Presbyterian College Spring Magazine 2020

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Lending A Helping Hand Generous donors provide support to firstgeneration Blue Hose

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The Toughest Class to Get Into...and Out Of Students work together in a popular class inspired by escape rooms

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Moving Ahead, by Degrees PC’s graduate health programs and students continue to advance

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The Front Door of the College Belk Auditorium to undergo major renovation

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In Search of Olympic Gold PC wrestlers and Hall of Fame coach are making history

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Home Court Advantage Quinton Ferrell ’07 returns to coach men’s basketball

PC Legacy

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Playing for the Pope Dr. John Inman ’73 remembers Coach John McKissick ’51

PC Family

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Class Notes

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Memorials

Promise of PC

PC Athletics

PRESIDENT Bob Staton ’68 VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND ENROLLMENT Suzanne Petrusch

MAGAZINE STAFF Kendall Givens-Little Stacy Dyer ’96 Andrew Roberts Christina Cleveland Andrea Fuhrman

Christina Miller '17 Will Gribble '13 McKenzie Gribble '11 Courtney Altman Kayla Roberts

ALUMNI RELATIONS Leni Patterson ’83 Margaret Brown GUEST WRITERS Dr. John Inman ’73 Hal Milam Dr. Craig Powell ’86

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Dear Alumni and Friends, I hope your new year is off to a great start. We’re definitely busy on campus in 2020.

Because of you, we continue to advance the mission of the College as we move forward with the Promise of PC. We know this with certainty: We could not do it without you.

In this issue of the Presbyterian College Magazine, you can read more about the wonderful things that are happening on campus. Construction on Laurens Hall is complete. Laurens is now a functioning space for the office of Student Life. You can see pictures of the renovated Laurens Hall and learn more about the transformation of Bailey Hall into the home of the new Occupational Therapy program in this issue.

Also included is the story of the David Belk Cannon Foundation’s generous gift to renovate Belk Auditorium.

A few years ago we set a goal to establish a new Physician Assistant Studies program. In this issue, we introduce you to the first cohort of PA Studies students who come from throughout the U.S. and many different backgrounds. The Promise of PC continues to move forward.

It’s been more than a half-century since PC had a wrestling program. Well, today we’re making history with the first-ever Division I women’s wrestling program in collegiate sports.

Stories of alumni moving forward are in the pages of this issue as well. John Gentry ’91 was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and Quinten Farrell ’07 shows us that moving forward sometimes means returning home.

Dr. John Inman ’73, the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Biology, pays homage to the late coach John McKissick ’51. Dr. Inman describes for us what it was like to play for the man who won more football games than any coach at any level.

I hope you enjoy this issue of the PC Magazine. Thank you again for supporting the place we all love. As always, I look forward to seeing you soon.

Bob Staton ’68

President, Presbyterian College

On, On PC! A Recap of Homecoming 2019

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all at PC means move-in for Blue Hose, new and old, welcome events, the start to a new year and Homecoming, a weekend of tradition and cherishing the PC we all know and love.

We light up at the sound of bagpipes or the first pop of tailgate tents at Bailey Memorial Stadium, and we join friends and family cheering on the football team in our finest PC blue — yes, even in rain jackets and boots.

This fall, alumni and friends gathered for annual

events, like the Ben Hay Hammet Society reception and Homecoming Celebration.

Eight people were honored at the Alumni Awards for their contributions and achievements. One of the recipients, Ashley McCollum ’09, spoke with students, faculty and staff about her decade in media.

McCollum recently was named senior vice president of revenue and strategy for Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Media.

Opposite page: Cam Lanier '72, right, presents the 2019 Alumni Gold P award to William H. (Bill) Scott '69.

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Keeping the Promise First-generation Students Receive a Helping Hand

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avigating the maze of college for a firstgeneration student may start simply with understanding terminology, the entry process, applications and financial aid.

They’re challenges most students face. Perhaps a fundamental difference for a first-generation college student, however, is having parents or families who may not be as familiar with the experience, either.

At PC, Dr. Amy Davis, director of Academic Success and Retention, said it’s essential to support and create wrap-around programming for this student group, which is anticipated to grow.

Three out of every 10 new students at PC are firstgeneration students. The first-generation definition currently used at PC is that neither parent nor guardian graduated from a college or university in the United States with a bachelor’s degree.

Support for first-generation students may start with getting a grasp on lingo, but it also includes support services like orientation sessions for parents and helping students understand expectations in college classes, critical thinking skills, utilizing resources, and asking for help.

It’s also overcoming stigma. The idea that many first-generation students come from the same social backgrounds or they are not as academically prepared “is not the case at all,” Davis said.

To aid in these efforts, the College has brought onboard a coordinator for its first-generation program through the generous support of PC Board of Trustees member Louise Slater.

In addition, a gift from Ted ’73 and Karen Ramsaur provides students exposure to the arts, including events at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C.

“One of our missions is to help students who might not otherwise get to go to college, who are capable and are excellent students, overcome barriers and get that college degree,” Slater said. “That’s something that I’ve been passionate about for a long time.”

Slater’s practice, The Price Group, provides educational consulting to young people, and she’s also helped a firstgeneration student choose and graduate from PC. Her philanthropic spirit comes from her father, Bill Rogers, who was known for his generous philanthropy in the Midlands.

“He was very much involved in helping people succeed and grow,” Slater said.

The Ramsaurs have long been involved with both the performing and visual arts. Ted’s mother, Dorothy Ann Peace Ramsaur, was a member of the Peace family, the namesake of the Peace Center in downtown Greenville.

He says the center’s wide breadth of entertainment options that may be available to students includes Broadway plays, symphonies, ballet, jazz and popular music.

“One of the great things about my PC experience was the liberal arts experience,” he said. “Along the way I had an opportunity to take a theater course, a music course, along with all the other math, biology, history and English courses. It was an important part of my experience to have that sort of exposure.

“I think in any young person’s life, coming up in college, particularly the liberal arts experience, the broader that experience can be, the more opportunities they can have to be exposed to things, particularly in the arts: It’s a huge gain in their lives.”

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is building great relationships.

“When somebody feels that they’re safe enough, that they can be vulnerable enough and say, ‘I really don’t understand what you just said. I don’t understand this procedure,’ or, ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’

That takes bravery, and it takes a level of trust, and that’s what I think we’re working toward, and that’s exciting.

“You want all students to have that level of comfort with their professors and with their college, where they feel like they’re part of the community and welcome.”

Stephanie Keene joined PC as the program coordinator and associate director of Academic Success in January 2020. Keene is a higher education professional and former academics programs coordinator at the Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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Her role will focus on developing, implementing and sustaining services around first-generation student success, retention and persistence for the College of Arts and Sciences.

When she was a college student, Keene said staff at her college stepped in when they saw she wasn’t as involved or utilizing the resources available to her. She wants firstgeneration students at PC to build those relationships, too, and get involved.

Keene says she’s first focused on creating a presence and wants the programming to be inclusive. The students often have a “plus,” she added, referring to the fact that many first-generation students identify in other groups.

She’s also anticipating collaboration from other students, staff, faculty and alumni, including those with firstgeneration backgrounds.

LAURENS HALL GETS A MAKEOVER

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he Laurens Hall many alumni remember as a place where they or their friends once lived as students has been transformed into a new space for students and student group activities.

The two-story former residence facility, whose origins date back to 1908, re-opened in late November.

By semester’s end, students and other members of campus walked into the newly renovated building where changes include lounge areas, a meeting room and the campus post office on the first floor.

The second floor is now home for the offices of Religious Life and Community Engagement, Residence Life and Student Involvement.

“I am so excited about the way that Laurens has turned out. It is open and bright, and it will be a welcoming space for students and clubs to meet, relax and make plans as well,” said Dr. Joy Smith, vice president for campus life and dean of students.

“We are hoping that it gets lots of use, and, to that end, we are going to make sure the hours of being accessible to students mirror those of Neville and surrounding academic buildings – meaning they can use it at night and on weekends even when the offices on the second floor and post office are closed.”

Renovations to Springs also began in the fall semester, and it is expected to completely reopen in August.

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THE TOUGHEST CLASS TO GET INTO...

...AND OUT OF STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER IN A POPULAR CLASS INSPIRED BY ESCAPE ROOMS

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he scene inside Lab 231 of Lassiter Hall was eerie: A student in a white lab coat lay on the floor. He wasn’t moving. He had been exposed to a deadly virus that he and seven other students were experimenting on.

The other students, all in white coats and goggles, gathered around a black box several feet away from the student on the floor. They had 60 minutes to escape the lab, or they’d be at risk too.

But there was a big problem: The doors of the lab were locked, and the key was inside the black box.

The scene wasn’t real. The students were in an escape room, a popular game in which participants work together to solve puzzles so that they can escape the room in a set amount of time.

The particular escape room that the students found themselves in was part of Escape Rooms and Video Documentaries. The class has been one of the most popular among freshmen since Dr. Stefan Wiecki, associate professor of history, began teaching it last year.

Rafik Sadik Gendi, a sophomore from Cairo, Egypt, was one of the students trying to escape the virusinfected lab.

“The escape room was a lot of fun, and it helped me hone leadership skills as Dr. Wiecki chose me as the leader of my group,” Gendi said. “The whole purpose of the class itself was to teach students how to cooperate as a team and to teach us critical thinking and problemsolving skills.”

Studies by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) show that all students need to develop certain competencies while in college, regardless of the major they choose. Employers say that critical thinking and problem-solving, teamwork and collaboration, communication and leadership skills are at the top of the list.

In Escape Rooms and Video Documentaries, students work on these skills by creating an escape room during part of the course. In another part of the course, they attempt to escape from rooms created by their classmates.

Students creating the escape rooms choose the theme of the room, come up with the main problem to be solved and create puzzles for their peers to solve along the way. Of course, students trying to escape the room, like the ones trying to get out of the virus-infected

chemistry lab, must work together to solve puzzles.

The escape room course is one of 24 such skill-building first-year exploration courses that are part of COMPASS. Now in its second year, COMPASS is the College’s quality enhancement plan required for accreditation.

“The idea of COMPASS is to get students on their vocational path,” Wiecki said.

Students set out on this path by exploring subjects and careers they’re interested in during first-year exploration courses. In the escape room course and others, students connect self-exploration with academics and vocation.

Dr. Sharon Knight, professor of Spanish and COMPASS director, and Kim Lane, associate dean of students and director for Career & Professional Development, developed the program to help students with their choice of majors and careers and prepare them for life after PC. “COMPASS initiatives specifically support the first competency that NACE lists: problem solving and critical thinking,” Lane said. “It is also listed in our College’s mission statement and goals that guide our mission.”

So when students take Escape Rooms, they’re not just playing a game with friends.

“The course is always more of a challenge than students think,” Wiecki said. “Initially, students think, ‘Oh, this is just going to be fun.’”

Gendi knew he wanted to major in biology long before he came to PC. While the course didn’t factor into his choice of major, Escape Rooms did help Gendi narrow down what he wants to do after college.

“The ability to analyze a problem, organize a solution, and collaborate with several others in a concerted effort to solve said problem did shed some light on my possibly becoming a surgeon of some sort,” he said.

Wiecki says the escape room course is similar to the puzzle of going to college. He says students have resources, like the library and offices like Career & Professional Development, available to them to help them figure out their own lives.

They also have professors and staff members who are available to help them solve problems along the way, the same way their classmates help them in the escape room.

“In a way, the escape room is like a symbol of life, but it’s also real life too,” Wiecki said. “You have to figure out your own path.”

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FAST FACTS WITH AVERY CONRAD ’20

very Conrad ’20 liked the idea of going to PC like his parents Laura ’93 and Chuck ’93 did. But he was concerned about it too. “I was worried about just following in their footsteps if I went to PC,” Avery remembers thinking. “So being the son of alumni really gave PC a disadvantage in my college search.”

3rd-Generation Blue Hose

Avery’s parents, Laura and Chuck, were both heavily involved at PC. Laura majored in Christian education and psychology and earned the Outstanding Senior award. Chuck majored in business administration.

They both went on to earn graduate degrees. One of Avery’s grandfathers also attended PC before graduating from Clemson.

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Avery grew up in Clemson but didn’t want to go to Clemson University like most of his friends did. He did consider other colleges before deciding to go to PC. “I realized I can have my own experience here,” Avery said. “And I definitely have had a different experience than my parents had.”

Getting Involved

Before college, Avery was a member of the Beta Club and Interact Club, an Eagle Scout, and an elder at his church. At PC, he’s taken advantage of service and professional development opportunities. He’s a part of Greek life, Celtic Cross, Blue Fish, Model UN and Stirlings, the student ambassador group on campus.

Pursuit of Service

Avery wanted to major in biology when he came to PC. He decided on political science during his sophomore year. While in an English class, his favorite professor, Dr. Dean Thompson, helped him hone in on where he felt his skills could be used in his pursuit of service. Avery was the secretary of the student body for student government at the time and was seeing how the organization was positively affecting members of campus.

“If Washington has been the culmination of my professional development while in college, my semester in Germany was the epitome of my personal development.”

- Avery Conrad ’20

Global Citizen

Avery studied at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg in Germany during his junior year. He enjoyed sitting side by side with other students whose perspectives were a world away from his own. “That’s really what creates the idea of a global citizen,” he said. “ You stop thinking of yourself in terms of being a South Carolinian or American, but more as a global citizen.”

Washington Semester Avery spent the past semester in Washington, DC, interning with U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn and taking courses through American University.

When he wasn’t in class, he volunteered extra time at his internship because he found the work to be a “huge passion of mine.”

“It was an awesome experience,” he said. “I see everything: People working super hard for South Carolinians on behalf of the 6th District.

Every day we’re talking about the problems South Carolina faces, which is a breath of fresh air. It’s a great program and has really helped to decide where I want to go professionally.”

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Crossing Paths

Bea DiBona ’18 and Denise Devaney ’20 reminisce about their time at PC Bea DiBona ’18 and Denise Devaney ’20 first crossed paths at Bishop England High School in Charleston, S.C., where they both ran cross country. Bea decided to be a Blue Hose and recommended PC to Denise too. Bea graduated two years ago, and Denise is looking forward to graduating this May. They look back at their time at PC, where their paths crossed a second time.

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“I felt right at home once I came to campus...”

- Denise Devaney ’20

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s one of PC’s first students to graduate with an English degree with a concentration in communication studies, it’s amazing to look back at my freshman year and reminisce on my story here at PC and wonder how four years had already come and almost gone.

I discovered PC through a former cross country teammate of mine from my high school. After touring at the University of Alabama, I knew that I didn’t want to go to a big school. Bea DiBona ’18 suggested PC as a smaller, “more homey” option.

I felt right at home once I came to campus and met the cross country team that I would run with in the early mornings. They took me to Senor Garcia’s, where I would have future meals with friends. They showed me around campus, where the lawn and landscape is always immaculate.

After a tough first semester and a realization that business was not a great fit for me, Dr. Thompson and the English department welcomed me. I enjoy all of the English classes I have taken at PC and am so grateful for the comradery they provide and the variety of works I have read so far.

Dr. Thompson recommended me to tutor in the Writing Center. Dr. Brent and Dr. Hamilton have been great advisors for The BlueStocking, having helped me move up the ladder to editor-in-chief. PC and the English department have helped me get three internships under my belt to ensure I have the experience to get the career of my dreams when I graduate.

I don’t think I would have had such a great experience as I have had at PC at any other school. I enjoy the company I have on campus and the professors that PC provides. I’m sad about the fast approaching end of the semester, but I hope to find the fun and experience I have had at PC in the years to come.

“It’s hard to say I chose PC, but more PC chose me.”

- Bea DiBona ’18

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y experience at PC was one of the best experiences that I could have hoped. I loved and cherished every moment. From making lifelong friends through athletics and Greek life, meeting amazing role models, growing as an individual and discovering so many possibilities for my future, my time at PC was the perfect college experience.

It’s hard to say I chose PC, but more PC chose me.

During my senior year of high school, I decided to run cross country in college. PC was one of the few schools in my top choices purely because of the atmosphere that I experienced during my visit.

Initially, I decided not to attend PC, and I decided to stay close to home and go to College of Charleston. But thanks to the persistence of coach Thad Palmer, and my initial love of PC, I had a last-minute change of heart and chose PC. I give a lot of credit to the amazing biology professors. The

biology department offered excellent courses which sparked my interest and enhanced my education, allowing me to take advantage of so many opportunities. Currently, I am in graduate school at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, studying the effects of microplastic ingestion in fish. I will graduate in May with my Master of Science in biology.

I recommended PC to Denise because I knew both her and PC and I thought it would be a great fit like it was for me. Since both of us came from a small Catholic high school, I knew the small intimate atmosphere at PC would be an easy transition and make it feel like a home away from home.

Really, I would recommend PC to anyone and everyone who values a liberal arts degree with an opportunity to genuinely get to know professors and most students on campus. PC offers countless opportunities to be involved in so much without compromising your education or future.

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Moving Ahead, by Degrees Graduate programs and students continue to advance in the world of health education

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he College’s venture into graduate health programs began in 2010 with the opening of the PC School of Pharmacy. Nine years later, the pharmacy school continues to make strides in pharmacy education.

Meanwhile, the Physician Assistant Studies Program welcomed its first cohort this past fall. And the newest graduate health program, the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program, is scheduled to begin in 2021.

Pharmacy Scores Above the National Average Sixty-six of the 68 students in the PC School of Pharmacy Class of 2019 passed the pharmacists’ licensure exam on their first attempt when they took it last spring. This first-time pass rate of 97.06% is more than 6% higher than the national average.

Dr. Cliff Fuhrman, professor at the PC School of Pharmacy, credits the curriculum, the faculty and preceptors and the students for the high pass rate. “(Our curriculum) has extensive learning in various areas of therapeutics, calculations and drug names and usages,” Fuhrman said. “I believe the combination of the curriculum and our faculty and preceptors providing excellent teaching and application skills contributed to these results.”

The PC School of Pharmacy graduates’ average test score was higher than the score from graduates at other pharmacy schools across the nation too.

NAPLEX scores can range from 1 to 150. On average, PC students scored a 101.16. On average, students at other pharmacy schools across the country scored 96.80.

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through the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). Drs. Tiffaney Threatt and Eileen Ward are diabetes care and educational specialists who dedicate approximately three days a week to working with patients to help them better understand and improve their diabetes.

The AADE fully accredited the program for another four years following a sucessful audit in November.

“As pharmacists and diabetes educators, we can help patients understand their medications and conditions in order to improve their long-term outcomes and avoid complications,” Threatt said. “PC School of Pharmacy is dedicated to serving the community, and diabetes education is one way we can do this.”

The Wellness Center serves approximately 150 patients each year. Most have Type 2 diabetes. More than one out of 10 South Carolinians are diabetic, and Laurens County is above the state average.

New Pharmacy Dean Dr. Kurt Wargo began serving as the dean of the PC School of Pharmacy on Feb. 1.

Wargo had served as the interim dean of the Wingate University School of Pharmacy since August. Previously, he was the regional dean for Wingate’s Pharmacy School campus in Hendersonville. Wargo also taught in Hendersonville, first as an associate professor and then as a full professor while serving as regional dean.

“It is certainly an exciting time to join the PC School of Pharmacy with so many positive things happening,” Wargo said. “I look forward to leading the school into our next phase.”

Wargo brings significant experience in administration, fundraising, enrollment management, student retention and student success to his role as dean of the PC School of Pharmacy.

The New Home of the OT Program

Bailey Hall renovations will provide space for students to work, experiment and create

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riginally built as a residence hall, Bailey Hall has been a staple on the West Plaza since 1955.

You might have lived there or spent time with friends inside Bailey. If not, you walked past it plenty of times on the way to Edmunds Hall or Belk Auditorium.

You can probably even spot the pillars of Bailey Hall in the background of some of your pictures from Commencement.

While the outside of Bailey still looks the same, its function on campus and interior will undergo some big changes. Bailey Hall, once inhabited by PC students, will soon become the home of the new Occupational Therapy doctorate program.

“We’re excited to reside in one of the truly historic buildings on campus,” said Dr. Nathan Herz, the program’s founding director and associate professor. “Bailey Hall is the perfect space for establishing a program that will become a significant part of PC.” Once renovated, the first floor of Bailey will house the Occupational Therapy doctorate program’s administrative offices, conference rooms and the Environmental Simulation Center (ESC). The second and third floors will be home to classrooms, labs and more spaces that provide hands-on learning opportunities for students.

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“The ESC will be a specialized area to address specific functions associated with daily living skills,” Herz says.

Herz plans for occupational therapists to use the area to treat local residents who need help performing daily tasks.

OT students will observe occupational therapy in action.

“The students need to see the experience of working in an environment that can simulate the home and ‘normal’ activities,” Herz said. “The ESC will accomplish that with the specific environment and equipment available for use.”

If you visit Bailey after the renovation, you’ll find areas on the first floor that most people visit every day, like a bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. The ESC will also include everyday conveniences like an ATM, an ice machine, and a washer and dryer. There will also be a driving simulator for patients to use. Patients will have access to these resources so that they can practice performing activities that once used to “occupy” their time but they’re unable to do because of injury.

“The space in Bailey Hall will allow for a safe environment for the students to learn, practice and implement everyday treatment,” Herz said. “The ESC will give students an opportunity to work, experiment, and create innovative practice techniques for current and future implementation.”

Pictured: Architect’s renderings of the completed Bailey Hall renovations.

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THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COLLEGE Belk Auditorium to undergo major renovation, thanks to the David Belk Cannon Foundation

The 1958 groundbreaking ceremony for Belk Auditorium had trustee P.S. Bailey handling the shovel, flanked by board Chairman Robert M. Vance, left, and President Marshall W. Brown.

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he William Henry Belk Auditorium opened in 1960, thanks to the generosity of Belk family members and business associates. Since then, Belk Auditorium has become the place where students go for ceremonial rites of passage and where many on and off campus visit for cultural enrichment.

The Belks and their business associates funded the construction of the auditorium to serve as a memorial to William Henry Belk, the founder of Belk department stores. The construction of Belk Auditorium acknowledged Mr. Belk’s belief in what PC provides young men and women: an excellent academic experience with a faith-based foundation.

Nearly 60 years later, “the front door to the College” will undergo a major renovation. The David Belk Cannon Foundation of Gastonia, N.C., awarded PC $2.7 million to support renovations to beloved Belk Auditorium.

“We are thrilled to partner with Presbyterian College and continue the legacy of service to community and church for which William Henry Belk was known,” said Gene Matthews, President of the David Belk Cannon Foundation.

Cannon, the grandson of Dr. John Belk, lived with the same values the Belks are known for: hard work, commitment, religious faith and generosity. He made it possible for students in need to afford college, and he helped children in need by giving to the Salvation Army.

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Belk department stores based in Gastonia, N.C., and operating Belk stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas. He worked for Matthews-Belk department stores for 38 years until his death in 1998.

The Foundation’s gift to PC continues the Belk family legacy to help students achieve their educational goals.

“The mission of Presbyterian College, the mission of our Foundation, and the lives that David Belk Cannon and William Henry Belk lived have many common threads,” Matthews said. “Our Board is excited about the opportunity to advance the College while honoring an incredible individual.”

The Belk family’s contributions have advanced the College greatly over the years. The Belks’ gifts total more than $10 million, not including the Cannon Foundation’s $2.7 million gift to renovate Belk. The funding to construct the auditorium in the late 1950s was the family’s first substantial gift to the College. Irwin Belk’s $3.9 million gift to PC in the mid-1990s was the largest ever made at one time to a private college in South Carolina by a living donor.

Evidence of the Belks’ generosity is apparent across campus. Mary Irwin Belk Residence Hall is named in honor of the wife of William Henry Belk. Carol International House and Grotnes Hall bear the name of the wife of Irwin Belk, Carol Grotnes Belk.

The Belks also gave all of the bronze sculptures across

campus, including Cyrus, which stands in front of Bailey Memorial Stadium and is the largest bronze statue of a Scotsman in the world. The Belk Atrium in Lassiter Hall also pays homage to the family.

Perhaps the most recognizable gift of all may be Belk Auditorium, simply because the facility is significant to so many on and off campus.

In The Spirit of PC, Ben Hay Hammet ’43, who served as the College’s director of alumni relations, annual giving and public relations from 1949 to 1989, states that the opening of Belk Auditorium enabled the College to bring “top performing artists” and that “church groups were more readily accommodated” to campus.

“The first year’s calendar included the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, New York Concert Trio ... as well as noted lecturers on history and literature,” Hammet writes.

The founder of Habitat for Humanity International Millard Fuller and many other notable lecturers and performers have taken the stage in Belk since then.

Fuller, Jesse Jackson, Ben Stein and Cornel West have all spoken to standing room only crowds inside the auditorium.

The Four Freshmen brought their mix of jazz and barbershop vocals to the Belk stage in 1961. Forty-eight years later, the Grammy Award-winning Avett Brothers brought their folk music to Belk to promote their first-ever CD. Since 1999, many have driven hundreds of miles to begin their Christmas season by attending the annual Christmas at PC performances on the first weekend in December. Further, Belk is often the first stop that high school students and their parents make when they visit PC. And, even more, for nearly 60 years, students have gone to Belk for their most significant rites of passage in college. Students have filed into Belk to officially begin the academic year during Convocation, and seniors have worn their caps and gowns to the Baccalaureate

Service inside Belk the evening before crossing the Commencement stage.

Belk hasn’t undergone considerable renovations since it was built. Because of the age of the building, the sound system, facilities, rigging system and HVAC system all need upgrading.

The generous David Belk Cannon Foundation gift will provide much of the funding for the upgrades. The gift, along with other donations, will make it possible for Belk to receive new flooring, new seating, expanded restrooms, a renovated lobby, new rigging, enhancements to the performance area, lighting upgrades and more.

These changes will revive a place that has meant so much to those who have entered its doors.

President Staton remembers Belk Auditorium as one of the College’s newest buildings when he arrived on campus as a student in 1964.

“We are very grateful to the David Belk Cannon Foundation for providing this significant gift that will enable us to renovate the main auditorium and lobby of Belk Auditorium,” Staton said. “This project would not be possible without the Foundation’s assistance.”

The project is scheduled to begin by Dec. 31, 2020.

The cost to renovate Belk Auditorium is estimated at $3.2 million. The David Belk Cannon Foundation has asked the College to use the gift to inspire alumni and friends to contribute to the renovations. The Foundation has challenged the College to raise an additional $500,000 toward the project.

Please consider supporting the renovations to “the front door of the College” by making a gift today. For more information on how you can support PC, please contact the Vice President of Advancement Jacki Berkshire at 864-8338006 or jberkshire@presby.edu

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he philanthropic legacy of many of the Belk department store family members is prevalent across generations of the PC family.

Former PC trustee Jack Kuhne ’66, whose son Will currently serves on the PC Board of Trustees, served as president of Belk-Simpson department stores.

Bill Matthews ’62 served in leadership at Belk-Matthews department stores, and his father, Henry Belk Matthews, served as a PC trustee in the 1960s. Bill’s youngest son, Carson, graduated from PC in 1996. Bill’s oldest son, Mac ’91, and daughter-in-law, Stacy ’93, have two children currently attending PC. Will Kuhne introduced Gene Matthews to President Staton.

Bill and Mac were instrumental in efforts to cultivate that relationship on behalf of their alma mater.

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Brigadier General John Gentry ’91 honored for distinguished military service

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rigadier General John Gentry played football and baseball for PC before graduating in 1991. He returned to the football field to be named honorary captain before the Blue Hose faced off against Gardner-Webb during the Military Appreciation game in November.

The Blue Hose beat the Bulldogs 24-14 that day.

The victory was a big one for the Blue Hose, and recognizing Gentry during a weekend devoted to showing appreciation for the military was a fitting conclusion to the College’s 100-year celebration of ROTC. Gentry began his military career when he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in PC’s ROTC program.

“The PC ROTC program fueled in me a warrior spirit for military service,” Gentry said. “This, coupled with our PC motto, led me in service to my state and country and through service in local government serving in the parks and recreation profession for nearly 20 years.”

Gentry’s first assignment was as a Company Fire Support Officer in the 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery in the South Carolina Army National Guard. He served in several assignments after transferring to the Georgia Army National Guard.

Gentry has earned multiple awards and decorations throughout his distinguished 28-year military career. This past September, two months before being named honorary captain, Gentry received his most significant military promotion when he was named brigadier general.

He is one of only 19 members of the Highlander Battalion to receive the rank of a general officer.

“When I first learned that I was the 19th general officer commissioned through the Highlander,” Gentry said, “I was first surprised at the number considering the size of the program and later honored to be one of a select few who have the opportunity to serve in our Army at the Flag level.”

Gentry is a former member of the PC Alumni Board and currently serves on the Scotsman Club Board and the executive committee of the PC ROTC Alumni Council.

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David Fields ’90 and Andrew Myers ’10 tap into the craft beer industry

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ore than eight out of 10 Americans live within ten miles of a craft brewery. While this statistic shows you how popular craft beer is today, David Fields ’90 and Andrew Myers ’10 didn’t get into the industry to be a part of the craft beer craze. Family is the reason these two alumni broke into the business.

“A Born and Bred Beer Brat” “I consider myself to be a born and bred beer brat,” says David Fields, of Worcester, Mass.

Fields’ father began working at Rhode Islandbased Narragansett before David was born.

His father eventually left Narragansett to work for Carling in Atlanta before returning to New England to distribute beer for Miller Brewing Company.

David came to PC on a baseball scholarship and played catcher for the Blue Hose from 1988 to 1992. After majoring in business administration and minoring in physical education, he went on to earn a master’s in sports administration from Ohio University.

“Quite frankly, (a career in sports administration) was the direction I was going,” he said.

David returned home to Massachusetts to work for the Worcester IceCats, the St. Louis Blues’ minor league hockey team. Coincidentally, David’s father’s company was one of the hockey team’s biggest customers.

“That just kind of brought me back into the beer business,” he said.

David worked for the hockey team for three years before buying his father’s beer distribution business in 2005. He sold it a few years later. In 2011, David bought into a startup craft brewery called Wormtown, located in Worcester.

“We had three employees, and we sold maybe 2,000 barrels of beer a year out of an 1,100-foot facility, an old failed ice cream shop,” David said.

Eight years later, Wormtown is one of the 100 largest breweries in the country. The brewery, most famous for its IPA named Be Hoppy, sells more than 34,000 barrels of beer a year and employs approximately 50

full-time and part-time workers.

Wormtown recently opened its second brewery, located in Patriot Place beside Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. David has been able to connect with Justin Bethel ’12, who plays for the Patriots.

A Father and Son Hobby Andrew Myers began home brewing with his father when he was 10 years old.

“It was our Saturday morning routine,” Myers said. “Instead of watching cartoons, I helped my father make and bottle beer.”

Myers majored in psychology and philosophy, but he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do after he graduated.

What he was sure of, however, was a truism he learned from studying Aristotle and philosophers who spoke about the virtuous life: It’s important to do what you love.

“I feel like brewing was what got my dad excited, something that he was really interested in,” Myers said. “I loved it too. Studying philosophy got me to the point where I knew I wanted to do something in life I would enjoy.”

Myers kept brewing at home after graduating from PC. He was eating with his parents at RJ Rockers Brewery in Spartanburg, S.C., one evening when he asked about part-time opportunities there. The brewery was looking for tour guides, and Myers broke into the craft beer industry leading tours at RJ Rockers.

From there, Myers moved on to become involved in the craft beer community in Greenville, S.C. He helped open the Greenville Hop House and managed the home brew shop at Thomas Creek Brewery.

Myers has been the head brewer at Swamp Rabbit Brewery for five years, a year after the Travelers Rest brewery opened. He has won awards for his brewing and serves as the president of the South Carolina Brewers Guild.

David Fields’ and Andrew Myers’ stories aren’t uncommon.

PC’s liberal arts education prepares graduates for any industry. If your path from PC led you to a career out of the ordinary, please let us know. We may feature you in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Cheers!

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I

n less than three minutes the Blue Hose opened the match with wins by Cassandra Lopez, Jaslynn Gallegos and Rita Morales. Templeton was filled with fans, media and the flashes from photographers’ lenses for the wrestling dual.

It was a Saturday of firsts.

PC is the first Division I program to sponsor women’s wrestling, and the inaugural home opener last December introduced many in the campus community to the fastpaced, high-action sport.

Though they split the home opener against opponents Limestone College and Life University – defeating Limestone but falling short in a tight battle against Life – Lopez, Gallegos, Morales and 11 other top studentathletes recruited from across the state and country, are making history on the mats in Templeton.

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for the inaugural class of wrestlers. This 2019-2020 season two Blue Hose, Jaslynn Gallegos and Morgan Norris, earned national championships in Marietta, Ga., at the WCWA National Tournament and will advance to the US Olympic Team trials in April.

Before PC, Gallegos, a freshman, was the first female athlete to place at a boy’s state meet in Colorado. Norris, a freshman out of Nevada, was a six-time All-American, 2018 Women’s National Champion and eighth-place winner at USMC Fargo National.

Overall, a total of five women wrestlers from PC have been selected as All-American Wrestlers.

‘We Are Pioneers’ Lopez, now a NCAA Division I All-American wrestler, was a two-time Wrestling Triple Crown winner in Maryland before becoming the first woman to sign a

scholarship to wrestle at the Division I level in 2018.

She was also a three-time Maryland State Champion and Maryland Public Secondary Schools High School Female State Champion.

“We are pioneers for the sport,” Lopez said of the team. “It feels amazing to know that you are part of the start of a big movement coming to the sport of wrestling.”

Women’s wrestling is one of the fastestgrowing sports at the scholastic and collegiate levels, according to the National Wrestling Coaches Association. The association’s statistics state the number of women who wrestle in high school has grown from 804 to 21,124 (as of 2019), and more than 70 colleges now sponsor a varsity wrestling program.

Growth at the youth and club levels has rolled over to high school and led to quality athletes being recruited by college coaches, according to PC's Director of Wrestling Mark Cody.

Cody leads the women with coaches Dany and Tony DeAnda. The former head coach at the University of Oklahoma, whose career also includes time at Oklahoma State, Nebraska and American, joined PC two years ago to direct the women’s and men’s programs.

“We’re bringing in good people, and that’s our top priority,” Cody said. “I’ve been able to put up national championship stats. A lot of teams have taken home trophies, but they were always really, really good people.”

including two National Champions.

Off the mat, student-athletes there also earned academic honors and served the community. It’s the type of studentathlete that Cody believes can thrive at PC. The coaches say their athletes are attracted to PC because they value its academics and family community.

“A lot of our female athletes are looking for a closeknit, smaller school, but then they get that Division I experience as well, so I think that’s really unique,” Head Women’s Coach Dany DeAnda said.

Dany, of Kailua, Hawaii, grew up wrestling and started coaching in 2008. She most recently was assistant coach at the University of Providence in Great Falls, Mont., where she helped build the women’s wrestling program.

At PC, she’s been preparing athletes for transitions at the college level. For some, that includes time adjusting after coming from high schools without sanctioned girls’ programs — differences she says are overcome with time on the mat.

Head Men’s Coach Tony DeAnda, originally hailing from South Sioux City, Neb., assists her with the women.

He also brings an extensive wrestling background and has coached since 1996, starting with high school wrestling.

The two have coached together since 2011.

Learning from the Best Cody spent six seasons as the head wrestling coach at Oklahoma and led the Sooners to four top-13 finishes, including a 10th place finish in 2014. Under his leadership, the Sooners produced 10 AllAmericans and three national finalists, PC ATHLETICS | 30

Men’s Wrestling Returns Back on the floor in Templeton, Blue Hose fans rallied again in early January for the men’s first home opener.

The team returns after more than 60 years, last being active in the 1950s.

The program accepted an invitation to join the Southern Conference in 2017 as an associate member beginning this academic year.

“It means a lot to resurrect the men’s program, and you have to give a lot of credit to our administration and our president here,” Tony said. “You’ve got to give a lot of credit to the National Wrestling Coaching Association. It can not only be historical on the women’s front, but it can be historical as maybe starting a new trend on the men’s side.

This is important for the sport of wrestling across the board.”

The men’s team started with 22 studentathletes this year and has been working toward a full lineup after some early injuries. Going into 2020, they’ll meet a lot of the top 10 teams in the country.

“We think they’re ready,” Cody said. “I think we’re doing things right. We have several multiple-time state champions on the team. Wrestling is very competitive at this level.”

He doesn’t go without praising the PC administration, either, including new Director of Athletics Rob Acunto, with whom he shares a connection from American.

As eyes look to the program, he’s focused on it being the premier in the country.

“I want this to be a place where men and women wrestlers come, and they’re athletes that everyone on this campus can relate to and everyone around the country can relate to,” Cody said.

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out there on the mat and destroy whoever they’re wrestling, and we want them to come off and be kind, considerate people who do well academically and people whom everyone can relate to. That’s what we’re really trying to push here. Those are the best teams that I’ve ever been involved with.”

Mark Cody, Director of Wrestling

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20th Annual

SCOTSMAN CLUB INVITATIONAL sponsored by

Musgrove Mill Golf Club - Clinton, S.C., May 18, 2020 RSVP to kashmore@presby.edu

The PC cheerleading team placed eighth out of 13 teams at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) & National Dance Alliance (NDA) Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla. The 201819 season was the team’s first as a competitive team.

This season, the Blue Hose won 3rd place in its Camp Division at NCA Myrtle Beach Camp and took home a Silver Paid Bid to NCA College Nationals in the spring.

Head Coach Shana Belden, in her second year at PC, leads 24 athletes. Eighteen plan to compete this year.

Quinton Ferrell ’07 returns as head coach of the men’s basketball team

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uinton Ferrell’s earliest memories of basketball were family affairs — mostly cousins dribbling, shooting, passing, defending, and rebounding in the dust of a dirt court at his grandparents’ house. He very likely bounced his first ball there while he watched.

And learned.

“That’s where my love of the game started,” said Ferrell ’07, his alma mater’s first-year head basketball coach. “When I was younger, it seemed easy at times, but I always worked hard to get better. There are so many levels you can master to be a really good player — so many things to be good at. With just a ball, you can get better.”

The child who watched grew steadily into a player.

A good one. Good enough to play college basketball and smart enough to land at a good school. From the day he first walked onto the PC campus, the North Augusta native knew he’d found the right fit.

“Getting to know the coaches and the players, I immediately felt the brotherhood of the team,” Ferrell said. “I liked the family feel and the genuine care they had for one another. And because I excelled academically, I knew I would do well here. … I liked the size of PC; I could just concentrate on school and basketball.”

Ferrell did much more than watch from the sidelines at PC. The three-year starter at point guard played on the 2005-06 Blue Hose team that advanced to the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional Semifinals and ended his career as the captain of another 20-win season while leading the team in assists and steals two years running.

In 2007, he graduated with a degree in accounting and a reputation as one of the best defensive players ever to play for former head coach Gregg Nibert. As he did in the classroom, Ferrell excelled at learning more about the game and how to lead others on and off the court.

“Coach Nibert was an old-school coach, which was great for me because I was a good fit in that environment,” he said. “He was very demanding, but I knew he was preparing us for life. I also saw Coach Nibert as a great family man and as a great example of a husband and father. … So many of the things he taught us were bigger than basketball. Being unselfish.

Giving maximum effort. Being disciplined. Never letting someone outwork you.”

After five years working as an assistant to Nibert, Ferrell served as an assistant at Army, the Citadel, and the College of Charleston, where he recruited several of

the players critical to the Cougars’ successful bids to play in the NCAA Tournament and the National Invitational Tournament, respectively.

Now, after years prowling the sidelines as an assistant coach — watching and learning from other head coaches and programs — Ferrell has taken the reins at his beloved alma mater to teach and guide the next generation of Blue Hose.

“Most of all, we’re about building great relationships,” he said. “I’ve always had great coaches who had a major impact on me. Now, I hope to have an impact on them and be a mentor — not just on the court but in their lives.”

As an established recruiter, Ferrell said he hopes to find student-athletes who fit PC as well as he did — ones who are eager to work hard in the gym and in the classroom.

The hard work begins and ends, however, with the coach himself.

“I take pride in being organized and I bring a strong work ethic that I was taught from an early age,” he said. “I also believe that the effort is worth it — adversity and hard work shape your character. I don’t necessarily believe I chose to go into coaching so much as coaching chose me. In a way, my entire life has prepared me to be a coach.”

Now that journey — with all its lessons — brings Ferrell back to Clinton to prowl the sidelines in Templeton Athletic Center. It also brings a great deal of excitement as he builds a program in his image and teaches a new generation of players how to win on the court and off.

“I’m excited about building a program that will stand the test of time,” he said.

One that Blue Hose faithful will enjoy watching.

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FATHER’S DAY

Dr. James Wetzel, the Pulaski L. Bealy Smith Professor of Biology, won the Canadian Natural Science Award for “Father’s Day,” this picture of a newly born seahorse holding on to the brood pouch of the male. Last summer, Wetzel was inducted as a fellow of the BioCommunications Association. The international organization is dedicated to scientific photography and visual data communications in the life sciences and medicine. In addition to documenting nature through photography, Wetzel teaches in the Physician Assistant Studies Program, which began classes this past fall.

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PLAYING FOR THE POPE Dr. John Inman ’73 Remembers Coach John McKissick ’51

Coach McKissick, then head coach at Summerville High School, at his desk.

Photo by: Gately Williams

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first saw him in 1965 when I was in the eighth grade, and new to the South. A friend and I were walking home after “C” team football practice. John McKissick was wheeling his new Highland Green Mustang convertible out of the school parking lot. The top was down, and he was wearing sunglasses in the glare of the late September sun, his tanned face unsmiling. But it wasn’t the car or the person I remember most vividly: It was the reverence in my friend’s voice as he stopped and pointed, “That’s Coach McKissick.” I remember saying, “So who’s he, the Pope?” As I was to find out, indeed he was. Pope John, and football was the religion.

Football was woven into the social fabric of Summerville, South Carolina like cotton in a polo shirt.

As a transplanted Hoosier who thought a football was just a very difficult ball to dribble, it became my ticket into that society, and John McKissick the conductor.

And it still amazes me how great an influence the sport and that man has had on my life, particularly at my critical junctures, points at which things could have turned out differently.

Ask about how he achieved such success (more wins than anyone) and you hear words about superior training and dedication to a cause at a level you find only in the Marines. But at the heart of it, it was all about the praise. And the truth is, aside from the routine radio or TV interview where he always credited the players with outstanding efforts, he rarely praised us on the field, urging us on to greater heights, turning the exceptional effort and performance into an everyday expectation.

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Given that absence, we sought his tribute like hounds at the master’s table. Perhaps his greatest insight was knowing when and where to administer the rare praise, when to place his holy hand on a sagging shoulder.

I once received his praise, and it became a defining moment in my life.

As a 15-year-old at my first football camp (a twoweek “retreat” into the North Carolina mountains), I was one of the youngest and least experienced members of the squad — easily the lowest player on the charts.

I was assigned to the “cob squad,” the team which held blocking bag dummies at practice sessions. Coach McKissick had gathered the cobs together the first day of camp and told us how important it was for us to hold those dummies “to stand tough in there,” make the offense work to move us. I accepted the remark as a command, and like most of the players, I believed every single thing John McKissick said.

The first day at camp I held a dummy at the left defensive tackle position, a critical distinction for we were running traps, where the offensive lineman from one side of the line pulls and “takes out” the defensive tackle from the other side. Since the two linemen are usually very large, and the offensive lineman has a head of steam up, the collision is really quite spectacular, in the raw, powerful way of a tractor pull or a heavyweight bout.

However, since I weighed only 155 pounds and the law of conservation of momentum being what it is, the trap was really a slaughter. The padding in the dummy quickly settled to the bottom and I was literally left holding the

bag as the 250-pound behemoths roared down the line at me. After most of the traps, the bag would remain standing and I would be somewhere in the defensive backfield.

At first my teammates were fascinated and amused by my ordeal, laughing when my helmet was knocked off or at how far I traveled in the air. But gradually, as I became more punch drunk and unable to protect myself, the collisions took on a sickening sound: the hard smash of flesh and plastic and bark of wind as it was driven from my chest. All turned their heads and grimaced.

“Don’t stand in there. Back up,” one of the offensive linemen whispered to me as I lay crushed beneath him.

But I could hear in the back of my mind McKissick talking about hanging “tough in there,” so I stumbled back to the bag and braced myself as best I could as the first, second, and third strings ran the same play over and over.

Then, after one particularly brutal trap, the worst of all catastrophes occurred. Tears began to roll down my cheeks, where they intermingled with the blood from my nose and lip, and the red stream began to drip onto my white jersey, where it widened into a pink stain. The tears were tears of pain, the type that well up when you smash your finger, and they spilled out even though I desperately wished them not to. Mortified and embarrassed, I hung my head so that no one would see.

It seldom happened, but once in a great while John McKissick would stop the entire practice session to make a point. He did that now, and I was the point. He called for attention, laid his clipboard down, walked up to me, and taking hold of my facemask, he tilted my head back so they could all see my wet, bleeding face.

“Look at his face,” he commanded.

I closed my eyes to avoid their stares, and I felt the hot tears roll out like water under a squeegee.

“Look at those tears,” he said. “But, you know, he’s not crying - he’s just hurting. And he’s hurting because he’s doing exactly what I told him to do.”

He released my facemask and turned to the semicircled crowd.

“And you know, he’s a pretty lousy football player right now, but by God, if I had 11 like him, we’d take the state title.”

I’m sure John McKissick wouldn’t recall the incident.

He probably forgot about it by the next day, but he had, in that instant, created a follower. I became his boy, a zealot, a soldier who would not only storm the fortresses, but also carry the banner in clenched teeth.

At that moment there were probably things I would not do for John McKissick, but I’m sure they didn’t come to mind. It’s a strange feeling to be under someone’s influence so completely. When I consider Henry the Fifth rousing his English peasants to a crushing defeat of the superior French forces at Agin Court, Dietzel’s Chinese Bandits’ phenomenal performances, or for that matter, the masses burning at Waco with David Koresh, I understand that dynamic.

I’m quite certain nearly everyone who played for John McKissick could relate similar stories. I know we all shared the same feelings. I saw it demonstrated the last game of my senior year. We had just steamrolled a rival at their home field and were coming out of the locker room. The contrast was striking. The other team was celebrating the final game, even though it was a loss, by smoking cigars and whooping it up. We seniors, to a player, were unabashedly crying and embracing. Contrary to team rules, we wore our uniforms home on the bus that night — just one more hour in the sacred cloth.

Sometimes I think about how I entered the team in tears and left it the same way. Funny how often life’s that way, too.

In a way it’s sad, but playing football for Summerville was the high-water mark for some of us. Many of us probably remember our games more vividly and speak of them more frequently and reverently than the birth of our children or other accomplishments in our lives.

Some still live in that gray mist of memory and legend, reliving those days, not realizing there was no magic, no aura, no divine guidance, that hard work and dedication in any situation will see you through. And that is really what John McKissick was about. No mystic Pope, but a disciplinarian with the ability to mete out honest praise to young men who sought it more than life itself. At times, though, I’m convinced the lucky ones died in that mist.

I’ve tried to explain this to those closest to me, my wife and daughters, all former athletes.They smile and nod, but there are unsettled glances shared, an awkwardness which reinforces my fear that the mist may be creeping in on me. But I go on, always looking ahead, but glancing back sometimes, wondering if I’m still standing tough in there.

– Dr. John Inman '73 is the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Biology.

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Your Alumni Board Kipper Edens Ackerman ’97 W. Jonathan Baggett ’99 Stephanie Barksdale ’13 Brian M. Barnwell, JD ’06 President Elect Harold M. Beasley ’78 Past-President Lindsay N. Bickerstaff III ’90 Dr. Heather A. Boger ’01 Karlie Smith Cain ’14 Danny L. Charles ’65 Robert Thomas Coleman IV ’11 Adam A. Cresswell ’00 Harry M. Croxton ’89 Rutherford C. Deas ’66 Vaughan R. Dozier, Jr. ’03 William R. Free, Jr. ’69 BG John T. Gentry, Jr. ‘91 ROTC Alumni Council Chair Lane Jeselnik Goodwin ’00 Emily Margaret Grigg ’03 Secretary Dr. Daniel P. Hartley II ’69 Shannon McCall Herman ’02 Dr. Kathryn Owen Hix ’00 President Tanisha Jenkins ’01 Jessica Leigh Jetton ’99 BG (Ret.) H. G. Kirven, Jr. ’69 C. Isaiah Lynn ’15 T. Lewis Masters, Jr. ’84 Cody T. Mitchell, JD ’08 Alumni Representative to the Board of Trustees James T. Morton ’76 Dr. Floyd Michael Nicholson ’14 W. Weston Nunn ’07 Margaret Ellen Pender ’97 Comer Henry Randall III ’75 Jeremy Blake Ransom ’98 Emily Norvell Skinner ’07 Allan Bradshaw Spearman ’85 Alumni Representative to the Board of Trustees Felicia Hardin Stovall ’05 Amy Bolin Tinsley ’08 James Conway Todd, IV, JD ’09 Chuck George Toney ’85 Amy Winston Warner ’86 Joseph Robert Wideman, JD ’13 Ashley Williams ’95 Stephen R. Woods, JD ’90 Anne Pearce Worrell ’01 COL (Ret.) Jack Clarence Zeigler, Jr. ’79 Leni Patterson ’83, Clinton, S.C. Ex Officio Member, Exec. Director of Alumni Relations

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Greetings fellow Blue Hose!

I am delighted to introduce myself as president of the Alumni Board of Directors.

I graduated from PC with majors in English and political science. While at PC, I was involved in Student Government Association and Student Volunteer Services. I also served as an editor of The Blue Stocking and chair of the Judicial Council. After graduating from PC, I earned a master’s degree in English and a Ph.D. in education.

I now work as faculty fellow at Greenville Technical College in Greenville, S.C., where I live with my husband and daughter.

Service was an integral part of my PC experience, and it set the tone for my approach to my career and personal life. My time at PC inspired me to give back to my alma mater by leading the Greenville Alumni Chapter for several years and later joining the Alumni Board. In addition, the importance of service instilled in me at PC continues to motivate me to be actively involved in my community. Currently I serve as secretary of the Board of Trustees for Interfaith Forum Greenville and as a lay leader for my church in addition to volunteering for other local organizations.

Academic life at PC is thriving now with new programs and increased enrollment.

As we strive to grow and strengthen PC, it is important for our alumni to contribute by encouraging students in our hometowns to consider PC as their college choice and to participate in the alumni referral program. It is also essential for alumni to contribute financially to help provide support for our students, faculty and staff.

Currently our alumni giving percentage is around 17%, but we can do more as an alumni base. Our bold goal this year is to reach 20%. It’s going to be tough to get there, and we need your help. When planning your giving to PC, consider a gift in honor or memory of friends, faculty, or staff at PC who impacted your life. Another way to give to PC is to invest your time — attend PC athletic events on campus and in your hometown, attend cultural events on campus, and join fellow alumni at local college-sponsored social events. An active alumni base is vital to the continued success of our College.

The Alumni Board is the conduit between the College and our alumni. Please contact me or other members of the board if you have questions or suggestions.

We value your input.

Kathryn Owen Hix Class of 2000

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CLASS NOTES FOREVER • INSPIRED • LOYAL • BLUE HOSE Class of 1955 Dr. Carter Martin ’55 published a new book, "Prose Poems." He is retired from the University of Alabama, Huntsville as professor emeritus of English.

Class of 1958 The Rev. Mike Andrews ’58 retired from serving his sixth interim pastorate position at Rockledge, Fla. Presbyterian Church, and relocated to Apopka, Fla.

Class of 1959 Ralph McNatt ’59 retired a few years ago after almost 50 years investigating, supervising and managing casualty and property insurance claims. Prior to that career, he was in the U.S. Army a little over two years.

He and his wife have two daughters, four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Dr. Laura Ashley ’59 recently moved into a house at Presbyterian Community in Clinton and is enjoying life there with PC professors, friends and alumni.

Class of 1965 Dixie Goswami ’65, professor emerita of English, was recently honored by Middlebury College. Middlebury President Laurie Patton acknowledged the life’s work of Dixie Goswami, retiring faculty member and founder of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network. She awarded her the Virtue Family Exceptional Service Award, which recognizes faculty and staff who go above and beyond their professional responsibilities to support and connect with students and to live in anexemplary way that builds a more engaged and inclusive Middlebury.

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Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf Graduate School of English.

The Middlebury president also expressed admiration for Dixie's ability to always put students’ voices and imaginations at the center of the learning process.

She led the effort in the 1980s to bring more public school teachers to Bread Loaf. Over 40% of the School of English’s teacher population is now from public schools. Patton lauded Goswami as a force, a visionary, a changemaker and an inspiration. Dixie received, as noted

by Patton, a rare honor: a standing ovation in absentia.

Dixie, Clemson professor emerita, holds honorary degrees from PC and Middlebury College. She is cofounder (1996) and director of the Write to Change Foundation.

Class of 1976 Graham Simpson ’76 retired on September 12, 2019, from American Airlines after a 38-year career. He flew as a captain for 34 of those years. During that time, he served as an instructor, check airman, assistant chief pilot, and was involved in pilot hiring for eight years. His wife, Wendy, is a flight attendant for American, and they have three grown children.

Class of 1979 Grant Jaquith ’79 was appointed to a judgeship on a national appeals court for veterans. Grant currently serves as a top federal prosecutor. The appointment covers 32 counties and more than 30,000 square miles. Grant served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1982 to 2011, earning the rank of Colonel. He began working as an assistant U.S. attorney in 1989, and has overseen his office’s criminal and narcotics divisions before taking over the top role. Grant worked for a short time at

the Syracuse-based law firm Bond Schoeneck & King in the 1980s. He earned his law degree from the University of Florida College Law.

Class of 1984 Debra Harris ’84 worked at Michelin North America for 28 years before going to TBC Corporation in April 2018. She obtained her master’s degree in business administration in 1987 from Boston University and resides in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.

Bill Besley ’86 Members of the PC family gathered inside the lobby of Templeton Gymnasium last fall for a tennis court dedication in memory of Bill Besley ’86.

President Bob Staton ’68 welcomed guests to the program, which also included remarks from Head Men’s Coach Eduardo Rincon, Head Women’s Coach Joel Roberts ’17 and Besley’s friend, Robby Nickerson ’85.

At PC, Besley played varsity tennis from 1982-1986 and served as captain of the 1985-1986 team, which finished fourth in the NAIA National Tennis Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. He was honored as an Academic All-American in 1985 and 1986, an NAIA All-American in 1986, an Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA) Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1986, and received the Academic Excellence Award as well as the J.Graham Miller Award, which is awarded to the athlete with the highest academic average.

Besley was a member of Kappa Alpha Order, where he served as president. He graduated from PC magna cum laude and went on to earn his juris doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989.

Nickerson praised Besley’s tennis accolades and shared his friend was an even better person.

“He gave more than he received,” Nickerson said. “He impacted countless people on and off the court.”

Sharon Besley, who was joined by children, Will and Caroline, thanked the College and those who attended before the crowd walked to the courts. The Bill Besley court is located next to Bobby McKee’s court, which was dedicated last year.

Class of 1985 Jim Edwards ’85 was named chief financial officer at Sharonview Federal Credit Union, one of the nation’s top 200 credit unions. He brings 30 years of leadership experience in the financial services industry. Prior to coming to Sharonview, Jim served as CFO for Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Va. He also previously spent 13 years in strategic leadership roles of CFO and chief risk officer within BB&T’s mortgage unit. Jim is a certified public accountant.

Class of 1988 Colonel (Ret.) James Kennedy ’88 was promoted to associate professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in August 2019. Jim has been teaching sustainment and force management at the satellite campus at Fort Belvoir, Va., since 2014.

Class of 1997 Kipper Ackerman ’97, after leaving the chorus classroom, began a non-profit organization called The Sounds of Grace.

The Sounds of Grace seeks to fulfill its mission of providing peace and healing through music in healthcare and hospice facilities and in special needs classrooms. This organization serves the community of Sumter County, S.C., and surrounding areas, but has reached all over the state, as well as North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. You can visit www.thesoundsofgrace.com to learn more about this ministry. Kipper continues to have a career as a PC FAMILY | 46

professional harpist and serves as choir director at The Church of the Holy Comforter. She and her husband, Curt, celebrate 20 years of marriage this year and have three children, Eliza, Laura Ruth and Sam. Eliza is now a sophomore at PC, Class of 2022.

Class of 1998 Dr. Mary Roberts ’98 is now the director at the center for career and leadership development at Middle Georgia State University.

Class of 2001

Kimberly Hampton ’98 A helicopter honoring the memory of Capt. Kimberly Hampton ’98 arrived at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Park in Easley, S.C. on December 12, 2019.

Kimberly’s helicopter was shot down over Fallujah, Iraq in January 2004. She was the first female pilot in U. S. history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire.

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter left Lockheed Martin, where it was painted, at 7:40 a.m. Thursday December 12.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the Easley Police Department escorted the helicopter to the memorial park.

“A lot of our employees here are veterans themselves,” said Leslie Farmer, of Lockheed Martin. “I think that story really resonates with people here and they understand the true sacrifice that was made.”

Hampton was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart.

In August 2017, Pickens County Council voted to obtain a decommissioned Kiowa Warrior helicopter in honor of Hampton.

At the time, it was believed the helicopter might be placed in front of the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library on Biltmore Road, but now a new memorial park is being constructed near the library where the helicopter will be placed.

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Chris Digby ’01 has joined McAngus Goudelock & Courie’s newly opened Summerville real estate practice as an attorney. Previously, he was with the firm’s Mount Pleasant office. He earned a law degree from Charleston School of Law.

Class of 2003 Julie Kirby ’03 received the Lockheed Martin NOVA award, the highest honor bestowed by the company, for her efforts in negotiating new business contracts for the Aeronautics division. She graduated in 2015 from the University of Florida with a master’s in business administration. She resides in Marietta, Ga.

Class of 2005 Bradley Ridlehoover ’05 was elected to partner at McGuireWoods LLP effective January 1, 2020. For the last 10 years, he has specialized in federal tax controversy matters and advised nonprofits on a variety of tax issues.

He is based in the Richmond office of McGuireWoods LLP, an international law firm with 1000+ attorneys.

Class of 2006 Thomas Davino ’06 received his MBA from Georgia College and State University and is a professional engineer in Georgia. He has worked for 13 years with Georgia Power and was recently promoted to his eighth

job and fourth leadership role within the company. He leads a team of engineers covering downtown Atlanta.

Class of 2008 Stephen ’08 and Taryn Taylor Humphries ’07 welcomed their first child, Taylor Stephen, on May 23, 2019.

The family resides in Chattanooga, Tenn., where Taryn teaches high school English, and Stephen teaches middle and high school music at Silverdale Baptist Academy. Stephen also teaches as an adjunct at Covenant College and maintains a private studio of percussion and hammered dulcimer students in the Chattanooga area. Taylor is nephew to Jason Humphries ’95 and Jay ’98 and Christyn Humphries McLaughlin ’99 who join the rest of mom’s and dad’s family and friends in being excited about this new baby Blue Hose.

Mairi Renwick ’08, a fifth-generation ordained Presbyterian pastor, has accepted a call to be chaplain of Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Richmond campus, where she grew up, returned as a student and recently served as director of admissions.

“I am excited about taking this new call,” said Mairi.

“Much of my job in admissions was to simply listen to the call stories of potential students. As chaplain, I will continue to listen and support our current students who are still seeking and discerning where God is calling them.”

In her new role, she hopes to find ways Union can continue to spiritually nurture and feed students souls inside and outside the classroom.

Among her goals is to develop relationships with local community organizing groups and nonprofits and discover ways they can support each other.

Mairi received her master of divinity degree from Union in 2011. She completed a clinical pastoral education residency at Emory University Hospital and was a staff chaplain at University of Kentucky hospital. She also was a program manager for Blessed Earth, a nonprofit

Alice Ridgill ’08 The Rev. Dr. Alice Ridgill ’08 has been called as the associate general presbyter of the Presbytery of Charlotte.

Alice recently served as pastor of New Faith Presbyterian Church in Greenwood County.

“I am both humbled and elated to receive the nomination to serve as associate general presbyter of the Presbytery of Charlotte,” Ridgill said. “In this role, I look forward to serving the churches and good people of the Presbytery with integrity, creativity and enthusiasm. As a pastor, I served one congregation, and I loved doing that. In this role, however, I have the opportunity to use my gifts in service to many congregations. In some ways, I will get to be a pastor to pastors. That excites me! I love serving God and the people of God!” Alice earned a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Erskine Theological Seminary, a certificate in executive leadership from McCormick Theological Seminary and a MBA from Louisiana State University.

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that focused on Sabbath and taking care of creation. She has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2013.

Class of 2002 Megan Wyatt ’02 and her business partner, Kristen Jones, have secured ownership of RE/MAX Greater Atlanta in Marietta, Ga. They are also broker/ owners of RE/MAX Around Atlanta.

Megan earned dual degrees in accounting and economics at PC. Upon graduating, she began selling real estate and became a RE/MAX broker/owner at the age of 26. Megan and Kristen have been recognized locally and nationally as leaders in the industry and earned numerous awards for leadership, agent development and office productivity. Since 2016, she has served on RE/ MAX, LLC’s Broker Leadership Council, a group tasked with partnering with executives at RE/MAX headquarters to drive the vision and direction of the company.

Caption: L. to R.: Rodney Bowler, Tony Moye, Rev. Dana Waters, Greg Cannon and Brian Andrews attended a Pink in the Pews event at McDonough Presbyterian Church.

Class of 2010

Dana Waters ’09

Derek Heron ’10 was named the Aiken Young Professionals MVP for 2017. He is currently employed

by Life University as a development officer.

The Rev. Dana Waters ’09 discovered his life’s calling on a mountaintop in Montreat, N.C. “I had a feeling overwhelm me about God’s plan for me,” Dana said. “It was a surreal and terrifying experience. It was like God was in my head saying ‘What about ministry?’”

Since then, Dana has gone on to receive a master of divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. Dana has been working in different churches since 2012. He previously served as the associate pastor of youth and mission ministries at Fort Hill Presbyterian Church in Clemson, S. C. On September 16, 2019, Dana joined McDonough Presbyterian Church in McDonough, Ga., as the new head pastor. He is also the head of staff.

Dana says he has never felt so clearly that he is right where he needs to be in life. He is enjoying jumping into the job with both feet and getting to know people in the area.

Dana is excited to see what God has in store for McDonough Presbyterian Church and its role in the local community. He and his wife, Kira, have three cats that “know they are in charge” named Chaco, Roday and Rory.

Thomas ’10 and Tabitha Caldwell Ard ’11 welcomed a son, Murphy Caldwell Ard, on April 5, 2019. The couple resides in Greenville, S.C.

Class of 2011 Torrell Funderburk ’11 is currently serving as the director of information security and working as a Cybersecurity Architect at Barings, LLC in Charlotte, N.C. He has been with Barings since 2017 and is currently focusing on cloud and application security strategy and architecture. He is also proud to announce that he and his wife, Meredith, had their first child, a baby boy named Kai Funderburk. Kai was born on April 30th, 2019.

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Class of 2012 Avril Fennel ’12 has been an Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in South Carolina since December 2017 and began working as a qualified mental health professional for South Carolina Department of Corrections in August 2018. She loves her career and is also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.

Class of 2014 Adam Bradshaw ’14 has been mobilized with the South Carolina National Guard along with four other PC alumni to the Middle East.

while at PC, Destiny received her Master of Science in Applied Clinical Psychology from USC Aiken in December. While at USC Aiken, Destiny served as an academic success coach, working with students at risk of non-persistence due to academic difficulties.

Carson Everett ’17 moved from Roswell, Ga.’s Centennial High School to Washington D.C.’s Cardozo High School in the fall of 2019. She spent two years teaching 10th, 11th and 12th grade English and is currently working with the 9th grade academy.

Caleb McGill ’17 and Martie Hiott ’18 announce their engagement as of December 7, 2019. Caleb and Martie met at PC during the fall of 2016 and will be married in June 2020 in Greenville, S.C.

Kyle Roy ’14 passed the July 2019 administration of the South Carolina bar examination. He was sworn into the South Carolina Bar Association on November 19, 2019.

Kyle received his juris doctor from Mercer University School of Law and is employed by Motley Rice, LLC in Charleston, S.C.

Class of 2015 Whitney Yongue ’15 graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School in May 2018. Upon passing the bar exam, she served as the law clerk for the Honorable Eugene C. Griffith, Jr. in the 8th and 11th Judicial Circuits.

Upon completion of the clerkship in August 2019, she began her career as a prosecutor in the 11th Judicial Circuit, which includes Lexington, Edgefield, Saluda and McCormick counties in South Carolina.

Class of 2016 Taylor Patterson ’16 graduated magna cum laude & received The Dean’s Award for her cohort from nursing school at USC Upstate and is now a registered nurse with AnMed Health in Easley, S.C.

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In Memory of...

Elizabeth Rebecca (Becky) Hicks Cloninger ’42 of Newton, Ga., died December 25, 2019, at the age of 98.

George D. Wilson ’42 of Jefferson City, Tenn., died August 13, 2019, at the age of 97.

James L. McCown ’43 of Columbus, Ga., died December 19, 2019, at the age of 97.

Dan D. Mungo ’47 of Pageland, S.C., died October 9, 2019, at the age of 91.

Fred D. Bentley, Sr. ’49 of Marietta, Ga., died October 4, 2019, at the age of 92.

Ernest T. Anderson ’50 of Andalusia, Ala., died July 30, 2019, at the age of 89.

John McKissick ’51 of Summerville, S.C., died November 28, 2019, at the age of 93.

Dr. Cloud H. Hicklin ’53 of Chester, S.C., died January 3, 2020, at the age of 88.

Ralph Porter Jackson ’53 of Hartsville, S.C., died May 27, 2019, at the age of 89.

Clarence Caldwell Guy ’54 of Shelby, N.C., died June 5, 2019, at the age of 86.

Frances Winn Line ’55 of Stone Mountain, Ga., died October 26, 2019, at the age of 86.

William Francis Littlejohn ’55 of Columbia, S.C., died October 12, 2019, at the age of 87.

Rev. William Aldridge Dantzler ’56 of Birmingham, Ala., died December 3, 2019, at the age of 86.

Henry Maxwell (Max) Clyburn ’62 of Lancaster, S.C., died December 17, 2019, at the age of 79.

Jack Marion Cloutz ’63 of Bangkok, Thailand, died December 6, 2019, at the age of 81.

Robert (Bob) L. Morris ’64 of Laurens, S.C., died September 21, 2019, at the age of 78.

Richard (Rick) Wansley ’64 of Decatur, Ga., died September 3, 2019, at the age of 77.

Eddie J. Ard ’77 of Rome, Ga., died September 4, 2019, at the age of 62.

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1933 – 2019 Dr. Randolph B. Huff Dr. Randolph B. Huff, Jimmy and Louise Gallant Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, died Nov. 24, 2019.

I met Dr. Randy Huff in the fall of 1982. He was my academic advisor for all but the first 15 minutes (literally) of my time at PC. I met with my assigned advisor during orientation. As soon as he saw I had an interest in chemistry, he sent me straight over to Randy to advise me.

Randy put me in his general chemistry lecture and lab, and the rest, as they say, was history. He ran a tight ship in class, surely a reflection of his stint as an MP in the Air Force, but was always friendly and conversational when I would see him outside of class. He also taught the seniorlevel physical chemistry sequence. I have fond memories of standing around in P-Chem lab talking about going to graduate school and life beyond PC. When I returned to PC in the fall of 1991, Randy was department chair by that time, and I was able to experience a whole new relationship with him. He was fiercely supportive of the chemistry program and all of his departmental colleagues, especially by mentoring the “new guy” (me). He always stressed professional conduct in the classroom and the lab, particularly his “always wear a tie when meeting general chemistry classes” rule. He also introduced me to fishing through our annual, “departmental retreats,” or fishing trips.

In addition, Randy was an exceptional friend. He was a fantastic storyteller. When we would go out to lunch as a department, he would always jokingly say, “I’d love to pay, but all I have is this $100 bill,” which he kept tucked in the back of his wallet. He was an admirer of fine food and wine (rieslings were a favorite) and hosted legendary backyard pig roasts that seemed to always end with his pulling out his fiddle and entertaining those gathered. He will be missed.

— Dr. Craig Powell ’86, professor of chemistry

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