2012 Spring Wofford Today

Volume 44, Number 3 / Spartanburg, South Carolina / Spring 2012

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From the Archives

Interim turns 45... different opportunities but the experience remains the same

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n 1968, Wofford became one of the first colleges in the South, and apparently the first in the Carolinas, to set aside a four-week period when students and faculty could pursue a single subject of interest together. This year thus marks the 45th time that the college has devoted the month of January to a range of non-traditional projects. Interim has become as much a part of Wofford’s culture as Main Building.

In the earliest years, the Interim catalogue actually listed projects by department. Only later did projects become more interdisciplinary. Many early projects focused more on classroom learning, but the faculty soon began to take advantage of the Interim’s flexibility.

Three travel projects took place during the first Interim: Dr. Constance Antonsen took students to study Renaissance art in Florence, Milan and Rome; Dr. Jacques Forbes took students to Switzerland; and Professors Ricardo Remirez, Joaquin DeVelasco, Joe Lesesne, and Paul Lofton ’61 took some 60 students to Mexico City. The students on the Mexico Interim stayed in local homes and were much more immersed in the local culture than if they had stayed in hotels. The second year of Interim saw students travel to Czechoslovakia, a unique opportunity considering that it came (Above) The cast of the popular 1988 Interim musical Grease. just a year after the Prague Spring and subsequent (Below) A photo of the group that traveled with Jacques Forbes to Soviet invasion.

Internships or research experiences like this one during Switzerland during the first Interim.

Over its first decade, Interim opportunities January 1968 remain popular even today. expanded under the direction of Assistant Dean of the College Jerry Cogdell, with some of the first internship opportunities being offered. Pre-law and pre-medical projects were among the first to appear.

Teacher education Interims also began to be offered at an early point. Theatre and music frequently teamed up to offer musical-theatre projects. With some exceptions, travel Interims stuck to the well-worn paths of western Europe and the Caribbean, with a smattering of domestic travel projects as well.

Several projects that became popular repeats appeared in the 1970s or early 1980s. Dr. Antonsen’s fencing project drew student fencers into the 1990s, and Dr. Joseph Killian’s debating Interims helped launch the college’s debate teams of the 1980s. Personal finance and personal income taxation also were offered on a fairly regular basis. Perhaps the most famous travel Interim of all was Dr. Dennis Dooley’s literary tour of Ireland, which took place about every other year until the 2000s.

The 1990s and 2000s saw continued change in Interim. As the Cold War ended and Wofford’s international programs opportunities increased, faculty and students began to travel to more varied locations. In the early 1990s, travels to Russia and Eastern Europe became easier, and trips to locations in Asia and Africa became more common. At the same time, internships and service learning opportunities grew considerably. The on-campus projects themselves have changed, too. While offerings in earlier decades focused on reading great books, studying issues, focusing on particular events, or investigating a topic in the professor’s discipline, more recent projects have been more interdisciplinary.

While film Interims were offered in the early years, the rise of the VCR, the DVD, and now streaming video sources has made them much easier to put together. The 1990s and early 2000s saw a surge in film Interims. Lest you think that spending a month watching movies is easy, know that there’s a lot more to teaching and learning with films than eating popcorn.

A number of Interims gave students new experiences and skills, such as welding, cooking, computer programming and web design, digital photography, and quilting. These projects all had academic and practical components. One group around 2008 studied the world of professional wrestling, even sponsoring their own January Smackdown! I witnessed this one myself.

Interim has become one of Wofford’s hallmarks, and students and faculty often talk during the fall about what they are going to do in January. Alumni still talk about things they did during Interim. I remember studying the Federalist Papers and the presidents through biographers’ eyes. I took part in a college bowl Interim, where we worked on our own skills and sponsored a campus-wide tournament. Most memorable was my own January 1993 congressional internship in Sen. Strom Thurmond’s office, where I got to watch a Supreme Court oral argument, see a president of the United States inaugurated in person, and sit in the staff gallery when the president’s cabinet was confirmed on a voice vote. Along with those special moments, Librarian Frank Anderson, Dean Philip Covington, Dean Joe Lesesne I also got to spend a month as a Washington commuter, visiting historic sites and learning that living in a and Bill Scheerer plan the “Remember the Cowpens” Interim of 1968. big city could be fun.

Interim shows that learning happens in classrooms and labs, on tour buses, in internship settings, and in independent research into a topic of student interest. While calls come periodically for a re-evaluation of the program, and even in the 1970s some people wanted to “tighten up” the requirements, the basic structure of the program remains as it was envisioned in 1968. The opportunities may be different today, but the experience remains much the same.

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by Dr. Phillip Stone ’94, college archivist

During the Robo Sapiens Interim, students built and programmed their own robots. Dr. Dan Lejeune and Dr. Dan Welch taught the course... more Interim photos on pages 6-7.

WOFFORD TODAY... Dunlap mentioned in House Beautiful... Wofford remains a best value... Photos from the Road to the White House............... 4 Summer @ Wofford............... 5 Photos from Interim 2012............ 6-7 ON CAMPUS... Faculty experience Brazil during Milliken Faculty Development Seminar... Meet Dr. Kendra Stewart...

Wofford unveils new logo designs............... 8 A look at art and art history at Wofford............... 9 STUDENTS... 17-year old Sanders set to graduate with Phi Beta Kappa honors............. 10 What happens after class?............. 11 ATHLETICS... Loesing is an Academic All-American... tentative 2012 football schedule... the student-athlete art show............. 12 Alumni thrive in baseball careers............. 13

2011 ANNUAL REPORT.........14-21

ON THE COVER: Kate Conner ’12, curatorial intern for the Johnson Collection of Spartanburg, is spending the semester surrounded by paintings of the American South, including “Park Street Grocery” by Edmund Yaghjian (hanging) and “Saxon”

by Margaret Moffett Law. Read more about Conner and Wofford's art and art history program on page 9.

INSIDE: The 2011 Annual Report of the College, pages 14-21.

DEVELOPMENT... Endowing Athletics............. 17 ALUMNI... including births, weddings, photos, notes and profiles........ 22-31 Loesing named a first-team Academic All-American, page 12.

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Where in the world is Wofford?........ 22-23

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Terriers in the News........ 24-25

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Lawrence earns national recognition for care for the aging............. 25 The Wofford Bookshelf ............. 26 Scism publishes book of Heroes from the Civil Rights Movement............. 27 DeBerry enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame and other Terriers in the News, page 24.

Volume 44, Number 3 / Spring 2012

Gold & Black gatherings: a year in pictures........ 28-29

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Wofford Today Wofford remains one of the nation's “best value” colleges

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offord has been listed once again among the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities, according to The Princeton Review. In February, the Massachusetts-based education services company profiled Wofford in its book, “The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition.”

Wofford consistently lands on “best value” lists of national publications. In the fall of 2011, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked the college 39th in the nation and first in South Carolina in its 2011-2012 “best value” ratings of 100 top private liberal arts colleges, those that “provide high-quality academics as well as affordable cost even in these tough times.” Also in 2011, Forbes magazine ranked Wofford 73rd on a list of 250 of “America’s Best Colleges” of all sizes and missions, and U.S. News & World Report featured the college on its list of 40 “Great Schools, Great Prices” among national liberal arts colleges.

The Princeton Review guide features profiles of 75 public and 75 private colleges across the country with detailed information about their campus culture, facilities and financial aid offerings. Wofford is the only South Carolina institution included on the private colleges list.

Three of the state’s colleges and universities were chosen for the 2012 public college list.

The listings and detailed information about the various campuses also are posted on a dedicated area

of USA TODAY.com, which has been The Princeton Review’s online publishing partner for this project since 2009. USA TODAY’s site (http://bestvaluecolleges. usatoday.com) features an exclusive database that allows users to view in-depth details about the schools by clicking on an interactive map.

In its profile of Wofford, the editors of The Princeton Review notes the college offers “beauty, brains and brawn. Its stunning campus, which is designated as an arboretum, serves as an idyllic backdrop to an academic powerhouse with standout programs in biology, pre-med, and pre-law.” It also notes that Wofford “strongly encourages its students to study abroad and offers support such as funding to pay for students to travel and advice on how to design a program that works with their areas of study.”

The book quotes Wofford students surveyed, who say the college “is about relationships: relationships between you and other students, between the professors and their students, even the faculty and staff and the students; everyone knows each other and is willing to help each other all the time.”

“We work and play as a community,” another student says, “and

we, with pleasure and humility, devote all of our energies to the pursuit of knowledge.”

“It’s great to be recognized for the value Wofford provides,” says Brand Stille ’86, vice president for enrollment at Wofford.

“Value, cost and return on investment continue to be important factors in selecting a college. At Wofford we are committed to providing first-rate programs and experiences that prepare our students for lives of success and service.”

Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher, and lead author of “The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition,” says, “We commend Wofford and all of the extraordinary colleges on our 2012 ‘Best Value Colleges’ list for all they are doing to keep costs down and/or offer generous aid to applicants with financial need – all while maintaining excellent academic programs.”

The Princeton Review debuted its “Best Value Colleges” list in 2004. It previously published an annual book titled “America’s Best Value Colleges” from 2004 to 2007. Wofford’s “Old Main” was featured on the cover of one of these editions.

by Laura Hendrix Corbin

Nationally renowned i n t e r i o r designer Charlotte Moss has a passion for scrapbooking while listening to audiobooks and TED talks on her iPad. She wrote in the March 2012 edition of House Beautiful magazine that President Dunlap’s TED Talk about the “Passionate Life of Sandor Teszler” is one of her favorites. It’s one of ours, too, and one that we’re sure you’ll want to share. Go to www.ted.com/ talks/ben_dunlap_talks_about_a_passionate_life. html.

The road to the White House runs through Wofford Eight Wofford students participated in a live Skype call-in on C-SPAN’s morning program “Washington Journal” on Jan. 18 as the C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus made a stop on campus on its “Road to the White House” tour. The students asked questions of U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.). Participating were, from left, David Jackson ’12, Elizabeth von Keller ’15, Chanel Clyburn ’12, Tyrell Jemison ’14, Andrea Kelsey ’13, Brian McCracken ’13, Greyson Mann ’14 and Michael Roulhac ’12.

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Students and others among the 300 supporters who turned out for a campaign rally on Jan. 18 get autographs from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. It was Romney’s second visit to campus. He participated in the Nov. 12 CBS/National Journal “Commander in Chief Debate” held in Benjamin Johnson Arena.

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rom around the world to other worlds, Wofford’s summer programs promise to provide pre-college students with experiences that will immerse them in language and the world of fantasy and writing.

and instructional materials, room and board, activities, field trips, transportation from either CharlotteDouglas International Airport (CLT) or GreenvilleThe world at Wofford Building on its commitment to create global citizens Spartanburg International with cross-cultural competence who are prepared to suc- Airport (GSP), and the use ceed in the 21st century, the college will offer the Language of laundry facilities.

Families with more than Academy @ Wofford, a residential language immersion program for rising 8th-grade through 12th-grade students one student attending a beginning this summer. LA@W will offer two- or four-week four-week session will reprograms in French, German and Spanish, and a four-week ceive a $100 discount per student, and those with program in Chinese.

“Our program will focus on providing a caring and more than one student atsupportive language immersion environment while also tending a two-week session focusing on culture and cross-cultural awareness,” says will receive a $50 discount Belinda P. Walters, director of LA@W. “Students will learn per student.

For more information the art, the history, the music of the countries where their languages are spoken, and they will share those with students and to register, go to www. wofford.edu/languageacadof the other languages.”

LA@W is building on Wofford’s foundation of prepar- emy. ing its own students for the world. “We continue to face an enormous and important challenge in preparing our Shared Worlds nation’s future leaders for a globally connected, competitive Shared Worlds, a nonand interdependent world,” says Dr. David S. Wood, senior profit science fiction/fantasy vice president and dean of the college. “Our faculty and teen writing summer camp staff have committed us to meeting that challenge, and the hosted by Wofford, has refaculty and staff of the Language Academy @ Wofford have ceived a second consecutive committed to helping build the foundation for these young supporting grant from Ampeople who are not yet in college. It’s an important task.” azon.com and has named Registration for the Language Academy @ Wofford is author Karin Lowachee as open now. its Amazon.com Writer in Two-week sessions for French, German and Spanish Residence for 2012. will be held June 17 through June 29 and July 1 through A unique summer camp for rising eighth- through July 13. The four-week programs in those languages and 12th-graders, Shared Worlds uses an innovative approach Chinese will be held June 17 through July 13. to writing fiction and realizing full creative potential, all in a Cost for the two-week sessions is $2,500; cost for the safe and structured environment. This year’s program will be four-week session is $4,500. Tuition covers the cost of classes held from July 22 to Aug. 4, and registration is under way.

June 4-7, 2012, half day, ages 6-12

Lowachee’s author’s visit, funded by the Amazon.com grant, will include a workshop with students and a reading at a Spartanburg bookstore. Her first novel, “Warchild,” won the 2001 Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, chosen

by Tim Powers. Both “Warchild” and her third novel, “Cagebird” (2005), were finalists for the prestigious Philip K. Dick Award.

Shared Worlds, the brainchild of Wofford instructor Jeremy L.C. Jones who continues as director, began in 2008 with 19 students. The program has grown every year since, and in 2011 enrolled 46 students. Dr. Tim Schmitz, director of summer programs, says enrollment this year is even stronger. “We currently have students enrolled from Japan, Canada, Germany, France and Indonesia, and we have more students enrolled at this point than we did at the same time last year.”

Other guest instructors will include World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer, Hugo Award-winning editor Ann VanderMeer, author and game designer Will Hindmarch, New York Times bestselling author Tobias Buckell, and Naomi Novik, author of the bestselling Temeraire dragon fantasy series. In addition to helping to fund the visits of guest authors, the Amazon.com grant supports scholarships for students and offsets general operating expenses.

Information on registration is available at www.wofford. edu/sharedworlds. Tuition is $2,100 per person and includes accommodations, all meals, instruction, supervisory personnel, program material, activities, professional evaluation, and certificates.

MIke AYers Football CampS

More about summer

Wofford Athletics Camps 2012 Rod Ray Tennis CampS

Ralph Lundy Soccer CampS (Coach Ralph Polson)

May 28 -31, day camp, ages 7-17 June 1-3, adult camp June 4-7, day camp, ages 7 to 17 June 10-14, junior overnight, ages 8-17 June 17 -21, junior overnight, ages 8-17 June 24-28, junior overnight, ages 8-17 June 25-27, junior professional (high level)

June 17-21, regular, ages 9-13 June 24-28, regular and elite, ages 14-18

BASEBALL CAMPS (COACH TODD INTERDONADO) June 11-15, youth full day June 18-21, youth half day July 2-5, youth half day July 23-26, youth half day Aug. 18-19, high school

Champions Junior Golf CAMPS (Coach Angie Ridgeway) June 11-14, 2012, day camp, ages 5-17 June 3-7, 2012, residential camp, ages 10-18

COREY Helle volleyball camps July July July July July

6-9, JV Teams and Individual I, fundamentals 11-14, Varsity Teams 16-18, Individual Camp II, advanced training 20-22, Individual Camp III, advanced training 23-25, Individual Camp IV, advanced training

Mike Young Basketball CampS June 17-21, 2012, full day, ages 7-18 July 30-Aug. 3, full day and half day, ages 5-18

Nate Woody Football Camp

June 17-19, option offense June 24-27, offense/defense team and individual June 14, 23, Top prospect one day seminars

All schedules are subject to change. Visit www.wofford.edu/athletics and search for more information under each sport.

Summer School sessions for college students will be held in two sessions, June 4 through July 6 and July 9 through Aug. 9.

For complete schedules and details on all Wofford summer programs, go to www.wofford.edu/summer.

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1. The Reverend Dr. Beauty Maenzanise, dean of the School of Theology at Africa University in Zimbabwe, took Wofford students and professors Dr. G.R. Davis and Dr. John Moeller to visit her proud parents who live about 20 km from the university. Her father is a headman in his tribe who holds meetings of his tribal group under the very tree where the Wofford photo was made. The Interim, “My Brothers and Sisters in Africa,” also took students to Kenya.

2. Kim Stauffer ’13 stayed on campus and completed an independent Interim during which she studied genetic sequencing under the guidance of Dr. Stefanie Baker.

3. Dr. Dan Mathewson and Dr. Amy Sweitzer taught an Interim on the circus, culminating in campus-wide and community performances with Wofford students as the stars, including ReAnne Hinton ’12 as a fire eater.

4. Dr. Li Qing Kinnison, Dr. Chris Waidner ’87 and this group of students studied the history and culture of Tibet and China during January.

5. Leah Snipe ’14 spent her Interim with children from a hostel in the leprosy community in Purulia, West Bengal, India.

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6. Wofford students, including Rachel Arling ’13 and Atticus Fehl ’12, selected, produced, directed and acted in the Pulp Theatre production of “Evil Dead.”

7. Dr. Kaye Savage and Dr. Peter Schmunk took students to the Southwestern United States to experience the desert, mountain and garden regions while backpacking.

8. Students learned to SCUBA in Spartanburg before traveling to dive Bonaire, the fish capital of the Caribbean.

9. In Indonesia, Dr. Cynthia Fowler and Dr. John Miles led a group of students who explored the nature and culture of Bali.

10. Wofford students met with government officials during their Interim study in Turkey. Dr. Alliston Reid ’75 and Dr. John Lefebvre led the group.

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Campus Update 12 Wofford faculty get “hooked on helping” in Brazil

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Dr. Kendra Stewart (center), the college's new director of Multicultural Affairs, with students Ron Norman ’13, newly elected Campus Union president, and Asantewaa Boateng ’14.

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r. Kendra D. Stewart has joined the Wofford community as director of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Education. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University, her Ed.M. at Harvard University and her Ph.D. from Clemson University.

“We all bring cultures with us to campus that should be validated and celebrated, and there is so much we can learn from one another to better our entire community when we acknowledge our different experiences and perspectives in a respectful and positive manner,” Stewart says.

“My vision is to ensure the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Education has an accessible identify at Wofford. One of my main missions is that faculty, staff and students are able to point to what those terms mean here on campus, and how they personally relate to the Wofford experience.”

Stewart says she already has helped bring some “additional structure for multicultural programming on campus, starting with February’s Black History Month” events. “Students here at Wofford are extremely bright, with many great ideas, and I see my role as supporting and centralizing these diversity initiatives to make sure they become a reality.”

Dean of Students Roberta Bigger ’81 says, “Kendra Stewart was highly recommended to us. She is a great addition to the Student Affairs staff. Her undergraduate experience at Wake Forest and her professional knowledge enhance our community. The student leaders and the faculty report that they enjoy working with her because of her ideas for programs and services. Kendra and the Association of Multicultural Students have created the Wofford World Leaders Program. Local alumnus Doug Jones kicked off the series earlier this semester with a very interesting talk about how to succeed in the corporate world. We are pleased that she joined us and we are working on recruiting her fiancé to Spartanburg.”

Stewart previously was an admission counselor at the University of Maryland and spent three years as assistant director of multicultural affairs at Wake Forest University.

Neely featured artist at GOP Experience Kristofer Neely ’02, assistant dean and coordinator for studio art at Wofford, was the featured artist for the SCGOP Experience Weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in January. Neely painted the series of pieces he calls “Prayers for My Country, Prayers for The Candidates, Prayers for Our World,” while the presidential debate was on Wofford's campus in November.

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his year’s Milliken Faculty Development Seminar, the fourth of five international studies opportunities in the series, took 12 members of the teaching and administrative staff to Brazil for two weeks in January. The seminars take advantage of Wofford partners in studies abroad such as IES to explore ways to make student travel-study more effective, and they also encourage friendly interaction and enhanced collegiality across the academic disciplines.

New this year was a theme adopted by the traveling class, “Hooked on Helping.” The travelers explored creative ways to support philanthrophy in the developing world. In Dr. Cynthia Suarez, chair and professor of education, with some Salvador, Bahia, a coastal city that of the children from an orphanage in Salvador, Bahia. is Brazil’s third largest metropolitan area, the faculty members adopted an orphanage that houses about 30 young people. The Wofford group purchased and left behind food and basic supplies such as a water purifier and necessities for dental hygiene.

The travelers also visited a neighborhood center where they observed classes in percussion music, visual arts and basic school subjects. A highlight of the trip came when the professors formed a drum line and developed skills that they planned to demonstrate to their faculty colleagues at an upcoming meeting.

This faculty development seminar program began in 2009 and was funded by a five-year grant from the late Roger Milliken, a benefactor and trustee for the college for more than 50 years.

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unveils new logos

eaders may have noticed a change in this issue of Wofford Today. Across the top of page 1 is a redesigned banner featuring a new look for the name “Wofford.” The masthead on page 2 now includes the new interpretation of Wofford’s Italianate twin towers.

Both of these graphics were designed by Whipp Inc., a Spartanburg agency that has done work for the college over the years and has been especially involved with the Wofford website.

“The new artwork becomes the focus of a revised graphic identity manual,” says Doug Gabbert, vice president for communications and marketing. “We wanted Wofford’s official logos and graphics to reflect an evolving, exciting college recognized for its national standing as well as one that is true to its liberal arts traditions.”

Some of the considerations behind the new art grew out of the need for a concept that will work well in multiple shapes and designs and focus simply on the word “Wofford.”

All of the official college graphics are protected by an agreement with the Licensing Resource Group Inc. (LRG) and may not be used commercially without written permission.

The new graphic identity program permits limited use of the traditional college seal with the motto “Intaminatis Fulget Honoribus,” and Wofford Athletics will continue to use its familiar monogram and the various Terrier graphics.

George Dean Johnson Jr. (left) with Kate Conner

Dr. David Efurd has done extensive research in the artificial cave monasteries of western India. This is an area critical to the early development of Buddhism and provides important clues to the material culture of the time and place.

“When you walk into those caves, you literally step back in history several thousand years," says Efurd.

Wofford’s art and art history program changes how students see the world

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lthough he was first inspired to study art history while at Wofford, it took Dr. Robert Mayhew ’96 a few years to settle down into graduate work in the discipline.

He says that the pivotal moment in his intellectual life came one afternoon in Tapei, while he was doing a two-year stint of teaching English to speakers of Chinese. He happened to go to an exhibit and realized that the people around him had come from all over the world. He watched them making connections where there had been only disconnections across places, times and cultures.

“Art changes the way you see the world,” Mayhew says.

“And what you see impacts the way you think and create… and solve problems.

Art is a never-ending source of inspiration.”

Mayhew went on to complete his Ph.D. in the department of art, art history and visual studies at Duke University in 2011, becoming the first Wofford art history major to earn a doctorate in the field. He also taught undergraduate courses at Duke and Elon.

Mayhew’s dissertation research focused on the 16th century production of art for an emerging commercial elite and its sale through gallery dealers, a new dynamic

in marked contrast to the established pattern of direct commissions from church and nobility.

His challenge was to find an arts community of reasonable size with good records to study, and he chose Antwerp. Mayhew says the two years in Belgium will always be a special time for his family, which now includes his wife, Christie, and two children, Charlie (5) and Avera (2).

The career path of Helen Roper ’01 has differed from the one Mayhew has taken.

“I knew when I came to Wofford that I wanted to go to law school, but I fell in love with art history and took it as a second major,” she says. “I found that studying the visual arts helped me learn to approach a problem in an organized way and see it in context. I use those skills every day in my work.” In March, she married William Dovell, and the couple lives in Beaufort, S.C., where she is an assistant public defender.

Ashley Harmon-Poston ’09 graduated with a B.A. in art history and gender studies and then went on to earn a master’s in accounting at Wake Forest in 2010. She has made a good start toward a business career in Charlotte, N.C., as a staff auditor at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, but she now intends to

enter a Ph.D. program in art history this fall.

These recent accomplishments of alumni reflect the maturing of the art and art history program, which this year will graduate a combined total of 25 majors and minors. In May 2011, the department was separated from the music program, and Dr. Karen Goodchild was named its first chair.

Dr. Peter Schmunk was named the Garrison Professor in the Humanities, becoming only the second faculty member to occupy that endowed position. He continues his outstanding work as a teacher and leader of travel-study seminars.

Originally from Atlanta, Dr. David Efurd arrived at Wofford in 2010. Coming from a visual arts background at Cornell University that included painting and art, he feels that it is important to be able to “do” art as well as talk about it.

Although he enjoys teaching broad surveys, his personal academic focus for the Ph.D. at The Ohio State University can be found at the intersection of anthropology and art, where sculpture meets architecture in China and India. “Wofford students enjoy the classroom journey to Asia — they are able and ready to learn more about cultures different from their own,” he says.

The studio area has grown substantially in the past few years to include courses in photography, installation art, printmaking, two-dimensional design and drawing.

Kristofer Neely ’02 earned his M.F.A. from Goddard College and is overseeing the development of studio courses. The department will hold its second annual juried student exhibition in the rotunda in the Great Oaks Hall of the Roger Milliken Science Center to highlight the best art done by Wofford students in 2011-2012. The exhibition begins with a reception on the afternoon of April 24 and continues through May 11. “ We know that there’s room to improve. We would like to add a faculty colleague specializing in modern and American art, and we definitely need better facilities for studio work,” says Goodchild.

Mayhew “But overall, we’re proud of how far we have come, and we’re always conscious of standing on the shoulders of great teachers like Constance Antonsen and Peter Schmunk.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

Conner gets curatorial experience as Johnson intern

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Art for Life’s Sake: Ashcan Realism of the South,” is an exciting exhibit conceived and mounted this year by Kate Conner ’12 as her senior curatorial internship project at the Johnson Collection.

Working with Sarah Tignor, exhibitions and internships coordinator, Conner explored and displayed the connections between the early 20th century group of northern artists known as the “Ashcan School” and their Southern contemporaries. For example, Conner says Edmund Yaghjian’s colorful Columbia street scenes provided a perfect Southern transition to gritty, often dark, northern realism.

Owned by George Dean Johnson Jr. ’64 and his wife, Susu, the collection of more than 600 works of art (www.johnsoncollection.org) is housed and frequently exhibited in Spartanburg. It has been built skillfully around the conviction that art captures a moment in time and conveys a shared history.

Conner is the fourth Wofford art history major to be an intern at the Johnson Collection. “The internship provided an opportunity to hold the art, move it, and display it to best advantage” Conner says. “It gave me a chance to put together a gallery show on my own, which is an opportunity that very few have as undergraduates.

It opened my eyes to different careers, such as working in the acquisition and management of a specific genre, in this case, the art of the American South.”

Conner admits that she knew very little about art when she arrived on the Wofford campus, but she decided that an art history survey course might be helpful for a major in history.

“The surveys are a major strength of the Wofford program,” Conner says. “They are interesting and well organized, and they prepare students to take advanced work. They also expose students to professors who have a contagious passion for their discipline. By the time I had finished that first course, I was in love with the subject.

“At Wofford, the Department of Art and Art History is like a family,” Conner says. “The professors know our individual interests, and it’s not unusual to open my email and find a link to an interesting article they sent me.

“Learning doesn’t stop when you leave the classroom,” she says. “The professors push you, but not enough to spoil the fun.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

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Students

Not a novelty, Whitney Sanders still stands out

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he thing that most surprised Whitney Sanders ’12 about his time at Wofford wasn’t that he was treated just like anybody else, even though he enrolled as a full-time student when he was just 14. Reminiscing as he looks toward graduation in May, he says what surprised him most – and touched him most – is the good friendships he developed.

“I never expected to develop really good friendships, but I have a group of people that I’m really close to,” says Sanders, who actually started his college career at age 12 as a dually enrolled student in the spring of 2007. “I’ve met and gotten to be friends with people everywhere on campus – from people I had classes with, or those in organizations with me, at lunch, whatever.”

Everyone is always asking Sanders about being a “novelty” as a college student at such a young age. News articles interviewing him and his parents about the decision always seemed to focus on that.

Sanders says quite the opposite has been true, and he’s grateful for that. Being viewed as simply a “normal” student – a peer – has been what has made his time at Wofford special. “Sure, there was some novelty at first,” says the Spartanburg native who was home schooled by his mother, Wendi Sanders, “and that was neat, I guess, but even better was being accepted as a peer, and that has been the dominant attitude I’ve encountered in my fellow students.”

It meant a lot that his professors didn’t single him out in class as a “special” student because of his age. “Everybody just treated me like everybody else; just normal.

The professors didn’t introduce me in front of the class or treat me differently.”

That’s how he even got into a group of faculty members, and a couple of students, who regularly play pick-up basketball. “I was just playing around and shooting some hoops one day, and some professors came in and we played. They asked me whether I came to ‘these’ all the time – by ‘these’ he meant regular pick-up games. So, they welcomed me and we have been playing since.

“I was pretty bad in the beginning, apparently” he adds, “but they never said anything. Just every week, I’d learn a few things – what a pick is, how to set a screen. They took me on when I was quite a nov10 • Wofford Today • Spring 2012

ice, but playing with them gave me enough skill and confidence to play intramural basketball last spring.”

The faculty, of course, has been helpful in the classroom, too.

“I’d say the best part of being at Wofford has been my numerous and varied interactions with topquality faculty,” he says. “They’ve been willing and able to go as far as I wanted to go down any rabbit trail, and have encouraged my curiosity and passion in every possible way.”

Dr. Angela Shiflet, the Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of Computer Science, served as Sanders’ and his family’s adviser when he first began taking classes at Wofford. “She went from being ‘our’ adviser to being a phenomenal teacher and mentor for me,” he says. “She’s just a joy to work with, and is the kindest woman I’ve ever met.

“Several other relationships with faculty have been particularly meaningful, including those with Dr. David Sykes (chair and professor of computer science), Dr. Matthew Cathey (associate professor of mathematics), Dr. Daniel Welch (professor of physics), and Dr. Natalie Spivey (assistant professor of biology),” adds Sanders, who is majoring in computer science and math. “I’ve been challenged and nourished by every professor I’ve regularly interacted with, and I wish I could describe how each of them has helped me to grow.”

Sanders plans to attend graduate school in computer science and to become a college profes-

Will Whitney Sanders ‘12 become the youngest person ever to receive a Wofford degree this May? The answer is maybe. Back in 1905, Henry Clarence Robertson Jr. also graduated at the age of 17, but we have no exact record of his birthday, so it is appropriate to consider this a tie. Before graded schools became widespread 100 years ago, student record-keeping often did not include a birthday, so it is quite possible that there may have been an alumnus from the 1800s who was younger still. What we do know for certain is that Sanders is the youngest person ever elected as a member-in-course of Wofford’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, which was established in 1941.

sor, possibly at a college “just like Wofford.” Perhaps even Wofford – “That would be my dream!”

He plans to do research in

natural language processing, a field in computer science, as well as to write curricula for K-12 and undergraduate students.

“Wofford has made every effort to give me the full benefit of being a Wofford student,” Sanders says.

“I’ve been able to travel with the Quiz Bowl and Computer Programming teams, and even got to ride on the bus with the Pep Band to the NCAA basketball tournament game against Wisconsin in 2009 – what a game!”

Sanders also is chair of the Wofford Chapter of the Association of Computer Machinery and treasurer of the Math Club. He developed a website with Sykes for a local charity in 2009, participated in “a fascinating computational biology research project” with the Community of Scholars in 2010, and in the summer of 2011 worked as a student intern with the Blue Waters Undergraduate Petascale Education Program, attending a two-week workshop at the University of Illinois. He spent the rest of his summer developing high-performance computing curriculum with Shiflet and her husband, Dr. George Shiflet, the Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor in biology.

“So, yeah, I love being a Terrier,” he says.

“Wofford has been such I delight,” he adds, “because it met me exactly where I was, intellectually and personally. I can hardly believe my time as a student here is coming to an end.”

by Laura Hendrix Corbin

Spring Semester 2012 / Featuring The Sophomore Experience / Wofford's Center for Professional Excellence Rob Glander, president and CEO of GWC Warranty in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., rewards a student for giving a correct answer during his keynote a d d re s s a t T h e S o p h o m o re Experience. Sixty-four students attended the 24-hour conference on Feb. 2-3 in Greenville, S.C. The Sophomore Experience, a program of Wofford’s Center for Professional Excellence, introduces students to the concepts of matching their strengths to their major, networking, negotiation and basic professional skills.

What do Wofford students do when they're not in class?

They continue to learn and explore their interests by participating in clubs, teams or other learning communities advised by Wofford faculty and staff. On this page are a few examples of some of the active and diverse co-curricular groups making the most of their college experience.

The Psychology Kingdom's Chili Cook-off is a popular event. Dr. Kara Bopp serves as adviser for the group.

Dr. Catherine Schmitz leads La Table Française, bi-weekly, lunch meetings for French language conversation.

The WoCoders, Wofford's active intercollegiate computer programming team coached by Dr. David Sykes, always places well in computing competitions and student research contests at conferences.

The Association of Multicultural Students brought Wofford's first African-American graduate, Doug Jones ’69, to the college to speak this spring. Dr. Kendra Stewart, director of multicultural affairs, is helping to define the group's presence on campus.

Dr. Philip Swicegood advises the James Investment Club, a group of students that manages an investment portfolio for the college.

Investment income benefits the college.

Kayaking and mountain biking are two recent activities sponsored by the Wofford Outdoors Club led by Dr. John Ware (above left). Ware recently traveled to Africa as a representative of globalbike, a nonprofit based in Spartanburg that provides bicycles to groups worldwide that are working toward social change.

“Doc” Miller (far right) conducts Wofford's enthusiastic pep band, the Thundering Terriers. They're a crowd favorite at basketball games.

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Athletics Loesing named Academic All-American

Wofford men’s basketball studentathlete Brad Loesing ’12 has been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men’s Basketball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Joining Loesing on the first team are sophomore guard Aaron Craft of Ohio State, junior guard Matthew Dellavedova of Saint Mary’s University (Cal.), senior forward Tyler Zeller of the University of North Carolina, and junior forward Mason Plumlee of Duke.

Loesing, from Cincinnati, Ohio, has started every game at point guard for the Terriers this season. He is averaging 14.6 points per game and 5.6 assists per game. He is ranked third in the Southern Conference in assists, seventh in scoring, and first in minutes played.

For his career at Wofford, he has started a college-record 127 of 129 games played. At UNCG he became the 42nd player in Wofford’s history to reach the 1,000 career point milestone.

He ranks third in college history in career assists. Loesing is majoring in business economics with a 3.90 grade point average.

He has been selected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts honor society. He is also only the second player in Wofford history to reach 1,000 points and be a member of Phi Beta Kappa, joining Bill Barbee ’60, who scored 1303 points.

“He is the ultimate Terrier academically, on the floor, and for what he has done for our college,” says head coach Mike Young. “He is a great young man and a great player for our team.”

The last Wofford student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors was Lauren Bosshardt ’08, who was named to the third team for women’s track and cross country in 2008. Katon Bethay ’06 was the most recent Terrier to earn first team honors in 2005 for football. Greg O’Dell ’92 is the only other men’s basketball player to be named Academic All-America, honored on the third team in 1992.

Football Wrap-Up Wofford was back in the NCAA FCS Playoffs in 2011 for the fourth time in the past five seasons. After a bye in the opening round, the Terriers were defeated 28-21 at Northern Iowa in the second round on Dec. 3. Wofford finished the season ranked 13th in both The Sports Network/Fathead.com poll and the FCS Coaches Poll with an 8-4 overall mark and a 6-2 record in the SoCon. The Terriers total offense was seventh in the nation, largely due to a rushing offense that was first in the nation at 364.58 yards per game.

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Wofford's total defense was ranked 17th in the nation.

Individually, Eric Breitenstein ’12, Nate Page ’11, Eric Eberhardt ’12, and Alvin Scioneaux ’13 all received All-America honors from at least one organization. In the 2011 SoCon Postseason honors, Breitenstein was named Offensive Player of the Year and Page was the recipient of the Jacobs Blocking Trophy. Earning first team honors from the Southern Conference coaches were offensive lineman Page, fullback Breitenstein and defensive lineman Eberhardt. Second team All-SoCon honors went to offensive lineman Jake Miles ’12, defensive lineman Ameet Pall ’12 and linebacker Scioneaux.

Defensive lineman Tarek Odom ’15 earned All-Freshman Team honors.

SoCon Media All-Conference honors went to Breitenstein, Page, Scioneaux, and defensive lineman Alex Goltry ’12 on the first team and offensive linemen Miles and Jared Singleton ’13 on the second team.

Terrier Club Events

The Terrier Club will host several April events. The Midlands Invitational Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, April 19, at the Spring Valley Country Club in Columbia S.C. On Monday, April 30, the Coaches Classic Golf Tournament will be held at Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg. Participants can bid on coaches to join their teams, including Mike Ayers, Mike Young and Angie Ridgeway.

The popular Football 101 event returns on April 26. Ayers and his staff will host the football clinic for women.

Participants will have the opportunity to meet the Wofford football coaching staff, learn about NCAA football rules and regulations and have a demonstration on football uniforms and equipment.

Contact the Athletics Department at 864-597-4090 for more information or visit www.woffordterriers.com.

Student • Athlete • Artist...

an exhibition of paintings, drawings, pottery and photographs by eight Wofford student-athletes, recognizes their accomplishments as artists while they pursue their classical liberal arts college degrees. These students are majoring in such fields as biology, English, physics and art history, and they are members of the football, soccer, volleyball and cross country teams. The exhibition was on display in the Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery in the Campus Life Building during February.

New championship banners hang in Ben Johnson Arena ( R i g h t , f ro m l e f t to r i g h t ) Wo f fo rd b a s ke t b a l l a l u m n i , G ra d y S tewa r t ’ 5 0, Way n e Rice’87 and John McGinnis ’94 had the honor of unveiling the 2010-11 championship banners for the SoCon South Division, SoCon Tournament and NCAA Tournament appearance prior to the Dec. 6, 2011 basketball game vs. Tulane.

2012 Football Schedule Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17

at Gardner-Webb LINCOLN WESTERN CAROLINA * OPEN at Elon * FURMAN * at Georgia Southern * at Appalachian State * THE CITADEL * (HC) at Samford * CHATTANOOGA * at South Carolina

Home games in ALL CAPS. All dates are subject to change. A Southern Conference* television schedule will be announced in early summer.

That this year's starting quarterback (Mitch Allen ’11), starting point guard (Brad Loesing ’12) and starting catcher (David Roney ’12) have all been elected members of Phi Beta Kappa!

Michael Gilmartin ’10 a future player for the Oakland Athletics worked out at Russell C. King Field this winter.

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Jesse Cole ’07 (left), managing partner of the Gastonia Grizzlies/Forest City Owls and president of Team Cole & Associates, enjoyed his role as emcee of the Grandma Beauty Pageant during the 2011 season.

Baseball clearly is a dollars-andcents business for Stout, but it’s also about creating an environment where young players can mature and get better. “We hope they will leave us with a chance to play in ‘the show’ in three or four years.

“I also like getting out and scouting amateur players,” Stout says. “We score them on the five tools — hitting, power, running, fielding and throwing — but we also look at work ethics and other intangibles.

“One day, I went to Murfreesboro, Tenn., to scout a left-handed Current Atlanta Braves prospect John Cornely ’11 with Kingsport Mets owner/GM Roman Stout ’93. The photo was taken when Danville pitcher named David Price. In 2007, the Tampa Bay Rays selected visited Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport in 2011. him in the first round of the draft, and in 2010, he started the major league All Star Game for the American League,” Stout says. “I just never know when something like that will happen again.”

The front office of a team in a major league system also may be in the future for Jesse Cole ’07, but in 2012, life is good in the Coastal Plain League, where 15 teams made up of college players play 56-game schedules from late May to early August.

Even before arriving at Wofford from his hometown of Scituate, Mass., Cole was oriented toward a career in sports management.

He interned for the Spartanburg Stingers, and after graduating from Wofford, he became general manager of the Gastonia (N.C.) Grizzlies baseball team at the age of 23. He also became involved in the Boys & Girls Club, United Way, and many other community projects. He is now the managing partner of the Grizzlies and Forest

n a February afternoon when there is just the first hint of spring in the air, there’s nothing better than talking baseball, whether it’s while watching the Terriers at Russell C. King Field or visiting with five alumni who are involved in some professional aspect of the game.

Their perspectives may be a little different, but in the end, they all say pretty much the same thing, “I’m living the American dream, and I love what I do.”

As the 2012 season draws near, Roman Stout ’93 is the majority owner and general manager of the Kingsport Mets, the rookie-level team (Appalachian League) in the New York farm system.

For Stout, who has been in baseball management for eight years, it’s a great situation. He lives and works in a metropolitan area large enough to provide a fan base, and yet small enough to be a place where the people are friendly and a family can live on a budget.

City Owls Coastal Plain League franchises.

“The most attractive thing about the summer leagues is that baseball at that level is still fun for players and fans, who get to know each other personally and are not opposed to a little zaniness from time to time. Hard work is rewarded. In fact, on the day of a home game I’m usually at the park by 7 a.m., and I’ve been known to work 23 hours straight through.”

On the field, Cole’s teams have won three straight league championships. They have been in the top 10 of almost 400 teams nationwide in summer collegiate league attendance. This past summer, Cole was named Business Person of the Year in Gaston County and was featured in an article in the Boston Globe. He went on to start his own consulting business, Team Cole & Associates, where he helps struggling teams find ways to manage their resources and develop a marketing strategy.

Wofford alumni work not only in the front office but also on minor league playing fields. The youngest alumnus to watch this spring is pitcher John Cornely ’11, who at this time last year manned the Terrier bullpen. He was drafted in the 15th round by the Atlanta Braves and posted a 3-1 record in 2011, his first summer of professional baseball.

Stout, who has enjoyed watching Cornely pitch, says the young man may have Turner Field in his future. “He has good velocity on his fastball and is still filling out physically. With hard work at this age, he could find himself on a fast

track through the lower minors. In baseball, teams simply never have enough pitching,” Stout says.

Brandon Waring ’08 will be starting his sixth season in professional baseball this spring. He has been an established power hitter and third baseman at the AA level in the Baltimore Orioles organization, but he would like to improve his batting average to take a step closer to the majors.

Michael Gilmartin ’10 plays for the Oakland Athletics, the statistically minded organization that inspired the movie “Moneyball.” He can handle three infield positions and had a solid .264 batting average at Stockton in the California League in 2011. That achievement likely will earn him a tryout in AA ball this year.

Sitting in the stands at Russell C. King Field before a pre-training camp workout out, Gilmartin says, “Baseball is in essence a one-onone matchup between a hitter and a pitcher, and all the pitchers in professional baseball can throw 90 to 100 miles per hour with good control. At the plate, a hitter must accept that he is at a disadvantage.

My approach is simply to concentrate on going with the pitch and hitting the ball hard.

“Over the course of a season of 140 games or more, I would say that the game is about 80 percent mental, and my Wofford baseball experience has been very important to me in terms of focus and maturity,” Gilmartin says. “What I’m trying to do these days is stay within myself, have fun, and get better.”

Good advice for any career.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

2011 Annual Report

visit www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll to see a complete list of contributors

Ghosts

by President Benjamin B. Dunlap

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The 2011 Annual Report This issue of Wofford Today contains an eight-page annual report on the financial health of the college and fundraising activities. Donor names, which were once printed in this publication, can now be found online at www.wofford.edu/gifts/honorroll. Visit the website

to see a complete listing of Wofford’s many loyal and generous contributors. For a printed copy of a specific graduating class or a particular constituent group, please contact Lisa De Freitas ’88, director of annual giving. For further information about contributing to the college, please contact any of the following staff members:

t’s said that Wofford students heading back from the Row on certain misty, moonlit nights in the spring have encountered a distraught young woman dressed as if for a fancy ball. “James?” she asks in a plaintive voice, reaching out for the student’s hand. No one has reported a further exchange, though the story is abroad that, in the years before the Civil War, two Wofford students had engaged in a violent quarrel over Spartanburg’s equivalent of Scarlet O’Hara and that, when the morning came, one of them had disappeared, never to be seen again. His name was James, and it was he the young woman secretly loved.

Is the story true? Unlikely. But I’m a circumspect perambulator on moonlit nights in the spring, partly because the lingering presence of all those previous generations can be felt so palpably on our venerable campus. The ghostly young woman has, so far as I know, made all her appearances within the shadow of Old Main, and, if you’re ever alone in that building at night, you can all but hear the footsteps of the tens of thousands of students who’ve walked those halls. Every student in Wofford’s long history has taken at least one course in that building, and many have lingered late at night in Leonard Auditorium, hoping to share a glimpse of the storied “eyes of Old Main” with some credulous companion. At the bottom of the East Wing stairwell, a portion of the original brickwork is exposed, summoning the hands and bodies of the builders, nameless though they are. For those in need of further prompting, there are copies of Nikky Finney’s wonderful poem, “The Thinking Men,” available in a rack. And once the conjuring begins, there’s no stopping.

Some of the ghosts I see have faces. I can see Sandor Teszler quite clearly—and Lewis Jones, Larry McGehee, Donald Dobbs. . . and, though his statue in the science

building makes it a much easier task, Roger Milliken as well. Light Kinney I know only as a statue, but I also know his family, and I’ve seen him transmit rolled-up messages and $20 bills to students of today, so he’s vividly real to me. There are some who shouldn’t be here at all, not as ghosts—a student we lost in the first Iraq War, Andrew Shields, and another who died of natural causes several years ago, Karl Alexander, in whose name a scholarship has been created. . . and Randall Heffron, so vibrant and well-liked, who died too tragically young.

Their presence has had no time to fade and their memory singes the air.

At the other end of the continuum, Dr. Rembert “Knotty” Owings, whose student days were closer to the college’s beginning than its present, died this past year at the age of 103, leaving an indelible sense of loyalties that persist. And, of course, the legion of 50-year veterans who march as the vanguard of each commencement’s procession carry with them their own intense connection with Wofford as it was. I’m even beginning to find, as the decades pass in my own time here, that it’s increasingly hard to look at our students today without imagining their return a half-century from now.

But, as the Roman poet Ovid said, “Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.” Everything changes, nothing (truly) dies. We come and go, but Wofford goes on forever.

And, though I know this is an odd approach to a fundraising pitch, so does the Annual Fund, without which our perpetuity would be more problematic. Thanks to you and all who help sustain it, Wofford remains a haven for all our beloved ghosts and for our rememberers too.

What you support are both the students of today and the memories of tomorrow. Please be generous.

To read President Dunlap's new vision statement for the college, visit: www.wofford.edu/president/VisionStatement2012

Lisa De Freitas ’88, director of annual giving, 864-597-4191, defreitaslh@wofford.edu Marion Peavey ’65, senior vp for development, 864-597-4200, peaveymb@wofford.edu Calhoun Kennedy ’89, associate vp of development, 864-597-4211, kennedycl@wofford.edu Ed Story, associate vp and director of development, 864-597-4205, storyeh@wofford.edu Designation Smith Patterson ’67, director of gift planning, Amount

Where are Wofford contributions designated?

% of Total $2,744,907 23% $2,359,503 19% $4,087,991 34% Currently Funded Scholarships $625,258 5% Other Restricted $2,288,754 19% Annual Fund

Facilities - $2,359,503 - 19%

Annual Fund - $2,744,907 - 23%

Facilities 864-597-4196, pattersonds@wofford.edu Endowment

Richard Johnson, director of athletics,

864-597-4090, johnsonra@wofford.edu

Terri Lewitt, associate director of athletics for development, 864-597-4096, lewitttl@wofford.edu Inquiries should be directed to: Wofford College / Development Office 429 North Church Street / Spartanburg, SC 29303 864-597-4200 / www.wofford.edu 14 • Wofford Today • Spring 2012

Currently Funded Scholarships $625,258 - 5%

Other Restricted - $2,288,754 - 19% Endowment - $4,087,991 - 34%

2011 Annual Report

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Construction update

2011 Development Report

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offord College received thousands of contributions from its alumni, trustees, parents, friends, the United Methodist Church, businesses and foundations during the 2011 calendar year. Total giving for 2011 amounted to $12,106,413. In addition, the college recorded $3,766,614 million dollars in new pledges. Gifts were made to major facility needs, endowed scholarships and to the Annual Fund (which includes the Unrestricted Annual Fund, Terrier Club and Friends of the Library).

Much of the fund-raising emphasis for facilities in 2011 focused on the Montgomery Music Building and the organic chemistry lab dedicated to the late Dr. William P. Cavin ’45.

Planned gifts continue to provide an important source of income for Wofford. The college received $1,129,426 from bequests in 2011. In addition, $567 million in planned gifts were created to provide future support for Wofford.

The 2011 Annual Fund provided more than $2.7 million for operating costs and scholarships for student-athletes. The success of annual giving relies heavily on a cadre of volunteers led by National Annual Fund Chair Scott Gantt ’83 and Terrier Club President Dial DuBose ’83. A total of 407 participants made three-year commitments to the Annual Fund, which helped meet the Wofford Forever Challenge presented by Mike Brown ’76.

From 2009-2011, Wofford received three-year commitments from almost 1,500 new donors.

Alumni participation rose to 40 percent thanks primarily to the Wofford Forever Challenge. We must continue to build a broad base of support. The college, along with alumni and parent leadership, is working diligently to ensure that gift support, as well as percentage of participation, expands in 2012. Every gift truly is important and appreciated.

Wofford’s endowment continued to rebound through investment returns and gifts this year, reaching a market value of $161.9 million (as of June 30, 2011).

More than 2,300 alumni, parents, and friends attended regional alumni events held in 26 communities. In addition, thousands of others visited the Wofford campus for events that included Homecoming, Family Weekend, the Easter EggStravaganza, continuing education programs, athletic gatherings and donor appreciation events.

Each and every donor to the college plays an important role in sustaining momentum. Please visit the online Honor Roll of Contributors at www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll for a complete listing of donors by category. For a printed copy of your constituent list, please contact Lisa De Freitas ’88, director of annual giving, at 864-597-4191 or defreitaslh@wofford.edu.

New organic chemistry lab The new state-of-the-art, 18,000-square-foot organic chemistry lab, which opened to students in the fall 2011 semester, was dedicated on Jan. 25 in memory of Dr. William P. Cavin ’45, a beloved professor of chemistry from 1946 to 1988. During the dedication, students such as Timothy Oxley (above right) demonstrated new lab features and equipment to contributors and college supporters such as (left to right) David Richardson, Jimmy Wilson and Russ Weber of the J M Smith Foundation, and Breta Smith representing Parenta-Sandoz. The new lab will allow for a greater range and variety of experimentation and research for students and faculty. Dr. Charles G. Bass says, “We can envision courses such as pharmaceutical chemistry coming on line and hope to have collaborative research and coursework with the new Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. Exceptional students such as we have here at Wofford deserve nothing but the best.” The new lab was made possible by major gifts from the J M Smith Foundation, The Homozel Mickel Daniel Fund and the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation.

Phase V of The Village In October, the college unveiled Phase V, an $11.1 million store-front, mixed-use building with student housing, classrooms with an open, all-glass galleria and market designed as a focal point to the college’s $24.9 million Village senior housing.

The Village, designed and built in five phases, was the brainchild of Mike Brown ’76 who provided vision, leadership and support for the project.

Montgomery Music Building Construction is complete and construction workers are making the finishing touches to the Montgomery Music Building. The building includes four soundproof practice rooms, seminar rooms, acoustical treatments throughout, leading-edge technology, and an enclosed patio area. The lead donors on the project are Walter and Betty Montgomery, Rose Montgomery Johnston and their families. The college also is making improvements to the college bookstore and adjacent parking and landscaping spaces.

Halo on Russell C. King Field Over the past several seasons, the college has made improvements to Russell C. King Field, including cutting out the base paths and most recently adding an Astroturf halo around home plate. Family and friends of Jason Derrick ’96 donated the halo in Derrick's memory.

Derrick pitched for the Terriers from 1992-1996.

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2011 Annual Report

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KAITLIN WATKINS ’12

How important are Endowed Scholarships?

More than 85 percent of the Wofford student body receives some type of financial support (including loans, scholarships, grants, and work study); 51 percent receive need-based financial aid. The majority of Wofford students would be unable to attend Wofford without aid.

How does a scholarship endowment work?

Once a donor creates a scholarship by making a gift to Wofford, that gift is invested with the college’s endowment. Most gifts come in the form of cash, which is immediately deposited in the endowment fund, or securities, which are sold so that the proceeds may be invested in the college’s endowment. As the original scholarship principal appreciates and dividends accrue, the endowed scholarship fund builds. When the fund reaches the threshold level, a portion is used to provide scholarship support for a Wofford student.

Are endowed scholarships permanent?

An endowed scholarship is as permanent as Wofford College itself. Since its founding in 1854, Wofford has been a pillar of academic and fiscal integrity. With solid, permanent support from its friends and alumni, Wofford will continue to be one of the top-tier private colleges in the country.

May I restrict the scholarship?

Certainly. Remember, however, that establishing a named endowed scholarship means setting a standard that will last for centuries. With that in mind, scholarship donors wisely write some flexibility into the scholarship fund agreement to enable maximum long-term impact. Using a phrase such as, “Preference is given to…,” both informs the Scholarship Selection Committee of the type of student that should be considered first, then allows some flexibility in the rare event that an exact recipient cannot be found.

Who chooses the recipients?

The Scholarship Selection Committee, appointed by the president of Wofford College, reviews scholarships and recipients and allocates endowed scholarships according to the wishes expressed in the scholarship fund agreement signed by the donor. Review by this committee ensures the accurate and equitable distribution of all endowed scholarship funds.

C h e m i s t r y m a j o r, a r t history minor, study abroad experience in Denmark... recipient of the Nelson Endowed Scholarship for Foreign Study C h e m i s t r y m a j o r, s t u d y a b r o a d and the Paul Calvert Thomas Endowed experience in Chile... recipient of the Scholarship.

Ruth O. and Joab M. Lesesne Jr. Endowed Watkins is a peer tutor and teaching Scholarship. assistant for the chemistry department.

Arce serves as captain of Wofford A member of Twin Towers, she works with Ultimate Frisbee and is a member of Rice Bowls, a local nonprofit that provides the American Chemical Society, Alpha food for orphanages around the globe.

Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society, She also serves as a Young Life leader Twin Towers service organization and the at Spartanburg High School where she Wofford strings ensemble. He tutors his mentors high school girls. She was the recipient of the Intercultural Leadership peers in chemistry and Spanish.

Award while studying abroad in Denmark.

He will attend the Medical University of Watkins will begin a Ph.D. program in South Carolina in the fall. chemistry at the University of Virginia in “I chose Wofford because I heard that the fall. the pre-medical program and advising was very strong, and the college had “As a soon-to-be graduate, I am so glad a high acceptance rate into medical that I am not waist deep in student loans, school. Also, Wofford offered me a very it is such a huge blessing to be able to start a new stage of life without huge debt.” substantial scholarship.”

PAOLO ARCE ’12

Endowed Scholarship Funds established within the past 18 months NAME

DESIGNATION ESTABLISHED

Daniel/Delores W. Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

July 2010

Daniel/Gibbs ESF

Athletic Endowed

July 2010

Daniel/Wile ESF

Athletic Endowed

July 2010

Karl Edward Alexander ESF

Endowed

July 2010

Duke Energy Corporation Environmental Studies ESF

Endowed

July 2010

M. C. Poole 1926 ESF

Athletic Endowed

Sept. 2010

Dr. Walker H. Ford ESF

Building Endowed

Sept. 2010

1970 Football Championship Team ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2010

Endowed

Jan. 2011

MAY I name the scholarship?

The Maw Family ESF

Yes. Donors often honor a loved one or link their own name permanently with Wofford through a named endowed scholarship.

The Oliver A. and Frances M. Tucker ESF

The John B. White, Sr. ESF

Feb. 2011

Endowed

April 2011

Endowed

May 2011

The George W. and Gretchen K. Price ESF

Athletic Endowed

July 2011

The John Cobb ESF

Building Endowed

July 2011

The Randall G. Heffron, Jr. ESF

Building Endowed

Sept. 2011

Michael K. Young ESF

Athletic Endowed

Oct. 2011

Jennifer K. Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

How Much does it take to Endow a Scholarship?

The Louie and Edna Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

The college requires a minimum of $50,000 to establish a named, permanently endowed scholarship. The sky is the limit on the upper end: the greater the fund size, the greater the benefit to deserving students. Recently Wofford has awarded 4.5 percent of the market value of each endowed fund and each fund has grown by a similar percentage annually.

The Stephanie A. Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

The Stanley and Dorothy Wilson/Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/Jennifer K. Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Will I know who the recipient is?

Yes. Each year the donor or the person appointed by the donor is informed of the recipient’s name. The college encourages acquaintance between scholarship donors and recipients, and provides opportunities each year for students and donors to meet and talk.

What is my next step?

Call the Office of Development at Wofford College at 864-597-4200 and ask to speak to a gift officer. Our staff will help develop a pledge or gift agreement and then draft a scholarship fund agreement.

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Russell D. Smith ESF

Building Endowed

Daniel/Louie and Edna Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/Stephanie A. Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/Wilson-Chandler ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/Michael K. Young ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Georgia Alumni ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/1970 Football Championship Team ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Daniel/Georgia Alumni ESF

Athletic Endowed

Nov. 2011

Willimon Family Scholarship ESF

Building Endowed

Nov. 2011

Endowed

Nov. 2011

R. Michael and Katherine H. James ESF

Funding athletics as a tool to strengthen the entire college 1993: 2006:

Division III seemed the obvious choice given Wofford’s academic profile, but staying in Division II offered safety. The real risk — a move to Division I that included opportunities for national visibility and increased revenue for the college, but that also meant upgrading facilities and raising more scholarship dollars so Wofford’s coaches could recruit student-athletes who were standouts in the classroom and on the playing field.

“Harold Chandler ’71 chaired the task force that proposed the move to Division I,” says Director of Athletics Richard Johnson.

“That was my first experience watching Harold at work.”

Chandler, now chairman of Wofford’s Board of Trustees, impressed Johnson with his thorough study of the options, leadership during the process and vision for the future of the college, not just the athletics program.

According to Johnson the decision could have gone either way, but Chandler and other college leaders, including Wofford’s president and director of athletics at the time (Dr. Joab M. Lesesne Jr. and Dr. Danny Morrison ’75), provided enough data to show that, although it would be a challenge, the move to Division I was in Wofford’s best interests.

“Fortunately a couple of years earlier we had the Daniel bequest that Joe Lesesne and the board decided to use to match endowed scholarships,” says Johnson.

Since moving to Division I, the college has used the Daniel bequest to match 39 endowed scholarships (athletic and academic).

“When we let people know that a $250,000 contribution to the endowment triggered a $250,000 Daniel match, it gave them something to think about,” says Johnson. “The Daniel match allowed us to

(Above) Winston (seated center) and LaFon Dees ’59 with Noah Dahlman ’11 (left) and Kevin Giltner ’12 (right) at the scholarship dinner held each spring as a way to develop lasting relationships between scholarship recipients and scholarship donors. (Right) Ann and Stewart Johnson cheer on the Terriers during the BYU game during the NCAA Tournament.

leverage each $250,000 gift and turn it into a half million in endowment.”

Chandler proposed a bold long-range plan to endow the entire athletics program and recruited Ed Wile ’73 to help.

“It’s a life sentence,” says Wile referring to the plan’s ambitious goal and the timeline for completing it, “but when you put a pencil to it, we’ve raised $12 million dollars since we started.… It accomplishes so much more than providing scholarships for studentathletes. Harold’s vision uses athletics as the tool to help every part of the college.”

“Harold has been much more circumspect about his role, but make no mistake about it, it’s his vision and his drive, along with Ed Wile and others they have recruited,” says Johnson. “It’s terribly ambitious, but it’s a goal worth having because at Wofford academics and athletics move in concert…. By endowing the athletics program, we’re securing the future of the entire college.”

2012:

According to Johnson, the past year saw the Terrier Club provide $1.5 million in annual scholarship support for studentathletes. Add the $1.2 million in endowment income designated for athletics, and the college allocated $2.7 million in scholarship assistance for student-athletes without draining academic resources. With an athletic endowment that now tops $32 million, Chandler’s plan works, and it’s gaining momentum.

Ann and Stewart Johnson recently established an endowed scholarship in honor of Head Coach Mike Young for a student-athlete on the men’s basketball team. Winston and LaFon Dees ’59 and Anna ’95 and Justin

(Above) Chairman of the Wofford Board of Trustees Harold Chandler ’71 (right) with Mike Ayers, head football coach of the Terriers, after the 2011 win over The Citadel in Charleston. (Below) The Georgia Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund honors Walt Sessoms ’56 and Russell King ’56.

Converse ’95 made major contributions to Collier Poole ’82. Preference goes to a the fund that moved it to the level necessary student-athlete on the football team. to trigger a Daniel match.

Back in 1993, some Wofford supporters “I’m sure that many more worried that moving to Divicurrent and former players sion I would mark the end will continue to add to this of Wofford’s ability to play wonderful scholarship,” says competitively. Since 2003, the Ann Cobb Johnson. “The college holds seven Southern spirit of Wofford would be Conference championships greatly diminished without (three in football, two in basteams that have a good chance ketball, and one each in soccer of winning, so our teams and baseball), two invitations need scholarships to attract to the NCAA basketball tourqualified student-athletes. nament and five NCAA footThese student-athletes in turn ball playoff appearances — all graduate to become wonderwhile honoring 195 studentful citizens of their communiathletes who made the SoCon King ties and loyal supporters of academic honor roll.

Wofford.”

“While these sports have Another recent gift, the parlayed the increased reGeorgia Alumni Endowed sources into championships, Scholarship Fund, was esall of our men’s and women’s tablished in 2011 and will be sports have improved with funded through the proceeds the increased funding,” says of the Wofford Invitational Richard Johnson. “We’re atGolf Tournament in Atlanta. tracting high-caliber female The committee decided to coaches and are becoming honor the late Russell King more and more competitive ’56 and Walt Sessoms ’56, across the board.”

Wofford classmates, teamAccording to Johnson, mates and co-founders of the the fears about an inability to Sessoms Atlanta golf committee, with compete have been put to rest, an endowed scholarship that takes advantage but not without time and financial commitof the Daniel match and provides a scholar- ments to the endowment. ship for a student-athlete on the Wofford “In 2010 after we won the SoCon baseball team. championship in basketball, one of the first “I think it’s about honoring people in the things I did was call LaFon Dees and say right way,” says Wile. “Because of Walt and ‘thank you,’” he says. “That championship Russell, everyone on our committee feels a was in large part the result of the scholarship part of this noble project. These guys gave so he endowed in 2000 for a student-athlete much heart to the college. They’re watching on the men’s basketball team. Endowed from the sky box, and honoring them is a scholarships aren’t quick fixes, but they’re blessing for us.” vital to the long-term success and survival Dr. and Mrs. Mack Poole III ’55 also of the athletics program and the college.… used an endowed scholarship gift to honor The wonderful thing about LaFon’s gift, someone special. The Poole family created and all of these endowment gifts, is that the M.C. Poole Endowed Scholarship Fund they will provide scholarship opportunities in 2010 in memory of Mac’s father, Mac in perpetuity.”

Collier Poole Jr. ’26, and their son, Mark

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 Spring 2012 • Wofford Today • 17

2011 Annual Report

visit www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll to see a complete list of contributors

Unrestricted Annual Fund

2011 Results

n

40% Alumni Participation — First time in more than a decade

that Wofford surpassed the 40 percent mark!

Unrestricted..........................$1,336,784 Terrier Club*..........................$1,378,415 Friends of the Library.............$29,708 TOTAL...................................$2,744,907

Best of the Decade

Participation:

1960s

1967

$54,610

1960s

1964

59%

1970s

1976

$145,400

1970s

1971

52%

1980s

1983

$48,265

1980s

1984

45%

1990s

1996

$33,867

1990s

1996

42%

2000s

2001

$13,253

2000s

2008

38%

2010s

2010

$5,314

2010s

2011

66%

Annual Fund Dollars:

Highlights:

n 407 participants helped Wofford successfully complete the Wofford Forever Challenge for the third year. Over the course of the three-year challenge, 1,495 new donors made three-year commitments to the Annual Fund. The challenge provided $764,892 in operating dollars over the past three years while endowment returns were reduced. Thank you to Mike Brown ’76 who stimulated this growth through his challenge to the Wofford community. n

Great Oaks Society — 18 new members joined the Great Oaks Society, which recognizes leadership giving of $2,500 or more annually to the Unrestricted Annual Fund. New members of the Great Oaks Society for 2011 are:

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Chandler ’71 Mr. & Mrs. David Clark ’65

Mr. & Mrs. Cameron S. Davidson ’83 Mrs. Margaret H. Davis

Mr. Harry H. Gibson Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gieser

Mr. & Mrs. Roger M. Henry Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Hutchens ’75 Dr. Blanding U. Jones ’92

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy P. Jones ’64 Mr. & Mrs. David P. Jordan ’02 Mr. & Mrs. James H. Parr ’75 The Hon. & Mrs. Costa M. Pleicones ’65 Dr. & Mrs. John Rhee Mr. & Mrs. James R. Rountree Jr. ’67 Mrs. Minor M. Shaw Mr. ’90 & Mrs. G. Murrell Smith Jr. Dr. ’96 & Mrs. ’97 Stanley G. Walsh Jr.

Visit www.wofford.edu/gifts/greatoakssociety.aspx for a complete list of Great Oaks Society members.

Who gives to the Annual Fund?

United Methodist church - $292,360 – 10%

Alumni - $1,496,135 – 55%

Foundations - $125,195 – 5% Businesses - $165,374 – 6%

Non-alumni Faculty and Staff - $47,822 – 1% Friends - $383,650 – 14%

Non-alumni Parents - $234,372 – 9%

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Loyal donors are the key to a successful Annual Giving program. During 2011, the college established a new giving society — Wofford Forever — and now recognizes the 3,616 donors who have given to the college each year for the past three years, including those who were part of the first year of the Wofford Forever Challenge. A complete list of the members of Wofford Forever: Year by Year can be found online at www.wofford.edu/honorroll.

2011 Annual Report

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For information about joining the Terrier Club: Visit terrierclub.wofford.edu or contact Terri Lewitt at (864) 597-4096, LewittTL@wofford.edu.

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Help a student-athlete earn a Wofford education

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Give yourself a pat on the back as the student-athletes you support graduate from Wofford and become new members of the Terrier Club eager to pay it forward in appreciation of Terrier Club members like you

STEP 3: Enjoy being a part of the Wofford athletic community including invitations to a wide variety of events for the entire family

STEP 5: Watch student-athletes make a difference in the community as volunteer tutors, mentors, readers and builders

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STEP 4: Meet Wofford's studentathletes... come to the games... wear your gold and black

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Coaches Classic Golf Tournament

Thursday, April 26... ladies only!

Spring Valley Country Club, Columbia, S.C. Captain’s Choice Golf Tournament Shotgun start 12:30 p.m., $125/person Tournament Captains: John Bunge ’77 & Mark Satterwhite ’79

Coach Mike Ayers Football 101 Clinic is back by popular demand! Bring friends, family and co-workers to the 4th class of Football 101.

4:30 p.m., Registration and Social Hour 5:30 - 8 p.m., Football 101 Clinic $35/person or reserve a table for 8 for $250

Carolina Country Club, Spartanburg, S.C. Shotgun start 12:30 p.m., Lunch Provided Cost will be $100/player or $400/team plus the cost of bid for a Wofford coach or member of the athletic staff to add a 5th player to your team.

TO ADD A COACH... go to terrierclub.wofford.edu, click on green button “Golf Tournament” and place your bid on the coach or staff member you would like to play with on Monday, April 30.

Bidding starts at $100.

Limited to the first 18 teams.

For more information about these events, call the Terrier Club office at 864-597-4090 or visit the Terrier Club website at terrierclub.wofford.edu.

2011 Annual Report

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Wofford received the following ESTATE GIFTS during 2011: Margaret B. Booth Ernest Burwell J. Gilliam Conrad Charles B. Gwynn Richard B. Harwell Vernon S. Harwell

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he Legacy Society was created by the Wofford College Board of Trustees to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of Benjamin Wofford’s will and the subsequent founding of the college. It recognizes those individuals who have made the ultimate expression of their faith in the college by remembering Wofford in their estate plans. The society is comprised of individuals who have provided for the future of the college through planned gifts such as charitable bequests, life income plans, gift annuities, pooled income fund contributions, and life insurance designations. By confirming to the college the establishment of such plans, the following individuals are recognized as members of The Legacy Society.

Anonymous Maryann and Forrest Abbott Richard C. Adkins Marianne J. Bagwell Mrs. Mason M. Barrett Kenneth and Peggy Barton Dr. Erin Bentrim-Tapio Peter D. Berry Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Bethea Cecil and Pamela Bond Marshall W. Breland William P. Brickle Christopher Brownlee Ken and Martha Ann Campbell Jule K. and DeArmond E. Canaday Dr. William M. Cannon John Robert Capes Alec H. Chaplin Cermette and Anne Maner Clardy Sally and Jerry Cogan Mrs. William H. Cogswell, III Jesse C. Crimm Robert C. Deale, III C. Warren Derrick Dr. and Mrs. Don C. Dodson Morrill B. Donnald Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. DuBard, Jr. J. Madison Dye Mark R. Erbe Edward S. Ervin III Bill Evins Billy Ezell Don P. Ferguson, Sr. Dr. Donald L. Fowler Ted Hamilton & Mary Louise Gaines Dr. Gene W. Grace Albert W. Gray, Sr. H. Davis Green, Jr. Marie Gregory Rob Gregory Don and Dixie Griffin James R. and Kay H. Gross Allen S. Guignard 20 • Wofford Today • Spring 2012

Bob and Sara Gunter James R. Hackney, Jr. Cathy and Ed Y. Hall Mrs. Anne Hames M.P. “Red” Hamilton Joe W. Hamrick Lee Hanning Richard E. Hollis Peter and Zelda Howell Dr. William F. James Robert D. Jennings Dr. William Webb Johnston Andrew Kang Dr. Ann J. Kelly Kathy King Jim and Shirley Kirby Paul D. Kountz, Jr. Mark H. Lee John and Pam Linton Armando G. Llorente J. Grady Locklear Freda and Al Lynch Larry and Rachel McCalla Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. McLeod, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Dan B. Maultsby Melvin D. Medlock Mrs. Beverly M. Minter Milton P. Moore Charles E. Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Ted R. Morton, Jr. Jeff D. Moss M. Stewart Mungo Steven W. Mungo David L. Neugent Harry and Bobbie Nix Dan W. & Betty Poteat Olds Mr. Joseph H. Owens Mrs. Betty Patterson Liz and Dwight Patterson Ann and Pepe Perron Heather M. Onstott Perrygo Dixie and Bobby Pinson

John H. and Anne R. Pitts Dr. Harold E. Plaster, Jr. Charles and Mary Sue Poole Mr. and Mrs. L. Perrin Powell The Hon. O. Eugene Powell Jr. Ann R. Price Joe O. Price, Jr. Russell R. Raines Betty Robinson Charles W. Saunders, Jr. March E. Seabrook John and Anne Shuler Mrs. Katrina Spencer-Silverstein Darwin and Bonnie Simpson Estate of Russell D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stallworth Frank C. Stanton, Sr. Ken Steen Willie G. Stevens Grady and Sybil Stewart Allen H. Stokes Mr.and Mrs. James Stuckey, Jr. Jean Sydnor Carol and George Tate Thomas L. and Lucy Scales Tiller Mr. and Mrs. G. Cameron Todd, Sr. Gregory Lee & Eleanor Breazeale Troutman Katherine S. Unger Esther H. Verstegen Marshall T. Walsh Dr. W. Carl Walsh Theodore W. Walter Charles Raymond West Thomas J., Jr. and Kathryn G. Westbury D. Wayne Whetsell Henry B. Wilkinson Betsy and Harry Williams Elizabeth and Will Willimon Patsy and Will Willimon Dr. and Mrs. William C. Wilson Dennis M. and Ana María Wiseman Carl and Angela Young

Alvin Maw Lillian C. Mooneyham Dorothy F. Morrow Gretchen K. Price Frances M. Tucker Oliver A. Tucker

To discuss gift planning options and their tax advantages, please contact Smith Patterson ’67 at 864-597-4196.

Slim and Lillian Mooneyham valued education and loved college students. Through their estate they created The C. B. “Slim” and Lillian Mooneyham Endowed Scholarship Fund

2011 Annual Report

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Recurring gifts provide stability for Annual Giving T

he economic climate of recent years has caused most businesses and non-profits to strive to do more with less. Wofford is no exception.

“In fundraising, we search for new techniques that increase donations, build donor loyalty and add a new level of predictability, while also improving operational efficiency,” says Lisa De Fretias ’88, director of annual giving.

According to De Freitas, one such technique is a recurring gift.

The concept of recurring gifts is simple: donors commit to a donation amount that is paid regularly – most often monthly, but sometimes quarterly or annually. Recurring gifts also have no predetermined end-date.

Recurring gifts allow Annual Giving staff to devote their time and resources toward acquiring new donors. Also, the cost-effective nature of recurring gifts allows donors to know that their contributions are supporting students and programs rather than administrative cost.

De Freitas encourages the Wofford community to consider one of three options for committing to a recurring monthly or quarterly gift to the college:

Who makes recurring gifts to the college?

Meg Morrison ’07 Charlotte, N.C., Recurring credit card gift

“

A recurring gift confirms my commitment to support Wofford athletics through the Terrier Club. Although not a student-athlete during my time at Wofford, I continued to be impressed with how the student-athletes at Wofford balanced both challenging academic and athletic schedules. No other college in the country does it better....

Making a recurring credit card gift is easy, and I don’t have to worry about missing a payment then needing to catch up in another month to fulfill my pledge. Also, drafting monthly makes my yearly pledge seem more manageable as it’s spread over 12 months.”

• Electronic Fund Transfer or Bankdraft • Credit or Debit Card • Online Banking Payment (set up through your online bill pay)

Harold McLeod ’88 Richmond, Va., Bankdraft program

“

Giving to Wofford is a family tradition. For five generations my fa m i l y h a s g i ve n to Wofford. My father, grandfather and uncle set the example. Plus, I want to make a difference in the education of future generations.

Giving to higher education is one small way I can do that.... Giving regular monthly gifts through our bankdraft system makes it simple.

Plus, it's painless. My personal goal is to give something to Wofford every year. Bankdraft guarantees that I meet this goal.”

Collier Slade ’87, Paris, France, Bankdraft program

“

I've spent much of my post-Wofford life overseas or moving every couple of years in the U.S. Just about the time that our mail is being properly delivered, it is time to move again! There is no way that I could have remembered to drop a check in the box every month. The bank draft has worked for me because I don't have to think about it. It is easy and efficient. (And because it comes out automatically, it is a bit forgotten, and therefore, not at much risk when we adjust the budget).... The Paula Binovec Fund to which I have contributed since her death is particularly important to me because it supports foreign study/travel.

Languages and travel have been a major part of my life, and I am pleased to be able to help possibly open doors for other Wofford students. And of course, the Presidential International Scholarship that I contribute to is a once-in-alifetime opportunity.”

Peggy McIntyre ’92, Charlotte, N.C., Bankdraft program

“

As an alumna, Wofford is a part of me, and I'm a part of it, and I think there's some responsibility that comes with that.... Supporting Wofford financially was a non-decision and setting up a recurring gift is the easiest way for me to fulfill my commitment to donate on a regular basis.

John Hackney ’04, Charlotte, N.C., Bankdraft program

“

The years I spent at Wofford have been some of the happiest moments of my life. I will forever be indebted to the college and its professors, administrators, and students for the investment they made in me. Now I want to pay a return on that investment and say, ‘Thank You.’ In addition, I hope that my contributions will somehow enable future generations of Wofford students to enjoy the academic development and social experiences that I did.... I hope that the recurring nature of the gift provides Wofford with a sense of security that the money will be coming in and enable the college to maximize my gift.”

John Lunday ’69, Atlanta, Ga., Bankdraft program

“

Wofford has had a great influence on my life, mainly from the friendships I developed while attending there and with others I have made with those who are associated with the college. I'm very proud of having the opportunity to go to such an excellent institution and want to ‘give back’ to help others enjoy it too.... The recurring gift was the only way I could afford the gift I wished to provide. I call it the ‘easy payment plan.’ The sacrifice for me to do this every month is comparable to not going to a nice restaurant with my wife and spending money for dinner with a good bottle of wine.”

To make a recurring gift:

Visit www.wofford.edu/gifts/onlinegiving Spring 2012 • Wofford Today • 21

Alumni 1940 Dr. George Richardson and his wife, Elinor, live in Florence, S.C. Richardson officially retired at the end of December 2011, closing his dental practice that had served the Florence community for 65 years. We wish him all the best in his retirement.

Today incorrectly stated they had celebrated their 50th anniversary. Our sincere apologies for this error.

Dr. Hal Trimmier Jr. retired from Marlboro Eye Care Associates on Nov. 21, 2011.

He had been in practice for 58 years. Trimmier and his wife, Mary, live in Bennettsville, S.C.

1949

1951

Warren “Floogie” Ariail received a Meritorious Service Award for his contribution to the Gardner-Webb University athletics program during a ceremony held on Oct. 28, 2011. Ariail started his career at Wofford after graduation, becoming the college’s first athletic trainer. In addition to his college experience, he served as head trainer for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Ariail lives in Gaffney, S.C.

1950 Congratulations to the Rev. Robert Garfield and his wife, Betty. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25, 2011. The fall issue of Wofford

It was nice to hear from the Rev. Bob Hall. Retired and living in Greenville, S.C., he tells us that at 81 and a half he’s glad to help serve communion.

1953 The Sertoma Club of North Augusta, S.C., honored the Rev. John Younginer on Oct. 16, 2011, with the Service to Mankind Award.

Younginer first came to North Augusta as the senior pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, and after serving elsewhere in the South Carolina Conference, he and his wife, Lal, decided to return to North Augusta in retirement. He has served the community in a variety of roles, the most visible of which has

been as a regular volunteer, along with his wife, Wood became interested in big band during his at University Hospital. second year at Wofford. He is now a member of the Brunswick Big Band, the Used-To-Bes, 1954 the Upstairs Gang, Artistry and Rhythm, the Joe McElwee received the Duke Energy Group Dujour, and plays in Promise, the Citizenship and Service Award during the 54th church band at Trinity United Methodist. annual Chester County Chamber of Commerce banquet on Jan. 12, 2012. McElwee, 1958 retired president of Chester Telephone, remains “Hart Square,” a re-creation of an 1840s active in the community and was instrumental village in Catawba County, N.C., was featured in bringing York Tech to Chester. He also in an article in the Charlotte Observer on Oct. founded Boy Scout Troop 61.

24, 2011. Owned by Dr. Robert Hart and his wife, Becky, the community features 75 1955 Theron Few has retired after 11 years log buildings that volunteer interpreters use with the Salvation Army, Carolinas Division, to demonstrate cotton-ginning, moonshining, as a regional resource development director. horseshoeing, weaving, basket making and Few was Director of the Year in the Southeast other trades and crafts. The village also is feain 2007. He and his wife, Darlene, live in tured in a new coffee-table picture book, “Hart Square: One Man’s Passionate Preservation of Mebane, N.C. North Carolina’s Pioneer Heritage,” which may be ordered from the Hart Square Foundation, 1957 Paul Wood is retired and lives with his 679 6th St. NW, Hickory, N.C. 28601-3557. wife, Betty, in Southport, N.C. “The State Special thanks to Dr. Coty Fishburn ’59 Port Pilot” profiled Wood on Nov. 23, 2011. for sending Wofford a clipping of the article.

Wallace Steadman Watson and his wife, Shannon Wagner, have moved from Pittsburgh, Pa., where he was a dean and English professor at Duquesne University, to near Ithaca, N.Y. They are helping plan a neighborhood of 40 homes in the nationally recognized intergenerational “co-housing” project EcoVillage. If you would like information about the project, you can email Watson at wallwat7@gmail.com.

1959 Bennie Alice Horton Bishop, a retired educator, lives in Spartanburg. She worked in Spartanburg County School District 2 for 35 years. She also is a volunteer for the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

1960 It was nice to hear from Warren T. Greene. He wrote, “Our first great-grandchild, Harper Wren Strott, was born June 16, 2011, the day following our 54th wedding anniversary.” Greene and his wife, Julia, live in Pacolet Mills, S.C.

In 2011, the Wofford Alumni Office began asking the question, "Where in the World is Wofford?"

To find out, the Alumni Office challenged Wofford alumni to paint the world gold and black by demonstrating their Wofford pride in various locations.

Within six weeks, the Alumni Office received more than 50 photos from 12 different countries and dozens of states.

Many of the photos submitted are included in a slide show at www.wofford.edu/alumni/ WheresWofford? You also can visit www. facebook.com/woffordalumni to see photos from the collection and submit your own photos from around the globe.

(Above left) Bryan Overcarsh ’89 (right) and John Bauknight ’89 in the middle of the world.

(Above) Doug Marion ’78 wears his Terrier polo over the canals of Venice, Italy.

(Left) Katherine Martin ’06 on a zipline in Roatan, Honduras.

22 • Wofford Today • Spring 2012

Hayes Mizell and his wife, Kate, live in Columbia, S.C. Mizell is a Distinguished Senior Fellow (part-time consultant) at Learning Forward (formerly the National Staff Development Council) and a member of the National Advisory Board of Parents for Public Schools Inc.

1961 The Rev. John L. Sharpe lives with his wife, Jo Ann, in Durham, N.C. Sharpe recently was appointed priest-in-charge of Christ Church-Anglican in Southern Pines, N.C.

1962 Class Chair, Boyce M. Berry It was nice to hear from Ronald Griffin.

Griffin retired from GMAC in 1992. He and his wife, Nora, live for six months of the year in Spartanburg and six months in Dunedin, Fla. The couple has volunteered for hospice in both cities for six years.

Congratulations to L. Glenn Orr Jr. Wake Forest University has recognized him as the 2012 recipient of the university’s Medallion of Merit. The medallion represents the highest honor given by Wake Forest and is presented annually for outstanding achievement and distinguished contributions to the university.

Orr was honored as a benefactor and chairman of the board of trustees. Previous recipients include presidents of the university, trustees, benefactors and retired faculty and administrators. Orr also has been a generous supporter of Wofford through the years.

1963 Class Chair, Andrew C. English Henry M. Smith journeyed down to Montgomery, Ala., to join in the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Southern Poverty Law Center. In addition, he spent August 2011 in France, where he witnessed a remarkable exhibition on the 50th anniversary of the trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem and a stunning photographic display of Iranian women. He continues to reside in Durham, N.C. We had a nice note from Alex O’Daniel, who is retired and lives in Jacksonville, Fla. He wrote, “It was a pleasure to interact with some of the staff of our Pi Kappa Phi headquarters,” and invites classmates to contact him at alexodan@yahoo.com.

1967 Class Chair, Hubbard McDonald Jr. Billy Ellis and his wife, Patsy, are enjoying retirement in Winnsboro, S.C. The couple has 10 grandchildren from four children. They also love Edisto, S.C. Folk singer Lee Knight was featured in a concert at C. Campbell Folk School on Feb. 6, 2011. Knight lives in Cullowhee, N.C., and appears regularly at the Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Song Festival, and has performed the music and voice-over for the documentary video “The Nantahala: Land of the Noonday Sun.” Dr. Rodney Stalheim was honored with the George M. Hancock M.D. Award for Excel-

lence in Patient Care by Caldwell Memorial Hospital on Nov. 15, 2011. The award was presented during the hospital’s annual Medical Staff Awards dinner. Stalheim graduated from Wofford at the age of 19, went directly to medical school, and has served Caldwell County for 32 years. He lives in Lenoir, N.C.

Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church in December 2011. He had served as pastor of the church since 1984. Rollins is author of two books and has an additional two books at the publisher. He and his wife, Linda, live in Liberty Hill, S.C.

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Ronald Fowler, a curriculum specialist at Green Sea Floyds High School, has been appointed vice chair of the McLeod Health Class Chair, Ronald G. Bruce Spartanburg Community College has board of trustees. Fowler lives with his wife, named Henry Giles interim president ef- Barbara, in Loris, S.C. fective Feb. 1, 2012. Giles has held numerous 1977 positions at the college, including serving the Class Chair, C. Stan Sewell Jr. past 18 years as the vice president and executive Clay Brittain III is an attorney with vice president of business affairs. He lives in Thomas & Brittain P.A. He lives in Myrtle Rutherfordton, N.C. Beach, S.C.

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1969 Class Chair, Richard L. Myers Dr. James Littlefield, a standout basketball player at Chapman High School and Wofford and the former superintendent of Spartanburg County District One schools, was honored in December 2011, when the basketball court at Chapman was named for him. Littlefield lives with his wife, Gail, in Campobello, S.C. Living in Myrtle Beach, S.C., George R. Mims is an associate for the commercial real estate firm Grubb & Ellis/Wilson Kibler.

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Class Chair, Richard W. Krapfel Spartanburg-based Waldrop Inc., a fullservice mechanical contracting firm, has announced the promotion of Johnny Leazer to chief financial officer. Leazer, a construction control professional, has been in the construction industry for more than 25 years. He lives in Gaffney, S.C. Armando G. Llorente recently joined Clark & Lavey Benefits Solutions as vice president of human resources and HR practice leader. Llorente is an award-winning human resources strategist with more than 20 years 1970 of Fortune 500 experience. He and his wife, Class Chair, Arthur W. Rich Dr. Gene Rollins retired as pastor of Lauren, live in Atkinson, N.H.

Bill Lancaster '67 in front of the Pont Alexandre Trois and the Grand Palais in Paris. He and his wife, Marty, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary during the trip.

1981 Class Chair, G. Patrick Watson Life Technologies Corp. announced on Feb. 2, 2011, that Ronnie Andrews has joined the company as president, medical sciences.

Andrews has more than 25 years’ experience in the diagnostics industry, including leadership positions at companies such as Abbott Diagnostics and Roche Diagnostics. He lives in Coto De Caza, Calif.

Terry Robbins has been employed by Clariant Corp. for the past 36 years. He currently is the analytical and quality control manager at the company’s Mount Holly, N.C., site. He and his wife, Ann, live in Gaffney, S.C. They enjoy spending time with their children and seven grandchildren, ages 8 months to 13 years.

1982 Class Chair, J. Madison Dye Jr. Alan Francis is an audio-visual coordinator for the Greenville Hospital System. Francis lives in Anderson, S.C. He has three children, Blakely, Evan and Lydia.

1983 Class Chair, W. Scott Gantt Dr. John Greinwald was recently approved for promotion to professor of otolaryngology and pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This year, his laboratory at the Ear and Hearing Center of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, developed the nation’s first next gen-

(Left) Beth Jeter Hrubala ’93 with Drew Hrubala and Oliver Crawford at the Wall Street bull in Manhattan, N.Y. They were in New York celebrating Drew's 13th birthday.

(Below) Doug Thie '09 sent in this photo of his Wofford class ring, along with the engagement ring he gave Sarah Beth Hughes '10. The rings are on a rock overlooking the Grand Canyon.

Zach Chillag ’08, giving the thumbs up, in Kenya doing research on gazelles.

Dr. Carl Walsh '62 and Ross Moore (future class of 2021) celebrate their love for Wofford and a very successful day of halibut fishing in Homer, Alaska.

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Two Wofford grads named to 20 rising stars under 40

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Mungo named America’s Best Builder

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he Mungo Companies are pleased to announce that they have been named America’s Best Builder for 2012 by Builder magazine. The America’s Best Builder award honors the best new home builders in the country, based on overall achievement in housing and excellence in finance/ operations, design/construction, customer service/quality, community/ industry service and marketing. There are four winners for 2012, based on number of closings, and the Mungo Companies has been selected as America’s Best Builder in the category with the highest number of closings.

Steven Mungo ’81 (above left) and Stewart Mungo ’74 (above right) praised their team for their hard work and dedication during a challenging period for the industry. The Mungo Companies, along with other national winners, will be highlighted in the March issue of Builder magazine, the official trade publication of the home building industry.

ach year, Columbia's The State newspaper honors 20 rising business stars under the age of 40 in the Midlands who are committed to bringing a brighter future to South Carolina’s capital city. This year two Wofford graduates — Dana Bruce ’01 and Travis Wheeler ’98 — made the ninth annual class of 20 under 40 honorees.

Bruce serves as the executive director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Columbia. After earning her bachelor's degree in Spanish from Wofford, she went on to get a master's in political science from the University of South Carolina. Bruce is a member of Community Health Charities of South Carolina, Breakaway Bettys (women's cycling club), Conservation Voters of South Carolina, and Columbia Museum of Arts Contemporaries. She also serves as an adjunct professor at MidlandsTechnical College. When asked by The State, “What saying do you live by,” Bruce responded: “At Wofford College I received a Bonner Scholarship that required community service in exchange for my education.Through that program I volunteered at various places from a domestic violence shelter in Spartanburg to a home for Haitian street children in the Dominican Republic, and all of it rested on my shoulders to seek out, coordinate and maintain.The motto for the program is Mahatma Gandhi’s quotation: ‘Be the change that you wish to see in the world.’ The program taught us that at age 18 or 20 or 22, we could make a huge impact in the lives of other human beings.... It absolutely became how I lead my life.”

Wheeler, an antitrust attorney and partner with Nexsen Pruet in Columbia, holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law. Past president of the Rosewood Community Council and vice president of the Central Rosewood Neighborhood Association, Wheeler also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is vice chair of the Columbia Parks and Recreation Foundation and a member of the Charles R. Drew Wellness Center scholarship advisory committee.

In The State, he describes Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap and Dr. Richard Wallace as his inspirations. “Professor Dunlap instilled in me the joy to learn for learning’s sake, and Professor Wallace introduced me to the intersection of law and economics. I also did an independent study under Professor Wallace in which I read all of Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England during my last semester at Wofford. If nothing else, it made the law school casebooks I encountered the following fall seem (relatively) comprehensible.”

Lanning performs separation surgery on conjoined twins

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team of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) pediatric surgeons led by Dr. David Lanning ’90 completed the separation of 19-monthold conjoined twins Maria and Teresa Tapia of the Dominican Republic.

The complex, 20-hour procedure was successful and made headlines across the globe for Lanning and his team of 45 physicians and pediatric subspecialists who performed the surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. The twins were taken to VCU and Lanning by the World Pediatric Project.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd makes Livingston shareholder

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ustice Littlejohn ’03, an artist and art teacher, recently completed an 8 x 40 foot mural displaying notable figues from the Upstate, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, Peabo Bryson and the Hon. Bruce Littlejohn ’35, his late grandfather. The mural will be permanently housed in the Children's Museum of the Upstate in Greenville. Littlejohn's gallery is located on Pettigru Street in Greenville, S.C.

Wofford graduates represented in Leadership South Carolina's Class of 2012

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he Leadership South Carolina's Class of 2012 has been selected representing 48 different communities and organizations throughout the state. Participants this year will include Katherine Haltiwanger ’04 (office of the governor) and Rebecca West ’86 (Spartanburg Water System).

Haltiwanger and West will join more than 1,400 Leadership S.C. alumni who are addressing critical issues facing South Carolina. For eligibility, each class participant must have demonstrated a commitment to reach a higher level of public service to the Palmetto State.

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Smyth Whitley opens new law office in Charleston

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odd Smyth ’91 (above right) and Josh Whitley ’05 (above left) have become partners in a new South Carolina-based law firm focusing on healthcare defense, complex litigation, environmental torts and personal injury litigation. Smyth is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law. He recently was selected as Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyer of the Year for Medical Malpractice-Defense in Charleston. He also has been recognized as a South Carolina Super Lawyer in the area of personal injury defense-medical malpractice.

Whitley is an award-winning graduate of the law school at the College of William & Mary and now is working with his former professor, Jeffrey Breit, in the BP Gulf Oil Spill litigation. Prior to private practice, Whitley clerked for the Hon. Dennis W. Shedd ’75 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Both Smyth and Whitley serve on the Terrier Club Board of Directors, and Whitley is a member of the Wofford Alumni Executive Council. Smyth Whitley’s office is located at 234 Seven Farms Drive, BB&T Plaza, Suite 215, Charleston, S.C.

aynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., announced that Lindsey Carlberg Livingston ’01 has been elected shareholder. Livingston is based in the firm’s Columbia office and focuses on bankruptcy matters and creditors’ rights litigation. She joined the firm in August 2004. Livingston is chairelect of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Carolinas Chapter, and is also active in the American Bankruptcy Institute and South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association.

She is participating in the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Columbia, Class of 2012, and is active in the Junior League of Columbia Inc.

Lawrence receives national recognition for work with the aging

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DeBerry enshrined in College Football Hall of Fame

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n Dec. 6, 2011, Fisher DeBerry ’60, retired head coach of the United States Air Force Academy, was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York. He is part of a class including Deion Sanders, Eddie George, Marty Lyons and former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr.

DeBerry coached at Air Force for 23 seasons, from 1984 to 2006, winning or retaining the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy 15 times. His overall record was 169-109-1. In 1985 he was named national coach of the year.

Leaphart ready to perform again

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ac Leaphart ’01, Charleston-area indie/Americana singer and songwriter, was featured in the Charleston City Paper on Dec. 10, 2011, after having brain surgery on a non-cancerous tumor that sidlined him from performing.

According to the article, Leaphart says, “I had been having headaches and some double vision since early in the summer. I went to a doctor who chalked it up to a sinus infection. It didn’t get any better for months, so finally I went to see a neurologist and had an MRI. They found a brain tumor.”

After a lengthy recovery, Leaphart looks forward to performing again this spring.

“I don’t want to make a huge deal out of this, but it might not be a bad idea for the word to get out so people don’t think I hung up my cleats or something,” he says.

Contact Leaphart directly at mac.leaphart@gmail.com, or visit follywoodrocks.com and macleaphart.com for more information.

Kaplan retires after distinguished military career

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n 2003, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss wrote “They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967.” One of the best books about the war, it intertwines two parallel stories.

One tells the story of U.S. soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division battling North Vietnamese regulars about 50 miles northwest of Saigon, and the other describes a weekend of a student protest at the University of Wisconsin.

Maraniss’ story involved two Kaplan brothers, William and Jack. In the 1960s, Jack Kaplan ’69 was on his way to being Lt. Kaplan. William was a student protester at the University of Wisconsin. For more than 20 years, they barely spoke to each other, but at the end of the story came healing and reconciliation.

Kaplan Vietnam ended, but Jack continued in the Cold War Army, serving in a variety of lonely, difficult, dangerous and often thankless assignments. In several of those places, he served as a peacekeeper and nation builder, and in others, he worked with multinational teams of soldiers who were involved in the fighting.

Jack came home briefly in the late 1990s, but after Sept. 11, 2001, the Army found him indispensible. When they called, Kaplan said yes, returning to active duty as a gray-haired lieutenant colonel, as thin as he was in college and in superb physical condition.

For the past decade or so, Kaplan was involved a series of important assignments, rising to the long-overdue rank of colonel. He retired from the Army for a second time on Jan. 26, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. He and his wife, Mary Lee, will be living in the Greenville, S.C., area.

n June at its annual conference, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) will present Dr. James Lawrence ’88 with the 2012 State Nurse Practitioner Excellence Award. The prestigious award is given annually to a dedicated nurse practitioner in each state who demonstrates excellence as a leader, advocate, role model and clinician in his or her area of practice.

Lawrence, an adult and gerontological nurse practitioner at the Veteran Administration Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., also works as a part-time nurse practitioner with Guardian Hospice and part-time undergraduate and graduate associate professor of nursing at Georgia State University and Georgetown University. In addition, Lawrence is founder and president of Aging Successfully, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to addressing the various changing heath care needs of the aging.

Lawrence believes he started training for his profession at the age of 9. In addition to his recent national award, Lawrence holds national “After my mom bought a nursing community service and clinical excellence awards from the home in Florence, S.C., I spent my Geriatric Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) summers, school vacations and holi- and the American Nurses Association (ANA). He has been days there. I learned to respect and re- published nationally and internationally on concerns focusing on geriatric nursing, advance directives, palliative care and issues vere older adults. They have so much related to vulnerable populations. Lawrence is a member of the to offer, and there’s so much we can American Nurses Credentialing Center, AANP, South Carolina and learn from them,” says Lawrence, who Georgia Nurses Association, and GAPNA. In 2009, Lawrence taught middle and high school for five was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nurse years after college before enrolling Practitioners, and in 2010 he was recognized as one of the top 100 health care professionals working in geriatrics by the in an accelerated BSN (bachelor of Marquis’ Who’s Who in Medicine and Health. science in nursing) program at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. “After that I knew geriatrics was in my blood,” he says.

Since then, Lawrence has earned a master of science in nursing from Emory University and a doctorate in research and theory development in nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also has more than 15 years of clinical experience working with the aging.

“There is a huge problem in our society,” says Lawrence. “We don’t value our older adults like other cultures.”

In an effort to address the issue, Lawrence started making educational presentations. These speaking engagements turned into consulting jobs and ultimately landed Lawrence in China with former First Lady Laura Bush as the national chairperson for a committee on nursing. Since then, Lawrence has been invited to China several times to make presentations on aging successfully.

“In the past extended families in China lived together in the same house and cared for their elders,” says Lawrence. “Now they are having a crisis in care for the aging because of changing family dynamics.

It’s challenging…. The word for nursing home is not even a word in their language.”

Through Aging Successfully, LLC, Lawrence combines the teaching preparation he received while at Wofford and his nursing background in developing programs that emphasize healthy aging. Former clients include the Chinese, Canadian and Irish ministries of health, small public and private businesses, as well as academic institutions throughout the country.

“I want to teach people about the beauty and joy of working with older adults,” says Lawrence. “There’s a stigma — an ageism — in health care that exists. I want to change that.”

Lawrence considers teaching undergraduate nursing students a large part of that mission.

“Many times I think about what my legacy will be since I don’t have children. It is my hope and prayer that my legacy be the nurses and laypersons who work with older adults or who view the aging in a more positive way because of me,” says Lawrence.

Whether he’s the advocate of the aging on Capitol Hill or at the bedside of an older adult who is dying, Lawrence feels like he’s answering his calling.

“So many of our older Americans have no voice or anyone who cares — but they will always have me,” says Lawrence.

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

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by Doyle Boggs ’70

Lucas McMillan ’02.

“The Involvement of State Governments in U.S. Foreign Relations.” New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012.

Dr. Lucas McMillan’s first scholarly book has been attracting wide and favorable attention across the political science and international relations community since its February release. According to Steve W. Hook of Kent State University, it “fills a gaping hole in the study of U.S. foreign policy,” covering topics such as the role of state governors in economic development and the evolution of state strategies that have been altered by globalization after the end of the Cold War. McMillan, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina, is an assistant professor of political science at Lander University, where he won the 2011 Young Faculty Scholar Award. He is currently serving as president of the South Carolina Political Science Association. He lives with his wife, Lisa ’02, and their two children in Greenwood.

Robert B. Ekelund and Robert D. Tollison ’64.

“Economic Origins of Roman Christianity.”

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

of his widely read and influential books is “The National Collegiate Athletic Association: A Study in Cartel Behavior.”

In recent years, he and his friend Dr. Robert B. Ekelund Jr., professor emeritus at Auburn University, have explored the economic considerations that influenced the development of the institutional Christian church. “Economists are famous for venturing into other fields of endeavor and using the tools of their discipline to take a fresh look at things. Why not religious institutions?” says Tollison, with a smile.

The first book in their trilogy was “Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm” (1996), which was followed by “The Marketplace of Christianity.”

(2006).

In 2011 the University of Chicago Press published “Economic Origins of Roman Christianity,” which is a prequel to the earlier books. It provides a provocative analysis on the marketing savvy of the Apostles and their successors to “brand” the new religion and institutionalize it within the empire.

The narrative continues with the methods used by Roman hierarchy to retain a monopoly over sales and management of the product, defined as the salvation of souls. According to the book, during the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation that followed the Council of Trent, competition between the various

Dr. Robert D. Tollison ’64, C. Wilson Newman Professor and BB&T Senior Fellow at Clemson University, established himself decades ago as one of Wofford’s most distinguished alumni.

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branches of Christianity developed and western civilization was forever changed.

“I’m still writing and teaching full time, still thoroughly enjoying my work,” Tollison says. “I’m a proud Spartanburg native and grateful for my time at Wofford.

I’m especially proud of my grandson, Zach Tollison, who is a member of the Class of 2015.”

Robert Nichols ’75.

“November Fields” (CD). www.robertsarts.net

Robert Nichols ’75 reports that he has had a nice response to his first CD, “November Fields.” It’s the culmination of an interesting life that included four years of service in the Army, time as a musician in the Boston area, and then work as an independent craftsman in Eliot, Maine.

The CD features an appealing anthology of music in the folk tradition, with Nichols playing acoustic guitar and performing lead and harmony vocals in a gentle, distinctive style. The musicians who accompany Nichols do accomplished work on the piano, fiddle and banjo. With one exception, the songs are original compositions and several of them, such as “I Wish I Had a Band,” will become instant favorites. (We apologize for an error in the review of this CD in the winter Wofford Today.)

Emily Cooper. “Queen of the Lost: The Story of Lucy Holcombe Pickens.”

Columbia: Kalmia Press, 2012.

Newspaper editor and Wofford parent Emily Cooper tells a captivating story of the Civil War era through the eyes of the governor’s wife as she clashed with governors, generals, the Russian Tsar, freemasons and filibusters. It is also an interesting and credible study of racial relationships in the small county seat town of Edgefield, S.C. To purchase an autographed copy, email: queenoftheconfederacy@gmail.com.

John J. Wood (left) founder and co-chair of the board for Room to Read, chats with students, including Emily Conrad ’13 (right) who started her own "Need to Read" initiative in South Carolina, as he signs books on the porch of Main Building. The book signing for his book “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children” along with several children’s books was held after Wood received the Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind. Room to Read, a global organization dedicated to promoting and enabling education through programs focused on literacy and gender equality in education, has started more than 13,000 libraries around the world and has distributed more than 10 million books.

World change starts with educated children

Wofford began its spring 2012 semester Feb. 9 by honoring John Wood, founder of Room to Read, with its Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind. This distinction represents the highest ideals that the Wofford community espouses, and it carries with it an honorary degree, a citation and a $10,000 cash award.

Wood addressed the college community in Leonard Auditorium, participated in a round table with community leaders, and signed copies of his autobiography, “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World,” (Harper Collins 2006).

The accomplishments of Room to Read in less than a decade are staggering — to give just one statistic, in 2010 alone, the circulation in its sponsored libraries in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka exceeded 9 million books.

However, there’s more to Wood than the strong organization he continues to build. He is one of those rare people whose sheer energy and presence engulfs a room almost instantly, as these quotations from lecture, book and discussion will demonstrate.  “My vision statement is simple: ‘Every child all over the world will have a chance to be literate.’”  “We absolutely don’t want to produce passive aid recipients. We want to work with self-confident change agents. All over the world, people are hungry for a better life, and they will work incredibly hard for it if they see a return on the sweat equity.”  “It’s a great irony about charitable organizations that we often struggle to overcome local barriers when a global project can be successful.”  “In any organization, overhead (expenditures for talented people and necessary equipment) is like cholesterol. Bad cholesterol will clog up your arteries, but good cholesterol prevents fatal heart attacks.”  “What good are savings if you can’t use them to turn your dreams into reality?”

eration DNA sequencing platform targeted at children with hearing loss. In April 2012 he will be inducted into the prestigious Triological Society with the successful completion of this research thesis on children with unilateral enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome. He recently celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Karen, and four children (Emily, Christian, Natalia and Vlad). Outside activities include coaching baseball, swimming, mission work and following Wofford sports on the web.

Thomas B. Richardson is serving on the McLeod Health board of trustees. Richardson is employed by BB&T Wealth Management, where he is responsible for the administration of personal trust and fiduciary services for the Pee Dee region. He lives with his family in Florence, S.C.

1984 Class Chair, Kenneth M. Kirkpatrick Mike Arakas was honored as Restaurateur of the Year by the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association during its annual meeting in November 2011. Arakas is the owner of Crabby Mike’s Seafood. He and his wife, Wendy Halton Arakas ’85, live in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Warren Snead was honored in the fall of 2011 when Gov. Nikki Haley named him Ambassador for Development for Spartanburg County. Snead is manager of human resources with Cooper Standard in Spartanburg. He lives with his family in Inman, S.C.

1985 Class Chair, Timothy E. Madden Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced on Feb. 10, 2012, the appointment of R. Howard Coker to the Company’s executive committee, while he remains vice president, Global Rigid Paper and Closures. Coker lives with his family in Hartsville, S.C. Virginia Tech announced on Nov. 22, 2011, the appointment of Dr. Mary Ann McCrackin as university veterinarian and director of the Office of Animal Resources. A certified manager of animal resources, she is a diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. McCrackin has been a licensed veterinarian since 1993. She lives with her husband, Rick Hurley, in Christiansburg, Va. Ed Swicegood lives with his family in Charleston, S.C. Swicegood is the owner of Wahoo Land Co.

1986 Class Chair, Brand R. Stille Ed Blakemore recently has become the new chief financial officer/vice president of operations for the real estate investment firm Serrus Capital Partners.

Blakemore and his family live in Travelers Rest, S.C.

1989 Class Chair, Michael R. Sullivan Lynn Fulton-Archer, a Spanish teacher at Richmond Drive Elementary School in Rock Hill, S.C., has been named the 2011 Sigma Delta Pi South Carolina Spanish Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made on Nov. 10, 2011. Sigma Delta Pi is the largest foreign language honor society in the U.S. with 582 chapters nationwide.

1990 Class Chair, Scott W. Cashion Dr. Jony Bolinger, a physician at the Medical Center of Easley, S.C., has been elected the president of the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (SCAFP). She served as president-elect in 2011. The SCAFP is South Carolina’s largest primary care medical specialty society.

Ladson F. Howell Jr., a partner in the law firm of Howell and Christmas LLC., has been named a certified member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The forum is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the U.S. Less than 1 percent of American attorneys are members. Howell lives with his family in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

1992 Class Chair, Nicholle Palmieri Chunn Bill Bauer, a division manager for the global healthcare leader Sanofi-Aventis, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Autism Academy of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. The Autism Academy of South Carolina (AASC) is a new, Columbia-based nonprofit school that offers intensive individualized instructions to students who live with autism spectrum disorder.

An inspired collection: faces of civil rights heroes motivate Scism to draw again

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lizabeth Scism ’91 read the story of Emmett Till for the Many years later she saw a photo of Till in the Commercial first time as a Wofford student. Sitting cross-legged on the Appeal. This time Scism felt the pull of “Till’s green eyes and that floor of her room in Greene Hall, she remembers feeling dark swooping shadow of his hat.” horrified by the brutal murder of the 14-year-old boy who dared That image popped back into her brain in 2006 while cutting whistle at a white woman in 1955 Mississippi. her grass.

“Row after row, Emmett Louis Till was the log lodged in my mind’s eye,” says Scism. “I hadn’t drawn anyone or anything for well over a decade, so after I finished cutting the grass I found my old pencils stuffed in a desk drawer upstairs.”

Four hours later Scism held a portrait of Till and the inspiration to draw more intriguing faces from the Civil Rights movement.

“Almost all of the people I chose to draw had something about their face that grabbed me. A face with a high level of contrast is a portrait artist’s dream,” says Scism. “It’s incredibly morally irritating to say so, but Hitler would be far more fun to draw than Churchill for that very reason.”

Scism picked Frederick Douglass next because of his intense eyes and strong jaw.

“Again, his life story is a page-turner, but the real hook for me almost always starts with interest in the face. After I had three or four portraits done, I decided I should keep going until I had an exhibit’s worth,” she says.

Scism worked on the exhibit over a five-year period, recently adding a portrait of Marian Wright Edelman, president and cofounder of the Children’s Defense Fund and a Wofford Sandor Teszler Award recipient. Edelman recently purchased prints of the entire exhibit for permanent display at the Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, Tenn. Scism shares Edelman’s hometown of Bennettsville, S.C. Scism completed the portraits while teaching creative writing “Famous Faces and Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights and junior English at Collierville High School in Tennessee, and Movement” with art by Elizabeth Scism ’91 (above) is available in soft cover or for digital download at http://elizscism. now has published the collection into a booklet, “Famous Faces magcloud.com. To see more of Scism’s work or to commission and Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement.” Eventually a portrait, visit http://elizscism.deviantart.com. she says that she would love to expand the booklet to include the sort of personal details often omitted in textbooks. For example, “Emmett Till used to cook pork chops in two skillets — one for his mom, who did not like her pork peppered, and one for himself since he loved pepper.… When I think of Emmett,” says Scism, “I picture him in the kitchen with those two segregated skillets that say, ‘I love you, mom.’”

Scism, who has been published in more than a dozen magazines including Memphis Magazine and Southern Humanities Review, also plans on developing creative writing assignments to go with the collection.

“When you write about a person, you are less likely to forget them. Writing makes you ‘see’ them. You empathize, which to me is the root of morality,” she says.

Each portrait holds a special place in Scism’s heart, but she does have her favorites… sort of.

“If my house were to catch on fire, I’d grab Douglass first. It doesn’t look so much like Douglass as much as it feels like Douglass…. I like Virgil Ware a lot because the composition literally showcases him whereas he was and is overlooked in history books …. I love Till, but for sentimental reasons. I’d have trouble selling Till. If Mamie Till were still alive, I’d gladly give it to her but since she isn’t, I’d have trouble parting with him.… OK, I’ve changed my mind. If my house were really, really, really on fire, I’d grab Virgil Ware first….”

In this burning house test, Scism describes the ones she’d risk singed fingers for as powerful.

“I just want what I do to have voltage. I’m not even shooting for art,” says Scism. “If this exhibit Scism says the drawing makes somebody somewhere pick up a book or get of Virgil Ware (right) on the Internet and read about one of these people, is one of her favorites that’s my real hope. I’m not looking to inspire from the collection. a young artist. I’m hoping to inspire somebody somewhere to read more about these people. Who could read about Till and not be moved? Or Ware?

I truly believe it’s just not possible to be educated and racist at the same time.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

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The Wofford Alumni Executive Council

Each year the Alumni Office sponsors a Seniors 100 Days Party to celebrate soon-to-be graduates and invite them to become active alumni. These The Alumni Executive Council at the Feb. 4 meeting on Wofford's campus. Seated (from left to right), members of the Class of 2012 particularly enjoyed the photo booth, a popular Dawn Williams Burks ’81, Monique McDowell ’92 (president elect), Molly Hughes Cherry ’93 (past attraction during the event. president), Bryan Brooks ’97 (president), Anthony Miles ’91. Standing (left to right) Roy Morton ’83, Jason Lynch ’03, Lyn Walsh ’90, Josh Whitley ’05, Bailey Bartee ’96, Dennis Guthrie ’66, Geoff DeLong ’91, Curt Nichols ’96, Brian Weatherby ’98, Dr. Tracy Harrell Dunn ’87, Ben Waldrop ’93, Elizabeth McAbee ’91, Dr. Alvin Wells ’83, Maureen Ward Sheely ’87. Missing from the photo are Andy Young ’96, Alan Crick ’95 and Robert Graham ’79.

presents

William Wimberly ’65, Ashley Grubbs Wimberly ’99, Mark Wimberly ’99, Chris Wimberly ’95 and families during Homecoming 2011.

Upcoming continuing education travel experiences with Wofford European Coastal Civilizations April 15 - 23 Provence & the Rhone River Boat Cruise May 26 - June 3 Ireland: Ennis, Killarney, Mallow & Dublin July 2012 Australia: from the Outback to the Glaciers March 7-26, 2013

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(Right) 2011 Pickin' Crackin' and Shuckin'Spartanburg Area Oyster Roast.

Wofford’s family fun day at Carowinds.

(Above) Charleston weekend — Celebrating the Terriers' victory at the Wofford vs. Citadel post-game event (Right) The Association of Multicultural Students Homecoming 2011 reception

(Above) Friends reconnect at the Atlanta Area Young Alumni Event.

(Above) Hunting eggs at the Easter Eggstravaganza.

(Above) From the Wofford vs. The Citadel Postgame event.

Members of the 50 year club gather in Spartanburg.

From the Homecoming Street Party: Top row is Ryan Mandlove ’01 (left) and Ken Winslow (right). Bottom row (left to right) Alex Duvall ’01, Claire Essex Duvall ’02, Lauren Goldstein ’01, Rosemary DeAntonio ’01, Claire Myers Winslow ’01 and Andreen Galloway Ross ’02.

(Above) Ice cream was a popular treat at the Easter Eggstravaganza.

2012 Calendar of events for alumni & friends:

June 23..............................Boston Red Sox Alumni Event

April 1.............................................. Easter EggStravaganza

August 23......................Spartanburg Area Oyster Roast September 17................................... Civil War Roundtable

April 12................................. Charlotte Area Alumni Event April 16............................................... Civil War Roundtable April 19.................................................... Scholarship Dinner April 26................Washington, D.C. Area Alumni Event

October 5-7 ...............................................Family Weekend October 26-28................................................. Homecoming November 3........... Wofford/Samford Pre-Game Event November 17................. Wofford/USC Pre-Game Event

April 28..........................................Carowinds Family Event May 19-20.............................. Class of 1962 50th Reunion Spring 2012 • Wofford Today • 29

Eric Ireland is marketing operation manager for Michelin. He and his wife, Lisa Deavenport Ireland ’90, live in Simpsonville, S.C. The couple has two children.

Jay Seegars is principal at Dawkins Middle School in Moore, S.C. Seegars lives with his family in Spartanburg.

1993 Class Chair, Sarah C. Sawicki The Rev. Jason Collins earned a Master of Divinity from Nashotah House Theological Seminary in 2011. He was ordained on Dec. 3, 2011, into the Sacred Order of Priests at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Conway, S.C., where he now serves as associate rector. Collins and his wife, Dr. Shawna Satterfield Collins ’90, have two children.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Trey Kannaday is a permanent placement recruiter with Robert Half Finance and Accounting.

Kannaday has 14 years of experience in auditing, tax accounting, and internal auditing and he is licensed in South Carolina as an attorney, certified public accountant and certified internal auditor. He and his wife, Melissa, have a 1-year old daughter.

Living in Greer, S.C., Justine Sokol

Waldrop is a swim coach for Team Greenville Swimming and owns Streamline Xpress LLC, a triathlon coaching business. She recently was awarded first place in her age division for the South Carolina Triathlon Series and also completed the Augusta Half Ironman in September 2011. Waldrop and her husband, Neil, have two children.

1995 Class Chair, Brandie Yancey Lorenz Spartanburg attorney Sterling Anderson II was sworn in as Spartanburg City Council District 1 councilman on Jan. 10, 2011. Anderson and his wife, Anne, live in Spartanburg.

The Rev. Keith Getz was installed on Dec. 18, 2011, as the full-time pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Sumter, S.C. Getz and his wife, Laura, have four children.

Robert Jones is co-founder and the managing member of Sabal Homes LLC based in Mount Pleasant, S.C. For the second consecutive year the company was named a 2011 Top 25 Winner to The Capital Corporation’s South Carolina’s Fastest Growing Companies.

Barry Phillips and his wife, Elizabeth

Jordan Phillips ’97, live in Spartanburg.

Barry is utilities division sales manager for the Tindall Corp.

Carolina Symphony. She lives with her family in Raleigh, N.C.

1997

Class Chair, Anthony D. Hoefer Jr. RaShane DeLoach and his wife, Charlotte, live in Grayson, Ga. DeLoach is a regional sales account manager for Metametrix Clinical Laboratory. The couple has two children.

Living in Lexington, Ky., John Morton is general manager of the lubricant division for Kentucky Petroleum Supply. Morton and his wife, Rebecca, have one daughter.

Thomas Woods and his wife, Nancy, have opened Visions Academy Tutoring and Training Center in Spartanburg. The center offers tutoring services, home school courses, SAT preparation as well as kid friendly workshops. For information on the center visit the website at www.vattc.com.

Class Chair, Beth M.Guerrero Leah Robertson Maybry and her husband, the Rev. Luke Maybry ’98, live in Charlotte, N.C. Leah is a senior manager at Elliott Davis PLLC and Luke is pastor of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church.

The couple has three children.

1999 Class Chair, Zack O. Atkinson McKenna Cox and her husband, Rucht Lilavivat ’96, live in Johnson City, Tenn., with their two sons. McKenna is owner/ partner of Cox and Lee law firm that opened in January 2012. Rucht does freelance and creative writing projects.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Wes Hickman is director of news and internal communications at the University of South Carolina.

The Triangle Business Journal recently named Mary McFadden Craft Lawson as a 40- Under-40 Award Winner. Lawson is vice president for philanthropy for the North

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2001 Class Chair, Jenna S.Bridgers Dr. Heidi Best lives in Virginia Beach, Va., where she is a physician at Emergency Physicians of Tidewater.

Allyson Jones Labban, an attorney in

the Smith Moore Leatherwood’s Greensboro office, has been promoted to partner within the firm. Labban focuses her practice on health care law. She lives in Greensboro, N.C.

2002 Class Chair, L. Yorke Gerrald Dr. Nancy Dubuisson Barker and her husband, Zachary, live in Lafayette, La. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Barker is an anesthesiologist.

Case Brittain, partner of Brittain Law Firm P.A., served as co-chair of the 2012 Waccamaw Area Heart Ball held on Feb. 18, 2012. Brittain and his wife, Yvonne, live in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Maj. Charles Dixon and his wife, Beth Hawley Dixon, are moving to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where Charles will be attending Intermediate Level Education.

Charles earned his master’s degree in public administration in December 2011, from Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga. Beth has left her job as a contractor staffing assistant for Microsoft and is looking forward to spending some time at home with their daughter, Emmy.

Wofford Weddings Wofford Births 1995 Matthew Peter Ward married Debra Sherrill, Dec. 31, 2011. They live in the West Ashley area of Charleston, S.C. He is a high school English teacher. She is a classical musician.

1998 Dr. Dendy Elizabeth Engelman married Devin Thomas Kalman, Oct. 15, 2011. They live in Manhattan, N.Y. She practices dermatology in Manhattan and the Hamptons and is the director of dermatologic surgery at Metropolitan Hospital in NewYork. He is an investment banker at Barclays Capital in New York.

Ashley Elizabeth Williams married Gary Robert Stevenson, Sept. 6, 2011. The couple lives in Lafayette, Calif.

2002 Dr. Allyson Ann Gibson married Dr. Christian Carl Anderson, May 28, 2011. They couple live in Boston, Mass. She is a biomedical researcher for Stereotaxis Inc. He is a researcher at MIT Lincoln Labs.

2004 Melissa Margaret Chandler married Patrick Ryan Murphy, Oct. 29, 2011. They live in Arlington, Va. She is the deputy chief of staff for South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson. He is the communications director for Rep. Tom Price of Georgia.

Dr. Mary Ndid Egbuniwe married Dr. Akin Ojo-Carons, Sept. 24, 2011. They live in Sunnyside, N.Y. She is an obstetrics-gynecology resident at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Joshua Glenn Lester married Ellis Anderson, Sept. 3, 2011. They live in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is a special agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation and Ellis is a category manager with Coastal Wine and Spirits.

Lindsay Ryan Lyman married Thomas Eugene Skelton III, Nov. 18, 2011. They live in Charleston, S.C. She teaches French at the Charleston Day School. He is associated with Sam Schirmer Nationwide Insurance Agency.

2008

Benjamin Ford Pauli married Katherine Nash Terry, Dec. 10, 2011. They live in Charleston, S.C. He is an account manager and she is a corporate recruiter for Blackbaud Inc.

Blair Elizabeth Burke married Kyle Jeffrey Kreiger, Dec. 17, 2011.The couple will reside in Baton Rouge, La. She is a first-year doctoral student in clinical child psychology at Louisiana State University. He is currently working on his master’s degree in professional accounting at Clemson University.

Jessica Elizabeth Shirley married Daniel Gordon Doss, Dec. 11, 2010. They live in Raleigh, N.C. She is an assurance senior auditor for BDO USA, LLP. David Alexander “Alex” Sturgis married Melanie Viola, June 18, 2011. They live in Columbia, S.C. He is a first grade teacher.

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Mary Patricia Kenyon married Roscoe Lee Sullivan III, July 30, 2011. The couple resides in Raleigh, N.C. She is a third-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill. He is a graduate student in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at North Carolina State University, previously having served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Lindsay Moore Mathews married Brian Lee Stone, Nov. 12, 2011. They live in Raleigh, N.C. She is a senior account manager at SchoolDude. com. He is an account executive with NORESCO. Mandy Noel Mills married Zachary Botner Dailey, June 4, 2011. They live in Memphis, Tenn.

She is completing her optometric residency in ocular disease at Southern Eye Associates. He is an institutional stockbroker at Morgan Keegan.

Audra Lee Riddle married Jérôme Joseph René Bettinelli, Oct. 22, 2011. She is a student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is a project manager at Reponse S.A. in Paris, France.

Stacey Leigh Turner married Michael Robert McDonald, Sept. 3, 2011. They live in Fort Mill, S.C. She is Ph.D. candidate at Duke University. He is a structural engineer with Britt Peters & Associates.

2010 Cassandra Marie Rex married Daniel Patrick Driscoll, Jan. 15, 2011. They live in New Haven, Conn. She is a first-year student working on a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in epidemiology at Boston University. He is a first-year student at the Yale University School of Law.

Blair Burke Kreiger ’08 and Kyle Kreiger ’11 were married on Wofford's c ampus. Wofford graduates in their wedding party were: Smith ‘09, Jessica Manning Bartley ‘07, Amanda Buring ‘07, Blair Kreiger ‘08, Kyle Kreiger ‘11, J. Darby Smith ‘11, Zach Kuthe ‘10, and Jesse Hanley ‘12.

1992 Holly Bragg Capp and her husband, Jac, of Stockbridge, Ga., announce the birth of Hannah Faith Capp, Dec. 16, 2011.

1993 Tucker Pearsall and his wife, Jennifer Lupold Pearsall, of Charlotte, N.C., announce the birth of Lucy Mae Lupold Pearsall, Jan. 22, 2012.

Mark L. Wagnon and his wife, Mary, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Helen Margaret Wagnon, Dec. 9, 2011.

1995 John Knapp and his wife, Sarah, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Sarah Dayden Knapp, Dec. 10, 2010.

Dr. Bryan Splawn and his wife, Ericka, of Greer, S.C., announce the birth of Kennedy Jordan Splawn, Nov. 30, 2011.

1996 Bailey Bartee and his wife, Brandi, of Charlotte, N.C., announce the birth of Eloise Knight Bartee, Nov. 9, 2011.

Dr. Marvin O’Neal and his wife, Amanda Walton O’Neal ’97, of Patchogue, N.Y., announce the birth of Rivers Thomason O’Neal, Aug. 1, 2011.

Janelle Harris Thomas and her husband, Robert, of Simpsonville, S.C., announce the birth of Hudson Patrick Thomas, Oct. 18, 2011.

1997 Dr. Elizabeth Hubbard Jeffords and her husband, Carter, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Katherine (Kate) Scott Jeffords, Nov. 3, 2011.

Jennifer Graham Rodgers and her husband, Lucas, of Greer, S.C., are pleased to announce the adoption of Lucas Graham Rodgers. Lucas was born May 27, 2011.

1998 Elaine Fincher Barnhill and her husband, Ben, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Beau Rogers Barnhill, Oct. 20, 2011.

Bart Casey and his wife, Katie, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Cadyn Brooks Casey, Jan. 25, 2012.

Brigid Meadow Littleton and her husband, Shane, of Birmingham, Ala., announce the birth of Jackman Bear Littleton, Aug. 31, 2011.

Lee Ann Reynolds Perry and her husband, Jay, of Morganton, N.C., announce the birth of Arwen Rose Perry, July 24, 2011.

1999 Eleanor McDonough Malinoski and her husband, Jon, of Evansville, Ind., announce the birth of Owen Michael Malinoski, Nov. 28, 2011.

2001 Rachel Bishop Baxter and her husband, Dave, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Nora Kate Baxter, May 29, 2011.

Jason Burr and his wife, Christina, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Olivia Grace Burr, Dec. 27, 2011.

Steven D. Epps and his wife, Rachel, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., announce the birth of Michelle (Millie) Douglas Epps, Aug. 23, 2011.

Cecily Turner Hudson and her husband, Seth, of Charlotte, N.C., announce the birth of Elise Turner Hudson, Nov. 21, 2011.

2002 Lori King Cromartie and her husband, Brad, of Pawleys Island, S.C., announce the birth of Lillian Boyle Cromartie (Lilly), June 18, 2011.

Dr. Michael Echemendia and his wife, Jennifer Evanko Echemendia, of Tampa, Fla., announce the birth of Michael Bodey Echemendia, Nov. 2, 2011.

Amber Bagby Glidewell and her husband, Ross, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Ross Turner Glidewell Jr., Aug. 17, 2011.

Eric Nash and his wife, Dr. Erin Caudill Nash, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Nora Ellen Nash, Jan. 13, 2012.

2003 Dr. Kathleen Page Dumitru and her husband, Jon, of Orlando, Fla., announce the birth of Jonah Luke Dumitru, April 29, 2011.

The Rev. M. Blake Kendrick and his wife, Anna, of Greenwood, S.C., announce the birth of Eleanor Catherine Kendrick, Nov. 25, 2011.

Dr. Bronwyn Young and his wife, Shaleen, of San Antonio, Texas, announce the birth of Anella Renee Young, Nov. 27, 2011.

2004 Dr. Jennifer Clyburn McMaster and her husband, Donnie, of Kershaw, S.C., announce the birth of Victoria Stewart McMaster, Nov. 18, 2011.

2006 Drew Burriss and his wife, Rebecca Koger Burriss ’07, of Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of Jack Andrew Burriss, Dec. 24, 2011.

Ryan Fogg and his wife, Megan, of North Palm Beach, Fla., announce the birth of Ryan Andrew Fogg Jr., Dec. 14, 2011.

2007 Victoria Rock Lynch and her husband, Ryan, of Alpharetta, Ga., announce the birth of Shepherd Thomas Lynch, Dec. 14, 2011.

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Brandon Smith has relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is development director for the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America serving Cincinnati, Ohio, and Northern Kentucky. His responsibilities include managing various annual campaigns and special events to achieve fundraising objectives. Smith had worked with the Boy Scouts of America in Spartanburg and Greenville Counties for almost nine years.

It was nice to hear from Julie Stanley Stowe. She wrote, “We recently moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., and are enjoying life with George (3) and Cora (1), who keep us busy but always laughing!”

Dr. Sara Wise van Driel received her Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of South Carolina in May 2011. She works for Triple P – Positive Parenting Program as a U.S. program dissemination specialist. Sara and her husband, Marinus, live in Satellite Beach, Fla.

2003 Class Chair, Tracy A. Howard Dr. Amanda Nave Marvelle is education director for the Contemporary Science Center in Durham, N.C. She and her husband, Nathan, have a daughter, Elizabeth.

2004 Class Chair, Fred A. Byers II Woody Hauke and his wife, Sarah, live in Athens, Ga. Hauke is a contractor assistant for Michael Songster Construction.

2005 Class Chair, Ryan M. Waller Living in Columbia, S.C., Faith Marett Pope is the owner of Delphine Events, an event planning business.

2006 Class Chair, Hadley E. Green Melissa Fried has joined Joye Law Firm as an attorney. Previously, she was a judicial law clerk for Judge Daniel F. Pieper of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Fried lives in Charleston, S.C. Dr. Elizabeth Norman McKeown and her husband, Alec, live in Seattle, Wash.

McKeown is a resident physician in general surgery at Swedish Medical Center.

2007 Class Chair, Hunter L. Miller After graduating with honors from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 2009, Aisha Choudry works

as a charge nurse on a medical, surgical, telemetry and pediatrics unit at Wallace Thomson Hospital in Union, S.C. While at MUSC she earned serveral scholarships and awards including the Robert Wood Johnson New Career in Nursing scholarship.

Stafford Kelly is a commercial banker at Park Sterling Bank. He lives in Charlotte, N.C. Living in Charleston, S.C., Daniel Larisey is a private banking group support specialist at First Citizens Bank.

Living in Clemson, S.C., Jim Morgan works for the Youth Ministry of St. Luke United Methodist Church. He is a candidate for ordination as a deacon, having received his degree from the Duke Divinity School in 2010. Jim’s wife, Becky Siegert Morgan ’08, is a graduate student at Clemson University.

Austin Redwine and his wife, Carey Ann, live in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Redwine is an insurance agent for Coastal Insurance.

Lauren Jackson Schumann has joined the Campbell Law Firm in Mount Pleasant, S.C., as an associate attorney. She and her husband, Samuel Schumann, live in Charleston, S.C.

2008 Class Chair, Nathan Madigan Martha Albergotti has accepted the position of business development coordinator with the Carolina Panthers. She lives in Charlotte, N.C. Taylor Lee Hucks is a junior account executive for the fashion design house Tibi.

She lives in New York, N.Y. Living in Medford, Mass., Gibert Kennedy is an analytical chemist for Toxikon Corp.

Nathan Madigan lives in Newark, N.J. Madigan is manager of data and analytics at TEAM Charter Schools.

2009 Class Chair, T. Peyton Hray Matt Lane and his wife, Pamela, live in Ashburn, Va. Lane is a portfolio manager for BB&T.

2010 Class Chair, Kari Harris Fran Battles is well into her master’s degree program in speech language pathology at the University of South Alabama, which should be completed along with her intern requirements in May 2013. She is a member

of the National Student Speech Language & Hearing Association and has been honored as a selected member to Phi Kappa Phi. Battles lives in Birmingham, Ala. Living in Columbia, S.C., Jordan Mickleberry is an associate sales consultant for Synthes Spine.

Joanna Suddath lives in Roxbury Crossing, Mass. She is an applications analyst with Partners Healthcare in its Brigham and Women’s Hospital Clinical Systems team.

Suddath also is enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., where she is studying for her master’s degree in the health informatics program.

Living in Spartanburg, Ashley Tate is a staff accountant for Swaim Brown PA. Tate earned her master’s degree in professional accountancy from Clemson University.

2011 Class Chair, Nam Hai Pham Laney Hass lives in Charleston, S.C., and is marketing coordinator for the software support and development firm SPARC. Living in Tuscola, Ill., Charlotte Perrow is a professional agricultural recruiter for Rich Connell AGRI-SEARCH.

DEATHS 1943 Deward Boyce Woolbright Jr., Jan. 4, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. During World War II, Mr. Woolbright served in the U.S. Army in the European theater. After the war he began a career in accounting and retired as the controller from BASF Wyandotte.

1944 The Rev. William Price Combs, Dec. 20, 2011, Roanoke, Va. Mr. Combs was a Methodist minister, serving 12 years in the Western North Carolina Conference before transferring to the Virginia Conference in June 1961. He was a charter and lifelong member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Mr. Combs also was active in the local Star City Hearing Loss Association and the state level association. He was an active member of the Raleigh Court United Methodist Church.

1950 Roy Earl Goodwin Jr., Jan. 20, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. A World War II Army veteran, Mr. Goodwin was awarded the American Theater Service Ribbon, a World War II Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal He was the co-owner of Goodwin Auto Parts and a member of First Presbyterian Church.

1952 James Earl Day, Nov. 15, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Day was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and retired as lieutenant colonel in the National Guard with 24 years of service. He was an accountant with Spartan Foods and later with H & R Block. Mr. Day was a Vestry member and Senior Warden in the Episcopal Church. Memorials may be made to the Wofford College Terrier Club.

1954 Sumner Whitfield “Whit” Perry Jr., Nov. 16, 2011, Lexington, S.C. Mr. Perry was a U.S. Army veteran of the

C. Larry Fuller, Jan. 6, 2012, Columbia, S.C. Lewis J. Moore, Nov. 11, 2011, Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Moore held senior level positions in nuclear energy and man-made fiber industries that included Celanese Corp., Leesona Corp. and Speizman Industries.

service. He completed his tour of duty serving with the 3rd Army Reserve Corps in Atlanta, Ga. In 1964, he began his 39-year career as a deacon and elder in the United Methodist Church. His service included 24 years as a local church pastor from 19641988; as Marion District Superintendent from 1988-1991 and 1995-2003; and as the Director of the Conference Council on Ministries from 1991-1995. Dr. Carter’s United Methodist service also included: Trustee, Wesley Commons Home 1986-1994; Trustee, Columbia College 1991-2003; Trustee, Belin Board of Trust 1988-2003; delegate to Jurisdictional and General Conferences sharing in leadership beyond South Carolina; and, the World Methodist Conference from 1996-2001.

He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wofford in 1997.

Shuler Austin Peele, Nov. 20, 2011, Lake City, Fla. Mr. Peele retired from the law firm of Darby & Peele in 2011. He was active in the Columbia County community and the Rotary Club. A former member of the board of governors of the Florida Bar, he was a current member of the board of trustees of the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. Peele was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lake City.

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Korean conflict. He began his 38-year career with the Bank of Greenwood and retired from Bank of America. Mr. Perry was a member of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church.

1956 James Felder Moseley III, Jan. 1, 2012, Fountain Inn, S.C. Mr. Moseley served in the U.S. Army. He owned and operated Chemical Companies in Fountain Inn.

1957 Rex Adams Taylor, Jan. 6, 2012, Gray Court, S.C. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Taylor was associated with Liberty Life Insurance Co. for 25 years.

He was a member of Green Pond United Methodist Church and a charter member of the Green Pond fire department.

1958

Joseph Halbert “Hal” Jaques, Jan. 24, 2012, North Augusta, S.C. A U.S. Navy veteran, Mr. Jaques was a former employee of Continental Can Corp. and retired from Plant Vogtle. He was a member of Fairview Presbyterian Church where he was a deacon and usher.

1960 The Rev. Dr. Lemuel Corydon “Brother” Carter, Dec. 18, 2011, Chapin, S.C. Dr. Carter served as a second lieutenant and first lieutenant in the U. S. Army Adjutant General Corps from 1961-1963. As a personnel psychologist, he worked with medical personnel to determine the fitness of recruits for military

Samuel Baylis Shackelford Jr., Jan. 9, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Shackelford was the co-owner and vice president of Master Machine Works Inc. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Shackelford was a member of the Wofford Terrier Club, Harry Hampton Wildlife Fund and the National Wild Turkey Federation. Memorials may be made to the Wofford Terrier Club.

1977 James Elliott Heath McCoy, Dec. 11, 2011, Columbia, S.C. Mr. McCoy was a teacher in Charleston County schools.

He attended Shandon Baptist Church.

Making memorial gifts

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amily members, classmates, fellow alumni and friends may wish to make a memorial by means of a gift to Wofford College. Alumni memorials are placed in the class endowed scholarship fund. Gifts for non-alumni are placed in the Wofford Memorial Endowed Scholarship Funds. The name of the memorialized person is printed yearly in the Honor Roll of Donors. Next-of-kin receive notification of memorial gifts.

Checks payable to Wofford indicating the name of the person memorialized should be sent to:

Wofford College Office of Development 429 North Church Street Spartanburg, SC, 29303-3663 Named endowed opportunities are also available.

For further information, call or write Smith Patterson ’67, pattersonds@wofford.edu at 864-597-4200.

1989 Andrew James Stephens, Feb. 9, 2012, Tampa, Fla.

Friends Jean “Jeannie” Huggins Alexander, Dec. 8, 2011, Bishopville, S.C. Mrs. Alexander was associated with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department for 40 years.

She was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. She was the mother of Wofford Trustee Dr. Mike Alexander ’73 and the grandmother of the late Karl Alexander ’13. Memorials may be made

to the Karl E. Alexander Scholarship Fund at Wofford.

James Ricky Bush, Dec. 29, 2011, Edgefield, S.C. Mr. Bush was a former manager in Wofford Food Services. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Greenwood, S.C., and the South Carolina Referees Association. He was also a substitute teacher for the Edgefield County School District.

Hattie Mae Dogan, Dec. 11, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. Ms. Dogan was retired from Wofford College.

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