lupton circle renovation

Alumni Board Hosts Senior Banquet
The Alumni Board hosted a senior banquet for the class of 2006 at
the Lookout Mountain Golf Club in April. Led by master-ofceremonies, Greg Wright ’64, and keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. King Oehmig
’69, the students were given a warm welcome as the newest members
of the alumni community.
Celebrate Baylor Auction Set for March 10
Kate Dilworth and Chris Crimmins ’80 are the co-
(pictured from left to right): Ashley Getsinger, Lindsay Miller, Lauren
Ziebold, Katie Turnbull, and Haley Walker
Chase Bullard ’06 and Bob
Bullard ‘81
Dee Reddick ’62 and Meredith
Reddick ’06
chairs of the 2007 Celebrate Baylor Auction, set
for Saturday, March 10, 2007. “Next year’s
auction will feature hundreds of unique and oncein-a-lifetime items, including a three-night stay
at the luxurious Doral Golf Resort and Spa in
Miami with tickets for two to the World Golf Championships – CA
Tournament in late March 2007,” said Julie Merrill ’92, auction
coordinator. To get things started, the committee has planned a “KickOff Party and Stock the Wine Cellar” event on Saturday, Sept. 9 at
the home of Jamy and George Bock ’77. “Guests simply need to bring
a bottle of wine valued at $25 or more to add to a wine collection to
be featured as a live auction item on March 10,” said Merrill. Proceeds
from this biennial event will benefit Baylor’s Annual Fund and its
support of the school’s academic programs, the arts, athletics, faculty
development, community service, scholarships, and financial aid. For
more information, go to www.baylorschool.org, or contact Julie at
(423) 757-2541 or auction@baylorschool.org.
Lupton Circle Renovation
Jack Parker
David Humber
More than 80 friends, family, and guests of Maddin and Allen Corey
’74 attended the recent dedication of the beautifully renovated Lupton
Circle in memory of their late son, Henry Allen Corey, Jr. A restoration
of the space, which included extensive new landscaping and brick
work, was made possible through the generosity of various donors.
Pictured from left to right (back row): Pat Corey ’76, Mary Elizabeth
Corey, Lizzie Corey ’06, Virginia Anne Manson, Tim Manson ’75,
Maggie Corey ’04, Meredith Corey ’02, Kate Corey ’04, Billy Kisling,
Dr. Dabney James, Jamie Corey ’72 (second row): Maddin Corey,
Virginia Corey, Dr. Hicks Corey, Allen Corey ’74, (front row) William
Valdez, Ellen Manson, and Corey Manson ’06.
Athletic Round Up
Eddie Davis
Eddie Davis
BAYLOR STATE BASEBALL CHAMPS
TENNIS TEAM TAKES REGION
Eddie Davis
The Baylor boys tennis team, led by state singles champion Bo Seal
(pictured above), finished 12-2 and was region champion and state
runner-up. Tanz Kane and Julian Onken teamed up as a state doubles
quarterfinalist. The Baylor girls finished with an 8-7 record and were
runners-up in the Chattanooga Rotary. Brandi Cordell was a state
singles quarterfinalist.
Eddie Davis
The Baylor baseball team finished with a 37-9 record, the most wins
ever by a Baylor squad, and claimed the school’s second baseball
state championship in four years. Baylor fought out of the loser’s
bracket to win the region and state tournaments and beat heavily
favored Christian Brothers, who entered the state tournament with
a 37-1 record, twice on the way to the state title.
Tracy Knauss
TRACK TEAM WRAPS UP STRONG SEASON
FENCING WINS FIRST-EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Baylor fencers had a fine year with both boys and girls teams winning
the open state foil tournament and the first ever state high school
championship. Rick Manning was the individual state champion. Sarah
Page, Megan Rupe, Parth Deshmukh, Tyler Brasfield, and Manning
qualified for the Under-19 National Championships.
Baylor’s track teams, boys and girls, finished second in the region
and fifth in the state meet. Antonio Frazier was the state shot put
champion and runner-up in the discus throw. Baylor fielded two state
champion relay teams - the 3200 meter relay team of Jennifer Clemmer,
Mary Shelton Bryant, Sarah Gawthrop, and Kate McKenzie set a new
school record with a winning time 9:38.24, and the 1600 meter relay
team of Gawthrop, Mary Stagmaier, Sarah Lyman, and McKenzie won
in 4:01.87. The 800 meter relay team of Lindsay Bibee, Gawthrop,
Kiera Payne, and Lyman set a new region and school record (1:44.90)
at the region meet and placed second in the state.
Athletic Round Up
WRESTLING WINS THIRD
STRAIGHT TSSAA TITLE
SWIMMERS CLAIM STATE
The 2006 swimming season, which ended with a combined state
championship, was highlighted by Baylor’s first dual meet victory
over McCallie in eight years. Along with the combined team title at
the state meet, the Baylor boys were second and the girls were third.
Alex Prebul, Elle St. Charles, Kacey Weddle, and Stephanie Napier teamed
up for two record-setting performances swimming the 200 Free Relay
in 1:35.92, beating their own record by over a second, and the 400
Free Relay in 3:30.45, faster by .61 seconds. Napier also was a double
individual winner, taking the 100 Free in 50.41 and the 50 Free in
22.61. Top finishes in the boys competition were a second in the 200
Free Relay (Michael Vredeveld, Jake Hora, Josh Sosna, Greg Roop) with
an All-American time of 1:27.38, and a second place in the 200
Medley Relay (John Robinson, Graham Griffin, Miller Williams, Hora)
in 1:37.85, an All-American standard time.
Eddie Davis
Baylor won its third straight TSSAA Traditional State Wrestling
Championship in 2006 and was runner-up to McCallie in the Duals
State Tournament, losing 30-23 in the finals. At the traditional
tournament, Baylor had 11 medalists including six state champions.
Individual championships went to Bailey Whitaker at 112 pounds,
Ben Johnson at 125, Corey Manson at 135, Reed Doster at 145 pounds,
Daniel Waddell at 152, and Derek Walker in the 189 pound weight
class. Runners-up were 119-pounder Troy Downey, Mike Bell at 130
pounds, Jed Hussein at 140, and heavyweight McLain Still. Eighthgrader Trey Stavrum took fourth in the 103 pound division. Baylor
was 28-4 on the season and was champion of the Knox Catholic
Invitational, the Alabama Super Duals, the Greeneville Invitational,
and the Soddy Daisy Invitational tournaments.
BASKETBALL
A young girls’ basketball team
finished the year with a 6-16
record but thrilled a home crowd
with a 46-41 upset of rival GPS.
A 13-9 season for the Baylor boys
was highlighted by a 70-67 overtime win over state-ranked Bradley
Central. Both Baylor teams ended
their seasons with region tournament semifinal losses.
BOWLING
The girls’ bowling team ended
with an 11-7 record and was region champion and state runnerup. The boys finished with a 714 record but rallied to place second in the region and advance to
the state semifinals.
ished with an 11-3-4 record, was
region champion with a 1-0 win
over McCallie, and lost a tough
state quarterfinal match, 1-0, to
Father Ryan.
CREW
Baylor’s girls crew retained the
Carney Cup with a win over GPS
this spring. The girls finished
fourth and the Baylor boys were
fifth at the Southeastern Championships in Tampa.
SOFTBALL
Although they lost four key players
to graduation last year, the softball
team fought hard to win its fourth
consecutive state championship.
The Raiders, 26-13, gave it a good
run, winning the region champiBOYS SOCCER
onship and battling to a third place
The Baylor boys soccer team fin- finish in the state tournament.
Ed Ernest
THAD LEPCIO NAMED NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
LOWER SCHOOL WRAP-UP
Baylor lower school teams combined to win six TVAC championships
during 2005-2006 and were TVAC runners-up five times. TVAC
Champs: 8th Grade Football (6-1, pictured above), Girls Cross Country,
Wrestling (23-0 and Middle School State Champs), Girls Golf, Girls Track,
8th Grade Baseball (14-0). TVAC Runners-Up: Boys Cross Country, Girls
and Boys Tennis, Girls Red Soccer, Boys Golf (TMSGA Region Champ),
Boys Track. The Girls Swimming team was Southeastern Champions.
Thad Lepcio was recently named the school’s athletic
director and will begin his new duties July 1, 2006.
Thad has served in a number of teaching and
coaching roles at Baylor since 2003. Most recently,
he managed summer programs for day and boarding
families.
Prior to coming to Baylor, Thad served for eight years as the
Associate Athletic Director for Sports Programs and Operations at
Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. He was also Wofford’s head
women’s golf coach for two years. He received a B.A. from Amherst
College, and an M.S. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
He was captain of Amherst’s NESCAC championship golf team,
where he received all-conference honors.
For daily updates on Red Raider sports, visit the Raider Recap at www.baylorschool.org/extra/athletics.html
Student Kudos
Baylor’s Valedictorians and Salutatorians Named
Ray Boaz
Trey Dyer
Ray Boaz has been named the vale-
dictorian for Baylor’s class of
2006, and Trey Dyer has been
named salutatorian.
A National Merit Semifinalist,
Ray received departmental awards
in U.S. History, German, and
physics. In addition to various
academic achievements, he was a
member of the crew team. He will
attend the University of South
Carolina.
Trey was also a National Merit
Leah Schulson
Bryan Epps
Semifinalist and has served as a
peer tutor. In addition to his many
academic accomplishments, he
has served as captain of the baseball team and was a member of
the varsity football team. He will
attend Wake Forest University.
For the class of 2010, Leah
Schulson has been named valedictorian, and Bryan Epps has been
named the salutatorian. They were
recognized during eighth grade
commencement on May 31.
Ally Baxter Selected for
UVA Jefferson Scholarship
Baylor senior Ally Baxter was awarded
for the University of Virginia’s prestigious
Jefferson Scholarship. Jefferson Scholarships are granted to candidates who
have undergone a rigorous selection
process. “These young men and women
embody excellence in leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, and possess the
potential to provide the next generation of leadership to the University,
the nation, and the world,” said James H. Wright, president of the
Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Former Jefferson recipients from Baylor
include Todd Etter ’86, Jim Haley ’96, and Stephen Harrison ’83.
Kathryn Russell Raises $103,150
for Freedom Counseling Services
“This young lady has done more to impact the lives of many young
women who are in bondage to meth than any one person I know.”
In order to meet the requirements
of her senior Leadership Baylor
project, Kathryn Russell decided
to focus on fundraising for the
Freedom Counseling Services, a
non-profit substance abuse and
addiction counseling center that
services several counties in north
Georgia. As a result, she successfully raised a total of $103,150,
which will be used for a women’s
alcohol and drug treatment facility. “I am so grateful for the tremendous effort Kathryn has put
into this project, said David Burris, Freedom Counseling director.
“This young lady has done more
to impact the lives of many young
women who are in bondage to
meth than any one person I
know.” Kathryn is attending Suffolk University in Boston this fall.
Scott Dering (center) accepts a grant from members of the senior
class grant committee. Pictured from left are Anushri Desai, Hunter
Morgan, Alex Prebul, Jessica Williams, and Rachna Patel.
Class of 2006 Plants Seeds of Philanthropy
The class of 2006 has planted the seeds of philanthropy for future
graduating classes through the new Leadership Baylor Senior Grant
Program. As opposed to the traditional senior class gift that goes
toward purchasing a commemorative item for the school, this year’s
class used their funds to award grants to:
Biology
Digital microscope
Crew - Novice Program
Replacement parts for novice crew boats
Filmmaking
Five boom mics to be used in film class
Lower School Spanish
Spanish readers for language classes
Scholarship Aid for Student Travel
Jamacia Community Service Trip
Liz Aplin Memorial Trip
Round Square
Student Life
Media center for the renovated student center
A total of $9,500 was raised through a variety of fundraisers, including
the junior/senior prom and class t-shirt sales, with additional funds
raised through matching gifts from the seniors’ parents. An advisory
committee comprised of seniors organized the requests for proposals,
reviewed proposals, and made the final decisions on how to distribute
funds. “The program allows seniors to become philanthropic leaders
in their school and community,” said Julie Merrill ’92, associate
director of Baylor’s Annual Fund. “It’s a lesson of giving back that
will remain with them the rest of their lives,” said Merrill.
Desai, Patel, and Villa Receive Service Scholarships
Three Baylor seniors have been
awarded prestigious college
scholarships based
on their academic
accomplishments
Anushri Desai
Rachna Patel
Diana Villa
and leadership in
the school’s community service program. Anushri Desai has been
awarded a Park Scholarship at North Carolina State University, Rachna
Patel has been selected as a member of Vanderbilt University’s Ingram
Scholarship program, and Diana Villa has been named a Bonner
Scholarship recipient at Rhodes College. As part of their scholarship
awards, the recent graduates will continue with their commitment to
community service throughout their college careers. “These students
have made a positive difference in the world as students at Baylor,
and I am confident that their passion for serving others will continue
to flourish long after they leave,” said Joli Anderson, director of Baylor’s
community service program. Past Baylor School recipients of the
Ingram Scholarship include Vishruth Reddy ’05 and Niti Shah ’01.
Caroline Lockrow ’01 is a past recipient of the Park Scholarship, and
Carl Schow ’05 is a past recipient of the Bonner Scholarship.
Student Kudos
week intensive summer dance program with Ballet Austin, one of
the premier regional companies
in the U.S. Auditions for the program were held in 20 cities
throughout the U.S.
Liz Norred won third place in the
Chattanooga Bar Association’s
Law Day essay contest for area
high school students.
Twenty-four students from Baylor’s sixth, seventh, and eighth
grade classes were winners in the
2006 Young Southern Student
Writers Contest sponsored by the
Arts and Education Council and
UTC’s English department. Sixth
grade winners were Tyler Blackmon, Kyle Cantrell, Logan Davis,
Celia Fritschen, Lindsey Limerick,
and Tanner Towns. Lower School
winners included Martha Boyles,
Joseph Butler , Jimmy Caldwell ,
Amanda Callihan, Hannah Davis,
Bryan Epps, Katie Gass, Jacob Hecker, Erik Haggard, Alex Jump, Hannah Kilbride, Parker Knight, Mary
Mattson Lewis, Dee McCartherens,
Natalee Oldham, Haley Popp, Malik
Saaka, and Lexi White.
Baylor freshman Jonathan Diamond
achieved a perfect score (40 out
of 40) on the 2006 National Latin
Exam. Only 952 students out of
135,000 participants from 14
countries attained this distinction.
Of the 122 Baylor students who
took the exam, 65 students received awards. Seven students
achieved the highest rank of summa cum laude; 18 achieved
maxima cum laude; 17 achieved
magna cum laude; and 23
achieved cum laude. Other distinguished individual exam scores
included Latin I: Alex Manley,
38/40; Beau Ireland, 36/40; Ryan
O’Malley, 35/40; and Lauren Paik,
35/40; Latin II: Leah Schulson,
39/40; Bryan Epps, 36/40; Katie
Van Valkinburgh, 35/40; and Claire
Hufstetler, 35/40; and Latin IV:
Anton Fleissner, 39/40, and Michael
Schulson, 36/40.
for Academic Affairs, to offer student perspectives on academic issues. Members of the group also
interview teaching candidates.
Members of the newly-formed Student Academic Council are Jarius
Anderson-Baylor, April Besing, Natalie Brackett, Annie Bullard, Katy
Burke, Bess Carter, Chris Clemmer,
Jonathan Diamond, Abbey Davis,
Mitchell Land, Michael Levine, John
Murphy, Anna Murray, Eunji Na,
Madelyn Owens, Alex Ruffner, Maddie Schmissrauter, Michael Schulson,
and Caitlin Taber. The group meets
with Jim Stover, Associate Head
Ten students traveled to Boston
in March for the annual Harvard
Model Congress, where they
joined high school students from
across the country in exploring
the intricacies of the U.S. government. Sophomores Bryn Pitt and
Chelsea Dommert won “Outstanding Speaker” awards in the
House of Representatives, and
junior Geoff Millener won a “Best
Press Corp Team” award. Other
participants included Elyse Higley,
Radhika Patel, Shannon Moore, Dorothy Fournet , Jarius AndersonBaylor, and Mat Hartje.
Sixth graders Kathleen Vavalides
and Chase Beard were winners in
the Chattanooga Hamilton County Bicentenniel Library’s city-wide
“Short Tale Contest.” Kathleen
won first place and Chase was
the runner-up in the sixth grade
division. The contest was held as
a tie-in with this year’s Tale for
One City book: The Watsons Go
to Birmingham - 1963.
Sophomore Robert Maynard has
accepted a full room, board, and
tuition scholarship to attend a six-
of 11 qualifiers. The AIME serves
as the qualifying exam to determine which students will be invited
to compete for a spot on the U.S.
Math Olympiad team
Students in geometry and algebra II
classes took the AMC 10 in the
spring. The top scorers were Mark
Mahvi, ninth grade, followed by
sophomores Chris Wilson and Riley
Dyer, and ninth grader C.J. Enloe.
Alex White, a junior boarding stu-
dent from Knoxville, was invited
to participate in the East Tennessee
Youth Wind Ensemble at CarsonNewman College. The ETYWE is
a highly select, All-State quality
band of approximately 62 members, open by invitation to high
school students from throughout
East Tennessee. Students performing with ETYWE are among the
finest high school woodwind,
brass, and percussion players in
the region. Alex was invited to
perform as third chair trumpet.
Brooke Breedwell, a sophomore
boarding student from Athens,
was a contestant in the Miss Tennessee Teen pageant this spring.
Sophomore Anton Fleissner finished first among Baylor students
in the American Invitational
Mathematics Exam (AIME), while
other top scorers were juniors
Jordan Apfeld, Dylan Bunch, John
Bradley Murphy, and senior Miller
Williams. A total of 20 Baylor
students qualified to take the
AIME as a result of their scores
on the American Mathematics
Competition 12 (AMC 12), surpassing the school’s previous total
Fifty-five students competed in
April in the annual Tennessee
Math Teacher’s Association (TMTA) State Math Contest at UTC.
Baylor placed 19 students among
the top 10 finishers in each of the
subject areas, and took first place
in three of the six categories. Top
finishers were Algebra I: eighth
graders Leah Schulson, first place;
Bryan Epps, second; and Carolyn
Jones, fifth; and seventh grader
Sydney Rupe, ninth. Geometry:
freshmen Bryan McMahon, ninth
place, with David Miller and Evan
Roberts tied for tenth. Algebra II:
freshman David Burt, ninth place.
Precalculus: sophomore Anton
Fleissner, first place, and juniors
Parth Deshmukh, fourth; Jordan
Apfeld, sixth; and Rick Manning,
seventh. Calculus and Advanced
Topics: seniors Ray Boaz, sixth,
and Thorne Melcher, twelfth. For
several years Baylor has included
statistics among its AP offerings
and has been the only local school
to compete in the Statistics category of the contest. This year seniors Sara Watson placed first;
Anushri Desai, second; Antonio Frazier, third; Brian Eischeid fourth;
and Sean Cardell, fifth.
Mary Stagmaier (right) and Martha
Boyles (center) plant a tree with a
friend from Lima, Peru. The two
attended a Round Square conference in Alberta, Canada. Accompanied by faculty member Ward
Fleissner, they participated in activities with a global environmentalism theme, along with approximately 50 students from 20 schools
in the Western Hemisphere.
Awards Day Recipients
Outstanding Student Leaders Honored John Roy Baylor, Alexander Guerry and Barks Recipients Named
Trey Dyer
Rachna Patel
Ally Baxter
Diana Villa
Baylor honored eight of its outstanding student leaders with Leadership
Awards that are the highest the school bestows. Recipients are selected
by a vote of the faculty.
The John Roy Baylor Award is presented to seniors who have contributed
richly to the school both as citizens and scholars. Named for Baylor’s
visionary founder and first headmaster, the John Roy Baylor Award
for 2006 was presented to Trey Dyer and Rachna Patel. Trey will attend
Wake Forest University, and Rachna will attend Vanderbilt.
Ally Baxter is the winner of this year’s Alexander Guerry Award.
Named for Baylor’s second headmaster, the award is presented to a
senior who contributed richly to the position of honor and right at
Baylor. Mr. Guerry served Baylor from 1913-29 and was headmaster
from 1926-29. Ally will attend the University of Virginia.
The Herbert B. Barks, Sr., Award is presented to boarding students
who have contributed richly to the spirit and quality of life of the
residential program. This honor is named for Baylor’s third headmaster,
who joined the Baylor faculty in 1924 and served as headmaster from
1929-64. The Class of 2006 honorees are Diana Villa and John Murphy.
Diana is from Houston, Texas, and lived in Lowrance Hall. She will
attend Rhodes College. A resident of Seattle, Washington, John lived
in Lupton 2. He will attend Denison University.
National Honor Society Inductees
Seventy-two Baylor students were recently inducted into the National
Honor Society. Membership is offered to students in grades 10-12,
and is based upon a student’s outstanding performance in scholarship,
service, leadership, and character. The scholarship requirement is a
3.0 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale. The new inductees
are Shirley Barrett, Allie Braund, Brooke Breedwell, Ade Brown, Mary
Shelton Bryant, Katy Burke, Becca Campomanes, Leigha Caroland, Anthony
Clairmont, Dylan Craig, Michael Daugherty, Abbey Davis, Robert Dilworth,
Rishi Dixit, Chelsea Dommert, Riley Dyer, Kyle Emory, Compton Fields,
Anton Fleissner, Colin Fraser, Katharine Freeman, Anish Govan, Tyler
Greene, Val Hansen, Elyse Higley, Ansley Hitchcock, Evelyn Hooper, Kelsey
Hughes, Yi-Shan Hsieh, Carolyn Jolley, Hannah Jones, Sascha Juhasz,
Jeremy Jung, Kelly Kell, Khia Keller, Angela Kim, Morgan Kinsey, Kahn
Koo, Mitchell Land, Joshua Lea, Keely Lusk, Kevin Manning, Blair Marshall,
Margaret Matlock, Megan McCormick, Curry McGee, Eunji Na, Scarlett
Nolen, Brooke Pancake, Radhika Patel, Stephen Pickett, Callie Pikramenos,
Bryn Pitt, Sarah Pottharst, Dylan Prater, Jessie Rishell, Michael Schulson,
Michael Spehar, Corey Standifer, Caitlin Sutherland, Channing Thomas,
Luke Tidwell, Harrison Tyner, Danny Van Valkinburgh, Roddy Van der
Sluis, Alejandro Villarreal, Javier Villarreal, Bailey Whitaker, Alex White,
Chris Wilson, Ethan Wolfe, and Jordan Wright.
John Murphy
Hunter Morgan
Juney Shober
The Herbert B. Barks, Jr., Award was presented to seniors who have
contributed richly to the Baylor spirit. Dr. Barks was headmaster
from 1971-88 and is remembered for his charismatic leadership and
remarkable enthusiasm. This year’s honorees are Hunter Morgan and
Juney Shober. Hunter will attend the University of Georgia, and Juney
will attend Kenyon College.
Lower School Honors Leaders
Academic awards went to the top two scholars in the eighth grade class
at the Lower School commencement exercises on May 31. Leah Schulson
was named valedictorian, and Bryan Epps was named salutatorian.
The Alexander Guerry Award, named for Baylor’s second headmaster
and presented to Lower School students who contribute richly to the
position of honor and right at Baylor, went to eighth graders Bryan
Epps and Leah Schulson.
The Michelle Kadrie Award, given to students who combine a strong
desire to do their personal best in school activities with a caring
attitude toward others, was presented to eighth graders Emily Eischeid,
Chuck Hudson, and Dima White.
Five Upper School Students
Saluted by Their Peers
Ally Baxter
Matt Clemmer
Harris English
Clay Stockett
The O.B. Andrews Awards, presented each year
to the male and female students who are judged
as the best all-around seniors by the vote of the
Upper School student body, were given to Ally Baxter
and Matt Clemmer. Ally, who also received the
Alexander Guerry Award, will attend the University
of Virginia. Matt will attend Georgia Tech.
Tiffany Williams
The Jumonville Awards, given to the best allaround male and female juniors as determined by
a vote of Upper School students, were presented
to Harris English, Clay Stockett and Tiffany Williams.
Awards Day Recipients
Seven Win Special Faculty Awards
John Casavant
Megan Knauss
Miller Williams
Seven Honored as Recipients of Special Awards Selected by the Faculty
Anushri Desai
The Hubert J. Stagmaier Award is given to outstanding all-around
senior students. This year’s honorees are John Casavant, Megan Knauss,
and Miller Williams. John will attend Emory University, Megan will attend
Birmingham-Southern College, and Miller will attend Davidson College.
The Service to School Award is presented to seniors who have contributed
richly to the school. This year, the award was given to Anushri Desai and
Corey Manson. Anushri will attend the North Carolina State University.
Corey will attend Cornell University.
The Michelle Kadrie Award is given to seniors and eighth grade
students who combine a strong desire to do their personal best in
Corey Manson
Corin Harpe
Ryan Crimmins
school activities with a caring attitude toward others. The senior
receiving this year’s Kadrie Award is Corin Harpe. Corin will attend
The University of the South.
The Faculty Commendation Award is awarded by a vote of the faculty
to a senior or seniors who deserve special commendation. This award
is given only in years the faculty feels the need for it. For his commitment
and entrepreneurial spirit in creating and managing the Baylor
Broadcast Network, this year’s winner is Ryan Crimmins. Ryan will
attend Wake Forest University.
Students Earn Recognition for Achievements in Academics, Athletics, Arts
Departmental Awards
Art Award (Studio)
Reagan Schmissrauter
Dance Award
Corin Harpe
Drama Award
Chad Bullard
John Casavant
Mark Vinson
Orchestra Award
Bo-Kyoung Park
Band Award
Alex White
Maddy Young
Photography Award
Emily Booth
Vocal Music Award
Kaitlyn Swicegood
Fine Arts Award
David St. Charles
Community Service Award
Katherine Harper
College Book Awards
Jordan Apfeld, Williams College
Mike Bell, Occidental College
Claire Cassady, University of the South
Parth Deshmukh, Middlebury College
Colton Griffin, Hendrix College
Mat Hartje, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Lesley Long, Rhodes College
Rick Manning, Yale University
Geoff Millener, Brown University
Shannon Moore, Vanderbilt University
Radhika Patel, Smith College
Chelsea Schott, Wellesley College
Clay Stockett, University of Virginia
Tiffany Williams, Xavier University
Spanish Language Award
Music
Fritsl Butler
Rick Manning
Kirk Vernegaard
Michael Spehar
Ashley Kim
Computer Science Award
Biology Award
Mark Mahvi
Mat Hartje
Creative Writing Award
Chemistry Award
Jessica Ottinger
Anton Fleissner
English Award
Physics Award
Caitlin Tabor
Ray Boaz
History Award
Science Achievement Award
Sophomore Award
Tyler Brasfield
Junior Award
Geoff Millener
Senior Award
Fynn Glover
Robbie Matlock
Rachna Patel
French Award
Kelly Kell
German Award
Jordan Apfeld
Latin Award
Alex Prebul
Spanish Literature Award
Vocal Music
Jessica Williams
Megan Knauss
Math Award
Athletic Awards
Outstanding Athlete Award
(by coaches’ vote)
Anton Fleissner
Art Forum Awards
Drama
Lauren Holton
Alex Shoaf
Nicole Vogt-Lowell
Instrumental Music
Andrew Park
Photography
Emily Booth
Chris Bach
Lindsay Miller
Scholar-Athlete Award
Trey Dyer
Alex Prebul
Best All-Around Athlete Award
(by vote of senior varsity letter
winners)
Chris Bach
Paige Lanter
Corey Manson
Lindsay Miller
Special Recognition Award
Corey Manson
Stephanie Napier
’06 Senior College Choices
Studio Art
Jessica Biggs
Lindsey Donaldson
Scarlett Nolen
For a listing of this year’s Senior College
Choices go to the College Counseling section
of our website at www.baylorschool.org
Faculty & Staff Kudos
Bill Cushman ’59 received The Col-
lege of Wooster Excellence in
Teaching Award, which recognizes teachers who have had an influence on Wooster students. He
was nominated by Wooster freshman Sam Stover ’05.
Bob Olsen, also a history instructor, received the award in
2000 after a nomination submitted by Casey Henderson ’99.
featuring Fazio’s Commedia
dell’Arte pieces and related images,
will open at The Gallery August 6.
Joe Gawrys helped lead a workshop
for K-12 teachers in Gatlinburg
for the Tennessee Geographic Alliance. The topic of the workshop
was “Japan: History, Geography,
Society, Art, and Education.”
Jim Hooper has been selected to
Bob Fazio’s work was recently fea-
tured in an exhibit at The Gallery
in Red Bank along with the work
of 20 artists. An additional show
attend a four-week National Endowment for the Humanities seminar on abolitionism at the Library
Company of Philadelphia.
Dr. Dan Kennedy, Andy Stultz, and
Marti Wayland attended, and pre-
sented at, the National Conference
of Teachers of Mathematics conference in St. Louis in April. Also
attending the conference were
Marilyn McAnnally and Melanie
Albert. In addition, Dr. Kennedy
gave a talk at the International
Mathematics and Technology
Conference in Orlando in April;
and Ron Stewart, Dr. Kennedy,
and Stultz gave presentations at
the T3 “Teachers Teaching with
Technology” National Conference
in Denver in February.
Five Baylor teachers have been
selected as readers for the Advanced Placement exam. Petrise
Miles, chemistry; David Padilla,
English Literature; Ron Stewart
and Marti Wayland, calculus; and
Jim Hooper, U.S. history will join
a select group of high school and
college faculty members from
around the world to evaluate and
score various sections of AP Exams, ensuring that students receive
grades that accurately reflect college-level achievement.
Class Notes
1950s
An early tour of duty during the
calls “about the most perfect job
in America,” at the National
Weather Service in Honolulu.
1960s in Munich, Germany, captured the interest of Tommy
Johnson ’56 in German antiques
and militaria. After a 20-year military career that included two
tours in Vietnam, he is really enjoying this hobby, which has
evolved into a successful business.
Baylor alumni Jimmy Brown ’64,
Alex Roberts ’67, and the late Grant
Adcox ’68 , along with former
trustee, Bucky Wolford, were inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame at its
annual banquet in February.
Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative
journalist Wendell (Sonny) Rawls
Jr. ’59 has been named managing
director of The Center for Public
Integrity in Washington, D.C. A
veteran reporter and editor, Rawls
joined the Center in August 2005
as director of its International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
As managing director, Rawls will
be responsible for all editorial and
publishing operations.
John Wilson ’66, chief investment
strategist for Morgan Keegan &
Co. in Memphis, recently spoke
in Chattanooga to guests of the
local branch of Morgan Keegan.
John is a frequent commentator
on CNBC and “Bloomberg Television,” and he writes for the Wall
Street Journal Online.
Tom Crutchfield ’67 is running for
Ira Long ’73 is president of the
Hamilton County Circuit Court
Judge in Division II, hoping to fill
the seat vacated by retiring Judge
Sam Payne, a former Baylor parent.
2006 Chattanooga Trial Lawyers
Association, the focus of which is
the protection of individual rights
and the advancement of ethical
standards and trial advocacy skills
among local attorneys. The officers meet monthly for continuing
legal education presentations.
Alfred Smith ’67 was chosen by
his peers in the office of Miller &
Martin for inclusion in The Best
Lawyers in America 2005-2006.
Cal Jumper ’74 is in the Marines,
1970s, vice president for
Steve Hitt ’73
administration and senior services
at Blue Ridge Healthcare, Morgantown, N.C., recently advanced to
Fellow status in the American College of Healthcare Executives, an
international professional society
of 30,000 healthcare executives.
1960s
Ben Hablutzel ’60 recently com-
pleted the 2005 Honolulu marathon in just over six and half
hours. This was Ben’s first
marathon since the late 1970s and
early 1980s, when he ran marathons regularly. He also participated in the 8.1-mile Great Aloha
Run along with 19,860 other entrants, including 4,800 Sounds of
Freedom (military people running
in formation). He has what he
Hal Bosworth ’67, Executive Vice-President and Chief Merchandising
Officer for Talbots, is pictured here with his daughter, Kate Bosworth,
and wife, Patti, at the premiere of Blue Crush. Kate most recently
appeared as Lois Lane in Superman Returns.
working as the 3rd MAW/USMC
liaison to the Combined Air Operations Center at Al U Deid in
Qatar. Most of his time is spent
discussing aviation policy issues
with the Air Force.
Robert (Bob) Cooper ’75, before
becoming counsel to Governor
Phil Bredesen, participated with
his law firm in an International
Justice Mission (IJM) to Asia to
offer legal help to victims in cases
of unlawful bonded labor. Bob
helped interview bonded workers,
aged eight to adult to prepare
affidavits about the workers’ loans
and working arrangements. IJM
then used those affidavits to seek
the nullification of those loans by
the government. “The bonded
workers that we interviewed were
the true heroes of our trip,” said
Bob. “It took tremendous courage
to come forward and talk to us.”
Rob Davidson ’72 has launched a
new real estate business in the
Class Notes
Pinnacle Building on Peachtree
Road in Atlanta, Ga.
infant daughter, Maddie.
Dr. Erich L. Swafford, M.D. ’85 is
Sandy Mattice ’72 was sworn in
as U.S. District Court Judge on
February 10. Jim Haley ’68, president-elect of the Chattanooga
Bar Association, presented Judge
Mattice with a judicial robe.
currently stationed at Sheppard
Air Force Base, where he practices
aviation and forensic psychiatry.
He is a Captain (Major-select) in
the U.S. Air Force. He and his
wife, Stephanie, have two children, Alexander and Virginia.
Bruz Clark ’77, vice president of
the Lyndhurst Foundation, has
won the Southern Environmental
Law Center’s tenth annual James
S. Dockery, Jr. Environmental
Leadership Award. “Bruz is
known and recognized as an environmental leader and thinker at
the highest levels,” said SELC
board member, and former Baylor
teacher, Rick Montague.
1980s
Mark Hopkins ’80 has opened a
new restaurant, Hoppy’s Last Resort, in the St. Elmo area of Chattanooga. Food offerings include
delicious “down-home” sandwiches, hot dogs, chili, draft beer, and
“the best hamburger you have ever
tasted.” Mark hopes to add a deck
and a Bocce court for the summer.
Todd Eischeid ’86, Jeff Goldstein
’86 , and Chad Walldorf ’86 ,
founders of Sticky Fingers restaurants, now offer their products
on the Home Shopping Network
program “Savor the Flavor: Comfort Food.”
Wesley Nimon ’89 and his wife,
Melissa, live in Collierville, Tenn.,
where they have three children,
Thomas (4), Mary Claire (19
months) and newborn Oliver Lee.
Wesley works as an economist
for the Navy.
1990s
partner in the Mobile litigation
firm of McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, LLC. His practice
consists primarily of the defense
of product manufacturers, railroads, and other corporate clients
in personal injury and wrongful
death cases. Craig was recently
named the president of the Young
Lawyers Section of the Alabama
Defense Lawyers Association.
Capt. (Dr.) Allen (Dax) Holder ’92 is
serving his second tour of duty in
Iraq as an emergency staff physician. He is based at Lackland Air
Force Base, where he recently assisted a software engineer develop
EM3, a new state of the art patient
tracking system.
Will and Rebecca Maddux ’92 live
in Winston-Salem, N.C., where
Will is a risk manager with
Wachovia’s Dealer Financial Services unit responsible for the Georgia-based auto dealer portfolio.
Will holds an M.B.A from Wake
Forest University and a master’s
degree in accounting from UNCChapel Hill. Rebecca is a private
elementary school teacher working
with children with special needs.
Brent Taylor ’82 has been named
Beth Mittleider ’93 has opened
director of planned giving and endowment development at the United Way of Greater Chattanooga.
He will be responsible for cultivation, solicitation and recognition
of planned giving prospects, and
will develop strategies to obtain
major endowment gifts. Brent previously served as a financial consultant for A. G. Edwards and Sons.
Great Balls of Yarn at 1428 Williams Street, Suite A, in the Southside District in Chattanooga.
Beth, along with classmates
Suzanne Bishop and Mariah Mayfield, has joined the growing trend
of women who own their own
businesses. Suzanne owns Frankie
& Julian’s on the Northshore, and
Mariah owns Shadowbox Paperie
on the Southside.
The Rev. Jake Carroll ’85 has been
called as pastor of Chamberlain
Memorial Baptist Church in Chattanooga. He previously served
Morris Hill, Cohutta, and Blythe
Avenue Baptist churches. He and
his wife, Rhonda, have two
daughters, Emily and Jamie.
Kennedy Frierson ’85 has assumed
the presidency of the Dixie Group’s
Masland Carpet division in Saraland, Ala. (near Mobile), and lives
there with his wife, Christie, and
Hiram Sanborn Chamberlain V ’90
and his wife,Tamela Bright Chamberlain, now have three beautiful
children: Hiram Sanborn VI, Zoe
Evelyn and Emma Caroline Chamberlain. Four men by the name of
Hiram Sanborn Chamberlain have
graduated from Baylor.
Misty Holder ’93 became an associChip Greene ’90 of Nashville, re-
cently released an EP called Ominous, and he is currently putting
the finishing touches on a fulllength CD. He also works as a
mentor in the after-school program at University School of
Nashville and as an actor with
Wilhelmina-Dan Agency in Nashville. Visit www.chipgreene.com
Craig Hamilton ’91 has been made
ate at the firm of Leitner, Williams,
Dooley & Napolitan PCCL in December, 2005. Misty is a U.S. Air
Force Academy graduate who received her M.B.A. from the College
of William and Mary and her law
degree from Samford University.
Kristen McCamish Bell ’93 received
her C.F.A. and works at UnumProvident, but took time out for
the birth of Luke Daniel Bell in
September 2005.
Shannon Patty ’96 deployed to
Afganistan with the Army at the
end of January for a year as a
First Lieutenant. She is in the
Medical Specialist Corps and
works as a physical therapist in
the civilian world as well as in the
Army reserve. She hopes to join
her class for the 10-year reunion
while on leave this September.
Chris ’94 and Lyndsay Frankenberg
’96 will relocate to Atlanta from
Kansas City, Mo., where Lyndsay
will begin training at Emory University for her emergency medicine
residency. She was one of only 18
candidates accepted at Emory as
a resident to the ER program. Chris
will be transferring with EMC Corporation as a business development
manager for EMC in Atlanta.
Rachel Ann Miller ’97 received her
master’s degree in aerospace administration in December 2005
from Middle Tennessee State University. The title of her thesis was
“Benefits Associated with Establishing a GPS-based IFR Infrastructure for Helicopter Emergency Services.”
Alisha Williams ’99 is working in
the Newborn ICU at Vanderbilt
Pediatric Hospital while she completes both the pediatric nurse
practitioner program and the forensic nursing program at Vanderbilt and builds a new house in her
“spare time.”
2000s
SPC James Scott ’00 is in the Army
in Kuwait, preparing to leave for
Iraq. He hopes to make contact
with classmate Nate Rawlings if
his unit goes through Baghdad
before convoying to his destination.
Class Notes
Matt Wood ’00 is a second year
dental student at UT Health &
Sciences Center in Memphis.
Katherine Card ’02 helped the UT
Lady Vol softball team to their
best season (2005) in school history, and as a senior captain in 2006
helped the team to a berth in the
Women’s College World Series.
Elizabeth Conner ’02 graduated
magna cum laude in December
2005 from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s
degree in journalism. She works
as a copy editor at the Columbus
Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Ga.
Elliott Dement ’02 has excelled at
University of the South in swimming and was a standout in the
recent Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference swimming and diving meet. Elliott won the 400 individual medley for the second
year in a row, was second in the
backstroke, and was on the second-place 200 medlay relay team.
Rebecca Clark ’02 is graduating
dren.” Blair spoke of her experiences to the Chattanooga Civitan
Club in January.
University, New Orleans, this
spring and has been selected as a
member of Loyola’s Jesuit Honors
Society, Alpha Sigma Nu.
Wes Hodges ’03, a senior at Georgia
Tech, received several pre-season
honors in baseball, including firstteam preseason All-American (by
Collegiate Baseball), second-team
preseason All-American (by National Collegiate Baseball Writers
Association of America), and No.
8 collegiate prospect for the 2006
June draft (by Baseball America’s
Allen Simpson).
Kurt Smith ’02, a recent graduate
of the University of Virginia, was
drafted by the San Diego Chargers
in the 2006 NFL draft. A soccer
star as well as a place kicker for the
football team while at Baylor, Smith
became a kickoff specialist while
at the University of Virginia, playing
in a school-record 51 games. In a
four-year career at UVA, Smith
boomed 190 of 290 kickoffs into
the end zone for 119 touchbacks
and gave the opponent an average
starting point at the 22 yard-line.
Lacey Booth ’03 received the 2006
Dawson Gailliard Writing Award
for Creative Nonfiction at Loyola
Michael Persinger ’05 and two
friends were honored by the Chattanooga Fire Department for their
quick response in reporting a fire
in Heritage Landing in December.
Though two condominiums were
destroyed by the blaze, the Fire
Department reported that the damage would have been much worse
without that early warning. The
boys were given plaques as well as
a monetary reward from a group
of Heritage Landing homeowners.
Blair Abelson ’03, a junior Public
Health major at Johns Hopkins
University, spent four months in
Nairobi, Kenya, last fall. Her independent research project, studying the street children in the slums
of Nairobi, led her to more questions than solutions. “Until the
slums are eliminated,” said Blair,
“there will always be street chil-
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Marriages & Engagements
Campbell Brown ’72 and Rhonda
Ruggles were married February 18
at Our Lady of the Mount Catholic
Church, Lookout Mountain, Ga.
2005 in Vieques, Puerto
Rico. They reside in New York,
where Jessica is a lawyer with
Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn.
Grant Stamps ’81 and Deborah
Kacey Hamblen ’97 and John
Kennedy were married April 3, in
Hawaii. Grant is employed by the
Mount Leopard Children’s Ranch
in Flora, Miss.
Lawrence Smalley were married
April 29, at the Baylor School
Alumni Chapel. Kacey is a management trainee with Enterprise
Rent-A-Car.
Alexia Paul ’93 and Christopher
Walldorf ’93 were married on May
Angela Ledford ’97 and Paul Lar-
6 at Holy Cross Episcopal Church
in Sullivans Island, S.C.
kins were married April 8, at Tennessee Riverplace. Angela is an
attorney with Stulce and Yantis.
Whitney Hatten ’94 and David Dzi-
uma were married in Birmingham
on October 9, 2004. They live in
Atlanta, where Whitney is a vice
president at Wachovia Bank and
David a vice president at SunTrust.
Jennifer Davenport ’99 and Jay-
than Daniel Elam were married
on December 17, 2005, at Patten
Chapel in Chattanooga.
Michael Megison ’02 and Susan
Jessica Whiting ’96 and Stephen
terian Church. Michael received
a B.A. degree in chemistry from
Davidson and is pursuing a medical degree at the University of
Texas Health Science Center in
San Antonio.
Michael Miller ’02 and Lindsay
Cagle were married by Rev. Ed
Snow on January 21 at Lookout
Mountain Baptist Church. Baylor
alums participating in the wedding
party included Travis Miller ’94,
Rob Martin ’02, Brett Phillips ’02
and Erik Hysinger ’02. Layla Fincher, daughter of Beth Miller Fincher
’97 was the flower girl. Michael
recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from
Vanderbilt University, where he
is presently employed as a research
assistant at the Center for Structural Biology.
Stroebel were married June 24,
2006, at Signal Mountain Presby-
Mason were married October 29,
Matt Nunley ’97 and Courtney
O’Kelley were married at Dallas
Bay Baptist Church October 9,
2004. Evan Harris ’97 was a
groomsman.
Baylor Babies
. . . a son, Hudson Robert Maddux, born January 1, to Will Maddux ’92 and his wife, Rebecca.
. . . a daughter, Madison Kay, born
December 2, 2005 to Dale Tudor
’93 and his wife, Tammy.
Bemjamin Sawrie with
his sister, Anna
Kaylee Snyder
Gabriel Womack
Hudson Maddux
Madison Tudor
. . . a boy, Luke Daniel, born
9/22/05 to Kristin McCamish Bell
’93 and her husband, Matt.
. . . a son, Michael Burke born
5/4/05 to Telky Lanza Murphy ’94
and her husband, Peter.
. . . a son, Luke Edward, born
2/11/06 to Kelli Howard Smith ’95
and her husband, Craig.
Burke Murphy
Luke Smith
Charlotte Ann Haddock
. . . a boy, Nicholas Connor, born
1/18/06 to Richard Lazarus ’81
and his wife, Victoria.
. . . a son, Oliver Lee, born
1/23/06 to Wesley Nimon ’89 and
his wife, Melissa.
. . . a son, Benjamin Malone, born
2/15/06 to Dr. Steve Sawrie ’85
and his wife, Erin.
. . . a girl, Jacqueline Elder Bickerstaff (Ellie), born 1/14/06 to
Allison Edgmon Bickerstaff ’90 and
her husband, Howard.
Dagan and John Nunley
. . . a girl, Kaylee born on 1/20/06
to Melissa Love Snyder ’90 and her
husband Paul. They are relocating
to Chattanooga.
. . . a boy, Gabriel Paul, born
2/24/06 to Caleb Womack ’91 and
his wife, Tamatha.
. . . a girl, Charlotte Ann, born
6/22/05 to John Haddock ’97 and
his wife, Amy Frost Haddock ’97.
. . . twin sons, Dagan Luke and
John Matthew, Jr., born 8/19/05
to Matt Nunley ’97 and his wife,
Courtney.
. . . a boy, Braden Edward, born
2/26/05 to Tara (Chaffin) ’99 and
Bryan Martin ’99.
In Memoriam
Farewell to a Legend
E.B. Red Etter {1913-2006}
E.B. “Red” Etter, former Baylor
teacher and football coach, died
in his home on February 8. 2006.
He guided Chattanooga high
school football teams to nine state
championships and one national
championship.
Red was beloved in the community where he spent most of
his life, not only for his coaching
success but for his personal integrity, teaching ability, modesty,
sense of humor, strong Christian
faith, and service to his church.
Note: All obituaries for alumna/ae
who passed away after March 4,
2006 will run in the Fall 2006
issue of Baylor Magazine.
Jack C. O’Shields, third shift secu-
rity officer at Baylor, died February 2 from complications of emphysema. He will be remembered
by the Baylor community for his
friendly smile, helpful ways and
gentle demeanor. He leaves his
wife, Betty, three daughters, and
three sons.
Robert Bradley Ewin ’24 died at
age 99 in Franklin, Tenn. on
March 4, 2006. He is survived by
seven nephews and nieces: John
M. Pinkerton and wife, Suzanne;
Cornelia Ewin Clark; William W.
Ewin, Jr. and wife, Barbara; Margaret Ewin Martin and husband,
Bob; DeeEwin Welch; Mason
Ewin Clements and husband,
Robert; and Cecil Ewin; 16 great
nephews and nieces; 29 great-great
nephews and nieces; and six greatgreat-great nephews and nieces.
Willard McCall Keyser ’28, known
to everyone as “Pop,” died De-
He influenced several generations
of young men in Chattanooga and
received numerous awards during
his lifetime, including National
Coach of the Year in 1984.
The son of two teachers, E.B.
Etter Sr. and Helen Prater Etter,
Red was born in McMinnville in
1913. After attending Central
High and the University of Chattanooga, where he played football
under Scrappy Moore, Red became a teacher and coach. In 1943
he became head football coach at
Central High School, where he
also coached baseball, track, wrestling and boxing. He was head
football coach at Baylor from
1970 until 1984. At both schools,
Red was not only a coach, but an
excellent teacher of mathematics
and Latin.
Red was also a longtime and
active member of Red Bank Baptist Church. Along with his wife,
Helen, he raised two sons, Gene
and Bobby, and one grandson,
Glenn. Both sons became professional athletes before pursuing
other careers. Survivors include
his wife, Helen Gross Etter; sons,
Gene Etter and wife Eddie, of
Chattanooga, and Bob Etter, of
Sacramento, Calif.; grandchildren,
Dr. Glenn Etter ’84 of Oakland,
Calif., Todd Etter ’86 and wife,
Ann, of Alexandria, Va., Dr. Lori
Etter and husband, Jeff Welty, of
Durham, N.C., Honey Hopkins
’93 and husband, Jonathan, of
Charleston, S.C., Jack Etter and
Jordan Etter (mother, Sharon), of
Sacramento, Calif.; and three
great-grandchildren.
cember 2, 2005.
Pop was born in Decatur, Ala.
on July 15, 1908. He graduated
from Baylor in 1928 with letters
for four years in football, basketball and baseball, serving as captain of all three teams in his senior
year. He was also the commanding cadet officer in the military
program and winner of the O.B.
Andrews Trophy for best allround student.
From Baylor, he went to the
University of Chattanooga, where
he earned a B.S. in mathematics
and chemistry in 1932. He won
varsity letters in basketball and
football each year and was selected
to the All-Dixie Football team in
1930 and 1931. After graduation,
he joined the staff of the University
of Chattanooga, where he was
assistant football coach under legendary coach Scrappy Moore and
was the head basketball coach. In
his later life, he was inducted into
both the Baylor School and UTC
Athletic Halls of Fame.
After serving in the U.S. Navy,
he joined the athletic staff of
Vanderbilt University from 1947
to 1948.
Pop then returned to Chattanooga to work at Tennessee Paper
Mills, retiring in 1973 as vice president, board member and general
manager. Pop was active at Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Benjamin Franklin Keyser and Mae Wilder Keyser Couch;
his first wife, Mary Nena Bales
Keyser; and two brothers, Claude
C. Reed and Warren Ben Keyser.
He is survived by his wife, Betty
Mabry Keyser, two nephews, two
nieces, and several grandnephews
and grandnieces.
Jordan Brown III ’33 died July 15,
2005, in Springfield, Tenn. at age
90. After graduating from Baylor,
he earned a bachelor’s degree in
history from the University of
Texas in Austin.
During World War II, he
worked at the Avco Corporation’s
Vultee plant in Nashville, pursuing
his lifelong interest in aviation.
He then returned to Springfield
and was a partner, with his father,
in the Pike & Brown Insurance
Agency. In his later years, he continued to work in securities and
as a real estate investor until the
onset of his final illness.
He was a lifelong member of
the First United Methodist Church
of Springfield, where he served as
church treasurer for 35 years. He
was also active in civic affairs.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; his wife of 35 years,
Anne Sory Brown; his wife of 14
years, Sarah Norton Long Brown;
sister, Virginia Katherine Brown;
and grandson, John Long Marks.
He is survived by daughters, Virginia Sory Brown of Ann Arbor,
Mich., and Susan Long Marks of
Clarksville; son and daughter-inlaw John R. Long III and Patricia
Long of Bethesda, Md.; four
grandchildren; many cousins; and
a host of friends.
John Archibald Goss ’35, 90, a long-
time resident of Signal Mountain,
died on March 1, 2006.
He was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, on June 26, 1915.
After graduation from Baylor,
he attended the University of
Chattanooga and graduated from
the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts
in 1941, going immediately into
the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He then managed the Fayetteville & Cleveland Gas Co.,
serving as vice president. He
served as director of advertising
for Nelson Chessman Co. for four
years. He was self-employed for
the remainder of his life as a commercial artist. He was a member
of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
on Signal Mountain.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Archibald and Charlotte Dornan Goss; his four sisters,
Charlotte Crawford, Dorothea
Spencer, Mary Morris, and Ruth
Meyers; and his first wife, Nancy
Taylor Goss. He is survived by
his wife, Nancy Dragoo Goss; a
nephew, Dr. William Goss Richardson; and four nieces, Nancy
Lloyd Earl, Gaye Faulkner, Sarah
Faulkner, and Christy Taylor.
Walter P. Coolidge, Jr. ’38 , 86,
passed away on December 10,
2005, in Chattanooga. A lifelong
resident of Signal Mountain,
In Memoriam
Coolidge was a partner in the
Chattanooga Printing and Engraving Co. LLC. He was a past member of Second Presbyterian Church.
Son of the late Walter P. Sr.
and Grace McCracken Coolidge,
he also was preceded in death by
his wife, Opal Westler Coolidge.
Survivors include sister, Mary Cissna; brother, Charles Coolidge; two
nieces, three nephews, five great
nieces; and five great nephews.
John L. Armistead, Jr. ’40 died Oc-
tober 24, 2005, in Charlotte, N.C.
He was born on March 21, 1922,
in Rockingham, N.C., son of the
late Frances McCrory Armistead
and John Lucas Armistead. He
attended the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill until he
was called into service after Pearl
Harbor. He served in the U.S.
Army as an Infantry Instructor at
Ft. Benning, Ga.,and in the Pacific
Theatre during World War II.
Mr. Armistead was the former
president of Atlantic Coast Carton
Company. He is survived by his
son, John L. Armistead, and his
daughter, Susan Armistead.
ical director of the Chattanooga
Tumor Clinic and was named
trustee of the Hurlbut Fund, for
the care of indigent cancer patients
in our region.
Through his leadership in the
community, he facilitated and promoted the Janis Miles Kimsey
Wing of the Ronald McDonald
House and the Memorial Hospital
hospice unit. He was a member
of Chattanooga Golf and Country
Club, The Honors and Council
Fire. He loved to fish, garden,
travel, and have lunch with the
Grumpy Old Men’s Club every
Wednesday. He was a longtime
member of First-Centenary United
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife of
55 years, Miriam Estelle Chesteen
Kimsey; sons, Alan Parks Kimsey,
of Memphis; Steven Bert Kimsey,
of Chattanooga; James Windom
Kimsey, of LasVegas; and Dr.
Frank Charles Kimsey, of Chattanooga; four grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Annelisa, Carol and
Hattie; and brother, Larry E. Kimsey, of Ducktown, Tenn.
Charles Grayson Bailey Sr. ’49, of
Dr. Charles Windom Kimsey ’45,
died February 5, 2006 at 78. Dr.
Kimsey was born in 1927 in
Ducktown, Tenn., to Evelyn Card
Kimsey and James Parks Kimsey.
He served in the Navy in 1946,
attended Emory University from
1946-49, and graduated from
University of Tennessee School of
Medicine in 1952. He entered the
practice of medicine in Ducktown
in 1953 and served as a general
practitioner there until 1956, when
he entered the field of radiology.
In 1963 he received training
in the new technique of mammography and was the first to provide
that service to Chattanooga. He
was a pioneer in the use of new
techniques for cancer treatment
in the Chattanooga area. He was
responsible for developing and
securing funding for the cancer
program at Erlanger Hospital in
1981, and in 1987 Memorial Hospital asked for his help to build a
fully integrated cancer program.
In 1981, Dr. Kimsey became med-
Decatur, Ala. died September 16,
2005 at 67.
He was born July 11, 1938,
in Cullman to C.T. “Doc” Bailey
and Della Chapman Bailey.
Survivors include his wife Linda Bailey; two sons, Grayson
Bailey, Jr., and wife, Bobbi, and
Martin Bailey and wife, Kim, all
of Athens; one sister, Melinda
Hayes of Gardendale; and four
grandchildren, Samantha, Josh,
Korah, and Riggs.
Dr. Oscar Scruggs III ’52 passed
away January 2, 2006. He was 71.
The son of the late Idell and
Oscar D. Scruggs Jr. ’29, Dr.
Scruggs practiced dentistry for 48
years. He was a Mid-South champion from Baylor School under
Luke Worsham in 1952. He then
graduated from the University of
Tennessee Dental School.
Survivors include his wife of
49 years, Mary M. Scruggs;
daughter and son-in-law Janice
and Gilbert Roberts; sons and
daughters-in-law, Oscar D.
Scruggs IV ’80 and Carolyn
Scruggs, and Will J. ’83 and Robin
Scruggs; grandchildren Madison
and Alex Roberts, Currant ’08
and Kelly Scruggs,’10, Maggie
Scruggs and Chase Frank; and
brothers Jack ’58, Tony ’53 and
Dr. Fenton Scruggs.
Snowden Treadwell Day ’57 of
Miramar Beach, Fla., died at home
on Dec. 27, 2005. He was born
on October 9, 1938, in Short Hills,
N.J., the son of Charles P. Day.
He attended Washington and Lee
University and the University of
Miami. He taught for many years
at Southwestern Preparatory
School in Miami and was ultimately headmaster. He was an
avid tennis player, enjoyed numismatics and philately, and was an
accomplished investor who took
great pleasure in sharing financial
advice with friends and family.
He is survived by his wife, Sally
Royster Hamilton Day; brother,
Charles P. Day Jr.; daughters, Diana and Delissa; sons-in-law,
Shawn and Paul; granddaughter,
Jessica; stepsons, David Hamilton
and Charles; and step grandsons,
Campbell and Peyton.
Phillip A. Fleissner ’63, of Soddy
Daisy, died January 2, 2006.
Phil graduated with honors
from the University of Tennessee
Law School in 1971, serving as
an editor of the Law Review and
a member of the Order of the
Coif. He was a 1967 graduate of
Yale University. He was proud to
serve as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1968-74. Phil
was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga. He
was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond A. and Hazel P.
Fleissner, of Chattanooga.
He was known for his integrity
in the practice of law, gaining a
professional reputation for extraordinary diligence in complex
insurance defense cases, as well
as employment and disability litigation. In his 35-year career before the bar, he handled notable
cases involving Tri-State Crema-
tory, Bowater Paper Co., and Velsicol Chemical Corp. He was the
co-author of the standard reference book on automobile liability
insurance in Tennessee, as well as
several articles on legal torts and
liability. He was the founding
attorney of The Fleissner Firm in
Chattanooga, after beginning his
career with the Chambliss firm.
Phil is survived by his wife,
Catherine M. Fleissner, of Soddy
Daisy; daughter and son-in-law,
Lisa F. and Brian Thom, of Singapore; a sister, Elaine Fleissner,
of Columbia, Tenn; a brother and
sister-in-law Ward ’75 and Paula
Fleissner, of Chattanooga; three
stepsons and daughters-in-law,
Jason and Joni Keur, of Anniston,
Ala., Matthew and Carol Keur of
Chattanooga, and Travis and
Leann Keur, of Chattanooga; uncles and aunts; a nephew, Anton
Fleissner ’08; a niece, Carol Fleissner, of Chattanooga; and seven
grandchildren.
Stephen Frederick Buchner ’77 ,
passed away Dec. 18, 2005 at 46.
He was born in Memphis, on Aug.
6, 1959, grew up in Chattanooga,
and was a resident of Cary, N.C.
He was a member of St. Michael
the Archangel Catholic Church.
Stephen earned a BSEE in electrical engineering and a BSEE in
computer science from Duke University in 1981, and a MSEE in
electrical engineering in 1985 from
Duke University. He was a senior
engineer in the Corporate Research and Development department of Lord Corporation in Cary
for 22 years. He holds a patent
through the corporation.
He is survived by his wife of
21 years, Kathryn Nelson Buchner; his three children, Kristin
Dorothy, Karl Frederick and Carolyn Frances, all of Cary; his parents, Dr. William F. and Dorothy
H. Buchner, of Chattanooga; his
brother, Dr. William F. Buchner
Jr. and wife, Paula, of Georgetown, Tenn.; brother, J. Christopher Buchner and wife, Jeanette,
of Leesburg, Va.; as well as many
other loving family members.