Memory Book - Hampden

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CLASS OF
1961
MEMORY
BOOK
Compiled on the occasion of its
50TH REUNION
APRIL 25, 2011
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
PATRICK HENRY SOCIETY WEEKEND &
50TH REUNION OF THE CLASS OF 1961
April 15-16, 2010
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
10 am – 4:30 pm The College Bookstore open
10 am - 5 pm The Esther T. Atkinson Museum open
Exhibit: Photographic Works by Margarita Montealegre and Dave Woody, Visiting
Instructors of Fine Art, 2010-2011
11:30 am – 1:30 pm CLASS OF 1961 PICNIC
Chalgrove Lake (registered guests only)—casual attire
(Rain location: Board Room, Settle Hall)
2 – 4 pm Choice of tours
• Self-guided walking tours.
• Tours of The Manor Resort.
5:30 pm Welcome Reception for the Class of 1961
Middlecourt, home of President and Mrs. Howard
6:30 pm Reception
Board Room, Settle Hall—business attire
Followed by dinner in Pannill Commons, Settle Hall
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
9 – 10:30 am Class of 1961 Buffet Brunch
Everett Stadium Lounge (registered guests only)
11:30 am Baseball Stadium Dedication
12 noon Baseball Double-header
H-SC vs. Randolph-Macon
10 am – 2 pm The Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum open
10 am – 2 pm The College Bookstore open
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LEWIS WILLIAM BRIDGFORTH
Box 1430, Victoria, VA 23974
Home: (434) 696-4400
Spouse: Betty Wood Bridgforth, married 49 years
Children: Son, Lewis W. Bridgforth III - no children
Daughter, Jennifer Lee Bridgforth-Hite - 3 sons
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MD, MCV 1965
Retired: Family Practice, Victoria, VA - 1966-2008
Benchmark Community Bank Board - 1971-2006
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Snow skiing in
Virginia, Canada, Italy, and Nevada
Favorite H-SC Memory: Longwood ladies
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SCOTT BROADDUS
10107 Contessa Dr., Glen Allen, VA 23060Home: (804) 755-8743
riversfever@verizon.net
THEN
Spouse: Marianna, married 48
Children: Daughter Susan in Annapolis, MD;
Son Steven (Steve) in Aylett, VA, married to
Yvonne, parents of Nicole (Nikki)12 years old
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: Stonier Graduate School of
Banking at Rutgers
Retired: Working without pay
NOW
Favorite H-SC Memory: Many memories from my
years on “The Hill” and none bad. No favorite
stories to tell. Unfortunately, not all of our class are
still with us, which is a real regret.
A lasting H-SC value: I enjoyed and benefitted from
the liberal arts education from a quality faculty and
the small college environment at Hampden-Sydney,
probably over enjoyed and under studied too much
however.
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JOHN BAGBY BROW NING
1509 Minor Ridge Court, Charlottesville, VA
22901
Home: (434) 973-2306
jbbrowning@emarqmail.com
Spouse: None
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: Hampden-Sydney
Retired: I worked as a claims advisor and claims
supervisor for United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Insurance Company from 1965-1995
NOW
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: While in the
Army, I was stationed in Italy for two and a half
years, during which I got to do a fair amount
of travelling in Western Europe. After retiring,
I wrote three books: Flint Hill, which contains a
fairly detailed account of my years at HampdenSydney; R.I.P., USF&G describes an insurance
company downsizing and trying to figure a way
to ‘retire’ their employees without providing
retirement benefits; The Long, Cold Winter is a
novel about a basketball coach who, in 1950, tries
to turn around a losing team by teaching them
to shoot the jump shot! In 2007, I was diagnosed
with prostate cancer; after receiving conservative
treatment, I made a complete recovery.
Favorite H-SC Memory: Mr. Hoffman’s freshman
English class—and those huge deductions he took
in our grade whenever he found a “sentence error”
in one of our weekly themes.
A lasting H-SC value: Living under HampdenSydney’s honor system instilled values which have
stayed with me throughout my life.
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A. JOE CANADA, JR.
P.O. Box 126, Union Hall, VA 24176
Home: (540) 576-2939
reddog23456@gmail.com
Spouse: Mary Anne Kellam, married years
Children: 5 children & 4 grandchildren
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: LLB
Working: Former prosecutor; VA State Senator (Virginia
Beach); Juvenile & Domestic Relations Judge; Virginia
Beach Circuit Court Judge
NOW
Favorite H-SC Memory: I made more money my senior
year at H-SC than I made my first year as a lawyer.
A lasting H-SC value: H-SC had a lasting value in my
life. I had no idea what direction in life that I was going.
Several professors gave me the insight and courage to
go to law school. Life has been good to me, thanks to
H-SC.
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RICHARD L. CHENERY III 6032 Abington Park Dr., Glen Allen, VA 23056
Home: (804) 360-9527
Spouse: Lucy Thrift Chenery, married 45 years
Undergraduate Degree: BS
THEN
NOW
Retired: Administrative Assistant - Westvaco
Proprietary Drug Salesman - Norwich Pharmacal
Company
Various positions - US Dept of the Treasury
Favorite H-SC Memory: As a new freshman
manager of the HSC basketball team at the second
game (away at VMI), I was keeping score and lost
track of the score early in the game. The other
scorekeeper, a junior VMI Keydet, was a real jerk
and wouldn’t help me catch up. The officials told
us before the start that if we had a score-keeping
problem to push the buzzer to stop the game so the
correction could be made. So, I pushed the button,
the game stopped, and everyone in the field house
was looking at me (so I imagined). The officials
came over and directed the VMI scorekeeper to
help me get straight, which he reluctantly did.
After that I had no more scorekeeping problems
the rest of the season.
As an aside, at the end of the season H-SC
played at Western Maryland and their scorekeeper
was new at it and lost track a couple of times. I was
able to assist him and he didn’t need to stop the
game. By that time I felt like an old hand at it,
compared to the beginning of the season.
As manager, I had one onerous task. Sometimes
two of the stars, Hawker and Martin, wouldn’t
show up at practice, so Coach Milam would send
me up to Cushing to inform them that their
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presence was desired at the gym. I won’t repeat what their verbal response was,
but they would get out of bed and go on down to practice. I never told Coach
Milam what their verbal response was. Silence is golden.
I had a good year in ’57-’58 but regrettably left in ’59. While those of you in
the class were receiving your diplomas on graduation day in ’61 I was on KP at
Suffolk County AFB at Westhampton Beach, LI, NY.
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W. RICHARD CL ARK
510 Magnolia Ridge Dr., Jonesborough, TN 37659
Home: (423) 753-4525
dickclark@mail.com
Spouse: Joanie, married 9 years
Children: Children - Cathy Champaigne (Grandkids:
Caroline and Lauren), Ann, Richie (Richard W.)
THEN
NOW
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Working: Most Recent first: Resp-I-Care Inc
President, CEO & owner
Baush & Lomb Inc. - SR. VP & CEO
Pharmaceuticals, SR VP & Group Pres., Consumer
& Optical Prod., SR VP and Pres. Ray Ban
Sunglasses.
Abbott Laboratories: Director of Parenteral Mfg.,
Eng. & Planning; Plant Manager - Rocky Mount
NC
Philip Morris Inc. - Plant Manager, ASR Medical
Industries; Managing Director, Personna N.V., Philip
Morris International
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Covered most of
world in business responsibilities and personal travel
over career. Last trip to Europe was my 72nd time
across the Atlantic & several across Pacific. Had
operations overseas and lived in Belgium for 5 years.
Favorite H-SC Memory: Freshman & sophomore rat
races. Painting of admin. building windows.
Roommate Ed Wallace ending up with two dates
for Homecoming during our sophomore year when
he had never invited a date to a formal dance before.
(The one he kept was the one he married.)
A lasting H-SC value: Self reliance, honor & integrity!
Sense of being part of a distinguished history.
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ROBERT BY RNES EWALD
130 Twelfth St., S.E., Washington, DC 20003
Home: (202) 546-6336
llerbe@aol.com
THEN
Spouse: Linda Lovejoy Ewald, married 49 years
Children: Owen (b. 1969) teaches classics at Seattle
Pacific University, married with 2 daughters;
Allen (b. 1972) is a film maker
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: B.D. (Harvard) ; M.S.L.S.
(Simmons)
Retired: Had a wonderful career for 37 years at the
Library of Congress (1968-2005)
NOW
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: 1. While living
in Cambridge, Mass. (1961-66), attended graduate
school in theology and in library science and got
married 2. Worked, studied, and traveled in Europe
for two years (1966-68) 3. Much overseas traveling
since our last child left home 4. Reconnected with
the College by attending the Hampden-Sydney
Music Festival for the last 10 years with three lifelong friends I met at Hampden-Sydney in 1957.
Favorite H-SC Memory: Dan Hawks instructing me
to check the bottom of my shoes before entering
Penshurst to have lunch with the Thompsons.
A lasting H-SC value: I came to Hampden-Sydney
from a small town in Georgia and was given a firstclass, well-rounded educational experience under the
guidance of such masters as McRae, Allen, Gilmer,
and Thompson.
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LOUIS McL ANE (MIK E)
FISHER, JR.
70663 Avens, PO Box 8000,
Black Butte Ranch, OR 97759
Home: (541) 595-2531
MF@Quaere.com
THEN
Spouse: Sue Roderick Fisher, married 34
years
Children: 6 children, 13 grandchildren
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MBA
Semi-retired: CH2M Hill 1964-1994,
Executive Vice President, Quaere,
1995-present, President.
NOW
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Worldwide travel
for business for 40 years. Worldwide travel for
personal reasons the last 15 years. Several surgeries
including prostate cancer. Divorced from first wife
(Kay Howard) in 1974. Fortunate in career and
family!
Favorite H-SC Memory: Living in Black Bottom
A lasting H-SC value: Professor Dix
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TERRY HELSLEY
1 Northpine Ct., Columbia, SC 29212
Home: (803) 781-8477
thelsley2@yahoo.com
THEN
Spouse: Alexia Jones Helsley, married 41 years
Children: Daughter, Cassandra (36), Asst.
Principal - Elementary School. She has
Keiser (6) and Justus (1)
Son, Jacob (28) is Pastor of a Baptist Church
Undergraduate Degree: BA ’66, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MA, University of South
Carolina (History) 1974
NOW
Retired: 25 years in Educational Research/Testing:
SC Dept. of Education (7 years), Director of
Testing at Rock Hill School District, 9 years at
Harcourt Assessment/Psychological Corp.
2 years teaching at Benedictine College, and
1.5 years as a educational products/software
consultant.
Now photographing, editing, and indexing wife’s
historical books.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Our best travel
experience was a 10 day car trip
Favorite H-SC Memory: There was an evening
during freshman year that my roommate and
I “serenaded’ the house of President Robert while
under the influence of vodka. Even though all of
the lights were on, no one came to the door—
probably saving our Hampden-Sydney careers.
That same night my roommate decided to exit our
third-floor Venable room through the window.
Next door, Dan Hawks looked out the window,
saw what was happening, and may have saved a life
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with his loud scream.
Another night we decided to appropriate a small railroad pumper car.
Putting it on the tracks in Keysville, the plan was to pole it all the way to
Farmville which would have put us on the High Bridge that was destroyed
during the Civil War. Luckily for us an oncoming train made us take the
little car off the tracks a few miles from Keysville. But at that point the train
stopped. Thinking we were done for, we ran into the woods. Terrified, we were
happy to call the whole thing off at that point. Names are unmentioned to
protect the guilty.
Then there was the time Chuck Lucas drove us back from Farmville at over
100 miles an hour in the back cargo area of his Dodge station wagon.
A lasting H-SC value: Most profound impression was spending some time
at the First Baptist Church of Farmville when the leader of the NAACP, Rev.
L. Francis Griffin (one of the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement)
was fighting for the public schools of Prince Edward County. Although I was
little more than an occasional white face in the basement of the church when
planning was going on, I’ve always taken pride in my involvement (1965-66).
During my second tour at H-SC, I lived with Mrs. Ann Newman in
Farmville—a descendant of Patrick Henry and grandmother of the current
Farmville mayor. Mr. Trotter introduced us and Mrs. Newman gave me a free
place to stay while I worked at Safeway and enabled me to graduate.
Thank you, Dr. Coyner, for believing in me when I had a shaky belief in
myself.
I majored in history and then added an MA in history. What better place to
soak in the background of our country than at the only college founded during
(or just before) our country’s independence year.
The way to become a Hampden-Sydney gentleman was to see it modeled by
gentlemen like Professors Coyner, Crawley, Thompson, Ropp, Clower, McCrae,
Bliss, and Firenze. You can fill in your favorite names. I miss them all.
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JOHN R ANDOLPH HIGGS
372 Yorkshire Ave, Waynesboro, VA 22980
Home: (540) 941-8286
johnhiggs@barrenridgevineyards.com
THEN
Spouse: Shelby Strickland Higgs, married 47
years
Children: Robert Higgs, lives in France with
wife Angela.
Susan Higgs, married to Chad Miller, a
professor at Southern Mississippi. Grandson,
Duncan Miller, 1 year old
Undergraduate Degree: Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MS in Chemical
Engineering, UVA
Working: Winemaker, own Barren Ridge
Vineyards, a winery. Worked for Philip
Morris for 27 years, plant manager positions.
Worked overseas in Australia, Turkey, and
various places in Europe.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Lived in
Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Switzerland
Favorite H-SC Memory: Spring break in Florida
A lasting H-SC value: The love of study, the
value of honesty and honor!
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HARRY BENJAMIN JONES, JR.
132 Lancaster Dr, No. 816, Irvington, VA 22480
Home: (804) 438-4320
susanjones@va.metrocast.net
THEN
Spouse: Susan W. Jones, married 9 years
Children: Daughter Laura Holt Jones with sons
Nathaniel P. Jones-Lang and Gabriel P. Jones-Lang;
Son Harry Benjamin Jones, III with sons Hilo T.
Jones and Oscar S. Jones
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: LLB, Washington & Lee Univ.
School of Law
NOW
Retired: 1965-66 - Martin, Hopkins, & Lemon in
Roanoke, VA
1966-75 - Assistant City Attorney, represented
Roanoke City School Board in desegregation case
and defended Roanoke City Manager in alleged
wrongful termination of garbage workers - both
cases in Federal District Court and 4th Circuit
Court of Appeals.
1975-2005 - Private practice in Warrenton, VA until
retirement with firm of Walker, Jones, Lawrence,
Duggan, and Savage, P.C.
Favorite H-SC Memories: Of those memories that
are printable:
I fondly recall contributing to the opening of
the first Hampden-Sydney College Bookstore along
with Professor Keith Dix and my roommate, Jim
Burgess.
The “Blind Fiddler” routine at PiKA parties.
The first (and last) Annual Kappa Sig
“Christmas Pageant”
All pledge days (at least the early hours . . . )
The Roanoke College vs. H-SC Basketball game
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where Roanoke sent in a “hatchet man” to control Leon Hawker’s dribbling.
When Hatchet Man picked up several fouls, he slugged Leon, and the stands
emptied and a riot was narrowly averted when the Roanoke players ran out the
front door.
The H-SC vs. Lynchburg College basketball game during which Leon
Hawker and his high-school teammate dueled. Leon got the better of it and
when his former teammate fouled out and was on his way to the showers, he
gave the Hampden-Sydney home crowd a long two-handed “Double Bird.”
The day a rumor circulated that a hooker was “taking on all comers” at the
KA house. Those responding (mostly gullible freshmen), when entering the
Chamber of Love, were met by an infamous KA brother in female attire. She
swore the nervous “John” to secrecy.
The time a PiKA brother lost control of his car on the Five Forks Road
and had it towed to the PiKA House, where he sold sledgehammer blows at
one dollar per lick, and then set the wreck on fire. (The PiKA House survived
unscathed!)
I recall hearing a rumor that sometime in the fifties, at the beginning of
school year, parties unknown switched the room numbers on the classrooms in
Morton Hall, which resulted in several days confusion over which class rooms
were to be occupied by which professors.
Francis “The Axman.” Mama Schaible’s in Black Bottom. “Reggie” Smith.
“Heckle & Jeckle.” Mr. and Mrs. Levesque at the Boxwood Tourist Cabins &
Restaurant. And The Corner Restaurant and chili-cheese-bacon hot dogs and
fries.
Bootlegging “Crab Orchard” in pints for class of ’61 while guarding the
campus all night from Randolph-Macon students.
Food fight in protest of Slater Food Service, long before “Animal House”
immortalized this practice on film.
Crawling into the car trunk and sneaking into the Drive-in movies; taking
your date to the Drive-in movie . . . and sneaking into the back seat!
The revolt of the Freshman Class against the perceived abuses by the
Vigilance Committee and the Sophomore Class to the Rat System (rat caps,
signs, intelligence tests, and the like). The Freshmen barricaded Venable Hall
by barring entry through doors, windows, even the walls and the roof. Both
Sophomores and Freshmen lost control of the situation, and much damage was
done to the Hallowed Structure.
Attending Longwood College summer school to fulfill the H-SC Biology
requirement (only pre-meds took Overcash’s biology!) when the male-female
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enrollment was about 35 guys and about 250 girls. Remember the abandoned
house on the Five Forks Road?
The time my roommate overheard a bunch of guys arguing about how much
money it would take to allow your head to be shaved—he responded he would
do it for fifty dollars. The group huddled, presented him with $50 cash. His
bluff being called, he responded like a gentleman, and followed the group to the
showers. He wore a fedora for many weeks thereafter. His professors took pity
and allowed him to wear the hat during class. (Remember, this was the late 50’s
and modesty was still in style.)
A lasting H-SC value: The honor system—“We do not lie, cheat or steal, nor
tolerate those who do”—has made for lasting friendships from high school at
Greenbriar Military School, Hampden-Sydney College, and Washington &
Lee Law School. Trust is invaluable. Absent the honor code, it is hard earned.
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HUGH K. LE ARY
6161 River Road #12, Richmond, Va 23226
patleary1@verizon.net
Spouse: Deceased
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
THEN
Retired: Bank of America or predecessors - 33 years
Executive Director Mary Morton Parsons
Foundation - 14 years
Favorite H-SC Memory: Pledge Day, Graduation
A lasting H-SC value: Honor Code
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CARY B. MAYO III 80 Sawtimber Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC
29926
Home: (843) 837-6145
Spouse: Linda K. Mayo, married 36 years
Children: 2 children, 2 step-children, 2 stepgrandchildren
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Retired: Insurance Sales and management
Met Life S/MGR - 15 years
State Mutual of American - General Agt/Virginia
15 yr
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RICHARD McCARTHY III 1120 Octavia Street, New Orleans, LA 70115
Home: (504) 895-0686
dick@richardgrayspowercompany.com
THEN
Spouse: Patricia (“Tish”) McCarthy, married 47
years
Children: Richard McCarthy IV, HSC, London
School of Economics, New Orleans. Catherine
L. McCarthy, Loyola, NYU Film School, New
Orleans and New York
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: Sigma Chi - Sigma Sigma
Chapter
NOW
Working: CEO, President of Richard Gray’s
Power Company: Entrepreneur, built or own
many companies, Consumer marketing,
domestic bank recruiting, worldwide Marketing,
travel and distribution. Oil Mop, Romac, Oreck
Corporation, Stewart Enterprises, McCarthy
Associates National BancSearch, Richard Gray’s
Power Company (current). Manufacture and
distribute to US and 22 countries, patented
electronics power delivery systems to the
audio, video, computer, and communications
industries.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Built
manufacturing plant in west Ireland, spent
much time in Europe, climbed volcanoes
and rode camels in Lanzarote (off coast of
Africa), went dog sledding in glaciers in Alaska,
extensive travel to China, Hong Kong, Thailand,
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and much more.
Married Tish McCarthy of London, who
(I found after the fact) is a descendant of John
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Hampden (eponym of our school) and attended Hampden-House School
in England. She is a commercial artist and runs her own commercial
art studio called Tish McCarthy Designs. Our son Richard attended
Hampden-Sydney for his freshman year, but couldn’t stand the isolation,
so transferred to London and finished getting his graduate degree from
London School of Economics. Check him out at www.marketumbrella.
org. Our daughter Catherine is a film maker and accomplished teacher
of Anusara Yoga, www.nolayoga.com. After Hurricane Katrina, Tish and
I purchased a spring-summer-fall mountain retreat in Cashiers, NC.
Favorite H-SC Memory: At Hampden-Sydney I honed my entrepreneurial skills
which propelled me into a lifetime of sales and marketing. Selling hard apple
cider at the Sigma Chi house, to building low-fi musical systems and special
corner-baffled speakers for many of you in Graham Hall. My fondest memories
were not academic but fraternity related—great fun and the usual college
drinking and getting up to the usual pranks. I do remember writing some poem
to make it into Sigma Upsilon National Honorary Literary Fraternity which
shocked me greatly. I remember my roommate John Higgs getting so plastered
he thought he could fly. He found out he couldn’t, but leave that story up to
him. I remember hitchhiking up to NY and Philly on many, many weekends,
when all you needed back then was to wear a H-SC sweater and you could pick
up a ride easily. I remember Sigma Chi Fred Weaver who, while driving on the
back roads, ran over a dog, and a boy runs out and says, “Mister, you ran over
my dog.” Fred paid $20 to the boy and drove on. Yep, that’s right. On the way
back he ran over the same dog, but this time he didn’t pay the boy. Now that is
fast learning from our Hampden-Sydney education. I remember great teachers,
and of course the many times I was called into Dean Crawley’s office. Of course
I remember all of the party weekends, and the many trips to the girls colleges
throughout the area, and of course Longwood! I am sure, when we all get
together there will be many other memories to share. I can’t wait!
A lasting H-SC value: In spite of my desire to party and have a great time
I really value my time On The Hill and value being a Hampden-Sydney
“Gentleman.” I am sorry that we live so far away that we have not kept in
touch with many classmates. It really must be special to live in Virginia
and to have graduated from Hampden-Sydney and be able to share
experiences. Note: If I made many spelling errors or typos, just think I majored in English!
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DANIEL WALTER McK EEL, JR.
P.O. Box 15, Van Buren, MO 63965
Home: (573) 323-8897
danmckeel12@aol.com
THEN
Spouse: Virginia R. (Louise) McKeel, married
49+ years
Children: Three living children: Dan III,
Allison, Helen. No grandchildren yet.
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: M.D., UVA Medical School
1966
NOW
Retired: Pre- & postdoctoral NIH fellowships
1964, 1966-67; 1967-71 Internship/Residency in
Pathology, Washington U. School of Medicine/
Barnes Hospital; St. Louis MO; US Army Institute
of Surgical Research 1971-74; Asst. Prof. Pathology
WUSM 1974-1982; Assoc. Prof. of Pathology with
tenure 1982-2005; Head of Autopsy Pathology
1982-87; head of Neuropathology Core Lab,
WUSM ADRC 1985-2004; 200 publications, 36
NIH research grants.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Married to
beautiful and smart, caring and witty, wonderful
and wise super Mom and super wife Virginia
Louise. Had two wonderful trips with her to Japan
in 1996 and 2002. Solo lecture tour to South Korea
in 2004. Side trips for fun to Mexico City and
Acapulco. Got CHF and hypertension in 2004 and
have been taking care of those chronic conditions
since. Mother-in-law Sally died at age 100+ after
10 years of Alzheimer’s disease. We were privileged
to have Sally at home with us the last 3 years
after moving from St. Louis to Van Buren on the
beautiful National Scenic Current River near Big
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Spring National Park in 2008. Learned a LOT about Medicare and Hospice
services (note: we have a problem!) Remembrances are too many: the Army
was a great experience in retrospect. Getting to know our now many friends in
Japan has been a treasure. Meeting all those Cold War Warrior nuclear workers
and getting involved with the government has been instructive to say the least!
Favorite H-SC Memory: Has to be the 1950 Ford which Mert Fowlkes and
I purchased when we were brothers at the Chi Phi. Mert was our best man in
1961 at Carmel and was President of Chi Phi. Usually a very straight-arrow
guy, I don’t remember following too many rules and laws with that old Ford.
It sure was fun both during the time we owned it and years after recalling the
event. George McVey, my great roommate for three years at H-SC, and I had a
contest one year to see who could get the most academic credits and thus earn
“freedom” from attending classes. He earned a lot but I was in there trying!
I remember fondly being the water boy on the varsity basketball team and
looking up (literally) to Horsley Putt and all those tall guys who treated me
kindly. Then there was the time I was moved up from my 5 or 6 spot on the
varsity tennis team to go against #1, a hot shot, from W&L, to stack the deck.
I was the sacrifice, of course. Yes, we did things like that. And who can forget
John Luster Brinkley striding across the lawns with his briefcase and threepiece suit to visit dear Professor Graves Thompson. I struggled with Physical
Chemistry but Dean Vail nevertheless was kind to me and may have even
helped me get into UVA med School—which had seemed problematic at one
point. There were MANY excellent students and faculty at H-SC who taught
lessons of all kinds that sustain me to this day. And, yes, I especially remember
those many times I read about things in the H-SC library that weren’t on
the formal curriculum (could that be why I wasn’t accepted at UVA Med my
freshman year?) Things like microvasculature and theoretical physics, x-rays,
etc. What a great place!
A lasting H-SC value: H-SC and the Chi Phi house were amazing places in
1957-61 to expand horizons both socially and academically. Lessons learned
being on the Honor Society team in difficult times cannot be replaced as a
value learned and earned. Older guys helping less experienced newbies and
acting by example as role models was an exemplar of how we should treat our
younger colleagues. Character is not the exclusive province of the wealthiest
among us. Participating in sports is important. So is acquisition of knowledge
of other religions and cultures as the business world becomes more and more
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globalized. And those “old” virtues of hard work, honesty, and integrity assume
more and more importance as we grow old. My wife has kept an old New
Yorker poster hanging somewhere in our six houses. The theme is, there is
no black and white, only gray. I am growing to understand how true that is.
They say you grow more into concrete thinking as the mind “matures” and
“gets old.” As one who has studied brain structure and function up close and
personal all my life, I now equate growing old with growing wiser, and thank
goodness. I don’t even blink about crises that paralyzed me into inaction when
I was younger. Becoming old is just fine with me. I don’t put things off nearly
as much as I once did. Happy 50th reunion, all you H-SC folks.
DONALD ROGER MOW ER, JR.
4561 Carriage Run Circle,
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Home: (843) 651-7535
kayandroger@earthlink.net
THEN
Spouse: Kay, married 45 years
Children: Son Andrew, Grandson Austin
Daughter Elizabeth, granddaughter Alexandra
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: Master’s in Fine Arts, University
of Pennsylvania
NOW
Retired Teacher and Administrator
Historic Preservation: Restored and directed
1) Historic Bartram’s Garden, 1728, America’s
oldest surviving botanist garden, and
2) Mill Grove, 1752, John James Audubon’s
historic home in America. Both sites are National
Monuments.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Still married to
my beloved, and only, wife Kay
Traveled extensively throughout Europe and
Central and South America studying architecture,
gardens, music, and theater
Teaching and lecturing
Family, grandchildren, friends
Favorite H-SC memory: Friends, Glee Club, great
times
A lasting H-SC value: Superb liberal arts education
Excellent professors
Visiting and attending social gatherings with
faculty and community residents
High Standards
There is only ONE Hampden-Sydney!
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MARSHALL N. PE AR MAN, JR.
409-K N. Hamilton St., Richmond, VA
23221
Home: (804) 355-4575
Undergraduate Degree: Hampden-Sydney
THEN
Retired: Teacher, Chesterfield County Public
Schools (32 years)
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JOSEPH B. PRINCE IV
2228 Winterfield Road, Midlothian, Va 23113
josephbprince@comcast.net
Spouse: Anne Y. Prince, married 43 years
Children: Wilson R. Prince, age 37; Joseph
Buckner Prince, age 35
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BA, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: Juris Doctor
Retired: Estate Tax Division Internal Revenue
Service for 36 years.
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JAMES ALBERT R EPASS
212 El Dorado Drive, Henrico, VA 23229
james.repass@comcast.net
Spouse: Jackie, married 22 years
Children: none
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MD
Retired in 2007: After graduating from MCV in
1965, I interned 1 year at Grady Memorial Hospital
in Atlanta, GA. In 1966 I was drafted into the
U.S.Navy and spent 2 years on active duty. I came
back to MCV in 1968 for 4 years as a Resident in
Medicine. I practiced medicine in Richmond until
1998. Then I worked for 2 years with the VA Dept
of Corrections. From 2000 until I retired in 2007
I worked as a Medical Consultant for VA State
Medicaid, doing research and writing criteria for
medical procedures.
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: I had extensive
travel experiences with the Navy, going to
California, Mexico, Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan,
Okinawa, and Taiwan. I was the Medical Officer
on a cargo ship sailing out of San Diego. Later
I took a “photo safari” to East Africa.
Learned to fly in San Diego and have a small
airplane from 1978 to 2000. I flew many places,
including Boston, Orlando, Bahamas, South
Texas, Montana, Oklahoma, New Orleans, and
the Outer Banks of NC.
Married my second wife in 1988.
Favorite H-SC Memory: Really enjoyed Dr.
Gilmer’s Physics class. Also enjoyed the fraternity
parties, fellow students, and driving south to
Throckmorton’s Country Store for beer.
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JENNINGS SCOTT SIMMS
Post Office Box 61, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
Home: (434) 223-4428
mrscott1939@hotmail.com
Spouse: Scott, married 16 years
Children: Bradley (deceased) - Tyler
Emily - Nicholas, Bryce
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Hampden-Sydney
Retired: Teacher/coach - Martinsville, VA
Merrill Lynch - Winter Haven, Fl
Wachovia Securities - Farmville, VA
NOW
Hobbies: bass fishing, gardening
Surgery: triple by-pass (2000)
Interests: all H-SC athletics (help with football
radio broadcasts), vacations at Ocracoke Island,
archæology (Indian artifact collecting), painting
(watercolors)
Favorite H-SC Memory: Bridge games in Venable,
pick up basketball at Gammon, gourmet cuisine
at the Commons . . . right!, Charlie Sead’s various
“high jinks,” nights on the intramural field, water
bags at Cushing, burgers at the Boxwood & “The
Corner,” checking cuts outside the P.O., mandatory
chapel, convocations, and religion classes, Deans
Crawley & Vail, Professors Bliss, Thompson,
Coyner, Hubbard, McCrae, “all-nighters” before
exams, beating the bell ringer to class.
A lasting H-SC value: observance of the letter &
spirit of the honor code, male bonding, athletic
competition—varsity, intramural, and pick-up,
accountability for one’s actions and efforts.
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OLEN CLIFFORD STEWART, JR.
10108 Waltham Drive, Henrico, VA 23238
Home: (804) 740-5071
ocstew@verizon.net
Spouse: Mildred Ann Stewart, married 48 years
Children: 1 Daughter 2 grandchildren (5 and 14)
THEN
NOW
Undergraduate Degree: B.A. History
Advanced Degree: Chartered Property & Casualty
Underwriter Associate in Risk Management
Retired: High school history teacher, Norfolk, VA;
US Navy - OCS, Newport Rhode Island, Asst.
Operations Officer, Trinidad, West Indies; Officer
Programs Officer and Casualty Affairs Officer, Naval
Recruiting Station, Nashville, Tenn.; Aetna Casualty
and Surety Co. - Senior Marketing Rep., Richmond,
Va; Alexander & Alexander of Va., Inc., - Insurance
broker; Richfood, Inc., Insurance agent and risk
manager; Southern States Cooperative, Inc. - Risk
Manager and Secretary, Southern States Insurance
Exchange.
Favorite H-SC Memories:
1. Delivering sermons at many of the country churches
surrounding HSC and several rest homes for the
elderly on some Sundays
2. The support and love I received from my fraternity
brothers (Sigma Chi) when my mother died while
I was a student.
3. Respect I have received on disclosing I graduated
from HSC.
4. Glee Club trips during my four years singing for Dr.
Crawley.
5. My brief career on the football team.
A lasting H-SC value: Learning that hard work will
help you reach your goals regardless of how high you
have to reach.
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HARRY BENJAMIN STONE III 110 Westerly Rd, New Bern, NC 28560
Home: (252) 638-8418
bstone3@ec.rr.com
THEN
Spouse: Merle H. Stone, married 49 years
Children: Tim, Harry, Michael. Tim married
Kelly Pope and has 2 children, Wilson (age
9) and Caroline (age 4).
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: MD from Duke
Retired: Practiced Ear, Nose, and Throat in New
Bern, NC, from solo practice to 4-man practice
with offices in 3 towns. Had to retire on disability
(intention tremor) approximately 12 years ago.
NOW
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: We have gone
on 10+ Elderhostels and a Tauck tour and a tour of
Austria and Czech Republic with our local public
radio group. Our best trips were through the
Canadian Rockies and a Theater trip to London.
No divorce so far. Had a cholycystectomy (gall
bladder) on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Had
quadruple bypass after getting symptoms on a
cruise ship in Canadian waters, going down a
rope ladder to a pilot boat, spending 24 hours
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, signing out against
medical advice, returning to the ship and fending
off suggestions to be treated in New York City
(because it was high Jewish Holidays and none of
the best docs would be available). Had the surgery
in New Bern—was so zonked on Versed that my
wife had to be awakened to okay the surgery.
We are big into Scottish stuff and attend
Highland games in NC. In 2009, we went
Edinburgh for “The Gathering,” a worldwide
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Highland game. My son, Tim, went with us and marched in a parade from
Holyrood palace to Edinburgh Castle up the royal mile. After the Gathering
we toured Glamis Castle and St. Andrews. Tim and his wife raced out the
famous bridge on the Old Course and posed for a picture.
Favorite H-SC Memory: There are many. I remember going to RandolphMacon my Freshman year for “The Game.” We had to wear our beanies
and I remember going on the sideline urging the team on for the winning
touchdown.
There were several Old South Balls where we had to grow beards. Mine was
bright red (it is white now). We would rent confederate uniforms and had a big
dance in Richmond. Afterwards we would get casual and go to some park and
party. Once I fell asleep and so did my date and we woke up in daylight.
I remember Freshman English with Dr. Bee Bop Ropp. Organic chemistry
was a big challenge. It was taught by some PhD who had been in industry.
I took it as a junior, and there were seniors in the class who had already been
accepted at med school and they really suffered. Mr. Overcash, biology, had
a pipeline to all the medical schools; you had to be on his good side to get a
recommendation.
NOW
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J. ROBERT STUMP
1112 Virginia Avenue NW, Norton, VA 24273
Spouse: Alice “Poofie,” married 44 years
Children: Daughters: Mary Beth and Melissa
Grandson: James Aiden Bowman
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: LLB / JD
Retired: 2 years. Law Clerk, VA Supreme Court,
Justice A. C. Buchanan, Class of 1910
16 years. practice of law
8 years. substitute Judge, VA General District &
Juvenile Judge
30 years. VA trial Circuit Court Judge
5 years. Arbitrator-Mediator
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: 10 cruises - all
over the world!
A lasting H-SC value: H-SC was my founding rock,
taught me to think outside the box, and created my
judicial career.
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ROBERT EDWARD WALL ACE
6121 Monet Dr., Roanoke, VA 24018
Home: (540) 774-0175
bewallace@juno.com
Spouse: Betty, married 47 years
THEN
Undergraduate Degree: BS, Hampden-Sydney
Advanced Degree: DDS, West Virginia University
Retired: Dentist
Travel, excursions, experiences, etc.: Traveled to most
US National Parks and many foreign National
Parks. Traveled to Vietnam courtesy of the US
Army. Also traveled to Iceland, Netherlands,
Switzerland, Antarctica, The Falkland Islands,
Easter Island, The Galapagos Islands, Netherlands
Antilles, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and
Brazil.
Favorite H-SC Memory: Not favorite but most
memorable: first day as a freshman, sitting on the
small porch on the side of Venable Hall closest
to where the Thompsons lived, looking equally
miserable as about ten other freshmen with me as
our parents left. Mrs. Thompson said if I needed
any buttons sewed on to bring them over.
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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1961
(compiled from the academic catalogue and the tiger)
Mr. John M. Acken
Mr. Leo R. Andrews, Jr.
Mr. Ryland A. Babb, Jr.
Mr. Dean A. Bailey
Mr. Robert M. Barger
Mr. Forest G. Bogan, Jr.
Mr. Scott L. Bowen
Dr. Lewis W. Bridgforth
Mr. Scott Broaddus
Mr. John B. Browning
The Honorable A. Joseph Canada, Jr.
Mr. James F. Carper
Mr. Jack H. Chappell
Mr. Richard L. Chenery III
Mr. W. Richard Clark
Dr. Carroll A. Cloninger
Dr. Richard E. Coons
Mr. Robert B. Ewald III
Mr. Louis M. Fisher, Jr.
Mr. Harry D. Flory
Mr. Edward K. Godsey, Jr.
Mr. John R.P. Hamilton
Mr. Larry W. Hammer
Mr. Daniel M. Hawks
Mr. E. Martin Hedgepeth, Jr.
Mr. Terry L. Helsley
Mr. John R. Higgs
Mr. Richard R. Hollomon
Mr. Joseph O. Humphreys
Major C. Kendall Hunter, Jr.
Mr. Thomas L. Jenks
Mr. H. Benjamin Jones, Jr.
Mr. Hugh K. Leary
Mr. Cary B. Mayo III
Mr. Richard McCarthy III
Mr. James B. McCaw III
Dr. Daniel W. McKeel, Jr.
Dr. George J. McVey
Mr. Charles C. Morton
Mr. D. Roger Mower, Jr.
Mr. Robert K. Norfleet
Mr. William M. O’Brien
Mr. George M. O’Mara
Mr. William H. Payne
Mr. Marshall N. Pearman, Jr.
Mr. Joseph B. Prince IV
Mr. James J. Pugh, Jr.
Mr. H. David Reitz
Dr. James A. Repass
Mr. Eugene E. Rich, Jr.
Mr. Thomas L. Risby, Jr.
Mr. John E. Roberts, Jr.
Mr. David W. Rucker
Mr. John L. Seaman
Mr. J. Scott Simms
Mr. James H. Slaughter
Mr. David H. Smith II
Mr. Olen C. Stewart, Jr.
Dr. H. Ben Stone III
The Honorable J. Robert Stump
Mr. James L. Swisher
Dr. Curtis H. Thomas, Jr.
Mr. Lewis M. Walker III
Dr. Robert E. Wallace
Mr. John S. Waring III
Mr. Boyd A. Webb
Mr. Walter J. Wilke
Mr. Thomas C. Williams, Jr.
Mr. Michael L. Woosley, Sr.
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MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1961 known to be deceased
Mr. N. Carter Cooper
Mr. Clark S. Councill
Mr. Gerald L. Duncan
Mr. Charles H. Frischkorn, Jr.
Mr. Warren H. Gardner
Mr. Otho L. Gladding III
Mr. Wayne E. Hoy
Mr. Frederick F. Johnson
Dr. Kelley E. Overcash
Mr. William D. Rogerson
Mr. Cary W. Shultz
Mr. Samuel L. Tarry
Dr. William B. Williams, Jr.
Mr. Eric B. Zimmerman
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1961
whose status and location are unknown to the college
Mr. Charles P. Alexander
Mr. Winston C. Johnston
Mr. Paul E. Mellon
Mr. Thomas C. Kaufman
Mr. Marx E. Mitteldorfer, Jr.
Mr. Henry V. L. Meyer III
Mr. Thomas L. Marshall
Mr. Bradley W. Smith
Mr. David O. Holman
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943-0086
Alumni Office
Telephone (434) 223-6776
E-mail: alumni@hsc.edu
WWW.HSC.EDU