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From the Archives

By providing students with the opportunity to serve their country, exercise leadership on campus, and rep-

resent the college in the community and elsewhere, ROTC has been a significant part of student life at Wofford since 1919.

During World War I, students at Wofford were orga-nized into a Student Army Training Corps, and campus life was militarized. Out of a student body of 218, 187 students were part of the training corps during the 1918-1919 school year. President Henry Nelson Snyder noted in a letter to an alumnus in the Army written just two days before the armistice that, “We have been turned into a military post,” and that the course of study and discipline had been changed to suit the government’s needs. The end of the war saw the campus returned to civilian control, but the country’s need for a trained officer corps did not go away.

A Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit was organized at Wofford in October 1919. An order from the Secretary of War formally estab-lished the unit on Dec. 29, 1919. According to the 1920 Bohemian, the battalion was reorganized in the spring semester, with future South Carolina Governor and U. S. Senator Olin D. Johnston (who

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already had graduated) as the battalion commander. The two companies included 108 students.

Participation in ROTC continued to grow through the 1920s. In 1925, 267 out of 474 students were part of the corps. Stu-dents in ROTC during the 1920s in the basic course studied first aid, military hygiene and sanitation, military courtesy, and lots of infantry drill, physical training, and minor tactics. In the advanced course, students continued training and drill, but added field engi-neering, military history, military law and administration. In the summer between their junior and senior years, cadets were expected to attend summer camp for six weeks at Camp McClellan, Ala. Students in the advanced course received a subsistence allowance of about $108 a year, plus all of their military equipment and uni-forms. Especially during the Great Depression, receiving uniforms that they could wear to class and a stipend helped keep many stu-dents in college. Tuition in those years was just under $100 a year, with room and board costing about $200.

Throughout the time period, the college strongly supported having ROTC at Wofford. President Snyder wrote to a colleague in another state that, “We like the training it furnishes – the drill is excellent for the physical exercise it gives, and the instruction is sufficiently academic to warrant its inclusion in the curriculum. Great emphasis is made on preparation for citizenship in time of peace.” During the 1930s, ROTC was housed in the old gym – not Andrews, which was the new gym then – but Burnett Gym, near where the Burwell Building is today.

Participation in ROTC remained high throughout the 1930s, and well over 1,000 Wofford alumni served in World War II. After the war, ROTC continued to have a strong presence on campus. Even during the Vietnam era, participation remained high. In the fall of 1968, for example, 188 freshmen signed up for ROTC, and in 1969, 67 members of the graduating class of 264 were commis-sioned. The advent of Interim made additional training opportu-nities during the academic year possible, and in 1969, the ROTC band of 44 students participated in one of the largest Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. Led by John Coker and Maj. Ed Hall, they were housed on a nearby aircraft carrier during their stay in Louisiana.

by Dr. Phillip Stone ’94

The Huggin Saber

Last summer, Betsy Collins presented to the archives the ceremonial saber that her father, the Rev. James George Huggin Jr. ’25, wore as the commander of one of the campus ROTC

companies. Inscribed “J. G. Huggin, Co. C,” the sword is a standard Army-issue saber for officers, and it was made by Rosenfield and Rapkin in Boston, Mass. Jim Huggin was active in the Preston Literary Society, the campus YMCA, wrote for the Old Gold & Black student newspaper, and earned distinctions in scholarship.

After Huggin took his seminary degree from Duke, he was an influential minister in the West-ern North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. In 1958, Wofford presented Huggin with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.

The saber is the only one of its kind in the Wofford collection. Collins also presented the col-lege with her father’s regalia and several valuable rare books.

Thanks also to the Department of Military Science, which recently transferred a number of historical materials to the archives.

The 1925 Army ceremonial saber

A picture of ROTC Company C in 1925, led by Capt, J. G. Huggin

Wofford ROTC belt buckle and patch

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In this issue...Spring 2011

WOFFORD TODAY... Wofford receives grant from Teagle Foundation; Energy audit recommends new campus lighting .............. 4

Best in Show: Chaser’s remarkable story .............. 5

Wofford and the law: continuing Ed Hardin’s legacy ........... 6-7

STUDENTS... Active Minds changes conversation on campus mental health; Cody Chesneau competes in national collegiate snowboarding championships; students honored for Chinese proficiency ........... 8-9

INTERIM 2011, photos from abroad ....... 10-11

2010 ANNUAL REPORT ... 12-19

ATHLETICS... Men’s basketball takes another spin around the dance floor ............ 20

FACULTY/STAFF... College appoints new director of Multicultural Affairs; Neely shows art at Oxford College; Library Web site earns recognition ............ 21

FOR & ABOUT ALUMNI... including births, weddings, photos, notes and profiles of Wofford alumni ....... 22-31

Peace Corps turns 50: an interview with Paul Lofton ............ 23

Wofford Bookshelf ............ 24

Dave Murphy shares secret to Mother Murphy’s success ............ 25

Terriers in the News ............ 26

Barber turns Bowens Island green ............ 27

Black & Gold gatherings ............ 29

Remembering George Martin and John White ............ 31

Student competes in Snowboarding National Championships, p. 8

Find out where 270 Wofford students spent the month of January, pp. 10-11

Roger Milliken’s Legacy of Service, pages 16-17

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Teagle awards $200,000 grant for student learning assessmentThe Teagle Foundation of New York City has awarded Wofford

College and Elon University a $200,000 grant from its “Engag-ing Evidence: Programs for Improving Student Learning” fund.

The collaborative project, “Using Assessment Evidence to Improve Programs and Promote Shared Responsibility for Mission-Based Out-comes” is led by Dr. Ellen Goldey and Dr. Trina Jones, and includes Dr. Ron Robinson ’78 and Dr. Dennis Wiseman, among others.

“We have enjoyed working with Dr. Peter Felton and the rest of the Elon team,” says Goldey. “Although Wofford and Elon are rivals

on the playing field, we are all on the same team when it comes to the pursuit of educational excellence. It’s great to be collaborating with them.”

Recognizing the challenges inherent in an inter-institutional undertaking, the project will employ a postdoctoral fellow as an assessment scholar who will facilitate the work between the

campuses. “Most often assessment evidence, such as from the National

Survey of Student Assessment (NSSE), is used only to compare institutions to each other, and the evidence never finds its way to the faculty in a form that can be used to improve our programs. This project will make assessment evidence actionable by all constituen-cies,” says Dean David Wood.

Beyond making better use of the many years of existing evidence gathered from national surveys, the project has another task.

“Both schools seek to strengthen students’ cultural awareness and ability to function in our increasingly pluralistic society, and we want to assess how we are doing on that front,” says Jones.

“A core value of our college is to enable students to function confidently and with a high level of sophistication in an increasingly complex and diverse world,” adds Robinson. To help with this aspect of the project, Wofford and Elon will partner with the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core to explore attitudes and capacities regarding ethnic, racial and religious diversity on the two campuses and in their surrounding communities.

The funding from the Teagle Foundation underscores that Wofford is among the leaders of the on-going, and newly collabora-tive, effort to improve American higher education.

Energy audit recommends exterior lighting changeTo get a glimpse into Wof-

ford’s carbon-neutral, gold-black-and-green future, President Benjamin B. Dunlap has only to look outside his bedroom window.

There, he can see an ex-perimental Light Emitting Diode (LED) outdoor fixture, the first fruits of last fall’s water and energy audit. Commissioned by the late Roger Milliken, the audit was conducted by Jeffrey G. Ross-Bain, PE, LEED AP, BEMP. The letters after the name are important professional credentials associated with the Atlanta firm Ross-Bain Green Building, LLC.

One of the recommenda-tions of the Ross-Bain report calls for Wofford to move as soon as possible to replace its 150 High Intensity Discharge (HID) “acorn” outdoor lamps with the latest LED technology.

As a first step toward that goal, a Wofford team worked with Brent Medearis, an electrical engineer who is the principal in the firm of Carolina Architectural Lighting. The company often works with Hubble Lighting, an international company based in the Upstate that has specialized in electrical lighting fixtures for more than 100 years.

“This new fixture has 60 individually aimed LEDs (72 watts of total consumption),” says Medearis. “The benefit is that each LED can be aimed to provide light exactly where light is needed on the ground. The traditional HID acorn has a single lamp that emits light in

all directions, even straight up toward the night sky. To put this in perspective, imagine trying to light a stadium with a single lamp versus hundreds of individually aimed sportslighting fixtures.”

He lists some of the advan-tages of LED technology:

✓ An LED lighting system provides an opportunity to comply with Department of Energy “dark-sky” standards. Students can walk on a safely lighted pathway, but they also can look up and see the stars. That’s an important aesthetic consideration for a “new urban” campus.

✓ LED lighting requires sig-nificantly less electricity than HID systems, representing another important step on the college’s path toward carbon neutrality.

✓ LED technology does not produce excessive glare or deep shadows. Those who walk and patrol the campus no longer will lose night vi-sion if they happen to look straight at one of the fixtures.

✓ The light can be directed to go exactly where it is needed. As in the case of the presi-dent’s bedroom window, it is possible to sleep in darkness even while the area below is appropriately illuminated.

✓ LED arrays have an operational expectancy of 50,000 hours, which means that major maintenance should not be necessary for a decade or more.

✓ Disposal of used HID bulbs requires managing significant amounts of environmentally harmful chemicals, which is not the case for LED systems.

“Our Gold, Black and Green team is energized by the recommendations found in the Ross-Bain report, and there are projects that we would like to move forward as quickly as practical,” says Robert Keas-ler, senior vice president for operations and finance. “Right now, we’re looking for grants, donors and various other fund-ing sources that might take a particular interest in where we are and where we want to go. We would be happy to share detailed information with our alumni and friends.”

For more information, contact Lani J. Foster, director of special projects and financial systems in the Wofford Busi-ness Office, [email protected].

by Doyle Boggs ’70

Wofford’s familiar acorn lights (left) soon may be replaced with energy-

efficient LED technology (right).

Novelist Nnedi Okorafor (above) will be on Wofford’s campus this summer as Shared World’s Amazon.com 2011 Visiting Writer. As part of her visit, Okorafor will talk about writing with the students, participate in a reading, and be interviewed about her books. For more information about Shared Worlds 2011 or to register a teen-aged participant, visit www.wofford.edu/sharedworlds.


Wofford’s mascot may be the Boston Terrier, but

for the past few months, people around the globe

have associated the college with another dog – a bor-der collie named Chaser, who now is known as the “smartest dog in the world.”

Dr. Alliston Reid ’75, the Reeves Family Professor of Psychology,

and Dr. John Pilley, pro-fessor of psychology emeritus, are

quick to point out that they don’t make that claim, but they do revel in the fact that Chaser understands 1,022 words, more than any other animal on record today.

“As scientists, we would never make such a claim (of Chaser being the smartest dog in the world),” Reid says. “After all, there are many different ways to be smart. Lots of dogs have been trained to do incredible things in agility training, for television and movies, to help people who have handicaps, and to save lives. Our research with Chaser did not attempt to do those things, and she would not be able to compete with those dogs.”

Instead, the two researchers explored “the upper limit” of the number of names of objects that Chaser could learn with intensive training – training that included four to five hours a day, every day, for more than three years with Pil-ley, her owner.

“Dr. Pilley stopped after she had learned 1,022 names of objects – not because she could not learn more, but because he could not afford to invest more time training her each day.

“It is true, however, that no dog or any other non-human animal has learned to recognize that many names,” Reid says. “She is defi-nitely smart!”

The research by the pair was first published in a peer-reviewed article in the Elsevier journal Behav-ioural Processes in December 2010, followed immediately by an article in New Scientist magazine in the United Kingdom – and then, the floodgates opened.

NOVA scienceNOW featured Chaser and the research in an hour-long program that aired on PBS on Feb. 9 titled “How Smart Are Dogs?” Chaser was the primary fo-cus during one 15-minute segment with Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of NOVA scienceNOW, an astrophysi-cist and the Frederick P. Rose Direc-tor of the Hayden Planetarium.

Wofford’s Chaser gains worldwide fame

The segment was filmed at Pilley’s home in October 2009 and showcased Chaser’s amazing intelligence, with Tyson even in-troducing a new toy – thus a new noun – for Chaser to learn. She passed the test with flying colors.

Then, there was a New York Times article – the front of its Science Times section – and two articles in the London Daily Mail, along with thousands of other newspaper and blog articles appearing in nearly 50 languages and on every continent. Chaser articles have been featured widely in print, too, including in maga-zine in France (Paris Match), Aus-tria (WUFF: Das Osterreichische Hundemagazin) and more locally, in Charleston, S.C., (Lowcoun-try Dog Magazine). Still more national and even international radio program interviews, includ-ing with NPR, PRI, the BBC London and the BBC Wales, were done.

At the height of the media attention, a Google search for “Chaser Border Collie” identi-fied 1.2 million different articles, blogs and tweets. That number has gone down to slightly under 85,000, with a search of “Chaser Wofford” returning 106,000 results – still impressive.

In a whirlwind media tour in New York City during Febru-ary, the trio – Pilley, Reid (both sporting their Wofford shirts, of course) and Chaser – ap-peared on NBC’s “Today” show with Matt Lauer helping Chaser show her stuff. Later, Chaser

and Tyson were on set for “ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer,” all done to promote that evening’s airing of the NOVA scienceNOW program.

How does all of this world-wide attention come about?

Reid says it really started back in the summer of 2009 when Dr. Clive Wynne, a friend and a pro-fessor at the University of Florida, and two of his students came to Spartanburg to work with Chaser, Pilley and Reid.

“Clive had been a close friend of mine for years, and we both worked at the same lab at Duke years ago. Clive already had become very well known inter-nationally for his research with dogs, and he heard me give a talk at the Conference on Compara-tive Cognition about Chaser that March.”

Wynne knew some of the staff involved with NOVA, who already were thinking of filming his work with wolves at a wolf park in Indiana.

“He asked if I would like to be contacted by NOVA, and, after discussing it with John, we said yes.” Within a couple of months, NOVA had contacted Pilley and arrived in October to film.

“This shows the opportuni-ties that conference presentations and friendships can provide,” Reid says.

The academic paper in Behavioural Processes followed, along with the TV appearances, and radio and newspaper inter-views.

Wofford’s News Services staff worked with NOVA as its staff put together the NBC and ABC appearances that not only promoted the research, but also promoted the NOVA program. Reid, Pilley and the News Ser-vices staff were inundated with requests for interviews, appear-ances, and even book deals and films following the release of the academic paper and the article in New Scientist.

Reid recently presented the research to the International Con-ference on Comparative Cogni-tion in Florida.

More attention is on the horizon.

Discovery Canada and Na-tional Geographic, for example, have expressed interest, and Pilley is discussing a book on training dogs. John and Chaser will pro-vide a demonstration of her abili-ties at the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., in August.

“We have been contacted by other groups for film, books and other opportunities,” Reid says. “However, we told them that we were currently overwhelmed, so please consider us at a later time. It’s not clear how many or which of these will actually take place, especially if – or when – the 15 minutes of Chaser’s fame extin-guishes.”

Move over Terriers – at Wofford, that may never happen.

by Laura H. Corbin Director of News Services

Matt Lauer (NBC’s Today show) tests Chaser while Dr. Alliston Reid ’75 and Dr. John Pilley watch and explain the science involved in training Chaser to recognize more than 1,000 words.

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John Benfield ’78 is the associate dean f o r a d m i s s i o n s , administration and alumni development a t th e Charl e s t on School of Law. He is a Wofford parent himself, and he hosts a popular gathering every year for alumni who are enrolled in the school. Prior to moving to Charleston in 2003, Benfield was the assistant dean of admission at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Wofford Today: Dean Ben-field, perhaps you could

begin by telling us a little about the Charleston School of Law.

Dean Benfield: The Charles-ton School of Law is a pri-

vate institution that was approved to offer the J.D. degree by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education in September 2003. We opened in the fall of 2004 with 200 students, includ-ing five Wofford graduates; this year, there are 28 Wofford alums enrolled in the law school.

For me, it was a leap of faith to leave the University of South Carolina School of Law, but it was also a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity. The founders’ vision appealed to me. They hoped to create the experience they wished they had had in law school — an elegant legal education that offered friendly, cooperative competition in a collegial atmosphere. We also wanted to emphasize the role that public service should play in the legal profession. As of today, graduates of the school have contributed more than 150,000 hours of pro bono legal services through the externship program and the pro bono program, a huge contribution to the people of the Charleston area, the state of South Carolina and in other states as well. All graduates are required to perform a minimum of 30 hours of pro bono legal assistance prior to graduation.

Wofford Today: What advice would you like to give to a

high school student or first-year undergraduate who is considering law school?

Dean Benfield: Get the best education you can. Take

challenging courses, courses where you will get accustomed to be be-ing called on in class. Learn to

express yourself confidently, orally and in writing.

Don’t obsess with building up a resumé, or what your undergrad-uate major will be. The majority of law students major in business, government, history or English, but it’s really the skills you learn rather than the specific subject matter that are important. Don’t do anything because you think a law school wants to see it on the resumé, engage in those activities and programs that are meaningful to you, and then tell a law school why they were important to you and what experience you gained and what value you derived.

Nationally, law school ap-plications for the fall 2011 have declined by about 12 percent from this year, but it’s still a competitive world. As far as law school admis-sion committees are concerned, nothing trumps solid LSAT scores and GPA. Study for the LSAT!

Admission committees are very aware of the quality of un-dergraduate institutions, and I am as impressed as ever by the caliber of Wofford graduates who inquire about law school here. Other intangibles matter too: letters of recommendation, evidence of community involvement, and a good personal statement. We want to see a passion of the law and for public service.

Wofford Today: We some-times hear that there are

too many lawyers and too many

Wofford pre-law provides foundation for legal profession

André Caldwell ’05 (Oklahoma City, Okla.)J.D., University of Oklahoma, College of Law, 2008Caldwell works on the Violent Crimes and Drug Enforcement Task Force Team as assistant United States attorney. He has participated in more than 10 federal trials involving drug wiretap investigations, firearms violations and domestic terrorism. Recently he received an FBI Director's Award from FBI Director Robert Mueller for outstanding prosecutive skills. During law school, Caldwell received the William L. Bruce Scholarship and the Charles B. Memminger Memorial Scholarship. He earned the Order of Barristers given to the top 10 members of the graduating class for their skill in oral advocacy. Upon

graduation, he also received the Just Desserts award, awarded each year to the single student who has made the College of Law a better place. Caldwell’s other law school accomplishments include membership on the nationally recognized Black Law Student Association Moot Court Team and the American Association for Justice Mock Trial Team. He served as president of the Dean’s Council, a group that mentors first-year law students, and judging director of the University of Oklahoma College of Law Board of Advocates.

Rachael M. Crews ’01 (Orlando, Fla.)J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tenn., 2004Selected as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Crews practices in eminent domain, general litigation and creditor’s rights inside and outside of bankruptcy with Gray Robinson (a firm from which 67 attorneys are listed among Florida’s Outstanding Lawyers). A senior associate with the firm, she has given National Business Institute Seminars on the new bankruptcy law and has written a chapter in Creditors’ and Debtors’ Practice in Florida (3rd Edition, 2007). Crews was admitted to The Florida Bar in 2004 and to the Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. She also is a

member of the Orange County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Book Club. She is currently presenting in Leadership Orlando.

Matt Howsare ’04 (Washington, D.C.)J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law (2007)In June of 2010, Howsare was appointed as the chief of staff of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. As the senior-most advisor to the chairman, Howsare has an executive role in establishing the agency’s regulatory agenda, budget, and strategic plan and vision; implementing the chairman’s key priorities; and working with Congress and the White House. Howsare has traveled across the United States and to Canada, Singapore, Vietnam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Brussels and Spain, helping to establish new domestic and international partnerships and emphasizing the importance of

compliance with safety requirements for consumer products. He also played a leadership role in the legal interpretation and policy implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, landmark legislation that reformed the agency. Prior to joining the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Howsare worked as an attorney at the law firm of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough in Columbia, S.C. During his time in private practice, Howsare volunteered as a special prosecutor for the S.C. Attorney General’s Criminal Domestic Violence pro bono program and represented many pro bono clients, including nonprofit organizations, family court clients, and a crime victim assistance program.

Catherine Brawley Templeton ’93 (Charleston, S.C.)J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1998

At the invitation of United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Templeton was named one of two national coordinators for O’Connor’s Our Courts Project. Our Courts is designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in democracy. An attorney with Ogletree Deakins of Charleston, S.C., Templeton has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and was recognized with the Compleat Lawyer Award by the University of South Carolina, where she completed law school serving on the Honor Council and as the associate editor of the American Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. She worked as a human resources manager at Milliken & Company before enrolling

in law school. Templeton recently was asked to serve as the state’s labor, licensing and regulations director by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

An interview with the Dean John Benfield ’78, Charleston School of Law

law schools. How would you respond to that?

Dean Benfield: At this time, admittedly, there is a tight

market for entry-level positions in law firms. While our placement statistics remain about the same, it takes recent graduates a little longer to settle into a permanent job. You can’t blame law students for expressing concern because many of them will graduate with six-figure debts for educational expenses.

But these facts do not tell the whole story. Charleston School of Law graduates do not routinely end up in large firms in big cities, but then there are very few firms in South Carolina that would meet a national definition of “large.” It’s now very possible to hang out a shingle and start a solo practice or join a small partnership. A high percentage of those now practicing law in South Carolina are “baby boomers,” and as they retire, we anticipate that middle-sized county seat towns will be underserved. There are also other good options, such as the military JAG branches.

The fact is that there is always a need for lawyers because the law touches all of us in many ways. Also, a law degree is valuable for its own sake. In many ways, I see it as the ultimate liberal arts degree. A good legal education, like good education at any level, changes the way you look at the world.

interview by Doyle Boggs ’70

Four up-and-coming legal eagles

John Benfield ’78 and his wife, Carol, hosted the 7th Annual Wofford College/Charleston School of Law Dinner at their home in November. Those attending the event included: Jacob Smith ’07, Melissa Fried ’06, Nicole Beck ’08, Kelly Turek ’09, Elizabeth LaMance ’09, Elizabeth Goodall ’09, Michael Gault ’10, Laura Trent ’10, Ellis Colvin ’10, Jonathan Spitz ’09, Molly Hughes Cherry ’93, Kate Hendricks ’10, Meredith Ann Carter ’10, Jordan Cash ’10, Eric Armstrong ’07 and Justin Hunter ’10.

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Hardin’s legacy inspires Wofford’s commitment to the law

Of 15,994 living Wofford alumni (graduates and non-graduates),

732 are attorneys or judges.

Wofford graduates who practice in the law firm of Collins and Lacy

Jack Griffeth ’73 / Ross Plyler ’00Claude Prevost ’05 / Lee Floyd ’03

Gray Culbreath ’85 (recently elected president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association)

Robert Goings ’03 (named a finalist in "South Carolina Lawyers Weekly" Emerging Leaders Award)

Wofford pre-law provides foundation for legal profession

When he was growing up and attending Bethel United Methodist Church in Chester, S.C., Joel W. Collins Jr. chose a role model named

Edward K. Hardin III. Tall, thin and impeccably dressed, Probate Judge Har-

din was an articulate speaker, particularly when it came to explaining complicated issues to administrators of estates. He was loyal to the American legal system, to his Upstate South Carolina com-munity, and to Wofford College. He was a good, generous man through-out a long and produc-tive life that ended on Jan. 13, 1992, at the age of 79.

“Judge Hardin left me with a good impression of the legal

profession, which is something that we badly need today,” says Collins, who is now an attorney himself, a founding shareholder in the firm of Collins and Lacy, which has offices in Columbia, Greenville and Surfside Beach.

“Good lawyers like Judge Hardin are intelligent. They understand the law and have the self-confidence to study the facts, adapt and interpret. Today’s case law is more complicated than ever.

“Good lawyers must be willing to work long hours and pay attention to details. They understand that pro-ductivity is not measured in billable hours, but in positive relationships with clients. There are many temptations, and good lawyers have the integrity to resist them.”

Collins says that the key to becoming a good lawyer is to get a broad, quality education, particularly at the undergraduate “pre-law” level. That’s why he made a gift in 2010 to establish the Edward K. Hardin III Pre-Law Society at Wofford. Even though he did not graduate from the college himself, he feels that Wofford graduates share a rich tradition that goes back to Hardin and before.

Wofford’s pre-law program director, John Fort ’74, agrees.

“In the fall of 2010, we sent 37 graduates to law school and there are now 90 members of the Hardin

Students and advisors at the February meeting of the Edward K. Hardin III Pre-Law Society at Wofford

Pre-Law Society, so the numbers are very impressive,” Fort says. “We really appreciate the recognition and financial support that we have received from Mr. Collins and from alumni who practice the law. Funds from the Hardin Society will help us adapt the pre-law program to the realities of the 21st century profession.

“Perhaps the biggest recent change we have seen is the development of a refocused pre-law Interim,” Fort says. “We’re finding that more students come to Wofford an-ticipating going to law school rather than defaulting into it from a major in the social sciences. We feel it is impor-tant for such students to have a comprehensive orienta-tion experience during the first or second year at Wofford rather than a brief ‘shadowing’ exposure to a local law office. For example, during the pre-law Interim, we take trips to law schools such as the University of Richmond, the Charleston School of Law and the University of South Carolina. Also included are visits to the South Carolina Supreme Court and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

“Of course, we still emphasize a broad liberal arts curriculum,” Fort says. “Many people think that pre-law students ought to major in government or economics. However, the specific subject matter is less important than working in small classes that teach communication skills and include capstone presentations.

“We’ve added some elective courses that are directly related to the law, such as property rights, due process and water rights. I think those are important for developing citizenship and leadership skills, but they also provide grounding in some of the vocabulary and skill sets that students will need in law school.

“Our number one goal is quite basic,” Fort says. “We want to graduate engaged students who are prepared for professional schooling and who will be solid citizens.”


The Honorable Ed Hardin ’32

Ronald Norman ’12, a member of the Edward K. Hardin III Pre-Law Society, participated in the pre-law Interim.

Among the stops made during the pre-law Interim were visits to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia.


Chesneau competes in Collegiate Snowboarding National ChampionshipsCody Chesneau ’13

recently competed in the 2011 U.S. Col-legiate Ski & Snowboard National Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho. The weeklong event, held March 6-12, included competitions in skiing, snowboarding, freestyle, alpine and cross-country.

Chesneau com-peted in the boardercross competition. Although knocked out in the first round by boarders who went on to place fourth and fifth overall, Chesneau feels he held his own.

“I knew the perfor-mance level from these athletes — the best of the best from around the nation — would be top notch, so I had to bring my A-game. Knowing I could compete near that level gives me more confidence to come back next year and try again,” he says.

To qualify for the national championships, Chesneau and fellow Wofford student Andrew Baldamenti ’12 attended

the regional championship in New York. With tem-peratures reaching 65 de-grees, race conditions were horrible. Snow turned into slush, and the course had to be treated with chemicals to prevent it from melting.

“Conditions were extremely dangerous for all the competitors. About 20 people were injured,” says Chesneau, who finished 20th out of 57 racers. “For us not really being able to practice and not having snow in Spartanburg, my score wasn’t too bad.”

A native of Buford, Ga., Chesneau and his family spend several weeks each year sking and snowboard-ing in Big Sky, Mont. Chesneau considered western colleges where he could focus more time and effort on snowboarding, but chose Wofford instead.

“The truth of the matter is, I am at college to get an education,” he says. “I also wanted while at college to explore some interests of mine that were pushed to the side earlier in my life. I am always a fan of trying new things and having new

experiences. When I found I could compete in snow-boarding, I jumped on it,” says Chesneau who majors in computer science and business economics with an emphasis on information management. He’s a mem-ber of Wofford’s NCAA rifle team, the Outdoor Club and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Chesneau also currently serves as president of Wof-ford’s Ski and Snowboard Club team. He likes the idea of spreading enthusi-asm for winter sports on campus. Chesneau has big plans to return Wofford’s Ski and Snowboard club team back to its racing roots and increase the intensity of competition. The team will continue to compete in local competi-tions at Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain in North Carolina but next year will make a run at nationals as well.

“My goal is to bring an entire team to nationals: skiing, snowboarding, or both,” he says.

by Robert Donaldson ’11 and Jo Ann M. Brasington ’89

Chesneau (above) makes his first run during the regional championships in New York.

Students in Wofford’s Chinese program sweep beginning level proficiency competition

Three students in Wofford’s Chinese Language and Studies program recently swept the beginning level of Chinese proficiency in speech in the second Palmetto Chi-

nese Star Language Contest hosted in Columbia, S.C., by the Confucius Institutes at Presbyterian College and the University of South Carolina. Another won first place in the advanced level of Chinese proficiency in the competition.

In the beginning level competition, Rachel Woodlee ’12, of Greer, S.C., took first place; Megan Kusek, a senior at Converse College from Owens Cross Roads, Ala., who is taking the Chinese 202 course at Wofford, took second place; and Gregory Pullen ’14, of Hunters-ville, N.C., was the third-place winner in the beginning level competition. Pullen also won the “Future Palmetto Star.”

Ben Walsh ’11, a native of Columbus, Ga., and a student in the Chinese 402 course, took first place in the advanced level competition.

The Palmetto Chinese Star is an annual event for Chinese language students from across South Carolina to come together and demonstrate their language pro-ficiency. Seventeen students from the Wofford program participated along with students from Furman Univer-sity, Bob Jones University, the University of South Caro-lina, Presbyterian College and Columbia High School.

Kappa Alpha Order selects Huff to serve as national chairman

Martin Huff ’12 has been elected to serve as na-tional undergraduate chairman on Kappa Alpha

Order’s board of directors. He will preside over the Undergraduate Conference at the Leadership Institute and Convention and regularly participate in executive council (national board of directors) meetings, relaying the interests of undergraduates to the board. Martin, a native of Columbus, Ga., majors in finance with a business minor. He is a third generation member of KA. Huff previously held the positions of philanthropy chairman and historian, and is currently leading the

Wofford chapter as number I. He has served as a member of the executive council of Wofford’s Interfraternity Council.

Wofford ranks high on Forbes list of best colleges for women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Wofford ranks 14th among the nation’s best colleges and universities for women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to

Forbes.com.In a recently released listing of the best colleges for women and minorities in those

fields, known colloquially as STEM, Forbes says that “so far, higher education hasn’t done a good job” of helping those two groups succeed in those fields. “These are the schools that are getting it right,” it continues.

Producing more graduates with STEM degrees is an important goal for any college, Forbes says, noting that the majors with the highest starting and mid-career salaries are nearly all STEM degrees, according to Payscale.com’s 2010-2011 College Salary Report.

For the full story and listings, go to: www.forbes.com/2010/12/10/best-colleges-minorities-women-science-lifestyle-education-stem.html.

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The purpose of Active Minds at Wofford College: To change the conversation about mental health, to promote s tudent d iscuss ion and education surrounding mental health issues that college-age students commonly face, to raise awareness and promote acceptance for students who struggle with mental health, and to connect the student community with trained mental heal th professionals on campus and in the Spartanburg community.

Active Minds is a student-led organization with the goals of awareness, education and advocacy.

For more information visit the Active Minds national Web site at www.activeminds.org.

Students charter Wofford chapter of Active Minds

Anxiety and depression clouded Jessica Grantham’s teenage years. She left high

school convinced that college and a change in her environment would lift that cloud and trans-form her into someone happy… someone different.

“Unfortunately I had to learn the hard way that depression does not fix itself,” says Grantham ’10.

At Wofford, she started weekly visits with one of Wofford’s full-time, on-campus licensed coun-selors and started a regimen of antidepressants. She also decided to found a Wofford chapter of Active Minds, a national organi-zation that uses student voices to change the conversation about mental health.

“Being a part of Active Minds showed me that while counseling and medication are very impor-tant, a group of supportive and understanding students taking part in advocacy work for the mental health of others is also helpful and important for recov-ery,” says Grantham.

While researching mental health advocacy options with Perkins-Prothro Chaplain Ron Robinson ’78, Grantham met Jor-dan Hardy ’12, a Bonner Scholar and psychology major. The two worked with Robinson as well as college counselors Beth Wallace ’82, associate vice president for student affairs and director of health services, and Betsy Claire Neely, assistant director of health services, to charter Active Minds on campus.

“Wofford Active Minds isn’t a group of students counseling oth-er students,” says Hardy, who uses her work with Active Minds to explore a career in mental health and fulfill her Bonner Service re-quirements. “We’re an event and awareness-based organization.”

This spring with Grantham now graduated and working as a youth and community involve-ment coordinator for Our Towns Habitat for Humanity in Corne-lius, N.C., and Hardy studying abroad in Denmark, Kimberlee Lockwood ’12, has taken over student leadership of the organi-zation.

“The past year was about developing the organization as a

site, www.activeminds.org. “If we hide from depression and other mental health issues, we will be hiding from a lot of bright and fascinating college students and the opportunities to grow and understand ourselves in impor-tant ways.”

The role of Wofford’s Behavior Intervention Team

In a response to the recent shooting in Tuscon, the

American College Counseling Association (ACCA) released a statement saying that colleges and universities need to increase “efforts to train faculty, staff and student leaders to identify the warning signs of students who may be at risk for mental health problems and/or aggression.” A recent survey by the organiza-tion specifically recommends that colleges and universities across the country form Behavior Interven-tion Teams (BITs) and partner with peer-to-peer organizations such as Active Minds as invest-ments in prevention.

Active Minds is now thriving on Wofford’s campus, and the college has had a Behavior Inter-vention Team in place since the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007.

The college’s BIT was formed to help meet the individual needs of students in distress while maintaining the well-being of the greater Wofford community.

“Prior to forming the BIT, our process of helping students

in crisis was more informal. Now it’s systematic,” says Wallace. “We created BIT because we wanted to know that we were doing as much as possible to keep our students safe.”

Wofford’s BIT is made up of college leaders from different de-partments across campus includ-ing student affairs, health services, the chaplain’s office, enrollment, academic administration, and campus safety. The group pro-vides a proactive structure for as-sessment, determines and initiates appropriate intervention plans, provides follow up and monitor-ing, and eliminates fragmented care. An important part of BIT is the Student Concern form, a completely confidential way for faculty and staff to express concern about a student who is showing signs of crisis.

According to Wallace during spring semester and summer school 2010, the BIT reviewed 153 Student Concern forms. For the fall semester and first few weeks of Interim, BIT reviewed 157 forms.

“The vast majority of these forms represent absentee warnings from faculty that we follow up on by contacting the student,” says Wallace.

“Faculty are often the first to see changes in behavior or aca-demic performance,” says Neely. “Their help has allowed us to see patterns of behavior in individual students and help before they fall through the cracks.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

presence on campus. This year it’s about making the organiza-tion grow,” says Lockwood. “We work with Health Services, the Chaplain’s Office, Active Minds national and the Psychology Kingdom to make the Wofford community aware of mental health issues and address them in a positive way.”

According to Lockwood, this spring Wofford’s Active Minds will participate in National Eat-ing Disorders Awareness Week and National Stress Out Week. Participants also will add their voices to campus-wide discussions on suicide prevention, spring break safety and substance abuse awareness.

In sharing some of the stresses that college students face, Gran-tham, Hardy and Lockwood list academic pressure, transition to college, career decisions, social pressure, family or relationship is-sues, appearance, drugs and alco-hol abuse, and financial pressure, to name some of the big ones. The organization’s commitment to increasing discussion about these and other key stressors while promoting positive mental health earned the Wofford Active Minds a 5-Star rating in their first year, the highest rating a chapter can earn from the national organiza-tion. Wofford was the only chap-ter in the state of South Carolina to earn the distinction.

“We want college students to know that conversations about mental health or mental illness are not off-limits,” says Gran-tham, whose testimonial is on the Active Minds national Web

Jordan Hardy ’12 (left) and Kimberlee Lockwood ’12 want students to look for the Active Minds banner then stop by to learn more about student-led mental health initiatives on campus.



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Going to the dogs (for a little advice)a message from Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap


2010 Annual Reportvisit www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll to see a complete list of contributors

The 2010 Wofford College Annual Report

To save paper and money, the college’s development staff condensed the 2010 Annual Report on the financial health of the college into this six-page insert in Wofford Today. The names that were once printed in the annual Honor Roll of Contribu-

tors are now posted online at www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll. Visit the Web site to see a complete listing of Wofford’s many loyal and generous contributors. If you would like a printed copy of your constituent list, please contact Lisa De Freitas. For more information about the 2010 Annual Report or to talk with someone about making a contribution, please contact any of the following staff members:

n Lisa De Freitas ’88 – Director of Annual Giving, 864-597-4191, [email protected]

n Marion Peavey ’65 – Senior VP for Development & College Relations, 864-597-4200, [email protected]

n Ed Story – Associate VP and Director of Development, 864-597-4205, [email protected]

n Smith Patterson ’67 – Director of Gift Planning, 864-597-4196, [email protected]

n Richard Johnson – Director of Athletics, 864-597-4090, [email protected]

n Terri Lewitt – Associate Director of Athletics for Development, 864-597-4096, [email protected]

Why would anyone be surprised to learn that the world’s smartest dog

is a Wofford College product? After all, our mascot is the terrier precisely because it’s a small, highly energetic and intelligent breed that has always been prized for its ability to wear down much larger opponents through sheer tenacity. As is often observed by Wofford alums, there’s nothing bigger than the heart of a terrier.

That’s as true when it comes to supporting the college’s Annual Fund as it is of cheering for the teams we put on the field and in the arena. In effect, Wofford alumni, faculty and staff give to current students who, af-ter they graduate, give in turn to those who’ll follow them. It’s an old terrier tradition.

Nevertheless, I’ve been asked if it’s time to reconsider our mascot. Border collies guide the flock, I’m told, but Boston terriers look after their owners. If you’ve ever owned a Boston terrier, you know what I mean. Loyalty and courage are two of their salient traits. On the other hand, border collies are supremely intelligent.

Of course, in a photograph that hangs in the downstairs corridor of Burwell, Jack, the original mascot of Wofford’s 1909 baseball team, looks a good deal more like a pit bull than a terrier. Had we adopted Jack’s breed as our mascot, we could have added ferocity to the list. In fact, judging from the photo, the famous story of his intercepting an opposing player as he rounded third and decided to run instead to the safety of his dugout is altogether plausible.

Of course, if a pit bull morphed into a Boston terrier, there’s no reason why we couldn’t change Boss’s costume to make him resemble a border collie—though once we launch

ourselves in that direction, there are other possibilities as well.

For example, when I first became president, I began to collect dog jokes that I could tell on official occasions, and I was delighted to run across the work done by a group of Cambridge University scholars who’d set out to identify the world’s funni-est joke. Predictably, they discovered that what was funny in one culture wasn’t nec-essarily funny in another, so they settled instead on the funniest American joke, the funniest British joke, the funniest French joke, and so forth.

When I heard the results, I was disap-pointed to find that virtually all their choices were duds—until they got to the funniest Eastern European joke, at which I laughed so loud that I nearly fell out of my chair. In fact, I still wake up in the middle of the night laughing at the punch line, though, whenever I venture to tell it to someone else, it tends to fall flat. That might suggest that I should spend more time in Budapest, but let me recount the joke and see what you think.

A dog walks into a telegraph office and says, “I’d like to send a telegram, please.” The clerk replies, “Yes, of course—what is the message?” “Okay,” says the dog, “Woof woof, woofwoofwoof, woofwoof, woof woofwoof woof.” The clerk looks up from the message and says, “That’s only 11 words, sir. For the same price, you get 12. Shall I add another ‘woof ’?” The dog looks at the clerk with consternation and says, “But that wouldn’t make any sense!”

Just in case you don’t consider that the funniest joke you’ve ever heard, I should clarify my point in telling it. It just so happens that Eastern Europeans—and, more specifically, Hungarians—have re-peatedly been among the wisest and most generous friends our college has ever had. Think Sandor Teszler or Francis Robicsek. . . and would you believe Mike Brown, whose mother was born in Hungary?

So maybe our mascot should look

more like a Magyar vizsla, one of the oldest hunting dogs in the world. Its ancestors are said to have come into the Carpathian basin with the nomadic Hungarian tribes, and it’s easy for me to assume that, as a breed, they’re as likely to be sending a tele-gram as a border collie or a Boston terrier, much less a pit bull.

But my real question is this: if we translate the telegraphic message in that joke, what does it say? I personally am convinced that every Wofford dog is, in fact, saying the same thing to each of us: “Support the Annual Fund.” And if we demur, its follow-up is equally to the point: “But that doesn’t make any sense!” For, if you’re impressed with what we accomplish with our dogs, you should see what we do with our humans.

Please give what you can. Nothing is bigger than the heart of a terrier.

Annual Fund results and highlights



2010 Results Unrestricted .............................. $1,413,333

Terrier Club* ...............................1,275,285

Friends of the Library ....................... 27,884

TOTAL ....................................... $2,716,502* This number does not include the Annually Funded Scholarships

that the Terrier Club includes in its results.

Best of the Decade (Dollars Given):Decade Class AF Amount

1960s 1964 $46,7761970s 1976 $144,3101980s 1983 $38,8201990s 1996 $25,8812000s 2001 $10,063

Best of the Decade (Participation):Decade Class Percent

1960s 1960 80%1970s 1972 44%1980s 1983 43%1990s 1996 34%2000s 2000 33%2010s 2010 60%

* For complete information about class giving go to www.wofford.edu/gifts/classresults

Alumni / $1,394,715 / 51%

Other 2010 Annual Fund Highlights:

• Woffordreceived$200,000fromMikeBrown’76asaresultof getting530participantsintheWoffordForeverChallenge(55%alumniand43%parents).Toqualify,participantshadtomakethree-yearpledgesof atleast$50peryear.Woffordconstituentswentbeyondwhatwasrequiredwithanaveragegiftof $105!Visitwww.wofford.edu/gifts/woffordforeverforinformationabouthowtoqualifyin2011!

• WoffordonCallstudentssecured2,977pledgesandraised$861,576.

• Creditcardgiftsincreasedby16percent.

• ThecollegelaunchedGivingWofford,awaytohelppeoplecelebrate,honororthanksomeonespecialwithagifttotheWoffordCollegeAnnualFund.Holidays,birthdays,thank-yougifts,anniversaries—GivingWoffordisawaytogiveanytimeof year.Visitwww.wofford.edu/givingWoffordtofindouthowtoselecttheperfectgift!

• 41%of currentparentsof WoffordstudentsmadeagifttotheAnnualFund.Theaveragegiftwas$337.

• 37%of alumnicontributedtotheAnnualFundwithanaveragegiftof $486.

• 54%of thefacultyandstaff contributedtotheAnnualFundforatotalof $74,629.Theaveragegifttopped$400.

• Thecollege’sfirst-everMarchMadnessAnnualGivingChampionshipwasasuccesswitheachclassincreasingitsgivingpercentagebyatleastonepointduringthecompetition.TheClassof 1951won,jumpingfrom28%to41%duringthethree-weekcampaign.

• SevennewmemberswereaddedtotheGreatOaksSociety,whichrecognizesleadershipgivingof $2,500ormoreeachyeartotheUnrestrictedAnnualFund.

Annual Fund Results by Constituent Groups / TOTAL $2,716,502

Church / $447,130 / 16%

Businesses / $191,437 / 7%

Foundations / $97,982 / 4%

Non-Alumni Faculty & Staff / $47,878 / 2%

Non-Alumni Parents / $225,232 / 8%

Friends / $308,328 / 11%

Non-Alumni Trustees / $3,800 / 0.1%

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Wofford College received thousands of contributions from its alumni, trustees, parents, friends, the United Methodist Church, businesses and foundations during the 2010 calendar year. Total giving for 2010 amounted to $10,273,137. In addition, the college recorded $4.2 million dollars in new pledges. Gifts were made to major facility needs, endowed scholarships and professorships, and to the Annual Fund (which includes the Unrestricted Annual Fund, Terrier Club, and Friends of the Library).

Much of the fund-raising emphasis during the year was centered on five major facility priorities: Phase V of the Village; the new Montgomery Family Music Building; the Goodall Environmental Studies Center; the Joe E. Taylor Athletic Center; the new organic chemistry lab; and renovation of the Kilgo-Clinkscales Home.

Planned gifts continue to provide an important source of income for Wofford. The college received $412,938 from bequests in 2010. In addition, more than $3.4 million in planned gifts were created to provide future support for Wofford.

The 2010 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. 530 participants made three-year commitments to the Annual Fund, which helped meet the Wofford Forever Challenge offered by Mike Brown ’76.

Alumni participation remained steady at 37%. 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 2011. Every gift truly is important.

Wofford’s endowment continued to rebound through investment returns and gifts this year, reaching a market value of $ $158,381,232 as of 12/31/10 (see chart below).

More than 2,600 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 our momentum. Please visit our online Honor Roll of Contributors at www.wofford.edu/gifts/HonorRoll for a complete listing of donors by category. If you would like a printed copy of your constituent list, please contact Lisa De Freitas ’88, director of annual giving, at 864-597-4191 or [email protected].

GIVING BY DESIGNATION — TOTAL GIVING: $10,273,137

Endowment / $2,048,663 / 20%

Facilities / $3,172,851 / 31%Annual Fund / $2,716,502 / 26%

Currently Funded Scholarships / $451,777 / 5%

Other Restricted / $1,883,344 / 18%

1. The Village Student Housing (5)2. Reeves Tennis Cntr. (6)3. Wightman Hall (4)4. Lesesne Hall (4)5. F. W. Olin Bldg. (2)6. The Pavilion (3)7. Montgomery Music Bldg.8. Ben Wofford Books (20)9. Papadopoulos Bldg. (21)10. Hugh S. Black Bldg. (1) Admission Financial Aid11. Kilgo-Clinkscales House (22)12. President’s Home (23)13. DuPré Admin. Bldg. (24)14. Shipp Hall (25)15. Main Bldg. (7) Leonard Auditorium16. DuPré Hall (26)17. Snyder House (27) Business Of�ce Success Initiative18. Burwell Bldg. (19) Players Corner19. Milliken Science Cntr. (18)20. Sam O. Black Bldg. (28) Greenhouse21. Fraternity Row (17)22. Daniel Bldg. (29)23. Sandor Teszler Library (8)24. Carlisle-Wallace House (30)25. Greene Hall (31)26. Carlisle Hall (32)27. Marsh Hall (33)28. Hugh R. Black House (34)29. Andrews Field House (35) Anna Todd Wofford Cntr. 30. Campus Life Bldg. (13) Benjamin Johnson Arena McMillan Theater Tony White Theater31. Richardson Bldg. (12) Harley Room32. Snyder Field (14)33. Russell C. King Field (15) Switzer Stadium34. Frank Roberts Practice Fields (36)35. Intramural Field (37)36. Gibbs Stadium (11)37. Joe E. Taylor Athletic Cntr. (9)38. Disc Golf Course39. Tailgate Area40. Cumming St. Facility41. Liberty Trail J.R. Gross Steps

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1. The Village Student Housing (5)2. Reeves Tennis Cntr. (6)3. Wightman Hall (4)4. Lesesne Hall (4)5. F. W. Olin Bldg. (2)6. The Pavilion (3)7. Montgomery Music Bldg.8. Ben Wofford Books (20)9. Papadopoulos Bldg. (21)10. Hugh S. Black Bldg. (1) Admission Financial Aid11. Kilgo-Clinkscales House (22)12. President’s Home (23)13. DuPré Admin. Bldg. (24)14. Shipp Hall (25)15. Main Bldg. (7) Leonard Auditorium16. DuPré Hall (26)17. Snyder House (27) Business Of�ce Success Initiative18. Burwell Bldg. (19) Players Corner19. Milliken Science Cntr. (18)20. Sam O. Black Bldg. (28) Greenhouse21. Fraternity Row (17)22. Daniel Bldg. (29)23. Sandor Teszler Library (8)24. Carlisle-Wallace House (30)25. Greene Hall (31)26. Carlisle Hall (32)27. Marsh Hall (33)28. Hugh R. Black House (34)29. Andrews Field House (35) Anna Todd Wofford Cntr. 30. Campus Life Bldg. (13) Benjamin Johnson Arena McMillan Theater Tony White Theater31. Richardson Bldg. (12) Harley Room32. Snyder Field (14)33. Russell C. King Field (15) Switzer Stadium34. Frank Roberts Practice Fields (36)35. Intramural Field (37)36. Gibbs Stadium (11)37. Joe E. Taylor Athletic Cntr. (9)38. Disc Golf Course39. Tailgate Area40. Cumming St. Facility41. Liberty Trail J.R. Gross Steps

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MONTGOMERY MUSIC BUILDINGFormer Baptist Collegiate Ministry Building on N. Church Street

Cost: approximately $2 million / Funding: private gifts

Walter and Betty Montgomery, along with Rose Montgomery Johnston, gave the lead gift toward the purchase and renovation of this new facility, which will provide a home for Wofford’s music program with badly needed soundproof spaces for rehearsals, performances and classes. The building will also house faculty offices. Renovation of the building is expected to begin in the spring, and the facility is expected to be ready for use by the opening of fall classes.

PHASE V OF THE VILLAGE55,000 sq foot building along Evins St. adjacent to The Village apartments

Cost: $11 million; $1.5 million still needed (naming opportunities available)

Phase V will house 80 students on the top two floors in loft-style apartments. The first-floor will feature a Grand Galleria with open air dining, offices, meeting areas and classrooms. The Center for Professional Excellence (including Career Services and the Success Initiative) will move into the new space. Phase V will serve as the gateway to The Village and the north end of Wofford’s campus. The project is expected to be completed by August.

GOODALL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTEROverlooking Lawson’s Fork on the Pacolet River, about 15 minutes from campus

Cost: $1.4 million

The Goodall Center was dedicated in April 2010 after several months of construction and restoration on what had been Glendale Mills office building. Trustee D. Christian Goodall ’79 and his family made the lead gift toward this project. The facility has labs, a spacious great room and office areas dedicated to the college’s new Environmental Studies Program.

THE KILGO-CLINKSCALES HOUSELocated on campus drive, one of the campus’s early historic homes

Cost: $700,000 / Funding: private gifts

The Kilgo-Clinkscales House has been completely renovated during the past several months and is now occupied by the dean of the college. The entire building was completely updated and made more functional for entertaining and meetings.

OTHER PROJECTSOther facility projects currently underway or soon to begin include the complete renovation of both Shipp and DuPré residence halls including new furnishings and HVAC equipment. Both are expected to be ready for use by late summer. Other residence halls are also scheduled to be renovated in the next two to three years.



NEW ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB1,800 sq foot lab on the third floor of the Roger Milliken Science Center

Cost: More than $1 million / Funding: alumni, corporations and foundations

This state-of-the-art lab will house the scientific equipment and space necessary to provide advanced opportunities in organic chemistry research and study. The additional space will serve 24 students per laboratory session and will allow students to perform individual experiments. With a third of Wofford’s student body enrolled in pre-medical, pre-dental, chemistry or biology programs, completing this new lab is a must.

Mr. Milliken (left) with a young Wofford President Francis Pendleton Gaines

OctOber 24, 1915 Roger Milliken (RM) is born.

1937 RM graduates from Yale University, majoring in French history. Later he says, “I am a product of a liberal arts education… In too many cases, potential Nobel Prize Winners have failed to be recognized because they had not developed the written and oral skills that a liberal arts education teaches and inculcates. I believe in this approach to education, because it lays the groundwork for a lifetime commitment to continuous learning and receptiveness to positive change. Of course, I would add immediately that any complete liberal arts education includes the requirement to take courses in science and mathematics.…”

1947 RM inherits a controlling interest in his family’s major textile firm, Deering Milliken (now Milliken & Company)

1954 RM and his family relocate from New York to Spartanburg, and the company headquarters follows in 1958.

1955 Wofford’s young president, Francis Pendleton Gaines, succeeds in bringing RM onto the Wofford Board of Trustees. His first 12-year cycle on the board runs from 1955 to 1966. Gaines is the first of five presidents to serve during RM’s tenure on the board.

1956 RM issues a challenge to alumni to raise money for a viable “living endowment” (Annual Fund). When the effort is successful, he presents a check for $62,000 to President Gaines. Alumni participation in the 1956 Annual Fund is almost 75 percent. The effort leads to a commendation for Mr. Milliken from Marquis Who’s Who Inc., and the challenge is repeated for even higher stakes in 1957.

1959 Plans are announced for a new $750,000 academic building to house the departments of physics, biology and chemistry. In October 1960, this science building is named in RM’s honor.

1960 Wofford launches a travel study program that allows one-fourth of the faculty each year (about 12 in those days) to participate in a travel-study opportunity. RM is enthusiastic about the idea and pays one-third of the cost.

1963 Feeling that Wofford’s planning, business and development offices require experienced staffs with recognized credentials, RM and other trustees bring the late Edward E. Greene, C.P.A., into the president’s cabinet. Through the years, RM works with able consultants on management innovations such as “Forward Funding” for Annual Giving revenue and including a depreciation charge for revenue-producing facilities in the annual budget.

May 1964 Wofford trustees and President Charles F. Marsh issue a formal statement that prospective students will be judged according to standards uniformally applied “regardless of race or creed.” When Albert W. Gray ’71 of Spartanburg enrolls in the fall, Wofford becomes one of the first historically white independent colleges in the “Cotton Belt” South to admit African-Americans voluntarily.

The Milliken Years at Wofford College, 1955-2010Complied by Doyle Boggs ’70

RM wholeheartedly supports the college in its decision to desegregate. He creates a permanent “Gift Stabilization Fund” to offset potential loss of contributions from constituencies seeking to punish the college for controversial policies.

May 1967 RM receives an honorary doctoral degree at Commencement.

1969 RM begins a second 12-year cycle on the Board of Trustees, 1968-1980.

NOveMber 1972 RM provides a challenge gift to launch ENDOW, a $9.25 million capital campaign, designed to stimulate gifts to Wofford of $250,000 or above.

SepteMber 1974 The South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church approves a plan to expand the Board of Trustees from 21 to 27 members and abandons a traditional quota of 11 lay members and 10 clergy trustees.

NOveMber 1974 RM receives the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award

OctOber 1975 After a thorough study, the Board of Trustees approves the faculty’s recommendation to institute full, residential coeducation at Wofford. Initially, RM is ambivalent about women at Wofford, but once the studies are complete and the decision is made, he provides resources to develop needed infrastructure for the change. By the fall of 1978, the first-year class is composed of 221 men and 79 women.

1975-1976 The ROMILL Foundation provides $300,000 to award additional full tuition academic merit scholarships in the Charles E. Daniel and W. Hastings McAlister Scholarship programs.

March 1980 Dr. Gus Papadopoulos ’54 is elected to the Board of Trustees. For the next 25 years, RM and Papadopoulos often work in partnership to improve Wofford. For example, they alternate in providing funds for a weekend faculty/staff retreat to a beach resort for small group discussions on topics such as “The Essence of Wofford’s Future.” Also, in 1986, the two provide most of the money needed for the Wofford’s “new front door,” the Neofytos D. Papadopoulos Building and the surrounding water features and landscaping. Papadopoulos later becomes the first Wofford alumnus to pass the $1 million milestone in lifetime contributions to his alma mater.

1982 RM returns to the board for a third 12-year cycle, 1982-1994.

april 1986 Friends honor Mr. and Mrs. Milliken with a $1 million unrestricted gift to Wofford to recognize their lifetimes of service to Spartanburg business, culture and education.

May 1987 Trustees approve the year-long work of a planning task force chaired by President Lesesne and Trustee Russell King ‘56. RM heads one of committees of the task force, on research and development. Adoption of this Masterplan signals new momentum and sets dramatically new goals for the college. The total cost estimate for

fully implementing the Masterplan exceeds $100 million.

SepteMber 1989 After reviewing the 1987 Masterplan, the F.W. Olin Foundation announces a $5.5 million gift to Wofford for a new academic building featuring first-rate computer and teaching technology. The building is dedicated in May 1992, in colorful ceremonies.

JuNe 1990 The college launches The Campaign for Wofford: An Investment in People, a $33.3 million drive to provide the first one-third of the funding for the 1987 Masterplan. Successful completion of this effort is announced in December 1991, after three gifts of $1 million each from RM, Milliken & Company, and the Reeves Foundation, Inc.

1992 In her will, Mrs. Homozel Mickel Daniel makes the largest single distribution of gift resources to Wofford up to that date, totaling approximately $14 million. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel did not have personal ties to Wofford, but knew of the college through their long friendship and business relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Milliken and Dr. Larry McCalla ’43.

SuMMer 1993 For the first time, four Wofford professors and 12 students participate successfully in the Milliken Summer Challenge, an annual real-world problem-solving exercise at the Milliken Research Center in Spartanburg.

1994 Robert E. Gregory Jr. ’64 becomes chair of the Board of Trustees, and the board reorganizes from five standing committees to nine. RM agrees to head the new facilities committee, which has direct responsibility for buildings and grounds. Accelerated progress in landscaping and acquisition of adjacent property to the north and east soon follow, largely because of RM’s generosity. By 2010, the Wofford campus has doubled in size from the acreage it occupied in the early 1970s, and the historic district has been restored to an appealing pedestrian-friendly landscape.

May 3, 1994 Wofford trustees authorize construction of the Richardson Physical Activities Building, Gibbs Stadium, and the Frank Roberts practice fields. They issue a formal invitation to the NFL Carolina Panthers to hold their summer camps at Wofford.

1994 The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges honors RM with its 14th Distinguished Service Award in Trusteeship. Each year the AGB presents this national award to one trustee at a public institution and one trustee at a private institution.

1996 RM begins a fourth 12-year cycle of membership on the Board of Trustees, 1996-2008.

1997 RM pledges $5 million for the sciences at Wofford if others will contribute $9 million. Trustees respond to this matching gift challenge and approve plans to build a new residence hall and science building in March 1998.


Mr. Milliken (right) with former Wofford Trustee Minor Mickel Shaw and Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap

ROGER MILLIKEN — THE MASTER BUILDER

I don’t know whether Roger Milliken—the renowned business leader and conservative mover and shaker—

regarded me as a friend, a protégé, or merely as someone who needed watching and, if possible, converting. But I know how I regarded him. I thought of him first as an essential ally, a longtime trustee of Wofford College whom I had to placate and reassure. In the course of time, I came to see him also as a teacher, a mentor of sorts, who taught me more about decision-making and project management than I thought I wanted to know. In the end, I felt affection and admiration in equal measure along with awe at his irrepressible delight in problem-solving, his curiosity about whatever is new or persistent, and, rarest of all in those of such resolute con-viction, his openness to disagreement. His joy was in discourse rather than dogma, and vitriol was not in his product line.

In fact, despite an occasional testiness, what made his company so inspiriting was a contagious exuberance, whether the subject was Wofford College or Milliken & Company. I can recall his looking around the room after one very grueling session and saying to his exhausted listeners, “Aren’t we having fun?” He wasn’t being sarcastic. He really meant it.

On another occasion, he took me by the elbow and began to steer me down a sidewalk to where he’d parked his car. I asked him where we were going. “Never mind,” he said. “I want to show you something.” I asked him what it was, but all he’d say, with an enigmatic smile, was, “Wait a minute. . . just wait.” When we reached his car—a relatively modest, American-made model—he unlocked the passenger-side and, in his courtly fash-ion, gestured for me to sit. After getting behind the wheel, he inserted the ignition key, but the car didn’t move. I waited and finally said, “Are we going somewhere, Mr. Milliken?” In response, he lifted his hand.

“Feel anything?” he asked. I tried to fathom what was going on, then said with a shock of recognition, “Why, Mr. Mil-liken, the seat’s getting warm!” “Isn’t that something?” he exclaimed with the sort of boyish enthusiasm one would expect from a kid with a new Buck Rogers ring. I didn’t tell him that my presidential Buick was similarly equipped.

In my first week as a college president, I attended a Saturday-morning facilities committee meeting convened by Mr. Milliken to discuss the interior of the new science complex that would bear his name. After spending what struck me as an inordinate amount of time discussing such matters as where the light-switches should be placed and where wastebaskets would go, we settled into a debate about the car-pet design for the second and third-floor corridors. We heard reports and looked at samples, considered thread-counts and examined colors. After 20 or 30 minutes, my head began to swim. But Mr. Milliken persisted, and, though at last we made a decision, I was completely baffled. If time was money and what we’d spent so long discussing was, at best, of minor impor-tance, was this really how one should run a business? I kept such thoughts to myself, but at least we’d made a decision.

The following week we met again, and, as the first item of business, Mr. Milliken wanted to revisit the carpet question. Something about it still struck him as wrong. After further debate, we changed our collective mind, and this time he was satisfied. He thought we’d gotten it right—and, though it seemed of minimal importance, I acknowledged that we’d improved the result. It was only gradually that I realized how the little right decisions began to accumulate, altering the project as a whole, and, in the end, transforming it. He really knew what he was doing.

But he was also reveling in the process. After several years of working together, he

told me that, as a young graduate of Yale, where he’d majored in French history, he had taken an aptitude test in which he scored so high in one specific area that they’d administered a more specialized assessment—which revealed in turn a truly remarkable gift. . . for architecture. There was nothing vainglorious in his anecdote, but he was confiding, I thought, a wistful awareness of a road not taken. He’d become a textile magnate instead, inheriting the family business—and, at one point, fighting ferociously to control it. But his love of harmonious patterns writ large in buildings, landscaping, and politics was truly passionate. What set this predilection apart from, say, golf or stamp-collecting, was his eagerness to share what he loved, whether noble trees or masterpiece tapestries, with whoever might be receptive.

I have elsewhere described a furious debate he engaged in at a Wofford dinner party. At issue was whether the second Harry Potter movie was as good as the first. In the last several months of his life, he hosted a dinner party of his own for the Liberty Fellowship of South Carolina, avidly inquiring of young leaders seated about the table how they might address the problems besetting our state. Just a few weeks before he died, I got a pack-age from him in the mail. Along with a short personal message, it contained two printed items: one was a conservative op ed piece about the economy, and the other a Xeroxed advertisement for a palm-sized emergency radio costing $5.95. In shaky longhand, Mr. Milliken advised me that, during a recent power outage, this inge-nious little device had proved invaluable. He urged me to acquire one.

Now that I think about it further, there’s no doubt in my mind. He was truly my friend.

by President Benjamin B. Dunlap

“As a trustee and friend

of Wofford College, Mr.

Milliken always exerted

pressure for continuous

improvement and good

financial management.

He provided the vision and

resources to set excellence

as the standard for

all programs — these

became part of the

culture of the college and

will be his legacy.”Dan B. Maultsby ’61

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Emeritus

SuMMer 1998 25 leading high school students from across the Carolinas and Georgia attend the inaugural Milliken/Wofford Summer Leadership Institute, held at “Milliken University” as well as on the Wofford campus. The goal, according to RM is “to provide experiences in new ways of thinking about leadership development.”

July 1, 2000 Benjamin Bernard Dunlap becomes the 10th president of Wofford College following the retirement of Joab M. Lesesne Jr.

april 24, 2001 In impressive ceremonies, President Dunlap is inaugurated and the Roger Milliken Science Center is formally opened.

NOv. 15, 2002 Wofford opens its campus-wide arboretum, later named to honor Mr. Milliken. Over the decade from 1992-2002, more than 4,500 “noble trees” were planted on the campus.

auguSt 4, 2003 Mrs. Milliken dies after a lifetime of service to arts and cultural life in Spartanburg.

OctOber 2003 At Homecoming, Theatre Workshop alumni honor the recently retired Dr. J.R. Gross with the dedication of Cascading Steps on Liberty Trail. A project of special interest to RM, the Liberty Trail is called by one architect, “one of the best examples of environmental sculpture in the past decade.”

May 2004 Dr. Ellen Goldey receives the first annual Roger Milliken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science. RM provides $1 million to endow this uniquely generous program, which provides $50,000 in professional development resources for outstanding faculty over a 10-year period. At the same time, he also provides $1 million for a science equipment fund.

SuMMer 2004 With approval of the United Methodist Church, the Board of Trustees begins adding one new member in each of the next four years. This action creates a 31-member board.

OctOber 2005 Wofford launches the public phase of a $105 million fund-raising campaign for endowment, programs and facilities, scheduled to conclude by Oct. 31, 2009. Jerry Richardson ’59 chairs the campaign, with Hugh Lane and Harold Chandler ’71 serving as co-chairs.

May 2006 RM provides funds for an impressive outdoor pavilion on the northwest side of the campus, which opens with an event honoring the senior class of 2006.

2008 At the end of 48 years of service, Mr. Milliken becomes the first Wofford “Trustee Emeritus” and continues to be active with college projects. On October 21, the college observes the inaugural Roger Milliken Day by planning a birthday tree on campus in his honor.

Dec. 31, 2008 Having surpassed its $105 million goal, the Campaign for Wofford ends a year early. The final accounting reflects funding for 142 new scholarships and 11 new professorships as well as more than $15 million for new facilities.

JaNuary 2009 13 members of the faculty and staff participate in the revived and improved Milliken Faculty Development Seminar Abroad, spending two weeks in Argentina studying a curriculum developed in partnership with the Institute for International Education of Students. In January 2010, the second seminar in the series takes 20 faculty and staff members to Shanghai. The program is designed for a five-year cycle, allowing most faculty and academic staff to participate.

2010 RM supports and provides funding for a campus-wide “sustainability audit” conducted by Jeff Ross-Bain. The Atlanta-based environmental engineer and architect is considered by many to be the nation’s leading authority on “green building.”

Dec. 30, 2010 After a period of declining health, Mr. Milliken dies.


2010 ESTATE GIFTSNeetumG.Bagwell/MargaretB.Booth

S.HartBoothJr./ErnestBurwell

ElizabethR.Herbert/JamesFosterLupo

MarjorieMabry/ElizabethK.McKelvey

JosephB.Miller/DorothyF.Morrow

SamG.Parler/ChrisB.StaubesJr.

DavidE.Watson

Lyn A. Radke ’11 (center) enjoys meeting her scholarship sponsors, Pat and Anne Porcher Perrin, at the Scholarship Donor and Recipient Dinner held at Wofford last spring. Lyn is the recipient of the Lewis Wardlaw Perrin Jr. Endowed Scholarship.

Scholarship support is vital to the success of any outstanding college or university, and Wofford is no exception. More than 86% of Wofford students receive financial aid, so

every gift makes a positive impact at Wofford. For years, generous donors have given annual and endowed scholarships to help qualified scholars receive a superior education. A gift of financial aid to Wofford makes a difference that lasts a lifetime for our students.Annual scholarships are awarded directly from a gift, whereas endowed scholarships are awarded from earnings of an invested gift. A fully endowed scholarship at Wofford requires a commitment of $750,000. A scholarship is considered endowed when its principal reaches $50,000.In 2010, 10 new endowed scholarships were established and they are listed by name below. For a complete listing of all scholarship funds and their descriptions, or to establish a scholarship at Wofford, please contact Susan Gray, director of donor relations, at 864-597-4204 or [email protected].

Endowed Scholarship Funds (ESF) established in 2010Karl Edward Alexander ESF • Peter F. Asmer ESF

Daniel/Delores W. Chandler ESF • Daniel/Gibbs ESF • Daniel/Wile Family ESF Duke Energy Corporation Environmental Studies ESF

1970 Football Championship Team ESFDr. Walker H. Ford ESF • M.C. Poole ESF

Waccamaw Neck ESF

The Legacy Society was cre-ated by the Wofford College

Board of Trustees to commemo-rate 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 contribu-tions, and life insurance desig-nations. By confirming to the college the establishment of such plans, the following individuals are recognized as members of The Legacy Society.

AnonymousMaryann and Forrest AbbottRichard C. AdkinsMarianne J. BagwellMrs. Mason M. BarrettKenneth and Peggy BartonErin Bentrim-TapioPeter D. BerryDr. and Mrs. Robert P. BetheaCecil and Pamela BondMarshall W. BrelandWilliam P. BrickleChristopher BrownleeKen and Martha Ann CampbellJule K. and DeArmond E. CanadayWilliam M. CannonJohn Robert CapesAlec H. ChaplinCermette and Anne Maner ClardySally and Jerry CoganMrs. William H. Cogswell IIIJesse C. CrimmRobert C. Deale IIIDr. and Mrs. Don C. DodsonMorrill B. DonnaldMr. and Mrs. Fred F. DuBard Jr.J. Madison DyeMark R. ErbeEdward S. Ervin IIIBill EvinsBilly EzellDon P. Ferguson Sr.Donald L. FowlerTed Hamilton & Mary Louise GainesGene W. GraceAlbert W. Gray Sr.Marie GregoryRob Gregory

Don and Dixie GriffinJames R. and Kay H. GrossAllen S. GuignardBob and Sara GunterJames R. Hackney, Jr.Cathy and Ed Y. HallAnne HamesM.P. “Red” HamiltonJoe W. HamrickRichard E. HollisPeter and Zelda HowellWilliam F. JamesRobert D. JenningsWilliam Webb JohnstonAndrew KangAnn J. KellyRussell KingJim and Shirley KirbyPaul D. Kountz Jr.Mark H. LeeJohn and Pam LintonArmando G. LlorenteJ. Grady LocklearFreda and Al LynchLarry and Rachel McCallaMr. and Mrs. Harold M. McLeod Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Dan B. MaultsbyBeverly M. MinterMilton P. MooreCharles E. MorganDr. and Mrs. Ted R. Morton Jr.Jeff D. MossM. Stewart MungoSteven W. MungoDavid L. NeugentHarry and Bobbie NixDan W. & Betty Poteat OldsHeather M. Onstott Perrygo

Joseph H. OwensBetty PattersonLiz and Dwight PattersonAnn and Pepe PerronDixie and Bobby PinsonJohn H. and Anne R. PittsHarold E. Plaster Jr.Charles and Mary Sue PooleMr. and Mrs. L. Perrin PowellO. Eugene Powell Jr.Gretchen K. PriceAnn R. PriceJoe O. Price Jr.Russell R. RainesCharles W. Saunders Jr.March E. SeabrookJohn and Anne ShulerKatrina Spencer-SilversteinRussell D. SmithMr. and Mrs. Jerry StallworthKen SteenWillie G. Stevens

Grady and Sybil StewartAllen H. StokesMr.and Mrs. James Stuckey Jr.Jean SydnorCarol and George TateThomas L. and Lucy Scales TillerMr. and Mrs. G. Cameron Todd Sr.Gregory Lee & Eleanor Breazeale TroutmanKatherine S. UngerEsther H. VerstegenMarshall T. WalshW. Carl WalshTheodore W. WalterCharles Raymond WestThomas J., Jr. and Kathryn G. WestburyD. Wayne WhetsellHenry B. WilkinsonBetsy and Harry WilliamsElizabeth and Will WillimonPatsy and Will WillimonDennis M. and Annemarie WisemanCarl and Angela Young



An example of sacrificial giving and the type of support that wins championships

and provides educational opportunities for Wofford student-athletes:

During half-time of the Wofford vs. Georgia Southern football game, the 1970 championship football team presented Presi-

dent Benjamin B. Dunlap with a check for $500,000 to endow a scholarship for a Wofford student-athlete on the college’s

football team.Every surviving member of that 1970 team, plus a handful of others who made gifts in honor or memory of team members,

contributed. After returning from the team’s 40th anniversary reunion, Terry Laney ’74, executive director of Our Town’s Habi-

tat for Humanity in Cornelius, N.C. wrote an article about the team.

“What struck me were, although we had all gone our separate ways over the 40 years... the similarities in our drive towards

service to others,” says Laney. “Our 1970 team had no superstars, just a bunch of college kids, many of whom would not have

been able to attend college without that all-important scholarship.”

In the article, Laney goes on to share the impact of his scholarship, donated by Charlie Bradshaw ’59. “I didn't take the

opportunity to know or even thank Charles Bradshaw 40 years ago; an opportunity missed. His scholarship left a lasting

mark on me, bringing me to where I am today.”

Other members of that team have similar stories. That’s why they have banded together once more to give future genera-

tions of student-athletes the same opportunity to experience a well-rounded Wofford education and build a foundation for

future success and service to others.

... placing your bid at the Terrier Ball... answering the call and making annual gifts to the Terrier Club... tailgating... buying tickets... playing in Terrier Club golf tournaments... coming to ticket parties, signing events and Lettermen’s Weekend gatherings... volunteering your time... advertising in athletic programs... bringing your children (the next generation of Terrier fans) to the game... and much, much more...

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terrierclub.wofford.edu

Brent’s Quick Hits2010-11 Basketball Success

In 2009-10, the Wofford men’s basketball team reached new heights with a SoCon Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance. Those firsts were followed by seconds in 2010-11 as the Terriers were able to repeat as SoCon Champs and earn back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Although the Terriers (14th seed in the Southeast region) lost in the second round against a strong, third-seed Brigham Young University (BYU) team, the Terriers played strong, even holding the lead early in the game. Wofford was led by Noah Dahlman ’11 with 22 points and Tim Johnson ’11 with 11 rebounds.

Dahlman recorded his 2,000th career point in the first half. He is only the fifth player in Wofford’s history and the first in the college’s Division I-era to reach that mark. Johnson had his 1,000th career rebound in the second half, ranking seventh in college history and first in the NCAA Division I- era at Wofford.

Dahlman earned All-SoCon honors for the third straight season and also earned SoCon Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors for the second season in a row. Johnson and Cameron Rundles ’11 also earned All-SoCon honors, while Rundles and Jamar Diggs ’11 joined Dahlman on the All-Tournament Team.

The BYU game finished a 21-13 season and marked the final contest for five Wofford seniors – Dahlman, Johnson, Rundles, Diggs and Terry Martin. The past two seasons have seen this group lead the Terriers to back-to-back 20-win seasons, SoCon South Division titles, SoCon Tournament titles and appearances in the NCAA Tournament. It was the first time since the 1963-64 and 1964-65 seasons that the Terriers reached 20 or more wins in back-to-back years and only the second time in the more than 100 years of Wofford basketball to accomplish the feat.

On the way to the NCAA tournament, the Terriers faced a challenging slate of non-conference games, including contests against Minnesota, Xavier, Georgetown, VCU, South Carolina, George Mason and Clemson. Despite a rough start, the Terriers saved their best basketball for February and March.

As the second seed in the South Division for the 2011 SoCon Tournament, the Terriers defeated Appalachian State and Western Carolina in the first two games. The title game pitted Wofford against the College of Charleston, who had defeated the Terriers in the two previous meetings in the season. In a game televised nationally on ESPN2, the Cougars took a lead at the half. Wofford came out in the second half on a mission and when the buzzer sounded had a 77-67 win over the Cougars to claim the championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Academic HonorsWofford has five student-athletes on the CoSIDA/

Capital One Academic All-District Team. These include Wilson Hood and Paulo Bonfim from the men’s soccer team, Tommy Irvin and Ben Wilmoth from the football team, and Brad Loesing from men’s basketball.

Hood, a senior from Fletcher, N.C. was named the SoCon Tournament MVP in 2009 and led the team in scoring as the Terriers won the Southern Conference Championship. Bonfim, a senior from Sao Paulo, Brazil, was captain of the team in 2010. In 2009, he started the first 12 games of the season and earned second team All-Southern Conference honors.

Irvin is a senior safety from Davidson, N.C. This season he has started all 13 games and led the team

in tackles and interceptions. Wilmoth, a senior from Arlington, Texas, has started every game this season at right guard and helped pave the way for the nation’s top ranked rushing offense.

Loesing, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, started all 33 games at point guard for the Terriers as they reached the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.

The Canadian All-AmericanWofford junior defensive lineman Ameet Pall had an outstanding

season on the football field for the Terriers in 2010. Pall, from Montreal, Quebec, helped anchor Wofford’s defense, which ranked first in the SoCon and seventh in the nation. He had 12.5 sacks this season, which was the fourth most in college history and was ranked eighth the nation. He also ranked eighth nationally with 1.73 tackles for loss per game and his 22.5 tackles for loss were the third most in a single season at Wofford. Pall also earned All-America honors from multiple organizations in 2010 and was the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Pall also finished second in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, which is presented to the top defensive player in NCAA FCS Football. He was only the third player in Wofford’s history to earn a spot

Tim Johnson ’11 dunks during the Southern Conference championship game win over College of Charleston.

on the Buchanan Award List. Pall joined Matt Nelson, who finished third in 2003, and Lee Basinger, who was a finalist in 2004.

by Brent Williamson assistant athletic director for media relations

2011 Wofford Football ScheduleSept. 3 at Presbyterian CollegeSept. 10 at ClemsonSept. 17 OPEN Sept. 24 SAMFORD *Oct. 1 APPALACHIAN STATE * (Family Weekend)Oct. 8 at The Citadel *Oct. 15 UVA-WISEOct. 22 at Furman *Oct. 29 ELON * (Homecoming)Nov. 5 at Western Carolina *Nov. 12 GEORGIA SOUTHERN *Nov. 19 at Chattanooga *

* denotes Southern Conference game

All dates are subject to change. A Southern Conference television schedule and times will be announced in early summer.

student-athletes

The Southern Conference presented the Terrier football team with the 2010 championship trophy during half-time of the men’s basketball game against College of Charleston.


Frazier appointed director of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Education

Dr. Denise Frazier (above) has been selected to serve as the college’s director of Multicultural

Affairs and Diversity Education.“Dr. Frazier has injected energy and creativity into

our community through her work as a faculty member in our Spanish program. She will now focus on ex-tending her reach across the entire campus,” says Dean of the College David Wood.

Frazier will work closely with the Student Affairs Office to plan programs and activites designed to enrich the student experience at the college.

Frazier earned both her master’s and doctoral degrees from Tulane University with a focus on Latin American literary and cultural studies. Her talents range from the scholarly to the performing arts and include violin, dance, vocals and more.

Neely’s work featured at Oxford College in Georgia

A series of works by artist Kristofer Neely ’02 (right), assistant dean of studio art and instruc-

tor at Wofford, is a featured cultural exhibit at Oxford College of Emory University this spring.

“Into Your Hands: Postmodern Meditations on the Stations of the Cross” will be on display in the Oxford College Chapel. The work was commis-sioned by Oxford Chaplain Lyn Pace ’99, former associate chaplain at Wofford.

The traditional 14 stations of the cross are the inspiration for these works, although Neely gives each his personal interpretation. Begun as a way to instruct Christian pilgrims in the medieval ages, stations of the cross depict individual scenes from Jesus’s journey from the Garden of Gethsemane to his tomb.

“As an artist, I consider the very process of creating my work to often function as a manual act of contemplative prayer…. I believe there is no greater challenge than creating art that can invite others into a prayerful experience,” says Neely. “The privilege to share my work in the austere beauty of the Oxford Chapel only adds to the scale of that challenge. The work in this installation will draw on visual traditions that include street art, Ameri-can folk art, German expressionism, and traditional Christian icons.”

The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be on display through April 22.

Sandor Teszler Library Web site recognized by ACRL/CLS

The Sandor Teszler Library’s Web site was selected as the

“College Library Website of the Month” for February 2011 by the Communications Committee of ACRL’s College Libraries Section.

The College Libraries Section recognizes that a library’s Web site, in addition to enhancing access to a library’s resources and services, serves in general as a

This lithograph by artist William Walmsley is a recent donation to the Sandor Teszler Library permanent collection from printer Lynn Froehlich. Froehlich and her husband, the late Wayne Kline, ran a lithography studio in Atlanta and assisted other artists in printing their works. As the printers they were given a portion of the run for each lithograph. The Walmsley print is part of a group of five lithographs donated by Froehlich to the college. Work from artists Arthur Deshaies, Michael Ellison, Howard Finster and Wayne Kline also were donated.

major means of communicating. As a result, the communications committee features one col-lege site a month that possesses noteworthy contents, features and designs.

Once selected, the sites are listed on the College Libraries Section’s site along with a brief summary outlining the reasons for their selection. Beyond

simple recognition, highlighting exemplary Web pages provides the library community with a convenient listing of sites that can be used by others to gain insights and inspiration to enhance their own library’s online presence.

Visit the ACRL/CLS “Site of the Month” page at www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sec-tions/cls/websiteofthemonth/.

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Keeping inTouch &

Wofford Today/WoffordCollege/Volume43,Number3/Spartanburg,SouthCarolina/Spring2011

1939James M. Brown and his wife, Emma,

live in Irving, Texas. The couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on March 14, 2010.

1947We received a nice note from Mary Parsons,

wife of the late Harry Parsons. Mary lives in Shelby, N.C., and she shared some wonderful memories of Harry and his days at Wofford, the time spent in the Air Force and his 40-plus year career for Celanese Americas Foundation. We send Mary all our best wishes.

1954Bill Kinney Jr. of Bennettsville, S.C., was

honored as a 2010 Award of Merit winner by the American Association for State and Local History of Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 24, 2010, during its annual meeting in Oklahoma City, Okla. Kinney, editor-publisher of the Marlboro Herald-Advocate, was nominated for the honor by the Marlborough Historical Society.

1955Greensboro College has created a new merit

scholarship in honor of the late Dr. James S. Barrett that will offer up to five winners each year the equivalent of free tuition, room and board for up to four years. The James S. Barrett Scholarships honor the college’s 15th president, who served from 1981 to 1984. During his tenure, the college refocused its core mission as a liberal arts college in the Methodist tradition. He also led creation of what is now the George Center for Honors Studies.

The Rev. Melvin McIntosh has retired as associate minister of Myers Park United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Anita, live in Denver, N.C.

1959The Rev. Charles Brockwell will be a

delegate to the World Methodist Conference to be held in Durban, South Africa, in August 2011. Brockwell, retired minister of Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, lives with his wife, Mary, in Louisville, Ky.

1961ClassChair,RichardL.Robinson50thReunion,Homecoming2011

The Rev. Needham Williamson and his wife, Roselle, live in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Williamson is retired from the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Their son, Lawrence Williamson ’92, lives in Simpsonville, S.C., and is a mechanical engineer with Michelin.

1963ClassChair,AndrewC.English

Henry M. Smith spent the month of Au-gust 2010 in France visiting friends in Paris and touring the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life. He delved further into Les Annees Noires/The Dark Years of the Vichy Regime and was able to procure the photo of a child who was born on the very same day as himself and who was deported to Auschwitz by the French State at age three and a half. He also translated an article titled “The Troubling Message of Hiroshima” (LeMonde – 7 Aug.) on the 65th anniversary of the annihilation of that city. Smith lives in Durham, N.C.

1965The Clarendon County Chamber of Com-

merce named Todd Heldreth Ambassador of the Year during its November 2010 awards dinner. Earlier this year, he was awarded the Order of the Silver Crescent, one of the state’s highest civilian honors. Heldreth and his wife, Carolyn, live in Manning, S.C.

Skinner belts out last alma mater for Wofford fans

Dr. Talmage Skinner ’56 ended his tradition of lead-

ing the singing of the Wofford alma mater following the men’s basketball team’s 78-60 home win over The Citadel on Jan. 6.

Skinner ended the song the same way he always has, with a loud cheer of “Go, Dogs!”

Skinner began the tradition during his 17 years of service as college chaplain and contin-ued even after retirement. After Skinner and the men’s basketball team finished the song for the final time, the Athletics Depart-ment presented Skinner with the Heroic Terrier print.

Skinner, who remains chap-lain emeritus, has moved with his wife, Beverly, to the Raleigh, N.C., area so they can be near their daughter, Valerie Skinner Hendricks ’90, and her family.

1966ClassChair,J.HayneCullerSr.

The Georgia Athletic Directors Associa-tion has named Rusty Hudson the 2010 GADA State Athletic Director of the Year. Walker is director of athletics for Westmin-ster Schools. He and his wife, Sherry, live in McDonough, Ga.

1967ClassChair,HubbardMcDonaldJr.

The Rev. James Haralson retired in June 2010 from the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Christine, celebrated 40 years of marriage in August. They live in Colbert, Ga.

Sid Smith and John Johnson, former Wofford roommates and fraternity brothers, enjoyed a visit on Nov. 17, 2010, at The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C. Smith lives in Charlotte, N.C. and Johnson lives in Lake Toxaway, N.C.

Thomas Sumerel and his wife, Janet, live in Spartanburg. Sumerel retired from Spartan-burg School District Two in June 2010.

1969ClassChair,RichardL.Myers

It was nice to hear from Michael Fox-worth, who lives in Reston, Va., with his wife, Lindy. The couple became proud grandparents in March of 2010, and they are “still smil-ing.” Foxworth is a computer analyst with Lockheed Martin.

Jack Pratt lives in Summerville, S.C., and is a commercial broker at Carolina One Real Estate.

We had a nice note from Tommy Simp-son to tell us that he is almost retired, which will equal more time for duck and deer hunting and visiting his grandchildren in Alabama and Texas. Simpson is home health coordinator for Mullins Pharmacy. He and his wife, Ann, live in Mullins, S.C.

Ronnie Ward is senior vice president at Carolina Bank in Darlington, S.C. Ronnie and his father, C.M. Ward Jr., both have served as president of the Darlington Kiwanis Club and Ronnie’s son Josh was elected president of the Club for the 2010-11 year.

197040thReunion,Homecoming2010ClassChair,ArthurW.Rich

President Barack Obama has nominated U.S. District Court Judge Henry F. Floyd for a position on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Floyd has been a federal judge for seven years and is the only federal judge who currently sits in Spartanburg. He and his wife, Libba, divide time between Spartanburg and their home in Pickens, S.C.

1971ClassChair,KennethE.Smith

Keith Dyer is a retired educator with Norfolk City schools. Dyer lives in Norfolk, Va., and has two children and two grand-children.

1972ClassChair,AllenS.Guignard

It was nice to hear from Ed Briggs, who lives in LaGrange, Ga., with his wife, Bettie.

Briggs is a retired executive of Milliken & Company.

Dr. John Wall is senior minister at Skid-away Island Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Carolyn, live in Savannah, Ga.

John B. White Jr., a founding partner of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins P.C., has been inducted into the South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Ad-vocates. White serves on the Board of Trustees for Wofford College and the Federal Judicial Center Foundation Board. He and his wife, Karen, live in Spartanburg.

1973Living in Fair Lawn, N.J., Lee Cun-

ningham is a quality assurance manager for Verizon Laboratories. He and his wife, Debbie, have two children.

James Hipp and his wife, Edie, live in Spartanburg. Hipp is deputy county adminis-trator for the County of Spartanburg.

Bud Simmons is a principal planner with the City of Winston-Salem and the Forsyth County Planning Department. He lives in Winston-Salem, N.C.

1974ClassChair,JerryL.Calvert

Michael Thomas and his wife, Jean, live in Dallas, Texas. Thomas is general manager of Dallas Resorts and Country Clubs.

1975ClassChair,JohnO.Moore

The Hon. Phillip Sinclair is a family court judge in Spartanburg. He and his wife, Vicki, have three children.

1977ClassChair,C.StanSewellJr.

The Hon. Ernest A. Finney III, solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit, was the guest speaker at the annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Banquet held on Jan. 15, 2010, in Georgetown, S.C. Finney and his wife, Tammy, live in Sumter, S.C.

On June 19, 2010, the Rev. Donald R. Hayes was ordained as deacon in the Orthodox Anglican Church. In August 2010, he was ap-pointed to the South Carolina State Guard as a chaplain with the rank of captain. Hayes and his wife, Cynthia, live in Dillon, S.C.

Tal Land lives in Tampa, Fla., and is director of Deloitte Consulting LLP in its Tampa location.

1978ClassChair,ArmandoG.Llorente

Marc Collins is vice president of human resources for Bekaert Corp., a global market leader in drawn steel wire products and ap-plications. He lives in Marietta, Ga.

Living in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Rhett Sans-bury is an insurance agent at First Southeast Insurance Services and the owner of Double Golf. He recently was appointed to the board of directors of Mercy Care, a community-based, nonprofit hospice in Horry County, S.C.

1979ClassChair,WadeE.Ballard

Maj. Gen. Rodney O. Anderson is deputy commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg. His previ-ous duties included command at the battery, battalion, and brigade levels and staff assign-

A familiar sight for the past few years: Noah Dahlman ’11 singing the alma mater with Talmage Skinner ’56.

for alumni


About

area, he was particularly happy to discover an English language library.

Lofton worked as a milk tester. Every month, he visited a certain number of farms to collect samples of the cows’ milk. He took the samples back to the plant for testing to determine butterfat content. He enjoyed this work, taking pride in the fact that he knew exactly what he was doing. He considered himself fortunate to have a specific task to get up and accomplish almost every day.

When the two years were over, Lofton came home to earn a master’s degree in English from Duke and a doctorate in history from The University of Texas. He accepted a faculty appointment at Spartanburg Methodist College, where he worked until he retired in 2009, and he also taught at Wofford from time to time. Over the years, Lofton gave many speeches about his great adventure in the Peace Corps. He twice returned to Bolivia, in the summer of 1966 and the winter of 1973.

Looking back from the van-tage point of a half-century, he believes that the fledgling Peace Corps was able to provide foreign

The Peace Corps turns 50... and Paul Lofton ’61 was one of the first to volunteer to serve

more understanding and success-ful when dealing with people of different backgrounds.

by Courtney McIlroy ’11

Lofton in his Spartanburg living room, still surrounded by reminders of his Peace Corps experience.

countries with a better under-standing of the United States, and vice versa. He gained an interna-tional outlook in life, becoming

Wofford Peace Corps returned volunteersPaul Lofton ’61, Bolivia, 1962-1964Wayne D. Lineberger ’69, Paraguay, 1988-1990Pat Satterwhite ’70, Thailand, 1977-1980William H. Sapp ’72, Peru, 1969-1977Ray H. Price ’74, Ghana, 1975-1977George Adams ’76, Morocco, 1988-1990 & the Dominican Republic, 1990-1992Boyd Correll ’76, Philippines, 1978-1881Bradley A. Smith ’77, Sierra Leone, 1978-1981Fred Armand ’80, Mali, 1980-1982Gregory Fowler ’80, Malaysia, 1980-1984Joseph H. Pope ’86, Senegal, 1988-1990Karen Galindo ’87, Yemen, 1987-1989Jan M. Brabham ’88, Lesotho, 1988-1990Peter P. Graser ’88, Guatemala, 1988-1991Christ Frost ’89, Hungary, 1993-1995Greg Harris ’90, Kenya, 1998-2000Trent Dabney ’91, Guinea, 1994-1998Wendy Sellers-Campbell ’93, Nicaragua, 1995-1997Steven Witherspoon ’95, Russia, 1999-2001

Elizabeth Cline ’96, Gabon, 1997-1998Blythe Fuller ’96, Bangladesh, 1998-1999Audrey Roach ’96, Latin America, 2002-2004Jess Moore ’96, Zambia, 1997-1999Katherine Sillimon ’97, Guinea, 1998-1999Colleen Cunningham ’98, Honduras, 1999-2001Sara Suber Harter ’98, Nepal, 2003-2005Daniel Harter ’98, Nepal, 2003-2005Cayce McIntosh ’98, Mali, 1998-2000Jeff Rosato ’98, Armenia, 2003-2005Will Rhem ’00, El Salvador, 2001-2003Nathan King ’00, Honduras, 2002-3003Greg Norris ’00, Senegal, 2002-2003Michaele Mata ’01, Thailand, 2003-2005John Henderson ’02, Kenya, 2003-2005Liz Scarborough ’02, West Africa, 2002-2004Christina Kocisko, ’03, Togo, West Africa, 2003-2005Rebecca Paulson ’03, West Africa, 2003-2005Alex Schaefer ’06, Kenya, 2008-2010

Editor’s Notes: These names come from Wofford records and from a survey several years ago. Some of the dates of service may be incorrect or incomplete; a correction would be appreciated. The Peace Corps maintains an official list of returned volunteers that does not include all these names. If all of Wofford’s returned volunteers self-reported into the Peace Corps system, we would rank highly on the list of participating institutions over the past half-century. The college would appreciate your visiting www.peacecorps.gov to look over the materials found there.

The Alumni Office also is trying to expand a listing of those who have given a year or more in continuous volunteer international service other than the Peace Corps. Possibilities include Non-Government Organizations (NGO), faith-based missions and other government agencies. For example, some assignments in the Defense and State departments may qualify. Please email [email protected] with that information.

ments at the battery through Joint Staff levels. Anderson and his family live in Fayetteville, N.C.

Dr. Chuck Bagwell, principal of Arcadia Elementary School, was presented with a life-time achievement award in November 2010 by the Carolina Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The award recognizes Bagwell for his leadership and success while serving ESOL students throughout his 32-year career in education. He will be a featured speaker at next year’s Carolina TESOL conference in Asheville, N.C.

Rick Cloninger and his wife, Lori, live in Fort Mill, S.C. Cloninger is a division manager for Carolina Tractor. The couple’s daughter, Stephanie, is married to Gary Blount Jr. ’10. Stephanie’s grandfather is B.B. Stevens ’56.

1980ClassChair,PaulD.KountzJr.

Lucien Richardson and his wife, Frances, live in Moore, S.C. Richardson is assistant manager at the men’s clothing firm Jos. A. Bank in its Spartanburg location.

1981ClassChair,G.PatrickWatson

Steven Mungo, chief executive officer of Mungo Homes, has been named the 2010 Byron Crosthwaite Builder Member of the Year. He also serves on the board of directors of Lexington Medical Center, EdVenture and the Medical University of South Carolina, as well as the Wofford’s President’s Advisory Board. Mungo and his wife, Maria, live in Irmo, S.C.

1982ClassChair,J.MadisonDyeJr.

Anne Robinson Poliakoff, a real estate professional with W. Lewis White Co., has been named to the board of trustees of the Spartanburg Regional Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit charitable orga-nization that benefits Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System through direct support of health services and programs. Poliakoff and her family live in Spartanburg.

1983ClassChair,W.ScottGantt

Cameron Davidson is managing director of corporate foreign exchange for Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Davidson lives in Ridgewood, N.J., with his wife, Amy, and their three children.

W. Scott Gantt is president of em-ployee benefits for Benefit Controls of the Carolinas. The firm was named the eighth largest benefit specialist by Business Insur-ance magazine. Gantt lives in Charlotte, N.C., with his wife, Pamela, and their three children.

Susan Thorne-Jordan and her hus-band, Boone, live in Chesnee, S.C. Susan is marketing manager for CoversDirect.com. The couple has two children.

Living in Bonaire, Ga., Lee Minor is president of the real estate appraisal firm FLM and Associates Inc. Minor and his wife, Cheryl, have two children.

1984ClassChair,KennethKirkpatrick

Lander University presented the first Al-ston Award to Dr. Jim Colbert in Septem-ber 2010. The Alston Award was established by Rowland P. Alston, host of South Carolina ETV’s “Making It Grow” gardening show. Colbert is assistant professor of chemistry and director of the Experience Your Educa-tion (EYE) program. He and his wife, Alice, live in Greenwood, S.C.

Kim Adams Nelson is owner of Daisy Cakes located in Pauline, S.C. Nelson and her husband, John, live in Spartanburg with their three children.

Living in Greenwood, S.C., Dr. Bill Ramsey is an associate professor at Lander University. He and his wife, Mei-Yee Kung, have two children.

Willis J. Woodham Jr. has been awarded the 2010 Business Person of


When Dr. Paul Lofton ’61 began his senior year at

Wofford, he thought his future path would take him through the Duke Divinity School and into a career in the United Methodist ministry.

Then, on March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order creating the Peace Corps, which combined altruism with the secondary pur-pose of discouraging the spread of communism in developing nations.

That summer, Lofton became one of the first young Americans, and the first Wofford graduate, to volunteer for a two-year assign-ment.

The attraction of the Peace Corps for Lofton was simple. “It sounded like a great adventure and a chance to get away from school,” he says. “It was a chance to learn another language.” Lofton hoped to be sent to a Spanish-speaking country, where he could broaden his knowledge of South American culture.

After a waiting period, Lofton was accepted into the Heifer Project, a dairy program located in Bolivia. Luckily, he had grown up on a dairy farm, and he was pleased to be accepted into such a program. He took a leave of absence from Duke and left for the Peace Corps training camp at Arizona State University.

His training began in June 1962. The volunteers lived in rustic trailers and cooked most of their own food. Lofton was “surprised at how frustrating it was. I thought they would be more encouraging. It was a chal-lenge to see who could put up with all of that.” Nevertheless, he learned about Bolivian history and culture, American history, and Communist insurgencies. He became first aid certified.

The Cuban Missile Crisis delayed Lofton’s departure to Bolivia. When global tensions eased, Lofton departed for La Paz, at that time a cold and unfriendly place where he developed altitude sickness. To his relief, he was soon relocated to Cochabamba, which was a more pleasant envi-ronment.

The Heifer Project required Lofton to work at the only milk plant in Bolivia, which was sup-ported by the United Nations In-ternational Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Lofton feels lucky that he was not left alone; some Americans he knew in the early days of the Peace Corps became lonely and disoriented. As Lofton became familiar with the

The Wofford bookshelfNew releases


Tracy J. Revels, “Sunshine Paradise: A History of Florida Tourism” (2011) and “Shadowfall: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes” (2011).

For Dr. Tracy Revels, professor of history at Wofford, two plans came together simultaneously this spring. She is the author of a worthy addition to the Florida History and Culture Series of University Press of Florida titled “Sunshine Paradise.” And she has also published an intriguing Sherlock Holmes novel, “Shadowfall.”

“Sunshine Paradise” is Revels’ third scholarly book since she joined the department of history in 1991. “Grander in Her Daughters: Florida’s Women during the Civil War,” received the 2005 Rembert Patrick Award for the Best Scholarly Book in Florida History.

In the introduction to “Sunshine Paradise,” she writes, “To most outsiders, Florida is one big theme park, not a state but a magic kingdom of dreams and fantasies where real life, with its mundane cares is effectively banished. Sunshine, water and thrill rides await the tourist who arrives clad in the official Florida uniform of straw hat, shorts and sandals.”

Revels’ goal in writing the book was to challenge readers to move beyond stereotypes and consider how tourism came to define the character and public policy of her native state. After all, until after World War II, Florida was equally known for its citrus orchards and year-round agriculture. In this extended essay, Revels goes about her task with concise, entertaining prose, based solidly in historical research.

Revels has shared the works of Arthur Conan Doyle with Wofford students over the years, during Interim projects as well as extra-curricular gatherings. She crafted “Shadowfall” one summer during the Wofford Community of Scholars, weaving together a tale of mystery and the occult that begins when sacred relics and mystical objects all over London begin disappearing. Sherlock Holmes must call on more than his powers of deduction to solve a mystery that threatens the safety of the British Empire and Doctor Watson’s soul.

Laura Barbas Rhoden, “Ecological Imaginations in Latin American Fiction.” (2011).

In this book from the University of Florida Press, Dr. Laura Barbas Rhoden, associate professor of foreign languages at Wofford, discusses the natural settings within contemporary Latin American novels as they depict key moments of environmental change or crisis in the region from the era of 19th-century imperialism to the present.

Pre-publication reviews are praising Barbas Rhoden for pushing the ecocriticism discussion beyond the realm of "nature writing." She has avoided the clichés of literary nature and reminds

readers that today’s urban centers are also part of Latin America and its environmental crisis.

Her f irst book, “Writ ing Women In Central America: Gender & Fictionalization Of History,” was an 2003 entry in the Ohio University Press’ Research in International Studies Series.

Nelson Harris and Harold McLeod III ’88, “Roanoke Valley: Then and Now.” (2010).

Harold McLeod usually tells folks that he is a banker, not a photographer. However, the fact is that he has been making good pictures since he was 10 years old.

When he moved to Roanoke in 2004, he was intrigued by the beautiful natural surroundings and the “New South” architecture of the city, the one-time

hub of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. That made him a natural choice to work with Roanoke minister and former mayor Nelson Harris on this book in Arcadia Press’ Here and Now series, sponsored by the Historical Society of Western Virginia.

The book has special importance in that i t has preserved and made more accessible the work of the late Roanoke photographer George Davis and other historical photographs from the collection of Frank Ewald, former co-owner of a photography store in Roanoke.

L i n d a B i l a n c h o n e , with Phillip Stone ’94, “Embracing the Seay House: A Sampler of its Life and Times,” with an afterword from John Lane ’77.

The Seay House on Crescent Avenue in Spartanburg is one of those places where a visitor can effortlessly step back in time. A typical 19th century farmstead first owned

by a leading citizen of the village, it was the domain of two unmarried sisters after the Civil War. The house remained intact on its original site overlooking Fairforest Creek until it could be acquired and restored in the 1970s and 1980s by the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

Linda Powers Bilanchone teaches communications at Wofford and volunteers for the historical association. She compiled most of this book by researching newspaper files and other contemporary sources. Dr. Phillip Stone added an interesting commentary of the house and the city during the Civil War. Goodall Environmental Center

Director John Lane, who grew up near the house, contributed a personal afterword.

Vivian B. Fisher, “Hampton Heights of Spartanburg: Its History, Houses, and People.” (2011).

From its beginnings in 1892 through the mid-20th century, the neighborhood of Hampton Heights in the center of Spartanburg produced some of the

city’s outstanding leaders in the professions, the arts, and business. In the 1960s and 1970s middle-class flight to new suburbs took its toll on Spartanburg’s city center, including Hampton Heights, but the lovely houses attracted new generations of residents, and the neighborhood is again flourishing, its resurgence fueling the renaissance of the downtown business district.

Dr. Vivian Fisher, retired chair of the Wofford English department, spent years researching, taking photographs and writing this beautiful, full-color book that chronicles and celebrates Spartanburg’s first downtown neighborhood. Fisher and her husband, Jim Newcome, continue to live in Hampton Heights. They are restoring their West Hampton Queen Anne home after a fire that damaged much of the interior and upper floors.

Filled with important historic photographs, many in print for the first time, as well as recent color pictures, this book, available in May, makes a significant contribution to studies of Spartanburg. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

the Year Award by the Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce. Woodham is partner in the certified public accounting firm Moore Beauston & Woodham. He and his wife, Katherine, live in Stokes Bridge, S.C. The couple has two sons, Josey and Conner.

1985ClassChair,TimothyE.Madden

Heidi Faber Kerns and her daughter, Allison, live in Chesnee, S.C. Kerns is finance director for the Rutherford County Board of Education.

Tim Madden, a native of Laurens, S.C., has been named managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Greenville office. He will oversee an office of 37 attorneys and 33 support staff. Madden joined Nelson Mullins in 2006.

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Susan Wallace Martin is a client service executive for CIGNA HealthCare.

1986ClassChair,BrandR.Stille

Valerie Côté is neuroscience area manager for Avanir Pharmaceuticals. She and her husband, Michael Davenport, live in Chapin, S.C.

1987Dr. Bang Nguyen Giep lives in Spartanburg with

his wife, Julie. Giep is a physician at Spartanburg’s North Grove Medical Park and The Village at Pelham.

1988ClassChair,C.LaneGlaze

David Atchley is vice president of institutional advancement for Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va. Atchley and his wife, Toni, have two children. The family lives in Greenville, S.C.

Travis Wheeler lives in Columbia, S.C., and is a partner in the law firm of Nexsen Pruet, where he practices antitrust law. He also taught an antitrust course in the fall of 2010 at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

1989ClassChair,MichaelR.Sullivan

Lynn Fulton-Archer, a Spanish teacher at Richmond Drive Elementary School, received the South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers’ Association (SCFLTA) Teacher of the Year Award on Feb. 12, 2010, at the association’s annual conference. She and her husband, Dean, live in Rock Hill, S.C.

1990ClassChair,ScottW.Cashion

Doug Bruce was profiled in the Jan. 14, 2010, edition of the Powdersville Post. A supervisor for Drive Automo-tive, Bruce is president of the Wren Youth Association. He coaches basketball, baseball and football. Bruce and his wife, Keli, have three children.

Donald M. Nance has joined South Carolina Bank and Trust as vice president and commercial loan officer at its Florence location. He is a member of Habitat for Humanity and also volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Nance and his wife, Stacey, live in Florence, S.C., with their two children.

Living in Cayce, S.C., Beth Auld Thrailkill is as-sistant administrator at Ballentine Elementary School. Beth and her husband, Christopher, have three children.

Nick Wildrick, treasurer of Long Leaf Holdings, USA, has been named to the board of trustees of the Spartanburg Regional Foundation. The foundation is a non-profit charitable organization that benefits Spartan-burg Regional Healthcare System through direct support of health services and programs. Wildrick lives in Spartanburg with his wife, Cile.

1991ClassChair,LesleeHouckPage

Mike Fanning, executive director of The Olde Eng-lish Consortium, was the featured speaker for a Business Over Lunch session on Dec. 10, 2010, sponsored by the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. The Olde English Consortium, a non-profit organization, works to improve education, economic development and the quality of life throughout the state. Fanning lives in Columbia, S.C.

Living in Chesnee, S.C., Lori Duckett Henson is an online instructor of English for DeVry University. Henson and her husband, Jeffery, have three children.

The Rev. Clint Pressley has become senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Hickory, N.C. Pressley and his wife, Connie, live in Mint Hill, N.C., with their two children.

1992ClassChair,NichollePalmieriChunn

Attorney John B. Critchfield has become a share-holder in the law firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel.


When I drove up to Mother Murphy’s (the Southeast’s largest flavor manufacturer)

in Greensboro, N.C., the smell of va-nilla met me on the interstate. I walked to the front door already planning the first paragraph of the alumni profile on David Murphy ’74... maybe something about the “sweet smell of success” or “following your nose.”

As I met Murphy for the first time, his gigantic hand swallowing mine, scent took a back seat to what really makes Mother Murphy’s a success.

“We’re celebrating our 65th anniver-sary this year, and our 64th year was our best year yet,” says Murphy, who goes on to explain that preliminary numbers show that the current year will probably be even better.

Mother Murphy’s serves customers in 28 countries through sales offices in six states. The company holds formulas for more than 5,000 flavors, including 1,800 active flavors, 350 of which are vanillas, and Wofford folks will under-stand the significance of this: Mother Murphy’s is even the flavor of a well-known Southern doughnut chain within walking distance of campus.

“We’re represented on almost all of the grocery aisles and are in everything from cookies to pizza, coffee to ciga-rettes, cereal to ice cream to liquor,” says Murphy.

Although Murphy has served the company as president since 1994, he shies away from taking personal credit for the company’s expansion and eco-nomic stability.

“I just happened to be at the front of the train at the right time,” he says. “We’ve got lots of good people. Good people make you money; bad people cost you.”

Following Murphy throughout one of the company’s manufacturing facili-ties is like walking through Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Everyone Murphy passes is a valued friend. He jokes with the flavor chemists in the lab, offers a buenos dias to an employee in the first office we pass and even gives a long-distance point to a driver pulling out of the distribution center in one of Mother Murphy’s bright yellow trucks. It’s the universal “thanks for the assist” sign that Murphy probably perfected during his college basketball days at Wofford. The driver was still grinning as he turned onto South Elm Street.

Murphy doesn’t just value what his employees do for the company, he also values their roles in their local com-munities. Not long after taking over as president, Murphy initiated monthly drawings for employees. Each month the selected employee gets $1,000 to donate to the charity of his or her choice.

“They know more about the needs in the community than I do,” says

Murphy. “This allows us to reward our employees and give on a more individual basis.”

Murphy always knew he wanted to work in the family business, founded dur-ing the 1940s by his father, Kermit Mur-phy, and a local doctor who paid his way through medical school by making drink flavors. Murphy’s uncle joined the business a few years later. Mother Murphy’s remains privately held by two families; each owns 45 percent of the company.

“We’re all minority shareholders, which means we all have to work for a living,” says Murphy. “The first generation built the company. They did the heavy lifting.”

Murphy’s generation took that founda-tion and expanded Mother Murphy’s into international markets. Now the third generation, Murphy’s children, nieces and nephews, work in sales and marketing for the company. According to Murphy, they

Murphy, all smiles, in the flavor lab at Mother Murphy’s in Greensboro, N.C.

As a senior in high school, Murphy was recruited by several North Carolina colleges to play basketball. After visiting Wofford, however, he chose to walk on with Coach Gene

Alexander’s Terriers. Murphy remains on the Wofford men’s basketball all-time career rebounds list. He’s ninth, bumped down this year by Tim Johnson ’11, who moved up to seventh.

Murphy says he enjoyed his four years at Wofford and remembers fondly his mentor and major advisor, Dr. John Pilley. Under the instruction of Pilley, Murphy and three other Wofford students made fiberglass kayaks, scrounged hockey helmets, then took an Interim trip down the Colorado River through the heart of the Grand Canyon.

“It was always an educational experience to be around him,” says Murphy, who has taken great pleasure watching Pilley make international headlines for his work with his brilliant border collie Chaser. “Psychology is the study of behavior and people. It’s a major that has served me well in sales, management and life in general.”

Dave Murphy ’74 shares a taste of what makes Mother Murphy’s a success

will have access to technology and global markets that will move Mother Murphy’s forward once again.

Although in charge of overall opera-tions, Murphy still spends 100-plus nights a year on the road selling Mother Murphy’s flavors.

“Everyone who comes into the com-pany works in sales first. If we’re not selling products, then there’s no need to make anything,” says Murphy. He grins, a grin that makes his employees smile, and I bet turns most prospective buyers into loyal customers.

I know I’m sold.by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

He is a member of the firm’s litigation practice group and is a member of the Tennessee Association of Construc-tion Counsel and Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee. Critchfield also serves as program chair for the Downtown Sertoma Club. He and his wife, Theresa, live in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Matt Grayson is chief operating officer for Fulbrook Capital Partners. He and his wife, Adrienne, live in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The couple has three children.

Living in Simpsonville, S.C., Eric Ireland is a mar-keting and technology manager for Momentive Specialty Chemicals. He and his wife, Lisa Deavenport Ireland ’90, have two children, Grace and Eli.

Heather Onstott Perrygo and her husband, Doug, live in Boston, Mass. Heather invites all Wofford people “to come and experience a winter wonderland!”

Andrew Richter and his wife, Karen, live in Scottsdale, Ariz. Richter is assistant vice president at GE Capital Americas, Franchise Finance. He has been with the company for more than seven years. The couple has three children.

Dr. Robert R. Walker has joined the staff of Com-plete Healing and Wellness Center in Williamston, S.C., as medical director and supervising physician. Walker and his wife, Annette, live in Simpsonville, S.C.

1993ClassChair,SarahCopelandSawicki

Leroy Pinckney and his wife, Veronica Mc-Cutchen Pinckney ’94, live in Spartanburg. Leroy is assistant vice president and branch manager for Regions Bank, and Veronica is a retirement education consultant for Prudential Financial. The couple has two children.

1994ClassChair,AliciaNunamakerTruesdail

Aaron Cole is broker-in-charge and officer of South Carolina Home Corp. in Greenville, S.C. Cole lives with his wife, Mary, in Simpsonville, S.C.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Ginny Stout Hairston is a territory manager for Pfizer Vaccines. Hairston and her husband, Forrest, have one daughter, Mary Katheryn.

Langley Moore Meredith and her husband, William, live in Savannah, Ga. Meredith is a teacher at Savannah Christian Preparatory School.

Teresa Ann McCarter Post and her husband, Thomas Post ’95, live in Warwick, N.J. Teresa is a homemaker, and Thomas is owner/insurance broker of Post Financial Services Group LLC.

Allen Thomas and his wife, Jill Preston Thomas ’96, and their two daughters, Willa and Libby, have moved to San Diego, Calif. Allen is chief operating officer of APS Technology Group, and Jill is a homemaker.

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Living in Spartanburg, Dr. Hoang Nguyen Giep is a physician at Spartanburg’s North Grove Medical Park and The Village at Pelham.

Former North Carolina State Representative Charles Thomas is chief of staff for House-Speaker designate Thom Tillis. Thomas served one term in the legislature and was Tillis’ seatmate. He served 10 years in the Army and is now a financial advisor. Thomas and his wife, Amy, live in Asheville, N.C.

Dr. Grant Warren and his wife, Dr. Kari Wheeler Warren, live in Spartanburg. Grant is a physician at Piedmont Women’s Health Clinic and is board chair for the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Kari earned her Ph.D. in English in May of 2010, and is a lecturer at Wofford. They have two sons, Jack and Hank.

Sallie Shuford West and her husband, John, live in Richmond, Va., with their two children. Sallie’s father, Stuart Shuford ’52, died in October 2010. West wrote to us, “One of my happiest Wofford memories was going to the alumni parent/student breakfast on graduation day with my daddy. Graduation itself was a huge milestone, but as proud as I was of that, I was even prouder to share that honor with him.”

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Orlando Soto has been named head football coach at Walnut Grove High School in Loganville, Ga. Soto played football at Wofford and looks forward to imple-menting his comprehensive “Winners for Life” plan at Walnut Grove.

Former United States attorney Walt Wilkins was elected 13th Judicial Circuit solicitor in November 2010. Wilkins was named Young Lawyer of the Year in 2003 by the American Board of Trial Advocates. He and his wife, Donyelle, live in Greenville, S.C., with their two children.

Maj. Carl Young and his family live in Annandale, Va. As an enterprise architect, Young is project manager for future plans, policies, and operations for the Army National


McGirt earns PGA Tour cardSince becoming the first Wofford

graduate to earn a PGA Tour Card in December (by finishing second overall in the six-round qualifying event), William McGirt ’01 has been spending a lot of time on the road. In his two months on the tour, he has made the cut in four of the eight events played. His top finish has been a tie for 19th at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. McGirt added a 22nd place finish in the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

“The last part of December it was non-stop,” says McGirt. “I had so much to get done before I left.... It has been so much fun. If you can’t take the time to enjoy it, then it’s just going to be overwhelming.... Having my wife (Sarah) travel with me every week and having somebody to come home and sit down and talk to, have dinner with, it makes it a little more normal. That has been the hardest part. Last year she was working and did not travel. I think she saw me play four times. Now we have our routine, and everything is starting to calm down.”

The season began on the road in Hawaii for the Sony Open, and the West Coast swing continued in California, Arizona and Mexico, with stops that included famed Pebble Beach.

“I started out missing the first three cuts and had to keep myself from going into panic mode,” recalls

McGirt. “I didn’t play great in Hawaii, but that was knocking the rust off. I played well at the Bob Hope Classic and, to be honest, the way I missed that cut hurt. I took a lot of positives away from it. We went to Phoenix and everything started to fall into place. I had my teacher come out that week, and we got a lot of good work in early in the week. I played well tee to green and finally started making some putts.”

Last season on the Nationwide Tour, McGirt posted four top-10s in his first 11 starts. He finished 34th on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2010.

McGirt still feels that earning his PGA Tour card is a dream come true.

“When you have worked your whole life for something like this and it finally happens, it is one of those things that you really don’t believe is true. It does not sink in until you get out there. Now it is time to get down to business. To know that every week you are teeing it up against the best players in the world is one of those things you always dream about and wonder what it would be like to have that opportunity. And now to do it every week, this is the life.”

During this season on the PGA Tour, fans can keep up with McGirt on Twitter at: williammcgirt and on Facebook at: William McGirt Golf. His Web site is www.williammcgirt.com.

by Brent Williamson

Chesney’s Solaris Expeditions catches the attention of the New York Times

The New York Times featured an article on Solaris Expeditions on Nov. 28. The story focused on the company’s tai lormade safaris and adventure expeditions for U.S. service personnel on leave.

According to Mark Chesney ’80, Solaris’s CEO, “From the harsh reality of the war zone, to the incredible pure nature

i m m e r s i o n of the African bush — i t ’s great tonic for the soul... We p lan sa fa r i s for anyone but connecting with the men and women serving in Afghanistan a n d I r a q has been a r e w a r d i n g experience for us.”

S o l a r i s , b a s e d i n Marietta, Ga., o r g a n i z e s e x p e d i t i o n s a c r o s s t h e

globe. Visit www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/travel/28military-journeys.html or look for Solaris Expeditions on Facebook for more information.

compiled by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

Skinner steps up as director of Greenwood Genetic CenterOutgoing director and co-founder

of the Greenwood Genetic Center, Dr. Roger E. Stevenson (above left) passed the gavel of leadership to Dr. Steven A. Skinner ’76 (above right) at a reception honoring both men at the J. C. Self Research Insititute on GGC’s Greenwood Campus. Skinner, who previously served as a senior clinical geneticist and associate director of the center, began his tenure as executive director on Jan. 1, 2011.

Throughout his clinical career Skinner has devoted his time and talents to the evaluation and care of children and adults with birth defects, intellectual disabilities and other genetic disorders. He has been actively involved in the development of the South Carolina Center for the Treatment of Genetic

Disorders on the GGC campus and provides clinical supervision for the genetics services provided through the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. Skinner is also a co-lead investigator for two NIH-sponsored studies to further the clinical understanding of Rett syndrome and Angelman syndrome.

Skinner is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Medical Genetics. Skinner is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the South Carolina Medical Association, the Greenwood County Medical Society, the South Carolina Pediatric Society and the American Society of Human Genetics. He is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics.

TERRIERS in the News


Hackney named new trustee for American Craft CouncilJim Hackney ’77, managing partner

of Alexander Haas in Atlanta, Ga., has become a trustee of the American Craft Council (ACC), the oldest non-profit in the nation cultivating and promoting awareness of fine craft.

A consummate craft advocate and collector, Hackney has served as an adviser and patron of the ACC’s Atlanta Show for many years. Hackney also serves on the executive committee of the development and membership committee of the American Association of Museums.

In his role at Alexander Haas, Hackney serves cultural organizations all over the United States, helping his clients raise more than $700 million in recent years. Nationally known in the museum world, he directed the Centennial Campaign for the Dallas Museum of Art that resulted in more than $400 million in donations of art and increased endowments. In Columbus, Ga., he conducted a campaign that joined nine cultural organizations in a unified fundraising effort that raised more than $110 million in a community of less than 200,000 people. For the State of South Carolina, Hackney directed the successful campaign to build the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in a joint public-private partnership.

Powell retires from commandMaj. Gen. O. Eugene Powell Jr.

’62, retired from command of the Joint Services Detachment (JSD) of the S.C. Military Department, during change-of-command ceremonies in Columbia, S.C., in December.

Powell, a retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps officer, served with the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Special Operat ions Command. A career attorney, he served as federal administrative law judge with the U.S. Social Security Administration.

Look for Engelman in major magazinesDr. Dendy Engelman’s advice on preventing dry skin has been featured during

the winter months in major magazines including People and Cooking Light. Look for Engelman’s photo and simple tips and little-known skin facts on Vaseline's Intensive Rescue full-page advertisements. Engelman lives in New York City and is a dermatologist at Skin Laser and Surgery Specialists.

South Carolina governor visits WoffordSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley visited Wofford on Feb. 13 for an Army National

Guard deployment ceremony held in the Benjamin Johnson Arena. Blanche M. Price ’09 (below right with Haley) accompanied the governor as her travel aide. The group flew from Columbia in a Blackhawk Helicopter and landed on Wofford’s practice field. Other Wofford connections to the new governor include Katherine Haltiwanger ’04, serving as deputy chief of staff for operations, and Catherine Brawley Templeton ’93, appointed by Haley as the state’s new labor, licensing and regulations director. Mitti Randhawa ’84 is the governor's brother.

Guard. On Sept. 1, 2010, he was awarded the Signal Corps Regimental Association’s Bronze Order of Mercury for contributions to the promotion of the Signal Corps and the Signal Regimental Association.

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Mary Frances Gibson Jowers is an assistant attorney general for the state of South Carolina. She and her husband, Jerry, live in Columbia, S.C., with their daughter, Catherine.

Maj. Bryan Lake is stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he is serving as a Group Signal Officer. Lake received a master’s degree in information technology from Webster University in June 2010. He also attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he completed Army Intermediate Level Educa-tion. Lake and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Kensley (2) and William (1).

The Rev. Kristen R. Richardson-Frick and her husband, John, welcomed into their family, through adoption from Russia, Peter Artyom Frick on Oct. 4, 2010. Artyom (“Tyoma”) is 3 years old. He joins big brother John (6). The family lives in Orangeburg, S.C.

Presbyterian College has announced the hiring of Simon Whitaker to the position of assistant director of athletics for sports information and game operations. Whitaker had spent the past 12 years at the College of Charleston as associate director of athletics communication.

John Zuber is a marketing analyst for Core-Mark International, a wholesale dis-tributor of packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Erin Loray Holt Trypuc and her husband, Steven, live in Norfolk, Va. Trypuc is an executive assistant for the contracting firm The Empire Co. Inc. The couple has one son, Asher James.

Living in Summerville, S.C., Dixon Whitmire is a software engineer for Charles-ton-based CommIT Enterprises.

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Michelle Hadley Burlingame lives in Fishers, Ind., and is associate director of busi-ness development for the international clinical research organization Averion International. Burlingame and her husband, Matthew, have two children.

Living in Atlanta, Ga., Lindsay Dukes is owner and broker-in-charge of the Charleston real estate firm Copper Roof Properties.

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South Carolina Bank and Trust has named R. Montague Laffitte III senior vice presi-dent and Columbia city executive. He has been associated with the bank since 2002. Laffitte and his wife, Lauren, live with their two boys in Columbia, S.C.

Dana Howell McCarthy and her husband, Vincent, live in Charleston, S.C. McCarthy is a registered nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Capt. Kevin Sill and his wife, Hilary Ward Sill ’01, live in Spartanburg. Hilary has joined Total Ministries as part-time operations director. Kevin is on his second deployment in Iraq. Prior to moving back to Spartanburg, the couple was based at Fort Hood, Texas. While at Fort Hood, Hilary was named 2009 Volunteer of the Year for her dedication to Santa’s Workshop, a program which provided toys for more than 3,000 children of Army soldiers needing assistance.

Hilton Head Regional Healthcare has an-nounced the promotion of Bradley Talbert to chief operating officer effective Feb. 2, 2011. Talbert had served the firm as market vice president for business development for the past three years. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Hilton Head, S.C., with their two sons.

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Allen Bridgers and his wife, Jenna Georgette Sheheen Bridgers, live in Columbia, S.C. The couple has two children. Allen is in business development at McCrory Construction Co.

Amy Ledford Diliegro and her husband, Thomas, live in Charleston, S.C. Diliegro is the owner of Amy Diliegro Pho-tography. The couple has two boys, Tommy and John.

Dr. Marshall J. Shuler is a dermatolo-gist at Carolina Dermatology of Greenville. He and his wife, Amanda, live in Greenville, S.C.

Dr. Rush-Baker Caldwell and his wife, Mary, live in Greenville, S.C. Caldwell is an orthodontist at Palmetto Family Orthodon-tics. The couple has three children.

Living in Ridgeville, S.C., Sharreka Williams works for the South Carolina Department of Social Services in the child protective services assessment/investiga-tions unit.

2002ClassChair,L.YorkeGerrald

Capt. Brett Edwards and his wife, Tammy, live in Lawton, Okla., where Edwards is on temporary assignment. The couple has a son, Henry (1).

Benjamin Foster lives in Bellaire, Texas, and is a managing associate for the manage-ment consulting firm ScottMadden Inc.

Living in Iron Station, N.C., Derrick Ledford is sales director of oncology for Caris Life Sciences. The firm is a privately held leader in biosciences. Ledford and his wife, Hillary, have two children.

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Adam Perrow and his wife, Stacey Williamson Perrow, live in Charlotte, N.C. Adam is attending graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Stacy is corporate communications specialist for Piedmont Natural Gas.

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Beth Butler lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., and is a recruiter for Volt Workforce Solutions.

Living in Summerville, S.C., Philip Ladd and his wife, Amy Jordan Ladd, are both teachers at North Charleston High School.

Southcoast Community Bank announced in December the promotion of Carter Pearson to vice president and mortgage loan originator. Pearson has been associated with the bank since 2005. He lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

2006ClassChair,HadleyE.Green

Saterria Williams Broomfield is assistant principal at Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C. Broomfield earned a master’s degree in education from Southern Wesleyan University in December 2011. She lives with her husband, Richard, in Moore, S.C.

Chris Cook and his wife, Mary Jane Kimbrough Cook ’07, live in Hillsbor-ough, N.C. In September 2010, Mary Jane passed the North Carolina Bar and began working as an assistant appellate defender in the Office of the Appellate Defender in Durham, N.C. Chris is assistant director of sports information at Duke University.

Sarah Louise Smith is a writer/editor in the department of communications at Cornell University. She lives in Brooktondale, N.Y.

Living in Raleigh, N.C., Elizabeth Frazier is youth minister at Apex United Methodist Church in Apex, N.C.

Living in North Bethesda, Md., Dr. Meghan Hall is a veterinarian at Friendship Hospital for Animals. Hall graduated in May 2010 from The Ohio State University with a degree in veterinary medicine.

Tara Kathryn Hartness lives in Green-ville, S.C., and teaches geometry, algebra, statistics and economics at Shannon Forest

Tradition with a twist: Barber creates new eco-friendly Bowens Island

(Top) Robert Barber on the pier leading out to Bowens Island seafood restaurant.

(Above) The new vegetative roof, now on top of the original building.

(Left) Bowens Island is located off Folly Beach Road south of Charleston, S.C.


For Robert Barber ’71, running Bowens Island seafood restaurant off

the coast of Charleston, S.C., remains “a ritual” faithfully followed from the lessons he learned as a child working alongside his grandmother, May Bowen.

May, with the help of her husband, Jimmy, and a variety of locals who picked oysters, began serving fresh seafood, fish-camp-style, shortly after buying the island and moving there in 1946. Barber, who was born in 1949, says some of his first memories were of sawhorses covered with plywood, piled high with oysters. Local families who ordered their meals by the bushel or peck gathered around the sawhorses to eat and catch up with their neighbors.

The restaurant changed little through the years until a fire in October 2006 threatened to shut down the South Carolina institution.

“One of the first things that came to my mind when it happened was that I had lost a family member,” says Barber in an oral history interview for the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Barber, whose path to restaurant ownership included an M.Div. from Duke Divin-ity School, a J.D. from South Texas Law School, three terms in the South Carolina House of Representatives, and service on the Charleston County School board, including a two-year stint as chairman, used his interest in conservation to rebuild the restaurant as ecologically friendly as possible.

Barber has used recycled materials in the construction of the building and added a vegetative roof on a portion of the remains of the original building. The new building has no central heating or air conditioning units. Instead, Barber will bring in portable heaters to make guests more comfortable in the winter, and the restaurant now has retractable windows to make the most of the natural salt marsh breezes during the summer months. Bowens Island also boasts a rain garden on the side of the building that collects runoff from the roof. The water will be used to sustain the soil and plants around the building.

continues to receive regional and national attention in outlets such as Southern Living, Men’s Journal and People magazine.

The restaurant has changed, but according to Barber, the important things have stayed the same.

by Holly Holladay ’11 and Jo Ann M. Brasington ’89

“We’re carrying on the tradition but with a twist,” says Barber, who is preparing the restaurant’s application for Gold Standard LEED Certification.

In 2006, Bowens Island received a James Beard Award for distinction as an American Clas-sic, a restaurant that provides ex-cellent food and service as well as regionally distinctive atmosphere. In 2009, Man vs. Food featured the restaurant, and Bowens Island

Bowens Island

Restaurant

1989Sanjay Patel and his wife, Devangini, of Inman, S.C., announce the

birth of Krishna Sanjay Patel, Dec. 25, 2010.

1991Jae Anna Collins Beasley and her husband, Jay, of Easley, S.C., announce

the birth of Katherine Elaine Beasley, Jan. 1, 2010.

1993Joy Wolfe Graves and her husband, Lawson, of Starkville, Miss., an-

nounce the birth of Piper Graves, Nov. 18, 2010.

Dr. Brad Painter and his wife, Lauren, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Caroline Corbin Painter, May 12, 2010.

1995Chad Gabrich and his wife, Dawn, of Winona Lake, Ind., announce the

birth of Morgan Elizabeth Gabrich, Aug. 12, 2010.

1996Ryan Beasley and his wife, Sarah, of Greenville, S.C., announce the

birth of Lillian Steele Beasley, Dec. 12, 2010.

Christi Owen Brown and her husband, Kelan Brown ’00, of Durham, N.C., announce the birth of their adopted daughter, Lettie McCaskill Brown, Nov. 27, 2010.

1997Allison Marsh Behr and her husband, Chris, of Indian Trail, N.C., an-

nounce the birth of Annika Piper Behr, Nov. 12, 2010.

Marie Espiritu McGill and her husband, Robert, of Melrose, Mass., announce the birth of Evelyn Marie (Evie) McGill, Nov. 17, 2010.

1998Cayce McIntosh Granger and her husband, Hugh, of Timmonsville,

S.C., announce the birth of David Brett Granger, July 17, 2010.

Stuart Moore and his wife, Grace, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Joan ‘Alston’ Moore, Dec. 23, 2010.

1999Jennifer Jones Hallenbeck and her husband, Brad Cook Hal-

lenbeck ’02, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Brad Cook Hallenbeck, Dec. 2, 2010.

2000Elliott Goldsmith and his wife, Emily Whitt Goldsmith ’01, of Green-

ville, S.C., announce the birth of Samuel “Whitt” Goldsmith, Sept. 9, 2010.

Leigh Hyman Ryan and her husband, Tim Ryan, of Marietta, Ga., announce the birth of Julia Belle Ryan, Oct. 1, 2010.

1992Margaret Louise Bartel married Jeffrey

Ziolkowski, June 24, 2010. The couple lives in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. She is a transitional coordinator at Center Point Inc.

1995William Sterling Anderson II married

Anne Carroll Guthrie, Sept. 16, 2010. The couple resides in Spartanburg. He is the owner of W. Sterling Anderson II, LLC, Attorney at Law in Spartanburg.

2000Katherine Randolph Annas married Glenn

Elwood “Bo” Ketner, Feb. 26, 2011. They live in Charlotte, N.C. She is associate general counsel for Carolinas HealthCare System. He practices law with K&L Gates L.L.P. in Charlotte.

2001Sarah Prentiss Counts married Brian Ru-

dolph Shealey Jr., Nov. 6, 2010. The couple resides in Columbia, S.C. She is an attorney with Masella Law Firm. He is an assistant public defender with the Richland County Public Defender’s Office.

Mary Page Stroup married J. Austin Bitner, Nov. 20, 2010. The couple lives in Baltimore, Md. She is a software trainer for Vocus Inc. in Lanham, Md.

2004Matthew Scott Belger married Jennifer

Nichols, June 19, 2010. They reside in Jupiter, Fla. He is a business analyst for NextEra Energy Inc.

Elizabeth Moffett Hipp married Scott Edward Shackouls, Jan. 15, 2011. The couple lives in Houston, Texas. She is a public rela-tions and communications specialist for Texas Children’s Hospital. He is associated with Encore Bank in Houston.

Ann Burnett Johnson married John Spencer Hopkins, March 5, 2011. The couple resides in Spartanburg, S.C. She received her M.B.A. from Queens University, and he is the owner of Educated Calcs.

Adam Holman Perrow married Stacey Megan Williamson, Nov. 1, 2010. They reside in Charlotte, N.C. She is a communications specialist with Piedmont Natural Gas. He is working on his doctorate at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.

2005Carolyn Marshall Baarcke married Bryan

Arthur Wyker, Nov. 13, 2010. The couple lives in Charlotte, N.C. She is associated with UBS Financial Services. He is a commercial real estate broker with The Providence Group.

Thad Bryant Ball married Emma Sinclair Litzenburg ’07, Dec. 18, 2010. They reside in Walhalla, S.C. He received his juris doctorate from the Charleston School of law and is associated with Larry C. Brandt, P.A. She is working on a M.A.T. degree from The Citadel.

William Robert “Trey” Rodgers III mar-ried Leigh Ashley Bell, Dec. 4, 2010. The couple lives in Columbia, S.C. He is associated with Bank of America Global Commercial Bank. She is associ-ated with Grubb & Ellis/Wilson Kibler.

2001Jacquelyn Starks Gayle and her husband, Todd, of Irmo, S.C., announce

the birth of Connor James Gayle, Sept. 3, 2010.

Jamie Anthony Lanning and her husband, Kevin, of Mauldin, S.C., announce the birth of Addison Riley Lanning, April 30, 2010.

Ayden Meyer and his wife, Brooke, of Charlotte, N.C., announce the birth of Graham Richter Meyer, Dec. 8, 2010.

Mary Elise Voitier Pesses and her husband, Josh, of Baton Rouge, La., announce the birth of Louise Caroline Pesses, Oct. 29, 2010.

Dr. Leah Bryan Wilkins and her husband, Talmadge, of North Augusta, S.C., announce the birth of Loren Ann Wilkins, March 10, 2010.

Claire Myers Winslow and her husband, Ken, of Duncan, S.C., announce the birth of Robert Thompson Winslow, Dec. 25, 2010.

2002The Rev. B.J. Hutto and his wife, Rebekah McLeod Hutto, of Durham,

N.C., announce the birth of Hannah Ruth Hutto, June 12, 2010.

Jeni Imfeld Strain and her husband, Butler Strain ’03, of Tallahassee, Fla., announce the birth of May Elizabeth Strain, Oct. 14, 2010.

2003Heath Hanna and his wife, Meredith Healy Hanna, of Smyrna, Ga.,

announce the birth of Chapman Healy Hanna, Jan. 26, 2011.

Mary Madison Brittain Langway and her husband, Drew, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., announce the birth of Lillian Carson Langway, July 12, 2010.

Josh Skinner and his wife, Mary Kate Dula Skinner, of Charleston, S.C., announce the birth of Mary Margaret Skinner, Nov. 20, 2010.

Erin Miller Wallin and her husband, Bart, of Chattanooga, Tenn., an-nounce the birth of Sellick Joel Wallin, Aug. 2, 2010.

Erica Wooten Woodward and her husband, Dixon, of Daniel Island, S.C., announce the birth of Andrew Dixon Woodward III, Aug. 13, 2010.

2005Ben Whitney and his wife, Ashley Worley Whitney ’06, of Millersville,

Md., announce the birth of Cooper Barton Whitney, Jan. 31, 2011.

2008Kirby Shelley Davis and her husband, Matt Davis, of Moore, S.C., an-

nounce the birth of Colson Hayes Davis, Nov. 5, 2011.

2006Thomas Adam Pierce married Catherine

Asher Cayce, Oct. 30, 2010. They reside in Charlot-tesville, Va. He is associated with National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. and the University of Virginia’s Foundation for Humanities in Charlot-tesville. She is a graduate of William and Mary School of Law and employed with a consulting firm in Charlottesville.

James Cody Garland married Bobbie Carol Waugh, Oct. 23, 2010. The couple lives in Statesville, N.C. He is associated with John Woodie Enterprises Inc. She is a registered nurse at Forsyth Medical Center.

2007Erin Renee Rolland married Aaron Michael

Inman, Nov. 13, 2010. They reside in Santa Rosa, Calif. She is an event coordinator in Healdsburg, and he is a winemaker in Santa Rosa.

2009Jessie Leigh Davis married Hayes Eugene

Modlin ’10, May 30, 2010. The couple lives in Smyrna, Ga.

2010Christopher Michael Campbell married

Katherine J. McCavitt, Dec. 11, 2010. The couple lives in Powdersville, S.C. He is associated with Greenville Hospital System. She is employed by Ultra Tan corporate offices in Greenville.

2003Chad Nicholas Johnston married

Frances Clark Belk, Nov. 13, 2010. The couple resides in Columbia, S.C. He received his juris doctorate and International M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina and is an attorney with Willoughby & Hoefer, P.A. She is a teacher at Sandhills School.

Wofford grads and groomsmen gathered for the Johnstons’ wedding. (Left to right) Front row: March Chase ’03, Dr. Brad Nesmith ’03, Chad Johnston ’03, Ryan Langley ’02, Michael Anzelmo ’00. Back row: Kevin Vaughn ’03, Dixon Dedman ”03 and Jesse Smith ’03

Christian School. She received her master’s of arts in teaching math in 2010 from Clemson University.

The Rev. Duncan Gray Martin is senior pastor of Antioch United Methodist Church and Oak Grove United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Meredith, live in King, N.C.

Rachel Ann Smithson lives in Charlotte, N.C., and is finance business communications manager for the City of Charlotte.

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Living in Florence, S.C., Kelly Barr is a financial advisor for Wells Fargo Advisors LLC.

Marty Bauer lives in Columbia, S.C., and is a graduate student at the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business.

Matt Beavin is an investments associate with the real estate firm Edens and Avant. He and his wife, Katherine Chrismer Beavin, live in Columbia, S.C.

Bryan Blair received his juris doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in May

2010, and has joined the academic staff of the National Collegiate Ath-letic Association.

Living in Deep Gap, N.C., Hart-ford Campbell is an associate with K-Mart in Boone, N.C.

Bess Fortune is a biology and physical education teacher at Stone-Bridge School. She and her husband, Russell, live in Suffolk, Va.

Congratulations to Mary Me-lissa Hayes, who earned a master of science degree in microbiology in December 2010 from Clemson University.

LeAnn Lancaster graduated from the Charlotte School of Law in 2010 and has joined the law firm of Lancaster and St. Louis PLLC.

Elizabeth Switzer Malcolm is a sales representative for Es-sential Dental Systems. Elizabeth and her husband, Harrison Reid Malcolm, an attorney, live in Co-lumbia, S.C.

Santiago Mariani is studying at the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. Mariani, who is from Spartanburg, often assists with services at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Tryon, N.C.

Erin Blanton Metcalf and her husband, Jason, live in Norway, S.C.

Metcalf graduated from the Medi-cal University of South Carolina in 2010 and has joined Barnwell Family Medicine as a physician assistant.

Hunter Miller is vice presi-dent of institutional clients group for Wells Fargo Bank. He and his wife, Catherine Jones Miller, live in Charlotte, N.C.

Living in Charleston, S.C., Whit Perrin is pursuing a law degree at the Charleston School of Law.

2008TerrierTop5ReunionHomecoming2011ClassChair,NathanMadi-gan

Phil Beene is employee coordi-nator for Care Focus Inc. He lives in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Stephanie Fontenot lives in Washington, D.C., and is a sched-uler for United States Rep. Steve Womack.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Evan Hobbs is a certified public accoun-tant for The Hobbs Group PA.

Living in Smyrna, Ga., Mark Reynolds is an analyst-revenue manager for Delta Airlines.

Laurie Traywick works for the South Carolina Senate, where

she is an assistant to senate judiciary committee chairman, Sen. Glenn McConnell and the judicial merit selection commission. She lives in Columbia, S.C.

2009TerrierTop5ReunionHomecoming2011ClassChair,T.PeytonHray

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Chris Bundy works for North Star Emer-gency Services as a roof inspector for its insurance division.

Joshua Harris is senior guest services team leader for Target. He and his wife, Cassandra, live in Moore, S.C.

Louisa Houston lives in Columbia, S.C., and is a graduate assistant at the South Carolina In-stitute for Childhood Obesity and Related Disorders.

Bethany Jerabek received her nursing degree in 2010 from the University of Miami and is working as a pediatric intensive care unit nurse at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. She lives in Saint Johns, Fla.

Living in Greenville, S.C., Whit-ner Kennedy is a technical recruiter for the technology staffing and service firm of TEKsystems.

Matt Norcia lives in Lake Bluff, Ill., and is an account manager for the technology products and services firm of CDW.

Nicholas Yeaw lives in Green-ville, S.C., and is an account executive for IKON Office Solutions.

2010TerrierTop5ReunionHomecoming2011ClassChair,MatthewAbee

Keshia Boyd lives in Memphis, Tenn., and is working for Teach for America.

Sarah Cecile Burns lives in Washington, D.C., and is a com-mercial real estate research analyst for CoStar Group.

Caroline Cotter lives in Charleston, S.C., and is a graduate student at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Living in Lexington, S.C., Ash-ley DeCleene is a personal banker with Ameris Bank.

Katie Grainger lives in Bothell, Wash., and is a graduate student at the University of Washington.

Living in Charleston, S.C., Jef-frey Griffin is operations manager for Huguenot Energy. He handles the accounting and finance depart-

ment for this small, private energy provider.

Lacie Hyatt works for Milliken & Company in its R&D Chemical Division, Plastics and Additives. She lives in Spartanburg.

Coldwell Banker Caine an-nounced in January the addition of Rebekah Johnson to its Spartan-burg location as an agent support representative. Johnson will support the company’s sales associates.

Philips Leach lives in Raleigh, N.C., and is an energy logistics and optimization specialist for Consoli-dated Asset Management Services.

William Render is a graduate student at the Medical University of South Carolina. He lives in Charles-ton, S.C.

Billy Zweier is a graduate stu-dent in accounting at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.


Wofford Weddings Wofford Births

Smith Patterson ’67, director of gift planning at the college, at the Low Country Alumni Meeting with Mary and Joe Cross ’67.

We’re looking for students of Sam Moyer (Wofford Professor of Music from 1947 – 1963)If you performed in the Wofford Glee Club, Aristocrats or Wofford marching bands (including ROTC) under the direction of the late Sam Moyer, the Alumni Office is looking for you. The students of Sam Moyer have organized as Moyers Men, and we’d like to include you in that group so that you may attend reunions and receive news regarding remembrances of Sam Moyer.If you have not already been contacted by Wofford regarding Sam Moyer and would like to be included in the Moyers Men group, please contact Karen Cannon, alumni records clerk, at 864-597-4202 or [email protected] with your name, class year, and the name of the vocal or band group in which you participated.


Upcoming Black & Gold gatherings:April 17 .........................................................................Easter EggStravaganzaApril 19 ....................................................................Florence Alumni GatheringApril 28 ....................................................................Rock Hill Alumni GatheringApril 28 ...........................................................................................Football 101April 30 ....................................................................... Charleston Family EventMay 5 ..................................................... Grand Strand Area Wofford GatheringMay 7 .................................................................. Family Fun Day at CarowindsMay 21 – 22 ...............................................50th Class Reunion - Class of 1961June 2 ......................................................... New York City Young Alumni EventJuly 23 ...........................................................................Boston Red Sox GameAug. 16 .................................................................. Atlanta Young Alumni EventAug. 25 ............................................. Spartanburg Area Fanfest / Oyster RoastAug. 30 - Sept. 4 .......................................... Alumni Association trip to ChicagoSept. 7 ............................................................... Columbia Young Alumni EventSept. 8 ............................................................. Charleston Young Alumni EventSept. 30 - Oct. 2 ......................................................................Family Weekend Oct. 6 .............................................................. Washington, D.C., Alumni EventOct. 8 .........................................................................Citadel Post-Game EventOct. 13 .............................................................. Greenville Young Alumni EventOct. 28 - 30 ................................................................................... HomecomingNov. 10 ...............................................................Charlotte Young Alumni Event Dec. 1-3 ......................................................... Ben Wofford Books Holiday Sale

Moyer’s Men back on campusThe Moyer’s Men gathered for a reunion on Jan. 30 and sang the National Anthem and alma mater before the Wofford vs. Samford basketball game.

LaRone Washington ’07 and Chip Finney ’77 enjoy a conversation at the Columbia Wofford Gathering at the Capital City Club on February 24. Finney, a Sumter attorney, was sworn in in January as solicitor for the state’s 3rd Judicial Circuit, the first African-American to hold the post. Finney has been a criminal defense attorney for 28 years in the law firm established by his father, Ernest Finney Jr., the first African-American chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court.

Chelsey Weathersbee ’11, Katya Filina ’11, Nicky Cangcuesta ’11 and Courtney McIlroy ’11 enjoy a celebration marking the final 100 days before graduation.

DEATHS1933

Dr. Benjamin Mondsie Oliver Jr., Jan. 8, 2011, Jupiter, Fla. In World War II, Dr. Oliver served as an Army medical officer with the 9th Division at Normandy, Northern France, Central Europe, Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and the Rhineland. In 1946, Dr. Oliver opened a private medical practice in Lynchburg, S.C., where he practiced for 54 years until his retirement at the age of 89.

1938Roy Allen Bussey Sr., Nov. 11, 2010,

Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Bussey was the owner and operator of Nash Electric Supply. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church and of Morgan Lodge #22, Knights of Pythias, for more than 50 years.

Dr. Thomas Lawton Neely, Dec. 23, 2010, Ridgecrest, N.C. Mr. Neely was a pastor, evangelist, missionary, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention in Colombia, South America. From 1958-70, he served as an administrator at North Greenville College, retiring as the president. He later returned to the mission field, but also served as a Bible conference speaker, retreat leader, and in prison ministry.

1942Robert Ray Odom Jr., Jan. 28, 2011,

Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Odom was retired from the law firm of Odom, Terry and Cantrell. He was a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, serving as president in 1980. He was president of Odom Inc. (formerly Odom Oil Company), past-president of Odom Transport Inc., and a director and secretary of Associated Petroleum Carriers. Odom was a director of First Federal Savings and Loan Association for more than 50 years and was also a past chairman of the board of directors. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He was a leader in the Spartanburg Chapter of the American Red Cross, Mountainview Nursing Home, and the Rotary Club of Spartanburg.

1943Daniel Claude Carmichael Jr., Jan.

16, 2011, Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Carmichael served in the Army during World War II and earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He earned a master’s degree in architecture from Yale University. He moved to Los Angeles and was a founding partner in Carmichael-Kemp Architects, known throughout California for their unique expertise in designing public schools. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects. In 1991, he received the Service Citation Award from the Council of Educational Facility Planners International for 25 years of service.

1944The Rev. Homer Everett Bradey, Dec.

21, 2010, Hickory, N.C. Mr. Bradey was a Baptist minister in North and South Carolina, retiring as pastor emeritus of Mount Grove Baptist Church. He also served as a moderator

of the Theron Rankin Baptist Association and the Caldwell Baptist Association. He was a committee member on the Baptist State As-sociation and the advisory board for Gardner Webb University. In 1985, he and his wife pastored a church near The Hague in Holland through the Baptist Partnership in Europe. Mr. Brady was a member of Viewmont Baptist Church at the time of his death.

1945Rodney Cudd Jr., Nov. 15, 2010,

Isle of Palms, S.C. A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Cudd served in the European Theater during World War II. He was president of Union Transfer Companies in Asheville, N.C., for 50 years.

1946Clarence Prince “Bill” Stribling,

Feb. 20, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. A U.S. Army veteran, he served with the 77th Infan-try division. Mr. Stribling began his career in broadcasting with WSPA and WORD radio stations in Spartanburg and WBCU in Union. In 1974, he left broadcasting to become the Union branch manager of First Federal Sav-ings and Loan Association of Rock Hill, and retired from American Federal of Greenville in 1984. Mr. Stribling served as mayor of the City of Union from 1962 – 1972; as the president of the Municipal Association of South Carolina in 1968; and as a member of the South Carolina State Development Board from 1977 – 1981. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church.

William Stillwell Vincent, Dec. 5, 2010, Greenville, S.C. Mr. Vincent graduated first in his class from Northwestern Midship-man’s School and served at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, until released from the Navy in 1946. Mr. Vincent was associated with J.P. Stevens & Co. until he retired in 1989 with 41 years of service. He then joined the Anderson Symphony Orchestra where he played for 17 years, the last two as principal cellist. He was a member of John Knox Presbyterian Church in Greenville.

1948Fred Albert “Ziggy” Elias, Jan. 10,

2011, Spartanburg, S.C. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Elias was the owner of Jeri’s Shoes for more than 30 years. He was an avid musician, playing with Ringling Broth-ers and Barnum & Bailey Circus as well as local bands. Mr. Elias was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg.

Dr. Henry Boyd Israel, Jan. 20, 2011, Leesburg, Ga. Dr. Israel served in the combat engineers during World War II and was an Army Reserve officer in the Adjutant General’s Corps during the 1950s. He was the founding director of Southwest Georgia Regional Education Service Agency in Leary, Ga. After retiring, he was an adjunct instruc-tor at Albany State University until 1998. He was a member of Central Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and taught the Crusaders Sunday School Class.

1950William Andrew “Bill” Camp, Jan.

8, 2011, Marietta, Ga. Mr. Camp began his career with Dun & Brandstreet, then worked for GE Credit. He retired as regional manager from Westinghouse Credit in Atlanta. Mr. Camp was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta.

William Fulton Wood, March 7, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Wood served in the U.S. Navy during World War II at Guadalcanal. After the war he attended Wofford, beginning a three-generation family tradition. Mr. Wood had a 40-year career as a homebuilder and was a member of the Spartanburg Homebuilding Association and the National Association of Homebuilders. He was also a City of Spartanburg firefighter and police officer with 35 years of service. Mr. Wood was a member of Evangel Cathedral, the Hejaz Shrine Temple and Mill Village Masonic Lodge #360. Memorials may be made to Wofford College.

1951Dr. Joseph Kenyon East Sr., Feb.

19, 2011, Columbia, S.C. Dr. East, who earned his undergraduate degree at Berry College, completed a master’s at Wofford while working as superintendent of schools in Blacksburg, S.C. For 48 years, he was an innovative public educator and consultant. He was particularly known for his work on a statewide Adult Basic Education Campaign that served as a model for other states, and he is listed in the South Carolina Adult Education Hall of Fame. He received the Order of the Palmetto and the Jefferson Award. He was a Rotarian for 61 years and a life deacon with the First Baptist Church of Columbia.

Thomas Jeffers Ford, Nov. 19, 2010, Orangeburg, S.C. Mr. Ford was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean conflict. He spent more than 35 years as an industrial/economic development practitioner. During his career, he served as president of Marlboro-Chesterfield Technical College, now known as Northeastern Technical College.

Luther “Luke” Cosby Pool, Jan. 17, 2011, Raleigh, N.C. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Pool served aboard the USS San Jacinto in the Pacific. After the war he completed his education. He worked as a sales manager for Standard Fruit and Steam-ship Co. (which was later became Dole) for 32 years. Mr. Pool was a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh.

Dr. John Howard Tillotson, Jan. 16, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. An educator, Dr. Tillotson’s career spanned nearly four decades beginning as a mathematics teacher and finishing as Spartanburg School District Seven Superintendent. Wofford honored him as a recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 1992. Dr. Tillotson was an honored administrator from the South Carolina Music Educators Association Hall of Fame. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of East Spartanburg Rotary Club, where he had served as president, and a

member of the Evening Optimist Club. Memorials may be made to Wofford’s Class of 1951 Scholarship Fund.

1953Dr. Sidney Legrande Kelly Jr.,

Jan. 18, 2011, Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Kelly retired as professor of religion and philosophy at Salem College after a 30-year career. His main focus was on racial equal-ity and economic justice that included the founding and sustaining of Crossing 52. He was a member of the Minister’s Conference, Crisis Control Ministry of Winston-Salem, CHANGE and St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. His spiritual quest was his life’s work and is clarified in his memoirs, “A Strange and Wayward Life.”

1955Clarence Talmadge Biggerstaff, June

18, 2010, Staunton, Va. Mr. Biggerstaff was a retired school psychologist with the City of Staunton, Va.

Cecil Martin Camlin Jr., Nov. 18, 2010, Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. Camlin served as a United Methodist minister for 20 years and then managed substance abuse treatment programs in Virginia for 15 years. After he retired, he was a financial planner with American Express Financial Advisors in Richmond, Va., until 2002.

Charles Legette Graham, Feb. 9 2011, Johnsonville, S.C. Mr. Graham began his career by starting the football program at Jonesville High School and later served as principal of Johnsonville High School. He went on to serve as assistant superintendent, interim superintendent and chairman of the school board in Florence School District Five. Mr. Graham helped operate Eastern Carolina Foxhunters’ Paradise and is a member of the Foxhunters Hall of Fame. He was a member of Johnsonville United Methodist Church and the Free Masons.

Charles Douglas Roddy, Jan. 27, 2011, North Augusta, S.C. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Jessie Lynch Lodge and the Concordia Lodge #50. He began his career as a coach and teacher at Edgefield and Strom Thurmond high schools. He retired as a sports specialist at Fort Gordon, Ga.

1959Doane Epps James, Jan. 2, 2011,

Latta, S.C. Mr. James spent six years as a field adjuster with the General Adjustment Bureau and then became a field claimsman and claims superintendent with State Farm Insurance for 26 years. He served on the Ter-rier Club Board of Directors. A member of Latta United Methodist Church, he served as a lay leader, delegate to the United Methodist Conference, Sunday School teacher, member of the choir, board of trustees, and Pastor/Parish committee. He was the brother of Jerry James ’70 and uncle of Kyle M. James ’03. Memorials may be made to the Doane E. James Scholarship Fund at Wofford.

William Boyd Johnson, Jan. 5, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Johnson served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was superintendent of No. 2 Plant in Forsyth, Ga. Prior to becoming a textile executive, he had been president and CEO of Futura Manufacturing Co. in Ware Shoals, and former general manager of Color Spectrum in Dalton, Ga. He was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church.

Dennis Earl Pike Sr., Jan. 16, 2011, Boiling Springs, S.C. Mr. Pike served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He retired in 1996 from Univar Corp. after 38 years of service as the national accounts manager. Mr. Pike was a volunteer for Mobile Meals and a member of Gramling United Methodist Church and the Spartanburg Lions Club.

1960Robert Olee Berry, Jan. 27, 2011,

Latta, S.C. After graduation, Mr. Berry spent several years as a football and baseball coach for Dillon, Clio, Aynor, and Timmonsville Schools. After coaching, he was a production coordinator for the Florence Rehabilitation Center and worked as a referee in the Pee Dee area for public and private schools. After he retired, Mr. Berry worked tirelessly for volun-teer organizations including the Red Wolves and American Legion Baseball. He served in the S.C. National Guard for six years.

1961The Rev. William Robert Morris

Sr., Feb. 16, 2011, Summerville, S.C. Mr. Morris served United Methodist churches in South Carolina for more than 40 years. He was an active fire department volunteer in several locations, serving as chief in Quinby and Murrells Inlet, S.C.

1962Maj. William Broadus Foster Sr.,

Dec. 24, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Foster retired as a pilot from the U.S. Air Force on Dec. 31, 1960 with 21 years of service. He participated in D-Day Normandy and also the Southern France invasion. After retiring from the armed services, he was a teacher in Spartanburg County for 23 years.

1967Vernon Franklin Cornwell, Dec. 9,

2010, Manassas, Va. Mr. Cornwell was the quality control manager for Shannon Auto Sales in Manassas.

1968Charles Ronald Mauney, Feb. 5,

2011, Blythewood, S.C. Mr. Mauney was a member of the Home Builder’s Association, and had received his Professional Project Manager’s Designation (P.M.P.). He was a member of Northeast Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon.

1970Townes Boyd Johnson II, Nov. 17,

2010, Greenville, S.C.

Alumni Executive Council, 2010President: Molly Hughes Cherry ’93, Charleston, S.C. Past President: Hunter Quick ’71, Charlotte, N.C.

Terms Ending Dec. 31, 2011Sally Sue Garris Brown ’96, Columbia, S.C.Jim Crawford III ’78, Cheraw, S.C.Mike Trammell ’85, Spartanburg, S.C.Wade Keisler ’80, Lexington, S.C.Craig Melvin ’01, Washington, D.C.Richard Williamson ’75, Orangeburg, S.C.

Terms Ending Dec. 31, 2012Gray Culbreath ’85, Columbia, S.C.Monique McDowell ’92, Atlanta, Ga.Roy Morton ’84, Birmingham, Ala.Curtis Nichols ’96, Spartanburg, S.C.Alvin Wells ’83, Chicago, Ill.Andy Young ’96, Charlotte, N.C.

Terms Ending Dec. 31, 2013Dawn Williams Burks ’81, Simpsonville, S.C.Lance Crick ’95, Greenville, S.C.Tracy Harrell Dunn ’87, Columbia, S.C.Elizabeth McAbee ’91, Spartanburg, S.C.Anthony Miles ’91, Atlanta, Ga.Maureen Ward Shealy ’87, Cartersville, Ga.Ben Waldrop ’93, Greenville, S.C.Josh Whitley ’05, Columbia, S.C.


John B. White Sr.

John B. White Sr., known to generations of Wofford students as the owner and operator of Spartanburg’s famous Beacon Drive-In,

died Feb. 13, 2011, at the age of 89.After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, Mr. White

opened the Beacon on Nov. 25, 1946, selling the local institu-tion and retiring on May 1, 1998. He did business in a way that reflected a steadfast commitment to his Baptist faith. He was a good friend to his employees, and he always gave his customers a little more than they expected for their dollar. Without being asked, he very quietly did a great deal of community philanthropy, particularly when people were distressed or hungry. If a member of the armed services wanted a taste of home, Mr. White would ship the food at no charge. He bought ads in high school newspapers and yearbooks, not because he needed to, but because he thought young people deserved the encouragement.

Mr. White was a Wofford parent and a benefactor to the college over many years, and the family suggested memorials to the John B. White Sr. Scholarship Fund at the college.

He was survived by three sons, current Trustee John Belton White Jr. ’72, William Lewis White ’74 and David George White ’77. He had 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Dr. George B. Martin Sr. ’59

Dr. George B. Martin Sr. ’59, who inspired countless students during a 36-year career as a college professor of English and lit-

erature, died Jan. 11, 2011, at his home in Spartanburg. He was 72. Dr. Martin completed a doctoral degree at Manchester Univer-

sity in England in 1967. Until 1981, he was a distinguished faculty member in the Honors Program at the University of Georgia, where he received the first Beaver Award for distinguished teaching. From 1981 through 1995, he served as professor of English and chair of the department at Wofford, and then was president of the Liberty Fund, a foundation that discusses great books throughout the United States, England, Central and South America, and Iceland. After he retired, Dr. Martin returned to Spartanburg and taught adjunct classes at Wofford.

Dr. Martin was active in the Episcopal Church of the Advent, where he was a member of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew and a lecturer in Sunday School classes on the works of C.S. Lewis.

He is survived by his wife, Agnes Reed Martin of Spartanburg; three children, George Brantley Martin, Jr., Lillian Martin Stephano ’91, Reed Martin Chewning ’93; and, four grandchildren.

Dean Emeritus Dan Maultsby ’61, said, “As a student and teacher, Dr. Martin was influenced by Wofford Professor Vince Miller, and, like Dr. Miller, he was successful in developing stu-dents’ judgment and sharpening their thinking. Moreover, he helped students find examples of human virtue in literature and to see the relevance of literature to their own lives. I am grateful to Dr. Martin for his contribution to students and to our college. I am glad he was my colleague and friend.”

1975Jerome Paul Hanna, Jan. 6, 2011,

Enoree, S.C. Mr. Hanna was the CEO of Kwik Food Store in Greer. He was a 25-year member of Enoree Masonic Lodge #222.

Darrell Flynn Scott, Nov. 17, 2010, New Port Richey, Fla. Mr. Scott worked in construction for J.C. Penney Company for 18 years, before becoming a general contractor in the Atlanta, Ga. area. He later relocated to Florida and worked at DFS Construction.

1977Marcus Dawson Antley Sr., Nov. 24,

2010, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

1980Mark Whitfield Vick, Nov. 7, 2010,

Durham, N.C. Mr. Vick was associated with UNC Memorial Hospital and Duke Univer-sity Hospital as a certified nursing assistant. He was a member of Duke Memorial United Methodist Church.

1992Leon Nathaniel Mills, Jan. 5, 2011,

Spartanburg, S.C.

1993Capt. Marc Wade Richardson, Dec.

9, 2010, Brunswick, Ga. Mr. Richardson was a special agent with the state. He was also an Environmental Protection Agency special agent and a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve.

2009William Paschal Mabry, Feb. 11,

2011, Savannah, Ga. Mr. Mabry died in an accident. While a student at Wofford, Mr. Mabry designed the fountain at the main entrance to the college on North Church Street.

FriendsHarriette Elizabeth Alexander, Feb.

1, 2011, Spartanburg, S.C. Mrs. Alexander was the widow of Gene Alexander, a beloved coach and administrator at Wofford. Memo-rials may be made to the Wofford College Athletics Department, Eugene Alexander Endowment Fund.

Lt. Col. Theodore S. “Ted” Daniel-son, Jan. 28, 2011, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Mr. Danielson was a ROTC instructor at Wofford in the early 1970s.

Broadus Richard “Dick” Littlejohn, Jr., Dec. 13, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Littlejohn was the former chairman and president of Spartanburg-based Community Cash Stores and the recipient of multiple civic and philanthropic awards. “Wofford lost a friend and supporter when Broadus R. ‘Dick’ Littlejohn, Jr. passed away,” says Littlejohn Collection Archivist Luke Meagher. “Dick was a retired businessman and philanthropist with deep connections to Wofford and other Spartanburg institutions, but to many he was much more: mentor, history aficionado, humanitarian, man of faith and student of the soul. The fine collection of historical materials

that he leaves with Wofford — the Littlejohn Collection — will serve as a testament, not only to Dick’s generous spirit, but also to his passion for history and the profound lessons it teaches.”

William Coke Morris, Feb. 22, 2011, Greenville, S.C. Mr. Morris was a former publicity director at Wofford.

Donald Valentine Richardson III, Nov. 23, 2010, Columbia, S.C. Mr. Rich-ardson was a founder of the Richardson

Plowden Law Firm (now Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A) in Columbia, S.C., and continued to be of counsel until 1999. He was the grandfather of Nelson ’09 and Richard Seabrook ’12 and Margaret Deans Fawcett ’13 and Gavin Fawcett ’14.

Louise Murphy Robertson, Dec. 25, 2010, Spartanburg, S.C. Mrs. Robertson was the widow of former basketball coach and administrator Joel Robertson ’41.

Ex Officio — Two Year TermsDial DuBose ’83, Easley, S.C. President, Terrier Club

Scott Gant ’83, Charlotte, N.C.National Annual Fund Chair

Volunteer Extended TermsBryan Brooks ’97, Charlotte, N.C.Rick Cohn ’73, Columbia, S.C.Dennis Guthrie ’66, Charlotte, N.C.

Ex OfficioHugh Lane, Wofford College Board of TrusteesBenjamin B. Dunlap, PresidentDavid Wood, Senior Vice President for Academic AffairsMarion Peavey ’65, Senior Vice President for DevelopmentEd Story, Assistant Vice President and Director of DevelopmentSmith Patterson ’67, Director of Planned GivingCharlie Gray ’72, Director of Alumni & Parents AssociationsLisa DeFreitas ’88, Director of Annual GivingDebbi Thompson ’88, Director of Alumni & Parents Programs


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