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ON THE COVER Union College students Ellie Weaver '15, Stefanie Edgell, (Photographer’s Son), and Tyson Yett sit atop Chain Rock as part of a Mind Power photo shoot this year to develop new marketing materials for Union. Experiencing Union includes experiencing the abundance of outdoor recreation that lies within our region of Appalachia. Students are always ready for new adventures within Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Cumberland Gap National Park or Cumberland Falls State Park. Look for more of our Catch Fire marketing photos within this edition of the magazine and online at unionky.edu.

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Letter from the

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Greetings, Union Family and Friends, Sweet Briar College, a historic women’s college founded in 1901 in Sweet Briar, Virginia, is set to close at the end of this academic year. The chairman of the board of Sweet Briar attributed the decision to “the declining number of students choosing to attend small, rural, private liberal arts colleges, and even fewer young women willing to consider a single-sex education…”

The announcement sent a shockwave through the higher education community and, at least initially, prompted renewed dialogue questioning the value of single sex institutions, specifically, small rural colleges in general. Leaders of single-sex institutions have very politely taken exception to the stated reason for Sweet Briar’s closure, as well they should. I will leave the argument in their capable hands, except to note that institutions such as Hollins, Bennett, Columbia, and Converse continue to focus on excellent undergraduate education for women by adapting to a financial model that makes them also excellent graduate schools for both women and men. They are thriving because they continue to evolve in ways that make it possible to serve their missions and because their missions continue to be relevant.

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arts colleges. Enrollment and retention at Union has increased each of the last three years. Why? Because of a strategic focus on enrollment management, because we are intentional in our recruiting, because we listen to our students and to our community, because we have introduced new majors, closed others no longer in demand, because we stay true to our mission and flexible in the ways we serve our mission. It isn’t easy.

We must be able to feel the winds of change well in advance and make adjustments accordingly.

So, what about Sweet Briar? If it isn’t a lack of interest in women’s colleges that forced the decision to close – or a decline in interest in small, rural, private colleges – what is it? I submit that the reason is two-fold: resistance to change – a firm belief that there is only one way to serve a mission – and a reluctance to make hard decisions. When an institution has less than 600 undergraduate students and over 300 faculty and staff members, something is amiss. Those institutions that are introspective and that can perceive the winds of change by developing new and innovative models by which to serve their missions, will thrive. Those institutions that do not adapt, clinging to models that no longer serve their missions, will fail.

Union is a small, private, rural, liberal arts college. Our mission is the economic health and growth of our Appalachian region. Other small, private, liberal arts colleges have similar missions to be change agents in their

communities. Some are rural, some urban.

Unless bolstered by higher than average endowments, they are highly tuition-driven.

They have a high percentage of low income students. They have a high percentage of first generation students. They have strong partnerships with their local communities, and a symbiotic relationship with their town. They are frugal, they are financially responsible, they are forward thinking. They are driven by their missions, and will change as needed to serve that mission. Small, private, colleges dedicated to education grounded in the liberal arts are serving our country in ways that even the most affluent, selective institutions cannot. We are the ticket whereby underserved populations, first generation students, young people and adults from low socioeconomic regions gain entrance to the knowledge and the understanding and the processes that allow them to participate as informed citizens of our democracy. We, the colleges like Union, whether rural or urban, single-sex or coed, provide the access that, otherwise, would not exist.

Institutions like Union will always be tuitiondriven and dependent on gifts and grants. At least, this will be the case until there is a resurgence in the economic growth of our depressed regions; until all our citizens are healthy and have stable employment; until all our citizens have a voice in the political process; until mega-wealthy philanthropists, federal government task forces, and other powerful, well-meaning but misinformed people and entities realize that the future of our democracy is in the hands of the students on our small, private campuses.

This is why it is so important to support institutions like Union College. Your gifts are essential to our work. When you give to the operating fund, or to a scholarship fund; to the nursing program or to faculty development; to build a residence hall or pay the electric bill, you make it possible for our students to be informed citizens of our global community and for Union College to serve the economic growth and health of southeastern Kentucky.

Thank you! And, Go Bulldogs!

Marcia Hawkins, Ph.D. President, Union College

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NAPSHOT What would any major collegiate event be these days without documentation of the event among the selfie chronicles in social media? Members of the Union softball team were all smiles during their selfie at Spring 2015 Convocation. When in doubt girls, get the selfie stick out‌which helped to keep them oblivious to Union’s official photographer snapping a traditional pic of their social media foray.

Union President Marcia Hawkins has proven to be quite adept at social media herself. Dr. Hawkins took out her own selfie stick to snap a pic with the Union College graduating class of 2015 during Commencement. You can find that photo here: bit.ly/GradSelfie.

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PULITZER NOMINEE MARY STANTON SOARS AT SPRING CONVOCATION Mary Stanton, a Union alum and Pulitzer nominee, likened one’s course through life to that of an eagle “riding the winds of change” and urged students to ride the winds of the world.

Stanton was the featured speaker during the spring 2015 convocation at Union. She returned to campus after 42 years, the latter of which have been spent as a civil rights journalist and author. Her 1998 book, From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo, was nominated in 1999 for a Pulitzer Prize.

Stanton told students that in order to fly, eagles are poised with great flexibility while in air. As the current of wind changes, so does the eagle’s pattern. Eagles soar, they drift and they glide, she said, comparing those flight patterns to moments within her own life.

“Life demands the same flexibility from each of us,” Stanton added, and that, “riding the winds of change can be both exhilarating and terrifying.”

During Convocation, Stanton recounted her graduation from Union College, a failed marriage, a failed career and an extended period of drift that culminated in her reflecting upon moments of her life.

One of those moments was a recollection of a news event from the 1960’s centered around the plight of Liuzzo.

This began Stanton’s foray into writing and a process in which she “wanted to clarify recollections of those news events.” She wanted to share a forgotten moment in civil rights history, but encountered so much more along the way including reflections upon her personal struggles.

“My point is, that after 25 years of doing something else entirely, I now had found what truly made my blood flow,” she said, “that is all that matters to me now.”

Stanton is now under contract working on her fifth book. All of her works are centered on social justice and the demanding attention those involved with these struggles deserve. She urged Union students to be more like Viola Liuzzo, and to “focus on justice and ignite young hearts.”

In addition to Stanton’s speech, spring convocation also featured a recognition ceremony for Marie Cirillo, Co-Founder of the Clearfork Community Institute. Cirillo came to Appalachia in 1967 helping local families thrive through education, construction of homes and businesses and self-sustainability. Cirillo was recognized for her support to the Appalachian region by Union President Marcia Hawkins.

KEEP IN TOUCH: Follow Union College on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UnionCollegeKY and Twitter at @UnionCollegeKY for updates throughout the year on campus activities.

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KEENELAND 2015 Jeff and Debbie Tipton wait trackside for the thoroughbreds to enter the gates during Keeneland’s spring meet. The Tiptons joined other Union College alums for the special Keeneland event held April 10, 2015. The annual clubhouse meeting offers a chance for alumni to enjoy a day of racing with fellow Union alumni and friends.

WATCH FOR DETAILS OF THE 2016 EVENT BY VISITING UNIONKY.EDU/ALUMNI/KEENELAND-DAY

UNION COLLEGE RECEIVES HIGH MARKS IN PREPARING TEACHERS A report released in January by the Kentucky Center for Education reveals Union College is among the top institutions in the state for preparing teachers for the workforce.

in Kentucky in 2012. The report goes further to give detailed information about each institution in the state, including Union College, which ranked above the state average in retention rates.

The report focuses on data from all 28 Kentucky public and independent colleges and universities. The data in the report is centered primarily on employment upon completion of a teacher preparation program and retention rates of teachers in those programs.

While 75 percent of teachers statewide retained their jobs after five years in the profession, 83 percent of all Union educated teachers retained their jobs within the same period.

Robert Brown, executive director of Kentucky’s Education Professional Standards Board, said the 2014 Kentucky Teacher Preparation Report is a “good initial report that provides baseline information about new teachers in Kentucky and the higher education institutions where they received their degrees.”

For instance, the cumulative data in the report shows that three out of four graduates hired as certified public teachers within one year of graduation in 2008 were still employed as public school teachers

Union College is also among the top institutions in the state for enrollment in education programs; 17 percent of Union students were in education programs at the time data was collected for the report in 2013.

In the case of each institution, the majority of graduates from education programs were employed within the institution’s primary service area. Most public teachers educated at Union during the report period were employed within Knox County. However, Union graduates are also working throughout Kentucky in 18 other school districts.

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UNION WELCOMES NEW DIRECTOR OF BANDS Union College students are now able to march to the beat of their own drum. Douglas Olenik joined us this fall as the Director of Bands here at Union College.

Olenik said he plans to introduce a variety of stylings to the Union College band program. He plans to introduce a pep band, a concert band, and will lead a long overdue reintroduction of the college’s marching band.

“My vision for the Union College Band program is simple,” Olenik said. “I want to share our pride for Union College, our history, and our music with everyone.”

Olenik’s first objective for the program is the marching band. He has been hard at work editing the college fight song and other school songs “for a sound that will truly be unique to Union College.” He hopes to debut the marching band this year during home football games. | 12 | Union College Magazine

Olenik has issued an open call to students to join in the band endeavors and is soliciting support from the community for the development of a community band program. He also wants students to help shape the components of the Union Band linking their desires to ensembles such as jazz band and string quartet.

With reintroduction of the band program, Olenik also announced the availability of scholarships for students. Students joining the band program have the opportunity for scholarships to participate in marching band, pep band and other ensembles.

Talent scholarships are available as well.

For more information on Olenik, or to review some of his personal recordings, please visit douglasolenik.com.

Learn more about the band by visiting unionky.edu/band.

UNION ESTABLISHES APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT CAMPUS CHAPTER The ability of Union students to help meet the needs of the surrounding community is growing with the establishment of a campus chapter of the Appalachia Service Project. The initiative was formally launched on January 21 and announced by President Marcia Hawkins.

“This initiative is great because this partnership will help to strengthen the foundation of many families in the area,” President Hawkins said.

ASP was initially founded in Barbourville in 1969

by Rev. Glenn “Tex” Evans. The initiative seeks out underprivileged families in the Appalachian region and utilizes volunteers to meet the families’ housing needs.

The goal of the initiative is to make homes safer, warmer and drier.

In its first year of service in Barbourville, ASP gathered support from 50 volunteers to help make repairs to four homes. Last year, the program found the support of 17,000 volunteers to repair 650 homes within the 32 communities the program serves. ASP has partnership programs in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Union College is only the fifth partner to join ASP in developing the College Service Project. Other colleges with campus programs include Appalachian State University, Virginia Tech, Wilmington and University of Wisconsin, Madison.

The initiative will allow Union students to gain community service year round through soliciting, reviewing, managing and finalizing home repair projects throughout the college’s service area. The campus initiative will be managed through Union’s Center for Civic Engagement.

Union will partner with ASP, Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council (KCEOC) and Lend-AHand.

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Academics Dr. David Johns, who serves Union as Vice President of Academic Affairs, presented a paper at the Quaker Theological Discussion Group on November 21. This group met in San Diego as part of the annual meeting of American Academy of Religion. The session consisted of three scholars critiquing Dr. Johns’ most recent book: Quakering Theology: Essays on Church, Tradition, and Faith (Ashgate, 2013).

Dr. Martha Ellison, Professor of Social Work, along with two other colleagues, had the following paper published in the Journal of Sociology and Social Work, December 2014, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.

01-08: “Mentoring Experiences of Undergraduate Social Work Faculty: Navigating the Academic Maze.” The two colleagues are Wayne Moore, Ph.D. at North Carolina A & T State University and Andrea Johnson, Ph.D. at High Point University.

Ellison, and colleague Riva Zeff, MSW, Seattle University, presented a paper at the 33rd Annual BPD Conference in March 2015 on “Comparison of Trends in Field Instruction Orientation and Training Between 2008 and 2014.”

Ellison and Carey Winkler, MSW at St. Catherine/St. Thomas University, partnered for a session on “Orienting, Training and Supporting Field Instructors” as part of a Pre-Conference Workshop for New Field Directors at the 33rd Annual BPD Conference.

Dr. Joseph Pearson, Assistant Professor of History, had the following works published: “Through a Glass, Darkly: Antebellum American Whiggery, Catholicism, and the Ideological Roots of Nativism,” American and British Studies Annual, Vol. 7, 2014 and “Becoming Alabama,“ which is a quarterly column (Alabama’s First Creek War), in Alabama Heritage, Fall 2014, Winter 2014; and Spring 2015. Pearson also made presentations on “The Discovery of Appalachia” at the Corbin Rotary Club, the Lenten Series -Challenges of Appalachia, History & Culture (3-parts, Feb.-March 2015) at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Corbin and will discuss “Bloody Monday: Louisville’s 1855 Nativist Riots and the Limits of Bourgeois America,” as a public lecture at the Clark County Public Library (July 2015).

Ann Harris, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, received The Manchester Enterprise Best of Best 2014 - EKU Professor award. This was a community-based vote conducted by the local newspaper. Harris has been teaching Geography and Geology for five years at EKU. In March 2015, Harris presented research at the Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting.

Dr. Katie Egging, Assistant Professor of English, presented a paper “Northern Kentucky’s Medea: Teaching Margaret Garner” at the Kentucky Philological Association conference at Northern Kentucky University, Highlands, Kentucky, on March 6, 2015.

Jimmy Smith, English Department Chair and Egging conducted a Kentucky Humanities Council Book Discussion Group centering on

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the theme “Race in the Mountains.” That group was made possible through a $900 grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council.

Dr. Jessica L. Owens, Assistant Professor of Psychology, published a paper along with several other colleagues - Avey, M.T, Bloomfield, L.L., Elie, J.E., Freeberg, T.M., Guillette, L.M., Hoeschele, M., Lee, H., Moscicki, M.K., Owens, J.L. & Sturdy, C.B. (2014). The paper is entitled “ZENK Activation in the Nidopallium of Black-Capped Chickadees in Response to Both Conspecific and Heterospecific Calls,” which focuses on variations in songbird vocalizations and tones. The paper was published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Owens also launched an online crowdsourcing project collaboration with Arik Kershenbaum (then at National Institutes of Math and Biological Sciences, now Herchel Smith Research Fellow at University of Cambridge) and colleagues as part of Cooperative Predator Vocalization Consortium. Information regarding that project can be found online at facebook.com/ canidhowlproject.

In addition, Dr. Owens used crowdsourcing to bridge the gap between animal communication scientists and non-scientists.

Owens gave an oral presentation as part of the 15th International Society for Behavioral Ecology, a symposium she helped to develop, that “features scientists using novel analytical techniques to study animal communication.”

Nathan M. Campbell, Adjunct Instructor, had an article published this spring in vol. 54, no. 1 of Gesta, the journal of the International Center for Medieval Art, titled, “’Lest He Should Come Unforeseen’: The Antichrist Cycle in the Hortus Deliciarum.”

Campbell is also under contract with the Catholic University of America Press to publish the first full, scholarly translation of St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Liber Divinorum Operum (“Book of Divine Works”) in their “Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation” series, slated to appear in 2016. The final and most important of the twelfth-century Doctor of the Church’s works of visionary theology, the “Book of Divine Works” articulates her conception of the place of humankind as the pinnacle of God’s work of creation, which humankind contains reflected within themselves as a microcosm of the universe.

Union College has been ranked as having one of the top online substance abuse counseling programs in the nation by bestcolleges.com.

In a report released in May, the website has Union listed as the 6th ranked college in the nation for its online graduate program in substance abuse counseling. The same report ranked bachelor’s degree programs and associate programs in substance abuse counseling. Union was the only Kentucky college mentioned in the report.

“I think this is a great success for Union College,” said Dr. Ilie

Vasilescu, Professor of Psychology. “To find a program like ours, you have to search around through eight other states, in order to find the five schools that ranked higher than Union did. This is a great success on a national scale.”

According to their website, bestcolleges.com is a resource that can be used for all prospective college students to decisions about their college choice.

Dr. Jessica L. Owens, Assistant Professor of Psychology, worked alongside her Union colleagues and students in the Psychology Club for two community service projects last semester. The Club hosted one project driven to provide food and supplies for abandoned dogs at the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter, as part of global outreach, the organization linked with Worldwide Book Drive to supply new books to areas around the world with need (photo below).

“Through the use of student surveys, faculty surveys, independent research, ranking systems and the input of highly credible and authoritative sources, we have created a database of schools to help students and their families learn more about their best options for higher education,” the website states.

Prospective students can search colleges on the website by name, various rankings or according to the best colleges based upon the student’s selected academic interest. Data such as tuition, acceptance rate, enrollment rate, retention rate and graduation rate are provided. Bestcolleges.com has provided the ranking services since 2009.

Union College’s Educational Studies Unit (ESU) has been recommended for national accreditation following a review held in March by a state and national panel.

Dr. Jason Reeves, Dean of the ESU program, made the initial announcement regarding the program. Reeves said the program was not only recommended for national accreditation for the first time, but it was also issued continuing state accreditation.

“This is a great time for our program and our continuing efforts to move Union forward,” Dr. Reeves said. He noted that this is the first time Union College has sought national accreditation. National accreditation for educational programs is not a requirement, but something the school must seek out based on the standards it chooses to implement.

The final determination for accreditation will be made this fall by a national review panel. If the review board issues national accreditation this fall, Union College will be one of only 17 institutions in the state of Kentucky to obtain the benchmark.

With national accreditation, Union College graduates can leave the classroom here and enter their own classroom anywhere in the country as a nationally certified teacher. Dr. Reeves said that standard is a great recruitment tool for Union College, offers great potential for education majors entering the job market and displays the level of excellence at which Union prepares teachers.

CORRECTIONS

In our last edition, it was noted that only two, not four, professors presented at the Appalachian College Association. In addition to those previously listed, Dr. Susan Isaacs presented “Lessons from Gregory Bateson and Barbara Kingsolver: Appalachian in the Biosphere” and Dr. Jimmy Smith presented I Had to Take Pen in Hand: Two versions of Silas House’s ‘Unsent Letter’ and the Problem of Appalachian Minstrelsy.”

Dr. Russell Sisson, Professor of Religion made the following presentations to his colleagues and peers, the last of which was made during a sabbatical last year in Italy: “Battle over the Bible in Art: The Rhetoric of Sacred Images in Reformation and Counter-Reformation Altarpieces,” Union College Faculty Lecture, on October 27, 2014.

“Gates of the Powerful in Prov. 8:3 (LXX) and the Social Setting of Sirach,” Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Region Meeting, Bourbonnais, Ill., on February 7, 2014.

“Subjugation the Body as a Rhetorical Image and Philosophical Topos in 1 Cor. 9:24-27,” Society of Biblical Literature Midwest Region Meeting, Bourbonnais, Ill., on February 7, 2014.

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135Years

One does not get to be 135 years old without having a little bit of history to share with those that will listen. On October 21, 2014, Union College celebrated the beginning of its 135th year of service to this region of Kentucky. This list represents just a few of the highlights along the way that we thought helped to define Union.

These milestones are why Union College has existed for 135 years and as new leaders find their beginnings here, it is why Union’s story will never end.

We want to know your Union story and hope to share it with others. Write us at communications@unionky.edu so we can put you on our next list. Look for our top five notable items on pages throughout the magazine.

6. Phillip Sharp, a 1966 graduate of Union College, was awarded the “Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine” in 1993.

7. Edna Jenkins Mann, an alum and trustee, is the inspiration for the Edna Jenkins Mann School of Nursing. The program began 2010 and offers a fouryear bachelors degree in nursing.

8. Union College is the first institution of higher education founded in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky in 1879.

9. Union College and Barbourville partnered to form the Daniel Boone Festival in 1948. It is the oldest continuously running festival in Kentucky.

10. Construction on Union’s first building began in 1880 but was not completed until 1886. Cost of the building was $3,400.

11. Speed Hall was constructed and named for Mrs. Fanny Henning Speed whose estate generously donated to the interest of students pursuing higher education at Union College.

12. The college’s first library, SpeedStevenson Library, was organized in 1898. It included a catalog of 1,000 books.

13. Abigail E. Weeks first served as Union’s librarian in 1910.

14. On April 22, 2014, the former building known as the Knox County Hospital was dedicated as the Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey Center for Health and Natural Sciences. The structure also houses the Edna Jenkins Mann School of Nursing and the Phillip and Ann Sharp Science Wing.

15. Union’s first athletic teams – football, women’s and men’s basketball and baseball were established in 1905.

16. The Union men’s basketball program has 1,150 victories since 1920-21, this first year of documented intercollegiate basketball at the school.

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18. The first Alumni Newsletter, which was four pages, was edited and compiled

by Mrs. Catherine Faulkner Singer in November, 1944.

19. The kissing well by Speed Hall used to be where lovers bid goodnight prior to curfew. It was the only location men were allowed to be on the female side of campus.

20. The bell of Centennial Hall used to be located in the tower, but was struck by lightning causing Centennial to burn in 1906. The reason the bell wasn’t put back up was for fear of another fire.

29. James D. Black, Union’s eighth president, served as Kentucky’s first assistant attorney general in 1912. He later would be elected as the state’s lieutenant governor in 1915 and eventually held the office of Governor of Kentucky for seven months in 1919. His obituary appeared in the New York Times in 1938.

30. During the Great Depression, Union relied heavily upon its own farm and dairy, which comprised over 20 acres.

31. In 1939, the Union College Christian Association was formed by combining its YMCA and YWCA organizations.

21. Around 1900, room and board and tuition was $150 per year.

32. Union President Daniel Stevenson spent several years as a Methodist circuit rider.

22. In spring of 1915, three girls were punished for playing tennis with boys without a chaperone present and for going on the boys’ side of campus.

33. The bottom of Soldiers and Sailors was a separated swimming pool. One side was for girls and the other for boys.

23. Union’s conservatory opened in 1918.

The seven departments included: voice; piano; children’s training; teacher’s training; theory, harmony & composition; stringed instruments & orchestra; wind instruments & band.

24. A farce entitled “A Regular Fix” was performed at Union’s first Commencement program.

25. Leamon Davidson has served as Clock Operator at Union Football games since restarting of the program in 1984.

Has also served as official scorekeeper for Bulldog men’s basketball team since the mid-1970s. Davidson has earned the AD’s Athletic Service Award for his contributions.

26. The Orange and Black and The Stespean, the college newspaper and yearbook, were both started in 1921.

27. In the 1920s, students were required to attend chapel, revivals, Sunday School, Sunday preaching services & one weekly evening worship service.

28. The Abigail E. Weeks Library opened in January 13, 1941. It contained about 16,000 volumes together with almost 300 periodicals. Today, the Weeks-Townsend Memorial Library, the campus library, houses approximately 160,000 books.

34. The first alumni meeting was organized in 1920 by Abigail E. Weeks 35. A full-time alumni office was established in 1961 with Catherine Faulkner Singer as alumni secretary. Later the position was changed to director of alumni affairs.

36. Dr. Thomas Walker, who built the first European house in Kentucky in 1750, is the great-grandfather of Fanny Speed’s husband, Joshua.

37. J.R. Bacon is one of Union’s top coaches in two different sports. From 1929-42, he coached both football and men’s basketball. On the gridiron, Bacon compiled a record of 46-33-12 and went 50-40 in the hardwood.

38. In 1943, Union College payroll amounted to $70,000, and the economic impact in Barbourville was estimated at over $114,000. The total payroll for Union doubled over the next decade to 1953.

39. During World War II, Union offered noncredit courses to local citizens for a $1.00 registration fee. Ten faculty members volunteered one day per week to teach courses relating to wartime issues.

40. Only nine of the originally enrolled 113 students received degrees in June of 1945 due to students joining war efforts.

41. In 1925, Union became fully accredited and could issue teaching certificates for all grade levels.

42. Lights were installed and a fence was erected around the football field as Union played its first night game on Sept. 25, 1931. It would be the Bulldogs’ only home night game until 83 years later when they hosted Cumberlands (Ky.) on Sept. 20, 2014, at Williamson Stadium. The Bulldogs christened the new lights properly with a thrilling 28-27 win.

43. The Union football team defeated the University of Louisville in 1932 by a score of 32-6. Two years later, the 1934 football team posted the school’s only undefeated season with a 5-0-2 record.

The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 79-21 and closed the year with four shutouts. Union netted wins over Eastern Kentucky (14-7), Morehead State (15-8) and Louisville (7-0).

44. Union has had a number of high-profile commencement speakers that were also awarded honorary degrees, including Happy Chandler (1964), Col. Harland Sanders (1968), Claudia Sanders (1974), Julian Carroll (1977), Wendell Ford (1978), and Ashley Judd (2009).

45. Union has won a total of 189 total conference/individual championships, along with NAIA National Championship appearances in athletics history.

46. Ernie Trosper became the first basketball player to score 2,000 points in a career, finishing with 2,040. In addition, he was the first Bulldog to be named an NAIA All-American as he earned a spot on the 1955 squad.

no plumbing, and water was drawn with a rope and bucket at the corner of the hall.

There were ten girls, and ten teachers (three of whom were men) plus the President and his family in residence during Speed Hall’s first year.

52. In the 1920’s girls were very strictly monitored. Girls under 18 were not even allowed to receive phone calls from a boy, unless permitted by a parent.

53. Union College’s first commencement was held on campus on June 4, 1880.

54. During the academic term of 1887-88, student piano lessons cost $4 a month.

55. A strong tie existed between Union College and Cherokee Indians dwelling in the Smokey Mountains. A scholarship was offered annually to a student from the reservation.

56. Juliana Filipe scored 145 goals in her fouryear career at Union (1998-01) as a member of the women’s soccer team. The mark is still an NAIA record for a career for men and women.

57. Tommy Oates set a couple of firsts during his time as a Union Bulldog. In 1992, he became the first to earn NAIA All-American honors in track & field. Also a defensive back on the football team, Oates was a member of the 1992 squad, which went 8-2 overall and collected the program’s first Mid-South Conference championship. He later became the first Bulldog to sign a professional football contract as he played in the Canadian Football League.

58. The first classes of Union College were held in a storage building in downtown Barbourville, which is currently a clothing store.

47. The first issue of the Union College Alumnus was published in February 1952 under the direction of Union’s director of alumni affairs.

59. Established in 1970, Union College offered an Appalachian Semester and the unique opportunity to learn about Appalachian culture on a first hand basis.

48. The first recorded Honors Day was held on May 13, 1956. Scholastic achievement awards were given to 15 students.

60. In 2014, Union’s 135th year, 52 percent of our students were from Appalachia.

49. In the fall of 1920, the campus’ first gymnasium was finished to the last detail.

The building still stands and is now known as Soldiers and Sailors.

50. Jerry Carey played only one season for the Union baseball team before signing a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Later, he returned to Barbourville to finish his education and to begin his career in banking.

Always holding Union dear to his heart, Carey has served on the Board of the Trustees, including as the chairman, and he has helped in the baseball stadium’s renovation in the early 2000s. The stadium was named in honor in April of 2004.

51. Speed Hall was originally planned as a residence hall for girls and was first occupied in 1905. The third floor was used for gymnastics. The entire building had

66. The first academic caps and gowns for commencement were used in 1900.

67. Union has produced five individual NAIA national champions in the sports of swimming and diving and track & field. Bob Long was the first to capture a national championship, winning the 3-meter diving competition in 1965. The other national champions include Johnny Nabors (60 meter dash, indoor track, 2009), Armond Smith (110 meter hurdles, outdoor track, 2010), the 4x100 relay team of Smith, Marekus Smith, James Fowler and Santraz Andrews (4x100 relay, outdoor track, 2010); Renata Cabral (100 meter freestyle, women’s swimming, 2012).

68. Union College accepted its first African-American student in 1954.

69. Ron Brack became the first AfricanAmerican to play basketball at Union in 1961.

70. The freshmen class of fall 2014 had a domestic multicultural population of 23.4 percent. Seven percent of our students were international.

71. Today, over 35 percent of the Union faculty has served here for 10 years or more.

72. The 1967-68 men’s basketball team provided the College its first-ever appearance at the NAIA National Championship Tournament. The Bulldogs went 27-6 and won their only NAIA District 24 Championship to advance to Kansas City.

73. Pete Moore was a long-time fixture in Union College Athletics, most prominently as the men’s basketball coach for 20 seasons as he led the Bulldogs to 253 wins, eight conference championships and national tournament appearance. Moore also coached numerous other sports at Union and served as the Director of Athletics into the mid-1980s.

61. Recently, Union students along with the Pine Mountain Grotto group rappelled and climbed the 586-foot-deep Fantastic Pit in Ellison’s Cave, Ga.

74. Union College was the first college in Kentucky to offer faculty the option to build homes on college property – this development became College Park in 1961.

62. In 1972, an unnamed Union fraternity installed a Plexiglass Mickey Mouse, with moveable arms, on the chapel tower. After a full day of chuckles, it disappeared during the night.

75. The women’s soccer team ended the 2002 regular-season ranked No. 1 in the NAIA and advanced to the NAIA National Championship Tournament semifinal round.

63. The motto for Union College is the Latin phrase “PRO DEO ET HOMINE” which translates “For God and humanity.”

76. In 2014, 100 percent of Union’s students received institutional aid.

64. The bowling alley, Lakeside Lanes, was built in 1963. The building still stands but is now the home to Union’s Department of Athletics.

65. The members of the 1905 Union football team had to buy their own uniforms before their first game, selecting orange and black, which became the College’s colors.

77. In the 1970s, students were permitted to have visitors “of the other sex” in dorm rooms with supervision.

78. Dr. Larry Inkster has served as Union College’s athletic director three times.

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championships. Dr. Inkster also started the women’s golf program in 1998 and led the team to two NAIA National Championship Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2004.

79. In January of 1999, the Harlem Globetrotters performed at the Robsion Arena.

80. Union Harmony, the College’s elite vocal performance group, was formed in November 2001.

81. Union College students pledged in 1962 that each student would donate $10 per semester until they raised $300,000 for what is still standing as the student center.

82. During the “roaring” 1920’s, boys had a weekday curfew of 7:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. on Saturday nights.

Sunday privileges were debatable. But, ladies were only out two nights a week with a 7:00 p.m. curfew.

83. The Kansas City Royals drafted Nathan Zettler in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Amateur Draft, making him the first Bulldog ever selected. In all, four Bulldogs have been drafted – Zettler (2002), Joaquin Canizal (2003), Marty Popham (2008) and Chris Fern (2012).

84. Union’s first theatric production was a dramatic play “Not So Bad After All” performed at College Hall.

85. All intercollegiate athletic programs were suspended following the 194142 academic year due to the nation’s involvement in World War II. In the fall of 1945, athletic programs, with the exception of football, were reintroduced.

86. Following a 43-year absence, football returned to Union as an intercollegiate sport in 1984. Spearheaded by William Nau and Ossie Burch, both of whom played football for the Bulldogs in the 1930s and 1940s, a group of alums and local townspeople helped raise funds to reinstate the sport.

87. College Court, a housing unit for married students, was completed and opened for residency in October of 1954.

88. Two NAIA Clarence “Ike” Pearson Award winners have ties to Union. Given to the top sports information director (SID) in the NAIA, alum and former SID Scott Cummings ’92 received the honor in 2005, and Jay Stancil collected the award in 2010. Stancil was Union’s SID from 19992014.

89. A competitive race at the Robert Stivers Aquatic Center in Barbourville, home of the Union swimming teams since 2012, uses 10 lanes.

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91. The Appalachian Wilderness Club has taken students hiking, caving, and paddling since 1980. Club founder John C. Taylor is a fellow of the National Speleological Society.

Carolina Panthers. In 2010, Smith set the single-season rushing record with 1,376 yards in helping the Bulldogs to a 7-4 record.

92. Union has played host to a number of “underground publications” through its history. Each publication disappeared shortly after official approval from the institution.

Most notable among these underground newspapers are The Black and White (1962), Forum (1966-1967), a paper that did not wish to be called The Pitchforks (1969), and Feedback (1970).

104. In March of 1912, Abigail E. Weeks made the first donation of 27 cents toward building a new gymnasium. The five nickels and two one-cent pieces are now in the Union College Library Museum.

93. Quintin Borders became the first offensive lineman to win the Mid-South Conference Offensive Player of the Year award, collecting the honor in 2009. A four-time all-conference first team selection, Borders earned NAIA All-American First Team honors in 2009 and 2010. In the spring of 2011, he became the first Bulldog to sign a NFL contract, agreeing to a free-agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

106. The girls living in Speed Hall (when it was a dormitory) created the first student government of Speed Hall on September 29, 1930.

94. James Anderson became the first Bulldog selected in the NBA Draft when the Portland Trailblazers picked him in the fifth round of the 1985 draft.

95. Union has produced 61 NAIA ScholarAthletes since 2004. In 2011 alone, 10 Bulldogs were honored for carrying at least a 3.5 grade-point average.

96. Prior to January 1955, dancing was prohibited on campus. A full campus referendum, a lengthy debate, and a recommendation from a faculty committee finally persuaded the Board of Trustees to authorize “suitably chaperoned dances on campus on a trial basis.”

97. In June of 1963, Jim Denham became the 3,000th graduate to receive his diploma from Union.

98. The men’s golf teams from 1969-72 were some of the most dominant in school history as the Bulldogs won four consecutive Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships during that span.

99. Abraham H. Harritt became the first president of Union College in 1879 and stayed in office until 1882.

100. A new Chapel building, constructed at a cost of $381,000, was first used in an unfinished state for commencement exercises May of 1949.

101. The Union College a cappella choir made its television debut on WKRC-TV, Cincinnati, Ohio, in spring of 1952 102. The baseball team made its first appearance in the NAIA World Series in 2008, finishing fifth in the nation. The Bulldogs were led by NAIA All-American pitcher Marty Popham, who set a school record for wins in a season with 17.

103. Armond Smith became the first Bulldog to play in the NFL when he played three games for the Cleveland Browns in 2011. He spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons with the

105. Union athletics have won a total of 15 individual national championships with 10 coming in mountain biking.

107. Union cheerleaders used to be elected by the student body. They literally led the fans in yelling cheers at sporting events.

108. The Union cycling team has won two NCCA Division II National Championships, capturing the titles in 2002 and 2011.

109. College algebra was first offered at Union in the spring of 1931. Mathematics 142 with Professor Haswell was held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during seventh period in Room 200.

110. Union made its only appearance in the NAIA Football Championship Series in 2008 as the Bulldogs went 9-3 and finished the year ranked No. 10 in the NAIA. The 2008 squad set a school record for most points scored, racking up 440 in 12 games.

111. In 1931 students had to get their registration card signed by the President of the College. In addition to this, female students had to have their card signed by the Dean of Women.

112. Union College originally had a grade school and high school in addition to the college.

113. In 1921, Union’s high school, Union Academy, finished as the runner-up in boys’ basketball in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Sweet 16 championship tournament.

114. February 16, 1952 the Student Center and Snack Bar was finally open. It was equipped to meet the culinary needs of the students as well as a place to hang out and chill.

115. Union was closed for six weeks due to the flu during the 1918-19 school year.

116. In 1932, the first Bachelor of Science in education degree was conferred.

117. The first physical education courses were offered at Union in 1929.

118. In 1928, Union College gained admission to membership in the Association of Colleges and Universities of Kentucky.

119. The enrollment at Union in 1920 was 28 students and grew to 250 students by 1931.

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120. Mary Alice Lay is Union’s longest serving faculty member having spent 54 years with the college. She announced her retirement in May of 2015.

121. The College experienced a lot of growth and improvement during the turn of the century. From 1999-2003, Union saw the addition of the Stewart Apartments, the renovation of Speed Hall, the construction of the Sharp Academic Center, the building of the Edward H. Black Technology Center, and the dedication of the David and Donna Jones Learning Resource Center.

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122. Union had 478 undergraduate students on campus in 2014 who were first-generation college students.

123. President Mahlon Miller required all students to wear socks in the dining hall, even hiring a student worker to check for socks at the front door.

124. The Union College Choir travelled in years past, and in the spring of 1948 conducted a tour covering over 1,000 miles.

125. Women living in Pfeiffer Hall in the 1950s could not wear slacks or shorts on the front of campus, downtown, or in the parlor.

126. Men living in Stevenson Hall in the 1950s were permitted to smoke in the dorm, but smoking was not otherwise permitted on campus, or in other buildings.

127. In the 1950s, the Victory Bell would proclaim that Union had won another game. When the game was a close one, the bell would ring vigorously and long, but if the game had been too easily won, the ringing would be less enthusiastic.

128. Seniors used to bequeath possessions or ideals to underclassmen during “Move Up Day” and Senior Chapel.

129. The first Union College yearbook was titled The Fledgling in 1920, with the more permanent name Stespean being adopted to honor Daniel Stevenson and Fanny Speed.

130. In 1940, the total cost for nine months of education with room and board was $315.

131. In 1940, one of the physical education courses was named Games, featuring male and female sections. Men played touch football, volleyball, horseshoes, softball, badminton, and handball.

Women played field hockey, volleyball, horseshoes, softball, badminton, and archery. In addition, a student could earn one collegiate credit hour for playing an intercollegiate sport.

132. Richard Nixon, while serving as Vice-President to President Eisenhower, visited the Union College campus. He later wrote a letter to Union President Conway Boatman in which the postscript states, “Mrs. Nixon & I will never forget the wonderful reception we had at Union College. My only regret is that I missed Mrs. Boatman’s cake!”

133. In the late 1960’s, Union ranked third in the state among colleges and universities for the number of students entering the Peace Corps.

134. The first battle of the Civil War with casualties occurred in Barbourville in 1861 and Fanny Speed’s husband helped provide arms to the Union army. Prior to the establishment of the college, the campus was used as a recruiting camp for Union soldiers.

135. Current head women’s basketball coach Tim Curry is the winningest coach in the history of the program with 273 victories. He has also taken the Bulldogs to the NAIA National Championship Tournament five times and won the Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season championship twice and the tournament championship five times.

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Barbourville

In 1879, 36 citizens signed Articles of Incorporation establishing Union College. The first officers of the corporation included A.H. Harritt, president; W.W. Sawyers, vice-president; James D. Black, secretary; Green Elliot, treasurer and John Dishman, attorney. A. H. Harritt, a traveling salesman for a school supply company, became the school’s first president.

Thus began the 135-year partnership between the citizens of Barbourville and Union College.

Union College was established to provide educational opportunities for Barbourville children. Today, this partnership serves not only southeastern Kentucky but the entire Commonwealth and points beyond. The current student population represents 30 states and 13 countries, and Union is known around the world.

Many Barbourville citizens grew up riding bicycles on Union’s campus or having prom pictures or baby pictures made under the ginko, redbud, and dogwood trees. Many met their spouses here and were married on campus, and many are graduates of Union or descendants of Union graduates. 12,063 alumni around the world are grateful to the citizens of Barbourville, without whom there would be no Union College.

THEY CALLED IT UNION A film written and produced by Doug "Muggs" Jones '73 MA '76 tells the Union College story from its first days in 1879 until full accreditation in 1932. The film was presented at Homecoming 2014 during our 135th celebration.

DVDs can be purchased at www.douglaswjonesjr.com for $25.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Union.

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thirty years of

Service

Dr. McFarland eases slightly back in his office chair and takes a sip from a Bulldog orange coffee tumbler. The coffee mug is the first indication of Dr. McFarland’s overwhelming spirit for his alma mater. Both of the bookcases in his office are littered with dozens of ceramic mugs, all ornately orange and white and feature variations of the Union logo as it has changed throughout the years. One shelf of a bookcase holds more Union memorabilia than it does books; mostly letterman sweaters, including one proudly displayed, bright orange, v-neck sweater sporting on its front the classic black, Greek-style, U. The sweater looks as if it might have been one a young McFarland regularly wore around campus during his time as a student in the 1960’s.

On the desk in front of Dr. McFarland are several small, organized piles of papers and hand written notes. All are evidence of McFarland’s work ethic well into his final days at the college.

Among the piles of papers lies a hardbound copy of Union College’s history, written and published through 1979. The book is open, laying page down on his desk. Dr. McFarland looks down at the book, and then up toward me. He eases back into his chair, slightly, once again. He takes a deep breath.

“I am not one who is very inclined to talk about myself,” he said.

“It’s okay,” I returned. “We won’t do that. Let’s just talk about your place here. Let’s talk about Union.”

Dr. McFarland smiled slightly and took another sip from his Union coffee tumbler.

“Okay. I can do that,” he said. “Where do you want me to start?”

For nearly 30 years, Dr. McFarland’s place in this world has been at a desk at Union College. After an extensive tenure as a faculty member, administrator, and even college president, Dr. Thomas McFarland retired from his desk to his place in the college’s history.

Dr. Thomas McFarland

sits quietly at a worn, oak desk in his second story office at Speed Hall. One window of the office overlooks College Street, which is adorned with a line of tulip poplars; trees that most likely existed well before the college itself did. A second window in Dr. McFarland’s office is open to the front lawn of Union College with a glimpse of Centennial Hall to his west and the Sharp Academic Center to his north.

The repurposed Sharp Center was once known as “A-Wing” of Stevenson Hall, a men’s dormitory that has housed thousands of Union students. Here, in 1965, a young Thomas McFarland entered the annals of Union College for the first time.

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Thomas McFarland first became acquainted with Union College during brief visits to campus to see an older brother who attended the school and ultimately became a graduate. Thomas was equally drawn to the school, and at the recommendation of the family’s Methodist pastor chose to attend Union for two reasons: the religious affiliation of the school and its renowned music program.

“The school was known for having an excellent music program,” he said. “Many students came to Union, especially from the northeast, like me, to attend because of the culture of music at Union.”

McFarland fell in love with the school’s music program. He also fell in love with Union College. And, in 1966, he would fall in love once more with a young music student named Kay Dawn. The couple still shares the passion they fostered in the music building at Union, so many years ago.

“Being at Union College was such a good experience for us. We both felt we received a very good education here,” McFarland added. “Even as we prepared to graduate, to leave that school, we both knew then that we wanted to return to Union and give back to the college that contributed so much to our foundation.”

McFarland graduated from Union in 1969. He returned home to Delaware where he began a short stint teaching music to high

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retirement

school students. In 1970, he was drafted into the United States Army, a move that would send him far overseas, away from Union, and his young wife, Kay Dawn.

“My wife finished school at Union in 1970 and returned to her home in Ohio,” he said. “Fortunately for me, the Vietnam War was winding down and I got sent to Korea. It was the end of that era and I left the Army just as it switched to an all volunteer service.”

From that point, McFarland traded his bayonet for a baton, joined his wife in Ohio and again began teaching. They taught music, began a family and saw very little of that small campus in Barbourville.

“There might have been a few visits a year,” McFarland said. “Maybe a couple of times in the summer, but in reality, we visited the campus very, very little.”

“IT WAS

McFarland said the campus had experienced numerous changes in the 15 years he was away. Several buildings once familiar to he and Kay Dawn were gone. The college did, however, exhibit a new science building. The town of Barbourville had changed as well, McFarland noted, saying the first thing that struck him upon returning to town was WONDERFUL the new Hardee’s restaurant.

TO RETURN TO UNION COLLEGE. IT WAS ALWAYS

“The town had grown immensely. It wasn’t just Court Square and a few places along Knox Street,” McFarland said. “It was more of a culture shock for our two sons, Jim and John, who were very used to their life in Akron.”

McFarland became Director of Alumni Relations at Union and taught music part-time. He also directed the school’s pep band. Three years later, he joined HOME.” some of his old mentors as a full-time instructor in Union’s music department. There, he helped to teach a generation of new Union students with the same passion he was taught with as a student in the 1960’s.

A HOME AWAY FROM

The desire to migrate back to Union grew within the couple as each year passed. They searched for an opportunity to return, opportunity that did not come for them until 1985.

“It was wonderful to return to Union College. It was always a home away from home. Union has such a pleasant, inviting, feeling and it was just so nice to come back to it,” he said.

“The music department was the center of so many good things.

We had the pep band and the concert band. We had Christmas concerts and spring concerts and just so many rewarding experiences taking place here; each of them centered around this community and our music,” he said.

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McFarland said he and his colleagues within the department were as harmonious as the music that echoed down the hallways. Betty Stroud was the Department Chair and “a great cook,” McFarland said. She was always hosting gatherings for her colleagues and friends. Allan Green, who McFarland described as “the best music theory instructor to have ever lived,” became his close friend.

“It was awkward at first coming back and seeing him, because he was a former professor. He was always Mr. Green to me,” McFarland said.

McFarland said Green looked at him one day and demanded, “You have to call me Allan. I appreciate your respect as a former student, but it is time for us to move beyond that.”

“He didn’t have to do that,” McFarland said. “And even though he would, in my mind, always be Mr. Green, it was such a great thing for him to become my friend.”

The harmony within the music department would seem shortlived for McFarland. Throughout McFarland’s tenure and the school’s history, the music department, at times, would lose much of its strength, but would always find a way to resurge.

“When Kay Dawn and I first came back to Union, the department had dwindled away, but I feel we were a part of bringing it back.

Throughout its history, music was an integral part of Union College and we were part of keeping it an important part of the school’s history,” he said.

His struggles with the faltering music program did not end there.

In 2002, McFarland was promoted from the music department to a post as Vice-President of Academic Affairs. It was in this post, that he helped make the decision to close the music department at Union College.

“That was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do in my life,” he said. “We just couldn’t sustain it. And, the most disappointing part of the entire thing was I just could not get enough people here interested in making it a priority. It was gone.”

“I AM SO VERY FORTUNATE BECAUSE MY TIME HERE NOT ONLY OVERLAPPED WITH GREAT PROGRESS FOR THIS INSTITUTION, BUT ALSO CONSISTED OF SOME VERY GREAT TIMES

McFarland says Union College has been able to invest moderately in the theater department and revitalize Rector Little Theater.

But, if the college is to continue as a liberal arts institution, McFarland says Union College must maintain its academic connection to the field of music.

“The liberal arts has not only served Union, but it has served mankind as well,” he added.

Today, McFarland serves Union College as Special Assistant to the President, a post he has held under President Marcia Hawkins, Ph.D. Dr. Hawkins took over at Union in 2012, a year after McFarland’s service to the college as Interim President.

WITH SOME VERY GREAT PEOPLE.”

However, history again repeated itself and the resurgence McFarland became part of would soon become a declination. He witnessed each moment of the department’s demise. “It became very evident that music here was not going to continue to flourish,” he added.

McFarland said the music building had deteriorated tremendously since its original construction in the 1950’s. The condition of the facilities made it difficult for the college to recruit students into the music program. The culture of college students had changed as well with music becoming less lucrative as a chosen major in the modern “doctor and lawyer” society.

“The roof of the building still leaks and little else today has changed,” McFarland said. “I had a whole collection of historic posters in an old office in the music building; posters promoting events and

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concerts. I didn’t know the roof was leaking right onto them. They were all destroyed. I could do nothing but throw them away.”

He spent much of his time during those moments in Speed Hall collecting notes for the next phase of Union’s history. He is now a man of lists, compiling scattered information into collective histories. He works tirelessly to detail and catalog the school’s former librarians, faculty members, Presidents of the SGA and Alumni Association, faculty emeriti and numerous ongoing accolades for students and staff.

“It has been extremely challenging, but I have enjoyed it,” McFarland says. “In 15 years, our college will be 150 years old and I hope someone can update the history, hopefully, using many of the items I have gathered.”

Very soon, however, that work will come to an end as will McFarland’s 30-year story here at Union College.

“Come the first of January, it is going to be very difficult for me not to be hurrying out of the house in a suit and tie and making my way up these stairs to my office here at Union College,” McFarland said.

He says his wife is under contract “with the school to the south of us whose name we will not mention” through the end of the current academic year. They have yet to discuss her possible retirement and their next step as a family. Their sons, Jim and John, both live in Louisville and are raising the next generation of McFarlands. Jim, also a graduate of Union, has two sons and John has two daughters, including the newest addition to the extended family. McFarland says both he and Kay Dawn have a “great draw to be closer to their family” there in Louisville.

McFarland says not many people get to enjoy the accomplishment he feels; to have been involved with music his entire life and spend a career at a place he holds so dear. It is unusual for one to retire from one place of employment these days, but Union College has afforded him the opportunity to spend his career in one place.

His greatest memories here include a multitude of things, he says, including outstanding musical performances, college faculty and the physical growth of Union during the last 30 years.

“I am so very fortunate because my time here not only overlapped with great progress for this institution, but also consisted of some very great times with some very great people,” McFarland said. He continued to reminisce about those colleagues: Allan Green, Betty Stroud, Ed Black, Jack Phillips, “Miss Pat” Patridge, Warren Robbins and Milt Townsend. McFarland says Union College “never had a finer person here than Milton Townsend.”

“He ate, slept and drank Union College,” McFarland added. “My love for Union grew because of him and I am so ever grateful for the privilege to have known him.”

Like Townsend, McFarland too has great love for Union College and has assisted this institution in numerous capacities, always giving of himself to his alma mater. He has been unselfish in his service, and humble. His time at Union College has not been about finding ways to greet his own accomplishments, McFarland says, but about something greater.

Again, he first directs his thoughts to another Union cornerstone, James Faulkner. Faulkner was the first Union College graduate to become President of the institution.

McFarland, however, is the first to move entirely “through the ranks” at Union College. He was a graduate, a faculty member, staff member, vice-president and president. He looks back at the 1979 Union College history text resting face down before him and says, he “can’t think of any other person to have been involved at Union College in each of those ways.”

“And, thinking about that? Thinking about myself in that place here at Union College,” he says. “Well, I hope someone else can look back at it and think, you know, that is really something.”

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Dr. Daniel Stevenson

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In 1886, Union College was failing financially. A bank in Stanford was owed $3,000, but Union’s income could not even cover interest on the note.

Stockholders were not paying their subscriptions as promised and auctioning of the campus was inevitable.

Rev. Samuel F. Kelley, who came to Barbourville in 1880 as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, used his affiliation with the townspeople and Dr. Daniel Stevenson to set in motion the acquisition of Union College for the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1886, at the Annual Session of the Board of Education of the Conference, Kelley reported that the property was to be auctioned and requested action.

Dr. Stevenson was instructed to attend the auction, but was not authorized to obligate the Conference financially. Stevenson, however, through Judge J.H. Tinsley, arranged for the purchase of the property.

Green Elliot submitted the bid with the financial backing of Mahala Dowis. Fanny Speed, a dear friend of Stevenson, was said to have approved of the plan and offered financial support. On October 25, 1886, for the sum of $4,425, Union College was sold to Elliot. Less than two years later, Dr. Stevenson had raised enough money to satisfy all creditors, pay back Dowis and transfer a deed to the Conference.

It was not until September 17, 1888, that Stevenson began his presidency at Union College. During his tenure, he set forth a strict code of religious and moral conduct for the institution; strengthened literary and religious societies on campus; and elevated teaching to a collegiate level. In 1893, Dr. Stevenson issued the first degrees to John Elbert Thomas and James Perry Faulkner. Stevenson also bought land to expand the campus and oversaw completion of the administration building (which would later become Centennial Hall). His friend, Fanny Speed provided financial support for the college for many years.

Dr. Stevenson died on January 2, 1897, at the age of 73.

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216 Graduates

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BA 9% vs BS 91%

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“TO THE WEAK I BECAME WEAK, THAT I MIGHT WIN THE WEAK; I HAVE BECOME ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN SO THAT I MAY BY ALL MEANS SAVE SOME. I DO ALL THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL, SO I MAY BECOME A FELLOW PARTAKER OF IT.” – CORINTHIANS 9:22 Jeri Cook ’02, boarded a plane in her native Ohio on February 3, 2015.

Around 20 hours later, she stepped foot onto the sands of a small village on the eastern coast of Africa. It is here, in Malawi, where she will live and where she will stay; working with young orphans to educate them, love them, minister to them and build them “lighthouses” to guide their future.

In Malawi, Cook and You Turn, the ministry she serves, have developed three “lighthouses,” which serve as resource centers for orphans from throughout third-world country. From these lighthouses, Cook will care for the young African children, teaching and feeding them mostly, both “physically and spiritually.”

“The unique thing about Malawi is that most orphans are taken in and not left on the streets,” Cook said. “However, because Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, they are usually not fed or cared for.”

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UNION ALUM SPREADS “LIGHT” AROUND THE WORLD

Some children walk six miles just to reach the lighthouses, she said, with many finding their only nourishment in these centers.

And, as Cook has learned, the children often need much more than food.

“They did not know what a hug is or even how to do it,” she said.

“My heart broke with sadness for the children that were never hugged or told they were loved.” Cook said her calling is to see that all of the children who venture to the lighthouses each day are fed physically, mentally and spiritually. That is the only way to help each child grow and succeed, she said.

“We want to teach these children they are not forgotten (Psalms 27:10), they are created in His image (Genesis 1:27) and God has a plan for them (Jeremiah 29:11) regardless of their situation or story,” Cook said. She hopes to spread the lighthouse mission throughout the country and even throughout Africa “giving hope to orphans wherever they can.”

Cook came to Union College in 1996 on a soccer scholarship. She became an education major and an all-American goalkeeper.

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She spent three years in the Bulldog Buddies program and helped with the annual repair affair.

“I loved helping people and found there were several opportunities at Union,” Cook said.

Cook worked as a student teacher here in Knox County at Boone Elementary. She said it was through this experience she learned there were many needy children, most with different needs than others.

“I am not only talking about physically, but also mentally and emotionally,” she said. “God showed me these children needed to be taken care of emotionally and mentally before they can truly learn the way they are supposed to.”

In 2004, she left Union and Barbourville and headed back to her native Ohio, drawn home by a very ill family member. She also taught there, but found a very different experience than what she found in Barbourville. Suddenly, attending to the varying needs of her students was not at the forefront.

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“They were more worried about test scores and portfolios and this burdened my heart,” Cook said. “During my student teaching, I spent half a year seeing that attending to these things caused better results educationally.”

That experience, she said, caused her to abandon the classroom and search for what God would have her do. It did not take long for Cook to find that mission and a new way to teach children.

The work came first domestically through the Child Evangelism Fellowship. Then, in 2010, she found an opportunity to go to Uganda.

“This trip to Uganda is where God completely stole my heart and desire,” Cook said. “I was standing on the edge of Lake Victoria staring at fifteen beautiful, big-eyed children who knew nothing about Jesus and were very much alone. I knew God made it my responsibility to teach them.”

One year later, she found You Turn Ministries and joined their quest to build lighthouses throughout Malawi, a country ravaged

by AIDS and poverty.

“I believe Union has prepared me for this adventure God has me on,” Cook added. “And now, I find myself very blessed to be part of such a great organization that sees the importance of growing the complete child.”

Cook adds that her “heart and desire is to share the love of Christ by helping take care of the basic needs and giving them hope in Christ.” She is reaching out to her Union family for help meeting the needs of the orphans scattered throughout the villages and venturing to the lighthouses.

Cook says basic items; school supplies, personal care products, clothes and shoes are all necessary items she hopes her ministry can help provide to the children they serve. Sponsorships are also available that utilizes monthly donations to provide food for the lighthouse children. And everyone can help with prayer, she says.

“There are so many orphans here that my heart breaks for not being able to help them all,” Cook said. “It seems like its never ending, but I stay focused and allow God to change one child at a time.”

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Romeo’s Italian Trattoria

“Leave with your belly full, and your heart warmer than when you walked through the door.”

Several years ago, Blair Skidmore ‘95 found himself on a skiing trip in the Italian Alps. On one of the last days there, a friend invited him to town to eat in this small local restaurant.

“The place was very small and cozy,” Skidmore said. “The owners and staff were extremely happy to have us there and made us feel so welcomed.”

He said the restaurant had the appeal of what one would envision finding in a small restaurant on an Italian side street. It had the Italian look, the Italian feel. The service was “spot on” and the food was outstanding.

“That was one of the absolute best dining experiences I have ever had anywhere in my life,” Skidmore said. “The waiter, well, his name was Romeo.”

So when Blair and his wife Jennifer ‘97, also a Union alum, decided to open a restaurant in downtown Barbourville, there was little question as to what direction they would take.

“It is a constant reminder to us as to the type of experience we want people to have every time they come through those doors,” he added.

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and an ocean away from Venice. The restaurant itself is cozy. The deep yellow on the walls calls back to old Italy.

Jennifer commissioned paintings to decorate the walls of the restaurant. There is pasta on top of pasta on the menu, Italian soda, fresh baked bread with Italian herbs and olive oil, Italian wedding soup and even Tiramisu.

“This is the type of restaurant experience that Barbourville has been missing,” Blair added. “It’s the type of experience the town deserves to have.”

It took Blair and Jennifer the long way around to get here though. Blair graduated from Union in 1995. Jennifer followed in 1997. Though a few years apart, Blair and Jennifer were good friends in college. They each left Barbourville and entered the corporate world, Blair as a consultant in higher education and Jennifer as a job specialist for the disabled. They both found themselves back in Barbourville at the same time where they reconnected after being out of touch for more than ten years. Eventually, their love would flourish, and their love for their families, their hometown and their alma mater would drive them closer together and back into downtown Barbourville. They even held their wedding ceremony on the Union campus.

“We want our kids to grow up here and have the same experiences we did,” Blair said. “Here, every kid gets the attention they need. You don’t find that in an urban setting.”

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“We hear people talking about the restaurant around town,” Jennifer said. “We have received tons of great feedback and have more and more people finding out about us.”

Romeo’s includes dishes from some of the couple’s favorite Italian restaurants, personalized for the Romeo’s experience. Some recipes, like the Lasagna Classico, are modeled after family recipes.

At the request of frequent diners, Jennifer is currently expanding the menu to include more Italian favorites.

Blair is in conversation with local farmers to expand the Romeo experience into one that builds dishes upon the freshest ingredients and further builds the restaurants impact in the local economy.

The couple said once they got back to Barbourville, they spent time evaluating what people in the area wanted in the community. They knew they wanted to be in business, but not exactly sure what. As they discussed their intentions, over and over each time, they came back to food.

“And the best part of it all,” Blair says, “We are right in the middle of this resurgence in downtown. When we get busy, we encourage people to walk down the sidewalk to visit some of the shops here, or go get a coffee after dinner or listen to music.”

“We wanted something we could do together, involve the kids and be of benefit to the community,” Blair said. “We both have a passion for food, and Jennifer is a lifelong chef with the ability to make any type of dish she desires.”

But, Jennifer will tell you, that in their early discussions, Romeo’s was not their original intention. They entered the local food scene with a gourmet shaved ice truck, Crave.

“That is the best,” Jennifer said. “It is just so great to see people so excited when they come up to the truck and wonder what flavor are they going to try. Being on the truck is such a pleasing experience.”

The pair work hard to promote their new restaurant venture and the downtown area, but they also continually market Union College and their love for the school. Both have Union license plates on their vehicles.

Union admissions materials can be found in the waiting “That was one of the room in the front of the restaurant. They advertise absolute best dining for and host college events. experiences I have ever Plus, they hire Union students and alums to be part of the had anywhere in my life,” Romeo’s experience further connecting the college to Skidmore said. the community.

“The waiter, well, his name was Romeo.”

The Crave truck was doing so well, they bought a second truck with the intentions of converting it over to offer standard food service.

Around the same time, the building that now houses the restaurant became available. The more they talked to people around town about what to offer, the more discussion about the restaurant experience expanded. Consequently, the food truck idea quickly boiled into a full-scale restaurant, and early this year, Romeo’s opened its doors. And the experience has surpassed their expectations.

“We want others to join us,” Jennifer said, noting she and Blair even bought a house across the street from Pfeiffer Hall, where she spent her college days. “We want to encourage others, especially Union alums, to come back to their hometown, take a similar initiative and find the opportunity that is here.”

Blair, who pointed out that alma mater is translated to “other mother” quickly, echoed the sentiment of his wife, saying, “sometimes your future is your past.”

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Romeo’s Reviews 5 STARS! SUPERB EXPERIENCE!!!!

Excellent food, excellent service, excellent atmosphere!

A true gem in southeastern Kentucky.

Great food in a beautiful restaurant. So glad that we can now enjoy a taste of Italy right here in Barbourville.

Exceptional atmosphere. Polite, courteous staff, coupled with tasty food.

Third day in a row I’ve eaten there and it is still wonderful!

Three different entrees, three different servers and three great overall experiences!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND to all Italian food lovers!

Fabulous! So impressed with the newest hot spot in town!

Food, service and atmosphere are top notch!

So glad our little town now has Romeo’s!

Love this place! Delicious food and great service!

I tried just about everything and I couldn’t find one thing I didn’t like!

THIS PLACE IS GONNA BLOW EVERYONE’S MINDS… from the beauty of the restaurant inside and out to the outstanding food that’s going to be served…

Knox residents you all are gonna be totally floored when you walk in Romeo’s!!!

I love the atmosphere, the food and the people!

The price for the food is outstanding and the DESSERTS ARE TO DIE FOR!

Thank you Romeo’s for your support!

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UNION TO HAITI

Two can build a village College is a place where people are brought together to experience new things and to go to new places. For Haley Perkins and Lydia Nash, Union College has done all of that and more.

The two have been roommates since the fall of 2011 when each came to Union as freshmen members of the women’s basketball team.

In their three seasons with the Bulldogs, both have joined the 1,000-point club, helped Union to a conference tournament championship, and a berth to the NAIA national tournament and have collected numerous allconference honors.

Their teamwork continues off the court and out of the country. Last summer, Perkins and Nash joined a local church on its mission trip to Haiti.

“It was an awesome experience,” said Perkins. “If it wasn’t for her (Nash) and being her roommate since our freshman year, I probably wouldn’t have found this church, become as involved as I am or even go to Haiti on a trip like this.”

Forward Community Church first started going to Haiti not long after the country experienced a massive earthquake in 2010. The church’s pastor, Drew Mahan, took a small team to the devastated area and has returned each summer since then. Nash made her first trip to the Caribbean island in 2013.

Nash began attending Forward Community not long into her freshman year thanks to her mother suggesting that she check it out. The rest, as they say, is history.

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“I had always been interested in doing short-term mission work but never had the opportunity to do so in high school,” Nash said of going to Haiti. “So, when God brought this opportunity to me, it was exactly what I was looking for.”

latched on to the two. Nash described him as the “cutest little thing with the biggest heart.”

“As soon as we pulled up in the bus,” Perkins added, “he would take Lydia’s backpack off of her and carry it up the hill.”

For Perkins, the trip was about facing new challenges.

“I had never been out of the country before, and I thought this was a really good chance to get out of my comfort zone,” she said. “I really wanted to take the next step in my relationship with Jesus Christ.

I wanted to go serve and to experience all that.”

Life is hard for much of Haiti. Living conditions are poor, water has to be carried up the hill, and persons are warned not to touch any animals, including domestic ones such as dogs, for fear of diseases.

“We went up on this overlook and you can see There wasn’t much comfort for the mission team the entire city of Port-au-Prince, and the higher in Haiti. After waking up and having breakfast, you went up on this mountain, the nicer the the team traveled to the village Vwajout to host a houses got,” said Nash. “But then there are still the vacation Bible school and continue construction on a tent cities that came out of the earthquake and community building. Forward hurricanes, so you can see Community Church helped how poor the living conditions build the village’s church are for most of the people “It’s really easy to during their earlier visits. Now, there.” the group is expanding its go to Haiti and love work, building a schoolhouse Although the goal and intent on these kids that and bathroom facility. of the weeklong mission trip was to help a small Haitian love on you for a The work isn’t easy by any community, Perkins and Nash stretch of the imagination. were affected by the trip as week. But, you well. should be able to “It’s all manual labor,” said Nash. “Someone would be in come back here and “It definitely opened my a pit digging out dirt, filling up eyes,” Perkins confessed. continue to show buckets and we’d pass the “Going to a different country buckets along in an assembly and just seeing how different God’s love line to dump it out, clearing everything is - the culture and the dirt out so they can build when you’re angry, living conditions - has made walls.” me so much more thankful tired or frustrated.” for what I have here. Also, it The mission team wasn’t the gave an even greater urge only ones working. They got to outreach and help other plenty of help from the local children. people and serve them.”

“The interaction of the kids and their willingness to jump into the assembly to help was something special,” said Nash.

“They’re happy working. Happiest people I’ve ever been around, always smiling.” Perkins added.

“This time was just a reminder of how we are supposed to love other people,” Nash shared. “It’s really easy to go to Haiti and love on these kids that love on you for a week. But, you should be able to come back here and continue to show God’s love when you’re angry, tired or frustrated.”

Because this has become an annual trip for Forward Community Church, structures are not the only thing the group has been building.

In addition to preparing for their senior season in a Bulldog uniform, Nash and Perkins are readying themselves for a return trip to Haiti this summer.

“This was the fourth time that we (Forward Community Church) have been to this particular village, so we’ve been able to build relationships,” said Nash.

“We are definitely going back,” said Perkins.

One particular connection left a lasting impression on both Nash and Perkins. A local boy named Jephte

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“And we’re taking teammate Shelby Rudd with us this time,” added Nash.

Yes, another Bulldog has been recruited for this mission.

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Knox County Farmers’ Market G R OW S I N TO I T S S E C O N D Y E A R

The second season of the Knox County Farmers’ Market is underway. The Knox County Farmer’s Market opened to the public for the first time in June 2014. This year, the market has expanded and moved locations. Union College is a primary partner in the Farmers’ Market and has helped develop other agricultural initiatives in the community.

The market, in conjunction with the City of Barbourville and its partners, has received a Local Foods, Local Places grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Barbourville was one of 26 communities selected from 316 applicants for the grant.

The Local Foods, Local Places program provides technical support to integrate local food systems into community economic development action plans.

Locally, Barbourville was selected for the award based on plans to develop a permanent facility for local gardeners, farmers, entrepreneurs and consumers to interact and promote the agricultural and economic health of the community.

The Local Foods, Local Places program will provide a team of agricultural, transportation, environmental, health and economic experts to strengthen and develop the community initiative.

The Knox County Farmer’s Market is now open to the public for the 2015 season. It is open every Thursday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. until October 1. It is located off of Hwy. 25E on Treuhaft Blvd. in the parking lot of the Knox County Extension Office.

The Knox County Farmer’s Market is the result of a partnership between Union College, Lend-A-Hand, Grow Appalachia, Knox County Health Department, Spread the Health Appalachia, Barbourville Tourism and many community volunteers that help to host and organize the weekly market.

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Upcoming Dates to Remember Block Party

Front Campus August 23 @ 6:00 pm

CIRCLES Ceremony Chapel August 24 @ 8:00 pm

Thomas Trammel ‘08 Memorial Soccer Tournament Williamson Stadium August 28 - 29 @ 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm

Fall Convocation

September 3 @ 9:30 am

Department of Fine, Performing and Communications Arts Open House Chapel September 15 @ 7:00 pm

Battle of Barbourville

Minton Hickory Farm September 18 - 19 @ 10:00 am

John ‘72 and Carol ‘73 Moffett Alumni & Friends Cookout Moffett Farm, Harrodsburg, KY September 26

Daniel Boone Festival Downtown October 4 - 10

Homecoming

Campus October 23 - 25

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A very young Lincoln and Joshua Speed, the Louisville son of Judge John Speed, began a very close friendship in 1837 when the pair met at Speed’s family store in Springfield, Illinois. Speed became Lincoln’s roommate, best friend and later trusted advisor as the President navigated the Civil War, even though Speed, now a wealthy Kentucky landowner, favored slavery.

It was Lincoln who encouraged Speed’s courtship and 1842 marriage to Fanny Hennings. “I now have no doubt that it is the peculiar misfortune of both you and me to dream dreams of Elysium far exceeding all that anything earthly can realize. Far short of your dreams as you may be, no woman could do more to realize them than that same black-eyed Fanny,” Lincoln wrote to Speed following his marriage to Fanny. Speed later returned the favor to Lincoln offering encouragement in his contemplation regarding pending engagement and marriage to Mary Todd.

The Speed and Lincoln friendship became strained as “philosophical differences” entered much of their correspondence. Nonetheless, the Speed’s were among the first people Lincoln welcomed to visit him in Chicago following his election to the Presidency. It was during that visit that Lincoln honored Fanny with a framed portrait, the first captured of him in his Presidency. The inscription states, “To my good friend, Mrs. Fanny Speed A. Lincoln.” Mr. Speed became a crucial component to help support Lincoln, the Union cause, and the end of war in the United States.

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Union Volleyball captures AAC Tournament Championship Union senior Paige Moore led a come-from-behind, five-set victory over Bryan (Tenn.) last November to help the Bulldogs capture the 2014 Appalachian Athletic Conference Championship. This was the third AAC Tournament title in program history for the Bulldogs and the first since 2010. The win also gave Union 30 wins for the season.

The win catapulted Union into a bid for the 2014 NAIA National Championship; their first NAIA tournament appearance since 2010.

Although, the Bulldogs championship quest ended in the first round of the tournament, falling to Madonna (Mich.) in four sets.

“Overall, the future looks bright for our program,” said head coach Jeremy Wise. “I am proud of our seniors to get to go out as AAC Champions and, for our younger players, they got to taste what’s yet to come for them in the next couple of years of their careers.”

To end the season, Union’s Moore and Ana Calaza were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s NAIA All Region Team. This was the seventh straight season the Union volleyball program had studentathletes named to the all-region squad.

Moore’s accolades continued to grow in the post-season with her addition as an honorable mention to the NAIA Volleyball All-America Team. Moore is the fourth volleyball Bulldog to be honored by the All-America team.

In addition, Chandler Gray, a junior at Union, was named as DaktronicsNAIA Volleyball Scholar Athlete for the 2014 season.

Union announces athletic Enhancement Project The Union College baseball and softball programs announced a major initiative in December that will lead to improvements to facilities on campus. The project will feature enhancements to Jerry W. Carey Stadium at Colonel Harland Sanders Field, but also include the addition of an indoor training facility on campus. That facility can be utilized as practice/ workout space for all Union athletic programs.

“In my time at Union College, everything we have done to improve our facilities has been to grow our program,” said head coach Bart Osborne.

“This project is the next step in the process. The improvements that we plan to make will not only help in the development of our players, but will also help us recruite new student-athletes to campus.”

Osborne and Tim Curry, Union Director of Athletics, said the enhancement project would take place in three phases. Those phases include the indoor hitting and training facility; installation of lights at the baseball stadium; and construction of in-ground dugouts at the field.

Those involved with the project at Union College are currently working to acquire funds to push the projects along. The initiative has already raised more than $25,000 for the project. Coach Osborne is calling on all alumni of Union College to “step to the plate” and make a donation.

“We’ve got some great alumni that have come through our programs,” said Osborne. “The bottom line is, we’re going to have to rely on them to get this project done. Without their support, it will not happen.”

To donate to this project, please visit gounionbulldogs.com.

Union adds archery as sport, announces new coach Union College now offers archery as an intercollegiate sport. The program raises Union’s offering to 25 intercollegiate athletic programs. The program will serve men and women, said Union Athletic Director Tim Curry.

In making the announcement, Curry also announced the addition of Cody Kirby as head coach for both the women’s and men’s programs. Kirby comes to Union from University of the Cumberlands where he assisted in implementing archery programs at that university.

“I think it’s going to be a great thing to have archery at Union because of the area we are in,” said Kirby. “Archery is very, very popular in this region.

Because of that, we can recruit a lot of local student-athletes from the area, but we will also have the chance to bring in kids from all over the United States to take part in the sport.”

Competitively, the Bulldog archers will compete as part of the United States Colligate Archery Association (USCA) and will be slotted in the Southeast region. Union will join Cumberlands (Ky.), Bethel (Tenn.) and Midway (Ky.) as NAIA schools participating in the sport.

Bulldogs end season ranked 11th in NAIA Coaches’ Poll The Union College men’s basketball team can now add one more historic accomplishment to the list for their banner 2014-15 season. The Bulldogs end the year with their highest ranking in program history, coming in at No. 11 in the final NAIA Division II Coaches’ Poll.

The Bulldogs, who finished the year with a program-best record of 30-5 overall, jumped up four spots from the last poll of the regular season from 15th to 11th. To end the year, Union was ranked in the final six Coaches’ Polls.

The ranking caps off an historic season for Union and third-year head coach Kevin Burton, who was named the Appalachian Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year for the second straight season in 2014-15.

First, the Bulldogs finished the AAC regular season with a 17-1 record, capturing their final 12 games in conference play to win their second straight AAC regular-season title. Then, at the AAC Tournament, the Bulldogs steam rolled their way to their second consecutive tournament championship, finishing it off with a 84-63 win in the title game over Milligan (Tenn.).

With the pair of titles, it marked the first time since the early 1970’s that a Union men’s basketball team won both a regular season conference championship and a conference tournament in consecutive seasons. Also, the Bulldogs had NAIA Division II’s longest winning streak, which ended at 21 games (a school-record).

At the NAIA Division II National Championship, the Bulldogs got over a big hurdle as they won the first game in Union College history on the national stage when the Bulldogs beat Northwestern Ohio in the first round, 64-58.

In the round of 16, the Bulldogs bowed out of the Tournament to eventual National Semifinalist Embry-Riddle (Fla.), 89-75.

Leading the way all season for Union was center Deante Johnson, who earned NAIA All-American Honorable Mention for the second straight season for his play. Johnson, who was also an All-AAC First Team pick, ended the year leading the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game, and also ended the campaign leading all of NAIA Division II in field goal percentage at 71.5 percent.

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Class Notes 1950’s

Walter Dick ’56, ’79 MA, now has a park named after him! Walter’s hometown of Benham, Ky., honored this inspirational educator for his dedication and love of sports. The Walter Dick Park was officially recognized with a ribbon cutting ceremony sponsored by the Tri-City Chamber of Commerce in October 2014. Off the field, Walter loved to teach math and estimates that he taught more than 5,500 children during his 52-year career.

Pamela (Hensley) Shay ’85, of Franklin University was awarded the Frank V. Mastrianna Education Leader of the Year Award by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

The honor is awarded by IACBE to honor members of the IACBE community who are exemplary higher education leaders and who have made significant contributions to an institution of higher education or a higher education organization.

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Robert “Bob” Clarke ’62, ’63 MA, retired from teaching after 46 years and now plays his guitar professionally. You can watch his many performances on his YouTube channel http://bit.ly/1EClczf.

Bob is enjoying retirement with his wife, Jean, their two daughters and 7 grandchildren.

Tina (Dunn) Mills ’98, ’14 MA, is a member of the Kentucky Army National Guard who has completed two deployments to Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom during 2009-2010 and Operation New Dawn 2011-2012. Tina has been employed the past eight years for the Administrative Office of the Courts, Adult Drug Court for Knox and Whitley counties, Ky.

Nancy (Robbins) Smith ’60, has been a technical writer for the Boston University School of Theology for the past twenty years. She is a graduate of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance; ordained Deacon in the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church; and author of the Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders, published in 2006.

David Austin ’63, has co-written another book. Recreational Therapy: An Introduction, is focused on the purposeful use of recreation and leisure as interventions to enhance the health and well-being of clients whom recreational therapists serve. This edition is a continuation of the user-friendly approach used in prior editions.

James “Jim” Stinson ’63, wrote the book, Just Because I Am Old: A Practical and Theological Guide to Caring last February. The book discusses many issues related to aging, spirituality and the everyday concerns of older adults. In addition to writing, Jim has been an ordained pastor of the United Methodist Church since 1963 and has served as the Director of Spiritual Life for United Methodist Homes since 2002.

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Kay Dawn (Hoops) McFarland ’70, ’88 MA, adjudicated for the National Association of Piano last summer. She spent 17 days in San Antonio Texas, and 13 days in College Park, Md., hearing a total of 425 piano students. Kay Dawn has judged for the past six years.

Richard Jesmajian ’71, is currently teaching adjunct computer science courses at both Brookdale Community College and Monmouth University. After graduating from Union College Richard earned his MS in Computer Science in 1981 and an MBA in Accounting & Finance in 1996.

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Dena (Newman) Gassner ’80, spoke on the diagnostic repression of women with autism at the Beijin+20 UNECE Regional Review committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, Switzerland this past November. Dena holds a MSW and is currently a PhD student in Social Welfare at Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y. Tammara (Back) Garvey ’81, retired after more than 31 years of service to the Federal government at the IRS. During the past 12 years, she also served as the National Treasury Employee (NTEU) Chapter 25 President representing employees in the IRS Kentucky field offices. | 42 | Union College Magazine

James Davis ’96 MA, was selected this past August to serve as the founding Principal of the Center for Innovation (CI) for the Laurel County School District. The CI is a comprehensive academic and technical training institute serving high school students from Laurel County and is designed to help prepare students to be career and college ready after graduation from high school.

Stephen Broughton ’99, was named Senior Security Consultant for Allied Barton Security and currently oversees security at Lexmark International in Lexington, Ky. He also wrestles professionally and was recently awarded the Tennessee World Title.

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Samantha Woods ’00, was appointed as the new director for Community and Mental Health Services in September 2014.

She will oversee case management, supervision, assessment and treatment to identified department youth and families. Samantha completed her master’s degree at Lindsey Wilson.

Jesse Peace ’09, graduated from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 2013 and recently opened up his own practice in Corbin, Ky. Jesse and his wife Jenifer (Gray) Peace, ’12 MA, reside in Corbin with their 3 children.

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Sarah (Dunaway) McQueen ’11, earned an MBA from the University of the Cumberlands in December 2014.

Brooke Porter ’13, recently earned her Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from the University of Louisville.

Andrew L. Long ’14, graduated with a Master of Accountancy from The Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame, in Notre Dame, Indiana on May 16, 2015. Long is a 2014 graduate of Union College where he completed his undergraduate academic career with a B.S. in Accounting, Business Administration and Management. Long served the 2014 class as Valedictorian and graduated Summa cum laude. In addition, Long was awarded the Dr. Mahlon A. Miller President Emeritus Award, given to the senior with the highest cumulative average based on total hours earned and the H.B. Jones Business Enterprise Award, given to the student who had shown initiative and enterprise in the field of business.

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Aurelia lives in Franklin, Tenn., with her parents and big brother, William Henry.

5. Dudley Napier ’08, ’13 MA, and Brooks Napier ’09, welcomed their first child during the summer of 2014. Ryan Davis Napier was born on June 4, weighing 8 lbs, 14 oz. Brooks, Dudley & Davis reside in Mt. Sterling, Ky.

2. Luis Prior ’00, announces the birth of his daughter, London. She was born on September 13, 2014 and weighed 6 lbs, 5 oz.

6. Amara Grace Brock, daughter of Tyler Brock ’01, ’03 MA, and wife Liannie, ’01, celebrated her first birthday on February 25, 2015.

3. Chelsi ‘12, and Drew Hillard ’13, announce the birth of their son Chapman Prentice Hillard, born July 17, 2014, who weighed 8 lbs, 7 oz and was 21.5 inches long.

4. Hayden Rotkvich, son of Regina (Liford) Rotkvich ’01, celebrated his 4th birthday on October 13, 2014.

7. Clay Butler ’03, ’05 MA and wife Andra (Jones) Butler ’06, ’13 MA, announce the birth of their son Hudson Thomas Butler on July 2, 2014.

He weighed 9 lbs, 2 oz and was 22 inches long.

8. Jennifer and Eric Evans ’14, announce the birth of their son Isaac Simon Evans. Isaac was born on April 27, 2014, and weighed 8 lbs, 7 oz.

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2. Karen Caldwell ’02, ’07 MA, announces her marriage to Jake Coleman on June 21, 2014, at Highland Chapel Union Church in Ridgetop, Tenn.

The Coleman’s reside in Gallatin, Tenn., where Karen teaches first grade at Benny Bills Elementary.

3. Margaret Rau ’03 and Robert Ernst ’03, were married on July 12, 2014 and now reside in Florence, Ky. 4. Maisie Insko ’11, a multimedia journalist at LEX-18, married Kyle Nelson on December 6, 2014. The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic.

5. Catherine Neumann ‘13 and Quintin Borders ‘11, were married at the Louisville Seminary on July 26, 2014, in Louisville Ky. They reside in Louisville, where Catherine works at Frazier Rehabilitation Center in Spinal Cord Medicine. Quintin is working at Advanced Business Solutions in Information Technology.

LET’S HEAR FROM YOU: Send updates through our web site at unionky.edu/update, by e-mail at alumni@unionky.edu or send by mail to Office of Alumni Relations, Union College, D-7, Barbourville, KY 40906

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In Memoriam

James Julian Habercam 1949 - 2015

In January, the Union College family lost a loyal supporter, trustee, Alumni Association member, MOB brother and a friend to many. James “Jim” “Habo” Habercam, ’72, left behind many memories of his association with Union College and his fellow alums. He was 65 years old.

James Julian Habercam was born on July 23, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Dr. Julian and Alice Marie Habercam. His father served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later served as a Professor of Oral Medicine. His mother, a nurse, attended John Hopkins University.

Habercam attended elementary schools in Baltimore and in Front Royal, Virginia. He graduated from Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore in 1967. Following high school, Habercam moved to Barbourville to attend Union College where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1972.

At Union, Habercam formed friendships with his classmates and his Mu Omega Beta fraternity brothers who gave him the nickname “Habo”. In 2012, he recalled his time at Union College as a student: “We had fun, we made friends and most importantly, received an education – as alums we look back at this time period with good memories. Union provided me with something nobody could take away, a college degree. For me and

I think most of us, a Union College degree gave us an entry ticket into the workforce, a credential which would lead to a career and comfortable life.”

Habercam continued his education at the University of South Carolina where he received a Master’s Degree in Public Health.

He completed graduate studies at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and joined the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps., retiring in 2004 as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Jim Habercam returned to Union College to serve on the Board of Trustees and the Alumni Association Board. He encouraged his fellow alums to give to Union to provide scholarships and opportunity for students who would not otherwise be able to experience college as he did. He was an especially strong supporter of the Bulldog Club.

Few knew of Jim’s battle with cancer, a battle he lost on January 23, 2015, at his Summerville home in South Carolina. His wife, Joanne Hughes Habercam, was by his side.

Memorial services for Lt.Col. (Ret) James Julian Habercam were held in Baltimore on February 3, 2015, at the Evans Funeral Chapel. He was laid to rest in the Druid Ridge Cemetery.

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Dr. Sarah Hendrix 1961-2015 A beloved member of the Union College family, lost her life on February 11, along with her husband Kevin, daughter Gracie and son Jason.

Sarah was an associate professor of social work at Union College. She and her family were members of the Forward Community Church in Corbin. Sarah and Kevin were ardent beekeepers and members of the Whitley County Farmers Market community.

Gracie and Jason attended school in the Corbin Intermediate School District. Two surviving children, Elizabeth, who was away at college at the time of the incident, and Fred, who lives in Lexington Ky., made the following statement: “Our family has been affected by the most horrific of tragedies. All of us are attempting to make sense of this loss. We are buoyed by the love and support of so many of you who knew and loved Sarah, Kevin, Jason and Gracie. Your expressions of thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.

We also appreciate the privacy you have given and will continue to give our family as we grieve our loss of those dearest to us.”

Funeral services for the family were held at the Northeast Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky.

Members of the Union College family held a memorial service on February 24 where friends, faculty and students gathered to remember Dr. Sarah Hendrix.

In honor of Dr. Sarah Hendrix’s memory and her passion for the social work program, fellow faculty members, Dr. Martha Ellison and Dr. Melinda Rice, are raising funds to establish the Dr. Sarah Hendrix Scholarship Endowment. The scholarship will benefit a first generation student admitted to the social work program with a GPA of 2.75 of higher. If you would like to contribute please send your donation to: Union College Advancement Office 310 College St., D 004 Barbourville, KY 40906 Please designate your contribution for the Dr. Sarah Hendrix Scholarship Fund. | 46 | Union College Magazine

We share with you below some of the words and thoughts expressed to memorialize Dr. Sarah Hendrix “The Union College community is heartbroken by the tragic death of Dr. Sarah Hendrix, her husband Kevin and their daughter Grace. We have lost a member of our family, a wonderful educator, colleague and friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hendrix family at this time.”

- Union College’s official statement following the tragedy.

“Dear friends, I am so very sorry to share the news of the tragic deaths of Dr. Sarah Hendrix, her husband, Kevin, and their beautiful daughter, Grace. We have lost a member of our family. News reports will give us more details but no comfort.

We need to comfort each other. Counseling will be available in the next few days. My thoughts and prayers are with us all.”

- Dr. Marcia Hawkins, Union College President, in an email shared throughout the college community.

“Ever-loving God, our community is devastated by very unwelcome news about the tragic death of our beloved colleague, teacher, and friend, Dr. Sarah Hendrix. Be with us in our bewilderment and shock, in our sorrow and grief, in our anger and darkness. Be near to us as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Whisper to us that ugliness and death will not have the last word. Bind us together so we can help each other through these next, very difficult days. Help us to remember her and to honor her.

Finally, grant us peace, peace that we cannot feel now but that we trust you to bring to us in time. Amen.”

- Rev. David Miller, Union College Minister, words shared through social media.

“I would like to thank everyone who helped organize the two gatherings yesterday in Conway Boatman Chapel. These brought us together in the embrace of friendship, kind instruction by guests from Kentucky Communities Crisis Response Team, and in the support of faith, hope, and love.

As the shock of Sarah’s death settles into sobering awareness of profound loss, it will be all the more important to offer care and support to each other.

We are fortunate to be part of a community of generous spirit.

- David L. Johns, Ph.D., Union College’s Vice-President for Academic Affairs, through email to the college community.

“I am saddened by the loss of the Hendrix family. Sarah was a kind and loving person who was always concerned with the well being of others. My heart goes out to her surviving children. She loved her children with all her heart. She touched many lives and will be greatly missed.”

- Virginia Sturgeon, Lexington, Ky. “Dr. Sarah Hendrix was a very caring and compassionate teacher and person.

I will always remember Dr. Hendrix for her inspiration she's had to me for the past 5 years at Union College. Whenever I heard the news I went into shock, until this very day it seems like a dream, but I know she's in a better place now. Thank you Dr.Hendrix for everything, you helped me so much.

Always in my thoughts. Miss you,” - Jacqueline Bengie, Barbourville, Ky.

“This was a big loss for the Union College family… R.I.P.” - Richard Meier, Coral Springs, Fla. “I am glad I got to work with and get to know Sarah. I will really miss her.”

- Deborah Miller, London, Ky. “May the memories of your loved one and prayer be your comfort in this difficult time. God has so many wonderful promises for mankind in the future. May these promises give you hope and comfort,” - Acts 24:15, Ga. “Dr. Hendrix made me feel like she cared about me. I will miss her smile and wisdom.

RIP Dr. Hendrix.”

- Angela Williams, Lexington, Ky. “With love and sympathy,” - Marjorie and Hugh Hines, Danville, Ky.

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In Memoriam Mary Jane Adams ’86 MA December 11, 2012

Mary “Katsy” Viall Evans ’52, ’66 MA August 12, 2014

William Layne ‘50 June 15, 2014

Thomas Allemang ‘62 June 17, 2014

Lynn (Felts) Swim Fair ‘43 September 26, 2014

David Lemmon ’70 NG September 22, 2014

Earl Ball, Sr. ’53 MA July 2, 2014

Gerra (Blair) Gatlin ’72 MA December 16, 2014

Linda (Rogers) Lewis ’06 MA June 14, 2014

Dorothy “Dot” Barnett ’64 ’68 MA August 30, 2014

Ezekiel Gibson Jr., ‘57 April 29, 2014

William “Bill” Lloyd ’76 MA August 12, 2014

Laura (Leonard) Bolton ’63 NG July 3, 2014

Brian Griffin ’12 MA April 17, 2014

James Manuel ‘62 November 12, 2014

Nancy (Petterman) Bootes ’54 NG October 12, 2014

Janie (Tuggle) Hammons ’86 NG June 20, 2014

Tonia (Fuson) McClanahan ’98, ’12 MA February 2, 2014

Alesha Brittain-Goodlett ’03, ’06 MA February 2, 2015

Beatrice (Abston) Hay ‘52 June 3, 2014

Leon Meenach ‘50 October 1, 2014

Alice (Blackmar) Broughton ’63 NG October 8, 2014

Shelby (Pugh) Henegar ’90 MA December 22, 2013

Neil Melvin ‘43 July 22, 2013

Robin Brown ’95, ’03 MA March 25, 2014

Joseph Henry, Jr. ’69 NG May 24, 2014

Bruce Mitchell ’69 NG July 16, 2012

Nita A. Buell-Black ’79 MA February 27, 2014

Leamon Hinkle ’69, ’79 MA January 3, 2013

James Moran ’68 NG July 23, 2014

Geraldine Beasley ’44 NG April 22, 2014

Stephen Howard ‘76 October 24, 2014

George Mynatt ‘49 March 2, 2014

Lois (Slagle) Buis ’65 NG January 26, 2014

Marvin Hubbard ‘64 October 21, 2014

Philip Newbert ‘66 July 24, 2014

Laura (Walker) Carnes ‘59 March 30, 2014

Michael Hubbard ’73, ’76 MA October 28, 2014

Loreta (Woodruff) Patterson ’36 NG July 30, 2014

Oda (Ward) Catron ‘59 November 24, 2012

Donald Huckle ‘70 November 20, 2014

Ernest Powers ‘50 August 24, 2014

Elizabeth Cawood ‘56 April 17, 2014

Myra (Barnes) Jackson ’63 NG October 29, 2014

Sylvia (Fraim) Ramsey ‘53 April 23, 2014

Marie (Corey) Chesnut ’59, ’70 MA March 26, 2014

Linda (Lee) Kangur ’66 NG April 21, 2012

Lucille “Syd” (Durbin) Robbins ’74 NG June 5, 2014

James Davis, Jr. ‘55 November 4, 2014

Sandra (Hubbard) Keller ’75, ’83 MA August 19, 2014

Gladys (Scott) Roberts ‘52 December 24, 2014

Nedra David ‘35 July 8, 2014

Dorothy (Brasher) Kellett ‘55 February 13, 2014

Katie (Pippin) Saylor ‘36 January 29, 2014

William “Billy” Detherage ‘73 October 19, 2014

General “Gene” King ‘48 August 6, 2014

J. Reid Sayre ‘63 December 9, 2014

Charley G. Dixon, Jr. ‘85 June 23, 2014

Sandra (Baker) King ’86, ’95 MA March 22, 2014

Katherine (Tappan) Schneller ‘46 November 25, 2014

Helen (King) Ellison ’47 NG May 15, 2014

Victor King ’80 MA November 26, 2014

Leonard Sears ‘59 April 14, 2014

Robert “Bob” Eustice ‘65 February 13, 2014

C. Robert Landis ’87 MA May 26, 2014

Arthur Seltzer ’68 NG October 21, 2013

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Jerry A. Shackelford ’80 MA May 21, 2011 Mary Shepherd ‘54 September 24, 2014 Willa D. (Hall) Shields ‘87 June 5, 2014 Flossie (Sharp) Slusher ’53, ’67 MA October 17, 2014 Anida (Jarvis) Souleyret ‘58 February 5, 2014 Blanche (Boatright) Spade ‘60 February 18, 2014 Charles Spurlock, Sr. ‘47 September 15, 2014 Elizabeth (Spooner) Strong ‘48 August 27, 2014 Doyle Swanner ‘57 June 17, 2014 Geraldine (Henson) Walker ’44 NG April 22, 2014 Rees Warring ‘61 September 1, 2014 Betty (Mills) Williamson ’60, ’67 MA April 30, 2014 William Young ‘50 November 17, 2014

FORMER STAFF/ TRUSTEES/BOARD Richard K. Fenley, former Union College Trustee October 2, 2014 Richard L. Eubanks ’70 D.CS. Hon and former Union College Trustee April 5, 2014 Robert C. Morgan ’93 D.L. Hon and former Union College Trustee March 16, 2014 Marshall Rasnake, Professsor of Graduate Education from 1977-June 30, 2014; Inducted into 2014 Hall of Fame as recipient of the Distinguished Service Award November 16, 2014

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No account of Union’s history is complete without reference to one of the most beloved members of our community – Mack the Bulldog.

Union’s student body adopted the Bulldog as its mascot officially in the fall of 1925. In the 1926 edition of The Stepsean, the first Bulldog reference was made in connection with the varsity basketball team.

Prior to 1926, teams were simply referred to as “The Orange and Black.”

The tradition of Mack the Bulldog grew throughout the years on campus, but it was not until the late 1960’s that students brought life to the mascot. Dr. Bob Clement wrote in 2007, that the original Mack was acquired by students with funds they raised from selling bulldog lapel pins obtained from the Mack International Trucking Company.

Mack, a pedigreed English Bulldog was brought to campus and lived with Clement and his wife, Linda. He was introduced to the campus community at a Homecoming basketball game on November 25, 1967. He even traveled to Kansas City with the basketball team in March of 1968 to participate in the NAIA National Championship Tournament.

The original Mack died on July 21, 1972, at the age of five. Mack was buried on campus, but his exact burial location is disputed.

Memorials to Mack exist near the left field foul pole of the baseball field and near the football field. Football players rub the head of the Mack statue for luck as they enter the field before games.

Union did not have another live mascot until 1999. A female, she was named Mille Mack in recognition of the new millennium and in honor of Union’s first Mack. A third Mack made his appearance on campus in 2010 and the current Mack the Bulldog lives on a nearby farm and visits campus on special occasions.

Other current and past campus traditions surrounding Union Athletics include the Dog Pound; a victory bell, or victory cannon, sounded after wins; and the school colors, Orange and Black.

Campus traditions, past and present, also include naming a Homecoming Queen and court; celebrating Founder’s Day, Honor’s Day, and CIRCLES; attending the Daniel Boone Festival; sending a representative to the Mountain Laurel Festival; congregating at the kissing well “prior to curfew;” ghost hunting for Fanny Speed, rubbing the Centennial Bell for good luck; remembering to avoid stepping on the college seal in Sharp; taking a pilgrimage to Cumberland Falls to see the Moonbow; hanging out at one of the campus “spots,” like The Maze, The Hub, The Snack Shack, The Scoop, The Kennel or Conversations.

Union is rife with rich traditions, some amusing, some endearing, some poignant. They draw us together as a community. What makes them especially significant is that they are almost always initiated by students. This year, Union students orchestrated the arrival of the Spirit Rock. So begins another Union tradition.

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Union College 135 Years of Tradition

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2: Meghann Gaunt Chesnut ‘07 and Jay Uhler ‘59.

3: Shelby Johnson, Danica Ward, Vanessa Wiseman, Jenna Nelson, and Bella Salazar.

4: Wesley Lamberson, Andrew Tseng, and Haydn Cooper.

5: Kiera Hassell, Daisha Henderson and Stefanie Refuse.

6: Tom Scott and Ruthanna Hart.

7: President Hawkins and Ed Craver.

8: Alex Bell and Cardell Rhett.

9: Michael Davenport ‘15, Hannah Jo Clem, Ashley Gentry, Rachel Johnson, Sam Lee ‘09, MA ‘11, Maggie Watkins, Cassie Martin, Sam Bergman ‘15, Sierra Williams, and Ellie Weaver ‘15.

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1. Silas Ramey NG ’07, Jim Jacobus, Russell Kreider, Jamie (Jacobus) Ramey ’06, Peyton Ramey, Taryn Jacobus ’05 MA ’08, Audrey Ramey (in the arms of her aunt), Molly Jacobus, and Faye Kreider.

2. Mary Downey ‘66 and Jack Downey ‘66.

3. Clarence Mackey ‘93, Jeff Carper ‘97, Tommy Oats ‘84, and Ed Walker ‘97.

4. Carol Moffett ‘73 and John Moffett ‘72 5. Kevin Bradshaw ‘93 and family.

6. Carol Meibers ‘71 and Bob Pittser ‘69.

7. Ridge Rutledge, Imojean Rutledge, Kharlie Rutledge, Kinsley Rutledge, Micah Potter, Timothy Rutledge, Ashley Rutledge, Kimberly Ray, Amber Ray, Makayla Rutledge, Beverly Rutledge, Charles Rutledge III, and Crystal Potter.

10. Rose Brown ‘64, Bob Brown ‘63, and Susie Matthews ‘63.

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12. Melissa Swafford ‘94, MA ‘98, Pam Smith ‘84, Renee and Bill Browning, Teresa Mills ‘86, Sherry Payne ‘86, Sherry Harris ‘86, Jeffery Fryman ‘89, Steve Hoskins ‘85, James Pope, Charlie Akins ‘80, Karen Hornbeck Parido ‘82, Dennis W. Macy ‘82, and Dena Newman Gassner ‘80.

13. Don Lane ‘65, Don Calitri ‘64, Ernie Trosper ‘55, and Larry inkster ‘72.

14. Rod Neely ‘57 and Glenn Lenew ‘56 15. James Pope ‘87, Renee Browning ‘88 and Bill Browning ‘87.

8. Linda Clement ‘64 and Bob Clement ‘64.

16. Larry V. Harris ‘06, Rodney Swafford ‘04, MA ‘10, Rafael Forti ‘04, MA ‘06, and Robert Maddix ‘05.

9. Cyndi, Hallie, and Rick Proffitt ‘88.

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Mr. & Mrs. Union 1965 CHEMISTRY 101: ELEMENTS CAN MAKE A LASTING BOND

Jim Young & Linda Young (Elam) met their freshman year in 1960 as lab partners in freshman chemistry class. This partnership developed into a friendship that became a romantic relationship during their junior year, and they became engaged their senior year. "Mr. and Miss Union" became "Mr. and Mrs.

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Young" in 1965. A delightful memory for Mrs. Young was recalled during Homecoming when attending the Welcome Reception at Baldwin Place. “Reconnecting with several people, some of whom we had not seen nor heard from in fifty years, was the highlight of the Homecoming weekend,” she said.

Dr. MaryAlice Lay, an education professor during her entire tenure, was honored recently for 54 years of service to Union College. Dr. Lay is known for her interest in her students’ academic and personal achievements. She has touched so many lives and will continue to do so, even in retirement . Dr. Mary Alice Lay has garnered her own chapter in Union College’s history. Watch for our fall issue and a look back at her career.

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Col. Harland Sanders

135Years

Col. Harland Sanders is well known for his “finger lickin’ good” chicken legacy, but he is not as well known for his legacy of generosity. We all know the Union College baseball field bears the name of the Colonel and the Corbin entrepreneur and his wife, Claudia, have long been friends of the college.

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Col. Sanders and Claudia were contributors to Union College with gifts for construction of Conway Boatman Chapel; scholarship aid to students; and the Union baseball program. The couple have been honored on numerous occasions and have received honorary degrees from Union College. Claudia once served on the Board of Trustees and the Colonel was named a “presentday founder.”

In one tribute to the Colonel in 1976, Union President Mahlon A. Miller said Sanders “gives away more money in proportion to his income than any man alive.” Sanders responded by saying, “I’ve never seen the value of being the richest man in the cemetery.”

The legacy of Col. Sanders continues today as athletic fundraising for facilities continues on Col. Harland Sanders Field.

The connection between Union and KFC will also be highlighted in the coming months as the local franchise restaurant remodels to feature historic photos and memorabilia of Sanders and Union College.

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We thank Yum Brands in partnership with the Barbourville KFC for their support of Homecoming 2014

ANNUAL REPORT JULY 1, 2013 - JUNE 30, 2014

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

In 1905, baseball began as a sport on the campus of Union College. Percy Ports started this endeavor along with several other athletic teams. This photo shows an early team playing on campus with Stevenson Cottage in the background. Baseball, along with women’s softball, continues to be an important part of Union’s legacy. Support the future of these sports by giving to the 2015 Athletic Enhancement Project.

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Dear Union College Community, I spent a lot of time this winter staring out of my second story apartment window, which overlooks Court Square here in Barbourville. I’ve watched a plethora of vehicles and pedestrians attempting to navigate through the ice and snow. It was always easy to recognize the difficulty and frustration the situation brought to those that entered that circular maze around the courthouse.

For many of you, life after leaving Union College was much like driving that circular configuration around Court Square. You encountered vehicles that were illegally parked, cars backing out in front of you or cutting you off as you attempted to make an exit. Maybe your momentum was just stifled by some ill-advised jaywalker. All the while you circled and circled unsure of which direction your new education would take you.

I followed the same haphazard wandering at many points in my life, driving around similar obstacles, but ultimately found the direction I needed. I went from gas station attendant, to a full academic scholarship at Union College and on to a law degree from the University of Louisville. During that entire course, however, my compass needle always directed me, in some form or fashion, back to southeastern Kentucky and Union College. So here I am, giving back to the place that gave so much to me and, in my spare time, staying amused during adult snow days just by looking out my apartment window.

Regardless of which compass point you followed out of Barbourville, life happened and now your are somewhere; in a great town, with a great career and most likely with a beautiful family. I am also sure that many times, just as I did, you find that magnetic arrow pulling you back to Union. That is the commonality we all share; a love for the community and college that perhaps gave us some of the best moments of our life.

Those moments - your time here at Union - are what define my role as Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations. One of my primary goals in this position is to hear your Union story; to see where you are along life’s route and where it is that Union College took you.

Winter has given way for all of us and summer is just around the corner.

I hope to hear from you, to see you at our Union gatherings and be among the first to welcome you back to campus during Homecoming.

No matter how we meet, I hope we have these opportunities to share our passions about the place that taught us how to navigate the road of life, or at least make it off of Court Square.

Thanks for your commitment to Union College.

Brian Strunk ’09 Director of Annual Giving & Alumni Relations

If you would like to host an alumni gathering, Brian would love to join your group. Let us know by emailing alumni@unionky.edu.

We’ve also started local Facebook groups. We’re in Louisville, Cincinnati and D.C. – if you’d like one for your area, contact Brian today.

bstrunk@unionky.edu

HONOR ROLL KEY: • TOWNSEND CIRCLE

Townsend Circle recognizes donors at the $1000 level and above or $100,000 lifetime giving. This club is named for Milt and Betty Townsend and their tireless efforts to build support for the college. For benefits and more information visit: unionky.edu/gcs

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• LEGACY SOCIETY

The Legacy Society recognizes individuals and families who intend to support the College through an estate gift(s). To be included in the Society please call the Advancement Office at 606.546.1218 for more information.

• BULLDOG CLUB

The Bulldog Club recognizes annual supporters of Union College Athletics, individual sports and the lighting campaign.

SOCIETIES & GIVING CLUBS Reflects gifts received between July 1, 2013 and June 20, 2014

Daniel Stevenson Society - $1,000,000 or more ** Corella & Bertam F. Bonner Foundation

James Graham Brown Foundation

Kentucky Annual Conference

Phillip & Ann Sharp •

** reflects cumulative gifts given from 1991 - present

Abigail E. Weeks Society - $100,000-$499,999* Harold A. Dushame Estate * reflects annual gifts

James Graham Brown Foundation

Kenneth and Sarah Kathern Ramsey •

Phillip & Ann Sharp •

Milestone Club - $50,000-$99,999 Kentucky Annual Conference

Gerald and Edna Mann ••

Margaret V. Haggin Trust

National Science Foundation

Steve and Virginia Rhodes ••

Sue P. Rosenbalm Estate

Pillar Club - $25,000-$49,999 Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, Inc.

Pioneer College Caterers •

Martin Williamson •

Century II Club - $10,000-$24,999 David Ackley • Appalachian College Association Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities

Donald and Marcetta Darensbourg • Dora Lee Millsaps Estate E. O. Robinson Mountain Fund Jack and Nancye Early •• Harry C. Moores Foundation

Jephson Educational Trusts Sonya Jones •• Jones Foundation, Inc. Donnie and Nola Looper ••• Robert and Gertrude McGuire •

Nita Buell Estate Carl and Carolee Presley • Redbud Festival Anne Reed • Swisher Foundation, Inc.

President’s Club - $5,000-$9,999 Asbury-Warren Foundation SunTrust Directed Funds Berea College Jane Blair •• Roscoe and Lois Burns • Chatlos Foundation Coca-Cola Company

Jerry and Vernon Davidson • Bob and Susan Dunaway • Steve and Kathy Evans • Marcia Hawkins •• Gladys and Ed Hurley Foundation Paul and Anna Isaacs •••

Anna Jones • Brian Jones • Don Jones •• Elizabeth Jones • Helen Mills and Gary Tannenbaum ••• John and Carol Lynn Moffett ••

Roy and Phyllis Pulliam •• Kenneth and Ruth Rueter •• Schwab Charitable Fund Dan and Mae Sullivan •• Trent and Amy Cowles Fund

Patrons’ Club - $2,500-$4,999 Barbourville Junior Woman’s Study Club Don and Glenna Burton •• Commercial Bank Rafael Forti ••

Sheila Halter •• Craig Hartman • Dave and Donna Jones • Kentucky River Properties, LLC Jeanette Ladenburger ••

• TOWNSEND CIRCLE

Lowe’s Sporting Goods, Inc. • Mann Enterprises, LLC • Matt Mills • Richard O’Leary • Patricia Parker •

• LEGACY SOCIETY

Jack Phillips •• Glenn and Janet Proffitt •• Jane Skidmore •• Gene and Cecil Stickle •

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Tower Club - $1,000-$2,499 John and Debby Anderson • David and Joan Austin • Tony and Stella Auzenne • Barry Ball • Bill and Libbie Ball • Brian and Courtney Barnhill •• Bill Barrott • John Benson • Bob Montgomery Chevrolet Honda • Bill and Renee Browning • Don and Judy Calitri •• Thomas Clark •• Bob and Linda Clement •• Floyd Cook • Melvin and Tara Cooper • Daniel Boone Festival, Inc. Connie Danner • Don and Billie Davis • Mitzie Dew • Don Dickinson • John and Shirley Dodd •• Jack and Mary Downey •

Paul and Nancy Erslan • Fairfield County Community Foundation, Inc. Jo Anne Fiorini • Darrell Fleming • Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc. Mary Fox • Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC Robert (Hock-Soon) and Stephanie Goh •• Dick and Shirley Harding • Barbara Head • Clarinda Hollis • Steve and Mary Hoskins • William and Elizabeth Hoskins • Larry and Kathy Inkster •• David and Amy Jackson • Frankie Jarvis • Jack and Coleen Johnson • Johnson Excavation Etc. • Michael and Katy Jones •

Ellsworth Kalas • Kentucky United Methodist Foundation, Inc. John David and Sally King • Knox County Fiscal Court Don and Monna Lane •• Don and Myrlyn Lawson • Mary Alice Lay • John Logan • London Downtown, Inc. Fred and Sarita Marland • Joe David Martin • William and Annette Mathis • David and Helen McKenzie • Diana Mills • Bob and Nancy Mitchell •• Richard Moldenhauer • Dick Moore • Don Musselman • National Christian Foundation Patrick and Linda Neal • Betty Neff • Tommy Overton ••

Kathy Pierce • James Russell Pope • Pope Lumber Company Prudential Matching Gifts Program R. J. Roberts, Inc. • Howard Reynolds • Bob and Vivian Rice • Paul Rice • Betty Sanslow • A. H. and Carolyn Solomon • Mike Spurlock • William and Sofia Starnes •• Ernie and Ellen Stevens •• Darrell and Katrinka Stone • Tom Swenk • Dot Tatman • Ray and Donna Throckmorton • Jeffery and Debbie Tipton • Liz Todd Shaw • Earl and Barbara Trevor •• Ernie Trosper •••

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Amanda Baker Paul Bales Steve Baltic • Barbourville Tuesday Club Nancy Bargo Philip and Peggy Barnum Betty Bauer • John Baughman Don Bautz Darlene Bean Alva Beavers • Joe and Jane Beavon Bill and Carol Beckmann

Mary Bennett • Brent and Nina Bingham Bingham Retreading, LLC • Peg Black • Michelle Blahnik • Emily Blair Roland Blaisdell Richard Blish Donald Bloomer • BlueCotton • Bob’s Crane Service • Ed and Joyce Bocock Jerry and Quetha Boles

Founders’ Club - $500-$999 12th Man Club • Jeff Andrews • • Nancy Anthony Paul and Susie Baker Kevin Baldwin Barbourville Woman’s Study Club Sue Beaty Matt and Jessica Bergman •• Judith Brown Bill Butz Teresa Cahill Donna Canchola • Jerry and Melva Carey • Peter Chase City of Barbourville • Bucky and Susan Colclough • Debbie Conley

Donald Connolly • • Cumberland River Regional MH MR Board, Inc. Judy Dick Walter Dick Leon and Louise Disney Clyde Evans Family Mart, Inc. General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Vergil Goodin George and Burnetta Hammons Hometown Bank • Bruce and Sabine Hopkins Bob and Jo Beth Ireland • Scott Jenkins

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Bill and Jeanette Lloyd Ellen Lott • Michael Love Alice Luce Patrice Lux James Lynn Alan and Bernice Machamer Janice MacVaugh Matt Mahony • August Mangeney James Manicure Tom Manuel Lloyd Marcus Ron and Mary Marley Tim and Janet Marsh Jack and Linda Marshall Joyce Martin Martin Gas, Inc. • Martin’s Peterbilt • James Mason Richie Mathes Jeanette Mathias • Susie Matthews Wayne Matthews Norma Matvey Bill Maxwell Mays Limestone Products Co. • Richard McCarthy Pat and Sharon McDonald Bill and Anne McFarland Tom and Kay Dawn McFarland Wilma McGee Ann McIntyre • Bill McKim Bill and Sheri McKinstry Eva McMahan John McNeil Vicki Meriwether Andy Messer • Messick Doughnuts, Inc. • Middlesboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co. • Carlie Miles • Darrel and Debby Miller David Miller Rhonda Miller • Rhonda G. Miller • Doyle Mills John and Jennifer Mills John and Betty Minor Jorge and Montrose Mir Charles Mitchell Denver Mitchell • Michael Mitias Patrick Monaghan • Joshua Monday • Pete and Dale Moore Ronald and Betty Moore Bob Morgan Gloria Morgan Mary Morgan Stephen and Gloria Morrall Kit Morrison • Douglas Moseley Martha Moser | 66 | Union College Magazine

James and Martha Jean Mullen Darcy Mundell • Miranda Mundell • MW Rogers Construction Co., LLC • Debra Myers • National Management Resources Corporation • Rod and Mary Neely Philip Newbert* John Newcomb • Teena Nicholson • Howard Nippert Jim and Janice Norman William Odom • Linda Oliver • Beverly Oneal • Roger Osborne • Vernon and Margaret Osborne Nancy Overton • Cherry Owens Sharron Oxendine P. T. Pros, Inc. • Marion Padgett • Blaine Parker Elsie Parker • • Michael Parker William and Norma Parker Parkway Pediatrics, PSC • Parkway Pharmacy • Celia Parsons Charles and Karen Parsons Linda Parsons • Curtis Payne Kate Peake • Robert and Mary Pearson Barry Pekich Al Peret Kyle Perkins Maurice Perkins • Judi Petersen • Rosie Pettygrue Rebecca Pettys Phillips Diversified Manufacturing, Inc. • Debbie Pidgeon Kenneth and Karen Polizzo Trent and Misty Pool Hobby Porcher Jerry and Linda Porteus Thomas Poskitt • Mona Powell Sandra Preston • Jill Price • Patricia Price • Joseph Pronchick Rick and Mary Louise Quist Gary Rader • Joy Ramsey Marshall Rasnake Melinda Reagan • Nancy Reahm George Reid Alvin Renwick Robert Richards • Don Riker

RLB Engineering, PSC • Donna Robbins • Bruce Roberts Howard Roberts Stephen Roberts Palmer Robeson Art and Bea Robins Cynthia Robinson • Everett Robinson • Keith Roe • Don Roettger Marc Roland Drue Rolfes Bruce Rollman Roofing Siding Gutter Contractors, LLC • Robert Rose Joyce Rourke Don and Myra Rouse Jim Rubin • Toby Ruth Ronald Salman Tom and Cheryl Salzman John Sampson Gene Sanslow Jack Saunders • Tom and Rita Sawyer William Sayre Nick and Margi Schindler Laura Schnitzler Irving Schoenacker Kim Schroerlucke Martha Scott • Daniel Seale Vonda Searls • Betty Sellards Ralph and Margaret Senters W C and Shirley Sergeant Steve Sergent Patricia Shannon • Bernard Sharkey • Brian Shields Lois Shimfessel Robert and Farra Shipp Neal Shoemaker • Helen Shull • Vickie Sigmon • Russell and Alice Silver Russ Sisson Thomas Sizemore • Phyllis Slusher Susan Slusher Billy Smith Edwin and Stephanie Smith Hanson Smith • Malcolm Smith • Mossie Smith Victor Smith Patsy Smoot • Richard Snoderly South Fork Medical Billing, LLC • Larry and Londa Sowders O V and Dinah Sparks Jenny Spurlock Ernest and Nancy Stair

Mary Stallings Gina Stanley • Mary Stanton Brenda Starnes • Bill Steffan • Carole Stephens • Virginia Stephens Roy Stewart Roellen Stoerr Arlene Stoll George Stone John Stone Philip and Barbara Stone Jim Stouffer Strode Funeral Home, Inc. • Danny and Mary Strunk Brenda Stull • Thomas Sturgis Gerald and Bonnye Swim Chuck Tanner John Taylor Margaret Taylor Bob and Phyllis Terrell Beatrice Thompson Donna Thompson • Wes Thompson Ron and Phyllis Thornbury John Tipton Jim and Mary Todd Christopher Tovar • Timothy Townsend • Gene Trammell Ray Trammell Buck Treadway Janet Treece • S K Tucker • Byron and Stephanie Turner Don Turner Jay Uhler Robert and Sarah Unterreiner Vivian Vair Glenda Vance Robert Viar • Tracy Vick • Vigil Networks, Inc. • David Wagner Denise Wainscott Charles Wakeford Linn Wakeford Mary Wakeford Ginny Walczak Robert Walker Peggy Wallace Joyce Ward Kathleen Ward • Kay Ward • Pamela Ward • Rees* and Jean Warring James Wash • Grace Waters • Howard Watson Danielle Weaver David and Peggy Webb Lucille Webb Elizabeth Welch •

Genevieve Wesley Butch West Richard Wheeler • Noel and Betty Jane White Glee Whiteman Jeffery Whitney • Allan Wick William Wildhage

Dawn Wilkin Bill Williams • Kimberly Williams • Nancy Williams Alicia Willis Patti Wilson Andelys Wood Ivan and Jean Woods

Alvis and Jean Wooton Ruth Wooton-Kee A C and Betty Wright J D Wright • Richard Wullenweber • Kasey Wylie Derrick Wynn Harry and Joanne Yates

Kay Young • Randell and Judy Young Terry Young • Young Trusses, LLC • Phoebe Zarr •

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James Black Bluegrass Motor Supply Judith Bochner Billie Bolton Joy Bolton • Lollae Bolton David Bonnette Raymond Borusky Magoria Bottoms • Donna Bouvier • Deirdre Bowling • John Boyd • Patricia Bracken Jayna Brake Christina Brandenburg Gordon Brandon Pamela Branham Wayne Brashear Barbara Braun Brentwood Chancel Choir Linda Brickey Charles Bricko • Michael Bricko • Becky Brock James Brock • Tyler and Liannie Brock Betty Brogan Randall Brooks Tipperi Broughton • Carolyn Brown Christin Brown Crystal Brown Cynthia Brown • Faye Brown Herman Brown Jerry Brown John Brown Patricia Brown William Brown • Kathleen Broxson • Junius Bryant Florene Buchanan Lloyd and Joyce Buchanan Paul Buchanan Sallie Buck Susan Buck • Marilyn Burger Kyle Burnette • John Burnham John Burrell • Jerry Bush Fred and Joanna Busroe Sara Callahan Beth Callihan Bonnie Callihan Adam Campbell

Eddie Campbell Elizabeth Campbell Kasey Campbell • Ralph Campbell Jeffrey Canady Melissa Canady Ray Canady Allen Canant • Kimberly Capps • Michael Carden Sam Carico Dora Carmack Laura Carnes* Lonnie Carnes Carreen’s Prom and Pageant Boutique Bobbie Ann Carter Clevis and Darla Carter Forest Carter Tim and Cynthia Carter Richard and Joanne Cartwright Helen Catron Donna Chadwell • Jason Chadwell Bessie Chambers John Chaney Lowell Chesnut Meghann Chesnut Betty Clark John Clauss • Robin Cobb Denny Cocanougher Sherrie Cocanougher • Paula Cogdill Karen Coleman Daisy Collier-Ashe • Cleve Collins Dave Collins • Derek and Amy Collins • La Tishia Collinsworth Charleen Combs Elmer Combs Ola Comer E N Conner Jon Cooley Christina Cooper • Don Cope Corbin Optical Company, Inc. Rebecca Cordevant • Doreen Cornelius Sharon Cornell Bruce W Cory Nadine Couch • Crystal Cox Jim Cox Shelley Cox Toby Coyle

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Delores Fawbush • Keith Feinauer • Ann Felch • Norma Feltner Terry Feltner Shannon Ferrell Dianne Ferris Gene and Betsy Fields Shirley Figgins Karen Fitzsimons • Dorothy Flanary • Michael Flanary • Alan Flener Doris Flynn Imogene Flynn Nell Fookes Rodolfo Forti Rodrigo Forti Barbara Foust Allison Fowler • Mary Fox Shari Frantz Eddie Frazier Jason Frazier Kenneth Frazier • Bryan and Christine Frederick Marlene Freeman Hugo Freund and Susan Isaacs Carol Frey • Friend Properties • Peaches Frisch-Wilson • William Fritz Jeff and Robin Frost Jeff Fryman Fryman’s Welding, LLC FSA Advisors, LLP John Fugett Theresa Furman James and Mary Furr Molly Gadd Joyce Gainous-Harris George Gall John Gall • Gambrel Toyota • David Ganary Linda Ganary-Bergey Matthew Gardner Hafford Garland • Gerene Garmon Linda Garner • Gaw and Associates, PLLC Rita Gay Lisa Gengelbach Jeff Geralds • Robert and Janice Gillaspie Ronald Gilley Brent Gilpin • Caroline Gleason Tina Goff • Helen Goins Daphne Goodin Shirley Goodin Steven Goodman Patricia Gosney Alan Gover Libby Gray • Gray Metal Co. Linda Green Marolyn Greene • | 68 | Union College Magazine

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John Wallig • Melissa Walters Tyrone Wardlow Cassandra Waters • William Wayne Paul Weidner • Charles Wellman • Duane Wente Kay Werremeyer Thomas Wesselman Darren and Margaret West • Mark and Teresa West Priscilla West

Adra Wheeler Doris Jean Wheeler Geraldine Whitaker David and Catherine Whitcomb Bill White • Paul White Jon and Lizabeth Whittaker Lauren Whitton • Rebecca Wiant Ted Wild Scott Williams • Shirley Williams Ashley Wilson

James Wilson James G. Wilson • Jim Wilson Judy Wilson Teresa Wilson • Sharon Winkle Christopher Witt • Gina Witt Matthew and Lina Witte George Wojnowski • John Wolfzorn • Barry and Connie Wood Doug Wood

Melissa Wood Robert Wood Lee and Jennifer Worley Lisa Wyatt Michelle Wyatt Kris Yarnell Christi Yercine James Yetman James Yokley Doug and Marsha Yost Shawn Young • Stephen Young • Bob Zehr

Giving by Class - Alumni Gifts by Class Year 1937

1950

Helen Donaldson Catron

Dorothy Myers Armstrong Carlyle Armstrong Bessie Owens Chambers John Chaney Mary Giddins Eugene Gray Dick Harding Shirley Harrington Harding George Hendricks* Bruce Janes Lee Johnson Margaret Roberts Osborne William Parker Roy Stewart

14% PARTICIPATION

1942

8% PARTICIPATION

Helen McCoy Shull

1943

14% PARTICIPATION

Ginny Tye Walczak

1945

14% PARTICIPATION

Mary Morgan

1946

24% PARTICIPATION

Lollae Parrott Bolton Tommy Duncan Mary Mellott Pearson Richard Snoderly

1947

14% PARTICIPATION

Mary Florence Jackson Lois Whitfield Justice Elsie Bentle Parker Robert Pearson

1948

18% PARTICIPATION

Jack Early Gladys Lewis Gray Virginia Martin Lawrence Joyce Brown Soto Betty Spooner Strong* Buck Treadway

1949

28% PARTICIPATION

Billie Bolton Sam Carico Russell Cox Margaret Lawrence Davis Mary French Hurt Vernon Osborne Hobby Kilgore Porcher Ginger Simons Purdin Betty Violette | 70 | Union College Magazine

23% PARTICIPATION

David Jones Edna Jenkins Mann Kenneth Ramsey Frank Reid Don Roettger Paul Steely

1954

17% PARTICIPATION

Patricia Henry Balboni Jack Bruner Lexie Campbell Delmon Carson Mary Roberts Kazee James Manicure Daniel Seale

1951

1955

Ray Anderson Ola Sanchez Comer James Eggers Mary Fox Lucy Van Deventer Godbey Bill McFarland Anne Dean McFarland Dick Moore Norma Miracle Parker Virginia McAllister Stephens Ray Trammell Gene Trammell William Wayne

Junius Bryant Lloyd Buchanan Marie Hendricks Shirley Hensley Hoffman Fred Marland Sarita Couk Marland Julian Mitchell Art Robins Bea Haines Robins W C Sergeant Ernie Trosper Meredith Waage VanVorst Jean Fox Woods Ivan Woods

25% PARTICIPATION

1952

19% PARTICIPATION

Elmer Combs Katsy Viall Evans* Mary Alice Elrod Hawkins Beatrice Abston Hay* Herbert Hayes Alice Miller Luce Betty Hauser Sanslow Jean Disney Sears Jenny Spurlock Bill Starnes Roellen Carnes Stoerr

1953

14% PARTICIPATION

Cleve Collins Rae Barron Johnson

25% PARTICIPATION

1956

15% PARTICIPATION

Frank Crabtree Walter Dick Tom Jordan Jeanette Blair Ladenburger Glenn Lehew Gene Sanslow Carolyn Dushame Solomon A. H. Solomon Jimmy Stewart Gerald Swim Genevieve Livesay Wesley

1957

23% PARTICIPATION

Shan Wesley Bacon

Libbie Viall Ball Alan Brown Don Burton Kay Giles Campbell Dora Miller Carmack Edith Benjamin Chapman Bill Edwards Darrell Fleming Daphne Hammons Goodin Shirley Goodin Tommy Livesay Thomas McCarthy Richard McCarthy Rod Neely Birg Sergent Archolene Caudill Stivers Dan Sullivan Betty McAllister Wright

1958

29% PARTICIPATION

Barry Bacon Bill Ball Betty Dudley Brogan Gerald Burnette Glenna Vickers Burton Mitzie Eggers Dew Robert Granger Rex Hale Linda Giles Homer Gussie White Kidd Wayne Lambert Beulah Robbins Low Bonnie Payton Barbara Stringer Margaret Quinn Taylor Mary Krebs Todd Jim Todd A C Wright

1959

22% PARTICIPATION

Brenda Galloway Abernathy Laura Walker Carnes* Clevis Carter Joan Fletcher Edwards Mary Danforth Jenkins David Jenkins Janice Smiddie Kinningham Pete Moore Jean Nichols

Shelby Hampton Stanfield Ron Thornbury Liz Todd Todd Shaw Jay Uhler Kay Kundrat Werremeyer Paul White

1960

31% PARTICIPATION

Walter Brooker Tamara Patton Brooker Joanna Carter Busroe Clyde Evans John Fletcher Robert Halcomb Margaret Stewart Halcomb Pat McDonald Bob McGuire Helen Bingham McKenzie David McKenzie Chico Mir Kay Wagener Mir Jim Norman Glenn Perry Cecil Rhodes Judy Buckley Rich Betty Ratliff Sellards Corbin Simons David Torres Don Turner Robert Unterreiner Sarah Unterreiner Jean Townsley Warring Noel White Nancy McIntosh Williams Benny Wilson

1961

28% PARTICIPATION

Thomas Adams Glenda Wilson Adams John Bruner Joyce Campbell Buchanan Ray Canady Sally Curtis Warren Darling Donna Pringle Gioia Vergil Goodin Miriam Taylor Hayes Elizabeth Lucas Hoskins Bill Maxwell Trudy Mynear McGuire Allen Mitchell Ellen Buchannon Napier Nancy Ison Jenkins Reahm Bruce Roberts Ronald Salman Ernest Stair John Stone Rees Warring* Betty Jane Duff White

1962

26% PARTICIPATION

Kaye Roberts Baird Doris Ann Leslie Bickel Ed Bocock Carolyn Burns Brown Fred Busroe Nancy Ruth Bender Carlton Casper Carlton

Daisy Holcomb Carson Hap Cawood Bucky Colclough Susan Mink Colclough Bonnie Diehl Freitas Dan Freitas Arlene Harvey Green Robert Hayes Elizabeth Johnson Krumme Donald Maxey Betty Moore Bob Morgan Rosie Pettygrue Sarah Kathern Broughton Ramsey Ronald Robinson Billy Lovelace Smith Jim Sproul Diana Eby Wackerman Alvis Wooton James Yetman

1963

35% PARTICIPATION

Ron Adcock James Allen David Austin Gerry Ballard Barbara Kidwell Braun Robert Brock Bob Brown Jerry Bush Alvin Clark Gail Fairchild Clark Floyd Cook Marcetta York Darensbourg John Devoe William Hoskins Benny Kelly James Kinningham Susie Russell Matthews Sharon Smith McDonald Montrose Smart Mir Michael Mitias Howard Nippert Mary Ann Suffelette Perez George Reid Paul Rice Don Riker Ronald Soares James Stinson Barbara Frahn Stone George Stone Barbara Davis Trevor Jim Tye Priscilla Holt West Larry Westbrook Glee Whitfield Whiteman Ted Wild Robert Wood

1964

42% PARTICIPATION

Laura Houben Atlee Barbara Bailey Dorothy Barnett* Richard Blish Rose Bloyd Brown Don Bruce Florene Buchanan Carmen Cabrero Don Calitri

Ralph Caylor Linda Hoff Clement Bob Clement Chuck Conley Rebecca Bird Conley Don Cope David Creighton Thomas Douce Betsy Wyatt Douce James Furr Mary Lewis Furr Judy Parrott Hahn Carolyn Akers Hall Dave Hamm Doris Skidmore Henson Rae Stetler Herbst Clarinda Carter Hollis Jim Hundley Michael Johnson Arlene Dempsey Kevitz Edwin Lasher Bill Lloyd Jeanette Rice Lloyd James Lynn Mary Lou Smith Madigan Lloyd Marcus Joe David Martin Ann Sergent Miller Jorge Mir Richard Moldenhauer Doris Jones Moore William Mulley Erick Pifer Linda Hill Porteus Harry Rice Christine Rose Richardson Shirley Thurston Sergeant Lois Crowe Shimfessel Susan Congleton Slusher Philip Stone Bernie Strother Danny Strunk Mary King Strunk Bonnye Moore Swim Wilma Evans Tye Rollin Watson Lucille Hopkins Bingham Webb Butch West Nell Hays Westbrook Judy Scent Wilson

1965

30% PARTICIPATION

Sally Shaw Allen Bill Allen Kevin Baldwin Darlene Bean Joyce Peacock Bocock Wayne Brashear Jerry Carey Peggy Chandler David Delorme Lynn Dietrich Devoe Nancy Beisecker Erslan Gene Fields Paula Hampton Frase Bob Heffern Myra Parsons Hensley Patsy Prynn Jarot Jay King Don Lane

Peter Leathersich Constance LePeter JoAnn Meddock Mann Charles Mitchell Stephen Nickerson Jerry Porteus Doug Rodeck William Sayre Judy Simmermon Bill Stark Ethel Melton Stark Vicki Gatton Valentine James Valentine Howard Watson Jean Hopper Wooton

1966

28% PARTICIPATION

Mike Alexander George Allison Joan Prewitt Angel Don Bautz Joe Beavon John Benson James Black Judith Helton Brown Jane Embree Bryson Theodore Bryson Winston Clifton Jack Downey Mary Jarvis Downey Richard Duffany Paul Erslan Dora Oxendine Farmer William Fritz Carol Boyd Hackett Kathleen Switz Harley William Hensley Everett Hopper Paul Isaacs Alar Kangur Claudia Havens Kennedy Monna Williams Lane Nellie Martin Lawson Robert Leith Wayne Matthews Susan Mayer-Faria Bill McKinstry Sheri Cowan McKinstry Martha Copeland Moser Philip Newbert* Barry Pekich Rick Quist Mary Louise Lewis Quist Phillip Sharp Ann Holcombe Sharp Agnes Stacy Tom Swenk Harry Yates

1967

24% PARTICIPATION

Lucy Diaz Allison Debby Cole Anderson Ed Angel Bill Barrott Bill Beckmann Janice Blakley Boyle Thomas Boyle John Brown Peter Chase SPRING/SUMMER 2015 | 71 |

Stuart Comiskey Doug Cornelius Sharon Sherwood Cornell Winnie Brazier Davis Neal Deaves Don Dickinson Leon Disney William Emeigh Viola Bradley Farner John Farner Peter Gante Wayne Hoffman Steven Kalbach Myra Parsons Kunath Barbara Bachman Linderman Jack Marshall Vicki Bozarth Meriwether Linda Peters Mohr Keith Sauselen Phyllis Cope Slusher Arlene Matthews Stoll

1968

30% PARTICIPATION

Dianna Slusher Adams Paul Bales Philip Barnum Peggy Beard Barnum Carol Duncan Beckmann Jerry Brown Frank Burns Beth Hauser Callihan Ed Christiansen Donald Connolly Kathleen Brinley Deaves Bob Douce Betsy Shelton Fields Bruce Gallinger Janice Bryant Gillaspie Wayne Hawley Larry Hayes Emily Van Sant Howard Scott Jenkins Coleen Perkins Johnson Gail Brown Kalbach Barbara Ermin Kelley Leonard Kopera Robert Linderman Doug Logan Linda Knapp Marshall Deborah Bateman McCabe John McNeil Louise Speck Mills Jim Nielsen Michael Parker Charles Parsons Kenneth Polizzo Karen Polizzo Bruce Rollman Victor Smith Linda Bossman Todd Carlene Triplett Vivian Vair Robert Walker Joyce Kinard Ward Norma Osborne Watson Allan Wick Barry Wood

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1969

26% PARTICIPATION

David Ackley Jane Minton Blair Raymond Borusky Bill Butz Judy Bird Calitri Scott Campbell Linda Wirick Campbell Judith Ashley Danielson Bill Fawley Ronald Filler Sheila Dozier Halter David Harbold Lee Farmer Hendren Cheryl Kinningham Hill Judith Morgan Huffman Anna Hieronymus Isaacs Jack Johnson Sonya Jones Charlotte Lewis Earl Linaburg Alan Machamer Janice Heggan MacVaugh Tom Manuel Janet Magsam Marsh Tim Marsh Tom McFarland Thomas Mohr Kyle Perkins Bob Pittser Tommy Pope Vesta Shields Rice Palmer Robeson Irving Schoenacker Judith Holcombe Smith Thomas Sturgis Jon Whittaker Connie Foster Wood

1970

26% PARTICIPATION

Lois Anderson Paul Andrews Tom Card Wayne Carey Forest Carter Robin Chia Alan Cini Sam Clonch Ed Gaunt Robert Gillaspie Hock-Soon Goh Albert Graham S. W. Gregory Billie Jean Morris Gregory Jack Heller Gary Hicks Bill Hill Bob Ireland Jo Beth Long Ireland Karl Kraft Bill Lacy Linda Bechtol Linaburg Bernice Brown Machamer Kay Dawn Hoops McFarland Ken Meibers Doyle Mills Martha Jean Wovkulich Mullen James Mullen Cherry Owens

Meda Smith Pittser Alvin Renwick Ron Riskie Ray Smith Chuck Tanner Wes Thompson Evelyn Merida Tye David Webb David Whitcomb

1971

21% PARTICIPATION

Denis Avagliano Sue Beaty Peg Prosser Black Pamela Foley Branham Dinah Buchanan Butler John Campbell Karen Webb Christiansen Mallie Spicer Clonch Doreen Tidwell Cornelius David Ganary Harry Gross Roy Harrison Gerald Havers Louise Owens James Richard Jesmajian Nancy Perry Macke Timothy McConnell Carol Miller Meibers John Minor Betty Tooms Minor Dale Adkins Moore Virginia Myers Chet Okopski Ginny Archer Okopski Curtis Payne Joyce Freeman Rourke Ronald Skeen Eric Small Bill Steffan Peggy Wallace Peggy Melton Webb Catherine Bradbury Whitcomb Alicia Boyd Willis Judy Reiser Young

1972

13% PARTICIPATION

Ed Busser Bonnie Gross Callihan Carol Warren Clouse Bob Duricko Jim Evans Patty Goins Frazier Jim Habercam George Hammons Barbara Lane Head Larry Inkster Harold Keylor Robert Kurtz Paul Leon John Moffett Alice Wood Silver Russell Silver Doug Wood

1973

15% PARTICIPATION

Wayne Adams Richard Buckingham Linda Ganary Bergey Joetta Jarvis Gaunt Steven Goodman Burnetta Hubbard Hammons Doug Jones Kathleen Coon Krawchuk BJ Krawchuk Gregory Kulig Patrice Lux Ella Mann Debby Ward Miller Carol Lynn Dougherty Moffett Al Peret Stephen Roberts Mary McSherry Stanton Jim Stouffer

1974

10% PARTICIPATION

Thomas Bailey Linda Bell Bailey Nancy Spring Bargo Roland Blaisdell Virginia Murscoe Cohenour Russ Farmer Martin Feipel Donnie Looper James Mason Anne Reed David Sellwood O V Sparks Donna Throckmorton Wendell Trapp Denise Cope Wainscott

1975

11% PARTICIPATION

Joe Anderson Cathy Turner Baker Emily Blair Rob Hall Marjorie Owens Hudson Johnny Hyde Anna Dixon Jones Darrel Miller Diana Mills Sandra Jones Penn Linda Barnett Powell Don Rouse Myra Wright Rouse Carol Skeen

1976

19% PARTICIPATION

Paula Hammons Allen Richard Cartwright Joanne Thomas Cartwright Judy Woolum Darling Charlie Frazier Pamellia Miller Hall Nancy Clay Hampton Stephen Howard* Michael Jones Myrlyn Hale Lawson Don Lawson Joyce Martin Dawn Wilkin

1977

1982

1989

1996

Donna Dobo Canchola Ed Hammell Barbara Ruth Hoskins Kathy Mills Jackson Stanley Lovett Stewart Marsden Leroy Moore Peggy Chandler Saddler Beatrice Thompson Rebecca Culp Wiant

Lonnie Anderson Teresa Marion Doan Jo Anne Ball Fiorini Geneda Cole Gray Malena Logan Jones Paula Brock Parton Cheryl Chipman Robbins Mary Shook Jane Robbins Tinsley James Tinsley Gil Van Over

Cynthia McKeehan Carter John Dodd Jeff Fryman Timothy Miniard Ron Vanover

Quetha Bargo Boles Eddie Campbell Carolyn Mills Evans Stephanie Sizemore Turner Ruth Wooton-Kee Lee Worley

11% PARTICIPATION

1978

16% PARTICIPATION

Tony Auzenne Stella Wagner Auzenne Susan Howard Croushorn Brenda Trosper Duricko Ruth Hensley Goss John Hauser Katy Robbins Jones John Logan Floyd Mack Cheryl Alvis Salzman Mary Tinsley Glenda Snodgrass Vance

1979

14% PARTICIPATION

Bob Adams Janet Rose Alexander James Barton Bob Beck Debbie Estes Conley Claudia Gibson Greenwood Don Jones Ruth McCreery Joseph Pronchick Steve Rhodes Jim Schilt Nadine Davis Smith

1980

11% PARTICIPATION

Glinda Anderson Willie Doan Mike Goss Mary Alice Lay Ellen Jarvis Marcum Sue O’Dell John Payne Glenn Proffitt Virgena Bingham Rhodes Kim Schroerlucke Teresa Kriviski West Mark West

12% PARTICIPATION

1983

7% PARTICIPATION

Rickie Allen Darla Faulkner Carter John David King Sharron Oxendine

1984

8% PARTICIPATION

Lowell Chesnut Bryan Frederick David Jackson Irene Brock Joseph Mark Alan Ruffner Pam Garner Smith

1985

6% PARTICIPATION

Lori Brockman Steve Hoskins Jerry McIntosh Andy Messer Jane Blair Skidmore Sharon Parker Warriner

1990

8% PARTICIPATION

Anita Sparenberg Beason Maureen Heustis Brittain Lois Burns Robin Vandy Frost Thelma Creech Hedrick Jerry Jackson Tawana Baker Jones Chaz Martin Mike Mills Vicki Sheafer Patti Carey Wilson

1991

8% PARTICIPATION

Jeffrey Canady Laura Blish DePoe Helen Goins Pete Greene David Gross Connie Burton Hyatt Melinda Johnson Ketcham Elizabeth Lovett Tom Posey

1992

6% PARTICIPATION

6% PARTICIPATION

Tim Carter Bob Dunaway Nancy Dunaway Sherry Brummage Payne

Brian Barnhill Bridgett Hobbs Hastings Paul Herron Dawn Sapara Herron Jeff Ketcham Matt Mills Nancy Mitchell John Sampson Debbie Tipton

1987

1993

Bill Browning Jerry Cornwell Karen Collinsworth Gibson Alan Gover Douglas Lovelace David Miller Carolyn Payne James Russell Pope Steve Sergent

Melissa Mills Canady Amy Cottrell Jackson Glenn Courts Amber Spencer Dickerson Tim Owens

1986

9% PARTICIPATION

1981

1988

Paul Baker Terri Shotwell Dixon Clyde Dixon Tammy Back Garvey Janet Lowe Proffitt Drue McDade Rolfes Jesse Smith

Renee Brittain Browning Roscoe Burns John Luttrell Krista Adams Mills Frank Newman Joy Ramsey Marc Roland Christi Yercine

7% PARTICIPATION

4% PARTICIPATION

5% PARTICIPATION

5% PARTICIPATION

1994

4% PARTICIPATION

Kimberly Anderson Brown Scot Clouse Venetia Humfleet Melissa Dozier Newman Jennifer Carey Worley

1995

4% PARTICIPATION

Clayton Brown Susan Clouse Dunaway Joseph Heatherly Marianne Cerrone Heatherly Steven Mills Blair Skidmore

4% PARTICIPATION

1997

8% PARTICIPATION

Amanda Baker Nina Lawson Bingham Sue Danner Jeff Frost Katrina Wells Kirby Gary Rader Scott Russell Margi Rose Schindler Jessica Luebbe Seitz David Seitz Byron Turner Margaret Webb West

1998

5% PARTICIPATION

Jessica Terry Bergman Nadine Couch Billy Hensley Rachel Lewis-Rapier Kimberly Mills Debbie Anderson Pidgeon Kathy Barba Pierce Toby Ruth Kris Yarnell Stephen Young

1999

9% PARTICIPATION

Matt Bergman Joy Carr Regina Harp Kristina Hinkle Justin Payne Trent Pool Laura Brown Schnitzler Richard Schooler Tracy Tarullo Simpson Darren West Lina Almeida Witte

2000

19% PARTICIPATION

Tyler Brock Becky Campbell Brock Suzanne Stark Dowling Eddie Frazier Wendy Thompson House Preshus Doolin Howard Eric Inge Penny Mills Adam Patin Rocky Rapier Dagem Tsegaye Matthew Witte Kasey Carter Wylie

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2001

7% PARTICIPATION

Karen Caldwell Coleman Amy Carnes Collins Nicholas Crum Kathy Young Inkster Shelby Burkhart Krentz Liannie Parahoo Misty Shepherd Pool Luis Prior

2002

4% PARTICIPATION

Jonathan Bulla Kate Crawford Crum Kimberly Sell McGraner Benjamin Phillips Phil Russell

2003

6% PARTICIPATION

Clay Butler Jason Chadwell Derek Collins Jennifer Cupp Jones Amy Mills Trivette D. J. Washington

2004

4% PARTICIPATION

Barbara Ball Rafael Forti

Ross Myers Charlie Owens Brian Shields

Gabby Mellendorf Tim Sizemore Sara Moberly Sizemore Danielle Campbell Weaver

2005

2008

4% PARTICIPATION

Roger Evans Rodolfo Forti April Corey Payne Dustin Tupper Derrick Wynn

2006

6% PARTICIPATION

Andra Jones Butler Kimberly Smith Davisson Jennifer Raiche Mills Mona Powell John Prichard Jason Reeves Kevin Smith Monica Valdez Tupper Thomas Wesselman

2007

9% PARTICIPATION

Meghann Gaunt Chesnut Margaret Davidson Brandon Davisson Rodrigo Forti Matt Mahony August Mangeney

Lynn Smith David Teague Ashley Poore Wilson

2012

2% PARTICIPATION

4% PARTICIPATION

Allison Fowler Jason Lanham Tracie Carwell Luttrell Paula Sizemore Robbins Lisa Jones Wyatt

Kyle Burnette Cory Estep Austin Maples Aaron McCollum Travis Mills Melissa Wilford Walters

2009

2013

Sam Lee Jason Smith Brian Strunk

Tipperi Riley Broughton Tim Curry Alex King Aaron McCollum Stephanie Mahurin Smith Lisa Wagner

2% PARTICIPATION

2010

2% PARTICIPATION

Billie Hensley Daniels Christina Prindle Jim Reeder

2011

4% PARTICIPATION

Brittany Pridemore Mills Regina Woods Shackelford Susan Smith

4% PARTICIPATION

2014

2% PARTICIPATION

Monica Shannon Clouse Richie Mathes *Deceased

Memorial & Tribute Gifts In Honor of Rev. Barry Steiner Ball William and Elizabeth Ball In Honor of Teresa Turner Cahill ‘80 Howard Roberts In Honor of Allen and Bonny Copenhaver William and Elizabeth Ball In Honor of Connie Danner David Gross In Honor of Donald L. Jones ‘79 Randall Brooks Howard Roberts In Honor of Dr. Robert Mackey ‘58 Knox County Health Department In Honor of Edna Jenkins Mann ‘53 Patrick and Linda Neal Steve and Virgena Rhodes

In Honor of Herbert & Mary Wakeford Charles Wakeford John Wakeford Linn Wakeford In Memory of Mary Ann Bingham ‘65, ‘70 MA Florene Buchanan In Memory of Calvin Bird Henry and June Martin In Memory of Okeh Bird Henry and June Martin In Memory of Gayle Bussard Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of Bill Campbell Scott and Linda Campbell In Memory of Amy Canada Henry and June Martin

In Honor of Mu Omega Beta Eddie Frazier

In Memory of Laura Carnes ‘59 Helen Mills and Gary Tannenbaum

In Honor of Dr. Jack C. Phillips William and Annette Mathis

In Memory of Edward and Pearl Cawood Teresa Cahill

In Honor of Anne Reed ‘74 Don and Judy Calitri

In Memory of Josephine Childers Patrick and Linda Neal

In Honor of Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church Gerald and Edna Mann

In Memory of Earl and Ruth Cole Lynda Cole

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In Memory of Nelda Barton Collins Henry and June Martin In Memory of Rev. Donald Comer ‘53 Ola Comer In Memory of Rev. Howard Danner David Gross In Memory of Bishop William Dew ‘57 Mitzi Dew In Memory of Louise H. Dizney ‘38 Bettie Hauser In Memory of Walter S. Dyer and Irene Dyer Burt Alice Fletcher In Memory of Clyde E. Foster Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of Michael P. Gensler, ‘70 Martin Feipel In Memory of Joe W. Goodin ‘59 Edith Poppell In Memory of Charles Hansel Kevin Baldwin In Memory of Miriam Harrington Anise Maki In Memory of Betty Helbig Patrick and Linda Neal

In Memory of Joe Hodges ‘72 Bill and Cheryl Hill In Memory of Robert (Bobby) Johnson Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of Vergil Kelley Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of James Kimball Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of William Kniptash Patrick and Linda Neal In Memory of Donnie Tarlton Lawson Ashley Doolin Bobbie Doolin Preshus Howard Don and Myrlyn Lawson In Memory of Curtis and Parthine Long Robert and Jo Beth Ireland In Memory of Linda Mills ‘70, ‘77 MA Jane Skidmore In Memory of Phyllis M. Neal Michele Babin Daniel and Patricia Bacon John Baughman Elizabeth Bealmear Julie Beasley Gertrude Bishop Brian and Judith Bochner Sallie Buck Marilyn Burger Keith and Barbara Coyner Kenneth Evancic FSA Advisors, LLP Dennis and Patricia Foy

Gretchen Hoagland George and Marli Howell Phillip Hoskins Michael Jonson Roy and Marlene Lamberg Michael and Nanette Love Gerald and Edna Mann Carver McGriff Eva McMahan Patrick and Linda Neal Linda Oliver-Brock Mike Robinson Don and Kathy Schreiner Nancy Sprunger Mary Stallings Mark Stealy Dick and Marion Tewksbury David Wagner Arthur Wallace Adra Wheeler William Wildhage Bob and Sharon Zehr

Jeanette Ladenburger Helen Mills and Gary Tannenbaum Bruce Miracle Jane Skidmore In Memory of Warren and Syd D. Robbins Mary Tinsley In Memory of Sue Rosenbalm ‘49, ‘65 MA Sue Beaty Ronald and Carol Skeen In Memory of Carolyn Self Henry and June Martin In Memory of Brad Sell ‘75 Cathy Baker In Memory of R. Brian Smith ‘54 Brentwood Chancel Choir In Memory of Rev. Harold Tatman Dorothy Tatman

In Memory of Pearl Nicholas Ellsworth Kalas

In Memory of Rev. Henry Westerfield Henry and June Martin

In Memory of Norma Pennington Henry and June Martin

In Memory of George R. White, Jr., ‘72 Theatre Lover and Actor Virginia Myers

In Memory of Don Rankin ‘64 Jorge and Montrose Mir In Memory of Betty Rhodes ‘60, ‘73 MA Family Mart Inc Helen Mills and Gary Tannenbaum Mary Tinsley

In Memory of Dr. Charles R. Wimmer David Wakeford In Memory of Linda Johnson Wray Patrick and Linda Neal

In Memory of Mrs. Syd D. Robbins ‘74 Jane Blair Bonnie Callihan

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