PILLARS ALUMNI MAGAZINE FOR RABUN GAP-NACOOCHEE SCHOOL
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Inside this issue: After Math: Mary Frank Yates Memory as Food for the Soul: The Alumni Heritage Center A Life of Inspiration: Dess Oliver Retires After 40 Years The Busiest Role Model You’ll Ever Meet: Emeka Ojukwu Annual Report 2013-2014
From the Editor: Work Study Worship are the three pillars of Rabun Gap but these structural foundations do not amount to much if they stand alone. When these pillars become united they become service. Service can take as many forms and shapes as there are individuals. These pillars only become worthwhile and meaningful when they are turned into action. The stories that follow are representative of countless faculty and alumni who have committed their lives and energies to service for others around the world. The first two stories of this issue are dedicated to long-time and recently retired faculty members, Dess Oliver and Mary Frank Yates. Their efforts and devotion to their principles and their integrity will long be remembered by their students. Their stories have been told in previous issues of this magazine, but the message is worth repeating for younger generations. Both Mr. Oliver and Ms. Yates incorporated Work Study Worship into their daily efforts, and it is for this service that we want their stories to be recorded and remembered. The third feature story in this edition of Pillars is about alumni service to Rabun Gap. The alumni who work in the Alumni Heritage Center have selflessly devoted their time and efforts and they, too, represent the principles of service that are the founding values of this school. These people are living role models doing work that impacts all of us both now and in the future of Rabun Gap. They have systematically and lovingly organized the school’s history into a permanent cohesive whole which will hopefully inspire and inform for generations to come. What they are preserving will be passed on to future faculty, leaders of the school, and students at Rabun Gap. Their work will never be fully completed and it will be up to future generations to pick up where they leave off. We included a fourth story about a recent alumnus, who has clearly set out on a path of service. MRH
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MISSION STATEMENT Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School combines its strong academic program, mountain setting, and Presbyterian heritage to inspire young people eager to learn and grow. Living our motto, Work Study Worship, our community nurtures and challenges students of diverse backgrounds as they prepare for college and a lifetime of service.
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Class of 2014 7
Fun Facts 17 & 20
Development 19
Class Notes 26
Planned Giving 30
Around Campus 8
Message from the Head of School | 3 After Math: Mary Frank Yates | 5 Around Campus: Academics Arts Athletics | 8 Memory as Food for the Soul: The Alumni Heritage Center | 13 A Life of Inspiration: Dess Oliver Retires After 40 Years | 21 The Busiest Role Model You’ll Ever Meet: Emeka Ojukwu | 24 Annual Report 2013-2014 | 31 PILLARS MAGAZINE
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Message from
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Why Rabun Gap? What is it about this place that has inspired people to devote so many years of their lives to this institution? The answer to these questions are numerous, but the common thread that runs through these stories is that Rabun Gap is about building foundations, establishing roots, and connecting with others. Rabun Gap is about community. The boys and girls who come here very quickly form lasting bonds with their teachers and peers. It is a place where friends and teachers become a foundation and support for the rest of one’s life.
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I travel the United States and around the world meeting Rabun Gap alumni, I am always struck that they make the same comment. “The teachers at Rabun Gap changed my life.” The stories that are offered are about teachers who have devoted much of their life to the students of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.
In our opening meeting at the start of the academic year, I addressed the entire faculty and staff and shared that Rabun GapNacoochee School remains committed to the vision of our founder, Andrew Ritchie. While the experiences of our current students reflect the world in which we live, they continue to come to Rabun Gap in search of an academic community that is not only committed to education, but also is welcoming and nurturing. They want to attend a school where they are known and loved.
Every student’s story is unique and reflects how this place inspired them. They have achieved more than they ever thought possible due to the guidance of incredible teachers. People like Dess Oliver, Mary Frank Yates, Gail Loder, Don Arbitter, Billy Joe Stiles and Doc Truslow have inspired legions of students. They have stood by their charges and said, “You can do this, I will help you, I will never give up on you.” Whether a student attended Rabun Gap in 1940 through the farm family program or arrives today from a farm in Towns County, Georgia or from the other side of the globe, the experience of being at Rabun Gap is the same. We are a community of learners brought by God, here at this time and this place to love and care for one another.
Anthony H. Sgro, Ed.D. Head of School
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cided to retire in June 2013, all realized there would be a gap that cannot be filled. Today Ms. Yates has returned to her roots in North Carolina and she is surrounded by her family who were thrilled to have Mary Frank return home. She said, “I have really enjoyed going places with my family. Now, they always ask me if I would like to go with them. In the past if it was a trip during the school year, they never bothered to ask, because they understood I could not go.” So far her retirement adventures included a trip to Florida. “It has really been nice to travel with my family. We are making up for lost time, which has been a lot of fun.” In the fall of 2013, Mary Frank had the opportunity to return to her alma mater’s Homecoming, something she had not had time for during her teaching years. “I had a great time at Mars Hill’s Homecoming. My college roommate and I talk often and we have already planned to get together this spring.”
After Math Mary Frank Yates by Dianne Burts (dear friend and faculty member at RG Middle school 1998 – 2006) Mary Frank pictured above with former students
Poet Maya Angelou once said, “The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when un-blunted by formal education.” Mary Frank’s students knew both Ms. Yates’ strengths and her tenderness, and that she focused on much more than just their innate intelligence. A long-time friend and colleague, Dess Oliver, once said, “Mary Frank is perhaps the best math teacher we’ve ever had.” Middle school principal, Kelly Frank, was effusive whenever asked about Mary Frank. “I’ve never met a teacher more dedicated to her profession. A master teacher and wonderful human being in every sense of the word, Mary Frank has given to Rabun Gap and her students more than we can ever give to her.” Therefore, one may ask how this dedicated teacher and individual can find life “after math.” What is left to do after forty years of devoted service to her students and her school? The answer is plenty! First however, like riding a bicycle, even though you still know how, .you might want to ”change gears.” ”My life is and will forever be connected to Rabun Gap and my students, and while it is true that hardly a
day goes by when I don’t think of something from my days at school, I have developed a perspective now that can only be achieved by being away, removed from the day-to-day life of the school.” Ms. Yates’ humble efforts and her dedication to her students are the hallmark of her long career. She has been a woman of purpose and integrity, and her legacy will be a longstanding benchmark and model for all those who follow at Rabun Gap. Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Mary Frank earned her Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Mars Hill College and a Master’s of Education degree in math education from North Georgia College and State University. Her Rabun Gap career began in 1973, and didn’t end until forty years later. Mary Frank forever holds a hallowed place in the hearts of her students and the faculty with whom she worked. There is an old cliché that everyone is replaceable; however, when Mary Frank de-
Rabun Gap’s motto: “Work Study Worship… for a lifetime of service,” remains reinforced every day through Mary Frank’s actions. In the middle school at Rabun Gap, Mary Frank encouraged the development of a strong work ethic and her actions were always commensurate with her words. This is exemplified by her work with Operation Christmas Child. While teaching at Rabun Gap, Mary Frank would not only help her advisees with their boxes, but she would contribute a box as well. During last year’s holiday season, Mary Frank worked at her hometown church, Miller’s Creek Baptist, packing boxes. In addition, Mary Frank helped transport the boxes to Boone, North Carolina, to help pack the boxes for shipment. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Mary Frank would continue this great mission work in her hometown church where she wants to become more involved. In addition to her teaching duties, Mary Frank was the voice of Rabun Gap’s athletics for more than thirty years. As the School’s courtside announcer and scorekeeper, she motivated and inspired literally hundreds of student athletes through the years. As former Athletic Director, Jason Grove, said, “…she is the ‘constant’ of the School’s program and her level of dedication to the program is unmatched.” That enthusiasm did not end when she retired. Mary Frank has kept up-to-date on the basketball program. Along with sports teams, Mary Frank loves “her” North Carolina Tar Heels. She enjoys the opportunity to watch sports now, including the NCAA Tournament, better known as PILLARS MAGAZINE
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Mary Frank Yates loves Sudoku puzzles, and her love for math continues to be such a part of her daily life. Mary Frank continues to save money even if on a more fixed income. She always taught her students to set up a monthly budget, and one of the most important aspects of learning math was to “pay themselves” each month. Mary Frank shared, “It will be so beneficial to you one day.” She is currently reaping those benefits from her own practices.
March Madness. During a recent North Carolina basketball game, Mary Frank said, “I do a lot of sofa coaching, encouraging, and yelling at my television. It is so much fun.” Reading mystery novels, especially Agatha Christie’s collection, is another pastime to keep Mary Frank busy and she has sixty-nine of this author’s novels. During the Rabun Gap’s summer reading program, Mary Frank became interested in the Hunger Games Trilogy. Her favorite movie made from this series is “Catching Fire.” In many areas of Mary Frank’s life, she believes that one should “Practice what one preaches.” She used to share with her students the importance of fractions. She would use recipes as an example. Cooking for one person is much different than cooking for a family of four. She shared with her Rabun Gap students, “You will use math every day.” Now, she continues to adjust recipes, using math of course. One would not be surprised to learn that she MAGAZINE 6 PILLARS FALL 2014
Mary Frank’s 2014-2015 project is to pursue her genealogy. From a small girl, she was told that her family had a connection with the famous Jesse James; therefore, she is fascinated to research her family tree. She is interested in learning all the new technology which will help her accomplish this personal goal. Recently, Mary Frank shared with me that “With the Lord’s guidance, I was sent to Rabun Gap to do what I love most—teaching math to inspire students and instill in them the love of learning. I knew, as well, when it was my time to leave.” Often, Mary Frank tells me, “I have had time to ‘smell the roses’. I absolutely love this new chapter in my life.”
Maya Angelou also said “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” We know Mary Frank Yates has succeeded. She will always have the Rabun Gap family and alumni as her own.
Gifts in honor of Ms. Yates may be made to: The Annual Fund for Excellence or The Athletic Department. All checks should be made payable to Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School or can be made online at rabungap.org/onlinegiving.
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NEW FACES AROUND CAMPUS In response to record enrollment growth during the 2013-2014 academic year, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is proud to welcome 11 new teachers to the community. This diverse group of educators brings teaching experience from the United States as well as Chile, Spain, and Switzerland. Please welcome these newcomers to the Rabun Gap family! Head of School Dr. Anthony Sgro said, "We are very pleased at the academic strength of the new faculty. They are graduates of some of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States. They come to us with a variety of backgrounds and incredible educational credentials."
ABOVE: New faculty 2014 Front row L-R: Nikki Guynn (Science), Meredith Wilson (English), Carrie Kuehne (Middle School Math), Renee Rogers (5th Grade), Agata Potter (Middle School Music), Michael Milbury (Math Department Chair). Back row L-R: Tyler Saxton (Science), Nathaniel Goldbert (History), Paul Sperry (Science Department Chair), Jordan Wright (Math), Thomas Bendel (History). Not pictured: Gabriel Berges (World Language).
MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVES TO BETTY’S CREEK AND EXPANDS TO FIFTH GRADE In fall 2013, Rabun Gap opened a new middle school to meet the needs of continued enrollment growth and to enhance curricular and extracurricular activities in the middle school program. The Niles Bolton Middle School Complex enabled Rabun Gap to expand its program to serve fifth grade students. Head of School Dr. Anthony Sgro said, “For years, families have expressed interest in Rabun Gap offering a fifth grade, but current facilities limited our ability to serve that need for the community. The size and features of the new Rabun Gap Middle School made expansion to the fifth grade a perfect complement to our program.” Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School contracted with the Rabun County School System to purchase and take ownership of the former Rabun Gap Community School. The new facility is located adjacent to Rabun Gap’s main campus and expands the Rabun Gap campus to include a 34,000 square foot facility located on 12 acres dedicated exclusively for middle school programs. The Niles MAGAZINE 8 PILLARS FALL 2014
Bolton Middle School Complex has a separate dining hall, practice gymnasium, commons area (for gatherings and library use), fine and performing arts room, science laboratory, pavilion, 13 classrooms, and more. The facility underwent an extensive renovation to bring the new Rabun Gap Middle School in line with the architecture of the main campus to give it the “Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School” feel. The Middle School serves approximately 90 students, most of whom are from the local area including regional counties in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The Rabun Gap Middle School also provides a leading junior boarding experience, offering a boarding student community beginning in seventh grade serving students from several states and countries. With the additional space and amenities provided by the new facility, Rabun Gap is incrementally and strategically increasing enrollment while maintaining high admission standards, small class sizes, and individual faculty support, which are hallmarks of the school. Rabun Gap Middle School will continue as a leader in excellent core curriculum, fine and performing arts education, language exploration (including French, Spanish, and Mandarin), and applied environmental science with experiential stations on the banks of Betty’s Creek. According to Middle School Head of School, Kelly Frank, “The new middle school complex provides the space and amenities to continue to enhance our programs and curriculum to serve the developmental and social needs of middle school students.” Frank says the expansion to fifth grade and the features of the new Middle School Complex are exciting to the faculty and offer tremendous opportunity to build upon the school’s highly regarded engaged learning programs.
FROM COACH EARNHARDT’S DESK Rabun Gap left the Georgia High School Association in 2003 and joined the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association (NCISAA). Since that time, the Rabun Gap Athletic Program has seen tremendous growth and success. The Eagles have earned 14 Carolina Athletics Association (CAA) championships and many appearances in the state tournaments with seven appearances in the state semi-finals. We have had one appearance in a state championship. Many of these state playoff appearances have come since moving to the 3A classification, which is the largest classification in the NCISAA. The baseball team has won five of six CAA championships, earned a spot in the state playoffs eight of the past nine years, and six times advanced to the state quarterfinals. The team earned their first trip to the Final Four in 2014. Girls basketball won two CAA Championships, six consecutive trips to the state quarterfinals, four consecutive Final Four appearances, and one trip to the state championship in 2013. Boys basketball has earned a spot in the state tournament three of the past five seasons, with one trip to the Final Four in 2011. Girls soccer and boys soccer have continued to be two of our stronger programs at Rabun Gap. Girls soccer has won two of the past three CAA championships. Boys soccer earned a playoff spot five of the past ten seasons, with three CAA championships. Boys and girls track continue to compete at the conference and state level. We have had four consecutive state champions in the girls shot put. We have had many top eight finishers on the boys and girls side at the NCISAA 3A Track Meet. Softball won the CAA championship in 2009 and had three consecutive state playoff appearances. PILLARS MAGAZINE
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Rabun Gap started football in 2009 with a middle school team. Their first varsity team took the field in 2011. During the 2013 season, the Eagles went 9 - 2 for their first trip to the state playoffs. Wrestling will begin their third season this winter. Many student-athletes are committing to the rigorous training schedule that wrestling demands. This program is heading in the right direction. Almost 30 Rabun Gap student-athletes have gone on to play collegiate athletics since 2010. The school recognized twelve student-athletes from the class of 2014 that will participate in collegiate athletics next year. We have six baseball players, three football players, two boys basketball players, and one boys soccer player planning to compete at the collegiate level. The class of 2015 will have several high profile signees. Two girls from the basketball program have committed to Northwestern and Tulane. We have two boys from the basketball program being recruited heavily by Georgia, New Mexico, Embry Riddle, Wake Forest, Texas Christian, and Lipscomb. Three football players have offers/interest from Furman, Mercer, Georgia Southern, Holy Cross, The Citadel, and Wofford. We should also have one or two baseball players sign to play collegiate baseball next year as well.
Arts – 15 years of Cirque! Theater Arts Beware, all ye land-lubbers out there! Off on the horizon there be a show fast approaching and it be waving the black pirate flag. Hide your valuables and man your stations for it be those scurvy students of Rabun Gap and they be riding the waves on one of the most feared vessels of the seven seas: Cirque Tortuga, November 6-8. This fall Rabun Gap-Nachoochee School set sail for high adventure with a pirate-themed Cirque performance. Now in its fifteenth season, Cirque Tortuga presented an original story of action and adventure, trials, and tribulations – all with a healthy dose of humor on the side. Featuring all manner of cirque apparatus including trapeze, lyra, aerial silks, and Spanish web, this performance delighted and amazed as our multi-talented students took to the air. The Cirque program has become an essential part of the Rabun Gap experience. Starting back in 2001, Larry Smith and his Gap Players performed the first Cirque show with a handful of dedicated students. With each passing year, the program continues to grow. Today, the Cirque program features close to fifty students on stage and another thirty helping behind the scenes. A new addition last year was the well-attended and much loved Cirque Preshow. Scheduled an hour before each performance, characters mingle in a circus atmosphere outside the Rearden Theater sharing their talents with the community. This is a great experience for children too young to sit through the sometimes intense and always thrilling aspects of a complete cirque performance. MAGAZINE 10 PILLARS FALL 2014
As spring season became increasingly crowded with concerts, convocations and college visits, it was decided this year to move Cirque to the fall. With a few extra weeks of breathing room, the cast and crew were tremendously excited to put on an extremely ambitious performance that featured a multitude of dance numbers and fight scenes. An added advantage of the shifted schedule was the addition of a new pre-Season Cirque Camp that allowed the performers to return to school ten days early and train with a professional Cirque instructor from Asheville Aerials. By the first week of school, over thirty students were able to perform a multitude of tricks and techniques on a variety of different equipment. This added training allows the show to feature many more students performing a variety of skills.
Introducing STEAM Building on the huge success of the Industrial Art program, Rabun Gap is proud to announce the STEAM program. Led by faculty member/alumnus Brian Phillips ‘98, STEAM provides a space where students can challenge themselves in the areas of creativity and innovation through the authentic application of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Phillips explains that historically, the Industrial Art program provided students the freedom to challenge themselves with creativity and apply math and art, and sometimes physics to their creative endeavors. During the transitional phase, STEAM students can continue to plan and execute projects similar to what they have done in the recent past
(furniture, weapons, etc.), but today’s STEAM program encourages incorporation of electronics, robotics, and programming. STEAM also promotes projects that attempt to solve a problem that has no known solution or single correct solution. These types of projects will allow students to reach out and get their creative juices flowing, and it could hopefully lead to positive change locally or in the world. In the first trimester of STEAM, projects in the industrial arts building range from a Roman shield and battle ax to a quad copter drone, and from campus buildings designed and built in the popular computer game Mine Craft, to an electric motorcycle conversion. Math teacher Michael Lamuscio also has students working on various projects focusing on electronics and programming. Phillips says, "I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to attempt to fill even a portion of the shoes of my predecessor, Dess Oliver. Students are excited about their projects for the year and I am excited to help guide them through the process of bringing their imaginations to life!" PILLARS MAGAZINE
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Rabun Gap Sophomores Spend Summer Teaching Underprivileged Children in Asia Jodie Lian ‘17, Isabella Mo ‘17, and Echo Yuan ‘17 spent the summer teaching English to underprivileged students in Asia. Jodie became interested in the program last year and encouraged friends Isabella and Echo to join her in the project sponsored by UZIV (Shenzhen, China). China has a nine-year compulsory education, and after graduation from middle school, additional education must be paid for. A shortage of teachers and unaffordable tuition force many children to quit after graduation from middle school. Volunteers provide underprivileged children valuable access to native English-speaking teachers, helping Asian students to advance further in their studies and find better paying jobs as adults, an increasing number of which require English-speaking skills. Jodie explained that they not only taught English, but also shared knowledge about the world outside of students’ hometowns, encouraging them to focus on academics and to not give up. “We want them to have their own dreams and strive for their future,” said Jodie.
Rabun Gap Senior Meredith Garren Attends National Student Climate & Conservation Congress Senior Meredith Garren was one of 125 student leaders selected worldwide to represent Rabun Gap and the State of Georgia at the 2014 Student Climate & Conservation Congress, a program of the Green Schools Alliance in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She has served as an environmental leader at Rabun Gap and in the local community, and said, “I was proud to learn how far ahead Rabun Gap is in terms of our sustainability efforts. My exposure to the many different speakers and leaders gave me a new appreciation for the worldwide necessity for sustainability and conservation. I am very grateful for being given the opportunity to participate in such a valuable experience.” Hosted by the National Conservation Training Center (Shepherdstown, WV) of the U.S. Department of the Interior, student participants learned ways to improve the overall sustainability initiatives and efforts at their schools and in their communities. Activities included attending conservation classes and lectures and participating in group brainstorming sessions, cleaning garbage out of the Potomac River, preparing video presentations, and hands-on learning about bats and amphibians. Garren spent the weeks following the conference working closely with Rabun Gap Director of Sustainability Woody Malot and other Rabun Gap faculty to complete an application for the Zayed Future Energy Prize.
Ryan Charnoky ’15 attends Georgia Governor’s Honor Program in Social Studies Rabun Gap senior and recipient of the 2014 Alumni Association Scholarship, Ryan Charnoky, son of Mike and Vicki Charnoky (Clayton, GA) was selected to attend the Georgia Governor’s Honor Program (GHP) in Social Studies last summer. The rigorous 3-step application process included a detailed account of his community service involvement, an individual interview, and a group session. Ryan credits his acceptance to the research skills learned at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School and his group session negotiating and team building skills learned while a member of the Rabun Gap Model United Nations (MUN) team. Ryan plans to use knowledge gained from the GHP to help the Rabun Gap MUN team win this year. Ryan lived on-campus for 4-weeks at Valdosta State University, studying multiple social studies and technical subjects. The fourweek summer residential program is designed to provide high school students challenging and enriching educational learning opportunities. Activities provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners. The Georgia GHP is fully funded by the Georgia General Assembly. Only 1% of Georgia sophomores are selected for interview and a fraction of those are selected as participants. MAGAZINE 12 PILLARS FALL 2014
Aristotle was supposed to have said that “memory is the scribe of the soul.” Memory can also be food for the soul… Walking around this campus in the spring time fills your head with a variety of wafting essences and distant sounds. Every scent, from the sweet remnants of corn silage or onions and garlic coming out of the dining hall, and every sound from muffled roars of distant field machines to the hourly gong and nostalgic hymnal melodies from the cupola of Hodgson Hall, triggers our oldest and most fundamental of memories, which seem dormant, until awakened through our nose and ears on a sunny, breezy Rabun Gap morning. In short, we remember.
Memory as Food for the Soul The stories that are offered here are about people who have devoted much of their life to this place we call Rabun Gap. Why Rabun Gap? What is it about this place that has inspired people to devote so many years of their lives to this institution? The answer to these questions are as numerous as there are people but a common thread that runs through these stories is that Rabun Gap is about building foundations, establishing roots, and connecting. But most importantly, Rabun Gap is about people.
The following stories are examples of the countless people who have served this school. Each story is unique and each story is about how this place inspired them to give of their time and energy to the school. This is a part of the tradition that is Rabun Gap. The Alumni Heritage Center crew is a cross section of the many people who have worked over the years to collect, organize, and preserve the record. While their work is important in many ways, more important is their dedication and what has motivated them to contribute to this place. Perhaps if you read one or two of their stories you may be inspired to reconnect and serve too.
Make your way to the Alumni Heritage Center on any Tuesday, and you will find a friendly welcome from anyone you meet. If you head to the back building where the archives are kept you will find a beehive of activity among people who make up the team led by Archivist Billy Joe Stiles ‘49, include Elizabeth Philp Brooks ‘48, David Grist ‘67, Susan Odom ‘57, and William Thurmond ‘59. These are only a few of the people who have dedicated enormous time and effort to collecting and systematically organizing the documents and artifacts that comprise the history of Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School. Their common goal is to keep the record and make sure that all the big and little things are not lost forever. Each one of these people has their motives and reasons for their selfless work. As you walk in to this brightly lit room filled with desks, a gray garage door to the left, and rows of shiny metal shelves and cabinets loaded with all sorts of library type stuff, you will likely meet one of these dedicated volunteers.
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Susan was 14 when she entered the tenth grade at Rabun Gap. She came from Tallahassee, Florida and no doubt, even at that young age, the aphorism she “never met a stranger” fit Susan. Susan’s mother had found Rabun Gap from a brochure and although the tuition for work/scholarship would not be easy, Susan and her mother decided that boarding school was the right option for them. In addition to her school work, Susan worked at dorm cleaning and eventually moved up to what she thought was the really good job of waiting tables in the dining hall during her senior year. Maybe this is where she began developing her incredible organizational skills! Dr. Anderson ran a “tight ship’ and just for kissing a boy you could be “shipped.” You were placed on final warning for dismissal –in those days they called dismissal “being shipped.” “We thought they were rough on us and they were, but this made us a connected bunch of kids, too. We learned how to work and how to be resourceful.” By her junior year, Susan was deeply involved in school life, and in addition to her academic classes and work, she was a cheerleader and junior editor of the newspaper and yearbook which she and her co-editors named RAGANA. Susan said she graduated naïve of the “big wide world.” Soon after graduating from Rabun Gap, Susan was married and raising a family and although her life was often “rocky” and she moved around frequently, she felt that Rabun Gap was a place to which she wanted to return and raise her family, which she eventually did. Her husbands had all been military men, and it was almost inevitable that her two sons would also go into the military. Those influences are perhaps how she made the natural and almost seamless move to her niche to become the military archivist in the Alumni Heritage Center. Susan had some wonderful and strong teachers at Rabun Gap and many years later, when she was earning her degree in nursing she still remembered the algebra Mr. Brown had taught her. “I even had Billy Joe Stiles for a teacher,” she said with a smile. “I was glad I was a dormitory student; living with other girls taught me how to get along. I always thought I wanted to be a missionary, maybe the lure of faraway places….This place [Rabun Gap] did more for me in my life than anything. I found my faith and God has been with me throughout the good and the bad.” Three children, six grandchildren and now MAGAZINE 14 PILLARS FALL 2014
a great grandchild later, Susan is still full of energy. “I pity people who don’t have to go through adversity, because the struggle helps define you as a person” Things change, Susan said and the passion for the Rabun Gap School is not the same as it was; the place has changed, but the people from my age group and my time here is what keeps me engaged. To work and be around the people is part of my core, it’s where my foundation was built and that’s why I love working here.
of teaching.” Then Elizabeth said with a smile and a gleam in her eye, “I liked Miss Hackney, she drove a 1939 Ford Coupe and she would drive over the mountains on weekends. She got engaged over one Christmas, but she wouldn’t show us kids the ring. She kept it pinned to the inside of her purse all the rest of that year. I saw it, it was a nice ring. Miss Hackney left Rabun Gap and a few years later she was elected as mayor of the city of Young Harris, Georgia.” The family later moved to the buildings where the old middle school used to be on the hill. “We went to school half a day and did chores the other half. I was not in the work program but we had chores. My younger brother milked our cows. I enjoyed school, just wasn’t very good at it. It was simple times – a more innocent time. I would not want to be a child today.” Elizabeth attended a business school program in Rome Georgia and also worked at Wheaton College.
ELIZABETH PHILP BROOKS class of 1948
Elizabeth is 5’ tall, (but she seems taller) and was busy doing things, though it was just 8:05 AM. She quickly looked at me up and down with a slight skepticism in her eyes. Immediately I learned, as she offered me cookies, that she is quick witted, friendly and has a no nonsense, direct, “matter of fact” way about her. Coming right to the point, Elizabeth told me, “I do this work because it is how I was raised, to give service to the community.” She went on to explain her interest in history and stories. “I wasn’t very good in school, but tell me a story and I liked it and remembered. History and the people who came before me have always meant a lot to me.” Her association with Rabun Gap began a long time ago. Her parents had met at the Toccoa Bible Institute later, Toccoa Falls College. From 1943 to 1978 Elizabeth’s father taught Chemistry and Physics at Rabun Gap and “he did just about every job you can imagine.” Their family lived in the teacher’s cottage. “Dad taught and Mom was busy raising us… and later Mom worked in the school dining hall.” Miss Hackney taught Elizabeth American History and Government, “which we called Civics back then.” “Yes, I liked History, I liked the stories, and Miss Hackney had a good method
Elizabeth said that all she really knew and what is at the core of her life is service. Her father, the teacher, was her role model, “….. service by example. My father was the best person I ever knew. He did not have much to say, but what he said meant something.” Elizabeth began her work in the school archives in 1997, “to get me and my dad out a little.” She said that she enjoys “doing good” but she is ”not always good with people” and she often feels nervous with people. She allows “getting old isn’t for sissies!” The old saying “still waters run deep” fits Elizabeth well. Beneath her business like brusqueness there is a kind, highly sensitive and compassionate and caring person. She is a person who lives by the simple Golden Rule. She has lived a caring, thoughtful and intelligent life and she offers a model for all of us, and a reminder, that it’s not just what you do that counts, but it’s how you do it. “…the school came into existence on account of the extreme conditions of isolation, illiteracy, and poverty that prevailed in the county, and we ourselves in our struggle to obtain an education had been part and parcel to the conditions that we were to deal with.” * *from Sketches of Rabun County History 1819 – 1948 by A. J. Richie)
In his 42 years of teaching Billy Joe said, “I never met a student I didn’t like.” He fostered curiosity in his students by incorporating current news articles at the start of each class. “I expected them to respect adults and each other.”
BILLY JOE STILES class of 1949
Anytime you visit the rambling and carefully gardened white house at the corner of School Farm and Wolffork roads you will, naturally, meet the founder, developer and keeper of the archives, or as I call him “Father“ of the Alumni Heritage Center – Mr. Billy Joe Stiles. Still tall, lean and fit, Billy Joe is a legend. He grew up on the campus, taught here, and raised his family here. He is a primary reason that the alumni archives are as extensive as they are today. Mr. Stiles loves to laugh and joke and he can regale you for hours with stories, insights and opinions about his beloved school, but like the Archives themselves, it is hard to know where to begin. Mr. Billy Joe Stiles was born in Macon County, NC and his family moved to Rabun Gap in 1945. Billy Joe had four sisters and two brothers. His father was the maintenance man and fixed and repaired every broken thing on the entire campus. “Dad had little formal education but he wanted education for his family. Dad had lots of opportunities because he was so able, but he turned down better paying jobs and he stayed here because of the education that was available for his children. In fact, he was headed to Brazil for a big job when we came to Rabun Gap, but after six months here he knew he wanted to stay at Rabun Gap.” Billy Joe attended Rabun Gap Elementary, then Rabun Gap–Nacoochee High School. Billy Joe explained, “In spite of the fact that I had not even applied to the college, Mr. O. C. Skinner (a Berry College grad) drove me over to Berry College and just dropped me off.” He added with a laugh, “I was just a skinny little 111 pound kid.” When he graduated from Berry, Billy Joe did his student teaching at Rabun Gap under the guidance of Mr. R. H. Philp, and then he took a job at the public school in 1954. He earned his Master’s degree at Western Carolina University, and later a Specialists degree at the University of Georgia.
“The biggest influences on me as a teacher were Mr. Morris Brown and Mr. Robert Philp. In later years Nancy and Jack Beaver were instrumental in maintaining the integrity of Rabun Gap School and were just a great influence. And Dess Oliver was always helping with anything he could in keeping the archives for the school.” At his core, the man has the heart and enthusiasm of a boy. A million ideas are constantly popping into his head. He is constantly posing questions and having been trained as a scientist, he is always trying to organize knowledge. The Heritage Center provides Billy Joe with an endless amount of material to think about, and he has come to learn that there is a remarkable connection between historical work and scientific work. That is perhaps where his devotion to the Alumni Heritage Center is derived. Every day new “stuff” comes in, adding to the mountain of material. As we spoke, someone brought in an heirloom quilt made in 1937 by people at Rabun Gap, embroidered with names of teachers and students. In many ways Mr. Stiles is the embodiment of Rabun Gap. The words and enthusiasm flow out of him like a spring floods to become a brook and river. Rabun Gap was founded on, “an idea of a school where all work their way.“ A dream to make farm peoples’ lives better through education. If the school did the job “right,” the farm families would all receive the necessary education to make their lives better, more secure, and successful and there would no longer be as great a need for this form of education. And to this degree the original school was a tremendous success. The reality came that the single farm family could not compete; among other things, agriculture had changed. Governmental regulations made it increasingly more difficult for the individual to keep farming. The economic Depression of the 1920s and 30s did not help. Local schools had increased their length of study to nine months, and children could attend for free. Factories and industrialization came to this rural pristine valley. Factories offered higher wages, more consistent security and tenant farmers were drawn to better opportunities. The basic curriculum of the school had to change. This is the reality for all living
creatures; we have to adapt to our new situation, move or die. One thing however, did not change; the importance of the family unit, the need to belong, and this is the essence of Billy Joe Stiles’ work. The Archives contain the following: • The only record of 145 farm families who lived here • The records of the Junior College 19341945 • Records of the Industrial School 19031926 • The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School records 1927-2014 + • Foxfire 1966 – 1975 • Herbarium records of the 800+ species of plants of Rabun County And • The student records, which need to be maintained locked and kept fireproof. Billy Joe and his wife Mavis have been married for 45 years and live in Rabun Gap. Their son Todd, his wife, and their two granddaughters, Laken and Lauren live nearby.
DAVID GRIST
(pron. with long “i” as in rice)
class of 1967 The root word of gentleman is gentle and these were the first words that came to mind when I sat down to talk with David and learn why he volunteers his time at the Alumni Heritage Center. David grew up in Dillard. He has worked, gone to school, raised his family, and lived in this area almost his entire life. “Dad worked in the Forest Service and we lived in Clarkesville for a time but then we came back here, and I went to school here.” David is a distant relative to the founding Ritchie family and his aunt, Mae Smoak, was one of the first teachers at the Rabun Gap Industrial School. PILLARS MAGAZINE
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“All history is true in general, but false in particular” said to A J Richie by Chief Justice Bleckley, Rabun Gap GA* “Family and my Aunt Mae tie it all together,” David said. As the youngest in a family of six children, David is part of a lineage that has been in Dillard and Rabun County for over 100 years. “There were nine in Dad’s family and seven stayed in the Dillard area.” David learned about the history of the region and the school just as a growing tree draws nourishment from the land in which it grows, almost like osmosis. His connection with the land, the community, and the school evolved naturally. David became involved with Billy Joe Stiles and the Archives when, for the fun of it, he started bringing artifacts, photographs and various memorabilia from his family to show, share and donate. David is a soft spoken and thoughtful man. David spent five years at Rabun Gap– Nacoochee School and remembers it as a good experience. He couldn’t pin down a favorite teacher but he said, “There was Jack Beaver and, of course, Mr. Philps and Mr. Brown, well everyone knew everyone and it was just part of family.” He rode the bus to school and he was friends with the non-local students who lived in the dorms. He said that the dorm students brought new ideas and difMAGAZINE 16 PILLARS FALL 2014
ferent ways of looking at the world and he liked that. His outside interests and activities were mostly involved with the FFA. “Some kids were into horticulture and science projects, we all had to do a project and my project was raising calves. I raised three calves. I also spent a lot of time in shop, building things. I remember mostly either working with the calves or spending time in the shop.” David said he did not do all that well in school and right after graduation he went to Atlanta for training in business, and then he returned to Dillard and worked at the carpet factory. Tragedy struck in 1968 when his father was killed in a tractor accident. After that it was natural that he stay at home to help his mother. After a while David decided to go to college and it was at Warren Wilson College in NC where he met and later married Sharon.
know that this institution has a long and deep history. In today’s world not too many places can say that about their place, where they live and work…. so many people today lack roots and belonging to something.”
David went on to say, “I don’t know why I chose teaching, but teaching was in my blood whether I knew it or not. My oldest aunt graduated from Lucy Cobb Institute (now part of UGA) in 1899 and my mother often substitute taught and many members of the family taught.”
RABUN GAP is first and last about people. It is a school that works with people to educate them with the most essential ideas, to build character and integrity and instill core values of compassion, generosity, and a sense of belonging and responsibility to others through community work and sharing. The purpose of this school is to imbue people with a foundation that is solid enough to withstand change and turmoil. The work done at the Alumni Heritage Center is at the center of this wonderful school.
David taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grades at various times and his favorite subjects to teach were science and social studies. In later years he was involved in technology. He said, “It is important to maintain the archives because the teachers and administrators need to become familiar with the past of this school and where they work. It’s important for current students to
David has lived in a quiet and thoughtful way, and he has devoted much of it to education. His contributions to his old school seem to come naturally. These stories of people who work at the Heritage Center could be stories from hundreds of people who have been a part of this school over the past one hundred and eleven years. These people have given their commitment and time to this school. Each story wrote itself. Each story told of the connection that they had made at this place and the friends they made here.
FUN FACTS: Did you Know? CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY
To connect the RG Middle School campus to the RG main campus network, we have run 5784 ft of fiber optic cable. That is over a mile of cable! We have 400 students on campus but use over 1147 IP addresses. That’s a lot of mobile technology!
ADVANCEMENT 650 donors support Rabun Gap’s Annual Fund for Excellence Longest consecutive donor has been making annual gifts for 42 years…and counting!
ADMISSIONS Over 300 students applied to Rabun Gap for less than 100 spots the 2013-2014 school year, that number has been rising steadily over the past 5 years. Each year we have between 4 and 7 visiting international students who are here for one year from Germany, Lithuania, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, and Mexico. 23-25% of our total population are International Students representing 27 different countries. Over 70% of our students receive financial assistance. The independent school norm is 30%. 45% of students come from the local day market representing 3 states and 7 counties.
COLLEGE OFFICE Class of 2014:
622 applications created/submitted 101 different colleges 46 states 4 countries
48 of 289 college acceptances were among the top 50 colleges and universities, according to US News and World Report
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS Alumni Basketball Homecoming | Jan. 10, 2015 Heritage Homecoming | June 5-7, 2015 Alumni Reunion Weekend | October 23-25, 2015
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Recent Development Matt McGee "I look back on those years and am thankful for the generosity of others who gave to Rabun Gap, either through the work of their hands, their minds, or financial gifts. I feel it is important for me to carry on that heritage not only for the current students but for those in the future. It doesn't matter how much you give, it is the fact that you do, and once you start, you'll receive so much pleasure in knowing you have made a difference in a young person's life. It is my hope each young alumni will then develop their own culture of giving back to Rabun Gap, whether it is with their time, their minds, or their continued support." - Anonymous Alumnus who provided support for the $10,000 Challenge
Adapted from the YAN Newsletter May 29, 2014
YAN CHALLENGE HELPS SET ALUMNI GIVING RECORD From the desire to strengthen their connection to the “school they love so well” a group of motivated leaders from the YAN undertook crafting an outreach and engagement plan that included answering a $10,000 challenge gift from an anonymous member of the alumni community determined to expand the impact of his donation to the school. With the target of engaging and registering at least 100 young alumni members/donations in 100 days, the “100 Days” campaign would mark the YAN’s inaugural initiative designed to give back to Rabun Gap as well as reconnect with a community stretched all over the world. With each donation, alumni were able to vote on a special capital project that would be funded separately by Rabun Gap to benefit the members of the Rabun Gap community. As of May 27, the official cutoff date for the “100 Days” campaign, the YAN remarkably acquired 125 Alumni members and donations to secure the $10,000 challenge gift. The votes tallied with each YAN donation came out in overwhelming support for the funding of additional solar panels to be used to enhance a greener campus that would benefit Rabun Gap’s student-led sustainability program. The project was unveiled to the Rabun Gap student body on Saturday, October 18 at Alumni Reunion Weekend. With the total contributions from members of the young alumni community and other gifts from alumni spanning all decades, this challenge helped to set a historic record for alumni giving which reflects the largest participation in the school’s 111 year history. Special thanks to the YAN contributors and the anonymous alumnus who made this success possible. Ms. Shiloh E. Aderhold 2004 Ms. Meghan E. Alley 2003 Ms. Hannah A. Anders 2003 Mr. Craig Howard Anderson II 2009 Mr. Nicholas S. Argyle 2008 Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mr. Kevin S. Armistead 2011 Mrs. Monika Hibbert Arntz 1995 Ms. Karen M. Baghdadi 2006 Mrs. Kristin Henning Barber 2002 Miss Claire Bleckley 2008 Ms. Alexandra R. Briceno 2004 Ms. Beth Browning 1993 Mr. William L. Butler 2008 Mr. William C. Cantrell III 2006 Mr. Austin J. Caskey 2007 Mr. Tyler E. Caudell 2004 Mr. Christopher E. Caudell 2002 Ms. Jacquelyn O. Cowardin 2001 Mr. Christopher A. Crawford, Jr. 2006 Ms. Andrea L. Creato 2006 Miss ShaDonna R. Crosby 2001 Mr. Micah Cyrus 200 Mrs. Brooke Loder Depelteau 1997 Mr. Dylan Duvall 2009 Ms. Lindsey E. Hopper 2003 Ms. Elizabeth R. Ihle 2001 Ms. Miuko Izuha 2002 Mr. Yorke T. Jander 2002 Miss Chenyang Jiang 2012 Mr. Christopher T. Johnson 2007 Mr. M. Kennon Jones 2006
Mrs. Connie Baker Jones 2002 Mr. Seth E. Jones 2002 Mrs. Brittany A. Kaczmarski 2004 Mr. Benoy S. Kazani 2005 Ms. Johnna S. Keller 1995 Mr. Glen Kim 2007 Mr. Alexander G. Kovaka 2012 Mr. Khanh N. Le 2013 Mrs. Courtney A. Ledford 2008 Mr. Matthew Ludlam 1998 Miss Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Miss Sydney A. Lyons 2014 Ms. Mary-Keith Mann 2004 Ms. Barbara Martins 2002 Mr. Nicholas R. Mathiowdis 2008 Ms. Stephenia J. McGee 2002 Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 Mr. Kevin C. Price 2003 Mr. J. Aaron Rainwater 2008 Mr. McChesney T. Ramsay 2003 Ms. Emily E. Renfroe 1995 Miss Alexandra V. Rhodes 2007 Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012 Mr. William D. Richardson 2007 Mr. Fielding Russell 2008 Mrs. Kortni L. Sanders 2002 Mr. Joshua E. Seehorn 2004 Ms. Jaime A. Shepard 2003 Mrs. Sheri L. Shepherd-Pratt 1995 Ms. LeAnn A. Siefferman 2002 Mr. David M. Sierra 2003 Miss April N. Siktar 2006
Miss Jee Young Sim 2013 Mr. Saye Simpson 2002 Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011 Mrs. Kimberly Martin Smith 1993 Ms. Kate C. Smith 2001 Dr. Stanley A. Sonu 2002 Mr. James A. Stewart 2012 Mr. Greg Stokes 2004 Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Mr. Kelvin B. Dinkins, Jr. 2005 Ms. Kristin P. Dougherty 2002 Mr. Gregory J. Duelfer 2008 Mr. Jonathan D. Duelfer 2011 Mr. Matthew R. Duelfer 2014 Mr. Dylan T. Duvall 2009 Mrs. Anna E. Farrar 2006 Mr. Caleb C. Fraser 2000 Mrs. Allison Troup Frey 2002 Mr. Ryan O. Gajda 2012 Miss Jesse K. Greener 2008 Ms. Hannah K. Grimm 2005 Ms. BoAnn B. Hale 2001 Mr. Benson I. Hall 2002 Mr. Taariq A. Heaven 2004 Ms. Ellen G. Hoffman 2009 Mr. Joshua M. Holtsclaw 2002 Mr. Frank Meadors III 2002 Ms. Jennifer A. Miller 2002 Ms. Michelle L. Mooers 2002 Mr. J. Colby Moore 1998 Mr. & Mrs. Jose Munoz 2000 Mr. William W. Nichols 2013
Ms. Katherine B. Norwood 1999 Ms. Nicole D. Oakman 2005 Ms. Krishna G. Oakman 2004 Mr. Udochukwu E. Ojukwu 2010 Mr. Anthony T. Oliver 2002 Ms. Cambra Overend 2000 Mrs. Chrissy Penland Owenby 1997 Mrs. Jessica M. Owensby 2001 Mr. Alan Pendrick 2010 Mr. Krystof Petrasek 2013 Mr. Brian S. Phillips 1998 Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 Mr. Jackson Sveen 2003 Ms. Courtney R. Swartwout 2002 Mr. Charles D. Taylor 2005 Miss Megan E. Trau 2008 Mr. Adam R. Tyler 2008 Mr. Edward G. Udah 2002 Mr. Jeff T. Velastegui 1999 Dr. Pamela J. Velastegui 2001 Miss Megan L. Vonk 2006 Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Walling III 2000 Miss Chia-Ning Wang 2013 Ms. Dyane L. Ware 2001 Miss Vivian E. Weatherby 2007 Mr. Todd A. Weiser 1999 Miss Jazmyn Williams 2008 Mr. Matthew R. Wilson 1999 Ms. Sara K. Zachary Thompson 2005 Ms. Rebecca C. Zemek 2005
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FUN FACTS: Did you Know? IN THE LIBRARY:
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MAINTENANCE & GROUNDS: The school owns and operates 32 vehicles, not including lawn mowers and lawn equipment.
FROM THE DINING HALL: This past year the dining hall served: over 10,000 apples over 7200 lbs. of bananas over 10,000 lbs. of beef about 2380 lbs. of cereal 8700 lbs. of cheese 30,000 lbs. of chicken
employees work to keep this place running - 298,080 hours/year The school uses approximately 988,000 gallons of water each month or 9,880,000 gallons of water per academic year.
4000 gal. of milk
It takes four people working 8
1165 gal. of orange juice
hour shifts 3 days (72 man hours)
2250 lbs. of ketchup
to mow the lawns of Rabun Gap.
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Total hours maintenance
It takes 12 hours each week to mow and maintain our stellar playing fields.
A Life of Inspiration: Dess Oliver Retires After 40 Years “If you have energy, enthusiasm and you’re willing to learn you are welcome here and I’ll work with you! Whatever you make you have to research it, that’s the first and most important step and never forget it!” Dess is full of candid wisdom and matter of fact statements about life, but you have to be braced with a determination “to keep up” before you walk through his door or he will leave you in the dust. Although he has almost attained the biblical* four score years, Dess Oliver moves fast.
In the shop you can create just about anything, or as Dess has said on more than one occasion, “if you can conceive it, we can build it right here.” DeSaussure Ford Oliver II (Dess) was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1937. A graduate of Florida State University, Dess began his teaching career in Tallahassee in 1958. He moved to Rabun Gap in 1971 from Tallahassee, Florida, with his first wife and their three children. The words, whirlwind, dynamo, tornado, are often expressed by people after they have met Dess. What is written here is therefore, but an outline, a “teaser” about the man, his life and his service.
Unless you have walked around campus with your eyes closed, you have seen the products of Dess Oliver’s work throughout the Rabun Gap campus. The prominent octagonal Gazebo, the beautiful wooden cross in the Chapel, the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, and the bridge to Dillard over Betty’s Creek are all examples of Dess’ love and determination to create and build things. The Arthur W. Smith Industrial Arts (Design and Research Engineering Science) Building is where all of his classes have been held for over forty years and it is the heart of Dess’ world.
Establishing goals, creating a plan, and making a model in order to achieve and accomplish things is at the core of what teaching is all about for Dess.
*And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. -American King James Version
Dess Oliver has taught and inspired hundreds of students, young and old, and he has served
the Rabun Gap community in ways that will last long after we are gone. He has been a positive role model for students at Rabun Gap for over four decades with his hand in so many projects that it is difficult to know where to begin. Over the years Dess and his students have fashioned everything from authentic rifles and swords to fine heirloom quality furniture. Aside from smaller projects, Dess taught his students to “dream big.” There have been many large projects like the two foot gauge railroad engine and cars and all manner of railroad equipment and tools, a solar car, bridge models, an authentic American Revolutionary era cannon, boats, and even a full size trolley car. In addition to the practical Industrial and Engineering Arts, Dess has been involved with myriad activities at Rabun Gap. He can regale you with his adventures with the outdoor program: climbing and repelling, and canoeing the white water rapids on the Chatooga PILLARS MAGAZINE
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River. Dess introduced the first swim team to Rabun Gap, taught scuba diving to students in the outdoor program, and instructed Alpine and Nordic skiing during the winter. Dess also taught Disco dance lessons to anyone who wanted to learn the moves. The stories of he and his wife Jackie dancing continue to be shared on campus today. A few years ago, Dess’ daughter, Kate Oliver Maine (Class of 1985) wrote about her father in The Pillars and what follows is an excerpt from that article.
Railroad Lessons - A Shared Journey-
To say that my father, Dess Oliver, is a railroad buff is the understatement of the century. For as long as I can remember he has had a fascination for trains and railroads. It is a passion
that has defined him in many ways and, at the same time, has taught his children and his students valuable life lessons.
LESSON ONE: Have fun and be
passionate about your hobbies Through our childhood years, friends loved being at our house because of the extraordinary toys we had. When we were very young, our backyard featured a custom-built train car that moved along steel rails as we pedaled. Later, Dad’s Lionel toy train collection recreated a miniature world that captivated people of all MAGAZINE 22 PILLARS FALL 2014
ages. Sunday afternoon drives with our family usually turned into treks through the woods on adventures to find abandoned train tunnels, railroad beds and decaying railroad trestles. While I did not really understand it at the time, these artifacts were a connection to a past era of trains and railroads for which my father had a lifelong attraction. Always a believer in hands-on learning, Dad used his love of railroads to teach his children and his students about history, mechanics, and construction principles. With the perspective age provides, I have also realized what a wonderful and healthy thing it is to be so passionate about your hobby – whether it is railroads or a favorite sport. This interest has certainly kept my father young at heart.
LESSON TWO: Work hard, dream big
class at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. Together, over a period of about 6 years, they designed and constructed a full-size two-foot gauge locomotive, a passenger car, a flat car, a caboose, and a track about a half-mile long. Through the course of these projects,
these students learned much more than they probably expected from an industrial technology class. They had to research the history and construction of trains from this era. They had to design plans for the various components of the train. And, most importantly, they learned to be creative in finding and modifying materials to bring the dream to life. For example, the locomotive is powered by a 1970 Pontiac car motor. With the exception of the cast wheels, the students used salvaged and donated materials to make and adapt items to build the engine.
and be creative
LESSON THREE: Share what you have
Dad’s love for the mountains and for teaching brought my family to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School in 1971. In the 43 years since then, he collected massive amounts of railroad memorabilia and explored everything he could about the Tallulah Falls Railroad. This obsession has manifested itself in many ways through the years, but the most intriguing episode is when he decided he should build a real train. It was not a toy like we’d had as children, but a fullsize 2 ft. gauge train.
For a few years, the train resided in Wolffork Valley, where Dad and his wife, Jackie, live. Piece by piece the project grew into a small railroad village, a surprising treat for passersby. In 2001, Dad and Jackie decided to donate the train and all the related railroad memorabilia to Rabun Gap. This (naturally) led to the creation of the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, located directly across the highway from the school’s campus.
To make his dream a reality, he decided to include the students in his industrial technology
The museum includes a railroad station, again, built by my father and the students. The station houses a vast collection of historical photo-
graphs, tools, and artifacts. In this new, more visible location, the train and museum attract many visitors, who like my father, have an unquenchable passion for anything related to trains. The museum is an ongoing project, as Dad hopes to eventually construct more track and other structures on the property. Volunteers and benefactors for the project are greatly appreciated. More than anything, Dad, who
believes every moment is a teachable moment, simply enjoys sharing his memories and dreams.
FINAL THOUGHTS Dess Oliver has been involved with countless projects and contributed his expertise and skills to this community in wonderful ways. Dess, came and taught, listened, and built. His work and service as an engineer, a historian, and a teacher have been an inspiration and a role model for all who have known him. Dess asked that people remember two things about him. First, and most importantly he said “half of everything that I have accomplished is a result of my wife Jackie’s support and love. I could not have done it without her.” Secondly Dess wants you to know that he is a religious man but perhaps he did not always show this side of himself to the world all the time. For him religion is personal and not something you have to wear on your sleeve. “The good Lord has been good to me.” Dess went on to say in his short clipped sentences, “I have been teaching 56 years and teaching at Rabun Gap 43 years. I have been blessed to have worked with many good leaders and faculty. There is no place else I have taught that would have given me the opportunities like Rabun Gap. These opportunities are available to everyone here but you have to make it happen. I believe I was called to be here. I have had a fantastic life. I will miss this place but, don’t worry; I will still be around, just in a smaller role.” We wish you well Dess Oliver.
Thank you.
REFLECTIONS FROM DESS’ FORMER STUDENTS “Dess is a true craftsman. He is an expert woodworker, a consummate industrial artist, and an accomplished teacher. His love for the history of locomotives enabled me to experience this craftsmanship firsthand, as I was involved in the construction of the caboose for his train project. His vision and dedication to this project demonstrated to me that my goals in life are attainable.” - Dallas York ‘99 “Dess was an inspiration to his students because when you walked through the industrial arts building and saw all the detail to his craftsmanship scattered around the room it was the encouragement one needed to find a great idea. He is truly talented.” -Chrissy Haney ‘09
Celebrating and honoring Dess’ retirement Dess was honored at the Alumni Reunion Weekend on Saturday, October 18th. Contributions in Dess’ honor can be made to: The Dess Oliver Fund for Industrial Arts or the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum. All checks should be made payable to Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School or may be made online at rabungap.org/onlinegiving. PILLARS MAGAZINE
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mentally shifted when his father was paralyzed in a car accident. “My biggest concern was no longer the pretty girl in class,” Ojukwu said. “It was who was going to help my dad in his day-to-day needs.” “My father and my family are the driving force for me. I obviously want to make my parents proud, but I also want to be grateful for being here and being able-bodied.” Since then, Ojukwu has been focused on finding the value in every situation, giving back to others and making every moment count. “A lot of my time here is just helping other people realize that they have more agency and power than they think they have,” Ojukwu said. One of his famous phrases is “when life gives you lemons …”
The Busiest Role Model You’ll Ever Meet Jessie Kaliski, Amherst College Emeka Ojukwu: Class of 2010 at Rabun Gap is a recent graduate from Amherst college MA. What follows are excepts from an article written about him in the Amherst College paper. Emeka clearly carried the principles of Work Study Worship with him to MA.. While majoring in Sociology Emeka Ojukwu has been a Peer Career Advisor and a member of student security, among other jobs. In the movie “Dead Poet’s Society,” John Keating, played by Robin Williams, instructed his students to listen to the wisdom of old poets, like Whitman or Thoreau: “Listen, you hear it? — Carpe — hear it? — Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day, boys, make your lives extraordinary.” I have met no one else at Amherst who embodies this phrase more than Udochukwu Ojukwu, better known as Emeka.
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“I learned a lot from simply watching him and seeing the ways everyone else at the school regarded and respected the person who he was,” Ojukwu recalled. Similarly, Frederick recalls his experiences mentoring his brother as some of the most valuable moments in his life. “It was a very surreal feeling to be able to watch your brother grow from afar and help whenever help was needed,” Frederick said. “I will cherish those moments for a long time.” Little did Ojukwu know how lasting Frederick’s impacts would be and that later, he would act as an impromptu older brother for both Amherst and non-Amherst students alike.
When Life Gives You Lemons... In eighth grade, Ojukwu’s worldview funda-
Indeed, Ojukwu has taken lemons and turned them into more than just lemonade; his dedication has proven to leave a long-lasting legacy.
A Day in the Life of Emeka When asked to describe a typical day in his life, he laughed, and remarked, “a typical day depends on what job I am working.” His first year, Ojukwu had three jobs; sophomore year, four; and by senior year, six. Since his first year, Emeka has been a youth advisor in Holyoke for El Arco Iris, an afterschool program for elementary and middle school students. “I went during my freshman year and met this kid named Kermit,” Ojukwu said. “I got on my knees and said, ‘promise me that you will do everything in your power to get into college.’ Kermit was six or seven, and he said, ‘Okay, can we go play now?’” Emeka has been dedicated to Kermit, making sure he knew he had a supportive mentor who believed in him. However, Emeka realized that making a promise was not enough — he had to make sure that Kermit, and other students, fulfilled that promise. Besides El Arco Iris, Ojukwu was also involved with A Better Chance, the group that helped him during his high school years. “It would have been crazy if I had walked away and not given back to an organization that gave so much to me,” Ojukwu said.
He dedicates a few hours every week to give advice to the high school students at the ABC House — advice that he was fortunate enough to get from his brother when he was their age. …the mentoring does not stop there. Since sophomore year, Ojukwu has been a Telementor, an Amherst student who connects to high school students across the country to provide guidance and advice during the college application process. He filled the role his older brother once held for him through the friendships he has developed with his advisees. Ojukwu helps Amherst students as well. You might find him in the Center for Community Engagement working in Engagement Advising, or as a Peer Career Advisor through the Career Center.
Time for Schoolwork Amidst all these commitments, Ojukwu (was) a sociology major at Amherst. “I like dealing with and talking with people,”
he said. “I am not a science guy. The way society works and interacts is more to my taste.” One of Ojukwu’s favorite instructors is Professor of Sociology Ronald Lembo, who showed him how sociology relates to the world. One class he specifically remembers is a lecture on the misconceptions about teenage mothers. Sociology allowed him to see how other people’s realities are different from his own and one cannot simply say, “These people could do better.” “From the very first day in the introductory course,” Lembo said, “Emeka had a way of putting people at ease that’s quite genuine — and rare — among students. The phrase that comes to mind for me is a ‘generosity of spirit.’ In my experience, it’s something that’s just part of who he is.” Ojukwu’s immediate plan after graduation is to “go home…” Emeka plans to spend the upcoming school year at Yale’s National University of Singapore, interning in the office of admissions or student affairs.
Social Capital As a career advisor, Ojukwu left me with some words of wisdom. He referred to it as the mantra he has lived by since freshman year of high school: “Do not allow yourself to be a complete book worm, and not engage in some type of activity, club or job. At the end of the day, you are not going to tell your possible employer, ‘studying for that chemistry exam was real rough.’ Rather, you want to show how much you have done as an individual, the responsibility you have taken on or what you’ve gained from working with a group.” Most importantly, Ojukwu emphasized the importance of taking advantage of the free resources around you. Even if you have never met Emeka Ojukwu, you can still benefit from taking his advice or what he calls his “social capital.” Ojukwu’s parting words of wisdom: “Develop your own circle of trust; a strong, supportive group of students…This is what Amherst, or any college, hopes to create and wants to build.”
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Beverly Burton Struble: Lives in Cumming, GA. Three children: Julie, Kim and Ashley. Worked as Administrative Assistant – Dept. of Industry, Trade and Tourism for the state of GA. Married to Hank Struble (deceased) Director of State Parks. Love: designing and landscaping, antiques, art and dancing.
Marva Rochelle Knight: I’ve seen some of my former class mates and it was great to see them. Just had 30th reunion, it’s great to share our stories.
1963 Kenneth L. King: I live in Easley SC. I hang out at the Senior Center in Liberty SC with the guys and shoot pool, though I never know from day to day how well I will do. I volunteer at my church on Sundays and when they need me.
1964 Ken Simonson: USAF- 4 years Philippines, truck driver-school bus driver, married/divorced, daughter Kelli RN, four children, son Casey 14th year USAF meteorology- three children. I live in Broken Bow, NE and love to fish. Just visited RG last time here 1968.
Jennifer Asbury-Hughes: I currently live in Austin, Texas - the “live music capital of a world” and am owner of a small media company. I’m married to my business partner and have an awesome dog named Bosco. Kimberly Martin Smith: Married for 13 years to Richard and have three boys: Nathan (9), Jonathan (6), and Andy (2). We live in Fayetteville, GA. I’m a Registered Nurse, and fortunate to work as the school nurse at Robert J. Burch Elementary School, where my sons attend. I’m currently enrolled at the University of West Georgia seeking my master’s degree.
1992 Dr. Deana Shuman: has been named this year’s Star Teacher at Morgan County High School where she teaches French.
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Jean Kelly Lindstedt: Retrired from teaching, now traveling, riding horses, playing tennis and enjoying my three grandsons!!
Elizabeth Ohl Stanton: “Nurse Liz” I am living in Lawrenceville, Ga. with my husband, son and stepdaughter. I have been working as a nurse in labor and delivery at Gwinnett Medical Center for 11 years.
1977 Catherine Kelly Parker: My husband Edward Britton (also Class of ’77) and I have moved back to Rabun County permanently and love being ’home.’ I work part-time from home, enjoy volunteering at the school Archives and am Secretary of the Alumni Association. Edward works part-time from home and is spending a lot of time on the garden and on his lawn mower. MAGAZINE 26 PILLARS FALL 2014
1995 Patience Russell-Gordon: Hi, 90s folks! I hope you are all living lives beyond your best high school imaginings. I live on the coast in Beaufort, SC with my husband and our two children. I work as a children’s counselor. I think of you all often and with great fondness.
Mark Jamison: Graduated US Merchant Marine Academy with Direct Commission to US Coast Guard. 2002 married Laura, and moved to Stony Point, NC. The Merchant Marines allows me to travel all the world’s oceans and seas delivering military and commercial cargoes. I spend about half the year at sea and the other half at home with my wife and 3 sons.
1997 Brooke (Loder) Depelteau: I joined the academic office Suffield Academy CT and now serve as the Assistant Academic Dean. I also teach in the English department. I finished Ed.S. in Educational Leadership and Administration in December. Jeff joined the college counseling office (from the admissions office) and is now an Assistant College Counselor. Our son Max is now four-years-old and our son Bryson was born on August 22. Chrissy Penland Owenby: A teacher in Habersham County, and currently pursuing her doctorate in Educational Administration. Kristian Wolf: Kristian and his wife Jennifer gave birth to their second son, Leo Wolf, on April 24th at North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
1998 Brian Phillips: After graduating Rabun Gap, I hiked the Appalachian Trail, then attended Montreat College, earned BS and met Mary Carol (now my wife). After college, we traveled from coast to coast holding various positions before ending up back at Rabun Gap. We have had two children (Harper and Sam) and I completed my MS in Science and Science Education at Montana State University.
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Cambra Overend: I’ve been in rehearsals for a new Broadway show and it’s been rather allconsuming.. Currently I’m working on a revival of “Of Mice and Men,” starring James Franco. We open in mid-April. After that I will be moving on to another Broadway show in the summer, though it hasn’t been officially announced yet so I can’t release any details.
Nadia Dormer Westra: Graduated from MSU Denver, B.S. in finance, got married! I work for a boutique litigation firm. My husband, Josh, is a strong, incredibly intelligent and talented man. We love snowboarding and camping in our ’85 VW Westfalia that he built. We have two dogs, a Rhodesian Ridgeback and an Australian Cattle Dog who are our world.
2001 Kate C. Smith: I am living in Athens, GA. I work for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as a Business Systems Analyst. BA from Piedmont College in Business Administration and working toward my MS in IT at Southern Polytechnic State University. When not working or studying I hike with my two dogs or ride my road bike. Jacquelyn Cowardin: Started in Atlanta in advertising at a global media shop, Carat. Strategy, planning, and research, a perfect blend of strategy and finance in fun environments. I moved to Colorado for a few years, Boulder and Denver, then to San Francisco 2012. I run my current agency’s SF team, we’re a global group, I feel like I’m part of the family.
2002 Chris Caudell: Things are great. My wife Brittney had our first baby born 1-16-14, 8.2 pounds. Christopher Millar Caudell; we call him Millar. Being a dad is the highlight of my life. I am a police officer in Sandy Springs. I’ll finish my degree this year. I’m looking at jobs doing corporate security/investigations. Brittney just completed MA in education. Connie and Seth Jones: Seth Jones 2002 married Connie Baker 2002. They have one daughter, June, and three dogs, T-Bone, Porkchop and Pumpkin. They live in Greenville SC. Seth is a patent attorney with Dority & Manning and Connie is an intellectual property attorney with Altus IP. Kristin Henning Barber: Graduate UNCA, currently living in Falls Church VA, married Blake Barber and now raising their newly arrived daughter Kathryn Maple.
David Sierra: I currently live in Brandon, FL, just outside of Tampa. I own and operate Sierra Contracting LLC. specializing in residential and commercial remodeling. I haven’t been back to RGNS in about 2 years. I’m hoping to visit sometime this year. Jackson Sveen: I got married last April 2013 Currently working for a golf company in Charlotte (ClickItGolf.com) I’d really like to be my own boss one day. My sister Carey, 1999 is good too. She is still living in NYC. She started a new job recently where she is selling medical supplies. She was working at a hospital as an "Angioplasty Specialist," but every time she tells me about her day I get a little queasy.
2004 Shiloh Aderhold: I worked at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple for over a year. Mike (my boyfriend) is the new Director of Marketing for the Staten Island Yankees, Single A affiliate, NY Yankees –so I’m in NYC. Mary-Keith Mann: My other half is in the Army, so I’m stuck in Texas at the moment. Fortunately, after this deployment, we’re moving to Fort Jackson (Columbia, SC), which is closer to everyone the both of us know, including families. Remember Matt Keeler 2004 - He just started the PhD program at UT-Austin, for philosophy. And as the universe is rarely lazy, he is in the same program as a former classmate of my husband. WEIRD HUH?!
Inda Pennington DVM: Graduated from St. Matthew’s University School of Veterinary Medicine in May 2012. I spent 28 months in Grand Cayman - finished my clinical year at Purdue University. Afterwards, I worked in New Jersey for a year and a half as a small animal veterinarian. I met a “Jersey boy” in Indiana and am now engaged. He’s a veterinarian as well. Casey Reynolds: I’m very excited about the opportunity in front of me. I moved to Michigan and have begun dental school. Alex Walton Briceno: Graduate UGA, married, one son, co-owner of Arizona Grill and Drinkery, Simpsonville, SC. John Hughes: Living in Greeville, SC area, run my own landscape business and enjoying life these days. Tyler Caudell: I finally graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in business and I live in Dunwoody, Georgia. I work for a company called IPS Packaging and they are headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. 10 years already. WOW!
2005 Kyle Wiggins-Rowan: Just got an awesome job at Apple at their HQ (from letter from Mary-Keith Mann) Kelvin B. Dinkins, Jr: Completing MFA in Theatre Management/Producing at Columbia University. I’ve been working in theatre administration and producing since graduation from Princeton. Working as Development Fellow for the National Corporate Theatre Fund. Recently working for Two Rivers Theater Co. RGNS set me on my course for theater though never would have guessed it would have landed me here.
Darcy Farrington Ryan: I’m working at Atlanta Ballet and actually like it here a whole lot more than I would have ever imagined. I Megan Vonk: Graduated from law school. still have a deep seated longing for adventure Recently read an article about difficulties of and I’m still entirely unsure of what direction making major life change; it requires many little to take but the ballet is good for me for now. steps and any reward is distant, and subtle. The ballet has all sorts of connections to Rabun I am currently employed as a children’s attorney Gap...all good. and Guardian Ad Litem for Floyd County Juvenile Court.
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Megan Funkhouser ’05 & Alex Zeigler ’06: Megan and Alex were married this summer 2014. There were three alumni in the wedding party (in addition to the bride and groom) Erik Funkhouser 2003, Wil Zeigler 2009 and Sara Zachary 2005. Steven Arbiter 1986 and his family attended. Jeanne and Jeff Reynolds also came and Jeff presided over the ceremony, telling a wonderful Reynolds Family story about the ups and downs of being a family and sharing in the joy of this union and its adorable resulting child, Caleb Wendell Zeigler. Family and friends gathered in Lost River State Park, outside of Mathias, West Virginia for a week of fun, music and joy in a beautiful natural setting, coming from as far away as Spain and California. Krystle Kabare: Moved back to Kenya 2012 and been working as a Social Protection Rights Programme Officer for HelpAge International. I work with Australian Aid and the Gov’t of Kenya in Hunger Safety Net Programme, provide aid to poor and vulnerable people in Northern Kenya. At HelpAge we manage accountability for the programme, also work with institutions to deal with rights issues. Jacob Midgett: Graduated from SCAD and recently got engaged. No official date for the wedding as of this posting.
2006 Anna Loudermilk Farrar: Doing great! Graduated from GA College and State University, May of 2010 in early childhood education. I got engaged right out of college, moved to Colorado for 6 months (he’s a chiropractor) We got married May 26, 2012 and live in Plano, TX. I am teaching Pre K and loving it! I could not be happier. My brother Michael (2004) is doing well; he still lives in Rabun County. Nell Fry: Things are going swimmingly. I am working for Sodexo now doing Energy Management and Sustainability Consulting. It’s kinda my dream job (for now). I live in down town Atlanta about two blocks from the MLK memorial.
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2007 Chris Johnson: After graduating from UNCAsheville, I am perusing a graduate degree in Economics in Bern, Switzerland. Not a clue yet if I will be in the States or in Europe after I graduate, but my girlfriend and I look forward to continuing our adventure through life together wherever we go. James Shope: In third year of my PhD. and working with US Geological Survey for my research. I’m at the University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. I research and TA a course on the Geology of National Parks, so far it’s fun, though I haven’t had to grade midterms yet - hoping to finish in 2 years. Will Richardson: Earned a master’s in artificial intelligence at UGA and he is now working on a PhD in computer science - at UGA, and he dedicated his master thesis to Mr. Ivy Stiles. After all these years, he still considers Ivy a great influence.
2008 Meg Trau: I am living in Natick, MA and am working at the Museum of Science full time as Curatorial Assistant. I was part time for a year, now full time. So now I’m a "real person" with sick time, vacation days, and whatnot (but still poor)! I have a big Maine Coon cat named Toasty who is a wonderful sonofagun. Aaron Rainwater: Working with Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) - non-profit focused on educating/mobilizing young political activists. After half-year with Ron Paul campaign, I’m in Washington, DC, at The Atlas Society (TAS) “think tank,” promoting philosophy of Objectivism. My primary role at TAS is fundraising, also provide consultation to political campaigns and issue-specific grassroots organizations/ efforts from local, state, or national levels. My sister Ann-Marie ’06 is very well! She was married in October 2013 and she and husband Louis live in Columbus, SC. Nick Argyle: Spent last year in DC working for non-profit as IT director. I fill three positions– Systems and Network Administrator, and Support Manager. Our organization trains grassroots political activists, I see many innerworkings of DC politics. I’ve gotten to converse with senators, congressmen, ideologues/philosophers, economists, and learned tactics in the election process; building and strengthening my political philosophy in the process.
Krishna Ghodiwala: Graduated - Bachelors of Arts in English/Political Science from University of Toronto. Joined President Obama’s re-election campaign in North Carolina, which paved the way for my career path. Since 2012, I have lived in Asheville, Atlanta, and Boston working for various campaigns, recently took job as Business Development Director at American Directions Group in Washington DC – and loving it!
2009 Ellen Downing: Things are going well. My husband, Alex, and I started a wedding videography business and are trying to build that up to do full time. I also work a part time retail job and do some freelance videography around Nashville. Also, Mariah Cousineau (2010) got married in May at her family’s trout farm in Rabun Gap and asked Alex and me to do her videography! Clayton Roper: Graduated from Georgia College with a degree in mass communications. I think the Georgia College Newspaper is the best in the state. I placed in the top ten entries at the Southeastern Journalism Conference held in Lafayette, Louisiana at the University of Louisiana. Scott Vos: Left UNC Charlotte and I have been working at Old Edwards Inn in Highlands NC and plan to return to college in fall 2014. Sophie Guntram: Getting ready for the home stretch of my year at Harvard; M.Ed. in international education policy. Then begin my first grown-up job. I hope to take the summer off to write - maybe a book, maybe just lots of poetry... I plan a teaching position at Sacred Heart Bilingual School, Washington, DC. I’d love to stay on the East Coast. Chrissy Haney: Graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in Business Management/ Computer Information Systems. Currently working in HR for Florida Community Bank in Naples, FL. Her favorite part of HR is the employee “on-boarding process.” “I really enjoy working with eager new employees and watching them flourish.” She also volunteers in her community and is preparing for her first half marathon. Dylan Duval: I currently live in Toronto, Ontario Canada and work in broadcasting.
2010 Morgan Slattery: Graduated from University. I traveled for 2 months around England and Scotland. I’m living at home, it’s pretty nice being around the family since I haven’t lived with them since I was 14! At the moment I have five jobs; My brother Matt (2006) and his girlfriend have moved to the island. Matt is into farming started to build a farm at the house. He works for a resort during the day building an aquaponics farm. Marisela Ruiz Mendoza: I graduated in December from Georgia College with a degree in Mass Communications. I got a double concentration in broadcast and advertising along with a Spanish minor. I am currently living at home while I find a job but in the mean time I am still working at Chick-fil-a. Madeline Grucella: Was on the rowing team since junior year at West Point. Last semester, I was company Regulations and Discipline Officer, a far cry from me at Rabun Gap. I’m a platoon leader. Plan to be a Field Artillery Officer, 3rd Cavalry, Fort Hood, TX, (after graduation and 5 month training in OK), I’ll serve (Second LT.) as a Fire Direction Officer or a Platoon Leader. Ford H. Thrift: Graduating from Wofford! I finished my Spanish degree this past December and will finish my Business Economics degree this semester. I am applying to law school. If I don’t go in the fall I will work for a year and try again. I worked for a law firm in Spartanburg last semester and maybe again in the summer or fall. My brother, Rush (2007), is married and living in Birmingham, AL now attending law school at Samford. He’s in his second year and competes nationally on the school’s mock trial team. He’s really raising the bar down there and active in his student government.
2011 Jessica Bryant: I’m currently studying abroad in Italy at the Accademia dell’Arte , and have been since the fall. This semester I’m working with a group of two other people to devise an original show. Our plan is to return to the states and hopefully present our show at a few venues this summer.
Daniel Dorough: I have just finished my last semester at St. Andrews. I love William and Mary. I was able to find my niche there that I haven’t at St Andrew’s. If the worst thing in your life is that you are having a less than stellar time at an overseas school, you’re still doing pretty well. Jessie Sims: School has been fine, but I decided to get away from Princeton for a little while. I left for study abroad in England; I’m at Oxford, studying Plato’s Republic and Aesthetics this term — hoping to soak up a bit about England as well. Since Daniel (Dorough) is at St. Andrews this year, we are hoping to look around together. Viola Walter: I am glad that I had the opportunity to “grow up” in Rabun Gap: I have become the person and the character I always wanted to be. I am following my dreams and goals. I am studying social work and doing an internship at a children’s home. My sister Jeanette just started medical school. Jessica Scott: In study abroad program in London, attending an international seminar on drugs and crime. Applying to CharlotteMecklenburg Police Department as a volunteer for the crime scene unit, for some field experience. I plan to work at a Federal Agency doing homicide investigations. I’m allowing life to take me where I am supposed to go, I do miss playing college softball. Noelle Pigott: I’m really good. I’m enjoying my second year as a fashion design major in a college upstate called Cazenovia. It’s pretty tiny, about 45 minutes away from Syracuse. So I can visit the neighboring colleges when I need a break.). If you can find Cazenovia, NY please come visit me! Andy Garcia: Still at Syracuse. I am currently studying abroad in Madrid, Spain! I have visited various countries (Germany, Belgium, France) and am scheduled to travel to others in the weeks to come
Lauren Lyons: Did original archival research in Halle and Goethe, Germany. Stayed with a family in Munich for 6 weeks, learning German. Returned to Sewanee for fall semester. I won the position to study at the University of Oxford (Mansfield College) for the spring semester of 2015. Thanks to all at Rabun Gap and faculty who enabled my academic interests. Sarah Stackhouse: I’m at Occidental College in California and loving it. I’m most likely going to major in Psychology, and hoping to go to Physicians Assistant school after college… we love visitors in Bellingham! Mitchell Hardman: Things are good but busy at GA Tech. I love it here and I am doing pretty well. I have an internship this summer in Atlanta.
2013 Roderick Galloway: Young Harris seems to be the place for me. I have a pretty busy schedule this semester but I have a few days of freedom and a few days I will be coming to visit the Gap with Anna Cole. I cannot believe how busy things get! Chris Barrick: Currently at UGA. The UGA experience has been excellent. Especially enjoy the ability to schedule my time between school and work. Thillo Deller: Studying in London and have fond memories of Rabun Gap. Megan McDonough: Brought two friends from UGA to homecoming. I talk about my experiences at Rabun Gap so much, but when we left, they both understood why. They said it was such a cool, family environment. Summer internship with District Attorney, to help figure out type of law I want to learn. I’ll be working in the Rabun County or Clarkesville office.
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Erica Williams: First semester was a little shaky but I expected it being it was my first one and I had basketball and other things on my plate... But this semester I am looking forward to. Hope all is well at RG. A lot of changes have been made but I do miss everyone.
Grace Ji Yoon Jang: I’m in the College of Business, majoring in Accountancy. I like accounting, but everyone else is scaring me saying it will get boring and difficult. I’m planning on graduating one semester early. My school has a 5 year program for Accounting majors. I’m planning on coming back to my school for a Master’s program and become a CPA .
Leslie Montoya: Geology major at Western Carolina University and absolutely loving it. I’ve always been a rock person and Doc Truslow approved it as a good major. Summer job with Camp Rainey Mountain, Boy Scout camp, Clayton. As Staff I will be working in the Nature Lodge department, "excited" doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about my first job!" PILLARS MAGAZINE
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Class Notes: Peter Seifarth: Yeah...I am thin, I need to gain some pounds hahaha. College is great! Jim Armfield: Busy at NC State and working hard, pace and schedule of college have been an adjustment, and definitely worth it. Lott Middlemas: I’m at the University of South Carolina and I’m studying international business, but I don’t know for how much longer. I don’t think it’s what I envisioned. My summer in Taiwan was time well spent and my Mandarin has improved so much since I left Rabun Gap. John Boyes: I’m now at UNG Dahlonega majoring in French and minoring in German. I’ve also made the mistake of working two part time jobs. I manage though. So here I am, hanging in there and loving every minute of it.
A LEGACY GIFT FOR ARTS AND SCHOLARSHIP A resident of Lakeland, Florida, Mrs. Norma Horan-Vogt passed away November 2013 at the age of 92. She was employed by Publix supermarkets for many years. Mrs. Horan-Vogt was a life-long Presbyterian, music lover, and advocate for children. For many years, she was a friend to the school and faithfully supported the mission of Rabun Gap with charitable gifts. Her desire to leave a legacy gift to Rabun Gap was no surprise, but all at the school were amazed to learn of the generosity of her provision. Mrs. Horan-Vogt provided $2.1 million dollars to the school’s endowment to ensure a legacy of support for years and years to come. Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School will honor her spirit of giving by establishing the Norma K. Horan-Vogt Faculty Chair in the Arts. This honor will be held by an Arts faculty member, distinguished by his or her love of teaching. Additionally, the school will establish the Norma K Horan-Vogt Scholarship, a need-based scholarship to be awarded to a deserving student. Indeed, many of the financial gifts that have helped to build and operate Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School for over 110 years have come from people who made the decision years ago to “leave a legacy.” What will your legacy be? What are you doing today that will make a lasting, positive impact tomorrow on many lives? If you desire to make a lasting impact at Rabun Gap with a gift through your will, please contact Paige Spivey, Assistant Head of School at 706.746.7731. For other ways to give and leave your legacy, please visit our newly enhanced Planned Giving web site, www.rabungap. org/planned giving. This site contains useful tools, articles, ideas, and strategies to help you and your advisors plan the best way for you to leave a legacy. MAGAZINE 30 PILLARS FALL 2014
ANNUAL REPORT 1903 SOCIETY - ($50,000.00 + )
J. Bulow Campbell Foundation Estate of Norma Horan-Vogt Tull Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. Xiang Zhu and Mrs. Yuqing Zhou AP
RITCHIE SOCIETY - ($25,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton* Estate of Karl M. Brawner Estate of Ida Hammond Estate of J. J. Jackson Mr. James B. Miller, Jr. GP Osage Farms Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
COIT SOCIETY - ($10,000.00 + ) Estate of Lovick Corn Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1965 * Vesta and William Hardman Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr. GP Mr. and Mrs. Kirk A. Knous ** Mr. and Mrs. Beau Lane McMichael Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Reynolds Mr. Jianpeng Shi and Mrs. Wei Ni * CP
BELLINGRATH SOCIETY - ($5,000.00 + ) Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild Estate of Nell Wise Babb Bright Wings Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton * Coca-Cola Refreshments Louise & Jimmy Gallant Fund Mr. Walter E. Mercer* North Georgia Community Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Sgro Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor * AP Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Mr. Weidong Xu CP
GUILD SOCIETY - ($2,500.00 + )
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Arbitter 1986 * CP Mr. Christopher Brandon Mr. and Mrs. John Caskey, Jr. ** AP Cousins Foundation The Gap Connection Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation, Inc. Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation William P. and Tondra W. Milgrom Foundation Mr. William P. Milgrom AP Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast* Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith* Presbyterian Women Synod of South Atlantic PCUSA
GREEN & GOLD SOCIETY - ($1,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Taz L. Anderson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Breithaupt, Jr. Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954 Dr. and Mrs. Eddie Cheeks* AP Claude Rickman Construction Drs. Ray and Ashley Cleere* The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. The Catherine H. & John H. Crawford III Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crawford III Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher C. Curran Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr. CP AP Ms. Kelly A. Frank Louise Ramsey Gallant Trust Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Graham Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hayes Heitzso and Mrs. Jennifer Horrocks CP Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Hix CP Mrs. Norma K. Horan-Vogt ^ Mr. and Mrs. Stell Huie* Dr. Young-Ho Jang CP Mr. Eunwoo Jeon and Ms. Seon Hwa Oh CP Mr. Kyeong Tae Jeoung and Mrs. Yun Sik Jang CP Mrs. Wei Jin CP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones* CP AP Mr. and Mrs. Seth E. Jones 2002, 2002* L & J Poultry Company Mr. and Mrs. David C. Landis CP Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McClarnon AP Mr. and Dr. Devereaux McClatchey* Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. McCray 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Matt McGee The McKenna, Long & Aldridge Foundation Mrs. Catherine McNair Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore CP Thomas Neal Foundation, Inc. Pentecost Memorial Fund The Quigley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley AP ** Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Reece CP RGNS Alumni Association Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Rickman 1973* AP Mrs. Catharine Seay CP Mr. and Mrs. (1950) Robert D. Shaw Mr. Jesse J. Spikes, Esq. ** Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Wendell M. Starke Mr. and Mrs. Al Swanner GP Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood* Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams* Mrs. T. J. Withorn Mr. and Mrs. Seung Kwan Yoo CP Mr. and Mrs. J. David Young 1972 CP AP
WORSHIP FOUNDATION - ($500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Howell E. Adams Jr. Mrs. Ivan Allen III Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Allen IV Mr. and Mrs. John Ashenfelter Mrs. Judie Austin GP Baruch Hall Family Foundation Inc Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 Mrs. Jane H. Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Luis Fernando Ferreira CP Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Flint River Presbytery Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Glover, Jr. Ms. Diane M. Green AP Mr. Thomas H. Hall III Mr. (^) and Mrs. Robert A. Hawkins Dr. and Mrs. Armand Hendee GP Paul & Flora Hubbard Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Lynn D. Hudgins GP Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Drew Leviton CP Mr. John D. Marshall and Dr. Rebecca Marshall Mr. Gerald Massey 1964 and Mrs. Mary Frances Wood 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Minnich CP W. L. Monroe Trust Ms. Frances Owl-Smith GP Ms. Catherine Kelly Parker 1977 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Pinkerton Mr. and Mrs. William Shelton, Jr. CP Mr. and Mrs. William D. Skinner CP James Marvin and Virginia McIntire Smyth Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Knox Thompson Mrs. Lillian Thrift GP Mr. Jeff T. and Dr. Pamela J. Velastegui, 2001, 1999 Mr. Yue Wang and Mrs. Xiaojie Yu CP David C. Way Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White III AP Mr. Matthew R. Wilson 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Wolfe Mrs. Mary Frances Higgs Wood 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960 Mr. Jun Zhou and Mrs. Dili Wang CP
STUDY FOUNDATION - ($250.00 + ) Ms. Dawn Armfield CP Reverend and Mrs. G. D. Barber, Jr. * AP Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton 1970 * Mr. Chappell Carter CP Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Cook 1971 AP Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dobbs Ms. Cynthia Downman GP First Presbyterian Church, Highlands, NC Mr. and Mrs. Bill Futral CP Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gajda CP Mr. E. Tim Gay 1966
All Contributors 2013-2014 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Mr. and Ms. O. Frank Green AP Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jobe Johns Island Presbyterian Church JW Underwood Construction LLC Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Kelly 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kropp AP Mrs. Linda Davis Ledbetter 1956 Dr. William R. Ledford 1943 JC Ms. Catherine Ridinger McLagan 1993 Ms. Helen Meadors AP Mr. Larry W. Mobley Mrs. Eve Morris Mr. and Mrs. Jason Noffsinger Northeast Georgia Presbytery Mr. and Mrs. Brian Osgood CP Mr. Geoffrey Peckham and Dr. Patricia Melzer AP Reverend Jeffry L. Reynolds and Reverend Jeanne Reynolds AP RGNS Alumni Homecoming Attendees Ms. Sherry Richardson Ms. Marianne Rogers Ms. Laura B. Schott AP Shandon Presbyterian Church Mrs. Janet Spruell Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949 Target Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Taylor CP Dr. and Mrs. William M. Taylor, Jr. Trinity Presbytery, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood Mrs. Sue Anderson Vandiver 1942 JC Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker CP Ms. Constance V. Walton Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weeks GP Mrs. Robert K. Wickham
WORK FOUNDATION - ($100.00 + ) ABK Properties LLC Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Adams GP Ms. Shiloh E. Aderhold 2004 Mrs. Shakirat Aduden CP Mr. James and Mrs. Sandra Dillard Arscott Mr. Jack V. Ayers 1951 Mr. Marian Balta and Dr. Ofelia Balta AP Bath Presbyterian Church Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battle Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beale AP Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver AP Mr. and Mrs. Michael Benitez CP Mrs. Dorothy D. Blitch Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman GP Mr. John W. Boyes GP Mrs. Elizabeth Philp Brooks 1948 Ms. Malinda L. Brooks Mrs. Jamie Brownlee Mrs. Richard H. Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Buckeridge CP Dr. and Mrs. G. Revis Butler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Callahan Dr. Gerard Camelo and Dr. Sheryl Gravelle-Camelo CP Mrs. Nichelle Campbell and Mr. Philip Sandmair CP Mrs. Scott Candler, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. O. B. Carlisle AP Mr. and Mrs. Marlar L. Carpenter 1940 HS, 1942 JC Mr. Robert H. Carson Jr. Miss Doris M. Cash 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chandler CP Ms. DaRel Christiansen CP Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman Mr. William W. Coleman 1956 Ms. Jane Conn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Connell Mr. and Mrs. David L. Crumley 1984 Mrs. Rachel Brown Davis 1967 Mr. and Mrs. O. William DeJonge GP Mr. and Mrs. Marc G. Derisse AP Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deVille GP Mr. Dennis Dickerson 1954 Dr. and Mrs. E. Urcey Dillard 1937 HS, 1935 HS, 1937 JC Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerry Doubleday Mr. Dylan T. Duvall 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Earnhardt CP Mr. Glenn F. Edwards 1962 Mr. Brian Egler CP Bishop and Mrs. John S. Erbelding Mrs. Lucy Wilson Fambrough 1952 First Presbyterian Church Athens, GA
Ms. Kitty Flewelling CP Mr. and Mrs. John L. Folse AP Mr. and Mrs. (1988) Jeffrey L. Foster CP Mr. and Mrs. Greg Funkhouser AP Dr. Lee Godfrey and Mrs. Sandy Dimon AP Mr. James Foster Goolsby 1940 JC Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Green CP Mr. William E. Griffin 1961 Mr. William A. Hanger Mrs. Joanna B. Hannah GP Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Harris, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Baron A. Heinemann Hemophilia of Georgia, Inc. Ms. Lucy Henry CP Ms. Fleda B. Hensley Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Hines, Sr. CP Mr. and Mrs. Ron Hodges CP Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hodgson, Jr. Mr. Ronald Hope and Mrs. Claudette Ward CP Ms. Lindsey E. Hopper 2003 Mrs. Morene Holland Hopper 1941 JC Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hosea Mr. and Mrs. J. Swanton Ivy, Jr. ** Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. James GP Mr. Reid G. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnston Mrs. Anne Darnell Jones 1953 Mrs. Iris C. Jordan-Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keener CP Mrs. Linda Means Kelly 1956 AP Mr. James B. Kimmel Dr. and Mrs. Holton King, Jr. CP Mr. and Mrs. Steven Koster CP Mr. and Mrs. David Lacy Mr. and Mrs. William Law Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loder AP Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lynch, Jr. CP Reverend Leonard W. Marr 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Martin AP Mass Mutual Financial Group Ms. Paige McKnight CP Mr. Ken and Mrs. (1959) Pat McNulty Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meadors III 2002 Mr. and Mrs. (1964) James E. Mickle Monticello Presbyterian Women Mrs. Pauline Moore GP Mrs. Martha Fry Moore 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Morehouse Dr. and Mrs. Steve Moreland Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mullarkey CP Mr. and Mrs. (2000) Jose Munoz CP Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Neville 1953 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nix Mr. and Mrs. DeSaussure F. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Jack Olson GP Dr. Mary E. Outlaw Mrs. Janie H. Owens AP Mrs. Suzanne Peden Dr. and Mrs. Bob E. Pettit ** Mr. John W. Phillips 1960 Ms. Velisa E. Phillips CP Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Philp, Jr. 1952 Presbyterian Women, Boston Presbyterian Church Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Pressly ** Reverend and Mrs. Robert W. Prim CP Mr. Michael A. Pritchard Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Provencher GP Mr. Michael Provencher CP Ms. Jean M. Redding Dr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Reed GP Ms. Susan L. Reed CP RGNS Class of 1949 Miss Alexandra V. Rhodes 2007 Mr. Alton S. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Sean Ross CP Mrs. Jeanette Rowe Mr. David Russell and Mrs. Jamie Brownlee Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sanders AP Sara G. Folse TTEE Ms. Heather Satterwhite CP Ms. Susie Schiffli CP Mr. Emory A. Schwall Mr. and Mrs. Doug Scott GP Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Sgro CP Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller CP Mr. Xiaoqing Shen and Mrs. Nuoya Zhang CP
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All Contributors 2013-2014 Ms. Juanita M. Shope AP Ms. LeAnn A. Siefferman 2002 Dr. and Mrs. Carter Smith Mr. and Mrs. James Solomon CP Mrs. Marie E. Souder CP Mr. and Mrs. William Spoon CP Mrs. Marquita Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Henry Stibbs Ralph E and Lucile B Stoffer Trust Prof. Dr. and Mrs. Wes Stone CP Mr. and Mrs. John Strickler Mr. and Mrs. Derek Taylor Mr. Billy F. Teasley 1959 Mr. Thomas H. Teyssier 1958 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Trammell Jr. CP Dr. and Mrs. John D. Trapp GP Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr. Mr. Charles J. Turner, Jr. Mrs. Mirna Valerio CP Mr. and Mrs. Scott VanderWoude CP Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Walling III 2000 Waterborne, Inc Mrs. Kathy S. Watts Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Wehner, Jr. AP Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Weldon, Jr. CP Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wilkes CP Mrs. Alleane Williams GP Mr. and Mrs. John G. Williams CP AP Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Dan C. Wilson AP Reverend Dr. and Mrs. George Wirth* WNC Internal Medicine, PLLC Mr. Kristian K. Wolf 1997 Dr. W. Paul Wolford 1960 Mr. Robert Womsley Ms. Mary Frank Yates Mrs. Christy G. Yeager Mr. James Zhang GP Mr. and Mrs. Earl Zoellner GP
NACOOCHEE SPIRIT - (UNDER $100.00) Mr. Frank Adames CP Mr. and Mrs. Chris Alley AP Ms. Meghan E. Alley 2003 Ms. Hannah A. Anders 2003 Mr. Craig Howard Anderson II 2009 Anonymous Mrs. Kathleen Arbitter GP Mr. Nicholas S. Argyle 2008 Mr. James W. Armfield 2013 Mr. Kevin S. Armistead 2011 Mrs. Monika Hibbert Arntz 1995 Ms. Karen M. Baghdadi 2006 Ms. Kristen M. Barber 2002 Ms. Tamara Barile CP Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Barron AP Dr. John C. Barrow III Beersheba Presbyterian Church Mrs. Mildred Burrell Bennett 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Berghel Miss Claire Bleckley 2008 Mrs. Ginger Justice Bleckley 1959 Mrs. Sarah Garner Boundurant 1952 Mrs. Carolyn Carnes Brewer 1951 Mrs. Alexandra R. Briceno 2004 Mrs. Jane Tanner Bridges 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Bristol Mr. and Mrs. William H. Broach Mr. and Mrs. Greg Brown Mr. and Mrs. Shane Brown Ms. Beth Browning 1993 Mr. William Buehner Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burts AP Mr. and Mrs. Garey Butler AP Mr. William Butler 2008 Ms. Patricia Callahan GP Mr. William C. Cantrell III 2006 Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Carter, Sr. GP Mr. Austin J. Caskey 2007 Mrs. Carol A. Cassetti Mr. Christopher E. Caudell 2002 Mr. Tyler E. Caudell 2004 Mr. Ah Kow Chan AP Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Charnoky CP Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Chastain, 1970, 1967
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Ms. Kathleen Cole GP Mr. Richard Cole and Mrs. Angela Barnhardt-Cole CP Mrs. Laverne Grist Coleman 1959 Dr. V. Rodney Coleman 1949 Ms. Gene Comer AP Ms. Elizabeth H. Cornelius Ms. Margaret C. Cowan GP Ms. Jacquelyn O. Cowardin 2001 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cox CP Mr. Christopher A. Crawford, Jr. 2006 Mrs. Andrea L. Creato 2006 Miss ShaDonna R. Crosby 2001 Ms. Elizabeth A. Crotts 2009 Mrs. Martha King Cumby 1960 Mrs. Pat Rice Cunningham 1954 Mr. James R. Cutlip 1953 Mr. Micah Cyrus 2004 Mr. Wendell T. Dawson Mr. and Mrs. (1997) Jeff Depelteau Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Raymond and Dorothy DeYoung Trust Mr. Kelvin B. Dinkins, Jr. 2005 Mrs. Annie Laurie Dodd Ms. Kristin P. Dougherty 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Dowdle GP Mr. Gregory J. Duelfer 2008 Mr. Jonathan D. Duelfer 2011 Mr. Matthew R. Duelfer 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Duelfer CP AP Mrs. Isabelle B. Duke Mr. and Mrs. (1952) William N. Dunbar Mrs. Betty Edwards Mrs. Chad Erwin Mrs. Barbara Lewis Estes 1958 Ms. Cherie Faircloth CP Mrs. Anna E. Farrar 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flower AP Mr. Robert H. Floyd, Sr. 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Joey Fountain 1975 AP Mr. and Mrs. George Fowler-Berken CP Mr. Caleb C. Fraser 2000 Mrs. Christina R. Freeman Mrs. Allison Troup Frey 2002 Mr. John B. Furr Mr. Ryan O. Gajda 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garren CP Ms. Gayle Gawlik Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965 Mr. John E. Gehle 1977 Mr. Thomas E. George 1957 Ms. Laura Gettler Ms. Chantal Gourlay Ms. Kaye B. Graham CP Mrs. Sylvia Green Miss Jesse K. Greener 2008 Ms. Elizabeth F. Grilli AP Ms. Hannah K. Grimm 2005 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Grist 1967 Mr. F. Max Grist 1940 Ms. BoAnn B. Hale 2001 Mr. Benson I. Hall 2002 Dr. and Mrs. Reuel E. Hamilton GP Mrs. JoAnne Page Harris 1953 Mr. R. Dale Harris 1950 Dr. and Mrs. Carl R. Hartrampf, Jr. Mr. Taariq A. Heaven 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Dan L. Heller Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Henning AP Mrs. Lisa Henry Mrs. Nina Herrington Ms. Cecilia Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Drew Hill Ms. Ellen G. Hoffman 2009 Mrs. Wilma Kelly Hoilman 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Joshua M. Holtsclaw 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Cody A. Honeycutt Mr. and Mrs. David C. Hopkins Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958 Mr. and Mrs. (1986) Kenneth S. Hudgins CP AP Ms. Elizabeth R. Ihle 2001 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester Mr. and Ms. Clarence Jackson CP Mr. Robert E. Jamison Mr. Yorke T. Jander 2002 Miss Ji Yoon Jang 2012 Miss Chenyang Jiang 2012 Mrs. Vivian Kennemore Johns 1957 Mr. Christopher T. Johnson 2007
Mr. M. Kennon Jones 2006 Mrs. Mary A. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jump Mrs. Brittany Beale Kaczmarski 2004 Mrs. Alice Hempel Kamin 1959 Mr. Benoy S. Kazani 2005 Ms. Johnna S. Keller 1995 Mr. Glen Kim 2007 Ms. Joan O. King CP Mr. Alexander G. Kovaka 2012 Ms. Susan Kovaka CP AP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kuehne CP Dr. and Mrs. John E. Kurnick Ms. Claire Ladensack CP Mr. Phillip S. Landers 1958 Mr. George M. Lansdell 1956 Mr. Khanh N. Le 2013 Mrs. Courtney Beale Ledford 2008 Mr. and Mrs. (2008) James A. Ledford Mr. John L. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge O. Long Mr. and Mrs. Jim Loring CP Mrs. Beverly Guthrie Lougher 1958 and Mr. James A. Lougher Mr. Matthew Ludlam 1998 Mr. and Mrs. John Lumsden CP Miss Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Miss Sydney A. Lyons 2014 Mr. Wilbur Maney ** AP Mrs. Martha Cornette Mann 1956 Ms. Mary-Keith Mann 2004 Mrs. Gwendolyn Raby Mansini 1960 Mr. Nicholas R. Mathiowdis 2008 Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell Ms. Donna McClellion CP Mrs. Mary Jane Carver McCoy 1959 Mrs. Marian McGaughey Ms. Stephenia J. McGee 2002 Mrs. Patricia Smith McLaughlin 1966 Mrs. Hilda W. McLucas 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan McRary CP Mr. and Mrs. John L. Meeks AP Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merrin 1958, 1958 Mr. Ralph L. Merrow, Jr. 1959 Ms. Kathleen Midgett AP Ms. Jennifer A. Miller 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Montemayor CP Montgomery Presbyterian Church Ms. Amanda M. Montoya CP Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mooers AP Ms. Michelle L. Mooers 2002 Mr. J. Colby Moore 1998 Mr. James M. Moore 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moore Mr. Travis B. Morrison Mr. Clyde LaRue Mosley II Elsie Naomi Myers Memorial Fund Mrs. JoAnne Cox Nall 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Clay Nash CP Mrs. Victoria A. Nash 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Nichols CP Mr. William W. Nichols 2013 Mrs. Genevieve L. Norman Nviable Inc Ms. Krishna G. Oakman 2004 Ms. Nicole D. Oakman 2005 Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957 Mr. Udochukwu E. Ojukwu 2010 Mr. Anthony T. Oliver 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ortega CP Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ostojic 1999 Ms. Cambra Overend 2000 Mrs. Chrissy Penland Owenby 1997 Mrs. Jessica Lovell Owensby 2001 Miss Camilla E. Packroff 2014 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Palmour Mrs. Annette Christian Park 1957 Mrs. Angelyn Brack Parkerson 1959 Mr. Samuel Peirson III AP Ms. Jamee A. Pelcher CP Mr. Alan Pendrick 2010 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Perrin CP AP Mr. Krystof Petrasek 2013 Mrs. Susan Brim Peterson 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998 Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott Philyaw CP Mr. Edward Gene Pitts Mr. Gary L. Poeppelman Mr. and Mrs. Seth Poole CP
Ms. Janelle L. Poon 2001 Presbyterian Women of Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Mr. Kevin C. Price 2003 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Queen CP Ms. Nora Ann Rader 1986 CP Mr. J. Aaron Rainwater 2008 Mr. McChesney T. Ramsay 2003 Ms. Emily E. Renfroe 1995 RGNS 1960's Alumni Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012 Mrs. Margaret Richardson Mr. William D. Richardson 2007 Mrs. Lisa Powell Ritchie Mr. Hector Rivera CP Ms. Helen T. Roberts GP Ms. Holly M. Roberts AP Mr. Fielding Russell 2008 Mr. and Mrs. (2002) Trent E. Sanders Savannah Presbytery Mrs. Virginia T. Schenck Mr. Ronald Schott Mr. and Mrs. (^) Johnny Scoggins Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker Mr. Joshua E. Seehorn 2004 Mr. and Mrs. Morton Seltzer Ms. Jaime A. Shepard 2003 Mr. Chris Shepherd Mrs. Sheri L. Shepherd-Pratt 1995 Mrs. Anne Sophie Shook Mr. David M. Sierra 2003 Miss April N. Siktar 2006 Miss Jee Young Sim 2013 Mr. Kyung Man Sim and Mrs. Jung Suk Park AP Mr. Saye Simpson 2002 Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011 Mr. James V. Smith 1953 Ms. Kate C. Smith 2001 Mrs. Kimberly Martin Smith 1993 Ms. Natalie M. Smith CP Ms. Rebecca T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gary Solesbee CP Dr. Stanley A. Sonu 2002 Mrs. Dorothy R. Spradley Mr. Phillip E. Stanley 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stanley CP Mrs. Alphia Fallis Stephens 1949 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart CP Mr. James A. Stewart 2012 Mr. Greg Stokes 2004 Mrs. Julia G. Storey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Stradling Mr. Broward H. Strickland 1957 Mrs. Beverly Burton Struble 1954 Mr. Jackson Sveen 2003 Ms. Courtney R. Swartwout 2002 Mr. Charles D. Taylor 2005 Texas Methodist Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson Ms. M. J. Thorne Captain Walter F. Threlkeld, Jr. 1962 Mr. J. Harold Thurmond 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tinius CP Mr. and Mrs. James S. Tippens Miss Megan E. Trau 2008 Travelers Insurance Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Scott Turner CP Mr. Adam R. Tyler 2008 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tyler AP Mr. Edward G. Udah 2002 Mr. Stephen Vail Ms. Nancy H. Valenti AP Mr. Herbert Vandiver 1954 Miss Megan L. Vonk 2006 Mrs. Dianne D. Wall Miss Chia-Ning Wang 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ward CP Ms. Martha Ward GP Mr. Ronald D. Ward 1955 Ms. Dyane L. Ware 2001 Washington Presbyterian Church Women Mr. Winston A. Watson 1961 *Trustee CP Current Parent GP Grand Parent AP Alumni Parent ** Former Trustee ^ Deceased
Miss Vivian E. Weatherby 2007 Reverent Thomas A. Weaver II 1960 Mr. Todd A. Weiser 1999 Mrs. Mary Rhodes White 1972 Ms. Katherine B. Whitestone 1999 Miss Jazmyn Williams 2008 Ms. Karen A. Williams GP Mr. Buzz Williams and Ms. Nicole Hayler CP Mr. Eric J. Willis 1987 Mrs. Brooke Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Wilson Mrs. Josephine S. Wolford Ms. Bettye S. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wright CP Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie AP Mr. Xuejun Zhang and Mrs. Fan Yu CP Ms. Sara K. Zachary Thompson 2005 Ms. Rebecca C. Zemek 2005
GIFTS IN KIND Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arrol Cherished Memories Wedding DJ Services Cindy's Dragonfly Fortify Kitchen and Bar Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garren Hana Asian Bistro Ingles Mr. and Mrs. Seth E. Jones 2002, 2002 La Caba単a Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Sgro Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller Shaller Optical Shear Impressions Tanner The Rusty Bike Universal Joint York House Inn Zeppelin's Pasta House
CONSECUTIVE YEARS 40+ YEARS Mrs. Scott Candler, Jr. ........................................... 42
30+ YEARS Mrs. Richard H. Bryan............................................ 38 Ms. Malinda L. Brooks........................................... 35 Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild.................... 34 David C. Way Memorial Fund ................................ 32 Mr. and Mrs. Gene B. Brown ................................. 31 Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958 ........................ 31 Johns Island Presbyterian Church .......................... 31 Dr. William R. Ledford 1943 JC .............................. 30
20+ YEARS Mr. and Mrs. J. Swanton Ivy, Jr................................ 27 Raymond and Dorothy DeYoung Trust.................... 26 Paul & Flora Hubbard Memorial Fund ................... 26 Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild..................... 25 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949........................... 23 Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver......................... 22 Dr. and Mrs. E. Urcey Dillard 1937 HS, 1935 HS, 1937 JC................................................................ 22 Ms. Kelly A. Frank.................................................. 22 Ms. Constance V. Walton ....................................... 22 Ms. Mary Frank Yates ............................................ 22 Louise & Jimmy Gallant Fund................................. 21 Dr. and Mrs. John E. Kurnick................................... 21 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loder..................................... 21 William P. and Tondra W. Milgrom Foundation........ 21 Mr. and Mrs. Morton Seltzer.................................. 21 Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson........................... 21 Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954 ................................ 20 Thomas Neal Foundation, Inc................................. 20 Reverend Dr. Jeffry L. Reynolds and Reverend Dr. Jeanne C. Reynolds................................................ 20 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960............. 20
10+ YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Cook 1971....................... 18 The Gap Connection.............................................. 18 Estate of J. J. Jackson............................................. 18 Northeast Georgia Presbytery................................ 18 Mrs. Janie H. Owens.............................................. 18 Thurman M. Waldrop Trust .................................... 18 Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton ................................. 17 Mr. and Mrs. (1988) Jeffrey L. Foster...................... 17 Mr. and Ms. Ovid Frank Green................................ 17
Trinity Presbytery, Inc............................................. 17 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnston............................... 16 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White III............................ 16 Estate of Nell Wise Babb....................................... 15 Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1965....................... 15 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Manoogian ............................... 15 Elsie Naomi Myers Memorial ................................ 15 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation................ 15 Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr......................................... 15 Mrs. Kathy S. Watts................................................ 15 Estate of Karl M. Brawner...................................... 14 Mr. George F. Freemon 1971.................................. 14 Mr. and Mrs. Stell Huie.......................................... 14 Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie..................................... 14 Mr. Jack V. Ayers 1951........................................... 13 Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Cowan .................................. 13 Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerry Doubleday............................ 13 W. L. Monroe Trust ............................................... 13 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Quigley.............................. 13 Ms. Laura B. Schott................................................ 13 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith..................................... 13 Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton................................ 12 Mrs. Isabelle B. Duke............................................. 12 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.................................. 12 Flint River Presbytery............................................. 12 Mrs. Marjorie W. Griffin......................................... 12 Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Henning............................... 12 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McClarnon............................... 12 Mr. and Mrs. DeSaussure F. Oliver.......................... 12 Ms. Juanita M. Shope............................................ 12 Mrs. Jane Tanner Bridges 1952.............................. 11 Mr. and Mrs. William H. Broach.............................. 11 Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996.............................. 11 Mr. and Mrs. David C. Landis.................................. 11 Mr. John D. Marshall and Dr. Rebecca L. Marshall... 11 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. McCray 1960........................ 11 Dr. Mary E. Outlaw................................................ 11 The Dillard House, Inc............................................ 11 Mr. Charles J. Turner, Jr........................................... 11 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960............. 11 Mrs. Judie Austin................................................... 10 Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Barron............................... 10 Ms. DaRel Christiansen.......................................... 10 The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc..10 Mr. John Dillard, Sr. 1962....................................... 10 Ms. Elizabeth F. Grilli............................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones..................................... 10 Mr. James S. Mackoviak......................................... 10 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merrin 1958,1958................ 10 Ms. Kathleen Midgett............................................ 10 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mooers................................... 10 Mrs. Mary Ella Nunn.............................................. 10 Mr. and Mrs. J. David Young 1972.......................... 10
5+ YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beale.......................................... 9 Mrs. Sarah Garner Bondurant 1952......................... 9 Mrs. Carolyn Carnes Brewer 1951............................ 9 Mrs. Elizabeth Philp Brooks 1948............................. 9 Mrs. Pat Rice Cunningham 1954.............................. 9 Mr. Dennis Dickerson 1954...................................... 9 Dogwood Crafters, Inc............................................. 9 Mr. and Mrs. (1952) William N. Dunbar.................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Folse........................................ 9 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Kelly 1952........................... 9 Ms. Tammy Williams Knight 1978............................ 9 Mrs. Beverly Guthrie Lougher 1958 and Mr. James Lougher.................................................................. 9 Mr. James M. Moore 1957....................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Neville 1953......................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast................................ 9 Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Pressly..................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Scoggins.................................. 9 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey.................................. 9 Mrs. Beverly V. Struble 1954.................................... 9 Mr. J. Harold Thurmond 1960................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. David P. Todd....................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood .............. 9 Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams................................... 9 Mr. and Mrs. Earl Zoellner........................................ 9 Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton1970................................. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Garey Butler........................................ 8 Ms. Margaret C. Cowan........................................... 8 Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jump......................................... 8 Mrs. Linda Davis Ledbetter 1956.............................. 8 Pentecost Memorial Fund........................................ 8 Dr. and Mrs. Bob E. Pettit......................................... 8 The Quigley Family Foundation................................ 8 Ms. Sherry Richardson............................................. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Rickman 1973..................... 8 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sanders................................ 8 Dr. and Mrs. William M. Taylor, Jr.............................. 8
Mrs. Elaine Tyler...................................................... 8 Ms. Dawn Armfield.................................................. 7 Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker............... 7 Reverend and Mrs. G. D. Barber, Jr............................ 7 Bath Presbyterian Church........................................ 7 Ms. Linda Bell.......................................................... 7 Mrs. Mildred Burrell Bennett 1954........................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Berghel................................. 7 Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Carleton............................... 7 Coca-Cola Refreshments......................................... 7 Mrs. Laverne Coleman 1959.................................... 7 Mr. William W. Coleman 1956.................................. 7 Ms. Gene Comer..................................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cox........................................... 7 Mrs. Martha King Cumby 1960................................ 7 Mr. James R. Cutlip 1953......................................... 7 Mr. Glenn F. Edwards 1962...................................... 7 Mrs. Barbara Lewis Estes 1958................................ 7 Mr. Thomas E. George 1957..................................... 7 Mr. F. Max Grist 1940.............................................. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Grove..................................... 7 Mrs. Joanna B. Hannah............................................ 7 Mrs. JoAnne Page Harris 1953................................. 7 Mr. R. Dale Harris 1950........................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Harrison............................. 7 Mrs. Wilma Kelly Hoilman 1955............................... 7 Mr. George M. Lansdell 1956................................... 7 Mrs. Martha Cornette Mann 1956........................... 7 Mrs. Gwendolyn Raby Mansini 1960........................ 7 Mrs. Mary Jane Carver McCoy 1959......................... 7 Mr. Ken and Mrs. Pat McNulty 1959......................... 7 Mr. Ralph L. Merrow, Jr. 1959.................................. 7 Mr. Clyde L. Mosley II.............................................. 7 Mrs. JoAnne Cox Nall 1956..................................... 7 Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957....................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Palmour............................. 7 Ms. Catherine Kelly Parker 1977.............................. 7 Mrs. Angelyn Brack Parkerson 1959......................... 7 Mrs. Susan Brim Peterson 1959............................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998........................... 7 RGNS Alumni Homecoming Attendees..................... 7 Sara G. Folse TTEE................................................... 7 Mr. Paul D. Scott and Mrs. Jessica A. Baker............... 7 Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Shaller................................. 7 Shandon Presbyterian Church.................................. 7 Mr. James V. Smith 1953.......................................... 7 Mr. Broward H. Strickland 1957............................... 7 Mr. Billy F. Teasley 1959........................................... 7 Texas Methodist Foundation.................................... 7 Mr. Thomas H. Teyssier 1958.................................... 7 Mr. Lance K. Waagner 1983..................................... 7 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker................................ 7 Mr. Ronald D. Ward 1955........................................ 7 Mr. Winston A. Watson 1961................................... 7 Reverend Thomas A. Weaver II 1960........................ 7 Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Weldon, Jr............................ 7 Dr. W. Paul Wolford 1960......................................... 7 Mrs. Kathleen Arbitter............................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battle...................................... 6 Mr. John W. Boyes................................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Calvert................................ 6 Dr. V. Rodney Coleman 1949.................................... 6 Dr. and Mrs. R. Carter Davis, Jr.................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph deVille....................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Earnhardt............................... 6 John and Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gajda....................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Glover, Jr.............................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Graham............................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Grist 1967............................. 6 Vesta and William Hardman Jr. Charitable Foundation...... 6 Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr.............................. 6 Mrs. Norma K. Horan-Vogt....................................... 6 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester................................................... 6 Mrs. Vivian Kennemore Johns 1957.......................... 6 Mrs. Alice Hempel Kamin 1959................................ 6 Mr. Phillip S. Landers 1958...................................... 6 Mrs. Hilda W. McLucas 1960.................................... 6 Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore..................................... 6 Ms. Susan L. Reed................................................... 6 RGNS Alumni Association........................................ 6 Mrs. Julia G. Storey.................................................. 6 Mrs. Alleane Williams.............................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Wolfe................................. 6 Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Wylie....................................... 6 Mrs. Ginger Justice Bleckley 1959............................ 5 Mr. William L. Butler 2008....................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Dowdle................................. 5 Ms. Gayle Gawlik.................................................... 5 Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965............................................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. ........................ 5 Mr. and Mrs. Baron A. Heinemann............................ 5
Mr. Reid G. Johnson................................................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Seth E. Jones 2002, 2002.................... 5 Mrs. Victoria A. Nash 1958...................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Jason Noffsinger.................................. 5 Mrs. Genevieve L. Norman....................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott Philyaw................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. (1950) Robert D. Shaw........................ 5 Mrs. Alphia Fallis Stephens 1949............................. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart................................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon Williams.......................... 5 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff................................ 5
SSO DONORS Sage Dining Services Mr. and Mrs. Taz L. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Cynthia Arrendale Ms. Winifred Arrendale Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton Mr and Mrs. Robert J. Berghel Mr. and Mrs. George J. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton Dr. Russell R. Burken and Dr. Margaret A. Kopchick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carley Mr. Marc Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher C. Curran Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darsey Mr. Christopher Fortenberry Mr. David Fortenberry Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fortenberry Mrs. Virginia Gaeblein and Mr. Cesar Sosa Mr. Theodore Gerber and Mrs. Brenda McFee Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hall Dr. and Mrs. Reuel E. Hamilton Mrs. Carrie M. Hatfield Mr. and Mrs. Baron Heinemann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Hensley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ricky M. James 1970 Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Jones Dr. and Mrs. Holton King, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kisgen Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Lassiter Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mathews Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mayer, Jr. Mrs. Margaret McCamish Mr. and Mrs. Ron McKenney Mr. Walter E. Mercer Mr. John Sanford Miller Mr. and Mrs. Cortlandt Minnich Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Moseley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Neuenschwander Mr. and Mrs. Craig Pendergrast Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pruitt III Mr. and Mrs. (1950) Bob D. Shaw Mrs. Jane Dru Fickling Skinner Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stack Mr. and Mrs. John Stack Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Walling III 2000 Mr. Jeff Watson Ms. Theresa Weisenberger and Mr. Chris Bupp Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. White III Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodruff
DISCLAIMER This Annual Report is dedicated to our many donors with tremendous appreciation for their gifts that have helped Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School fulfill its mission to serve young people. Gifts recorded are those received between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information herein; however, should you find any discrepancies, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement Office at 706-746-7467 or email rgnsadvancement@rabungap.org.
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IN HONOR DR. KARL K. ANDERSON
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Folse Sara G. Folse TTEE
MS. MARY SKINNER ARCHER
MR. MARK HENNING
Mr. William Buehner Mr. Wayne A. McPherson, Jr. 2009 Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011 Miss Megan E. Trau 2008
BENNY AND JO ANN HUGGINS
MR. AND MRS. DESS OLIVER
Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mr. Michael A. Pritchard
MR. DESS OLIVER
Mr. James W. Armfield 2013
Mr. Stephen Vail
Mrs. Geneva M. Carpenter Mr. Marlar L. Carpenter 1940 HS, 1942 JC
MR. LANDON PARKS 2016
MISS ANA-MARIA BALTA 2010
MR. STELL HUIE
MISS PAYTON PARKS 2018
Mr. Marian and Dr. Ofelia Balta WNC Internal Medicine, PLLC
REV. JACK BEAVER
Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton 1970
MR. STEVEN BUCKERIDGE 2014
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Buckeridge
JOE HARDING AND MYRTICE CAIN Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hosea
MISS ALEXIS K. CAPEN 2017 Ms. Karen A. Williams
DR. AND MRS. ROBERT CARTON Hemophilia of Georgia, Inc.
MR. VINCENT CHANG AND MRS. LYDIA LI Miss Tzu-Ching Chang 2013
MS. DAREL CHRISTIANSEN
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Bristol Mrs. Brooke Wilson MR. SOREN CHRISTIANSEN 2015
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Bristol
MR. KAGAN COCHRAN 2016
Miss Brianna S. Cochran 2013
MISS VICTORIA COCHRAN 2020
Miss Brianna S. Cochran 2013
MR. AND MRS. MIKE COOK
Mr. Krystof Petrasek 2013
MRS. DELLA DILLARD 1937 JC
Mr. James Arscott and Mrs. Sandra Dillard Arscott
MR. EMMETT URCEY DILLARD 1935 HS
Mr. James Arscott and Mrs. Sandra Dillard Arscott
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE PROJECT Mr. Jonathan L. Richards 2012
MR. AND MRS. AL FALCON Mr. Hyun Pyo Son 2013
THE FOXFIRE MUSEUM Ms. Cherie Faircloth
MR. AND MRS. SAM GILPIN 1992
Ms. Catherine Ridinger McLagan 1993
MS. MARY-ELIZABETH GODFREY 2005
Dr. Lee Godfrey and Mrs. Sandy Dimon
MISS CAROLINE GREEN 2018
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Green
MR. COLBY C. GREEN 2001
Ms. Diane M. Green Mr. and Ms. O. Frank Green
MR. BRIGHAM P. HARDMAN 2017
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Allen IV Mrs. Ivan Allen III Mr. and Mrs. G. Niles Bolton Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman The Catherine H. & John H. Crawford III Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crawford III Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dobbs Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerry Doubleday Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund First Presbyterian Church, Highlands Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Gilliam 1965 Dr. and Mrs. Armand Hendee Mrs. Florence Hendee Mr. and Mrs. J. Don Kelly 1952 Mr. and Mrs. David Lacy Mr. and Mrs. William Law Mr. John D. Marshall and Dr. Rebecca Marshall The McKenna, Long & Aldridge Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moore Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Morehouse Mr. and Mrs. David Russell Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Mr. Emory A. Schwall Dr. and Mrs. Carter Smith Mr. and Mrs. Wendell M. Starke Mr. and Mrs. John Strickler Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Tarbutton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Derek Taylor Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Knox Thompson Ms. M. J. Thorne Mr. Robert Womsley Ms. Bettye S. Wright
MS. AMY HUTCHISON
Mr. Hyun Pyo Son 2013
MR. WYMAN HUTCHISON
Ms. Elizabeth A. Crotts 2009
MISS KATHERINE E. JONES 2014
Mr. and Mrs. O. William DeJonge
MRS. LINDA M. KELLY
Mr. Seberon A. Mackey III 2013
RABUN GAP BASKETBALL TEAM Mr. Ethan H. Gillis 2013
RABUN GAP THEATER
Mr. Wylder H. Cooper 2013
RABUN GAP-NACOOCHEE SCHOOL Mr. Mikel W. Hutchison 2013
THE BRO SQUAD
Miss Bradleigh A. Miller 2013
MS. ANNE G. RICHARDSON 2012 Mrs. Pauline Moore
MR. WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON 2007 Mrs. Pauline Moore
MRS. LAURA B. SCHOTT
Mr. and Mrs. Joey Fountain 1975
MR. CALEB W. SCOTT 2018 Mr. and Mrs. Doug Scott
MISS SAOIRSE L. SCOTT 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Doug Scott
DR. ANTHONY SGRO
Mr. Xiaoqing Shen and Mrs. Nuoya Zhang Mr. James Zhang
MR. JAMES B. SHOPE 2007 Ms. Juanita M. Shope
Mr. Edward B. Britton 1977 Ms. Catherine Kelly Parker 1977
MR. SAMMY SIM
MR. STEVEN KOSTER 2018
MR. AUSTIN W. SOLESBEE 2016
MR. GALEN KRUGLY
MR. LIAM SPOON 2019
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Koster
Ms. Frances Owl-Smith
MR. JIAYUAN JASON LIU 2019 Mrs. Wei Jin
MRS. GAIL LODER
Mrs. Brooke Wilson
MR. NEIL MARTIN 1999
Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nix
Vesta and William Hardman Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr.
Miss Meghan P. Mumford 2013
MRS. ANN HAYS
Mr. and Mrs. (2000) Jose Munoz
MISS RYLEE MUNOZ 2020
Miss Jee Young Sim 2013
Ms. Kathleen Cole
Mr. and Mrs. William Spoon
LENDELL AND ROWENA STEELE'S 65TH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Matt McGee
MR. SPENCER STONE 2017
Prof. Dr. and Mrs. Wes Stone
MRS. ANNE WARREN THOMAS Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Hix
MR. FORD H. THRIFT 2010 Mrs. Lillian Thrift
MR. RUSH THRIFT 2007 Mrs. Lillian Thrift
DR. MARION A. TRUSLOW, JR.
Ms. Donna McClellion
Mr. Kevin S. Armistead 2011 Mr. Jesse S. Lumsden 2013 Miss Lauren M. Lyons 2012 Mrs. Brooke Wilson
MRS. SAMANTHA L. NIFONG 1995
MR. WAYNE VARNER 1939 JC
MR. CHARLES P. MYERS
Mr. Samuel Peirson III
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MISS XINYI CINDY SHEN 2019
MR. HAMILTON A. HARDMAN 2017
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Miss Madison T. Minnich 2013 Mr. Peter D. Seifarth 2013
MRS. KIM JACKSON
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS MUMFORD
Ms. Lauren J. Sims 2011
MR. BILL PATTI
Mr. Hyun Pyo Son 2013 Mrs. Brooke Wilson
MRS. MARTHA ROBERTS MCDOWELL 1938 JC
MRS. KATHY HENNING
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weeks
Mr. Hyun Pyo Son 2013
Vesta and William Hardman Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. William Hardman, Jr.
Mr. William G. Hays
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weeks
Mrs. Mary A. Jordan
MS. CONSTANCE V. WALTON Miss Ji Yoon Jang 2012
MR. LANIER WARD 2007 Ms. Martha Ward
MRS. HOLLY WHITE
Miss Emily M. Justus 2013
MR. COLE WILKES 2018
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wilkes
REVEREND DR. GEORGE B. WIRTH Cousins Foundation
MS. JANE WOODRUFF
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Scoggins
IN MEMORY LIST MR. DONALD W. ARBITTER Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965
DR. GEORGE C. BELLINGRATH Mr. Larry W. Mobley
MR. AND MRS. GEORGE W. BENNETT
Dr. and Mrs. E. Urcey Dillard 1937 HS, 1935 HS, 1937 JC
MRS. JAN BROWN BONNER 1969 Dr. W. Joseph Brockinton 1970
MRS. MARY L. BROWN
Mrs. Patricia Smith McLaughlin 1966
MRS. ANNE O. BURKS
Atlanta Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild Ms. Laura Gettler Presbyterian Women of Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Mrs. Julia G. Storey
MR. ROBERT L. CLACKUM 1954, MRS. JUNE GRIST COLEMAN 1952, MR. RONALD D. COLEMAN 1958, MR. JAMES R. DARNELL 1957, MR. ARNOLD R. HOUGHTALING 1960, MS. ELAINE STOVALL OLIVE 1959, MR. JOHN A. ROGERS 1959, MRS. LANE STILES SARGENT 1959, AND MRS. DALE DENHAM SHAFFIELD 1959 BY THE RGNS 1950'S ALUMNI Mr. Jack V. Ayers 1951 Mrs. Mildred Burrell Bennett 1954 Mrs. Ginger Justice Bleckley 1959 Mrs. Sarah Garner Bondurant 1952 Mrs. Carolyn Carnes Brewer 1951 Mrs. Jane Tanner Bridges 1952 Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954 Mrs. Laverne Grist Coleman 1959 Dr. V. Rodney Coleman 1949 Mr. William W. Coleman 1956 Mrs. Martha King Cumby 1960 Mrs. Pat Rice Cunningham 1954 Mr. James R. Cutlip 1953 Mr. Robert Dennis Dickerson 1954 Mr. and Mrs. (1952) William Dunbar Mrs. Barbara Lewis Estes 1958 Mr. Thomas E. George 1957 Mrs. JoAnne Page Harris 1953 Mr. R. Dale Harris 1950 Mrs. Wilma Kelly Hoilman 1955 Mrs. Robbin Shope Houston 1958 Mrs. Vivian Kennemore Johns 1957 Mrs. Alice Hempel Kamin 1959 Mr. and Mrs. J. Don Kelly 1952 Mr. Phillip S. Landers 1958 Mr. George M. Lansdell 1956 Mrs. Beverly Guthrie Lougher 1958 Mrs. Martha Cornette Mann 1956 Mrs. Gwendolyn Raby Mansini 1960 Mrs. Mary Jane McCoy 1959 Mr. Jerry W. McCray 1960 Mrs. Hilda Carver McLucas 1960 Mrs. Patricia Wright McNulty 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Merrin, 1958, 1958 Mr. Ralph L. Merrow, Jr. 1959 Mr. James M. Moore 1957 Mrs. JoAnne Cox Nall 1956 Mrs. Victoria A. Nash 1958 Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957 Mrs. Angelyn Brack Parkerson 1959 Mrs. Susan Brim Peterson 1959
Mr. James V. Smith 1953 Mr. Phillip E. Stanley 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles 1949 Mr. Broward H. Strickland 1957 Mrs. Beverly Burton Struble 1954 Mr. Billy F. Teasley 1959 Mr. Thomas H. Teyssier 1958 Mr. J. Harold Thurmond 1960 Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood Mr. Ronald D. Ward 1955 Mr. Winston A. Watson 1961 Reverend Thomas A. Weaver II 1960 Dr. W. Paul Wolford 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Wright 1960, 1960
MRS. MARCELINE COOK
Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver
MR. STANLEY "BUTCH" DARNELL 1967 Mrs. Lisa Henry
MRS. FRANCES FRY DEAL 1940 HS, 1942 JC Mrs. Martha Fry Moore 1945
MR. AND MRS. V. N. DILLARD
Dr. and Mrs. E. Urcey Dillard 1937 HS, 1935 HS, 1937 JC
MR. BERRY FLOYD
Mr. Robert H. Floyd, Sr. 1947
MR. PETER FOSTER 1977
MRS. EDNA RABY GUTHRIE 1934
MRS. MURIEL ANNE MCDONOUGH
MR. CHARLES JACKSON HANCOCK
MR. CHAMPNEY A. MCNAIR
MR. ROBERT LEWIS HANCOCK
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT MEANS 1939
MRS. MARY ANNE HODGSON
MR. AND MRS. RALPH MERROW, SR.
Mr. and Mrs. (1954) Charlie P. Underwood
Mrs. Alphia Fallis Stephens 1949
Mrs. Alphia Fallis Stephens 1949
Mrs. Dorothy D. Blitch Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hodgson, Jr.
MRS. ANITA HOLTON
MR. JAMES ETSEL HOPPER 1938 HS, 1940 JC
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hopper 1938 HS 1940 JC Mrs. Morene Holland Hopper 1941 JC
MRS. FRANCES QUEEN JACKSON 1944 JC, 1942 HS
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Stradling
Mrs. Anne Darnell Jones 1953
MR. JIMMY JORDAN 1948
Mrs. Christy G. Yeager
MRS. LOUISE ALLEN GREGORY Mrs. Christy G. Yeager
MR. LOTT WARREN MIDDLEMAS, JR. MRS. ELSIE C. MOSES Ms. Jane Conn
MRS. GLORIA NEAL
Mrs. Betty Edwards
MRS. JEANETTE J. NEAL
MR. AND MRS. TOMMY L. NORTON MRS. SHIRLEY J. OBIE
MR. WILLIAM T. KELLY 1955
Ms. Velisa E. Phillips
MRS. CAROL MANEY KIDDER 1972
MR. ARCHIE LAMAR GREGORY
Mr. Ralph L. Merrow, Jr. 1959
Mrs. Patricia Smith McLaughlin 1966
Mrs. Iris C. Jordan-Pierce
MRS. LOUISE P. FURR
Mr. John E. Gehle 1977
Mrs. Linda Means Kelly 1956
Thomas Neal Foundation, Inc. Mrs. T. J. Withorn
MR. LEROY JONES 1950
Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver
MR. KEN GEHLE
Mrs. Catherine McNair
Mr. Lott W. Middlemas IV 2013
Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild
Mrs. Ann Mays Brooker 1954 RGNS Alumni Association
Mr. John B. Furr
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Neville 1953
Mr. Wilbur Maney
MR. EUGENE OWL SR.
Ms. Natalie M. Smith
MISS JULIA D. PALMOUR 1998
Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Phillips 1998
MRS. SARAH LACHER
Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild
W. H. AND HARRIET PHILLIPS Mr. John W. Phillips 1960
MRS. LIBBY LOVE
MR. ROBERT H. PHILP
Mrs. Robert J. Berghel
MS. EVA FLEMING MANSFIELD Ms. Elizabeth H. Cornelius
MR. HAYDOCK MORTIMER MARSHALL Mr. Myles P. Marshall 2013
Mr. Glenn F. Edwards 1962
MRS. ADDIE CORN RITCHIE
Dr. and Mrs. (1955) Christopher C. Curran
MRS. ANN CHAPPELL SCOGGINS
Mr. Robert H. Carson Jr. Mrs. Carol A. Cassetti Mr. & Mrs. Clyde E. Harris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Drew Hill Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hodgson, Jr. Mrs. Suzanne Peden Ms. Marianne Rogers Mrs. Jeanette Rowe Mrs. Dianne D. Wall
MR. NEAL SMITH, JR.
Dr. and Mrs. G. Revis Butler, Jr.
MR. DINA SOK 1992 Mr. J. Kevin Ivester
ROBERT LEE AND NELLIE MAUDE SPIKES Mr. Jesse J. Spikes, Esq.
MR. DENNIS SPRUELL 1962 Mrs. Janet Spruell
MS. MONICA STAMEY
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Provencher Mr. Michael Provencher
MR. JIM STEWART 1951
Mrs. Marquita Stewart
MR. BERT STILES 1957
Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mrs. Susan Houghtaling Odom 1957
MRS. LUCILE BLACKWELL STOFFER 1937 JC Ralph E and Lucile B Stoffer Trust
CHARLES AND LELIA SULLIVAN
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Tippens
MR. DAVID H. TINIUS 1934 JC Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tinius
ROBERT AND LORETTA WHITE
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McClarnon
MS. DESIREE WOOD 1996 Mrs. Lisa Henry
Athens Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Guild
MOUNTAIN LEGACY SOCIETY: Ensuring Rabun Gap for Future Generations During her years of involvement in the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Atlanta Guild, Ida Mae Hammond enjoyed hearing the stories of talented and hard-working students and meeting several of them along the way. These stories inspired her to include a special provision in her will for future generations of students. Honoring Rabun Gap’s longstanding commitment to financial aid, Ms. Hammond included a gift bequest with simple instructions to award a $3,000 scholarship each year until the funds expired. Ms. Hammond died on March 6, 2013, but her thoughtful provision to serve talented students is a legacy that began last fall with the first Ida Mae Hammond scholarship award with many more to come. Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Jack Beaver Mr. W. Scott Bradley 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Breithaupt, Jr. Mrs. Betty Caldwell Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Carton Mrs. Rosemarie Easterling Chastain 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Chastain, 1970, 1967 Dr. R. Mark Coleman 1972 Mrs. Mary Henderson Davidson Mrs. Gina Parise Deutsch 1996 Mr. H. Grant Dickerson 1956 Mr. Dietmar D. Doehring, Jr. 1985 Mr. George F. Freemon 1971
Mr. Louis C. Gay 1965 Reverend and Mrs. D. K. Hammond Ms. Juanita S. Hatcher Mr. and Mrs. Harold “Bud” E. Hodge Mr. William R. Martin, Jr. Mrs. F. P. McAlpine Mr. Arthur A. Moore Mrs. Debra Cooper North 1972 Mr. Bennie B. Norton 1961 Dr. and Mrs. Charlie J. Ogletree 1941 JC, 1941 JC Mrs. Lila Evans Ogletree 1941 JC Mr. and Mrs. DeSaussure F. Oliver Dr. Mary E. Outlaw
Mrs. Janie H. Owens Ms. Catherine Kelly Parker 1977 Mrs. Patricia Knight Peck 1944 JC Moshile Rafeedie 1970 Rev. Jeffry L. Reynolds and Rev. Jeanne Reynolds Ms. Laura B. Schott Mr. and Mrs. William J. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Stiles Mr. and Mrs. Perry Taylor Dr. Marion A. Truslow, Jr. Mr. Brentz P. Turner 1969 Mrs. Ruby Brown van Rooyen 1925 Mrs. Helen Zeller
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