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Class Notes
College Key
Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources-AG & NAT RES
Architecture & Planning-A&P
Arts & Sciences-A&S
Biomedical Sciences-BIOMED SC
Business Administration-CBA
Communications-COM
Education-EDU
Engineering-ENG
Human Ecology-HE
Information Sciences-INF SC
Law-LAW
Nursing-NUR
Social Work-SW
Veterinary Medicine-VET MED
(received by Jan. 6)
1938
Miller Tucker (ENG), Rock Hill, S.C., received the master's degree
in liberal arts from Winthrop College at commencement exercises last December.
He retired in 1972 from his job as a research administrator with General
Foods. He is active in community theater and is continuing to take courses
at Winthrop.
1940
Henry Doyle Wattenbarger (AG & NAT RES), Kingston, Tenn.,
retired after working 38 years for the USDA Farmer's Home Administration,
12 years for Bank of Roane County, and three years part-time for Roane County
Highway Department. He was president of Roane-Morgan County's Deacon's Union
for 42 years; president and secretary of Kingston Lions Club for 45 years;
and master and secretary of Kingston Union Masonic Lodge for 30 years.
1951
Dr. Louis Ball (A&S) retired as dean of fine arts at Carson-Newman
College in Jefferson City, Tenn. He joined the faculty of the music department
in 1961 as associate professor and was named chair in 1963. He became coordinator
of the division of fine arts in 1978 and dean in 1994. He supervised the
departments of art, communication arts, and music. He and his wife, Mary
Charlotte, live in Johnson City, Tenn.
1952
Dr. Chester L. Foy (AG & NAT RES), professor of plant physiology/weed
science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg,
Va., received the 1996 International Weed Science Society's Outstanding
Achievement Award-Developed Countries. His primary responsibilities are
research (basic and applied) and teaching in the areas of weed science and
plant growth regulation. He has directed (as major advisor) 40 master's
and Ph.D. students from 11 countries and served on numerous committees in
weed science/plant physiology. He is vice president/secretary and founding
board member of the new international Association of Formulation Chemists.
Murray Miles (AG & NAT RES) retired in January 1995 after 40
years with the Tennessee Farm Bureau in Columbia, Tenn., where he was director
of communications and editor of the Tennessee Farm Bureau News. He spent
the past two years writing the history of the Tennessee Farm Bureau, From
the Ground Up. The 400-page book went on sale in December 1996 at the 75th
annual meeting of the organization.
Dr. Bill Scarbrough (EDU) recently completed his fourth assignment
as visiting professor of English at Sichuan Union University in Chengdu,
Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
1953
Dr. Gene Caldwell (AG & NAT RES) represents the 33rd district
(part of Anderson County) in the Tennessee House of Representatives. A pediatrician
for 33 years, he retired from the Children's Clinic of Oak Ridge in 1993.
He served as a career Navy officer for 10 years. He and his wife, Bobbie
McCoy Caldwell '53 (HE) live in Clinton, Tenn. They have four grown children.
Shirley S. Rudd Dunagan (HE) retired after 28 years as director and
teacher of the Child Study Cooperative Nursery, run by the psychology department
at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. A child development specialist,
she joined SIU in 1968. Prior to that, she taught at preschools affiliated
with universities in Texas, Tennessee, Indiana, and a U.S. Air Force base
in Alaska.
Jackie Kersh (CBA), public relations director at Stetson University
in Deland, Fla., has been named to the state executive committee of the
Florida Public Relations Association.
Elizabeth Valker Lauricella (EDU), a New Orleans community activist
and philanthropist, has been awarded Loyola University's Integritas Vitae
Award. The honor recognizes moral character and service without expectation
of material reward or public recognition. She has served as president of
the boards of Children's Hospital, the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Louisiana,
the Academy of the Sacred Heart, and the Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese
of New Orleans. She is married to Hank Lauricella '53, former Louisiana
state senator.
1954
David M. Alexander (CBA) has been named vice president for business
affairs at Niagara University. He joined Niagara after retiring as director
of financial affairs at Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., where he worked
for 15 years. He joined Clarkson in 1981 as controller and was named director
of financial operations in 1987. He previously was comptroller of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
1957
1958
Edgar Lee Floyd (AG & NAT RES) retired after teaching vocational
agriculture for 38 years at Gleason (Tenn.) High School.
1959
Sen. Brad Carter (ENG) represents District 33 (in Lauderdale County)
in the Mississippi legislature. He is vice chairman of the Senate education
committee and executive contingent fund committee. Other committee assignments
include appropriations, economic development, tourism and parks, highways
and transportation, judiciary, juvenile justice, and municipalities. He
also is a member of the joint facilities management advisory committee.
He is founder of Carter Miller Associates Ltd. and an engineering consultant
registered professionally in 16 states. He is a member of Chi Epsilon civil
engineering fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, the Meridian Board of Appeals, and
American Quarter Horse Association, past president the Meridian Municipal
School District's board of trustees and the Kiwanis Club, and chairman of
the Salvation Army board.
1960
Charles D. Hardin (ENG) has been named a fellow in ISA, the international
society for measurement and control. The rank of fellow recognizes his contributions
to development and application of instrument and control systems for chemical
process safety. He is a senior engineer at Hoechst Celanese in Corpus Christi,
Tex.
Donald Y. "Don" Sharp (CBA), Marietta, Ga., is senior vice
president and director of investor relations for First Data Corp. He also
was elected to the board of directors of the Atlanta chapter of the National
Investor Relations Institute.
1961
Will J. Pugh CPA (CBA), Knoxville, was elected southeast regional
director of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy for
1996-97. He is president of Pugh & Company P.C.
Ronald J. "Hank" Thompson (ENG) was re-elected mayor of
Hendersonville, Tenn., Nov. 5, 1996, to a four-year term.
1962
Paul W. Emery II (CBA), Danville, Calif., is vice president of
finance and administration and chief financial officer of Borland International
Inc.
James L. Herbert (AG & NAT RES), president and CEO of Neogen
Corp., Lansing, received the Michigan 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year Award
in the category of high technology. The award recognizes companies based
on their growth in earnings, employees, and revenues. Entrepreneurs also
are judged on social and community efforts.
1963
James Haskell Claunch (SW), a licensed clinical social worker in Brandon,
Miss., was presented the Kinlock Gill Award of Excellence and Dedication
at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Community Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Council in Biloxi last November. The award was presented by
his colleagues for leadership in developing and providing services for mental
health, mental retardation, and substance abuse programs. He was director
of the division of accreditation and licensure for the department of mental
health when he retired in December 1993 with 37 years of state service,
26 in mental health and mental retardation programs.
1964
Stephan T. Denton (CBA) retired last June after 30 years with
the Fulton County Schools (Atlanta) as a marketing education coordinator.
Dr. Bob J. Frye (A&S), an English professor at Texas Christian
University, was named 1996 Texas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. He was selected from among 40 nominees
representing 27 schools. A native of Plainview, Tex., he specializes in
18th century British literature.
Linda Jennings Higgins (CBA) is the first elected city court clerk
and the first female to win a city-wide election in Jackson, Tenn.
John J. "Tip" Talone Jr. (ENG) is director of the Space
Station Hardware Integration Office at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
He enjoys playing golf.
1965
Wayne McAmis (CBA) is executive vice president of Southwire Company
in Carrollton, Ga.
1966
John C. Hodgson (CBA) is vice president and general manager of
the new DuPont Photopolymer and Electronic Materials business unit. He lives
in Raleigh, N.C., with his wife, Lynda.
Thomas Lawson Jr. (CBA), Birmingham, Ala., wrote Logging Railroads
of Alabama (Cabbage Stack Publishing, Birmingham), a book about the railroads
that once served the timberlands of Alabama.
Harry L. Morris Jr. (ENG) is vice president for corporate engineering
and construction for Eastman Chemical Co. An Eastman employee for 30 years,
he previously served as director, international projects, North and Latin
America. He is a licensed professional engineer in Tennessee and South Carolina.
He and his wife, Sharon, live in Kingsport, Tenn.
Warren W. Riggs (ENG) is senior technical associate for Eastman Chemical
Co. He is a 31-year Eastman employee and a member of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers. He and his wife, Patricia, live in Kingsport, Tenn.
1967
1968
Dr. H.E. "Buster" Dunsmore (A&S) is a computer science
professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. His research areas
include the Internet, the World Wide Web, software engineering, and object-oriented
design and programming. He received the 1996 Charles B. Murphy Outstanding
Undergraduate Teacher Award and two previous outstanding teaching awards.
He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Upsilon Pi Epsilon (honor society for
the computing sciences).
Dr. Bennett Judkins (A&S), associate professor of sociology at
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C., has been named to the North Carolina
Humanities Council for a three-year term.
Robert E. Selwyn (CBA) is chief operating officer at Granite Broadcasting
Co., based in Manhattan.
1969
K. Michael Henshaw (ENG) is president of Lockheed Martin Missiles
and Space, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
1970
J. Christian "Chris" Busch (EDU) retired from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro with 26 years of service. He was head of
the department of educational research methodology from 1993 to 1995 and
associate director of the Center for Educational Research.
1971
William M. "Mac" Burnett (AG & NAT RES) works for
Memphis Hardware, Bruce, Miss., and his wife, Cheryl Seal Burnett '72 (EDU),
is librarian at Bruce Middle School.
Larry Leahy (A&S) is chief operating officer for Ruth Constant and Associates,
Victoria, Tex., a home care management and consulting corporation. He was
elected to a two-year term on the Texas Association for Home Care's nominating
committee and chairs the association's hospice committee.
1972
1973
Howard B. Allenberg (CBA) is vice chairman and chief operating
officer of BDO Seidman LLP in Chicago. He was admitted to the partnership
in 1982 and served as director of accounting and auditing in the Memphis
office until March 1990, when he was appointed managing director of the
Milwaukee office. In April 1993 he became managing director of the Detroit
office and served in that position until Oct. 1, when he assumed his present
position. He is a member of numerous professional and community organizations.
He and his wife, Wendy, have two children.
1974
Terry E. Smith (CBA), principal broker and partner of RCM Realty,
has been awarded the certified commercial investment member designation
by the National Association of Realtors. He also is accredited by the Society
of Industrial and Office Realtors. He has been a member of the Greater Nashville
Association of Realtors for 13 years and is currently president. He was
an original director of Nashville's Commercial Investment Division when
it was formed in 1988, and was president in 1991.
Dr. Sandra P. Thomas (EDU), professor and director of the nursing
doctoral program at UTK, has coauthored Use Your Anger: A Woman's Guide
to Empowerment, (Pocket Books, New York). The book's aim is to help women
learn to express anger in a direct, effective way. Cheryl Jefferson, a Chicago
writer, is coauthor.
Arthur L. Williams (A&S) is new director of the Jefferson County,
Ky., Air Pollution Control District. He is a partner in the Louisville,
Ky., law firm of Woodward, Hobson & Fulton. He was commissioner of the
state department for environmental protection in the natural resources cabinet
from October 1988 to mid-1990. He previously served as the cabinet's general
counsel.
1975
Kenneth A. Cutshaw (A&S) was selected to join the Council
on Foreign Relations, based in New York City. The council is recognized
for its leadership in foreign policy. Cutshaw is an adjunct fellow of the
Hudson Institute, based in Indianapolis, Ind. He practices international
business and regulatory law in Atlanta with the firm Smith Gambrell &
Russell, LLP. He chairs the Atlanta Boy Scouts International Committee,
the political event known as Awakening Weekend, and co-chairs the American
Council for Young Political Leaders. He has published several books including
ones on doing business in China and India.
Navy Cmdr. John R. Parrott (A&S) participated in "Dynamic
Mix/Damsel Fair '96," while serving with Commander, Sixth Fleet, aboard
the Flagship USS La Salle, home ported in Gaeta, Italy. The exercise was
a NATO-led, multinational exercise conducted in the Mediterranean and Aegean
seas.
Frederick S. "Rick" Slagle (CBA) is treasurer and chief
financial officer of the Marcus Foundation in Atlanta. He was the partner
in charge of the Lawrenceville, Ga., office of Tiller, Stewart Co. LLC,
CPAs. He is the son of Warren Slagle '50, retired UTK professor of accounting.
1976
Virginia "Ginger" Harrison Carney (HE) is clinical nutrition
manager and registered dietitian at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
in Memphis. She has been re-certified as an International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant. She was president of Lactation Education and Promotion
in Memphis (affiliate of International Lactation Consultant Association).
She lives with her husband and three children in Memphis.
Dr. Rachael A. Shultz (INF SC) received the Ed.D. in postsecondary
and private sector administration from East Tennessee State University.
Her doctoral research focused on the qualifications of corporate training
directors. She is senior program specialist in the Office of Postsecondary
Education at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. She lives
in Manassas, Va.
Vivian Jacox Zedler (A&S), Oak Ridge, Tenn., is serving a three-year
term on the board of directors of the U.S. branch of the Western Front Association,
an international organization for people interested in World War I. Zedler
is the author of A Private in World War I.
1977
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brad K. Chambers (EDU) participated in "Dynamic
Mix/Damsel Fair '96," while serving with Commander, Sixth Fleet, aboard
the Flagship USS LaSalle, home ported in Gaeta, Italy. The exercise was
a NATO-led, multinational exercise conducted in the Mediterranean and Aegean
seas.
Carol Cantrell Knott (A&S) is a mathematics teacher at the Woodlands
(Tex.) High School and was named teacher of the year for 1995. Her husband,
Erol Knott '77 (ENG), is a project manager for Brown and Root Braun.
Rex L. Repass (COM), Cincinnati, Ohio, is president and chief operating
officer of MarketVision Research, a marketing and communications research
firm with offices in Cincinnati, Charlotte, Orlando, Dallas, and Indianapolis.
Herb Rose (COM) of Raleigh, N.C., vice president of sales and marketing
of consumer products at Trion Inc., has been appointed to the board of directors
of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Washington, D.C.
Robert L. "Larry" Rose Jr. (COM) is executive producer
of the syndicated television program, America's Dumbest Criminals, seen
in 120 U.S. markets and 34 countries. The Entheos Group, the company Rose
co-founded in 1994 with Daniel Butler, also produced a book by the same
name. A second book, Wanted! Dumb or Alive, was released last November.
Rose is on the board of directors of the UTNAA-Davidson County alumni chapter.
He and his wife, Suzanne, live in Nashville with their two children.
Robert Vosburgh (ENG), Ames, Iowa, is senior vice president for strategic
programs, Norwest Investments and Insurance.
Dr. Larry N. Williams Jr. (A&S) is director of the U.S. Navy
branch dental clinic at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. He is
a commander in the Navy Dental Corps and is active in the Navy's tobacco
cessation program. He has published several articles on the subject and
is active in tobacco cessation research. He and his wife, Vicki Lynn Yates
Williams '81, have two children and live in Virginia Beach, Va.
Roxanne L. Williams AIA (HE) is senior architect in the Washington,
D.C., office of RTKL Associates Inc., an international architecture, planning,
and engineering firm. She has received more than 15 awards for various projects
and been featured in several exhibitions. Prior to joining the D.C. office,
she spent 10 years in the Baltimore office of RTKL. Previously, she was
with Glenn and Williams Architects Inc.
1978
Dr. Samuel Uwa Osemota (EDU) retired from Federal Polytechnic,
Auchi, Nigeria. Former head of the department of office management, he is
now on contract appointment with Edo State University, Ekpoma, to help set
up a department of business education. His wife, Lucy A. Osemota '79 (EDU),
is deputy librarian at Federal Polytechnic.
Joseph S. Wigington (ENG) is director of engineering for the Morristown,
Tenn., Utility Commission, where he has directed power and water activities
since 1995. He previously worked for TVA, BASF Corp., and Lenzing Fibers.
He lives in White Pine, Tenn., with his wife, Renee, and their three children.
1979
Rev. William "Bill" Gupton (COM) has been ordained to
the Unitarian Universalist ministry and is associate minister at the First
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio.
David Lochbaum (ENG), Marietta, Ga., is senior nuclear engineer of the Union
of Concerned Scientists.
Harold A. Stiles (ENG), Raleigh, N.C., joined the regulatory affairs
unit at Carolina Power & Light Co. He is responsible for long-term strategic
planning for nuclear regulatory issues.
Carolyn E. Stinnett (EDU) is director of the Knox County Schools Family
Resource Center, which serves inner city families. She received her Ph.D.
in education (holistic teaching and learning) in December.
Dr. V. Alan White (A&S) of the University of Wisconsin Center-Manitowoc
County was named the 1996 Professor of the Year for Wisconsin by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. White earned his Ph.D., at UTK
in 1982.
1980
Marine Maj. Truman D. Anderson (EDU) reported for duty with Personnel
Support Department 17, Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft
Wing, Okinawa, Japan.
Navy Cmdr. Joseph C. Lodmell (A&S) graduated with distinction
from the Naval War College. During the 10-month course in Newport, R.I.,
students take postgraduate classes in strategy and policy, national security
decision-making, and joint military operations.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph S. Lyon (A&S) graduated from the Naval
War College in Newport, R.I., and was awarded a master of arts degree in
national security and strategic studies.
1981
David W. Bradley (CBA), first vice president-investments with the
Nashville branch of Prudential Securities, received a Prudential Community
Champions Award of $500 to benefit the Metropolitan Nashville YMCA Youth
Community Action Project. He has been a volunteer with Y-CAP for more than
six years.
Irwin Eve (A&S) is an optician and owner of Occhiali Fine Eyewear
in the Santa Barbara, Calif., area.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas V. Halley (CBA) received the Navy and Marine
Corps Commendation Medal. He was cited for superior performance of duty
while serving as assistant training officer. He serves with Strike Fighter
Squadron 81, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla.
Joan Ginsberg Lauther (COM) is a million dollar producer with Bowen
Realty in West Palm Beach, Fla. She is president of Wellington Exchangettes,
a women's civic club. She lives in Wellington, Fla., with her husband, Bob,
and daughter.
Jim Sexton (COM) is an associate editor at USA Weekend magazine in
Washington, D.C. He is responsible for health and science coverage and has
written profiles of Garth Brooks, John Daly, and FDA Chief David Kessler.
1982
Don C. Irwin (A&S), an F-16 fighter weapons instructor pilot,
completed the Air Force's Air Command and Staff College Summer '96 and is
assigned to the Pentagon in the HQ USAF Directorate of Test and Evaluation
as the chief of fighter test and evaluation. He is also pursuing a degree
in computer science at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Kevin Janiga (CBA) is vice president, director of marketing for Jack
Daniel's Brewery, with Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide, North American
Group, Spirits Brands Company. He is based in Louisville, Ky.
Robert S. Morris (ENG) is vice president/chief information officer
of Dickens Data Systems in Roswell, Ga. His wife, Mary Ann Bowles Morris
'82, teaches sixth grade in Gwinnett County, Ga., where they live with their
son and daughter.
Todd M. Olson (COM) launched Hometown Values Magazine in West and
North Knoxville. He sold his Naples (Fla.) Coupon Magazine business, which
he owned and operated for the past three years. He and his wife live in
Knoxville.
Rick Snyder (A&S) was selected to serve as 1996-97 director of
youth ministry for the Mercer Baptist Association in Harrodsburg, Ky.
1983
Dave Carver (CBA), Madison, N.J., has been named head of field
representative services for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. He directs the
administrative, process, and regulatory services that support the sales
organization of more than 2,000 employees.
Thomas W. Chapman (A&P) is the owner of Successive Graphics,
a computer animation and photo realistic rendering service for architects,
interior designers, and corporate accounts. He and his wife, Pamela Kirby
Chapman '83, live in Dallas, Tex. with their daughter.
Pamela Cate Cosner (COM) is an art teacher in the Sevier County (Tenn.)
schools. She worked for 2 years with WATE-TV 6 in Knoxville and 31/2 years
with WTVF-TV 5 in Nashville as video news photographer. She got her teaching
certificate in California and taught elementary school for two years.
Robin Ingram (CBA) is sales manager for Continental Airlines in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Carolyn F. Jeter (COM) has been appointed to a third term as a judicial
commissioner for Knox County General Sessions Court. Primary duties are
with the criminal division. Volunteer interests include the Tanasi Girl
Scout Council and Knoxville Police Department Citizens Police Academy.
Annetta K. Johnson (CBA) is manager of human resources development
for Champion International Corp. in Hamilton, Ohio. She oversees salary
and benefits administration, staffing, workers compensation, labor relations,
and organizational development for the mill. She joined Champion in 1983
as an employee relations trainee at its Canton, N.C., mill.
Dr. Don S. Lawson (A&S) is associate professor of English at
Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., where he also directs the honors and
international programs. He leads a group of students annually on a study
tour of Great Britain. Last summer he was one of 12 participants in a National
Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar at the City University of New
York.
Gerald Harvey McCartha (A&P) has an architectural firm, McCartha
Architecture and Associates, AIA, of Charlotte, N.C.
Dr. Dana Gulling Mead (A&S) is a tenured associate professor
of English at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. She also directs the
professional writing program. Her husband, Andrew D. Mead '85, is a senior
mechanical engineer for Sargent and Lundy and a licensed professional engineer.
He is active with the Society of Automotive Engineers. They live in Lancaster
County, Pa.
Dr. Angela Morgan (A&S) is an associate professor of violin at
Augusta (Ga.) State and directs the university's orchestra. She has served
as concertmaster of the Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra in Louisiana and
performed as first violin with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association,
the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the
Clarence Brown Theatre Orchestra in Knoxville.
Doug Sams (A&P) has been promoted to associate partner with Zimmer
Gunsul Frasca Partnership, Portland, Ore. He has 12 years of professional
architectural experience.
Dr. Niles C. Schoening (CBA) has been named professor of economics
and director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research in the East
Tennessee State University College of Business, Johnson City, Tenn. Schoening
has been involved in regional economic development in both Tennessee and
Alabama for the past 20 years.
J. Alfred Southerland (A&S), Houston, Tex., joined the firm of
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC, as shareholder.
1984
Eric Berner (CBA) is manager of the Evansville, Ind., division
of the National Federation of Independent Business. He joined NFIB after
10 years in the transportation industry.
Doug Bristol (A&S) is a member of the music faculty of Alabama
State University in Montgomery. He is a candidate for the doctor of arts
degree from the University of Northern Colorado, and his compositions are
published by UNC Jazz Press and TAP music.
James Buck (AG & NAT RES), Jonesboro, Tenn., is senior territory
manager for Virginia, West Virginia, East Tennessee, and Western North Carolina
with Fermenta Animal Health, responsible for all sales activities to feed
manufacturers, distributors, and dealers.
Maj. Christopher "Chris" Canada (A&S) has been promoted
and is serving as the chief of reconnaissance operations at headquarters,
U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
Amy Harrison Hinton (CBA) is a regional account manager for the Becton
Dickinson Consumer Products Division. She recently won the regional account
manager presidents club award for North America. She and her husband, Robert
Hinton '82 (LAW), live in Knoxville.
Karen Mynatt (COM) is associate editor of the A&E Entertainment
Almanac at Inso Corp. in Boston, Mass.
Kim Scholes Scherer (HE) is executive director of human resources
at Sportslife Inc. in Atlanta. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
selected her to bear the placard for the country of Andorra during the opening
and closing ceremonies. She is secretary of the Atlanta chapter of the UT
National Alumni Association and first vice president for the Delta Delta
Delta Atlanta alumnae chapter. She is an active fundraiser for the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, Egleston Children's Hospital, and the Daughters of the
American Revolution. She was employed by the Department of Defense and the
General Services Administration.
Dr. Anthony Simones (LAW), assistant professor of political science
at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, was awarded tenure.
Katherine van Wormer (SW) is associate professor of social work at
the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. She has written two college
texts, Alcoholism Treatment: A Social Work Perspective (1995) and Social
Welfare: A World View (1997), both published by Nelson-Hall, Chicago.
1985
Cherryl Carlson (EDU) is vice president of corporate development
for Phoenix Healthcare Corp. in Nashville. The company operates Phoenix
Healthcare of Tennessee, a health maintenance organization.
Bryan Clift (HE) is director of merchandising at Copperfield's Magic
Underground restaurant for LateNight Magic Inc. He is responsible for directing
the overall development, procurement, and sale of merchandise for the restaurant's
first location on Times Square in New York City.
Clifford D. "Cliff" Davis (COM) is supervisor of estimating
and senior buyer for Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Ala. He worked
for GE Aerospace in a similar capacity. He, his wife, Erin, and their son
live in Madison, Ala.
Laura Buchanan Johnston (A&P) is a project manager for King and
Johnson Inc., Knoxville. Her 11 years of experience include various aspects
of project management and design for commercial office and retail clients.
Joseph Patrick McDowell (CBA) is president of JPM Properties Inc.,
a commercial, residential, and investment real estate firm. He and his wife,
Holly, live with their daughter in Memphis.
Angela Brock Merriman (NUR) is an instructor in nursing at Walters
State Community College, Morristown, Tenn. She is the former coordinator
and lab assistant for Walters State's nursing classes. She and her husband,
Dennis, live in Knoxville with their three daughters.
Michael E. Sheridan (ENG) is manager of structural engineering at
Allen & Hoshall Inc., Memphis. His wife, Dr. Eve McKinnie Sheridan '89
(VET MED), practices relief medicine in North Mississippi and Memphis.
Cheryl & Sheila Williams (A&P), Nashville, identical twin
principals of Vision 2 Design, have created a "People of Colour Clip
Art Booklet" to benefit the Sanaa Village in Benton Co., Tenn. The
clip art booklet illustrates positive images of people of colour in work,
home, school, and church settings. Vision 2 Design serves as consultant
to the development of Sanaa Village, a rural and urban community healing
and redevelopment cooperative.
1986
Douglas K. Bradley (ENG), Charlotte, N.C., is general manager
for the moving and storage business he started in 1989 and sold in January
1996.
Jeffrey D. Cupp (COM) received the Diamond Award from Peninsula Healthcare
and the Mental Health Association of Greater Knoxville for his work in the
mental health profession. He is director of admissions at Peninsula Hospital
and manages the referral service. He began his career with the facility
eight years ago as a psychological assistant at Peninsula Village.
Dr. Todd Estes (A&S) earned his Ph.D in history from the University
of Kentucky in 1995. He is an assistant professor of history at Oakland
University in Rochester Hills, Mich. His wife, Cheri Singletary Estes
'88 (COM), earned the master of science in library science from the University
of Kentucky in 1992 and is a media specialist at Detroit County Day Middle
School in Beverly Hills, Mich.
Jerry N. Gannaway (ENG), Benbrook, Tex., graduated from Southern
Methodist University in Dallas with a doctoral degree in engineering management.
He is employed by Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems as an engineering
specialist and corporate recruiter. He is an adjunct faculty member in the
mechanical engineering department at SMU.
Lynda Faye Jones (COM) has a successful law practice in Nashville.
She received her law degree from the University of Memphis in 1989.
Robin Higgins Ledford (EDU) serves as teen coordinator for the Jackson
(Tenn.) Recreation and Parks Department.
Monte Martin (COM) is sales/PR director for the Hermitage, home of
President Andrew Jackson, and nearby Travellers Rest Plantation in Nashville.
She promotes the sites to the tourism industry. She continues to run Monte
Martin Design, an advertising and marketing firm with a new office on Music
Row in Nashville.
Navy Lt. MacGregor L. McClellan (A&S) has returned to his home
port in Norfolk, Va., after completing a 21/2-month deployment onboard the
amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce off the coast of Liberia in West
Africa.
Navy Lt. Alan W. Snyder (EDU) has reported for duty with Helicopter
Training Squadron Eight, Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. His
previous duty included supporting search and recovery efforts of TWA Flight
800 while serving aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Trenton, home
ported in Norfolk, Va.
1987
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Douglas E. Corum (COM) is assigned to Commander
in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, Intelligence Directorate, where he works as intelligence
resource officer.
Dudley J. Delffs (A&S) teaches literature and creative writing
at Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colo. His third book, The Prayer-Centered
Life (a nonfiction book on spiritual discourse) will be released this year
by NavPress.
James "Jim" Fink (A&S) has been promoted to general
manager of the commercial leasing department of Colliers Halifax in Japan.
He has worked and lived in Tokyo since 1990.
Robert W. "Rob" McDaris Jr. (ENG) has joined John Deere
Consumer Products in Greer, S.C., as manufacturing engineer. He also serves
as an aircraft maintenance officer in the Air Force Reserve at Charleston
AFB, S.C. He lives with his wife and two children in Greenville, S.C.
Jeff Patterson (A&S) won the gold medal in the 1996 Student Academy
Awards for his master's thesis project at Loyola Marymount University in
Los Angeles. His winning documentary film, Independent Little Cuss, focuses
on the challenges faced by nationally known disability-rights advocate Carole
Patterson as she prepares to marry a non-disabled man against his family's
wishes.
Jenny Patton Stripling (COM), Knoxville, is executive director for
the American Cancer Society's East Tennessee region, where she oversees
fundraising, cancer control programs, and volunteer management. She and
her husband, Mel, have one daughter.
1988
Dr. Penny Blackwood Ferguson (EDU), chair of the English department
and 11th grade English teacher at Maryville (Tenn.) High School for the
past 27 years, has been selected as one of eight U.S. winners of the State
Farm Good Neighbor Teaching Award. State Farm featured the three-volume
history of Blount County, Tenn., written by her students in preparation
for the Tennessee bicentennial.
Dr. Paul A. Flowers (A&S), associate professor of physical science
at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, received the Adolph L.
Dial Endowed Faculty Award for Scholarship/Creative Work.
Navy Lt. Debra Q. Mills (A&S) reported for duty at Naval Hospital,
Beaufort, S.C.
1989
Kathy Cantrell-Thompson (A&S) is executive assistant to the president
at Northwestern Connecticut Community-Technical College. She and her husband,
Barry, live in Thomaston, Conn.
Rhonda Clendenon (A&S) is a software designer with Industrial Systems
Design Inc. in Johnson City, Tenn. She and her husband have two children
and live in Jonesboro, Tenn.
Jackson P. Ellis CPA (CBA) is fiscal coordinator for the Office of
Economic and Community Development for the city of Chattanooga.
Sabrina Hopkins Kronk (COM) is a project manager/script writer at
Duthie Associates Inc., a multimedia development firm in Nashville. She
lives in Kingston Springs, Tenn. with her husband, Tim, and is active in
the Book 'em/RIF program in the Metro Nashville schools and Mothers Against
Drunk Driving.
Louise F. Mahar (EDU) is fitness coordinator at State University
of New York College at Cortland. She manages the Woods Fitness Facility
in the Park Center and the Tomik Fitness Facility in Van Hoesen Hall and
conducts wellness and fitness workshops on campus. An accomplished bodybuilder,
she has placed in the Vermont State Bodybuilding Championships and won the
1991 Green Mountain Classic Bodybuilding Championship. She and her husband,
Buddy, and their two children live in Cortland.
Andrea Newbrough McCoy (HE) is a guidance counselor at the high school
in Crossville, Tenn. She received her master's degree in educational psychology
from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tenn. She and her
husband, Doyle McCoy '89 (A&S), have one daughter.
April Branche Montgomery (COM), Gatlinburg, Tenn., is publishing
a new entertainment tabloid, What's Showing in the Smokies, and a monthly
real estate guide, The Real Estate Magazine of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Her company is M&M Publishing.
Daniel C. Pickens (CBA) is actuarial officer at the Nationwide Insurance
home office in Columbus, Ohio. He has been a senior actuary for the past
two years. He joined Nationwide in 1991 as an actuarial student and was
promoted to actuarial manager a year later. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves
for six years. He and his wife, Christy, and their three children live in
Hilliard, a Columbus suburb.
Mark Alan Smith (CBA) is an attorney with the St. Louis, Mo., law
firm Husch & Eppenberger. His wife, Jennifer Janelle Chambers Smith
'90 (CBA), is an attorney with West Publishing Corp. in St. Louis.
1990
Lt. Steve Bryson (ENG) completed a tour aboard the USS Spadefish
in 1995 and reported for duty in the Pentagon with the office of the Chief
of Naval Operations. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Medal for serving as officer of the deck while deployed with the U.S. Naval
Forces Central Command in support of Operation Southern Watch in the Persian
Gulf. He received the Navy Achievement Medal for services as the ship's
communications officer, damage control assistant, and main propulsion assistant.
He was certified by the DOE/Naval Reactors as chief engineer for the Navy
S5W Reactor Plant.
Marine Capt. Todd S. Denson (CBA) is halfway through a six-month
deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
embarked aboard the ships of the USS Nassau Amphibious Readiness Group.
Michael J. Mills (A&P) received his J.D. degree from the University
of Memphis in May 1996. While in law school he also attained his architect's
registration and plans to practice construction, land use, and real estate
law once he attains his license to practice law.
Kevin Glenn Perry (CBA) is corporate logistics analyst with Wal-Mart
Corp. in Bentonville, Ark.
Jayne Walters (HE) is program consultant with Service Excellence
Group in St. Louis, Mo. Service Excellence is a woman-owned business that
provides secret shoppers, consultation on customer service, and training
for employees. Clients include malls and other retailers in the Midwest
and the eastern U.S.
Guy J. York (CBA) is tax division manager in Arthur Andersen's Cincinnati,
Ohio, office. His area of expertise is state and local tax. He is a volunteer
at the Freestore Foodbank and is active in his community and local parish,
St. James.
1991
Karen Kelley Bowdle (COM), formerly a community relations representative
with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Inc. in Oak Ridge, Tenn., has joined
McCormick-Barnes Public Relations in Knoxville. She manages government and
commercial accounts. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Tau Alpha
honor societies. She and her husband, Keven, a Farragut dentist, live in
West Knoxville with their sons.
Dan G. Lovely Jr. is a dental student at UT Memphis. His wife, Mary
Steele Lovely '90 (NUR), is a nurse recruiter for UT Memphis and UT Bowld
Hospital.
John W. Mitchell (HE) graduated magna cum laude from the University
of Memphis in May with a master of science in counseling educational psychology
and research. In October 1996, he passed the exam to become a national certified
counselor.
Kanaka Raj (HE) works for Access Point Interactive Inc. in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Maribeth P. Vowell (EDU) is associate professor of physical therapist
assistant technology for Walters State Community College in Morristown,
Tenn. She is a former home care physical therapist. She and her husband,
Mark, live in Knoxville.
1992
Eva Atkins (COM) is an assistant planner/buyer in the media department
of Gish, Sherwood & Friends Inc., a marketing communications firm in
Nashville.
Eric W. Bowen (A&P) earned the MBA degree from Texas A&M
University. He is an architect with Bullock, Smith, and Partners Inc., Knoxville.
Mary Alice Griffin (HE) is a teacher and director for Children's
House, an international preschool in Tokyo, Japan.
Christopher D. Jones (A&S) is pursuing a Ph.D. in forestry at
West Virginia University. He completed his master's degree at Clemson University
in December 1995. He and his wife, Andra Kribs Jones '93 (A&S),
live in Morgantown, W.V.
Tracey J. McMillan (CBA) is assistant legal counsel at CBL &
Associates Properties Inc., a shopping center development and management
company headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn. She was with the law firm of
Shanks and Blackstock in Knoxville, where she was involved in legal research
and title work. She and her husband, Gerald, live in Chattanooga.
Marine Lance Cpl. David L. Montgomery (EDU) has completed a
six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the 24th Marine Expeditionary
Unit, embarked aboard the ships of the USS Saipan Amphibious Ready Group.
Dr. Erik A. Stilling (COM), Kellogg national leadership fellow, served
as an international observer in the 1996 national elections in Nicaragua
in October with other Kellogg fellows. He met with Sandinista and former
Contra leaders before moving on to Chiapas, Mexico, where he met with Zapatista
rebel leaders and Mexican government representatives during their peace
negotiations. He was promoted last fall to associate professor with tenure
at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La.
Marine 1st Lt. William L. Wheeler (CBA) is halfway through a six-month
deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
embarked aboard the ships of the USS Nassau Amphibious Readiness Group.
Navy Ensign Brett A. Wise (A&S) is a commissioned naval officer.
He completed officer candidate school in Pensacola, Fla.
1993
Amber Ammons (A&S) received her M.A. degree in international
relations last May from the American University in Washington, D.C. She
is assistant program coordinator with the National Office of International
Education in Washington, D.C.
Theresa Brackett (HE), North Windham, Maine, is an interior designer
with SMRT Architects and Engineers.
Thomas Brady Cross (ENG) received the master of science degree in
environmental engineering from the University of Mississippi in May. He
joined the firm of Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood in Montgomery, Ala., as a
staff engineer.
Miguel Holmes (CBA), Nashville, is internal auditor for ESI Inc.
Andrea Huddleston (LAW) is with the firm of Freeman, Hillhouse and
Huddleston in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
Navy Ensign James E. Miller (ENG) reported for duty aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, home ported in Norfolk, Va.
Cpt. Ray D. Morgan (HE), Ft. Knox, Ky., is assigned to the 3rd
Squadron 16th Cavalry Regiment attending the Armor Officers Advanced Course,
after which he will be assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
1994
Navy Ensign Brian Bennudriti (A&S) reported for duty aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, home ported in Norfolk, Va.
Jeff Buck (ENG) has joined the Wright Industries' team in Nashville
as a controls designer for automated machinery. He and his wife, Lori Whitson
Buck '95 (COM), live in Nashville.
Edward T. "Ted" Hood Jr. (A&P) is an intern architect
with Moody/Nolan Ltd. Inc. in Nashville. He is responsible for general project
coordination, design, development, construction documents, and site investigation.
Marine Lance Cpl. Charles M. Nunally (A&S) returned from an overseas
deployment to the western Pacific and Indian oceans and Persian Gulf with
the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the ships of the USS
Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group.
Travis M. Parman (COM) is a communications specialist for Lockheed
Martin Energy Systems, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Jennifer Jill Prutsman Trembath (A&S) is a pathologists' assistant
in Roswell Park Cancer Institute. She and her husband, William Anthony,
live in Orchard Park, N.Y.
Lakendrick M. Wilson (CBA), engineering specialist at Federal Express
Corp., Memphis, was selected one of Ebony magazine's 30 leaders of the future.
He is a president of National Inroads Alumni Association; board member,
UT National Alumni Association/Memphis chapter; member, UTK Black Alumni
Associates; board member, Grace House of Memphis; member, United Way sub-allocations
committee; and Sunday school teacher.
1995
Marine Maj. Curtis E. Haberbosch is halfway through a six-month
deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
embarked aboard the ships of the USS Nassau Amphibious Readiness Group.
Bret Jessee (COM), Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail education reporter,
has won an Award of Excellence in non-deadline writing from Thomson Newspapers
for a story detailing the inequities in school funding between high-income
and low-income areas. The award carries a $300 prize.
Michael J. Miragliuolo (A&S) teaches secondary social studies at his
alma mater, John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. He also coaches
basketball and baseball.
1996
Sarah Castle Hardison (LAW), Nashville, has joined the law firm
of Manier Herod Hollabaugh & Smith as an associate.
Daniel H. Puryear (LAW), Nashville, has joined the law firm of Manier
Herod Hollabaugh & Smith as an associate.
Dr. Bill Richter (COM) is assistant professor of communication, Lenoir-Rhyne
College, Hickory, N.C. He is a member of the International Television Association,
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, the Broadcast Educators Association,
the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and serves
on the academic advisory board of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
in Chicago. He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Television and the
Encyclopedia of Radio History.
Chris Selman (ENG) is a mechanical engineer for Kimberly-Clark in
Atlanta.
Steve Spencer (A&P) has joined the architectural staff of King
and Johnson Inc., Knoxville.
Nair Venugopal (A&S) works in the networking division of 3Com
Corp. at Santa Clara, Calif.
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