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Volume 44, Number 4 / Spartanburg, South Carolina / Summer 2012

Presidential International Scholars program extends range

Three Wo!ord students have been tapped by President Benjamin B. Dunlap for Presidential Scholarships that involve international

travel and study beginning this fall. David Moore ’13, a triple major in chemistry, mathematics and

German and a Richardson Family Scholar, has been selected as the 29th Presidential International Scholar.

Brian McCracken ’13, a double major in government and econom-ics with a minor in religion and a member of the varsity track and "eld team, and Chris Bourean ’13, a double major in biology and "nance who plans to attend medical school, have been named the inaugural Presidential Global Studies Scholars.

“#ese are three extraordinary individuals, as generously disposed toward others as they are ambitious for themselves,” Dunlap says. “#ey are among the best we have to o!er, but they are also typical of what our students aspire to be.... Adding the Presidential Global Studies Scholarships to our already existing Presidential International Scholar-ship enables us to extend Wo!ord’s impact abroad, and, because each will return for next year’s spring semester, they will be able to share their experiences on campus directly following their return.”

Moore is interested in studying the development and use of bio-fuels, especially in South America, during his time as the Presidential International Scholar.

McCracken’s Global Studies research project will focus on “Good Government at the Grassroots,” focusing "rst on South Africa and then on Botswana, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Bourean’s project will be “Devel-oping Health Care in the Developing World,” focusing on such groups as the World Health Organization, Partners in Health and the Acumen Fund in India as a primary destination, followed by shorter periods in South Africa, Brazil and Haiti.

#e recipient of the innovative Presidential International Scholar-ship is selected as a student “most likely to be of bene"t to humankind.” #e program, now in its 28th year, is funded by an anonymous donor.

Sending a Wofford student to study in the developing world for the better part of

a year with not much more than a credit card must have seemed an odd proposition in 1985, when the college launched the Presidential International Scholarship.

Presidential Scholars in the "rst years had to operate without regular communication with the campus or their families and in ar-eas where they did not always have local contacts or support networks. It was an experiment, for as "rst Presidential Scholar Collier Slade ’87 explained to Wo!ord Today before his trip, although students spending part of their junior year in Europe was not uncommon, “this plan called for work on some special topic of my own choosing in a variety of places.” #e scholar, chosen personally by the president of the college, was to be the student in the rising senior class “best able to make a contribution to human-kind.” After their year of study, scholars are expected to return to

program is a little unusual. #e anon-ymous donor in-sisted that the "nal selection rest in the president’s hands alone. The focus on the developing world, especially in the closing years of the Cold War, was very forward-thinking.

#e anonymity of the donor is also unusual, but the scholars do spend time with him, and all reported that he has been very interested in their plans and their experiences. In a 1991 interview with the Old Gold & Black, the donor expressed hope that other colleges in the region might launch a similar program. His own experiences in life led him to develop the scholarship, and he wanted to do something that would help Wo!ord students see a bigger world. He chose to remain anonymous, he told the newspaper,

democratic pluralism. A number of recent scholars have studied some aspect of community development.

On their return, Presidential Scholars share their experiences with the campus. Often this is done in informal settings with their fellow students, or in formal presentations to campus and com-munity groups. Some of them have gone a bit further. Ingrid Hutto ’90 wrote a book, “No Wrong Moun-tain,” an account of her travels. Scott Neely ’00 also wrote a book, “A Good Road to Walk.” Dwain Pruitt ’95 produced a television documentary, “Postcards from Africa,” which was made available to local schools. Each scholar has, in his or her own way, shaped the program, and the experience has changed them all.

“It was the opportunity of a lifetime, and it was an educational experience that I will never forget,” said Joey Davidson ’91.

by Dr. Phillip Stone ’94College Archivist

campus to share their experiences with fellow students and members of the community.

From these innovative roots, the program has grown over the past quarter-century, with 28 stu-dents having bene"ted from the experience to date. Many aspects of the scholarship have changed considerably over time. #e advent of almost universal Internet access has helped recent scholars maintain much greater contact with faculty members and advisers on campus, and the program has become much more structured. Students are able to follow the scholar’s exploits more easily, as many of the recent ones have kept blogs or posted updates to websites. Recent scholars have been able to take advantage of college contacts and various con-sortial arrangements to help them plan their studies. Still, the onus remains on the scholars to make their arrangements, plan their topic of study, and seek out experiences as they travel.

Most everything about the

because he felt that the scholarship be-longed to the schol-ars themselves.

Especially in the earlier years, the scholar helped bring a little more of the world back to the campus. It became part of a view, also popular on campus at the time, best expressed in the phrase “think

globally, act locally.” Some of the topics scholars

have studied included global de-forestation, wealth distribution in former British colonies, immunol-ogy programs in the third world, comparative higher education systems, comparative primary and secondary school systems, water resource management, urban-ization in developing countries, volunteerism and human service, historic preservation, Christian missions, and the Islamic roots of

Presidential Global Scholars Brian McCracken ’13

(far left) and Chris Bourean ’13 (far right) with

Presidential International Scholar David Moore

’13 and Wofford President Benjamin B. Dunlap.

Moore is the 29th scholar because two scholars were chosen in 2006-07. In a change from previous years when the scholar traveled a full academic year – usually the senior year and returning for a "fth year of study at Wo!ord – the scholar now will travel and study in developing

countries for "ve months during his or her senior year, returning to graduate at the end of the spring semester.

#e Presidential Global Studies Scholarships are designed as an op-portunity to study the language and culture of one of the world’s most

in$uential nations – Brazil, Rus-sia, India, China, Turkey or South Africa – focusing on a topic of the student’s own choosing.

All of the scholars are expected to share their research in some tan-gible way when they return.

by Laura H. Corbin

From the Archives

The legacy of the Presidential International Scholars

WOFFORD TODAY... Dr. Charlie Bass named one of Princeton Review’s Best Professors; Wofford plans “Year of the Liberal Arts;” Jefferson takes reins as CFO .............. 4

Dunlap announces retirement in 2013 .............. 5

College enjoys grant-writing success ........... 6-7

ON CAMPUS... Hagglund retires, shares secret to a happy life; Farrenkopf named an SCICU professor of the year .............. 8

development research, writing and travel .............. 9

STUDENTS... Gifts make professional development training possible for students; Students hold Relay for Life event ............ 10

CFA challenge allows Wofford students to compete internationally ............ 11

ATHLETICS... Photos from the spring; Ayers begins 25th season with the Terriers; Dahlman continues success in Macedonia ....... 12-13

DEVELOPMENT... College dedicates new Montgomery Music Building; Photos from donor recognition events ............ 14

............ 15

COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND 2012 ....... 16-17

Class of 2012 takes their next steps ....... 18-19

ALUMNI... including births, weddings, ....... 20-31

Class of 1962 graduates again ............ 20

Richardson brings Moto-Electra to Wofford ............ 23

Lott talks art and science of medicine ............ 24

Jones inspires love of language and culture ............ 26

A night at the Grammys ............ 27

Dr. George Shiflet and Dr.

Angela Shi f let returned

to campus this semester

after a year of professional

development. Story on page 9.

Meet Terra Brannon ’ 12

(who recently spoke to a

crowd of more than 400

at The Spartanburg County

Foundation annual meeting)

a n d o t h e r o u t s t a n d i n g

graduates of the Class of 2012

to see what they have planned

for the future. Profiles on

pages 18-19.

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Hannah Jarrett ’12 (right) of Chapin, S.C., received the L. Harris Chewning Award (Department of English award) during Senior Honors Convocation in May. She was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring.

ON THE COVER: Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap confers degrees on the Class of 2012. This spring President Dunlap announced his retirement. The college’s 10th president will serve through the 2012-2013 academic year while the Board of Trustees performs a national search for his successor. For more information about the Dunlap years, see page 5.

Dr. Charlie Bass, the Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of

Chemistry at Wo!ord, has been named one of the country’s best undergraduate teachers by The Princeton Review.

#e pro"le of Bass, printed in the new book, “#e Best 300 Pro-fessors” (Random House/Princeton Review) notes that he “prefers to go straight to having his students attempt to solve problems.” He says in the book, “#at way, I can help them correct misconceptions. I think this is much more e!ective than watching me solve problems for them.”

Bass believes that “positive reinforcement helps students gain con"dence to become willing to work harder,” his profile reads, noting that he “cares deeply” that his students “get it.”

“I will work as hard as I can to help them understand the course material,” Bass says.

College administrators and other faculty praise Bass for his commitment to teaching, but Bass gains the most satisfaction from the success of his students.

In “#e Best 300 Professors” one student notes, “Dr. Bass is awesome and makes the incredible pain of learning organic chemistry slightly bearable. De"nitely recom-mended.” Another says, “Organic chemistry is an impossible subject, but his funny personality and per-severance in teaching make you comfortable in trying to learn it.”

Bass credits his wife, Carri, and children, David ’15 and Michael with supporting him in his teach-ing career.

“I am blessed to have a very patient wife and children. #eir love and support throughout my career have made it possible for me to spend extra time outside of class with my students. Carri in particular has been unbelievably supportive. She is always there when I need her most. Her words of encouragement always lift me up when I need it.”

In the book, Bass also receives credit for working tirelessly to build the new organic chemistry labora-tory, dedicated earlier this year to Dr. William P. Cavin ’45, professor

Wofford professor selected as one of the best in U.S.Dr. Charlie Bass featured in Princeton Review’s book of “Best 300 Professors”

of chemistry at Wo!ord from 1946 to 1988.

“Dr. Bass traveled with me to many cities to present the case for support of the new organic lab,” Marion Peavey ’65, senior vice president for development and college relations, says. “Invariably, former Wofford students of his – many of whom are now in the medical profession – would tell me that he was their favorite professor, primarily because of his teaching skills and his willingness to take extra time to help them understand complex problems.”

Bass received the Roger Mil-liken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science at Wo!ord in 2006. He also has been recognized numerous times as the faculty member of the year by the Panhel-lenic Council at Wo!ord and by the Wo!ord Campus Union. He serves as the pre-dental adviser and also is the scout adviser to Wo!ord’s Pi Iota Chapter of Al-pha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity.

A graduate of William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Miss., Bass received his Ph.D. in chemis-try from the University of Tennes-see. He did post-doctoral research at the University of British Colum-bia and the Cancer Research Insti-tute at Arizona State University. He has taught at Wo!ord since 1988.

Bass participated in the Green Chemistry in Education Work-shop at the University of Oregon and participates annually at the Dental Day advising conference

at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (Or-ganic and Educational Divisions) and the Western Carolinas Division of the American Chemical Society.

#e selection of the best 300 professors took into account quali-tative and quantitative data from survey findings and ratings col-lected by both The Princeton Review and RateMyProfessor.com. The professors in the book are not ranked, but each one pro"led received high ratings from their important audiences, bene"ciaries and critics: the students they teach and inspire.

by Laura H. Corbin

Dr. Charlie Bass with students

(top) and with his wife, Carri,

with whom he shares his teaching

success and love of students.

Jefferson named college’s Chief Financial Officer

Barbie Je!erson has been named chief "nancial o%cer at Wo!ord e!ective June 30, 2012. She will continue in her role overseeing the

college’s business operations and now will oversee the o%ces of Infor-mation Technology, Human Resources and the Physical Plant as well.

“Barbie Je!erson has proven herself through superb service to the college as associate vice president for "nance and controller,” Presi-dent Benjamin B. Dunlap says. “Her role as chief "nancial o%cer and her continued work directing business operations will assure a smooth transition going forward into the next academic year. All of us in the college’s senior administration are pleased to welcome her to this new responsibility.”

Je!erson joined the Wo!ord business o%ce in April 2006. Most recently, she has acted as associate vice president for "nance and control-

ler. A graduate of Columbia College (S.C.) with a B.A. in accounting, she earned a master’s degree in accountancy at the University of South Carolina.

Je!erson’s promotion comes after Senior Vice President Robert L. Keasler accepted the position of vice president for "nance and treasurer at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Keasler had been a member of the president’s cabinet at Wo!ord since 2002. He also served on the small institutions council of the National Association of College and Uni-versity Business O%cers (NACUBO) and chaired the South Carolina Independent Colleges and University Business O%cers Association.

Jefferson

Wo!ord Today

Celebrating the Year of the Liberal ArtsDuring the 2012-­13 academic year, Wofford will join the current national conversation about the crucial role of the liberal arts in American higher

Wofford’s distinctive identity by asking the questions: What are the liberal arts? What is their place in American higher education? Why do they shape Wofford? What is their future?

Goals for the Year:Wofford’s yearlong conversation about the liberal arts seeks the participation of various constituencies: faculty, students, staff, athletics personnel, trustees, alumni, parents of students, donors, and anyone

together to celebrate the college in this way.

Throughout the 2012-­13 academic year, Wofford will host a variety of public lectures, symposia, conversation circles, and other in-­person and “virtual” initiatives, the goals of which will be:

re-­educate ourselves about the history and purpose of the liberal arts in higher education;;

reassert the effectiveness of the liberal arts to empower undergraduates for global citizenship;;

reclaim and re-­envision Wofford’s institutional identity as a 21st century college of the liberal arts and sciences.

College leaders want to start with the broad national conversation about higher education and the liberal arts and end with a focus celebrating Wofford’s strengths.

Visit the college’s website and look for information to be emailed regarding events to mark both the convergence of the Year of the

During Dunlap's Presidency, 2000-2012Complied by Doyle Boggs ’70

July 1, 2000 — Dunlap becomes Wofford’s 10th president, following the retirement of Dr. Joab M. Lesesne Jr.April 24, 2001 — In impressive ceremonies, Dunlap is inaugurated and the Roger Milliken Science Center is formally opened.2003 — Football team wins SoCon championship, advancing to the national

follow. 2004 — After two years of planning, the Liberty Fellowship of South Carolina

the Aspen Institute’s only domestic partnership based at a college or university. Dunlap serves as a senior moderator for Aspen Institute programs in Africa, Europe and the U.S.May 2004 —for Excellence in the Teaching of Science. In 2005, an award for teaching in the humanities is created in honor of the late Dean Philip Covington. Dr. Nancy

Fall 2004 — Thanks to a gift from Greenville entrepreneur Grant Peacock, Wofford adds Chinese language and culture to the curriculum.August 2005 — Wofford is featured in an important study about engaged learning, “Student Success in College.” The book grew out of Project DEEP, which chose benchmark campuses based on student scores on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). October 2005 — Wofford launches the public phase of a $105 million fund-­raising campaign for endowment, programs and facilities. Jerry Richardson ’59

Spring 2006 —

Fall 2006 — Construction begins on the Wofford Village, an award-­winning

Funds,” internships, scholarships and the Wofford Forever Challenge.February 2007 — Dunlap speaks as Wofford celebrates the completed restoration and modernization of Main BuildingMarch 2007 —Dunlap speaks about Sandor Teszler’s “passionate life” at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference. The inspirational video goes “viral” on the

June 2007 — Wofford plays host for the seventh biennial conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE). 2008 —in 2010. The Goodall Environmental Studies Center is not only a LEED platinum facility but also claims a series of awards in historic preservation.December 2008 —

scholarships and 11 new professorships as well as more than $15 million for new facilities.April 2009 — Dunlap becomes a signatory of Presidents Climate Commitment. Subsequently, a campus-­wide sustainability audit is conducted by Jeff Ross-­Bain, considered by many to the nation’s leading authority on “green building.”June 2009 —headquarters is transformed into a modern center for coaches and student-­athletes.March 2010 — Wofford’s men’s basketball team wins both the Southern Conference regular season and tournament championships and takes on Wisconsin

year later.November 2011 —the 2011 South Carolina Republican Presidential Debate to Wofford.May 2012 — Dedication ceremonies are held for the Montgomery Music Building, which houses both choral and instrumental programs.May 2012 — Dunlap announces that he will retire as president on June 30, 2013.

On May 15, Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap, Wofford’s president since 2000,

announced that he plans to retire from that position in June 2013.

He will retain his appointment as the Chapman Family Professor in the Humanities, which he ac-cepted in 1993, and after a year-long sabbatical, he will return to teaching at Wo!ord.

Dunlap made this statement to the campus community, alumni and friends:

“At this morning’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, I announced my plans to retire as president of Wofford College as of June 30, 2013 — that is, a little less than 14 months from now. I’m making the announcement so far in advance in order to give the board plenty of time to conduct a national search for my successor.

“I have retained my appoint-ment as the Chapman Family Pro-fessor in the Humanities, and, after a year’s sabbatical leave, I intend to return to teaching at Wo!ord. I also plan to devote more time to other continuing commitments, such as my role as senior modera-tor for the Aspen Institute and for the Liberty Fellowship of South Carolina.

“As only the 10th president in the college’s long and storied history, I have had an exhilarating turn around the track for which I especially want to thank Joab Lesesne, who ran such a brilliant lap ahead of me, and all the faculty, sta!, alumni, students and trustees who paced me every step of the way. Needless to say, I feel fortunate to

be able to pass the baton while I’m still in full stride, and I will be as interested as the rest of the commu-nity in discovering who the person is to whom I’ll pass it.”

J. Harold Chandler ’71, chair-man of the Board of Trustees says, “#ere is only one Bernie Dunlap, and Wo!ord is fortunate to have had him as our leader for the past

12 years. His contributions are immeasurable. Bernie has lifted our sights on many fronts, and his legacy will continue to bene"t Wo!ord for years into the future. And, speaking of the future, we at Wo!ord are more excited than ever as to what can be accomplished. But for now, our profound grati-tude goes to Bernie and his wife, Anne, for their wonderful service to our college.”

After graduating summa cum laude from Sewanee: #e Univer-sity of the South in 1959, Dunlap attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard University as a graduate student, receiving his Ph.D. in English Language and Literature in 1967. From that year until 1993, he held academic appointments at Harvard and the University of South Caro-lina, where he was awarded both the USC Teacher of the Year Award and the university’s Russell Award for Distinguished Scholarship. He twice served as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Bangkok, #ailand, and Chiang Mai, #ailand, and was also a member of the inaugural class of U.S.-Japan Leadership Fellows in Tokyo.

by Laura Hendrix Corbin

President Dunlap

moderating the

Presidential Seminar.

The “Energizer Bernie”

leads Terrio festivities

this spring.

$383,000 MAC Foundation grant to support “Thinking Like a River” program

“#inking Like a River,” a new three-year initiative at Wo!ord College, will o!er unique, hands-on experiences with area rivers for students, faculty and area residents.Wo!ord’s environmental studies program, directed by Dr. Kaye Savage, has received a $383,000 grant from the

Margaret A. Cargill (MAC) Foundation to bring the college community together with local citizens to “comprehend, celebrate and create an enduring culture of sustainability on rivers.” #e project will integrate perspectives from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and arts.

#e grant proposal was drafted by Dr. B.G. Stephens ’57, professor of chemistry emeritus, and Dr. Terry A. Ferguson ’75, associate professor of environmental studies and sociology and senior researcher for Wo!ord’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center.

#e grant was announced Tuesday, April 24, at the Santee Cooper Lecture Series on Sustainability and Energy Issues. Award-winning environmental writer and photographer Tim Palmer was the guest speaker.

“Rivers in the South have always worked hard for a living, and we in environmental studies hope that the MAC Foundation funding of the ’#inking Like a River’ initiative will help raise the watershed consciousness of our commu-nity,” says John Lane ’77, associate professor of environmental studies and English and director of the Goodall Center.

“#inking Like a River” encompasses three central components. A $oating seminar series will engage Wo!ord stu-dents and faculty, Spartanburg area teachers and the initiative’s Fellows in river exploration and investigation. #e river experiences will incorporate readings, discussion, interviews with watershed residents and stakeholders, journaling and site analysis. #e series will include one- and two-day $oat trips during regular semester courses and three- to "ve-day $oat trips during the summer. Interim term experiences during January, which will be funded separately from the grant, will use longer trips.

#e Goodall Center is located on the Lawson’s Fork Creek in Glendale, S.C., which has a fascinating geologic, prehistoric and historic past. Combined with the modern river environment and dawning revitalization of the area, the potential for outreach is tremendous, Lane says. “We will install instrumentation and draw attention to natural and social history in order to facilitate development of educational activities for adults and K-16 students.” #e plan also includes hiring an outreach coordinator.

To create a culture of watershed appreciation and protection, community leaders must know about what threatens the health of rivers, and why people love them, Savage notes. “#e Fellows program will invite citizens, including busi-ness leaders, governmental representatives, and nonpro"t representatives as well as Wo!ord alumni, to spend a year participating in the $oating seminars and other events. #e Fellows will develop projects to improve awareness of rivers and water quality.”

“Although the ’#inking Like a River’ initiative is a three-year e!ort, the work that we do will have lasting impact through the development of leadership and education at all levels,” Savage continues. “Materials relating to the new curriculum, as well as concrete resources, such as a stream gauge, weather station, herbarium, ’dam cam,’ gear, and data, will remain in use for years to come.”

#e MAC Foundation has supported Wo!ord’s environmental education and outreach since 2009. Funding from the foundation has been used to implement a week-long environmental science workshop for middle school teachers and an environmental writing workshop for students, teachers and community members.

#e MAC Foundation is the legacy of Margaret A. Cargill and was created at her direction after her death in 2006. #e foundation’s vision is “dedication to providing meaningful assistance and support to society, the arts, the environ-ment, and all living things.” More information can be found at www.macfoundation.org.

by Laura Hendrix Corbin

faculty experience grant-writing success

Students, faculty receive research grants from SCICUArchaeological dig in Israel, on-­campus research among projects

Two Wo!ord students will travel to Israel for an archaeological excavation this summer while others will spend their time on campus

conducting laboratory research. #ey are receiving "nancial support using grants from the South Caro-lina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) Student Faculty Research Program.

#e program aims to engage students in profes-sionally guided research, helping them to develop critical thinking, inquiry and communication skills. #irty-six students from 14 SCICU member institu-tions have been selected for awards this summer. After the projects are completed, SCICU hosts a Research Symposium.

According to Dr. B.G. Stephens ’57, professor emeritus of chemistry at Wo!ord who also chairs the SCICU Research Committee, professors seek out students who are willing and capable of conducting research during the summer months. #e students conduct the research themselves and routinely report to their sponsoring faculty members. After the projects are complete, SCICU hosts a Research Symposium.

Rob Levin ’14 and Tyrell Jemison ’14 will spend a month in Horvat Kur, Israel, for an archaeological excavation with Dr. Byron R. McCane, the Albert Outler Professor and chair of the Department of Re-ligion, who has conducted numerous such digs. #e grant of $5,454 will cover the round-trip airfare for the students. In Israel, they will get "rst-hand experience at archaeological excavation and interpretation while acquiring advanced experience and understanding of the way archaeologists collect and interpret evidence from the past.

Under the supervision of Dr. Ramin Radfar, associate professor of chemistry, Paul Inclan ’14 will study protein expression, extraction, puri"cation, crystallization and activity measurements. #e $4,450 grant will provide Inclan with an opportunity to have hands-on experience in a biochemistry laboratory, get-ting acquainted with new instruments and new ideas.

Reagan Styles ’13 will conduct psychology research under Dr. Kara Bopp, assistant professor of psychol-ogy, on cognition and working memory. Styles began her research project during Interim this year as an independent research project using a sample of college students. #is summer, Styles’ grant of $2,450 will allow her to further her research on older adults. She hopes to be granted publication on her "nal journal article, which will help her when applying to psychol-ogy graduate programs.

Kaitlin Brown ’14 will study the “use of the bacte-rial one-hybrid system to identify the DNA binding site for CbbR in Halothiobacillus neapolitanus” with Dr. Stefanie Baker, associate professor of biology. #eir grant was $4,260.

“#e SCICU research program is an excellent way for students and faculty to work together in meaning-ful and fairly co-equal ways,” says Stephens. “It is a useful mechanism for students to use to ’springboard’ into graduate research.”

For more information on the SCICU Student Faculty Research Program, visit www.scicu.org.

by Emily Turk ’14

NEH awards grant to two Wofford faculty exploring enduring questions

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded two Wo!ord professors an Enduring Ques-

tions Pilot Course Grant for its 2012 grant cycle.Dr. Christine Dinkins and Dr. Julie Sexeny received the

$20,000 grant to collaborate on the development of a "rst-year “Seminar in the Humanities” course that will address the issue of education in a democratic society. #e NEH awarded only 20 grants in a national competition that drew over 200 applications.

#e funded project “How Do We Best Educate Citi-zens?” explores the purpose and function of education in a democracy. Drs. Dinkins and Sexeny will tackle the topic with students in two humanities sections in Fall 2012, as well as two additional sections to be taught in Fall 2013. Among questions students will consider are what goals, content and pedagogical methods best educate citizens in a democracy. #e course also encourages students to foster an intellectual community with peers in their entering class and consider the merits of their own liberal arts education as it happens.

Sexeny, assistant professor of English, says she drew inspiration for the Enduring Questions grant project from the current debate about accountability for student learning in higher education. “#e questions we ask resonate with the debate at the local and national level regarding a crisis in education. We wanted to develop a course that would invite students to consider the meaning and purpose of higher education as they were embarking on their own experience of it.” Sexeny added that the course also invites students to experiment with technology for discussion and thereby models practices that will adapt the traditional seminar format for the 21st century.

Dinkins, associate professor of philosophy, says she

Wo!ord has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to collaborate

with high school teachers to produce innovative curricular materials for local classrooms.

#e grant allows for the creation of High Impact Fellows, a cadre of Wo!ord students who will partner with a high school teacher and Wo!ord faculty member to develop les-son plans and ready-to-use classroom materials that re$ect current research in various academic disciplines.

#e grant news comes at the perfect moment for Drs. Kirsten Krick-Aigner and Beate Brunow, two professors of German who are among the Wo!ord faculty collaborators for the "rst year of work. “We recently held a German im-mersion day on campus for teachers and students in the region,” explained Dr. Krick-Aigner, “and we learned of the tremendous interest teachers have in integrating German-language media and technology in their classrooms. #at’s one area where our program, and our students, excel.”

Two German teams will be among the "rst dozen or so projects funded for the 2012-2013 school year. Each High Impact team will craft a curricular project to be carried out by the student in conjunction with a study abroad experi-ence, capstone, thesis or independent research project. High Impact Fellows then will work with their mentors to translate their research into a classroom-ready product linked to state standards and tailored for use in a high school classroom. Once fellows "nalize their materials, they will co-lead a professional development workshop for teachers with their mentors.

Dr. Arthur Turfa, an English and German teacher from Richland District 2, was among the teachers who attended the immersion day and applied to be a High Impact Fellow mentor afterward. Dr. Turfa says he is enthusiastic about “mentoring a future colleague. I'm pleased to part of a project that will link an outstanding high school with an outstanding college.”

#e Wo!ord High Impact Fellows for the two German teams both credit high school experiences with sparking their interest in languages. James Avinger ’14, and Travis

faculty experience grant-writing success

hopes students will immediately apply lessons from the course to a new understanding of themselves as citizens. “I’m excited that the "rst seminars will run in Fall 2012, when many of our students will be voting for the "rst time in a national election. We anticipate students will perceive the questions we study as exceptionally relevant, given that context.” Dinkins and Sexeny hope the course takes them on a journey with their students, together exploring pathways to an engaged Wo!ord education and a lifelong sense of citizenship.

Dinkins and Sexeny will work together this summer to design the three units of the course: “Why do we teach and learn?” “What do we teach and learn?” and “How do we

Dr. Christine Dinkins (left) and Dr. Julie Sexeny

teach and learn?” #ey will also plan how to train students in the basic skills and methodology of interviewing and documentary "lmmaking to enable students to "lm inter-views with teachers and students at Wo!ord, other colleges or local schools for short documentaries as part of a "nal collaborative project.& Each documentary will be centered on a speci"c question about the education of citizens, and the short "lms will be screened for the campus community at the end of the semester.

Students will engage in quantitative and qualitative as-sessment of the course at the end of the Fall 2012 semester. #en, Dinkins and Sexeny will meet again in Summer 2013 to study those assessments and revise and improve the course to be taught again by each of them in Fall 2013.

“Enduring Questions” is a new NEH program that has been very well received across the country,” says Wo!ord President Benjamin B. Dunlap. “#is year, fewer than 10 percent of applications were funded, so this news puts us in exclusive company. More importantly, all our students will bene"t immensely from the work that two very talented faculty members are doing to focus and improve our "rst-year experience.”

#e current NEH grant project builds on the founda-tion laid by collaborative faculty work funded by a 1973 NEH grant that launched the "rst-year humanities seminars at Wo!ord. #e college won that $400,000 grant, the largest ever made at that time to an institution of higher educa-tion in the Carolinas, with a proposal that advocated the educational advantage of exploring value questions in small classes led by professors from various disciplines.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

Arthur Vining Davis Foundations provide funding for “High Impact Fellows” program

Trojan ’15 will work with their faculty mentors to prepare German curricular units and ready them for presentation at a Spring 2013 workshop.

“I'm considering teaching either German or Chinese after I graduate,” says Trojan who is a double majors in the two languages, “and this lets me explore the profession even though I’m not participating in the teacher education pro-gram.” Avinger, a double major in German and Psychology, speaks of his own desire to spark enthusiasm for languages in high school students: “In my high school, we studied language in fun ways, through skits and "lm, and I want to be part of creating that for others.”

Wo!ord associate professors, Dr. Laura Barbas Rhoden and Dr. Kaye Savage wrote the grant with help from Dr. Ed Welchel, and Barbas Rhoden and Savage are in the "nal stages of forming High Impact teams for the 2012-2013 project cycle. During the "rst year, projects will be done in a wide range of disciplines, from business education to the sciences, and the work will culminate in a professional development summit in the spring.

“We’re really pleased with both the number of faculty enthusiastic about working on this project and excited about the range of disciplinary interests they represent. It’s exciting to take what we do well at a liberal arts college – mentor students in intense, personalized learning experiences known as high impact practices – and turn our focus outward,” Barbas Rhoden says. “Can we help our community with this kind of teaching? #is grant lets us answer with an enthusiastic ‘yes.’”

Savage adds, “We hope to see an increased interest in at-tending college among high school students who may be ‘on the fence’ about their future plans, as students are exposed to projects that have been developed and carried out by col-lege students. In addition, we’re glad some of our students can explore teaching careers as a result of the experience.”

#e Arthur Vining Davis Foundations will fund the High Impact Fellows program for three years. For more information about the foundations, go to www.avdf.org.

by Laura Hendrix Corbin

Grant brings JOI to Wofford

For the past year Manami Matsuoka (above) has shared the culture and language of her country with Wofford and

the Spartanburg community. The result of an grant written by Dr. Levi McLaughlin, assistant professor of religion, Matsuoka

Center for Global Partnership and The Laurasian Institution to promote understanding of Japan in areas of the United States with little experience with Japan.

“I love being in different cultures and introducing my culture to them,” says Matsuoka, who has held sushi nights, remembrance events for the earthquake and tsunami, and Cherry Blossom Festivals locally. She’s also working on exhibits featuring Japanese artists, a presence at the International Festival and an Interim trip to Japan in 2013.

“It’s not just about introducing my culture, but also about leaving something behind,” says Matsuoka.

How to Live a Happy LifeMy friend Dr. Lee Hagglund is

retiring this spring after teach-ing at Wofford for 35 years

(1977-2012). On #ursday, April 19, he delivered his “last lecture” to a capacity crowd in the teaching theater of the F.W. Olin Building. #e talk was titled, “How to Tune Your Lute, or How the Pythago-reans Could Have Seen the Ocean from #eir Boats.” #e title would be a little di%cult to explain in just a few sentences, but the scholarly work behind it was thor-ough and convincing, and it was delivered with a passion typical of Hagglund’s career at Wo!ord. Listening to him speak was fun. When it came time to bring the speech to a conclusion, I grabbed my pen and notebook, because I realized quickly that Lee Hagglund was in the process of sharing something special about himself:

“Five Suggestions for Living a Happy Life”1. Make your living at something you love to do.Hagglund grew up near the campus of a "ne liberal arts institution, Gustavus Adol-phus College in Minnesota. His late father was a professor and registrar there for many years. After graduating summa cum laude in mathematics and German from Gustavus, he studied mathematics and the German language at the University of Munich before earning his Ph.D. in mathematics at Duke University. #e “life of the mind” at Wo!ord came naturally to Hagglund. It involved teaching in a classroom setting and leading problem-solving institutes for public school teachers, but it also included fascinating January Interims. One particularly memorable project in the early 1980s explored the mathematics behind Rubik’s Cube, which I saw him solve almost instantly with a few deft twists and turns. He has ridden his bicycle in the assaults on Marion and Mount Mitchell and is a huge fan of Jeopardy! and college basketball. Members of the current Wo!ord student body do not realize that Lee Hagglund once was a member of a folk trio called the “West Winds,” which regularly performed on the busy campus circuit in the Upper Midwest. One summer during the 1960s, he sang duets and discussed going out on tour with the late John Deutschendorf, who later became better known by the stage name John Denver. As an encore to his last lecture, Hagglund agreed to sing one of his signature numbers, “#em Moose Goosers,” from “#em Poems” by Mason Williams. (It’s hilarious— google it and check out the lyrics!) In fairness, one should also acknowledge that Hagglund is an accomplished choral musician, who sings with Wo!ord and civic chorales as well as directing the Chancel Choir of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

2. Be easily entertained. Hagglund asserts that mathematicians have this trait built in. “Give us a pencil and a blank piece of paper and we’re as happy as clams.” And ... “If the #ree Stooges don’t make you convulse with laughter you may be taking life too seriously.”

3. Marry someone who is a better human being than you.Lee and Kitty Hagglund have been respected and popular members of the Wo!ord community since they arrived in Spartanburg. #eir son Curtis Hagglund graduated from Wo!ord in 1994, and their son Erik graduated in 1997.

4. Have a dog in your life.In the case of the Hagglund household, the dogs, plural, are a rescue Golden Retriever “Sam,” a yellow lab “Daisy,” and a Jack Russell Terrier “Oliver,” that seem human and are treated and loved as such.

5. Listen to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.Hagglund explained in his lecture that he and a group of graduate-student friends at Duke had a running debate that attempted to identify the single greatest genius of Western civilization. In the end they could only agree on a list of the top "ve. #ey are J.S. Bach, Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, William Shake-speare and the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Hagglund admits that there’s room for some debate, but he’s never been tempted to alter that list, and it’s especially easy to see why Bach’s pure, precise instrumentals and complex, inspiring choral works would delight a mathematician.

After retirement, expect Dr. Hagglund to be busy in and around Spartanburg. His endeavors most likely will include trying his hand at writing "ction, joining Kitty in taking up golf again, riding his bicycle and spoiling his grandchildren. I expect he will have much success and continue following his rules for enjoying life.

by Doyle Boggs ’70For more commentary by Doyle Boggs, visit “Doyle Blogs”

under Sights and Sounds on the Wo!ord website, www.wo!ord.edu

Hagglund during

his “last lecture”

at the college

Farrenkopf honored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) has recognized Dr. John Farrenkopf, associate professor of government,

with a 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award. “John possesses the special combination of skills, intellect and

commitment that so often characterizes the outstanding teacher. It comes as no surprise to us that he is admired and loved by students and colleagues alike,” says Dr. David Wood, Wo!ord senior vice president and dean of the college, pointing out that Farrenkopf personi"es the essence of teaching at a liberal arts college with his passionate dedication as a teacher, advisor and mentor.

Farrenkopf joined the Wo!ord community in 2006, attracted to the opportunities to teach government and international relations courses at a liberal arts college in the South. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Trinity College, a master’s degree in government from Georgetown University and his doctorate from the University of Virginia in foreign a!airs with an emphasis in international politics. He has been awarded two Fulbright appointments overseas along with several other professional honors and recognitions.

He is perhaps best known in academic circles for his book, “Prophet of Decline: Spengler on World History and Politics” & (LSU Press, 2001). Along with Arnold Toynbee, Spengler is arguably the leading philosopher of world history in the 20th century. &His magnum opus was “#e Decline of the West.” #e noted historian John Lukacs has referred to Farrenkopf ’s book as “the most thorough explication and exegesis of Spengler’s life-work now available in English.”

“Wo!ord is a great place to teach and my experience has been very positive here,” Farrenkopf says. “I have the privilege of teaching many bright and industrious students. I have the opportunity to learn from colleagues from various departments who are experts in their "eld, enjoy various enriching cultural experiences and guest lectures on campus and bene"t from the assistance of a talented administration and sta!.”

Each year, each of the 20 member institutions of the SCICU nominates one faculty member to receive the award, which includes a professional development grant for the professor. #e nominees are dedicated individuals who are value-centered, passionate, creative and caring. #e most important characteristic of the nominees is their commitment to work one-on-one with the students of their liberal arts institution, bringing a rich diversity of education, experience and interest to the campus.

For additional information about SCICU, visit www. scicu.org.by Emily Turk ’14

Turk is working this summer as an intern at the Atlanta bureau of CBS. She will spend the "rst half of the internship working with each depart-

ment in the bureau learning research and story development, produc-tion, technology, reporting and anchoring. She will spend the last half

of the internship in the area she enjoyed most.

Faculty Update

Farrenkopf

A year of research, writing and adventureThe Shiflets return to Wofford with additional opportunities for students

The Shi$ets have been sending Wofford students around the

globe for internship and re-search experiences for more than a decade — to NASA, Universität Mainz in Ger-many, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hos-pital, the Shodor Education Foundation, St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital, the Scripps Research Insti-tute, University of Vienna in Austria, General Electric, and University of Bath in England, just to name a few. During 2011, they sent themselves, and the bene"ts will ensure that Wofford students continue to gain professional-level experiences as undergraduates.

“The yearlong profes-sional development was won-derful and had a big impact on what we brought back to Wofford,” says Dr. Angela Shi$et, the Larry Hearn Mc-Calla Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics. “What we saw, what we did… the whole thing was unexpected and so much better than we ever thought it could be.”

She says it took two years to plan and organize their yearlong professional de-velopment experience. #e college gave them the time off and partial salary sup-port, but they funded the bulk of the experience them-selves. The research skills they learned, the contacts they made, and the inspira-tion they gained from the adventure, however, made it all worth it — for them and

their students at Wo!ord.Beginning and ending

with presentations at the International Conference in Computational Science (in Amsterdam then Singapore), the Shi$ets spent "ve months in the Computational Biol-ogy Group computing labo-ratory at Oxford University in England doing research for the CHASTE (cancer, heart and soft tissue environ-ment) simulation package, then "ve months at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, consulting, writing computer modules (self-con-tained educational packages that use supercomputers to solve problems in science) and teaching workshops on computer modeling. Two ad-ditional months of traveling rounded out the year.

“In Oxford, Angela and I worked on a CHASTE subproject with colorectal cancer,” says Dr. George Shi-$et, the Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of Biology. “Laboratory and clinical studies of cancer are producing prodigious amounts of data that may span various units of time and levels of organization. We use mathematical and computer modeling to better understand these amazingly complex systems.”

“Some things are very hard to see physically,” says Angela. “Researchers didn’t know if these stem cells at the base of the colon crypt are anchored or free to move around. #ey ran the model both ways and because of that were able to show some-thing using computer simu-lations that scientists haven’t been able to see.”

In Oxford the Shiflets were on a team of 64 sci-entists and mathematicians modeling the heart and colon cancer. They relished the intensive programming expe-riences and discoveries made with colleagues with the same gusto that they enjoyed the ceremony of High Table at Oxford’s St. John’s College, a performance by the Oxford New College boys’ choir, and

every taste of tea, scones and cream that they sampled.

“We felt like we had stepped into a Harry Potter novel,” says Angela. “We learned so much history and culture in both places.”

During breaks from their work, Australia provided opportunities to see a shark face to face while snorkel-ing, take a side trip to New Zealand (where Angela was

reported for driving too slow), and visit the botanical gardens in Perth. After the year abroad, the Shi$ets re-turned to Wo!ord energized and inspired.

“We love teaching more than anything,” says George, “and the sabbatical enhanced our teaching while giving us more time to focus on research and writing.”

#e Shi$ets, who helped

Wo!ord develop the coun-try’s first undergraduate program in computational science and wrote the only textbook available for under-graduates in the "eld, have already used their profession-al development experience to teach an Interim in mod-eling biological networks and write several teaching modules. #ey continue to correspond with members of the international science and mathematics community they met while abroad.

“Computational science really is the interaction be-tween the bench scientist and the person at the computer,” says George. “Anyone going into the sciences without some knowledge of compu-tational science is going to be really behind.”

“It’s an emerging "eld, which makes it exciting,” says Angela, who "rmly be-lieves that undergraduates can make a major impact on current research, but "nding meaningful placements takes a well-connected network of scientists and the time to make and cultivate those contacts.

“Angela and George Shiflet continue to lever-age and enhance their con-tacts around the country and globe for the bene"t of Wo!ord students,” says Dr. David Wood, dean of the college. “#ey are national and international leaders in providing important and high impact opportunities for undergraduates.”

by Jo Ann M. Brasington ’89

helped secure for Wofford students this summerLaura Arthur ’13 (Biology) ..............................................Case Western Reserve University

Biomedical Engineering Department

Kelly Blake ’13 (Mathematics, Environmental Studies) ..... SULI program

........................Goddard Space Flight NASA Academy (lunar data analysis)

Katie Gaster ’13 (Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics) ............... Laboratory RAMS program

Sharon Guffy ’13 (Biology, Chemistry)....................

..... Juiz de Fora University, Brazil

..................................Milliken & Company

Nico Limogiannis ’15 (Biology, Chemistry) ...............S.C. Space Grant Palmetto Academy

..........................

Mariya Mohammed ’15 (Biology) ..............

.............................

Greg Valainis ’13 (Computer Science, pre-­dental) ...................... University of Washington

Brittany Walker ’13 (Chemistry) ................................... National McNair Scholars Program at Winthrop University

Alissa Williams ’15 (Chemistry, Computer Science) ......................

Angela and George in Daintree Rainforest, Queensland,

Australia. The Shiflets continue to consult with Monash

University on computational science curriculum.

Angela and George in the main market in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia, during the International Conference

in Computational Science.

Angela and George with Laurence Fox, who plays

Sgt. Hathaway in PBS’ “Inspector Lewis Mysteries.”

They were filming outside Trinity College, Oxford.

Students Relay for Life

The Wo!ord chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a national co-educational service fraternity, held a Relay for Life in April on the horseshoe

behind Main Building. #e event raised money for cancer research and cancer patients

while also spreading cancer awareness, celebrating the lives of survivors, remembering those who have lost their lives to cancer and uniting a community in the "ght against cancer.

Each of the 17 teams from Wo!ord decided on their own theme and created displays and activities for participants.

“#e athletes had a Home Run Derby, the American Chemical Society created a ‘periodic table of cupcakes,’ and the Tri-Deltas cel-ebrated birthdays,” says Taylor #omas ’13, student chair of the event.

#e Pi Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega has been chartered at Wo!ord for 46 years and aims to provide service opportunities that involve the entire campus community. APO is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at more than 350 cam-puses, an active membership of some 17,000 students and more than 350,000 alumni members.

$100,000 BB&T gift enables Iraq War veteran, student with a passion for service, to receive professional skills training at Wofford

Two Wo!ord students, one an Iraq War veteran, the other committed to working with the poor, have won full scholarships for a summer program that teaches professional skills to college students. #e

$3,900 tuition scholarship also covers room and board, course materials and outings. #e Institute for Professional Development

at Wo!ord will run for "ve weeks beginning July 9. #e institute is sponsored by a $100,000 gift from BB&T Bank made in 2011. #is is the second year that two students have received full tuition support for the program. A number of other students receive partial scholarships paid from the BB&T funds.

All 26 students will live on campus during the institute while learning to navigate the work-ing world waiting for them after graduation.

“We teach them how to make an e!ective presentation, speak appropriately to their boss or senior executives, develop a project and utilize each team member’s strengths to get the work

done, use technology to e%ciently manage work, dress appropriately for whatever environment they’ll be going into and how to understand and prepare for leadership,” says Scott Cochran ’88, dean of the Mungo Center for Professional Excellence at Wo!ord, which oversees the summer institute.

For Jeremy Boeh ’13, a 28-year-old majoring in history, the Institute for Professional Development is an opportunity to catch up on some of the experiences he missed while doing two tours of duty as an infantry soldier in Iraq. He hopes to learn enough in "ve weeks to prepare for a job in marketing and advertising after leaving Wo!ord next year.

“I have Iraq real-world experience, but I need day-to-day business operations experience in the civilian world. I’m getting a little bit of a late start on such a drastic change from what I’ve done in the past or even what I’m majoring in. #e opportunity to be immersed in as much as I can as quickly as possible can prep me for when I graduate,” says Boeh.

Ben Green ’13, a 20-year-old majoring in "nance and Spanish, hopes learning professional skills will round out his education and help him speak e!ectively about his experiences traveling as a student in Peru, Chile and Argentina, as well as the two summers he spent working with Latino children in Dallas and with a mission organization in Iquitos, Peru. He hopes to put his "nance degree to work in a non-pro"t or humanitarian aid organization.

“I see the institute as something that can help develop my professional side. A big part of that is being able to take your experiences and talk about them and "nd a useful way to use those in the real world,” says Green. “I think it’s going to be a great step for me from working with people in the "eld. I’m going to have to be able to do both parts, the business side of it, once I’m ready for a career.”

According to Tom Eller, regional president for BB&T, the bank is a “mission-driven organization with a clearly de"ned set of values. We expect our employees to have a strong sense of purpose, a high level of self-esteem and the capacity to think clearly and logically. We know that values are standards that lead to excellence in thinking and action.&&BB&T believes that Wo!ord students enrolled in the Institute for Pro-fessional Development share many of the same values as BB&T employees.& #e institute creates a forum and environment where&its students&use independent thinking&to make rational, fact-based decisions. #e students are trained to be producers and take the necessary actions to accomplish their goals.&Because of all this,&BB&T&knows that&the Institute for Professional Development prepares its students&for long-term success in the business world.&We are proud to be associated with Wo!ord’s Institute for Professional Development.”

“#rough its internal leadership development program, BB&T has shown it understands the impor-tance of helping employees grow into strong, e!ective leaders, which in turn makes BB&T a strong and

e!ective company,” says Cochran. “#is $100,000 gift recognizes Wo!ord’s innovation in developing future leaders before they leave school. #eir

gift will enable Jeremy and Ben to have that training, and future students, as well.”

Wo!ord’s Mungo Center for Professional Excellence was estab-lished in 2010 to train students in leadership, entrepreneurship,

consulting and project management, as well as to provide them with career search assistance. It is named for Steven ’81 and Stewart

Mungo ’74, principals in the Mungo Companies, named one of America’s Best Builders by Builder Magazine for 2012. #e brothers are long-time supporters of the col-lege through the Mungo Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, the Mungo Endowed Professorship, and the M. Stewart and Steven W. Mungo Endowed Scholar-ship Fund. Stewart Mungo is a member of Wo!ord’s Board of Trustees. Steven Mungo is a member of the President’s Advisory Board.

by Lisa M. Ware

Boeh Green

Steven (left) and Stewart Mungo — the

Center for Professional Excellence at

the college now bears the Mungo name.

Students

A team of "ve Wo!ord seniors traveled to New York City on April 9-10 to represent

Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-lina in the Americas Regional of the annual CFA Institute Research Challenge.

#e Chartered Financial Ana-lyst designation is a mark of distinc-tion that is globally recognized as the gold standard for investment analysts. #e organization’s Re-search Challenge is a global compe-tition open to both undergraduates and graduates who are preparing for careers in this "eld.

Wo!ord’s team included #om-as DeLoache ’12 of Charlotte, N.C., a triple major in economics, "nance and Spanish; James Lane ’12 of Beaufort, S.C., a "nance major with minors in accounting and economics; Livingston Moyd ’12 of Greenville, S.C., a "nance major with a minor in government; Jack Murphy ’12 of Simpsonville, S.C., a double major in accounting and "nance; and Stuart Robertson ’12 of Auckland, New Zealand, a double major in finance and mathematics. DeLoache, Lane and Robertson all are members of Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Michael Merri-man, assistant professor of "nance, was their mentor and coach.

#e Americas Regional is one of four in the competition. #e others are Asia-Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and New York. The Americas Regional started with more than 1,500 students representing more than 300 teams from the United States, Canada and Latin America, with most teams comprised of M.B.A. or other grad-uate business students. Forty-four teams, including Wo!ord, earned a trip to New York paid for by the

CFA Institute by winning their local competitions. In New York, Wo!ord advanced to the semi"nal round of the 16 top teams. In that round, Wo!ord lost to the Illinois Institute of Technology team, which ended up winning the com-petition and which was comprised of "ve M.B.A. students, including two recent M.B.A. graduates.

The Wofford contingent en-joyed its stay in the “Big Apple.” #e tournament was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, and after the "nals on Tuesday evening, Wo!ord Trustee Ed Reeves played host to the team for dinner at Sardi’s.

Lane will be attending graduate school in business at either Vander-bilt or Wake Forest in the fall. He noted that the Research Challenge provided tremendous experience in making presentations, including the challenge of answering di%cult questions from a panel of invest-ment professionals in front of a large audience.

“#is was a unique experience and great training for the work I will soon be doing with Wells Fargo,” noted DeLoache, who will return to New York after gradua-tion to work in investment banking with Wells Fargo.

#e Wo!ord team earned the trip to New York by winning the CFA Southern Classic in At-lanta. Nine teams competed in the Southern Classic, including representatives of M.B.A. programs at Auburn, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia.

All of the teams in the Southern Classic evaluated the same publicly traded company, AGCO, an inter-national agricultural equipment "rm headquartered in Duluth, Ga. The Wofford team received this

assignment on Nov. 8 and imme-diately began working on the 10-page report that was to account for 50 percent of the team score. #e team members divided the project into sections to do the research. Upon returning to campus after the year-end holidays, they held a series of sessions to prepare and "nalize their report; they submitted the report on Feb. 6 and subsequently learned that the team would take a relatively large lead into the pre-sentation competition based on the quality of the written report.

Then, in Atlanta, the team members faced tough question-and-answer sessions in which investment professionals queried the team on valuation methodol-ogy, industry analysis, financial statement analysis and other areas related to the “Hold” recommenda-tion on AGCO stock.

“Wo!ord had "nished in the "nal four of the Southern Clas-sic in both 2010 and 2011,” says Merriman. “#us, I was con"dent that we would be competitive, but our team is somewhat unusual in that our competitors are all under-graduates at a liberal arts college, rather than M.B.A. candidates in a graduate school of business. We might have disadvantages in age and experience, but we make up for that with writing skills. Also, the liberal arts background helps our students think broadly and anticipate questions. Finally, our team’s round-the-clock residential experience in #e Wo!ord Village allows our students to know each other very well and work as a team rather than individuals.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

Wofford’s team includes Thomas DeLoache ’12, Charlotte, N.C.; James Lane ’12, Beaufort, S.C.; Livingston

Moyd ’12, Greenville, S.C.; Jack Murphy ’12, Simpsonville, S.C.; and Stuart Robertson ’12, Auckland, New

Zealand. Dr. Michael Merriman, assistant professor of finance, is their mentor and coach.

Assistant Professor J. David Alvis and three Wofford Government majors

attended oral arguments for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

Greenville, S.C., on March 26. Wofford students Brittany Bryan ’14,

Katherine Canning ’13 and Jacob Godwin ’13 are pictured with retired

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. O’Connor presided

at the oral arguments with Chief Judge William B. Traxler and Judge

Dennis W. Shedd ’75.

Wofford CFA team makes the most of “Big Apple” competition

Success Initiative students held the inaugural Joy Prom on campus this

spring for local high school students with special needs. Wofford students

planned and organized the event, escorted attendees and lined the red

carpet as paparazzi.

Perkins-Prothro Chaplain and Professor of Religion Ron Robinson ’78

serves free ice cream to Wofford students the week before exams in May.

The event was sponsored by the Association of Multicultural Students,

Interfaith Youth Core, Togetherness and Hillel (the Jewish student

association). Robinson was interviewed recently in an article, “Atheist,

on a Religious Campus,” for Inside Higher Education.

Mitch Allen named FCS ADA Scholar-­Athlete of the Year

Wofford quarterback Mitch Allen ’11 and Ben Boothby, a tackle from the University of Northern Iowa, have been chosen as the recipients of the 11th Annual Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Scholar-­Athletes of the Year.

Each wil l receive a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship and recognition during the association’s annual meeting on June 25 in Dallas, Texas.

started all 12 games at quarterback

third on the team in rushing with

touchdowns. Allen was seventh in the Southern Conference in total offense and eighth in scoring. A physics major, with minors in mathematics and computer science, he led the Terriers to the FCS playoffs in 2010 and 2011.

Allen was named to the FCS ADA All-­Star team and the Southern Conference Fall All-­Academic Team

team’s award for highest GPA twice and was on the SoCon Academic

being elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Electric in Cincinnati and plans to earn his MBA.

Brenton Bersin signs with Carolina Panthers

Wide receiver Brenton Bersin ’12 signed a rookie free agent agreement with the Carolina Panthers. Bersin has led the Terriers in receiving in each of the past three seasons.

Bersin, from Charlotte, N.C.,

fourth longest in college history.

is tied for third with 15 touchdown receptions. During the 2010 season,

were the third most in a single season in college history, while the nine touchdowns tied the college record mark held by Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson ’59.

Bersin was named to the 2011 Preseason All-­Southern Conference

also has been named to the Southern

and the Southern Conference Fall All-­Academic Team.

two seasons to sign as a rookie free agent;; Tommy Irvin ’11 and Pat Illig ’10 were signed in 2011 by Arizona and Detroit, respectively.

Ameet Pall drafted fifth overall in Canadian league

Defensive lineman Ameet Pall

2012 Canadian Football League Draft by the Calgary Stampeders on May 3. Pall, from Montreal, Quebec, was named the 2011 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by the

finished the season with 32 total tackles, along with eight tackles for loss and three sacks. Pall was named to the All-­Southern Conference second team.

Conference Defensive Player of the

in sacks and tackles for loss and finished second in the voting for the 2010 Buck Buchanan Award,

from four different organizations, including the Associated Press.

tied for third in Wofford’s history. Pall

in the CFL this season by former Wofford receiver Andy Strickland ’09, who signed this spring with the Toronto Argonauts.

Bosscars winnersThe Fifth annual Bosscars

athletics awards banquet, a star-­studded event presented by the Wofford Student Athlete Advisory Committee in conjunction with the Wofford Athletics Department, was

Carolina Panthers,” Mick Mixon, served as emcee of the red-­carpet event that imitates the ESPN ESPY awards. Recognized during the 2012 Bosscars were: Football (most outstanding team)Men’s Tennis (best team comeback)Women’s Soccer (sportsmanship)Brad Loesing ’12, football, and

(student-­athletes of the year)Karl Cochran ’15, basketball, and Alissa Williams ’15, cross country (rookies of the year)Nate Page ’12, football, and Erin Frost ’13, women’s basketball (breakout performance)

Mike Niam ’12, football (comeback player of the year)David Roney ’12, baseball (best motivator)Mike Ayers, football (coach of the year)Jon Mangel, strength and conditioning (support staff of the year)

interception against Chattanooga (most pivotal moment)Trey Parker ’13, cross country, for his wardrobe malfunction (funniest moment)

highest GPABrad Loesing ’12, basketball (Charles Bradshaw Award)

Dahlman brings home another championship

Noah Dahlman ’11 just keeps on winning championships. After leading the Terriers to Southern Conference titles and the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011, he spent the past season playing with MZT Skopje in Macedonia. The team put together

Macedonian National Championship and the Macedonian Cup. It marked

national championship. Dahlman averaged 13.3 points per game and

and earned a spot on the Macedonian First Team.

“I couldn’t have had a better

season,” says Dahlman. “The lessons I’ve learned and the experiences I’ve had have been absolutely priceless. I look forward to continuing my career with MZT next season and the new experiences the Adriatic League will bring.”

Dahlman was joined in the professional ranks by three other members of the Class of 2011. Jamar Diggs, Terry Martin and Cameron

former Terrier basketball players still playing professionally include Mike

Junior Salters ’10. by Brent Williamson

Athletics

The Wofford baseball team had a 4.79 ERA this season, the lowest since 1983. Pitcher Brandon Yarusi ’13 (above), a native of Belmar, N.J., led the team with a 3.10 ERA and earned All-Southern Conference second team honors. At the end of the regular season, he was first in the SoCon in innings pitched and was tied for the lead in strikeouts with 107. The 107 strikeouts were the most for a Wofford pitcher since Tom McIntyre had 129 in 1956.

Noah Dahlman ’11 (right)

p l a y i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l

basketball in Macedonia

and with Wofford President

Benjamin B. Dunlap on

campus (below) during

commencement weekend.

In April the college dedicated the halo on Russell C. King Field in memory

of Jason Derrick ’96. Derrick pitched for the Terriers from 1992-1996.

Wofford football coaches and

players held a Football 101 clinic

in May for women who wanted to

trade in their heels and huddle.

Walking the red carpet into the

Benjamin Johnson Arena for

the Bosscars.

Terriers kick off this fall on Ayers’ 25th season

2012 Football ScheduleSept. 1 at Gardner-Webb Sept. 8 LINCOLN Sept. 15 WESTERN CAROLINA * Sept. 22 OPEN Sept. 29 at Elon * Oct. 6 FURMAN * (Family Weekend) Oct. 13 at Georgia Southern * Oct. 20 at Appalachian State * Oct. 27 THE CITADEL * (Homecoming) Nov. 3 at Samford * Nov. 10 CHATTANOOGA * Nov. 17 at South Carolina Home games in ALL CAPS. All dates are subject to change. A Southern Conference* television schedule will be announced in early summer.

The story is deeply rooted in the history of Wo!ord football: Wofford Presi-

dent Joe Lesesne and Director of Athletics Danny Morrison ’75 were searching for a new football coach following a 1-10 season. #ey met a man at the Biltmore Dairy Bar in Asheville, N.C. in December of 1987. #ey believed he could rebuild a Terrier football program that had fallen on hard times.

That man was Mike Ayers and as he enters his 25th season on the sidelines, the program has reached heights that few could have dreamed.

At the time, Wo!ord was com-peting in the NAIA. After just two years, the Terriers played in the NCAA Division II playo!s. #e next step was even bigger – mov-ing to NCAA I-AA (now known as FCS) and joining the Southern Conference.

#e "rst several years in the SoCon proved to be a challenge, but in 2000, the team was 7-4 overall, and Ayers was named Southern Conference Coach of

the Year, his "rst of "ve Coach of the Year honors. #e 2003 season saw the Terriers reach another mile-stone – the Southern Conference Championship and an advance to the NCAA semi"nals. Ayers was named the National Coach of the Year following that remarkable 12-2 season.

In the past five seasons, the Terriers added SoCon titles in 2007 and 2010. #e team is one of only "ve in the nation to reach the FCS Playo!s four times in the past "ve years. Wo!ord players have been named as SoCon Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year and took the Jacobs Blocking Trophy home twice as well.

Among active FCS coaches, Mike Ayers ranks ninth in wins with 173 in his career, 162 of which were earned at Wo!ord. Over the past 10 seasons, there have been nine winning records. Needless to say, the hard times are now a distant memory. #e decision 25 years ago has had a vast impact on Wo!ord, along with the approximately 650 players Ayers has coached.

by Brent Williamson

Montgomery Music Building dedicatedThe Montgomery Music Building at Wo!ord was dedicated on May 1. Located on North Church Street

beside Ben Wo!ord Books, the building provides a home for the college’s Department of Music with rehearsal space and classrooms for singers, musicians and faculty.

#e newly renovated building, formerly the Baptist Collegiate Ministry building, is named for Walter and Betty Montgomery and Rose Montgomery Johnston and their families in honor of their leadership gift toward the build-ing’s renovation.

“Betty and Walter Montgomery have long been major benefactors for this community, most especially in the arts,” President Benjamin B. Dunlap says. “We are honored to have their name forever a part of Wo!ord.”

#e Montgomery family has a long history as generous contributors to the quality of life in the region. #eir imprint can be found in almost every corner of Wo!ord’s campus, including the Montgomery Room faculty and sta! dining hall in the Burwell Building.

“#e Montgomery family is pleased to support this out-standing liberal arts college and its music program,” Walter Montgomery said on behalf of the family when the lead gift was announced.

#e Wo!ord music program o!ers a variety of opportunities for students to participate in vocal and instrumental ensembles, musical theatre, music history and theory classes. Nearly half of the college’s 1,550 students take advantage of music education and performance opportunities each year.

D!velo"#ent Re$o%

Laura and Scott Montgomery at the

dedication ceremony. The Wofford Gold Tones performed during the college’s Great Oaks

Society event this spring and welcomed society members, including

Robert Barber ’71 (above), to tour the new Montgomery Music Building.

The Great Oaks Society recognizes individuals who give to the Unrestricted

Annual Fund at the leadership level of $2,500 or more annually.

(Above) The c rosswa lk be tween the

Papadopoulous Building and the Montgomery

Music Building features distinctive piano key

painting.

(Left with President Benjamin B. Dunlap) Rose

Montgomery Johnston cut the ribbon to officially

open the Montgomery Music Building.

At the Endowed Scholarship Recognition Dinner: (Below left) Sally

and Philip Foster ’51 with students (left to right) Patrick Harbour ’12,

Marshall Diven ’12 and James Mills ’12. (Below right) Wofford Trustee

Al Gray ’71 with Sabrina Anderson ’13 and Jean Smith.

L e a d e r s h i p L eve l ($250+)Ward Mungo Steven & Maria Mungo

Centurion Club ($100)

Government Department Paul JonesMary Kathryn JollyEmily Anne Smith Randy & Brigid Smith Government Department

YAP Contributor (Young Alumni Participant)Paolo Miguell ArceSarah Assemany Jim Assemany Kappa Alpha ThetaCatherine Bailey A TerrierJohn Bailey David Bailey Claire BaileyJames Ballard Wade, Karen, Lauren & Alice Ballard Dr. Byron McCaneParl Barr Terry & Nilly Barr Philosophy DepartmentLauren Barter

SpectrumElizabeth Bassett Miriam BassettAften Blackwell

Residence LifeZach Bobb Football TeamVictoria BoneTerra Brannon Bonner Scholars Tanae CopelandKendall Bratcher Football SAACRicco BraxtonKristen Brown Rob & Jana Brown Biology DepartmentStephen Bryant Physics Department

Caroline Burdette Cross Country & Track TeamCasey Calvert Jerry & Robin CalvertJohn Cannon Prof. Andrew Green PKA FraternitySarah Catalana

Dr. & Mrs. Paul CatalanaJames Chappell Mark Chappell Sr. Susan ChappellChanel Clyburn

Kyle Cochran Scott Cochran Teresa CochranMeredith Corby Peter & Libby Corby Alex CorbyLogan CottinghamDominique Cox Dr. John Lefebvre Kappa Delta Sorority Drew Crowell Men’s BasketballKatie CulpepperThomas DeLoache Finance DepartmentMarshall Diven John & Sharon DivenKristina Leigh Dukes Pam Dukes Craig Dukes

Keri Eadie English DepartmentLaVadrick Farrar Dr. Carol Wilson Coach Jack TeacheyTaylor Fenig

Ann Fortson LeeAnn & Alvin FortsonNathan Francis Jenny Francis Inked Up, Inc.Jason FrenchKelly FrenchMary Galphin Dean Roberta Bigger Susan LackeyCharlotte GanttChris Gerwig Dr. Robert Gerwig Mrs. Kelli GerwigKevin Giltner Wofford BasketballAlex GoltryRob Pinckney Gorrell Bob Gorrell Pat PrincittoBrianna Grant Wofford Theatre Department Brook & Samantha GrantCourtney Green Raleigh & Laura Green Scott Cochran

Bianca Harmon

Prof. John LefebvreMavrick Harris Coach Bomar Coach LuckingMorgan Hiler

David Hillsman

Brad LoesingReAnne Hinton Residence Life Dr. Ellen GoldeyStefanie Hoffer

Courtney L. GreenAmy Elizabeth Horton

Kappa Delta SororityQuinn HuntRachel Iannazzone Ralph Iannazzone Jr. Barbara IannazzoneKristen Jenkins Paul JonesMicheala Jeter Rick & Paula Jeter Sociology DepartmentClaire Anne JohnsonMichael Johnson Mike & Tammy Johnson Matthew TobinJames Kavanaugh Patrick & Patricia KavanaughAlex Ross Keen Dr. Jim Neighbors Dr. Wesley PechChristopher Keenan Jimmy Mayo Tim BabbCatherine King Frank Anderson Jeanette AndersonLizzie Lambert Kappa Alpha ThetaBrad Loesing Rick & Rita Loesing Mike Young & basketball staff/teamArianna Martin Dr. Ellen Golde Teresa MartinCarrie Martin

Melinda MartinRyan Lewis Mattie Bob & Terri MattieJoseph McAbee John & Kim McAbee Biology Department

Allie McCubrey Chett & Anna McCubrey Tripp & Julie McCubreyAdrian McLellan Glenn McLellan Leslie McLellanApril Moorhouse Women’s BasketballLivingston Moyd Danny Moyd Telisa MoydChristina Nayfa Dr. George & Ellada NayfaBrad NocekCraig Novack

Margaret O'Brien

Mary O'Brien

Leah Odom

Katie O’Kelly

Kevin O’Quinn Pi Kappa Alpha

Amanda Phillips Religion Department Religion Majors Class of 2012Maggie Raines Joe E. Brown, Jr. ’55 Gerald & Mary Louise RainesKaitlyn RebollarCameron Rhyne Delta Delta Delta Dean WallaceHilary Riley Kappa Alpha Theta Nancy & Blaine RileyMichael Roulhac Dr. Julie Sexeny Coach Wade LangBrandon Robinson Amy Simpkins Accounting DepartmentBaxter Russell Richard, Dee, Mollie & Emory Russell Dr. Byron McCane & Scott CochranWhitney Eugene Sanders Jr. Whitney Eugene Sanders Sr. Wendy Price SandersWes Satterwhite Dr. Natalie Grinnell Dr. John WareChristine Shelton

Sigma Delta PiMiya Sims Sociology Department Multicultural Affairs Department

Chas Skidmore Parents GrandparentsJack SniezakBarbara Steacy Marianne “Ari” Lewis Laurel CioppaMatt Steelman Todd & Tracy SteelmanTyler Swain Noel Swain Wanda SwainEllen Smith Mike Brown Dorn & Debbie SmithJoseph TecklenburgCatherine Thomas Jim & Molly ThomasJaynorris Thomas Sharon Thomas Wofford FootballJessica Tobin

Theatre Department FacultyMatthew Tobin Michael & Suzanne Tobin

Allison Tolbert Sam Tolbert Margo TolbertC.J. Tria Bowling Club

Bart Tucker Kevin Tucker Sr. Kellie TuckerKelly Turn James Turn Donna TurnJoshua Turner Lee & Angela Turner Dean Roberta BiggerConnor Twyman Madelyn & Cary TwymanJeanne Umuhire Dean David Wood Sarah MilaniNick Waddel Dr. David Sykes Dr. Joseph SloanStephanie Walrath Dr. Clayton Whisnant Dr. Dan Mathewson

Kaitlin Watkins Dana Kay David WatkinsAlexander “Gus” White David White Therese WhiteChristopher White Michael White Lesa WhiteTaylor R. White Dr. Kaye Savage Professor John LaneT.J. White Tim Whilte Teresa WhiteHannah WilliamsHallie Willm Dale, Barbara & Rob Willm Class of 2012Josh Wright Parents: Bonnie WrightDavid Wynn

The Annual Fund Senior Gift CampaignOn May 20, 2012, the Class of 2012 took their "rst steps as Wo!ord alumni, and for many of these

graduates it was also their "rst time giving to Wo!ord’s Annual Fund.

By making a commitment to give to the Annual Fund, the Class of 2012 is saying “thank you” to those who made their Wo!ord experience possible and pay-ing that gratitude forward to current Wo!ord students.

In its second year, the Annual Fund Senior Gift Campaign is part of the Teaching Annual Giving to Students (TAGS) program. #e Class of 2011 (the inaugural class) posted a 17 percent participation rate. With the help of the Senior Gift Committee, the Class of 2012 more than doubled that with a 36 percent participation rate!#e listing on this page represents the 127 seniors

and sta! members who generously gave to Wo!ord’s Annual Fund. Every person who made a contribution on behalf of the senior class received a commemora-tive 2012 lapel pin or pendant and the opportunity to recognize two people, groups or organizations who in$uenced their college experience.

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Snapshots from

1 Wofford College conferred degrees

to 305 graduates during the 158th

Commencement Exercises on Sunday,

May 20, 2012.

2 Brooks Owens ’13, a student marshall,

escorts Nora Beth Featherson, one

of Spartanburg’s unsung heroes,

to the podium to receive the Mary

Mildred Sullivan Award. The student

recipient of the award was Amanda

Saca ’12. Algernon Sydney Sullivan

Award winners were Maj. Gen. Darwin

Simpson, former member of the

college’s Board of Trustees, and

Joseph McAbee ’12.

3 Dr. Phillip Swicegood places the

hood on Mike James ’73, rotating

off the Wofford Board of Trustees in

June, as he’s conferred the honorary

doctor of humanities degree. South

Carolina Senator Hugh Leatherman

(R-Florence), chairman of the Senate

Finance Committee, received the

honorary doctor of law degree.

4 Th e f a c u l t y p ro ce s s i n f o r

baccalaureate services held the

day before commencement. Other

weekend events included a senior

party, Legacy Society breakfast and

50th reunion events for the Class of

1962.

5 Jordan Clayton ’12 (with Master Sgt.

Robert Bowman) was commissioned

as a second lieutenant in the United

States Army during Wofford ROTC

Commissioning Exercises, held during

commencement weekend.

6 Four students shared Honor Graduate

recognition with perfect 4.0 grade

point averages. They were (left to

right with Chairman of the Wofford

Board of Trustees Harold Chandler

’71): Paolo Arce ’12, Ashlee Price ’12,

Joseph McAbee ’12 and Arsalaan

Salehani ’12.

7 Dr. Caleb Arrington, associate

professor of chemistry, was awarded

the Roger Mi l l iken Award for

Excellence in the Teaching of Science.

Receiving the Philip Covington Award

for Excellence in the Teaching of

the Humanities and Social Sciences

was Dr. Timothy Schmitz, associate

professor and chair of the Department

of History.

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8 Wofford welcomes crowds of

proud families each year during

Commencement Weekend. Here

Victoria Bone ’12 poses with some of

her biggest fans, her cousins, Carson

and Reid Nealy.

9 Jaynorris Thomas ’12 and Kathryn

Teal ’12 give each other a high five as

they wait in the Benjamin Johnson

arena to line up for their final walk

across campus as undergraduates.

COMMENCEMENT 2012

new grads

Hope Griffin ’12

Major: Government

Next Step: Teach for America assignment in Colorado following five weeks of training in Phoenix, Ariz.

By volunteering with the Math Academy, serving as service chair for Zeta Tau Alpha and par ticipating in the Civil Engagement Seminar, Griffin developed a love of helping others. She says Teach for America will provide her with plenty of opportunities to make a difference.

Regis Rutarindwa ’12 (First Rwandan graduate)

Major: Math and Physics with an emphasis in computational science

Next Step: Rutarindwa plans to attend graduate school in mechanical engineering at Clemson University.

An internship experience at Marquette University and classes in applied mathemat i c s opened Rutarindwa’ s eyes to opportunities to work in the field he loves.

Katie Bidwell ’12

Major: English and French

Next Step: After a final semester at Wofford in the fall, Katie plans to work in Botswana with children in poverty as a Christian missionary.

While studying aborad in Madagascar for the semester, Bidwell conducted an in-­depth study of an NGO (Azafady) and the perception that the local people have of the organization. That information is now being used by villagers to build an adult education center in Fort Dauphin and by Azafady to modify their mission and programs to better fit the community.

Adrian McLellan ’12

Major: Business Economics

Next Step: While working part-­time in banking, McLellan will attend East Carolina University’s MBA program. He eventually wants to build a career in corporate banking.

McLellan credits Wofford with providing ample opportunities to develop leadership skills. During college McLellan served as student body treasurer, a member of the James Fund, president of Rotoract and as a resident advisor.

Kyle Cochran ’12

Major: Business Economics

Next Step: A week after graduation, Cochran began work as a credit analyst for the small business administration division of TD Bank in Greenville, S.C.

Cochran majored in business economics because he wanted to better understand the world. He says he found it fascinating to sit in his Wofford economics classes and study the financial state of the country and the world through current events.

Josh Turner ’12 (right)and Ron Norman ’13

Turner and Norman represent back-­to-­back Campus Union Presidents from the same hometown.

This spring, Josh Turner, who wi l l be work ing with Clayton Homes after graduation, passed the gavel to fellow Woodruff (S.C.) High School graduate Ron Norman. Turner expects to continue his involvement in politics after graduation.

Andrew Parrish ’12

Major: History and Spanish

Next Step: Parrish received a merit scholarship and will attend Wake Forest Law School.

Parrish knew he wanted to be an attorney when he enrolled in Wofford as a first-­year student. That’s why he chose Wofford, because of its reputation for preparing students for a career in law. As a student, Parrish completed an internship at Ginter Immigration Law at the International House in Charlotte, N.C. The experience further whetted his appetite for a career as an attorney.

TAKING

Joseph McAbee ’12 (Rhodes Finalist, Honor Graduate, Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award)

Major: Biology with a concentration in neuroscience

Next Step: McAbee received a scholarship and will attend Wake Forest School of Medicine.

McAbee, who served as student chair of Twin Towers, says that building close relationships with professors sets Wofford apart. According to McAbee, the service opportunities, internships and classwork have all prepared him for whatever lies ahead.

Jeanne Umuhire ’12 (First Rwandan graduate)

Major: Psychology with a medica l humani t ies concentration

Next Step: Umuhire heads for Paris, France, where she will attend graduate school to earn a master of public health.

As a Rwandan Presidential Scholar, Umuhire was matched to Wofford because of her academic strength. As a Wofford student she particularly benefitted from the opportunity to study abroad and do a global health internship in Switzerland.

Terra Brannon ’12

Major: English

Next Step: Brannon, who recently spoke to more than 400 people at The Spartanburg County Foundation annual meeting as a successful product of the Citizen Scholars program, has been hired as an English teacher and yearbook adviser at Chapman High School in Inman, S.C.

Brannon began to consider a career in teaching after traveling to Washington, D.C., as a Bonner Scholar. Learning about the disparities in the educational system gave her the inspiration to pursue a career in the classroom.

Mesha Arant ’12

Major: Religion

Next Step: Arant will study religious pluralism at Yale Divinity School.

Arant says that Wofford’s religion department helped her understand that part of her spiritual walk involves learning to be open to change. She challenged herself by studying abroad for a semester in India and living for a month during that time in a monastery that combines Hindu practices and the Christian faith. The experience made her want to learn more and teach others about religious pluralism.

Aften Blackwell ’12

Major: Psychology with a minor in English

Next Step: In June Blackwell begins a Peace Corps assignment in Moldova.

Blackwell, editor of the Old Gold & Black student newspaper during her senior year, says it took her a year to complete the application process for the Peace Corps. She looks forward to the experience because it blends two of her passions — travel and service. While at Wofford she studied abroad in London (semester), Nicaragua (Interim) and Chile (Interim).

Tyler Womble ’12

Major: Chemistry with a minor in mathematics

Next Step: In the fall, Womble will attend Carnegie Melon University to earn a doctoral degree in chemistry

Womble, who graduated in January, has been working with StarChem as a research intern in new product development. As a student he also completed a Department of Energy-­funded internship in Oak Ridge, Tenn., involving nano-­chemistry, and a Community of Scholars internship with Dr. Kaye Savage.

THE NEXT STEP

Alumni

(Top Left) College Archivist

Phillip Stone ’94 helps Frank Buie

'62 prepare to march with the

Class of 1962 during their 50th

anniversary commencement.

(Right) President Benjamin B.

Dunlap congratulates Don Britt

'62 after presenting him with his

50th reunion medallion.

(Above) Members of the Class of 1962 escort the Class of 2012 during Commencement.

(Right) Lydia and Bill Kellett ’62, Judy and Ron Ingle ’62, Sue and

Dan Brake ’62, and Bill Whetsell ’62 enjoying the Class of 1962’s 50th

reunion dinner.

In May 1973, when he "rst arrived at the Spartanburg campus of what is now the University of South Carolina Upstate,

Dr. Olin Sansbury ’59 found a two-year institution with two buildings and fewer than 700 students.

When he retired 20 years later, the cam-pus had grown to 3,000 students and o!ered bachelor’s degrees in 30 "elds of study.

Sansbury’s remarkable achievements were recognized this spring when the univer-sity board of trustees approved the naming of the USC Upstate Campus Life Center in his honor.

“Dr. Sansbury is most deserving of this recognition as he led the university for two decades and laid a great foundation for its future,” says Dr. Tom Moore, a Wofford parent who was recently installed as USC Up-state’s third chancellor.

Sansbury talked recently about his path to leadership in higher education. When he graduated from Wo!ord, he weighed several career options. He had a background in jour-nalism and considered teaching and the law as well. However, with "nancial limitations, he decided to ful"ll the military obligation he had acquired earning an Army commis-sion through Wo!ord ROTC. #irty-seven months of active duty included 13 months in Vietnam, which opened his eyes to how little even college-educated Americans knew about the world beyond North America and Europe.

Returning home to South Carolina, he found a state embarking on a long-needed expansion in higher education. After a brief foray in broadcast journalism, Sansbury became an instructor in government with a split assign-ment between USC campuses in Florence and Conway. When the Florence campus was converted to Francis Marion College in 1970, he was named its "rst dean of students. Anxious to complete his Ph.D. in interna-tional studies at USC Columbia, Sansbury returned to USC system headquarters as an assistant vice provost for student a!airs, charged primarily with implementing a new comprehensive "nancial aid program that expanded available student assistance from $25,000 to $850,000 in its "rst year. #is background led to his appointment as chief administrator at the $edgling Spartanburg campus.

“I did not have much direct experi-ence,” Sansbury says in retrospect, “but I bene"tted from good mentors in Columbia as well as able colleagues and supporters in Spartanburg.”

In the early years of Sansbury’s ad-ministration, the faculty and sta! laid the groundwork for a major university campus in the Upstate.

“We tried to focus on developing "rst-rate academic programs that would meet the needs of the community,” he says. “When we became a four-year campus in 1975, we emphasized nursing, business and teacher education. Our academic deans were experienced and able, and we had a good long-range plan for each of those three professional schools. We looked for ways to combine liberal arts majors with concentra-tions such as computer science and criminal justice.”

Sansbury also looks back with pride in the e!orts that the university made to im-prove diversity on the faculty and sta!, in senior positions as well as entry levels.

“Most of our students commuted from their homes to class, and many of them worked,” Sansbury says. “Nevertheless, my own college days at Wo!ord had convinced

me that student life and academic life could not be separated; students at Wo!ord were expected to get involved in campus life. We tried to put that same philosophy in place at USC Spartanburg.”

#e average college presidency in recent times has lasted only four to six years, and it seems remarkable that Sansbury was able to build such a lengthy tenure. “I think there were three keys to success,” he says. “First, we were all focused on creating something important and bene"cial for the Upstate. #at helped us put aside occasional di!er-ences and move ahead. Second, I had loyal, talented administrative o%cers, and I was comfortable that I could trust the people around me. #ird, I tried never to use the authority of my o%ce to punish someone who disagreed with me. #at took us a long way, even when we found ourselves lacking in the "nancial resources that other state higher educational institutions enjoyed.”

Since retiring from the university, Sans-bury has remained active in the educational and cultural life of the Upstate. He was the executive director of the Greenville Sym-phony and has taught government classes at Wo!ord.

In 2006, Olin and his late "rst wife, Mu!et, created an endowed lecture series at Wo!ord, which provides support for an annual speaker on a topic related to justice and equity in politics. #is spring, the college welcomed Dr. Jonathan Van Antwerpen for a public lecture and panel discussion.

In 2009, Sansbury married Mary Ann Medford Claud, and they now live in Tryon, N.C.

by Doyle Boggs ’70

Sansbury’s path to higher ed leadership began at WoffordUSC Upstate names Campus Life Building in his honor

1948Dr. J. Vernon Je!ords retired from the private

medical practice of general and thoracic surgery in Spartanburg (1957-1998) and as clinician and medi-cal director for eight years at St. Luke’s Free Clinic. Je!ords lives in Spartanburg.

1951It was nice to hear from Col. (Ret.) Robert

Burgess who lives in Viera, Fla. He wrote, “Bob and Margaret continue to travel, enjoying this beautiful world of ours.”

1956Retired United Methodist minister, the Rev. Regi

"ackston, is serving as interim pastor at Manning United Methodist Church. He began his 13th year conducting summer worship on Lake Marion on Memorial Day weekend. He also has conducted consecration Sunday stewardship programs in more than 50 churches. #ackston and his wife, Yvonne, live in Sumter, S.C.

1957Dr. Samuel M. Atkinson has retired from

Carolina Women’s Physicians P.A. where he had been a physician since 2009. Over a 50-year career, Atkinson has earned three certi"cations, has served on "ve panels, has been cited in nearly 20 journals and has been a member of more than 35 professional committees. He lives in Greenville, N.C.

Billie C. Metcalf and his wife, Margie, live in Union Mills, N.C. Metcalf, a retired educator, stays busy with his church and volunteer work.

1958Dr. Bob England and his wife, Carolyn, live in

Ellenboro, N.C. A retired physician, Bob also served eight years as a North Carolina State Representative.

Congratulations to Bill Farrow and his wife, Sybil, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 16, 2012. #e couple has three sons, "ve grandchildren and one great grandson, all of whom live in the Tampa Bay (Fla.) area. Bill wrote, “We hope for many more — anniversaries — not children!”

1961Class Chair, Richard L. Robinson

Dr. Don Jones received the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce’s Education Champion Award during its 88th dinner and awards program on Jan. 20, 2012. Jones is executive director of the Henderson County Education Foundation. #is year, he and his wife, Patsy, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. #e couple lives in Hendersonville, N.C.

1963Class Chair, Boyce M. Berry

After a banking career that spanned more than 45 years, Leon Patterson retired as chairman of Palmetto Bank in February 2012. Patterson also is chairman of Upstate Forever and is a member of the Wo!ord Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Greenville, S.C.

Our apologies go to Henry M. Smith who lives in Durham, N.H., and not Durham, N.C., as was stated in the winter issue of Wo!ord Today.

1965Denny West lives in Spartanburg and is direc-

tor of Bobo Funeral Chapel. He is a member of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church and also the South Carolina and National Funeral Directors Associations.

Retired Chancellor of USC Upstate Olin

Sansbury ’59 and the Campus Life Center

at USC Upstate named in his honor.

1966Class Chair, J. Hayne Culler Sr.

Conway, S.C., native Pat Henry was inducted into the Conway High School Hall of Fame on May 14, 2012, when he received the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Henry is an original partner and shareholder of #ompson & Henry P.A.

1967Reunion Chairs, Stewart Johnson and Donnie McDonald

Dr. Rodney Stalheim retired on April 1, 2012, after practicing internal medicine and cardiology for more than 32 years. Stalheim and his wife, Susan, live in Lenoir, N.C.

1968Class Chair, Ronald G. Bruce

Mason “Andy” Goldsmith has joined the construction law "rm of Elmore Gold-

smith. He formerly was associated with Love #ornton Arnold #omason. Goldsmith and his wife, Harriet, live in Greenville, S.C.

On May 1, 2012, Drew Nivens retired as psychological program manager for the South Piedmont Region, N.C. Department of Correction, Division of Prisons. He also was awarded #e Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Gov. Beverly Perdue for his service to the state of North Carolina. Nivens and his wife, Mary Ann, live in Kannapolis, N.C.

1970Class Chair, Arthur “Buzz” W. Rich

Vernon Drew is the director of the Center for the Support of Families (CSF Inc.). #e "rm specializes in human services consulting and training. Drew and his wife, Leslie, live in Silver Spring, Md.

Buck Lattimore, former North Caro-lina Industrial Commission Chairman, has

joined Johnson Properties Realtors & Auctioneers Inc. as an auctioneer. He is a licensed auctioneer and Mendenhall School of Auctioneering alumnus. Lattimore lives with his wife, Jerrie, in Raleigh, N.C.

Dr. Bob Randall participated in the second Dancing with #e ARK’s Stars on March 10, 2012. ARK is an Alzheimer’s family support service organization founded in 1996. Randall and his wife, Kathy, live in Summerville, S.C.

1971Class Chair, Kenneth E. Smith

Dr. James C. Andrews and his wife, Sandy, live on their horse farm on Wad-malaw Island, S.C. Andrews continues to work part-time at his dental practice in Summerville, S.C.

Living in Cowpens, S.C., Tim Cash is the vice-chair of the board of directors

of Mountain View Nursing Home in Spartanburg.

"omas Lyles is president and chief executive o%cer for Tidelands Bank. He and his wife, Deborah, live in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Jonathan Maxwell and his wife, Caro-line, live in Greensboro, N.C. #e couple recently walked the 102-mile Cotswold Way in England, from Chipping Campden to Bath. #ey report that it is an idyllic and interesting walk. #e Wall Street Journal published Maxwell’s article “A Long Walk in England” on Dec. 19, 2011.

Charlie Miller and his wife, Beth, live in Laurens, S.C. Miller taught in public schools for 34 years, many of those years as a librarian. He now serves as deputy director of the Laurens County Library and is branch manager in Clinton, S.C.

Dr. Donnie Shuler is a physician at the York Center for Family Medicine. He and his wife, Mary, have four adult children. #e couple lives in York, S.C.

1973Francis Marion University awarded Dr.

John L. Bruce Jr. an honorary doctor of humanities degree during commencement activities on May 5, 2012. Bruce has a dental practice in Florence, S.C. He also is a member of the Carolinas Hospital System Advisory Board, and #e Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation board of trustees.

1975Class Chair, John O. Moore

Doug Lowe, retired boys’ basketball coach at Spartanburg High School, was inducted into the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame on March 16, 2012. Lowe’s coaching career spanned 34 years. He lives in Spartanburg.

Orangeburg (S.C.) obstetrician-gyne-cologist Dr. J. Richard Williamson, a member of the medical sta! of the Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg, received a 2011 Heroes in the Field award presented by Palmetto Healthy Start during their annual event held in Columbia, S.C. Honorees are recognized for their contributions to reduce infant mortality in South Carolina. Wil-liamson has practiced obstetrics-gynecology for 29 years.

1976Class Chair, John W. Gandy

Bob "omson lives with his family in Porterdale, Ga., and is the city manager for the Village of Porterdale, a former cotton mill community.

1977Class Chair, C. Stan Sewell Jr.

Keith Ridley lives in Spartanburg and is the owner of Environmental Management Specialists. #e company recycles universal waste and disposes of medical, hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

John Traina is institutional account executive for Boehringer Ingelheim, a worldwide group of companies that focus on human pharmaceuticals and animal health. Traina and his wife, Debby, live in King-wood, Texas. #e couple has two children.

1978Class Chair, Richard W. Krapfel

Armando Llorente is the vice president of human resources and practice leader for Clark & Lavey Bene"ts Solutions Inc. In this role, he partners with clients in New England to develop strategic solutions for human resource matters. Llorente and his wife, Lauren, live in Atkinson, N.H. He looks forward to seeing Wo!ord alums, families and friends at the Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves event to be held on June 23, 2012.

1979Class Chair, Wade E. Ballard

Lynne Ravenel is a self-employed psychotherapy marriage and relationship counselor. She lives in Mount Pleasant, S.C.

1980Class Chair, Paul D. Kountz Jr.

Peggy McIntyre Graham is a claims representative for the Social Security Ad-ministration. She lives with her family in Georgetown, S.C.

1983Class Chair, W. Scott Gantt

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Scott Gantt is president of employee bene"ts for Bene"t Controls of the Carolinas. #e company re-cently was named the ninth largest employee bene"t specialist in the U.S. He also serves on the board of directors of the Charlotte Rescue Mission, and is past president of the International Society of Certi"ed Bene"t Specialist Carolinas chapter.

Dr. Je! Lanford and his wife, Robin, tell us that they enjoyed tailgating last fall at Wo!ord and visiting their son, Hayes Lanford ’15. #e couple lives in Green-wood, S.C.

1985Class Chair, Timothy E. Madden

Heidi Faber Kerns serves as the "nance officer for Rutherford County (N.C.) Schools. In her "rst year with the district, she and her team were recognized as win-ners of the North Carolina Treasurer Award for Excellence in Accounting and Financial Management. #ey were one of four win-ners in the State and the only school district team selected for the honor. Kerns and her daughter, Allison, live in Chesnee, S.C.

1986Class Chair, Brand R. Stille

Dewey Lewis is a medical technologist at Logansport Memorial Hospital. He also teaches a class in medical lab assisting at Ivy Tech Community College. Lewis and his wife, Bonnie, live in Logansport, Ind.

Living in Vestavia, Ala., Dana Gantt Moore is the owner of a design "rm o!er-ing all types of residential design including organization and space planning. Event planning services also are o!ered.

Susan Tate has accepted the position of assistant girls’ basketball coach at Spar-tanburg High School. She also will teach mathematics at the District 7 School. Tate and her husband, Rick, live in Boiling Springs, S.C.

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Coming this fall:September 27-28, 2012

Orbiting Seminar XIV: Aiken area

In a sheep barn in the least populated county east of the Mississippi, Brian Richardson

’81 built an electric motorcycle. So begins a story that has been

told on the Discovery Channel, on the motorcycle grand prix circuit, in national motorcycle and alternate energy magazines, on the web, in local newspapers and in corporate boardrooms and governmental think-tank circles across the country. Now it’s been told at Wo!ord as well.

Early in the spring semes-ter Richardson shipped his team Moto-Electra racing motorcycle to Wo!ord to show physics students the power of electric. Built on a Norton Featherbed chassis, the motorcycle runs 130-plus mph at 130 volts. #e bike holds the 2011 ECTA Land Speed Record and was second in the points standings for the 2011 North American TTXGP Series.

#e motorcycle also took "rst place in the "rst-ever sanctioned gasoline vs. electric race on Oct. 9, 2010, at the Barber Motor Speed-way in Birmingham, Ala. #e race began with Richardson’s electric bike, ridden by #ad Wol!, safely tucked out of the way, dead last in the grid.

“Despite that, by the time the "rst lap was over, #ad was up to

seventh. #e second lap he was up to third,” says Richardson.

While the announcers ex-plained that the electric bike would soon begin to fade because it couldn’t sustain the current pace, Richardson’s motorcycle slipped into second. At the white $ag (the signal for the final lap), Moto-Electra Racing was in the lead, and when the electric bike sailed under the checkered $ag to win the race, there wasn’t a gas bike in sight.

“#ey had a record crowd at Barber, and they were very excited about what they were seeing,” says Richardson.

What they were seeing, accord-ing to Richardson, was the ideal test of electric vehicle technology in action.

“Innovation comes from com-petition and war,” says Richardson. “During qualifying at In"neon, we crashed our vehicle at a high rate of speed. It was a high-side crash, the most dangerous, because the bike $ips end over end.”

Wol! walked away and helped Richardson cope with the damage and prepare the bike to race the next day&— duct tape and all. It was an important lesson in racing, life and electric practicality.

“We learned a lot from that crash,” says Richardson. “Like what happens to the batteries when the

vehicle crashes. Racing vehicles is one way of having the discussion without being fearful of the gas vs. electric controversy. If it crashes and bursts into $ames you may not want to buy one.”

Where Richardson lives in the mountains of Virginia, the F250 Dually is the most popular vehicle on the road, and electric motorcycles aren’t going to replace trucks in rural communities any time soon. Still, Richardson says that it’s a mistake to look at electric vs. gas as an either/or.

“People can choose their poli-tics and still understand that elec-tric vehicles have their place. #ey reduce pollution in cities and reduce gas prices for all of us,” says Richardson.

According to Richardson, electric motorcycles caught gas motorcycles in two years, and Richardson’s Moto-Electra team has found itself at the front of the pack — usually on the podium or in the winner’s circle.

“Our story is that it was done on a shoe string as opposed to companies that receive large sums of investor capital and grant money. One team bragged that they had $1 million in R&D before they ran the "rst race. Others have govern-ment funding,” says Richardson. “In 2011 our budget was $35,000

Richardson and Moto-Electra Racing prove power of electric technology

Moto-Electra’s record of success

Motorsports Park 2010

TTXGP Grand Prix races

including beer, gas and the rider’s paycheck. #at we were even close was an accomplishment.”

In addition to sharing his pas-sion for motorcycles and electric-powered vehicles with Wofford students, Richardson has taught classes and seminars at Virginia Tech and James Madison Univer-sity. He feels that as the technology moves forward it’s important to put an educational face on the gas vs. electric issue.

“#e bikes that have million-dollar investments may claim to go 100 miles on a charge, but I don’t believe it. #ey might go 50, which is still remarkable, but we’ve got to work on range. #ey need to go 200 miles on a charge,” says Richardson.

#at’s where college students come in.

“I want to organize a coast-to-coast race and invite the world to beat our time. Moto-Electra would set an ambitious bar (under four days) by sheer will and determina-tion,” says Richardson. “Having college students involved would

get young people excited about the technology and would bring visibility to the project.”

#e college-backed initiative to set a coast-to-coast record also would be a way to address some of the questions looming for electric powered vehicles: What would the charging station of the future look like? How would exceeding the speed limit reduce the range of the vehicle? What constraints will aero-dynamics dictate regarding speed?

For Richardson, the journey so

racer to meeting Wol! and entering the world of the TTXGP circuit to looking ahead at Moto-Electra’s role in the development of electric vehicles — has been like "nding the fountain of youth.

“#e last two summers it seems like I’m 16 or 17 again,” says Rich-ardson. “I like to think that one day we’ll look back and think we were at least a little part of making history.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

Richardson, an attorney (or country lawyer as he puts it), owns a sheep farm in Blue Grass, Va. His electric motorcycle has been featured on the Discovery Channel, in Green Transportation Examiner, Rider magazine and in the Electric Chronicles online. He rode the bike to break the land speed record in 2010. He brought his bike to Wofford this spring to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for electric technology.

Lott on the art and science of medicinePharmacogenomics.

It may be an unfamiliar term to many Americans in 2012, but we’ll be hearing it often over the next few years. Simply put, it means “personalized medicine,” using genetic testing.

Dr. Steven Lott ’90, head of next generation sequencing clinical implementation for Life Technologies Corp., explains the concept this way:

“Medicine always has been as much an art as a science,” Lott says. “Our bodies have di!erent genetic properties. We experience disease as individuals, and we react to treatment as individuals. Medications that work well for one person will cause an adverse reaction in someone else.

“Because of advances in third-generation microchips, we can now use mathematics-focused technology to begin unraveling genetic codes more quickly and cost-e!ectively,” he says. “In the next 10 to 12 years, physicians will be able to look at the course of individual illness as a predictable matter. #ey will treat it using the regimens and pharma-ceuticals that o!er the best odds for good results, one patient at a time. We should be able to avoid trial and error as well as the adverse reactions that now impact 2.2 million people each year.

“Everything is happening so fast— it’s di%cult to think of any past technology that can be as transformative in health care.”

Lott recently visited Wo!ord to speak to students about his career and particularly the paid summer internships that Life Technologies Corp. o!ers. #is global, diversi"ed company had sales of $3.7 billion in 2011, employs approximately 10,400 people, has a presence in ap-proximately 160 countries, and possesses one of the largest intellectual property estates in the life sciences industry, with approximately 4,000 patents and exclusive licenses.

Lott is not the only Wo!ord graduate at Life Technologies. In Febru-ary 2012, Ronnie Andrews ’81 was named the corporation’s president for medical services. Andrews has more than 25 years of experience in the diagnostics industry, including leadership positions at Abbott Diagnostics and Roche Diagnostics.

Lott told his student audience that he arrived at Wo!ord thinking of a career in medicine, but at the University of Texas Health Center, he earned a Ph.D. in genetics and established his focus as research. “Motivation is when you walk out of your lab in the research hospital, and you are surrounded by patients who have had the disease that your research has been designed to address, such as breast cancer,” Lott says.

He says that Wo!ord prepared him well for his career because it provided a rewarding liberal arts experience that helped him develop team-building and communication skills. “I remember my research presentations, and in fact, I still have some of the glass-mounted slides I used here 20 years ago,” Lott says. “But the biggest regret I have about my undergraduate years is that I didn’t feel I could get out of the laboratory long enough to explore other things that the college had to o!er, such as history courses and classes in the humanities. Don’t let pre-medicine totally control your life.”

by Doyle Boggs ’70

1987Living in Columbia, S.C., Dr. "om

Giudice is a physician at South Carolina OB/GYN. Giudice also served as chief of sta! at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital during 2011.

Mark Lewitt and his wife, Terri, live in Moore, S.C. Mark is director of global premier accounts for Onity. Terri is as-sociate director of athletics for Wo!ord.

1988Class Chair, C. Lane Glaze

Keith Megginson is national sales manager for Marfood USA. He and his wife, Bridget, live in Waxhaw, N.C. #e couple has two children.

1989Class Chair, Michael R. Sullivan

Dr. Danny Merck, School District of Pickens County assistant superinten-dent of administrative services, has been named principal of Daniel High School. Merck and his wife, Suzanne, live in Noris, S.C. #e couple has three children.

Jim Yarbrough is vice president of UBS Financial Services at the "rm’s of-"ce in Greenville, S.C. Yarbrough and his wife, Elizabeth, have three children.

1990Class Chair, Scott W. Cashion

Michelle Ottinger Dennis lives in Griswold, Conn. She is a pharmacy manager at Stop and Shop Pharmacy in Waterford.

Brian Lemon and his wife, Dr. Shawna Cannon Lemon, live in Mor-risville, N.C. Brian is a tax principal for Strategic Federal Tax Services, a specialty practice within Grant #ornton LLP. Shawna is a patent attorney at Myers Biegel Sibley Sajovec. #e couple has three children.

1991Class Chair, Leslee Houck Page

Spartanburg resident Alan De-Credico and his business partner, Travis Garner, are owners of Alan Christopher Antiques and Broad Street Interiors. #e store features furniture pieces restored by DeCredico as well as antique and new rugs, wallpaper, paintings, luxurious fabrics and other rare items.

Ellis O’Tuel is a "nancial advisor with Plantation Financial Services. He lives with his wife, Janette, in Pawleys Island, S.C. #e couple has two children.

1994Class Chair, Alicia Nunamaker Truesdail

Gus Brabham, president and CEO of Frank B. Norris & Co. Inc. insurance company, has been named business chair-man of the National Alliance for Mental Illness Mid-Carolina’s NAAMIWalks 2012. Brabham’s role is to build aware-ness for the Mid-Carolina Chapter and the services the non-pro"t provides. Brabham previously served as chairman of the board at Oliver Gospel Mission and currently serves on the board of the Charleston Trident Homebuilders

Association. He and his wife, Heather, live in Columbia, S.C.

Lowry Curry Jr. is a senior engineer at Progress Software Corp. He and his wife, Lauren Mattox Curry ’97, live in Marietta, Ga. #e couple has two children.

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Charles (C.R.) Melvin is director of sales for Little Idea LLC. Little Idea is an invention devel-opment company. Melvin invites anyone with a “little idea” to call so they can help bring it to market.

1995Class Chair, Brandie Yancey Lorena

Alex Groot is a director of Wells Fargo Bank in Charlotte, N.C. Groot and his wife, Jackie, have two children, Will and Mary Ashley.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Kimberly M. Johnson is a columnist for the South Carolina Writers Workshop newsletter, #e Quill. #e column, “Must Reads,” highlights popular books, authors and writing trends. Johnson also blogs for the South Carolina Writers Workshop Columbia II chapter website.

Anthony Livesay has been promoted to lieutenant in the City of Morristown Fire Department. #e promotion allows Livesay to direct a company during "re ground operations. Livesay lives with his family in Morristown, Tenn.

Dr. Nicole Redmond joined the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birming-ham in August 2011, after completing the Harvard Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hos-pital. She wrote, “I’m always happy to talk to students (especially underrepresented minorities) interested in biomedical sci-ences, medicine and public health since I have training in all of them!”

1997Class Chair, Beth Mangham Guerrero

Heather Randolph Carter and her husband, Tim Carter ’99, live in Charlotte, N.C. Tim is a franchising director with Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, a Charlotte-based fast-casual Mexican food concept. Heather is a senior vice president at LPL Financial and was recently made head of the Corporate Communication Department. #e "rm is the fourth largest brokerage "rm in the U.S.

Calvin Craft is an English teacher and head boys’ basketball coach at Cane Bay High School. Craft and his wife, Cameron Grooms Craft ’00, live in Mount Pleasant, S.C. #e couple has three children.

Living in Atlanta, Ga., Stephen Lynn is a senior associate for the audit, tax and advisory "rm KPMG. Lynn and his wife, Lauren Bates Lynn ’98, have one son, William Miller.

Leah Robertson Maybry and her husband the Rev. Luke Maybry ’98, live in Charlotte, N.C. Leah is a senior tax manager at Elliott Davis, and Luke is pastor of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. #e couple has three children.

1998Class Chair, Casey B. Moore

Chris Groen and his wife, Kerri, live in Roswell, Ga. Groen is director of operations at Temporary Accommodations. #e couple has two children, Madeline and Gabrielle.

The Pinewood Alumni Association honored Dr. Dendy Engleman on Jan. 7, 2012, when she was named a Pinewood Distinguished Alumnus. #e award salutes her achievements as an outstanding alumnus whose personal life, professional achieve-ments and community service exemplify the objectives of her alma mater. Dendy is director of dermatologic surgery at New York Medical College in Manhattan.

Ashley Williams Stevenson is a homemaker and lives with her family in Lafayette, Calif.

1999Class Chair, Zackery O. Atkinson

Jan Streater Mayheu, a prospect re-search analyst for the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, was awarded the Team Player award during the Foundation’s 2012 meeting. #is award honors an indi-vidual who looks beyond her own circle of colleagues and recognizes the importance of working and learning from others. Mayhue lives with her family in Lilburn, Ga.

Joe Miles is owner of Sporting Adven-tures International LLC located in Camden, S.C. Miles and his wife, Natalie, live in Rembert, S.C.

2000Class Chair, Andy D. Hoefer Jr.

Marion Cobb is vice president of human resources for Terminix. He and his wife, Charlotte, live in Columbia, S.C.

2001Class Chair, Jenna Sheheen Bridgers

Dana Anne Bruce, executive director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has been chosen as a member of the ninth annual class of 20 under 40 honorees. #e participants are chosen by #e State news-paper and honor 20 rising business stars that are committed to bringing a brighter future to South Carolina’s capital city.

Katy Ritter is a legal consultant for the technology transfer o%ce at South Dakota State University. She lives in Sioux Falls, S.D.

2002Class Chair, L. Yorke Gerrald

Stephanie Adelaine Bury is a property manager for Baker Storey McDonald Proper-ties Inc. She and her husband, Brian, live in Spring Hill, Tenn.

"e Rev. Rebekah McLeod Hutto and her husband, the Rev. B. J. Hutto, have recently moved to the upper east side of Manhattan in New York City. Last fall, Rebekah was hired as the associate pastor for Christian Education and Discipleship at Brick Presbyterian Church. B.J., an ordained Baptist minister, is completing his Ph.D. in theological ethics, at-distance, at King’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland. #e couple has a 2-year old daughter, Hannah Ruth.

Leslie Ann Wilkerson Mallory earned her master’s degree in dental hygiene from

Dr. Paige West ’91, “From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive: The Social World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea.” Duke University Press, 2012.

The co!ee begins its journey in the highlands of Papua New

Guinea, where the Gimi peoples raise the plants and harvest the beans. It is processed in Goroka and shipped out from the port of Lae. Most of the exported co!ee is brewed and consumed in Germany, but it is also a favorite in Sydney and London.

The impact of this specialty coffee trade on the peoples and cultures of Papua New Guinea is the subject of West’s important new book. She continues her explora-tion of how “sustainable develop-ment” has become an important vehicle by which the social and economic ideologies of liberalism are circulated globally. #e book has been well received by colleagues in the "eld, one of whom calls it “a meditation on ca!eine and power.”

West is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Barnard College and Columbia University. She joined the faculty there in 2001 after earning her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Rutgers University. In 2008 she founded a professional journal titled Environment and Society: Advances in Research, and she serves as its editor. She is the cur-rent president of the anthropology and environment section of the American Anthropological As-sociation.

Dr. John L. Seitz and Dr. Kristen A. Hite ’00, “Global Issues: An Introduction.” Fourth edition. Wiley-­Blackwell, 2012.

The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s led to the

development of truly global chal-lenges, including population that was exploding in some places and aging rapidly in others; wealth and poverty; improved production of food and energy; environmental questions such as global warm-ing; and the spread of technology, especially nuclear technology that might be used in weaponry.

In response, Seitz developed a survey textbook for his classes at Wo!ord that is published in the United Kingdom for an interna-tional market. Based partially on his "rst-hand experiences in South Korea, Iran, Brazil, Liberia and Pakistan, it has become available in Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese translations.

For this fourth edition, Profes-sor Emeritus Seitz has been joined as co-author by Dr. Kristen Hite ’00, who now leads the climate change program at the Center for Environmental Law and teaches international environmental law at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland. As a Rotary Scholar in Ecuador, she developed a forest management plan in Spanish that was approved by the Ecuadorian government to secure legal protec-tion for 3,000 acres of rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon. She also has served on the board of directors for SustainUS, a youth organiza-tion for sustainable development that she co-founded in 2001.

Dr. Will Willimon ’68, “The Best of Will Willimon: Acting Up in Jesus’ Name.” Abington Press, 2012.

Un i t e d M e t h o d i s t Bishop Willimon, who will

resume his career as a full-time teacher and writer at Duke Univer-sity this fall, is often asked the ques-tion, “Your curriculum vitae now lists more than 60 books. Where’s the best place to start toward get-

when the future hinged on tense di-plomacy with surrounding Native American nations. #e Yemassee War began in 1715 with a Good Friday massacre of colonial diplo-mats. #e bloody con$ict contin-ued until the advancing Yemassees and their Creek allies were turned back just 12 miles from Charleston. Eventually, the Cherokees aided the English and together they prevailed over their enemies.

“Man Beloved:& A Novel of the Yemassee War” tells the story of actual events, and some of the char-acters are real historic "gures.&&“It took me 15 years to research and write the novel, but I really found the process relaxing and enjoyable,” Sprott wrote.& “Copies are available on Amazon.com or from my pub-lisher at LuLu.com.& I may be con-tacted at jackcsprott@gmail.com.” &

Dr. Doyle Boggs ’70, with Brad Steinecke and Mark Olencki ’75, “Historic Spartanburg County: 225 Years of History.” Spartanburg County Historical Association, HPN Books, 2012.

“Don’t celebrate the past— use it to understand the present and

impact the future!”For more than 30 years, the

annual Leadership Spartanburg program has begun with an over-view of the history of the county. In the beginning, it was presented by the late Dr. Lewis P. Jones ’38. #is extended essay by Boggs cov-ers the major points he has made during the presentations and bus tours he has led as Jones’ successor.

#is hardcover book also con-tains some great photos from the collection of the historical associa-tion as well as a bibliography that will be helpful to those interested in further reading about Upstate

history. It is available for $15 at the Spartanburg County Regional Museum of History and will be coming soon to other locations.

Tobias Wolff, “Old School,” Vintage, 2003.

First-year students at Wo!ord participate in the Novel Expe-

rience. During the summer before they arrive on campus, they read a novel chosen by the faculty. #ey write essays on a question suggested by the book, the best of which are published and distributed to the campus community. #ey discuss the book in small groups, and then have a chance to interact with the author.

Wol!, this year’s visiting novel-ist, lives in northern California and teaches at Stanford. He is known for his mastery of a format that combines some of the features of a short story with a novel.

Wo!ord students will read the book “Old School,” which takes the reader back to an elite prep school of the 1960s and will be a perfect springboard into the Year of the Liberal Arts, which Wo!ord will celebrate during the 2012-13 academic year.

Wolff will visit Wofford on Sept. 20. He will speak in Leonard Auditorium at 11 a.m., speci"cally talking about the novel from the perspective of the "rst-year student-essayists, and then he will talk to a community audience that evening.

ting an insight into your thinking?”#is small volume from Abing-

ton Press is a good answer to that question. It’s a collection of brief stories and essays that is part of a new series that also features other great preachers: “#e Best of James W. Moore,” and “#e Best of J. Ellsworth Kalas.”

Sections of this provocative book discuss “Jesus,” “Trinity,” “the Bible,” “Following Jesus,” and “#e Church and the World.” It can be read virtually in one sitting, or it can be well used for thought and meditation over a period of time.

Jack Sprott ’69, “Man Beloved: A Novel of the Yemassee War.” LuLu Publishing, 2011.

Sprott is the executive director of the McPherson Implementing

Local Redevelopment Authority in Atlanta, Ga. #e MILRA, as it is called, is the agency spearheading the redevelopment of Fort McPher-son, a former military reservation that served as a headquarters post for a number of Army commands over the years.

In his spare time over the course of the past 15 years, Sprott worked on a historical novel set in the early years of the South Carolina colony,

“When you put students first, everything else falls in line.”Delandris Jones ’10, in his second year of teaching French at Cheraw (S.C.) High School, said that —

or a version of that — at least a dozen times during his Wo!ord Today interview. “Even at a young age, I had a desire to teach, but I was discouraged by the salary,” says Jones. “After

traveling abroad, however, I realized that salary was important, but it de"nitely shouldn’t be the driving force.”A semester in Chicoutimi, Quebec, gave Jones a passion for blueberries, maple syrup and languages —

all languages — so he returned home and broke the news to his family that he would no longer be studying for a career in medicine.

“It was a shock for my family, but now we all realize that teaching is my calling,” he says.

In Cheraw when Jones realized that his students didn’t always understand the importance of languages, he re-sponded with cre-ativity. He turned his classroom into

past summer with hanging lights, a new coat of paint and seating arrange-ments designed for conversation. Once president of the

Wo!ord Gospel Choir, Jones keeps a keyboard in his classroom and brings music and French together to teach verb conjugation.

“#ey learn so much from music because this is a generation of music,” says Jones. “I’ll see them start singing the songs when they’re taking their tests, so I know it works.”

He also uses technology as much as possible. #e smart board is the focus of the classroom, and Jones uses it to Skype with a high school English class in La Chaume, France.

“My students loved it,” says Jones. “My principal and several administrators joined us on this end, and the class in La Chaume was "lled with students, teachers and even people from the town. We asked questions back and forth in French and English, and everyone giggled over mistakes. We were all learning together. It was a wonderful exchange opportunity.”

To make French even more relevant to his students, Jones started an International Club at Cheraw High School and led the group in creating Cheraw’s "rst-ever International Night Out.

“When I moved to the area, I realized that this town has so much culture, but no one sees it,” says Jones referring to people from France, Morocco, Mexico and other countries he met while teaching, buying fruit at a local produce stand or checking out at the grocery store.

According to Jones, 570 people attended the International Night Out (they expected 200). #e event included booths representing the food, music, culture and people from 17 di!erent countries. At the center of it all stood an 18-foot replica of the Ei!el Tower. Flags from each country hung from the ceiling, and each participant received a passport and contributed to a group mandala.

“#is event reunited lots of people,” says Jones. “#e line to get in wrapped around the school. I’m still getting letters from people saying that this was the best cultural event that the town has ever seen.”

Jones’ students con"rmed the event’s success. #e next day in the halls, Jones heard conversations be-tween students: “Did you go to France and try the escargot?” “#e baked spaghetti in Italy was amazing!” “I’ve never heard bagpipes before. #e music was my favorite part.”

“We nailed it, and I’ve never been so inspired,” says Jones. “#is event made the students who partici-pated feel truly special.”

In the fall, one of Jones’ students leaves for Harvard to study linguistics. For Jones, it’s a source of pride knowing that he’s passed forward his love of languages. Jones, who is now pursing a doctorate in curriculum and administration from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., also will be leaving Cheraw to teach French at Meadow Glen Middle School, a language magnet academy in Lexington, S.C.

“I know I’m going to need to move up the administrative chain to make the kind of impact that I want to make regarding language study in our schools,” says Jones. “We can’t make our children 21st century ready if we’re not placing an emphasis on languages and international study.”

by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

During National French Week, French Honor Society members along with

the principal, Mrs. Sandra Sowell (far left), sampled escargot. Delandris Jones

(second from left) has taught at Cheraw High School for the past two years

serving as adviser for the National French Honor Society, the International Club

and the Senior Class.

Old Dominion University in May 2012. She remains at Old Dominion as an adjunct faculty instructor. Mallory and her husband live in Norfolk, Va., with their son, Judson.

Dr. Scot McKay is a child and ado-lescent psychiatrist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. McKay and his wife, Courtney Jo Casiday McKay, live in Denver, Colo.

Dr. Lucas McMillan was recently awarded the Monica Martin Stranch en-dowed professorship by Lander University. #is award is given to a current tenured or tenure-track Lander faculty member who represents, in an exemplary manner, the university’s commitment to teaching and learning. McMillan is an assistant professor of political science. He and his wife, Lisa Cameron McMillan, live in Greenwood, S.C. #e couple has two children.

Kristi Farmer Sparks lives on James Island, S.C., and is web designer at the South Carolina Aquarium.

Living in Dallas, Texas, Elizabeth Stork is a labor relations consultant for Target.

2003Class Chair, Tracy A. Howard

Living in Florence, S.C., Dr. Mason Ballenger Chase is a physical therapist at Carolinas Hospital. She lives with her husband, John, and daughter, Natalie.

Robert F. Goings is an attorney at Goings Law Firm. Goings and his wife, Rebecca, live in Columbia, S.C.

Heath Hanna is principal owner of Countour Mining and Construction, specializing in earthmoving production consulting, mining and full scale site devel-opment. He lives with his wife, Meredith Healy Hanna, in Atlanta, Ga. #e couple has one child.

Sarah “Sallie” Cheek Harrell lives with her family in Centennial, Colo. Har-rell is self-employed as a health planning consultant for the state of South Carolina.

Sarah Bagwell McGirt and her hus-band, William McGirt ’01, live in Boiling Springs, S.C. Sarah is vice president of WCM Golf Inc. William is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

2004Class Chair, Fred A. Byers

Daniel Bass and his wife, Amanda, live in Spartanburg. Bass is a "nancial advisor for Wells Fargo & Co. #e couple has two children.

Living in Charlotte, N.C., Steven Casey is regional manager for True Bene"t. Casey manages True Bene"t’s healthcare consulting practice across the Carolinas.

Matt Davis is a State Farm Insurance agent/owner in Clinton, S.C. He and his wife, Ti!any, have a two-year old daughter, Taylor. Davis is president of the YMCA board of directors and on the board of the Laurens County Touchdown Club. He also is a member of the Clinton Rotary Club and the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce.

Patrick Kay has accepted the position of director of the non-pro"t organization Downtown Middleton Inc. in Middletown, Ohio. He moves to Ohio from Brunswick, Md.

Adam Perrow is working on his doc-torate in education leadership at UNC-Charlotte. He also is curriculum coordinator for social studies for Gaston County Schools. Perrow and his wife, Stacy Williamston Perrow, live in Charlotte, N.C.

Dr. Brittany Ray Peters and her hus-band, Hamilton, live in Nashville, Tenn. Peters has completed medical school and pediatrics residency and is training to be a child psychiatrist at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital.

Living in Boiling Springs, S.C., Dr. Melissa Foster Stiling is owner of North-side Vision LLC. Stiling and her husband, Kirkland, live in Boiling Springs, S.C., with their daughter, Addison.

2005Class Chair, Ryan M. Waller

Laura "ompson Taliancich is the cor-porate catering sales manager for Starwood Hotels & Resorts. She and her husband, Matt, live in Houston, Texas.

2006Class Chair, Hadley E. Green

Melissa Fried lives in Charleston, S.C., and is an associate attorney with Joye Law Firm LLP.

In Charleston, S.C., Will Hamilton is a property manager for the Historic Charles-ton Foundation and is managing the ongoing historic restoration and construction within three house museums.

Andrew Hewitt is director of busi-ness development for Spartan Financial Partners. He lives with his wife, Hayley, in Spartanburg.

Casey Lambert is an instructor of English and literature at Pellissippi State Community College. She lives in Friends-ville, Tenn.

Dr. Jonathan Lowry is a practicing dentist in Hendersonville, N.C. Lowry lives with his wife, Judith, in Rutherfordton, N.C. #e couple has one child.

2007Class Chair, Hunter L. Miller

Dr. Amanda Mills Dailey is an optometric resident at Southern Eye As-sociates. She and her husband, Zach, live in Memphis, Tenn.

Julia Shearer Hendershot and her hus-band, Michael Tither, live in Oakland, Calif. Hendershot works as a tour coordinator.

Erin Blanton Metcalf is a physician assistant at Barnwell Family Medicine. She and her husband, Jason, live in Norway, S.C.

Dr. Blake Miller is the ambulatory care resident pharmacist at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast. He and his wife, Jaime, live in Mint Hill, N.C.

Amanda Towery Novak and her hus-band, Adam, live in Rock Hill, S.C. Novak is a pharmacist at Wal-Mart. #e couple has two children, Davis and Lucian.

Reid Malcolm and his wife, Elizabeth Switzer Malcolm, live in Columbia, S.C. Reid earned a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2010 and is currently enrolled in medical school.

Peter Cooper ’93 revisited Tom T. Hall’s “Songs of Fox Hollow” and the resulting Grammy nomination has the Nashville-based singer, songwriter, touring

artist, producer, award-winning journalists (for the Ten-nessean) and college professor (for Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music) busier than ever. He begins his European tour this summer, then a tour of the United States after that — all while working on a new album that will be out in 2013. Two of the songs are available for download at www.redbeetrecords.com. Still, Cooper took the time out to answer a few questions for Wo!ord Today. Meet Peter Cooper.

What made you revisit Tom T. Hall’s “Songs of Fox Hollow?”

It was a favorite album of mine as a kid, and I’m sure it was my entry point into Tom T. Hall and into much of

the storytelling country music that I came to love. Plus, it’s an album that connects generations: Two songs on the album were No. 1 country hits. It’s rare that a recording artist can create a piece of work that appeals to 6-year-olds and to 60-year-olds.

Do you listen to children’s music differently now that you’re a dad?

I’m very picky about children’s music, and I’m trying to make sure that our son — who is named Baker after

my Wo!ord pal Baker Maultsby ’92 — listens to songs that are more than the aural equivalent of empty calories. We were very deliberate in crafting the “I Love” album so that it is highly musical, with real, acoustic instruments played by some of the masters of those instruments. No cheap whirligigs and sound e!ects, though there is one song where big Baker barks like a dog.

The songs of Fox Hollow tell stories. Why are stories important for children? What makes Fox Hollow such a magical place?

Stories are important for chil-dren because they foster curi-

osity and creativity, and they help kids understand that things that happen to them and to others are fun and exciting, instructive and important. Fox Hollow is a magical place because Tom T. created it as such: Every creature has a narrative and a perspective, which to my un-derstanding is fully in keeping with the way things are outside of Fox Hollow as well. Tom T. conveyed

the magic of Fox Hollow through understatement and wry humor, never talking down to his audience…. And he makes sure his audience knows that he’s as entertained and inspired by Fox Hollow as they are.

You do a little of everything on this CD — produce, sing lead vocals, sing harmony vocals, play acoustic guitar, etc. Do you have a favorite song and a favorite role on the Fox Hollow CD?

My favorite thing to do was to create an environment where good people could gather and pay respect and

attention to each other, and could in some small way let Tom T. know how much he is revered and appreciated. And I was thrilled to be able to bring my son into that place. He won’t remember it, but we’ll show him the pictures to prove that it’s true. I also am very glad that I was able to sing “Everybody Loves to Hear a Bird Sing,” which I sing to my son around the house all the time, with Duane Eddy and Lloyd Green and other good friends.

Why is collaborating with other musicians important to you?

Emmylou Harris talks a lot about the “third voice,” which is her term for the separate entity that can be

created when people sing in harmony. #ere’s also a third voice created when people play together, and that voice is always worth exploring. Working with others is a chance to "nd out what that third voice is going to sound like. #ings are also more fun with a team. Look at someone when they win, say, a singles championship at Wimbledon: #ey let out a big breath, like they’re exhausted and relieved and maybe a little lonesome. #en look at a baseball team when they win the World Series: #ose folks are a picture of happiness and joy. #e other good thing about a collabo-ration is that you’ll learn something if you pay attention.

interview by Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89

(Left to right) Eric Brace,

Tom T. Hall and Peter Cooper ’93.

Photo by Stacie Huckeba.

Cooper nominated for tribute to Tom T. Hall’s “Songs of Fox Hollow”

Story wins first Grammy for Blessings; Elvington remains her inspiration

Contemporary Christian singer, songwriter and worship leader Laura Story won her "rst Grammy

for “Blessings,” a number one hit inspired by the strug-gles she and her husband, Martin Elvington ’00, faced after he was hospitalized for a brain tumor in 2006.

No stranger to success, Story wrote the number one worship hit “Indescribable,” recorded in 2004 by Chris Tomlin. After signing with INO Records, Story made her national debut in 2008 winning a Dove Award for Inspirational Album and earning Story two consecutive nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year.

While continuing to work with the music and women’s ministry programs at the 4,000-member Pe-rimeter Church in Atlanta, Ga., Story recently kicked o! the “Girls Night Live Tour” with Mandisa.#e tour will visit more than 30 cities. For more information visit www.girlsnightlive.com.

In addition, Story has written a book of devotionals based on her Grammy-winning song. “What If Your Blessings Come #rough Raindrops?”. #e "rst book by Story, it is available through Freeman-Smith, a di-vision of Worthy Publishing. #e 30-day devotional contains Story’s personal re$ections garnered from her own journey, along with prayers, quotes and a journ-aling page for readers to recount how blessings have impacted their own lives.

Visit www.laurastorymusic.com for tour dates and news about Story and Elvington.

Snoopy made an appearance during

lunch at Wofford's

Family Fun Day at Carowinds.

More than 1,200 alumni and friends gathered at Wofford with their families to hunt for 7,000 hidden eggs during the seventh annual Easter Eggstravaganza.

Wofford Weddings Wofford Births1994

Dr. Mark Ferguson and his wife, Kerry, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Felicity Dare Ferguson, March 9, 2012.

Dr. Geoff Steinkruger and his wife, Jill, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., announce the birth of Jacob Steinkruger, Feb. 21, 2012.

1996Ryan Beasley and his wife,

Sarah, of Greenville, S.C., announce the birth of Lewis Beauregard “Beau” Beasley, April 3, 2012.

1997Stephen Lynn and Lauren

Bates Lynn ’98 of Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of William Miller Lynn, Sept. 19, 2012.

Jennifer Hammond Rogers and Jason Rogers ’98 of Athens, Ga., announce the birth of Chloe

1998Julie Hopper Milne and her

husband, Dean, of Woodbridge, Va., announce the birth of Eliza Grace Milne, Nov. 2, 2011.

Virginia Groce Monroe and her husband, Edward, of Southern Pines, N.C., announce the birth of

Charles Cox Monroe, July 30, 2011.Travis Wheeler and his wife,

Lisa, of Columbia, S.C., announce the birth of Mia Sonne Wheeler, March

2000R e g a n M c K e n z i e

McCathern and her husband, C lay ton, o f Lex ington, S.C. , announce the birth of Jennings

Colby Rankin and his wife, Stephanie, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., announce the birth of Elizabeth Clark Rankin, Dec. 1, 2012.

2001Trey Gantt and his wife,

Lindsay, of Goose Creek, S.C., announce the birth of Allen Theodore

2002Brooks Segars Gaylord

and her husband, Ryan, of Asheville, N.C., announce the birth of Sarah Brooks Gaylord and Patricia Gaylord

are Ernie Segars ’72 and his wife, Jeanette, of Laurens, S.C.

Sara Berntson Keeley and her husband, Chuck, of Acworth, Ga., announce the birth of McCutchen

Kris Neely and his wife, Patrice, of Spartanburg, announce the birth of Caroline Elizabeth Neely,

2011, the Neelys finalized their

Allie Louise (1).

2003Anna Thompson Brink and

her husband, Jeff, of Laurens, S.C., announce the birth of William Joseph Brink, Dec. 13, 2011.

Sarah “Sall ie” Cheek Har re l l and he r husband , Christopher, of Centennial, Colo.,

2004Melissa Foster Stiling and

her husband, Kirkland, of Boiling Springs, S.C., announce the birth of Addison Stiling, May 9, 2011.

2005Catherine Powell Regan

and her husband, Jason, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., announce the birth of Carolina Carmichael Regan, April 1, 2012.

2007John Wilson Gandy and

Catherine Crosby Gandy ’09 of Murrells Inlet, S.C., announce the birth of Eloise Tippins Gandy, Dec. 3, 2011.

1994D r. G eo f f rey S t ua r t

Steinkruger married Ji l l ian Kirkland, Sept. 30, 2011. They live

dentist with Charleston Endodontics.

1998The Rev. Jenna Elizabeth

Mobley married Patrick Kennedy,

in Tucker, Ga. She is associate pastor for the Grow I Ministry at Johns Creek United Methodist Church.

1999Margaret Huntley Smith

married Kristopher Lee Bass, April 1, 2012. She is a PA-­C physician ass is tan t w i th Sa lem Ches t Specialists specializing in pulmonary

with Wells Fargo Bank. They live in Winston-­Salem, N.C.

2000F. Coker Gamble married

They live in Roswell, Ga. She is a senior vice president of corporate

estate broker with Couriam.

2003Robert Brandon Batson

married Courtney Lynn Smith, March

Wells Fargo. She is an inside sales representative for Baldor.

Ladson Lee Berry married

2011. They live in Fort Rucker, Ala.

Kyle McMil lan James

2012. They live in Duncan, S.C.

co-­founder of nuCloud. She is an

Technologies Inc.Ashley Catherine Knox

married Tristan Carnahan, Dec.

Minn. She is a ministry assistant with

freelance video producer.

2004Martha Clark married Emory

couple resides in Greenville, S.C. Martha is a dentist at Small Smiles Dental.

Elizabeth Grace Hunter

2011. They live in Raleigh, N.C.

consumer risk analyst at PNC.

2005Elizabeth Anne Butler

married Michael Paschos, May

Enterprise, Ala. Beth is a program delivery sourcer for Manpower Group.

Patrick Carter Pearson married Molly Elisabeth France ’07

for Southeast Community Bank. She is associated with public a public

2006Natalie Renee Hussey

married Robin Lucas Judd Walker, March 10, 2012. The couple resides in Washington, D.C. She is an event manager for Jose Andres Think Food

Aaron Michael Johnson

at Wofford. She is a nurse with

System.Megan Deason Quarles

married James Brandon Sluder, May 12, 2012. The couple resides in Troy, Ala.

Dr. Sa iward Nichole Whitener married Joshua Colie

currently resides in Columbia, S.C. She is completing her M.D. degree at the Medical University of South Carolina and will begin her residency in family medicine at Spartanburg Regional on July 1, 2012.

2008Dr. Benjamin Scott Friday

married Dr. Katie Elizabeth Powers, March 1, 2012. The couple will reside in Virginia. They both received their M.D. degrees from the Medical University of South Carolina in May.

medicine at DeWitt Army Medical Center in Fort Belvoir, Va. She will complete her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Washington Center in Washington, D.C.

David Stephen White married Sarah Bradwell Smith, May 12, 2012. They live in Greenville,

degree in business administration at Clemson University. She works for McCallum Sweeney Consulting.

2009Mary Susan Branch married

Robert Blair Reath ’10, April 21, 2012. They live in Greenville, S.C.

Anna Patricia Perkins m a r r i e d E ve r e t t J a m e s McCubrey IVThey live in Charleston, S.C. She is associated with Nature’s Calling

Transportation Group.

2010Kyle Wayne Behrendt

married Lauren Claire Reynolds,

Capital Services. She is employed by Emeritus Senior Living.

2011Emily Jean Knight married

They live in Charleston, S.C. She is working on her master’s degree in clinical counseling at Citadel Graduate College and works as a psychometrist at the Medical

is associated with the Charleston Police Department.

(Above) Doug Marion ’78 (a member of the Parents Advisory Council) and his daughter Laura Douglass Marion ’13 at Hampton Court Palace in England. The Marion family went to visit Laura during her semester abroad in London.

(Right) Wofford was well represented in the Scout upper leadership of BSA Troop 859 in Springfield, Va. A Life Scout and a sophomore at West Springfield High School, Joe Schwartz (son of Lt. Col. James ’89 and Lynn Schwartz) has been elected to be senior patrol leader. Jasper Butler (son of Maj. (Ret.) Randy ’84 and Melissa Butler and Bonnie Ferguson Butler ’84) has been elected to be assistant senior patrol leader of the troop. Jasper is a Life Scout and an eighth grader at Hayfield Secondary School. Randy also serves as an assistant scoutmaster of Troop 859. Photo by Bonnie Ferguson Butler.

Wofford wins USGBC leadership awardWofford’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center has received an Exemplary Project Award from the U.S. Green Building Council-South Carolina Chapter. The award recognizes outstanding projects with the ability to inspire others to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Receiving the award at a luncheon on April 29 in Greenville, S.C., were Wofford trustee Betty Montgomery (above center); Jason Burr ’01, associate vice president for facilities (above left); and Dr. B.G. Stephens ’57, professor emeritus of chemistry.

At the inaugural Coaches Classic Golf Tournament(Left to right) Wofford men’s golf coach Vic Lipscomb ’70, Charlie Bradshaw Sr. ’59 and John Bauknight ’89 were among the participants of the inaugural Coaches Classic Golf Tournament to raise scholarships for student-athletes through the Terrier Club. Participating teams bid on

the coach of their choice as their playing partner during the tournament.

2012 calendar of events for alumni & friends:June 22 ...................Wofford and Friends event (East Greenwich, R.I.)

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

June 30.......................................................... Chicago Cubs Alumni Event

August 23 ...............................................Spartanburg Area Oyster Roast

October 5-7 .......................................................................Family Weekend

October 26-28 ..................................................... Homecoming Weekend

November 3 ................................Wofford vs. Samford Pre-Game Event

November 17 ......................................Wofford vs. USC Pre-Game Event

(Above) The Diamaduros Fami ly at the Terr ie r Baseball Team’s Senior Honors Ceremony. Left to right are: Pete ’83, Elee ’14, Gia and Konstantine ’12, the Terriers’ starting first baseman.

Partin recognized for volunteer work with Guardian ad Litem

David A. Partin ’02, an agent with Gibson & Associates Inc.,

in Columbia, S.C., was recently honored with the Direct Service volunteer award for his work with the South Carolina Guardian ad Litem program. Partin was out of the country during the awards ceremony, but his father, Pat Partin and Kershaw County Guardian ad Litem Coordinator Elizabeth May accepted the award from Governor

Meadors earns historic preservation award for restoration work

JMayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. and representatives of the Preservation

The two Broad Street buildings were nominated for the award because of their collective impact on the streetscape downtown.

by Peter Bocquet, a wealthy planter and member of the General Assembly during the Revolutionary War.

Preservation and renovation of the buildings took three years and was completed in 2010. The buildings were restored to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, standards while maintaining the historic qualities of the buildings.

Attorneys l isted on Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list

Cwith Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC, in Columbia, S.C., has been named to the 2012 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. The annual publication, which is

law schools across the United States, reaches more than 13 million readers. Watson practices business litigation.

Also Mot ley Rice (Mount Pleasant, S.C.) attorneys David

were selected for the Rising Stars

in the personal injury division. In addition, Ledlie specializes in class action/mass torts.

L a z e n b y b e c o m e s ambassador for The Lunch Project

Ain Upstate South Carolina.

The Lunch Project, started by two mothers in Charlotte, N.C., raises funds to provide hot lunches for children at Lamenyanta Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa, while inspiring local children to engage in global philanthropy by saving their money and donating to this charity.

To learn more, visit the foundation’s website at thelunchproject.org.

Living in Aiken, S.C., Dr. Rob Wil-liams is sta! pharmacist at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He also is in charge of the antibiotic stewardship program within the pharmacy which helps guide the appropri-ate use of antibiotics at Aiken Regional.

2008Class Chair, Nathan Madigan

Kinli Marie Bare lives in Spartanburg and is a criminal prosecutor for Spartan-burg County.

Lisa Lindemenn O’Conner is an associate attorney with the law "rm of Cohen, Kennedy, Dowd & Quigley. She and her husband, Matthew O’Conner ’07, live in Phoenix, Ariz.

Living in Newark, N.J., Nathan Ma-digan is director of academic support for the charter school network TEAM Schools. #e network is part of the charter man-agement organization called KIPP (#e Knowledge is Power Program.)

Ronald Page, former executive direc-tor for the Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce, serves as second vice chair for the Darlington County Republican Party and chair of the Pee Dee Young Republicans. Page also is a board member for the Darlington YMCA.

Laura E. Smith graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in May 2012, with an M.D. degree. She will begin her residency in the department of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., in June 2012.

Winthrop University has appointed Laura Lynn William Stubbs assistant to the vice president for development and alumni relations. Laura and her husband, Andrew Stubbs, live in Rock Hill, S.C.

Dr. Lindsey Lane Verlander is a vet-erinarian at Brookwood Animal Hospital in Snellville, Ga. She and her husband, Matthew, live in Grayson, Ga.

2009Class Chair, T. Peyton Hray

Living in Raleigh, N.C., Abigail Price Linton is national account operations specialist for the apparel company Peter Millar. Linton manages operations, sales, "nance, customer service and marketing pertaining to national accounts.

Megan Mabry is a distribution analyst for Timken. She lives in Cowpens, S.C.

Living in Charleston, S.C., Matthew Mielke is a logistics coordinator for Na-tionwide Logistics.

Benjamin (Slab) Miller lives in Newport, Ky., where he is an analyst at GSP Marketing Technologies.

James Mitchell and his wife, Jen-nifer, live in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Mitchell is a teacher and football coach at Oak Ridge Schools.

Living in Broom"eld, Colo., Brent Owen earned his law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law. Owen will begin work in September 2012, as a clerk for Justice Rice of the Colorado Supreme Court.

Stacy Sanders, a registered nurse at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, S.C., was one of 14 volunteers participating in a medical mission to Honduras in March 2012, where they worked at the Carolina Health Clinic. #e clinic was established in 1997 by Dr. Henry Gibson and operates from February through October each year.

Brent Troxell is working with the county manager of Dakota County, Minn., as a local government management

fellow. In this position he will be leading performance management initiatives and performing research based on council and management questions. #e program is designed to develop future local govern-ment managers. Troxell earned his master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Cayley Wetzig lives in Newport Beach, Calif., and is associated with the consult-ing "rm Collaborative Solutions. Wetzig earned her master’s degree in management and marketing in 2011 from Azusa Paci"c University.

2010Class Chair, Kari Harris

Meredith Dark lives in Atlanta, Ga., and is enrolled in graduate school at Emory University’s Candler School of #eology.

Living in Atlanta, Ga., Kaitlin Honea is a retail services manager for AmericasMart.

Blake Lehmans lives in Charlotte, N.C., and is an accountant for Hendrick Motorsports. Lehmans earned a master’s degree in accounting in 2011 from Ap-palachian State University.

2011Class Chair, Nam Hai Pham

Tramaine Brown works at the Obama for America Headquarters in Chicago, Ill., in the scheduling and advance department.

Oscar Chan lives in Hong Kong and is associated with BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Bank.

Living in Columbia, S.C., Leah Davis is attending graduate school at the Uni-versity of South Carolina Moore School of Business.

TERRIERS in the News

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Address changes and other news for Wofford Today can be posted online at the college Web site, but you also may send such information via e-mail to alumni@wofford.edu. While we draw from news releases, clippings and other public sources of good news about alumni, we will not publish unverified information about you that is submitted by a classmate or some other third party. Therefore, all electronic messages for “Keeping in Touch” must include a return e-mail address and are subject to a request for verification.

Because our space is limited and timeliness is a challenge in a quarterly publication, we usually can’t publish news concerning anticipated events, such as wedding engagements or expected births of children. Of course, we do appreciate the opportunity to share news of such events after they occur. We like to publish announcements of alumni candidacies for public office if the election is scheduled at least 30 days after our anticipated date of publication.

DEATHS

1937Eugene Traywick Stephenson, April

19, 2012, Chester"eld, S.C. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Stephenson opened Stephenson Hardware in 1938, which he owned and operated for almost 75 years. He served on the Chester"eld Town Council and supervised the construction of the Chester"eld town hall. Mr. Stephenson was a member of Chester"eld Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon, elder and superintendent of Sunday school.

1938Tutt S. Bradford, March 23, 2012,

Maryville, Tenn. Mr. Bradford owned six newspapers in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio and Tennessee. In 1989, he sold the Maryville newspaper and devoted his life to philanthropy and traveling.

1939William Pinckney Irwin III, March

23, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Irwin had a 43-year career with Reeves Brothers Inc., from which he retired as president of spinning and weaving production. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent. Mr. Irwin also was a member of the downtown Rotary Club.

1940Marion Grier Pratt, May 5, 2012,

Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Pratt was a retired school administrator and a member of the Spartanburg Associate Reformed Presbyte-rian Church, where he served as an elder and Sunday School teacher. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

1943Dr. Kenneth Gordon Nix Sr., March

17, 2012, New Orleans, La. In 1990, Dr. Nix retired from his private internist practice at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans where he had served as president of the medical sta! from 1988-89. He also was a member of the clinical faculty of Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Nix was a long-time member of St Andrews Episcopal Church.

1944Roy Little Christy, Feb. 29, 2012,

Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Christy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dr. Elwyn “Jake” Marion Rozier, March 5, 2012, Dillon, S.C. Dr. Rozier served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He practiced dentistry in Lancaster, S.C., for three years before relocating to Dillon where he prac-ticed for 53 years. Dr. Rozier was a member of the American Dental Association, the South Carolina Dental Association and the Pee Dee District Dental Society. He was a member of Main Street Methodist Church where he served as a Sunday school teacher and chairman of the board of trustees.

1946John Martin Snoddy Jr., Feb. 9,

2012, Summit, N.J. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Snoddy had been associated with Reeves Brothers in Summit. He was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church.

1948Dr. Hugh Webster Mole, March 21,

2012, Orangeburg, S.C. Dr. Mole was a veteran of World War II with the Navy and Marines. He was a retired obstetrician-gynecologist who served the Denmark, Bamberg, Orangeburg, Winston-Salem and Savannah areas for more than 50 years.

1949Dr. Ben Joseph DeLuca, Mary 23,

2012, Spartanburg, S.C. Dr. DeLuca was a combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, where he earned the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he earned a master’s and doctoral degrees in education at the Uni-versity of Virginia. During his professional career, he was a publisher at Ginn & Co., specializing in texts for children in grades K through 12. He served as executive director for a number of human service and cultural programs in Boston and in Spartanburg. Some of the organizations that bene"tted from his leadership were the Hammond Castle Museum, the United Way of Greater Boston, Habitat for Humanity in Spartanburg, Ballet Spartanburg and the Bethlehem Center. Among Dr. DeLuca’s many awards were the South Carolina Order of the Silver Crescent and Wo!ord’s Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award (1999).

William Edward Mixson, March 29, 2012, Allendale, S.C. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Mixson retired from the OCAB Community Action Agency. He was the proprietor of Mixson’s Dry Goods, the Carolina Diner and Village Inn Restaurant in Allendale. Mr. Mixson served as the magistrate of Allendale from 1958-1962 and also served in the S.C. House of Representatives during the mid-1960s.

1950Robert Jackson “Jack” Hood, March

26, 2012, Rock Hill, S.C. Mr. Hood was a U.S. Navy radio operator during World War II. He was the co-owner of H&W O%ce Supply and retired from Art Printing Co. Mr. Hood was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church.

1953Dr. George Martin Smith, Feb. 18,

2012, Easley, S.C. After graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina and serving in the Air Force, Dr. Smith began his family practice in Easley in 1959. He served as chief of sta! at Easley Baptist Hospital and also sat on the State Board of Medical Examiners. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Easley, where he sang in the choir for many years.

1954Clarence William “CW” Crawford

Sr., Feb. 22, 2012, Homer, Ga.LeGrand Ariail Rouse II, May 18,

2010, Columbia, S.C. After serving in Ger-many as an Army o%cer from 1955-1957, Mr. Rouse completed a master’s degree in government at American University and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He practiced law in Spartanburg, also representing the county in the House of Representatives in Columbia. Later, he was asked by the South Carolina Department of Education to come to Columbia, where he developed and served as an on-camera instructor for an SCETV series titled “Government, Politics, Citizenship.” He went on to serve as a social studies consultant and legal and legislative a!airs assistant for the department.

1955Lee Delano Ford, Feb. 25, 2012,

Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Ford served as an o%cer in the U.S. Army and retired from Texaco Inc. after 35 years in operations management. He was a member of Church Street United Methodist Church and was a member of Taylor Lodge #345 F&AM.

Dewey James Toney, May 14, 2012, Forest City, N.C. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Toney earned a master’s degree at Furman University and was a school teacher and administrator in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. He was a member of Ross Hill Baptist Church.

1957Bobby Gray Wilson, May 3, 2012,

Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Wilson was a retired research analyst from the Institute of Textile Technology. He was also a clas-sical musician, playing both the piano and organ.

1962Lee Cunningham Culler, April 9,

2012, Ormond Beach, Fla. Mr. Culler was president and owner of Cunningham Service & Oil Company Inc., Cunningham LP Gas Co. and Lee Cunningham Culler Properties Inc. He was a general partner with H&L Partnership, a South Carolina farm land company, as well as a member of LSM, LLC. Mr. Culler was very active in the community and received the Holly Hill Corporate Citizen Award and was an Olympic Torch Bearer in 1996. He was the brother of Hayne Culler ’66 and the uncle of Stewart Culler ’96 and Katherine Wilkinson ’05.

1965Dr. Bruce Welborn White Jr., March

9, 2012, Florence, S.C. Dr. White was a past president of both the Florence County Medical Society and the South Carolina Radiological Society, practicing radiology at the McLeod Regional Medical Center since 1975. He was an advocate for breast cancer screening and worked to establish

a mammography unit in the community. He also contributed to the McLeod Can-cer Center and Hospice House. He was honored as the "rst McLeod Foundation Physician of the Year in 2012 and is a member of the Dr. F.H.McLeod Legacy Society. His civic activities included serving as a trustee of the Florence Museum and the board of visitors of the Medical University of South Carolina. He was a lay leader at Central United Methodist Church.

1970John Warren Belk Jr., April 20, 2012,

Mountain City, Tenn. Mr. Belk was the longtime owner of Casa Que Pasa Antiques. He was a member of the Living Waters Christian Fellowship in Boone, N.C.

1971Richard Brady Lowry, April 11,

2012, Cross Anchor, S.C. Mr. Lowry was associated with Leigh Fibers for 36 years. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, served on the board of the Country Club of Spartanburg, Musgrove Mill Golf Club and was active in South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance and many other textile organizations. Memorials may be made to the Richard B. Lowry Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wo!ord College.

1972Harry Lee “Buddy” Taylor, March

1, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Taylor was a real estate broker and appraiser. He served in the National Guard and was a past president of the Spartanburg Jaycees.

1996Jennifer Lee Vernon, March 15, 2012,

Washington, D.C. Ms. Vernon’s profes-sional career was in the writing and editing industry, and she worked at various times with the National Geographic Society, the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the National Association of College and University Business O%cers. She had a deep love of the arts, travel and the outdoors, especially Pawleys Island.

1951 (Masters)Norwood Calhoun Harrison, April

15, 2012, Spartanburg, S.C. Mr. Harrison had a decades-long writing and editing career. From 1957-1972 he worked in New York City as assistant director and then director of the arts program and the Danforth Lecturers Program of the Associa-tion of American Colleges. Mr. Harrison was an avid genealogist and a member of Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church.

FriendsIrene Biggs Baker, April 27, 2012,

LaGrange, Ga. Mrs. Baker was a retired switchboard operator at Wo!ord.

Patricia Gail Butler, April 3, 2012, Rock Hill, S.C. Mrs. Butler was a retired supervisor with Celanese Corp. She was the grandmother of Bart Tucker ’12.

Making memorial gifts

Family members, classmates, fellow alumni and friends may wish to make a memorial by means of a gift to Wo!ord College. Alumni memorials are placed in the

class endowed scholarship fund. Gifts for non-alumni are placed in the Wo!ord Memorial Endowed Scholarship Funds. "e name of the memorialized person is printed yearly in the Honor Roll of Donors. Next-of-kin receive noti#cation of memorial gifts.

Checks payable to Wo!ord indicating the name of the person memorialized should be sent to:

Wofford College

Named endowed opportunities are also available. For further information, call or write Smith Patterson ’67,

pattersonds@wo!ord.edu at 864-597-4200.

Wofford TodayPostmaster: Send PS 3579

to Wofford College429 N. Church Street

Spartanburg, SC 29303-­3663

HOMECOMING WEEKEND:Football vs. The Citadel

Reunions for classes ending in 2s and 7s

Classes without QuizzesLunch on the Lawn

Street Party / Terrier Ball

Look for more information this summer!