniel L. Searcy

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Jennie Golden Searcy Sara C. Stafford (SCC) Michelle C. Steinkampf (SCC) Jihan J. Thigpen Kenneth L. Townsend Jennifer Smith Welch (CC) Allison M. Williams Chappell C. Williams Lisha Jenine C. Woodard CLASS OF 2005 12% PARTICIPATION Colleen Moody Bent James P. Biedenharn III Louise Chandler Biedenharn Paige Henderson Biglane Doc M. Billingsley

Shamekia L. Black James B. Brock Jillian L. Compton David T. Cutter (CC) Onome U. Ighoavodha Amy E. Jones Jennifer M. Keith Eleanore D. Kelly (CC) Kyle R. Kendall (SCC) Meghan L. McCaffery Kelly B. Miller Ryan M. Skertich (SCC) Tammy Ladner Threadgill (CC) Angela D. Ward Jacob D. Wilson (CC) Margaret Cooper Wilson Irena E. Zaneva

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CLASS OF 2006 10% PARTICIPATION

CLASS OF 2008 9% PARTICIPATION

Dwight W. Andrus IV (SCC) Stephen R. Belden Catherine L. Boone Mia M. Cowgill (CC) Helen Loring Dear (PS-F) Allison L. Ertz Adam T. Huffman Justin G. Hupp Ashley C. Kingsafer Brenda Garza Morgan Miranda M. Rosar Annabelle A. Schettler (SCC) Kiger L. Sigh Grace Hammond Skertich Jonathan F. Spencer

Susan E. Blaine Kyle R. Bush Charity K. Cook Michael B. Curren Kyle T. Doherty (CC) Jay J. Hollenbeck D. Sloan Holley Alyce F. Howe Oghale E. Ighoavodha John A. Kellogg (CC) Johnathan R. Kline Sarah R. Kocher Walton A. Lott (CC) Elizabeth A. Ofem Paul G. Pettitt

Kristen Keating Spencer Joseph S. Wehby Jr. Garner Wetzel (SCC)

Robert J. Stephens Katherine C. Tumminello

CLASS OF 2007 6% PARTICIPATION Marilyn R. Burke (CC) William K. Griffin IV (CC) Andrew S. Harris William S. Hays II Jacqueline D. Herber (CC) Jessica L. Hoffpauir Charles R. McClendon (CC) Zackary B. Prather Emily C. Robertson Abigail H. Rollins (CC) John L. S. Schettler (SC) Briana C. Travelbee Stephen B. Yakots (SCC)

CLASS OF 2009 33% PARTICIPATION LaReina R. Adams Thomas A. Allain Amber L. Amore Denarold J. Anderson Carissa L. Antone Christopher J. Awwad Samuel C. Baber Rushton G. Barrosse Jr. Elizabeth A. Blumer Chadwick A. Bowen Russell C. Boyd Rachel J. Brooks Alexander B. Buck Benjamin G. Cain

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H ON O R Andrew T. Carlson Daniel P. Castille Aimee M. Catalanotto Andrew G. Clark III (CC) Katie L. Collins Philip M. Cortese Kenith G. Crose Luke W. Darby (CC) Charles L. Denman Matthew W. Deweese Ahmed J. Elalighe Rachel E. Eldridge Margot Fountain Sophia J. Halkias Kathleen M. Hamm April D. Hendricks M. Tait Hendrix Brittany E. Hickman (SC) Gregory D. Higginbotham Michael E. Johnson (SCC) Bobbi N. Jones Megan B. Jumago Rajinder M. Khanna Rachel V. Keng Amber R. King Christie L. Kokel Darrington Lancaster Ludlam Megan C. Maher Meagan E. Malone Amy L. Martin Caroline L. Massey Kristen N. Massey Stephanie D. Maxwell Brian K. Mitchell Matthew B. Mutchler Winfrey R. Norton Andrew S. Olinger Gwendoline A. Orr Stephen B. Palmerton Charlotte M. Prejean (SCC) Jack E. Rader Tiffany R. Randle James W. Rice Jr. Kayla A. Richard Kenosha K. Robinson Laura A. Rodriguez Erin E. Sanford Katie L. Sargent Steven C. Sarpy Catherine A. Schmidt Sarah R. Schmidt Mary R. Sorey Joseph A. Steadman Emily H. Stewart Kevan B. Tucker Katelyn L. Ullmer Lee I. White III Tiffany A. Whitmore Christian M. Widdows Frederick C. Wiley Mary K. Wilson

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GRADUATE ALUMNI (Does not include alumni who received a bachelor’s degree from Millsaps College) 9% PARTICIPATION Amanda Wellington Annison 2004 (CC) Joseph M. Baker Jr. 1985 Cornelius W. Barnes 1989 (CC) Douglas R. Boone 1994 (SC) Elizabeth Martin Brister 1991 (PS) S. Louise Burney 1996 (PS) James G. Chastain IV 1990 Zian Chen 2003 Benjamin P. Delatte 2004 William J. Duckworth 1993 (CC) Mary Yerger Dunbar 1985 (PS) Mark D. Eckenrode 2000 (SCC) Naomi G. Freeman 1992 (SCC) Thomas D. Gober 1984 Dwyer J. Griffin III 1995 Kenneth R. Hall 1984 (CC) Phillip D. Hardwick 1984 (SCC) Melissa Harkins Hopkins 1984 (CC) Mary M. Judy 1988 (CC) Sara B. Kimmel 1997 Janet R. Langley 2000 (CC) Perry J. LeBlanc III 1993 Robert Pratt Lewis 1996 J. Philip Macon 1983 James M. McCullouch 1989 Ronnie G. Michaels 1998 (DA) Eleanore W. Miller 1990 (CC) Mary C. Mills 1990 (PS-M) Richard H. Mills Jr. 1988 (PS-M) Keith B. Moses 2009 (CC) Betty M. Newman 1991 (DA) Brian O. Onyango 2001 (CC) Lee Ann Whitfield Poland 1985 Don A. Pomeroy III 1983 (CC) Carol Scott-Conner 1995 (SCC) Francis G. Serio 2005 (CC) Mark S. Shryock 1988 (DA) Michael J. Smith 1988 (CC) James Dan Snyder Jr. 1993 Carolyn Christian Tindall 1991 Holley E. Weeks 2006 (CC) J. Walter Wood Jr. 1989 (PS-F) Dudley D. Wooley 1995 (DA) Chris B. Wright 1994 (SCC) Tao Yu 2000 FACULTY AND STAFF **Emeriti Faculty *Retired Faculty or Staff Theodore G. Ammon (CC) Diane F. Baker (PS-F) Sarah Wamester Bares (CC) William H. Bares (CC) *Kay Barret Barksdale 1964 (CC) George J. Bey James E. Bowley

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William Brister (DA) **Carl G. Brooking 1971 (PS) Kristen M. Brown Patricia S. Bruce (CC) Barbara Brunini (SC) *Luran Luper Buchanan 1963 (PS) S. Louise Burney 1996 (PS) *Gail Alexander Buzhardt 1961 (CC) Karen D. Cadiere (CC) Claudine Chadeyras (CC) *John H. Christmas 1948 (PS) Corinne Grady Ciaccio 1990 (CC) Raymond Clothier (CC) Cheryl Coker (PS-F) Timothy C. Coker (PS-F) John A. Conway III (CC) Adam Patrick Cooper 1994 (CC) David H. Culpepper 1980 (PS) David C. Davis (CC) Mike Dubose (SC) *Pearl Dyer Blakely Fox Fender 1992 (SCC) Nancy H. Flowers 1983 (DA) Nell L. Floyd (CC) Naomi G. Freeman 1992 (SCC) Michael L. Galaty Stanley Galicki (SCC) Nola K. Gibson (CC) M. Ray Grubbs 1973 (DA) James B. Harris (CC) Thomas W. Henderson (DA) Louise Perkins Hetrick 1966 (CC) Patrick D. Hopkins (CC) Patrick G. James (CC) Sherry A. Johnson (DA) Martha M. Johnston Robert J. Kahn R. Britton Katz (PS) Asif Khandker (CC) Vernon E. King (SCC) Katherine Stark Landrum 1983 Janet R. Langley 2000 (CC) Martha M. Lee (CC) Charles R. Lewis (PS) *Julia Aust Lewis 1954 (PS) **T. W. Lewis, III 1953 (PS) Frances Lucas (PS-S) Mark J. Lynch 1976 (SCC) R. Dudley Marble, Jr. (CC) Suzanne Marrs (SCC) Robert S. McElvaine Sarah L. Mcguire (CC) Howard L. McMillan, Jr. (PS-M) Kenneth D. McRae (CC) D. Greg Miller (CC) **Lucy W. Millsaps (SCC) Tonya C. Nations (SCC) Walter P. Neely (PS) Robert B. Nevins (CC) Tanya A. Newkirk Joseph A. Pacelli Katy L. Pacelli *Francis E. Polanski (PS)

*Sandra Polanski (PS) Penelope J. Prenshaw (CC) *Thomas L. Ranager (CC) Darby K. Ray (CC) Michael R. Reinhard (SCC) Dora G. Robertson 1997 (CC) Shadow J. Q. Robinson (SCC) Todd S. Rose (PS) Connie Schimmel (PS) Donald R. Schwartz (CC) Hunter R. Scott (CC) Robert A. Shive, Jr. (DA) Elise Smith (DA) Richard A. Smith (PS-F) Steven G. Smith (DA) Kristina L. Stensaas Tracy E. Stites (CC) Vicki Stuart (CC) Theresa Surber (CC) **Jonathan M. Sweat (PS-S) Holly M. Sypniewski (CC) Susan W. Taylor (CC) Andrew K. Thaw Jennifer P. Tompkins Ming Tsui Marlys T. Vaughn (CC) Patti P. Wade (PS) Holly Wagner (PS) L. Kenton Watt (CC) Laurence B. Wells 1980 *Nancy White 1992 Sherryl E. Wilburn 1999 David Wilkinson (PS-S) Lola L. Williamson Timothy A. Wise 1989 *Jack L. Woodward 1951 (PS) *Nelda W. Woodward (PS) Rebecca C. Youngblood 1973 (DA) PARENTS (Includes parents of current and former Millsaps students) * Indicates a gift to the 200809 Parents Fund for Campus Improvement *Joe and Chris Adams Johnny and Ruthie Adams Signe and Jim Adams (CC) Tom Adams Jane Alexander Morris and Alice Alexander (PS-F) Tim and Mary Al Alford (DA) Gary Aliff (SCC) *Tom and Leah Allain David and Susan Allen (SCC) Edgar Allen Glenn and Barbara Allen Mary Ann Allen (CC) William and Marilynne Allen (PS) *John and Terri Anderson *Keith and Kay Anderson (CC) Michael and Cynthia Anderson (CC)

H ON O R Robert and Cynthia Anderson Chris and Linda Antone Ruth and John Antonini (SC) Bill and Minna Appleby (SC) Henry and Jane Arnold John Arnold (CC) Joe and Joy Arnold (SCC) Lee and Debbie Arrington (SCC) Vivian Aubert (CC) Will Austin (PS) Diane Ayres (PS-M) *Brent and Kris Baber (CC) Joe and Polly Bailey (PS) W. D. and Louise Bailey Ronald and Jean Baker (PS-S) Mary Barber (CC) Samuel Bardwell (CC) Frances Barnard (CC) Don and Anne Barnes *Mark and Julie Barnthouse Betsy Barr (CC) Rushton and Karen Barrosse Wallace and Mary Bass (CC) Bryan and Christie Batson (CC) Scott and Beth Bauer (SC) John and Polly Baxter John and Mary Beal Gary and Barbara Beaumont Richard and Shirley Belden (SCC) *Robert and Wanda Berry Brett Berry (PS) Brent and Faith Berryman Brenda and John Bethany (PS) Clyde Biddle (DA) James and Claire Biedenharn Warren and Janis Black (PS) Bill Blair (PS) Dick and Martha Blount (PS) *Adam and Nancy Blumer (CC) Frank and Sheryl Boettcher (SCC) Paul and Sharon Boone Janis and Phillip Booth John and Julianne Booth (SCC) M. E. Bosarge Greg and Cheryl Bowen George and Sherry Boyd (SC) Brice and Linda Brackin (PS) *Steven and Kathy Brandon (SCC) *Janet and David Brani (CC) Jerry and Ann Bratton *David and Lenore Brewer (CC) Sid and Billie Brian (PS) Maxine Brock Lawrence and Stella Brotzman Otis and Clara Brown (SCC) Ed and Barbara Brunini (SC) Adonna and Brent Bruser *Judson and Kathryn Buchan *Keith and Fran Buchanan Buddy and Luran Buchanan (PS) *Carrie Buck (CC) Mike and Kay Buck *Leigh Buckner

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Darwin and Beverly Bufkin (CC) *Denise Burns Barbara and David Burns (PS) James and Barbara Bush (CC) Sam and Carolyn Butchee *Hardy and Sarah Butler *Thorne and Kelly Butler (CC) Helen Cabell Fred and Karen Callon (SCC) Charles and Carol Campbell (CC) Leon and Ruth Campbell Theresa Campos (PS) *Tim Cannon (CC) *Steve and Donna Cantrell (SCC) Tommy Carey (CC) *Thomas and Rebecca Carlson (SC) Arne and Christina Carlsson James and Leigh Anne Carpenter (PS-M) Jimmy Carr (SCC) Bill Carroll (DA) Cynthia Cashman (CC) George and Cathy Castille (CC) Wayne and Julie Castille Chris and Kathy Catalanotto (CC) James and Clara Cavett (SC) Gary and Sandra Cazier James and Deborah Chandler *Bob and Helen Chappelle Reynolds Cheney (PS-F) Sibyl and James Child John and Barbara Christmas (PS) *Debbie Clark Andrew and Michele Clark (SCC) Duncan and Pat Clark (SC) Ned and Laura Clark (CC) Roy and Marion Clark (SCC) *Clifford and Joy Clayton (DA) Gene Clement Alton and Mary Cobb *Fielding and Meredith Cocke (DA) Walter and Sarah Cockerham (PS-M) Jim and Pat Coggin (PS-M) Tim and Cheryl Coker (PS-F) *Ray and Karen Collins Edward and Peggy Collins (CC) Sally Colocho (PS) Carlos and Alma Colon (CC) Steven and Carol Comeaux (SCC) Karl and Margaret Cone (DA) Bob and Beth Conerly George and Margo Cook (DA) Kathyrn and David Cook Rich and Rachel Cook Samuel and Hattie Cook George and Constance Cooke Jerry and Betty Cooper (PS) Bob and Florence Jo Corban (CC) Steve Cork (PS) *Chris and Judy Cortese *Robert and Laurie Cowan (CC) Tim and Nancy Cowan (PS) Leigh and Marcia Craddock

DONORS

Sarah Crawford (CC) Bill and Marilyn Crosby (CC) Bill and Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara Croswell (PS) Dennis and Mary Curren (CC) Betty and George Currey Patricia B. Currie Vincent Currie (CC) Nilde Dannreuther Curley Darby (SCC) *Theodore and Debra Davies (CC) Bill & Margharita Davis Christopher and Stephanie Davis (CC) David and Gretchen Davis (CC) Janet and Jim Davis (SCC) Woody and Jane Ellen Davis (DA) *Ora and Susan Day (CC) Walter and Ann Dean (CC) *Paul and Carrie Dennis Kenneth Dew (SCC) *Doug and Bet Deweese (CC) *David and Pamela Dewey James and Vicki Dilorenzo Francis and Janet Doherty (SCC) Edward and Mary Ellen Doolin (PS) Nelda Doss (CC) Wilford Doss (CC) Doug and Judy Douglass (PS-S) *Jeffrey and Judy Doussan (CC) Luke and Marlane Dove (PS) Wayne and Susan Dowdy (PS) John and Debbie Drake (SCC) Duaine and Karen Duffy (CC) Jimmie Dusek William and Carole Dye (CC) Tom and Dee Dyer Weldon and Pearl Dyer *Vicki Ebelhar (PS) *Jerome and Nanette Edwards Clyde and Yvonne Edwards (PS) Mohamed and Christi Elalighe (CC) Nat and Pat Ellis Charles and Sara Evans (PS) William and Edith Evans *Anne and Kevin Everett *Gern and Deborah Exley *Laura and Joseph Faragasso Roger and Katherine Fell *William and Anne Fenstermaker (SC) Francis and Diane Fisher (PS) George and Gloria Fletcher (CC) *Nancy Flowers (DA) Nell Floyd (CC) *John Fontaine (CC) Margaret Fountain (PS-M) Sue Fountain Rachel Fowlkes (SCC) Tom and Donna Fowlkes (PS-M) Marilyn Foxworth (DA) *Duncan Fraser *Ruth and Ravi Fredericks (DA) Howard and Liz Fromkin Harry and Helen Frye (PS) *James Furrh

*Robert and Sharon Gabreski (CC) *Stanley Galicki (SCC) *David and Jane Gamble John and Jackie Gannon *James Garand (CC) R. L. Gavioli (CC) Mike and Ethel Gibson (CC) Nola Gibson (CC) *Kenneth and Carol Gikas (SCC) Janet Gildermaster (PS-M) George and Jayne Gillespie (SCC) *Leo and Eris Giurintano *Goodwin and Andrea Gladney *Eric Keith and Elise Glatzer Cris Glick and Eddie Guillot (PS-M) Gary and Nancy Goodenough (SCC) Bill and Edwina Goodman (PS) *Joseph Goodwin Harold and Michaeleen Gosnell (CC) Peggy and Doyle Granier (CC) Duncan and Kathy Gray (CC) Bernice and Paul Green (CC) Nicki Green Doug and Mabel Greene Bill and Mary Ann Griesbeck (CC) Bill and Jane Griffin (CC) William Griffin (DA) A. R. and Mary Grimes V. W. Grisham Leo and Ann Guedry *Becky and Jerry Guillot *Michael and Ladonna Guillot (CC) Jerry and Ann Gulledge (PS) *Gary and Karen Gunderson (CC) *Robert and Glynis Gutherz *Albert and Lori Guyott Craig and Cynthia Hadley *Jeanne Hakklia-Wills John and Virginia Halkias *Graham Hall (DA) *Ken and Laura Hall (CC) Maurice and Cathy Hall (PS-M) *Duane and Cheryl Hamill *Bethany Handelman Kenneth Hapgood Richard and Dannell Harb (SCC) *Phil and Carol Hardwick (SCC) Nick and Mary Beth Harkins (SCC) Susan Harrigill (CC) Douglas and Diana Harris (PS) James and Judith Harris Bill and Cyndie Harrison (CC) *Greg and Jeanna Hartzog *Lewis and Betty Lou Hatten (PS) Steve Havenar (SCC) *Tommy and Patti Hawkins Bill and Jeanne Hays Alex and Judy Heffington (DA) Ann G. Hendrick (SCC) *Harold and Liz Hendricks (CC) Steve and Melinda Hendrix (PS-M) *Paul and Stephanie Herndon James Hesterly (PS-M)

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Byron and Louise Hetrick (CC) *James and Pattye Hewitt (SCC) Anne-Marie and Bob Hewitt *Ron and Pipper Hickman (DA) *Doug and Elizabeth Higginbotham (SCC) Byrd and Sara Hillman (SCC) Herman Hines (PS) Connie Hinman Barbara and Daniel Hogan (SC) Virginia Hogan (SCC) David and Diane Hogsett (CC) James and Paulette Hollenbeck (CC) Wanda Holley *Wendell and Ann Holmes (PS) James and Kelli Holston (CC) James and Patricia Hoth (SCC) *Ralph and Suzette Howe (CC)

Earle and Irene Jones (PS-S) Howard and Susan Jones (SCC) Jimmy and Renee Jones (PS) Reggie Jones (CC) Robert and Lisa Jones *Edwin and Susan Jordan Don Jordan Bartell Joseph Ralph and Marianne Jumago Jim Kasperbauer (DA) *Paul and Mary Annette Keating Kent and Lynn Kebert (SCC) Dan and Rose Keel (PS) Steven and Fawn Keen (SCC) *Paul and Donna Keenan (CC) Ed and Betsy Kelly *Stephen and Prudence Kemp (DA) Fredda Kennington (DA)

Janet and Hugh Langley (CC) Joey and Tracy Langston (PS-M) Cathy Lazarus (PS) B. F. and Ruth Lee (SCC) Clay and Dot Lee (DA) Lynda Lee (PS) Eloise Leech (PS) Carol Leggett (CC) *Peter and Lisa Lehmuller (CC) Alfred and Carol Lewando Earl and Ellie Lewis John and Cornelia Lewis (CC) T.W. and Julia Lewis (PS) Arthur and Melanie Liles (PS) Lee and Leslie Lindsay (DA) Mary Lee Livesay (PS) Jack and Jo Loflin (PS) Porter and Lynn Loring (PS-F)

*Michael and Suzette Matroni (CC) *Jo and William Mattison Roy and Lorene McAlilly (CC) Mary Ann McCarty (PS-M) Dale McDermott *Richard and Mary Jane McDonald *Shellye McDonald Bob and Anne McElvaine *Jim and Cindy McGinnis (CC) David and Rosemary McIntosh (CC) Billy and Nonie McKie (DA) Thomas and Andrea McLeroy (DA) David and Sheila McManus (PS) Howard and Mary Eliza McMillan (PS-M) Bill and Janie McQuinn (PS-F) Ken and Rosemary McRae (CC) Mike McRee (PS-M)

Mike and Arlene Huber (PS) Walter and Renee Hudson (PS) *Ray and June Hulin Joe and Pat Humphries (PS) Tommy and Joyce Hunt (PS) Jerry and Beth Huskey (CC) Frederick and Miria Ighoavodha (SCC) Susan Ingram Phil Irby (SCC) Gerald and Beth Jacks (PS) *Richard and Dara Jackson Glenn and Mary Jo Jackson Jeffrey and Melinda Jackson (SC) *Michael and Patricia Jefcoat Cecil and Patsy Jenkins (DA) John Jenkins Dwayne and Mary Johnson (SCC) *Suzanne Johnston and George Silbernagel Cecil and Jewel Jones

Robert and Holly Kerr (PS) Asif and Nazneen Khandker (CC) Shanta Khanna (SCC) *Alvin and Jonnie Killcreas (CC) Wallace Killcreas *Travis and Peggy King (CC) *Larry and Malinda Kirchner (SCC) *Stephen and Siobhean Kirk Marion Kirk *Abbas and Lynn Kitabchi (CC) Dorothy Kitchings *Robert and Linda Kocher (CC) Frank and Donna Koeninger Sigurds and Ruth Krolls *Robert and Renee Kutcher (CC) *Edward and Amelia Ladnier Ken and Maud DeLes Lancaster Mack and Diane Land (DA) Carol Landon Rachel Anne Laney (PS)

James and Elizabeth Lott (CC) Robert and Carolyn Lott (PS) *Karl and Debra Loveless Roger and Pam Lowery (CC) Mary Dent Lucas (CC) Tommy and Elizabeth Lyle (CC) *Brian and Dianne MacMillan (CC) Ginger and J. MacNaughton (CC) William and Cynthia Maddox *Brian and Barbara Maher *Mark and Patricia Malone (SCC) *Mike and Jaye Manning (CC) David and Patsy Marsh (DA) *Danny and Doreen Martin *John and Beth Martin (CC) David and Diane Martin (PS) Denotee and Ruth Martin (CC) Javier and Cindy Martinez (DA) *James and Ellen Massey (CC) Robert and Aleeta Massey

*Raymond and Gretchen Medlin Carl and Judy Menist (PS) Matthew and Linda Merkel (PS) Amanda Merriman (CC) George and Mary Meyers (SCC) John and Angela Milazzo (PS-F) *Peter and Payton Miller Hal and Dot Miller (PS) Jim Miller Joe and Linda Miller (CC) Don and Mary Sue Mitchell (PS-M) Kent Mitchell (DA) Lem and Alice Mitchell (SCC) David and Katherine Mo (CC) Curtis Moffat Red and Helen Moffat (PS-F) *Jeff and LisaMohr (CC) *Stanley and Pamela Mong Karen Monroe Bradley and Margaret Moody (CC)

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Emma Moore Alfred and Becky Moreton (CC) Gregory Moroux (PS-F) Sue Morris Bob Morrison (PS-M) Cooper and Frances Morrison (PS-M) *Julie Mosow *Don and Lori Mozingo (CC) *H. J. and Christine Mueschke (CC) Bill and Laurie Murphy (CC) Patricia and Dan Murrell (SCC) Brad and Phyllis Mutchler (CC) Dorothy and James Nation Barbara Neel Walter and Frances Neely (PS) *Randall and Monique Nemeth Robert and Grace Nevins (CC) Wis Nichols (CC)

*Larry and Cynthia Pearce Marvin and Gislind Pentecost *Jeffery and Rebecca Penuel Burt and Theresa Pereira (PS) Russell and Rebecca Peyton Tom and Sue Phalen (DA) John and Betty Philley (CC) Ann Phillips George and Lynne Pickett (PS-F) *Richard and Kate Pickette (PS) *Stephen and Bridget Pieschel Michael and Cheryl Pigott Kay Pittman *Stephen Pivnick (SCC) *William and Linda Polhmann (CC) *Robert and Chung Powell (CC) Joe and Linda Powell (SCC) *David and Ann Prejean (CC)

Andrew Reeves Archie Reeves *Carla Respess (DA) Mary Rice (SCC) Carl and Betsy Richard (CC) Clay and Rhonda Rick Bob and Naomi Ridgway Rob and Sara Ridgway (PS-F) Tim and Karan Ritter *Heather Roberts (SCC) *John and Debbie Roberts (SCC) Jim and Margaret Roberts (PS) Stanley and Janis Roberts (PS) Marie Roby (PS) Larry and Linda Rochelle (CC) Ragan and Jo Anne Rodgers (SCC) Angel and Jeannette Rodriguez Clifton Rogers (CC)

*Robert and Rhonda Schumacher Dennis Schwarzauer and Penny Prenshaw (CC) Andre and Jackie Schwitter (PS-M) Tom Scott (PS-S) John and Sarah Seddelmeyer (PS) Liz Serpa T. O. Sessions Andy and Michelle Sharp Susan Sharp (CC) Jerry and Susan Sheldon (SC) David and Judy Shelton (CC) Nicholas Shields (CC) *John and Carol Shinn (CC) Lynda and Bob Shive (DA) *Johnny and Martha Shivers (SCC) Constance and Robert Sigsby Shellie Simler (SCC)

*Charles W. Norton (SCC) *Sharon Norton (CC) Clifford and Olivia Notvest *Mark and Melinda Olinger (SCC) *Stephen and Oliver Oliver (CC) Leonard and Sherri Ordeneaux (CC) James and Carol Orr (CC) Bob and Pat Orth (SCC) *John and Jill Otis Luther and Janet Ott (PS-M) William and Judy Page (SCC) Arthur and Carol Paine (DA) Jean and Steve Palmerton (PS) *John and Charlene Papale (DA) *Andrew and Kathy Parker Cynthia and Hugh Parker (PS-M) Roy and Joann Parker (SCC) William and Judy Parker (PS) *Helen and Keith Parsons (PS) *Phelia and William Patterson (SCC)

Ronald and Georgette Prejean (PS) Bob and Jeanette Prescott (SCC) Bart and Kelly Presti (PS) *Carl and Cathy Price Bill and Ruby Price (SCC) Julian and Laverne Prince (SCC) George and Jann Puckett *Gaye and James Purvis Charles and Peggy Quinn Ann Rabalais (CC) Charles and Peggi Rafferty (DA) Tommy and Nancy Ranager (CC) Royce Randle (CC) *Lloyd and Julta Rauschkolb Jim and Mary Sharp Rayner (PS-F) *Joseph Rebentisch (CC) Ed and Nina Redding (CC) Hugh and Karen Redhead (CC) *James Redman *Phillip and Margaret Rees

Lewis and Grace Rogers (CC) Tomi Rogers (CC) Michael and Marie Rourke (PS-M) Tom and Rita Royals (PS) Tommy and Ann Rueff (SC) *Diane Ryan Nick and Janice Sabatini (DA) Miles and Dawn Sager (PS) *Lloyd and Rita Salathe (PS) John and Mary Louise Sandefur (CC) Bradley Sanders Ernest Sanders (CC) *Umesh and Renu Sanjanwala Eduardo and Maria Santiago (CC) Karol Sargent (SCC) *Leon and Linda Sarpy Jeffrey and Loretta Scheibal (CC) Heymoore and Kathleen Schettler (SC) Julie Schmidt (CC) James and Laurel Schoolar

*David and Jonell Slater (CC) *Edwin Smith Clinton Smith Mark and Janice Smith (CC) Posey Smith (PS) Robert and Carol Smith (DA) *Carol Smyser *Will and Marti Sorey (SCC) *Doyle Spell (CC) Troy St. Junior James and Margaret Stafford (SCC) Eric and Patricia Stanfield Wilena Stark Richard and Mary Starrett Susan Steadman Charles Steel (CC) *Robert and Tangie Stephens (CC) *Paul and Loretta Stewart (CC) Forest Stringfellow *Larry and Catherine Stroud (CC)

2009

H ON O R Vicki and Stephen Stuart (CC) Mike and Ygondine Sturdivant (PS-S) *James Sullivan Bettye Sullivan Dan and Theresa Surber (CC) John and Amanda Sutphin (SCC) Margaret Swords (CC) Steven and Karen Tarbox (DA) Russell and Mary Jane Tarver (CC) William and Patricia Tate Eleanor Taylor (SCC) Rowan Taylor (PS-M) George and Mary Tebo (PS-S) Joe Terry (SCC) Brian Tew (CC) George and Janice Theilen (CC) *Marsha and Mitchell Thomas (CC) Lillian Thomas Margaret Thomas (PS) *Dennis and Gloria Thompson (CC) Jack Tillay (DA) *Ken and Sandra Toler Sam Tomlinson (CC) Marcus and Ellen Treadway (PS) Jerry and Rose Trigg (DA) James and Alden Tryforos (CC) Betsy and Tommy Tucker (CC) Sam and Patricia Tumminello Vincent and Mari Tumminello (DA) *David and Mary Turner (CC) Thayer and Carolyn Turner Angela and Timothy Ullmer *Jeffrey and Melinda Underwood Mack and Penny Varner (PS) Marlys Vaughn (CC) Gail and David Viel (CC) Warner and Melanie Wadlington (SCC) *Douglas and Susan Wagner Wayne Wahrendorff (CC) Marty Wainwright (CC) Ree Ridgway Walden (PS) *Herman and Lori Walker (DA) Billy and Sylvia Walker (PS-M) Carroll and Constance Walker (CC) Mary Walter Mike and Lillian Walters Dianne and Ronnie Walton (SCC) Miriam Wankerl (DA) *Allison Warburton Robert and Candy Ward (SCC) Richard and Virginia Warren (SCC) Warren and Dorris Wasson (PS) Greer and Roger Watts *Michael and Cynthia Weaver (CC) Cheryl Weems Lamar and Nanette Weems (SCC) Lovett and Emily Weems (CC) John and Catherine Welles (PS-M) Jimmy and Garnette Wetzel (SCC) Steve and Marcia Whatley Lee I. White (DA) Lee White, II (PS) Nancy White

ROLL

Wendy White (DA) V. A. and Cleve Whitley (PS-F) Nancy Whitmore Eileen and Norman Wicks (CC) Ruth and David Wilkinson (PS-S) *John and Peggy Williams *Sherrye and Pete Williams Clifford Williams (DA) Edwin Williams (CC) *Charles C. Williamson Louise and Jim Williamson Naomi Williamson *Bruce Wills James and Jennifer Wilson Clara Wimberly (DA) Joe and Charlene Wise Jim Witten Paul and Susan Wood Walter Wood (PS-F) *Ed and Rosemary Woodall (CC) Lavelle and Pat Woodrick Jack and Nelda Woodward (PS) Betty Wright (CC) Leila Wynn (PS) Jeanne Yarbrough Margaret Yerger (CC) Wirt and Mary Yerger (PS) Mimi and Myron Yonker Clarence and Roxie Young Jimmy Young (PS-F) Leonard Young (CC) Paul and Laura Young (DA) J. Wesley Youngblood Rodney and Barbara Zemke (SCC) FRIENDS H M Addkison (CC) Renee’ and Roger Alexander (SCC) Ben Anderson Carissa Antone George Ardelean (DA) Cass and Angela Arthur (DA) Timothy Ayers (CC) Erin Barbee (SCC) Bill Barry (DA) Nancy Baskin Michael Beattie Paul Beck (DA) William Bethea (SCC) J. Frank Betts (CC) Pat Boland (CC) Randy and Carol Bonnecaze D. Royce Boyer (SCC) Bob Boyette Robert and Benjie Branson (CC) Collins Brent (DA) David Brevard (CC) Elizabeth Brown Donna Bruce (SCC) Susan Bryan Tom and Elizabeth Buckley William and Ginny Buell (CC)

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DONORS

Tim Burns (SC) Katie Callahan (DA) Michael Caracci (DA) Sylvia Carraway (SCC) Betty Clayton James and Margaret Clyburn (CC) Kenneth and Allie Cowan (DA) Katelynn Cowan Richard and Gloria deShazo (SCC) Suzanne Desonier Paul Dongieux (CC) Carol Dyson Paul Eason (CC) Carl Evers Susan Farnsworth Paul Farr (CC) William Fincher (CC) Harold Fisher (SCC) Yvonne Fitzgerald John Fitzhugh (SCC) John Fontaine (CC) Robert Fortenberry (DA) Earl and Carol Franks Jo Anne Fredericks (DA) Ladye Freitag (SCC) Molly Fromkin Lottie Fulton Cathy and Mike Garrett Mace and Corrine Goodman Robert and Margarita Guy (SCC) B. J. Hailey (CC) John and Sarah Hardy (CC) Anne Harrison (CC) Pam Hart (DA) Martha Hartzell (CC) John Havard (DA) Kate Hendricks (CC) Jane Hendrix John Herlihy (DA) Scott Hines Agnes Holladay Terri Hudson (SCC) Mary and Steve Hughes Ruth Ingram Don Irvin Rennix Isner Edward and Annette Joe (CC) Martha and Erik Johnson Randall Johnson (CC) Betts Johnson (CC) Charles Juister Lonnie Kees Connie Kossen (SCC) Mary Kroon (CC) Paul Lacoste (SCC) Michael and JoAnne Larson (CC) Thomas Leach (CC) Mary Levereault (SCC) Joseph and Sarah Little Tommy Little (CC) Tim Lomax Casey Lott (CC) William Lowe

Helaine Maley (CC) Jo and William Mattison Peggy McCord Geraldine McLain Michael Meadows (CC) Blake Means A. Bunker Medbery (CC) Ruthie Wood Mitchell Mitchell and Jeanne Monsour Hebron Morris (SCC) J. R. Mowdy (SCC) William Nation Margaret Nicholas Richard and Laura Noble Betty Northington Charlotte Oglesbee Patsy and Douglas Parkin (CC) Greg and Scotta Preston Luitgard Ramsey (SCC) Jack Reed (DA) Marci Rehg Jason Riddick (DA) Ralph Ross (SC) William Salsman George Sanders (CC) Catherine Sargentich Mike Sermon (DA) Stella Sharp (DA) Bob Shearer (DA) Jill Sherman Candi Simmons (DA) Ronald Smith (DA) Bobby Sneed (CC) Dan Stephens (CC) Barbara Strickland Paul Tauchar (SC) David Thoms (CC) Kenneth Toler (CC) Tom Troxler (CC) Jon Turner (SCC) Felix and Jeanne Vaitekunas Kimberly Vaughan Harry Walker Dean Wallis (CC) Patricia Walston (SCC) Robert and Eleanor Weaver (DA) Bruce Wenzel Patricia White Dorothy Whitmer (CC) William and Maria Whitney Judy Wiener (CC) John and Susan Williams Lester Wilson (DA) Robert and Carolyn Wiseman (CC) CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS 4th AND 1 Advisor Charitable Gift Fund Aerojet B & B Oil Properties

H ON O R B&B Concrete Company Bailey Law Firm Bancorp South BankPlus Bayridge Community Honors Association Benchmark Construction Corp Paul Benton Charitable Trust Bergmark Foundation Big Bad Breakfast Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brenau University Lea Brent Family Charitable Trust Howard and Carole Brent Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Bucknell University Butterfly Yoga Wesley A. Caldwell Foundation Canizaro Cawthon Davis Carbet Cardinal Health Foundation Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Cellular South Charitable Foundation Central United Methodist Church Chapel of the Cross Rector’s Discretionary Fund Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chisholm Foundation Christian Fellowship Class Citizens National Bank CommuniGroup Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Community Foundation of Greater Jackson Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable Foundation Peter J. Costas Enterprises Coughlin-Saunders Foundation Craft-Croswell Contract Furnishings Crawford Street United Methodist Church Create Foundation CS’s Restaurant C.W. Farms Darby & Associates Dixie Footwear Dulin and Dulin, Limited Dunbar Financial Strategies Dunlap and Kyle Company East Group Properties Edgewater Edwards Dental Emporium EPB LLC Eubank & Betts Exxell Developers Ben Fatherree Bible Class Feild Co-Operative Association Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Security Bank

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First United Methodist Church of Eupora First United Methodist Church of Gulfport First United Methodist Church of Indianola Fountain Family Foundation Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Galloway Memorial United Methodist Women Galloway United Methodist Church Getwell Road United Methodist Church Global Gift Fund Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund Griffin & Griffin Oil and Exploration Hallforest Halltree Healthcare Business Consulting Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation Heart Rehab Alex Heffington Hickson Family Foundation High Cotton Plantation Hire Dynamics Florence O. Hopkins Charitable Fund Hutchinson Community Foundation International Friends Jackson Newell Foundation Jackson Vaughan Agency JBHM Architects Judge Little Company La Havoc Softball Langston Law Firm Langston & Lott Lard Oil Lentz & Little Lockheed Martin Corporation Lonnie Kees Photography Louisiana Builders Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Madison Charitable Foundation Marsh & McLennan Co. H. F. McCarty, Jr. Family Foundation Selby & Richard McRae Foundation Meridan Gastroenterology Millsaps Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Theta Eta Zeta Mississippi Puppetry Guild, Inc. / Puppet Arts Theatre MJM Consulting Group, Inc. / AmeriMail Direct Lewis Mohr Real Estate Morrison Foundation Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church Murph’s Auto Myers Welch Properties Natural Resources Recovery Next Level Sports Nickleback Nopah Consulting Nosworc Holdings Old River Truck Sales

DONORS

John Palmer Foundation Pittman McLengan Group Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi Pope United Methodist Church Marvin A. Riggs Family Trust Charlton Stevens Roby Family Trust Sanderson Farms Schwab Charitable Fund SentryCare Service Printers Andrew Sessions Discretionary Fund Shornick Foundation Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Millsaps College J.G. and M.E.W. Smith Foundation Solar Control of Jackson Southern Provisions Llc S.R. Incorporated St. Luke’s United Methodist Church St. Mark’s United Methodist Church St. Paul United Methodist Church, Roxie State Bank and Trust Stellios Exploration Co. Team Tangie Tellus Operating Group TFIC Tilghman & Co. Timberton Golf Club Professional Golf Services Trey Ourso & Associates. Trustmark National Bank Uncle Lumpy’s University of Mississippi Foundation Valley Services Valmark Insurance Agency Vicksburg Medical Foundation Walker Foundation Warren Wilson College John H. Wear Jr. Foundation Ned Welles Memorial Fund Wells Marble & Hurst Eudora Welty Foundation West Bay Energy West Consulting James K. Wetzel & Associates Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation William Morris Group Winning Connections Wirt A.Yerger, Jr. Foundation MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES AT&T Bank of America BKD, LLP Chevron Coca-Cola Matching Gifts Conoco Phillips Dominion Foundation Dow Chemical Company Entergy Exxonmobil Fluor Foundation Gannett Foundation

General Electric Home Depot Houghton Mifflin IBM International ITW Foundation Lockheed Martin Merrill Lynch & Co. KPMG Foundation Marsh & McLennan Co. Pentair Foundation Prudential Foundation Regions Sanderson Farms Shell Oil State Farm Sun Microsystems Texas Instruments Verizon Communications Vulcan Materials Wells Fargo MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS IN MEMORY Bessie George Donald Adams 1930 Frances Dansby Adams 1949 Mounger F. Adams 1938 Betty Holcomb Bass 1943 Howard G. Bavender Sara Thompson Beard 1955 Carol Bergmark Judith Longest Bethea 1967 Stephen D. Bischof Thomas J. Brooks C. E. "Gene" Cain James B. Campbell Jr. 1995 Martha H. Campbell Skip Caray Grover C. Clark Jr. 1938 Tommy Coggin Grover C. Coker Jimmye B. Danks Barbara Bills White Denney Martha DeRaimo Bradley M. Dew David H. Donald 1941 Ida F. Dossett Sarah W. Dyess Homer Ellis Finger Jr. 1937 Dorothy Donald Flynn Doris B. Fowlkes Joe Lee Gibson Pamela Gordon Warren Grabau Percy C. Grubbs Annie L. Guider 1994 Brian Hall A. P. Hamilton Paul D. Hardin 1935 George M. Harmon James Hearon

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DONORS

Jerry Wallace Hendrix Matthew R. Henry 1997 B. K. "Dick" Hinson Curtis O. Holladay 1958 Floy S. Holloman Garland H. Holloman Sr. 1934 Paul Warren Hopping Jonathan M. Huber 1994 Faye Junkin Hudnall 1968 Joshua T. Hunt G. E. Jones 1940 Donald D. Kilmer Allison Coggin Lee 1991 Katherine Lefoldt Frank W. Loflin 1937 James S. Love III Helen Harvey Ludlam William E. McKnight 1960

James K. Smith John H. Stone III 1958 Pauline M. Stone Mildred Nobles Sumner 1930 Mary D. Swanson 1969 Jonathan M. Sweat John Ed Thomas III 1959 Edward E. Tollison Ida Mae Underwood Kent W. Vanskiver 1975 Mittie C. Welty Frederick J. Weston 1939 Johnnie-Marie Whitfield 1965 Caolyn Williamson Kenneth W. Wills 1932 Eustace H. Winn Jr. Terrell Edward Wise Dan A. Wright 1947

Cheryl Coker Timothy C. Coker Edward M. Collins, Jr. 1953 Katie L. Collins 2009 Peggy Suthoff Collins 1954 Adam Patrick Cooper 1994 Jane Corder Philip M. Cortese 2009 Luke W. Darby 2009 Veronica F. Dzugan Ahmed J. Elalighe 2009 Kathryn C. Fenstermaker Richard Flanagan Donald P. Fortenberry 1962 James B. Furrh, IV Sharon A. Gabreski Mary Harmon Lauren E. Havenar 2009

Amy L. Martin 2009 James C. Martin Stephanie D. Maxwell 2009 William C. Mayfield, Jr. 1967 Felicia Mo Matthew B. Mutchler 2009 Denson C. Napier Jean Napier Walter P. Neely Robert B. Nevins Winfrey R. Norton 2009 Elizabeth A. Ofem 2008 Gwendoline A. Orr 2009 James J. Page 1986 Stephen B. Palmerton 2009 William H. Parker, Jr. 1966 Stephen D. Passman Tiffany R. Randle 2009

Ross H. Moore 1923 Sarah Buie Morris 1939 Twick Morrison Louise Lancaster Mumpower 1943 John A. Neill Sr. 1949 Josephine Timberlake Nicholson 1941 C. Murray Pace 2000 Robert H. Padgett Charlotte Gulledge Peets 1946 Leonard W. Polson Richard R. Priddy Bobby G. Ramsey 1955 W. E. Riecken Jr. 1952 W. E. Riecken Sr. Bebe Rodgers Jordan T. Rourke Charles L. Scott 1943 Margaret Conn Scott 1939 Leo W. Seal Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Shelton 1998

IN HONOR

Michael T. Hendrix 2009 Gregory D. Higginbotham 2009 J. Herman Hines Jay J. Hollenbeck 2008 Oghale E. Ighoavodha 2008 Onome U. Ighoavodha 2005 Rajinder M. Khanna 2009 Chad A. Killcreas Johnathan R. Kline 2008 Dot Knox Sarah R. Kocher 2008 Clifton M. LeCornu 1960 Nancy LeCornu Eloise Leech Aubrey K. Lucas Ella Lucas Frances Lucas Darrington Lancaster Ludlam 2009 Meagan E. Malone 2009 Suzanne Marrs

Darby K. Ray Kayla A. Richard 2009 Helen Ricks Rogers 1942 Nat S. Rogers 1941 Todd S. Rose Joe F. Sanderson, Jr. 1969 Katie L. Sargent 2009 Annabelle A. Schettler 2006 John L. S. Schettler 2007 Sarah R. Schmidt 2009 Donald R. Schwartz Dee Seropian Margaret Ewing Thomas Kevan B. Tucker 2009 Benjamin M. Turner L. Kenton Watt Jacob B. White 2008 Lee I. White, III 2009 Adam J. Wicks Sherryl E. Wilburn 1999

Mary Allgauer Thomas A. Allain 2009 Benjamin M. Anderson Samuel C. Baber 2009 Kay Barret Barksdale 1964 J. Randy Bass 1999 Janis Crawford Booth 1973 Russell C. Boyd 2009 Carl G. Brooking Buddy Buchanan 1962 Luran Luper Buchanan 1963 Kyle R. Bush 2008 Thomas J. Bush, III 2004 Deborah Williams Campbell 1970 William E. Campbell 1969 Daniel P. Castille 2009 Aimee M. Catalanotto 2009 Ginger Clark

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SCHOLARSHIP

FUNDS

The generosity of many individuals, families and foundations is directly responsible for the scholarship funds at Millsaps. The scholarships listed below were established before July 1, 2009 • H. V. and Carol Howie Allen Endowed Scholarship Fund

• J. E. Birmingham Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Lucile Mars Bridges Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Robert E. Anding Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Allen Bishop, Gene Cain and Al Berry Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Rev and Mrs. A. M. Broadfoot Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Cheney Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund in Memory of Reynolds Smith Cheney and Winifred Green Cheney and Allan Walker Cheney

• Annie Redfield and Abe Rhodes Artz Endowed Scholarship

• Kenneth Blackwell Scholarship Fund

• J. Blaine and Bertha S. Brown Endowed Scholarship

• John Christmas Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Kevin & Tina Blackwell Sponsored Scholarship

• C. Leland Byler Endowed Scholarship

• Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Clark Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Maj. Gen. Robert & Alice Ridgway Blount Drama Endowed Scholarship Fund

• C. Eugene Cain Endowment for Undergraduate Chemistry and Pre-med Research

• G. C. Clark Jr. & Frances R. Clark Scholarship

• Roy N. and Hallie L. Boggan Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• C. Eugene Cain PMTC Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Coca-Cola Foundation Minority Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Alfred Bourgeois Sponsored Scholarship

• A. Boyd Campbell Endowed Scholarship

• Kelly Gene Cook Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Cawthon A. and Nellie Sloss Bowen Endowed Scholarship

• James Boyd Campbell Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ella Lee Williams Cortright and Dorothy Louise Cortright Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Daniel S. Bowling, Jr. Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Charles Noel Carney Scholarship Fund

• Jesse and Ruth Brent Scholarship Fund

• Henry Elbert Chatham Environmental Studies Endowed Scholarship

• Pet and Randall Brewer Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. Elbert Alston Cheek and Son Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Asbury Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund • Burlie Bagley Endowed Scholarship Fund • Bailey Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Dorothy Bainton Endowment • Violet Khayat Baker Endowed Scholarship Fund • Michael J. "Duke" Barbee Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund • Professor Howard Bavender Scholarship Fund • Bell-Vincent Endowed Scholarship Fund • Bergmark Endowed Scholarship Fund • Dr. Robert E. Bergmark Endowed Schlolarship Fund

• W. H. Brewer Endowed Scholarship Fund

• George Caldwell Cortright Fund • Ira Sherman Cortright and Dorothy Louise Cortright Endowed Scholarship • Louise Vivian Cortright and Dorothy Louise Cortright Endowed Scholarship Fund

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• George Curtis Cortright Endowed Scholarship

• Richard D. and Marilyn D. Foxworth Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Clyde and Mary Hall Endowed Scholarship Fund

• J. Herman and Martha H. Hines Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. and Mrs. J. R. and Dr. E. H. Countiss Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Richard D. Foxworth Memorial Scholarship

• Maurice H. Hall, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Holloman Family Endowment

• Carol Covert Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Irene and S. H. Gaines Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Willard Hanson Sponsored Scholarship

• Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Crisler Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Marvin Galloway Scholarship Fund

• Ruma and Raju Haque MemoriaL Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Martha W. Gerald Scholarship Fund • Dr. T. M. Brownlee and Dan F. Crumpton Endowed Scholarship Fund • Helen Daniel Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund • Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Daniel Scholarship Fund • Davenport-Spiva Endowed Scholarship Fund • Tim Davis Memorial Sponsored Scholarship Fund • Bradley Morris Dew Endowed Scholarship Fund • Charles W. and Eloise T. Else Endowed Scholarship Fund • Endowed Scholarship in Religion • Robert L. Ezelle, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund • Faculty - Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Lilian Gladish Gibbes Sponsored Scholarship • Charles and Gigi Gibson Sponsored Scholarship Fund given in honor of Newt Reynolds and in memory of Coach Jim "Monty" Montgomery

• James E. Hardin Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• W. Troy Harkey Endowed Music Scholarship Fund • Professor George Lott Harrell Scholarship Fund

• Frances Holstein Gill Endowed Music Scholarship

• Martha Parks Harrison Endowed Scholarship Fund

• John T. Gober Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Harwell Performing Arts Scholarship

• Pattie Madgruder Sullivan Golding Endowed Scholarship Fund • N. J. Jr. and Jennie Carlisle Golding Endowed Scholarship Fund for the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of Methodist Ministers

• Albert L. and Florence O. Hopkins Scholarship Fund • Joseph W. Hough Endowed Scholarship Fund • Jonathan M. Huber Scholarship Fund

• Paul Douglas and Mary Giles Hardin Scholarship Fund

• Gildermaster Endowed Art Scholarship

• N. J. Golding Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ralph and Hazel Hon Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Rev. L.D. Haughton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund (given by Helen Murphy Marks and Gordon Sutton Marks) • Robert M. Herin Support Foundation Sponsored Scholarship • William Randolph Hearst Endowed Minority Scholarship Fund

• Dudley Hughes Endowment for Geology Internships • Kenneth Humphries Memorial Scholarship Fund • Joshua Thomas Hunt Scholarship Fund • Hurst Sponsored Scholarship Fund • International Sponsored Scholarship Fund • Harrell Freeman Jeanes, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund • Endowed Scholarship Fund for Jewish Students • Sponsored Scholarship Fund for Jewish Students • Wendell Johnson Memorial

• Karim E. Hederi Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ben Fatherree Bible Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Sanford Martin Graham PKA Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Rev. and Mrs. John Henderson Jolly Scholarship Fund

• Felder and Carruth Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Graves-Black Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Bernice Hederman Scholarship

• Beth Griffin Jones Adult Scholarship Endowment

• Dr. Marvin J. Few Scholarship Fund

• Cuple Works Gray Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Zach T. and Margaret Love Hederman Endowed Scholarship

• R. Cary Jones and Jessie Vic Jones Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Helene Brame Fleming Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Clara Barton Green Scholarship Fund

• Edward A. ’Buddy’ and Grace Locke Jordan Endowed Scholarship

• Fortenberry Endowment

• Warton Green Scholarship Fund

• John Pinkey and Wanda Alice McKee Henderson Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Fountain Family Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• John Guest Endowed Scholarship Fund

• John Paul Henry Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Hal T. and Doris B. Fowlkes Endowed Scholarship

• W. L. Gullett Sponsored Scholarship

• Matthew Robert Henry Endowed Theatre Scholarship Fund

• Nellie K. Hederi Scholarship Fund

• Dan and Rose Keel Scholarship Fund

• Fowlkes Sponsored Scholarship

• Haining Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

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• Hickson Family Foundation Sponsored Scholarship

• Rames Assad and Edward Assad Khayat Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund • Alvin Jon "Pop" King Endowed Music Scholarship Fund

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• Samuel Roscoe Knox Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Forest G., Maude McNease, and Rex Loftin Endowed Memorial Fund

• Millsaps United Methodist Bishops Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Marianne and Marion P. Parker Endowed Scholarship Fund

• John T. and Doris S. Lacey Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Susan Long Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Millsaps Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• William H. Parker Endowed Scholarship

• Rabian and Maude Lane Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Jim Lucas Endowed Scholarship Fund • Lucas Sponsored Scholarship

• Frank M. Laney Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ministerial Student Scholarship Aid Endowed Minority Scholarship Fund • Minority Student Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Francis and Emmanel Lundy Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Mitchell Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Mary Jane Mace Memorial Endowed Scholarship

• Mike and Estelle Mockbee Sponsored Scholarship

• Mary Elizabeth Nordin and Richard L. Lauderdale Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Magnolia Coullet Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Larry W. Moffett Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Norma C. Moore Lawrence Memorial Scholarship

• Lida Ellsberry Malone Scholarship Fund

• Robert D. and Alma Moreton Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Leake Family Sponsored Scholarship

• Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mars Endowed Scholarship Fund

• James Byron Morris and Deborah McAbee Sponsored Scholarship

• Robert and Marie May Endowed Scholarship Fund

• William Edward and Joan F. Morris Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Allison Coggin Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund

• McDonald Family Scholarship Fund

• E. L. Moyers Endowed Scholarship Fund

• S. Herschel Leech Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Joan B. McGinnis Endowed Scholarship

• Katherine Lefoldt Memorial Fund

• Langston Family Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• William George Peek Endowed Scholarship Fund • Randolph Peets, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund • Edward J. Pendergrass Scholarship Fund • Pittman Servant Leadership Scholarship • Emily J. Pointer Sponsored Scholarship Fund • J. B. Price Endowed Scholarship

• Mr. and Mrs. C. E. LeCornu Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. John Willard Leggett, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund • Thomas M. and Mary Morrison Lemly Endowed Scholarship • Fannie Buck Leonard Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund • Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Lester Scholarship Fund • Mary Sue Enochs Lewis Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Richard R. Priddy Endowed Scholarship Fund • Lillian Emily Benson Priddy Endowed Scholarship Fund • Kelly Mouzon Pylant Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Mary Miller Murry Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Tommy L. Ranager Scholarship Fund

• Clyde V. McKee Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Navy V-12 Memorial Scholarship Fund

• T. W. Rankin, Ford Fellowship Fund

• James Nicholas McLean Scholarship Fund

• Cooper Neill Adult Degree Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Lois P. Reed Endowed MBA Scholarship

• S. W. and Ella C. McClinton Endowed Scholarship Fund

• J. L. Neill Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Jane Bridges Renka Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Madeleine and James McMullan Tuition Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Harvey T. Newell, Jr. & T. Earl Watkins Scholarship Fund

• J. E. and Mildred Rhea Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Selby and Richard McRae Scholars Program

• Mary Maude Birmingham and Robert G. Nichols, Jr. Endowed Scholarship

• Myrt Naylor Rhaly Endowed Scholarship

• William Gregory Meadows Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Ida Noblin Sponsored Scholarship

• R. S. Ricketts Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Julia and T.W. Lewis Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Meeks Ford Teaching Fellowship Fund

• Reverend Arthur M. O’Neill Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Walton and Evelyn Lipscomb Endowed Scholarship Fund

• United Methodist Meridian Area District Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Janet and Luther Ott Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Mary H. Litton Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Arthur C. Miller Pre-Engineering Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Charlotte Murray Pace Endowed Scholarship Fund

• James J. Livesay Endowed Scholarship Fund

• William Webster and Lucille Martin Millsaps Endowed Art Scholarship

• Marty Paine Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. Walter Stevens Ridgway Sponsored Scholarship Fund • Ridgway Endowed Choral Music Scholarship Fund • Dr. William Emil and Alma Gollner Riecken Endowed Scholarship Fund • John R. Rimmer Sponsored Scholarship Fund

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• Robinson International Fellows Program

• Scott Schild Scholarship Fund

• Velma Jernigan Rodgers Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Edith and Brevik Schimmel Scholarship Fund

• Helen and Nat Rogers Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Charles Christopher Scott, III Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ralph B. Rogers Endowed Scholarship Fund • Thomas G. Ross M.D., Pre Med Endowed Scholarship Fund

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• Myriam McAllister Smith Endowed Scholarship Fund

• R. Mason Stricker Endowed Scholarship

• Marion L. and Mary Hanes Smith Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Mike P. Sturdivant Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Willie E. Smith Scholarship

• Drs. W.T.J. Sullivan and J. Magruder Sullivan and C. Caruthers Sullivan Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Jennifer Sorrells Fellowship Fund for Geophysical Research

• George W. Scott Scholarship

• Dr. Thomas R. Spell Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Mary Holloman Scott Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Thomas Spengler Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• James W. Searcy Scholarship Fund for Business Majors

• Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Stapp Memorial Scholarship Fund

• H. Lowery Rush, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Rasksha Sethi Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. Benjamin M. Stevens Endowed Scholarship Fund

• James R. Rush & Mary B. Rush Endowed Scholarship Fund

• William E. Shanks Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Daisy McLaurin Stevens Ford Fellowship Fund

• Richard O. Rush Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Robert Emmert Silverstein Scholarship Fund

• Henry and Betty Pope Stevens Scholarship Fund

• Paul Russell Scholarship Fund

• Simmons First National Corporation Endowed Scholarship Fund in Memory of W. E. Ayres, Jr.

• E. B. Stewart Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Harrylyn G. Sallis Endowed Scholarship for Adult Students

• Edna Earle Sumerlin Sponsored Scholarship • Charles E. Summer, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship • E. H. Sumners Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Jordy Rourke Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Silvio A. Sabatini M.D. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

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• Jonathan M. Sweat Music Endowment • Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tabb Endowed Scholarship Fund • Tatum Family Endowed Scholarship Fund • Rowan Taylor, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Fund • Tellus Operating Group, LLC Endowed Scholarship Fund

• E. Edward Stewart Scholarship Fund

• John Ed Thomas Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Ferris B. and Lou Strain Scholarship Fund

• William H. Tribette Endowed Scholarship Fund

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• Shirley Andrews Williams Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Mary Virginia Weems Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Earl T. Wilson Sponsored Scholarship

• Ned Welles Memorial Scholarship at Millsaps College

• F. Russel Turner Endowed Scholarship • United Methodist Church Endowed Scholarhship Fund • J. Murray and Sandra Rainwater Underwood Scholarship Fund • Dennis E. Vickers Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Vicksburg Hospital Medical Foundation Endowed Scholarship in honor of Emmett and Ellena Ward • Paul A. Warren and Dollie Mae Warren Scholarship Fund

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• Sam and Burnice Wittel Scholarship Fund

• Ned Welles Memorial Fund, Inc. Sponsored Scholarship

• James W. "Pete" Wood and Grace Cunningham Wood Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Marsha McCarty Wells Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Shelby and Thera Little Woodward Endowed Scholarship

• Benjamin and Mary M. Wells Endowed Scholarship

• YWCA Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Dr. Vernon Lane Wharton Scholarship Fund • Julian L. Wheless Endowed Scholarship • Milton C. White Scholarship Fund

• L. P. Wasson and Ella W. Wasson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund • W. H. Watkins Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Lettie Pate Whitehead Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• John Houston Wear, Jr. Foundation Sponsored Scholarship Fund

• Julian and Kathryn Wiener Endowed Scholarship Fund for the Enhancement of Premedical Education

• Col. Lynn H. Webb Endowed Scholarship

• E. F. Williams Sponsored Scholarship Fund

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2008–09 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Trustees Mr. Maurice H. Hall Jr., Chair Mrs. Joan Bailey The Rev. Warren C. Black Jr. Mr. A. Kevin Blackwell III Mr. Daniel S. Bowling The Rev. Steven W. Casteel Mr. Alveno N. Castilla Mr. James A. Coggin Mr. William R. Flatt Dr. Christina Glick Mrs. Monica S. Harrigill The Rev. Karen Koons Hayden Mr. Richard G. Hickson Jr. Mrs. Carolyn Hood The Rev. Vicki Loflin Hughes Mr. William R. James Mr. Archie C. Lamb Mr. R. Eason Leake Mr. Robert N. Leggett Jr. Mr. Harold C. Malchow

Mr. J. Con Maloney Jr. Rev. William T. McAlilly Mr. A. Jeff McDonald Mr. Timothy C. Medley Dr. Don Q. Mitchell Mr. P. Cooper Morrison The Rev. Luther S. Ott Dr. Vonda Reeves-Darby Mr. Thomas H. Rhoden Mr. C. R. Ridgway IV Mr. E. B. Robinson Jr. Mrs. Mary Todd Porter Sanders The Rev. Victoria Sizemore-Tandy Mr. Steven W. Smith Mr. J. Murray Underwood Mr. John C. Vaughey Bishop Hope Morgan Ward The Rev. Sue Yeager Whitt Mr. William G. Yates III

One-Year Advisory Status Mr. Paul T. Benton Mr. J. Thomas Fowlkes Mr. John L. Lindsey

Mr. Vaughan W. McRae Mr. Michael T. McRee

Life Trustees Mr. Gale L. Galloway Mr. J. Herman Hines Mr. William T. Jeanes Mr. Earle F. Jones Mr. Richard D. McRae Mr. Robert R. Morrison Jr.

Mr. Nat S. Rogers Mr. Tom B. Scott Jr. Mr. Mike P. Sturdivant Mr. Rowan H. Taylor Sr. Mrs. Leila Clark Wynn

Honorary Trustees Mrs. Carol Howie Allen Mrs. Martha H. Campbell Mrs. Elaine Crystal

Mr. Robert H. Dunlap Mr. Robert W. Pittman Mrs. Ruth C. Watson

This list reflects Trustees who served in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.

Contact Institutional Advancement Office of Institutional Advancement Millsaps College 1701 North State Street Jackson, MS 39210-0001 601-974-1023 866-974-1031 (toll-free) 601-974-1088 (fax) www.millsaps.edu For our Scholarships and Funds web page, go to: www.millsaps.edu/devoff/.

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Athletics Millsaps adds lacrosse, track and field to growing athletic department With the addition of men’s and women’s track and field in the spring of 2010 and men’s and women’s lacrosse in the spring of 2011, Millsaps College will now sponsor 18 NCAA Division III sports. “We have

Andy Till, back row, right, is the Majors’ first full-time cross country and track and field coach.

Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland, Till developed one of the most dominant cross country and track and field programs in the state. He led St. Andrew’s to 15 state championships, 48 individual state champions, and four state record holders. “I’m looking forward to the challenge of building a program that can compete among the best schools in the region,” he said. In addition to track, Millsaps will be the first college or university in Mississippi to add lacrosse as a conference-affiliated intercollegiate sport in the spring of 2011. Men’s lacrosse will become the eighth team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2011, making it an automatic qualifying conference into the NCAA men’s tournament, while women’s lacrosse will become the sixth team in the conference. Lacrosse, which has been a women’s club sport at Millsaps since 2005, is one of the fastest-growing high school sports. Between1997 and 2007, the sport showed a 200 percent growth, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. “The addition of lacrosse will make Millsaps College more attractive to prospective students who want to play the sport as part of their college experience,” said Dr. Brit Katz, vice president for student life and dean of students at Millsaps. “This will allow us to recruit students more competitively at the national level.” For more information about Millsaps College athletics, visit the website at www.gomajors.com.

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experienced great growth in the number of student-athletes competing at the College during the last few years,” said Tim Wise, B.A. 1989, athletic director at Millsaps. Andy Till has taken the reins of his first collegiate team and is the Majors’ first full-time cross country coach and track and field coach. A former coach at St.

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National Football Foundation honors Millsaps alumnus Millsaps alumnus Tim Millis recently joined Nike co-founders Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Billy Payne, and Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver as honorees at the National Football Foundation’s 52nd Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Millis received the Outstanding Football Official Award. “Tim Millis has devoted much of his life to our sport and protecting its integrity, and we are proud to honor him for his commitment to football officiating throughout the years,” said Steve Hatchell, president and chief executive officer of the National Football Foundation. “From working with him during his days at the Big 12, I can personally attest that his intellectual approach in the recruitment, evaluation, and authenticity of officiating elevated the game to a point that demanded all other conferences to follow; he set a new standard. Tim is a great friend to the game of football, and his class, hard work, and reputation are unparalleled.” Millis graduated from Millsaps in 1967 with an accounting degree and lettered as a linebacker and a fullback. He received the H.T. Newell Most Valuable Player Award in 1965 and was named Mississippi’s Outstanding College Player of the Year in 1966. He was inducted into the Millsaps Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

Millis worked for 17 years for the Internal Revenue Service before becoming a self-employed financial investigative consultant for 22 years. He lives in Wylie, Texas, and serves on the board of directors for the National Football Foundation’s Gridiron Club of Dallas. He and his wife Dianne have four children and eight grandchildren. Millis spent 13 years officiating games in Mississippi, Florida, and Texas including numerous playoffs and two state championship games. He is a life member of the Southwest Officials Association and received the Life Member Award from the Dallas Football Officials Association. His post-season assignments include the All-American Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Coca-Cola Bowl in Tokyo, Super

Bowl XXXIII, Super Bowl XXIX, the 2000 and 2002 NFC Championships, and the 1996 AFC Championship. He received the All American Football Foundation Butch Lambert Officials Award in 1997. “These types of awards are only possible when you work with and for good people, and I have been very fortunate in this regard,” Millis said. That group includes teammates, fans, supporters, and coaches during my playing days; the fellow officials, trainers, supervisors and coaches during the on-field officiating years. It also includes the officials (and their families) who worked for me when I was the supervisor of Big 12 officials, as well as the support personnel in the commissioner’s office and the universities’ coaches and athletic directors.” Millis said he credits coaches with contributing to his success. “Many coaches have played a prominent role in my success (playing the game, officiating, and supervising), and I am very grateful to them. It was sometimes difficult to determine if we were friends or foes, but that’s just part of the game that you accept. We continually try to improve.” He said his life as an official has been an extension of his playing days and that he became an official to stay involved in a sport that provided valuable lessons about life, lifelong friends, and a college education, Millis said. “I’m very fortunate that what started as an avocation turned into a vocation.”

—Jesse Yancy, freelance writer

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New members of the Millsaps College Sports Hall of Fame, who were inducted during Homecoming 2009, are from left, Nathan Guice, B.B.A. 1996, men’s soccer; Michele Biegel, B.B.A. 1998, women’s basketball; Hourman “Cowboy” Skinner, a long-time physical plant worker at Millsaps College and recipient of the Sam Knox Distinguished Service Award Winner; MeMe Soho Leonard, B.A. 1990, women’s soccer; and Wes Ingram, B.B.A. 1998, football.

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Else School of Management prepared graduate to become dean Dr. Tanuja Singh, a 1990 graduate of the Else School of Management at Millsaps College, is the new dean of the Bill Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. About 750 undergraduates and 175 M.B.A. students are enrolled in the school that began offering business classes in 1923. The Princeton Review ranked the school and its M.B.A. program in the top 10 nationally for “Greatest Opportunity for Women” in the latest edition of its publication, The

Best 301 Business Schools: 2010 Edition.

Singh, who was a graduate assistant to former Else School Dean Hugh Parker, wants to ensure that the school offers programs to meet the needs of a globally-connected economy. “It would be my goal to ensure that students graduating from the school of business have the necessary skills to be global business leaders in their own communities, no matter how small or large,” she said. She was chair of the department of marketing in the College of Business at Northern Illinois University before her

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appointment at St. Mary’s. Her research and expertise is in global and cross-cultural marketing strategies, electronic commerce, and public policy issues in marketing. Singh received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Allahabad in India, her M.B.A. from Millsaps, and a doctorate in business administration from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Active in the Academy of Marketing Science, Singh was program chair for the academy’s congress in Germany in 2005 and chaired the electronic and interactive marketing track for the World Marketing Congress in Oslo, Norway in 2009. Singh credits her preparation at Millsaps College with ensuring her acceptance into three of the five doctoral programs to which she applied. “The business program at Millsaps was cutting edge, and faculty credentials were stellar. Drs. Walter Neely, Ray Phelps, Hugh Parker, Carl Brooking, Ajay Aggarawal, and Ray Grubbs were particularly encouraging to me in my endeavors.” Aggarawal, associate professor of quantitative management, remembers Singh as “an awesome student, very sincere, brilliant in her reasoning, and very poised socially. She earned a 4.0 while at Millsaps.” Grubbs, professor of management, recalls that Singh was a dedicated student. “Her appointment as dean does not surprise me at all. She should do well leading the Bill Greehey School of Business,” he said. Singh said that the academic environment at Millsaps was “rigorous and demanding” and that her professors took interest in each student’s success. “My professors were accessible and caring, and provided excellent mentorship to students. I believe that during my time at Millsaps, I was able to develop as an individual, personally as well as professionally. I loved Millsaps and hope to be back some day,” she said.

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The Junior League of Jackson boasts impressive statistics. It is the eighth largest of 292 Junior Leagues in the world and has more than 2,000 active and sustaining members and a budget of about $1.2 million. League members will log more than 33,000 hours of community service to children and youth this year. Equally as impressive as those statistics is this one: During the last 69 years, 12 of the league’s presidents have been alumni of Millsaps College and countless other Millsaps alumnae have been and are league members. As league members and community volunteers, they are true to the College’s mantra of making a difference in the world. Crisler Boone, B.A. 1988, current league president, comes from a long line of Millsaps alumni. Her mother, Helen Cabell Moffat, graduated from Millsaps in 1964, and her grandmother, Helen Hargrave Cabell, was the 1935 Founder’s Medal winner, and later a Junior League president. Boone’s husband, Doug, received an M.B.A. from Millsaps in1994, and he and Crisler Boone’s father, Red Moffat, serve on the Millsaps Else School of Management Advisory Board. Crisler Boone was reared to value service to the community, and her years at Millsaps also stressed that. “Millsaps helped instill a sense of obligation and responsibility in me,” said Boone, who received her degree in business administration. “Through its liberal arts curriculum, Millsaps teaches one to think independently and be a creative problem solver. I was given many opportunities to work with others as a team and learn how to adapt to different work styles. This experience in teamwork has been invaluable in my role as president of the Junior League.”

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Crisler Boone and her grandmother, Helen Hargrave Cabell, are among Millsaps alumni who have provided leadership for the Junior League of Jackson, a volunteer organization focused on improving the lives of children and youth.

Boone’s grandmother, Helen Hargrave Cabell, a charter member of the Chi Omega chapter at Millsaps, said both the Junior League and Millsaps are long-time Jackson institutions. “The values and character that both organizations have stood for are still strong today,” said Cabell, age 94. “Millsaps always encouraged its students to support the community and get involved, and that is a trait that has remained within me since my time there many, many years ago.”

Jackson native Renee Ebner, B.A., 1992, served as league president in 20082009. The former Millsaps cheerleader and Chi Omega member said the concept of servitude is embedded in the Millsaps culture. “Not only does Millsaps prepare young people for service, it also provides students with countless tools for leadership,” she said. “I learned more about personal and social responsibility in my undergraduate years than in any other life

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experience. Millsaps taught me the value in teamwork and servant leadership.” The league partners with numerous organizations such as Stewpot Community Services, Operation Shoestring, Mission First, Habitat for Humanity, and many others where Millsaps students also volunteer. Dr. Patrick Taylor, associate professor of economics at the Else School of Management, said students and faculty of the MBA program and several undergraduate groups on campus have been involved in construction of three Habitat houses. Katie Collins, sponsor for Campus Ministry Team, said that Millsaps has a Habitat for Humanity Club that participates in home construction projects throughout the year. “Organizations such as Circle K, CMT, Wellspring, fraternities and sororities, and the Challenge program usually do at least one Habitat build a year. The Center for Ministry has already participated in a Habitat landscaping project with an interfaith group off campus and will partner with them again for a Habitat Blitz,” she said.

The Junior League of Jackson began with a small group of women, and since has grown into a powerhouse of an organization. It has made significant community contributions that include construction of the $2-million Mississippi Children’s Cancer Clinic, which serves as the foundation for the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. A current league project involves construction of the $24.5-million Mississippi Children’s Museum. The league’s primary fundraiser, Mistletoe Marketplace, celebrated its 29th anniversary in November. The three-day shopping extravaganza, the largest event of its kind in the Southeast, showcased more 160 merchants and attracted at least 35,000 shoppers. When asked what advice they have for community service-oriented students, Ebner and Boone share similar advice. “Find something that lights your fire or that you feel passionate about, and do what you can. Don’t dwell on what you can’t do,” Boone said. “Many times I have had the experience where I think I received

Millsaps provides leaders for Junior League of Jackson Renee Richardson Ebner, left, is among Millsaps alumnae, who have served as president of the Junior League of Jackson. Here is a list of alumnae and the years each served as president: • Crisler Moffat Boone, 2009-2010 • Renee Richardson Ebner, 2008-2009 • Sandra Murphy Shelson, 1999-2000 • Pat Goodman Ammons, 1993-1994 • Margaret Smith Lowery, 1978-1979 • Barbara Jones Cook, 1972-1973 • Frances Pat Patterson Walton,1969-1970 • Betty Hewes Scott,1955-1956 • Helen Hargrave Cabell, 1951-1952 • Letitia Chambers Withers, 1950-1951 • The late Carol Howie Allen, a Millsaps life trustee,1948-1949; • Catherine Jones Miller Thomas, 1942-1943 and1943-44

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more of a blessing than the person or group for whom I was doing the service.” “My advice for students is that they never underestimate the power that one person can make,” Ebner said. “Whether you volunteer at the local food bank, rock babies in the neo-natal unit at a hospital, or lead a large non-profit organization, you are making a difference. Everything I have given has come back to me ten-fold. There is no greater blessing than service.”

—Lisa Purdie

Q&A with chairman of Presidential Search Committee Tom Fowlkes serves as treasurer of the Millsaps College Board of Trustees and chairman of the Presidential Search Committee. He is a 1965 graduate of Millsaps College and has a law degree from the University of Virginia. He is active in business, law, and higher education, having served most recently as vice president of institutional advancement and visiting associate professor at Emory and Henry College. He and his wife, Donna, reside in Bristol, Va. What is the mission of the Presidential Search Committee?

The mandate to the Presidential Search Committee is to provide to the Millsaps College Board of Trustees the names of two to three presidential candidates— each qualified to be the next president of Millsaps College. The search committee will narrow the search to the point where

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we have a short unranked list of candidates who qualify in all respects to become president of Millsaps College, and we will recommend them to the Millsaps College Board of Trustees. Who serves on the search committee?

The search committee is designed to include important constituencies of the college including trustees, faculty, staff, students, and alumni. We have six trustees, six faculty members (selected by faculty to represent the Divisions of Arts and Letters, Sciences, and Business), a seniorlevel staff member, a second staff member, the president of the student body, and the president of the alumni association. Members of the Presidential Search Committee are: Trustees

Dan Bowling Warren Black Jim Coggin Tom Fowlkes Monica Harrigill Dr. Vonda Reeves-Darby Maurice Hall (ex officio) Faculty

Dr. Kimberly Gladden Burke Dr. Blakeley Fender Dr. Michael. Galaty Dr. Patrick Hopkins Dr. Julian Murchison Dr. Kristen Oertel Staff

Lou Burney Jim Page

College. We interviewed four firms, and Witt/Kieffer was the unanimous choice of the search firm selection committee, which was a committee formed exclusively for firm selection and is separate from the presidential search committee. Lucy Leske and Kate Will are the consultants from Witt/Kieffer who are working with Millsaps. Witt/Kieffer is an experienced firm with credible success placing the right president with the right college. What is the time frame for the presidential search?

Our intention is for a president to be in place by the end of this school year and ready to begin the academic year in the fall of 2010. An extensive position description for president and a college background document were developed in August and September and appropriate advertising was placed announcing position availability. Witt/Kieffer consultants attended the October board of trustees meeting to provide a progress report to the board. The search committee plans to invite an estimated four to eight qualified candidates to Jackson for face-to-face interviews with the entire committee in December. After we conclude these interviews, we will have a second round of interviews that we expect to take place in January with our finalists. After the second round of interviews, we expect to forward the names of two to three unranked finalist candidates to the board of trustees in January, with an offer to one candidate expected from the board of trustees as early as February 2010.

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Kate Will have indicated to me that we are dealing from a position of strength due to our national-caliber faculty and exceptional student profile. It is the consultants’ opinions that high-quality faculty and excellent students are two of the most important factors in attracting a top presidential candidate. I am also confident in the wellorganized, deliberate process that has been established by our consultants. In addition, we have gotten a lot of feedback from the Millsaps community that indicates a high level of confidence in the acting presidency of Howard McMillan. This gives the committee a secure feeling that enables us to take our time to find the right person for Millsaps College. The search committee can be deliberate and thorough in evaluating the candidates who will be forwarded to the board of trustees for final selection. You can read more about the presidential search at millsaps.edu.

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What response have we had so far to the search?

Maude DeLes Lancaster What firm has been secured to conduct the search of behalf of Millsaps College?

Witt/Kieffer, a nationally-renowned higher education search firm, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has been retained to conduct the presidential search for Millsaps

The search committee has received a number of applications from impressive candidates. In the pool of candidates are strong leaders of different backgrounds who possess the ability to lead this institution, meeting the challenges it faces and taking advantage of the opportunities it has. Our consultants Lucy Leske and

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Dr. Willis Britt, B.A. 1968, has been named

of the Rotary Club of Poplarville, received the Rotary International Service Above Self Award at the district conference May 7-9, 2009 in Bay St. Louis. Recipients are recognized for exemplary service for personal volunteer efforts and involvement in helping others. Alexander was recognized for developing safe harbor camps for children who lived in temporary trailer communities in Poplarville after Hurricane Katrina. He continues to work on a medical screening, referral, and treatment program for children in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

academic dean of the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies, sponsored by Educational Opportunities. He recently retired after 45 years of ministry in the Mississippi Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. His last appointment was to the West Jackson District as district superintendent.

1959 William Kerr, B.A. 1959, of Ponte Vedra,

Fla., author of The NewYork Times bestselling novel Path of the Golden Dragon and the award-winning Death’s Bright Angel, announces publication of the sixth in his “Matt Berkeley” suspense/thriller series, Mark of the Devil, published by Medallion Press. Using experience gained during his 25-year navy career and as an expert scuba diver, Kerr’s latest novel features the Berkeley character in the most dramatic and challenging episode of his career. Kerr, a retired navy captain, and his wife, Rebecca, enjoy diving the waters off the Florida Keys and around the Caribbean; the hobby has helped him add realism to dive scenes in several of his novels.

1967 Mary Beth Coker, B.A. 1967, married

James C. Filson on June 15 at the Sebastiani Vineyard and Winery in Sonoma, Calif. They reside in Dayton, Ohio. She plans to continue using her maiden name.

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1969 Frank McEachern,

Dr. Kenneth R. Jones, B.S. 1980, is the national program director for Weight Management/MOVE in Durham, N.C. The editor-in-chief for the peer-reviewed journal, Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care, recently interviewed Jones about MOVE!, a weight management program for veterans that Jones directs for the Veterans Health Administration. His interview was featured in The Experts Speak series.

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B.S. 1969, of Dallas was among Jackson Walker lawyers selected as

Jeff Reynolds,

B. S. 1982, and Rebecca Taylor Reynolds of Jackson announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Jane Reynolds, on June 5.

Best Lawyers in America 2010. Best Lawyers in America is the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Dr. Anthony Champagne, B.A. 1969,

recently received a $30,000 teaching award given by the University of Texas System Board of Regents. He is a professor of political science at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is co-author of the recently published book, The Austin/

Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989.

1983 Dr. Vicki Murrell,

B.A. 1983, is the new assistant dean of distance education for the University of Memphis. She is responsible for the creation, development, expansion, implementation, and support of distance learning courses offered by the university and through the Tennessee Board of Regents Online

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Degree Program. In addition to publishing and presenting on the topic of distance education, she has been a distance learner herself and has taught online classes. She was one of the first employees at the university to address the issue of integrating technology into the classroom and she has worked with University of Memphis faculty to incorporate online technologies into their teaching. Murrell has a Ph.D. degree in educational psychology and research and a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Memphis. Murrell’s husband is Dan. H. Murrell, B.A. 1982.

1984 Dr. Ben Wynne, B.B.A. 1984, recently

edited and wrote the introduction and annotations for The Personal Observations

of a Man of Intelligence: Notes of a Tour of North America in 1861 (Lambertville, NJ: The True Bill Press, 2009). The book is the first public issue of the 1861 memoir of Sir James Fergusson, a British politician who toured both the North and the South during the Civil War’s early stages and recorded his observations. Wynne is assistant professor of history at Gainesville State College in Georgia.

1985 Dr. Mark Mitchell, B.S. 1985, was recently

appointed president of the West Division at Schumacher Group in Lafayette, La. He has oversight of more than 60 hospitals in five Schumacher Group regions in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Washington. He also serves as executive vice president of medical informatics.

1988 David M. Bonner Jr., B.A. 1988, and wife, Christine, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., announce the birth of their fraternal twin daughters, Chelsea Elisabeth Bonner and Olivia Snowden Bonner, on Feb. 3.

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of Hattiesburg. Barrick is a member of the Mississippi Figure Skating Club and the Rankin County Phi Mu Alumnae Chapter.

1994 Douglas R. Boone,

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1989 Walter Wood Jr., M.B.A 1989, executive

director of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, was recently recognized by the Department of Youth Services Board and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley as the longest continuously serving state juvenile corrections executive. Wood received resolutions from the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate and was presented the Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service to Alabama. He was recognized for leadership in transforming the Department of Youth Service so there is a stronger treatment base and community involvement in juvenile treatment programming. Wood has served on the board of directors of the National Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators and as chairman of the National Commission on Professional Certification in Corrections.

1992 Shawn Barrick,

B.S. 1992, of Brandon, participated in the 2009 Adult Nationals Figure Skating Competition in October in Lake Placid, N.Y. Barrick won numerous awards in individual competition and also in events skated with partner, Karan Chinn

M.B.A. 1994, is president of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, which allows donors to establish permanent giving funds while making a long-term, positive impact in Hinds, Jackson, and Madison counties. Boone has 20 years of experience as an associate partner and project manager with IBM. He serves as president of the board of Operation Shoestring. He received the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2008. He has worked with Habitat for Humanity, the Jackson Zoo, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other organizations. He and his wife, Crisler Moffat Boone, B.A, 1988, have two children. Dr. Cynthia Dee Weems, B.A. 1994, is lead pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Miami. She lives in Miami with her husband, Amauri Silva, and children.

1995 Siblings Rachel Barham,

B.A., 1999, and Winston Barham, B.A., 1995, presented a song recital in memory of their father, Rev. Ron Barham, B.A. 1965, at his home church, Poplar

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Springs Drive United Methodist Church in Meridian, in July. Proceeds from the concert benefited the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Rachel Barham is a classical singer based in Washington, D.C., and Winston Barham is a pianist and organ accompanist based in Charlottesville, Va. The artists are pictured with their aunt, Janet Vance Barham, B.A. 1967, and uncle, Robert Barham.

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1996 Deedre Coll, B.A. 1996, and Jim Coll of Hattiesburg announce the birth of their daughter, Anna Grace Coll, on March 11. J. Brian Gomillion, B.S. 1996, was elected

to a four-year term as an alderman in Walnut Grove. Gomillion is director of special projects and communications for Central Electric Power Association in Carthage. In June, Brian also obtained his broker’s license from the Mississippi Real Estate Commission and is a broker associate with Britt Barnes Realty Group.

1997 Chip Gibbes, B.S. 1997, was awarded

the Appraisal Institute’s prestigious MAI designation after a seven-year process. He is a three-year delegate of the Appraisal Institute’s Leadership Development and Advisor Council in Washington, D.C., for which he was selected to be one of four discussion leaders at the 2010 Council. The Leadership and Advisor Council is an annual conference consisting of more than100 delegates organized to lobby Capital Hill and serve as an advisory arm to the Appraisal Institute’s National Board of Directors.

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Michael Fontain, B.A.

FunnyWords in Plautine Comedy,

published by Oxford University Press in October. The book deals with jokes and puns in Latin literature from Rome’s earliest poet, Plautus, who lived from about 254 - 184 BC. He has appeared this fall on the History Channel as a speaker in the series Clash of the Gods. He received a Ph.D. in Classics from Brown University in 2003 and has been an assistant professor at Cornell University in the Department of Classics since 2004. comedy

Walter May,

B.A., 1998, received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies with a concentration in higher education on May 9 from Georgia State University. His doctoral dissertation, titled “Student Governance: A Qualitative Study of Leadership in a Student Government Association,” examined the experiences of students who served as student government association presidents. He is the assistant dean of students and director of student activities at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga. He is married to Eloise Harris, B.S. 1997, who recently took a position as the director of commercial leasing attorney for Goodwill of North Georgia. They have one daughter, Eloise “Ella” Tenney May, born on July 24, 2007.

Dr. Joshua F. Phillips, B.S. 1998, recently completed a fellowship in allergy and immunology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and moved to Madison in July. He is practicing at Mississippi Asthma and Allergy Clinic, which has offices in Jackson, Ridgeland, and Meridian. He married Jana L. Wright on May 22 at Luckett Lodge in Brandon. She is a physician completing her residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in internal medicine. Molly Paolicelli, B.A. 1998, and David Paolicelli of Alexandria, Va., announce the birth of their son, Cooper Davidson Paolicelli, on Oct. 6, 2008. Molly is an ESOL teacher with Fairfax County public schools, and David is a senior vice president at Innovatech Inc. Latanishia D. Watters, B.A.

1998, a lawyer with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker in Birmingham, is assistant diversity director of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division for 2009 and 2010. Watters served in 2008 as president of the Magic City Bar Association and currently serves as chair of the Birmingham Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee and Alabama/ Georgia district representative to the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. Watters was named a 2008-2009 TIPS NOW! fellow by the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. Watters serves on the Girls, Inc. Committee of 25 and the American Cancer Society Board of Ambassadors. She was recently named as one of Birmingham’s Most Influential in the second edition of Who’s Who In Black

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Birmingham, published by Briscoe Media Group. She is in the 2009- 2010 class of Leadership Birmingham.

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Laura Moore Pruett, B.A.

1998, and husband, David, of Boston, announce the birth of their son, Alexander Kilian Pruett, on April 22.

1999 Michael Barham, B.A. 1999, was ordained

a priest on Dec. 6, 2008 at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. He serves as associate rector at the Parish of St. Clement in Honolulu. Dr. Sarah Richie, B.S. 1999, has joined Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis as a clinical neuropsychologist and assistant director of training at the Center for Pediatric Neuropsychology. She is an attending neuropsychologist for the epilepsy monitoring unit and is involved in research projects studying autism and epilepsy. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Mississippi and completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology with pediatric and adult populations. She is clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and adjunct professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Mississippi.

Natica “Nikki” Chapman, B.A.

1999, were married on April 25 in Gulfport. Nikki works as a staff attorney for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Jackson, and Andrew is an associate in the law firm of Hawkins, Stracener & Gibson in Jackson. Dr. Stacy Reynolds-Case, B.A. 2000, received her Ph.D. in linguistics from Louisiana State University in May. She accepted a position as assistant professor of Spanish at Louisiana Tech University. Stacy lives with her husband, Jason Case, and two sons in Downsville, La. Erica Adkins Sweeney,

B.A. 2000, and Adam Sweeney, B.A. 2001, announce the birth of their son, John Asher Sweeney, on June 26.

2001 Natalie Hebert Barranco, B.S.

2001, is chief financial officer of Calco Travel and Hotard Coaches based in Geismar, La. Calco Travel and

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Hotard Coaches are two of the largest motorcoach companies in the region, have been in business for more than 50 years, and employ more than140 people. Natalie earned her M.B.A. in 2006 from Tulane University and completed her C.P.A. certification in 2008. She is married to John Barranco, director of sales for Cox Sports Regional Television. The couple live in suburban New Orleans. Rebecca Reed Bodenhamer,

B.A. 2001, and Reynolds Bodenhamer, B.A. 2002, of Gulfport announce the birth of their son, Henry Reed, on Aug. 12, 2008. Michelle Clingan Waits, B.S. 2001, and

Samuel J. Waits Jr., of Saltillo announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Claudia, on Feb. 3. Annah Marshall Joseph, B.A.

2001, and John Joseph IV announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Claire Joseph, on May 12.

Ben Witt, B.A. 2001, and wife, Dr. Amanda (Coody) Witt, B.S. 2002, of

Richardson, Texas announce the birth of their son, David Nathaniel Witt, on July 27. Amanda is chief resident at Baylor Hospital in Dallas in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Ben is a GIS analyst (computer mapping) in the natural gas pipeline industry.

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as an associate in Global Corporate Foreign Exchange at Citigroup. Denise Perry Barrett,

B.A.2002, and Matthew Barrett, B.S.2003, announce the birth of their son, Keenan McCarthy Barrett, on Feb. 7. Gary Eeds, B.S. 2002, and Angela Payne Eeds, B.S. 2001, of Nashville announce

the birth of their son, Isaac David Eeds, on Feb. 11. Gary is a business analyst specialist at Link2Gov, a Metavante Company. Angela recently completed her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University and is an instructor at the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt. Sarah Martin,

B.A. 2002, and Brandon Hall were married on July 25 at First United Methodist Church in Dallas. The reception was at Arlington Hall at Lee Park. The wedding party included Elizabeth Bertuccini Green, B.A. 2002, matron of honor; Tara Chauffe Boland, B.S. 2002, bridesmaid; and Colleen Graham Martel, B.S. 2002, bridesmaid. Laura Smallwood Forbes, B.S. 2003, was a member of the house party. Blair Burnside, B.A. 2002, and wife,

Margaret, announce the birth of their son, Blair Hays Burnside II, on Aug. 4. Lawrence Ou, B.B.A. 2002, graduated from the M.B.A. program at Columbia Business School in New York City. He works

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2003 Robika Modak, B.A.2003, and John Erik Mylroie, B.S. 2005, were married on June

13 in Tupelo at the Hilton Garden Inn. Matthew Marston, B.A. 2005, was the celebrant of the service. Jennifer Wilson Schiro, B.S.2003, and Shadia Slaieh, B.B.A. 2003, were bridesmaids. Leif Mylroie, B.S. 2006; Akram Al-Turk, B.S. 2003; Sumon Bhowmick, B.S.2002; and Prasad Vasamsetti, B.S. 2001, were groomsmen. John Kueven, B.B.A. 2005, and Brad Paulk, B.S. 2004, were ushers. Sarah Davis Paul, B.S. 2003, provided a slide show for the festivities.

2004 Gwendolyn Kayce Cotten,

B.A., 2004 and Jeffery Alan Smith were married on March 21 at Whitefield Chapel in Savannah, Ga. Bridesmaids included Joye Cox Anestis, B.A. 2004; Margaret Yoste, B.B.A. 2004; and Betsy Staby, B.B.A. 2004. After their honeymoon to Riviera Maya, Mexico, the couple lives in Atlanta where Kayce is an admissions representative with Gwinnett College, and Alan is a senior telecom consultant with Amdocs, Inc. Adam Cook, B.B.A. 2004, is administrator

of the Pediatric Transplant Center at Children’s Hospital Boston. Children’s Hospital Boston is the primary pediatric teaching facility of Harvard Medical School and is home to the world’s largest research enterprise at a pediatric medical center.

Geoffrey Provost Stone, B.S. 2004,

graduated from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile on May 9. He is a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of South Alabama Hospital System, Mobile.

2005 H. Paige Henderson,

B.S. 2005, of Ripley, Tenn., married John Barr Biglane on April 18 in Natchez. Former Millsaps Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Donald P. Fortenberry, B.A. 1962, officiated at the ceremony, and Jason Domingo Jarin, B.S.

2006, read scripture. Bridesmaids included Zandria LaJuan Ivy, B.A. 2005; Jessica L. Knight, B.A. 2004; Crickett MaryChristine Nicovich, B.A. 2005; Kimberly Elizabeth Petkovich, B.S. 2005; and Jana Santoro Williams, B.B.A. 2005. Groomsmen included Joseph Preston Francis, B.B.A. 2003 and M.B.A. 2006, and Ryan Joseph O’Beirne, B.A. 2003. Attending the house party were Kayla Renee Anthony, B.A. 2005; Emily Powers Cobb, B.A. 2005; Randi Cline Green, B.S. 2005; Eleanore Davies Kelly, B.A. 2005; and Kelly Maddox Walker, B.S. 2005. Paige received a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is a law student at Mississippi College School of Law. Barr is an internal medicine resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. R. John Sawyer, II, B.A. 2005, a doctoral

student of counseling psychology in the College of Education of the University of Memphis, applied for and received a grant for $299,062 to fund youth workers and promote career and work development in young adults ages18-24.

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master’s degree in clinical psychology from Saint Louis University in St. Louis. He is working on his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Saint Louis University and expects to receive that degree in the summer of 2011. Sarah Wilkinson,

B.A. 2005, received a one-year policy fellowship from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health in Austin, Texas. Her duties include researching policy issues, drafting reports, tracking and analyzing trends in federal and state mental health policies, and helping to plan and implement policy-related projects and grants. Before joining the foundation, Wilkinson interned full time with Texas Representative Elliott Naishtat during

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B.A. 2009, and Stephen Holland Ludlam were married on June 6 at First United Methodist Church in Corinth. Bridesmaids included Elizabeth Lancaster, a junior at Millsaps; Kayla Ann Richard, B.A. 2009; Megan Catherine Maher, B.S. 2009; Mary Rogers Sorey, B.S. 2009; Anna Coleman Sweat, B.A. 2009; and Laura Ann Rodriguez, B.S. 2009. Darrington teaches third grade in the Senatobia Municipal School District. The couple lives in Batesville. Parents of the bride are Kenneth Neal Lancaster, B.B.A.1984, and Maud DeLes Gober Lancaster, B.Ed.1984.

Sarah Bounds, B.S. 2007, and Benjamin Robichaux, B.A. 2007 and MBA 2008,

are medical students at Tulane University School of Medicine. Erin Wright, B.B.A. 2007, recently relocated to Columbus, Ohio to accept the title of Senior Client Sales Coordinator at Alliance Data, which has 7,000 employees worldwide.

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Ann Pullen King, 1934, of Birmingham

May 1976 and was awarded an honorary degree. He was Millsaps Alumnus of the Year in 1982.

Anna Rae Wolfe Lloyd, 1943, of Jackson,

died on April 15, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Phi Mu. Martha Nelson Gordon, 1938, of Florence

Harold Allen Rankin Sr., B.A.1941, of

Charles L. Scott, B.A.1943, of Jackson died

died Sept. 22, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Chi Omega.

Cordova, Tenn. died Feb. 11, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Kappa Sigma and Millsaps Singers.

May 9, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Kappa Alpha.

Ethel Valerie Wall Campbell Mills, 1938,

died June 1, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a Chi Omega.

Fannie Haughton Robley, 1945, of

of Jackson died Sept. 22, 2009.

Margaret Johnson Mansell, 1941, of

Edwin Lowther, Sr., 1940, of Flora died

Jackson died Aug. 14, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Beta Sigma Omicron.

Oct. 13, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member Pi Kappa Alpha.

Sykesville, Md. died Aug. 26, 2009. She was a member of Phi Mu and Sigma Lambda, and a contributor to the Purple & White. Connie L. Herlong, 1946, of Kingsport,

Tenn. died on Feb. 23, 2008. At Millsaps, she was a member of Kappa Delta. James W. Hoppers, 1947, of Jackson,

Tenn. died on Nov. 7, 2008. At Millsaps, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. John Ballard Breazeale, B.S. 1947, of

Houston, Texas died on June 6, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Theta Nu Sigma. Almon Cecil â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cesâ&#x20AC;? Hartson, 1947, of Fort

Pierce, Fla. died Aug. 4, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a Lambda Chi Alpha. Aven Patterson Miller Jr., 1947, of

Everett, Wash. died Nov. 16, 2008. At Millsaps, he was a Kappa Sigma. Henry G. Lutrick Jr., B.S. 1948, of

Cleveland died July 21, 2009. Dowe G. Wilson, 1948, of Atlanta died Feb. David Herbert Donald, B.A. 1941,

Mary Joe Currie Thompson, B.M. 1942,

of Lincoln, Mass., died May 17, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of the literary group Kit Kat, the International Relations Club, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, the Dramatics Club, the Debate Club, the Education Club, the Y.M.C.A., and the band. He was selected for membership in Eta Sigma and Pi Kappa Delta. He worked as a student assistant in the History Department. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he gave the commencement address at Millsaps in

of Raleigh died July 2, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Beta Sigma Omicron.

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Edward Swayze Fleming, B.S. 1942, of

Jackson died July 31, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Kappa Sigma and was on the baseball team. Jean Kelly Barnett Gould, B.A. 1943,

of Brewster, Mass. died April 4, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Phi Mu.

11, 2008. Rev. Robert B. Winter, B.S. 1949, of

Conway, Ark. died July 15, 2009. John A. Neill Sr., 1949, of Laurel, died May

23, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. Jeanne Fern Tanet Weller, B.S. 1950, of

Loranger, La. died on July 16, 2008.

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Dr. John “Jack” Elton Rawson, B.S.

Knoxville, Tenn. died Sept. 10, 2009. At Millsaps, she was a member of Chi Omega.

1960, of Madison died April 15, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a Kappa Sigma and a Millsaps Singers member. He majored in chemistry.

Turner Cassity, B.A. 1951, of Decatur,

Ga. died July 26, 2009. At Millsaps, he was an English major and a member of Kappa Alpha, Kit Kat, The Scribblers, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Who’s Who. He was president of Eta Sigma Phi. He received an honorary degree from Millsaps in 2003.

Jose Raul Fernandez, B.A.1962, of Villa

Rica, Ga. died Dec. 29, 2008. At Millsaps, he was a member of Alpha Psi Omega and the Chapel Choir. Dr. Melvyn Lee Smith, B.A. 1964, of

Louis H. Ball, B.S.1952, of Jacksonville, Fla.

died May 28, 2009. Charles R. Sommers, B.S. 1953, of

Brandon died Aug. 9, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. Dr. Clayton Justice Overton, Jr., B.S. 1954,

of Covington, La. died June 27, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a member of Kappa Alpha and graduated with honors. Dr. George Douglas Cain, B.S. 1959, of

Houston, Texas died June 14, 2009. At Millsaps, he was a chemistry major and vice president of Alpha Epsilon Delta.

Houston, Texas died April 12, 2009. He received a double major in mathematics and philosophy and graduated with honors. At Millsaps, he was captain of the football team and a Concert Choir member. He was inducted into the College’s Football Hall of Fame. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar. Jason Mogabgab, B.A. 1996, of Covington,

La. died Aug. 29, 2009. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and the baseball and football teams.

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Friends Ruth Bernice Williams Nicholson of

Jackson died Sept. 2, 2009. Her three daughters honored her and her husband with the establishment of the Nicholson Garden at Millsaps College in 2004. Nicholson’s daughters are Jean Nicholson Medley, B.A. 1968; Linda Nicholson Bartling, B.A. 1970; and Nancy Nicholson, B.A. 1974.

Faculty Dr. Judith Krabbe of Jackson, a former

professor of Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit in classical studies at Millsaps, died Sept. 4,2009. During her career of teaching, she wrote two books on the Roman poet Apuleius as well as a textbook on Sanskrit.

Any submission for In Memorium received after Sept. 7, 2009 will appear in the next issue of Millsaps Magazine.

Joseph Adam Malin, 2008, of New

Orleans died July 10, 2009.

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Dr. Neal Bond Fleming Former Chairman of Religion Department, Philosophy Department

"His courses were recognized as among the most challenging offered at the College. Yet, students loved him and later remembered him as their favorite teacher."

Dr. Neal Bond Fleming, a Millsaps professor from 1945 until 1962 who influenced the lives of many students, died on June 27 in Atlanta. He was 99. Fleming was a professor and chair of the Religion Department at the College and then of the Philosophy Department when the two departments were separate. Fleming said his years at Millsaps were a time of development for himself and the students he taught. “It would be impossible to say just which courses I enjoyed most,” Fleming wrote in his memoir, Of Me and My Family. Fleming’s daughter, Mary Dell Fleming Palazzolo, B.A. 1964, presented the MillsapsWilson Library a copy of her father’s memoir in 2007. Fleming and his wife, Mary Louise, established a book fund in 1995 in honor of their eldest daughter and sent an annual gift to the College in memory of their time at Millsaps. In 2006, a group of Millsaps alumni from the early 1950s met in Tupelo for lunch, and their time together led to the establishment of a one-time sponsored scholarship in Fleming’s honor. While at Millsaps, Fleming and his family lived on Faculty Row. “We enjoyed living there, and we love the place,” Fleming said in the 2007 Millsaps Magazine interview. “People there were so friendly…That’s what I like most.” Gayle Graham Yates, B.A. 1961, said Fleming was a beloved and appreciated professor of philosophy at Millsaps. “Dr. Fleming was Millsaps College to me and to many of my contemporaries,” she said, recalling that Fleming’s oldest daughter Dell was her Chi Omega little sister. Dr. T. W. Lewis III, emeritus professor of religion at Millsaps, said he was fortunate to know Fleming first as a professor and later as a faculty colleague. “His courses were recognized as among the most challenging offered at the College. Yet, students loved him and later remembered him as their favorite teacher. His dry wit and good humor complemented the gentle severity of his teaching style, which was so obviously Socratic,” he said. “The student always felt his personal concern and understood his office was a place of welcome. He followed his students’ careers with interest, and even in his later years they could receive a phone call with congratulations on some event or achievement in their lives.” Lewis recalled that Fleming and his wife took time to welcome him when he became a faculty member of the College. “Bond and Mary Louise were the first to pay Julia and me a visit at our apartment. They came to assure us of their welcome, and Bond especially expressed his support,” he said. “On more than one occasion he would take time to encourage this young faculty member in his first year in college teaching. In that respect he embodied the spirit I came to know and treasure as a member of the Millsaps faculty.” Fleming earned a bachelor of arts in 1933 and a bachelor of divinity in 1936 from Emory University, working as many as seven jobs to pay for his education. He completed a Ph.D. at Boston University. After he left Millsaps as a faculty member, Fleming became dean of Centenary College. In 1966, the Flemings settled in Oxford, Ga., where he was dean of Oxford College of Emory University.

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Dr. Jonathan Sweat Former Music Professor Dr. Jonathan “Jack” Sweat, a mainstay of the Millsaps music program for 38 years, died April 14. “Dr. Sweat was a much loved music professor at Millsaps College,” said Dr. Tim Coker, chair of the Department of Performing Arts at Millsaps. “His piano recitals, Heritage lectures, and studio lessons formed an important focus for music study at Millsaps College for more than three decades. A true Southern gentleman in the best sense, he was most courteous and thoughtful about peers and students. His graceful, genteel spirit will be greatly missed.” A native of Corinth, Sweat began the study of piano at an early age. After service in the military, he attended The Juilliard School of Music, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano. He taught at Elon College in North Carolina before being appointed associate professor of music at Millsaps in 1958. From 1963 until 1966, he pursued a doctoral degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on a fellowship from the Danforth Foundation. He was one of 50 college teachers chosen for the award from among 1,000 applicants. He received the doctor of musical arts degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan in 1967. Sweat returned to full-time teaching at Millsaps in 1966 and was among faculty members involved in launching the Heritage Program in the 1960s. For 27 years, he introduced students to the musical heritage of the West through demonstration-lectures that were a combination of performance and exposition. He served at various times as chairman of the Music Department, chairman of the Fine Arts Division, and chairman of the Humanities Division. He gave many performances as solo recitalist, chamber music performer, accompanist, and orchestral soloist. In 1977, he was named Distinguished Professor at Millsaps. In 1994, he was honored by the John N. Palmer Music Foundation with the establishment of the Jonathan Sweat Music Endowment, which provides scholarships for talented students. Upon his retirement as a full-time faculty member in 1996, Millsaps honored Sweat by presenting him in concert with the members of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Tim Coker directed the concert. From 1996 until 2000, Sweat served as an adjunct professor of music. He taught studio piano and lectured for the Heritage Program and performed with Dr. Cheryl Coker, associate professor of music at Millsaps.

"His piano recitals, Heritage lectures, and studio lessons formed an important focus for music study at Millsaps College for more than three decades."

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One Campus, One Community breathes life into North Midtown

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“How would you like to see us get involved?” It’s a Friday afternoon, and four Millsaps students and I pose this question to the principal at Brown Elementary School, which is about a five-minute drive from Millsaps. The principal points to a lack of physical education at the school and says it would be great if we could create a program geared toward physical activity. “I’m on the college’s athletic leadership committee, and we’re looking for ways to get involved in community service,” pipes in Millsaps sophomore Amy Patterson. We brainstorm other ways to connect at the place where, as writer and theologian Frederick Buechner says, “your deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.” Perhaps pre-med students could present health and wellness lessons, and art majors could facilitate activities in the afterschool program or help teachers display student artwork.

We’re the connectors, the feelers, the liaisons, the facilitators.We’re not an insular organization, but rather, a campus-wide initiative with centrifugal energies. I find myself saying these words almost daily as I describe the role of One Campus, One Community, a grassroots program that grew from the Millsaps Faith & Work Initiative, in concert with the Office of the Chaplain, Volunteer Center, and the Division of Student Life. The mission of One Campus, One Community is to breathe new life into community service at Millsaps by building partnerships between the College and North Midtown—our low-income neighbors across West Street—and kindergarten through twelfth grade education communities. One Campus, One Community fellows help build capacity in our neighboring community and in the student volunteers who work there. We stress going beyond benefactor-recipient models of relationship toward mutual service and transformation. I spend half the week at the non-profit agency Parents for Public Schools and the other half on campus leading and mentoring Millsaps students committed to making connections in the community. My year-long fellowship leads me into dialogue about the role of race in education, the policymakers behind education, and the importance of parent engagement. My fellowship also brings me into our neighborhood’s public schools where I collaborate with parents, educators, and students. I’m learning how to work with people and connect with them. I’ve learned that my community and the city that I claim as my own does not end at West Street and neither do my friendships and love. I’ve learned that my life’s work, the place where my deep gladness meets the world’s deep need, will always involve strengthening community. Building lasting relationships between Millsaps and the community—that’s our goal. That’s how our work continues when our fellowship ends.

Catherine Schmidt, B.A. 2009, is aVISTA and One Campus, One Community AmeriCorps fellow.

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