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January 8, 2008
ALPHA ALPHA ARTICLE Who Is Ledford Carter? Brother Carter is an emeritus professor of education, Indiana University. He taught educational motion picture production and writing for educational media. Since his retirement in 1981, he has continued living in Bloomington with his wife at Meadowood Retirement Community, where he has served in leadership roles, and he has the longest record of independent residency there. Concurrently with his teaching at Indiana University, he made documentary and classroom teaching films that were distributed to international audiences totaling over a million viewers. A number of his films won awards in national competitions. For 16 years he was an associate editor of The Journal of Geography, to which he contributed reviews of films. Brother Carter began his film production career with the Southern Educational Film Production Service, which was a cooperative of the tax supported agencies of nine Southeastern states and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Its headquarters was at the University of Georgia, where he directed and produced the film that celebrated the sesquicentennial of that university. He resigned the directorship of SEFPS in 1951 to join the production staff at Indiana University. Ledford had developed his film interest by using U.S. Army training films in teaching inductees for replacement assignments with Field Artillery units engaged in combat during World War II. His Army career began in 1941, six moths before Pearl Harbor. He held all enlisted ranks, except two that he skipped; was commissioned an officer; and transferred to reserve status in 1946 after service and occupation duties in Leyte and Japan. Lieutenant Colonel Carter retired in 1976, after reserve service in the Civil Affairs and Intelligence branches of the U.S. Army. One of his short term assignments during World War II was as artillery safety officer at Camp Wheeler, to which he commuted from his residence at the home of Brother Harry Dismukes on College Street in Macon. His former organ teacher at Wesleyan Continued on page 4
Volume 2 Issue 1
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! A Day in the Woods Covington, GA -November 17, 2007 85th Founders’ Day, Barrington Hall, Macon -FEBRUARY 23, 2008 Alumni Golf Tourney Fox Run CC, Macon -APRIL 19, 2008 Ritual Of Initiation Contact the Historian for more details
INSIDE Golf Tourney....................page 2 Alumni Updates................page 2 Mercer News....................page 3 Push America...................page 3 Brother Spotlight...............page 3 THE BOX..........................page 3 Remember When...............page 4
85 Anniversary Founders’ Day Weekend th
At the Alpha Alpha Chapter’s Founders’ Day dinner on February 23rd celebrating the chapter’s 85th anniversary, Ledford C. Carter, AA 99, will share his research and insights regarding the chapter’s history and the influences that have affected it, punctuated by his personal experiences and aspirations. Following his speech, music (that you will like!) will be played for your entertainment (dancing, singing). But the weekend has more in store than just dinner. Friday night, everyone is welcome to gather at Brother Ernesto Aguirre’s restaurant, El Sombrero to start off the festivities! Saturday morning, we will have the highly anticipated basketball game in the University Center: Actives vs. Alumni. After the basketball game, we will congregate at the on campus house for a Continued on page 2