In Memoriam

We remember these deceased alumni, former students, and faculty for their contributions to PDS/USN and beyond Edgehill. Included on this page are those of whose deaths we have recently learned, even when some years have passed. To read their obituaries, visit usn.org/publications.

Kay Early Russell ’28 October 6, 1996 Mary Hamilton Trabue ’33 August 9, 2013

George Newton Tillman ’47 October 29, 2020 Craig Faulkner ’48 November 5, 2012

Harry Hibbett ’49 January 5, 2014 James Cox ’51 August 31, 2020 Alfred Crabb ’36 January 11, 2020

Martha Wallace Fredin ’48 December 4, 2019

Don Edgar Follis ’52 September 15, 2020 Amelia Hancock Minor ’38 March 27, 2020

Bill Gernert ’48 October 8, 2014

Stephen Tippens ’54 October 15, 2018 Katherine Higgins Brogden ’44 December 3, 2020

Jane Stuntz Jager ’48 June 3, 2016

Mary Ann Comer Upchurch ’59 November 10, 2007 Dianne Netherland Morton ’45 March 13, 2019

James Talbot ’48 June 20, 2013

Frances Cone White ’59 August 12, 2019

Marideane “Muff “ Brown Cline ’59 December 15, 2020 Melvin Schlanger ’60 June 25, 2020 Beth Luton ’72 July 27, 2009 Sara Handlan ’73 April 26, 2006 Bernell Jackson ’73 November 19, 2020 Kathy Fulton Spears ’75 September 7, 2020

In Memoriam

John Courtney ’75 November 14, 2020 James “Bil” Hays ’79 December 31, 2020 April Gardner-Giosa ’90 March 2020

Ellen Dickinson Retired First Grade Teacher March 5, 2020

David Maclean Retired Network Manager March 23, 2020

We also fondly remember the following parents of alumni who made indelible contributions to the PDS/USN legacy.

Iris Buhl (August 11, 2020) cared deeply and passionately about USN, to which she was tirelessly devoted. She was the second president of the University School of Nashville Association and served on the Board of Trustees from 1981 to 1985. She returned to USN each spring to plan and host the annual lecture for High School students named in memory of her late husband and former USN instructor Arthur “Mike” Buhl III. The generous donation of their house on Woodmont Boulevard to the school in 2000 created a home for the Director and a warm gathering spot for faculty and families known as the Buhl House. Her memory also lives in thousands of books donated to the Hassenfeld Library. She is survived by her son Michael Buhl ’85, a brother, and a nephew. Betty Lee Weinstein Rosen (October 17, 2020) was one of the most involved alumni in recent school history. She attended Peabody Demonstration School with the Class of 1958 through eighth grade, returned as a parent of three now-alumni, and served on the alumni leadership team for the Annual Fund from 2005 to 2007, helping secure the financial health of USN. She is survived by her husband Howard Rosen, who served on the USN Board of Trustees in the 1980s; her three sons, Mike Rosen ’82, Eric Rosen ’83, Danny Rosen ’86; grandchildren including Lindsey Rosen ’09, Aaron Rosen ’12, Lauren Rosen ’17; and a host of family. Betty Werthan (May 18, 2020), who was heavily involved in the Peabody Demonstration School’s Parent Teacher Association, could be named the godmother of University School of Nashville. Her optimism and commitment saved PDS and created USN. In 1974, when she and the late Bernard Werthan Jr. learned of Peabody College’s plans to close its Dem School, they gathered like-minded parents around their dining room table (see page 3). This Transition Committee of parents later leveraged their homes to purchase the school and shape it as a new entity yet still connected to its educational roots. Betty remained associated with USN over the decades since the graduation of her children (Betsy Werthan Schwartz ’75, Kay Werthan ’78, Tim Werthan ’80, Tony Werthan ’83) as an Emeritus Member of the Board of Trustees and generous benefactor, including the school in her planned giving. She also is survived by grandchildren and a great-grandson.