Luncheon Program
University of Montevallo February 8, 2013 , 12 p.m., Anna Irvin Dining Hall
Purple Side Song [TUNE: THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG] WORDS: MARGARET HAMNER UTLEY ’52
WELCOME Welcome to Homecoming 2014! This year’s theme, One University, One Community, One Family, recognizes the support of the entire Montevallo community. We are so fortunate to be part of a wonderful university that recognizes the value of its alumni and community. We are indeed one family. This is the place where we all belong. I encourage you to enjoy your visit this weekend and take advantage of all of the activities. The classes of 1944, 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994, and 2004 are celebrating milestones this year. We are appreciative of the open hand extended to all of us this weekend and of the work of so many to make this Homecoming special. Jim Methvin ’73 UMNAA President
Alma Mater WORDS: VIRGINIA POWELL FIGH ’48 MUSIC: LUCY LYNN UNDERWOOD ’54
Alma Mater, ever glorious, Seeking Right and Freedom’s way, Raise a beacon high to guide us: Shed thy light afar, we pray. Sons and daughters sing thy praises, Steadfast virtues win thee fame, May the years be rich and fruitful, Truth and Honor crown thy name.
In the town of Montevallo there’s a side we love so well. It’s the place where Purple spirit always dwells. Sing the Purples to our leaders, With our voices raised on high, And the magic of our singing casts a spell, Yes, the magic of our singing to the side we love so well. You can hear us in the morning and the night. We will serenade our leaders, For we took the sacred vow. Then we’ll pass and be forgotten like the rest. We’re loyal Purples, who love our side, Purple Pride! We will explain why we feel this way, Purple Pride! Purple pepsters sing with glee. Show your blood is royalty. Lord have mercy and it will be ... Vic-to-ry.
Gold Side Song [TUNE: AN OLD ENGLISH ROUND] WORDS: PATRICK SESSIONS ’00
We are a symphony With our hearts in perfect harmony We’ll make a melody That we can’t make separately We are black and gold Love will guide us, it will see us through New, old, loyal Golds This our song we’ll never be through Don’t think that we will ever stop singing Because a song in our hearts is ringing A song of joy that binds us together This is a song that we’ll sing forever Boom! Sha la la Boom! Sha la la Boom! Sha la la [TUNE: AN OLD ENGLISH ROUND] WORDS: BARBARA LONG CURTIS ’54
Hey, Ho, Loyal Gold. Stop and look and listen to our chant. Soon we will have won a Golden Victory. Hey, Ho, Loyal Gold. [Repeat in Round Fashion]
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE Tuesday, February 4 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Graduate Admissions and Records Reception College of Education Faculty, Staff & Alumni Recognition Dinner
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.
Preview and Early Bidding of Art Auction UMNAA Board of Directors Meeting UM Board of Trustees Meeting Class of 1964 Registration Class of 1964 Reception Class of 1964 Dinner UMNAA Alumni Awards Dinner (by invitation) College Night Productions
Friday, February 7
Saturday, February 8 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 10 a.m. – Noon 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 11 a.m. – Noon
Reynolds Hall Anna Irvin Dining Hall
The Gallery at Bloch Hall Wallace Speech & Hearing Center 100 Merrill Room Ramsay 106 Reynolds Hall Ramsay 106 Anna Irvin Dining Hall Palmer Auditorium
Alumni Coffee & Registration Reynolds Hall Montevallo Charm Bracelet Sales Reynolds Hall Junior Alumni Board of Directors Meeting Farmer Hall Multimedia Room Kinesiology Coffee Myrick Hall UM Bookstore Open (20% discount for alumni) Main Street Library Open House to view yearbooks and College Night material Carmichael Library Behavioral and Social Sciences Reception Montevallo on Main Music Department Reception Fraser Seminar Room, Davis Hall Family and Consumer Sciences Coffee Ackerley Room, Bloch Hall Global and Community Outreach Reception GloCo Building, 845 Valley St. 18th Annual Alumni Art Exhibition, Silent Auction, Coffee Reception The Gallery at Bloch Hall Department of Communication Alumni Brunch Mass Communication, Room 104 Stephens College of Business Reception Morgan Hall English and Foreign Languages Reception Sarah Palmer Commons Comer Hall Room 202, 2nd Floor 11 a.m. – Noon Student Publications Alumni Reception Farmer Hall Multimedia Room (SUB 2nd Floor) Noon Homecoming Awards & Recognition Luncheon Anna Irvin Dining Hall • Distinguished Alumnus Award • Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Awards • Honored Classes/UMNAA Business/Installation of Officers 2 p.m. Purple & Gold Basketball Game Myrick Hall 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 1944 Class Reunion and Photo Ramsay Lobby 121 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 1954 Class Reunion and Photo Main Hall Lobby 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. 1964 Class Reunion and Photo Main Hall Lobby 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Alabama College Society Meeting Reynolds Hall 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. College Night Club Meeting Carmichael Library, Ground Floor 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Minority Alumni Reception Stewart Student Retreat 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Art Auction/Bloch Party The Gallery at Bloch Hall 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 2004 Class Reunion and Photo James R. Wilkinson Student Life Center (Farmer Hall) 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. TRIO Programs Alumni Reception Main Hall Lobby 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 1974 Class Reunion and Photo King House 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 1984 Class Reunion and Photo Farmer Hall Multimedia Room (SUB 2nd Floor) 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 1994 Class Reunion and Photo Reynolds Hall 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Young Alumni Event Main Street Tavern 7 p.m. College Night Productions Palmer Auditorium
Luncheon Program February 8, 2014 • Noon • Anna Irvin Dining Hall
Welcome to the place where we belong
Jim Methvin ’73 President, University of Montevallo National Alumni Association
Invocation
Hannah Gentry ’14 Student Trustee
Welcome from the City of Montevallo
Hollie C. Cost, Mayor
Welcome
John W. Stewart III, UM President
Recognition of Honored Classes
Tracy Payne-Rockco ’94, M.Ed. ’98 Director, Alumni Affairs
2014 Award Presentations Presiding
Jalete Nelms ’90 Vice President of Awards & Recognitions
Introduction of Nathalie Molton Gibbons Young Achiever’s Award Remarks
Julie Harbin ’00 President, Junior Board of Directors Frederick Miller ’04
Introduction of Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Award Remarks
Ms. Nelms Robert Gene Ramsay ’92
Introduction of Distinguished Alumnus Award
Ms. Nelms
Remarks
Stephen Condrey ’78
UM National Alumni Association Business Meeting
Presiding
Mr. Methvin
Report of the Nominating Committee
Ms. Kit Waters ’78, Chair
Election
Mr. Methvin
Installation of Officers & Directors
Mr. Methvin and Ms. Waters
Recognition of Retiring Members
Mr. Methvin and Ms. Waters
Alma Mater
Michael Harrison ’15
Accompaniment
UNIVERSITY
Quincy Hall ’14
FAMILY
COMMUNITY
Distinguished Alumnus Award
STEPHEN E. CONDREY The recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award is Stephen E. Condrey. A native and current resident of Montevallo, Condrey graduated with highest honors from the University of Montevallo in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in business. He went on to earn a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree with a concentration in higher education administration from the University of Tennessee in 1979. After receiving the MPA, Condrey took his degrees into the workplace as a program evaluator in the office of the comptroller of the treasury in the state of Tennessee and later as a personnel officer on the personnel board of Jefferson County, Alabama. He returned to graduate school in 1986 at the University of Georgia, receiving the Ph.D. in public administration in 1990. Condrey worked in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia from 1986 until his retirement in 2010. He served as the program director for human resource management technical assistance and as an adjunct professor in the School of Public and International Affairs in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He was appointed to the graduate faculty of UGA in 2002. In addition, he founded a consulting firm in human resource management, Condrey and Associates Inc., in 1998. This internationally recognized firm has consulted nationally with more than 500 organizations concerning personnelrelated issues and has completed more than 100 projects for local municipalities and public agencies in 23 states. As an independent academic consultant, Condrey has been invited to lecture and present seminars to government agencies and academic organizations in numerous foreign countries including Russia, China, Ukraine, South Korea and India. As a result of his work in Eastern Europe, he edited a book, Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. One nominator said, “This is the most comprehensive treatment of public administration in the
region since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.” He is the principal author and editor of the Handbook of Human Resource Management in Government, first published in 1989 and republished twice more in 2005 and 2010. In 2011, this text was recognized as the “Best Public Human Resource Book” by the American Society for Public Administration. In 2010, Condrey was appointed by President Obama to the position of chairman of the Federal Salary Council. He also serves as president of the American Society for Public Administration, as editor-in-chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration, and was elected a fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Public Administration. Condrey’s service to the University of Montevallo has extended far beyond representing his class for the National Alumni Association from 1979-1981 to include significant support of the James Wylie Shepherd Observatory and the recruitment of Russian scholar Dmitry Goncharov for the Vacca Professorship in 2005. He is an active member of his community, supporting local causes and events. One nominator wrote, “I cannot think of another person who so well fulfills the UM Mission Statement in the way he has used his Montevallo education to achieve ‘intellectual and personal growth in the pursuit of meaningful employment and responsible, informed citizenship.’”
Distinguished Alumna/ Alumnus of the Year
Award Recipients 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Myrtle Brooke Mary E. McWilliams ’11 Martha Mitchell Bigelow ’43 Louise J. Ryan ’44 Lillian W. Stinson ’31 Mary G. Bird ’30 Bess R. Williams ’26 Ellen C. Walhay ’37 Mildred Alford ’42 Frances E. Nungester ’32 Bennie C. Slaughter ’32 Kapsoon K. Lee ’40 Clyde M. Maguire ’29 Ruth Stovall ’35 Lillian Gatchell ’20 Azile N. McVay ’31 Madie B. Barrett ’40 Howard M. Phillips Marion W. Spidle ’16 Ruth S. Parker ’31 Annie Mae Paulk Turner ’40 Virginia Hendrick ’17 Mattie Hyde ’40 Angie Nazaretian ’50 Sara N. Harris ’42 Marian Hughes Bahr ’41 Retha D. Wynot ’41 Neal Shirley ’59 Elizabeth B. Andrews ’32 Evelyn Ellis Isbell ’30 Mary Louise E. Crammer ’33 Virginia Rembert Liles ’42 Martha T. Kirkland ’40 H. Ray Lenderman ’61 Ron Bates ’74 Laura Frances J. Mathison ’41 Mike Mahan ’61 Jeanne A. Voltz ’42 Bonnie R. Strickland ’58 Polly D. Holliday ’59 Maxine Davis ’33 Jack Hawkins ’67 Lucy L. Underwood ’54 Todd R. Strange ’66 Martha Jackson Ross ’45 Bobbye K. Lightfoot ’52 Nancy L. Worley ’73 Mary Frances Tipton ’57 Marjorie M. Stith ’43 Margaret Kirk Anderson ’43 Butch Ellis ’62 Patsy R. Scales ’66 Thomas G. Walker, Jr. ’75 Louise Pittman ’35 Gary C. Youngblood ’65 Don M. Chance ’72 Robert C. Chapman ’63 Jeanetta Corbett Keller ’75 Kirk Lightfoot ’76 J. Danny Cooper ’70 Dolly Brumfield White ’54 Betty R. Grisham ’43 M. Joyce Greathouse ’56 Patrick Evans ’88 Rebecca Luker ’84 Carolyn Duncan ’71 Lynn Davis Richardson ’80 Mark Brandon ’75 Suzanne Durham ‘68 Karen Snowden '73
Nathalie Molton Gibbons
Young Achiever’s Award
FREDERICK D. MILLER Frederick D. Miller is the recipient of the University of Montevallo’s 2014 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Young Achiever’s Award. Miller graduated from UM in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and history. In 2005, Miller relocated to Washington, D.C., where he became a legislative assistant with Van Scoyoc Associates, a government relations firm. A nominator from that firm praised his work ethic, saying, “Every morning he was the first person in the office and every evening he was the last person to leave. He performed every task, no matter how small or how large, as if it was the most important thing he had ever done up to that point in his life. Additionally, he spent many hours, some on his own time, studying the craft of government relations.” He soon became, in the words of this nominator, “Mr. Problem-solver” to the firm’s staff and clients. Miller’s eye for detail and professional demeanor drew the attention of the CEO of the Weyerhaeuser Company, and in 2006, he became legislative assistant in the company’s Washington, D.C., office. In 2008, he became political affairs manager, serving on teams that successfully affected federal timber tax reforms critical to the U.S. private forest industry and regulations helping maintain employer-provided pension programs. He also led a coalition supporting the use of sustainable U.S. wood products in the federal government’s construction projects. In recognition of his accomplishments, Miller has twice received one of the highest honors bestowed by the company, the Weyerhaeuser President’s Award. A Weyerhaeuser executive said, “Fred’s success is a reflection of his outstanding leadership,
understanding of the importance of relationships across a broad array of stakeholders and bipartisan interests, out-ofthe-box thinking and passion.” An award-winning speaker, Miller was a semi-finalist in the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking Contest in 2009 and serves as president of the Capital Two Toastmasters Club in Washington, D.C. He is a sponsor of the Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program, designed to give young adults experience in public speaking. He also volunteers with the Capital Area REACH Program of Greater Washington, D.C. This organization helps underprivileged youth become successful in school, work and the community. As a loyal UM alumnus, Miller has not only “paid it forward” by giving other alums assistance in moving to Washington, but has even offered his apartment as a place for Montevallo students and recent graduates to live as they worked in summer internships or first jobs. One nominator wrote, “Since his arrival in D.C. in 2005, Fred has fueled his rise in politics with natural talent, hard work and grit. In a town not known for its ethics, Fred has made character and integrity the foundation of his career.”
Nathalie Molton Gibbons
Alumni Acheivement Award
ROBERT GENE RAMSAY
The recipient of the University of Montevallo’s 2014 Nathalie Molton Gibbons Alumni Achievement Award is Robert Gene Ramsay. A resident of Gardendale, Ramsay graduated from UM in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. While still attending college, Ramsay opened Gene Ramsay’s Trumpet Studio, teaching music, specifically trumpet, in private and group settings. He continues to maintain his studio and also performs with various music groups in the Birmingham area. After graduation, Ramsay taught music in the Jefferson County schools for five years before turning his attention to the insurance field. Since 2005, he has worked as a licensed health and life insurance professional in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina. He is a broker with First Protective, working in sales and service with MedAmerica and as a counselor and advisor with Colonial Life. Ramsay has received a number of awards and has served as treasurer, president-elect and currently president of the Birmingham Association of Health Underwriters. He also is vice president of technology with the Alabama
Association of Health Underwriters. In 2013, he was named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s list of 40 Executives to Follow and received the Soaring Eagle Award from the Leading Producers Round Table of the National Association of Health Underwriters. In addition to his professional duties, Ramsay has been a member of Bugles Across America since 2008. This volunteer organization provides live buglers to play Taps at military funerals and other military events. In the words of one nominator, “Due to military budget cuts, the active military will send an honor guard, but most of the time they provide a recording of Taps to be played at a military funeral. For Gene Ramsay and the remainder (sic) 5,000 buglers, a tape recording of Taps played at the funeral of an American hero is just not ‘good enough.’’’ Ramsay is the director of the Alabama chapter of Bugles Across America, coordinating buglers for some 30 requests each day, many times providing the service himself. Another nominator said, “These families are deeply touched by the volunteer bugler who helps send the soldier out with respect and honor. Gene helps honor our country’s heroes every day.”
Alumni Association Presidents 1902-1905 Margaret McArdle 1905-1907 Bertie Allen 1907-1908 Margaret McArdle 1908-1910 Mary A. Peters 1910-1912 Lucy Lenoir Parnell 1912-1914 Margaret McArdle 1914-1916 Willie Jenkins Rainey 1916-1917 Ursual Delchamps 1917-1918 Lettie Daffin Perdue 1918-1920 Gertrude Meroney Peebles 1920-1921 Lucy Lenoir Parnell 1921-1922 Mamie Meroney Wofford 1922-1923 Tettie Jane Henley Henry 1923-1925 Minnie Sellers 1925-1927 Mary Lou Reed Corry 1927-1929 Lillian Gatchell 1929-1932 Marion Walker Spidle 1932-1933 Ulma Lee Benton 1933-1935 Josephine Watson Moody
1935-1937 1937-1940 1940-1942 1942-1944 1944-1946 1946-1950 1950-1952 1952-1954 1954-1956 1956-1958 1958-1960 1960-1962 1962-1964 1964-1966 1966-1968 1968-1970 1970-1972 1972-1974 1974-1976
Thelma Davis Chappelle Nathalie Molton Gibbons Eloise Frost Lee Lulu R. Palmer Lucy Lee Pruett Sellers Ruth Scott Parker Elizabeth Souders Miller Sue Edwards Gillespie Annie Laurie Beckham Williams Laura Frances Jones Mathison Rubye Collins Smith Mary Lou Tiffin Foshee Mary Flynn Sellers Pilgreen Catherine Manning Roper Annie Mae Paulk Turner Ray Jones William Pinkney Powers, III Lucille Scott Farris Ray Lenderman
1976-1978 Emily Vest Pendleton 1978-1980 Neal Shirley 1980-1982 William Latham 1982-1984 Ron Bates 1984-1986 Todd R. Strange 1986-1988 Martha Terry Kirkland 1988-1990 Thomas G. Walker, Jr. 1990-1992 Augusta Sims Lovelady 1992-1994 Mary Louise Rice Dabbs 1994-1996 Kirk Lightfoot 1996-1998 Paul N. Doran, Jr. 1998-2000 Fred C. Crawford 2000-2002 Cathy Jo Wheeler 2002-2004 Libby Queen 2004-2006 Dave Palmer 2006-2008 Melanie A. Poole 2008-2010 Karen Kelly 2010-2012 Kit Waters 2012-2014 Jim Methvin
University of Montevallo Alumni Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Officers President President-Elect Parliamentarian
Jim Methvin ’73 Mike Malone ’69 Kit Waters ’78
Vice Presidents Alumni Clubs Alumni Services Awards/Recognitions Finance/Treasurer Directors/Secretary Special Events Student Services
Keith Shoemaker ’98 Laurl Self ’94 Jalete Nelms ’90 Wadia Josof ’79 Barbara Bonfield ’58 Sandi Falkenhagen ’68 Toni Leo ’80
Ex-Officio University of Montevallo President John W. Stewart III Student Government Association President Rachael Swokowski Director of Alumni Affairs Tracy Payne-Rockco ’94, M.Ed. ’98 Faculty Representative Carolyn Miller-Kirby Admissions Office Representative Greg Embry ’96 Alumni Council Representative Mary Lou Williams ’69 Junior Board of Directors President Julie Harbin ’00
Advancement Staff Executive Director,UM Foundation Brenda Knight Manager of Gift Procurement and Database Tech Haley Cooedy ’12 Director of Development Scott Dillard Accountant Jennifer Gowin ’03 Graduate Assistant Ashley Humphrey ’13 Director of Comprehensive Campaign Gary Johnson Assistant to the Executive Director Dianne Kyzer Director of Alumni Affairs Tracy Payne-Rockco ’94, M.Ed. ’98 Associate Director of Development Jeremy Ward ’05 Director of Annual Fund Vacant
Junior Board of Directors President Vice President/President-Elect Treasurer Social Events Chair Secretary Eddie C. Baker III ’04 Zach Banks ’08 Rick Casey ’00 David Clemons ’03 Kelly Curry ’08 Kristen Dechert ’03 Andrea Echols ’12
Julie Harbin ’00 Jeff Purvis ’02 Jason Booi ’04 Tiffany Roskamp-Bunt ’00, MBA ’13 Lindsey Sherrill ’07
Candyce Hughston ’10 Jordan Hutchinson ’10 Sky Johnson ’10, M.Ed. ’11 Dan McBrayer ’08 Patrick McDonald ’01 Brandt Montgomery ’07 Terra Moody ’06
Cedric Norman ’09 Kacie G. Slaughter ’09 Lauren Smith ’06 Angela Thomas ’05 Christopher Willis ’07
Members at Large Matt Arnold ’93 Glenda Bland ’89 Barbara Bradford ’56 Vera Cox ’56 Claudia Harrell ’73 Toni Leo ’80 Andy Meginniss ’68 Jalete Joseph Nelms ’90 Megan Randolph ’06 David Thomas ’97 Warwick Woodall ’82
Appreciations: David Bunn ’64 and Virginia Bunn ’64 Anne Hamilton ’64 Virginia Young ’84 Eddie Baker ’04 Fred Miller ’04 Kay Pruett ’04 Tiffany Bunt ’00, MBA ’13 Marsha Littleton Hannah Stein ’14 Heather Buckner ’14 Cedric Norman ’09 Libby Queen ’59 Sid Norman Christy Shotts Courtney Bennett ’13 Steve Gilbert ’81 Cyndi Nash Craig Falcon Foods Services Staff
Student Assistance: Abby Alger Alexandria Cottrell Sarah Gragnani Trenton Jones Crystal Roskam Emily Schaefer Liza Schwieterman Marcena Woodall Montevallo Masters