Torchbearer: Winter 1996

Class Notes

(received by September 22, 1995)

1943

Del Walker, former president of Funk Seeds International in Bloom ington, Ill., was named an honorary lifetime member of the American Seed Trade Association. He is a private consultant for seed companies. While at UT, he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

1944

Vernon H. and Virginia Layman Baker , Blacksburg, Va., are active in the broadcast business. They own and operate several AM/FM radio stations in five states.

1951

(This is your reunion year!)

1952

Lois Oliver Sigler, Memphis, was one of three former executive direc tors of Future Homemakers of America/New Homemakers of America honored at the openinig general session of the National Leadership Meeting in July in Washington D.C.

1953

John P. Ascher, Farragut, Tenn., wrote When The Maine Central Railroad Went To Sea, an account of the annual summer travels of America's ultra-wealthy, their staffs, and other vacationers, to and from coastal Maine, 1860­1960.

1954

Dr. Connie P. Freeman Mauney, Emporia, Kans., is director of the public affairs program at Emporia State University in Kansas.

1955

Edward Riley Anderson, Knoxville, was elected chief justice of the Ten nessee Supreme Court October 27, 1994. He has been a member of the Supreme Court since September 1990.

1956

(This is your reunion year!)

1957

Charles D. Holland retired from UT Agricultural Extension Service, Sul livan County. He and his wife, Helen, now live on their farm in Greeneville, Tenn. They have two sons and three grandchildren.

Tom Wade Jr., Union City, Tenn., is treasurer of the Pi Kappa Alpha Educational Foundation and received the 1994 Pi Kappa Alpha Loyalty Award. He was appointed to Gov. Don Sundquist's Tennessee Board for Economic Growth as well as the Governor's Council on Agriculture and Forestry.

1958

Thomas M. "Tom" Humphrey, Midlothian, Va., published Money, Banking and Inflation: Essays in the History of Monetary Thought . His wife, Mitzi Green Humphrey '57, was listed in Who's Who of American Women.

Dr. Elise Douglass Schneider, Oxnard, Calif., Oxnard College presi dent, was honored as Woman of the Year for California's 37th Assembly District. As the first college president in the Ventura County Community College District, she has developed a number of comprehensive educa tional and community outreach programs.

1960

Lowell D. Frazier, Mililani, Hawaii, was promoted to full professor and reappointed chairman of the journalism department at the University of Hawaii.

1961

(This is your reunion year!)

1962

Dianne Smith Haralson, Muskogee, Okla., received her master of fine arts degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Tulsa. She was elected teacher of the year for 1995 at Connors State College. She is a master's lecturer and presenter, National Association of Community Colleges, and is an instructor of art history, painting, and drawing.

Dr. Lee Raleigh Shugart, research staffer in the environmental sciences division of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labora tory, was appointed to the editorial board of the new scientific journal, Biomarkers. He and his wife, Shirley, live in Knoxville.

1964

William A. "Bill" Pate III is a project manager with the IBM consulting group in Austin, Tex. He manages the development of customized software management systems for manufacturing and distribution clients. He has been with IBM for more than 28 years.

1965

Dr. Trudy Cunningham, Lewisburg, Pa., associate dean of the College of Engineering at Bucknell University, received the Walter C. Geiger Award for Administrative Excellence.

Elliott A. Lewis, Atlanta, president of Dominion Holdings Inc., was named to the board of directors of the National Multi Housing Council. NMHC represents the interests of large firms participating in the multi family rental housing industry.

1966

(This is your reunion year!)

Dr. Martha Jean Crumley Bratton, principal of Inskip Elementary School in Knoxville, was selected to represent Tennessee's outstanding educators in Washington D.C. in October as a recipient of the 1995 National Distinguished Principal award from the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the U.S. Department of Education. She served on the faculty of Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens and worked as assistant director in the state education department's Tennes see Academy for School Leaders before becoming principal of Inskip in 1988.

William E. "Bill" Fry has sold his Fry Drug Co. to Fred's Discount Stores Inc. He is now employed at Fred's Pharmacy on Highway 641 in Camden, Tenn.

Sarah Juliette Estill Good, home economics teacher in Statesboro, Ga., was named 1995 Teacher of the Year at Statesboro High School.

1967

Dr. Dan Good, Statesboro, Ga., teaches geography at Georgia South ern University. He has received the National Council for Geographic Education distinguished teaching achievement award for outstanding teaching.

1968

Robert I. Chodosh is physical education teacher and coach with the Brevard County Schools in Florida. He was selected for the Marquis Who's Who in American Education 1994/1995 and the Marquis Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1995/1996.

Walter H. Delashmit is manager of the Signal and Image Processing Group of Loral Vought Systems, Dallas, Tex.. He is principal investigator of the Advanced Research Project Agency and of the Joint Advanced Weapons Guidance Program. He received an award from the Perfor mance Incentive Program, a company-wide program for employees whose performance directly influenced Loral Vought's ability to accomplish its major goals.

Dr. Doyle E. Hasty is professor of engineering at Motlow State College, Tullahoma, Tenn.

David J. Myers is director for state and local government affairs for Bethlehem Steel Corp. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1969 to 1971. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Bethlehem, Pa.

Dr. Robert J. Resnick is the 103rd president of the American Psycho logical Association.

1969

Dr. James E. Kalshoven Jr., of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Cen ter in Greenbelt, Md., received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for his engineering innovation in expanding NASA's aeronautical remote sensing capability while simultaneously lowering flight costs of many earth science research and applications experiments. He is an elec tronics engineer and remote sensing scientist in the Laboratory for Terres trial Physics, part of Goddard's Space Earth Sciences Directorate. He is the son of retired UTK journalism professor J.E. Kalshoven and his wife, Estelle.

Ed Parrott, Marietta, Ga., was Engineer of the Month for June at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. As team leader for advanced concepts, Parrott coordinates efforts to invent and develop the company's next-generation projects.

G. Stephen Slagle is executive director of the National Association for Campus Activities, Columbia, S.C.

Gary W. Sproles is assistant to the executive vice president at Eastman Chemical Co. He is a 26-year employee at Eastman, and was manager, support services, new business generation. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce, the Kingsport Economic Development Council, and Kingsport Tomorrow. He and his wife, Shea, live in Kingsport.

Dr. Timothy J. Touzel, Conway, S.C., is professor of education at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach/Conway, S.C. He spent a year on a scholar's exchange at Deakin University in Australia. He was selected for Who's Who in American Education in 1995.

1970

Dr. Robert J. Warmack, Oak Ridge, Tenn., was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. He is a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He and his wife, Cynthia, live with their two daughters and son in Knoxville.

Robert L. Woodson III is president of the home care division of Healthfirst Inc., a national full-service man agement and consulting firm for hospital-based home care agencies, rural health clinics, and physician practices. He is also a director of First National Bank in LaFollette, Tenn., and a member of the Campbell County Industrial Development Board. He and his wife, Deborah, have three children and live in LaFollette.

1971

(This is your reunion year!)

John P. Consoli, Ridgefield, N.J., was promoted to executive editor of Editor & Publisher magazine. He was news editor, then managing editor.

Dr. Jennifer Ingle Edwards, Evergreen, Colo., received a $1 million grant for the Jefferson County (Colo.) School district to help K­12 teachers implement content standards. Edwards has taught at the ele mentary and secondary school levels and worked in staff development for four years prior to writing the grant. She is also an assistant professor at Colorado Christian University.

Dr. Kenneth J. Roozen was appointed provost at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He came to UAB in 1974 from Washington Uni versity in St. Louis.

Bob Word is vice president of construction lending for Enterprise Mortgage Co. in Memphis.

1972

Dr. Patricia Bell-Scott, Athens, Ga., professor of child and family develop ment in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Georgia, is one of 20 people who received the Distinguished Service Award from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She was co-director of the Minority Women's Leadership and Professional Development Pro gram and the Black Women's Studies Faculty and Curriculum Develop ment Project. She served as co-editor with Gloria T. Hull and Barbara Smith of the book All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave: Black Women's Studies. She also co-founded SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. Her most recent book is Life Notes; Personal Writing by Contemporary Black Women , published in 1994.

Navy Capt. Patricia G. Huiatt, assumed command at Enlisted Person nel Management Center, New Orleans, La.

Dr. Stephen M. Smith, Johnson City, Tenn., completed a four-year residency in psychiatry at East Tennessee State University's Quillen Col lege of Medicine. Formerly a general practitioner, he accepted an appoint ment to practice psychiatry at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute in Marion, Va. He and his wife, Penny, live in Johnson City.

Eva H. Thompson, a teacher in Madison County, was named the 1995 Teacher of the Year in the state of Alabama. She and her hus band, Victor, live in Huntsville, Ala.

Max Don Trundle received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers U.S. Activities Board Regional Professional Leadership Award for Region 3 (southeastern U.S.). The award recognizes leadership in advancing the professional aims of the IEEE in the U.S. It was presented at the 1995 IEEE-USA National Pro fessional Activities Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Trundle has been design engineer at Lockheed Martin Energy Systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 20 years and is a senior member of the IEEE and a registered professional engineer in Tennessee. He and his wife, Kathy DeLozier Trundle '73, have two children and live in Powell, Tenn. She is self-employed as an accountant.

1973

Dr. Ralph T. Copenhaver, Pigeon Forge, Tenn., moved his 14-year old dental practice into a log cabin located on a stream in Pigeon Forge.

Bruce Downing, former UT cheerleader, is loan officer for Enterprise Mortgage Co., a newly formed division of Enterprise National Bank of Memphis.

Elizabeth Estill is the first female regional forester of the U.S. Forest Ser vice. She is the administrator for 22 million acres of 17 national forests and seven national grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Eastern Wyoming.

Pamela J. Henderson is executive director at the Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults in Palm Beach, Fla. She joined the center in 1974 and was assistant executive director until 1990.

Ricki Pace Hodges is president and manager of Enterprise Mortgage Co., a newly formed division of Enterprise National Bank of Memphis.

Michael "Mike" Littlejohn is an AS /400 executive enjoying a 21-year career with IBM. He and his wife, Carol, live with their two sons in South Africa.

David T. Richeson, is an associate professor of music and jazz studies and instrumental music coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Louise Sawhill, an executive with more than 13 years' experience in the health care industry, was named partner in the Atlanta office of Paul Ray Berndtson, the international executive search and management con sulting firm. She will conduct search assignments for executives in the medical, pharmaceutical, and health care technology industries.

1974

Dr. Virginia H. Dale, associate director of the environmental sciences division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labora tory, was elected member-at-large of the governing board of the Ecological Society of America. The society was founded in 1915 to unify the sciences of ecology, stimulate research in all aspects of the discipline, encourage communication among ecologists, and promote the responsible applica tion of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems. The society has more than 7,000 members worldwide. Dale and her husband live in Oak Ridge with their three children.

Michael Lynn Fink, was appointed superintendent, chemicals mainte nance, at Eastman. An employee of Eastman for 20 years, he was superin tendent, shops and maintenance, Arkansas Eastman Division, Batesville. He and his wife, Pam, relocated to Kingsport in September.

Dr. Kevin W. King, Blythwood, S.C., was awarded a certificate in honor of his 20 years of state service. He works as a psychologist in the Co lumbia regional office of the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department's disability determination division.

Joe McCrady was promoted to regional manager for SEPCO Corp. after working 16 years in the fluid sealing industry.

Christine Z. Thompson, White Pine, Tenn., received her master of arts degree in speech pathology from UT in August 1995.

1975

Richard Alfred Clanton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received his master of education degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

Dr. Robert Goldstein, Dallas, Tex., Baylor University surgeon, performed liver transplant surgery on Baseball Hall of Famer, Mickey Mantle.

Dr. David J. Harris Jr., Knoxville, received the prestigious Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his cumulative efforts in support of the academy's research, teaching, and publication goals. He is the first ophthalmologist from East Tennessee to receive the award.

Sandra L. Matthes is associate professor of music at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va. She finished her Ph.D. in music theory at Florida State University in April.

Brenda J. Proffitt is project director for the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians' Network with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Inc. She received her master's degree in health administration from Tulane University in 1986. She and her husband, Roger R. Coleman, live in Pegram, Tenn.

Gary L. Ross is a middle school teacher at Stratford Academy and an adjunct instructor of education at Wesleyan College. He is in the pro cess of completing his Ed.D. degree. He and his wife, Phyllis, live in Macon, Ga.

Dr. James W. "Jim" Watts was named Optometrist of the Year by the Florida Optometric Association. He is a member of the American Op tometry Association, the American Academy of Optometry, the Florida Optometric Association, and Northeast Florida Optometric Society. Dr.Watts is chairman of the Topical Ocular Pharmacology Committee of the Florida Optometric Association and has served on the board of trust ees of the Northeast Florida Optometric Society and as the society's treasurer and president. He is in private practice in Jacksonville with his wife, Dr. Donna Sherrill-Watts. They have three daughters.

1976

Dr. Joseph A. Baust Sr. is a professor at Murray State University in Kentucky. He received the Outstanding Teacher Award for 1994­95 from the student government association. He also received the board of regents Outstanding Teaching Award at MSU for 1993.

Benjamin L. "Ben" Harbin, Brent wood, Tenn., is director of the marketing planning department at the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville.

Marguerite S. Simmons was elected president of the Atlanta chapter of the UT National Alumni Association and appointed for a

one-year term to the board of governors.

Vivian Jacox Zedler, Oak Ridge, Tenn., published A Private in World War I (Carlton Press Corp., New York).

1977

Barry H. Baker, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received his master's degree in vocational-technical education from Middle Tennessee State University.

Patricia Ann Bush received her master's degree in education from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Frank P. Harris, Marietta, Ga., formed the law firm of Harris, Mor gan, and Parson and recently received an AV rating (the highest available) from Martindale-Hubbell.

Charles M. "Mike" Jenkins is driver manager/dispatcher for Covenant Transport in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Cynthia Allin Markert, Knoxville, exhibits her paintings on wood at Art Space/Key Antiques in Knoxville's Old City and at Alexis Georges and Circa Gallery in New Orleans, La.

Mabel Menefee, Houston, Tex., volunteer program manager for Pan handle Eastern Corp., received the 1995 Joan Waite Hanlon Memorial Award for outstanding professionalism in volunteer administration. At Panhandle Eastern, she coordinates volunteer activities involving more than half the company's 2,000 Houston employees, which represents almost 100,000 hours each year donated to help dozens of Houston's nonprofit organizations.

1978

Emily Capadalis Kennedy, Germantown, Tenn., is senior communica tions specialist in the department of quality systems at First Tennessee Bank corporate headquarters in Memphis. She is responsible for man aging quality communications and employee recognition.

Carole Carman Knipfing, Merritt Island, Fla., teaches home economics at Astronaut High School in Titusville. She and her husband, Brian Knipfing '80, have two sons.

Judy Villocco Knoblock, Skokie, Ill., was selected as 1995 Outstanding Educator by the Special Education District of the Lake County Teachers Union.

Thomas Ernest Leuze received his doctorate in education from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

David Murray is an associate with Odell Associates Inc. in Charlotte, N.C. He has been project architect/project manager for a variety of projects.

Cdr. Eric Myhre, U.S. Navy, reported to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington D.C. to pursue his master's degree in national resource strategy.

R.R. Patterson is manager of plant protection for Eastman Chemical Co. He has been employed by Eastman for 27 years. He and his wife, Brenda, live in Kingsport, Tenn.

Jim Ricker, Knoxville, president of ISE Inc., announced that the Knoxville-based industrial automation and engineering service company has opened a second office in Richmond, Va.

Gary W. Roulette, Gaithersburg, Md., is owner and president of a training and consulting company specializing in business improvement strategies, leadership, and process maturity models. He was named to the board of directors of America's Collision Repair Association.

Sara B. Shivers, St. Paul, Minn., received her master of arts degree with emphasis in doctrine and theology from Luther Seminary.

1979

Beryl L. Bounds Jr., was appointed administration manager, technology management, Eastman Chemical Co. He has been employed with Eastman for 16 years in numerous positions. He is a registered engineer in Ten nessee. He and his wife, Sharon, live in Kingsport, Tenn., with their two children.

Saundra A. Reynolds Bryant has been executive director of the All Peoples Christian Center in Los Angeles for ten years and was nominated as first vice moderator for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly. She is a licensed social worker.

Jacquelyn Burns is chief of research planning and operations for the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. She received her master's degree in public administration/health services administration in 1989. She lives in the Washington D.C. area with her husband and 4-year-old twin daughters.

Richard Houchins is head of the construction administration depart ment at Thompson + Litton, an engineering, architectural, and plan ning firm where he's worked for six years. The firm is based in Wise, Va., where Houchins lives with his wife, Pam, and their two daughters.

Wayne Latham, senior principal engineer at Babcock & Wilcox's Lynchburg (Va.) Research Center, shared in the honors as B&W earned a 1995 R&D100 Award for its Temate 2000 weld inspection and weld machine diagnostic system. Latham was project manager for de velopment of this system, which was named "one of the most technologi cally significant new products of the year" by R&D Magazine. The award, called the "Nobel Prize of applied re search," was presented to Latham in September at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Dr. Mark Steadman, Johnson City, Tenn., is assistant professor in the department of accountancy at East Tennessee State University and re ceived the Faculty Excellence Award in Service for 1995. The Kingsport native is a certified public accountant and worked as a staff accountant for Main Hurdman, CPAs, Knoxville.

Brian Wenning received his MBA degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in August. He is manager of the energy research and development program with Texas Utilities in Dallas.

1980

Wesley Curtis, Winston-Salem, N.C., is an architect with Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects, PA.

Donald L. Esstman, Chesterfield, Mo., is a partner in the tax consult ing services department for Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. Certified Public Accountants. He specializes in state and local taxation in addition to tax planning and research for the firm's closely held and family businesses.

Judy Brown Flake received her doctor of education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Barry Johnson is the new assistant vice president for public relations at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He was with Tennessee Tech nological University in Cookeville, Tenn. He is a 1993 graduate of the Leadership Putnam program of Cookeville-Putnam County. His wife, Doris Gene Johnson, earned her doctorate at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College last year. They have three children: Ephraim, 14; Candace, 12; and Stephen, 10.

R. Michael Medina is subregional coordinator for the Worldwide Church of God and is responsible for coordination of administrative and ecclesiastical activity in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Para guay. He has worked for the church since 1986 after obtaining his degree in theology from Ambassador University in 1985. He and his wife, Adriana, and their two daughters live in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Jay D. St. Clair is a law partner with Bradley, Arant, Rose & White in Birmingham, Ala. He was featured in the 1995­96 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in workers compensation law.

1981

Dr. Jerry L. Batson is in his tenth year of dental practice. He and his wife, Linda, have one child and live in Hermitage, Tenn.

Tony W. Cawthon, Belton, S.C., received his Ph.D. in counselor edu cation from Mississippi State University. He is president-elect of the South Carolina College Personnel Association.

Mark E. Collins is general manager of the Tutwiler Hotel, the only Four Diamond, Four Star historic hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a 17 -year veteran of the hotel business, having managed hotels in Florida, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Leslie Laing Cooper earned her MBA from St. Louis University. She and her husband live in Boston.

Marian Kaminitz is chief conservator and head of conservation of the Na tional Museum of the American Indian, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, and adjunct professor of conservation at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. She re ceived the University of Delaware's alumni 1995 Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement.

Dwight G. Lynch is sales manager for Eastman Chemical Co. in Seoul, Korea. He has been with Eastman for 13 years.

Robert W. Riddell, Alpharetta, Ga., was named an associate in the archi tectural firm of Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates in Atlanta.

Carolyn Elkins Spencer, Cleveland, Miss., is assistant professor of English at Delta State University. She has had poems published in The Distillery, New Delta Review, and Psychopoetica, Hull, England. She has also given readings of her work at the NCTE Interregional Conference in New Or leans; at the Wildacres Writers Retreat in Little Switzerland, N.C.; and at the Asheville Poetry Festival. She is married to Dr. William C. Spencer '81.

Dr. David N. Troutman, Louisville, Tenn., earned the D.D.S. degree from UT Memphis in 1985. He has a private practice in Knoxville. His wife, Cheryl Casteel Troutman '84, is a career counselor for the Knox ville Women's Center. They have one daughter.

R. David Wheeler is senior project manager for Lockwood Greene Engi neers in Austin, Tex. He worked for Industrial Design Corp. in Austin; Turner & Batson Architects in Birmingham, Ala.; and Graeber, Sim mons, & Cowan in Austin. He and his wife and three children live in Austin.

1982

Greg Freeze, Nashville, is manager in the human relations department of American General Life and Accident Insurance Co.

David W. Lamb, Glendale, Calif., is attending medical school at the Uni versity of Southern California in Los Angeles after being a full-time prac ticing attorney. He is also a musician and recently released a compact disc of his original music, "High Energy Debut." He is married to Dr. Patricia L. Pitts.

Gary Wayne Seymore, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received his master's degree in education from Middle Tennessee State University.

Vicki C. Boggs Shiner, Clintwood, Va., has been administrator for Dickenson County, Va., since 1992.

Capt. Margaret D. Weatherman transferred to Peterson AFB, Colo., as a member of the Department of the Judge Advocate General Reserve AF. Her husband, Capt. Shannon R. Weatherman, transferred to the aca demic staff at the AF Academy.

1983

Annette P. Spence Bender, Lombard, Ill., is editor of AAP News, the monthly newspaper for the 50,000 membership of the American Acad emy of Pediatrics based in Chicago. She and her husband, Steve Bender, communications manager for McDonald's Corp., have two sons.

David Cagle graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary and was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA. He is minister of Rockville Presbyterian Church on Wadmalaw Island, which is below Charleston, S.C.

Lt. Col. Wayne E. Dillingham, Shelbyville, Tenn., earned Italian parachute wings while training with the Italian Army. He is deputy staff judge advocate at the U.S. Special Operations Command for the U.S. Air Force, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fla.

Jennifer Freedman-Chap is vice president of advertising and research for Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. She oversees development of strategic advertising programs and the creative services team. She was named the 1995 chairperson of the research committee of the Orlando /Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

G. Alex Lockett Jr. is president and owner of Vital Dental Ceramics Inc., located in Birmingham, Ala.

Mildred B. "Mille" Perry is employed as senior physical scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pittsburgh Energy Technology Cen ter. She has been very active in professional organizations (holding office in several) including the Air and Waste Management Association, the Pittsburgh Conference, the Pittsburgh Section American Chemical Society, the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. She is a fellow in the Tennessee Academy of Science.

David B. Scott is a partner in the Nashville law firm of Ortale, Kelley, Herbert & Crawford. He practices general civil litigation. His wife, Elizabeth Adams Scott '83, is a partner in another Nashville law firm. They have one son.

Dr. Susan A. Stussy, Livonia, Mich., is associate professor/library director at Madonna University.

Alan Varagona, Marietta, Ga., was named Engineer of the Month for July at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. He serves as lead engi neer for the C-130J flight station integrated product team.

1984

Navy Lt. Cmdr. John D. Ashe, Lebanon, Tenn., reported for duty with the Precommissioning Unit for the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, based at Newport News, Va.

Randy Carson is hospital administrator/CEO of Methodist Hospital in McKenzie, Tenn.

Joyce Lynn Carlson Folk, Hazel Green, Ala., is pursuing her master's degree in marketing education at Auburn University. She and her hus band, Eric, have a son and a daughter.

Dr. Beatriz Ingram teaches languages at East Ridge High School and East Ridge Middle School in Chattanooga, Tenn. She has taught in the Hamilton County Schools for more than 20 years. She received the Hamilton County Teacher Excellence Award in 1994 and $1,000 for the Quarterly Teacher Award.

Jeffrey Lamont Jefferson, Lithonia, Ga., received the joint degree of mas ter of business administration and juris doctor from Harvard University and joined the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Atlanta.

Navy Lt. Thomas G. Kollie is on a six-month overseas deployment with Commander of Carrier Group Eight aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which has included duty near Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Wendell B. Stidham, Spartanburg, S.C., is corporate treasurer for Lock wood Greene Engineers. He has been with the company since 1979. He lives in Spartanburg with his wife and two children.

Paul Swiney is technology manager for the Southeast Area of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, where he has been employed for six years. Tambi Brown Swiney '85 is a free-lance writer who has recently contributed several articles to a new magazine, Missions Mosaic . They live in Nashville with their five-year-old son, Chaney.

R. Steven Williams is president and CEO of Healthfirst Inc., a national full-service management and consulting firm for hospital-based home care agencies, rural health clinics, and physician practices. He has worked in health care management for more than ten years and is considered an industry expert on Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement. He has taught several seminars on management and health care at UTK. He and his wife, Judy, have two children and live in Jacksboro, Tennessee. Other UT grads employed at Healthfirst are Brian Bartley '78 , Denise Brooks '78, Carol Considine '83 , Janice Douglass '93, Louise Duncan '84 , Rebecca Gunter '89, Mary Jane Harlan '85 , Portia Hutchinson '87, Debbi Mayshark '74 '76 , Kitty Mire '89, Alice J. Quarles '94 , Mike Reeves '88, and Blanche Vester '78 '86.

Dr. Katherine Van Wormer teaches social work at the University of Northern Iowa. Her book, Alcoholism Treatment: A Social Work Perspective (1995), published by Nelson-Hall, is based on extensive work with alco holics and their families.

1985

Tamra L. Cash, Orangeville, Pa., received tenure as an assistant profes sor/assistant basketball coach at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylva nia. She taught as an adjunct faculty member at Stetson University (DeLand, Fla.) in May/June.

Todd A. Faulk, Chattanooga, Tenn., established Whitehall Engi neering Technologies, a water treatment company servicing boilers, cooling towers, and air washers. He has accounts in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Lawrence J. "Larry" Flood, Poca tello, Idaho, is general manager of Aspen Corp., which includes a con struction, environmental, and painting company. He was employed with Lockheed Safety Management.

Bernadette Horton, Mobile, Ala., received her MBA degree from Tulane University's 18-month executive MBA program in New Orleans, La.

Capt. Michael L. "Mike" Householder , Warner Robins, Ga., U.S. Air Force KC-13SR instructor pilot, received the Air Force Aerial Achievement Medal for missions flown in support of "Operation Deny Flight" last year over Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is currently deployed in the same location.

Dr. Kashi Khazeh, Salisbury, Md., is chair of the economics and finance department at Perdue School of Business, Salisbury State University. He received a certificate of completion in international business from the University of Memphis's Robert Wang Center for International Business.

Brian A. Mayer is logistics consultant for Menlo Logistics in Atlanta. His wife, Lynne Vanderbeek Mayer '86, teaches in Cobb County Schools, Marietta, Ga.

Amy Jones Rasey was ordained in 1994 in the Northern Illinois Con ference of the United Methodist Church. She is associate pastor at Faith UMC in Downers Grove, Ill. She is the wife of Rev. Timothy A. Rasey.

James W. "Wes" Snodgrass, Sparta, N.J., is national accounts manager with Becton-Dickinson Medical Co. in Franklin Lakes, N.J.

William C. Ulrich Jr., Athens, Ala., is process engineer for Daikin America Inc. in Decatur, Ala.

1986

Bradley D. Houser, Nashville, is vice president for commercial and residential construction lending for Tennessee with SouthTrust Bank of Tennessee.

Dr. Mary Langenbrunner, Johnson City, Tenn., received the Foundation Award, the top recognition for faculty in the College of Applied Sci ence and Technology at East Tennessee State University.

James E. "Jim" Norton, Madison, Ala., is a registered architect in private practice in Huntsville, Ala.

Robert E. "Bobby" Payne is a real estate broker and financial planner in Nashville and loves to fly in his spare time. He was the first realtor in Tennessee to have a home page on the internet. You can catch him on the net at Http://www.edge.net /cybervision/realty/bpayne.html. His email address is: rpayne@edge.net.

David Wayne Price graduated magna cum laude from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis with his master of divinity degree. He is pastor of First Baptist Church of Green Hill, Ala. He and his wife, Christy, live in Killen, Ala.

John Lee Sawyer is plant engineer for the Industrial and Domestic Wa ter Distribution Plant with the city of Savannah, Ga. His wife, Joyce A. Heitzman Sawyer '85, is a preschool teacher. They have one daughter.

Todd L. Stooksbury is consumer relations manager with Rubbermaid Office Products. He and his wife, Julie Cavalaris Stooksbury '93 , live in Rockford, Tenn., with their daughter.

Robert E. "Bob" Tucker III is part owner and financial consultant for Wintergreen Investments, based in New York. He and his wife, Linda, manage the branch office in Reston, Va.

1987

James L. "Jim" Decker, president and chief executive officer of Clarksville Memorial Hospital, was recently recognized as Alumnus of the Year by the University of Alabama at Bir mingham graduate program in hospital and health administration. He was elected to represent Tennessee as regent in the American College of Healthcare Executives, appointed to serve as alternate delegate from Ten nessee to the American Hospital Association, and received the Meri torious Service Award given by the Tennessee Hospital Association.

John Dew joined the engineering, architectural, and planning firm of Thompson + Litton, based in Wise, Va. He and his wife, Denise, live in Wise.

Todd Galyon is commercial account executive for Cellular One in Knoxville.

Jonathan V. Harlan is county commissioner in Madison County, Tenn. He is also co-owner of Harlan Insurance Agency.

Navy Ensign Russell S. Jones was commissioned to his present rank while serving at Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Sta tion, Pensacola, Fla.

Mary C. Bryan Sammet, Ft. Myers, Fla., has been a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines for eight years, based in Orlando and commuting from Ft.Myers.

Tom V. Trent, Lawrenceville, Ga., completed the required examinations to become an associate of the Society of Actuaries.

Dr. Brian J. Wiegel is a radiologist with Premier Radiology Network in Indianapolis, Ind.

1988

J. Lea Callaway, Orlando, Fla., is director of endowment development for the Central Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

James W. "Jay" Clements III, Ooltewah, Tenn., is a partner in the law firm of Kennedy, Fulton, Koontz and Farinash in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Sonya Shoulders Critser is the circulation assistant for Scuba Times Magazine, an international scuba div ing publication. She lives in Pensacola, Fla., with her husband, Lt.Jeff Critser.

Annabel Antoniou Droussiotis, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received the doctor of arts degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

Christopher L. Howard joined the Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis as an associate in the firm's corporate group.

Dr. Kalyan Khan is a research engineer III in the metallurgical analysis section of the research and development division of Babcock & Wilcox. He lives in Alliance, Ohio.

Gregory V. "Greg" Knauss, Knoxville, is co-owner of Air Systems L.L.C., which installs and services residential and commercial heat and air systems.

Dr. Annette E. Anderson Kyzer graduated from Tulane University's School of Medicine in New Orleans. She was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the APC Pathology Honor Society, and received the American Medical Women's Association Janet Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation as a graduate in the top ten percent of her class. While at UTK, she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She and her husband, Robert, live in Franklin, Tenn., where she will be completing a four-year obstetrics and gynecology residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Austin K. Maxwell, Columbia, S.C., is a sales representative for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. He and his wife, Claire Daniel Maxwell '90 , have two children.

Sarah E. Myers, Louisville, Tenn., was named editor of Smoky Mountain Memories , a national magazine focusing on the Smoky Mountain region. She was publications editor at Georgetown College in Kentucky.

Daniel J. Pugh, Athens, Ga., is student affairs advisor for judicial pro grams at the University of Georgia and has begun the Ed.D. program at the Institute of Higher Education there. He married T. Denice Williams '90 on December 30, 1995, in Atlanta.

William Robert Wood, Murfreesboro, Tenn., earned his MBA degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

Jennifer Billings Wyllie, San Francisco, Calif., is research analyst for Navigation Technologies in Sunnyvale, Calif. She is responsible for re search and community relations for Napa, Marin, Sonoma, and San Francisco counties.

1989

Dr. Christina G. "Tina" Bucher, Mount Berry, Ga., joined the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sci ences at Berry College as assistant professor of English. She taught at the University of Tennessee and received several outstanding teaching awards before coming to Berry.

Air Force Capt. Chris Burns is an AWACS pilot with the 552 Air Control Wing and is stationed at Tinker AFB, Okla.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas A. Cropper received his third Navy Commmen dation Medal for serving with Attack Squadron 85 based at Naval Air Sta tion Oceana, Va.

Hollie Morrell Dupes is a member of the consulting staff at Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum Inc. in Atlanta. She received her Georgia Architec tural License in 1992. She and her husband, Mark, live with their daughter in Marietta, Ga.

Navy Lt. Stephan R. Dupourque, San Francisco, Calif., received a let ter of commendation while assigned with Sea Control Squadron 21, Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan. Hewas recognized for his superior performance of duty.

Susan M. Hampton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received her master of science degree in education at Middle Tennessee State University.

Amy R. Harris is a technical illustrator I at Teledyne Brown Engineer ing Integrated Testing Group in Huntsville, Ala.

Mary Beth Henley, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received her master's degree in vocational-technical education at Middle Tennessee State University.

Elizabeth Hobbs is senior account representative at the Credit Bureau of Nashville. She received the Salesperson of the Year Award for 1994 and Salesperson of the Month for October and December 1994 and February 1995.

Bryan Hopkins was promoted to senior rail fleet analyst at Dow Chemi cal Co.'s Louisiana Division, located at Plaquemine, La. He has been em ployed with Dow for six years.

Paul G. Jankowski is vice president, marketing and promotions, at Tri fecta Entertainment, a Nashville-based entertainment firm. He was with Gibson Guitar Corp. as director of entertainment relations/world wide. Prior to working for Gibson, he was regional promotional manager for MCA Records.

Rebecca Klindt married George B. Shepherd Jr. in May 1994 and re ceived her Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Virginia in August 1995. She is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical College of Vir ginia in Richmond.

Marine 1st Lt. Joseph T. McCloud provided support for the dawn rescue mission of the American fighter pilot who was shot down over Bosnia-Herzegovina.

April LaDonna Branche Montgomery is publisher of the What-to-Do Magazine of the Great Smoky Mountains. She and her husband, Robert W. Montgomery '86, live with their daughter in Gatlinburg.

Brian Spangler was promoted to national account manager with Revlon. Previously he was district manager responsible for six territory managers handling North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. In November he married Deana Smith of Raleigh.

Kelly Chumney Wallace is a contracting specialist in managed care at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She re ceived her master's degree in healthcare administration from the Ohio State University in 1992. She and her husband, Dave, live in Mt. Ver non, Ohio.

1990

Kenneth W. Barnett is director of corporate relations for the American Heart Association, West Tennessee Region, in Memphis.

Doug Berry is an audit manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Nashville.

Bryan T. Campbell, Knoxville, is a campus staff worker for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at UTK. He recently returned from his second sum mer in Kenya.

Tony Cappiello was elected to the board of directors for the newly orga nized community bank in Oak Ridge, Tenn., In-Bank of Oak Ridge. As a member of the board of directors, he will serve on the investment subcom mittee for the bank.

Marie Ciciarelli is public realtions coordinator for Cellular One in Knoxville.

Laura Vafides Deason is working in finanical aid for Vanderbilt Univer sity in Nashville.

Joseph Clay Hudson earned his master of arts in Christian education from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Tammy Kitchen Myers, Murfreesboro, Tenn., received her master of arts degree from Middle Tennessee State University.

Philip F. Newman is associate editor of Aspire, a women's lifestyle magazine, after a two-year stint as business writer for the Nashville Banner.

Marine Cpl. Jason L. Overbat reported for duty with Marine Support Battalion, Naval Security Group, Fort Meade, Md.

Lisa Cook Robertson is audit manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Nashville.

Daniel A. Vallelian is assistant professor of engineering technology at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tenn. He and his wife, Pamela, live in Lexington, Tenn.

Dr. Dan Walker is program officer with the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council and lives in Washington, D.C. He works through the NRC to promote scientific input to federal public policy re lated to marine geology.

1991

Kim E. Broyles was named chairman and CEO of Southern Expressions, a screen printing company based in Huntsville, Ala., which specializes in "Game Day" t-shirts.

Christopher D. "Chris" Donnelly , Rock Hill, S.C., is a cost accountant for Valmet Paper Machinery Co., and Kathryn A. "Kathy" Donnelly '91 is lead teacher at NationsBank Child Care Center in Charlotte, N.C.

Angela Carol Easterday earned her doctor of musical arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Judith A. Flohr, Mt. Crawford, Va., is associate professor in the depart ment of kinesiology at James Madison University.

Alice Kate Gore earned her master of arts degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreeesboro, Tenn.

Karen D. Hellmund is controller at Formall Inc., a custom thermo-form ing company located in Knoxville. She also operates a small tax practice.

Paul Christopher Hudson received his MBA degree from Middle Ten nessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Sharon Kelsey is controller for Collier Development in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

Kent E. Koederitz, Johnson City, Tenn., received Mechanical Engi neer of the Year 1994 award from the American Society of Mechanical En gineersHolston Section.

Lori A. Krause graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with her master of science degree in social work. She is a social worker at Methodist Medical Center in Dallas. She and her husband, Scot E. Krause '92, live in Irving, Tex.

Dr. Linda Lerner received the 1994­95 Award for Excellence in Overall Performance from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tenn. Her award includes $1,000 and the privilege of having her por trait hung in the dean's conference room in Johnson Hall.

Jeffrey B. "Jeff" Long, Winston -Salem, N.C., received a Fulbright Research Grant in support of his master's degree at the Graduate School of Preservation Technology in Dresden, Germany, for the 1995­96 academic year.

Dan G. Lovely Jr., Knoxville, plans to attend UT Memphis Dental School. While at UT, he was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.

Dr. Kelly F. Lowe is director of the writing center at Mount Union Col lege in Alliance, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in rhetoric and composi tion from Illinois State University.

Dr. John McNutt, Richmond, Ind., is acting coordinator of social work at Indiana University East. He has co-edited The Global Environmental Cri sis: Implications for Social Welfare. He serves as editor of the newsletter for the Association for Community Organization and Social Administra tion, the ACOSA News.

Todd B. Nelson earned his MBA degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Alletha E. Emert Pearce is an agent with Farmers Insurance. She and her husband, Jeffrey Pearce, live in Louisville, Tenn.

Joseph W. Roberts received his master of arts in Middle East studies /political science from the Middle East Center at the University of Utah and is pursuing a doctorate in the department of political science there.

Andrew Clay Whitt earned his master of science degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

1992

Geoffrey Charles Bowden earned his master of divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

William D. Crowder earned his master of business administration from Middle Tennesee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Michael A. Fisher, Bon Aqua, Tenn., is a sales representative for Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, covering Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Northern Alabama.

John G. Hanning is an area sales manager for Camdata Corp., India napolis, Ind.

Reneé L. Hebert, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., is pursuing her Ph.D. in environmental risk assessment at the Medical University of South Carolina.

S.J. Houchin is an SPC coordinator at Miniature Precision Components in Walworth, Wis. Susan Thurman Houchin '86, is proofreader of the Delavon Enterprise Newspaper and editor of Today's Real Estate, Delavon, Wis.

Van Hugh Huffine earned his master of science degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Phyllis Hyman-Larson is sales/marketing trainer for IBM in Atlanta. She and her husband, David, live in Roswell, Ga.

Linley M. Law is corporate account manager for Xerox Corp. in Chatta nooga, Tenn.

Michael S. Loy, a 1993 graduate of Officer Candidate School for the U.S. Coast Guard, is executive officer aboard the 110-foot patrol boat Nantucket, homeported in Key West, Fla.

Danielle C. Morris, Terry, Miss., is a clinical therapist at Pine Grove Recovery Center. She earned her master's in social work at the Univer sity of Southern Mississippi in May 1994.

Jeffrey L. Roberts, Murfreesboro, Tenn., is a dimensional controls en gineer for Saturn Corp. in Spring Hill, Tenn. He coordinates root cause analysis studies on future model projects.

Laura D. Roberts was promoted to supervisor in the histocompatibility and immunogenetics laboratory at the University of Utah Health Sci ences Center after serving for two years as a medical technologist.

Dr. Erik A. Stilling won the W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Fellow ship for 1995­1998. The fellowship funds seminar attendance and re search-oriented travel for study outside the fellow's discipline to promote leadership for the 21st century. Dr. Stilling is studying environ mentally sound and culturally noninvasive economic development for the Gulf Coast/Carribean region.

1993

Dr. Margaret D. Bauer, Crawfordsville, Ind., is visiting professor at Wabash College, teaching African-American, Southern, and American literature. She was a visiting professor at Texas A&M University.

John A. Hodge, Manchester, Tenn., earned his master's degree in urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech University.

Sundra Hominik, Fairfax, Va., is an editor/writer for the Associated Press Broadcast News Center in Washington D.C. She is a member of the Washington Association of Black Journalists, the Society of Profes sional Journalists, and the Congressional Radio/TV Correpondents galleries.

Angela Swatzell Lemmons, Knoxville, is director of marketing and public relations for Goodwill Industries Inc.

Levita D. Mondie received her master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, and began work in the Ph.D. program last fall. She studied at the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, for six weeks during the summer of 1994 as part of the Temple University in Ghana, West Africa program.

Karen Morris, Brentwood, Tenn., is pursuing her master's degree in edu cation with a concentration in Waldorf education in Keene, N.H.

Robyn Renee Robinson earned her MBA degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Kacy K. Rodgers is assistant football coach in charge of defensive ends at UT Martin. His wife, Marcella Cruze-Rodgers '93 is an admissions counselor at UT Martin. Their son attends UT Martin Child Development Lab.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Steve R. Schreiber is on six-month overseas deployment with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Three, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which has included duty in the Adriatic Sea near Bosnia and in the Persian Gulf near Iraq.

Victoria "Tori" Skullman is an asso ciate producer with CNN in Atlanta. She started as a video journalist at CNN in December 1993. Before that, she was an International Radio and Television Society Fellow and worked at CAP Cities/ABC "Prime Time Live" in New York City.

1994

David Grayson Blair has been at Rhodes College since June 12, 1995, as assistant director for annual giving. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to, direct mailings, phonathons, volunteer management, and solicitations.

Nicole Donna Harless is a social worker with the Tennessee Depart ment of Human Services in Knoxville.

Pamela Maize Harris, chair of the department of journalism and com munication of Southern College in Collegedale, Tenn., was one of 27 academics selected to participate in the Annenberg Washington Pro gram's 10th annual summer faculty workshop designed to provide faculty with information about contemporary policy issues.

Helen A. Johnson, Georgetown, Tenn., teaches senior level English at East Ridge High School in Hamilton County. She received the 1995 Dis tinguished Teacher award at the secondary level, presented by the Ham ilton County Education Association.

Robert B. Moore, Cumming, Ga., is a member of the 1995 entering medi cal school class at East Tennessee State University's James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tenn.

Marine Lance Cpl. Charles M. Nunally was meritoriously promoted to his present rank while serving at U.S. Marine Corps Financial Man agement School, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Jeffery "Sully" Sullivan is an insur ance broker with Senior Financial Group in Knoxville.

Kirk A. Swortzel received the Scholarship Award from the Eta Chapter of Omicron Tau Theta, Ohio State University, at their spring awards banquet. He is a member of the editorial review board of AgVenture Magazine, a publication that promotes Ohio agriculture to fourth-graders.

1995

Brian Bushon is head diving coach at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. While at UT, he lettered as a member of the diving team from 1991 to 1993.

Corey Coggin is on the tax staff at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Nashville.

Marion Hobby is assistant football coach in charge of defensive tackles at UT Martin. This comes after his outstanding career as a Volunteer and a member of the NFL's New England Patriots.

Robin Hutchins is on the audit staff at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Nashville.

Coleen Jones is on the tax staff at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Nashville.

Navy Lt. Douglas K. Tadaki completed the Officer Indoctrination School, Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.I.

Kent Van Cleave is research analyst for Directions Data Research in Knoxville.

Dr. Dorothy M. Scura has edited and published Ellen Glasgow: New Perspectives, Tennessee Studies in Lit erature, Vol. 36. She is professor of English at UTK.