Fall 2003Fall 2003

MilestoneMoments:1983–2003Pages 10–11

HomecomingOct. 23–26Page 12

MilestoneMoments:1983–2003Pages 10–11

HomecomingOct. 23–26Page 12

The Fame Name Game

from thedesk of thePresident

Iwon an argument a few years ago when the suggestion was

advanced that Samford name 150 graduates to a Hall of

Fame. As part of our sesquicentennial, the idea was to honor

150 graduates who had become famous in positions of power and

influence, recognized by peers in their respective professions.

It is an impressive list, and at first blush, the idea sounded

good, though it somewhat offended my sense of democracy. How

could we be wise enough to know all the worthies? And how

could we limit it to 150 from about 35,000? What about, I

countered, the graduate who has spent a lifetime as a contented

nurse, helping people in time of great need—but without

headlines or bylines? How about the minister who is not on radio

or TV, whom no reporter ever calls for a quote, but who is minis-

tering to the flock of a small-town church not adjacent to an

interstate? Would we overlook the lawyer who has won no

signature cases but who works with great integrity, who also

coaches Little League Baseball and girls’ soccer, and captains a

United Way unit? Don’t forget the teacher who has taught

hundreds of children how to read, but whose name you never

read in the newspaper. What about the businesswoman who is

on every volunteer list in her community, in effect, minding all

the community’s business in addition to her own personal

enterprise?

Among Samford graduates and former students around the

world are people in professions and in selfless volunteer activity,

too busy with daily work to make a name for themselves; too

committed to little-known causes and communities to be noticed

by others. Everywhere I go, I learn of worthy endeavors—in

work, school, church, community—made successful by the

expertise, care and commitment of unheralded Samford

graduates.

We celebrate all those sons and daughters of Samford whose

high achievement and generous service is unacknowledged, even

taken for granted, as well as all those who have been recognized

by press and peers. Your Alma Mater is proud of you, and very

grateful!

Thomas E. CortsPresident

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2 Fish MysteryBiology professor Mike Howell’s research helpedunravel the mystery of why some female fish inFlorida streams were developing male characteristics.One expert called his work “an unparalleled obser-vation in the field of ecology.”

4 Presaging Economic Recovery?Small-business activity may be an indicator theeconomy is recovering. Business professor MarleneReed takes a look at the reasons.

6 Pocketsize RevolutionPharmacy students are using Personal DataAssistants [PDAs] provided by Samford to makesure they stay current in their information-drivenfield. This story excerpted from Samford’s new E-mail newsletter, The Belltower, gives details.

7 Nonprescription Self-Care GrowingAmerica is experiencing a tidal wave of consumerinterest in medical self-care using over-the-counterdrugs. Pharmacy professor Tim Covington writesabout the trend and some recent developments.

10 Milestone Moments: 1983–2003Dr. Thomas E. Corts completed two decades aspresident Aug. 31, 2003. Take a quick look at somemilestone moments occurring during his years ofleadership.

5 Faculty

8 Campus News

12 Homecoming Plans

13 Class Notes

18 Births

19 In Memoriam

20 Sports

21 Giving

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Something is causing female fishin several north Florida streamsto develop male characteristics.It’s also happening in Swedenand other places. Samford

biology professors Mike Howell and RonJenkins think they know what it is.

“It’s no mystery,” Howell said. “It’sandrostenedione, the same anabolicsteroid that some athletes have used toenhance their performance.” Weightlifters call it andro.

It’s no mystery now, but Howell’squick answer is based on more than 20years of research and an intriguingdiscovery he made along the way.

The professor was studying thegenetics of mosquitofish during the late1970s. Returning with some studentsfrom a field trip to Dauphin Island SeaLab, he made a side trip to collect somespecimens. Heading along Interstate 10near Pensacola, Fla., the group pulled offnear a stream known as ElevenmileCreek.

The water was dark and looked like atypical stream in Southern swampy areas.But climbing down the bank, theynoticed something different.

“It was the smell of chemicals,” saidHowell. “The creek was extremelypolluted.”

There were plenty of the two-inchlong mosquitofish in the water, but theyall looked like males. Then Howellnoticed that one of the “males” appearedto be pregnant and bore a black spot indi-cating that condition. This fish wasactually a female with some male charac-teristics, including a masculine-like lowerfin used by males in reproduction.

All the female mosquitofish presentwere the same; they looked like malesand possessed male-like reproductive fins.But, most were pregnant and full ofunborn baby mosquitofish.

The phenomenon was interesting,but Howell had no ready answer aboutwhat produced it. He gathered thespecimens and returned to Birmingham.Thus began a period of research whichultimately produced what noted toxi-cologist John McLachlan called “anunparalleled observation in the field ofecology” by Howell. McLachlan, whodirects the Center for BioenvironmentalResearch at Tulane and Xavier Universitiesin New Orleans, is internationally knownin his field.

By the 1990s, Howell thought heknew what was altering the gender of thefish. He and Jenkins (and colleagues atthe University of Alabama at Birmingham)had studied a similar situation in the

What IsAltering the Look ofThese Fish?Female mosquitofish in Florida’s FenhollowayRiver have developed male characteristics,including long lower fins. The top fish is anormal female and the bottom fish a normalmale from unpolluted nearby Spring Creek. Themiddle three are Fenholloway females invarious stages of masculinization.

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Fenholloway Rivernear Perry, Fla. Thecommon denomi-nator: fish in bothstreams were mas-culinized downstreamfrom pulp-and-papermills that werereleasing pollutantsinto the water.

By this time, plenty ofresearch had been done onchemical pollutants thatintroduced female sexhormones, or estrogen, intothe environment. This causedfeminization to occur in malespecies and severe repro-ductive problems in females.But nobody had discoveredhow pollutants couldproduce the oppositeeffect, masculinization.

Howell workedhard to trace the causeto substances releasedby the paper mills intothe water withoutsuccess. Andro-stenedione seemed tobe present, but he couldnot trace it directly tothe mill pollutants.Then he decided toinvestigate whetherthere might be an inter-mediate step.

He took some ofthe chemical in themill effluent and left it in abag of water to see what effectbacteria in the water mighthave. Later, he released thatwater into a fish tank withnormal female mosquitofish.

Voila! In time, the femalesbegan developing male char-acteristics. The study indicatedthat the biotransformation ofthe pollutants brought on bybacterial action produced anandrogen, which works like amale sex hormone.

By this time, extensiveresearch had been done tryingto connect the production ofandrogen directly to sub-stances produced by pol-lutants. But nobody hadreported a study which tookinto account the intermediatebacterial step—exceptHowell.

He first reported hisfindings during a question-and-answer session at aprofessional meeting in LakeTahoe. “When people realizedwhat he was saying, he hadtheir immediate attention,”said McLachlan. “People werequizzing him, wanting toknow more and more about it.I invited him to anotherinternational meeting atTulane in 2001, and there wastremendous interest.”

Howell’s observation thatthe action of the bacteria onthe mill pollutants to produceandrogen “was very sig-nificant,” said McLachlan,who has performed pioneer

research on female environ-mental hormones. He toldScience News (January 6,2001) this represented thefirst environmental androgenever discovered in nature.

The Tulane researchersaid the discovery helped fuela growth of interest in studyinghow male hormones are pro-duced in the environment,with millions spent inter-nationally on research.

“One result has beensome regulation of waterquality in Europe based onthis research,” he said.

The final proof that thepaper mill wastes were beingbiodegraded by bacteria intothe male hormone andro-stenedione came aboutthrough the meticulousanalysis of the polluted water

by Jenkins. His findings, alongwith Howell’s observations,were published recently intwo benchmark papers,creating a stir in the environ-mental world. These paperswere based on a collaborativeeffort also involving scientistsfrom the University ofAlabama at Birmingham,UAB’s medical school and theUniversity of North Carolina’sLaboratories for ReproductiveBiology.

“This all speaks to whatwe are putting into our envi-ronment and how that mayaffect us in the future,” saidHowell. “It has ramificationsfor all of us . . . so many

human cancers are hor-monally stimulated.”Recently, Jenkins andthe research teamreported large amounts ofthe human hormone ofpregnancy, progesterone,from the sediment of theFenholloway River.

Howell and Jenkinscontinue their researchon an intermittent basis,and what it shows issimple. The pollutantsare still present, and theappearance of the fish isstill being altered. Theyreported their findingsmost recently in an

article in the journal,Toxicological Sciences, duringthe spring of 2003.

“We feel that thecompounds found to be activein this system are likely to beresponsible for the masculin-ization of female mosquito-fish,” they concluded. “Whatwe don’t know is how theseenvironmental hormonesmight be affecting humanpopulations.”

Until streams are cleanedup, such conditions willcontinue. And that’s nomystery, either. ■

Samples from the Fenholloway Riverdownstream from a pulp mill, left, andfrom Spring Creek reflect a dramaticdifference in water quality.

Howell’s researchproduced “an unparal-leled observation in the

field of ecology.”––––

John McLachlan

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F E A T U R E S

Because of their flexi-bility, tendency tooperate efficiently

and ability to respond tochanging economic con-ditions more rapidly, smallbusinesses tend to be morerecession proof than larger,more cumbersome organi-zations. Interestingly, as theeconomy has begun toemerge from the recentdownturn, the optimism ofsmall-business owners mayturn out to be a credibleleading indicator of thisrebound.

The National Federationof Independent Business[NFIB] conducts an economicsurvey monthly of approxi-mately 2,600 small-businessowners in an attempt touncover economic trends.The survey for the pastseveral months did, in fact,reveal some interestingtrends.

To begin with, small-business optimism made astrong rebound from Aprilthrough June of 2003. The5.3 point jump in the NFIBindex in April was the largestmonthly increase since theorganization began con-ducting monthly surveys in1986 (the base year). FromApril through June, the indexgained a total of 7 points to101.7 with 1986 = 100.

Supporting that data wasa recent national poll con-ducted by the American CityBusiness Journals. Theirsurvey indicated that 70percent of small businessesexpected the economy toimprove in the next sixmonths.

In addition, 15 percentof the owners surveyed bythe NFIB reported that theybelieve the current period isa good time to expand. Thismay hint that capitalspending will pick up

strength later in the year.With interest rates at a 40-year low, one might wonderwhy expansion is not alreadyoccurring. The reason maybe that small-business ownersfound ways to operate moreefficiently and improveproductivity during thedownturn, and they havenot yet felt the need tobegin hiring more peopleand expanding their capacityfor this reason. Of theowners who think now is agood time to expand, 35percent were encouraged bythe economy, 23 percent byimproved sales prospects, 35 percent by favorablefinancing and 6 percent bythe political climate.

The small-businessowners reported that theirbiggest problem (accordingto 28 percent of respondents)was rising insurance costs.This is a survey record high.The problem rated as secondin importance was poor saleswith an 18 percent rating,and taxes rated as numberthree (17 percent).

Some part of theoptimism of the small-business owners may haveresulted from the tax cutsrecently enacted by Congressranging from 11 to 16percent. Small businessshould benefit also fromincreased expensing of fixedassets. The amount of fixed-asset purchases that can bededucted as an expense peryear has increased from$25,000 to $100,000 for theyears 2003 to 2005, andproperty that is eligible forexpensing has been expandedto include off-the-shelfcomputer hardware.

Further optimism mayhave resulted from recentgovernment surveys thatindicated an improvement inconsumer optimism about

the economy. Much of thisoptimism may have comefrom the settling of uncer-tainty that loomed overbusiness conditions since lastfall over whether the UnitedStates would go to war.Another positive trend hasbeen the decline in thevalue of the dollar againstmost world economies inrecent months, which makesit easier for U.S. firms to selltheir goods abroad.

Although any surveythat attempts to analyzeoptimism may appear to besuspicious because of itssubjectivity, such surveys ofconsumer optimism oftenhave been found to be afairly good predictor oftrends in the economy.Recent data released by theCommerce Departmentaffirms the optimism ofsmall-business owners. Thegovernment’s revised grossdomestic product [GDP]numbers indicate that theeconomy grew at an annualrate of 3.1 percent, adjustedfor inflation in the second

quarter. The earlier estimatesof commerce had been for a2.4 percent growth in theeconomy during that period.This was also higher thanhad been predicted by themajority of leading U.S.economists and has causedmany of them to revise theirGDP growth estimatesupward to 4.5 to 5 percentfor the fourth quarter of2003. This would suggestthat the optimism small-business owners appear to beexhibiting about theeconomy may be a precursorof better economic daysahead for everyone, and thatthey may be more in touchwith the economy thanmany learned economistsand the government itself. ■

Dr. Marlene M. Reed is theMargaret Gage BushUniversity Professor andInterim Dean of the SamfordSchool of Business.

The Economic Recovery:Is Small Business an Indicator? by Dr. Marlene M. Reed

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F A C U L T Y

After 25 years as an administrator,Samford University School of

Business Dean Carl Gooding decidedduring the summer to return to theclassroom.

“I have reached thepoint in my life where Iwant to teach and havemore time off to spendwith family and grand-children,” said Gooding,60. “It is my intentionto spend the rest of myworking life as a facultymember on a nine-month contract.”

Dr. Marlene Reed,named in June as theMargaret Gage BushUniversity Professor atSamford, was appointedActing Dean of theSchool of Business. She will have primaryadministrative responsi-bilities until a newbusiness dean is named.

Dr. Gooding, who came to Samford in2001 after 15 years as business dean atGeorgia Southern University, left thedeanship in August.

Samford Provost J. Bradley Creedannounced Gooding’s decision and Reed’sappointment.

“Dean Gooding has provided SamfordUniversity’s School of Business capableand trusted leadership based upon hisyears of experience as a dean and hisknowledge of the field of businesseducation,” said Dr. Creed. “He has alsoserved as a valued member of the Councilof Deans while at Samford. I am gratefulfor his contributions to our University.

“We are fortunate to have a personwith Dr. Reed’s experience and skills toserve in this interim capacity,” Creedadded.

Reed has taught at Samford since1981, primarily in the areas of entrepre-neurship and economics. She was namedAlabama Professor of the Year by theCarnegie Foundation for the Advancementof Teaching in 1994.

Gooding will teach this fall atJacksonville State University. He taughtat East Carolina University, Clemson andthe University of Georgia beforebecoming dean at Georgia Southern in1986. ■

Gooding Leaves Deanship;Reed Named Interim

Dr. Reed

Dr. Gooding

Dennis Jones cut his journalisticteeth in an Indiana high schoolclassroom 37 years ago, but only

after completing a “postgraduate” coursein the newsroom of the local newspaper.

Armed with a degree in English andteaching certificate from ManchesterCollege in 1966, he took a high schoolteaching job. He was promptly assigned toteach three journalism classes and advisethe largest high school student newspaperin his state.

He turned to the localdaily for help.

“The Michigan CityNews-Dispatch let me prac-tically move in and learn from them sothat I could teach my students,” theSamford journalism professor recalled lastweek. He enjoyed journalism so much hewent on to earn a master’s and doctoratein the subject at the University of SouthCarolina.

Jones has learned a great deal aboutteaching and journalism during the yearssince. His classroom efforts were rewardedat opening convocation when he wasnamed winner of this year’s BuchananTeaching Award.

Jones stresses classroom participation.“If you’re in my class, you cannot just sitback and take notes,” he said. “You haveto chime in.”

He also admits his students educatehim. “I’ve been teaching for 37 years,” hesaid. “I’ve never gotten tired of listeningand learning.”

It’s a good thing. Jones says technologyhas radically changed the way newspapersare put out during his years in the pro-fession. “Sometimes, I think I teach com-puter science,” he said of today’s techniques.

Jones chaired the journalism depart-ment at the University of SouthernMississippi before joining Samford in

1991. He also taught atSouth Carolina andRadford University.

In addition, Jones hasworked at several news-papers over the years,including The ColumbiaRecord in South Carolinaand the St. PetersburgTimes in Florida.

The Buchanan Award honors the lateJohn H. Buchanan, longtime pastor ofSouthside Baptist Church and a trustee ofSamford for 21 years. The selection processfor the award is based partially on nomi-nations from the previous year’s seniorclass. ■

Aleading specialist on learningamong college students isimpressed with much of what he

sees happening in Samford Universityclassrooms.

“I’m taken with the way Samfordseems to personalize education for itsstudents,” George Kuh said duringpreschool faculty workshop Aug. 19. “Ilike the simplicity of what you’re about,even though it’s extremely complex.”

Dr. Kuh also saluted the effortsSamford faculty take to make surestudents graduate with the capabilities toperform successfully.

Kuh, chancellor’s professor of highereducation at Indiana University–Bloomington, based his remarks onstatistics taken from Samford students’

responses to the National Survey ofStudent Engagement.

He directs IU’s Center ofPostsecondary Research, Policy andPlanning, which houses the NationalSurvey of Student Engagement, theInstitute for Effective EducationalPractice and the College StudentExperiences Questionnaire ResearchProgram.

“Simply getting a degree today doesn’twash,” he said. “In terms of learning, it’snot who comes in the door, but what theydo while they’re here.”

Faculty must actually engage thestudent, both inside and outside theclassroom, in complementary ways, hesaid. ■

Journalism Prof Dennis Jones Wins Buchanan

Samford Faculty Saluted for Teaching Efforts

"If you’re in my class,you cannot just sit back

and take notes. You haveto chime in."

––––Dennis Jones

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F E A T U R E S

On a recent afternoonin Samford’sMcWhorter School of

Pharmacy, a student stoppedby to schedule a meeting withDean Joseph Dean. Dean andthe student each producedwallet-size computers and,with a few strokes of a stylus,scheduled a meeting. Theexchange was a measure ofhow thoroughly computertechnology has infiltrated ourdaily lives, but it also repre-sents a genuine revolution inpharmacy education.

The Personal DataAssistants [PDAs] Dean andthe student used to arrangetheir schedules are capable ofholding the contents of asmall library—much moreinformation than even themost diligent students couldmemorize and recall at will.“Pharmacy has developed intoa knowledge profession, aninformation-driven profession,”Dean said. “It is impossible,now, for anyone to hold in hisor her head everything he orshe needs to know.” The PDA,Dean said, is “a peripheral

brain at their fingertips” andthe focus of a remarkableinvestment by the school.

Dean felt from thebeginning that the schoolmust provide students thetechnology it expected themto master and take with theminto professional life. For thesake of compatibility andequal access to resources, hesaid, “it must be for every-one.” That required a sub-stantial investment and acertain amount of trial anderror in determining which ofthe various computer hard-ware formats would serve withequal utility in both theclassroom and in clinicalpractice.

The school first turned tolaptop computers, but thelimited number of machinesprovided faculty in the mid-1990s proved to be toocumbersome in practiceenvironments. “The PDAseemed to have the potentialfor overcoming that limi-tation,” Dean said. Afterinitial research and experi-mentation confirmed the

advantages of the technology,the school used a portion of alarger gift from Huntsvillealumnus Bill Propst topurchase, direct from Palm,Inc., almost 500 PalmM500and M515 model PDAs.

In spring 2001, allMcWhorter School ofPharmacy faculty membersreceived a PDA and encour-agement to experiment withthem in classroom settings.The results were encouraging,and by fall of 2002, allstudents and faculty had thedevices. Even school staffmembers now have PDAs,making McWhorter the onlypharmacy school in thenation to be so completelyequipped, according to Dean.

* * *Not everyone is eager to

embrace the new technology,however. At first, somestudents say, “I don’t want mylife tied down to that thing,”said pharmacy professor JohnSowell. Noting a certainamount of technophobia, hesaid some students haven’tfigured out how to use thetechnology as efficiently andeffectively as possible. “Theseare just standard learningcurve things that the classwill go through.” In any case,it seems the more the studentsuse the devices, the more theylike them. “Eighty-five percentof students will tell you thatthey don’t know how they gotalong without it,” said Sowell.

* * *Third-year pharmacy

student Maryam FarrokhRyoo is among those who seethe technology as a positivedevelopment. “It helped us alot in finding quick infor-mation about the drugs anddisease states while studying,”she said. Ryoo said that makesthe technology “very preciousand valuable.” She does worryabout the costs of keeping thedata current, however. “Itwould be great if we could geta better price since we have

to buy the updates every yearas well.”

* * *PDA software updates are

no small concern, not onlybecause of their expense butalso because old drug datamay be dangerous drug data.Sowell said software com-panies have a significant legalinterest in making sure cus-tomers keep their databasesup-to-date, though they varyin the way they offer suchupdates. Regardless of whatform they take, digital updatesare the equivalent of receivinghard-copy updates andsnapping them into a four-inch thick binder like the oneon Sowell’s bookshelf.

* * *The old standby paper

references aren’t dead, thoughSowell noted that everycompany that formerlypublished pharmaceuticalguides and databases ismoving into the digital field.He said he still values thegiant binder, with its frequentpaper updates, because it mayhave more current infor-mation from clinical trials.But he said the PDA morequickly reminds him of whatis or isn’t stored in his brain.He can then fill in the gapswith the hard copy. “If I wererunning a pharmacy, I wouldhave that book and update itevery month with hard copy,”Sowell said. “I would alsohave a PDA.” He said thebenefits of the technology ina pharmacy setting—especiallythe linkage between clinicaloverviews, drug databases andinteraction tables—are toogreat to ignore. “Digital is theway to go.” ■

A Pocketsize Revolution in Pharmacy Educationby Sean Flynt (Excerpted from The Belltower, Samford’s new E-mail newsletter)

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America is experi-encing a tidal waveof consumer interest

in self-care and self-medicat-ing with nonprescription,over-the-counter [OTC]drugs. Consumers are alsoseeking more active roles inassisting with the manage-ment of their own healthcare, and they are beingintellectually empoweredwith more and better healthinformation.

Approximately 73percent of consumers preferto treat themselves withOTC medication. Over 70percent of consumerscorrectly believe that drugsswitched from prescription-only (Rx) to OTC statussave them money.

Here is a quick overviewof consumer OTC self-treatment behaviors:■ U.S. consumers purchase

5.0 billion OTC medi-cations each year.

■ Of 3.8 billion healthproblems treated annuallyin the U.S., 2.2 billion(58 percent) are treatedwith one or more OTCmedications.

■ Forty percent of the U.S.population consumes atleast one OTC drug inany given 48-hour period.

■ America’s elderly popu-lation (13 percent of theU.S. population)consumes 33 percent of allOTC medication sold.

Safe and effective OTCdrugs are used to manage orassist in the management ofmore than 450 medical con-ditions, such as headache,sunburn, motion sickness andmany others. These con-ditions, if untreated, producesignificant discomfort.

The frequency ofoccurrence of some of theseconditions is staggering.Heartburn occurs over 6.0billion times per year in theUnited States. The commoncold occurs approximately

700 million timesper year. Prudentselection and use ofOTC drugs can behighly effective intreating andrelieving symptomsfrom a variety ofmedical conditions.

OTC drugs are convenientlyavailable throughAmerica’s 65,000pharmacies andthousands of otherretail outlets. Thesedrugs are held tothe same FDAstandards of drugeffectiveness andsafety as pre-scription drugs.

Many formerly pre-scription drugs have beenconverted to OTC status.Among these are familiarproducts such as Advil®,Afrin®, Drixoral®, Aleve®,Pepcid AC®, Zantac-75®,Nicorrete®, Rogaine®,Lamisil®, Claritin® andClaritin D®. Over 1,000OTC products now containactive ingredients that wereformerly prescription-only.

Rx to OTC switcheshistorically have beenapproved at a fraction(usually one-half) of theprescription strength. Apotential OTC blockbusterthat switched from Rx toOTC status, available inSeptember 2003, is pre-scription strength Prilosec®

(20 mg), used to treat acidreflux disease. Rx to OTCswitches at prescriptionstrengths are relatively rare,but Claritin® was alsoswitched from Rx to OTCstatus at prescription strengthin 2002. Social andeconomic pressures arefostering more Rx to OTCswitches.

Not only are OTC drugssafe and effective, they alsocreate further value byrelieving society of the costof unnecessary medical office

visits and over-treatment ofmany clinical conditionswith much more expensiveprescription drugs. OTCdrugs actually reduce health-care costs by more than $30billion per year. Thatmatches the $32 billionannual expenditure on OTCdrugs; thus, the OTC drugdividend equals their cost.

The average cost of anOTC drug purchase isapproximately $7 versus theaverage cost of $19.82 for ageneric prescription drug and$74.90 for a brand-nameprescription drug. OTC drugsfrequently cost less than apatient’s copayment for aprescription drug covered byan employer-sponsored drugbenefit. In some cases (e.g.,Claritin®, Prilosec®), theOTC is as effective or moreso than certain prescriptiondrugs.

The labeling of OTCdrugs has improved tremen-dously over the past twoyears. The new “Drug Facts”label format is patterned afterthe “Nutrition Facts” labelon food products. Print islarger and bolder, and infor-mation is organized con-sistently in sections. Theinformation is structured sothat directions for use arelikely to be understood and

followed by the typicalconsumer.

However, the labelcannot and does not addressall relevant issues. It addressesproper use of that single drugto treat one particularcondition.

Pharmacists, the onlyhealth professionals whoreceive formal education andtraining in nonprescriptiondrug therapy, are readilyavailable to assist patients indiagnosing self-treatable con-ditions and guiding properOTC drug selection, use andmonitoring.

OTC drug therapy shouldnot be trivialized or under-valued. Prudent use of OTCdrugs should be encouraged.Consumers should develop a relationship with a phar-macist and utilize that phar-macist as a nonprescriptiondrug therapy consumer infor-mation specialist. A viablepatient-pharmacist relation-ship will produce excellenthealth benefits for the self-medicating consumer. ■

Tim R. Covington, M.S.,Pharm.D., is Bruno Professorof Pharmacy Practice anddirector of the McWhorterSchool of Pharmacy ManagedCare Institute.

Self-Care with Nonprescription Drugs: AGrowing Trendby Dr. Tim R. Covington

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C A M P U S N E W S

Some of the greatesthymns of the ages willbe featured during a

special program at SamfordSunday afternoon, Oct. 5.The hymn-sing will begin at1:30 p.m. in Reid Chapel.

Under the direction oflegendary gospel musicianDick Baker of Dallas, Texas,the program will pay tributeto the life and works of PhilipPaul Bliss, who has beendescribed as “one of God’sgifts to modern Christianmusic.”

Sponsored by the SamfordUniversity Auxiliary, theprogram is open to studentsand the public.

Additionally, Samford’spresident and first lady,Thomas E. and Marla Corts,will talk about Bliss, his com-positions and the tragic 1876train wreck in Ashtabula,

Ohio, that cut short the livesof Bliss and his wife.

Bliss was a gifted musicianwhose gospel songs were widelyappreciated in Britain, Americaand other parts of the world.Many are still enjoyed today.

In the foreword of Songs of Bliss, A 125th YearRemembrance of SongwriterPhilip Paul Bliss, Corts writes,“While time, setting and thefashion of the day alwaysimpact the popularity ofmusic, some Bliss songs werewildly popular in given timeframes (‘Hold the Fort’ in theperiod after the Civil War).Other Bliss compositionsseem strangely plaintive inour day (‘Father, I’m Tired’).Still, most modern hymnalsinclude several Bliss songseven 125 years after theircomposition.”

Bliss and his wifeaccompanied evangelist D. W.Whittle to Alabama in early1876 before their tragic deathin December of that year. Oftheir meeting at GovernmentStreet Presbyterian Church inMobile, The Mobile Register

reported thecrowd as “the largest con-gregation ever gathered in achurch in Mobile,” estimatedat 1,500 with half again asmany turned away. ■

Editor’s Note: Sherman OakBooks, Popular Reading fromSamford University Press, publishedBliss and Tragedy: The AshtabulaRailway-Bridge Accident of 1876and the Loss of P.P. Bliss. Editedby Thomas E. Corts, a native ofAshtabula, the book may be orderedfrom the Samford Bookstore for$9.95 plus shipping. Call (205)726-2834.

Samford students this yearserved summer missions in

such far-flung locations asBotswana, the Czech Republic,Ukraine and China. Fifty-ninestudents were commissionedfor summer mission work lastMay, and several dozen othersserved in local and inter-national missions.

Michelle Roark worked inchildren’s day camps withInternational Mission Boardmissionaries in Dnipropetrovsk,Ukraine. “The camps thus farhave drawn lots of children,”she wrote in July. “It isamazing to see how God alsouses the camps to bring theirparents.”

Students served com-munity ministries in NewYork, San Francisco, Hawaiiand, closer to home, with theSowing Seeds of Hope programin Marion. Erica Jordan andNatalie McIntyre spent 10weeks in Marion assisting withvarious youth projects andhosting the 600 volunteers

who came to lead VacationBible Schools and sports, artand literacy camps, as well asto work on renovationprojects at homes anddowntown buildings.

Nursing professor LeighAnn Chandler and severalgraduate nursing studentswent to Honduras in July on a week-long mission tripsponsored by the BaptistMedical Dental MissionInternational. Working in the remote village of SanFrancisco de Ojera, theyprovided medical care to1,406 patients, filled 9,100prescriptions, performed eyeexams and provided glasses for 361 people, and saw 250dental patients.

“We also held numerousadult and children’s services,health education seminars, didline witnessing and providedfood for persons visiting thisfree medical clinic,” saidChandler. ■

Samford University’s newgraduate-level nurse

anesthesia program receivedaccreditation from theCouncil on Accreditation[COA] of Nurse AnesthesiaEducation Programs. Theprogram also received a$310,495 Title VII federalgrant from the HealthResources and ServicesAdministration to assist withprogram development.

Students completing theprogram will receive a masterof science in nursing degreefrom Samford’s Ida V. MoffettSchool of Nursing and fulfillrequirements to take theCertified Registered NurseAnesthetist [CRNA] exam.

Graduates will help meeta national CRNA shortage,which is more severe in theSoutheast. The new programis one of two in Alabama and90 in the nation. The firstclass began work in Augustand will graduate in

December of 2005.The Title VII grant—

the first advanced nursingtraining grant ever awarded tothe Samford nursing school—will assist with faculty salaries,curriculum development,program consultants andcapital equipment, such ascomputers and instructionalphotography and videoequipment.

“The financial supportprovided by the grant willsignificantly enhance thedevelopment and implemen-tation phases of the anesthesiaprogram,” said Dean Nena F.Sanders of the nursing school.

Dr. Michael A. Fiedler ischair of the Department ofNurse Anesthesia. ■

Ten Most Popular BlissHymns and Songs

1. “Almost Persuaded,” 18712. “Hallelujah, What a Savior,”

18753. “I Gave my Life for Thee,”

18594. “It is Well with my Soul,”

18735. “I Will Sing of my Redeemer,”

18766. “Jesus Loves Even Me,” 18717. “Let the Lower Lights Be

Burning,” 18738. “The Light of the World Is

Jesus,” 18759. “Whosoever Will,” 1870

10. “Wonderful Words of Life,”1874

Students Serve SummerMissions Around the Globe

Samford Nurse Anesthesia ProgramAccredited, Gets $310,495 Grant

Hymn-sing Oct.5 To FeatureBliss Works

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Samford University again ranks as oneof the top institutions in the South in

the annual U.S. News & World Reportrankings of America’s Best Colleges.

Samford ranks fifth in the South inits category, Best Universities–Master’s,which includes schools offering a fullrange of undergraduate and master’sprograms, and some doctoral programs.Samford offers 26 degree programs,including 18 at the master’s and doctorallevels.

U.S. News & World Report rankingsare based on a school’s academic repu-tation, freshman retention rates, facultyresources, class size, student selectivity,financial resources and alumni giving.

The rankings were announced Aug.22. In addition to the Best Universities–Master’s category, U.S. News & WorldReport ranks Best National Universities–Doctoral, Best Liberal Arts Colleges–Bachelor’s and Best ComprehensiveColleges–Bachelor’s. Schools are dividedinto groups reflecting their missions—basically, programs they offer—asdescribed by the Carnegie Foundation forthe Advancement of Teaching. The BestUniversities–Master’s category includesthe largest number of schools (573) and isdivided into four regions.

Samford has been ranked in the top10 in its category by U.S. News & WorldReport since 1990. ■

Samford Ranked Fifth by U.S. News

Nurturing lifelong relationshipswith Samford University is theprimary focus of an expanded

Samford Club concept being imple-mented this fall.

Samford Club will be the umbrellaorganization for the Samford UniversityAlumni Association and the SamfordParents Association, according toMichael D. Morgan, vice president foruniversity relations.

“Alumni and parents are importantto Samford University, and we want toemphasize that importance through theSamford Club,” Morgan said. “TheUniversity’s motto is ‘nurturing personsfor God, for learning, forever.’ We wantto nurture persons in their relationship tothe University from the first point ofcontact through graduation and beyond.It’s more than just the four or five years asa student. Parents are an important partof that process. We want their relation-ship to Samford to be more than justpaying tuition.”

The Parents Association, which isopen to parents of all current and formerstudents, will have its first meeting Oct. 4during Family Weekend. The 10 a.m.meeting will be in Dwight Beeson Hall.

The expanded Samford AlumniAssociation, which is open to all formerSamford students, will have its annualmeeting Oct. 24 during Homecoming.The 5 p.m. meeting in Harrison Theatrewill precede the alumni banquet and bashat 6 p.m. on the Wright Concert Hallstage.

There are no membership fees foreither the Alumni Association or ParentsAssociation.

National alumni organizations atSamford date back to the 1890s and havere-emerged in various forms through theyears. In the past decade, an AlumniCouncil that includes class agents foreach graduating class has assisted withalumni fund-raising and some activities.The Alumni Council will continue as apart of the national alumni associationwith primary focus on alumni giving toSamford.

Bennie Bumpers ’63 and SonyaBumpers ’63 of Birmingham are nationalalumni co-presidents. Vice president isTom Armstrong ’73 of Birmingham, andsecretary is Brooke Dill Stewart ’95 ofBirmingham. The officers will servethrough 2004.

University staff will assist the twoassociations with their work, according toMorgan. Elizabeth Stanford McCarty ’92,alumni relations officer, will work withnational and local groups on program-ming and networking. Monty Hogewood,director of annual giving and seniordevelopment officer, will work with theAlumni Council and Parents Council infund-raising. Philip Poole, executivedirector of university communications,will be primary liaison for the ParentsAssociation.

The Alumni Council and ParentsCouncil, which have focused primarily onfund-raising, will be extensions of theAlumni Association and ParentsAssociation.

Alumni and parents are encouragedto form local or regional Samford Clubsto promote the University in local com-munities and to strengthen ties to thecampus.

Interest in forming local chaptersalready has been expressed in Anniston,Birmingham, Cullman, Huntsville andMobile; Nashville and Chattanooga,Tenn.; Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; upstateSouth Carolina; and Washington, D.C.Existing alumni groups, includingpharmacy, law, Student Ministries Choirand the Half-Century Club, will be invitedto be part of the larger national AlumniAssociation. School of education alumniare being organized into an alumnichapter this fall.

A guide for chapter organization isbeing developed by the Office of UniversityRelations to assist parents and alumni inorganizing at local or regional levels.

Information about the Samford Clubis available at www.samford.edu or bycalling toll-free, 1-877-SU ALUMS. ■

Alumni and Parents Associations Form New ‘Samford Club’

2003Welcome Back!

Samford students enjoy the SeibertStadium Welcome Back party atthe start of the fall semester.

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L O O K I N G B A C K

During the fall of 1983,Samford Universitywas an institution

approaching its 150thbirthday, situated on abeautiful campus, with astudent population of about4,000. Having made note-worthy progress on a campusbarely 26 years old, Alabama’slargest independent universitywas in many ways an insti-tution on the move.

But it had less than $8million in endowment, veryfew computers, no LondonCentre, no divinity school,nor had it captured theattention of either nationalcollege ranking magazines orfoundations with funds togive for worthy projects. Ithadn’t played a collegefootball game in 10 years.

Thomas E. Corts becamepresident Sept. 1, 1983. Hisinauguration noted, “A NewEra Dawns.” Although heappreciated the accomplish-ments of the past, Corts—like most new leaders—focused on the future. “Westrive to be even better,” hesaid, and, quoting poetRobert Browning, “The bestis yet to be.”

Corts celebrated com-pletion of his first 20 years aspresident Aug. 31, 2003. Theaccomplishments of thosetwo decades are many, under-scoring Samford’s ongoing

progress. Yet Corts still looksto the future.

“We are not there yet,”he wrote, surveying his twodecades in a column for thesummer issue of Seasons.“When more of the journey isbehind you than before you,it is tempting to find greaterdelight in the memories ofwhat has occurred than inthe possibilities that mightbe. But anchored in history,Christianity is yet a religionof hope and prospect andfuture. All the best has notbeen used up for any of us, or for ourUniversity.

“Full speedahead,” heexhorted.

But even as Seasonscontinues tofocus on thefuture, and the“unfulfilledhopes [that]loom on thehorizon,” the magazine pausesto look back at some high-lights of the past 20 years. Inchronological order, theyrepresent moments of signifi-cance in a period of progress.

Purchase of LondonCentre, 1984—More than8,000 students have studiedat Samford’s address incentral London, now calledDaniel House. The former

bed-and-breakfasthotel wasbought to

serve as a focal point forinternational programs thatnow touch five continents.

Football and Women’sSports, 1984—Samfordbreathed new life into itsintercollegiate athleticsprogram by reinstitutingfootball, dormant since 1973,and adding women’s athletics.Football, begun as a DivisionIII nonscholarship program,

moved up two levels toDivision I-AA in 1988. By1991, Coach Terry Bowdenhad the Bulldogs in the semi-finals of the national playoffs.

Computer Intensification,mid-1980s—Samford recog-nized the significance ofpersonal computers early andprovided every faculty membera PC in 1986–87. By 1993,more than 1,000 PCs wereavailable in 14 student labs.Later, residence halls werewired for PCs.

Milestone Moments: 1983–2003Corts Completes 20 Years as President

1984 1988 1997Daniel House,Samford’s LondonStudy Centre, islocated in the WestEnd of London.“Its significance inmaking Samfordglobally aware isimmeasurable,”said PresidentThomas E. Corts.

Benefactor Ralph W.Beeson sits on a parkbench at Samford next to his statue.When he died in 1990,the photo ran in newspapers aroundthe nation with storiesof his record-breakingbequest to Samford.

Samford’s Internationalprograms touch fivecontinents. PharmacyDean Yoshio Suzuki ofMeijo University,Nagoya, Japan, signsaffiliation agreementwith Samford’sMcWhorter School ofPharmacy. PresidentCorts and Dean JoeDean look on.

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"All the best has notbeen used up for

any of us, or for ourUniversity.

Full speed ahead." ––––

Dr. Thomas E. Corts

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100 Years inBirmingham, 1987—Samford observed its firstcentury in Birmingham byopening Centennial Walk.

Campus and ProgramsImprovements, 1980s—Theaddition of Beeson Woods,begun in 1986, was Samford’sfirst new housing program in25 years. Construction ofBashinsky Fieldhouse (1986)and the classic Dwight andLucille Beeson Center for theHealing Arts (1988) providedmuch-needed facilities.

Samford also establishedstrong programs of facultybenefits and sabbaticals.

Beeson Divinity SchoolOpens, 1988—The divinityschool, made possible by agenerous gift from Ralph W.Beeson, became the firsttheological training programon a Southern Baptist under-graduate campus. Over theyears, other Baptist universitieshave emulated the trendestablished by Samford.

PARCA Established,1988—To remedy Alabama’slack of an independent, non-partisan fact-finding body,Samford helped establish thePublic Affairs ResearchCouncil of Alabama, withformer Governor AlbertBrewer as the first head.

National MagazineRecognition, 1990—U.S.News & World Report recog-nized Samford as one of thenation’s best regional uni-versities. The recognitioncontinues today. Other publi-cations also discovered theschool: Money, Peterson’s, ThePrinceton Review and Barron’sProfiles of American Colleges.Applications grew.

Beeson Bequest, 1990—When Ralph W. Beeson diedin the fall of 1990, he leftSamford $54.8 million—atthe time one of the largestgifts ever to an American uni-versity. Beeson was “a titanicfigure in the history ofSamford University,” saidCorts. In all, he and hisfamily donated more than$100 million to the school.

Sesquicentennial,1991–92—Samford celebratedits 150th anniversary with atwo-year observance high-lighted by former BritishPrime Minister MargaretThatcher’s visit on April 7,1992.

Charter Change, 1994—Samford Trustees voted toelect their own members. Theaction was taken to protectthe University, while intensi-fying its commitment to Baptistand Christian principles. TheUniversity enjoys a covenantrelationship with the AlabamaBaptist State Convention,which continues its generoussupport of Samford.

Campus Expansion, mid-1990s—Samford completedHudnall Library and a majorrenovation of Davis Library in1993, and Divinity Chapeland Lucille Stewart BeesonLaw Library in 1995 at a costof more than $25 million.West Campus housingbrought additional residentialcapacity. The Children’sLearning Center opened in1998 with major support fromMemphis philanthropist PaulPiper. Divinity Chapel wasnamed for longtime TrusteeAndrew Gerow Hodges in2002.

Endowment Growth,’80s and ’90s—Samfordinvested heavily in buildingits Lakeshore campus duringthe ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Anaggressive investment program,coupled with generous giftsand development of Samford’sLakeshore property, spurreddramatic growth through the

late ’80s and ’90s. Even witheconomic downturns, endow-ment hovers near $230 million.

National FoundationSupport, 1997–2002—In1997, Samford received a $1million grant from The PewCharitable Trusts to implementproblem-based learning [PBL]techniques into undergraduateeducation. A $750,000 Pewgrant in 2000 provided forcontinuing study and estab-lishment of an internationalclearinghouse for PBLmaterials. Faculty used thegrants to make Samford’sname a watchword in PBL.These were followed by two$2 million grants from theLilly Endowment, Inc., in2002. One established aResource Center for PastoralExcellence; the other set upPrograms for the TheologicalExploration of Vocation.

The Big Dance, 1999—Samford men’s basketball wonits conference tournamentand made its first trip to theNCAA Tournament, reapingnational exposure. CoachJimmy Tillette’s team repeatedin 2000.

Sciencenter Opens,2001—Samford opened itslargest academic building, a$29 million science center, inthe fall of 2001 for its biology,chemistry and physics depart-ments. Encompassing 90,000square feet and 35 labs, thebuilding also houses a 100-seat planetarium—Alabama’slargest—and medicinal plantconservatory. Every under-graduate takes at least one yearof classes in the structure. ■

2000 2003U.S. Secretary ofEducation RichardRiley presents the first National Award for Effective TeacherPreparation to Samford’s OrleanBullard Beeson Schoolof Education andProfessional Studies.Dean Ruth C. Ash, left,and Associate DeanJean A. Box accept.

Dr. Thomas E. Cortsawards a diploma tograduating senior AndyWilbanks during Maycommencement, one ofmore than 15,000 hehas presented duringhis years as Samfordpresident. Provost Brad Creed looks on.

Former British PrimeMinister MargaretThatcher gets a quicktour of Samford courtesyof President ThomasCorts during her 1992Sesquicentennial visit.

Grammy Award-winning trioNickel Creek will perform atSamford this fall as a highlight

of annual Homecoming festivities. Thepopular Sugar Hill Records group willappear Saturday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. inWright Center.

Nickel Creek’s album, This Side, wasnamed Best Contemporary Folk Albumat the 45th Annual Grammy Awardsthis year. Produced by Alison Krauss, itdebuted as #18 on Billboard’s TopAlbum Chart and was described as “amusical force” by the Dallas MorningNews.

The band—fiddle player SaraWatkins, guitarist Sean Watkins andmandolin player Chris Thile—is abluegrass band and more. Its musicexpands on those roots to incorporateBeatles-flavored music, left-of-centeralternative rock, pop and folk.

The band’s first album, 2001’s NickelCreek, earned Grammy and CountryMusic Association nominations as wellas critical acclaim from the likes of Timemagazine, which named the band “musicinnovators for the new millennium.”

Other highlights of HomecomingWeekend will be reinstitution of aSamford tradition, the CandlelightDinner, now known as the “AlumniBanquet and Bash,” Friday night, Oct.24; the annual barbecue luncheonfollowed by the football game Saturdayafternoon; and the worship serviceSunday morning, Oct. 26.

Samford Alumni of the Year awardswill be presented at the AlumniBanquet and Bash, scheduled for 6 p.m.in Wright Center. Samford alumni havegathered for annual candlelight dinnerssince the mid-1800s. For many years,the annual event was held in con-junction with spring commencement.

“This is a centuries-old traditionthat we wanted to restore,” said MichaelD. Morgan, vice president for universityrelations. “This seemed an excellentway to honor our alumni of the year ina setting that will be meaningful tomany of Samford’s former students.”

Following dinner, there will be adessert reception with entertainment onthe Wright Center terrace.

Samford will play Ohio ValleyConference opponent Tennessee State

in the Homecoming football game at2:30 p.m. in Seibert Stadium. TheHomecoming Court will be introducedat halftime.

Dr. William Turner ’60 of Houston,Texas, will deliver the message duringthe annual Worship Service Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in Andrews Gerow HodgesChapel. Turner is retired senior ministerof South Main Baptist Church inHouston.

The J. Roderick Davis LectureSeries will open Homecoming WeekendThursday, Oct. 23. Dr. Andrew C. vonEschenbach, a research specialist withthe National Cancer Institute, willspeak.

For additional Homecoming infor-mation, visit the Samford Web site atwww.samford.edu or call the SamfordAlumni Office at 1-877-782-5867 (inBirmingham, call 726-2807). ■

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A L U M N I

Grammy Award-winning Nickel Creek to Highlight Homecoming Oct.25

Homecoming Week Activities(as of Sept. 10)

Tuesday, Oct 217:30 p.m. Samford Orchestra, Wright Center,

free

Thursday, Oct 237 p.m. Davis Lecture Series, Andrew C.

von Eschenbach, Reid Chapel, free

Friday, October 2412 p.m. Bulldog Letter Club

Golf TournamentRobert Trent Jones

3 p.m. Alumni Association ExecutiveBoard Meeting, place TBA

4 p.m. Alumni Council meeting, FlagColonnade

4:30 p.m. Golden Reunion Reception andDinner honoring the Class of 1953,Rotunda Club

5 p.m. National Alumni AssociationMeeting, Harrison Theatre

6 p.m. Alumni Banquet, Wright CenterStage

8 p.m. Alumni BashWright Center TerraceFree

TBA Class of 1963 Reunion2765 Symer CircleVestavia HillsContact: Rena Corley Chamblee(205) 979-7799

Saturday, October 258:30 a.m. Half-Century Plus Brunch, Flag

Colonnade, free

9:30 a.m. BSU/Student Ministries ChoirReunion Reception and Rehearsalfor Sunday’s worship service,Wright Center Recital Hall

10 a.m. Hot-Air Balloon Tethered Ride overcampusBulldog FunZone Children’sCarnival

Sciencenter Open House

11 a.m.– Alumni Barbecue, University1 p.m. Center

1–2:30 p.m. Open houses for academic depart-ments and campus organizations

2:30 p.m. Football game vs. Tennessee State,Seibert Stadium

5–7 p.m. Class of 1973 ReunionHighland Coffee CompanyContact: Tom Armstrong

8 p.m. Nickel Creek concert, Wright CenterConcert Hall

Sunday, October 269:30 a.m. Worship Service, Hodges Chapel,

Beeson Divinity School

’38ED and NINA STRICK-

LAND ’40 live in Oakhurst,Calif., where they retired to in1976 after long teaching careers inFresno, Calif. They have traveledto six continents and 76 countries.

’39ARMINDA H. THOMPSON

lives at St. Martin’s-in-the-Pinesapartments in Birmingham. She isa retired teacher.

’52H. WALLACE GARRETT,

CLU, was named to the HoustonArea Texas Leaders Round Tablefor outstanding achievement inthe life and health insurance andrelated financial services industry.He is president of GarrettFinancial Group, Inc.

’53JAMES LEE HOLLAND, Jr.,

lives in Birmingham, where heworks at Alabama GoodwillIndustries.

’55VELMA LEE SEBRING lives

in Scottsboro. Age 82, she enjoystaking Samford ExtensionDivision courses.

’56DONALD G. BURGE and his

wife, Jo Ann, live in Las Vegas,Nev. He retired in 2000 after acareer with State Farm InsuranceCo. in Costa Mesa, Calif. He wasmanager of the 1954 Samfordfootball team.

’59JAMES DONALD MASON

retired in December as pastor ofSandy Plains Baptist Church,Marietta, Ga., after 15 years ofservice.

’61TOMMY E. COLE retired

after 35 years as band and choraldirector for Attalla City SchoolSystem and Etowah High School.He teaches chorus at WestbrookChristian School in Rainbow City.The new band hall at Etowah

High School is named in hishonor.

’62MILDRED NELSON

HOLMES of Huntsville is theauthor of an autobiography, PoorOrphan Trash, which chroniclesher childhood and life at theAlabama Baptist Children’s Homein Troy.

PEGGY GUFFIN TROUT ofAnnandale, Va., recently retired.

’63ORVILLENE DOWNS

KISER recently retired fromteaching in the special educationand gifted programs inWashington County, Tenn. She isincluded in Who’s Who AmongAmerican Teachers, and wasrecently invited to join DeltaKappa Gamma education honorsociety. She lives in Jonesborough,Tenn.

’65M. MICHAEL, Jr., and

EVELYN LAY FINK ’66 live inDandridge, Tenn. He retired after25 years at LifeWay ChristianResources, and she retired asfounder and teacher for 24 years inthe Parents’ Day Out program atImmanuel Baptist Church,Nashville.

’69BETTY LOU J. LAND,

professor of reading, was named2003 Distinguished Professor atWinthrop University, Rock Hill,S.C. The award is the highesthonor the school bestows upon afaculty member.

’70CHARLES PARKER is staff

minister, Interface Ministries,Nashville, Tenn.

’71SID BURGESS, pastor of

Edgewood Presbyterian Church,Homewood, spent the summer onsabbatical leave. The churchreceived a $12,000 grant fromLouisville Institute to fundexpenses related to his sabbatical.He is married to Samford

journalism and mass communi-cation professor Melissa Tate.

J. THOMAS HELTON ofShiloh, Ga., is assistant director of the Columbus (Ga.) StateUniversity Foundation andFoundation Properties, anddirector of planned giving.

’73THOMAS A. LAWSON L’76

of Grand Rapids, Mich., isattorney magistrate, 63rd DistrictCourt.

TOM E. WALKER of Tampa,Fla., is president and CEO ofMembers Trust Company, a federalsavings bank.

L’73THOMAS W. STERLING

is senior vice president-humanresources, U.S. Steel Corporation,Pittsburgh, Penn. He is chairmanof the board of directors of theUniversity of Pittsburgh MedicalCenter and president-elect of theGreater Pittsburgh Council, BoyScouts of America.

’74DARLENE YARBROUGH

COWSERT, chief of mediarelations for the 86 Airlift Wing,Ramstein Air Base, Germany, wonthe 2002 Air Force Public AffairsAward as the top civilian in thecareer field.

KERRY GATLIN is dean ofthe College of Business,University of North Alabama.

BRUCE SLOAN is seniorpastor of Tokyo Union Church,Tokyo, Japan.

’75BARBARA BLASS DILKS is

music specialist at Woolridge

Elementary School, Richmond,Va. Her husband, BOB DILKS’75, works with the InternationalMission Board.

WILLIAM B. STARK, Jr., ofDuluth, Ga., and his wife, Sallie,have four children: Billy, Jacob,Jamie and Christian.

’76RICHARD H. BROWN of

Huntsville was recalled to activeduty by the U.S. Air ForceReserve, and is assigned to theDefense Intelligence Agency.

BELVA GLOVER GILBERTof LaFayette, Ga., is kindergartenteacher at Naomi Elementary,Walker County, Ga.

LUCIANNE WOODWARREN is supervisor of out-patient services, WesternTidewater Services, Suffolk, Va.

L’76JAMES THOMAS HILL of

Durham, N.C., was elected DistrictCourt Judge, 14th Judicial District,North Carolina, in November.

’77GARY BARKLEY was elected

by the faculty of Seinan GakuinUniversity, Fukuoka, Japan, toserve a two-year term as dean ofreligious affairs. He is also a trusteeand executive committee memberof the Asian Baptist GraduateTheological Seminary.

MARTY FEAZELL ESTES ofTrussville began a new career as aflight attendant with SouthwestAirlines in 2002. She uses herSamford music degree when shesings on each flight. She and herhusband, JOE ESTES ’74, havetwo children, KENNA ESTESCLARK ’01, and Justin.

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Dr. Kerry Gatlin ’74Marty Feazell Estes ’77

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JO ANNE FOREMAN,M.S.E., retired on Feb. 14 as aSouthern Baptist missionary inHonduras, and married LeonardRollison on Feb. 15. They live inMarion, Ohio.

DAVID MARTIN of Toronto,Canada, is co-writer and producerof “War,” a song on Peace Songs, abenefit album to help childrenaffected by war. The song isperformed by co-writer LiamTitcomb.

LEONARD HUGH PARTONis pharmacy manager at KrogerPharmacy, Smyrna, Tenn. He andhis wife, Rebekah, have fourchildren.

’78GEORGE B. SALEM,

M.B.A., of Birmingham wasrecently elected to theBirmingham-Southern CollegeBoard of Trustees. He is president,CEO and co-founder of GuideStarHealth Systems, Inc.

’79KEITH CARDWELL will

celebrate his 10th anniversary aspastor of First PresbyterianChurch, Bay Minette, in October.

He and his wife, Lisa, have twochildren, Heather and Pate.

WALTER I.D. SASSER ofWoodbridge, Va., is in his fourthassignment to the Pentagon, wherehe is director, U.S. Joint ForcesCommand, Washington LiaisonOffice. He is a colonel in the U.S.Air Force. He and his wife,Melissa, have two sons, David andAndrew.

’80MICHAEL GILBOW is owner

and chief pharmacist at Gilbow’sDrug Store, Drew, Miss. Hisdaughter, Elizabeth, is a student atSamford’s McWhorter School ofPharmacy.

JOHN JERNIGAN receivedthe Professional of the Year Awardfrom the Council of OrganizationsServing Deaf Alabamians[COSDA]. Director of studentdevelopment at the AlabamaSchool for the Deaf, he is pursuinga doctoral degree in deafeducation.

L’81DAVID MARSH was elected

president of the 1,500-memberAlabama Trial Lawyers Association.

He is founder of the Birminghamlaw firm of Marsh, Rickard & Bryan.

’82DANNY PAUL RUSSELL of

Moulton is clinical coordinator ofgeriatric services, Riverbend Centerfor Mental Health, in Florence.He also conducts a nursing homeministry in Russellville. He and hiswife, Annette, have two children,Joshua, nine, and Emily, five.

’84EDDIE LAMAR GILLEY

graduated from New OrleansBaptist Theological Seminary witha doctor of ministry degree. He isBaptist collegiate ministriesdirector at the University ofFlorida, Gainesville.

CHRIS OWENS is minister of music and adult education,Capitol Heights Baptist Church,Montgomery.

’85JOSEPH ANDREW IVEY

and his wife, Ana, live inFayetteville, Ga.

’86TIM BETHEA, head golf

coach at Montgomery Academy,led his team to an undefeatedregular season and to the 2003Alabama High School AthleticAssociation 3A golf state champion-ship. He was named All-MetroCoach of the Year.

’87MARTHA ANDERSON

DEWITT of Louisville, Ky.,traveled with a medical team toRio de Janeiro, Brazil, in latesummer.

WILLIAM HATHAWAY, vicepresident of Hathaway FamilyFuneral Home, Fall River, Mass., ispresident of the 500-memberMassachusetts Funeral DirectorsAssociation. He and his wife, Jan,have three children, Alyssa, Scottand Derek.

’88BRYAN and ALLISON

HOLLEMAN HANCOCK ’87live in Birmingham with their fourchildren: Russell, nine, Catherine,seven, Jenna, four, and Holly, three.

L’88JACK CRISWELL is creator

of a unique photographic lithograph

of Birmingham, “Gold Magic.” Heis managing attorney in Alabamafor Cincinnati Life Insurance.

L’89DANA LATHAM

THRASHER is a specialist inERISA/employee benefits law withConstangy, Brooks and Smith, LLC,in Birmingham. She and her hus-band, David, have four children.

’90WILLIAM H. CAROTHERS

is assigned to the A32 Operationsand Intelligence Division, HQ16th Air Force, Aviano Air Base,Italy. A first lieutenant in the U.S.Air Force, he has completed fourdeployments in support of EnduringFreedom and Iraqi Freedom. Heand his wife, Tara, have twochildren, William and Rachel.

BILL CLEVELAND received adoctor of education degree fromSamford’s Orlean Bullard BeesonSchool of Education and Professionalstudies in May. He is assistantprincipal, Spain Park High School,Hoover. He and his wife, Jennifer,have two children, Andrew, four,and Mary Katherine, three.

JOY KIRKLAND FISHER is a freelance writer in Nashville,Tenn. More than 50 of hermagazine articles were publishedlast year. She and her husband,David, have three children:Samuel, Jacob and Lara.

NANCY A. JOHNSON ofCumming, Ga., earned a master ofdivinity degree from Candler Schoolof Theology, Emory University inMay. She is a member of theNorth Georgia Conference of theUnited Methodist Church.

’91GARY M. BULLOCK is a

family medicine physician withUAB Health Systems. He and hiswife, MICHELE B. BULLOCK’92, have three children, Mary-Morgan, Laura Grace and SaraElizabeth.

ED DAY, M.B.A., is seniorvice president of engineering andconstruction services for SouthernCompany Generation and EnergyMarketing. He is responsible forengineering, procurement andconstruction services to theexisting and planned generatingplant fleet.

GINA SPITALE SANFORDlives in Morgan City, La., with herhusband, Joe, and their three

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Tony Hale ’92 will star ina FOX network situation

comedy, Arrested Development,to air on Sunday nights thisfall.

Produced by RonHoward, the show willpremiere Nov. 2. Hale willjoin Will Arnett, JessicaWalter and Jason Batemonin the cast.

Hale, who appeared overthe past several years in tele-vision shows and commer-cials made in New York City,has relocated to Los Angelesfor the sitcom role.

The Macon, Ga., nativerecently married MartelThompson, a theatricalmakeup artist who won anEmmy for her work on AllMy Children. They met at

Calvary Episcopal Church inManhattan several years agowhen she attended a Biblestudy for actors and artistsstarted by Hale. ■

Tony Hale ’92

Hale To Star in New Sitcom

children: Joshua, Mary Margareteand Carolyn.

MARTA SMITH SCROGGINlives in Lexington, Ky., with herhusband, Brad, and their fourchildren: Meredith Leigh, seven,Brandon Tyler, six, Shelby Grace,four, and infant Sloan Louis.

DAVID VALLE recentlyearned an M.B.A. at the Universityof Phoenix. He and his wife,Gabriela, live in El Paso, Texas,with their two children, Kristen,eight, and Dante, two.

MIKE and DANA McMINNWESTVEER live in Old Hickory,Tenn. He is principal of DonelsonMiddle School and she is preschooldirector at Tulip Grove BaptistChurch. They have two children,Dallas and Brady.

’92MICHAEL GASS, M.Div.,

recently merged his advertisingcompany, Tri-Ad Group, withMeans Advertising, Inc.,Birmingham. He is director ofbusiness development.

EVE PENNINGTON HENRYlives in Suwanee, Ga., with herhusband, Steve, and their twochildren, Austin, eight, andRebecca Skye, born in February.

’93MALLIE ELIZABETH

WILLIS FISHER and her foursons, Hunter Edgar, Wyatt James,Ty Edward and Austin Willis, haverelocated from Anchorage, Alaska,to Marietta, Ga.

CAROL GUTHRIE is com-munication director for U.S. Sen.Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). As 1993Class Agent, she looks forward tothe 10-year class reunion atHomecoming in October.

KEVIN STRINGHAM isminister to children at WesternHeights Baptist Church, LaGrange,Ga. He and his wife, VIKKISHEETS STRINGHAM ’95, havetwo daughters, Kate, five, andEmily, two.

’94KEVIN GLENN BRANNON

is minister of music at DalraidaBaptist Church, Montgomery. Heand his wife, Kara, have twochildren, Matthew and Hannah.

MARK BREWER is associatedwith Linklaters, an internationallaw firm in London, England.Under a joint degree program atCornell University Law School

and Humbolt University in Berlin,he received law degrees from bothschools in June. He was presidentof the International Law Societyat Cornell. He earned a Ph.D. ininternational politics from theUniversity of St. Andrews,Scotland, in 1998.

CHAD EATON is associatepastor/minister of recreation atFirst Baptist Church, Simpsonville,S.C., and is also worship leader forthe church’s contemporary worshipservices. He and his wife, Kim,have a son, Cole Hayden, born inMay.

AMY MARLER FENTONand her husband, Dale, live inFranklin, Tenn., where they haveopened a multimedia studio,Isometric Productions. She is alsocoordinator of Centri-KidChristian summer camps.

TIFFANY TOWNSENDFESSLER is senior accountexecutive with GCI Group, apublic relations firm in Atlanta,Ga., and is college recruitmentchair for the Atlanta chapter ofthe Public Relations Society ofAmerica. She and her husband,Eric, live in Roswell, Ga.

SHANE HUFF is assistantvice president, MMC Materials,Inc. He and his wife, STACYMELTON HUFF ’94, live inJackson, Miss., with their children,Will, five, and Jenny, two.

VIVIAN VANESSA SMITHis senior executive in charge oftraining for the Bahamas Ministryof Tourism. She is assigned to thePlantation, Fla., office.

’95RON EZELL, Jr., married

Laura Cole in February. They livein Charlotte, N.C.

MATTHEW LANSONHUDSON, M.Div. ’99, is BaptistStudent Ministries Director forTexas A&M University, Kingsville,Texas. He and his wife, Emily,have two children, Hannah Grace,and Joshua Fisher.

DAVID HUNKE, M.S.E.M.,was named 2003 Planner of theYear by the Alabama Chapter,American Planning Association.He is principal planner, City ofBirmingham.

APRIL MRAZ is CEO andcreative director of Open CreativeGroup, a collective of professionals

from around the U.S. She lives inMt Laurel.

BRAD O’REAR was electedto a two-year term on the board ofdirectors, Birmingham AdvertisingFederation. He is employed withHigh Cotton direct marketing firm.

JUSTIN MATTHEW PETTYis senior statistical consultant atSRI Analytics, Atlanta, Ga. Heand his wife, Robin, have adaughter, Ragon Elizabeth, born inSeptember, 2002.

E. J. SMITH earned a master’sin intercultural ministries atGolden Gate Baptist TheologicalSeminary, Mill Valley, Calif., inDecember, and is working on amaster of divinity degree at theseminary. He married ChristinaBranson in January.

GEOFFREY G. and DANAHILL WHITE live in Birminghamwhere he is a part owner of Gibson& Anderson Building Services.They have three children:Morgan, five, Davis, three, andAvery, born in April.

L’95ROBERT L. MARTIN is

senior law instructor for the

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White House staffer and former Samford

Student GovernmentAssociation president Eric L.Motley ’96 has been namedto the 2003 Class of HenryCrown Fellows by the AspenInstitute.

Motley, in his third yearon the White House staff,was promoted to specialassistant to the president andassociate director, Office ofPresidential Personnel, inMay.

The Henry CrownFellowship program isdesigned to engage the nextgeneration of leaders in thechallenge of community-spirited leadership. It bringstogether young executivesand professionals under age45 who have already achievedconspicuous success in theirchosen fields of endeavor.

Motley, 30, is theyoungest of this year’s 20honorees, who hail from the

U.S., Singapore, France,England, Israel and Finland.The new Henry CrownFellows will meet four timesover a two-year period andwill undertake individualcommunity servicecommitments.

The Henry CrownFellowship Program honorsthe life and career of Chicagoindustrialist Henry Crown,and is funded by the Henry

and Gladys Crown CharitableTrust Fund. The AspenInstitute is a global forum forleaders. Through its seminarand policy programs, theinstitute promotes the causeof enlightened, morallyresponsible leadership.

At the White House,Motley manages the appoint-ment process for over 1,200part-time advisory board andcommission positions, whileserving as a special assistantto the President.

Motley chaired theSamford Speaker Series as anundergraduate and the SaintAndrews Symposium whilein graduate school in Scotland.In Washington, he foundedthe Dialexis Society at theCosmos Club to foster theintellectual development ofyoung professionals, andcreated the 1600 Penn BookClub for White Housecolleagues. ■

White House Assistant Motley Named Henry Crown Fellow

Eric Motley ’96

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Department of Homeland SecurityFederal Law Enforcement TrainingCenter, Glynco, Ga. He is also areserve judge advocate and iscalled to active duty until 2004.

’96SARA JANETTE HERRON

BORGESON received a master offine arts in acting from Ohio StateUniversity in June. She and herhusband, David, live in ColoradoSprings, Colo., where she is afreelance actor and voice andspeech specialist, and he serveswith the Air Force.

CADA MILLS CARTER andhis wife, Sammie, live in Greenville,S.C., with their three children:Frieda, Jeremy Jay and Rachel.

EDWARD WRIGHTCRONIN is director of admissionat Brentwood Academy, Brentwood,Tenn.

KIM GREEN, M.B.A., is vicepresident of finance, SouthernCompany. She and her husband,Ted, have two daughters, Cassady,six, and Kendall, three.

SHERRI SPURLING, M.T.S.’02, is pursuing a master’s in coun-seling at the University of Alabama.She is a ministry associate atDawson Memorial Baptist Church.

WENDY SKELTONWHITLEY of Mount Berry, Ga., is a houseparent with WinShapeHomes. She and her husband,Jonathan, have a daughter, MaryElizabeth, born in October.

’97DARREN NOBEL BROWN

was named a doctoral fellow atBrandeis University, Boston,Mass., where he is completing aPh.D. in social policy at the HellerSchool for Social Policy andManagement. He earned a master’sdegree in social work from theUniversity of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, in December, receivingthe Michael P. Hale Award forAcademic Excellence.

STEVEN and CHRISTYLANGFORD GUM live inKnoxville, Tenn. He is a teacherand varsity baseball coach atChristian Academy of Knoxville.They have a daughter, CarolineMary, born in June.

JENNIE MONTGOMERYHARCHFIELD and her husband,Shane, live in Louisville, Ky. Sheearned a master’s in theologicalstudies from Southern BaptistTheological Seminary in May.

HEATH HYNEMAN andJOHN BUCHANAN ’99 arefounders of Celecast, Inc., VillaRica, Ga.

ELLIE JO LOGUE received adoctorate in physical therapy atBelmont University, Nashville,Tenn.

BRAD MEDCALF marriedCarri Booth in May. They live inGreenville, S.C.

JAMIE GUY RATLIFF is afreelance paralegal in Montgomery.She and her husband, Danny,have two children, Brody, two,and Addison Marie, born in March.

REBECCA THOMASrecently received a Ph.D. inevolutionary biology from theUniversity of Chicago. Her disser-tation was entitled “The Evolutionof Cranial Ossification Sequencesin Ostariophysan Fishes.”

L’97PHILIP ANDREW STROUD

is a founding member of theSouthaven, Miss., law firm ofStroud & Harper, P.C. He practicesin the area of general litigationwith a focus on personal injury law.

’98HEATHER BURK is fitness

coordinator with LakeshoreFoundation, Birmingham.

JOHN CLINTON BOYETTE,Pharm.D., and JENNIFERNORRIS BOYETTE, Pharm.D.,live in Cookeville, Tenn. She is apharmacist at Walgreens Pharmacy,and he is a pharmacist at CVSPharmacy. They have a daughter,Ryleigh Claire, born in January.

BRIAN GISSING, M.Div.’02, and ANNA ELIZABETHMOSELEY, M.T.S. ’03, married inReid Chapel in May. They live inBirmingham.

JOHN and ELLEN BELLHAMRICK ’99 live in Atlanta,Ga. He recently graduated fromGeorgia State Law School withhonors, and works for Swift,Currie, McGee and Hiers law firm.She is a registered nurse in theAFLAC Cancer Center atChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

KARLYN MARIE HOENESearned an M.B.A. in internationalbusiness at Georgia State University.She is a senior project manage-ment analyst at Lockheed Martin,Marietta, Ga.

BRYAN HUNTER is copychief of Southern Accents, adivision of Southern Progress

Corporation. He oversees copyediting for Southern Accents, aswell as Entrée, an exclusiveNeiman Marcus publicationproduced by Southern Accents.

COURTNEY HOWELL andSCOTT McCRORY married inSeptember 2002. She works in theSamford athletics department, andhe is a C.P.A. with Dent, Baker &Co., LLP.

RYAN THOMAS RAMAGEearned an Executive M.B.A. atthe University of Alabama in May.He is a real estate loan officer forColonial Bank, Birmingham.

TERRA SPARKS graduatedfrom the University of SouthAlabama Medical School in May,and is in a neurology residencyprogram at Hershey MedicalCenter, Hershey, Penn.

KRIS WENZEL STEJSKALearned a master’s in elementaryeducation in 2002. She and herhusband, Mark, live in Fairhope.

CHRISTINE BONARWINDHAM and her husband,RANDY WINDHAM ’81, ofLondon, Ky., both pharmacists,have opened four drugstores.

’99MIKE ERKMANN and

RACHEL RITTER married inMay. They live in St. Louis, Mo.

ERICA HAYNES of Cordova,Tenn., is senior marketing repre-sentative for Apollo Group, Inc.,and is pursuing an M.B.A. atBelhaven College.

VICKI RENEE GLOVER KEE,Pharm.D., recently completed aresidency in drug information atthe Idaho State University Collegeof Pharmacy. She is assistantclinical professor at the Universityof Iowa College of Pharmacy andIowa Drug Information Service.She and her husband, James, livein Coralville, Iowa.

LOUIS MARTIN recentlymarried Janell Andermann andgraduated from Southern Collegeof Optometry, Memphis, Tenn.They live in Albuquerque, N.M.

CAREY A. OLDFIELDmarried Chris Reynolds in June.They live in Gulfport, Fla. She is afreelance publicist.

REBECCA JEANNEVARNELL received a master’s inphysical therapy at East TennesseeState University in May. She livesin Chattanooga, Tenn., and is apediatric physical therapist withHamilton Health Care System inDalton, Ga.

’00JENNIFER ANN CRABB is a

student in the clinical psychologyPh.D. program at the University ofAlabama at Birmingham.

SUSAN FLEXER and LUKEROY married in June. He is pur-suing a Ph.D. in fisheries atAuburn University. She is a familynurse practitioner.

JEREMY and SHANNONKUNTZ FRANK live in Marietta,Ga., with their infant daughter,Catherine Grace. He works withGeorgia-Pacific.

KATIE FUNDERBURK is abuyer with Carmax in Atlanta, Ga.

MARY MICHAEL GARVERis director of student activities atCarson-Newman College inJefferson City, Tenn. She lives inKnoxville, Tenn.

LEIGH TAYLOR HANSONgraduated cum laude from theUniversity of Georgia Law Schooland is a clerk with U.S. districtjudge Ashley Royal in Macon, Ga.

NANCY TINA MOORE is acostume designer with theAmerican Village, Montevallo.

AMANDA OWENBYrecently earned double master ofarts degrees in Christian educationand ministry-based evangelism fromSouthwestern Baptist TheologicalSeminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Sheis childcare unit director for theYMCA of Arlington, Texas.

MICHAEL WAYNE SMITHgraduated from Yale University inMay with a master’s in organ per-formance. He received the HughPorter prize for excellence in organplaying.

Ray Thornton ’00

RAY THORNTON, M.B.A.,is manager of analysis and pro-gramming for Gulf States PaperCorporation’s Information ServicesDivision. He is located at companyheadquarters in Tuscaloosa. Heand his wife, April, have adaughter, Ansley.

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L’00MELISSA DARDEN

GRIFFIS is an associate with thelaw firm of Rosenzweig, Jones &MacNabb, P.C., in Newnan, Ga.

’01DANIEL GLENN AUSBUN

received a master’s in divinity atNew Orleans Baptist TheologicalSeminary in May, and will beginthe Ph.D. program in evangelismthis fall.

ROBERT SCOTT BERTINIis marketing and communityrelations coordinator for RehabCareGroup in the Los Angeles, Calif.,area. He markets rehabilitationservices for stroke and severetrauma victims.

EMILY CAROL BOBOmarried Barron Polk in February.They live in Pelham.

BOYD BOWLING, Pharm.D.,is a pharmacist with the VAHospital in Lexington, Ky. He andhis wife, Lynn, live in Winchester,

Ky. They have a daughter, EmmaGrace, born in December.

CORRI ALEICE CORNUTTand NATHAN DANIELEDWARDS married in ReidChapel in May. She is coordinatorof communications for the SamfordOffice of Admission. He is anaccountant with Ernst & YoungLLP, Birmingham.

JOSHUA MICHAEL DEARis interim youth minister at DanielMemorial Baptist Church, Jackson,Miss. He is co-writing a book withminister/writer Dolphus Weary.

CARRIE ELIZABETHROLLWAGEN is a copy editor/designer at the Birmingham Post-Herald.

JAMIE DELOACH SCOTTand her husband, Brian, live inNashville, Tenn.

LATASHA CATHERINESMITH is a registered nurse at Baptist Medical Center–Montclair, Birmingham.

BRIAN SMOTHERS isenrolled in the master’s degree

program in counseling psychologyat Boston College, and is com-pleting an internship with thestudent counseling service at TuftsUniversity.

SHELLEY ELIZABETHVAIL-SMITH of Pinson earned adoctor of education degree atSamford in May.

JOHN G. WYATT is businessdevelopment officer with Gary C.Wyatt, Inc., Birmingham.

’02LESLEY BAKER married

Curtis Sewell in November. Theyare in training to be missionaries.They live in Jackson, Mich.

MARGARET BIRK andDEREK DOSS married in April.They live in Montevallo.

TRICIA BROWNINGmarried Luke Gunnells ’03 inJune. He is a management associateat AmSouth Bank corporate head-quarters. She is a customer salesrepresentative for Kraft Foods.They live in Birmingham.

JESSICA LYNNE FRANZmarried Ryan Mays in July. Theylive in Birmingham.

SHARON SETTLE MASONis manager of membership anddevelopment with the BirminghamRegional Chamber of Commerce.She and MICHAEL MASON ’02married in November.

MELANIE MONEY is ateacher at Liberty Park HighSchool, Vestavia Hills.

MICHAEL MUNCHERmarried KELLI PARRISH ’03 inReid Chapel in June. They live inStillwater, Okla., where he ispursuing a master’s in percussionperformance/pedagogy, and she ispursuing a master’s in specialeducation at Oklahoma StateUniversity.

MARIE TODD is a clinicalnurse specialist, cardiovascularICU, at Baptist Medical Center–Princeton, Birmingham. ■

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Tim and LAURA LAMBATKINS ’93 of Pelham, adaughter, Amanda “Mandy”Hope, born May 8, 2003.

SCOTT, Pharm.D. ’95,and ALICIA PAGAN BAKER’92 of Birmingham, a son,Nathaniel Stephen, born April 7,2003.

Keith and SUSANSANDERS BAKER ’91 ofWoodstock, Ga., a son, JacksonPaul, born Dec. 22, 2002.

Richard and ADRIENNEGANTT BAKER ’93 ofDawsonville, Ga., a daughter,Sidney Steele, born July 13, 2003.

Jimmy and SUSANNEELEDGE BALLARD ’90 ofLeoma, Tenn., daughters, HarperRose, born Dec. 26, 1999, andKirby Elizabeth, born July 7, 2002.

Josh and KRISSYLINHART BENNER,Pharm.D. ’97, of Oakton, Va., ason, John Preston, born April 15,2003.

Lynn and BOYDBOWLING, Pharm.D. ’01, ofWinchester, Ky., a daughter,Emma Grace, born Dec. 25, 2002.

JOHN CLINTON,Pharm.D. ’98, and JENNIFERNORRIS BOYETT, Pharm.D.’98, of Cookeville, Tenn., adaughter, Ryleigh Claire, bornJan. 23, 2003.

Derren and GLORIAFREY BURRELL ’96 ofBrandon, Fla., a son, LukeArnold, born April 23, 2003.

Sammie and CADAMILLS CARTER ’96 ofGreenville, S.C., a daughter,Rachel, born May 30, 2003.

Jeff and LAURA FULPCASTEEL, Pharm.D. ’99, ofRiceville, Tenn., a son, JefferyLarkin, born May 14, 2003.

Justin and REBECCAGAIL JAKOBY CENTENO’99 of Miami, Fla., a son, EthanBenjamin, born May 28, 2001,and a daughter, Annabella Marie,born May 5, 2003.

Katy and PAULCHRISTOPHER CLARK ’93of Nashville, Tenn., a daughter,Anna Katherine, born Oct. 25,2002.

David and REBECCAROWELL COOKE ’94 ofDouglasville, Ga., a son, KarlDavid III, born April 29, 2002.

Sylvia and DAVID L.CORTS ’90 of Atlanta, Ga., adaughter, Sophia Jane, born Feb.26, 2003.

TONY ’94 and EVELYNALLEN DERRISO ’99 ofDuncan, S.C., a son, ThomasCross, born Oct. 3, 2002.

Kim and CHAD EATON’94 of Simpsonville, S.C., a son,Cole Hayden, born May 14, 2003.

DAVID GARLAND ’92and CAROL BROWN ENOCH’92 of Franklin, Tenn., a son,David Stuart, born April 15, 2002.

MALLIE WILLIS FISHER’93 of Marietta, Ga., a son, AustinWillis, born Aug. 12, 2002.

David and JOY KIRKLANDFISHER ’90 of Nashville, Tenn.,a daughter, Lara Miriam, bornMarch 24, 2003.

TIMOTHY ’89 andMARY CUNNINGHAMFRANCINE ’88 of Suwanee,Ga., a son, Hollis Timothy, bornJune 12, 2003.

JEREMY ’00 andSHANNON KUNTZ FRANK’00 of Marietta, Ga., a daughter,Catherine Grace, born Sept. 30,2002.

Greg and KIMHARALSON GAGLIANO ’93of Vestavia Hills, a daughter,Samantha Elizabeth, born Aug.22, 2002.

Mark and KRIS CROSBYGRIFFIN ’91 of Vestavia Hills,a daughter, Emily Elizabeth, bornMay 22, 2003.

STEVEN ’97 andCHRISTY LANGFORD GUM ’97 of Knoxville, Tenn., adaughter, Caroline Mary, bornJune 25, 2003.

Scott and HEATHERGRIMM HANCOCK ’96 of St.Petersburg, Fla., a daughter, AliciaVivian, born March 6, 2003.

STEVEN M. ’94 and AMYPERKINS HARRIS ’93 ofKnoxville, Tenn., twin sons,William Matthew and AndrewRobert, born April 15, 2003.

Steve and EVEPENNINGTON HENRY ’92of Suwanee, Ga., a daughter,Rebecca Skye, born Feb. 26, 2003.

MARK HUNTINGTON’97, M.A. ’98, and CAROLPOINTER HINSON ’97 of Birmingham, a son, LukeHuntington, born May 17, 2003.

Keith and ELLEN MOOREHOWARD ’86 of Wetumpka, ason, Andrew Emerson, bornMarch 5, 2003.

BRYAN ’96 and AMYHOWELL ’96 of Chattanooga,Tenn., a son, Caleb Spencer,born Feb. 24, 2003.

Kevin and EMILYHELTON JACKSON ’93 of

Midland, Ga., a daughter, EmmaCaroline, born June 7, 2003.

Darla and SCOTTBOWERS JOHNSON ’87 ofNashville, Tenn., a son, DavisBailey, born Dec. 10, 2002.

Kevin and RACHELPINSON LANGSTON ’89 ofVestavia Hills, a daughter, RachelRaines, born May 20, 2003.

Don and JUDY PITTSLEIPERT ’94 of Alabaster, adaughter, Anna Olivia, born Dec.11, 2002.

John and LAURAWRIGHT LEWIS ’93 ofBirmingham, a daughter,Elizabeth Ellis, born Feb. 20,2003.

Tim and LISA WHITELYON L’92 of San Antonio,Texas, a daughter, Emily Grace,born May 12, 2003.

Carrie and MARKKENNETH MAHANES ’94 ofHiram, Ga., a son, ChristianDavid, born May 14, 2003.

Kerry and TRACYTUGGLE MILLER ’00 ofAlabaster, a son, Lee, born July25, 2002.

Reed and DANA KINGNYFFELER ’97 of Omaha,Neb., a daughter, Elise Claire,born May 7, 2003.

Jennifer and DAVIDALAN PARKS ’97 of Louisville,Ky., a daughter, Corrie Elise, bornJuly 18, 2002.

Robin and JUSTINMATTHEW PETTY ’95 ofAtlanta, Ga., a daughter, RagonElizabeth, born Sept. 26, 2002.

Danny and JAMIE GUYRATLIFF ’97 of Montgomery, adaughter, Addison Marie, bornMarch 27, 2003.

TIM ’90 and LEANNEYOUNG RAU ’91 of Hoover, ason, Justin Thomas, born May 9,2003.

Ronald Justin and MEGANKENNEY RAULSTON ’95 ofCharlotte, N.C., a son, WilliamAndrew, born April 30, 2003.

Anthony and LAURALETHBRIDGE RITENOUR’93 of Sebring, Fla., a daughter,Elizabeth Arlene, born March 31,2003.

Johnny and BARBARAHARBIN ROBERSON ’91of Gallatin, Tenn., a daughter,Rebecca Paige, born Nov. 8, 2002.

Jonathan and BRITTANYROBSON ’96 of Atlanta, Ga., adaughter, Peyton Elizabeth, bornFeb. 14, 2003.

GREG L’94 and LYNNHOGEWOOD SCHUCK ’93,

L’03, of Birmingham, a daughter,Grayson Duncan, born May 23,2003.

Brad and MARTA SMITHSCROGGIN ’91 of Lexington,Ky., a son, Sloan Louis, bornNov. 14, 2002.

David and DANALATHAM THRASHER L’89of Birmingham, a daughter,Lynlee Alexa, born May 22, 2003.

MERLE, Jr. ’97 andCHRISTA PRATER WADE’97 of Tampa, Fla., a daughter,Isabella Evelyn, born June 10,2003.

Trey and STEPHANIELEIGH HAMES WEST-MORELAND ’96 of Madison, ason, Mitchell Blake, born June 9,2003.

MIKE ’91 and DANAMCMINN WESTVEER ’91 ofOld Hickory, Tenn., a son, BradyMac, born Feb. 5, 2003.

DARREN K. ’96 andRHIANNON REYNOLDSWHITE ’98 of Hayden, a son,Caden Luke, born July 9, 2002.

GEOFFREY ’95 andDANA HILL WHITE ’95 ofBirmingham, a daughter, AveryElizabeth, born April 16, 2003.

Jonathan and WENDYSKELTON WHITLEY ’96 ofMount Berry, Ga., a daughter,Mary Elizabeth, born Oct. 8, 2002.

Ashleigh and CARLMICHAEL WILLIAMS ’01 ofBirmingham, a daughter,Madeline, born Oct. 1, 2002.

JUDD ’94 and MARTHAANN COLE WILSON ’96 ofTupelo, Miss., a daughter, MaryConlee, born Nov. 2, 2002. ■

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MILDRED L. BAILEY’57, age 85, of Birmingham diedMay 12, 2003. She was a school-teacher in the Birmingham area,where she taught typing, short-hand and business courses.

FRANKLIN T. BRANCH’43, age 80, of Sandy Springs,Ga., died June 11, 2003. Hefounded Carriage Cleaners andLaundry, and also owned severalof Atlanta’s first bowling estab-lishments. He earned an M.B.A.from the University of Chicagoand a degree from Atlanta LawSchool. In retirement, he was anaccomplished woodworker andadult literacy tutor.

DEXTER HANCELBURDESHAW ’61, age 65, ofMacon, Ga., died May 3, 2003.He held a master’s in businessmanagement from GeorgiaCollege. In the 1960s, he workedwith NASA Mission Control as atechnical writer for the Saturn Vand the early Apollo spaceprograms. He later worked 29years with TRW. After retirement,he was an office supervisor andprepared taxes for H&R Block.

LEONARD IVERYBURT, M.B.A. ’73, age 79, ofMontevallo died July 7, 2003. Hewas retired from the University ofAlabama at Birmingham, wherehe was manager of propertyaccounting. He served with theU.S. Navy in the Pacific Theaterduring World War II.

RONALD C. BUSBEE,Sr., L’73, age 62, of Pensacola,Fla., died June 24, 2003. He wasa partner in Busbee TomatoeCompany.

LISTON E. CARTLEDGE,Jr., ’81, age 44, of Hoover diedApril 22, 2003. He worked forAmerica’s First Federal CreditUnion. He was a member of PiKappa Phi fraternity.

J. ANNA RUTLEDGECOOPER ’52, age 78, ofBirmingham died April 22, 2003.Former president of the ClassroomTeachers of Alabama, she wasretired from the Mountain BrookSchool System. She was a memberof Delta Kappa Gamma, AlphaDelta Kappa and Delta Zeta.

CHARLES CREEL ’64, ofShelby County died July 3, 2003.He was an award-winningsalesman for various companies.

JERRY DALE GALLUPS’69, age 55, of Pell City diedJune 22, 2003. He was a graduateof Woodrow Wilson College of

Law. He was a member of PiKappa Phi.

IVAN L. GLAZE ’49, age74, of Gardendale died May 7,2003. He served the U.S. Armyin the Air Transport Commandon the North Atlantic Route,and worked 44 years at AmericanCast Iron Pipe Company, mostrecently as manager of theanalytical laboratories in thetechnical division. He was activein scientific and professionalgroups.

ALVA LEE CAINE HILL’62, age 83, of Homewood diedMay 18, 2003. She earnedmasters and A.A. degrees fromUniversity of Alabama atBirmingham, and taught for 25years in area school systems.

MARTHA HOLCOMBHOLLEY ’73, age 81, ofBirmingham, died July 26, 2003.She was active in study groups,and tutored second- and third-grade students in reading atBarrett School.

NANCY FRASAJOHNSON ’86, age 63, ofHoover died May 22, 2003.

LUCILE HAZLEGROVEJORDAN ’26, age 96, ofHueytown died June 25, 2003.She taught many years at Berney Points Baptist ChurchKindergarten.

MARCIA AULDLOWERY ’61, age 65, of Hooverdied April 18, 2003. She taughtat Edgewood Elementary andarea kindergartens.

DWIGHT LAMARLYON, Sr., ’57, age 80, ofBirmingham died June 11, 2003.During World War II, he servedin the South Pacific with the650th Engineer Corps. He wasvice president of Miller WireWorks.

JAMES EDWARD MABE,Sr., ’60, age 73, formerly ofBirmingham, died June 28, 2003.He retired from Standard Oil(Chevron U.S.A.) after a 31-yearcareer. He supported small Baptistchurches in Europe, India andMichigan, and was an avid artcollector and art classroomvolunteer.

LINDA GREENEMARTIN ’83, age 55, ofBirmingham died May 23, 2003.A musician, artist and earlychildhood educator, sheperformed with the SamfordUniversity Orchestra.

THOMAS EARLMcLENDON ’61, age 68, ofFairhope died June 27, 2003. Heearned a master’s from the

University of Alabama and wasthe owner of Sunbelt Fire, Inc.He was in the fire truck industryfor 40 years.

MURRAY P. McCLUSKEYL’71, age 87, of Sylacauga diedJune 18, 2003. He was a formerstate legislator and SylacaugaCity Council member. Abusinessman and attorney, hespecialized in Social Securitydisability and was public defenderfor Sylacauga in the 1980s. Hejoined the U.S. Air Force duringWorld War II, and was latersquadron commander in Okinawa,flying BT25’s and C47’s.

JOHN MIMS ’67, age 59,of Atmore died June 6, 2003. Hewas a pharmacist, amateurornithologist and conservationistwho served on the board ofdirectors of the Turtle CreekEnvironmental Center.

EDWIN L. NELSONL’69, age 63, of Cropwell diedMay 17, 2003. He became afederal judge in Alabama’sNorthern District in 1990 afterserving as a magistrate. He servedin the U.S. Navy, was a field rep-resentative to former U.S. Rep.John Buchanan, and practicedlaw in Fort Payne beforebecoming a magistrate in 1974.

NEWTON ODOM ’51,age 81, of Homewood died July 8,2003. He was retired from LloydNoland Hospital as a comptroller.He served with the Army medicalcorps during World War II.

JOHN MARTINPATTERSON ’60, age 76, ofTalladega died April 7, 2003. Heserved 30 years in the U.S. Army,founded Patterson Insurance andRealty, and was a minister. Heearned a doctor of divinity degreefrom Bethany TheologicalSeminary in 1998, when he was70 years old, and was honored bySamford as an Alabama BaptistMinister of the Year in 1999. Heserved as interim pastor atchurches all over world.

BEVERLY LEE SANDERS’03, age 21, of Birmingham, diedJuly 9, 2003. She was a memberof Cutting Edge Ministries. AtSamford, she was a historyhonors student, Black HeritageAssociation president, StudentGovernment Association ethnicand cultural affairs co-chair,Circle K president, DiversityUniversity delegate, Women’sChristian Leadership Centerstudent advisory board memberand a leader in other campus andcommunity groups.

PRENCIE “Joye” BROWNSANFORD ’54, of Massillon,Ohio, died April 23, 2003. Shewas a practicing registered nursefor more than 48 years.

WILBUR G. SILBERMAN’39, age 83, of Birmingham diedJune 6, 2003. He graduated fromUniversity of Alabama law school,and was a founding partner of thelaw firm of Gordon, Silberman,Wiggins & Childs. He served inthe U.S. Air Force in World WarII and retired from the Air ForceReserve as a lieutenant colonel.

BRENDA BURNETTTALLEY ’64, age 60, of PortCharlotte, Fla., died July 5, 2003.She was active in her church, theKiwanis Club and other com-munity groups.

ROBERT M. VELARDE’75, age 52, of Tampa, Fla., diedJune 4, 2003. He was employedat Brewster Technical Center. Hewas active in various nursing andhealthcare associations, and waspresident of Health OccupationsEducators Association of Floridaduring 1995–97. ■

IN MEMORIAM

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S P O R T S

Samford last competed fora conference footballchampionship in the

1930s, when then-HowardCollege played in the DixieConference. Seven decadeslater, the 2003 Bulldogs gettheir chance in league play asnew members of the OhioValley Conference.

Coach Bill Gray has 17starters among 37 lettermenon this year’s squad, but only30 of the 76 players on thepreseason roster were upper-classmen (seniors or juniors).That means a number ofyounger players will have toprovide depth.

Quarterback Ray Nelsonwill try to regain the form heflashed as a freshman twoyears ago, when he passed for1,466 yards and 13 touch-downs in nine games. Nelsonthrew for 941 yards and fourscores while sharing quarter-back duties with graduatedJosh Kellett last year.

Record-setting receiver

Aryvia Holmes also graduatedafter catching 84 passes for1,158 yards and nine scores.Efrem Hill, who caught 39 for569 yards and six touch-downs, should be Nelson’sprime target this fall.

The offensive line isexperienced, led by tackleChip Adams and guard MitchWellborn, and Samford hopesto run the ball more effectivelythis fall. Last year, the 4-7Bulldogs passed for two ofevery three yards they gained(2,439 to 1,205). Fred Gilliamis a talented runner who hasaveraged 5.1 yards a carryover three years.

Five senior starters returnto lead the way on defense—ends Darold Williams, line-backer Derrick Wheeler, roverRussell Delk, tackle RossNewton and cornerback LeoRandall.

Kick returner CortlandFinnegan, who also playscornerback, could ignitespecial-team play. He

averaged 32.2 yards a return(with two touchdowns) tofinish second in the nationlast fall, earning All-Independent First TeamDefense/Special Teamshonors.

“We’re becoming a fasterteam, and we’re recruitingalong those lines,” Grayassessed his team. “That willhelp us in every phase of thegame, especially in specialteams.” ■

Samford Jumps into OVC Play

Linebacker DerrickWheeler helps leadSamford Defense.

Robert Evans was a con-sistent run-producer

during his four years with theSamford baseball team, andhe proved to be the same inhis first year of pro baseball.

A career .337 hitter atSamford, Evans signed withthe Boston Red Sox minorleague organization aftergraduating last May. He hit.265 for the Lowell (Mass.)Spinners of the Class A NewEngland League and showedpromise as a clutch hitter bydriving in 33 runs on 48 hits,a high ratio.

He also demonstratedsome power, hitting 13doubles, four triples and sixhome runs in 58 games.

An outfielder who occa-sionally pitched for Samford,Evans finished second incareer hits (249), runs (140)

and doubles(50) for theBulldogs.He also hit30 homeruns anddrove in134 runs.

A two-sport star,Evansplayed four years at free safetyin football and led last year’steam in tackles.

Ehren Wasserman,another member of lastspring’s baseball team, alsosigned a minor leaguecontract with the ChicagoWhite Sox organization. Apitcher, Wasserman was 1-1as a reliever with Kannapolis,N.C., of the Class A SouthAtlantic League. ■

Evans Shows Hitting Promisein First Pro Baseball Stint Samford University has

earned certification onceagain for its athletics programfrom the NCAA Division ICommittee on AthleticsCertification. Samford joined14 other Division I memberinstitutions that have under-gone the association’s secondcycle of athletics certification.

The purpose of athleticscertification is to ensureintegrity in the institution’sathletics program and to assistinstitutions in improving theirathletics departments. NCAAlegislation mandating certifi-cation was adopted in 1993.

The certification process,which is a self-study led by aninstitution’s chief executiveofficer, includes a review ofthese primary components:governance and commitmentto rules compliance, academicintegrity, fiscal integrity, equity,welfare, and sportsmanship.

“The NCAA recertificationprocess is very thorough, so itfeels good to be meeting thestandard on a continuingbasis,” said Samford PresidentThomas E. Corts. “I ampleased that [AthleticsDirector] Bob Roller and hisstaff, our coaches, andstudent-athletes value thisprocess. They are responsiblefor the wholesome nature ofthe Samford intercollegiateathletics program in which wetake great pride.”

Roller added, “We arepleased to receive the affir-mation from our peers regardingthe integrity of Samford’sathletics programs. This was abroad-based effort on the partof the entire University toreceive this certification.” ■

Samford Earns NCAA Recertification

Evans

Samford 2003

Football Schedule

Aug. 28 Chattanooga W 31-23Sept. 4 WEST ALABAMA W 44-28Sept. 20 San Diego State 4 p.m.Sept. 27 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE* 6 p.m.Oct. 4 Eastern Kentucky* TBAOct. 11 MURRAY STATE* 1 p.m.Oct. 18 UT–Martin* 4 p.m.Oct. 25 TENNESSEE STATE* (HC) 2:30 p.m.Nov. 1 Tennessee Tech* 2 p.m.Nov. 8 JACKSONVILLE STATE* 1 p.m.Nov. 22 Eastern Illinois* 1:30 p.m.

*Ohio Valley Conference gameHC—Homecoming

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G I V I N G

Leaving a Legacyfor Samford

It took Mary Cooper Ogletree 11 years to earn herSamford degree. She worked full-time at the University andwent to class at night, graduating in 1970. Her degree meansa great deal to her.

“To show my appreciation for what Samford means to me,I established an endowed scholarship to help students withthe financial burden of attending college,” she said. “Earningsfrom my endowed scholarship go to students, while theprincipal is invested to keep pace with inflation.”

Ogletree, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., also arranged herwill so that a portion of her estate will go to the scholarship.

Supporting their University is one thing many Samfordgraduates agree on. Many want to do more than they are ableto do during life. They choose from several planning options.

“I feel blessed to have a Samford education, and I wantedto give something back,” said Bette Houlditch Sawyer ’44 ofGainesville, Fla. “The people in Samford’s Office of Gift andEstate Planning helped me set up a charitable gift annuitythat pays me income for the rest of my life and leaves theremainder to Samford.”

Michele Slay ’89 of Birmingham also made Samford a partof her will.

“I prepared my will at a relatively early age because it wasimportant to me that my family was taken care of and thatthe charities I care about, such as Samford, received supportafter my lifetime.”

Eddie and Gayle Miller ’74 of Birmingham purchased alife insurance policy and named Samford the beneficiary “toexpress our gratitude for the part Samford has played in ourlives.”

You can read more about other options and what othershave done by going to Samford’s easy-to-use Web site. Noteveryone has the same needs, but the Samford Gift-Planningsite can help you find the answer to questions that may beimportant to you, such as:

■ How can a gift to Samford pay me back?■ What are my choices in income gifts?■ Do I give now or later?■ What assets should I give?■ How do I increase my retirement income?■ What about preserving my estate?

You can request a personalized illustration that details aplan for you. Click on the “Contact Us” button to requestinformation or ask questions. Check out www.samford.gift-planning.org to learn more about planning your estate.

If you have already made plans for Samford in your will orother estate plans, please let us know. We want to include youas a member of the DeVotie Heritage Society. You mayrequest to be an anonymous member.

Samford UniversityOffice of Gift and Estate Planning800 Lakeshore DriveBirmingham, Alabama 35229(205) 726-2366 or toll-free 1-877-782-5867E-mail: giftplan@samford.edu

The Class of 2003purchased a 24” bronze

medallion of the SamfordBulldog logo to be set in aplaza on a column nearSeibert Stadium. Bricks withthe names and class years ofSamford students and alumniwill adorn the monument.

Bricks may be purchasedto honor people in the project.A 4” x 8” brick carrying aname and graduating year is$100. An 8” x 8” brick withname, year and four lines oftext is $250.

Information on theBulldog Medallion project is available from Philip Poole in the Office ofUniversity Relations. E-mailppoole@samford.edu or call(205) 726-2823.

Bulldog Medallion Project to FeatureNames of Students and Alumni

SA M F O R D UN I V E R S I T Y

Scholarship Society

Make an investment in the future of deserving Samford University students by becoming a member

of this important society.

Help ensure a distinctive Samford experience for thesestudents through your contributions to create both

Annual Scholarshipsand

Endowed Scholarships

which are awarded to deserving studentswithin the terms of the established scholarship guidelines.

For information, contact Sheri Hamiter,Annual Giving Office, Samford University:

smhamite@samford.edu (205) 726-2487

toll-free 1-877-782-5867

Dates to RememberOct. 5 Philip Bliss Hymn-Sing

Oct. 23–26 Homecoming

Nov. 18–19 Samford Events, Alabama Baptist State Convention

Dec. 13 Fall Commencement

Feb. 19–21 Step Sing