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1970s Fay Brown (’71), Lebanon, retired after 23 years in nonprofit management and 10 years as a higher education development director. In 2010, she was named South Carolina’s Executive Director of the Year. Rick Wallace (’74), Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was named chief executive officer of Western Plains Medical Complex. A 30-year health care veteran, Wallace most recently served as assistant professor and director of health care administration programs at Northeastern State University. Ken Webb (’76), Nashville, was appointed by CapStar Bank as chair for middle Tennessee with responsibility over the bank’s middle Tennessee, southeast, and south-central regions. A founding member of CapStar, Webb has more than 44 years of banking experience, including the past 35 years in the Nashville market.
1980s Mark Floyd (’80), Nashville, joined labor and employment firm FordHarrison as a partner in the Nashville office. Floyd previously was Labor Relations Global lead for Uber, where his work took him to more than 70 countries.
Ed Stegall Stegall (’21), a two-time Ohio Valley Conference track champion, attended MTSU in the late 1970s. Now in his 60s and living in Fayetteville, Georgia, Stegall is finishing the biggest race of his life by graduating from MTSU in summer 2021. After several months of sitting at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stegall decided it felt like the right time to finish his degree. He talked to his wife, Barbara, and his daughter, Michelle, about it after being contacted by a coordinator from MTSU’s University College, and they encouraged him to go for it. “You know it’s a funny thing,” Stegall said, “you are never really sure if your kids are listening when you’re talking to them when they are growing up, but I found my daughter telling me a lot of the same things I told her when she was considering her options.” Over the last 40 years, Stegall was a track coach and worked with children who had special needs. Stegall and his wife lost their daughter LaToya, who had cerebral palsy, about seven years ago. They started a nonprofit, the TOYATUFF Foundation, to support and educate those who provide for family members or friends with special needs. Summer 2021 47
