Torchbearer: Summer 1998

Class Notes

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(received by April 27)
1933 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

Howard Alexander Noe (A&S), Greenville, Ala., retired as an assistant postmaster after 36 years with the U.S. Post Office. He is president of Deep South Pecans Inc. He is a member of Greenville Rotary Club and Greenville Country Club and an elder in First Presbyterian Church in Greenville.

1937

Russell C. Parrish (ENG) retired as plant manager, Boss Gloves, Greenville, Ala.

1951 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

Dave Foster (ENG) and Top Tenn Press Inc. announced the publication of his second book: Life in the Orphanage. His first book, Franklin the Stillborn State and The Sevier/Tipton Political Feud, was published three years ago. He and his wife, Joyce, live in Orlando, Fla., but spend their summers in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

1953

Your reunion year

1954

Lt. Col. (U.S. Army/Ret.) Philip A. Brummit (CBA) and his wife, Peg, live in Indianapolis.

1955

Dr. Betty Sue Taylor (EDU) lives in Spring Hill, Fla., where she teaches and participates in community theatre. She spent 15 years in show business, completed her Ph.D. in 1985, and became chair of humanities at New York City Technical College, where she had taught English, speech, theatre, and music. She retired because of disability in 1994.

1956

Dr. Grover L. Porter (CBA), professor of accounting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, was appointed an editorial advisor for the Journal of Accountancy. He is also editorial advisor for Management Accounting and Tennessee CPA.
Dr. C. Boyd Ramsey (AG & NAT RES), Lubbock, Tex., will retire Aug. 1 after 30 years on the animal science department faculty at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He also taught eight years at UTK.

1957

Damon D. King (CBA) served for one year as president emeritus of Central Georgia Health System, the parent corporation of the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon. He retired in 1997 after 28 years as president and CEO. He now serves as a consultant to the system. He and his wife live in Macon. They have three children and two grandchildren
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1958

Your reunion year

1959

Robert L. "Bob" Carson (A&S), Springfield, Va., was inducted into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame in honor of his career as a high school athletic director. He was athletic director at Thomas Edison and Lake Braddock high schools for 25 years. He oversaw 66 district, 28 regional, and 22 state championships at the two schools. He and his wife, Carlene, have three grown children. He served a three-year tour in the U.S. Marine Corps.
H. Virgil Stephens (CBA), senior vice president and chief financial officer at Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., has retired.

1960 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

Joseph B. Emison Jr. (ENG) is chief executive of Pickering Inc. in Memphis, specializing in planning, architectural, engineering, environmental, and construction management services. He retired with the rank of captain from the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps after a 26-year career. He is past president of the Society of American Military Engineers, UT Memphis Chancellor's Roundtable, president of East Parkway Neighborhood Association, Millington Base Reuse Commission, board of advisors for dean of engineering at the University of Memphis, and member of Kiwanis of Memphis.
Joe E. Wilson (CBA) retired as a Georgia environmental health specialist. He will operate a small home improvement business, Wilson-Power Corp. He lives in Cumming, Ga.

1961

Clifton O. "Clif" Goodlett (CBA) retired Nov. 1, 1996, after nearly 33 years with the United Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, where he worked in internal communications, media reations, and marketing communications. Earlier in his career, he was a reporter and night city editor at the Nashville Banner. A charter member of the Middle Tennessee chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, he is a past president of the Nashville chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators and the Religious Public Relations Council.
Garlin Ray Wilson (AG & NAT RES), Smyrna, Tenn., is director of education and public relations of Tennessee Farmers Cooperative. He had managed the co-op's feed operations since 1980 and been assistant manager in the feed department since 1973. He earlier managed Knox Farmers Cooperative and was a general fieldman in East Tennessee.

1962

Lt. Col. (Ret.) George M. Massey (EDU) completed a 21-year career in the U.S. Army, which included two tours in Vietnam, three tours in Germany, and numerous other assignments and military schools. He earned his master's degree from Vanderbilt University. He has written and published a humorous account of his military experiences entitled GI (Guvmint Issue), The US Army as Seen By Good Ol' Boy Soldier, J. Lamar. He and his wife, Faye, live in Knoxville.

1963

Your reunion year

1964

Coleman Cody (CBA) is midwest regional sales manager for La-Z-Boy. He oversees sales in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He and his family will live in the Monroe, Mich., area, where La-Z-Boy is headquartered.
Bobby L. Humphreys (CBA) retired after 32 years with Aluminum Company of America at the Richmond, Ind., plant.

1965

Daniel Bruce Smith (AG & NAT RES) is director of the Cooperative Extension Service of South Carolina, based at Clemson University. He has served as director of Clemson's School of Applied Science and Agribusiness and assistant director of extension and research since March 1996. Before that he chaired the agricultural and applied economics department. He was elected vice president of the International Farm Management Association in 1997. He has received distinguished service awards from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, the South Carolina Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service, and the South Carolina Department of Revenue.

1967

Col. John R. Tindall Jr. (CBA) is owner and manager of W&T Sales and T&T Rentals of Radcliff, Ky. After graduating from UT, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army. He later became an army aviator, served in Vietnam, and became company commander and battalion executive officer at Fort Knox, Ky. He is a brigadier general in the army reserves. At UT he was the cadet colonel of the army ROTC unit and president of Sigma Nu fraternity.

1968

Your reunion year

Ronald L. Turner (ENG) has been named president and COO of Ceridian Corp., Minneapolis, Minn. Ceridian specializes in human resource information management, transportation, and electronic media market information. He joined Ceridian in 1993 and became executive vice president of operations in 1997.

1969

John S. Greenlee II (CBA), Alexandria, Va., railway consultant, has been appointed by the United Nations' World Food Program as railway coordinator at Nairobi, Kenya, to facilitate the movement of food aid to East Africa.
R. Michael Potter (CBA) of the Memphis-based law firm Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC, received the Ira Samelson Jr. distinguished service award from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Memphis. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, member of the board of governors of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, founding member and past president of the Planned Giving Council of Greater Memphis, and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1989.
Jerry L. Vance (A&S), Nashville, received the National Community Education Association's citizen leadership award. He has drafted community education initiatives as a legislative advocate. He has represented community education in hearings before the Nashville mayor and metropolitan council and the state department of education. He is a teacher and has led community education workshops across the state and at national conferences.

1970 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

Dr. William P. Danenburg (EDU), New Port Richey, Fla., was named emeritus professor of education at the University of South Florida Nov. 15, 1997.
Mimi Roeder Vaughan (A&S) won the entrepreneur of the year finalist award for the state of Maryland. She owns a travel agency and started Baskets and Books, a non-profit organization that provides current bestsellers and basketballs to the prisons in Maryland. She is assistant editor of the Greater Baltimore Committee's Leadersheet and is on the GBC tourism committee.

1971

The firm of James O. Hastings Jr. (A&P) and Jeannie Hastings '70 (EDU), Hastings Architecture Associates in Nashville, has been named to the 1997 Music City Future 50, an honor given to 50 of Middle Tennessee's fastest growing, privately owned companies. The firm, established in 1985, specializes in institutional, commercial, industrial, and residential work and has designed more than 500 projects.
Rajesh U. Mehta (ENG) is director of corporate strategy for Eastman Chemical Co., where he has been employed for 27 years. He and his wife, Sharmi, live in Kingsport, Tenn. He is a member of the Strategic Leadership Forum and the Commercial Development Association.

1972

Navy Capt. Patrick T. Cassidy (EDU) has completed a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Hue City. During the deployment, his ship participated in multinational exercises to test air, surface, and subsurface capabilities.
Mark J. Halperin (CBA), senior vice president of Boyle Investment Co., Memphis, won the 1998 Lion Heart award for his work with Youth Villages. Youth Villages provides residential treatment, counseling, and foster care to more than 1,200 children and families throughout the Mid-South each year.
Dr. James M. Lusk (A&S) joined the computer science department faculty at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn. He and his wife and daughter live in Knoxville.
Michael McManus (A&S) recently was named treasurer of the central board of directors at Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.
John A. Poag (A&S) is vice president for corporate services at YBM Magnex International Inc. in Newtown, Pa. YBM makes high energy permanent magnets for industry and consumer goods. He worked 22 years with E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. Inc. in human resources and manufacturing.
Dr. Elinor Parry Ross (EDU), a professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tenn., has authored Pathways to Thinking: Strategies for Developing Independent Learners K-8, published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers.

1973

Your reunion year

Richard C. Cowan (CBA) is chairman-elect of the central board of directors at Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.
Dr. James E. Doss (ENG) is director of cellulose technology projects for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. He has been with Eastman 24 years. He and his wife, Joyce, live in Blountville, Tenn. He is a licensed professional engineer in Tennessee and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Greer Simonton (COM) is chief operating officer of Archer/Malmo, Memphis. His responsibilities include financial, corporate, and systems administration, human resources, and business planning. He joined the firm in 1985 as executive vice president and is a principal in the firm. He has also held marketing positions with Schering-Plough, Conwood Corp., and Chiquita Brands. He is on the board of directors of the Memphis Food Bank, the Marguerite Piazza Gala to Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis Literacy Council, Memphis Goodwill Industries, and 100 for the Arts.
Vince Staten (COM), Louisville, Ky., has written his ninth book, Do Pharmacists Sell Farms? Inside The Corner Drug, published by Simon & Schuster. It is a history of the drug store and drug store products, similar to two of his earlier books, Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? Hardware Stores and Hardware Stories (1995) and Can You Trust a Tomato in January? Secrets of the Supermarket (1993). He was with HarperCollins publishers.

1974

Dr. John N. Culvahouse Jr. (EDU) received his doctor of musical arts degree in conducting from the University of South Carolina. He is associate director of bands and undergraduate music studies coordinator at the University of Georgia in Athens. He taught at Knoxville's Doyle High School for 11 years, at Sumter (S.C.) High School for six years, and has been at UGA since 1991.
Margaret Boone "Bonnie" Nestor (A&S) of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory has been elected an associate fellow of the Society for Technical Communication. She began at ORNL in 1976 as a technical editor in the fusion energy division, and has been manager of institutional planning in the office of planning and special projects since 1993. She received a Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. operations and support award in 1997 and a Lockheed Martin Energy Systems award in 1995. She is the author of several publications and has given many presentations on technical editing and communication. She and her husband, Charles Crume, and their two children live in Oak Ridge.
Dr. Eddie M. Stone (A&S), Knoxville, is computer services director for Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn.

1975

Richard T. Batson AIA (A&P), president of TurnerBatson Architects and principal in Myrick, Batson & Gurosky, has been elected president of the United Methodist Children's Home in Selma, Ala. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. He is past president of Family and Child Services, a volunteer for United Way, and a member of the Society for Marketing of Professional Services, the United Methodist Home advisory board, and the Ronald McDonald House charter board. He and his wife, Roxanne, live in Homewood, Ala., with their two children.

1976

Karen Reagan Britton (EDU) is director of admissions and career services for UT's College of Law. She has been director of admissions for financial aid at the law college. She is completing doctoral course work in leadership studies in higher education at UTK.
Willie T. Glover (ENG), Raleigh, N.C., received his M.S. degree in computer engineering from North Carolina State University in May 1997.
Evicta L. Harvey (A&S), a third-year doctoral student in industrial/organizational and vocational psychology at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, has just completed a second year as a researcher and consultant on a project for the Dominican Republic free trade zone office in Santo Domingo. As a result of her work, the project has developed into a partnership for the university.
Anne Dudney Kilgore (A&S) is manager, information technology, customer services, sales and business organizations for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. She has been employed by Eastman for 20 years and most recently served as product and logistics manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She has relocated to Kingsport from The Hague, Netherlands. She is a member of Kingsport Girls' Incorporated Committee of 100.
Dr. John T. Mihalczo (ENG) of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory has been given the rank of corporate fellow, one of the highest honors at Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. He joined the neutron physics division in 1958 and is the senior research scientist in the instrumentation and controls division, which he joined in 1973. He is an expert in measurements with fissile materials and has authored about 400 publications. He is a member of the radiation detection advisory panel for the DOE Office of Nonproliferation and National Security. He also is a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, member of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, and a fraternal member of the Knights of Columbus. He and his wife, Margaret, live in Oak Ridge.
Kathlene Duncan Smith (NUR) is assistant director of nursing at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn. She is a former instructor at Fort Sanders School of Nursing, coordinator at Mentor Clinical Care, and director of nursing at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, all in Knoxville.

1977

Richard Corpening (ENG) is superintendent of the specialty plastics division for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has worked at Eastman 20 years. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Johnson City, Tenn.
Dr. Samuel H. DeMent (A&S), a pathologist, is director of laboratories at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, S.C.
Judge Steven A. DeMonbreum (A&S) is a federal administrative law judge with the Office of Hearings and Appeals in Roanoke, Va.
Pamela Young-Holmes (EDU), Madison, Wis., is a member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. She has served as the director of consumer and regulatory affairs of Ultratec Inc., a manufacturer of telecommunications devices for the deaf and hard of hearing, since 1987. She has been a disability consultant to Wisconsin school districts and a teacher of deaf and hard of hearing students in the Madison school district.

1978

Dr. Mary E. Boyce (A&S) is dean of Whitehead College at the University of Redlands (Calif.). She joined the faculty of Whitehead's department of management and business in 1990. She served as acting dean of the college for a year before being chosen to fill the position following a nationwide search. She is active in campus and professional organizations.
Murray R. Deal (A&S) is business unit manager, container plastic business, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, for Eastman Chemical Co. A 14-year employee with Eastman, he most recently was regional business manager for Eastman's industrial intermediate business. He is a member of the European Petrochemical Association. He and his wife, Anita, and their two children live in The Hague, Netherlands.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (A&S), Washington, D.C., was recently confirmed as administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. Before becoming HCFA administrator, she was associate director for health and personnel at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where she was responsible for budget and policy issues relating to all federal health programs, including Medicare.
Dr. David Howard (A&S) is a radiologist with the Memphis Radiologic Professional Corp. in Memphis. His wife, Alice Moffatt Howard '79 (NUR), works part-time as a family nurse practitioner at Covington Pike Medical Clinic in Memphis.
Jaye Bramblett Martin (HE) is director of women's evangelism for the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Atlanta. She was minister of evangelism, women, and prayer at Houston (Tex.) First Baptist Church. She and her husband, Dana, have one daughter.
Cmdr. Eric Myhre U.S. Navy Supply Corps (CBA) is executive assistant to the deputy director of the Defense Logistics Agency in Ft. Belvoir, Va.
Robert W. Sauser (LAW) has joined the Chattanooga, Tenn., office of the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. He is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Chattanooga bar associations.

1979

Gary F. Johnson (EDU) is director of career services, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va. He coordinates the academic internship program, offers career counseling to students, and oversees on-campus recruiting.
Roy S. Martin (ENG) is president of Can Nuke Technologies Ltd., a technical and engineering support services firm based in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, which serves the international nuclear power industry. He is also an owner and vice president of Fulcrum Group Inc., a management and technical consulting firm with offices in Huntsville, Ala.; Atlanta; and Ontario.
Daniel McDonald (EDU), head teaching professional at Hidden Valley Golf Center in Atlanta and head of golf instruction in the continuing education department at Dekalb College in Atlanta, has co-authored Precision Woods and Long Iron Shots.

1980 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

John F. Bradley (AG & NAT RES), Collierville, Tenn., is a conservation tillage specialist for Monsanto–Agricultural Sector, covering the southern U.S. He recently was elected to the board of the Soil and Water Conservation Society of America. Prior to joining Monsanto, he was superintendent of the UT Agricultural Experiment Station at Milan, Tenn.
Dr. Margaret Cochran (A&S) is director of the Louisiana Scholars College at Northwestern State University, Natchitoches. She had been acting director since August 1996. Her research experience includes work at the University of California at Davis, the University of Georgia, and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory. She was also a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem.
Thomas A. Harrison IV (CBA) is principal of National Consultant Marketing for Wells Capital Management's Global Fixed Income Group in Los Angeles, Calif. He was a vice president with Merrill Lynch/Hotchiss and Wiley and a vice president at Bradford & Marzec, a Los Angeles-based money manager. He is a chartered financial analyst and a certified public accountant.
Kevin Michael King (A&P) is principal/architecture with Feltus Design in Nashville. He has 16 years of architecture design, master planning, and project management experience. He is an associate member of the American Institute of Architects, the Tennessee Society of Architects, Tennessee chapter of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and International Facility Managers Association. He serves on the executive board of friends of Watkins Institute School of Design.
Dr. George Loo (HE) received the outstanding academic advisor award from Kappa Omicron Nu, the national home economics honor society, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is an associate professor of nutrition and has been on the UNCG faculty since 1990.
Silverio "Sal" Vega (EDU) is director of athletics, Memorial High School, West New York, N.J. He is a town commissioner and a freeholder for the towns of West New York, Weehawken, and Guttenberg, N.J.
Catherine Ann Woods (EDU) is a coordinator at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn., managing the program that guides students through appropriate curricula from high school through college or vocational school toward a career goal. She, her husband, Charles, and two children live in Dandridge, Tenn.

1981

Edna Abernathy (A&S) is president of E.R. Abernathy Industrial Inc., an African-American distributor of industrial supplies in Wisconsin. She started her business in 1991. She also owns Abernathy Consulting Ltd. in Milwaukee, Wis.
Virginia Campbell AIA (A&P) is principal and shares ownership of Tuck Hinton Architects PLC in Nashville. She continues as studio director responsible for overall management of the staff and the firm's projects. She is licensed as both an architect and interior designer.
Jennifer P. Craig (A&S) has joined the law firm of Whelchel, May and Associates in Knoxville. She concentrates in worker's compensation and personal injury law.
Melissa Murray McKown (EDU), Ringgold, Ga., received a master's degree in early childhood education from West Georgia University. She graduated with highest honors and was inducted into Pi Lambda Theta honor society.
Arthur J. Reingold (CBA), Deerfield, Ill., business director, Kraft cheese division, was selected brand manager of the year by Food and Beverage Marketing magazine and featured in Advertising Age as one of the "Marketing 100."

1982

Dr. Jennifer Knight (ENG) is manager of acetate tow development for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. She has been employed by Eastman for 11 years. She and her husband, Joe, live in Kingsport. She is active with the Appalachian Girl Scout Council and Leadership Kingsport.
Alan Owen (COM) is customer marketing and category manager for the Campbell Soup Co.'s frozen foods/specialty division. He is responsible for marketing, forecasting, and sales for all 15 divisions of the Kroger Co. He has lived in Atlanta and worked for Campbell Soup Co. for 13 years.
Barry N. Totten (ENG) was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was ROTC battalion commander and professor of military science at UTK. He now directs public works at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

1983

Dr. David W. Abbott (A&S) is senior vice president of research and development at Grain Processing Corp., Muscatine, Iowa. He also oversees quality control and serves on the executive committee. He, his wife, Rita, and their family live in Muscatine.
Darlene Duncan Brooks (A&S) is technical services coordinator/automation specialist at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn. She was head librarian at Lane College, Jackson, Tenn. She and her husband, Rodney, and three children live in Morristown.
R. Scott Egli (ENG) was recently promoted to senior operations supervisor instructor at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn. He is responsible for training programs and courses for reactor operators and technical advisors.
Delaine Mast (EDU), head tennis coach at J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pa., and a staff member for Billie Jean King's World Team Tennis, has an award named after her. The award recognizes exemplary service by Team Tennis directors. She was a member of the Lady Vols tennis team.
Paul F. McQuade (LAW), a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of San Francisco-based Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, has been elected to the board of directors of the Student Conservation Association. SCA places volunteer workers in national parks and forests. He was an SCA volunteer at Merck Forest in 1974. He practices with Pillsbury's intellectual property group and is an adjunct member of its environment, health, and safety group.

1984

D. Jack Maxwell (A&S), library media specialist at Hamilton Elementary School in Memphis, has received the Francis Neel Cheney award from the Tennessee Library Association. He co-authored a grant that provided funding for computers and Internet connections to all third-grade classrooms at Hamilton Elementary.
Amanda McClendon (LAW), an attorney who has practiced civil and criminal law in Nashville for 14 years, qualified to run for the Democratic nomination for general sessions judge, division 11, in the May 5 primary.
David C. Stump (ENG) is business unit manager, extrusion coating, for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. He has been with Eastman 19 years. He and his wife, Louise, live in Johnson City, Tenn. He has been affiliated with the Tri-Cities Institute of Industrial Engineers, Tri-Cities chapter of the American Society for Quality, and United Way of Greater Kingsport.
Dr. Kent A. Williams (ENG) of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory has been recognized by the DOE Chicago operations office for his work in the fissile materials disposition program. He worked as an engineer at the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant from 1970 to 1985. He is a Boy Scout leader and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and ORION, an Oak Ridge astronomy group. He and his wife, Joyce, and their two children live in Oak Ridge.
Bruce Wuethrich (AG & NAT RES) is director of engineering and public works for Knox County. He has been with Knox County government since 1984.

1985

Bryon Scott Brown (ENG) is technical manager of Dade Behring Inc. chemistry system group. He and his staff are responsible for technical support of the commercial production processes and facilities at Dade Behring's Newark, Del., location. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and co-leader of Dade Behring's corporate hazardous material emergency response team. He is active in Boy Scouts and soccer with his four sons.
Michael Evans (ENG) is product line director–trailer tracking for Highway Master Inc., a Dallas-based mobile communications and information systems company.
Andy McQuiston (CBA) is sales representative for Innovex Inc. in Nashville. Innovex is an international contract sales organization specializing in the pharmaceutical industry. He is working on a three-year contract with Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals.
Scott Millar (COM) is president of the Catawba County (N.C.) Economic Development Corp. He was EDC vice president and earlier worked for the North Carolina Department of Commerce. He has run more than 20 marathons.

1986

J. Tod Fetherling (CBA) directs interactive marketing efforts with emphasis on the Internet for Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide, Louisville, Ky. He joined Brown-Forman from Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. in Nashville, where he was director of interactive marketing.
Perry A. "Tony" Lester (EDU) is director of business development for the Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Institute for Science and Education. He works with local and national partners to develop collaborative opportunities with the Oak Ridge community and the U.S. Department of Energy. He lives in Maryville, Tenn., with his wife, Mary, and three children.
Dr. John T. Morgan (A&S) is professor of geography at Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va. He joined the faculty in 1986. His specialty is the settlement landscape of the U.S. South, and he has written several works on the architectural heritage of southern Appalachia. His book, The Log House in East Tennessee, was published in 1990 by the University of Tennessee.

1987

Charles "Chase" R. Bramwell III (A&S), Fords, N.J., is a consultant working at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton, N.J., implementing SAP, an enterprise-wide software application.
Andy Markelonis (LAW) is conflict counsel for the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy, which is the statewide public defender. He handles conflict-of-interest cases in an eight-county area for the Hazard, Ky., and London, Ky., offices.
LeAnn Mynatt (LAW) joined the Knoxville office of the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell as an associate and concentrates her practice in environmental litigation and commercial lending and real estate. She is a member of the Knoxville and American bar associations (environmental sections) and is licensed to practice in Tennessee.
Dr. Robert Harrison Neal (AG & NAT RES) received his Ph.D. in applied economics from Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.
Dr. Arthur H. Prince (SW) was invited to be part of the American Academy of Religion's 25-member delegation to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, and Prague, Czech Republic. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1996.
Mark E. Proffitt (CBA) is senior financial analyst for Eastman global technology ventures with Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. He has been employed by Eastman nine years and earlier was in the financial services division. He and his wife, Cheri, live in Piney Flats, Tenn.
Renee Rhoades (CBA) received her MBA degree from the University of Miami at Coral Gables, Fla. Previously with the new product development group at American Express, she is now a business analyst with the information technology team at AT&T Wireless Services.

1988

Darrell E. Dinsmore (CBA), Kingsport, Tenn., is manager of information technology at Eastman Credit Union. He oversees all computer operations at the credit union. He has worked at Eastman for nine years.
Howard F. Kirkland (A&S) is information systems manager for Stowers Machinery Corp. in Knoxville, the Caterpillar dealer for East Tennessee.
JannŽ Yvette McKamey-Lopes (A&S) and her husband, Thurston Lopes, have their own law firm, Lopes McKamey-Lopes, in Atlanta. They live in Marietta, Ga.
Lynn Newcomb (A&S) is executive director of the Tennessee Dance Theatre, Nashville. TDT tours the U.S. incorporating Southern literature and themes with contemporary dance.
B. Andrew "Drew" Plant (COM) is vice president of communications and client services for Benefits America NA Inc., a firm specializing in financial planning for seriously ill people. He operated an independent public relations consulting practice, Plant Communications, for five years in Atlanta. He serves on the board of the Atlanta Executive Network and is a columnist for Southern Voice, an alternative weekly newspaper in Atlanta.

1989

Janis Elaine Bettis (HE), Loudon, Tenn., made an American Heritage Quilt in honor of Vietnam veterans. She works for Covenant Behavioral Health.
Mark K. Cox (ENG) is superintendent of cellulose esters development for Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport, Tenn. He has been with Eastman 12 years. He and his wife, Karen, live in Kingsport. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Tau Beta Pi engineering society and serves on the Kingsport United Way fund distribution committee. He is a licensed professional engineer in Tennessee.
Beau Mainous (CBA) is manager of team sales for the Pacific division of Kellogg Sales Co. in Los Angeles, Calif. He and his wife, Jennifer Bleimeyer Mainous '89 (CBA), live in Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
Dr. Michael J. McCollum (A&S) was elected chief resident at UT Memphis Campbell Clinic department of orthopaedic surgery. He has accepted a position at Blount Orthopaedic Associates, Knoxville.
Kent Stephens (COM) is account executive at the Arbitron Co. in New York. He is responsible for advertiser/agency clients in southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. He joined Arbitron in 1996 as a software training specialist in the radio station services division in the Atlanta office.
Capt. Jerry J. West (CBA) conducted marksmanship training while on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the ships of the USS Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group.

1990 30s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s Faculty

Dr. Rebecca Ann Bachschmidt (ENG) earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering with a specialization in biomechanics/biomaterials at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
Navy Lt. Stephen R. Bryson (ENG) reported for duty aboard the submarine USS Phoenix, based at Portsmouth, N.H.
Anthony T. Howard (ENG) is a design engineer in the avionics flight test engineering group for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Co. in Marietta, Ga. He received the National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch award nomination and the Black Engineer of the Year award nomination for community service. He serves on the board of Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering, a pre-college program for minority students. He serves as campus ambassador to UT for the Lockheed Martin corporate recruiting team.
Edward Jamieson (CBA) is business analyst with Dupont Nonwovens, Old Hickory, Tenn.
Rena Mulroy (A&S) is program director at St. Elizabeth Medical Center department of psychiatry, Utica, N.Y.
Thomas Jackson Roberts (ENG) is a quality engineer with American Sunroof Co., an automotive supplier of composite body parts in Bowling Green, Ky.
Anita M. Rudd (A&S) is executive coordinator at the Memphis Diversity Institute. She is responsible for community development and training registration.

1991

Lon A. Alperin (A&P) is project manager in the design and construction department with Promus Hotel Corp. in Memphis. He and his wife, Samantha Levine Alperin '92 (CBA), and their son live in Memphis.
Michelle G. Couch (CBA) is vice president and northeast division account manager for National Commerce Bank Services Inc., Memphis.
Erik S. Ripple (A&S) is advanced corporate strategy analyst for Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn. He has been with Eastman for six years. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Kingsport.
Laura Ruth Tate Wheeler (A&S) has joined American Water Heater Co., Johnson City, Tenn., as the company's graphic artist. She and her husband, Jim Wheeler '89 (CBA), have one daughter and live in Johnson City.

1992

Nicole A. Cardwell (AG & NAT RES) teaches horticulture classes at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tenn. She held a similar position at Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn. She has also been an outreach coordinator for the Massachusetts Horticulture Society.
Debbie Merriman Ellebracht (EDU) works for the Lawrence (Kan.) public schools and teaches private piano lessons.
Michelle Susong Freeman (CBA) is on the office administration faculty at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn. She was an adjunct instructor at UT Chattanooga and Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville. She and her husband, Rodney Freeman '92 (A&S), live in Greeneville, Tenn.
Graley Vester Herren (A&S) teaches modern drama in the English department at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. He will receive his Ph.D. from Florida State University in Tallahassee in August.
Krista Bice Hodges (NUR) graduated with highest honors from Bowman Gray School of Medicine's physician assistant program. She is employed with Team Health and works in the emergency department of Ft. Sanders Parkwest Hospital, Knoxville. Her husband, R. Shawn Hodges '91 (CBA), is a marketing associate with Robert Orr Sysco.

1993

David N. Kenworthy (EDU) is operations manager/exercise physiologist with Holmes Regional Medical Center Pro-Health and Fitness Center in Melbourne, Fla. He and his wife, Valerie Michaels Kenworthy '93 (EDU), and daughter live in Melbourne.
Mary Anne McCay (A&S) has joined SierraWest Bank's Small Business Administration lending division in Chattanooga, Tenn., as a business development officer. A specialist in financing for businesses, she came to SierraWest from Union Planters Bank in Chattanooga, where she was a vice president and commercial loan officer. She previously administered the SBA's business enhancement and export program for 16 East Tennessee counties, owned Axis Capital Government Loan Services, and worked with the East Tennessee Development District.
Dean Skrzycke (ENG) has joined Plug Power LLC of Latham, N.Y., a developer of fuel cell power generation systems, as senior scientist.
Dr. Carol J. Smucker (NUR) is coordinator for the parish nurse program at Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee in Knoxville. She helped start the program in 1994. She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Nursing at UT Knoxville.
Forrest McKae Utsman (ENG), St. Charles, Mo., has accepted a project engineering position with Boeing in the conceptual design and development core department.
John J. Wood (COM) is manager of television booking for the talent department at E! Entertainment Television in Los Angeles, Calif. He oversees celebrity bookings for series and specials on E! Entertainment Television. He was a talent executive at E! and a segment producer for the syndicated news magazine, Extra.

1994

Michael Joey Bridges (COM) is production director at KGMO-FM in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Micaela Sani Dunsmore (A&S), Madisonville, Tenn., teaches at Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School in Sweetwater, Tenn. She is also a track coach.
Mark Enslin (CBA), Chicago, Ill., is a consultant with Cognos Corp. in Schaumburg, Ill.
Dr. Garth Graham (A&S) and Dr. Brett Graham '91 (A&S) made history May 11, 1998, by becoming the first brothers to receive their M.D. degrees from Emory University School of Medicine on the same day. Brett was also awarded a Ph.D. in molecular genetics. Both brothers are Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude graduates of UTK. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Graham '62 (A&S) (Betty Gay Barnett '63) (A&S) Oak Ridge, Tenn. Garth will intern for one year at the Medical Center in Columbus, Ga., and then complete a four-year residency in radiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Brett will move to Houston, Tex., where he will be a resident in pediatrics and a research fellow at Baylor University.
Rob Hoskins (CBA) has joined Bohan Carden & Cherry, a Nashville advertising and public relations agency, as an account coordinator.
Anita Teague (A&S) is in the first class of fellows for the Public Health Prevention Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. As part of the fellowship, she has worked in the division of cancer prevention and control as well as the division of violence prevention.
Angela M. Reese Washington (ENG), Chattanooga, Tenn., was a finalist in the TVA Women of Distinction awards in the field of volunteer community service. She was nominated for her involvement in the National Society of Black Engineers tutoring program, Orchard Knob Missionary Baptist Church, and Engineer's Week youth activities.

1995

Carol DeFranco (A&S) is account coordinator at Gish, Sherwood & Friends, a marketing communications firm in Nashville. She was with Home & Garden Television in Knoxville.
Mia Gianotti Henley (LAW) has been appointed to the board of the young lawyers division of the Tennessee Bar Association. She is with the Memphis-based law firm Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC. She received the American jurisprudence award in pretrial litigation and was a semifinalist in mock trial competition. She is a former law clerk to W. Frank Crawford, presiding judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and is a member of the Memphis and American bar associations.
John B. "Bo" Maupin (A&S) has joined Clary Communications, a public relations and marketing firm in Columbus, Ohio, as art director.
Catherine M. McCormick (LAW) is an associate at the Memphis-based law firm Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC.
Michelle Merryman (A&S) works in sales residency at DeRoyal Industries in Powell, Tenn.

1996

Connie M. DeLa'O (A&S) graduated from the Institute of Science and Technology in Portland, Ore., in winter 1998, with an M.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology. She is a member of Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Marine 2nd Lt. Christopher M. Griffith (ENG) reported for duty with Marine Aviation Training Support Group, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Pensacola, Fla.
Chad Poff (COM) is a commercial real estate broker with the Mathews Co. in Nashville.
Navy Ensign Brian B. Roberts (ENG) graduated from Basic Civil Engineer Corps Officer School at Port Hueneme, Calif.
Tammy Marie Beavers Simpson (ENG) has accepted an engineering position at Howmet Corp. in Muskegon, Mich. She will earn her master's degree in August from the University of Florida.

1997

David M. Corley (EDU) works in sales residency at DeRoyal Industries in Powell, Tenn.
Anthony NeCastro (COM) works in sales residency at DeRoyal Industries in Powell, Tenn.