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Volume 43, Number 1 Spartanburg, South Carolina Fall 2010

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From the Archives

Student Journalism – 95 years of the Old Gold & Black

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One of the first desegregated campus organizations, the OG&B in 1968-69 was a weekly paper with a huge staff.

The news department is shown below from the 1969 Bohemian.

Editor-in-Chief Bruce Camber ’69 is sitting front and center.

The 2009-10 OG&B Staff from the 2010 Bohemian.

The paper is now printed every two weeks. In the 2010 South Carolina Press Association Collegeiate Awards competition, the OG&B won several awards: Tom Fenner ’11 (first place arts and entertainment story), Vanessa Lauber ’10 (first place feature story); Elizabeth Lambert ’12 (second place news story); Jonathan Hufford ’10 (third place feature story), and Chelsea Morgan ’10 (third place photograph).

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hroughout its history, the Old Gold & Black has been a good barometer of student life at Wofford. The content and style have varied over the years, but it has always focused on items of interest to students at that particular period in the college’s history.

The weekly newspapers from the 1930s through the mid1960s read somewhat like a cross between a newsletter and a “seen around town” column. Staff members obviously spent a lot of time collecting information about what was happening at the college, and they devoted a lot of the paper to promoting upcoming events. One front page in 1938

plugged an upcoming address by Duke President William Preston Few (an 1889 Wofford graduate), a piano concert, an ROTC inspection, and an address by a Coast Guard officer. It also announced the pending construction of the new front gate of the campus, the selection of new publications editors, and new Blue Key members. Inside, sports stories, written in a colorful style, advertisements for Spartanburg businesses, and opinion pieces dominated. One 1938 editorial, likely written by editor-in-chief and future Kenan Professor of History Lewis Jones ’38 complained, in a very literary manner, of the local police constantly

dropping by fraternity halls to make warrantless searches.

The OG&B remained much the same in the years after World War II, with athletics, fraternities, club news and social activities covering the pages of the paper.

The paper continued to be a forum for administrative announcements as well, and occasionally carried news about alumni, development and the activities of faculty members. The editorial page featured various student opinion columns, sometimes about campus events, and other times about global or national affairs.

With changing campus attitudes in the late 1960s, editorsin-chief Bruce Camber ’69, Doyle Boggs ’70, and Gaines Foster ’71 created a new type of Old Gold & Black. An article about a visiting lecture on “Marxism and the Black Revolution” appeared at the top of one front page. Another article took issue with the physical education department’s dress code and treatment of students with long hair. The staff used its annoyance and sarcasm to ask serious questions about the college and its plans and policies.

An article addressed the state of race relations on the campus in 1968, reporting on a Methodist Student Movement meeting that asked if black students really felt like they were a part of Wofford.

An interesting feature was increasingly critical letters to the editor; in one such letter, the wife of a recent graduate lit into the faculty and administrators for what she saw as their prejudices and abuse of power. That letter brought responses that continued for a semester! The paper continued to be a source of information and a catalyst for change in student government. At least partly thanks to the newspaper’s coverage, the entire mechanism of student government was reformed.

While the editors and staff of the newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s were hardly radicals, they were willing to rock the boat for change.

Editors, chosen by a facultystudent board of student publications, generally have had broad freedom of expression even when it sometimes caused the college a degree of discomfort. The 1974 campus streaking incident found its way onto the front page. The staff also thoroughly covered the debate over full residential coeducation during the fall of 1975.

Editors and staff writers have always had a little fun each year at the college’s expense when they publish the “Old Black & Blue” – the humor or parody issue of the paper. Gradually, time pressures and expenses led the paper to publish every other week.

My own experiences as the editor of the OG&B in 1993-94 were fairly tame by comparison.

My goals were to try to cover as much of what happened on campus as possible and to offer my thoughts about campus life.

I used the lead editorial of the paper to write about campus subjects and to ask questions about community, student responsibilities, student government, and learning. I’ve always been proud that the newspaper was named the best small college paper in South Carolina by the state’s college press association that year.

And, as it did for a number of editors before me, serving as editor helped me get to know a lot of professors and administrators on campus. As a staff, we had a good time producing the paper together.

In recent years, the paper has continued to reflect and to shape student opinion. And I hope that there will always be an Old Gold & Black at Wofford to promote, to provoke, and to preserve a record of what’s going on here on the city’s northern border.

by Dr. Phillip Stone ’94 Archivist See page 25 for a review of Stone’s new book about Wofford from the Campus History Series

by Arcadia Publishing. The book includes photos of the college seldom seen outside of the archives.

In this issue...

Fall 2010

Dr. Ron Robinson ’78, Perkins-Prothro Chaplain and Professor of Religion at Wofford, met students outside of his office under the Yorke Portico for the “Blessing of the Books,” a new tradition at the college that kicks off the academic year.

WOFFORD TODAY... New trustees, McAbee returns from Cedars-Sinai, Dunlap and college receive awards............... 4 Middlebury and Wofford partner to bring language institute to the South............... 5 DEVELOPMENT... Construction begins on Village Phase V, Bass seeks funds for organic chemistry lab . ............ 6 Sam O. Black Building Courtyard gets makeover, thanks to alumna............... 7 STUDENTS... ZTA wins national award, Tramaine Brown earns USA Today honor............... 8 Bonners spend summer serving, learning............... 9 Meet the Class of 2014........ 10-11 Summer in Spartanburg........ 12-13 Wofford initiates Center for Professional Excellence, Dahlman goes to Aspen............. 14

Community of Scholars research and photos from a summer in Spartanburg... pp. 12-13

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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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Writing, publishing, teaching: the strength of the Creative Writing faculty........ 16-17

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Hall of Fame inductees, new scoreboard pleases Gibbs Stadium crowd............. 18 Morrison enhances fan experience during Panther summer training............. 19 For and About Alumni... including births, weddings, photos, notes and profiles of Wofford alumni........ 20-31 Homecoming preview............. 20 Legacy stories: the Perrows & the Barbers........ 21-22

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Three elected to Wofford Board of Trustees Three trustees retire; officers re-elected

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Goodall Center receives Gignilliat Award The Spartanburg County Historical Association honored Wofford on Sept. 21 with the 2010 Peggy T. Gignilliat Preservation Award for its restoration of the Glendale Mill administration office. Situated near the Glendale Shoals on Lawson’s Fork Creek, the building is now the home of the college’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center. McMillan Pazdan Smith Architects of Spartanburg handled the project. The building received a significant overhaul, with attention to historical detail, to Wofford’s teaching needs, and to cutting-edge environmental standards. Opened in 1832 and originally known as Bivingsiville Mill, Glendale became a major player in the state’s textile industry. A review is now underway to determine if the project meets the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

(Below, left to right) Glen Boggs, chair of the preservation committee for the Spartanburg County Historical Association; Dr. B. G. Stephens ’57, retired Wofford vice president and Glendale community advocate; Dean of the College Dr. David Wood; John Lane ’77, director of the Goodall Environmental Studies Center; Lynn Wilson, interior designer with McMillan Pazdan Smith; and Donnie Love, preservation architect also with McMillan Pazdan Smith.

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Wofford alumnus; a Greenville, S.C., businessman; and a long-time college and Spartanburg community leader were elected to the college’s Board of Trustees by the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of South Carolina.

Three other trustees retired from the body during the board’s spring meeting on campus in May. Elected were H. Neel Hipp Jr., owner of Hipp Investments LLC, in Greenville, S.C.; Betty J. Montgomery, a Wofford supporter and Spartanburg community leader; and Stanley E. Porter ’89, managing director of Greater Washington Area Deloitte Consulting LLP, in McLean, Va. At the May meeting of the board, trustees Albert Gray ’71, a retired business executive; Jimmy Gibbs, CEO of Gibbs International in Spartanburg; and J.E. Reeves Jr., president and treasurer of The Reeves Foundation in Summit, N.J., retired from the body.

Re-elected as officers at the May meeting for the 2010-11 year were Hugh C. Lane Jr., president and CEO of The Bank of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., chair; J. Harold Chandler ’71, chief operating officer of Univers Workplace Benefits of Hammonton, N.J., vice chair; and C. Michael Smith ’75, of Greenville, S.C., president of Smith Development Co., secretary.

McAbee completes Washington fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Joseph McAbee ’12 completed his summer as a Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholar working with the worldfamous neurosurgical research team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. The only undergraduate winner of the fellowship, McAbee (above center) is flanked by Dr. Keith L. Black, head of the laboratory at Cedars-Sinai where the scholars work; Pauletta Washington (wife of Denzel); George K. Hanna, the other fellowship winner and a medical student scholar from St. Louis University; and Denzel Washington. During the summer, McAbee posted a blog about his experiences. To view, visit washingtonfamilyscholar.blogspot.com.

Dunlap receives Governor’s Award in the Humanities

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offord President Benjamin B. Dunlap was among three recipients of the 2010 Governor’s Awards in the Humanities presented Sept. 30 in a luncheon at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The other recipients were Dr. Theodore “Ted” Rosengarten, a writer with two National Book Awards, a former McArthur Fellow, and university professor; and Lynn Robertson, executive director of McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina.

Established in 1991, the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities recognize outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship; institutional and individual participation in communitybased programs that promote public understanding of ideas and issues related to the humanities; excellence defining South Carolina’s cultural life to the nation or world; and exemplary support for public humanities programs. Dunlap was honored for a career in humanities research and education spanning more than four decades.

Anne’s Cookbook Collection President Benjamin B. Dunlap and his wife, Anne, are accustomed to traveling — and eating — all over the world, including in developing nations. Over the years, they have learned to blend a wide range of local cuisines into a healthy and interesting diet.

“I would never claim to be a gourmet cook,” Mrs. Dunlap says, “but I collect cookbooks by the stack. I love to read the stories in them because they are such a good reflection of international cultures and tastes. Plus, if you follow the recipes carefully, you will always have a happy ending.”

These three recipes from Anne’s cookbook collection were chosen by President Dunlap from among his favorite dishes. www.jimandbarb.net/recipes/AsianFish.cgi www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/ arugula-with-parmesan-recipe/index.html www.sheepscreek.com/recipes/mulligatawny. html The Dunlaps in the modernized kitchen of Wofford’s President’s home, built in 1911.

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Wofford partners with Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy to bring summer immersion program to the South Academy at Wofford location will offer French, German and Spanish to pre-college students

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offord College will become a new site in 2011 for the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a language immersion summer program for pre-college students in its fourth year.

The academy currently offers four-week residential sessions in Arabic, Chinese, French, German and Spanish at a total of four locations on campuses in Vermont, Massachusetts, Ohio and California. MMLA began as a collaboration of the Middlebury Language Schools in Middlebury, Vt., and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, in Monterey, Calif., a graduate school of Middlebury College.

The Middlebury Language Schools are recognized as a leader in language education.

The program at Wofford, which will serve as the Southern hub for the MiddleburyMonterey Language Academy, will bring together more than 70 faculty and staff from around the country and the world with approximately 250 middle and high school students. It will offer programs in French, German and Spanish.

“For Wofford to be entering into a partnership with the distinguished Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy is dramatic confirmation of the quality of our own program of foreign language study and our growing national reputation,” Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap, president of Wofford, says. “This is a great achievement for the college.” He credits the establishment of the partnership with the dedicated work of Dr. David S. Wood, senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, and Dr. Ana Maria J. Wiseman, dean of international programs and associate professor of foreign languages.

“We are excited to be partnering with an institution that understands and values the importance of foreign language skills,” Kevin Conroy, director of MMLA, says. “MMLA’s immersion approach to teaching language and culture — like that of the internationally recognized Middlebury Language Schools — is an ideal way to provide today’s young people with the skills and resources to become tomorrow’s citizens.”

Wofford is a national leader in the percentage of undergraduates receiving credit for study abroad,

currently ranking sixth in the Open Doors survey.

“Our nation desperately needs more citizens with better foreign language and cultural competency skills,” Wood says. “Our partnership with MMLA represents another important step in Wofford’s attempt to meet this challenge.”

Wofford offers majors and minors in Chinese, German, French and Spanish, plus a Portuguese track, with majors spending a semester studying abroad in an area of the world that speaks their language of study. In addition, all foreign language majors earn internationally recognized certificates in oral and written language proficiency from the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages, a value-added credential positioning for graduates for the workplace or graduate study.

The college also offers a Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program, which provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the historical, political, social and cultural inter-relationships of the nations and peoples of our hemisphere.

Over the past four years, the department of foreign languages has produced an average of 32 graduates a year, with 17 students a year completing a second major. Thirty-five percent of all inductees to the college’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national academic honor society, have been foreign language majors, and 90 percent have participated in at least one semester of study abroad.

In April 2010, the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy become part of Middlebury Interactive Languages, a new company formed by Middlebury College and K12, a technologybased education company and national leader in online learning.

Building on Middlebury’s long history of leadership in language teaching and K12’s expertise in online education, the new company will create and distribute online language learning courses and oversee the development of the MMLA. In 2010, more than 800 students — 23 percent of whom received financial assistance — participated in the program under the guidance of almost 300 faculty and staff members, including experienced language teachers from public, private and international schools throughout America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

(Above) Dean of the College David Wood (left) takes Belinda Walters, MMLA site director, and Kevin Conroy, MMLA program director, on a tour of the Wofford Village.

(Left) Will Rhem ’00 and his wife, Amanda Gilbert Rhem, with Dr. Ana Maria Wiseman, dean of international programs, on the Middlebury campus in Vermont. Amanda recently graduated with her Master's degree in Spanish. Will earned an M.A. from Bread Loaf School of English.

A word about Middlebury • www.middlebury.edu At Middlebury College, both undergraduates and graduate students are challenged to participate fully in a vibrant and diverse academic community. The college's Vermont location offers an inspirational setting for learning and reflection, reinforcing a commitment to integrating environmental stewardship into both curriculum and practices on campus. Through the pursuit of knowledge unconstrained by national or disciplinary boundaries, students who come to Middlebury learn to engage the world.

Every summer, the main campus in Vermont is transformed by the Language Schools into an institution single-mindedly devoted to the study of 10 languages and cultures. The use of English is virtually banned for the participants, many of whom are Middlebury undergraduates. In the Green Mountains lies Middlebury's Bread Loaf campus, where for six weeks each summer the Bread Loaf School of English is in session. This is followed by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, which brings together 200 authors and aspiring authors for 11 days of intensive exchange about the art of writing.

Students participating in the academies immerse themselves completely in their language of study and commit to speaking only the target language, both inside and outside the classroom, throughout the program’s duration.

MMLA is designed to meet the learning styles of middle and

high school students in a fun and challenging environment.

Students live in language-specific residence halls, participate in language instruction, and speak their target language in every activity — cooking classes, group hikes, athletic competitions and social events. Through a carefully planned progression of

language learning and culture studies designed for beginning to advanced levels, MMLA students are challenged to make language breakthroughs while cultivating new friendships and enjoying themselves.

For more information, visit www.mmla.middlebury.edu or call 802-443-2900.

by Laura H. Corbin

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Development Update Construction begins on Phase V of the Village T

he Wofford Village was built on the “new urbanism” concept of creating a neighborhood that encourages dialogue and collaboration, and with the latest phase set for completion in the fall of 2011, it will fully embody the idea.

The $11 million, 52,000-square-foot Phase V of The Village, on which construction began in September, will encompass student residences, open-air dining, a fresh market, state-of-the-art classrooms and meeting spaces, and the new Center for Professional Excellence.

The facility will sit on Evins Street in front of The Village, across from Wightman and Lesesne residence halls.

The project is part of an aggressive $30 million initiative aimed at enhancing residence life and improving sustainability as the college continues on its program of deliberate enrollment growth.

The centerpiece gathering area of the first level of the 332-footlong building will be the Grand Galleria, an open-air court that will serve as a dining area as well as a stunning location for events and entertainment. A planned deli/food bar will open onto the Galleria, and a fresh market will provide options for students who wish to cook or the past six months, McCalla Professor of Chemistry Charlie Bass (above left) has been performin their apartments. Some 430 students will have kitchen facilities ing a most unfamiliar task — raising money. He has a vision for a new $1 million organic chemistry when the project is completed, and they will be able to use meal plans laboratory on the third floor, east wing of the Roger Milliken Science Center, and he’s been telling that to shop at the market, allowing them to do more of their own cookstory to alumni and friends all across the Carolinas. ing.

“When I started, I wasn’t sure how I would feel about traveling to meetings and making the pitch,” The first level will feature a 16-foot ceiling fan and 21-foot ceilBass says. “I was afraid the schedule would force me to give up time with my students, and I certainly did ings, allowing for a mezzanine arrangement that will create student not want to see that happen. study and activity spaces.

“Fortunately, once everything got under way, it all worked out. It has been an inspirational experiThe main level also will include specially equipped classrooms ence to get to know Grant Peacock and other Wofford trustees more personally, and I’ve been encouraged designed for group activities and offices and meeting areas for the by the responses we have received from foundation boards. Of course, the highlight of it all is catching college’s Center for Professional Excellence. The ground floor will be up with former students and to learn first-hand how they have grown into productive professionals and open and active 24 hours a day, seven days a week. citizens.”

The top two levels will feature two- and four-bedroom loft-style During the summer, the fund raising effort for the lab moved past the halfway point with about apartments for senior students. About 80 students will be housed in $625,000 accumulated in cash and pledges. The college also has received several corporate gifts-in-kind for equipment. “If we continue to receive support at our current pace, construction can begin as soon as the facility.

Other projects included in the campus enhancement plans inthe spring semester ends, and we can have everything in place for returning students by September 2011,” clude $12.5 million in retrofitting and renovation of Shipp Hall and says Marion Peavey ’65, senior vice president for development and college relations. “But there’s a great DuPre Hall, completed this fall; and of Greene Hall and Marsh Hall, deal to be done in a short time.” to be completed in the fall of 2011. Many of the upgrades involve Bass describes his vision for the project with his usual quiet efficiency. When chemistry labs were energy conservation, including heating/ventilation/air-conditioning designed decades ago, he explains, there was an assumption that most undergraduate lab work in chemistry called for experimenting in teams. “Today,” he says, “the world needs young scientists who can work systems.

A new residence hall is planned along the Evins Street corridor individually with mentors on projects leading to published outcomes. Each individual student requires near Wightman and Lesesne halls, at a cost of $5.5 million, to be storage for equipment and a work station with a flexible schedule” Bass also says that new, energy-efficient fume hoods and other equipment are essential factors in creat- ready for the fall 2012 semester. Another $1 million will be used to improve parking on campus. ing a more sustainable environment in the Roger Milliken Science Center.

College continues to raise funds for Organic Chemistry Lab

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by Doyle Boggs ’70

Wofford scores high marks in national guidebook rankings

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here are 2,276 four-year colleges across the United States. Each August and September, Wofford and about 350 selected campuses receive attention from a myriad of commercial guidebooks and ratings. The books and magazines are vigorously marketed to prospective students and their families. Often, they are featured in the “legacy” news media and on the Internet.

Wofford alumni and friends found plenty of good news in this season’s ratings. Forbes magazine works with the Center for College Affordability and Criteria to consider educational quality, student experiences and achievements of graduates in its annual rankings. In “The

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Best College for Your Money” issue dated Aug. 30, Forbes ranked Wofford 58th among its 250 “best” colleges and universities of all types from across the nation.

(Williams was number 1, and Princeton was number 2). Having finished 71st in 2009, Wofford advanced 13 places in this year’s poll.

Newsweek is known for its collaboration with the Kaplan family of test prep and admission materials. This year, the magazine released rankings of “the 25 most service minded schools.” Wofford was second to Rhodes College among 510 campuses studied.

Gathering some of the data and providing some of the methodology for Newsweek, the Washington Monthly also published its

annual ratings based on alumni “social mobility, research and service.” Wofford surged ahead in that study to rank 23rd of 252 liberal arts colleges, and number 1 in South Carolina.

This year’s U.S. News & World Report ratings again reflected very little movement among the campuses. In the magazine’s two national categories for universities and liberal arts colleges, there continues to be a strong reliance on the “undergraduate academic reputation index” and evidence of a regional bias. In Wofford’s national classification, there are 266 institutions, but there are only 10 Southern campuses in the top quartile (ranked 67 or above).

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of the South, Richmond, Furman, Centre, Rhodes, Wofford, VMI and Agnes Scott.

U.S. News continued to recognize Wofford on its listing of “Great Schools, Great Prices,” at 29th among 40 national liberal arts colleges.

In addition to the ratings, there are several guidebooks that publish in-depth college profiles, often based on independent student surveys. Wofford again is included in the “Fiske Guide to the Colleges,” “the Princeton Review’s Best 337 Colleges,” and the ISI guide “Choosing the Right College.” The 2011 edition of the Yale Insider’s Guide describes Wofford, but none of the content in this year’s book was updated after the 2010 edition.

There’s no question that comparative college Web sites, guides and ratings can be useful to parents and prospective students, particularly when go-and-see lists are being developed in the junior year of high school. Especially valuable are charts and data that allow easy comparisons of the really critical quality indicators such as graduation rates and studentto-faculty ratios. However, even the most careful analysis of the entire range of college guides cannot substitute for a personal experience on the campus, meeting the faculty and students.

See more commentary

by Doyle Boggs ’70, senior editor of Wofford Today, at http://blogs.wofford.edu/

Creativity in a small space, Wofford’s new secret garden

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ne of the 20th century’s most popular children’s stories was Frances Hodson Burnette’s “The Secret Garden,” where a group of young friends in Edwardian England found peace and shelter among growing things.

When Wofford’s environmental studies program settled into the Sam O. Black Building last year, several professors looked at its bleak and virtually abandoned courtyard and recalled Burnette’s novel. Today, their vision of a “secret garden” has become reality.

The story began when Katherine Aul ’10 took on the challenge of reworking the courtyard. The project fit perfectly with an academic background and interests that led her into the prestigious master’s in landscape design program at Columbia University.

“As one might expect at a university in New York City, the Columbia program focuses on smaller-scaled projects,” Aul says. “It won’t pigeonhole me in the career world, and it allows room to learn about collaboration with artists, sculptures, architects and planners. The program also emphasizes drafting skills, both by hand and on design software.

I’m confident that this particular master’s degree will expand my creativity into an exciting new realm.

“My Black Building project definitely seemed daunting at first,” she continues. “The courtyard had fallen into terrible disrepair, but I was comforted in knowing that the space probably could not look any worse. I started by imagining a blank can-

(Below) Hub-Bub Artist-in-Residence Esteban del Valle transforms the bland wall surrounding the garden (right) into a pictorial history of environmentalism.

vass with a large dogwood tree in the center and three shubs within the borders. I researched plans that would be suitable in partial sunlight as well as our zone and soil type.”

Aul says she chose the plants in the garden from a list of readily available, shade loving, drought resistant, evergreen perennials so the secret garden would be interesting, familiar and beautiful all year. Then, she started digging,

Katherine Aul ’10 is studying to earn a master's in landscape design from Columbia University in New York.

using a pick-ax to break up the packed and parched earth floor.

From among the ferns she chose autumn, ostrich and asparagus.

To balance the preexisting shrubs, she planted coral bells, Confederate jasmine, Siberian iris, a gardenia, and a variegated hydrangea.

She added hostas and herbs for ground cover.

Aul says she was surprised at how much her plans changed during the development process.

“I knew that this would not be a simple project, but I learned boatloads about horticulture, soil and design. I found that the process was very enthralling and came naturally to me. Still, everything took longer than I thought it would. I found that I had to create a drainage system to deal with some gutters, so I tried my hand at engineering for a day. Also, I had a terrible time extracting a bush that didn’t fit into my design, so I decided to go back and incorporate more of the existing shrubs into a revised plan.”

As the garden took shape, environmental studies faculty members John Lane ’77 and Dr. Kaye Savage looked at the stark white walls above the fresh

new green space and knew that something more had to be done.

They called on Hub-Bub artist-inresidence Esteban del Valle to talk about the possibility of a mural project for the courtyard. “We came up with the idea of a history of environmentalism depicting some of the movement’s key figures: Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carlson, and the Indian environmental artist and philosopher Vandana Shiva,” Lane says. “Esteban suggested adding a Native American element. He worked on campus almost every day in June and July until the mural was completed.”

“I thought the unusual space would work well as a place where there was a sense of history, a place to hang out and tell stories,” Esteban says. During a summer of ecological disaster across the Gulf of Mexico, he chose for one of his images an oil-covered bird. Many who visit the garden ask Esteban whether the feathered figure is tragic (a pelican) or heroic (a phoenix). “I want to leave interpretation up to the viewer.

Maybe that question will become

a topic for student essays,” he says.

“I also tried to create a sense of the natural cycle — sunrises and sunsets, and water flowing downhill from the mountains to the sea. I’m happy with the way things turned out.”

Esteban says that Wofford’s secret garden was just one of several large-scale projects he was encouraged to create in Spartanburg. “It’s not very often that an artist is given so much freedom to bring people in to a common, creative space. For me, the Hub City turned out to be a warm and welcoming community and an amazing experience.”

Always an enthusiast for quiet outdoor spaces for study and informal gatherings involving professors and students, President Benjamin B. Dunlap applauds what Katherine Aul and Esteban del Valle have done at the Sam O. Black Building. He hopes that their secret garden will become a model for the enclosed green spaces that are tucked here and there around the campus.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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Wofford ZTAs bring home second highest award Wofford senior named to USA Today’s All-USA College from national convention in New Orleans Academic Second Team T

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ramaine Brown ’11, a previous winner of the prestigious Jefferson Award for Public Service, has been named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Second Team.

Brown’s recognitions, including the one from USA Today, have centered on the Wofford Math Academy he founded, a mentoring and tutoring program that pairs college student and faculty volunteers with students at Cleveland and Mary H. Wright Elementary schools in Spartanburg County. He has recruited more than 50 Wofford faculty and students to be one-on-one tutors in this program, which he conceived in consultation with the administration and faculty at the elementary schools struggling with low standardized test scores.

“Tramaine is a true leader,” Dr. Audrey Grant, principal at Cleveland Elementary, says. Brown had approached her with the idea of the math tutoring and mentoring program. “A true leader is one who is able to identify (a mission), as well as to provide support and give direction and guidance to those around him who can help in that endeavor. Tramaine is already a leader in his own right, but also a young man who is able to bring people together to make a difference in our community.”

Brown, who grew up in Spartanburg, attended Whitlock Junior High and Spartanburg High schools, taking part in the Citizen Scholars Program of The Spartanburg County Foundation.

“From that program, and others I was involved in such as the Outward Bound program, I really saw the importance of community,” Brown told the Spartanburg Herald-Journal in a 2008 feature about the Math Academy. “My mom is a single parent and she works very hard – two jobs – just to support us. I just saw the need and power of community and what it really means and the impact it could have on my life, and I wanted to share that with other people.”

The English and Spanish major was one of five recipients of a 2008 Jefferson Award for Public Service.

He is a Gates Millennium Scholar and was the recipient of one of Wofford’s “Twenty-first Century Boarding Pass” scholarships to study in Guanajuato, Mexico, during January 2008. He was honored by the college for his commitment to diversity and equality at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation at Wofford in 2008.

Brown also has been involved with Wofford’s Twin Towers, a student community service and leadership organization, serving on the cabinet. He is a a commissioner of the Wofford College Judicial System, residential advisor for firstyear students, and a member of the Wofford Facilities Council.

For details on the USA Today selection, go to http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-0609-all-usa-runnersup_N.htm.

by Laura H. Corbin

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his summer in New Orleans, three Wofford ZTAs walked through a crowd of 900 to receive the Nelly Galloway Shearer Award at the Zeta Tau Alpha National Convention. They smiled, took photos, and could hardly wait to call, text or e-mail their sisters around the country to let them know that Wofford’s Theta Zeta chapter just won the second highest award presented nationally to a ZTA collegiate chapter.

According to Ginny Fowler ’00, Theta Zeta chapter general advisor, the award is given to the chapter that the ZTA National Council believes has either made the greatest progress toward excellence or that has maintained a high degree of excellence in the biennium between international conventions. National Council’s rubric for the award considers academic achievement (40 percent), activities (30 percent) and programming (30 percent). Fowler says Theta Zeta also gained recognition and won other national awards during the convention for submitting accurate and timely reports, performing exceptionally (Left to right) Ginny Fowler, Martha Edens (former national president), during formal recruitment, maintaining Grace Wallace, Jennings Johnstone, Charlotte Perrow, and Kimberly a chapter GPA of 3.0, and holding 40 Newton-Burgess after Wofford’s Theta Zeta chapter won the Nelly Galservice projects. loway Shearer award.

Jennings Johnstone ’13 joined ZTA at Wofford because she wanted to participate in an organization that would make an impact on her life and the world, and she wanted to meet other women with similar goals.

“ZTAs at Wofford love ZTA, work extremely hard to raise money for breast cancer awareness and education and have an incredible sisterhood bond,” says Johnstone, alumnae-collegiate representative on Theta Zeta’s program council.

To earn the Nelly Galloway Shearer award, Theta Zeta from Wofford competed against large ZTA chapters from major universities — including the University of Georgia, UNC-Chapel Hill, Florida State, Penn State and Purdue.

“Wofford students in general are very competitive, and ZTA is no different. Now that they have made it to second place, they will work to be number one and to continue to represent Wofford and the Greek community well,” says Fowler.

Already mobilized to meet their goal of being number one in the nation, Theta Zeta wants to raise $50,000 in the coming year to support ZTA’s National Philanthropy.

“We have our second annual Shag-A-Thon coming up this year, and we would love to increase the amount of money we raise during that event,” says Grace Wallace ’13, who also attended the conference and is in charge of fraternity education for Theta Zeta. “We have some fun and exciting things planned for Wofford, and I know as a small community, everyone will rally around to help women fight breast cancer.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

Students discover labor involved in food production Brett Barger ’11 (right) learned in his classes at Wofford that 50 percent of the world lives in an agrarian society. He grew up on a cattle farm in Tennessee, but nothing brought home the lesson of how food is planted, cared for, harvested and sold like his work this summer with local farmer Bobby Dunn.

Barger, Brendan Posterick ’11 and Ron Norman ’13, participated in the Food Systems Summer Project. They worked Dunn’s garden — laying a new irrigation system, staking plants, weeding, picking, and selling produce at the Hub City Farmer’s Market. In addition to the manual labor, the students also completed reading assignments, discussed environmental and economic issues related to farming, and developed a food development seminar for first-year Wofford students.

Posterick, a self-professed “city boy” from Houston, Texas, says he also learned not to kill black snakes. He, Norman and Barger all began incorporating some of the vegetables they harvested into their daily diets. According to Posterick, he now makes a mean zucchini bread as well as spaghetti, bruchetta with tomatoes, salsa, and fried squash, all from fresh produce he helped grow.

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Bonner Scholar Josh Turner ’12 demonstrated how to and how not to dress for and behave during a job interview. He designed and acted out the scenario for at-risk middle school students in Woodruff, S.C.

Turner spends service-learning internship paying it forward in his hometown

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osh Turner ’12 likes to earn his keep. That’s why he applied to become a Bonner Scholar and agreed to spend 10 hours each week during the academic year and 40 hours per week each summer in service-learning work in return for a college scholarship.

This summer, that Bonner Scholar commitment took him back to his hometown of Woodruff, S.C., where Turner volunteered as a tutor and mentor in the Cub EXCEL Summer program at Woodruff Middle School (WMS).

“He was not much older than the participants, yet has a level of maturity that proved to be a great benefit,” says WMS Assistant Principal Tia Palmisano-Davis (Mrs. PD to her students).

Officer Mitchell Taylor, school resource officer who helped coordinate the program, agrees. “Josh was an outstanding role model for our students and his enthusiasm proved to be an excellent addition to the program.’

According to PalmisanoDavis, 22 WMS students who struggle (either academically or behaviorally) within the confines of a traditional classroom environment completed the program.

At the end, all 22 met their goals and were eligible for promotion to the next grade.

The program included academic training and tutoring; character development activities including physical training, community service and drug and alcohol awareness; career

counseling; support group and mentoring time; and a social skills development component.

“I felt for the kids stuck inside doing computer work during their summer break,” says Turner.

“Mrs. PD and I sat down and made a list of skills they should learn and creative ways to teach those skills. The bottom line is to keep these students engaged in school and show them they can succeed.”

For example, Turner helped design and participated in a mock interview demonstration for the students. It turned out to be one of the highlights of the course for both Turner and the middle school students.

“He first demonstrated an example of an atrocious interview,” says Palmisano-Davis. She says EXCEL participants were quick to point out Turner’s mistakes: the way he sauntered into the room with his hat on backwards wearing a T-shirt and flip-flops, smacking gum and texting during the interview. “He repeated the interview demonstrating the appropriate way to dress and behave and then led a discussion emphasizing all of the differences…. Josh also helped teach basic etiquette lessons including an effective handshake, table manners and how to tie a necktie.”

According to PalmisanoDavis, the Wofford Bonner Program also provided funds for the EXCEL program that were used to purchase school supplies and personal hygiene gifts to help the students start the year on the right track.

“I’ll admit I was hesitant at first,” says Turner. “I didn’t know what to expect, but I had a blast helping Mrs. PD and the kids at WMS.” “Josh is the perfect example of a young person who gives back to the community,” says Woodruff Middle School Principal Denise Brown. “The Woodruff school system that helped Josh mature into the model citizen he is today is so proud of his accomplishments and even prouder that he’s willing to come home and continue to make a difference.’

After he completed his work at WMS, Turner turned his attention back to Wofford’s campus. He and Jessalyn Wynn Story, Bonner Scholar and service learning director, spent the end of the summer exploring options for a new campus-wide social justice initiative that will put Bonners in leadership positions and give them more say in policy making.

“From the work Josh and other Bonners did this summer, we plan to develop issue teams led by Bonners to help eliminate overlap, compile resources and focus efforts so our students make a bigger impact,” says Story.

While Story continues to work toward that goal, Turner is getting a global perspective on community service. Studying abroad in Ireland for the fall semester, Turner will serve his Bonner hours as a volunteer for the Gaelic Athletic Association Oral History Project.

by Jo Ann M. Brasington ’89

his summer Neil Choyce ’13 flipper-tagged a loggerhead sea turtle. Even now, Rostrum the turtle swims around the Atlantic transmitting data back to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center (GSTC) on Jekyll Island.

“A flipper tag is a small, metal tag that combines three letters and three numbers that identify each turtle. It is very similar to piercing one’s ear,” says Choyce.

In addition to helping tag Rostrum, Choyce worked the dawn and night patrols for GSTC’s Sea Turtle Patrol. That involved checking on existing sea turtle nests, counting eggs, releasing stranded hatchings, monitoring false crawls (when a turtle crawls out of the water but decides not to nest), checking flipper tags of nesting turtles, measuring turtles, and taking skin samples for a DNA study. He also helped release rescued turtles and cared for the animals at the GSTC. “I learned a great deal about sea turtle care, data collection, and how to work with wild animals in their natural habitats,” says Choyce, whose internship fulfilled his 280-hour summer Bonner Scholar service-learning requirement. “Thanks to the Bonner Scholars Program, I was able to realize my passion for helping people and animals. This whole experience has taken me to a deeper level of understanding of how all living things are related. It is not simply about saving sea turtles. It is about the sea turtle being a part of the world I am in and I being a part of their world.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

Neil Choyce ’13 measures a nesting adult female loggerhead turtle during night patrol.

Computational Science students complete prestigious summer internships

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hanks to extensive efforts by students and several faculty members (including Drs. Angela and George Shiflet and Dr. Ellen Goldey), the college had a good year for computationally oriented summer internships.

Two students (Darby Smith ’12 and Stephen Bryant ’12) completed computational science research internships in Brazil, and another student (Zach Beaver ’12) was one of 27 students out of more than 900 applicants who had a computational medical internship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Sean Watford ’11 obtained a computational science internship at the Environmental Protection Agency, and Beth Tyrie ’11 spent the summer doing an internship at Woods Hole, a prestigious marine biology laboratory. According to Dr. Angela Shiflet, “Beth’s mentor said she was ‘blown away by her application.’ The mentor had been looking for several years for a student who knew biology and programming to work on a particular project. Consequently, the mentor created an internship position for Beth at the lab.” Other summer internships by Wofford Computational Science students include: • Corey Gelbaugh ’11, Statistical research with a mathematician in Pennsylvania • Sharon Guffy ’13, S.C. Space Grant’s Palmetto Academy at MUSC • Jesse Hanley ’12, Blue Waters Internship working with Drs. Angela & George Shiflet • Patrick Harbour ’12, Greenwood Genetic Center • Glenn Hope ’11, National Institute for Computational Sciences • Alex Lash ’11, S.C. Space Grant’s Palmetto Academy at Clemson • Timothy McClimon ’11, Web development at Wofford • Stuart McDaniel ’11, Research Experience for Undergrads at Humbolt State University • David Moore ’13, DOE’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory • Tahir Motiwala ’11, Research with Dr. Anne Catlla • Whitney Sanders ’12, Community of Scholars working with Dr. Natalie Spivey • Andrew Strasburger ’13, S.C. Space Grant’s Palmetto Academy at MUSC • Allison Tolbert ’12, Research Experience for Undergraduates at Marshall University • Mitch Worley ’11, University of Bath in England modeling involving a tick-born disease

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Eva Hudson, one of the class’s 107 legacies, with her dad, John Wesley Hudson Jr. ’76, on Move-in Day. Dr. Terry Ferguson ’75 introduces the Class of 2014 to the Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

(Above) First-year students at Camp Greystone in North Carolina.

(Above) The Class of 2014 signed the college’s honor code, then added their names to the class banner.

(Left) First year students Josh Hyman ’14 (right) and his roommate Michael Harpe ’14 look through the orientation schedule during the Family Picnic on Move-in Day. Hyman will play baseball for the Terriers this spring. Harpe is a member of the Terrier football team.

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Students participated in a pie eating contest at part of orientation games.

Meet the Class of 2014

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offord’s fall enrollment, following a carefully managed plan for gradual growth, passed the 1,500 milestone in the fall of 2010. At the end of late registration, 1,497 students had enrolled in campus classes, not including 47 students involved this fall in full-time study abroad.

The figures include 431 new first-year students and 20 transfers.

“We’re very proud of the Class of 2014,” Brand Stille ’86, vice president for enrollment, told the faculty. “We’ve enjoyed our work again this year and getting to know these men and women. We’re confident that you’ll enjoy getting to know them too.”

According to Stille, 2,595 students applied to Wofford this year — the most in college history. Wofford accepted 62 percent. Below are some other facts about the Class of 2014.

• Average SAT, 1251 • 21 states and five countries are represented in the first-year class.

• More than 40 percent are from outside South Carolina.

• 60 are students of color representing 14 percent of the class.

• 6 are international students from Rwanda.

• 1 in 10 finished high school as class valedictorian or salutatorian.

• 107 are alumni legacies.

• 30 are first in their family to attend college.

• 190 were the captain of their high school athletics team.

• 58 attended Boys’ or Girls’ State.

• 68 have signed national letters of intent to participate in athletics.

• 4 are National Merit Scholars.

• 1 was recognized as a National Hispanic Scholar.

• 33 are Eagle Scouts or Gold Award recipients.

Students in the Class of 2014 include:

• A stand-up comedian • A cowboy mounted shooting champion • A piano tuner • An award winning photographer (published on the NPR website) • Two published poets • The state chess champion of Georgia • 1 blackbelt in Kung Fu and 4 blackbelts in Taekwondo (1 ranked #5 in the nation) • A full contact kick boxer • A six-time state champion in gymnastics • A produce farmer • A National Boy Scout award for heroism recipient • A page in the U.S. House of Representatives who received the Tip O’Neil Award for best page • 3 business owners and 3 service project founders • A Supreme Court Justice at Girls’ Nation • 1 granted political asylum by the United States

(Above) First-year students discuss the Novel Experience book with other students and professors during a night out in Spartanburg.

(Left) The picnic at Camp Greystone, part of The Freshman Summit, helps students get to know each other while they learn more about Wofford.

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Community of Scholars Jarrett plans children’s book about World War II after summer research

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s one of 19 student research fellows in the Wofford College Community of Scholars program this summer, Hannah Jarrett ’11 began writing a children’s book that will “fascinate and educate children about the stories of our World War II veterans so they can honor and remember our country’s ‘Greatest Generation.’”

The Community of Scholars is a cross-disciplinary enterprise of Wofford undergraduate students conducting independent research full time during 10 weeks of the summer. These student fellows representing many different majors are housed in The Village apartment-style housing complex.

They conduct their research in collaboration with faculty fellows who are themselves engaged in their own research projects. Student and faculty research fellows in the humanities, sciences and social sciences create a community of scholars by meeting frequently, often over meals, to discuss their individual projects and issues of mutual interest.

Jarrett is inspired by Bill Dukes, a longtime Columbia, S.C., area businessman and civic leader, who started Honor Flight South Carolina two years ago, providing a one-day, all-expensespaid charter flight to Washington, D.C., for veterans with physical and/or financial limitations who have never seen the World War II memorial there.

Dukes asked Jarrett to write the children’s book, so that more elementary school students can learn about that period in history.

“Most of the books that little kids have about World War II deal with the Holocaust,” Jarrett says. Dukes wanted a book that would provide more depth for children, especially since 1,500 World War II veterans a day are dying and nearly all of the distinguished vets of that war will be dead within the next 10 years.

“I had stories passed down to me by relatives … first hand accounts from people who were there,” Jarrett says. “Without the veterans, the next generation won’t have that first-hand account like I and others before me have had. I want the books to help provide some of that for them. I want to convey the story through pictures since the people who lived it might not be around much longer.”

She notes that children’s books are “one of the most important educational tools in elementary classrooms because they teach children in creative and fun ways that will stick with them forever. I have talked to many elementary teachers who have said there are no books about WWII they can read in the classroom. I hope to write a book that will fascinate and educate children about the stories of our World War II veterans so they can honor and remember our country’s ‘Greatest Generation.’

“They were called the Greatest Generation because they truly protected the freedoms we enjoy today,” Jarrett says. “I have taken complete classes on World War II in high school and in college, but my great-grandparents lived it.

Hannah Jarrett ’11 in the children's section of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries Headquarters It is so important to our history, and I want kids to appreciate them the way I do.”

For her research, Jarrett plans to read children’s books that deal with other historical issues, as well as other children’s books just to get a feel for structure and other requirements. She will talk to children’s book authors from around the state as well as educators to learn the craft of writing for children. She also plans to go on an Honor Flight as a veteran escort to meet some of the people she will be writing about.

“On the flight, not only will I hear first-hand stories, but I will also be able to see the veterans’ reactions to the World War II Memorial,” she says, “I cannot imagine the emotions the veterans must feel when they stand before their monument. Bill Dukes will be one of my main sources of knowledge and inspiration

because he has met many veterans over the past couple of years on Honor Flights and knows their stories, including his own father’s.”

Jarrett has her own personal connection.

“My great-grandmother was a nurse during World War II,” she says. “When the veterans came back, they told her what they’d been through. Like most people who went through it, she didn’t like to talk about it a whole lot, but if something came up that reminded her of something, she would give me a little snippet without going into too many gory details.”

That is what Jarrett will have to do to create a children’s book.

It’ a challenge, but one she can’t wait to take on.

“I haven’t started writing yet.

I’ve just been jotting down ideas,” she says, “but I want to use the

Honor Flight as a vessel for the stories. In my book, I’d like to use a child as a narrator – one who goes on an Honor Flight with the veterans and learns stories from the vets who are there. I want to keep that veteran narrative perspective, because that’s how I learned the stories.

She knows another challenge will be making the book appealing to adults as well as children.

“That’s who will be buying them.

It’s ultimately for the kids, but it has to interest the adult first.

So that’s a challenge – to appease both of those audiences. My goal is for elementary school teachers to use it as a resource in their classrooms.”

Computer Analysis of Gene Expression in Arabidopsis

by Scholar Whitney Sanders ’12 (right) With the arrival of modern technologies, biologists face the challenge of analyzing increasingly large sets of data. Whitney Sanders spent his summer Community of Scholars experience analyzing the results of an experiment that quantified the expression level of 24,000 plant genes at five time points after infection with a bacterial plant pathogen.

Educating English Language Learners

by Amber Green ’11 (left, third from left) The influx of immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries to the southeastern United States has created a language and cultural barrier that challenges civic life and education in our region. This summer Amber Green did Community of Scholars research in libraries and schools and interviewed policy-makers, educators, parents and students to determine best practices for educating the Spanish-speaking population in local schools.

To read complete stories on each Community of Scholars participant, visit www.wofford.edu/ communityScholars/.

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by Brett Borden

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alk through Wofford’s campus in the summer. Hundreds of youth athletes and coaches from across the country hustle around the athletic facilities. Writers — both novice and experienced — hone their craft during the Shared Worlds creative writing camp and the Hub City Writer’s conference. The college holds a summer environmental studies workshop for public school teachers in June and continues to The NSCAA welcome to the campus Black (National Boys of Distinction, the Soccer Coaches Milliken Summer LeaderAssociation of ship Institute, the Carolina America) held Panthers, and The Spartanits National burg County Foundation’s Coaching Citizen Scholars. In addition, Academy at the college still offers both Wofford in traditional and creative sumJune. mer school classes and the Community of Scholars (see story of facing page).

(Above) Black Boys of Distinction brought at-risk youth to the college for seven weeks to teach life skills and character development. Postive African-American role models taught the youths through sports and competition, computer and science study, teambuilding activities and counseling.

During the two-week, residential Shared World program, middle school students from across the country learned to create a world, write in that world, and share that world. While working on their own projects, students met and collaborated with famous fantasy writers and designers, Wofford professors, Wofford graduates and their peers.

(Above) Dr. Kaye Savage, associate professor and director of environmental studies, talks to Citizen Scholars on the bridge at Glendale. Presented in partnership with The Spartanburg County Foundation, the Citizen Scholars camp brings 45 high school students to campus for a taste of college life.

(Below) Purple team members planned their final presentations during the Milliken Summer Leadership Institute (SLI). SLI exposes rising high school seniors from across the Southeast to a combination of corporate and academic experiences, providing them with leadership and team development skills they would not normally receive through traditional classroom education. The institute is held on the campuses of Milliken & Co.’s Milliken University and Wofford.

(Above) Teachers became students during Wofford’s inaugural environmental studies workshop for public school teachers.

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New Center for Professional Excellence

Links Career Services, Success Initiative, other programs

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n today’s business world, it takes more than professional skills to succeed. It takes professional behavior – critical thinking, problem-solving and good communications.

Wofford has created the Center for Professional Excellence to ensure its students and recent graduates learn behaviors and skills to make them more successful as they enter their careers. The approach offers them an 18- to 24-month advantage over those graduating from other colleges, says Scott Cochran ’88, who was named dean of the center this summer.

The six distinct programs within the center provide students opportunities to solve real-world problems and engage in national and international internship experiences.

Wofford’s program potentially will be “a prototype for undergraduate career services of the future,” says Cochran.

Cochran’s business background adds value to the center.

After earning an economics degree from Wofford and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Cochran was vice president of marketing, technology and credit card services for UPS Capital before coming to Wofford in July 2008. Prior to that, he served in a number of senior management roles in finance, operations, sales and marketing with GMAC financial services, including two years in Germany, designing and implementing a marketing structure for GMAC Europe.

With Cochran’s promotion to dean of the Center for Professional Excellence, Jennifer Almond Dillenger ’07 becomes director of career services.

The Center for Professional Excellence encompasses: SUCCESS INITIATIVE... a scholarship-supported, projects-

Scott Cochran ’88, dean of the Center for Professional Excellence, works with students who participated in the five-week Professional Development Institute this summer. based student-led learning community grounded in the liberal arts. While SI is an academic program, it carries no academic credit, complementing the academic curriculum without replacing any part of it. Among its core competencies are critical thinking, communications, knowledge

of self and others, creativity and collaborative problem solving.

VENTURE... an entrepreneurial program, designed to support students in developing a business concept and helping them to launch it. They spend an academic year working on their idea

Dahlman’s on-court leadership scores invitation to Aspen Institute The scoreboard in the Benjamin Johnson Arena last Dec. 19 read, “Wofford 68, South Carolina 61.” It was one of the most exciting moments in the history of Terrier men’s basketball, but the players resisted the temptation to celebrate immediately. They shook hands with the Gamecocks and circled to join the crowd in singing the alma mater.

Wofford Trustee Mike Brown ’76 recalls noticing how sincerely All-America forward Noah Dahlman ’11 sang the song, and it made Brown realize how much Wofford meant to Dahlman.

“I decided that night that Noah was an ideal candidate for the Aspen program in our new Center for Professional Excellence,” Brown says. “We try to pick three students or so each year to experience the beauty and culture of the institute. We know that it’s a life-changing opportunity for young men and women, particularly those who have had only limited opportunities to travel. The concept is aligned perfectly with Wofford’s 14 • Wofford Today • Fall 2010

commitment to identify potential leaders and help them reach that potential.”

A secondary purpose of the program is to encourage the Aspen community to interact with some of the best and brightest of the college’s students and thereby come to understand the value of a Wofford education.

Several months later, after helping lead the basketball team to a Southern Conference Championship and an appearance in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Dahlman joined fellow Wofford seDahlman niors Claudia Albergotti and Graham Miller in Aspen. Wofford has a long relationship with the institute, as Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap has been a presenter and moderator at conferences there for 25 years. In addition, Brown has provided financial assistance for the internship program and works with Scott Cochran ’88, dean of the Center for Professional Excellence, to identify and orient the student participants.

The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based

leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.

“I coordinated seminars for the Aspen Institute,” said Dahlman. “They had different seminars going on throughout the summer. I also helped with logistics for the Ideas Festival, Security Forum, Health Forum, and Environment Forum. As an intern, you are responsible for making sure the speakers get to the right place, take care of them once they get there and ensure all the conferences run smoothly.”

For the past three summers at Wofford, Dahlman has worked with the athletics grounds crew, mowing the fields in preparation for the Carolina Panthers.

Needless to say, the experience in Aspen was not nearly as hot.

“It was a whole new world for me out west. Culturally it was different people out there, a different lifestyle. Obviously Aspen is the life of the rich and famous, so you are walking down the street with celebrities every night and walking next to millionaires.

The great thing about Aspen is you don’t even know it because they are regular people and quite approachable.”

Among those rich and famous were three people that stood out to Dahlman: Bill Gates,

Kevin Costner and Sandra Day O’Connor. “When I met Justice O’Connor,” recalled Dahlman, “I thought she was an elderly woman who was lost. I pointed her in the right direction, and then someone came up to me and told me who she was. I met Kevin Costner on the elevator and I was just like a little kid because I am a big fan of his movies. Bill Gates was fun and interesting to listen to. There were just so many important people that have done amazing things with their lives. So, to put it into perspective, there is such a big world out there. With what Wofford has given me so far and what basketball has given me, it has really just blown my mind that there are so many other things out there besides college and sports.”

While having a chance to experience a new world in Aspen, the experience reaffirmed for Dahlman that he is on the right track in his own life. “Everyone out in Aspen had a passion for what they were speaking about or doing,” says Dahlman. “I have a passion for what I want to do and that is basketball. I want to get into coaching. I know I could go out and be successful in another field but I don’t think I would love it more than basketball. I have a passion for basketball and I don’t mind doing it every single day.”

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with a goal of opening the business. Along the way, they get solid advice from venture advisors.

Nine companies are participating in this year’s venture program.

BOSTON TERRIER CONSULTING GROUP... named for Wofford’s mascot, the Boston Terrier, students offer consulting advice to businesses and organizations. Currently, this group is working on four projects.

INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT... a five-week, summer residency program that helps students develop a set of skills necessary for the professional workplace. Student teams are assigned to a real-world business facing challenges and in need of assistance. Along the way, students learn leadership development, how to leverage technology effectively, public speaking and presentation skills, executive writing, understanding global issues, project managements, networking and business etiquette.

SOPHOMORE EXPERIENCE... a two-day conference offered to sophomores that focuses on the characteristics and behaviors that lead to success. In addition to leadership, communication, networking, dress for success and etiquette, students are involved in a team case competition and hear from a top business executive.

CAREER SERVICES... with a mission of assisting students and alumni to be better prepared for achieving their career goals than graduates from any other institution of higher education, Career Services provides assistance with interview skills, resume writing, job search, networking and internship opportunities.

by Laura H. Corbin

Faculty Update, Fall 2010 Promotions Dr. Camille Bethea ’91, Associate Professor, Spanish Dr. Ellen Goldey, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor, Biology Dr. Philip Swicegood, R. Michael James Professor, Finance Dr. Alliston Reid ’75, Reeves Family Professor, Psychology

New Appointments Dr. Natalie Weaver Spivey, Assistant Professor, Biology Ph.D., Duke University Dr. David Efurd, Assistant Professor, Art History Ph.D., The Ohio State University Dr. Daniel Howe, Lewis P. Jones Visiting Professor, History (spring semester), Author of “What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815-1848,” Pulitzer Prize Winner for 2008 Dr. Tracie Marie Ivy, Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Ph.D., Illinois State University Kristofer M. Neely ’02, Assistant Dean of Studio Art and Instructor, M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Art, Goddard College Dr. Yongfang Zhang, Assistant Professor, Chinese Ph.D., The Ohio State University

New Departmental Chairs Accounting/Finance, Lillian Gonzalez ’91 Education, Dr. Cynthia Suarez Foreign Languages, Dr. Caroline Cunningham History, Dr. Timothy Schmitz Physics, Dr. Mackay Salley ’95 Theatre, Dr. Mark Ferguson ’94 (now a separate academic department) Coordinator of Academic Advising Dr. Carol Brasington Wilson ’81

Teaching Assistants Tong Chu, Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Chinese Elisabeth Granzow, IES Teaching Assistant in German

Recent Staff Appointments Hannah L. Alley, Assistant Director of Annual Giving Courtney Shelton, Assistant Dean of Students for Student Involvement Abbey Lytle Bedenbaugh ’06, Office Manager for Campus Ministry Kelly P. Reid, Administrative Assistant in Environmental Studies C. Michelle Thilges, Web Designer Wallece T. Buckson, Administrative Assistant for Admission Davidson R. Hobson, Admission Counselor Sara B. Riggs, Admission Counselor

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r. Mackay Salley ’95 likes to tell Wofford students that their lives will be full of turning points. When one door closes, another opens for those who are receptive to new challenges and opportunities.

This fall, a new door opens for Salley when he steps up to become the chair of the Wofford department of physics, inheriting responsibilities held for many years by Dr. Dan Welch.

“Even before I graduated from Wofford, I wanted to teach undergraduate students. I still do,” Salley says. “You know, students learn only one thing at a time. Some things they can understand in a few minutes and others things might take lots of patience. But if there is a logical sequence of learning objectives for the class and everyone tries to follow it, it all comes together. It’s always exciting to be part of the process.

“Beyond that, Wofford is a community that challenges and inspires the faculty to learn from each other. There are lots of opportunities for me to learn about the humanities and social sciences as well as the four departments in Milliken Science Center. Faculty time together over a lunch meal is one of the best things about teaching here.”

Mackay Salley’s journey to Wofford started out in much the same way as it had for numerous alumni in his family, which include his late grandfather George Mackay Salley ’23; his father, Dr. Lawton H. Salley Sr. ’58 of Orangeburg, S.C.; his brother, Dr. Lawton H. Salley Jr. ’91; his wife, Kelli Green Salley ’94; as well as assorted uncles and cousins.

“I came to Wofford intending to graduate in mathematics, and I did so with no regrets. However, Dr. Dan Lejeune pushed opened a door for me in an introductory physics course,” Salley says. “Dan is a very good teacher, of course, but what excited me most was seeing the practical side of physics, and the fact that it is a superb tool for understanding how things work.”

So it was on to the University of Georgia to earn a doctorate in physics. Salley developed a specialty in photoelectric and optical spectroscopy of insulating and semiconductor materials.

This field of research investigates the various responses of materials to different wavelengths of light. Salley says, “My research experience in graduate school gave me the background for my current research interest involving materials for solar power production.”

At Georgia, he won the Bill Comings Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award as he neared the end of his dissertation. Then came a very prestigious post-doctoral fellowship to work with Dr. Hans Guedel at the University of Bern in Switzerland. “My wife, Kelli, and I had grown up and studied in the southern United States, so both of us enjoyed the international opportunity immensely,” Salley says.

“One morning I got the call that every Ph.D. in physics dreams of,” Salley says. “An engineer at General Electric tracked me down and offered a job in one of their laboratories.

That’s a very rare opportunity for someone who is not an engineer, but it just did not seem right to abandon that wonderful fellowship in progress, so I turned it down with a plan to apply for similar jobs at the appropriate time. During my job search I had another unexpected door open

Mackay Salley ’95, chairman of the Department of Physics with an opportunity to come back to Wofford to teach. The next thing I knew, I was happy to be at my alma mater as an assistant professor, parenting a young family and developing my interests in camping, kayaking and the outdoors.”

Salley hastens to add that he continues to be interested in his own research. “Wofford has given me not only the opportunity to teach and work with undergraduate students but also to visit and collaborate with university and national laboratories,” he says.

Since coming to Wofford, he has spent six summers working in a laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle that has kept him active in his research field and produced multiple publications. Much of the research performed in the UW laboratory involves materials for solar power generation.

During the 2008-2009 academic year, Wofford granted Salley a professional development leave of absence. He spent the first half of the year at the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) in Boulder, Colo. and the second half at the University of Washington. Ideas and projects generated from these collaborations are continued on the Spartanburg campus and help to expose Wofford undergraduates to graduate-level research.

“I want all our majors to have a variety of opportunities for undergraduate research. We have four full-time faculty members, and if we are to meet that research goal, we will require at least one additional professor,” Salley says. “We also need to find ways to expose our students to equipment comparable to what you would find in a good research and development lab, particularly in faculty fields of specialization.

“I hope that we can build on a good foundation in pre-engineering and send students into co-op engineering programs or graduate study with a strong background in physics,” Salley says. “There’s a real demand for engineers who are truly comfortable with the theoretical foundations of their craft that originate in physics.”

by Doyle W. Boggs ’70

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Campus Updates

Biology, Dr. Ellen Goldey

Salley’s career blends teaching and research

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n April Wofford Professor Elizabeth Cox will join the likes of Harper Lee, Eudora Welty, James Dickey, Walker Percy, Reynolds Price and Flannery O’Connor in The Fellowship of Southern Writers. She also will receive the Robert Penn Warren Award for her body of work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry and essays.

Cox’s upcoming honor adds another citation to the already impressive resumés of Wofford’s Creative Writing faculty. Within the past year alone: • Cathy Smith Bowers was named Poet Laureate of North Carolina.

• Dr. Deno Trakas’ new book, “Because Memory Isn’t Eternal,” was released, receiving both critical and popular acclaim.

• John Lane ’77 is waiting for the spring 2011 release of “Abandoned Quarry: New & Selected Poems” from Mer-

cer University Press, and he’s traveling, along with Wofford Professor of Sociology Gerald Thurmond, in support of “Bartram’s Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South,” in which both have works featured.

• C. Michael Curtis’ most recent edited anthology, “Expecting Goodness & Other Stories,” was published and won an IPPY award. He has chapters in two recent books — “Writing Short Stories” and “Naming the World: Exercises for Creative Writers” — and continues to shape American literary taste as editor of the Atlantic Monthly.

“Everybody is at the top of their game,” says Trakas. In addition to the core Creative Writing faculty, Dr. Mark Ferguson ’94, chairman of the Department of Theatre, teaches playwriting classes, and Dr. Julie Sexeny, a producer as well as an assistant professor of English, teaches screenwriting and film making classes. The department also brings in

C. Michael Curtis

Elizabeth Cox

Deno Trakas

is the Hoy Professor of American Literature and Chair of the English Department at Wofford.

“Everyone has different balancing issues,” says Trakas, referring to his faculty’s successful efforts in juggling teaching, writing and speaking engagements. “I write almost nothing during the academic year.”

Nevertheless, Trakas has managed to write two chapbooks of poetry, “The Shuffle of Wings” and “human and puny,” published by Holocene Press. He has had fiction and poetry selected by anthologies and magazines such as The Cimaroon Review, The Denver Quarterly, Oxford American, and Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek American Poetry. His work has appeared in several Hub City publications, most recently Expecting Goodness & Other Stories. Trakas will be teaching a writing workshop at Africa University in November.

A review of Trakas’ new book:

Because Memory Isn’t Eternal In 1895, Nicholas Trakas left the village of Arahova-Karyae, Greece, and made his way to Spartanburg. He operated the Elite, a renowned candy kitchen that by the 1930s evolved into the city’s best restaurant. The father of 11 children, he was one of the founders of a Greek community that today includes some 700 families in Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties.

Dr. Deno Trakas explores this particularly Southern version of the GreekAmerican story in “Because Memory Isn’t Enternal: A Story of Greeks in Upstate South Carolina.” He introduces the reader to complex, largerthan life characters and tells stories of Greek-American marriages, food, language, restaurants and religion.

Wofford alumni will be interested to learn more about how this story became intertwined with the history of their college.

However, “Memory is Eternal” is more than interesting family history. It’s a meditation on the Greek Diaspora of the early 20th century — very solid historical information about a tragic series of wars and ethnic cleansing, a third-generation struggle to remain connected with grandparents’ language, religion and culture, and even a selection of the classic Greek recipes that are so loved across the Upstate.

It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Trakas’ teaching, fiction and poetry that the book is beautifully written, witty and fast paced.

For more information and to order your copy, visit the Hub City Press Web site at www.hubcity.org. review by Doyle Boggs ’70

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is an award-winning poet, short reviews more than 10,000 manuscripts each year as ficstory writer, essayist and novelist who taught at Benningtion editor for the Atlantic Monthly. He’s held the job ton, MIT, Duke, Tufts, Boston University and Michigan for more than 40 years, through the heyday of print and before coming to Wofford. She headlines several writers’ now as print gives ground to online outlets. While he’s conferences or workshops each year, but tries to limit reading, selecting and editing the best fiction in America, those to the summer or holidays when she’s not teaching.

Curtis speaks and reads stories at three to five conferences “I love teaching,” says Cox, who says writing often or workshops each year. He also teaches creative writing takes a back seat during the semester. “I give to my stuand freshman humanities courses at Wofford. dents what I use in my writing. My creative energy goes According to Curtis, balancing it all is a self-imposed to taking their stories and making them work.” challenge. Manuscripts from the Atlantic come in boxes Cox is the author of “Night Talk,” “The Ragged Way of 100-150 stories. Curtis is determined to read and People Fall Out of Love,” “Familiar Ground,” and the return them quickly. He maintains the same work ethic story collection “Bargains in the Real World.” Random with his students.

House released her fourth novel, “The Slow Moon,” in “I like to grade immediately and give papers back 2006. Critics praise her work as “beautifully written” and the next class period,” says Curtis. “I probably give my told with “poignancy and grace.” students more feedback than they want. Sometimes their “I read personal journals because I like to be aware of papers are covered in red tracks. I like to think it’s helpful.” how artists or composers are attentive to the world,” says Cox. “I notice how they get that attentiveness onto paper, Curtis’ experience includes 20 years of teaching at and I love getting students to pay attention in those same Harvard as well as teaching at Cornell, MIT, Boston ways.”

University and Tufts. He’s edited a total of seven fiction anthologies and has published poetry, reviews and essays.

“Working as an editor informs my reading of my students’ work,” says Curtis. “I’ve developed some pretty firm ideas over the years of what should happen in a short story. I can see where my students have gone wrong, what’s missing, or what’s excessive.”

visiting writers and teachers to enhance the experience for students who want to study creative writing.

“I think Wofford has some amazing writers here on the faculty,” says Cox, who shares the John C. Cobb Chair in Humanities with her husband, Michael Curtis. “Their way of teaching is both exacting (they have a fierce way of looking at language) and offers a freedom to the imagination, and that’s a hard combination to achieve.”

Students in the Creative Writing program call the faculty accessible, knowledgeable and honest.

“The Creative Writing faculty is straight forward.

They’re not afraid to give their opinion on your writing, but they’re also free about letting you work within your personal style. They realize that there is no one mold,” says Kemper Wray ’10, a creative writing minor who now works as a counselor in the college’s admission office. Wray just

learned that the novella she wrote in Trakas’s class won the Benjamin Wofford Prize. She is working with Trakas this fall to edit the work so it can be published in the spring.

According to Trakas, the Creative Writing program has exceeded the expectations the college had for the program when it began 30 years ago with one course and one professor. Wofford now offers 10 courses in Creative Writing, a concentration for students majoring in English and a minor for students pursing majors outside of English. The courses are diverse. The faculty is accomplished, and the student writers capable and eager to learn. The program’s next step is securing endowment support to establish a student scholarship in Creative Writing. For more information about making a gift, contact Trakas at trakasdp@wofford.edu or the Development Office at 864-597-4020.

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

on teaching and writing...

YOU CAN’T DRIVE THE SAME TRUCK TWICE

by Cathy Smith Bowers, poet laureate of North Carolina

for my ex-husband

John Lane

’77, prolific poet, essayist, playwright and fiction writer, taught creative writing, literature and film at Wofford before becoming director of Wofford’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center. The Creative Writing program still claims him, and he serves as a mentor for Wofford’s students interested in environmental writing.

“I keep writing through the year, but it’s more of a challenge now with my new administrative responsibilities,” says Lane. “It’s easy for me to get drafts, but harder to get the work organized and shaped and ready for publishing.”

Lane, who finished writing My Paddle to the Sea (now being considered by the University of Georgia Press), has maintained a steady stream of published work for the past 10 years including Circling Home, Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River, and Waist Deep in Black Water. He does between five and 10 readings on campuses or at conferences each year. This fall his schedule includes bookings in Atlanta, North Georgia, Spartanburg, and Charlottesville, Va. He also will spend a week in October at Africa University in Zimbabwe teaching a writing workshop.

Cathy Smith Bowers writes poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction and has enjoyed success in all genres. As Poet Laureate of North Carolina, Bowers plans to shine a light on the literary arts and artists in North Carolina. She’s initiated a series of Poet Laureate Mini-Festivals where Bowers reads along with both established and beginner writers from across the state.

“I believe writing should be democratic,” says Bowers, who just had her fourth book of poetry published. “This is no snob society. Writing and being in that Zen place is so powerful. The writing itself is the most important thing.”

Last semester, Bowers says she didn’t even unpack her suitcase because she had so many residencies and workshops across the country in addition to the two classes she taught at Wofford. “When I write, I’m disciplined and revise a lot. I know my own standards. I will not send anything out that’s not up to those standards,” she says. “I keep my hand in it, but I don’t have a lot of time to write when I’m teaching. Still, I love teaching. I had to flounder around on my own for so long that I like helping students realize that they can write.”

When I heard the sudden thunder of my husband’s truck explode into the drive and saw him, after ramming the defective gear-stick into neutral, emerge crazy-eyed and fevered, fling up the battered hood, go down and disappear beneath its open wound of primer, I knew how the evening would go. How deep into the moonlight he would hang like Jonah, half in, half out, his full weight given to the wrench, gripped to the stripped bolts and nuts, capping and uncapping the ancient battery, his body lost to that odd carcass of scavenged parts.

I loved him for his love of broken things— the handleless hoes and axes, the sprung rumble seat bought years ago at auction, the legless chairs retrieved from garbage heaps, that truck each day he reinvented.

Like the rivers of Heraclitus. Like Van Gogh’s olive trees and irises that quiver, still. Bristle. As if caught forever in the antique instant of their opening.

It’s why we love Jesus, some philosopher once said, instead of God. Why lovers love the moon that’s always falling.

Reprinted by permission of the author.

More examples of Cathy Smith Bowers work can be found at http://www.irisbooks.com/bowers/bowers_port.htm.

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The men’s basketball team at the statue of the Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.

New jumbo scoreboard brings replays and up-close video images to Gibbs Stadium crowds

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student-athletes

offord College and Capturion Network have completed installation of a new LED video board at Gibbs Stadium. The new video board took the place of the original scoreboard in the north endzone. The video board is a gift from Jimmy and Marsha Gibbs. The Gibbs family has a long friendship with the college spanning two generations. They also provided the lead gift for the stadium’s construction in 1996.

Overall, the LED board is 57 feet wide and 22 feet tall, making it one of the 30 largest video boards in all of college football. The overall size of the entire unit, including sound system and advertising panels, is 57 feet wide by 30 feet tall. The football display system uses Capturion’s newest P22 Discrete LED technology using 22mm full color LED with a 784x308 pixel matrix. The technology and its control system allows for complete flexibility in programming, operating as single giant display or dividing into multiple zones (windows) to show a wide variety of statistics, information, graphics, animation, and live and recorded video.

Fall Quick Hits Men’s Basketball Team Tours Brazil The men’s basketball team spent 10 days this summer in Brazil, where they played three games against professional teams and toured the country. The team began the trip in Rio de Janeiro and continued in Sao Carlos.

“It was an opportunity for us to get the 2010-11 team together and begin to watch them develop,” says Coach Mike Young. “A new NCAA rule allowed us to take our freshmen, so we had our entire team together. When Ian Chadwick ’01 and Bishop Ravenel ’01 were here, we took a trip to Europe. Talking to those guys now, that trip is the first thing that comes up. This year’s team has meant so much to Wofford and the community of Spartanburg. I am thrilled we had the opportunity to do something nice for them.”

For detailed information about the trip from a student’s perspective, visit www.woffordterriers.com to read the journal written by Tim Johnson ’11.

Men’s Golf Earns Academic Honor The Wofford men’s golf program has earned President’s Special Recognition status from the Golf Coaches Association of America for earning a team grade point average of a 3.5 or better this past season.

Wofford was one of only nine Division I teams in the nation to earn President’s Special Recognition status. Other schools recognized include Brown, DePaul, Detroit Mercy, Duke, Gonzaga, and Seton Hall.

Terrier Tales reading program enters fifth year

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he Wofford College athletics department and Spartanburg County Public Libraries (SCPL) have teamed up for the fifth straight year to bring children around Spartanburg Terrier Tales, a special incentive-based reading program.

Open to children age Pre-K through 8th grades, the program is designed to reward children for reading for enjoyment during the school year. Children who complete the program receive a free ticket to any home Wofford football game and all men’s and women’s home basketball games through Dec. 31, 2010 (based on ticket availability).

To participate, children pick up a Terrier Tales bookmark at any of the 10 SCPL locations. Upon completing five books and writing the titles on the lines provided, the child returns to the branch to have the bookmark validated by a librarian. The validated bookmark becomes a free game ticket. Parents who accompany their child to a Wofford game also receive a special ticket discount.

All seven Spartanburg County school districts have shared Terrier Tales information with their students.

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2010 Hall of Fame Class Former Wofford student-athletes Lee Basinger ’05, Eric Deutsch ’05, William McGirt ’01 and Ed Wile ’73 have been selected by the Hall of Fame Committee of the Wofford College Terrier Club Board of Directors as the 2010 inductees into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

In addition, the Hall of Fame will honor Ann Johnson as the Distinguished Service Award winner and Mike Brown ’76 and Joe E. Taylor ’80 as Honorary Lettermen. The Hall of Fame will induct its newest class on October 16 when the Terriers host Western Carolina in football.

The Wofford Hall of Fame recognizes “those former athletes and coaches who, by outstanding athletic achievements and service, have made lasting and significant contributions to the cause of sports at Wofford College, the Spartanburg community, South Carolina and the nation.”

Basinger and Deutsch earned All-America honors in football.

McGirt won the 2001 Southern Conference men’s golf championship, and Wile was one of the top defensive backs in the college’s history.

Enhancing the fan experience: Morrison puts stamp on Panthers’ summer training camp

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FL players, coaches and sportswriters have called the training facilities at Wofford among the best in the league, and fans of the Carolina Panthers have for 16 years flocked to campus to enjoy the first look at their team.

They’ve enjoyed getting close to the action, autograph seeking, the Panthers Pals kids program and opening celebrations featuring bands, food, cheerleaders and mascots. This summer, they got that and much more — T-shirt Tuesdays, Monday Night Movies, Family Fun Days.

“What we wanted to do was to take a camp that already is recognized as one of the best in the NFL with regards to the fan experience and try to make it even better,” says Panthers President Danny Morrison ’75, who spearheaded the effort.

Morrison, who previously had been athletics director and senior vice president of operations at Wofford before stints as Southern Conference commissioner and athletics director at Texas Christian University, pulled together a “cross-functional team of young people” in the Panthers organization during the off-season and challenged them to come up with ways to make the training camp at Wofford even more family friendly and enticing.

The group included: Casey Beamer, marketing/sponsorships; Beau Patterson, ticket office; Deedee Mills, communications; Peter Vacho, community relations; and Bryan Porter, football operations.

“Their job, their charge was: ‘How can we elevate the fan

Danny Morrison ’75

experience at training camp?’

And there was just one rule: We could not do anything that would negatively impact football operations,” Morrison says. Then, the group set out to benchmark other training camps, held brainstorming sessions and presented their proposals to a 20-person organization team made up of personnel from all areas of the organization.

The ideas were tweaked, and then approved. “They came up with the themed nights, which were terrific and simple for the fans to understand,” he adds.

“Saturdays were the parties.

Sundays, family days. Mondays were movies, and Tuesdays were T-shirt days.”

Morrison also pulled in appropriate Wofford staff to augment the planning, execution and promotion of the plans – Debbi Thompson ’88 and Elizabeth

Fields, alumni affairs; Terri Lewitt and Lauren Keisler ’10, Terrier Club; Laura Corbin, communications/marketing – and representatives from the community from the Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, the City of Spartanburg, and Team Spartanburg Sports Council.

Two major parties were held in and around Gibbs Stadium in conjunction with evening practices – an opening “Back to Football” party with live music, local food, TopCats cheerleaders and Sir Purr, and a Tailgate BBQ with a bluegrass band and other entertainment. Those events drew thousands of fans to campus.

For T-Shirt Tuesdays, players threw out autograph T-shirts to fans following practice. Two Monday Night Movie nights were held showing football-themed movies following practice, and Family Fun Days on Sundays included the Play 60 kids combine activities and participation by the S.C. National Guard and the USO. “Everybody thought the Panthers Pals program was very successful,” Morrison says, “and we were interested in broadening that and the Madden video football tournament.” Panthers Pals – a program that allows five children ages 6 to 13 to have a one-onone experience with players after practice – was expanded to one session each day, instead of every other day’s morning practices as in recent years, going from six sessions last year to 13 this year (two other scheduled ones were canceled due to weather). The 7-year-old program had more than 1,000 children register this year. The Madden tournament, presented by Team Spartanburg, was continued in recreation centers in the Spartanburg City Parks

& Recreation Department and the Spartanburg Parks Commission in the county.

“There also was an emphasis on branding the complex,” Morris says, with the “Back to Football” theme of the NFL. Another initiative was providing special opportunities for Club Level and Box Seat ticketholders and team sponsors. They were invited to the Harley Room in the Richardson Physical Activities Building for refreshments, given a special viewing area for practice on the field, and received other special treatment.

“The key to all this was the execution of the plans,” Morrison says. “We got excellent support from Wofford as well as the Spartanburg community.” He feels genuine appreciation for all of the people who “work behind the scenes, but don’t always get credit for it.”

The result of the collective effort was a fan base that noticed.

Morrison should know – he could be found nearly every day of camp walking through various areas, engaging fans and workers alike to see how things were going. “The whole emphasis was to improve the fan experience, and I talked to a number of fans.

I think they had a good time, and that’s what it’s all about.”

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&

Keeping inTouch

About For Alumni

1947

R. Howard Bryant lives with his wife, Anne, in Kings Mountain, N.C. He is a retired school superintendent.

1948

In July 2010, James Griffith retired as executive director of the Edgefield County Senior Citizens Council.

He had served for the past 21 years.

Griffith and his wife, Marianne, live in Edgefield, S.C.

Wofford Today / Wofford College / Volume 43, Number 1 / Spartanburg, South Carolina / Fall 2010

1950

Jack M. Becker lives in Chester, Va. He is retired from Imperial Chemical Industries and tells us that he is “still active and in good health at 81.”

On June 30, 2010, the Chesnee Tribune published a profile of Gene Tabbot, who served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He then spent 37 years in the field of education, five of those as principal at Zion Hill Elementary School. Tabbot and his wife, Helen, live in Inman, S.C.

1951

A retired United States Army colonel, Bob Burgess lives with his wife, Margaret, in Melbourne, Fla.

1954

The Rev. Donald R. O’Dell is celebrating his 15th year as minister of Pacolet Presbyterian Church.

O’Dell and his wife, Carolyn, live in Spartanburg.

1955

The South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians honored Dr. Mack C. Poole with the prestigious Distinguished Service Award during their annual assembly. He was recognized for his outstanding and distinguished service as a family medicine leader.

Poole also serves as a physician for Wofford students and the athletics department.

1956

On the 50th anniversary of his graduation from the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Medicine, Dr. Glen Askins was honored with the establishment of the D.J. Askins Jr., M.D., Endowed Scholarship. The $50,000 endowed fund was created through the generous gifts of his family, friends, colleagues and students to honor Askins and his lifelong contributions to his profession, community and state.

Askins lives with his wife, Jeannie, in Charleston, S.C. Dr. William Evins is a retired orthopedic surgeon. He lives in Travelers Rest, S.C., where he enjoys fishing, gardening and no after-hours calls.

David Johnson and his wife, Joan, live in Spartanburg. Johnson is a retired superintendent for Anderson County School District 2.

It was nice to hear from Jim Lineberger living in Raleigh, N.C. Lineberger is retired after working for 30 years with the North Carolina Crop & Livestock Reporting Service.

He is active in the Kiwanis Club of Cary, N.C., and is publishing “The Gables Cook,” a cookbook of family recipes.

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During the weekend: Friday, October 29

Classes Without Quizzes 50 Year Club Reception and Dinner Reunions for the Classes of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, Pi Kappa Phi (Classes of 1971-79), Delta Sigs Downtown Street Party

So many great deals it’s scary...

Visit Ben Wofford Books for great Wofford wear and gifts including children’s jerseys, Wofford parent T-shirts, stadium blankets, Wofford flip-flops, books written by Wofford faculty and more.

Also, Eastside and Downtown vendors are offering discounts to alumni returning for Homecoming. Each alum who orders Homecoming tickets will receive a Wofford band to wear all weekend. Simply show the band when shopping or enjoying your time in Spartanburg and receive your discount! Look for the "Discount Program Offers" signs around town!

Saturday, October 30

State of the College Address; Alumni Service Awards Reunions for the 1970 Football Team, Religion 340, and the Classes of 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, Kappa Sigs (Classes of 1955-1962), Alpha Sigma Phi Lunch on the Lawn Success Initiative Drop-In Wofford vs. The Citadel football game The Terrier Ball

Sunday, October 31

Homecoming Worship Service

11th annual auction / gala Benjamin johnson arena Wofford college 6:30 pm

Can't make it to the Terrier Ball? Get a piece of the action by participating in the online auction. Visit terrierclub.wofford.edu.

For complete information visit www.wofford.edu/alumni/

1957

Dr. Don Fowler, chairman of the Voorhees College Board of Trustees, delivered the college’s 2010 commencement address on May 8. 2010. Fowler is chairman of the public relations and governmental affairs firm of Fowler Communications, an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, and a member of the board of visitors at the University of South Carolina and the University of Kentucky.

He also is a former member of the Wofford Board of Trustees. Fowler and his wife, Carol, live in Columbia, S.C. Retired high school principal Bill C. Metcalf lives in Union Mills, N.C., with his wife, Margie.

The couple has two children, five grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.

1958

On July 25, 2010, Cliff Crosland was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1979, the baseball and football facilities at Marlboro County High School were named in his honor. Crosland’s teaching and coaching career spanned 30 years.

He lives in Bennettsville, S.C.

1960

The top college football coaches in South Carolina gathered in Columbia in July 2010 for the inaugural South Carolina Coaches for Charity event. Fisher DeBerry hosted the event through the Fisher DeBerry Foundation. Each coach, including Wofford’s football coach, Mike Ayers, designated a charity to receive a portion of the night’s proceeds.

Marshall Breland and his wife, Esther, live in Las Vegas, Nev. Breland is a retired United States Army colonel.

Joe Pugh lives in Decatur, Ga. He continues to present his “Lively History” talks to a variety of audiences, including the 600 member Patriots League of Georgia, the DeKalb County Genealogy Society and the DeKalb County Historical Society.

Lt. Cmdr. Barron Wheeler (retired) lives in Knoxville, Tenn.

1961

Class Chair, Richard L. Robinson Dr. Donald C. Jones lives in Hendersonville, N.C., with his wife, Patsy. Jones is executive director of the Henderson County Education Foundation Inc. He has been a member of the board of directors since 2000 and also has served as president and as vice president of the foundation.

Ron Shumaker and his wife, Nancy, live in Scottsdale, Ariz. Shumaker works part-time for a men’s clothing store, is a hospital volunteer and enjoys playing tennis.

1962

Class Chair, Boyce M. Berry The South Carolina Golf Association has named its distinguished service award after Hampton County native Charles Drawdy. Drawdy has been on the association’s executive board since 1968. He and his wife, Lillian, live in Hampton, S.C. Robert D. McJunkin lives in Arlington, Va. McJunkin is retired from a career in finance and accounting.

Living in Florence, S.C., Thomas Pritchard is a director in the office of assessment and accountability services for Horry County schools.

Farming, faith, family, and, of course, Wofford College Four generations of the Perrow family

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oss Perrow ’51 says his family has been farming land in Cameron, S.C., “forever.”

“My father came from Virginia in 1917 and farmed with his uncle here in Cameron. I finished Wofford and came straight back here and onto the dirt,” says Perrow. At 80 years old, Perrow still puts in full workdays and drives the back roads between the farm, the fields and the cotton gin like a man with a lot to do before the sun sets.

The Perrows farm about 2,000 acres of cotton and other crops including corn, soybeans, peanuts and wheat. They own and operate Cameron Cotton and Seed Co., and own a share of Carolina Peanut, LLC. As tied as the family is to the fertile black dirt of Calhoun County South Carolina, they’re just as tied to the Upstate clay beneath Wofford’s 170-acre campus.

H. W. Perrow ’24 attended Wofford’s fitting school before graduating from the college in three years. He served on the Wofford Board of Trustees from 1950-54. His sons, Moss and George ’54, followed him to Wofford. Their sons Moss Jr. ’77 and Drake ’79 (belonging to Moss) and Turner ’86 (son of

Perrows (left to right) Moss Sr. ’51, Drake ’79, Charlotte ’11, John (a first-year student at Clemson University), and Moss Jr. ’77 George) continued the family’s Wofford tradition. Moss Jr.’s son Adam graduated from Wofford in 2004 (he married Stacey Williamson ’04), and Drake’s daughter Charlotte will graduate this spring with the Class of 2011. The Wofford/Perrow family tree gets more complicated when taking into account the Holman relatives, including Dr. Bob Holman ’53.

“When I applied to Wofford one of the questions on the application asked me to list family who had graduated from the college. I had to attach a separate piece of paper to include them all,” says Charlotte, who, according to her mom, Linda Perrow, is probably the biggest advocate of modern agriculture on Wofford’s campus.

“She’s learned a lot, but she’s done a lot of educating as well,” says Linda.

Charlotte, an environmental studies major, does not plan to spend her postgraduate days operating combines or planting seed, but she does plan a future tied to

In January 2010, Moss Perrow was named Ginner of the Year by the Southeastern Cotton Ginners Association. The award recognized Perrow’s business sense, commitment to innovation, community involvement and emphasis on safety.

the land. After prestigious summer internships with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture helping with the “Certified South Carolina Grown” marketing campaign in 2008 and with Santee Cooper this past summer exploring new ideas in renewable energy, species control, property management and micro biology, Charlotte plans to enroll in a master of public administration program focusing on conservation management and wetland protection.

“It all ties back here,” says Drake, who, in addition to farming, runs a crop consulting business. “It’s been fun for me to sit back and watch her connect what she’s grown up around with what she’s learning in college….

Farming has evolved. It’s a high technology business now and more environmentally friendly than ever.”

Drake gives examples of crop diversity, new methods in irrigation and pest control, and conservation tillage. The Perrows’ new cotton picker speeds up the cotton harvest and requires less labor, but it’s still quite an investment for the six weeks a year that the machine is in the field.

“Farming is an expensive business,” say Moss Sr. “It takes a lot of capital and there’s a high risk.”

That’s where the family’s faith in God comes in says Drake.

The Perrows’ United Methodist tradition stretches as far back as their legacies of farming and Wofford graduates. The majority of the family attends Shady Grove United Methodist Church located a few miles down the road from their homes and farm.

“Rain is always on the prayer list,” says Charlotte. “Sometimes we’re praying for more, sometimes for less, but it’s always on the list.”

This fall, the Perrows have another leaving the farm to get an education. John, Charlotte’s brother, plans to major in agricultural business and mechanization at Clemson University. Although he won’t be wearing Wofford’s colors, the family is pleased that John, along with Moss Jr.’s son, Stewart (Newberry College Class of 2010), is going to spend the next four years preparing to lead the Perrow family into a new era in farming.

John’s decision to go to Clemson reminds Moss Jr. of a time he had similar plans. Moss Jr. tells the story of coming to the family farm one day and announcing to his grandfather (H. W. Perrow) that he was going to Clemson to learn how to farm.

“My grandfather looked at me and said, ‘… son, you’re going to Wofford to get an education.

After that you come back here.

I’ll teach you how to farm,’” says Moss Jr. “That’s exactly what I did.”

Moss Jr. lives on the family farm and walks out of his back door every day to work. The combines and tractors sit under the same shed as his collection of restored classic Chevrolets. His dad, Moss Sr. lives right beside him, about 500 yards from the home place where he grew up. Drake’s family lives a few miles away but still surrounded by crops. They’re a close family, sewn into the soil with strong ties to Wofford and the church.

According to Moss Sr., the combination is the reason for the success of Perrow Farms. “Belle, my wife, and I are awfully proud of our family… coming back here to work this farm with us.

We couldn’t have done it without them.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

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Barber women continue Wofford legacy

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he Rev. Don Barber ’86 dressed his infant daughters in tiny Wofford sweatshirts with hope that one day they would wear old gold and black as they walked to classes as Wofford students. He confessed as much, sporting his own college sweatshirt, while interviewing Raven Simone after her popular movie, College Road Trip.

When the movie hit theaters, Don and his wife, Cheryl, of the Atlanta-based international Emmy-nominated television show goodnews don&cheryl, had already done several college road trips with their first daughter, Stewart ’09. They were well into the process with their second daughter, Ellison ’12, and still buying Wofford wear for their third daughter, Lindel ’14.

While Don sympathized with Martin Lawrence, who played Raven’s dad in the movie, Don stepped back and watched his own daughters come to the decision to enroll in Wofford on their own.

“We didn’t push it,” says Cheryl, who graduated from Converse College in 1986.

“They’re all so different, but they each found something they liked in Wofford.”

Stewart, who now works in Washington, D.C., as legislative correspondent for Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, was set on attending the University of Georgia, when she visited Wofford in the spring of her senior year.

“I loved it,” she says. “People knew my name, and I could walk to class.”

Stewart majored in English and government, studied abroad in London, interned with Wofford Trustee Mike Brown ’76, and participated in the Aspen Institute in Colorado.

“That stuff just doesn’t happen at a bigger school,” she says.

Ellison, an English and creative writing major, came to Wofford because of her older

Don and Lindel Barber on Move-in Day in Lindel’s Greene Hall room

sister’s experience. “Ironically, my dad’s going to college here made me hesitant to want to attend,” says Ellison. “Once I came and stayed with my older sister and saw how much she loved it, I fell in love with Wofford too.”

This fall, Don and Cheryl moved their third daughter, Lindel, into Wofford for the start of her first year, and following family tradition, Lindel is living in Greene Hall, Room 101. It’s the room to which Don and Stewart were assigned as first-year students. The Student Affairs office honored Ellison’s and Lindel’s requests to continue the Greene 101 family tradition.

“I’ve been visiting my sisters at Wofford since middle school,” says Lindel, whose parents encouraged her to visit lots of different colleges and universities because of her familiarity with Wofford. “Even after seeing all those other colleges, I knew that Wofford was where I was supposed to be.”

The Barber’s Wofford family legacy began with The Rev. Gary D. Barber ’54, a Presbyterian

minister for more than 40 years, and his uncle Horace Smith ’54, an educator, who delayed college to serve in World War II. “Wofford is the most special place to our family. We never miss a chance when we are in a group of people to mention, promote, and celebrate Wofford,” says Don. “Wofford changed our lives, expanded our knowledge, challenged our perceptions, encouraged our service, and connected us to a great history and network of Wofford alumni who impact the world for God and good.”

In addition to goodnews don&cheryl where some of Don’s favorite guests include Ron Howard, Hillary Swank, Denzel Washington, Sandra Bullock, Kirsten Dunst, Robert DeNiro, Will Smith, Miley Cyrus, Susan Sarandon and Dave Matthews, Don still preaches every Sunday and serves as pastor to Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church in the northeast Georgia mountains, a short drive north of Atlanta.

Following his commencement address to the graduating class at Raban Gap-Nacoochee School in Georgia, Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap posed with (left to right) Ellison ’12, Lindel ’14 and Stewart ’09 Barber. Their mom, Cheryl, is the college counselor for the school.

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Keith Wiley lives in Stoney Fla., in the winter and Smith MounCreek, N.C. Now retired, Wiley tain Lake, Va., in the summer.

The Arts Council of Winstonwas the owner of Guilford Garden Salem and Forsyth County has named Center. its new arts center the Milton Rhodes 1964 Center for the Arts in honor of its Class Chair, Charles W. Saunders Jr. current president and chief executive Bob McDuffie and his wife, officer, Milton Rhodes. He has twice Angela, live in Darlington, S.C. served as president and chief executive McDuffie is a retired marketing officer. The center includes enlarged representative for Thomasville Fur- and enhanced facilities for Sawtooth niture Industries.

Center for Visual Art; the HanesAlex O’Daniel lives in Jack- brands black-box theater; Reynolds sonville Beach, Fla. Since his re- Place meeting and event venue; and tirement as a manager for Prestige/ two new gallery and exhibition spaces.

Majestic Home Centers, O’Daniel Rhodes and his wife, Mattie, live in has found time for various organi- Winston-Salem, N.C. zations as well as volunteering at the local Mission House and at the City 1968 Rescue Mission, where he mentors Class Chair, Ronald G. Bruce a student. He and his wife, Georgia, J. Ronnie Clayton and his wife, also have enjoyed spending time Debbie, live in Summerville, S.C. with relatives and friends.

Clayton is a retired management accountant. The couple has two daugh1965 ters and two grandchildren.

Hal Looney and his wife, RoRandy Loftis is managing partner berta, live in Brevard, N.C. Looney’s of the law firm Constangy, Brooks & photography work, which has been Smith LLP. He and his wife, Lea, live featured in many regional and na- in Winston- Salem, N.C. tional publications, was highlighted during the April meeting of the 1969 Hendersonville Camera Club. The Class Chair, Richard L. Myers couple also has opened a photograSteve Burch lives in Winter Park, phy gallery showcasing prominent Fla. Burch, a retired software engineer nature and wildlife photographers with 45 years’ experience, also served and teachers. in the United States Air Force.

Living in Greenville, S.C., Jimmy Jacobs and his wife, DebPinckney Maxwell III is a retired bie, live in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jacobs teacher. He and his wife, Mary is vice president of global employee Helen, have two children and five management for Computer Sciences grandchildren.

Corp.

Living in Campobello, S.C., Dr. 1966 Jimmy Littlefield retired Jan. 31, Class Chair, J. Hayne Culler Sr. 2010, as superintendent of District Reamer B. King received an 1 Schools after 41 years of service. honorary degree from Francis Mar- Littlefield attended Wofford on a basion University during commence- ketball scholarship and is a member of ment exercises in May. King, owner the Wofford College Athletics Hall of of King Cadillac Buick Pontiac Fame. He also was a member of the GMC Inc., has served as director Wofford College ROTC and was comof the South Carolina Automobile missioned second lieutenant in 1969.

Dealers Association and was a recip- Littlefield and his wife, Gail, have two ient of Time Magazine’s Automo- children and two grandchildren. bile Dealer of the Year Award. He John Lunday and his wife, Kathand his wife, Betty, live in Florence, leen, live in Atlanta, Ga. Lunday is S.C. The couple has twin daughters president of Architectural Specialties and a son, Dr. R. Benjamin King & Consultants.

Jr., who graduated from Wofford in Casey Sharpe lives in Myrtle 1990.

Beach, S.C. Planning to retire in Lt. Col. (ret.) Paul Pittman 2011, he currently works in for Sea lives in Florence, S.C., with his wife, Mist Resort in its human resources Denean. Pittman currently serves as department. president of the United States TenHenry Spann is a full-time innis Association South Carolina. structor of English at Anderson UniLiving in Clinton, S.C., Billy versity. He and his wife, Elizabeth, Pitts is part-time volunteer co- have been married for 41 years. ordinator for Hospice of Laurens County. In July 2010 he helped 1970 organize the hospice’s first-ever vol- 40th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 unteer orientation seminar. He also Class Chair, Arthur W. Rich has volunteered for many years for Frank Adams has retired as depthe Flight of the Dove bicycle race, uty director of the South Carolina the biggest hospice event of the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Agyear. Pitts and his wife, Linda, live ing. He plans to write a book to help in Clinton, S.C. baby boomers cope with their aging David Thorpe lives in Solana parents’ needs and to help people betBeach, Calif., where he has begun ter prepare for their own futures. Ada new venture to provide leadership ams lives in Columbia, S.C., with his skills and help individuals under- wife, Anne. stand who they are and where they Living in Columbia, S.C., Ken want to go: www.Path2Success4ME. Bedenbaugh is president/owner of com. Thorpe and his wife, Helenjo, Massco Sales Inc., a civil engineering have three children. Their daughter, product marketing firm. He and his Katherine Rose Thorpe, is a 2009 wife, Sylvia, have two children and Wofford alumna. one granddaughter.

The Rev. Jerry James lives in 1967 Simpsonville, S.C., with his wife, Class Chair, Hubbard McDonald Jr. Tisha. James is a retired United MethRetired Army Lt. Col. Donald odist minister having served for 35 Cake is president and chief execu- years in both Louisiana and South tive officer of two small businesses. Carolina. The couple has two sons, He is currently transitioning into Kyle James ’03 and Todd James. his second retirement by transferJim McCabe and his wife, Cathy, ring his businesses to his son and live in Spartanburg. McCabe is direcdaughter. Cake and his wife, Nickie, tor of information services for Milenjoy living in Palm Beach Gardens, liken and is responsible for all corpo-

Wofford friends sail through life with Wofford flag flying

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ention sailing in the Caribbean and paradise-like sights and sounds come to mind: sea, sky and islands blend together with incredible beauty, particularly at sunrise and sunset.

Jimmy Buffet songs and picturesque watering holes such as the Soggy Dollar, notorious for mixing rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, cream of coconut, and grated nutmeg in a beverage called a Painkiller.

Calm seas and line-of-sight navigation, opening up all sorts of possibilities for snorkeling and other water sports.

Close friends. (There’s not a lot of privacy on a sailboat at sea.)

The British Virgin Islands have been a tourist destination for Wofford folks for a long time; in fact, it’s something of a recent trend to go there for a wedding and honeymoon. However, half a dozen alumni have made periodic sailing trips to the Caribbean a special part of their friendship and their relationship to Wofford.

They display their college flag with the “W” monogram, and it often serves as an invitation for passing boats to share memories

of college life in South Carolina.

Their story began in January 2001 when Milton Johnson ’02 and Michael “Gibby” Gibson ’02 participated in a sailing Interim with Dr. Bill Mount. The project included a Coast Guard sailing course and a week of practice.

Then, it was on to the Virgin Islands for the capstone week of sailing in a flotilla of three 50foot sailboats, all of which carried an experienced pilot and teacher.

In port, they did some sight seeing and even located President Joe Lesesne’s name among the many

signatures on the wall of “The Pirates’ Bight,” a popular beach bar on Norman Island.

After this trip, Milton was hooked on sailing. At the end of the year, he went back to the Virgin Islands with his family, and after graduation, Milton and “Gibby” were joined on a trip

by Dave Wansley ’02. “In those days, we were too young to rent a car, but they gave us a 50-foot sailboat without any problem,” says Milton with a laugh. “We had to fill all eight berths to be able to afford it. It was really

The whole group at the Soggy Dollar Bar: Kate and Milton Johnson, Michael and Elizabeth Tyson Gibson, and Dave and Laura Sams Wansley.

Milton and Michael hoist the sails.

Spartanburg Community College rate information technology globally announced in September the appointwithin the company. ment of the Rev. Samuel S. Hook 1971 as executive director of advancement Class Chair, Kenneth E. Smith and the SCC Foundation. In addiPat Lichtenberger is a general tion to earning a master of divinity manager for Schafer Corp. in the de- degree from Duke University, Hook is fense industry working in specialized, also a certified financial planner and classified programs protecting space a certified financial development and capabilities for government and com- planned giving professional. mercial entities. He lives in Colorado George Lynn and his wife, EleaSprings, Colo., with his wife, Monica. nore, live in Blythewood, S.C. Lynn is Living in Southern Pines, N.C., owner of George Lynn Real Estate and Bob Shorkey is senior vice president Auction located in Union, S.C. and financial services officer for MidSouth Bank & Trust Co. 1973 Jack D. Griffeth has been named 1972 a shareholder in Collins & Lacy, P.C., Class Chair, Allen S. Guignard one of South Carolina’s largest and Congratulations to Dr. John prestigious law firms. Griffeth practicBlack of Columbia. He completed es in the Greenville office. His 34-year a successful term as president of the law career has focused on defense trial South Carolina Medical Association. work, as well as representing employBlack practices with Internal Medi- ers in employment related litigation cal Associates. He and his wife, Anne, and mediation. Recently, he took ofhave one son, Jonathan. fice as secretary/treasurer of the South Dr. Kenneth Giberson lives in Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Fairfax, Va., with his wife, Paula. Gib- Directors. Griffeth also serves as the erson is a practicing dentist. The cou- president-elect of the Greenville Bar ple has two children, both of whom Association and was the 2008 recipiare in college. ent of the Greenville Bar's Tommy Thomason Award.

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Class Chair, Jerry L. Calvert James E. Brogdon has been promoted to executive vice president and general counsel for the Moncks Corner-based Santee Cooper. Brogdon joined Santee Cooper in 2005 and previously was a circuit court judge and private practice attorney. He lives in Pinopolis, S.C., with his wife, Pamela.

David Creasy and his wife, Nancy, live in Mechanicsville, Va. Creasy is a certified public accountant.

Living in Spring Lake, Mich., William E. Curtis is a plant manager for ConAgra Foods. Curtis and his wife, Katherine, have been married for 33 years.

David Murphy is president of the family-owned Mother Murphy’s Laboratories in Greensboro, N.C. The firm supplies coffee to a number of clients, including McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme, Keebler Cookies and Reynolds American. Murphy and his wife, Jane, live in Greensboro.

The Rev. Reggie Rowell and his wife, Denise, live in Cross, S.C. Rowell is chaplain at the Medical University of South Carolina.

tight but a lot of fun.”

Their next sailing trip was a couples’ venture. Milton Johnson’s wife, Kate, was already an experienced and enthusiastic sailor. Laura Sams ’02 was married to Dave and Elizabeth Tyson ’02 had married Michael. Sally Cheek Harrell ’03 and her future husband, Chris, also made a trip to the Caribbean. Renewable Wofford memories were a big part of these friendships.

“My first sailing trip was not exactly what I had expected,” Elizabeth recalls. “It was like going camping in a very warm and humid environment, and there wasn’t anybody to do the cooking or make the beds, as there might have been on a big yacht or a cruise ship. We adapted to not having fancy clothes and hairdryers soon enough and learned to just relax and enjoy ourselves.”

In 2010, the Johnsons, the Wansleys, and the Gibsons returned to the British Virgin Islands, but this time their vessel was a catamaran with airconditioned cabins and two spare berths for storing luggage. “The catamaran’s design is such that the tipping, dipping and diving that you sometimes find on a conventional sailboat is minimal,” says Michael. Elizabeth agrees that the smooth ride is an important plus when the occasional squall threatens.

According to Dave, one of the highlights of the trip this year was a morning ritual where the six friends planned their travel for the day. “I made my first trip to Anegada this spring,” he said.

“Unlike most destinations in the islands, getting there requires

three or four challenging hours of navigating and sailing, and you actually are relieved to have good charts with you. Anegada is a coral-sand island rather than volcanic in origin; it is no more than six or seven feet above sea level all the way across. When we pulled up to the warf, we ordered fresh lobster to be grilled on steel drums for the evening meal.

Then, we set off across the island to a perfect spot for snorkeling. Several of us swam side by side with a sea turtle for a good distance. It was a day that we will never forget.”

Another favorite spot is “the Baths” on Virgin Gorda, where there are smooth rocks for sunning and swimming and an intriguing grotto. This island is also known for a hiking trail offering a fantastic view of the bay and the Bitter End Yacht club.

This spring’s trip reflected life transitions for the group. “This year, we appreciated the trip even more than in past years, and Milton deserves a lot of credit for that,” says Laura. “The things we have in common that brought us together as friends have not changed, but our children are getting a little older and we’re becoming more settled professionally. We talked about the children a lot how we want them to grow up together as friends, and how much we would like them to experience the same things we did at Wofford.

“We really do get along wonderfully well on these tripscouples time, guys time, girls time, dinnertime together.”

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by Doyle Boggs ’70

Class Chair, John O. Moore Class Chair, C. Stan Sewell Jr. The Hon. Phillip Sinclair is a Sam B. Dillard Jr. lives in Charfamily court judge in Spartanburg. He lotte, N.C. and is president of Dillard and his wife, Vicki, have three chil- Corp. dren.

Spartanburg dentist Dr. Walt Leonard participated in the 4th An1976 nual Camp Patriot Mount Rainier Class Chair, John W. Gandy Climb in July 2010. Camp Patriot Living in Rock Hill, S.C., Charles is based in Montana and serves to Burnette is a practicing attorney. He introduce injured veterans to several also has successfully published the outdoor activities. Leonard assisted novel “Manipulation by Degree” and four soldiers in their attempt to climb wrote us that his next novel is 90 per- Mount Rainier. cent complete.

Stan Sewell is chief operating Drexel Cheek and his wife, Sally, officer of Naumann Hobbs Material live in Spartanburg. They have one Handling. He and his wife, Lynn, live son, Sam. Cheek works for the YMCA in Phoenix, Ariz. The couple has three as a membership services specialist. children.

Larry Kearse and his wife, Charlene, live in Irmo, S.C. Kearse is dean 1978 of students and athletics director at Class Chair, Richard W. Krapfel Columbia High School.

Living in Rock Hill, S.C., RichRetired United States Navy Cmdr. ard W. Krapfel works for Dicey FabMike Uhall was the keynote speaker rics as vice president of sales/marketduring a Memorial Day service in ing for contract, hospitality and health Abbeville, S.C. Uhall works in the as- care products in the United States and sessor’s office at the Abbeville County Canada. He and his wife, Jean, look Courthouse. He and his wife, Vicky, forward to their visits to Spartanburg live in Donalds, S.C. to attend Wofford football games.

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TERRIERS

in the news

Dr. Rita Ann Meeks lives in Burnsville, N.C. Meeks practices obstetrics and gynecology.

Sims Propst is director of regional cash management sales for Synovus Financial. Propst and his wife, Anne, live in Greenville, S.C. The couple has two children.

niversary this year. Dorn is case manager at the J.M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital.

Lee Stanley Smith has received a master of liberal arts degree from Winthrop University. Smith lives In Lake Wylie, S.C.

1979

Class Chair, W. Scott Gantt Living in Marietta, Ga., Rebecca Meyer Brewster is president and chief operating officer of the American Transportation Research Institute. She was recently honored with the J.R. “Bob” Halladay Award for her dedication and commitment to the trucking industry. The award recognizes individuals for outstanding service in support of the 50 state trucking associations. Brewster and her husband, Kevin, have two children.

Retired Lt. Col. Ellis D. Colvin graduated the War College and master’s degree program at the National Defense University in 2009. He and his family have relocated to Charleston, S.C., where Colvin is enrolled at Charleston School of Law. He and his wife, Cynthia, have two children.

Tony Denny and his wife, Beverly, live in Lexington, S.C. The couple has two children, Marshall and Leah Grace. Denny is self-employed.

Living in Hartsville, S.C., George Yarbrough works for the South Carolina Tax Commission.

Class Chair, Wade E. Ballard The Rev. James (Jim) Dennis Jr. is senior pastor at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta, S.C. Dennis and his wife, Carolina, have three adult children.

Their son, David Dennis, is a 2001 Wofford graduate.

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Machovec speaks to young professionals in Columbia Dr. Frank Machovec, professor of economics at Wofford, was the featured speaker for a joint event that the South Carolina Young Lawyers Division and Young Bankers Division held on June 3, 2010. Carolyn Laffitte ’03 of the South Carolina Bankers' Association and Will Johnson ’02 of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd coordinated the event, which drew more than 60 attendees from the Columbia area. Machovec's presentation was entitled "Causes of the Economic Meltdown and Its Unfortunate Fallout: Over-Regulation." Machovec also spoke for the Columbia Economics Club's quarterly meeting on July 15. His presentation focused on Joseph Schumpeter's theory of creative destruction.

Above is Machovec with a group of Wofford graduates who attended the Young Lawyers and Young Bankers event. Left to right are: Lindsey Carlberg Livingston '01, Clint Hammond '01, Jeff Muthig '06, Nick Steinhaus '03, Thomas Anderson '02, Jesse Smith '03, Machovec , Will Johnson '02, Mark Reynolds '08, John Johnston '02, Bowen Horger '98, Chad Johnston '03, Carolyn Laffitte '03, Elizabeth Moses '01, and Montague Laffitte '00.

Meadors recognized for historic preservation work

30th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Paul D. Kountz Jr. Fred Armand and his wife, Rebecca, have moved from Brasilia, Brazil, to their next assignment in Lagos, Nigeria. Fred will be the management officer and Rebecca will be working as the senior commercial officer for the United States Department of Commerce.

Living in Marietta, Ga., Jeff Hart is vice president at SunTrust Mortgage. He and his wife, Debra, have two children. Their son is in graduate school and their daughter is in college.

Dr. Thomas (Tommy) Mann Jr. is a physician with Carolina Surgical Associates. Mann and his wife, Lisa, live in Greenville, S.C. Living in Tokyo, Japan, Koichiro Tanaka is managing director of Citibank Japan Ltd. Tanaka and his wife, Kay, have one son.

1981

Contractor and preservationists James Meadors ’81 (above) was recognized recently with the Robert N.S. and Patti Foos Whitelaw Founders Award for the restoration of 93 and 97 Broad St. in Charleston, S.C. The award was presented by the Historic Charleston Foundation in honor of Meadors' extraordinary contributions in protecting the integrity of the architecture, history and culture of Charleston and the Lowcountry.

Arts Council names new center for Milton Rhodes The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County named its new arts center in downtown Winston Salem “Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts” in honor of its current president and CEO, Milton Rhodes ’67 (above).

“Milton has long been considered one of the most capable and visionary leaders in the American arts community," says Tonya Deem, Arts Council chair.

Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts includes the historic Sawtooth Building, Hanesbrands black-box theatre, Reynolds Place meeting and event venue; two new gallery and exhibition spaces, and a Spruce Street main entrance with horseshoe drive and dramatic canopy.

For nearly 40 years. Rhodes has been a mainstay of the nation’s arts and cultural community and one of America’s most distinguished nonprofit advocates and administrators. He has served twice as president and CEO of The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County – from 1971 to 1985 and then returning in October 2004.

Bostic selected as Institute of World Politics senior fellow

Heldreth awarded Order of the Silvert Crescent Todd Heldreth ’65, Clarendon School District 2’s character education director, was presented the Order of the Silver Crescent in May. Established in 1997, the award is given by the governor of South Carolina to recognize those who have made a significant contribution to a particular South Carolina city or community.

The award letter cited Heldreth’s 40 years as an effective educator, serving as a teacher, a coach, an assistant principal, and as a driving force for character education.

The award came as a surprise to Heldreth, who posed after the presentation with his wife, Carolyn.

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Col. Reginald Bostick ’88 will be serving as Army senior fellow to the the Institute of World Politics (IWP). During his tenure at IWP, Bostick will focus on military information support training, capabilities and operations in the interagency environment, and information support integration with host nation governments in support of counter-terrorism operations. Bostick will have the opportunity at IWP to evaluate national security policy, strategy, and operational issues to enhance his abilities as a senior Army leader while strengthening the communications between the Army and the Institute.

Following his fellowship with the IWP, Bostic will command the 4th Military Information Support Group at Fort Bragg, N.C., beginning summer 2011.

McClain earns Delta Delta Delta Scholarship Mary-Catherine McClain ’08 was recently selected to receive the Margaret Stafford Fellowship, a $60,000 per year scholarship grant from Tri Delta. According to McClain, the Gamma Psi Chapter of Delta Delta Delta at Wofford deserves the credit for helping her develop confidence, skills and the experience to pursue an alumni adviser position with the Alpha Eta Chapter at Florida State University. McClain is a doctoral student in counseling and school psychology at Florida State.

Class Chair, G. Patrick Watson The Orange County Register in Southern California published a nice profile of Ron Andrews on Aug. 26, 2010. The story described a promise made to his grandmother, Estelle Blanton, while she battled breast cancer and how it shaped his professional life. Today, Andrews is the CEO of Clarient, a medical technology company which has as its motto, “Taking Cancer personally” and is significant corporate sponsor of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Andrews told the newspaper that his goal is to see the disease become a chronic condition that can be treated without mastectomies.

Dr. Dawn Williams Burks lives in Simpsonville, S.C. He is a radiologist at Greenville Radiology.

James Meadors was the recipient of the Robert N. S. and Patti Foos Whitelaw Founders Award for the restoration of 93 and 97 Broad St. in Charleston, S.C. Meadors is president and chief executive officer of Meadors Construction Co. He and his wife, Anne, live in Charleston.

G. Patrick Watson is a partner in the law firm of BryanCave LLP. Watson and his wife, Sheridan, live in Atlanta, Ga. Living in Seneca, S.C., David Wilson is military project manager for the manufacturing support company Tri Tech USA. Wilson and his wife, Beth, have two children.

1982

Class Chair, J. Madison Dye Jr. Jeff Boggan is director of development at North Georgia College & State University. He lives in Dahlonega, Ga. Tom Dorn and his wife, Jennifer, live in Augusta, Ga. The couple celebrated their silver wedding an-

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Class Chair, Kenneth M. Kirkpatrick Randy Butler lives in Woodbridge, Va., and is travel compliance officer for the Defense Logistics Agency and a member of the Defense Travel Initiatives Board. He and his wife, Melissa, have three children.

Jay Gibson is a shareholder in the law firm of Elliott Davis LLC and leads the firm’s business valuation practice. Gibson lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife and two children.

Attorneys Thomas H. Keim Jr. and S. Clay Keim ’87, have been named to Law & Politics’ 2010 list of “South Carolina Super Lawyers.” The brothers work for the national labor and employment law firm of Ford and Harrison LLP. Only 5 percent of attorneys in the state of South Carolina are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.

Ned Nicholson is a shareholder with McNair Law Firm. He specializes in business litigation. Nicholson and his wife, Amy, have two children.

Living in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Rev. Campbell Thames is pastor of Live Oak Church.

Living in Spartanburg but serving a territory that includes Canada, the eastern United States and Texas, Dennis “Rip” Van Winkle is a sales engineer, selling nonwovens to filter manufacturers.

1985

Class Chair, Timothy E. Madden The Rev. Nath Briley is pastor of Pickens Presbyterian Church. He lives with his family in Pickens, S.C. The Rev. Kenneth Owens lives in Lexington, S.C., and is senior pastor of Lexington United Methodist Church.

The insurance firm of KeenanSuggs BowersElkins has announced the addition of Randy Stober as benefits operations manager. He previously was employed with Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co. Stober and his wife, Kim, live in Columbia, S.C. Don White Jr. is owner/general agent of Salem Financial Group.

White and his wife, Mary Kelly, live in Winston-Salem, N.C. The couple has two children.

New releases The Wofford bookshelf

Wofford’s addition to the Campus History Series by Dr. Phillip Stone ’94

Visitors to bookstores throughout the region are familiar with the Campus History series produced by Arcadia Publishing in Charleston, S.C. and other cities. Dr. Phillip Stone ’94, college archivist, has created a very fine Wofford entry for this series that nicely complements previous college histories and memoirs, including “Shining with Untarnished Honor” (2005), which Stone coauthored with Doyle Boggs ’70 and JoAnn Mitchell Brasington ’89.

A remarkable feature of this book are dozens of very fine photographic images from the Wofford archives, the result of Stone’s patient and skilled work with the scanner combined with good quality printing. Readers will be seeing most of these pictures for the first time in recent memory, and they are explained by accurate and interesting captions. A brief, well written introduction covers the important events in college history.

The book is dedicated to the memory of Herbert Hucks Jr. ’34 (19131999), who distinguished himself as a librarian, historian and archivist for both Wofford College and the South Carolina United Methodist Church.

Stone’s book is available at Ben Wofford Books, many South Carolina stores and on the Internet.

1986

Class Chair, Brand R. Stille We were very happy to get an email from Kevin Geddings, sharing some good news. On August 27, 2010, after a five-year struggle with U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors, the same federal judge in Raleigh, N.C., who sent had sent Geddings to prison vacated his conviction on “political honest services fraud.” “I am no longer a felon,” Geddings wrote. “Today, I appreciate freedom like few others can, happy to be a full-time dad again and to begin a new chapter.” Now living in St. Augustine, Fla., Geddings owns and operates a marketing consulting firm, www.GLKconsultants. com.

Glenn Greene III, vice president of First Bank in Latta, S.C., recently was appointed to the bank’s Dillon Advisory Board. Greene has 24 years of banking experience and is a member of the Latta Rotary Club, where he has served as president. He and his wife, Beth, have two daughters.

John Dean Tobias of Carolina Casualty Insurance Company has been named 2010 Piedmont Claims Adjuster of the Year. Dean is married to Rhonda Watt Tobias and lives in Roebuck, S.C. They have three daughters: Nicole, who graduated from USC Upstate with a BS in mathematics in 2009, a BS in computer science in 2010 and is currently enrolled in the PhD program for computer science at Clemson University; Holly, who is a freshman at Wofford majoring in biology; and Kacie, a fifth grader at Roebuck Elementary.

Dr. Lynnette Wilson-Phillips is pediatrician and owner of Decatur Pediatric Group located in Decatur, Ga. Wilson-Phillips purchased the practice in 1996 and has expanded its practice to three locations. She and her husband, Jonathan, live in Lithonia, Ga., with their three children.

Bishopville and Lee County in Vintage Images by Rachel Bowman Bradbury ’95 and William B. Baskin ’ 57

Another new release from the Arcadia family of publications is “Bishopville and Lee County in Vintage Images,” a collaborative effort by Rachel Bowman Bradbury ’95 and William B. Baskin ’57.

For many years, Wofford has been a popular college choice in the area, and alumni have included notables such as U.S. Senator Ellison D. Smith (Class of 1889) and Governor Thomas G. McLeod (Class of 1892).

by Doyle Boggs ’70 First known in the early 1800s as Singleton’s Crossroads, Bishopville was named for Dr. Jacques Bishop is 1828. It became a wealthy center for cotton growing and in 1902, a county seat. The book has several attractive features including a nicely written introduction, good-quality pictures of hotels, churches and stores that have survived as reminders of Bishopville’s early 20th century heyday, and an exceptional collection of group photos from the African-American community.

Both Bradbury and Baskin come from families who have been involved in Lee County civic life and historical research for several generations. Baskin is a retired attorney and municipal judge who often volunteers at the South Carolina Cotton Museum, while the Bradbury lives with her husband, Dr. John Charles Bradbury ’96, and their two daughters in Marietta, Ga.

Funny Things Can Happen on Your Way to the Bible by Dr. Charles Barrett ’55

“If you have ever wondered what the Bible would sound like if it were written by Ogden Nash (and who hasn’t?), here it is: Charlie Barrett’s religious rhymes,” says Bishop Will Willimon ’68.

Published by Wipf and Stock Publishers of Eugene, Ore., “Funny Things Can Happen on Your Way to the Bible” is designed as a series of daily

1987

Dennis Ballentine is a lead teacher for Richland School District Two. He lives with his wife, Kellie, in Blythewood, S.C. The couple has two children.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Dr. Tracy Harrell Dunn serves as assistant dean of the School of Business and Economics for Benedict College.

Dunn was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor in August 2010.

Sherrie Watson Rogers lives in Anderson, S.C., and is regional director of sales and marketing for two Greenville area hotels. Rogers and her husband, Danny, have a daughter, Rachel.

1988

Class Chair, C. Lane Glaze The Rev. Furman Buchanan is a priest at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, S.C. Buchanan and his wife, Kim, have three children.

Joseph H. Farrell III has joined the South Carolina State Ports Authority as assistant legal counsel. He previously had been an associate with the Charleston-based law firm of Young Clement Rivers LLP. Farrell lives with his wife, Sharon, and their two children in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Bryan Hicks is traffic manager for the United States Department of State, managing international relief cargo shipments from the United States. Hicks and his partner, William Bowman, live in Springfield, Va. Living on Lake Murray, S.C., Foster T. Jordan is corporate senior vice president of Charles River Laboratories headquartered in Wilmington, Mass. The couple has three children.

John Shealy and his wife, Michelle, live in West Union, S.C. Shealy is a security officer at the Duke Energy Oconee Nuclear Station.

1989

Class Chair, Michael R. Sullivan Mark Bundy lives in Alpharetta, Ga., where he is project coordinator for All American Construction Co. He also is working to grow the alumni chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. Bundy and his wife, Cindy, have two children.

Dr. Will Sharp is an instructor of medicine at the University of Chicago, where he practices emergency medicine and performs research. He and his wife, Elaine, have two children.

The family lives in Chicago, Ill.

readings that manage to be quite spiritual and thought provoking while at the same time leaving the reader with a smile on his or her face.

For more than three decades (1966-1998), Dr. Charles Barrett ’55 was one of Wofford’s great teachers, finishing his career as the college’s first Peter B. Hendrix Professor of Religion.

The author of a fine textbook, “Understanding the Christian Faith”(1980), he was always interesting in class but his demeanor was usually serious. One needed to spend some time in his Main Building office, where he displayed both a passionate love for his subject and a whimsical sense of humor.

All of this comes through beautifully in “Funny Things Can Happen on Your Way to the Bible,” must reading for all his former students.

For more information, visit the Web site at www.wipfandstock.com.

Also new from Wofford alumni: Dr. Frank Barnhill ’75, “Mistaken for ADHD.” www.iuniverse.com or www.drhuggiebear.com.

Chuck Fraser ’87, “When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted,” www.publishamerica.com.

In this role, she advises medical practices, physician networks, ambulatory surgery centers, and managed care organizations. Prior to joining Allergan, she worked with Kaiser Permanente, the largest HMO in the United States, and Pfizer Inc., a major international pharmaceutical company. Walsh lives in Columbia, S.C.

1991

Class Chair, Leslee Houck Page Living in Lexington, S.C., Tres Cox is a certified project management professional. Cox and his wife, Marti, have two children.

1990 William C. McLain is a partner 20th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 in a civil litigation law firm in Tulsa, Class Chair, Scott W. Cashion Living in Raleigh, N.C., Bob Okla. He and his wife, Alicia, have Churchill is a real estate broker asso- two children, son Maverick (4) and daughter Maya (2). ciated with Fonville Morisey Realty.

Dr. James Engelhardt lives in Lincoln, Neb., with his wife, Dana. 1992 Engelhardt is managing editor of the Class Chair, Nicholle Palmieri Chunn Scott Richter lives in Phoenix, international literary journal Prairie Schooner. The couple has a daughter. Ariz., and works for General Electric David Saunders and his wife, Capital in the franchise finance busiVondalin, live in Reisterstown, Md. ness. He and his wife, Karen, have Saunders is senior research analyst and three children.

Living in Greenville, S.C., Bryan portfolio manager for Credo Capital Management. The couple has two Tankersley is vice president of sales for Dark Corner Films Inc. He and his children.

Murrell Smith Jr. and his wife, wife, Christine, have three children.

Macaulay White Smith ’00, live in Sumter, S.C., with their daughter. 1993 Murrell is an attorney and a mem- Class Chair, Sarah C. Sawicki Living in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. James ber of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Macaulay is an attor- Harper is an optometrist. Harper and ney and in-house counsel at Tuomey his wife, Karen, have two sons, Patrick and Christopher.

Healthcare System.

Leroy Jackson Jr. lives in College Joel Turner owns the Carolinas Athletic Management Agency, rep- Park, Ga., where he is a customer serresenting 14 NFL players, including vice representative for Atlanta Gas & Andy Strickland ’09. Turner lives in Light.

Dr. Whitney Wolfe Thomas lives North Myrtle Beach, S.C., and wrote us that he is looking forward to his in Irmo, S.C., and is associated with Healthcare for Women, an obstetrics/ 20th class reunion this fall.

Lyn Walsh is a business advisor gynecology practice. Thomas and her with the eye care business advisory husband, Chris, have two children. group of Allergan Inc. in Irvine, Calif.

Good books and where to buy them

This summer, downtown Spartanburg celebrated the arrival of a revolutionary independent bookstore that already is a hit with the Wofford community. Located on Morgan Square in the downtown Spartanburg Grain District, the Hub City Bookstore shares the ground floor of the landmark Masonic Temple with Little River Coffee Bar and Cakehead Bakeshop.

Operated by the non-profit Hub City Writers Project, the Hub City Bookshop specializes in carefully selected new releases, regional authors, children’s books, literary fiction, history, and of course, Hub City Press titles. There is a limited offering of quality used books.

The shop has a central area called “What Spartanburg Reads” with a regular exhibit and inventory of books recommended by local luminaries, such as college presidents, politicians, businesspeople, key nonprofit leaders, and ordinary readers. It also has rotating displays about the works and personalities of successful Upstate literary figures.

With each book purchased at the Hub City Bookstore, customers nourish new writers and help launch authors into the literary world. That’s because all proceeds from the sale of books fund creative writing education and independent book publishing in our home community.

Ben Waldrop lives in Greenville, S.C., and is president of Century Printing and Packaging. He has two children, Ian (9) and Abbey (7).

1994

Class Chair, Alicia N. Truesdail Ivan (Gator) Holden is a senior special agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. He lives in Georgetown, S.C. In August 2010, the Georgetown Times featured a profile of Dr. Nicholas A. Papadea. Papadea is in dental practice in Pawleys Island, S.C. He and his wife, Meredith, have a daughter, Ella Marina. The family lives in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Shannon Roper Rogers and her husband, Marsh Rogers ’95, live in Spartanburg with their three children.

Marsh is president of Tworog Holding LLC based in Albemarle, N.C. Dr. Geoff Steinkruger practices endodontics at Charleston Endodontics. He lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

1995

Class Chair, Brandie Yancey Lorenz Greg Bethard is a sales representative for Adidas. He lives in Marietta, Ga. Living in Flowery Branch, Ga., John Breakfield is a partner in the law firm of Breakfield & Dean LLC. He and his wife, Astrid, have two sons.

Wells Fargo Advisors has designated Jule E. Eldridge III, senior vice president of investments, as a member of the firm’s Premier Advisor Program.

Eldridge has been a financial adviser with Wells Fargo Advisors for 10 years. He also serves on the Florence Rotary Board of Directors. Eldridge lives in Florence, S.C. Dr. Seth Reynolds and his wife, Dr. Dawn Reynolds, own Reynolds Family Dentistry in Laurens, S.C. They are actively involved in the community, sponsors Dixie Youth Baseball

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and YMCA summer camp and often visit local schools where they donate toothbrushes. The couple has four daughters.

Brian Taylor lives in Columbia, S.C., with his wife Amy and their son.

Taylor works with his family in their architectural firm, LTC Assoc.

1996

Hosseini

Giving victims a voice Hosseini uses language skills and cultural understanding as Hispanic Victim’s Advocate

W

eeks after being hired as Hispanic Victim’s Advocate by the North Charleston, S.C., Police Department, Minna Hosseini ’05 sat comforting a mother whose baby had been kidnapped. Speaking fluent Spanish, Hosseini explained local police efforts, reassured the terrified mother and gathered information that helped bring the baby back safe and sound.

It wasn’t a typical day, but then, according to Hosseini, no day is typical. She works homicides, sexual assaults, armed robberies, domestic violence and other cases involving people of Latino or Hispanic descent. She also transports victims to and from court and serves as their advocate during proceedings. She secures financial assistance for victims, translates for them, and helps them navigate a legal system that is often unfamiliar and frightening.

“Because I am a civilian and not in uniform,” says Hosseini. “people are generally more willing to speak to me.”

A January article in the Charleston Post and Courier featured Hosseini’s help with the kidnapping case. Detectives who worked the case with her talked about the area’s growing Hispanic population and Hosseini’s knack for gaining their trust, not just because of her language skills, but also because of her knowledge of the culture.

Hosseini, who grew up in London, England, immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 12 years old. Her mother is Chinese. Her father is Iranian. Hosseini speaks a variety of languages but fell in love with Spanish language and culture as a student at Wofford.

“I studied abroad my junior year and went to Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic,” says Hosseini. “It was one of the best experiences in my life… an eye opener that immersed me in the Spanish language and Dominican culture…. Understanding a population’s culture is extremely important in attempts to provide services.”

Another vital part of Hosseini’s job as Hispanic Victim’s Advocate is community outreach. She goes to schools, community centers and local events talking to the Latino population about protective services and victim’s rights.

“Our Hispanic/Latino population in the past has been hesitant to report crimes for various reasons,” says Hosseini. “North Charleston has worked extensively through community outreach to make it known that if you are a victim of a crime, regardless of your immigration status, you have the same rights to services as anyone else.”

Prior to accepting the position with the North Charleston Police Department, Hosseini worked as the education coordinator with People Against Rape in Charleston. There she learned “the core of advocacy” and how to combine it with her background in education and teaching. Hosseini continues to volunteer with the organization.

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

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ciples through the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments.

Elizabeth Mobley lives in Tucker, Ga. She is minister of grow for Johns Creek United Methodist Church in Duluth, Ga.

1999

Class Chair, Zack O. Atkinson Congratulations to Tom Floyd on receiving his master’s degree in business administration from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. In December 2009, he was able to meet up with Meredith Denton ’00, head of international program for the Universidad de Chile’s School of Business and Economics, when he participated in a program in Santiago, Chile. Floyd and his family live in Allen, Texas.

Rion Moore has joined Anderson Insurance Associates of Pawleys Island as a property and casualty producer.

Moore lives in Georgetown, S.C., with his wife and two children.

Rebecca Raulerson Parrish, director of AccessHealth in Spartanburg, was featured in a local television report addressing avenues of care available for indigent patients. The feature aired in July 2010. Parrish and her husband, Remsen Parrish ’00, live in Spartanburg with their son, John (2).

Class Chair, Curt L. Nichols Jr. Singer and guitar player Jonathan Roberts was profiled in The Sun News in June 2010. Robert’s band, Who Shot J.R.? co-headlined Conway’s Riverfest 2010. Roberts and his wife, Ashley, live in Myrtle Beach, S.C. James W. Ledlie, an attorney with the law firm of Motley Rice, has been awarded the 2010 F. Scott Baldwin Award by the American Association for Justice. The Baldwin Award is an annual award honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the practice of law and attained one or more outstanding trial verdicts.

Ledlie also serves on the board of governors of the South Carolina Association for Justice and as secretary of the South Carolina Bar Association’s Torts and Insurance Practice Section. In addition, he is a board member for the YMCA of Greater Charleston. Ledlie and his wife, Carolina, live in Charleston, S.C. Louise Maynard Todd lives in 2000 Statesboro, Ga., with her husband, 10th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 Samuel. Louise is a homemaker for Class Chair, Anthony D. Hoefer Jr. Frances Brown Anderson lives in the couple’s four children.

Atlanta, Ga., with her husband, Van. She is an assistant district attorney in 1997 Class Chair, Beth Mangham Guerrero the Gwinnett County District AttorMarion Moses lives in Colum- ney’s Office.

Jamie Johnson Boyd and her bia, S.C. He and law partner, Robert Rikard, own the law firm of Rikard husband, Bear Boyd, live in Spar& Moses LLC. In his free time, Mo- tanburg with their three boys, James, ses enjoys training his Boykin Spaniel Carter and Heath. Bear is working in the commercial insurance industry as puppy to bird hunt.

Katrina Kuhns Reynolds and her a producer and agency principal for husband, Bennie Reynolds ’99, live Cameron M. Harris & Co. Scott Farrell and his wife, Mary in Jackson, Miss. Bennie is a visiting assistant professor at Millsaps College. Ellen, of Ludlow, Ky., announce the Doug Root lives in Decatur, Ga., birth of William Harris Farrell, June and is director of sales and marketing 17, 2010.

Living in Blacksburg, Va., Robert for Atlanta Light Bulbs. He and his Gibb is an interpreter for the Supreme wife, Jane, have two daughters.

Court of Virginia.

1998 Amanda Kunz Hall and her husClass Chair, Casey B. Moore band Peter, live in Atlanta, Ga. The Living in Enoree, S.C., Travis couple has one child.

Casey is upper school director and Dr. Andy Hoefer has been named head baseball coach at Laurens Acad- director of the University Scholars emy. The baseball team won its fourth Program at George Mason University. consecutive state championship in He and his wife, Kate, live in Fairfax, 2010. Casey and his wife, Michelle, Va. have three children.

Ambre Kelly lives in Brooklyn, Alex Cone is an avid seller of an- N.Y. She is owner of The They Co., tiques, collectibles and other items on- a firm that works to promote artists, line and at markets and auctions. He designers and filmmakers. lives in West Columbia, S.C., but has Kathryn Mullins Rowan and her plans to move back to his hometown husband, Stuart, live in Greenville, of Allendale, S.C. S.C. Rowan assists her husband with Dr. Greg Fleming and his wife, their furniture store, Rowan ComLynn Burch Fleming, live in Greens- pany Furniture. The couple has two boro, N.C., with their daughter, Hannah. children.

Living in Greenville, S.C., Robert Gilbert is public relations director for 2001 the Peace Center. Gilbert also is the Class Chair, Jenna Sheheen Bridgers “golf insider” for the South Carolina Living in Columbia, S.C., Dana Tourism Department’s new Web site, Bruce is executive director of the Palwww.discoversouthcarolina.com. metto Chapter of the Juvenile DiabeDr. Jason Haney lives in Mount tes Research Foundation. She recently Pleasant, S.C., with his wife, Lauren. was elected president/chair of the Haney is an assistant professor at the board of directors of the Community South Carolina College of Pharmacy Health Charities of South Carolina and cardiology critical care phar- for 2011. macy specialist at Roper Hospital in Rachael Mahaffey Crews, an atCharleston, S.C. torney with the law firm of GrayRobDr. Michael Hoenig, an ortho- inson, was among those included in paedic surgeon, lives in Spartanburg. Super Lawyers magazine’s list of “FlorHe and his wife, Holly, have two children. ida Super Lawyer” for 2010. Only 5 Living in Charleston, S.C., percent of Florida attorneys are selectJoshua Martin is land use program ed each year. Crews and her husband, director of the Coastal Conservation Chadwick, live in Winter Park, Fla. Capt. Justin Daubert is compaLeague. Martin recently presented the Codification of Smart Growth Prin- ny commander for the United States

Army. He recently returned from his third tour in the Middle East and lives in Dahlonega, Ga. Daubert says, “I am glad to be safely back in the United States and living close to home.”

South Carolina Bank and Trust of the Piedmont announced in May 2010 the promotion of Catherine Hicklin Faircloth to commercial banker in the Rock Hill, S.C., main office. She will manage business account relationships and help businesses plan for financial success. Faircloth and her husband, Freddy, have two daughters.

Brooke Huntley is district sales representative for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc. She works in the Washington, D.C., and Maryland areas with the pain division. Huntley lives in Arlington, Va. Heather Hill Kochamba lives in Smyrna, Ga. She is director of audit and compliance for Galaxy Capital Recoveries.

In May 2010, Ian Nungezer received a master of science degree in space studies from the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. He and his wife, Caroline M. Gram, live in Grand Forks, N.D. Living in Columbia, S.C., Ben Ross is owner of the Ross Group, which provides property management and development services to health care systems and physician groups.

Living in Spartanburg, Jonathan Sedberry is professor of English at Spartanburg Methodist College.

Living in Arden, N.C., Mackie Walker is a sales representative for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals in Asheville.

2002

Class Chair, L. Yorke Gerrald Congratulations to Dr. Michael Echemendia on completing his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Echemendia works for the Department of Defense. His wife, Jennifer Evanko Echemendia, will join him in Tampa, Fla., upon completion of her clerkship for the United States Department of Justice.

Attorney Kimberly Grande is a magistrate judge for the State of North Carolina in Wake County. Grande lives in Raleigh, N.C. Columbia attorney William R. Johnson was named Young Lawyer of the Year by the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division. The award annually recognizes a young lawyer who most exemplifies excellence in practicing law and public service.

Johnson has worked at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd since 2006. He lives in Columbia, S.C. Joanna Ramsey Key is assistant director of donor relations for Winthrop University. She and her husband, Joel, live in Clover, S.C. Lindsay Patrick Lopez and her husband, Ryan, live in Tampa, Fla. Lopez is an attorney with the law firm of Trenam Kemker.

Wes Sellew is a loan officer for Mortgage Network Inc. He and his wife, Susan, live in Charleston, S.C.

2003

Class Chair, Tracy A. Howard Kristin Starnes Gray and her husband, William, live in Spartanburg. Gray is a senior associate with the law firm of Ford & Harrison. She focuses on litigation and employment issues. While attending law school, Gray served as a law clerk for the Bibb County District Attorney’s Office in Macon, Ga. She also has served as the events chair for the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals and is on the board of the German American Club of the Carolinas.

Upcoming Wofford alumni events Oct. 15-17................................................................... FAMILY WEEKEND Oct. 25..................................................... Revolutionary War Roundtable Oct. 29-31..........................................................................HOMECOMING Nov. 6.......................................... Wofford vs. Samford Pre-Game Event Nov. 20...............................................................Pi Kappa Alpha Reunion Nov. 22.................................................................... Civil War Roundtable Dec. 2 - 4............................................................Ben Wofford Books Sale Dec. 3..................................................Sandor Teszler Memorial Concert

(Left to right) Heather Hill Kochamba ’01, David Kochamba, Andrew Crane ’02 and Anita Cleveland Crane ’04 enjoyed the Atlanta Young Alumni Event on Aug. 12.

Dec. 6...................................................... Revolutionary War Roundtable Jan. 18 (or 25).................................................... Columbia Alumni Event

(Left to right) Kristen DeYoung ’10, Lauren ’07and Skip Schumann ’07 and Chandler Pitts ’09 enjoyed catching up at Triangle Char and Bar on Sept.

9 at the Charleston Young Alumni gathering.

Jan. 21-22.................................Moyers Men Reunion and Performance March 23-28.............................Young Alumni Getaway to the Bahamas March 24................................................................. Atlanta Alumni Event April 17............................................................... Easter EggStravaganza May 21-22.....................................................Class of 1961 50th Reunion

Visit www.wofford.edu/alumni for the most current alumni dates and registration information. Also look for the Wofford Alumni page on facebook.

(Below) Bill Robinson ’95 brought his family to enjoy the Spartanburg area alumni kick off event and Terrier Fan Fest held on Wofford’s campus.

(Left) Cate Seegars, daughter of Jay Seegars ’92 tackles the mound of crab legs at the August 26 Pickin’ and Crackin’ event.

The new Wofford ties are in Prices’ store for men in downtown Spartanburg just received a shipment of newly redesigned Wofford ties. The neckties are unique in that the Terrier design on the front reverses to the Old Main design on the little end (and vice versa). Because the ties are officially licensed, Wofford receives a portion of each sale. Neckties are $70. Bowties are $55.

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Prestipino brings accessibility and knowledge as treasurer for South Carolina Methodist Conference T

he treasurer of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church has a broad job description. As a member of the bishop’s extended cabinet, he or she is the conference’s chief administrative and fiscal officer, overseeing areas of human resources, accounting, pensions and insurance as well as the maintenance supervision of the United Methodist Center in Columbia.

In March, Tony Prestipino ’02 accepted this challenge, breaking off a promising career as a senior Certified Public Accountant with the national firm of Deloitte & Touche.

“When I was at Wofford, the appeal of numbers was very strong, and I never regretted my decision to study accounting and finance,” Prestipino says.

“I also enjoyed my master’s in accountancy work at the College of William and Mary. However, I was very close to Chaplain Talmage Skinner and Professors of Religion John Bullard and Larry McGehee. I had always hoped that there would be a time and place for me to use my skills on behalf of my church. It’s an adjustment, but I’m enjoying it.

“The church at all levels is finding that its interface with the world of business and government is growing more technical every day,” Prestipino says. “For example, there are a number of counterintuitive tax issues that impact local churches. Individual compensation for clergy includes elements of contract law as well as salaries. Like everyone else, we must become knowledgeable about health care reform very quickly.

“There is great interest across the conference in standardizing and automating a paper-based reporting process, and we will be working together to accelerate that process,” he says. “Also, I hope to shrink the layers of confusion that surround the budget process.”

Aside from the technical aspects of his job, Prestipino says that it is especially rewarding to know more and more of the 240,000 Methodists across the state. In May, he married Wofford Classmate Libby Stephenson, a commercial marketing manager with Keenan Suggs Insurance. They are active members of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church in Columbia.

2004

Class Chair, Fred A. Byers II Jason Mengel is a certified financial planner with Mengel Financial Group. He lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

2005

Prestipino “Our goal in the conference administration is to empower South Carolina’s 1,000 local Methodist congregations,” Prestipino says. “Even if I wanted to play the role of troubleshooter from Columbia overlooking dozens of shoulders, I couldn’t possibly pull it off because time and resources are limited. However, I can be positive and helpful when individual churches call with questions or need help. I want folks to be comfortable in saying, ‘let’s call Tony.’”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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A crowd of Wofford family and friends attended the wedding of Libby Stephenson ’02 and Tony Prestipino ’02 in May. Below, left to right, are: Chase Bannister ’02, Brett Porth ’02, Jennie Blackledge Porth ’02, Justin Powell ’01, Lindsay Hazle ’02, Charles Dixon ’02, Beth Hawley Dixon ’02, Rion Cobb ’00, Erin Caudill Nash ’02, Eric Nash ’02, Tony Prestipino Jr. ’02, Libby Prestipino ’02, John Rogers ’02, Ashley Ford ’02, Lucas McMillan ’02, Amanda Stephenson ’05, Lisa Cameron McMillan ’02, Lizzie Hutchinson Wright ’02, Art James ’69, Tony Prestipino Sr. ’69 and Ed Cole ’69.

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Living in Charlotte, N.C., Barton Ledford is a manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Greg Moore is a special education teacher and a cross country/track coach at Chesnee High School in Spartanburg. He also is enrolled at the University of South Carolina, where he is studying for his Ph.D. in educational administration. Moore and his wife, Tarah, have one daughter.

Joshua Skinner was the keynote speaker at the May 2010 meeting of the Greenwood County Historical Society. Skinner works for Meadors Construction Co. and is a practicing preservationist in Charleston, S.C. He and his wife, Mary Kate Dula Skinner, live in Charleston.

Mary Kate is a registered nurse at Roper St. Francis Hospital.

5th Reunion, Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Ryan M. Waller Thad Ball lives in Walhalla, S.C., and is an attorney with the law firm of Larry C. Brandt P.A. Living in New York, N.Y., Dr. David Harmon began a postdoctoral fellowship at New York University in the spring of 2010. He was also the recipient of a computing innovation postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the National Science Foundation.

Erin Frances Powell is assistant director of admission for Agnes Scott College. Powell lives in Decatur, Ga.

2006

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Hadley E. Green Congratulations to Monique Batchelor upon her graduation from the Southern College of Optometry in April 2010. She lives in Union, S.C. Living in Geismar, La., Katon Bethay is operations manager for Best Buy in Alexandria, La. Sheldon A. Bates lives in Richmond, Va., where he is an orthodontic resident at Virginia Commonwealth University. Bates graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2010.

Living in Bowling Green, Ohio, Miriam Hahn is a graduate student in theatre at Bowling Green State University.

N. Melia Brannon McCraw and her husband, Benjamin McCraw, live in Chesnee, S.C. Melia is executive director for the Carolina Foothills Artisan Center and Benjamin is enrolled in graduate school. Carolina Foothills Artisan Center received a $90,000 grant from the USDA Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program, one of 61 awards given across the country.

Dr. Ryan Kenyon Richardson graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in May 2010 with a degree in dental medicine.

She is currently in residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Richardson plans to specialize in pediatric dentistry.

Congratulations to Kiri Ferguson Willis, who graduated in July 2010 with a master’s degree in teaching from Converse College.

Willis lives in Boiling Springs, S.C., with her husband, William. She

works for Spartanburg County School District Two.

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Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Hunter L. Miller Living in Athens, Ga., Stacy Barnell works for Deloitte Consulting.

Bryan B. Blair received his juris doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in May 2010 and has joined the academic and membership affairs staff of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Blair served as an intern in the athletics compliance departments of Wofford and the University of South Carolina while attending law school.

He also served as a law clerk in Columbia and the United States Federal District Court in Spartanburg.

Congratulations to Kristen Bowman and Jennifer Russell who received their master’s degrees in teaching in July 2010 from Converse College.

Recently promoted to captain in the United States Army, G. Parks Bunch is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division 1st Brigade 1-32 Calvary Squadron. He serves in the Kunar Province in Northeast Afghanistan.

Leslie Powell Haselden and her husband, the Rev. Willis Haselden, live in Rock Hill, S.C. Haselden is an eighth-grade science teacher at Indian Land Middle School.

Sowell Gray associate B. Gibbs Leaphart was recognized as a South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Star of the Quarter in July 2010. He has served, since 2008, as co-chair of the division’s “Justice Jam Committee,” an annual fund-raising concert.

The Young Lawyers Division, consisting of attorneys younger than 36, coordinates pro bono and community work. Leaphart lives in Columbia, S.C., with his wife, Tara.

Laura Parris is an accounting clerk at Harbor National Bank. She lives in Charleston, S.C. Justin Richards and his wife, Lori Willis Richards, live in Roebuck, S.C. Justin is an environmentalist for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Eric Sturkie and his wife, Emily Dengler Sturkie ’09, live in Columbia, S.C. Eric is a compliance assistant in the athletics department at the University of South Carolina and Emily is a graduate student at the University of South Carolina.

Living in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Justin Treece is a water treatment consultant and sales representative for Chem-Aqua Inc. In November 2010, Treece is being presented the Inner Circle Award at the firm’s corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. He is the youngest inductee of this award for sales performance in the company history.

Congratulations to LaRone Washington, who graduated from the Charleston School of Law in May 2010. Washington lives in Charleston and is a clerk for the Hon. Michael Nettles.

2008

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Nathan Madigan Timothy Bradford is a student at the Georgia campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He and his wife, Malory, live in Lawrenceville, Ga. Living in Waterville, Maine, Kelly Broderick is assistant women’s soccer coach at Colby College.

Congratulations to Brooksie Heath who received a master’s degree

Wofford Weddings 1971

Meredith Ann Knox married John Oliver, May 15, Dr. Virginia Lee Clyburn married Charles Epps 2010. They live on Johns Island, S.C. She is a pharma- Ipock, May 22, 2010. The couple resides in San AnW. Lynn Watson married Beth Hutchison, June cist at the Medical University of South Carolina. tonio, Texas. She has completed her transitional year 26, 2010. They live in Columbia, S.C. He is a retired residency at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and chief assistant tax collector for the City of Jacksonville, 2000 is a resident in radiation oncology at the University of Fla., and enjoying Columbia. She is associated with the Texas Health Science Center. He is a member of the Colby Grice Rankin married Stephanie Gray Honors College at the University of South Carolina.

Wall, May 22, 2010. They live in Charleston, S.C. He is Professional Golf Association of America and is a firstthe regional development director for the College of year law student at St. Mary’s University.

1978 Charleston.

JoAnn Marie Miller married Steve Pittman, Aug. 2005 4, 2010. The couple lives in Spartanburg. She is an in- 2001 Nora Grace Awkerman married William Barker vestment broker for Wachovia Investments Inc. Virginia Kelly Wood married Matthew David French III, July 4, 2010. The couple lives in Columbia, Congdon, May 8, 2010. The couple resides in Mount Md. She is associated with ICF International. He is as1992 Pleasant, S.C. She is associated with the Charleston sociated with The French Companies and is a graduHeather Marie Onstott married Doug Perrygo, Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is associated ate student in the MBA program at the University of Oct. 10, 2009. The couple lives in Cambridge, Mass.

Maryland. with DCG Development Co. Lindsay Taylor Barnard married Dr. Joseph 1995 2002 Reese McElveen, Jan. 1, 2010. The couple resides in Stewart Peden Curry married Nathalie Janine Stephanie M. Adelaine married Brian Bury, July Oklahoma City, Okla.

Andrae, May 8, 2010. They live in Greenville, S.C. He 10, 2010. The couple lives in Nashville, Tenn.

Joseph DuPre Keys married Emily Baker Bland, is associated with Michelin as an information scientist May 15, 2010. The couple lives in Belton, S.C. He is a and métier leader. She is a tire designer for Michelin. 2003 producer for the Keys Agency of Palmetto Insurance.

Richard Clark Webb married Elizabeth Joanne 1996 Claude Townsend Prevost III married Ann McDavis, July 24, 2010. The couple lives in Kensington, Thomas Lenoir Campbell married Leah Diane Md. He is a captain in the U.S. Army and is serving Dowell Calloway, Aug. 28, 2010. They reside in ColumReed, June 18, 2010. The couple lives in Charlotte, N.C. in the General Surgery Residency Program at Walter bia, S.C. He is an attorney with Collins and Lacy. She is He is an architect and she is the fundraising chair for Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She is a therapist with Harbison Psychological Services. the Mecklenburg Bar. a graduate of the University of South Carolina School David Shiel Wood Jr. married Bernadette MaJames William Ledlie married Caroline Agnes of Law and previously served as director of student af- rie Sikes ’07, June 5, 2010. The couple lives in SparBernard, March 6, 2010. The couple lives in Charleston, fairs at the School of Law. tanburg. She attends the Medical College of Georgia S.C. He is an attorney with Motley Rice L.L.C. of Mount Marlana Hope Brown married Bradley Wayne School of Medicine. He is an assistant football coach Pleasant and received the 2010 F. Scott Baldwin award Edwards, April 30, 2010. They reside in Columbia, S.C. at Wofford College. from the American Association of Justice. She is an atShe is a client services specialist with Southern First 2006 torney with the Martin Law Firm in West Ashley.

Bank. He is the director of athletics at Newberry ColTrevor Cole McIntyre married Ivy Elizabeth Farr lege.

1998 ’08, May 29, 2010. The couple resides in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Bronwyn Louis Young married Shaleen She is pursuing her doctorate in history at St. Louis Dr. Robert Berry Garris married Ann Miller Welch, Aug. 22, 2010. The couple resides in Florence, Denton, April 9, 2010. The couple lives in San Antonio, University. He is associated with Sandler and Travis S.C. He completed a fellowship in Interventional Radi- Texas. He is an emergency room resident at Wilford Trade Advisory Services. ology at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hall Air Force Center. She is a sales representative for Derek Michael Newberry married Erin Caney practices with the Pee Dee Radiology Group P.A. She is KB Home.

Bailey ’07, June 19, 2010. The couple lives in Spartana third-year law student at Charleston School of Law. 2004 burg. She is an associate with PriceWaterhouseCoo1999 Anthony Thomas Carbone Jr. married Lacy pers. He is an associate in the Wilkes Bowers Law Firm Melanie Carol Nicholson married Dr. Kristopher Autumn Moorer, Aug. 27, 2010. The couple lives in 2007 Lee Chiplinski, May 15, 2010. The couple resides in Knoxville, Tenn. He is the owner of Carolina Mattress Nancy Elizabeth Bethea married Hubert Lamar Myrtle Beach, S.C. She is an associate with the Wylie and Pourhouse Bar in Five Points. She has been an asShuler IV, June 19, 2010. The couple resides in Colum& Frazier law firm in North Myrtle Beach. He is a phar- sistant merchant with Chico’s in Fort Myers, Fla., and is now pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of bia, S.C. She is a buyer for MARY Inc. of Columbia. He is macist with CVS Pharmacy in Myrtle Beach. a master of economics student in the Moore School of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Business at the University of South Carolina.

Ryan Gregory Hill married Judith Kristin Kountz Shelley Lynn Edge married Scott Fiddner, May ’09, May 22, 2010. They reside in Baltimore, Md. He is 22, 2010. The couple lives in Manhattan, Kan. Tanya Rae Frantz married Christopher Daniel associated with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Renn, May 16, 2010. The couple lives in Louisville, Ky. Dahlgren, Va. She is pursuing a B.S.N. and a M.S.N. at She is a graduate student at the University of Louis- Johns Hopkins University. ville.

Mary Clark Hamblin married William Robertson Prevost, July 31, 2010. The couple lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C. She is a nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina, and he is a C.P.A. with Elliott Davis L.L.S. in Charleston.

Walter “Chip” Kenneth Hunt IV married Lauren Elizabeth Klas, July 23, 2010. The couple resides in Greenville, S.C. He is associated with the CBRE/The Furman Co. She is associated with G Five.

Alexa Dionne Janulis married Preston Brooks Marion, June 12, 2010. The couple lives in Mauldin, Samuel Lewis Lovett married Maggie Puryear, S.C. She is a student at the South Carolina College of July 12, 2010. The couple lives in Charlottesville, Va. Pharmacy in Columbia. He is a content manager for He is the director of middle school ministry at Trinity Mafia Media Group in Greenville.

Shane Elliott Kirkley married Annah Catherine Presbyterian Church.

Harrison Reid Malcolm married Elizabeth Bailey Hammond, June 4 2010. The couple lives in Lugoff, S.C. Switzer, May 29, 2010. The couple lives in Columbia, He is an accountant at Cantey, Tiller, Pierce and Green, S.C. He received is Juris Doctorate from the Univer- LLP of Camden. She began graduate school at the Unisity of South Carolina School of Law in May. She is the versity of South Carolina School of Medicine in August southeastern sales representative for Essential Dental after working in immunology medical research for the past two years.

Systems.

Duncan Lee Norton married Mariel Denise Willenberg ’09, June 12, 2010. They live in Columbia, S.C. She is a student at the University of South Carolina School of Law and employed as a law clerk by Baker, Bender and Ravenel Law Firm. He is a student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

Caren Leigh Wilmot married Kyle Bennett Livingston ’10, July 3, 2010. They reside in Spartanburg.

She is a business analyst with the S.C. Student Loan Corp. He is the director of Wyldlife, a middle school YoungLife program.

2010

Megan Elizabeth Propst married Christopher Lisa Michelle Bratton married Ridge Gault, June Scott Huebner, July 24, 2010. The couple resides in 6, 2009. The couple lives in Gaffney, S.C. Savannah, Ga. Gary Anthony Blount Jr. married Stephanie Adam Francis Sheehan married Elizabeth Leigh Nicole Cloninger, June 12, 2010. The couple lives in Fortson, May 8, 2010. The couple lives in Columbia, Spartanburg.

S.C. She is associated with McIntosh Cottage Antiques.

Joseph Edward Fornadel III married Molly TheHe is a marketing assistant reinsurance broker for resa Moore, June 5, 2010. The couple lives in White Resolution Reinsurance.

Plains, N.Y. He attends Pace Law School and plans to pursue a career in environmental law.

2008 Stacey Nicole Wood married Tyler Wade Petty, Dunkin Price Anthony married Lauren Taylor Shurburtt, May 15, 2010. The couple lives in Spartan- May 29, 2010. The couple will live in Moore, S.C. He is burg. He is associated with PRG Real Estate Group. She associated with SEW Eurodrive in Duncan. is associated with The Shurburtt Group.

Brian Edward Ford married Sarah Bland Shelley, June 5, 2010. The couple lives in Columbia. She is a project manager of global business development for the S.C. Department of Commerce. He is a student in the master of accountancy program at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Friends

Matthew Courtsworth Fisher married Meredith Leigh Bullington, June 26, 2010. The couple lives in Moore. She is a first grade teacher at Woodland Heights Elementary School. He is the Security Coordinator/Server Manager for information technology at Wofford.

Wofford Births 1992 Tradd Rosebrock and his wife, Julie, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., announce the birth of Julianne Elizabeth Rosebrock, May 17, 2010.

1993 Robyn Neal Baron and her husband, Les, of Seattle, Wash., announce the birth of Nora Rose Baron, July 25, 2009 Todd Messick and his wife, LeyAnna Shirley Messick ’95, of Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of Loraley Tate Messick, Nov. 13, 2009.

Amy Greenwood Smith and her husband, Izaak, of Hillsboro, Ore., announce the birth of Jordyn Whitley Smith, Nov. 25, 2009.

Erin Harper Grover and her husband, Ryan Grover, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Lily Eve Matt Barnwell and his wife, Lauren WilloughGrover, June 30, 2010.

by Barnwell ’03, of Moore, S.C., announce the birth of Mary Madison Brittain Langway and her husLuke Gavin Barnwell, April 15, 2010.

1999 band, Drew, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., announce the birth Tom Floyd and his wife, Sarah, of Allen, Texas, 2003 of Lillian Carson Langway, July 12, 2010. announce the birth of John Rhys Bedingfield Floyd, Samantha Sarratt Adair and her husband, Dr. March 30, 2010.

Will Adair ’04, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Janet McKittrick Meko and her husband, Mat- Anne Caroline Adair, June 22, 2010. thew, of Arlington, Va., announce the birth of Jack Workman Meko, Jan. 20, 2010.

1994

Patrick Sallee and his wife, Mandy, of Raleigh, N.C., announce the birth of Evelyn Margaret Sallee, June 23, 2010.

Crystal Adams Garner and her husband, Kenny, of Greer, S.C., announce the birth of Callie Rae Garner, Oct. 19, 2009.

Aimee Wigginton Swain and her husband, Justin, of Charleston, S.C., announce the birth of Jesse Rylan Swain, April 9, 2010.

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2000

Greg Gilbert and his wife, Linda, of Smyrna, Ga., announce the birth of Samantha JoAnn Gilbert, May 27, 2010.

Rachel North-Coombes Chaplin and her husband, Alec, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Mary Helen Chaplin, March 31, 2010.

1996

Garnett Johnston Dwyer and her husband, Scott, of Wailuke, Hawaii, announce the birth of McCoy Francis Dwyer, April 20, 2010.

Louise Maynard Todd and her husband, Sam, of Statesboro, Ga., announce the birth of Flora Boyd Todd, May 6, 2010.

1997 Michael Driggers and his wife, Tracey, of Charleston, S.C., announce the birth of Michael Shane Jr., July 14, 2009.

1998 Ashlie Nodine Hicks and her husband, Tommy, of Pineville, N.C., announce the birth of Thomas Edward Hicks III, May 24, 2010.

Casey B. Moore and his wife, Susan Sutton Moore ’99, of Springfield, Va., announce the birth of Olivia Sutton Moore, Feb. 18, 2010.

2002

2004 P. McLane Linton Harrington and her husband, Ryan, of Hubert, N.C., announce the birth of Emma Grace Harrington, July 31, 2010.

2006 Gaby Dibo and his wife, Katherine Hutchens Dibo, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Luke Gabriel Dibo, April 8, 2010.

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

Samuel Harrelson and his wife, Dr. Anna Quinn Harrelson, of Asheville, N.C., announce the birth of Laura Cooper Harrelson, June 7, 2010.

2001 Rachel Bishop Baxter and her husband, David, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Henry Holmes Baxter, Aug. 5, 2009.

Allen Bridgers and his wife, Jenna Sheheen Bridgers, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Thomas Andrew Bridgers, July 7, 2010.

Carlisle Hamrick ’75 sent in this photo of his 6-month-old triplet grandchildren — Thomas, John and Walker. “They will be sliding down the hill at football games in no time,” says Hamrick.

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in teaching in July 2010 from Converse College. Heath lives in Spartanburg.

Daniel Henderson lives in Charleston, S.C., where he is enrolled in dental school at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Ryan Hoover is enrolled at Nova Southeastern University in its physician assistant program. He and his wife, Mallori, live in Lake Mary, Fla. The Spartanburg Area Conservancy has announced the addition of Amanda Kilbourne as development director. Kilbourne lives in Spartanburg and formerly worked in the Wofford Alumni Office as assistant director of annual giving.

Adam Sheehan and his wife, Elizabeth Fortson Sheehan ’08, live in Columbia, S.C. Elizabeth is an administrative assistant with the firm Find Great People and Adam is marketing assistant reinsurance broker for Resolution Reinsurance Intermediaries.

Living in Athens, Ga., Alyson M. Soward is a graduate student in journalism and mass communication at the University of Georgia and works at Starbucks Coffee Co. Matthew Watts lives in Lugoff, S.C. He has signed up as a long-term volunteer through the United Methodist Church to serve at a school and church in Morogoro, Tanzania at Wesley Primary School. His commitment begins in January 2011.

Elizabeth Weiskittel works for the technology firm Blackbaud as a

customer support analyst. She lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

2009

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, T. Peyton Hray Living in Buffalo, N.Y., Shelby Baylis is a graduate student in American history at the University of Buffalo.

Mitch Clark lives in Greenville, S.C., and is an accountant for Hospice Care of South Carolina.

Kent Giguere lives in Greenville, S.C., and is an investment advisor for Capital Design Associates.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Samantha Hall is an account manager for Kennett Distributors.

Congratulations to Edward Henderson, who successfully completed Officer Candidate School on Aug. 14, 2010, and accepted his commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

Matt Morrison is a banker with First Citizen Bank in Columbia, S.C. He lives In Forest Acres, S.C. Living in Anderson, S.C., Sarah Page is associated with the sales division of the Anderson Independent Mail.

Marshall Washburn completed an internship at Spartanburg Regional Hospital Medical Center this summer and is in his second year of graduate school at Clemson University where he is pursuing a degree in computer science.

2010

Terrier Top 5 Reunion Homecoming 2010 Class Chair, Matthew A. Abee Living in Spartanburg, Kaley Almond is a reporting analyst for the hospitality provider Centerplate Inc. Andrew Digby is studying for a master’s degree in accountancy at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Grayson, Ga. Living in Cornelius, N.C., Jessica Grantham is youth united and community involvement coordinator for Our Towns Habitat for Humanity.

Joshua Harris is senior guest services team leader for Target stores.

Harris also is enrolled in graduate school at Converse College, where he is studying for his master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.

Jonathan Hufford is enrolled in medical school at the University of South Carolina. He lives in Columbia, S.C. Living in New Orleans, La., Emily Johnson is a special education teacher through Teach for America at Chalmette Elementary School.

Lauren Keisler lives in Boiling Springs, S.C., and is working as an intern with the Wofford Terrier Club.

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte Knight is an investment coordinator for Global Endowment Management The Southern Conference announced in July 2010 the addition of

Jamie Lillard as multimedia services assistant. Lillard served as a marketing intern in the Wofford Athletics Department and also worked as an assistant with the Spartanburg Parks Commission during her senior year.

She lives in Hendersonville, S.C. Ashley Mancill lives in Charleston, S.C., where she is a production assistant for The History Press.

Cally Patterson is a graduate student in occupational therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina. She lives in Charleston, S.C. Jeremy Peters is currently in Washington, D.C. interning with two different think tanks — the Wood-

row Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) volunteer Hilary Phillips has joined the staff at the Upstate Family Resource Center in Boiling Springs, S.C. She will be continuing and expanding on the work of the previous volunteer in the financial literacy program and volunteer coordination.

Living in Winston-Salem, N.C., Trey Robinson is enrolled in graduate school at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Karl Alexander ’13, July 12, 2010

Dr. E. Gibbes Patton, Aug. 28, 2010

campus memorial service for Karl Edward Alexander ’13 was held Sept. 9 in Leonard Auditorium. The service was organized by the Campus Union, Kappa Sigma fraternity and Perkins-Prothro Chaplain Ron Robinson ’78. “We wanted to begin the year by pausing to celebrate Karl’s courage, his kindness, his infectious personality, and the way he touched so many lives during his time at Wofford,” said Claudia Albergotti ’11, student body president.

Alexander died July 12, 2010, of complications from congestive heart disease. He came to Wofford after an outstanding high school Alexander career in Bishopville, S.C. As a college student, he joined Kappa Sigma fraternity and participated on the lacrosse team. The 2009 Winter Lighting program featured his unforgettable appearance as Santa Claus.

Survivors included his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiley Alexander and a brother, Wesley Alexander, of Hartsville, S.C. His uncle, the Rev. Dr. Mike Alexander, is senior pastor at Belin United Methodist Church and serves as a member of the Wofford Board of Trustees.

The family suggested memorials to the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, or to the Karl Edward Alexander Scholarship Fund at Wofford.

r. E. Gibbes Patton, a professor of botany at Wofford for 25 years and a faithful and effective advocate for environmental causes across the Upstate, died Aug. 28, 2010 in Spartanburg. He was 86 years old.

A native of Greenville, S.C., Patton had an impressive educational background. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1947, a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina in 1950, and a doctoral degree from Duke in 1956.

After teaching at the University of Alabama, he came to Wofford in 1963 Patton as the college’s first full-time specialist in botany. His colleagues, Dr. Ray Leonard and Dr. Don Dobbs, already were legendary teachers, and when Bill Hubbard joined the department in 1964, a memorable team was in place to educate several generations of Wofford physicians and research scientists.

John Lane ’77 described Patton’s almost immediate impact at the college in an essay called, “The Greening of Wofford.” Serving as a member of a campus panel in the winter of 1970 that addressed the problem of pollution in South Carolina, Patton used his five-minute opening statement to ask four simple questions: Can we learn to see the environment as a whole? Can we limit resources consumption? Do we understand the natural cycles? What is the role of the college in defining these problems? It was a manifesto for sustainability that was well ahead of its time.

Patton retired from the faculty in 1987, but he always was active in doing reseach and writing about environmental issues and supporting a wide range of environmental advocacy organizations in the Upstate.

He leadership was crucial in the early efforts to protect the watershed of Lawson’s Fork Creek, and it was appropriate that his memorial service was held at Wofford’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

Gibbs Patton was married for 59 years to the late Mildred Connor Read Patton and is survived by four children, Charlotte Patton Tinsley ’75, Ernest G. “Buzz” Patton Jr. ’77, C. Read Patton and Stephen L. Patton.

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Vernon Baker, July 10, 2010

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ernon Baker, a 2008 recipient of Wofford’s Sandor Teszler Award, died of complications from brain cancer at his home near St. Maries, Idaho, on July 10, 2010. He was 90 years old.

The Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind represents the highest ideals that the Wofford community espouses, and it carries with it an honorary degree, a citation and a cash award. In addition to Baker, recipients have been Marion Wright Edelman, Dr. Paul Farmer and Jacqueline Novogratz.

A gentle, compassionate man, Baker was perhaps best known as Baker an American hero of World World II and as the author of a valuable 1997 combat memoir, “Lasting Valor.”

Orphaned at age 4, Baker was raised in Wyoming by his grandparents, in a town with just a dozen other African-American families. At the beginning of World War II, he fought to enlist in a segregated Army, earned an officer’s commission, and served in Italy with the 92nd “Buffalo” Division. Baker was one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the Mediterranean Theater, but no African-American soldiers received the Medal of Honor at the time. On January 13, 1997, 52 years after the fact, President Clinton presented Baker with the nation’s highest decoration. He had earned this distinction in action on April 5-6, 1945, at a German mountain strongpoint near Viareggio, Italy.

Baker continued his military career after World War II and helped lead the Army through desegregation in the late 1940s. He joined the Airborne along the way and made his last jump at age 48. He also became one of the first African-Americans to command an all-white company. After retiring from military service, he spent nearly 20 years working for the Red Cross.

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Dr. John Coats Otts Jr., June 12, 2010, Black Mountain, N.C. An educator and churchman who received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award

from Wofford in 1967, Dr. Otts had celebrated a 100th birthday on Aug. 14, 2009. He began his career in the public education in Spartanburg, but in 1945, he was named principal of Central High School in Charlotte, N.C. In the 1960s, as assistant superintendent, he played a key role in the landmark desegregation of the Mecklenburg County and Charlotte City Schools. In 1967, he became dean of the School of Education at the University of South Carolina.

After he retired from that post, he and his wife relocated to the Highland Farms Retirement Community in Black Mountain. Jack Clairborne wrote in the Charlotte Observer, “John Otts quietly arranged scholarships for boys and girls who might not have gone to college. He brought out the best within them. He adored teaching and dedicated his life to it.”

Special thanks to George S. Morgan ‘50, for sharing his memories.

1935

Victor Mullins Smith, May 28, 2010, Florence, S.C. One of the most loyal and generous graduates in the history of the college, Mr. Smith was a retired principal who served 41 years in South Carolina schools.

Also, he was a part-time field representative for the Woodman of the World for 30 years. A long-time member of the Terrier Club, he was active in many educational and community associations. Mr. Smith was a member of First Baptist Church of Florence, where he taught Sunday school for more than 40 years. Memorials may be made to the Victor M. and James V. Smith AcademicAthletic Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wofford.

1939

Charles Fulenwider Cecil, May 30, 2010, Tryon, N.C. Mr. Cecil served as an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and then began a 35 year career in the housewares industry, most of which was spent at Club Aluminum Products, where he became president and CEO. In 1969, he was honored as “the man who brought color to cookware.” After he retired in 1987, he moved to Tryon, where he was an elder at Tryon Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cecil was one of five brothers to attend Wofford, and they jointly established an endowed scholarship fund honoring the Cecil Family to which memorials may be made.

1940

Dr. Thomas O’Connor High Sr., May 25, 2010, Woodruff, S.C. Dr. High was a World War II veteran, serving in Italy, the Pacific Theatre and North Africa, where he taught French Army Officers the mechanics of Radar 264. He taught English for several years before he and his wife served as missionaries/teachers in Nigeria under the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. High also pastored churches in Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina. He was a member of Green Pond Baptist Church of Woodruff.

1950

Frederick Hydrick Stabler, June 15, 2010, Orangeburg, S.C. Mr. Stabler was the co-founder of B & S Service Center and successfully managed a furniture and appliance business until his retirement in March 1997. A life-long member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, he was also a member of Izlar Lodge 177 in St. Matthews.

1944

The Rev. Haskell Robert Reynolds, June 2, 2010, Greenwood, S.C. Before he retired in 1984, Mr. Reynolds pastored numerous United Methodist churches and served on South Carolina Conference boards and commissions. In 1976, he was elected a member of the Southeastern Jurisdictional United Methodist Conference. Mr. Reynolds served six years as chaplain of the South Carolina State Defense Force and retired in 1987 as lieutenant colonel.

Memorials may be made to Wofford College.

1947

Robert Augustus Arthur, June 26, 2010, Boiling Springs, S.C. Mr. Arthur was a registered engineer in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and New Mexico. He retired in 1983 as a civil engineer with Lockwood Greene Engineers Inc. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a lieutenant and navigator during World War II. Mr. Arthur was a member of Cannon Campground United Methodist Church.

David Brooks Cox, June 9, 2010, Columbia, S.C. Mr. Cox was the executive field director for the Spartanburg County Palmetto Council Boy Scouts for many years.

In 1974, he was a partner and operator of the Carolina Skateland in Irmo until he retired. Mr. Cox was a member of First Baptist Church of Columbia.

Harrison “Harry” Morgan Parsons, May 11, 2010, Shelby, N.C. An Air Force Veteran of World War II, Mr. Parson served as a navigator in the 8th Air Force, 34th Bomb Group. He joined the Celanese Corporation in 1948, where he began a worldwide career in textiles that lasted more than 40 years. After his retirement, he consulted for textile companies for a number of years.

1949

Horace H. “Buck” Hatchette Jr., June 28, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he served in the Pacific as a combat engineer, Mr. Hatchette retired from Sherwin Williams Co. after 30 years of service. He was a lifelong member of Southside Baptist Church where he was a Sunday school teacher for more than 35 years, a former deacon.

He was a Gideon a former board member of Greater Spartanburg Ministries. He was a 32nd degree Mason and past master of St. John’s Lodge #333 AFM. Orion Kelly Mitchell, May 27, 2010, St. Petersburg, Fla. John Rogers Thomas, July 11, 2010, Orangeburg, S.C. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was associated with many government agencies in Washington, D.C. Mr. Thomas retired from Exxon having worked in New York, Houston, Libya, and England. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and the Rotary Club of Orangeburg. He was also a consultant for Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).

Dr. Francis Parker Champion, June 18, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Dr. Champion served in the U.S Army Medical Corps in Europe from 1943 to 1946. He began his family practice in Spartanburg in 1957. He served as president of the Spartanburg County Heart Association, secretary of Spartanburg General Hospital Staff and was a member of the Board of Family Care Council. He was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church where he served on several boards. He served as the team physician for Spartanburg High School for many years.

Ernest Eugene “Gene” Wessel, June 7, 2010, Columbia, S.C. Mr. Wessel served as a military police officer in WWII, receiving medals for service in several campaigns, including Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes and Rhineland. Before retiring, he was associated with Liberty and Security Life Insurance Companies, and owned the Dentsville Mobile Home Park. Mr. Wessel was a member of Shandon Baptist Church.

1951

George Jackson “Jack” Alexander, June 20, 2010, North Augusta, S.C. Having served in the Pacific Theatre, Mr. Alexander was a veteran of World War II. He was in fellowship for many years with the North Augusta Bible Chapel, where he was involved with the Emmaus Prison ministry.

1953

Frank Edwin Dillard, July 4, 2010, Moore, S.C. Mr. Dillard was employed by Draper and Rockwell International for more than 30 years.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

A member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, he was a deacon for 41 years. He was active in theatre in Spartanburg. He was a former member of the Spartanburg County Council and a past member of the Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Seiden Douglas Guthrie, June 16, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Guthrie received the Order of the Palmetto from S.C. Gov. Carroll Campbell in recognition of a lifetime of service to South Carolina. He was the executive vice-president in the Chamber of Commerce of several cities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. A veteran of U.S. Army, he served during the Korean conflict. A fierce athletic competitor, he played collegiate and semi-pro basketball and was an avid tennis player. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Washington, N.C., and served many years as an elder at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C.

1954

William Tensley Lawton, July 26, 2010, Roswell, Ga. Mr. Lawton was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He taught at Columbia High School in Lake City, Fla., and was a member of the National Education Association and the Florida Education Association. A member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God, he was a deacon and elder and taught Sunday school for more than 50 years.

1955

Ralph V. Moore Jr., Aug. 19, 2010, Miami Fla. Mr. Moore served in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant in the Korean War. He was an administrator in the Dade County Public School System for 27 years, including a 17-year stint as a distinguished principal of Coral Gables High School.

1956

James Leonard Richardson, July 6, 2010, Hampton, Va. Mr. Richardson retired from the U.S. Army after a 23-year career with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served two tours in Vietnam and received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.

Mr. Richardson was a financial planner for New York Life for 20 years.

1957

Col. William Benjamin Moyer, May 23, 2010, Tucson, Ariz. Col. Moyer retired from the U.S. Air Force after 26 years of service as a biomedical scientist. He had received the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Memorials may be made to the Montgomery Family Music Building at Wofford in honor of Sam R. Moyer, c/o Thom Henson.

Rowland Farr Thomas Jr., Aug. 27, 2010, Breaux Bridge, La. After Army service in both World War II and the Korean War, Mr. Thomas completed a master’s degree in education at East Carolina University. He worked for many years as a training director for Georgia Pacific Corp.

1958

Edward Andrew “Bud” Miller, May 20, 2010, Fort Myers, Fla. Mr. Miller was an U.S. Army veteran and served in the Korean Conflict.

He was a teacher, coach and school administrator for the Anne Arundel County schools in Maryland for 28 years. Mr. Miller also worked as a school counselor for the Department of Defense schools for seven years.

Dr. Robert Edison Osbon, Sept. 4, 2010, Greer, S.C. Dr. Osbon practiced dentistry in the Upstate and spearheaded the creation of the dental room at the Roper Mountain Science Center. He was a member of The Academy of General Dentistry, serving as president of the South Carolina chapter in 1981. He also served as president of the South Carolina Academy of Dental Practice in 1986 and past president of the Greenville County Dental Society. He was a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, The South Carolina Academy of Dentistry and a Fellow in the Pierre Fouchard Academy. A lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Greer, he served as deacon and chairman of the deacons for many years. He initiated and led medical missions to the Honduras in 1998. He was the brother of Wofford Trustee Julian Osbon ’63.

Major Cline Rhodes, Sept. 1, 2010, Marietta, S.C. Mr. Rhodes was a biology teacher at Spartanburg High School for more than 30 years and was the recipient of a South Carolina Biology Teacher of the Year Award. He was a member of Inman Mills Baptist Church and served as a Radioman 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Hugh O’Neil Wilder, Aug. 15, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Wilder was a sports reporter for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal while in college and after graduation continued as bureau chief. He worked for Milliken & Co. for 15 years followed by a career with Advantica Corp., from which he retired. Mr. Wilder was a member of Morningside Baptist Church.

1959

William Trapier Goldfinch, July 29, 2010, Florence, S.C. Mr. Goldfinch practiced law at one time in Conway, and later was a vice president and trust officer of Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. and Southern Bank & Trust Co. in Florence.

He served in the South Carolina National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve. Mr. Goldfinch was active in the Pee Dee Area Chapter of March of Dimes, The Darlington County Historical Society and the Saint David’s Society. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Conway.

1960

Clifford Charles Carroll, June 27, 2010, Inman, S.C. Mr. Carroll retired from Milliken and Co. after 39 years of service. He attended First Wesleyan Church.

Milford Cleo Lindley Jr., May 15, 2010, Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Lindley retired as a manager with TW Services.

1962

William Eugene Barnhill Jr., June 10, 2010, Pawleys Island, S.C. Maj. Barnhill retired from the U.S. Army after 22 years of service.

Among his awards received during tours in Vietnam were the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Conway. Memorials may be made to Wofford College.

1965

Walden Randall Cochran, June 4, 2010, Landrum, S.C. Mr. Cochran was a real estate appraiser. He was a member of the Landrum Masonic Lodge #278, and the Landrum First Baptist Church.

Gerry Lee Deal, May 29, 2010, Spartanburg. Mr. Deal retired in 1999 from Deal’s Machine Shop. He was a member of National Pro Bass Masters, South Carolina Pro Bass Masters, Po Boys Fishing Club of Roebuck, and the Sparkle City Bass Club. Mr. Deal was a member of Second Presbyterian Church for 54 years and a youth baseball coach for 12 years.

1971

Dr. Richard James Kincaid, May 17, 2010, Charlotte, N.C. Dr. Kincaid was a dentist in Charlotte, N.C. He was a member of the ADA and North Carolina Dental Society, where he was a past president. Dr. Kincaid was a member of Sardis Presbyterian Church, where he was a former deacon.

Eugene Aubrey “Mac” McFadden III, Sept. 4, 2010, Gable, S.C.

1972

James “Jimmie” Wesley Stewart Jr., July 2010, Sag Harbor, N.Y. Mr. Stewart was an attorney in New York City.

1982

Stuart Wylie Nicholson, Aug. 2, 2010, Brooklyn, N.Y. An artist and a teacher, Mr. Nicholson died after a long fight with cancer.

1985

William Stanley Reiber, Feb. 26, 2010, Crofton, Md.

2009

Cameron Alexander Bradbury, Aug. 6, 2010, Little Rock, Ark.

Friends

Thomas W. “Tommy” Bryant, 2010, Rome, Ga. A former assistant football coach at Wofford, Mr. Bryant was a special education teacher and coach at Armuchee High School

in Rome, Ga.

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