2010 Summer Wofford Today

Volume 42, Number 4 Spartanburg, South Carolina Summer 2010

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From the Archives Living in the Kilgo-Clinkscales House

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ne occupant left to become president of Trinity College, another sought the governorship of South Carolina while living there, and all of its occupants were influential members of the campus community. At nearly 120 years old, the KilgoClinkscales House has been the home to at least nine families. This summer, a new family will become the tenth.

The Kilgo-Clinkscales House was not one of the original five campus residences, and in fact was built somewhat more cheaply than the 1854 homes. The home’s construction cost about $3,000 in 1892. Its first resident was the Rev. John C. Kilgo, the college’s financial agent and a professor of metaphysics and political science. Kilgo moved on to North Carolina, where he served as president of Trinity College (now Duke University) and as a Methodist bishop.

After he left in 1894 for Trinity, his successor as financial agent, or chief fund raiser, the Rev. Charles Betts Smith, lived there for a few years. Smith’s brothers included Bishop A. Coke Smith of the class of 1872 and Sen. Ellison D. Smith of the class of 1889. Later, Walter E. Burnett, a local businessman who donated the funds for the W. E. Burnett gymnasium and who later became a trustee, rented the house briefly.

In 1899, Dr. John G. Clinkscales, an 1876 Wofford graduate who had taught mathematics both at Clemson and at Columbia College, joined the faculty and moved into the home that now bears his name.

A noted platform orator, Clinkscales also was recruited to speak on the college’s behalf at alumni meetings and in Methodist churches around the state.

Clinkscales was a regionally popular writer, and one of his books inspired the name of today’s college canteen, Zach’s. “How Zach Came to College” was the story of two brothers from western North Carolina who attended Wofford during Reconstruction. To reduce their living expenses, they ran a dining room with other students in Main Building, and their story no doubt was familiar to those who had heard Clinkscales’ frequent speeches about the importance of education.

In 1914, believing that the state should pass a compulsory school attendance law, Clinkscales entered the race for governor of South Carolina. He traveled with the other candidates on the state political circuit for several weeks before the primary election making the case for education. Clinkscales placed fourth in a very large field of candidates. Considering that all three men who placed ahead of him

The Logan family (Lee, Madeline, Frank and Laura) during the early 1960s. served as governor at some time, his campaign was actually an impressive accomplishment. Many of the reforms he advocated became law the next year.

A few months after Clinkscales died on Jan. 1, 1942, the family of Professor William Chapman Herbert moved into the house, relocating from a group of cottages that later were demolished to make way for Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. Herbert, who graduated from Wofford in 1904 and who was for many years the registrar, had been headmaster of the Wofford Fitting School before it closed in 1924.

During World War I, Herbert wore the uniform and insignia of a colonel, and for many years after, Wofford students generally called him “Colonel Herbert.” The Herberts had three sons, all of whom grew up on the campus and graduated from Wofford. The Herberts lived in the house until 1951.

When Herbert retired, the house remained vacant for remodeling for two years before Dean of Students Robert Brent joined the staff in 1953. When the late S. Frank Logan ’41 became dean of students in 1956, the house became home for his family. Logan and his wife, Madeline, were active members of the Spartanburg community, and in living on campus, they offered many students a home away from home. They also were in a position to intervene quickly in food fights and panty raids to women’s campuses, which sometimes occurred on spring evenings in the 1950s and 1960s.

Logan’s successor as dean of students, Donald J. Welch, moved into the house, where he remained after becoming college chaplain in 1973. After Welch left in 1980 to become president of Scarritt College, Dr. Dan B. Maultsby ’61 became the first academic dean to live in the Kilgo-Clinkscales House. He and his family remained there for 24 years.

The house has been undergoing some much-needed renovation and restoration over the past year (see page 7), and soon, Dean of the College David S. Wood and his wife, Judy, will become the home’s newest residents. “I relish the idea of having a front porch and visiting with passers-by,” Wood recently noted.

No doubt the Kilgo-Clinkscales House has been the scene of many front porch conversations over its 120-year existence, and hopefully, those exchanges that are so much a part of the Wofford experience will continue for many years to come.

by Phillip Stone ‘94, college archivist

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In this issue...

Summer 2010

WOFFORD TODAY... Honorary degree recipients honored at Commencement; Graduation day snapshots............... 4

When March Madness rocked the campus... see more photos on page 10.

Seniors share post-graduate plans............... 5 DEVELOPMENT... Photos from spring events; Moyer’s Men reunite to help fund new music building............... 6 Mingledorff donates HVAC system to Kilgo-Clinkscales renovation............... 7 STUDENTS... Two selected for Teach For America program; Dunlap selects new Presidential International Scholar............... 8 Meet some of Wofford’s brightest future physicians............... 9 STUDENT-ATHLETES...

Dancing with the Terriers: a photo album............. 10 FACULTY/STAFF... Cunningham, Goldey and Mathis honored this spring............. 11 Goodall Environmental Studies Center dedicated; an interview with program director Kaye Savage........ 12-13 An interview with Kaye Savage, pp 12-13

For and About Alumni... including births, weddings, photos, notes and profiles of Wofford alumni........ 14-23 On the road with the Satterfields............. 14 Gallery from the Class of 1960s reunion............. 15 Announcing 2010 Alumni Service Awards............. 16 Ben Ratterree makes mark while making “green” cabinets............. 17

ESPN’s Wendi Nix ’96 visited Wofford in May, p 18

Black & Gold Gatherings............. 19 An NSF grant and a Fulbright — recent graduates excel in their fields............. 20

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offord Today (USPS 691-140) is published four times each year by the Office of Communications and Marketing, Wofford College, 429 N. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 293033663, for alumni and friends of the college. Issued quarterly: fall, winter, spring and summer.

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Commencement 2010

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Wofford conducts its 156th Commencement Exercises on May 23, conferring 320 degrees, and presenting two honorary degrees.

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onorary degrees were conferred on Frederick S. (Rick) Middleton III of Charlottesville, Va., founder of the Southern Environmental Law Center, and Thomas C. Brittain ’75, former chairman of the college’s Board of Trustees.

Middleton founded the Southern Environmental Law Center in 1986 and serves as its president and executive director.

He has been at the forefront of the environmental movement in the United States for nearly 40 years.

He received an honorary doctor of laws degree.

Brittain was chair of Wofford’s board from 2004 to 2009. He is an attorney with the Brittain Law Firm in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He received an honorary doctor of humanities degree.

Middleton Wofford is one of about 50 colleges and universities, most of them in the South, authorized to present the Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards. The college presented the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to graduating senior Elijah (Trey) Robinson III of Hartsville, S.C., and to Lee C. Hanning of Spartanburg, kickers/punters coach for the Wofford Terriers football team.

Recipients of the Mary Mildred Sullivan Awards were graduating senior Kelsey Beth Leahy of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Elsie R. Brittain Wright of Spartanburg, community volunteer and personal counselor.

During the ceremony, Dr. John C. Lefebvre, professor and chair of psychology, received the Roger Milliken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Sciences, and Dr. Christine S. Dinkins, associate professor of philosophy, received the Philip Covington Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Two graduating seniors were recognized as Honor Graduates, the graduating senior with the highest GPA; both had 3.99 GPAs. They are Raina Nicole Luthra of Simpsonville, S.C., who graduated with degrees in Spanish and biology, summa cum laude, and Sarah Hannah Newman of Camden, S.C., who graduated with a degree in history with high honors and a minor in art history, summa cum laude.

Also recognized was retiring professor of biological and social sciences Dr. Clarence L. (Ab) Abercrombie. He has been granted professor emeritus status.

Members of the Class of 1960 participated in the weekend’s activities, including a class reunion and participating in the processional and other events surrounding the Commencement Exercises (see photos from the Class of Abercrombie 1960’s 50th Reunion on page 15).

(Above) On the eve of graduation, seniors and their families enjoyed a BBQ at the Village.

(Right) Students donned their robes and shared a light moment before commencement.

Families and frriends packed the campus for a sunny and warm Commencement Sunday.

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What’s next...

Katharine Rankin Art History major, economics major... interning at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ga., in the marketing department

Seniors share their plans and send thanks back to Wofford

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Brittany Getz

Sarah Hannah Newman

Psychology major, Spanish major... pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Louisville

History major, art history minor... simultaneously pursuing a master’s degree in international hospitality and tourism at the University of South Carolina and enrolling in the Culinary and Wine Institute of Carolina

“The one professor who has inspired me most to work with older adults as a clinical geropsychologist is Dr. Kara Bopp. My experiences helping her with research with older adults and taking Adult Development and Aging with her have confirmed my own passion for working with older adults.”

“I have chosen this path after developing an appreciation for history, art and culture through my study abroad experiences in Vienna, Austria, and through my study at Wofford with Newman professors such as Dr. Anne Rodrick, Dr. Philip Racine, Dr. Clayton Whisnant, Dr. Karen Goodchild and Dr. Peter Schmunk. I will Lauren Holland forever be indebted to them for their investment in my education and Psychology major, philosophy minor... development of career plans. More than anything, I appreciate entering the clinical psychology doctoral the lasting friendships I have developed with each of these faculty program at Florida State University members.”

“Wofford’s Success Initiative gave me both the confidence and the means to pursue many of the interests that I didn't think I was capable of pursuing.

Success Initiative provided me the experiences to support my personal development, which then translated into development of my academic goals.”

Leland Hollowell Spanish major, intercultural studies major, Latin American and Caribbean studies program... planning to teach English in Spain for a year, then returning to the United States to pursue a career in elementary foreign language education “I began volunteering at Arcadia Elementary School with a secondgrade class as a part of my first-year Spanish class. Since then, I have based Hollowell my curriculum on education and social change, and spent a semester studying exactly that topic in Chile and Argentina....”

Jonathan Hufford Biology major with an emphasis in computational science, intercultural studies major, medical humanities program... attending the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in the dual MD-PhD program.

“The internships I have had have been amazing. They have helped me see what my passions are and are not....”

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Chelsea Morgan English major... attending NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute “In the fall of 2008, Professor C. Michael Curtis’ Editing and Publishing course convinced me that I was on the right track; I enjoyed proofreading and copyediting. When I went to London the following spring and interned with a tiny publishing house there, my path seemed set....

My advisor, Dr. Carol Wilson, and the rest of the English department have encouraged me every step of the way.”

Natalia Nunez Biology major, French major... attending the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill, N.C., working on a doctor of dental surgery degree “I came to Wofford knowing that I wanted to be a dentist. However, the Wofford faculty has helped me fulfill that goal by providing me with support. All of my professors have taught me valuable lessons that have Nunez allowed me to fulfill the requirements at many dental schools. I must say that Dr. Charlie Bass, the pre-dental advisor, has been a great resource in helping me follow my dental path. He is a great advisor! I had the opportunity to take the dental Interim internship with him, which confirmed to me that this is the profession I want to pursue. Thank you, Wofford, for all that you have done for me!”

Rankin

“I have had an internship with McMillan Pazdan Smith (Architecture and Planning) in Spartanburg throughout this school year. My time at MPS has been invaluable for helping me to figure out where I want to go after graduation. I will always have a strong interest in architecture.”

Austin Webb Finance major, economics minor... beginning June 14, employed by Lockheed Martin Corp. in Washington, D.C., metropolitan area as a member of its Finance Leadership Development Program “My inter nship with Lockheed Martin during the summer of 2009 substantially affected my decision to stay with the corporation upon graduation from Wofford.... I have Webb three mentors: Dr. Phillip Swicegood, Dr. Michael Merriman and Professor Andrew Green. These three professors, along with the help of the entire finance/accounting department, have helped me enter the business world ahead of the curve.”

Sara White History major, gender studies concentration... attending King’s College London’s MA program for modern history, plans to pursue a PhD in the subject

“I think that being a fellow of the 2008 Community of Scholars helped me choose this path. I researched the debate over higher education for women in late 19th century Britain and I really enjoyed doing my own research White on a subject. Also, I studied abroad through Wofford in London in the Jeremy Peters spring of 2009, and that absolutely helped me decide to go back Chinese major, intercultural studies again after graduation.” major (thesis on Sino-Soviet Cold War Kirk Whitehead relations)... moving to Washington, D.C., to work for a year; planning to Finance major, economics minor, go to graduate school for international mathematics minor... working in relations... fluent in English, French, Spartanburg as a financial analyst for Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Spartan Financial Partners, a division German of Johnson Automotive “Wofford’s study abroad program “Scott Cochran in career services is what has benefited me the most helped me set up an internship with because I've been able to step out of my this company for my Interim, and comfort zone, enjoy opportunities that Peters they ended up making me an offer otherwise wouldn't exist for me here for full-time employment. Scott has in South Carolina, and grow as a person while spending 24 hours a added tremendous value to the Wofford day surrounded by a foreign culture. I spent one semester in Beijing, Whitehead experience, and I cannot thank him for China, and two semesters in St. Petersburg, Russia.” all his guidance and words of wisdom

Will Prosser

Religion major... attending Yale Divinity School “The religion department and Ron Robinson helped guide me on this path.”

in helping me select a career path. He is an exceptional motivator, a great mentor, and a true friend.”

Research, editing and compilation by Chelsea Morgan ’10 and Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

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Development Update Spring development events bring the Wofford community together

Endowed Scholarship Dinner

More than 240 scholars and donors enjoyed a special evening together as they dined at the annual Wofford College Scholarship Donor-Student Recognition Dinner on April 29. Among those attending were Corey Godzinski ’10 (left) from Clermont, Fla., who shared a light moment with his scholarship sponsors, Sally and Chuck Morgan ’50 from Clearwater, Fla.

Sam Moyer (far left) with Glee Club officers (l to r): Phil Gibbs ’51, Ralph Cannon ’50, John Grant ’50, Robert Hall ’51, Ben Cromer ’52, Mason Stapleton ’53 (from the 1950 Bohemian).

Former singers, musicians reunite to honor Sam Moyer’s legacy with gift to Montgomery Music Building

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Terrier Tour of Champions Coaches Caravan

In May, the Terrier Club launched a new program ‚ the Terrier Tour of Champions to bring Wofford championshipwinning coaches to cities around the region to talk about the college’s Division I athletics program and share the needs of the college’s student-athletes. (Above) Mike Young, head men’s basketball coach, talks with fans at The Tap Room in Spartanburg.

Great Oaks Society Spring Event

(Right, left to right) Associate Director of Development Ed Story talks with Carter ’68 and Dixie Thomasson during the reception for leadership donors to the unrestricted Annual Fund.

Organic Chemistry Lab gets boost from Spartanburg Regional Foundation and Grant Peacock

Wofford Trustee Grant Peacock talks with a group of physicians in Greenville about the importance of funding an organic chemistry lab at the college. The $1 million project will create a state-of-the-art, 1,800-square-foot organic chemistry laboratory, with the space and equipment required to be able to serve 24 students per laboratory session. The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Foundation has offered a $100,000, 1-to-1 matching challenge grant to gain support from Wofford’s medical community. The Spartanburg Regional Foundation also awarded a Healthy Eating Decisions grant to Dr. Dave Pittman ’94 that will allow him and his students to expand their “Making Healthy Decisions” nutrition program to all 40 Spartanburg County elementary schools.

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n a bitterly cold January evening, 41 alumni traveled to Wofford in ice and snow for a reunion in memory of a dear friend and in celebration of his legacy.

The tie binding the men together for the evening and across the years was a shared love and respect for Sam Moyer, the director of Wofford’s Glee Club from 1947 until his untimely death in 1963.

Moyer, a Pennsylvania native and Army band leader during World War II, came to Wofford shortly after mustering out of service at Camp Croft. For 15 years, he served as head of the college’s music program, teaching courses in music and art appreciation to the allmale student body, as well as directing the Wofford Glee Club, filling in as a trombonist in the Terrier Aristocrats (a Wofford big band-style ensemble), working with the Wofford and ROTC marching bands, and mentoring countless numbers of students, who have become known collectively as “Moyer’s Men.” “He was a father figure to a lot of us,” says Joe Price ’55, who traveled from Nashville for the reunion. “I lost my dad when I was 17, and Sam Moyer filled the role of a man in my life.”

Price’s relationship with Moyer began when the music teacher asked the members of the Tennessee Dew Drops, the band for which Price played guitar, to accompany the Glee Club and Terrier Aristocrats on their annual spring-break tour of South Carolina towns. For 10 days, Moyer’s groups performed at high schools and meeting halls, spreading entertainment and Wofford’s name across the state.

“His habit of closing every performance with the words ‘Attend the church of your choice, but send your sons to Wofford’ was probably the best recruiting tactic Wofford had at the time,” recalls Bob Loryea ’56, a founding member of the Terrier Aristocrats. “I remember hearing many young men say they wanted to go to Wofford and learn to sing and play.”

The January reunion, which included a dinner and a performance of the college’s alma mater during half time of the Wofford vs. Furman game, gave the Moyer’s Men a chance to look forward as well as backward. To date, the group has raised $17,000 toward naming the Glee Club director’s office in the planned Montgomery Family Music Building in honor of their beloved mentor. The men hope to raise a total of $50,000. For them, naming the office is a fitting way to ensure Moyer’s contribution to Wofford’s music program is remembered.

“He put the music program on the map,” says former Glee Club member Talmage Skinner ’56, the driving force behind the reunion.

“Sam was the representation of Wofford’s spirit in every possible way.

You don’t forget people like that. But the people who knew him, our numbers are decreasing.”

Moyer’s daughter, Marilyn Burtnett of Spartanburg, believes her father would have been proud to know that his former students have chosen to honor him with a permanent memorial. “This man I looked up to for my first 14 years was a Wofford man through and through. He loved the school, his faculty companions, and most of all, the students. He was right where he wanted to be every day and many evenings, sharing his love for art and music with the students who became his friends.”

To learn more about the Montgomery Family Music Building or to contribute to the Moyer’s Men Fund, please contact Thom Henson ’96, assistant director of development, at 864-597-4219.

by Lisa Mincey Ware

The difference a month makes Tracking the March Madness E-mail Campaign The college’s Office of Annual Giving took advantage of excitement surrounding the Men’s Basketball team’s trip to the NCAA Tournament by starting a “bracket-style” giving competition among alumni. Annual Giving staff sent more than 36,000 e-mail messages inviting alumni to join the competition. Here’s what happened next: • 21% open rate compared to the non-profit appeals rate of 14% • 3.9% click rate compared to the non-profit appeals rate of 1.7% • 1,109 total Web visits to the Annual Fund site • 924 bracket visits (83% of visits) • 37 gift link clicks (3% of visits) • Each class increased at least one percentage point during the competition with the winner – the Class of 1951 — moving from 28% to 41% over the three-week campaign.

Online Gifts (comparing March 2010 to March 2009): Credit card gifts March 2010 = 174 gifts totaling $28,410 March 2009 = 21 gifts totaling $4,665 Pledges March 2010 = 21 pledged totaling $7,817 March 2009 = none

Comparing April 2010 to April 2009: Credit card gifts April 2010 = 95 gifts totaling $16,978 April 2009 = 11 gifts totaling $2,155 Pledges

Mingledorff ’s attention to business leads to important gift for Wofford

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n the late 1930s, Savannah businessman Joseph Lindley Budreau set out to build an opulent home that would include the city’s first residential air-conditioning system. Soon, he became frustrated with the difficulties of assembly and installation, so he sent for his son-in-law, Lee Mingledorff.

The young mechanical engineer and future Savannah mayor not only solved the specific problems, but in 1939, he launched Mingledorff’s, one of the earliest Carrier distribution and service companies in the Southeast.

Like Carrier, Mingledorff’s now stands not only as one of the oldest such companies in the air-conditioning field, but it is also one of the largest and still growing. Based in Atlanta, it has 32 distribution centers in six states. During this period of continuous expansion, the company has benefitted from the skills of Bud Mingledorff ’68. Lee's son started out checking dealer floor plans and then served as president from 1995 through January 2008. He still plays an active role in the company as its chairman.

When Mingledorff was named the 2009 Man of the Year in the HVAC industry, his colleagues saluted him as a man with an incredible memory, a healthy strategic vision, and unmatched storytelling skills. In May, when he was on the Wofford campus to view the progress of the renovation he is supporting at the Kilgo-Clinkscales House, he shared some reflections and insights on his life and work.

“Education tends to be wasted on the young,” Mingledorff laughed, “You don’t necessarily learn life skills in the classroom or the research lab, particularly if the subject is not terribly interesting at the moment. The beauty of a residential college community like Wofford is that it attracts professors like the late John Harrington who share insights in how to live in this incredible world.”

Mingledorff says that the small campus atmosphere with its numerous organizations and interest groups teaches how to communicate with people, even when there is risk of rejection. “Facebook and the Internet leave you with the impression that ‘friend’ has

(Above) Bud Mingledorff ’68 outside of the Kilgo-Clinkscales house at Wofford. Mingledorff donated the HVAC system for the home’s renovation.

(Below) The Kilgo-Clinkscales House currently under renovation. The project should be complete by the fall, and the house will once again serve as the home of the college’s academic dean. become a verb, but these networks are wide but shallow.”

Asked how he might apply this idea to the business world, Mingledorff explained that his distribution business revolves around small-business contractors. “It’s all very competitive,” he explains.

“The equipment we sell is similar. So we ask ourselves what do contractors want? They want help in training their technicians who move around a lot and work hours that make it difficult to keep up with innovations. And they can really benefit from specialists who can occasionally help them with their accounting and finance. If we can help address such needs, we can develop lasting relationships.

“The truth of the matter is that everyone operates within a relatively small circle of friends whom we really know well and rely on,” Mingledorff says. “I want my circle to be as large as I can make it, and I give this my constant attention.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

April 2010 = 7 pledged totaling $2,200 April 2009 = 0

Total Annual Fund Impact: • Going into March, the Annual Fund was 4% behind on year-to-date giving.

• At the end of April 2010, Annual Fund giving was 24% ahead of last year in dollars given.

• By the end of April, the number of donors to the Annual Fund increased by 19%.

• Pledges were also up by 22% at the end of April.

• In addition unrestricted dollars rose by 34% during the excitement surrounding the NCAA Tournament.

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Spartanburg student named Presidential International Scholar

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offord President Benjamin B. Dunlap has selected Tyler Swain ’11 as the 2010-11 Presidential International Scholar.

This is the 26th year for the college’s innovative program that allows one student to travel throughout the academic year to developing countries researching an independent project.

The Presidential International Scholar is chosen personally each year by Wofford’s president as “the singular student best fitted to benefit humankind.” An anonymous donor funds the scholarship. The scholar spends his or her senior year visiting developing countries around the world and conducting research on an indeSwain pendent study project, returning for a fifth year to complete regular coursework and sharing what was learned during the travels.

“Wofford has so many impressive students that the choice gets harder and harder every year,” Dunlap says, “but Tyler is extraordinarily bright, gifted and intrepid, a combination that made him an easy choice as the 2010-2011 Presidential International Scholar.”

Swain, who is majoring in international studies for business and French, spent the fall 2009 semester doing research and presenting information about Madagascar in his French class, which has served him well as he is currently participating in the School for International Training program on National Identity and Social Change in Antananarivo. He is completing the research on his independent study project on religious diversity in Malagasy culture and its impact on politics and society.

Read Swain’s blog at: blogs. wofford.edu/international_programs/tyler-swain-antananarivomadagascar/.

He also has traveled to Nicaragua, Europe and the Caribbean, and during his sophomore year, he was a fellow with Wofford’s Community of Scholars research program, engaging in a service learning project in Guatemala.

President Dunlap welcomed returning Presidential International Scholar Regina Fuller back to campus during Senior Honors Convocation.

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Teach For America gets two of Wofford’s brightest

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eshia Boyd ’10 (Spartanburg) and Emily Johnson ’10 (Columbia, S.C.) need more than four years of classroom learning to take on the challenges assigned them over the next two years. As Teach For America volunteers Boyd and Johnson will spend two years teaching children in underresourced public schools — Boyd in Memphis, Tenn.; Johnson in the Greater New Orleans area.

“With a history of classism, which has been further compounded by the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has always demonstrated a huge divide in school performance and economic situations,” says Johnson. “Many of the schools there have been taken into the oversight of the Recovery School District, and I will be a part of the effort to bring those schools up to national standards.”

The task seems daunting.

Everyone from the President of the United States to grassroots student improvement councils and PTOs have been trying to reform and improve public schools in impoverished areas.

Fortunately both women graduated from Wofford fortified with a variety of leadership, service and cultural experiences that will help them meet the challenges that lay ahead.

Boyd, a Spanish major who found out she was accepted into the program while studying abroad in Chile during the January Interim, has served as president of the Association of Multicultural Students and chair of the orientation staff on campus. She has worked as a photographer for the Bohemian, taught Spanish to local elementary students and spent time in the Dominican Republic. According to Boyd, the experiences “not only strengthen the education I’m receiving, but also taught me how to manage myself and others in intensive group settings.” Boyd was recognized during the recent Honors Convocation with the college’s Outstanding Citizen Award.

“I first became aware of the Teach For America program during my freshman year,” says Boyd, “but I believe my entire career here at Wofford has prepared me for what lies ahead during these next two years.”

Johnson completed a double major in Spanish and religion (she won the Nesbitt departmental

Keshia Boyd ’10 (left) and Emily Johnson ’10 begin their Teach For America assignments in July. award) with a minor in sociology.

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring, she was president and service vice president of Alpha Phi Omega as well as Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish honor society.

She also has been involved in Spectrum and the Association of Multicultural Students.

Johnson has studied abroad in the Dominican Republic, participated in an archaeological dig in Israel, tutored children at Cleveland and Arcadia elementary schools, assisted with ESOL classes for adults and served as a caregiver for children with special needs.

“I applied for Teach For America because it has proven an effective means for working towards closing the achievement gap,” says Johnson. “In a country where equality is championed as an important value, so many children continue to receive an inferior education due to the economic distress of their community. As a member of Teach For America, I know I will be able to make a difference in low-income communities and help provide the quality education that every child deserves.”

Being accepted into the Teach For America program was highly competitive, Boyd says. “Last year, more than 38,000 people applied and only about 4,000 applicants were accepted.”

Since its inception in 1990, the Teach For America network has grown to include 24,000 people. Currently, about 7,300 Teach For America corps members teach in 34 urban and rural areas profoundly affected by the achievement gap. Boyd and Johnson reported for training at the end of May and will begin their assignments in mid-July.

“I’ll admit I’m a little scared to leave Wofford,” Boyd says, “but I’ve been blessed with four amazing years here, and I feel prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.”

For more information about Teach For America, visit www.

TeachForAmerica.org.

by Laura H. Corbin and Jo Ann M. Brasington ’89

Pursuing the science and art of medicine: a profile of some of Wofford’s most promising future physicians

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f 15,500 living Wofford alumni, approximately 1,000 are now practicing medicine or related healthcare professions. For the past two decades, 20 to 25 Wofford graduates have entered medical school annually. This year, a record 30 students were accepted for medical school for the fall, not including related programs such as dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, nursing, etc. Considering those who meet minimal standards (3.2 GPA and a 25 score on the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT), Wofford pre-med graduates achieve an admission success rate exceeding 75 percent, even in an increasingly competitive environment.

The American health care system will undergo substantial and perhaps unpredictable change over the next few years, but one thing will not change. Healing will remain both high-tech and high-touch; both a science and an art. It will require the talents of the nation’s best and brightest young people.

Trey Robinson ’10

By the time he was 4 years old, Elijah “Trey” Robinson III was already demonstrating an appreciation for the healing powers of chemistry. He would collect various liquids from the refrigerator, mix them until he got the color just right, and then offer the concoction to his parents as a cure for the common cold.

Fast forward to May 2010, and Robinson has graduated from Wofford with a major in chemistry.

He is also the 2010 recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.

On July 22, he will enroll as a first-year medical student at Wake Forest University.

“Actually Wofford changed my focus,” Robinson says. “I arrived here four years ago wanting to go into scientific research of some kind. Then, I got involved in some of the programs of Campus Ministry and made a connection between people and science.” He also speaks of a class in English where he accepted a challenge to learn how to organize his thoughts and improve critical thinking skills.

“I would say that Wofford is a superior place to get a pre-med education because campus and community life complement the academic offerings and because the whole curriculum moves you ahead logically toward your goal.”

His advice to future pre-meds?

“Do not be discouraged. No matter how far away your ultimate goals seem to be, good things will happen if you persevere.”

Robinson was a member of the Senior Order of Gnomes for 20092010. At Honors Convocation, he received the Currie B. Spivey Award presented to seniors whose “work in the area of volunteerism has been truly exemplary.”

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Syeda Amna Ahmed ’11

“Two years ago, the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) seemed far away, but it’s here now,” Amna Ahmed ’11 says as her third year at Wofford nears an end. “I feel the pressure, but I try not to obsess about it too much. This time next year, it will be a relief to study one class at a time.”

Ahmed is following a path toward a career in health care first blazed by her parents, who attended medical school in their native Pakistan and then immigrated to New York City.

There, in addition to doing their residencies, they started a family of four daughters. They now practice medicine in Shelby, N.C. Amna is their third child, and soon she will

be their third Wofford graduate.

Zehra is a member of the Class of 2004 and is completing her degree in dentistry this spring. Maryam (Class of 2007) is a student in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

“My mother is a pediatrician,” Ahmed says. “She always has been a great role model in the way she balances family and her professional responsibilities. Having a productive career in medicine is important to me, but that is not all I want to do in my life. Wofford has helped me focus on the role that women physicians should play in our health care system, and how we can reach out to young people in our communities, following the example of Twin Towers and the other volunteer programs.”

Her advice for future premeds? “See your professors early and often. At Wofford, though they are demanding, they are truly mentors who are there to help, not to intimidate. And if it becomes clear that medicine may not be in your future, they want to help you find rewarding alternatives.”

Thomas Witt ’10

For Thomas Witt, January at Wofford meant independent travel and study. One year, he worked in a health clinic at Katmandu, Nepal, and he spent another Interim in Ahmednagar, India.

He decided that he wanted his medical school experience to reflect his interest in international health care, and so he set his sights on the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. It is one of the “super competitive” private medical schools in the United States, accepting only 4 percent of its applicants.

Witt cleared the first of several hurdles for admission, and then went to New York City for an interview. “I was stranded by a big snowstorm,” he says. “The bad weather turned out to be to my advantage. I spent four days on the campus rather than just a couple of hours. They got to know me better as someone a little different from their average applicant, and I had a chance to explore everything this world-class medical center has to offer.”

His advice to future pre-meds?

Take full advantage of the Interim, especially the clinical internships, and don’t hesitate to design your own ideas for independent study opportunities.

“My sister, Norina Witt, is a 2008 Wofford graduate who is now in medical school herself,” Witt

says. “Based on her experience, I applied to Wofford early decision, and never looked back. The small classes and the support from the faculty are exceptional. From here, you can get to anywhere.”

Joseph McAbee ’12

Each year, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., names two students as Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars to work for three summer months with the world-famous neurosurgical research team of Dr. Keith Black.

In 2010, the only undergraduate winner of this fellowship is Joseph H. McAbee ’12. He was honored in New York City at an award ceremony.

“Almost everyone who has an interest in neuroscience and neurosurgery has heard of Dr. Black,” says McAbee. “He wrote his first scientific paper at the age of 17. He was on the cover of a Time magazine special edition on ‘Heroes of Medicine’ a few years ago. I read his autobiography, ‘Brain Surgeon’ last summer.

I knew when I applied for the scholars program that there would be only one undergraduate winner, but I decided to apply despite the odds, and now I am preparing for a very exciting summer.”

As a Washington Gifted Scholar, McAbee will receive a stipend of $2,000 per month to work with Black’s research team. In addition, he hopes to submit a research abstract to a neuroscience, cancer or neurosurgical organization. If it is accepted for publication, the Washington Gifted Scholars Program will provide support to attend the appropriate professional meeting and make his presentation.

McAbee’s advice to future pre-med students: “Get involved in the life of the college as soon as you can. One of my most rewarding experiences was working as a teaching assistant in the new Biological Inquiry course for first-year students. It is a wellconceived class designed to lay the foundation for all the biology offerings, and the interaction among entering students, upperclassmen and faculty is very much in the Wofford tradition.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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offord fans spent the month of March dancing around the college, the country and even the world wearing black and gold. The college’s first invitation to the NCAA Tournament came after the men’s basketball team won its first-ever Southern Conference championship, a game viewed by more than 450,000 people on ESPN2. Articles about Wofford appeared in more than 250 newspapers before the first-round NCAA Tournament game, including write-ups in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Wofford sold more tickets to the regionals in Jacksonville through the college’s ticket office than any other college or university — other teams who played in Jacksonville included Duke, Louisville and Cornell — and Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena sold out of Wofford NCAA Tournament T-shirts before tip-off of the Wofford vs. Wisconsin game. In addition, during the month of March, www.woffordterriers.com saw an increase of 164 percent in unique users to mark the most visits ever in a month. Visitors logged in from 107 different countries. Traffic on the college’s Web site, www.wofford.edu, increased by 197 percent in the twoweek period surrounding the game.

(Above) Mike Young, head men’s basketball coach, did nearly 20 radio interviews prior to the game, including ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, NPR and stations as far away as Phoenix and Miami. He was named SoCon Coach of the Year and was named the Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year by A highlight of the trip for the coaches and players were the police escorts to collegeinsider.com. Also above, SoCon Player of and from the arena each day. the Year Noah Dahlman ’11 earned honorable mention All-America honors for the season – the first Wofford basketball player to do so.

(Above right) Brad Loesing ’12 appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

(Left) Prior to departing for Jacksonville, the city of Spartanburg sent the team off with a huge rally in Morgan Square that was carried live by local television stations.

(Right) A cheering crowd of students, fans and the basketball team in Leonard Auditorium were shown live on CBS during the NCAA Selection Show.

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Marion Moses ’97 woke up early and waited for hours with a Wofford sign on Friday, March 19, in New York City to share the excitement with the NBC Today show audience over Wofford’s upcoming NCAA Tournament game.

all that is good and right about teaching – remarkable competence, innovation and creativity, and a love of learning for herself and her students. She changes and enriches lives every day,” says Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap.

Cunningham is in her 26th year at Wofford where she serves as college marshal, co-moderator of Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society, and guide for Wofford’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Cunningham’s research interests focus on Francophone culture and literature, especially in Africa and the Caribbean.

Retney Wilkins (far left), an assistant in the Spartanburg County Headquarters Library Children’s Department, thanks Her professional activities Lenny Mathis (far right) for rewarding reading through the Terrier Tales program. Library Director Todd Stephens have taken her to Buenos (center) presented the award on behalf of the Friends of the Library.

Aires, Argentina; Marseilles, Paris, and Berlin; ticket to any home Wofford foot- Dr. Lewis P. Jones ’38, who held Santiago, Chile; the Loire ball or basketball game. Wofford the position from 1972 through Valley, and French-speakwill mail a new bookmark once 1987, Dr. W. Ray Leonard (Keing Switzerland. She has it is turned in at the game and nan professor, 1987 – 1993), and traveled with students to the process continues throughDr. Philip Racine (Kenan ProfesMartinique and Guadeout the basketball season. At last sor, 1993 – 2009). loupe; Belgium, France count, more than 643 bookmarks “Phil Racine is my role and Switzerland; Belize, were turned in for tickets during model,” Goldey says, “as I’m sure n April 15, Lenny Mathis, and Italy.

Dr. Leonard and Dr. Jones were Wofford’s assistant athletics the 2009-10 academic year.

Each of the 20 memfor him. I am humbled by this director for marketing and prober institutions of the honor, and will do my best to motions, was named the SpartanSCICU consortium secontinue in their tradition.” burg County Friends of the Lilects one faculty member The story of how Goldey brary Friend of the Year. His work each year to receive the came to Wofford is unusual. A with the Terrier Tales reading award, which includes a graduate of Sewanee, the Univerprogram with the Spartanburg professional development sity of the South, with a doctorate County Public Library (SCPL) stipend for the professor. from Miami University in Ohio, and all seven school districts in The most important charshe had started a very successthe county led to this honor. acteristic of the nominees ful career as a Toxicologist with Terrier Tales is designed to r.

Caroline A. Cunningham, is their demonstration of the Environmental Protection reward elementary school chilprofessor of French and the highest standards in Agency. In fact, she won the New dren for reading. Children who Spanish at Wofford, is among the teaching methods that enInvestigator Award from the Neucomplete the program receive a recipients of the South Carolina courage students to strive robehavioral Society in 1992. free ticket to any home Wofford Independent Colleges and Unifor excellence in their “I was comfortable and profootball game and all men’s and versities Excellence in Teaching studies and pursuits. ductive as a research scientist, and women’s home basketball games. awards.

For additional inforI was confident that the career “In the fall of 2006, Lenny “Dr. Cunningham represents mation about SCICU, path could be financially rewardGoldey Mathis contacted me with this visit www.scicu.org. ing,” she says. “But since my days idea,” says Todd Stephens, SCPL Cunningham as a lab assistant at Sewanee, I director. “Since I grew up as a reknew that I wanted to spend my luctant reader, I was immediately career teaching at an excellent attracted to the difference this liberal arts college and guiding program could make in the lives young people to become change of young people. Since the fall agents for a better world. So I of 2006, thousands of children n 1972, the William R. Kenan was excited when I spotted the have participated and thousands Jr. Charitable Trust made the Wofford job advertisement. of books have been read.... Terrier largest single gift that Wofford “The day I interviewed at Tales has provided an opportunity had received until that time — a to children and families to visit a $500,000 endowment to establish Wofford,” she says, “I was able to attend a faculty meeting. Never college campus — in some cases, a professorship “to support and for the very first time. To the best encourage a scholar-teacher whose before had I seen a faculty having fun at such a meeting, but at of our knowledge, there is no enthusiasm for learning, comWofford people obviously liked other library-related program of mitment to teaching, and sincere each other, and while they were this type in the United States.” personal interest in students will clearly serious about doing their To participate, children check enhance the learning profession jobs well, they didn’t take themout a book at any of the 10 SCPL and make an effective contribuselves too seriously. I knew this is locations. Upon completing the tion to the college community.” where I wanted to be.” book, the child returns to the Dr. Ellen Goldey of the As a Wofford faculty member, branch with their bookmark to department of biology has been Goldey has won a series of honors have it stamped by the librarian. named Wofford’s fourth Kenan for her teaching and faculty Once the child completes five Professor, with the appointment leadership. In 2002, she was the books and receives five stamps, to become effective this summer. Outstanding Educator of the Year the bookmark becomes a free In that role, she follows the late for the 124 United Methodist Summer 2010 • Wofford Today • 11

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colleges and universities. Two years later, she won Wofford’s inaugural Roger Milliken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Sciences. In 2008, the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement designated her as a SENCER fellow, recognizing exemplary leadership and commitment to the improvement of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. She has secured extramural funding from the National Science Foundation for curricular innovation, and she is also a leader in educational assessment, working collaboratively with other institutions with support from the Teagle Foundation.

“I hope that we can compete less and share more with our peer institutions,” she says. “We share a greater purpose, that of educating students in the liberal arts tradition. Comparisons make us better,” she says, “They also help us understand how good we really are.”

When she is not teaching or working on academic development projects, Goldey says that she enjoys yard work, cooking and gardening. She and her husband, Wofford’s Albert C. Outler Professor of Religion Byron McCane, are building a LEED certified home, where they hope to entertain students and colleagues for years to come.

Wofford featured on Preservation Month poster In honor of Preservation Month, celebrated in May by organizations and communities around the country, the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has created a colorful poster celebrating this year’s Preservation Month theme: “Old is the New Green.” It featured Glendale Mills Office Building in Spartanburg County (now Wofford’s new Goodall Environmental Studies Center). To download a free poster, visit http://shpo.sc.gov/preservationmonthphoto.htm. Photo courtesy of South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Class of 2010 leaves legacy of sustainability

Wofford’s commitment to sustainability was emphasized at this year's baccalaureate service when the senior officers announced that they had raised funds to establish the Class of 2010 Community Sustainability Fund, which will emphasize faculty, staff and student collaboration.

A committee will be appointed by the president to receive applications for grants from the fund to support physical and programmatic projects.

The class also made a commitment to establish an endowed fund for international environmental causes in honor of Dr. C.L. “Ab” Abercrombie.

To provide a visible symbol of these two commitments, the class is purchasing an inscribed swing set for the Village.

In acknowledging the gift, Wofford President Benjamin Dunlap said, “In emphasizing the importance of sustainability, in honoring Ab Abercrombie, and in contributing to the joys of life in the Wofford Village, the 2010 Senior Class has eloquently expressed its priorities and values. Subsequent classes should take notice.”

The Major in Environmental Studies: A Conversation with Dr. Kaye Savage Wofford’s new Environmental Studies Program integrates and builds upon the historically strong programs at Wofford in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. It provides a crosscurricular program of study that requires foundational (core) work in all three areas. Students study the environment in ways that excite their particular interests as they pursue either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science track.

The first senior to major in environmental studies at Wofford graduated at Commencement

2010, as Dr. Kaye Savage completed her first year as academic director of the program. Savage earned her bachelor’s degree at Pomona College in California and completed her doctoral degree in geological and environmental sciences at Stanford in 2001. Prior to coming to Wofford in the fall of 2009, she was a member of the faculty at Vanderbilt University.

Wofford Today: At Wofford, we sometimes talk about an elevator speech, where we give a very brief summary of a program or

Dr. Kaye Savage (above left) is associate professor and director of the college’s new environmental studies major.

She, along with John Lane ’77 (right center), director of the environmental studies center, work with students in both the field and classroom.

message. At the close of your first social sciences framework, we are year, can you offer something like engaged in conversation regarding that about environmental studies? relationships among environmental concerns, public policy, and Dr. Savage: When I arrived here, the law.

I found that the program had a broad and deep vision for naWofford Today: Do you feel that tional leadership, the product of the college needs to address any some very good work by faculty special challenges so the program committees and by the admincan take the next step? istration. In some ways, what we have been doing this year has Dr. Savage: This year, I was able been working toward filling the to go on a college-sponsored boots set out for us while we con- study trip in Ecuador, and the tinue to explore the rich terrain of experience reinforced a convicthe discipline. tion that there are many different ways for a region to manage and I do think we are already nurture the environment approseeing the environmental studies program at Wofford priately. We surely can learn a lot from each other on this question. starting to blossom, and So I would say that one of our there is every reason to challenges is to ensure that a large think the program will be percentage of our majors have a a notably vibrant presence chance to explore environmental on campus two or three studies from an international years from now. We’re perspective, both in class and in preparing to graduate 20 independent study. or more majors by that time. We’ve also identified certain areas that we need to Wofford Today: How about expand; for example, in the facilities?

Dr. Savage: The Goodall Center is an amazing asset. Although it may appear small from the outside, there is a comfortable amount of inside space and by next year, we’ll have the Trammel Terrace and an amphitheater to supplement the indoor classroom and the labs. Altogether, it’s a beautiful green space that will mean a lot to Spartanburg and Glendale. The response to the dedication confirmed that. Although our campus headquarters, the Sam O. Black Building, certainly has a few miles on it, we’re actually OK for now. It’s “ours” and to a large extent, we have been able to modify it precisely to fit our needs.

A big concern at Glendale remains transportation from the campus to the center and back.

Individual automobiles are not a good option for lots of reasons, and we’re still searching for creative, sustainable alternatives.

Wofford Today: Speaking personally, do you feel that the move to Wofford has been a positive one for you?

Dr. Savage: I came to Wofford from Vanderbilt feeling good about my decision, but still wondering how I would adapt to a liberal arts college after years at research universities. Wofford exceeded all expectations, and I’ve been even happier here for the past eight months than I thought I would be when I accepted the job. The sense of community across the faculty and students is genuine; one simply is not confined here, personally or professionally.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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College dedicates Goodall Environmental Studies Center on Earth Day

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offord’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center represents a whole new dimension of interdisciplinary research and fieldwork,” said President Benjamin B. Dunlap as he spoke April 20 at the dedication of the college’s new academic facility at Glendale Shoals.

“At Wofford, the ‘environment’ is not an abstract conPrinceton Review lists Wofford cept,” he said. “It’s where we live; it’s where we’re going to as a “green campus” live; and, thanks to the Goodall family, it’s also where we’re going to study.” offord was highlighted during Highlighting Earth Week 2010 activities, the dedication Earth Week as one of America’s of the environmental studies center recognized a significant “green colleges” by The Princeton Review gift from D. Christian Goodall ’79 and his family. Goodall is and USA Today. president and CEO of Continental American Insurance Co. The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 in Columbia, S.C., which was acquired by AFLAC in OctoGreen Colleges, a 200-page guidebook ber 2009. is offered in partnership with the U.S. Goodall says it was important to him to provide funding Green Building Council and is availfor the environmental studies center and program because of able free online. The colleges profiled the global impact of issues being explored. “I was so impressed all received “Green Ratings” in the 80s with the way the college has set up the center, on the Lawson’s or 90s on a scale from 60-99, based on Fork Creek, where students can have an incredible opportuPrinceton Review surveys of administranity to study contemporary environmental issues in such a tors at 697 colleges. truly unique setting. I’ve not seen anything else like it. Now Selected colleges excel in: providing more than ever, we see the importance of environmental studstudents a healthy, sustainable quality ies programs.” of life; preparing students for green jobs The center’s central great room is a gathering place for stuand responsible green citizenship; and dents, faculty and community members to learn about such using environmentally responsible school topics as environmental writing, sustainable living and the policies. history, geography and culture of the Glendale community.

The guidebook notes that Wofford’s Other features include the Auto Bell Car Wash Laboratory Office of Community Sustainability was and the B.G. Stephens Laboratory as well as the Trammell established to “mitigate any negative Terrace for classes, seminars and other activities. Around the impact of institutional choices that may building are a pollinator garden, a native grape vineyard, a harm communities near and far” and “is bog, and herb, berry and heirloom vegetable beds. working to integrate sustainable practices The lead architect for the restoration and renovation projinto all aspects of campus life.” ect is Donnie Love of McMillan Pazdan Smith of Spartanburg. The Goodall Center is one of the first historic buildings in Upstate South Carolina to be renovated according to the specifications of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. It features state-of-the-art efficient heating and air-conditioning systems, employment of creek water for dual-flush toilets, and creative use of some of the building’s original furnishings.

Leading up to the dedication program, dozens of people participated in the Earth Day Bike, Run & “Thoreauvian Saunter” to Glendale Shoals. Other Earth Week events included a forum and a Lawson’s Fork Water Monitoring Day.

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(Below, left to right) Architect Ron Smith, Dean of the College David Wood and Chris Goodall at the dedication of the Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

(Below, right) Dr. Gerald Thurmond rode his bike the seven miles from Wofford to the dedication of the Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

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1949 The Rev. Dr. Bob Cuttino and his wife, Molly, live in Beaufort, S.C. The couple has been married for 59 years.

Cuttino is retired minister of Sea Island Chapel on Hilton Head Island.

1950 Bob Prevatte and his wife, Marie, live in Gaffney, S.C. Now retired, Prevatte was an outstanding football coach and later a food executive.

1953 It was nice to hear from the Rev. John M. Stapleton. His essay “Loving God with the Mind and Thinking with the Heart: The Pastor-Theologian in the Pulpit” recently was published by Eerdmans in “The Power to Comprehend.”

Stapleton also conducts workshops for pastors with Karen DeMauro, director of the Acting Center, in New York City.

He lives in Aiken, S.C.

1954 Kenneth M. “Charlie” Bryant was honored on March 8 by North Carolina State University with the prestigious Watauga Medal for distinguished service.

Bryant was one of three recipients receiving the award. Bryant’s career spans more than 50 years as an athlete, coach and university administrator. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Bryant and his wife, Helen, live in Cary, N.C.

1956 Robert D. Jennings and his wife, June, live in Bishopville, S.C. Their granddaughter, Jennings Johnstone, is a member of the class of 2013. Jennings is an attorney with the law firm Jennings & Jennings P.A.

1958 Cliff Crosland lives in Bennettsville, S.C., with his wife, Julia. Crosland has retired from his owner-operated driver training school and currently works as a driver education teacher for the Marlboro County Adult Education School.

1959 Dr. Gerald W. Gibson is retiring as the president of Maryville College on June 30. He has been president for 17 years. Gibson and his wife, Rachel, live in Maryville, Tenn.

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The 3rd Annual Fisher DeBerry Foundation Golf Tournament was held in Florence, S.C., in March. Fisher DeBerry and his wife, Lu Ann, established the foundation six years ago to help children from single parent families. Funds raised from the tournament will fund scholarships to Fellowship of Christian Athletes Summer Camps and to the Pee Dee Area Big Brothers Big Sisters Association. The couple lives in Isle of Palms, S.C. It was nice to hear from the Rev. Samuel O. Clardy, who lives in Latta, S.C., with his wife, Carole. Clardy is a retired United Methodist minister serving Hebron and Ebenezer United Methodist churches in Marlboro County.

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On the road with the Satterfields

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ou can’t miss the Satterfields. Decked out in black and gold. Denise riding a 2002 Harley Davidson Softail painted as a tribute to the American flag, Frank ’67 on a 2006 Harley Road King with the Marine Corps colors of scarlet and gold emblazoned on the tank.

By the time they arrive in Spartanburg from their home in Houston, Texas, they’ve spent at least 1,000 miles on the back of a bike, typically riding 300 to 600 miles a day.

Sometimes they pull over if the rain is heavy enough or for a hotdog at one of Frank’s favorite places to eat in Atlanta. Sometimes they meet friends along the way — Marine Corps buddies, Wofford teammates from back in the day (1963-67). Regardless of the details of the journey, the destination’s the same — Wofford College for an opportunity to support their Terriers.

Frank’s first motorcycle trip to watch the Terriers play football was for the University of South Florida game several years go.

“I like to make a long trip each year,” says Frank, who’s logged hundreds of thousands of miles on a motorcycle since he began riding in the 1970s. “After the University of South Florida game, I rode up for a reunion in Gettysburg to meet some of the guys that served in my infantry platoon in Vietnam. Then I drove back down for the Charleston Southern game.”

That time Frank rode solo. Since then Denise has been joining him for one Wofford motorcycle trip each year.

“It’s like a destination vacation,” says Denise, who earned her motorcycle license in 1989. “For my maiden voyage, we drove 5,700 miles through 17 states in 17 days.”

While the Satterfield usually only make one motorcycle trip to Wofford each year, they frequently fly around the country following the Terriers, most recently to the Southern Conference basketball championships and the NCAA Tournament “I became a fan of Wofford after we were married 21 years ago,” says Denise. “It’s become our thing. We always go to Homecoming (sometimes taking some of their grandchildren), and we went with the alumni group to Sicily…. Wofford has adopted me.”

When they’re not traveling with the TerDenise and Frank Satterfield ’67 on their Harley Davidson motorcycles at a Wofford riers, Frank raises capital for commercial real football game. The Satterfields rode from Houston, Texas, for the game. estate debt and equity. Denise manages a real estate law firm and title company.

The Satterfields already have the 2010 Wofford football schedule on their calendars. Frank plans to ride from Houston to the University of Ohio game then to the Charleston Southern game in Charleston where Denise will fly in to meet him. They’re planning to rent a bike for Denise so the two can join friends for a motorcycle rally from Miami to Key West before heading back to Houston.

If you’re planning to follow the Terriers this fall, listen for the rumble of the Satterfield’s Harleys. You might also catch a Oooh Rah, Semper Fi and Go, Terriers!

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The Class of 1960 at their 50th Reunion dinner.

(Below left) Brother Carter ’60 and Trap Hart ’60 catch up at the reunion dinner.

(Below center) Shot Padgett ’60, Fisher DeBerry ’60 and Sam Clardy ’60 reconnect and remember their years at Wofford.

(Below right) Joe Pugh ’60 and Dr. Hunter Stokes ’60 scan Journals from the late 1950s.

(Above) Phillip Stone ’94 helps Dr. Carroll Player ’60 straighten his academic regalia on Commencement morning.

(Left) Dr. Camille Bethea ’91 marshals the Class of 1960 to graduation ceremonies.

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National Alumni Service Awards announced

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Class Chair, Richard L. Robinson Dr. Richard Robinson, the Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of Mathematics emeritus, was the featured speaker at the Phi Beta Kappa convocation at Wofford on April 22. Robinson retired from the Distinguished Service Awards Wofford faculty in 2004 after a distinguished 38-year career. Robinson and his Albert W. Gray Sr. ’71 Albert Gray entered Wofford in the fall of 1964, becoming the col- wife, Bertice, live in Roebuck, S.C.

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lege’s first African-American student. After service in the Vietnam War, at the urging of faculty members, he returned to Wofford to complete his degree. A Spartanburg businessman before his retirement, he served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1998-2010 and has established an endowed scholarship fund at Wofford.

Class Chair, Boyce M. Berry Dr. Wally Friday and his wife, Dorene, live In Easley, S.C. Friday is a physician associated with Woodward Medical Center.

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Douglas Jones was Wofford’s first African-American graduate, beginning a family tradition that has continued with his children, Moneefa Jones-Taylor ’95 and Jarvis Jones ’04. It continues in today’s student body with his grandson, Nicolas A. Taylor ’13. Jones lives in Spartanburg and is a managing engineer with Michelin Tire Corp., North America.

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Class Chair, Charles W. Saunders Dr. Howard Waddell and his wife, Vicki, live in Columbia, S.C. Waddell is a retired family therapist. The couple has two children; their son, Stokes Waddell, is a 1990 Wofford graduate.

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during spring commencement ceremonies on May 8. King is owner of King Cadillac Buick Pontiac GMC Inc. and is an active member of the community. King and his wife, Gail, live in Florence, S.C.

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Reunion Chairs, Stewart Johnson and Donnie McDonald The Friends of Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge hosted Dr. Rudy Mancke on April 10, as he led a walking tour of the longleaf pine ecosystem of the Carolina Sandhills. Manke serves as a distinguished lecturer in natural history at the University of South Carolina School of the Environment. He and his wife, Ellen, live in Cayce, S.C. Thomas Tolbert and his wife, Judy Klasen Tolbert ’77, live in Fort Mill, S.C. Thomas is a retired scientist and Judy is director of parish music and organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fort Mill.

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Distinguished Citzen Award Dr. Kirk H. Neely

Dr. Robert Bethea and his wife, Sandra, live in Georgetown, S.C. Bethea, a clinical professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, teaches the specialty of endodontics to pre- and post-doctoral students of dental medicine.

Pinckney Maxwell lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife, Mary Helen.

Maxwell teaches science at Hillcrest High School.

Class Chair, Ronald G. Bruce Dr. Jim Gettys and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Columbia, S.C. Gettys is a retired radiologist.

Jack McCutcheon joined the law firm of Thompson & Henry PA in March.

He will focus his practice in the area of defense litigation with a concentration in medical negligence and condemnation.

McCutcheon and his wife, Libby, live in Conway, S.C.

Young Alumnus of the Year Craig H. Parks ’97

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The pastor at Morningside Baptist Church of Spartanburg, Neely has worked as an inspirational ecumenical leader and pastoral counselor for more than 40 years in addition to being one of South Carolina’s most beloved storytellers and authors. He lives with his wife, Clare, in Spartanburg, where they have raised their five children, two of whom are Wofford graduates.

Class Chair, J. Hayne Culler Sr. Class Chair, Richard L. Myers Long-time businessman Reamer Bruno Garr and his wife, Debra, live B. King received an honorary doctoral in Merritt Island, Fla. Garr is a retired Parks is senior research analyst for the South Carolina Senate degree from Francis Marion University science teacher with Brevard County Finance Committee. He is considered to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the Schools.

Joe Patterson of New Holland, Pa., State House regarding budget has been elected to the national board of and finance, including South directors of the Appalachian Trail MuCarolina Tuition Grants and ERRIER ALL seum Society. The board is composed of college merit scholarships.

13 members from 10 states. The society Craig is married to Amy Marie is a not-for-profit organization that is es11 TH ANNUAL AUCTION / GALA / S ATURDAY / O CTOBER 30, 2010 Jordan Parks ’97, a faculty tablishing the Appalachian Trail Museum $60 / person BENJAMIN JOHNSON ARENA / WOFFORD COLLEGE / 6:30 PM member of the University in south central Pennsylvania. Patterson is of South Carolina School communications director for the procureReserve your mas Interested in donating an auction item? of Nursing. They have two ment firm of e-Lynxx Corp. Friday, October 2 Contact: Terri Lewitt at LewittTL@wofford.edu or at 864-597-4096. children.

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What’s the secret (or one of the secrets) to Joy Shackleford’s beautiful yard... four hours of earth-moving labor from Coach Eric Nash ’02 (right) and the Wofford offensive line. It’s just one of the items that Wofford alumni and friends can bid on at the Terrier Ball.

Other auction items include Terrier youth athletics camps, vacations, sports memorabilia, artwork, jewelry and professional services. All proceeds from the event provide scholarships for Wofford student-athletes.

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Costumes or casua Class Chair, Kenneth E. Smith James Timothy Cash lives in Valet parking Cowpens, S.C. In January, Cash was elected to the board of directors of the Mountain View Nursing Home in Spartanburg.

Hunter Quick and his wife, Leslie, live in Charlotte, N.C. Quick is an attorney with the law firm of Quick, Widis & Nalibotsky and is serving as president of the Wofford College National Alumni Association for 2010.

Lynn Watson lives in Columbia, S.C. Watson retired as a tax collector for the city of Jacksonville, Fla., prior to making the move back to South Carolina.

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Class Chair, Allen S. Guignard Charles Hadaway Jr. is an agent for American General Life and Accident Insurance Co. He lives in Bogart, Ga.

1973 Dr. Monty Laffitte and his wife, Carol, live in Greenville, S.C. Laffitte is a physician at Piedmont OB/GYN. The couple’s three children are all Wofford graduates. Son Montague Laffitte ’00, his wife Lauren and their two children live in Columbia, S.C. Daughter Carolyn

Laffitte ’03 also lives in Columbia. Son Living in Lake City, S.C., Dr. Jim Othniel Laffitte is a 2010 graduate. Richardson Jr. is a dentist at Lake City Family Dentistry. Richardson lives with 1974 his wife, Betsy.

Class Chair, Jerry L. Calvert Tee Ferguson lives in Ahoskie, N.C. He is president of Med-Care Equipment 1978 Class Chair, Richard W. Krapfel and Supplies.

Upstate real estate executive John R. Tom Bolt is managing attorney for Hastings Sr. has been named president the law firm Bolt Nagi PC. Bolt and of the Fountain Inn Chamber of Com- his wife, Jenifer, live on the island of merce. Hastings has been a professional Saint Thomas in the United States realtor in the Upstate for nearly two de- Virgin Islands. cades and is the owner of The Hastings Co. He lives with his wife, Donna, in 1979 Class Chair, Wade E. Ballard Simpsonville, S.C. Hovey Aiken is a financial advisor for It was nice to hear from Michael Wells Fargo Advisors. Aiken and his wife, Johnson, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn.

Josephine, live in New Bern, N.C. Johnson retired from teaching science and business and moved to the Great Smoky 1980 Mountains to pursue his writings and 30th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 exploration and have fun.

Class Chair, Paul D. Kountz Jr.

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Class Chair, John O. Moore William Bell and his wife, Cynthia, live in Inman, S.C. Bell is vice president of technical fabrics for Tietex International.

The Rev. John Hipp has been named district superintendent of the Orangeburg, S.C., district South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Hipp served as a chaplain in the South Carolina Army National Guard for 28 years before retiring in 2008 as a lieutenant colonel. He lives in Charleston, S.C., with his wife, Carol.

Doug Lowe, Spartanburg High School’s head boy’s basketball coach, retired at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Lowe had been head coach for 31 years. Over his successful coaching career, he guided the team to a 626-212 record, received 17 Region II AAAA titles, played in four state finals (1987, 1989, 2002, and 2008) and won one state championship in 2002. Lowe lives in Spartanburg, S.C. Craig Williams, vice president of First Citizen Bank in Powdersville, S.C., was profiled in the “Powdersville Post” in April 2010. Williams and his wife, Donna, live in Clemson, S.C.

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Class Chair, John W. Gandy Wofford O’Sullivan is an education associate with the South Carolina Department of Education. O’Sullivan and his wife, Kaye, live in Moore, S.C.

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Class Chair, C. Stan Sewell Jr. Foster Chapman, president and chief executive officer of Johnson Development Associates, has been named 2011 chairman of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He will serve as chair-elect through December 2010 and officially take over the role as chairman in January 2011. Chapman and his wife, Ruth, live in Spartanburg.

Their daughter, Chelsea Chapman, is a member of the class of 2010.

Living in Charleston, S.C., with her husband Rick, Dr. Cindy Moore Heldrich is a pediatrician at Roper St. Francis Physician Partners.

Chris Littlejohn lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife, Betsy, and their three children. Littlejohn is director of food services for Spartan Foods of America Inc. Dr. Bill Neal is a consultant for Cubic Applications Inc., a leading provider of defense systems and support services to the U.S. and Allied Forces. Neal and his wife, Theodora, live in Kingstowne, Va.

has three children.

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Class Chair, Timothy E. Madden Phoebe R. Seals and her husband, William, live in Marion, S.C. Phoebe is a homemaker and William is a circuit court judge.

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Class Chair, James W. Logan Eric Jarrett and his wife, Ava, live in Hickory, N.C. Jarrett is director of electroneurodiagnostic technology at Catawba Valley Community College.

Dean Tobias and his wife, Rhonda Watt Tobias, live in Spartanburg.

Dean is a claims supervisor for Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. and Rhonda is vice president of finance for Pulliam Investment Co. The couple has three children, one of whom plans to enroll at Wofford this fall.

Bob Saffold lives In Raleigh, N.C. He is chief operating officer for the National 1987 Bryan Adams has been named to Summer Learning Association which is business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” based in Baltimore, Md. and North Carolina Super Lawyers in the 1982 area of employment law. He is a partner in Class Chair, J. Madison Dye Jr. the Charlotte law firm of Van Hoy, ReutJames Belcher is an accountant linger, Adams & Dunn PLLC. Adams lives with the United States Department of with his family in Charlotte, N.C. Treasury. He and his wife, Nora Lee, live Living in Anderson, S.C., Chuck In McKinney, Texas.

Fraser is a teacher at Anderson County Spartanburg School District Seven Alternative School. announced in February that Cheryl Col. Cecil R. Pettit was part of a Revels has been named principal of support team made up of soldiers from the McCarthy-Teszler School effective throughout the Army for the 2010 U.S. July 1. Revels has more than 28 years Army Bowl, played on Jan. 9, in San of experience in education as a teacher, Antonio, Texas. Pettit, a deputy chief of assistant principal and principal. The staff with 23 years of military service, is McCarthy-Teszler School serves special regularly assigned to Headquarters, U.S. needs students from all school districts Army Cadet Command at Fort Monroe, in Spartanburg County. Revels and her Hampton, Va. He and his wife, Bernahusband, Anthony, live in Spartanburg. dette, live in Chesapeake, Va. Beth Dashiell Wallace and her husband, Tim Wallace ’83, live in 1988 Chesnee, S.C. Tim, the baseball coach Class Chair, C. Lane Glaze Jon Johnson and his wife, Lauren at Spartanburg Methodist College, was named Region 10 baseball coach of the McNall Johnson ’90, live in Columyear in May. He is a Wofford athletics hall bia, S.C., with their three children. Jon of famer who has been the head coach at is owner of Elite Framing and Lauren is Spartanburg Methodist College for two human resource manager for T-Mobile decades. Beth is associate vice president USA. for student affairs at Wofford.

Thomas Snowden is a team member of American HyPower, a transformational 1983 energy company that is one of 39 finalists Class Chair, W. Scott Gantt in the Progressive Automotive X Prize.

James R. Fowler Jr. is executive vice This is an international automotive race president/senior trust officer of Country to create a production-ready 100-mpg Bank in Greenwood, S.C. Fowler and automobile with a prize purse of $10,000. his wife, Julie, have two children. Their Snowden lives with his wife, Stephanie, oldest son, James Robert Fowler III, in Centennial, Colo. is a member of the class of 2010.

Lee Richardson is a certified business 1989 coach for Focal Point. Richardson lives Class Chair, Michael R. Sullivan John Bauknight and Nick Wilwith his family in Fort Mill, S.C. drick ’90, principals of Longleaf Hold1984 ings, were co-recipients of the Spartanburg Class Chair, Kenneth M. KirkArea Chamber of Commerce’s Small patrick Business Person of the Year award. The Living in Winston-Salem, N.C., Brad recognition was made at the Chamber’s Church is a financial advisor with Mor- annual meeting held in February. Baukgan Stanley Smith Barney. Church and his night and Wildrick were fraternity brothwife, Elisabeth, have two children. ers at Wofford. In 2009 the pair opened Patricia Gardner is director of the the RJ Rockers Brewing Co. headquarters center for teacher education and research in downtown Spartanburg. at Westfield State College. Gardner lives The P.A.C.E. Center of Spartanburg in Wilbraham, Mass., and was a high announced in February, the addition of school English teacher and administrator Dr. Sherry Burns to its staff. Burns for more than 26 years. will provide counseling for children and Cal Watson, an attorney with the families, as well as psychological and law firm of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, neuropsychological evaluations. Burns LLC, is highlighted in Chambers USA’s and her husband, Charles, live in In2010 publication of “America’s Leading man, S.C. Lawyers for Business.” Watson and his Jeff Randall ’88 and his wife, Betsy wife, Cathy, live in Columbia. The couple Hothem Randall, live in Spartanburg

Ratterree’s Blue Ridge Cabinetworks keeps clients in the green

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he business is located in what used to be a strip shopping center, and the modest sign beside the door simply says “Blue Ridge Cabinetworks,” but visitors who go inside realize very quickly that Ben Ratterree ’97 does not run your grandfather’s woodworking shop.

Modern technology is evident everywhere, and the work areas are clean, neat and organized. When wood is cut, computer precision and design keep waste to an absolute minimum.

In the office cubicles are carefully arranged specification sheets from architects, many of which require cabinetry that scores well on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designs (LEED) Green Building Rating System. “Green” glues, waterbased solvents and special paints add expense to projects today, but new suppliers are constantly appearing. Being alert pays off in the bidding process and helps create a market niche.

Thanks to an excellent reputation and a competitive bid, architect Donnie Love of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture of Spartanburg chose Blue Ridge Cabinetworks as the contractor for cabinets and paneling for Wofford’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

“The Goodall project at Glendale gave us one of our first opportunities to work on a first-rate historic preservation and restoration project,” Ratterree says. “We learned something new every day. Using special 3-D software, we were able to duplicate unique moldings and sidings 100 years old. The cabinets are customized products that use LEED-certified materials, such as reclaimed heart pine. We are excited to be part of this exceptional project.”

Blue Ridge Cabinetworks is not only a quintessential smallbusiness success story, but it is also a good example of how a liberal arts education can be a career catalyst in unusual ways.

Ratterree came to Wofford from Spartanburg High School as a biology/pre-med major. He was chosen for an ROTC Scholarship and served on active duty with the Army for four years.

The medical school door gradually closed, but a new one opened. Creative hand-made furniture was Ratterree’s hobby, and he came into the business knowing how to turn out artistically distinctive products. Internet research was important as he went on to build his business model.

At a crucial time, he was able to build a continuing relationship with Charlotte-based Salsarita’s Restaurants. The design for the woodwork in those eateries is especially colorful and distinctive. He also has worked with a growing number of other customers, including the Lowe’s corporate office in Mooresville, N.C., Duke Energy, First South Bank and Michelin as well as government and institutional clients.

Ratterree says success in small business stems from willingness to work long hours, constantly honing personal and organizational skills, and “grit,” a willingness to take risks and to keep going in a crunch. He also focuses on looking ahead. As the recession passes, he intends to have some exciting new products ready for the residential market through his recent purchase of a regional franchise for Closets By Design.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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Alumni in the News

Burson-Marsteller lures Margaret Key back to Korea

chair of the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee. “This should be an example for other builders to look to when constructing energy-efficient and earth-friendly housing in their own communities.”

A Mungo Construction designed and built neighborhood, Rosewood Hills is a partnership with the Housing Authority of Columbia and consists of LEED for Home certified affordable for-sale and rental units. The project is an example of the Mungo Construction

philosophy of “Do What Makes Sense” that employs the basic principles of “building green” — identifying the needs and desires of their customers, leading to a customized plan to achieve the goals identified, and supporting the construction of safer, more sustainable and more durable homes, taking into consideration both cost of construction and cycle time of new homes.

Mungo Construction is owned and operated by Stewart ’74 and Steven ’81 Mungo.

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RWeek.com featured news that Burson-Marsteller has hired Margaret Key ’96 to head its Korean operation. Key, who was featured in the Spring 2010 issue of Wofford Today, had been managing director of Edelman’s Japan office where she oversaw one of the largest offices in the firm’s Asia-Pacific region.

Key has more than a decade of experience working in the region and has led communications efforts for leading multinational enterprises. She also has vast expertise in healthcare communication and created Korea’s first medical communications training program and has trained more than 300 medical professionals across the country.

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he National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has honored Mungo Construction for the 2010 Green Project of the Year for Rosewood Hills in Columbia, S.C. “This community is a great example of green building done right while also done affordably,” says Eric Borsting,

Wood represents Sons of the American Revolution in awards presentation ceremony

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t. Col. Samuel S. Wood ’36 (above left) presented the 2010 Sons of the American Revolution Award to Cadet Lee Boone (above right) during the annual ROTC awards ceremony in April. Wood, who celebrated his 95th birthday in April, served in the Philippines and on Okinawa (April-June 1945) as a captain in the 96th “Deadeyes” Division in World War II. Later, in Korea, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, and he also served a tour in the cadre with Wofford ROTC. He is a past national trustee of the Sons of the American Revolution. Boone, who graduated this spring from Limestone College, was commissioned through the Southern Guards ROTC battalion.

Nix spends time on campus sharing success with student-athletes

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SPN anchor and reporter Wendi Nix ’96 (below) visited the Wofford campus in May to emcee the BOSSCARS athletic awards banquet. Before flying back home to Boston for an assignment, she took time to talk with 14 current Wofford student-athletes. For an hour and a half, Nix discussed her career path, the value of a liberal arts education, and answered questions from students interested in getting into sports-related fields. Many of the student-athletes are considering careers in broadcast or print journalism; others are interested in the sports side of law, management or marketing. A complete transcript of the luncheon question-and-answer session is on the Wofford Web site at www.wofford.edu/alumni/youngalumni/ WendiNix.aspx.

with their three children. Jeff is as- his family in Winston-Salem, N.C. sociated with DC Coil and Betsy is a Beth Jeter Hrubala and her full-time mom and part-time preschool husband, Michael, live in Spartanburg. teacher at First Presbyterian Church. Beth is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. The couple has 1990 three children.

20th Reunion, Homecoming Living in Atlanta, Ga., Leroy Jack2010 son is a customer service representative Class Chair, Scott W. Cashion for Atlanta Gas & Light. Jackson and his Scott Bourassa is finance officer wife, Eleanor, have three children. for Laurens County in Georgia. He and Dr. Samantha (Sam) Kind Madhis family live In Dublin, Ga. dox, an English/language arts teacher at Living in Orangeburg, S.C., Mike Spartanburg High School, was a finalist in Dennis is director of the William J. Mc- South Carolina’s State Teacher of the Year Cord Adolescent Treatment Facility. Program. The announcement was made in March by the South Carolina Department 1991 of Education. Maddox and her husband, Class Chair, Leslee Houck Page Zachary, live in Spartanburg.

Gregory Davis is a credit specialist with Carolina First Bank in Henderson- 1994 ville, N.C. He was promoted in Febru- Class Chair, Alicia Nunamaker ary 2010, to assistant vice president Truesdail within the company. Davis and his Living in Lillington, N.C., Donald wife, Julia, live in Moore, S.C., with Colemon is a battalion signal officer their daughter, Elizabeth Grace. for the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion.

The Honorable Shannon Jo- Colemon and his wife, Melinda, have seph lives in Raleigh, N.C., and is a two children.

North Carolina superior court judge.

Jennifer Bell and her husband, Lee, Joseph and her husband, Ripley Rand, live in Anderson, S.C. Bell is compliance have two children. coordinator for Anderson University.

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law has appointed Dr. 1995 Catherine Smith as associate dean of Class Chair, Brandie Yancey institutional diversity and inclusiveness. Lorena Nancy Joyce and her husband, WalSmith, who has written extensively on civil rights and social justice issues, ter, live in Westfield, N.J. The couple has will play a key role in realizing the two children. law school’s goal of increasing student Patrick Ridinger and his wife, and faculty diversity and fostering a Kelly Cannon Ridinger ’99, live in campus that has a place for students of Charlotte, N.C. Patrick is an attorney all backgrounds and beliefs. with the law firm of K&L Gates and Kelly is a homemaker. The couple has 1992 two children.

Class Chair, Nicholle Palmieri Charles Thomas and his wife, Amy, Chunn live in Asheville, N.C. Thomas is presiBriley Brisendine lives with his dent of Thomas Wealth Management, a family in Atlanta, Ga. Brisendine is vice financial planning firm. president and associate general counsel for Home Depot Inc. 1996 Jeff Galan and his wife, Angie Class Chair, Curt L. Nichols Jr. Josh Crotzer lives in Gaffney, S.C., Burnette Galan ’95, live in Aiken, S.C. Jeff is a foreign affairs specialist for with his wife, Amy, and their two children. the National Nuclear Security Agency Crotzer is member services coordinator and Angie is a homemaker. The couple for Broad River Electric Co. has two children.

Anna Evans Banks and her husband Gene Partin, environmental proj- Andrew, live in Cary, N.C. The couple ect manager with Terracon Consultants has two children. Banks is an accounting Inc., became president of the North associate for the business analytics and Carolina/South Carolina Chapter of business intelligence software firm of SAS. the Environmental Information Asso- SAS was voted Fortune’s Best Company ciation in January for 2010. Gene and to work for in 2010. his wife, Elise, and their two children Mary Beth Knight earned her PhD live in Cayce, S.C. in higher education administration and Pat Patterson is an adjunct profes- policy studies from the University of Virsor at Midlands Technical College and is ginia. Living in Charlottesville, Knight is working on his doctorate in education director of development for the school of leadership and policy studies at the nursing at the University of Virginia.

University of South Carolina. He lives Leigh Allen Murphy and her husin Columbia, S.C. band, Daniel Murphy ’02, live in CharlesLiving in San Diego, Calif., Marion ton, S.C. Leigh is chief operating officer Eveland Wilson is assistant director for the home furnishing company GDC of the Muir College Writing Program at Home and Daniel is business manager at the University of California, San Diego. the Medical University of South Carolina.

Wilson and her husband, John, have The couple has two children. two children.

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Class Chair, Sarah Copeland Sawicki Dr. David Grier is assistant professor of pathology at Wake Forest University. In 2009, Grier spent 10 days in Guyana, working with the American Society of Clinical Pathology teaching the principles of CD4 testing (for monitoring HIV), laboratory management and basic immunology. Grier lives with

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Reunion, Homecoming 2017 Class Chair, Beth Mangham Guerrero Dr. Rod Biosca is a radiologist at the University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center. Biosca lives with his wife, Hannah, and their son in Vestavia, Ala. James Scott, 2005 Young Alumnus of the Year, was a participant at the 14th Annual S.C. Book Festival in Charleston, S.C., in February. Author of “The Attack

Upcoming Wofford alumni events June 23 - July 2................................................ Italian Riviera & Chianti July 17...........New England Area Alumni Gathering & Boston Red Sox Game Aug. 12..................................................... Atlanta Young Alumni Event Aug. 12-21............................................... England, Wales and Scotland Aug. 26..................................................Spartanburg Pickin’ & Shuckin’ (Above) Children meet a hedgehog during Wofford Family Fun Day at Zoo Atlanta on May 1.

Sept. 10................................... Med School Networking Event with MUSC Oct. 15-17.................................................................Family Weekend

(Below) Lawson Page, son of Ty ’90 and Leslee ’91 Page, gets a hug from Lucy during Wofford Family Fun Day at Carowinds on April 24.

Oct. 29-31..................................................................... Homecoming Dec. 2-5..................................................................... Bookstore Sale Check alumni.wofford.edu for the most current alumni dates and registration information.

(Left to right) Paige Hallen ’09, Courtney Tuz ’08, Michael Mikota ’98, Matt Howsare ’04, Laine Evans ’08 and Teddie Norton ’07 enjoy the D.C. Young Alumni Event at Union Pub.

Panthers practicing at Wofford July 29 - August 16 Opening Party.................................................... July 31 Mondays.................................. Movie Nights after practice Tuesdays...............................................T-shirt Tuesdays Aug. 14...............................................Pre-practice party Sundays................ Family events at the afternoon practices Civil War Roundtable members enjoy a visit to the Antietam National Battlefield.

Every practice will feature Panthers merchandise, concessions and Panther Pals.

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Broadwater adds her name to Wofford’s list of Fulbrights

Kimberly Smith ’08 with Dr. Alan Spector, her Florida State University mentor

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ecent Wofford alumni have now claimed four Fulbright Fellowships to teach in German-speaking countries in the past three years. Mary Beth Broadwater ’08, who this summer will complete her master’s degree at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, learned this spring she is the recipient of the prestigious honor.

The U.S. Congress established the Fulbright in 1946. It provides funding for students to participate in graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools.

When she was young, Broadwater’s father was stationed in Germany for four years, which sparked her interest in the country. “Mary Beth came to Wofford from Alabama with almost no background in the German language,” says Dr. Kirsten Krick-Aigner, “but she had great determination and a passion for the German culture.

“After her return from a junior semester in Germany, she worked with me in the summer during the Community of Scholars on the topic of issues related to TurkishGerman interaction. She impressed me with her critical thinking skills, her professionalism and passion for the topic. Later that year she presented her topic during a German Teachers’ conference and to the campus during a film screening on the topic of immigration.

“During her senior year Mary Beth applied for and received a fully funded twoyear master’s program in German at BGSU,” Krick-Aigner says. “After spending her first year in Salzburg, Austria, she has now finished her master’s in German. Her German has taken on a fluency that has made her the perfect candidate for the Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Austria, which she will begin this fall. Mary Beth is a stellar example of what students can achieve with perseverence, passion, commitment and mentorship. Mary Beth would have accomplished anything she put her mind to – I’m just glad it was German.”

This summer, Broadwater will travel to Europe prior to the start of her Fulbright assignment to participate in BGSU’s program in Tours, France, to learn French, and then she’ll begin her Fulbright assignment in Austria. Post-Fulbright, she would like to continue working in Europe with different social or nonprofit organizations.

“My research has focused on immigrants in Germany and the language barriers and culture integration that takes place — the challenges and successes of those immigrants,” Broadwater says. “I would like to do more work in that field, be it teaching languages or just being a mentor to kids who are new to Germany or Austria.”

Special thanks to the Office of Communications and Marketing, Bowling Green State University

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imberly Smith ’08 closed out her first year in graduate school at Florida State University with a major achievement, receiving a three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling $30,000 per year plus additional funding for tuition and conferences. Spread among 262 research universities around the country, NSF grants are designed to fast-track the nation’s most promising graduate-student researchers ahead toward their doctoral degrees and post-doctoral fellowships. The stipend allows them to forego the routine duties of graduate assistants so they can focus on their courses, seminars and research.

“The NSF grant definitely opens a career path for me, and I’m truly excited about it,” Smith says. “Eventually, I suspect that I will want to be around undergraduate students and try to give something back to them. That might involve teaching at a research university or at a first-rate undergraduate liberal arts college like Wofford.

Becoming qualified at that level is a long process, and it’s wonderful at this point to have the financial resources to make it conceivable.”

Smith graduated from Wofford summa cum laude with high honors in psychology and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a graduate student in neuroscience at Florida State, where she is one of three associates in the laboratory of Dr. Alan Spector, one of the nation’s leading authorities on sensory processes and regulation of ingestive behavior.

Smith’s current research follows the path she established at Wofford with research in neuroscience, where Dr. John Lefebvre, chairman of the psychology department, Dr. Dave Pittman ’94, associate professor, and Dr. Alliston Reid 75, professor of psychology, were her mentors. “If we knew more about how the human brain processes ‘taste’ and makes value judgments about which foods taste good and which taste bad, we might be able to modify some risky eating practices,” she says. “For example, animal fat ‘tastes good’ and most of us eat too much of it.

“It’s a real honor to work with Dr. Spector in his lab,” says Smith. “Everyone in the neuroscience field knows and respects his high standards. He has a reputation for conducting experiments that are well conceived with proper controls. Graduate students who work with him hone their own research skills and learn how to teach the next generation of research scientists.”

Smith also says that Spector is admired for his skills at helping graduate students frame experiments that will lead to scholarly publications. “Publications are the currency of scientific research,” Smith says. “All of the work in the laboratory is useless if you cannot explain it coherently, or if won’t stand up to careful scrutiny.”

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Stories by Doyle Boggs ’70

on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship,” Scott is a former journalist with the Charleston Post and Courier.

He lives with his wife and two children in Charleston.

Clare Golson Rauls and her husband, Wesley, live in Macon, Ga. The couple has two children, Alice and Martha.

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Class Chair, Casey B. Moore Living in Charleston, S.C., Josh Martin is program director of land use for the Coastal Conservation League.

Mark Sullivan is vice president of Wachovia Bank at its Main Street location in Columbia, S.C. Mark lives with his family in Columbia.

David Wilcox and his wife, Dawn King Wilcox, live in Durham, N.C. David is a senior scientist in formulation research and development at Catalent Pharma Solutions. Dawn is homemaker.

The couple has two children, Emma and Hannah.

State University, where he is studying for his master’s degree in public administration. Dixon will remain on active duty during this time. He and his wife, Beth Hawley Dixon, live with their daughter in Augusta, Ga. Our condolences go to Avery Greenlee and his wife, Elizabeth. The couple lost their first child in February 2010 due to the pregnancy disorder known as preeclampsia. To help raise awareness of this illness and to fund research the couple is hosting an annual golf tournament named after their son. The First Annual Weston Cup will be held in Summerville, S.C., on June 11, 2010. For more information please visit: www.muschealth.com/women/ estoncup or contact Avery at greenlee @gmail.com.

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Class Chair, Tracy A. Howard Tanisha Dawkins is a registered nurse at Palmetto Health Richland. She lives in Columbia, S.C. Living in Seattle, Wa., Victor Moses is a speech pathologist at Harborview 1999 Medical Center.

Class Chair, Zackery O. Atkinson Heidi Kadous Trump and her Eleanor McDonough Malinoski husband, Mark, live in Tucson, Az. Heidi and her husband, Jon, live in Evansville, works as a volleyball coach.

Ind. Malinoski, a licensed clinical social worker, works at a mental health clinic as 2004 Class Chair, Fred A. Byers a child and adolescent therapist.

Mary Egbuniwe graduated from 2000 Georgetown University School of Medi10th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 cine on May 23. She will be working Class Chair, Anthony Hoefer Jr. her residency in ob-gyn at Mount Sinai Will Brumbach and his wife, Hospital in New York, N.Y. Heather Gallagher Brumbach, live James Moore has joined Bell Legal in Columbia, S.C. Will is a labor and Group as an attorney in its civil litigaemployment attorney with the firm of tions team. Moore is a member of the Littler and works from the firm’s Co- South Carolina Bar Association and the lumbia office.

Georgetown County Bar Association. He lives in Charleston, S.C.

2001

Class Chair, Jenna Sheheen Bridgers Living in Atlanta, Ga., Rosemary DeAntonio is a strategy and transformation consultant for IBM. In April 2009, she completed the ING Georgia Marathon in Atlanta, which qualified her for the Boston Marathon.

Stacey Parris was named girls basketball coach at Byrnes High School in Spartanburg on May 4, 2010. Parris leaves Gaffney High School where she spent three years as the girls basketball coach.

Brad Spink, a real estate agent for Keller Williams, has been signed by the Greenville Force of the Southern Indoor Football League. Spink was a place kicker when he attended Wofford. He lives in Greer, S.C. Darren Wright and his wife, Christie, live in Greer, S.C. Wright is a human resource manager for The Timken Co.

2002

Class Chair, L. Yorke Gerrald The Bell Legal Group announced the addition of Lori King Cromartie as an attorney to its civil litigations team in March. Cromartie and her husband, James, live in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Christian English teaches Spanish at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, S.C. English and his wife, Angela, live In Columbia, S.C. Congratulations to Charles Dixon.

He was promoted to major in the U.S. Army on February 1, and, as part of the Army’s expanded graduate school program, he is now enrolled at Augusta

2005

5th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Ryan M. Waller Congratulations to Mary Catherine Benson, the new director of marketing for the Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer. The camps are YMCA coastal North Carolina camps for boys and girls. Benson lives in Raleigh, N.C., and will be working at the YMCA corporate office. While attending Wofford, Benson spent every summer as a counselor at Camp Seafarer.

Living in Charleston, S.C., Dr. Adam Hall is a chiropractor at Total Life Care Charleston. Hall received his chiropractic degree from Sherman College of Chiropractic.

Isabelle Young received her law degree from the University of South Carolina in 2009. Young lives in Washington, D.C., where she is a law clerk for the United States Court of Federal Claims.

2006

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Hadley E. Green Living in Charlotte, N.C., Zach Pittman works as an investment specialist for Merrill Lynch.

Matt Vaughn and his wife, Shelly, live in Greenville, S.C. Vaughn is a loan officer with Hartwell Mortgage.

2007

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Hunter L. Miller Living in Asheville, N.C., Colby Harris is a professional golfer.

2008

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, S. Nathan Madigan Crystal Burnette is enrolled as a graduate student in industrial/ organizational psychology program at Clemson University. She recently received the Hoechst Celanese Graduate Student Research Award (awarded to a first-year graduate student) and has been working as a teacher’s assistant.

Burnette lives in Seneca, S.C. Living in Savannah, Ga., Chris Collins is inside account manager of dental sales for the health care company Brasseler USA. Stephen Harris and his wife, Ashley Brown Harris, live In Elkridge, Md. Stephen is a graduate student at Wesley Theological Seminary and Ashley works for the United States Department of Defense as an analyst.

Living in Boiling Springs, S.C., Matt Sumner is a financial advisor with AXA Advisors.

Brandon Waring is playing this season with the Baltimore Orioles AA minor league affiliate, the Bowie Baysox. Waring was featured in an article in The State newspaper on March 2. Baseball America magazine named Waring the top power hitter in the Orioles system and projected him as the designated hitter in the team’s 2013 lineup. He also was named the Orioles’ minor league position player of the year in 2009.

2009

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, T. Peyton Hray Ad Boyle lives in Columbia, S.C., and is an insurance broker for Plan Benefit Services Inc. Mitch Clark works as an accountant for Hospice Care of South Carolina. He lives in Greenville, S.C. Living in Greenville, S.C., Megan Foster is working as intern with the Spartanburg Presbyterian Student Association.

Tyler Hodinka is a graduate student in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and works as a veterinary technician at Springfield Animal Hospital. Hodinka lives in Springfield, Pa. Bethany Jolly is a graduate student in early childhood education at Converse College. She lives in Spartanburg.

Josh Shumaker lives in Bristol, Tenn., and is an administrative assistant at The Olde Farm Golf Club. Shumaker is planning to enroll in graduate school in the fall.

Wofford Weddings 1999 Shelly Marie Leeke married Jason Scott Walter, March 13, 2010. The couple resides in Daniel Island, S.C. She is associated with the Shelly Leeke Law Firm in Charleston. He is president of Carolina Land Realty.

2001 Tabitha Dawn Scarborough married Matthew Hall Talley, March 27, 2010. The couple lives in Spartanburg.

She is the assistant principal of Fairforest Middle School, and he is a teacher and coach at Dorman High School in Spartanburg.

2003 Kimberly Denise Brown married Martin E. Sawyer Jr., Feb. 27, 2010. They live in Aiken, S.C. She is a victim advocate for the Aiken Department of Public Safety.

Marcelle Elaine Brown married Anthony Martin James, Nov. 28, 2009. The couple resides in Aiken, S.C. She is the director of resident services at Carriage Hills Living Center.

Marlana Hope Brown married Brad Edwards, April 30, 2010. They reside in Columbia, S.C. Sara Elizabeth Jones married Adam StaffordWhitfield, March 6, 2010. They reside in Charleston, S.C. She is an event planner for the Mills House Hotel. He is a commercial real estate appraiser for Nimmich & Assoc.

Dr. Browyn Louis Young married Shaleen Denton, April 9, 2010. The couple lives in San Antonio, Texas. He is an emergency room resident at Wilford Hall Air Force Center.

She is a sales representative for KB Home.

2004 Catherine Bryant Powers married Patrick Sinclair Scarlett, May 1, 2010. The couple lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C. She is associated with Harbor National Bank in Charleston.

He is an attorney for George Sink P.A.

2005 Robert William Cranford married Frances Nicole Barr, April 17, 2010. They live in Columbia, S.C. He is associated with Speciality Concrete Products in West Columbia. She holds a management position with Hobby Lobby in Columbia.

Margaret Elisabeth Grimsley married Lt. Col. Charles Kane Antelme DSO, April 20, 2010. The couple resides in London, England. She is an interior designer for Sloane Britain.

He commands the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards.

Meghan Elizabeth Turner married Henry McCall Swink Jr., April 24, 2010. They live in Florence, S.C. She is associated with McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

He is associated with McCall Farms.

2006 Kiri Nicole Ferguson married William Andrew Willis, April 17, 2010. The couple resides in Boiling Springs, S.C. She is associated with Spartanburg County School District Two. He is associated with Wolverine Coatings Corp.

2007 Jessica Lamb Manning married Robert Edward Bartley III, May 1, 2010. They reside in West Columbia, S.C. She is a human resource manager for Lowe’s Home Improvement. He is an engineering manager for MP Husky in Greenville.

Paige Holt Matthews married Andrew RayWolfe, Aug. 8, 2009. The couple lives in Decatur, Ga. She is completing her Master of Divinity degree at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

Victoria Ashley Rock married Ryan Thomas Lynch, Aug. 8, 2009. The couple resides in Alpharetta, Ga. She received her Master in Public Health from Georgia State University in 2010.

Matthew Hydrick Stabler married Bonnie Leigh Baird, March 6, 2010. They live in Columbia, S.C. He is a third-year student at the University of South Carolina School of Law and will be associated with Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, L.L.C. She is a leasing agent for Columbia Property Management.

Ashley Derham Zais married Michael Culhane Harper, April 17, 2010. The couple resides in San Francisco, Calif.

She previously was chief of corporate communications for Decisive Analytics Corp. in Arlington, Va. He practices law at Jones Day in Palo Alto, Calif.

Wofford Births 1991

2001

Mark Mezger and his wife, Amy Ellis Mezger, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of William “Liam” Mezger, Dec. 20, 2010.

Brad Brendle and his wife, Rebecca, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Nade Calmes Brendle, March 2, 2010.

Dr. Lindsay Harper Moore and her husband, Chris, of Georgetown, S.C., announce the birth of Christopher Price Moore II, Feb. 9, 2010.

1992 Briley Brisendine and his wife, Elena, of Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of Brooks Andrew Brisendine, Feb. 25, 2010.

1996 Rucht Lilavivat and his wife, McKenna L. Cox ’99, of Johnson City, Tenn., announce the birth of Crawford Boon Lilavivat, Dec. 31, 2009.

Dorothy Acee Thomas and her husband, Scott, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., announce the birth of Anna Holland Thomas, March 17, 2010.

Troy Yarborough and his wife, Stacey Ward Yarborough ’98, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Lucy Palmer Yarborough, Feb. 26, 2010.

1998 Kyle Gering Buckley and her husband, Roger, of Hartsville, S.C., announce the birth of Luke Edward Buckley, Dec. 21, 2009.

Lee Mediamolle and his wife, Christine, of Houston, Texas, announce the birth of Elise Ann Mediamolle, March 9, 2010.

Brian Pauls and his wife, Kimberly McDonald Pauls ’03, of Greer, S.C., announce the birth of Cooper Randolph Pauls, March 8, 2010.

2002 Lee Bryan and his wife, Jennifer, ofWinston Salem, N.C., announce the birth of Anna Perry Bryan, Sept. 3, 2009.

April Williams Payne and her husband, Jackson, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Jackson “Jax” Williams Payne, Sept. 8, 2009.

2004 Shane Fast and his wife, Kristin, of East Saint Louis, Ill., announce the birth of Halle Fast, Feb. 1, 2010.

1st Lt. Robert Guthrie and his wife, Rebecca Catoe Guthrie, of Aiken, S.C., announce the birth of Charlotte Ellen Guthrie, April 14, 2010.

2005 Jordan Sims Thrasher and his wife, Meredith, of Decatur, Ga., announce the birth of Georgia Leigh Thrasher, Sept. 22, 2009.

2000 Clint Hammond and his wife, Rachel Courtright Hammond ’02, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Lucille Margaret ‘Lucy’ Hammond, Jan. 18, 2010.

Jason Palmer and his wife, Elizabeth, of Providence, R.I., announce the birth of Louisa Carlisle Palmer, March 6, 2010.

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DEATHS

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Mary Louise Ross Garner, March 13, 2010, Chesnee, S.C. Mrs. Garner taught at Chesnee Elementary School for 37 years. A member of Arrowwood Baptist Church, she was a Sunday school teacher and director, and a member of the choir. She was the director of the Senior Adults Golden Arrows and Chesnee Garden Club.

Robert “Bob” William McCully Sr., March 11, 2010, Bamberg, S.C. Mr. McCully was the retired owner of Brabham Oil Co. In 1985, he retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as lieutenant colonel.

Mr. McCully was a member of Trinity United Methodist church and very active in the Bamberg community. He endowed two scholarships at Wofford, The Robert W. McCully Endowed Scholarship Fund and Daniel/Robert W. McCully Endowed Scholarship Fund.

John Bernard Drennan, April 5, 2010, Drayton, S.C. Mr. Drennan retired as a security officer with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System after 18 years of service. He was a member of Skylyn United Methodist Church and treasurer of the Breakfast Club.

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Dr. Raymond Franklin Mayer, Feb.21, 2010, Little Rock, Tenn. Dr. Mayer was a physician in Memphis, Tenn, where he had a private practice and served as a faculty member at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He also served two terms as chief of staff and president of the staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital. In 1989, Dr. Mayer was named physician of the year by the National Kidney Foundation. An avid steam railroad enthusiast, he was a member of several railroad clubs.

James “J. D.” Trout Sr., April 10, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Trout served in the Navy during World War II. He retired in 1984 from the U.S. Postal Service with 35 years of service.

Mr. Trout was very active in First Presbyterian Church and was elected deacon emeritus in 1981.

Leon Lindsay Parris, March 21, 2010, Oak Ridge, Tenn. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Parris retired from Martin Marietta where his career focused on mechanical engineering projects in the Oak Ridge area. A member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, he was an avid gardener and a consummate handyman.

Howard Gordon Foster, Feb. 28, 2010, Lyman, S.C. Mr. Foster was a veteran of World War II. He and his brothers owned SPAPCO, a retail packaging company headquartered in Spartanburg. Mr. Foster also was founder and president of the National Retail Packing Association and named to Who’s Who in Packaging. Mr. Foster was a member of the Lions Club, a charter member and senior warden at St. Matthews Episcopal Church and a longtime member of the Church of the Advent.

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Carson DeHay Evans, March 29, 2010, Charleston, S.C. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Evans served in the Pacific theater. He was associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., for many years.

He was responsible for compiling crop production data for each state and information regarding agriculture policy for the President’s speeches. Mr. Evans was a member of John Wesley United Methodist church where he served in numerous capacities. Known for his pewter work, Mr. Carson was commissioned to create special pewter pieces in commemoration of the raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley.

Robert Pearson Beckelheimer Sr., Dec. 8, 2009, Bel Air, Md. Mr. Beckelheimer was a chemist and administrator for the Biomedical Laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal for 31 years, where he participated in nuclear testing in the South Pacific and the Nevada desert. He was a member of the vestry at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Emmorton, where he served as a lay Eucharistic Minister and trained acolytes. Mr. Beckelheimer served on the Liriodendron Foundation in Bel Air in the 1980s, including a term as president. His hobbies included bicycling, photography, travel and camping with his family.

Robert Cooley, April 14, 2010, Inman, S.C. Mr. Cooley was the president and owner of Cooley Transport Inc. He was a member of the Aircraft Owner and Pilots Association, South Carolina Trucking Association, and the U.S. Tennis Association. Mr. Cooley was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church in Green Creek, N.C.

Ralph Leroy Sheppard Sr., April 3, 2010, High Point, N.C. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Sheppard was a member of the Second Armored Division (“Hell on Wheels”) and was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

He retired from the Guilford County Department of Social Services in 1988 after 30 years of service. Mr. Sheppard was a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.

1951 Ernest Ray Carmichael, April 22, 2010, Walterboro, S.C. Mr. Carmichael served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He was associated with Exxon Corp. for 15 years. In 1969, he purchased Carmichael Oil of Walterboro, from which he retired in 2002.

A charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Conway, he was a former board member of the South Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association, a founding board member of the Bank of Walterboro, a former president of Dogwood Hill Country Club and a former board member of Colleton County Regional Hospital.

1956 Samuel Graham Parler Sr., Feb. 10, 2010, North Augusta, S.C. Mr. Parler was a retired chemist with BaxterTravenol Laboratory of Kingstree and a member of the American Chemical Society. A member of Grace United Methodist Church, Mr. Parler was a former member of the Lake City and Lexington Lions clubs, and the Lake City and Mt. Horeb United Methodist Churches.

1957 Jack Milton Hawkins, May 7, 2010, Highlands, N.C. Dr. Hawkins practiced psychiatry in Atlanta for 40 years and was a retired member of the American Psychoanalytic Association as training and supervising psychoanalyst with the Emory-Columbia program. He was an avid golfer and fisherman.

1960 Frank Elford Cook, March 11, 2010, Duncan, S.C. Mr. Cook was a retired teacher, coach and principal from Spartanburg District Five Schools who had been serving as a District Five Trustee. A U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of the Links of Tyron, the Irving Southworth Masonic Lodge and Duncan United Methodist Church.

1965 Franklin Ray Brown Jr., April 29, 2010, McConnells, S.C. Mr. Brown had been a new project manager for CatawbaCharlab Inc. in McConnells, S.C. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in York.

1966 Kenneth Glenn Lawson, March 11, 2010, Oxford, Ga. Mr. Lawson was associated with C.R. Bard for 29 years.

He was instrumental in the development of many medical products, including the synthetic polyisoprene Foley catheter, for which he received a patent. A member of Allen Memorial United Methodist Church, he enjoyed the outdoors and golfing.

New releases The Wofford bookshelf

Dr. Laine E. Doggett ’88.

Love Cures: Healing and Love Magic in Old French Romance. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009.

What is love? The word certainly has multiple meanings in English, but the concept of romantic love is relatively modern. In her book, Laine Doggett probes the origins of intoxicating love as reflected in the medical and magical practices of the high Middle Ages. She also explores the representations of women and their relationships to healing. She offers the reader an excellent cross-disciplinary, scholarly investigation 22 • Wofford Today • Summer 2010

of her subject, reaching into literature, history, anthropology and philosophy.

Doggett is associate professor of French at St. Mary’s College in Maryland. “Love Cures,” now available in paperback as part of the Penn State Romance Series, is based on research she began for her PhD dissertation at the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill.

by Doyle Boggs ’70 Charlie Burnette ’76.

Manipulation by Degree.

Charlotte, N.C.: Main Street Rag, 2009.

It’s not easy to write an episodic, psychological novel that begins in Detroit in 1945 and ends on Kiawah Island in 1988, but Charlie Burnette has done a good job with his book, “Manipulation by Degree.”

The characters are complex and

far from admirable, and the language and situations depicted are frank and brutal. Yet, the story is well written and moves at a fast pace through a number of twists and turns to an aching conclusion: “What would I have become if I had grown up in this man’s shoes?”

Charlie Burnette is an attorney, actor, dancer, triathlete and father of four. He lives in Rock Hill, S.C., with his wife of 30 years, Marcia. More information can be found at www.

CharlieBurnette.com.

Martha Raddatz. The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family. New York: Berkeley Books, 2008.

In 2003, United States forces invaded Iraq and overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein.

After a year of peacekeeping and taking the first steps toward repairing some of the war damage, the original American combat forces prepared to depart for home. The First Cavalry

Division arrived from Fort Hood, Texas, to relieve them. Then, on April 4, 2004, even as this transition of forces proceeded, intense fighting broke out in Sadr City.

At that time, Capt. Troy Denomy ’96, an alumnus of Southern Guards ROTC, commanded C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry. Though he and a number of his men sustained injuries, the unit performed with heroism and professionalism in their first exposure to actual combat.

Meanwhile, Denomy’s wife and other members of the Family Support Group back in Texas effectively responded to the crisis.

Martha Raddatz, correspondent for ABC news, tells the intense story of Sadr City with attention to detail and sensitivity, focusing equally on both the soldiers in the line of fire and their families back home. Her book has been well received, and there are reports that it will soon become a motion picture. Denomy (now a major) continues to serve on active duty in the Army. He and his wife have two children.

Ralph Phillips Jr., Feb. 26, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Phillips was an attorney who practiced in Union and Spartanburg. He was the former city judge and former county solicitor for Union. Mr. Phillips was a Mason and Shriner and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg.

1967 James “Jim” Emmett Jerome Jr., March 30, 2010, Greenwood, S.C. Mr. Jerome was retired from Carolina Pride Foods Inc. as human resource manager.

He was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church.

1969 James William Clarkson, March 10, 2010, Tampa, Fla. Maj. Clarkson served in the U.S. Army for 20 years.

His avocation was growing orchids and he was active in the Tampa Orchid Club and the Florida West Coast Orchid Society. He also was an American Orchid Society judge, on the board of directors of the Orchid Digest, and the curator of the orchid collection at the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens.

1970 Dr. Augustus Massebeau Boland Jr., Dec. 2, 2009, Blackville, S.C. A U.S. Army veteran, Dr. Boland was the owner operator of A.M. Boland Jr. D.M.D. in Barnwell. He was a member of Springfield United Methodist Church.

1986 Philip James Papadis, April 23, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Papadis was an attorney and a member of the South Carolina Bar Association. He was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Greenville, where he was a Sunday school teacher and gave church tours during the Greek Festival.

2005 Mary Caitlin Johnston Stokes, March 18, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mrs. Stokes was associated with the Woman’s Clinic and was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Friends William Charles McCarren Jr., Feb. 20, 2010, Hardy, Va. Mr. McCarren was a former football coach at Wofford from 1953 to 1962.

Agnes “Todd” T.P. McCraw, May 19, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mrs. McCraw was retired from Wofford College after 28 years of service. She was a charter member of St. Luke United Methodist Church and a member of the Rosewood Garden Club.

David Endel Watson, April 17, 2010, Vera Beach, Fla. Mr. Watson served in the U.S. Navy as an officer during World War II. He began his career with Duke Endowment Foundation and later was a hospital administrator in Nashville, Tenn., Newport News, Va., and Rock Hill, S.C. Mr. Watson retired from federal service in Washington, DC after serving in various capacities. He was a member of St. John’s Methodist Church, the Rotary Club, and the Order of the Masons. Memorials may be made to The Thomas Foster Watson and Francis Emory Watson Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wofford.

Semper Fi, Col. Hartley

T

he HBO mini-series “The Pacific” is a worthy successor to other Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg collaborations on World War II, “Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers.”

It focuses on the stories of individual combat Marines during World War II, beginning on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands between August and December 1942.

Missing from the television mini-series (though not from the companion book) is the parallel story of Marine aviators and a smaller Hartley number of pilots from the Army and Navy flying out of Henderson Field on the “canal.” They called themselves “the Cactus Air Force.”

A good candidate for the representative Marine fighter pilot during the Guadalcanal campaign would have been a 1941 Wofford graduate, Dean S. Hartley Jr. He had completed the college’s ROTC program, but could not be commissioned in the Army since he was not yet 21. However, the Navy allowed him to volunteer for its Aviation Cadet program, and that summer, he was commissioned at a lieutenant/pilot in the Marine Corps.

Shortly after the Marines landed at Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942, they established a defensive perimeter around the half-finished, 2,400-foot-long airfield. Within three weeks, some 60 U.S. aircraft were in place and an extended battle for air supremacy in the area ensued. The Japanese were equipped with heavy bombers and their famous Zero fighter. Most of the Americans (including Hartley) flew the Grumman F4F “Wildcat,” designed for aircraft carrier operations. It was a sturdy fighter but no match for a Zero in a dogfight. Under those conditions, keeping the airfield and the American fighters in operation required amazing ingenuity and courage.

Hartley fought on Guadalcanal for three months, heading back to Spartanburg on Nov. 18, 1942, for his wedding to Ruth Boyd. Before they began a two-week honeymoon leave, he agreed to an interview by the Old Gold & Black, which published a fascinating account of Hartley’s first combat tour.

The article had a particularly vivid description of the “Thach Weave,” a complicated maneuver involving a team of two Wildcats that offset the technical advantages of the Zeros.

Hartley also matter-of-factly described his four individual kills (two Zeros and two bombers), plus another victory that he shared.

Hartley described one night when he was in his tent and heard something go “wheeeee.” “I said, it’s time for me to get into my little hole, so I crawled in. It was about 10 yards from my tent and reinforced with sandbags… Bombs fell for three hours while I was lying flat on my stomach with my mouth full of dirt. About four o’clock in the morning I stepped out of my little hole and fell into a bigger one. A 500-pound bomb had landed squarely on my tent!”

Dean Hartley continued to fly for the Marines throughout World War II, in Korea, and in Vietnam. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars, the Air Medal with Eight Stars, the Navy Commendation Medal (with V device), and the Presidential Unit Citation, 1st Division Guadalcanal.

After retiring from active duty with 30 years service and the rank of senior colonel, USMC, he accepted the challenge of developing a School of Aviation at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe. In 1988, he began what he called “his second retirement.”

We were saddened to learn of the death of Col. Hartley, always a loyal Wofford graduate, on Friday, March 19, 2010.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Dean S. Hartley III ’68, two daughters and seven grandchildren.

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