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ETSU Alumni Association Board of Directors
ETSU TODAY FALL 2007
Mrs. Dorothy L. Grisham ’74, President
Mr. Gary Poe ’68, President-Elect
Lt. Gen. Ronald V. Hite ’85, Vice President
Mr. Jeffrey C. Taylor ’85, Secretary
Ms. Renee Bays Lockhart ’87, ’89, Treasurer
Mr. J. Daniel Mahoney ’66, Past-President
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., ETSU President
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University
Advancement/President, ETSU Foundation
Mr. Robert M. Plummer ’84,’87, Associate Vice President
for University Advancement/Executive Director of ETSU
Alumni Association
Mr. Jason A Berry, ‘98
Dr. Tony Katras ’84, ’89
Mrs. Michelle Livengood ’84
Ms. Diane T. Wear ’90
Mr. Larry La ’84
Dr. Jack Parton ’78, ’79, ’82
Ms. Linda Buck ’80, ’84
Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69
Mr. Mark W. Thomas ’84
Mr. Lawrence F. Counts ’79
Mr. Charles Stahl ’83
Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65
Mr. Joshua Shearin, SGA President
Mr. Stephen Linebarger, SGA Vice President
ETSU Foundation Officers and Directors
Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, Chairman of the Board
Mr. D. Roger Kennedy ’69, Vice Chairman of the Board
Mr. M. Thomas Krieger, Secretary
Dr. Steve Conerly, Treasurer
Mr. Tim P. Jones, Immediate Past Chairman
Mr. Wayne G. Basler, Past Chairman
Mr. Donald R. Raber, Investment Chairman
Mr. Stuart E. Wood, Jr. ’60, Planned Giving Committee Chair
Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., ETSU President
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Foundation President
Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Frederick “Pal” Barger, Jr. ’55
Mr. Jeff Byrd
Mrs. Betty DeVinney
Mrs. Janey Diehl ’50
Dr. Archie R. Dykes ’52, ’56
Mrs. Ruth Ellis
Dr. James W. Gibson
Mr. Richard L. Green ’73
Mr. Louis H. Gump ’73
Dr. Roberta T. Herrin ’70, ’72
Dr. Barbara Kimbrough
Mrs. Dorothy Lee-Grisham ’74
Mrs. Michelle Livengood ’84
Mr. Paul Montgomery
Mr. Scott Niswonger
Mr. David A. Ogle ’79
Mr. Art Powers
Mr. K. Newton Raff
Mr. James W. Reel ’74
Mr. Howard W. Roddy ’74
Mrs. Lottie Fields Ryans
Mr. Robert T. (Rab) Summers
Mr. Raymond R. Thomas ’59
Mr. John D. Tickle
Mrs. Ann Mooneyhan Utter ’65
Mr. Dennis Vonderfecht
Dr. May Votaw
Dr. Susan Gentry Williams ’67, ’68
Mr. Guy B. Wilson, Jr.
Tennessee Board of Regents
Honorable Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee & Chair
Ms. Fran Marcum, Vice Chair & 4th District
Dr. Charles W. Manning, Chancellor
Mr. Frank Barnett, 2nd District
Mr. John Boots, Jr., Student Representative
Ms. Agenia Clark, 7th District
Mr. Gregory Duckett, 9th District
Honorable Ken Givens ’69, ’71, Commissioner of Agriculture
Mrs. Judy T. Gooch, 3rd District
Mr. Jonas Kisber, 8th District
Mr. Dale Sims, State Treasurer
Ms. Debbie Patterson Koch, Nashville
Mr. Robert White ’96, Johnson City
Mr. Charles Man, Columbia
Ms. Sondra Wilson, voting ex-officio, Tennessee
Technological University
Dr. Gary Nixon, non-voting ex-officio/Executive Director,
State Board of Education
University Advancement
Office of Advancement
Office of ETSU Foundation
Dr. Richard A. Manahan, Vice President for University
Advancement/ President, ETSU Foundation
Jeff Anderson ’83, Associate Vice President for University
Advancement & Planned Giving
Jeremy Ross ’07, Associate Vice President for University
Advancement Capital Campaign
Carol Sloan, Assistant Vice President for University
Advancement
Tisha Harrison ’80, Director of University Advancement
Karen Sullivan, Director of University Advancement
Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator
Pat Barcel, Office Manager
Peggy McCurry ’80, Office Coordinator
Diana Bowers ’05, Graduate Assistant
Amy Brown ’04, Graduate Assistant
Emily Long, Graduate Assistant
Megan Ringley, Graduate Assistant
Deidre Yowell ’07, Graduate Assistant
Dr. David D. Collins ’96, Vice President for Business &
Finance
Kathy Carder, Account Clerk
Leisa Wiseman ’84, Accountant
Office of University Alumni
Robert M. Plummer ’84, ’87, Associate Vice President for
University Advancement/Executive Director ETSU
Alumni Association
Lee Ann Davis ’91, Director of University Alumni
Programs
Leisa Harvey ’94, Office Coordinator
Cyndi Ramsey ’06, Information Research Technician
Janell Rowe ’03, ’06, Alumni Outreach Coordinator
Jennifer Hodge ’05, Graduate Assistant
Katie Wilhoit ’04, Graduate Assistant
Tyla Short, Student Classnotes Coordinator
Donald Harvill ’92, Computer Operations Coordinator
Margaret Carr ’81, Information Research Technician
Carol Ollis, Technical Clerk
James Spencer, Graduate Assistant
Credits:
p. 4 “ETSU Museum of Natural History and the Gray Fossil Site Opens!”
article courtesy of Nancy Jane Earnest and the Johnson City News
& Neighbor.
p. 10 “ETSU student lives her dream at South’s most prominent
magazine” article courtesy of Sam Watson and the Johnson City
Press.
p. 10 “Appalachian Foodways book by Fred Sauceman receives national
recognition” article courtesy of Mercer University Press.
p. 11 “Johnson’s Journey” photos courtesy of Hands On! Museum.
p. 12 “Tweed feels the need for speed” courtesy of Jeff Byrd and Marquee
magazine; photo courtesy of Tom Raymond and Fresh Air Photo.
p. 12 “Uhde coordinating information for CDC” photo courtesy of
Kristin Uhde.
Gray Fossil Museum Opens! . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
Alumni Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8
Campus Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-11
Unique Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-14
Reaching Higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Homecoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17
Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19
Sports Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-22
Classnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-29
ETSU TODAY University Magazine
Fall 2007
Paul E. Stanton, Jr., M.D.
University President
Richard A. Manahan,
Vice President
for University Advancement/
President, ETSU Foundation
Robert M. Plummer
Associate Vice President for University
Advancement/Executive Director of ETSU
Alumni Association
ETSU TODAY Managing Editors
Mr. Scott McMillan, Faculty Representative
Mr. Millard Oakley, 6th District
Mrs. Leslie Parks Pope, 1st District
Dr. Richard G. Rhoda, Executive Director of THEC
Mr. Howard Roddy ’74, At-Large East Tennessee
Mr. J. Stanley Rogers, At-Large Middle Tennessee
Honorable Lana Seivers, Commissioner of Education
Mr. Robert P. Thomas, 5th District
Mr. William Watkins, Jr., At-Large West Tennessee
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Ms. Katie Winchester, Chair, Dyersburg
General Wendell Gilbert, Vice Chair, Clarksville
Mr. Jack Murrah, Vice Chair, Hixson
Mr. A.C. Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis
Mr. W. Ransom Jones, Murfreesboro
Ms. Eleanor E. Yoakum ’65, Knoxville
Mr. Riley C. Darnell, Secretary of State
Mr. John Morgan, State Comptroller
CONTENTS
p. 13 “Cheryl Light, native Greene Countian, admitted to I.S.
Supreme Court’s Bar” courtesy of John M. Jones and the
Greeneville Sun.
p. 14 “Two Fold Celebration honors Coach Walker” courtesy of
Beverly Green and Johnson City News & Neighbor; photos
courtesy of Mike Mansy.
P. 14 “In pursuit of the perfect pop song” courtesy of Doug Janz
and the Johnson City Press.
p. 14 “Williams named Fellow at INMM” photo courtesy of
Martha Williams.
p. 21 “If joy is a two-way street, the Brooke Wilhoit drives down
both lanes” courtesy of Mountain Press.
p. 24 Photo courtesy of Gale Osborne.
p. 24 Photo courtesy of Steven James Huhn.
Richard A. Manahan
Robert M. Plummer
Contributors:
Jeff Anderson
Amy Brown
Margaret Carr
Lee Ann Davis
Carol Fox
Kristn Fry
Tisha Harrison
Leisa Harvey
Jennifer Hodge
Pat Holland
Richard A. Manahan
Carol Ollis
Robert Plummer
Cyndi Ramsey
Pamela Ripley
Jeremy Ross
Janell Rowe
Fred Sauceman
Tyla Short
Carol Sloan
James Spencer
Joe E. Smith
Karen Sullivan
Michael White
Katie Wilhoit
Photographs by:
Jim Sledge
Larry Smith
Ron Campbell/Johnson City Press
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ETSU Museum of Natural History and the
Gray Fossil Site Opens! By Nancy Jane Earnest / Johnson City News & Neighbor
There were once wild alligators in East Tennessee! Also
sabertoothed cats, shovel-tusked elephants, red pandas,
tapirs and rhinoceroses!
And we never would have known about them had the
State of Tennessee not tried to widen Highway 75 in Gray,
near Daniel Boone High School.
For those of you who somehow missed one of the biggest
stories in East Tennessee history, the highway project
exposed some very interesting dark soil and fossils from
which began a dig right here in our own back yard that will
be going on for years and years to come.
In the period between the halted highway project and the
completion of a brand new 33,000 square foot visitor's
Interpretive Center at what is now called the Gray Fossil
Site, we have learned a great deal about life during the late
Miocene age here in Washington County some 25-104
million (yes, MILLION) years ago.
The brand new East Tennessee State University and
General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor
Center at the Gray Fossil Site and Paleontology Lab is
scheduled to open to the public on August 31st. I was
wide-eyed with wonder as I spoke recently with one of the
research assistants and got a sneak peek at the new facility
and the fossil site.
Aliana Reichert-Eberhardt is a student at Drake
University in Des Moines, Iowa. A paleontology major,
Aliana was involved with a project and was randomly
looking for a summer job in the field. She emailed Dr.
Steven C. Wallace, Director of Research at the fossil site, for
help on the project and was fortunate to land a position at
one of the most unique fossil sites in the United States. "A
random twist of fate," she calls it. "I feel pretty special and
lucky to be here."
Working at the Gray Fossil Site will give her a real boost
as she applies to graduate school. "I want to study dinosaurs
and their inner workings. I want to find more pieces of the
puzzle; to see what life was like then and where evolution
has brought us. If you look at some of the small animals,
you can see climate change patterns."
Dr. Wallace, his colleagues, research assistants like Aliana,
and volunteers are up to their elbows in the dark, moist
earth of the rhino pit, the largest area of digging, hidden
until recently just below the surface of the rolling farmland
that we find so familiar in this part of the country.
With hand trowels, determination, and lots of patience,
workers gently loosen the earth, looking for bones and
fragments that will bring the past to life for the people of
our area as well as an ever widening circle of astounded
paleontologists.
Aliana has done her share of digging. She says that when
the bones are first unearthed, they may be bright yellow,
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orange, or even blood red, but begin to oxidize within hours to a
dark color when they are exposed to the air. And how can a worker
tell a small piece of rock from a piece of bone? "Bone fragments have
a definite shape and structure and make a different sound as they are
struck by the trowel," Aliana says. Nothing larger than a trowel is
used for digging. It takes much longer to unearth fossils that way, but
it's the best way to protect the bones.
I noticed a number of large yellow plastic bags sitting around the
rhino pit. Aliana told me that not only are large bones recovered, but
also fragments as small as a millimeter. The yellow bags are filled
with the black dirt and taken down to another area of the site for
water screening. Here the dirt, along with water, is worked through a
series of smaller and smaller mesh screens until the clay has been
removed and the rocks and fragments can then be sorted. Screening
is a lot of hard work, and Aliana says that she would rather dig than
screen. But every part of the process is important.
When the microfossils are retrieved, they are then taken to the lab
to be identified and reassembled perhaps with other fragments that
may have been found months or years before. It's mind-boggling
how the bones and then the full skeletons of these animals can take
shape through the meticulous work of dozens of dedicated people
who spend hours and hours matching pieces that may even be too
small to see without magnification!
Knowing the amount of work that goes into finding the fossils
and then reassembling them made me appreciate even more the
skeleton casts on display in the new ETSU and General Shale Brick
Natural History Museum and Visitor Center at the Gray Fossil Site
What stories the skeletons tell!
Aliana introduced me to a tapir whose skeleton was about the size
of a really large dog. From the skeletal clues she was able to tell me
that this particular animal was elderly, and enlarged bone joints
showed that it suffered from arthritis. A hole in its jawbone was the
result of a painful infection, possibly from an abscessed tooth.
I don't want to spoil the surprises in store for visitors to the new
museum, but I will say there is much to see and learn! Many of the
exhibits are interactive, and are suitable for all curious visitors, no
matter what age. You may observe lab technicians at work through
the expansive glass windows upstairs and can view the digging site
through observation windows in the back of the building. There are
also collection storage areas, offices for research, and a modern
classroom.
You might also meet the museum's director, Jeanne L. Zavada,
who is always on the go, fielding questions from people on the
phone, meeting with her staff, or greeting visitors.
When you visit the ETSU and General Shale Brick Museum of
Natural History and the Gray Fossil Site, come with a sense of
wonder. No science fiction could ever compare with our very own
and very real history hidden mere feet away from a busy highway.
Find out more about the fossil site by checking out the websites,
www.etsu.edu/grayfossilsite/ or www.grayfossilmuseum.org/.
Although my tour guide Aliana will be leaving for home in a couple
of weeks, other students, researchers, and volunteers will continue to
uncover incredible secrets in Gray for many years to come–secrets
that have been millennia in the making.
been found at the Gray Fossil Site go to: www.grayfossilmuseum.com
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Alumni Awards
The East Tennessee State University
Alumni Association announces the
2007 recipients of the Distinguished
Alumni Awards, which were presented
as part of the university’s spring
commencement weekend festivities
during the Association’s Awards
Banquet and Annual Meeting.
Outstanding Alumna:
Anne Mooneyhan Utter, B.S. ’65
Outstanding Alumnus:
Olan O. Jones, Jr., B.S. ’75, M.B.A. ’77
Award of Honor Recipients:
Kenneth W. Bates, B.S. ’79
Connie D. Hauser, B.S. ’71
Derrick J. Hollie, B.S. ’89
Charles O. Steagall, B.S. ’66
Honorary Alumni:
Thomas J. Burleson
C.M. “Bill” Gatton
Dr. Janice C. Shelton
Nancy B. Stanton
Guy B. Wilson, Jr.
Distinguished Alumni in Education:
Dr. William W. Locke, B.S. ’66, M.A. ’68, Ed.D. ’76
Wade B. McCamey, B.S. ’68, M.A. ’72, Ed.D. ‘76
Kenneth W. Bates
Connie D. Hauser
Alumni Association Announces 2007 Award Recipients
The East Tennessee State University
Alumni Association announced the 2007
recipients of the annual Alumni Awards. The
awards are presented as part of the
university’s spring commencement weekend
festivities during the Association’s Awards
Banquet and Annual Meeting, held May 5.
The 2007 Awards of Honor were presented
to Kenneth W. Bates, Dr. Connie D. Hauser,
Derrick J. Hollie and Charles O. Steagall.
Bates graduated in 1979 with a B.S. in
industrial technology, and in 1989, after
working in engineering and sales, he began to
look for business opportunities. He and his
wife, Anita, started their company, Megan
and Me Investments, named for their infant
daughter. In December 1989, they opened
their first Little Caesars Pizza franchise in
Clinton, TN. After acquiring other stores in
the Tri-Cities, the business grew to 24 outlets
in Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina and
Georgia. He later sold the outlying stores to
concentrate on the East Tennessee area, and
the company grew to annual sales in excess of
$12 million with 300 employees. In
December 2006, Bates sold the Little Caesars
stores. He remains president of Megan and
Me Investments, and now concentrates on
real estate.
Bates is very involved with ETSU, and is
presently a member of the ETSU Foundation.
He has served on the Pirate Club board for
four years and is the current president. The
ETSU Little Caesars Tennis Tournament has
been the top fund raiser for Buccaneer men’s
tennis for 17 years, bringing in more than
$250,000 for scholarships.
Hauser graduated from ETSU in 1971.
Derrick J. Hollie
She taught school for a short time, then
continued her education at the University of
Kentucky, graduating in 1974 with a degree
in physical therapy. She recently received her
doctor of physical therapy degree from AT
Still University in Arizona.
Hauser is a partner in PT Pros, a physical
therapy company with clinical sites in
Kentucky, North Carolina and South
Carolina. Hauser was one of the first physical
therapists to go into private practice in
Kentucky and has mentored many others
who have followed her lead. She was
inducted into the UK Hall of Fame and most
recently received the Robert Dicus Award
from the Private Practice Section of APTA,
the section’s highest honor.
Hollie graduated from ETSU in 1989 with
a bachelor’s degree in communication and
began his career in radio, managing local and
regional accounts while honing his skills in
management, sales, marketing and
promotions. He was soon recruited as
national sales manager by Radio One Inc.,
the nation’s seventh largest radio
broadcasting company and the largest that
primarily targets African American and
urban listeners.
With over 17 years of experience in
advertising and marketing, he has earned
several Fortune 500 accounts, including the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Gillette, Dodge, Jeep, and
many others. He was selected in 2006 as one
of the “Fifty Most Influential Minorities in
Business,” by the Minority Business &
Professionals Network Inc.
Steagall graduated in 1966 with a B.S. in
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Thomas J. Burleson
C.M. “Bill” Gatton
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Anne Mooneyhan Utter
Olan O. Jones, Jr.
The 2007 Outstanding Alumna is Anne Mooneyhan Utter. The 1965 graduate
taught at the DeBusk and St. James elementary schools in Greene County before
teaching at a vocational-technical program for mentally challenged adults from
accounting and worked for the IRS, later that
year joining the Johnson City accounting firm
of Blackburn and Childers. After passing the
CPA exam, he became a partner, and the
name soon changed to Blackburn, Childers
and Steagall, CPAs.
Steagall is a member of the Tennessee
Society of CPAs and the American Institute of
CPAs. He has served on the board of directors
of the Johnson City-JonesboroughWashington County Chamber of Commerce,
Dawn of Hope, Economic Development
Board, Johnson City Symphony, and ETSU
Foundation. He is also a member of Central
Baptist Church, Johnson City. He and his wife,
Dr. Janice C. Shelton
Greene Valley and the Greeneville, TN School System.
This program’s goal was to provide these students with
basic skills enabling them to work within their home
communities.
Utter is founder and chair of the board of the
Mooneyhan Family Foundation, established to honor
her late husband. The foundation has awarded grants
in excess of $600,000 in its five years of existence,
lending support to a wide variety of non-profits in the
region, including ETSU’s Roan Scholars Leadership
Program, Center for Appalachian Studies and Services,
and master’s degree program in Storytelling.
The 2007 Outstanding Alumnus is Olan O. Jones
Jr., who is president and CEO of Eastman Credit
Union, a multi-state entity headquartered in Kingsport
that was chartered in 1934 and has current assets of
$1.8 billion and over 89,000 members located in 49
states, the District of Columbia and several foreign
countries. Jones attained this position in January 1998,
after serving briefly as chief operations officer. Prior to
this, he had a 20-year career with Eastman Kodak and
Eastman Chemical Company.
Jones received a bachelor of science and a master of
business administration degrees at ETSU. Since
graduating in 1977, he has remained involved with the
university through fund raising efforts, the Pirate Club,
the Alumni Association, and numerous university study
groups and advisory boards.
Nora, have married twin daughters and four
grandchildren.
Five individuals were named Honorary
Alumni for their friendship and dedication to
the university: Thomas J. Burleson, C.M.
“Bill” Gatton, Dr. Janice C. Shelton, Nancy B.
Stanton and Guy B. Wilson, Jr.
Burleson is part of the third generation to
lead Burleson Construction Co. Inc., Johnson
City. The Clemson (S.C.) University graduate
retired in June 2003 as a colonel, with 30 years
of active and reserve time in the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. His military awards
include the Legion of Merit and a Bronze Star.
His community involvement includes the
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Guy B. Wilson, Jr.
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Sequoyah Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, Ronald McDonald House, Volunteer
Johnson City, and others. He is a trustee at
Milligan College and Clemson Advancement
Foundation for Design Plus Building. In addition, he is a member of the ETSU Foundation,
and in support of the university, Burleson
Construction built the ETSU Foundation
Carillon and the Warren-Greene Golf Center.
As a sophomore at the University of
Kentucky, where he was studying business
administration and economics, Gatton began
working part time in automobile sales, in
which his perseverance quickly resulted in
success. Following a stint as an officer in the
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Dr. Wade B. McKamey
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U.S. Army, he pursued an M.B.A. in finance
and banking at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
In addition to Kentucky and Tennessee,
Gatton has business interests in Alabama and
Texas. He is recognized as a major
philanthropist in higher education. The UK
College of Business and Economics building
bears his name, and he has supported many
academic and athletic opportunities at ETSU.
Most recently, he was an integral part of
helping fund the ETSU College of Pharmacy,
which admitted its first class of 72 students in
January. He received the ETSU Foundation
2007 Margin of Excellence Award.
Shelton’s love of sports has taken her from
being part of a team to directing some of the
biggest sporting events in the Southeast. She
received a B.S. in physical education and
biology in 1966 from Georgetown (Ky.)
College, and was named women’s basketball
and volleyball coach after graduation. Shelton
earned an M.A. in P.E. and sports
administration from the University of
Kentucky, followed by a doctorate in
education from the University of North
Carolina-Greensboro.
She came to ETSU in 1968 as head
women’s basketball coach, physical education
instructor and women’s intramural director.
After serving as assistant, associate, and
interim director, she became ETSU’s first
(and, to date, only) woman director of
Intercollegiate Athletics in 1990 and served in
that capacity until her retirement in 1995. She
received ETSU’s Distinguished Staff Award in
1987 and the National Association of
Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators
NCAA District III Administrator of the Year
Award in 1991. In 2002, she was inducted into
the ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Stanton, the wife of ETSU’s eighth
president, Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr., plays a major
role in the life of the university and its various
publics while serving as a volunteer, decorator,
gardener, hostess and event planner all in one.
On behalf of ETSU, she is responsible for
overseeing the use of Shelbridge, the
president’s residence, which is frequented by
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President, 2007-2008
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everyone from student organizations to
dignitaries and university benefactors.
Stanton was president and vice president of
the Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council,
having been a Girl Scout herself for six years
and scout leader for 12 years. She is a member
of PEO (Philanthropic Educational
Organization), an international group that
promotes educational opportunities for
women, and is on the boards of the Wesley
Foundation, the United Methodist campus
ministry at ETSU; the Johnson City Public
Schools Foundation; and Speedway Children’s
Charities. Stanton is active at Munsey
Memorial United Methodist Church and
United Methodist Women. She is a 1966
graduate of the University of Georgia, where
she was a Danforth Scholar.
Wilson is chair and CEO of Wilson
Pharmacy, the family company his father
opened in 1936, and is active in the day-to-day
operations, along with his wife Debra, who is
also a pharmacist and serves as president.
Wilson is active in the Johnson CityJonesborough-Washington County Chamber
of Commerce and has a special interest in
downtown redevelopment and economic
development projects that can impact the
region. He is currently on the ETSU
Foundation Executive Committee, the
Johnson City Public Building Authority board
of directors, the Dawn of Hope Foundation
Board, the Tennessee Business Roundtable
Board and the ETSU Research Foundation
Board. He is a past president of the Johnson
City Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. In
2006 he was awarded the Chancellor’s
Excellence Award by the Tennessee Board of
Regents.
Wilson has long been involved in the
University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
residency program, and was instrumental in
the formation of the new ETSU College of
Pharmacy.
Two individuals were named Distinguished
Alumni in Education: Drs. William W. Locke
and Wade B. McCamey.
Locke, who is president of Northeast State
Community College, holds his bachelor’s,
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master’s and doctoral degrees from ETSU,
received post-doctoral training at several
collegiate institutions, and is a graduate of the
National Defense University’s National
Security Management Course and the U.S.
Army Command and General Staff College.
Four days after completing a tour of duty
in Vietnam, Locke became Tennessee’s first
male public school kindergarten teacher and
began teaching in the Kingsport City Schools.
During his second year, he became regional
supervisor of early childhood education for
the Tennessee Department of Education and
later became state director of elementary and
early childhood education.
McCamey, who also holds bachelor’s,
master’s and doctoral degrees from ETSU,
began a long-time career with Walters State
Community College, Morristown, in 1979. He
was named assistant then associate dean of
evening and off-campus instruction before
leaving the college temporarily when he was
elected superintendent of Greene County
Schools in 1988.
McCamey returned to WSCC in 1992,
serving in several capacities before being
named vice president for Academic Affairs in
1997, a position he held until 2001, when he
was named president of Roane State
Community College in Harriman. Under his
leadership, Roane State developed a
permanent off-campus center in Campbell
County.
In 2005, McCamey was named president of
WSCC. Walters State achieved a perfect score
in THEC’s performance funding for the first
time in history during his first year as
president.
The annual ETSU Alumni Association
Awards program began in 1970. For previous
award recipients, visit www.etsu.edu/alumni.
On the campus, the Alumni Gallery in the
lower level of the D.P. Culp University Center
displays permanent recognition for
Outstanding Alumni, Honorary Alumni and
recipients of the prestigious George L. Carter
Award.
Campus Briefs
Pharmacy school renovation begins
It’s an “extreme makeover” that has been long in the waiting for
leaders of East Tennessee State University’s College of Pharmacy as
renovations at Building 7 on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
campus are now underway.
Once completed, this building will be the new home of the ETSU
pharmacy school. The projected completion date is summer 2008.
“We are preserving the historic nature of the building while also
creating an innovative educational facility that provides state-of-theart learning for our students,” said Dr. Larry Calhoun, ETSU dean of
Pharmacy.
In addition to classrooms, Building 7 will also house laboratories,
academic departments, and faculty and administrative offices, and it
will have a designated study and lounge area for the students.
Calhoun said this move will bring the majority of the pharmacy
school’s teaching and student services into one facility. Another plus,
he added, is that it is conveniently adjacent to the ETSU Medical
Library.
The price tag for the renovations is $7.5 million which ETSU is
funding through tax-exempt bonds.
Iraqi doctors trained by
Dr. Olsen in medical advances
Bishop becomes new VP
for Health Affairs
In the war-torn country of Iraq, physicians have become the
targets of terrorist groups. Only half of the doctors have chosen to
remain in Iraq, while the rest have fled.
“The United States has witnessed tremendous breakthroughs in
medicine and patient care over the past decade, but sadly, because of
the conflict there, those
same advances have not
reached Iraq,” said Dr.
Martin E. Olsen, chair of
OB/GYN at East Tennessee
State University’s James H.
Quillen College of
Medicine.
Olsen traveled to Iraq
to help teach a series of
continuing medical
education classes for the
physicians still practicing
in that country. Health
care providers across Iraq
traveled to Erbil to attend
the conference coordinated by the Medical Alliance
of Iraq (MAI).
While in Erbil, Olsen
led sessions on pediatric gynecology, pre-conception evaluation,
ectopic pregnancy, and the use of simulators.
East Tennessee State University President Dr. Paul E.
Stanton, Jr. has appointed the Vice President for
Administration, Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop, to assume the post
of Vice President for Health Affairs while retaining her
position and duties as University Chief Operating
Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop Officer (UCOO). As part of the reorganization initiative,
Executive Assistant to the President, Dr. Jane M. Jones, is assuming
an additional title and responsibilities as Wilsie Bishop’s new
associate vice president for Health Affairs within the Division of
Health Sciences.
Bishop’s newest responsibilities encompass ETSU’s James H.
Quillen College of Medicine, QCOM Office of Government
Relations, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of
Public & Allied Health, Office of Rural & Community Health and
Community Partnerships, Office of Cultural Diversity – Division of
Health Sciences, and the Department of Finance & Administration –
Division of Health Sciences.
Jones provides administrative support
of all presidential activities acting on
behalf of the president and the university
to reflect overall priorities and the
university’s mission, goals and values. She
is a member of the ETSU Senior Staff,
President’s Council and Academic
Council, and has served on the executive
committee of the Staff Senate.
Dr. Jane M. Jones
Epidemiology concentration added to Dr. P.H.
potentially resulting from bioterrorist activities – and critical
changes in human behavior resulting in new patterns of disease and
death.
“Epidemiologists also play a key role in the systematic study of a
wide variety of ways to improve health, ranging from drug
development studies to community-based programs to reduce
childhood obesity.”
East Tennessee State University has added a new concentration in
epidemiology to its Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) program.
“Epidemiology is considered one of the core disciplines of public
health,” said Dr. Randy Wykoff, ETSU dean of Public and Allied
Health. “They are the ones that examine the link between cause and
effect of diseases, illness, and injuries.
“Epidemiologists are critical in the early detection of disease
outbreaks, emerging infectious conditions – including those
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Campus Briefs
ETSU student lives her dream at
South’s most prominent magazine
Nelson edits book of essays
on Juan Felipe Toruño
By Sam Watson / Johnson City Press
East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Ardis Nelson is
back from the 15th annual international literary
conference in Antigua, Guatemala, where she and her
co-editor presented their newly released book, Juan Felipe
Toruño en dos mundos: Análisis crítico de sus obras [Juan
Felipe Toruño in Two Worlds: A Critical Analysis of His Works].
Nelson and co-editor Dr. Rhina Toruño-Haensly, the Kathlyn
Cosper Dunagan Professor of Spanish at the University of Texas of the
Permian Basin, edited the collection of essays in Spanish on the works
of Toruño, a Nicaraguan poet, literary critic, university professor,
journalist and novelist who lived from 1898 to 1980. He won first prize
in the 1938 American Book Contest (Concurso del Libro Americano),
sponsored by the Ministry of Education in Matanzas, Cuba, for his
novel El silencio [The Silence].
Appalachian Foodways book by
Fred Sauceman receives national
recognition Courtesy of Mercer University Press
The first volume of The Place Setting:
Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South,
from Bright Hope to Frog Level, by Fred
Sauceman of East Tennessee State
University, has been named one of the top
university press books in the country for
public and secondary school libraries.
Sauceman is senior writer, executive
assistant to the president for Public
Affairs, and associate professor of
Appalachian Studies at ETSU.
The first of a series, The Place
Setting is a collection of essays
chronicling the foodways of Southern
Appalachia.
Twenty-seven other books were
me two ––
recognized as “Best of the Best” by the
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University of California, Duke
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University, Georgetown University, the
University of Georgia, Temple University, and Yale University.
Dream internship
at hand, East
Tennessee State
University interior
design student
Katherine Webb put
her graduation plans
on hold last semester
to work at one of the
South’s most widely
read magazines.
Along with such
typical intern “gopher”
duties as fetching lunch and
making copies, her responsibilities
have included assisting food stylists
and photographers with photo shoots,
modeling, maintaining, and organizing a prop
room and shopping for props. Her modeling
debut made it to print in Southern Living’s April
edition.
Her debut as a food stylist will be published in
Southern Living’s July 2008 edition. Her job was to select
linens, table settings, and background to recreate a beach setting to match a story about ice cream in Charleston, S.C.
Webb’s work — either as a model or a stylist — is scheduled to
continue to appear in 10-15 Southern Progress publications
throughout the rest of the year, giving her a considerable portfolio
to take on the job market.
Though Southern Progress offered her the chance to stay on as a
full-time studio assistant for Cooking Light magazine, she elected to
return to Johnson City to complete her education next semester.
Webb said while she would enjoy continuing the kind of set
design work she has done at Southern Living this year, her ultimate
goal is to design residential interiors.
ETSU receives National Rural
Health Association Award
The National Rural Health
Association (NRHA) has bestowed the
“Outstanding Rural Health Program of
the Year” award upon the Community
Partnerships for Health Professions
Education Program at East Tennessee
State University.
The award is among several
announced this week during the
NRHA’s 30th annual conference in
Anchorage, Alaska.
The students and faculty have
helped the communities to
identify and address regional health
concerns, including childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, rural
disaster preparedness, and youth risk behaviors.
Many graduates have remained in these rural communities to
practice and have helped to stabilize and to reduce shortages in
rural health care systems throughout the region.
ETSU confers honorary degrees
upon Baker, Coe
At East Tennessee State University’s spring commencement
ceremonies on Saturday,
May 5, 2007, more than
1,300 degrees were
awarded. Among these
was the honorary
Doctor of Humane
Letters, which was
conferred upon
both keynote
speakers –– The
Honorable
Howard H. Baker,
Jr. and Kenton
Coe.
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Campus Briefs
Residents use new simulator to
hone laparoscopy skills
White appointed to Tennessee
Higher Education Commission
Resident physicians at East Tennessee State University’s James H.
Quillen College of Medicine are using a new simulator to hone their
skills in laparoscopic surgery before performing the procedure on
real patients.
The simulator is the newest addition to the ETSU College of
Medicine’s Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), which houses a
number of other simulators, including adult, pediatric, obstetric and
infant mannequins that are used for training health profession
students.
“It’s amazing technology,” said Dr. Martin Eason, CEL director
and assistant professor of medical education at ETSU. “Laparoscopy
is a minimally invasive procedure that is now the preferred approach
in the surgical setting, but it requires skill, and the learning curve
can be steep for newly trained physicians.”
Eason says the simulator allows residents in the surgery and
OB/GYN training programs to practice as often as possible and to
perfect techniques such as grasping, hand-to-hand transfer, and
suturing in a non-threatening learning environment where there is
ongoing feedback.
Robert White (B.S. ’96) was appointed to the
Tennessee Higher Education Commission. THEC was
created in the fall of 1967 by the Tennessee General
Assembly to achieve coordination and foster unity in
higher education in this state. The Commission is
composed of: nine lay members, with six-year terms,
representing congressional districts of the State; three
Constitutional Officers who are ex-officio voting members (Comptroller of the Treasury, State Treasurer, and
Secretary of State); two ex-officio student members,
with one voting each year, (one student member from the University
of Tennessee System with a two-year term and one student member
from the Tennessee Board of Regents System with a two-year term);
and the Executive Director of the State Board of Education, as an
ex-officio, non-voting member.
A tale of two awards
East Tennessee State University is one of the
nation’s best value undergraduate institutions
according to The Princeton Review in the new 2007
edition of its book, America’s Best Value Colleges,
which profiles 150 colleges and
universities with excellent academics, generous
financial aid packages and relatively low costs.
ETSU is featured as one of 103 public colleges and 47
private colleges in 40 states that were chosen for inclusion
based on student opinion data and information obtained
from 646 institutions.
East Tennessee State University has been named a 2008
“Best Southeastern College” by The Princeton Review, making
this the fourth consecutive year that ETSU has been selected to
receive this distinction.
According to The Princeton Review, the schools earning the Best
Regional distinction offer “excellent academics,” and the listing
provides students with “a wide range of fine schools to consider” as
they decide upon an institution of higher education that will best
match their needs.
“Johnson’s Journey” featured at Hands On! Museum
General Store to dress up, play checkers,
shop for goods, and create quilt patterns;
enter the Blue Plum Post Office to sort
mail, design their own stamp and see
how letters looked in the 1800s; and
hear a train whistle while walking
through the Hands On! Caboose. Also
on display is the beautiful Lady of the
Fountain, a sculpture which stood in
Johnson City’s Fountain Square from
1904 until 1943. Another popular part
of “Johnson’s Journey” is the
interactive model train
display, running through
a model town laid out
beneath Buffalo Mountain.
To experience more of
“Johnson’s Journey,” please
visit the Hands On! web page
www.handsonmuseum.org.
Celebrating 150 years of Johnson City history, Hands On! Regional Museum opened
the feature exhibit, “Johnson’s Journey” in
February with the assistance of East Tennessee
State University students and faculty. “Hands
On! invites our visitors to enjoy an interactive journey to the past in
‘Johnson’s Journey.’
ETSU students and faculty in the Construction Management
program provided over 400 volunteer hours designing and
constructing several child-size storefronts to recreate the look of the
town at the turn of the 20th century. When the Museum’s visitors
step into these spaces, including the historical Bee Hive General
Store, Blue Plum Post Office and Hands On! Caboose, they also see,
touch and learn from the hands-on activities designed by ETSU early
childhood education graduate students. Since opening “Johnson’s
Journey,” the work of these ETSU students has engaged over 22,000
children and their caregivers in the learn-by-doing mission of Hands
On! Museum.
Visitors to “Johnson’s Journey” climb to the top of Johnson’s Tank
and see how steam engines filled up with water; explore the Bee Hive
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Unique Alumni
Tweed feels the need for speed
Reprints courtesy of Marquee Magazine excerpt from “The Need for Speed” by Jeff Byrd
John Tweed, the president and chief operating officer of Landair
Transport, Inc. in Greeneville, TN is an honest man. After marrying his
wife, Kim, he quickly cut to the chase regarding his future ambitions.
Tweed grew up in Greeneville and went to work for Landair founder
Scott Niswonger when Tweed was a junior at ETSU.
He worked his way through the ranks to become
vice president of sales. An opportunity outside
Landair led Tweed to start Warehouse Logistics, a
company that currently controls over a half
million square feet of warehouse space in the Southeast.
Niswonger called his associate again in 2002 and convinced Tweed
to return to Landair in his current position. That move was the
catalyst that led to his current passion: racing late-model cars at
the famed high-banked dirt track at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls
Gap, Tenn.
“The opportunity was there, and when opportunity knocks, you’ve
got to open the door,” Tweed says. “I decided I wanted to race, so I
went to see Vic Hill.”
Hill is a dirt track legend in the Southeast and was more than
happy to help Tweed out. Tweed practiced all summer, and Hill
finally convinced him to enter his first race. Tweed was going to
bide his time in the back of the pack until things settled down.
As luck would have it, two cars got together in front of him, and
one of them got airborne and landed on Tweed’s race car. It
was not an auspicious beginning to his rookie outing.
He progressively got better and better and now races 10
times a year. It provides the outlet he needs to relieve the
pressure of running two companies.
“When you are going down the backstretch at 140 miles per
hour, you don’t really have time to think about work,” Tweed
says. “When I come to the race track, the other guys don’t
know who I am, and they don’t want anything. I am going to
Photo Courtesy of Tom Raymond and Fresh Air Photo
keep doing it as long as it’s fun.”
Uhde coordinating information
for CDC
Moorleghan wins award for
Teaching Excellence
Dr. Kristin Broome Uhde (M.P.H. ’97) probably had no idea that
a graduate project for Wise County would be a career springboard,
landing her at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta.
After completion of her project, she began working in the
Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response where she helped
develop an Influenza Data Summary tool for decision-makers for
use in an influenza pandemic. Last fall, she was detailed to the
Pandemic Influenza Task Force, and after four months, she was
asked to lead the task force.
Since then, Uhde is now the agency’s American Health
Information Community Coordinator for the Coordinating Center
for Health Information and Service’s (CCHIS) Office of Director,
where she is serving a cross-cutting role to assist in making
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
on how to accelerate the development and adoption of health
information technology and to help advance efforts to achieve
President Bush’s goal for most Americans to have access to secure
electronic health records by 2014.
Casey Moorleghan (B.S. ’99)
received the 2007 McGlothlin Award for
Teaching Excellence for the elementary
school division. She is a fourth grade
teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary
School in Kingsport, Tennessee. The
Award is given to two area teachers
annually. Winners receive a $25,000
prize, with the exception that $10,000
must be used for international travel for
enrichment. She plans to visit the
hometowns of some of America’s
explorers in Greenland, Sweden,
Belgium, France, Spain, and Portugal.
Malone appointed to medical
advisory panel
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue appointed K. Scott Malone
(M.D. ’92) to the Medical Advisory Panel for the Georgia Athletic
and Entertainment Commission. Malone is the lead team physician
for Fort Valley State University. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American
Society of Disability Evaluating Physicians. He is the honorary
Georgia chairman of President Bush’s Physician Advisory Panel on
Healthcare, and the vice chairman of the State of Georgia Athletic
Trainers’ Board. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University
of Tennessee and his medical degree from the James H. Quillen
College of Medicine. He is a fellow at the American Sports
Medicine Institute where he completed a sports medicine
fellowship. Malone and his wife, Elaine, have two children.
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Unique Alumni
Chesney honored Sorority Sisters make up for lost time
Roommates and sorority
for thirteen #1s
sisters made up for lost time
after reconnecting at an Alpha
Delta Pi Reunion in 2004. The
four women graduated
together from ETSU in 1957
and lost contact for 47 years
only to find that nothing had
changed other than grey
hair—the sprit of each woman
is still strong.
The group traveled to
Pictured L-R: Joan Dugger Weaver,
Hilton Head Island, S.C. for
Charlene Hash Creech, Ann Medlin Frierson
vacation in 2005, 2006 and
and Mary Lou Carter Smith
2007 and plan to return in
2008. They have a great time talking about grandchildren, playing
bridge and tennis, and enjoying the beach.
Although Kenny Chesney (B.S.
’90) has had many high points in
his career, it keeps getting better.
Recently he was honored for
writing the number one song
“Beer in Mexico,” which is actually
Chesney’s 13th number one single.
His self-written “I Go Back”
reached number two on the
Billboard Charts.
On top of the celebration of his
self-written number one hit,
Chesney won the Academy of
Country Music Entertainer of the
Year Award for the third
consecutive time. The only other
artists to accomplish that are
Alabama, Garth Brooks, and
Hank Williams, Jr.
2007 Sigma Chi Open scores big
July 21st, 2007, marked the 10th anniversary of the Sigma Chi
Open Golf Classic. The tournament, an annual fund raiser for the
active chapter and the House Corporation, was held at Buffalo
Valley Golf Course. Alumni from all over the country participated
in the event and spent the weekend catching up with Brothers.
A total of 84 golfers – including 70 alumni – participated in the
2007 Sigma Chi Open. Fourteen alumni golfers were initiated on the
day that the chapter was installed at ETSU on May 18, 1969, as the
Zeta Omega chapter of Sigma Chi. Prior to that date, the chapter
was a local fraternity known as Sigma Chi Alpha. The May 18, 1969,
class of initiates who attended includes: Byron “Butch” Galloway
(first initiate); Butch Rains, Gene Mynatt, Hal Bowerfind, Ken Nash,
Sonny Watson, Rusty Waddell, Barry Faries, David Tretler, Hulet
Chaney, Richard Higdon, Mack Inklebarger, Louie Jones, and Lee
Sherwood.
Douglas named to post at
Department of Energy
Pauline L. Douglas ’84 ’87 has been named Assistant
Manager for Security and Emergency Management at the
Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office.
In this position, Douglas is responsible for directing and
overseeing the implementation of safeguards and security
programs and emergency management for the Department
of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Office (ORO) including security
oversight and support, access authorization, and materials control
and accountability.
Douglas began her DOE career in 1989 as an industrial security
specialist. She has since held several other positions in ORO
security programs, including Security Program Support Specialist,
Federal Building Complex Security Manager, and Branch Chief of
the Security and Oversight and Support Branch. In addition,
Douglas has served on temporary assignments as the Acting Equal
Employment Opportunity Manager and Small Business Program
Manager while at ORO.
A native of Jonesborough, Tennessee, prior to joining DOE,
Douglas worked as an Admissions Counselor at The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville and at East Tennessee State University.
Cheryl Light, native Greene Countian,
admitted to U.S. Supreme Court’s Bar
By John M. Jones / The Greeneville Sun
Photo courtesy of the Greeneville Sun:
From left, Cheryl E. Light, a native Greene Countian,
is shown in a recent photo with John Roberts, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; her
husband, Michael Searcy; and their son, Aaron Searcy.
Cheryl Light, a Greene County native and a Knoxville attorney, on May 12, 2007, was
admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Her admission was upon the motion of Dean Robert K. Walsh of the Wake Forest University
School of Law. He invited 26 alumni from various states and areas of practice to the high court.
After the adjournment of court, Chief Justice John Roberts met with the group of attorneys
and their guests in a conference room at the court.
Light is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Light of Baileyton and is a graduate of North
Greene High School, East Tennessee State University, and Wake Forest University School of Law.
Light was accompanied by her husband, Michael Searcy, and their youngest son, Aaron
Searcy. Light is currently legal counsel for Home Federal Bank of Tennessee.
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Unique Alumni
Two-fold celebration honors Coach Walker
By Beverly Green / Johnson City News & Neighbor
East Tennessee State
University Track Coach
David Walker had a lot to
celebrate.
First, he celebrated his
75th birthday surrounded
by friends and former
ETSU track stars with a
party at the home of Mike
and Katherine Mansy in
the Gates of Highland.
Second, he was honored
by Mike, one of his former students, who admired the coach so much he
wanted to change his middle name to Walker. “He had such an influence on my life,” said Mansy, “He was such a good mentor.” Mike
has been busy getting his driver’s license, Social Security card, and
birth certificate changed.
“I am really honored by what Mike has done,” Walker said.
Coach Walker is well known for consistently building winning teams
and bringing champion runners, called the Irish Brigade, to ETSU in
the 1970s. “I called Ray Flynn, one of the Irish Brigade, and told him
I’d taken the spot of being Coach Walker’s ‘Number One Son’ from
him. I told him ‘I one-upped you! I got his name!’”
Mansy holds Coach Walker in high regard. “He means the world
to me,” he said. “I was offered many track scholarships and could
have gone to school anywhere. He was the only coach who sat down
with my mother and assured her I would graduate.”
Cindy Young, a guest at the party, ran for Coach Walker when
she attended ETSU in the ’70s. “I was one of three women on the
team. He was really tough on us because he demanded perfection,”
she said. “At that time ETSU didn’t have a women’s coach. I like to
think of myself as his
‘Number One
Daughter’.”
Mansy graduated
in 1983 and was one
of the coach’s first
graduate assistants.
“He called me in
Washington, D.C.
and asked me. I was
honored.” Mansy
and his brother own
a restaurant,
Generous George’s,
in Alexandria,
Virginia. “We just got franchised. I
commute every week,” he said.
Friends old and new got a chance to enjoy the party given for
Coach Walker. Everyone wished the coach well and enjoyed a
delicious barbeque dinner.
Williams named Fellow at INMM
In pursuit of the perfect pop song
By Doug Janz / Johnson City Press
Martha Williams (M.S. ’78)was named a Fellow at the annual
meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Material Management. INMM is
an international professional society for nuclear materials management, and members are professionals from the areas of International
Safeguards, Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Materials Control
and Accountability, Packaging and Transportation, Physical
Protection and Waste Management.
The organization has six chapters in the United States as well as
chapters in Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Vienna. The INMM has
several thousand members, but only about 25 named as Fellows.
Fellows are selected because of their extensive knowledge in the field,
experience and expertise in
one or more of the areas
represented in INMM.
The recognition of
Fellow is the
highest that the
Institute offers.
It’s an interesting
concept. Kurt
Hagardorn’s (A.A.S.
’94) album is called
“Ten Singles,” and he
recorded it in various
places with various
musicians over the
course of about six
years.
“This record’s been
kind of a long
journey,” he said.
“Mostly I’d just wait until I had a song I thought was good enough
to record, and then do it. I didn’t have a timeline.”
The former Johnson Citian, who was known locally as part of
Brian and the Nightmares, now lives in Portland, Ore.
“It was so much fun. I love living in Portland, and there are some
great musicians here, but I love coming back to Johnson City to
play. I want to thank everyone in Johnson City and East Tennessee
for listening to my music, and for being the best people. I miss
everyone.”
For more on Hagardorn’s music, or to buy the album, visit
www.myspace.com/kurthagardorn. He said anyone who orders his
album can also have some old Nightmares tunes, if they request
them.
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With your help we are
Reaching HIGHER
Reaching HIGHER is a comprehensive effort to present the needs of the university in athletics, quality
education, endowment growth, and enriched health science programs to move closer to status as the
preeminent regional university in America with a global mission.
Through individual contributors, corporate support, and creative partnerships, ETSU will achieve
more to raise the quality of life, improve the economic strength, and empower the emerging workforce
for the entire region. We ask for your support. Your gifts will determine our future.
ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., included these remarks in his address of the annual
faculty convocation and the State of the University. Through his words, Dr. Stanton presented
many reasons why we ask for your help for ETSU’s Reaching HIGHER Campaign.
“I’m glad to work at a university tied so strongly to a place. I’m glad to work at a university
that thinks expansively. A university that undertakes the excavation and preservation of a
massive, seven-million-year-old fossil site. A university that goes beyond prescribed borders to
teach art, dance, and banjo in downtown Kingsport. A university that cares about
renewing the inner lives of rural high school teachers. A university that sends a faculty
member to Kurdistan to help address mental health needs in Iraq.
I’m proud to work at a university that tackles the most all-encompassing reference work
on Appalachia ever produced. A university whose faculty and staff write about Bear Bryant,
women’s studies, London theatre from the Restoration through the early 19th century, and
soup beans.
Your accomplishments as faculty and staff are impressive and endless. A stellar
passing rate on the licensing exam for nurses, better retention of students campuswide,
initial accreditation of the master’s program in social work, new exchange programs with
Azerbaijan and Russia, and much more.
“To attain excellence, you must care more than others think is wise,
risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is
practical. Such is the culture of ETSU.”
We dream of a performing arts center; we dream of additional doctoral programs;
we dream of improved athletic facilities.
Certainly, new buildings and big numbers make headlines, but most of the work
of a university goes on quietly. You see it every day. When a student delivers her first
speech in Spanish. When a chemical equation balances. When a budding actor
captures the rage of King Lear. When a nursing student successfully inserts that
first IV. When a student completes his first survey of property boundary lines.
Yes, people make careers here at ETSU for many reasons. We’re a warm and
welcoming campus, an adventurous campus, a campus not bound by walls, a
campus that thinks beyond traditional limits, a campus that celebrates the daily
triumphs of individual students. I believe you will find a special sense of place
here, too.
It is my hope that this academic year for you will be filled with the wonder
of discovery, the peace of quiet study and contemplation, and the satisfaction
that comes from the joyous exchange that is teaching and learning.”
Reaching HIGHER
A Ten-Year
Strategic Plan
$224,150,000
Quality Education
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Homecoming 2007
Grammy Winning
Blue Highway,
a bluegrass band featuring
ETSU graduate Tim Stafford
(B.S. ’81; M.A.’ 84), has released
six albums, received a Grammy
nomination, received a Dove
Award and 11 International
Bluegrass Music Association
Awards.
On the Main Stage
near Sherrod Library
Blue
Highway
g
n
i
Featur
at 1:00 p.m.
- Rob Russell & the Sore Losers
and 1112:00a.m.Noon
- ETSU Pride Bluegrass Band
2:30 p.m. - Honors College Student
Performances
Friday, October 19, 2007
Alumni Return to the Classroom (ARTC) – “Professor for a Day”
 8 a.m. Alumni Return to the Classroom – ETSU Alums return to
class as “Professors for a Day,” offering valuable insight and
real-world experience for students. Sponsored by the Alumni
Association. For more information, call (423) 439-4218.
 10 a.m.–5 p.m. – Library Book Sale
Honors College Reunion!
“Look how far we’ve come – not just YOU, but US too! On
the occasion of the 10th anniversary of our first Honors
graduates, a reunion for ALL of us!
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Friday, October 19, 2007
8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open House – Honors House and Honors
College (Yoakley Hall) - Light Refreshments
8 a.m. Honors College Alumni Return to the Classroom
Contact the Honors College at (423) 439-6075 for more
information.
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Honors Reunion Picnic – (Southern style) at the
Center for Physical Activity - Mingle with former classmates,
faculty, and meet our current Honors students.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Open House – Honors House and Honors College
(Yoakley Hall) - Light Refreshments
5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Honors College Alumni Reception and tour of
the new ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum
Visitors Center at the Gray Fossil Site (transportation from ETSU
campus provided for all Alumni).
For more information about the Honors College reunion events,
call (423) 439-6075.
Homecoming 2007
The ETSU Alumni Association Presents:
HOMECOMING 2007 – October 20
FOOD, FUN & FESTIVITIES FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!
Saturday – October 20
3 Major Events – 1 Special Day!
It’s Homecoming! It’s Open House for High School Juniors and
Seniors! It’s Buccaneer Bash!
 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Fall Open House for Prospective Students.
If you have a college bound high school student at home, bring
them to explore ETSU! For more information call the Admissions
Office at (423) 439-4213.
 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Center for Physical Activity open for Alumni.
For more information call the CPA at (423) 439-7980.
 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Sherrod Library Book Sale
 10:30 a.m. – Dedication of the ETSU PRIDE Walk between the
ETSU Foundation Carillon and Gilbreath Hall. For details, contact
University Advancement at (423)439-4242.
 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Buccaneer Bash. A full day of Homecoming events
sponsored by various colleges and university offices on campus,
kicking off with the “Luncheon Under the Tent.” Students are
encouraged to invite their families to visit and join in the fun on this
day. For more information call (423) 439-5641.
 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.: George L. Carter Railroad Museum open for
Alumni. Located in the Old Student Center/College of Medicine
building.
 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: “Luncheon Under the Tent” Great food with
special reunion seating and ETSU musicians on the main stage.
Games and FUN for kids of all ages at Borchuck Plaza in front of
the Sherrod Library. To pre-order your punch card, call the
Alumni Office at (423) 439-4218. *Tickets will have value punches
for a variety of items and the pass may be shared in a single family.
 1:00 p.m.: Blue Highway (Grammy Award Winning Bluegrass Group).
 3:00 p.m.: Women’s Basketball “Blue and Gold Exhibition,”
Memorial Center.
 4:00 p.m.: Men’s Basketball “Blue and Gold Exhibition,” Memorial
Center.
 5:00 p.m.: BASA Fall Tip-off Barbecue by the Firehouse, Memorial
Center. Call BASA for tickets at (423) 439-4646.
 7:30 p.m.: ETSU Friends of Music Event. Musical comedy and
lecture hosted by Dr. Tom Schacht. Located at Mathes Hall.
Need a place to stay?
Lodging discounts are available Homecoming weekend at these area hotels:
(Please make reservations early as rates are subject to change)
For a complete list of accommodations go to www.etsu.edu/alumni.
For other local information, contact the Chamber of Commerce and its
Convention & Visitors Bureau at (423) 461-8000.
Quillen College of Medicine Class
of 2002 Reunion
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Farmhouse Gallery in Unicoi, TN
5 PM – 9 PM
$40 per person, includes dinner,
bonfire and hayrides
For more information contact Dr.
Jessica Tuberty (423) 741-0551 or
jptube@charter.net
Are you
Ready...
For ETSU event information/
reservations, call the ETSU Alumni
Association Office at (423) 439-4218 or
check our web sites @
www.ETSU.edu/alumni or
www.ETSUAlumni.org.
ATTENTION!
Alumni from Class of 1967,
1977, 1987 and 1997
It’s your Reunion Year!
Luncheon Reservation Form
Saturday, Oct. 20: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.“Luncheon Under the Tent”––
at Borchuck Plaza in front of Sherrod Library
• Pass: $12 Adults, $6 Child (age 6-12), 2 and under FREE
Day of pass prices will be $15 Adults, $9 Child
Name_________________________________ Class___________
Address_______________________________________________
City/State/Zip__________________________________________
Spouse/Guest____________________Class__________________
Telephone Number______________________________________
Please reserve ______ adult passes for the “Luncheon Under the Tent” at
$12 each, and______ child passes at $6 each for a total
of $________. Passes are non-refundable.
Enclosed is a check (made payable to ETSU Foundation),
or bill my credit card as noted : ___VISA ___MasterCard ___Discover
(number)_________________________Expiration Date_______
Some MENU items include:
Chicken Kabobs
 Philly Cheese Steak
 Chicken Taquitos
 Grilled Corn on the Cob
 French Fries w/ Malt Vinegar
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Chocolate Cheesecake w/ toppings
 Cotton Candy
 Apple Cider
 Bottled Water
 20 oz. Sodas
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Tickets for alumni event reservations will be available at the luncheon.
For reservations or details, contact the Alumni Office at (423) 439-4218, or
return the reservation form by OCTOBER 25! ETSU Alumni Association ––
P.O. Box 70709, Johnson City, TN 37614-1710.
Advancement
ETSU Foundation announces leadership changes
The ETSU Foundation announced
a change in the leadership of its board
of directors during its recent annual
membership meeting.
Tim P. Jones, who has been
chairman of the board since 2003, was
recognized for the achievements
realized under his leadership, while
Tim Jones receives the gavel for his
Leslie Parks Pope will become board
service from Dr. Stanton.
chairman
for 2007-08 after serving as vice chairman.
During Jones’ tenure as chairman, alumni
and friends of the university gave $53.1
million to the ETSU Foundation. Of that
amount, almost $18 million was
designated for scholarships and other
endowments, and the overall growth in
endowments was $23 million (from $57.2
Leslie Parks Pope
in 2003 to $80.2 million now.) With Jones’
leadership, the Reaching Higher capital campaign for quality academic
and athletic opportunities and facilities was launched. In addition, the
ETSU Foundation Carillon and Alumni Plaza, as well as the “ETSU
PRIDE Walk,” were introduced. “These are the first two major gifts for
the university’s second century, as we turn toward 2011 – our one
hundredth anniversary,” said Dr. Richard Manahan, vice president for
University Advancement and president of the ETSU Foundation.
Jones is former general manager and vice president of Press Inc.,
Johnson City. Jones will continue on the Foundation board as
immediate past chairman. Pope, chairman of The Parks Group, LLC,
Johnson City, was elected chairman of the board and represents the
Tennessee Board of Regents. She previously served as Foundation
president (now called board chairman) from 1991-94.
Other officers elected for 2007-08 include D. Roger Kennedy, vice
chairman, and several who will continue in their existing roles: Dr.
Steve Conerly of Management Services/Strategic Planning, Johnson
City, treasurer; M. Thomas Krieger, retired business executive,
Jonesborough, secretary; Donald R. Raber, president, Aldebaran
Financial Inc., Kingsport, chairman of the Investment Committee;
Stuart E. Wood, Jr., president, Holston Distributing Co., Johnson City,
chairman of the Planned Giving Committee; and Wayne G. Basler,
Kingsport, representing past chairmen of the board.
The following were elected to serve a first three-year term on the
board of directors ending June 30, 2010: Frederick “Pal” Barger, Jr.,
Kingsport; David A. Ogle, Sevierville; K. Newton Raff and Dennis L.
Vonderfecht, Johnson City; and Dr. Susan Gentry Williams, Nashville.
Elected to a second three-year term were Scott Niswonger, Greeneville;
Art Powers, Johnson City; Janey Diehl, Jonesborough; and Michelle
Livengood, Charlotte, N.C.
The membership of the Foundation consists of more than 350
individuals from throughout the region and across the nation who
devote their time and financial resources to the continuous
improvement of educational opportunities at ETSU. Last year, the
Foundation’s Charter was revised to reflect the organization’s future
growth by allowing the membership to increase to 500 members.
The Foundation welcomed 38 new members: Gray: J. Craig
Higgins, general manager, Mediserve Medical Equipment Inc.
Greeneville: Dr. Henry C. Meece Jr., superintendent, Greene Valley
Developmental Center. Johnson City: Betty Brown, nationally
renowned author and speaker; Dr. Louis A. Cancellaro, retired chief
of staff of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center;
Bunny Carter, general manager, Carnegie Hotel; Dr. Kyle T. Colvett,
physician; S. Gregory Compton, president, Johnson City TriSummit
Bank; Dr. Larry G. Graham, physician; Jim Hunter, Health Alliance
PHO; Dr. George B. Kehler II, physician; John Marshall, president,
Mountcastle Corp.; Dr. Richard McGowan, physician; Dr. Jack
Nelson, retired chemical engineer, Eastman Chemical Co.; Dr. Diane
Nelson, ETSU professor emerita of Biological Sciences and
internationally known marine biologist; Dr. Robert D. Patton, former
member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and ETSU
professor emeritus of Health Education; Lawrence Porterfield, retired
business executive; James S. Rudy, Management Services/Strategic
Planning; Frederick B. Warren, ETSU men’s golf coach; and Robert L.
White, chief public relations officer, Johnson City Power Board.
Jonesborough: Dr. Chris Sholes, physician, and Ed Simerly, vice
president, sales, Moody Dunbar Inc. Kingsport: Sharon Alley, fitness
instructor; John H. King, president/owner, Fairway Inc.; Randal R.
Merritt, UBS Securities; and Mary Clemmer Ruth. Nashville: Clay
Petrey, general counsel, Ayers Asset Management Inc. Newport: Dr.
H. Kenneth Johnson II, physician. Piney Flats: Robert McNab,
owner/president, Century Enterprises. Rockford: Bryan Daniels,
executive vice president, Blount County Economic Development
Board. Rogersville: William L. Jenkins, former First District
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives. Amelia Island, Fla.:
William P. Frank, president, The Principles Consulting Group.
Dalton, Ga.: Dr. Eric R. Manahan, medical director, Southeastern
Breast Care Specialists, and co-vice president and general surgeon,
Dalton Surgical Group; and Dr. Jaime Ponce, medical director,
Gastric-Band Institute, and secretary/treasurer and general surgeon,
Dalton Surgical Group. East Point, Ga.: Barbara Murphy Brooks,
retired educator, University of Georgia. Charlotte, N.C.: M. Steven
DeCarlo, president/chief executive officer, American Wholesale
Insurance Group. Westminster, S.C.: Michael Banyas, retired
business owner/executive. Burlington, Vt.: Lisa Alther, author.
Inwood, W.Va.: Margaret Vorous, educator. In addition, 23
individuals renewed their membership in the Foundation through
June 30, 2015: Ron Ramsey, Johnson City; A. Lee Shillito, Bristol;
Roderick Baty and W. Ashley Whitehurst, Erwin; Bill Graham, Gray;
Richard B. Russell and Morris Turpin, Greeneville; Larry Calloway,
Al Fatheree, Carol Ferguson, Kelly Godsey, Joe Grandy III, John
Isaacs, Dr. Bill Linebarger, K. Newton Raff, Jim Rule, Judge Penny J.
White and Guy B. Wilson Jr., Johnson City; Tom Krieger,
Jonesborough; Robert C. Hart, Kingsport; Ben Greene, Maryville;
Eleanor Lowry, Atlanta, Ga.; and Steve Smith, Abingdon, Va.
ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton Jr. and the Foundation board of
directors expressed their appreciation to these individuals for their
support and service to ETSU.
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Foundation members apprised of plans for growth
East Tennessee State University continues to be a leader in private
giving among colleges and universities in the Tennessee Board of
Regents (TBR) system, ETSU Foundation members learned at the
(May 10) annual business meeting held at the new ETSU and
General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center at
the Gray Fossil Site.
As the Foundation members were told by ETSU President Dr.
Paul E. Stanton Jr., their continued generosity and dedication to the
university help to ensure that the institution is able to fulfill its
mission of quality teaching, research, and public service.
The TBR is the sixth largest system of higher education in the
nation. The benchmark the TBR uses for private giving at ETSU and
its five other senior institutions is 5 percent of a university's
budgeted Educational and General (E&G) Expenditures. Over the
past five years, ETSU's private giving in this regard has exceeded 7.9
percent, compared to the TBR universities' average of 6.79 percent
and the systemwide average of 5.84 percent.
In addition, the giving levels to the Foundation from current
ETSU faculty and staff as well as ETSU retirees continue to grow. In
the past five years, one third of ETSU's employees have contributed
over $1.2 million to the Foundation, with this year's gifts from
employees and retirees already exceeding $250,000. Such vital
support by these individuals demonstrates their belief in ETSU's
mission of service to the region and beyond.
In remarks by Dr. Richard A. Manahan, vice president for
University Advancement and president of the ETSU Foundation, the
Foundation members learned that the university has received more
than $10.1 million in private giving during 2006-07.
He also said the value of the Foundation's and university's
endowments grew from $72.9 million to $80.2 million, reflecting a
10 percent increase for the current fiscal year. Presently, there are
350 endowments in the ETSU Foundation. The goal for the
university's Centennial celebration in 2011 is to have $100 million
in endowments to support the students, the faculty and the mission
of ETSU.
The university's endowment for full-time equivalent students
(FTE) has grown from $275 in 1986 to $7,469 - ranking ETSU 122
out of 248 institutions reporting in the 2006 National Association of
College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) study.
The Foundation's endowment investment rate of return was 11.4
percent for 2006, compared with the NACUBO average of 10.7
percent for the period, an indication of the Foundation's
conservative investment and sound management philosophy. The
investment return ranks ETSU 290 out of 700 universities reporting.
"Our members can take pride in the financial strength of the
Foundation," said Foundation Chair Tim P. Jones. "This is our
university, and its graduates represent the future of our region. We
have a responsibility to our students and faculty, and continuous
support through the Foundation is vital to this strong legacy."
Foundation dollars continue to expand scholarship, teaching,
research and service opportunities. Manahan noted that over
$1 million in scholarships was awarded to more than 450 students
from throughout the region, nation, and abroad enabling them to
pursue their respective degrees at ETSU. Over the past decade, the
ETSU Foundation has provided more than $9.2 million in
scholarships to ETSU students.
The total fund-raising to date for the new ETSU College of
Pharmacy exceeds $7.8 million from nearly 1,000 donors, and
scholarship endowments for the college are in excess of $85,000 with
an additional $858,000 in planned gifts for future Pharmacy
scholarships.
Manahan noted that the university's Reaching Higher Campaign,
now in its third year, is a non-traditional comprehensive needsbased 10-year capital campaign encompassing "an evolving list of
projects." Private giving in this strategic plan exceeds $53.7 million,
or 32 percent of the private-giving goal of $164 million.
Dr. Steve Conerly, Foundation treasurer, reported that for the
20th consecutive year the Foundation achieved an "unqualified"
audit report without any findings or recommendations. Conerly said
the audit report "is further validation of the integrity and dedication
of the board of directors and ETSU personnel in managing the
private funds entrusted to the Foundation."
In anticipation of the university's 100th anniversary in 2011, the
ETSU Foundation and the ETSU Alumni Association presented the
ETSU Foundation Carillon and Alumni Plaza as "A Lasting Legacy
from One Generation to the Next." The 26-bell carillon – located
between Gilbreath Hall and Burgin E. Dossett Hall administration
building – became the first gift to the university's Centennial in
honor of its faculty, staff, students, alumni, friends, and visitors to
campus.
As well, planned gifts to the "ETSU Legacy Circle Program" have
exceeded $25 million, with over 230 donors indicating that the
ETSU Foundation is included in their estate or financial planning
through their wills, charitable remainder trusts, life insurance or
other methods. This year, over $2.7 million in planned giving
pledges has been received, with many others in process.
Following the business meeting, ETSU Foundation members
were taken on a tour of the new $10 million, 33,000-square-foot
ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor
Center at the Gray Fossil Site. Opened in August ‘07, the facility is
one of just a few fully functional museums in the nation located
directly "on-site."
Pirate Club announces
name change to BASA
Citing the desire for a name that
better describes its purpose, the
Pirate Club board of directors has
voted to change the name of the
Pirate Club to the Buccaneer Athletic
Scholarship Association effective immediately.
BASA (pronounced BAH-sa) will continue its mission to raise
scholarship dollars for ETSU student-athletes. According to
Associate Athletic Director for Advancement and Executive Director
of BASA Jo Anne Paty, the decision to change the name of the Pirate
Club fits in the organization’s long-term plan, which includes
branding the BASA name to alumni organizations throughout the
Tri-Cities, as well as metropolitan areas throughout the Southeast,
including Atlanta, Jacksonville and Nashville.
The name change will be reflected in all athletic department
publications and media broadcasts, as well as the overall institution’s
communications. BASA President Kathy Linebarger said the name
change got widespread support from within the organization.
“By changing the name of the Pirate Club to the Buccaneer Athletic
Scholarship Association, the board felt that it better reflected what
our organization is all about,” Linebarger said. “The Buccaneer
Athletic Scholarship Association exists solely to raise scholarship
dollars for student athletes. I personally liked adding the word
association to our title because it shows that we, the supporters of
ETSU athletics, have a common interest.”
ETSU fans and supporters who would like more information on
BASA can call 423-439-8398 or visit ETSUBucs.com and click on
the Athletic Advancement link.
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Former ETSU standout Rhys Davies qualifies for U.S. Open
Once again, the ETSU men's golf team earned
national acclaim in 2006-07, earning their second
straight and 16th overall appearance in the NCAA
Championships, finishing tied with Southern Cal
and Arizona State for 18th. The Buccaneers, who
spent much of the season consistently ranked in
the Top 10 and earned a rank as high as 8th at one
point, won the Atlantic Sun Conference
championship, marking their remarkable 20th
conference title in program history.
Senior Rhys Davies, the program's most
accomplished player ever, once again led the Bucs
throughout the season, holding the nation's No. 1
ranking for much of the year and collecting his
third straight PING First-Team All-American
selection. Davies won three tournaments during
the year and finished with a school record 10
individual championships. Along with Davies,
junior Gareth Shaw was named honorable
mention All-American, making this the first time
since 1999 that the Bucs had multiple AllAmericans. Shaw was also selected as an Academic
All-American, marking only the second time in
program history that a player earned both
All-American and Academic All-American.
Freshman Seamus Power was the Atlantic Sun
Conference individual champion and was named
Freshman of the Year.
Davies accomplishments did not just include
his collegiate play. A finalist for the Ben Hogan
Award, Davies also competed on the European
Palmer Cup team, where he was joined by Shaw.
And while also graduating in the spring with a
B.B.A., Davies qualified for the U.S. Open and
actually held the lead early in the first round of
one of golf 's major tournaments.
Athletics rewarded for successful 2006-07 campaign
The ETSU Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics was recognized
for its memorable 2006-07 season,
receiving the Sherman Day, Jesse C.
Fletcher, and Bill Bibb trophies at the
Atlantic Sun conference meetings in
DeLand, Florida. The Bucs set a single
year mark in school history, winning
eight conference championships.
The Sherman Day Trophy, awarded
to the school that earns the most
women’s points throughout the school
year, is headed to the state of Tennessee
for the first time. The Lady Bucs were
crowned champions in volleyball and
tennis to pick up 58.5 of their 187.5
points and won the all-sports race by
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ETSU collected enough points in the men’s
all-sports race to receive the Jesse C. Fletcher
Trophy, named in honor of a founding member
of the Atlantic Sun and the conference’s first
president. The Buccaneers won six titles this
season to jump to the top of the standings with
159 points. After a third-place finish in cross
country to begin the year, ETSU collected
first-place points in indoor track and field,
basketball, tennis, golf, and outdoor track
and field.
By sweeping the men’s and women’s all-sports
race, ETSU also earned the first Bill Bibb trophy,
given to the school that collects the most
combined points throughout the year.
Sports Spectrum
If joy is a two-way street, then Brooke Wilhoit drives down both lanes.
Courtesy of the Mountain Press
For the 22-year-old Sevierville woman, playing basketball the past four years
at East Tennessee State University has given her the joy of continuing to do what
she loves.
For her coach and teammates, they've had the joy of knowing the young lady
who brought a passion for the game as well as a positive attitude to the locker
room of the Lady Buccaneers.
ETSU coach Karen Kemp said she gave Brooke Wilhoit a big challenge right
from the start when she told the then-freshman to play point guard.
"I'll never forget that day," Kemp said. "It was a situation where someone had
left and we needed her to step over to that role. I remember she had tears in her
eyes, and she said, 'Coach, I haven't run the point since middle school.' It was
challenging for her but she stepped up, and she turned out to be a really good
leader for us on the floor. That's just Brooke. If I would've asked her to play post,
she would have been willing to do that. She would have done whatever it took for
the team to be successful."
Wilhoit literally took the ball and ran with it. The 5’ 8” guard started every
game her freshman and senior seasons, and shared the starting slot her
sophomore and junior years. She just finished up her college career when her
team lost to Western Carolina in the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
She was ETSU's high scorer with 18 points in that game. It was the first time in
12 years the Lady Buccaneers had earned a postseason berth.
The 2003 Sevier County High School graduate led her team in 3-point field
goal percentage (67-of-163 for 41.1 percent) and assists per game (5.9) her senior
season. She averaged 10 points a game and was ETSU's high scorer in six of 32
contests. Her high was 18 points, which she did three times. Wilhoit's assists per
game average ranked 12th in the nation in Division 1, which is the top level of
college basketball and includes the likes of Tennessee and North Carolina.
Her ability to dish off the passes helped her team to a 20-12 record and the
second-best mark in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
"She was surrounded by so many scorers," Kemp said. "We had runners and
she could hit them almost on stride just like a quarterback to a receiver."
Wilhoit just wanted to win games. "I don't care who scores the points as long
as my team's winning," she said. "I did the easy part. They did the hard part of
making a shot. To get six assists in a game, obviously you've got to have
teammates that can put the ball in the hole. If someone's hot one night, I'd get
them the ball. A good pass gets me more excited than me making a three."
Editors Note: Brooke Wilhoit has joined Wofford College as assistant coach.
Men’s golf team competes for national championship
For the 16th time in the program’s history, the 14thranked ETSU men’s golf team competed for a national
championship , as the Buccaneers entered first round play
in the NCAA Championships at the Golden Horseshoe
Golf Club.
ETSU has a strong history of NCAA success, having
reached the championships 15 times previously. In fact, the
Bucs have four Top 10 finishes all-time, with showings as
high as sixth in 1975, third in 1996 and ninth in 2001.
ETSU senior and two-time, first-team All-American
Rhys Davies, who spent much of the year as the nation’s
No. 1-ranked player, led a young ETSU squad into its
second straight NCAA Championship. A year ago, the Bucs
finished 21st at the NCAAs. Davies is joined by a talented
core of teammates, including first-team All A-Sun pick
Gareth Shaw as well as A-Sun Individual Champion and
Freshman of the Year Seamus Power. The Bucs lineup
featured junior Cian McNamara and sophomore Jordan
Findlay, two players who posted important birdies in the
Bucs' regional playoff win to secure a spot in the
championships.
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The year in review
Men’s Basketball: Coming off a fifth-place finish in Atlantic Sun
Women’s Soccer: The Bucs finished their year with the pro-
play during the 2005-06 season, the Buccaneers regrouped in
2006-07 to win the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
championship and make the post-season for the third time in five
years. The Bucs finished the season with a record of 24-10 overall
and 16-2 in A-Sun play, and ended the year with a hard-fought first
round showdown with Atlantic Coast Conference foe Clemson in
the National Invitation Tournament. The team’s 24 wins tied for the
fifth best total in program history, which only reinforces the fact that
the 2006-07 season will be a cherished one for ETSU fans.
gram’s most post-season honors ever, with freshman Jordan Monty
earning Freshman of the Year honors, freshman Kim Jones making
the All-Freshman team, and senior Emily Fulcher collecting second
team honors. The women earned their highest seed ever for postseason tournament play, entering the A-Sun tournament seeded 4th.
Softball: ETSU softball set the school record for conference wins
with 10 and finished with its highest seed ever for the conference
tournament with a No. 3 seed. The team also enjoyed school records
for batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs
scored and RBIs. Four players were named to the All A-Sun team,
including Stephanie Gaynord, Amanda Haverman, Katy Jett and
Cheniece Cason. In addition, Marissa Hardy tossed the program’s
first-ever no-hitter.
Volleyball: ETSU volleyball enjoyed a memorable championship
season in 2006, posting a program record 16-match winning streak
on way to a 25-7 overall record. In Atlantic Sun play, the Buccaneers
finished with a perfect 9-0 record and captured the conference
regular season championship.
Women’s Golf: The Buccaneers enjoyed another sterling season
Men’s Track and Field Accomplishments: Men’s Track and
under the director of A-Sun Coach of the Year Stefanie Reynolds,
winning one event, finishing second or better in four more, and
enjoying finishes of seventh or better in 10 of 11 events. The team
also saw several records broken and new standards set, as freshman
Laura Jansone became the program’s first outright individual
tournament winner, while also setting the school record for low
round with a 69. Jansone was the A-Sun Freshman of the Year, while
fellow teammates Natalia Giraldo, Lucy Gould and Sinead
O’Sullivan were All A-Sun picks.
Field made it a sweep of Atlantic Sun Conference Championships in
2006-07, capturing both the indoor and outdoor titles and placing
several athletes on the All Atlantic Sun Conference team. In all, 16
Buccaneers earned All A-Sun during the indoor championships,
while 24 were selected to the outdoor squad. Legendary head coach
Dave Walker was named Coach of the Year both for the indoor and
outdoor championships.
Men’s Golf Accomplishments: Once again, the ETSU men’s
Men’s Cross Country: A youth movement led the charge for
golf team earned national acclaim in 2006-07, earning its second
straight and 16th overall appearance in the NCAA Championships,
finishing tied with Southern Cal and Arizona State for 18th. The
Buccaneers, who spent much of the season consistently ranked in the
Top 10 and earned a rank as high as 8th at one point, won the
Atlantic Sun Conference championship, marking their remarkable
20th conference title in program history.
the ETSU cross country program in 2006 as the sophomore
combination of Michael Deren and Jeff Crane packed a one-two
punch in all six meets they competed in. Deren captured his first
collegiate title, and led the team across the finish line in every meet.
The Bucs ended the season on a positive note, finishing 10th out of
25 teams at the NCAA South Regional, with a majority of the
leaders coming from the ACC and SEC.
Men’s Tennis Accomplishments: Already with a proud
Women’s Cross Country: A freshman carried the load for
tradition of success, the men’s tennis program continued to build
that reputation, earning its highest rank ever at No. 42 in the
country and collecting its third trip to the NCAA Championships in
four years. The Bucs captured their fifth straight regular season
championship in 2006-07, going undefeated in Atlantic Sun play and
winning the league tournament without dropping a single match. It
was the fourth straight undefeated regular season for the Bucs. The
team, which finished with an overall record of 23-5, also enjoyed five
wins over ranked opponents and captured a win over No. 31 Middle
Tennessee State, marking the highest ranked foe the Bucs have ever
defeated. The Bucs ended the year with a hard-fought loss to No. 17
Alabama in the first round of the NCAAs, a match that ended 4-2
with the Bucs losing close matches all the way.
the Bucs, with Victoria Currie leading the way with four Buc-best
finishes to end the 2006 campaign. With experience under its belt,
the cross country program can expect to see strong results
in 2007.
Women’s Track and Field: Even though the men made an
Atlantic Sun sweep in 2007, the women also put together a solid
season as three school records fell in both the indoor and outdoor
campaigns. Despite losing Anna Marie Ricciardi, a back-to-back
Regional Qualifier in the high jump, the Bucs return a powerful
contingent of throwers and sprinters.
Baseball: The ETSU men’s baseball team sprinted out to one of
the best starts in school history, and was in contention for the
conference crown until a late-season losing skid led to a
disappointing finish. Junior pitcher Brandon Langston anchored the
Bucs’ pitching staff, tossing a pair of shutouts and three complete
games, while junior Anthony Russell paced the offensive attack,
leading the Baseball Bucs in every offensive category.
Women’s Tennis Accomplishments: The 2007 Lady Bucs
posted a 17-10 overall record after facing 12 nationally ranked or
NCAA participant teams, as well as five teams in the Top 25. ETSU
also had five named to All-Conference teams and were regular
season champions. Additionally, the Lady Bucs also set an A-Sun
record for most points won in a row with 49 points after sweeping
their last seven regular season matches, 7-0. It is the longest winning
streak of any team in the A-Sun for both the men and women.
Men’s Soccer: With the January 2007 announcement of Scott
Calabrese as the new program’s first head coach, ETSU will field a
club men’s soccer team in the fall of 2007, with a scholarship
program set to take the field in fall of 2008. Calabrese has already hit
the recruiting trail, while also starting a highly successful summer
instructional camp in June.
Women’s Basketball: Twelve years after making its only
postseason trip in program history, the ETSU women’s basketball
team returned to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament this
past season. By making it to the finals of the Atlantic Sun Conference
Championship, the Lady Bucs -- who finished their season with a
20-12 overall mark, and 14-4 conference record -- earned the
tiebreaker over Jacksonville in the regular season standings and
received the berth in the WNIT.
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Classnotes
2000s
Harry Arnold (M.A. ’06) has been selected
to fill a recently created position within
Absolute Communications, Inc. that will
support the company’s emphasis on customer
service for its clients. His major areas of focus
will be corporate communications, marketing
and public relations.
Abigail Bettis (B.S. ’06) married Stephen
Fields on January 7, 2006. Abigail is employed
at Citi Commerce Solutions and Stephen is
employed at ETSU. Following a wedding
cruise to the eastern Caribbean, the couple now
resides in Blountville, Tennessee.
Ashlee Lewis (B.S. ’06) married Michael
Newland (B.S. ’06) on April 7, 2007. Ashlee is
employed by Sycamore Shoals Hospital as a
Radiologic Technologist. Michael is employed
at MeadowView Conference Resort as the
operations supervisor.
Ashley Short Schaffer (B.B.A. ’06) married
Jeremy Schaffer (B.B.A. ’05) in July 2007.
Ashley is employed with SunTrust Banks, Inc.
as a portfolio specialist for real estate finance
group and Jeremy is employed with Green
Bank as a treasury analyst. The couple resides
in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Regan Manning (B.S. ’06) married Darnell
Adams on October 28, 2006. Darnell is
employed by Goody’s Family Center.
Following a wedding trip to Las Vegas, the
couple now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Matthew Waldron (B.M. ’06) married
Lauren Anderson on June 3, 2006. Matthew is
employed at DoubleStop Percussion in
Birmingham, Alabama, and Lauren is continuing her degree in elementary education at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Following a wedding trip to Alaska, the couple
now resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
Emily Witzeman (B.S. ’06) married Jake
Rightmyer on October 21, 2006. Emily will
pursue a master’s degree in nutritional sciences
and dietetics at the University of Oklahoma.
Jake is employed at American Quality Exteriors
in Bethany, Oklahoma. Following a wedding
trip to Marion, North Carolina, the couple now
resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Mitchell Cox (B.A. ’05) married Stephanie
Arms on January 6, 2007. Mitchell is a social
studies teacher and head varsity basketball
coach at Sullivan North High School in
Kingsport, Tennessee. Stephanie is pursuing
her master’s degree in accountancy at ETSU.
Following a wedding trip to Montego Bay,
Jamaica, the couple now resides in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Jessica Jackson (B.S. ’05) married Todd
Bingham on June 3, 2006. Jessica is employed
at Johnson City Medical Center and Todd is
employed in the emergency department at
Northside Hospital. Following a wedding trip
to Scotland, United Kingdom, the couple now
resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Jennifer M. Lockner (B.S. ’05) is working
with Cobb County Schools in Georgia and
resides in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Susan Peterson (B.B.A. ’05) married Adam
Greever (B.B.A. ’05; M.B.A. ’06) on December
15, 2006. Susan is a licensed massage therapist
and Adam is employed by ETSU in the office of
information and technology.
Amy Thomas (B.B.A. ’05; M.A.C. ’06)
married Michael Childress (B.S. ’99). The
couple's son, Fredrick James, was born in
February 2007. The couple resides in
Kingsport, Tennessee.
Laura Williams (B.S.N. ’05) married Alex
Caldwell on September 2, 2006. Lauren is
employed as a registered nurse at Holston
Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee.
Alex is employed as an electrician at Tennessee
Electric Co. Following a wedding trip to
Hilton Head, South Carolina, the couple now
resides in Church Hill, Tennessee.
Jennifer Solly (B.S. ’04) married Kevin Keck
(B.B.A. ’05) on June 24, 2006. Jennifer is a
dental hygienist for Michael J. Solly and Kevin
is an account executive for Citadel
Broadcasting. Following a wedding trip to
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, the couple
now resides in Corryton, Tennessee.
Jessica Stanfield (B.S. ’04) married Frederick
Daniel Williams (B.S. ’06) on June 17, 2006.
Jessica is a Radiologic/CT technologist at
Sycamore Shoals Hospital and Frederick is a
human resources coordinator with Fairfield
Resorts. Following a wedding trip to Jamaica,
the couple now resides in Jonesborough,
Tennessee.
Chrissa Holden (B.B.A. ’03) married Dustin
Pearson on September 2, 2006. Chrissa is
employed at KV Pharmaceutical and Dustin is
employed at the Washington County Farmer’s
Co-op. Following a wedding trip to Cancun,
Mexico, the couple now resides in Gray,
Tennessee.
April Owen (B.A. ’03) married Benjamin
Lamb on August 5, 2006. April and Benjamin
are employed by WJHL TV in Johnson City,
Tennessee. Following a wedding trip to
Savannah, Georgia, the couple now resides in
Johnson City, Tennessee.
Sarah A. Schumaier-Campbell (B.S. ’03)
received her Doctor of Audiology in May from
ETSU. She accepted a job as an associate with
Dr. Daniel R. Schumaier & Associates ~
Audiologists in Johnson City, TN.
Denario Smalls (B.S. ’03) is with the Kansas
City Brigade in the Arena Football League.
Denario teamed with Keyandre Fenn to give
the Buccaneers capable cover corners in the late
’90s, was with the Macon Knights of Arena2
three years (2001-03), tallying 23 interceptions.
He climbed up to the AFL in 2005, playing for
the New Orleans Voodoo.
Julie Soward (B.S. ’03) married Robert
Winter (B.B.A. ’01). Julie is a speech
pathologist for Brookdale Senior Living and
Robert is employed by Cherry Creek School
District. Following a wedding trip to Lake
Tahoe, the couple now reside in Denver,
Colorado.
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Jay Searcy
(B.S. ’86-’90), the first
pledge of Epsilon Zeta
of Pi Kappa Alpha at
ETSU in 1955, was
inducted into the
Tennessee Sports
Writers Association
Hall of Fame. The
sportswriter, who also was a sports editor at two
newspapers, is one of nine inductees in the Class
of 2007.
Jay worked at the Kingsport Times-News and
the Chattanooga Times, where he was both a
writer and the sports editor. Soon after, Jay began
writing for national newspapers, writing for the
New York Times and then working as an editor
and a writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Under his leadership, the Inquirer was
honored by The Associated Press Sports Editors
three times as the best daily sports section.
Mandi Rolen (B.S. ’02) married Dorn
Brinker on November 25, 2006. Mandi is
employed with the State of Tennessee with
Adult Protective Services. Dorn is employed at
Elliot Trucking. The couple resides in White
Pine, Tennessee.
Lauren Rowe (B.S. ’02; M.A.T. ’04) married
Brett Summar on October 28, 2006. Lauren is
employed by Washington County, Tennessee,
Schools as a teacher at Fall Branch School.
Brett is employed at Lanier Worldwide of
Johnson City, Tennessee. Following a wedding
trip to St. Thomas, United States Virgin
Islands, the couple now resides in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Emily Seay (B.S. ’02) married Michael Scott
Goodin (B.S. ’01) on September 30, 2006.
Emily is employed at Witherspoon Surveying.
Michael is employed by Robins & Morton as an
assistant supervisor. Following a wedding trip
to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, the couple now resides
in Morganton, North Carolina.
Katheryn Dickerson (B.S. ’01; M.A.T. ’03)
married Michael Walker on June 24, 2006.
Katheryn is employed by Bristol, Tennessee,
City Schools at Avoca Elementary School.
Michael is employed at Gabe’s Barber Shop.
Following a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the
couple resides in Piney Flats, Tennessee.
Kristopher Geswein (B.B.A. ’01) married
Maria Lee on July 22, 2006. Kristopher is
employed by Regions Bank, and Maria is a
student at the University of Tennessee.
Following a wedding trip to the Bahamas, the
couple now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Dr. John Mouna Abouamara (B.G.S. ’00) is
currently employed at the James H. Quillen
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Johnson City,
Tennessee. He was also the instructor for a
pharmacy technician training course that
provides preparation for the certification board
exam or improvement in current job skills.
John is a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant,
senior enlisted pharmacy technician health
services command.
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Classnotes
2007 Faculty Convocation
Ryan Stanton
(B.S. ’99; M.D. ’03) is a
contributor for the
ABCNews.com medical
unit. He has written
several articles, all of
which have been
featured on the
network’s news site,
covering a wide area of medical expertise. His
articles range in subject from sedation to breast
cancer to diabetes and the Food and Drug
Administration.
Tina McNew (B.A. ’00) is married to Brian
McNew and resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Tina is the co-sales manager for the retail store
The Limited in West Town Mall in Knoxville.
Brian is the news director for WATE TV 6 in
Knoxville. Tina and Brian have one daughter,
Taylor Maris, who was born on April 24, 2007.
Rebecca Moriarty (B.S.E. ’00) married
Richard Smith (B.B.A. ’98) on May 27, 2006.
Rebecca is employed by Sullivan County,
Tennessee, Schools, and Richard is employed by
HSBC Bank. Following a wedding trip to
Disney World and Nassau, the couple now
resides in Bluff City, Tennessee.
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Kenny Burnette (B.A. ’99; M.B.A. ’04)
recently accepted the role of marketing director
at Mitch Cox Development Group, where he
will coordinate the marketing efforts of the
various company divisions.
Carrie Martin (B.E.H. ’99; M.P.T. ’05) is on
staff at Hawkins County-Wellmont Hospital as
a Physical Therapist and her husband, William,
works at Sears as the District Manager of the
Asheville N.C. District of Sears Dealer stores.
They live in Morristown, Tennessee, and have
two children, Sarah and Stephen.
Jason Onks (B.S. ’99) married Amanda
Glenn on August 26, 2006. Jason is an
executive director at Buffalo Mountain Camp,
and Amanda is director of youth ministries at
Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church in
Johnson City, Tennessee. Following a wedding
trip to Bermuda, the couple now resides in
Johnson City, Tennessee.
Calvin Clifton (B.G.S. ’98) is the business
development manager for the Johnson City,
Tennessee, location of E. Roberts Alley and
Associates, Inc. Calvin also serves as a director
of the Tennessee Chapter of the American
Public Works Association.
Dr. Betsy Summerfield (E.D.D. ’98) was
awarded the Risk Management Certificate from
the Virginia Risk Control Institute. Dr.
Summerfield has over 25 years of experience in
the Human Resources Management field in
both the public and private sector. She has also
conducted extensive research on workplace
violence and published articles related to
workplace violence.
Traci Horne (B.S. ’97) married Brian Grimes
on October 21, 2006. Traci is employed at the
University of Tennessee Extension Office as an
extension agent for 4-H. Brian is employed at
Tusculum College. Following a wedding trip to
Asheville, North Carolina, the couple now
resides in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Timothy Porter (B.S. ’96) married Stephanie
Frazier on September 30, 2006. Timothy is
employed as a manager at Alcoa, and Stephanie
is employed as a nurse practitioner at the
University of Tennessee Medical Center in
Knoxville, Tennessee. Following a wedding
cruise to Mexico, the couple now resides in
Maryville, Tennessee.
Tracey Darnell Watson (B.S.S.W. ’96) was
promoted to Director of Counseling, Career &
Disability Services at Roan State Community
College. She and her husband, Michael, reside
in Loudon, Tennessee.
Matthew S. McCall (B.B.A. ’94) was featured
as top equity analyst in the May 21st edition of
the “Journal Report” of The Wall Street Journal.
He specializes in home construction and furnishings. He is employed with BB&T Capital
Markets in Richmond, Virginia. He is married
to Kelly and has two children, Olivia, 2, and
Audrey, 2 months.
Scott Fitzpatrick (B.S. ’93) married Maria
Becka on September 30, 2006. Scott practices
at East Tennessee Acupuncture Clinic and
Maria is employed at Kingsport Medical
Associates. Following their wedding trip to
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the couple now
resides in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Melanie Leigh Hornsby (B.S. ’92; M.C.M.
’97) was named one of the “2007 21 Leaders
for the 21st Century” by the publisher Inside
Collin County Business. The Award is a
community service recognition program.
Leigh is the public information officer for
Collin County, Texas. She resides in McKinney,
Texas, with her husband, Bobby Chacon.
Joshua Lowe (B.S. ’92) joined MFA in the
new role of Senior Membership Coordinator.
Josh’s responsibilities include serving as the
primary point of contact for membership
recruitment and retention, assist in the
production of member communications and
publications, as well as facilitate and grow the
membership database.
Lonna Monday Lumpkins (B.S. ’92; B.S. ’96)
is working as a media specialist at Southwest
Virginia Community College Distance and
Distributed Learning.
Melissa Leigh Turner (B.S. ’92) married John
David Odom on January 24, 2007, in Ocho
Rios, Jamaica. Melissa is employed at Nash and
Powers Insurance in Bristol, Tennessee. John is
employed at Carter County Bank in
Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Brian Chisom (B.S. ’91; M.A. ’93) is working
as the director of student development and
co-curricular learning at Roanoke College. He
is in charge of developing a new-four year
co-curricular program, The Maroon Passport,
which enhances development in leadership,
service and clarifying life goals.
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FACULTY EMERITI
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Arts and Sciences
HEALTH AFFAIRS
Medicine
Dr. Judith Hammond
Sociology and Anthropology
Professor Mary Hurd
English
Professor Anne Koehler
English
Dr. Lou Ernst-Fonberg
Biochemistry
Dr. John Hancock
Pharmacology
Dr. Margaret Hougland
Anatomy
Dr. Michael Miyamoto
Pharmacology
Dr. Gail Gallemore
Pediatrics
Business and Technology
Dr. Paul Bayes
Accountancy
Dr. James Frierson
Management and Marketing
Nursing
Dr. Lois Lowry
Family/Community Nursing
Dr. Wesley Brown
Public
and Allied Health
Human Development & Learning
Dr. Bruce Goodrow
Dr. Nancy Dishner
Public Health
Educational Leadership &
Policy Analysis
Dr. Terrance Tollefson
Thank you for your many
Educational Leadership &
years of commitment to
Policy Analysis
Education
University Libraries
Professor Carol Norris
Sherrod Library
the students and to the life
of East Tennessee
State University.
Dr. Beverly King (M.A. ’90), a faculty
member in the psychology and counseling
department at the University of North Carolina
Pembroke, is serving as an administrative
fellow in the Office of Academic Affairs for
2006-07. She will be working this year in the
areas of institutional and programmatic
assessment.
Dr. Meg Fleming Locklear (M.E.D. ’90) is an
early intervention teacher with the North
Carolina Office of Education Services in the
Early Intervention Department for Deaf or
Hard of Hearing in Lumberton, North
Carolina. She and her husband, Dallas,
adopted a son, Clifton, in July 2006. Clifton is
now three years old.
Gale Osborne
(B.G.S. ’97) was
appointed as the City
of Kingsport’s 13th
Police Chief. He has
been with the
Kingsport Police
Department for
twenty-seven years
(2/16/1980). He has
moved along in the rank structure. He
came in as a patrolman and was
immediately placed in Training to teach
Officer Survival and Self-Defense. Later, he
was promoted to Corporal, then Sergeant.
After a short while, he was promoted to
Lieutenant and was a Watch Commander in
Patrol. When he was promoted to Captain
of Patrol, he was supervisor of Patrol, Vice,
CID and SWAT. He was then promoted to
Deputy Chief of Administration which
included the budget and grants for the
department. He was born and raised in
Sullivan County. He and his wife Dolores
have four children.
Classnotes
Vicki Snodgrass (B.B.A. ’90) is the director of
Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Kingsport
Leadership programs. She is responsible for
three leadership programs: LINK, SHOUT and
ENCORE. LINK is dedicated to the development of leaders, SHOUT is dedicated to
providing leadership skills and community
awareness education to select high school
students and ENCORE is dedicated to informing seniors about volunteer opportunities. She
and her husband Duane reside in Kingsport.
Bryan Suggs (B.S. ’90) has been appointed to
senior manager of finance and technical
operations at King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In
this position, he will provide financial analysis
to support technical operations strategies,
programs and initiatives.
1980s
Stephen P. Combs (B.S. ’88; M.D. ’92) is a
board-certified pediatrician and a Certified
Physician Executive by the American College of
Physician Executives. He is currently serving as
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Wellmont Physician Services in Kingsport,
Tennessee, as well as Vice President for Medical
Affairs at Holston Valley Medical Center in
Kingsport, Tennessee.
Mark Millwood (B.S. ’88) has been
promoted to senior director of talent
acquisition and diversity for King
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s corporate human
resources department. In this position, he is
responsible for developing and implementing
strategies and programs related to the
company’s recruitment and retention efforts.
Mark also directs and manages the company’s
diversity and employee assimilation functions
and serves as a human resources business
partner for many corporate functions.
Vance W. Cheek, Jr. (B.S. ’87) has joined the
Tri-Cities office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. Vance concentrates
his practice in the areas of litigation, corporate
law and public policy.
Dr. B.J. King (B.B.A. ’86; M.A.C. ’95) has
been named to the post of assistant vice
president for Financial Services at ETSU. She
had most recently served the university as
interim assistant for Business and
Finance/Comptroller.
Laura Spears Linder (B.S. '85) has been
named the District Coordinator of Library
Media Specialists for Berkeley County School
District in South Carolina.
Leslie Tentler Ridings (B.B.A. ’85) has been
named a partner with Hunter, Smith and Davis
law firm. She is a member of the litigation
practice group and the employment/labor
practice group. Leslie practices in the area of
commercial and civil litigation and workers’
compensation law.
Pauline Douglas (B.S. ’84; M.A. ’87) has
been named Assistant Manager for Security
and Emergency Management at the
Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office. She
is responsible for directing the implementation
of security programs and emergency
management for the Department of Energy’s
Oak Ridge Office. She resides in Knoxville.
Dr. Alan Everett (M.D. ’84) returned to his
alma mater as the keynote speaker for the 20th
annual Dr. Ann Mortell Memorial Lecture at
ETSU’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine.
Dr. Everett is a pediatric cardiologist at Johns
Hopkins Hospital.
Scott MacMorran (M.B.A. ’84) has been
named the Northeast Tennessee Regional
President at GreenBank. He is responsible for
management of the bank's 22 offices located in
Hamblen, Hawkins, Greene, Washington, and
Sullivan counties and branches in Hot Springs,
North Carolina, and Bristol, Virginia.
Mark W. Thomas (B.B.A. ’84) attended the
inauguration of Elizabeth Kiss the eighth
president of Agnes Scott College in Decatur,
Georgia. Mark, of Mark Thomas & Associates,
P.C., practices law in Atlanta, Georgia.
Robert Wilson, Jr. (M.C.M. ’81) is the
deputy city manager/administrator for the City
of Bristol, Tennessee, and has accepted the
position of assistant city manager with the City
of Johnson City, Tennessee. He will oversee
internal services including finance, human
resources, budget, purchasing and information
technology.
David Kirkpatrick (B.S. ’82) is a Bristol,
Tennessee, police sergeant and a 25-year
veteran of the department. He recently
graduated from leadership command training,
sponsored by the Police Staff and Command
School of the Northwestern University Center
for Public Safety in Evanston, Illinois.
Lisa Lemmons (A.L.E. ’80; B.S. ’82) married
James Powers on September 23, 2006. Lisa is
employed at the Tennessee Department of
Children’s Services, and owns Gems and
Whims Jewelry and Bead Store in Johnson
City, Tennessee. James is employed by Medical
Equipment Technologies. Following a wedding
trip to Playa Conchal, Costa Rica, the couple
now resides in Johnson City and Tazewell,
Tennessee.
1970s
Paul Johnson, Jr. (B.S. ’79) is now a
weeknight anchor for Fox Tri-Cities News at
10:00 in addition to directing sports coverage
for WCYB Channel 5.
Darlene Thompson (B.S.W. ’78) attended
the inauguration of William Sanborn Pfeiffer,
the sixth president of Wilson College in
Asheville, North Carolina. Darlene resides in
Asheville.
Christopher Garrett Thomas (B.S. ’77; M.Ed.
’84) married Katherine Lydia Staggs on March
10, 2007. Christopher is employed at Science
Hill High School where he teaches and coaches
crosscountry. Katherine is employed at State of
Franklin Bank.
J. Michael Pate (B.S.’76) is employed as the
Director of Medical Clearances for the U.S.
Department of State in Washington, D.C. He
and his partner, Bradley A. Moore, reside in
Alexandria, Virginia.
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Steven James
Huhn
(B.S. ’97), a graduate of
ETSU’s master’s degree
program in Storytelling,
will release his first novel
in the fall of 2007.
James has written many
previous collections of short
fiction, scripts, and
inspirational books that have
won critical acclaim and a
number of awards. He also
works as a professional
storyteller and appears at
events across the country.
The Pawn features FBI Criminologist
Patrick Bowers, an investigator who
combines 21st century investigative
techniques with Sherlock Holmesian
deduction to track serial killers and
arsonists. Utilizing geographic profiling and
an in-depth study of the location and
timing of the crimes, Bowers attempts to
locate the criminal’s home base. When
called to North Carolina to help corner a
brutal killer, Bowers finds himself in a
deadly game of cat and mouse with a
murderer who always seems one step ahead
of the law. Bowers has to rely on all of his
skills and instincts to capture a man who
calls himself the Illusionist.
Michele Banner (B.S. ’74; M.Ed. ’95) has
been named an academic credential evaluator
in ETSU’s Office of Transfer Articulation. In
this new position, she works with transfer
articulation initiatives with the Office of
Admissions, ETSU departments, community
colleges and international universities.
Rhonda Morgan (B.S.N. ’74) is the interim
chief nursing officer at Holston Valley Medical
Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. She served as
one of the editors for the book “AACN’s
Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing,” which
was recently released by McGraw-Hill. This
project is the first text focused on preparation
of progressive care staff for the national
certification exam.
Michael J. Carrier (B.S. ’73) left the
Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport,
Louisiana. He has been named President of the
Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
Linda Isaac Johnson (B.S. ’71) is working as
a social worker for the Burke County
Department of Social Services in Morganton,
North Carolina. Her husband, Thomas L.
Jones (B.S. ’72), is the President of Economic
Development Strategies in Morganton, North
Carolina.
Sally Price Masters (B.S. ’71) resides in
Trophy Club, Texas, with her husband Jim.
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Classnotes
Robert L.
Wilson, Jr.
(M.C.M. ’81), deputy city
manager of
administration for the
city of Bristol, Tenn.,
officially accepted the
position of Johnson City
assistant city manager.
“Bob will oversee
internal services — finance, human resources,
budget, purchasing, and information technology,”
City Manager Pete Peterson said. “We are fortunate
to have a person of his caliber joining our city
team.”
“Now I’m looking forward to the move to
Johnson City and working with the city’s
management team, accepting new challenges, and
helping the city continue to move in a positive
direction.,” Wilson said.
Wilson began work for Johnson City on May 14.
Col. Gilbert W. McIntosh, Jr. (B.S. ’70;
M.E.D. ’83) retired from the U.S. Army Reserve
in July after a military career that spanned
nearly four decades and put him at the top of
his field. His final military duty was to serve in
Iraq as the chief of staff of Task Force 3rd
Medical Command, the U.S. Army’s senior
deployable theater-level medical command.
1960s
Sherry Cooper Viersen (B.S. ’69), a former
resident of Erwin, Tennessee, has been chosen
to receive the 2007 SADD National Advisor of
the Year award promoting positive teen
decision-making. She is the SADD (Students
Against Destructive Decisions) Advisor at
University High School in Orlando, Florida,
and teaches Life Management Skills/Health.
1950s
Lt. Col. Frank Tymon (B.S. ’59) completed
his latest book, Dark Secrets, recently and is
publishing and marketing the book through his
now company, Frank Tymon Publications in
California.
Joan Gaster (B.S. ’53; M.A. ’57) is staying
busy with eight children who live in California,
Idaho, Oregon, and Arizona. She also has
sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her husband recently turned 80
years old.
Obituaries
1990s
Marvin Bell (B.S. ’99) served with the
Kingsport Police Department for twenty years
as an investigator and patrol officer. After he
suffered a severed spinal chord and was left
paralyzed from the upper abdomen down after
a hunting accident, he fought through his
disability to find a niche as the KPD's
intelligence officer. On April 22, 2007.
Thomas Robinson (B.S. ’90) was accepted by
the Florence Academy of Art in Italy where he
furthered his studies of sculpture. Being an
artist in metal sculpture, stained glass and
other media, his work is included in collections
in Tennessee and Georgia. On May 26, 2007.
Sally Shelton (B.G.S. ’99) owned and
operated With Wings As Eagles boarding
kennel and was a member of the Boarding
Kennel Association. On May 11, 2007
1980s
Charles Farmer (B.S. ’89) was a retired
Johnson County, Tennessee, Commissioner,
where he served the County for 24 years. He
was also a Charter Member of the Johnson
County Rescue Squad. He was retired from
Levi Strauss & Co, where he worked for over 30
years. On April 10, 2007.
Dr. Allen G. Mays (M.D. ’89) was a
Diplomat of the American Board of Internal
Medicine with a Certificate in Cardiovascular
Disease. Dr. Mays completed his internship at
Riverside Regional Medical Center in 1990.
His Internal Medicine Residency was at Emory
School of Medicine from 1990-1993 and his
Cardiology Fellowship was also at Emory
School of Medicine from 1993-1996. Dr. Mays
joined Athens Cardiology Group in Athens,
Georgia, in 1996. He was a member of
Redeemer Presbyterian Church and was a
ruling Elder. He was active in local youth
sports leagues and served as coach in the
Athens Little League and as head basketball
coach of the Downtown Falcons of the Boys
and Girls Club League. On July 8, 2007.
John Baldau (A.S. ’85) was an x-ray
technician at Indian Path Medical Center and a
member of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. On
October 17, 2005.
Christian Chenard (A.S.N. ’85) spent 15
years working for the city of Portland, Maine.
He began at Health Care for the Homeless and
then Positive Health Care. Chris was active in
HIV/AIDS work and taught in the nursing
program at the University of Southern Maine.
On May 20, 2007.
Kerry Marcum (B.S. ’84) worked as a social
worker with the state of Tennessee for many
years. She loved the outdoors and enjoyed
gardening. On May 24, 2007.
Dr. Ron Smith (B.S. ’83) practiced dentistry
in Elizabethton, TN. Ron was a Cub Scout
leader, a member of MENSA, Sons of the
Revolution and had served on the Carter
County Board of Health for many years. He
was an avid pilot, and held a private license,
commercial license, instrument rating, a dual
engine rating and had operated an air charter
business. On June 29, 2007.
John Hamilton (B.S. ’82) was employed by
Wolverine Technical Staffing as a computer
consultant. On March 31, 2007.
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Melissa Hensley (B.S. ’82) directed the
children’s choir for the Kingsport, Tennessee,
Liberty Celebration and the children’s choir for
the Watauga Baptist Association in the past few
years. She was a volunteer at local hospitals
and nursing homes with Therapy Dogs
International and a member of the Greater
Kingsport Kennel Club. On June 26, 2007.
Ron Vance (M.A.T. ’80) was a former teacher
in the Carter County, Tennessee, School
System, and enjoyed reading and music. He
was also an avid nature lover who worked with
the Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, and
the Roan Mountain Naturalist Rally. On July 2,
2007.
1970s
Barbara Pierce (B.S. ’79) was a member of
First Christian Church, Johnson City,
Tennessee. On July 3, 2007.
Martha Rose (B.S. ’79) had taught speech
and hearing at McMinn and Bradley County,
Tennessee, schools for over 10 years and
formerly taught sixth grade at Sweetwater
Elementary School. On June 25, 2007.
Joan Miller (A.S.N. ’78) retired from Bristol
Regional Medical Center as a registered nurse
following 35 years of service. She was an active
member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. On
April 2, 2007.
Richard Devaney (B.S. ’76) was a successful
business executive in the energy field,
beginning his career with Shell Oil. He was
working with Direct Energy. On June 21, 2007.
Charles Henry (B. S. ’76) was a former
employee of Imperial Home Décor, Sea Ray
and TRW. On June 10, 2007.
Mary Byron (M.A. ’75) served in parochial
schools of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
for 30 years. She also served as campus
minister and taught courses at West Liberty
State College. Since receiving a Licentiate in
Canon Law in 1987, she has been employed by
the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston serving for
a total of 17 years in the Tribunal Office. On
May 22, 2007.
Christopher Clark (E.D.D. ’75) played
football in high school, college, and two years
in the Atlantic Coast League. He also played
one year in the American Football League with
the New York Titans, now the New York Jets.
From 1975 to 2002, he was a member of the
education department at Plymouth State
College as a professor of philosophy, with a
focus on the philosophical foundations of
education. He had served as department chair
for the education department, coordinator of
teacher education and graduate studies, and
also served as head defensive coordinator coach
for the Plymouth State football team from
1980 to 1991. On May 25, 2007.
Connie Nelson (B.A. ’75; M.Ed. ’85) taught
fourth grade at Emmett Elementary School in
Sullivan County, Tennessee, before becoming
disabled. She was a member of the Women of
the Confederacy, the Battered Women
Association and a member of Fairmont
Presbyterian Church. On April 11, 2007.
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Classnotes
John Timothy Smith (A.L.E. ’75) had retired
as a lieutenant detective of the Sullivan County,
Tennessee, Sheriff ’s Department. He was a
member of the Fraternal Order of Police,
Burgess Mill Lodge and a member of Chapter
979 of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Tim
was a disaster volunteer for the American Red
Cross and served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to
1973. On March 12, 2007.
Phyllis Krell (M.A. ’74) was a Special
Education Teacher for Kingsport City Schools
Palmer Center. After retirement she served as a
volunteer for Holston Valley Medical Center,
did volunteer work for the Red Cross, and
served on the board for the Kingsport Girls
Club. On June 25, 2007.
Evelyn McKinney (A.S.N. ’74) retired from
the Johnson City Medical Center as a nursing
supervisor. She was in Who’s Who in American
Nursing in 1984 and 1986-1987 and a member
of the American Nursing Association. On May
23, 2006.
Susan R. Hayes (B.S. ’73) worked for the
Watauga County, North Carolina, Health
Department for 30 years until she retired in
2004. After her retirement, she was a part-time
teacher in the Watauga School Systems. She
was named the Eastern North Carolina Public
Health Educator of the Year. On June 10, 2007.
Claude McSpadden (B.S. ’73) was a Vietnam
Veteran who served as Navy Air Traffic
Controller for four years aboard the U.S.S.
Forestal. He spent his working career as
President and Managing Partner of Walnut
Square Development. Claude was also owner
and Broker of Westbury Realty for many years.
On March 26, 2007.
William Douglas Taylor (B.S. ’73; M.A. ’74)
was a Gideon and a charter member of the
Bradford Rose Camp Sons of Confederate
Veterans. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
He was a War Between the States Historian. He
compiled books on the Confederate Units from
Jefferson, Hamblen, Cocke, and Carter
counties. He was in the process of publishing a
book on Confederate Units in Vicksburg
during the Siege. On Friday, May 11, 2007.
Brenda Thompson (B.S. ’73) was formerly
employed as a child protective service worker
for Russell County, Virginia, Department of
Social Services and had also worked for
Washington County and Buchanan County,
Virginia, Department of Social Services. On
April 22, 2007.
James J. Plaza (B.E.H. ’73) had a
distinguished military career as a member of
the 82nd and 101st Airborne Division and
Green Beret and served in the Vietnam War.
On April 30, 2007.
Jerry Walker (B.E.H ’73) was a partner in
Medical Data Systems, Inc., a highly successful
health care firm based in Vero Beach, Florida.
He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force,
having served in Vietnam and throughout
Southeast Asia. Jerry was a member of Kappa
Sigma Fraternity and received the Kappa Sigma
Leadership Scholarship Award. On March 31,
2007.
Kenneth Farley (B.S. ’72) taught industrial
arts for two year at Sandusky Middle School in
Lynchburg, Virginia. He also worked for
Alliance Industrial Corp. and previously for
Simplimatic Engineering. Ken was an avid
reader and fisherman. On May 21, 2007.
Catherine D. Helton (A.D.H. ’72) was a
former dental hygienist and was a member of
First Christian Church, Johnson City,
Tennessee. On April 8, 2007.
Katherine B. Stover (B.S. ’71; M.Ed. ’81) was
employed by Community Finance for 24 years
before receiving her master’s degree in special
education. She taught special education
students in the Bristol, Virginia, school system
for 14 years, retiring at age 76. Katherine
provided Christmas food distribution beginning in 1968, which over a period of 12 years,
grew from 15 to 300 families. On May 6, 2007.
Kenneth E. Huddleston (B.S. ’70) retired
from the Army Corps of Engineers at Allatoona
Lake, where he served as their assistant
resource manager. He volunteered time to
assist with disaster work in New York City, New
York, during 9/11. He was a Motorcycle Safety
Foundation Instructor and traveled the
country working for Yamaha Corporation after
retirement. On March 10, 2007.
1960s
James Dickerson (B.S.’69) was employed for
several years by the Hawkins County, Tennessee
School System. He also served in the Army
Reserves. On June 1, 2007.
Bruce Ledford (B.S. ’68; M.A. ’71; Ed.D. ’74)
enjoyed a long and successful teaching career at
East Texas State University, the University of
Arizona and Auburn University. He was also
the author of two college textbooks on
education theory and practice as well as a
number of articles in various professional
journals. Bruce was honored as a distinguished
alumnus by ETSU at a university convocation
in 1989. In addition to his professional
activities in the areas of classroom teaching and
research, he was an educational media
consultant for the University of Alabama. On
July 3, 2007.
Rev. William Brown (B.S. ’67) was a former
pastor at Valley Haven Baptist Church in
Banner Elk, North Carolina, and was a member
of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. On June 22,
2007.
Kitty Wagner (B.S. ’66) began her teaching
career in Mountain City, Tennessee. After
transferring to Washington County, Tennessee,
School Systems, she taught at Wallace
Elementary for over 28 years. She was a
member of the Suburban Christian Church.
On April 21, 2007.
James Reeves (M.A. ’65) was a World War II
veteran and a member of Hump Pilots
Association. He retired from Eastman
Chemical Company in 1981 where he was a
chemist. On March 6, 2006
David Thomas (B.S. ’64) was the co-owner
of Thomas & Sons Formal Wear. He was a
member of Southside Baptist Church. On
March 29, 2007.
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Ruth West (B.S. ’60) was a former teacher at
Limestone Elementary and West View
Elementary for over thirty years. She loved
gardening, flowers, and quilting. On March 22,
2007.
1950s
Gladys Carder (B.S. ’57) was an elementary
school teacher for 29 years and was the oldest
member of Sulphur Springs United Methodist
Church. On April 8, 2007.
Lucille Davenport (B.S. ’57) taught fourth
grade for over 30 years in the Sullivan County,
Tennessee, School System. She was also a
member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church for
over 50 years. On April 27, 2007.
Alma Hunigan (B.S. ’57) taught for 32 years
as a career school teacher with Sullivan County
and the Bristol, Tennessee, school systems. She
also taught at St. Anne’s Catholic School. Alma
also had the privilege to teach children in many
other states and Germany. On May 26, 2007.
Joanne Lowe (B.S. ’57) worked as a teacher
and was instrumental in starting the Speech
Therapy program in Tazewell County, Virginia.
She retired from the West Virginia Department
of Health and Human Resources in Princeton
after 29 years as a social worker. On March 23,
2007.
A. Frank Bell, Sr. (B.S. ’55) pastored Bethel
Baptist Church in Johnson City, Tennessee, and
Victory Baptist Church is Shepardsville,
Kentucky. He was on the staff and faculty of
the U.S. Army Chaplain School, Ft. Wadsworth,
New York. As an Army Chaplain, he served
two tours in Germany during the Berlin crisis,
in the Dominican Republic, and four
campaigns in Vietnam. For his service he was
awarded the Bronze Star and the Legion of
Merit. He earned his C.P.E. certification from
Baptist Health Systems in San Antonio, Texas.
Following his retirement, he continued to serve
as a chaplain for Air Force Village I for the next
seven years. Frank was an aviation enthusiast
until he was medically unable to fly. He built
his own E.A.A. Plane called “Flybaby.” Once
grounded, he became an R.C. Modelist and he
taught many the artistry of flying.
Dr. James Larimer (B.S. ’53) joined the
University of Texas faculty as an assistant
professor of Zoology in 1959, was promoted to
associate professor in 1964, and did
postdoctoral work as a John Simon
Guggenheim Fellow at Stanford University in
1967-68. He became a full professor at the
University of Texas in 1968, where he remained
until his retirement in 2005. Dr. Larimer’s
primary area of research was neurophysiology.
Among his awards were a Jacob Javits Award in
neuroscience from NIH, and a teaching award
from the College of Natural Sciences at the
University of Texas. He authored numerous
publications including a textbook on animal
physiology, and he was a member of many
university and national committees. On July 3,
2007.
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Classnotes
In Memoriam
David Ashburn
David Ashburn (M.D.
’94) completed his
Bachelor of Science
degree at Furman
University in 1993.
Following graduation, he
served at a research
assistant with NIH Stable
Isotopes Resources at Los
Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He
came back to East Tennessee for medical school.
He was selected as Alpha Phi Omega during his
senior year, after authoring and coauthoring five
publications and numerous abstracts. He served as
a research fellow in congenital heart disease at the
Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 2001 to
2003 and intended to stay in Michigan throughout
the coming year to complete a fellowship in
Pediatric Heart Surgery. He was involved in a plane
crash with a University of Michigan transplant
team who were delivering a pair of lungs to a
critically ill patient. On June 4, 2007.
Elizabeth Love (B.S. ’53) was retired from
the Elizabethton, Tennessee, City School
System where she taught third grade at Harold
McCormick Elementary School. She was a
member of the First United Methodist Church,
where she served as President of the United
Methodist Women. On July 4, 2007.
James Gravely (B.S. ’51) served two years in
the U.S. Navy and was a member of the First
United Methodist Church. On March 9, 2007.
Ruby Graybeal (B.S. ’50) taught school in
the Carter County, Tennessee, School System
46 years where she was a teacher and principal.
She was past member of the Carter County
Teachers Association. She was also past
secretary of the Alumni Association of ETSU.
On April 21, 2007.
1940s
John R. Crockett, Jr. (B.S. ’49) worked at the
Bemberg Rayon Plant and joined the Tennessee
National Guard when it was mobilized in
September of 1940. In September of 1943, he
graduated from Officers Candidate School as a
Second Lieutenant. He was in the 94th Infantry
and was deployed in the European front of
World War II. John was injured in the Battle of
the Bulge on January 21, 1945, in Germany. He
was a recipient of the Purple Heart and the
Bronze Star. He also started the Crockett and
Turrentine Insurance Agency which became the
John Crockett Agency. He was a real estate
broker and was the owner/broker of John
Crockett Real Estate. He was one of the
founders and a charter member of the board of
directors of Security Federal Bank, where he
served as Secretary-Treasurer and was the
appraiser for the bank until his retirement in
2004. On March 30, 3007.
William Hall (B.S. ’49) was an Army Veteran
of WWII and the Korean Conflict. He retired
from Champion International Paper Co. where
he was employed for many years as an
accountant/auditor.
William T. Barkley, Sr. (B.S. ’47) was a
WWII veteran. As an educator, he served as a
teacher and principal for 22 years. He later
retired from civil service for the U.S.
Government. On May 7, 2007.
Ora Russell (B.S. ’42) taught for 24 years in
Hamilton County at Ganns Middle Valley,
Daisy Elementary and Red Bank Elementary.
She worked with the Johnson and Johnson
Dental Research Program as classroom
coordinator for three years. On April 13, 2007.
Dorotha Stack (B.S. ’42) taught in the
Maury County, Tennessee, School System for
21 years. Her community activities included
membership in the James K. Polk Memorial
Association, Maury County Chapter, APTA,
Students’ Club, Thursday Club and Maury
County Retired Teachers’ Association.
Wava Pippin (B.S. ’41) served in the Bristol,
Tennessee, and Bristol, Virginia, school systems
for 38 years as a teacher, librarian and
principal. She was a member of the State
Street United Methodist Church. On April 20,
2007.
Virginia Holt (B.S. ’40) taught in the
Anderson County, Tennessee, School System
for 43 years. After she retired she was a charter
member of AARP. On April 23, 2007.
Negetha Powers (B.S. ’40) was an educator
most of her life and also worked as a lab
technician at the Hercules Powder Co. of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, during World War II.
On June 3, 2007.
1930s
Genevieve Boyd (B.S. ’36) was a member of
Enon Baptist Church of Yadkin County, where
she was a former Sunday school teacher and
choir member. On May 3, 2007.
Arch Steiner (B.S. ’36) was a teacher and
principal in Maynardville, Tennessee, Schools,
where he was elected as superintendent of
schools in Union County from 1940 to 1944.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and
the Korean War, as a lieutenant commander
and executive officer on a destroyer escort in
the North Atlantic, and subsequently as a
discipline legal officer for the Navy in
Washington, D.C. After serving on the Capitol
Hill Police Force from 1949 to 1950, Arch
served a 45-year career as an education
specialist with the U.S. Department of
Education in Washington, D.C., where he
provided oversight to the department’s
educational research programs across the
country. While in Washington, he also served
as President of the National Conference of
State’s Societies, provided leadership in many
civic and political activities for which he was
awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree from
LMU in 1966.
Lowell Ellis (B.S. ’35; M.A. ’59) was a
teacher for eighteen years in elementary and
high school, fifteen years at Brevard
Community College in Cocoa, Florida, and
fifteen years at the Johnson City Vocational
School. He served in the U.S. Army Ordnance
during World War II. His most important
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accomplishments include working to develop
the Atomic Bomb and Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, contributing to putting a man on
the moon through his educational endeavors at
Brevard Community College, and establishing
America’s first environmental education
courses.
Faculty/Staff
Dr. John Lawson began surgical practice in
Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1952, and retired
from practice in 1993. He was a Fellow of the
Americal College of Surgeons. He served a
term as chief of medical staff at the former
Johnson City Memorial Hospital and also
served as Assistant Professor of Surgery at
ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine. The John
Lawson Surgical Group was named in his
honor following his retirement. In 2002, the
John Lawson Surgical Lectureship was created
at the Department of Surgery at ETSU’s
Quillen College of Medicine to honor his
distinguished surgical career. Dr. Lawson
served 12 years on the Johnson City Board of
Education, serving twice as chairman. On
April 12, 2007.
Dr. Connie Mynatt was inducted into the
first ETSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996. She
was the first woman to coach a men’s tennis
team in the South and recently had a tennis
court named in her honor at Milligan College.
Dr. Mynatt was the first woman to be elected
president of the Tennessee College Physical
Education Association and the first woman
faculty member of ETSU to obtain a Ph.D. At
ETSU, she began a women’s physical education
majors club, Phi Eta Tau, in addition to being
faculty advisor for Delta Zeta Sorority. Her
awards are numerous and became a benchmark
in education. On May 22, 2007.
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at Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
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EASTERN KENTUCKY (MEMORIAL CENTER)
at Marshall (Huntington, W.Va.)
at UNC Asheville (Asheville, N.C.)
at Chattanooga (Chattanooga)
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN (MEMORIAL CENTER)
MARSHALL (MEMORIAL CENTER)
at Oklahoma State (Stillwater, Okla.)
at Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.)
vs. Georgia at Rainbow Classic (Oahu, Hawaii)
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APPALACHIAN STATE (MEMORIAL CENTER)
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at Lipscomb (Nashville)
at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
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KENNESAW STATE (MEMORIAL CENTER)
at Florida Gulf Coast (Fort Myers, Fla.)
at Stetson (Deland, Fla.)
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at Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
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at Campbell (Buies Creek, N.C.)
at USC Upstate (Spartanburg, S.C.)
vs. Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament (Lipscomb in Nashville)
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at Blue - Gold Exhibition (Johnson City, Tenn.)
WINGATE (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Western Kentucky (Bowling Green, Ky.)
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CHATTANOOGA (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
EVANSVILLE (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
UNC ASHEVILLE (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Davidson (Davidson, N.C.)
at Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)
at Radford (Radford, Va.)
at Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
at Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
USC UPSTATE (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
LIBERTY (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
GARDNER-WEBB (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
CAMPBELL (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Appalachian State (Boone, N.C.)
at Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.)
at Belmont (Nashville, Tenn.)
NORTH FLORIDA (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Jacksonville (Jacksonville, Fla.)
KENNESAW STATE (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
MERCER (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at DeLand, Fla. (DeLand, Fla.)
at Florida Gulf Coast (Fort Myers, Fla.)
LIPSCOMB (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
BELMONT (JOHNSON CITY, TENN.)
at Campbell (Buies Creek, N.C.)
at Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, N.C.)
at USC Upstate (Spartanburg, S.C.)
vs. Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament
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• Choose all black or black with cherry finish crown and
armtops
• Your choice of logo: University Seal, Mountain, ETSU
Alumni, ETSU PRIDE, QCOM or Foundation,
engraved on cherry crown or silk screened on black crown
• Brass recognition plaques available engraved
Rocker or chair with logo =
$310.00
Personalization under logo (front of chair)
1st line =
$25.00
2nd line =
$10.00
3rd line =
$10.00
Brass plate engraved =
$25.00
Shipping & handling =
$29.50
Standard 4-6 week delivery
Rush orders available at additional charge
CALL
For more information or to order your chair call the ETSU Alumni
office at (423) 439-4218 or visit www.etsu.edu/alumni/
ETSU Alumni Phonathon
Students will be calling each of
you to ask your participation in
support of ETSU students, scholarships,
faculty/staff, and programming.
Without your generous pledges, we
could not provide successful
opportunities for our students and
the region.
Students Today…
Alumni Forever
Please listen for our call and give
generously to our ETSU student
callers.
Answer the
call!! Be Part
of the Story at
E...becoming
AST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
ETSU.
the best regional university in the country.
September 10—November 20
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Great Endings Start With
Great Beginnings!
LET YOUR LEGACY
LIVE FOREVER AT ETSU!
Saturday
October 20, 2007
Give a planned gift:
• Bequest in last will and testament
• Charitable remainder trust/Charitable gift
annuity for lifetime income
• Life insurance policy
• Remainder gift from retirement plan
• Other planned gifts
We welcome the opportunity to work with you and your financial advisors.
Please contact Dr. Richard A. Manahan or Jeff Anderson, J.D., at (423) 439-4242,
ETSU University Advancement, P.O. Box 70721, Johnson City, TN 37614-1710 or
email, andersjw@etsu.edu.
As part of Homecoming
2007, introduce your high
school senior to college
life at ETSU! For details,
contact Admissions at
(423) 439-4213 or
1-800-GO2-ETSU.
You may also visit our
web site at www.etsu.edu
Visit us online at www.etsualumni.org
Retiring
New Job
Moving
News
Marriage
Birth
Relocation
Elected
Your
Name: _________________________________________________
(First)
(Middle initial or Maiden) (Last)
ETSU Degree(s) and/or Year(s) Attended_____________________
Home Phone #________________ S.S.# _____________________
Home Address __________________________________________
(Street Address)
_______________________________________________________
(City, State, Zip)
Occupation/Title ________________________________________
Employer ______________________________________________
Employer’s Address ______________________________________
(Street Address)
_______________________________________________________
(City, State, Zip)
Employer’s Phone # ______________________________________
E-mail address __________________________________________
We’re very interested in putting you in the next ETSU
TODAY as well as keeping our records up-to-date. Fill us
in, won’t you?
Spouse’s
Name: __________________________________________
(First) (Middle initial or Maiden)
(Last)
ETSU Degree(s) and/or Year(s) Attended _____________
S.S.# ___________________________________________
Occupation/Title _________________________________
Employer _______________________________________
Employer’s Address _______________________________
(Street Address)
_______________________________________________
(City, State, Zip)
Employer’s Phone # ______________________________
E-mail address __________________________________
Permission to add to online directory? Yes
No
Other news (marriages, births, major accomplishments)
about yourself or spouse__________________________
_______________________________________________
Send to: ETSU Alumni • Box 70709 • Johnson City, TN 37614-1710 or use www.etsu.edu/alumni
Come see what you’ve been missing!
Plan to Attend Homecoming 2007,
October 19-20
Featuring Blue Highway
ETSU TODAY
East Tennessee State University Alumni Association
P.O. Box 70709
Johnson City, TN 37614
Join the ETSU Alumni
Online Community at
etsualumni.org
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